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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1945)
LOCAL SADDLE CLUB DONATES 10 VET Kliimnlli Bnddlu dub culuurut o IIn flint yciir of oi'Kiinl.Mtloii by Uoiiiilliix u Npculiilly built chilli' lo it (llxiibbjil veteran o( hiilnl Lu. TIuuukIi ii club member It wax Icnrucd (but Bum Muolim, piitlcnt In tho vi'turuiiN' liunpitul at SiiwIcIIk, Cullf,, hud need of (tieli n chilli', mid thn club de cided lo celebriilo It first birth (luy by flllliiK the need. Till (Iih'IhIoii wiih no ullnfnc toiy to club member Unit It wu unreal lo cclcbmlo the club uiinlvcifliiry cneh yenr with ulna nhnlliir project. No money Is iiiiproprlutcd by veti'i'uiiH' IwtipltulK (or specially built convenleiiceii, tho club Icuriicd, unci dlnublcd boya oro iiceeswirlly restricted In their actlvlllcn without them. I Miientua, of Colorado, served with the u lined force for four yeurn und wuit wounded in the buck lit Siilut 1.0 diirliiK tho Normundy iuvimlon, Itccolvlng tho pcrnoiuil (rift of a chair npo clully for It I in , has o oncour- K o d tho 25-yciir old vctcnin thul lie auya now, "I know 1 will walk iiKiiln nomo day." i Membera of the Klamath Sad dle club own their own mounts and enjoy brcnkfiiut rides and cross country puck rldea which they ncknnwlcdifn, linvo been iniide ponslble by boya like Sam who kept our country frco from enemy Invasion. Flashes of Life Br The AitocUud Preit BAD FIRE HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 17 (Pi While firemen and othcra were flKhtliiK flumes in her home, Mrs. Nalulie Enlaon remembered lier furs. She ruahed to a cloaet, matched up a $1230 silver fox neckpiece and a $26110 mink cout und laid them on a divan, When the excitement waa over, alio told police, the furs had disappeared. PROBLEM SOLVED SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17 Editor Wayne Richardson started for his office dressed in a suit of which ho was particu larly fond. It was much too Bond, ho decided, for everyday office wenr. So he stopped at a clollilntf store, boutiht a new suit and had the clerk put the one he had been wearing In a box, Next he stopped at a restnu rnnt. Now there's no ciue.ition of wearing his favorite suit lo the office. While ho was calinu someone took tho box. SUNNY81DE LOS ANGELKS. Sept. 17 (IP) I.t. Cmdr. Claudn E. Jones, back as assistant professor of English at UCLA after 18 months with amphlbiuus groups In tho Pa cific, says ho onco asked a young bomb disposal officer how he liked his job. The reply: "W h c n I'm not working I have nothing to do and can take it easy. "When I am working on a bomb, 1 never have anyone breathing down tho back of my neck, and if I make a mistake, I don't luivo to make out n long tiresome report in scptupllcalc," Constitution Day Observance Asked SALEM, Sept. 17 (l') Cover nor Karl Snell, in a statement luklnii that today be observed its Constitution Day, sold that tho constitution of the United States "has continued to grow In scope, application and mean ing, until today It is more than a basis for government; it Is a symbol of our way of life." lie suggested that it be studied in tho schools, and that every citizen read It, Escaped Naz! PWs Surrender At Portland PORTLAND, Sept. 17 UP) Two German prisoners of war who escaped from n work unit nt a Salem area hop yard last week surrendered in Portland over the weekend, police reported today. Polico said the polr, Rudolph Hoffman, 2(1, and Johnnn Joach in, IB, hitch-hiked Into Portland and then told an automobile denier in English and Gentian to call police. The men concealed largo PW's on their clothes by wearing a ci vilian jacket and n raincoat. CHAIR Farmers Attention! ! We kill, droit and chill your hogi Vac por pound. ! Wo cure and smoke your ham and bacon 5c per ; i , pound. vt ' We havo the besf facilities. Our work it guaron- . food. WHY PAY MORE? Aid For Veteran Th specially built chair that has so encouraged World War II Vateran Sam Maestas of Colora do, was a gift of the Klamath Saddle club In celebration ol Its first anniversary. TRICKS TOLD PORTLAND, Sept. 17 (!) The French underground spent Its first two years Just "irritat ing" the nals and then went In for bridge-blowing and train wrecking. So doc-lured Lt. Philippe Paul Ozouf, a uiurquls now with the French information service who has still to reach his 21st birthday. Syittmi Uisd Here visiting friends, Ozouf described subotagn systems tanging from a nail In a nazl's tire to blowing a steel bridge with a convenient explosive "which you spread on Just like a gob of clay. Heat of tho minor sabotage, raid the young Frenchman, wus a cigarette puper in the gas lank. "It plugs the taiik's out let," he said. "So the German driver gefs out to investigate. "The little paper, with no more suction on it, flouts again. It goes up and down. The Ger man tries the car again, finds It now runs, starts off happily. Down comes the paper again. Stops tho car ogain ... it can lust a very long time." - State Jobless Pay -Is $33,934 In Week SALEM. Sept. 17 V) Pay ments of $:i:i.0:t4 on 2U40 claims In the heaviest weekly unem ployment register in more than three years were announced to day by the state unemployment compensation commission Not since the last week of April, 1042, when 2000 checks were sent out. bus this murk been equalled, commission offices here reveuicn lociny, A steady Increase In unem ployment claims has been noted since August 18. week of the Junanc.se surrender, when only 402 checks were issued. Last week 1153 payments were made SALEM CONTROVERSY SALEM. Sept. 17 (IP) The city's most bitter controversy in years whether parking meters shall be installed downtown will be aired tonight when the question comes to' a final vote in the city council. Businessmen are almost unanimously opposed to them, having sent petitions to tho council. MEETING SET PORTLAND, Sept. 17 (IP) The governor's commission for living memorials to war veter ans will meet here Wednesday. Restriction! - Removed Circulating Gas Heaters 39.50 - 59.50 - 79.50 Proven . PEERLESS Type Heaters We have a limited stock, so come early. ' Harry Hafter Ninth and Klamath UNDERGROUND BY FRENCHMAN MISSOURI WILL BE II U.S. PORT FOR NAVY DAY WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 UP) Many nulls of thn fleet, famous for their part in tho Pacific war, will bo in United Slates ports lo help celebrate Navy Day, Oc tober 27, tho nuvy has an nounced. Among them will he the mighty battleship Missouri, aboard which the Japanese signed the foimul surrender. Specific assignments of ships to ports have not been complet ed, the nuvy said, but tentative plans call fur assignment of the following vessels to Atlantic coast ports: Tho battleships Missouri, Nortli Carolina, Washington, New Mexico, Mississippi, New York und Idaho; the aircraft curriers Randolph, Wasp, Enter prise, Ranger, Monterey, Bataun and Langlcy; and the cruisers Uoise, Richmond and Concord. Tentative Assignment Tentatively usslgncd to Pa cific ports were tho battleships South Dakota, Wisconsin, Indi ana, Aluburna, Iowa, West Vlr glulu, Colorado, Maryland, Ar kansas und Texas; tho aircraft carriers Tlconderoga, Hornet, Saratoga and Bunker Hill; tho cruisers Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Amsterdam, Vicksburg and Tuc mii; and the destroyers Mans field, Dchavcn, Lymon K, Swen ron, Collctt, Muddox, Blue, Brush, Taussig and Samuel H. Moore. Many more will be added to tho list, the navy said. Mysterious Flares Start Investigation LA GRANDE, Sept. 17 UP) Mysterious flurcs which three Covo residents reported seeing dropped or thrown from an air plane were being investigated today by Wallo Walla air base officials and state police. The residents said the flares caused forest and field fires in the Cove area last week. , Men working In a field ex tinguished one blaze which Ted White said he saw started on the Ted Ogilvie place cast of Cove. The Letter Shclton place north of Cove was threatened by a larger flic which covered 1000 acres before it was check ed. State Group Will Mark Trail PORTLAND. Sept. 17 (IP) Tho Lewis and Clark explora tion trail will be marked on both sides of tho Columbia river be tween Umatilla and Astoria Oc tober 10, the Oregon Council of American Pioneer Trails asso ciation reported today. Markers also will be placed In moro than 500 schools between St. Louis, Mo., and Astoria, with about 00 along the Columbia. DREAM CAME TRUE MEDFORD, Sept. 17 UP) Walter Terry, San Francisco va cutioning at Crater lake, lay down under a tree and had a nlghtmnrc. A bear was ap proaching him, ho dreamed. Awakened by cries from onlook ers, lie found a bruin staring him in the face and making unpleas ant snuffing noises. Terry and the bear departed in opposite di rections. ALASKA FACTS Authoritative Information Now Available At last you can learn the real facts about Alaska as it is right now. A trial four months' subscription to thrill ing new Alaska Life Maga aine will answer your ques tions. How -can -1 get a Job In Alaska? What are the homestead possibilities? Is this a good time to start a new business? . . What do the cities look like? , How about the climate? - Is Alaska really place to get rich quickly? Trine and hundrrdi or ethrr quvi llnni tn.w.red In Ali.k I.lfc Mti. ttnr. Jammfd cover to cover wllh plrtiirr., lorlri, orllclrt Rhout thll exclllns new frontier country. Trlel niibicrlntlon. four monlhf, onlr Sl.no, Twelve monthi D.50 Mill order with eeih to ALASKA LIFE ; 926 Second Ave., Seattle 4. Wash. Mistreatment By Germans Told By Freed Prisoner On Visit To Klamath Town By RUTH KING MALIN SSgt. Juck Ryan, 21, nephew of Mrs. Jess Whit lutcli, Mulln, is buck from the win- but ho left his youth in a prison camp In Germany, He onco weighed 140 pounds. Ills weight when ho was released some weeks ugo nftcr nine months of confinement was (10 pounds. Ho visited his uunt here recently and his story of tho long weeks under the boot of the German militarists is not a pleasant one. Jack, a bomburdlcr, was cap tured after Ills plane, a B-20, wus shot down over Franco on July 24, 11)44. The piano caught fire and the crew balled out. Jack's hair and flying suit were on fire and he beat tho flumes out with his baro bunds as he floated toward earth 12,000 feet below. Macblneguns riddled his parachute but he escaped to crash through the brunches of a cherry tree. Beneath him were the frontline trenches. Dumage to his chute prevented him from operating 'it as he fell. Beneath the tree was a Ger man and although the tree some what broke his fall, he struck the soldier knocking him to the ground unconscious. Jack's car was torn loose, his jaw fractured and he had other Injuries but a British patrol was on the way for a rescue atlcmpt, He had little to worry about. Then the Germans got him. Ho was put in solitary for 17 days and each day he was brought before officers for ques tioning. He walked the "Black NEW MOBILGAS SPECIAL - Gives You all the POWER Your Car Can Use! Only with the remarkable new Mobil gas Special and Mobilgas can you get 'Flying Horsepower." These favor ite new gasolines contain the same power ingredients that have gone into war-famous super 100-octane aviation gasoline. -Drive in today at the sign of the Flying Red Horse. 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