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
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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.
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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. -
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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. While
drivers are getting used to the
change, the speed limit Is being
reduced from 15 to 12.4 miles
an hour.
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