Flames Ravage
Portland Hotel
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 18 A1
Dozens of sleeping occupants
were evacuated safely from a
blaze which roared through the
Mayflower hotel early today
and injured 11 firemen.
The fire, starting In the base
ment of the three-story struc
ture, ate through ground floor
shops, destroyed hotel rooms,
and left only a red brick shell
after several hours' battle.
Fireman Carl Frcy, overcome
by smoke after helping many oc
cupants out of the building, was
taken to a hospital. So were Joe
Gately, whose toe was smashed,
and Henry White, who suffered
a cut hand. Eight other fire
men received emergency treat
ment at the scene.
Many occupants of the down
town hotel fled to the street
when the blaze broke out at 2:30
a. m. Others were helped out by
firemen. Residents of an ad
joining hotel were temporarily
evacuated to the sidewalk,
where they sat with suitcases,
percolators, blankets and other
oddments.
Firemen were still pouring
water into the building after
dawn this morning, though the
fire was entirely under control.
Flashes Of
Life
SIMPLE ADDITION
GRANDVIEW, Mo., May 18
(IP) Talking at a chamber of
commerce meeting in President
Truman s home town, victory V
Allen of Kansas City told of see
ing this message carved on a desk
in the junior high school at Inde
pendence:
'Harry Truman X Bess Wal
lace." And in the corner of the same
desk: "Harry and Bess."
From the back of the room
spoke up Vivian Truman, the
president's brother:
"Aw. they were carved there
after Harry become president."
CHAMPION OLDSTER
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 18 OP)
. In checking cars in the police de
partment's safety lane, officers
found only 11 out of 96 cars ablj
to pass the test.
Among the 11 was a 1925
Model T Ford which did not re
veal a single defect.
SURE FIRE
ATCHISON, Kas., May 18 VP)
No one can accuse A. F. Matthias
of owning a temperamental cig
arette lighter. His really works.
Matthias left the lighter on
the lower sash of a window in
his home. When a member of
the family raised the window
the lighter flipped open and set
the house on fire.
The fire department put out
the blaze before much damage
resulted.
TRICK RIDER
DANVILLE, 111., May 18 OP)
A Danville physician stopped his
automobile when he saw Ray
Dennis, 13, trying to ride his bi
cycle atop a creek bridge rail
ing. It happened. The physician
took Dennis to a hospital. The
boy suffered cuts on his head.
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Taking part in a pageant of "Life Without Further OPA,"
during American veterans committee rally in Washington against
curtailment of OPA. Sharon Terry, oi New York City, displays
a brassiere "priced" at $49.50, to demonstrate how prices may
rise without OPA. Looking on is AMVETS' Truman Keetey.
Graduation For
Central School
LAKE VIEW. May 18 Gradu
ation exercises for the eighth
grade pupils of Central school
will be held Thursday. May 23,
at 2:30 p. m.. with Mrs. Anne
Sprague, county superintendent
of schools, delivering the ad
dress and Mrs. Hazel Murphy
and Gene Deter, class advisors,
presenting the diplomas.
The balance of the program
for the afternoon is as follows:
Processional, Norma Butler; in
vocation. Rev. Louis Samson;
music. Central school band un
der direction of Alvin Templar;
music, seventh and eighth grade
girls glee club, directed by Miss
Butler; music, class song, by the
graduates; benediction. Rev.
Samson; recessional, Miss But
ler.
The possible graduates are
Roger Allord. Ruth Anderson,
Jean Armstrong, Madge Beeson,
Dorothy Bergstrom, Kenneth
Burton, Barbara Buzard, Mary
Ann Carmody, Jean Clough,
Kenneth Cormie, Nora Cos
grove, Georgia Cox, Robert
Daley, Billie DePriest, Lilla De
Priest, Norma Elmore, Maurine
Evans, Dorothy Fleming, Juan
ita Foster. Lynn Gray, Elizabeth
Hahner, Frank Hansen, Richard
Hantaan, Mary Ellen Hazard,
Joan Hobart, Patricia Holland,
Ham Howe, Marvin Hussey.
Donald Johnston, Bobby Jones,
George Kasparian, J i m m i e
Lange, Verlie Layton, Betty Jo
Lee, James Lee, Richard Ler
wick, Robert " Maddock, Joanne
Mark. Richard Mark, Patsy
Matejka, Carol Mays. Louise
Minor, Con Murphy, Bill Nobles,
Billy Odegaard, Donald Olsen.
Dorothy Paxton, Betty Pax
ton, Marie Presley, Patsy Rich
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ardson, Charles Rouse, Betty
Sanders, Nancy Shell, Troy
Smith, Raymond Smith, Lola
Strong, Cecil Sumptcr, Lane
Thornton. Keith Tilford, Mar
garet Wallis. Sybil Williams,
Don Wiman, Ethel Woolston.
State Tourist
Plans Formed
Two major points discussed
at the tourist promotion con
ference which was called by
Gov. Earl Snell for Friday in
Portland were a tourist host
school and Oregon Tourist
Week.
The host school would be to
educate service station attend
ants, police, waitresses, hotel at
tendants and others in public
service in the proper attitude
toward tourists, and furnish
them with complete informa
tion on recreational advantage
in the area.
Oregon Tourist Week will be
proclaimed by Gov. Snell for
the week from June 9 to 15,
when radio stations, newspapers
and chambers of commerce will
be asked to cooperate in its
observance. J .t I
Representatives from all the
major communities in Oregon
were present at the conference.
Charles R. Stark, manager of
the Klamath County chamber
of commerce, attended from
here.
COLLECTOR REAPPOINTED I
WASHINGTON, May 18 UP)
Reappointment of Nan Wood
Honeyman, as collector of cus
toms for district 29, headquar
tered at Portland, Ore., had sen
ate confirmation today.
Florist Lauds
Shrine's Vcrk
Tommy Luke, Portland florist
and Rotarinn, addressed the
Klamath Falls Rotary club Fri
day, telling of the humanitarian,
as well as the operational side,
of the Shrine hospitals for crip
pled children.
Luke emphasized that these
hospitals am not operated for
Shriners. but for crippled chil
dren, from babyhood to 14 years,
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The Portland hospital, which
takes patients from British Co
lumbia, Washington, Idaho and
Oregon, led the nation last year
in the number of beds and In
operation.
"Our first duty to children li
to make them happy," Luke said,
and explained that the Shrine
hospitals are for crippled chil
dren whose conditions can be
Improved but who could not
otherwise get medical care be
cause of financial reasons.
Marshall Cornett was chair
man of the day. A number of
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Klumath Shrlm-rs were guests
of the club.
Early Move Seen
In B. C. Log Strike
VANCOUVER. B. C, May 18
ttV) llnli.ili Columbia Labor
Minister George S. Pearson was
quoted today by the Ncwsller-
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