PACE SIXTEEN
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 194?
Existing Aircraft Carriers
Being 'Beefed Up' So They
Can Handle Bigger Planes
Be ELTON C. FAT
Assoelstea Press Miliary
Attain Reporter
WASHINGTON. Jun tl The
navy Is r'tllnf a lonier-reachini,
hsrdrr-hlttinf air arm.
Thl wa the explanation In naval
eirrles today for the carrier mod
aralsallen plana annoanred by Sec
retary of Defense Johiuon Tuesday
With President Truman's approraL
Th flifhl deess of eitstinr. ear
rim are beini -beefed up." th
ships' elevators ara beins; enlarged
nd thrlr catapults itven greater
capacity, to handle nrw Ion rani
patrol bombers and th bit irt
filhters with hlih landing and take
off speeds.
With the tempo increased all
around, the nary Is vn putttiia in
escalators to (peed th airmen to
their planet.
Johnson announced Tuesday that
this sort of conversion hat been
authorised for two more 37.000-ton
carriers. Their names were not dis
closed, but they will com from th
reserve fleet.
Th east of th wort was esti
mated by nary experts at about
asseo so for th two. Johnson said
the money would be tared throosh
eaneellaOon of plan to build a
J ton sapereanier. Its east
would hive been at least SI.,
a and perhaps considerably mora.
In a commencement speech at the
National War college, Johnson re
ferred to criticism of his order last
spring stopping work on the super
carrier United States. He declared
torn had twisted his action into an
Interpretation that torn national
defense leaden were persecuting th
nary.
Then he said h wanted it under
stood he Is for carriers. His an
nouncement of the two additional
carrier conversions followed.
On Capitol Hill. Johnsons action
was Tiewed by some as a recession
from his crackdown order on the
supercarrier.
Rep. Short (R-Mo.1. ranking re
smblican member of the house
armed until ram rait tee. said
Johnson was barktrarklng and he
added that "perhaps after an the
mary wasn't to fsr wrong."
ronTersioa of two t :.- tanners
th Esses and Hasp already Is
nder way. Th east at eon version
apparently has risen sharply since
week started an that two flattops.
A few months age the estimate far
changes an them totaled ti,40,oa.
bat It Is wnderstaod the latest est!
mat hat climbed fa about S's.so.
tM. Another ship of the 17-ton Essex
class, the Orisksny. Is being built,
scheduled for ltunching In year.
Improvements planned for the four
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Seven Basin
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For Queen Job
Seven Klamath Basin girls will
turn on their charm and per sonality
Saturday nutht at the armory when
they aim fur the coveted title.
"Queen of the 1B4D Klamath Basin
Roundup," scheduled her July 1,
1 and 4.
The girls were picked tor th fi
nals last Sunday during tryouts at
the fairgrounds when they wer
graded up to 60 points on horse
manship. The queen aspirants can pkk up
an extra 40 points toward their
total Saturday nutlu.
They are Margie Miller. Klamath
Falls: Molly McAuIltle. Malm; Mary
Tschlrky, Tulrlake: Marilyn John
son, Keno: Sylvia Robinson. Sonan
ts: Joyce Copeland. Fort Klamath,
and Veda Tibblts. Bly.
A panel of Judges has been chos
en for th queen's ball Saturday
night but la being secret.
Th contestant will be scored up
lo 30 points on poise, 16 on per
sonsllty tnd flv points on popu
larity. At the end of th dance, In
Judges will sdd their scores from
last Sunday with their Saturday
night tally and til queen will be
announced from the armory stsue.
Th other tlx girls will b prin
cesses for Her Majesty.
Baldy's band will b on deck to
furnish th music.
Merrill Firemen
Extinguish Blaze
MERRILL. June 33-The Merrill
volunteer fir department ex
tinguished a fir which destroyed a
freshly-painted automobile and nar
rowly missed burning the Oregon
Trading post at Merrill at about
S 4S. Wednesday afternoon. j
F. D. Curie, owner of the second
hand store, ssid that he smellej :
smoke not king after he had gone I
to the front of the store alter fin-1
Ishing a new paint Job on the car.
By th time he reached the car It
was In flsmes.
Cause of the fir Is not known. I
Labor To Ask
Revisions
EUGENE. Jun as irv-TIi AFL
Intends to put on th ISM) ballot a
propossl to respporllon Ui stale leg
islature. A resolution passed at th annual
Slat Federation uf Labor conven
tion yesterday directed th execu
tive board to prcpar an Initiative
measure on reapportionment In time
for th DM election.
Tli resolution protested that the
legislature hsd Ignored a provision
In the state constitution requiring
reapportionment according to popu
lation growth after each census.
In other resolutions delegates
urged a shorter work day and asked
for measures to cut down hols in
office slid work plants.
A proposal for a statewide AFL
newspaper ran Into trouble. Op
ponents asked wlier the muncy
would come from to start th paper.
The matter was referred to the
executive board for study.
Th executive board also got for
study a proposal lo change tit prl-
Stroy Bullet
Wounds Woman
PR1NEVII.1.E. Jun J i1 A
smsll boy look a shot at a blackbird
Ihs other day and got Mrs. Charles
Smith In Ilia hip.
That's what Hhrrlff Ralph Jordan
ssid today after an Investigation.
The bullet whlssrd through a
screen door and hit Mrs. Smith as
she was Ironing. Th bullet was
msrv election law so thst voters
would not be bound by psrty lines.
nearly spent and caused only t
flesh wound.
Hi sheriff isld ht tnd stst
pollr dug oilier .32 caliber bullets
from the woodwork of til Until re(
lioni. Then lie found th young
ster, who admitted shooting at birds,
Th youth was turned over to Juve
nile authorities but no chsrges sr
exiiected to be filed.
Difference between spiders and
insects Is In thrlr legs. Tru spi
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hav only six.
Isa Dorah Moldovan
vmhci to announce
Miss Betty Cleig
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NEW SUMMER CLASSES
art to begin June 27, registrations now
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existing ship are being built Into
the Orisksny.
In addition, the thres big 45 000
ton carriers the Midway. Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Coral Sea already
have been converted to handle th
new type planes.
Thaa, the navy win have eight km
prayed carriers within the next two
years, when conversion of the Essex
and Wasa raw b completed.
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