SIX HERALD AND HEWS
Friday, July S. 1945
INS
ill LABOR
-PAY INCREASES
; " WASHINGTON, July 6 H'i
! President Truman today signed
i legislation giving postal . em
1 ployes their first general pay
-tipse since 1925..
"-"For regular postal employes
"in so-called automatic grades,
' the legislation provides a 20 per
; cent increase in base pay. or
"J400 fi. year, whichever is the
Vsser. In no event will the
i raise be less than $300. '
i It provides for overtime pay-
: -ment at tne rate or time and one
3 half for time worked in excess
5 of a basic 260-workdays an
J"nually, the payment to be in
money or compensating time off,
K and for a differential of ten per
Hcent for employes who work
regularly at night. The overtime
provisions do not apply to super-
f i!.ne iiii.o1 rar-inFf tnaralinf
HWUlfll . ...... v. . . "
jtmechanics and employes of the
J- railway mail service and tlie
.air mail service.
It changes the salary rates of
& postmasters by putting them on
"a basis of 100 per cent of the
rr gross receipts for their offices
instead of the present 85 and
-90 per cent
K Postmasters in first-class of
jifices, except those now receiving
k$6000 or more, will get boosts
-'of from $300 to $400 annually:
second class, $400 to $600; third
L class, $300, and fourth class,
20 per cent of their present base,
;, which now varies. Clerks in
i third-class offices working not
less than 40 hours weekly are
it placed in automatic grades
i-ranging from $1200 to $1700.
HOLMER ASSIGNED
Lt. Ralph Russel Holmer, who
graduated in June from the Aleo
airba.se in Texas, has been as
signed to the first fighter com-
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Scientific Starvation Plan
Followed In Nazi Station
mand for intensive training in
the operations of the P-47 Thun
derbolt at Richmond, Va. .
Holmer is a eraduate of Klam
ath Union high school with the
class of 1942 and attended the
University of Washington before
entering the army in 1943. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Holmer, are now making their
iiome in oeaiue, wasn.
BAYLESS WRITES
In a recent letter to his par
ents. SSrt. William K. "Bill"
Bay less writes of his camp in
i" E. H. Thompson, manager of
ine luamaw r aim uraiicu ox uie
r." United States National bank, re-
i- ports substantial gains in de-
) posits and resources lor this
; large Oregon financial .insula
1 lion.
In its statement of condition
a to the comptroller of the cur
ijrency as per the official call of
-June 30, the United States Ma-
tional bank reported deposits of
$509,589,564.41 and resources of
il S53U,Uti4,92Z.93.
" Deposits, now at an all time
hlgh, represent an increase of
V: $81,450,449.85 over the corres
.t. nondine call date of a vear aeo:
During the same period, re-
- sources increased Dy ztt3,a23,
592.25. . ...-., ;, , . :
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rKoiser Optimistic
iQyer Floating Dock
"PORTLAND. Ore.. .Tnlv R IJPl
,.4Sdgar F. Kaiser, vice president
ot iiaiser industries, and Austin
Flegel, Willamette Iron and
Steel president, were optimistic
today over prospects for another
floating drydock here.
Back from a San Francisco
meeting with navy officials,, they
said the navy has promised to
give careful consideration to
Portland s request.
Two naval officials. Rear
Adm. Charles L. Brand, Wash
ington, and Kear Adm. Charles
W.' Fisher Jr., were here today
'. inspecting shipbuilding and re
pair iaciuues.
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Truman Nominates
Bradley For Post
Washington, July e (p
President Truman today formal
; ly Tiominated General Omar N.
Bradley to be veterans admin
istrator, and submitted his name
to the senate.
The chief executive an
nounced .a month ago that he
imci i-nusen .Bradley to succeed
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines as
head of the veterans administra
tion. General Bradley now is in
Europe but he is expected to
return to Washington late in
; that summer.
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Italy. "We are now living at
tne edge ot a small town in an
old cavalry school stables." Bay-
less says. "It used to be Ger
man quarters, and out in back
there is a place where 500 pris
oners, Russian and Italian, were
executed and buried. An old
man who saw them all and
speaks English told us about it
ine uermans made the prison
ers dig their own graves, and
made the townspeople watch
while generals , tortured them
before shooting them dead."
Bayless tells in detail of Ger
man atrocities recounted bv the
townspeople who were eyewit
nesses. . He mentions being ter
ribly homesick like all the other
boys, but says they are "pretty
well fixed" in their present
location. Tney go swimming,
play baseball and have parties,
but "nothing can take the place
oi nome.
Bayless graduated from KUHS
in 1942. He took his training
at Camp Hale, Colo. His wife
and son Kenneth reside in Med
ford and his parents, Mr. and
rars. ri. Bayless at 526 Main.
Klamath Falls. He worked for
Weyerhaeuser before ' entering
we service.
. . i BODY DISCOVERED
PORTLAND, July 6 VP)
Th5e body of Sophie Baumgart,
82j missing from a convalescent
1 home here since June 25, was
found yesterday at the foot of
a 30-foot embankment where
she: apparently fell, detectives
said today.
f 'o Sale:
f 1935 Ford
.' Station Wagon
1936 Chevrolet
.i Coupe
Offics Equipment
Misc. Buildings
Surplus Insulation
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Two Boilers
One on wheel
6"x6" 10 gauge
Wire Mesh
Brennan
. and '
Cahoon
132 S. 7th
Phone 7751
Crop Insurance On
Winter Wheat Offered
CORVALLIS, July 6 (P)
The first all-risk federal, crop
insurance on winter wheat since
1943 will be offered soon . in
Oregon wheat producing coun
ties, the state AAA said today.
a armers may obtain three
year contracts covering either
75 or 50 per cent of the aver
age yield.
Special guests ot a chamber
of commerce luncheon which is
scheduled for July 14 will be
Ben B. Lawshe, manager of the
commercial organization of the
U. S. chamber of commerce, and
Paul H. Good, secretary of the
committee on education. The
luncheon will be held at the
Willard hotel and will be fol
lowed immediately by a round
table discussion.
Lawshe is generally recog
nized as the autiiority on organ
ization management, and pro
cedures, according to Charles
Stark, Klamath county cham
ber manager. Over 15 years ago,
Good recognized a need for co
operation between school teach
ers and tne cnamoer oi com
merce because students become
chamber of commerce members.
He maintains that business
should be interested in schools
and that the educators should
assist those who are developing
the growth and prosperity of
the city.
Board of directors, committee
chairmen, members of the chanv
ber of commerce, and other in
terested individuals are invited
to attend.
4-H'ers Make Good At
Summer School
Klamath 4-H club members
made a cood showing at the
summer session held in Cor-
vallis for 10 da?s in June.
Joanne Robinette played on
the radio review and Virginia
Thurman modeled a dress which
she made in club work, at the
style show.
Jean Keller, athletic manager,
Virginia Masten, song leader,
and Mary Louise Haynes, vice
president, were among the
Klamath girls who stayed at
the Kappa Kappa Gamma
house.
Bend Youth Injured
In Bomb Explosion
BEND, July 8 (P) John'
Vernon Johnson, 15, Bend, was
in a hospital here today after
celebrating the Fourth of July
with bombs.
He and William Horsell Jr.,
Alfalfa, found some bombs
used by P-38 pilots last year
on a range near Horse Ridge.
They set off several, and the
Johnson boy picked up one
that refused to work, State Of
ficer Glen Ray reported.
It exploded, injuring his right
eye and mangling his hand.
$8000 Damage In
Repair Shop Fire
MEDFORD. July 6 (P) Dam
age was estimated at $8000 by
the state forest patrol today
after a blaze destroyed the re
pair shop of the Goetz Lumber
company sawmill at Prospect
earlier this week.
Mill workers and forest serv
ice crews confined the blaze to
the shop after it apparently
started in the power plant.
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EVERY
SATURDAY
I 9:00 until 1:00
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
July 25 Jimmy Luncef ord
Aug. 8 Bob Wills
&adute Cffleaef
Try Sdnnley Reserve
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and LIGHT as a
SUNNY MORNING
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Bv A. I. GOLDBERG
MUNICH. July U tV) A
nnzi "scientific stnrvution sta
tion, whoso grisly experiments
on children and adults were
claiming victims until only a
few days ago, has been uncov
ered in Bavaria by two public
health officials ot the American
military government and three
hospital attendants had been
arrested at the station in the
Kaufbcurcn area, 45 miles
southeast of Munich. One wom
an nurse confessed killing 211
children, for which she drew an
extra bonus, the statement said.
The station, masked under
the title of a public sanatorium,
was one of a scries of sys
tematic starvation and drug ex
periment laboratories scattered
through Bavaria and Austria,
the authorities said. Those who
died were cremated.
Mnj. Marvin Linick of New
York City and Capt. Loyal
Murphy of Memphis, Tcnrw
who found the Kaufbeuren sta
tion, reported that it housed
1578. men, women and children
on June 30, and a branch at
nearby Irsce had another 468
all in various stages of mal
nutrition. Among the children
found alive was a 10-year-old
boy weighing less than 23
pounds.
Those under arrest Included
Dr. Valentup Falthauscr, 69,
charged with operating the sta
tion; Franziska Vill, his' secretary-food
administrator; and tne
head nurse of one of the chil
dren's wards, a woman named
Worle.
The AMG's statement said
the woman confessed to having
poisoned or killed by intramus
cular injection at least 211
minors for which she drew a
monthly bonus of 35 rcichs
marks, about eight dollars at
the old U. S. exchange rate,
or $3.50 at tho present U. S.
military exchange.
Llnlvk and Murphy said they
found In an uncoolcd morgue
tho bodies ot men and women
who had died from 13 hours to
three days earlier as a result
of tho "experiments." Each
body weighed only 58 to 0(1
pounds.
Tho men said the extermina
tion program included injection
of chemicals to produce direct
starvation, intended to kill
cither within three months or
to tuke six months or longer,
FIRST TUNA
ASTORIA, July 8 (IP) A 15
pound Albacore caught by Eddie
Miller, captain of tho President
Coolirige, 00 miles southwest of
tho lightship whs tho first ot
the season, fishermen rcoorled
today,
Tho Columbia River Salmon
company processed tho tuna,
rresiaont Arthur Anaerson siuo.
C-8S SUITED FOB
SEATTLE. July A M') C. L.
Eglucdt, chairman of tho Mocing
Aircraft company board of di
rectors, said yesterday that C-07
transport airplanes, troop-currying
counterpart to tho 13-20 Su
perfortress, will go on produc
tion at Boeing in tho lmniodliite
futuro under a now army con
tract. Tho contract calls for thrco de
signs troop and cargo carriers
Identical to the three built ex
pui'liiiontnlly by lloriiiK, sumo
with more poweriui engine unci
design advancements and others
with transport-typo seals.
The experimental piano built
uy uocing set a new transconii
nenlal snued record lust Jumiury
when It flow from Seattle to
Washington, D. C, In six hours,
thrcn minute and 55 second.
Tho double-decked fimeliige of
the C-07 wis snuco for 120 fully
arnved troops und tho pliincs
huvo a riingo of 4000 miles.
HITLER S SILVER SHOWN
PORTLAND, July 6 ()
Sumo of Hitler's pvrsonut silver
ware was on display at u down
town store today, "liberated" by
an Oregon corporal who found
FARMERS!
Knee and Hip
Boots
for irrigation , ,
Juit Received!
New synthetic rubber.
We'll help you fill out
your OPA application.
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himself ncelilentully on the fold
tu llerlcliesgudvn.
Cpl. Henry J, Acholpolil, PorU
lund, (lopped off and got the
souvenir when ho drove up the
wrong roud In Germany the
fuehrer's retreat was under air
nttiick.
For a well-broiled
Victory Gardener
SPARKLING COFTCE! Mk
a batch of very ilrong M.J.U
(ikxibla strength), Sweeten It If
you like mid let It cool. Then
elect tall glau, pack It with
cracked lea and 1111 about one
thlrd lull with (he coffee. A (cv
quirts of charged water, a top
ping ot heavy cream, few mo
ments to enjoy your drink and
my I you feel fioliened upl (P.S.
Remember, too, (hat you can't
nwko a bad CiiV ot M.J.U).
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