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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1941)
THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Augiint 1ft, 1941 PAGE TWO FIRE DESTROYS VESSEL PIER AT N.Y.PORT (Continued from Page One) Valentine said he feared "many more men or bodies" were aboard the flaming Panuco which was towed into the East river after she caught fire. He said 26 men were fished out of the river, three of them dead. B. E. Sackett, special agent in charge of the Manhattan field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Kings county (Brooklyn) District Attorney Wil liam O'Dwyer began investiga tions of the possibility of sabot age. Valentine said he believed the fire started on the pier. No. 27, but the fire department was un able immediately to determine the cause of the blaze or esti mate the damage. The adjoin ing pier. No. 26. has been used by ships carrying supplies to the British. An hour and a half after a tongue of flame licked out of pier 27, ripping it apart and Ig niting barrels of oil on nearby barges, injured longshoremen and others were still being rushed to Long Island college hospital. Some of the victims were be lieved dying. Hospital attendants said for the most part the extent of the injuries could not be de termined at once. Meanwhile, firemen scoured the New York harbor waters at the foot of pier 27 picking up stevedores and many others who either were hurled or jumped Into the water at the time of the blast. Hermiston Struck By Defense Boom; Living Crowded (Continued from Page One) flation. Rent has doubled in many cases. Because the depot was located nearby without so liciting from the city, Hermiston had no time to prepare to house the workers and their families as they started swarming in early this year. Although some 1,700 men are fed and housed in barracks at the depot, many others and practical ly all the married workers have had to look for accommodations near town. The shortage of homes and bidding from new ar rivals have spiralled prices. Small apartments bring $30 to $40 a month, higher rents have been reported and houses are correspondingly high. Trailer space with minimum accommo dations is $5 to $10 a month and with lights, sewer and water hookups has sometimes gone higher. Renting trailer space has be come a major industry. Every market road leading Into town is lined with signs ad vertising trailer space. Every va cant space in farmyards that boast a few shade trees is filled with tents and trailers. One am bitious rancher with a windmill and a few forlorn willows in the middle of 160 acres of desert has : OF S I CONTENT B 6 "'W. "1 7V e. tk .1 .m. gone Hollywood with "trailer space" sign. Within Hermiston business is terrific. Most established firms have overloaded shelves and en larged their space to capture some of the high wages parading past their doors all day long. Naturally prices have gone up as merchants found themselves un able to keep stocks. Food prices, however, are not out of line with increases in other areas. A chain store is handling about 73,000 pounds of grocery freight a week Cigarettes vanish almost as soon as they are stocked. Beer and pop stay on Ice just about long enough to moisten the bottles. New businesses spring up as fast as tent camps and as hap hazardly. Open air shoe shine parlors wage a futile combat with dust stirred up by constant traffic and milling pedestrians. Shiplap shacks and trailers sell hambur gers and pop. Unique is a frame building advertising showers. Some homes rent their bathing facilities. Finding something to do when off shift is a serious problem. A miniature shooting gallery is crowded. Soda fountains and beer counters are lined three deep at night. Lunch counters "sandwich" their patrons. The town's only theatre sells mostly standing room. Hermiston has hired an extra policeman but still can not meet the problems of a "boomer" population. State and county of ficers help as much as possible and city officials say they need still more help. what to do with an estimated 1200 extra students when school opens is another riddle. Federal funds are counted on to help build facilities and hire about 20 teachers. Some pupils may have to be sent to nearby communi ties. Other money from public works administration funds has been requested for recreational facilities and sewage disposal both pressing needs. Yes, there are plenty of head aches. Merchants are reluctant to make improvements or en large in spite of the fact that much of their display space is used for selling direct from packing cases. They know that while business is good now, when the project is completed, per haps in five .months, perhaps longer, construction workers will move on to a new job and Hermiston will have a boom hangover with a whole new set of adjustments. Right now, though, the town is cashing in and shaking its amazed head at the "biggest show in Oregon a pleasant little town multiplied at least seven times In a few months and val iantly trying to meet its prob lems. Annuol Horseback Trek to Lakeview Roundup Slated Wanna ride a horse? Anyone interested in taking part in the fourth annual trek by horseback to the Lakeview roundup, Labor day weekend, may obtain information by call ing Charlie Reed at 7346. Riders will leave the Lake- view highway junction prompt ly at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning, August 26. There will be three stops before arriving in Lake view. The riders will take part in parades in Lakeview, it was said. PALACE Beauty Shop CLOSED For Remodeling WATCH FOR OPENING DATE YOU CAN'T BEAT IT ! g'"m Bf.tfflt QUAUTT.. VALUE Old Drum Brand BLENDED WHISKEY: 90 Proof-7 i Grain Neutral Spirits. Copyright 1940, Cslvert Di.tiller. Corpor.tlon.1vew rork Cl" REPORTED IS ARMY ON JAPJROER (Continued from Fas One) site nearly 1,000,000 Russian soldiers. United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew conferred for more than two hours with Jap anese Foreign Minister Tcijiro Toyoda amid an atmosphere of tension in the Japanese capital. Their discussion was described as of the utmost importance. ELEVEN INJURED IN Eleven persons suffered injur ics in a scries of automobile ac cidents in Klamath county over the weekend. There were no ao cidents involving personal injur ies reported in the city limits, police said In Klamath Valley hospital Is Mrs. Winifred Trcloar. 44. 1424 i Crescent street, who has painful shoulder injuries as the result of an automobile accident on South Sixth street Sunday night at 7:40 o'clock. She was a passenger in a car operated by John F. Kiss- ling. 515 Mt. Whitney street, which collided with a machine driven by William Sylvester Johnson. Five persons suffered minor injuries in an accident at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Cars operated by Mrs. Jack Ray Brew ster of Sprague River, and Nick Fallow, Klamath Falls, were in volved. In the hospital Is Ted Cushing. 18, Sprague River, pas senger in the Brewster car. He has an injured ankle. Also hurt was Jack Brewster. Bill Adolph and Ed Thornton, the two latter passengers in the Fallow ma chine. Mrs. Leon Winslow, 57. San Francisco, is recovering in the hospital from shock And bruises received when her car was in volved in a crash Sunday morn ing at 10 o'clock. The accident occurred 10 miles north of Klam ath Falls. Three others were In- was brought to Klamath Valley hospital by ambulance at 1 p. m Sunday, but after an examina tion was able to walk out. The accident occurred near Arnold's store on South Sixth street. J. W. Scott, Modoc Point, was operating a car near Olene at 11 a. m. Sunday when a tire blew out. He suffered a broken hip and was rushed to Hillside hos pital. Harvey Kohnki, Dairy, passenger in the Scott car, was uninjured. William H. Kritcs, 42, Den ver, Colo., was seriously injured at Kirk and brought to Klamath Falls by train. Details of the accident are unknown. He had not regained consciousness late Monday. Krites is suffering from head injuries. A Klamath Falls visitor re ceived a rude welcoming Sat urday night at 9:30 o'clock on the curve just out of Keno when a motorist failed to dim his lights and William F. Beery, Hollywood, left the highway and plunged through a field. He suffered head injuries and his car was badly damaged. Beery, cousin of the famous Wallace Beery, movie actor, was here to purchase lumber for the con struction of Camp Lockett, Campo, Calif. Lutetia is the ancient namejwitMn .lx month, of th .nir.. of the city of Paris. The city has.tion of their three-year term of j t municipal nisiory aaung DaCK : i to the year 53 B. C. CITY BRIEFS Hasbtns The Haiblna of the Eagles auxiliary have postponed their meeting until August 29 at 7:30 p, m. at the home of Mrs Maudie Larson, 146 Octavia avenue. Degree of Honor The degree of Honor juveniles will hold a picnic at Moore park Wednes day, August 20, at 1 p. m. Mem bers and friends are invited and asked to bring basket lunches. Ice cream will be served. Eaglet Asked Members of the Eagles auxiliary are asked to act as hostesses for visiting soldiers on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thoy're re quested to wear their ' Eagle: caps. Wayne Returns Harry I Wayne, general freight and pas senger agent for the Great Northern railroad, returned to Klamath Falls after a vacation on the coast. Eaglet Auxiliary Tha Eaglet auxiliary will sponsor a pin ochle party Tuesday at 2 p. m in the Eaglet hall. The public is invited. Weekend Here Mr. and Mrt W. E. Wengren of Oakland Calif., spent the past weekend with Mrs. Gabrielle Sanguinetti of Klamath Falls. LEASE-LEND EYED (Continued from Page One) ed into a hole we will get some of it back. Connally said war develop ments in all parts of the world were discusssed at today's meet ing. He expressed the view that "it is 50-50 chance whether Japan will take any new steps of aggression "There is a group in Japan which doesn't want war and a military group which thinks that while we are busy helping Britain they can slip down and swipe Thailand and the Dutch East Indies. But they will not engage in knv k tmMH ... - 4m M UU ,r ,,: ,K. ,u ' .. ... President Signs Measures for Draft Changes (Continued from Page One) it shall be released from service "as soon as practicable and when not in conflict with the interests of national defense." The chief executive was ex pected to sign later in the day a bill extending the service of the rank and file of the army 18 months. The mandatory deferment ap plies to men who on July 1, 1941, or on July 1 of any sub sequent year have reached their 28th birthday without being in ducted into service. The provision for release from service applies to men who were 28 or older when inducted, pro- vlded they had reached that age Dy July l, 1941. The law also amends the se lective service act to require posting at the offices of local draft boards the names and cits. sifications of men classified by eacn Doard. Another new provision would exempt from service liability men honorably discharged from the army or coast guard for the ennvimifnpjk fit h BAvammint enlistment. OBITUARY ERNEST WERDERMANN Ernest Werdermann, for the last 31 years a resident of Dor- ris, Calif., passed away in that city on Sunday, August 17, 1941, it 4 a. m. following an extend ed illness. He was a native of Germany and at the time of his death was aged 67 years and 7 days. Surviving are hii wife, Mrs. Emma Werdermann of Dorris, Calif.: one daughter. Mrs, Clara Gibson of this city; one son, Edwin of Phoenix, Ariz., and one brother, Adolph Wer dermann of Dorris, Calif. The remains rest In the Earl Whit lock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth, where friends may call after 12 noon Tuesday. Notice of funeral to be announced in the next issue of this paper Working for honest, liberal. economic government is going to be my principal interest for years to come. Governor Edison of New Jersey, announcing his fight on Hagueism Save 20 On Memorials By Catling at Klamath Falls Marble and Granite Vorks 116 So. Uth St and Making Your Owa Selection E BIG SHIPYARD, IRON ORE CITY (Continued from Page One) pleted another encirclement operation. DNB said 90 Russian planet were destroyed yesterday, 58 in air fights. German losses were given as five. Already, the nazl battlcflag waved over the Black Sea naval base and grain port of Niko laev, Germany's biggest prize in the 58-day-old campaign, and Hitler's forces were tightening their tteel ring around the port of Odessa, a still bigger prize. IN IRAN PROTESTED (Continued from Pago One) with the withdrawal of German elements and re-installation of British control. Informed sources estimated about 3000 German tourists and technicians, many of them at key communication! points, were now in Iran, which has borders on Russia and India. The Times warnod Iran to heed the British and Russian notes against alleged nazi In trigues which might compromise the country as Germany did In the world war. (Germans and their support ers were able to drive colonies of British from most of central and southern Persia in 1915 but In cooperation with a Britiah-or-ganlzed Persian force and with the aid of Russian troops the Persian government regained control). (A broadcast by Tass quoted Ankara reports as saying that Germany was demanding air bases and aviation fuel in Iran and planning overthrow of the government. It said German aliena had filtered into the Iran- Ian army and more were com ing via Istanbul to headauartert at Tabriz). TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 2-ROOM Furnished apt. 1805 main. 4g3g MODERN Electrically equipped lurmsnca nouse, garage. Phone 3756 after 5:30 p. m. 8-18 INTERSTATE BUSINESS COL- LfcGE again reminds young people that there is a rapidly increasing demand for Busi ness College graduates. Con sult the Interstate at once, 432 Main. 8-18 NICELY FURNISHED one-room apt. $4.00 week. 804 No. 9th 80ti HOUSEKEEPING ROOM, suit- aoie tor lady. 216 Main. 8-23 FOR SALE OR TRADE For trailer house, $400 equity in 3 room, unfinished house. $430 balance. Also Maytag washer, $35. And wood ranae. Clvrle -Whittle, 4548 Denver Ave. After 11 a. m. 8-20 WANTED Young man to learn me cleaning Dusiness. Must be through high school. News Herald, Box 6. 8-1U UNFURNISHED 2 -bedroom house. Close in. Apply Sun rise Service Station. 5tf WANTED 10 or more apart- ments to lease, satisfactory se curity, or would be Interested in operating for another. Box 244, City. 8-20 ROOMING HOUSE Wanted. At least 15 or 20 roomi and re spectable location. Lease or will buy furnishings. Apply News-Herald, Box 77. 8-20 WHY waste your time and money struggling against odds? THE KLAMATH BUSI NESS COLLEGE students en ter employment service with confidence because they know they are competent and have proper business training KLAMATH BUSINESS COL LEGE In our new location 228 North 7th street. Phone 4760. Next Esquire theatre. 8-14 HARRIS HARVESTER Grain harvester in first class condition. Has had only three seasons use. 22x33 i, 1934 model. Fourteen foot header. " $900. Farm Land Investment Co., Marysvllle, Calif. 8-20 GIRL to help with housework and children. Stay nights Phone 5077. 8-19 FOR SALE Equity In 3-room house. Lawn, basement, gar age. $175. 1310 California 8-23 FOR RINT TRUCKS and BICYCLES You Dvlve Mora YourteU Save 14 Long and Short Trips. STILIS' BEACON SERVICE Phona 9031 1201 Eait Main Editorials On New. (Continued from Page One) vice Is a favorite German stunt. COR information as to Iran's importance, consult your map. It will show you not only that Iran has OIL, which is ono o( the prime essentials of modern warfare, but is the natural route (by way of the Persian gulf) for bringing In British reinforce ments from India whero Gon era! Wavoll has beon hard at work for somo time. Looking at It the other way around, Iran (Persia) Is the his toric route fur Invasion of In dia from I ho west. It's pretty safe ,to look fur something exciting to happen there. Two were arrested by city polico for drunk driving Satur day night, ono car causing dn in ane to (ive other cars as It side wiped an oncoming string atop the South Sixth street viaduct. Mae Elizabeth Cox, 62. 3703 Altamont drive, paid a flno of $100 for drunk driving, and $25 on a hitaiidruii charge, when she was said to have struck the following cars at 9 p. m. Saturday on the viaduct: Spenc:r Kl.kson. 2641 Trout street; E. R. Hooplc, 3743 Sum mers lane; Hazel Shcphard, 315 Alameda street; Ervin Gramer, 433 Michigan; and B. A. David son, 303 South Fifth street. Her license was suspended for one year. Jack Albert McClurg, 53. 2313 South Sixth street, native of Texas, was In jail In lieu of ball on a drunk driving charge. He was also fined $5 on a no operator's ticket. McClurg was arrested by city police at Ore gon avenue and Upham streets. He was slated to appear ip jail August 25 at 10 a. m. Three vags, two dninkj. one drunk and held for Investiga tion, 11 traffic tickets and 12 traffic offenders slated to ap pear Wednesday In court, made up tho Monday morning report. A hit and run charge was filed against a motorist early Monday ' by H. J. Mandclrello. Court hotel, who said a second car hit hit machine at Seventh and Main streets. , FUNERALS ERICH ARTHUR JURGENS Funeral services for the late Erich Arthur Jurgens who pass ed away In this city Wednesday, August 13, 1941, will be held in the chapel of the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth, on Tuesday, August 19, at 3:30 p. m. under the auspices of Klamath Falls Aerie No. 2090 FOE. Commitment services and Interment family plot in Link ville cemetery. Friends are In vited. Now Playing 2:28 . . 7:40 . . 9:50 Special Reduced Prices to All Service Men In Uniform. JOHN WAYNE BETTY FIELD HARRY CAREY wm.-BEULAH BONDI ' JAMES BARTON -SAMUELS. HINDS MAR10RIE MAIN MARC LAWRENCE. i H lillilif TilliiiV.O Screen Sntpihoti with BOB HOPE Brenda and Coblna Poptye Cartoon Newt Mat. 2:00 Evet. 7i00 9.00 p-l h,"" w,,h f T (Continued from Page One) tiro field, and a beacon light nvar the present hangar, lu order for tho field to be classified as a 4 type, runways must bo 5300 fret long, 200 feet wide and equipped with lights on each edge, A control tower Is also necessary. Longer Runways If, however, the Class 4 air port la to be used for Instru ment landings and tukeoffs In bnd weather, runways must bo 8000 feet long at this ullltildu. According to O. H. Schrador, chief army engineer on the air port construction, this It im possible here on all runways without ro moving railroad tracks paralleling tho field on tho west and east, He said, however, that it would bt possible to extend Runways No, 1, currently under construction, and Runway 3, planned, without track removal, Over 125 men are now en gaged In grading and laying drainage pipet on over nearly two miles of airport surface. Runway No. 1, running south east from a point near the pres ent municipal hangar. It vir tually ready for surfacing. Engineers found the water table under the area lay so near ground surface that It wat neces nary to ralso the runway which would keep the asphalt perpetu ally wet. Plans call for a 1 per cent frade from center to aides of the wide runways and drain ago pipes running along each edge. If the runways are to be widened, it will not be necessary to re-locate drains, Schradrr. said. The 25-foot extensions can be graded toward the drains. Sand for grading over 48.000 yards of It is being dug from what engineers believe Is the old bed of Lost river at the south end of the airport, j l Traffic Expert I Cites Us of 'Hon Sen st' j (Continued from Page One) which showed accidents, and par- iicuiariy latalttles, wer on the Increase In the small town and rural areas, with tha eiMaVhW Ing their own." Much ot Um heavy toll exacted, in traifw C Orients is due to a crutuv"9r hysteria," Lovelesi obttmtf, tart various contributing factors ar found throughout the country. "We mutt place the problem! In what wo call the classification of the three 'Es'," Loveless stat ed. "We break these down to edu cation, engineering, and enforce ment. Such a problem as you nave on South Sixth street, as outlined to me, la an engineering problem and can be rectified." The officer pointed out that public cooperation is needed more than anything else to re duce traffic fatalities, and stress ed the fact that "we can't do the job with enforcement alone." Any r Any Seat Time Plut Tax ON OUR STAGE TODAY and MONDAY VlW I UK Renowned Aecordlon Artist Presented by Derby Muiie and Local Sponsor!. LAST TIMES TONIGHT! Shows or 7 and 9 P. M. I X I J Mickty Vw. Myiteryl lfjttjF? 1, , 1 U.wl. lion. IrffW yM'.J -ft;, fi Tuoi., Wd., and ThMriSW f f Showt at 7 and S P. M. VV ' f 2 SWELL HITS! 2 JSSN m Howling Romancel It't Romance f l Latest Newt Evantt S J SPECIAL MATINEE WEDNESDAY AT 1 P. M. Doort Open at liSO 8ama Program At Shown At Nlghl Troops Enjoy Entertainment Sunday Night (Continued from Page One) Larsen of tha Wlllard took can of that pliaso of entertainment Vaudeville acts and music pre sented earlier In the evening wore brought to the Wlllard and again enacted for the benefit of officert. Open hnute will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Officers availed themselves ot showers at the armory, and en listed men at Modoc field, It wai announced. Theatres offer half price admittance to soldiers, and Willi t til 'is snecial rates for a twim ai . Hot Springs natntorlum Incl towel, twlimniiig tult, toap plenty of hot water. Motoristt are asked to aid is bringing the men from camp to town, and back to camp again, headquarter! In front of tha chamber of commerce. The second overnight convoy to camp here started coming In to town around 3 o'clock Mon day afternoon. Earlier in tha day two convoys, one of 241 ve hicles and 1 105 men, the other of 208 vehicles and 1032 men, passed through the city, en route north. The first outfit was to camp Monday night at Culver, the second at Lava river, FERRY SYSTEM WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 President Roosevelt disclosed to day that the delivery of planet to British forces In the Middle East would be speeded through a ferry system conducted Pan American Alrwayi. Jt NEWS SPECIAL! riRBT FILMS Or THE MEETING ON THE HIGH seas or President Roosevelt aad Prime Minister Churchill Taken on Beard The British Battleship H.M.S. prince or walr"; nd tho 1 tf. S. CRUISER AUGUSTA i . Here It History In The Making Don't Miss It! SHOWS DAILY IN CONJUNCTION WITH "SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS" Phone 1484 FREE PARKING -IN PERSON pV-sS iAY AT P. H.PYSi-
