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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
An (rust T. 194S
FEEBLE SALES
MAKE LEADERS
LOSEGRQUND
Br VICTOR EUBANK
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (Buy
ing interest in today's stock mar
ket continued feeble and most
leaders in the key groups lost a
little more ground.
. It was one of the slowest two-
hour days of the year with vol
ume around 300,000 shares.
A few pivotal issues, including
American Telephone, Westing
house, Southern Pacific and U. S.
Steel, showed some resistance
and were slightly ahead most of
the time.
Such stocks as Chrysler, Good
rich, U. S. Rubber, Montgomery
Ward, Sears Roebuck, Douglas
Aircraft, Kennecott, American
Can, Santa Fe, N. Y. Central and
Baltimore Ic Ohio entered the
final lap carrying minus signs.
' Bonds were irregular with
changes generally narrow. Com
modities also were slightly
mixed. -
Closing quotations:
American Can 85
Am Car Sc Fdy 351
Am Tel & Tel 153
Anaconda ....... 251
Calif Packing 251
Cat Tractor 481
Commonwealth & Sou
General Motors
, Gt Nor Ry pfd
Illinois Central -
H16
301
261
111
ittf Harvester
66
Kennecott
301
Lockheed
Long-Bell "A"
Montgomery Ward
Nash-Kelv
171
8t
43 1
Hi
151
N Y Central
Northern Pacific .
Pac Gas & El
Packard Motor
Penna R R
131
291
31
.261
17
Republic Steel ,
Richfield Oil ; :
91
79
251
7
51
8
191
961
521
12!
'Sears Roebuck
Southern Pacific
Standard Brands..
Sunshine Mining
Trans-America .....
Union OU Calif
Union Pacific
U S Steel .
Warner Pictures .
WHEAT
CHICAGO. Aug. 7 CP) Grains
slumped in a quiet market to
day, the downturn being attri-
. buted more to a lack of buying
orders than any aggressive pres
sure to sell. Commission houses
were on the selling side.
With the country offering com
more freely, there was a ten
dency to liquidate feed grains.
Both oats and rye weakened.
Corn purchases on a "to arrive"
basis ttoday totaled 450.000 bush
els, bringing the1 total for the
week to around 1,500,000
bushels.
At the close wheat was down
1-1, September 1.441-1, Decem
ber $1,461, oats were down 1-1,
September 70, and rye was l-t
lower, September f 1.011.
BOSTON WOOL
BOSTON, Aug. 7 (AP-USDA)
Some uneasiness developed in
the Boston wool market during
the past week. Short fine do
mestic free wools on which
there has been very little de
mand recently were offered at
prices several cents below clean
basis ceilings. The demand for
foreign wools ' was limited to
spot offerings.
Combined state highway ob
ligations for 39 states top
$2,433,900,000, of which New
York's $477,927,709 is the larg
est and Idaho's $289,834 the
smallest.
Why, of Course
Six-shooter at the hip and mili
tary bearing readily identifies
this figure on the sands of Sicily
as American Gen. George &'
Patton,
Q :
Poiaioes
CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (AP-WFA)
Potatoes: arrivals 10; on track
194; total U. S. shipments 687;
supplies light, demand fair, mar
ket slightly weaker for Washing
ton long whites and Russet Bur
banks, steady for others; Idaho
Russets Burbanks U. S. No. 1,
$3.79-4.00; Idaho long whites U
S. No. 1, $3.88-90; Idaho Bliss
Triumphs U. S. No. 1, $3.15;
Washington long whites U. S
No. 1. $4.00; Washington Bliss
Trumphs U. S. No. 1, $3.13;
Nebraska Red Warbas U. S. No.
1, $2.90-3.10; Nebraska Cobblers
U. S. No. 1, $2.83-3.00.,
LIVESTOCK
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
Aug. 7 (AP-WFA) Cattle: For
five days 750; compared week
ago: slaughter steers steady;
feeders, medium to canners cows
50c to $1.00 lower: week's steer
top two loads medium to good
1080 lbs. grass steers $14.00-25,
load medium 918 lbs. $13.50;
around three loads medium feed
er steers $11.00-50, one load
$12.00 to country; very few heif
ers $11.00-12.00; odd young fat
grass cows $11.00; medium range
cows $9.00-50 late; canners and
cutters $6.00-7.50, few fleshy
common $8.25 early. Bulls fully
$1.00 lower, medium $11.00,
common 8.30-9.00; sparingly
late $9.50. Calves: for week 45;
weak; few good 320 lb. calves
$12.00, choice scarce, quoted
$13.00.
Hogs: For five days, 1750; com
pared week ago: around 10 cents
higher; closing top and bulk good
and choice 200-240 lbs. barrows
and gilts $15.25 nominal. Good
sows $13.50 down.
Sheep: For five days 10,000;
compared week ago: choice
scarce, medium to good 50-75C
lower; week's top good to choice
88 lbs. $13.50; shorn lambs
$13.250f) shorn yearlings $11.00;
shorn ewes $6.50; week's bulk
lambs $12.00-14.50: cull to good
ewes $2,504.50. . . ..
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 7 (AP
USDA ) CATTLE: Salable for
week 2950; calves 300; compared
week ago, general market 25-50
lower, better grades moderately
active late; few good fed steers
S14.25-414.85, load 1117 lb. to
$15.25; outstanding grass ' fat
steers $14.00-$14.25 but bulk
grassers $11.00-$12.23, few to
$13.25; stackers - and feeders
$10.00-$11.50, cutter down to
10.00-$12.25; grass fat heifers
$7.00; canner and cutter cows
$5.50-$7.25; medium-good beef
cows 9.50-$11.00; medium-good
bulls $9.00-$10.50, early top
$12.00; good to choice vealers
$13.50-$14.50.
HOGS: Salable for week 3435;
compared week ago, market 50
higher; good and choice 180-225
lbs. $15.00, few down to $14.75
and odd head $15.10; good to
choice 240-300 lbs. $13.75-$14.25,
few $14.50, 140-170 lbs. $13.50
$14.25; good sows $10.00-$10.50,
few to $11.00; good-choice feed
er pigs $14.00-$15.50, few early
$16.00.
SHEEP: Salable for week 2773;
compared late last week fat
lambs 25 higher with general un
dertone improved; good to choice
spring lambs $11.50-$11.75, com
mon to medium $6.50-$10.50;
feeders largely $9.00-$9.50, few
locals to $10.00 and eastern Ore
gons to $10.50; good to choice
ewes 5.00-$6.00, mostly $5.50
down, common down to $2.00.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (AP-WFA)
Salable bogs 500, total 3500
nominally steady; not enough
good and choice hogs on sale to
make - a market; quotable top
$14.60; shippers took none; com
pared week ago weights under
250 lbs. 25-35 higher; weights
over 250 lbs. 10-15 higher; sows
15-25 higher.
Salable cattle 900, calves 500;
compared Friday last week
strictly good and choice fed
and yearlings strong to 25 high'
er, mostly 10-15 up; common,
cedium and average-good grades
mostly 25 down on both killer
and stocker account; price divid
ing line around $15.00; heifers
steady to 25 lower, choice kinds
holding steady; cows 25-SO
down, average decline about 25
all through list, with closing
trade weak at decline; h e a v y
sausage bulls 25 higher losing
early, advance light' offerings
about steady; vealers 25-50 up;
extreme top- fed steers $16.90;
next Highest price $16.85: sev
eral loads $16.65 and $16.75;
bulk fed steers $14.00-$16.25
grassy and -worked-up kinds
$11.25-$13.75; stocker trade al
most at standstill; choice to
prime fed heifers reached $16.25:
comparable mixed offerings
$16.35; bulk $13.50-$ 15.50; cut
ter cows closed at ?B.OO down,
with underweight canners. drag
gy around $6.50, most fat cows
closing at $10.00-$12.00, w i t h
practical top good cows $13.50;
heavy sausage bulls reached
$14.07; and vealers $16.00; cull
and common heavy southwest
calves 50 lower at $8.25-$8.75.
Salable sheep 500, total 5500;
compared Friday last week: Fat
native spring lambs 15-25 high
er; week's top native snrine
lambs $15.10; top westerns $15.40
put quality distinctly lmm-oved:
bulk range spring lambs $15.25
$15.40, native medium to choice
$13.00-$14.85; slaughter yea r-J
lings si3.Z5-si4.00; top slaughter
ewes, 7.75, other natives 6.50
$7.75, late top $7.50; load choice
76 lb. feeding lambs $14.00.
NEWS OF THE THEATRES
In glorious technicolor. "Forest Rangers." starring Fred Mac
Murray. Paulette, and Susan Hayward. opens at the Pine Tree
tbeatr Sunday. Companion feature is Swing Your Partner.
featuring Radio's Lulu Bella and
Newcomer Robert Walker,
won him a new long term M-G-M
the picture and that is to get
13 gallant Bataan defenders who
Also starred in "Bataan." which starts with a midnight prerue
at the Pelican theatre tonight, are Robert Taylor. Lord Nolan.
George Murphy and Thomas Mitchell.
III is i iiti hi i . .
Paulette Goddard gives you a glimpse into the future In
"Crystal Ball," currently playing at the Etouire. Co-starring in
this riot of comedy is Ray Milland. Also in the cast are Gladys
wvorge ana Virginia rieia.
Belita, featured, skater, in Monogram's great ice spectacle,
"Silver Skates." opening at the Tower theatre Sunday. Also fea
tured in the cast are Kenny Baker, Patricia Morison and Ted
Flo Rilo and his band. Companion feature, showing for the first
time in Klamath Falls, is "Lost Canyon." starring William Boyd
as "Hopalong Caisidy."
Chemult
Mr. and Mrs. George Reeves
have moved to Klamath Falls.
He is now employed at Pelican
Bay.
Mrs. Joe Bellavance. Mrs. Ar-
lene Franklin, Miss Frankie
Anderson, Mrs. Davis and Miss
Bernadine Cohle made a busi-
ness trip to Klamath Falls Mon
day.
Mrs. Barrett of Klamath Falls
is visiting with her dauehter.
Mrs. K. Isitt in Chemult.
Mr. and Mrs. K. Isitt are
planning on visitine with
friends in Algoma within a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunkers Wil-
liams from Quincy, Calif., were
visitors at the Thompson home
in Chemult. Mr, and Mrs. Wil
liams were on their way to
Portland.
Tires weighing more than 600
pounds are hauled and handled
by' service trucks used in mak
ing tire changes on big dumper
vehicles working on .Panama
canal lock projects.
Scotiy.
whose performance In "Bataan"
contract has one ambition In
a Jap. He is seen as one of the
fought off hordes of invaders.
Lake view Stamp
Sales Total $900
. LAKEVIEW About $900 In
war saving stamps were sold at
the two booths in Lakeview dur
ing July, according to figures
made available this week. While
the booth at the . corner of the
Lakeview Mercantile company,
operated only a couple weeks
during the month. Some $150
in stamps were sold. A record
was kept of the booth at the J.
C. Penney store, which was op
erated . by Joanne Downs and
Pauline McDouglas, showing
$744.65 sold during the five Sat
urdays. PILES
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
no pain - no Hospitalization
No Lom of Tim
ptmuiwn RmuIiiI
DR. E. M. MARSHA
OMrapractlf PhyMiim
lit No. 7lh IKXJlri Thlllrt lids.
RED GROSS
QUOTA FILLED
AT TULELAKE
TULELAKE Surgical dress
ing quotas for the Tulcliike Red
Cross chapter were reached but
August days aro finding work
ers reluctant to put in many
hours and those in charge of
the classes are asking that
everyone who can help will put
in some time.
Particularly meritorious is
the work that has been done
by the members of the Tulclnke
assembly, Order of the Rainbow
for Girls, according to the ex
ecutive board in session this
week.
The unit, with 79 persons
devoting 640 and three quarters
hours work during July com
pleted 5474 dressings. Four in
structors put in 150 and three
quarters hours of time. Mrs,
George Kurtz is chairman of
surgical dressings.
Mrs. George Yost, chairman
of the homo service division re
ported that a number of in
quiries have been made by the
military personnel at Nowoll m
regard to maternal care. Sev
eral loans, principally for fur
loughs, have been made.
Ralph Fausett has been ap
pointed by Rev. Hugh L. Bron
son, general chairman of the
chapter, to assist Mrs. Yost In
attempting to locate living ac
commodations for families of
service men who arc expected
to arrive with the new units.
Mrs. Harry Miller, chairman
of the knitting division, stated
that knitting was stalemated
because of lack of yarn, one
sweater and one helmet being
completed during the month.
Ralph Faucett reported that
a second radio is being sent to
the convalescent wards at Camp
White. Mrs. Frank Rhodes made
a personal report on 15 hours
work.
The room where surgical
dressings are made which has
been most uncomfortable dur
ing the hot weather has had a
fan installed ' and is now air
conditioned. - -
Four-H boys and girls of Carr
school donated $5 and the Jun
ior church of the Tulclake Com
munity Presbyterian church don
ated $2 for the Camp White
convalescent ward. A letter was
read from Mrs. Jeanne Baker,
field k. representative - of - the
American Red Cross thanking
the Winema Girl Scouts for the
attractive afghan sent recently
through the Red Cross to the
orthopedic ward at Camp White.
The robe was knitted with the
emblem of the troop, a clover
leaf and the name Tulclake em
broidered on a center panel.
Rainbow girls are contribut
ing time to the sale of the Red
Cross magazine, the Courier, the
entire subscription price of 75
cents per year being given to
the organization.
Lake County Tops
July Bond Quota
LAKEVIEW Lake county
again topped its monthly quota,
going 3000 above the figure al
lotted for July. While the coun
ty quota was set at $43,000,
over $48,000 in bonds had been
sold at the last report. Lake
county was also honored when
a letter from state headquart
ers to Ray Harlan,. Lake county
chairman of the war bond sales
committee, brought the news
that at the close of the first
three weeks of the month the
county was the only one in the
state to' reach its quota. Lake
county had reached 102 per cent
when the report was made out.
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there
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Penthouse henhouse atop a New
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"Here elevator operator Barney
Baker collects the "rent" from
one of the residents.
TO RE-ORGANIZE
TULELAKE Reorganization
of Tulclake Boy Scout troop
No 44 with Rev. Hugh L. Bron
son at scoutmaster will be ef
fected in the near future, Rev.
Bronson reported Thursday,
following recent conferences
with Robert Lamont, Klamath
Falls, executive of the Modoc
area council.
The troop is being generously
sponsored by Tulclake post,
American Legion, with a recent
financial drive among business
men and farmers assuring ade
quate funds. Tom Kadous was
chairman of the drive.
Howard Dayton, commander
of the post has appointed
Charles K. Wlese chairman. P.
C. Bergman and Ralph Ganger
with Scoutmaster Bronson to
register with the council. Twen
ty-six boys have signified inten
tion to register as members.
The troop limit is 32.
Four patrol leaders are to be
elected next week and names
are to be chosen. Tentative
plans are under way for atten
dance at the regular meeting of
the Legion post next Tuesday
night for investiture in the ten
dorfoot rank. .
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TALKS TO IDLE
TULELAKE Lieutenant Bet
ty Herring, Klnmnth Falls re
cruiting officer for the WACs,
and before Iter onllalment in tho
service associated with the Oro
gnnlan, was the guest speaker
Wednesday at tho Rotary club
luncheon,
Futuro plans for the organi
zation, which offers 140 open
ings for girl enlistees wcro out
lined by Miss Herring. En
listees relcuso men for the nioro
Important work of war and a
full enlistment would release 10
per cent of married men from
induction. She was Introduced
by Jerome Kocfcr, program
chairman.
Barbara Bentley, who Is maj
oring In music at the University
of Oregon, sang two numbers
with Mrs. Frank Bell at tho
piano. President McMurphy
presided and Otto A. Schultz led
the community sing.
The Rotary club was host Mon
day to the 12 wounded servlco
men, guests of tho Klamath Fulls
Commandos and their young
women hostesses, Mrs. Lois Ser
ruys, Commando mother, and A.
Errls, photographer for Plx mag
azine, who was here Inking pic
tures to be used by tho Amer
ican magazine.
The young folks were brought
from Klamath Falls In mid morn
ing by Clark W, Fensler. They
were taken to the pclrnglyphs,
where they wcro greeted by Don
Fisher, superintendent of tho
Lava Beds National Monument
and by Mrs. Fisher.
TULELAKE Students at
Carr school will go back to
classes Monday, August 23, It
was announced following a
meeting of the school board
Thursday. The early dato was
decided upon to allow tlmo out
for a harvest vacation during
the potato picking season if it
is necessary.
Only two teachers will be
employed this year Instead of
three, enrollment being smaller
than in some other years. Aver-
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Notes
By The Associated Pros
State highway official warned
motorists that troop convoys will
be moving over tho Santlam and
McKenzIo highways this wook
end. . . . Virgil Moss, Newborg,
was appointed principal of Ken
wood school In Bend. . . .
Housing programs at Toledo
and Silotz, where logging has
been curtailed by lack of living
quarters, were approved In '
Washington. . . . rrivato Richard
T. llendrlckson, Hagaravllle, '
Ark., wm fatally crushed by an
army lank In central Oregon mi
neuvers. ,
Jackson county dairymen com
plained In an OPA hearing In
Mod ford that they are losing
from 10 to 20 cents on every
pound of bulterfiit produced. . , .
Circuit Jiulgo Charles H. Comb
at Bend set August 10 as the data
for a hearing on whether Bende,
can use tho Deschutes river fo-U
a swimming hole.
Representative Ellsworth (R
Ore.) In Portland criticized tho
recent growth of the federal pay
roll. , , , Representative Stock
man In Prlnevlllo tormed tho
central Oregon milk situation
the "worst mismanaged" feature
of the home front, declaring thai
The Dalles dairy men were going
broke even at the tlmo the OPA
was Insisting they were making
money, , . .
WIRE PULL1NO
SALT LAKE CITY, P)
Speed Car Driver Ab Jenkins,
mayor here, has a telegram
from tho war production board
advising how the new mayor's
office may purchase 20,700
pounds of steel wire.
It's somewhat puzzling to
Mayor Jenkins, because one: HJ
doesn't want the wire and two:
The telegram was addressed to
Major L. Ed Coons and tho
eldest city hall employ never
heard of such a man.
age enrollment last term was
about 43.
William McCollum, who
taught here prior to his Induc
tion Into the army more than
a year ago, has been given tho
; contract as principal and teach
er of the upper classes. Mc
Collum, who lives near the state
line, was given a medical dis
charge recently. Ho will bo as
sisted by Mary Peterson, who
received her advanced school
ing at Chlco State Teachers' col
lego. She will bo In charge of
tho primary grades.
Member of tho board ar Cf ft
M. Crawford, Mrs. Ted Fish and
Mr. Chester Main.
CsrClesners
Jsnitori
Matrons