May 12. 30-13
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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OREGON i
TO HIT GOALS
PORTLAND, Mny 12 (IT)
Oroiton fnrmrra will moot inoct
of Iho wur Koala net for thorn
1 1) In .year (loaplto liorlur In
labor, machinery unci aunnly.
'I'll Is won announced by t)is
fwlcral department of nurlciil
luro hero nftir n atirvcy by tho
AAA covcrliiR moat of tlio
state's OO.UUU farina,
Tlio aurvoy Indicated:
A p p r o X I m ntnly 18,(100,000
acres will bo In production, loaa
tlimi one-half of one per cent of
tin' aliilca crop liiiul lylnu Idle.
(inula will bo met In throe ot
thn four wur cropii at reused In
bri'Kon potntoea, dry pena, dry
uriinx ii ml flnxaccd,
Plant Inns of nearly nil Import
nit crop will Incrcime.
John L. Denny of the agrlcul-
lure dopiirtmont aaid the potato
(joii) won 44, BOO acres, an In
crease of IB per cont over lnt
yciir, but actual plantings will
reach 4(1,100 acres.
Almost no dry peus were
planted la.it year, The goal la
lio.OOO ncrea this your. Plantings
nre expected to be from 34,000
to 44,000 acre.
Flaxseed plantings wore ex
pected to be thn sumo n Inst
your, 2000 ncrcs. Plimtings prob
nbly will be three times that
figure.
Only In dry bonus nre plant
Iiiks short of goal, fjUUU acres,
I'liuitliigs nro expected to be
.'1.1(10 ncrcs, nn Increnno of mora
Hum 1000 ncrcs over 1042.
Bright spots Included: hogs,
15 per cent Increase for a total
k.f 00,000 Utters; chickens for
meat, 10,000,000 pounds, up 15
per cont; turkeys, 30,000,000
pounds, up 15 per cent; eggs,
41,000,000 dozen, up 3 per cont;
cntllo nnd cnlvcs slaughtered,
422,000 head, up 14 per cent.
Denny snld 81,000 ncrcs of
vegetables would go to ennncra
nnd nn additional 22,300 ncrcs
would go to fresh vegetnblo mar
kets. Pasture conditions, feed sup
plies and other factors, will de
termine whether the 1,300,000.-(HlO-puund
milk goal Is met, but
Denny snld there nro 20,000
more dairy animals In tlio stnto
this year..
Veterans'
a News Notes
Pellcnn Post No. 1383, Vol
crnns of Foreign Wars, wishes
to thank tlio following firms
nnd organizations which assist
ed the post In securing mate
rial for the use o( tralncss nt
tho airport, and in making this
room acceptable. Members of
tho Ambulance corps gnvo their
time nnd efforts to wash the
walls, scrub the floors nnd win
dows, then pnlntcd the walls,
ceiling and floors. They did nn
. excellent job nnd boya at the
nirport, ns well ns tho commit
tee, expressed their thanks.
The following firms deserve
mention for assisting In out
right donations nnd In the giv
ing of discounts for material
which wo purchased. Senrs Itoc
Q'tick, Palmer's Bargain house,
Little Wonder store, I. L. Lar
key, prop.; Mutt Flnnlgnn, sport
ing goods; Louie Polin, Mont
gomery Wnrd, Conner'a Radio
service, Uhllg's Electric, South
ern Oregon Hardware, Merit
Washing Machine company,
Kern hotel,
Tho VFW Is still anxious to
obtain any chairs or books
which you might hnvc. Please
call 0084 nnd these articles will
be called for,
Service Men on
Furlough May Get
Gas for Visits
Get out tho polish nnd .shine
ip that old riimily Jnlopyl When
Q'otir soldier boy comes homo
on furlough tho OPA Is going to
let him have enough gasoline to
visit tho one nnd only, provided
she Isn't on main bus line, nnd
to do such other traveling ns five
gallons of gas will permit,
Under a new OPA ruling, rn
lion boards may Issue up to five
gallons ot . nunc to n member
of tho nnr . . forces on furlough
of three days or moro If thero
Is nn automobile or motorcyclo
available for his use nnd oilier
menus of transportation nro not
nvnlliible, the district OPA an
nounced loclay. The application
for gasoline must bo accompan
ied by pass, lenvo or furlough
papers and tho ration boards
will Issue, ono-gnllon bulk cou
pons In n block of fivo coupons
or less, OPA rntlonlng oiflc.ln.lB
ftxplnincd. ,
The plutocrat this yonr la not
going to bo tho man with tho
moiioy,! but tho man wllh the
lnrgoNt Victory gai'dcn, Plain
ioocls must become tho national
(Hot. Cnrlnlon B, Sturdy, Amer
ican Cfin c.omimy executive.,' l.
OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN SERVICE
1 fe 1 fefc 1
S11KPPAHD FIELD, Tex
PFC Itoberl lioliiero, ton ot Pole
rtelnero, 1036 Oregon avenue,
Klnmnth Falls, has graduated
from nn inten
sive course In
uirplano much
miles nnd now Is
prepared to
blast tho axis as
mio of America's
"Commandos In
Overalls." Shop
purd field, near
Wichita Falls.
Texas, Is one
of the inuny
schools of the
iirmy air forces
technical train
ing couimnnd which trnlns the
ground crew specialist techni
cians to maintain our mighty nir
armada. Robert won In business
with bis father when they oper
ated tho Belmont grocory on
Oregon avenue. He Is the broth
er of Mrs. E. L. Kail) of 1010
Jefferson street, and Mrs. V. L.
'Fitter of Washburn way.
INSTRUCTOR Lt. Charles
Robert Lind, marine air corps, Is
now nn instructor In a training
camp near Fresno, Calif. Bob,
as be is familiar
ly known by his
f r l o n d a, took
his preliminary
training at the
Klamath Falls'
airport. He then
went to Santa
Ann for ad
where he wns graduated from
tho nlr force advanced flying
school, March 3, 1043, wjth the
rank of lieutenant.
Bob Llnd Is the son of Mrs.
Lola Llnd, Seattle, Wash. Ho Is
a graduate of Klamath Union
high school, and served the pub
lic nt tlio Associated OH station
at Fourth and Main streets, here,
for some months.
Mrs. Llnd, wife of Bob, Is the
former Audry Hill, niece of Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert E. Wattenburg,
210 Pino street, with whom she
rnndo her homo beforo her mnr-
rlngo.
FORT DES MOINES, la.
Auxiliaries Borthn L. Ulrich, 334
Main trtrcet, and Tcsslo E. John-
son, 924 High street, Klamath
Falls, have completed basic
training at tho first women's
army auxiliary corps training
conlcr here, and hnvo been se
lected for specialist training in
administrative school,
McCHORD FIELD, Wash.
Staff Sergeant Donald Mcndcn
hnll who was formerly stationed
at this field, was recently pro
moted to the rank of warrant of
ficer In the United Slates army
air forces. Ho is tho son of Mrs.
Eunice Mcndcnhall who resides
at 1D35 Wantland avenue, Klam
ath Falls. Warrant Officer Mcn
dcnhall enlisted in the army at
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., on
January 6, 1041 nnd worked up
from the ranks to his present
rating,
WICHITA, Kiui. Private
Richard Post of Klamath Falls,
son of Mr. nnd Mrs. E. C. Post,
216 Main street, has nrrived at
tho University of Wichita for
course of army air force Instruc
tion lasting approximately five
months prior to his appointment
as an aviation cadet in the army
nir forces.
e.w, . .,r-. .
j 'cv i
'jrtLj vanced training,
n later spending
I lli ft1 months at
I lr MM"r 'told.
mm ' Am s n e r n m e nto.
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JOIN THE ARMY OF FARM
WORKERS THIS SUMMER
Right here at home is another vast army working
day yes and night to step -up food production;
You, too, can help through the summer and laH by
dedicating your spare time to this task. Some nearby
farmer needs your aid and will gladly pay you for
it. Enlist now in the "Agricultural Army".
Klamath Falls Branch of the
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
ot Portland
IN SOUTH PACIFIC-
reaching friends;
In Klamath1
Fulls from PFC
Harold W .
Greenwood, U.
8. marine air
craft squadron.i
(center), that he
la somewhere In
ii... n . . i i. n
II1U O U u ,11 I U- ,
clflo area andJ
"well and hap- f
py." Harold re-
ports that he Is
now receiving .
m.
mall sent him
delivery. He hopes to be back
home In a year or so.
U. S. Fifth Army, North Af
rica Simon Head has been pro
moted to corporal, It has been
announced In the armored unit
with which he la now on duty as
gunner. Corporal Head, whose
wife Uvea at Bcatty, Ore., was
formerly a woodsman.
TO STUDY FLYING Orvlllc
L. Ohies, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Ohlcs,
Route 3, la home
after a e r v I n g
four ycara In
the V. 8. navy
and will now go
to tho Univer
sity of Washing- K"'
ton as a flying
cadet. He la
a quartermaster
first class, and
has been in com
bat duty In the
Atlantic. The
present visit to
his homo Is the
second Orville has made since
he joined up in Uncle Sam's
navy.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fuller
of 2232 Vine avenue, have Just
received word that their young
son, 2nd Lt. Hugh Fuller, 21, is
recovering satisfactorily from a
serious attack of pneumonia at
Camp Hale, Pando, Colo. ' Hugh
Is with the mountain infantry at
Camp Halo. Ho enlisted six
months ago as a private and has
been advanced to the rank of
second lieutenant in that brief
time.
.
FT. DES MOINES, Ia-Flora
E. Keen of 302 Commercial
street, Klamath Falls, was a
member of a women's army aux
iliary corpg unit which left first
WAAC training center hero re
cently for duty with the army
at Randolph Field, Tex.
.... ...
CAMP SANTA ANITA, Calif.
Promotion of Pvt. Robert O.
Edwards of Klamath Falls to
the grade of private first class
in the army has been an
nounced by Gen. B. W. Simp
son, commander of Camp Santa
Anita. PFC Edwards, now sta
tioned at the ordnance train
ing center, Is the son of
Wilfrid L. Edwards, 352 North
Tenth street, Klamath FalJj.
CH1LOQU1N Ralph K. May
wrote friends:. "I expect to sec
you all by next Christmas. :I
have gone up In an airplane
more times than I can keep
track of, yet I hove never re
turned to the ground in one.
By the time you receive this I
may bo "hitting the silk" over
enemy territory. Don't worry
about us, we are tho best train
ed and the toughest paratroops
in the world. We practice night
jumping. That can give you
piggy-wiggy chillj up your
bnck."
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WORK FOR UNCLE SAM
Two Herald and Nowa carrier
boya aro now wearing the unl
forma of Uncle' Sam'a armed
forces. Herman
Schrocder, 20,
who carried the
Nows during
high ichool
yeart, la now
with tho navy
somewhere t n
the South Pad-in
tu Ul. I. 1 1
machinists mate
second class, Be
fore enliating
Herman was
graduated from
Roosevelt and
Klamath Union
high achoola and for. a time
worked at the Klamath Iron
Worka. He la ahown in hia navy
uniform here. PFC George
Schrocder, 24, carried The Her
ald. He la now at Hickam field,
Honolulu, and la stationed there
with (he army air corps. He
married the former Marlon Stan
ley who is making her home in
this city. Prior to his induction
he waa employed by Boeing Air
craft in Seattle. Both boys are
sona of Mr. and Mra. H. D.
Schrocder, 2433 Reclamation
atreet,
'
First Lt. Donald D. Loomla, 37,
aon of Mr. and Mra. Charlea
Loomia of San Diego and for
merly of Klamath Folia, is a pris
oner of war In The Philippines,
according to Information ' re
ceived here by hia brother, Gor
don Loomia, 216 Pine atreet.
Loomla attended both River
side and the old
Klamath county
high school be
f o r e entering
the mining pro
fession in Cali
fornia. At the
time war was
declared, Don
ald was mining
in The Philip
pines and joined r
-i 1, i
war waa' de
clared and
given . the ranlc
of firat lieuten
ant in army en
gineer. The last letter
was dated Feb
ruary 14, 1842.
received by
Loomla parents,
A part of lt is given here;
"A lot of ua left the mine and
walked up to Manila we only
had to walk 20 kilometers but it
waa very wet and muddy. Ol
course, I was right at home in
the mud after ' working in the
mine. Anyhow, the company
said my contract would termi
nate as of the end of the month
and they would give me a letter
to someone who could use me if
I was willing to go anywhere.
I volunteered to go and was sent
north as a civilian employe of
the engineering department.
"For about three weeks I saw
the whole thing on the north
front, as my job was one that
took me around a lot. We worked
the first three days and nights
without stopping. I'll tell you
about lt some day. I saw what
war really is like and hell isn't
in lt. Hell would be a nice quiet
rest after a retreat like that one,
but it Is all over now and the
fight is won, I was stationed on
a ridge by the front lines lor
two weeks after the troops were
all in Bataan and worked right
on the edge of the fighting. Ma
chine gunfire was very;heavy at
times and there were three big
Dailies l saw parts of. The Jans
have taken terrible losses trying
to break in here, I know it my
self, and they must have a fac
tory : where they make Jap sol
diers, the way they, nmrch ud.
They could not break the line
and now things are quiet and the
Japs are getting ready for anoth
er push, but . as Singapore is
m
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ml1)
x-'..-:''rVdaN5'
Every dollar bt
veated In War
tenia metna
anoney aavta".
about to full they are not paying
much attention to us.
"Weaver and Ills wife, (Wea
ver Solomon, lormcr Klamath
youth), are still in Manila. We
hear that the civilians there get
JitfJe food and that Is rice and
water only.
"It we get help everything
wiii be alright here mighty
quick. If we don't we will prob
ably go under In the end. Love
until I see you again. Donald."
CHJLOQUIN JlaJ Howe, lor
mcr achool teacher and band In
structor at Chlloquin high
school, has reaiiy had an inter
esting career since entering the
U. 8. service. Ho writes, "First
I got myself happily married,
then I went to Pennsylvania
Slate college where I put in
four months of the most inten
sive Diesel engineering course
given anywhere in (he world.
Then I went to New Orleans for
one mqnth at naval headquar
ters to study communications.
Then I worked on a coastal
mine sweeper as engineering
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liJSIa Wiife X CONDOTSI ii
jt theie, and! many more . . : wditinq to idliify your yearninfl
i v Jfffll for coof, color-bright dresses) Vou won't be hdppy with eM '' TfvTjMSnLti
' ' ' f, than several when you realize the values 1 Drassei vrith frilll ' -Lpf SJtlsSSxj 1'
'llllrlc? on taviih iNhiha, Kngaria cohta, fnch-pbirftf aklrtt.'ijw''-' ': . tSt&SvLlswi
fl'ain bells and a host of other cosily details. Even 2-pe. suit, JBJSK '
' ' (rocksljipkil-libing Horah on whila or high -shade groundi.) SS'jTPW fyM '
v Cool, neal monotones. Come splurge on an armful get Sit fvpfejf W V,
tor summer and jov) fyiS F -
:;v: SEARS, ROEBiCR ASD CO. 'f!j 0
; -,;1JJS. rh ," . Dfgl SIM ' V"'. .
officer for many months, and
believe me we kept the gulf
swept clean. Now I am with
a submarine patrol. 1 lind it
Interesting work. Dorothy, my
wife, lives about 20 miles from
my base. Give everyone in
Chiloquin my best regards."
. .
CHiLOQUiN The last word
from Pete Forner was that he
had seen action and plenty of
It in the Pacific war zone. He
waa wounded in the leg and had
been moved to San Francisco
lor hospitalization and was re
covering nicely. Ills brother,
John, is somewhere in the
Alaskan war zone and we do
not hear from either boy very
often. Theii- home is at Algoma.
CHILOQVIN Raymond L.
Enauf, brother of Don Campag
na, writes rom a Pacific war
zone island, 'The natives are
very friendly, however we find
it. hard to purchase the things
we want due to language diffi
culties. We had a very inter
esting trip down here. I saw
SENSATIONAL DRESS
fish I never expected to see,
porpoise, flying ilsh and sharks
galore." Raymond is in the ma
rlnea and wrote hia letter using
V-mail.
.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Cadet
Claude Summers, 23, aon of Mra.
Eva I. Hooper of Xlamath Falla,
Ore., has entered the army air
center here. Cadet Summera ia
graduate ot Klamath - Union
nigh achool. . ,
STILLWATER, Okla. Ralph
Russcl Holmer, 19, of Klamath
Falls, Ore., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Holmer, 6307 3 lat ave
nue S. W.( Seattle, Wash., haa
arrived at Oklahoma A. and M.
college for a courae of army
air forces instruction lasting ap
proximately live months prior
to hia appointment as an avia
tion cadet in the AAV.
To build a 16-Inch gun like
those guarding our coastlines
from possible enemy invasion, it
takes 26,667 $100 war bonds,
which cost only $7S each.
PERSEVERANCE
OAKLAND, Calif., (PJ Tha
Britlah atate 1 department
wouldn't permit Alice Dunn to
enter England to marry Capt.
George E. Harvey of the British
army, , -
So aha married the captain by
pioxy . Still m British -appro-
passport. i .' .
Undaunted, she landed a Jol
with an English llrm.
She got her passport. ,
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