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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1942)
HERALD 'AND' NEWS, KL'AMATH FALLS, OREGON June 20, 1041 TAGE TWO M I hHLULAFUHUL ELECTED HEAD Fred A. LaForge, prominent in American legion affairs, wai elected commander of Klamath rC S mi m iiicvtliia irciu Tuesday night Other officers . named for the coming year In cluded L. L. Lombard, first vice commander; J. H. Gallagher, second vice commander; Calvin H. Ellis, adjutant and service of ficer; Elmer F. Merritt, finance officer; R. D. McGhehey, T. S. Abbott, F. M. Hooten, James R. Fowler and Earl Templar, mem bers of the executive committee. Delegates to the Portland convention to be held July 24 and 25 are Fred LaForge, Angus Newton, Fred Heilbronner and O. D. Matthews. Alternates, M. E. Cooper, C F. O'Loughlin, Earl Templar, W. J. Bucknell and Elmer Merritt- Upon recommendation of the post. Commander Angus New ton appointed M. E. Cornett and R. D. McGhehey to fill the vacancies on the Buckaroo Days committee, xney wui succeed Major Dewey Powell who is In the service and Lester Finley who recently joined the marines. Remodeling of the Legion hall is about completed and a house warming Is planned soon, it was announced. The new quarters are attractive and will be en joyed by the membership. Kiam- ath post also bought an addi tional $300 in bonds this week. BATTLE MIES A (Continued from Page One) IS but said nothing about it of ficially for several days. . . The Russians have been hold ing two salients which pointed toward Smolensk, 220 miles west of Moscow. One extends through Dorogo buzh, SO miles southeast of Smolensk and only 20 miles south of the Smolensk-Moscow highway. Meanwhile, reinforced nazi troops perhaps spurred by hopes of a token victory for the ' first anniversary of the German Russian war Monday appeared to be increasing pressure upon smoking and explosive-scarred Sevastopol. Soviet dispatches said fresh soldiers had joined Gen. Erich von Mannstein'a assault divis , ions to replace the thousands who had fallen in the all-out offensive he launched against the Crimean naval base IS days ago. A Berlin declaration that de fenses of the besieged Crimean stronghold had been cracked was not confirmed here. "Our infantrymen, sailors and artillerymen, repelling attacks of the enemy, are delivering ever new blows against them," the soviet information bureau said in a communique. Russian warships in the Bar ents sea sank a 13,000-ton axis transport and Russian fliers, in addition to other work, destroy ed an enemy torpedo boat, the communique reported. rJAGIC-nse 2BdDUCO New beamy foe furni ture, walls, wood work. Z- -Ai and kec: Of dan. 70C pt. I PIENTT OF PASSIM 0 J SPACE AT OUR STORE! j OA- W'" I Open , AU Saturday I I .J F. R. HAUGER 813 Market Phone 7221 F LEGION POST 1U B4I THE APOSTOLIC FAITH 228 NO. 8TH STREET SPECIAL SERVICES SUNDAY MORNING AT IT O'CLOCK " ' SUNDAY EVENING AT 7:45 Conducted by Rev. J. G. Robbins and group of "; workers from our Portland headquarters. ' SPECIAL MUSIC AND SINGING ALL ARE WELCOME No Collections Taken VrYv Department . f - i : i u , v - ' r ' 1 . Included among the officials of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of th Department of Oregon who will hold their 22nd annual encampment in Klamath Falls from Wednesday to Friday of this week, and the VFW auxiliary which win held its 15th annual encampment at the same time, will be Department Commander Louis E. Starr (upper left). Department Senior Vice commander Herman E. Lafky (upper right). Department Quartermaster and Adjutant W. E. McGuifin (lower left) and "Department Senior Vice President Edith Mudd (lower right), of the auxiliary. The highlight of the encampment will be the joint memorial service to be held at the KUHS auditorium at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening. The memorial service will be called to order by Depart ment Commander Starr and the program will include the invoca tion by the Rev. E. V. Haynea. the song, "Nearer My God to Thee." a ritual service under the direction of Department Chap lain Windus. the VFW memorial song. "Sleep. Soldier Boy." by the Klamath Lutheran mala octet, a memorial address by Past National Chaplain Perry Smith, the song. "America," and the benediction by Father B. J. Scott. Jack Waits, "Lex" Veteran, Tells Story of Battle 1 (Continued From Page One) banked away from the ship. A moment later two of the fish hit with a thud felt through the entire hulk of the big Lex. Our gun was undamaged however, and from then on we were busy boys as wave, after wave of torpedo planes and dive bombers converged on us from all sides. But, as I've said, their aim was highly inaccurate in view of their numbers. Then, too, our fighter planes were aloft and engaging 'em wherever they could find 'em. That helped a lot. During the battle, our battery was ordered to switch fire from port to starboard several times. Normally we fired to port. But we got two of 'em. The one I remember most was a tor pedo craft which had loosed its fish at our port side, then banked to its left so that for a short moment it was running parallel to the Lex and in the same di rection. Perfect Target It presented a perfect target and we let the Jap have it with all four barrels. The plane was vitally hit, perhaps the shells killed the pilot, for it immediate ly began to drift to the right and crashed into the side of the car rier toward the bow from us. I don't think all the torpedoes which crashed into the sides of the big ship did much damage. That is, if it hacLi't been for the fires started deep within. They did give us a list of about 10 degrees to port but within six minutes after the bat tle was over the Lex was right ed and steaming steadily for ward at 20 knots. To me, that showed the excellency of our of ficers and the perfect coordina tion they had with the men. I don't think there's a more capable carrier commander than Captain F. E. Sherman, our skip per, who was the last man off the ship. I understand that since the battle he has been made a rear-admiral. Well, as I've related, the at tack lasted 24 minutes. I knew that several guns around us had been silenced but ours came Officials Coming vni- 1 ' t through without the loss of a man. After the fight was over we had little to do although we re mained at our stations. We didn't know at the time that the Jap carriers had been engaged and had a lot of trouble right at their doorstep. Big Explosion Two hours rf terward, at about 2 o'clock, a big explosion almost directly below us shook the ship and gave us a second list of about three degrees. It was fol lowed by a succession of smaller blasts that were to continue all afternoon. At about 4:30 the command was given to abandon ship. I went forward which was a mis take for I found out afterwards that the ship's store of ice cream had been broken out and found my shipmates cutting down life rafts and lowering lines to the water. I grabbed one on the port side, after inflating the life jacket I bad worn during the entire at tack, and slipped into the calm but oily water. It was only then that I felt fear all of us had been too busy before that, I think for the cur rent kept pulling me back to ward the ship's side. Finally the doomed Lex's big hulk the engines had been stopped floated astern and away from me. In the meantime I didn't know but what it might blow up at any minute. Picked Up Fifty minutes later it must have been almost six o'clock by then I was picked up by a launch and taken to a cruiser. Meanwhile fires began to break out on our ship from stem to stern. Suddenly the biggest blast of them all blotted out the center in a blinding flash of light which looked like a colossal pho tographic bulb exploding. When I last looked, our ship was flaming from stem to item. I felt pretty rotten about It and I guess the rest of the boys did too. I understand that a little later one of our destroyers steamed within range and threw several fish into her to keep her from becoming a floating derelict I don't know whether or not I'll again be assigned to carrier duty unless I'm good enough to make it as a pilot. I learned in San Diego that my application for naval air corps training had been accepted and as soon as they've room for me I expect to be transferred to the air arm. I don't know what my assign ment will be in the meantime but, in one way or another, I'd like another crack at the Japa nese' m soon possible. Friendly Helpfulness To Every Craed and Purse Ward's Klamath Funeral Home : . - r Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ward. I Owners ! ! WiUard Ward, Mgr. j "5 Hlgl Phon 3334 i ALLIED ATTACK WAITS PROPER (Continued From Page One) only a successful attack would help the allies and that "failure would damage and would not assist our common cause." "When we strike, let us strike hard and with determination to march through to Berlin before we call a final halt," he said. USD URGES SPEEDY CLEANUP OF DRIVE Chalking up over half of Its 58600 quota, USO drive offi cials Saturday announced that Klamath citizens have contri buted $3,387 so far "to help someone they know." With more boys entering the services every day, drive workers laid special stress on the tremendous im portanace of civilian support, and urged that contributions be made speedily to carry on the work. One hundred percenters lo cal groups whose members have every one made their contribution- grew In numbfF RatiirrfaVj with six firms added to the hon or roll: Balslger Motor company; Big Lakes Box company; Ever body's Drug store; Klamath Sec ond Hand store; Conifer Lum ber company and Kelplne Ply wood company. . Members of the Stewart-Len ox Community club knew exact ly what to do with the seven odd dollars they had left after the purchase of a war bond they turned it in to the USO Saturday morning, and it will go to help entertain the boys, con tribute to navy relief and local troop entertainment. Klamath Queen Candidates Meet Friday Night A group of Klamath girls, rep resenting various parts of t h e county, met at the Elk hotel with representatives of the Junior chamber of commerce Friday night and were advised on the progress of the Victory rodeo queens contest to be held July 4 and 5 by Klamath Buckaroo days. Estle Affleck, Junior chamber chairman 6T the contest, stated Saturday other candidates who were unable to attend the meet ing Friday night would be ad vised of the next gathering at which time the queen will be named. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY AFTER THIS DATE, I will be responsible only for debts con tracted by myself. J. A. Holm. 6-22 FOR RENT Large house, sev eral bedrooms, close in, reas onable. Telephone 8226. 6-23 FOR SALE Guernsey cow, giv ing five gallons milk. 1S06 Arthur. 6-23 TWO, THREE AND FIVE room furnished apartments, close in. Inquire 620 Washington or 116 No. Fifth. 6-23 FOR RENT Close in furnished 3-rooms and bath; gas equip ped. Phone 3086. 6-20 SUPREME QUALITY 39-inch cotton mattress, nearly new, $8. Also 9x12 rug pad, $2. 2012 Main, Apt B. 6-20 TABLE MODEL SUNLAMP, cold mercury-arc type, auto matic timer. Goggles Includ ed, $10. 2012 Main street, Apt. B. 6-20 FOR SALE Equity 1940 Ply mouth Deluxe Sedan, excel lent condition, good rubber, very reasonable for quick sale. 820 E. Main. 6-23 FOR SALE OR TRADE Four used tires and tubes, 20 in. 2 like new. Phone 4000. 6-24 A CAFE, bar and pool business making better than $4000 net annually, located on lot 30 by 140 with good building. Not located in the Falls. Price In cluding building, lot, fixtures, and large stock for $12,000. Health failure reason for sell ing. Phone 7228. 4-ROOM HOUSE, 335 Jefferson, $20. Inquire No. 0 Loom is Bldg. 2687tf When In Medfard Buy at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Jo and Anna Earlay Proprietors Tl Ration Board For Second Ration board officials today wore high in their praise of the numerous cltixcns throughout the county who volunteered and assisted in the registration for canning sugar certificates which took place this week. These vol unteers all served without pay and devoted many hours of tedi ous work In registering and Is suing certificates so that Klam Mtft liuuMTwivi-a cOuid secure sugar for this season's canning, it was stated. However, from the registra tion figures it was apparent that many housewives put off regis tering until the Inst day, and so swamped the registration boards that all were not able o secure their certificates. For this rea son the board has designated Friday, June 26, as another reg istration day and appealed to the civic-minded citizens of the coun ty to again volunteer their ser vices for this registration. As soon as dotalls can be worked out, announcement will be made through this newspaper of the various registration places. These places will be ap proximately the same as those used this week, but in some In stances must be changed. People in the outlying communities are asked to watch for announce ments of the registration places, which will be posted in their local post offices. In most In stances school houses will be used for the registration, but in Navy Recruiting Score Card This Is the Klamath navy recruiting scoreboard. It shows the quota for local recruiting for the navy by June 23, how many have been signed up, and how many to go. Quota 38 Recruited 14 Yet to go 24 Radio Day by Day Pacific War Tim NEW YORK. June 20 (Wide World) Of the 50 or so war effort programs being carried each week, the only one listed to continue for the duration is the official army hour of NBC. It's slogan is; "On the Air Until Vic tory." On Saturday night lists: CBS 4 p. m. People's Platform, "Axis State of Mind;" 7:15 Dr. Frank Klngdon, "Congress in War time;" 7:30 Cleveland Orchestra, new series; BLU 6 Summer Symphony, Dr. Black. Sunday brings: Talks 8 a. m. Reviewing Stand "Price Fixing;" CBS 9:15 p. m. Rabbi Louis Fin kelstein on "War and Religion;" NBC 11:30 Round-Table; BLU 12:15 Wake up Forum new time "War and Free Enterprise;" CBS 1, Archbishop of Canterbury from London; MBS 3, Secretary Ickes on "We Americans Mean Business;" MBS 5, Forum "Labor-Management Relations." Premieres NBC . V:45 a. m. Commando Mory, dramatic; NBC 2 p. m. Dear Adolf, with Raymond Massey; CBS 4:15 Lou Holtz and Mildred Bailey. NBC 10:15, 12:15, 2:15 Hale America Golf; 2:30 Betta Davis in "Adolf and Mrs. Runyan;" 4 Victory Parade, Rudy Vallee. BLU 1:30 Army-Navy Game, Quiz. Monday expectations: CBS 12:30 Bruce Barton on "Adver tising In Wartime." Continuous Today From Noonl LAST COMPLETE SHOW STARTS AT MIDNIGHT! 'A . SPECIAL ADDED The Year's Greatest Fsaturettel Lieutenant JAMES STEWART In "WINNING YOUR WINGS" Also j "Carnival In Braiil" Sets Friday Sugar Sign-Up some of the communities more convenient locations will be chosen. Eligibility Those eligible to rrRlslor for canning sugar are family units, which must show the amount of fruit canned in the 1941 season, or give satisfactory evidence that canning is a practice of the unit if no canning was done In iWHi. One pound of sugar is al lowed for every four quarts of fruit. The registrant must bring his war ration book for endorse ment at the time of rojlstrntlon. If no book was received at tho time of consumer registration due to excess sugar, special pro vision is made to take care of these cases and credit can bo given and books issued at an earlier date. The board further stated that the limited staff working at the office, 323 Main street, is far be hind in Its work of Issuing books applied for this week. It ap pealed to th public to be pa tient and give time for the work to be done. They also publicly expressed their appreciation to the chamber of commerce for the furnishing of quarters, equip ment, and the services of its staff In this registration, and to the Klamath' county court for pro viding additional clerical assist ance. It was pointed out that the chamber of commerce Is receiv ing no remuneration from any source for this work. Editorials on Newt (Continued From Page One) Then a special anti-tank gun of about 1-lnch bore was developed. Anti-tank guns have been In creasing steadily In bore and fire power. "THIS Is tho point A The British military leaders COULDNT IMAGINE an anti tank gun of 31-Inch bore. The Germans COULD. It came in handy in the pinch that counted. A NOTHER instance of lack of Imagination: Alexander dc Sevcrsky, in his new book "Victory Through Air Power," tells us that in the crit ical years preceding this war our own army refused to mount multiple machine guns in the wings of warplanes and ruled out the use of airplane cannon. They couldn't IMAGINE such developments, Tho British COULD AND DID imagine them, and as a result their heavily-gunned Spitfires and Hurricanes were able to lick the German air force and save England. Imagination counts in war. OUR own army LATER added iuuut)jic iiiaiimic guns ana cannon, as well u armor, to its warplanes. The cannons are comlna In handv. ax vnn mmv judge from this dispatch from niacArinur s headquarters In Australia: "Lieutenant Brown, an Oak Park, 111., 25-year-old, today picked out a Jap Zero ftghtur, attacked it with his CANNON and it burst Into a million pieces." Arthur McReynolds Found Dead Friday Arthur McReynolds, about 60, neffro. wan fmtnri h&h in 1.1. bed at his shack near the Great onnern water tank outside the city limits late Friday night.' RIGHT HOW! THE THUNDERING 1942 VERSION OF THE GREATEST ADVENTURE EPIC OF ALL TIME! riASK IIOTD riODOCTIOKS, he pritnt REX BEACH'S DinwcH scon wwne Morgan! UHOSAY Hurry CAKT KdwnJ BAR1H0MESS 6sorgs CltVELAHD ATTRACTION! Cartoon O NEWS HITLER ASKS CESSION OF FRENCH IS (Continued from Page One) ports that Prime Milliliter Chur chill was seeking quirk United States help in the Mediterranean theater were taken to Indicate that the British bollevrd a tre mendous German drlvo against Sucx was impending. While British north African armies girded for the defense of Egypt, Hitler's field headquart ers announced that "the destruc tion of SuvuMopol continues" amid heavy fighting .around a northern fort of tho big Crimean naval base, With Sevastopol out of the way. Hitler would be In a posi tion to send his armies Into Die oil-rich Caucasus and down that land bridge to the Middle East in a thrust synchronized wllh one eastward against Egypt and the Suez: Klamath Zooms $500 Over Bond Quota at Rally (Continued from Page One) Weston Watson of Klamath Falls and Norman King of Mer rill. The boys told some of their experiences at the time the Lexington was lost In tho Coral sea engagement, and Walts spoke briefly on behalf of the navy, thanking tho "heme folks" for their hospitality. Speaker of the evening was Wilson Wiley, Klamath Falls at torney, who gavo an inspiring address. In tho absence of City Attorney D. E. Van Vector, Councilman A. H. Bussmnn spoke on behalf of city. Made line Mahoncy sang "Tangerine" from "The Fleet's In," accom panied by Emll Burald. and Charles Stanficld directed the city band in playing "The Star Spangled Banner." John Eblnger introduced the Commandos, young women's service group who appeared for the first time In their blue and white uniforms. They aided in the selling of bonds and In the enlistments. VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHS LEWIS Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., June 19, 1842, to Mr. and Mrs. Austin B. Lewis, box 237, city, a boy. Weight: 8 pounds 6 ounces. OLEXER Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, Oro., Juno 10, 1042, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Olexer, Tulelake, Calif., a girl. Weight 7 pounds 3V4 ounces. Listen, brother there's not a damned thing left In Cologne. Sgt. Bud Cardinal, R. A. F., of Fort Worth, Tex. FREE PARKING W VBM 1 V. I '-JV 1 SI A I I rwju.M I II I I I w-r I It 1 Continuous From Noon Balutdsy and Sunday TODAY ONLY! BOB BURNS - MISCHA AUER "ALIAS THE DEACON" JOHN PAYNE - JANE WYMAN "Kid Nightingale" Extral "CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT" - COLOR CARTOON SUNDAY and MONDAY l2nd Ac Hit! " "1 ROGERS JOEL McCREA "PRIMROSE PATH" Extral PORKY CARTOON - NEWS WAR QUIZ ;sj 1. This dragon modal attn ed to a yellow ribbon edgVl with bltia Is tlio China campaign nuidiil worn by some American t j soldiers. Is I"!-! presented f o r iK - service In this wur or a previ ous compalgnT 3. Is II prob able that the re cent sinking of on allied ship In the St. Law rence rlvor was visible from either shore o lhe stream? 3. Bootlicking submission to tho n a 1 1 s by l.-rrI Plorre Laval shows the need of France for another 'Tiger." Nnme tha dauntless patriot with Hint nickname." Answers on Pag 4 I (Continued from Page One) slrulglit at thnt point. Tho Cour villa cur win sumo 12 Inches oft the pavement at tha point of Impact. The Indlun was not drlv ing at an oxcowlve rata of speed, police said. Hood's death was attributed to internal injuries. Neither of his companions was Injured. Late Saturday stato police had not filed charges. Hood's body wns moved to Ward's. British Demand q "Inquest" in W Desert Defeat (Continued From Page One) major axis columns were report ed to havo veered back west ward after they were engaged about 23 miles from Bardla. Field Marshal Erwln Rom mel's main forces were reported re-qulpped and reorganised foi what most Informed sources bet lleved would be a gigantic aa sault on Tobruk, slege-lhres ened Libyan port 70 miles wesf of Bardla. FDR, Churchill Held Mapping Counter Blows (Continued from Pago One) that the British believed a O mendous German drive against Suet was impending, If not al ready under way. As for the Pacific, word from China that the Jopanese were preparing a blow against Siberia was being taken with Increasing seriousness. , The horse rare business Is the only one where It really pays to ploy favorites. I I 1 I U I I I j - a i J HiT . Hi' i . X7 w mm
