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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1955)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31. 1955 PAGE EIGHT Port Chicago Hearings Held FAIRFIELD (UP) investi gating House Aimed Services Suo commlttee moved to Fairfield to rf.v fnr final hetrinas which could determine the late of the naval ammunition depot at Port Chicago. ntm Kiihcommlttee. headed by Hep. Melvin Price (D-Illi. will ' hear arguments on a proposal to Integrate the Port Chicago depot with a requested Army ammuni tion depot in Uie rouero jiuia ui Solano Ccunly. Funds have been budgeted, but not appropriated for the Army in stallation. Yesterday at Marline, the five- man subcommittee nearo leaur- of Contra Costa County argue that Port Chicago's depot should be "removed entirely" from that county. More than 150 residents appear ed to protest a Navy proposal to acquire some 450O acres of land around the present Installation for uie as a "buffer strip" to prevent another disastrous explosion such as the 1M4 tragedy which killed 324 persons. Spokesmen for surrounding com- jath County Farm Bureau centers inunitie lesiiiiea mat k .j wui ne neia ai tne ruamam iuun- -"v 1 Oregon Vets' Advice Given BEN ROBINSON Farm Bureau Meet Slated The annual meeting of the Klam- expansion would force 1500 tarn- -rilies to move ana wouia emuumtc Port Chicago and Nichols. Attorney Thomas M. Carlson of Richmond, representing the Contra V'Cosla Board of Supervisors. niBln "tained Uie land occupied by the -,S0O-acre liistallalion was vastly more valuable as an Industrial site. Carlson said that the uncertain ,.Ltatus of the depot has Impaired f property values of surrounding ereas and worked a considerable hardship on residents. m.- ...KHnmmHif nlnna to re- i buuvuiiii, I port its findings to the full Armed . snrviees Committee at the next aession of congress. I Education Board -To Ask Funds PORTLAND Wt The State Board of Higher Education decided i Tuesday to ask the State Emer gency Board for an additional 189,- 000 needed for construction of Portland State College's first new classroom building. The board reported low bids for the four-story structure to be lo cated In downtown Portland totaled about (039.000. Only (850,000 is available for the project. Dr. J. F. Cramer, president of the college, reported that a meet ing with emergency board mem bers had been scheduled at Salem for Sept. 9 to hear the request for the additional funds. William E. Walsh of Coos Bay, a member of the committee, aald Ihe funds affected not Just the single building but "the plan for luture expansion of the college." The other members. Bernard Mninwaring, Salem, and Lelf Fin seth, Dallas, predicted that the next session of the Legislature would be fared with urgent de mands for further expansion of the college. ly Fairgrounds Monday, Septem ber 5. Guest speaker at the pel luck dinner in Joan's Kitchen, Monday evening, starting at 6:30, will be Ben Robinson of LaUrande. Rob inson is president of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation and this will be the first visit of a state president to a Klamath County meeting in many years. The meeting Is open to the pub lic and membership In the Farm Bureau Is not a requirement lor attendaucc. Those attending the potluck din ner are asked to bring table serv ice lor themselves and family. Ice cream and coffee will be furnif-hed and entertainment for the smaller children will be provided. Officers for the coming year will be elected at the annual meeting Monday. Former Klamath Resident Dies Mrs. Rose O. Bell, mother of the late Bob Longuevllle of Klam ath Falls, died last Tuesday in Redmond after a long illness. She is survived by her widower, Delmar Bell of Redmond. The Bells are former residents of Klam ath Falls. Other survivors are two grandchildren, Cecllle and Nikola Longuevllle, children of Mrs, Jack Roper, 2080 Etna Street. Funeral services will be held in Redmond and interment will be in Klamath Memorial Park at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. CLOSING OUT SALE continual KLAMATH FURNITURE CO. ' 221 Main World War II and Korean vet erans were reminded this week of their possible entitlement to state of Oregon educational bene fits while attending college, main school cashes, or business, voca tional, technical or other accredit ed schools. ' Raymond E. Pettvy, education al officer for the Oregon male De partment of Veterans' Affairs, aald Ntudems should establish eligibility ana me tncir application terms immediately with his ottice. Appli cations by mail should go to the Salem oil ice, in Ihe Slate iinance building. They may be filed In per son at eitncr tne Salem or Port land oflices, or through county vet- erans' service officers. The nec essary fornis are also available at most schools. State aid pays the veteran (SO a month while enrolled in a full time undergraduate college course, or $35 a month for any other ac crcaited course requiruig at least 40 classroom hours of attendance monthly. Attendance of less than 40 hours a month will pay at the rate of 87 'a cents per classroom hour, . To be entitled, the veteran must have been an Oregon resident for nt least one year prior to his World War II or Korean service, and- he must have served at least nix months. The Korean veteran must have served in Korea. The benefit Is paid for as many months as the veteran spent service, to a maximum of 36 months. Stale aid is not payable at the same time the veteran is receiving educational benefits under the icdcral UI bill. It cannot be paid ior corresponoence wora, nor tor nobby courses. There Is no dead line for Korean veterans. World War II veterans must begin train ing before December 31, 1956, Harry Dexter White Probe Turns Up Official Papers Man Killed By Falling Pole AUMSVILLE, Ore.'U A power pole snapped and fell to the ground Tuesday killing one man and ser iously Injuring another when an automobile struck a guy wire which was holding up the pole. Axel Carlson, 28, Albany, was killed outright, and Don Double dee, 30, Albany, suffered burns and other Injuries when the 40-foot pole they were working on toppled, pin ning them to the ground. The driver of the automobile was Identified by Dep. Coroner Wendel Weddel as Tharon Valarida, 19. a transient farm worker. Valarida was not cited by police. Carlson and Doubledee were stringing.a new power line for the Pacillc Power and Light Co. at the time of the accident. IT'S POOLE'S for TOYS The Tear 'Round TOT STORE! k SCHOOL TIME sk COLORS: BLACK Sf ' BROWN o aAM TAN S W AVOCADO k S" Th BLUE . ':'of 595 ,a r jp? tlx (Hi4Ui CONCORD, N.H. url The chair man of the Senate Internal Be-! eurlty subcommittee aava a broad I inquiry Into influences exerted en U.S. policy In China and luropa wai aided by a hearing yesterday on the late Harry Dexter White. Sen. James O. Eastland (D- Mlsa) aald also that an "Indivi dual" he did not identify will be Investigated loon on the basis of documents found in White's sum mer home In Fltzwllllim.a N.H., and turned over to him. The material was gathered b7 New Hampshire Arty. Oen. Louis O. Wyman, who dug into a big cardboard box' for an hour and half at the hearing and produced files of correspondence, olfieisl papers and photographs. .; White was assistant aeeretary of Treasury In the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, a post he left In 1946 to become U. S. direc tor of the International Monetary Fund. White, the center of severs! con gressional investigations into charges he passed Information to the Communists, died at his sum mer home in 1948. three days af ter he denied before the House Un-American Activities Committee that he never was a Communist or engaged In espionage. Among the documents produced by Wyman were: A communication' stamped "se cret," sent to Treasury Secretary Henry MorgenUieu Jr. ' by the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dec. 13, 142, Inviting him to name a representa tive to a planning group on the formation of as Office of Strategic serrlaes. Morgenthsu earned White. ; Air unsigned-la iter .to President Truman, dated July 13, 1946, sug gesting "programs lor internation- al control of atomic energy for peace and so as not to annoy the Russians." . - ' A copy or a July i, 145, iener from White to Prol. Philip Jessup of Columbia University telling of wnne a interest la creation Of "a world eenter -for economic prob lems at Columbia" -and in hlch he 11 id "I waa stimulated in this by my conversation , with Prof, Bystioff of the. Soviet Embsssv." A-War Department order dated July 24, 194. exempting White rrom customs inspection because of his diplomatic capacity. Several "workers' song books," one of which contained, the phrase "Lenin, our leader." Correspondence indicating White had a dinner engagement with Prof. Byjtroff and. acknowledging a gift of wine and eigarettes from the Soviet Purchasing Commission. Correspondence- in which White urged former Vice President Henry Wallace to form . a third party. Another of White's narjers turned over to the Eastland subcommittee contained a detsiled Secret Service report on the theft of secret nDer at the United .Nations Conference in San Francisco; in 194a.-. The., missing papers carried White's official government num ber "M." The secret Service re port indicated the missing-papers were recovered but did not ssv where er how. Chamber Plans Health Meet Some 400 business executives. Including personnel managers, med ical directors, safety supervisors, and othera concerned with indus trial health problems, will gather from all parts of the region for the aecond annual Pacific North west Industrial Health Conference to be held In Portland September 12 and 13. Nationally recognized leaders In the field of industrial health will bo In Portland to participate in the panels, symposiums and dis cussions on such subjects as health programs for small plants, health Insurance in Industry, making use of community health resources and the cardiac as an employe. Speakers include such men as the chairman of the American Medical Association's Council on Industrial Health, the medical di rector of ripnpral Ptrnltim the second vice president of Metropoli tan L.ne insurance company, tne personnel manr fnr ijiivwri the general manager for Sutherland rapcr vuuipany. tne meaical ai rector for Tacoma Smelter, the safety supervisor for Portland Gas and Coke Company and a promi nent cardiologist from Boston. Invitations have been sent out from the conference headquarters in the Portland Chamber of Com merce office tn firms inHvi4iiale and other chambers of commerce in tne region. All meetings will ho hrlH In the Multnomah Hotel in Portland. 20 0 A I 3 T.ltltf.U-S.ra1M. im hf KEA tr'. In. "Look, son! I don't care if you do make the world forget ; " Fritz Kreisler I want you to come into the firm and sell : some tractors 1" You Can Be Sure The Job Is Done Right When Done Bv GRAHAM BROS. ?.' 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