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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1941)
THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON .Ttin 17. 1041 PA66 TWO MASS MEETING FOR USD FUND DRIVE SLATED ' Plans have been fully com pleted by Mayor John Houston end Chairmen L. K. Johnson for the great USO man meeting to be held at the WUlard . hotel Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. One of the features of the meeting will be the presentation of all parents of service boys. Parents of boys In any branch of the service are urged to be present. District Attorney .Thomas E. Dewey speaking of USO said, "Maintenance of morale, among the flower of American youth is one of the greatest problems confronting the army no. The United States army is doing a solendid job of military train ing and the chaplains are to be congratulated on their work on the reservations, but what about the young recruit when' he , leaves the camp? The army can- ' not follow him into private life. That is a job for the American public to follow through, and . that Is one of the- big tasks the USO has cut out lor itself." Public ; spirited citizens : of ' Klamath Falls will be stationed at banks, postoff ice and . other - places, or will call upon nusi .'. nesa houses through Thursday, i Friday : ' and Saturday -of . ; this 1 week for voluntary -. eontribu ' tiona. Chairman' Johnson la anxious : that every citizen contribute- a - small amount so that the S2000 '. quota shall be raised quickly and . be representative of the spirit of , Klamath people. Representatives of all Klam ath county communities will be ' present tor the mass meeting. BERLIN TO FREEZE (Continued from Page One) lean credits In Italy, today block - ed all payments, from Italy on private debts to Americans un der a decree published in the .OfficiaiGiZette In reprlsat'Xo'r the freezing of Italian credits in - the United States. The decree ordered Italian in ' dlviduals and firms to report all i American credits against them : within 20 days. i ; , ' If you're short on'btdtion -try the HIOH SUED BUT NO HIGH PRESSURE! Union Minute Men are fastThey adjust their service to fit each customer's sched ule. If you're in a hurry-say the word I They'll rush you through in nothing flit! If you bav more time-sit tight! They'll service your car from stem to stem. But in either case, you'll find no high pressure aalling. Union Minut Men point out any service points that tutdtu tcntion; but tasynerer try td sell you any. tblpf youdo not need-Try them, and see. CITY BRIEFS In Colorado--. Attending the the national convention of Rot ary now being held in Denver, Colo., are two members of the Klamath Falls club, Marshall E. Cornett, past district governor, and R. D. Eller, recently elected president of this club. Eller left last week for Indianapolis, Ind., where he attended the na tional Shrine convention, leav ing from there for Denver. Mrs. Ellorand son, George, are visit ing in Portland. To Madford Mr. and Mrs. George Myers plan to leave Wednesday morning for Med ford where they- will attend the wedding of Myers' cousin, Lela Henderson,' in St. Mark's Epis copal church. Also planning to attend are Dr. and Mrs. Leslie W.;Peate of this city. Prom Ban Francisco Charles t. Brown, general freight agent for the Chesepeake and Ohio railroad in San Francisco was in the city Tuesday on business ' - From- Lakevlew. Forrest Cooper, Lakevlew attorney. spent Tuesday in Klamath Falls on business. . Meet -Slated There will be a meeting of Amaranth court on Wednesday, June IB, at 8 p. m SP Klamath Falls' only railroad passenger depot, the Southern Pacific station, is decked out in a new spring -coat. Workmen Tuesday had fin ished applying cream-colored enamel' to lhe interior walls and ceiling, edges and were ready to begin woodwork varnishing. Fig ured pressed board ceiling pan elling will be" cleaned next, ac cording. to railroad officials. '.The baggage room will be re painted on completion of the waiting room Job. PAGE HUCK FINN KANSAS CITY (JP) Tom Sawyer, 24, bound for duty as navy petty : officer, told IB young women acquaintances of his departure. ' Ten showed uo at the Union si'hoklss' hlrn gqodb'yej ' Tests show that for every 10 pounds of pressure below nor mal a tire is allowed' o' drop. an eight per cent decrease in mileage results. . ij, Union Minute Mon iook ro THIf HON BAN ON ROVING DOGS EYED BY CITY COUNCIL Docs may not be permitted to run at large In May and June next year, it was Indicated in city council action last night The council instructed City Attorney D. E. Van Vactor to prepare an ordinance requiring local dog owners to keep their pets on their property in the two months as a protection to growing flower gardens. Councilman Keller said he had conferred with officials of the Klamath Kennel club and Hu mane society and they favored the proposal for putting the ban. ning on free-running dogs. ... The ordinance is yet to be finally voted upon. Land Condemned The council approved ordln ances providing for condemna tion proceedings of two pieces of property involved in the air port expansion program. These properties are 13.7 acres belong ing to the Johns family, and 36.7 acres belonging to C. H. and J. F. Kelly. Frank Reed of the AFL Saw mill and Timber Workers union appeared before the council ask ing for permission to operate a sound truck in the vicinity of mills which the AFL is seeking to organize. He said the union will pay the $10 daily fee If the council will give permission to use the truck. He stated the union has no in tention of using the sound equip ment on Main street, but par ticularly wants to reach men working for operators from whose property union organ, izers have been banned. The council took the matter under advisement Permits Needed A policy on parking strip auto parking was adopted by the council. Hereafter, parking on such strips will be permitted only on a special permit from the council and if the strips are paved or graveled. It was decided to permit F. W. Van Buskirk to park cars in a parking strip on Eleventh street, if he will have the strip graveled. A.- W. Downs has asked the city to reimburse him to the extent of $2.50 for a coat, torn on a 'local garbage container. This also was referred for fur ther consideration. The council approved a street light for Delta street and John son avenue. patlencb' British Hit French Coast In Big Raids (Continued from Pag One) coastal objectives on the French side of the channel tonight. Shattering explosions across the channel shook the Kent coast for miles. Visibility was so good that observers on the British side saw the barrage put up by the German defenses. LONDON. June 17 vD The royal air force in attacks last night on western Germany de livered its principal blows on the Cologne and Duesseldorf dis tricts, where "many fires were left burning," the air ministry announced today. Duisburg also was reported bombed in this sweep over Ger many's industrial Ruhr and Rhineland districts, while other planes a tucked the docks at Boulogne and machines ot me fleet air arm cooperated with bombers of the RAF's coastal command in an assault pn the docks and harbor at Dunkerque on the French coast. Th air ministry admitted the loss of seven planes in these at tacks. The night attacks followed of fensive daylight sweeps yester day during which, these sources reported, aircraft of the bomber command continued attacks on shipping off the coast ot Ger many and the German-occupied Netherlands. TRIBAL COUNCIL TO A meeting of the council of the Klamath tribe will be held on Friday, June 20, in the Coun cil house at Klamath Agency at 10 a. m. At th council meeting there will be nominations and elec tions of the tribal loan board members. A report will be read by the tribal delegate to Wash ington. There will also be a re port from Attorney Simmons on the Conco dam case, and elec tion ot the enrollment commit tee members. All adult members ot the tribes are urged to be present at this council because there must be 100 eligible adult mem bers present to vote. After the meeting lunch. will be served to the members. ON EGYPT BORDER (Continued From Pag On) British garrison at the Libyan port ot Tobruk, 80 miles to th west, th agency said. CAIRO, June 17 (P) Allied troops were reported tonight to have reached the hills over looking the plains of Damascus and to be making their way slowly down toward the city. Latest dispatches from th front said fighting still was go ing on south of Damascus, where certain enemy positions were captured. The dispatches said that Merd- Jayoun, which the French claimed to have retaken, still was in allied hands. The A. T. and T. announces that U. S. has 16 telephones for every 100 persons. My golly, was it only 84 people we wait ed for at the last booth? TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WANTED Driver, 28 or over. One that does not drink. Ap ply 130 Martin. 618 WE HAVE a money-making proposition tor two used car salesmen. News-Herald, Box 2784. 619 FRANK SUBJECT, Interstate Business College student, has accepted a position In the Big Lakes sales office. 6-17 FOR SALE, or trade for Klam ath Falls property, S-room house In Medford. Owner, L. H. Fay, Baldwin Hotel. 6-18 FOR SALE Factory built house ; trailer, brake, or trade for acreage. 1414 Summers lane, oft Shasta. 6-23 VACANCY Small 2 rooms, fur nished, suitable for two adults. 325 Commercial. 2782U FOR SALE Beauty shop. Rea sonable. Phone 7218. 6-18 COOK, 31, wants housekeeping. Answer fully. P, O. Box 334. 6.23 FOR SALE Practically new furniture: Daveno, occasional chair, rug, dinette sat, bed, other furniture. Reasonable, account leaving town. Phone 4932. 6-19 FOR RENT Furnished apart ment witn fireplace. Close in. Phone 7098, 6-19 Qoed taste, and seed eheer in Every glass of WlelaneVs Beerl A SEE 01 WIN J (Continued from Pag One) the 1841 election. It topped 1940 ballots by 630. Mrs. Odell said 368 votes were counted last year when one director was named. At that time it was considered a fairly heavy vote. ' Both newly named ' directors are well known Klamath Falls businessmen, Blohm serves as manager ot the Klamath Falls branch of the United States Na tional Bank ot Portland. He was recently elected president of the Klamath County chamber ot commerce and serves on various civic boards. Barnhisel operates a real es tate agency In this city, has been a resident ot Klamath Falls tor the past 16 years, has served on various boards in the city and at the present time Is on the city recreation board. Vacancies on the city school board were caused by the retire ment of Andrew M. Collier and James W. Kerns, both ot whom have moved from- within the district limits. ,' ' . Unexpected development in the county district was a write in campaign for Ray Van Meter of Malin against Wilson, but on the basis of early returns It ap peared Wilson had a safe lead. Both Wilson, In the south zone. and High, in the east zone, were without filed opposition. Van Meter captured 60 votes In the Shasta district to 23 tor Wilson, but at Malin, Wilson led Van Meter 60 to 3. Van Meter got 38 votes at Malin for local school commit teeman, beating Mrs. Laddie Rajnus with 29. There was some belief that voters had mistaken. ly written Van Meter In for local school committeeman instead of county school board member The following table shows the tabulation of th Klamath coun ty district vote insofar as re turns have come in: s Altamont Kirk Modoc Point Malin Fairhaven ... ....... 43 . 6 3 32 23 .. 43 9 43 6 3 60 23 23 9 8 Shasta ......... 60 Chiloquln Summers 8 At Altamont, C. O. Gulley was named on the local school com' mittee. Other local school com mitteemen from nearby districts: Fairhaven Harold Schlefer- stein; Summers, Mrs. Elmer An derson; Shasta, L. V. Ackerman; Chiloquln, Harvey Muskrat. Considerable competition de veloped in the Shasta district. Rollin Thompson got 80 votes, and Mrs. Thompson received on vote, but Ackerman, the lncum bent, won out with 71. MEETS WEDNESDAY The Klamath Falls Restaurant and Caterers association will meet In the party room at the Pelican cafe Wednesday at 8:30 m., it was announced Tuesday Any on restaurant owner or caterer Interested in the work of such an organization was in vited to attend. FUNERAL RAYMOND ALONZO HILTON Funeral services for the late Raymond Alonzo Hilton, who passed away In Redding, Calif., on Sunday, Jun IS, 1941, fol lowing brief illness will be held in the chapel ot th Earl Whltlock Funeral Home, Pin street at Sixth, on Wednesday, June 18, 1941, at 2:30 p. m. with the Rev. Arthur Charles Bates ot the First Christian church ot this city officiating. Commit ment services and interment family plot In Linkvilla ceme tery. Friends are invited. BS I Hit Me 1- FfiOWf ' - Ho. 1 .,,om x$m Mot0Wri;,,"e,Mn' A I I S t a 1 1 to Jffiff lp Atf'"" Ai II 1 "SCiVWICt" W M I 11 11 jf-t-- Hixon Sontoncod To 8-Yoar Torm PORTLAND, Jun 17 (Pi- Federal Judge James A. Fee. sentenced Wilbur Hixon, Klamath reservation Indian, to eight years in a federal peni tentiary today for th alaying of Abnr McNalr. A Jury convicted Hixon of manslaughter, . DEV. ISABELLA Death brought to a close more than 31 years of missionary work among the Indiana of America with the passing of Rev. Isabella H. Clark, 69. for the past 17 years a resident ot Sprague River who died Sunday afternoon at her home following a lengthy illness. Rev, Clark Is survived by her husband, the Rev. Ivey C. Clark with whom she had been Idem! tied in missionary work during her life. She was the daughter of the late Rev. W. C. Hammer of Asheboro. N. C, and a sister ot the late Hon. W. M. C. Ham mer. United States congressman from North Carolina. With her husband, Mrs. Clark spent 31 years in Indian mis sionary service under the auspices of the committee of In dlan affairs, Quaker church, headquarters in Philadelphia Service among the tribes took them as missionaries Into Okla homa, work among Modocs, Senecas, Quapaws, Peorlas, Ot' tawas, Wyandottes, Miamls, lowas. Klckapoos, and eastern and western Shawnees. They later visited many tribes in Arizona and New Mexico where they entered the evangelistic field. In later years they hav devoted their work to the Klam ath, Modoc, and Pluta tribes of this section. It wes through Mrs. Clark efforts that the Community church of Sprague River was erected IB yean ago. Memorial services will be held for Mrs. Clark at Brower'e Methodist chapel of Randolph county, North Carolina. Sunday, June 22. It Is at this place that the family cemetery is located. In addition to her husband and other relatives, Mrs. Clark leave a host of friends and ac quaintances who will mourn her passing. ' Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ward's. CIRCUIT PAIL Fifteen additional Jurors were drawn for the circuit court panel Tuesday, to fill In for Jurors ex cused or called for grand Jury duty out- of the original panel. Names of the new Jurors are: R. C. Prudhomme, Glenn Kent, C. L. Fehl, J. D. O'Neal, William Sadler, Ira F. Oram, Fred A. Rueck. R. L. Falrchlld, Roy F. Call, Eugene C. Dale, Claude W. Murray, Raymond Van Meter, Earl W. Needham, Marion J. Barnes, Ed Barr. OBITUARY REV. ISABELLA H. CLARK Rev. Isabella H. Clark, a res ident of Klamath county for th past 17 years, passed away In this city on Sunday, June IS at 1:30 p. m. The deceased was a native of Asheboro, N. C, and was aged 69 years 3 months and 27 days when called. She was affiliated with the Quaker church. Surviving are husband, Rev. Ivey C. Clark of Sprague River,, three sons, W. C. Allen of Bremerton, Wash., Hubert C. Long Beach, Calif., and Al bert H. of Compton, Calif., one daughter. Mrs. Ruth Hester of Long Beach, Calif., on brother, S. B. Hammer ot Lynchberg, Va., two sisters, Mrs. W. F. Redding and Mrs. Lulls Lovett of Asheboro, N, C, also nine grandchildren. The remains rest In Wards Klamath Funeral Home, 92S High street where friends may call on Thursday afternoon. Funeral arrange ments will b announced Inter. CLARK PASSES AWAY SU DAY MURRAY RAPS IF (Continued from Page One) yards, which holds about $300, 000,000 of the nffected work. The strike, now In lis sixth week, Involves about 1200 ATL and A00 CIO imii-hlnlsts. who are asking $1.1.1 an hour and double overtime pay.. Their old sraln was $1 and double time, and they have rejected a pro posed agreement providing for $1.12 and time-nnd-onc-half for overtime. About 300 AFL machinists went on strike yesterday at the Piper Aircraft corporation at Lock Haven, Tn., where light aircraft used In civilian pilot training are manufactured. The company has offered a 10 per cent wage increase over its cur rent minimum scale of 80 cents an hour for skilled In nor end 30 cents for semi-skilled, but the machinists demand a starting minimum of 3,1 rents for semi- skilled workers, to be Increased periodically to S3 cents by the end of the first year, and a min imum oi 73 cents for skilled em ployes. Courthouse Records MONDAY Complaints Filed Big Basin Lumber company versus Holliday Land company. Suit to collect note. Plaintiff asks Judgment of $23911.13 against defendant with Interest at 8 per rent from Mny 28, 1034 Harry D. Bolvln, attorney for plaintiff. . Edward M. Wilkinson versus Marshall Cornett company. Suit for damages. Plaintiff asks Judgment of $19,000 for alleged Injuries. William P. Lord and T Walter Glllard, atorneys for plaintiff. Uienn w. palmer versus M. O. MacNcvin. Suit to collect commissions. Plaintiff asks de cree for an accounting to deter mine amount due from defend ant and defendant's agent, E G Favell. Harry D. Bolvln, attor ney for plaintiff. Ruth A. Marshall versus Lewis A. Marshall. Suit for di vorce. Couple married at Steven son, Wash., July 24, 1933. Plain tiff charges cruel and inhuman treatmont. U. S. Balentlne, at torney for plaintiff. Sentences State of Oregon versus James D. Allen. Defendant found guilty of failure to stop at scene of accident. Sentenced to 60 days In county jail. State of Oregon versus James Glen Plrtle. Defendant found guilty of larceny In a shop. Sen tenced to serve three years In state penitentiary. Decrees Estellee Watson versus Homer SANDER II MEW QDVEMl The Thrilling Story of America's Flying Youth! -r C Soaring lo 1 js ; .-. r w heighli of 1 t) A MM Jill If "THREE LAZY MICE" I II Color Cartoon . ' ' - -fi-rfc " ; : i'-l II LATEST NEWS .SHOWS AT 2i00 . 7i00 9,00 J) COOLED BY REFRIQEHATION Watson. Plaintiff awarded di vorce on ground of desertion and custody of two minors, A. W. Schaupp, attorney for plalntiT) Marriage Applications MINNICK-SIIEI.LEY. William A. Mlnnlrk, 28, floniutza, In bor er, native of Oregon. Martha Ella Shelley, 20, Bonanza, na tive of Oreiton. STICKNEY-DAVIS. Warren Henry Sllckney, 28. Gilchrist, native of Idnho, Knthryn Jaen initio Davis, 30, Gilchrist, native of Illinois, IT TAKE BOOST HERE Haircut prices In Klamath Falls tilted upward to 85 cants Monday but local barber shops Tuesday reported no decline In business. ) The boost from B0 cent was agreod upon In late May after prolonged negotiations between master and Journeymen barbers. The contract also called for an eight o'clock closing hour on Saturday nights subject to the city council's amendment of an existing nine o'clock ordinance. At a subsequent council ses sion, the amendment was voted down but union shops will ad here to the contract anyway, It was stated definitely Tuesday. WORLD 1R CHIEF OF ARTILLERY DIES SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 17 OV) Mnjor General Ernrnt Hinds, 76. U.S.A., retired. GTV John J. Pershing's chief of at, tlllery In the A.E F.. died today at the Station hospital, Fort Sam Houston. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning, with burial In the National cemetery at Fort Sam Houston with full mil itary honors. General Hinds was paid tri bute by German observers In the World war who were im pressed by the deadly fir of the United Stairs artillery. As chief of artillery of the A.E F., General Hinds was In command cf every piece of an tlllery which the United Statu threw Into the great conflict. (Continued from Page One) decision on th action to be taken. Asked if the government's pos ition that the submarine violatad international law was unchanged by the safe arrival of th 3.1 survivors, Welles replied that It was Identical,
