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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
March 88, 1948
WITNESS SECT
TROUBLE
- HEARING TALK
, .
SEATTLE, March 22 W -Memben
of Jehovah'i Witnesses
heard the president of their sect
yesterday In the organization's
own hall, after their scheduled
meeting had been moved by suc
cessive official requests from the
civio auditorium and the Mason
ic temple.
N. H. Knorr, Witnesses leader,
talked on "FiKhtlng for Liberty
On the Home Front" from King
don hall after firemen had clear
ed the aisles and overnanging
balcony of several hundred per
sons standing.
Th Masonic board of trustees
yesterday cancelled the rental of
their tempi aner coiu.cn m
,ith citv officials who the day
before voided the sect's lease of
the Civic auditorium.
Pamphlets containing Knorr's
talk passed out after the speech
carried this foreward:
"The mavor and city officials
closed the Seattle Civic auditor
ium to the delivery or mis
speech. Are these men opposed
to fighting for liberty on the
home front? Head this and learn
the truth."
In connection with the cancel
lation of the Masonic lease, U. S.
Commissioner Harry Westfall,
chairman of the Masonic board
of trustees, issued this statement:
"We did this in the interests of
good government and to prevent
our temple from being desecrat
ed by riots."
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LANGELL VALLEY The
regular meeting of the Langell
Valley Soil Conservation district
board of supervisors was held
March 13. at the Langell Valley
Irrigation district office. Eigh
teen farm operators in addition
to the board of supervisors at
tended the meeting.
The use of land plane for as
sisting all farmers smooth their
ground for this year's crop was
discussed and this work was de
cided as the most important use
of equipment which the board
could make in order to assist in
war crop goals.
The security bond for M. D
Settle, secretary-treasurer, was
ordered increased from $1000 to
$2000.
The board considered the plans
for conservation work in the
newly added area to the district.
Work would be largely confined
to assistance to the Willow Val
ley Irrigation district distribu
tion system and reservoir, and
range.
BUG-BANISHZR
MAGNA, Utah UP) James
Phillips has an effective insect
repellent for his squash patch.
The pests have been absent
since he planted nasturtiums.
"The scent's just too much
for 'cm," he explained.
"Multiple Duties'
By EARL WHITLOCK
It is our first duty to shield
the bereaved from as much of
the pain of part
ing, as possible.
To accomplish
this, we have
created here a
haven of peace
and beauty
where, in home
1 i k e comfort,
family and
friends may call
to pay a final
visit to the one
who has departed on the great
adventure.
We have added to the basic
format of the Funeral Service,
scores of extra attentions and
conveniences which, in time of
crisis, help to take the entire
burden of detail from shoulders
already bowed under a weight
of sorrow.
It Is also our duty, we think
to make sure that every Funeral
Service held under our care, is
furnished within and. well
within the means of the fan
ily whom we are aiding. Thus
the beautiful ceremony of leave
taking need never entail an
over-heavy financial burden
The public's realization of the
uniformly lower prices in ef
fect here, has much to do with
the preference for our services
which is so widespread.
Next Monday Mr. Whitlock
of the Earl Whitlock Funeral
Home will comment on "Moth
er's Vacation, 1943 Model."
One Man's War' Gripe .
In their own home states the
men of the 41st Division, are the
forgotten men of the war. Amid
all the bellyaching of 57 varie
ties about our own troubles,
trials and tribulations the hor
rors we are enduring, the ghast
ly sacrifices we are making here
in Oregon and Washington
very little indeed is being said
about the home boys who have
done one great fighting job in a
far land and who have much.
much more of the same hell
ahead of them.
If the home front In 1818 was
of the same character that it is
today, I'm glad I was In France
during that year. It's not just our
chronic civilian bellyaching, our
perpetual self-pity, or even our
general weeK-ena aeoaucneries,
that make up the worst of our
home-front picture it's the atti
tude of "I don't give a damn"
about our own gang over there
in the jungles, the green hell, of
the Guinea country.
Well, that's how we are. As
the Chinese say, humanity is hu
manity.
Bullv Beef Fritter. ...
And, anyhow, the boys in
Guinea do have their bright
spots, their wonderful times. One
outfit, after a siege of grief , naa
the luck to enjoy a hi-yu drum-
ing party on mixed coconut milk
and lime juice. Another had a
big breakfast feast one morning
the mess sergeant had some
how scraped them up a wonder
ful mess of fritters. They were
stuffed with bully beef. Bully
beef fritters what more could
men want? Wounds, malaria,
sudden death such troubles
seem small when you can get
your coconut milk, lime juice,
and bully beef fritters once in a
while.
All this ill-natured growling
from an old vet of the 41st is the
result of my reading another
chapter on the everyday life of
a soldier in New Guinea. While
censorship did not permit the
naming of units in the account, I
could feel sure that it visualized
the way of life of our own men,
Do you want to know where 1
read it? Not in any western pub
lication, but in a magazine of, by
and for New Yorkers. It s name,
in fact, is the New Yorker. The
writer is E. J. Kabn, Jr. He is an
enlisted man.
Kahn's accounts have been
published regularly in the New
Yorker during the past year and
more. There are no heroics in
them, no blood flowing. He has
pictured the simple, plain details
of the day's work for the soldier
in Australia and in New Guinea
So New Yorkers know how it
goes with our guys over there,
but we do not.
Kahn tells, for example, how
he was digging a latrine trench
in a rather leisurely lasnion,
because the heat, as he cites in
another place, beats down, there
until the soldier feels his head is
being pounded by his helmet
Jap planes came in sight. Kahn
dug like sixty. When the planes
pulled into bombing range, he
huddled into the shallow hole.
As they circled on, he dug in
again like a s i d e h i 1 1 gouger.
Then, as the planes swung back,
he dived again. And so on, until
the Japs flew off. And then, says
Kahn, "I discovered I had com
pleted an excavation ot commen
dable depth."
Ration Box. ...
Reading Kahn's plain account
of how a supply dump was built
up out in the jungle, from boxes
toted in by native carriers or
dropped by transport planes, you
will get another snapshot of our
mam job in this neck of tne
home front. The box lumber and
plywood we produce have to be
good to hold together witn mat
kind of handling and against the
jungle weather. We are in the
New Guinea service of supply.
Seems that Kahn is, too. He
winds up this way:
"All in all, my life In New
Guinea has been a cinch com
pared to that of soldiers in the
front line, who, in order to kill
Japs, have had to incur endless
risks and incredible hardships,
Sometimes we soldiers who
haven't yet been in a position to
destroy any of the enemy think
we're having it tough, but we'ee
not."
But we are having It tough
here at home! BoyI How do we
stand it?
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Irish Nationalists
Escape From Prison
BELFAST, March 22 (IP) .
Twenty Irish nationalist intern
ees escaped from Londonderry
prison through a tunnel early
today and sped across the bor
der into neutral Eire in a furni
ture truck after cowing border
guards with a submarine-gun.
Engineering the biggest jail
break in the history of North
ern Ireland, the prisoners
crawled through a 30-foot tun
nel stretching from the prison
yard to a coal shed ot a house
outside the walls, then dashed
one at a time to the waiting
van.
Fourteen Trains
Bombed in Italy
VALLETTA, Malta, March 22
(IP)- -Fourteen trains in southern
Italy and northern Sicily were
attacked in widespread intruder
sweeps by the RAF from Malta
last night and fires were started
among freight cars, a British
communique said today.
SWEET HOME, Ore., March
22 UP) Fire destroyed the Ore
gon Plywood company's $500,000
mill here early today and Sec
retary Earl Lesher said George
Krause, a workman, was missing
and feared trapped by the
flames.
Krause was a feeder on the
drier under which the fire ap
parently started, said Superin
tendent Axel Lund. Albany and
Sweet Home firemen searched
for the missing man but their
attempts were impaired by th
still flaming embers at mid-
morning.
Lund said the fire broke out
about 3 a. m. The drier became
overheated last night, he said,
and caught fire but the flames
were extinguished. He said he
believed the fire had smouldered
until this morning when it sud
denly flared and consumed the
entire plant in a short time.
Seven Die in Bus,
Train Collision
GRANITE CITY, 111.,. March
22 (P) Seven persons were
killed and 14 others were in
jured today in the collision of
a Granite City-Nameoki inter
city bus and -a fast St. Louis-
bound Illinois Terminal electric
train on the northwest edge of
the city.
All of the dead were bus
passengers. The two-car train
did not leave the track. Two of
Its passengers were injured only
slightly and it continued its run
shortly afterward.
Elsewhere
In Oregon
News
of the
Commandos
Klamaih WAAC Joins Afier
Seeing Pearl Harbor Raid
By The Auociated Pres.
State Grange Master Morton
Tomkins protested in Portland a
proposal, now under considera
tion by the OPA, that house
wives surrender an eight-point
blue ration stamp for each pound
of sugar used in home canning.
. . In La Grande, city Manager
Ed Ford announced Robert M.
Robinson, formerly with the
Utah state constabulary, would
become La Grande chief of po
lice April 1, succeeding Frank
Osmond, resigned. . . .
Henry Kaiser shipyards In
Portland reported Dakota farm
ers, who spent the winter work
ing in the yards, are beginning
to return to their farms, but that
empl o y m e n t nevertheless in
creased 7500 last month to a to
tal of 88,000. . . . The Northwest
Hereford association announced
its annual show and sale would
be held in La Grande November
15 and IS. . . .
Navy enlistments in Portland
Included Paul O. Bucknum, Jun
ior L. Burnette, Elmer L. Hamil
ton, Ralph H. Hess, Dean L. Kel
ley, Salem, and Larry T. Marsh
all, Eugene.
The Oregon Shipbuilding cor
poration in Portland launched
its 152nd Liberty freighter.
A two-year-old boy, George
Vanderpool, died in Portland
afte a peanut became lodged
in his lung. . . . Ensign Philip
N. Bladine, navy public rela
tions officer, was transferred
from Portland to Tongue Point
and was succeeded by Ensign
K. Stanton. . .
Edward E. McMillan, 67, for
mer Omaha high school princl-
Dal who moved to Grants Pass
last year, lost his llle in a lire
that destroyed the barn at his
home outside the Grants Pass
city limits. ... At Lebanon
Jean Blalock was elected pres
ident of the chamber of com-
mece. ...
A Portland Jeweler reported
he let a shopper take three
rings, valued at $205, outside
to inspect them in the daylight
and the shopper did not return,
. . . The Independence cham
bcr of commerce elected Paul
E. Robinson, high school pnn-
rinnl. as president. ...
Because of the war, the Mc-
Kenzie river boat parade, rnarn-
ing the start of spring fishing
in Lane county, has been can
celled. ... In the seventh aam-
aea suit against the Russell
Towboat Sc Moorage company,
Lionel Ellis, one of the surviv
or, of the sinking of the gun
boat May with a loss of nine
lives last month, asked $10,000
damaee. in Portland circuit
court.
Identity Noted of
Klamath Navy Man
Cited for Bravery
Jack Wallace Sorensen, young
Klamath Falls navy man who
was cited for bravery under fire
at ceremonies held at Whtdby lsl
and air station, Washington, Is
the foster son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Frazier, 1101 Mitchell
street'. It was learned Monday,
Sorensen enlisted in the navy
at the Portland recruiting sta
tion two years ago. The family
moved from Portland to Klam
ath Falls last fall.
This week we have Technical
Sergeant Mary Beth Hammond,
who holds the position of pub
licity manager, formerly filled
by First Sergeant Elenora Kars-
peck. She joined the Com
mando unit in . August, ' 1942
and ha. worked her way up
to the rank she now holds. Mary
Beth has a brother-in-law In tho
army, although the navy rates
A-l with her. She has lived in
Klamath Falls six years, com
ing here from Montana, and Is
employed at the office of price
administration.
On Friday, March 12, we
were guest, at a dance given
by the CPT's at their new home
on Summers lane. Tho boys
certainly deserve a vote of
praise for the lovely decora
tions of draped red, white and
blue streamers. At one end of
the hall a large placard with
the Commando emblem and
wings of the CPT was placed.
During the intormlsslou sev
eral tup dance numbors were
presented by Miss Mary Mc
Bride, young daughter of one
of the CPT students. At twelve
o'clock refreshments of Ice
cream and coffee wore served.
The evening was thoroughly en
joyed by all. Thanks, boys.
Three new members wero In
itiated Into our unit on March
8. They were: Jean O'Sulllvan,
Norma Ernest and Alice Stout.
Welcome, girls, we are very
happy to have you with us.
The floor at the center is
really getting a general over
hauling under the supervision
of Sergeant Turpin, of the ar
mory. The CPT s and a Cana
dian soldier are "pitching in,"
too, which certainly helps a lot.
It seems there Is a little con
test on between Corporals Leech
and Hutchinson each vicing for
coveted sergeants rating.
Each girl has taken an equal
number of new girls and is -putting
them, through the paces of
drill and march. How's it com
ing, gals?
We have had the pleasure
nd honor of having one ot our
marine guests, sergeant am
Morehead, return to Klamath
Falls to spend his two weeks'
furlough. We feel it is fine
tribute to Klamath Falls, don't
you?
The following Is a letter, one
of many, received from another
of the marine guests showing
the deep appreciation of these
boys for the grand hospitality
of our Klamath people, it reaas
"Dear Commandos,
"We arrived back here at the
island with a couple of hours
to SDare last night, after an un
exciting and very depressing
southward Journey. Naturally,
after such an eventful and In-
interesting stay in your most
wonderful little city, none of
us was exactly looking forward
to our return here.
I wish to express my very
deepest appreciation for the
wonderful time whicn you an
helped to show me during the
nast week. There was only one
trouble with everytning ana
that was the lack of time we
had to snend.
I think I can very well say
that never In all my life have
1 seen a better manifestation of
true Americanism than was
shown by all of you. The work
which you are doing is truiy
wnnderful and should, and
hooe. will be given national
nnhlicltv.
"If ever the government of
this country decides to award
medals for patriotic service,
shall be the first to nominate
fho Commandos for this nonor.
Nnt una of YOU. but AJ-.L, OI
vnlll
In closing, in just v
. ... IU.nl.. m
was wonaeriui nu un-u -
million for a grand time.
"(Signed) Sincerely,
"Sgt. Bill MacDowell
"U. S. Marines."
FORT DES MOINES, la..
March 22 Auxiliary Scottlona
T. Rhoades, daughter of Mrs.
Cora Armstrong of Tulelnke,
Calif., Is one ot the members of
the Women's Army Auxiliary
corps who has seen what war la
like. That Is why she Joined tho
WAAC.
A resident ot Walklkl, Hawaii,
for five years. Auxiliary
Rhoades was there on tho morn
ing of December 7, 1041, when
the Japanese attacked. Wnlklkl
is eight miles from Pearl Hnrbor.
"After the first stunning news
of the attack was heard ovor the
radio," says Auxlllury lthoudcs,
"there cams tho call for all doc
tors, nurses and Red Cross work
ers. Then civilian help was
sought and I volunteered along
with almost everyone else who
could go. 1 drovo a station wag
on and holpcd at a sclioolhouse
where many ot the wounded
had been taken. I have had a
glimpse of what war la like, and
I want nothing bettor than to
serve in the corps wherever I
am needed most, in this country
or overscus."
OUR
MEN
IN
SERVICE
VISITS HERE
S PFC Dclmont G.
s Oliver, son of
1 Mr, mid Mrs. G
J. Oliver of Mt
Hebron, Is now
located at Fort
Luwton, Wash,
PFC Oliver wus
recently a visit
or at home on
furlough.
Word hns been received from
Pvt. Mark "Bud" Hnnna, who
left hero for Fort Lewis Febru
ary 12, that he Is stationed with
the field artillery at Camp Mack
all, N. C, for 13 weeks' training
In the parachute troops, prior to
ono months "Jump" training
Bud" was graduated from
Klamath Union high school In
1942 and Is 19 years old. Ho wos
employed by the Pacific Fruit
and Produc company when no
enlisted through voluntary In
ductlon. He is the son of Mrs.
Ted Blanchard ot 2027 Earle
street
SILL SIGNS BILL
TO DIVERT MONEY
SALEM, March 22 UP) Gov,
Earl Snell today signed the 1043
legislative bill diverting a part
of the state highway department
revenues to cities for miuma
nance of non-highway streets.
The act gives the cities five
por cent of tho state road reve
nues when tho fund exceeds $11,
000.000. The highway depart
ment will continue to maintain
city streets that are part of tho
stato highway system.
LOCAL RESERVISTS 0
GET I TRAINING
Oregon Coal Mining
To Be Rejuvenated
MARSHFIELD, March 22 UP)
Coos County Judge E. L, Peter
son said today the Newport arch
coal bed probably will be tho
slto of tho first drilling in a pro
grom to rejuvenate Oregon coal
mining.
Tho program, approved by the
state legislature, will bo financed
Jointly by tho county and stato
with each authorized to spend up
to $20,000.
COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho,
March 22 Seven' army ro.erv-
1st. from Klamath Fall., Ore,,
are numbored among the Initial
class of cross-country students
w h I o h commenced Instruction
March 21, In two-months'
course conducted by the Buro-ker-lllcks
Flying service under a
government contract with war
training service.
Klamath Falls' contribution to
the Coeur d'Alene crosscountry
school, which I. of the largest
typo under tho CAA, Include.:
Louis Avery, 1745 Wall streetj
Herbert Lloyd B. Brown, box
IBtt; James Lyman Hawkins, 220
North Fifth; Burgs Wordon Ma
son, Jr., 71) High treot; Donald )
Liingdon Slonn, 1UUI Hnrrlman;
Dallas Lavunt V o r n o n, 224
llroad street. All received prior
aviation training through courses
sponsored by the Unlver.lty of
Oregon except Howard E. Reed
er, 170B El Dorado stroot, who
wus trained ot Seattle.
Wallace Hopkins
Listed as Dead
In Air Accident
Wallace Walton Hopkins, Unit
ed States navy nlr corps and ion
of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hopkins of
122 Hillside avenue, hns been of
ficially listed as d-nd by the navy
department, Washington, D. C,
according to Information re
ceived hero Saturday.
Young Hopkins wn previous
ly listed as missing In a n.vy
casualty report February 19. Ho
was pilot of a plane which sank
In Puget Sound near Seattle, f
The flier's wife, Mrs. Hilda Fran-
ces Hopkins, and Infant daugh
ter returned hero from Seattlo
but have left for Florida to remain.
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OLD STAMPING GROUND
MEMPHIS, Tenn. UP) Don't
shy when you see all those let
ters on the wall of J. C. (Cap)
"Whitaker's pharmacy.
All nearly 100 of tnem are
fmm vmintf men in the armed
forces who used to gather at
Whitaker's storo In peacetime.
w rind 'em. pastes 'em on
the wall for reference by any of
the group on furlough.
BROTHERS SERVE Lcland
and Dclmer Crlss, sons of Mrs.
Maggie Criss of Macdocl, are
serving In the U. S. navy. i,oiana,
gunner's mate 3c, enlisted In
September, 1040, and was at
Pearl Harbor December, 1941.
Dclmer entered service In Octo
ber, 1941, and Is In aviation ord
nance school at San Dlcgo.
Lakeview Lions to
Organize Cub Pack
For Local Youths
LAKEVIEW Under the lead
ership of Jim Thompson of the
U. S. forest service, who will be
come the new cubmastcr, tho
Lions club has formally launched
its program for the younger
boys. Members of the pack com
mittee are Vcrn Mlcaclson,
Bruno Buonanoma and Tom
King. , , .
The group expects to work
with and intensify the work now
being carried on by Mrs. H. E,
Kelty and Scout Eugene Favell.
PRIORITIES
PORTLAND, Ore. UP) Coun-
(..,nlllna'a In a slumD
it: nrinrltle. again, a secret
exnlalned. The bad
money boys can't get their mate
rials
p LES
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
NO MIM - HO HOSPITALIZATION
No LM ol Tlmi
pamunnit RMultil
DR. E M. MARSHA
- "h -ptru!;,.,Th"'" "
How To Hold
FALSE TEETH
More Firmly In Place
Da your false teeth annoy and emhirraii
by slipping, dropping or wabbling when you
eat, laugh or talk? Jmt iprinkla a little
KASTKKTH on your plate. Tltti alkaline
(noD-acid) powder holds false tath mors
firmly and more comfortably. No gummy,
gooey, pasty tasta or fcrMng. Mot- not
Minr. Cherks "plate odor" (denture breath).
Uct FAblKETli todai ftt any. drug lort.
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Oreomulslon Telleves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
3 soothe and heal raw, tender, In
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Crcomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way It
quickly allays the cough or you are
to hava your money back.
CRCOMULSION
foCoughs,Che$tColds,Bronchitii
USED TIRES & TUBES
Bring your certificates to Haugsr's Service Sta.
tlon, Main and Broad. W hava oytr 60 used
tlrts and tubes In popular (i.e.. Alio .upply ol
r.capp.d tlra.. Ju.t arrWad BxB.25 50x17 nsw
war tlrs. available with a Grade II certificate.
Special prlea on Grade 17.00x15 tire.. Corns
early as this supply will not last long.
Hauger's Service
Station
W4
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