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v.nuiiiNf: utr.i'fcii.
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farmored
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Itroy i . . .
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rrtlE German purpose In rather
li "lenr. It l to break throun h
Ht oi'.r communlcntlon and
FJiv lines. Von Runds edt
u.. .i inio unr iwui "
'OPES jo ge, eieor
uJi l nf eommunlcntlonlllcu of $1000 bond.
f 'J . i could be cut, our
ana uin . i rt he
ECKED .md the m.,i wouid
be Riven until next .prlnK lo
1gct their second wind.
TT Is a typical German effort,
inommel tried the same IhinK
1,t the Knsserinc pass, In nortli
crn Africa, nnd for days lie had
Cscnred within an Inch of our
IvcT Ho came danuerously
r ... i- ...lll.i.. nwnv with 11.
near w h 'o ; ,
IwHErtE are oil Hie Germans
i" cnminK from?
As lo lhal, WE FORGET bu
Easily. , .
For nionuis ami munui
smin nrm es nave ",n
ISaCK INTO GERMAnV from
iall over r;uropc num . ...........
ilrom the Baltic states, from Rus-
(.mil tun iMiiKiiiin. ii
Afrlnn from FniMCC, ItOlW
f.-M llflllllllfl.
f Their losses, of course, nave
Lea heavy, but It has been per-
jfcctly obvious lo everyone
ilian s oppen 10 ilium uiui
Srnntp I nnT HACK there
,JI ...w- - .
i-ru, r in n IflL Ol lieriUIUI i"
!(hi Ormnn homeland.
1UI0ST of us didn't stop to think
1Y1 iir t.,Di emu nnrmnns Rb.
trka l l nc . evervwneiu u .. w
,..mn.l I.. tn I I II I mSV L-UII
elusion that It wont be long
f"h ..,nr li u nlwnvs a mistnkc
fo Jump to conclusions Hint are
too rosy.
HE censorship Hint conceals
from u what is happening
t the moment Is probably fully
Justified. Its purpose is to Keep
Information from the enemy.
Accurate Information as to what
(Continued on Pago tour)
Glynn Charged
In Hif Run Case
I Frnncis Joseph Glynn, AMM
jlc, United States nnvy, was
;AnrKeo Willi iniiure i niwi'
:ihp CPfiiiii nl nn nxnlrlnnt ill COll-
iicctlon with injuries sustained
,y Ai!(!lo Bgtlcr, pccicsiriiiu,
Orlv Rnnrlnu mnmlliil nil S. fltll.
Olynn, on duty at the Klnni-
"i nnvni nir Million, nppciuuu
.in li...tl- a i....n. ...l.ni'n
'lie WIlR ut-nnlnil limn In nlend.
Ills bond was set at $1000 by
U H ln rif I in Dnnnn .InUPIlll A.
Jlalioiipy nnd at the request of
m military was turned over to
i'mviii nuihorttlcb. Ho is now oc
held nt the nir station. The
fondlllnn of Mrs. Butler, B5, is
'ported fnlr by hospital at
f ndants. She suffered a broken
M nnd arm.
SHOPPING-
-tOSETC- IMC
If
lerald swift!
PRICE 5 CENTS
Jap Headquarters
On Leyte Seized;
Yanks Win Airfield
GEN-EHAI, MncARTIIUR'S
HEADQUARTERS. 1 II 1 Li 1 P
PINKS, Dee. 20 UP) Convcrg
Iiik YiinkH lifter seizing the
Jnpiinesu hciuliiuurterB town of
Viileneln, louether with nil air
field Intact, drove forward
north und noulli loduy In an ef
fort to tighten a noose of flesh
and steel ubout the lariiesl or-
E
I
Mnrijnrct Collins, 10-year-old
potential witness in the ease of
the state versus Police Chief
Earl Hcuvcl, was back in the cus
tody of Klamath authorities lo
ony,
Miss Collins, reported by
Chief Hcuvcl as un escape from
city authorities last Sunday,
now Is held in the county Jail
under Jurisdiction of the justice
court, as n material witness in
the Hcuvcl case. She is held in
Deputy District Attorney
Clarence Humble said that Klam
ath authorities located Miss Col
lins at Dorrls, and that she re
turned voluntarily into Klamath
county. She Is the sister of a
iu-ycar-oid Kin wno monany
slimed n complaint charitlug
Chief Hcuvcl with contributing
to tlio delinquency of a minor.
Slater in Jail
It 1b understood Miss Collins
returned lo Klamath Falls in the
custody of Juvenile Officer Har
old hcndricksoii. Her sister.
the 16-year-old complaining wit
ness in iho iicuvci case, is in ine
county Jail, under Jurisdiction of
Juvenile authorities.
A new angle was injected In
(Continued on Page Two)
Merrill Schools
Go All-Out in
War Loan Drive
The constant upwnrd climb of
the bond sales figures in tlio pre
sent 0th War Loan drive is proof
that Merrill schools believe that
"a thing worth doing, is worth
doing well."
With their outstanding pcr
the oriiiinal nuota
subscribed, the Merrill schools
rank not only the highest of all
schools In Klamnth county, but
one of the highest schools in the
state of Oregon.
Many days before the actual
opening of Iho 0th War Loan
drive, Merrill students had ex
ceeded their $1200 quota, and by
December 8, that amount had
Imnn mnrr thnn doubled.
Today Merrill's total has
reached the sum of $8107.50 for
ii,,. nvive. students and teach'
era arc anticipating n $10,000
cnlng tntnl before the drive is
ended, and if their future suc
cess is to be measured uy meir
pnst accomplishment, that goal
should uo cosuy rciienuu.
HEUVEL CAS
mm
Hood River Post Replaces
Names on Legion Honor Roll
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Dec. 20
(! This American Legion post
vlclded today to demands that
U replace names of Jannnesc
Amcrlcan soldiers erased from
Its honor roll provided they
prove loyally. .
Attributing Its action to be
lief In dunl citizenship, the post
declared II would re nscrlbe the
namo of every soldier furnish
Ine an authenticated slntement
thnl lie "has renounced Japanese
citizenship."
Resigned to Return
The Hood River posts 800
word resolution came s multan
"... in. nihpr Indications
that Oregon wns resigning Itself
to return of mo uF';'
Pollco officials pledged pro
tection to returning JnP".0;
A .!. nnri ihn Portland city
council voted to issue business
licenses to them just as in pre-
C. G. Schneider, Grcshtim at
torney and charter member of
Oregon Anti-Japanese, Inc. an
J..i...i i,ipH to ban nisei
from tlio west announced that
'they are American citizens and
Vou can't do anything about
In The ShaHta-Caseade Wonderland
I
ganized enemy force still fight
ing on west Lcyte island.
Seizure of Valencia, about
cluhl miles north of the strate
gic American-held port of Or-
moc. was disclosed by uen
DoukIiis MacArthur today. As
the 77th division smashed into
the city, the first (dismounted)
cavalry swung in a flanking
drive from the direction of Carl'
gain bay and captured Lonoy,
six miles north oi Valencia,
Troops Trapped
In so doing, they cut behind
a strong Japanese force, already
pinned down by the U, S. 32nd,
and thus the enemy troops, of
unestimated number, were en.
trapped between the two Amer
ican divisions.
The 77th already has placed
the Valencia airfield in use, and
it is providing another base for
American planes which have
been continually Harassing Jap
anese shipping and supply col
umns in their campaign of at
trition. Preia to North
After capturing Valencia the
77th pressed northward, and
Gen. MacArthur said it was
"rolling up" remnants of the
oncc-powcrf ul Yamashita line
which has been cut to dus uy
the Americans in the last few
days of sanguinary fighting.
Japanese casualties continue
high, MacArthur reporting that
an additional 1484 enemy dead
were found abandoned Monday.
Twenty-two Japanese were cap
tured. No Interference
American troops continued to
onornte without uround inter
ference op Mlndoro, northwest
of Lcyte,' wnicn incy- invaoea
last Friday. MacArthur report
ed that 13 Japanese planes at
tacking American positions on
Mlndoro wero shot down, with
the loss of one U. S. fighter,
Yankee fighters and bombers
continued their sweeps, and in
n sprios of actions accounted
for 47 enemy planes. One Nip
ponese freighter was sunk and
live damaged, inrec eueiuj
hnrffp were destroyed.
Americans continued their air
assaults on Japanese airdromes
and supply and ammunition De
pots in the Visoyas, Luzon,
Mindanao, Borneo and else
where, dropping more than 600
tons of bombs in tne combined
operations.
Thurber Held
In County Jail
Tvr. T?irhnrd E. Thurber. sla
llmipri hi the Marine Barracks
was transferred from the Bar
racks brig late Tuesday and is
in the Klamath county Jail in
lieu of $1000 bail on a charge
of burglary not in a dwelling.
Thurber is said to have taker,
a car owned by Kelley Lazarus
on the night of December 7,
nnd when city police attempted
to stop the vehicle, the marine
is reported by officers to have
liimnpd from the car at Main
and Spring and after a chase of
several blocKs picKco up hi tfiuui
mid Brond. Thurber was ar
raigned December 15, given time
In rilend nnd turned over to the
barracks authorities who later
delivered the man into the hands
1 of county officials.
He proposed, however, that
Japanese aliens be scattered ovar
the country rather than reset
tled in the west during the war
period.
Tim Hnnd River American Le
gion, while promising to help
retain "law and order," reltcr-
hIpH IU onuosition to Japanese
Americans' return, Declarine its
stand wns not based on ceo
nnm In factors, the post added:
"Why not wait until the war
Is won? Will these Japanese be
nllowed to oust war workers
from their homes, and perhaps
work on our national defense
projects, shipyards, etc.?"
Oppose Return
MeMlnnville grange No. 31
disclosed it has adopted a reso
lution opposing return to this
community of persons of Jap
descent, except service
Tlio resolution stated that the
Jnpnneso problem "will become
increasingly greater as time goes
li ni-ir.H the legislature
to 'prohibit such persons from
nurn I n ft land or renting real
HMiMtriv In thn state.
It suggested that they bo re-
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1944
OUT FDR NEW
J-
Three Superforts Hit
Capital Before
Dawn
By VERN HAUGLAND
21ST BOMBER COMMAND,
SAIPAN, Dec. 20 (Via Navy
Radio) (P) Three Saipan-based
Superfortresses bombed Tokyo
before dawn today,
They found all of Honshu,
the main island of Japan, black
ed out in expectation of the re
turn of B-20s on nightly flights
to report the weather over
Japan. Two B-29s bombed Na
goya early yesterday, some 12
hours after the second major
Superfortress raid on that city.
The first of today's Tokyo at
tacks by Superfortresses was
commanded by Lt. Wilfred N.
Lind, Minneapolis, which struck
at 2:06 a. m.
The crew saw 10 bomb blasts
followed by fires covering a
large square area.
Anti-aircraft was meager ano
two night fighters which came
up kept their distance.
No Fighter
Nino minuies later. Capt.
Harold F. Schramm, of Coral
Gables. Fla.. saw fires In the
industrial area. He released his
bombload and started 13 new
blazes of medium size. He said
he saw a few searchlights and
six bursts of flack but no fignt-
ers. -1 - -; - ' - ' ;"'
The third B-29, commonded
. .(Continued on-Page-Four-)-
Negroes Seek
New Trials
SEATTLE, Dec. 20 (A) Ne
groes of the Pacific northwest
will bo asked to sign petitions
sppklnE new trials for 50 negro
sailors convicted after the Port
Chicago blast and the 26 negro
soldiers convicted of rioting
eharecs in connection with the
Fort L a w t o n disturbances
against an Italian service unit,
it was disclosed last night.
Prfonv a. Brown, director of
the National Negro council, said
he had petitioned the president
In. o "cnnrpliinir investigation"
into the "army and navy's con
tinued and aggravated policy
of discrimination, segregation
and wholesale convictions of nc
eroes in the uniform of this
country."
n ATTACKS
Modernized Setup in Siaie
Department
Stettinius;
WASHINGTON, Dec. ,20 (IP)
Secretary Stettinius unveiled his
modernized state department, ssi
up today as his hard-won tenm
of new assistants was sworn in.
In the reorganization, crossing
lines of responsibility were
cleared away and the undersec
retary, Joseph C. Grew, was re
lieved of detnil jobs. Stettinius
and Grew will work together as
unit.
Thn secretary told renorters it
was his aim to bring the best
ualified men in America mm
he department and to make lt
Puckett
BIIMnaaaL ' iiihiiiiiiiiimiiiiI
M.
Lifts Jap Ban
Mb.!. Gen. H. C. Pratt, new
commander of weitem defense
command, photographed in San
Francisco at ha announced war
department decision to allow
nearly 80,000 Japanese and
Japanese-Americans io return w
west coast.
CHURCHILL, EDEW
'T.ONDbN. Dec.:. 20 OP) tin-
Hor hiltpr attack. Prime Mm-
icioV: rJinrphiil and Foreign Sec-
THpn ctnnfi Tiat in Com-
mnn inHav nn' Britain's, armed
intervention in Greece, but Eden
urged the quick reestablishment
of face-to-face contact among the
foreign ministers of Britain, Rus
sia and tne united oiaies iu uc
with such proDiems.
rhiirphill. nneninp the debate.
admitted that "whether there is
complete agreement on every as
nt f thpsp matters is another
mipstlnn altoeether" after de
claring that there was complete
hnrmnnv nf "eeneral aims
among Britain, Russia and the
United States.
The commons chamber was
thrown into confusion as shouts
came from all sides attacking
King George of Ureece.
Not Worth Cost
nr WoriVn Guest, laborite, as
serted "It is not worth spending
the life or the wounding of pne
(Continued on -age lour;
Revealed by
Team Sworn In
the best possible arm of the gov-
ernment to cope wivh difficult
tasks ahead, iuriner chhukus
are in prospect, he indicated
, Tuamwork btressea
Throughout his explanation of
how departmental machinery
has been revamped the team
work theme was constantly em-
nhnsized.
Undersecretary Grew and four
assistant secretaries were sworn
In hv Associate Justice Stanley
Reed of the supreme court after
a wordy battle in the senate over
their nnnnintments. The fight
ended last night after President
Roosevelt insisted tney were tne
mpn he wanted for the jobs.
One of the five new assistant
secretaries was absent from to-
(Continued on Page Two)
Robert Puckett
Reported Missing
1st Lt. Robert Puckett, only
son ot Mr. nnd Mrs. Douglas
Puckett of Tulelake, has been
reported missing in action over
Germany, word came to young
Puckett's wife, the former Joan
Redmond, late Tuesday nignt,
Lt. Puckett Is first tjilot on
B-17, Flying Fortress, and has
been overseas since early July
of 1944. when ho flew from
Florida to a base In England
Hi had completed 22 missions
when his family last heard from
him nn November 20.
The airman took his training
at various bases on the west
coast and Florida. He is a grad
uate of Keno grade and high
schools and attended Oregon
State college for two years. His
wife and 3-month-old son whom
he has never seen, make their
home at the Douglas Puckett
place in Tulelake.
ISIIIBili'SB'S'j
December 50, 1911
MT. mee. 19) 40 Mia.
Precipitation Uit SI heuri .
Htream jjer to date ...
Normal 3.95 Lftit year .
rorecaitl aoowera.
Tbundar
Oreront Ooen .....U..WU.7:S7 Cloie
Talelakti Open ,.........M
OF CONVERGING
Nazi Defense Anchor
Attacked by
Soviets
' Bv DANIEL DE LUCE
MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (A)
Four red army columns were
converging in heavy attacks to
day on tne city oi nassa, ancnor
of the entire German defense
lystem in the mountains of east
ern Czecnoslovakia.
Advanced forces already were
reported within easy artillery
ranee of the old highland provin
cial center, whose mixed Slovak
Hungarian population, before
the war totaled about 84,000.
Villaae rails
A communique last night an
nounced fall of the village of
Senya, only nine miles to the
south. Other soviet columns
were bonne in from the south
west, southeast and east. Field
dispatches, reported steady prog
ress. On the southwest, the main
German highway -rail escape
route was cut. Other routes
leading through the mountains
of middle Slovakia are rerjorted
continually harassed by patriot
Danos.
Team Effort
The drive for the coveted
town was a coordinated effort
of two powerful Russian forces
Marshal Rodion V. Malinovsky's
second Ukrainian . and Gen.
Ivan Petrov's fourth Ukrainian
army.' - '
The converging . columns
gained as much as eight miles
yesterday, battering their way
through strong uerman fortifica
tions set up in the forested
mountains. The drive on Kassa
was part of general advances on
a front ot more tnan uu miles
above the southern borders of
Slovakia and in northern Hun
gary. The border was. crossed
at many new points. . .
IT
Fermon Clinton Evans, chief
cook. Marine Barracks, is in a
critical condition at the Bar
racks hospital as the result of
a beating wnicn ne is saia to
have received around midnight
Tuesday while en route home
from a tavern near Dorris.
In the county jail,' held in
connection with the alleged at
tack, is Lewis Sumnerville, 22,
1542 Martin, arrested just be
fore noon Wednesday by Sher
iff Lloyd L. Low.
On Way Home
According to Sheriff Low,
Mr. and Mrs. Evans, a second
marine,' and Summerville, were
at ; a local beer parlor when
they decided to go to the tav
ern. On the way home an alter
cation ensued. -
Mrs. Vera Fidler. Dorrls tne-
atre operator, en route home to
Klamath Falls shortly after
midnight, said she noticed a
(Continued on fage xwo
Franco, Minister
Escape Killing
PARIS. Dec. 20 UP) The
newspaper Aurore reported in a
rtisnnteh from the Snanish fron
tier today tnat ueneranssunu
Franco and his minister of jus
tlpe narrowly escaDed an assas
sination attempt in Madrid
Sunday.
Tho newsnaner said two per
sons who had just left Spain re
ported that shots were fired at
Franco's motor car and the
chauffeur was wounded. The
account said the generalissimo
and his minister escaped harm
and the assailants ilea.
Congressmen
Head Homeward
Bv FRANCIS J. KELLY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Pi
Members of the disbanded 78th
congress headed home today,
their nerves eround thin by the
demands of two years' wartime
lawmaking plus a bitter political
campaign.
At odds repeatedly with the
White House, congress wound
up the session on a note of har
mony last nleht. The senate fl
nally confirmed Undersecretary
of State Joseph C. Grew and
five assistant secretaries of state,
ftSSA CENTER
RED COLUMNS
Sbootfnr Houri
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Number 10343
Nazis Strike Back
ESSEN
f OUSSELDORF '
'. lMl V COLOGNE
GERMANY
MAINZ
The heaviest German counter
offensive of western campaign
(white arrows) coordinated with
a savage V-bomb barrage, con
tinues to roll on U. S. first army
front, punching into Belgium
and Luxembourg.
BATTLETO EU5
ATHENS, Dec. 20 (IP) Lt,
Gen. R. M. Scobie, British com
mander in Greece, announced
his determination tonight to car
ry the fieht to Elas forces and
warned civilians in Athens that
leftist guns -firing upon tne city
after 9 a. m. tomorrow would De
attacked "with all arms at my
disnosal." ; . . .
(A UJtsi; broadcast quoted oco-
ble as saying tne fcias wouio. oe
attacked with aircraft, naval
guns and rocket weapons as well
as otner forces.)
Headquarters Falls
Scobie's proclamation follow
ed the fall of British RAF head
quarters after a gun-dynamite
assault by Elas forces.
The Dro-nazi ex-premier. Jean
Ballis. who fled Averoff prison
two days ago after 12 hours of
a heavy Elas siege, remained at
large in spite of a widespread
search for him.
But the communist paper
Rozipastis said two others of the
escaped prisoners. Gen. George
Bacos, former minister of na
tional defense, and George Pi-
rounakis, minister of supplies
during the German occupation.
had been caDtured and executed.
Impending political deveiop-
(Contmued on Page rourj
Capt. Carpenter
Leaves Barracks
Cant Donald N. Caroenter.
who has been public relations of
ficer at tne Marine uarracKS lor
the past four months, has gone
on the coros' inactive reserve
list and left here Tuesday night
for his home in Chevy Chase,
Washincton D. C.
The captain came here in Aug
ust from Camp Pendleton,
Oceanside, Calif. Previously, he
had spent lu montns in AiasKa
where he was marine nublic re
lations officer for that territory,
He enlisted in 1923, and went
into inactive status in 1925, after
attending officers school, ualled
hack into the marine corns early
in 1942, with the rank of first
lieutenant, he served at various
continental stations before going
to Alaska.
In civilian life. Cabtain car
penter was a columnist tor tne
Washineton D. C. Daily News,
and an insurance broker. His
father, Capt. Dudley N. Carpen
ter (MC) usn, has been in tne
navy for ot) years.
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FRANCE ;
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MUIH0USE S
Eugene Loggers Walk Out; ' I
Closure Threatens Mills
EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 20 (VP)
More than 200 log truckers In
this area left their vehicles
standing idle here late Tuesday
night, and sawmills here were
threatened with- closure by
Thursday morning when their
small reserve supplies of raw
timber will be exhausted.
The truckers walked out as a
demonstration against methods
used by state police at a welgh-ing-ln
scales. They claim that
if a load ot logs is overweigui,
the driver is often taken to Jus
tice court immediately, thus
wasting much of his hauling time
for the day. Other complaints
are that the police order a load
nr nnrt of n load of logs to be
dumped from the truck at the
scales, and that there is no
Gl S RETAKE I
TOWN, CLING
TO POSITIONS
Front Still Unstably
As Battle Rages
Through Area
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Dec. 20 UP) V. 3,
first army troops have blunted
one powerful German drive that
lunged 20 miles into Belgium to
Stavelot, and recaptured Mons.
chau, a German town 17 miles
to the northeast. 0
Other American units clUnj
to points three miles from St.
Vith, another key Belgian road
hub, 11 miles , southeast of
Stavelot, and. farther south
doughboy forces were being
mustered to halt still another
penetration that struck across
the north tip of Luxembourg, si
front dispatch said. .
' Impetus Checked . ,
The initial impetus of the ar
mor-tipped nazi counter-offensive
had been checked, although
the front still was unstabillzed
tomgnt.
The nazi smash to the vicinity
of Stavelot had. carried to with,
in 22 miles of Liege, and bore
one of the sharpest dangers to
the first army front. .''.
Monschau is at the upper edge
of the nazis' breakthrough corri
dor. M
Battles Rage -.
Heavy battles anparentlv still
raged today around Stavelot, 20
miles inside Belgium, St. vithv
11 miles to the southeast, and.
Malmedy, five miles northeast
of Staveloi; the three biggest;
road hubs in Belgium's eastern.
Duige. - ...
A front dispatch said Mons.
chau. 16 miles southeast of Aach
en, was retaKem after German,
units which entered the - town
were surrounded., Monschau 1
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Inquest Slated a-,
Into Death of
J. C. Fitzgerald i.
A coronerls inquest in connec
tion with the death of James
Corie Fitzgerald, 57, will be
held Friday morning at Whit-
lock's. The inquest will be con
ducted by Dr. George ii. Adler,
county coroner.
Mr. . Fitzgerald died at Hill
side hospital late Tuesday morn
ing from injuries received when ;
he was struck by a car operated
by Ensign G. B. Law, Klamath
naval air station, at 6th and.
Market, Mr. Fitzgerald was an
employe of the Ewauna Box
company.
8th, Pine Corner "'
Sold to Lowell
m.
Sale of the northeast corner
of 8th and Pine to Frankr
Lowell by Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Bureker was announced "Wed
nesday morning by E. Gray
Realty company.
Purchase price was given be
$23,000. The property involved
has a Pine street frontage of
120: feet, and 60 feet, on utn.
The old Bradburn. apartments
occupies a portion of the Pino
street frontage.'
Lowell, who recently returned
from duty with the Seabees.
said Wednesday that priorltjf
request for a large office build
ing to cover tne entire proper
ty, was-being forwarded to au-.
thorities today. It is Lowell's
intention to construct' a build
ing to house insurance offices,
principally. .
Sale of the Bureker property
Is the second large transaction
in this part of Klamath Falls in
the past six weeks. William H.
and Margaret A. FlUhrer pur
chased the Hanks property at
8th and Pine across from the.
Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company for investment
purposes early in November
This gives Fluhrer the entire,
half block on Pine from 7th to,
8th. ' '
means available at the soles fof
reloading. . "
Gov. Earl Snell has called
meeting for Thursday at 2 p. m.
in the executive chambers, dur?
Ing which interested parties wiU
discuss the trouble.
Only a few mills were still
operating Wednesday, and most
of these were' closing Wednea
day night. ' ,'
"The situation Is extremely
serious," one of the operators
said. "We have no chance to,
intervene and help straighten out,
the dispute." ,- "
Lumbermen urged all truck-...
ers to return to their jobs and ',
to await a legal settlement of
their grievances, hut there was
no Indication of response to such
a suggestion here. ' ' '
fhcrn."
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