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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1943)
im; tat il- ar. o: J- wji .1., t : January B, 1948 GDNGRESSIQNA L SF WASHINGTON, Jim. 5 W) Commuiulor Herbert E, Sclion land, who was "too damned busy" flKlilInK flro and water lo luko commund of tlio builly diiin nKcl cruiser Sim Francisco whim oil IiIh superiors wuru killed or wounded, rocolvcd tlio conKres f ilonul medal o( lienor today from DAL AWARDED COMMANDER h President Roosevelt. M- Sclionlnnd wuii dunuiife control in,., officer of the cruiser In her lic it . tlmi auaiiml numerically super- v lor Japanese forces In the buttle w off Knvo in and tliu nlUlil 01 no vomber 12-13. mid hu lent word to LI. Commander Uruco mc Cuiulk'M on thu brldxe to take cliaruu of tho nil Id. From the In U.rliir of the vessel, ho Informed Ilia brldKo: "I'm loo damned buiiy clown hero flKhtliiK flro and water. Citation Road Tho Sun Francisco, allhouKh heavily hit, survived n major balllo off Suvo Island November 12-13. and ultimately reached port. ttcforo tho commander's wlfo nd daughter Dlimno, tho prc.il' dent read this citation: "In tho mime violent niiiht cn gugemcnt In which all of his u ncrlor officers were killed or wounded. I.t. Commander Schon lund was flfihtinu valiantly to froo tho Sim Francisco of larKO quantities of water flooding tho s o 0 n d deck compartments through numerous shell holes caused by oncmy f Iro. Upon be ing Informed that ho wus com munding officer, ho ascertained that tlio conning of tho ship was belnii efficiently handled, than directed tho officer who hud taken over thut tusk to continue while ho himself resumed the vitally Important work of mnin tainlng tho stability of mo snip, "In water wolst-dcep, ho cur rlad on his efforts In darkness II' lumlnated only by hand-luntorns until water In flooded compart- monls had been drained or Dimmed off and water-tight in' togrlty hod again been restored to tho San Fronclsco. Sugar, Coffee Borrowing Okeh, But Pay It Back L "Over tho back fonco" borrow Lj' Ing of sugar and coffco between . ' " housewives who occasionally I find thcmsolvcs up against It ! all right, said tho stato OPA to' i J day, provided tho sugar or coffee Is eventually repaid In equal ; quantity. Such loans do not rc- ; . quire the surrender of sugar or . coffee stamps. f! Consumers who obtain sugar J; or coffee with their war ration ; ; Book 1 and then Just give part of It away are defeating tho "fair . slinro" aim of rationing, and are :' also violating tho regulations, J the OPA points out. The only ; gifts permitted of theso rationed J items, It was explained, are to ! charltablo or religious organlza-tlons. Negro Private to 4; Hang for Murder ,'.'-Of Polish Seaman LONDON, Jan. S (Private Z- Sammle Mickles, a 23-ycar-old X" negro from Cltroncllo, Ala., was sentenced by a general court J martial In 'Jlasgow, December 30, to bo hanged for tho murder f of Jan Ciapcink, a Polish sea . man, United States army head quarters hero announced Mon f; day. , ' Mickles was tho first Amorl con soldier-to bo given tho death sentence in Britain slnco the war !-' bagan. All such proceedings are sub ject to review by President Roosevelt. , The courtmurtlul found that Mickles had "deliberately, malic iously and unlawfully" killed Clapclak on the night of Novcm- ber 18. ALIBI SAN DIEGO, Calif., (!F)U you didn't recolve Christmas Breath gs from friends end relatives In San Diego don't be too harsh. Postmaster Don Stewart dis covered thousands of letters and probably many parcels were plac i In. trash cans which newcomers took, for mail boxes. '' Stewart askod city officials to change the appearance of . the cans. . , I METEOR A DAY ' Twenty million meteors enter the , eorth's ntmosphoro every ' day. Of this number at least ono a day reaches the surface ' of the world. s . ' ( Child's Colds Rtllevi Misery Mif$fC . .-Rub on If IVKd TiiM-Tuttd V VAPORUB ft Uvfev & OUR MEN IN SERVICE r .' r, BROTHERS Lieut. Alfred E. Reed (left) of tho U. S. army air force received his silver pilot's wings December 13, In company with a lurgo graduating clnss lit Lubbock field, Tex. Members of this elms, who skipped entirely the primary trainers in which cadets usually leurn to fly, arc to become in structors at buslc flying schools In gulf const training centers. Lieut. Reed enlisted in tho air forco a year ago, is 27 years old. Pvt. Charles L. Heed (right) is now with a U. S. army Infantry division somewhere in Alaska. lie Is 23 years old, enlisted in February, 11)40. Uolh men ore the sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cross of Fort Klamath. ... PARATROOPER Francis Durbln, son of Mrs. Robert High, 624 High street. Is now at Fort Bragg, N. C, member of tho 004 para troop Infantry, 02nd division (airborne), Tho 82nd Is fumous as tho former division of Ser g c a n t York, World War 1 hero. Durbln Is Irons f e r r I n g soon to. Fort Denning, Co., where ho ex pects to enter tho riggers school, and will take a course in the care and packing of parachutes lie Is a former student of KUHS and spent a furlough In Klamath Falls during November, Charles Rice, second class pet ty officer, machinists mate, In the U. S. nnvul reserves, Is spending a twd-wcek leave hero with his brother, Merwyn Rico of Weyerhaeuser, and other members of his family. Ills sta tion Is Corpus Chrlstl, Tex., t 1 1 1 ' is YOU MUST HAVE YOUR TIRES INSPECTED by Jan. 31, 1943 Avoid the last minute rush ..see our tire experts today o INSPECTION Our trained tire men are ready to Inspect your tires at required by OPA order give you their expert advice) explain the rationing rules; help you prepare your ration application, when necessary. Q REPAIRING Done tight, by skilled workmen with our com plete modern equipment. RECAPPING In our own (hop . . . using the latest recap equipment . . . our skilled mechanic can recap your tires for dependable extra mileage. ONEW TIRES ... of all grades . . . Including famous Top Quality Generals . . available on certificate, according to your eligibility, classification. GENERAL TIRE 3!! TEED and NITSCHELM MONARCH SUPER SERVICE, ' GENERAL TIRES 301 So. Bth Phone 7071 Have Your Wheels ' Balanced Save Tires. '. OFFICIAL TIRE INSPECTORS fife?) whero he Is a member of a Cot ollna crew. Rico has been In tho navy for 14 months, and this Is his first leave. Ho was cm ployed at Wcyorhucuscr before his enlistment. ' SKIINO BAILOR Joe a. Pnuluzo, S. F, 3c, now with Undo Sum's navy, wroto In a letter recently to Mr, and Mrs. C. J. Gruber man of . Chllo quln that ho hud spent a weekend skiing during tho holi days at one of tho many ski re sorts near Bos ton, whero he Is stationed. "It's snowing here to day and it makos ma homesick, wrote Joe. Ilo is a former rcsl dent of Chlloquin. Art E. Anderson of Klamath Fulls has enlisted In the navy and Is now stationed at torro gut naval training station, Lake I'cnd Oreille, Ida. Before his en' llstmcnt last month, Anderson worked as a carpenter on the Farragut station, so ha should feel at homo In his new rating carpenters mote third class. His wife, Lucllo R. Anderson, will Join her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Edward L. Rozum at Tillamook, Ore. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rozum and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson lived In Klamath Fulls for many years before leaving to take up de fense work. With seven members of her family In Uncle Sam's armed forces, Mrs. Charlie Dutton of Route 1, holds something of a record. Mrs. Dutton has four brothers in tho service: Maurice Doyon, youngest of tho group, enlisted in tlio army, December 8, 1041, and Is now a mechanic gunner, battery E, stationed at San Francisco. Maurice lived hero with his sister for a year prior to his enlistment at the Klamath Falls station and was employed by tho Southern Pacl fio company. Louis Doyon, who also lived here with his sister In 1034, Is tho only ono In foreign service, with a medical battalion In Aus tralia, where he went In March of this year. He enlisted in the army Just a year previous to his sailing for the land down under, Second Lieutenant Eugene and AND MTIONINa INFORMATION J HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Emory Doyon, with the medical corps, complete the roster of tho brothers. Mrs. Dutton's sister, Ensign Almee Roso Goyon, enlisted in the nurses corps In May, 1042, and Is now stationed at the U. S. naval hospital Jn Philadelphia. Mrs. Dutton's step-son, Cor poral Orin Dutton, Is now sta tioned at Fort Lewis, Wash., and her son, Henry David, Is expect ing his call to duty in the air corps reserve soon. Cords received hore during tho holidays from Meredith D. Hutchcns, son of Lula B. Hutch- ens of tho Klamath Falls post- office, disclosed that he is now located In tho accounting de partment of the , naval air sta tion at Kodink, Alaska. Hutch ens, a former Oregon State col lege student, was working in Alaska when he entered the service. fVAR-END TO SEE WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 OP) Seventeen allied belligerent gov, ernments and the French na' tlonal committee served notico on the axis and Its beneficiaries today that property' rights In countries now occupied by them will be restored to their rightful owners when the axis is ejected The French national commit tee, state department - officials explained, is the fighting French national committee headed by Gen. Charles de Gaulle in London. In a declaration made public by the state department the sig natories emphasized they . had reference to all property rights or interests which have changed hands through enemy . action whether such transfers or deal Ings have taken. the form of open looting or plunder or. of trans actions apparently legal in form." The declaration applies even to such transfers of prop erty which "purport to be . vol untarily effected, such as the disposal of homes, businesses or securities whose owners were terrorized into signing them away. Rent it through the classified. R0BtRKBIBBBKB0RBRBttt0gtBIBKRB&KgjpKEKtHU HLUS I III UStHTlMsSB H1 11 - -ssMiaaaMaaaMfcrBSMaMHSSW Mor than alt. ihm othmrt together, there It tor aass moUler who MUST come hack. And who doe mot aah hertett WhcnT... How?... Me he eatet . i' What earn For many soldiers and sailors' wives, trie WAAC is the answer to a special need. Many women are finding in service to their country a common bond of bright pnrpose and shared experience the feeling that tliey are backing up their fighting men.. Tomeh9s Young people of tho First Presbyterian church will spon sor a dinner in the church din ing room, Thursday, January 7, at 6:18 p. m., to welcome the Rev. Frederick Applcton, re turned missionary from Ccbu, Tho Philippines. Tho Rev. Mr. Applcton left the Island Just be- foro the Japanese invasion. He is touring southern Oregon in tho interests of tho Presbyterian missions In the Orient. Rev. Appleton is a graduate of Occidental college, Princeton Theological seminary and has re ceived the degree of Master of Theology from the San Francisco Theological seminary, San An- selmo. While serving in the Philippines he filled various po sitions aside from missionary work such as trustee of Silliman university and superintending various construction projects. During his stay here he will speak and show colored pictures. The dinner will be potluck. tho Rev. A. Theodore Smith an nounced, and Is for young peo ple, adults and their friends. AI tamont and Mt. Lakl young peo ple are expected to attend. DISEASE REPORT Communicable diseases for this season of the year are given an extremely low rating, accord Ing to Dr. Peter H. Rozcndal, Klamath county health officer, who reports comparatively few "catching cases." Three cases of diphtheria are being treated at the isolation hos pital, including two adults and one child. There was one death from diphtheria during the past 10 days, the victim a four-year- old child. The cases were re ported from the Malin area but no new ones have occurred this week. A mild type flu is preva lent. Dr. Rozendal said, but the cases of mumps and chickenpox are below normal. t do to hclpf rnty Jfotxitiary (,orps Brig.-Gen. Prahes Strides Made by Oregon State Guard (Hdltor! Kott Tht fnllowlnf artlel WA rltto by Sst. O. J. Ilornt o? Mi Oregon Stat Ouar.U.) Recently Brig.-Oen. Cowglll, commander of the Oregon state guards, spoke at a Rotary lunch con here. He expressed a great deal of pride and satisfaction that the stato guards had made such progress. In number of men enlisted our strength Is now greater than the national guard was at the time it became part of the regular army. Although the guards are chief ly composed of Infantry compan ies, there are a number - of mounted companies and three companies of engineers made up entirely of employes of the state highway department. These last named companies, the engineers, have made surveys of every bridge, road and culvert along Intensive Anti-Disease Program Nears Completion An intensive diphtheria-small pox program Involving hun dreds of school children in both city and county schools, is near ing completion for the year, it was learned Tuesday from Dr. Peter H. Rozendal, county health officer. Dr. Rozcndal said he had fin ished the work in the county but due to several cases of diphtheria which have appeared recently In the Malin area, he will return Wednesday of next week to Malin and give the Ben Lawshe, in charge of or ganization divisions of the Unit ed States chamber of commerce, Washington D. C, will be the speaker at the Friday noon meet ing of the Klamath Falls Rotary club at the Willard hotel. All directors of the Klamath county chamber of commerce You who are left behind are not left out Your courage, energy and ability are needed by the U. S. Army. Women in the WAAC are doing many, noncombatant duties vital to complex modern war. Your contribution, whether skilled or unskilled, ' will release a soldier for combat. . ' And if yon are receiving a wife's allot : mcnt from a soldier, sailor or marine now, yon will continue to receive it when you join the WAAC your WAAC pay alone ranges from $50 to $138 a month, the same as enlisted men in the Army. r the coast and have been practic ing demolition, by day and night, so that in the event of in vasion the bridges would be de stroyed Immediately, General Cowgill made a spe cial trip to Klamath Falls to so licit the aid of the people in support of the state guard com panies here. Oddly enough, Klamath county, which has al ways "gone over the top" in ev ery war effort to date, has not provided enough men to bring the local state guard companies to full strength. Company C meets every Wed nesday evening and needs more men. The military training will do anyone a lot of good and ev ery patriotic citizen should give a hand in this work of providing military protection for this area. Join up with the guards this Wednesday. Schick test and toxoid shots to those who had not taken part in the earlier program. The health officer will go to Fremont and Fairview city schools Wednesday to give the second toxoid shots, to Mills Thursday morning and Conger in the afternoon, and next Mon day will wind up at Pelican and Riverside. Next week Dr. Rozendal has made plans to start an indus trial tuberculin test program starting in the mills of the county. have been asked to attend and any other chamber of commerce members are invited and may make reservations with the Ro tary secretary, R. D. Eller. The January war savings pro gram, under the direction of Ro tary, will be outlined by Mitch ell TUlotson, chairman. PHYSICAL STANDARDS RISE Standards of physique and cleanliness are at least hundred fold better now than they were 30 yean ago, and at least SO per cent better than they were 12 years ago. The offensive U oii every soldier It needed at the front. Your enrollment in the WAAC will help now when your country needs you most. If yon are a United States citizen, age 21 to 44 inclusive, of good repute, any race, color or creed, go now to your nearest TJ. S. Recruiting and Induction Station for full information on the openings, pay, pro motion and training of the WAAC. Your country and your soldier need you. ' U.S.' ARMY BBCnVMTiXO AXB INDUCTION SEItVitB POST OFFICE BUILDING, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. PAGE THRB-a This week ends the second semester in both elementary schools of the city and Klamath Union high school and grades will bo issued by Wednesday of next week, according to Super intendent Arnold L, Gralapp. -A check on pupil enrollment Monday was more than satis factory, Gralapp reported, with a better attendance than the week prior to Christmas when colds held many children at home. The three first grades at Roosevelt school, excused early In the holidays due to the ap pearance of scarlet fover in one of the rooms, have resumed studies and no new cases have been reported. Several new courses are planned at Klamath Union high school with the opening of the new semester, these courses to be announced next week. COMMON MAM . SALT LAKE CITY, (P) Busi ness on the Western Airline flight yesterday was too good for the convenience of. W. A. Coulter of Burbank, Calif., pres ident of the company. He couldn't get a seat on tho plane. It was filled with paid passengers and he was riding on a pass. IF YOU NEED TO BUILDUP RED BLOOD! And Alto Relieve Distress of 'Periodic' Female Weakness I If you want to build tip red blood corpuscles to promote a more refreshed and vigorous bloodstream, more strength and vitality try this line blood-lroa tonic Lydia E. Plnkham's Compound TABLETS (with added Iron). 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