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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1946)
Rain Delays Farm Work PORTLAND, April 11 (VP) The weather bureu'i first weekly crop report for the 1948 season came out today and re ported too much rain. The survey said farm work, though satisfactory in some lo calities, was generally delayed by cool, wet weather. ; The bureau reported farmers rusliing spring seeding and truck crop planting whenever weather permitted. Some pro gress In orchard spraying and cultivation was reported, and early fruits were blooming in milder districts. Winter-sown grain appeared In good condition, the report said, and early sown spring grain has begun to come up. Meadows, pasture and ranges were slowly improving, with some stock feeding on the low er ranges. Livestocks condition was described as good. As for the past week's weath er cold and wet. Night freez ing occurred at intermediate and high elevations: light frost at some low elevations. . The weeks minimum temperature was 19 at Madras: the maxi mum 68 at Medford. Spring Clean-Up Day Scheduled Sunday MERRILL, April 11 Annual spring clean-up day, supervised by the Merrill fire department, Merrill Service club and Boy Scout troop No. 7, is scheduled for Sunday. Mayor Frank E. Trotman will drive Merrill's garbage truck to head the parade of volunteer trucks to pick up reftlse. " '.' Residents are- asked to .have debris in containers in the alleys or at the curb by 9:30 a. m. Sun day.1 Vacant lots will be cleaned during the day and alleys graded. Last year, 40 truckloads of refuse went to the dumpgrounds at the close of annual clean-up day. " ... -. . Meetings Sons mt Norway Saturday. 8 p. m., lOOF ball, special business meeting. . Daughters of Nile Meeting of Zuleima temple. No. 13. Daughters of the Nile, at Ashland Masonic temple April 13. Joint Meeting Bible Baptist and Im manuel women's societies, joint meeting. Friday at Immanuel Baptist, 11th. and High, observing Oregon Baptist Women's Day of Prayer. . Bring sack lunch. Tea and coffee will be served. First Covenant Chnrch 823 Walnut, Family circle meeting. 7:45 p. m. Fri day. Speaker. Christine Thor field sec retary for Latin American missions, from Cost Rica. Oregon Btate - Nurses Association Monthly meeting. S p. m., Thursday, ; public health unit. FUNERAL LOUIS CURTIS GEBHASDT Funeral services for the late Louis ; Curtis Gebhardt. who passed away in this city on Wednesday, April 10, 1946. following an extended illness will be held In the chapel of the Earl Whit lock Funeral Home. Pine .at 6th, on Saturday, April 13. 1946 at 3 p. m. with the Rev. Victor Phillips, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city of ficiating. Commitment services and in terment Linkville cemetery. Friends are invited. Political Advertisement, Paid Betty Hutton MlfflfjfifH'ft''---" Kpvpn.venr. old Dian Micka of County Kaperi talent contest, 11 shown getting acquainted with Betty Hutton at the Paramount studio in Hollywood. Hiss Hutton was hostess to Diane on the sat of "Perils of Pauline." in which Miss Hutton and John Lund are co-starred. Diane's day spent on the huge movie lot included an interview with William Meikle john. Paramount'i talented supervisor, regarding her screen possibilities. Invalid Has Narrow Escape RAYMOND, Wash., April 11 (IP) Tony Vogel, 77, bedridden invalid, had a narrow escape early today when fire destroy ed his home at the top of Brad ford street, in Riverview, here. - Vogel, a farmer, told Fire Chief Oldani that he awak ened about 4 o'clock and noticed his electric heating pad was unusually warm but dozed off almost immediately, He awak ened shortly after, .to find his bedding aflame. . The almost helpless old man rolled out of bed arid crawled to a faucet, making -two trips with a container of water in a vain attempt to . quench the blaze. The flames spread, how ever, and he finally rolled him self to the front door and out side, screaming for help. It was not until 5 a. m., when a five-gallon can of kero sene exploded in the basement of the blazing house thai neigh bors awakened. They found Vogel lying on the ground, .suf The undersigned attorneys1 of Klamath County, having practiced before Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg during his present term of office and knowing him to be honest, impartial and capable, en dorse his candidacy f or re-election in the primary election, May 17, 1946. R. C. Groesbeck :t Wilson Wiley ' Paul Farrens Henry E. Perkins Edwin E. Driscoll R. B. Maxwell R. F. McLaren U. S. Balentine Wm. 7an0nq Harry D. Boivin . D.E. Van Vador J. C. O'Neill Fred O. Small . G.Q.D'Albini Fred D. Fletcher John Irwin For by Rc-Elect Vandenberg and Diane Malin. winner of th Klamath fering from exposure and ex haustion. Firemen arrived too late to save his home. Vogel had lived there 14 years and only re cently bought fire insurance.. Salem Pilot Hurt In Plane Crack-Up ALBANY. April 11 (AP) A plane spreading fertilizer on a farm south of here crashed shortly after noon today and first reports indicated the pilot, Francis J. Protau,- Salem, was critically injured. Witnesses said the plane, operating for the Valley Duster company, was flying at low alti tude over the Dick Davis farm near Shedd, 14 miles south of here, when a wing hit a tree. The plane catapulted onto the adjacent George Willett farm. Protau, an ex-army pilot, was formerly in a German prisoner of war camp. The first great lighthouse, al most 400 feet high, stood on the island of Pharos, off the coast of Egypt, and was known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Committee Situation On Food Better WASHINGTON, April 11 (IP) President Truman declared to day the world food situation is improving. It we can get by for the next U0 days, he said, every thing will go well. He told His news conference that rains in India, an improve ment in spring and winter wheat prospects in this country and the expectation of greater produc tion in North Ali'ica and France contributed to the improvement. A short time earlier. Director General Fiorella LaGuardia of UNRRA, told a news conference he had received a "most pathe tic appeal" for food from Pre mier de Gasparri of Italy. La Guardia said the premier told him by telephone that unless Italy got more food "extremely dire health and living condi tions" would result. The UNRRA chief said Italy needs 225.000 tons of wheat this month "and nothing like it is in sight.'' Atomic Energy Bill Approved WASHINGTON, April 11 i!P An atomic energy control bill carrying heavy penalties for the disclosure of secret information was approved unanimously to day by the special senate com mittee which has worked on it for nearly five months. Sweeping control over the pro duction, development and use of the new power source would be vested in a civilian commis sion with five members appoint ed by the president and con firmed by the senate. The commission would be the sole owner of all facilities for the production of fissionable ma terial, as well as the material it self. Penalties ranging up to 20 years imprisonment and a $20, 000 fine would be provided for disclosure of restricted informa tion on atomic energy. Preparation of a formal com mittee report on the bill will delay its formal presentation to the senate until about Tuesday, committee aides said. Couple Injured In Auto Collision THE DALLES, April 11 VP) Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gritman. Pen dleton, were seriously injured here today in a collision of their automobile with a truck. The Gritmans were en route to Portland. The accident occur red about four miles v. est of here. . Officials quoted Victor Clark, The Dalles, driver of the truck, as saying th-t his steering gear broke, causing his vehicle to strike the Gritman car. The Pendleton couple was tak en to the hospital here. (Henry E. Perkins, agent) 'Little Johnny Doe' EFT i!. ' v '-V h'N,';,,iJfi IK -i.r ' ' i i-J.r.-. 4K :iL, htm n Jv, Three-week-old "Johnny Dot" opns hli mouth widely at he rests in the arms of Nun Jewell Pennington at Gallingar hospital in Washington. D. C, where the child U under care after being abandoned in St. Mary's Catholic church by an unwed girl from the south who in a Utter said she fill in love with a man in the service. Her parents objected to marriage because of religious differences. She wanted a ton ot his "for fear he wouldn't come back." And he didn't AP wirtphoto. Ace Commentator John B. I-iugnes. war corre spondent and radio commenta tor, will speak Tuesday night, April 16. to Knife and Fork club members in their last din ner meeting of the season. New Pine Creek This Saturday evening,' April 13. West Side and East Side grangers are invited over to the Thomas Creek grange for the evening. Those who have not yet taken the third degree work will have an opportunity to do so at this time. Dancing and a midnight supper will follow the meeting. A large majority of the East Siders are planning to take in this affair and from all indi cations nothing short of a bliz zard will stop the local grange from being quite well represent ed. Charles Boyer brought his brother, Jasper, recently dis charged from the navy, down from Randall, Wash., last Fri day, where he has been visiting. He will make his home, as prior to the war, with the Roy Partin family. Cliff Partin, who also came home for the week, will ac company Charles Boyer back to Washington where he will get his discharge at Bremerton. Both Cliff and Jasper were present for the East Side grange social hour last Saturday evening. The Happy Hour club met April 2 at the home of Mrs. Eu nice Cogburn who was hostess to 10 members and five children. The "Giggle" contest of "one minute of carrying beans on a knife blade" was won with Mrs. Mary Millsap getting first prize and Mrs. Thelma Butler second. This contest was surely a case of somebody spilling the beans. At any rate the ladies live up to their name and mix their fun in with the business of the club. Mrs. Fannie Fisher opened a birthday gift from her secret pal. Refreshments were pineapple cheese salad, cheese wafers and coffee. The next hostess will be Mrs. Ethel Thompson at the home of her mother, Mrs. Myra Robnett on April 16. The cold, inclement weather with its almost nightly snow skiffs and frequent day-time storming has hindered the farm ers considerable with the sowing ls.;llil!fiTT Efe Starts Today ! JP Terrific Drama! I I Pat O'Brien I "The Evelyn Brent I UNWRITTEN LAW" VORLD GONE A MAD' Mitcha Auer I r A ES 1 of spring crops-. Almost every one will admit that this April has been a little on the unusually raw side. Farmers without cabs on their tractors find it almost unbearably cold. Winifred Gooch brought his wife and their new baby girl, Dorothy Evelyn, home from the hospital last Sunday. Both arc getting along splendidly. Vcrle Cook brought his wife and family home from Klamath Falls last Tuesday. Dickie is getting along fine now since his mastoid operation but was a pretty sick child for a few days. Verle's little girl also had her car lanced which seemed to be developing the same trouble. George Guis of Lake City who has leased the old Bill Green ranch from Evert Rcid,' moved his family over last wfek and is busy getting in the spring crops. A space 16 by 15, formerly used as a hallway entrance and ante-room is being re-vamped with shelving etc. to serve as an enlargement to the present cramped display space at Faris' store. The room will largely ac commodate an augmented hard ware stock, a full stock of paint and kindred merchandise. Ad ditional room has been needed at this establishment for some time and customers will appreci ate the better display of merch andise. S. Gallagher and Martin Hammerslcy have been doing most of the work in the evenings. The store will, when completed, open into the barber shop. Burns Suffered In Lumber Fire Fatal PORTLAND, April 11 (API Burns suffered in the Tuesday night fire which destroyed the Inman-Poulsen Lumber com pany's re-saw plant, were fatal to Arthur Cameron, 72, who died in a hospital last night. . He was head electrician and had been employed at the mill 18 years. EMUS Doori Open 1:30-6:45 iNnw Plnv'inn ' OOLOHI MOAN . Hnn DAVtnrOKT J!CMAY DiCAU. tCKCCtl HAY t " Weil A TOW tr HUIAN WANS nriAi D NW. Kl.mitb r.m. Of. THimmiAT. Al Merrill Marshal Returned To Post MERRILL, April 11 K Davis, former Merrill niiirslial mid constable of the Tululiiko district for 10 years, win re lumed to office Wednesday fol lowing mi uIim'iiit of SCVCIIll months. DuvIk served six months lis miii'shnl "I I'hlloiiiiln hill re signed Ilia! post hist Angus!. Davis succeeds Ailie Woiden a! Merrill. Davis Is director of public re liilious, Noithwcsl Peace Offi cers association, which com prises Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Montana, Alasku and British Columbia. In the future Davis will he concerned only with law eiifoieemeiil details and previously his appointment Included water meter readings ii ml garhugo disposal. WRA Project Head In Washington, D. C. TULEI.AKK, April 11 liny R. Hesl, director of Ihc WUA project at Newell, Is in Washing ton, D. C, on business. He will return here prior to Ihe anlicl imled closing of Ihe camp on May 1. Statistics on the numl of marriages, births and deaths, which occurred during the life time of the camp, are being com piled this week by the statistics department. Motorist Killed In Head-On Car Crash LEBANON, April II UP) Marvin L. Vogl, 24, of Sclo, whs killed and his brother, Orvillc C. Vogl, 25, seriously injured, In the head-on collision of Iheir car with a truck north of here on the Santiam highway this morn ing. State Police Officer Charles Wecms said Marvin Vogt was driving and was passing another ear when the collision occurred. The truck driver, Wallace Wodt li, was unhurt. Classified Ads Bring Results. Doors Open 6:45 Ends Today - KAY FRANCIS PAUL KELLY OTTO KHUGIt MID MMIKX AND! rtHaT:,i .. In New Orleans Starts Tomorrow! P"-::i,k. fty COBURN llT GinnySIMMS ALSO! MUSICAL HIT! GORGEOUS i X Jv SEN0RITASI ON THE STAGE! 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