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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1948)
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14, 194H PACE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON Housing Picture Brighter In Klamath Area, But Big Strides Remain For Future TOONERVILLE FOLKS The liouslnu sliortnne In Klamath Kalla and suburb in letllnir up a little duo to not-lnconsldornblo new building, but there Is Mill lock o! almost a tliousnnd dwelling units In comparison with what the city will need In the next four years. Charles Btark, mannRcr of t h e Klamath County chamber of com- Slayer On Stand Again SEATTLE. Jan. 14 (Hn Richard C. Brltton, 29, who twice has been sentenced to hang for the shotgun slaying of a Seattle shoe store man ager during a holdup two years ago, resumed the stand today as the slate's key witness in the first de gree murder trial of Orbin Basil Smith, now charged with the same killing. From the witness stand yesterday, Brltton placed the blame for the slaying on Smith, 29, of Longview. Tex. He asserted the pair had planned the holdup and that he had an un loaded .32 caliber revolver in his pocket. Britton's sawed-off shotgun also was brought along. "I told the cleric, 'this is a suck up'," he said. "I don't know what happened then. There was a shot, and I looked around. I don't know where Smith was." Brltton said he was not carrying the shotgun, but answered "I don't know" when asked on cross-examination who he thought had fired the shot. During testimony, Britton said he had an agreement with Prosecutor Lloyd Shorctt that if "I'd testify in this case and tell the truth, he'd recommend a commutation of my death sentence." merce, made that estimate In a let ter to FolRcr Johnson, regional head of the federal housing administra tion In Portland. The letter urged more P1IA construction here. Stark estimated that in four years Klamath Falls and the Immediate suburbs will have a population of 32.6(H). and will need 997 houses or apartments to take care of the ad ditional growth. In his estimates, Slink has omit ted 387 units of government hous- ing now in use here, because those units are supposed to be demolished within two years after the termina tion of the national emergency. The "national emergency'' period has been partially terminated by Washington, but not Insofar as It relates to housing. There has been no indication that the federal hous ing units here will be done away with any time soon. If private construction has not caught up with the demand by the time the government dwellings are I to be dismantled. Stark believes that pressure can be brought to bear to keep them past the time limit. Complicating the picture Is the fact. Stark sas, that over 500 houses which were being rented out have gone off the rental market by being sold during the time rent controls have been in effect here. Although that assures housing for the purchasers, it cuts down the field of selection of persons who prefer to rent. New renters In this community are still hard pressed to get a roof over their heads. Plumbing Company Building Buys TULELAKE, Jan. 14 Charles R. Foust. owner of the Foust Plumbing company, nas purchased from the Klamath Basin Co-operative the frame building occupied by the post office prior to the move to the new building on Modoc The building has been remodeled with plate glass front and room provided for expansion. Sirs. Foust is assisting in the office. Emma , I think you've ot that new look The first compliment yoo've paip me in years . ND I BROUGHT IT HOME TO REAP MYSELF. to c SP Hauls Record Freight Into And Out Of Oregon Mary McComb Memorial Shelf Growing Bigger Search Continues For Paratrooper FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Jan. 14 (&i One of three paratroopers who made a moonlight leap to the aid of six B-29 crash survivors two days after Christmas still has not been found. Ladd field authorities said today. He is Lieut. Albert C. Kinney Jr., Hard wick, Vu medical officer at Ladd field. The frozen body of the second paratrooper, found Saturday, was Identified yesterday as T5 Leon J. Casey, whose sister. Ruby Black well, lives in Los Angeles. The body of Sgt. Santhell London. Kinta. Okla.. was recovered 10 days ago. A report at Nome, still uncon firmed, said the bodies of Lieuts. Vera H. Arnett. Santa Ana. Calif, and Frederick E. Sheeu. Keyser, V. Va., pilot and navigator of the stricken B-29. bad been found nine miles from the crash scene. Six members of the plane's crew were rescued. A number of new books arc ready for distribution from the Klamath county library as the Mary McComb Memorial shelf continues to grow. A total of 178 volumes, ranging from children's books, novels, history tnrough various other types of liter ature, now appear on the shelf and others are on order. Money for the shelf was given by friends and admirers of the late Mary McComb. for many years I Klamath county librarian. Follow : ing Is a list of the new books avail ! able and ready for circulation: Ade. '"The Permanent Ade." Allen. "Seeds ot Earth." Asw.ll, ".Native American Humor." Benet. "Stairway of Surprise." Bercovici. "The Exodus." Bliven. "What the Informed Citizen Needs to Know." Caner. "it's How You Take It " Carpenter. "Primer for Home Build ers." Chandler, 'Dr. Kay Winthrop. Intern. Chandler. "Susie Stuart. M. D " Cheney. "The Story of Modern Art " Child Study Association. "Read-to-Me Storybook." Collins. "White Crown Sinning " Coming. "Mountain in the Sky." De Leeuw. "Future for Sale " Dickinson. "Bolts of Melody." Downer. "Diseoverlnf Design " Ellis. A College Book of American Literature." ' Foerster. "American Poetry and Prose." Gillies, "Popular Home Decoration." Riffle? .(, You Get This BOXUS ,r J ot Food QUALITIES When You Buy s CRATER I. V k 1 ICE I 111! Ill j Mada only from the finest dairy products, Crater Lake lea Cream J achieves the very HIGHEST standards of QUALITY! Pure, sweet f whipping cream, RANCH FRESH eggs, sweetened condensed . milk . . . and only TRUE flavors, such as fresh frozen strawber- ries, 100 Vermont maple syrup, highest quality vanilla extracts, . golden-ripe bananas, and others, add up to lift delicious Crater Lake Ice Creams head and shoulders above others. Atth Your TS CRATER LAKE DEALER ---- Cirova. "Dictionary of Music and Musicians." tf vol. Grushkln, "Painting In the 11 S A." Haas. "Art Metal Work and Jewelry." Haskln, "Wild riowers of the Pacific Coast." Haydn, "A World of Urv.it Stories." Hurok. "Impresario; a Memoir." Kronqutst. "Metalcraft and Jewelry." Uwmn. "Fun With a Pencil." Mi-Hrtoe, "Treasury of Antiques " McBrlde. "Tune in for Elialieth." MrMlnn. "An Illustrated Manual of Pacific Coast Trees." McCllntock. "The Story of N'rw Eng. land." Mademoiselle. "The Mademoiselle Handbook." Masters. "Stampography " Means. "Great Day in the Morning " Parsons. "Listeners Kmim " Picken. "The Language of Fashion " Powers, "Poems of the Covered Wagons." Powers. "Party Table " Pyle. "How to Grow Hose " Hosrera. "American Interior Design." Rogers. "SOU) Years of Gems and Jewelry." Sampaon. "The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature " Seymour. ."The New Garden En cyclopedia." Shoemaker. "How You Can Find Hap piness " Taves. "Successful Women and How They Attained " Watson. "Forty Illustrators and How They Work " While. Camps and Cottages Wood. "How to Draw Portraits " Wright. "Westminster Historical Atlas of the Bible." Yates. "Nearby " Yeager. "Gray Dawn, the Wolf Dog " Zlfn. "Minerals. Their Idenlif icallon. Uses, and How to Collect Them." Southern Pacific hauled more car loads of freight into and out of Oregon In 11)47 limn in any other lieact'lliiia year ami set this record in spue of nn acute nationwide car slioi'tiiiiv, A. T. Mercler, president of the nillioad, reported today. "This is a clear Indication." Mr. Mercler said, "of Oregon's ioslwar growth. Like oilier western re gions," he added, "the Northwest is making the most of lis opiHirlunltlfi for new liultislrlal development o match the west's loiig-establlshed leadership In diversified agricul ture." "Since Oregon's forests are now the greatest in Hie nation, utiO.Jttti curs of lumber mill other products of forestry were limited on Southern Pacific's lines In tills state lust year," the rail president said, "un Increase of lM.S)l'.U cars or 67 per cent, aver ltlju. Kxcludlng perishable ship ments. BJ per cent of all Southern Pacific loadings In Oregon were niiuio up of forest products. Ore gon's outbound trulflc Is much greuter than inbound. It was point ed out, so It was necessary to move lUU.uttt empty cars hundreds of miles for loading In this suite In 1M7. .Meet Request "With the passing 01 the seasonal shipping peak in the last quarter of 11H7. western railroads have been able lo meet practicully all requests for cars," Mr. Mercler said, "but they could not possibly stretch the available supply to satisfy the un precedented peacetime demand while all sections of the country were making simultaneous calls for transportation service. "The railroads," he continued, "were denied all but a small fraction of the new cars they wanted and would have bought during the war. Postwar orders for new equipment have remained largely unfilled be cause of the shortage of construc tion materluls. Facing this situa tion Southern Pacific and the other railroads have concentrated on giv ing shippers the best possible serv ice through maximum use of cars. In doing so. our railroad has estab lished an all-time high In Its mlles-per-day movement of freight cars, topping the national average of about 40 per cent. This speedier handling of shipments in 1947 had ELECTED PORTLAND. Jan. 14 iP) The Press Club of Oregon reported today election of three new members to the board of directors. They are Tom Humphrey, Oregon Journal; Ron Moxness, Oregonian, and Jack Travis, Hood River Sun. The di rectors will name officers Monday. ft CtSP-rWMR MXitJ-Ji aoN0 HULLS fl3fl, , ; i " m r o in Plain and iodized ro together like Maggie and JitJR- Trouble is, we've been backward in boosting Leslie iodized. And for that, gentle reader, we catch Old Ned from the sales force. So remember Leslie iodized. It's practically one word. the erred of putting many nilill llonal cars at the disposal of ship pers. On llielr purl, shippers anil receivers of freight Ituvo contri buted greatly to llio record utlllrn t loll of equipment by faster loading and unloading ot cars. NiHhlitf I'lidiuie "Nothing has been lelt undone to meet the ileum nil for lull trans portation." he declined, "and every effort has been made by Southern Paoiric to apportion cars equitably among shippers throughout the vast territory served by lis lines. Ore gon's ear supply Is. and has been, on full parity with the natlonnl average." Regarding the equipment situa tion, Mr. Mercler pointed out that Southern Pacific has ordered or authorised purchase of Uu.MU) freight train cars, 40 powerful Diesel electric main Hue freight locomo tives and 43 additional Ulrsel electrlc switch engines since the war. Ill addition, as hull owner of Paclfto Fruit K.vpress company. Southern Pacific has Joined In a program for purchase ol HOOO new refrigerator cars. These commit ments for new freight rolling stork alone cull for an rxiieiidiiure of S14D.OO0.0uO. Orders lor 15.760 of the freight and refrigerator rurs and 43 of the locomotives have been long stand ing. It was stated. As of December 20. 9240 of the cars and UB of the locomotives hud been delivered. "The outlook for 1048 is bright ened considerably by the Increiisliig production of railroad curs and locomotives," Mr. Mercler suld. "At hut new rolling stock Is being turned out faster than old equip ment is going out of service. We hope this favorable ratio will con tinue, and Increase In building up the over-all ear and motive power supply for the handling of peak loads this year." A HI. Louis liu.ipll nl has a room specially filled for operating on children. It Is decorated wllh scenes (iiiiii faliy tales. The age of stalagmites, like that of trees, can he told by their "lings," according lo a" eminent scientist and lecturer. You are invited to the V. F. W. HD ANSIS SATURDAY NITE at the Music By KARL SMYKIL and His 16 Pieco Stardusters Band Featuring Vocalist's PAUL SWIGART KAY CARLYLE Dancing 9-1 Adm. $1.00 inc. tax fe9 VOU CAN ON LINCOLN and SERVICE Fuel Oil Conservation ulletin In the intrreU of the Furl Oil ('oiiM-nation program, the government is requesting at this time, we pass on to you the following PACTS: 1. Keep temperature at 70 F. If you burn 2,000 gal tuns a year, you'll use nearly 300 additional gallon of fuel U the thermostat is set for 75 Instead of 70V The lower temperature Is more healthful, too. 2. Maintain lower temperature at night. Fuel oil sav ings by lowering the thermostat 5' at night can run as high as 9!? In a single season. 3. Insulation and weatherstripplng will usually pay for themselves In a hurry. It costs money to heat all outdoors and you'll get no thanks for that. 4. Have your heating system cleaned and cheeked professionally every year. Just 116-Inch of soot can run your fuel consumption up as much as 2G'c. 5. Pull down window shades at night. A well fitting shade keeps In far more heat than you'd eipect. 6. Close off sleeping rooms from rest of house at night. ' 7. When fireplace is-not In use, he sure the damper Is tightly closed. ft. Re sure your fuel oil Is top grade . . and delivered clean. HEAT CONSERVATION MAKES GOOD "CENTS' Our meter-printed ticket aurr jou of correct quantity. Over 28 yearn in btMlnei locally amurea you we sell only quality fuel. Let our "Kerp-f illeil-Chcrk-Hystrm" give you maximum convenience In your ue of oil hfiitlni. , 'Bulletin received from fill Heat Instil ule tit America, of which we are a member. Fred H. Heilbronner "Fuels that Satisfy" Plus Service Since 1919 821 Spring Phone 4153 Why be satisfied with less, when you can get Lincoln and Mercury service that is faster, finer, courteous always? When you bring your car to our Lincoln and Mercury Service Headquarters, your satisfaction is assured by modern precision equipment, and expert mechanics who know your car and their job. What's more, our service is interested service you'll find every one of us is personally interested in your car and your motoring pleasure. Won't you make it a point to come in soon? INMAN MOTOR COMPANY 424 South 6th Street
