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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 20, 10(12 ' PAGE FOUR FRANK JENKINS Biltor ' Entered as second clau nutter at the post office ol Klamsth Falls, Or, on August 20, 1906, under act of Congress, March t, 1879 MEMBERS OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use tor publication ol ex' the local lews printed in this newspaper as well as ill AP news. SUBSCRIPTION RATES MAIL BY CARRIER ' I month $ 135 1 month I 1-3& t months ' t 6.60 months ,t - $ 10 1 .year i gll.OO 1 year . M BILL - By BILL These seem to be quiet days in . Klamath Falls. What with the nec ' cssary grass cutting, watering. fishing, loaling and general philoso :' phliing there Isn't time lor much else. In the line. o( news that is. All of which doesn't mean a ' thing, but it is pleasant in a way " to remember that we are living in ( a peaceful if uneasy world at the monipnt and tlie uiouohts of war are pretty far away. But I'll bet there ale a lot of ' the boys in Korea taking pot shots ' at the reds who would a lot rather ' be stretched out in a warm 'ie!d : somewhere around the Klamath Basin shooting at stub tailed goph ers. With summer comes the ever ; present problem of the waistline. The average man looks at the ' litrhir summer Wmhlnir anri Jien ' stares ' ruefully at the winter-ac-1 quired roll of - suet he's packing around the midriff. And in the de ; lirlous days of summer comes the urge to cut off at least a bit of ' the white man's burden. This column has raised a com plaint about various dietx before. We still shall. But at the same , time we shall enter the lists pre , pared for deadly combat. In short, ; a proposal of our own diet. Your j writer has lost six pounds in ten ; days by the simple expedient of civ- lng up breakfast and lunch. Sim ple? . It's easier to do it by denying " yourself (somewhat) than it is by ; trying to shop for a- restricted diet. The only good most of 'em do is In walking off the weight in your . oihgent and never ending search $WVL& : WASHINGTON W Wrflle the . lantruage in the peace treaties with ' Japan and Germany Is not identi . cal, at least In one part the effect Is the same. That's in the agree - men for keeping troops in. both .places. -j , - ", It's done a little more smoothly in the Japanese treaty which aass , ail occupation forces must be witb ; drawn but thea quickly adds that Japan can agree, if it wishes, to Met troops stay. Japan promptly agreed to let .American troops stay although not .as occupation forces. i In the treaty with Western Ger iinany provision for letting Allied (troops stay was written right into j the document, - but pleasantly The.U. 6.. British and -French I troops who have been occupying i their respective zones ol Germany -since "war's end no longer will be , called occupation forces. They'll be known as defense troops. .. t This country in. the case of Ja pan, and this country and its Allies jin me case of Germanv. would hardly have signed the treaties at 'all if they couldn't keep troops in i both places. . OUTPOSTS . I Both are outposts against Com jmunism. If the Allies left Germany , tomorrow it would be an Invitation ' to the Communists to take over in , defenseless West Germany,- And if the D. 8.- thought of marching out of Japan, at least until the Japanese built some de fenses of their own, that would be r another invitation, i But the Allies gave Japan, on paper at least, more freedom than ( Germany gets. The German treaty idoesn't say anything about letting Germany re-arm although she'll be allowed to raise 12 divisions for .the European army. The treaty with Japan:ays that country cap re-arm. But the cir cumstances are1 different. Japan stays alone in the far Pacific as on ally of the West. It has to re Officially the British govern ment still recognizes Red China. iBut b truer index of British- Chi nese relations is the action of Britain's business interests in abandoning their huge investments in Communist-held mainland areas. By this move V British cor porations are tossing to the winds a sum variously estimated at from 850,000,000 to $1,400,000,000, which Is represented by factories, docks, warehouses, shipyards, hotels and other establishments. They are giving up because Jinder Mao Tss Tung's Red regime ,they have been hounded by fines. - special taxes, and the necessity of paving full wages to their Chinese employes even though their busi ness has been at a virtual stand still for long months. ; Whereas these firms once used 10,000 Britishers, the total Is down to 120, and these now wi6h to get out. In short, British business managers merely wish to recog nize a fact. Their business has been substantially killed and they have been subjected to Intolerable hiirrinne 0j T.. V, burdens i and interference. There is no sane rea6oi . to hang on, TOUGH DECISION ; , -Tora proud trading nations a cdunlry fabled -for its overseas enterprise, decisions of this kind re extremely hard. Already Brit ain's trading empire has shrunk . s Imost beyond the worst imagin ings of a decade ago. Now. it is formally accepting another shrink JnR of its effective economlo orbit. Since the Reds' harassment of British business in China has been deliberate, it must naturally be concluded this is the result Mao JwWl. H I (Wftlinr rM of TtrlllFh BILL JENKINS Managing Editor BOARD JENKINS lor the various Items the pundits outline as necessary. Which leads us into the subject of slimness. Which automatically leads o a very small comment concerning the corset ads carried in most of our national magazines. The ladies pictured hi these ads don't need corsets or girdles in the . Any time you are driven to a passionate frensy pick up a good slick paper magasine and lake a look lor yourself. You'll find all kinds of willowy belles showing the advantages of the multi-stretch all nylon self-compensating cleek lacea - non - boned foundations. And most of the ladies so pictured will be leaping, running, cavorting, taking the high hurdles, swimming trememner the old days ol pens that would write under water? The last comment I heard on that was one manufacturer that was making an ersau quill that would write under a goose.) or combing her hair. Or looking coy. Not that I ooject to the ads. I love advertisers, with a deep and burning passion But I doubt that the average woman wanders down to the store to buy a foundation garment in which to cavort as the ads would have her do. In fact, while comfort Is apparently not on the list, I think most of them work on the tape line theory. Anyway, summer is here and the girls are being forced into summer poses for ads. Put your skis away, madame. the time for frillies and frolic Is here. TJtcUttoii; arm if It Is to be an ally instead of a liability. But Germany in the heart of Europe, surrounded by sew friends and old enemies, is under suspi cion. It is an outpost against Rus sia, but with reservations. Still, the treaty with Germany may turn out to be the most pro gressive and far-reaching step in the history of Europe. For plans afoot now envision Germany as part of a United Europe. In fact, the document released by the State Department explain ing the treaty with Germany makes allowance for a European federa tion in tne luture. It does so by saying the present agreement can be changed If East and West Germany should be united or if there is a "creation of a European Federation or any other occurrence." The treaty with Japan is more complete than the one with Ger many. For instance, the German treaty doesn't aDDlv to Berlin, nart of which the Allies occupy and which, because it's in the Russian zone, is a possible trouble spot. Tne Allies retain control of their Berlir, areas. RESERVATION While the treaty with Germany gives it practically full freedom over its domestic affairs, the Allies retain the right to step in by de claring a state of emergency any time they .think the German gov ernment can't handle things. For instance, a rebellion. These limitations on Germany, or rather the Western German Republic, since Russia occuules the Eastern zone, provide the Ger man rabble - rousing nationalists and pacifists with talking points. But if the German treaty shows anything it is that the Allies want to keep Germany on their slate. try to set up a peaceful Western Europe, maintain defense against Russia, and still keep some strings on tne oermans, just in case. trade influence in his territory. We shall see hereafter what advantage this brings to the Chinese. On the basis of perform ance to date, we may be forgiven for doubting the . gains. To put Britain's sizable enterprises- into Red Chinese hands will be pretty much like turning over the man agement of General Motors central office to the overnight clean-up squad. , PARADOX ' , It is a curious paradox that despite these uncomfortable reall ties British policy 'still calls for recognition of Mao. Theoretically there may be sound International law in support of accepting a re glme which has full control of the area it rules. But in practice British recognition has been a fiasco. The British diplomatic representative at Peking has been sieadlly snubbed since his arrival more than two years ago. . , Obviously the policy has no ad vMiiiaKo aim nas oegeneraica into U n empty - formula. Winston Churchill's government might be moved to cancel It out were it not fcr Labor Party and other opposition.- The opponents seem to argue that any gesture of con clllntlon toward China Is a hopeful thing, -even if it produces nothing Perhaps It can be said most ac curately that Britain recognizes China but China ' does not recog. nlze the British. How long this one-sided display of international good Intentions can sensibly con tinue is hard to guess. But the precipitate withdrawal of British business Is the tip-off on the way They'll Do It Every Tirhc ' n-. LOOKA HERE. B-aMCJUO-TWlRry POUNDS I TXX OFK feel great j ear i OU 60TXA DO SOME- THINC9 ABOUT THAT FOT OP rOOKS 66 PORE ITS TOO LATE dial NEW YORK IP The long march of the blue and the gray is about over. Thlu Memorial Day fewer than a baker's dozen survive of the massed millions who fought In the American war of brother-against- hro-hr that nrirt 7 . , --lH- tKt Reduce c A J ': -g- ljYift 1 I C """' CO-LIGHT GOSPEL"-. I ID I fc'isl V 7 -,V i I L' T l-TT I msTfc,' This long and bitter struggle U. S. Grant's men in blue stole j chamer members are to attend, ulaved so important a role in our from his great, great granddaddy's Prof. A. V. Miller, chairman of national story, it is stMl so close to farm. 'he ,ecrelarlal science of Southern us as a people. It seems incred- The North ended the war by the : Oregon College ef Education, la to lble that soon even the last drum- ;g hiding weight ol superior man- sP"k on "Theory of Secretary mer boy who took part in it will power and industrial might. I ship." have been swallowed bv time. I But although finally worn down. MMer l" to Instruct a .special The earth is a tomb of manv i the South managed to emerge with secretarial course here Aug. 8 to vanished armies, but lew will live imost ol the heroes. October 1. lonser m memory than those that comenaeo unaer tne oanners oi the Federal Union and the Con- federacy from 1861 to 1865. Those memories, in manv minds even now are like sensitive scar tis sue. MODERN WAR Historians now class the war be tn-mn thp stntes knnu-n in North. I ern American communities as the ! admires a leader who fights gallant Civil War as the first modern ! ly In the face of almost certain de- war, and certainly it made manv ; changes in the art of battle both afoot and at sea. . It truly was a big war. consider ing the pooulation at the time. ; The North threw 2.12S,M8 men into action and suffered 349.94(4 casualties. The number of troops on the Soutb's side is debatable. Northern historians put the figure as high as 1.400.000 out of a white DODUlace of only 5.000.000. Estimates by South em historians go as low as 600,- UW. VYOOUrUW W 113V II &U1U ' me South put 900.000 men. in the field and placed their losses in suueo and wounded at 133.821. As in most wars before the de velopment of sanitation techni ques, disease took more lives than bullets. The North, lor examde. lost only about 110.000 men from combat wounds. It lost nearly 200,- Oh. . (p. Astonishingly large numbers of people suffer from vague dis comfort and pains in the abdomen When this is accompanied by al ternating periods of diarrhea and constipation, the condition is likely to be what is known as spastic colon, or -irritable bowel. Apparently this .disorder Is more common In modern ' civilization than it used to be and is tied up closely with the tense pace and nervous strain of city living. Whether it Is purely of nervous origin or not no one knows for certain. It does not lead to serious disease and is always made worse Swim Classes Schedule Set MERRILL Swim classes for Merrdl youngsters will start Mon day. June 9. at the Malln pool. Youngsters wishing to participate need not register, but should come 4o the recreation hall at the times listed below. Each child should bring a suit, towel. Jacket or sweat shirt, and the girls should have a cap. A fee of 10 cents is charged for each lesson. Classes are held on Mon day. Wednesday, and Fridays for four weeks. Swim suits should be worn down, in order to save time, as the schedule is a tight one. Bus 1 Girls 7. to-11: leave 12:20 dnrlorr) tlms Bus 2 Boys 1 to 11; leaves at ' I p.m. standard time, Bus 3 Both boys and girls 12 years and older; leaves 1:40 p.m. standard time. ivutun swim tcacners win aivioe. the youngsters into groups accord ing to swimming ability. Bus driv ers will be In complete charge, and can ask anyone to drop out of prcgrarrr who causes trouble ol anv kind. It Is also suggested that out of town youngsters attending Bible school bring their lunches, and eat it either at the church or In the recreation park before the classes strrt. This schedule will be posted in the post office window. April Strikes Set Record WASHINOTON .11 The Labor. Department reported Thursday that April was one tjf the most strike-studded months in history. Strikes started that month, in cluding the three-day steel walk out, involved a million men leav ing their jobs. The only other month exceeding this was January. 1946, when 1, 370,000 men were idled in strikes. SOfAiY Bi.uuaiPH 1 for . - r...Z. - - J LIKR U41 . f i A nr NN4 l x t ui i r-HU'T uvi u J I - 1. 1 . liyuni vri T, . i . r i remix m frrT amy ., A t-VJ 4 nilT 1 . ,.nini - 1 I I " (Boijk 000 through disease, Hie cost of the war Is still going on. iuulnlv now In the form of pay- 'munis to the widows of veterans, CLAIMS ' But evcrv once in a while some- one still tries to get the govern- i n...,it In nv for mill. Ihnt nn if I certainly toaay wnen scnooioovs. 10cm rorui ana oouui. rena oi me ! great battles of that war. their i hearts go out most to the chief- tains of "the lost cause" soldiers like Robert E. Lee. Stonewall Jackson, and that sabre-in-unlform, Jcb Stuart. Grant was a titan Indeed. But ill VOtlth there is a QllalltV that feat Thai Is why the Southern com manders now hold such a glamor to boys growing up in Iowa as well as. In- Alabama. It also exDlains why young men make better sold iers than old men. JACKSON My own favorite of that period has always been Stonewall Jackson. who died and left an immortal name at 39. Field Marshal Rommel once came over to the Shenandoah Va'.lev to study Jackson's famous blitzkrieg marches of 1862. Jhcfcson had the rare ability to outmaneuver and destroy an op ponent facing him with more and better-armed troops. That Is the supreme test of military genius. They still teach Jackson's tactics at West Point, but If thev have nroduced another Stonewall he Is 'hiding his light under a bash. Dhdan by emotional upsets or dietary In discretion. The pain and discomfort may be felt all over the abdomen or Just in some sections, most commonly In the lower portion. All too olten the symptoms go on for years with periods ol partial recovery and then a worsening. Attacks may persist for anywhere from a few minutes to several months. When pain is present. It Is grip ing and crampy In nature. People often complain of bloating and ol gurgling sounds. The discomfort may be so bad that It disturbs the sleet). Many victims blame this condition on constipation and are likely to take a cathartic. Tins tends t o make the symptoms worse. Worry, emotional upset, or an xiety frequently come Just before an attack. Exposure to cold, fa tigue, tobacco, laxatives and cer tain kinds of food also bring on the symptoms. An lrrltaBle colon does not mean that disease Is present. There Is, rather, a disturbance in the action of the intestines and medical treat ment rather than surgery is what is necessary. Physicians try to get to the bot tom of the mental worry or tension which is ' making the condition worse. Also, it Is advisable to find out whether someone with spastic colon has anything wrong with his or her glands of internal secretion. Several medlclnces may b e helpful.. The diet Is also extremely- Important vegetables and many fruits usually increase tne irriumun cooked cereals, milk, or milk products, eggs ana fish, custards and similar foods usually should make up the bulk of the diet. Spastic colon does not have any Influence on the duration of life in spite ol the distress which it causes. It does not lead to cancer. Unfortunately many people who are afflicted with it also have a. tendency to worry about their health too much and this makes It all the more difficult to relieve the symptoms. Actor Injured In Film Fight HOLLYWOOD I Alan Ladd will be wearing a cast on his right hand for a while. He was waging a knife duel be fore movie cameras Wednesday With actor Joseph Callela. Ladd swung, saw he might hurt his opponent, and In averting his blow slammed his hand into the concrete floor. do FALSE TEETH ft v Rock, Slidt or Slip? ' 'FABTHETH. an .mprovj powder to nt sprinkled on upper or lower plati, holds felfte taeth mora (Irmly In pi art Do not Jillrie, slip or rock. No gummy roofiy, pafity tait or ft- line KAfl. TKKTH Ii Xkallnt (non-nolih.W,, no. our. Chirks "nlntri odor'1 (denture breath). Ut FABTKCTH at Any dru lor. By Jimmy Hatlo its ukb a euy L inwv in int. W4c30r4THEyAJ5T BE LOJE60ME"" THCV VJAHT TO MAKS IT A MASS PTOOOCTON tub hatlo pcer to Bob Stuaipp, LAHClKkS i MCM. Secretaries Plan Classes New olllcers of the Klamath ; chapter of the National Secre taries AsMX-lnllon are to be In stalled June 6. 7 p.m., in the Blue Room at the Wlllnrd Hotel. Norn Himven. ICC chairman, is to me- s'0 ' Installation. Medlord , -jlf course presented bv the Kluniath chapter, is to be otfered in evening classes el Fremont school. The course, designed for secre taries and other office workers, is to cover brush-up work in busi ness, communications. business law, finance and Investments sta tistical analysis, monrv and bunk ing, economics, public relations, etc. A 112.50 tuition will be charged. buMr.ess houses are being asked tn cooperate by furnishing the Klamath chapter with names and nddrfses ol employes who might be Interested in the course. Pe-sons Interested should call Marv Mills, phone 8642. belore June 3 for reservations at the no host dinner meeting. Former Slave Dies at 114 INWOOD. N.Y. Ifl Death ol Mrs. Nettle Jenkins, one-time Ne gro slave, at the age ol 114 was announced Wednesday bv Nassau County health officials. She died April 27. Officials said they deferred the announcement until family records convinced thein that Mrs. Jenkins' age was given correctly. She was born a slave at Ede mont, N. C. Aug. 20. 1837. the records showed. She was the wid ow 'of Jake Jenkins. . Ff Biiosne mmd hospitality Ke sure "CW ( a ntM'nl Irafe-marlr. Why Is Friday Popular Day lor Killing Men ? By PAl'L W. HARVEY Jit. SALEM Ifl Three men now are waiting to be executed In the Ore gon Prison's Ir-thul gas chambor, und that brought tm tills question: Why Is Friday railed Hangman's Day? Many states execute their imir rteieis on Friday, as do most Eur opean commies. A search ol stale library rclcr erne books brought out the fact that the custom has existed alnco I lie Middle Ages, or somo BOO years ago. Some sources think that because Christ was crucified on Fiid..y, the custom arose to executo criminals that day for what small comfort It might glvo Uio criminal to know lies dying on Uio same day as Christ. Other authorities Ihlnk Friday la the lavored execution day because Friday has been considered an un lucky day. But they add that It probably booiinio known an mi un lucky day brcuttso ol the Cruel- lixion. SENTENCING III Oregon the sentencing Judge Is m. man who acls the dale, tie can pick any day ol the week he wuuus. But among the 53 murder ers who have been executed at the Oregon pi'iiilenilnrv. only lour have died on a day other llian Fri day, 'i'ne prison's grim execution Inrk goes back to 11)03. when the prl-ai mole over llir execution Job from county sheriffs Since then, 78 men hove been iciitcucrd to die. Fillrcn got gov ernors to commute their sentences to Inc. two beat the rap bv com mitting suicide, and one died n natural death. Three aro still awaiting their trip to tne gas chamber. Oregon U one ol eight slates using lethal gas. The 1937 Legis lature changed from hanging to gas. believing the gns chamber la moro humane. Twrnty-llve amies have the electric chair, eight t'so hanging, six don't have the rieuth penalty, and Utah gives the vlcllin a choice between hanging or ahool uig. Executions In Oregon average about one a year, but Its ncu lour years since the last one. It wag on Friday. Jan. 23, 1948. The one before that, however, was on a Saturday Feb. 2. 1946. The man had been sentenced to die on a Friday, but the governor delayed the execution lor eight days. HOIK Executions are held at 8 30 a m., but the new wardfii. Virgil O Mal iey, wants It chanped to midnight. He says It's better to have them when the other convicts are asleep, because executions give the con victs the Jitters. Prison Supt. George Alexander will decide whe ther to change the hour. The execution chumber used to be on the top floor ol a cell block. Plain or iodized You have more friends you have cnougli Coke on hand when they drop m. SOITtlO UNDEt AUTHORITY Of THI COCA-COIA COMPANY IT v COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF KLAMATH FALLS II recently was moved lo the ground near an oulshlo wall. ;is permanent location will be in I In segregation mitt, which will be built by January 1. Oiegun doesn't have a row for condemned men, but It will. It will be Hi the segregation building. While executions give Iho con victs the Jitters, they Rive lite wit nesses worse than that. I've Keen the last 13 every one that has been held In the gas chamber. It's the only part ol my Job I dlaliko, I used to be sick for a (lay alter I saw one, but alter tlueo or (our of them, I got over that. Now, 1 just leel nervous lor a day after word. IN Tr:it VIEWS Vvo cull look through the big glass windows and watch the vic tim breiitho the tunics that' snulf out his llle. Hut that Isn't as hard na imeivlrwiiig the vlcllin dvo inlnuicH belore ho walks into tlio chamber. Wo reporters always ask the victim lor hla last statement. Wo never gel any news out ol what he Miys, but Iho (iilsoii authorities be llcvo It's only lair to let tho man say wliu t he wants lo. But the prisoner, being In a dis turbed Inline ol mind because he's worried about wluil's going to )w It pen to linn, usually cun t think of much to talk about. Wayne l.e Hoy Long. 27. whose nppcnl was denied last week by I he State Supreme Court, Is the next until scheduled lo die. He will die enrly In July, unless Iho courts or (he governor Intervene. Long killed Waller Rucker lo steal hla truck for use in Port land bank holdup. The other two men are Morris Leliind. 25. and Frank O. Pavne. .49. and both of their cases are on I appeal. Leliind was convicted ol 'killing a 15-year-old girl In Port land, and Payne killed a Portland I grocer In a holdup. i cxitioi'.s I Each execution Is watched by 5(1 I lo 75 persons. Lots of people like lo go, and the warden fa besieged with requests lor Invitations, i Lots ol my Irlends ask me lo take them along. I say, "sure the I next time they have one, Ml take you along." Then I just forget about my I promises. I just can't see why miy- oouy wants to see one. DRIVICR KILLKD EUOENE i A (tower shovel crushed a truck cab. killing Ihe driver near Oakrldge Wednesday. : ine victim was William 8. Alvar, Portland, employed by Parker Schramm Co. I He was In the cab walling for the truck to be loaded with gravel lor use on the highway relocation j project near Lookout Point Dam. The power shovel cable broke and the shovel dropped, smashing the 'cab. than you think. Food Prices Marked Up WASHINGTON Wl Retail gin. rets Thursday began computing new price ceilings on hundreds of food Items based on government approval ol hlyhor profit ins rum for tin Industry. The new ceilings ran go Iniu effect Monday. The Olllce ol Price Stabilisation lOI'H) Issued an order Wednesday night authorising m. creases ranging up In 2ft per rent In the mark-mis retail lood atmrs can apply to llielr coals. OPS sain this averages about a penny an Item on the selected list ol looiii allected. Price Stabiliser Ellis Arnall em mated Ihe margin hikes will i i c i ease food costs to Ihe public In from 100 million lo 150 minimi dollars a year. He said a minimum of loo nul llona Is needed by the Industry t assure loir and equitable earulnus under the law and pricing staiui. ards, There was a sharp dllleronco ol opinion between Arnall and hm price agency olllclols on one hand, and Industry spokesmen on tliu other, over the effect the adjust ments will have on over-llic-couiiin food cxla. Industry spokesmen sold The truth Is, the adjtislmenln bring nude by OI'S and the adjust men . . sought by the grocers v.ill ha-.e little ellect on prices." They added that II the InJus'i v got all the relief asked anil ca,u!il pul new prices Into ellect the ooi ol loud lo consumers would go up "only aboui live cents per week per person." Arnall said that translated lino dollars Una nirana Ihe Indus iv would like to have Increases total ing about 409 million dollars a yriu compared with the 100 million OI'S estimates grocers will realize from the higher margin, KOREAN LOSSES WASHtNOTON tfi The l)r fense Department Thursday Ideu tilled 113 Korean War casualties (list No. 574). Ol Ihe total, 17 are dead, 66 wounded, seven mlMing and live Injured In battle tone i accidents. Tele-fun by Warren Goodiich "Isn't h a Itttl dear I Always makes sort ef the correct number before he calls I" . . . Be sure to look up number you're not ure of. . . brfort you make telephone calls. You'll save time and avoid wrong numbers!... Pacific Telephone. 1931, THI COCA-COIA COMPANY