im
iru
pi
wul raw
,.-n
nlce'rivE'cEFfii klamath tallb. ohegon. "ry&vg
n TttO
Bv FRANK JENKINS
K Pacific count liniiii't been
lono In It wet wciithcr this
ill. From tho Ilocklc to the
ntlc coni the country in a
of green. Although It In
near v mlil-Ju y. the vciiolu
look 1 1 In- curly June. All
llttlu ponds are full, and the
k are running brown and
if.
no guewie Unit niliiy ipell
been miming on envn
er' heels.
N the lillla around Cheyenne,
If,-' iulilf.lt nftrmnllv urn Itpliln.
uluu to burn a little by thin tlmn,
1 tht glims In lunh nnd lull. In
tint (lniw the entile ntmiil In It
tin to their knee, an In a blue
grim puNlurv. They liro plump
iuhI round, nnd more thnn one
pimMi'iiKcr I heard to liny that
enmo the shade of nlilht he
think) hell drop off the rear
end nnd knock one In the hend
on lie-count of lie's ilowly wanting
nwny lor a lcok.
IT In not that anyone In likely
to perish nf malnutrition on
thin truln. It In Juitt (lint the
night of iki much ment Horn to
people t head, muking tnem
Iliili. dizzv nnd irresponsible.
From tho purely practical
standpoint, leaving out tne erv
Ico men, who are a competent
looking lot. it U doubtful if any-
one on thin train could iklrt to
much ai a weaner calf, let alone
a tcer. As for cutting It up I I I
If you were to check all the
civilian palms on board, you
couldn I find a callous in a car
load.
e .-
DY some miracle of manage
u ment. this train, tho Cky of
San Francisco, la an enchanted
is and of p easant living in
world that In many ways is be
coming topy-turvy. its run
man Dorters are the, old-fash
ioned, befo the'wah kind. They
manage to convey the Impression
that thev llvo to serve you. and
love II. Tho dining enr waiters
nre of tho same strango, now
somewhat antediluvian tribe.
They seem to be actually in
terested in what you want to eat
and how you want it fixed.
And the cook well, one
might as well end this paean of
somewhat lyric gastronomic
praise by staling that they don't
ndhere to me amp u in me pan
nnd bum it miick school. It
aetunllv tastes like food.
The linen is snowy (with
dlcscl engines, thero Is no soot
to mnr it), tho silver sparkles,
the ' china does whntcver the
right kind of china Is supposed
to do at mcaltlmo and tho
steward wenrs nn exceedingly
well-cut whllo inckct and an
honcst-to-goodness smile.
IT'S tlmo to draw tho curtain on
this theme before the copy
render decides thnt this stuff got
In the wrong envelope and turns
it over to the advertising deport-
ment, but If In the brnve new
world the rnllronris can tnkc the
t:itv of Sim Franc sco ns n moaei
and ndd a few presumably es
sential plastic and electronic
touches to it they won't hnvc to
worry too much over losing post
war business to the airplanes.
-UT of Wyoming Into Nc-
brnskn. Out) of tho grass
country Into the western reaches
of tho ngrlculturnl Mississippi
valley. Out of tho cnttlo nnd
sheep economy Into the edges
nr iim enm-hni economy.
This transition threw tho early
explorers off In their calcula
tions. They couldn't quite
figure what this country Dcyona
(Conunuca on i-ogo mi
Pullman To S.F i
Portland O.K.
"Wo can get you out of hero
but wo enn't get you bnek." snld
Llovd S. Stltt of tho Southern
Pacific rnllrond when question
al -I, nut the effect on locnl
Pullmnn travel by tho new ODT
ruling banning civilian Pullmnn
service on runs of 41)0 miles or
less. ,, ,, ,
Tinrln- (III. HOW rilllllU it lS
still posslblo to get reservations
for Snn Francisco or roruann
from Klamath Fnlls but these
reservations havo to bo made
within five days of departure,
Tho RP nt nrescnt has two Pull
mnn sections to San Francisco,
although Stilt docs not know
how long tneso win uo ii
nolo. If they arc taken out there
will bo no reservations made
out of hero except on tho day
of departure.
Tho biggest problem Is the
rolurn trip to Klnmnth Fnlls.
Even though no Pullmnn cars
hnvo bocn tnken off tho Oak-lnnd-Portland
run, reservations
fni- Klnmnth Falls cnilliot bo ac
cepted becauso the dlstnnco is
under 480 miles aim mo or can
not soli short unless tho spneo Is
not taken up on the day of departure.
slews
r
if
Early Jap Defeat
Has High Priority
A s Big
By DANIEL DE LUCE and
POTSDAM. July 17 (!) -The
this afternoon with a minimum
that President Trumun, Premier Stnlln and Prime Minister
Churchill hnd the Pacific war high on the list of topics.
(The Moscow rudlo snld Mr. Truman was to preside),
The conference is expected to lay the framework of the Gcr
mun pence treaty and to souk settlement of mnny worldwide
questions that hold the answer to the future pence of Europe.
Mr. Truman' first objective as he began conversations with
the leaders of Great Britain and Russia was reported to bo the
early defeat of Japan.
Tight secrecy hid developments, oven an official announce-
mcnt that the delayed meeting
DUTCH OIL FIELDS
MANILA, July 17 (II Strong
combat patrols smashed scat
tered Japuncse resistance today
at tho Australian seventh divis
ion slogged through constat suit
marshes toward the Dutch Eust
Borneo oil fields nt Sambodjo,
ruined refineries of Ballkpappan.
The military prize lay five
miles ahead of the main Aussie
force, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
communlquo said. Its output
formerly moved through the
marshland pipe line to Die now
ruined refineries of Ballkappan.
Other Dutch and Australian
units, advancing northward out
of Balikpapan, had gained more
than six miles on tho road to a
second rich oil field at Samar
imin. - 38 miles beyond Sam-
bodia, by ' more 'circuitous
route. . . , ........
These :'. troops encountered
heavy Japanese road blocks In
the vicinity of Mount Bato
champar, six miles north of
Balikpapan. The mountain was
taken yesterday after a heavy
artillery barrage. Again today
the artillery was called up to
blast out the road blocks before
the troops could continue their
advance.
Tre Burglary
At Gas Station
Jack Pyle, proprietor of the
Shell Service station at Oregon
and Donald, roportcd to city po
lice Monday thnt two tires nan
been stolen from the tire rack
and the building had been for
cibly entered. The entering was
thought to have occurred some
time Sunday nigm.
As far as is known, nothing
was taken from the Interior of
the station. City police are in
vestlgating the caso.
Seven drunks, one drunk and
disorderly case, and two vags
nnnonrnd in nollce court till
morning. Two additional drunks
balled out.
Spain Prepares
For Monarchy
MADRID. Julv 17 fP) Gen
cral Franco proclaimed tonight
that Spain was entering a pe
riod of preparation for a mon
archy in which "the essentials of
our movement arc guaranteed.
The falangc chieftain said in
a broadcast address before the
national council of the fnlangc
that Spain wanted "her Inde-
nendence coupled with dlgnl
fled cooperation with other
countries" in the postwar world.
(Prince Juan, son of tho lnte
King Alfonso, Is the heir to the
now non-existent Spanish throne.
He has been living in Switzer
land for several years.
(The exiled prince, In a state
ment Issued at Lausanne last
March, . declared Spain was in
danger of another civil wnr and
called upon Franco to resign in
fnvor of a restoration of the
monarchy).
Japs Promise
Blow When Time Is Ripe
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17
(P) The Jnpancso Dome! news
agency said in n radio broad
cast todny thnt "our forces are
waiting for tho decisive moment
to smash tho onomy, beyond his
ability to recover, with one
deadly stroke."
cuplcd Asia and monitored hero
by tho federal communications
commission, doclared:
"Our crack army and navy
force are not permitting these
Telephone Blit Y S'Y
3 Confer
ERNEST B. VACCARO
Big Three conference opened
of formulities and Indications
was under way
Premier Stalin earlier con
ferred -villi President Truman
at the little White House.
The genera iisslmo, attired as
a marshal of the soviet union,
was accompanied by Foreign
Commissar Vyachcslav Mololov.
They were guests at luncheon
of tho president nnd Secretary
of Stnto James F. Byrnes. The
party talked for an hour.
Tho atmosphere of secrecy
surrounding the delayed start of
the conference with Prime Min
ister Churchill was heightened
during tho murky, cloudy morn
ing by three mysterious explo
sions in the Russian zone of
Berlin.
There Two Day
The two soviet lcaaers. ar
rived In Potsdam two days ago,
it was disclosed. There was no
explanation, however, why the
opening oi me conicrencc naa
been delayed yestcraay.
The Russians appeared at Mr,
Truman's residence at 11:50
a. m. with their official Inter-
ureter. V. N. Pavlov, and were
greeted by the president's mili
tary and naval aides-nnd then
bv Mr. Truman and ins ccrc!
tary bf state in their offices on
llie-Mtvonu uoor,
Charles E.Uohlcn-of the stale
department was the American
Interpreter. Pavlov has accom
panied Stalin to all tho previous
Big Thrco meetings. The six
were together for an- hour be
fore going to lunch.
Man In Brown
Mr. Truman wore a brown
business suit und sat at the head
of the table. The generalissimo's
uniform was fawn-colored with
silved-edged stnrs on the cpaul-
lets. He sat on the president's
right.
Pavlov and Molotov sat to
Stalin's right in that order,
while Byrnes, Bohlcn and Ad
miral William D. Leahy. Mr.
Truman's personal chief of staff,
were at the president's left in
thnt order.
Mr. Truman hnd seen Prime
Minister Churchill Informally
yesterday ' when the British
leader called to pay his respects.
The luncheon was concluded
at 2:45 p. m. The menu included
creamed spinach, fried liver and
bacon, smothered with onions,
baked ham, Julienne potntocs,
string beans, pumpernickel
brend, jam, sliced fruit, cookies,
mints, candles ana- cigars.
It was the kind of easy-doing
meeting without frills, which
delights the democratic . Mis-
sourlnn making his debut In the
world's biggest political circle.
For Stnlln whose pleasures
also hnve been simple except
when tho Russian tradition of
gorgeous formalities requires
(Continued on Page Three)
New Marine CO.
Here Wednesday
Col. Merlin Schneider will ar
rive by auto In Klamath Falls
sometime Wednesday to assume
his duties as commanding offl
ccr at the Klamath Marino Bar
racks. Col. Schneider will come from
Camo Pendleton. Oceansldo,
Calif., where he hns been spend
ing n 30-dny rehabilitation leave
with Lt. Col. W. J. .Wise.
Schneider hns Just recently re
turned from overseas duty.
Col. George O. Van Ordon
present commanding officer at
the Barracks, win do officially
dotnehed from here on July 23
for oversens duty.
One Deadly
enemy activities without a coun
ter strategy.
'For that decisive moment of
battle, it is vitally necessary
that wo prescrvo our strength
and strike with lightning effect.
We must not move until the
time Is ripe, We must not play
Into the enemy's hands."
Domct's broadcast was made
just before the U. S. third fleet,
for the third time in four days,
stood off tho shores of Japan
and shelled Industrial targets.'
JULY 17, 194$
7fl'
m BLAZE
Servicemen Battle
Flames In Coast
Forests
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 17 W)
Ni.nnv lauu men were called to
iireltnes today to battle the third
gigantic blaze to nil iniamuun
county forests within tne last 12
yar:. '.. ........
wnue me nurwiwcsi vivnuu
fire licked out over 27,000 acres.
lire crews and bulldozers strug
gled to keep the blaze lrom
reaching green second-growth
timber, at some points oniy a
hull-mile away.
Some 250 soldiers were to
be flown from Geigcr field, Spo
kane, to Join 900 servicemen and
some 200 civilians already fight
ing the the rugged Wilson River
urea. .
Wind Spreads mate
Winds continued to whip burn
ing embers across the canyon
tho same land ravaged in 1033
and 1939 by devastating fires,
rnrpit officials believed they
could control the spot fires if
the main fire line is haiiea ai
trails bulldozod across the path
yesterday.
Tim fire started last Wednes
day on a logging operation. Sev
eral companies, which have been
salvaging timber from mo iiua
mook burn, arc wiped out.
Terrible Devastation
Governor Earl Sncll and State
Forester N. S. Rogers, accom-
K anicd by reporters, spent five
nun taurlns fire areas yester
day, nnd were amazed at the de
struction -of -ill- vegetntibn, in
cluding many millions oi nine
trees.
Soldiers and loggers had fire
trails built around it twice, out
fire-caused gales spread the fire
ahead of them. The payoff came
Sunday at 5 p. m.-when it spread
north of the Wilson River high
way Into mountains so rugged
crews can't get into them. This
new blaze burned the only bridge
across the river into a network
of logging roads north of the
river.
Volunteers
Fighting the Wilson river
blaze arc 410 sailors from As
toria; 200 loggers, and 500 army
combat engineers. The engi
neers, whom forestry officials
praised highly, have spent many
months overseas, and now are
awaiting discharges. They all
volunteered for their fire-fighting
Jobs.
Smoke on sections of the
Wilson River highway cut visi
bility to 20 feet, and blotted out
tho sun all day. Gales blow
down the canyons because of
drafts created by the fire. Ashes
are falling as far away as Salem.
Stumps, blazing like torches,
and rocks are falling on the
highway. The country looks like
freshly plowed ground which
has been scorched. Smoke pour,
cd off the top of one mountain
north of tho river, making it
look like a volcano.
Harold Derrah
Reported Missing
Mr. and Mrs. F. Derrah of
1343 Crescent, have received
word from the war department
that their son, Harold W. Der
rah, Y 1c, USNR, is presumed
missing with the reported loss of
the submarine Kctc.
Young Derrah has been on the
tvete since last
July 31 when it!
was commission
ed at Manlto-
wac, Wis. It was
the second sub
marine that he
hnd seen service
with, tho first
being tho USS
Grayling which
was announced
lost when ho
was home on a
ft3u-nay leave.
r3 Derrah w a s
employed bv the
Weyerhaeuser Timber company
and the Kalplne Plywood com
pany before , entering the navy
Ir. November, 1941. He has two
brothers also in the service, both
serving in the army In Europe.
Hotel Manager Pays
Three Damage Suits
PORTLAND, ' July 17 (P)
Payment by Dean L. - Ireland,
manager of the Multnomah hotel
here, of $3656.33 In a treble
damage claim for rent over
charges was nnnouncod today
by the district OPA.
The hotel also refunded
$114,50 directly to those ten
ants who could be located, the
OPA' said." I
ATT LLAMQOK
UNCONTROLLED
r
in.
Max. (July IS)
Precipitation last 24 hours
Stream year to data
Normal 12.03 Lait year 9.89
Forecast! Cloar Wednesday, little change.
Truman Arrives
T
f! fo JYx
r
President Harry S. Truman walk down the gangplank of the
USS Augusta, after it arrived at Antwerp, Belgium; followed by
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. Picture by Associated Press
Photographer B. I. Sanders. ((P) wirephoto via radio from London).
Riiqwayjpo
f Damages tw
A runaway car today careened
wildly down the grade on 2nd,
near Main, sending one man to
the hospital with a broken leg
and seriously damaging two oth
er automobiles.
F. E. Leaphart, 56, of Red
ding, Calif., owner of the run
away car, suffered : a badly
broken left leg and was taken
to the Klamath Valley hospital
by the Klamath merchant po
lice ambulance service.
Leaphart was parked on the
LESS STEAKS,SUGAR
WASHINGTON, July 17 UP)
Americans can expect food short
ages for many months to come.
So saying In a "frank report"
last night. Secretary of Agricul
ture Anderson added:
"We are likely to dine on
more simple fare, minus the
choice roasts, the thick Juicy
steaks, ond much of the sweeten
ing of pre-war yeors."
Anderson gave this picture in
a radio talk in which he snid
his first examination of the situa
tion since entering the cabinet
July 1 convinced him that little
if any improvement could be ob
tained before next year's pro
duction season.
He said the department will
seek .supplementary production
nnd supplies in other parts of
the world, particularly South
America.
Meats, food fats and vegetable
oils, sugar, -condensed and evap
orated milk, and canned fruits
and - vegetables .will continue
short, he said. In addition, rice
and dry bean supplies will gel
shorter. Except for wheat, pota
toes, and most fresh vegetables;
tho 1945 crops will not be ade
quate for all the demands.
About tho only bright spot was
said to bo the milk supply.
(i. S. Hunts Hitler
In Argentina
WASHINGTON, July 17 W)
A state department spokesman
said today that the U. S. em
bassy in Buenos Aires will In
vestigate reports that Adolf
Hitler nnd Eva Braun are in
Argentina.
In response to a question,
the spokesman said that the
embassy would look into the
story, sent by a Chicago Times
correspondent from Montevideo,
thnt the pair had reached a
solitary section of tho long Ar
gentine const by submarine and
nre living on a huge German
owned estate in Patagonia,
It was pointed out that Ar
gentina has given assurances to
the other allied governments
that it would refuse to harbor
any axis war criminals.
"riilti!;::i!!!i 'Iiiiil,
ews
(July 17)
. Vi Mill.
52
00
13.28
Number 105B8
At Antwerp
G
downgrade on 2nd street, with
the front wheels cramped. He
got out of the car to remove a
rock from under the front
wheel. The car got away, smash.
ed into the door of a parked car
owned Dy K. u. Masters of Port
land and ran over Leaphart who
apparently tried to stop it.
. The runaway automobile then
coasted down the grade in an
arc and headed down the grade
frontwards. It Jumped the bank
and the front came down on the
hood of a car owned by TV L.
Goodwin of Medford, which was
parked in the Shell Service sta
tion at 2nd and Main.
The Klamath merchant police
ambulance service was called
and rushed Leaphart . to the hos
pital tor medical treatment
Leaphart is employed by the
California state highway depart
ment and was an vine a station
wagon belonging to the depart
ment.
Reward Paid In
Heuvel Arrest
A reward of S250 for informa
tion leading to the arrest of Earl
Heuvel, former Klamath Falls
police chief, has been paid to
the Aurora police pension fund,
Aurora, 111., by Klamath county,
Heuvel was wanted in Klamath
county on four felony charges,
Heuvel was arrested in Ken-
sett, Ark., by federal authorities
upon information of his where
abouts furnished by the Aurora
police department. He is now
being held in the Klamath coun
ty jail on morals charges in lieu
of $21,000 cash bail.
- ' ... :
Luzon Natives Slaughtered
By Japs In Fanatic Attack
. By JAMES HUTCHESON
INFANTA, Luzon, July 17 (P)
Filipinos in this isolated east
Luzon coastal town told today of
a Japanese massacre of 2000
natives in wholesale slaughter
and looting that rivaled their
infamy in Manila.
They raided scattered outlying
districts, stabbing and slashing
Filipinos in their beds, declared
Lt. Col. Jaime Manzano. Most
of those who sought desperately
to escape were shot down as they
fled.
Bodies of men, women and
children were strewn about huts
and the streets of the settlements
two months ago.
Mayor Fausino P. Juntcreal
told tho correspondent that the
Japanese massacred the natives
after finding American canned
goods and learning of guerrillas
in the villages.
Juntcreal said the death toll
might have been even higher
thon the estimated 2000 but that
was the best figure available.
Infanta is 50 miles east of
Yank Targets J
80 Miles From '
Nips' Capital
By HAMILTON FARON 1 V ''i
GUAM, July 17 (P) A daring American naval taik foi
teamed to within 80 mile of Tokyo tonight (Japan time) anal
bombarded industrial target around Hitachi on the heel oi an
eight-hour raid by 1500 planes from American and BrltUb)
carrier planet in the area of the Japanese capital.
Adm. Chester W. Nlmltx announced the bombardment whll
it wa still underway only a few hour after he reported carries
plane had knocked out 374 Nipponese vessel and 129 locoma
tive in their weekend iweep over northern Japan. Ji
The new battlehip Iowa with her biasing 16-inch gun le4
the bombardment group in the cloest approach of any U. 8,
CHINESE TAKE
PUPPETS FALL
High Command Tells
Of Indo-China
bcore
By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING, July 17 JP)
Chinese forces have occupied
iwoncay, in the northeastern
most corner of French - Indo
China, the Chinese high com
mand announced today.
Mohcay is on the Chinese-Indo-China
border near the Gulf
of Tonking coast, 135 miles
northeast of Hanoi, capital of
Indo-China, and 90 miles soutn
west of Yunging (Manning) in
China.
The high command said that
Chinese forces occupied the
town after a mutiny of puppet
troops directly across the border
in the Kwangtung- province
town of Tung Hing July 7. The
puppet units surrendered to Chi
nese national forces -. with all
their arms, the announcement
said.
. The Japanese, at Tung Hing
were forced to retreat across the
border. Chinese forces pursued
them into Indo-China and occu
pied Moncay the same night, the
high command said.
Meanwhile, some 500 miles to
the northeast, Chinese van
guards have infiltrated into the
outskirts of Kweilin, former
American air base city 90 miles
northeast of recently recaptured
Liuchow, the Chinese an
nounced. Other troops pushing up the
Hunan-Kwangsi railroad from
Liuchow have advanced to with
in 404 miles of Kweilin, triple
airfield base abandoned last Oi
tober by th U. S. 14th air force.
(Continued on Page Three)
17-DAY STRIKE
By The Associated Press
New York's 17-day long strike
of 1700 newspaper dellverymen,
involving 14 major dailies, end
ed today.
The newspaper strike was set
tled, a union spokesman said, on
the promise of the daily news
paper commission of the war la
bor board that an immediate
hearing would be held to con
sider the strike issues if the
men returned to their jobs. The
men voted to do so. The strike
forced thousands of readers to
lineup at newspaper offices to
buy papers over the counter.
The strike began when union
and publisher representatives
were unable to agree on a new
contract to replace the one that
expired June 30. Principal issue
was a demand by the union that
publishers establish a welfare
fund for members of the union.
Manila, across the Sierra Madre
mountains, and is reachable only
by plane or by water. The
wrecked town's main street has
been converted into a landing
strip for cub planes.
"About 300 Japs entered sur
rounding communities at night
and slipped into the houses,"
said the mayor. "I saw hundreds
of bodies later and many houses
were wantonly burned.
"The worst was at Alitas com
munity, of 500 persons, only a
few managed to escape through
the swamps."
The Filipinos made Luzon's
largest scale , evacuation by
water to escape additional Jap
anese vengeance. Colonel Man
zano said 7000 civilians were re
moved from the Infanta vicinity
to the Pollllo Islands off the east
coast.'
Facilities were scant. Five
launches furnished the motive
power. For 16 nights they
f lulled strings of native boats
oaded with evacuees.,
INCAY WHEN
naval tnik force to the Japaneia
capital.
Broadcasting from an Arner
ican battleship only six miles
off the east Honshu coast, Joa
Halnline, NBC correspondent,
said the warships were pouring
shells ashore at the rate of 50,.
000 pounds a minute. "If the
fires which can be seen on shore
are any indication, the. Amer.
ican third fleet is doing its Job
well," said Hainline. He added
"So far there has been no rb
taliatory gesture from the ene.
my."
Iowa at Work '
A curtain of steel from tha
Iowa and supporting cruisers,
and destroyers hammered at Hi
tachi's vital copper smelter and
aircraft plants, previous target
of Marianas-based Superforta
which sent nearly 500 planes
lashing at four other Nipponese
cities today.
It was the third naval bom
bardment of Japan's vulnerable
coastal industries within four
days. The Iowa presumably led
the bombardment ships in close
to shore for the night attack
against the industrial plants
which lie about a mile off the
coast. . v;
In a week, Admiral William
F. (Bull) Halsey's third fleet has
ranged from Tokyo to the norths
ern end of Japan . and. back
again, smashing with bombs and
shells vitally important steel,
munitions, and oil plants, ship
ping and rail transportation and
airdromes.
Japan has taken it all hcrp
lessly without offering mora
than token resistance. . f..
Combined Operation
Today's unprecedented assault ,
on" the Tokyo area was' part oi
a pre-invasion attack 'involving
2000 or more allied planes rang,
ing from stubby little fighter
to giant Superforts.
It was the first combined
American-British operation
against the "Japanese homeland
and the fourth carrier strike in
eight days, including the Saturday-Sunday
attack on northern
Japan in coordination with na
val bombardments which, crip
pled the steel mill cities' of
Muroran and Kamaishi. -
The week-end air-sea bonv
bardment was the most damage
ing blow the fleet has dealt the
Japanese homeland. . , ;. .
Vice Adm. John S. McCain's
carrier planes caught hundreds
of ships and surface craft scu.pi
rying out of harbors like ants,
But 374 didn't get away.
As a result reliable estimate
placed Nippon's remaining usa
ble shipping at less than 2,000,.
000 tons. The enemy's always
inadequate rail transport was
dealt an equally heavy blow. . .
OF FOREST FIRES
Although the Klamath area
has been covered by a smoky
haze for the past several days,
no serious forest or brush fires
have been reported in the basin
area, according to ranger sta
tions and forest offices. . u
The smoke is believed to be
drifting in from the mammoth
Wilson river fire in the Tilla
mook area. ;
In the Klamath national fop
est in California over 100 small
fires during the recent lightning
storms covered approximately
500 acres but all are under coil,
trol and none ar.e reported ai
serious.
The small fire on the Klarm
ath Indian reservation neat
Beatty was out today, and Klurw
ath Forest Protective assocj
atlon reported no new 'blazes, j
1 i
One Casualty In
Kid 'Gang War' c;
As the result of "gang wars''
among youngsters In Mills ad
dition, Jerry Brandsncss, 4-year,
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Brandsncss, 928 Martin, tf
ceived a painful gash behind hit
ear early this alternoon.
The youngster had Just stctf
ped out of his house when I
three-pound rock hurled by a 12.
year-old girl hit him In the back
of the head, according to a ptf
lice report. The rock opened I
three cornered gash dlrcctl) .
behind his oar.
The Klamath: merchant' policj
ambulance wus called and rust
ed the boy to the office of a lo
cal physician for treatment. Thi
condition of the boy was nnj
thought to be serious, althougl
the wound was painful.