TWELVE HERALD AND NEWS
EMPLOY
INT IN
STATE DROPPED
OF.
SALEM, Oct. 1 ffl Employ
ment in Oregon on July 1 was
down 7 pen cent from the pre
vious month, 3 per cent less
than during last January, but
27 per cent greater than in
June, 1941, the state unemploy
ment compensation commission
said today.
The lumber and logging In
dustries employed 21 per cent
less than in June, 1941.
Total covered employment
rose from a low of 168,333 in
1940, to 236,821 in June, 1941,
and reached a peak of 339,000
in June, 1943. The total in
June, 1944 had fallen to 312,
000, and dropped to 290,876 last
July 1.
The number of employes in
the construction, food process
ing, lumber and wholesale
trade industries is less than be
fore the war, while the number
in agriculture, forestry, fishing,
and financial pursuits are about
the same.
Shipbuilding had 67,355 em
ployes on July 1, compared
with 84,618 last January, and
3544 In June, 1941.
"Hits. Marie Wilcox, president
of t)i strict 4 of the American
Legion auxiliary, will be guest
of honor at the regular meeting
of Klamath unit, Tuesday. Ac
companied by the district com
mander. Bob Bryant, Grants
Pass, the two will make their
first official visit following the
convention held last month in
Portland. Mrs. Wilcox is well
known in auxiliary circles and
has an outstanding record of
service to her credit. Mr. Bryant
is a veteran of World War II.
For both the Legion and
auxiliary, this will be drum
corps night, and all former drum
corps members are urged to at
tend. M. E. Cooper is in charge
of refreshments, Paul Otterbein
will preside for the Legion and
Mrs. Alfred Petersteiner will
conduct the auxiliary meeting.
Mrs. Petersteiner will be of
ficially installed as president.
Two Men Rob
Driver, Steal Cab
SALEM, Oct. 1 ' (ff) Two
men stole a taxicab and robbed
the driver of $18 to Stayton
last night.
George Richards, driver for
the Salem Taxi company, told
state police the pair got into
the cab in Stayton about 11
p. m and asked to be driven
to Salem. After they were out
side Stayton, they took the cab
and money.
The cab was found aban
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Flashes of
Life
ON STOMACH TIME
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1 (IP)
The switch to standard time
brought a long wail from the
Philadelphia zoo where dinners
were served an hour late.
"You see, the animals go by
eastern stomach time,"' said
Curater Roger Conant.
JOY
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Oct.
1 OP) Coach Tony Valdez was
the only casualty when his team
beat the cross-town rivals.
He rushed jubilantly into the
gym, bumped into an iron post
and broke a rib.
COSY
PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 1 OP)
A little girl watched, puzzled as
a crowd jammed the aisle of a
city bus.
"Mother," came her shrill
pipe, "what are all those people
standing up for? There's lots
of laps?'
GONE
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (Pi
State Patrolman John Shoe
maker flagged an erratically
driving sailor to the curb, hand
cuffed him in his car, and went
to the state patrol office for a
squad car. When he returned,
the handcuffed sailor and the
automobile were both gone, he
said in his report.
GENEROUS
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 1
William B. Moorhead, police re
porter on the Kansas City Star,
returned from talks given before
400 Atchison, Kas., high school
students and the Atchison Rotary
club with a traffic violation
ticket.
"You're supposed to put a
penny in the parking meters
there every fifteen minutes," he
explained. "How would it have
looked for me to break into my
speech at its most exciting points
to dash out and put another
penny in the meter?"
I ACE
1
A marine ace who knocked
down three Jap Kamizake planes
in two minutes in an aerial bat
tle 50 miles northwest of Oki
nawa April 16, has returned to
the marine air depot at M i r a
mar, Calif., for leave and reas
signment. He is Capt. Floyd C. Kirkpat
rick of Klamath Falls and is
credited with a total of 5 s Jap
planes shot down during 60 mis
sions. He logged 220 combat fly
ing hours.
The Oregon ace and fellow
pilots of his "Black Jacks sec
ond marine air wing fighter
bomber squadron, contacted 25
Jap suicide planes attacking
shipping April 16. The Leather
necks disposed of 151 planes in
15 minutes and the anti-aircraft
guns on the ships below took
care of the rest. That is where he
got his three in two minutes. The
Japs were diving on the destroy
er, USS Laffy. None hit the tar
get. Capt. Kirkpatrick hit three
more Kamikaze planes in their
dives over American fleet units,
causing the Japs to miss their
targets and crash into the open
sea. Me shared one of tnese kills
with another pilot.
He has been awarded the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross.
An uncle, Lester F. Kirkpat
rick. lives at 1900 Esplanade.
Capt. Kirkpatrick, a 1937 grad
uate of Klamath Union high
school, attended the University
of Oregon.
1. Returning! j
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f'- NEXT MONDAY
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0rfh Armory
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Navy
Rear Admiral Carl Trexel.
the naval air station. With him were left, Lt. Cm dr. J. F. Fitipatrick and right, Cmdr. Paul F.
Keim. Adm. Trexel, center, makes frequent visits to the station from his Seattle ofiice. Official
Navy Photo.
OUR MEN AND WOMEN
I IN SERVICE E
DISCHARGED
Sgt. John L. Dolan of Sacra
mento, Calif., has been separ
ated from service with the
army air forces under a pro
vision which allows men over
the age of 38 to request a dis
charge. Sgt. Dolan is married to the
former Ruth J. Walker, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Walker of 2950 Crest, Klamath
Falls.
LANDED FORCES
ABOARD THE TRANSPORT
GRIMES IN TOKYO BAY (De
layed) Peter D. Zupan, yeo
man, third class, USNR, 429
Commercial, Klamath Falls,
sailed into Tokyo bay aboard
this ship and landed the first
occupation forces on Japan.
ON SUBMARINE
Gail C. Lusk, electrician's
mate, second class, Route 3,
Klamath Falls, served aboard
the submarine USS Sailf ish on a
war patrol during which she
sank three ships and damaged
another, to win the Presidential
Unit Citation.
The Sailfish defied an escort
of destroyers and cruisers and
a mountainous sea kicked up by
a typhoon to sink a 22,500-ton
Japanese aircraft carrier of the
Kasuga class after a 10-hour
battle.
AT TREASURE ISLAND
Johnnie B. Fisher, seaman,
first class, USNR, of Route 2,
Klamath Falls, has reported in
at the U. S. naval armed guard
center, after spending 13 months
as a member of a gun crew
aboard a merchant ship.
The armed guard center on
Treasure Island directs the
training and assignment of all
officers and enlisted personnel
of navy gun crews of merchant
vessels in the Pacific.
ON USS LIBRA
ON THE USS LIBRA IN
TOKYO BAY Kenneth L.
Hartley, 21, seaman first class,
USNR, son of Mrs. Fritz Carl
son of 3137 Cannon, Klamath
Falls, was serving on this vessel,
an attack cargo auxiliary, shin.
when she entered Tokyo bay
Officials Visit Air Station
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civil engineer corps, was a viiltor
to help the 3rd amphibious
force carry the first seaborne
unit of the navy-army occupa
tion team to Tokyo.
The Libra fought through 10
battles in 39 months in the Pa
cific, sailing 160,000 miles on
combat duty. Her only casualty
was one man nicked by a
ricocheting bullet during the
Rcndova operation.
RAISED FLAG
MILLE ATOLL. Marshall Is
lands J. Z. Zunwalt, seaman,
first class, 2225 Beihn, Klamath
Falls, was among the 200 sailors
and marines who raised the
American flag on this atoll
the first Japanese territory
formally to surrender in this
war.
AT TOKYO BAY
ABOARD THE USS COLO
RADO IN TOKYO BAY (Be
layed) Arthur N. Null, 24, sea
man, first class, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover C. Null, of 208 E.
Main, steamed into Tokyo bay
aboard this ship to support the
occupation of Japan.
The Colorado, whose crew had
taken her through ten invasion
operations to help bring the final
capitulation of Japan, had been
near Tokyo before, ane sailed
with American and British war
ships into Sagami bay, 18 miles
from Tokyo, to support the first
landings of airborne troops at
Atsugi airfield.
GETS PROMOTION
WILMINGTON, Calif. 1st
Lt. Marion Foster, now stationed
at the Los Angeles port of em
barkation, has been promoted to
captain. Capt. Foster's home is in
Klamath Falls but he now lives
with his wife and two children at
941 Watson, Wilmington, Calif.
...
RECOVERS
ABOARD THE HOSPITAL
SHIP USS BENEVOLENCE IN
TOKYO BAY Steve W.
Sprague, 34. Klamath Falls and
Redmond, civilian carpenter
who was captured at Wake is
land, is recovering aboard this
ship from beri beri, a disease
caused by lacK of proper food.
He was rescued from a Japa
nese prison camp by a party
from the special task unit for the
evacuation of prisoners set up
by Admiral Halsey and headed
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CORBY'S
In Klamath Falls Thursday at
by Commodore Roger Simpson,
famed destroyer squadron loud
er, and Cdr. Harold Stasscn,
chief staff officer. Sprague told
a harrowing tale of torture, star
vation, exposure and disease In
prison camps in China and Ja
pan. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. H. Sprague of Redmond.
GETS DISCHARGE
BKr 1c Howard Lawrence
Gill, 1211 Crescent, has been dis
charged from the U. S. naval
separation center, Bremerton.
Wash.
AT SANTA BARBARA
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
PFC. Albert C. Barrett of Klam
ath Falls has reported to the
army ground and service forces
redistribution station here for
two weeks of rest and relaxa
tion. The veteran recently re
turned from 33 months overseas
duty in the Pacific.
STUDIES IN FRANCE
WITH THE UNITED STATES
FORCES IN FRANCE SSgt.
Warren H. Foster, son of Joseph
H. Foster of Kcno, and veteran
of tiie Kninciana and central
Europe campaigns, is now en
rolled in an eight weeks' course
in French language and civiliza
tion at the University of Nancy,
France.
THREE SERVE
PEARL HARBOR Three
Klamath Falls navy men have
been serving with the 85th Naval
Construction Battalion here,
climaxing, with the war's end. a
long period of duty that 'began
in the Aleutians.
The Klamath Falls men are:
Clede A. Smith, fireman, first
class. 2840 Patterson street;
Bernard E. Vallencour. seaman.
second class, 1823 Earle, John
Carothers, shlpfltter, third class,
SAW JAP SURRENDER
ON THE USS K1MBERLY IN
TCWC UiV frl.i.tn T ailrl Con
ner s mate, first class, 23, Lake-
View, witnessed the formal Jap
anese surrender from this 3rd
Fleet destroyer. The Klmbcrly,
one of the first ships to enter the
bay, was anchored near the Uba
Missouri, scene of the ceremony.
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iT '45
SALEM. Oct. 1 UP) F. H.
Y o.u n g, PortlBtuI, scerotury.
manngcr o( Oregon Business
and Tax Research, Inc., said
today ho would filo suit in
Marion county circuit court this
week to Invalidate tlio 1945
law providing for short forms
for state income tux returns,
Young . said tho suit would
be filed uualnst tho stuto tux
commission, on grounds that
tne Diu signed by tho governor
is not tho sumo us tliul passed
by tho legisliituro.
The tax commission, us nu
tho same grounds, originally
brought suit in tho stuto su-
fireme court to invalldutu tho
aw. The commission, however,
withdrew this suit, believing it
would be better for nn Indi
vidual to bring the action,
Young contends nn error was
made la a legislative commit
tee. The atnto supreme court
threw out another 11)45 law on
tho same grounds, This was tho
law providing for local bud
gets. Two Babies
Die In Blaze
BUTTE FALLS. Oct. 1 )
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wells were
mourning their two baby sons
todny killed in n flro Inadvert
ently caused by tho Wells' older
children.
An older child poured denn
ing fluid on a living room stove
Saturday. Four of tho Wells'
children ran to safety as the
flames mushroomed. Mrs. Wells.
across tho street at a neighbor's
home, fought vainly to cross the
flames Into the bedroom where
her Infants were lying.
Around Oregon
Br Tha Associated Press
Resident Biologist H. R. New-
comb has completed plans for
counting upstream fish migra
tion In the Umpqun river ut a
counting tower at Winchester
dam above Roscburg. . . Malheur
county crops in tho Vale nren
this year are valued at su.uiui,-
606 and represent a third of tho
entire county's production. . , .
Civil service examinations for a
permanent postmaster at Free
water will be held soon. . . The
University of Oregon now has
2647 students, 40 per cent abovo
last year s opening week enroll
ment. ... A' weed known as Rus
sian napweeds has appeared In
fields of the Med ford area and
County Agent C. B. Cordy is di
recting an eradication program,
DAMAGE CEMETERY
PORTLAND. Oct. 1-lT)
Six Bcavcrton boys were In cus
tody of juvenile authorities to
day for damaging landscaping
in Mount calvary cemetery by
driving through lt in an auto
mobile. Officers reported the
youngsters admitted blame after
one boy confessed his part in
the cscapada to a priest.
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Eight Injured In
Freight Wreck
THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 1 Ml
Eight trainmen worn Injured,
ouu seriously, when thirteen
freight curs were derailed Into
Saturday in a head-on collision
between two Spokane, Portland
and Seattle railroad freight
trulns.
Lawrence Chlsholm, 35, Van
couver, Wash,, wns in tho hos
pital hero with client Injuries.
Others hud only minor hurts.
Assistant Dispatcher W. A,
Taylor reported tho two trains
worn 12 miles from Wlshrnm,
Wnsh., on tho Oregon side of thy
Bend, Ore,, lino when tho wreck
occurred.
CIO Director
Frowns On Message
DETROIT, Oct. 1 UP)
August Scholia, CIO director In
Mlchlgun, frowned todny over
a fivc-puge-long telegram from
Socrotury of Lubor Schwellun
bach. Tho tolcgrum wns In refer
ence to tho oil walkers strike,
"Schwellimbuch sent It col
lect," Schollu said. "It cost mo
$5.30. How would you feel
about something Ilka that?"
ONE-SIDED CONVERSATION
HUTCHINSON, Kas., Oct. 1
UP) Whllo Mrs. Hoy Russell was
having milk unloaded ut the Hay
Smith dairy, slio struck up a
conversation with Mrs. Smith,
standing In tho wash house.
Getting no reply she looked
ngulii, "Mrs. Smith" was a
clothes dummy with only
newspaper for a head.
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41st Vets To Plan
For Organization
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 UP)
Votoruns of the northwest'!
fumed 41st division will discuss
a permuncnt oigunlzullon her
October 4, temporary commit,
toe chairman said today.
Goorgo M. Baldwin reported
an Informal group meeting after
Ihn September (i Victory nnrndo
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