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Newspaper Page TextFRANK JENKINS MALCOLM EPLEY Editor Managing Editor A consolidation of tha Evening Herald and the Klamath Newa. PuMlihed every afternoon except Sunday at Espla nade and Pine itrceti. Klamath rolls, Oregon, by the Herald Publishing Co. and the News Publishing Company. By carrier . By mall SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ..month S1.00 By mail 6 months S4.M ...month -1.00 By mall . .. ear 16.00 Entered as second class matter at the postoffice of Klamath talis. Ore., on August 20, 1906, under act of congress, . March 8. 1879 Member, Associated Press Member Audit Bureau Circulation Today's Roundup By MALCOLM EPLEY FROM a woman reader comes an obviously sincere letter, which begins: "I am firmly convinced that there is no such thing as justice in our city: Never have I been so disap pointed in my home town." Her reference was to the recent acquittal of a man charged in local courts with a criminal offense. Her remarks, all along the same line, are similar to com ment we hear almost daily in local gatherings and informal discussion relating to the gen eral Question of criminal prosecution in Klamath county. EPLEY Lawyers might question the technical sound ness of many of these remarks by laymen, but the fact remains that the common run of decent citizens of this county are seriously disturbed and doubtful about the efficacy of our law enforcement processes. It's an old axiom hereabouts that if you park by a fire plug, the book will be thrown at you, but if you commit a murder, you'll go free. Recently, we heard the remark that "the beast of Belsen would have been acquitted with honor if tried by jury in Klamath county." e Disturbed THIS widespread lack of confidence In our law enforcement processes cannot be traced to any one case, any one official, or any group. We have had outside judges, even outside prose cutors, and there is no evidence that any local official in judicial and law enforcement offices is not doing his conscientious best. We like-' wise have heard nothing that would indicate impropriety or dishonesty on the part of jurors. Perhaps the ramifications of criminal law. have something to do with it, but the law is the same here as elsewhere in the state, and it's Interpretations in courts here stand up quite well in supreme court tests. But .the public attitude on this question is nevertheless one of serious disturbance and concern, and worthy of attention and comment. Some might even fear that it can become so intense that the pendulum might swing the other way, and a convictor psychology develop that would make it difficult for an innocent man to get justice. The record doesn't indicate that's likely to happen in Klamath county. We can be quite confident in making the prediction that law enforcement processes in Klamath county will always be safe for the innocent. Trouble is, too many people feel they're too safe for the other kind. . . We mention this all here because we feel that this heightened public interest in the matter is wholesome. When the public demon strates that it wants to see justice done, it sharpens the possibilities in that direction into probabilities. People may sometimes be wrong in their opinions and conclusions in particular cases, but their overall desire, as indicated in recent expressions, is sound and proper. News Behind The News By PAUL . M ALLON MIAMI, Feb. 22 The mad rush of the peo ple to spend and throw their money around freely is visibly accentuated here in the nation's winter playground. Betting at the Hialeah horse track is run ning nearly double 1943-1944, the Inst previous racing year. Daily, an average of $1,400,000 is poured through the mutuels by 20,000 to 30,000 persons. Three nightly dog racing tracks In this area reported $15,800,000 was bet by people during the first 113 nights of their season, A 50 per cent increase over the war-betting year. , Gambling casinos in this area have been pushed out across the county line by official action, but so much money has been lost in the most lavish of these establishments, its activ ities may get into the nationnl wire news be fore the season is closed. Insiders tell me this gambling spree has been inspired mostly by black market money, the untraceable, untaxed cash which operators in tires, butter and shortage-materials manage to extract in the large cities. Trek To Florida BUT the common man is spending his, too. Every imaginable archaic form of jalopy and trailer hit the highways this winter for this massive sunny sandbar which is the state of Florida. Practically every trailer camp has a sign in front: "No vacancies." One woman started a sit-down picket demonstration of 24 hours or more in a hotel lobby in protest pf her inability to obtain lodgings. These inci dents are being reported. Twice the normal influx has besieged the playground, limited to normal facilities. What is not being reported is that these eager people, some with their war savings, or veterans with their discharge allowances, are gladly paying 40 to 80 cents for a hamburger; $30 up for inferior tires; $2.85 for a fast hair cut and wash: $70 a week for medium-class hotel room and board; $3 and up (up to S30) for dinner without drinks; $8000 for a cottage for a few months and commensurately for other items of living. Money is flowing fast and furiously. The condition, as I say, is not unique to Florida. The nation is on a spend ing spree. You can merely see the flow in closer focus here, where money was never sticky, yet never so slippery as now. What happens when the money runs out? What comes next when the war bonds are cashed and spent, the discharge allowances gone, the black markets dispelled by normal supplies of living materials? Will the populace not wind up one day broke and shriek to the government again: Save me. Wise men of knowing reputation, to whom I have put these questions have not given me the answer I expected. They figure the spend ing spree is a temporary interim npstwar con dition which will soon sop up its own causes and effects and leave no disastrous results. It is true, however, these days -resemble 1929 in their surface aspects. e People Bidding Wildly , PEOPLE are bidding for goods and services rather wildly, anticipating even higher prices. But there is one great difference now. In 1929 people bought with debt. They bought on the Installment plan beyond their ability to pay (corporations as well as individuals). Today people are spending cash and are not acquiring debt. Logically, then, they expect to escape the former consequences of their folly. There is another escape to which they look forward. If the nation goes to work and pro duces goods for the vast shortage-markets, the present flow of cash may be expanded. If- the sales of all the autos, radios, iceboxes- and what nots are effected, this current spending spree might be followed by a boom for two, three or five years. Personally, I am not so sure of this, as most authorities seem to be. I am beginning to wonder if the people will have enough money left to buy all the things they need. I am not certain that the strikes have not dangerous ly delayed production while money went else where, and I ask myself (without getting an answer) if the increased prices required to satisfy the unions demands, will not be a deterrent to boom buying and spending, as wages generally have not increased sufficiently to give permanence to current war-bloated buying power among the great mass of the people. I intend to continue my search for more definite understanding of the prospects in coming columns. SIDE GLANCES 1 1 vis r Z-Ti cop, isss sy Nts siavwrc. mc T. m. sio. u. a. fat. otr. "For heaven's sake, lot him finish you oil'! Do you want '' to develop repressions?" 7 a From Hie ,liles,!jj ryc";; ..Ililii'ogolandflO vesrsQo.i:,;!;,! ililllllili.MliiVil.I'llljlliliili'lliiilllii'ililllili:!11 From the Klamath Republican February 22, 1906 A Southern Pacific train was buried in a landslide near Delta, Calif., yesterday, killing the en gineer. Denny Frell, and injur ing eight passengers. - Dr. R. E. L. Stelner and Dr. F. E. Smith of Salem may build a hospital here. Telling The Editor Letters printed here must not be mors than 600 words in length, must bs writ ten Isglbly en ONE SIDE of the psper only, and must be slgnsd. Contrlbutiene following these rules, are warmly welcomed. BIRD MIGRANTS MOVE KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To the Editor) This is the time of year the bird migrants com mence moving. Our winter dwellers, like the waxwing and some white crowned sparrows snn tox sparrows feel, spring is on the way and commence the long trip to Canada, to Alaska, to even the Aleutian islands where Americans ousted the Japanese. Meantime those that summer vacation with us, like the tana gers, are coming up from Mex ico, Guatemala, even the Panama canal. Some arrive from the Amazon river, and even farther south where the writer studied them while collecting the giant blue-silk butterflies. . . A good plan for a young bird student is to regularly list his birds. He then will notice how winter visitants disappear, how summer birds disDlace them. Also, he will find some birds, like the magpie, are with us all the year round. These are what the scientists call "residents." As one does this, he will com mence to learn which are the in sect eaters, like the flycatchers. He will grasp how they save, for human food, what otherwise the 6-footed, like the- grasshoppers, would devour. ' Sincerely, C. M. GOETHE. A HOUSING PROBLEM PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22 (IP) I Mousing snortage paradox: Larry Bome's office assistant told him she d quit her job if she didn't find an apartment soon. Her boss, ironically, is execu tive secretary of the Portland Realty board, the state's largest group of real estate men and property managers. ' (He's issued a special bulletin appeal to all members.) STUMPED TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 22 (IP) PFC Vincent Mayde of Seattle has found there's one order Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower can't give. The army chief of staff paused beside Mayde's bed in MadigaTi General hospital and asked the injured GI: "Is there anything I can do?" "Yes, sir," Mayde popped up. Can you order the captain to let me out of bed?" Chuckled the general: "You got me there!" Ancient man kept time by measuring shadows cast by trees, cliffs and other objects. Car Reported Stolen In KF A light green 1938 Buick se dan owned by L. H. Luking, 4798 Climax, has been reported stolen sometime yesterday or last night from 3rd, between Klam ath and Main. . . Luking said that he had left the switch unlocked and that the car had a full tank of gas. Police are also on the lookout for a 1929 Ford pickup stolen in Alturas and believed to have been brought toward Klamath Falls, and a 1939 Ford stolen two days ago in Medford. There was no session of muni cipal court this morning. Arthur N. Null, 208 East Main, was ar rested for running a stop sign at Broad and Elm yesterday and cited to appear in court tomor row. . .- . James W. Pone. 237 Jefferson. was cited to aoDear tomorrow for running a stop sign at Es planade and Main, and Mrs. C. L. Faulkner, Klamath Agency, post- From the Klamath News February 22, 1936 All plans are complete for the Crater Lake Ski club's meet at Fort Klamath Sunday. e e Gales and rain struck the Klamath country today. Tulelake clinched the Klamath-Siskiyou basketball confer ence title by defeating Malin, 34 to 13, last night. Corporation Buys Refrigerator Barge ASTORIA, Feb. 22 CP) A re frigerator barge, built for the navy, has been purchased by the new Astoria Fisheries corpora tion to act as a seagoing store house. The barge, which can keeD 500 fillets on ice, will sail to Kodiak island and Bristol bay as "moth er ship" for a small fishing fleet. Injuries Fatal To Tractor Operator SPOKANE, Feb. 22 (P) Merle Jessmore, 48, tractor op erator, died today from injuries suffered last night when, police said, he walked into the side of an automobile. The driver was not held. Jessmore's death was Spo kane's third traffic fatality. Strand To Speak To Rotary Clubs Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college, will speak tonight at the inter-city Rotary club dinner to be held in tho Wil lard hotel. Clubs expected to gather here with the Klamath Falls organiza tion, are from Tulelake, Alturas, Susanvillc. Lakeview and Ash land. Marshall E. Cornell is din ner chairman and Mitchell Til lotson will preside. This is the 41st anniversary of Rotary Inter national. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 p. m., followed by dinner. Andrew Loney, club member, will present the musical program. The World Today By DtWITT MacKENZIE AP World Traveler fit MacKENZIE SsitjaVVV'V'aW'As' HERFOHD, Clermimy, Feb. 22 One o( tho difficult problems of tho allied forces of occupation In Germany has been the position of Wo largo inimnor oi (iispim-co persons Irom other coun tries These "DP's," as the British soldiers call them, were mostly Hitler's slave labor and prisoners of war. In this zone t h e r o o r I g I n it 1 1 y wore 2,450,000 who hud to be housed, clothed, fed and kept warm. A million of these wore Russians and another half mil lion were Poles, the rest being mnlnlv Italians, Dutch and French. British authorities have n-ptil-riiiti-tl all but 450.000 of Ihcse unfortunate folk and would re patriate tho rest gladly. But most of these displaced persons don't want to so home at this time. The majority of them arc Poles and they arc holding buck mainly for economic rea sons although some say they arc tearful on political grounds. Mouths to Ftd The authorities expect most of them will be ready to go back in tho spring when tho weather Is good, but In tho meantime they represent a half-million mouths to feed In a Germany which al ready Is struggling with a food, fuel and housing shortage. Mrs. Mack and I encountered a most interesting cross-section of urs in the barracks. Some half of them arc Jews who were political prisoners In the niizi murder camps. The members of this colony live in small groups In the rooms of the many bar- racKs DtiiKiings. They are pro vided with all necessities nnil url better food rations than are al lowed Germans. Those who were prisoners In the awful concentration camps Friday, r.b. 22, 1146 JJERALD AND ed $10 bail for an appearance in court for running a stop sign at Upham and Prospect and for having no operator's license. Spoon Into on of our folden-rip Deaert Grape fruit for real treat! You'll enjoy the juicy meat, eo richly flavored by the desert sun. And you'll be getting your vitamin C in the most delightful way. Try malting restful Des ert Grapefruit ealade, and dcsserU with an unusual tang. You'll be glad we told you about our "health from the desert," Desert Grapefruit Industry) 746 South Central Avenue, Log , Angeles 21, California. FORNIA P&SE&T Grapefruit get special privileges, for many of them are In weakened condi tion. There are schools for tho chit Hi-mi. mid tho DP's run them Stimu of these folk work outside fur the lii'ltlsli mid get bolter pay than (he uermaua. Classified Ads Bring Results, Radio Programs KFJI Mutual-Don Ltt 1240 ko. Friday Ev.. Ftbruary 22 Too p m. 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A o you'll hear HOP HARRIGAN Monday Through Friday, 4:45 to 5 P. M. Starting Soon ABC THE HERALD tnd NEWS MIFLW 1450 KC I American Broadcasting Company! Affiliate for the Klamath Area Classified Ads Bring Results. Friesen-Welman Co. 1715 Main Phone 7043 PLUMBING and HEATING - a general Repair Work on Plumbing and Heating' Friesen-Welman Co. J. E. Friesen N. A. Welman NOTICE! --AEROSOL-- For direct application of fine penicillin mist to infections of nose, throat and lungs. (Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds, Sinusitis, Hay Fever, Etc.) McATEE CLINIC 122 So. 7th Phone 5535 9 P. M. TO 1 A. M. SATURDAY NIGHT DANCELAND 515 Klamath Ave. All Types of Dance Mutic Played by ZAM And His SWING COMBO SPONSORED BY POST 1383, V.F.W. Klamath's Newest! Iti: I US BEAUTY SHOP 1605 Martin St. Acrosi So. 6th from LEE HENDRICKS DRUG for Appointments DIAL 5230 - BETH BEDDOW Featuring: HALLIWELL COLD WAVES MACHINE ft MACHINELESS PERMANENTS v ' . i DAM(D1E Washington's Birthday Friday --Feb. 22 ARMORY BALDY'S BAND "Just Good Dance Music" 60c per Person (Inc.. Tax) Note There will be no dances In tha Armory on Wed. or Sat. nights this week Coming Saturday, March 2 ' ' Charlie Barnet and hit Orchestra THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... HENR Y: " I've heard that same thing several times lately ... that alcoholics are really sick people. It was news to me. Do you agree with that statement, Judge?" OLD JUDGE:" Yes, it's true, Henry. It'sno notion of mine... it's a statement made by scientists who have studied the subject." HENR Y:" What did they find out, Judge?" OLD JUDGE: "Well, as a result of their medical research, they found out that ap. proximately 95 of the people who drink, drink sensibly. 5 do so unwisely, at times. Included In that 5 it the small pe""1" ? known as alcoholics." HENRY: "But why are they am 11 people?" ' OLD JUDGE: "Because It taj covered that, In many cases, excess v ing is a symptom of some p iysiw'J a tional maladjustment... not Uiecauw ( HENRY: "Now I understand it, J" J(h am glad to hear of the mder" Treal? to this problem and that so rmicn being done to help these folks.