Stark Voted
To Top Post
In C Of C
Charles R. Stark, manager of
Klamath County chamber of
commerce, was elected presi
dent of Oregon chamber execu
tives at the two-day meeting In
Portland. He returned Friday
morning.
Tourist promotion was one of
the main subjects discussed,
with Harold B. Say of the state
highway department in charge.
Fred Brenne, manager of Eu
gene chamber of commerce,
spoke on problems of housing,
' while veterans' problems other
than housing weiv discussed by
Hugh Rosson, st director of
veterans' affairs.
Financ.
Round table discussions of
trifl group covered chamber of
' commerce financing, and cham-
v uer office procedure among
. v. other topics of general interest.
. The meeting was held in the
. Portland chamber of commerce
building and attending repre
sentatives were guests ot the
Portland group at the Oregon
Ad club Wednesday luncheon.
" " Other officers elected were
' first vice president, Orcn G.
Allison, manager of Pendleton
chamber; second vice president,
Chester Moores, president of
Portland chamber; Lucile Arch
er of Coos Bay, re-elected as
secretary-treasurer.
Fort Klamath
Mr. and' Mrs. Kenneth Bricco
spent last weekend in Klamath
Falls visiting friends.
Weekend house guests at the
home of Mrs. Alfred B. Castel
Sr., were her bother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Church
man of Tionesta, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gray en
tertained at their home here on
Sunday evening with a dinner
party honoring his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Gray, on the oc
casion of their twenty-eighth
wedding anniversary. Featur
ing the dinner was a cake, which
was cut by the guests of honor.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Gray, Ann and Alice Gray,
and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. William Zum
brun have returned to their
ranch here after spending the
winter months in California.
Donald Wimer, 16-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wimer,
is recovering at the Hillside hos
pital in Klamath Falls from an
emergency appendectomy which
he underwent early last Monday
morning. He expects to be re
leased from the hospital in a
few days. The youth is a junior
at Chiloquin high school.
Private Clifford. Engle has
been transferred to an U. S. air
corps replacement " depots at
Kearn, Utah, from Gieger field
near Spokane, Wash., where" he
was previously stationed, ac
cording to word received here
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Engle. The youth recent
ly enjoyed a furlough here visit
ing his parents and brother in
Fort Klamath.
J. P. McAuliffe visited here
this week from his ranch at
Cottonwood, Calif., and was ac
companied on his return to Cali
fornia by Martin Hensen, who
will be employed at the Mc
Auliffe ranch for the next few
weeks. - e
Improving Friends of Don
aid Plymale, 15-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Plymale of
route 3, box 405, will be inter
ested to learn he showed a lit
tle improvement through the
nignt at Klamath Vallev hosoi
tal where he is beine treated.
Donald suffered serious head
injuries two weeks ago when
he was kicked in the head by
nis norse. He was able to re
turn home but complications de
veloped ana ne was re-admitted
to the hospital. Donald is not
to have visitors, authorities said
toaay.
Knight Named Assistant
To University President
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY.
Salem, Feb. 16 The board of
Liistaat Af WilUrnDtlA imiver.
sity,' upon the recommendation
of President u. Mcroori omun,
voted at their semi-annual meet
ing held in Portland Thursday to
name Professor John L. Knight
assistant to the president, it has
been announced.
Since coming to Willamette in
1943 as assistant professor of re
ligion, Prof. Knight has been as
signed increasing administrative
responsibilities. He has carried
on an extensive schedule of off
campus speaking engagements
and for the past two years has
held the office of counsellor on
religious life at the university.
In another action taken by
the board and revealed by Presi
dent Smith upon its adjourn
ment, Dr. Lawrence A. Riggs,
head of the department of edu
cation at Willamette for the past
two years, was named director of
the Willamette university sum
mer session which will open for
an eight-week period on July 8.
Dr. Riggs, who came to Willa
mette In 1944 from the faculty
of John Hopkins university, will
have the academic responsibility
for the summer program in the
absence of Dean Chester F.
Luther, who will be away from
the campus during the summer
months on an extended vacation,
his first since the intensive V-12
naval training program got
underway on the campus in July
of 1943.
Hager
Mr. and Mrs. A. Redinger and
son, Laverne, and daughter, Jan
ice, arrived last week from
Nampa, Ida., for a week's visit
with their daughter and hus
band, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Coker.
They returned to their home
Wednesday.
- Dale Klein has been quite ill
with a severe cold and is con
fined to his bed.
Bob Coker has been working
with the Fleming spud sorting
crew but is off for a few days
now.
Douglas Kohler spent Tuesday
night with Martin Snyder.
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, responding with her former
teacher, finally learned he was
an atomic scientist. She' ar
ranged his meeting with M-G-M
officials, leading to the forth
coming picture, "The Beginning
or The End."
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Harris
have with them their two sons,
Henry T. Cole, 25, and Donald
James Harris, 20, both dis
charged from the navy after long
service. The young men arrived
home Wednesday night, accom
panied by Mrs. Cole and their
young daughter. They were dis
charged at San Francisco.
Young Cole, warrant officer in
the navy, saw eight years service
on a submarine, spending most of
the time in foreign waters. His
wife is the former Maxine Har
tlerode. Fireman 1c Harris saw three
years service helping move
troops to Europe and back.
Police Arrive
In Nick Of Time
PORTLAND, Feb. 16 (VP) Po
lice, called by radio, were in the
nick of time last night to save
Mrs. Doris Fritz' car from
being demolished by a train.
The auto rolled onto the rail
road tracks in a dense fog, with
the train due seconds later. Pa
trolmen flagged the train down
before it reached the spot.
Mrs. Fritz and a passenger,
Berson Hall, were cut and
bruised when the car bumped
down the ties. .
PLANT PLANNED
SALEM, Feb. 16 (P) The
Cascade Plywood corporation.
Lebanon, announced today it
would build a $500,000 battery
separator plant in North Salem,
employing several hundred men.
Leaves Hospital Donald
Wesely, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. P. Wesely of 1639 Nimitz,
was dismissed Saturday from
Klamath Valley hospital where
he had surgery recently.
BARBARA
STANWYCK
Named To Post
PROF. JOHN L. KNIGHT
Mickey Rooney
Awarded Medal
FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb.
16 iP) T4 Mickey Roohey,
former motion picture , actor,
has been awarded the Bronze
Star medal for "exceptional
courage in the performance of
his duties as an entertainer,"
U. S. army headquarters an
nounced today.
The citation, pointing out that
Kooney traveled with small un
armed groups through combat
territory to take his shows to
front line troops, said: "His
superb personal contribution to
the morale to the armed forces
in the European theater of op
erations cannot be measured."
Rooney now is headed for
the United States under the re
deployment program.
Housing Available
For Section Men
Living quarters are available
for railroad section workers on
the Southern Pacific company's
Shasta division, officials stated
toaay.
The division covers Gerher tn
Crescent Lake, West Five Line to
Ashland, Klamath Falls to Al-
turas and up to Lakeview.
Quarters, lights and fuel are
furnished the men. it was stated.
Some live in railroad outfit cars
but men may live at home and
go out with the crews or drive
their own cars.
There are still plenty of
openings for laborers on railroad
track crews and men interested
may apply to Otis Metsker, U. S.
employment office, Klamath
Falls. -
Breaks Wrist Jimmy Bat
man, 8-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Batman,- route 3,
box 278, suffered a fracture of
the left wrist Saturday mottl
ing Whil nnctintf natf
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home. Jimmy struck a fence
wnn nis siea, mulcting the in
jury. He was treated at Klam
ath Vallev hnsnitnl anA mn.
mitted to return home.
Hans Norland Auto Insur
ance.' Phone 6060.
Deer Count
At 1500 Head
Officials of Lava Beds national
monument completing a three
month deer count, estimated the
deer population jn the area now
to be in the neighborhood of
1500 head. '
Deer are reported to be in ex
cellent condition in spite ot a
rather severe winter.
The ratio is estimated to be
one buck to eight docs to four
fawns, making the fawn crop
only 50 per cent of what it
should be. The report through
out California whs about the-
snmc, it was stated.
About 15,000 acres in the
south third of the monument has
been set asldo for winter range
of mule deer, ,
Santa Claus Stunt
Pulled By Squeaky
SPOKANE, Feb. 16 (&) When.
Squeaky, a gray cat, wants in
out of the cold, he wnnts in
but quick.
John E. King heard his pet
howling at the back door. We
went to the door. No cat. Then,
the same business at the front
door.
Next a loud thud. King pulled
back the fireplace screen.
Squeaky, now a very black cat.
was inside via the roof and
fireplace chimney.
Next Earthquake
Might Be Worse
PORTLAND, Feb. 16 ()
The northwest's next earth
quake is likely to be worse
than Thursday's says Edwin T,
Hodge, of the Oregon State col
lege department of geology,
"Earthquakes In t hi s area
have become more frequent in
the last few years," Hodge
said. ' "and they are becoming
more and more intense."
He Rdded, however, that noth
ing could bo guaranteed on the
matter. "Enrthmmkes are not
prodlctuble," he said. "It's like
a rock atop a steep slope. It's
easy to see that the rock will
Russia Vetoes
U. S. Proposal
LONDON, Feb. 16 (') this
ila vetoed a United States pro
posal tonight for solution of
the Levant crisis In the United
Nations security council,
Tho veto, used for the first
time, was Invoked by Soviet
Vice Commissar of Foreign Af
fairs Andrei Y, Vlshlnsky to
overrule an affirmative vutc of
seven members of the council
on tho United States proposal,
fall sooner or later; but who
can say when?"
Saturday, Feb. 16, 1146
HERALD AND NEWS TWO
which would huve permitted
direct negotiations botwecn
Britain, Franco ami the Lovunt
for withdrawal of Anglo-French
troops from Syria und Lebanon.
$900 Taken From
Shoe Store Manager
POHTLAND. Feb. 16 (!')
Walter W. Anderson, shoe Blore
inuniiKcr, today had lost both a
uew-l'ound friend and JUO0.
He and a stranger struck up
a conversation ana went to din
ner, Anderson reported. The
man tugged hi in into his store
whllo ho counted the day's re
ceipts, conked him with wood
en shoe lust, nnd fled with the
money, the manager said.
Negro Convicted
Of Murdering Jap ,
YOKOHAMA, Feb. 16 (P)
I'FC. Robert L. Dickons, 27,
negro, of Memphis, Tenii., was
sentenced Thursday by a gen
eral court imii'tlul to Ufa Im
prisonment and dishonorable
discharge aflor being convicted
on a charge of murdortng a
middle aged Japaneso In Tokyo,
the eighth army announced to
day. Dickons, member of the 7 1st
quartormastor depot unit, was
convicted on the testimony of
two soldier companions, a Jap
anese doctor, the Japanese
widow,
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back, Warner Bros' newest film
drama, "My Reputation," makes
its local debut soon in Klamath
Falls. Starring Barbara Stan
wyck in the highly dramatic
role of a widowed young moth
er who must choose between
happiness and the conventions
imposed by a narrow-minded
society, the film also presents
George Brent, Lucile Watson,
Warner Anderson, John Ridgely
and Eve Arden in other impor
tant roles.
Struggles Against Tradition
An intelligent and highly dra
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struggle to attain happiness in
the face of established tradition
which has decreed her ineligible
for love again, the film cuts its
way boldly Into the life of Jes
sica Drummond (Barbara Stan
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