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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1949)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1947 PACE TWO HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Man Admits Bad Check Pass Attempt A man Identified by city police Lawrence Steele. 32. transient, U booked at the city Jail for In vestlgstlon and a felony charge of possession of a false Instrument with Intent to psss la belnjr placed against him by the district attor ney office. Steele reportedly tried to pass a ia,0 check at tha Safeway atora on N. Eighth and was arrested a ahort time after he left the itore yesterday afternoon. The check was made out to "Law rence Steele" and the signature was "I L. Mosley." Another check bear ing the same names but for $22.50 was In Steel's possession. At the city hall, police said the youth admitted writing the checks himself and said he had cashed checks of the same sort at Astoria, Coos Bay, 8e aside and Astoria. STH BIG DAY! LEAVING SOON! But Hurry. Japan Fearful For 305,000 'Missing' In Russia As Soviet Figures Show Errors r :T ..,:YS V... . ' ' "in. I v I ' i tfe Hi lr C00DOIO, lechnicwiv I. I w .UtD C. FERGl'SON K 'VT TlTT7 "'V j.' J NF.Al Four years hy , I'.T--. trir. .T. . "-r' .'.. J the Japanese surrend-, auiJV' -- '' w. V I J-I Allies, and Oen. Doug- " I fJT'j. V "" S 1-. -FT . ;1 r thinks the Japanese: miw : ' . 1af 7 the surrender terms a - y ' wV:w Ji-a', f e 5 .r .""'. t a peace treaty. But be-1 Wz A! X - V V V sr "K can sign arUcles with) lT v 1 . , I iTT' ? 4A'.JT I Is a little matter sUU! '. VV V1-' ' "Z F JT T-W I 17. TOM ''a nan... Jev Im a imii a"DfTfCTfVf" f llll IflllUPflU inn junnoun GIORH Of HAVEN f AXUNt OAHL I DRAKE I J OfMM Dftlly t. i -1 i BACK HOME rooie the lint shipment ol Japanrae re latnam frara Russia u arrive ihta year. RrUU.e war te a lighter-load of anen from Taaasaga Mara a they arrive at Maiiurit rrpatrlaUoa center. By RICH TOKYO ( passed since ered to the las MacArthur have fulfilled and deserve fore Japan Russia, there to be cleared There are prisoners still MacArthur's staff estimates. The! Soviet, on the other hand, says It; holds only 95.000. and that these will all be repatriated by November. When the slight discrepancy SO5.0O0 persons was called to Rus sia s attention, there was at tint! "no comment." Later, Moscow said' that the 95.000 future does not In-' dude civilian internees. But. in Japan, it makes no dif-l ference to mothers and wives and ; offspring whether their men are el- viliana or not: they Just want them home. And they've stepped up a barrage of letters to MacArthur's I Allied Council for Japan demanding I action. The council has done all It could. I ; It has made repeated offers to Rus-1 1 sis. volunteering boats and harbor facilities for repatriate transporta tion. When Russia said bad weather conditions were responsible for the COMMl'NISTS AMONG the retaining Japanese prieonera from Russia were In the majority. When the radio annoaneer (right) aaked ene at the group to my a few words, this former prisoner stepped as and made a Red-flavored apeeeh. KF Officials Will Attend League Meet Reveral Klamath Falls rlty of ficials will be on deck when tha ih annual convention of the league of Oregon Cities is held In Portland. September 3 through October I. Major problems taring town and city governments In Oregon will be tarkled at the four-day confab.' The Oregon Finance Officers as sociation will meet with the league, marking Its 13th annual conference. Loral officials making the trip Include Mayor Robert A. Thomp son; Counctlmen Darrell Miller. Wendell Smith, Matt Finnlgan and O C. Ta'unan; City Engineer K. A. Thomas; city Attorney Henry Perkins;. City Recreation Director S.im Smith; Building Inspector Walter Salsbery, and Police Judge Leigh Ackerman. . Oovenior Douglas McKay; Carl Chatters, director of the American municipal association; Frank Pace Jr. director of the United States bureau of the budget: Miner B. Phillips, director of the municipal finance officers association of the U. 8. and Canada; Mayor Dorothy MrCullough Lee of Portland: League President George Peavy. mayor of Corvallts, and Oeorge Simervllle, president of the Oregon finance officers association are among the speakers listed on the Joint convention program. As In the past, section meetings for various groups of city officials will be held. Such subjects as city planning, Improvement financing, building and aonlng regulations. sewage disposal, municipal park and recreation programs, tag as sessments, budget procedures, and annexation will be discussed. CARNIVAL By Dick Turntt MATTSTK DATI.T I:3t DOORS OPEV EVE. :S 80' Minute of Punch Packed Emotion Ripped From a Man'. Eattered Body and a Woman's Tormented Soul -X"" transfers. Last winter was mild, j ness and kindness of the Soviet leading Japan to hope the transfer! people. would be resumed earlier than It Many observers believe that, as had been the preceding year. But Mauuru's Mayor Shujl Yanaglda this year's first shipment did not y. the missing 305.000 are the un land until June 71. two months later r Indoctrinated "the Soviets are than in 194s. afraid to send back." Russia's claim of bad Icing at the tr,nf.r of n'ri.nnm. M.r Ar-1 shove-ofl port of Nahodka. near Vla- thur offered an Ice-breaker to keep! """ok. was refuted by a Japan-, wrote to the Tokyo newspaper Asa hl. "I. who spent all .winter on the shores of Nahodka can affirm (that! there was not even a day that So viet vessels were unable to come Into pert." Even the Japanese communist ' vocstlon ol the parole of James party, in a pohte but firm note to QuenUn Anderson. 3. and the In communist headquarters In Mos-' dian youth will be returned to prison cow, has protested the delay. l Salem to finish out a 10-year Thera la one nossible evnlanatlnn manslaughter Forest Fires Under Control Klamath Forest Protective associ ation crews were called out on two fires this morning, but by noon both were under control and out of the danger stage. One blase broke out about 7 a. m. In the logging region south of Byean butt. L' le standing timber was destroyed In the fire, which was In an area being logged oft. The second fire was closer to town on the hill over-looking Moore park from the south. The blase was a small one In a scrub timber area and was rapidly extinguished. 7;: i a'',lLi' S .il - rr eom. rut sv w stsnce. mi.san t . e. "Our mrrlag wt made In heaven, all right In the thunderbolt department!" Morals Count Hearing Today A preliminary hearing on one ot two morals charges against Ray mond Johnson, 37, was being con ducted this afternoon In Justice court. Johnson Is charged with contri buting to the delinquency of two minor girls, both eight years old, and la free oh 15000 ball. A pre liminary hearing on the second count is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Attorneys Clarence Humble and I. E. Drtsooll represent Johnson. sea-lanes open. Russia declined and clamped on a six-month winter suspension of e-r n -'f iV llll . , VV r ,.. sX ' ' I Th blUter- Ing drama that rips tha veil from tha crooktd fight racket and its ox citing characters! 'for every scar on hisi 1 face, two on ner heorf 't 1 1 Smashed in (ho ting, hunfed in th alley! Prison Return For Anderson Official notification jaas received 1 today by the sheriff's office of re- for both the slowness of the re patriation and the missing 305.000 men. The first shipments, in 194. Included the sick, lame, lazy and aged. The 194? group began to show signs of communist teachings. In 194. the number of "convert ed", prisoners increased sharply with the last six ships returning to Japan that year completely trolled by communists. The majori ty of the first shipment to land at Maixuru this year shouted commu nist songs and many openly pledged Anderson was picked up at his ranch home near Beatty several days ago at the request of parole authorities. He had been Jailed In Lakeview earlier In the month on an Intoxication charge. Sheriff Jack Franey said he prob ably would take Anderson to Salem this week-end. Anderson was con- con- vcted in April. 1941. of manslaughter in me snotgun aeain ox jerry &ui koskl. a ranch hand, and was re leased on parole December 22, 194!. after serving over four yeara of his Motorist Fled; Caught, Fined Richard Thomas Bsbcock. M. caught after an automobile chaw over the newly-surfaced stretch of the Llndley Heights road and out highway 64 late yesterday afternoon, was fined 50 In Justice court this morning for driving a car while his operator's license was suspended. State patrolmen were keeping an eye on the newly-paved cutoff road In response to several complaints that It was being used for a speed way, when Bsbcock came along re portedly exceeding the 15-mile speed limit. He wss held In the county Jail last night and In court thla morn ing pleaded guilty to the traffic charge. Suits Of Armor I For Army? i ' SAX PEDRO. Calif., Sept IS bTI i The army may be returning to suits I of armor. I MaJ. Oen. W. H. Mlddlrswart of the quartermaster general's office disclosed yesterdsy the development t of bullet-resistant body armor for I soldiers made of plsstie and nylon. ; Tfle general said the cloth-like substanre will resist a .43 caliber j bullet fired from only IS feel ewar. ! The material Is nearly a quarter- I, Inch thick. Nationalists' Daring Raid Smacks Reds CANTON, Sept. IS A na tionalist amphibious force dsmsged o.' destroyed all military establish ments on Huhwan Island. 230 miles south of Shanghai, In a daring raid today. The Island is an important red base off the coast of Cheklang prov ince. An official announcement said the amphibious force landed under the protection of naval gunfire. It withdrew, the announcement said, after accomplishing Its mission, the fiist of Its kind by the natlcnaltsu in the Chinese civil war. The small nationalist air force assigned to tha defense of Kwsng- tung province began attacks on Red forces there. Bureau Plans More Basin Farm Tracts (Continued from Page O struct Ion costs of tha project, in continue over a long term of yeara, Dlitrlrt rianned The department of the Interior and the USIIK will help work out problems In organising a district when that time comes, h' said. Several protests were registered on the annual depredations of ml gt story waterfowl on land sd)s cent to the wildlife refuge. It wag brought out that several of the 1949 homesteads are within the boundary of the refuge. Warne was unable to answer tha query as to reniionslblllly for re. moval of such land from the refuge confines. His only solution for handling the problem of crop dsmaga by birds was to obtain pc mils from the fish and wildlife for herding. Damage to grain ready for har vest was not as serious this year as In past years since the date of harvesting was approximately two weeks early and the fall migration Is a Utile late. Preferenre To Vela Veterans will be given "prcfrrrricj In further land openings, Warne slated, at least for a 10-year period. Warne was areutnpanlrd here by K Lsylon Stephens, manager of the Klamath Irrigation project fol lowing a short trip through the new homestead area, Richard I.. Hoke, regional dlreclur ol the I'SBK out of Hacramento and Rep. Michael J. Klrwan il Ohlui who lunched with Warne In Klamslh rails went directly to Redding after Klrwan became si ghtly III on his trip down from Hrnd. I Cramer To Address 'Rotary Club ( Dr. John F. Cramer, dean ol the , extension division for the state board i of higher education, will speak at I Rotary rlub luncheon Friday du. cussing the Community college project. Arnold L Oralapp. superintendent of public schools, will introduce Dr. Cramer, who Is here In the Interests of the college. There Is a meeting of the teaching staff of the Klamath Falls and Bend groups Frldsy after noon to work out details on the pro gram ot classes which will start I simultsneously In both towns Mon 'day night. Heikkinen Concludes Series Tonight Rev. Cheater R. Heikkinen of Seattle will present his last talk on the theme, "The Assurance of Salvation." tonight at t o'clock at the Klamath Lutheran church. His topic for this evening will be "What a Difference!" Special musie will be an anthem by the Klamath Lutheran senior choir, the Luther an Bible Institute In Seattle. to work toward a communist re- ! wrm' In "'. "7- ne w" returnej time In Japan. i 10 prison lor parole violation and Aa the Takasago Mam stesmed released again August 4. 1943. Into the Japan Sea harbor, the re- I . . patriate lined the rails and about MrS. Brandt S RlteS three-fourths chanted communist f m songs. When questioned later, the; I OrTIOrrOW, former Nipponese soldiers said the1 Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa songs were "songs of democracy" Brandt. 0. for many years a resident and "songs for International peace." 0f Klamath Falls, will be held from Many of this year's repatriates, j w,rd , Klamath Funeral home Frt after being schooled for nearly A 4t 2 30 m Ih h,.!Tr!f1e0tmraU?'"n. uM ' Mr Brandt made her home with they had been working for Stalina h ,..,.-. w,. tr t uiw five-year-plan "for the masses" and j h" L !,;.. -4 ..i . hsm. 1202 Pine. She died Wednes- vr auaa.asw.u w lie i; uuuu m ' munist government In Japan to "prevent another war." They wore Russian boots and clothing. They signed a letter of thanks to 8talln for their good treatment In Russian hands. They continually referred to the friendll- day at 7:10 p.m. Mrs. Brandt was a native of Dixon. Ill, and was 10 years old. She was an active member of the First Christian church, and was af filiated with the Narclaaa Rebekah lodge of Walla Walla. Wash. Ys I I , ..s. ljS"JJ HURRY! HURRY! V"" e-vElfiVJSiV Hurry! fift; tnds Tonight I fi ;P . DAYS ONLY! I -V'.'W VV sAJ .a. i F Robert RYAN Audrey TOTTER GEORGE TOBIAS ALAN BAXTER WALLACE FJORD Weir Disney Cortoo Pele imilli's Sdentlflquls March ef Tine News 1 'Added Entertainment! 'Tha Bubble) Baa" raw rmir- ttiaooN jono Ml teHUY MAI OAK! Am I utt Sf sissiiiwf ysrref let Chapter I 'munri mi'' .CARTOON li i .aT st . Former Newell Official Dies Word was received today of the death ol Joe Rreeborg. 5, who was formerly associated with the In ternal security administration' at Newell. Calif. Mr. Freeborg died at the Mayo Brothers clinic In Rochester. Minn. He was stationed at the Newell WRA center In the war years and Is known to many here. His sister, Mrs. Harry Wlard of 770s Wlard, left today by plane for Cody, Wyo.. Mr. Freeborg s home, where funeral services will be held. He Is survived by his wife, Elsie, a daughter, Eileen Thomas, his mother, Mrs. Christine Freeborg. all of Cody, and a brother, Nels Free borg, of Klamath Falls. Mills Auditorium Acceptance Set Tentative date for acceptance of p the Mills school auditorium la Tura dsy, October 4, 11 waa announced to day by Superintendent Arnold L. Oralapp. It la ekpected that Architect Howard Perrln and the contractor, i Ed Brosterhous, will officially turn over the building at that time and. there will be a program presented by Mills school at the evening meet-! Ing. The public la Invited and the building will be open for Inspection. ' Mctsaryk Statue Badly Damaged NEW YOWC, Sept, 11 ilPi A huge statue of a Czech knlgkt on horse back, dedicated to the late Thomas C. Masaryk. bumped Its head on an overhead bridge girder last night and tied up traffic tor half an hour. The eight-ton, la-foot statue hon oring the Czechoslovak statesman toppled off a truck and crushed the fender of an automobile. The 1.10,000 statue was badly damaged. Merrill Road Being Oiled Oiling work began yesterday on an eight-mile stretch of the Klam ath Falls-Merrill highway, but the road Is being kept open for traffic. The stretch, extending from Hen ley almost to the outskirts of Mer rill, Is being widened and several bed curves straightened. Surfacing probably will take two weeks. The work Is being done by the J. N. and M. J. Conley construction company of Portland. Brothers Each ; Fined $15 Two brothers, both employes nf the SOS ranch, were fined t!6 each this morning In municipal court on charges of disorderly conduct grow ing out of a fight last night. City police reported Homer Clin ton, 32. and his brother LaVern, 24. were embroiled in a lively fight late yesterday afternoon at E, Malrl and Stukel. and continued the brawl after they were placed In Jail. Fin ally they were put In separate cells for the night.. DON'T MISS IHeinharts 519 Main Phone 6163 BIO ANNIVERSARY SALE All Regular Stock Big Sayings Real Yalues Budget Term Lay It Away For Chriitmat if Desired S A H GREEN STAMPS? GLADLY AS USUAL! You ought to be ' JF MPisiinfuislioil by a lleanty AH its Pirn! There's sn unmislskshle slsmp of distinction shout the new Pontile. Il l a beamy from Ibe front and from the rear! 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