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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Docombor 0, 1041
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60 REGISTER
FOR CIVILIAN
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' ' Over 160 men and women had
registered at civilian defense
:- headquarters in the chamber of
f. commerce for the civilian re
. servo by noon Tuesday.
(' ' Two volunteer workers, Mrs.
Newton Nelson and Mrs. Eva
. Long, are already working at
headquarters receiving applica
tions.
Registrants included practical
t. ly every age and occupation, all
r anxious to do their bit lor civil
tan defense.
j i Miles H. Jackson. 66. of 630
y Main street, said "My home is
. where I hang my hat I can help
i:. every day, watching 'planes or
. . whatever they ve got to do
. Jackson, refused for service with
the U. S. during World War I
on account of his age, went to
Canada, where he attained the
rank of observation pilot with
the Royal Canadian Air force.
' Roy R. Schneck. 2438 Shasta
Way, attached a "contract" to
his registration blank, offering a
truck, Ford pick-up, tractor,
dump scraper and two trailer
c houses for the service of the
'- V. S. government"
' Prior to the U. S. declaration
of war Monday, 1163 men and
fc- 1133 women had registered in
the civilian reserve.
Coast Areas Get
Taste of War inx
Blackout Order
(Continued from Page One)
said the light and radio black
outs would continue indefinitely.
, .' - Be said plans were being
speeded to enable vital national
defense and other industries to
resume operations on a 24-hour
basic.
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By WILLIAM L. WORDEN
'. SEATTLE, Dec. 9 (JP) Smash
ing' show windows and looting
displays, a crowd in excess of
1,000 persons enforced Seattle's
first war-time blackout in defi
ance of police today.
The crowd, completely out of
' control of city police,- milled
through the center of the city's
.. business district for an hour be
ginning at midnight. Approxi
mately 30 show windows, rang
ing from tiny shoe shop panes to
huge glass plates, were smashed.
Nearly all of the displays were
looted, some of the merchandise
being thrown in the streets and
other more valuable pieces dis
appearing into the pockets of
stragglers.
.: The demonstration began at
the" intersection of Fourth ave
nue and Pike street, the city's
busiest corner. A jam of people
gathered beneath a huge blue
neon sign stretching nearly half
block on each side of an up
stairs clothing store (Foreman &
Clark).
The sign, left alight when
nearly all other lights were
turned off at 11 p. m. last night,
shed a ghastly glow over the en
tire intersection.
Police Ignored
" Yells and catcalls commenced
almost immediately; and by mid
night bottles, rocks, tin cans and
old shoes were being heaved de
spite the efforts of a squad of
police.
Eventually, an employe of a
' sign company broke out of a
third floor window from inside
the building and inched his way
along the top of the sign in a
shower of miscellaneous missiles
to a connection to extinguish
the light. 1
: Police cars pushing their way
along the curbs started the
crowd moving while an officer
with a loudspeaker urged all ci
vilians to go home. In part, mem
bers of the crowd were prevent
ed -from complying by the fact
that most city busses had stopped
running and amateur officers In
. other parts of the city were forc
ing all private autos to stop.
Many of the members of the
crowd were defense workers
who had made their way down
town after work ' only to be
stopped from going any further
-.Moving away from the inter
section, the crowd, urged on by
shouting women, gathered at a
small jewelry store across the
street where a single light'
, burned in an entry. A rock
thrown from far back smashed
the plate glass door and a tri
umphant youngster rushed in
1 side to grab the offending bulb.'
, ,. . Christmas Tree
Y At Fifth and Pike, missiles
, showered against windows of an
other jewelry store where light
ed Christmas trees had been left
burning. One bottle cracked a
door pane;. and to divert the
' crowd's attention, a police offi
' eer kicked out the remainder of
the glass and crawled inside to
the light switch. . , . ;
The next objective was two
; doors away, where two windows
: splintered under the Impact of
': boots. The crowd waited only
. long enough to see lights Inside
, blink out, then streamed across
the street past a hopelessly-out-,
numbered police cordon to smash
, the displays In a shoe store show
ing one of the most expensive
Tmw of )neti's footwear'. After
ho crowd moved on, the store
DEFENSE HER
To Our
War needs moneyl
It will cost money to defeat
on you to help now.
Buy defense bonds or stamps today. Buy them every day,
you can. But buy them on a regular basis.
Bonds cost as little as $18.75. Stamps come as low as 10
cents. Defense bonds and stamps can be bought at all banks and
post offices, and stamps can also be purchased at retail stores
and from your newspaper carrier boy. .
The Klamath News and Evening Herald urges all Americans
to support your government
WAR
BULLETINS
(Continued From Page One)
gressional action today on legis
lation to hold all navy enlisted
man in service for tha duration
of tha war as an intensified drive
to build warships . taster than
var baiora was announctd. Tha
measure was approved by tha
house without a record vote. The
senate passed it yesterday .
Court Martial
Of Army-Navy
Leaders Asked
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UP)
Rep. John D. Dingell, D.,
Mich., Monday demanded court
martial proceedings against five
top army and navy commanders,
including Admiral Husband E.
Kimmel, commander-in-chief of
the U. S. fleet, for the "naval
debacle" at Pearl Harbor..
Dingell demanded courts
martial for the following:
Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short,
commander of the Hawaiian de
partment; MaJ. Gen. H. H. Arn
old, deputy chief of staff and
chief of the army air force; Maj.
Gen. George H. Brett, chief of
the army air corps; and Maj.
Gen. Fred L. Martin, chief of the
Hawaiian air force.
He further demanded the navy
court martial Kimmel "to de
termine his guilt or innocence in
the failure of Hawaiian defend
ers to beat off the surprise air
attack before serious damage
had been done."
E
TITLE LAKE, Dec. 9 T. F.
Fogle of Tulelake was seriously
burned at his home Monday eve
ning when a gasoline stove ex
ploded while he was lighting it
He suffered severe burns around
the face, arms and legs and was
rushed to the Klamath Falls
Hillside hospital by Tulelake
chief of police, Frank Rose,
wnere he received attention.
Hospital authorities said his
condition was satisfactory.
Fogle is employed by the
Frederickson, Westbrook con
tractors on the new highway
south of Stronghold Calif.
At about 12 o'clock Saturday
night, Curtis A. Higgins, 90, at
tempted suicide in the town pool
room, y
' "He pulled a pocket knife from
his pants and cut two deep
gashes in his throat
He lost a quantity of blood
and was sent to Merrill for first
aid attention. From Merrill he
was rushed to a Yreka hospital,
where he is being held for ob
servation.
front gaped vacantly, most of
the displayed footwear was gone.
and a single, ancient shoe,, its
laces Broken, teetered on the
edge of the window.
In all, the main crowd covered
six city blocks, leaving a wake of
shattered glass and missing mer
chandise ranging from watches
to photograph frames but not a
single remaining window illum
ination. Eventually, after at least two
men had been cut by broken
glass and four men and a wom
an arrested, the milling throng
was brought to a standstill on the
corner of Third avenue and Uni
versity street by arrival of 150
members of the newly organized
home guard, reinforced police
ana a squadron of home guard
motorcycle "cossacks" trick
riders locally famous as a quasi
official police organization.
At 12:55 a. m., an officer with
a loud speaker warned that un
authorized persons on the streets
five minutes later would be ar
rested.
At exactly 1 a. m., police, the
home guardsmen and volunteer
air-raid wardens pushed their
way into the clots of men on the
corners, while the motorcycle
riders hoisted their machines to
the sidewalks and began nudging
the jam of humanity into action.
Half an hour later, only occa
sional stragglers, each one being
repeatedly challenged by officers
and ordered home, remained In
the downtown section.
Estimates of damage were re
fused by most of the store own
ers, who said they would have to
confer with their staffs to discov
er what had been In the show
windows, as well as the value of
the glass.
Wild oppbesums break Into the
Bronx ioo. New York city, in
search of bird occupants.
Readers
Japan. Your government calls
with your dollars.
KLAMATH PEOPLE
111 BATTLE ZONE
Lawrence M. Bryan, member
of the 42nd bombarding squad
ron, and for two years station
ed at Hickam field in Honolulu,
is among the well known Klam
ath Falls' boys in the islands.
Bryan is the son of Mrs. Agnes
Bryan, principal of Mills school
He has been in training as an
aerial engineer on a flying fort
ress, the youth's mother stated.
Lawrence was graduated
from armament, chemical war
fare and mechanics schools
where he received the mark of
high scholastic ability as well as
a medal from each school. His
squadron commander ordered
him to study to be an aerial
engineer, the duties of this of
fice to serve in complete charge
of the ship when it leaves the
1 ground.
The engineer gives
full instructions to the pilot
and must know how to repair
any part of the ship that can
go wrong, Mrs. Bryan stated.
Young Bryan was graduated
from Klamath Union high
school in 1937, later attended
the University of Oregon and
was employed in the United
States National bank.
Other Klamath basin youths
nojur in foreign service include
Jess Matthews of Merrill and
Elmer Birdlock, Tulelake, who
left New York last week en
route for defense project work
in the vicinity of the Panama
canal. John Fielder of Klam
ath Falls, seaman, has been sta
tioned at Pearl Harbor for the
past two years.
Mrs. Dean H. Osborn in
quired for details of activities
in the islands as she was anxi
ous about her young nephew,
Henry Heubner, private first
class, who enlisted from Klam
ath Falls in the United States
air corps and was last heard
from in Honolulu. Mrs. Osborn
received a Christmas card from
Heubner Monday, mailed No
vember 28 at which time he
said he was preparing to sail
"destination unknown." The
youth is well known here.
Delay in enlisting men in the
US navy has been slashed, Chief
Gunners Mate F. J. McDonald,
local recruiting officer, an
nounced Tuesday.
"All red tape has been cut
and we can have new recruits on
the way to the navy in 48 hours
or less," McDonald said. Con
sent of parents can be obtained
by telegram and other formal
ities have been reduced.
McDonald said that men be
tween the ages of 17 and 50 are
eligible for service, and that
while they may sign up for two,
three or four-year enlistments,
all men will be kept in the
navy for the duration of the war.
FUNERALS
ROSETTA BOWMAN
Funeral services for the late
Rosetta Bowman who passed
away at Central Point, Oregon,
on Sunday, December 7, 1941,
following an illness of one
month will be held in the First
Presbyterian church at Merrill,
Oregon, on Wednesday, Decem
ber 10, at 2 p. m. with the Rev.
Lawrence H. Mitchclmore, pas
tor, officiating. Commitment
services and interment family
plot in IOOF cemetery, Merrill,
Oregon. Friends are invited. Ar
rangements are under the direc
tion of the Earl Whitlock Fu
neral Home of this city.
GEORGE ARTHUR BEAULIEU
Friends are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral ser
vices for the late George Arthur
Beaulieu who passed away Sun
day, December 7, 1941, follow
ing an extended illness, to be
held at Sacred Heart church.
High street at Eighth, on Wed
nesday morning, December 10.
where a requiem high mass will
be celebrated for the repose of
his soul commencing at 9:30 a.
m. with the Rev. T. P. Casey of
ficiating. Interment will follow
In Mt. Calvary Memorial park.
The recitation of the most holy
rosary was to be conducted Tues
day evening at 8 o'clock In the
chapel of the Earl Whitlock Fu
neral Home, Pine street at Sixth,
with the Rev. T. P. Casey offi
elating. Friends are invited.
Native women of northern Af
rica wear long capes to erase
their footprints after them in the
desert sands.
DEFENSE PUN
GROUP SHAPES
IRK TUESDAY
Local preparations in rescue,
first aid and evacuation were
reported progressing rapidly
Tuesday morning when the com
mittee in charge met under
Chairman Fred Fleet's direction
at the county court room.
This committee also is the
disaster committee of the Klam
ath chapter of the Red Cross.
Dr. Peter Rozcndal reported
he had made a survey which
showed all physicians and sur
geons of the city ready to as
sist in any emergency. He also
has canvassed the possibilities
of hospital space. The local
hospitals, the county infirmary,
me jueaicai Clinic, ana gcnoois
and churches throughout the
county are possible hospital
quarters if needed, he stated.
Dr. Rozendnl said that station
wagons and light delivery
trucks can be used as emergen
cy ambulances. Some method
of registering these vehicles for
possible use will be devised and
announced later.
Dwight Gilchrist said that 30
tents with cots for each tent
are now available for emergen
cy use. More can be brought in
from Boy Scout camps and else
where. Fred Peterson of the housing
division said that county build
ings, grange halls, schools and
school cafeterias and churches
would no doubt be available for
housing purposes in case of
need.
It was reported first aid teams
are being developed and a gen
eral first aid program will be
in operation for any emergency.
IN
T
(Continued from Page One)
presence of enemy planes after
hours of confused and conflicting
reports given out during a sud
den early evening air raid alarm
first on the mainland and
blackout lasting two and a half
hours. ' ' i
Afterward, while searchers
still sought whereabouts of one
group of 15 planes that flew
southward from San Jose. 50
miles south of San Francisco,
blackouts were placed in effect
in almost every major west coast
city.
Two Squadrons
Army sources said tne enemy
planes flew inland over the
coast line west of San Jose about
8 p. m. (PST), then the forma
tion split into two squadrons ot
15 planes.
One squadron flew southward
and vanished.
The second squadron flew
northward past the San Fran
cisco bay cities and up the bay
to the vital Mare Island navy
base, 25 miles from San Fran
cisco. After scouting the navy yard
from a great elevation, this
squadron flew westward and
through the Golden Gate out to
sea.
Lions Football
Banquet Tonight.
The Lions annual football ban
quet and award Is slated for 6:30
Tuesday evening at the Willard
hotel, with Coach "Nibs" Price
of the University of California
n thp ffitpiit nf hnnnr.
" i
The banquet is open to the ,
public.
OBITUARY
ROSETTA BOWMAN
Rosetta Bowman, for the last
31 years a resident of Merrill
Oregon, passed away at Central
Point, Oregon, on Sunday, De
cember 7, 1941, at 5:45 p. m. fol
lowing an illness of one month.
She was a native of Dayton,
Washington, and at the time of
her death was aged 68 years, 11
months and 6 days. Surviving
are two sons, Melvin A. and
Leonard Bowman of Merrill,
Oregon, and one daughter, Mrs.
Marion Heidrick of Sprague
River, Oregon; five brothers, M.
P. Moore of Moscow, Idaho, M.
R., M. C, and Charles Moore of
LaCrosse, Washington; three sis
ters, Mrs. Homer Fleming of La
crosse, Washington, Mrs. Calvin
Haskins of Merrill, Oregon, and
Mrs. Harry Sever of Pullman,
Washington; also six grandchil
dren. The remains rest in the
Earl Whitlock 'Funeral Home,
Pine street at Sixth, where
friends may call after 4 p. m.
Tuesday. Notice of funeral to
be announced at this time.
Why wait until Christmas to
enjoy a delicious Polly Ann
Fruit Cake? Good Idea to send
tha boy in camp one, too. 35c
and SOe pound. Various alsts.
Polly Ann Bakery. North 8th.
Across ' from new telephone
building. Adr.
Attention
All Ex-Service Men!
The American Legion
colls for you to meet at the
Legion hall on Wodnesdoy,
December 10, at 8 p. m.,
for instruction as to the
port you are to take in de
fense of our community.
Your help is urgently
needed.
You did it in 1917
let's do it again In 1941.
ANGUS NEWTON,
Commander.
Editorials on News
(Continued from Face One)
lighting displays someone had
forgotten to turn off were
smashed and MERCHANDISE
LOOTED from broken store
fronts.
All fine examples of WHAT
NOT to DO.
TVVE'RE inexperienced In the
ways of war. We'll learn
as we go along.
The big thing to remember
right now is that in modern war
the people at home has Just as
much IN IT as the soldiers at
the front and the sailors on the
sea.
ANOTHER question: Is Japan
leged performance since Sunday
morning seems to indicate?
Another guess:
Japan is WEAK, instead of
strong, and knows it.. She is
trying to do as much damage as
possible while her strength lasts.
Her present suicide squad ex
ploits will weaken her in the
long run.
OFMERRILL PASSES
Mrs. Rosetta Bowman, for the
past 31 years a resident of
Klamath county and the Mer
rill district, died at Central
Point, Ore., Sunday, December
7, according to word received
here. She had been ill for the
past month and was 68 years
of age at the time of her pass
ing. Mrs. Bowman, one of this
section's beloved matrons, leaves
to mourn her passing, two sons,
Molvin A., and Leonard Bow
man of Merrill; one daughter
Mrs. Marion Hcidrick of
Sprague River, and five broth
ers, three sisters, Including Mrs.
Calvin Haskins of Merrill, and
six grandchildren
The funeral services will be
held in the First Presbyterian
church at Merrill Wednesday at
2 p. m., with the Rev. Lawrence
H. Mitchclmore officiating.
Commitment services and Inter
ment will take place In the fam
ily plot, IOOF cemetery, Mer
rill. Earl Whitlock s funeral
home is making arrangements.
New York 'Raids'
Only Test for
Defense Plans
(Continued from Page One)
"While the alarm turned out to
be a mere test, lt was given un
der authentic and credible cir
cumstancesso much so that if
it happened again tomorrow we
would have to do the same
thing."
He added that there were "def
initely no enemy planes" but
emphasized that under a similar
set of circumstances the precau
tions would have to be repeated.
Dargue declined to disclose
the source of Information which
made the alarm necessary. He
. .j i. .. . . i. , . . , . i
'" w" " ul
defense setup.
"We can't explore the me
chanics of our alarm system.
Remember the n u m b cr of
alarms over London without
any bombs being dropped. I
will not disclose the source of
this alarm."
Gen. Dargue's. statement fol
lowed the sounding of two air
raid alarms in New York the
first in the history of the me
tropolis. The vast metropolitan area of
New York was given two raid
alarms within an hour, Boston
was "alerted" for more than an
hour, hundreds of schools were
evacuated throughout the north
east, and tens of thousands of
civilian employes were rushed
out of vital defense factories
and army and navy centers.
The first report, around noon,
had enemy planes approaching
New York and due to arrive
around 2 p. m.
In mid-afternoon, however, J.
W. Farley, executive director
of the Massachusetts committee
on public safety, said in Boston
that the alerts were only tests.
"The army and' navi) now in
forms us," he MidHi!that this
was a dress rehearsal. All
phases of the tcslwef v met sat
isfactorily." i ,.v j '
Farley said that sjhout 50,000
persons in Massachusetts "had
answered the civilian; 1 defense
lummc.u. They were all dis
missed by 3 p. nvir -icninih . i.
New York City felt the reit-J
est Impact of the test fslM vfty
Philippines
undergo 10
raid alarms
(Continued from Paao One)
landing without casualties on
Britain's Malay peninsula and in
Thailand.
HONGKONG, Dec. 0 (VP)
Forces ot the Japanese army
which has been cumped for thrca
years across this British crown
colony's mainland frontier began
an attack yesterday at two places
in an attempted Invasion, It was
disclosed officially today.
A communique tonight, how
ever, said that all mainland de
fense were being held success
fully and that artlllory fire had
brought attacking parties to an
abrupt halt.
TOKYO, Dec. 9 (Official
Broadcasts Picked up by AP)
Great initial .successes and n wid
ening scope and Increasing tem
po of Japan's air, land and srti
war of the Pacific with the Unit
ed States and Britain were re
ported by the Japanese today.
A navy ministry spokesman
declared the Japanese navy al
ready had landed blows which
had changed tho old balance of
American and Japanese sea
power to such an extent as to
nullify President Roosevelt'
"high pressure eastern policy."
The army announced that Its
bombers had hammered Nichols
field. U. S. air base near Manila
in the Philippines, in a mass at
tack which demolished "Impor
tant air facilities."
A ring of Japanese warships
which shelled tiny Midway Is
land, a United Stoics possession
1,400 miles west of Honolulu, set
hangars and fuel stores ablaze in
a bombardment yesterday, said a
communique.
At the same time Imperial
headquarters announced that Ja
pan's air and land forces began
an attack upon the area of Singa
pore this morning.
Two contingents were report
ed by Domel to have completed
occupation of Bangkok. Thailand
capital, under terms of the new
Japanese-Thailand agreement ot
protecting that country "against
the democracies."
The seizure of more than 200
vessels of "enemy nationalities."
including the 10,509-lon Amerl
con President Lines liner Presi
dent Horrison, the 3.000-ton Pan
amanian vessel carrier, and the
2.608 ton British vessel Mory
Mollcr, on the Chinese coast and
In the Whangpoo river at Shang
hai, was announced in a Domel
dispatch.
Frost covered pavement at
the corner of Eleventh and Main
streets at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning caused a heavy truck
ODerated by Jack A. Temple
San Francisco, to swerve Into
the new traffic light pole and
snap off the "walk and waif
fixture, according to a report
filed by city police.
This will not hold up the in
stallation of the signals, City
Engineer E. A. Thomas stated
late Tuesday. At that hour the
"walk and wait" glasses had
not yet arrived from Syracuse.
N. Y., where they were shipped
November 28.
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CLASSIFY
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ed apt. Phone 8366. 12-11
FOUR-ROOM modern furnished
cottage. 4806 South Sixth St.
12-11
FOR RENT Modern three-room
unfurnished house. Inquire
Apt. 4, 1421 Esplanade after
5 p. m. 12-11
FOR RENT S-room house, close
in. Phone 4533. 12-11
NICE 2-ROOM APARTMENT
Fine for two people, 331 No.
9th. 12-11
FURNISHED APT. 303 So, 8th.
Phone 9047. 12-23
MODERN two-bedroom houso In
Altamont. Phone S476. 12-12
NICE ROOM Close in. Rea
sonable. Phone 5475. 12-11
FOR SALE Four-room house
and bath, I acre good land.
Lawn, trees. $300 cash will
handle. Phono 3004 after 6.
12-19
TWO -BEDROOM unfurnished
house In Mills addition. Phone
5019, 12-11
FURNISHED four-room house,
Lakovicw street, $25, Call 927
Jefferson. 4488U
OIL TO BURN For Union
heating oils, phone 8404. Klam
ath Oil Co., 615 Klamath.
12-Slmtf
CITY BRIEFS
Car Stolen Kenneth Douk,
1444 Kuno street, reported to city
police the theft of his cur which
was left In front of the Kern liur.
Doiik wild tho machine was full
ot gati, but the keys had been ru
moved. A U.S. mull sign over the
windshield had been painted out
but was visible. A set of acety
lene cutting tools valued at fl'10
was In tho car at tho time, Douk
stutcd.
Visitors Mr. and Mis. C. E.
Woolcver of Chleo, Calif., left
Tuesday morning for the south
after visiting hero fur the past
week at tho homo of their uls
ter in-lnw, Mr. and Mrs. Anna
Woolever. 153(1 Sargent street.
Mrs. Frank Owen and son, Clar
ence, Illy, spent the week-end
hero with Mrs. Owen's mothei.
Mrs. Woolever.
At Pearl Harbor Among
Klumuth people in the Pacific
war zone are Elmore Gwln. son
of Mr. ond Mrs. G. II. Gwln of
142 South Riverside, and J. L.
Miller, whose mother lives ot
4.105 Denver avenue.
Knight! ol Columbus All
Knights of Columbus were re
quested I o attend (ho rosary
service for George Hcutillcu at
8 p. m. Tuesday at Whitlock
funeral home.
Card Party Tha Eaglot aux-
ilary will sponsor a pinochle
party Tuesday ut 8 p. in. In the
Eagles hall. The public is In
vited. Rose Club Tha Ron club of
the First Presbyterian church
will meet ut 2 p. in. Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Lloyd 11.
Emery. 11102 Esplanade Thorn
will be a Christmas party und
gift exchange.
From Medford Ray Hurnlsh,
state highway section foreman
located in Medford. visited here
Tuesday to obtain winter equip
ment for that urrs.
Returns Horn. Mary Lmi telephone rang and ho wos In
Artrn. who has been in a Port-1 formed In no uncertain terms to
land hospital, has returned to I "(urn nut that light." Deciding lo
the home of her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. John Arten, 801 Martin
street, where she will be con
fined for six weeks before re
turning to the Portland hospital.
Passes C. E. Samus of Grants
Pass passed away In thtil city at
one p. m., December 8. Ho was
the futhrr of W. It. Sumas of
Klamath Falls.
Purchase Homa Mr. and early enough Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Bert Schmidt who hove j assure his arrival In Iho vol
been residing ut 1327 Johnson ley before blackout hours.
street huve
purchased a resi
dence at 624 North Second
street where (hey will reside.
Srhmldt Is affiliated with the
Klamath Foils branch of the
First National bank of Portland.
State of Jefferson
Abandons Campaign
YREKA, Calif.. Dec. 0 Ml
The provisional state of Jeffer
son passed Into history again.
Leaders of the secession move
ment along the California-Ore
gon border abandoned their pub
llcltyspnngled demand for a 4flth
state of the union.
The Jefferson territorial com
mittee, which led the movement.
Issued a statement saying that
the area now seemed assured of
getting what It was after high
ways to facilitate development of
its mineral resources and that
In the interests of national unity
the populace would turn Its
thoughts to the war against
Japan.
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MEXICO CITY, Doc. 0 (UP)
Mexico last night broke dlplc-,
matle relations with Japan,
Foreign minister, EieqiiljJ)
Padllla, Informed Japanese min
ister Yosliiuki Mlure at 7:38
p. m. Hint Mexico hud decided to
sever diplomatic relations with
Tokyo.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 9 (UP)
Tho Mexican army and navy to
day took preliminary steps to
pluce the nation's armed forces
on a possible- emergency air foot
ing-
However, toward tho potential
exigency of a formal declaration
of war against Japan, tho gov
ernment nf President Manuel
A vi In Camaihii moved slowly
and with caution. But It win
made plain both officially, and,
by the surprising, sudden r
spouse of the Mexican people
that this republic was throwing
its support to the United Slalft
in the fight against Japan. 4-'
Southern Oregon
Man Gets Taste
Of Blackout Rule
Southern Oregon had a taste
of blackout in the Mndford dis
trict according to a Rogue river
valley resident who drove to
Klamath Kails early Tuesday
morning after being forced to
wait at the side of the highway
until dawn.
According lo the Medfordlte.
he arose early and turned on a
light attached to a tree In his
barnyard preparatory to feeding
his stock. Within a minute his
make the mountain trip early,
the Medforet man drove to the
highway where he was imme
diately stopped by a patrolman
ond ordered to pull over to IV'T.
side of the road and "(urn OUT
j those lights." He was advised
Unit no travel was permitted on
the highway before dawn and
that ha could proceed at a given
hour which was set at daylight.
The Medfordlte left Klamath
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