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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1945)
TEN HERALD AMD NEWS Friday. Tb. 19. IMS Medical Treatment For Incligents Eyed By Welfare Group Medical care of indigents, which was responsible for an (jutlay of $16,000 by the Klam ith county welfare department last year, was intensively dis cussed at a conference held Wed nesday night under auspices of Ihe county welfare commission. Attending were representatives of the welfare bureau, Red Cross, police department, the hospitals, ambulance services, city admin istration, veterans group, cham ber of commerce and press. Medical care is provided by the welfare bureau only on the basis of both medical and fi nancial need, and the welfare bureau must determine eligimi Ity before the care is financed through public assistance it was pointed out. The bureau can- UOl give asSlaulllv:? I" jjtriawiio with any other resources what soever to meet the costs of the care. After studying the law cover ing these points, the group agreed that the most serious problem has to do with emer gency cases, requiring care be fore there is time to determine the eligibilty of the patient for public assistance, t Emergency Cases ! It was assumed that in such emergencies, the patient would be admitted to hospitals for im mediate attention, and that if he appeared to be an indigent, a referral would be made to the welfare bureau. If the bureau should then establish eligibility to aid, it would reimburse the hospital from the time the patient was admitted, in accordance with a long-established policy of the bureau. The same policy applies to the physician. Police Chief Orville Hamilton told of the police department's problem in connection with calls It receives about people nepd jng medical care. While that is not a police function, he said, the police feel they should respond if a real emergency ex ists. However, he stated, the police want it understood they do not assume liability for pay ment of hospital or other medical costs in connection with such cases, as the department has no money for such purposes, i Functions Described Dr. Peter Rozendal, county public health officer, described the functions of the health center in the former Lightfoot hospital building, and told in particular about work done in controlling venereal disease. This is the only upstate Oregon county, he said, which has undertaken a VD program of this magnitude. -1 Marvin Albec, manager of Ward's ambulance service, en visioned a future emergency re ceiving hospital for Klamath Falls, where cases could be taken immediately after acci dents for first aid. He outlined the other services that might be connected with such an institution.- which he said would relieve many of the problems under dis cussion regarding emergency cases. Service Men , Red Cross medical aid at this time is confined quite largely to service men and their families, it was reported by Mrs. Lena Dennis, county Red Cross sec retary. , Mrs. Mayme Johnson of the Women's Ambulance corps said the corps ambulance is used only for people unable to pay. I Fred Peterson, county welfare commission chairman, presided at the meeting. He said that the gathering was not called with the purpose of reaching any con clusions, but to bring about a better understanding between the various agencies and estab lishments concerned with in digent medical care. He said he feels this purpose has been ac complished. It was emphasized throughout that medical care can be public ly financed only in destitute cases, after every other resource has been exhausted. Crew Members Return From Bomber Crash ' WALLA WALLA, Feb. 16 (JP) Return of two members of the crew of a heavy bomber listed as missing near Troy, Ore., was announced by Col. David Wade, commanding officer of the Wal la Walla army air field, last night. - Col. Wade said the two men parachuted from the plane. , Nothing has been heard of the plane nor other members of the crew, he said. 1 If EWPRV SATURDAY I vQ:PM-:Ari The War At a Glance By Tha Associated Press The western front: Canad ian offensive closed in on Goch, threatened Calcar. Ger man bastions guarding Ruhr; U. S. troops gained in Ech ternach sector opposite Lux embourg. Americans in Saar flattened German salient east of Sarrcguemines. The Russian front: Konev's forces reported across the Neisse river; Germans said he was 12 miles from Cottbus, bombed communications cen ter, and 57 miles from Berlin; Konev linked forces with Zhukov, threatening German capital from due east. The Italian front: Amer icans made new withdrawals in Tyrrhenian coast area. The . Pacific front: About 1500 U. S. carrier-borne planes attacked areas in and around Tokyo as greatest naval fleet ever assembled hunted the Japanese navy only 300 miles from Nip ponese shores; Iwo Jima at tacked by task force; Super fortresses ranged over Japan; in Philippines, enemy com pressed into small-pocket in southern part of Manila; Cor regidor bombed . again, ad vance made on Bataan. HIGH SCHOOL lj ii, i n i y ill' 1. ii I... m .M i"'!' ! I, mmmm llBSSSSiilll ttmmmmmmmammmvtm mmummmtmmam DIRECT WORD SENT BY REES TO WIFE oirect word from her husband has been received by Mrs. D. J. Rees of Milwaukie, Ore., wife of Capt. D. J. Rees of Klamath Falls, one-of the 500 prisoners liberated by General Douglas MacArthur from Cabanatuan prison camp on Luzon. In a letter received here Thurs day by Mrs. Robert Odell, Mrs. Rees said that Denny had ad vised her he was "in excellent health" and that they were prom ised to be sent home soon. In a letter received by Rees' par ents in Sacramento, the former Klamath Falls dentist said that outside of skinned arms and knees which he got on the way out "dodging Jap fire," he was in fine health. Rees told of a visit from General MacArthur, and he described the men as a "motley looking crew." "We didn't look much like the model soldier," Rees said in his letter. He gave his address as Capt. D. J. Rees, 0-331514, APO 70-92nd Evacuation Hospital, San Francisco, Calif. JUANITA SHINN "Kins of Hearts" was elected last night for the annual Job's Daughters lormtu iving oi nearis dance to be held "wW this year atk , Reames Country club on March 2. Bill Wilson was elected unuuim o u s 1 y for King, and will be escorted by Pat Benoist, of the JobsKw bethel. Knichts n and their escorts will be Bill Abbey and Sharon Willits, Jim Palmer and Lois Cada, Jim How ard and Sally Mueller, and Tom Hopkins and Lyndcn King. Job's ! line-officers will act as escorts. The theme of hearts will be carried through into the decora tions. All of the committees win begin work immediately. Beginning at noon with a pep py impromptu parade in the halls, the students were placed in the right frame of mind for the pep assembly held right aft er noon homeroom.. The Pep Peppers rallied through the auditorium urging the students to yell and make noise. Eighteen of them then walked up onto the stage and displayed lettered cards which read "Be at the game tonight." Sharon Willits and Betty Clcig danced and were followed by a band number. Then Bob McLean, student body president, introduced the basketball team, and in place of the regular team members, nine members of Pep Peppers, dressed in "levis" and K-sweat-ers came to the platform to rep resent them. Barbara King was Jim Palm er: Effie Botcns, Bob Redkey: Lois Cada, Joe Zarisins; Pat Benoist, Larry White; Vivian Dirschl, Dean Mason; Dorothy O'Malley, Bud Beihn; Marcelyn Wiggins, Jerry Thome; June Dickson, Jim Noreen, and Ju&n ita Shinn, "Bus" Bussman. Short speeches were heard from "Palmer," "Redkey" and "White." After a little really serious talk concerning game attend ance. Bob introduced Coach Cook and "Bus" Bussman (P. S., the real one). "Dutch" French came to the platform from the audience and commented on the need for team support. Tom Hopkins was chairman of the assembly. Tillamook Naval Air Base Has New Skipper TILLAMOOK, Feb. 16 (VP) Commander Thomas M. Whelan, USN. has assumed control of the naval air station here, the sec ond "skipper" since the base was commissioned December 1, 1942. He succeeds Capt. Karl L. Lange. TO SPEAK HERE A Scandinavian service will ha l.oM o Ihn First Covenant church this Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock when tne Kev.-. lion- f-lnA Clnnn nt T.n AnffflPt will speak on the subject, "Evening Memories. "Our Post-war World in the Licht of Bible Prophesy," is his 4n-,ir fitr tha itvnninc message at 7:45, Several vocal numbers will bo presented by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lagcrwall to the ac companiment of piano, orgun unH Itllitnl. The First Covenant church is located at 823 Walnut. TAILORED AT FASHION PARK SUIT from Drew's Manstore You get big returns from your investment ... not only in service and comfort ... but the highest expression of good taste ; and style distinction. , Just Arrived: Shipments of spring clothes in the latest colors and styles. INTRODUCE BILLS WASHINGTON. Feb. 18 (VP) Senate meiisurcs introduced to day included: Cordon (R-Orc.), to provide free postage privileges to pa tients in veterans' hospitals. Magnuson (D-Wash.) to permit eastern Washington landowners whose property has been taken for war purposes to secure an ap praisal of the property by the federal district court. Magnuson (D-Wash.), to estab lish a system of seniority for ad vancement of civilian mechanics in naval yards; to provide for payment up to $25 a day for counsel appointed by federal courts in criminal matters; to permit the investment in U. S. savings bonds of pay and allow ances held for prisoners of war and others absent from their posts of duty: to permit the bur eau of marine inspection to reg ister foreign built scows for op eration in U. S. waters; to estab lish the international highway commission to study plans for constructing and financing a coastal highway from the north west to Alaska. WESTBRDOK PEELER SUED Bf PEARSON NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (VP) Drew Pearson, Washington columnist and news broadcaster, sued Columnist Westbrook Pcg lcr for $25,000 in a libel action filed today in New York county supreme court. The Bell Syndicate, Inc., dis tributors of Pearson's "Washing ton Merry-Go-Round," also asked $25,000, alleging that Pcgler in jured Pearson's "name, fame and credit as a news reporter" in a syndicated column January 30. TO DISCUSS CONTROL PORTLAND, Feb. 16 (VP) The Oregon Entomological so ciety, meeting here Saturday, will discuss rat, cockroach and mosquito control, and insect damage in old forest burns. :..fr.'k I tr JS.-J 1 ; . A INI I I MEN WOMEN IN -7 ' MJfi , t K g I I- Tl' xi iiix w a a ; ; . Word has been received from PFC Donald Hanklns. Bonanza that he is now in Italy after see ing action in France. Hanklns enlisted in the unity December, 1942. Ho received his basic training at Camp Davis N. C, and was stationed at Fort George G, Meade, Md., prior to going to England and Franco. Friends may write to Hanklns at this ad dress: PFC Donald Hanklns 39323333, Co. L, 349th Inf., APO No. 88. care Postmaster, now York, N. Y. Hanklns is tho son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hnnkins of Bonanza who have another son, Wesley, stationed in Italy with tho army air force. MEN COMMISSIONED Men from 44 states received their silver wings us aerial nav igators of the nrmy air forces recently at the AAr navigation school at San Marcos army air field In Texas. Oregon men re ceiving their commissions as second lieutenants, or appoint ments as flight officers were FO Willlnm Steele Burncss, 19. son of Mr. and Mrs. James Burncss of Lakcshore drive, and 2nd Lt. George Ferris Jubbcr, 19. son o( Mrs. name I. wood ward of Grants Pass. The lload to liertin By The Associated Press 1 Eastern front: 32 miles (from Zellin). 2 Western front: 298 miles (from west bank of Rhine at Emmerich). 3 Italian front: 544 miles (from Reno river). If It's a "frozen" article you need, advertise for a used one in the classified. MORE TIRtMONEY Quatiflod Driver! Wm have the fst synthetic fires you can buy . 6. f. Goodrich SHwrtownt Tha most for your money . . . and Tour certificate . . , tnat'e what Jou get when you buy a B. F. Goodrich SiWeHown . . , the only ynthetlc lire backed by an 10 million mil road teat. Easy paymenti! All popular lisesl Offlco Tf fmpecror DICK B. MILLER CO. SILVERTOWNS, Goodrich Tirss B. F Cor. 7th and Klamath Ph. 4103 Victory Theme The Pallas Athene of ihs Women'i Army Corps and the Cadeusus of the Army Medical Department ara working side by side in the job of helping our wounded fighting men back lo health. It's another typical ex ample of the cooperation between th services which will eventually mean victory. But thousands mora . qualified women are needed, and needed urgently, in. the Women's Army Corps to serve as medical and surgical technicians. . Will you help, too? Women between tha ages of 20 and 49, with or without previous medical training are needed in the Women's Army Corps today to serve with the Medical Depart ment. Mail the coupon nowl WAC RECRUITING STATION PPSTOFFICE BLDG., KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. 1 Please send me information about Wacs In Medical Dept. and how I, may help In the war. NAME .'... the Street Phone I I CITY. STATE.. I This ad sponsored in th interest of victory by Unemployment May. ' Boomerang, Belief PORTLAND, Feb. 10 T) Unemployment will boomerang after a few years of postwar Job plenty unless city, state, mid fcdoral governments abandon Jealousy, Harvard political' economy professor said here. 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