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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1945)
f TEN HERALD AND HEWS SPRINGFIELD T STILL PENDING WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 W) A war production board spokes man said today no Anal decis on has been made on whether the n nun nnn Wlllnmnltft ValleV Wood Chemical company plant tit Springfield, ure., win oe com pleted. "Not Necessary" , ine wro uwiu. , j ... . however, has recommended that .k. nmwi nn longer be consid ered as necessary. The matter is before the wro consirucuun re quirement committee for consid eration. , , , , It is a commercial alcohol project originally backed by de- tense piam tui(jui" With the end of the war, how ever, the government's need for alcohol has dropped. D..tiw rnmnltttd i The spokesman said that even should it be decided to drop it as a government sponsored iiur . .un. .UA nnmnanv enlllH rnn- itinue construction if it desired eince government control over Industrial plant construction has peen removed. ' The plant was about 38 per tent completed on August 1 and, r..hon finlchoH W9c PXOecteH tO produce about 4,000,000 gallons olnhnl n VPHT LI M1T.TM Prnnncnl fnr a lower lrate for irrigation water will be tine of the suggestions that Sena- iui najnc ..v.. tion in Salem, will take back to Capitol Hill wiui nim irom coit ctituents in Oreeon. .- Senator Morse was visited s,. secretary of the Enterprise -irrigation district, ana cy jonu -Craven and Ben Pickett, proper- j 1 1 U cu..t xy owners suveu uy uic ouosia Jview district which is being re--organized. ' 1 T nnitnnrnAM a a eaalrinit a ii contract with the U. S. bureau of 'reclamation, water was turnea Tjnto new ditches serving the trBit nnlv a lour niivlro n.n flnrl i crops being raised on new land till; pi uuiiaxug. I Weather Nippy 'But Basin Area Escapes Frost ' No actual frost was reported in Klamath basin last night, al though several citizens lighted fires this August morning for the first time in months. ; Weather reports set the mini mum temperature last night at 45 degrees. Tonight's tempera ture is expected to drop to 40 or 45 degrees, and today's high is expected to reach 65 or 70. Maximum temperature Friday was 71. ir Light showers were predicted for tonight, and breaking cumu lus clouds were forecast for Sunday with probable scattered showers. . . , Klamath Falls was one of the few places from which weather reports are received that report - ed no precipitation during the )ast 24 hours Boys At KFPA Camp To Return Home '. Boys at the Klamath Forest Protective association camp- at -enny springs returned to town this week after spending the summer on forest crews. Most of the group will return to School in a few weeks, i Two other camps operated by the KFPA at Kings Cabin and Fort Klamath will close for the most part this coming Friday when the boys return to town. 1 Crews from these three camns have been sent out on "forest and brush fires during the sum mer, and have been responsible for fire trails and roads in the woods, in addition to fighting the blazes. KFPA Reports 2 Small Fires Two small fires were reported yesterday by KFPA and one by the Klamath Indian reservation, none of them very serious. Two of the blazes were light ning spot fires in the Kings cabin area, but. one has not yet been found. Crews were out on them Saturday. A fire which covered about one acre south of the town of Sprague River was under con trol today. The blaze was man caused and was In timberland. " INJURED IN FALL BONHAM, Tex., Aug. 25 (?) Speaker Sam Rayburn fractured his left elbow Thursday when he fell as he was helping drive cattle on his ranch 12 miles from Bonham. VIRGIL NOW AVAILABLE , ., . (T All L'ttrll Adding Machine Calculators ; New Royal Typewriter! DESKS CIMII1S FILES crrlci an All Mirhlnri PIONEER PRINTING AND STATIONERY CO. 122-124 Si 9th. Klamath Falls PLAN DECISION Saturday. Aug. 28. 194S PJo. N if POSTWAR PLANS TOLD BY SAILOR THE PHILIPPINES "My postwar ambition is to re-enter the forestry service just as soon as I possibly can." says David L. Harbison, radio technician, USNR, of Lakevicw, ure. "I onlov the forestry service much more than killing Japs and fighting the heat and mosquitos of the tropics," he said. "I've been overseas io monuu and am ready to return to the States any time, but I realize that there's still a job ahead of us before the Nips are finished, he continued. Harbison participated in me invasion of Hollandia in New Guinea in 1944 and in last win ter's invasion of Luzon. His unit established radio stations during both invasions. He is now. serving at a radio trans mitter station of the 7th fleet in the Philippines. Before entering the service, he attended the Southern Oregon Colleee of Education. He re ceived recruit training at Far ragut, Ida. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Mil- ford W. Harbison, box 561, Lake- view, the young sailor wears tne Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon and the Philippines Liberation ribbon with one star. Serviceman Buys $1000 War Bond A NAVAL AIR BASE ON GUAM Phillip B. Hemann, 30, aviation chief machinist's mate tDronellor). 10 Michigan, Klam ath Falls, Ore., has received the congratulations of Capt. C. F. Greber, USN, upon his purchase of a S1000 war bond during a carrmaien held here recently. He was one of 21 men who be came charter members of the "Thousand Dollar Bond Club." They were welcomed into mem bership by Capt. Greber, com manding officer of the air base, Hemann was born in Park, Nebr. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Heihann, live at Klamath Falls. He enlisted in the navy early in 1941. TERRIFIC JOB FIRST BASIS AlK DEPOT, Warrington, England History books will record May 8 as tne day the war ended in the Euro Dean theater of operations, but tor Fitu William u uonnor, a welder at the largest air service command depot in England, the end of the operations came only recently when he helped com- Dlete the .work on the 33.3l3tn aircraft, engine to be overhauled in the depot's shop. uuonnor is tne son oi Mrs. ci lis O'Connor, 1705 Main. Before entering the army in December, luii. he was employed by rai ser shipyards at Portland. He graduated from Klamath Union high school in l42. RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS PFC Stanley Larson, 25, of 1734 Crescent, Klamath Falls, has returned to the United States from overseas duty by way of the air transport command in Miami, Fla. He has been overseas for 33 months in the infantry. He ar rived in the States on August 13. He has been : awarded the Bronze Star medal, the Presi- aentiai unit citation with one cluster, the Croix de Guerre and Fouteguere and eight battle stars on his ETO ribbon. Lt. Carl M. Biehn. whose wife Maxie, now resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, has recently been as signed to duty at the Waycross army air iieia, waycross, lia. Lt. Biehn is a graduate of Klamath high school and was employed by the Crane Lumber company in Sprague River, Ore., before entering the army in De cember of 1939. Having enlisted In the army prior to Pearl Harbor, he saw much action in the Southwest Pacific in the early days of the war while still an enlisted man. He has been awarded the Silver Star, the DFC, the Air Medal, four Presidential Unit citations, American Defense ribbon, Asia tic theater ribbon, and the Pre Pearl Harbor ribbon. VIRGIL PILES SUCCESSFULLY NO PAIN NO HOSI DR, IEATED .IZATION SHA tlr Bits Farmers Attention! We kill, dress and chill your hogi sAc per pound. We cure and smoke your ham and bacon 5c per pound. We have the best facilities. Our work is guaran teed. WHY PAY MORE? JOHNSON PACKING CO. THE HOME OF QUALITY 7 PUIS HANGED FOR MB AT LE FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kas.. Aug. 25 W) Stoical, and still alleglant to a nazism they re fused to believe was beaten, seven German prisoners of war former members of wolf-pack submarine crews died early this morning on the gallows for the "traitor slaying" of a fellow prisoner. The men Helmut Carl Fisch er, 22; Fritz Franke, 21; Gunther Kulscn, 22; Heinrich Ludwig, 25; Bernhard Reyak, 21; Otto Stengel, 26, and Rolf Wizuy, 23 were executed at the U. S. dis ciplinary barracks here. Slayed Fallow PW They went to their deaths one year and nine days after an army general court-martial found them guiltv of the murder March 15. 1944, of Werner Dreschlcr, a fellow-prisoner whom they had accused of giving information of military value to the United States. The seven nazi submarine sailors confessed, the army re ported, beating and choking Dreschler. and then hanging him from a rafter at the Papago Park, Ariz., prisoner of war camp. IT: CORVALLIS, Aug. 25 () Four Oregon State college fac ulty members worked on the atomic bomb projects but only one of them can disclose the na ture of her work. Dr. R. R. Dempster worked a year in research at the univer sity of California. Dr. L. E, West was sent to the Tennessee atomic bomb plant; and Dr J. G. Roof spent a year on a phase of research at Northwestern uni versity. Dempster is associate professor of physics here, the other two assistant professors of chemistry. Only faculty member who can tell what she did is Mrs. Buena Maris, dean of women who di rected women's recreation and activities at the Pasco plant. Will Halsey Ride The White Horse? MANILA, Aug. 25 (IP) It's still anyone's guess whether Ad miral William F. Halsey -will ride Emperor Hirohito'9 white horse through Tokyo. Adm. Raymond A. Snruance. fifth fleet commander, was asked tor nis opinion in a press con ference aboard his flagship here, "I can't predict ... I don't know whether the emperor's white horses survived the bomb ing. And I also don't know. he added, with a twinkle, "how long it has been since Halsey i : . . . : i i ii uda uuuen h wmie nurse. GN Depot Fire Extinguished A small fire in the loadine docks at the Great Northern de pot Friday brought out the fire department, but no damage was uone. Other small fires Friday after noon were at Main and Broad where a seat in a car had blazed up, and a blaze in a trash pile near Mills school. AVENIDTI RADIO REPAIR By Expert Technicians GOOD STOCK OF AVAILABLE .TUBES-PARTS-AERIALS Fox All Makei ot Radios ZE MAN'S We buy, sell and trade radios Quick, Guaranteed Service 11 N. 9th Phone 7522 Across From Montgomery Ward on North 9th New 'All In One' HEARING AID Wed., Aug. 29 Bertram's Store 629 MAIN ST. 1 DAY ONLY MEATS Around Oregon By Tha Aitoclatad Pratt The Mint ford weather bureau Is training four civilians to oper ate rawin equipment a de vice which follows signals from radio transmitters in oauoons. . . Federal land near Elk hike will he nncn to huckleberry pickers during certain hours August 2U- 27 and scpteniDur a-a. , , . . Clackamas county farm labor officials report bean picking over the peak but need more pickers to finish the job. The nniuml Clatsop county 4-H Club show opened at Astoria with 310 exhibits. . . . h-ncuie university, Forest Grove, is hav ing trouble like the University of Oregon in providing housing for married veterans. . . . The OPA is surveying 2400 Portland area stores to check celling jinces. TULELAKE White Rose cer- tified seed potatoes grown in the largest potato field in Oregon on lake bed land near AlRoma will go into one of the largest cellars to be built in tne Dasm at dig ging time this fall. Work on the cellar, which is owned by G. W. Osborne and Sons, Tulclakc, and Scott warren, Algoma, is well underway. The group navo under cultiva tion 250 acres at Algoma which will be ready for digging about September 20. The crop is sub- lrrigatcd and is being raised on black lake bed soil. This is the second year that potatoes have ben raised on the ground, which Is 14 miles from Klamath Falls. Warren makes his home there. Seed from this field will be distributed from Alaska to Flor ida, G. W. Osborne stated Fri day. Seed grown on the land last season was stored at Tule- lake where Osborne and his two sons, Edgar and Gilbert, also have large ranch holdings. The Klamath rails operation is known as Algoma Farms. ine big cellar, which will be of hollow pumice tile construc tion, will have a bin camicitv of bu.uuu sacKs witn a floor space of 60 by 250 feet. Cellar walls will be eight inches thick. Cost of construction will be $25,000. ft.ari uentry, Tulclake, is the contractor. Iron Fireman Loss Set At $300,000 PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 25 UPi Loss in the Iron Fireman Manu facturing company explosion was estimated today bv Presi dent T. H. Banfield at $300,000, fully covered by insurance. oannem said most of the plant except the heat treating department would be operating within 10 days. Iron Fireman products can be sent out for heat treatment; therefore, production will not be handicapped, he rc- poriea. RESTRICTION LIFTED WASHINGTON. Aug. 25 (P) The government today remdved restrictions on the use of fruits and berries in making wines, liquors and other alcoholic pro ducts. Restrictions were estab lished during the war in an or der designed to make maximum amounts of fruits and berries available for food for civilian and military needs. VIRGIL TRUCKS AND PICKUPS FOR RENT You Drive Long, Short Trips Move Yourself Save H STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone 8304 1201 East Main Without Battery Wires . . . No Leg Straps No Battery Harness Sonotone. Western Electric Acouitlcons and others, slightly used, at BIG discount. For Hopeless Cases Hear with the CUSTOM BUILT GEM. Yours taken in Trade. Batteries for All Aids. PHONE 5323 U. S. CIVIL SERVICE Applications for positions with the United States civil service commission have been discon tinued so fur as tha general pub lic is concerned. Applications for entry into civil service will bo accepted from only those per sons with military preference omiiieci to nave examinations re opened for them. Among those eligible would be men or women veterans, wives of totally dis abled veterans und wives of rie ccused veterans of World War 1 April 6. 1917, to July 2, 1021; army of occupation of Germany November 12, 1918 to July 11, 1923; China service July 7. 1930 to September 7, 1939; World War ll December iz, to tne present time, and many lesser campaigns. Agencies will discontinue civil service examination and appoint ment publicity. If it Inter be comes necessary to announce examinations In order to meet the needs of the service, this will bo done. Anticipating openings from time to time, the U. S. employ ment service requests all vet erans and women of all auxiliary corps, wives of deceased military personnel and wives of totally disabled veterans to register for work as they become available, E LIST NIGHT Enlisted men at the navnl air station were hosts on Friday night to a group of girls IncUiti in: junior hostesses and Waves at a victory dunce held In the recreation hall at the base. Girls were presented corsages of gladioli as thev arrived and special dances, including the bat dance and the dollar dance, were featured during the evening. Music was furnished by Baldy Evans nnd his orchestra. The dance was under the di rection of recreation and welfare officer, Lt. (Jg) Glen L. White, who only recently reported for duty here. He was assisted by Wave Lt. (Jg) Virginia Llndsey. ' Those serving on the dance committee were Waves Leo Conklin, Y 3c, Virginia Lyon, S 1c, Shirley Harris, S 1c, Phyllis Paddock, SK 3c. and Connie Leitch, Sp(F) 3c and srilors George Murrcll, ARM 1c, Jay Grceve, F 2c, H. C. Hausen,.EM 3c and Bennic Har ris S 1c. Master of ceremonies during the evening was Bcnnie Harris. ENROLL NOW! For Fall Classes, Beginning Sept 4. Klamath Business College 733 Pine St, Corner 8th ft Lookout Resigns To Study Forestry Chuck Shlnn, who has been at the Schoiu'hln Butte lookout station near the Lava beds since the beginning of the firo season, has resigned his position to en ter Oregon State college In tho school of forestry, Ills place will bo taken by Phillip K. Bukkc, returned ser viceman, who has been dis charged from tho air corps, Ho was an aerial gunner. Juck Best, on tho fire suppres sion crew nt the Lava beds, has also resigned his position und will visit with relatives In Wash ington. ALL STAGE SHOW Members of the Lions club have announced thnt they are bringing the Great Virgil, a ma gician, to Klamath Falls for an all stage show to bo given at the Pelican theatre on September & at o o clock. Proceeds from the program will do to the Lions sight conser vation program, and money will be kept in Klamath t uns. Tho Lioness club will open a ticket headquarters In the Es quire theatre building on Au gust 27 und this ofdeo will bo open from 2 until 4 every after noon until September 5. Tickets will also be sold ut tho Sunset grocery, Currlns for Drugs, Pel ican Cafe and Custlebcrry's drugs. A special offer Is being made by the Lions club to youngsters for selling four adult and one children's ticket. They will re ceive one free ticket for this. They can obtain tho pasteboards ut the Esquire office. City Police Make Traffic Arrest One traffic arrest was made by city police yesterday. Mabel Shaddock, route 3, Klnm ut h Falls, was cited to appear in po lice court charged with violation of tho basic rule. Five drunks and one drunk and disorderly case appeared in police court this morning and one drunk balled out. Fifteen parking tickets were paid yes terday, i VIRGIL Whan to Madiord Stay at . HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joa and Anna Earlay Proprietors Phone 4760 The surveyor knows his compass. His level and his chain; He alio knows that FLUHRER'S BREAD Is his favorite "again and again." KLAMATH'S FINEST Tho strike front hero remained unusually quiet today, with no public slutoimints coining from ollhor inunugomciit or lubor for several days. Four mujor opera tions are still down with about 2250 idle. Tho CIO-IWA, sponsor of the strike, was formally cortlflod today by the NLHU us burgalnlng ugent f.r Woyerhueuser's Klam ath Falls brunch. This Was as sured some tlmo nun when nn election showed 1117 voles ctisl fo. tho CIO, 711 for the AFL, und H for neither union, The bur gaining unit Includes nil produc tion and mnlntcnunco omploycs in tho mill. MAYBE WIFE MAKIN' CATSUP SPRINGFIELD, III., Aug. 25 (!) A thief broke Into the beer stock In Albert Mills' tnvcm and quietly carried out seven cases. Mills estimated his loss lit $4.20, The bottle"! wero cmplljs. ATTENTION FARMERS We pay hlghott coih prices for LIVE cr DRESSED POUL TRY. Phone 5175, or too your nooreit Safoway markot operator. SAFEWAY IMMEDIATE DELIVERY from Portland stock without priority. Limited Number 40 to 120 Horiopowor CONTINENTAL "RED SEAL" GASOLINE POWER UNITS Complot with Twin Disc clutch and powar take-olf Contractors Equipment Corporation 1215 BX. VErmont 4131 UALLORY Merrill-Lakevlew Special FrL-Sat-Mon. OPA Ceilings Hit by Atomic Bomb ! I ! 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