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Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEY
HERE'S suggestion to all good citizens:
Don't pass up tomorrow's election as not
worth your visit to the polls,
, It Is worth it
It Is true that there are few intraparty con
tests at this primary. But there
are enough non-pnriisan deci
sions to be made, between men
and between issues, to Justify
100 per cent turnout of vot
ers. And there are some party
nomination contests on both
ballots.
It will take a few minutes
to vote. Do it!
Judge Contest
THE circuit Judgeship, to ue EPLEY
filled by voters of Klam
ath county tomorrow, is the highest-paying and
one of the three six-year public offices in this
six-year public offices here are that of county
judge and justice of the peace.
The circuit judge gets S6000 a year. Other
year public office here is that of county judge.
Judge David R. Vandenberg's campaign for
re-election has been based, in the main, on the
grounds that he has rendered conscientious
service for six years, and now, as an experi
enced jurist, should be returned to continue that
service. It is contended that an able lawyer
finds experience on the bench important to his
development as a good judge and that Dave
Vandenberg, an able lawyer at the start of his
career, has become an increasingly better judge.
His work as judge of the juvenile court has
been offered by his supporters as a factor in his
favor. Commendation by the grand jury and
certain professional sources has been cited in
his behalf.
On the other side, Mr. Humble has offered
himself as a practicing attorney here for two
decades, with a record of experience in both
' public office and as a private attorney. His
supporters say he is a man of superior judicial
temperament, fair-minded and just. They de
clare he would preside over the circuit court
with conscientiousness and dignity.
As to the juvenile question, Mr. Humble has
offered a platform of principles upon which he
pledges to conduct juvenile court affairs in con
formity with the best social thinking of the day.
In his behalf is cited a rather active record of
work In behalf of young people, as well as con
siderable effort as head of the USO operating
committee and other phases of military hospi
tality. These are some of the arguments In behalf of
the two candidates. The decision to be made is
highly important it deserves the careful con
sideration of every voter before he goes to the
polls tomorrow.
City Measures
THE non-partisan municipal ballot contains
three measures.
We have already discussed the charter amend
ment to provide for a revolving fund whereby
the city can participate, as a property owner, in
the improvement of streets adjoining lots it
owns.
A second levy measure is for one-quarter of
a mill for just one year to provide funds for
paving alongside certain small city parks. This
is a small amount, for a single year, and no
serious objection presents itself.
The third measure requires more careful con
sideration. This is the continuing levy of one
and one-quarter mills whereby the city, as an
employer, would participate in establishing re
tirement benefits for its employes. This means a
permanent levy, which will be placed upon local
property each year. City employes, also, would
contribute to the retirement fund, which is set
up under state act for those municipalities
which wish to come under it.
Those who feel that retirement benefits will
make for a better calibre of city employe, thus
bringing benefits to the city for the money to
be paid out, will vote yes.
? News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, May 16 The failures at
Paris are due to several unmentioned,
underlying facts:
Russia dare not accept peace for the nations
She has seized any kind of peace. She Is not
strong enough to be able to withdraw her troops
and open east-central Europe to our trade, news
or normal peaceful dealings with other nations.
While she is able to control or influence those
governments through friendly politicians backed
by troops, in the past year of isolated peace,
she has been unable to win the people.
A by-word has sisen in whispers among the
Hungarians, for instance. When the Russians
first entered Hungary, they rode in a great
many trucks obviously American, and some
Hungarian observed: "Here comes Chengis
Khan in American trucks." The humorous allu
sion has grown into a national Hungarian bon
mot. It was apparent behind the voting in the
recent election, when the Hungarians desired to
give the Russians enough to keep them from
becoming angry, but regarded their occupation
as considerably under America's helpful au
spices. The conflict or comparison between Rus
sia and America is fundamentally in mind
throughout Hungary and the rest of Europe.
My direct inside information suggests the aver
age Hungarian considers the Russians much less
adroit than the nazis, and are patiently, per
haps smilingly, waiting for time to prove the
point.
Program Boomerangs
ANOTHER reason behind Russian quartering
of 650.000 troops upon little Hungary (and
2,000,000 throughout Europe) is the condition
in Russia proper, which has been mentioned be
fose, but about which there is now fresh inside
news. A British authority recently in Moscow
tells of the tales being related by Russian troops
home on leave from the occupied Balkans (Ru
mania 700.000 Russians, Bulgaria 280,000, Aus
tria 130,000). Hungry as some of these nations
are, their general standard of living is still so
far above the standard of Russia, that the occu
pation forces are amazed and won over to ad
miration by the luxuries they see, which are
nonexistant in Russia. The program of Russia
to seduce them to communist culture has been
working in reverse. A letter in Pravda recently
complained about dancing, presumably capital
istic dancing, being taken up in one Russian
province where the people were waltzing and
two-stepping until 2 a. m. The Russians are
being converted to Vienna faster than Vienna
to communism, which makes the Kremlin un
happy. Furthermore the 2,000,000 must be fed
somewhere.
So Molotov and his associates at Paris have
been hard pressed to find reasons for delaying
treaties which would restore peace and open
these nations.
My guess on Paris is that State Secretary
Byrnes early discovered this situation, knew he
could not crack it, and has presented Molotov
with propositions which have progressively de-
. veloped the ridiculousness and completely nega
tive isolationist stand of the Russians before
the whole world thus to weaken their diplo
matic position. Molotov for instance claimed
there could be no big peace meeting of the 21
nations until the treaties were concluded, and
also stood solidly on the ground that the treaties
could not be concluded beforehand. The British
newspapers have been fooled into rationalizing
these two positions, but the two Russian nega
tives established the definite affirmative that
peace could not be concluded.
Molotov Block
AGAIN Molotov tried to stave off peace in
Germany by demanding disarmament, but
when Mr. Byrnes proposed a disarmament in
vestigation, Molotov turned it down. When Rus
sia professed fear of Germany, Mr. Byrnes pro
posed a 25-year Big Four pact to quell Russian
fears, but Molotov immediately switched his
fears to disarmament again and rejected the
pact.
To cover these absurd inconsistencies from
the eyes of her own people at home, the Rus
sian press has accused "forces of international
reaction" (nameless) of blocking peace and at
tempting to stir up another war although all
the proposals at the conference were designed
to get the troops out ot Europe (we have 15,000
in Austria, about one-ninth of the size of the
Russian force, 30,000 in Italy compared with
50,000 of the British labor government forces).
The only militaristic declaration projected into
the controversy was by Stalin, who addressed
his May Day message from Moscow almost en
tirely to the red army, rather than the workers,
and urged "further growth of military culture"
(direct quotes from the message).
In the face of this foolishness, a reorientation
of Anglo-American policy will do doubt result .
from the Paris meeting. It may not be sensa
tional, but rather a strengthening of the Ameri
can position.
SIDE GLANCES
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Merrill Moose
Take Members
MEH1ULI,, May 16 Eighteen
candidal!', 14 of whom were
sponsored by J. W. Reeder.
were initliited into I lis l.oval
Order of Moose. Merrill .106, re
cently. The new members are
L'lnreiK'o Sheluto. E. L. Ciin
ninuhuin, L. L. Have, Milton
Wilson. G. C. Mitchell, L. H.
Ilolden, Hen T. Murphy, J. J.
Noonan, Tom McMlniimy. Wll
hum Duff, D. C. King, E. M.
Lnwhencl, O. V. Reeves, Jumrs
Greer, K. M. Irvine, O. D. Wil
son and Elmer Garrett.
Governor Hilary Wlnebnrger
appointed Ross Aubrey, Jack
Allium and Jay McDonald to
meet with the Merrill Service
club for discussion of a pro.
posed recreiillon program for
children in Merrill.
O. V. Reeves will meet with
representatives of all Merrill or
ganizations to plan for the big
community Christmas entertain,
ment unit tree.
The members were Joined by
nxAi.n Nrws. Kiamaia r.u., on. trcridat, Mar is, itt, rn
Women of the Moose for re
freshments. Lake Titlrara, In Ilollvla,
covers .1200 square miles.
Tlio net Income for the year
1045 of an aulomotiva firm was
IIHH,2ilB,llft. It averaged HM8.a
n:i.HM yearly In the four years'
of IIMX4!),
iii iQl
o(34tteiica, dfne.
INVIJTMINT XKTiriCATIl,
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INVESTORS SYNDICATE
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
MARTIN A. PUTNAM
Phona S21I
Klamath Falls. Ore.
"Trouble with liim is lie took elocution lessons ns a boy
and hits never goltcii over ill"
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Hungarian Money Plunges
As Inflated Prices Soar
BUDAPEST, May 15 (De
layed) (fi) A single bank note
worth one billion pengoes went
into general circulation today as
Hungary's inflation wrecked
currency plunged on in an ap
parently winning race to equal
nothing.
Before the war, when five
pengoes were equal to one Unit
ed States dollar, this new bil-lion-pengo
note significantly
displaying cheaper engraving on
cheaper paper than any previous
currency would have been
worth $200,000,000.
Today with the dollar bring
ing two billion five hundred
million pengoes, it is worth less
than 50 cents.
The average worker reported
ly earns about a dollar a month.
The average black market din
ner costs about three. But the
hardest thing to find in Buda
pest is a man who lives on his
dollar a month earnings. Every
one mournfully admits that the
dollar d month figure is correct,
but no one seems able to point
out any man who lives on it.
There are undoubtedly suf
fering people in Hungary but
they are not to be seen in Buda
pest's crowded theatres and
opera house, or dining lavishly
at Gundel's or quietly and ex
pensively in the Colonial's
shadows or noisily at the Derby
club.
Nor arc they standing in the
lobby of the American Astoria
hotel, holding a sackful of cam
eras, binoculars and pistols.
The government still has an
nounced no anti-inflation action.
Government circles once threat
ened to punish all those caught
with foreign currency, but noth
ing ever came of it.
The Hague conference in 1899
decreed that aircraft should not
take part in war.
It took us a long t.'me to get
around to it, but here is the
latest addition to the staff at
KFLW. Larry Probasco, the boy
who plays the piano, writes spots
and sustaining shows and does
most ot the record keeping.
Laurence E. Probasco, to be
exact, and he's not really as bald
as he looks. He just ran his eye
brows way up trying to peer out
the windows of a B-26. A native
Iowan, born at Ackley. Larry
attended Kansas State for two
years, where he played a pretty
good brand of football, before
giving in to the itching foot and
shoving off. The first stop was
Puerto Rico, where he went to
work on the Puerto Rico Herald.
When that job petered out (he
laiiea to say why) he took up
free lance writing and photog
raphy, and covered most of this
country and the Hawaiian group.
Came the gloomy days of 1941
and it was Private Probasco.
Somewhat later it was Captain
Probasco, driving a B-28 around
the skies over North Africa and
Italy. July of 1945 saw his dis
charge and him taking up studies
at Broadcasters Network Studios
in Beverly Hills. When he fin
ished that course he climbed in
the car. alone with 'his wifp
Margie, and started north. And
now he's working to bring the
listeners in K. Falls better radio
programs.
Han Norland Auto Insurance,
123 N. 6th St.
Black Market
Reddles Babes
SPOKANE. May 18 OT) A
weil-estiiblishcd 'black market"
in illegitimate babies Is being
operated In Spokane and other
northwest cities, often for pri
vate profit, Salvation Armv of
ficials declared here yesterday.
Major Orilla Hirst, superin
tendent of the Salvation Army
women's home and hospital, said
that 3 to 4 per cent of all live
births arc illegitimate. She esti
mated that 47 per cent of the
adoptions of Illegitimate children
are handled through individuals
rather than through public
agencies.
She said she thought the
"black market" could be elimi
nated if legal adoption pro
cedures were speeded up and
agencies were permitted to place
children directly in the homes of
foster parents instead of in
boarding homes for six months.
She reported one Spokane
couple waited seven years trying
to obtain a baby for adoption
through official channels.
ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF
BLY'S NEW
SUPER SERVICE STATION
SHELL OIL PRODUCTS
A COMPLETE LINE OF AUTO ACCESSORIES
Lubricotion Cor Washing Polishing
QUICK BATTERY CHARGING
HUNTING AND FISHIMG
LICENCES
Open 6 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Seven Days a Week
FISHING TACKLE
AND SPORTING GOODS
August Tlkkanen
Phone
7150
for
Metal
or
Wood
Venetian Blinds .
Patterson Furniture
230 Main
To Klamath County Voters:
I wish to thank you, the people of Klomoth county, for your cooperation
during my administration as Klamath County Assessor.
It appears that I have no opposition in either party in my campaign for
re-election. I will appreciate a substantial courtesy volt at the primary
election, Moy 17.
My name will appear on the democratic ballot, and republicans will
find a space in which to write in
X NEWTON B. NELSON
RADIO PROGRAMS
THURSDAY
KFLW 1450 kc.
:MMtiile of Manhattan
6:15 Hal on Concert
7:S0 Humble (or Judge
6:5ft Elmer Davla AHC
7:00 Curtain Time ABO
7:30 Here'a Mnrjrati ABC
1 :1ft Cera on Roblaon
BtfOLun. 'N Abner ABC
0:1ft Earl Godwin ABC
ft:80Town Meeting ABC
11:00 " "
:IS "
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:4ft Newi
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10:16 Rivmend Swing ABC
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11:00 sign Off
tl:lft
31:.10
11:49
EVE., MAY 16
KFJI 1240 kc.
Gabriel Hf alter, Newt MBS
Around Town'
Treasure II our of Seng MB 8
Voyage of Discover?
Talk for Vandenberg
Red Ryder MBS
Olaf'a Country store
Rogue'e Gallery MBS
Glenn Hardy, Newi MBS
Jamea Crnwlrt, Newa MBS
iv conci. i reining Hatcnes'
Mo.ie Aa To like It
Lawrence Welk Orcb."
Lefa Dance
Newi Roundup MRS
FRIDAY A. M.
KFLW 1450 kc.
:t.-. Bkfit In Hollywood ABC
10:00 Kellogg'i Home Edit. ABC
10:15 Ted Malone ABC
10:30 Mr True Story ABC
10:45 4
10:5(1 Newa Betty Crocker ABC
11:00 Memorable Mo ale
11:1ft Ethel and Albert ABC
11:30 The LlilenJng Pott ABC
)I:I5 Sammy Kay Orch.
, MAY 17
KFJI -1240 kc.
Jerry Wald Orch
Glenn Hardy, Newa MR!
Smile Time MBS
Queen for Day MBS
Latin American
Calendar of Mualc
World Light Opera
Jerry Sean Strlnga
FRIDAY A. M., MAY 17
:80 Dawn Patrol
fl:4S Farm Fare
7:00 Newa Bkfii. Edition
7:i5 Slop and Go Nhow
7:A0 Jamea Abbe Ohnervea ABC
. 7:45 7k Mannera ABC
; Ml he Breakfaat Club ABO
:IS " "
:K0
S;45 -
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V:lft Glamour Manor ARC
MSDkfat, In Hollywood ABO
Morning Reveille
F. Hemingway, Nrwi MBS
Rise and Shine MBS
Headline Newi
Heat Bun
laland Melodies
Faith I on Flaahei
Take It Eaay Time MBS
Victor II. Llndlahr, Health
Alda MBS
I.Tle Van, Newa MBS
....... i,nn7 moa
Morning Matinee
FRIDAY P. M., MAY 17
3:00 Newa Noon Edition
2:15 Man on the Street
?:Hfl Ladies Be Seated ABC
2:15 " "
1:00 Jack BerchABC
1:15 Jan Jamboree
1:10 Hollywood and Vine ARC
1:15 Hymns of all Cbarrhes AHc
:00 What's Doin' Ladies ABC
1:15 '
8:25 Norman Nesbltt ABC
1460 Clnb
Mft "
11:00 Bride and Groom ABO
1:30 Al Fearca
1:45
l:00neadlln Edition ABC
l:lft Malcolm Kpley
1:50 Our Singing Land ABC
1:45 Hop Harrlgan ABC
1:00 Terry and the Pirates ABC
1:15 Dirk Tracy ABC
1:50 Jack Armstrong ABO
KFJI Faatara
Melodioua Melodies
Headline Newa
Your Dance Tunes
Farm Front and Market Bo.
porta
Living With God
Johnson Family MBS
Ralph Glnsbergh Orch.
News
Zeke Manners MRS
John J. Anthony MBS
Rlckyo Bequest
Dr. Lonlt T. Talbot
Tea Dance
Here'a How w 1 1 k Fete
Howe MBS
Fulton Lewis Jr, Newa MBg
Rex Miller, Newa MBS
Eraklne Johnson MRS
Klamath Theatre Time
Beauty and the Beast
Superman MRS
Captain Midnight MBI
Tom Mis MBS
.ISTEN!!
to the
Westinghouse
Program Mon. thru Fri
10:15 10:30 a. m.
KFLW 1450 KC.
Brats Fireplace Sets
Andirons . . . Acceisories
This mdit. will be scarce
for some time yet.
Hafter Furniture
Sth and Klamath
LISTEN TO
KFLWs
"TOP TEN
for TONIGHT"
S:45 Sports Lintup
6:00 Muiic of Manhattan
6:30 Detect fc Collect-ABC
7:00 Curtain Time-ABC
7:45 Canon Roblnion
8:00 Lum n' Abner-ABC
8:30 America's Town Meet-
ing-ABC
9:48 News
10:00 Cat Tinney-ABC
10:15 Raymond Swing-ABC
Thi Herl and Newi
Denial by Police Judge of
Statements Circulated by
Opponents of Judge Vandenberg
STATEMENT
.. ii n ii rtna n?J . mmv
Klomath Foil.. - - ho, .y.r d" - .
discord berw , my ot
any other v." 1946.
Don. thi. 15 day o Moy.
i e traneV
pjk.' i-f oi the "VaLoth r-n.
Please do NOT
take the re
sults of this
election for
granted get
out and VOTE'
and take your
neighbors and
friends with
you!
VOTE X 13 TOMORROW J$J
lie
-elect Judge Vandenberg
T Vndmk,r far Jur t'l
I. D. aamar, Sac., 411 Pacific Tarrana.