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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1941)
Alphabetics Find Need Is Scarce NYA Radio School Rooty To Btain In Klamoth. lut Note Dearth Of 'Workers' Br BOB LEONARD W7IIAT with defense orders and usual, but resignedly par donable, governmental delay, Mr. Jamu F. Kaller haa bacn finding time hanging aomewhat loosely on hla handa alnco tha rat of tlx Is oxploalvo year of niMl. Mr. Kaller haa not minded It so much for thero have bean benchea to build, walla to paint ,vid switches to Inatall. There has alo been ground work to coyer from printed material. Mr. Kaller la Beady Now Mr. Keller la ready to go ahead. Parte are arriving In appreciable quantltiea, more are expected aoon and It appeara all la well. Except for atudenta or rath er, "youth workers." Amiable, willing Mr. Keller la the local radio aupervlaor for the National Youth admlnlitre turn which for the pait three montha haa been working up to establishing a radio training pro ject here In Klamath Falls. Mr. Keller la enthusiastic about his Job. He believes in the '.YA program of youth rehablll "Ution. But it la beginning to appear that events outside Mr. Keller's control are threatening to upset Mr. Keller's and Mr. Roosevelt's plans. Demand la Scarcer - For the demand, aad to relate, for the NYA'a services la scarce and getting scarcer. There are no longer the thousanda of future-less, money-less, Increaa logly aimless youths without Jab and without a vocation there were during Depression yev.ro. (They're being awallowed up by Uncle Sam'a army, or by de fense-booming private Industry They're finding their futures are being decided for them willy nllly and with hardly a choice. nhether they know It or not They're grabbing up Joba In sawmills, in shipyards whether Vt's .with -or' without a thought crthe iutura but they're crawling looming handwrit ing on the wall temporarily, if nothing else for the NYA and kindred alphabetics. ' Unexcelled Opportunity Locally, instead of scores of applicants for the NYAs im minent radio project, only a comparatively few boys and girls of acceptable age are signing up fir the work. ? It's an unexcelled opportunity for young Klamathltea with elec trical communication leanings to learn a trade at no cost but tftere's a dearth of atudenta 'youth workers." I Tha term "youth workers" Is Bed advisedly aa is the word project." Difficulties with com mercial competitors have taught 1JYA officials they do not con st, uct schools or classes and their iim la not students they carry on "projects" for which the na tion's youth work for small monthly sums, at the same time learning how to perform their Jobs. , Six-Month Training - I When they're finished they have not "graduated" but are eligible" to handlo Job In private enterprise. I Those who are working on the new Klamath projet will get a six-month basic training in con struction of radio receiving sets, public address systems, inter communication hookups and transmitting equipment. They're Working in a basement workshop lh the Klamath high school's new gym under ideal conditions. i To be eligible for an NYA post souths, cither boys or girls, must o between the ages of 17 and 34 and unemployed. Pay la 118 for 40 hours work each month. ,l The project here Is under Joint sponsorship. Paychecks coma from the NYA. Equipment la aplit between the NYA and the state board for vocational edu cation. At the conclusion of the half Sea f period, the lads are rated as amateur radio operators the Work Includes code and are qualified to handle radio con struction and service work as sin apprentice. Where Is The Fault t There's no lack of sudden and rial opportunity when the youths complete their stint. The Aircraft industry la clamoring ffcr trained installation men, fjrlvnle industry, crowded with army orders, is crying for tech nicians, and police and forest Service demands haven't slack ened. I But there aren't enough young Ocople to go around and herein lies the fault? 4t's not with the NYA, which KGtrl W frock .Yj-f LONDON NOCTURNE By PAUL MANNING NEA Service Staff Correspondent TONDON, April 13 My Pal George aays buying those spring flowers for Eileen and Maggie was tha hardest thing he ever had to do. He bought daffodils and violets. Daffodils for Eileen and violets for Maggie. Eileen had told him Just the other day that ahe liked daf fodils because, since ahe became IT six weeks ago, they seemed somehow more grown-up. ViIY Pal George, who is It and a Somebody In London's larg est air raid shelter because he is president of the Youth club and chairman of the dance committee, aays that for nearly a month the three of -them had been planning that dance inside the shelter. Finally the floor In one bay of the shelter had been cleared of bunks, colored paper streamers had been strung around the alcove, and by knotting some stiff blue and red paper around three hurricane lamps they had managed to have suspended from the ceiling what looked like Japanese lanterns. A four-piece orchestra of violin, accordion, banjo and saxophone aat In one comer. When My Pal George, Eileen and Maggie arrived, there was a pleasant hum to the shelter. People were milling around, an imated by the event and greeting each other Just as if they hadn't all lived in that shelter every night for the past six months. .Eileen and Maggie were very pretty In new frocks they had . made themselves out of material purchased over period of daya at several East End rummage sales. piRST the orchestra played a Paul Jones, and everyone got to mixing It Then It switched to a waltz and finally swung Into Riding High. It waa halfway through Riding High that the will of the air raid alarm Bounded. But like every other night during recent weeks, nobody paid any particular attention to the warning. They Just continued swinging around the small floor, having one swell time. First George would dance with Eileen and then he'd dance with Maggie. - Then Samuel Goldman, the shelter marshal, walked fast past the dancers, looking worried. He told My Pal George that the incendiaries were coming down fast. So George started to leave. But Eileen and Maggie were right there, too because they were volunteer members of the East End Flrcwatchers. George aays they mentioned at the time that dance frocks were a nuisance. But they went right out Into the fire bliU any way, each carrying a small twenty pound bag of sand because sand puts out Incendiary bombs quicker than a stirrup pump or shovel. e Y Pal George aays he lost track of the girls after a few mln utea because those fire bombs were coming down hot and heavy and everyone waa working fast Sometimes they would land in the middle of the street and to extinguish them was no trick. Other times, though, a few would strike a warehouse and crash down Inside the building. That'a when you would rush in side in a fast-moving effort to locate the incendiary before it set inflammable material afire. That'a probably what happened to Eileen and Maggie, George saya: They rushed Into a warehouse and were trying to locate the Incendiary when a high explosive struck the building. Nobody knew they were there. No one had seen them go in. And when the raid finally ended and Eileen and Maggie failed to show up back at the dance, no one knew where to look. . But George got up a search party and they looked the rest of that night for some sign of the girls. They didn t find them that nor the next. But three days later, when ging through a 20-foot mound of broken concrete and twisted steel, they found Eileen and Maggie clasped In each other's arms. THAT'S why My Pal George aays that, when he bought spring flowers for Eileen and Maggie this last time, It was the hard est thing he ever had to do. Daffodils for Eileen, violets GOOD HARVEST CENTERVILLE, Tex., (AP The rich soil on the L. V, Ney land farm already has yielded good crop $63.50 to be ex act While working In the garden, members of the family -unearthed a cache of gold and sil ver coins some dating back to 1832. Now if their carrots only will grow. CIOARET INVENTED THUS An Egyptian soldier, during the bombardment of Alexandria, In 1832, rolled some tobacco up In a piece of Indian cartridge paper, and thua was "Invented" the clgaret. is offering a foundation for the future. It's not with private in dustry, which is offering the future. It apparently lies with the youths themselves who haven't enough thought for the future. night of course. Not that night some air raid wardens were dig for Maggie. HERE'S SOMETHING HOLLYWOOD, AP How would you like to have a glam orous screen actress strip off a pair of her hose and give it to youT You can have 'em if you're high bidder at a film colony party April 20 at which Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., will auc tion the stockings of all ac tresses present for British war relief. . IRONY ORISKANY FALLS, N. Y.. (AP) Carleton Sykes went out to secure signature on a peti tion asking that the knitting mill feeder stream be fenced off. . While he was working, his two-year-old daughter, Sandra Jean Sykes, toddled to the edge of the stream, tumbled in and drowned. By means of a leaner air-fuel mixture, modern cars save 18 per cent in fuel consumption as compared to the cars of 1827. Adult Educational Work Reaches Hundreds Here Klamath Grown-Ups Find Pleasure Benefit In Continuing To Learn Through Numerous Activities (Ultor'a Soil! This to aaatW O MtM srttdM ductUoa s Klaaat OMMlf prPr4 hf tha 4eaUn and rwmnMt Sartmai of Ui KlaauUi ralla Laarw l IM VoUn.) Nature provides us with a will to learn new things, to aid us In making our life fuller and for the betterment of all man kind. It is each individual's privilege to take advantage of opportunities offered and to gain some help and inspiration from them. Since the time of early history educational opportunities have been provided for all our people young and old and it has been the hope that through the education of all that better con ditions can exist and give us a hope for the future. In Klamath county we have a great number of courses of fered for the education of adults and we find many people taking advantage of them. The extension courses from Oregon State college offered through the office of Mrs. Wln- nifred Gillen, borne demonstra tion agent probably contacts the largest number of people. In this field the courses stress the training of leaders and helping them with program material ao aa to carry on projects in dif ferent units of the county. All extension courses through this department are free and the co operation of the personnel in charge of this work is always gladly given to all who are in terested. Unit Meetings Eight unit meetings are held once a month from October to May. -This year the meetings In cluded menu planning, table service, mafn dish meals, two meetings on weight control, and one on the care of the hair, and one on care of the feet and a meeting on health emergencies in the home. A slip cover school was held aa a special district meeting at which leaders were trained to teach the covering of furniture with slip covers, and the leaders then In turn will teach in their own districts. At present county wide pro ject la "Mattress Making" with the cooperation of the r.S.A. and tha AAA. and other agencies The material used is the surplus cotton from the south. This project Is for the low Income family group and is strictly a rural project - A big project is the home makers camp which is both edu cational and recreational. Many arts and crafts are taught in the camp program. One of the outstanding pro jects is the course under Mrs. Marius, extension specialist in family relations. The purpose of the courses offered through the home dem onstration agent is to educate the people and to have leaders trained to bring to them the courses in which they are in terested and are necessary to aid in better living conditions. The program is planned by the women for their needs and the needs of the community. In May, two representatives from each district meet and each tells what their groups want and then they vote on the year's, program. University Classes - Extension classes tor univer sity credit are held on Wednes day at 4 and 7:30 o'clock each week at Fremont school. Per sons may work toward a degree as they may earn 12 hours credit in the year. The same credit is given here as for resident work. Anyone is welcome to take the courses for credit or may audit them. These classes have been held in Klamath Falls during the past five years and much interest has been shown in them. The majority enrolled are teachers but a number of other people take the courses for their, own particular advance ment. Thia year Dr. Arthur Taylor Is the instructor and the enrollment for the fall term was 44 and for the winter term 42. Plans are already being made for next year's work. The courses are chosen to please the majority of those Interested and to bring to Klamath Falls a high type of educational pro gram. ' - A class for tha education of aliens, who desire to become citizens of the United States, is held Thursday evening of each week at Fremont school under the supervision of Mrs. Edna Ackley. The average attendance in the class Is 20. There are two classes finishing in the year us ually one in April and the other ono In October. The Interest of all members in the class Is evident and Mrs. Ackley is understanding of the people's problems. The wide, use of words In the English language makes It difficult for many, but by - explanations and examples And the lessons are understood by all. One of tha requirements in this course is to study the Con stitution of the United States. The course in general follows the same outline as the civics Uught in our public schools. A manual for citizenship is pub lished by the Daughters of the American Revolution and is used as guide by applicants for citizenship. The manual tells how to register and make ap plication and the procedure of filing lor first and second papers. Difficulty Noted The affairs of Immigration and emigration have been chang- ed from department of labor to the department of Justice and so many changes in procedure have been made: - One great need In Klamath county to aid in the education of the alien is for an elementary school to teach reading and writing. Many desirable aliens wish to become citizens but are not able to read and write the English language and so cannot receive their papers. The dif ficulty la that there is no funds available for the alien education program. For several years c check was made on Juvenile delinquency and it was found to be very low In the foreign born, and one year none at alL All the classes taught and the material used in the program for the education for citizenship tries to instill the love for the United States, and that laws are made to be re spected and not to be broken. Many classes for adult edu cation are held In conjunction with works progress adminis tration program. The purpose of the WPA program is that any employable person who Is un employed and In dire economic circumstances needs help. The type of help that can be given him that will protect his morale is useful employment in the type work for which he is fitted. Under this plan adult educa tion Is sponsored by the state department of education and assumes responsibility for the supervision of the work. Teach ers are paid by the federal gov ernment but the selection of the teachers are by the county and city school superintendents. In the adult education program the teachers are responsible for their own class and each must keep interest and attendance up or the course will be dropped. Many things can be done in Klamath Falls if there is a demand for it Many people are taking ad vantage of the courses offered and are learning worthwhile skills and crafts to carry -on hobbies or to further their own particular interests. Following are some of the courses given in Klamath Falls. One of the most popular is the shop class at Fremont school from 4 p. m. to 10 p. m. four days a week. The drawing classes are held in the Melhase building from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. A sewing class meets five days a week at the armory and there are assistant cooks helping in the cafeteria learning cooking. Klamath county has many other study groups for adult edu cation sponsored by organiza tions such as the Parent Teach ers associations, the American Association of University Women and the League of Women Vot ers The many different educa tional groups offered give peo ple an opportunity to choose the subject in which they are most interested. MERRILL Irene Lappat stu dent in the Merrill high school for her junior and senior years, finishing with a four-year aver age of 1.33, will deliver the vale dictory address for the 1941 graduating class at commence ment exercises to be held in the high school gymnasium Thurs day evening. May 13. Marjorie Taber Bush, with an average of 2.06, will be salutatorian. The program for this years commencement has as yet not been worked out. A junior senior banquet will be held the evening of May 0, followed by the senior ball at Malin, with the graduating classes of both Merrill and Malin high schools as hosts. Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening. May 11 in the Merrill Presbyterian church with Rev. Lawrence Mitchel- more bringing the message. The first Women's Rights con vention was held In 1848. Home From Hawaii . ... . -kVl sTlltm Mr. and Mrs. Dick Magulre returned to Klamath Falls re cently after Maguire spent five yeara in the Hawaiian islands as radio announcer and special events manager for KGU, Rational Broadcasting company station at Honolulu. The voice of Ma gulre baa been heard around the world on famous "Hawaii Calls" programs. Glamour Girls Blacked Out By Serious Reality of 1941 By TOM WOLF NEA Service Correspondent NJEW YORK, April 12 Uncle Sam has spoken the final word on the subject of glamour girls. The word is "phooey." No sooner had he rolled up his sleeves for the serious job of national defense than he handed the black spot to the girls of the gilded dead-pan. So say the men whose busi ness is beauty and whose models' looks and manner set the pace for Miss America. . "Glamour has beep on the way out for several years," said John Powers, whose name is synony mous with beautiful models. "To day, it's through. The call now is for natural, soft mellow faces. It's for the typical American girl the girl whom national defense, after all, is going to defend." NEW TYPE OF GLAMOUR GIRL Mr. Powers says that this typical American girl is self reliant and vivacious. She has a flair for. doing things. Without these basic characteristics she could not assume the natural vivacious look which illustrators and advertisers are, almost with out exception, demanding today. Harry Conover, himself once a model and now head of his own agency, was equally emphatic 'Ideal Woman' Seems Only Handy Label In Germany By RUTH MILLETT TT doesn't pay for German women to have too much respect for men. Whenever they do, they get pushed around. They had so much respect for the wisdom of their men they let themselves be shoved back into the kitchen, and they had managed to get a toe-hold in business, in the professions, and even in politics. Meekly they tried to pattern themselves along the lines of the ideal German woman ideal according to the men. They stuck to their homes, had babies for the fatherland, and let their hus bands shine in the role of "lord and master." LORD AND MASTER" NOW A PARTNER Then came the war, and the men saw that women's hands were needed for something be sides rocking cradles that they were needed to turn out armaments. So the men decided that it was all right for women to work in factories. The women did as they were told. Now that the army has taken a great many "lords ana masters" out of their homes, it seems that German women have to be encouraged to feel an equal responsibility with their hus bands for managing their fami lies, and contributing to the family income whenever the men can t manage alone. So, the German men have thought up a new "ideal Ger man woman." This one Isn't a meek little creature whose life is kitchen, children, church. This one is a partner to her husband, After Five Years or about the demise of the glamour girt . "Over 75 per cent of our ap pointments today are made for the weU-scrubbed'-American-girl business," Mr. Conover said. "This demands a new type of girl one whom we call "vital tiring.' Interestingly enough, she has the same type of personality and looks that has always been demanded of men models. Men have always had to look like Ralph, the boy next door. To day's girls must look like Ruth, Ralph's sister. This doesn't mean that they may not look sophistic ated. But it must be a real soph istication, one that comes from within instead of one that is painted on. "Perhaps it is significant that this new type of vital, healthy model actually lives where her real-life prototype lives in the country. We've found that most of our successful girls live away from the city. Why, I can't say. Perhaps it's more fresh air; perhaps it's a different way of life from that of city girls." The girls themselves, adds Mr. Conover, are delighted with the change demanded of them. They can wear more ca usual clothes swagger clothes and tweeds for the advertising pictures. Their hair-dos . may be more casual, easier to care for. And exagger ated gobs of makeup are as passe as the glamour girl whom they made popular. a full-fledged partner, sharing responsibility equally with her former "lord and master," and also sharing equal rights. "PUSHED AROUND AGAIN BY MEN" Have the German women won a great triumph? No. They've just been pushed around again by men, because at the present time this new "ideal woman" seems to fit in better with the plans of the men than the dis carded "ideal woman." This isn't any triumph for German women, because it isn't anything they won for them selves. They've just been pushed around again. And they'll prob ably get just about as much out of their new "equality" as a businessman gets out of being handed a title when he asks for a raise. - "I'M READY HAVRE, Mont, (AP) Roy Harada, American-born Japa nese, deferred six months ago when his father was ill and he was needed at home, popped up in draft headquarters. "Thought you'd like to know my father Is all right now," he smiled. "I'm ready for you." He was put in class 1-A. MUTTON DAILY DIET In the Falkland islands, mut ton is called "365." Other meats are very uncommon in these sheep-raising islands, so mutton is eaten every day of the year. In 1940 there were 4,500,000 trucks on the nation's highways nine times the number of 1918. Hawaii Vast Fort Decked With Blooms So Soys Klamath Man, Back From Sojourn In Islands By JAMES MORRISON Possibility of Japan attacking the Hawaiian islands Is remote in the minds of the islanders, according to Dick Maguire, local boy who made good as a big time radio announcer in Hono lulu. "There's a lot of miscon ception, I think," Maguire said Saturday, "about the Japs at tacking the islands. Everybody here seems to think Hawaii la practically under the shadow of Fujiyama and that it would bo an easy matter for the Japanese to attack. But aa a matter of fact there are about 6000 miles of ocean separating them, and Hawaii is in reality a vast fort ress covered with flowers and music" . . Maguire returned recently to Klamath Falls with his wife and child after five years of radio an nouncing in what ha calls the garden spot of tha universe Honolulu. He said he got his . start mostly by chance. He had always wanted to visit the land of flowers, swaying palms and moonlit musical nights, so be hopped a boat and crossed tha Pacific. Arriving in the Islands eat a Thursday, Maguire figured he'd better find a Job. By Saturday he had found employment at ra dio station KGMB, Honolulu out let for Columbia and Mutual net works. After six months with KGMB Maguire joined the staff of KGU and worked tor NBC four and a half years. For to past two years he was program manager and director of special events broadcasts. . He 1 boa known for his announcing on tost famous Hawaii Calls programs which are heard around the world. Tha wildest program I re member was one time when an Hawaiian waa attempting . to swim from the island of Oatni to another some 60 miles away," Maguire recalled. "Of course we interviewed him when ha was about to plunge into tha choppy, shark-infested water. Ail he could say waa 'Ugh' and -No,' so I had to do all of the talking. He did pretty well at swimming, though. They had to pick him up about half way across." "Ghost" Speaker Another memorable broadcast ing occasion for Dick happened, as he put it "when Hitler was first getting obstreperous." Tha US army was having soma sort of army field maneuvers and the event was to be broadcast by shortwave around the globe. At a rehearsal Major General Her on was perfectly at ease and spoke his piece with dignity and clarity. But when they actually went on the air. Dick said, the mike JuKiped eat and bit tha general. He couldn't say a word. Then it was that Dick Maguire shaded his voice and spoke the words of the general to the wait ing world. Perfect Climate Climate in the islands is next to perfect says Dick. It rains hard only two or three times a year and usually at night "I was surprised to learn it rains less in Hawaii than it does in the Willamette valley," be said. "I lost $5 on that" Dick saya a standing joke for an islander to spring on a comparatively cool evening is to mention it's "two below." That means it's two below 70, for the temperature seldom varies above 80 or below 70. "That's why you hear so much about the beach at Waikiki," , Dick said. "The temperature of the air and water is always tha same." Dick admitted he had on sev eral occasions tried the art of surfboard riding, but that ha didn't fare well. "It takes a na tive to do that right" he said. "The same goes for the hula. A girl can spend a year or so tak ing a course to learn the dance well enough to perform for tha folks back home, but she prob ably moves her handa when aha should be moving her feet" . Dick met his wife, Millie when she stopped at Honolulu on a globe-girdling cruise in 1S37 with three other girls. Neither she nor the others ever found time to complete the voyage, for all were married in the Islands. The Maguires have a daughter, Patricia, who was one-year-old the first day at sea on their re turn trip to the mainland. Maguire doesn't know If ha will return to radio broadcast ing. He came home to Klamath Falls to Join his father in busi ness here and for the time being he is here to stay. CUTTINQ TONGUE NO HELP The song of birds are produced at the lower end of the windpipe, so cutting the tongue to aid their voice is not only useless, but cruel.
