tACE EIGHT . .
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TO INSPECT
LOCALCDHPS
Colonel Ann M. Schmeer of
Portland, state head of the Ore
gon women s Amouiance corps,
accompanied by Major Winni
fred Myers of the OWAC, will be
in Klamath iails tnis weeK to in
srject and visit with the local
corps, which is the largest unit
of its kind in Oregon. This will
be Col. Schmeer's first visit here.
Several members of the Klam
ath Falls OWAC will go to Med
ford Tuesday to meet the plane
carrying the visitors and to bring
them to this city where several
events have been scheduled for
their three-day stay.
On Tuesday night the local
corps will be inspected at drill
by Col. Schmeer. Wednesday
morning at 10. Col. Schmeer and
' Major Myers will be taken out to
tne Kiamatn navai air station
followed by a luncheon at the
Pelican. At 2 there will be a
tour of the Marine Barracks. A
social hour will be held in the
evening with dinner at Sari's at
a p. m. rnursaay morning
the visitors will go on a tour of
, the Tulelake segregation center.
Col. Schmeer has headed the
OWAC since its organization
about three years ago. Head of
tne amouiance corps here is Cap
tain Pat Livingston, other of
ficers being Berdena Reeder, first
lieutenant; Mayme Johnson, sec
ond lieutenant; Dorothea Ward,
top sergeant; Betty Costel, staff
sergeant. 1
r Eight members of the local
OWAC are now in service. They
are Pauline Suty, Doris McCord,
Grace Rhodes, Helen Hricziscse,
Flora Keen, Doris Payne, Ethel
Storm and Aleta Garrett.
Elephant Kills
Trainer
CHEHALIS.' Wash!. .Tnlv
17
(if) The death of a 50-year-old
elephant trainer, deliberately
crusneo. Dy an elephant which
fellow circus performers said
had been mistreated, was dis
closed here today.
Gabriel 'Tucker, employe of
Clyde Beatty r Russell Brothers
circus, ; was shackling Lucy, a
trained elephant, in: her truck
preparatory to leaving town
after Thursday night's perform
ance., . .
The animal suddenly turned,
pinned Tucker against the side
of the truck, and crushed his
chest with her head. Then she
stood quietly back. ,
Circus men, who witnessed
the accident,; said the elephant
was nor on a rampage, and
made no trouble after Tucker's
death. The animal, they said,
had shown signs- previously of
ACBcuiiug ukl trainer s treat
ment. ...
Keno
' Among those seen from this
community on the inspection
tour of the new Marine Barracks
on jury z were Mr.' and Mrs,
Ralph Johnston and children. Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Smith. Mr. and
mrs. joe ri. i'oster, Mrs. L. E.
Lummus, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
toauaspy and daughter.
' Mrs. O.. K. Puckett.and baby
and Miss Edna Bloom were vis
itors at the home of Mrs. K. E.
Puckett on Sunday, July 9.
' The Fourth, of July parade
drew quite a number of spec
tators from Keno. Picnics also
attracted a number of families.
Mr. . and Mrs. Ed Lenarz and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Les Hodg
son, Mr. and Mrs. George Ager
ana iamiiy, ivir. ana. Mrs. L,..E.
Lummus and family were among
those who sought out picnic
grounas lor tne day.
9-Year-Old Girl
Dies From Injuries
PORTLAND, July 17 (P)r-Nine-year-old
Shirley Ricks, one
of two girls injured in leaping
from a truck Saturday when the
unidentified male driver refused
to stop, died in a hospital last
night... . -- . .
Her sister, Mabel, 11, was re
ported in critical condition. She
told police the truck stopped be
side them near their farm home
outside Portland and a young
man told them to get in. They
were afraid to refuse, she said.
Classified ads get results.
and from
oil minor burnt!
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(NEA Radia-Telepholo)
British and Canadian troops pick their way through ruins of Caen, stubbornly defended for 35 days by bitterly
resisting Germans, as they push through to battle Nazis who retreated east and south of city. British Olllcial
photo via Signal Corps radio-telephoto from London.
VOMEN IN
SERVICE
MALIN Word has been re
ceived here after a silence of
many months from Sergeant Mar
shall T. Ryan, serving with the
U. S. infantry that has created
a question in minds of his fam
ily. The young man is a nephew
of Mrs. Nellie Whitlatch and for
some time prior to his entering
tne service was employed by
Hugh O'Connor, Merrill sheep
man.
The letter written on thin Da-
per with Chinese symbols was
punctuated with tiny marks evi
dently intenaea to draw special
attention to several words in the
missive -and his relatives are
wondering if the young man is
a prisoner of the Japanese.
He wrote that his hands were
bandaged due to an infection and
tnat it was dimcuit lor him to
write, but made no mention of
being hospitalized. In referring
to the paper upon which the
missive was written he said "we
must make the best of it" and
mentioned mixing with the
"nips" saying "we are still alive.
manic uod. .
. Young Ryan, a member of the
national guard m Oregon City,
has been in the service four years
and hopes eventually to get back
to Klamath county to make his
home.
RANDOLPH FIELD. Tex.
Major Isaac F. Larkey of Klam
ath f alls, Oregon, received the
commendation of his command
ing officer today on completion
of a year's proficient service as
a flying schoolmaster of the
army air forces. Major Larkev
is chairman of the advisory train
ing ooara oi me oomoer training
group.,
Major Larkey, one of 100 master-instructors
in the bomber
training group at the AAF train
ing command central instructors'
school, had assisted in devising
pilot teaching techniques which
have been passed on to enough
nying instructors to train 25,000
Bomber-pilots per year.-
Major Larkev served as an in-
structor, engineering officer, and
operations officer at Kellv Field
before his assignment-to CIS at
Kandoiph field. He is a graduate
of Sacramento junior college in
California. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. I. L. Larkey, reside in
Kiamatn f ans.
...
15TH AAF IN ITALY Lt.
Millard F. Pedigo. 26, of 219 N.
5th. Klamath Falls Ore.,' is a
pilot on an AAF B-17 Flying
Fortress. - Lt.- Pedigo ,has com
pleted' 41 missions and has been
awarded the Air Medal.
The husband of Lenora Jeanne
Pedigo of the-above address, he
graduated from Klamath Falls
high school and attended the
University of Oregon. He en
tered the AAF on September 16,
1940.
TULELAKE Official notice
of his rank of first lieutenant
has reached Lyle A. Haas, pilot
on a B-17 now flying over Ger
man occupied Europe, according
to word reaching his wife, Mrs.
Lois Haas and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Haas this week.
The young lieutenant stated in
a recent letter that while the in
crease in rank became offprtivo
May 1, he was not officially noti
fied until July. 1. He has been
overseas for several months and
mentions that he is in the air
much of the time on missions.
Jllll?A
PeptUCola Company, long Ittand City, If. Y.
Franchised BoJtlor Klamath Falls Pepsi-Col Botlling Co.
"British Troops Find Caen City
Scouts, Camp Fire Gri
Credited With Aiding in
Fifth War Loan Drive
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and
Camp Fire Girls helped make
the Fifth War Loan a success
by - house-to-house . canvasses,
booths on the street, and other
ways of selling bonds and
stamps.
The Boy Scouts had the diffi
cult task of soliciting house-to-house
. to get bond pledges.
Their total sales in pledges
amounted to $30,000. Wayne
Guyer was judged the most
outstanding scout for coverage
of the area assigned to him.
Troop 4, under the leadership
of Gene Haynes, was chosen
the ' outstanding troop for the
best coverage of its area. L.
Orth Sisemore was chairman for
the scouts' drive.
The Girl Scouts, under the
chairmanship of . M r s . R. H.
Radcliffe, sold $11,698 of war
bonds and stamps as well as
distributing many ' posters. The
He writes also .'of the terrible
ordeal that the English people
are undergoing, saying that the
situation now is "just plain hell."
He writes of having nad din
ner in- London but that good
food is scarce and a dinner eaten
in London cost him $4.
Prior to entering the service
he was manager of the Tulelake
Reporter.
INDEPENDENCE, Kans., July
8 Aviation (Jadet Howard JS
Renner, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
R. Renner, 325 S. 5th, Klamath
Falls, Ore., is enrolled in the
class of cadets currently taking
basic flight instruction at the
Independence army air field,
Kans.
A " member of ' the ' newly
arrived cadet class, he has suc
cessfully completed both the pre-
flight and primary phases of the
aviation cadet training program.
Alter ten weeKs here, he will
move bh to an advanced training
scnooi. 'His record -here will
determine which of the two final
stages of instruction single en
gine advanced for fighter pilots
or twin engine advanced for
bomber pilots he is better
adapted for.
Kaiser Company
Awarded Contract' '
PORTLAND. July 17 fPl
The maritime commission has
awarded Henry Kaiser's Oregon
Shipbuilding corporation a con
tract for 20 additional Victory
cargo snips to be turned out bv
July 1 of next year. The yard
already had contracts for 105.
The commission also ordered
four coastal ships from Albina
Engine and Machine Works of
rortiana.
HARTFORD
Accident and Indemnity Company
INSURANCE
TB. WAITERS
General Insurance Agency
JFIRE ... . AUTOMOBILE "
615 Main St, Phone 4193
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
of Ruins
prize winners under the contest
sponsored by J.- C. Penney com
pany, were as follows: first,
Jane Marie Murphy; second,
Ann Newman; third, Patty Ann
Teale; fourth, Shirley Hutchen
son; fifth, Virginia O'Berg.
In the Woolworth contest,
first place was won by Barbara
Snider and Jean Norwell work
ing as a team, and second place
was won by Ann Newman and
Patty Ann Teale.
Joe Hicks, general chairman,
said that the Camp Fire Girls,
under the leadership of Mrs.
J. A. Kennedy, deserve a lot of
credit for their untiring efforts
in the distribution of Fifth War
Loan posters. Hicks expressed
his appreciation to these youth
organizations, all of them, fqr
their enthusiasm and coopera
tion in doing a good job in
helping Klamath county put
over the Fifth War Loan.
Oil Survey
Mode in Valley
- ALBANY. July 17 (iP) A sur
vey of the Willamette valley to
determine possibilities of oil de
posits was underway today, di
rected by the Amerada Petrol
eum corporation, of Tulsa, Okla.
A group of 15 engineers and
technicians began the explora
tory study for the corporation,
which is establishing branch
headquarters here.
French Constitute
Combat Forces
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, July 17 (ff) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower declared
today that French forces of the
interior "constitute a combatant
force" and that any Germans
treating them otherwise would
be brought to speedy justice.
These forces, he said in an
announcement, form an "integ
ral part of the allied expedi
tionary force."
"The supreme allied com
mander now has conclusive evi
dence that the German forces in
France have acted upon the
announcement of June 7, 1944,
made by the commander in
chief of the German armed
forces . in the west labeling as
franc-tireurs (irregulars not sub
ject to international law pro
tecting regular combatants) the
members of French resistance
groups," said an official state
ment.
If it's a "frozen" article you
need, advertise for a used gne
in the classified. -
When you say "Barclay's" you ate K'
heloing to continue a friendship . (Vtj . Vwj8l 7
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WAC HAS KEW PLAN
' IHUIII
. Reversing the procedure of
waning lor voiumcurs tu contact
111cm ior intormuuou, tno wom
en s army corps, with Uio assist
ance or-volumcL'i' members 01 the
on ico ol civilian doionso tiro in
augurating u new iniormutluii
service ur Oregon. Tins service
is liuonaccl 10 augment . the
WAC's huge job ot disseminat
ing lacts uoout the corps to the
puolic. , . .
Hundreds of housewives, shop
girls, uuuutumcs and wanrussos,
beauticians una otnor prospcctivo
Ui janes win soon uo answer
ing me phono and Hearing a
pitasant yoico on tno other end
of tne line telling Inem inal they
huve called lo icil tnem ubuul
tne women's army corps, yui-s-Uons
will be usked una answer
ed, prospective mimes recorded
and possible leans run clown. '
, lt is anticipated that this
phone to phono canvass Of the
state will interest many hun
dreds of eligible women who
have heretoioro not bolhcrccl
with checking into the advan
tages and possibilities of the
WAC.
Recipients of these phone calls
arc asKcd to cooperate with the
new intormation system nun is
being used to aid tne wau in
enlisting the many thousands of
women yet needed to fill their
quota of buu.uuu.
HIGHWAY. AIRPORT
PORTLAND, July 17 (Pi
Construction of a transconti
nental network of super high
ways and airports together with
conversion of war plants into
civilian production bv small in
dustries were advocated here
today by Maury Maverick
chairman of the smaller war
plants corporation.
The Texas ex-congressman
here to inspect war industries,
estimated the highway-airport
plan would cost $10 billion and
provide employment tor z.uuu,
000. Three east-west and six north
south super highways would bo
built, with a minimum of six
traffic lanes for each. The cast
west highways would originate
at San Diego, San Francisco
and Seattle. The latter would
run through Portland and Sa
lem and. east to Albany, in. x.
Huge airports would be con
structed at 18 main intersec
tions of the highways. Giant
planes 'would cross the country
in six hours, Maverick said in
an interview. He would sub-di
vide the nation's 400 war plants
and rent them to private indus
try to avoid "catastrophic un
employment."
Officers Installed
By AFL Local
The regular meeting of local
2511, Lumber and Sawmill
Workers. AFL. was held Thurs
day, July 13, at the labor temple.
This local has tne bargaining
rights for the Big Lakes Box
company operation in-Klamath
Falls.
The following officers were in
stalled by Doyle Pearson, assist
ant executive secretary of the
Northwestern Council of Lumber
and Sawmill Workers:
President. K. A. Gordon: vice
president, Thomas Sparks; re
cording secretary. L. T. Linden:
financial secretaryj F. C. Wilon-
oorg; treasurer, Ralph Green
wood; conductor, William Dyer;
waraen, w. a, uraig.
Lake County. Tops
Bond Sale Quota
LAKEVIEW Total sales of nil
issues in the Fifth War Loan
drive hit $680,813 Wednesday
Developing Printing
Enlarging
UNDERWOOD'S
PHOTO SERVICE
211 Underwood Bldg.
Newcomer lakes
First Place in
Top Salary List
WASHINGTON, July 17 (P)
A newcomer. Sidney It. t'lei.iner,
took first place today with $645,-
000 in the first edition 01 inc
treasury's 1942 list of corporation
compensation to individuals for
personal services.
The report, which does not list
Income from capital or invest
ments, includes Individuals who
received $75,000 or muro from
corporations for personal services
ror me cuionnar year ivtt, or cor
poration fiscal years ending in
1943. It was issued today in com
pliance with the Interim! revenue
code.
Flclsher. in New York, de
scribed himself as a moving pic
ture negotiator for Hie dramatist
guild. The $U45,uuu was listed ay
the treasury ns having been paid
him by Twentieth Century-Fox
Film eornorallon. He replaces.
at least temporarily, Movie Mag
nate L. B. Mayer, at the nena 01
the list.
Maver, who topped last year's
list with $949,765.84 in salary
and other compensation from
Lowe's Inc., was not included In
todnv's list. Treasury officials ex
plained, however, that supple
mentary lists ore issued annum
ly.
Eugene G. Grace, president of
Bethlehem Steel, took second
place. He received a salary of
$280,000 and a bonus of $357,-
724 for a total of $537,724, the
same as for the preceding year
Thomas J. Watson, head of
International Business Machines
corp., received $100,000 in salary
and $320,648.94 In other compen
sation for a total of $425,548.94
This was enough to give him
third ranking.
The movie players occupied a
considerable portion of the 51-
pagc report.
Claudettc Colbert got $360,000
from Paramount Pictures com
pared with $240,000 a year earli
er.
This put her out In front of
the other reporting mm players,
but Fred MacMurray received
$347,333.33 for his year's efforts
for Paramount.
Some other Paramount salar
ies: Harry L. Crosby, a crooner
known to some asBlng. $336,111:
Paillette Goddard, $152,500; Bob
Hone. $148,333.33 (Samuel Gold-
wyn, Inc., Ltd., also paid Hope
$100,0UU).
ninht to nut Lake county well
over the top with approximately
133 per cent 01 its quota 01 $aus.
000. However, the county Is still
short $7125 on its E bond quota.
having secured $189,825 of Its
quota of $206,000.
To a man who's
handy with
his hands
If you like mechanical work
(even though you're not experi
enced), Southern Pacific has an
opening for you that Is well
worth looking into. The job:
Helper in one of the fine crafts
at the S. P. shops or roundhouse
, . . working on locpmotlvcs or
rolling stock. You'll see the "in
side" of railroading be in
something bio . . . find railroad
ing more interesting than other
work. Friendly people to work
with ... a chance to. really
learn a top craft with a fine
outfit. Above all, a job with a
permanent company a job
you 11 iikc. mineral age limits.
New, higher wages. Railroad
pass privileges. Flno pension
plan. - Medical services. Vaca
tions with pay. Swell social ac
tivities. This is no fly-by-nlght
opportunity. It's for a . man
who's sincere in wanting the
right connection with the right
outfit. If you join up with S. P.,
we're pretty sure you'll not re
gret it.
See or write Tralnmaittr, S.
P. Station, Klamath Falls,
or your nearest S. P. Agent.
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Four-H News
Tho Henley 4-H Victory Car
rion I'luli met Sunday. July 0
at 2:30 p. m. at tho nomo of our
leader, Mr. Hoffman. Wo callud
the roll, tho president an:l ncc
mini'v worn back from their va
cation. Our vlco president has
nut horn nresent slnco the first
meeting so wo unoiiiinoii.ily vot
ed to elect anoiner vice uresi
dent. Our new vice president Is
Fritrnt- HnffniHIl.
We talked about some of the
things we had noticed about a
few of the gardens which we saw
when wo went on n hayrldn July
2 On tho havrlde wo went past
Spring lake, by Mt. Stukel, to the
Lakcvicw junction, on me west
ern side of tho airport and back
to our leader's home. Wo stooped
at one of the club - member's
home at 2:30 p. m. and had Ice
cream, cookies and nunch.
News Reporter Mlnla King
Ragged Edge Under
Repair by Lodge
The "ragged edge" of Third
street, between Main and Pine
streets, was under repair today.
Curbing was being Installed
along the entire block odlolnlng
tho property of tho Klamath
Falls Elks lodge This Is one of
several Improvements tho Elks
havo mado this summer, Includ
ing paving tho Third and
Pino street parking lot of the
club.
If It's a "frozen" article yon
need, advertise for a used ono
in tho classified.
WORN
SMOOTH
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ur WHi-iu you sir
THI U.S. TIM HON
4 !?m " th "ign of 8 Iocal independent bualncss
... n penence, Knowlodg. skilled servlco
nd products of quality.; '
July l;
Welfare Director'
Mother Dies
ur.-.t.,4 1. .. 1
of tho death i.l f . VM
, -"irai n
of Mrs. A. n. Unvin . '
of Mrs. Karl Ui-,iu11.,"lM
counly wulfaro director
. Hi, J
..T.w"tih.J
services were holri 1.
Monday. " "Wi
Lightning Starts
Small Forest Firlt
LAKEyiEW-Senlt;rcd ,,
nlng which occurred In n. 1
moiit national forest ri ,,i(
past week startcvl
fires but till were he M
area, , l ieJ
Several areas within .
tlonul forest have b "in A
entry effective .lulv 12
of the hazard within ihJ"?
resulting from loggh,,
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