Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, August 02, 1946, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextMarine Corps Announces China Dead And Vounded WASHINGTON. Aug. 2 UP) The marine corps today dis closed the identity of the three marines killed and the 12 wounded by gunfire on a con voy of 42 marine! last Monday, S mile southeast of Peiplng, China. Report! from China are that official Chinese communist agencies have acknowledged Harvest Wage Ceiling Under Consideration PORTLAND, Aug. 2 () A wage rate ceiling for harvesting plums and prunes in eight Wil lamette valley counties will be considered at Salem and Mc Minnville meetings, Alden E.Orr, executive officer of the Oregon USDA wage board, said today. The Salem meeting will be held August 7 in the chamber of commerce rooms and the McMinnville meeting August 8 in the courthouse. Counties affected are Wash ington, Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill, Benton, Linn, Marion and Polk. Orr said that if the meetings do not draw representative at tendance, it would be consider ed that the wage rate of 85 cents an hour or the rate paid in 1943, whichever was higher, was satisfactory. Legion Slates 'Steak' Feed Legionnaires throughout Klamath county are making plans to attend the annual "steak" feed and installation of officers, Tuesday, August 8, at Moore park. This annual affair m a r k i the beginning of the 1946-47 fiscal year for the American Legion. Dave Hoss, production mana ger of KFJI and World War II veteran, heads the slate of offi cers as commander. Others to be inducted are Don Everrit, first vice commander; Pat Kil by, second vice commander; Tom Young, adjutant; Cal Ellis, chaplain; Chet Stuart, sergeant-at-arms, and Ted Case, service officer. Jack Maris, department vice commander, is scheduled to act as guest of honor and installing officer. Further installation ar rangements are under the direc tion of Paul Otterbein, retiring commander and recently elect ed district four commander, which includes Klamath, Lake, Jackson and Josephine coun ties. All members of the Legion and their families and guests are reminded to bring a knife, fork, spoon and cup. Dr. M. E. Cooper is general chairman of the gustatorial preparations and promises plenty of food for all. Blaze Extinguished On Table Mountain BAKER, Ore., Aug. 2 UP) A fire which burned over 300 acres of cheat grass and sagebrush on Table mountain, 20 miles north east of Baker, was extinguished last night by a crew of 25 men which included grazing service workmen and ranchers, S. R. Bennett, local grazier, said to day. Damage was slight. The fire was started 'Wednesday by lightning. A small forest service crew put out a two-acre timber fire in Washington gulch last night. Albany Radio Station Awarded FM Permit WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 UP) A new frequency modulation station permit was granted to day to the Central Willamette Broadcasting Co., Albany, Ore., by the federal communications commission. 8-Wheeled Jeep! that their troops fought a bat tle with U. S. marines but plead ed self-defense. Those killed: Second Lieut. Douglas A. Cowin, Ann Arbor, Mich. Corp. Gilbert B. Tate, San Diego, Calif. Pfc. Lawrence F. Punch, Man chester. N. Y. Of the 12 wounded, four men were described as "seriously wounded." They are: Master Tech. Sgt. Jessie E. Brooks, Perkingston, Miss. Pvt.. Clayton R. Stackpole, Lynn, Mass. Pfc. John U. Lopez, Los An geles, Calif. Pfc. Walter L. Wright. East chanicsburg. Pa. The other wounded are: Pfc. Walter L .Wright, East Gastonla, N. C. Pfc. Calvin E. Stewart, Sher burn, Minn. Pfc. Raymond J. Kiley, De Pero, Wise. Pfc. Salvatore Sorrentino, Clairton. Pa. Pvt. Earl B. Thompson Jr., Greenville, Pa. Pvt. Dominick Mandaglio Jr., Flushing, N. Y. Corp. William U. Fry Jr. Bruceton, Tenn. Pvt. Harry L. Green Jr., Ards ley, Pa. McKellar Wins In Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 2 ( Senator Kenneth D. McKel lar, the 77-year-old dean of the upper house, won democratic re nomination and a sixth term in Wa5hinEton yesterday in a state wide primary election marked by bloodshed and violence in Athens. Backed by the powerful demo cratic organization of Edward H. Crump in Shelby county (Mem phis), the veteran McKellar rolled up a margin of nearly two to one against his chief opponent. CIO backed Edward Ward Car. mack. Also assured of renomination was incumbent democratic Gov ernor Jim Nance McCord, who ran on a coalition ticket with McKellar and also was supported by the Crump organization. Unofficial returns from 125 out of approximately 2300 pre cincts gave for United States senator: carmack 94,314; Mc Kellar 165,836: John R. Neal 2168; Herman H. Ross 2125. For governor 1920 precincts gave Gordon Browning 105.221; McCord 164,389; Mrs. Lead Rich ardson 1554. Former Governor Browning made the race at the urging of friends despite his job as a lieutenant colonel on the army civil affairs staff in Germany where he remained throughout the electioneering. Grain Storage Razed By Washington Fire ENDICOTT, Wash., Aug. 2 UP) The grain elevator of the Union Elevator company, four ware houses and this town's fire sta tion wer.e destroyed today in an early morning fire which caused losses running to more than $100,000. Company officials estimated the value of elevator and ware houses at $80,000 and said the 200,000 bushels of wheat in the structures at the current value of $1.66 a bushel would run to $332,000. However, some of the wheat can be salvaged. Navy Announces Plan For Waves Reserve WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 UP) The navy wants a Waves reserve. Former members of the women's branch, the navy said, can reenlist in the new volunteer reserve at their highest wartime ratings. While on inactive duty, training opportunities will per mit them to advance in rates. The announcement set no en listment goal. JlZr 1. , - I P JSM Shown above it A. F. McQuiston oi the D k M ranch at Fort Klamath and his 1948 Willys jeep which is equipped with dual tires on both f ron t and rear. The jeep, which was purchased from Stlby Willys here, had the extra four wheels installed In order to give It greater flotation and to prevent ruts tn meadows on the ranch, it is us ed in irrigating, transporting personnel, and gen era! farm work and, according to McQuiston. "c an operate where tractors or even horses cannot get." Oak Ridge Plani Turns To Peacetime Products OAK RIDGE. Tenn., Aug. 2 UP) The first peacetime products of the government's vast A-bomb project were handed over today to research institutions for the study of cancer and other prob lems of mankind. Declaring the step opens "new horizons of medical and biologi cal research," the army's Man hattan engineer district makers of the atomic bomb said the first products consigned were five "pea-sized" units of radio active carbon, called carbon 14. They were produced in the same chain reacting uranium ovens used in developing the A-bomb. Each weighs only one ten-thousandth of an ounce and costs $400, including handling and shipping charges. Described as capaDle or emit ting 37 million atomic ray par ticles a second for the next 10,000 to 25,000 years, the car bon units were earmarked for research in the following fields: Cancer, diabetes, the role of carbon in human teeth and bones, the utilization of fats by the human body, and the mechanism of "photosynthesis the Uttle understood phenomenon by which plants take energy from sunlight and store it as chemical energy. Photosynthesis is responsible for most of the stored energy used by man, such as coal, oil, wood and iron. Today's announcement, accom panied by new and dramatic de tails of the way in which the atomic energy plants can be made to serve man instead of killing him, marked the latest step in a program outlined in mid-June. At that time it was stated that some 100 different varieties of radioactive materials produc ible at the Clinton laboratories at Oak Ridge and at other cen ters would be made available as soon as possible to accredited hospitals, universities, industrial research laboratories and clinical investigating groups. Col. E. E. Kirkpatrlck, deputy district engineer in charge of the Oak Ridge project, said today hundreds of applications for various types of material had been received. He said that 30 to 40 orders will be filled In the immediate future and that sev eral hundred are likely to be filled within the next few months. Steve Gerkin Signed To Pitch For Tocoma TACOMA, Aug. 2 UP Pitcher Steve Gerkin, released by both Salem and Portland this week for failure to appear for games at Spokane and Wenatchre, was signed yesterday by the Tacoma Tigers of the Western Inter national league. Gerkin won 14 and lost 8 for Salem. The Tiger management also announced the outright release of Morry Abbott, veteran out fielder, i Army Polio Victims Now In Hospital TOKYO, Aug. 2 (') As the amw trnnaonrt. Murine Panth er, departed from Yokohama to day for the United Slates, gen eral Headquarters made public the names of three officers who were stricken with infantile ! paralysis, causing the transport I to detour to Japan. ' They are Cant. Roy N. House . of Mansfield, III.; Second Lieut. I Henry L. Mevers, Chicago: and First Lieut. Donald M. Borth, Staton Island. N. Y. The transport win bound for San Francisco from Manila when the three were stricken j and were brought to Yokohama for hospitalization, She la carry ing 22.10 troops. House was reported to be In a serious condition and was In an iron lung, but medical offi cers expressed hope that im provement might be noted with, in 10 days. The conditions of Meyers and Borth were report ed satisfactory. All three were in the 301st station hospital In Tokyo. VBISJAT, Atf. IMS, , Roseburg Lumberman Gets Big Tax Refund I'OHTLAND, Aug. 2 M'l Kunm-th W. Ford, Hiiseliurg Lumber Co., will receive a $23, 808.25 refund from the collector of Internal revenue, along with Interest from July, 1943. Federal court ruled In favor of Ford, who claimed that he was overcharged that sum be cause tax collectors did not allow for his wife's being a partner In his lumber business. SEWINQ MACHINE REPAIRING Kaaarl, (IHrtaUil Wark (All Maaail lUUllll I-iUm riM S4IMIM Sewing Machine Service Your laiM'tnl Dtalar rt am itis m.u wa 1 This Week at , Hafter's CHROME CHAIRS 7.45 Choice of either blue, red r black leatherette; seats, "Your Wetttnghouse Dealer'' Hofter Furniture Ith and Klamath Classified Ads Bring Results. FOR COOL SUMMER MEALS, SERVE SEA FOODS Alarafa a Oa.4 Salaalla III Hark FRESH tK Dellcot I V and Fish About 16.000.000 American homes are heated by stoves, 7. 300,000 bv steam or hot water and 7,000,000 by hot air fur-naces. DINE, At The Sign Of The RED ROOSTER Klamath's Finest 614 Klamath Ave. Open 5:30 a. m. to 10 p. m. PfeSM SSM far Partr StaaarTallana v FRESUHESS! TASTE THAT CR f -voilobl. 09 ; ;0'Ve milkman. " from your v. om ,he Churn.-- I .r 00 :mery tr"n"" liwayii delivery tuOl for home u w Products utactureo' by mth FallsCreanwry Kla POSTMASTER APPROVED WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 UP) The senate has approved the nomination for postmastership of Edith Dica Smith, Elmira. TRUCKS AND PICKUPS FOR RENT You Drive-Long, Short Trips Mot Yourself Save H STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone S304 1201 East Mala GAVICDDE INSECTICIDES FOR DUSTING POTATO PLANTS KEN FOOD STORE 130 Main Open ( A. M. to 6 P. M. Phone S773 FREE DELIVERY ON ORDERS 13 OR OVER WE DELIVER TO ALTAMONT, SHASTA WAY AND ST. FRANCIS PARK EVERY DAY JACK NOW AVAILABLE AT MURPHY'S SEED STORE TULELAKE MACHINERY CO. Klamath mil, Ors. TeltUfea, Calif. INSECTICIDE DIVISION PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY Itarkalar, Calif. WkiU lit? Jladl Best Food Mayonnaise Best Food Sandwich Spread Durkees Sandwich Spread Karo Syrup Staley's Syrup rUUUIIItp and Butterscotch Pure Grape Juice Miracle Whip . Spring Clothes Pins Facial Tissue Bathroom Tissue Frozen Pineapple Tidbits er Crushed Roane whlt' 'Bd eans or Lim GARDEN FRESH PRODUCE Tomatoes Firm, rip 2 lbs. 25c Orange: Sunkist, Juice 2 lbs. 25c Peaches Elbertat. Nice size for conning , lug $2.19 New Yams lb. 19e Watermelons Greens and stripes lb. 3 '2c Corn Fresh Medford, full ears 6 for 29c Raspberries Local crt. $3.49 Peas Corn Wadhams, No. 2 Tin 17c 17c Florida Grapefruit sNTl aT"dn "yrup addcd- 35c Wadhams Cream Style, No. 2 ar and 2 Tin BeetS Wadhams, Shoe Siring, No. 2 Tin 1 1 C Crackers xasy Maidi 2.ld 29c BeetS Pheasant, Sliced,. No. 2 Tin tot 25C Crackers Sunshinp. Lh 17c 19c 18c 10c 5c 42c Sunshine, Lh Asparagus No. 2 Tin Clam Juice s & w Unit ICe Cream MiX Londonderry Yuban Coffee Lb. FISH ITY Delicatessen Market Your Seafood Store Cor. th k Main Ph. 5374 CASH for THOSE Mil Mm We must get thote tompty 'milk bottlei you oround the house. have We are entirely out of the 10c store milk bottlei and the manufacturers juit can't make deliveries for weeks. Bring them to the creamery , . . ony amount . . . for cash ... or turn them into your grocer. KLAMATH FALLS CREAMERY from the CARELESSNESS of BOYS with GUMS There has been a good deal of promiscuous firing of .22's, BB guns, sling-shots and steel pointed arrows that has been a DANGER to LIFE and PROPERTY. Carelessly aimed stray bullets have hit persons, livestock and houses. Maliciously aimed bullets have caused great property damage, and endangered the lives of the shooters through aiming at insulators on high power lines. It is against the law to fire any gun in the city I RIFLES WILL BE CONFIS CATED and PARENTS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE for youngsters1 mishandling of guns! Know HOW and WHERE your boy shoots his gun! TEACH HIM SAFETY! Spec Murray County Juvenile Officer.