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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1945)
Monday Big Day For KF Post Office Monday was the biggest day for Christmas business at the Klamath Falls post office and also at the sub-station 'at Lee Hendricks drug store on S. 6th. A greater volume of business this year than In 1944 was esti mated in tne suD-siauon, wmcn is open each evening until 8 o'clock and 9 on Saturdays. Only domestic out-going mail is handled here. This is the first year that no extra holiday help was put on at the sub-station. However, one of the regular clerks has been sworn in. Out-going mail at the main post office slarted falling off Tucsdav but in-coining mail is ' increasing daily, Burt E. Hawk ins, postmaster, said tooay. No Deliveries There will be no Sunday or Christmas deliveries this year, Hawkins stated, but carriers are making as many deliveries as necessary each' day and are kept going steadily. There are two daily deliveries at least in all districts. Clerks are work ing after hours until 9:30 each evening stamping, sorting and distributing mail. Packages are reported com ing and going in good shape, well wrappea and clearly ad dressed. Very few claims have been filed for damaged pack- ages this season, it was stated. The volume of out-going Christmas cards is estimated to equal that of last year, with most of them being sealed and using a three-cent stamp. Additional Carriers Additional carriers p u t 1 on Monday, completing the extra help, include Doran C. Lewis, Glenn C. Bortis, Robert L. Mo- cabee. Willis H. Glidden. Lyle R. Steers, George R. Olson, Rob ert A. Mahoney, Frank W. Mat thews, Robert H. Baker, Clif ford O. Joplin, Mervin C. Nich olas, Donald IS. uouriey, tu- sene L. Pyeatt, Joseph w. Leon ard. Lawrence C. Spencer, Mercle L. Rogers, Neal C. Jones. Russell C. Swenson, Arthur H. Lerone, Edwin Run- die, Patrick C. Siowey, veon A. Ericks, Thomas H. Avinn, Jarrett H. Cook, Thealin E. Grise, Odell Bryant, Koyce li, Shaffer. Ardean W. Nelson. Extra clerks put on Monday were Frank J. Ossiander ana Phil K. Bahke. The majority of these men are veterans of World War n. Colonel Hanson Will Be Placed On Inactive Duty Winter Grips Entire Nation (Continued from Page One) area were ','danger spots" as the temperature took a down ward skid. ' ' . Minor Accidents r Slick streets caused numer ous "accidents, police records showed today. None was seri ous. A .-wave of influenza has swept over the state and at Tal ent, near Medford, schools were closed today. Roy Parr, princi pal of the Talent school, report ed 40 per cent of the students absent and all basketball games were cancelled. -' Twenty-one per cent of the Klamath school enrollment was reported absent from class rooms today but this was 1 per cent less than Monday. Joseph Conger reported 41 " absent; Fairview, 61; ' Fremont, ' 37; Junior high, 29; Mills, 108; Peli can, 31; Riverside, 35; Roose velt,' 94, and Klamath Union high school, 189. Stromberg - Carlson Radios. Derby's Music Co. Lt. Col. Raymond W. Hanson, USMCR, who has served as spe cial services officer at tne Ma rine Barracks since June 8, 1945, will leave the post within a short time and return to civil' ian life. Col. Hanson will report Feb ruary 11 to Chicago at wnicn time he will be placed on inac tive duty and return to ma comb, 111., where he has served for the past 17 years as athletic coach at Western Illinois State Teachers college. Col. Hanson received the cov. eted Navy Cross, the Silver Star and the fourragere, granted to the second marine division by the French government during World War I, during that con flict. Fine Job The officer has done a splen did job of arranging for special events including USO shows at the post and Col. Charles T. Brooks, commanding officer, paid high tribute to Col. Hanson today. Col. Hanson arranged a program of name bands which have been heard at the Barracks for the past several months. Col. Hanson enlisted in tne marine corps at the outbreak of World War I. He served over seas and took part in such' fa mous marine corps battles as Belleau Wood in June of 1918. He was with the second marine regiment in France and on re turning to the United States was placed in reserve. Called back In January, Col. Hanson reported to Quan tico, Va., and then to Camp El liott. San Diego, going to tne South Pacific with headquarters fleet marine force. Col. Hanson said his stay here has been delightful and he expressed sincere regret at leav ing Kiamam rails, une ot ms former MacomD students is now a well known Oregonian, and Col. Hanson has visited him on several occasions. He is Harry K. Newburn, now president of the University of Oregon, and "one of the greatest basketball players Macomb .ever turned out. ' col. and Mrs. Hanson will probably be on their way home before the Holidays. Ksli AUrv i-eJ Btscsca i ' iSi!2 Lt. Col. Raymond Hanson Committee OK's Palestine Plan WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 UP) The house foreign affairs com mittee today added its approval to senate-passed legislation call ing on the government to "use its good offices" with Great Britain to permit free entry to jews into Palestine. Chairman Bloom (D-N.Y.) told newsmen the committee at a closed-door session, adopted unanimously a resolution ident ical to one passed overwhelm ingly yesterday by the senate. The action clears the way for possiDie nouse action on tne measure before the holidays. Ceilings Still Off Fresh Fruit WASHINGTON. Dec 18 (JP) Ceilings remained off fresh cit rus fruits today, but the industry naa Deiore it a warning irom Stabilization Administrator John C. Collet that "if excess prices are not promptly curbed or elim inated," controls will be slapped back on. Collet rejected late yesterday OPA's plea for immediate rein statement of price ceilings. "This office will act forthwith to reimpose price ceilings," Col let said, however, unless "amDle supplies and voluntary restraint" on tne part of the industry result in downward trends. Elks To Hold Party Sunday The annual Christmas party for children of members of the Klamath Falls Elks lodge will be held Sunday, December 23, at 2:30 o'clock in the ballroom. There will be a Santa Claus, a Christmas tree with gifts for the small fry, and a program in keep ing with tne holiday season, sev eral hundred children are ex pected to take over the Elks temple at this time. Dr. Boyd Sorague is chairman of the party and co-chairman is Elton Disher. Santa Claus and entertainment is directed by George Bratton Jr., and an nouncing and entertainment by Jack Brandon; gifts and refresh ments. Gino Carnini: decorations and publicity. C. M. Gilmore. The hall and tree decorations will be supervised by wives of committee memDers. There will be two trees this year and the Elks plan to have one of the prettiest holiday parties in the nisiory ot tne organization. Churchill May Visit America LONDON, Dec. 18 '(JP) The London Star said today that Win ston Churchill would leave for a three-month lecture tour of the United States soon after parlia ment adjourns for Christmas De cember 20. Churchill's secretary declined to confirm or denv the renort. but said the wartime prime min ister wouia taite a Holiday "soon." The Star said Churchill's lec tures would give glimpses of the war from the inside and of his associations with President Roosevelt. ' . The Daily Sketch also reported that Churchill would visit " thR United States and said former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden would be conservative nartv leaner during ms aDsence. Herinqton Funeral Rites Wednesday PORTLAND. Dec. 18 (JP) Fu neral services will be held to morrow for George Burkhalter Herington, 65, former labor re lations director for the WPB western log and lumber admin' istration here. The Portlander held a Presi dential Citation for distinguished service as ODT transport person nel iieia representative. From 1925 to 1933 he served as secre tary of the Associated General Contractors of America in the Pacific northwest. His widow. Mary Elizabeth. and daughter, Mrs. Susan Pan- ton, survive. - KINSEY 94.4 Pnrf Diuillti jrtm 100 Grain Nnral Spirit! Kimty Ditlillint Corporation, LinjiiU, Pa. JayceesRun Into Snags On Tree Program Obstacles were encountered at every turn by the Jaycces when they decided to sponsor a com munity trco and present nightly caroling programs. No lights were available when it came time to wiro the tree which was to be lighted Monday evening. Musical programs at tho tree planned for every night until Christmas, dwindled to just two nights and now to one, and that is a "probable." Fremont school choral eroim which was to sing tonight begged off on account of illness in the group. Nearly half the number of students are home with colds and flu. Wiring of the tree was com pleted at 10 o'clock this morn ing and lights will be turned on at 7 o clock tonignt unless something unforeseen occurs. There will be no programs at the tree except Friday night wnen sncred Mean academy stu dents are scheduled to sing. Children may talk to Santa Claus by calling 8183 this Fri day, baturday and bunday. Navy Would Give Ships To China WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 m Shapers of congressional naval policy cast a dubious eye today at a navy proposal to turn over excess American ngming snips to the remiblic of China. The proposal, advanced yester day Dy secretary oi tne Navy Forrestal in a letter to Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex.), caught Capitol Hill off guard. "This is the first I have heard of it," Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) of the house naval com mittee told reporters. ."I'm not saying anything until I know more about what they have in mind." Vinson indicated he would be in no hurry to call the navy's suggestion to the attention of his committee. "This is a complete surprise to me," said Rep. Shappard D Calif.), chairman of the apppro priations subcommittee handling naval funds. "I don't know a thing about it and there are lots of things I want to know." Several members ot Vinson t committee expressed outright opposition. Navy Knew Jap Agents Active WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (JP) Vice Admiral T. S. Wilkinson testified today the navy knew that Japanese agents were active in Hawaii before the war- and tried unsuccessfully to get a law against photographing the fleet at Pearl Harbor. Wilkinson gave no detail in telling the congressional Pearl Harbor committee about the pic ture taking. He referred to it during discussion of the informa tion Admiral Husband E. Kim mel, navy commander at Pearl Harbor, received about Japanese espionage. TO m PROMOTED WITH THE BIST INFANTRY DIVISION ON H1ROSAKI. Jn- of Mrs. Cecil Bennett, 2627 BIs- O o EIGHT JAPS KILLED YOKOHAMA, Dec. 18 (JP) Eight Japanese were killed and 18 were injured in the explo sion of a three-car ammunition train at Tsujibo railroad station south of here today. The explo sives were intended for Amer ican demolition. The eighth army ordered an investigation. bee. Klamath Falls, has recently been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He has been in the Pacific two years and was in several major battles before the fall of Japan. Sergeant Moore, better known as "Tony," expects to be returned to the United States for discharge soon and will make his home in Klamath Falls. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUAR TERS, Yokohama, Japan Carle- ton A. wells, son ot rars. ressie Wells of Klamath Falls, has been promoted from private first class to sergeant in recognition of proven ability in his work with an infantry squad. , Sgt. Wells is a member of MaJ. Gen. Paul J. Mueller's 81st In fantry "Wildcat" division which is now occuplng Aomorl prefec ture, northern Honshu. Flu Causes Close Gf Hoquiam Schools HOQUIAM, Wash., Dec. 18 (IP) Superintendent H. C. Crumpack er yesterday ordered all Ho quiam city schools closed, after advice by City and County Health Officer Dr. H. C. Wat kins. ! The closures come four days before the regular Christmas vacation, when nearly one third of, city's 2000 school children failed to report for classes be cause of influenza and minor ill ness. School basketball games set for this week have been can celled. Huge Crowd Hears Herb Miller's Band An excellent crowd turned out last night to hear Herb Mil ler's name band when the or chestra played at the Marine Barracks gymnasium for men at the post. Tonight Miller's band will play at the officers club for offi cers and their guests. . AND Doors Open 6:45 Wednesday; ' ll!IJfIUItU 4 PCtam YOUR RADIO f V J JEAN HEATHER CHARLES QUIGLEY JfcA. RfBERT BENCHLEY fr Mabel paige CHARLES DINGLE 4 Thrilling jT ' "Me Excitement on Board- I "U.67" I Slick Streets Cause Many Auto Mishaps Icy pavements are causing nu morons minor accidents in tho county, but so fur none has been reported on the grovel-surfaced county ronds. . Approximately $500 damage was done to a 1940 Pontlac so dun driven by R. P, Reynolds, 1032 Main, early (ycslorday morning on highway 66 near the Merrill junction when a Ford truck driven by W. W, Fothcringlmm, Morrill farmer, crashed into tho Reynolds ma chine. Reynolds was driving ' north on the highway, making about as miles per hour, ho reported, when- the truck approuchlng from tho south swung out into the northbound liino tmd ram med Into the front and left side of his car. Tho truck was also extensively damaged, Maxlne S. Mcison, Ronton, Wash., estimated that $200 worth of duimigu was done to her car when alio skidded Into a parked automobile owned by Jay Wright of Portlund on highway 66 yesterday morning. A slick road surfaco on tho Weed highway brought on a mishap Involving two pickup uuiriui 1H51 IllglU. Ut A. UrUOU, 4517 Winter, was driving south on the highway when a truck ahead, driven by J. W. Edwards of Weed, slowed down to turn off. Grubb was unable to stop on ine ice and crasneo, into the rear of the other truck. The gravel-and-dirt county roads are in fuir shape now, frozen solidly and without much snow. As lona as the around stays irozen road surfaces will DC passable unless additional snow falls, County Engineer waiiy riector said today, House Of Lords Approves Loan LONDON. Dec. 18 MP) The house of lords approved the $4,400,000,000 American loan tonight by a vote of 00 to eight. Immediately afterward the lords passed the Bretton Woods agreement bill through all Us stages without discussion. This action took less than a minute. Both the loan and the Bretton Woods agreement previously had been passed by commons. In the debate on tho loan, Lord Keynes, one of Britain's principal negotiator for the loan, asked the lords to "ap preciate the motives, and pur poses of the other side" in weighing the loan terms. Tuesday, Dec. U, 1141 HERALD AND NEWS TWO Gale Damages Two Warships LONDOtf. Dec. 18 IIP) Two American warships, tho aircraft carrier Wasp and the crulner AiiKtistn, woro dainugod In a 70 mile im hour gale which swept over tho mid-Atlantic and bat torcd tho coast of England to day. The U. S, navy port office at Southampton announced Hint tho Wasp was en route to South ampton to pick up troops when she ran Into the storm Sunday. Steel curtains on the hangar dock woro washed awny, Thu Augusta, en route to tho United Stutcs from Le Havra with troops, had hor starboard slda crushed In one or two Inchon mid rpcolved similar damage to her bulkheads. No casualties were reported on either ship. Port officials said the Wusp was expocted to put in at 1'iy mouth this morning for tempo rary rcnalrs. and flint the Au gusta hud turned back and would arrivo at Southampton or Ports mouth later In the day. Mounwhllo, two persons were blown off the dockslde at Aber deen, Scotland, last night and drowned before rescuers could rcuch them, The southwest and west coasts of England have been In tho grip of tho gule for 24 hours and tho channel has been whip ped into a sea or mountainous waves. Boats, unable to reach shore, were riding out the storm Willi iwo anchors down, 1 Motion Picture Head Lauds Schwellenbach SPOKANE, Dec. 18 IP) Eric Johnston, president of llio Mo tion Picture Association of America, sold in an interview yesterday Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach is "doing a really great lob." "I think the folks at home," he mild, "should know what Sec retary Schwellenbach is doing in ono of tho toughest jobs in the nation, which he accepted at a most critical period. ... He is doing a really -great Job and doing It like a gentleman. I am confident this attitude will pay dividends." TRAFFIC CHANGE SHANGHAI, Dec. 18 (P) Tronic in Shanghai s congested streets will be changed from the left to the right aido January 1, municipal police said. 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