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FIRE! Disaster ond violent death ran tragically through the news of 1947. The early DISASTER A body is removed from the Evans apartment
morning picture above shows firemen playing water on the burning Evans building, 10th building after the disastrous fire of February 16.
ana Mam, on i-eDruary io. i-ive lost their lives in this blaze.
BIGGEST STORY The Pottered wreckage of o four place Doechcraft Dononzo plane on
Yokum Creen volley r.d.e near Dog lukc, in Weslcrn l ake county, dramatically recoils .
the year's bl90M re.)ional story. In the crash eoshcd Governor tail Snell.bonate I resi
dent Marshall Cornell, Slale Secretary Hubert I'urrell and Pilot CMI Hague. Crush October
28, picture token October 30.
CRACK-UP In a suburbon garden near tie airport lies the broken-up Republic ' Seabee
plane which carried to their deaths Tex Ronkin, fomed stunt pilot, and Jock Elie and Cy
Wollan, Klamath Foils outomobile dealers. It happened February 23.
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-IIST WE FOBGIT The biKcr loll of World Wof II was
vividly recoiled to Klamolh people by Ihe return of o number
ol wor deod from overseas. This picture, mode on October
13, shows a Klomnlh color guard at the Southern Pacific
I i'J'l depot as 0 train passed Carrying the or dead home.
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AGRICULTURE These sacks of (lax on the Leo Holliday ranch west of town mode ono
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MULTIPLE BLESSED EVENT A humon interest story of the yeor wos the birth of trlplers
the first here in mony yeors to Mr, ond Mrs. Frank Shepord, 233) Radcliffe. It hap
pened on December 13, ond the obove picture was token two days later. The triplets
Cherie May, 4 pounds 1 1 Vi ounces; Daniel Guy, 6 pounds j I OJ2 jOunces.' Cheryle Cole 4
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DOWN The year's newspapers carried many Occident pictures, none more dramatic than
this picture of James B. Tyree, shown offer he wos knocked to the povement by a taxicab
ot Seventh ond Klomath, September 20. He is still in the hospital here. The on-the-spot pic
ture was made by KeithCookofJThe Herald and News,
CRIME Norman Jacklin, escaped San Qucntin convict.sils
dejectedly in the Klamath police paddy-waggon after his cap
ture at Jefferson street and the canal March 31. His com-"
panion, Alfred tPoyne, (got away andjwas; Jakcn laterjin f
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the Klamoth country in 1947 was Hannchen barley. Here it satisfactorily represented the spirit of the warm early spring season that it was widely re-
isf shown) rolling from a spout on a combine on Winema printed, even in the metropolitan papers of the East The photograph, by Wes Cude'rian,
Forms,west '.Sideofj Julelake.. Barley , prices boomedJo shows Rebecca Solie.ChristincSoliendKareiTjHauley, taking it easy on the gross along
INDIAN WAR I'jMf saw J Iho people of llio'KlnmolHtlnciiQntroMrvotionTmorcTwidolv
split than at any time since the Modoc war of 1872-73. They divided on thcWio of linui
dating the big reservation, ond hero to hear their opinions was a United Slates senate sub- I
committee. Picture shows the crowded circuit. courtroom where early sessions of the hear" ii
,ingiwerciheld.injmid:Augusl " - tur."