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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1945)
Capi Coggeshall Honored For Fine Work At Barracks The outstanding lob donn nl thn Kliiinuth I'lills Marino Bar racks In solving the problems of f lit r IiinIh mid niuliii'ln iimnnu ma rines fiiinn In for iinlloiiul utton tloii this week when Cnpt. Lowoll T. Coggoahall, USNR, the directing medical officer nt tliu barracks, received the Oorgus modal In special ceremonies at Washington, D, C. Ciipt. CoHHcnhnll went east for thn presentation, which took pluco nt n dinner In Washington October 20. Tliu modal In award ed nnminlly by thn AaHoclnllon of Mllltiiry Surgeons of tlio Unit ed Sltiton (or outstanding mecll cnl achievements In bohulf o( the armed forces. Outstanding It was the Klamuth program against f llur lii.iln that whs a miijnr fiictor In Dr. Coggoshull's special honors. Under ills direc tion, ii job wu9 done hero which actually wrote fllarliisls off lis a ynnjor modlcul problem tn tho 'jtnnrlno corps, t' Dr. Coggoshall Is recognized ' Internationally ns nn expert on tropical diseases. Tlio Klamath Marino Ilarracks, where ull trop ical dlsenso canes In the nuirlnc corns could bo brought togclhor, rather than hit-and-miss treat ment of the problem, was lame ly bis Idea, ilo not together the oiit.ntnndlnu medical staff that helped him do the Job, and throtiuhoul has had tho close co operation of the marine corns represented by three barracks commanding officers Col. B. JJiibel, Col. George O. Van Or den and Col. Charles T. Brooks. A press ri-lenso from the Asso ciation of Military Surgeons gives tlio following biographical material uliout Dr. Conges hall "Horn In Saratoga, Inilluna, In 1001, Coggeshnll was sent while mill a young biology student In to the swamps of Georgia by the Rockefeller Foundation to dis cover why mosquitoes bred In one stagnnnt pool and avoided tne next, reeling himself mod equatcly prepared for the Job- as, ho fell, was everyone he cave it up and went to modlcul school. At tho University of Chi cago ho roso to an assistant pro fessorship. His appointment as director of malaria research at the Kockefcllcr Foundotlon fol lowed. This was topped by an of fer of the chalrnuinshlp of the Department of Tropical Diseases or me university ol Michigan, wmcn no accepted. Received Calls "That was in 1041. Coggeshall , was onreiy seined in his new Inost when ho received a coll from Pun American Airways asking for help in controlling molurin at airfields in Africa they wore then establishing. For. ty per cent of the men at these airfields wero already Infected with malnrla, according to I 'A A s medical director, "Coggeshall went to Africa and the next year in Liberia. on the Gold Coast, at Lako Chad, m ruiortown completely eradl cutcd among American person nel tropical disease which for generations had been taken for granted. "Ills next project was the one for which he is, along with ma laria control, being given the ijorgas medal: cure of the trop ical disease, marlasis, among members of the armed forces who become Infected with it In the South Pacific cure, and complete restoration to full health, full duty and a normal life. Ills success can bo measured by theso figures: Of the total number of men marines, sea- bees, army and navy units who havo passed through tho reha bilitation center at Klamath Falls, Ore., only nine have ever ooen sent back from other sta tions for alleged rolapsos, and mo majority oi inoso are doubt ful." In Hinduism it is believed that he who dies in debt suffers tor ment or degradation In the next lifo. J YOU can handle this switchman's job with S.P.! If you'ro able bodied ... a bit of a he-mnn who likes to koop things moving ... If you like excitement and locomotivci and trains and would Ilka keeping the war trains rolling . , . and If you'd like working with real men and with a locomotive to push cars around for you then, brother, here Is your job: Switchman with S.P, ... a vital Job and a well-paying job. We train you for It within a few doys make you a full-flodgcd R.R. operating man. Mako no mistake, this is a sound, solid job with a big company. Plenty of work ahead, R.R. pass privi leges. Liberal nge limits. Fine pension plan. Medical services, A Job you'll go for. Other good Jobs open also. Soa or wrlta Trainmaster, I S. P. Station, Klnmnth Falls, or your ncnrc.it k S.P. Agent Receives Medal i jiff !Krmrii,rmfmmtmmmmm I , -. It-1 Vi y-v mi1 J is If? Capt. Lowoll T. Coggoshall SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31 (IP) Deputy Coroner Joo AiikcII re- Kortcd this morning no progress ad been mado in efforts to iden tify a brown-haired, good-look-lug young Canadian merchant murine Junior officer, whose body was found yesterday in a small San Francisco park, Tho youth apparently had committed suicide during the previous night, Angell said. There was n bullet wound through his heud and a pistol by his side. In a pocket was a note saying, "My last wish Is to be buried at sea as befitting a sea man." It was signed, "Lucky." His wallet was missing and there was no identification on his person. Vocational Courses To Be Overhauled PORTLAND Oct. 31 (?) A complete overhauling of voca tional courses at the Benson Polytechnic school was indicated today after the city school board was told the printing trades did not consider tho school's print ing courses adequate. , Superintendent W 1 1 1 a r d B. Spalding told tho board a full re port suggesting revisions of all vocational courses to conform with changing industrlol condi tions would bo mado soon. 3-Mile-Limit May Be Extended SALEM, Oct. 31 (VP) A sub committee of the state commlt tco on interstate corporation de cided today that coastal states should havo their jurisdiction ex tended beyond tho three-mile limit, to aid In enforcement of commercial fishing laws. The group named State Fish Commissioner Arne Soumcla to seek the cooperation of Washing ton and California fisheries offi cials. The . . . or "Happy Birthday" to you One way to make certain that events live up to- expectations is to make guests feel at home with delicious icC'Cold Coca'Cola right out of the refrigerator. There's no better way to say So glai you came than to welcome them with that bid to hospitality, Have a Coe. OllieO UNDER AUTHORITY Or THI COCA-COIA COMf ANY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF KLAMATH FALLS 665 Spring St. Phone 5632 ' Hear Morton Downey KFJI 9:15 A. M. By JOAN O'NEILL Many a doorboll will be ring ing with kids out troat-or-trtck-Ing. Tho high p,,-. school gang ft j may consider ti'jF - - 3 t h o m s o Ives r above all thut, UtflS but you can t-M & bet they will bo out doing a Jjj Jr ii ii ib ciuvn v"v.. mont. fv XI Teen-age Club ' Closed Tonight , ,iT,.S I n o 'icon age club will Jn Nm ho closed tonight. Since It is Hal loween, tho committee felt that there would be a dwindling crowd and too much rough housing because of the Hal loween spirit. Also tho attendance at the club hasn't been enough to war rant It staying open after school so tho club will be closed for a while at least. It will be open only on Wednesday and Satur day nights. However, the com mittee is going to try to have more entertainment and a variety of things to do on those nights. Girls League Assembly Tho assembly for girls only yesterday boasted high school talent along with the meeting. Betty Clelg tap-danced for the group and Fred and Ted Reeves, Jim Ivory, "Blacky" Block stone, and Mrs. B. B. Blomquist, high school dramatics teacher put on a short skit. Mrs. Blomquist portrayed a woman of the gay nineties In terested In the furthering of cul ture In the interests of this worthy project the boys put on Shoe Rationing DRESS SHOES Blacks and browns. Rubber and )QC MQF leather soles. Many styles . 3 to Q'3 IT PAYS TO BUY AT TMgrrrrrr .g The Conflict party's on... Britain. Canada Can Make Atomic Bomb WASHINGTON. Oct. 31 (IP) Great Britain and Canada, as well us the United States, havo the "know-how" to produce tho atomic bomb, President Truman told his news conference toduy. The Information was given in response to a reporter's Inquiry. But ho said In answering an other question, thut ho did not believe it was true that tho late President Roosevelt und former Prime Minister Churchill reach ed a secret agreement at Quebec for tho peacetime use of the atomic discovery. Regarding the coming meeting between the president and Prime Minister Attleo of Great Britain and Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada, the president said Attlce can talk about any thing he chooses (when he gets hero) but ho is coming to talk about atomic energy. The next step, after a three power agreement on Internation al policy with respect to the a melodrama to show what all lady-like young girls should avoid. The drama was entitled "The Life and Death of Cactus Bill." The three principal officers of tho Girls League Effle Botens, Lois Coda, and Janice Bllycu wore on the stage. Effle Intro duced the officers of the five clubs and also the three advisors Miss Llla Karvonen, Miss Fish, and Mrs. Alice Howard. And Incidentally Alyco Wells, senior, and Bud Selby, junior sang a duct on the air Monday night with the Vic tory Bond program. Sadio Hawkins Day will come from the comic section of the paper to the halls of KUHS No vember 6, so beware boys you may bo caught. LOGOUTS! 8-in. Loggtr Boots. Rubber or composition soles Other WORK SHOES Leather and composition soles. and browns. 6-ln. height MEN'S STORE Have a Coca atom bomb has been reached, the president added, will be dis cussion with other governments of Europe. Asked whether he hod receiv ed an answer from Attlce on his proposal for additional Jewish Immigration Into Palestine, Mr. Truman said he had two or three messages from the British prime minister, but these could not be made public because the matter is still under discussion. "Beast" Laughs Long And Loud LUENEBURG, Germany, Oct. 31 (A') The "beast of Belscn," Josef Kramer, laughed long and loud today when someone gave him a cartoon from the London Sunday Express showing him with a long white beard being wheeled away from "ye olde Luencburg trials" in 1095. The war crimes trial against Kramer, the commandant, and 44 guards of the Belsen concen tration camp is now in its sev enth week. The British military court is a month behind sched ule. One of every five narrow-neck bottles made in the United States In the first half of 1945 was a beer bottle. TOMOMOW ALRIGHT i-VIOITBLI 1AXATIVI GET A 25' BOX 695 1550 Blacks 3.95 8.95 Open Till 9:00 Saturday Corner 8th and Main - Cola 'Coca-Cola" and Its abbravlttloa 'Coke ere the MgliUred trade marks which diitlniulih the prod uct of The CAa-Cola Company. Off TO REDUCE RATES SALEM, Oct. 31 (P) Public Utilities Commissioner George H. Flagg was considering today an offer by the Portland General Electric and Northwest Electric companies to reduce their rates by $500,000 a year In order to promote use of electric ranges and water heaters. Flagg did not Indicate whether he would accept the offer. The new rates would be effective No vember 23. Users of 300 kilowatt hours or less would save 20 per cent, while users of 500 KWH would save 19.1 per cent. The new rates would be $4.50 for a user of 300 KWH, while the next 700 KWH would be sold for 6 mills per KWH. The excess would be sold for 8.5 mills a KWH. TRIPLE SURPRISE SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 31 (IP) A few weeks ago Benjamin Watson Stilwell, 18, gave his father, Army General Joseph W. (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell, a surprise by joining the navy. Yesterday the general re turned the surprise by visiting his son at the naval training cen ter where the son is a seaman. The younger Stilwell was rushed into dress blues and sent to his famous father and mother. 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