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' HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON BepUmbr 7, 1948 HI WHEELER DIES IN SAN MATEO MONDAY John Egbert Wheeler, 64, prom- feient west coast lumberman and president of the Wheeler Pine company in Klamath Fans, died In a San Mateo hospital Monday of heart ailment. Wheeler entered the' lumber business on the Pacific coast in 1909. He became president of the Wheeler Timber company nd the Wheeler Pine company, both of San Francisco, and an officer of several other lumber firms. He was also one-time owner and publisher of the Portland Telegram. Wheeler was affiliated with the Wheeler-Olmstead mill here in about 1925. About three years ago the present mill began oper ation under J. P. Wheeler, a son of J. E. Wheeler. Young Wheel er has. had charge since that time. Private funeral services were to be held Tuesday at Burlin- game, Calif. Surviving are his widow, Margaret C. Wheeler, San Mateo; a son, 3. P. Wheeler of Klamath Falls, and two daugh ters, Mrs. Karl Karlmark ' of Palm Beach, Fla, and Mrs. Her bert Hollomon of Cambridge, Mass. too Late to classify FOR SALE First unimproved i acre north of 2928 Altamont Drive. Priced to sell $300. "SEE" COLLINS 425 Pine Phone 8364 i 3624tf GARAGE WANTED TO RENT -i-Hot Springs district. Linda Vista Court, Apt 11. 1951 Brie. Phone 8406. 9-7 WILL LEASE long established, ideally lo cated hotel, enjoying a splendid . i . i uuuucsa 10 rooms, nine z-room apartments --frigidaires in all apts., furniture in good condi tion, floor -covering . is new. Will give long lease, reasonable rent. Full price of furnishings only $6500. J . , J. E. HOSKING . 617 Maui Phone 3211 'j- -9-7 SOLD OUT , Have real buyers for homes and ranches. Can guarantee sale if price is within reason. -"SEE" COLLINS 425 Pine Phone 8364 3246tf LLOYD W. RUSK Contractor and Builder. Remodeling. 1621 Arthur St. Phone 3403. c .. . . . 9-12m FOR THE BETTER grades of fuel otU, accurate, metered deliveries, try Fred H. Hefl bronner,' 821 Spring street, telephone 4153. Distributor Shell Heating Oils. 9-13m COMPLETE service men's gift dept., at Rudy's Men's Shop, 6th and Main. - 9-20m 100 WOOL SWEATERS, slip overs and coats, $3.95 to $9.95, - sizes 34 to 46. Rudy's Men's Shop, 6th and Main. 9-2 5m PHONE 6315 for Quality, Dis tilled, Clean' burning ASSO CIATED BURNER OILS. Every gallon a full gallon of heat energy. BALSIGER OIL COMPANY. , 9-30m WANTED Man to work part time. Lewis Poultry Farm. Ph. 4580. 9-7 KITCHEN HELP 225 South 5th St. taitt ONE -ROOM furnished apart ment. 703 North 9th. 9-7 EXTRA GOOD wood circulator .4466. 9.9 LOST Gas Ration Book. An tone Schiro, 2518 Wiard. 9-9 f lt"fftft1ttttttttttttlMM(Hlll Telephone 4514 .CUMIN'S: FOR DRUGS i Park, Homes Threatened by Grass Fre A grass fire,-starting on the property of John Sandmeyer early Sunday afternoon, Just out side Moore park, got out of con trol and threatened Moore park and some of the homes on Lake shore drive. The fire was put out after the city fire department and Klam ath Forest Protective association had been called out A part of the far side of the park had been burned over. Sandmeyer, charged with set ting a fire without a permit, was fined $230 plus $7.20 costs and 90 days in Jail with $150 of the fine and the 90 days sus pended, in justice court Tues day. Justice of the Peace J. A. Ma honey said Tuesday that not only were persons not allowed to build a fire without a permit but in forested land such as in this case, permits are not even Issued at this time of the year. No fire building in such areas is allowed with or without a per mit except in camping ' areas, specifically designated. Forested' lands mean and In dude any forest, wood land, brush land, cut-over land, slash ing, chopping or clearing con taining any inflammable forest debris, the justice defined. Moss Admits Robbing Store' At Junction (Continued From Page One) don the motorcycle and flee into the woods at Chemult when one of the citizens of that com munity placed a truck cross ways of the road to stop the vehicle. . Police searched the woods all Thursday night and part of the next day in an effort to find the couple, but they escaped, coming out of the woods onto the road on Friday afternoon and hitchhiking a ride to La pine. However, almost immed iately after the robbery word had been sent to all commun ities in that vicinity to be on the lookout for the two and they were recognized and pick ed up at Lapine. Later Moss and Miss Tucker were taken to Bend from where Sheriff Lloyd Low returned them to Klamath Falls. The two are to be arraigned in justice court this; week.. . TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY COMPLETE BOAT OUTFIT 14 ft runabout with mahogany deck, 23 h.p. Johnson motor, trailer and boat cover. Can be seen at Fred's Mobil Service, 11th and Klamath. Phone 7078 or 4850. 9-13 WANTED TO RENT Two or ' 8-bedroom furnished house, strictly modern, preferably , near Fremont or Altamont Jr. ; high schools References. Ph. 5409 before 5. 9-8 FOR RENT 4-roora unfurnish ed house and bath. - Across street from school. Phone 6641 or call 913 Donald. 9-9 EXTRA LARGE unfurnished apartment 2219 South 6th. 5686. 9-13 WANT TO RENT 2-bedroom furnished, modern, oil heated house. Walking distance Mills school. - Three adults. References. Phone 5236 after 8 p. m. 0-8 FOR RENT Furnished home near park on Lakeshore Drive at $45 per month. Chilcote & Smith, 111 N. Ninth, phone 4564. , WILL BOARD AND ROOM two children in country home. Write Box 775, Klamath Falls. 9-9 10-WEEKS-OLD PIGS for sale. Hull ranch, 9 miles south on Keno highway. 9-9 FOR SALE Two sows, six pigs eacn; one sow, live pigs; two gilts, seven pigs each; one sow, 11 pigs; one boar. 4441 Home dale. ' . 9-10 There is only one person to each square mile in Nevada. British fishermen would land fish valued at $60,000,000 in a good year during normal times. A responsible profession! Both by training and by law, your pharmacist is in a responsible pro fession. His registration certificate was won only after thorough edu cation and examination. You can depend on him to fill your doc tor's prescriptions with the utmost in precision, accuracy and con scientiousness. Our service is rapid, too, 65 KILLED IN PENNSYLVANIA RAIL CRACK UP (Continued From Page One) an tumbled from the raised coach. Two more oodles were found when rescue workers crawled under. Workers ' immediately began dissecting the tangled metal of No. 7 coach. The railroad com pany said it was possible that its ruins would give up still more bodies. Eight cars of the Washington and New York Express wrench ed loose and piled up last night in one of the nation's worst rail disasters. 541 Passengers . The electric-powered train, which makes the 226-mile run in 210 minutes with Newark, N. J., the first stop, and carried 541 passengers many of them service men was heading into a curve at Frankford junction, in northeast Philadelphia, when the accident occurred at 6:12 p. m. (EWT). A vaste-packed journal box "ran hot," railroad officials said, on the front of the seventh car of the 16-car train, burning the wh.el loose from the axle. Hits Pole The coach, hurtled into a steel pole supporting overhead power lines, was cut in two vertically as though by a giant axe. The coach behind jammed accordion-like against it Six other- cars behind them were th-own from the rails, but all the dead and most of the in- ji d were in the seventh and eighth coaches. Passengers were buried under the debris from which many of the living were not released until hours later. Some were thrown through windows: gal ley workers in the diner were scalded. One woman lay in the wreckage for six hours, calmly telling rescuers 'Take your time, I can stand it Robert Calvert, of Birming ham. Ala., a veteran of the fighting in North Africa, who was walking in the aisle of the third car, said something hit bim in the stomach and "It seemed a million people were on top of me. I couldn't get my breath. I thought This is it. I will die; now'." V Roy Howard, president of the New York World-Telegram, and his wife, and Lin Yutang, the Chinese author, were on the train but escaped injury. Mr. and Mrs. Howard were in the 11th car from the loco motive. "I knew it was a wreck and I pushed my wife to the floor, believing she would be safest there if the car turned over," Howard said. "I lay down on the floor too. "Fortunately, the car did not overturn and we were not hurt I took my time, and as soon as I was able I left the train and telephoned the story of the wreck to New York." Howard said he had seen Dr. Lin and his family board the train in Washington. After the wreck he found them unhurt. FUNERALS ARTHUR LEO STAMPER Funeral oprvfre fnn hm ln(. Arthur Leo Stamper, who passed away in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday will be held in the chapel of -the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth on Tuesday evening at 8:00 n. m with ha nffi,.. Klamath Falls Lodge 1247 BPOE omciating. A requiem mass will be conducted for the repose of hi soul at ftarrpri Hoar ih.,.h High street at Eighth Wednesday morning at 8:30 a. m. with the Rev. T. P. Casey officiating. In terment following in Mt. Calvary Memorial park. Friends are in vited. LAST DAY Youll Never Get Rich' 'Billy The Kid Trapped' TOMORROW. MEN found her EXCITING! IruiUen'r.BSeailMcs ioia-iKUmlr Lead mci naual M Will 111 111 111 111 Lorclla YOUNG Added Attraction "At The Front In North Africa" In Technicolor Two Escape Mid-Air Plane Flames by Riding On Wing (Continued From Page One) over the holidays taking up pas sengers for rides over the round up in a six-passenger plane be longing to Louis Soukup, when the fire occurred. . . She said that she had been notified by J. C. Hamacher here, who In turn had been contacted by Pilot Cliff Hogue that at about 5:30 p. m. Monday the pilot was preparing to land when he felt that the rudder was stuck. He was circling the field trying to loosen the rudder when he happened to look back and see flames at the rear of the plane. Hogue made an emergency landing, according to Mrs. Hogue, and all passengers got out of the ship before it burned completely. The local pilot was still at Lakeview Tuesday. Crew Dies In Locomotive Boiler Blast (Continued From Page One) explosion "was more like a pop than an explosion. Most of the passengers, re turning home after the Labor Day holiday, were asleep when the accident occurred. The main line was blocked. Eastbound trains were rerouted at Syracuse. New Airport Road Nears Completion Work on the new airport road should be almost completed by the first of next week, it wa learned this week from U. E. Reeder, county judge. With two steam shovels work ing on the project until just re cently, the cut through Peterson hill is rapidly being finished and construction on the rest of the new road is drawing to a close. OBITUARY ARTHUR LEO STAMPER Arthur Leo Stamper, for the last 19 years a resident of Klam ath Falls, Ore., passed away in San Francisco, Calif., on Frt day, September 3, 1943, at 6 p. m following an extended illness. He was a' native of Athena, Ore., and at the time of his death was aged 53 years, 6 months and 16 days. Surviv ing are his wife, Mrs. Cleone Stamper, of this city; four broth ers, Harry and Claude Stamper of Echo, Ore., Albert of Orofino, Idaho, and Emmett of Yakima, Wash; and one sister, Mrs. B. H. Nlghthart of La Grande. Ore. He was a member of Klamath Falls Lodge No. 1247, BPOE. The remains rest in the Earl Whitlock Funeral home, Pine street at Sixth, where friends may call. Notice of fun eral to be announced in this issue of the paper. THOMAS WILLIAM O'BRIEN Thomas William O'Brien, for the last twelve years a resident of Klamath Falls, Ore., passed away in this city on Friday, Sep tember 3, 1943, following a brief illness. He was a native of Dubuque, Iowa, and at the time of his death was aged 64 years and 6 days.' Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ellen L. O'Brien of this city; two sons, Lt. William Edward O'Brien, U. S. M. C, Kin- ston, N. C, and Lt. Allen John O'Brien, U. S. army, Boise, Idaho; two daughters, Mrs. For est Draper, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Harold Burritt of this city; two half-brothers, Oliver Phillips of Richey, Mont., and Thomas Phillips of St. Paul, Minn., and six grandchildren. He was a member of the B. L. E. Local No. 842. The remains rest in the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth. No tice of funeral to be announced in the next issue of this paper. Continuous From 1:00 P. M, STARTS TODAY THE PICTURE WITH t HE $101000,000 CAST! Tkeetsrs eteerit .IMkieiMHfawM BsuaaMEMK . aaasar ctiMMMOt CftMUS IMWNTOH ItMUPtM OoUtTsUMtMl MY MUM MRU as MM -mmf momt OAMfeWfeRKO RADIO Hium PLUS Ml II u a V 20,000 NIPS ISOLATED BY PARATROOPERS (Continued from Page OneJ six feet high. The field, flat and level, easily can be placed into operating condition. Close Trap Capture of the airfield effec tively helped close the trap on the defenders of Lao and Sala mnua. The ' paratroopers landed on three sides of the Japanese air drome, guided by three smoke screens which outlined the field perfectly. As soon as the paratroops landed, the Australian ground force started to cross the near by .Markham river by means of a pontoon bridge. Other Aus sies floated down the river in assault boats to the site of the field. . . Join Australians First Lt. Monte Kleban, San Antonio, Tex., who jumped with the paratroopers, said the Australian ground force which had scoured swamps for enemy detachments during its five-day march, joined the . airborne troops several hours alter tney had landed. "We saw one another at the same moment," said Klebans, an assistant public relations of ficer in MacArthur's command "With gleeful shouts the Aus tralians and Americans ran to wards one another. These strangers hugged and embraced like long-lost brothers." The allied meeting closed the ring about the imperiled Japa' nese. Scattering Fira Enemy resistance at the air drome was confined to a scat tering of fire from a patrol of 30 enemy troops, according to field reports. Inere was no in dication whether the Japanese patrol had been killed, captured or made good its escape in the jungle. The Australian ground force which met American paratroop ers apparently was of some size, lield dispatches said that 600 native bearers formed a train to carry supplies 65 miles over swamps, rivers and jungle country (from an advanced al lied - base. Australian troops making up this contingent were veterans of the Crete and Cor inth campaigns. flight Closed The beat inland route of flight for the Japanese,' the broad Markham valley, was closed by the paratroopers who floated to earth in white, orange, red and blue parachutes from the low-flying transports while attack planes in the big gest air formation ever massed in this battle area laid a smoke screen. They dropped down behind the Japanese air and -eea an chorage base of Lae, Sugar, scarce commodity of today, has been in general use only about 360 years. Twenty-seven pounds of milk are required to produce one pound of butter. STARTS TODAY 1 2 Hits I Dram X I f exjr tot m tt 4 most - M IHMKJ! I V I III Fluid Milk Soles To Be Controlled In Shortage Areas WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 W) A system of controlling sales of fluid milk in shortage areas, under which home deliveries and store sales for home con sumption will be glvon priority over sales to public eating places, is expected to be an nounced this week by the war food administration (WFA). The system will be designed to prevent increases In con sumption of fluid milk above a recent level, EDITORIALS ON . NEWS (Continued From Page One) momentous development" (such as peace bid from Italy.) .. An envoy of the Vatican has been on his way here for soveral days. TTHE Russians, paying no atten tion to rumors, are booming ahead along a 600-mile front They've taken Konotop, on the Bryansk-Kiev railroad, and are now pounding at the gates of Bachmach, an Important Junction along the railroad TOWARD Kiev. In the face of heavy' rains, miles of minefields, demolished bridges, etc., they've battered their way to within a couple of miles of Stallno, which Is now under the fire of even their light field artillery.. . , They seem to be closing In for the kill. At Stalino they'll come into fairly complete possession of an important network of rail roads and highways. The Germans seem to be re tiring steadily toward their Dnieper line. (Consult your map if interest ed in details.) DED STAR, the official Rus sian army newspaper, says today that Italy Is NOT a second front, adding that only four to six German divisions are sta tioned there. Red Star sets the diversion of SIXTY German di visions as a standard of what Russia will consider a second front. Rumor today says U. S. Gen eral Marshall is to command the allied armies in the European theater the second front the ater. CTUTTGART and Munich aro hit by heavy bombing. Our lighter bombers still range all over France, Belgium and west ern Germany shooting down German planes. When ENOUGH German planes are shot down, we may tackle the German Atlantic wall. Must Leave Tonight ANN MILLER ROCHESTER "WHAT'S BUZZIN', COUSIN" vS" v - I Doors Open 1:304:45 j f i) ftQ,.j A Story Incomparable I " ) iL jf Of a People O V;; y1i f 7 Unconquerable! EDGE or Walter mm immm ' . JUDITH ANDERSON1 ' RUTH GORDON mm w LEWIS MILESTONE ' Scrssn pity by Robert Rotisn Btstd en th Hovel bt WIIHem Weed 49 U N AS FLAMES RAZE TEXAS HOTEL (Continued From Pact One) wont to the third floor trying (or the (other) fire escape. We ran stumbling over bodies. Jam Fire Escape "At the fire escape men were jammed together fighting to atnrt down. Wo begged them to let each man bike his time and they did. Men started pouring down the escape. I saw one man run to the window and jump head first. He dropped straight down to the sidewalk. As we went down we saw men jump ing oft the fire escape at every level." Police and firemen said It was probable that other bodies would be found in the wreckage. (Continued from Page One) targets in St. Omer, Franee, to day. All the bombers returned safe ly, the announcement added. Liberators attacked a convoy off the Dutch coast, and RAF Mitchells and Typhoons hit freight yards at St. Omer and airfields at Polx and Abbeville. LONDON, Sept. 7 (P Ameri can heavy and medium bombers, carrying the allied aerial offen sive against western Europe into its sixth straight day, bUsted at targets In Belgium and France this morning after a heavy RAF night attack on Munich, birth place of the nasi party and seat of important German war indus tries. Large formation of Flying Fortresses and Marauders spear headed the daylight assaults, which were launched only a few hours after the RAF night raid ers returned to their bases. The target of the British over night assault was identified first by the Berlin radio, a prelimin ary London announcement say ing merely that Germany had again been bombed. ' In addition to being the site of Important Industries, Munich is a vital communications center through which flows lines lead ing into Italy via the Brenner pass. A British Eighth Smashes Italy Toe (Continued From Page One) under the protection of the BrlF Ish navy and British and Ameri can air units. There were scarce ly any enemy attacks on this supply line. (A Berlin broadcast recorded In London by the ministry of in formation said that "In view of the slow progress of the British landing operations in Calabria It la probable Hint another land ing enterprise still la planned." (The allies are rushing huge stores of materials Into the Med- Iterranean theator, the broadcast : said, reporting "new lively . movements of allied shipping In the western Mediterranean." OBITUARIES . GUADALUPE VASQUES RODRIOUEZ X Guadalupe Vasquoz Rodriguez for the last three month a resl dont of Tulelake, Calif., passed away at the Farm Labor Sup ply Center camp near Tulelake', on Monday, September 6, 1043, . at 3:50 a. m following a brief Illness. He was a native of Acam baro, Guanajuato, Mexico, and at the -time of his death was aged 33 years, 8 months and 25 days. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Emexla Rodriguez, of Mex ico, and one brother, Ascenclon , Rodriguez of Tulelake, Calif. The remains rest in the Earl Whitlock Funeral home, Pine street at Sixth, Notice of fun eral to be announced at a later date. 3rd Glorious Day? Show at 2:007i00-ii00 Doors Open 1:30-6:45 Story Incomparable Of a People Unconquerable! ? 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