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PAGE FOOT THE NKTVS ANT THE HER AT.TV KT.AMATH FALLS, OREOON April 2!. 11)11 THE KLAMATH NEWS KLAMATH NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Publishers ntANK JENKINS MALCOLM EPLET Published mm morning News Publishing Company at atB rail. Oregon. Represented WEST-H O LLID A CO, toe, Seattle. Loa Angeles, St Louis, B C Ccptaa of The Nawa and Information about the Klamath for the asking at any of theae Entered aa eecond elaa matter at the port office at Klamath rails, Oregon, November 13. Audit Circulation KCMCIIFTIOX SATIS Official raaar at on a tiaaaia rate t aavaas 0 la. I fc aarriar. par oath Miwn by aarriar. pf raar Dalian by Ball. Mf w. Klamath, Dainraa by mad. 1 awalka D9ltw4 by mail, t alMcripUoaa Relief Costs Should Dwindle KLAMATH county welfare bureau expects to enter the month of May with no employables receiving aid. The number Retting assistance in April has been limited, and increasing; spring labor demand is expected to cut the fig ure to zero within the next few days. For several years there have been short summer periods when the bureau had no employables on the assistance list, but the time has come earlier than usual this year and signs indicate it will last longer. This situation reflects the trend toward employment of all who are willing and able to work in this district, and that in turn reflects the general condition in the west, if not in the country as a whole. The relief bureau is receiving fewer applications for help from transient families. This is probably because many of these people are attracted to communities where there are defense industries, and others are finding work nearer their homes. The state employment offices here report a particularly strong demand for skilled labor, and it is a known fact that many skilled workers have left this district for work in defense industry. Farm labor demand, also, is strong, and it appears at this time there may be a shortage of farm help before the busy agricultural season is over. It is plain from this news that the time is at hand for reduction of the drain upon the public for relief assistance, and for all able-bodied men to get to work. The costs of operating defense industries are so enormous, and the prospects for heavy taxation for this purpose so certain, that there can be no justification for continued heavy ex penditures to take care of those who do not take care of themselves. The stepped-up industrial program, stemming for the most part from government outlay, should largely solve the relief problem that has figured so heavily in public budgets for nearly a decade. The burdened tax payer deserves this comparatively small offset. Boys Club Open House AN example of outstanding community effort in behalf of its youth is the Boys club, which occupied its new quarters on Klamath avenue The Boys club was established in April, 1940, after years of idle talk here of where adolescent boys could find wholesome recreation and companionship. Numerous Klamath business houses and individuals gave their support to the project and brought it at last into reality under the leadership of Gerald Murray, then city recreation officer. His successor, David Bridge, is carrying on, and again the club has found widespread support among public-spirited citizens. ' The new location on Klamath avenue is a vast im provement over the old quarters in the basement at Fifth and Main streets. It is roomy, light, newly-decorated and remodeled. It offers increased opportunity for real service. This week the Boys club is going to have an open house. It is set for Thursday night Klamath people should turn out in large numbers to visit the Boys club and learn what is being done through this fine establishment in behalf of the city's youngsters. Gritting Teeth Helps Ease Pain, Says Clinic Report By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE NEW YORK, April 28 (The Special Newi Service) Clench ing the fiats, wringing the hands or gritting teeth in pain are not signs of nerves, but actual protection against the hurt. Studies of pain, showing this to be true and measuring Just about how much pain is re duced, have been completed at the New York hospital Cornell medical center here. They are reported in the Journal of Clin ical investigation by J. D. Hardy, H. Coodell and H. G. Wolff. The trio tried experiments In pain on themselves. They are respectively a thickset man, a tall, well-developed woman and a tall man that Is, a fair av erage of humans. Foreheads were blackened with India ink and a heat ray turned on the black area un til pain was just felt. The in tensity of heat sufficient to cause pain, or the pain thresh old, was found to be constant from day to day under normal circumstances, and approximate ly the same in all individuals. This threshold of feeling pain could be raised In various ways. Gripping a metal bar tightly as possible raised It by 7 to IS per cent. This was equivalent to reducing the sensation by that amount. Binding the head firmly with a bandage was worth 4 to 6 per cent pain reduction. Pain In another part of the body al so reduced the hurt. If this other pain was intense, the fore head pain could get as much s 35 per cent greater before It was felt An extremely loud nolle raised the pain perception by 14 to 82 per cent. That Is, the pain was felt less easily. The I . Editor Mining Editor except Monday by The Klamath Esplanade and Pint (trwta, Klaia- nationally by San Francisco, New York, Detroit, Portland, Chicago. Vancouver, Herald tofftthar with complete Falli market may be obtained office. 1933. under act of March 3, 1878 Telephone 1114 laia. Moaoa aaa lUlljaa Coaattaa. , Farabla m Adraaaa Monday. the need for some such place noise probably acted like an other pain. When oniatec wen, takn if was found that even though the pun inresnoia was raised, very severe pain was still felt. But it no longer bothered the ex perimenter because of an al tered mental attitude Induced by the drug. The alteration. It was ex plained, was a change In men tal pattern. There was lack of the ordinarv fM, nsni.. with drawal and flight from' pain. iius son ot pattern, the re port itates, probably explains why neonln tin nf jm during excitement of games or of combat, or during hypnotism, religious or mvstical and sexual excitement. u explains the indifference to nain often wifnMawi ri.4 childbirth In women who have confidence In their physician and are desirous of having a child. Man Wounded in Knifing Fray McMINNVIT.T.F an.H la in. An abdominal knife wound that required 40 stitches to close kept Harvey Lockwood. about 40, in a hospital here today. Sergeant Ralph Grenfell of uie state police said Lockwood was wounded in a Saturday night fracas nai M kM. i Grand Ronde. An arrest war rant was being prepared, Gren fell added. PIONEER ELECTRICIAN PORTLAND Anrll II tir. Charles Leo Wlngard,, 74, pio neer nonnwest electrical engi neer Who Installed ah. 4 I . . lighting systems at The Dalles, Walla Walla and Pendleton, died Saturday of heart trouble. Hitler Conquers TV7ASHINGTON, April 28 On the surface there Is a dis crepancy between what this government is doing and what it it saying. State Secretary Hull demand ed action to assure the arrival of American cargoes in Britain. Navy Secretary Knox said the same thing, only stronger, add ing: "This Is our fight," and implying that we should be In it. Even Mr. Roosevelt said, we are going to fight for the. demo cratic processes. But when the action was taken none of these suggestions was fulfilled on the surface. Quite the opposite, Mr. Roose velt only extended "the Atlantic patrols to protect the western hemisphere," as he explained it The area limits ot the expansion were not given, but as Mr. Roosevelt further explained them, they had nothing to do with convoying, and were not even directly Joined with aid to England. The deeper you go below this surface, however, the discrep ancy narrows sharply. One Inch below, officials are saying off the record the ex pansion of patrols is part of a modern substitute for convoy ing. The old system has been found obsolete. The British have been meet ing with our officials here late ly, particularly our naval ex perts, and have worked out a new shipping scheme. London is going to follow the advice and experience of our navy, convert ing several fast merchantmen into auxiliary aircraft carriers by construction of landing decks. Enough planes will be carried to fight German bombers on the convoy spot At least one such ship will accompany convoys along with a surface destroyer and a courvette. And as has already been an nounced, fast merchant ships will go across singly, slower vessels being grouped according to speed in convoys. This should Rosalind , RUSSELL Jicntu Brion AHERNE . ' "HIRED 1 WIFE" 11 1 "EWS rQlT I DIAL 5414 Greecel Hitler Threatens Gibraltarl jj Me a ...- take care of the German threat to shipping. Mr. Roosevelt's action would furnish eyes for this new system. As Interpreted sub - officially here, American fighting ships would scout the seven seas for "threats against this hemi sphere." Wherever an axis ves sel is sighted, whether beaded toward American or not, they will inform the British as well as Mr. Roosevelt. In this semi-official interpre tation, Mr. Roosevelt is setting up a world spotting system, not only to defend this hemisphere but to help the British get our goods across, and in ultimate purpose to defeat the axis. STRONGER ACTION ' Deeper down in authentic private official comment there is reason to believe the action reaches even further to the ex treme to which Mr. Knox point ed, namely that we are ready to fight The orders to our scouting patrols have not been divulged, but one report from an official quarter suggests their behavoir Is to be much stronger than merely reporting any time they see an axis vessel. There is rea son to believe they may if occasion demands intervene I uicmseives oeiween any spoiiea axis ships and any British mer chant ship carrying our goods ! to Britain; they will not fire first, but may fire back if at tacked. At this point the discrepancy vanishes. What Mr. Roosevelt has done, becomes precisely what Messrs. Knox and Hull recommended in their speeches (which FDR read before they were delivered). If this interpretation is veri fied by future developments on the high seas, the expansion of the sea patrol really consti tutes a dare to Germany to fire the first shot. MILDER TERMS Executive mirrors here reflect the grimness of this unofficial interpretations, but most ad ministration congressional lead ers prefer the milder official possibilities. Even those senate1 democratic leaders who are op- j posea 10 going to war nave Deen somewhat placated by what they have heard in councils as to Mr Roosevelt's new determination to refrain from actual convoy ing or direct Involvement in the ! conflict. Among them the view j LAKEVI LAKEVIEW Lois Clause has won the honor of being valedic torian ot the 1941 graduating class of the Lakeview high school. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Clause. Els worth Clcland. son ot Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cleland of Adel will be salutatorian. Both stu dents have made better than a l.S average during their four years here of high school train ing. Graduation exercises will be gin with the Junior-senior prom which will be held on May 16. On Saturday afternoon, May 24. the members of the A. A. U. W ' will hold a formal tea at the home of Mrs. Forrest E. Cooper for the senior girls. Baccalaur eate exercises will be held In the high school auditorium Sunday evening. May 25, with Rev. Eugene Nelson of the First Pres- sermon. Graduation xrria I will be held in the high school auditorium Thursday night. May 29. Camp Fire Girls Mark Nature Trail At Moore Park Klamath Falls Camp Fire Girls have marked about 23 plants and trees along the nature trail In Moore park recently, it was an nounced Saturday. The trail, which starts at the right of the animal pens and winds around the hill below the view point, is being posted with labels for various points of in terest and new signs will be added as new plants appear, ac cording to the nature club of the organization. is common that Mr. Roosevelt is really working their way and. therefore, should not be har assed or questioned too much on detail. The hemisphere de fense motif suits them. I "owPUyia,- 1 1 StejMM tM LSSl LdP - -mr fl af ana . m H X -sw r ! BS1 I j g VTjifl-V , f ' ! 'ij nanli nova baan VaXki iatsUbaVjajaaC 1 ,.. 7 . r Greatest Love Story . 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The newspaper reports that the craft's 82 tons Is too heavy for the four-Inch, 3.000-foot asphalt runway and that a con crete runway 200 feet wide and 4.000 feet long, varying In depth from six to nine Inches, must be poured before the takeoff. The pouring Is estimated to re quire 48 days, with another SO days for curing. The plane, the paper says, was moved 17S feet a few days ago and so badly cracked the asphalt that 15 tons of paving material was required to fill the ruts. The craft's main landing wheels are 98 Inches In diameter, the balan cing nose wheel 54 Inches. The B-19 has a 212-foot wingspread and Is designed to fly distances equivalent to crossing the Atlan tic and return. Douglas officials had no com ment. Clark Declares Democracy Immortal, Lauds Roosevelt THE DALLES. April 28 (Pi Americana were admonished here Saturday not to lose faith in democracy because of recent events in Europe. Gov. Chase A. Clark of Idaho told delegates to the annual con vention of Oregon Young Demo crat clubs that the "spirit of liberty and democracy are im mortal." He urged faith in American leaders, declaring President Roosevelt "a rock against which the angry waves ot the opposi tion beat in vain. President Roosevelt stands for civilization. for liberty and for democracy. He Is all that Hitler Is not." Delegates reelected without a dissenting vote Paul N. Plank, Junction City, as president. Don Davis, Washington county, was named treasurer. The 1942 convention was voted to Tillamook and the fol lowing congressional district vice presidents named: Nels Peterson. Lincoln county, and Olive Fraser. Clackamas, first district; Marguerite Misner, Des chutes, and Lennart Benson, Grant, second; Jake Slckel and Ann Sambuck, both Multnomah, third: E. C. Leum, Coos, and Florence Krugg, Lane, fourth. Committee chairmen included: Elsie Schroeder, Salem, creden tials; Robert F. Cronen, Wheeler county, constitution; Ethan New man, Eugene, rules and order; Lee Crawford, Salem, resolu tions. Extensive Campaign -To Sell Bonds Opens WASHINGTON, April 28 (A1 Five thousand separate radio an nouncements today inaugurated the most intensive selling cam paign in the peacetime history of the nation, as the treasury began its dime-to-thousands de fense savings drive. It is expected to rival and perhaps surpass the now historic Liberty bond campaigns of the World war days. The new securities, of which the treasury hopes to sell at least $3,000,000,000 In the next 18 months, go on sale Thursday morning in 16.000 postoffices and several thousand banks. Later department stores and thousands of other places may handle them. Trv the Classified Arts Tm SIDE GLANCES If aa a i f-K coaa ta, a, at aacavief wc T m atfl y "Slop suying; 'Wow!' every price of PUNS FOB VISIT Plans have been completed by the officers of Klnmath Lodite No. 77, AF & AM. for a visit from the Masonic lodge of Ma lin Monday night when the lo cal lodge will confer the Master Mason degree upon a candidate from Malin. This meeting will be preceded by a crab dinner served at 6 30 p. m. at the Masonic temple Fred Flock, senior warden, has I charge of the dinner and li look I Ing forward to a record attend ance. The local lodge has been very active In the past fow months and is planning several such oc- 1 casions as the one to be hr''l I Monday evening. An Invitation i from Mcdford lodge Inviting the i Klamath lodge to confer the Master Mason degree has been i accepted and May ninth has been named the date. In late i June Provident lodge No. 609 of j Sacramento. Calif., will visit here. This will be a return visit for the one made to Sacramento by the local organization about three years ago. II GETS HIGH OFFICE Mrs. Otto Smith, past regent of Court Klamath, Catholic Daughters of America, was elected state monitor at the convention of Oregon Catholic Daughters held Saturday and Sunday in Woodburn, Ore. Attending from Klamath Falls were the Rev. Father Timothy Casey, chaplain of Court Klamath, Mrs. John Gal lagher, regent of the local court Mrs. Otto Smith, Mrs. Stanley Pieser, Mrs. P. J. Lesmeister, Mrs. John Holzgang, Mrs. J. A. Kennedy, and Mrs. Wulter Han non. Using a series ot mirrors, a machine gun that fires backward is now in use in the British royal air force. The navigator fires the gun which Is mounted under the plane's nose In such a position as to guard the tail. i' Vl ' 1 f ' o" lime a clerk unnounces the a hull" Man Employed Full Time Caught After Drawing benefits Filing a claim for unemploy ment insurance while employed fulMime as a llnolrum-layer cost Alexander C'lnrke ot Portland nut only iZJ2 T In benefits but also a 60-day Jail term Imposed by Judge Lowell Mundorft ol ; the Multnomah district court, I unemployment compensation of ficials who investigated the case revealed Monday. When Clarke made full resti tution to the unemployment fund, the fudge suspended the Jail term. The benefit checks. It was shown, had been drawn dur ing a 26-week disqualification for falsifying a claim for com pensation. Vigorous Investigation of aim liar cases is promised by offl cinls. British Bombers Hit German Destroyer LONDON, April 26 (Brit ish bombers left a German de stroyer "snouting a great volume of smoke" after an atuck off fhi flittf-h .-.is fkl. mnrn.. I. which the RAF lost four planas, sn official announcement said. Two vessels of 2000 and 1300 Ions also were hit and are be lieved to have been sunk In at tacks on shipping off the Dutch coast, the air ministry said. Other attacks In addition to the daylight raid on Emdcn by a lone Stirling bomber Included the bombing of a factory and rail yards at Keppel and the Dutch naval base clocks at Den lli'lder and at Drknoy In The Netherlands. HERE'S ONE BRIGHT SPOT DANVILLE, III . p You know it isn't such a bad world after all and here's a case in point: A half-dozen school boys, learning of the plight of Rich ard L. Hedge who has been 111 j.uia ,mi ur-Miaai man of that time, came from their school six miles away to spade the most of his garden. They knew his only source of lncnm uma (mm Uk k,.IUa and flowers he sells from his small pint. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Stay Shout 5 Big Acts MUDOTLLE "TMI WHIRLWINDS" On world' tat Maud HILTON Otrmen Miranda unit ffuyoel oomady dir. tffiTU LEWIS VAN l Oirxtlnn Itara from yyV Iroedwaif'i hit "Thtj yr am BONQER It nooie-poaM mutual eaportj novelty. PELICAN XO-b, OSAKI k TAKI Q JV Orlanlal masla. M i Screen trj