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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 194 PACE TWO HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON City Asked To Work On Tdi tit recreation commit! asked th. city dada last night lor permission to tup the 1950-19M bud- , get for 5I5O0 to complet Improve menu t Conger Held. I The matter m turned over to! the finance committee lor study. A j report will be liven t next week's . council session. Fred Robinson Mid It would Uke : 1300 to complete the Comer field Improvement job. Light hare been InaUlled but supplying water and luUnf araaa to read the field KF Teacher Hit By Car A Klamath teacher's career wa temporarily halted late Tuesday afternoon when ahe waa (truck by a ear while In the crow walk at Mam and Esplanade. Injured waa Glsdys Flannery. third trade teacher at Milli arhaoL Mies Flannery auffered a fractured collarbone and abrasions. She la a patient at Klamath Vsllcy hospital where ahe waa reported resting com forUblT Wedneedsy. A charge of failure to yield the right of way to a pedestrian waa filed by city police against the driv er. Howard Jaroea Wilkinson. 34-year-old custodian at the Klamath county courthouse. Wilkinson, at liberty under $100 ball, entered a plea of guilty before Police Judge Leigh Ackennan at 10 a m. Wednee day but sentence waa withheld pend lm the outcome of Miss Flannery'a condition. The teacher had completed her first days work at Mills school at the time of the accident She waa in the cross walk at 5:30 p.m. when struck by Wilkinsons ear. Miss Plannery. moved to the hospital by Xaler's ambulance, came here last week from Costa Mesa. Calif. She had previously taught at Vancouver. Wash. Four People, Nine Relatives; In Midget Car! John Selby Is a grandfather far the first Hans and mighty arood af It.- Hie aan and danghter-ln-law. Mr. and Mrs. John Dow Selby, an parenta at a eon, their first child, barsi at Klam ath Valley hospital Saturday SMralng. Saturday air hi whea the family went to Klamath Valley hospital to visit the new baby, then waa a great grandmother, twa grandmothers, two mothers, ane brother, one sister, an ancle and an aunt, all piled ia aw ear. That shsuld add ap to nine people, but actually It was emiy foar. The praud relatives wen Mrs. Selby Sr. her son snd daaghter, and Mrs. Selby a mother. Tea ftgan H sat! u 5 Min. from Town U mwmm '-Tf s. 5fe Isa Dorah Moldovan announces the opening of All New Classes All farmer pupil arrange time for your classes, to be ready Coll 6570 " 1028 Main INTERNATIONAL HON 135" wheelbase 12 foot loading driver ON DISPLAY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AT JUCKELAND TRUCK lHh and Klomarh Complete Conger Field for next yrar's athletic play would have to be done aa soon as possi ble, Kobinson said. Robinson stated that a local firm would supply the sprinkling avstera and wait for payment of approxi-' maiely 51500 until July of U50. The balance of the 53000. would be taken directly from the 1950-51 budget. Robinson added that the b ureas of reclamation had given him ver bal permissien eo use canal water but until such a water source Is available, C'spco would furnish the water aupply. However. City Attorney Henry Perkins expressed the belief that spending against next year s antici pated budget would not be legal. The cauncilmea were handed a problem whea It was learned that r. L. Somen, contractor, was sue ing the city for non-payment of a contract for curb Installation oa I'p- ' ham street. Farrens and Maxwell, law firm. Is representing Somers. The city has been holding up pay. merit of the Job because It is al- leged the job was faulty and resi dents have complained of the curbs cracking. The city attorney was authorised to contact at least three engineers to determine whether fsulty work manship was involved. Five bids for a dump truck and three bids tor a tractor for the street department were opened and given to the street department for decision. The city dads gave the Oregoa atale employment service office the go-ahead signal an establishing a loading lone adjacent to the em ployment office at Second and Main for convenience of farmers la load- ' lag workers for th harvest season. ' Jack Alme-.er. manager of OSES, stated In his request that th S. Sixth branch would not be opened this year. The council okayed a VFW re quest to reserve the space of two parking meters In front of Matt Fin mgans corner store to exhibit a stallion Wednesday and Thursday. The horse formerly was owned by Emperor Hirohito of J a pan Ordinances passed by the council included one prohibiting the build ing of electric or barbed-wire fen ces in the city and an ordinance , authorising the city to order property-owners to install sldewslks where the council felt they were necessary. Nationalists Claim Gains csNTYvi sfcil 1 (v The na tional defense ministry today i claimed recapture of several vil- j lages from communist forces drtv- lng toward the Canton - Hankow j railroad from Huchenf . 170 miles ; north of Canton. ! Th ministry's announcement aaid ! ground was recovered up to a point 1 30 miles west of Jucheng. Thst , would plsc the fighting hslfwsy : between Jucheng and the railroad. ia-HOl'R SLEEP ' imti srtMTr.a Califs SenL T (P Craig Rice, writer of mystery ' stories, is recovering today after 20 hours of unconsciousness In a hotel , room. Her phvsician Dr. Vincent J. de Paulo, aaid he hoped to question her later today to learn what had Induced her deep sleep. The doctor ..irf ho Micnected an overdose Of sleeping tablet but none was found In th room. SALES & SERVICE, Inc. Your International Truck Daaltr ' ' Conscientious Route Carrier Performs Duty WATKRBI'RY, Conn, Sept, T sTh Waterburv Republl eaa reported today that It haa a route carrier who knows the value of public relations. The Republican tntrnded to publish an edition Labor Day morning, but couldn't because a repair Job on Its areas waa not completed In time. When delivery boy Ronald Parent learned of this, he cover ed hia nule anyway, leaving this note at each cnateaier'a door: "Picas bees down. Sorry, n paper today. "Your paper boy. DC-4 Lands At Medford; False Alarm MEDFORD, Sept. 7 OPi A North west Airlines DC-4 landed here salrly today after turning back on a Seattle-to-Honolulu flight when a warning light indicated fire in the baggage comparment. Fin extinguishers wen ased while the plane was returning hen, and oa landing, baggage wma removed and no evidence could be found that then had beea a fire, officials said. The plane carried 11 passengers snd six crewmen. Capt. R. O. Pol hamus was in command. It turned back when about 3'i hours out of Portland. Cargo consisted chiefly of baby chicks and perishables. AU but a few of the chicks were killed by the fumes from the fir extinguishers. Included In th cargo wss a box of fruit which hsd left hen only yesterday for Portland. Car Shortage Said Easing KTJOENZ. Sept 1 UP' The rail road box car ahortage, which has plagued Northwest shippers. Is be ginning to ease, although the situa tion Is by so means normal, a sur vey of businessmen and railroad officials ahowed today. Southern Pacific car deliveries through the Crescent lake and Ash land point of the Portland division were reported averaging nearly 400 cars daily, compared to about 150 a few weeks ago. K. C. Batchelder. traffic manager for the West Coast Lumbermen's association, said the supply should continue to improve. Drowning Victim's Body Recovered MONMOUTH. Sept, 7 The body ' o f Robert C. Wood, who drowned In the Willamette r Iv er April 6. was recovered yesterday by a dredging crew near Roberta sta-i tlon between Independence and Sa-! lem. Wood and W. A. King, superln- j Undent of a bridge )ob at In d e-1 pendenee. drowned when a boat overturned aa they rigged a cable , across the nver for the Valley Con crete company plant. ' Kings body hss not yet been found. A third man In the mishap. A. J. Prichard. was rescued. First Mills PTA Meeting Friday Date of the first general meeting of Mills PTA waa set for Friday. September 21 In the new auditori um at a meeting of the executive committee recently. i Committee members under the leadership of Mrs. Terence MeCor mack, president, agreed to hold open house In connection with a Halloween party and fathers' night In late October. General Instructions to committee chairmen and a tour of the new school auditorium concluded t he session. "METRO" space behind Phon. 7755 iViV.i - r CANDIDATE S ponsorcd the Alturas Lions club, Joyce Flournev of Likely. Colif .. will be o condidote tor queen of the Modoc county foir to be held in Cedorville September 9, 10 ond 1 I. Joyce is a grad uate of Modoc Union high school with the clcss of '49. Frolics Party T la aaraWiaw, AHIMrlli 7-VII . 7:30 IUsIIUIII. l.ajU f All those interested In taking part in the forthcoming Lions Pun Frolic are urged to be on hand for the talent party to be held tonight at 7:30 at the Willard hotel. Hollywood Director Dale Jennings Is In town and will look over pros pective players for the Uons show which will be held September 17. 3S and . Lions aires that the sneering lo aight will not be a coldly arofea aianal audlUon but will be a Ulenl party. Anyone who would like la come and watch is also welcome. Jennings emphasizrs that unusual or professional talent la not neces sary to be a member of the cast. Group singers and dancers as well as soloists are needed. After th cast is selects! . ..... . nesrssis wiu be arranged performers may spend a minimum of time working on the plav. The c, wiU be entirely local and will be under Jennings' direction. he under Jennlnes' direction Elliott Sees Demo Leader Washington. sept. 7 'v Mult- nomah County Sheriff Mlk Elliott democratic Mtlonal committee yes- terd.y for Tief chat." Moore said they did not discuss Elliott s bona trouble , , Elliott, who flew from Pnetlanri retxirtedlv to ask the Maryland . ju..y ci'iijoiiy. ooiiiiimic. ihs to cancel his surety bond, could not be reached for comment. The bond cancellation was recommended last week by Oregon Bute Treasurer Walter Pearson, who as an lasuranre agent originally arranged lor th HWD. 48 Ties Given To President WASHINGTON. SenL 7 i4V President Truman, known lor hia snappy lies, received s 01 mem as a gift today. They were presented by the men a tie foundation a a klckotr by i or nauonu tie wees, oeginning i ne government naa ocuusu, jjamanc atale experts under Sunday, to collect 3.000.000 old ties charges of violating th pur food , tmkm . mveatlg ation of the quality for relief organixationa. I and drug act against th company. o( output of tni tMttin pr0. One of the cravata ahowed the Federal agenu aaid shipments of duclnf worg iutu furnished to 8o president sitting at a piano with canned prunes In IMS hsd contained T..t 10or,rl a donkey and an elephant leading a bear by a leash. Czech Children Will IV I IIU U I j i . PRAOL-r (A,-The official Csech A nr at ,0 c,"ornl PRAGLE (A The oinclal ciecn T)tr .(temoon waa quickly ex- PZZ ""n np?V , i tlnguuhed by the city fire dep.rt fnTT.V.n'.,r)rFe a S. Cause of th. sm.ll blasVwa. ,P ''' to be a trash fir. burning In ence for working In industry. This , . ..ut,i, Arm reported preference Is hslled by a I f b'"'' nlch ,pr"d 10 dry r" goYeriimeni. wnicn naa imn -ura- lng hard to channel manpower Into production jobs. In answer to a "what would you like to be?" circular the children i wer. reported to have expressed th following choices: 4343 would i 'iolntr; where an estimated BM0 new hands are need ed from the schools. 1310 wanted to work In stores where only 6il ar. required. 7S preferred the trans port services where only sixty are wanted. 623 wanted to enter the trades where IMS ar. required. 35 Wanted forestry work, which needs no new young manpower. Experts To Speak At Mininq Meet SPOKANE, Sept. 7 UP Top fed eral mineral experts are Included among speakers to appear before th American Mining Congress here September 36-28, officials said yes terday. Th. list of speskers Includes Dr. James Boyd, director of the buresu of mines; Dr. William Wrather, di rector of the U. S. geological sur vey; Evan Just, director of t h strategic materials division of the Economic Cooperation administra tion, and others. TAX TRIMS ESTATE LOS ANOELE8, Sept. 7 PI Executors for the estate of Chsrles W Nssh. pioneer auto msnufsc turer, estimate that his 43.1A3.ei34 estate will be reduced about 75 per cent by taxes and other levies. This estimat. waa mad. yesterday as the federal government was handed check for 533,800 AMOS for Inheri tance taxes. Th. California In heritance tax has not yet been de ducted. Red Cross field director coverage la provided for national guard trainees each summer. 64.8, August Temperature Average; Rainfall Scarce Temperature rang tor August waa from a low of 41 to SI degrees, th month's maximum, but rain waa definitely on Ih scare aide. Only JO of an Inch fell for ths 31-day period, compared t I.7A Inches recorded In August. IMS. Figures from the bureau of reclamation reveal that th mean monthly temperature was HI, two degrees below norms! for that lima of year. There were 13 clear days, five partly cloudy ones, and on that waa downright cloudy. Available storage of reservoirs aa of September 1, this year and last, follows: . IMS 1Mb Acre Feet Arc Feel t'pper Klamath 375.100 377.440 Clear lake 114.400 144.0:10 Oerber H.730 31,110 BOYLE'S COLUMN No Racehorse Could Ever Win Miss America Crown Itv HAL BOYI.E NEW YORK. Sept. 7 in-!t ! much easier today to wiu the Ken. tuckv derhv than it la to became Miss America. All a horse has to do In cinch th derby Is to run fastest. And It can use all four legs. But It doesnt have to prove It ran ride a human being, sing a folk song, paint a picture, look well In In bathing ault and ev n I ng gown, do a tap dance or give Unculn's Oct- tysburg address. T " i Il The average h I A racehorse Isn't 'lAI even sur Lin- jrf. "iAl coin ever had an address In Oct- tysburg. But to win th Atlantic City beauty contest now a girl not onlv has to show Hal Boyle j..,.- . in demonstrate nenonalltr Ulenl and Intelligenc. : Tori she ears through a more rigor- ; And she goes through a - wu.tlna than th SVCr- . derbv entrant She may even 1 htv to eat oat loatmeali to slim , her fleur uon. of th lassies competing Many of th laasie. ' . ..... Rn Fflll KlllS DOQX Tail 'J- A Twoe CAr-mliA ...Texas bocianxe ha, I BOSTON. Sept. T .' - A fall I anemu H. r,r down st.ireay brought death to a down a 'lr,v , i i.h I , V" J . Euroncan ,, uner Ex- cruiso . mr spokesman said today. The girl, who oieo yesiera.y. . days after ahe tiunblea sown a now . . , , ,u. kA., Hrk tO tool stairway I the promenade deck was W'""""1 a. Adrlenne Atwell. . of Dallas. ScareDitieon Said TL- I.L i -rvTf,N III (SN-U your town ' ..rid downtown building, of ' k " -i-, 0r other fowl? Some r - u, u,p, ,ncJ . . . TZ. h.n. thev Bm two otii wi " - ' w.vo solved It an easy way. worn ,,,.i. refused to permit killing ; "' 1 ,.- toog leaf from ? rntr book A few pieces J r' Z . h,. ,n1'a pair of whit .n, ' made a scare-plgeon" ,hu.n ,.,vi menacingly from atop their building. They claim It works. Unsanitary Pocking Charged To Firm PORTLAND. Sent. 7 I A" A fed eral court haa tinea tne Alien rrun company, oaiem. ana I William O. Allen. 1 1 000 on eonvle- tion of packing fruit under insanl- tary conditions, rodent hairs. Firemen Extinguish Small Grass Fire -.. Ih. alarm al 1:45 p m. I.Er.lON CONVENTION 8EATTLE. Sept. 7 (r-The first of some 5000 American Legion ' .X..LT. op ni tomorrow, q-3!TnT.J ' W'lUlODERN PIRATES! 'Ar r& A B- 1 J "1 V-V 1 Promised UssespiSS f Here Todays 4W n Loretts YOUNG 'Celeste HOLM Sfe t Wsk ( 1 Trtty" sr in wondiiui..'i " .tfe,,. NextSa t. ,. I fa I 1111111 1 III II l AltracUotl X tea3SS.tr '"'' f a5 if. wdi' J j 7Z this week for the nation's 55000 Is beauty crown at the Jersey resort spent a week or two In Manhattan gelling a final currv-comblna. Thev hire saclallats to teach them how to walk gracefully and us makeup artfully "I've tramped miles up and down my hold room learning all a r again how I walk.' aaid brawn, haired, U-year-old Mlsa Arkansas ssaroara nroinera, ausi is, waist u. hip 14. bh would Ilk I hav a rubber fan. "Mm la all worn out from snill- Int." she said, Miss Brothers, besides looking , n sing, pauu water coi- ora. and writ, poetry. If she w ins. ah aaid sh would positively reject any Hollywood offers. I want to become director religious education for the Metho- dst church." sh. said dist church." sh said. She la sponsored by (he Eastern Arkanvas Young Mens club. Another candidate. "Miss Wvo - ming " Esther MacLeod. 23. bust J4. waUt JS. hips 34. spent the last few days before the contest study - mi at the Barbison school of model- Wyoming, she is a meaao aoprsno nd wanta lo continu her study of B'U'C- . Eastern beaut) techniques hav left Mlsa MacLeod a lull bemused, "The hardest thing I bad la leara V I" ,"L,JoPT!lT .. .! .he Uu.hed. -Y.a get a finer lip ,h"i,"'r,h""5,', ...she prepared the meal herself Mrs. 1 . 'llh ui. oer.. utn- "d J''t; said Brig., went to sleep In front wster safety Instructor and can play the mano aa well aa ains. ; -I can aim. rope, tl and brand a calf-a small calf." sh said irr,fnrf.iil m If ihihv , rowed a ck.the.Jlne. a horse .Mlsa i . .mn.n,t u ford heifer thst accompanied Miss Nevada, she wouldn't be able t o demonstrate this talent. , ., bn t on .rogram-whlch put. lb girls from the west, where wom en are women, under a handicap. Mlsa Arkansas will be one of the few entrant with a claque ihrF University o f Arkansas students i Atlantic Clt, ana rooi wriwr. One is Bob Riley, an almost sight less wsr veteran who also la a mem- ber of the Arkansaa legislature. Bob Is real fun," said Mrs. Tom Allen, chaperon for Mlsa Arkansas. "Once, during a nignt out. ne lost , his glass eye. Bo he put an ad In h university paper saying: " l-ol ey probably '" Russ Seek Better Work Clothes MOSCOW IIP The Soviet trsde unions hav taken action to assure an Improvement In the qualltv of worB. clothing Issued to factory, construction and other workrra. , newspeper -Trud" recently tfJ)oliri tnat , ,.unon central ! council of trsde unions hsd with th i Most Russlsn workers received their work clothes free from the ! plant at which they work. Charles F. Nicholas ( SHslf TtU H U I Dies In Portland I C1VlrXtYrt1 I llL2l PORTLAND, Sept, 7 (4V-Chsrles I I'll 1 k tt.P 1 Franklin Nicholas. 75, son of a plo- V 5 A H I lf"rr lrlJf' ai-A neer eastern Oregon stockman and l 4 fi XJlAJ"" ' I'll a livestock agent her before his flS taf 7 VV 4 '" retirement, died last night at his V ana i VV. Vj j4l 4 1 home. F WKMU UOttt ' ' CSlsl i "5 He was born In UmaUlla county. I egey Brctfr ""V4 ";- f April 33. in4. and had lived in Port- i MRU HCCVCd . 'I'aasT k land since W. His widow. M. L- f tMWaosaa sag fsrivm tesairts awaaia atsn a i . J ona, a daughter. Mr a. Mildred I L" Jsii i i i upaBasaBanBBBBBBB& fcT I Mende. survive. On brother. Ben 2 J fa. I J 'af ; jL J . ? E., lives on a ranch near Milton. K.fl tTFTrTiT-1 J I Another, Dorsey R, Uvea at Col- 4J !JTii'P T I lege Place. Wash. W ' lasTWVlr T Tu ..aa . Man Accused Of Molesting Minor Girls A 37-year-nld railroad fireman, Raymond Johnson, was Jailed hers last night mi two charges of con tributing to th drllnnueiii'y of minor girls and was released oil IMXH) ball posted this morning. Juhnson Is accused of Improper acta In ths prrscne of two right-year-old girls al his rrsldrnre, lltJ East. Moth complaints, signed by the mothers of Die children, rharge Ilia acts ncrtirred "nn or about Au gust 31." City police, mnknig a ptrliniinary Investigation Into 111 allegations against Johnson, said aevrral other youngsters possibly wer involved. Th two charges were filed atlFr children weie questioned yes. ""'ay at tn district attorneys of 1 ,,c ! Jnhnmnn aaa arretted mi hi, humi late yesterday bv Deputy Sheriff I Red Brltlnn and held In the roun- ! ty J ml overnight. Thlt morning h ftrralgnrd In Jutlrr court and ball waa pualrd bv Mr. and Mr. Van T. Mrra, tUT Walnut; Mr. and Mr. I-roT A. flaaa. tU Kadillfr, and Uorla K. Kalra, operator o( lh rUII hott-l. AUornrv Clarence A. Humble Will rrpirAcnt Jtitimon. No date "has been set lor a hai brrn twt tor a prrllmlnary h , h"rl,, m rnwl Ginger Rogers VAimf Him , ,wins uivorce LOB ANOF.I E3. Rept 7 .4.-The ; man who didn't come to dinner nn ; longer Is the husband of dinger Rogers I The 3g-yrar-old actress obtained 1 a divorce yesterday from her third ' husband. Actor Jack Uriggs Jr . 211. . Tr tlreomed of when they married In Pasadrna. Calif . Janu- ,rT 14 1WS "'"'I' separated last Ju, J0 i charging crueltr. Miss Roger ,, ,h r!! ,, rnm, h"mt 10 dinner-even on their , ,, .Fdrt,... ..,. .,' , 01 ,u"1 -and snored. Tr im son RKri.rcTrn SALEM, Sept. 7 cvjcns Terl. ' Oregon wheat rommts- i .ioll u.y. ' ADVENTURE IDOL OF MILLIONS... m tie screes at I aw- i luuny, ) -car. C-j I f i A l I Aulo Insurance, araV Vmid An iueoiuti sr TEAM vi fs i-va,i AHHPWH m athi u met "" . ... 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