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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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
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424 South 6th Street