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put Barkley's feet on the bed
and half covered him.
Edna Barkley, to whom the
dead man had been married only
a short time, told officers that
she had bought three bottles of
whiskey Saturday, and that
there had been a drinking party
at the Burklcy house. Two enmtv
bottles were found on the prem
ises.
She also told of a talk with
her husband concerning a sui
cide pact. This was the fifth
marriage for Edna, and it is be
lieved that she has one or more
undivorced husbands.
She was brought in to the
county jail yesterday, and Bark-
ley s body was taken to Ward s
Funeral home.
Police Have
Busy Week
A heavy run of liquor and
traffic arrests over the week-end
brought the number of city po
lice bookings to 4173 lor the
year. This morning 18 drunks
and two vagrants appeared in
municipal court, five drunks and
two persons charged with disor
derly conduct bailed, and 30 traf
fic tickets were paid.
William Felix Peace. 2126 Dar-
raw, was cited to appear in court
for a violation of the basic rule
on S. 6th. Noel Elmer Kooken,
2301 Hope, was cited for running
a red light at 11th and Klamath,
and Albert S. Bcrgstrom, 919
High, was cited for a violation
of the basic rule.
Cullis Fields, 616 Commercial,
posted $10 for running a red light
and for having no operator's li
cense; James Ward Philpot, Bo
nanza, put -up $5 for running a
red light, and James Benjamin
Parker, was cited into court for
failure to yield the right-of-way
to an approaching vehicle.
Minor Thefts Keep
Police Busy
Sneak thieves made merry
with other persons' Christmas
decorations over the week-end.
Mrs. Warren Hunt, 647 Pacific
Terrace, reported to police that
her outdoor tree was stripped of
the electric cord, an extension
cord and 25 to 30 lights, and
E. M. (Taxi) Thomas, 1445 Pa-
of a string of lights from his
tree.
Frank Eberlein of Specialized
Service, 1434 Main, told police
that several old automobile gen
erators and fuel pumps were
taken from a box at the side of
that building over the week-end.
Mrs. W. K. Adams, 2150 Rec
lamation, reported the theft of a
box of groceries and a new pair
of ladies ice skates and shoes
were taken from her car parked
at 8th and Pine, Saturday eve
Ding. Guerrillas Attack
Chinese Mines
PEIPING, Dec. 23 (P) Com
munist guerrillas were reported
in the official government news
paper Chih Shih Jih Pao today
to be attacking the Mentoukou
coal mines, 15 miles west of Pei
plng, a main source of coal for
this ancient capital.
Government troops succeeded
at the same time in halting a
communist offensive against the
important Peiping-Tientsin rail
road, but the threat of guerrilla
attacks remained.
Communists were reported en
trenched only 12 miles southeast
of Peiping, with some massed
about 15 miles to the southwest.
Government reports said 7000
communists from central Hopei
province had been brought up to
bolster units southeast of thw
great walled city.
Fires Follow
Japanese Quake
WAKAYAMA, Dec. 23 W
Lt. P. M. Baumgartner of Ta
coma, Wash., reported from
Owaski in Mie prefecture today
that nearby Shingu is 60 per cent
destroyed- by fires which fol
lowed in the wake of Saturday's
quake.
Lt. Baumgartner, who Is com
manding a U. S. 25th division ar
tillery relief team, confirmed
safety of all American and allied
personnel in the area, but said
fleeing Shingu residents report
ed more than 250 Japanese dead
in their city.
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Klamath Receives Iron Lung From
This Iron lung, a derice for
presented to the Klamath county
club. Presentation was mad by Tom Patty to Dr. Martin Adams between game at the club's
basketball jamboree at KUHS Friday night. Tom MUne. 20-30 president Is shown on the left,
with Patty and Dr. Adams. Tommie Thompson, a member of the club. Is shown at the right.
Danish Training
Ship Arrives Here
SEATTLE. Dec. 23 W) The
Danish training ship Danmark,
three-masted sailing vessel,
rocked gently at her Seattle
berth today after completing a
101-day voyage from Copen
hagen yesterday afternoon. A
large crowd, headed by Mayor
William F. Dcvin's welcoming
party, greeted the stout craft
and her 116 cadets. The voyage
was the ship's first since the
end of the war. Capt. Knud
Hansen was met here by his
wife and daughter, who crossed
the Atlantic in another vessel.
Aged Miner Leaves
$25,000 Fortune
CANYON CITY. Dec. 23 (ZD-
John Person, an 84-year-old ex
miner, was found lying in a
snowdrift outside the isolated
cabin where he lived frugally
on meals of chiefly rice and
beans.
When they tried to take him
to a hospital from the now aban
doned Galena mining camp area
where he has lived alone for 70
years, he Insisted on bringing an
old wooaen dox along.
At the Prairie City hospital.
where Person in now recuperat
ing from exposure, they opened
the box. It contained $25,000 in
stocks and bonds.
CARNIVAL
"The difference between the
.three.dollardinner? I don't
corn, iw tv utA smite wo. T. m. mo. v. . pat. Off. .
V i t
combatting numerous types of
public health departmeat for u
Postcard, Letter
Present Puzzle
PORTLAND, Dec. 23 P)
James A. Short received a
Christmas card from a friend.
Inside the envelope also was a
postcard from a business firm.
He read both, and laid them
down. Then he came back for
another look. Yep. bo Hi had
gone through a cancelling ma
chine. But how could the postcard
go through a cancelling machine
and then get In the sealed en
velope? He's still puzzling, although
the theory has been advanced
the envelope was mailed un
sealed, the postcard slipped in
side, and then the envelope
stuck Itself together.
MAN HURT IN
WINDOW CRASH
Gunnar Berg. 28. of 113 N.
10th, received a deep gash on
his left cheek early last night
when he stumbled and fell
through a plate glass window at
the Art and Gift shop on Main.
He was taken to Klamath Val
ley hospital in a taxi for treat
ment. Investigating police said that
Mr. and Mrs. Berg were window-shopping
at the Art and
Gift shop, and that he stumbled
over a raised place in the con
CTete and fell Into the glass.
B Dick Turner
two-dollar dinner and the
eneer, sir, with the three.
i I I
20-30 Club
paralysis and other dbeases. was
any tint needed, by the 20-JO
Seed League
Names Geary
PORTLAND, Dec. 23 Of)
R. E. Engbrctsun. Columbia
county former, is the new presi
dent of the Oregon Seed Grow
ers league.
E. A. Geary, Klamath Fulls,
was named vice president, and
E. R. Jackman, Oregon State
college, secretary treasurer, at
the close of the sixth annual
convention Friday.
Tho league recommended em
ployment of a full-tlmo weed
control expert at Oregon State
college, and proposed that coun
ty courts be required by law
to provide funds for a weed
control program when voted by
districts.
The league also asked thut
all Income-production property,
public as well as private, be
taxed and that the federal gov
ernment pay states 2 er cent
of the assessed vuluation of na
tional forest land.
Santa Takes Good
Care Of Mundays
Santa Claus was around again
today for the "Pete" Munday
family.
"Pete" Is the fellow In Klam
ath Valley hospital who received
severe body burns wek ago
Sunday when ho rescued his fam
ily from their Crosby street home
when an explosion of oil turned
the four-room residence Into a
mass of flame.
Early Monday morning this
Santa Claus who remained anony
mous, paid the Munday family
grocery bill which was close to
$100, and tho fellows at tho mar
ket tucked In a turkey to be pre
sented the Mundays along with
the "paid In full."
Hopes Dwindle For
White Christmas
The Klamath basin was bank
ing in springlike weather today
and all hopes for a white Christ
mas were banished by tho weath.
crmon who forecast "little
change in temperature."
Thermometers rose to no ae-
f frees Sunday but fell to 25 dur
ne the nUiht. leaving a heavy
frost on tho ground. ,
Nearest thing to ccicDrniing a
white Christmas will be by the
families of Crater Lake park Of
ficials who are surrounded by a
deep blanket of snow which al
so covers tho trees and shrub
bery in the park with a glisten
ing coat.
NAVY URGES VETS
TO APPLY FOR PAY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (P)
The navy today urged veterans
entitled to terminal leave pay
to make their claims Immedi
ately instead of waiting until
the deadline next (September.
An announcement said that
less than half of the estimated
3,500,000 claims have been re
ceived at Great Lakes, 111., dis
bursing office. Claims arc now
being paid at the rate of about
20,000 daily.
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Stores Will
Have Holiday
Most employes of slores and
offlci in Klamath Falls will be
given a one-day holiday for
Christmas. To close on ChrisV
mas Day are banks, courthouse,
post office, retail stores, the liq
uor store, city and county fcv
brnrira ami the city hall.
The Herald and News will not
publish on Christmas Duy. Re
tail store will not stay oprn lute
on Christmas Eve. l-tailera be
lieve the bulk of holiday shop
ping is over, and there Is no need
tor lnl hours.
Youngster Struck
By Automobile
Carol Botisman, young ilaugh. '
Irr of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
UiHismau of 2251 Simula wuy,
was struck by a car and knocked
down about 1 1:30 this morning
at Ulh ii i Hi Main. Sho wus taken
by a lltUn sinter to a physiriun'
offk'o at the Mmllrul D. ntul
building, and police said thut her
hurts wrro minor,
The cur wus driven by Milton
L. Stair. 30. of 230 Fulton. Stair
reported that ho was at the In
tersection on 0th when the girl
stcpiM-d In front of his car
aguinst the traffic light.
SEARCH" STARTS" FOR
ALASKA PILOT
ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Dee.
23 A1 A land rescue team and
army and civiliun planrn were
searching today for Walter
Needs, 21. Anchorage pilot miss
ing on a flight here from Lake
Lucille.
Needs radioed the control
tower hen that he was taking
off from the lake in his own
plane on the 25-minute flight te
Anchorage.
Inrlrmrnt weather slowed the
search.
OBITUARIES
UAMt Mot'OBM
Mary MrComb, realrteint of Klamath
rails 1W the put 47 year, naat away
in this city on Mat unlay, Dervnttwr 34.
llMd it 4U p. m. Nhe was a n-Uvt mt
l.lvermore. la , and was gd so hh
a months and I daya at th tlma nl tw
dath. Kite waa a ItOlnng member mt
lha Preaby tartan church. Ithe U aur
vivrd by two brother. Allan W. Mr.
Comb of Mary villa, Tann , and David
N, MrComb of Klanuilh Falls. Ufa Tha
body la at Ward a Klamath runr4
llonte, lilfl High, funeral aimotinrattvana ,
appears elsewhere In today pa par.
oz.ir dTWitt kali.,
Oiitle DrWllt Halph. a reaident of
Klamaih ralla for lha paal SO yaara,
Cjaard away In thu city on rkmday,
camber 33. IMS at 8 45 a m Ha
waa a natlva of PUtaburg, Kansas aad
waa aged ou years ft months and JT7 daya
at lha lima of hie death. Ha la sur
vived by his wlf., Mra. Mauda Malph,
Klamath ralla; two aorta, ft. J. Malph.
Han rrancUro. Calif . and Howard Halph
of Rekaraflejld. Calif.: daughter, Mra.
Mary Inland. Creeranl City, Calif ; and
two .grandsons. Nad and Dirk LSLaad
of rrvarrnt City. Calif. The body la at
Ward' Klamaih runaral Homa, U Hiffh,
funeral announcement appears efcaa
wharv tet today a paper.
HAMPLAWftliTTWINI
The twin daughter, of Mr. and Mra.
Adolph HamtXawvhl, Klamath rUa,
psaaad away In Lhu city on ttunday. De
cember 22. 11M6 at 10 15 . m Thy
were eurvlvad by the paranU: a brother,
Eugana; thraa iliUn. buna Maa. Hhiriav
Ann and liana Agnaa Hamplawakf;
g rand pa ran ta. Mr. and Mra. J Wald
and Mrs. Klhert Samplawthl. Klamath
falli. Gravcaltla aarvtraa war a hald
Monday. Dorambar 33, !fta at I 4a
p m. at Ml. Calvary Memorial park.
Ward'i Klamaih runaral Homa In chars).
LILLIAN TlKl. I, CUMMINS
Lillian Del I Cummlni, a ptnnrar raal
dent of lha Klamaih bailn and Tulalaha
dlatrlct paaaed away at lha horn g of har
arm, Avon U. Cummlni. 9004 Otfdon,
Klamath ralla. Ora . on Sunday. Daam.
br 23, 1B40 at 1119 p, m. followlnd an
illnai of two yaara. flha waa a natlva
of Woodland. Calif., and at Uta Urns
of har oVftth ws a gad S4 yaara months
and 10 dayg, Hurvlvln ars two dauatt
trra, Mra. Kvaratt Loffan of Portland,
Ora., and Mra. Myrla Klnalf-r of trtU
oily; two irrni, Hfrmar C. Cummlni of
Alluraa, Calif,, and Avon n. Cummins
of this city: 13 Mrsnrirhlldran snd 14
Aroat-Krsndchlldrwn. Tha ranutlna raal
In tha Karl WhltJork runaral Homa,
Pine- at HUth. Notlcs of iunsral to s
annourtcad Tuaaday.
HAROLD DI'AnVT" DKHRRLKC
flarold Duana HelarlM, a raaldant mt
Klamath ralla. Ora., for tha laat threa
months paaaed away In ' thla city eat
Sunday, Deretnher 33. 1040 at 10:40 p. as.
following an extended lllnitea. He was
a nnllve of Iowa and at tha tlma of Ma
death was aged 3d years 10 months and
13 daya. Surviving are his parents,
Mr. and Mra. Halph Hoberlee of Dec
Moines. Is. Tha remains real In the)
Rnrl Whltlrwk runaral Home, Pine e4
81 x Ih. Not Irs of f u neral to b aaa
n cm need at a later date.
FUNERALS '
LLOYD A UK INS
runaral services for the lata Lloyd
Asklna who passed away In The Dallaa,
Ore., on Wednesday, December HI, IMA
following an extended Illness will be
held In the chapel of the Earl W hillock
runaral Home, Pins at Sixth, on Tues
day, December 34, 1944 at 1:.10 p. m.
under tha ausplrea of Klamath tVM
Arris Mo. SotH) rOE. Commitment sarv
lcee and Interment family plot In Mt,
Lakl cemetery, rrienda arc Invited.
OEZIR IRWITT NALFH
Funeral services for the late Ottte)
DnWItt Ttalph who passed away In this
oily on Sunday, December 23, 194(1, will
be held In the chapel of Ward's Klam
ath Funeral Home, 0211 High, on Turn
day. December 34, 1II4A at 1:ri0 p. m.
with Hav. Howard F. Hulrhlns of th
rirat Christian church officiating. Th
remains will be forwarded to the Chnpel
hi iiva bini, r raano, v-aiir., wnara rinoi
rites will be held. Friends are reepeofc
fully lnvits4 to atUnd asrvloas.