Waldo Klum
Takes Life
Waldo Klum, 67, retired rall
road conductor and former resi
dent of 4 IS Hillside, Klamath
Falls, committed suicide at his
home . in Ashland yesterday
afternoon.
Ashland officials laid that
Klum had been despondent re
cently and that about 2 o'clock
yesterday he went into an up
stairs bathroom at his home and
locked the door.
Shortly afterward a shot was
heard and his wife, Ruth,
rushed into the room and found
him dead. He had apparently
Dlaced the muzzle of a aua-cai.
deer rifle in his mouth and
pulled the trigger.
Klum worked for the South
ern Pacific here for a number
of years and was well known in
Klamath Falls. His wife, Ruth
Fink, is a former commercial
teacher at Klamath Union high
school. The Klums have a sum
mer home on the east side, of
Lake o' the Woods.
LitwiUer funeral home in
Ashland is making arrange
ments for the funeral which
will be held in Ashland Satur
day afternoon at 3 o clock.
OBITUARIES
JOSEPH NASOK
Joseph Kason, a resident of Swan
Tjk district for the last 34 years passed
away In thii city on Thuraday, Decem
ber 8, 1945 at 6 p. m. following an
Ulneia of one month. Be waa a native
of Tekapoo, wis., and at the time oi nu
death was aced Bl years 1 month and
13 days. Surviving are on aaugnier.
Mrs. Leslie Beal of Dorrii. Calif., one
on. Hertort Nason of Dorris, Cam.,
seven ffrandchildren and three treat
irrandchUdren. The remains rest In
the Earl WhlUock Funeral home. Pine
at 6th. Funeral services will be held
In the chapel of the Earl WhlUock Fu
neral home, on Monday, December 10,
1945 at 1:30 p. m., with the Rev. Lester
Huffman of Macdoel, Calif., officiat
ing;. Commitment services and inter
ment 1 Lakeview cemetery, Macdoel.
Calif., at 3:45 p. . m. Monday. Friends
are mvitca. .
WILLIAM HENRY MILLER
William Henry Miller, a resident of
Merrill. Ore., -for the last 10 years
n&Bsed away at his late residence on
Thuraday, December 8. 1945 at 1:30
a. m., following an illness or seven
months. He was a native of LaPorte
county. Indiana and at the time of his
death was aged 87 years 11 months and
11 days. Surviving: are his wife, Mrs.
Margaret Miller of Merrill. Ore., seven
. sons, Bryan, Clair, Frank, James and
Bill Miller all of Merrill. Ore., Robert
H. of Phillip burg, Kan., and Crozier
W., of Simla, Colo., three daughters.
Mrs. Annie Tamlln of Larimer, Wyo..
Mrs. Helen Glover of Kutch, Cola, and
Mrs. Ida Jacklica of Matheson, Colo.,
one sister. Mrs. Annie Calhoun of
Phllllpsburg, Kan., 37 grandchildren
and four great grandchildren. The re
mains rest In the Earl WhlUock Funeral
home. Pine at 6th. Notice of funeral to
be announced at a later date.
WILLIAM FRANCIS BRTAtf CHASE
William Francis Bryan Chase, a resi
dent of Klamath county for the last 48
years passed away In this city on
Thursday. December 0, 1945 at 4:30 p. m.,
following an illness of one month. Re
was a native of Linn county, Kansas
and at the time of his death was aged
80 years one month and 26 days. Sur
viving are one daughter, Mrs. Joseph
A. Mahoney of this city, one sister,
Mrs. Bessie Woods of Martinez, Calif.,
and one brother, Charles A. Chase of
Lakeview, Ore.: 11 grandchildren and
eight great grandchildren. The remains
rest in the Earl WhlUock Funeral home.
Pine at 0th, Notice of funeral to be an
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lantic's limbo Wednesday with
13 men on board.
Falling Plan
'One waa word from a passing
ship, the SS Gaines Mills, that
it saw an explosion at sea off
New Smyrna Beach at 7:50
p. m. Wednesday, and what ap
peared to be an airplane fall
ing. That may have been the
fate of (lie PBM search craft.
The other clue was a report
by the airport weather station
at Miami that a large area of
turbulent air rolled out of a
storm centered over Gcorsia.
swept over Jacksonville about
noon and reached Miami by
nightfall.
A meteorological freak
squalls on the surface, 40 mile
winds at 1000 feet, and full
hurricane of 75 miles an hour
at 8000 feet was recorded at
4 p. m. Such a development
could easily have carried the
torpedo planes miles out of
tneir practice area.
"Can't tell weather over the
Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico," the
final message was reported to
have said.
Today's vast search was a re
newal of yesterday's hunt when
planes scanned all of the Flor
ida peninsula and a sea area
reaching 150 miles from the
coast. Today planes and ships
were ordered to look at every
square mile of sea from north
of Key West to north of Jack
sonville for a distance 250 miles
out from the coast.
Main Jailed . For
Reckless Driving
William F. Booth, 26, of Oro-
ville. Calif., a discharged marine,
was jailed by city police last
night on a charge or recKiess
drivine after his car was in
volved in an accident at the East
Main-Home intersection.
Be was released this morning
on $50 bail and is to appear for
trial in police court this after
noon. Police said Booth was driving
down ' East Main shortly after
midnight last night and in at
tempting to turn into Home
street smashed into a corner
telephone pole. The piece of the
pole fell through a window of a
building at 515 E. Main, former
ly occupied by the Milk Bottle.
Questioned at the police sta
tion the ex-marine stated that
he was driving about 40 miles
per hour and had been drinking
but was not intoxicated.
VITAL STATISTICS
BELL-Bora at Hillside hosoltal.
Klamath Falls, Ore., December 1945.
to Mr. and Hit loiter Bell, Tulelake.
Calif., a girL Weight: 6 pounds 10 Vi
ounces.
YRIB ARRZN Born at Hillside hospi
tal. Klamath Falls. Ore, December S.
IMS, to Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Yribarren.
Alturas, Calif., a girl. Weight: 8 pounds
4 ounces.
FINK Born at Hillside hospital, Klam
ath Falls, Ore., December 6, IMS, to
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Fink, Tulelake.
Calif., a boy. Weight: 7 pounds V,
Sisemore Thanks Groups
For Hospital Assistance
President L. Ortlt Sisemore of
the Klamath County chamber of
commerce today expressed ap
preclation to the various groups
and individuals who assisted the
chamber in securing a veterans
hospital for Klamnth Falls.
"At the time our brief was
presented to Gen. Omar Bradley
we had excellent endorsements
Sport Late News
Byrnes Mum On
Big 5 Confab
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7 (PU
Secretary of State Byrnes de
clined today to say anything
about possibilities of a meeting
of the foreign ministers of the
United States, Russia, Britain,
(jmna ana t ranee.
Questioned about reports
from London that such a meet
ing would soon be held in Moscow,-
Byrnes said he couldn't
say anything at all about it. .
Byrnes told - a news confer
ence Wednesday that a meeting
of foreign ministers, following
up the session which ended in
deadlock at London in Septem
ber, was not to be ruled out by
President Truman's recent
statement that he wanted more
and more problems turned over
to the United Nations.
Man Takes Life
On Northbound Train
William Merrin Little, 53,
thought to be a resident of El
lensburg, Wash., took his life in
the men's washroom of north
bound Southern Pacific No. 16
near Klamath Falls last night.
Klamath County Coroner
George H. Adler said the man
fired a .38 Marlin pistol through
his temple. The . train was
stopped at Modoc Point and the
body removed by Ward's. It was
necessary to take off the metal
door of the washroom to extri
cate the body. There was no rea
son given for the act.
Little's mother, Mrs. E. D. Mil
ler, lives in Ellensburg, Wash.
The man had in his possession
a baggage check which indicated
he was en route from Chicago
to Klamath Falls. Little was a
barber by trade ' and has one
daughter, Dorothy, living in New
York.
from the Klamath County Medi
cal society, the Lake County
chamber of commerce, the Klam
ath county court, city council of
Klamath Falls, Klamath post Mo.
8, American Legion, Disabled
American Veterans chapter No.
12, Klamath Sheriff's Posso and
the Junior chamber of com
merce," Sisemore stated. "These
endorsements greatly assisted in
making a favorable impression
on veterans aannnisiruuon ouv
cials."
Sisemore paid particular trib
ute to Dr. J. M. Milton, secretary
of the Klamath County Medical
society, for considerable person
al effort in securing support for
the proposal. He also expressed
appreciation to f reu neuoron.
ner. Ed Ostendorf. Lamar Town'
send and R. C. Dale, who com
prise the chamber's veteran af
fairs committee.
Additional endorsements on
the part of American Legion
posts at i-BKeview, xuieiaKC,
Merrill and Malln were received
after the brief had been present
ed to General Bradley. These
resolutions were sent- in as re
ceived.
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Snow Delays
SP Trains
Winter winds, rain and snow
swept through the mountain area
bringing a heavy snowfall to the
northern Klamath country and
sending the thermometer down
to 29 degrees here. It was 20 at
ChemulU
The southbound Southern Pa
cific trains. No. 13 and No. 17,
were delayed because of deep
snows in the Crescent Lako and
Chemult areas. Tlio railroad re
ported 36 Inches of snow on the
ground at Crescent lake. It was
snowing throughout the day and
the minimum this morning was
26 degrees. At Mowlch there
was a depth of 37 inches and a
temperature of 24 degrees.
Highways were reported dan
gerous for travel- according to
the state highway commission.
There was 17 inches of new
snow last night at Santiam junc
tion and eight inches at Udell
lake on the Willamette highway
bringing the total to 67 Inches
at each place, ice was reported
on highways at higher cteva
tlons in this area.
The weekend forecast by the
Salvation Army
Bells To Tinkle
Belli will tinkle on Main
street Saturday, calling attention
to the Salvation Army's trad!
Uonal Christmas kettles, .
Contributions to carry on the
work of the Salvation Army for
supplying Christmas needs to the
less fortunate, will be gladly aC'
copied by the lassies In charge of
the kettles. .
Donations to aid this cause
may also be mailed to Salvation
Army headquarters, box 640,
City.
Again the Salvation Army
building at S. 4th and Klamath
avenue will be the official com
munity Christmas cheer center,
and will bo the clearing house
for applications lor aid.
OPENS SEASON
....The Sacred Heart basketball
team opens Its season with a
game with Mnlln high school to
night at Malln, The gamo starts
at a o ciocK.
U. S. weather man was "rain
tonight but clearing Saturday."
Santa 'Won't Wait ... .
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Santa Claus must fill his pack
for December 25, not the 26th or
next year. So If cash -on-hand Is
short, buy your gift now on Wards
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Malin Man Reports
Automobile Theft
J. O. Plumllo of Malln ronnrt
ed to elty police yesterday that
his car, a grey 11)37 Chrysler
sedan, was stolon from his resl-
dunco in Malm Wofliicsduy
night.
Tim milo hud a trailer hook
on tlio rear and Insist wuro an
overcoat, hut mid uIukkos.
Four drunks and ono vagrant
nppoarea in ponce court this
morning, and six traffic tickets
wero paid.
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SALES and SERVICE
See
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Equipment Co.
611 Klamath
' Phone 8455
USBR Officials To
Talk Lease Program ,
Four officials of the land Mi
development and settlement ; dl
vision of tlio regional office,
U. S. bureau of reclamation,
will bo on tlio project next
week, K. Laylon Stephens, u
porliiluiulimt of tlio local offlc
unnouueed today.
The men are Paul Nelson, D.
S. Stoner, 11, O. Howard and
Paul H. Johnsloiio, who will
discuss settlement and leasing
programs with local groups De
cember 11, 12 and 13,
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