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PAGE FOUR THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. ORE. March 16, 1941 The Klamath News KLAMATH NEWS PUBLISHING CO, Publishers FRANK JENKINS , Editor MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor Published every morning except Monday by Tht Klamath Nam Publishing Company at Esplanada and Pin streets, Klam ath Falls, Oregon Represented nationally by WEST-HOLLTDAY CO, Inc, San Francisco. New York. Detroit. Seattle. Los Angeles. St Louis, Portland. Chicago, Vancouver. B C Copies of The News and Herald together with complete Information about the Klamath Falls market may be obtained for the asking at any of these offices RFHIMTr I ay kul riALLQN a Entered as second class matter at the post office at Klamath Falls. Oregon, November 13. 1932. under act of March 3. 1878 Member Audit Bureaa Circulation Telephone 3124 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Official paper of City of Klamath Falls and Klamath County Delivered by carrier, month Delivered by carrier, year . Delivered by mail, year, in Klamath, Lake. Modoc and Siskiyou counties , Delivered by mail. 6 months Delivered by mail. 3 months . $ 75 .$7 50 Subscriptions payable in advance. Weekend Roundup HERE is widespread discussion, born of concern, over the danger of repeated and protracted tie-ups of in dustry due to labor difficulties. Various methods have been suggested, one from President Roosevelt being an 11-man super mediation board to handle defense labor disputes. At this writing, the AFL appears to be favor able to the plan, and the CIO is against it, The extreme and serious need in the whole labor ques tion is a conciliatory attitude on the part of everybody concerned. That goes not only for the big tie-ups in the great industries, but for such smaller difficulties as de velop in areas such as our own. The world is in pretty much of mess right now because the hot-blooded belligerents have been permitted to take control of things. Temperate-minded people should resist the inflammatory urgings of the fight first- and -think- afterwards type. Trouble with that theory is that so few survive to do any thinking. It is significant that The Dalles-California highway is being quite regularly selected by the army for import ant troop movements through the northwest. The army wants good roads for its big convoys. It knows a good road when it sees it Latest announcement is that some 1600 officers and men will move through here in nearly 800 trucks late in March. That's the biggest movement of its kind in this area to date. Indications are there will be more of that sort of thing as the defense military program picks up tempo. Klamath county has been on its toes in the matter of making the army at home when it is within our borders. The city administration, the county court, the chamber of commerce, and various individuals and groups are co operating in this worthy effort. The hospitality committee includes Fred Heilbronner, chairman; Major Ted Case, vice chairman; Frank How ard, Angus Newton, Harry Wilson, Ed Bell and Earl C. Reynolds, secretary. This group stands ready to make advance local arrangements for the military units, and to provide entertainment and other hospitality features .when stop-offs are made here. The Bear That Walks Like a Mouse This fine weather has started Midland Empire gard eners off on their annual enterprises among the bulbs and shrubs, and today The Herald and News renew the Garden Tips feature that wen favorable attention last spring and summer. It is gratifying that interest has increased by leaps and bounds in the gardening business in this region in recent years. It was slow in starting, .mainly because of the "boom" nature of early development But lots of people have settled down in this district now to make permanent homes and are winning health and pleasure in the interesting work of improving the surroundings of their residences. We believe strongly in this sort of thing. Let's plant trees and shrubs profusely in the Klamath country, creat ing delightful contrasts with the rugged natural back ground. We'll not regret it in the years to come. It is unfortunate the prospects are none too good for completion this spring of the city's stop and go signal system. The people voted a year ago to finance this system, and they no doubt anticipated then that it would be in operation long before this. Now, although, the contract mav be let in Anril. it Is feared the defense situation may slow up delivery of materials irom tne manuiactunng centers of the east. July 1 is set as a possible date when the signals will be in operation. There is not much can be done now to hurry things along. The preliminaries could have been handled in the winter, and for the delay the state highway depart ment must taKe tne blame. Meanwhile, watch your step at those intersections! Lots of daughters keep away from cigarettes by using a holder. WASHINGTON. March 15 " .1 Tint J- , suls out of Palermo and Naples to keep them from noting the embarkation of German troops to Africa from those ports. Hitler slipped a German mech anized unit of 10,000 to 12.000 men from there across to Africa at night about two weeks ago. They left their heavy tanks be hind in Italy but probably took . 18 00 1 200 light tanks (these use one- 3 25 third as much gss as the big . $2 21 ones). A second and larger mech anized unit followed a week ago. Now Hitler may have 30,000 troops ready to face the British in Africa and the movement is continuing. His orders call for 100.000 to be dispatched In all and he can undoubtedly get them through the British Mediterran ean sea lines at night The British would be In Tri poli now if it were not for this reinforcement of the defeated Italians and their own detach' ments sent to Greece. As it is. they are likely to fall back on Bengasi and try merely to hold their own. This they should be able to do with difficult spring weather coming up, alternating between torrential downpours and heat In the desert WEAK LINE The news dispatches tell of hordes of British troops pouring into Salonika, but no one here believes that dangerous terri tory of northeastern Greece can be held. The Anglo-Greek line of resistance to the Germans will have to fall back to the mountains of old Greece, south westward. Hopes that they can even hold this better defensive line are not high. Miliary odds strongly favor success for a German drive through Greece to the southern most tip. The British In that case would have to retreat to Crete and then to the Suez. SUEZ MINED Another German Stuka nest has been set up on Rhodes and is sowing aerial mines in the narrow Suez canal at night. One British ship was sunk by this mean? In such a way that it had to be dynamited out before the channel could be cleared. Three or four British supply ships have hit these mines. The Suez is open and functioning "with rea sonable efficiency" but not near 100 per cent. Best the British can hope to do is to hang on against a grow ing menace to that single canal bottleneck which is their Near East lifeline. We know the U. S. navy "mosquito" boats will make a hit with the British and we sincerely hope they will with the German subs. mg Our idea of fun is a barber shaving himself and argu that he doesn't want a shampoo. An Alabaman, pinched for slashing a card game op ponent, found out that a razor doesn't beat four aces. Britain rejected Herbert Hoover's proposal of soup kitchens in Belgiumprobably figuring that those sup posed to benefit would be left in the soup. Spragne River Community To Present Play SPRAGUE RIVER A three act comedy, "Here Comes Char ley," will be giver as a com munity play In the new Sprague River gymnasium, Friday, March 28. This production, sponsored by the Women's Service league, unravels a very popular plot with comedy In nearly every scene. The cast is as follows: Larry Elliot George Hobbs; Aunt Fanny. Mrs. John God. dard; Ted, John Little; Charley;! Uncle Alec Twiggs, Roland Parks; Mrs. Caroline Smythe Kersey, Miss Florence Stone; Vivian Kersey, Mrs. Roland Parks; Mortimer Kersey, Shorty Book; Nora Olivea Hobbs; Tim McGrill, George Reeves. The play Is being directed by Mrs. June Leeper, assisted by Mrs. Fenning. Ninety-four per cent of the pig Iron and steel produced by American mills in 1939 was con sumed by home markets. A human being may perspire one and a half pints of liquid a day during very hot weather. I HEALTH The official hints that Musso lini is at the front may have been designed to offset the pri vate reports to officials here that II Duce's health has faded. He has been drinking heavily the past few months. The Germans are policing Italy from the Bren ner Pass to Palermo, NO CONTROL The public has a false impres sion of the authority of Mr. Knudsen, Mr. Stettinius, and the other business men in the office of production management It is now clear they do not even control their own publicity men. A note has been sent to editors by the defense publicity organization Informing them of a new independent publicity set up under the office of emergency management. In control of all defense publicity will be Robert Horton, friend ot the president's information adviser, Lowell Mel lett. This publicity bureau will as sign staff men to OPM, the prior ities board, and other defense organizations. But it now de velops that the old Horton re gime in OPM was never under control of Knudsen or the OPM. The executive order under which it was established made it re sponsible for money and person nel only to the OEM, which Is the top holding company com posed solely of Mr. Roosevelt and another administrative as sistant William H. McReynolds. SLOW ACTION The mills of justice also grind slowly. The oazi agent, Manfred Zapp of Trans-Ocean News Serv ice, was Indicted March 12, five months after full exposure of his activities in this column October 14. 15, 16 and 22, and the evidence was dug up by the Dies committee several weeks before that. m 1 S-WAs--'- t; ., M) AMERICAN LEGION 1 . V8!v ,J : 'j v lj MAN WITH HORSE SENS E Not every hone trainer can do what P. F. Dwjer (above) did: take a humble, untune horse and send him In to win the $100,000 Santa Anlla Handicap. The hone is Bay View, 1941's "Cinderells" naf. Lakevlew Men liaise $500 For Plane Payment LAKEVIEW A committee of local business men headed by Dr. H. E. Kelty has raised the sum of $500 for the down pay ment of an airplane which is to be purchased for use of the young men enrolled in the aviation course under sponsorship of the Lakevlew Flying club. Dr. J. J. Mayer visited the CAA office In Seattle last week in connection with Lakevlew'a application for approval of its proposed airport which is ap- proxlmately one half mile square. TULELAKE The American Legion auxiliary entertained the Legion with a potluck anniver sary dinner in honor of the Legion's 22 years of existence. The tables were decked In red, white and blue paper, small flags and birthday cakes with candles, with places marked for about TO guests. Lieutenant Boo Fcnsler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Fensler. here on furlow from Stockton, where he is a member of the air corps, was present for the dinner. Bridge and pinochle were en Joyed after dinner. Looking foi Bargains? to the Classified page Tun SIDE GLANCES TOT FALLS FROM CAR TULELAKE Young Jimmy Porterfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Porterfield, suffered a two-inch scalp wound when he fell from the ' Porterfield car while it was In motion. The acci dent occurred to the year-and-a- half-old boy Tuesday, March 11, in the Tulelake district. Watch the Classified Page! "You won't mind, I hope, but we'll all have to go to the basement and see my husband's lathes and what be's doing to speed ap the defense programl"- Bonanza BONANZA Mrs. Nellie Woods returned recently from Oakland and San Francisco. Calif., where she has been since last September visiting with her dauKhtcrs and grandchll drcn. While in the south she also visited her brother in Los Angeles. Ben Reed of Pasadena. Calif. called on friends in Bonanza last week. The Junior class will present its class play, "The Nutt Fam ily," next Thursday evening, March 20 at the grado school gym. Mrs. T. M. Blcler was a visi tor in town from Gerber dam last Wednesday. Airs. Lizzie Schmor attended the training school for the mat tress making project at Klamath Falls on Thursday and Friday. Bonanza woman a club had its regular business meeting at tne library lst Tuesday eve ning. After regular business the ladies spent some time in work ing on scrap books for children at Doernbecher hospital in Port land. Clark Imports Hereford.) For Westslde llanch LAKEVIEW J. C. Clark. president of the Underwood Lumber company, and the late J. J. Van Kuelcn recently Im ported 40 registered Hercfords from Baker county for their Westslde properties. Clark re cently purchased the Don Lyon place about three miles west of Lakevlew. Practically all of the old build ings Including the house and barn have been torn down and construction will begin within the next few weeks upon a model barn. Other buildings will be replaced at the first opportunity. The whole nation ought to be drafted. For example, I think Senator Wheeler should be drafted to keep quiet. Sidney tungsicy, plavwright, on being himself drafted. The new higli-wlng British monoplane, the Lysander, now ered with a Mercury radial en gine, has a top speed of 230 miles an hoar and a range of 600 miles. Fifteen thousand glass bottles are collected annually from the parks and open spaces of Lon don, in normal flmes. I A new state record for model airplanes powered with rubber bands was believed Saturday to nave been set by George Mc Mahan, 14-year-old Altamont school boy, who Thursday flow his 44-lnch-wlng-span model for 43 mlnulrs. Young George said the accept ed stato mark Is IT minutes and the world record 48 minutes for rubber band powered plnnrs. George set his plane off from tho Altamont school last Thurs day afternoon In the faro of a slight northwest wind. Follow ing in an automobile he saw it land near Olene 43 minutes la ter. The plane hit throe "ther- mala" updrafts In lay parlances during the course of Its flight. Ills plane Is a duul lento of the Cordla model which holds tho world record, George said. The young model builder is a mem ber of Francis Savage's airplane clais at the Altamont school. His address is route 3, box 40. SITE F0I1 CITY'S Tentative selection of lite for the municipal swimming pool In the Modoc field area was made at meeting of the city recrea tion committee Friday night Hie proposed lite adjoins the high school tennis courts on the west, lying between the courts and the reclamation canal. There was a discussion of the question of Softball playing on the Industrial addition field, where names were played last year. Objections of nearby resi dents were heard. No final action was taken. The Republic "Lancer." desig nated by the US army as a high altitude fighter, Is designed to at tack bombing planes at altitudes upward of 25.000 feet. Tomatoes were California's Urgent vegetable crop in 1932, with a market value of $33,247,- 000. The twin-engine Hell P-3B has a top speed of .1H5 miles an hour with 1130 horsepower. During 1040, the export of American-made airplanes to Can ada and Great Britain Increased more than S00 per cent. There were 4.4(10.000 motor trucks In the United States In 1B.1B. &3m oLtuumJ i ITS no trick at all to have plenty of variety in your meals with SPAM and HORMEL Chili Con Carne. They're both extra-appetizing and delicious with all their original goodness flavor seated right in. Get both at leading grocery, meat or food stores let your family enjoy aoma of the many ways these products can be served. COLD or HOT HITS the SPOT Everywhere you oo. you'll hsar folks talking about SPAM. Some "rave" about SPAM 'n eggs lor break fast others crave SPAMwichas or SPAMburgors on buns. Hearty eaters like baked SPAM or SPAMbled eggs taste-thrill seekers go In for SPAM appetlssrs. 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