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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1949)
THURSDAY, DEC. 15. 1949 ITKRALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE TWENTY-ONS U.S., Canada Wool Production Down Tlili year alirep rinclirri and farmers In tfie Ui.ltrd allien and Canada liave Irwrr elieep and liavt produred about 200 million pounds Iraa wool than In lue'J. In tills part nt Ilia world, rattlr raiting and cah iralna liava paid better In m-snl yeara than alirrp rallng. Tlirn, too, (at lamba liava brought morj fuvorable returns than wool, ao sheepmen have aold mora lamba than initial (or slaugh trr and krpt (rwar (or (lock re placements. Nil rrodurrra But Ilia United Hialas la Just ona l( the ainallrr of the big alx wool countries. Foreign rrlatwms offtriala ( the U. S. rrimrt the other (Iva principal wool producing conn Irlra, Auatralla, New Zealand, Un- Chinese Reds Begin Education Reforms BAN KRANCIHCO. ) The Chi no Recti liava begun to remold Uirir higher adurallonal system, but obviously are going slow. In a broadcast heard here by the As. sotlaled Press, the Peking radio laid curricula (or colleges and aru and aclencra hsd bran revised. v' "This mark! the beginning of the I reformation of Uia old educational system in universities and colleges In China," declared the broadcast . Dialectical materialism, historical materialism and what the Itrdt rail "new democracy" are required subjects. Russian la required aa (orelin Untune course "whenever possible." nlon of South Africa, Argentina, and Uruguay, together produced a big ger share of the wurld's wool this year than before the war, Uruguay more. Argentina not quite as much. Production In the Union of Houth Africa, the chief wool country of Africa, Is atlll below pre-war. riral But the total wool clip In Australia and New Zealand the first and second wool producing countries of the world la somewhat larger thla year than before the war. The officials note that the output of merino wool has Increased pro portlonately more linn the Increax In the world clip. Prices of merino compared with crossbred wool prices have favored the Increase. Officials Itch For DDT BAN rRANCIBCO W When City Health Director Dr. J. C. Oelger ordered the Janitor at the city health canter to sprsy the balconies every month with DDT, he posted Uils explanation: "We have pigeons. The pigeons sometimes carry pslttacosla. They also carry mites, and, I regret to aay, lire. Once In a while I have an Itch. Then I have to scratch. The apray, therefore, la (or every body's protection around here, but mostly (or my own." Any celebration of Christmas was crime In the Puritan England of Oliver Cromwell. 9th and fin Phone. 3188 ON CLEARANCE Kiddies' Cold Weather WEARABLES Reg. 3.98 - 19.98 Coat and Legging Sets For warmth and comfort. NOW 4.49 to 14.97 Reg. 4.98 -10.98 Girls' Snowsuits Reduced drastically! NOW 3.77 to 7.95 Reg. 8.98. 18.98 Girls' Coats Sal. pried to clear! NOW 6.47 1 o14.97 Reg. 4.98 -8.98 Boys' Snowsuits Reduced in the peak of the season! NOW 3.77 to 6.47 Reg. 3.98 Children's Ski Pants Siiet 3-6X. Sal Priced! NOW 2.97 Reg. 10.98 to 14.98 Girls' Snowsuits. 7 to 14 Cut mora than V! NOW 7.97 to 10.77 Reg. 1.98 to 4.49 . Corduroy Skirts Siiet 2-14. Sal Priced! NOW 1.37 to 3.77 Reg. 1.98 to 3.98 Children's Jumpers Siiei 2-14. Sal Priced! NOW 1.37 to 2.97 huff nt! CAUGHT IN WINTER'S CRIP Symbolic of the new Icy grip winter hag on a large part of th. oiiin ins irrignier tueorge r. nana, grounded while bucking Ice In Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. An ever-thickening field of Ice close In on the 532-foot ship, loaded with 1000 tone of coal; threatening to Imprison it for the winter. . OREGON JUNIOR VEGETABLE GROWERS WIN THREE NATIONAL CONTEST AWARDS IF. -4" , L Oregon junior vegetable growers were named winner of three atateawards in the 1J4 Production Marketing contest of the National Junior Vegetable Growers Associa lion today aa the organization con cluded Its fifteenth annual four-day convention at Washington, I). C. State-wide honors went to Violet Kay Klobaa, M-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mr. Pete Klobaa; Halter Haley Pritchard, Jr., 14-year-old eon of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Prit chard, and Don ald Kenneth Sorensen, 17-year-old son of tf u U..k... Wslier Pmchsrd j of' bt na. They' Were awarded cash prises from the I'iOOO in seholarahipe provided each year by A A P Kood Stores to en courage better production and mar keting of vegtablea by farm youth. Other results announced by Prof. Crant B. Snyder of the University of Massachusetts, adult advisor to the association, included the award ing of the national championship along with the top $S00 scholarship to Russell L. Sears, Jr, 20-year-old grower of Cummington, Mass. Largest of the three prise-winning project In Oregon waa that of young Pritchard who tilled seven tenths of an acre on his parent' 40 acre Deachutea County farm, rais ing a diversified crop of 18 different vegetable which he aold for f 421. Total coat of th project was less than $100. His outstanding crop Violet Klobss poi chutes Netted Gem Potatoes valued at 1247. Active for aix year in 4-H Club work, this ninth-grade school boy during the past year has won numerous awards for his garden produce, including a blue ribbon for his potatoes at the state fair. Not to be out- dnife by the boys, Violet converted her garden pro ject into an NJ VGA prise-winner this year through careful planning and close observa tion of her 3000 square-foot plot on her parents' go-acre farm. A high school sopho more, she haa been active In 4-H Club work for the past six year and participate in many school and civic affair. Her diversified crop of IS vegetablea also won for her a place In the county fair judg ing thia year. Her garden exhibit have placed in fair competition for the past six years, taking first place In both 1946 and 1947. Sale of her produce grossed better than 42 an hour for Violet. , , . Young Sorenaen, a high school Junior, has been a member of the 4-H Club for seven years, but started k garden project this sum mer for the first time, winning on of the three Oregon date awards from NJVGA. Winner of garden Judging at the county fair, Donald grossed 1215 on his crop of 20 diff erent vegetables. Inspections Kelp Halt Crop Insects Quarantine officials report that during the past year they found prohibited plant material on about a fourth of 43.000 ships coming Into U. B. porta. They actually dis covered destructive insects and dls easee on much of that material. Even more serious Is the danger of plant pes' slipping Into this country by airplane. To prevent that, they Inspected more than 60.- 000 airplanes at M porta of entry. Including Inspections and treatment with an aerosol containing DDT of planes about to take off rom Ha waii for the continental United State. They Intercepted In a number of thofe plane living adults of th oriental fruit fly. a destructive In sect which attacks more thsn on hundred kinds of fruit, a well as cotton. Thia year the quarantine of ficials also Inaugurated pre-flight In spection of plane heading toward our mainland from Puerto Rico. They Inspected 3300 pullman and passenger coaches from Mexico, a well as T-'v million trucks and au tomobile to prevent pests, particu larly the citrus blackfly, from get ting Into this country. Youth Does 4-Year Stint In 30 Hours CHICAGO, Dee. 1 tJFt J. Ed ward Nelson, 17, haa Just whlsied through four year of college In 10 hours. It's always been theoretically possible," according to amazed of ficials of th college of the Unlver. alty of Chicago. Edward la th first student to demonstrate by 14 placement teats that he possesses the equivalent to a general education. Bo Instead of working on credit for a bachelor's degree, ha will begin Immediately to work on his master's degree In mathematics. Th testa. Introduced at the col lege In 142, recognise a student (or what be knows and not for the number of courses he has taken. All students are given th tests during a five-day period to deter mine their academic standing. Brans, Rene Edward, son of a YMCA secretary In Rome, Italy, attended the Bronx High School of Science in New York City and completed his Junior and senior years at tne Inatltlto Giovanni Verga when his family moved to Rome. He brushed aside suggestions that he la a genius. "It s all what you learn and where you learn It," he aald. "I (Irmly believe, however, that teaching Daethod and courses are more com prehensive in European schools." In Rome he attended school about (our hours a day but always apent at least another three hours on his homework. Nelson told newsmen. The federal gcvernment tele phone bill (or calls In the city of Waaiiington alone amount to more than 3 ,500 .000 a year. WEI.L-OILED HIGHWAY HAMBURG lV-A Danish truck driver lost bis cognae laden trailer on th highway near here. He only noticed hi loss when he tried to Ads are Inexpensive littles CLEARANCE SALE SONGS SCANDAL BREMEN. 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