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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1941)
March 1941 PAGE FOURTEEN THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. Chairmen of Spring Fair Farmers All Over the Country Are Saying fau.ny HSnyin luaiasjisjssjiaoa 1 i " JtHM!Q I FIND WHAT I WANT FOR LESS AT 17 RECALLED Br DeWITT MacKENZIE Associated Pim Writer This time in March 14 years ago Britain was close to down right huneer and in crave peru at the result of Kaiser Wil- helm's unrestricted U-boat cam paign. The reign of terror intensified until with the coming of April the submarines began to pile up a month's record slaughter of 852,000 tons of brave ships. The waters of the British shipping lanes boiled with death, as those of us who were on the spot can testify, and you could have bought the allied chance of vic tory at cut rates. That "sink at sight" offensive was the straw that broke the Yankee camel's back, and we en tered the war. With our naval assistance in convoying and hunting down submersible, the menace was cot in hand. Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard had food in it again, and the wheels of vital industries were speed ed uo. History isn't repeating itself exactly, but there is a weird similarity between the present situation and the kaisers drive of a quarter century ago. Hitler is treading in the footsteps of the all highest, but with seven-league boots. As the battle of Britain flames up, the fuehrer's submarines are striking like starving sharks. This time, however, the cam paign is accompanied by devas tating bombing, and the aged kaiser must wonder as he watches from his exile in Doom whether he might have won his war after all, if he had possessed Hitler's airforce and bases on the Frtg1'' ch?nrH. America hasn't got into this war but the assistance for the allies is there and is increasing. It'a a race between our all-out aid and Hitler's blitzkrieg. Yesterday the nazis stated that they had sunk 9,000,000 tons of British shipping since the war started. Their claims have been running about double what the British admit, but even if you halve the 6,000,000 it still is a huge loss. - Such sinkings will mean dis aster for Britain in the long run if they aren't halted. Hitler's chief effort is directed at cut ting the Atlantic lanes so as to keep our aid from getting through. . This morning Britain asked quick help to bolster her mer chant marine. A statement is sued from the premier's resi dence said: "In no sphere of our war ef fort is the help which the United States can give us under the lend-lease legislation more ur gent than that of shipping. Significant is the trend of the nazi bombing in this pre-spring offensive. Again last night the Germans struck fiercely at the Fort of Liverpool, and for the first time since the outbreak of war made a heavy raid on the tensive port and shipbuilding yards of Scotland's Glasgow. The meaning of the special attention to Britain's west coast is this: Because of their possession of channel bases, the nazis have been able to bomb the east and south coast ports so heavily as fairly well to nullify their use fulness except for coastal ship ping. Britain's greatest loss has been in the use of the port of London, with its 45 miles of quays, its industries and its net work of railways. This biggest river port of the world normally handles a third of Britain's for eign trade, and over 40 per cent of the food and raw materials pass through there. So the British have to divert their traffic to the west coast ports. They include Liverpool, Glasgow, Bristol and Cardiff, and of these Liverpool is the most important, handling be tween a quarter and a third of the total imports. Naturally this shift has caused heavy conges tion In the west coast ports, and has restricted the shipping lanes, thus making the work of the submarine easier. Plastic Tokens To lie Used In Washington OLYMPIA, Wash., March 14 Ui! Plastic sales tax tokens will go into circulation in the state of Washington May 1, re placing the present aluminum tokens, State Tax Commissioner T. M. Jenncr said Thursday. At that time the tax itself will be raised from two to three per cent, Janner said. About ten million tokens will be or dered on bids shortly. All of the colors in the spectrum are available in the plastic material, he said. Diversion of aluminum into national defense channels led to the change. Looking for Bargains? Tun to the Classified page. Her an the chairmen for the 24. 25. 28. Standing, left to right: Anthol Rlney. co-chairman of Klamath county grade school track meet Clinton Pierce, chairman oi 1 tat her craft! George Slyter. forestry! Marshall Evestone. co-chairman of Klamath county Judging contest Mrs. Earl Mack. ing contest. Sitting, left to right! Mrs. Francis Koertje, health chairman: Mrs. Oren Storey, demonstration contest! Mrs. John V. Schultx. clothing. in PUNT PORTLAND. March 14 OiJO Construction will begin immed iately at Longview, Wash, on a new $4,000,000 pig aluminum manufacturing plant of the Rey nolds Metals company. President R. S. Reynolds said Thursday. Longview was selected as the site for the pig aluminum plant because it was strategically lo cated on the lower Columbia river, Reynolds said. This made it possible to transport thous ands of tons of bauxite ore to the plant cheaply by water. The plant will be located on 400 acres of land west of the properties of the Weyerhaeuser Timber company. It has 6200 feet of frontage on the Columbia river. - Initial capacity will be about 60,000,000 pounds of pig alum inum per year. Three hundred men will be employed. Reynolds said the company also planned erection of a baux ite ore reduction plant, probably at Longview, and an aluminum fabrication plant, somewhere in the Columbia basin. Camp Fire News Mrs. James Kerns and her Camp Fire Girls who are work ing on requirements for their torch bearer rank were hostesses to members of the Camp Fire Guardians' association Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Kerns. Each girl demonstrated some requirement for an honor in homecraft in the phases of cleaning and removing stains from household utensils, appli ances and furnishings and also the proper preparation of such beverages as coffee, coffee substi tutes, cocoa and chocolate and tea. Mary Landry prepared a spiced tea which was served with wafers to the guardians. Other girls participating in the dem onstrations were Maxine Liskey, Helen Howry, Dorothy Riggs and Nadine Palmerton. Margie Palmerton assisted with the serv ing. Mrs. Kerns spoke to the group on proper meal planning, mar keting and home management. She displayed several books and pamphlets from the extension service bureau and Oregon State college daily meal planning with reference to diet. The meeting was well received and was the second of a series of meetings of instruction in the seven crafts of Camp Fire. All Camp Fire Girls in the Klamath basin area are work ing toward rank at the grand council fire which will be held the last of April. A definite date will be announced later. Many j groups are also working on skits I in preparation for a tryout for ! the Skit Festival. Mrs. Jack Gallagher was hon ored at the last guardians' meet ing with a remembrance from the association for her birthday which occurred that day. Following is the calendar for Annual St. Patrick's Dance Merrill Community Hall MERRILL, ORE. Music By Baldy Evans Sat., March 1 5 Adm. II Tax Exempt Ladles Free 4-H club spring fair to be held grade school track meet! Mrs. Rotary service club dinner! Mrs. C. C. Jones, sponge cake bak Where Consumer's Dollar Goes Questioned in West SAN FRANCISCO, March 14 (U.R) The department of jus tice has started investigating activities of food handlers in 10 western states to determine whether the consumer's dollar spent for food is equitably dis tributed, it was revealed Thurs day. The San Francisco federal grand jury is conducting the in vestigation as a measure to "po lice the food industry in the interests of national defense." Special Assistant Attorney General Thomas Clark said the jury today heard three witnesses. Their names were withheld but it was understood they rep resented canners, processors and1 Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds for the month: March 17 Middy day. March 17, 7 p. m. Program by high school girls for BPW at Willard hotel March 18 Program for Amer ican Legion auxiliary at Legion hall March 22 Fund drive parade. March 23 Church day in ser vice uniform. Also in March a radio pro gram win d given. Last week of March the skits will be pre sented and the most suitable one will be chosen for the festival. A Camp Fire window display will be shown at Moe's during the week following March 22. Any girl having worthwhile Camp Fire craftsmanship to dis play telephone local executive, Mrs. jonn A. Kennedy. Cailfornians Dig Away Debris From IVew Storm LOS ANGELES. March 14 (U.R) Sodden southern Califor nia Thursday night dug away uie oeoris rrom a new storm, which washed part of an auto camp into the ocean and caused other flood damage in Orange county. A rush of flood waters from the highlands of Costa Mesa where 3.85 inches of rain fell, poured to the ocean near New port Beach. The flood ripped through an auto camp, carrying several cabins into the bav. Autos were tumbled over. For a time a bridge on Highway 101 was inreatenea. Torrential rain fell over Orange county. Anaheim re ceived 3.85 inches, boosting the season total to an all-time re cord tf Z7.32 inches. Stores were flooded in Santa Ana. The La Jolla high school near Pla- centia was closed because of flooded roads. A lightning bolt snlit The Surprise Fun-Show of 1941 I 9 A FREE-FOR-ALL AND LAUGH KNOCKOUT! . swt-- --aaaaaaajsBri,rf. t. ,..,r,,. TmW ., , SBsssssssS .-. . . t ,;n GEORGE MURPHY ; PELICAN THEATRE SUNDAY at the county fairgrounds April Robert Carson, home economy contest! Mrs. Bill Rogers, general Heyden. style revue, and Mrs. C. manufacturers In the food dustry "W will investigate the entire industry retailers. Jobbers wholesalers, manufacturers, can ners, processors and even grow ers to see where profits are going," Clark said. "It is the contention of the government that growers are paid too little for their produce and that consumers are paying too much." . Clark said the investigation 1 is centered in California for the J present because the federal gov- i ernment is buying all its canned fruits and vegetables in this state. the roof of a home in Costa Mesa. 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