fWO HERALD AND NEWS
WadnMday. TA. M. 1845
82
HERS
ADDED HERE
TO
CHAMBER
Chamber of commerce mem
bership drive has added 82 mem
bers to the civic organization, it
was reported at the directors'
luncheon Wednesday by 'J. V.
Owens, director in charge of
membership, and Alice Vitus,
membership chairman.
The total of membership is
now near the 500 mark. While
the active period of the drive is
concluded, membership workers
said they intend to push past the
500 goal by the end of the pres
ent chamber year.
Acting on a report by the in
dustrial development committee,
the chamber directors voted ap
proval of a proposed $1,500,000
congressional appropriation for
the federal forest products lab
oratory at Madison. Wis., in in
vestigation of new wood uses.
Extensive research in the north
west is expected, and the labora
tory is cooperating with the
state laboratory at Corvallis, it
was reported by Gene Hooker,
director in charge of industrial
development.
Endorse Cornett Bill
The chamber endorsed the
Cornett senatorial re-districting
bill now before the legislature.
Malcolm Epley, chamber presi
dent, reported he had discussed
with Governor Earl Snell the
matter of an early visit to Klam
ath Falls, and the governor has
agreed to come here for a speech
late in April, probably at the
chamber annual meeting.
Wilbur Yeoman, AFL union
official, was a visitor at the meet
ing, and discussed the import
ance of lumber remanufacturing
to the Klamath community. He
pointed out that there is a large
body of high class labor here.
Yeoman urged a frank under
standing between business and
labor and cooperation for mutual
benefit.
By-Law Chang
It was announced that a by
law to change the name of the
chamber secretary to chamber
manager will be taken up at a
forthcoming membership meet
ing. 1
Special guests for the day in
cluded Col. George Van Orden
and Maj. Clyde Roberts of the
Marine Barracks. The directors
said farewell to Maj. Roberts,
who is being transferred, and
the major made a short talk ex-
Sressing his appreciation of the
ospitality, friendship and help
fulness extended to him by the
community.
Klamath Woman Dies
In Hospital Here
Mrs. Ella Cunningham Pope,
65, wife of George Pope of the
Klamath Moulding company,
died at 10:40 p. m. Tuesday at
Klamath Valley hospital follow
ing a one month's illness.
Mrs. Pope was a member of
the Church of Jesus Christ, Lat
ter Day Saints, and took an ac
tive part in the church. She had
made her home here for the past
eight years. In addition to her
husband, Mrs. Pope is survived
by four sons, Jack Henry of this
city, Walter Henry of Pocatello,
Ida., Merlin Henry of Ogden,
Utah, and Lt. Myron Henry, now
serving in France with the Unit
ed States army; two daughters,
Mrs. Harry Wiechert of Salt
Lake City, Utah, and Mrs. Thom
as Smith of this city.
Final rites will be announced
later by Whitlock's.
Appraisers Here On
Assessment Work
A. A. Selander, appraiser, and
Howard Conkle, timber apprais
er, working out of the state tax
commissioner's office in Salem,
are spending three days in Klam
ath county in the interest of their
work.
Both Selander and Conkle,
working out of the county tax
assessor's office, are checking
on large operations in this sec
tion in preparing the 1945-46 as
sessor's roll.
Chase'i office, 203 Odd Fel
lows building, will be open
every evening until 8 o'clock,
and on Sundays, to assist work
ing men with Income Tax Problem!.
Hans Norland Fire Insurance,
Phone 6060.
SiSERICE
COX GETS BADGE
In ceremonies at Baxter Gen
eral hospital, Spokane, Wash.,
PFC Herbert S. Cox Jr., received
the Comoat lntaniryman s Dadge
from Col. Alva B. McKie, com
manding officer of the hospital.
PFC. Cox, son of Herbert S.
Cox Sr., of Klamath, Falls
served overseas with an infantry
division and was returned to the
United States for treatment of
wounds received in action
against the enemy.
In addition to the Combat In
fantryman's badge, PFC. Cox
wears the European theater of
operations combat ribbon with
two stars, the Purple Heart and
the Bronze Star for action while
serving with his outfit.
Romanian Premier
Resigns Position
By The Associated Press
Premier Gen. Nicolae Radescu
of Romania has resigned, the
Bucharest radio announced to
day, in a crisis in which his
government has been under
heavy pressure from the leftist
national democratic front. The
broadcast was recorded by the
FCC.
The resignation followed by
a few hours the disclosure that
Andrei Vishinsky, soviet vice
commissar of foreign affairs,
had arrived in the Romanian
capital.
. EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued from Page One)
self-righteous, in these days when
we spend a lot of our time talk
ing about AGGRESSORS and
what to do with them, it might
be just as well to pause now and
then and check up on what our
ancestors were doing out here
on these plains when they were
fighting the Indians.
The answer comes to us with
something of a shock.
What we were doing was tak
ing the country AWAY FROM
THE INDIANS because we want
ed it for ourselves!
TJ7E were then a young nation
" ON THE PROD. We want
ed this country west of the
Mississippi. We needed it. The
unmistakable lesson of history is
that we've done a better job with
it than the Indians would have
done.
The fur traders who came first,
the cattlemen who followed the
fur traders and the settlers who
followed the cattlemen knew
only that they wanted this coun
try for themselves. But in
Washington there were men of
wider vision who knew that if
the young American republic
was to be SECURE against pos
sible future enemies it must ex
tend its western boundaries to
the shores of the Pacific.
COME of our more idealist-
jcaiiy-minaea people howl
like wounded wolves over what
Russia is doing to Poland. But,
after all, how does what Russia
is doing to Poland DIFFER
BASICALLY from what we did
to the Indians?
And how do we know that
what Russia is doing may not
work out all right? It takes a
lot of realistic thinking to run
a world. We were doing highly
realistic thinking when we
pushed our borders westward to
the Pacific.
NEW YORK Larry Mac
Phail has decided that the New
York Yankees will continue to
do without a house organ.
Klamaih Man Returns Here
After Seeing Bataan Fall,
Escaping From Jap Prison
(Continued from Page One)
inciters on Bataan, hurling 1500
and 1G00 pounds of steel with
each shot fired at the Japs bnt-'
tling American ground forces
there.
"The Nips didn't like our ex
press trains'," Set. Hunt ob
served "They called our shells
by that n a m e because they
sound like an express train
when hurtling through the air.
Though we didn't fire at the
Jap guns which were hammer
ing us we did get five of their
planes."
Day after day. week after
week, the coast artillery crew of
the battleship pounded the Jap
anese with those unwelcome ex
press trains.
"The order was to fight to the
last man," Sgt. Hunt said calm
ly. "We were all willing."
Food Rationed
Food was rationed sparingly
with a view that the fight would
be long.
Even though they occupied
the vantage point of Fort Drum
and could see that the American
troops were falling back there
was no faltering.
The fight was going according
to long standing plan. First, in
case of overwhelming odds, re
treat to the Batnan maneuver
area, strategists had said. Then,
if necessary, fall back on Cor
rcgidor and other fortresses of
the bay.
The battle soon entered this
last phase.
Communications Out
Radio and cable communica
tions to Corregidor were out.
Nip bombs got the cable and
salt water jammed the radio.
Contact was finally made by a
roundabout route through an
other bay outpost. The message
that came through . . .
"Surrender at 12 noon today
(May 6) . . ."
"We felt as if the bottom had
dropped out of the world,", said
Sgt. Hunt in explaining reac
tions of the garrison. "Surrender
hadn't entered our thoughts
even when we could see the
battle . wasn't going . our way.
We felt we could never be
taken. Since then we have real
ized . surrender was the only
thing. But not then."
Men Break Down
Men who had steeled them
selves to die broke down com
pletely. They did strange things.
Going to the larder, where their
carefully rationed foodstuffs
were stored, they ripped open
boxes and ate everything they
could. Some wept. Others stood
stunned. And still others went
about the sad task of spiking
guns. Noon was only 25 min
utes away and no destruction
was to take place after that
time.
The soldiers, strong men all,
quickly recovered composure,
however, and carefully cleaned
up the fortress.
At noon they ceased all de
struction of weapons, scrupu
lously observing surrender
terms.
Then the garrison filed up on
deck. Up went the white flag.
A Japanese plane passed low
overhead, wiggled its wings in
recognition of the surrender.
The pilot waved.
The men waited all night and
part of the next day for the
Japanese to come and get them.
Waiting' was hard. Thoy could
hear the beating Corregidor was
still taking despite surrender at
noon.
Jopi Arrive
Finally the Japanese came
and the long period of captivity
began.
During this Incredibly long
and dreary lime Kcd Cross pack
ages at Christmas were bright
notes.
"There was outmeal in one
of these packages. Fifteen of us
shared it. We saved it for break
fast only. It lasted about a
month. Boy, it sure went good."
Philippine long green tobacco
became the standard smoke.
The men marie cigarettes with it
from newspapers and catalogs.
"The paper made these cig
arettes taste almost as bad as
the tobacco." laughed Sgt. Hunt.
"I dug up a pipe."
Fond ot Cat
The prisoners became very at
tached to a sturdy little crooked
tailed eat which one garrison
of guards brought over. After
that garrison was transferred
the Americans took the cat as
their own.
"Tom was a great comfort to
us," Sgt. Hunt said. "He was
something ot our own."
The cat was nourished back
to health by what little the
prisoners could give him to eat.
His strength regained, Tom had
a field day catching rats, many
of which dwarfed him. Ho grew
fat and sleek but kept on catch
ing rats just for the sport. This
was good, for rats were overly
plentiful. Some of the surplus
rats he caught he dragged un
der Sgt. Hunt's bunk and seem
ed very proud of his achieve
ments. The sergeant made Tom
take them outside.
"Then one day one of the
guards shot our' cat." said Sgt.
Hunt. "1 think that was the
maddest I ever got."
' Paid by Nips
The non-commissioned prison
ers were paid 15 ccntavos a
day by the Nips. Privates got
10. One hundred ccntavos make
a peso. One peso a day would
barely buy enough rice to keep
one man alive.
For military security, details
of Sgt. Hunt's captivity and
amazing escape back to the
United States must wait for the
day when the Philippines are
liberated.
When that day comes the
sergeant hopes to collaborate
with fellow prisoners to write
a book on their experiences.
During his imprisonment, Sgt.
Hunt received no mail.
Gets Letters
When he reached American
forces he was given four letters.
They were from his two sisters,
his stepfather and aunt.
His sisters are Mrs. Homer
Amoureux, 2360 Orchard, and
Mrs. Earl Kerns, route 3, botli
of Klamath Falls. Mrs. Delia
Schrocdcr, also of Klamath
Falls, is his aunt. P. M. Kennedy
is his stepfather. His half
brother is Bob M. Kennedy,
U. S. naval training station, San
Diego.
During captivity the sergeant
used to dream of what he'd cat
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NATION
REPORT SOON
(Continued From Pago One)
January 22 for eight days of
momentous talks on war and
pence in the old summer pBlacc
of the tsars of Yalta. The only
other slops on the round trip
were in Malta, Egypt and Al
giers. In Egypt, the president
conferred with King Knrouk
and with the rulers of Ethiopia
and Samli Arabia.
The return trip included n
speed run through the Straits of
Gibraltar at a time when nazl
submarines were lurking near
by. Compromise on
Policing Power
Reached by U. S.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 28 (.V)
The United States delegation has
reached a tentative compromise
on the Declaration of Cha
pcultcpcc which would accept a
commitment to put clown ag-
I grossion by force in this hem
isphere during the war emerg
ency. The stand was taken this
morning after n series of hasty
meetings, it was learned on best
authority.
The delcnation has split on
whether the United Slates should
accept the Latin American pro
posal to bind the American na
tions to guarantees of territorial
integrity and political independ
ence backed by armed might.
War Seems Very Far Away
RhicAih nrr running In
Luke Woitli, Flu , and
small Tjoutn which go
nut for them daily
1 IIMIItfT N IHVIItlU
'-! serenity in a frame of
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JliJI J Hill
the day he got back to the
States.
"I didn t want anything in
particular just a lot of it," he
said.
No Meat
Doctors, however, punctured
this dream, temporarily. Because
of a jaundice condition he is on
a strict diet which outlaws
meats.
Sgt, Hunt, who was raised in
grade from a technical sergeant
after return to the American
forces, intends to remain in the
army until he can retire. He
hopes to stay in the coast artil
lery as an electrician. This
August he will have completed
14 years in the service, over
half of this time being spent in
the Philippines.
During his 90-day furlough,
Sgt. Hunt will be able to have
almost anything a grateful gov
ernment can give him. Any
direct relatives ho may select
can accompanv him to the Santa
Barbara, Calif., redistribution
station at army expense when
his furlough is completed in
May.
Hearing Slated
On Redisricting
SALEM. Feb. 28 (!') The
scnato elections committee an
nounced today it would hold a
public hearing Thursday night
on the bill to give Klamath
county n state senator all Its
own, and to eliminate the seat
of Sen. Rex Ellis, who repre
sents Morrow, Umatilla and
Union counties.
The bill, by Sen. Mnrshull E.
Cornett and Rep. Henry Scinon,
both Klamath Falls, would split
the district which Includes
Crook, Deschutes. Jefferson,
Klamath and Lake counties.
Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney,
Portland democrat, who is ex
pected to lead the fight against
the bill, said he would counter
with a bill to give Multnomah
county nine or 10 senators, In
stead of the six senators It now
has.
Mahoney Indicated he had no
hope of getting his bill passed,
but that the bill would drag
tho other bill down to defeat.
Coplin's Condition
Remains Unchanged
Alexander Coplln of Dorrls,
Calif., who had his skull frac
tured early Sunday morning In
fight at the city jail, remained
semi-conscious today for the
third day, according to Dr. Peter
Rozendnl, county health officer.
Coplln is still at tho Klamuth
Valley hospital.
If It's a "frozen" artlclo you
need, advertise for a used one
In tho classified.
7700 Bombers
Strike Germany
LONDON. Feb. 20 W) More
than 1100 U. S. heavy bombers
struck at least five major freight
yards in a 100-mllo circle be
hind the Rhino today In the third
week of a non-mop offensive
against German communications,
Targets In this scattershot at
tack Included Ka.uel, Soe.it. IS
miles southeast of llamm; Siege,
10 miles cant of Cologne; and
Scliwertc and Hagen, both In tho
southeast corner ot the Ruhr.
RAF Lancaster! mado a con
centrated attack on the Nord
stern benzol plant near Goline
klrchen In another punch at nazi
oil supplies. Berlin was hit for
the eighth straight night with
blockbuster bombs last night.
Sub-Division Vacation
Order Signed Here
An order vacating a subdivi
sion of Fort Klamath, now in
lots, and throwing the property
back Into acreage, was signed by
the county court Wednesday
morning at the regular court ses
sion. Properly owners Include Rose
Veronica Madnon, Earl II.
Thorpe, and Alfred B. Castel.
Under tho law, the lots are as
sessed at $3 each, but under
acreage the assessment is much
less, (he court pointed out.
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