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May 16, 1048 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OKEGOK . PAGE NINE ii pi 0 RECOVERIES GENERAL ON T NEW YORK, Mny IB (IP) Mnny who sold stocks Krldny on tho ahort-wnr theory reversed :lhnmnlves to somo extent In to day's market unci recoveries were general throughout the lint. Ili-ltlsh official warnings thut uViy Ulen of n quirk finish to the world conflict whs erroneous, nnd recognition thut the rondo lo Homo, IJerlln nnd Tokyo allll were beset Willi numerous dli'fl cullies, did much to stem tho jicucc liquidation which hit leud ors In thu previous kchhIoii. While Ihura were u few ad vances of 1 to B points in uvl riencu nour the clone, coinft-bouk mostly wore In minor reactions. jrlbuted. Dealings were around 600,000 shares. Nickel pinto preferred win n tollnr performer, gutting up obout B to o new 11143 top on modcrato activity. The road's common stock also touched best level for the yoar. Bolstering; tho senior Issue was talk of somo plan being considered to elimi nate dividend arreuraties amount ing to approximately $00 a shnre. Shares getting Into tho "new high" clawi Included FUntkoto, Dresser Mfg. and Panhandle Producing & Refining. Support ed wore Santa I'e, Southern Pa clflc, Seaboard Air Line, West ern Union, American & Foreign Power, Douglas Aircraft, Ameri can Can, U. S. Steel, Chrysler, Montgomery Wnrd, Anaconda and American Can. TOCiRE Occn.ilonul rnmiis murks wcro AVposted for Eastman Kodak, Tex- w.'n Co.. Bethlehem, Goncral Mo tors, Wcstlnghuuse, J. I. Cose and Baltimore & Ohio. Bonds and commodities moved, over a norrow course. Closing quotations: " American Can 831 Am Cor & Fdy 3 Am Tel & Tel 191 Anaconda 2IU Cot Tractor 4U Commonwealth & Sou It General Eloctrlc 37i General Motors 5 IK Gt Nor ny pfd 311 Illinois Central 14 J Int Harvester 67 Kennocott 32a Lockheed 21 1 Long-Bell "A" 10 Montgomery Word 4U No.sh-Kclv 11 N Y Central 181 Norlhorn Pociflo - 17 Packord Motor 41 Ponna R R 301 Republic Steel 171 Rlchflold Oil 91 Saeway Stores 30 1 Sears Roebuck . 701 Southern Pacific 27 i Standard Brands 7 Sunshine Mining 6 Trans-Amorlca 81 Union Oil CulU 191 Union Pacific 011 U S Stool 64 1 Warner Pictures 141 Lakeview LAKEV1EW Tho Jock O' Leary house In tho Chowaucan valley obout 40 miles north of Lakovlew burnod to tho ground Friday when a strong wind whlppod small bluzo In the root beyond control. Mrs. O'Loary wos alone at the time and was unablo to get up and extinguish tho fire that started near tho flu. Although har Inn- I band and others, who were working some distance away, hurried to tho sceno they were ablo to save but few personal . effects. Many treasured articles of the family which wcro brought from Ireland were de stroyed in the fire. The O'Leory's hove moved to the John Branch place for tho pres ent. D. E. DcArmon, J. C. Clark and Ernost Fetsch have been ap pointed on tho school budget committee. Tho budget meeting has beon sot for next Tuesday evening, at which time the bud- 0e jet for the coming school year will be made. The pulmolor which Luko vluw und vicinity hnvo been uwaitlng for several weeks hus arrived. Anyono interested in tho study of artificial rcspirn : tlon will agree that any life , saving organization must be highly trained In order to ef ficiently maintain manual arti ficial respiration over long per iods of limo nnd korp the tim ing nnd rhythm of rpspirnllon porfoct and continuous. With Lakevlow's pulmotor, the rhy thm Is mechanically controlled, and furthermore, it does not tire or glvo up. Also, becnusu of Its portability It Is not neces sary to disconnect It from tho pntlent If it Is found ndvlsoblo to movQ him. Manual nrllflclol Oviesplrutlon is most difficult to conduct 1C tho piillonl Is being moved, , Ono of our gcnorals song dur ing a recant air raid on Antworp. We have reliable reports, how ever, that tho bombing was worse than the singing. Potatoes I rnHi CHICAGO, May 19 (AP U8DA) Potutoes, arrlvuls 65; on track 40; total US shipments 065; now stock; supplies vory light, demand good, markot firm at ceilings; old stock: no solos reported; Aluboma 100 lb. sacks Bliss Triumphs US No. 1, $4.02 20; Louisiana 100 lb. sucks Bliss Triumphs generally good quality $4,211-30; California Long Whites US No. 1, $4.44-86. LIVESTOCK SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (Al')-(Kcd.-Stute Murket News) Cuttle: for flvo duys -130; compared week ugo: steers generally steady, medium grass heifers weak; medium to cunnor cown around BOc lower; bulls i.U'iidy, calves unci veulers BOc lower; week's e x t r o m e top, choice 1270 II). Idaho steers $10.78; medium grass steers $16.00-38; cutters $18.00-90; load medium 030-040 lb. heifers $12.79-13.00; loud medium 1039 lb. rungo cows $11.00; common cows $0.90-10.00; colored cut ters $U.!ilMMI0, canners $7.00 SO; medium gross bulls $11.90 12.90, few heavy $13.00. Culvcs: for five duys 140, around 90c lower, few good to choice vealcrs $14.30-15.90, me dium to common $12.00-14.00. Hogo: for five days 1700; compared week ugo: barrows ami gilts mostly 25c lower, sows 40c lower; closing ' top good lo choice burrows and gilts $13.10, good sows $13.89. Sheep: for flvo duys 1200; compared week ago: spring lumbs 23-SOc lower, packages good 00.80 lb. $14.29-19.25, choice quoted $15.90; medium to common feeders $12.00-50; shorn owes 25-50c lower, No. 1 pelt choice $7.00 down; medium No. 2 pelts $4.50-3.90, culls 80 lb. $3.00-50. PORTLAND, Ore., May 19 (AP-USDA) CATTLE: For week salablo 1029; calves 200; compared week ago, steers and heifers steady, cows and bulls steady to 25 higher, dairy type cows up most; vealcrs steady; bulk medium to good fed steers $!3.00-$13.00, top $18.90; com mon down to $12.00; good fed heifers $19.00-90; common to medium $10.50-$14.00; canncr und cutter cows closed $7.90 $0.90; fut dairy type to $11.90 ond over; good beef cows $12.80 $13.00; medium to good bulls $12.23 to $14.00, few $14.25; good and eholco vealcrs $19.00 $18.50. HOGS: For week salable 2050: compared week ago, market 50 higher; work's bulk good ond eholco 180-223 lbs. $19.29, few down to $19.00; 240-300 lbs. $14.29-75; light lights $14.00-50; good sows $13.25-$13.50; feeder pigs $16.50-$17.00; choice lights scarce, heavies down to $14.90. SHEEP: For week salable 1535; spring lambs fully steady; good to choice $15.00-50; com mon down to $12.00; grassy shorn lambs undor pressure, common grsdo 50 or more lower; good to eholco fed shorn lambs early $15.00, bulk of supply com mon grades at $D.50-$10.50; good shorn ewes $6.40-75; wooled owes to $8.00. CHICAGO, Mny 13 Sal ablo hogs 300, total 0800; no thorough test of markot because of small supply; undertone steady; quotablo top $14.33; compared week ago barrows, gilts, sows 33-40c lower. Salable cattle 100, calves 100; compared Friday last week: good and choice grade steers und yearlings steady to weak; medium grades 25c lower; bulk steers $14.00-16.73; best year lings $17.00; heifer yearlings $16.75; heifers steady to 25c lower; medium grades showing p5- j f 1 "i-d The caption on this picture received from neutral Portugal soys it shows Adolf Hitler (second from right) during a demonstration of new weapons. Others In photograph were not identified. mkA J& Vt:M mi fSv Vp Wes Cludriin, Herald and News news editor, Is here shown giving news desk tips io a group of KUH8 Journalists. Tho girls are, left to right, Nadlne Palmerton, Mary Ellen Wright, Edna Kohl, Dorl Helfrlch, Marlys Stelnseifor, Nancy Bennet ond Dorothy Hicks. LT. Lt. John Harding, who has ' been flying In North Africa for : the last six months, arrived in the United States this week ond is en route to Portland where he will meet his wife, tho former Margaret Horton of this city. He i will also visit his mother, Mrs. i C. B. Harding, of Portland. j Lt. Harding flew from Africa to Florido ond while en route to the west coast was grounded by bad weather In Texas. -It Is not known whether the young air man will be able to visit in Klamuth Falls where he attend ed school, or If he is to return to active duty Immediately. ! Mrs. Harding lett Thursday ' night by train for Portland. She is employed here In the office of the US employment service. i decHno, bulk $13.73-16.00; cows steady to 25c higher; cutter cows closed ot $10.50 down, most medium to good beef cows $11.75-13.25; practical top strict ly good cows $14.00; bulls 25c lower or 50-75c under week's high time; extreme outside heavy sausage bulls on late rounds $13.73, practical top $13.80; all grades vealcrs strong to 50c higher, choice offerings reaching $16.50; stock cattle scarce, steady, with thin kinds suitable for grazing In broadest demand at $13.25-15.00. Salable sheep 2500; total 5000; compared Friday last week: fat lambs steady to strong; sheep uneven and closed weak to 25c lower; bulk good ond choice fed western wooled Iambs $18.50-16.15, top $16.25 for strictly choice closely sort ed 85 lb. Colorados; good and choice fed western clipped lambs with No. 1 and 2 skins $14.35-15.15, top shorn offer ings $13.80 for choice offerings with No. 1 skins ond full shorn; top shorn native ewes $8.80, most good and choice kinds $7.75-8.28, to wooled ewes $9.50, good and eholco kinds $9.00-30. By-Product of Victory SPRINGFIELD, O., ") Mrs. Clara B. Payton testified today that Victory gardening pays. The 74-ycar-old reported that while pulling onions in the gar den she found her wedding ring lost 20 years ago. HARDING RETURNSFROM NORTH AFRICA Hitler Watches Demonstration School Journalists At Newspaper ! Students Ask for Recreation to Halt Delinquency LAKEVIEW A group of high school students put the question : of recreationul facilities In Luke : view squarely before tho Rotary 1 club yesterday in their appeals for cooperation ond backinf, in a , program thoy felt would allevi ate much of the juvenile delin quency problem. i Detle Combs summed up the , various talks given by the stu dents, adding that through the cooperation of the home, news puper and civic groups, Lake- view cun have a place of recrea tion and social contacts for thu youth of today and the youth of tomorrow with an expense that would be greatly outweighed by the results In a hither physical and moral standard. Labor Shortage Seen for Lake County Farmers LAKEVIEW - That Lake county will be faced with a farm lobor shortage this summer is ap riaront. occording to figures cited by County Agent Victor Johnson in his taiK to tne 1.10ns ciuo xo - day. As a result of this shortage, the Lions club will act as a reg- istration center to clear requests from farmers for labor, and of- fers from townspeople to help meet the problem. "Food and fibre are as impor- tant as ammunit on in the win- nmg 01 me wui, """"data and disseminat ne informa- He stated that armed forces will take 25 per cent of all the food and fibre produced in the U. S. this year compared with 15 per cent last year. WHEAT CHICAGO, May 15 OP) Wheat prices advanced on short-covering in a ouiet market today. Sell ing pressure was light in view of the recent decline and uncertain crop conditions. Oats and rye were steody. but were able to score only slight gains. At tho close wheat was J-l cent higher, Moy $1.43S, July $1.42 1.411, corn was unchanged at ceilings, May $1.05, oats were ic lower to Ic higher and rye was up J-lc. Dairy Mrs. Almeda Horsley left by train Thursday morning to join her husband Clyde In Minneapo lis, Minn. He has been stationed there the past several months with a branch of the air corps. Mrs. Horsley has just completed another teaching term in tho Bo nanza school. Clyde is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Horsley. Office I Vl T I I IUI I Defense News Notes ! The Block Leader Council met at luncheon Friday at the cham ber of commerce rooms, and va rious area leaders reported to Mrs. Jean Puckctt progress that had been made. i Martha McCollum: Precincts 6, 7, 9, 20 and 29, reported favor- able results being obtained by her block leaders. Coral Sabo: North Enterprise, North A 1 1 a m o n t and South Homcdale completed, with a total of 267 "V sticker" homes, three registered nurses and sev eral practical nurses. Three pre cincts not yet completed. Mrs. Harriett Gross: Precincts 30, 31, 32, Chelsea and Pelican City. Precincts 30 and 31 are complete, and the others will be complete early next week. West Klamaih and Stewart-Lenox area progressing favorably. Mrs. Dean Osborne: Precincts 24 to 28, inclusive, reports hec iarea nea'r, completedi 1 Miss Eieanora Weatherford: precmcts 3 4 8 8 & 14 reports excenent progress. , Attent;on Biock Leaders: Block are under the oivliia&- Service corps and are not subject to can in air raids or ! other emergency disasters. Their W0Tk ,g prmcipaliy collecting tion regarding production and conservation of all community resources vital to the war effort. Student Increase Makes First Class School District LAKEVIEW With the school census showing 1005 residents between the ages of 4-19 in the district, Lakeview on July l will Wnm firct ein nhnni Hie trict. The change will cause an increase of from three to five di rectors, three of whom will be voted upon for three, four and five-year terms at an election to be held June 21. Lakeview Lions End Rescue Ship Bond Sale Drive LAKEVIEW The program., sponsored by the Lions club, of building an aircraft rescue ship at a cost of $60,000 in war sav ings bonds, was completed April 30 with sales totalling $119. 212.30. The program started March 15 and ran through the Victory program which stimulat ed sales the last half of April. O Our New Home 419 Main St. The Court House Ii Now One Block Down the Street From Our Office The Landry Go. New Address 419 Main NO PUPILS HOLD AUDITION HERE MAY 7 The Klamath Falls unit of the 1943 national piano playing au ditions, sponsored by the Nation al Guild of Piano Teachers, was held May 7 and 8. Many piano pupils from Sacred Heart acad emy took part In this nationwide event, Tho coadjutor was Mrs. Mary Anderson, an eminent teacher and pianist. Mrs. Gard ner acted as monitor. To achieve the national honor roll, each student was required to receive on 80 per cent grade from the Judge upon the playing ot a memorized program consist- ing of two to 10 selections chosen from standard literature for the piano. The students winning highest honors were Elaine Abbott, Marilyn Olson, Alice Baker, Peg ay Prultt, Mary Vandenberg Phyllis Crawford, June Earhart, Patty Knoll, Patricia O'Leary, Joseph Gardner and Pat Nldorf. Honors were also given to Mick- I ey O'Dell, James Johnston, Thel ' ma Bell, Sandra Mazingo, Char- ; lotte Ivory, John Ross, Charlotte Heup, Marian Newman, Joan Fogarty, L a v e 1 1 a McTaggert, Carol Saunders, Harriet Lave nlk, Rosemary Williams, Robert Paul, June Harrison, Ellen O'Keefe, Billle June McTaggert. Alma Walker, Patricia McClel lan, Marcheta Sloan, Dennis Short, Norman Ottoman; Molly Cashin, Patricia McMillan, Jean Olson, Margaret Provost, Gwen dolyn Beckley, Sally KnOpp, Anna Hyde and Mary Gardner. The names of all winners will be published in the 1944 Guild yearbook and given countrywide distribution, while each individ ual winner will be presented with an honor certificate show- Ing the student's classification. rating received, and honors won The movement, now in its 14th year, is an educational one which aims to raise piano playing in this country to the level of that formerly existing in European music centers. . - Exam Disrupted by Fire at WTS Room War Training Service men had their quota of excitement Thursday afternoon when a ra dio in the recreation room at Summers school, where the boys are stationed, shorted and started a blaze in the room. Although the fire was not a serious one, thick smoke made it difficult to extinguish. No one was injured during the ex citement. The boys were taking exams at the time of the fire. SCREWY SCREWDRIVER ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., (Pi Five Chief Art Westerfeld does n't need a spade to dig fish worms. He uses a screwdriver. The screwdriver is electrically charged. The chief says he just pokes it Into the ground, turns on the current ana soon tne worms come up for air. One. problem the chief hasn't solved: He still has to stick the worms on the hook by hand. BOSTON WOOL BOSTON, May 15 (AP-USDA) The Boston wool market contin ued very quiet during the past week. Consigned territory wools are arriving In fair volume from Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. ; '.-" With liquor rationing adopt ed In several states, there are re ports that many of .the customers are becoming more rational. Spanish royal decree estab lished public schools In' New Mexico in 1721 VE D to Same Phone SS12 Lumber Industrial News A planer from the dismantled Algoma Lumber company plant at Algoma was moved this week to the Shaw Lumber company operation at Tlonesta, and was being Installed Saturday. Shaw company's planing equipment was lost in a fire last Sunday. President J. R. Shaw said the . Algoma planer is being set up as temporary measure, and that an effort is being made to get additional machin ery for the re-established Shaw planing mill. Most of the Algoma planing equipment hod been sold before the Shaw fire occurred. Algoma Lumber Used by Farmers For Spud Cellars A lot of the lumber from docks and other structures at the dis mantled Algoma Lumber com pany plant has gone Into potato cellars in the south-end area of the Klamath basin, . it was learned Saturday. Basin farmers proved to be ac tive buyers 01 the lumber sal vaged from the abandonment of the Algoma operation. Core of the earth is estimated to be 1800 miles below the sur face. E STIFF PENALTIES PORTLAND, May 15 m The state liquor control commission, with two new members hearing cases, is passing out stiffer pen alties to beer license violators. Twenty suffered suspension yesterday, 10 of them for 30-day periods In place of the customary 7- and 14-day suspensions. Among them were: George L. Stevens, Kern buf fet, 133 S. 6th street, Klamath Falls, 30 days; service of alcohol ic beverage to intoxicated per son. Ames Luis, The Tavern, 810 Klamath avenue, Klamath Falls, 30 days; sale to Intoxicated per son. Walter Henry, The Kanteen, 132 S. 7th street, Klamath Falls, 30 days; sale to intoxicated per son. One post-war problem wfll be the handling of American Legion conventions. What will happen to a town invaded by veteran Commandos? , One of the war's domestic problems is a shortage of laun dresses. It s e e m s the washer women are in the war plants cleaning up, , Lonq Disfawce only when YOUR CONTINUED HUP IN MAKINO ONLY VITAL CAUS TO WAR-SUSY CENTERS IS MORE AND MORE ESSENTIAL EVERYDAY THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE 120 North 8th Street E A. J. Voye, president of the Big Lakes Box company of Klamath Falls and a member of the OPA advisory committee on lumber, went to Washington D. C, this week to work on the problem of providing more ade quate food for logging camps. OPA restrictions have brought a problem to , camp cooks throughout the northwest, It is understood, but there has been some relaxation and an effort, Is being, made to work out, the wholo problem. ...... Office Equipment r Lost by Wheeler In Friday's Fire ' : Typewriters and other office, machinery proved the most seri ous loss in the fire that hit the Wheeler Pine company's office structure in the. wee hours of Friday morning. . . Several pieces of the valuable equipment were, destroyed. Nothing serious was lost in the way of records, because most of the company's records are In the San Francisco office. The fir proved more of a nuisance than anything else.. Cause of the blaze remains a mystery. Company officials said it may have been a short in a wire. ' Former. Crater Lake Park Head Gets , Navy Commission David Canf leld, former super intendent of Crater Lake Nation al park, has been commissioned a lieutenant in' the United States navy, according to word received here. : .-, ;'" ' ' For several years,' Canf leld has been superintendent at ; Rocky Mountain National park in Colo rado. He is training In Rhode Island.1 ' ' -;' '.Canf ield became superinten dent at Crater lake after serving . as chief ranger there. After sev eral years he was transferred to Rocky Mountain. ' . To be "Johnny on tne. spot" used to be-, a .virtue. Gangsters . have made it suicide. Eagles New Hall 9th and Walnut Adm. 99c- Service Men SOc Lsdles Free ' Every Saturday Dancing 8:00 Til liOO AND TELE9RAPR COKPANT ; - Telephone 1101 I DANCE J