HOSPITAL PLAN
FOR
VETERANS
MADE PUBLIC
WASHINGTON, Aim. 21 (I')
Plans tor u SHOtl.OOO.OOO hnspl.
till eiiiiHtnii.'iuiii program u
muni nil uiiUclpaU'd veterans'
rmilllrumuuU wvru Hindu publlu
tuciuy by thu veleriins ihIiiiiiiih
Iriilluii. Thu two-year pioKt inn Ih now
ht'toro Uiu federal himi'd (if hos
pitalization fur approval, II
ciiIIh (or building 40 new hospl.
tn In uiul (ur mlullions to inuiiy
exuding Institutions will) un
overall toliil bed ciijiiclty ol
IIDO.OUll lit tint nd (if the 1 1)47
fiscal year. Tills new program
will mid ii)ruxiiiiiiti'ly 211,000
beds tu Urn present capacity,
BUCK tentatively selected for
thu hospital projects, with lliu
bod capacity of each Include:
now hosplliils, to be constructed
during tile I UIU flncul year: gen.
oral medical mid surgical
southern Oivkoii or. norllicrn
(Jll Iforillll. 12!).
Addition to hospitals, tn bo
bulll (luring till) 1IMU fiscal
yeiir: iicuropsycliliitrlc Hose
Lurg, Ore., 104.
Ni'W hospitals t be construct-
cd during thu 1047 fiscal your:
K'-ncTiil medical S p o k n n c,
Wash., aso.
Addition to hospitals tn bo
built during the 11147 fiscal
your: ncuroiuychliitrlc Amorl
ciin Lake, Wash., 164.
Northwest Wheat
Production Drops
SPOKANE, Aug. 21 UVt
Whciil production In the Pacific
north wi-at bun litllcn thin yenr
to 13.000,000 bushels under the
1U44 harvest but farmers expect
a crop 311.000,000 bushels great
er thuii the 1U34-43 average,
district directors of the farm
credit administration office here
were told.
Dr. Orlu 13. Maughim, director
,of research for the Spokane FCA
said the total wheat crop In the
area, Including Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana wan
expected to be 178.U00.0u0 bush
rln. Production by Mates will be
Washington 60.030,000 bushels,
Idnho 31,800,000, Oregon 21..
300,000 and Montana 98,400,000.
Police Hold Man
When Firearms Found
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21 UP)
Elmer Spencer, 30, was held to
day on $3300 ball on charges of
stealing government properly
after pollco reported uncovering
a small arsenal of firearms In
his rooms.
A navy storekeeper was held
for naval authorities in connec
tion with llio theft from a navy
warehouse here.
Police reported finding two
pistols, a rifle, throe shotguns
and two Thompson sub-machine
funs In Spencer's homo Just be
fore he started to leave town.
LUZON, P. I. Major Goorgo
W. mills, whose wife and chil
dren, Sylviu and William, livo
at 810 Eldorado, Klamath Fulls,
has arrived In the Philippines to
serve with Major General Fred
erick Gllbreath's army service
command. A graduate of the
University of Oregon, Major llil
lls is the owner of tho Oregon
F.quiptncnt company, Klamath
Falls.
Prior to entering the army In
February, 1041, he was active as
a Rotarlan, a member of Klam
ath Sheriff's Posse in id past po
tcntal llllla Temple Shrine. MaJ.
Hlllls, a rcscrvo officer with tho
quartermaster corps since 1028,
served 18 months In Camp Lee,
Va. Ho began overseas duty in
October, 1042.
First Lt. Joe Hlllls, brother of
the major, is u B-24 pilot with
the army air corps In Italy.
OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN SERVICE
Belated Award
... . . ,
- . :
E. M. Prouty, World War I voteran, received the Purple Heart
for wounds received 27 years ago.
KF
WORLD WAR I ACTION
E. M. "Pete" Prouty, 126 S.
Carroll, received the Purple
Heart award last week 27
years after ho was wounded in
combat overseas.
Prouty, who came from Den
ver, Colo., to Klamath Kalis with
Ills parents in 1013, enlisted here
when 16 years old and served In
Franco for 18 months as a pri
vate first class.
He was wounded In the foot
In the battle of the Argonno For
est, World Wur 1. Twenty-seven
years iBter he received the Pur
plo Heart.
After tile war tie entered tho
theatre business In Klamath
Fulls, and hus continued In this
line for 25 years. For the past
12 years he has worked as pro
jection operator at the Pulican
theatre.
PROMOTED
Robert Butts Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Butts Sr., of
Portland, formerly of Klamath
Falls, was recently promoted to
staff sergeant. Ho has flown 30
missions and has been awarded
the Air Medal with two Oak
Leaf clusters. He also has five
major battle stars.
SSgt. Units has Just returned
to active duty in the Pacific aft
er a rest leave In Manila. He
now has 80 discharge points.
His wife, tho former Hazel
Glllctto, and daughter,- Diana,
aro now living In Portland.
HOSPITALIZED,
MADIGEN HOSPITAL CENT
ER, Fort Lewis, Wash. Includ
ed among Oregon men recently
returned from overseas service
in both the European and Asiatic
Pacific theaters of war, PFC
James L. Sexton, 1814 Johnson,
Klamath Falls, has been ad
mitted as a patient at the Mdd
lgan hospital center,
TO BE REDEPLOYED
Among men in Europe waiting
for redeployment to the United
States are a number of Oregon
men. '
Included are Pvt. Leonard T.
Wallhcrs, 3055 Altamont, SSgt.
George C. May, 223 N. 6th, and
PFC Harold L. Robertson. 535
Lincoln, all of Klamath Falls.
COMPANY CLERK
PFC Joseph C. Voight, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J..C. Volghl, 1030
13 o r d c n, is now stationed In
Lohr, Germany.
company
n1 a
as u
clerk,
PFC Voight
enlisted In the
army from Eu
gene while he
was a student
at the Univer
sity of Oregon.
He was study
ing a r c h 1 1 c c
ture. Upon en
tering tho army he first took
training at Fort Lewis, Camp
Walters, Tex., Camp Mussey,
Tex., and then he was sent to
New York. He left for overseas
from Boston In September, 1044
He has seen action in Europe
with tho 303rd infantry and in
June he received the P u r p 1 o
Heart.
PROMOTED
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE
FIGHTER STATION, Englund
Promotion of Holgcr F. Nelson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Claus Nel
son. Route 1. Klamath Falls,
from sergeant to staff sergeant
has been announced by Brig
Gen. Jesse Anton, commanding
general of the 65th fighter wing.
SSgt. Nelson is in the secur
ity section of the wing. He cn
lered the ormy in January, 1942,
and came overseas more than
two years ago to serve with the
8th air force.
SERVES ON CARRIER
ABOARD THE USS RUD
YERD BAY Dovld King Bry.
ant. seaman, 1c USNR. 422 N
4th. Klamath Falls, and Carl
Douglas Young, seaman, 1c, of
route 2, LaKeview. served
aboard this escort carrier as she
topped off three major Pacific
operations with her campaign at
Okinawa. The "Rugged Rudy,
as she is cajled by her crew,
no i pro smosn jap snore insiaua
tlons at Okinawa and her squad
ron pilots shot down six enemy
planes.
RETURNS HOME
PFC Thomas H. Patterson
formerly of Klamath Falls, has
returned to his home after 36
months In active servlco over
seas. Ho was In the 401st engi
neers combat battalion. He en
listed in the army in 1940. His
parents, former residents of
Klamath Falls, now livo tn Port
land.
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if you servo ,
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LEND LEASE
OPERATIONS
WASHINGTON, Aug, 21 M'j
Termination of lend-lease opera.
tlons was announced officially
at tho White House today.
Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross said letters have gone out
from the foreign economic ad
ministration to most of the gov
ernments that participated in the
program. J he formal notices
were transmitted through the
various missions hero. Ross said
discontinuance of the program
Is effective as ol the time of
receipt of the notification by
th- missions.
The White House statement
mild President Trurnan ordered
that all outstanding lend-lease
contracts be cancelled "except
whero allied governments are
willing to aiiree to take thorn
over or where it Is In tho interest
of the United Slates to complete
them.
Thu statement estimated un
completed contracts for non
munitions and finished goods in
this country not yet transferred
to lend-lease beneficiaries total
about $2,000,000,000. Another
SI, 000, 000, 000 to S1.500,0IJ0.UU0
is tied up in lend-lease supplies
In stockpiles abroad.
RESIGN FROM OPA
PORTLAND. Aug. 21 (Hi
Two of Portland dLstrict OPA
executives hove resigned to re
turn to privote business. George
I. Curry will return to the Elec
trical Distribution company, and
Ed H. Shea returns to the Royal
Spring Canyon Standard Utah
Mines sales oflices ncrc.
COMMENDED
ABOARD THE USS SAN DI
EGO IN THE PACIFIC Harold
O. Lacy, 20, Flc, USNR, 320
Michigan. Klamath Falls, and
the other members of the engi
neering deportment of this ship
hove been commended by their
commanding officer lor effi
cicney and devotion to duly.
The commendation was made
for participation in emergency
repairs at sea. The engineering
personnel worked around the
clock in temperatures as high as
135 degrees to make repairs en
abling the ship to enter opera
tions in enemy waters.
Nisei Troops died For.
Bravery In European War
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 IP) A
plea to the American people to
"keep faith" with loyal Japanese-American
soldiers who
fought on the battlefields of
Italy and France has been
voiced by Capt. Thomas E.
Crowley, commander of a com
pany of Nisei soldiers which be
came one of the most decorated
units in the history of the Unit
ed States army.
Habit Of Heroism
"Their heroism became a
habit," said Captain Crowley of
the men of his 442nd battalion,
"but they arc quite disheartened
because their families arc some
times not received well at
home."
"They thought they were
fightit'g for the principles of
equality and Justice at home as
wcil as abroad," he said. "I did
not sec- any difference- in the
co'or of the blood of those Jap-aiiLsc-Amcrican
soldiers and the
other soldiers as it flowed and
mixed on the battlefields. And
the blood flowed, too, because
out of a combat team of 5000,
there were 3000 casualties.
"Their hardest fight of the
entire war," he continued,
"came In France. They rescued
Die lost Texas battalion in the
Vosges mountains. The 141st in
fantry was completely cut off
and surrounded, and the Nisei
men were assigned to get them
out.
"They did get them out. They
fought magnificently. And
when the figures were added up,
there were three casualties
among these Japanese-American
boys for every soldier rescued.
"I want everyone to know
that the Japanese-Americans
formed the finest combat unit
in tho army," he declared, "I
hope the American people will
keep faith with them."
Tuesday, Aug, 21, 194S
HERALD AND NEWS SEVEN
Egg Demand Falls
As Meat Increases
CHICAGO, Aug. 21 IP) Egg
futures broke from 1.55 to 1.65
cents on tho mercantile ex
change today, influenced by In
ternational developments, . the
government cold storage report,
and suspension of army set-aside
orders for them.
Suspension of the army meat
set-aside orders indicated greater
supplies for domestic and foreign
use, trade sources said. If meat
suppllos Increase, demand fot
eggs will fall considerably, trad
crs believe. ' j
PAINTING CEILING
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 21 P)
OPA today clnmped celling
prices on hourly charges for
painting, papering and plumb
ing in Portland and Vancouver,
Wash., and outside areas. Por
hour painting and papcrhanglng
ceilings for outside points will
ne $z.zo; p i u m n g, 92. no
n
Plumbers' " nelocrji mnv ehnrue
$2 per hour.
AUTO REGISTRATION
SALEM, Aug. 21 OP) There
were 408,406 motor vehicles
registered in Oregon on August
1, a gain of 3400 over the regis
tration of a year ago, Secretary
of State Robert S. Farrcll Jr.,
said today. Registration fees
this year up to August 1 totaled
$3,454,443, compared with $3.
345,292 in the similar period of
last year.
3-Day Service
All Clock Repair
F. ROBERT SIMONSEN
Watchmaker
and
Jeweler
710 Main
Phone 5623
o
Ralph R. Macartney Jr.
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Portland, Oregon
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listed stocks and bonds, our office will
open at 7:00 a. m. and close at 5:00 p. m.
We will be closed on Saturdays until the
second Saturday in September in accord
ance with the New York Stock Exchange
ruling.
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