May Sfl. 1041
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School Milestone
A MILESTONE in the community's educational program
is reached in the final announcement that administra
tion consolidation will be achieved on July 1, 1942, and
the selection of an outstanding school man to assume the
superintendence of all the public schools here on that date.
The desirability of brlnsrintr the high school and grade
schools together In a coordinated system has been recog
nized by many local people for a number of years. But
standing in the way of such a move were several obstacles,
a number of them technical and, therefore, very difficult
to overcome. This was due, in part, to the fact that at
first physical consolidation was regarded as a necessary
part of the program. Now. however, a way has been
found to disregard this feature, and at the same time
achieve consolidation by close cooperation between the
boards of the two school districts elementary district.
No. 1, and high school district No. 2 and the Joint em
ployment of a superintendent of all of the schools.
Such a step was taken with the advice of the recog
nized experts in the state on school administration. Simi
lar consolidations have been worked out elsewhere, and
are operating successfully. We do not anticipate the plan
will make any outstanding savings in expenditure, but it
seems certain to make an important contribution in effi
ciency and in a more effective educational program for
the youth of the community.
To make it work requires not only an outstanding,
well-rounded executive, but well qualified members of
both school boards with the vision and the understanding
to act in harmony and cooperation. The boards, after
weeka of careful study, have determined upon Arnold
Gralapp of La Grande for the superintendency of the sys
tem, a man of outstanding qualifications. If the voters
choose well their school board members, the new program
should succeed.
A new man has been selected for the leadership of the
new program, for reasons carefully considered by the
boards. This is in no way a reflection upon the fine, loyal
work done for many years by J. Percy Wells, superin
tendent of the city elementary system, and Lloyd B.
Emery, the high school principal. Both of these men will
remain in the system, Mr. Wells in an administrative ca
pacity and Mr. Emery in the teaching field, from which
he was called to become high school principal a
aumber of years ago.
Noticeable in the past few years, and in particularly
the last year, is increasing public interest in the schools.
This is a healthy condition, and it should be stimulated
by the important developments now unfolding.
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LOYD MALCOLM COX, for 14 years an employe of The
Herald and News and assistant foreman for the past
few years, passed away this week at the age of 37. He was
a loyal friend, a good printer and carried on, almost des
perately, for several years in spite of poor health upon
which he seldom commented.
To Loyd Cox, The Herald and News family bids a re
luctant farewell.
Says the Oregon Journal, comparing 1917 and 1941:
Possibly the only popularly noticeable difference in the
situation is that Germany's present leader is a trifle crazier
than the kaiser and has an even more ridiculous mous
tache." Ouch!
Fishermen have been ordered off the Fremont bridge
because they constitute a traffic hazard. Since when has
fishing become less important than automobile traffic
Tulelake
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fairchfld
and family left Wednesday for
northeastern Nevada where they
will visit Fairchild's relatives.
They plan to return to biological
headquarters the last of June.
Karl Gentry spent Tuesday
m Yreka on business.
S. W. Caldwell, Alturas traf
tic officer, is aubstituting for
Gus Kehrer, local officer, who
for several days has been assist,
ing with traffic problems due to
movement of army convoys'
south from Fort Lewis. Mr. and
Mrs. Kehrer also plan a week's
vacation before Kehrer returns
to hit post here.
Mrs. Minnie Dillard-Davls,
mother of Mrs. Clyde Barks,
Tulelake, Mrs. M. A. Bowman
and Uel Dillard of Merrill, re
turned here Tuesday from Riv
erside, Ore., where she has
taught school the past term. She
plans to spend the summer In
this vicinity.
Georgene Weschler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wesch
ler, who is attending a school of
business in San Francisco, is ex
pected home early in June to
spend a two or three weeks va
cation. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde ' Barks,
Mrs. Frank Rhodes, Mrs. Sarah
Welsh and children. Deputy
Sheriff Roy Dysert, Mr. and
Mrs. William Seigler and Oliver
Pidgeoa) were among Tulelake
residents who were In Yreka
8unday for the spring racing
program and horse show Sun
day. Te Barks party also mo
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Uox u4 SUUwa CooaU
tored through the Scott river
country.
Martha Tucker, eighth grade
graduate from Winema school,
missed graduation everrlco
week when it was found neces
sary to take her to a Yreka hos
pital for an appendectomy.
Jeanette van VllcL Vrw h9.
been a guest this week of Betty
nnoaes, aaugnter of Chief of Po
lice ana Airs, frank Rhodes.
Girl Fatally Hurt
In Auto-Train Crash
THE DALLES, May 29 UP)
An automobile-train collision
here Tuesday ninht fata 11 v in.
Jured Phyllis Sorenson, 15, The
Dalles. he died early yester
day. The girl was a passenger in a
car driven bv F.lHnn P Pnlf 51
The Dalles, who suffered chest
injuries In the collision with a
Union Pacific switch engine at a,
graae crossing.
FUNERAL
loyd WiTeotln Cor-
FunnrM rva Usr thes art
Loyd Waleoim- Cow, whe passed
away aftrwtiwnr of liis parents
on Wednesday, May 28, 1941,
following-atr-extended flint.
will be hold 4a the chapel of the
ari wntuock Funeral, home,
Pine street at Sixth, en 6atur
day. May Si, UHL at 2:30 t. m.
with the Rev. A. Ttieo. Smith of
the First Presbyterian church of
this city officiating. Commitment
services and vault entombment
family plot In Llnkvllle cemet-
tery. Friend! are uWTOO.
DEMOLAY CHAPTER
NAMES OFFICERS
TULELAKE Tulelake De-
Molays have elected the follow
ing officers:
Conrad Shultx. master council
or; Bob McClymonds. senior
councilor; Dean Callas, Junior
councilor; Franklin Ernst, treas
urer; Jack Golden, secretary;
Bill Nelson, senior steward; Her
man Turnbaugh, junior steward:
Carter Wilkinson, senior deacon;
Raymond Porterfield. junior dea
con; John Coulscn. chaplain;
Kenneth Stark, marshal; Bob
Woodman, flag bearer; Edwin
Scott, organist; Edwin Scott,
sentinel: Bob Adams, Eldon Lar
son, Wilbur Edwards, Carl Coul
son. Keith Gentry, George Cross
and Harry Galloway, the seven
preceptors. Installation will be
held in the near future with
Keith Gentry, past master coun
cilor as Installing officer.
On June 26, the Tulelake chap
ter will hold Joint initiation with
the Klamath Falls chapter for
candidates for the first and sec
ond degrees.
E. M. Mitchell is acting ad
visor succeeding Charles Coates
Strike Paralyzes
Bus Service on
Washington Routes
SEATTLE, May 20 (IP) On
the day before the Memorial
day weekend when hundreds of
persons planned trips, a bus
drivers' strike today paralyzed
motor coach transportation east
to Butte and Helena, Mont.,
along the north shore of the
Columbia river and on the
northern Olympic peninsula.
A complete tieup was brought
about by the strike last mid
night of ISO members of the
Motor Coach Drivers' union
against the Washington Motor
Coach system. The drivers
asked 4 cents a mile, compared
with the present 3.3 cents and
retroactive pay to the date ne
gotiations started, February 1
The company offered 3.7 cents
with drivers paying for their
rooms out of the city, which
the company now pays.
United States mails have been
carried between here and Olym-
pia peninsula points and be
tween Yakima and certain east
ern Washington towns, but no
serious tieup of postal service
was expected.
Memorial Day
Service Planned
MALIN Memorial day serv
ices will be held Friday, May
30, beginning at 2 p. m. in the
Bohemian hall, it was announced
Wednesday by Victor Vasak of
the ZCBJ society, the service
to be In charge of Rev. Donald
Dod, pastor of the Malin Com
munity Presbyterian church.
From the hBll services will con
tinue at the Malin cemetery at
2:30.
Fast Watch
Reported Stolen
City police received "lost
watch" report from an excited
Mexican early Thursday morn
ing. In identilyiwa: 4h time piece,
the former gwnw snrised offi
cers 41wt it 30 minutes fast.
THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Hera's the first group picture of tha much-discussed Lockheed
P-38 interceptor pursuit plants. Uncle Sam's fastest fighting ships,
after they rolled off the assembly line at Burbank, Calif. Per
formance of these plants Is a military secret, but their top speed
la said to be In excess of 450 mllts an hour.
Roosevelt Keeps
Silent on Plans
For British Aid
WASHINGTON. May 29 lft
President Roosevelt adopted the
strategy of silence today on fu
ture methods for dplivering the
goods to Great Britain.
"You don't telegraph your
mover any more in the world of
today," one service official ex
plained, referring to the presi
dents statement that army and
navy technicians were devising
new safeguards. "You can't af
ford to. You'll notice the other
fellows never do."
However, Chairman Reynolds
(D-N. C.) of the senate military
committee looked for "full con
voys of some description." He
said that was his interpretation
of the president's fireside chat
pledge to see that needed sup
plies reached England safely.
On the other hand, no less a
personage than Vice President
Wallace was reported to be dis
appointed that his chief had not
been more specific as to how de
livery would be assured.
More Rain on List
For Weekend Here
Rain and scattered showers
were promised by the US
weatherman for this section of
southern Oregon. Until 8 o'clock
Thursday morning .17 of an inch
of precipitation had been chalk'
cd up bringing the total for the
year to 12.23 inches as compared
to 16.73 for last year. Normal
is 10.93 Inches.
Despite overcast skies numer
ous fishing trips were planned
to Klamath's lakes and streams
as well as motor trips to Port
land and San Francisco. Many
planned to make the weekend a
double holiday.
St. Patrick was not an Irish
man and was not born in Ire
land, but near the present site
of oiasgow, Scotland.
John Dos Is Coming
Courthouse Records
THURSDAY
Complaints Filed
Walter B. McMillan, et al,
versus Anna B. Nuckolls, et al.
Suit to quiet title. Plaintiffs pray
defendants appear in court to
set forth nature of their claims
on certain real property. William
Ganong, attorney for plaintiffs.
Waiver of Indictment
State of Oregon versus Ralph
Shoulders. Defendant charged
with burglary not In a dwelling.
Asked time to plead. Plea set
for 10 a. m. Saturday.
Dtcrtts
June Lundgren versus Alvln
W. Lundgren. Divorce granted
plaintiff on grounds of cruel and
Inhuman treatment. Plaintiff
awarded custody of one minor
child and $25 a month for support
of child.
Bcrnlce Hcidmann versus Er-
vin Heidmann. Divorce granted
plaintiff on grounds of desertion.
Marriage Applications
BELLON-FOX. Donald Clyde
Bellon, 24, Klamath Falls, S. P.
Railroad company employe, na
tive of South Dakota. Kathryn
Mae Fox, 18, Klamath Falls, na
tive of Oregon.
Justice Court
Albert Eldon Wamplcr, not
tall light. Fined $5.50.
William Howard Stewart, driv
ing while operator's license sus
pended. Fined $50.
Robert Melvln Kcffcr, no op
erator's license. Fined $3.50.
Alice May Toussaint, no op
erator's licensn. Fined $5.50.
RE-OPENING
PINE TREE
tjrASHINQTON. May 29 Eeo
nomle pressures hava been
generated for a tremendous hike
in the cost of living. Inflationary
price lifting Is at hand unless the
government changes its ways.
That It will do so, there Is no
longer any doubt. The prospects
are that Mr. Roosevelt will call
In Leon Henderson, his price
commissioner, and order the lid
sealed.
Pressures hava not developed
primarily as a result of tha new
farm price parity payment bill.
It is true critics refer to the
measure as an unjustified poli
tical move to offset labor wane
Increases. Also, Mr. Roosevelt
signed it with tha warning tint
tha government's 83 per cent
loans plus the cash parity pay
ments and soil conservation pay
ments should not boost the gov
ernment's donation over 100 per
cent of parity prices.
Yet, no one here is contending
the bill itself will bring exces
sive prices. No one Is really cap.
able of Judging what Is a fair
price for farmers from day to
day. But tha farm bill was pre
ceded by huge government food
purchases for the army and navy.
British purchases in food lines
agriculture department price
luting, and tha consumers larger
family budget. All these factors
together have put steam Into
prices which will explode if it is
not handled.
PRESSURE
The army, for a prize example
of what is wrong, wanted a mil
lion pounds of powdered eggs the
latter part of April to feed the
boys on maneuvers. Bids were
sought. The British happened to
want about one million pounds
of tha sama food at the same
time. British purchases are hand
led through the federal market
ing agency of the U. S. Agricul
tural department, an agency
whose business has always been
to increase prices, never to hold
them down. The bids ran higher
than expected, to say the least.
They ranged from 88 cents to
99 cents a pound, and averaged
between 93 cents and 94 cents.
The defense purchasing division
protested, threw out Its bids, and
sought to buy through negotia
tion. The army thus obtained the
eggs for 61 cants a pound, 12
cents under the average bid. But
the marketing division accepted
the bid and paid the higher price.
(How much it won t tell, but
probably about 10 cents a pound
above the army cost.)
This is only one of tha many
little pressures which have
helped to lift wholesale food
prices 10.4 per cent last week
over a year ago.
SPECULATION
SpeculaUon In certain food
commodity markets la becoming
noticeable' to the government.
Some form letters have fallen
Into new deal hands Indicating
that speculative advisory services
have been counseling a switch
to commodities from the securi
ties market. This also may have
had something to do with the re
cent price Increases for butter,
eggs, coffee, cocoa and lard.
Some inconsequential hoard
ing is likewise becoming evident
However, anyone who figures on
laying In an extra can of toma
toes is apt to find himself caught
short if the government fixes the
price for the next canning sea
son at somewhat less than the
existing level. Yet, the rise of
steam in this line is appearing
also.
COULDNT HANDLE IT
An inside understanding has
been in existence by which Leon
Henderson has avoided the food
price situation and left it to the
agriculture department up to
now. That department demon
strated even before the parity
bill passed that it could not
handle the problem. It tried to
fix a minimum price for butter
at 31 cents, planning to buy at
that figure and sell surpluses to
diminish the price whenever it
got far above 31 cents.
Soon butter was at 36 cents,
with the agriculture department
policy completely lost. Its sur
pluses were inadequate to meet
the power of a rising market.
The pressing question now,
therefore. Is whether Hender
son can do any better. The signs
are clear that he will have an
early chance to try.
TTI0II
POWER
LINDA DARNELL
BASIL BATHBONE
Always 20c No Tax
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good dustcloth when it gets old.
Industrial Employes Union Ends
Career, Favors Joining AFL
PORTLAND, May 20 (D Board hearings on unfair labor
The career of the Industrial Em-! prarllre chru- fllrd against
ployes' Union. Inc., ended yes-I both Sprniiuc Hlvcr firms have
terday with a plea by the board rrccntly been concluded Hft
of directors that Its 6000 mrm-1 Klumnth Falls, both arcusntlons
bers Join the AFL Lumber and Involving the IEU. The Inter
Sawmill Workers' unions. lutlonal Woodworkers of Amcr-
Dissolution of the union was Ira (CIO), instiiiutnr of esch
announced by E. N. Wightman. : charge, aa.ierted the firms were
treasurer, who accused the CIO i interfering In union activities
International Woodworkers of The IEU was tho bargaining
America of "maneuvering" aitent for both companies at the
through the national labor rela- j time.
Hons board for a series of elrc-j Doyd said all four of Uie new
Hons In which ballots provided , mill locals will be associated
only for choice of the CIO or I with the Klamath district court
no union. ell of the AFL-Lumber and Saw.
The probability that workers mill Workers union,
would accept the CIO rather It was believed that negotis
than abandon representation tlons between the AFL and mill
prompted the dissolution, he employers would begin In the
said. I near future.
Approximately 1000 IEU mem-
bers already have switched to
the AFL, Wightman added.
The IEL was established in
the Willamette valley and west
ern pine regions on April 29.
1937, after federal legislation
outlawing employer employe
combinations forced suspension
of the Loyal Legion of Loggers
and Lumbermen H L).
It survived an attack by the
CIO. In which the AFL partici
pated, before the NLRB a
hearing which occupied months
and produced huge volumes of
testimony.
The decision to disband was
assailed by Ralph Peoples, sec
retary of the Oregon State In-
riu.trl.l ITnlon rnunril fin .
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part of this company-dominated
organization to stop the success-1
ful membership drive now being
conducted In the Willamette val-1
ley by the IjVA.
In our estimation It points
toward collusion rjetwecn em
ployers, the IEU and the AFL."
Joe Boyd, AFL organizer.
Thursday morning claimed a ma
jority for the AFL at four form
er IEU mills In southern Ore
gon and northern California and
said a charter had been Issued
at each place for the establish
ment of local chapters.
Most employes of the Crater
Lake Box and Lumber company
and the Hosclcy Logging com
pany, both of Sprague River, the
Butte Falls Logging company
of Butte Falls, and the I lilt Lum
ber company of Hilt, Calif., have
indicated their intention of AFL
affiliation, Boyd asserted.
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CAMP HUNTER LIGGETT.
Calif . May 29 The transfer
of a Pacific northwest army of
35.000 men to this sun-soaked
reservation from Fort Lewis,
was completed today, ending an
i unprecedented western military
movement which officers said
I was almost as important as tha
summer war games starting
Monday.
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We faced a real test of motor
i na ,r""i movement and a com-
I Plicated supply problem, and
. CBm ,hr0ll(, wltn mimnuim nf.
-jculty." declared MaJ. Gen.
Georne A. White, commander of
the 41st division,
Oftlcers pointed out that the
; German armv muHe eonatant at-
tempts to improve its movement
and supply adding, "an army
that can t move its machines n f
that can't supply its troops csn r
fight."
A week ago, the reservation
was peopled with only a few
hundred troops. Final units ar
riving today found two full war
time strength divisions and sup
porting troops of the ninth corps
encamped along a U mllo stretch
of valley. 23 miles southwest of
King City.
Today and Saturday
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