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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1943)
Mnrch 0, 1943 IIKHALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH, FALLS, OREGON PAGE SEVEN 4500,H TO BE LIT BOND COAL Tlio Miueli and April bowl drive to I iileu SSuO.uuu fur Iho liuichiiM). u( a sub-chimer us Kliiiniith county's iloniitlun In tliu wiir riivIukh iioni imi, la now underway, Thu timk has been taken uvor by oi'vuiilzcd labor mill Ci. C. T:itiiiuii serves in lion ornl cliulrmuii. At Ccnlrul Labor union licud quurtors on Mull) direct, u nilnlu turu ub-chuter U bclnii built and 111 (oou 1)0 on display, A thor "iioniutur bun been Installed on tlm Mudkitl-Deiitiil bulldliiK und each day's proiiieju of 'thu clrlvo will be recorded. "Ortinnlzccl labor rciilUos It lum taken on a tremendous Job, but wo lira determined to put It ovor," Tutinun staled, Kolluwlrm Is tlio list uf chair man mid they nra unkluif tbut , heads cull tlio uenunil ehulrmon to learn of committee uppolut hients: CliHlrmun, Kennetb Gordon; publicity, C, O, Dryden; furmors, Knrl Edaiill; liliih school, Wully Moss; house ond hnll, Tex Cul Icy; businessmen's committee, G. C. Tillman, chairman; Paul D. Oltcrhclu, To: Cullcy, C. O. Dry den, Eurl Goddlnu and Karl Ed mil; Lynn Hoycroft, master of ceremonies, and ull uenernl com mlttca members and ull business uuenla uf organized labor on en tertainment committee, For further Information, coin 4kitltce members mny contact one "if the followhiK ut nny time, An drew M. Collier, Myrle C. Aiimna, T. 11. Walters, K. A. Geary, Vern Owens and Paul Landry. House Memorial Asks Government To Reimburse Taxes SALEM, March 0 fP) Th house completed legislative ac tion today on memorials asking congress to reimburse states for taxes lost when the government acquired military establish ments, to reconsider tlio terms of purchase for the property for Camp Adair, and to extend soclul security to all public omploycs. Tho house passed senate reso lutions to create a pool of state employes to assist In harvesting A .-ops, and to provide for an In terim committee to study stale Institution buildings. Alleged Murderer Sent to Asylum C0QU1IXE, March 0 MP) Arthur Forrie, 30, accused of fatally shooting Albert I. Berg, B4, lato in February, was recom mitted to the Oregon Insane asylum yestorday by Circuit Judgo Dal M. King. Ferrle, who was released from the asylum some tlmo ago, was Indicted by the Coot county grand Jury after Berg's body was recovered February 25 from South Inlet. RAVAGES OF WAR 6 BUCYRUS. O. (At Patrons of it coffee shop here found Its doors locked and the following sign conspicuously displayed: "No coffee, no sugar, no fat, no help, no oil, no heat and no profit. If you want a square meal Join the army," THE SAME APPRECIATION you feci for die fin est hand-wrought jewelry -will be experienced in your admiration for the faultless craftsmanship which dis tinguishes the monuments in our Rainbow Line. They are gracefully proportioned and there is an amazing de gree of perfection in detail, such as the clean-etched molds and panels, the true, deep lettering and the polished surfaces which provide a jewel-like brilliance of impressive dignity. We arc proud to have you see our extensive ex hibit. Wc know you will be agreeably surprised to see how reasonably our monuments are priced. We buy in carload quantities, for cash, from fl quarry-manufacturer where Lino Production methods have set new standards for quality and value. Write Oregon Granite Box 308 JMedford, Tuns! minuet v. . mtikt Royal Dutch Quintet . , 4 j&'illiWfeliiiWailiiMliWnllitllill Mini i Princess Margrlet Kranclsea, six weeks old, sits for a family por trait with her mother and father, Princess Juliana and Prince Bern hart of the Netherlands, and nor two titters, Princess Irene, left, and Princess Beatrix. Destroyer Escort Ships New Submarine Killers By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Murch 0 il'i Fresh hopo that allied sen forces wIlL bo able to crush Germany's reinforced U-boat fleet this sum mer was expressed by naval au thorities today after Secretary Knox disclosed that a new fleet of submarine killer ships Is at last coming down the way on a muss production schedule. Several score of the sleek lit tle vessels, known In tho navy as destroyer escorts, already have been launched, the secre tary told a press conference yes terday. And hundreds of others uro being or will be built. Each ship requires about four mouths for construction, less than half the tlmo necessary to build a regular destroyer. Crews ore being (ruined a( o pace to match the speed of con struction and the first DE squad rons should be in operation soon later to bo orgnnlned into teams of ships Knox said. These teams of sub killers, working In close cooperation with planes and blimps whore possible, are considered by some well-qualified authorities to be the answer to the Haul's vaunted and deadly U-boat wolf-pack me thods. Highway Commission To Open Bids for Seven Projects SALEM Murch 9 (VP) The stato highway commission an nounccd today it would open bids In Portland, March 17, on seven road projects costing about $500,000. Tho Klamath county project Is to provide 8000 cubic yards of crushed rock on Crescent rock production project on The Dalles-California highway. Oregon News Chief Accepts Army Job EUGENE, Ore., Mnrch 9 (P)--Lyla Nelson, University of Ore gon news bureau chief will leave Tuesday for Washington, D. C. to become editor of nn army ordnance publication. Nelson, also editor of the Uni versity Alumni publication, Old Oregon, will be succeeded by George Turnbull, professor of Journalist!!. Co. Oregon COLD SMONlS MONUMENTS IHImtlMU IMMtll mici Thut they will be badly need ed In the Atlantic this spring und summer la generally ac cepted, for all cvldonco Indicates that (ho German navy bus pre pared an unparalleled undersea offensive against allied Atlantic shipping. Already Admiral Karl Docn tiz, iiuzl naval chief and U-boat expert, bus an average of more than 100 undcrscas craft on con stant duty In the Atlantic, and this number Is expected to be In creased to the extreme limit of Germany's ability to wugc thut kind of wur. The DE's are bigger than (he British Corvette types and gen erally more powerful. They were designed as sub-killers by Rear Admiral Edward L. Coch rane, chief of the navy's bureau of ships, back in 1940 when he held a lesser rank and a position in the bureau. Why none has been built prior to the last few months was not explained. A DE costs about $3,500,000 half tho price of a destroyer und it can be built In four months, wliercus a destroyer re quires nine. HUSH-HUSH CHANUTE FIELD, 111. Hit ler's spies won't learn anything from this soldier: He was being transferred from the army air forces technical training com mand sehnnl hnrft Hnlntf in iUn i squadron orderly room to pick up ins service record, he en countered the non-commissioned officer iu charge, who asked "I can't loll you. ICs a mil itary secret," the soldier said. Tho non-com finally convinced him it wos okay, so the soldier whispered the Information. Many a headache comes right off (he ba(. THAT DEPENDABLE The tired feeling you have at the end of a day's work may be due more than you realiie to eye strain. Recognize this danger signal, and make use of Dependable Columbian Service before defective eyes cause you to add to dangerous absenteeism. Registered Optometrist Examination -No Cost or Obligation On Price Cash or Credit 165,000 Satisfied Patient Open Evenings by Appointment THAT DEPENDABLE COLUMBIAN SERVICE iMirniTM-iiBrriiri'iiii m r? nil K'ti'iM 4 1 SHIP STILL GOING PORTLAND, Mnreh 0 fP) TlU! Joseph N. Tcnl, Ihe Liberty ship launched In ten duys for a shipbuilding record lust Septem ber, is still at sou carrying wur cargoes. Two former mombers of (ha Teul's crew, Jumcs Crooks und L. A. Clifford, returned here to deny reports (hat Japanese tor pedoes had sunk (he vessel. The Japanese attempted to sink the Teal, however, Crooks said, rclutlng tho story of (lie ship's maiden voyage, in which she became (he first Liberty craft (o reach Guadalcanal. One submarine attack was beaten off at sea by navy escort ships. On another a Japanese sub surfaced be(wcen the Teal, an chored off Guadalcanal, and the hulk of another ship, previously sunk. The Teal opened fire. The sub crash-dived after releasing a torpedo so hastily (hat It struck (he already sunken hulk, not (he Teal. Navy vessels aUacked the sub. Tho ten-day launching of the Teal, at Henry Kaiser's Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., wllncssed by President Roosevelt on his September tour, is no longer the record. Ano(hcr Kaiser yard in California now holds (he mark. EMER6EIi6Y BOARD SALEM, March 9 (IP) The personnel of (he state emergency board, which can make appro- prlatlons during (he Interim be j (ween (he present and (he 1045 legislatures, was made known to ; day after Speaker of the House i William M. McAllister appointed I Reps. A. Ronnie, Corvallis, and Stanhope Pier, Portland, to the I board. I President of the Senate W. H. ; Stciwer already had appointed j Sen. Dean H. Walker, Indcpcnd i ence. j Ex-officio members of (he board are Stciwer and McAl lister; and Sen. Angus Gibson, Junction City, and Rep. Carl Engdahl, Pendleton, chairmen of the senate and house ways and means committee. The board will have $500,000 available for spending during the next (wo years, compared with (he usual appropriation of $100, 000. Hindus make up 71 per cent and Mohammedans 23 per cent of the religious population of India. Always read the classified ads. MUSCULAR RHEUMATIC PAIN far Oalci Rellef- Ul ML Mttr Jbm OM-FiitlmS anBura rusnr COLUMBIAN SERVICE 'jp'i"i n-n nir ii nn n lmi il1 i i i 1 1 r-nrri'i y y 1 1 i What Next? !vi.v , ' n't U J-t r ! & ' " Arm I Now we have the WIPS (Wom en's Industrial Production Serv ices) wnose aim is to promote snfety lor women war workers. WIPS chief Carol Shaughnessy here tries on a safety cap. Old Age Pension Not Affected by Liquor Rationinq SALEM, March 9 (ipj Liquor revenues during the next two years will be sufficient to main tain the old-age pension pro gram, and will not be affected by liquor rationing, Guy Gordon, Governor Snoli's tax exnprt tnM the joint legislative ways and means committee today. Liquor sales are up 40 per cent so far this year. The committee has approved a pension program sufficient to increase the average monthly pension from $25 to $38. As Jap bombs rained down -on Pearl Harbor, Red Cross workers under Alfred Castle fed and sheltered refugees. 10,000 blood donors were enlisted. Anxious service men found their families through Red Cross information centers. Under constant air bombardment, Walter Wesselius of the Red Cross traveled up and down the jam-packed Burma Road, directing motor lorries carrying medical supplies and cloth Jog for the Chinese. Half-naked and exhausted Sailors and Marines who lost every thing when three U. S. cruisers were sunk off the Solomons welcomed the clothing and kit bags containing cigarettes, soap, mors, and pfhet comforts distributed by Red Cross '''eld Directors. This Ad Published For the Klamath County' Chapter of tho American Red Cross by Midland mpUte CLUB HOLDS PM MERRILL Members of the Merrill Library club will be hostesses at cards Friday night, Murch 12, In the club rooms to, husbands and to guests. Those j planning to attend are asked to : bring one couple, one card table, one pic and enough coffee tor, four. Plans for the affair were completed at the last meeting of, the club at the home of Mrs. I M. A. Bowman. I Reinstatement of three mem-' bcrs was voted upon with Mrs. Clarice, Mrs. Ora Fox and Mrs. Geneva Horbelt again on the membership roll. Members at the April meet ing will hold a roundtable dis cussion, "Why Are the United Nations Fighting." Roll call will be answered with a current event. Hostesses at Mrs. Bowman's Included Mrs. Bowman, Mrs. J. R. Blatch, Mrs. Willard L. Smith and Mrs. Uhl Dillard. 'S HOSIERY PUCES WASHINGTON, March 9 UP) The office of price administra tion announced today that on April 15 it will cut the prices of women's rayon stockings by from five to 40 cents a pair. On that date, a new set of standard prices will go into ef fect and to help consumers en force the new schedule every pair will have to be stamped on the welt with exact information of the quality and legal price. The price reduction, OPA said, will average 15 per cent, with heavier cuts due later for in ferior grades. Always read the classified ads. , PENALIZED SERVICE 1434 Main Siskiyou County School Supervisor Reports to Novy TULELAKE E. R. Deering, Yrcka rural school supervisor for Siskiyou county, who has visited local schools frequently, has reported for duty with the navy. His orders to report came only three days following his en listment at Klamath Falls. He reported at Portland February IS after trying for more than a year to get into the service. His rating was storekeeper, class V-6 naval reserve. He has served as county supervisor since 1938. W. A. Douglas of the staff of Mt. Shasta schools was appoint ed to fill the vacancy. WASHINGTON, March 9 (P) Asserting the country faces a "serious and increasing shortage of dairy products," Charles Wt Holman, secretary of the Nation al Co-operative Milk Producers association, said today milk pro duction this year threatens to be several billion pounds under last year's record output. In a report prepared for the association's executive commit tee, Holman said that dairymen "under the best conditions" will be unable to duplicate the 119, 412,000,000 pounds produced in 1942, let alone achieve the 122,-000,000,000- pound goal set by Agriculture Secretary Wickard for this year. SOCIABLE KANSAS CITY, (IP) Don Jen kins locked his German Shep herd dog, Tuffy, in his tavern to guard it until a cracked front window could be replaced. He 'returned four hours later to find a five-foot gap in the window and Tuffy frolicking on the sidewalk outside with sev eral other dogs. With the riant men, on every front, prepared for action, it's your Red Cross. Red Cross Field Man Irving Williams helped prepare Manila for evacuation even before the Japs came. His practice alerts saved many lives, and the ship he chartered took 250 American wounded soldiers safely to Australia. .. .. After Paul Thorn, Red Cross worker, had helped many Ameri cans escape vicious air raids in Jugoslavia, he fled southward to Greece, giving aid to the embattled people until forced to quit under complete enemy occupation. THE Red Cross It shoulder-to-shoulder with our fighting men from training camp to the front lines. All over the world, wherever It can reach, It Is carrying relief supplies, clothing and medicines to war victims. The dollars you gave to the first War Fund made your Red Cross ready. The dollars asked for, In tha second War Fund, enable it to carry on. The need In creases daily. March Is the month. Give more this year give double if you can. Your TolJon help mm moke possible Ihe AMERICAN V RED CROSS St., Klamath Fall Jfecud Tulelake Troffic Officer Volunteers For Army Service TULELAKE Qui Kehrer, Mt. Shasta, formerly stationed here as a traffic officer, appeared recently before a Sacramento draft board as a voluntary In ductee for service with the U. S. army and was accepted, accord ing to word reaching here this week. No details as to where he , will be stationed were learned. Alden Terrel of Tulelake, who accompanied Kehrer to Sacra mento, was also accepted for duty after being previously re jected several times because of defective vision. MONICKER MODERNIZED DES MOINES, la. Iowa leg islators believe in keeping pace with the times. During the hurried closing weeks of each session, the state senate's most important group li the sifting committee, so-called because it sifts through all the bills and decides the order in which they shall be considered. But the sifting committee Is no more. Out of respect for this country's war program, it has been re-named the "senate ra tioning committee," Chairman Stanley L. Hart said. DRY SLABS Double loads 16" Pine Slabs . $6.75 Double loads 16" Fir Slabs $7.75 These slabs are dry and are good fuel for kitchen range, heater or furnace. The sup ply is limited on this dry fuel. Buy today. FRED H. HEILBRONNER 821 Spring St. Telephone 4153 OUR GOAL $30,600 GIVE NOW! ' V- '-