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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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f" SALEM - News concerning
"the world situation, insofar as
German censorship permits its
dissemination, is the subject o
"keen interest to American pris
Loners of war in German prison
camps, according to information
received by unanes a. aprague,
president of the Oregon War
chest, from war prisoners aid 01
Fine VMCA, through the national
HVar fund of which war prisoners
r aid is a member agency. ,
... Contributions made by resi
dents of Klamath county to the
' local war chest help the national
lwar fund finance the work of
.war prisoners aid, aprague ex
i .Dlained.
' A wireless message received
'"by war prisoners aid from -its
Geneva headquarters states that
ft .''so-called newsrooms" made
'available at various prison
- camps are greatly appreciated
iand are visited dally by hun
dreds of prisoners eager to learn
whatever news is released con
.terning world affairs, said the
r report 10 aprague.
i About 50 per cent of the pris
oners at the largest German
- prison camp are engages in
f studies and preparing for exam
-inations, the report stated. In
i.Hhe language classes, - German,
r French, Russian, Spanish- and
even Norwegian and Japanese
f are being studied, and the camp
jjreference library, stocked-: with
Dooks provided by war prisoners
F aid, is usually crowded with
' young officers engaged in study.
. Most of the men at Stalae
r-Luft III are "very young, cul-
lured and ieei most Keenly the
J influence of captivity, with the
t- first . two or three months the.
most trying, owing to the sudden
change from free living to bore
fTdom and confinement." said the
v, report Among the articles sup-4
?-piiea Dy war prisoners aid, those
J' rnost appreciated are electric
f light bulbs for theatre and study
y. rooms, oooks ana pnonograpns
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SEATTLE, Aug. 17 V-The
f.u. S. immigration service has
1 refused to surrender to Russian
authorities - two - Russian mer
chant marine officers and two
seamen being held for desertion
fW-their ship, the Post-IntelU-liencer
reported today.
The paper said Russian Con.-J-
"kul General Andrei E., Vassiliev
t and his vice consul came here
trom San Francisco to attempt
'to get theVmen early this month.
JThe soviet officials appealed to
the men to return to their ship
"kfter learning they were in cus
f tody, but failed. - -
'. Raphael P.- Bonham of the
Immigration service, explained
,At is .customary to allow desert
ing seamerr, regardless of na-i
tionality to ship out on vessels
J 'of their own choice.
x': oonnam, the paper said, de
J nied any demand for return of
5 "the deserters had been made
t and said the case was. before.
I the immigration headquarters
fin Washington, D. C, for rou
tine treatment.
t-i The case involved the disan-
jearance of a political "commis-
sar from a Russian "ship- and
t the feeling of the deserters they
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r were unjustly unaer suspicion,
;.ne paper reported. j
In Washington, Thomas G.
t 'Finueanp. rhntrmnn nf tho immt.
'gration board of appeals, said to
, ;day two Russian seamen were in
custody of immigration authori-
ties on charges of failing to re
journ to their ship docked in Se-
. Finucane said his information
was that the two men had been
'refused permission by . their
l nip s master to go ashore, but
went any way. and then . were
; airaia to return. - Subsequently,
, he reported,- they., were picked
&.--UP as deserters. '
i. He said the board has - not
f reached a decision in the case
'but probably will do so within
V A week, .
Told 'that the Seattle PosMii
. telligencer mentioned two Rus-
t uLii;cia us wen as me sea
men, Finucane said he had heard
v-only of the two seamen but that
f additional reports might be re-
rwcivcu.
J i He added that "to date" his
J board hag received no request
t from the Russian government
i tor return or tne men.
VOCATIONAL AILMENT
I, Most eleDhant trainers nro nor.
rflally deaf. The shrill trumpet-
r nig ui uih animais during tne
I training period, is injurious to
f',iiB iiiuiiaii ear. .
Monday Comes Every Day
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everyaay Is Mon
day and washday at the WAVE barracks on the naval air station.
Shown above performing "housewife duties" are Mary Bracken,
SC3c, and Emma Deal. Sic. It -Is noted that even with govern
ment priorities, the WAVES must use synthetic clothes pins.
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Although the calendar may say otherwise,
Kaiser Predicts
Permanent Program
PORTLAND, Aug. 17 W
Portland's Tinhatters were en-
couraged today Dy a hint irom
Edgar F. Kaiser that shipbuild
ing is at Swan island to stay.
. The general manager of this
area's Kaiser yards said at yes
terday's launching of the Tanker
Swan Island that the yard
"never again will be an airpoct.
It will stay what it is."
I ION
OF TREATMENT
OF VETS EYED
WASHINGTON. Auff. 17 (Jf
Full investigation of reports of
uiconsiacraie treatment ol war
veterans returned from overseas
was promised Senator Cordon
(R-Ore.) by the war and navy
departments in letters the sena
tor made public today.
Cordon asked for the investi
gation when he received reports
tiiut service men upon return to
this country had been assimicd
menial tasks at camps and hnd
not been granted leave or treat
ment their war records warrant
ed.
Acting Secretary of War Pat
terson said investigation of the
charges had failed to substanti
ate tuein and only one instance
was found where soldiers were
asked to assist in menial tasks.
This, he said, was in a port
where a short -se of Dcrsonnei
caused the returned veterans to
De askea to assist with the work
for a short time to expedite their
assignments to reception sta
tions. .
Navy Secretary Forrcstal snIH
the only specific place where re
ports of harsh treatment of re
turned naval men could be
traced by the complainants was'
at tne naval construction bat
talion replacement depot, Camp
Parks. Shoemaker. Calif. He
added that the commandant of
the twelfth naval district had
been directed to conduct an in
vestigation.
Patterson said returned sol
diers were given 21 days' leave
upon arrival at reception stations
in this country, exclusive of
travel time, after which they re
turn to a persnnner reassignment
center for a thorough physical
examination, reconditioning and
assignment to' new stations.
ekes Proposes Surplus
Properiy Disposal Law9
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (VI
Calling upon congress to enact
a surplus property disposal Inw
that would prevent a repetition
of "the- speculators paradise
that followed World War 1," In
terior Secretary lckcs proposed
today that his own department
bo given the job of handling
government land disposition.
lekes endorsed the pending
raurrny-iact-aiewnrt oil! In test
imony before the senate military
affairs committee, saying ho
thought it set up the necessary
safeguards for thwarting "the
cheats and cliiselers" in sales
of billions of dollars worth of
unneeded war goods.
The interior department, with
long experience in administering
13,000,000 acres of publicly
owned lands, should be desig-
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nnled to handle the lack of dis
posing of additional thousands
of acres that were acquired for
war purposes, lckcs said.
lie proposed an iiineiiilmenl
to the Munav-Taft Stewart hill
to give it that authority, rullior
than leaving land disposition un
der control of the- uvet'-iill ad
ministrator and various agencies
which now hold title lo the land.
k-kes suggested that some
large tracts he cut up into small
owner-operated farms, or used
as Rrazing lands.
He mentioned thai 13,000 acres
of irrigable land in the Columbia
basin project, acquired by the
army for an airport, could bo
converted lo small fiinns under
tho reclamation laws. The
Mil mo bombing range, 157,000
acres In Kern, Sun Ucriiai'dino
mill l,n Anuelos counties, Cali
fornia, cuiilalns lands "eminently
milted fur iiiliiiliil.nratiou as part
nf California, gruziug district
No. 1."
Similarly, ho said, 1-1,000 (teres
of the Weiulovor bombing range
In Utah could bo Incorporated In
railng lands for lease ul u pro-
to I Do government.
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A great volcano once belched
forlh slenm anil Invit where now
.stands the Devil's Tower in Wyo
ming. The lower is the column
of Invn that cooled mid hardenod
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