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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1945)
WO HERALD AND MEWS HORSE RAGES SLATED EACH Horse races with substantial purses offered, are scheduled for each day of the July rodeo, com mittee members announced. These races to be held July 1,. 2, 3 and 4 at the Klamath Buckaroo Days celebration, are open to ranchers and riders in the area. A daily purse is offered for the 58 mile race, of special in terest to local horse owners. En try fees will be added to . the purse and offered in first, sec ond and third prizes. The quarter mile race will be run by cowhorses unacr west ern saddles. Three strings at least' of three horses each will participate in the relay race wnicn win involve cnangui); saddles at the end of the first lap. The best reined cowhorse con' test attracts particular interest among Klamath ranchers and cowhorse owners. Horses in this contest will respond to rein directions of their riders in rop ing cattle before the grandstand. Winners of the first three days in this event will compete on the last day for the final purse offered. Klamath cowboys and buck aroos are cordially invited to -enter the above events at we rodeo. Tickets for the four-day cele bration are on sale now at Buck aroo headquarters, 604 S. 6th. IE PICTURE GETS BRIGHTER IN STATE PORTLAND, June 26 (IP) The tire picture here is growing steadily brighter. Frederic F. Janney, district OPA rationing executive, today announced a July quota of 27, 820 passenger car tires for the Portland district 8227 more than in June. This will help cut down the backlog of un filled applications, he said. Other July allotments showed these increases: - Truck tires 7.50 and smaller, 227 more than June; 8.25 and . larger, 1.652 more; tractor tires larger than 7.50, 2 more. Stoves oil heating, 125 more; gas heating, 75 more; oil cooking, 29 more; gas cooking, 125 more. The only drop was in tractor tires, 7.50 and smaller, which axe 58 fewer than in June. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued from Page One) to new highs in the face of all the problems of reconversion . from war to peace, with the door opening into a new world , in which the old rules may not work, a rising rather than a sinking stock market is reassur ing. . Whatever you do, don't get sentimental about the stock mar ket. Its rising tendency is in fluenced by the probability of Increasing inflation. But at least its steady rise in the face of the problems of peace is a sign of hope rather than of despair. . T ET'S not fool ourselves. The " world is full of hate and fear and envy and greed. The mil lennium isn't here. But there ARE signs of tolerance and decency and hope which are the ESSENTIALS in the build ing of a new and better world on the wreckage of the pld one. Cont. Daily . Open 12:30 DAY OF RODEO FIRST COMPLETE FEATURE FILM STORY OF PRIZE-FIGHTING Ateran LOUIS-; HEMPSEY'TUNNEY LOUIS ROSS FIRP0 LEONARD CONN SHARKEY CARNERA -JOHNSON WILURD ARMSTRONG RUBERS -TENDLER KETCHEL- BRER CRRPENTIER WILLS SCHAAF CALENT0 GODOT mi mm ma nut nun This One Laid An Egg NORTH BEND, June 26 VP) The latest thing to be taken for a Japanese balloon-bomb: An egg. A swan's egg on display tn a downtown window rotted and was abandoned in a yard. The frightened yard owner promptly notified officials that he had found something that might be a bomb. Officials covered the steel colored object to minimise any explosion; roped off the immediate area; summoned more help. A detonation squad hurried out and detonated the egg. IT T Franklin Sames, 9 and Rich ard Sames, 7, children of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Bradford Sames of Keno, who were se riously injured Monday morn ing when a dynamite cap with which they were playing ex ploded, are both in an improved condition at Hillside hospital to day, according to hospital offi cials. In an Investigation of the scene where the accident oc curred. Sheriff Lloyd Low said today that three dynamite caps nnnnried flat and that burnt matches- were strewn1 around the scene. Evidently the two youngsters held a match under the cap, causing it to ex plode, he said. The father told members of the sheriffs office that the dy namite caps were on the prem ises when he purchased the house. Not being familiar with explosives or shells, he picked them up and put them in the garage where the children evi dently found them. The older boy had his thumb and two fingers amputated from his right hand but seems to be resting comfortably today. The younger boy suffered severe in jury to his face and eyes and it was not known by hosnital authorities whether his sight would be impaired. OPA Orders Stamping Of Wholesale Cuts COLUMBUS. O, June 26 0P) The office of price administra tion, in a move to curtail black market transactions in meat, has ordered that wholesale cuts from class 2 and 3 slaughterers be stamped with their OPA per mit number, the Columbus dis trict OPA office announced to-' dav. - , The new regulation is eff ec-fl tive nation-wide July ID, the UFA said. Classes 2 and 3 cover slaugh terers, including farmers, whose meat is not required to bear the federal inspection label. Earl Fellows, district OPA slaughter control specialist, said the stamping regulation would enable OPA inspectors more easily to trace the source of meat. . County Budget Group To Meet Wednesday The budget committ"? of Klamath county will met. Wed nesday at 10 a. m., in the coun ty judge's chambers. Any objec tions to the county budget as published will be heard at this time by the committee. Members of the committee In clude Alfred D. Collier, E. M. Hammond, R. P. Ellingson, and the county court.. At least 150,000 variations In existing manuscripts of the New Testament of the Bible can be found. StatU TODAY 2 SMASH HITS! Ham. SULLIVAN & LOUIS lYtmoJBOXINS WHILIS! JOHNSOM f -KfTCHIt 4 NAT FICISCHER mi in un im imtn e otfrV- sBfltft-.. I IN NEARS MILLION DOLLAR SALES WASHINGTON, June 26 (IP) An official of the maritime com mission has sold personally n-.arly a million dollars worth of war bonds in one month as a memorial to his son, killed on Iwo Jima. The treasury's war finance di vision told the story today as the nation's total sales in the 7th war. loan reached S20.25T).- 000,080, and appeared headed for a new record. The bond-sellinff official Is Howard L. Grimm, from Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo. A marine in the first World War, he fought in 26 engagements against the Germans. His son, Howard George Grimm, enlisted in the marines at 17, after telling his father in a letter he wanted to enlist more than anything he had ever want ed in his life. - Two years later, on February 24 of this year, young Grimm, a private first class, fell in battle. His father, an administrative official in charge of certain crit ical items for merchant ship con struction, app'ied for permission to reoresent the treasury In the 7th War Loan. He made all his sale9 by personal letter, written at home. Starting June 2, he sent the letters to friends and acquaintances all over the coun try, telling them he was doing it in memory of his son. His sales, the treasury said, had reached $991,525 by yester dav and were still golne up. - Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau said yesterday it apriears that 7th War Loan sales will beat the record of $21,621, 000,000 in the 6th War Loan. He also announced that indi vidual sales have reached S6, 595.000,000, thus topping the previous reec-d for indwidual sales of 16.351,000,000 in the 5th Wpr Loan. Of the individual sales figure, series E bond sales are 035. 000.000. or 73 per cent of the ,00n.000,000 E-bond quota. Th drive, wh'ch started Mav 14, wi" end this Saturday, June 30, with the accounting ner'd con tinuing another week through Julv 7. Sales to corporations have risen to SlS.flRS.nnn.nno. o'most double the $7,000,000,000 cor porate quota. Biv Johnnetta and Jack Miller of Reedsport, are visitin at the home of their sister, Mrs. Cecil Wisecarver. , i Joe Arterburv returned home last week from Hope, Ark., where he was called by the ill ness of his mother. Mrs. Bud Pollock and daugh ter Sandra of Redmond, spent several days last week at the Hadley home. Mrs. Hadley and Mrs. Pollock are sisters. Miriam Powell wat hostess to the bridge club on Friday eve ning, June 15. - High scores were held by Jessie Gifford and Nisha Hadley. traveling nrize, Jessie Gifford and consolation, Ruth Smith. Lenore McMillan . returned home lpst week from Euoene where she has been attend'ng school. She wa accompanied home by Btllle Heoler of Co qui'le. who visited here for sev eral days. Cpl. and Mrs. Jms Bern!" and daughter Judv of Klamath Falls, snent the weekend here with rel atives. Ju"e and J. C. of San Francl'co are visiting their father, Jack Harrison. Maj. On. Claire ("hennai'lt, head of the famous Flying Ti mers, wa. rejected hv the air force during World War I. ffcomplonl Whm danger toon-h provts h't a chompfofl with a fag rart, tool . if 1 Mat Daily Open 1:30-:4S Box Office Opens 6:45 . IjKSREP GEEEIIl o NOW o mPbi GREAT SEQUEL ' Ifesi ' TO "LASSIE ACTIWjMTy COME HOME"! Com, Horn." by Eric Knight . Dlractod by S. SYLVAN SIMON . rrac. ciT.i-C"'"" Use ,?cef ' SAMMIS GETS MEDAL - Sgt. Joseph V. Siimmls, Klam ath Falls, has been awarded the Bronte Star medal for assisting in the capture of a vital bridge, near Bago, March 19. Sgt. Sammls was a member of a reinforced infantry platoon which landed before dawn of D-day to capture and hold a bridge over the Bago river. ' Destruction of the ' bridge wouin nave aeiayea me rapitl advance of the 40th division on Bacolod, the ncgros capital, at least two days. The citation, published by the command oi Ala, uen. riapp Brush, commanding general of the 40th division, reads in part: "Sgt. Sammis was a member of a reinforced infantry platoon which landed prior to H-hour to seize and hold a bridge over the Bago river which was reported and subsequently discovered to be wired for demolition and guarded by an enemy detach ment. "While Droceedlna across country a distance of two and one-half miles from the beach. an Ptipmv nntrol nhrvrl approaching the bridge and was followed without detection to within 50 yards of the abutment, "At this point the enemy pa trol was destroyed and by ravild and determined action, the guards were 'tilled and the bridge secured. BISHOP GETS HONORS Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bishop of 429 N. 9th, that their son, Bill, was one of 12 out of a class of 200 who attained the honor roll at naval officers training corps school at the University of Washington at Seattle, He also received notification from navy personnel that he is to be awarded the three-year Good conduct Medal. Bishop is majoring in electri cal engineering at the Washing. ton university. ' He served 10 months in the South Pacific as an aviation radioman second class before being accepted for tne hkutl.. Prior to enlisting In the serv ice, he was employed as a teller at the First National Bank of Portland. He is also a grad uate of the Klamath Union high school with the class of 1938, AT A 12TH AAF BLACK WIDOW BASE IN ITALY TSgt. Joseph Paul Sabo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sabo, 3840 South 6th. Klamath Falls. is an airplane maintenance tech nician in the veteran 414th night flight squadron with the lth air force s ZZnd, tactical air command. Sgt Sabo has been in the army air corps since Julv 2 1942. and received his training at Lincoln, Neb. Prior to his arrival overseas in ADril. 1943, he was stationed at Burbank, cam. His outfit has been awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation which honors the high quality oi comoined eitorti of all ground and flying personnel in the preparation, planning and execution ot tne many success, ful missions In the Mediterran ean theater of operations that resulted in the defeat of Ger many. Sgt. Sabo was graduated from Klamath Union high school. His brother, Stephen Floyd Sabo, is serving with the u. . army in oermany. HUTCHENS IN HOSPITAL Pvt. Fred M. Hutchens of the 22nd division. United States ma rine corps, son of Mrs. Alice Moss, is In a hospital in the South Pacific as a result of wounds received in the battle of Okinawa. In addition to a 1 E IF . (Continued from Pnito One) gatlon staff had entered a few minutes earlier to prepare the paint and test the brushes with which Koo signed. Shortly before. Warren Recti nor of the state department car ried in the lai'Ko blue leather. bound charter. Hollywood Influence . Despite tho solemnity of the occasion the sltinlng ceremony had something of the ulr ot a Hollywood premiere. K 1 1 c g lights bathed the auditorium. The flags of all tho United Na tions flunked tho table. Dele gates awaiting their turn sat in glided chairs. The whir of movio cameras and the pop-pop of flashlight bulbs was tho only sound. More than 150 uewspapcrmcn, photographers and newsreel cameramen crowded into the au ditorium, just oft tho circle roped off In red, white and blue. Microphones on cither side of the charter picked up the scratch of pens. They couldn't pick up the smooth strokes of the brush which Koo used to paint his signature. Seven other Chinese delegates signed after him. Woman Signs Fourth to sign was Miss Wu Yi-Fang, wearing a plain red robe of silk, relieved only by a simple white flower at her throat. Her hair was bobbed short. The Chinese delegation filed out of the room, mid at 12:12 p. m., the eight-member soviet delegation entered. As chairman, Andrei A. Grom. yko, ambassador to the United States, affixed his signature to the charter at 12:13 p. m. After signing. Gromyko spoke briefly in Russian. It was not translated. The soviet ambassa dor was dressed In formal morn ing clothes. Soviets Ink Names One by one the soviet dele gales sat down at the tablo and penned in their names, complet ing the ceremony at 12:16 p. m. Next of the big powers to sign the charter was Great Brit ain. The Earl of Halifax penned In his name at 12:20 p. m. He was followed by Lord Cranbornc, the only other British delegate to sign, since the others had re turned to England for the clec-, tion campaign. Halifax, referring to the Magne Carta and the Declaration of Independence, suld he was proud to sign. With hardly a break In rhythm. Argentina last of the United Nations to declare war on tho axis signed. Trim in formal morning clothes, the Argentine ambassador to Great Britain, Miguel Angel Carcano. slipped into the chair and added his name to the charter at 12:26 p. m. shoulder wound, he has a piece of shrapnel in his left arm. Hutchens was also hospitalized for a foot wound which he re ceived in the battle of Sugar Loaf Hill. MITCHELL SAVES Gene Mitchell, EM 3c, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wal drip, Tulelakc, Calif., is among 498 men aboard a cruiser in tho Western Pacific, who are simul taneously waging war against (he Japs and providing for their own peacetime security by put ting their navy pay in war bonds. Opens 8:45 Week Days TUESDAY WEDNESDAY GEHEMONY NINE WEEKS DELIBERATIONS 5 A JlAtlNO JtOlifSS Or MtN WHO MAKE THI 1 IV' I H1ADIINK... Mil. ' vAl aL IMmtM Flashes of Life RETREAT KANSAS CITY, June 86 (A) Tho G. O. Hoover family is tak ing its meals out bucauso a swurm of 15,000 bovs hug In vaded their kitchen hero. The Insects found a break in the outside wall and made their own entry through the wullboard. Thcy'ro hunting a boo man, COLLECTS VANCOUVER Wash., Juno 26 (') An army air corps vet eran at tho launching of the troopship Ernie Pyle didn't know why two bottles ot champagne are always used. Shipbuilder Edgar Kulser ex plained one Is for tho sponsor and ono In caso sho misses. "But tho sponsor didn't miss," the veteran said hopefully. Kaiser caught on und thu alrmun got the bottle. FATE OF YANK By ROBERT GEIQER Wli'H THE SEVENTH DI VISION, Okinawa, Juno 26 (fl) Tho fate of American prisoners taken by tho Japanese on Oki nawa remained a mystery today after a search disclosed no trace of them or their bodies. Col. J. M. (Mickey) Finn, As toria, Ore., commander of the 32nd regiment which took hill 81 whero one ot the enemy gen eral headquarters was located, said he has had scores of bodies examined In caves but the search has brought no sign of tho miss ing Americans. Tho exact number of Amer icans taken prisoner is not known but of those missing In action, undoubtedly several hundred were crptured, military authori ties said. Some navy filers were shot down behind Jooanese lines and at least sovoral of them were known to have been alive when they landed. Ono flier In the closing dnys of organized re sistance parachuted near the west coast and was seen running toward tho beach. An Amer ican shlo went to his rescue but he failed to appear on tho beach. Finn said he had found stockades or caves with evidence they were used to confino pris oners. Other regimental com manders mado similar reports. But there is no ign of tho miss ing men. v . . Coal Jobs, Report Miners To Return To ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 26 (JPyCol. O. F. Ohlson, Alos ka railroad manager who has been conferring with miners on strike at the railroad-owned Eska coal mine, sold yesterday tho miners said they would re turn' to work soon. Only three maintenance men have been working slnco Thurs day, while tho rest of them re mained idle. Ohlson said the miners had Joined tho United Mine Workers of America (CIO) local of the adjacent mine at Jonesvlllc. They had presented a contract with clauses which were unacceptable because of , government regulations, he said. A representative of the de oartment of labor was due here I Wednesday, he .said. I IZtfOM ISLE MYSTERY S TRIAL L (Continued Prom Page Ono) ferre'd at Moscow prepared to leave the soviet capital for War saw whero the personnel of the new government will be an nounced. Tho London regime was re ported to have tiikun the position that It would refuse to recognize the legality of tho proposed now government which ono spokes man usserted would bn "a noor specimen of a puppet govern ment and nothing else," Tho London government I faced with the prospect of being shorn of diplomatic recognition by Britain and tho United States. Abdication Decision A prediction that King Leo pold of the Belgians would mako a final decision on the question of his abdication within 48 hours was made In Brussolt bv Lt. Gel), Walter Gunshot Van Der Mccr.tch, a trusted adviser lo the throne. Declaring that ho was not at tempting to form n new govern ment at the king's request. Van Der Meersch suld Leopold had summoned ennroxlmatoly 30 hlvh political fWurrs from Brus sels to his hoatlmiurters In Austria In nn effort tn I earn the extent nf the opposition to his return to Tlelglum. In Britain Prime Minister ChurrhlM continued his Intensive campaign on behalf of tho con servative parly. In numerous brief speeches yesterday Chur chill praised the United States, Instated unon friendly relations with Ruvsla and flung taunts at his political enemies. French representatives at Lon don. Washington and the United Nation conference at San Prim rluro linvo been Instructed bv their government to "sound out" o"lcM onl'on on the mtti.--t of pranes controversy with Syria and Lebanon. .1opone8 Of Impending Invasion (Continued From Page One) landed on the small Island of Ternate, about 350 miles south east of the southern tip of the Philippines. If true, this would clamp a pincers on the nearby enemy held Island of Holiandia since American forces already have occupied Morotal bland to the northeast In the drlvo north, to tho Philippines. . '; ,, ;;. Your Insurance problems re ceive personal attention from Hans Norland, 118 N. 7th street. ItttIC nuumtinn mi bum nun hum Ml CONWAY ' Com.9 MAS PLAN I -p Sta rts THURS.-p M. 'afiV ww h mrwMi m A I II Rain Cools Klamath To 74 Degrees t ' Rainfall of .01 Inches Sundav In this urea was lidded to by .07 wlilvh fell In a brief period Monday afternoon. The precipitation brought with It cooler lemperatiiro, with tho mercury dropping to 74 de grees Juno 25. l'roclpltntlon for tho mouth to ditto Is .47. Thunderstorms lire forecast In the high mountains tonight, with below normal temper, tures, clearing Wednesday wltlf rising temperatures In valleys. STALIN PROPOSES TOAST TO PEOPLE LONDON, June 20 (P) Tin Moscow radio suld today thai Promler Marshal Stalin had proposed the following tonal tu ''the little people" of Xiuslu nl a victory bunuuet in the Hu Ian capital: "I should like to drink tc the honlth nf people of whom few hold rank and whose tltlei are not envied, the people whe are considered to tie cogs In tin wheels nf great state nppiiratui but without whom all of us . murshuls und army command ers are, to put It crudely, Ito' worth a tinker's damn, becuust If one nf the cogs goes out of' , commission tho whole thing li y done for. C "I propone a toust for the slm pie, ordinary, modest people for those cogs who keep otii great state mnclilnu going In alj branches of science, niitlonui economy and military nffiilin, "There aro very iminy oi them. Their name Is legion They are tons of millions a people They are modest peo pie. Nobody writes anytliln) abojit them. They have no tllUi and few of them hold ranks. "But they are the people wh support us us the base support! the summit." "1 drink to tho health of thraii people, our respected com rades." Mat. D a: I y Opto li30 S:45 Both Living a Secret... IACH AFRAID TO TELII Dm Mr' nmii rmunilr flt om iht gSUMfftt fcgliiij ro ftvf U mr tfurt1 ItlZMCX INtlrtJAlrOflM, GINGER ROGERS JOSEPH COTTEN Ire kif mmk m "tw Ye WM Awe .RYTRf lMf Aril tihf iroww-vo tlf nl WVUIAM DilTflU J t ' MEWS UR NEXT ATTRACTIOI rn ,u.ibsday P J I Kruger ' fHW 1 Donald Berry
