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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1948)
PACE SIX HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Tragedy Marks Headlines As Klamath Region Passes Through Big News Year (Continued from Pago One) The Evans apartment house at loth and Main burned on the morn ing of February 16, taking: lives of Jive persons Mrs. William Loren ren, Sydney Evans, Mrs. Oolda Har ney, and Mr. and Mrs. George Peastcr. From the standpoint of human toll, It was the worst local lire since the Houston opera house blaze of September 1, 1920, when 14 persons lost their lives. Just a week after the Evans apartment fire, news of another tragedy broke on the community. In a takeoff from the local airport, an amphibious plane piloted by Tex Rankin, one of the nation's best known stunt pilots, lost power and after striking a power line toppled into a suburban garden. Rankin, Cy Wallan and Jack Elle. the latter local automobile dealers, were killed Instantly. Bus Thompson, fourth member of the party, escaped with Injuries. High prices made big news throughout the year, here as every where in the U. S. The inflationary spiral not only boomed the cost of living and wage levels, but it also sent prices on two major local com modities lumber and grain into the stratosphere. The barley sale this fall held local attention as prices climbed to a peak of $5.12 'a, and the total value of the crop was estimated at $12,500,000. Hirh Prices A shrinking regional log supply combined with the general economic situation saw stumpage prices go beyond anything ever dreamed ofj before. The record was set In Oc- tober when Klamath Lumber and : Box company bid $27.76 per thou sand on a block of reservation tim ber. The timber situation was fur- their featured by the aggressive i at Crater lake. activities of the Klamath Lake I 15 Klamath Lake Moulding corn Moulding company, which acquired j pany bought 50.000.000 feet Umpqua the old Big Lakes plant and ex-1 forest timber, panded logging activities for local! 20 Judy Katherine Hill, 11 manufacturing Into the Diamond j months, killed by accidental shot- lake region of the Umpqua Na- j tional forest. A major story that held sustained Interest through the summer months was the controversy over liquidation of the Indian reservation, which brought a panel of United States senators here for a hearing. After sessions in Klamath Falls and at the agency the committee adjourned to ponder its findings, with new legis lation on the issue yet to be de vised. The issue has split the mem bership of the tribe, and both sides will be represented in Washington at the coming session of congress. A story that was regionally sen sationa! was that of Little Miss X Mary Jane Medlin a tiny girl who was found, brutally beaten, behind a dance hall at Weed. Subsequently the tot's mother and her common law husband were punished for mis treating and abandoning the little lrl. Escapee Shot Ranking as story No. 7 of the year was the shooting of an escaping prisoner by Deputy Sheriff Marion J. Barnes in front of the courthouse February 3. The prisoner, Donald Gordon Roberts, was dropped dead with a single shot. A coroner's jury and the grand jury later absolved Barnes of any wrong-doing in the tase. Klamath made a successful fight ki 1947 to save the Marine Barracks plant for constructive peacetime use. The battle went to the legis lature, where, after a series of ups and downs, the appropriation went through to finance the Oregon Vo cational school at the Barracks. The school, directed by Winston Purvine, is now going strong. Ninth story in public interest was the gun battle which local officers waged with a couple of San Quentin escapees in the eul-de-sac at the end of Jefferson street adjoining the canal, the night of March 31. One convict was captured and the other escaped to stage a series of ear thefts before being taken in Arkansas. Sports news breaks into the "big ten" this time, by virtue of the unusual circumstances that elim inated two Klamath teams from the state championship football series. Both Klamath Falls and Henley teams got Into the late series In the A and B competition, re spectively. But Klamath Falls lost out In the quarter-finals after tying AFTER INVENTORY NEEDLEPOINT Good assortment , Off! TAPESTRY YARN ,kein 27c SCOTCH AIR KITS reduced Vs Only 6 left-yarn for a sweater and material for skirt. ALL STAMPED GOODS priced to clear SLIGHT REDUCTION ON SHELLCRAFT SHELLS. CROCHET THREAD Large balls, all colors 25e EZ-DUZ-IT Crochet frames special 89e The easy way to crochet! ODD LOT YARNS Enough to make a garment. .. priced to cleor! BEGINNERS KNITTING KITS and Weavingcraft Kits, Reg. $1.50 Now $1.15 SEQUINS AND PURSE MATERIALS REDUCED! Many other Hems loo numerous to mention . . . shop and save I Thanking you for your patronage and Wishing You a Happy New Year! The Dalles 13-13. tving the first downs 8-8. but falling behhid In yardage. Henley went to the B league finals, tying the score 12-12 with Amity, but losing on first downs, 14 to 9. Klamath Falls bas kctball team went Into the state final game at Eugene last winter, and the Chlloquin team got into the B championship series, losing its first tournament game. BijEgest Year That's the first ten as the staff of The Herald and News has picked them. It was probably the biggest all-around news year In the history of the present management of The Herald and News, if not for all time. A number of other stones made a bid for a place on the list. Including the Tulelake homesteaders malting good and the new homestead open ing, the police brutality trial in circuit court, the successful Com munity Chest drive, and fatal auto mobile accidents which went to 17 for the year. j ,r" " 1 , year, with outstanding stories cal- endared and the "big ten" flagged with appropriate numbers: O January 5 Donald F. Yancey gets life im prisonment for murder of County Librarian Mary McComb. 6 Carpenters and painters strike. 8 Craft unionists return to work with pay raise. 9 Figures show Klamath Falls. Klamath county and high school district out of debt, other public cor porations approaching debt-free status. 10 R.irhnra FvAncelm Strict; land 15 nUed on near Midland to become first 1947 traffic fatality victim in county. 14 Seventeen families snowed in gun oiasi ai wocus. 1 Tommy Spencer, 2't, dies in Tulelake cabin fire. 23 George Wallace White. 25. truck driver, killed in Sun mountain crash. 25 Parking meter operation starts. 27 Armed bandits stick up Ore gon Food store. 28- r-Luverne Hunt. 26. killed in Willamette pass highway smashup. 30 Jack Kyle Perry held for at tacking girl near Dorris. t later got life imprisonment.) O February 3 Deputy Sheriff M. J. 7 Barnes shoots Donald Gordon Roberts in attempted break for freedom at courthouse. 4 Barnes later cleared by coroner's and grand juries.) 8 Joseph Johnson. 26, killed by auto near Beatty. 11 Potato growers ask new potato grade to help market crop. 15 Chiloquin Panthers win county basketball league title. Daske 2 16 Evans apartment fire kills 5. 1 Local laundries struck by AFL unionists. 21 Klamath woman learns tan coat, given for Europe needy, was sold to Tennessee woman by New York mall order house. Dy Ne 3 23 Tex Rankin, famed avi ator; Jack Elle and Cy Wal lan, local automobile dealers. killed in plane crackup In Klamath Falls suburbs. 25 Final announcement of Tulelake homestead winners made. PILES SUCCESSFULLY TREATED Km Palo itopiiiiitatit N L of Timt Permanent Recall! DR. E. M. MARSHA Cblropraelle Pbrtirlan K. :th Kiqntre Thcatr. Bid! Pbnn Iocs r a CALL 5103 SPECIALIZED RADIO SERVICE 1434 Main SALE! da tun "7t ai :i:imj; woikk SHOP ! State education boards accept Mai Int Barracks lor scIhhiI. O March 1 United Suites mics for veterans hospital site back of Hot Springs. J Smith Cox, accident Injury vic tim. Injured second time when am bulance turns over. iHe died March 4 Pelicans win district basketball i championship. -Robert Walker. Merrill, itiunrd ! outtnlin young man in civic work ' m lw8- i 11 Sam Smith named recreation "o nere. 11 Shuck Brothers warehouse at Merrill has $30,000 fire, 13 Leland Cheyne refuses Tule lake homestead. 13 Four residents of Lakcvirw drown tn Goose lake. 14 Siskiyou freeholders sign pro posed charter, which was later de feated. 1 Pelicans defeated by Marsh field. 51-49 to lose state hoop title at Eugene. 18 American Box company at Chlloquin closes down. 33 Harry Wright and Harold Wright. Klamath Indians, die In Modoc Poiut fire. S7 Policeman Vern Wagner found guilty of assault with dangerous weapon. iHe later was paroled.) 39 Part of Evans building ruins falls in high wind. proves budget for Marine Barracks vocational school, and legislature later approved this recommendation. 9 31 Two San Quentin es capees shoot it out with police on Jefferson street dead-end one taken, other escapes to be captured .May 5 in Arkansas. O April 7 Telephone strikers start picket- j ing here. j 9 $5600 total purse announced for ! July 4 Rodeo. j Jl 1946 agricultural income an-! nounced at record high of $29,129.-1 000. I 13 Teacher pay increased. ' 19 Pumice mining rush on at 1 Chemult. 25 Mrs. Harlan Bosworth named ' woman of year here. 30 Newt Nelson resigns as asses- i sor. Q May 2 City Policeman Paul Robertson has battle with bandit on Midland road. 11 Three convicts escape Goose lake prison camp. 11 William Henry Nagel, Port land preacher, arrested in Indecent exposure case; later convicted and , sentenced to two years; case now on appeal. j 13 School budgets pass by w ide . margins. 16 Telephone strike ends. 21 $150,000 fire razes Alturas apartment and tavern. 22 County holds budget within 6 per cent limitation. 24 Klamath Indians stage peti tion battle: one group demands removal of Supt. B. G. Courtwright. j 8 24 Leonard Callier and; Harold Hadley lost on Odell ! lake. i 26 George Evans killed in collision south of Tulelake. i M Winston Purvine named head of Oregon Vocational school, about to open. 29 City shows 46 per cent tax cut. . O June 3 Potato shipments for year to date hit 11.703 carloads. 6 Roland Hicks nabbed while leaving Chiloquin hide-out and held in shooting of Eveland Chiloquin. He was later cleared. 12 Vandals cause destruction in Ltnkville cemetery. GIVE TIME A CHANCE to help you win financial security Liberal earnings, which we pay regularly, will help mightily in your quest for financial independence. i &i First Federal Savings ALOAN ASSOCIATION ' 540 MAIN 613-Herbcrt 11. Hull killed in reservation hunting acci dent. IS Mary Jane Mnllln, i. found beaten behind dance hall at Weed. At firsl uni dentified, the little girl was later found tu have been abused by her mother, Airs. Louise Mcilltu, and Hush tiilretith, who were sentenced at (iranls l'ass. 16--Lavlcre Lelscr, student pilot, reaches safety alter being last and forced down at Add, Lake county. If Town of Shevlln In northern Klamath county moves to new site. il Alvln Anderson drowns In Fish lake. 18 Johnny Enrlght. stage driver, delivers baby at Crrs-Del. He later did II again. SI Boy drowns in Lost river at Merrill. 21 Auti-liquidationists on reser vation vote to oust Wade Crawford and June Poltras from tribal posi tions. 27 Klinnuth people begin seeing "Hying saucers." 28 Joy Jones mimed Miss Klam ath Falls. 30 Tulelake homesteaders start fight for roads. Later they won out. July 1 Half-year economic outlook for , 1947 described as very good. ! 2 Mrs. Enos Heikshan killed on j lodging road near Chiloquin bridge, i 3 Lack of funds brings virtual i halt to basin land-water survey. 4 Rodeo and parade. 6 Mrs. Maxinc Elliott Alexander killed in Fort Klnmath auto acci dent. 7 Archibald McDernnd drowned at Lake o' the Woods. 14 Police school opens at OVS. 16 James Francis Morton. 2. drowns ill irrigation ditch on Shasta way. 19 Francis Lambert of Portland named chief white tall of Order of j Antelope. I 21 Six-hour railroad strike. 23 Highway commission finds , north entrance bids too high. j 24 Two killed in Susanville hotel fire. 25 Harry Jerry Ambers auto crash victim on Algoma hill and William P. Parr killed on highway i No 97 south. 29 Joe L. Alvarado. 27, victim of j Merrill auto accident. ' 31 Big Lakes Box company plant sold to Klamath Lake Moulding Co. ' Q August 2 Ralph Newman drowns in Thompson's reservoir. 3 Fremont sawmill al Lakeview burns. 7 Coppock Bay homestead open ing announced. 9 Pat Hogue fatally injured in fall from chair. 13 Generally reduced tax i millagc rates announced by I assessor. ' 18-22 Senate subcommittee ; conducts hearing on Indian j reservation liquidation issue. ! 5 19 Little Yamsay Timber sold to Ewauna Box for $20 51. a record to that date for reservation stumpage prices. 30 Plumbers declare strike mien- j tion. ! Q September 2 Labor Day festivities at Tule lake and Lakeview. American Legion Regular Meetings 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. $:0G p. m.. Veterans Memorial Bide 4th and Klamath. Club Rooms 221 Main, next to Willard' hotel. Open daily noon to 2:00 to 11:00 p. m. For Legionnaires and Guests midnight except Sunday STREET 3 -l.ivkevicw, Alturas mills sold by Sunt Jackslck to Loyola college. J-Archs Owen Roberta fatally Injured In auto accident In Poe valley. 3 -William Hill dies alter being hit near Main and l'Jth streets. 4 & Hurley crop, siiia-hlug all record., estimated at Mi. 500.000 value, lllghrat price paid to Wiurm Farms at 4.I1.. 6 Three polio cases re ported here. 7 Ccdarvllle plane crash kills pilot and girl passenger. 8 Football enthusiasts stand up all night to get season tickets. 9 District attorney gets directive to slop gambling. 12 Thomas Moore victim of Keno road auto accident. 12 C'apt. Leonard Clarence Doug las killed tn auto plunge down Ali.oma grade bank. U Jewel thief captured In Rogers I Jewelry store. 16 Junior livestock show sales total $39,495, a new record. Ill llutte valley Stampede. 24 Fire sweeps lulls northeast of town. 21 Auti-hquldatlonlsl slate wins Indian election. o -Police October Judge Huruld Franey j resigns. 1 Sales tax banged down in elec tion. 9-Mrs. Christine lluxfoid killed on Sun mountain 111 auto crash. 13 Fust tram carrying bodies of vt tenuis from overseas goes through here. 14 Fast office department de clares Reno air route unnecessary. 17 -Medford football game, score less tic. 21 Duck season opens for first halt of split season. 22 Plumber strike ends. 25 Two Susanville youths killed in highway crash, Wcstwood high way. 1 27 Record bid of $27.76 bid on Klamath Agency timber. 2K Airplaur crush at Dog lake kills Snrll. Cornell. Far- rell, llogue. 34 Wreckage of plane reached by search party. O November I- Ralph I.. Smith Lumber com pany buys Deschutes Lumber Co. 7 Mail jailed for locking child In car in sub-freezing weather. II Armistice Day. 12 Allen Bernard Arten killed tn S. 6th street auto accident. 13 Earl Edward Culler dies fol lowing auto accident. 13 CAB holds hearing on Snell plane crash. plane eras 10 16 Negro Jailed for knifing. 21 Pelicans lose to The Dalles on yardage In quarter-final state title grid game. 26 Lula Mae Easlcy. missing Stockton waitress, tracked to Klam ath Falls. Later found murdered. Her companion here. Kenneth Allen Miller, sought for killing. 29 Harry Bolvln of Klamath Falls named to state liquor board. PUMICE TILE For Every Building Need "There is no Finer Pumice Tile Mode." Klamath Pumice Tile Co. 1640 Owens Phone 4619 BOTANY TIES"" ON SALE 100 Top Coats LANSDOWNS COVERTS FLEECES HERRINGBONES TWEEDS All Kises and Colors Values to $60.00 N 3250 Now Values to $42.50 $Q50 Now lL k Values to $35.00 Now y Sine 1918, O December 3 Shade Milium Nelson Jailed for mallreiitiurnt of dog. gels Jail sen tence and flue. lenco inn 10 6 Amity wins from Henley III stale II leiuue grid final, on flrnt down.. 1 Dyuamltu nip blast destroys building al Klam ath (.'oneiric pipe com pany plant. 12 Community t'luv.l campaign rolls over $66,000 goal. 12 County asks more money from Indians for education. 13 W. E. Lamm estate probated, showing total $!.ll2.u(H-blggfsl In probate history here. 13 Triplets, two gills and boy, born here. Id Federal aid suimlil fur ap proach roads lo Lava Heels. 16 -Greyhound pel hinted to buy Kliimath-Reun stage line. 16 Howard Strode swum III as police Judge. 17 Armed man captured down town by city officer. Larry Sherman s he Intended lo hold up clothing ' store, 17 County-wide economic, survey plan gains favor. 18 Enterprise tracts sold by Charles Wood Kberleln lo local group. Ill - Northwest Cliellllllgv Co-op. operator of Hatlleld starch plant, m receivership. 20 -Tulelake grain growers invade Wood River valley with big land put chases. 21 Stiusuu plane. lour aboard, lost on Ellcnsbiirg-Klamath flight. Still missing. 24 Christmas eve sees Hun! rush of great buying season. 28 Ralph J. Long Jr.. dies alter struggle In upper lake ice alter re trieving shot bird. 29 -llrllliant meteor flash startles big area. 31 Virgil Wlnegar. a potato sort er, killed instantly In highway wreck near Merrill. Accidental Death Rate Up NEW VORK. Jan. 1 i-Pi The accidental death rate In the United Stales this year climbed some 2000 lives over IU46 to abuut 1111.000 fur a third consecutive annual peak, the MetruiHilltan Life Insurance cuupany says. But surprisingly enough, death In motor accidents declined nearly 1000 to about 33.500 III 11)47 despite the Increase In motor traffic and suggests, say the statisticians, that 11; t highway safety program Is more elfectivc now. Public, home and occupational accidents, Iho major classes, ac counted for the increase. The mor tality In the home and occupation al classes reflects the Jump In the national birth rate and the higher Uvel of employment, the rcort said ' The Gallup Poll if 1 A , .., DR. GEORGE GALLUP Motorists Put $50,707 In Meters Moloiisls have slipped $MUU7 III IM'iinlrn and nickels Into the city's pal king meters In less than a year. Of the total figure, the city's rollers have felt the clink of about $u7,4i. with Hie balance, III the neighbor hood of $23,217, going 10 Ilia loiu- puny as payment fur llio meleis. Al that rule, It should lako alioiil another year for the docker. In be paid off. Purchase price was HIMM.VMI, Paid Off So fur, the metern have paid off as I or as the city is concerned. From the meter fund, the pollen depart ment has added one traffic car and a motorcycle lo Ha equipment. Three truffle policemen, a collector-main-trtiaiiee man and an office clerk are paid from the meter money. In addition, work pertaining lo Irallle Is financed llirmmli the money. Collection rqillpincnt. pulllt fur cioss-walks anil street sign, have been purchased through that source. The meter ordinance provide, for iisr o( meter money to lliiauce any piojfct of equipment directly con cerned with traffic control. December High Highest monthly tally uas lor December when the t'lirlsiuuui shop ping rush poured money Into the, Pre-lnventory Clearance of Lamps and Pictures Many Marked BELOW COST for a FRIDAY and SATURDAY Special to make room for our new Picture Gallery at ('(' ami iilU Shop Your S&H Green Stamp Gift Store 519 Moin Phone 6163 VOICE of the PEOPLE WILL APPEAR IN STARTING TOMORROW THE HERALD AND NEWS is happy lo announce thai it hos become a member of the American Institute of Public Opinion, joining more than 100 other leading American newspapers such as The New York World-Telogram The Chicago Daily News, The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Cleveland 'Plain Dealer, The Pittsburgh Press, The Buffalo News, The Los Anaelcs Times, The Washington Post. WHAT PEOPLE THINK The Herald and News with the aid of news services has hcrctoforo brought its readers up-to-the-minute reports on whal people arc doing. Now, the Herald and News will bring you news on whal Iho pcoplo or thinking. In the Herald and News, you get all the news STARTING NEXT JANUARY 1st The Herald and News will publish Gallup Poll news reports of public opinion regularly. These reports will cover opinion not only in America but from time to time in Canada, Britain, Australia, Sweden, France' Norway, Denmark, Finland and Brozil, ' ' IMPARTIAL The Collup surveys ore an impartial method of measuring nation wide sentiment on questions of vital notional significance, sponsored by leading newspapers of all political complexions, Democratic, Re publican, and Independent. ' SCIENTIFIC The Gallup Poll depends for its accuracy upon the modern, scientific sampling method which questions a representative cross-section of the country's population. Il interviews men and women, the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the urbanile and the farmer the Democrat, the Republican, the Independent. ' AUTHORITATIVE Reliability of the polls has boon (irmly cMabklmd by more than 170 elections, presidential, congressional, state and local. It has never picked the wrong candidate in an election. It has, in fact come Within an average of slightly less than 4 of obsolulo accuracy 'of the ocfuol balloting. Read THE GALLUP POLL regularly in THE HERALD NEWS THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1941 slots. Monthly lobulation from Jan uary 21), when Hip B'J meters wtis' Installed, lo December 30, III last colleellnn in 1047, Is below: January I 111 February ... 3661 March 4011 April 4II46B4) May 40I7.M June 4734 .M July 4(160 August 41101 September 4342 $0 tlcloljer 5002 November 42185(1 December 8564.50 Total $60,707.00 (utAvn vnoNAi. oddity The planet Mars ha. two .mull moons, each only a few mile, in ihiimeter. The gravitational pull on these, small bodlc. I. so .light tliul a baseball player, living there, could throw a baseball around the eutlis glebe mid catch It as It returned. Han. 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