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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1944)
PACE TEN HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Mi COURT ENDS BUTTLE OVER FUNNY BUSINESS CHILD (MM A lon( legal controversy over the custody of 7-year-old Jo Ann Phillips has ended with the Ore Eon supreme court's approval of a Klamath county decision awarriine the child to her moth er.i Mrs. John . Reynolds, of Portland, formerly of Klamath i'alls. The case went to the supreme court on an appeal by Haines ju .Phillips, father of the cniia. -Phillips and the mother of the child were married in 1931 and divorced in 1940, when Mrs. Phillips (now Reynolds): was awarded custody of the little girl. In July, 1940, Phillips filed a motion asking that he be given the child, and Judge uan Hen dricks granted this motion. The mother in the meantime had moved to Mt. Vernon, Wash. Phillips obtained custody of Jo Ann at Mt. Vernon by further court action there. - In December, 1942, Mrs. "Phil lips, who had married Reynolds in the meantime, applied, for. and received permission to visit the child. In June, 1943, she again appeared in court here- before Circuit Judge Charles Combs, of Lake county, asking custody of me cmia ana aueging sne naa been unable to find the child at a Portland address to which .rniuips assertedly had moved. W-yji'Ji&jik 7-rt- The troops are converging on one point, sir -they found a hot dog standi" Ammunition Gone, Sergeant Uses Helmet Stops Attack WASHINGTON. D. C. July 14 When all the ammuni tion for his automatic rifle and his submachineeun was eone and Hie Inef arannriA harl Kaon ttirnnm Phillies at this time asserted est T o,-,i n nan.;u in court that he was afraid to old' infantryman, of Olympia, permit the child to - be .. in ltsliVocW rnnni... Af -.. mothers. .custody,. beinK.i con- noit hii himt nwsrvm ta yinced the "safety ani. perhaps stopped an enemy attack in New the life of the child: would be Guinea. - . imperiled. He - accused his lormer wile of homicidal tendencies. In August, 1943, Judge Combs - held a final hearing on the mat ter. He found Phillips in con tempt for falling to permit the muiner io visit tne child, and made an order awarding the i child to Mrs. Reynolds. -Phillips appealed from this decision, but uro ajj-jeai was denied tnis week uy uie supreme court. He has -been awarded the Dis tinguished Service Cross for ex traordinary heroism in action. the war department announced toaay, ine citation - accoirmanvine the- decoration tells what hai pened on July 28. 1943. near Boise, New Guinea, as follows: wnen an liuantry comtianv encountered a large enemy force in a well-organized perimeter he The high Cnurf. rpnlfor! .Turin, nnrl fnhlr n etanrl An Ua Combs' nnininn hof U-M - n... o yiAn. 4 4UA j I V . " ..uia.. iiejf- " "use w uuiu uic uuiiU tallica noids ls entirely normal and until reinforcements arrived, capable of. caring for the child Sergeant Dewitt voluntarily car- and giving her a good home, and ried ammunition and grenades cited, medical and other testi- to the besieged force despite the J?ony. efutmg Phillips' claim fact that the enemy,' following an j , ; , wire-naa. nom- a"uiery oarrage, naa launched lcidal tendencies. la machiriegun attack. ' Plaintiff Philline iiq- "Ho fn,,nJ 4 .a-J t temporary custody in a position adjacent to the at- j . consecutive cKea area. After aiding in jr b ui summer vacation periods, evacuating them; he returned to - ...uupicuie. i,OUrt Justice Hall prevent a possible enemy break Lusk, in writmg the decision, through.- '''SiiYiV" tone - can be "Enemy troops were massed in ?7ri Ht ly. rla nJof, tne a gul,ly only ,ve yards from his i in juwcial decision which position. He directed automatic r ;rr If "ure, as nearly rme lire at the enemy position as mav be. tho fiitiira un i ntn ,). j.s . i - , . - v. twiiwjjcss anuuuiituun was ex ana welfare nf a -V-i h.,toj. ,. . " C ?iXrfnn y use its reasoned machinegun, he stood fully ex juagment in choosine .between posed on the brink, nf the n,n evilV fI3.Bf'i,,!?the: of two firing with deadly accural arid !, " :; , -J '""unaoi DroKen "'ui.-ung neavy casualties on hrnien n" - 2 "equenuy the I'ne enemy. When this ammuni- dren.' lives of . innocent chil- Large Hop Crop Predicted by WFA ' PORTLANn :.ti.. n The largest hop crdp-sihee" IBI5 food administration (WFA) onuweu a potential production of 48,980,000 pounds rariif?,reg0n', Washington a n d fiala16 cent above the 1943 crop. The Pacific coast nrm crop ,averaged only 39,024,- r . uuimg me iu. years between 1933 and 1942. .n?1? g,P's acreage this year' fa about 12 per cent greater than last, : the :.WFA said., Washing ton s hop plantings increased 11 per cent, and California's 12 per cent. The WFA predicted a yield of 1338 pounds -per 4 srnciVg?5' y,eld tion was exhausted, he threw his remaining grenades. . Slipping over the edge of the gully and jnv he threw his helmet, injuring the soldier' .and demoralizing enemy troops in tne vicinity. : "By his daring, Sergeant De witt forestalled an enemy break- tnrougn ana prevented heavier casualties and possible loss of the position. Maverick to Visit Oregon District Maury Maverick. : chairman and general manager of smaller war plants corporation, and vice chairman of the war production board, Washington, D. C. will visit the Oregon district office of smaller war plants corporation at rortiana.on Monday, July 17. During his stay in Portland, mavencK win visit small war plants located in the Oreeon dis trict and deliver an address be fore the forum of the Portland chamber of commerce at n Monday. . David Simpson, president of me roniana cnamber of com merce, extends an invitation to all business men of Drppnn and Washington to attend this lunch eon meeting, which will be held in the grand ballroom of the Muiinoman hotel, Monday, July MOVE HEADQUARTERS oAJjEM, July 14 () state selective service headquarters in u v c a oui 01 tne state office building today to a privately owned buildine at Commercial and Court streets. The adjutant general's office will occupy the quarters vacated by selective service. Classified. Ads 3ring Results. Study of Maritime City Problems Set PORTLAND, July 14 (flV Problems . facing Pacific coast maritime cities will be studied 01 convention of the Pacific oast Association of Port Au thorities here July 19-21 in clusive.. . Maj Gen. Charles . P. -Gross, war department chief of water transportation, will be among the delegates. C. E. Bailey, ex ecutive secretary . of , the Port land dock- commission, 'is in charge- of arrangements. . - Coming Attractions HENRY ioNQ Aug. 2 : JAN GARBER Aug. 16 DANCE Sat. Night 9 till 1 Armory Baldy's Band 2 FEATURING Paul M '. SWIGART MAHONEY TRULOVE'S Chicken Center DIESEL ENGINES TOT A CUItfnTnw T.il.. li ida Fast-dttveloplns Alaska now has dlesel locomotives- for the first time, a new railroad tunnel that is one of the longest in North America, and an important deep- water port named wnittier so new it does not appear on any maps avauaDie to tne pumic. The Interior department's dl vision of territories- and island possessions announced today that two diesels have been placed in service on the Alaska railroad's 62-mile line connectins Whlttler and Anchorage. The port of Whittler, located on Prince William sound at the center of Alaska s crescent-shaped southern coast, is an army installation named- for Whlttler glacier, wnicn in turn was nnmori for the poet, John Greenleaf wnittier. The government-owned Alaska railroad has built a cutoff mn. necting. Wnittier with its Seward Anchorage line. This four-mile track runs under the Mehal mountains. There are two .tun nels, the loneest 13.090 fpet the other, 4910 feet. The. diesel locomotives procurea to save the expense of uiaLuuiiiK a torcea aralt ven tilating system, in. the tnnnolc said Benjamin W. Thoron, di rector of the territories riivielnn The Alaska railroad, boomed by war traffic, had an operating profit of $4,501,264 in the fiscal year ivd. Emblem Designed For Sailors On Landing Craft NORFOLK. Va .Tnli 14 mi The hundreds of thousands of uiucjaineis manning tne landing crait of the US navy's amphib ious forces todav donnnt tv.i own official-insignia. , First device of its kind author- "cu uy uie naw aeDartmant 4h nU 1 . . s.u mm svaiiei snouiaer patch presents an American eagle ram pant on a fluked anchor, grip- ca "laiuiic guu in its taions. Hinckley to End War Contracts WASHINGTON .Ti,l u da President Roosevelt ha, mlj-j - -... j obrebicu Robert Henry Hinckley, former tuuusKuii seer iary ot commerce, to serve as .director nf fnnanl settlement a position in -which he- will- be responsible for termi nating Dimons 01 dollars worth of munitions contracts when the war ends. Hinckley has resigned as vice Ficaiueni. qi me aperry Corpor ation to accent the new nnelHnn The White House announcement luuoy saia 1115 nomination will be sent to the senat. .hen congress meets ugill . ' LEADS IN RECRUITS SALEM. Julv 14 tim ci - - waicill led the nation in June in recruit. ins WACs ani" VAVns root-i 1 i i uis oiucers saia today. The city's claim was based on population perce-tage. If it's a "frozen" article vou need, advertise for a used one in the classified. Democrat Leaders Foresee Lively Time at Conclave By Th -Associated Pru Hcan -presidential nominee, Predictions by democratic spokesman for (Herbert) leaders that "the boys will have vcr." a little fun" in chnnsinff a vice I rttl newev declared in an Al presidential candidate and that bany speech "one . of tho big "it's nn( rtnlnit In ha n flit nnrl I 1 -1. n I 4 li n l-nvl fnUT V I'll T uri ' - .u. Bv.it At " --' ' iniina VI 1 1 iu . i - ' . . - lion pointed today be to bring government closer the Hoo- cut and dried convention" pointed today to a lively time at next wecus Vhicago gathering. , These forecasts, the first by Governor Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma, the convention key noter, and the. second by Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago, came as politicians still awaited the expected pat on the back from the White House for Henry A.- Wallace, who ! wants to be President Roosevelt's running mate again With time runnlnK out fast tne convention is to meet Wed nesday and to ballot for the vice presidential nomination . o n o week from today there were these other developments: (1) Henry Ward, associate edi tor of the Paducah.. Ky., Sun- Democrat and a close friend of Senator Alben Berkley, said that Barkley has approved a plan for his name to be presented for the be to brine government to the people. aud to bring tho people closer to the practice of self-governmont." And, he sold, "that we will succeed In restor ing government that is close to tho people 1 have no doubt.". . , (4) Tr union says that lie does "not want the vice presidency." Governor Kerr, who also hns been mentioned as a possible choice, although not as frequent ly as Truman, said at Chicago that he is not a candidate. (8) Senator. Hatch (D-N.M.) said at Washington that he does not fear a clear-cut Issue be tween democrats and republicans on foreign policy but that "I am afraid of no issue, ot a weak vacillating program, If both parties and .their top men are afraid to take determined stands." The Wallace followers had In cluded both Barkley and Tru burn, as opponents for whom Ihev exnected campaigns, but ihev numnd Jiistlco William O'Douglas of the supreme court in tholr man s finer rival. Development Group1 Sets Meeting SALEM, July 14 (A) The northwest ntntos duvolopmont commission will meet In Port land Aimu.it II and 12 to discuss irrigation, reclamation, naviga tion, flood control, power de velopment, post-war. foreign trade, highway, nnd recreHtloil problems, Governor Earl Snell announced today. . - , Tho organization Includes the novornors and two other dele gates each from Washington, Ore gon, Idaho, Montana mid Wyom. li'g. Oregon s delegates, besides Snell, uro Statu Highway Engi neer R. II. Buldnck and Stata En gineer Charlos E. Strlcklin. Three lndu,rrj Deaths Report , SALEM, July I. , finalities wei-o Industrial ,'? " "g (J during tho week day, tTie state InJuCT .'ommission said tod"l Fatnlltlos wore: Leonard Tr.in..i. nnllltOr. Illlllrr.,! t..',p!lll Hon attendant, Injffftj Classified n,l, ,,, . Davalnnln. . . II Enlarging llkinpit,,,. Unrf y l -.wUOa Slit, an job Wallace now holds and to be man, along with-War Moblllzu- kept in nomination until didate is named. (2) The CIO political action committee emerged at. Washing ton into the national citizens poli tical action committee out to work for the reelection of Roosevelt-Wallace ticket and for the election of a "progressive congress. Chairman Sidnev Hillman and President PhiliD Murray of the CIO said they are committed to wauace and we have no second choice." Hillman called Gover nor Thomas E. Dewey, repub- tion ind Director James House Speaker F. 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