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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1949)
TUESDAY, DEC. 27, 1947 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE 1TV Citizens of Fire-Razed Town Spunkily Face Rebuilding Job HYNDMAN, Pa., Deo. JT W The I amount for a (own of about 1MM fir which leveled thla mountain eommunlty'a bualneae section hu lorurd new spirit of clvlo pride til Hyndinan. That bartmi apparent today a mtrclianu, Imrn olllclaU and busl neasmen started to lay plana for a new and better town. Tha ChrUtmaa Eva flra burnad out tliraa blorka ol tha center of town. Tha bank. 19 othar business bulldlnn. about 20 homta and tha piMt office wara reduced to twisted, charred wreckage. An unofficial estimate of damage compiled by bu!neunien placed It at around 11,000,000 a aUKverlng M'ArthurOKs Funds for Nip Fleet Program TOKYO. Dee. J7 0)1 General MacArUiur Uxlsy (ava tha Jape nee government parmlulon 10 apend 1,900,000.000 yen (nearly 174.. 000,000) to build up Nippon'! mer chant marina. J'axller tha allied occupation com- uTaVider announced private 1m porta will be reatored In Japan on New Year'a Day. Tha merchant marina program provide for tha coiutrurtlon of J76.000 iroea tons In new ahlpa and tha eonvarnlon of 173.000 iroaa tona of war time veaarla to ocean going merchant ahlpa. Una a. rep sJacArthurs headquarter! a a I d tha releaaa of funds for tha ship ping waa part of a general program to rehabilitate Japaneaa shipping and reduce the cnat of Import. Occupation sources have long ar tued that If Japan could Import and export under her own steam the United States could reduc It spending In Japan. Tha coat of tooda brought to Japan In American ahlpa haa been estimated at 19 per cant for frelgnt. Befor tha wtr Japan had mer chant fleet estimated at between a.OOO.OOO and 6.000.000 groaa tona. Mar fleet today la estimated at 1, 09,000 tana. In authorising privet Import, MacArthur took tha final step tn re luming Japan's foreign trade to pri vate hands. Export were put on private baala on Dec 1. Tha general haa authorised trans fer to Japanese government control in, 000,000 of foreign exchange In VM. dollars and pounds starling. In addition MacArthur approved the releaaa of M3J.O00 for loan to email businesses. DoDUlatton, Hut nyndman nas not Dowea to fat. Heller Town' "We are going to build ft better town tlinn wa ever had before. Charlea O. Burns, cashier of the burned-nut bank declared. "The flra haa bound the commu nity together," Oeome Keller, prin cipal of ttie local high school said. It la really ainaalng. Everyone is helping." Tha high school waa not damaged by tha Ira. Emergency relief head quarters were set up there. Keller said "I do not know of a single person who la not doing all ha can. wa now nave ciuseiy knit town. for yeara I've been trying to get folks to think about remodeling ou.' school. In tha past two days, there have been resldenta helping out here who have never seen the imlde of the school before. Now they ara talking about a nev. high school building: Merchant were talking anoul get ting coiutrurtlon of new stores and oil Ices underway Immediately "he bank will reopen In a new temporary headquartera tomorrow. It haa engaued an expert U open the. vault, standing alone In the burned-out area. It contained about 112.000 In caiih. (lean-up Clean-up work started while smoke waa atlll rising from the blarkened debris. The Red Crow moved Into tills Southwestern Pennsylvania town to help In tha big Job ahead. Hyndman haa been declared a Red Cross dlsnster area. Pood, clothing, furniture and other llama to help the town bark on It feet ara being distributed by Red Cross workers. Assistant Director Andrew M. Oregg of the Red Cross' Eastern area disaster service, said that those who owned their own homes would be eligible for reconstruction grant. Yule Tragedy The fire started when a Christmas tree In the home of oommers P sher blaxed up. PUher's wife. Cor rlne. 80, was trapped and died In the fire. Putter waa burned badly anl la In serious condition at Me morial hospital In nearby Cumber land. Md. The blase swept quickly through tha old building that made up tha heart of the town. AP Newefealurea i BEDROOM BATH" i KITCHEN DINING 11.2X10-0 r !i9-10x8-8 9-10X8-10 B I -12 M mi ! BEDROOM LIVING ROOM I 14-6X11-4. 7jZ 16-8x16-6 I RL- J A SMART PLAN for economical coiutrurtlon, this layout can be given a vart-of external treatmenta. Two of four facade designs are shown here. Thla la plan B-1521 by Alwln Caasena, Jr., architect, llt-SS Qurena Boulevard, Porest Hills, N. Y. It covers an ares of 928 square feet and haa in additional 390 square feet of floor apace up stairs. With basement It haa a content of 20,4 H cubic feet. The simple rectangle of thla plan, broken only by Ita large protruding picture window, keepa building coats down. A sheltered entrance la provided by the wide roof overhang In front. t PlANt-ISZI, Yule Biaze ills Four Little Girls HAMBURO. Oermany, Dec. 27 (" Pour Utile girls have died after their dreaaea caught tire from the eandle-llt Christina tree at a Oer man orphanage party, police at Buechen. Lower Baxony, reported today. Tha children were between eight and 12 yeara of age. Police aald the orphana and other children etaged the ChrUtmaa play "Snowflake" on Christmas Eva. The little girl wore cotton coalumea aa anowflakea. On of them caught her costume afire from the ChrUt maa tree and ran screaming among the other tot. Altogether six gtrLV dreaaea biased. Two girls died on ChrUtmaa Day nd two others yesterday. AIRLINE RECORD SEATTLE. Dec. 27 WV-The best year ever. That waa the report by Croll Hunter, president and general manager of Northwest Airlines, for the first 11 months of 1MB. Hunter aald the line carried 711.015 pas sengers through November 20, slightly better than 111.000 more than the year before. Services Schedule Arctic Training WABHINOTON. Dec. 27 iPi Training for work under simulated A.ctlc conditions will be given more than too naval reserve engineers and Beabeea during the next three months at the army's Camp Hale, high up In Colorado, The reservist. coming1 from alatea wast of the Mississippi, will get their training In three groups of 276 men each, with the first group going Into camp January 14 for a two-week course. Army expert will show the naval reservist the speelal technique needed If a war should be fought the Par North, Including the of sled trains, plows, and living anj working out-of-doors when the thermometer la below aero. Klamath Basin Farmers Vitit With Your Friends and Neighbor, Jan. 4. Crater Lake Machinery Co. 4 1Wf YOU'LL itvM m t Mi III tm190Stmt W jtjttsa At, I . JateV amwun .. mat ,cj niMnri KWiMfffm.amr. 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