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PACE FOUR ' HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON TUESDAY, NOV. 13, 1949 MtU KILL. JENKIN C, Mrrw ,.! i Bt ui aaaiM J IM -jn my dreams there's ? gjr-rSo.' s.a a, " " ppi,. uilu then. dre. jsaaea o tmi .iWCUiiD run irH-.r - - - These Days Paul Paircto called to call u en leaving out tht San Francisco apud market. Should to back today It youT not getting whst Tou want, holler . . . Ther are few big muvkrat houses In tha marshes. Thla Indicate open winter . . . Conversationist Bill Siscmor (now In kindergarten) reveal that. In my dreama there s talking." During aome people talks thert'a dreaming. t,,,OTd " f!-.fIS. i laoa. uodat act m " m.h a irra . How's the Weather? By DEB ADDISON MARK TWAIN and a million Americana ainc hare said that th weather la something all Ulk about but new do anything about. It still la our moat universal topic of conversation, and itui is ma strongest Influence In our Uvea over which we have no control. IMS will go down In the books aa tha year of tha big blue anow In January and February, of tha killing front In June, and of the long, beautiful Indian lum. I,"; 0 mer. ADDISON ' weauier mruu sui mui a, I an people. And in this normal i V yeaf of a buyer a market and l I aome farm crop surpluses these aawVaaal meanings nave aoap on them. The cattleman hauled hay to hia feed tots twhen ha could get in) like mad In the winter, but when the anow and lea melted It grew wonderful grass on tha range. Tha continuing dry spell now makes It look bad for next season's range. The farmer barely recovered from the tough winter when the June freeze sent bun In a tailspin. Then nature relented md gav him tha best possible weather for harvest. Businesses went steadily In the red the first of the year when customers stayed borne by the fires day after day. A comeback was halted when tha June frost put a general quietus on the economic utlook of the basin. It was In and out then until tha first of October when buying Improved and general gains were made. Mow it's off again because the weather la too good. Nobody buys long-handled rawer or new auto batteries while summer ones UU do the Job. On the lighter side, the fisherman want good (pring weather. It started poor but ended fine for tlm. The hunter wants storms In the fall, and ha aUdnt get much. The home gardener and lawn raker suffered the frosts but otherwise had fun. If he's not too busy or lazy now the old place aught to be In great shspe for the winter. As for Just plain living and enjoying life, let's bare lota like the Great Spirit Is dishing out today written Monday), and to heck with how It hit yob In tha pocketbook. THE Federal Reserve Board reported that depart ment store aalea for the week ending Nor. were down 3 from a year ago for the country as a whole, and were off 11 for the San Francisco district. The Dun & Bradstreet daily wholesale commodity price index of 30 basic commodities (1930-32 100) was 245.38 on Thursday compared to 245.58 a week before. Tha weekly , wholesale food price Index representing tha sum total of tha price per pound of 31 foods In general use rose Se last week to $3.74. This is 10 3 below a year ago. Herald and News advertising volume for the first 11 days of November was 14 per cent under the same day In 1MB. Local retail advertising waa off IT per cent, classified was oft 14 per cent, but national advertising was up 9 per cent. To heck with the fine weather. Let's hare some storms to stimulate retail business (to stimulate retail advertising.) CAUGHT In The Rounds: Quizzing and shaking down Charlie Stark and Bill Jenkins who helped warm up the Warm Springs cutoff, it de- Telopes that it's 301 miles to Portland thataway, against 393 by the Willamette. Take your choice of Willamette valley traffic and people, or endless ' miles of high desert straightaway . . . The Dr. Bufoid Hargus who Is organizing a city cleanup program Is the "Spooks' Hargus who delivered Ice in the summers along with Red Grange and some of the rest of us ... . Speaking of cleanup and sanitation, we note that a couple of Chic Sales are being Installed, side-by-each, on a beautiful "view" location at the Moore Park Ice skating spot. They face north more than the traditional east, but the view up the lake should be marvelous . . . By GEORGE E. KOKOLSKY AARON NAD ELL, of Brooklyn, writes an open letter lo me, the gut of which is: "Are you infallible, or could you be wrong? Now suppose that you are wrong, and that mar Is not inevitable except Insofar as you help make It so to th limit of your power by planting such an Idea, In people's heads dont you take a pretty heavy responsibility on your conscience, Sokolskyr "As a matter of fact and record you are wrong: No war Is ever Inevitable until after it has started. Circumstance change, leaders die and are replaced by others, governments shift their policies, empires decay, revolutionists tame down, new states rise to alter balances of power. But there is one certain way to make any war Inevitable, and that la to plant In people's minds the idea that it Is." And yet, how much greater must be everyone's responsibility If this country were to be attacked, suddenly. In a polar war, th enemy employing atomic bombs, biologic and chemical warfare, while we. depending upon our Industrial rapacity and ability, required 18 months to get ready? LET us say that war with Soviet RuiMS Is not Inevitable. Let us say rather that nothing is inevitable. Let us admit that what Nadell says Is wholly true Yet, It might be Just the opposite. Let us suppose that an episode occurs between Yugoslavia and Hungary. This may be localized or It may raise the question of the peril of Italy. That Involves th Intention of Soviet Russia. Let us suppose that the force sent against Yugoslavia la so large aa to give the strategic Index to an invasion of Italy. That country la an Important element in American defensive strategy. The United States would go to tha defense of Italy and there fore of Yugoslavia. So we are In a war. Or, let us say that Soviet China marches Into Southern Korea below the 38th parallel. That means that General MacArthur'a position In Japan Is Im perilled and the defenses of Alaska are endangered. The United States would have to make an im mediate decision. Involving not dsys or even hours but minutes, whether It would withdraw from or defend Japan. Unquestionably such a decision has already been made. Or. suppose Soviet Russia puts a huge force Into Eastern Germany and Soviet Germany breaks through to the Rhine. That Immediately endang ers France, Belgium. Holland and th Scandinavian countries. Under the North Atlantic alliance, the United Statea la at that moment at war by treaty obligation. IT is true, aa Nadell says, that no such events might happen. It 1 also true that any or all three of them could happen and could happen simultaneously. What la our responsibility? Some navy and aome army experts believe that should war occur between the United States and Soviet Russia, It win be fought along classical lines, principally In Europe and on land. Our air force believes that such a conflict will introduce the novel logistics, of a polar war, the enemy flying across the North Pole on a short line from Moscow to Detroit, let us say. So far as the flying and fuelling capacity of planes Is concerned, this Is technically possible tor both sides, I am told by specialists. Now, here Is a disagreement concerning logistics which has shaken the Pentagon, skilled men differ ing on probabilities. Meanwhile, the citizen must ask: suppose the air force Is right and we have no polar defenses, no Alaskan defenses, no defense of such cities as Minneapolis and Detroit? II WHO have lived for many years In China tnd , Japan, and who could claim warm ana continued friendship with many of th men involved in Pearl Harbor, could never believe, up to the actual fact, that Japan would ever attack the United States. But It did happen at Pearl Harbor. Whatever the reason and the cause. It did happen. As Nadell raises the question of moral responsi bility, I shall never again be guilty of making the mistake of believing that a country like ours dares to be Inadequately defensible even for a moment. It Is possible to make a mistake once; it Is a crime to make tha same mistake a second time. SIDE GLANCES II-IS earn tsis sv mu aiist aits astv a. a est. or. "If you don't behave tnd stop squirming, that bad man sitting next to you it going to apank you!" Boyle's Column Nothing New in Scribe's $3.98 Model Crystal Ball ITheWorldTodayS S By DnvITT MACKENZIE t I AP rerelga Affslrs Analyst I Markrnsl CARNIVAL Bv Dick Turner Business Mirror Retailers' Sales Volume Up But Profit Margins Narrow By RADER TATNGET (For Sam Dawson) NEW YORK, Nov. 15 OPi Retail ers are facing a pretty bright future in the next months ahead as far as their sales volume Is concerned. The pinch comes In profits. The amount ot money being rung nv on department store cash regis ters right now Is only a shade below a year ago. And remember that last year was one of the best In grand totals that department stores ever had. But thla year their profits are being shaved by high operating costs. On every score it costs more to stay In business now than a year ago. As one merchant said: "The more you earn the less you make." Vnbalanced In a recent survey the National City Bank of New York shows that 58 large retail corporations In the first half of this year had a sales volume only 4 per cent under the comparable period of 1948. But their net income was down 31 per cent The 27 department and specialty stores In the list reported sales only 3 per cent under a year ago, but their profits were off 39 per cent The latest report of the federal FUNNY BUSINESS , "Lady,, I've- beer, on a fifteen-day diet , and thla la my aixteenthdayl" reserve board gives department store sales at 3 per cent under last year for the week ended Novem ber 5. That's about the most cheering newa these retailers have had all this year. From January 1 to date. department store sales slumped an average or 6 per cent under 1948. Reasons It's true that the comparisons of this year's volume has been made against the banner year of 1948, the tail-end of the post-war boom. And it is also true that the present good showing la partially accounted for by a temporary but sharp drop In the volume of business at thla time last year. Last year's bad business makes this year's good business look still better. But the recovery was made despite the lengthy and costly coal and steel strikes. Just before the coal strike started September 19, sales were 7 per cent under last year. They got steadily worse after the steel workers walked out At their low point, department store sales were down a thumping 12 to 14 per cent under last year. What about the rest of this year? The head of one of the largest de partment store groups in the coun try Fred Lazarus Jr, president of Federated Department Stores guesses that dollar volume will be "somewhat lower than a year ago." Uncertainty That probably means only a few percentage points lower. An exact figure is Impossible to give, even at this late date, because of the un certainty of further strikes and shut-downs. But with everything normal, re tall trade can continue It present pace at the cash register. That still takes Into consideration the past and future losses to wage earners in the strikes. The chances are and the mer- brush- yt) - ::" teeth f J :, ' ie my l . ,11 ril Bv HAL BOYLE NEW YORK Wi When I woke up this morning. I reached under my bed for my secret news ticker from Moscow. Its page was blank. The Russians had had a quiet week-end. They hadnt used atomic energy to move a single mountain or change the course of a single river. Yswnlng, I reached under the other side of the bed and pulled out my secret news ticker from Washington. It was completely blank, too. No body had re signed from the e a b 1 ne t. and even the ad mtrals w r sil-nt What a dull world I Quit brush' tng your ana ev me uiy mm . crvstal ball I'll a-" - J have to look Hal Boyle Into the future." I called to my wife. She obediently trotted to the closet, opened a hatbox and dragged out my old crystal ball the $3.98 model that department stores keep in stock for gypsies, hsppy mediums and unhappy col umnists. Big News I rubbed It to a high gloss with the bedsheet shook it and peered Into It Deep Inside the ball a message formed: "Notre Dame will go through season undefeated." Frances, who had been looking over my shoulder aa usual, laughed: -Ha.' ha! That's no news. The sports writers hsve been saying that for years." I shook the crystal ball harder, wishing I had bought the $949 de luxe auper-duper model, and looked again. It read: "It's Truman against Elsenhower In 19S2." "Ha. ha, hal" chortled my merry helpmeet "I read that already In 27 other newspaper columns last week. Rover Boy." For a third time I shook the ball. This time It cam up with th announcement: "Drink Moola Cools for that tired out, draggy feeling." "Well, anyway," said Frances, "you're the only columnist whose crystal ball has a sponsor." I threw the ball away In disgust. Then I begsn to perspire. For I realized that I had reached the dilemma that comes some time to every columnist I had nothing to ssy. No news, no views, no nothing. Suddenly in this despair I re called that a columnist of 40 years' experience had told me once when I asked him if he ever ran out of Ideas. "Son." this puip psper Plato hsd observed, "as long as sin and poison snakes are alive In this world a man of character and feeling will always have something to write about" And so. today, we will take up th problem of poison snakes and leave sin for another rainy dsy topic. Intertwined As a matter of fact the subjects ot sin and ansae are intertwined, and have been since the first rep tile sabotaged Eve with his fast Ulk that a girl has to eat apples to get her vitamins. The Snake, like the devil, is a cosmopolitan traveler. You ran find him everywhere In the world except virtuous Ireland, progressive New Zealand and a tew oceanic islands where a snake wouldn't be seen tor fear ot losing his social standing. The last snake with a voice was that scaly rascal in the Garden of Eden. Not one since then has had a larynx, and all they can do Is hiss like drama critics. There are some 2000 kinds of snakes in the modern world, of which 000 are poisonous. Negligible Anyway, these 600 different va rieties of poisonous snakes are creeping and crawling around the earth underfoot And I, tor one, don't Intend to let another day pass without pointing out thst neither the republicans nor the I democrats are doing a thing to reform them. Sweet Dream Gown Colds Relieve distress 4n seconds t IO when you us lag0 it in steam, tool VWaPORUs chants know It that people who have tost Income in strikes won't dig very deep into their pockets to buy the usual Christmas gifts for their families and friends. There won't be much in the pocket. Generous credit is being extended right and left That will help keep the sales totals high. There also will be a rash of holiday sales featur ing what Is known as special pro motions and budget merchandise. In some of the larger cities these sales already have started. Lower Prices Still lower prices for next year are foiecast by some leading trade au thorities. They Include Fred Laz arus, who believes spring prices will be down three to four per cent, ex cept perhaps In textiles. In the lines that department stores sell. Definite the squeeze of sales- pi ices-profits, there is a lot of pep in the approach that retailers are taking toward their business. Lew Hahn, president ot the Na tional Retail Dry Goods association, advised them: "Retsilers cannot af ford to leave any promotional stone unturned in their effort to real ize the full sales volume potential of the richest harvest months In the calendar. November and December, There Is a lot of lost ground to be made up. . . . Stores are striking hard as a fitting windup of the year. They know that November and December can completely turn the year' results. SINUS SUFFERERS Amazing new treatment, quick re lief from sinus headaches, pressure in forehead, eorenesa In eyes, cheek bones, forehead, top of head, back of head and down neck: also con tinual drip and drainage of th nose and throat, coughing, snees Ing. Writs for 8-dsy FREE TRIAL, no cost or obligation except to re tain If not satisfied. National Lab oratories. 367 8. Ash Ave, Ingle wood. Calif. Adv. ,9423 (J f ill Britain's Bonnie Prlnr Charlie yesterday celebrated hia first birth day, thereby passing th Initial mils post of a IK Journey which even as h saw th tint light of day was dedicated to th Interests of the pub lic. Th tiny princ as son of Princess Elisabeth, heiress presumptive to U imperial throne, la next In l.ns to his mother. In normal course h on dsy will be king. Boh never will be "his ow n man." He nisy mount a golden thron and wear a wonder ous crown stud ded with price less genu. But even In youth he won't be able to slip away lo the old swimmln' hole when he slits to. He can't play hooky from his Job of being heir to Uie world's greatest throne. You likely see a recognition of his position In the fact that while the public likes to refer lo him aa "Bon nie Prince Charlie." he always is called "Charles' In his royal home. He has no nickname, like moat little fellers. 'Maggie' By the way. one tit my scouts tells me that when the Irrepressible Prin cess Margaret Rom was Informed o( his birth she asked what he would be called. When told that his name would be Charles she wise-cracked: "Then I suppose I shall be known as 'Charlie's aunt' " ; There are few more exacting Jobs i In the world than that of bring king or queen of England. And next is that of being heir to the throne. Younger brothers and sisters have more freedom, but tit heir must start training for hi great task el-1 most as soon ss he can ulk. Prince Charles soon will be In the hsnds of an ultra-competent gov- i ernesa who will Instruct him in his i young years. Alwsys he will be pro- j tected from coming Into contact with undesirable Influences. As soon ss he is old enough he willoe turn- j ed over to tutors who will prepare him for one of the English colleges, i Big Job I But thst is only part ot his train ing. He must know his empire and Its peoples. He must know all the Intricate Ins and outs of govern ment. He must learn the ways of kingship. All this of course involvrs not only hard study but, when he Is old enough, travel throughout the em pire "upon which th sun never sets." Moreover, even In his teens he must begin keeping public en gagements, and even making speeches. And thst's no light assign ment, lor his engsgemenl book more often then not looks like thst of a busy country physician. Bonnie . Prince Charlie's, grest uncle, once King Edward VITI but now plain Duke nf Windsor, provided us with an illustration ot wnat King ship means. He came to the throne as perhaps the beat trained man ever to assume that august position. He hsd been a much beloved Prince ot Wales. Stubbed Toe But Edward stubbed his royal toe. He made up his mind to marry Mrs. Simpson against th wishes snd ad vice of his ministers. When they In sisted that he abandon this idea ne served notice of abdication, perhaps thlnklna- this would bring the gov ernment over o his thinking. But It didn't, and the throne of empire shook under the Impact ot nis aooi- cation. England doesn I want mat w nap- pen again. Coffee Crusade Not Popular msdfoRD. Nov. 15 lAV- The housewives' boycott to bring down the cost of coffee Isn t winning much support from addicts of the bean. Mrs. One Clark complained most persons approached for help said "good luck, but I can't get along without coffee myself." She was among the group who announced they weren't buying un til the price dropped, TOTAL LOSS" VANCOUVER, B. C. Nov. IS Wl The steamship Chelohsin. which ran aground In the fog a mile out side Vancouver harbor nine days ago. Is to be scrapped. Insurance underwriters took a look at the ves sel yesterday and wrote It off as a "total loss." "Wall, for a wrf whoa husband navar taka har any. vmara, you csrtainly hava to hava a lot of naw cloth, it aaama to ma!" Doctor Soys Better Results with Early Lobar Pneumonia Treatment jXSIZIS I I ?!l7- ' I tlTsVststlTlM. Make a dream come true that lovely new nightgown for her giftl Anyone can sew It the Emplr '2 m Bv EDWIN P. JORDAN. M. D. lobar pneumonia which la the most common of the pneumonias Is caused by a germ called the pneumococcua. The disease Is more likely to develop when the body has become weakened by disease, poor nutrition, or old ase. Germs ran be breathed In large quantities from someone else who Is harboring them. A typical case of lobar pneumo nia starts suddenly with a severe chill which may last lor as long as half an hour. Soon after the chill, the temperature begins to go up rapidly to around lot or 103 de grees. At the same time a person coming down with pneumonia may have general aches and pains with hesdache. Pain In the chest or aid like that which la present In pleu risy. Is also common. Cough which produces pain and does not bring up much mucus starts early. The breathing becomes rspld and each breath la shallow. Typical Hlins Develop Unless steps hsve been taken lo treat the condition promptly, the typical signs develop by the second , or third day. By this lime cold , sores around the Hps are likely to ' be present, the facial expression shows anxiety, the pain In the aid or cheat la sever and the breath 1 ing Is rspld. Couth brims up a i fsir amount of sputum which la i likely to be timed with blood. The I temperature itaya high, at 104 or ! loo. I Now there Is only one chance In 30 or 28 of dying from the dlsrss Instead of one chance In three. Lo bar pneumonia has dropped from j being one of the mnl Important I rausea of death to being one of th I least Important of the major dis eases, ui course, diagnosis mui om made early and treatment started promptly, because th result of treatment are never so good In the person who has been 111 for several days. The Doctor Answers QUESTION: The soles of my feel constantly burn like fir. What causes this' ANSWER: la there some Infec tion present? If not, the cause may have to be sought In the nervous system or In th circulation. Gallup Poll More Voters Think Truman Will Run for Re-election r By GEORGE GAI.l.t'P Director. American InaUlute of Pablie Opinion PRINCETON. N. J. Although the White House has not committed It self, sn Increasingly large majority of voters think that President Tru man is planning to run for re election In 1953. There has been much speculation In political circles about Uie presi dent's plans, with a number of commentators professing to see evidence In his recent msneu vers that he la definitely laying the groundwork for 1942. To see how the nation s voters them selves feel about this. Institute Interviewers put this question to a balanced cross-section in all the 48 states: "Do yoo think President Tru man will be eleeUon In 1952?" A similar survey In June was con ducted on the ssme question. The trend follows: lines are very simple. Embroider the dainty nosegays (transfer inc.) Pattern 9433 in sizes 12, 14, 1, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40. Size 18 takes 3N yards 35-Inch. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect tit. Complete, Illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step Send TWENTY -FIVE cents In coin for this pattern to Klamath Falls Herald and News Pattern De partment, P.O. Box 8740. Chicago 80. III. Print plainly YOI'R NAME, ADDREHB, ZONE, SIZE, STYLE NUMBER. 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The RcDuhllcartl wero aslrerf- "Here Is a list of men who have been mentioned aa possible candi dates for the Hrpubllran part. Which ONE would you like ta ae nominated aa the Republican can i dldate far president?" ; Dwlght D. Elsenhower 35't : Harold E. Stassen 19 : Sen. Robert Taft & Gov. Thomas Dewey u Oov. Earl Warren ' 0 Sen. Arthur Vandenbrrg Hen. Leverett Saltomtat 3 Sen. John W. Brlcker 3 Others In list . none of these . j Don't know " CARD OF THANK We wish to thank all of our kind friends snd neighbors for their . many kind expressions of sympathy, for the beautiful floral offerings, and condolence In the loss of ottA beloved husband, lather and son. ' MRS. NETA NORK AND CHILDREN. MR. AND MRS. JOE NORK AND FAMILY. Think he will run . Think he will not . No Opinion Dema. ... 5 ...24 . .. II Reps, 22 9 Could He Win? No one can foresee, of course, whether the president would win If he ran again. It would depend on the popularity of his Republican op ponent and on the course of events leading up to 1952. But at this moment the voteis who think he will run are pretty sura thst he will win quite a dif ferent attitude from that found In advance of th 1948 election, when the majority of voters thought Mr. Truman would lose. Here Is how those who think he will run answered the question, USE MORE n PUMICE TILE For Strength, Durability Low Maintenance Cost Self Insulating Attroctivencst Fire Proof , Inexpensive Klamath Pumice Til Co, "Permanent as the Pyramids" 1840 Owens Phone 4619 HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE. MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern Sic. an Mrs J t. (atltr an Jss Kirlsr WHO'S SWITCHING TO CALVERT? Folks everywhere have switched to Calvert Reserve because it tastes better! CAI.VKRT RKKKRVB Blended WhUkef -gs.g Proo!-8J Grain Neutrsl -Spirits. Calvert Distillers Corp., New York cny
