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THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Prrnmbpr 10, '1 041
OREGON MARKS
FIRST DEATH
III BLACKOUT
PORTLAND. Dec. 10 (P)
Oregon suffered its first black
out fatality this morning as the
western part of the state dark
ened streets and homes for tne
second successive day.
Oscar Johnson, about 42, a
pedestrian, was killed on the
Pacific highway near Canby 10
minutes after the lights went
out at 12:30 a. m.
Portland also had its first
blackout blaze, and fire trucks,
racing through the streets with
shielded lights, reached a furni
ture store in time to limit dam
age to less than $6S0.
Portlanders began to accept
the blackout as routine. Ob
servers said the city's perform
ance improved greatly from the
previous day.
Lights began going out sev
eral hours before the official
hour of blackout, and by the
time the warning siren sounded
most downtown streets were in
darkness. Only a handful of
cafes and stores were open at
midnight, and they closed after
the siren.
Scattered residential sections.
however, reported street lights
were turned off several hours
late, and a few downtown build
ings did not accomplish com
plete darkness.
Administrator L. F. Allen of
the Oregon liquor commission
informed licensees throughout
the state that beer, wine and
mixers could not be sold or
served during blackout hours.
Liquor stores will close a half
hour before blackouts, or at 10
p. m., whichever is the earlier
hour. He warned that violations
would lead to suspension or revo
cation of licenses.
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Dorothy Ann Bids
Tearful Goodbye
To Journalism
VALSETZ, Dec. 10 uY) Tim
Vnlsuli Stur, which stiuti'd liv
cuuso a nliio ytiii'-oUl girl thcninht
(his town should Imvo a nuwa
pu)cr, cliwrd u sluip tocliiy !
cuuso tho siinic uli l now Kl 1
UoIiik to schonl in Sulvm.
Doiotliy Ann liobson not out
her fnrowell edition this week
In the Inst column of the mlmn-
oitrnphnl Irnflrt which has khiii
ed circulation the world over ulio
cloM'd out her Journnllsllc ven
ture with:
"We are sad about saying
goodbye. Mother l sitting In the
living room, rocking mid crying.
"And now bt'furo wo go wo
would llko to nay Hint we like
both the republican! and demo
crats and wo hope they will
stand together holding hands In
the fnce of tho awful monsters
who are trying to gel us.
'And now goodbye ngnln, nil
dear friends nnd subscribers
and n Merry, Merry Chrlatnin.
"We are all crying now!"
Bobby Feller to
Join U. S. Navy
CHICAGO. Dec. 10 (,V)
Bobby Teller's high fnst one mny
be served up to the hoys In the
Jnpnne.te league next summer
instead of to opponents of the
Cleveland Indlnns, for whom the
23-year-old Iowa farm boy has
pitched the past six years.
Hob, who faced early Imlur
tlon Into the nation's a nurd
forces under the selective serv
ice act, decided yesterdny to
enter the navy.
"Nobody knows what's going
to happen Maybe I'll see you
fellows again and maybe
won't," ho told sports writers m
Hie major league convention
Keller spent the day with
I, hull. Commander Cicnit Tiiiiney
of Hie navy and appeared at I In
baseball gathering to toll hit
friends he would become a rhlef
petty officer In I he navy by to
nllllit. He uissed his physical ex
amlnnllnii at I lie Cil'ent Lakei
naval training slallon.
Fire Destroys
Planer Mill
COTTAUE GHOVK, Dec. 10
ll'J The pinner mill of tha J
II. Chambers Lumber company
was destroyed by fire Inst nlglil
lit n loss estimated by compunj
officials lit $30,11110.
Although the fire continued
early today, firemen believed
the rest of the mill was safe.
It employs about 200 men.
DANCE
Saturday
Dec. 13
at
Rollerdrotne
Music By
Daldy Evans
Band
Ladloi 35o n Gontt 6Sc
(Tax Included)
South 6th St.
Back of Hondrlck's Drug
Burning Question Arises Out
Of Incident at Pearl Harbor
LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec.
10 OP) Within half an hour
after last night's blackout was
established in Long Beach, Hen
ry C. Eiggs, 70, of Walla Walla,
Wash., was killed by an automo
bile. Only a block away, Allen
A. Britt, 35, of Long Beach was
struck by another car. Doctors
said he suffered concussion and
possibly a fractured skull.
Fire Damages
Gonzaga Building
SPOKANE, Dec. 10 (JPh-Fire
of undetermined origin swept
through a large part of the Ad
ministration building of Gonzaga
university, shortly after 2 a. m.
today, causing damage estimated
by fire department officials at
$125,000.
Between 45 and 50 men, mem
bers of the Jesuit order, sleep
ing in the building, escaped with
out injury although they lost
most of their personal belong'
ings. A fireman, Ormond Zapf,
was slightly injured.
It's easy to laugh at misfortune
when you're the one it misses.
Commands RAF
in Libyan Drive
A i
Air Vice Marshal Arthur Con
Jingham, 48, Australian ace in
World War L, commands air
force in British offensive against
'Libya, while the brothers Cun
'Dingham handle land and sea
attacks.
Winnie in Russia
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Tha famous Churchill face turns
up in Russia, this time In a
fence post caricature by a Nazi
eomlo artist.
By DEWITT MacKENZIE
Wide World War Analyst
"With war a momentary pos
sibility for weeks why were U.
S. defenses in Pacific caught
flat-footed by Japanese? Did
our forces await declaration of
war before taking offensive ac
tion?" The above message from the
editor of a South Dakota news
paper was lying on my desk
when I arrived at my office in
Manhattan this morning. It is
a burning question one which
nust have been in all our
minds and so this column re
peats it.
Honestly I don't know, the
answer to it and wish to
Heaven I did. I woke up in
the middle of last night and
worried over it. But our naval
and military authorities alone
can tell us what happened.
A Warning
Still, probably my South Da
kota friend will agree that
while the answer to his Ques
tion is vital, it is far more im
portant that we avoid a second
shocking experience of this sort.
One suspects, indeed, that the
chief purpose of his query was
w urter a warning.
Warning of what? The writ
ing on the wall clearly indi
cates that if the early Japanese
operations give sufficient en
couragement Hitler may strike
at us another lightning blow.
Put an exclamation point after
that. j
Mayor La Guardia has told
New York that "We are not out
of the danger zone by any
means." There is little doubt
of that, for the Atlantic daily
is being spanned by air these
times, a,nd this country won't
have forgotten the German sub
marines which prowled off our
coasts in the last war. The as
tonishing reports of Japanese!
warplanes over San Francisco
bay, and off the Aleutians, em
phasize this danger.
Hitler's chief aim at the mo
ment must be to spike our war
aid to Britain and the other
allies. In that direction lies his
salvation, for it will be dis
astrous for him if Russia em
erges powerful in the spring,
and the other allies are all set
for action.
No Over-confidenc
Thus far the . nazis haven't
employed anything like the
total fleet of submarines they
reputedly have amassed. It
wouldn't be surprising to see
that armada come into action
before long. Should Hitler also
be able to force the French into
giving him their navy, it would
create a grave situation for
America and the allies. j
Probably the grim experience , $7500 peari necklace on lawn of
through which we have passed ier Rye, N. Y home. Insurance
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Some $400 worth of dsn id
catnip is In order for Mrs. May
Birdsell's little black cat. Kilklt,
after it turned up playing with
since Sunday has removed the
danger of over-confidence on
our part. The tradition has
grown up that Uncle Sam could
whip Japan with one hand tied
behind her back. Maybe he I
coma, it he didn t have other
committments, but the only way
to look at the thing now is that
we have a man-size job cut out
for us.
We shall Indeed be lucky if
the war with Japan doesn't run
long. Moreover, we mustn't
overlook that the Japanese con
flict is part and parcel of the
World war and that knocking
Japan out won't end the bigger
conflagration. I'm afraid we've
got to get used to the idea that
there's going to be a lot of
blood shed.
It Inspires confidence to see
Washington jumping in to en
sure a vast increase in our
armament production. Perhaps
our greatest single need is to
see that home industry produces
company paid the reward.
every single ounce of war ma
terial possible, both for cftir
own uses and those of the al
lies, who are leaning heavily
on us.
British Execute
German Spy
LONDON, Dec. 10 W) A
German spy was executed this
morning at Wandsworth prison,
the home office announced to
day. He was Identified as Karel
Richard Richter, a Sudeten Ger
man born Jan. 29, 1912, in Kras
lice. The home office said he was
convicted under the treachery
act after a secret trial and that
his appeal, heard on November
24, was dismissed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10 When an
Impatient auto driver squeezes
would take a slump In the final
month of the year.
With the trnffic toll this year
running 17 per cent nhend of last
year, the National Safety council
is rallying public officials, safe
ty lenders and Individuals, ns
well as 130 national organiza
tions already enlisted In the
Emergency Safety campaign, for
last-ditch fight to cut deaths
Pav ,ou t a stop .,Rra. an you durnR the haznrdous holiday
grin ana lei mm go nis perilous
way or do you Jam down the
accelerator and snarl, "Ya so-and-so,
ya ain't gonna get away
with that!"
When a can't-wnit guy cuts
out of line of traffic to pass and
then finds himself trapped by an
approaching car, do you smile
Indulgently and let him back in
line or do you close up the gap
and gloat, "Now you're in it.
chum. How ya gonna get out of
this one? "
The Klamath Falls trofflc bur
eau hopes that your reaction is
the first one, because revenge at
60 miles an hour on a reckless
and inconsiderate driver, no mat
ter how justified, is too often
fatal.
That's why the traffic bur
eau, launching the Christmas
phase of the Nationwide Emerg
ency Safety Campaign called for
by President Roosevelt, is of
fering this slogan: "Give Court
esy for Christmas!"
It's the "Peace on Earth, Good
will Toward Men" idea, the traf
fic bureau explains. Why not
take the .Christmas spirit with
you behind the wheel of your
car? Why not give other drivers
and pedestrians a break? Why
not be patient with the mistakes
and boorishncss of others?
If the motorists and pedes
trians would give each other
courtesy for Christmas, the traf
fic bureau is convinced that the
skyrocketing traffic accident toll
season.
December normally is the
deadliest month of the year on
the highways, with more dark
ness, bad weather, slippery pave
ments and the rush and convi
viality of the season contributing
to an upsurge In accidents.
Accidents have Increased so
sharply this year that President
Roosevelt became alarmed at the
drain on the nntinn's manpower,
time ond money, and Issued a
proclamation calling upon tho
National council to organize an
Intensified accident prevention
drive In the Interests of nntlnnnl
defense.
The trnffic bureau points out.
however, that in addition to the
defense aspects of the problem,
any Individual is due for a
gloomy, perhnps tragic, holiday
season If he Is the victim of an
accident.
An epidemic of mumps has hit
Fort Custer. Now we'll see how
well our new army can take the
bumps.
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Realtor
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SAVINGS 'ACCOUNTS
A FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
II yoa want your boys and girls to be pro
jected against thoughtless, needless spending
equip each one with a Gift Savings Ac
count this Christmas at the U, S. National
Bank. You'll be surprised at the urge these
accounts give for careful, 7816018110 earing.
Only a nominal amount is required to
open a Gift Savings Account and
with each one goes a handsome Home
Saving Bank as a reminder that
SAVING is the surest, safest road to
PROSPERITY.
Anothtr Chritimai Saggittlont Oln
Dftnmm Sarbigt Btampm and Bondt,
Klamath Falls Branch ol the
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
ot Portland
DEFENSE COMES FIRST
WITH OLDSMOBILEI
Automatic
- cannon
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a , fiinilD.
for
and shell for field artillery
now in mass production!
Other defense protects
under way I With facili
ties not needed for defense,
Oldsmobile' is engaged in
limited production of cars.
THE SAME Fisher Bodv itvt.
Ing that has distinguished
highest-priced cars now comes
to you In the low-priced Olds
mobile B-44. The same sweep
ing lines, the same tapering
silhouette, the same over-all
grace of design are now
available for thrifty buyers IrJ
the handsome Series "60"
Club Sedan. Your Oldsmobile
dealer will be proud to show
you this stand-out quality ear.
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power" of Oldsmoblle's Econe
Master Engine (either 100
H. P. Six or 1 10 H. P. Eight),
It brings you quick-starting,
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all-round economy. And It
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HYDRA-MATIC DRIVE
No clutch to proas' at any
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wear on the engine, saves
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