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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1944)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PACE SIX r...., BANKERS LIKE NEW PLAN FOR WAS lb WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 M) A spokesman for the nation's banks says they think well of the treasury procedure which permits a bond holder to get his cash at a bank immediately if lie needs it. "We welcome the plan, said W. Randolph Burgess, president of the American Bankers associ ation. , , "I believe that in the long run there will be fewer bonds cashed under this plan than under the old one where the bond holder had to wait lor his money." Bur gess said in a radio interview last night. Treasurv Undersecretary Dan iel W. Bell, also on the broad cast, said "that is exactly my own view and I can assure you that the treasury intends to con tinue this procedure." The plan went into effect, Oc tober 2, and October redemp--tions were higher than any pre vious month. But redemptions decreased in November. Bell said November redemp tions were about one per cent of the total amount of savings bonds held by the public. To date, about 12 per cent of all savings bonds have been re deemed. That means 88 cents of every dollar of savings bonds sold are still in the hands of the buyer. The treasury announced yes terday that total sales in the 6th War Loan are $15,874,000,000, of which $3,663,000,000 are sales to individuals. The overall quo ta of 14 billion dollars has been passed, but not the individual quota of S billion. Explaining this, Undersec retary Bell said it was not be cause individuals are slow to subscribe. He said: "Getting subscriptions from corporations and insurance com panies is quick and easy. . , They don't need much selling. But individuals are an entirely dif ferent problem. There are 40 million people who will sub scribe before this month is over. They have to be reached by six million salesmen, mostly by personal interview. This is the real work of the drive. A fine job is being done but it takes time." The four-week sales campaign officially ends Saturday, but bond money reaching govern ment depositories until the end of December will be counted in the drive. Final figures will be announced January 2. ES SEATTLE. Dec. 14 W) Frost encrusted pavements and fog combined today to make streets and highways , hazardous, and Harborview county hospital re ported its : emergency facilities swamped by so many traffic in jury victims no accurate count could be made between 5 and 7 a. m. Ambulance services, tow car operators and the police traffic department, likewise, were unable to keep pace with the accidents. The mercury fell to 27 degrees above zero today, and the weath er bureau forecast a 26-degree minimum early tomorrow. The body of Edward P. Lara bee, Spokane, was found in his wrecked automobile which had Jkidded on icy pavement and plunged down a 30-foot bank seven miles west of North Bend, in Seattle, a laden tank-truck skidded 150 feet, injuring three persons when it caromed off three automobiles. U. S. Navy Large Than All Others, Reports Hepburn SEATTLE, Dec. 14 (IP) Our navy now is "larger than all others put together and we must keep it that way," Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, navy dele gate to the Dumbarton Oaks conference, said here yesterday. The armed superiority which the United States now possesses must be maintained after the war, he said, "until some inter national organization is in op eration." "Every country will have to demobilize with the peace," he said. "But we must maintain the armament ratio." Admiral Hepburn characteriz ed the Dumbarton conference as a "germ of progress," but stressed that it proposed no in ternational "super-state" nor in fringement on international sov ereignty. "Don't expect too much of it," he warned. "It is not a fin ished product." Twenty million lives and S400,000,000,000 were lost by the nations involved In World war I. To The Parents An Everlasting X mas Gift is a Business Course for your son or daughter. We offer a Complete Business Course, and we Do teach that. Snappy Up-to-thc-Minute Thomas Natural Shorthand and Speed Typing. Klamath Business College 733 Pine Street Corner of 8th Phone 4760 Along the High 1- t$U! Ml"- -i-' mYm) f -T 1 Fujiyama, sacred Nipponese volcano near Tokyo, is teen through the nose of a B-29 Superfortress. The mountain serves as a guide to Superfortress crews on their way to bomb strategic targets in the Japanese capital. (AP photo from army air force). Marines Fighi in War, Then Back It Up Helping To Sell Bonds in Drive Klamath's marines are prov ing themselves as adept at back ing up the front-line fighters now as they were at the actual front line fighting a few months ago, and much of the 6th War Loan success in this district will be due to their efforts. This week a 30-man troupe of leatherneck entertainers, includ ing two men who have been decorated for bravery in action, are plugging war bond sales in several eastern Oregon towns. Reports from towns already reached indicate record buying. A party of officers hunting duck near the state line dropped in on a Wild-West jamboree and rally at the Merrill com munity house one night recently, and assisted in selling the amaz ing total of S410.000 in bonds. In this party was Waj. Joe Foss. the marines' number one bond salesman. Maj. Foss, the mighty marine flyer credited with bagging 26 Japanese planes, left the Marine Barracks Wednesday to cam paign for war bond purchases, this time in Portland. The tall, slender fighter, his chest bedecked with medals in cluding the Congressional Medal of Honor, is taking a three months' rest to fight off the af fects of malaria. He addressed workers at Ore gon Shipbuilding corporation Wednesday afternoon, and was billed for another war bond ap pearance that night. Another marine hero who has done his share of this sort of work is Medal of Honor winner Lt. Mitchell Paige, who ap peared on the drive's opening breakfast radio program. Lt. Paige, when he first came back from oversea?, sold about $3,000, 000 worth of bonds around his home in eastern Pennsylvania and in Chicago. This coming Saturday . night a detachment will journey to Tulelake to help with a bond auction in that border town. In this group are two marines with story-book jobs overseas. Cpl. Roy I. Jindra was a combat photographer and covered land ings on 37 islands in the Mar shall, while PFC Walter J. Burke has been commended for his work as Jap language ex pert and interpreter on Eniwetok and Guam. Ask Lynn Roycroft about Oregon Mutual lift GOLDEN YEARS' PLAN He will give you full details on the insur ance plan that enables you to retire with a life income. OregonMutualLifc i:sij n A. COM FA' Y LYNN ROYCROFT 118 N. 7th Slreot, Klamath Falls, Ore. Road to Tokyo K is""? . . . 7. 1- Also making the Tulelake trip win oe isi sgi. jaincs a. uran ncll, who was one of the first Americans to be wounded in this war. Granuell was struck while aboard the USS Nevada during the i'earl Harbor attack. Cpl Hnrlcy Hcppcrly, a professional auctioneer, who was a mortar gunner on Eniwetok and Guam, will assist with the selling. Major Foss also headlined the $lU0-a-scat program at the Pel ican theatre recently. He was introduced by Navy Cross Wuv ner Lt. Col. George Van Orden, barracks commanding officer, and held the stage tor 15 min utes, relating his early Guadal canal experiences. Even tne school children have not been overlooked by the leatherneck salesmen. Cpl. Don Endicott, Bougainville veteran, has made talks in every school in Klamath county, on behalf of war bonds and stamps. Since the opening of the drive the Vox theatre booth on Main lias been manned by a marine detachment, headed by Mibgt dick Bandy. In addition to all these out side activities, the marines have a $76,000 goal at the barracks to be filled. Portland Bank Holds Man For Forgery PORTLAND, Dec 14 (-P) Lucien H. Benedict, 53, today faced charges of traveling through the country leaving a trail of worthless checks. A Portland bank, warned to be on the lookout, held Bene dict yesterday when he came to withdraw funds from a recently-opened account. Detec tive H. C. Sammons said Bene dict, arrested on a warrant issu ed last August, admitted cash ing worthless checks in Seattle and California before coming here. If it's a "frozen" article you need, advertise for a used one in the classified. Truck Tire Renewed "Stop-Start" Tread Ross Johnston, Balsiger tire department manager, and Merle Wickline, tecop expert, are shown oxomining a truck tire just out of the recop mold. Balsiger's recently enlarged recapping department is equipped to recqp truck tires up to size 10.50x20 with both the sensational new "Stop-Start" tread (shown in the picture) and "Mud-Snow" grip. And service is rea sonably fast at present. Johnson soys, "Recap your truck tires now!" Balsiger Motor Co., Main and Esplanade, Klamath Foils. Phone 3121. WOMEN IN PEPUE BEHIND LINES I'KC Fred Dopuu of Gilchrist, and members of his sqund re-i centlv hid behind German lines in Italy for four days and three nights, Ucpun is a momiwr ot the tllsl "Wild West" division of Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's fifth army. Advancing on their objective, the men lost contact with their unit, and found themselves be ing fired on by machine guns and machine pistols from both front and rear, nicy nuicto u quick break for a nearby cave deep iik the German lines and planned to defend 11 until tncy cuuld rejoin their unit. Cov ering the cnti'Hiice with rifles and a Brownina automatic rifle, they awaited an expected uttuck which never came. They remained in the cave for four days until Hist Infantry men hurled the Jerry lines back and liberated thent, "After being without food for 84 hours," Depue remarked, "K rations tasted better than that sirloin steak I umxI to cat back in the states. KILPATR1CK IN ITALY Cpl. Vernon E. Kilpatrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ebcr E. Kilpat rick of Merrill, is a personnel clerk with a 15th AAF B-24 Liberator wing somewhere in Italy, which recently completed two years overseas. Cpl. Kilpatrick is a graduate of Keno high school and attend ed Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland, and the Armstrong Business college, Berkeley, Calif. Prior to his en try in the service in June, 1042, he was employed as a teller with the First National Bank of Portland, Merrill branch. Ho arrived overseas in Jan uary, 1944, when he joined his present organization. t WELLS AWARDED SSgt. Worth P. Wells, aerial engineer, 332 N. 10th street, Klamath Falls. Ore., has been awarded the Air Medal, it was j announced by Brig. Gen. Wil-1 liam H. Turner, commanding i general of the India-China di vision, air transport command. ! The award was made upon ! completion of 150 hours of op-i erational flight in transport air-, craft over the dangerous and difficult India-China air routes, where enemy interception and j aitacK was probable and ex pected. HOUSE IN ENGLAND Sgt. Ervin D. House, 1814 Etna, son of Mrs. Violet House of this city, is now stationed at an air service command depot in BEST-KNOW! homo remedy for relieving miseries of children's colds. ! 'VvHoR! Cascade rr Bring your electrical and refrigeration problems to Carl and Mark at Klam ath's new electric shop. Carl A. Silvander - Mark R. Pon iiiii ' iipie. lr....l.,.,rl 11. i miH hl hurlilipM woio recently conunendrd by their conmiiindliiK generjil fur their high speed pimductlon which helped spur Hi" aerial of fensive iigiiinst western Europe, llefore he Joined the army In November. 1H42, lie whs em ployed as a hunker on a riillruiid landing by William Raymond, logging contractor. Krvln'a brother, Sgl. Veniini E. House, USMC, is now serving in the Smith 1'ncli'lc with u murine out fit. KANDRA ENROLLS Second Lt. Lawson L. Kandra, Merrill, has been enrolled as u student in the full truck vehicle course at the field artillery school, Fort Sill, Oltlii. A gradu ate of Oregon State college in 1043, ho was a member of Tlietu Chi fraternity and Seahbiud and Blade honorary military society. He is the sou of Mr. mid Mrs. Lewis S. Kandra of Merrill. Lt. and Mrs. Kandra live lit Liivvtou, Okla. PERKINS GRADUATED Samuel W. Perkins, 4720 IJis bee, Klamutli Fulls, has been graduated from the officer can didate department of the trans lioi'tutUni corps school, New Or leans unny air base and has been commissioned n second , lieu tenant. Lt. Perkins was a switchman with the Southern Pacific prior to his induction, June 10, 1013. He attended Medford high school. The officer was assigned to active duty with the transpor tation corps Immediately lifter receiving his commission. Classified Art Bring Itesults vym-lom mow Wim MADELINE MAHONEY and PAUL SWIGART Coming Dec. 20 . Electric 623 Pine Ph. 6335 With Recap! 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