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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
November 24, 1041
OREGON GUARD
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LEGION
By EDWIN E DOWELL
United Press Correspondent
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 24 (UP)
MaJ. Gen. George A. White,
commander of the 41st division,
Oregon national guard, who died
Sunday at his home on Camp
Clackamas near Portland, was
one of four men who a little
less than 22 years ago conceived
the birth of the American Legion
at what has gone down in history
as the Paris Caucus.
The four men who brought
about the birth of this great
organization and so supported it
In its early stages as to allow it
to attain its full growth were
White, Lt. Col. Theodore Roose
velt Jr., Lt. Col. Bennett C.
Clark and Lt. Col. Milton J.
Foreman all members of the
American expeditionary force.
Actually, the Paris Caucus it
self would not have occurred
had it not been for an informal
meeting of General White, Lieut.
Col. Roosevelt; Lieut. Col. Wil
liam (Wild Bill) Donovan, and
Eric Fisher Wood (then a major)
In Paris in January, 1919.
These four officers at that
time discussed the need of such
an organization as the Legion
and later when Roosevelt and
General White met at GHQ in
Chaumont, France, where Gen
eral White was on duty, the aid
of General Pershing and staff
for holding a "morale confer
ence," was obtained.
Only 20 selected officers at
tended the "morale conference,"
on February 15, 16 and 17, 1919,
and it was off-duty hours that
permitted the informal meetings
which designed plans for organ
ization of the Legion.
It was determined to hold a
caucus in Paris on March 15,
and another in St. Louis, Mo.,
In May for the home forces. A
convention was scheduled to fol
low on Nov. 11, 1919, some
where in the United States.
The Paris Caucus was held and
lt . was there that the Ameri
can Legion was organized and
given its name. An executive
committee was selected at this
meeting and Colonel Foreman
was chosen chairman and Gen
eral White secretary and vice
chairman.
. . Wood himself played no small
role and while the AEF execu
tive committee under Colonel
Foreman and General White
promoted the Legion in France,
recruited thousands of represen
tative members, defended the
Legion from all attacks and ob
tained cooperation of divisional
organizations which were spring
ing up, Wood, Roosevelt and
Clark were free to start organ
izational work in the- United
States.
.:' MaJ." Gen." White was appoint
ed Adjutant General of the state
of Oregon on February 1, 1915,
and had served in that . post
since.
Under his supervision the
third infantry (now 162nd in
fantry) was mobilized overnight
following the president's - call
March 25, 1917, and was the
first national guard regiment in
the country to be ready for serv
ice. His efforts also resulted in
Oregon being first to recruit all
national guard quotas to full war
strength in readiness for dis
patch with expeditionary forces
in France, first in completing
the war census of all males of
military age, and first in com
pleting organization of state
draft machinery.
Maj. Gen. White had been ill
since his return from California,
where he contracted dysentery,
last July. After spending but one
day in the hospital, White went
through this year's war games
at Fort Lewis, Wash., driving
himself hard as hard as the
men serving under his com
mand. He had been Influential in
building Camp Clatsop, located
about 10 miles south of Astoria
and little more than a stone's
throw from the Pacific ocean,
Drammer Girl
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Maybe there's too much glamor in Hollywood. Anyway, among all
the actresses and even the extras of the foreign colonies Director
Sam Wood at Paramount can't find a sutHcicntly formidable female
to play Pilar in "For Whom the Bell Tolls " He says this sketch
typifies the woman he wants.
into a vast military reservation.
The camp today represents an
investment of well over $2,500,-
000.
The camp was first used in
1927, and later, upon the urgent
recommendations of General
White, was purchased by the
state. Through his persistent ef
forts. Camp Clatsop has become
the equal, if not the superior, of
any national guard training
camp in the United States.
Since the end of the world
war, the Oregon national guard,
now in federal service, has ren
dered valuable assistance to the
state on many occasions in
cluding the Astoria fire of 1922,
fires in 1925 and 1926 at Med-
ford, the Bandon fire of 1936 and
the maritime strike of 1934.
The Oregon national guard
never once resorted to violence
when called in the service of
the state, even on occasions of
strikes.
Klamath Men Join
Marine Corps at .
Local Station
During last week the follow
ing men enlisted in the US mar
ine corps through the local re
cruiting office located in room
201 Stewart-Drew building. 731
Main street, Klamath Falls, and
were transferred to the training
station at San Diego, California
for their initial training and as
signment.
Jesse D. Hankins, son of L. L
Hankins, 630 Market street, Lyle
F. Tiede, Lloyd J. Hafar and
John J. Chamack, all of Klam
ath Falls. The corps is still open
to men who have registered un
der the selective service act, for
the duration of the present na
tional emergency, after which
time they will be discharged.
Reames Women to
Meet Friday for
Red Cross Work
Women of Reames Golf and
Country club, who are meeting
this fall to sew and knit for the
American Red Cross, are asked
to turn out Friday, according to
a request made Monday by Mrs.
Wilfred E. Lamm, president of
the ' auxiliary. An especially
good showing is hoped for, Mrs.
Lamm stated.
The women will both sew and
knit and all materials will be on
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Announces
A FREE LECTURE OH
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Entitled
Christian Science, The
Logical Interpretation of Life
By
Violet Ker Seymer, C.S.B.
of Boston, Massachusetts
Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother
Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
Massachusetts.
KLAMATH UNION HIGH SCHOOL
TUESDAY, Nov. 25, at 8 o'clock p. m.
This lecture will be broadcast- over station KFJI.
The Public ii Cordially Invited
t nr.
JOB TO BE FILLED
An examination is to be held
by the U. S. civil service com
mission for the job of laborer
patrolman on the Hart mountain
wildlife refuge near Lakeview.
The examination is for the
purpose of filling existing and
future vacancies in the fish and
wildlife service, department of
the interior, for duty on Hart
mountain, the home of a great
antelope herd.
Applications must be on file
with the manager, eleventh U. S,
civil service district, postoffiec
building, Seattle, not later than
December 15, 1941.
Full information may be ob
tained from the secretary, U. S.
civil service examiners, at the
Klamath Falls or Lakeview post-
offices.
hand with which to work, with
Mrs. Charles I. Roberts as the
supervisor.
Those wishing to make reser
vations for luncheon are asked
to call Mrs. Roberts or Mrs.
Harry Panning by Thursday
noon.
There are 1133 establishments
in the United States engaged in
bookbinding and related indus
tries with an annual production
valued at $102,591,000, accord
ing to the census.
Elsewhere
!r Oregon
LINES STUDIED
SALEM. Ore., Nov. 24 (UP)
The state's chief executive. Gov.
Charles A. Sprague, is exploring
the possibility of bringing fed
eral power to the slate copitol
and institutions in Salem and
vicinity but the main obstacle to
such a step lies in the fact that
either new service lines would
have to be built or somo arrange
ment made with a private com
pany to carry state lines or en
ergy to the points of consumption.
While the state would stand
to save some $15,000 per annum,
less cost of distribution from the
Bonneville lines, the board of
control has no funds for capital
outlay to construct a new line,
and preliminary figures of in
vestment and operating cost do
not indicate that that would
be feasible.
A report filed with the gov
ernor by State Public Utilities
Commissioner Ormond R. Bean
November 21 showed that a sav
ing could be effected only if
the transmission and distribution
problem were solved.
Bean is now seeking to ascer
tain whether Bonneville would
make direct distribution, or
whether the Portland General
Electric company, which now
serves Salem and vicinity, will
permit the use of its facilities
lor the distribution of the load
to the capitol building and state
institutions.
A proposed five-year contract
for renewal of service from the
PGEC, which was under con
sideration by the state board of
control, has been held up pend
ing the inquiry into the leasibil-
ity of using federal power.
Accompanying Bean's report
to the governor was a report
compiled by T. O. Russell, cnief
engineer of the commission, with
the aid of David Don, his prin
cipal assistant in the electrical
division of the department. Rus
sell's report showed that the
state's 21 institutions are now
served through 25i miles of
three-phase distribution circuits,
with transformer equipment
meeting the present demand of
2850 kilowatts. Russell quotes
sections of the law covering
joint use of pole lines under
"lawful conditions and compensations."
The report said, in part, that
the only -way to avoid the sub
stantial expenditure required to
provide new circuits or new pole
lines for distribution of Bonne
ville energy, would be to enter
into some form of agreement
with the PGE, to distribute the
energy, either at an agreed upon
cost per year or at an agreed
upon cost per kilowatt hour.
COQUILLE, Nov. 24 A)
Duck hunting in the Coqullle
valley wns reported excellent to
day as a result of recent storms
wlilcli flooded tho lowlands.
ST. HELENS, Nov. 24 (iP)
The OPM advised the Columbia
county central labor council to
day to forget its hopes for an
iron smelter here. Edwin M.
Martin, assistant to tho chairman
of tho OPM plant site board,
wrote that the necessity for
speed in increasing Iron produc
tion forced expansion of existing
facilities instead of new construction.
THE DALLES, Nov. 24 (P)
The Oregon stato junior cham
ber of commerce, ending a two
day convention hero yesterday,
passed a resolution demanding
congressional legislation, pro
hibiting slowdown tactics in na
tional defense industries.
SWEET HOME, Nov. 24 (JP)
R. C. Chapman, state engineer,
said today that tho South Santl
am highway abovo Cascadia,
closed for -several months for
construction work, again was
open to travel.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the Klamath
Brick and Tile company, the
Hodcamers, Builders and Com
mon Laborers union, local 1078,
and his many friends for their
kindness during our recent be
reavement, the loss of our loving
brother and uncle.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dawson,
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Bradley and
Family.
GOLD HILL, Nov. 24 (Pi
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Humrick an
nounced today the purchoso of a
ranch near here and said they
planned to move their 235 Egyp
tian Nubian gonts from Grants
Pass. The herd, they said, Is
the only one of its kind in the
nation.
FOR CONTEST HERE
Old-time fiddlers are regis
tering this week at Waggoner's
drug store for tho southern
Oregon state fiddling contest
to be held at the armory on
Saturday night.
The contest Is one of the
features of Swcn Olson's Scan
dinavian barn dance, which is
being put on here under the
auspices of the Klamath Falls
Townscnd clubs.
The champion old-time fid
dler will furnish music for the
prize waltz and the square
dance contest also to be features
of the barn dance.
My feeling was one of envy
that people have eggs and toma
toes to throw about. In Eng
land these are very scarce.
Lord Halifax, British ambassa
dor, after Detroit women wel
comed him with eggs and vege
tables. i
The five states with tho high
est provisional birth rates for
1940 were New Mexico 27.7,
Utah 24.6, Mississippi 24.1, Ari
zona 23.5, and South Carolina
22.7, census reports show. The
birth rate for the District of Co
lumbia was 23.1.
L
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IvhvhL nLunuiin.D
A bulletin from the nnvy de
partment's burouu of navigation
has informed Lieutenant Glenn
F. DoGrave, officer in churgo
of navy recruiting in tills dis
trict, that his territory led tho
entire country in recruiting, on
tho basis of comparative popula
tions, for tho month of October
Under DcGravo's supervision,
tho Portland district garnered lti
men per 100,000 population dur
ing tho month. Tlio second place
was Sun Diego, with 15.03 men.
During October Portland and
its substations enlisted 233 men
from among 4(18 applicants, al
most 50 pur cent of all men
seeking enlistment having been
found acceptable.
For tho your, Portland stands
second in enlistments, liuvlng en
joyed tho stimulation of the
current advertising campaign for
a much shorter time than the
majority of tho country's main
recruiting stations. A total of
770 men have been enlisted hero
during tho year out of 1738 ap
plicants. Tho majority of those enlisted
were sent to Sun Diego nnval
training station, though a few
cases wero enlisted in classifica
tions that sent them to duty with
tho fleet or on shore stiillons
without tho necessity of further
training.
Last year Portland led tho
country in tho final tabulation,
and Lieutenant DcGrnvo con
fidently expects to repeat this
record for tho year 1942.
American women should have
more money than tho men since
they have more pocketbooks to
put it in, according to censuu
figures. Annual production of
women's pocketbooks, handbags
and purses is moro than 64 mil
lion whereas billfolds and wal
lets number less than 20 million.
Red Aid Link
Arctic Occom
IFInns cull I a.
LyjLl New rail j
SOVHEtV RUSSIA J
Miles I
5 fool
MOSCOW
Now mil line connecting the
Murmansk rnllrond with Arch
angel Is im Important old link
for Russln. Supplies enn still
bo sent to Ico-fico port nt Mur
mansk, then to Moscow vln
Archangel, despite fact that
Finns hold lower section of tlio
llnu near Leningrad.
OBITUARY
WILLIAM THOMAS GARRETT
William Thomas Garrett, a res
ident of Klamath county for the
past 40 years, passed away near
this city on Sunday, November
23. The deceased was n native
of St. Francis county, Missouri,
and was uxod 7U years and 19
days when called. Ho Is survived
by his wife, Mary E and a son,
Clarence D.. of Illy, Oregon; a
nephew, Lyttlo Slmms of Liiko
vlew, Oregon. Tho remains rest
In Ward's Klamnth Funeral
Home, 923 Hiuh street, where
friends mny call. Notice of the
funeral arrangements will be
announced Tuesday.
SCHOOLS WILL GET
nv H
At the roquest of County
Jtuiga U. E, Boeder, In coopera
tion with tho county school su
perintendent's office, copies of
the Klamath County Inventory,
County Archives of Oregon No.
18, prepared by tho Oregon his
torical records survey, ore being
sent to ull high schools and
gradu schools In Klamath county.
Gladys M. Everett, director of
the division of community pro
grams for tlio WPA, said that
lit nf mnlHl-mitt. Mlli-ll iim
mlmaogi'iiph paper, wus defrayed
by tho Klamuth county court,
Consequently, sho said, "thanks
ure due for sponsoring and muk
ing possiblo tlio publication of
this volume, to Judge U, E.
Reoder, Commissioner E. IS.
Ilenner and John R. Iteber and
the former commissioner, W, V,
B. Chase."
Cord Party Held
At Moose Hall
Women of the Moose gave
tholr regular card purty Friday
a) tho Moose hall. Grand high
scoro for tho six games was held
by Ada Uurleno. High score for
tho day went to Blanche Dixon,
second high to Clurn May Pool,
and guest high to Mnrgnrct
Johnson.
l.mM,Ann u ltd inruArl nfl, tl,M
card playing by tho hostesses,
Mnucl Ward, Billle Hcnncr, Eth
el Jones, Evelyn Stolncrscn, Mao
K. Short and Fannie May
Thompson.
IF HE SKIS. OR EXPECTS
TO, BUY HIM WHITE STAC
SKI TOGS from
RUDY'S
MEN'S SHOP
600 MAIN
Christmas Special
$5.00 Oil Permanent $3.50
Complete tnd Guaranteed Umlted -Tims
Only Other 12.50 and up.
Ruth Dixon wUhei to announce to
frli-nde he hoi takrn a poiltloa
with
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601 Medical-Dental (Ids. Phone till
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