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IiiIuk l:t per vi'iil of the workl'i
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Leyte Casualties Speeded to Hospital Ship
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GRAFTON, W. Vo Dec. 14
(,Vl Two dozen poisons, ma
rooned on a stalled railroad
train (or 24 hours during West
Virginia's worst blizzard, were
safe at their firesides today,
none the worse for their exper
ience. The Baltimore and Ohio pas
senger train was forced to slop
by snow and trees on the tracks
Tuesday morning, 45 miles out
of Charleston. There it remain
ed until o relief train arrived
yesterday morning. It finally
, crawled into Gratlon early last
evening.
Conductor Charles W. Cogar
.reported that none of the pas
sengers suffered during the de
slay. A shipment of wieners and
j bread was commandeered and
'4-H girls from the village of
i'Elkhurst pushed through drifts
vvilh hot coffee.
, There was heat in tile cars un
til within a few hours of the
.arrival of the relief train, Cogar
.said.
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Wounded on battle-scorched Lcyle Island, two American fighting men arc moved by comrades away from th
front, lifted aboard hospital ship waiting offsliore. This swift, careful handling of casualties saves counties
American Uvea on the far-flung war fronts. Coast Guard photo.
The Oregon Health bulletin
revealed that Klamath county
had 14 communicable disease
cases reported for the first time
during the week ending De
cember 2 of this year. Of these,
one was measles, nine were
chicken pox and four were
mumps. Adjoining Lake county
reported one case of tubercu-
'losis for the same period.
In October of 1944 a total of
25 people died in Klamath coun-
'ty. Causes and numbers of
deaths from specific causes were
as follows: One from diptheria.
one from tuberculosis, two from
cancer and tumors, two from
diabetes, one from apoplexy,
five from heart disease, two
from pneumonia, one from di
gestive diseases, one suicide, one
from accident and eight from
other known causes.
Lake county reported three
deaths for the same month. One
from cancer, one from heart
disease and one from a motor
accident.
' If it's a "Irozen" article you
need, advertise for a used one
in the classified.
E. L. Peterson, director of
agriculture, state of Oregon, will ! Hunt
official visit to Klnmalh county
this week.
Fred Peterson, superintendent
of Klamath county schools, will
j preside at the banquet at which
j time each member of Kiwanis is
to bring a fnrmer friend. The
committee is composed of Peter
ison. L. L. Lombard, J. W. Kerns.
Bob Bobbins and Dr. Calvin
There will be music and
stunts.
bo the principal speaker at the
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hotel. Peterson is making an I to history.
Phil Hitchcock was the chief
speaker at the meeting of the
Men s cum on lucsoay, wri-nu-ber
12. Hitchcock siiukii on the
activities of the civil air patrol,
both locally and nationallv, und
stressed the Importance of anin
tour flyers In the present war
program by spreading enthusi
asm and information In young
boys Interested in flying.
Hitchcock mentioned a few of
the many services rendered by
the CAP, among them being
courier service which is used nil
over the nation, Ifulson patrol,
and the transportation of criti
cal materials, particularly In In
dustrial ureas. This organiza
tion has also been extremely
beneficial in helping to alleviate
the U-boat menace along the
coast.
Sixty-flvo high school stu
dents aro nutting two hours.
twice a week, into the study of
ground work, theory of flight,
nnd areo dynamics, as a part of
this program.
Rrv Byrnes was chairman of
the Lions' mooting, and guests
for the day Included Elherl
Stiles and Ben Trippett. John
Jnnssen was Introduced as a new
member.
Donation Brings
Sheep Back to Owner
NEWBEflG. Dec. 14 .f Will
ter Schaad has his sheep back
today, but It cost him a $25 do
nation to the Red Cross.
A neighboring farmer, J. F.
Wolters complained that
Schaad's sheep kept trotting
through weak fences. So Wol
ters rounded up a dozen head
and told Schnad the price was
Red Cross donation.
Returning from a trln to Red
Cross headquarters, Schaad set
out to repair his fences.
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n..i uri.,1- ilm velilele dracccd
a rear wheel over a curb, bare-1
ly mlsseil a pai'Keu uui-r, mm
f'ilinllv tangled up traffic at an'
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thing was wrong. As truffle
Jammed, Ihe young driver iiIhuim
doned the inaehlno hurriedly.
A passenger then drove the1
bus hack In a worried civilian
driver at the terminal. I
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FUGITIVES j
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla...
Dee. 14 lTi Shore patrol and
naval Intelligence officers were
beating Ihe bushes between here
and Norman for 111 bowling
balls.
Having been repaired, the
fugitives were being returned to
the Norman naval air slut ion
when they rolled off the end of
a pickup truck.
THIEVING RAT
MOORHEAD, Minn., Dec. II
(Tl Joe Fabian Is on Ihe prowl
for the rat that stole about lull
gasoline slumps representing 4011
gallons of gas from a drawer In
his servlea station.
Fabian reported the theft to
polleo but later he found Ihe
slamivs, most of them Intact, In
a rat's nest In Ihe bottom of a
desk. The rat, however, hasn't
been caught.
Forty-four pounds of corn
make four gallons of industrial
alcohol which, when treated by
new chemical methods, Is trnans
formed into the Hi pounds of
synthetic rubber necessary for
just one tire.
Officials Warn
Against Forest Fires
PORTLAND. Dec. II (,V
Forest officials warned today
against an outbreak of forest
fires In dry Oregon woods.
Although no blazes have been
reported yet, officials said that
the strong wind presented a men
ace, particularly in the Colum
bia river gorge and tho Wil
lamette valley.
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