Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, July 26, 1945, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextSECOND SECTION PAGES ONE TO FOUH Thursday July 28, 1943 HERALD AND NEWS ONB LeoDis Open New Store On Fnd wmmrn nniiiiumv . iiiiiiiiniaivi U I I I i-UII II I I ft I LIGHTED 1J WINSPRAISE p JLML ..'IS "I By NADINE PALMERTON "Li'iiim Exclusively Yours nun (if tho most modem mid luxurious store to 1)0 round unvwhero. will hlivu Urn filllMll lug touches mldcd In tlinu for (Mr grand opening on iTicuiy. Pmil Kltecn In local manager nf llio store, formerly known in Foulgcrs, Modern dcslimlnu and luxur Inns furnishings go to make this KllllT COIlipill'llllle to till! SlOICS li the lamest cities In tin; country, mid tin) color schemes of soft nnslcls lend mii iillriictlvo buck ground for tho displays of shoes mid women s aiiiu'l. Illiinil vera prima mahogany woodwork Is used throughout the Interior of the store which Includes the main display room offices, n inc.iinnliie, and lorgc modern f It nil rooma. Over 11)0 tube-type fluorescent lights in u used in fixtures flush with the celling to make tho in side as bright as daylight. Fluor escent lighting Is also used in tho large pastel shaded fllllni! rooms. Cameling Is of a special air plane type mid Is a fuschln shudu on the me.aunliie ami a green no tho floors of the main (lis play room and th offices. Walls and display niches are featured In pastel shadi-s of hlue, peach, pink, and green. ItallliiKs to the iner.niinlne (eaturo special glass Insets. Tho front of the building Is covered with square sheets of black itlass and this forms a backiiround for thn lurgo neon sIeii announcing the name of the store. Two specially mndo all-Klass doors are featured at the civ trance. Tho dlsolay windows arc spa rlous and will feature articles from the store nKiim.it a slrlk i r i k bockground of pastel colors lashed by black and unlet bands All shoes will bo kept in a concealed space rather than hav lm' the boxes in tho main dis play room and this will make a more modern streamlined ap pearance. Leons Exclusively Yours Is one of a chain of six stores In thu Pacific northwest. . Larry Ilnlch, C. I. Foulgvr and Paul Skren havt formed n company known as Leons Oregon Llm ited and since these three men Jiavo operated tho old Foulgcrs store here, there has been no change In tho ownership of the hop. Kindlier operated a shoe store In Klamath Kails 12 years ago and from this start, tho new modern women's opparcl shop has grown The store, located at 525 Main, will open its doors to the public on Friday morning. Port Authorities To Survey Coast Sites PORTLAND, Ore., July 20 W) A survey of coast sites appropri ate for postwar moorage uf sur plus government ships will be started at once by the Pacific Const Association of Port Auth orities, President T. II. Banfleld said Wednesday. Capt. I. L. Liud has arrived here to Inspect Lake Vancouver and Columbia river .sites for lay ing up of .small nnval craft, Ban field said. Miller Freeman, Seattle pub lisher, proposed the survey to sound out public opinion and to ascertain anchorages and repair acilltlcs, Bnnfiold reported. Heads U. S. 2d Army HORIZONTAL 88 Heart 1 Pictured com- 59 Descent mandcr of U. IS. 2nd Army, I U.-Gon. f Lloyd R. t I 9 Boat paddle 10 Negative II Golt devlcf 12 Waste allowance 14 Portico VERTICAL 1 Encmici 2 Rodent 3 Symbol for erbium .4 Grafted (htr.) 5 Midday 6 Near 7 Ho U. S. farces at Oran 8 Escape through a 18 Valley IB Belongs to ercvlco 20 Oifensiv. odor " V? 22 Parrot 23 Editor (ab.) 24 Parent 25 Rough lava 27 Liko 28 Substance 30 Look fixedly 14 Street (ab.) 31 15 Symbol for actinium 34 17 He succeeded 35 lT"p 1 S t 7 8 nr mt nr r wl ar ii f ir r jt Vttift 33 a ?p gr h3 irtjrrMi Ha-M ir h i n 1 1 1 1 y 32 Be indisposed 33 2000 pounds 34 Woody herb 38 Issues 30 Laughter ound 40 Symbol for selenium 41 Nova Scotia (ab.) 42 Hawaiian bird 43 Art (Latin) 45 Sleeping visions 50 Mongrel 51 Split asunder 53 Girl's name . 54 Ripped 85 Assist TV' 57 Electrical Unit Haras a nlnht vlow of tha Impranlvo front of tha new store, "Loom, Exclusively Yours,' on Main betwoon Fifth and Sixth, to bo opened on Friday. OUR MEN AND WOMEK IN SERVICE fek. CONVALESCING Word has been received from Cpl. Robert V. Houston that lie U a convalescent . ot a marine rest camp .after a knee operation performed at n U. S. nuval hos pital in the cen tral Pacific. Ho writes, "We get up when we feel like it. swim, fish, piny bas ketball, base ball, volley ball, tennis, pool, pin pong, etc. It really is a beautiful camp. But the fishing here Isn't anything compared to Oregon. In fact I liuve talked so much about the fishing and hunting at hump mul they call me the Oregon cham ber of commerce." Bob is the son of Mrs. Beryl Houston and is wclknown here where he attended high school. TO RETURN 15TH AAF IN ITALY After a long service in Italy with the lath air force. Sgt. Marvin w. Ehufoit or UI7 N. (lib, Klamath Falls, will soon return to the U. S. with the veteran 450 bomb group. Sgt. Shufclt will report to the reception station at Camp Ueale, Calif., for processing after which he will be given a furlough be fore reassignment. Sinco coming overseas, he has been assigned to the. 45(ith bom bardment group commanded by Co. Thomas W. Steed, of Etowah, Tenn., a B-24 Liberator bomber group which has participated In numerous bombings of German heldlaruets throughout southern Europe and the Balkans. JOINS 21ST WITH THE 24T1I 1NFAN TRY (VICTORY) DIVISION ON MINDANAO PFC Charles L. Hcaton, son of Mr. and Mrs Charles Wesley Heaton. box 10B2, Merrill, has oiined the vet crnn 21st infantry regiment of tins famed "Victory" division. Auirff Trrvlons Paul Lt.-Gcn. Ben 37 Motor trip ' 3B Painful 18 Facility 20 Rushed out 21 Hurries 24 Buckets 44 Jagged part , 4fl Music note 47 European river 48 Handlo . 28 Particles 49 Mother 29 l?n 50 Maize 52 Expire 64 Also Blackbird of cuckoo family 56 Debit n8t Scorch Rabbit . (ab.) 58 101 (Roman) New Store's Impressive jj ...... v,- r rW V- UP W 1 fej He has been assigned as a rifleman. In the 21st, Heaton Is sur rounded by combat-wise troops of the Pacific's crack regiments. As part nf the hard-hitting 24th division it went through the De cember 7 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor; has since taken revenge of the Japanese on Hollandia, where it spearheaded the divi sion's iiU;-;k. and on Lcytc, where it fought and won the bitter battle uf Breakneck ridge. The regiment is a regular army unit and rich in tradition. It was organized during the Civil War and has vanquished enemies of America for almost a century. SONS IN EUROPE PIONEER Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kerns of , this community have received letters from their two sons who arc in Europe. Tech. Sgt. James Kerns, sta tioned at Marring, Austria, is in the 42nd Rainbow division. PFC Robert 'Ben" Kerns is stationed near the Wurm Sec and is in the military police guarding civilian prisoners. They arc both in Pat ton's 3rd army and about 100 miles apart. Jim recently spent a weekend with Ben. ARRIVES IN MIAMI MIAMI, Fla. Among the Oregon men arriving recently at the ATC's Miami air field wis PFC Ival C. Knox, 28, who has served 30 months in the Euro pean theater of war. He has been with a tank destroyer bat talion and has received the Pur ple Heart and the Bronze Star medal, ELLIS REPORTS SANTA BARBARA, Calif. T5 Dnn R. Ellis, 5608 Shasta way, Klamath Falls, Ore., has reported to the army ground and .service lorccs redistribution sta tion hero for assignment to new duties bused on skills and ex perience gained during 10 months' dtltv in HnplnnH n,l r i ante. MAKES RECORD ABOARD THE USS JOHN LAND IN THE PACIFIC Hester Cnrnes, wntcrtender 3c of Bonanza, Ore., has helped this nayy transport pile up an envi able record during her first year In mm Pnc.ilic. carrying nearly 10,000 marines and soldiers in to action In invasions from Sai pan to Iwo Jima. SERVE ON SHANGRI-LA ABOARD THE iisq on am GRI-LA IN THE PAripin Three Klamolh Falls, Ore., sail ors, uhar es F HriUi ,i. inist's mnto. fli-oi i.mn Pleasant, Robert MonroeSmith, firemen, second eliius 9. inn vi., mid Gilbert Wallenbiirn, sea' man, first class. 300 Rr-nnri,., .servo aboard this great aircraft earner which todav is a very real source of danger to the Japs and not just the mythical base i".r..iiu ..eu wiroo years ago when the DnnliMIn i.;. Tokyo. Planes ft-nm 4l,n Cl,n. .-,..! T - helped defeat the .Inn. in cent Okinawa campaign, raining bombs, rockets and bullets on enemy pillboxes, caves, airfields and communications centers, in support of ground troops. POSTHUMOUS AWARD Winston Clark KVteh,,.,, Hmil,r, cli'?f machinist's 'mate! ISIS!! ft') 1 J ,"Vii Hi "" H' inilMieil UCBCI, SOU Of Willllim Castle Keleh,,, una Summer!) Iiute, Klamath Falls, is oeeri awarded tho Air Medal. ms cuauon roilows: "For morltoHmie nnMnnmn..i. in aerial flinhl no nlimn ii.. of a navy PB4Y-1 bombing plane attached to a patrol bombing squadron during anti-submarine patrol In tho Bay of Blscav area from October 20, 1943 to March 31, 1044. "Particlpalinir In manv senrrh operations under constant threat of Gorman aerial attack and In i r-A Front the face of treacherous weather conditions. Ketchum performed his essential duties with out standing ability and zeal during day and night missions in de fense of our vital supply line to European theaters ot war. By his technical skill and resource ful Initiative he contributed ma terially to the effective team work which was an important factor in reducing the German U-boa menace in these waters. "His unswerving devotion to duly throughout a period of in tense operations was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States naval service." PACIFIC BOUND WITH THE 13TH ARMORED DIVISION IN THE ASSEMBLY AREA COMMAND En route to the United States from the Eu ropean continent, PFC Rawland E. Mueller. 4G91 Cannon. Klam ath Falls, is now being processed at Camp Atlanta, in northeast ern France, as a member of the first ETO armored division to be ordered to the Pacific. PFC Mueller is a member of Co. "C" B7th armored infantry, and served with the 13lh armor ed division in the battle of the Ruhr Pocket and in the drive through Bavaria into Austria. Ho holds the" combat Infantry man badge and two battle stars. PFC Mueller is the son of Mrs. E. G. Patrick, 4191 Cannon, Klamath Falls. He will be given a furlough before the division begins its training for action in the Pacific. EIGHT JAPS LESS WITH THE 24TH INFANTRY (VICTORY) DIVISION ON MIN DANAO Eight Japs picked the hard way out when they attacked i a whole company taking a rest break along a jungle trail. PFC. Ralph L. Walters, of Klamath Falls, had just sat down and was strctchin his legs when a rifle cracked and a buddy yelled for support as he dived head first into a shell hole. A young battle was staged on the spot with eight enemy dead and three Yanks wounded. Unhurt himself, Walters killed one of the Japs with his carbine. Husband of Mrs. Oleatha Walt ers of 1650 Manzanita, Klamath Falls, he has been overseas 14 months and has seen action on New Guinea, Biak, Leyte, Luzon, Bataan, Corrcgidor and now on Mindanao. His mother. Mrs. Cora Haaen. lives at 300 East Main, Klamath Falls. CITED FOR HEROISM WITH THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION ON OKINAWA Cpl. Raymond E. Van Wormer, Fort Klamath, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal for meritor ious service during the battle for this strategic home island of Japan. Member of the 7th division quartermaster company, Cpl. Van Wormer was cited for heroic action after an enemy bomb had ignited an ammunition dump. He drove a bulldozer in- fiVB Telephnlo) This portrait of Eva Braun, reported to liavo been Hitler's mistress, was found In bedroom of her slstcr'a homo In Munich, Germany, nlong sldo a portrait of Hitler. USDA OFFICE GIVES IT As of July 21, the bulk of the eastern and central Oregon lambs were held on contract at $12.50 to $13.00 per hundred weight, with some at $13.25, ac cording to the western sheep and lamb report of the USDA office of marketing service. A few lambs In the Willamette valley were being purchased di rect for local killing plants or at loading points at around $12.00 to $12.50. There has been some contract ing of lambs In all of the west ern states. The mountain ranges are generally In good condition but the weather had been hot and dry for two weeks and the feed at lower altitudes is very dry. In western Idaho, several bands of mixed whltefacc and blackface lambs were contract ed around mid-July at $13.25 to $13.50 with some straight weth er lambs at $12.75. Several lots of yearling ewes were contract ed for fall delivery at $14.00 to $15.00 per head. Several strings of western Ne vada lambs, mostly on Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, brought $15.00 to $14.00 per hundredweight. In central and southeastern Nevada the bulk of the lambs are held on contract, mostly at $12.50 to $13.00 with a few to $13.25 per hundred weight. to the exploding mass, covering it with dirt and reducing the danger to the men of his com pany. He is a veteran of campaigns on Attu, Kwajalcin and Leyte, and has been in the service 54 months, 27 of which he has spent overseas. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wimcr. reside at Fort Klam ath. A brother, James, and a step-brother, Norman, arc serv ing in the navy. Cpl. Van Wormer attended Chiloquin high school and was engaged in construction work and ranching before entering the army. Commercial Maintenance Co. K Paul Skeen KILLS JAPS WITH THE 24TH INFANTRY (VICTORY) DIVISION ON MIN DANAO PFC. Orval K. Mus grove, of Klamath Falls, led a squad which assaulted and cap tured Sacred Hill near Davao and killed a stubborn crew of Japs manning an ack-ack gun. The squad assaulted the hill in the wake of an artillery b?--rage. They stormed the summit of the hill before the Japs could re-occupy it. But dual 20 milli meter ack-ack guns were deep in emplacements all around the base of the hill. Tha squad leader led his squad down to blow one which had raked his squad in the advance. While the Japs fired at other troops assaulting the hill, Mus grove's squad stood on top of the pillbox, but couldn't find any openings through which to hurl grenades. Every time a Jap stuck his head out, one of the men would shoot him. Then they brought up a flame thrower. It failed to burn the Japs out. An intelligence of ficer approached with an in terpreter and tried to get the Japs to surrender. They chose to die instead. Thoroughly disgusted by now, the Americans fused a huge Best hi AT PAUL and to the whole LEONS from the designers of, the finer lighting system k Leons' Executives r ' :.:-.,.......,..-..:... . , C. F. Foulger chunk of TNT. A few seconds later the surviving Japs disin tegrated into the air together with their pillbox. Musgrove, fighting with the Victory division's battle-hardened 19th infantry regiment, is the husband of Mrs. Fern M. Musgrove, 3405 Anderson, Klam ath Falls. . . RECIEVES MEDAL WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, Italy Corporal Karl R. Strauss, 37, of Klamath Falls, recently was awarded the Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in combat on the fifth army front in the Italian campaign. He serves with special troops of the 10th mountain division. The citation stated in part: "As an officers' orderly, Strauss performed all duties with courtesy and promptness and at all times made himself indis pensable with his willingness and efficiceny. "He labored long hours under adverse conditions for many suc cessive days, maintaining the highest standards of service with utter disregard for his own com bat or convenience. "For his meritorious services. Wish es to SKEEN organization of Larry Ualcl- he Is entitled to high praise and commendation," the citation stated. . u DISEASES REPORTED PORTLAND, July 26 (P) -1 Delayed venereal disease report raised totals on last week's stutv board of health report to 57 per. cent of all communicable dis eases. - The report lists 324 cases, 43 per cent over the same week last year. . Dysentery, influenza, diph theria, tuberculosis and mumps increased while infant and mar ternal deaths continued to drop. American battleships are named after states; heavy and light cruisers after large cities; aircraft carriers after historical naval vessels or battles; and d stroyers after officers and en listed men of the navy and ma rine corps. j An infra-red bulb differs from your regular light bulb in that It contains a special filament de signed to deliver heat rather than light. Two Inner tubes contain enough rubber to make threa heavy army gas masks.