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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1941)
PAGE FOtTt The Klamath news KLAMATH STTKt PCBLISiCN'G CO, rRANX JENKINS malcolm eplxt Published rrmrr morning nc Mseday tr Tti Rama.3 Tews Publiscmg Coc:ry at L; t-a-o and Pme streets, Kr j tli raii. Crea-oa. ' RnnMcnd ercociy by ! WZST-80LLDAY CO, tne, Saa r:i- rg New York. Detroit Earj,, to, Angela. St Lec-L Pcrtaad. CVciia. Vancocvex. B C Cog erf The Km -d Eermid tceether srtta eetnplet tsJorsstsoB abect th Klamath Faj marset may be ettaaed for tb aakmg t any of these office. i r i mrvt at a Dost office at K.-ama.n , Fall. Orcoo. 5we! U. avaFsaWa w CBCssL, fs"aT Wfc tJ ST SSVTIT, Caaua. UK Gssaa Jem 1,1,1 jim. hnu a Weekend Roundup j THESE r tryirg time, for nat-ons and for ir-diviiua!. I An fcteresurg- gidelig-ht a Brace Barter" corr.tr.er.ee cest ddre t the tifih Khoc! Friday as his story cf the can he knows who s.:d: Ta net a r-ersoralitr y more I'M a cfv3 war!" How rr.ary ef ns re ia that fix" How rr.tr y are arfrair.g with thrrrjelves. fading- the .selves on one car an ao'.a tiorurr, the text day a htterve-.tioriist. and the r.'tt day aoiaething ej? How fortcnate is he whc ntir-i is nace np finally, definitely, and eondusivety cn the treat problems that confront this gro-P cf individual kttc-wt: as the United States: Mot of us. it Htra. are in about the fatne situation as the cation tcm within ourselves be tween conflictinf sentiments and divergent Itr.es ef thins irj Bat time is wasting. We know that decision must be made soon, in order to establish singleness cf F-r-tx and tinity of action. We can't go on indefinitely as a let cf in- dividual "evil wan." i AH indications are that the week's furry of discission and activity over the South Sixth street situation ended constractively. Klamath's delegation to the state highway comrrission meeting- returned with a belief that somethinz will be done immediately to determine exactly what is the best thing for the big traffic problem beyond the viaduct, and that decision will be followed by construction. This newspaper, which has been imploring the highway commission for a lory time to "do something" about South Sixth, agree it is best that action shall follow a thorough tody to determine the most logical and sensible course for that action. But let's not have delay in making that study. Certainly, it ia not too much to ask that improvement get under way on Sooth Sixth street in the current construction season. mm Following np mention in this column yesterday cf the desirability of an aviation defense unit for this community, we urge that the chamber of commerce and other interested organizations look thoroughly into this question. If there is the slightest possibility that something of the kind could be obtained, let's not leave a stone unturned in the effort to get it. Army engineers have indicated that work will start in June on development of the Klamath airport, for which the CAA has granted nearly S300.00O in funds as a de fense expenditure. We do not know whether the location of an air squadron here would require the construction of additional facilities, but at any rate things are beginning to happen here in the aviation field and it would be cf great value, to the community to have a military aviation unit located here. It seems nay, it was only yesterday that the 1S4 census was being taken. Yet the United States already has 1.200,000 more people than it had then. That's the estimate of the census bureau, based cn im migration and excess of births over deaths. We now num ber 133,000.000 people, according to this, the bet g---M. Somehow that doesn't fit into the picture that has teen drawn of a static people which has stopped groTrir.?, ex panding, progressing. It always was a coc'.eyed picture. lellituj, Ike, MI aSI n Mar mm,. M " m pn fur mmi i CTCES TRY TCP. CAMP KLAMATH FALLS. Ore . (To the Editor, Am a reprer.u::ve of the labor ur-jcrj ir. Kj.T.ata Fails. I feel corr.pel'.ed to ca".! to your arter.ticm the fact that Meri ted. Ore, will have a tcwr, mer.t confSTicted ia the:r c-.:y by the federal goverrer.t for the bousir.g cf several tvraar.d trainee in the -at:or.l arrr.7. Wfcy u jt that Kj.-r.ath falls doesn't get aorr.a rich a coa ttruetioa pro;ect for tha vicin ity? Can tt be that we doo t want to have these iruUiorj of dollars of coaatruetion work ir. thia territory or is it that we are afraid of the larie influx of un ion craitcnen who would iperj their wages with the local c-.er-chaat7 The eonrtTJ-f on alor.e would fcave nteant miUiorj in trade to Klamath Falla. to say rotcir.g cf the reg-jlar monthly pavrolls of the foldiera itatoned her. Try to guess what it would mean V Klamath to have some 30.-0 men drawing a minimum of $20 per month which does not go for board or clothes. This money would be spending money. Of course not all would be spent on Main street but all money spent here would reflect upon the general condition of the district. And. in addition to this, what about the supplies to feed this vast group of men? The truck gardeners and farmers would have ready made market for all the vegetable products wt could raise. Soldiers don't want all canned goods and if they did some one would prof;t thereby. Ia my opinion, our chamber L Puiliaeeaw . Editor Vanagtsig Editor 1M1 ender act ef March X It? TuptM 1114 of ec jr.erce ccld have mafe a strong t.d f-.r t-.j t-!-esi. cot e y co-ld have, fc-jt shc-ld have. Very l:tt.e plicry waj let c-t that Klarra.-. ever had a chance. TTner. all that ca- be char. wl-.r. all t-jt ear be ia:d aja;rt -jj is we have elder w-..--tr sz. :ts ivr.zr. than V.ttlozi f'-1 ccld nave beer, evercctr. p7 the i -ar.ee cf wocler. -or.?:es ' fir tre men stat;cr. here. I haver, t heard ci c-. jcr. d-stresi ca.-; ? r. 5-,tre rarf r 7 f-r V-e last e."r a; year?. 'K'-.'r. h:gr.wy 57 ijrrte-d a a ' ;rj:r'h:i-'wiy" fcr we rvs a av,r5i pc.:t.or. this car-r..rt ratter should have goer. the cr' here. I :r.:.-e'v hepe c;r chsrr.ber cf ccrr. ere 5-.d all c-r c:trf w;li waite -.-s to t-e fact that rr.'..r. -rr.-.Z-.-.rs ' cf :t is he r? rrrt all arr. d ar.d we a-e eor.ter.t to sit by ar.d let :t zo After al' arer. t we all i- this thir.g to rr.e o-:r living to the bert of evr ab:l:;.-? I have rrarrj or. rj desic at this wr:t..-;. ree;-je:r.g tradetrr.en tc corr.e to work :n several locslit.f-i. Thet' car. t get the rr.er. needed n carry cr. ;tr.e woric. I rave heard :t ra.d 'that ;f we got ao-.e i jch prcrert as tha ere. t.-.a. we wo-jld have a flurry cf wcr. d jnr.z the con tmctior, per.od ar.d tr.at wed have a iIt.p after constructjsn step?. This a a bvir.ch of foolish argurr.er.ti. as r.or.e of the com munities have lost anything be ! cause of having aeveral months or real prosperity, j It may not be too late even : yet. for Klamath to secure sorr.e I thing, for instance we could have , an aviation school for training I flyers, or we rr.ay yet get son-.e smaller cantonment if or cham ber of commerce a-d its board j of directors will maie a real ef I fort toward that end. I believe I most of our citizens want this TTfT "Was It For work here. I fcsow ocr bsC!i-t mlsrjes wocJd rather work a: bece thaa e jewsere. C D. LONG. CIO Dvfaas Plaa ! KLAMATH FA1 I .S. Ore. To the E-iitcr .As a me her cf je TWA-CIO I wjh to call at tention to the CIO defense plan. I know cf no other workable plan that has been effese-d for the defense cf tics luun'-iy and the pecple who inhabit it Yet it is a fact that this plan is utterly ignored by nearly all tnose whose ehity it is to in form the general public of sch things Tee CIO defense plan calls for the ettx up of industry councils for each major mass production industry, ccntposed of an equal number of repre senatves cf labor and indua tna.iru with a chairman repre senting the government whose job would be to see that enough plants are kept at production of domestic goods to supply the needs of t-.e people of the na tion w.th a reasonable rurplus frr emergency. loss etc.; see that toe governmer.t war goods contracts are so allocated as to give the rarest amount of pr cuctcn possible witn our re sources in natural supplys. ma chinery and labcr power, that exist in our ration, see that the bottlenecks existing, due to un opened natural resources, short age of mdustr-al plants and lack cf sufficient trained labor for seme occupations are over a rpeed-ly as possible, see tnat the laws of t-.e nation are ob served as regard; labor prac tces etc. and for the setting up cf a national defense board composed cf eo,ual numbers of representatives ef labor and in dustry cf which toe president snail be the chairman, which shall act as a clear.r.g house for the var.ous mdustrjl coun cj and a r--pervismg head -trough which industry as a whole can be coordinated. This would give t.-.e nation an. organization t-.roug". which t.-.e knowledge and a;i.ities of the workers, management sc. er.t.sts. government o f f i c i a Is ar.d agents ar.d coordinate them m action for the security, defense and well-being cf the peo-le of the nation. In some industr.es some cf t-.e politically powerful cor porations have received con tracts of such large amounts that it will take them three or four years to fill w;-.i other companies that could har.de many of these orders just as well as those who are overload ed w:tn orders can. have not re ceived any orders at all. The f-f'h columnist who was re sponsible for the German peo ple being sold down the r.ver to nazism was the big indus trialist. Frits Thyssen. Ia France it was the same story, toe big powerful f.nanciers and industnalisti were in many ir.itar.ees eager for t-.e sellout they had to a great extent con sumated the deal with the nans behind the backs of the people before tne actual armed eon qiert cf France was started. We have amor.g some of our big capitalists those who have been doing the same thing, plenty of proof of this has came to light. Can you show where the CIO defense plan will not work if given the active support of the .administration? Can you point out any ot-.er defense program VTVTS A VP THE rTFRATP This We Laid Down Developments ; I j GREECE V . - .-I It --rriJV ' w .ts 1 ' ' "I The Crete caspai9 was highlights by hmm davalots:aQtse British i tbir navy was shattariag Geracaa attempts to ssd troops ta Crete by .- Cvtsubs reported InfUctiaq heavy dairay ea British flt 1st aajtertt MaditsTrasaaa. probably ia Crete area: Briash reported a cosatar attack against C-ermaa-bald Kalesd aad clsi-nad recapture of Candia and Ratimo. I FOB WHEAT EM WASHINGTON. Vay 24 ? Secretary cf Ajr.culture Wick ard Thursday establisned a na tional wseat plar.tng allotment of SS.000.000 acres fcr tr.e 1 cron Tnis was a reduction of 7.&00XT0 acres frcm the 1M1 al lotment Tne secreury said a redue ton in production neces sary because cf a mounting sur plus and loss of export market. Tne 5S.0C0.000-acre allotment is t-.e minimum, allowed by corn control legislation. It will be apportioned among '; growers en t-.e basis cf a form ula set up by law. Announcement cf the smaller, allotment was made as the agri culture department prepared to hold a grower referendum May 31 cn marketing quotas for tnis year j wneat crop. Quotas re quire the approval cf two-thirds of the farmers votes Division cf the IS42 allot ment among wheat-producing states included! California 653 922. Idaho 865. 173; Oregon 756.231: Utah 211. 133 and Washington 1.M6.687. FUNERAL I ROBERT L. PRICE ' f Tne funeral service for the late Robert L. Price, m ho passed away tn this city on Thursday. May 22. will take place from ; the chapel of wrd Klamath! Funeral home. 625 High street! on Sunday. May 25. at 2 p. m, i the Rev Arthur C. Bates of the , First Christian church official- ing Friends are invited to at tend. The remains will be for warded by railway express Sun day at 6 3S p. m. to Woodland. Calif, where the interment will take place in the family plot on Monday. May 26. at 11 a. m. Maine. Vermont and West Vir ginia were formed from parts of Massachusetts. New York and Virginia. Looking for Bargains? Turr to the Classified pact that has been presented which is not full of holes, for the fifth columnists to use? John Wheeler, I 018 Klamath Avenue.! K! AMATTT FA 1.1,5. OREGON Our Arms ?" in Crete War Word Mon t C. T. Sttib. abev. is the new assistant manager ef the Mont gomery Ward store hare. Steib cam har after three yaars at the Walla Will. stor. and bafera that spent fir years at th Portland retail stor. Mrs. Steib and their two children will com har shortly from Portland. CORRECTION Raleigh R. Maupin of Malm reported Saturday that he was not the driver of a car involved in an alleged hit-and-run acci dent described in a news story Friday. Maupm said he sold his old car a month ago and his name apparently was connected with the accident through the license number. NOW PLAYING Seats Tax immm an a sm. ' Sfteas M Din S-M . a. All lnt I BEHiNim V'ASHINGTOV. May 14 The prcvper ot naz9 rufv nmsj through Crete and Sjna to capture the Sues aad tne su-.ra of Gibraltar has been considered realaticalr la the topmost eoo ftrt.xes tn ard around the White House State-men. aj well as people wort-.y cf their bloyt cannot aff-d to read the nni lJie narr.fcy-parr.fces avoidirg what ts displeasing The odds are strongly agamst the Bntan in the Mediterranean, thotgn decidedly in their favor tn Brit ain. The qutca is what to do about it The Whn Hcojse corxreseic-n-al directors wno ha- been in. the front office lately beiwi Mr. Roosevelt will send up a message or devote his eerair.g coolirg-systera-etde chat :t s too bc fcr firesides to a stronger reaffirma'aoo cf the western hemisphere defer je basic pol icy end action to bolster it Or p-ece ct a-cttcn being con versationally taced up in these circles would ccctempiate f urth er srtruarding t-.e vital is.and approacn-es of ir Atlantc. cot oruy nearby but all the ay across to ir A.'ncan roast Tne Arores lPorrgali are wit.mn the western hemisp.here limit which Mr. Rooaeve.t set in Greenland Tne new dividing line cut througn the Cape Verde island . Portugal, But eastward be tween them toward the African coast are the Ma-seiras i Portu gal) and the Canaries (Spain) which are strategically import ant as ocean-air bases. It ts doubtful that any such action would be taken unless the fall of Spain srA Portugal seemed at hand Also the action might await formal American participation in the war. rrw troops The British had been conced ed a good chance of holding Crete fr seme months by most of the military authorities here Their expectation was founded on tfve belief that the Br.tisn m-ou.d cor,certrate tnere tne bo. 000 to 60.000 troops removed from Greece. Instead the Britian left only a divixn with the Greeks. The bulk of the Brit isn army was transferred to the Libyan front where tne Suei de fenses were hard pressed. CEFTXSE 8HAKEUP Signs of the coming shakeup In tne defense organization 'fcrecast first m this column. May 6 are multiplying rapidly Critcisjn of accompiisnments is r-arur.g een from sources close to the administration. You will near frequer.t.y in congressional quarters t-.e observation tr.at prodding criticism and constant reshuffling must be accelerated if result are to be obtained Appointment of some new overall head, like Jesse Jones, t-.e commerce secretary, is not unlikely. PRorrrs tax Tne house ways ar.d means committeemen are bristling mad because all the treasury has rec ommended for an excess profits tax is to same old treasury scr-eme which congress defesteti last year. Some committeemen are trying to get bur.nes men to come in and testify en masse as they d.d last year. It now looks like there will be a tgnt lasting several months Momentary prospects are that a bill will be passed in Septem ber, to apply retroactionary to January 1. Innocent Plea Entered on Charge Of Armed Assault Russell Lee Robison. colored, charged with assault while arm ed with a dangerous weapon in connection with injuries suffer ed by Louis Coleman, colored, entered a plea of innocence be fore Circuit Judge David R. Var.denberg Saturday morning. Coleman is recovering from injuries inflicted on the head and face when struck by a bottle He ts in Klamath Valley hospital. Robison Is represented by At torney J. C. O'Neill. Mme. Otto Goldschmidt Swe dish soprano, was known as Jen ny Lmd. the Swedish Nightingale. NOW PLAYING! &ty I ,Wli .vl SIDE GLANCES llfi 1f John could onlv speak that tire, he'd CITY BRIEFS Arddaat A thre--sr ac cident as reported by cit c i fleers rr tre via-3uct Kridiy night. There mere no persons! injures L. t Sample. 1317 Adams street Joe R Lake cf 2114 W-ite aer.ue. and G H Frank cf Ken, mere drum Frank was forced to step his car to avoid hitting d-g tr.e Lake car stepped and the Sam pie car crasned into Lake s machine. i I Tires Puactaxad Earl Smith cf tee Peetiac garage. Jimfi and Klamath, reported to city police the damage done to SIM tires on cars in the parkirg lot Prowlers took a small b.aded sharp knife and punctured the tires. Smith stated la Santa Crul Mrs Ed ward Hall Pike is spending sev eral weeks in Sapta Crux. Calif, visiting with her nece and other relatives and friends I - ! T n Dumand Lake Grace Rhoades.' teacher of the first grade of Riverside school, le!t Saturday for D.a.T.or.d lake where .ie will spend t-e sum mer. Police Court Two vag. two traffic tickets, one drunk and one traff.e warrant. mad up Saturday morning pol.ee c.-irt report. Bike StoUn Edwin Hanson ; 13J North Tenth street re ported to city pol.ee the theft of his bicycle Fr.dsy night from near a local theatre I Radio Gen Lombard Motors reported to city police th theft of a car radio from a parked car sometime Friday night i . Streamliner Cars Jump Track, Then Climb Safely Back ! COLUMBUS. Ga. May 23 fAP' Arr.arcd railroad men told Thursday horn- part cf a fast passenger tram jumped the : track rar here, ran a half mile i partially derailed and then ! climbed safely back en the rails, j The C.ty cf Miami." Illinois Centra! streamliner, stopped af ter the freak mishap early today !ar.d a passerby. H. W. Corbett of Columbus, averted another possible accident when he flag ged to a stop a Fort Benmr.g troop tram just before it rolled into the damaged track Section Foreman T E. Bate more reconstructed the accident this m-ay: I One or more trucks cf t h e streamliner left the rails at crossing two miles south "f hre The train mlled on at little diminished speed while the de railed wheels sliced off spikes and tore ties. The train roared ) on across a ISO-foot trestle and I when it swung into a curve the dragging trucks climbed back on the rails. It wasn't determined Just which trucks were involved but none was badly damaged CROSBY Mess ?. lo Ihe bovi Me be speaks fo gel some place!" LEAGUE NAMES FfNANGE BODY Plans f-r the proposed com mun.ty biiiliir-g at Madison street and Sha.u may. m-ere dis n:jvt Friday n.g.ht at a meeting of the Suburban league in the Snast scrr-l At i.h:s time a fi nance committee mas named repTeserta'iv es from each ward na-r ing members Wsrd 1 mill be represented by Frank S.li mard 2. Bruce Sia-.o mard 3 Mn Ba:ley Max me.l and .Mrs Rusrcll McCcl , him: mard 5 Everett E Metier Tre next meeting of th.s group m.li be held Wedm-sday. My it. at tne home of Mrs. McCoilum. Gj.-v .tree! Ward rrpr-entatnes will study wsis snd means to finance th building watch is being su pervised by A B Cummins tWorfc m.U start as soon as pos sible, it was announced at the league rr.eetir.s President Ned Smith named the fellow .rg on the dance com mittee. Harry Fainter, chair man: Mrs. Floyd Hoover, trea surer. Leon Crapo. Lent Man ning ar.d Lou.s App it has h-ecr. decided to change the tn.e cf meeting from Fr.day nights to tne second and fourth Wedr.edaj of each month. The next meet.ng m i.i be held Wed nesday. Jui:e 11. Tr.e ieaeue expressed appreci ation t i t.-.p California Oregon Power ecmranv for the donation of a set of maps cf the subur ban area. Ninc.y-(.e patches m-ere re quired to repair damages to : wings of an airplane caught tn a hailstorm m South Dakota In 1939 and the ' C.ty of Miami" contin ued its run ! No one m-a injured Ends Monday 'This Thing Called Love" and "Along the Rio Gronde" EM Starts Tuesday COMPANION FtATURt Cswtautos Sat. a Sun. Xrw WM Oin SM B. K All OFC Ine S.aU -Q Tax