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Newspaper Page TextAiikiihI 13. 10.13 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THREE CONTRACTORS o WONT SUFFER ATWARS END WASHINGTON. Aug. IS (IP) Tho wur department hoi made plans to reimburse Its contract on in cane of Hidden end of tho war. . Disclosure of the plan wan murio In war production board (WPB) announcement yesterday thut army purchases of blankets and wouloru would be cut sub stantially In 1044. MnJ. Gen. C, L.. Corbln, di rector of procurement In the quartermaster uonerat'i office, was quoted as advising group of woolen and worsted manufac turers here this week that "pres ent contracts will be comploted unless unforeseen circumstances such as a sudden termination of hostilities make different course advlsuble." No cancella tion of existing contracts Is con templated, he said. Although the announcement covered only blankets and wool fubrics, it Indicated that the army had given thought to the possibility of a sudden pence and to preventing dislocation of Industry should It come. "It was indicated," said the announcement, "that where goods to bo made under a can celled contract were In process of being manufactured, the goods would either be completed and purchased by the govern ment for ultimate disposal through other channels, or the contractor would be reimbursed or any loss suffered as a result f the cancellation. 1944 Ship Plant Call for No More Tonnage Than 1943 WASHINGTON. Aug. 13 (IP) TentatiVe plans for merchant ship construction In 1044 call for no more tonnage, and perhaps slightly less, than the 10.000,000 deadweight tons scheduled to be built this year. Informed offi cials said yesterday. The new fast victory ship, de signed by the maritime commis sion as successor to the slow moving, mass . built Liberty ships, will play a large part in the 1044 program, it was said, but a "big proportion" of Llb- Vrty vessels will continue to 'come off the ways. Three Men Face Charges of Having Counterfeit1 Money SEATTLE. Aug. 13 P Three men, Marion J. Williams, Joel L. Parson and Harold K. Ashby, today face charges of possessing counterfeit money, dipt. William R. Jarrclt of the secret service, said Williams was suspected as the actual printer of the cleverly faked $10 and $20 bills. Ho reported tho seizure of elaborate printing equipment in the bnpement of a Bremerton home where Willlnmx had living quarters. He said the other two men were held as alleged passers of the bogus money. 4 OOP8I - J SAN FRANCISCO (IP) My ron T. Jncobson, pleading with OPA officluls for extra mileage ration stamps, fumbled for- a ln per in his pockot and out fell tnu pons good for 100 gallons Of gasoline Assistant U. S. Attorney Val rntlno G. Hnmmnck filed an in formation in federal court charging Jncobson with illegal possession of tho stnmps. ' Greater Aerial Hammering Predicted on Pacific Japs By The Associated Press Japan, fearful that a second U. S. attack on her Kurlle island chain presaged raids on tho Jop- diicse mainland itself, has been arned by an American air com mander that even greater aerial blows arc to como In tho .Pa cific. Muj. Gen, Nathan F. Twining, commander of air activities in the Solomons, asserted that thorc would1 bo no letup, and that the Pacific offonsivc has roached "the second quarter of tho game with our forces possessing the bull", and with an Imprcsslvo score behind them." Japan's Kurile Islands, ' 1200 miles "northeast of Tokyo, were raided yesterday (Far Pacific Tlmo) by big Liberator bombers which shot down fivo of' 40 enemy defenders. Two Liberators were reported missing. Tokyo broadcasts warn ed tho Japanese peoplo that the JJnlted States was apparontly Orcpnrlng to "raid our main land, Japan, from the north." . Bad weather grounded air planes as U, S. troops fought In tho-junglcs to wlpo out tho last Japanese holdings at Balroko Harbor oh New Georgia island, and a communique reported only that "our ground advance con MEN AND WOMEN IN V CHILOQUIN First Sergeant W. D, Scribuor of tho Puclfic sector, foreign wing, air force ferry command squadron, was recently on a short leave which he spent with li i s rclutlvcs. He spent one day with his sister. Mrs. C. J , Grubcrmon, of Chlloquln. For the rest of his leave, they visited Jwlth his sister, Mrs. nay onun of Central Point. His moth er, Mrs. Schrib ncriof Spokane, another sister, Mrs. Oron N. Stewart of Seat tle, and the Grubcrmons from Chlloquln attended the reunion. First Sergeant Scrlbncr has been with the forry command for the past year and there are no bases In tho Pacific war zone large enough for a piano to land on, that he has not landed on. IN PACIFIC Lewis Hertado" Sergeant Ned of Lakevlew is now somewhere ,. In the South Pa cific. His wife, the former Ruby Scott, and his two children,.. Roma Lee, and Ned Jr., live In Bealty. Hertfldo enlist ed In the army m in April. 1042, AW and was only re cently promoted to the rank oi sergeant. uinni rorolvrd here by Mr. and Mrs. Orlle Kcnnerly states thol their son, Lieutenant Byron F. Kcnnerly, is now instructor in piloting 4-motor bomber Fly- (til Vnrl rxM at Roswell. N. M. Another son, Technical Sgt. C. D. Kennerly, has Just recently returned from India and China mnti la nnw in the first radio squudron out of Patterson Field, Ohio. In a letter rcceivca irom a third son In service, Orlle A. Kennerly Jr., It was learned that he was promoted to sergeant Au gust 1. OrHe Is EO clerk at an army air field at Warrensburg, Mo. ' FARRAGUT. IDAHO Men from Klamath Falls are among tho thousands of new arrivals at this second largest U. S. naval training station to begin recruit training for their Jobs as mem bers of Uncle Sam's fighting fleet. The Klumath Falls men are: Wayne Francis Christonson. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Christen sen, 3405 Anderson street; Len in Woodrow Barrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barrett, Route 1, Box 020; Alfred Zone Woody, husband of Mrs. Margaret Woody. Routo 2, Box 8:10; Neil Earl Hutchlns, son of Mrs. Alice Hutchlns, 3200 Crest street; Ben Robert Lemire, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lemire, 33SS Alta mont drive. Several rolls of colored film have been received by Mrs. C. E. Brisscndcn from her husband, Captain Clarcnco "Bill" Brisscn dcn of tho marines who Is some where in the South Pacific. Bris scndcn has been In the South seas for about six months. Prior to his enlistment In the marines he was with the farm security office hero. Blockading warcraft sank a Japanese auxiliary vessel last night In Blackctt Strait leading Into Kula Gulf. The blockade is choking oft help for Balroko Harbor's defenders from the sea. Mexican Pear Pickers Paid by Hour at Medford MEDFORD, Aug. 13 (P) Mexican pea" pickers today were being paid 75 cents an hour rath er than 8 and 10 cents a box. Growers agreed to the new pay basis yesterday after a brief work stoppage by workers who got into spotty orchards, r f 1? FOR SCHOOL Sport Coats and Slacks All-wool Coats $13.98 up Slacks, all-wool ' and wool mixtures, $7.95 to $12.50 DREW'S MANSTORE . 733 Main . L IPPINES P WASHINGTON. Aug. 13 (IP) The Philippines won their right to independence by tho fight the natives put up on Bataan, says President Roosevelt. Further more, tho Islands will "soon be redeemed from the Japanese yoke." In theso words, Mr. Roosevelt spoke last night to the Filipino peoplo on the 45th anniversary of American occupation of the far Pacific territory. The moment the Japanese are ousted, said the president, the Philippines will have their own republican government. By their battle against the Japanese In December, 1041 and for weeks thereafter, they "gave final proof that here was a nation fit to be respected," he declared. The Philippine government will have a voico in the peace, Mr. Roosevelt added. Food Price Drop Didn't Soak In on Some Customers WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 UP) That labor department report of a decline In food prices In cities sounded as pleasant as a shower in drought-time but, an unofficial survey showed today, It didn't soak In with a lot of tho customers. Muny people In different parts of the country said they had not discerned any 2 per cent decrease, as the depart ment reported for the mid June mid July period. It may have been bocuuso their areas were not affected by the reported decline, or because they haven t been buying the items said to have lessened in cost. But a Memphis housewife suggested that the labor depart ment was mistaken. She said "I think they'd better check their statistics again; prices Just keep getting higher and high er." Food Crop Farmers Write Own Priority SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 (fl'l Food crop farmers can wrlto their own "certificates of need" to get priorities for farm equipment repairs at local ma chine shops, the war production board's regional office an nounced today. Such certificates, the WPB ex plained, constitute nothing more than the farmer himself writing on a purchase order, or any piece of paper, that I certify to the WPB that I am a farmer and that the supplies covered by this order are needed now and will be used for the operation of the farm." The regional office announced yesterdoy that food crops would get the highest priority rating for machinery repair. Mother Held for Killing Children MEMPHIS. Tcnn.. Aug. 13 (IP) Frail. 37-year-old Mrs.. Mildred Davidson was held in jail on three charges of murder today after Police Inspector M. A. Hinds said she confessed killing her three children with an axe. She was arrested yesterday after the hacked bodies of the victims were found in their beds by the father, Robert Davidson. CHARITY BEGINS PALESTINE, Tex. (P) When a group started a dice game after a businessmen's barbecue they thought all the preachers were gone. But tho Rev. Joe Berry walked up, scooped up $7.50, plus the dice, and announced that 'the money would go into the collection plato of the First Christian church .next Sunday. That broke up the game. Now I realize what a sap I was when I used to take off for week ends and not take my job serious in making shells and cylinders. 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