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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1944)
PACE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON 8 FATALITIES REPORTED IN STATE EN JUNE SALEM, June 30 (JF) There Vrere eight fatalities reported among the 1123 industrial ac cidents in. Oregon during . the week ended yesterday, the state industrial accident commission Hid today. Fatalities were: Oscar Lucas, Bend laborer, injured June 6; William F. Reed, Bend rollcrman, injured June 6; Ralph C. Turner, Bend flagman, Injured June 6; Fran cis W. West, Klamath Falls truck driver, injured June 14; D, S. Gates, Corvallis laborer, injured May 3; 1. M. Wayne. Grants Pass laborer, injured March 19; Vesper D. Groves, Florence choker setter, injured June 5, and J. L. Salverria, Portland laborer, injured May BOWlCTS Two Klamath boys were elect ed to state offices at the Beaver Boys' State meeting in Corval lis this week, according to word received here. The boys were Dan Brown, who was elected a senator, and Steve Stone, who was chosen a representative. Several other boys from here were elected to city offices. Daniel Brown was chosen may or of one of the fictitious cities. Steve Stone, Charles Heilbron ner and Clarence Bussman were elected councilmen for several different cities, and John Heil bronner was chosen recorder for one of the cities. PORTLAND, June 30 UP) Dr. A. LeRoy Locke, negro author and educator, estimated today that a third of Portland's war i brought negro populace will be come permanent residents. The Harvard graduate and former Rhodes scholar, here to study living conditions of this area's 15,000 negroes, cited hous ing and equality in job opportun ities as two of the principal post war problems. "New York has set a good ex ample by employing negroes in virtually all of its municipal services, including school teach ing, with excellent results, Locke said; "That should even tually be established throughout the country. Negroes should be recognized for their abilities, just as white people." Growers Face Picker Shortage OREGON CITY, June 30 IP) ' Growers face a shortage of about 800 cane berry pickers in this area at the season's peak when 1400 workers will be needed, the farm labor office said today. Favorable spring weather re sulted in one of the heaviest crops on record. Sheep are used as beasts of burden in the mountain passes of Tibet. Group Recommends Barring Japs From Pacific Coast SACRAMENTO, Calif., J une 30 if) A committee headed by Mayor Earl Riley of Portland recommended to the western con ference of mayors today that Japanese-Americans remain barred from the Pacific coast for the du ration. Riley's resolutions committee also demanded federal payment as a substitute for taxes on land removed from tax rolls for fed eral use. Spraguo River bond buyers came through in a big way this week, going over the top in their Fifth War Loan quota and continuing purchases beyond the set objective. The town quota was S7500. Bv todav, sales had reached $7950, with Mrs. Anna Wolford and Mrs. Reynolds- directing the campaign. Employes of the American Box company were asked to buy $3400, but had bought $3500 in bonds by today, ac cording to Manager Peter Cov brough. who had charge of the campaign there. Lee McMullen, chairman for the Sprague River and Bly dis tricts, warmly praised the bond buyers and bond salesmen of Sprague River. CENTENARIAN DIES PORTLAND, June 29 vP) Funeral services will be held Friday for Mrs. Lititia Bell, 100, who died here yesterday. She was bom in Canada and had lived here since 1913. Survivors include two nieces, Mrs. Helen Carter and Mrs. James Emlaw, both of Portland. LT. Lt. Kay Bcatty, WAC who has been on duty at the headquarters office in Portland tor the past eight months has been placed in charge of the sub-station at Klam ath Falls. Her territory will in clude the lower part of South Central Oregon. Lt. Bcatty has been serving as public relations and liaison of ficer in the Portland area and for a time was in charge of the Vancouver, Washington district. Her home is in Chicago, Il linois and she has been in the women's army corps for 18 months. She was commissioned April 3. 1943. At the time of her enlistment into the WAC, Lt. Bcatty was working for the department of agriculture in Chicago. Stationed with Lt. Beatty at Klamath Falls will be T4 Clara Reynolds. Funeral Services Set For Doctor NEWPORT. June 30 UP) Funeral services for Dr. Ger trude Minthorn, 62, Newport physician and cousin of former President Herbert Hoover, will be held here Monday. She died Wednesday. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Henry J. Minthorn, founder of the Pacific academy here, which was attended by Hoover when he was a bov. New Policy Mode For Paratroopers FORT LEWIS, June 30 m Authorities at the army service forces training center here an nounced today that the war de partment has adopted a now pol icy of accepting volunteers from all branches of the army, for the parachute troops. Since last fall, applications had been accepted only from person nel at Infantry and artillery re placement training1 centers, the announcement stated, but under the new policy physically quali fied officers and enlisted men un der 32 years of age in othor army ground forces organisations, or army air forces or army service forces units are eligible for trans fer, with the exception of cer tain highly skilled men In criti cal assignments. F This will be another Fourth of July without the crackle of fire crackers. Klamath fir protective offi cials today reminded merchants and the general public that by proclamation of the governor, sale or use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnics Is forbidden without a permit from the civil ian defense council. This proclamation was issued June 30. 1D43, and renewed in May, 1944, to. cover this summer season. SCARLET FEVER Oil There are 25 more cases of scarlet fever this week Hum thero worn for the corresponding week of 11)43, nccorellim to the Health Bulletin released this week by the Oregon state board of health. In addition to the 35, cases of scarlet fever, 54 new cases of measles or German measles, were reported, Klamath county report ed four new cases of mcu.ileg, three new c s o s of whooplmt cough and one now caso of syphilis. Canned Goods Go On Ration List WASHINGTON, June 30 VP) The rutlnit point holiday on pur chases of canned tumulus, peas t ....... iii. Mimn, In mi Mini flllU IW(IHi hkiii .... ...... at midnight tomorrow! foreslmd- owing the return of other vtga (utiles to the ration Hat. Announcing pro o s A food point values for the period from next Sunday through July 20, the office of prloe administration nii Id today that It had "clearly foreseen" and prenieien inni ra tlon-fre v(itahl. .. tor..hVlv.i'dbwnC'i"i! Popular slwd", "SWiftl 234 Awards In 2 contcata for writing JO -word statements about Fiiher's Bitklt Mix DOUBLE-QUICK Cake, a revolutionary New Cake, and ZOOM "HAPPIES." I Super delicious Cooky confection. Fat i..riw.l.. Aw r rr aa4 I. ( i Jl(Wfl"l4J w ittpt. tn4 a fit eai4 M-nft xur nam ami erf. 4tu I. DOUHI-MlADia COMTIJT t)urlmtnt M niHii tiouaiNd mills SmiII 4, W.ihlittl.n CflL-ORE C3TflVHn 131 HIOHWAV 1 SOUTH Presents A AeuA Bond llerl King? 2 Aces and a Cliieen Bert on the drums, hor monlca, novelty ipoom Helen Mack on the accordion. FEATURING George Johnson on the piano and saxophone. Frank Curry en the trumpet. Alt Ernie Ruitell on the Hammond Selo-Vos During Intermissions CAJL-ORE HIOHWAV T SOUTH DANCING EVERY NIOHT EXCEPT MONDAY Cfli- I TAVIRB NISJMWAV 41 ISUtsI II - - - - tj ni MADf STUIT II i ran home DelicateF1,or M mm: ,M&Ffcr I bakfTout ' TSf Schilling- Br ! iffflk f fWJ IK BY MAIL! ." . iff ) . THE OLD. JUDGE SAYS... , X'ft rgW' V "I can't think of anything else you'll need . for your Victory garden. Judge . . . you've got pretty nearly everything." "I think so, too, John. Ever get your asparagus patch going?" I gave that up last year, Judge. Tried it S six years in a row with no luck. Just haven't got the right soil, I guess?" , "Well, I think you're wise, John ... no W $' use keeping on trying things you knowwon't work. Just like prohibition. State-wide pro hibition has been tried in this country seventy-two times tn trie last tiu, j It has been adopted forty-seven times in the past thirty-three years and discarded everywhere except in three states. Same thing was tried in eight provinces in . Canada and in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia but it was an admitted failure and universally abandoned. "The reason is prohibition does not prohibit. Ail you get is bootleg liquor in stead of legal liquor, nlua no end of crime and corruption." This ofyeriiatmmt tpontoiti bf Conjeienu of AtokolZ Btttrtt tadtittiiu. Int. Let's Make The 4th Another Mother's Day Wiener Barbecue! For those planning an' outing or picnic over the Fourth, stop by our bakery and stock up with all the buns and cookies and donuts that make an outside meal a success. We also have two kinds of cakes from which to make your choice. Don't forget to include some of our enriched bread ... no picnic is complete without sandwiches of fresh bread. Date Nut Drops A luscious moist cookie mtdo with lots of dalts snd nuts. This Is a delicacy cveryono wllUenJoy, so ordsr early while our supply Is complete, ONLY 30c DOZ. I Klamath's Finest Bakery