The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, August 16, 1941, Page 2, Image 2

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    PAGE TWO
THE BVBNINtt HERALD, KLAMATH FALI-8. ORECtON
In. 1041
AMERICANO
NEARER WAR,
j
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it took place or how long It hid
luted. Nor would he dliclose
ChurchlU'i whereabouts at pre'
tent.
The reasons for illence on this
point, he laid, were obvious.
He said he even had objected
to a prior announcement that he
was landing at Rockland today.
but finally remarked that it had
been foggy on the way over and
that if any submarines had fired
torpedoes they had not been
sighted..-'
He listed the representatives
of the army, navy and aviation
services who had accompanied
him and said these men had held
individual and group conferences
with corresponding represents
uvea of Britain.
On the question of aid to Rus
sia, Mr. Roosevelt said there had
been a discussion of fitting Rus
sian needs to an already existing
program.
Russia will not be given lend
lease aid, the president declared,
because she can pay for her war
equipment.
He left no doubt that he was
confident that Russian resistance
would continue through the win.
ter. asserting that there was
some sort of an assumption to
that effect.
T
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tion was impossible at the time
due to visibility. We started
alow climbing and turned to star
board, keeping ship sighted to
Dort Upon reaching 2000 we
broke out of cloud formation and
war met by a terrific anti-air
craft barrage from our starboard
quarter.
: "We started violent evasive
action which consisted of full
apeed climbing and turns. When
making a turn I could see the
ship was a battleship, and was
the Bismarck, which had made
a 00-degree starboard turn from
its original course and was fir
ing broadside on us.
"The barrage was so close that
It shook the aircraft consider
ably. One man was knocked
from his bunk, and the noise of
the bursts could be heard above
the propeller and eneine noise.
Numerous bursts were observed
at close quarters and small frag
ments could be beard hitting the
piane. .
v"Accordlng to reports that we
intercepted from another natrol
plane, he was being attacked by
enemy aircrait. . We Immediately
set course to intercept him. We
Joined up with him and he was
in contact with the Bismarck.
"e stayed in company with him
to minutes and then took de-
parture to base. We landed at
ou p. m. local tune)."
WHIRLAWAY WINS
i.S!lASPGA SPRINGS, Aug.
It (P)Warren Wright's Whirl
away easily won t h i- a
Travers from William Dupont's
'-"J"'""" ana samuel Riddle's
Lord Kitchner today.
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TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
Won BENT Modern three-room
.. furnished apartment in duplex
- Close in. 340 N. 11th. 8-lfl
fURNISHED two-room apart
sment, large living room with
'1W;!WBy bed- Private bath,
: frigidaire, wood and water.
i; "- Adulta only. No pets.
5' f 20 month. 3371 E. Main. 8-18
JPURNISHED apartment.
room. 501 Market.
Utility
8-22
SLEEPING ROOM Steam heat,
f private bath and entrance.
; Phone 8629. 8-18
THAT FAMOUS (you might say
-. "Magic") THOMAS NATUR-
AL SHORTHAND f is being
. taught. It is the smart thing
to "go places" in a hurry, and
ta J" what THOMAS
- NATURAL SHORTHAND will
do for you. 150 words per
4 minute in 3 months or less
time. Ask our tiMnt.
V KLAMATH BUSINESS COL-
, . LEGE in our new location
. 228 North 7th Street. Phone
-.; .4760. Next Esquire Theatre.
8-16
Entertainment for
Officers Planned
By Local Donors
Entertainment for officers who
will be here the next four days
as the troops move north to
Fort Lewis, has been made pos
sible by a group of local busi
ness men and firms. Headquar
ters will be at the Willard hotel
each of the four days and all
officers are Invited to avail
themselves of the privilege.
Donors to the fund include
Rotary club, Dick Reeder, R.
D. Ellcr. Walter H. Beane, D. E.
Alexander, Dr. George H. Mer
ryman Jr., Dr. Charles V. Rugh,
Marshall E. Cornett, Oregon
Equipment company, Hcrshber
ger's. Pelican grille. Nelson
Reed, Klamath Billiards, Alfred
Collier, Ed Hamm of the Coca
Cola Bottling company.
Additional donations may be
left at the chamber of com
merce, it was announced.
STATE AGREES TO
I
DKYQ
E
AMERICAN SHIP
(Continued from Page One)
mission assured $300,000 for the
highway.
Meanwhile, Klamath county
has prepared for oiling 10 miles
of the highway between Sprague
River and the Lakevicw high'
way. The county, however, has
no money for immediate oiling,
but it is believed some of the
federal or state money may be
used for that purpose.
Sprague River highway con
nects the main communities of
the Klamath Indian reservation,
serves industries in Chlloquln
and Sprague River, and serves as
a cut-off for eastern Klamath and
Lake counties' travel.
Troops Due Here
Sunday En Route
To Washington
(Continued from Page One)
route through Oregon north was
not announced.
The battle front generally ex
tends. south of Olympia, west to
the Satsop river and south to the
Columbia river.
The general maneuver plan
was this:
Mythical or red forces first
attacked the coast of Washington
and uregon, with the main at
tack centered in the Grays Har
bor area. j i
The-army played around With
these mythical forces for several
days, moving defense or blue
forces on paper. Finally the posi
tions were frozen or temporarily
stopped by war game umpires
so actual troop movements could
begin.
The ninth army corns from
Fort Lewis moved into the field,
found the enemy outnumbered
then were forced to fall back.
The Fort Lewis officers called
upon California troops for helD
and the trip north began.
ine same mythical enemv will
face the actual troops in the first
battle scheduled tonight but to
make, things more realistic a
small token force, the 17th in
fantry from California, now in
the Brady area, will be moved
around by the umpires in small
units to represent this make
believe large invader.
Umpires will handle the enemy
movements and it will be up to
me defending trooos to make
their own plans and repel the
invader.
(Continued from Page One)
counts agreed that the Ukrain
ian struggle was desperate,
For example, these German
reports said, in ono small skirm
ish 800 Russians were slain and
200 captured.
Bomb Raids
The Germans said their dive
bombers had silenced seven of
Odessa's anti-aircraft guns and
were pounding at roads and rail
roads choked with Russian troops
in a Dig "encirclement rone em
bracing most of the Ukraine west
of the Bug river.
But the Russians, illustrating
that they too have bombers, said
they heavily raided Berlin and
the German Baltic port of Stettin
last nignt, setting off great ex
plosions and fires. The Gfirmim.
acknowledged raids by a "limit
ed number" of Russian bomhen
Both London and Washington
interpreted the Roosevelt
Churchill proposal for a Ion.
term aid program to the Soviets
as indicating confidence that the
rea army, however battered, was
ir irom Dcatcn.
Peak Load for
Klamath Aid to
Aged Near 250
(Continued from Page One)
to contribute If they are fin,,.
cially able. They are consider.
luuurce m ine process of application.
2. Residence. The annli rant
must have lived In the state five
out of the last nine years. No
county residence is required.
vge. sixty-five years or
over.
About 80 per cent of th.
plications for aged assistance
are accepted, the welfare direc
tor said, but an application Is
not called an application from
the welfare worker's
view until it has been pretty
well determined at the "point
of intake" the first time the
applicant approaches the office
that he or she might be eligi
ble. 80 Per Cent Accepted
Perhaps the applicant, think
ing he is about'fo get. a pension,
has several hundred, dollars in
the bank, a moderate Income, or
a son dragging down $12 a day '
CITY BRIEFS
Chief Returns Chief of Po
lice Frank Hamm returned to
duty Saturday morning after a
three weeks' vacation which he
spent on the coast. The chief is
greatly Improved In health, he
reported. Unused to carrying his
chief's badge during his long
vacation, Hamm reported to
work without his official star
and had to adopt one of the
special officer's tin badges for
the rest of the day,
House Ransacked Mrs. L.
Walters. 1204 Adams street, told
city polico she placed a padlock
on her door, went down town,
and when she came back prowl
ers had torn off tho lock, ran
sacked the house, and made off
wltn a .22 Savage rifle which
was hidden between the mattress
and the quilts. The gun was
borrowed one, Mrs. Watters
stated.
Qun Stolen Stanley Jacob
son, 1330 Oak street, reported
the theft Thursday of a .22 Rem
ington rifle which he said was
removed from his car along
with $12 in gas tickets. The car
was unlocked.
Police Court Four drunks,
one vag, one disorderly con
duct, one drunk driver and 10
traffic tickets made up the Sat
urday morning police court report.
Visits Sister Luella Cascad-
den of Portland is visiting this
week at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Warner Kimball, 817 Mt.
Whitney street.
Dorris Reports
Record Travel
On Highway 97
(Continued from Page One)
traffic Into No. 97. He added
that as soon as work on the
road from here to Reno Is com
pleted, traffic through the Tule
lake station Is expected to make
rapid, gains.
JOB FINDERS SEEK
With new Industrial Jobs tak
ing double the number of work
ers of last summer and with the
active file 30 per cent lower,
state employment service offi
cials are making every effort
to provide sufficient labor for
the peak demand expected In the
next 30 days mainly In the
bean, hop and fruit harvests.
Clearances of available work
ers are being made rapidly
through the 25 employment of
fices to meet shortages in vari
ous parts of tho state. Recent
reports show about 21)00 bean
pickers urgently needed in Yam
hill, Clacktmas, Marlon, Linn
and Lane counties. This figure
may reach 4000 before the end
of August. i
Despite slightly lower expect-1
ed production, hop growors aro I
asking for 30,000 pickers about
September 1 with several thous
and also needed for the early
harvest starting next week.
Many of the nearly 20,000 bean
pickers will go Into hop fields,
while others may pick fruit In
the Rogue River and Hood River
valleys.
Rogular placements by the
employment servlco during July
were 883S against 4404 for tho
same month last year. Supple
mentary Jobs, mostly in harvest
ing. Increased from 13,511 to
18,819. For the first seven
months employment offices have
reported 114,322 Jobs filled
against 83.272 in 1940.
The active fllo of available
workers has declined to 26, 80S
as against 38,306 a year ago. Of
these 14,011, Including 9400 men,
are in the Portland area, The
number of women workers on
call has declined 21 per cent In
a year, while tho number of men
is down 38 per cent.
Man Found Dead
Late Friday
Erich A. Jurgmis, 48, (or the
past 13 years uu cmployo of the
Lamm Lumber company and a
resident of this city, was found
dead t his homo on tho Peli
can City road lute Friday, The
man was In bed, according to u
report nuido to city pullco by
James Helem, route 3, box 1040.
Dr. George Adler, Klamath
county coroner, snld death was
the result of natural causes.
Mr, Jurgens was a member of
the Eagles lodge and Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Spokane.
It has been estimated that
there are 80,000 restaurants In
the United States,
U. S. RUSHES
If
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Istrator, or W, Averc.ll llarrlman,
leud-leaso expediter (fur tho
United States) wero groomed as
tho "high representatives" Roose
velt and Churchill proposed to
send to Moscow,
High ranking army and 'air
forco officers and production
specialists also may bo selected,
providing the equivalent of an
American military mission, to
collaborate with the British mil
itary mission already at work In
the Russian capital,
AFL Winner of O
Labor Election at
McCollum Mill
The Lumber and Sawmill
Workers union (AFL) Friday
won a national labor relations
board collective bargaining
agent election at tho McCollum
mill near Malln, totaling 18
votes on "AFL yes or no" bal.
lot.
Five votes were cast for no
union. One vote was challenged.
The poll was conducted by
Lowls Pnnflold, N1.I1D represen
tative from Seattle. Formal
N1.I1H certification of the AFL
ns bargaining agent Is expected
1Lj O
in an aircraft plant. It Is at once
obvious to the welfare worker
that he is not eligible for old age
assistance. Thus many applicants
are weeded out at point of In
take and do not have to go
through tho painful rigmarole to
determine their eligibility be
yond a reasonable doubt.
During the past twelve 'months
there were 78 local applications
for old age assistance. About 80
per cent were accepted.
FOR SALE Beauty shop locat-
ed' in women's wear store in
Klamath Falls. Individual
;i booths, established trade. Lib
11 aral terms. ... Writs News-Her-
aid, Box No. 4727. 4727tf
EXPERIENCED sheepman
wishes work. Phone 4246. 8-22
f ' CARD OF THANKS
Wa wish to thank our friends
for their many acts of kindness
ind lovely floral offerings ex
tended during our bereavement,
th lost of our beloved daughter.
Mr. ary) Mrs. W. H. Davidson.
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