McCollum Says Yarning Drafted To
Fleet Commanders Of Imminent Jap
Attack Was Not Sent By Superiors
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (?)
Navy Capt. A. H. McCollum said
today that two or three days
before Pearl Harbor he drafted
' a proposed warning to fleet com
manders that hostilities with
Japan were imminent, but his
superiors decided against send
ing it.
At the time, McCollum was
head of the far eastern section
of the navy department's intel
ligence division.
He said his draft was based on
Ills analysis of the situation and
was not due to any Japanese
"winds" code message indicating
a break with the United States.
To his knowledge, McCollum
added, no such "winds" message
was ever intercepted by the
navy.
McCollum related to the sen-ale-house
committee investigat
ing Japan's December 7, 1941,
attack that he had not known
about the navy's November 27
warning message to fleet com
manders at the time he drafted
his proposed dispatch.
"War Warning"
The November 27 message was
signed by Admiral Harold R.
Stark, chief of naval operations,
and opened by saying it was
"war warning."
McCollum gave the commit
tee this account of his proposed
message: .
He drew it up on Wednesday
or Thursday before Japan's Sun
day attack and took it to Ad
miral Theodore S. Wilkinson, di
rector of naval intelligence and
his immediate superior.
Wilkinson told him to take it
to Admiral R. K. Turner, head of
the war plans division.
Shown Copy
Turner looked it over, struck
out all parts except those relat
ing to' information, and then
drew out a copy of the November
27 message and showed it to
him.
"I said, good gosh, you put in
the words war warning and I
don't know what could be
plainer than that," McCollum
testified.
He said he still wanted his
message sent, however, and
Turner said that if it went it
would have to go as he had
edited it Turner then told him
to take it back ' to Wilkinson
which he did, McCollum added.
"No dispatch of this character
was ever sent?" Senator Lucas
(D-Ill.) asked.
"No sir," McCollum said.
. He was unable to give the com
mittee a copy, he added, because
such a proposed draft, if not
sent, "goes into the waste bas
ket." - McCollum said that if any
'Minic" triocosifTA hnH hppn inter
cepted it would have come to
him.
Youths Admit
Theft Of Car
Two Beatty youths were ar
rested Tuesday at Beatty and
charged with the theft of a car
owned by M. A. Workman,
1336 Lakeview, from that 1 ad
dress Saturday night. The pair,
Elwin Thomas Smith, 20, and
Raymond Foster, 23, both In
dians, were picked up by state
police and Indian Officers Wil
lis Pankey and Del Smith.
Police said Smith and Foster
admitted the theft, saying they
took the car because "they
wanted to go home." The ma
chine was found at Beatty. The
car, officers reported, was in
good condition with the excep
tion of the battery, which was
run down. Both Smith and Fos
ter are in the county jail. Smith
is a returned service man who
re-enlisted in the U. S. . army.
He is due to report back Feb
ruary 15.
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The Pelican and Wildcat bas
ketball squads' arc going to be
honored sometime during this
present basketball season with a
banquet, xne
De given uy
the Home Eco
nomics club
which now
boasts 74 paid
members. This
12 iuitc an nil- v-'
provement
over ine pasi j
lew years
which were hit
by a lull in Joan O'Neill
Home Ec club participation.
Bettv Westlin. Pat Myers. Jim
mie Modisette, Donna Puckett
and Alvce Vincent head the sev
eral committees appointed for
the club banquet. At a recent
meetine of the club a thank-you
note was read from the public
welfare bureau for the cookies
donated by the girls of the home
economics department. Cookies
were made during class hours
and donated for the Christmas
stockings of needy children
The are department has begun
work again on a mural which
is being painted in the room.
This wall rjaintmG? shows a nan-
orama of the history of the west.
The mural was started last year.
One scene is completed and a
second one is half finished. Fred
Wissenbach. art instructor, is di
recting the painting. Mr. Wis
senbach is out of town this week.
Mr. Swansen, returned service
man, is taking his classes.
Margaret Ireland, English
teacher and 1 Kodeo-Krater ad
visor, left for Portland today to
see the company which is han
dling the 1 Kodeo printing.
Pictures were taken by Wes
Robinson at the recent all-county
TAC dance and most of them
turned out fairly well. Several
of the pictures will appear in the
Krater.
Lakeview Elks To
Conduct Initiation
Officers of the Lakeview
Elks lodge will conduct initia
tion at the Klamath Falls Elks
meeting Thursday evening.
Exalted Ruler Ray Ruger of
the Klamath lodge announced
that a birthday dinner will be
held at 6:30 p. m., preceding
the lodge session and initiation.
Pioneer Dies
In Klamath
Joseph Oliver Hamakcr, one
of the county's oldest pioneers
and for more than half a century
a prominent citizen of Bonanza,
died last night in Klamath Falls
at the age of 39 years, 6 months.
Mr. Hamakcr was ill only a
few days before his death, but
because of his failing health had
moved into Klamath Falls from
Bonanza a short time ago to be
near his son and daughter here.
The pioneer served as justice
of the peace of Lost river dis
trict at Bonanza for more than
40 years. He was an early-dny
land commissioner, surveyor,
and lawyer. He operated a news
paper at Bonanza for eight years.
For many years, he and Mrs.
Hampker operated a telephone
and water utility business at
Bonanza.
First Edition
Judge Hamaker platted the
first edition to Bonanza in 1888.
His specialty was land titles and
surveying, his advertisements of
fering this service appeared fre
quently in early day newspaper
files.
Mr. Hamaker was born at
Marysville, la., in 1856. He came
to Oregon in 1880, settling first
at Poe valley but moving to
Bonanza within a few years of
his arrival. On August 3, 1885,
at the tiorton ranch in Poe val
ley, he was married to Anna M
Horton, who survives him.
The couple had nine children,
eight of them still living. The
surviving children are Mrs.
George Boyd, Klamath Falls; H.
b. Hamaker. Klamath Falls:
Monte Hamaker, Redding; Mrs.
Carol Griffith, Portland; Mrs.
Reginald Grisez, San Francisco;
Mrs. George Anderson, Portland;
Marjorie Hamaker, Portland, re
cently discharged from the army
nurse corps, and Jack Hamaker,
Lakeview. Fourteen grand
children and six great-grandchildren
also survive.
. Mr. Hamaker was a charter
member of the Odd Fellows
$24,406 Paid Out
For Care Of Auto
Accident Victims
' SALEM, Jan. 30 (!') The
state department today report
ed it paid out $2(1.408 in 1945
for care of indigent motor ve
hicle accident victims, the
money coming from drivers' li
cense receipts.
Of the amount $20,704 went
to hospitals, $3302 to doctors,
$242 to nurses mid $97 to am
bulance companies.
Payments total $97,465 since
the law became effective July,
1, 1941.
Tryouts Slotecl
For Klamath Kapers
Tryouts for Klamath Kapers,
sponsored by Klamath Thea
tres and KFJI, will be held
Friday nights of this week and
next at the radio station. These
tryouts are for persons living
outside of Klamath Falls. Some
52 local residents participated
in the earlier contest.
Winner of the Klamath Ka
pers goes to Hollywood, the the
atre management announced.
MERCURY SINKS
PORTLAND. Jan. 30 l-P) The
mercury sunk to 28 degrees here
today, freezing the light snow
still remaining on Portland
hills.
The' downtown recording sta
tion registered a low of 32, and
predicted a minimum of 27 tonight
lodge at Bonanza, and a member
of the Lutheran church. His
remains are at Whitlock's, where
funeral services will be held
Friday. The exact hour will be
announced later.
People Asked
To Verify
Seal Receipt
Although the Christmas Seal
sale to support tuberculosis con
trol work and a social hygiene
program in Klamath county end
ed officially Christmas, some res
idents have not yet acknowl
edged receipt of their seals,
Maud A. Hosley, county chair
man said today.
"We are therefore preparing
reminder cards for these resi
dents, the first lot of cards to
be mailed today," Mrs. Hosley
said.
The Klamath County Public
Health association wishes to
thank the volunteers who have
helped with the preparation of
reminder cards, Mrs. Llovd A.
Young, Mrs. C. W. Hornlbrook,
Mrs. Jack Schulzc. Mrs. Garrett
Van Riper, Mrs. E. Loton Ste-
pneiu ond Mrs. Ross Stumpley;
Girl Scout members of troon 2.
Betty Pinniger. Priscillu McDon
ald, Roberta Jones and Char
lotte lleup spent Saturday morn
ing gluing Christinas Seals on
reminder curds. Mrs. James
Pinniger is leader of Girl Scout
troop No. 2, and Florence Mc-
uonnaney, executive secretory.
Other members of the troon will
help prepare reminder cords
next Saturday, Mary Joan Hill,
Molly Coshin. Frances Steven
son, Geraldine Gibson, Gcraldlnc
Johnson, Shirley Gaylord, Mar
ilyn Wheeler and Anna Lou
uackman.
A rcsponre from everyone in
Klamath county who received
Christmas Seals in the moil will
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Batteries for all types vacuum tub aids.
enable the Klamath County Pub
lic Health association to carry on
its full program of activities in
1940. A - program has been
planned to bring to light un
known cases of tuberculosis and
to show tho community how the
spread of tuberculosis can be
prevented.
Social Hygiene Day
Soclol Hygiene tiny, February
11, is a purt of tho county pro
gram. Roy E. Dickorson, execu
tive socrofary of tho Cincinnati
Soclol Hygiene society, ond asso
ciate in education for tho Amort
can Institute of Family Rela
tions, will bo tho speaker at two
sessions during tho clay. At the
noon luncheon ot tho Wlllard
hotel, his topic will be "Safe
guarding tho Home." At the 2
o'clock session, also at tho Wll
lard, ho will discuss "TIo Par
ent's Part In Sox Education." Tho
complete program for the day
will ha announced in tho near
future.
Mrs. Thomas C. Parker, execu
tive secretary for tho Klamath
County Public Health associa
tion, wishes to express her
thanks to all volunteers who
helped with the seal sale project,
and to each and every citizen
who has sent In a contribution to
moke possible a better public
health program.
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