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FIRST TASTE
U.S.
By francis McCarthy
HONOLULU, Jan. 6 (UP)
There aren't many army privates
who get their first taste of action
board a battleship but that's
Harry Polto's story and he has a
commendation for valor under
fire to prove it.
Polto is 18 and he conies from
Santa Fe, N. M., and Rock
Springs, Wyo. He's had less than
three months experience in the
army.
His baptism of fire came Dec.
7 when he volunteered to man a
Lewis machine gun aboard a
battleship at Pearl Harbor.
"I was at Schofield barracks
where I'd been sent after enlist
ing in the army and applying for
foreign service," he said. "I en
listed last year. Before that I
was In the marines for 41 days
until they discharged me when
they found out I was only 17.
"On this morning I decided to
get up early and have Sunday
breakfast with a chum from my
borne town, Coy Tyson, a pri
vate, first class, U. S. marines,
stationed on a battleship in Pearl
Harbor.
"We were Ironing out our uni
forms in the pressroom of the
battleship when a voice sounded
off over the loudspeaker: "AH
men man their stations.' Tyson
aid he thought we were going
to have 'dry run' (a practice
workout without firing ammuni
tion). He told me 'Come along
and I'll show you a big gun."
"We hit the deck and I ran
along with Tyson for his battle
station. I thought it would be fun
to watch them work. Just about
then everything started to hap
pen at once. I still didn't know
what was going on but as I look
ed out over the harbor I saw a
big explosion. I darned near
' Jumped out of my skin. There
1 came a roar of sharp cracks like
a whole carload of firecrackers
going off at once.
"I looked up at the sky and
saw a flock of planes diving
down, smoke pouring from their
machine guns. I looked down at
my feet and saw splinters flying
along the deck. Tyson and I dove
head first for protection into a
nearby gun turret.
"You're darned right I was
scared! It all happened so fast.
I saw many Japanese planes
dropping bombs. Some hit the
target and others exploded in
the water. Shortly after the fire
works started I saw two Jap
anese planes ' on fire, coming
down. i
"I think they cracked up on
Ford island. One bomb struck
the turret of our shipand did a
little damage. About that time
the captain called for machine
gun volunteers. I told Tyson I
thought I could operate one from
my training days as a, marine.
He said 'Let's go.'
"I felt awfully shaky at first.
Tyson fed the ammunition and I
did the firing with a 30 caliber
Lewis gun. '
"One good burst of bullets
truck about a yard from our
position. We saw sailors swim
ming in the water after aband
oning their ship and Japanese
planes swooping down low to
machine gun them in the water.
I am pretty sure we got one
plane. It came down low to drop
a bomb on the destroyer next to
us. The bomb missed and hit the
water. As the plane pulled up
from its dive it was very low and
I got the pilot square on my
lights and blazed away. Maybe
someone else was shooting at
him, too, but the plane went out
of control right away and was
falling in a crash when I last
aw it."
Polto and Tyson stayed in
their battle station until the at
tack was over and Polto worked
aboard the ship until the fol
lowing afternoon when he was
given transportation back to
Schofield barracks. When he
left he carried with him a com
mendation for valor under fire
signed by the executive officer
of the battleship.
A Sturdier Shoe
Will Come About
CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (JP) The
nation's shoe manufacturers
came up Monday with a ready
answer to the tire famine a
sturdier walking shoe.
, This type of women's shoe, in
variety of colors and designs,
was stressed as exhibits were
unveiled for buyers at the open
ing of the four day national shoe
fair. t
L. E. Langston, executive vice
'president of the National Shoe
Retailers association, said early
orders for a sturdy type of wo
men's shoe were 100 per cent
more than last year.
The question we must ask our
selves is whether the ideals and
standards which we hold and
: cherish will Burvlve.
Bishop James Maxon, Episco
C pal diocese of Tennessee,
' We must have more planes
and ships at once. Then it
will be our turn to strike.
.Admiral King, tho navy's
commander,
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QFAGTIQNON
Hold Everything!
A If?
CORPS
RECRUITING
STATION
cow, iw it wi sravict. inc. t. w.
"I won't need to go to ground school I graduated from
w. un agricultural college I"
Goodes Hold Clan
Christmas Tree
In Dorris Home
DORRIS Mr. and Mrs. E.
Goode held the annual clan
Christmas tree at their home.
Lovely gifts and delicious re
freshments were served out to
all the guests.
Those present were Mrs. Ber
tha Kandy of Klamath Falls,
Mrs. John Kleiber, Mr. and Mrs.
Noah Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. J a m es
Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Young, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mii
ligan, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mil
ligan, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Goode
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Goode, Mr. and Mrs. George
Padgett. .
"Uncle Sam Anxious to En
list Large Dogs for War Duty"
headline. Small feet, how
ever, won't keep you out.
WARNING
to All America
You walk the paths of freedom:
They are glorious paths, but they
are beset by dangers.
Words pictures symbols can
poison you, can hurt you.
Your newspaper brings you;
through words, pictures and sym
bols, two kinds of news:
1. FACTS
2. OPINIONS
Now, the very nature of news In a
free country demands that you have
both the GOOD and the BAD news.
You want the FACTS, the harsh,
disheartening facts and the gentle,
reassuring ones. You want the opin
ions of all sorts of men, good and
bad.
Armed with these facts and opin
ions you are able to perform the
responsibilities of citizenship. If
you accept and support the good,
reect and cast out the bad, you
are armed to destroy
the rattlesnakes along
the paths of freedom.
Mere refusal to see or
. hear won't help you. It
AeftSoB&feiStfv ,1 """I" mmaSet liberty and how America' new.papcr,
Nlt pMiJ J ofcommnt appreciated by the editor and by thi. committee-
newspaper Publuher, Committee, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York City.
1-6
uta. u, s. nr. en.
Dorris Couple
Married in Reno
DORRIS Ray Ballard, em
ployed at the Associated Box
factory, and. Miss Ann Palmer,
formerly employed at the Pine
Tree theater in Klamath Falls,
motored to Reno this past week
and were married by the Rev.
Smith. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Art Ferrari, sister of
the bride, and Everett Ballard,
brother of the groom.
The bride was attractively cos
tumed in a rose, blue and tan
plaid costume with blue acces
sories. Her corsage was of gar
denias. She is the daughter of
Mrs. Mae Palmer and a graduate
of the Klamath Falls high school.
Ray Ballard is a son of Mrs.
May Ballard of Dorris and was
a graduate of the Grants Pass
school. The honeymoon was
spent in San Jose and San Fran
cisco.' Every day 27,398 persons arc
accidentally injured.
"BAKE" DOESN'T
MEAN "NUDE"
And "lead" can be what a leader does or what a
plumber uses for pipe, depending on how you pro
nounce it.
Words pictures symbols, the things we all use
to convey Ideas from one mind to another mind.
They are tools the tools of civilized men, but they
can be sharp or blunt, well used or misused.
is the INFORMED man not the
IGNORANT one who stays free.
tveryday your newspaper brings
you hundreds or thousands of vital
FACTS the market prices, births,
deaths, marriages, fires, meetings,
happenings the list is very long,
and it is amazingly accurate and
complete.
every day your newspaper brings
you many opinions its own edi
tors' opinions, speakers', colum
nists'even the weather man's
opinion of tomorrow's climate.
fvery day in newspaper adver
tisements, merchants on BOTH
SIDES OP THE STREET bring you
the facts and opinions about the
goods and services they hope you
will want from them.
The great thing about America
and American newspapers is YOUR
RIGHT TO CHOOSE what you will
believe and whose urgings you will
accept whose products you will
buy, whose policies you will follow.
This very right is what freedom
Is the liberty of every American
to make up his own mind.
In Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan;
a government agency decides
THE EVENING HERALD,
EXTENSION UNITS
T
"With increasing strnin on the
pocketbook, more mid more
planning Is becoming necessary
to meet the family needs," says
Winnifred K. Gillen, homo dem
onstration agent.
Home extension units In
Klamath county are meeting
this month and next to discuss
methods of managing finances.
The first of those meetings is to
bo held Thursday, January 8,
from 8 to 10 p. m., at the Bon
anza high school, in connection
with the Smith-Hughes farmers'
meeting. Lois Lutz, extension
specialist in home management
from Oregon State college, will
be present to discuss "Home
Accounts," and Professor G. W.
Kuhlman, of the farm manage
ment department, will discuss
the "Farm Accounts." Kuhlman
will also be present at the sec
ond meeting of farmers and
homcmakcrs on Friday, January
9, at the Poe Valley grange hall
from 8 to 10 p. m.
Cooperating with the exten
sion service on this project is
the Smith-Hughes agricultural
program at Bonanza, directed
by Raleigh Carrothers, the farm
security administration, and the
Production Credit association.
Everyone interested isinvitcd
to attend these discussions, ac
cording to Mrs. Gillen.
Nazi Call for
Clothing Success
BERLIN, Jan. 8 (Official
broadcast recorded by AP Two
weeks of collecting warm cloth
ing for the' German forces at the
front brought in by Saturday a
total of 32,144,201 pieces, in
cluding a fur hunting muff from
the family of the late president
and World war field marshal,
Paul Von Hindenburg.
Relatives of the World war
ace, Immelmann, donated his
flying furs while furcoats also
came from nurses in field hos
pitals on the eastern front. In
all, 1,511,579 fur coats and fur
lined waist-coats were contrib
uted. Ammonia is used in making
military explosives and also is
fine for cleaning. We'll use it
I to clean the Japs.
pi
what the people shall
read and hear. Not so
In America. Do your
Jb r
4r American way of life;
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
T
MALIN M. Jacobson, of the
Acme Packing company, Scuttle,
who recently purchased 20 acres
of land from Dewey Smith on
the Great Northern right of way
south of town, begun construc
tion Monday on a large scale
feeding plant where .lueobson
started from 4000 to fidOO head
of feeder cattle will lie In the
yards at all times.
Yards, loading shulcs. scales,
a modern mixing and grinding
mill and other equipment will
be included in the unit which
will be completed by April I,
it is expected. The company will
also build a modern homo for
Jacobson who will manage the
plant and for a number of men
employed in the mill.
Hay left this season in the
southern end of the Klamath ba
sin is being purchased and us
much local material as it is pos
sible to obtain here will be used
in building. Tho company plans
to ship quantities of corn fr r.i
the middle west to be used in
the ration.
The Acme Packing company
has bought cattle and sheep in
Klamath county for a number of
years.
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We
Annual Firemen's
Ball in Malin
Being Planned
MAUN Tho annual Fire
man's ball is planned by the
Malin volunteer department or
Valentine's day, February 14, it
was announced this week by
Louis Kulina, chief who slated
that tho dance will be eo ordl
nnted with defense activities
here. The department has al
ready ordered a number of
sinuko musks, modern first aid
kits and new tools. ,
The dance will Do held In
I the Broadway hall but tho
music iias nuu yvi uovii Boietieu.
New officers will bo elected
January 111.
Malin
Miss Vularlo Suuerberg, man
ager for tho office of the Mc-
Collum Lumber company hero
retMrned the lust of the week
from Canada where slut spent
the holidays with her mother.
i Vacationing in Missouri this
; winter arc Mr. and Mrs. Earl
I McVey and daughter, Betty,
' who wont south before Christ-
mas and Mr. and Mrs. John
Holiinson and two little sons
who left about New Years for
: Kirksvillc to visit relatives. All
I of the travelers expect to be
. away until some time In Feb
. ruary,
Tho Helping Hand society
. V.
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Noy Have The Following Cars In Stock
Ready For Immediate Delivery
Full Down Months
Price I'ny't. to Pny
'41 Ford Deluxe Tudor $895 $300 18
'41 Ford Deluxe Coupo, auxiliary scats 895 300 18
'41 Mercury Town Sedan, radio and heater 1045 350 18
'41 Ford Pickup 695 235 18
'41 Ford Deluxe Coupe, 5000 miles 965 325 18
'41 Chevrolet Truck, long wheel base, new tires.. 895 300 18
'41 Ford Super Deluxe Sedan, radio and heater.. 965 325 18
'41 Ford Supor Deluxe Tudor, radio and heater.. 895 300 18
'40 Ford Deluxe Tudor 745 250 18
'40 Ford Deluxe Sedan, radio and heater 795 265 18
'40 Ford Pickup 595 200 18
'40 Ford Deluxe Coupe 795 265 18
'39 Ford Deluxe Coupe 645 215 18
'39 Mercury Town Sedan 795 265 18
'39 Lincoln-Zephyr Sedan 995 335 18
39 Ford Pickup 595 200 18
'38 Ford Deluxe Sedan 515 175 18
'38 Ford Pickup, radio and heater 495 165 18
'37 Lincoln-Zephyr Sedan 645 215 18
'37 Ford Tudor, radio and heater 415 140 18
'37 Ford Sedan-Delivery , 425 145 18
'37 Ford Club Coupe 425 145 18
'i7 Ford 60 Tudor 295 100 18
'37 Ford Pickup 295 100 18
'37 Ford Coupe 395 135 18
'37 Ford Cabriolet, radio and heater ................ 445 150 18
'36 Olds Sedan .'. 345 115 12
'36 LaSallo Sedan 395 135 V 12
'36 Ford Coupe 365 125 12
'36 Plymouth Sedan 365 125 12
'36 Ford Tudor 375 125 12
'36 Ford Pickup 295 100 12
'36 Plymouth Sedan 365 125 12
'36 Chevrolet Coupe, radio and heater 345 115 12
'36 Chevrolet Pickup '. 295 100 12
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MAIN and
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7 III Klmniith Falls. Mrs. A. K.
Street succeeds Mrs. Karl Kos
ter as secretary. Mrs. KeMer
resigned recently.
Mother, Daughter
Injured in Crash
TULELAKE Mrs. Frank
Hunnlcutt and her ten year old
daughter were Injured late Mon
day afternoon in a collision with
a car driven by a resident of Tl
onesta, It was reported by Dr.
J. R. Hurry who treated both
Mrs. lliiiinlciitt for" bruises and
her small daughler for facial lac
erations. Details of the accident were
not obtained but It la reported
that both ears Involved weie
badly damaged. Occupants of
tho second vchlejo were unhurt.
Dorris
The dry kiln of the Dorris
plant of tho Long Dell hurst
into flumes about 1 1 o'clock
Saturday night. It was still
burning at 6 o'clock Sunday
morning.
Saturduy morning !. Chase,
tho new Justice of the peace,
fined Ted Keefer of Klamath
Falls $100 and suspended his
driver's license for drunk driv
ing. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Krel.ieher
have moved to lluyward, Calif ,
All of our iew tires and tubes, and all
of our new cars have been frozen by the OPM.
We have just received the following
wire: "All 1942 demonstrators, and all 1941
cars, light, medium and heavy trucks with less
than 1000 miles are immediately frozen."
We suggest that anyone who is going
to be in the market for a good car buy now,
because older model cars in dealers' hands
may also be frozen by the OPM.
ESPLANADE
January . ttn
wliil.i Mr. Kielm-her Is work
ing lit lllehiiiond.
Dick Stovonson of Mt, He
bron accidentally shot hlminlsV
In the arm mis pam wren, w
Mr. mid Mrs. Herb Gordon
hnvo returned from un enjoy
able holiday season spent in
Tenlno, Wash.
Mrs. Enoch tsraelson, Chaw
IsriieUmi unil Mrs. Agues Shnw
tire spending a few weeks In
Los Angeles.
Rich Illinois bachelor mar
rled his cook. Now In has a
flreless cooker.
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INIURANCI COMPANY
LYNN ROYCROFT
118 N. 7th St.
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