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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1954)
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE FOURTEEN EXTRA THE HERALD AND NEWS, THURSDAY, JULY 15, .1954 NO. 1 VOL. 1 I fytpa U SPECIAL EDITION , J ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT I i '. MUTOIiOliOOiM FP STORES Prices Murdered In Every Department Wise shoppers will make Ore gon Pood Btores their headquarters lor all their grocery needs. They can rely on Oregon Food to bring them the very best in groceries, meats and produce, with the add ed advantage of S & H Green StamDS at no added cost. They know that Oregon Food Slore prices are always lower. Wholesale Murder Of Cost Of Living Innocent bystanders are aston ished at the tremendous savings offered at this premedltnted mur der of high prices. When inter viewed they cxclulmed, "Don't miss checking the price of every Item on the shelves at all three stores." Fair Weather The Weather Bureau today promised fair weather for the start of this Murderous Onslaught on High Prices. kene Of Atrocious OREGON FOOD STORE No. 3, 4480 South Sixth, scene of notorious price murder, was iden tified as the headquarters of the slash gang. Equally important, hideouts No. 2 and No. 4, were found to be at 2410 South Sixth and 1315 Oregon Avenue. The latter are not pictured. Joe Fales Admits Guilt, Explains Lust for VoSume F Admits Guilt! "Actions Justified" Claim Accused ... Mr. and Mrs. Buying Public to Direct Defense . J "OREGON JOE" the Mob Chief Quiet, mild-mannered Joe Falcs Kill in his oflico at Oregon Food atore today nnd calmly told his Ktoiy. The owner of KUimuth Falls three laruo.st Independent food Ktoves is charged with committing murder ngaln.st the high cost ol Jiving. The accused man readily admit ted his fjuilt. Although there were accomplices who worked with him, he said the crime was instigated by him nnd carried out under his direction. i Speakinir in a clear, unwaver ing voice, Falcs explained his mo tives. "The reasons for this action are quite clear," he said. "We buy I) from week to week and are there fore able to keep our stocks bal anced at all times. We have no middleman or warehouse expense and this menus lower handling Rich Maid Hot Prices On Ice In Frozen Foods Ice Cream Ice Milk Hi-West Peas Orange Juice Lemonade ' costs on every item. Decreased handling costs mean lower over head which Is passed on to the consumer in the form of rock bottom prices on almost every item." Add to these savings the sav ings gained by buying the dollar specials and you find that shop pers who buy the dollar specials and In case lots do so at the very lowest prices at Oregon Food Stores. "By keeping our prices low ev ery day," Fales said, "we have kept our business fairly evenly divided between each day of the week. The savings gained by this even distribution of business have as usual been passed on to the shopper." Although he confessed his guilt, Joe was confident he would be acquitted. The accused man in sisted that housewives witl free him after they discover that, iu addition to Sfcll Green Stamps, he is offering still lower prices on dozens of items. Evidence of fered includes: Wesson Oil Rich Maid Quarts Quarts Flavor Pak Flavor Pak 2 2 59 39 10' 25 25" (?t. 49e Snowdrift 3 ib, 69c Trusted Employes Skeptical But Willing Check-out clerks at Oregon Fcod Stores are frankly skepiical of the planned diabolical daughter, and are making sly calculations on how the slore will stand the consequences. Prominent Victim Mr. Watt R. Melon (Free with $10.00 Purchases Friday, Saturday and Sunday) Owe- Wove Slaughter Startles Community THE ABOVE PICTURE was not identified at press time as being the gang's conception of a modern day price gallows or a new front for scene of the atrocities. The tremendous price cutting spree, unsurpassed in down-to-earth bargains, brought great throngs as the outrage on the community widens. foe Slayer Still Free Mil I IttX ( "Celery Head" Gates Still on the Loose George Gates, another prominent member of the mur der mob, was still at large this afternoon, but had been seen making perparation for his own fiendish part in the OREGON FOOD STORE price murder this morning. Armed to the teeth with a bucket of ice and a vegetable knife, he was carving huge chunks out of produce prices through-out the FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DEPARTMENTS. He was seen attacking the following victims: Radishes, Gr. Onions "Celery Head" Gates Checking Service Set Say Managers P t 2 1 v jtfv ij r v. w Suspect Held This suspicious character was found slashing ladies blouses! She is also accused of lowering ladies nylon stock ings: Items which she prices suspiciously low arc: First Quality Hose NYI OMC SI gauge-IS denier Ladies and Girls BLOUSES 1.19 volue Little Boy Style Regular 3.98 Hand Painted Cups and Saucers Cold Pack Nellie I The Fence) Angstcad CANNERS7--ffCflpotguiar2.3, 79c 99c 39c 1.19 .1 . ; Bob (Light Fingers) Eklund and Fanny (Quick Changel Strong Although Joe Fales realizes his crime committed against high food costs will draw a penalty as serious as packing Oregon Food Stores with customers, he is confi dent that the efficient checkout services will handle pur chasers with the speed and courtesy that is due each, no matter the size of his grocery bag. Swonsons, Colored Cubes Mb. Margarine Wax Paper Nestles Milk Grape Juice 15c Diamond 125: Ralls Tall Tins Betsy Ross Fisher 40-oi. pkg. 19 219" 29 25 24-or Cherries Ashland Bings LEMONS TOMATOES Ib. 2 19' -15 - 25 Customers Identify Clerks Caught Giving Prizes Not only was premeditated price murder com mi tied by the "Ore son' Falcs gang at al three of their haunts, but customers actual ly at the scene of the crimes id entified accomplices giving away biff juicy watermelons with each $10.00 order, Fri., Sat. and Sun. Investigating officers said that these watermelon thugs' were iam;ht the net. red-hancttd. and that they had thumpin? good cases against ah. They said that luscious red nivat was concealed under the shiny green skins of eacn melon. Food Prices Victims of Slashing Probably the most astonishing crime ever perpetrated in Klam ath Falls against the high cost of living is taking place at Oregon Food Stores. Dozens of grocery Items will go under the axe in a price-cutting spree expected to benefit every homemaker in Klamath Falls and surrounding area. Headman Joe Fales, in announc ing his criminal intentions, said the big price-slashing event will run for a week. He gave this reai son for keeping special prices in effect from Thursday thru Wednes day. "By extending the time lim its of the sale thru next Wednes day, we hope to let all the shop pers In the area reap th,e benefits from the lowered prices, regard less of where they are in the habit of shopping." Gerber's Baby Food Strained or Chopped Can Garden Glow FREESTONE No. 2Vl Cans PEACHES Sea Tanq TUNA No. Vi f (05 c Cans . IS JJf Ginqham Toiiei Pack Paper , MA A Morgan (Chopper) Johnson Ruthless Slayer Confesses Guilty Victims Are Identified Morgan Johnson, manager of the meat department at Oregon Food Stores, has admitted that he played a vital part in the planning of the price murder now under way at Oregon Food. In a signed statement handed to news men early this morning, Morgan confessed his part in the crime and explained the reasons for his conduct. His victims were neatly laid out in the handy self service meat counter and they were identified as follows: rure (3 lbs. 85c) Ground Beef Sliced Keith (Butcher) Ruconich BACON Sealed Package Boiling ieef Brisket 29' 5c J "BUCK DEALS" GALORE - THROUGHOUT THE STORES
