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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1946)
Post Calls For Support Of VA Quiz GRANTS PASS, Feb. 6 m The Oregon department of the American Legion was called up on by Grants Pass post 28 to ; lend all possible support to Na Vtional Commander John Stelle in his demand for a .congres sional Investigation of' the vet erans' administration,.'ln a peti- 4Ixh B4n(a) imnnlmnitclv Mntt. MUll UUHU w.. day night. The resolution was adopted following disclosures here Sun-; ' day by Commander Nell Mor-' ,fitt that the "tragic breakdown' i of the VA as described b: ' Steele in his letters calling for i investigation! does exist in Ore . gon. . " ' : ' I Backs Charge I In answer to a nationally pub ' llcized statement credited to President Truman that he did not "feelthat Stelle was speak ing for the American Legion" in .his accusations of inefficien cy against the VA, which is headed by General Omar N. Bradley, the Grants Pas;: reso lution declared that, insofar a? ' the VA operations in' Oregon were concerned. Commander Stelle does speak for ihe Amer ican Legion, The resolution vra presented to the Grants Pas? post by W. C. (Pete) Allen after a discus sion of the natior,al controversy -in which Past Cammander Niel R. Allen gave a summary of the VA situation in Oregon and the meeting with department of ficials. ,- California Weekend Mr. and Mrs. Paul Farrens and Mr. and Mrs. Paul O. Landry spent the . weekend ' at Boyes Springs, . Sonoma county, uam. xney became acquainted with friends of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Caillier and Landry dropped into the navy recruiting office Wednes i day to bring Caillier a message . from them. Famvvs Brand' BOYS' JACKETS Suits, Ensembles, Shirts, Sport Shirts SUGARMAN'S U a Mila DEVELOPING ENLARGING PRINTING PHOTO SERVICE 211 Underwood Bids. Watch For the ROOSTER Ll Tibcij Firms To Qf sraie 'In Red' SI 6KANK, Feb. 6 (P) The offiCit ?f price administration has lutjed, that lumber firms must uttcrate 25 per cent "in the rcii'' for six months before increased ceiling prices would be granted ior lumber, a lum ber industry spokesman said yesterday. Charles S. Hoffman, acting manager of the Products Manufacturing- association in Spo kane,, said "This is bad news. For .presumably it would apply to the whole industry, not just lo the pole companies." Htt said the opinion might in terfere with resumption of work in lumber plants which have signed contracts with nni is ending lumber strikes in the northwest. Mother Of KF Han Passes Hubert E. Wattenbure. 219 Pine. Tuesday was advised of tiie death of his mother, Mrs. Marv Catherine Wattenburg, on that" day in Fossil, Ore., follow ing an illness of more than 30 years. Mrs. Wattenburg would have been 88 years of age February 17. She was born or. western pioneer parents in 1857. shortly after they had settled in Santa Clara county, California. The familv moved to Oregon, going first to Lane county where she married and her son, Robert, was born. Ten children were born to the couple. Mr. Watten burg died in 1916. Due to weather conditions, Wattenburg will be unable to attend final rites for his mother. She had suffered from arthritis and had been in a wheel chair for many years. Keno Pioneer Hurt By Auto Thomas J. Prathor, 85-vcar- old pioneer and retired Keno merchant, was painfully irqurea when he was struck by a car driven by Mrs. R. W. Shellhorn. route 2, at Esplanade and Wall about 7:15 last night. Klamath Valley hospital officials today reported that he was suffering from a knee injury. Mrs. Shellhorn told police that she was turning left onto Wall when she saw a man's legs silhouetted against the lights of her car. She jammed on her brakes but apparently hit Pra ttler with her left bumper. She placed the aged man in her car and asked him where his home was. He told her 645 Ala meda, but Mrs. Shellhorn, not familiar with Klamath Falls, drove up Wall to Monclaire and turned left to go up the hill. Her j car wouldn't c limb the hill, however, investigating po lice reported, but slid sideways back down and she was unable to drive out. Mrs. Shellhorn then phoned Mrs. Ross Simmers, Prather'g daughter, at the Ala meda address, to tell her of the accident. In the meantime an unidenti fied man who knew Prather and bad seen the accident, went to the Simmers home to tell Mrs. Simmers. When Mrs. Shellhorn's call came Mrs. Simmers rushed over to the stalled car on Mon claire and took Prather to the hospital. - The oldest recorded document on paper is a deed of King Roger of Sicily of the year 1102. Scout Knives 2.50 Flashlights, Eveready .7.......... 1.25 Pencil Lights, Eveready .75 For "hard to get items" ,. it't . THE GUN STORE 714 Main DISCOUNT On The Following Goods i.' (Sola Limit to Goodi'on Hand) Sale Starts Thursday, Feb. 7 Light Plants Post Hole Diggers Haymaster Stackers Workmaster Manure Scoops Workmaster Bulldog Attachment Hydraulic Scrapers Wisconsin Engines :. Irrigation Syphons Electric Welders ' Sickle Grinders Barrel Pumps Cyclone Air Cleaners Hand Grease Guns Electric Fence Chargers D. D. T. Bolts Machine and Carriage Babbit Bearings No. 55AIL and No. 55AIR Chain Links No. 55 Chain Sprockets Repair Parts V Belts V Pulleys Belt Dressing Brown Equipment Co. KLAMATH FALLS and LAKE VIEW Phone 824 . Phone 1482 U. S: Forces In Japan Cut To 200,000 TOKYO, Feb. 6 (PI In less than the six months he had set. General MacArthur has made good his plan to cut United States occupation forces in Japan 10 suu.uuu men. There are only 203.817 Amcrl can officers and enlisted men in Nippon today, and that includes the air force, headquarters fig ures .show. Since the surrender five months ago, MacArthur has sent home under the discharge point system, 324,829 Pacific veterans trom forces m Japan. The maximum occupation strength probably was 450,000 when troops were pouring in from the Philippines and other Pacific island bases but the exact fissure is not available. MacArthur's September 17 an nouncement that he expected to reduce the occupation force to 200,000 men within six months surprised Washington. President Truman said he had not known of it, but hoped it would SDeed discharges. The state depart ment notea mat sucn a cut must not interfere with the army act ing as an instrument to carry out occupation policy destruc tion of Japan's will to make war. Five months of the occuoation have passed without a single In cident of resistance. Except for scattered military policemen. both officers and men go about unarmed. Accidents Take 96,000 Lives CHICAGO, Feb. 6 m Ac cidents in the United States in 1945 cost the lives of 98.000 per sons, injured 10,300.000 and the estimated economic loss was five billion, two hundred million dol lars, the National Safety council said today. The council said that the toll was only 1 per cent above 1944, but that the comparison was mis leading "because it does not ac curately depict the seriousness of the current accident prob lem." "The 1945 increase is as small as it is only because of a natural and drastic reduction in acci dents to military personnel," the council said. "Actually, figures show that the nation celebrated V-J Day by going on a prolonged traffic spree that hasn't ended yet." Gales Lash Coast Line; Snow Heavy (Continued from Page One) the crews who battled high winds. A check with local traffic of ficers showed a number of minor arrirfpnta nnn, nf whi ,h in. volved personal injuries. Resi dents living on hills used chains to get back and forth to town and rhflina vanra nHtricnri fni all traffic leaving here. There was nve incnes oi new snow on tne Green Snrine Mrlv hi. mnrrt. ing and this figure was expected to be doubled by nightfall as snow continued in that area. no wire service TVlA 14pra1H anri M.uio n-.l this morning, was without Asso- i-iaica rress wire service as two power break-downs occurred, one "flrnnnrt firant. Pose" anrl the other in the vicinity of The jjaues. oervice was resumed at around 9 a. m. today. Klamath was nt tVtA part of Oregon to find itself in a winter xie-up. A gale which battered the coast sent winds up in 90-milp an hnnr 9nH tiroeVtafJ ashore a coast guard boat with us tour men missing today. The weather bureau reported the slide-covered rock-blocked rail road tracks and broken telephone wires in its wake. Winds which endangered ships along the coast were subsiding today. In the Columbia river gorge, the highway and the Union Pa cific railroad tracks were blocked by a tremendous slide loosened by rain and wind. T e 1 e p hone communications were down in several parts of southwestern Oregon, as winds sent trees crashing over the poles. The storm was nation-wide and as for the forecast for the next 24 hours? Why, it's going to snow! , Postal Receipts Total $17,838.70 January postal receipts for 1946 amounted to $17,838.70, ac cording to a report by Burt E. Hawkins, Klamath Falls post master. This is a decrease from re ceipts for January, 1945, which totaled $20,774.90, and is due, Hawkins explained, to evacua tion of personnel from the Tule lake Jap camp, the naval air station and the Marine Barracks. These factors have affected all business in the area, he said, Kiid with business below normal money hasn't been in circulation as it was in the early part of 1945. Former Judge 'Sold Justice' WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 The house judiciary committee reported today that former Fed eral Judge Albert W. Johnson of L,ewisuui'K. ra.. sold justice in his court "for all the traffic would bear. The committee report to the house said, however, that no pur pose would De served in im peaching Johnson because he re signed last July and subsequent ly cut himself off from a SI 0,000-a-year full-pny pension. He had served 20 years. The report was approved by the committee after three secret sessions during which members debated the propriety of its re lease before Johnson and nine co-defendants go on trial in Scranton on conspiracy charges. Order Of Antelope Will Meet In July The " Order of the Antelope will meet July 12, 13 and 14 at the famed "Blue Sky hotel" on towering Hart mountain in Lake county, according to Marshall Cornett, chief white tail of the organization. . In the war years, meetings of this unique group were canceled, but a reunion of the clan is now on schedule for the July dates. Cornett attended a meeting in Lakevlew this week at which plans were made. It is expected to hold the at tendance to 300. Invitations are to be sent out immediately, i Klamath Couple Reported Improved Mrs. Harold W. Harris of May's auto camp on Biehn street, was released from Klamath Val ley hospital Wednesday morrting where she has been receiving treatment since Sunday for car bon monoxide poisoning. Harris, employed by the Oregon state highway department, expects to be released Thursday. Both are rapidly recovering. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harris were unconscious when found in their cabin early Sunday afternoon as fumes from a gas heater, which was burning throughout the night, caused carbon monoxide poison to fill the room. COMMITS SUICIDE BELGRADE. Feb. 8 (Ft The ministry of interior said to- nigrit mat Uen. Milan Medic, premier of Serbia during the German occupation, had com mitted suicide by hurling him self from a third floor window in the prison where he held. VITAL STATISTICS FOX -Born at HUlsld hospital, Klam ath Falls, Ore., February S, 1948, to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fox. Merrill, Ore., a boy. Weight: 7 pounds 34 ounces. ENGLISH Born at Hillside hospital. Klamath Falls. Ore.. February a, 1946. to Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Enfll'h. 1004 Homedale, a girl. Weight: 8 pounds 5 ounces. STILL WELL Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore.. February 3, 1040. to Mr. and Mrs. Jamea S Stlll- well. 2805 Summers lane, a girl. Weight: i pounas 23 34 ouncea. British Turn Down Proposal LONDON, Feb. 8 (A) The British cabinet was reliably re ported today to have rejected in its present form a proposal foY ending the United Nations crisis over Greece and to have author ised Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevln to try for a further com promise. The cabinet's reported decision indicated the possibility of new talks among the five major pow er members of tho UNO Security council on the British-Russian dispute and left the way open for the pending compromise for mula lo be approved provided it could be modified in a muuiier acceptable to Bevln. The formula, worked out at a five-power meeting last night, calls tor: 1. Pigeonholing Russia's charges that British troops in Greece menace world peace, 2. Issuance of a statement by Security Council President Nor man J. O. Makin of Australia that the council has taken note of all the arguments made by Russia, Britain, Greece and the other members of the council during the dispute. United Nations leaders be lieved the compromise proposal also was under consideration in Moscow. USBR Project Map Finished The first new map of Klam ath basin's U. S. bureau of reclamation project since 1938 is now completed, E. Laton Stephens, superintendent of the local office, announced today. The map shows construction in Tule lake and lower Klamath areas during the past decade and includes reservoirs, canals, drains, telephone lines, roads, areas irrigated by gravity and pumping, irrigable lands and proposed drains and canals. Several thousand of these maps have been printed and are obtainable at the reclamation office, post office building. Ditch Breaks On Klamath Project Heavy snowfall, combined with water turned into canals in lower Klamath area for Irri gation purposes, broke a ditch on the U. S. bureau of reclama tion project at Ady, it was re ported today. Farmers have been using the water to flood the Klamath drainage district. The break in the ditch occurred at pumping plant "F," inundating the Job, causing a lot of work but little damage. The pumping plant Is still un dcr construction by Tru-Mbc company and the break caused considerable inconvenience al though it was unnecessary to turn off the water to repair the damage. More Klamath Men Released From Navy New names are being added daily to the list of men from this area being discharged from the navy. From Klamath Falls are John nie B. Fisher, S 1c; Edward J. Donovan, MM 1c; Alvin G. An derson, MMM 1c, 3744 La Verne- Robert J. Moyle, AO 2c, 1318 Johnson; Wilton C. Cham plin, S 1c; Lowell Paup, SK 3c, 114 Lincoln; Harlo J. Perrin. TM 2C, 2212 Eberleln; Willard G. Brlsbon, R 3c, 226 Mortimer, and Joseph E. Day, S 1c, Rt. 3 Box 469. Earl B. Thorpe, SC 1c, Box 337, Fort Klamath, has also re ceived his navy' discharge. 2 Remaining Cases Tossed Out Of Court (Continued from Page One) presented, not on "theories Drought in by the defense," "1 do nut cluim," ho sulci, "anything tor tho two girls," nut he told the jury that such un Im moral act would bo more apt lo have been committed with u girl of this type "than with a daugh ter of a prominent citizen agulnst whom there is nothing to be said." However, he assorted, coming to the defense of the girls, theru has been no word of evidence that the girls hud been Immoral or broken any law in Kltimiith Fulls. "Who Is here who will stuiul up and suy anything good about this defendant," ho asked, mul "who is hero who will lako the stand and say anything bad about these girls?" Corroboration Concerning tho discrepancies In the stories of Miss Gibson it ml Miss Huff. Kimmel said thut if there hud been any framing done there wouldn't have been any discrepancies, lie concluded by declaring that every point of the Gibson girl's story had been corroborated, except the specific act itself. Judge Walker gave the Jury comprehensive instructions as to the law and what was admissible evidence, and the Jury retired to deliberate. Bernard took eight exceptions to the Instructions. Reservations For C Of C Meet Should Be Made At Once Reservations should be in to day for the Klamath County chamber of commerce all-member Friday dinner meeting to be held at the Willard hotel at 6:30 p. m. This is an important forum meeting anranged by Vernon Moore, chairman, and his spe cial committee to make mem bers acquainted with work of the organization. Each committee chairman has prepared a written report of activities since May 1, 1045, which will bo distributed to members and In addition there will be oral reports from the tourist committee by Ed Bell, aviation committee by.E. G. Newbill; housing, L. L. Lom bard, and rates, George P. Davis. Missionary Society The Kalhryn Bcattie Missionary so ciety of Pcoce Memorial Presby terian church will meet Friday at 10:30 a. m., at the home of Mrs. C. A. Young, 4667 Thomp son, Just off Hope street In St. Francis park. There will be nomination of officers and every one attending Is asked to bring sandwiches and table service. Wednesday. Ttb. I, IMS HERALD AND NEWS TWt Two Drowned In Heavy Sea ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb, 6 (VP) Two bodies have been recovered ami search continued today for two other members of a four man crew of n coasl gunrd motor lifeboat, believed drowned last night on an errand of mercy in tho windswept Pacific. The 30-foot boat, put out from Ihe North Cove lifeguard station when a storm, which swept this area yesterday, reached a wind velocity of 40 miles an hour, to hunt for two missing oiie-nuin crub bouts. Scvurul hours later the boat, lis crew missing and lis radio on and Its foghorn blow ing, wushed ashore at Ocean City 10 miles north of Hoqulnm. Compromise Bill Passed By House WASHINGTON. Feb. 8 (IP) Th hnilttl tnHni' tia.nrt unl sent to the senate compromise legislation declaring mainte nance of maximum employment a government responsibility. The bill was a substitute for OlA sn.ml If.rt "full mnnlnvmimt" hill recommended by President Truman, Chairman Cochran (DMo.) of the accounts com mitteo predicted Mr. Truman will sign It. Appendix Out Joan Noel, 11-year-old daughter of Howard Noel of 45 IB Crosby, had an emergency operation for the re moval of her appendix at Hill side hospital this morning. She was reported doing nicely. Recruiter To Talk V To KUHS Senior Men Vernon Chllwood, officer Jit charge with Leonard Caillier n the navy recruiting station in Klamath Falls, will talk to high school senior boys in Klamath county, Chllwood will bo In Mulln la speak lo the students, Friday' nl 2:45 p. in., and In Merrill, Wednesday, February 13 at 11:11 a, m. at tlin school, lie will ex plain tho advantages of a high school education before onlcrliig the Norvlco. Sight saving classes have been established in many cities for students with serious impairment of sight. r WOMEN! 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