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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 1049
Santa Claus Takes Over
Nation's Capital; Most
Officials Out of City
WASHINGTON, Dec J4 (, The
lolly old man In the red suit and
tht babe In twaddling clothes held
ondUpuicd ewsy today In tit na
tion's capital.
There were visitors a-plenty In
Washington, but moat top officials
took advantage of tht long Chris t
maa week-end to enjoy a vacation
elsewhere.
Prealdent Truman and hi fami
ly were In Independence. Mo., to ob
eerve the holiday at the old family
home. Vict President Berkley and
hie bride still were honeymooning.
The men who map strategy In the
Cold War. mace the lava and run
Sees
Mother Take
Fatal Plunge
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Dec 24 UPi
The car stopped near the railroad
track.
The young mother of six small
children cried out to her seven-year
old daughter:
Tell your father I lor him very
much. And always will. Now dont
watch what I'm going to do."
Borrar
Then, aa the child looked on in
horror, she fled to the track and
threw herself In front of an on
rushing train.
The woman. M.-. Faith M. Land,
M, was fatally Injured. She died
yesterday.
Her body fell between the tracks
and a head Injury caused her death
Deputy sheriffs said Mrs, Land
had been under treatment tor
nervous disorder.
The woman's husband. Tip C.
Land, said he and his wife had
argued aa they were driving around
town. He got out of the car at their
home, he told authorities. His wife
drove off with seven-year-old Patty
Lou, who with two brothers and
three sisters were left motherless
by the pre-Christmas tragedy.
the nation were away as mere
many leaser got eminent employee.
Truman plana to remain In Mis
souri until next Wednesday. But he
arranged to light the White House
Chrttsmas tree by remote control
from Independence, and to follow
that by a broadcast mearage to
the nation.
The rest of the world also will
hear a Chrlstmis greeting from the
president, broadcast by the 'Voice
of America."
'G-vat Dream'
Former Secretary of State Oeorge
Marshall issued a ChrUtmas state
ment In which he said It now seems
to be within man's power to make
the "great I ream" of permanent
peace a reality,
Oovemment offices were closed
until next Tuesday. Only a few key
employee in the budget bureau re
mained at their desk to work on tht
president's 1951 budget figures.
which must be presented to con
gress early in January.
Figures, too, were mounting up
on merchants' cash registers. The
federal reserve board announced
that departmeut store sales last
week were one per cent ahead of
the corresponding week In IMS. An
eleventh-hour buying wave was ex
pec ted to send to tal Christmas sales
above last year's record.
- At the White House, more than
100 gifts mostly food packages
and 12.000 Christmas cards had
arrived for 'he president and his
family. Many of the gifts will go to
hospitals and other Institutions.
Turkey
The veterans administration sent
out 100.000 pounds of turkey for
Christmas dinners at its hospitals
and other Installations.
Service men and women' around
the world also will share In a typl
cal American holiday feast,
dish: roast turkey.
Service men in occupied Germany
were granted permission for holy
year visits to Rome.
lToungsfer
Poses Big
Question
LONG BEACH. Calif, Dec 24
When Jimmy Smith, six, announced
he wanted a baby sister for Christ-
. ma ou parents, nor. ana jars, uuu
hle Smith, told him -maybe."
J He didnt understand whv he was
wro, auoucuiy, to niuii jtuee Nor
ton's bouse the other day, but he
savss fascinated with wrapped gifts,
some" for him. Aunt Rose said he
couldn't open them until Christmas
eUy.
Then daddy called him up to tell
him he had a baby sister. To which
Jimmy replied:
"You and . mommy opened your
Christmas present, why can't I open
lnine?',
California
7reck Kills
2 Oregonians
CLOVERDALE. Calif, Dec 24 W)
An automobile plunged down a 100
foot embankment six miles south
of here last night and killed two
Oregon motorists. Two others were
injured.
Mrs. Neva M. Helstand. 42. Co
quille. and her father, D. 8. Brode,
75. were killed.
The Injured were her husband.
Adam Helstand. 48. the driver of
the car, and a nephew, 'Harold
Everdeen. 19, Myrtle Point.
They were en route, to Napa,
Calii, to visit Mrs. Helstand's sis
ter. Mrs. E. E. McConnelL They
were attempting to pass a truck
when they left the highway.
The newsprint for one edition of
a metropolitan Sunday paper re.
quires about 24 acres of forest
Shallmars
Situation
Much Better
SHALLMAR. Md, Dec. 24 (n
Remember reading of the plight of
this little coal-mining town about
two weeks ago where 64 families
were eking out a hand-to-mouth
existence because there had been
no work for months?
Thanks to lot of people who
acted out the spirit of ChrUtmas,
the story Is changed.
Three rooms in the school prin
cipal's home are piled high with
packages. Sacks of mall still are
coming up the winding, narrow
valley. A lot of cash came In those
letters more than $5000 for hot
luncnes lor the school children.
One miner's wife about summed
it up when she said:
"We Just cant Quite beliee IL
And we are so grateful."
yet's Mail Bag
AS WnrtC ffUrlM tm that rwasa.
niuilty, thu mwjmpu will pxibluh M
oecAsUOfial column of tww brwf from
! vtrana admin utration For furl hat
Information .ran thoultj ooatsici or
mt Uwu atami VA offtc.
Increases In disability and death
compensation for veteran and
their dependent, voted by the 81st
congress In mnt casts wUl be re
wired In check issued for the
month Of TaMVPTraM- fwi-4ine
the veterans aomlnistratlon. Check. I i00-1" " "terlng
wiu oe mailed the first of January.
ronowuig
Film Fanfare
John Wayne Gets Merry
Christmas--Biq Box Office
By BOB THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD, Dec 24 W John
Wayne Isn't looking for Santa
Claus tonight: he already has his
Christmas gift.
"Being nominated as number two
on the box-office list la the best
Christmas present I could get," said
the rangy star.
Wayne is philosophical about his
success and attributes it to the
fact that his films show "honest
motion."
"The reason some pictures are so
bad," he declared, "la that the di
rector or writer or actor la afraid
to show sentiment. They'll twist
the plot around to avoid It. And
they are wrong. The world loves
aenument.
Tears
"All my successful pictures were
mis Because they were frankly
sentimental. The women in the
audience cried, anr they loved It.
"There will be sentiment in my
Present picture, 'Jet Pilot,' too.
I'll plsy some scenes with a baby.
People will be curious to see now a
big bruiser handles a baby."
Acting, he continued, doesn't re
quire any formal lessons. (Wayne
received his dramatic training on
the DSC football team.)
"Of course, an actor has to ac
quire poise either through dramatic
; schooling or by working In quickies.
But lessons don t make an actor.
Reaction .
"I've learned that what's being
said In a scene isn't so Important.
its tne reaction to what a being
saia. Tne more natural tht rt
action, the better the actor. That's
why kids are so good on the screen
tneir reactions are completely na
tural.
Without appearing so, Wayne Is
one of the smartest actors In the
business. He Is aware of his
limitations and will not undertake
anything that is over his depth.
e is aiso not afraid of work.
"I have four Dicturea alreadv
J lined up for next year, which means
i m not going to have any time off.
But," he added hastily, "I'm not
complaining."
Singer
Reflecting on his 20-year career
In films, Wayne recalled that he
was the screen's first singing cow
boy. "I played a character who always
sang when he got mad," he recalled.
"Soon they had me eettins mart
three times In every picture. That
was too much. I'm not a singer.
w x uuwea ouu
A lad named Gene Autrey in
nentea tne job,
U a brief summanr nt
the changes in disability and death
compensation payments resulting
from new legislation:
Largest group to get Increase! la
composed of veterans with service-
connected disabilities rated from 10
per cent to 100 per cent In degree,
including the service-disabled of
World Wars I and II and veteran.
disabled aa the result of peacetime
service subsequent to July is. was.
Average Increase la I.T per cent.
maows receivine Mmivnuiim,
because of the service - connected
death of a veteran, and who have
one or more children, also will get
Dependency allowances, previous
1 allowed only for veterans rimm.
ing compensation for service-eon.
nected disabilities rated 60 per cent
or more, have now been nun
miner we new law to those veter
sas rated SO to SO oer cent rii..
a bled.
New legislation also granta an in.
crease In disability comnn.M
wvue so worm War I veteran.
whose disabilities are -Iin4 ....
der law aa -presumed" to be due
to service. These veterans formerly
were entitled to onlv 7S, n
me rates payable for direct sem.
fc-cmuiccieo. usabilities. They are
now restored to the full rate.
saore uoeral. statutory diMhnii.
ratings have beet, provided In cases
" "vx-connected. arrested tuberculosis.
The law also liberalise, "linr.
duty" requlrtmctiu aa tri .ni.
to service personnel whose disease.
w x-a was incurred (not
due to willful misconduct, ,mi i
confinement under sentence of court
martial or civil court. Such cases
m oe aojuagea une-of-duty, pro
vided the court martial sentence
did not Involve an unremitted dis
honorable discharge, or a civil court
sentence not Involving a felony
QUESTION OF THE WEEK.
.. After my discharge from
World War IL I surrendered my
110,000 National Service Life Insur
ance converted policy for the cash
value. I have reenlisted .nn
insurance again. Am I eligible?
A. Yes. AUDllCatlon fnr n Mar t
may be made while you axe In ac
tive service.
Farmers Get New
Tax Filing Date
A new provision has been an
nounced by the treasury department
which will permit a farmer to file
his income tax return on or before
r louowing the close of
his taxable year.
Previously a fanner h.H ... .
HWWKUUU OX 111. MT malMl ,
T. .... . u
, jouowing us, taxable
In the new provision. f- .
can now pay the full amount of
,7 . ' ule ena of January In
lieu of the deri.r.H .TlJi'
January is. "iu"cu m
Miss America
Announces
Enaaaement
PHOENIX. Alls, Dec. 24 IfwMlM
America has announced her engage
ment to her high school and college
boy friend who hated beauty con
tests.
Jerque Mercer, vivacious brunette
from Litchfield Park. Arts, breesed
In 44 minutes late last night for the
engagement party at which It was
nvealed she will marry Douglas
Cook. 20-year-old art student, on
July 4.
A big sign. "We'll lose our Inde
pendence on Independence Day" an
nounced to the 400 guests that It-year-old
Jacque and her "steady" of
five years standing planned to visit
the preacher. They don't think shell
have to give up her Miss America
title when she becomes a Mrs.
Late
Jacque and Doug worked until the
last minute putting the finishing
touches on posters that formed the
party decorations, then they hurried
out to change clothes, and didn't get
back In time for Iht start of the
party.
There ant any engagement ring.
"We plan Just to have a double ring
wending ceremony, Jacque ex
plained.
When Doug left for classes at the
University of Chicago, he advised
Jacque against entering a Miss
Phoenix contest. Evidently not a
woman to be swayed, the native Art
sons ranch girl not only became
Miss Phoenix, she became Misa Art
sons and Miss America as well.
Acclaim
Her face, curves and acting won
the acclaim of the Atlantic City
Judges in the big contest. Her meas
urements: five-feet four-Inches tall,
log pounds, 34-inch bust, 22-lnch
waist, and 34-lnch hips.
Young Cook admitted Just before
Uu announcement party that "beau
ty contests were things I hated."
"I was pleased, amazed and airuut
when I learned Jacque won," Doug
admitted.
Unhappy News
For Workers
HAVERHILL. Mass, Dec. 24
Pay envelopes containing unhappy
news were received yesterday by
some 450 employes of Toby True
Shoe company.
Notices In the envelopes told the
workers the factory "Is now closing
oown ana will not resume opera
Ucns.
Most of tht work force was caught
oy surprise.
Stomped
The company, whose payroll ex
ceeded S1.SOO.000 annually, said
there was no solution to its problems
"and we are therefore left with no
alternative."
Tht plant la the second to dose
In Haverhill within two weeks.
Unity Shot Makers company an
nounced recently that alter re
organization It would open a plant
in Newnuryport and close Its fac
tory here.
The two closings mean tht loss of
approximately 1000 Jobs In Haver
niu.
CHEAPER TURKEY
PORTLAND, Dec. 24 UP Trade
sources today reported that turkey
prices might drop 5 to g cents after
the holidays. Besides slackened con
sumer buying, government price
support Duying will end January
A New Line on You!
i
GINO'S DRIVE IN
Will CIom Saturday, Dee. 24 at 4 p. m.
Will Open on or Before Jon. 10, 1950
WE WANT TO EXTEND
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
To All Our Friends and Customers
Marriage Mrrn-.
OODARD-BEN8E. Albert Oodard.
, boxman native of N. Y resident
nUmtn . Prances Albert
Bense, 44. native nf in..
of Klamath Palls.
Justice Court
Melburn Randall Atkins, combina
tion overload, fine S100.
James W. Prazler. acsault and bat
tery, fine $50 or 25 days.
John Walka Fleming, no wheel
WTers, line 13.34J.
i nomas Firmer Jackson, illegal
i os same Diros, lint 129 SO
Roy Johnson. Illegal possescion of
game oiras, line S2S.50.
ecu .Clinton .Neuberry, .illegal
possession of game birds, tint 129.50.
n. i. v ester, overload, fine $25.
Clarence D. Harrison, combination
overload, fine $1430.
Ardlth Minera Smith, no license,
ujie ea.ou. v
Ardlth Minerva Smith. nn whn.
light, fine $5.60.
Francis "llbert Kirk, lnadrauate
emergency brake, tint KM.
Frank Summers, no license, tint
$530.
Mark Anthony Forelauiat. no 11-
cense, fine $530.
Oscar Edwin Harper, Improper
muffler, fine $10.
Fred Phelps Jr. five In front teat,
fine $10.
Ralph Dl Battkta, hunting for mi
gratory wildfowl during prohibited
hours, fine $14.50
Oene Adrian Page, failure to stop
at stop aign, fine $630.
Timothy Benjamin White, hunt
ing for migratory waterfowl during
prohibited bourse, fine $1430.
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