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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1947)
Knutson Blasts Portal Pay As Threat To WASHINGTON, Jim. 27 I'l Chairman Kmitson (It-Minn.) of the house ways mid menus com mitten tod ii y introduced IcKlsia tlon to prohibit recovery under the piirliil-ti)-iiir(ul nuy null. In a iliilmneiil, Kmitson sulci treasury cHtliimtOK Indicate the federal government limy Iwve to pay n much as $4,0(10,(100,01)0 If pending portal suits ore ad judged In favor of die complain, lug uiiliiii, Ho added: "Such un enormous loss In revenue would, of course, put to un end uny hope fur Inrll vldiuil tux relief thin year. Wo Hliould uct now to prevent Polio Victims Look For House PORTLAND. Jan. 27 ll'l An alrcurps veteran and nnd ex-Wnve who met and became enuuKed while recucritllng from tnfiiii tile paralysis have a double prob lem with their hoime hunting. The scarcity la one thlnit, but Harold Metskr-r and Kllnor Til den, who between them hnve one llood It'K and two good arma, most llnd a home without steps so they ran move their wheel chain with a minimum of work. The two Portliiuderii became rniiUKcd six miintha ufler meet ing by volco across an Isolation honpltul corridor hint summer. Kliuor couldn't lift her arimi to ring a bell. She would cull to Harold and he would lino hl bell, then direct the nurse to the room across the hall. Ilurold'i back and legs are crippled. They were separated but met again In n therapy clinic room, and noon worked together. Har old must weave to rehabilitate hand muscles. Kllnor must work a foot pedal for leu correction. Now they arc work Inn on a rug to go Into tho livinu room of the hnmo they plan when they llnd the house. Fighter Plane Seeks Record HONOLULU, Jan. 27 il'i A non-stop fighter plane flight from Honolulu to New York In quest of a dual speed and endurance record for that typo of aircraft will be made "soon" with a new North American P-82, the army air forces announces. The P-H2 is fueutlally two of the familiar P-51 Mustangs put together, so that it has two fuse Inges and two engines. Pilot and co-pilot on the 5000 rule flight will be Lt. Col. Robert E. Tharker and Lt. John M. Ard, both of Wright field. Ohio. The plana is numed tho Betty Jo, after Mrs. Thackcr. The flight from lllckam field will be at 20,000 feet, crossing the California coast at Point Arena, northwest of San Fran cisco, and passing over Reno, Nev., Rock Springs. Wvo., De troit and Erie. Pa., to La Gtiardla field, New York. Estimated fly. Ing time ii about IS hours. Purpose of the flight is to de termine future research and de velopment requirements for planes and pilots to withstand the rigors of extended high-altitude operations on long escort missions. Camp Adair Farm ' Land To Be Opened. CORVALLIS. Jan. 27 0) Application by veterans to par ticipate in the drawing which will award SS00 acres of Camp Adair area farm land will bo accepted until Keb. S, project manager T. F. Whltcman report ed today. He said that veterans are sixth on the priority list, however, with previous owners and others grttlng first claim on tho land taken over by the war depart ment, Other trocts. 55,000 acres In all, will be sold later. i iiisoronisr . roor specialist Or. Kenneth S. Garvin rl lurttrr . in . OrlhiptSlo McATEE CLINIC is: S. Ilk SI. rbona 11)1 Any Tax Cut such undeserved windfalls and tluis onublo our citizens to se cure this year some reduction from tho oppressive Individual Income taxes which wero Im posed for war purposes." The house leadership decided today that the portal pay Issue will be handled by the Judiciary rather than tho labor committee. Speaker Martin told reporters Chairman Mlcheuer tit-Mich, ) had vlven assurances tho Ju diciary committee can start hearings "very quickly." Before a senuto Judiciary sub committee, tho Potusb Company of Amorlca whose union em ployes are suing It for $5,000, 000 portal pay, said tho em ployes ask pay for "time spent in travel from their homes," Fred O. Duvls, trcusurcr of the Curlsbud, N. Mcx., firm, testified tho trip from a Carls bad parking lot to the place ol work required II 3 minutes each way on a public bus. lie said the employes, members of the CIO Mine Workers union, con tend In their suit that during this 70 minutes "they expend mental and pliyslcul energy for tnu company. Chairman Diinneli (ft Mo.) I asked whether the employes are permitted to "read magazines or sleep?" "Yes," Davis replied, "those are the things they usually do on tho ride." Airfields To Be Built Soon PORTLAND, Jan. 27 () Sites for 35 airports recom mended for construction by the state with federal funds wero listed today by the Oregon state board of aeronautics in its pro gram for aiding the state's air ways system. All of the fields would be small and provide emergency landing space for crosscountry civilian aircraft, access to rec reation areas and bases for for estry crews. Only seven are In western Oregon. The board suid mol of them would be merely air strips leveled out of sagebrush coun try or sliced out of timber areas. Communities near the sites are: Alvord Lake Aiwa, Butte Falls, Crescent Lake, Denlo, Diamond Lake, Drcwsey, Polly Farm, French Glen, Gilchrist, Hampton. Huntington, Idanha, lake of the Woods, Long Creek. McKcnile Bridge, Memaloosc, Mill Cjty, Mt. llood. McGraw, North Umpo.ua, Oak Ridge, Lake Flat. Olallie, Otis, Pine hurst, Paisley, Richland, Seneca, Silver Lake, Sumpter, Valley Falls. Voltage, U k I h and Wickiup. Crime Wove Sweeps Over Japan - -v TOKYO. Jan. 27 P Crimes are sweeping Japan in alarming proportions, the nowspaper Mia nlchl reported today, blaming the "terrible" Inflation, repatriated soldiers who have retained the "barbaric mental state of the bat tlefield," and the "ravaged state of national psychology under de feat." Citing a fearsome rash of or ganized robberies, swindles and murders, Mianlchi observed: "Not only are the figures amaz ing, but the nature of the crimes is extraordinary. What ordinar ily one would expect to happen once or twice a year a crime that shakes the whole fabric of society is happening a 1 m o s t daily." ief At Last For Your Cough Oreomnlsioo relieves promptly be iuse it eoaa rlrht to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel lrm ladaa phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender. In flamed bronchial muoous mta wanes. Tell your druggist to sell yon a bottle of Oreomulslon with the un derstanding you must like the way lt quickly allays the cough or you an to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Couitis, Chest Colds, Bronchirii A do nt lei1 t)Hi Local Navy Man in Hawaii ft' Si-''".- " iff " ' Jn ' ..i rii'iiiiii.seWi - f.. 1 1 1 George Htrbsrt Bll, 19 (left), son of Mr. and Mrs. Haydan Bell, 830 Prospect, watches his opponent's move in the count of a checker match at the Army-Navy USO at Honolulu. Bell, a gradual of Klamath Union high school, entered th navy In September, 1945, He Is attached to a yard mine sweeper operat ing at Pearl Harbor. Mortgage Investments On Northwest Homes Up First morlgugc Investments on northwest homes totaled a new high of $24,640,171 for Equitable Suvlng.4 and Loan as sociation, E. M. Chilcote of Chil cote and Smith, Klamath Falls representatives, reports In an analysis of the 1 12th semi-annual financial statement. Increased by mora than $71 million during 104(1. mortgage Investments now equal 77 per cent of th assets. The most active financing year in the association's history ac counted for Equitable loans of more than $15 million In 1048, Life Termer Makes Escape SEATTLE. Jan. 27 lA't A ulutcwidt- search was under way today for Everett trunk Lind say, SD-ycar-old convicted wife slayer, who walked away from the Washington state peniten tiary at Walla Walla yesterday. Warden Tom Smith said Lind say, a trusty employed as a cook In the warden's household, walk ed away from the prison after being released from his cell to go to his job. Lindsay killed bin wife, Mrs. Audrey Elizabeth Lindsay, in their west Seattle home in Feb ruary, 10:i0, then fled to Oak land, Calif., with a young adopt ed daughter, Pearl. He was cap tured in Los Angeles nearly two years loter after a world-wide search and convicted of second degree murder. In the 110 years from 1833 to 1043. there were more than 360 major whip disasters'. Only one definitely occurred on a Friday the 13th. Another may have taken place on a Friday the 13th. "BLOWN-IN" INSULATION SAVES FUEL Insulation blown into the attle ef your house will save up to one-third of vour fual. give better heat circulation, and keep your house cooler in summer. Photo shows method of installa tion. Insulation may be installed on terms, with no money down. For complete Information, phone pany, 8749 or 8288. Free estimates. Every job guaranteed, by local, home-owned company. KNDEOWrafj MimiiiiNMa,w MOOr TM VEGETABLE NIUTMl SPIRITS DISTRIBUTED IY UNITED DISTIllEBS Of AMERICA, INC., NEW V0RK 1, N. V. Chicotc said. Every month averaged over $1 million. The 1946 total exceeded 1945 loans by more than $5 million'. At the end of its 56th year in existence Equitable has loaned a grand total of more than $125,000,000. Assets have reached a new high of $32,145,083. showing an Increase of $4,748,802. during 1046. Certificate deposits gained over' $3 million, bringing total deposit Investment! to $27,925, 603. Maturity value of certifi cates purchased during 1946 amounted to $13,433,050, 25 per cent more than the previous year's $10 million high. Cer tificates matured and paid Inst year amounted to SI. 74 1,7 19. Total certificates matured nnd paid savers since Equitnhle was founded in 1800 is $69,800,000. Reserves have been Increased by 29 per cent comnnred to re serves at the end of 1945. bring ing the total reserves to $1, 97P.721. Southerners Boom Raccoon Market PORTLAND. Jan. 27 iP Southerners now living here can feast, or at least some of them. Gus Lauer. a fish-meat market owner, reported fresh raccoon meat he obtains from a McMinn ville trapper sells well to resi dents who came here from the southland. The price: 60 cents a pound. City Delivery Service. Ph. 8417. Dr. M. C. Cassel Chiropractic Physician Headaches, Gas. Stomach and Spinal Ailmants TELEPHONE SMS 127 So. 7th St. the Kuhlman Insulating Com. HOftt MARR1AGC WOULD Be UCfc4&njC1 II . 1 1 ibi vrbvr -v . Planned through . DREAMY Pitt-, For successful driving . '. you should visit the SUPER SERVICE STATION for a complete line e f Firestone products, general motor over, hauling, motor tuneups . . and Texaco products. Our personnel is expertly trained . . . drop In to see us, today. You'll be glad you did. 51 Riots Flare In Bombay BOMBAY, Jan. 27 Wi Au thorities reported today that at least five persons were stabbed and several others scared by acid throwers in Bombay during yeslerduy'a celebration of In dia's Independence day. Police fired several times to disperse Hindu-Moslem rioters and police snipers manned rooftops in the temple area with orders to ahoot acid-throwers on sight. Few disturbances were re ported elsewhere in India, where the celebration consisted main ly of flag raising ceremonies and muss recitations of a pledge to achieve complete Indian inde pendence. Dispatches from Lahore said that seven Moslem leaders who were arrested Friday night dur ing a police raid on the office of the league's national guard j were released i-:ist nignt. Six of the Moslems refused to leave prison until more than 100 other league members, ar rested for demonstrating against the raid, were also released. Finally they were "pushed out of jail." they said. War Brides Happy In US PORTLAND. Jan. 27 A') A survey of war brides who fol lowed their husbands here from Australia, England and other countries indicated today they are happy in their new homes. Most of the dozen inter viewed on their opinion of re ports elsewhere by some war brides that they were mistreated blamed the girls themselves for their unhappy situations. Mrs. Emily Smiley, 33, said reports the brides were mis treated arc "absolutely silly. My Scottish girl friends here think the same thing. The lew who haven't been able to get along go home and complain a small percentage." Mrs. Leslie Richardson also blamed the individual girls. 'The people in Australia act, live and do the same as you do. The only difference is that you have an accent," she said in an Australian accent. Down payments for farms sold in the United States averaged 42 per cent in 1945 compared with 40 per cent in 1944 and 38 per cent in 1943. WGi) SCHOOL ii Sin i will ilswiilllMs 1 1 ill linn I ii By MARY O'BRIEN Notation on the school cal endar for Monday, January 27: second semester starts. Exactly what happened took place In a prolonged home ""NT'? room period at f o:ju uiia morn ing. In a lengthy special bulletin detailed instruc tions were given teachers who In turn passed them on to the students. First, students were instructed to withdraw flrat semes- ,er registration cards from their Mary O'Brien first semester teachers and ob tain their Initials in the section marked "drop" on the change-of-schedule sheet. Next, they proceeded to the new teachers, left registration for this laot half of the year with them, and got these new teachers' signa tures to show acceptance of en rollment. After completing these numerous details, the change-of- schedule sheets were returned to the counselor's spindle in room 211. Despite repeated warnings, 49 boys and girls still must re turn overdue books checked out during last semester. Until their names are cleared irom the overdue book list, teachers are requested to withhold erades and the office will withhold semester credits. i Today collections were made for the annual March of Dimes I program. Students gave to the 2 DROPS EASE COLDS SNIFFLES -ALMOST INSTANTLY At the first tntez. put two drops of Penetro Nom Drop In each nos tril. ThU prescription type medication sootftna Irritated nasal mem branes, checks waters' flow. You feel better im mediately. Penetro Nos Drov3 also open cold fiogf ea nose, snnns swollen passages, help you breath freer almost instantly. Use only as dl- ; rected. In 3 economical sizes. Demand 1 PENETRO Saopsi i MA Oufgnf, with spring joftness V la mind, in Pacific pure fe?" V V. X worsted crtp. Miuai tiiei . V tv. io o is-$55 j ""an m -r X&?-X' VA V ( i Wl" KSaAI.0 KKWS. KUm.lk rslll, Olt. fund for crippled children either In morning or afternoon home room periods. - - The Krater subscription drive continues thil week. First week sales show the disappointing total of 420 sold. To Insure pub lication 430 addH'onal subscrip tions must be sold. GREYHOUND IS THE WAY 12 ConTn'en Departures daily from KLAMATH FALLS 'Wherever you want to travel, Greyhound is the convenient, comfortable and economical way to go. Greyhound's many well-timed schedules link your community and neighboring cities and towns closely together. For business and pleasure, this convenient transportation is always at your service. Ask your Greyhound agent for the latest pocket timetable showing the complete list of departures from your local depot. Agent. J. K. Sarre 904 Klamath Ave. Cut for tho S out of 10. young women who measure ftva feet (Wo or loss. That accounts for its made-for-you fit, its optical illusion of adding height. MONDAY, lu, 11, l4t, tun TktM New Hl-Y members elected re ccntl include: Newt Thornton, Dick Yates. Norman Wilson, Bill Carter, Bill Southwell, oRnald Woods, Jim Wright, Jim Carter. Glen Loreni, Drew Doverl and Jim Griggs. City Delivery Service. Ph. I41T. 5 V,-:jV-4,, y TO TRAVEL! Phone 5521 1 ;;'.isAL
