Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, June 23, 1942, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextJune 28, 1042 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE SEVEN TV HITS 10D-T0N Klnmntli Fulls' temp rubber totul allot over the 100-ton po today mulct predictions Unit It would hit 11m lDO-tun murk by tha tlma the drive ends on June 30, n, O. Snodtfrass, cliiilrmim of t )o city cnmpulifii, reported tlio city total im over 200,000 pounds tills niornliiK, Ha suld lie expected annlhnr 10 to IB tons would on turned In boforo nlhtfnll. Snorigruss uld Hint 300,000 pounda hna bon tentatively let as the city goal and predicted the final flguro would excood It. Ho agnln pointed out thot rubber may bo elthor donated or old for one cent per pound to nny servlco atatlon. Tha government, he anld, will later rjiirclitiBO it for $2(1 per ton. ftl proflta will ho turned over to the USO, Hod Cross mid rmy and navy relief groups, Japanese Goods Sale Nets $39 For USO Drive Purchasing discarded Japan ese merchandise from a counter liibeled "Must . Go, Pay What Ynu Like. For the USO," J. J. Newberry company customers Saturday rolled up a total of SSn.iiO which tha company Im mediately turned over to the USO drlvo for funds to help the bnya In the aorvicea. This contribution atarted the fund on tha way to tha $8000 mark, still abort of the $8000 s-otn earmarked to support Wamath share of USO activi ties, navy relief and local troop entertainment. Proof of how much the USO meane to the boys waa received tlila week In a letter turned over to headquarters from Pvt. En Kena Andrews, stationed at Shepherd Field, Tex. Andrews said ' They have two nice USO buildings here and they're tha only thing about the town I like." He Is tho son of Mr, and Mrs. Roy Andrews of Unclcliffe venue. Dr. Black Called To Active Duty Dr. Neil Black, Klamath physician and surgeon, has been called to active duty as a medi cal officer with the armed forces, it was announced Tuesday. OOr. Black, who has been com sloped a captain, will report to the Pendleton air base July fl. Ho will close his office hero ' July 1. Dr. Black Is a former Klam ath county public health officer, and later had charge of medical services for tha state wolf are organization, Roturn Home Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gwyn and two children, Joy and Oroydon, returned the first part of the week to their home on Martin street from a month's vacation spent visiting relatives and frlonds In Port land, Seattle, BelllnRham, Wash., ' Chicago, St. Louis and other 1 mldwestern points. Anita Gwyn, who accompanied thorn on the G3, stopped in Bclllngham en its home, where she will visit with friends for a short time. Circle to Plcnlo Miriam elrcls of the First Presbyterian church will hold a picnic on tha lown at tho home of Mra. A. B. Epperson, '130 North First street, on Thursday afternoon at, 1 o'clock. Coffee and buns will b furnished. Those at tending are asked to bring their own auger for coffee. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all those who ao kindly extended sym pathy, especially tho Knights of Columbus, and for the lovely floral offerings sent following tho denth of our husband and father, Nnpoleon Mingo. Tho Family. 10ET THE I MOST HEAT Out of Your Oil! lat Ua Strvlu Your Burnir Now I ami lor Niwi it Klamath Oil Co. Phono 8404 When in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern' Joa and Anna Eorloy Proprietors Friendly HeSpxiiincais To Ever; Creed and Purse Oard's Klamath Funeral Home Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ward, Owners Wlllard Ward, Mgr. 825 High Phone 3334 BSBSWB Wesley Yancey Tells His Version of "Lex" Sinking (EDITOR'S NOTE; This Is tha third In a aeries of stories about tho expurloniiBs of Kluinuth county youths who survived tha sinking of the ulrcraft carrier Lexington In tho Unttle of the Uorai hoii on May 6. Today's story Is by Wesley Yancey, a I DIM graduate of Klamath Union high school, where ho was a two-year varsity man in foot ball, member of the track team and president of the Hi-Y club. Young Yancoy also attended Liriflold collogu for a year and a hulf, Provloua Interviews have told Uiu stories of Jack Walta of Klamath Falls and Norman King of Morrill. Others by Weston Watson of Klamath Falls and Joe Rogers of Malln will follow.) , By WEBLI5Y YANCEY As Told to Bob Leonard As a aeaman second class and aviation machinist's mate, I was atutltnu-d on the hangar dock of the Lex that'a bolow tha flight dock during tho entiro battle and didn't see any of the attacking planes. But JudRlng from thn cannonading topside I know wo were being assaulted by a large force. I was handling planes at my station when, without warning at about 11:30, nearly every gun on board opened up and 1 knew that something was coming.-' A minute Inter I heard and felt an intensive but dull thud and I knew we had been hit 1 learned luter that three tor pedoes had struck our port side In the first attack. The ahlp began to list, making work among the planes kind of diffi cult. Meantime tha terrific gunfire continued from topside but we dulled It somewhat by stuffing cotton In our ears. The attack lasted from 15 to 20 minutes, but Immediately afterward our list was corrected and wa were steaming along at a good clip. At about 2 o'clock a large explosion shook the sh,lp and several smaller blasts fol lowed It. They continued all afternoon, but we In the hnnpor deck didn't pay much attention to Expense Statements Must Be Filed, Court Rules Today SALEM, June 23 (&) The Oregon supremo court ruled to day that tha organizations and Individuals who sponsored the state union control initiative measure, later declared uncon stitutional, must file tholr ex pense statements with tho sec retary of state. The decision, by Justice Belt and upholding Circuit Judgo L. G. Lewolllng of Marlon county, held thut the corrupt practices act requires the filing of expense statements In connection with campaigns for or against Initia tive measures and referendums, just as the law requires that such stutcmenU be filed in connection with campaigns of candidates for publlo office, Tho suit waa brought by D, E. Nlckerson, executive secretary of the State Federation of Labor, against tho Associated Farmers of Oregon, the Eastern Oregon Wheat league, Horace Mecklem, Henry L. Corbett, Hamilton F. Corbott, Wllllum Knight, George L. Baker, Aaron Frank, and the OBITUARY ROBERT RALPH LUNDOREN Robert Rulph Lundgren, a resident of Klamath Falls, Ore., for the past two years, passed away. In this city on Tuesday, June 23, at 3:45 a. in. The do censed was a native of Yakima, Wash., and was agod 16 years 8 months and 7 days when call ed. He Is survived by his par ent, 'Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lund- grcn-- of St.- Louis, Mo.; two brothers,. Donald of Dornndo, Wis., nnd Ronald of Los Angeles, Calif.; three sisters, Helen Lund gren of Holdon, Wash., Selma Lundgren . of Dorondo, Wis. and Elsie Cook of Klamath Falls, Ora.j grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sundell of Dorando, Wis. and Mr: and Mrs. N. Lund gren of Seattle, Wash. Tha re mains rest In Ward's Klamath Funeral homo, 025 High atreot. Tho notice of tho funeral sr rangementa will be announced later. Cat quick rtllif from sniffling, sneotlns, stuffiness don't blow your noti sort. Insert- Mtntholitum in your nostrils. Mtntholitum toon relieves thus dlicomfoiti and holps you breathe mora freely. Why luflor for hours wsltlnn for en overnight remedy to act when you cen chenga mliery to comfort with Mentholatum right now? lUc and 60c Uses. 'em because we had our hands full with the aircraft which hud relumed from 'battle. Want Up I wont topside u littlo after three o'clock for a breath of iir iii4 fuuiiu iiiOrit vl liio tiicvv busy with hoses and Unas fight ing fires which hud broken out below, I helped up there for a while until orders wera given to abandon ahlp. About that time somebody broke out the Lex's supply of Ice cream so most of us there on the. flight duck pitched In. A little later I went uft to tha fantall and sat there for about IS minutes. Many of the crew were In tha water by that time eo I took off my tihoes, placed them neatly side by side, Inflated my life Jacket and jumped. It was from 30 to 40 feat to the water and I went down pretty deep but cume up quick ly enough. The water was as calm as a mlllpond and warm between TO and 80 degrees. No Sharks Sharks would have had a picnic there because there ware nearly 2000 man in the water by the time all the crew had gotten off. Fortunately, none oppeared. None of the boys that I saw wore panicky and I don't think thut any of tho others we.s. I wasn't In tho water long saw a Hie rati some 40 yards away and swam over to it. Nearly an hour later we were picked up by a cruiser and sev eral days later re-transferred and taken home. It was my first engagement. I had only been at sea a little less than a month. Jack Walta later told me that he had been through three others on tha Lex. 1 enliated on October IB, 1041, apent several weeks In a San Diego machinists' school and was assigned to the Lex In April. Most of ua must report back for duty this Saturday, but where wa go from there is up to Uncle Sam and the Japs. As an aviation machinist, J tuppose ril arjaln bo on carrier duty. And the next time out, It'll be different. MacWllkins and Cola corpora tion. Nlckerson alleged that the de fendants spent $80,000 in obtain ing pasaago of the law at tha 1038 general election. In answering the defendants' contention that the corrupt prac tices act does not apply to In itiative measures, the court said thnt tha people, In enacting the corrupt practices act, "desired to maintain the purity of the bal lot and to prohibit illegal prac tices In , elections, whether a measure or a candidate is In volved." Committee Approves Education Aid Bill WASHINGTON, June 23 (AP) The senate education and labor committee has approved a bill which provides for appropriation of $300,000,000 a year to assist states and territories in meeting financial emergencies in educa tion. Funds would be apportioned on basis of need under a form ula involving the number of per sons between 5 and 17 years old and tha not income of persons In a given stato, compared with all states. 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