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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1955 Ire $btalft mb Jfefus FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Mm aging. Editor Entered M second clue nutter t the post office at KUnuth Ore., on August 30, 1908, under set of Congress, March I, ll"l SERVICES; ' ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER 1 MONTH I I SO ( MONTHS .00 1 YEAR SH.OO MAIL I MONTH ... I l.M MONTHS 7.W 1 YEAR I1J.0O By BILL JENKINS I am Informed by members of the Ground Observer Corps thai there are still a number of va cancies existing In the framework of the local watch group. Most of these, naturally, are In the most unpleasant hours A rundown of the situation points out that tho dog watches are the ones most thinly manned. The hours irom midnight until two In tho mormnii. from lour to six In the morning and from six until ciRht are the ones where more volunteers sro needed There Is no doubt but what the OOC plays an Integral part In the defense picture ot our country. Nor Is It asking much of a citizen that he put In a couple of hours a week keeping his eyes on the skv for a purpose. But we still find the difficulty, nevertheless. And Just what the an swer is no one knows. It's hard to work at defense when there Is no Immediate threat. But there was no immediate threat at Pearl Harbor, either. I guess (he best we can do is lng a real need among the states is a laci aemonsiraicu Dv tne ex tremely small amount of money which the states have allowed to revert unused to the Fish and Wildlife Service. In the past year only (19,495. representing small amounts in the states of Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico reverted to the Fish and Wildlile Service for use In Its sports fishing research pro gram. This amount is less than half of one per cent In spite of the Increased total of available funds. Of particular Interest in the use of these funds is the fact that an Increase In the amount of funds was obligated by the states to protects designed to Improve the aquatic environment, to create new fishing areas, or to construct a variety of needed Ilsh restoia lion facilities. For the first time the amount of money obligated in projects of this type outstripped obligations for research activities. This fact Indicates a better know). edge of the sport flsh.ng potential In the various states and is also Indicating that engineering is be- go on asking for volunteers andK'nnln8 to catch up with the ad' Federal aid projects are carried out by the state fish and game departments. Federal funds appor tioned to Oregon as o! June 30, 1P55 was $295,690.10. Oregon was spending lis share In the follow ing manner none for research; $215,449.30 for development; $13. 865.25 for land acquisition; $33,- 581.43 for coordination; and had an unobligated balance of $32, 004.12. Calllornla on the other hand went strong for research, the ap portionment from the Federal gov ernment was $690,307.68, of which, $497,254.08 was spent for research; $133,273.41 for development; noth ing for land acquisition; $54,808.26 for coordination; and had an un obligated balance of $4,971.93. When the states satisfactorily com plete a project approved by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the fed eral government reimburses the state for' three-fourths of the cost of the project. hoping that responsible, thinking citizens will respond. They will be doing their country a great serv ke. And affording themselves the Inward pleasure of knowing that they are doing their part. With the return of cold weather the park crew Is once again out putting a coat of Ice on the city rink at Moore Park. Those who like to sknte owe a vote of thanks to the fellows who go out there and handle the wet, cold hoses used In (he freezing process, too. It's n nasty fob that doesn't look like much fun. If the weather holds and If the Ice finishes there will be skating there tonight. Which 'all reminds me to remark Unit If people who drive out thero would observe a little more cour tesy there would be much less confusion along the highway. At tho last skating session we sat be hind one car parked In thp middle of the road waiting for It to move, only to find that the driver was merely silting there Idly watching the skaters. And had no intention ot moving out of the way to let throunh traffic have access. There Is considerable travel on that road In addition to skaters. The city has plowed out and pro vided parking space along the road. Thero Is no excuse for driv era cluttering up the roed and blocking Initllc merely because they don't want to get little snow on their tires. We hnpe to see the Individual drivers handling themselves In more acceptable manner In the fu ture. 4'alVuf.ii (Eds Note; The following article was sent In by Kathleen Ward of Klamath Falls who is currently on a tour of the Far East. While on her tour Mrs. Ward Is acting as of ficial correspondent for the Herald and News.) having met one of India's most Important yet humblest men. Mr. Mehdr-Chand Khanna, the minis ter of rehabilitation. He was kind enough to give me an Interview Inst Sunday morning and to ex plain some of the tremendous problems facing his bureau that have been caused by the terrific Influx of people from the division of India from Pakistan. The West Bengal state has been hardest hit by the refugees, as there have been some nine million Hindus pouring In at the rate of 25,000 a month for the past eight years. Most of these have ended up In the West Bengal section as Cal cutta Is actually only 45 miles from the border. . Mr. Khnnna had his headouar ters transferred, . last year, from Delhi to Calcutta, so as to be near the center of this critical area. There Is a special program for the rehabilitation of Indigent women, which greatly interested me. There are literally thou sands of old women, who are be yond the age for possible train ing for useful endeavors and they are being put into homes and an attempt being made to let them live out their lives In comparative comfort. The younger women are being trained In Useful crafts so that they can be self supporting and add their share to the future of the Indian Republic. Of course, the very weight of numbers makes the problem a very difficult one and there Is a pitiful lack of suf ficient funds to carry out the pro gram on the proper scope. Throu;h Mr. Khanna, I am to meet the minister of health, upon my arrival In Delhi. So you can see,' I am especially blessed to have the op portunity of meeting and hearing the problems facing this nation, from some of their top leaders. There seems to be a general at mosphere of hope for better times ahead for this comparatively new republic. Crowded In with all the other activities, I have done considerable sight seeing in and around Calcut ta. But all good things seem to come to an end and I must be on my 'way, seeing more of wonder ful and exotic India. Tomorrow, I'm flying to Dnrjeellng, one of the Indian hill towns. Everyone tells me that my woolens will be in order and It should be a pleasant change from the humid heat of Calcutta. been more wanton In his appeals! to prejudice. Even obscure, hum ble reporters have felt his abuse These shabbv little tricks of "polltlx," we are supposed to for give and forget whenever a new- season rolls round And, Indeed most newspaper people make pretty good TRY for the Imper aonal. But with "the great" and "near great" as with us ordinary rones, these "little things" a r mignty revealing. This Is the season when an edl tor gets "black and blue" from being "felt out." From now till the primaries (or his first statement of preferences) the editor can be very popular fella! No editor needs a calendar to tell him It's Election Year. He's reminded every time he opens his mail; every time he nears a strange noise and looks ud ne linos the great friendly smile, the booming laugh, the hearty nanosnake. Why. by golly. It's old job mow nimseui Have a cigar pan Election Lam ii4'Nl Editorial At least one accident blamed on poor visibility has been reported this week and there are doubtless many others that never come to light. It s easy to make the error, I know. You come out on a cold morning and find the windshield a mass of solid Ice that would take too long to scrape off. So you set tle Tor a peephole. And sooner or laler you find yourself In an accident. Drove along behind a man yes terday who had a windshield so badly steamed up that obviously all he could see was a shadowy outline of things In front of him. But he was busting along Just as if ho could see perfectly well. I got olf that street for fear. I'd be behind an accident. And If a small child were to dart out In front of such a driver I doubt very much If he would be able to see the danger In lime to slop. It would be a pretty lair Idea to ake a lllllo longer in cleaning oil the windshield and not take such long chances on having an expen sive repair bill er taking a life. Fishing Aiil By KFN McLEOD Perhaps no field ot outdoor sport Is leellng the Impact o Increaslnn pnpuhillon as is Uie Held ot sport, fishing. Communities everywhere in North America are beginning to awaken to the tact that the public demand lor recreation by tlshlnx clean and unpolluted waters Is "Bis" business. Four years ago federal aid was slutted for sports iisning dv placing an excise tax Jpon lishing tackle. Now aller lliese years ol fedenil aid to the "tales for fish restoration (he al locations from this source ol reve nue have been Increased so thai more restoration and development projects can be started. This In crease jn funds Is clenrlv flection of the continued upswing in tyc nation s population of ang lers. llie records of the Fish and Wildlife Service show that In 1954 the snles of atmler licenses topped 1953 s high record by nearly a million. More lhan 18.5SO.OOO Amer icans bought fishing licenses dur ing the calendar year ending De cember 31. 19M. spending J3 9J8. 001) in the process. The continuing and rapid growth of sport flfhing is further indicated by (he excise tax collections that were Instituted by the sport fish ing people for the expressed pur pose of giving aid to keep up with the Increasing demand. This tax is the financial foundation of th? federal aid In Fish Restoration Program lor (he fiscal vear of 1955 The 10 per cent excise tax on fishing tackle amounted to more than $5,347,000. a 13 per cent In crease over 1954 and 45 per cent over 1953 which was the first year of these collections. This increase' In the financial basis of federal aid to fishing has been an Im poitnnt contribution to Uie efforts of the states to keep up with the Increased demands made upon their sport fishery resources. Those lederal aid funds are fill- By KATHLEEN WARD -Did I aay "Mother India, here I come?" It wasn't as simple as all that. Our ship was held up. along with numerous others, In the mid dle of the Hoogly River, for some 24 hours, because of a dense fog which completely paralyzed the entire harbor. Finally, we berthed at Outran) Ohat and went through customs and the painful process of saying goodbye to companions of the long and wonderful sea Jour ney. India la simply engulfing In its magnitude! So many people, birds, cows, and In fact ail forms ot life, that lt'a a bit overwhelming. So much of life Is literally lived on the sidewalks. A man or woman squats, over a small Iron container! with a few lumps of coal, cooking and selling bits of food. Others have basket of fruit, while the betel nut peddlers and shoe shine boys are everywhere. Little clav pous are lound in the gutters and an inquiry brought Uie answer that food and drinks are sold In them and they are used In the same manner we use paper cups, once, and then discarded. One sees the brick red stains continuously where the betel nut Juice has been spit out. Red stained teeth and mouths are pretty generally the rule, Instead of Uie exception. My eigni dnys In Calcutta read like an Arabian Nights' entertain ment. One Important and contrib uting factor to much of the social life I've found myself engaged In Is due to the fact that there has been a British heavy cruiser In port and since that Is no longer an ordinary occasion, there has been considerable acceleration In the activities of Calcutta. Through a local editor. I was Introduced to an authoress. Mirl lalll Sen. Tills Indian lady has oeen a tireless worker for the ad vancement of women's causes In Hie state of Bengal and has been sent to Uie World Congress of Women, held In Geneva. Switzer land, on several occasions, she has Just recently published her memoirs in a book entitled. "Knocking at the Door." She was one of (he llrsi of the Hindu wives of high birth to break die Purdah system and ninny again alter the death of her (irst husband. Through this highly educated am) Interesting woman. I met the Rani oi Nandtjoan. who Is her niece. This beautiful Rant is one ol the social lenders and most accom plished gollers ol Calcutta. She very generously took me under her wing and Introduced me to many of the prominent people, on two different occasions at her palace. One evening, which stands out, was spent at the luxurious home of an Indian business man who was entertaining 30 guests. As Is Uie custom, his eldest son and daugh ter (special honor) served the de liciously prepared Bengalee dinner, Irom a beautifully appointed ta ble. Such linens and sllverl We were a mixed group of Indians, British, and yours irulv. .the onlv American. Among the euesta were Commander and Mrs. Mllburn of me Koyai British Navy. And so the social part of life was simplv marvelous, ending with a large (roup of us attendUig the races to witness the running of the Queens Gold Cup Race. Enough of the lisht and frolhv sidel I've been mosi fortunate In By BILL TUOMAN ReedsDort. Pt. UmDO.ua Courier Many years ago we gave up trying to compete with Roger Bab son and the rest of the economic fortune tellers, you'll Just have to take old Roger's word that 1956 is going to be another pretty good year If you work hard and don't make too many darn fool mistakes such as picking the wrong horse. the wrong woman or searching for (he end of the rainbow in one of those "friendly Slot Machines." (If we underatand old Doo Bab son's lingo, It's also advisable to avoid sleeping sickness during this new year! ) . Yessir; Stick to Babsonl About all we oan tell you for sure as to 1956 it's a Leap Year and an Election Year. The Leaps we can leave safely to our able Society Reporter. The on-rushing elections are signalized by the first happy harmonies of the "Be Kind to Dumb Editors' Week." Every editor's New Year's mall carries a bundle of oh-so-cheery greetings from politicians or per haps we should call 'em prospec tive candidates, because not all candidates are really politicians. In fact many a candidate has been burled alive without ever having the faintest idea what it was all about. How they all admire the editor at this season of the year! Good old Joe Blow writes a little personal note across his handsome 15 cent greeting card: "All my most cordial wishes to you and your handsome wife and all the little ones. (Ed's Note: The youngest has been voting six years). You remember the fine talk we had at the sheepherders' banquet In Roseburg six years ago. i was the guy with the gray suit at the next table. By the way, a lot of my friends are urging me to run for Dog Catcher. I don't see how I could afford such an office, but I am keeping an open mind etc., etc., etc., and if you could Just find time to drop me a note and tell me what you think I ought to do . . ." Yessir, it's "Be Kind to Dumb Editors' Week." The Courier has even had a greeting from Wayne L Morse a picture of the war like Senator In his new role of Kiandpaw. Yep. our Wayne has become what you might call an old Pro. No more of this crude fawning of which he did his full share only a few years back. No more of the crude talk about cam paiRii funds "on the barrelhead" as when he refused to be a Demo crat in 1944. Tor the Old Pro. it's the suitable friendly note for Auld Lang Syne, as t'were. And we must confess it's right effective. Wayne has a lovely family. We'd be glad to vote for htm for grandpaw! Then we recall that It s only "Be Kind to Dumb Editor's Week." When the campaign reallv gets going Wayne and a lot of the oth ers will be screaming denuncia tions of the Press. When an Old Pro makes a statement which proves unpopular he reserves the right to accuse the reporters of "misquoting" or "taking out of context" or of "malicious mis-rep-resenlatlon." In our time no man in Public Life ever has had fair er or more complete coverage of his sayings and doings than Sena tor Morse has had from the papers of what he calls his home state. No man in Oregon public life has Gilchrist, ore., (To the Editor) The new Oregon election laws con tain some good and bad points-- they also reflect the Indifierence of too many of our lawmakers regard to serving the people they were elected to serve, govern the people. it we nave to take one bad law to receive eleven good laws then Is best to reject all twelve. only takes one bad apple out of dozen to make you rick. Since these new election law were passed through the urglna Republican party officials It make; one pause and muze the reasons behind their action. All too vivid In the Republican elephant's memory Is Multnomah county's eleventh hour flood Neuberger voters In the lsst elec tion that resulted In the defeat Senator Guy Cordon. Could that be one reason for the Interim committee's recommends tlon to change voting hours from 8 to 8 to 7 to ' 7? It has been repeatedly demonstrated that ea ly morning hours attract fewer voters than evening hours. Tha' recommendation is clearly and un dtsputedly a handicap to voters Credit must be given to both ma jor political parties In their ef forts to get the voting public out during election time and the Re publicans are way ahead in effort One sure way to get the voters out Is to make them mad. The written warning on the new registration blank threatening ex treme heavy fine (55,000) and two years imprisonment for any false statements Is a violation of Artlcl VIII of the BUI of Rights which states: "Excessive ball shsl not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusua punishments Inflicted." If a person should write his rest- d e n c e time on the application blank as two years in a certain locality when he actually had lived in tnat area only 23 months ne would be subject to that punish ment. It is doubtful that In this coun try a person who negligently wrote. such a "false" statement would receive the full punishment, bu' this fact remains: He could re ceive full punishment If the court so ruled! If Communist Russia you can' make an innocent mistake without suffering severe consequences. I'm glad I live in America. It Is amazing how little faith our lawmakers have In the people who elected them, Robert C. Moore Lost llird Ssn Diego, Calif. (To the Editor) I am hoping you will help me find out about my parakeet. He was lost in an automobile accident about 70 miles north of Klamath Falls on January 24, Tuesday. The cage was completely ruined, but I couldn't locate the bird and don know If he was alive or not. He Is blue-green in color. We certainly would appreciate It If you would let us know if any body reported finding a bird like mat. Very sincerely. Mrs. R. W. Champlaln 8639 Hurlbut Street San Diego 11, California Objection Klamath Falls. Ore.r (To the Edi tor) As the matter of fluoridation of the water has been brought out in the pnper I have yet see what If any effects the fluoridation will have on other parts of the body outside of helping the teeth. Why not leave Uie water as the good Lord has given it to us. Who is mere man that he thinks he can Improve on something the Lord has given us. It seems 'to me It Is a violation of our Consti tutional rights. Why make every one take something that will only benefit a few. I for one do not care to have my water pickled Let us as American citizens and Klamath Falls residents voice our opinion on the matter. Lets hear from a good many of you. Sincerely, M. L. Rogers ( notes By UNITED PRESS PARIS Socialist Ouy Mollet. France's new. 23nd post war prem ier, in refusing the support of the powerful 151-member Communist bloc: "I will make no commitments to the Communtsts. I mske my commitments to Parliament and France." NEW YORK Mrs. Clare Booth Luce. U.S. ambassador to Italy, on Communism in Italy: "Italy stands fast with the West and will continue to stand fast If the western world stands fast." I They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo THE B4RBEB ALWAYS REMOVES I I THEN WHEN THE JOBS FINISHED HE THE P4TIEMTS BIFOC4LS BEFORE I I SHOWS YOU THE B4CK OF VDUR DOtlE THE TOMSORI4L OPERATION"" I I BEFORE HE GIVES YOU YOUR SPECS Activation Orders Arrive For New KF Reserve Unit Orders for the activation of a new Army Reserve unit in Klam ath Falls were received Tuesday, Sfc. H. C. Collier, unit adviser, re ported today. The new unit Is the 733rd Engi neer Aviation ueuo company. which will meet Monday evenings at the Klamath Falls Armv Re serve Center in the Willits Build ing, 432 Main Street. Orders assigning men to the unit are expected in the very near fu ture, uoiner added. Tie mission of the new unit, if it were to be called to active duty, would be to operate a denot for supplies and equipment used in me construction of airfields. Full strength of the unit includes 144' men. two warrant officers and four officers. On inactive duty, members of the unit will receive training in the operation of a depot. Including supply procedure, accounting and warehouse or depot operation, as well as basic military subjects. mere are many vacancies in the new unit for enlisted men. both veterans and new recruits. Collier said the the new unit would be "an excellent place" for young men de siring to participate in the six month active duty program, in which men from 17-18'i years of age may fulfill their military obll- nation by taking six months on active duty and seven and one-half years In the ready reserve. Men enlisting under this program e normally deferred until thev graduate from high school or drop mcir course. Commander of the new unit will be Captain John Burke. Tulelake city councilman, who served with similar units during the Korean police action. Its members will come from points as widely sep arated as Chlloquln and Tulelake. as well as Klamath Falls. All members of Uie company will be paid one day's pay according to grade for each meeting attended, and will receive full pay and al lowances during the annual two week summer camp. The summer camp will not be held this. year, but will be held next year. However, members de siring to attend summer camp may do so with other units, Collier said. The new company Is one of two pay reserve units meeting in Klamath Falls. The other is Com pany C, 311th Military Police Bat talion, which Is commanded by Captain Walter M. Risse of Bo nanza. A third unit, a detach ment of the 6402 Logistical Com mand, is a non-pay unit. All of these units have vacan cies. Further information concern ing them may be obtained from Collier, whose telephone number is 4790. APPLICATION UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. ln- The newly Independent Sudan has applied for U.N. membership and la expected to be approved without ado by the West and the Soviet BlOC. E.J. Ireland To Retire SALEM (Pi E. J. "Bill" Ire land, secretary of the state Board of Control for the past year, said Tuesday he is resigning.. His successor will be William Hons for the past 10 years. Ryan, supervisor of state institu- Succeeding Ryan as institution supervisor will be rthur Handley, now budget examiner in the state Finance Department. Ireland owns a men's clothing store In Molalln. He served as State representative in 1951, and became board secretary in Decem ber, 1954. Ryan retired as Army colonel in 1948, when he became Institu tion supervisor. The Board of Control runs all state institutions. ML'RDERS DECREASE MEMPHIS, Tenn. tfi-Memphis was once the murder capital oi the world but the number oi homi cides last year dropped to an all. time low of 27. That's 10 less than the 1954 figure and considerably under the 105 in 1932. And thero were about 150,000 fewer residents then. "Tom thinks I'm tops!" -tmuMvJVmujiHrt?i,iiirrt nnnrsTmn s b d e on wrsvma NOTICE 3 D 3 li thert onyont In Klamath 9 Falls nomtd Goldia Kidder who I marritd Bill O'Malley of Troy, Montana!1 Plcosa get in touch j jo with Morie Barton ot A It mat, California. IMPORTANT iro 000000000000000000000 3i Tom says he wouldnU trade me for a dozen Marilyn Monroes. He just marvels at how I manage to keep our house shining like a new penny and yet have time for so many other things. Really, it's simply a matter of finding faster, easier ways to get my housework done. My wood floors are a good example. I used to cringe at just the thought of all that messy, hard cleaning and waxing until a friend told me about how Bruce Cleaning Wax cleans as it waxes. Imagine, no floor washing at all. And my wood floors are just beautiful. You should try Bruce Cleaning. Wax on your wood floors. It's really wonderful! Vlnck'Mally, Te found other Bruct floor products help me, too. There's Bruce Floor Cleaner for cleaning and lighter waxing, Bruce Paste Wax, Bruce Asphalt Tile Cleaner, Bruce Asphalt Tile Self-Polishing Wax and the new Bruce Self-Polishing Wax. Yes, for floors it's Bruce 1 Ml' COMPLEXION CLEANSER It doesn't take one extra second to give your face a loveliness that's ready skin deep. Each precious drop of Complexion Cleanser gets deep down into your pores, cleans far belter than soap-and-water scrubbing, bob its your skin into silken softness . all al the same lime) And it helps restore vital moisture lo dry, flaky skin. Complexion Cleonser is port magic, without a trace of the pore-clogging wax you find in facial creams. 4 si. Dig II SO NOW $1.00 ot. Iig. SO NOW $1.65 Id OI tig ).7 NOW $2.50 Al rin Tot jy 1 U I niNG BUSINESS! ALL FURNITURE MUST GO! Our lease is up the 29th of February and our complete stock is priced to go. Take advantage of these) "Quitting Business" savings. Look at these examples. Klamath's Drag 1 Cosmetic Center 4 Moia Ph. 2-347! SOFAS and SUITES Reg. Value Biltwell davenport and chair Red Frieze .'...299.50 Biltwell davenport and chair Brown Frieze 299.50 Metropolitan sofa Green boucle, foam cushions ; 299.50 Quality of Calif, davenport and chair Beiqe boucle : 369.50 International davenport and chair Cold, foam cushions k- 298.50 Biltwell davenport and chair Rose frie - .....269.50 Metropolitan davenport and chair Beige nylon frieze, foam cushions 469.50 Metropolitan davenport and chair Green nylon frieze, foam cushions 469.50 Metropolitan davenport and chair Green metallic boucle jQ Sale $209 $209 198 $238 178 192 $309 $309 $290 iQbleS b LASHED in Primal W v. a good selection .11 : - . . ... - oWWei all prices, sites and finishes. ALL PRICED TO GO) of occasional tables at Many Other Fine Furniture Items Priced TO GO! See Them all at Klamath Furniture Co. 221 Main St. Phone 5353 1 I
