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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1945)
I SEVEN Thuridy, March 8, 1945 Boy Blamed For ' " unlocking a switch February 20 on the Pepco interurban line to Oregon City.. The switch head ed the train onto a siding where lt struck a derail button. Another train was derailed in the same spot March 2; and on two other occasions an operator saw tne open switch ' in time to halt. The 13-year-old, held for juvenile authorities, insisted he only unlocked the switch once. Invention of roller skates netted a profit of $1,000,000 for the inventor. Wood shavings, not sawdust, is the material used to cover circus arenas. Former Slave to Give Earnings to Red Cross PORTLAND, March 8 (Pi A 02-year-old former negro slave who marched through Georgia as a drummer with Sherman's army, will give his March 15th earning as a bootblack to the Red Cross again this year. .3 Tom Howell said 20 cent shines should double his last year's donation of $18, collected I on 10-cent polishing Jobs. : J If It's a 'trozen' article you ' need, advertise for a used one in the classified. Our Fighting Mnimals Train Derailment' PORTLAND. March 8 f11 A train derailment was blamed to day on a 13-year-old boy who naa omamed a switcn Key and lock. Police said the boy admitted MONTGOMERY WARD By ARCHIE WELLB ,.oamKNTO. March 8 (!) Lvcrlnli 'r Pw'n " iMlilatlve calendar contln- today delaying consldor of "y nl"jr measure of IWMAKERS IN JALIFORNIA DELAY ACTION Lrrui administration forces T " -j 1 nrin settlement of t uiw of whether tha $118,. ooo of elnto tnx cuts effect , the last lKl-sliituro nro to Sraiillnui'd iinolliiir two years E Mich 1" U' SI oo.ouo.ooo ildv to C1" -'0t"l"" r i.'.iiik nubile projects. .t. i.i riiirHlntir .Iiilin. IR). Berkeley, millior of the Liuro in the lower noimo iiuw Lnicrtwdrd In postponing . T urn nifiiipMlua endorsc- Etof the odmlnislrnllon 1)111" Keep "- frl by B rt'iuuiii;nii whiilii'i uii Ei lalor iinsiui;iin:u mhh.-. I- T . . ... lolmson took no position L,.j mil 11 nxnenditures are Cwn and, with a anbHtitute f -ui.,.nii Waller J. Fourt's L for pnrty approval of Ills 11 carrying out U governor's Xmraendnlloiiii for keeping V.-.. ...I. In iiffni.l turn Vnni-M US IW" --- 'ourl. however, disclosed ho I auk the assembly ways mid m committee -to set llin uurca for hearing within a dayi. iltinwlillo hcnlth insurance L ku.ni.Mivl ituirn flP ll'MX hv Simon consent, until Inter In month, sjembly Seiikcr Charles Ly expressed the opinion the rrnor's tux measures unci the 1,000,000 budget will be n consideration nhend of :r major measures, four-H News .... --- ;.'.tr"v---." 0 -T?fiMe 1 America a wild life liaa gone to war n land, on sea and In the air. Top to bottom: the "Heaver" hauls a heavy transport truck and aupplira anhorc in the Hebrides. Amphibious cousin of the Jeep is the "Duck", a carrier of troops and lichlweicht caruo. In the air, the Navy haa the famous "Wildcat," whose feats in the Pacific al ready are legendary. Latest addition to this flcWinc menagerie and the vehicle now playing a major role in the invasion of the Philip pines Is the versatile "Alligator," shown going through an exhaus tive land and water test at the Graham-Palgc Motors proving grounds at Detroit. t the i ll Cooklim club of Mh wu organized r oorunry zu i. Officers elected nrc ns fol- President, Kosnllo Fairs; president, Uotty Ciintrnll: leliry, Nancy Ilcndrl.x; yell dor, tucn mcauiiiio unci i reporter, Mario Fields. c decided for n name of our b which Is "Tho Nine lkle." ht members received their lord books and looked them t ind itudlcd tho different ookinK I wns nssluni'd n Hem- ilmllon on "Milk Toast" for next meet Inn. Meeting was adjourned. . MARIE FIELDS, News Reporter. p-Nisei to Meet Gresham Friday iRESHAM. 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