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RELIGIOUS CULT
AT
It MEET
Activltiei of Jehovah's Wit
nesses wcro indignantly con
demned at Monday night's city
council meeting by members of
the local AFL carpenters union.
The union filed a vigorously
worded statement with the coun
cil, asking that it take appropri
ate steps to "hamper and pre
vent" the activities of the re
ligious cult, which has been busy
with tracts and phonograph ma
chines in Klamath Falls in the
last few weeks. The carpenters
said they had the full support of
the central labor council in their
stand.
In their statement, the carpen
ters said it was noticeable at the
time of the Fourth of July par
ade that many people did not re
move their headgear when the
flag passed by. Upon Investiga
tion, they said, they found most
of the offenders were members
of Jehovah's Witnesses, which
they described as a "religious
cult which openly refuses to do
homage to the flag." .
The carpenters alleged the
Witnesses attempt to force the
"Watchtower," a magazine, upon
the public here, and they said
the Watchtower refuses to sup
port the u. S, war effort.
Scorn and Disapproval
The unionists asked that Je
hovah's Witnesses be classed as
"the most disrespectful element
among the conscientious objec
tors and be looked upon with
scorn and disapproval.
Individual spokesmen for the
union group told of instances
where Jehovah's Witnesses had
Insisted on playing phonograph
records on the front porches of
unwilling listeners.
The council decided to write
the League of Oregon Cities to
find what model ordinances for
control of such activities may be
in force in other places.
The city fathers decided to
grant a license to Skateland,
local skating rink, with the
Understanding that the rink will
close at 9:45 p. m. in order that
it will not encourage violation
of the curfew laws. The ordi
nance covering such places may
be- revised to conform to the
ideas of Juvenile Officer Dave
Bridge who, last week, com
plained that skating rinks en
courage youngsters to stay out
after hours.' .
Gas Contract
The council gave the Associ
ated Oil company the city's gaso
line contract for the fiscal year
at 14.6 cents a gallon for stand
ard grade.
reported that he had investi
City Engineer E. A. Thomas
gated low-flying airplanes over
the city and had been informed
they are operated by private
pilots flying from the municipal
airport. He said he had talked
with Louis Soukoup, airport
manager, about the possibility
of grounding these fliers if they
continue low-flying tactics.
Conning Sugar
Sign-Up Set Friday
Users of canning sugar who
have not filed applications for
sugar may do so Friday, July
24, the office of the Klamath
county rationing board said to
day. :
The office at 434 Main street,
will be open between 9:30 and
four o'clock on Friday to ac
cept applications for ration
nooks.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank those who
aided and assisted us during our
; recent bereavement in the loss
of our mother. Mrs. Mnrenn.
. Also for the beautiful floral of-
: fering and . for the . sympathy
shown in our hours of sadness.
, Alice Hamilton, Grace Rambo,
; Ruth Barfield. Robert Allpn
Dorothy Morling, Pearle Fos
ter, Ada Harrington, Wilbur
. Harrington, Lee Harrington.
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Harvey Park it shown being decorated by Bogue Dais with
the oiticlal national air raid warden insignia, now available to
qualified man at the office of L. Orth Slsemore, ARP head In
the Klamath civilian defense setup.: The white arm band carries
a blue circle with red and white stripes signifying the multiple
duties of the wardens. '
First Women's Army in
U. S. History Gets Going
"Yes, ma'am!" ".rr.
General recruiting for the
women's army auxiliary corps is
now underway, and soon thou
sands of new recruits, Instead of
saying "Yes sir" to their erst
while bosses, will be clicking
their heels with a smart "Yes
ma'am" or well, what would
they say? to their superior of
ficers. Monday marked the opening
day when applications were ac
cepted for the first women's
army corps in the history of the
country, according to Sgt. Frank
Huhin, in charge of local army
recruiting offices in the Federal
building. Meanwhile, 450 picked
officer candidates are preparing
to undergo intensive training at
Fort Des Moines, la.
In case you hadn't heard, the
WAAC is a corps of women in
military uniform and under mili
tary, discipline, organized for
noncombatant service with the
regular army to release the men
for active combat duty. It is the
only women's organization, ex
clusive of the army nurse corps
authorized to serve with the
army.
Military Lines
Organized along military lines,
there will be a director, assist
ant director, officers and auxil
iaries. Auxiliaries are the equiv
alent of enlisted men in the
army. The organization, which
will consist of company units,
will proceed slowly and care
fully so as to assure a solid
foundation for future expansion.
Any woman can join who
meets the following require
ments: An applicant must be a
woman citizen of the United
States; be between her 21st and
45th birthdays; have an excel
lent character; pass an intelli
gence' test; submit satisfactory
proof .of birth date and citizen
ship; meet specified require
ments for height and weight.
She must also secure a state
ment signed by a licensed physi
cian as to her physical fitness;
pass a physical examination by
army doctors and present two
character references from re
sponsible business or profes
sional people acquainted with
her abilities. Those who wish to
qualify as specialists must sub
mit statements from their em
ployers or others testifying as
to their skill in the occupation
desired.
Specialists
In addition to many general
duties, women may apply for as
signment as . specialists in any
one of nearly forty lines of work
from accountants and bakers to
cryptographers and statisticians.
The term of service is for the
duration of the war and for not
more than six months thereafter,
according to Sgt, Huhin. Every
member will have an opportun
ity to be selected for officers'
training school oh the basis of
all-around performance and abil
ity. The ranks will be known as
Insignia
first leader, leader and junior
leader with pay according to a
graduated scale.
Married women are eligible to
join if they can produce an affi
davit that any dependents are
properly provided for. Units of
the corps will be assigned duties
wherever units of the army may
be stationed at home or abroad.
Don't Resign
Huhin cautioned women who
make application not to resign
from their present employment,
for it is expected that organiza
tion will proceed slowly. Even
women definitely accepted will
be on reserve, he said, and those
with specific qualifications will
be called only as needed. After
acceptance, in any case, women
will be given two weeks notice
before being called to duty. ;
Anyone interested in enlisting
in the WAAC should d6 so
through her local recruiting of
fice in Klamath Falls at room
219, Federal building and .not
through the war department in
Washington, D. C, Huhin point
ed out, since recruiting is on a
regional basis and applications
sent to Washington will not be
given consideration. : ';
This is very definitely a
woman's war as well as a man's
war, as evidenced by the dis
closure that 5500 women are ex
pected to be manning vital army
posts by January 1.
Portland Japanese . ':
Assembly Center
Still Temporary
PORTLAND, July 21 (&)
Nicholas L. Bican, new man
ager, asserted today the North
Portland Japanese assembly cen
ter still was on a temporary
basis with no provision for the
coming winter.
"We don't know yet where
the Japanese will be sent, nor
when," he said, "and no plans
have been made for heatmg the
quarters."
Instead of the center's popu
lation decreasing as had been
expected by this time, it has in
creased, he said.
When the center, which form
erly was the Pacific Internation
al Livestock pavilion, was open
ed it was expected that Jap
anese stationed there would
have cleared for permanent
camps before winter.
If we will put as much
thought and money into the
building of markets. as we put
into the - building of factories
we win nave no neea to iear an
other depression. Walter D.
Fuller, publisher.
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RE-HEARING
ASKED POfi
Another chapter was opened
this week in the long litigation
involving the Murray building
at 711 Muin street, when ap
plication was made to the state
supreme court, asking for a re
hearing. On June 30, the court handed
down a decision In favor of
Murray as plaintiff and ap
pellant and reversing Judge Ar
thur D. Hay. Defendants in the
case included Wilson Wiley and
G. Q. D'Albini, local attorneys
who composed the Conger cor
poration, a group of local busi
ness men referred to by the
court as the Wattcrs group,
and the federol Internal revenue
collector. Tho suit cumo about
after the Conger corporation,
which had acquired a deed to
the Main street property, deed
ed it to the Wottcrs group.
Murray sued for re-possession
of the property.
In its opinion, written by
Judge Brand, the court held
"the Conger Corporation held
the property as a mortgagee in
possession, the relation of the
parties being analogous to that
of the trustee. The only
way in which the defendant at
torneys could acquire the prop
erty on the last day of the re
demption period was by the
exercise of the statutory right
of redemption, which, in equity,
belonged not to them but to
the plaintiff, Murray, and we
hold that the Watters group
which received a conveyance
from the Conger Corporation,
together with an assignment of
the right of which in equity
belonged to the plaintiff, Mur
ray, and upon exercising the
statutory right of redemption,
the purchasing defendants must
now be held to be mortgagees in
possession.
Conclusion
"The foregoing must be our
conclusion, unless the purchas
ing defendants were bona fide
purchasers for value without
notice of the equitable claims
of the plaintiff. The
record clearly establishes from
tne testimony of the defendants
themselves that they were pos
sessed of information sufficient
to put them upon reasonable in
quiry concerning the rights of
Murray in the property;"
and "the case must be re
manded to the circuit court for
an accounting appropriate to
that situation."
The defendants have Invest
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ed in the property $08,300 ull of
which must bo repuld by Mur
ray, wllli interest at 6 from
March 23, 1938. Hold by tho
Collector of Iuternul Kuvenuo Is
$13,000, port of the $10,600
paid by the defendants for the
property when it was sold by
the federal government to liqui
date income toxes owned by
Murray, and tills will bo re
turned to them. Murray will
be given credit for all of the
rents of the property collected
bv the defendants since March
23, 1B38. When Murray has
compiled with tho terms of the
decree, the property Is to be
conveyed to him.
The attorneys In tho case
wero Mamilre, Shields, Morri
son and Dlggs of Portland, rep
resenting Murray, Mr, Biggs and
Donald K. Grunt of this firm
being in active charge of the
case. Tho defendants wero rep
resented by Kuykendall and
Kuykendull of this city.
Summary
In their petition for a re
hearing filed this week, the
defendants claims wero sum
marized as follows:
Court made findings of fact
not sustained by evidence, court
failed to rule the plaintiff was
not in equity with clean hands,
court failed to consider Mur
ray's affidavit thut ho had no
Interest in property, court con
sidered irrelevant and Imma
terial evidence In determining
that defendants were not bona
fide purchasers and value of
property at time of sale was
not considered.
The court probably will not
consider petition until early in
September,
Ordnance Company
Recruit Meeting
Scheduled Here
PORTLAND, July 21 )
Major W. E. Brown of tho per
sonnel division office, chief of
ordnance, lust night disclosed
plans to recruit an all-Oregon
ordnance company of approxi
mately 200 officers and men.
The group will be known as
Company B, will contoin me
chanics and machinists and will
be a combat company.
The Associated Equipment
distributors of Oregon are back
ing the company. Freeman Sor
sanous, Portland, has been ap
pointed chairman. Applicants
will be interviewed at tho Mult
nomah hotel here July 27, at
the Willard hotel, Klamath
Falls, July 28; at the Medfprd
hotel, Medford, July 20; at the
Liggers & Contractors Mnchln-'
ery company. Eugene, July 30,
and at the Marion hotel, Salem, '
July 31. r. i
If China doesn't get Immedi
ate help, Japan and Germany
will encircle the world Sou
may Tcheng, Chinese woman
lawyer.
AUPORNIA
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LAKEVIEW No announce
ment has yet been made as to
whether or not an effort will
ba made to obtain permission
to secure necessary equipment
for a new sawmill by Lokevlew
Lumber company officials,
whoso mill burned to the
ground early Sunday morning.
It was expected that David
DeArmond, mayor of Lukevlew
and co-owner of the razed mill,
would reveal tho firm's decision
shortly. Lou Ohlsen, formerly of
the Adams Lumber company
which later became the Goose
Lake Box company, Is part
owner of the mill.
Sparks from a burner which
Is used Jointly with the Oregon
Lumber and Moulding company
are believed to have caused
the Sunday blaze.
The Lakeview mill was pur
chased In 1039 from the re
ceiver of Lakeview Pine Lum
ber company and has been one
of the largest producers In tills
community for the past three
years.
Sprague Red Cross
Changes Meeting
Time and Place
SPRAGUE RIVER The
Sprague River unit of the Red
Cross has changed Its meeting
time from Tuesday afternoon
to Tuesday evening and the
meeting place from Mrs. Fuller's
homo to the primary room- of
the schoolhouse. The change of
time and place was made to
give a more convenient meeting
location and to enablo the wo
men to work during tho cool of
the evening.
An addition to the local work
was the donation of a hand
some bulletin board by Jack
Nelson, local carpenter. The
bulletin board has been erected
In the postofflce and all women
are urged to look closely for
announcements.
The women have completed
several quotas and are now un
dertaking new projects. Most of
tho work is tho knitting of
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sweaters, mittens, socks and
other articles for the soldiers
and refugees, As many as 42
local women have participated
In the local organization.
Prejudice Against
Married Teachers
Must Go, Report
PORTLAND, July 21 Ml
Oregon school boards will huvo
to drop their prejudice against
married teachers next fall, Ilex
Putnam, state superintendent of
public Instruction, said yester
day. The teacher shortaga miikct
It necessary to hire anyone
qualified, ho said,
Putnam added that the popu
lation shift to Industrial centers
may muko it possible to close
some rural schools, transferring
teachers of tho small schools to
the cities.
Radio
Day by Day
(Pacific War Time)
NEW YORK, July 21 (Wide
World) Tuning tonight: CBS
0:30 . Cheers from Camps,
Camp Burden, Canada; 7:30,
Chester Williams on "British
People's Reactions to War Con
ditions." ' What to Expect Wednesday:
NBC 0:30 a. m., Nelllo Rovell
Interviews Martin Block. MBS-r
11:30 a. m., Comp Grant Rovlow.
Cedar Mill AFL
Strike Called Off
MARSH FIELD, July 21 (IF)
An AFL striko was called off
yesterday to keep the Evans
Products company cedar mill at
work on needed housing units.
The Coos Bay Building Trades
council lifted a picket line
placed around the plant Friday,
pending settlement of a wage
dispute.
PORTLAND CROWS
PORTLAND, July 21 fP)
Portland's population will be
8.10.000 by next February. Wil
liam A. Bowes, city commis
sioner of public works, esti
mated today on the basis of
U. S. employment service pre
dictions of future labor needs.
.July 21. 1943
Joan Crawford
Marries in -.
Surprise Ceremony u
VENTURA, Cullf.. July 21 (P)
Joan Cruwford, who went from
dancing to dramatic roles on the
screen, was married today to
Philip Terry, who recently has
had two picture roles.
Tho actress. 34-yoar-old fur
mer wlfo of Douglas Fairbanks
Jr., and of Frnnehot Tune, suld
she and her little known acting
groom had taken out a Uremia
here neveral weeks ago but kept
It seerrt,
Hollywood hardly had known
they wero acquainted; certainly
did not know their romance was
serious.
The ceremony wim pronounced
by Justice David Flynn at 12:10
a. m. with only their host, Nell
McCarthy, Los Angeles attorney.
turfman; his wlfo and CoumJ )
Clerk L. E. Hollowed In attend
ance. Paul O. Landry
mil question!
"Our household furni
ture Is Insured under a
standard fire policy and
we are planning to move
to anothtr address. Will
our furniture automatically
be covered at the new lo
cation or It Is nsceuary
to have the p o 1 1 e y en
dorsed?" For tnlormatlon on any
Insurance problem, consult
the Landry Co., 313 Main
St. Phone 5611.
"The Courthouse ! Just
across the street from our
office."
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