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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1947)
Draft Boards Give Figures ' On announcement of the poi Klble end of the selective serv ice and. draft boards-on jwarcn 31, Klamath Jails Board wo. i and Klamath county board No. 2 have released their figures on selective service during the period of their existence. It was stressed, however, that the figures are not representative of all servicemen In the area as National Guardsmen and others were not required to register for service. It was also pointed out that the deaths Included servicemen who have died since their re turn home. A total of 13,792 men under the age of 45 were registered with both boards, 5796 of them entering the armed services. Of the men who entered tne serv ices, 4798 were discharged, 904 are still serving! and 94 are listed as dead. ; The city board alone showed a total registration of 5716, with 2596 entering the service. Of these, 2132 were discharged, 429 remain In the service and 35 are listed as dead. The county board had a reg istration of 8076, with 3200 en tering the service. Dischargees totalled 2666 with 475 still in the service and 59 dead. It is believed that a good many . Klamath county men were reg istered with other boards in ether cities. ; - . Forest Land Opening Urged i WASHINGTON, March 25 MP) An Alaskan has urged a house public lands subcommittee to ap prove legislation to open huge national forest reserves to home steading by veterans. Alvan J. Hannah, a cabinet maker, boat owner and teacher from' Ketchikan, Alaska, said that southern Alaska and the fringing islands are rich with timber, game and fish, and con tains much good agricultural land. "Right now, however, there are more bears than voters in Alaska," he said. Hannah testified on a bill bv Reps. Lemke (R-N. D.), and Ped en (D-Okla.), which would open virtually all lands, including forests, in southern Alaska to veteran homesteaders. The bill would create a new type, 'of homestead to be known at a fur farming claim. . Timber By-Products Study Continues' '1 SAN FRANCISCO, March' 25 (iP) The western states council yesterday authorized its wood utilization committee headed by Fred Brenne, Eugene, to en large its study of timber by products. ( . Brenne told the council that "some 125,000,000 is currently being spent to insure a perpetual increasing return from timber." MANSLAUGHTER . PORTLAND, March 25 UP) John D. Palmer, 26, convicted of manslaughter in the slaying of Mrs. Jodie Redman, 33, at Vanport, was sentenced yester day to 15 years in the state peni tentiary and fined $1000. iBliiiilll News Notes and . BttnSSsMDtMtVttitdttBMMltfttBta By MARY O'BRIEN Walter Mails, Red Cross field man tor the Pacific coast states, spoke to sophomores, juniors and seniors in an assemoiy loaay telling of his 1 cxperie n c e s with the Red Cross when he was with the army overseas in the Souui Pacific and the Orient. In con nection with the Red Cross drive Honor so- siety students were excused from school for house -to house Mary O'Brien canvass today. Those making the rounds today were Jody Bennet, Dorothy Col lier, Bettv St. John. Jean Stroud, Norma Puckett, Shirley Dalton, Margaret Bullard and Patsy Tilton. Friday another group will be excused for the same purpose. . Following discussion with class residents and secretaries it was decided to initiate plans for the election of a queen of the south ern Oregon Invitational track meet to be held April 26. The three runner-up .finalists would act as princesses for the affair. The plan, as it now stands, calls for the election by write-in vote of sixteen girls, four from each class, on April 7, the day we return from spring vacation. On the following day at 1 o'clock four finalists, one from each class, would be chosen. The final outcome then would depend on the number of tickets students from each class sold to support their candidate, each adult or student ticket counting a specific number of points for the candi date receiving the pledge. Tomorrow the great produc tion of "Lost Horizon" will be previewed to the students pur chasing tickets for 30 cents. The annual student body play is the culmination of the year's efforts by the dramatics department and features the best of B. B. Blom quist's drama students. Respective' divisions of Tri- i Hi-Y chose their officers yester- i day with the following results:! lhe senior group has as its presi-; dent Betty Glidden. Mary Brooks was elected secretary; Marilyn i McLellan was voted to fill the office of chaplain. i .President of th division nf ! funior girls .is Emogene Ford, j uonna uenoski and Mary Loui Armed Men Dump Milk AMITE, La., March 25 Thousands of gallons of milk to day weer seized by armed men who dumped the contents of six tank trucks in ditches on the outskirts of the city. It was the first act of violence in a strike called 24 hours earlier by dairy farmers of sev eral east Louisiana parishes (counties) in protest of a price cut declared by milk distrib utors. A reliable source esti mated that 58 per cent of the state's milk production was cut off by the strike. The six tank trucks were halted near the Amite city lim its, shortly after 1 a. m by men carrying shotguns and rifles. The drivers were forced to a lonely section of the road where truck drain valves were opened, flooding the ditches off the high way with milk. Meantime, at Independence, six miles from Amite, 700 gal lons of milk were poured into tne langipahoa river. The milk had been delivered to a pas teurization plant of the St. Charles dairy, a New Orleans firm, and was seized shortly aft er it arrived at the plant. i fUNNT BUSINESS Mother Saves Six Children From Fire OREGON CITY, March 25 iVPi Mrs. Lyle Booth rescued her six small children from their blazing house yesterday, suffer ing burns on the hands and face. A gasoline stove sent flames roaring through the house. Mrs. Booth was burned as she ran from room to room to arouse the children. The husband, working near Roseburg. was absent. Neighbors planned a benefit party for the family. In the 60 years since gold was discovered in South Africa, the area has yielded some 10 billion dollars worth of the precious metal. This artist economized on the canvas!" Government Delays Hospital Building Just what the government has up its sleeve as the next move in the construction of a veterans hospital here on the Beaumont tracts in- the Hot Springs sec tion was a matter of conjecture today. Due to numerous cnanges in plans the start of work here has been delayed at least four BATES SHOE Look Your Best In the Eait.r Parade in a months. , As far as Is known, no plans for the hospital have been accepted. No Inquest In fire Deaths No Inquest Is scheduled In ciiuiH'UtUiu witli tho deaths of Hurry Wright, 73. and his son Harold, 811, Klamath Indians, who died of burns when flames destroyed their farm house nenr Modoc Point late Sunday after noon. The elderly Wright was burned to death In thw huuse and Harold succumbed to burns at Klmmith Valley hospital early Monday morning. Final rites will he hclil In the chapel of Ward's Wednesday at 1:30 p. m, with the Rev, Harlnv Zeller of tho Williamson River Methodist church officiating. Concluding services and Inter ment will follow at the Wilson cemetery, Friends are Invited. The word "vegetarianism" came liitn-use about 1847, apply ing to a diets excluding fish, flesh .and- fowl. Various sects later excluded all anlmiil pro ducts Including milk and egg": others excluded all tubers grown underground. ' ' 1 ' HKRAI.D Nim, RUmalk On, TUMOAT, Mink ISM. ! Tr Hail, Snow Confuse River Nimrods Hull, anow and sunshine con fused tinglers along the Klamath river last Sunday, The river was roily and udsy and l .o fishing reported very poor. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jurvlo who cast their Hues about 10 miles on tho other side of Keuo. reported a number of curs anil Good Materials and Service Roady for All Painting and Docorating, ROPER and ROPER rUNTINU l-ONTA:TOIt t KUnialk A. rhant 11 numerous fishermen. 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