CIO Okays Pay Increase
At Conference Held Here
The following announcement wu mid at the clou el
CIO-1WA negotiations with Klamath district lumbar operators
here todiyi
The Employers Negotiating Committee and the Inter
national Negotiating Committee, Jointly recommend to the
partial for whom the two committee! have the authority to
nogotlate, tho following)
1. A wage Incrooie of MVt centi per hour shall be
come offoctivo for all employe! ai of November 1, 1945.
I 2. Thli increase may bo converted to a contract rat
for omployoi paid on a plect rate bails, and If to the
method of converilon, ihall be decided by each company
and each local union bargaining agent.
Slgnod ot Klamath Falls, Ore., Thli 7th day of No
vember, 1945.
Pine Induitrlol Relation! Committee, Inc.,
By C. L. Irving.
International Woodworkers of America, IWA,
By Virgil Burt a.
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In The-
Pill!
, By FRANK JENKINS
J tYE woro practically unaware
" o( tt In Oregon, but yostor-
Joy wiiii tho XI rut Tuesday after
'.no iirst Monday in November,
ind no rated 4in on oloctlon dulc.
, l'ho election! woro chiefly In
:hn East, and woro confined
largely to miiyora with here and
'.Here an oil-year congressman.
IN
Now York City O'Dwyor,
Democratic American Labor
Party nomlnro, ran away with
tho mnyornlty election, jicttliis!
more votcj tliun his two op
ponents comblnucl,
Hunnogun, Democratic New
Dual political chief of staff. In
tcrprcts till) u a sign that Tru
uinii'a goose in hanging high and
there's nothing to worry about.
MAYUE go. Thl writer has
a pious notion tlmt O'Dwyor wus
ouisuinuingiy tno Dew man ot
the lot. and won for thut reason
'
TT luemi to this writer of Into
that Truman I SLIPPING
Thut he Isn't quite the biff mini
he SEEMED to be. Maybe he
will bo able to bounce back.
But io far he ii showing no
iltns of GREAT leadership
aoiuty.
(In his DOMESTIC policies,
thut Is. His foreign policy has
not yet proceeded far enough to
be judged by the all-important
measuring stick of RESULTS.)
AS for tho Republican party, It
still has NO .PROGRAM.
Until It gets one, it won't amount
to much, so far, it is Just the
opposition. t ,
TN Detroit, Incumbent Mayor
Jeffries wins a fourth term
ovor CIO Leader Richard Frank
enstein, who had the all-out
backing of the dreaded CIO
. Political Action. Committee.
Hint might be a trend. At
this distance It looks as if a lot
of voters in Detroit may have
bcon afraid or TOO MUCH PAC,
CHURCHILL gets back Into the
As leader of the opposition In
narllamcnt. he says he's pretty
sure Russia wouldn't sharo the
atom bomb secret if SHE
ALONE possessed it. He adds:
"If the circumstances were re
versed and we or the Amorlcnns
asked for similar access to Rus
slnn arsenals our request would
NUT Do granted."
UE explains to parliament that
the advantage possessed by
tho United States in connection
with tho atom bomb consists In
tho "know-how" gained from
tho practical production methods
"developed at enormous ox
Dense and on a gigantic scale.'
Because of this, we are ONE
JUMP ahead of the rest of the
world at tho present moment.
Ho says Britain should help
tho U. S. guard tho atom bomb
"as a sacred trust for tho main
tcnancc of peace," and intimates
that the United States should
meanwhile provide Britain with
a SUPPLY of the bombs which
wo alone, at the moment, KNOW
JtlUW TU MAlUi.
That sounds like tho estab
lished Churchill brand of HARD
COMMON SENSE.
,
nUSSIA Is tho big mystery na
tlon of the world, and at
this particular Instant Stalin Is
the big mystery mon.
'. WHERE Is he? HOW is he?
COrt gomo reason, ho didn't take
tho spotlight at the big Mos
cow celebration of the 28th an
niversary of the bolshevik revo
lution. MOLOTOV appeared In
stead. Thcro ore two possible ex
planations: e '
1. Stalin Is SICK.
2. Ho is NOT IN RUSSIA. -;
.-. ; ;
TJIS health Is supposed to have
been bad (he recently took
a month's vacation) and may still
bo so, i !
ALSO there ore rumors (which
may bo all moonshino) that ho Is
now or has been In tho U. S.
There nro other rumors that
Chiang Kai-shek has been here,
Thut could mean that a BIG
DEAL Is on regarding the Chi
ncso civil war.
' . ;
pEMEMBER that we are never
TOLD those things the ages
old theory being that diplomatic
negotiations' must be conducted
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THIS GUY'S PERSISTENT!
PORTLAND, Nov. 7 (P) Jesse E. Klrkland, 24, broke jail in
Poducah, Ky and fled to Oregon. ; ,
Arrested and jailed at Heppncr, he broke jail there,
Yesterday a deputy marshal went to Klrkland'a detention
coll More, found him picking the lock with metal coat hanger
hook. 1 , ...
Klrkland and Earl Demery,' 1A, who were arrested at Baker
after tliolr Hoppner escape, wore removed to county jail to await
removal to Paducoh, . . .
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CIO TO REFER
PAY OFFER TO
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 7 UP)
There were indications today
any CIO lumber workers' accept
ance of the compromise 121 cent
hourly pay boost would create a
new stalemate In negotiating be
tween sinking At L, union men
and northwest operators.
Agents for 18,000 CIO ply
wood workers voted last night to
refer to tho membership a 12a
cent offer which the AFL com
mittee rejected a few hours
earlier from the same operator
group.
After the CIO action, the Ply
wood Employers association
committee issued a statement in
which it declared an AFL coun
ter proposal to the operators' of
fer had been rejected.
- The operators asserted their
40 mills were almost evenly di
vided as to union affiliation and
It would be "impossible in a
highly competitive industry to
have one wage, rate for one un
ion group and a different one for
the other union." . .
AFL Committeeman Frank
Chapman said earlier the ply
wood group's of for would estab
lish a 1 .02a cent rate. - The un
ion struck six weeks ago over
demands for - $1.10 minimum.
About 1000 of the AFL's 61,000
workers are now working at the
higher pay.
Counter Proposal
The plywood group stated
after the CIO action that the
AFL counter proposal called for
a IS cent boost over the present
minimum B0 cent -rate and an
additional S cents January 1.
Meanwhile other- operator
groups of strike-bound mills
were scheduled to meet this
week'witli district AFL councils
In the four states. Similar 121
cent offers by some have al-
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Truman Plans
Atomic Talks
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7 (PI
President Truman will begin his
atomic energy discussions with
tnc British and Canadian prime
ministers on Saturday.
The-White House, disclosing
this today, said the three-power
talks will start at the White
House and continue on the presi
dential yacht, Potomac, on Sun
day. '
Prime Ministers Attlee of
Great Britain and MacKentlc
King of Canada will accompany
tho president to Arlington cem
etery at 11 a. m. (EST) Sunday
when he lays a wreath on the
tomb of America's unknown
soldier.
After the Armistice Day cere
mony there, the party will go. to
tnc grave of sir John Dill, for
mer British representative on the
combined chiefs of staff, where
Mr. Attlee will lay another
wreath.
Ebcn Aycrs, assistant press
secretary, also disclosed that
there will be a state dinner at
the White House Saturday night
in honor of . the distinguished
visitors.
MEMBERSHIP
Reds Claim Victory Over
Foe Along
' By SPENCER MOOS A
CHUNGKING, Nov. 7 '(P)
Chinese communists claimed s
victory today over 70,000 Na
tionalist troops In fighting along
the Peiping-Hankow railroad as
the Kuomlngtang official news
agency reported intensified bat
tling throughout the provinces
oi snansi and suiyuan.
The communists also said thev
rtad recaptured tne liopch prov
ince ran junction of Tzchalen
Oct. 29. The already strained re
lations between Ycnnn and
Chungking' were further endan
gered by the communist claims
under tne veteran .Gen, Ho
Lung, the communists are tight
ening a ring of steol . around
Kwolsul, Suiyuan capital, .while
other red columns move from
tho west, preparatory to assault
ing tho important city of Paotow,
,. $ .6
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y
PRICE FIVE CENTS . A? A
Lewis Crosses h
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John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, Is forced to pass through a picket line
in order to attend the labor-management conference opening at the labor department in Wash
ington, D. C. Pickets are members of independent unions who charge that they were given "brush
off" In their attempts to participate in conference.
AFL TRANSIT WALKOUT ENDS
Br The Associated Press
AFL bus and trolley opera
tors who struck yesterday for
higher wages voted almost
unanimously to resume work in
Washington today.
Tho end of the strike that had
tied up the capital's transporta
tion system came as 273,000
other .workers were off the job
E
Veterans of World War II,
both mon and women, a r re
quested to report in uniform to
Memorial hall on S. 4th street,
at 10 o clock Monday morning
for the American Legion parade.
United Slates marines win
lead the. "Welcome. Home Com
rades" parade which will start
at 2nd and Main, at 11 o'clock
the - morning of NovemDer iz.
World War II veterans will form
In line at 4th just south of Main,
and follow the marines.
American Legionnaires will
follow the veterans, then the
American Lesion auxiliary, the
Klamath Union high school band,
Veterans of Foreign wars ana
Spanish American war veterans.
The Sheriffs Posse will rldo at
the end of the parade.
The parade will proceed to
Modoc field where Lynn Roy
croft will address tho crowd, fol
lowed by a short speech' from
Col. Charles T. Brooks, com
manding officer of the Marine
Barracks. ,
After the program at the
field everyone is welcome to at-
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WEATHER
(November 7)
Max. (Nov. 6) 31 Mln 24
Precipitation last 24 hours Trace
Stream year to date' 1.11
Normal ....1.34 Last year.... 2.03
Forecast) Snow tonight, warm
er Thursday.
Thursday snooting Hours
Klamath-Tulelake
Open 6:32 a. m. Close 4:48 p. m.
Vital Railroad
also on the Pclping-Suiyuan rail
road. Large communist reinforce
ments are pouring Into the prov
ince, the nationalist dispatches
said.
Meanwhile, the Ycnan forces
continued their attacks against
the beleaguered rail junction of
Tatung in northern Shansi. In
the south of the province, com
munists wero attacking different
points along the Tatung-Puchow
railroad, Including Hohicn.
Loss of several towns -west of
the railroad was acknowledged
by the central government, but
it contended that Kuomintang
forces boat off more than 30 at
tacks against Chaocing in four
days.
A semi-official dispatch report
ed tho rods head broached tho
Yellow river dyko near tho Im
portant highway center oi rai
vnntt In eastern Honan. Inundat
ing hundreds of square miles of
territory and flooding many
towns and villages. The flood
threatened to engulf Talyang.
1 Further communist destruc
tion to railroads north of the
Yangtze also was charged.
Forces over which tho com
munists claimed "victory" In the
Hopeh fighting Included eight
divisions, three "equipped with
American arms and noted tor
their combat powers." '
TH FALLS, OREGON,
cket Line To Attend
in scores of labor disputes over
the nation. The newest major
walkout involved 10,000 rubber
industry workers in Akron, O.
An agreement In the Wash
ington strike was accepted at a
mass meeting of the 4000 union
members involved. The plan
was proposed after a concilia
tion conference.
Back On Job
Under it, workers will go
bock to their jobs with the Cap
ital Transit company at once
and negotiations over increased
pay will begin tomorrow. Rep.
Jennings Randolph (D-W.Va.),
chairman of the house District
of Columbia committee, said the
agreement guaranteed no dis-
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Agness Winters
Enters Contest
The first candidate to enter
the Klamath Victory Queen con
test is 21-year-old Agness Win
ters. Miss Winters is being spon
sored by the Northwestern Thea
tres. '
Miss Winters is unmarried
and lives with her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
D. E. Howells, 5628 S. 6th. She
is employed as an usherette at
the Esquire theatre where she
has worked for approximately
six months. She is a native of
Butte, Montana, and has lived in
Klamath Falls for the last year
and a half.
Marvin Hixon, chairman of
the contest committee, urges all
girls interested in entering the
contest to do so as soon as pos
sible so that bond buyers may
cast their votes for their chosen
favorite candidate.
First
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Agness Winters, sponsored by the Northwestern Theatres, Is
the lirst nominee to enter the Klamath Victory Queen contest
extending from November 8 to December 8. Kenncll-Ellis
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Conference
ciplinary action against the
strikers.
Randolph also said he had
been assured taxi cab drivers
would not take a threatened
"holiday." Busy even in -normal
times, the cabbies were hard
pressed during the transit tieup
that deprived 1,500,000 daily
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IN ADMITS GUILT
Charges of assault and rob-
bory while armed with dan
gerous weapon nave oeen mea
in the district attorney's office
against Raymond Crumpacker,
37. and Robert Thill. 26. in. con
nection with holding up Dominic
Frazer at his market on S. 6th
Monday night.
Crumpacker has admitted the
robbery, District Attorney Clar
ence A. Humble, said today, but
claims that lie was alone.
The robbery netted about $85,
Frazer reported. He and three
employes were in the store when
an unmasked man entered.
brandished a revolver and grab
bed the paper money from one
cash register.
When Crumpacker and Thill
were picked up several hours
later by state police near Mid
land on highway 97, Crumpacker
had a 32-2U (Jolt revolver in his
overcoat pocket, and $74 on his
person, $60 of that amount wad
ded in a tight ball and concealed
in his shoe.
Police are also checking the
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Entry
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Number 10S84
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OF
By The Associated Press
Democrat William O'Dwyer
swamped two major opponents
and won election as mayor of
new xorK my yesterday.
' His vote far exceeded the ag
gregate of his opposition. It
prompted democratic leaders to
see good things ahead lor the
party in tne state and national
ly. They saw in it a decline
in the political fortunes of Gov.
Thomas E. - Dewey.
Republicans withheld com
ment for the time being.
In the second municipal scrap
that captured more than local
attention in yesterday's first
postwar voting. Mayor Edward
J. - Jeuriei was elected to a
fourth term in Detroit's hot
non partisan mayoralty race
against Richard T. Franken-
steen, CIO union leader.
Frankensteen had the backing
of the CIO's political action
committee:
Other Elections
Democrats elected these may
ors elsewhere: David L. Law
rence, national committeeman
for Pennsylvania,, in Pittsburgh;
incumbent Thomas A. Burke at
Cleveland, and Rep. James M
Curley for a fourth term, not
consecutive, at Boston. The Cur
ley victory was in a non-parti
san race involving, six registered
democrats.
A democrat, E. Leland Tay
lor, was leading the race for
mayor ot Louisville. 1
Republicans, after 14 ' years
on the outside, swept into con
trol of the- city government 'of
New Haven,-Conn., electing Wil
liam G, Gelantano . ag - mayor.
Cornelius A. Moylan. a repub
lican, was chosen" asTmayor-of
xiaruora, out waiemury picked
a democrat, jonn s. Monagan.
Bridgeport kept its socialist
mayor, Jasper McLevy, elected
lor nis seventh consecutive term.
To offset the democratic vic
tory registered in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania republicans reelected-
two superior court
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Klamath Spuds
Remove Taste
Of Maine Tubers
BOISE, Ida., Nov. 7 ffl
Klamath county, Oregon, pre
sented Governor Gossett to
day with 100 pounds of Klam
ath Netted Gem potatoes in
an attempt, its representatives
said, to get the taste of Maine
tubers out of the governor's
mouth. .
Charles R. Stark, manager
of the Klamath County cham
ber of commerce, and A. M.
Collier, Klamath Falls busi
nessman, made the presenta
tion. "We saw an Associated
Press picture from Washing
ton, D. C, of the governor
being fed a Maine potato by
the governor of Maine," Stark
explained. 'The evident dis
taste with which he attacked
that plate of Maine potatoes
prompted us to bring him
some real Oregon potatoes,"
he added.
Stark formerly was ' secretary-manager
of the Nampa,
Ida., chamber of commerce.
DUTCH VOTED
ill
nil
Old Man Winter Rides Into
Klamath On Flurry Of Snow
Winter rode Into the Klamath
basin on a flurry of snow, coat
ing the highways with ice and
dropping the mercury to a new
low of 23 degrees.
The weatherman held out lit
tle hope for a let-up In the chill,
winds and Intermittent - snow
storms and forecast snow in the
high altitudes for the next 24
hours.
Accidents were reported fre-
auently in the rtiountaln areas
and the Sun Mountain stretch of
The Dalles-California highway
was anathema to a number of
motorists, several of whom
wound up In Klamath Falls hos
pitals when their cars left the
road. Other accident reports told
of damages to cars which piled
up Tuesday on the highways. ,
Motorists crossing mountain
asses must use chains, the state
ighway commission said today.
although snow conditions are
not bad and highways are now
in that state known as winter
driving condition. Light snow
fell in all mountains and snow
equipment was operating.
There was a total of 13 inches
ui
Union Demands
That Delegates
Talk Pay Hikes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (P) Unions put ailde thelt bltte
wrangling over key posts In the national labor-management con.
ference today for a showdown on the CIO demand that delegates
discuss wages.
The issue may pop up at the first session of the executive
committee, key conference group empowered to lift all buslnese
for formal consideisilon. -
CIO President Philip Murray has contended that wages and
a decent standard of living for the worker" cause all labo
troubles end that mere creation of machinery for settling dis
putes will not solve the pay issue. . . . .
So 'if U """J5"" ' delegates seem disinclined to tackle
wages, iney point to president 1
iruman s can to tne group to
work out better methods of col
lective bargaining. AFL Presi
dent William Green told them
the conference would be doomed
to failure if It started talking
pay rates. . -
R. J: Thomas, president of
the CIO auto workers, told the
conference yesterday no amount
of dispute - settling machinery
could prevent strikes.
"You can't make democracy
live," Thomas said, "by writing
a few formulas down on a piece
of paper.",
Lewis Wins Fight
' The whole problem will be
threshed out in the executive
committee. It was because of
this, partly, that John L. Lewis,
head of the United Mine Work
ers, waged his successful fight
yesterday for a seat on the com
mittee. He won with the help
cf Green's AFL delegates
Lewis has been talking of a pos
sible return to the AFL-fold
and over the opposition of the
CIO.
Instead of an eight-man exec
utive commute as had been pro
posed, with labor's four votes
divided between the AFL and
CIO, the conference agreed to a
16-man committee with labor's
eight votes divided three each
for CIO and AFL, and one each
for.i,ewis' UMW and the rail
road brotherhoods.
Elsewhere In the capital there
were these developments on the
wage issue:
NLRB Ponders :
The national labor relations
board pondered whether it may
conduct a strike' vote by the
CIO United Steelworkers of Re
public Steel corporation while
the-union has a,.nq-strike con
tract.. :.V."V J.?' ,"
The steel workers " asked for
the., vote after the corporation
rejected their requests for 2 a
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Senator Asks
Draft Repeal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 ()
Senator Revercomb (D-W. Va.)
said today that unless the army
and navy quit araiung men
"this week" congress should pro
ceed Immediately to, end selec
tive service itself.
Revercomb. a member of the
senate military-committee, told
a reporter fieures show that the
draft which took millions of
men into service--can now roll
to a dead stop without impairing
occupation forces.
. This comment was in amplifi
cation of a senate speech . in
which he said the voluntary en
listment program is getting an
the men the army and navy
need. Revercomb added on the
floor that unless the services act
aromptly,- "there will be legis
atlon offered."
"You recall that President
Truman fixed the. number of
draft calls per month at 50,000
In order not to delay the return
of soldiers who have served over
seas," he said in the interview.
' "Now, It is 'very patent that
volunteers are far exceeding the
selective service number. It is
a matter of reasoning, a matter
of logical deduction."
' Revercomb also plugged hard
for the release of men with de
pendents. He said the country's
?ieacetime needs make it impera
Iv for these men to take up their
lives in the civilian economy. -
at Santiam junction, five Inches
of it having fallen In the past
24 hours. There was a total of
14 Inches on the Willamette high
way, six inches ot it being new
snow.
Diamond lake and Crater lake
roads were closed by the snow,
the state police reported this
morning.
Coldest of the season was re
ported Tuesday morning when
thermometers here sank to' 23
degrees. It was 24 this morning
in Klamath Falls.
NOT A PEEP FROM CHARLIE
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 7 (A1) Charlie McCarthy squawks lot
about his treatment at the hands of Edgar Bergen but at least the
little wooden stooge didn't let out a peep that his boss has been)
married secretly for more than four months.
Ventriloquist Bergen, 40, informed Hollywood friends yester.
day that he and Frances Westerman, 22, beauteous former Powers
model whom he met five years ago, were married June 23 at
Ensenada, Mexico. She is known professionally as Frances West,
cott. It was the first marriage for each. .
The Bergens left Chicago last night for Oklahoma City where
they will be the guests of Governor Robert Kerr. Bergen said
they plan to arrive In Hollywood Monday and establish theis
home in Beverly Hills.
PAPER PLANTS
Iff CLOSED
f AFL UNIONS
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 7 (IT)
Two AFL unions threatened a
possible tie-up in the Pacific
coast pulp and paper industry
today in the wake of a war labof
board decision which the unions
considered unsatisfactory. ' , ;
John Sherman, vice president
of the International Brotherhood
of Pulp, - Sulphite and Papef
Mill Workers, and Russell Drum,
mond, vice-president- of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Pa.
per Makers, announced that theil
bargaining committee was meet
ing here today to consider the
decision. . ;
"If the members reject tha,
only offer contained in the WLB
decision, namely, a slight .raise
in night pay," they said, "we
expect the industry to be tied up,
unless the association employer! '
meanwhile seek negotiations." "
' First Dispute
It was the first dispute in a
decade of successful collective
bargaining between the unions
and the Pacific coast associatlqq
of pulp and. paper manufactur.
ers. -,- ;
A tie-up would affect 32 mills
in - Oregon, ' Washington, and,1
California, -and from 11,576 to
20,000 workers. The lower estU
mate was, made by the WLB, the)
higher one by the unions.
The 12th regional war labor'
board recommended only one
union demand: Increase of the
21 cent hourlv night different .
tlal to 4 cents for the second shift -
and 6 cents for the third. r .
The- board recommended -de
nlal of the 20 per cent wage in.
crease asked to offset reduction .
of the work week from 48 to 40) .
hours. It advised, however, that
the contract allow renegotiation
on the increase when the work
week is actually cut. Union re-
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Two Klamath Men
Hurt In Wreck
Harry I. Wayne, general agent
for the Great Northern, and, Mt,
V. Schoonover, traveling freight
agent for the line, suffered In.
juries late Tuesday morning;
when their car overturned on the
Icy roadbed of Highway 97 north
of Algoma.
Schoonover, driver of the car,
is In Hillside hospital with a so.
vere back injury. Wayne re.'"
ceived severe body bruises but
was able to be at his desk for
a short time today The two
were en route to Bend on busi-
ness when their car struck, an
icy stretch, skidded and over
turned on the road. The " ma
chine, a total wreck, came to
rest on its side In a ditch.
The two men were brought
back to Klamath Falls by pass.
ine - motorists. Scnoonover, 33,
was recently appointed traveling
freight agent for . the Great
Northern replacing Pete Les. :
meister who has left for Brook.
Ings to raise bulbs. His home.
was in Oakland, cam. . ,
Arriving In
United States
By The Associated Press
Virgil T. Johnson. SSgt.,
Klamath Falls, arrived on E.
B. Alexander due In Boston
November 6.
Wilbur E. Muma, PFC,
Klamath Falls, arrived on
E. B. Alexander due in Bos
ton November 6.
. George R. Bellah, . PFC,
Klamath Falls, arrived on
E. B. Alexander due in Bos
ton November 6.