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ath Falls. Oregon.
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Let's Face
IN a national magazine article last week by a man who
I has spent the last two years in the countries of Europe,
it was stated that official
country have shown marked
they don t like.
The author of the article quoted embassy attaches in
various foreign countries and newspaper men. These
men said, in effect, that reports showing the strength of
the Nazi military and economic situation get a cold recep
tion when relayed to this country, to the point where the
men who feel conscience-bound to send these reports
worry about their jobs.
The statements were of
authority so good that it seems certain there is too much
of the ostrich policv prevailing in the United States. If
news isn't good, we don't want to hear it.
That is bad. That means
refusal to face the facts and
From the very start, there has been a tendency, orig
inating in the highest circles, to gloss over the dangerous
and desperate aspects of the war in Europe. The people
in this country have not been prepared for the shocks
that have come, because the government, which has all
of the best sources of information at its command, has
not seen fit to make frank and honest statements of the
real situation.
As a matter of fact, it would seem that the high offi
cials of our government have been unwilling to believe
what their own representatives have told them, with the
result that the start of the national defense program was
delayed too long and even now it is not moving as rapidly
as it would be if public opinion were crystallized by an
understanding of the tremendous task ahead.
Let us have the truth, as much as it hurts. Let us have
it in time, so that if it is bad, we can get busy and make
it better.
Death Takes No Vacation
PRETTY soon most Americans will be launching out on
their vacations (except those like the 38,000 in the
vital , Curtiss-Wright airplane plants, who have patriot
ically given np theirs in order to produce 60 more planes
and 280 more engines during that time).
The least those of us can do who go on the annual
vacation is not to kill anybody while we're away. Yet
some of ns will.
Vacation season is always a carnival for death on the
highways, and the United States enters this one with
1500 more dead already on the roads this year than last
In the first four months of this year, 10,780 persons have
been killed in traffic. We are headed for a new high
record unless we can restrain our passion for speed, our
road recklessness.
Drive slowly conserve your car, your tires and
your life.
Salem Man Heads
Alumni of OSC
CORVALLIS. June 2 M
George F. Chambers. Salem,
was elected president of the Ore
gon State College Alumni assoc
iation Saturday.
Ralph Reynolds. Portland,
was named vice-president; John
Gallagher. Corvallis, treasurer,
and Warren Reid, Corvallis, sec
retary manager.
The board of directors was In
creased to 16 to give represen
tation to Washington and Calif,
ornia. Harold Wahlberg, Santa
Ana; Lindsay Spight, San Fran
cisco, and Norman Oliphant,
Seattle, were the new directors.
Others elected: Ross Cady, Boise;
Clyde Williamson, .Albany; Dick
Brown, Portland, and Al Eng
bretson, Astoria.
NOT "JUGGLERS"
Rather than Juggling It from
left to right hand in the Ameri
can way, most British keep the
fork in the left hand when trans
ferring food to their mouths.
Booked for the Pine Tree theatre's grand re-epenlng. Tut
day, is "Pinny Berenada," co-starring Irene Dunn and Car
Orant.
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Editor
Managing Editor
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the Truth
and unofficial agencies in this
disinclination to receive news
such a definite nature and the
wishful thinking. It means
the truth. It means weakness.
NEXT BATTLE
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were likely to find transit of
the 1900-mile sea a feat of ex
treme peril, with two dangerous
bottlenecks in the middle.
Surface vessels in the two dan
ger zones the 200-mile stretch
between nazi-conquered Crete
ASSAULT
CYPRUS SEEN
mile gap between Sicily and ',cf ,to .he" complainant, and
Frer,rv, rT,i T.,i.i. ... .defendant in a fair but secret
French-ruled Tunisia were de
scribed as vulnerable to attacks
from axis bombers,
So great is the pull of gravity
on the sun that an ordinary man
would weigh two tons there,
ten It
News
inuixm
By BmJlMMlON
WASHINGTON. June
vacuum cleaner is being
quietly put to work on the U.
S. army. The general staff
has decided to catch some of
the misfit bugs that always
nestle In the rug in peace-time.
The fighting field of war re
quires such a different type of
man from the swivel chair
army politician of peace times
that practically every army in
the history of the world has
had its energies handicapped at
the outset of its war efforts. It
took Lincoln 3 years to find
fighting field officers who could
do the job. Hitler had to shoot
his misfits to get rid of them.
The French never got around
to it, and the British have un
fortunately followed their tradi
tion of letting disastrous failures
accomplish the housecleaning.
The first moves here have
been so cautiously taken that
they escaped attention outside
the service journals. The
first of new selection boards to
decide the promotion of field
officers met here in such se
crecv a few dava aeo that even
their names were not disclosed"1 wages, an amount which
to their fellow officers. The
five-man board selected 800 of-
fi.
cert to make up an eligible
list, from which the new fight
ing majors and colonels will be
chosen. This represented a sen
sational departure from the old
custom of seniority promotion,
backed by political pull.
Similar reorganizational steps
have been taken to provide
systematic discharges and trans
fers of existing field officers
for temperamental and effic
iency reasons. Orders have been
issued to set up classification
boards of not less than 5 of-
trial (the democratic
way of
doing things.)
FRANK STATEMENT
The orders attracted no at
tention because they were not
accompanied by a statement of
policy interpreting their mean
ing. A frank official statement
of the purpose is given in the
Army and Navy Register (May
3) quoting a memorandum is
sued by Lt General Ben Lear,
commander of the second army,
with headquarters at Memphis,
Tennessee.
Said General Lear
"Elimination of unfit. Inef
ficient, and incompetent lead
ers is of greater and farther
reaching consequence than the
elimination of defective and in
effective weapons and equip
ment. Replacement of unsuit
able by competent leaders must
be accomplished with the same
skill and judgment that are ex
ercised in replacing obsolete
and Ineffective weapons. It
must be free from all personal
considerations, friendly or un
friendly. 14 ... If and when we are
drawn into war, the people of
the United States will insist that
the leadership of their sons in
battle be entrusted to the most
competent commanders of all
ranks that we can obtain."
THE NEWS AND THE HRRAI.P. KT.AMATH FALLS, OREGON
Working With One
but the fear of doing an In
justice is obviously not going
to stand in the way of ac
complishing the necessary re
sult.
A far more likely danger than
the doing of serious injustices
is that the army politicians will
start running to their senators
and congressmen to hold their
Jobs and thwart the effort to
perfect the maximum fighting
efficiency of a democratic army.
Restaurant Owners
Give Their Side
Of Wage Dispute
(Continued from Page One)
eration is as high as any In the
state, higher than any except
Portland.
"2. The present wage scale
gives the employes on an aver
age 31 per cent of the gross
revenue in the houses operating
under the union scale. This is
already six per cent higher than
the national average.
"3. Employes are not under
paid at this time. Waitresses are
receiving $3 per day plus meals,
which amounts to at least $100
per month: dishwashers the
same, and cooks from $100 per
month plus meals to S170 plus
meals. This could hardly be
called low wages.
4. The new wage scale de
mands S3. 50 per day plus meals
for waitresses, and $4 if the
shift is split in iny way. This
constitutes a 33 13 increase
could only be compensated by a
wholesale raise In the price of
xooa served
"5. Food prices are already
soaring, which means that em
ployes receiving food as part of
their compensation have already
had a substantial raise In wages
Rents and other expenses in
Klamath Falls have not ad
vanced with advancing food
costs.
"6. Restaurants getting their
revenue from the service of food
should not be classed with pool
rooms, night clubs, and pool
room lunch counters, which se
cure their chief revenue from
other sources than the sale of
food and which have readily
agreed to the new scale, which
would be ruinous to restaurants.
They should also not be classed
with hotels which are allowed
concession of lower wages, split
shifts, and Filipino employes
where desired."
OBITUARY
Edward Bagby, for the last 35
years a resident of Klamath
county, Oregon, passed away in
this city Saturday, May 31, 1941,
at 7:15 a. m. following an illness
of several years. He was a na
tive of Mollala, Ore., and at the
time of his death was aged 75
years, 10 months and 21 days.
Surviving are two brothers,
Henry of Bly, Ore., and Jesse
of Mollala, Ore., four sisters,
Mrs. Mary Walling of Oregon
City, Ore., Mrs. Flora Jarlsch
of Owesego, Ore., Mrs. Eliza
Hamilton, Hillsboro, Ore., and
Mrs. Margaret Pelkcy of Mol
lala, Ore. The remains rest in
the Earl Whitlock Funeral home,
Pine street at Sixth. Notice of
funeral to be announced at a lat
er date.
Some 300 places in Lincoln
shire and Yorkshire, England,
have names which show they
originally were Danish settlements.
Hand
City Fathers
Discuss Club
Law, Traffic
(Continued from Page One!
section. The parking lot, it was
hoped, would also lighten th
parking burden in in city's
ousiness district.
Trucks Talked
Councilman A. ii. Bussman
said he would like to "put a
problem in th lap of the plan
ning commission," that of com
ing to some conclusion on the
charging for loading zones, serv
ice strips and other used sections
of the business district. This
matter was referred to the trai
fic committee. Chief of Police
Hamm asked that publicity b
given against the double parking
of delivery trucks when ade
quate space for parking was
available. Councilman Bussman
had previously reported he had
received complaints on th abus
of the couru-sy granted by po
lice for unloading by the Uncus.
In the future truck operators will
receive "tickets' when they us
the center of the street for park
ing when space is there for use,
Hamm observed.
The problem of putting a top
dressing on Spring street from
Main to Oak was also discussed
but with no funds available for
this work, it was suggested the
matter be held over lor another
year.
Dogs running at large came in
for criticism lrom irat flower
growers through their represen
tatives around the council cham
ber. It was suggested that an
ordinance be drawn up to make
it unlawful for dogs to run dur
ing the growing season. This
matter was referred to the police
committee.
Logging trucks going through
the city en route to Pelican City
will be ordered to us th under
pass, proceed to Klamath avenue
and from there to Eleventh strut
and on to their destination,
councilmen decided.
Paving Eyed
Councilman Harvey Martin
reported a number of resident
in his ward were interested in
the paving of Orchard avenue
for a stretch of three blocks,
from East Main to Mitchell
streets, and asked if th council
would consider sharing expense
Inasmuch as thre city owned
lots are In this district. Th mat
ter will be discussed further at
the next meeting.
A hazard exist at Johnson
and Upham streets where th
barricade Is down, according to
Councilman Walter E. Wlesen-
danger. This matter was refer
red to the city engineer.
Support of th city council of
the proposed smoker from
which it is hoped to derive funds
for the municipal swimming pool
was sought by Dave Bridge, city
recreational director. Bridge
announced two smoker would
be given In the armory, one on
Defense Bonds
and Stamps
Are Available
At
First Federal
SAVINGS k LOAN ASSTf.
Member Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corp.
Sth at Main Dial 5195
Juna IT, th other on July I,
both planned by Mack Llllard,
fight promoter, who has agreed
to turn over a certain percentage
of receipts for th fund. Llllard
will also donate th armory for
th evenings.
SHIP STRIKERS
ORDERED BUCK
(Continued from Pag On)
duction "immediately" at two
plant of th Bethlehem Ship
building corporation.
Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins certified to th NOMB
only th Bethlehem dispute be
cause It involves more than half
th defense shipping orders shut
down th last three weeks.
Strikes at nine oUier shipbuild
ing plant hinged principally on
th grievances against Bethle
hem. Tor Dfns
Th NDMB request to strik
er and Bethlehem officials was
based on "the spirit of th presi
dent's proclamaUon and In the
interest of national defense."
Th Issue In the strike of 1200
AFL and 500 CIO machinists
was their request for a $1.15
per hour wage rate against th
$1.12 offered. But an obstacle
to agreement on the wag dis
pute was Bethlehem's failure to
enter the stabilization agreement
between Pacific Coast Metal
Trades and shipping interests
with the AFL bay City Meul
Trades council.
Company spokesmen hav In
dicated Bethlehem now is will
ing to concur on the stabiliza
tion pact, ostensibly ending the
AFL'a grievances. The IsDMU
hearing on the dispute was set
for June 9. pending reply to the
back-to-work request.
Walkout Set
At Cleveland. O., a CIO strike
at five divisions of the Alumin
um Company of America was
ordered at midnight Wednesday,
threatening a shutdown on pro
duction of vital light metal parts
for aircraft and armaments.
Acting under authorization of
majority of the company's 4500
employes, th National Associa
tion of Die Casting Workers
(CIO) set til walkout deadline
to enforce demands for general
wage gains. '
The union has asked a flat 1 1
per day wage Increase as sub
stitute for an eight cent hourly
Increase previously granted
through the ALCOA empire.
The heavily-burdened media
tion board begin negotiations
Tuesday in the strike of 12,000
loggers and mlllhanda in th
western Washington tlmberland
and in the threatened strike of
11,000 CIO workers it the Ingle
wood, Cal.. plant of th North
American Aviation corporation
Both hearings will be at Wash
ington.
At Pittsburgh, the war depart
ment requested through the fed
eral labor conciliation service
that striking AFL truck drivers
return to transporting defense
products and essential raw m
terlal delayed since the walkout
Saturday.
At San Francisco 190 ware
houses struck by 4500 members
of CIO Warehousemen s union;
few defense shipments affected.
At Washington Sen. George
W. Norris, Ind., Neb., warned
American labor of "sacrifices"
and predicted longer work
week for national security.
At Detroit Second plant of
Detroit Steel Products company
closed by strike of CIO Automo
bile Workers union; army truck
equipment delayed; main plant
has been struck by 750 CIO
members since May 7.
At Cleveland Picker X-ray
corporation, plant closed by
strike of 200 CIO Electrical
workers, halting production on
portable x-rsy unit for army
medical corps.
TOO SHORT
CHARLOTTE, N. C. WV-Th
long arm of th law 1 looking
for a short-armed thief.
Police reported the thief
broke Into grocery store at
night, cut hole In the top of a
safe and lifted out $165; but
missed $1000 mora lying lust out
of reach.
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Courthouse Records
MONDAY
Marriage Applications
McUKKUuH VVALKtK Wil
liam Cilrnn Mctlrrgor, 24, bo
nanza, logiii-r, native of S o u I h
Dakota. Lena Kuth Walker, la,
Bonanza, native of Missouri.
BOCKM1ER EVEK1TT
Ralph Henry liockmirr. .0. Spo
kane, Wash., lumber, native of
Idaho. Dawn Anna Everitt, 20,
Klamath Falls, native uf Idaho.
CARTER HOUGH Sherman
Martin Carter, 23, Klamath
Falls, switchman, native of Cali
fornia. Ola Mae Hough, 24,
Klamath Falls, teacher, native of
Oiegon.
Complaints Filed
Annie Louis Dunn versus
Sanford Andrew Dunn. Suit
for divorce. Couple married at
Pensacola. Fla.. December 20.
1922. Plaintiff charges deser
tion by defendant at Akron, U.,
September . 139. J. C O'Neill,
attorney for plaintiff.
State of Oregon versus Joe
Roads. Suit to quiet title uf
property. I'laintiff asks order
requiring all persons intereswd
to show cause wiuitn six weeks
why title should not vest in the
state of Oregon.
Ernest Harley Koschnlck, ex
ecutor of the estate of Hazel E.
Cridcr, diseased, versus George
Crider. Suit to clear title to
Lots 9 to 12 of Ous Kila home
sites No. 2. Klamath county.
Harry D, Bovin, attorney for
plaintiff.
Frank R. Moore and Alice
Opal Moore versus Klamath
county. Suit for damages. Plain
tiffs allege defendant neglected
a ditch adjoining plaintiffs' lot
in Altamont Acres causing loss
of chickens and rabbits by flood.
Judgment of $47 for destruction
of property and $300 for value
of lot asked against defendant
Fred O. Small, attorney for
plaintiff.
Northwestern National In
sura nee company versus Wil
liam and Irwin Updegrave.
Plaintiff claims Insurance com
pany of other driver settled with
dt-fi'ndants after auto-truck accl
dent. Judgment of $05.30 asked
against defendants for excess
paid by plaintiff over $250 de
ductlble insurance agreement.
Justice Court
Charles Everett Wendle, fail
ure to drive on right side of the
Don't Drive On
Smooth Tireat
HAVE THEM
RECAPPED
Save Up To 73
Ol the Cost of
New TlrenS
It Months Quarant
BUDGET TERMS
FREE PICK-UP end
DELIVERY
OVERNITE SERVICE
WE RECAP and VUL
CANIZE ALL Tir.
Sizes
Ted Snoop and Jack Schuli
Black and White
SUPER SERVICE
Main fc Spring Ph. 3671
highway. Fined $10.
Ji'sse Karl Whltlatch, no mo
tor vehicle license. Fined $5 90.
Harlrn Drnlon Cox, no tall
light. Flnrd $5 50.
George P. Davis, passing with
iniprciH r rlraraiicr. Fined $5 50.
Hurvry Dule Kohlnka, no mo
to vehicle license. Fined $3 30.
Dwaine Burl Mathis, no oper
ator's license. Fined $3 30.
Jcueph Kinanurl Wahl, no op
erator s lleeuar. Filled $10 or
five days. Committed to county
Jail.
Robert Pershing Johnson, four
In front seat. Continued.
Wllburn Cecil Adkesson, on
license plule on motor vehicle.
Continued.
John B Hamaclirr, reckless
driving. Pleaded guilty. Sen
tence held up until Tuesday.
Charles Nathan Schuss, vio
lation of basic rule. Pleaded
guilty. Judgment delayed.
William P. Sims, no operator's
license. Continued.
Merton F.rwln Miller, one li
cense plate on motor vehicle.
Fined $3.30.
Dalton Blair, drunk on a pub
lic highway. Sentenced to 10
days In county Jail.
Murphy Fargo, drunk on a
public highway. Fined $10 or
five days. Committed.
Emll Victor Sedlarek, driving
under Influence of Intoxicating
liquor. Cash bond of $130 filed.
Trial set for June 12.
John Franklin Williams and
Dewey George Stanley, larceny
from an automobile. Fined $10
each and six months Jail terms
suspended on good behavior.
In North Mr and Mrs. W. A.
Garrett and son, Leonard, left
Friday for Seattle to spend th
weekend with Mrs. Garrett's
mother. They were expected
home Monday night. Garrett is
a Great Northern employe.
WHOLE
BUNCH
Who lean's what ley fa
what city? A wholt bunch,
and from San Francisco I
That's the Fairmont's offer.
Opening the tetlul joyi ol
the Terrace Swimming Pool
and Sun Terrace. Keying into
the goodellowihip of tha
Circut Lounge cocktail hour.
Unlocking tavoryielighle in
Iht Venetian Dining Room.
Magnificent view, etc efft,
etc. . . . and with what ser
vice! Only our minuiti to
ihopt and theotreu
Rstts from $4.00 per dir
Csriit la building
Ceo. D. Smith, Gen. Mgr.
3NT HOTEL
Some injustices may be done,
SAN FRANCISCO