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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1948)
PAG! SIXTEEN! HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON TUESDAY, MAY 25, Rockwell's Irrigation Bill Stalled Br WILLIAM E. LOWELL AP Special Washlnflon Service WASHINGTON, May 35 P It's been a long time since the Rockwell bill got into the news but It's still too early to forget It completely. The measure was written by the house reclamation subcommittee, of which Rep. Rockwell (R-Colo.) Is chairman, to establish a formula for use of revenue from the reclamation bureau's power projects In helping to pay costs of Irrigation construc tion. Tht committee worked about three years to get what its members thought was a workable bilL la It Dead? Then the house amended it al most out of recognition and passed It It now lies dormant in the senate Interior affairs subcommittee. But Rockwell says It Is not dead, by any means. He expects It will be revised and passed at this session of congress. Chairman Mllllkin (R-Colo.) says the senate reclamation subcommit tee will take It up It the house shows a disposition to compromise on a' workable blU. Meantime, a bill by Rep. D'Ewart (D-MonL) to authorise the reclama tion bureau to make rental con tracts for use of water on its projects has come eat for house considera tion. It was a part of the original Rockwell bin. and was split off for aster handling of the two matters. D'Ewart says there were objec tions by "California members" to passage of his bill by unanimous consent and he will now ask the . rules committee to chart the meas ure for house debate as soon as pos sible. "It is an Integral part of the rec lamation program,' he said in an Interview. "This and the Rockwell bill should be considered together by the senate committee. They really coordinate each X other and are necessary to make the basic reclamation law meet present day conditions.'' Rental Plan The rental plan. Interior Secre tary Kmg told the committee, is needed for California and Missouri basin projects. It was approved by congress and the president recently for the Prove river project In Utah to take care of costs which have risen beyond the Outstanding Speaker f : o k-a.v. ... - II II aam si Bob Hooker, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hooker, 1518 Pacific Terrace. waa Judrtd the outstanding speaker in a group of Klamath Union high school speech students by the Klamath Jails Toaatmastera dub. Bob received the Toastmasters trophy in the annual contest. Grads To Get Navy Chance John Marsh, local navy recruiter, announced today that a limited number of college graduates are be ing offered the opportunity of being commissioned as ensigns In naval aviation this spring and of receiv ing flight training. Men interested are asked to write amount which the water users had contracted to pay. Receipts from the rentals are to be applied to construction costs un til the amount repayable to the gov ernment has been reduced to the contract figure. to the Naval Aviation Cadet Selec tion board, Artie building, Seattle 4, Wash. This is a career program in which college men with degrees who are between the ages of 18 and 25 will be taken into the navy as commis sioned officers. Flight training will be at Pensa cola, Fla- frequently referred to as the "Annapolis of the Air." This will take from 18 to 24 months after which the officer-pilots will join regular naval aviation units, shore based and on carriers.. Minimum starting pay Is quoted! at 1290 a month. For further information on this program see your local navy recruit er in the post office building, Klam ath Falls, Ore. Truman Asks Leaders To Pass Education Aid Bill Boost Minimum Wage WASHINGTON, May TU Wi President Truman today asked democratic congressional leaders to press for passage at this congress ration of federal aid to education and a minimum wage boost to 15 cents an hour. The president's request was made at a White House conference lasting more than an hour. The senate has passed legislation for tspo.Oqo.OOO annual federal aid to the states (or schools. The house has not acted. Thsre has been no action in either Bank Robber Gets 25 Years PORTLAND, May 25 iv Henry Clay Tollett, 53, Bakersfleld. Calif., has been sentenced to 25 years In prison on his plea of guilty to a charge of participating In the Oak land, Ore., bank holdup last May. He previously had been sentenced In California to two life terms for robbery and habitual crime. 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Difficult Job Lucas said that It was the opinion of most of the legislators at the meeting that it will be rather diffi cult to get the minimum wage legis lation passed at tills session since "we democrats are In the minority." Lucas said the education measure Is "bottled up in a house commit tee." tit is In the house labor commit tee. "The president Li hopeful that the republican majority will act to get this bill to the house floor," Lucas added. Lueaa said that the question of sending up a message on labor legis lation was not discussed. The presi dent's views on both the measures have been outline. In menaces and statements, he commented. Snsp-catches the -arly 1890s. were Invented In Yreka Queen i"1" lf "?"' VfHi e,iyf'eln Miss Ines Marin of Hill, Calif., who Is a candidate for Gulden Weal Cilrl of 1M who will rule aa Queen over the Yreka (iold Hush Days to be held June 24 through ti. Barbara Logue To Be Rose Queen PORTLAND, May 25 Wl" Bar bum Logue, a black curly-head not quite 5 feet 2 Inches tall, will be queen of Portland's Rose restlval tills year. The lB-yrar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Logue was elected from among the festival princesses by a secret committee Baturday night. She Is a Longvlew native, whose family moved here 10 years ago. fimCPiRILL I iv, . Viiv Tjpdsit a r A memorial Is like a living thing of beauty, aa, properly designed, II appears as the trees, the flowers, and the grass to be a beautiful masterpiece of the earth upon which It rests. Here, memories, like great oaks, flourish through the years. KLAMATH MONUMENT CO. 320 NORTH 10th nio.NC u:i FHA Still Operating The government's power tn In sure home loans through the fed eral Housing administration has by no means lapsed on account of the failure of congress to extend title VI of the National Housing act be yond April 30, l. according to Folger Johnson, state director, KIIA. 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