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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1949)
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 194P PACE FOURTEEN Living Cost Index Takes Another Dip WASHINGTON. Aug. it The government s living to u a nn dip toaay. It fell ii-tmthi of on pur erat from mid-Jane ( mid-July. The bureau of labor etettsUc said th mid-July living cost level w IMS per cent 01 uie iiua-j aver age. The avenge 1 figured at 100 on the Index. The new iixlei le three per eent annrr year age but 'S per eent ever the August, lSUD, prewar level. Price drop for foodi. wearing ap parel and house furnishing caused the living cost decline. Food aver. aged 1.3 per cent lower, apparel nine-tenths of one per cent, and house furnishings three-tenth of one per cent lower. Slight rise In casta far rants and miscellaneous goods and eervirea, including nanKtpal transporta tion 'area, were recorded. Foods alone are (even per cent tinder a year ago and 38 5 per cent over the level when government price control were In effect. Among foods, price decline were noted by the bureau for meats, poultry, fruits and vegetables, fats and oil, rugar and baxery product. Alterations And Repairs Lead Permits Repair and remodeling work made up the bulk of building applications okayed by city councilman Monday night. Ten permit were approved, totaling 12255. Applications approved were, repair roof. 423 Mam. 1160. Joe Snyder; repairs to roof of business building. Inman Motor company, 1125, All Type Roof company; resh ingle res idence. 2450 Darrcnr, $100. C. O. Putman; enclose porch. 1123 Lin coln, 1200. J. P. Penrod: reroof resi dence, 129 Hillside. 200. E. C. Ellis; remodel residence, 1881 Academy, WOO. Lester V. Davenport. New chicken house, 2610 Bly. 1300. Bert Wade: shed for car storage, 60 South Sixth. S500. Louis Brown: new roof. North Third. 170. Harold Hen ns: and new root, SIS High. $200. Harold Henri. Mae Likes 'All Men And All Hungry' DENVER, Aug. 2S WV-Mae West was the honored guest at the Den ver Rotary club meeting yesterday. "This is my kind of a meeting." Mae quipped. "All men and all hungry." HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND El' GENE, ORE. MEDFOKD Thoroughly Modern ate a4 Mra. i. a. tutey am In Kftriay Fwprislws L i X X 5 N I- If "XaLU r,M' 'l.K.VIW 7" W scale; l-i Ml S Nsa r I xaxoxaxaaaWajSSaMMajx b J A COMMUNITY PROJECT to adequately sign-posf roads in the Midland area recently of ficially named has been undertaken by the Midland grange and is being helped by various business houses in Klamath Falls. Posting the roads will help city dwellers, deliverymen and visitors to find residents of the suburban-rural area. The grange offers to paint and erect the signs. Persons or businesses willing to help defray cost of the project ore asked to contact Lyle Hickman, phone 2-0835; Verland Huff, phone 2-0233, or James Flowers or Francis Flowers, 2-1182. Names of the roads ore marked on the map above. Four Injured In Car Crash ALBANY. Aug. 28 t Four per sons were injured in a highway col lision last night in which one car crashed across a ditch and Into a field while the. other fled the scene. The four hurt, all Califomians bound for home, were Mrs. Netue Hodopp. about 60. Sebastopol; her daughter. Mrs. Bruce Hamor. 29. Santa Rosa, and Mrs Hamor'a children. Faye. (. and James Walter Hamor, 2. Mrs. Hodopp wsa the most serious ly hurt. She suffered chest Injuries and a possible sxuil rracture. Mrs. Hamor had a broken pelvis- The children suffered minor injuries. Mrs. Hamor husband, who was unhurt, said another car side- swiped them at an intersection 14 miles south of Shedd, sending them crashing off the Pacific highway. He was driving the family home from a visit in Tacoma. Round And Round To Freedom FARGO. N. D .Aug. 28 (Three-year-old Nell Olson went round and round last night before Fargo fire men got his arm free from a fuel oil Intake pipe. The child was playing outside his parents' home when he stuck the arm into the hole, right up to the elbow. To avoid Injuring Neil, the fire men five of them picked the boy up and carefully circulated him while the pipe threads unscrewed. Then he was taken to a hospital where, with the aid of plenty of grease, the pipe was removed. Neil? Unharmed. The firemen? Just sweaty. Oold has been In use for some 6000 years. Banker Says No Depression PORTLAND. Aug. 26 WV-We are now in what one economist call a "temporary boomleU That mean that easiness la bel ter and will continue Improving for a while. John K. Langnm. econo mist and vice president of the Fed eral Reserve bank at Chicago, aaid here. He added that it even could be the start of a full recovery. "My own guess is that It's very likely temporary. I think we're aw ing down some more. The bottom n-ay be reached next year, but it will be no more than a recession no major decline," he said. Legionnaires Gathering In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 26 tin Delegates to the 31st national Amer ican Legion convention begun streaming Into Philadelphia today with many apparently Intent on naming a World War II veteran aa their new commander. Aa the city gradually took on a holiday atmosphere, two vet erana of th last war plunged Into lha buaineoa of meeting drlrgalea and lining up support. They are (ieoria N. Craig, Itraiil. Ind, at torney, and liarl C'orae, farmer and railroad man. of Dawson. ta. A third candidate Is expected ' establish campaign headquarters by tonight James F. Oreeu, Omaha, attorney. election of on of those three would mark the first lime top control of th Legion passed out of th hands of World War 1 veterana. Legion spokesmen have Indicated Uiey believe the race will narrow down to a three-way scrap between Craig. Cocke and Clreen. But whil the $ls.ooo--year Job la of intense Interest to every Legionnaire, the big allow, as far a the public la concerned, will be Tuesday parade of 18,000 marcher. Legion officials sat It will be tho biggest and showiest over put on. One olflcial aaid roalumea, musical instrnmenu and equip ment for the IS-hour parade are valued at Sl.0M.0O. . He added that Uie national cham ptonship band from Joilet. IU.. is bringing uniforms and instrument worth about IS5.000 alone. Carol Ann Gets $500 A Month LOS ANOELB8. Aug. M 141 Carol Ann Hrery, lR-year-old adopt ed daimhter of the late Wallace Kerry, will have $500 a month pocket money, Superior court yesterday decreed that th girl who will receive a third of th actor s $2,000,000 ratal w hen ah become 31 be allowed to withdraw a total of $1200 a month from her guardianship fund. The actor's former wile, Mra. Mary Arrta Foyt, will administer Us of $700, But Judge Newcomb Conde di rected th rest be paid directly to Carol Ann for her own personal use, saying: "She will liav to handle a great deal of money In th years to com and It' Mm sh began to learn." leer barrels mad of tlnlraa rhroiiiliiin-nli kel sirel last about JO years, compared with about ( year for wnottrii barrels. DON'S lor MEN'S WEAR McGregor Sportswear 1125 MAIN ST. Two Skeletons Identified LONOVIEW. Wash. Aug. 2 Mi Two skeletons taken from a long crashed airplane near here yester day have been Identified as those of a Detroit manufacturer and a west roast a.vslMant. Coroner Gor don M. .(juanutrom said today. The coroner said that word from a Qlenriml .wi i- , - disclosed the plane owner definite ly was rrang u. .McKenna of De troit and Los Angeles. He was the owner of the KnupVlae company, manufacturer of toggle clamps. A British subject, he 1 survived by his mother in England. The othe man In the plane was Elmer WhI -f f ri r n ... ,.... Calif, who waa travelir j north with Mcnenna to attend a football game in Seattle late in 1M1 when their plane disappeared. The United States, which has been manufacturing clay floor and wall tile for only 12 years, now pro duces more clay tile than any other country. s s 9th of Pint Phone 3188 Do you know . 7X Id. A that $ 4 I n v 1- I I Holds Your Coat or Suit .. S7 rvvv J I 1 Wf-f I.HTSI ' jl vii Layavvuy mini i aV I I l. I 'V iNovemoer mn o, Pay the balance in convenient installments Fur Trim mad Coolt $38"oncJ $51 UnlrimmacJ Coal $19.98 to $35 Zip-lined Coot $29.98 to $49.98 Suits $14.98 to $35 I To Buy or Sell Use the Want Ads! Now Available Most All Models iew Ford Cars, Pickups Trucks Balsiger Motor Co. 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