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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1960)
HERALD AND NEWS. Klartiath Falls. Ore. Sundav, Fob. 14. IflfiO Business News By FLORENCE JENKINS The appointment of L. C. Burk lund as sales manager (commer cial) and C. C. Coriiglla as sale: manager (retail! (or the Oregon division of the Union Oil Co. ol California is announced by Jamci E. McCaffrey, division sales man ager . . . both will headquarter in Portland ... in addition, E. Brusher has been appointed resi orient sales manager for Portland and W. M. Tufts has been named as real estate representative for the Oregon division. 0 At the annual meeting of Gen eral America Corp. stockholders on Jan. 28, an amendment of the articles of incorporation was ap proved to split the stock on a two-for-one basis, change the par value from $10 to $5 a share and in crease the authorized number of chares from- 600,000 to 2,500,000 effective Feb; 19 , . . certificates representing the new shares will be distnouted in mid-March (stockholders of record as of Feb 19. Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. en Monday by the base procure ment officer, 408th Fighter Group, Kingsley Field, for furnishing pro pane gas for the 777th AC&W Squadron, Klamath Air Force Sta tion . . . specifications with above office. 0 The second of a series of re gional mortgage workshop confer ences under the sponsorship of the department of mortgage finance of the American Bankers Associa tion, will be held in San Fran Cisco on Feb. 22-24 at the Fair mont Hotel, according to Dr. Kurt F. Fleiner, director . , . the con ference will draw its attendance from seven western states. John Sandmeyer, Klamath Falls insurance man, has been appoint ed to a one-year term on the exe cutive committee of the Oregon As sociation of Insurance Agents, it Is ajuiounced by Frank Amerata, Portland, OAIA president . Sandmeyer will represent indepen dent agents of the 2nd Congres sional District on the 13-member governing body of the state organ ization ... he is celebrating his 20th year as a Klamath Falls agent, is a past president of the 20-30 Club, Junior Chamber of Commerce and YMCA board . he served also as president of the Oregon State Jaycees. 0 For the fifth consecutive year, Kiamatn f ails snowed a gain in the number of business firms, ac cording to a release from Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. . . . the I960 edition of the firm's reference book lists 640 businesses, an in crease of .5 per cent . . . the reference book lists all manufac turers, wholesalers and retailers who seek or grant commercial credit . . . if such service and professional businesses as beauty and barber shops, security deal ers and real estate brokers were included, it would show the actual number of businesses much higher than quoted. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Hamaker at tended a convention of American Social ion of Rental Operators at Long Beach on Feb. 9, 10 and 11 . . . they have been in the rental business in Klamath Falls for the last five years . . . since last May 1 they have been located at 1003 E. Main as Valley Rental Service. A contract was awarded to In ternational Paper Co., Longview, Wash., on bid of $3,057, by U.S. Forest Service for furnishing bridge timbers and bridge abut ment timbers to Fremont National Forest at South Fork Deep Creek bridge site about 27 miles south east of Lakeview. , . . Inv. No. R6-60-201. Edwin L. Noble has been named as general manager of the Oregon division for S&W Fine Foods, Inc., it is announced by Joseph Blumlein, president of the food packing and distributing firm, . . . tNoble started the division opera tion with headquarters in Portland in 1937 and served as manager for 17 years, then was reassigned to S&W's headquarters to manage and develop the firm's expanding government contract business . . . his headquarters are at 2233 NW 22nd Ave., Portland . . . well known in the food trade, he is a past president of the Inspirators of Oregon ... he succeeds George H. Swanson who resigned to enter a new business venture. 0 Ray D. Blair, district manager, and George Anderson, (office in -Medical Dental Bldg), Klamath Falls, both members of the North ern California Agency of California-Western States Life Insurance Co., attended their firm's ad vanced underwriting conference at the Riverside Hotel at Reno. . ; . Blair and Anderson qualified for attendance at the conference by meeting company production stan dards during 1959. The greatest depth of snow on the gound at Crater Lake National Park headquarters during Janu- the ground at Crater Lake National to Otto M. Brawn, park superin tendent . . , this was an all-time low as was the cumulative snow fall at the end of the month, 169 inches . . . the snow survey taken Jan 28 showed the water content to be 18.72 inches, only 56 per cent of the five-year average. 0 The Great-West Life Assurance Co. recorded all-time high new sales of almost $590 million and paid over $77 million in benefits to policyholders and beneficiaries in 1959, the largest amount ever paid in one year . . . this Was reported by D. E. Kilgour, president, to the company's 68th annual meeting in Winnipeg on Feb. 2 . . . total business in force (life insurance and annuities owned by all policy holders I stood at $4,617,682,000 at the end of 1959. . . . U.S. businbss in force topped the $2 billion mark and is now 43 per cent of the total The Iron Fireman annual college scholarship competition is an nounced by Lewis J. Cox, presi dent of Iron Fireman, 2838 SE 9th Ave., Portland . , . two awards, one to Portland State College and one to Oregon State College, for first year tuition and fees will be made to winners from among 1960 Oregon high school graduates in the upper one-third of, their classes who plan to make engineering a career , , . full details are in the hands of all Oregon high school principals. The Waterfill and Frazier Dis tillery ..Co.;" Bardstown, Kentucky, is 150 years old this year. , . . Joseph H. Maklcr, president, has announced that the anniversary theme will influence all newspaper advertising during 1960 . . , the company's expansion plans call for completion of two additional warehouses during the year in ad dition to the January opening of a newly-constructed warehouse in or der to provide for the distillery's ubstantially increased production. , Makler states that sales vol ume of Kentucky straight Bour bon and other straight whiskies is rapidly cutting down the small margin of sales lead still held by whiskey blends. 0 During 1959, Greyhound rolled up more than $20 million in revenue transporting inventory items rang ing from gears to penicillin, house wares to handbags and baseball bats to barbed wire . . . covering 100,000 route miles, operating 5,600 buses, Greyhound serves every major city in each of the 48 stales, connecting these cities with more than 25,000 smaller towns with fre quent, scheduled service. n? I hh vlf A Ai ALFRED D. COLLIER of Klamath Falls is second from right in this photo of the State Parks Advisory Committee as they viewed a proposed park site at the mouth of Deschutes River in north central Oregon recently. Others, from left, are Sidney Bazett of Grants r"i -ne5Tor n. rmsirong, siaie parKj superintendent, William M. Tugman of Reeds port, and Robert B. Frazier of Eugene. I Q oii MARCH l) S. DAKOTA If )jKI2i V r MY, AHilllV OHIO MWAYVVJ Woman Called Anastasia Either Tragedy; Phony By ROBERT .Ml'SEL I'nilrd Press InU-riiutioiial HA.MIU'ltU. Germany (L'l'l) - The woman who calls herself Grand Duchess Anastasia of ltu: ia is either one o( the world most tragic figures or one of the world's great impostors. The civil court here has been engaged for more than two year in trying to determine which, and a decision may not come down lor another year or more. When it does, both sides hope it will bring to an end 27 years ft intermittent litigation and final ly solve the mystery of the girl who tried to commit suicide in Ihc Lamlwchr Canal in Berlin 40 years axo this month. To neutrals she is known as Mrs. Anna Anderson." She claimed, while a. patient in an institution after the attempted suicide, to be the only child of Czar Nicholas II to survive the massacre of the entire immediate Homanov family by Bolsheviks in a house at Ekaterinburg in 1018 over tne years Her opponents including most of the blood datives of the Czar and Czarina and her supporters have divided violently over her claims A fantastic hoax," said Prince Vasili Romanov, tf cousin who was a childhood playmate of the ;'ual Anastasia. Anastasia s tutor, Pierre Gilli- ard, wrote a book about Mrs Anderson titled "The False Ana tasia. His wife, who was Ana- stasia's governess, rejected the hospital patient. PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PRIMARIES - Newsmap spots the states that will sample the voters' inclinations with presidential primaries and the dates they will take place. Lake County Extension Agent Named Bid Opening Set The Oregon Highway Commis sion announced today that It would open bids on Tuesday, March 1, for 10,000 cubic yards of crushed rock for use on the Klamath Falls- Malin highway. This was the only project listed for Klamath County out of a total of 28 .costing $8,100,000. TRIP" SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED BONN, Germany (UP1) West German Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer's trip to the United States and Japan will begin March 12 and end April 1, the government announced Wednesday., The chancellor win visit New ork, Washington, California, and Hawaii on his way to Japan. He will confer with President Eisen hower and Secretary of State Christian A. Herter. WATCH REPAIR Fft relUblt itrrlca by etrtifird witchntRker. All wark (ally (sranlced. CtU CHUCK METZ TU 4-J77 r TU 2-2866 CAN YOU USE THIS? ...Rent it- It's just one of the 1001 things available on a low cost rental basil at Valley Rental. Whatever your need . . . call us tint and tee if you can rent it. Remember, money won't buy everything , , , buf it's amazing what it will rent. Valley Rental Service LAKEVIEW - Laurayne Ken nedy has been appointed Lake County extension agent and be gan her work in February. She re places Al Haslebacher who is tak ing graduate studies at Oregon State College. She arrived at Lake view February 8, after a week's orientation in Corvallis. The new agent grew up on farm in North Dakota and for the Club Hears Fashion Talk Members of the Women's LI brary Club, meeting in the city library auditorium, February 8, heard an explanation of how fash ion sewing can help women dress to suit individual needs and figure type. Mrs. L. E. Spente, speaking on "Your Figure In Fashion," dis cussed wardrobe planning, pre senting simple, basic rules for be ing well-dressed". She explained the modern pattern and its use in fash ion sewing. The club, in coopera tion with Miller's Department Store, arranged an interesting dis play of fabrics. The "Fashion - Sewing for Club women program, developed with the cooperation of Vogue Pattern Service, was presented' as part of the sewing contest sponsored by the Federated Women's Clubs and Vogue Pattern Service. Entrants have one more month in which to prepare garments for modeling and judging at the March 14 meeting of the library club. pasi eigni years nas oeen a nomeivisory Council has recommended agent at Williston, North Dakota, that she devote about two-thirds of She is a graduate of the L'niver- her time to the 4-H Club program sny. oi norm uaitoia wrcre snc ot which the membership is 75 per was a member of several scholas tic honoraries. A 4-H member for six years, 'she had projects in gar den, poultry, beef, grain and cloth ing. Miss Kennedy has the distinction of being Lake County's first Home Extension agent and will bring to LAURAYNE KENNEDY the county the advantages of the Home Extension part of the coop erative Extension . Service program. Oris Rudd, Lake County Exten sion agent, said getting acquainted with the 4-H program will occupy Miss Kennedy's attention for the first few months. Later it is planned that she will develop some adult Home Extension activities. The Lake County Extension Ad- cent girls, A broader bxtension program serving more of the people of Lake County will be possible with Mis Kennedy's appointment as Lake County Extension Agent, Home Economics, Aerial View Told By Flier EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Calif. (AP) Fifteen miles up in the X15 rocket ship, says test pilot Scott Crossfield, "I can see all the way from Baja, California to San Francisco Bay." That's roughly 450 miles. Crossfield zoomed up to 80,000 feet Thursday approximately 15 miles in exceptionally clear weather. It was a new altitude mark for the AO-fool Black Dart whose builders say a more power ful engine will take it above loo miles this spring. Conventional jet planes have soared above 100,000 feet. Crossfield went into a steady, turning climb from 45,000 feel, where the X15 was dropped from under the wing of its mother plane, a B52 bomber. The free flight lasted 11 minutes. Speed was announced as "over 1.400 miles an hour." Eventually the X15 is expected to reach 4,000 m.p.h. 4-H NEWS KITCHENETTES BLY Kitchenettes is the name hosen by a newly formed group of 4-H girls, who met for the first time January 21 at the Bly School. Officers for the new term aro: Vickie Zittel, president; Nan cy Thompson, secretary-treasurer; Nancy Clemens, vice president and song leader; Dianne Bourn, news reporter. Leaders are Mrs. Betty Collins and Mrs. Jean Ber ry. We decided on 10-cent dues a week, the money to be used to ward a' club outing later on. Our second meeting January 25 was held at the home of Mrs. Collins. We made fruit whip. There were only three members present for this meeting. Our third meeting was February 1, and was also held at the home of Mrs. Collins. After our business meeting was 'adjourned we pre pared white bread and cleaned up our work area. We have i new member who is Margaret Pe Icrson. Our fourth meeting was held February 8 at the school. We had business meeting and a party. We will make lemon pie at our next meeting, February 16, 'in the Bly School Home Economics Room. Dianne Bourn, News Reporter But in this most singular of mysteries there always seems to oe an affidavit to counter an af fidavit, like a legal game of chess. Tatiana Kotkin Melnik, daughter Revenuers Seek Share Of Payola ot the physician to the Czar. ' WASHINGTON (UP1) - The In-- trrnational Revenue Service IIRST l out (o get its "share" of navl MVore under oath (hat Mrs (Ivrson was the Anastasia played with for (en years. According to Dr. Kurt Ver mehren, the attorney for Mrs Anderson, so did Princess Xenia of Russia, a cousin who married an American And so it has gone for near ly 40 years, One thing is certain (he in- iitcm in iirs. Anderson was heightened when she further claimed dial her father confided m his four daughters (hat he had deposited five million rubles for each of (hem in (he Bank of England before (he 1914 war. At the current rale of exchange '0 million gold rubles would be worth about $18,800,000 Thus began what many insist is only the legend of "Romanov gold." It is implicit in Mrs. An derson s case that a fortune oxists She blames it in part for the re fusal of "my relatives" lo ac knowledge her. But (he Romanovs nd llesses have made cxhaus live inquiries in (he British bank and have failed to find any trace ol this moncv. Witnesses on (wo continents have been interviewed in the pres ent action filed bv Mrs. Ander son to have herself declared the Czar's heir in place of Barbara, unchess of Mecklenburg Ihere have been live scientific comparisons, Involving anthrop- melry or body measurements be tween Mrs. Anderson and the Grand Duchess Anastasia. Four held Mrs. Anderson was not Ana stasia, one decided she was. Prof. Otto Roche, dean of Ger man anthropologists, was directed by the court to make an over riding Judgment. ' After examining 200 pictures and other mementoes of Grand Duchess Anastasia and visiting Irs. Anderson, he filed a 62-page cport In which he said that Mrs. Anderson is the Grand , Duchess Anastasia. Rancher, Star Plan To Marry HOLLYWOOD (AP) Actress Anne Baxter will marry a cattle rancher in Hawaii this week. Her engagement to Randolph Gait, an American with business interests in Australia, was an nounced by her parents Wednes- oay. Gall s parents live in Hawaii where he was born. The wedding date will be set after she finishes her current film, They plan to live on a ranch in New South Wales, where Gait also has a home. They met last April in San Francisco and be came engaged four months ago. keeping It secret until now. Miss Baxter, 37, was married to the late John Hodiak. Gait was not wed previously. Virus Expert Cancels Speech DETROIT 'AP)-Dr. John Ka bara, associate professor of bio chemistry at the University of De troit, was scheduled to give an address on the subject of viruses. He had to cancel the engage ment. The reason: He came down with a virus. A short lime ago Dr. Kabara was waiting for a shipment of chemicals for testing measles. While waiting he came down with measles. 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He sifts the in-" formal ion gathered at the hear ings and decides to which of the-' 61 IRS district offices it should be forwarded. Agents in the field already have begun taking a closer look at pay-'' ola, according to IRS sources. These sources emphasized that the service is not launching a major drive or crackdown on disc jockeys. : Money In Hanky Lost In Wind DAYTONA , BEACH, ' Fla. (AP) . It was windy in Daytona Beach, as Frank Jenns found out when . he reached for a handkerchief. ' He was lounging on (he sun" deck of his hotel Wednesday and -.' eached for a handkerchief in the . pocket of his robe. Out came the hmiclkerchlef and also $80 in $10.; and $20 bills. The wind whipped ! Hie money off the sun deck and' down onto Seabreeze Boulevard. Jenns. 80, of N'iagara Falls. N.Y., didn't go after tha monev.. "Finder's keepers," he said. TWO WHAT? ORISKANY, N.Y. 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