TRANSPORTATION NEWS
Ford Six Back
In Production
DETROIT, April 1 () The
jFord Motor company announced
Stoday that its deluxe six-cylin-tcr,
thrcc-passenger business
loupe was being restored to pro
duction at a price $20 below the
listing that prevailed at the time
tile model was temporarily dis
lontinucd. J, R. Davis, vice president and
director of sales and advertis
ing, said this cut with reduc
tions previously announced
"gives Ford the lowest priced
coupe and tudor sedan in its
held."
Ford reduced prices from $15
lo $50 on passenger cars last
January 15.
Davis said retail orders with
Ford dealers today total more
than 1.500,000 or 62 per cent
more than were on their books
a year ago. He said he believed
not more than 20 per cent of
these orders are duplications.
Production currently is at the
rate of approximately 4000 units
daily.
1 he Ford sales chief said run
ning changes" are being made
in rord cars wiinout interior-
nig with production. The
changes chiefly are in styling.
i nose already made or in pre
paration include new upholstery
combinations and heavier door
panels in the interiors. Exterior
changes Include relocation of
panting ngms, Heavier Dumper
?;uard, lowered fender mould
ngs and the extension of the
rub-moulriiiui s t r 1 n the full
length of the front fenders.
Ball Park
Parley Today
The park-recreation board ex
pects to reach an agreement be
tween the city and the Sons of
Italy lodge on Recreation park
at its meeting this afternoon.
Some time ago the lodge offered
to take over operation of the
bull park and make certain im
provements on facilities in ex
change for priority of its use.
Members also expect to dis
cuss Maple park, on S. River
side, which was donated to the
city in the will of the late Mrs.
Rufus Moore, Fred Robinson of
the committee said today. The
Moore home, one of the oldest
in the city and one of the best
examples of early architecture
in the area, was left to the city
for use as a museum.
Al Benson Wins
Sammamish
Outboard Race
SEATTLE, April 1 (JFh-
Using the same c-nydro oumt
with which he won second place
in the national meet at sultan
Sea. Calif., last November, Al
Benson of Seattle won the an
nual Sammamish Slough out
board race Sunday over a 12-
mile twisting, log-strewn course.
Benson covered the distance
In 22 minutes and 32 seconds,
and had to push his boat through
a wall of flame which resulted
from the loss of a tank by Bar
ney Siegel, early leader. Siegel
saved his boat by submerging it.
Charley Shirley of Oregon
' City, Ore., another early leader,
cracked up on a log.
Finishers included Howard
Nelson, Portland, 4th; John Zo
nich. Raymond. 6th: John
Sheirff, Tacoma, 9th; Don Dority,
" Oregon City, lltn.
Robinson Signs
For Ten Rounds
With Abrams
NEW YORK, April 1 UP) In
dicating he has designs on Tony
Zale's middleweight title. Wel
terweight Champion Ray Robin
son nas signed lor a lu-round
match with Georgie Abrams,
veteran 160 pounder, in Madison
Square Garden May 16.
Robinson has fought middle-
weights before. He beat Jake La
motta four out of five. Lamotta
' until Cerdan came over from
France, was ' considered along
- with Graziano as one of the top
inreais to z.aie s tnrone.
HUSKIES ON FIELD
SEATTLE, April 1 (A) The
largest spring turnout in Wash
ington history greeted Coach
Kalph (Pest) Welch yesterday as
the Huskies took the field for the
opening of their 30-session grind.
Thirty of last year's varsity were
in uniform.
Eggs tend to dry out in the
carton because some moisture
evaporates from the shell. Trans
fer eggs from their carton to a
coverea container in tne re
frigerator.
FOR SALE
UTAH GEM
POTATOES
Grown by Tuckerman
Bros. 5200 foot eleva
tion, virgin soil. Ocean
side tests show free
from disase.
JOEMICKA
PHONE 131 MALIN
A report from Dunsmuir
states that Norman Green, the
legislative representative for the
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men in the Shasta division, has
been in Sacramento during the
past two weeks in connection
with legislative matters.
He plans to remain in the
California capital until the end
of tlie session and while there
plans to take an active part in
supporting or opposing bills that
may come up, that are of in
terest to northern California.
Another Dunsmuir report an
nounced that the members of
the Grand International Auxil
iary to the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers are going to
give an Easter dinner in the
Maple room of the Masonic tem
ple in Dunsmuir at 5:30 p. m.
Saturday, April 12. Baked ham
is to hold the spotlight as the
main course for the , evening.
The auxiliary is inviting fam
ilies as well as the brotherhood
and their families.
The B. of L. E. will furnish
the program of entertainment
and prizes have been arranged
for the card players.
Southern Pacific is making
another plea to motorists for
closer observation of traffic
regulations and warning signals
at railroad crossings. It waa
pointed out that more than three
grade crossing accidents per day
occurred last year on SP lines.
une-tnird of these accidents re
sulted from automobiles and
trucks being driven into the
side of cars or locomotives, and
more than half of them occurred
in daylight, according to the sta
tistics. It was added that of the
total of 647 casualties, there
were 131 deaths.
.
Both of the local railroads
seem to be out of the hole inso
far as the refrigerator car short
age is concerned. Uoyd Stitt,
district agent for Southern Pa
cific, reports that bis men i
filling their orders about 70 per
cent, mostly on a day-to-day
basis. Frank Sexton at Great
Northern reported that his com
pany, which was the hardest tut
during the shortage, is once
more filling orders regularly.
E. V. Bolger, yard clerk at
GN, is seriously ill and plan
ning to make a trip back to St
Paul. Minn., for treatment...
Lloyd Stitt of SP spent the
latter part of last week in Port
land on business.
U. S. Attaches
Still Prisoners
NANKING, April 1 (JPi Brig.
Gen. Robert Soule. American
military attache, said today that
steady pressure on Chinese com
munist leaders for the release
of two assistant attaches seized
one month ago had been with
out result.
Mai. Robert Rise of Chicago
and Capt. J. W. Collins of Evans-
ton, 111., were seized by com
munists north of Changchun,
Mancnurian capital, March 1.
The American embassy and mili
tary officials have been unable
to establish direct contact with
them.
Big Nine Track
Meet To Resume
LOS ANGELES, April 1 VP)
Commissioner Victor O. Schmidt
of the Pacific coast conference
has announced that the dual
track meet with the Big Nine
conference will be resumed next
June 28 at the University of
California in Berkeley. This meet
was abandoned in 1942, but will
be resumed after the national
collegiate championships at Salt
Lake City, June 21-22.
Be Proud
of YOUR Garden
Use Butzer's seeds the
kind that grow.
"You can't keep them
in the ground."
Send for our free cata
logue, everything for your
garden.
Expert advice on garden
problems.
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BUTZER'S SEED STORE
1040 S. W. 2nd Ave.
Portland 4, Oregon
S a H Green Stamps AH
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Ac Clemens must like fresh air at o'clock In the morning,
for here h is high in the air doing his job on a platform for the
Telephone company. High altitude doesn't seem to bother him.
but it did worry the 9 o'clock plcture-snatcher some our
photog fell off his perch atop a car after taking the shot.
2 Firms Get
Building OK
Two Klamath firms today re
ceived official approval from the
Portland office of the civilian
production administration to go
ahead with plans for construc
tion and remodeling work.
The Rose Motor company got
the go-ahead on remodeling its
present plant and building addi
tional facilities, and Metier
brothers were granted an okay
to build a new store ana ware
house. Costing an estimated $16,000,
the Rose Motor company Job
will include remodeling quarters
at 4th and Klamath, adding a
showroom, and construction of
a body and truck shop with a
customer parking lot on the
property to the rear of its pres
ent location. Pinniger and Wat
kins are contractors. Work will
begin immediately.
Metier brothers will build a
new warehouse, store and office
structure at the west end of
their m-esent lumber shed on
Altamont and S. 6th. Of brick I
with a concrete and steel foun
dation, and completely modern,
the new, larger building will
cost an estimated $15,100. Con
struction will begin as soon as
final details are worked out.
Smock Quits Tule
Lake Police Force
TULELAKE, April 1 The
resignation of Raymond Smock
from the Tulclake police force
was effective March 31, accord
ing to announcement made by
Chief of Police Frank G. Rhodes,
Monday night.
Smock, formerly with the
Klamath Falls city police force,
was with the Tulelake force for
six months. He is succeeded by
E. J. Monte Richard who has
been with the Alameda county
law enforcement offices, Ala
meda, Calif. Richard's family is
in Redding, Calif.
New Garage
Being Built
TULELAKE, April 1 Con
Crete has already been poured
for the new truck repair garage
to be operated here by Floyd B.
Stone and Crate McElfresh.
A steel quonset-type structure,
obtained through Kandra and
Nogglc, Tulelake distributors,
will be used for the 40 by 100
feet building which will have a
pumice tile front.
Both Stone and McElfresh are
formerly of Klnmalh Falls.
Stone has been in Tulelake since
November, 1946, with the Lep
ley Motor company. McElfresh
was with the OK Transfer com
pany and with the city of Klam
ath Falls before coming to Tule
lake. The new business, located in
the new addition at the south
end of town on Main, Is expected
to start operation by the middle
of May.
City Delivery Service. Ph. 1417.
The
WINNER!
Mrs. Bill Broiuon, 2831
Turnage, wins the two
theatre passes, and the pro
duct she mentioned was
National Water Heater.
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OUR AD
FRIESEN
WELMAN
PLUMBING and HEATING
1717 Main
Chamber To Hold
Recreation Forum
Recreation for Klnmalh coun
ty will be discussed from all
angles at the chamber of com
merce forum luncheon Wednes
day noon at the Wlllnrd,
William Rutherford of Sacra
mento, instrumental In launch
ing a workable recreational pro
gram there will be the main
speaker, using as his subject,
HfcAI.U HkftS. . I VMSIDAT. AMU 1. Ml. t, S.
"Can Klamath County Afford an
Adequate Recreational Pro
gram?'' Paul Lee will give a
brief outline on "What Seems to
Constitute an Adequate Program
for Klamath County."
Before the close of the mset
Ing an open question and an
swer session will be held. '
The needlefish and some cat
fish swim with their head
down.
Tha first automatic (last
blowing machine was Invented
In 1B03.
HOTELS
OSIORN HOLLAND
tiniNi obi. morose
, Thoroughly Modern
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Auxiliary Transmissions
AND
Tiinkeii Axle Assemblies
, We have good stock of thai vniti complete, and maintain
a good stock of repair parts for theta two pet uler units.
Bring or send in the unit and let us fully recondition it
for you Night work gladly in an emergency.
dick n. mum
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK DIVISION
11th and Klamath
Phene 7753
5000 Marines Out
Of China, In Guam
SHANGHAI. April 1 UP)
Five thousand American ma
rines have been withdrawn
from north China to Guam since
February 1, Adm. Charles M.
Cooke Jr., commander' of U. S.
naval forces in the western Pa
cific, said today.
U. S. forces began to with
draw after the state department
announced January 29 that the
United States had decided to end
its connection with executive
(truce) headquarters at Peiping.
Good Materials and Service
Ready for All Painting and
Decorating.
ROPER and ROPER
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Investors Mutual,
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$4.95
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Matt Finnigan's
Sporting Goods
SIT Mala St,
Company Offers Arbitration
Why Talk of a Strike?
Telephone Employees Get Good Wages
Employee of The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph eompaay
are well paid and their wages compare favorably with thoae paid
by other concerns in the community for work requiring similar skill
and training.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company is still trying hi every way ta
avoid a telephone strike. ,
We have offered to renew eur present
liberal contracts.
Sut the unions have made demands far
large increases in wages.
In recognition that the public interest
comes first and to eliminate any reason
for a telephone work stoppage which
would be a disaster for the public, the
company has offered to submit to arbitra
tion the question of wages which is the
fundamental issue in dispute.
Telephone Wage Rates '
Have Been Increased 58 Per Cent
Telephone wage rates are now the high
est in history. They have been increased
on an average 58 per cent since 1941. The
largest increases have been in recent years.
Since 1941 increases in wage levels total
ing 169,000,000 on an annual basis have
been put in effect by this company.
These increases are m addition to mil
lions of dollars in regularly scheduled
raises given our employees. ' Thousands
of our employees receive wage increases
as often as every three months. Other
thousands receive increases every six
months or every year. .
Many Advantages to Telephone Job
These include steady work. Regular
wage increases. Good working conditions.
Holidays with pay. Vacations with pay
for one, two and three weeks depending on
length of service. Sickness and death
benefits, and pensions.
Union demands total about $100,
000,000 a year. This is equivalent
to an Increase of . ...
$45 per year per telephone sub
scriber. 40 per oent increase la all telephone
rates.
The demands of the anions would re
crease ths cost of providing telephone
service by about 1100,000,000 a year. This
comes to more than 60 per cent ef this
company's wage payments in 1146. It is
five times our total earnings In 146. It
would make our total payroll more that
all of the money we took in last year.
In terms of the average telephone bill,
it amounts to 145.00 a year for every one
of 2,800,000 telephone subscribers or a 40
per cent increase in all telephone rates.
We have been bargaining co-operatively
for years with the unions representing our
employees we have been doing it over
recent weeks and we are keeping the
door open for whatever further meetings
are necessary.
We want our employees to bs well paid.
Wages that are too low are mot fair to
employees who do the work
Wages that are too high are not fair te
the public who buy the service.
We believe that our offer; of arbitration
would be fair to everyone. There is e
excuse for a telephone strike.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.