The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, January 01, 1941, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OKE. Jnnuniy 1, 1941 priate measures are being Lighting l'rlze Winners J taken." In view of the large expanse of ocean to be covered, he added, "it might take time to bring the raiders to book, as in the last war, but doubtlessly they CASES LISTED OF NAZI SEA E. will be accounted for. E YEAR-END GAR 1 PAGE TWO 5QD VICTIMS in VEIE PIONEER HER RAIDS FOUND ER r (Continued From Page One) .1 era and aubsequcntly taken off , ; by an Australian ship which al- 1 ready has landed them in Aus- tralla. . Three Nations They were British, French and Norwegian nationals. The 10 sunken vessels, totaling , 62,772 tons. Included seven of . British registry, two Norwegian . and one French. . Largest of the German victims . was the 16,712-ton British pass enger steamer Rangitane, built in 1929 and owned by the New , , Zealand Shipping company, Ltd. She plied between New Zealand and the United Kingdom. ' ' Another ' of the vessels lost " which belonged to the New Zea land Shipping company was the 9691-ton Turakina. The other British vessels sunk were: Trladic, 6378 tons; Trias , ter, 6032 tons, and Triona, 4413 ', tons, all operated by the British Phosphate Commissioners; the Komata, 3900 tons, engaged in . the New Zealand trade; and the four-masted schooner Holm wood, 773 tons. The Norwegian merchantmen were the Vinni, 5181 tons, and the Ringwood, 7203 tons. The French vessel was the Motou, -2489 tons, from New Caledonia. Measures Taken i (Of the 10 only the Turakina, Notou and Holmwood previous- . ly had been reported lost, the first of them the Turakina which . the German high command last August 24 reported sunk "in Australian waters.") Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, commander-in-chief of the Brit- Ish China fleet, said both the ' British and Australian navies were "well aware of the activ ities of the raiders and appro mom 4111 v ' r -Ti f J sjLsffjsjsssjjsjjSfflSjjsjjMMBM . Starting Saturday For 5 ' Days " CONTINUOUS SHOWS SATURDAY FROM 12 NOON They Carved A Path Through The Wilderness fhiii4 TWSnriaFt TraflUWaert ouiiaf Crows hi TrooMe! Is term Jfc Stuart, ,.- A Coster, John Bttml j rW& Ancrfct greet bow mtkt America thrill I A V RAYMOND MASSEY w TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT" WACKY WILDLIFE A Ouiiical Quli Color Cartoon 9 - " 1 ' LATEST PARAMOUNT NEWS E TS DEATH FIGURE (Continued From Page One) per hour and estimated Wil liams was traveling about 20 The death marked Klamath county's 29th traffic fatality and brought to an end the bloodiest year from an accident standpoint in the county's his tory. TILLOTSON, BLOHM FORESEE BUSINESS FAVORABLE IN '41 (Continued From Page One) tries in lines not competitive with presently established en terprises." Confidence Rises Although confined to his home with the "flu," Blohm responded to the newspapers re quest for a New Year's state ment as follows: "The past year has brought about events held unbelievable heretofore, but with them a new leadership seems to be awaken ing, giving rise to confident hope. Locally, we have less to gam from war activities also less to lose from a sudden stop. "The Klamath basin is rec ognized as having intelligent and progressive leadership which together with our favored natural resources should be as surance of our continued growth and prosperity." Looking for Bargains? Turn to the Classified page. PHONI 4111 ---rl hen raved It With Bullets And Livesl -vi 'v? V-1 1 i.?T RONALD REAGAN-A1AN HALE WILLIAM LUNDIGAN . VAN HEfUN . GENE REYNOLDS HHNSV O'NEIU. . GUINN "K. h WILLIAMS illjIUQimcWTO.AWARNaMOlJtaiwiii,, Christmas lighting first prise winners were guests of the Lions club, contest sponsor. Tues day noon. In the picture, left to right: Elmer Merritt. Henry McKim, Mrs. C. S. Robertson. Paul Angstead. and Orval Provost. Lions contest chairman. Mrs. Robertson Is receiving a punch-bowl, the sweepstakes prlie. ASKED F LL (Continued From Page One) "greenback" money, and repeal treasury authority to issue money against the foreign sil ver it buys. 3. Neutralize money expan sion effect resulting from U. S. purchases of foreign gold. 4. Sell future government securities to individuals and corporations, and not to the banks. 5. Gradually increase taxes until a balanced budget is reached, not later than some fu ture time when the country will have reached its "full utiliza tion of its economic capacity. with appropriate considerations of both employment and pro duction." The statement complained that the federal reserve sys tem has the responsibility of credit control, but has insuffi cient powers to 'effectively dis charge" those duties. There is no liberty for all men unless all are obedient. Freder ick E. Crane, former judge of N. Y. Court of Appeals. OR CURRENCY CQNTRG STARTS TODAY CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM 12 NOON Feature at 12:08 2:02 3:58 5:54 7:50 - 9:46 DEEP IN THE BURMA ADDED JOYS Hobby Lobby Novelty Unusual Occupations Sporting Everglades Malibu Beach Party Color Cartoon 4 ,V I VV- DORItT NOLAN f SLlS ALBERT BASSERMAN Paramount Picture J HISTORIC HOTEL IN JACKSONVILLE CLOSED BY CITY MEDFQRD, Jan. 1 (?) The 11. S. hotel in Jacksonville, which once charged President Rutherford B. Hayes so much for a night's lodging the secre tary of the treasury protested, was closed by the city council Tuesday as unsafe. - " It was erected during Jack sonville's gaudy days of gold mining and its landlady had the true Yukon sense of val ues. - Her last name was Holt but her first slips the memories of local old timers. President Hayes visited the west coast shortly after the ho tel's completion and he stopped there overnight. Jacksonville gave him a torchlight parade and Landlady Holt, with obse quious bowing and scraping, es corted him and his party to the "presidential suite." The following day Landlady Holt, her decorum still flawless, presented the departing presi dent with a bill for $300, old timers recall. A few weeks later she re ceived a letter from Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman: "Madam, the president merely desired a night's lodging and had no intention whatever of purchasing your property." The sale of anti-tuberculosis stamps reminds us that all peo ple are born helpless but some help less than others. TEAKWOOD FORESTS TWO MEN BATTLE FOR A WOMAN'S LOVE AND Tin i For Your Information For RnfB mm Advertising ! Til Ml Clma, Pkoaa SIM WEATHER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Fair tonight becoming cloudy Thursday; valley fogs; frosts Thursday morning heavy, gen erally, in the valleys; gentle northerly wind off coast. WASHINGTON AND ORE GON Fair tonight and Thurs day but with valley fog; con tinued cold; gentle variable wind off coast and over inland waters of Washington. Mall Closing Time (Trains) Southbound: 6:00 a. m. Northbound: 9:30 a. Southbound: 5:15 p Northbound: 8:30 p. m. in. (Stages) Alturas, Lakcvicw, Rocky Point and Ashland, all close 7:00 a, m. (Airmail via Medford) Closing time: 8:15 p. m. Swedish Dinner The Order of Vasa will hold an entertain' mcnt and Swedish Smorgasbord dinner on Saturday, night at the IOOF hall. Dinner will be served from 6 to 8, according to the committee in charge. Card Party Veterans of For eign Wars auxiliary will give a pinochle party Thursday at 2 p. m. in the KC hall. The public is invited. Hostesses will be Lil lian Green, Mrs. Dunn, Jackie Lee and Florence Miller. VFW Auxiliary The regular meeting of the Veterans of For eign Wars auxiliary will be held in the public library club room at 8 p. m. Thursday. NAZI RIFT HEARD (Continued From Page One) ! Petain and Otto Abctz, Adolf ! Hitler's ambassador to Paris, Laval was released from cus- tody by Petain and went to Paris, but the Vichy regime . made it clear he was not there ' in any official capacity. Naval Minister Jean Darlan went to Paris Christmas eve, and was reported In advices reaching Bern, Switzerland, to have presented to Hitler Pe tain's proposals on how French- German collaboration could be carried out. Posse Slays Crazed Killer Of Wife, Deputy GREELEY, Colo., Jan. 1 (UP) A rage-crazed farmer, after kill ing his wife and a deputy sheriff, was slain by a posse yesterday as he wore tho dead officers' gun and badge. The dead were Fred Bern hardt, 58, his wife and Under sheriff Earl Buchcr, 45. Police Chief C. C. Hunter of Greeley said Bernhardt, who owns a farm near Elwcll, Colo., southwest of hero, shot and kill ed his wife shortly before noon after an argument over her 18-year-old son by a former mar riage. DYNAMITE LONDON, Jan. 1 fP) Hun dreds of soldiers of, the royal en gineers regiment were brought today Into the city, London's an cient financial center, to dyna mite scores of buildings, many of them famous, burned and ren dered dangerous in Sunday night's mass fire raid of German bombers. In the midst of the contrasting systems which are part of our times and dependont upon them, the church cannot bo called upon to favor one more thnn another. The Pope, "in a Christmas address. Death of Roy Hamakor, 61, Klamath Falls' pioneer resident, occurred in Vallojo, Calif., Mon day, December 23, according to word received by friends and relatives hero. Mr. Hamakcr was a nutlvo of Llnkville, Luke county, Decem ber 18, 11)70, the homo in which ho was born standing In the block on Main street whero the Swansea barber shop Is now located. Pioneers rcmombcr tho residonco was In the center of tho block, tho front gate about where the barber shop Is situated. Following his boyhood yeurs, Mr. Hnmaker studied ,in the Ashland schools. Ho was mar- ried to Bessie M. Duller on ! Juno 11, 1001), and for scverul I years served as editor of the Klamath Express. Mr. Hamnknr I was known as an excellent i bookkeeper and In 1014 or 1013 left for Mare Island whero he I took a position as bookkeeper I which he held until tho time of , his death. J. O. Hamaker, uncle of Roy Hamakcr, was in San Francisco at tho time of his nephew's death. With Mrs. Hamaker and their daughter, Mrs. Birdie Grlze, he was among those at tending final rites for the form er Klamath Falls man. Roy Hamaker leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Bessie, two daughters, Catherine Amanda (Hamuker) Recknagle. and Phyllis Nydc Hamakcr, and one grandson. Sweepstakes and ward win ncrs in the Christmas lighting contest were guests of the Lions club at luncheon Tuesday noon. Mrs. C. S. Robertson, who won the sweepstakes award, was pre scntcd with a huge punch bowl. Checks of $10 each were given to Henry McKim, Paul Angstead, Malcolm Eplcy, Mrs. Robertson and Elmer Merritt, all first prize winners In the wards of the city. Orval Provost was chairman of the meeting. He called on the five winners for short talks, all of which featured appreciation to the Lions club for sponsorship of the contest. ANhIand-Ieliean Game Off; North Ilend TuNKle Eyed The Ashland-Pclican basket ball gamo which was to have been played Friday night at Ashland has been cancelled but North Bend rney play here that night Instead, Coach Dwight trench announced Wednesday. French said the North Bend outfit, which Is to play Med' ford Saturday night, could be scheduled here If school officials decided a large enough crowd could be attracted to the Klanv ath high gym on such short notice. North Bend, winners of the title in the coast district last year, is rated as a state title contender this year, French stated, since four of last year's regulars are on the squad. North Bend lost to Salem, 1040 state champion, by a narrow margin In last years tourna ment. LONDON CRIES DEFIANCE AS 1941 DAWNS (Continued From Page One) that on other New Year's eves have touched off a din of cele bration in the streets, revellers gathered beside St. Paul's cathe dral and hailed 1041 with cries of "To Hell With Hitler." Others, stumbling over hose lines In the streets, called to shadowy passers-by and chor used "Auld Lang Syne." Most of the celebrating, though, .was done indoors, Sounds of singing could bo heard from homes and shelters. Behind blackout curtains and double doors, night clubs were jammed with civilians and sol diers who sang and danced and toasted 1041 just as they had toasted the years before except that less of the merriment over flowed into the darkness outside. Editorials On Newt (Continued from Page One) could, you wouldn't go back to that day In France, With all Its backward slips, the NET MOVEMENT of tho world Is FORWARD, away from the worse and toward the better. So go on HOPING on New Year's Day. ' R. D. EUtr SHR1NERS 10 HOLD ELECTION FRIDAY Klamnth Falls Shrlners are In terested in the annual Shrine election In be held at Illlluli templo headquarters In Ashland Friday evening, February 3. Pre vious to the meeting the Ashland Shrine club will be host group at a banquet for all out-of-town Shriners which will be served in the temple banquet room promptly at 6:30 p. in. Hlllah temple, for the year 1040, has been very successful under the ablo leadership of Potentate R. D. "Hod" Eller. Fir ty new novices were Initiated in to the mystic order. The out standing events of the past which were held in this city, Included a reception and ball given in honor of Potentate and Mrs. Eller, at the armory February 24; the ceremonial May 18 when 40 can dldates were conducted across the hot sands; tho visitation of Imperial Potentate and Mrs. George F. Olcndorf of Spring field, Mo., August 11, with a breakfast and trip to Crater lake Included In tho day's program beforo the banquet In their honor at tho Willurd. Many local Shriners are plan ,nlng to leave by motor for Ash land this coming Friday to attend tho election of officers. An es peclally large delegation is hoped from Klamath Falls. Those de siring to make the trip ore nsked to contact George P. Taylor or Walter E. Wlesendanger, who will assist with transportation. ALASKA DEFENSE JOBS CANCELLED Demand for carpenters In de fense projects at Dutch Harbor, Alasko, has suddenly been cut off and sailings of laborers to Alaska have been cancelled, it was learned hero Monday. C. V. Heath of the Oregon state employment office received a letter from Seattle Informing him that because of a fire which destroyed housing facilities and lumber supplies, no more car penters can be handled at Dutch Harbor at this time. No further information was availablo as to the extent of the fire. It had recently been an' nounced here by C. D. Long, car penters' business agent, that car pentcrs Interested In tho defense work In Alaska wero urged to report to AFL headquarters here. Long has wired to San Luis Obis po and Paso Roblcs, Calif., in an attempt to transfer local workers to defense projects there. Ships carrying workmen to Dutch Harbor and Kodlac, Alas ka, had been scheduled to leave Seattle January 1, Three Killed In Train Plunge DEL MAR, Collf., Jan. 1 (P) Three trainmen were killed last night as the locomotive and 17 cars of a Santa Fe freight train plunged over a 150-foot embank ment and onto the beach one-half mile south of here. The engine piled up at the foot of the cliff. Eight cars catapulted over it Into tho ocean. Nine other cars crashed in a heap abovo tho locomotive, In which the bodies of tho three victims wore trapped. Preliminary investigation In dicated that a section of fill, possibly weakened by recent rains, had collapsed, sending the locomotive plunging through spreading rails. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY LOST Billfold. Dollar bill and Identlflcotlon card. Dolo Price. Phone 4355." 1-3 HEADLIGHTS ADJUSTED 75c MERRITT'S LIGHT HOUSE Cases bundled by tho county Juvenile office ran upproxlnuito- iv mi nor cent novs una iu pur cent ulrls in lO'K). liccon Ing to the annual and final report of Mrs. Ethel Wilson, Juvenile offi cer who ended her work hero Tuesday. All JWU, a ll.tlll w, -.hi, v,.evB woro handled, 172 being Mel over from 1030. Of the 202 new cases reported, 30 per cent werJ girls and 01 per cent boys. Fifty-nine Juveniles appeared before Circuit Judge Edward 1). Ashurst for hcurings, 35 of them for delinquency. Of tho delin quent cases, 21 or 00 H-r cent were boys, and 14, or 40 per cent, were girls. Indlun children made up ohout 45 per cent of the delinquent casus. Dependent children cases m the year totaled 2-1, with India children making up 21 per cent ol this total. Mrs. Wilson stated that tho child guidance clinic, which has been commit to tho county three tunes each school year, has been an Important aid in understand ing behavior problems of chil dren. Ten chlldron received us sistunco from this source lust yeor. Tho retiring Juvcnllo officer sold that Juveniles on probation and parole in this county have been successful, IS having bcxif released In the year, either hav ing completed their probation term or their canes being dl.i missed becuuse of good behav ior. Concluding her report, Mrs, Wilson said: "Since the present worker is Iravlng, ho wishes to express her gratltudo and good will hi Judgo Ashurst, who, following tho most enlightened thought is the country, set up the juvenlls office on a scientific scale. Al ways he has been most fulr to children, keeping Ix-fnro him thn welfare of the child, and it nat urally follows that the welfare of the child carries over to the wclfaro of the community and society In general. "She also wishes to take this opportunity to extend her- ap preciation for tho whole honrted support she has recelvod from the community as a wholu and from the juvenile committee, thfjf scnoois ana omrr orKiiiiiuiiumn and Individual, und lo The News-Herald for its handling of Juvenile affairs. It has been a pleasure to work In a community so Interested In child welfare. "So, with this last report, the work Is turned over to my suc cessor, Mr. Gerald Murray, fur whom I bespeok your continued interest and support, and whom I wish greot success In his new undertaking." ' (Continued From Page One) ziata, a suburb of Naples; anrf a chemical factory at Crotone, In southern Italy, also were at tacked. In raids on the Bardla area yesterday, the British reported troops and motor transports con centrating military stores in the besieged Libyan port wero hoav lly blasted. Tho communique also report ed attacks on tho harbor of Pal ermo, In Sicily, Toreo Del An nunzlata, suburb of Naples, and a chemical factory at Crotone, southorn Italy, It said Vnlona, the Italians chief sourco of supply In south ern Albania, was attacked for the 23rd time in the war. Goodbye, thanks for every thing. Last words of Kyostl Kallio, Finnish president. Mho, died recently. Bit's CAL ORIE TONITE IcSTAVCRn Ea HIOHWAV 47 SOUTH I I 1 IT.