FACE SIX
Midland Cnupfoe
MERRILL HITS
MFPWtl. Th sal of de
fense bond wu boosted thll
week to a new high according to
report released by Alonzo
Hodges, Merrill postmaster, and
Uel Dlllard, manager of the Mer
rill branch, First National bank
of Portland.
While Hodge ha not totaled
his sales for the past week his
ales en Thursday totaled f 8025
including two SSO bonds; sis
100; four $800 and four $1000,
the total based on the sale price
and not on the maturity value.
Dlllard during the week sold
ight $25 bonds; eight $50'a; one
$100; four $900 end two $1000
bonds, a total of $4700.
gale of bonds has Jumped ma.
terlally since America's entry
into the war.
SPBAGUE RIVER The
Sprague River Women's Bridge
club met Thursday, December
18, at the home of Mrs. Will
gadow. Two table of bridge
were played with Mrs. Jack
Williamson emerging with the
Srize for high score. After the
ridge session refreshment were
served to the following guests:
Mr. Curtiss Heidrich, Mrs. C.
A. fuller, Mrs. Eileen Croly,
Mrs. Jack Williamson, Mr.
Claude Masters, Mr. Roland
Parks, Mrs. Clarence Qugh nd
the hostess, Mrs. Will fcadow.
Henley
Christmas vacation wu cele
brated by- toe students of Hen
ley high school a "Defense
Christmas.' Nearly 100 students
started defense stamp book In
lieu of gift exchange.
- Most student plan to add
systematically to their stamp
book since stamp will be sold
by school author! tie as a regu
lar practice. .1 -. j.
Senior high school girls were
entertained at a party by the
tipper cJub while the boy en
joyed the annual stag party of
the Lettermen' club. Junior di
visions held individual room
parties.
Mrs. Roy LaPrarie Is recover
ing from Injuries sustained in
car accident last Wednesday
night. Her car was struck and
overturned at the intersection
of Shasta way and Washburn
street during a heavy snow
storm. Mrs. LaPrarie suffered
bruises and facial cuts which
necessitated medical attention.
North Carolina Cherokee In
dians used only single feathers
In their hair until the full head
dress was introduced by tour
ists. , IN TAffTI
Amd puvaM
NEW
HIGH
DEFENSE
BONDS
'240 0T, Rg:
CENTURY CLUB
il T R A l e) H T I 0 U R 9 M W H I I K I V'
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Merrill Officer,
Wife Slightly
Hurt in Accident
MERRILL Chief of Police
and Mr. Ed Davis, enroute to
Klamath Falls Friday afternoon
escaped with only minor injuries
when their coupe catapaulted
from the highway near the "S"
curve at the Chinn ranch, crash,
ed into a fence and backtracked
into a deep barrow pit partly
filled with water. Assisting mo
torists who saw the accident aid
ed in removing the victims from
the ear which held both with
their heads under water. It is
reported that a truck pulled into
the highway in front of the Davis
car, which struck a soft shoul.
der. Several other accidents, two
of them fatal, have occurred at
almost the same spot In the past
few weeks.
PLANS BLACKOUTS
BONANZA The Bonanza city
council held a special meeting
last Friday evening in order to
get lined out in an effort to get
blackout and other emergency
precautions to working in keep
ing with activities of the rest of
the county.
This was the first meeting of
the council since it was elected
last April. Mayor William Bech
doldt being absent, the meeting
was conducted by chairman of
the council, Lloyd Beebe. In or
der to raise enough money to
purchase a siren and have some
fund to draw on for any ex
penses in connection with the
defense program the council
voted to raise the tax on th
beer parlors to $50. The tax for
many years has been $5 a year,
and is the only tax imposed on
any business by the town proper,
leaving the town without any
source of revenue except for
soma police and eounty revenue,
and very little working emer
gency funds. Other plans were
discussed to rais additional
money if necessary. It was de
cided to send the local marshal,
Dan Werner, to the police school
for civilian defense in Medford
in January.
" Three more air raid wardens
were appointed to addition to
Bill Hartley, who was appoint
ed by the county civilian de.
fense officials. The other are
Aiva Maxwell, Dewey Worn and
Mose Bertram.
Alaskans Sign
At Sitka Base
SITKA, Alaska, Dee. 23 (ft
Large number of Alaska youth
coming to the naval air station
for enlistment here may result
in this base becoming an all
Alaska post, Comdr. J. R. Tata,
station commander, said yester
day. Alaskans enlisting in the navy
at Sitka will probably not be
sent to training schools in the
states but assigned regular duties
at once, he said.
Dandelions flower every
month In the year a o m e
where around the world.
Yotm "obvious move' Is Cen
tury Club tie champion ot
them all. "FIRST in Enjoyment,
FIRST In Taste and Flavor.?
Afewd.
HEN HOLD BIB
CHRISTMAS PARTY
SPRAGUE RIVER Mrs, C.
A. Fuller and Mr. Cliude Mas
ters wr co-hostesses at a de
lightful Christmas party held
at the home of Mrs. C. A. Fuller
Friday night, December 19. The
house was gayly decorated with
holly, juniper and red candle.
A large decorated Christmas
tree was the center of attrac
tion, After a period of visiting
th group enjoyed an evening
of pinochle and bridge. Winner
in bridge were Mr. Eileen
Croly, high, and Mri, Curtis
Heidrich, second high,
Th highlight ot the evening
was the exchange of gift, meny
of which afforded much amuse
ment. Refreshments o( the
Christmas season were then
served to the following guest:
Mrs. Roy Fenning, Mrs. Myron
Mallison, Mrs. Jo Pierce, Mr.
John Little, Mrs. Lois Croly,
Mrs. Roland Parks, Mr. Will
Zdow, Mrs. Ruth Heidrich,
Mrs. Jack Williamson, Mrs.
Paul Fuller and the hostesses,
Mrs. Claud Master and Mr.
C. A. Fuller,
Annual Christmas
Get-Together Held
At Fort Klamath
FORT KLAMATH The an
nual Christmas tree and enter
tainment given for the commu
nity was held Friday night in
the CI clubhouse, when the hall
was packed with a large crowd
for the affair.
A very interesting program
was presented by the local grade
school children under the direc
tion of their toachers, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles I. Race, the latter
being In charge of the musical
numbers on the program. A
Christmas cantata and tableau
with special lighting effect was
particularly well received.
At the close of the program,
gift were distributed from a
beautifully decorated Christmas
tree, and all present received a
sack of candy, nuts and .fruit.
Mr. and Mr. Rice are plan,
nlng to spend the holiday with
relatives near Portland.
Fort Klamath
John Maben returned home
Thursday from the Hillside hos
pital in Klamath Falls, where
he has been a patient suffering
from a siege of pneumonia.
Mr. and Mr. John Palmer
an narent if kiHv Am tmMmw
born Tuesday night. The new ar
rival weignea eight pounds and
has been named Alma Lee. Mr.
Palmer Is the former Mis Ad
rienne Zumbrun.
Ernest Rostel, formerly of
Crater Lake national park, and
now employed as a publicity
agent by the Rocky Mountain
national park, was the house
guet on Thursday night of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Cartel.
Miss Ruby Smith left rriday
morning by car for her home In
Gray's Harbor. Wash- u,h
she will visit relatives for some
time. Mis smith 1 employed a
cook by the Algome Lumber
company at their local hotel and
is on vacation now from her
duties. Local logging operations
were shut down for the winter
month last week, when a crew
of men finished skidding th
last lot of logs in the wood.
With the closing of the local
hotel, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whit,
ney will again make their home
there for the winter, when Whit
ney will act as caretaker during
the shutdown of logging opera
tion. Blaine Brattaln, son of Mr.
and Mr. E. M. Brattain, arrived
home this week to spend the
Christmas and New Year vaca
tions with his parent and bro
ther Bob.
Mrs. Joe Taylor spent lest
weekend in Portland visiting
with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ida
Tho old high school building
in ran uamain is being made
over into a school gymnasium
for the local grade school pupils,
a crew of m?.i sent out by the
eounty school superintendent
having nearly finished the work.
The old gymnasium building
previously used by the children
had been condemned es unsafe,
and as the old high school build
ing on the same grounds has not
been in use for several years
since disbanding of the local
high school, It wss decided to re
pair and reflnish the interior,
converting the building into a
gymnasium.
Bonanza
A cablegram wes received
from Clyde Wooten at Midway
Island, December 31, In which
he stated all was still o.k. at
the island.
Mr, and Mr. Howard Bayne
were the honor guest at a fare
well party given by the Odd
Fellow and Rebekah at the
IOOF hall last Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Bayne left Wed
nesday for Wyoming where Mr.
Beyne' pare reside. , They
THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
sold their home here to Joe
Mr. and Mr. Pete Bray re
cently bought the Oust Werner
place from Joe Dewey who pup
chased it from the Werner
soma time ago.
All public meeting in town
have been cancelled sine the
closing of school last Wednes
day due to a ca of scarlet
fever in town. A far as can be
learned, no pew case have oc
curred. The special PTA Christ
mas program, th school pro
gram, th Junior Follies and the
FFA dance were scheduled for
the past week and were can
celled or postponed.
Mrs. Nellie Wood left for
Oakland. Calif., last Tuesday
after being ill at her home for
the past two week. Her daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr, and Mrs.
Cecil Willi of Oakland arrived
last Saturday to take her back
with them. Her house ha been
rented to the E, V, Ayres fami
ly who expect to move in soon.
Mis Lois Bechdoldt arrived
at her home from the university
at Eugene Friday to spend th
holiday with her parent, Mr.
nd Mr. Bill Bechdoldt.
Th Bonanza Woman' club
held its annual Christmas, party
at the library last Tuesday eve
ning with Mr. Ruth Mulleneax
end Mr. Mabel Maxwell a
hostesses.
Mrs. Taylor Host
At Pinochle Club
FORT KLAMATH Mrs. Joe
Taylor wa hostess to members
of her pinochle club on Monday
evening, when she entertained
with a Christmas party at the
Fort Klamath hotel. Following
dinner at 7 o'clock, cards were
played until a late hour, with
Mrs. Roy Deffenbacher being
awarded high score, Mrs. Duke
Wilbur, second high, and Mr.
A. C. Cienger the traveling
prize, at the close of the game.
The Yuieude motif was car
ried out in table decorations,
individual favors and card ac
cessories. Guests of Mrs. Taylor were:
Mrs. William pg. Mrs. Orvlll
Sehroeder, Mr. Roy Deffen
bacher, all of Fort Klamath,
and the following women from
Chiloqulm Mr. A. C. Oienger,
Mr. Duke Wilbur, Mr. George
Flury and Mr. Benton Mitchell.
Tulelake
Mr. nd Mrs, Richard Smith
are parent of seven-pound
son, horn December 18. Smith
I associated with th biological
survey headquarters here.
Teacher of the Tulelake ele
mentary school left last week
end for various Pacific coast
point to spend the Christmas
holiday. Classes will be re
sumed January 8. Mr. and Mrs.
Jerome Keefer plan, to spend
the period here, Mr. Heberlle
went to Sacramento, Frances
Wilcox to Sen Jose; Mariam
Haekman to San Francisco, Pa
tricia Ramsden to Oakland, and
Mr. Kolbenson to San Francisco.
Jerome Keefer, whose brother,
Lieut. Jemes R. Keefer is com'
mender of the navy mine sweep
er Cockatoo in PearJ Harbor,
heard this week that his brother
suffered no injury in the Jap
anese raid of December 7. Lieut,
Keefer with Mrs. Keefer end a
small daughter live half way be
tween Pearl Harbor and Hickam
field probably were In the path
of the bombers although the mes
sage made no mention of de
struetlon In the immediate vi
cinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Merton J. Brown
will have es guest on Christmas
day Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barkwell and
Mr. and Mrs. Pat McGlnley. Ar-
dyee Brown plans to leave soon
after Christmas for Berkeley
where ahe will enter Arm
strong College of Business end
Stanley Brown, only son of the
Merton Browns, will leave about
tne same time for Seattle where
he will accept employment in
tne Boeing aircraft factory.
Young Brown ha returned to
Tulelake recently from Los An-
gelea where he took six month
training in the Douglas airplane
plant.
Mr. and Mr. Loeth S. Dun
lap are (pending the holiday
with their daughter, Mrs. Lynn
Keller, Mr. Keller and baby
grandson near Los Angeles.
OTTAWA, Dec. 23 VP) Can-
aaian aeiense Headquarters an
nounced today that Brigadier
J. K. Lawion. commander nf th
Canadian contingent taking part
in tne aeiense of Hongkong, had
wen xiiiea ana mat Canadian
casualties had been heavy.
Also killed was Col. P. Hen
nery, one of Lawson's staff.
Lawson led his Canedians into
the oriental nutiuxt In miH.Nn.
vember to take pert in the first
real lighting Canadian forces
have seen in this war.
Friendly
Helpfulness
j To Every
Creed and Purse
Ward's Klamath I
Funeral Home
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ward.
Owner
Wilier Ward.' Mgr.
121 High Phone 3334
FUNNY
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"Beat it, quick here comes
through'
Navy Officers Tell Stories
Of Hawaiian Plane Attacks
HONOLULU, Dec. 33 (AP
Graphic first hand narratives of
what happened at Pearl Harbor
December 7 were told with dra
matic .coolness today by three
naval officers who had leading
parts in the titanic defense of
giant warships against a sky full
of Japanese planes that pounced
on them suddenly "from out of
nowhere."
These are some highlights of
the stories they told:
Dlvebombers, contested only
by anti-aircraft fire, pulled out
of their dives as low as 300 feet
and dropped bombs that ripped
men's uniforms from their bodies
with blast that "swished like
(tiff wind through foliage."
Men shielded emmunltion with
Pthelr bodies when the heat from
many fire became perilously in
tense. During the early morning at
tack, a marina said to an officer:
"Pull this piece of metal out of
my back." It was a bomb splin
ter so hot the officer had to use
a rag to remove it. The marine
returned to hi machine gun and
remained on duty until lata that
afternoon.
One captain, horribly wound
ed, refused to leave the bridg
ot ni hip end commanded the
burning vessel until he died.
Then the other officer who had
remained with him swung hand
over hand on a rope to another
hip. . r
A lieutenant commander who
took charge of hi ship after the
executive officer wa knocked
overboard by a blast, said, "we
were just finishing breakfast at
7:8B when the alarm sounded
over the loud speaker:
Bomb Coming Down
"Japanese planes are attack
ing us. To your battle stations."
"I went toward the bridge.
The captain was just ahead of
me. Very heavy explosions were
soon shaking the ship end (he
tarted taking a list. Communi
cations were disrupted and we
established a messenger service.
"Bombs were coming down.
The captain groaned and said,
'I've been hit.' He staggered a
few seconds and dropped to his
knees. I asked, 'where ere you
hit?" and he said, 'In the stom
ach.' I saw he was mortally
wounded but sent for the phar
macists mate to give him first
aid.
"By this time fires had broken
out in various parts of the ship.
I was concerned for the safety
of .the magazines and had some
plugged and some flooded.
"Searching parties were or
ganized and the wounded were
put into small boats. Practically
all of the wounded were taken
off.
"I was anxious to get the cap
tain to a hospital and got a
stretcher and lines. The captain
emphatically refused. He said
he wanted to stay where he
was.
"There were huge oil fires on
the water and it was a danger
ous situation for surface ships.
"All thl time the ship was
subjected to aerial torpedoing,
heavy dive bombing and also to
high horizontal bombing and
machine gun strafing.
Torpedoes Effective
"We were under constant at
tack until 9:18 In the morning.
There must have been e total of
70 planes.
"The serial torpedoes were
most effective. The pilots came
in very close ebout 30 or 40
feet above the water and were
skillful. They didn't care much,
just so they got their attack In,
but I didn't see a single so-called
ayw'iwsiiWW)i)iittillimtnt,tM.Ma
Christmas Eve
OREGON HILLBILLIES
BUSINESS
Ihnl egp, with his 'follow,
ago.!" 1"
suicide pilot deliberately fly Into
tne snip.
Two officers stayed with the
captain. Finally the pharmacists
mate could detect no sign ot life.
The body was placed In the
chart house on the brldse.
"Flames cut off others from
the fo castle where people were
being evacuated and they went
hand over hand on a line about
20 feet tn mn'.h,, ahln Th mmi
just made It as the line began
to scorcn.
"All enlisted men and officers
were wcnderful. They stayed
With their suns until all avail
able ammunition was exhaust
ed."
The iftnlnr marilrAl nfflMM
who attended the wounded all
aay Sunday and Sunday night,
said:
"Bums caused more than 80
per cent of the casualties.
There were many drownings
because the oil on IK uii.r
made it almost Impossible to
swim. l.ow oi ir.sn were blown
overboard.
Jap Dead
"More than 1000 wounded
were treated ashore not far
from their ships. They got ashore
any way they could end were
picked up in trucks, ambulance
and automobiles varvihins
available.
"All the Japanese I saw were
dead. I examined 17 bodies. They
wore new dsrk blue navy uni
forms and their head were near
ly shaved around the sides
bowl fashion.
"Many of our men had their
clothes blown off by the blasts.
We worked ell night and the
next day. About 300 slightly
wounded were able to return to
their ships."
A 37-yeer-old officer who
found himself In commend of a
major ship said he was In the
o'clock mass when he heard
officers' lounge awaiting 8
machine gun fire.
"We saw 28 or 30 torpedo
planes approaching," said the
officer. "One dropped a 'fish'
and It came towards our ship.
About a hundred feet frnm nur
stern one of tho raiders burst
into name. We wero more or
less stunned by the horror of It.
"Prettv soon the lr rm4
literally filled with planes. Dive
Domrjcrs came over in two
flichtof flva jtanh anrf iitr ,nlf.
aircraft shells burst right around
them. I felt sure they were hit
but they never broke formation.
wnen i got to my ship ell
the suns wern anlna nA thm
bombs made a terrlfio blast a
Swish like a Stiff Win1 htrmrlna
through foliage. Flames were
rising several nundred feet In
the air and fire was spreading
over me water toward our bow.
Gets Signal
"We had out lines cut with
SXeg and utartoH uinrblnB 4h
bow out. We cleared the Arizona
(battleship) by about 40 feet and
88 We Wer ffnlnff rlnum 4k
channel we were dive bombed
and hit several times. The ship
shivered and shook violently
from near misses as well as hits.
Our anti-aircraft snd machine
gun were pouring It Into them
all the tlmo
"We got the signal to stop and
tnai interrupted our whole aim,
which was to Rot out to sea and
have a crack at them."
Officers related these thrilling
stories to reporters at Pearl
Harbor naval base, the first such
conference since the raid.
Details of damage to ships
were not shown to the newsmen
but the officers reconstructed
many of the details for them. '
SPECIAL
DANCE
KENO
Wed. Dec 24th
Pinochle Club
Meets at Fort
rnst Kr.AMATlt Mrs.
James Van Wormer entertained
at her home on Wednesday with
the regular weekly luncheon
and afternoon of cards of her
pinochle j-Uiu.
f ollowing luncneon wrva v
I2.in two utiles of Dlnochle
were In play during tho after
noon, witn Mrs. wpencer nan
cliffs receiving high score, and
Mrs. Fred Zumbrun, second high,
at tho close of the game.
Present for in arternoon
wore: Mr. Wlllard Beckman,
Mm. Tom Dvcha. Mrs. Orvllla
Sehroeder, Mrs. Fred Zumbrun.
Mrs. Spencer Radcllffe. and tne
hostess, Mrs. van wormer. ine
nrstl mnliiif will be held after
the holidays, on January 7,
when Mrs, Bccknisn will enter
tain the group.
T
riremen started the delivery
of hundreds of dolls, doll bug
gies, wagons, tricycles and scores
of miscellaneous toys early Moil
day morning and by Tuesday
night felt they would complete
their Job of playing Santa Claus
to needy children throughout the
city end suburban area.
Names of 375 boys and girls
were on a long list prepared by
the firemen and not a child wos
to be neglected. Last year the
firemen distributed toys to 833
children. , Name continued to
come Into the fire station late
Tuesday and those In charge of
toys mild they would distribute
toys as long as the supply held
out,
Downey Favors
Daylight Time
For Conservation
WASHINGTON. Dec. 33 (Pi
Senator Downoy (D-Calif.) wants
nsltonwldo daylight saving time
for the protection of public wel
fare and the conservation of es
sential resources, and he has pro
posed that the senate put Itaolf
on record as of the same mind.
Senator McNary (R-Ore.), how
ever, questioned whether a sim
ple resolution of the nature
Downey Introduced was In Itself
enough to euthorlze setting
clocks ahead an hour In each
time zono, and whether actual
legislation might be necessary.
For thnt reason, the senate
minority loader objected to Im
mediate consideration of Dow
ney's resolution by which con
gress would "express appro
val of any steps by the
president on the war depart
ment, acting under wartime
powers, to change the time
standard.
Th Callfomlan declared that
both the president and the war
department desired daylight v-,
Ing time. The Pacific coast In
particular, a an "arena of war," j
and the nation generally would
benefit from the procedure, j
Downey ergued, through the;
preservation of fuel and electric !
power and the reduction ot eft-!
er-dark accidents. I
FUNERAL I
SALEM, Dee. 23 (P) County
offices were closed from 1 to 3
p. m. today for the funeral ofj
U, G. Hoycr, who was county;
clerk from 1013 to 1041. He;
died Saturday.
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Mil j1 MjwLy jl ''eiiijf J lfcvl.-'. u J..-.
Jresenfif
, resenz u rJ rouaiv
a superb.gift,,.lnnnaking KV. Harper
'cof is no object
I.WHARPJiR
The Gold Medal
December 23, 1041
"DAY OF PRAYER' '
ASKED BY F. D. R.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 33 (UP)
President Itoosevolt Monday des
ignated Now Year' day as a na
tional "day of prayer" and asked
Americans everywhere to en
treat divine guidance for "a vic
tory of liberty and peace."
Me proclaimed that the nation
Is "confident In our devotion to
country, In our love of freedom.
In our Inheritance of courage.
"Hut," he said, "our strengthuse.
as the strongth of all men evory-af
where, is of greater avail a
God upholds us. . . .
"We need Ills guidance that
this people may bo humble in
spirit, hut strong In the convic
tion of the right; stcudfust to
endure sacrifices and brace to
achieve a victory of llborty snd
peace."
"The new year of 1043 call
for the courage and the resolu
tion of old end young to help
win a world struggle In order
that we may preserve all we
hold dear," the president said.
lie urged everyone to pause on
New Year's day to observe it "as
a day of prayer, of anklng for
Klvcncm for our shortcomings of
the past, of consecration of the
tasks of the present, of asking
God's help In the days to come."
Highway Reports 3
Available Despite
Weather Data Curb
Oregon motorists will still be
able to obtain accurate reporte
on rood conditions despite war
time restrictions on tho release
of weather reports, the Oregon
State Motor association reported
this week.
The association mid that pres
ent restrictions are directed pri
marily at currant reports and '
data compilations. The weather
bureau Is authorized, however,
to give warning of Impending
cold waves, end may announce
maximum and minimum temper
atures and precipitation exceed
ing one-tenth of an inch.
With winter conditions pos
sible at higher elovatlons accur
ate road information Is becom
ing more necessary to the mo
torist. The automobile club re
ports that It will continue Io a
provide this service, as well es
data on snow conditions at Ore
gon's popular winter sports
areas for the benefit of ski enthusiasts,
One blue whale may weigh
as much as 38 elephants.
Hotel Elk
Coffee Shop
Open
Ail Day
Christmas
and
New Years
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Whiskey
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