April 1941
THE NEWS AND THE HER A LP. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE SEVENTEEN
SEEKS TO AID
BAB SHORTAGE
WASHINGTON, April S4 UP)
Shortage of bagi In which Ore
Ion seed grower ran ship covrr
crop seeds to southern markets
has becoma ao acuta Chairman
Fulmar (D-S.C.) of the house
igrlcultura committee hat an
- nounced ha will Introduce legl
latlon authorizing manufacture
of aome of the government
owned cotton Into cotton bag
ling. Grower of alfalfa, gran.
clover, created wheat, vetch
A. and other eed crop told Rep.
( Pierce In 1-tter that burlap
Hcmni we virtually umiuwur
able, and that at preaent with
maturity date of the aced only
80 daya off, only one-fourth
enough bag for the crop were
available. They complained that
large ahlpmenta of burlap to
Japan were continuing and
- cauilng a dangerou ahortage
In the American market.
Pierce took the altuatlon up
with the national drfenae offl-
dale and waa told that while
aome cotton baga had been ued
for aeed potatoea lait year. It
waa unlikely the government
would aubildlio cotton bagging
plant becauae It appeared uch
bag; would not be required
after the national emergency
waa over.
Fulmer, however, wroto
Pierce that he Intended to In
troduce leglilatlon to subtldlie
manufacture, at rotton baaeina
lk to replace burlap. Detente offl
" rial had aaid airiculturitta
needing bagging were turning
to pPr aacka of which there
aeemed to be an ample aupply,
Pierce atked the commodity
credit corporation which holda
large amount of cotton to per
mit ita ue In manufacture of
bagging but hi plea waa reject
ed. "Seed growing In Oregon ha
become Urge anal specialized
lnduitry," Pierce ald, "and'' It
muit have baga In which to
ahlp Ita product. I have urged
the varloua government agendo
having cotton to permit Ita ue
for cotton bagging but without
auccea. - Large . quantities of
burlap are being shipped to Ja
pan and thla should be (topped
a It 1 needed In thla country."
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Defense can mean only one
thing, defense of America' fu
W tur. Caroline F. Ware, defense
advisory communion.
Beaverbrook Says
1000 American Plan
Handed to RAF
LONDON. April 24 UP) Lord
Beaverbrook, Brltlih minuter of
aircraft production, told the
houte of lord yeiterday "near
ly 1000 assembled American and
Canadian aircraft have been
handed over to the RAF."
'There ha been, of course, a
teady drain on our ahlpmenta of
aircraft by sea from America due
to losses In convoy," Beaver
brook acknowledged. "Up to
this moment wo have only lost
one aircraft on the (aerial) ferry
service between America and
thla country."
Beaverbrook aald the British
admiralty had received "within
the last few daya 83 aircraft by
sea, 333 tons of airplane parts
and 328 engines."
"Of five principal operational
typea we have reserve now In
tore house scattered, far and
near a reserve total 'equal to
the total operational atrength
That la 100 per cent reserve."
85-Pound Brunette
Held for Return
To Prison Stretch
SAN FRANCISCO. April 24
(VP) Iiabelle Meumer, an
83 Dound brunette who killed a
bewhifk- red Houte of David I
baseball player and then es
caped from a Texa Jail, waa
held In cliy prison Wednesday
night awaiting arrival of Texas
authorities
Ml Meumer, who I under
a four-year prison sentence In
Odessa, Tex., fought furlouily
with four attendant who took
her before Municipal Judge Al
den Ames today for routine ar
raignment. She waa anested Wednesday
when she tried to solicit Patrol
man Tom O'Connor, not know
ing who he was.
"I was too sof yesterday," ahe
said. "If I'd killed that cop, 1
wouldn't be here today." O'Con
nor aaid he found a loaded re
volver hidden in chair In her
room.
Mita Meumer also I wanted
In Clinton. N. J., nnere police
told .the hed tried to kill two
policemen with an automobile.
She escsped from the women's
reformatory there J January,
1039, while serving a seven-
year term, and fled to Texaa
where the wa convicted of kill
ing Buford Armstrong.
Her arraignment wa con
tinued pending arrival of , tht
Texaa officers.
We have Indulged, maladroit
Jy and mistakenly, a ettpertority
complex In regard to Latin
American who, as a result, have
shrugged houlder. Tom Wal
lace, editor, Louisville Time.
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Humane Society Notes
Interesting Stories About Klamath Animals
and Efforts in Their Behalf
ly Ida Motnyer Odell ,
By IDA MOMYElt ODELL
April 20 to 28 Is "Be Kind
to Animate Week" and it may
be fitting to take pace thit
week for a discussion along
these lines.
One of the most pitiful stories
cabled to America at the outset
of the war told how 800.000
London pets mostly cat and
dog were destroyed by their
owner within the short space
of a couple of days The owners.
reported Time magczine, chose
rather to put their pets to death
than see them die horribly in
eventual air raid.
Thla action, although the
death In most cues were hu
manely pei formed, entirely con
trary to the advice urged upon
the Briton before the war by
the Royal Society 'or the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animal.
Much puzzled by thit panicky
action on the part of London'
pet owner, Captain Fergus Mac
Cunn, the chief secretary of the
society wrote:
t "Wa. at' atM wondering at
this curious mass Idea which
seemed to get Into the minda el
the London people that It waa
their duty to ee that thetr'petiH the 'Buyer society, rmt leu -been)
were painlessly put to sleep In
solte of the fact that on the
wireless and In the press we had
urged them not to do anything
of the kind.
Britons promptly learned why
the Royal Society had so warn
ed them Instantly after the
mat execution, an almot un
controllable plague of mice and
rata developed in the British
metropolis.
After the fury of the bombing
of London the problem of the
care of animal dunng air raids
and the treatment of their casu
alties afterwards presented itself
to the Royal Society. These
problems did not find the so
ciety unprepared. Ever aince
1038 Ita officer had oeen study
ing the problem of animala In
'he conditions of modern war-
arc. Thus one of the first acts
)f the society was to help for
mulate a code which would gov
ern net owners during the
Impending moments ot distress.
These rule provided that
metal identification tags must
be attached to all pet ' During
air raids animals were to be
left in gas proof chambers, ken
nels, hutches, stable or public
shelters provided for that pur
pose. On guard in every street,
there were animal protective
agent. They accdunted for the
welfare of animal aa each raid
ended Sometime, tney carried
wounded pets to the society'
clinic for treatment Sometimes
they were faced with burial
Job.
Briton found that some pets
were affected, even during all
clear periods, by their masters'
apparent nervousness. Bromide
tablets of varying degrees of
strength, depending upon the
size or kind of pet, were admin
istered in such trounce.
A registration center waa
established where oeople wish
ing to dispose of their pets were
Immediately put in touch' with
those desiring anlmaia Hundred
of pet were thus lived Several
dog were turned over to Royal
Air Force balloon barrage unit
in the London area to act aa
night sentries and to cope with
the resurging problem of rats.
These degs became the real pals
of the balloon unit men.
The American Humane
clety has learned ' much . from
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FEES INCREASED
Persons holding driver's li
censes which expire June 30 of
this year will not be required to
take any examination when they
renew their license. It wa an
nounced today by Earl Snell,
secretary of (tate.
Examination are required,
however, for those persons who
were not licensed during the
1831-1841 period and for persons
70 yeara of age or older.
Driver's licenses for the 1941
1843 period will cost $1.50 this
year, instead ot one dollar, due
to the creation of a motor ve
hicle accident fund by the 1841
legislative assembly, it waa ex
plained. Thla fund is for the payment
of hospitalization costs of Indi
gent persons Injured in automo
bile accidents, cared for In hos
pitals which are then unable to
collect from the patients. The
fund will be administered by
the state Industrial accident com
mission and hospitals must be
registered with the commission
and follow a schedule of charges
set up by the commission.
There will be approximately
$290,000 available for this fund
during the coming two-year pe
riod a there will be at least
500,000 driver licensed during
that time. Snell said.
Negotiations Break
Down at Prineville
PRINEVILLE. April 24 UP)
A break in negotiations with
the CIO International Wood
workers of America closed the
Ochoco Lumber company here
Tuesday.
Company officials refused to
bargain in good faith over de
mands for a 13-cent-an-hour
wage increase, a union shop
and a week'a vacation with pay.
the union charged.
Manager Roland Watt denied
the company had refused to bar
gain.
HIGH SCHOOL
News Notes and
Comment
By June Mlehelson
Announcement and Instruc
tions of interest to seniors were
discussed at a abort senior as
sembly Wednes
day morning.
Dates for va
rious event,
given by Prin
cipal Lloyd B.
Emery and Vir
ginia West, were
a follows: bac
calaureate will
be the third
Sunday In May; min
on Friday, May 3, eenlor girls
will meet to discuss the senior
tea, clothes necessary for grad
uation, etc.; AAUW plana a tea
for girls tentatively scheduled
for Saturday, May IT.
Suggested commencement
clothes for boys are dark suits,
ties, dark shoes and light shirts.
and for girls whit dresses and
shoes.
Within the next two weeks
seniors are to pay $1.30 each for
rental of their cap and gowns.
There are approximately 233
students in this years com
mencement class.
e
Principals and coaches from
five high schools were enter
tained at dinner Tuesday eve
ning. April 22, in the cafeteria
by Home Economics club girls.
A centerpiece of yellow snap
dragons and daffodils was used.
Covers were laid for: B. C.
Forsythe and Gerald Gastineau,
Ashland; H. E. Tetz and Otis
Wilson, Grants Pass; Clyde H.
Beard and James Davis, Rose-
burg; L. B. Mayfield, Russell J,
Atheson and W. J. Bowermao,
Medford; Lloyd B. Emery, Dutch
French, Buck Hammer and Paul
Deller, Klamath Falls.
In charge were Ellen Suttnn,
Kathryn Fox, Verne Dean Meggs,
Myrtle Russell, Margaret Lewis,
Pauline Urqulage, Helen Russell
and Mrs. Alan Williamson, adviser.
.
Honor society girls ushering
at the band concert Wednesday
evening were Nadine Palmerton,
Elsie Kurnlck, Anna Lee Zell.
Patty Schupp, Virginia Ellen
Smith and Barbara McLean.
First to contribute refresh
ments to the junior class to be
served at the junior-senior prom
is trie pepal-cou Bottling com
pany who gave 10 cases of pop.
t
French club members enjoyed
a dinner Wednesday at the Ba
teau.
Pep Peppers will hold a food
ile at Moe's Saturday, April
28, from 10 a. m. until 8 p. m.
The track queen contest closes
Tuesday, April 28. Jerry Ann
Denehie, senior candidate, la
leading all others by a comfort
able margin of over 600 votes.
President of New York Stock
Exchange Inducted Into the
army. He ought to be a bear
when the command comes:
"Market-time!"
RCAF CHIEF SEES
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SANTA MONICA Calif.. April
24 UP) Air Marshall William
A. Bishop of the Royal Canadian
air force told workers In the
big Douglas aircraft factory re
cently that "Now that I have
aeen what you are) doing, 1 can
take back a message of renewed
hope" to the men u Great Brit
ain's battle lines.
Bishop recently arrived from
the north for an inspection of
southern California plane plants,
"Until a world la established
where little children can play
in safety, where men and wo
men can work In dignity and
honor, and old men and women
face the sunset with peace In
their hearts, we and our brother!
will never quit," he said.
He plans to address a lunch
eon of representatives of all au
craft companies In this section
Wednesday.
An agricultural college la
feeding cows sawdust How will
you have your plank steak?
outaiot
Jts.
YOIH taXKSTS
RESPECT TOTS NAME
and you save on its moderate price!
Thote in the know
ask for OLD CROW
loo
Katioaal DietUlen Products Corp, It. T.
3,
J ' 9140
I Pint
( $2.65 Qt I
working hand In hand with It
both In peace timet and today,
Next week we will give a
very brief sketch' oo the Red
Star animal relief. In the meani
time, visit your own . Humane
aoclety on the Keno road which
is a (mall unit of a very far
reaching organization. This local
society is organize) according
to state laws and; In accordance
with the provisions of -the
American Humane association of
which it I a part. It has be
come ao confused In our minds
with the city pouno that many
people think of It as only that
The pound work is only part of
the humane work and under
taken by the society largely to
protect animals from needless
suffering Before the organiza
tion of the local Humane society
the treatment of impounded ani
mals was appalling This ' can
be said with the utmost free
dom as none of those responsible
for the pound in those days are
in any way connected with our
present city government.
Visit the kennels and ask for
your copy of "Your Dog and His
Care."
Referendum Sought
Against Private
School Textbooks
SALEM, April 24 UP) Pre
liminary petition for a referen
dum against the bill to give free
textbooks to students in private
and parochial schools was filed
yesterday in the state depart
ment by the Association Against
Public Taxes for Private Schools.
It is the third such referendum
to be filed against a measure
passed by the 1841 legislature,
others being directed against the
cigarette tax and the bill clos
ing coastal streams to com
mercial fishermen.
The three measures would be
come law June 14 unless 13,866
registered voters sign petitions,
which must be filed by June
13. Measures referred to the
voter would be on the Novem
ber, 1842 general election ballot
Elk Dies After
'Barrel Roll'
PENDLETON, April 24 UP)
An elk that apparently did a
barrel-roll during a leap over a
Do FALSE TEETH
Rock, Slide or Slip?
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on falaa teeth, keepa thero mora firmly
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confidant with ft flrmi-r dental plat,
illldlj alkaline KASTHrTtH alio eheoae
Sum eorenaai, hurnlnt sensation or raah
na to tha ehaflnt of ft loose, wahhly
Plata or to eieeeslre letd mouth, (let
ASTEBTH It ftor drill tore.
barb-wire fence, starved to death
in the Umatilla national forest
according to a story brought
back today by Assistant Ranger
Edgar Parker.
He said the animals carcass had
been found flat on Its back with
its antlers deeply embedded in
the ground. The elk was unable
to free Itself.
Misery doesn't love company
that stays for dinner.
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