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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1948)
THURSDAY, TLB. 26, 194)1 PACE TWO HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON I'M hi 1 TODAY Matinee 1:3 A v, Ere. :43-:M ALSO 3 me-- t I JOW VII ft I CAOtl ULitOH v - 1'IIONK 8484 J ENDS Eve. Show TODAY 8:45 - :3e "Broadway Limited" AND Boy Beaten Up By Youth PORTLAND. Fob. !6 V-Betrn. kicked and stabbed with ft stick, live-year-old Larry Maioit was m "(air condition" today after an oper ation (or a punctured abdomen. A 13-year-old neighbor boy who. Sheriff! Deputy Ronald Callbeek said, had recently been excused from attending school because of mental deficiency, was held for Investiga tion by the juvenile court. Larry's father, Donald Matott. a mill worker, said. "The first we knew was w hen Butchie came up on our front porch stark naked except for one carpet slipper and the string which had held up his shorts. "All he could tell us was. 'See what the bad boy did to me. He hit me with a club'." Callbeek said the 13-year-old whose name was withheld told him he tore the clothes off the child, hit him with his fists, knocked him down, stamped on his face with the heel of his boot, then kneeled down and "jabbed at his stomach" with a half-inch branch from a bush un til the wall was pierced. He gave no reason for the a tuck. Doernbecher hospital said Larrv "spent a good night" after an opera' tion on the punctured abdomen and. barring unforeseen complications, will recover. Big Wrecker , ' ! Shown above la the bir new nrwkrr bclontinr to Ashley ( hevrnh-i. The wrecker was built in the Ashler aliopa and is believed to be one or the biggest in the area. It is capable of lifting heavy trucks and buues nu innirpuriin nun, new iiuinjr ana lowing; aevtees. High School eomm4Ht By a MARY LOU ' case LiM StUL j TOMORROW MARGARET O'BRIEN CYD CHARtSSE KARIN BOOTH AND Viflw Hoter Hot Hwtt 1 PHONE i72 Koreans Die In Riots SEOUL, Feb. 26 (.Pi The U. S. army reported today five or six Korean civilians and a policeman were killed In a renewal of communist-inspired agitation against the United Nations. Thirteen Koreans were injured seriously. Saboteurs also destroyed a bridge, cut telephone wires and placed ties across railroad tracks. The meager army report said groups of from 50 to 1000 attacked police boxes last night at widely scattered points in Southern Korea. The incidents were similar to those of February 7 in which 47 persons were killed. Rioters at that time carried placards demanding the withdrawal of the UN commis sion for Korea. The commission was thwarted by the Russians In Its attempt 'o plan nationwide elec tions leading o Korean self-government. Feeling is running high with the approach of Sam II Day. March 1, commemorating the Ill-fated Kor ean declaration of independence fiom the Japanese in 1919. By Korean account. 20,000 persons were killed then while attempting to demonstrate peacefully against the Japanese. - . . I "' a FC - I JEAN ARTHURflfi A I "ith . viTfj N I William Holden 'iM D jVarTeriWilliarri HOLDEN f7S GUNN fl FOR JM 1 1 I 1 i i A ENDS TODAY Continuous Shows Daily from 1:30 p. m. RAY WHITELY IN PERSON and ON THE SCREEN "Blondies Anniversary" TOMORROW "3 La PARKS 1 And Western Feature "Randy Rides Alon" Speculator Purge Asked SALEM, Feb. 2S 07V-James Pat ton, Denver, president of the Na tional Farmers union, w ants specu lators driven from the grain mar kets. He told the state Farmers union convention last night that specula tors cause depressions. He said no one should be allowed to buy or sell grain unless he has grown It or is going to use it. Patton said "some men in congress are working toward a whale of a de pression." He urged fanners to exer cise great care in choosing their congressmen. Patton opposed universal military training. He supported the European recovery plan, and said the United States also should share Its tech nology and education to enable Eur opeans to use their own resources. Smelt Sands War Comes To End Y ACHATS, Feb. 26 WV-An arm istice nas enaea tne "smelt sands War" at this enaxf.nl tia Louis Christensen, contractor, who ueia a state nignway commission permit to use the sand for concrete, has offered to turn back his permit w tiic state. The decision was announced last night to a chamber of commerce meeting called to discuss a possible injunction suit to halt removal of the beach sand. When the warfare first started. M-oovernor uswald West accused the state hiehwav rnmmiKinnart nr Jeopardizing the state s title to the area, eportsmen opposed re moval of the sand hwanu, th posit was favored by silver smelt for sjawiuilg. Gas Supply Our In Vancouver VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 26 tr The "Sorry, no gas" signs are ap pearing in front of Vancouver serv ice stations. SlXtv-elcht statinnit hon,1H T perial and Home Oil gas said today their supplies are out or will be gone uj oaturuuy. March quotas will not be available until next week. The supply shortage developed when oil companies limited deliver ies in opposition to a recent govern ment price boost which they contend docs not meet operation costs. Food Price Scale Drops NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (P-The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price inaex aecnned on February 24 to the lowest point since August 19 1047. The Index, representing the sum total of the price per pound of 31 foods In general use, stood at $6 61 en February 24. This compared with S6.78 a week earlier and 6 67 on August 19, 1047. It was about the same as a yenr ago when the index stood at $6.62 on February 25. TO GET BIRD TOKYO. Feb. 26 MV-The news paper Asahi says the United States soon will get the bird from Japan a shipment of lonnn jnn.. Death Opens Weird Tale CINCINNATI. Feb. 26 Death unmasked the true Identity of an aged negro woman who posed as a man for 45 years, city officials said today. The death last night of "Charlie" Howard further disclosed the wom an was married for a time to a Paris, Ky., woman. After police had been summoned to a west end home to investigate the death, a pension board phj-sici.m reported he had learned "Charlie" was a woman when she applied for a pension last Monday. She had always dressed as a man and apparently had "completely fooled'" her neighbors, he added. The Howard woman had given her age to the city health depart ment as 107. Mrs. Ida Belle Smith Redd of Cincinnati told newsmen she had I records to show that her widowed mother, Mrs. Anderson Smith, had married Charlie Howard at Paris. Ky., in 190i The marriage lasted four months, she added. Mrs. Redd learned that her one time "stepfather" was a woman after an automobile accident eisht years ago. "Charlie" was Injured but when taken to the hnvpltal was placed in the women's ward. Mrs. Redd said. Tree Swallowed Up By Earth PORTLAND. Feb. 1'6 ,V They v ere grappling in a garden Wednes day for a tree which was literally swallowed up by the earth. The tree a six-foot arborvltae grew In Mrs. Edward E. Evans' back yard. Sunday It disappeared Into the ground, deep into a 10-foot pit that had never been In Mrs. Evans' yard before. Today workmen came out to in vestigate the olt. A city sewers offi cial theorized that it might be an old cesspool or well, and that the tnpsoll covering It collapsed under Saturday night's heavy rain. First prlra winner In the lied Cross poster contest which ended February 20 Is Hetty Scott. Hetty received a prlr.e of $''5. Hub Ma hmiey received the second pure ot $15; Pat Wllltums. third piiu of $10. and Joyce Ultniniison, fourth prme of $5. Over 100 students piuiiclpuled In the contest. The posters will be displayed downtown prior to March 1 when the drive opens, ll.ib U.ui Ister was the chalinun in limine ol the content. Judi;e of the posters was Mrs. Robert Smith, former art teacher now residing at the Oregon Vocational school. Tentatively scheduled to raise i some money for the yell squad to go J to the tournament is a game be ' tween the Mickys' Jewelers team and the Ohio Clhosls. The rally I ;quad has challenged a group of I other girls to a half-time basket 1 ball game, and they are going to I attempt to play an right-minute game. All the proceeds above rx- penscs w ill go to the squad. Sam Jaiiney s drama, "The Ulack Flamingo" has been chusen by Mrs. Roberta Blomquist for this year's student body play. The play Is set during the time of the French Revo lution and concerns Marie An toinette's stolen necklace. Many of the parts have already been cast but tryouts are still being conducted for the four parts for girls. The eiminctllton u lerrlllo and 30 girls are now studying the linn. U'ltny Oveien hu been cast us the romantic lead playing the part of Tngaud. Hex Mills will play (ho wealthy Popu; Cy Newman, the Duke; Mob Malumry, lloiirlen; Hub 1'luss, KnilU'ols DiiLusmic; and Hex llnleutlne, Uovroche. Joe Deuui rakos will play the part of the priest; and Harold Howard, the lend. So that next year's student body president and secretary may attend the student congress conference In Salem this spring. It was decided to move the dale of the election up a few weeks. No campaigning has been observed so far. but Ihn elec tion Is only a couple of mouths away. Hoof-Mouth Fight Made HAI.KM, Feb. 3tl tl'i The stutr Rose Tourney Queens To Wed PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 36 ull The 1047 and 11I4H queens of the Tournament of Roses will be mar ried on successive days next mouth. Norma Christopher, who reigned over the flower festival on New Years Day of 19J7. will be wed to Donald Winton of Los Angeles, March 13. The following day. Vliglula tlood l'.ue. the 1948 queen, will be married lo Fred Holonder. Alhunihra, Calif, newspaperman. iigiitiiltiiie tli'iuiiitiiciit said today It is doing everything possible to pre vent spread of hoof mid mouth rlls ea: ' front Mexico Into Oregon. M. K. Knickerbocker, chief of the division of niiimal Industries, tuiird Orrgou buyers nnd breeders to In vestigate the origin of rattle moving Into Oregon. Cattle moving here from states bordering Mexico are being qunrau I urd upon arrival, and are bring observed for 'SO days. Hut Knickerbocker Mild coopera tion of buyers Is needed because It Is ilirricult to determine where some animals originated. This Is especi ally true when they huve ntopiied off at other stales on their way to Oreuon. Ho said li i it l iv cattle are bring brought to Oregon to escape the Southern California drnuth. Little Ads get Ills Results Use the Herald and News Want-Adsl Speculation Rife On Benes Silence NEW YORK. Feb. 36 MV-An American Broadcasting company, broadcast from Prague today said I It cancellation of scheduled talks to the nation by President Eduard lienes hud led to speculation. The AUC correspondent, Palmer Hon Jr., said: "Some think that he Is III: some think that he )ust doesn't like talk ing at this time, and others are afraid that he Is being held a vir tual prisoner." Four Perish In Blazing Home CAMDEN. N. J.. Feb. 36 iTl A mother and her three small chil dren perished early Wednesday In n fire which swept nine of a row of 16 homes. The victims were identified as Mrs. Dorothy Evans, and her chil dren. John, three. George, two, and Tommy, one. Two firemen were seriously burned. 24 HOUR SERVICE for Top Quality Heating Oils Dependable Check and Fill Service Larry Goergci BASIN OIL CO. 1330 Klamalb (Former Location M. A M. Marked Office Phone 669ft Mfhts. Sund.T llnlldart Phone 6041 "-"ARROW SHIRTS" Remodeling SALE! Mr niiM hitve niuri kpm-e fur ruiitrurliun rrrwa to work. LUGGAGE Otlil plrrr. 1-jtJlrV ranHlr. over nlfttitrra, and flttrtl raws. WKRK NOW 26.22 12.54 13.00 plus tai 7.50 plus las tinee ltll , Jtod i MANSTORI- 711 Main Tilt T llll.l.SllOHO, Feb. 36 ll'J- A wall sala at the Hill thelitis hfie was emptied of IMI0 ill cash some nine early yesterday by burglars be lieved to Imvd eiiteird the bulldlui by a rrur door. NEVER BOILS! oamaiiiiiM ti inn iff iiiT nnVi Vt mean hii car on Ion trip! That'i twain wt cleaned one iht cooling lyiicrn. checked ih fan heft, ihrrmoiiat, fan and connection.. Bring your car in ki tit for a thorough cooling lyslem chcik up. It may prrvene ipcnme rrpairi later on. VX'hila you're wailing fur your new ("hryilcror Plymouth, we'll kcp your old car in lip-top ihp. I if Our Iturlcrt I'Un DIMBAT MOTORS 3rd Jk Main rh. ltll Oalewav g uarantees to sell every food at the bottom price in this neighborhood 99 This is SAFEWAY'S guarantee 1 He guarantee you the bottom price in yotir sho'pping district grade for grade and quality for quality on every food store item We mean this on ever item . . . every day To avoid wasting time, energy and gaso line in shopping around, our promise of the bottom price goes for every food store item not just one or two "specials" for each and every day you shop not just for "special" days It is Safeway's policy to alw ayi sell food at the lowest price. And to be lure oi that, it is alto Sateway'i policy to met jnr and every low iood price in your neighborhood. Here's how you can help us keep food prices low: Oi.'R METHOD of food distribution regularly assures lowest food prices at Safeway. But some day we may miss some "special." Wc want to give you the lowest prices on "specials" too. Will you do this: If you see an item adver tised in your neighborhood at a price lower than ours, bring a copy of the ad to your . Safeway. We will adjust our price on any item of like grade and quality to meet any competitive price in the trading area of any Safeway store. Remember, food prices must be low at Safeway. We bring foods in by direct routes, handle them efficiently, cut unnecessary costs. You help keep food distribution costs low by waiting on yourself, paying cash and carry ing your purchases home. You earn and are entitled to the lowest fund prices by trading at Safeway. SAFEWAY . ' I, I. A ' II 1 'V. 1 ' K '1'v.,'.. (: 'TI! I. I. 'f ' . I f ST- ---r . ..,'.,- 4.' l-u-j-..- t canaries. i
