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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON December 2, 1942 PAGE TWO OVERTIME PAY N G S ACTION BY GRAND JURY (Continued From Page One) to tha sheriff's office by her son In-law, Walter Hannon, and hl mother, Mrs. Ellen Hannon, i bondsmen. Bond waa let at $1900 on each count. Mr. - Short waa arraigned about 2:30 p. m. Wednesday bt- lore Judgo Vandenberg. She appeared with Hannon and Mrs. Ellen Hannon who were ap proved aa bondsmen for a total of 4500. Affidavits of prejudice against Judge Vandenberg were filed by Mrs. Short Immediately. The courtroom session was quiet. The county clerk made the ' following statement immediate- , ly after the arraignment: "This Is Just the culmina tion of the vicious fight that " has been made on me for the ' past seven years by those . whom I have opposed in their efforts to plunder the county. I will lot the people of Klam ath county Judge when all the facts are made public. I have the same confidence in the sound Judgment of the people of this county they have manifested in their electing me county clerk." xne question 01 overtime pay to the county clerk came to the front recently when the county audit for the first half of 1942, made by the secretary of state's office, called attention to the two election payments made to Mrs. Short The auditor called attention to the law which pro vides $2400 a year as the Klam ath county clerk's salary. mrs. onon ai mat time siatea that at a recent meeting of county - clerks in Portland, overtime pay . was discussed and that several clerks said they received such compensation, one receiving as much as $190 for election work. Audit Cited by Judge When the grand Jury met this week, Circuit Judge Vandenberg called attention to the recent audit and also read the section of the law giving the compen sation for elective officers. Later, the grand jury made a presentment of facts to the Judge, giving substantially the facts re cited in the indictments. The juage instructed tne jury tnat if those facts were true, a crime Had been committed. t The indictments show that Mrs. Short appeared voluntarily before the grand Jury. Others endorsed as grand jury witnesses are T. D. Case and H. L. Kellls, former deputies in the county clerk's office, County Judge U. E. Reeder, Harold Hendrickson, former deputy county clerk in charge of circuit court clerk work, and Geneva Garland, dep uty county clerk who is now do ing circuit clerk work as deputy county clerk. The grand Jury, In addition to YOU DON'T NEED CASH AT Sears-USE PURCHASE COUPONS Vou r to the Credit Offle Ju.t once to get a book full of coupon . . , then you prtid the coupons Juit Ilk "h all throuRh the (tore. TIipm'b no fnu or formal Itv, no Iftnfnir ialta illpi. flmnll down payment end nion t lily rtpnynicnU. Uiuiil carrying charge. 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One of the indictments of the county clerk states that between March 9 and 11, 1942, she re ceived for an official duty, prep aration for tho primary election, compensation of $25 other than permitted by law. The second Indictment states she received $20 between May '. and Ju.. 4 for compiling re turns from the primary election, The third charges she received $50 tor dog license work be tween June 27 and July 3. The text of .the grand Jury1 report on the circuit court and circuit court clerk situation fol lows: x "There having been called to the attention of this grand Jury certain difficulties arts ing between two offices, and an examination having been made of those difficulties, it Is the recommendation of this body that the county clerk appoint a deputy to have charge of all work pertaining to the circuit court; and, fur ther, that the office of that deputy be moved to the room adjoining the circuit court room, together with the files pertaining thereto. "We . further recommend that the legislators from this district propose in the Oregon legislature at its next session a bill separating the office of clerk of the circuit court from the office of the county clerk, and to make the clerk of the circuit court elective or appointive, as in their opinion would be most ap propriate under tne circum stances. "We further recommend that all court house officials discharge the duties of their offices in cooperation with each other in order that the business of the public may be carried on in an econom ical and efficient manner and without friction." 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VKKs Vapomn, RUSS RETAKE VITAL HILL (Continued From Page One) since early In the battle of Stal ingrad and its heights had given him a clear view east to the Volga, a stronghold dominating part of the city and cover for troop movements insido. Seven counterattacks were made by the nazis who threw as many as 70 tanks and two regi ments of infantry Into the strug gle In a desperate effort to re gain the hill. Red Star said. The grinding offensive con tinued on the central front where the Russians pressed a second winter drive against posi tions which the Germans oc cupied a year ago In the Rzhev-Vyazma-Vellkle Lukl area. Raymond Fuller Sees North African Campaign From Tank (Continued From Page One) for us and the lead was flying thick and fast both ways. Van Oss had a hole in his gas tank that you could run your fist through and all the other four tanks were hit by lots of smaller fire. All of us came back alive and unhurt How, I don't know. There was one funny Incident on the second day. The French found our range with their big guns and opened fire. I fell back about 200 yards and started firing back and so did the other tank In my section. Greathouse Is the other tank commander's name in my section. When the smoke cleared away there was just the two tanks and the colonel's tank and two half tracks left. All the rest had gone so far. back they were out of- sight. The colonel just strolled over and said, "Where has everybody gone?" in such a nonchalant manner that we had to laugh. Capt. Shapiro men went after the rest of them and brought them all back and that was when they decided that he had better try to get the guns at dusk. Our platoon leader really did a good job in keeping the tanks in a co-ordinated attack, and they promoted him from a sec ond lieutenant to a first lieuten ant. Our captain was made a major for his work, but he is still going to be our company commander. On the morning of the third day they decided to try to take the main city, which we did. The snipers damn near drove us crazy although the French had already taken over the German consulate and the people as a whole were plenty glad to see us. 1 was tired, dirty and worn out and a gash on my mouth that I got as we went over about a 6-foot bank on the way in. and. yet I was so happy that I had to laugb or cry, so I laughed. The men coming behind us did a good job too. They had to fight everything we had gone around. Several men In our company were wounded as five tanks were knocked out, but all but one are back, and he Is shell- shocked. He was a good boy too about 21. Our maintenance worked in darkness during the fighting and fixed three of the five that were knocked out, so we came out of the fight losing TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY BACHELOR'S CABINS, $10 month. 510 So. Fifth. WASHROOM HELPER. Inside work. Cascade Laundry. 12-5 Always 2 Big Hits 25c New Today! A Thriller Dillert A norllli with l man'a brain I (pS CASE of IIONII 1 A k GWYNNE 2nd Hit! rough t Back By Popular Requeatl A Big Hit of Ytr)raarl tat rm , Laugh! I Drama I Palhoal SOOTH OF C 17 only two tanks and one man use less to us. We lived by the hour during those three days. No days or weeks or months or years. Just hours! And during attacks life was not considered worth think Ing about. Everyone was scared Incltid ing me under fire. There's nothing else like It. During at tacks no one has time to even think about anything else, so they re not afraid then. All in all, wo'ro very lucky to be here, and even Africa looks good with no one trying to kill us. Tavern Employe Arrested After Shooting Melee (Continued from Page One) Robert Hall and, after looking over the premises, left tho place At 2:22 a. m. a second call was received to come to tho Sullivan apartment as "shooting was go ing on." Hall said that Kelly had knocked at the apartment and was ordered to leave. Ho went out the front door and Hall fol lowed him to lock the main en trance. Just then Kelly is said to have started shooting and Hull hid behind the bannister. Police said Kelly fired six shots and that Hall returned two shots from his 25:35 rifle. Two men are said to have run from the scene and a US army lieutenant, standing in front of the Elk hotel, gave police a de scription of tho pair. One is snld to be Seeland who was arrested at 6 a. m. and lodged in the city Jail, Kelly, for whom a warront has been issued, had not been apprehended at a late hour Wed nesday afternoon. Police dug six bullets from the apartmcn house wall which they said were evidently from Kelly's gun. Six empty shell cases were found behind the Lake hotel. One shot was also removed and officers said tills was from a revolver much heav ier than tho one Kelly is alleged to have used in the fray. POTATOES SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2 (AP-USDA) Potatoes: 1 Califor nia, 5 Oregon, 1 Idaho arrived, 28 broken, 25 unbroken cars on track; market about steady: Klamath Russets No. 1 $2.30 $2.55; No. 1 sibe-A 2-inch mini mum, $2.60-$2.65. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 (AP USDA) Potatoes: 8 California, 31 Idaho, 2 Oregon, 1 Utah ar rived, 36 broken, 94 unbrokch cars on track; 2 cars diverted: 4 cars arrived via truck; no north ern sales. !fc CARMEN CESAR MIRANDA ROMERO PIRDrJCTDKflE ora iim MCKD E filmed in Radiant TECHNICOLOR! JAP TROOP SHIPS (Continued From Page One) ing furiously as they were forced back toward tho beaches. The difficult terrain was prov ing as formldnblo an obstacle as tho Japanese, it was report ed. Jap Semi-Circle Tho Japanese wero said to havo dug themselves In with great skill with their strongest positions at Gona, Sanananda Point, Buna and Buna Mission. These positions uro not in great depth but front on marshy land and can be attacked only along narrow strips of fairly dry ground. The enemy positions are ar ranged In a semicircle with machine-gun positions on tho outsido and mortar batteries In side. War Outlook Brightest in 3 Years, Says Knox (Continued from Pago One) being achieved in the production of merchant ships." Turning to criticism of the war effort, Knox commented in a departure from his prepared text: "Tho typewriter strategists reached an all-time high for in accuracy when one columnist charged the navy with having prevented a second front in Europe by taking the offenslvo in the Solomons, on the very day our great arnmdu was In mid- ocean on the way to North Africa. And that was after months of careful, patient pre paration." OBITUARY LUCILLE MECHAM . Lucille Mccham, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mecham of tills city, passed away Tuesday, Decem ber 1, 1942, at 11:08 p. m. fol lowing a brief Illness. She was a native of Klamath Falls, Ore., and at the time of her death was aged 10 days. Surviving be sides her parents are one sister, Joanne; tho grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pcctol of Myton, Utah, and T. L. Mccham of Pltt- ville, Calif. The remains of lit tle. Lucille rout in the pink room at the Earl Whltlock funeral homo, Pine street at Sixth. No tice of funeral will be an nounced Thursday. Buy it throtign the want-ads. GRABLE PAYNE with EDWARD EVERETT HORTON CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued from Page One) They're undoubtedly beginning to reallzo it. COR some reason not clearly apparent, he announces Holy's war toll for tho first 30 months 172 naval ships totalling 327, 000 tons and army, navy and air corps casualties of 94,182 In DEAD ALONE and 232,700 prisoners. A rather staggering loss. .And for what? This is the brutal answer: To serve Italy's GERMAN master the master whom Mussolini IN VITED to set his heel on the Italian neck. DOOR old II Duce. He is got ting what tho Jackal always gets when It tries to hunt with the lion. "THE Japs are still trying to get reinforcements to tho Buna Gona area In New Guinea, where their land forces are penned in. Four of their destroyers, prob ably loaded with troops, aro re ported today to be moving tow ard the beach. Their land forces are fighting stubbornly. In strong positions, with marshy ground In front of them crossed hero and there by narrow strips of fairly dry ground. Over these narrow strips our men must advance In the face of massed Jap machine guns and mortars. You can reallzo why progress is slow. NAVY SECRETARY KNOX, In . ,w.W in thn Nnllinnl Aa. sociution of Manufacturers, Is more optimistic than ho has yut been. The war outlook, he says, Is the brightest In THREE years Our navy, ho asserts, Is now stronger than "on the day be fore Pearl Harbor or tho day after Pearl Harbor." Jap casualties, he adds, have been FIVE TIMES ours. Jap navy casualties have amounted to 10 per cent of their navy personnel, ours to only ONE per cent. TF we can keep that up, there can bo only one end to tho Pacific war. Grand Jury Indicts William W. Baker William Wado Baker was In dicted by the county grand Jury late Tuesday on a chorgo of as sault while armed with a dan gcrous weapon. Baker is accused of assault on Elmer Walker, who received stab wounds at Kcno last Saturday night, just outside a beer parlor, TODAY HARRY , JAMES And His Orchsstri EXTRA! Color Brevity "MEN OF THE SKY" Oolor Oartasn "THI SHISPIIH WOLf . lata War Nam ' .... - OF CO- (Continued From l'ngo One) crc-Ate a second front In Europe, to which Churchill will not agree, and the Chinese want us to shift the emphasis of the war to the Pacific. Wo compromise and go to Africa." Maas added that ho was "not belittling our effort In Africa" if. now -m. q. 57THTJ3 I jj Ann Sothornv I Rod Skelton k "Malsio Got! 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