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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1946)
War Veterans Arrive Home To Face Housing Shortage In Klamath Falls Veterans of both thcaten of war are arriving home daily to face the problem of house hunt ing. The housing shortage in Klamath Falls is still critical ..with sometimes 40 inquiries 'made in a single day at. the chamber of commerce. An aver ' age of between 350 and 400 calls arc received there a month from both civilians and veterans. A few single rooms in private ' homes are listed and some small . cabins but no place for the vet eran with a family or the civilian family given notice to move when the house they are occupy ing is sold. The American Legion, hearing "that some units of the FPHA i trailer dwellings were vacant, appointed a committee of three men to investigate why they are not available to veterans. Pat- Under New Management THE CHICKEN SHACK CAFE is now btlng operated by Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Baird. who welcome your patronage. Mr. B a 1 r d recently completed services of several years in the Navy. S Courteous Service Good Food rick W. Kilby, Hal H. Ogle and Leon Lombard, appointed on the committee, were told by Austin Hayden, project engineer, that ine 20 trailer nouses noi rented now are vacant due to needing repairs. Trailers' Vacant ' Hayden told the committee that these trailers have been va cant only for the past six weeks. In September he received notice from the NHA regional office in Seattle not to re-rent trailers when they became vacant. This reauest was rescinded in Octo ber when it was apparent that all available housing would sun De needed. All livable trailers were rent ed to railroad and lumber work ers and veterans but the remain' ing un-occupied units can not be used during bad weamer until they have been repaired as cracks and leaks make them a hazard to health, Hayden advised. Twelve trailers were reported by Hayden to the regional main tenance engineer in beanie as in need of repairs in August with repair costs estimated at $22,000 by a local contractor. . Nothing was done about conditioning r. For the reader de siring the address ot a needlecratt magatlne, Mrs. L. , K. U, Minnesota, "writes: "I'm sure the needlework lover would like Aunt Mien's WORKBA8KET." This monthly pat- . tern and direction service brings the latest creations In handcraft and needlework from the country's foremost artists and designers. It , is 11.00 a year for twelve luuee. hut no samples are sent because each Issue contains large hot iron transfer patterns as well aa Ideas for such Items as dollies, edlings, bedspreads, tablecloths, hats; bacs, and baby's things. Orders-should be sent to the WORKBASKET, xssi Weetport Station, Kansas City z. Mo." If you are not delightfully pleased with the first Issue, Asnt Ellen will return your dollar and you may keep the material you have received without any obligation. Man Faces Bad Check Charge A man named William Daniel Richards, alias William Daniel Murphey and Bill Murphey, is held in the county jail on a drunk charge today and also faces a bad check complaint. Richards was arrested on the street at Merrill last Sunday night by state police and pleaded not guilty in justice court yes terday to being drunk in a pub lic place. He was found guilty and sen tenced to five days in the county jail, with credit for the two days be had already been locked up. Monday a complaint against him was filed with the district attor ney's office charging Richards with obtaining money under false pretenses. He had allegedly given Dar rell C. King and L. H. Holden, owners of the. Merrill Billiards, a $50 check, signing his name as Biu Murpney. i n e check, drawn on a Merrill bank, was no good. It was passed last Satur day. . So yesterday Richards waived a preliminary hearing on that count in justice court and was returned to jail with bail set at $500. -We finally got caught up!m RECONDITIONED EXCHANGE MOTORS GENERAL REPAIRING MOTOR TUNE-UPS ' by Specialist BUD ANDERSON ELECTRIC and ACETYLENE WELDING -Tv prompt Service V JIM KALER'S 2110 Whit AUTOMOTIVE MACHINE SERVICE Dial 7279 these units and since then eight additional ones have fallen ino Temporary Dwellings The trailers are only tempor ary dwellings to be used until belter facilities are available, and occupants have first choice of vacancies in the government housing units, if the 20 vacan cies were made livable some re lief might be seen in the housing firoblem and a portion of the oad lifted from the town proper. A request for releasing navy homaja huts for the use of ex service personnel is . reported pending in the U. S. navy office in Seattle now and it this re quest should be granted the prob lem wouia te consicieraDiy lignt. ened, it was observed. City Police Impound Cars Four of six. cars hauled to the city hall yesterday for improper parking were brought in from the vicinity of the armory last night and tne owners naa to come to the police station and pay $2.50 tow charges to redeem their machines. Also 13 parking tickets were paid this morning. Klamath avenue between 4th and 5th has been posted for one- hour parKing now and traffic of ficers have instructions to ticket cars overstaying the limit. John Kissling, 515 Mt. Whit ney, was arrested on a warrant yesterday for running a red light and posted $5 bail for an appear ance in court today. Johnny Pasteea of Klamath Falls also posted $5 for a like offense. 142 Men Lost On Carolyn WASHINGTON. Jan. I r.Pt The navy revealed today that 142 officers and men were lost when the 3200-ton SS Carolyn disappeared without a trace 300 miles east of Norfolk in March, 1842. The vessel was on Its shake down cruise as a "Q" ship. It had seven officers and 135 en listed men in its crew. "Q" ships' are camouflaged merchant vessels which appear to be easy prey to submarine attack but actually carry heavy armament. In its announcement today the navy said the Carolyn had been converted to such war duty and renamed the USS Atik. Conduit Maze Evident As Station KFLW Progresses - ft N " - S f It ff i .-.i..:. - ; - . ,v . -v. - .' j" jf 'f Mill ..s..s. 1 J ST t... : i j pi j "n" u if' .y -j " " i,""" . " i Sill "T.-W Arriving In United States By Associated Press Tanjl Nakagama, PFC. Lakeview, arrived on H. Mid dleton, due in Newport News January 6. Pictured on this page is the maze of electrical conduits term inating at the master control position in control room 'A' at KFLW, the new Herald and News radio station now being rushed to completion In the north wing of the Herald-News building. These conduits' will soon contain control wiring and cables necessary to operate the many circuits involved in a mod ern broadcasting installation, after which the walls will re ceive the latest type acoustic treatment and the above 'behind the scene!' view will never again be available. The KFLW design will feature a dual control room-studio ar rangement to facilitate complete auditioning and rehearsals of all locally originated programs to insure highest fidelity, true-to-life radio reproduction. Trans mitting apparatus which will excite KFLW's modern all-steel antenna on the Balsiger building includes selected units assembled by RCA. -Western Electric, Gen eral Radio, Collins, and the Gates Radio company. .Pro visions have been made in KFLW'a building facilities for F-M service to the Klamath country in the near future, as well as ultimate facsimile and television transmission. The in- stallation includes a suite of 18 air conditioned rooms on the main and mezzanine floors, with accommodations for the en eineering. announcing, program ming,' advertising, and book keeping departments; T as well as business offices. The plans were drawn by Bud Chandler, tech nical director of KRNR-KFLW, and the equipment installation will be supervised by G. E. Walters, KFLW chief engineer. KFLW will operate on 1450 KC with a power of 250 watts, and Is the only affiliate of the China Truce Efforts Fail By BPENCER CHUNGKING, MOOSA Jan. 9 (IP) Efforts to achieve a truce lit China's civil strife fulled again today and the communist repre sentative charged that a hitch developed because of govern ment (lomnnds for exception of Jehol and Chaliar provinces from the armistice terms. "Tho communists find these demands unacceptable and can not tolerate them as prerequis ites for a ccaso fire order," said Gen. Chou En-lal, communist representative at the truce talks with a government member and General Murshull. Tho parley was adjourned Un til lute tomorrow. Its failure to achieve prompt agreement blasted hopes of a truce being ef fected before tomorrow's open ing of the political unity conference. Three Indian ' Officers Re-Named Jesse Lee Kirk was elected firesident, Seklon Kirk vice pros dent, and Boyd J. Jackson, sec retary, as the Klumuth Tribal business committee went into regular quarterly session Tues day. Tho three officers were American Broadcasting com pany, formerly NBC-Blue, be tween KEX, Portland, and KGO, San Francisco. Tentative open- day is March 15. Prelim- Coadeued Report of the UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK of PORTLAND, OREGON SUBMITTED TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1945 RESOURCES Cash on Hand and Due from Banks $114,944,518.47 Unittd States Government Bonds 408,436,839.79 Municipal and Other Bonds 9,279,388.17 Loans and Discounts (8,940,887.33 Stock In Federal Reserva Bank 540,000.00 Bank Premises (including Branches) 3,164,162.87 Other Real Estate 1.00 Interest Earned .' t 1,444,551.88 Other Resources . 296,064.59 $607,046,414.10. LIABILITIES Capital .im niTOTri $8,000,000.00 Surplus 10,000,000.00 Undivided Profits 4,223,626.27 Reserves .. -........ 1,424,184.92 $ 23,647,811.19 Reserves for Interest, Taxes, eie.. 1,888,131.68 Dividends Declared 180,000.00 Depssits 581,111,238.52 Other Liabilities 219,232.71 $607,04,414.1O KLAMATH FALLS BRANCH KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON . Head OflkM, VortlUii, Orefoa DDtlCr BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANKOF PORTLAND Mtmbtr FiJtrsl Diptiit Iniurtna Ctrprlit Wednesday. Jan. t. 1141 HERALD AND MEWS TWO renamed after serving for the pust term. Their now offices go Into effect January 1 and eon tlnue for two years. , 11. G. Cnurtrluht. sunerln tendent of the Klamath Indian Agency, said that tho session would be held from Jumiury 8 lo lo, inclusive. Extension Unit News Altamont - Memburs nf llin Altiinintit en tension unit will hold their first meeting of tno yeur on Tuesday, January 15, at 10 a. in., at the homo of Mrs, W. S. Metier, 2027 Ulsbeo. Tho subject, "CoiiNcrve You," will bo led by Mrs. Wlnnl frod K. Qillon, county homo dem onstration agent. The Bonanza home demonstra tions unit met Tuesday with 14 members present. Mrs. Wlnnl frcd K. Glllon demonstrated auick methods for ironing men's shirts In the first of a series of subjects In the "Conserve You" project. Mrs. Evcrltt Sparks, hostess to the group In her home, fol lowed through with tho demon stration using a shirt of hor husband's. An added feature of the meet ing was a contest of speed In po tato peeling. Mrs. Fletcher Halph, using a patented peeler, finished first. Three Missing Skiers Saved r RED BLUFF1, Calif., Jan. I (P) A girl and two boy skiers were buck safely In their hoiuos today, none tho worso for having been lost ' In sub-zero teinporntures and thirty-foot snows ot Lessen Volcanic national park, The throe, Juno MucDounald. 20; hor brulhor, Hex, 14. of Project City, ami a fl'lund, Don old Hiimmon, ID, wero found In a snow bound cabin where they hud taken refugo ami were brought to siifoty yeslurdny by veterans of the purklsorvlco. They sot. off on a skiing ex pedition Sunday morning end lied boon tumble to find the re turn trail because of a storm. Rescue parties wero dispatched to search for them. Tho party was found by We lev J. Brokcnshlre. district for est rangor, and Hlmmlng Erlck son, expert skier, who had been leudlnu the search slnco the storm broke Sunday. - Insurance is a specially, not a aid Una, with Hans Norland, 123 N. 8th St. II Doors Open Ii30 6:45 II j J. HI. I. Milt! HURRY! LAST DAY! &$rfSZ CiLUJ.lJj.jj "VHt.H-i'mq y Frye, KKLW sales manager. 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