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Newspaper Page TextPACE EIGHT HERALD AND NEWS,- KLAMATH FALLS.- OREGON. 14TRAILERS OCCUPIED Bl WAR WORKERS w hf fU Federal Public Housing trailer units at white and union on onnsia i.y arc now occupied by civilian de fense worker families and a number of additional : applica tions are on file, A. C. Hayden, housing manager for the project announced Monday. mL. iMiln. -miitc wnrd rnvn. ed to occupancy July 19. Eligible to live m me xranuia it ploycs and their families of any of the defense industries m this area, Including lumber compan ies, transportation companies, various types of construction work, the Klamath Iron Works and the Klamath Machine and Locomotive companies, etc- Some of the FPHA apartment houses now under construction near the trailer park, should be ready for occupancy by August 15 according to present expecta tions. Families now living in the trailers will have the first chance to move into the apartments. When completed, this housing unit will include' 40 furnished apartments. '- Families of service men sta tioned here are not eligible for residence in the trailer or apart ment houses .unless some mem ber of the family takes a job in a defense industry. In connection with the need for housing facilities for fami lies of locally stationed service men, the chamber of commerce here last week sent a letter to the administrator of the national housing agency calling to his at tention the need for housing fa cilities for service men's fami lies here, and asking him to co . operate in an attempt to obtain a trailer unit in this locality for this purpose Council Nominates " Officers in Eugene . EUGENE, Ore., July 31 (IP) W. J.' Baker of Vancouver, Wash., and H. R. Evans, Olym pia, are nominees for president of the CIO International Wood Box, Shook - and Door north Box, Shoow and Door ndrth west district council. Baker is the incumbent. - Other nominations made at the closing session of a two-day convention Saturday were: Eu gene Miller of Aberdeen, Wash., and Fred Owsley, Springfield, Ore., for vice president, and William "Widert. Olympia. in cumbent, for secretary. Elec tion will be -by-referendum. Baker, Evans, Miller, Widert and J. E. Laux of wiiiamma Ore., were appointed to a polit ical action committee to work under the national CIO politi cal committee. Seattle was chosen as the site of the winter, conference. , . Oregonian Applies - For Sale of KEX WASHINGTON, July 31 (IP) Application for the sale of a ra dio station in Portland, Ore., was received today by the federal communications commission. The Oreeonian - Publishine company, Portland, applied for the sale of station KEX to West inghouse Radio Stations, Inc., for . $400,000. The Oregonian also operates station KRW, Portland Regulations prohibit one com pany from operating more than one station in the same general service area. uuA.Twmi.ioum Service Everywhere By EARL WHITLOCK In these days of war work, it is often true that the members of any one family may be hold ing.. - jobs .. at widely separat ed points of the United ' States. Some of them may be in West Coast airplane plants, '. others working at great mid-west factories. That is as it should be. All of us want to work where we can do. the most good effort, ill to the war But an accident mav han. .pen to any member of such a family at any place. Even be reavement, the deepest sorrow known to man, may strike at us from clear across the conti nent. - ' So it should be remembered, always, that this firm, through its nation-wide affiliations, is in a position to -serve you and to handle all the details of a me. morial service ANY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES. -, '; -And no matter where a loved one may be, when emergency strikes, your assurance of a fit tingly beautiful, reverent, ten der ana distinctive Memorial Service, lies in calling this firm , immediately ana allowing us to take over the burden of hand ling arrangements for you. f MEMORY GARDEN IS BEAUTIFUL ,,, . -MEN-AND-WOME IN SERVICE , 'if RECEIVES DFC -First Lt. Mar tin W. Biehn has received the DFC, according to word received irom ,ngiana, wnere ne- 15 sta tioned.' Lt. Biehn was previous ly awarded the Air -Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters. , He is a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot and has participated- in raids over Berlin, Hamburg, and Sehwienfurt. : i His home in Klamath. Falls is at 2708 Xane street. .... . - Due to arrive in the1 United States this month on ' furlough from the European . theater of operations, where he servea . 1 1 months with the army air. forces. is First Lt. K. L. Pomeroy,-hus band of Mrs. Verna . Pomeroy, 635 North Second, Klamath Falls.' PFC Charlie A. Nelson of the engineer battalion in the army has returned to Camp Shelby. Miss., after attending school at Fort Belvoir, va., for a month. Word has been received from Melvin D. Mecham, S 2c, that he has now gone aboard his ship. He is the 17-vear-bld son of Mrs. Hazel Crapser of route 2, Klam ath talis. ... Melvin enlisted in the navy i few days after his seventeenth birthday. He was home On spe cial leave . recently from .Port? land, to visit .his parents arid xrienos. . : . HOME Hugh S. Holte, EM l'c, U. Sv navy; has spent the last few days visiting relatives in and about Klamath Falls. He is on a 20-day leave, ending Aug ust 8. He has been on duty, with the- Atlantic: fleet out of New xuiK,-auiug cuuvuy ana invasion duties. This is the first time in two years that he has been home. LAKEVIEW Mrs. Nora O'Connor has received word that her son, TSgt. Philip J. Daly has been listed as missing in action. Daly was an aerial gunner on a B-24 bomber and is with' the 15th army air force in Italy.' Sgt. Daly is a member of a veteran bomber squadron that has seen more than six months' action in the Italian campaign arid has par ticipated in repeated bombing as saults on Germanindustrial fort resses and - supply centers mrpugnout southern .Europe.. . . CAMP KOHLER, Cdli.?. Paul D. Kotthoff. who -is: 'ate. tioned at -the- western- s i-g n al corps training center at ' Camp Kohler, Calif.,, has been promot ed to the grade of private first class. . . - PFC Kotthoff is 'the . son of W. A.: Kotthoff of Merrill.,-He lives in Twin .Falls, .Idaho. He entered the army in- October, - - '-'. GREAT LAKES,- 111. Robert K. Hood, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hood, ; 76 Washington, Klamath Falls, was commission- ed an ensign in the U. S. naval reserve when-he.-graduated re cently from the naval - training school for midshipmen at Abbott Hail, Northwestern university, A very informative letter' has been received from Lt- Col. L: B Woods of South Dakota by his mother. Col. Woods is a brother of Mrs.-J. F. Lee of 2300 Biehn. Col. Woods is a graduate of West, Point and is with an. intel ligence division in Normandy. His letter says in part as fol lows: : ,.. , , ,' , '. , . '. : "Yesterday was the .4th of jury, ana the French people in the village, helped us celebrate. rney naa ceremonies in the vil lage courtyard that, included speeches by their prominent citi zens and certain' army .-officers. The French ladies , of the com munity had made, an American nag which they presented to the army contingent- and -the -American and French flags were rais ed simultaneously on- two poles. "The French people present sang 'Le Marseillaise' 'and the Officers and soldiers resbondeii by singing, the ; 'Star Spangled canner.- a group, of French chil dren .patriotically dressedinred, white. and blue sane 'America' in English and did-very well. In fact I doubt if a similar group of American children could hive learned -to sing any song . in French as well. "Oh yes, one of the speakers was boy of about 11 who spoke to .the' children of America thanking them for sending their brothers and fathers to liberate them from German terrorists. After the ceremony In the . vil lage square- the procession marched to thi American ceme iprv filled with those who have recently spilled their blood on French sou ana iaia many uuii pieces on . the freshly ' made graves. The floral pieces were made by the French people- All was followed by a reception in the mayor's .off ice .where. wine was served, and songs were sung, "it was ill verv touching and many, a wet eye was evident, including yours- truly's.. You know of course that the tricolor of France is red, white, and blue. One little 'girl; about six,- wore a blue waist covered with white stars and a 'skirt of horizontal red and white stripes. She had a gadget in her hair like a Span ish .comb designed after the American flag. "Well. I have covered prac tically all the occupied territory and have' seen many things which-1 would like to tell you about but cannot for - military reasons. .You read most every thing" that r could tell you in your daily paper or get it on the-radio. War is no picnic, but I anrgladithat'my physical and mental 'condition permit me to have a hand in fighting for free dpm and the - American .way., of living.. ., ,' . ". " ., . ' ".' '.", . You should see me dressed like a field soldier with a tin-hat,-leggings, pistol; and field clothes. Living conditions ace' good .and my. health is exccl-lerit;-Never felt betterin-my life. Of course I miss my family very much and am looking forward to the day when' I can 'return and get back to :normal life. We work seven- days a week here arid not by. the clock- Soldiers must fight all hours' of the day and night, and they do it for weeks with- little rest and with a vim and vigor that ' is truly American. We only hope that the folks back home keen things rolling so we can fight efficient ly and .win victory at: as early a date as possible." , Mines Explode Neat King George rirf H ARM! ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS .. IK .-ITALY, Juljr : 28 (Delayed) r- () -r two Gentian- mines were exploded less than 300 yards from where King .George .VI of ' England, Archbishop. Francis J. Spellman of New York, Lt Gen. Mark W. Clark and other .British and American military leaders were lunching today.. Bolivian Engineer" Employed by Oregon Highway Commission SALEM, , July 31 (IP) Raul Yalle -Rodas, 'Bolivian civil en gineer-: who r this Isummer ,- was graduated from Princeton university,-today became the first engineer in training status under the- inter-American - training ad ministration employed by the Oregon-state highway commis sion. , ..- , : . . . , Senor'Valle. (Rodas, his moth er's maiden name is similar to a middle. name in -English usage) will .take .his- first two months of work here in the highway de partment laboratories and later will' be placed on construction Jobs where the greatest" variety Highway Engineer R- L. Baldock said. . . . . - . Next Monday, Mr. Whitlock, of the Earl . Whitlock Funeral home, 5ill comment on "The Open Mtnd," . 1 SI 9s your Skin ROUGH CLOGCCO OLOTCHV Sootfit and tmot)i ft ImpltUirraHttHd RmIiwI way...U Rtfinel Se tMiiyrorsmat.nieteiifli. vftquimtHcinciMnnnf... 1 Olnlmtnt to slby nwrtlnj IfiltoHon. OIRTNENT r AND SOAP. Olnlmtnt to tlliy tnwrtlnj RESItJOL0: 'Ration Holiday' Plea Continues ' SEATTLE, July 31. (IF) -The Jilea for' a "ration holiday" for amb-' and grade. C beef cuts, which are currently, glutting the .racmc XNortnwest marKet, con tinued today, despite announce ment by Charles R. Baird, westf ern-regionai wa aaminisirator, that a reduction in lamb points had, been refused... ..' 4 B. J. Fotheringham,.OPA food rationing officer,: announced Sat urday, night. he ' had urged' the national office of price adminis tration to take action to. prevent uie jiicctk-xi-uiii spoiling ana Hav ing "to be -used for fertilizer in stead of table meat.''' The OPA representative was joined in his plea by the WasW ington State Retail Meat Deal ers association.- . Two Girls Killed In Truck. Collision : : EUGENE," July 31- (JP) Authorities today investigated. truck collision 'that, killed Doris Russell, 8, ' and ; Beverly Rolen: 12,-both of Junction City,-and injured seven others. ' . ' - The accident occurred on the Siuslaw hiehwav two mi1e went of Triangle lake yesterday. -.One irucK, carrying. za junction city residents on an outing, was driv. en Dy timer tust. Triangle :iair xarmer . - : In a hospital here wer Mm. Nancy. Rolen and Mrs. Willie S. Russell, mothers ." of the dead girls; Betty Jean Rolen, sister oi one oi tne gins, and Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Whipple., Two of me in j urea were taken to Junction-City.- - - - VACATION END SETS PROBLEM FOR CONGRESS Bv WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, July 31 W Congress- ends a five-weeks va cation tomorrow, undecided whether to start another long holiday or buckle down now to the Job of charting tne roaa back to peacetime economy. r The . prospects are there will be no legislative business trans acted for at least several weeks, to give half a dozen committees time to whip into snape recon version legislation which Rained a "must" rating by the successes against Germany. Original plans, for an outright recess until after Labor Day have been all but abandoned be cause of clamor for congress, to "do something" to cushion the shock the war's end might have on the nation s employment and business. Instead, an informal recess, with semi-weekly, sessions attended .by a handful of mem bers, -appears likely for a while. Less than a quorum oi law makers is expected to-be on hand when the .current holiday for mally ends at noon tomorrow, Thev Drobablv will occupy them selves for the next 'few weeks filling the Congressional Record with campaign oratory. Most congressmen are up to their necks, in. election, campaigns and probably will remain at home to get in a few last licks while waiting for committees to act. -The legislative dockets in both the senate . and house are vir tually dear of major legislation, PORTLAND, July 31 () ProsDectlve purchasers of 45.000 acres, of Camp Adair land are Warned by U. S. Sen. Guy .Cor don to stay off until the army clears me area or some f uuu un exploded artillery shells. . .! , This, will take two months, he estimated, -adding that the shells may explode without contact or through temperature changes. T h e.' reconstruction finance corporation meanwhile prepared letters offering repurchase prior ity to former owners of the con- aemnea farm ana range lands that the army announced recent ly it no longer needs. - ' ' Land the .original owners do not wish to take back at a fair price based on current values less damage caused by destruction of fences, gunfire and motor traffic probably , will be divided into family-size farms and offered for saie at a nxea price, saia winiam Kennedy, head of the Portland office of tne ttru. Prison Trustier Still at Largev SALEM, July 31 (IP) Two state prison trusties who walked away from the state penitentiary yesterday were still at large to- aay. Bruce T. Anderson, 32, who worked at the prison flax sheds. disappeared about noon. He was received at the prison, December 1,-. 1939, "from Gilliam county to serve three years for auto theft. He -was' paroled in-July, 1941, but was returned last- February 2 as a parole violator. William J. Newman,- 63, - re ceived from Multnomah county February 5, 1941, to serve 10 years for check forgery,' disap peared -from the state prison iarm laie aunaay afternoon. Naval Building to Continue Strong PORTLAND, Ore., July 31 (IP) Naval building will con tinue strong . in 1945, believes Rear Adm. A. M.' Charlton of the. navy s office of 'procure ment and material. . : ' '.'We,' need more , and' more ships of all types,",' the former manager of the Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton said in an. interview. "The demand up on the workmen who produce them will continue to be just as strong . during the next 12 months as in the past." : 17 Jap Ships Sunk by Subs WASHINGTON, July 31 (IP) Destruction of 17 more Japanese vessels, including one escort craft, by American submarines was. reported by the navy today. raising to '38 enemy shipping losses announced in two days. mm 3 t..3IW..,. lit HMK STBEET - 1 7zl5 p.m. LOWELL THOMAS NEWS TIME DON LEE-MUTUAL Standard of California Flashes of Lif DUNN MAKES By The Associated Press ' HOME FRONT CRISIS ROCHESTER, N. Y. The Monroe county rationing board has. cancelled shpre-the-rido ob ligations of a young woman driver who complained her pas senger insisted on changing his work pants in the back scat en route, the Public Relations Of ficer Roy Duffus reported. ' ON THE BEAM ' SALT LAKE CITY It would be bad taste, says Warden J. H. Harris, to have too many cries of "we wui robbed!" at Utah state prison football games. . Both .umpires are serving time for robbery. , . ' '' PUPPY LOVE DENVER Mrs.. R. S. Yellcn feeds meat twice daily ' by hand to her 12 German boxer pups. If they eat from a bowl, they choke, she found. But how to tell which . pup has eaten and which hasn't? Mrs. Yellcn solved that by ty ing a string around the neck of a pup after he's eaten his quota of 12 tiny meat balls. When all 12 pups are wearing strings around their necks, Mrs. Yellcn knows she's through-feeding them their meat balls. IN LAST PLACE . KANSAS CITY The Aus tralians are the best jungle fighters in the world, the Japa nese are second and the Ameri cans no good at all, In the opin ion of one Japanese taken pri soner by the Americans." Ca'pt. William -J. Kocnigsdorf wrote home from the South Pa cific that the English-speaking Srlsoner didn't - approve of the ombing and shelling that pre ceded American advances. ''First, the A m e ri c a n cut down the jungle," he said. "Then he fight." NONBELIEVER IN. SIGNS - FORT SHERIDAN, Ill.--For the past week Pvt. Edwin W. Schweln, 27, of Melrose Park, 111., has spent his time placing Warning signs along the Fort Sheridan beach, Now he It In the - post hoipltal under treat ment for poison Ivy lnffctlon. 'The signs Schweln placed read: "Bewail figltoft ivy.'' Income ffox Ritiirns , Triple DiiHng Year V- ' WASHINGTON." July . 31 m Individual' income tax returns $18,257rlfl0,877 : during 1944 almost , tripled the 1943 return of $8,629,931,898,- the treasury department reported. , .Total federal taxes also reached an unprecedented high with $40,118,819,808 received as compared with 1943's $22,. 371,386,498.: r.x..:i ... , LOW BID ON NSTALLATIQM C. A: Dunn of Klitmnth Fulls Is low biddor on a contract for instnlllng three pumping plants of the Modbc unit of the Klam ath reclamation offlco. 1 Dunn bid $90,698.35, and his offer was recommended by tho local office to the, Denver recla mation offices. Other bids: Trumlx Concrete company, Mcdford, $104,555.25. S. .Rclyca and . Sons, Boise, Idaho, $110,000. Schucmann and Johnson, Se attle, $123,985. Arthur Pinner Jr., Los Ange les, $131,899.50. The pumps, designated as A, B and C, will bo used In pumping water from leased lands Into the Tulclake sump. I PROPOSED BY WLB - AFL -certification as bargain ing agent for employes of the Gilchrist Timber, company, of northern Klamath county, now a CIO operation, .has been pro posed to the national labor rela tions board,, according, to AFL officials here. A request for an election at the Gilchrist mill and timber operations has been made. Workouts Underway For Willamette U. SALEM, Ore., July 31 (Pi Daily 90-mlnute workouts will get underway tomorrow as the Willamette university Navycsts prepare for their 1944 football opener September 9 -against Whitman college in Walla Walla. Coach Duke Trotter has only 10 players with previous gridiron experience. ' V'.- . Refrigeration Equipment Co. Karl Drquhart U Klamath . Phone 6453 rot Commercial Refrigeration SALES and SERVICE Three in Family Die in 36 Hours EUGENE, July 31 (IP) Fu neral arraiigomonts were bplng made today for thrco members of tho J. J. Luckey family,, who died of natural causes over 36-hour period. Mrs. Luckey, 76, died In her sloep early Friday. Mr. Luckoy, 82, who had been III for somo time, was taken to a hospital whore ho died a few hours loter. Their son, Jack E. Luck ev, 84, woll-known sportsman, died In a hospital Saturday aft er a long Illness. Surviving l a daughter, Mrs. Luclndo L. Doburg, of Eugone, By AUSTIN BEALMEAR LONDON, July 31 (!') More than 3000 American planes, 1700 of them heavy bombers, uttacked tho Munich ami, central Ger many, French airfields und Ho mnnlan oil works at- Bucharest and Plocstl today. While 1200 Hying Fortresses and Liberators und 1000 fighters from Britain were casting new destruction upon Germany and Franco, another force of mora than 500 heavy bombors of the U. S. 15th air force In Italy struck the Romanian objective within 180 miles of the Russian front lines. Other hundreds of planes operated tactically befora the ad vancing Americans and Britons In Normandy. Formations total ing 220 American Marauders and Havocs bombed a wldo urea behind the battle zone In spotty weather, striking rail yards and bridges from Domfront to Ev rcux and as fur south us Tours. Munich was the main objective of tho British-based armada, RESCUED - ' PORTLAND. July 31 (Pi Two youngsters, one and three years old. wero rescued from the smoke-flllod second floor of their homo by a neighbor and a fire man Saturday night. Harry Helsc, fire department Investiga tor, said the parents were out. The smoko came from a burning davenport, and apparently was caused by careless smoking, he added. SALES lilt Lorenz coninunv i... sale hurdwuro h;.'..'".' ed stoves, m.Z H hig hold last l.'rKL'fM ', It impended for 30(.v'',?fc OPA's Hcarl, u Marvon E. Lewi, J sHl Cisco. -The comLlM ponded for 00 "Lft of the u,pen.CM The loenl fi. .. ""4 with failure t tL7M war prlco and i 11 ?H tlflculc, to n "cZN sioves. ii wns ul ,k7! delivering stove, ,o'ff dealers, Slimmm puny, Hm-.ly Cuh ifa company, of Ash j "H County Hardware c'0; Lokovlew, without ?1 from tho,o dealer, for transfer of ,lovc,W5 fore the time of tlellveri Jurisdiction imiiccJ' tallied by the commuZ? company wu, reprccS and the OPA wa, "rc by Coclllu GulloKhcr. ffl forccmont attorney (or S"1 land OPA office. 1 6.00-16 Size Tin Now Availablt to Those EliaiU war owners wk .1.... V" "'Ileal., p.,35 ond who h. b,,." lo llnd Grad. , fllod lo r.ad IhU n.wi, V - w. har. o ,ood ,1, . ' mlh.ilc Ii,,, w -B, F. Qoodilch 8115 . . . Includlna a Hock oil popular 6.00.l6 fc Dri g. OWclef Tlf. I,fr Dick B. Miller! f t. t. feood'rlth id 7th and Klimili 1 Have Your 6 Upholstery and Rugs CLEANED ond REVIVE Modprn Nulife Method USE AGAIN SAME DAY Foils Upholstery &. Rug Service 1332 PWI.lon Phom MUl 18 to 26 Years Old NOW REGISTER In the "Miss Klamath" Contest ARE YOU Photogenic Singla : : - .. ' , i' , ! A Resident 1 DO YOU HAVE Paraonaliry Ambition 1 . Then you have an equal chance to become "Miss Klamath" - and compete for the title Miss Oregon" The winner, "Miss Klamath' will be feted for a whole week in Portland, by the State War Finance Committee, while competing in the "Miss Oregon" contest! - Register at the Chamber of Commerce, 323 Main Have Your Picture Taken at Kennell-Ellis (No Charge) , YOU MAY BE THE WIN NER!