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PAGE 4 HERALD AND NEWS, MARKETS and FINANCE Stocks NEW YORK STOCKS By toiled Press International Allied Chemical 44'i Alum Co Am 52'. American Air Lines 20' America Can 4i'. American Motors Wk AT&T 121U American Tobacco 31 'a Anaconda Copper Armco M3i American Standard H'i SanU Fe 28'i Bendix Corp 50 Bethlehem Steel 30' Boeing Air 35li Brunswick 16' Caterpillar Corp 35S Chrysler Corp 32i Coca Cola 92U CBS. 53H Columbia Gas 28U Continental Can A'i't Crown Zellerbach SWi Crucible Steel 18'i Curtis Wright 20'i Dow Chemical 39 I)u Pont 239 Eastman Kodak 115 Ford 45 General Electric 733i General Foods 79' i Genral Motors 64U Genral Portland Cement 19U Georgia Pacific 47'.i Greyhound Mli Gulf Oil 42'i Homestake 49 Idaho Power 33H I.B.M. 416'i Iiit Paper 29U Johns Manville 46s Kennecott Copper 71'i MS'rtin 20'.j Merck 83 Montana Power 38'i Montgomery Ward 34'i Nat'l Biscuit 49 New York Central 13Tm Northern Natural Gas Northern Pacific iV.t Pa c Gas Elcc m Penney, J. C. 454 Ponn RR 15 Pdi ma Cement 13'i Piioctor Gamble 74'4 R4dio Corporation 5'J'i Rthfield Oil 43,a Safeway ! 48'ii Scfcrs 7BV4 Sliell Oil 38H Socony Mobil Oil 6o' Soutliern Co. H'i Southern Pacific 29 Sperry Rand , 12U Standard California ' Wi Standard Indiana 55 Standard N. J. 63H Stokeley Van Camp 20H Sun Mines 94 Teat Co. 65Jl Texas Gulf Sulfur 134 Texas Pacific Land Trust 2l't Trans America 47:li Trans World Air 137i Til-Continental 45 ! Union Carbide lOBli Union Pacific 35 United Aircraft 4H'i United Air Lines 36'i U.S. Plywood 53'i U.S. Rubber 43k U.S. Steel 45'4 WcstBank Corp 34'i Westinghouse 32U Youngstown 92 LOCAL SECURITIES Pricei until 11:30 a.m. PST today Bank of America 61 63'. Cal Pac Util 281-4 28V, Morrison Knulsen 29'j 31' N.W. Natural Gat 34'i 36'i Oregon Metallurgical 1 '.i PGE XD 27'i 294 PP&L 2tii 28'4 U.S. Nat'l Bank 72:' 77'4 Weyerhaeuser 2ii1 3H Potatoes PORTLAND (UPI) - Potato market: Steady; Ore Russets U.S. No 2 3.00-3.40; some best 3 85; sized 2 ot spread 4.50 - 4.75, few low as 4 00; bakers 3.50-4.10: 6-14 ot 3.60- 3 85: bakers U.S. No 2 2.75-2.85; 50 lb sks No 2 250-2.65. Grains CHICAGO (UPI) - Grain range High Low Close Wheat May 3 04H J.0' 2MH-U Jul 189i 1.8S4 l.BS'i Sep 1.9 1.90H l.90' Dec 1.93 1.94', 1 95-U Oats May .Wi .69 .69'i Jul .70 .69', .69H-l Sep .70 ,69'j .69 Dec ,71'i ,71'i .7 Rye May 1.27'i 1.26 1 26-1.26li Jul I.27'i 1.23'j 1.25'. Sep 1 27 1.26' i i.jo'i Dec I 2a14 1274 I 2 DAILY KLAMATH BASLN SHIPMENTS Rail Truck Combined Rail Track Ttl Oregon 9 13 22 California 5 1 14 F.O.B. ft GROWER PRICF.S Klamath Bailn Demand fair to moderate Market steady 100 lb aaelu Rnsseta IS No, 1A f or 4 ot. mlo. . 2.70 I to 14 ot. 2.90-3.25 lew 1.50 Bakers II oi. min. J.tJ-J.SO Baled 10 lb. tacks . 2.50.2.70 18 No. Z l.DO-2.00 mostly 1.90 Net price to groweri at cellar bulk cwt: I S No. 1A 1.70-1.80 lew l.M IS No. I .90-1.00 COMBLVED RAIL k TRUCK UNLOADS Ore (foo 57 Total All OUter fcUltt 793 One Week Ago Oregon 39 Total All Oilier Slates HI Tuesday, March 26, 1963 KUmala Fall, OrefM WALL STREET NEW YORK IUPI1 - Stocks crossed the 680 level in the indus trial average today, scoring an other moderate gain. Brokers felt the influx of favor able news developments over the past few days had lured some cautious investors out of hiding. However, few were willing to pre dict any market run-away in the next week or two with the im pending SEC investigation report and the tax deadline still hanging over the market. The rally was fairly broad with Chrysler in the motors, Du Pont in the chemicals, Johns-Manville i in the building section, Procter & Gamble in the drugs, and Philip Morris in the tobaccos leading their sections forward. Rails and utilities were ahead slightly in their averages. LIVESTOCK KLAMATH FALLS LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET March 25, 1963 Receipts: Cattle 334: Calves 42; Hogs 92; Sheep 2. Last week: Cattle 440; Calves 29: Hogs 90. Compared last Monday, stock- crs and feeders about steady; slaughter cattle strong to .50 high er; Dulcncr nogs oo-i.uu nigner. Slaughter Cattle: Good, 21.00- 22.50; Sid., 20.10-21.50; Holstein, 19.25-21.50. Heifers: Good-Choice, 19.70-21.. 990; Std.. 19-20.25. Cows: Std., 17,50-19.70; Utility- Cmcl., 15.10-17.80; Cullers, 13.10- 14.90; Canners, 12.10-13.00. Bulls: Utility 4 Cmcl., 17.75- 19.60. Stockcrs & Feeders: Steers: Good-Choice, 550-750 lbs., 23.50- 25.75; Heifers: Good-Choice, 500 625 lbs., 22-23.85; Com. -Med., IB. 60-21.10. Steer Calves: Good, 400 - 475 lbs., 26.25-29.25; Heifer Calves: Com. . Med., 325-400 lbs., 21.10- 23.75. Cows: Med pairs, 195-208; Med. Cows, 155-177.50 per head; Med. bred heifers, 141. Baby Calves: Beef, 37.50-52.50; CB 14-27 per head. Hogs: U.S. 1 & 2 Barrows & Gilts, 15.10-15.50; Sows, 10.50-11.10; Feeders, 14-14.70. Reported by F. A. Skin ner, county extension agent. PORTLAND (UPI) (USDA - Livestock: Cattle 200; good . choice steers 24; utility beef breed cows 7, few cutler-utility 13-16. Calves 50; few good-choice veal- ers 30-33. Hogs 350 ; 61-hcad 1 and 2 bar- rows and gilts 16.25. Sheep 75; mostly choice woolcd slaughter lambs 18.50; few mixed cull-utility ewes 5.50. Stocks Prices until 10 a.m. PST today Bid Asked Affiliated Fund 7.77 8.40 Atomic Fund 4.55 4.97 Blue Ridge 11.32 12.37 Bullock 12.72 13.94 Chemical Fund 10 60 11.52 Comw. Inv. Diver Growth 8.15 8.93 Dreyfus 16.09 17.49 E & H Stock 13.25 14.32 Fidelity Capital 7.97 8.66 Fidelity Trend 12.59 13.68 Founders Fund 5.80 6.30 Fundamental 9.33 10.22 Group Sec Com 12.68 .... Gr Sec Avin El 6.33 7.16 Hamilton H.D.A. 4,87 .... Hamilton C-7 4.98 5.44 Incorp Inv. 6.83 7.46 ICA 9.69 10.59 Investor'! Group Intercontinental 5.74 6.21 Mutual 11.13 Stock 17.88 19.33 Selective 10.33 11.05 Keystone B l 25.12 26.22 Keystone S-3 13.86 ' 15.13 Keystone S-4 4.00 4.38 M.l.T. 4.04 5.34 V.l.T. Growth 7.73 8.43 Nat l Inv. 14 55 15.73 Nat'l Sec Div 3.94 4.31 Nat'l Sec Growth 7.78 8.50 Natl Sec Stock 7.82 8.55 litnam Fund 14.55 15.82 Putnam Growth 8.31 9.03 Selected Amer 9 22 9.96 Shareholders 10.77 .... TV Fund 7.14 7.78 United Accum 13.75 15.03 United Canada 17.62 19.15 United Continental 6.68 7.30 United Income 11.84 .... Unioed Science 628 6.86 Value lines 5.16 5.64 Wollinplon 14.13 15 40 Police Cite Motorist For Hit-Run Tactics Klamath Falls patrolmen cited a Klamatn rails man lor tailing to leave his name and address at the scene of an accident that he was involved in March 7 at the corner of South.Sixth and East Main streets. Police also investigated two ac- cidents that were reported over the weekend Woman Hurt In Accident A woman motorist was in satis factory condition at the Klamath Valley Hospital Tuesday morn ing following a two-car collision at Alameda Avenue and Shasta Way about 7:50 p.m. Monday, state police have reported. Injured was Mrs. Lorraine Jane Taylor, 35, 5545 Independence Av enue, who received head lacera tions when the vehicle she was driving collided with a car operat ed by Marvin R. Kefer, 5242 Mil ler Avenue, at the Shasta Yiay-Al- amcda Avenue intersection. According to police, Kefer was driving southbound on Alameda when he slowed down to turn lell onto Shasta Way. At the same time he noted an automobile turn- niz onto Alameda from Shasta Way but failed to observe anotn cr car driven by Mrs. Taylor ap proaching him in the northbound lane of Alameda. Kcfer's car turned inlo the paht of Mrs. Tay lor's vehicle and the collision oc curred. Both vehicles received moder ate damage. Mrs. Taylor was tak en to the local hospital by Peace Ambulance. Lewis Bay Rites Dated MAUN Funeral services (or Lewis Emery Bay. 79, long-time rancher of the Malin community, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday. March 29. in O'Hair's Memorial Chapel. Final rites will be in the Malin Cemetery. Rev. William Hodges of the Malin Baptist Church where Mr. nay was a member, will officiate. Mr. Bay had been ill with influ enza but was apparently recover ing. He apparently died in nis sleep following a stroke early Tuesday. March 26. He was a native ol Salem, mo., horn April 24, 18(13, and came to Malin with his family in 1937 to engage in farming. He retired several years ago. Survivors Include the widow, Clara, of Malin; two daughters, Nedra Kcssler and Mary it. Wondlcy, Malin; three brothers, J. L. Bay and Jolin Bay, saicm, Mo., and E. H. Bay of Long Beach, Calif.; also four grand- hildrcn and four grcat-grnnd- ehildren. GOP Women Slate Durno The public, both men and wom en, is invited to hear Dr. Edwin R. Durno, U.S. Representative and Mcdford physician surgeon, who will speak Wednesday at a luncheon meeting of Klamath County Republican Women. All in terested persons will be wel come. The meeting, to open at 12 noon sharp in the Winema Motor Ho tel, will bo held to one hour to permit business people lo return to work. Durno, a dynamic speaker, has had previous GOP political expe rience in the Oregon State Sen ate. He will be introduced by Mrs, Irene Wagner, president of Hie group. Dope Peddler Gets 15 Years PORTLAND (UPI) - Franklin Brothers, 39, Portland, received a 15-year sentence for peddling nar cotics Friday by Federal Judge William G. East. It was the stif- test sentence handed down in five years here (or the otlensc. Brothen was convicted Tuesday (or two transactions involving sale ot heroin. Obituaries Y L.wn tm.fV B.v. W. of W.ltn, dd V.rch 24 Survival bv thf widow. CI.'. Ett.H. B.v. wmim two d.ughLrt. Ntd r. k.&tltf. Al.ry R Woodl.v. IhrM tolhrs. J t. B.y. John ft.v. So torn. Wo.. E. H. Boy. (.009 Bt.ch. C.tlt.l !oir orondchilortn .nd toor g''-o.'.nd- child'tn Funtf.l irwl4 will b n.ld FruUw. M.rch ?. .1 1 0 itv In O'H.I V.morl.l Cpl. Int.rm.nl M.lln Cm t.fy. Funeral JONII Rnv I. Cn'toquin. d'.d M.rth 2i t Rtdmond Gr..d. 4.rvlC. Will M h.W t 10 10 . m V.fCft ? .1 Hill Cmt.ry. O M.lf Wtnwml Ch.Dl tn inirg. A car owned by Don Mitchell, 2669 Radcliffe Avenue, received moderate damage when it was struck by the vehicle operated by trie hit and run driver, Ted R. Bar- ney, Shasta Way Barney's red station wagon was seen driving away after the acci dent. The Mitchell vehicle was parked Gary E. Buchholz, 19, 2340 Gar den Street, received cuts and bruises Saturday at about 2:45 a.m. when the sports car he was driving went out of control on South Seventh Street near Com mercial and smashed inlo the (ront ol the Pioneer Tobacco Com pany. Buchholz was cited for failure to keep his vehicle under control His vehicle received major dam age. Two vehicles received moderate damage Friday at 5:45 p.m. when they collided at the intersection of East Main Street and Radcliffe Avenue. One of the vehicles was driven by Carol Lynn Amidon, 16, 2307 Radcliffe Avenue. Miss Amidon was cited for failure to yield the right of way to another vehicle The other vehicle involved in the crash was driven by James Paul Starkey, 17, 184 Dahlia Street. Starkey was making a right turn onto East Main Street from South Sixth Street and collided with the Amidon vehicle when Miss Amidon pulled away from a stop sign on East Main, according lo police reports. Embezzlement Charge Filed Fred Beymer, about 36, sought by the sheriff's office on a war rant charging him with the embcz. dement of an animal, was appre hended by sheriff's deputies Mon day and will be arraigned before Judge David R. Vandenberg in circuit court 10 a.m. Wednesday. Beymer was later released on $2,500 bail. The defendant was named on a secret indictment returned by the grand jury March 15 and had been sought by the sheriff since that time. He is charged with the embez zlement of a horse belonging to uiuye Ullrich, Route 3, Box 1068, last July. Cities Receive Revenue From State Liquor Sales Oregon cities will receive $6,. 484,991 from stale highway reve nues during the current fiscal year, and receipts from liquor revenues allocated on a per capi ta basis will total $1,893,501 by the end of the third quarter, according to the League of Ore gon Cities. In addition, cities have received $271,442 from liquor license fees allocated on the basis of 60 per cent of the liquor license fees collected within each city by the Oregon Liquor Control Commis sion. Ten per cent of the nel state- collected highway revenues arc allocated to cities. This amount is distributed on a per capita uasis lollowing deduction of $250, 000 lo a fund for special need street projects within cities. The highway revenue allocations have amounted to $7,339 per capi ta during the current fiscul year. Liquor revenue allocations dis tributed on a per capita basis come from Ihree sources, as (ol lows: Merrill Man Visits Abroad MERRILL - Felisburto Lau reiuo, Merrill rancher and live stock man, has returned from a trip lo his native Madeira in the Azores. He made the trip by air leaving nere Jan. 31 and return ing March 18. He was met by Pedro A. dc Goveia, well-to-do businessman whose son David spent some time with l-auroiH'O on a visit to the United States. Whistles blew and fireworks were fired as his boat passed between islands during his visit. HELP FOR DKSKRTKI) WASHINGTON (UPU-The Sen ate pas.ved and sent to the White House Tuesday a biii extending lax benefits lor child care to wonv-n deserted by their hus bands. The measure. pas.-od by voice vole, permits such women to de duct up to $i'iO0 a year for a de pendent child, putting them on a par with widows who have chil dren N. J. Rosenboum INCOME TAX CONSULTANT Commerce Bldg. 1111 Wolrtut Ave. Ph. TU 4-5903 or TU 4-5863 II tiiinii mm ijiMMitaahAtt liiiV JL CRITICISM HALTED A barrage ol criticism directed at proposed anti-glue sniffing legislation cams to a halt Monday when the Assembly Public Health Committee in Sacramento referred the matter to an interim study. Shown here is Lewis H. Glaser of Los Angeles, president of the Hobby Industry Association, listing and showing committee members cleaning fluid, paint thinner, finger nail polish, plastic wood and solvent, banana oil, lighter fluid and gasoline as alternatives available to the glue sniffers. UPI Telephoto Gunman Pleads Guilty To Assault J. D. Kness, 38. the gun ing Weyerhaeuser employe who wounded his estranged wife, Glor ia, four times in a gun shooting at Bly, Feb. 26, appeared before Judge David R. Vandenberg in circuit court Monday and plead ed guilty to assault with a dan gerous weapon. Judge Vandenberg set 10 a.m., Monday, April 1, as the time for sentencing. Meanwhile, ,the court is awaiting a report from the Sa lem state hospital which will in dicate the results of a recent sychiatric examination given to the defendant. The findings of the tests will be considered in deter mining the sentence to be passed upon Kness. a spokesman of the court stated. Kness was the precipitator in an old-fashioned shoot-out with his wife, Gloria, at the Bly home of the lattcr's mother, Mrs. Doris Bell. During a running gun battle through the house, the partici pants exchanged about 19 shots with the result that Mrs. Kness was wounded four times and Kness was shot once. Moments after the shooting, 1. Net liquor profits of 12'i per cent distributed quarterly. 2. A lax of 10 per cent upon manufacturers and importers of alcoholic beverages, plus 30 cents ot each $1.30 tax upon manufac turers and importers of malt bev erages. 3. Fifty per cent of liquor per mit fees. In addition, each city receives 60 per cent of liquor license fees collected within cities. Cities which have voted local option do not share in net liquor profits or in the manufacturers and im porters tax, but do receive a share of liquor permit fees. Car Thefts Reported Three car thefts were reported to city police this week and pa trolmen recovered a car that was stolen at Medford Monday. A car owned by Ernest Ross. Gold Hill, that was reported stolen at Medtord early Monday morn ing was recovered at 6:30 p.m. Monday on Pacific Terrace near Erie Street. Employes at the Joe Fisher Used Car Lot, 677 South Scvenht Street, reported that a 1962 red Universal Jeep bearing the Ore gon license number 3Y-2477 was stolen from the lot sometime early Friday morning. City police have no information regarding suspects in this case. Clay Thomas of Thomas Lum ber Company reported that a com pany pickup was stolen Monday between 5: 15 and 6: 15 p.m. while the vehicle was parked on Pine Street between South Sixth and Seventh streets. The pickup was a 1963 green Chevrolet bearing Oregon license number 9N-4445. Charles Brown. 4i3 Plum Street, informed police that his 1961 while Ford was stolen at about 8 p.m. while it was parked in front of a local tavern. The car's Oregon license num ber is 1X1252. KWSPMEISI1 'tag tr-. Serald anisic g-y-ttfi i ' Citation wield-IKness found Mrs. Bell in a bed room of the house and brutally beat her, before he was knocked unconscious by an ashtray wield ed by his 12-year-old son, Buddy. It was the second time since last year that Kness had been arrested by police for an incident in which he tluealened his wife with a gun. Last November, Kness was arrested by city po lice after he held his wife and four children at gunpoint in a car parked on Main Street. He later went to the Salem state hospital for a psychiatric examination and was released when the results were negative. Tutors Urged To Protest Retired Teachers Association members, attending the state con vention in Portland March 21-22, were urged to write to U.S. Con gressmen in protest o( legislation now before the Ways and Means Committee on Medicare. The speaker, Charles W. Pres ton, Area 9 vice president of Re tired Teachers, Los Angeles, warned his audience of the effect of such a law on savings of retired persons which would be sharply reduced if the law goes into ef fect. Headquarters for the convention were in the new Hcathman Hotel. Business included the planning of a state bulletin by the organiza tion to be issued quarterly; in vestment of treasury funds, a re port of the nominating commit tee on officers for 1963-64, and area president reports. Two local retired teachers were named to state posts, Miss May Finney, second vice president, and Mrs. Lorene Ward, parliamentar ian. Others attending from Klam ath Falls were Emma Carter, Unit 5 president; Olive Wilson and Marguerite Parker. Entertainment was by Art Kirk- ham, former radio station mana ger, Portland, with films on the wonders of Oregon, shown in the Oreiion exhibit al the Seattle Fair last year. COSTLY PINT SOUTHEND. England (UPD -A pint of beer Friday cost Peter Ritchie $389.20. . The first $109.20 was a fine he paid for stealing a pint of beer. The other $280 was added to the bill when he appeared before the court a few hours later and was ordered to pay this sum towards the cost of a shop window through which he threw a brick after leav ing court the first time. I lm oi I 0 M I "Ut "Seroma the Entire Klamath Rann" mi ga' Call Proves False Alarm Sheriff's deputies were s u m moned to the summer cabins on the east side of Lake of the Woods Saturday to investigate a report that a number of youths were loi tering in an area where 16 cabins had been reported burglarized since March 18, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies interrogalcd the youths and learned that they had been camping in the area during the - spring vacation. Later investiga tion by the deputies indicated that there had been no vandalism or pilfering in cabins on that part of the lake since the last break-in was reported. The sheriff's office is keeping the region under surveillance as the result of the large number of break-ins reported there last week. Earlier this month, the sheriff's office apprehended three youths in connection with the theft of a 3.5 outboard motor and a sand ing machine from the boathouse at the Lake of the Woods Re sort. TID Plans Water Flow TULELKE Irrigation water for the West Side public lands is in the Tulelake Irrigation District system, and ditches in other parts of the system are being flushed for later delivery. TID Manager Ed Lance said Tuesday that the office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week for delivery requests. A major flume has been re placed on the J-14 Canal prior to the 1963 season and two new re- lift pumping plants have been in stalled to provide supplemental water and improve service. Drain age water will be partly used by the new pumps. Three directors, Sam Anderson, Lester Cushman and Ivan Rose, have been appointed by the Sis kiyou County Court for another four-year term since there were no other petitions filed for an election. WINDY WARNING H1LLSGROVE, R.I. (UPU-The U.S. Weather Bureau Monday is sued a seasonal warning: "Warm afternoon temperatures and a freshening sea breeze will ofler ideal conditions for small boys with low-flying kites this af ternoon, especially after 3 p.m. "All interests should expect a mixture of torn paper, wooden stripes and snarled string to be come draped over exposed objects such as telephone wires, TV an tennas and shrubbery." OHAIR'S MEMORIAL CHAPEL 539 PINE KLAMATH FAILS, OREGON TAMILIES have a right to know just how much funer al service will cost.We plain ly mark the reasonable price of our complete service on each casket we display; the public mayv visit our chapel and see these prices at any time. Four Youths Involved In Series Of Thefts Four youths arrested last week by Klamath Falls Juvenile Offi cer Ray Howard in connection with various thefts here and at Lake of the Woods have been im plicated in the Feb. 23-24 bur glary of the Boy Scout Camp at Crescent Lake, Sheriff's Deputy Lee Saunders told the Herald and News Tuesday. The burglary became known when representatives of the local Boy Scouts of America contacted the sheriff's oflice and related that three youths had appeared before them with items they ad mitted taking from the scout camp. Meanwhile, the fourth youth involved in the breakin was in police custody on another charge, according to deputy Saun ders. Two of the youths were Ken neth Ellis, 18, and Delbert T. Steppe, 19, both of 2110 Wiard Street, w ho were sentenced to one year probation in district court last week after they each plead ed guilty to a previous theft. The district court was not aware that the youths were implicated in the scout camp breakin at the time they were placed on probation, the Herald and News learned Monday. The accomplices of Steppe and Ellis were two juveniles who had been arrested previously by city police in connection with other lo cal thefts and are to appear in juvenile court on the combined charges, April 1, Juvenile Officer Francis Matthews has disclosed. The items the three youths re turned to the Boy Scout officials included three tents, four .22-cali-ber rifles and a number of axes. After the loot had been recov ered, Saunders and Gale Staley, Contributing Charge Cited A Klamath Falls man was re leased on $5,000 bail Monday aft er he was arraigned in district court and pleaded not guilty on two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. William Easter, 71, 1050 Cali fornia Avenue, was arrested Mon day in the Klamath County Courthouse by Klamath County Sheriff's Deputy Del Summers aft er the parents of two young chil dren signed complaints at the district attorney's office. Easter is suspected of molest ing the young girls while they were in his grocery store on two separate occasions. Bail set for Easter was re duced from $3,500 on each count to $2,500. CUBAN CHECKS HALTED WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Treasury Department said Friday it has temporarily stopped mail ing U.S. government checks to Cuba because an unusual number have returned with forged signa tures. The checks, totaling about $33,- 000, were disbursed for civil serv ice, Social Security and veterans' benefits. Most of the recipients were Cubans. A department spokesman said they will not be mailed again until federal inves tigators have a chance to look into the situation. 23 eaM Ap Monday, March 23, 1940 Mr. ond Mrs. H. B. "Hip" Lorgcnt ond family of Midland, spent Easter Sunday at Fort Jones, California, with relatives ond friends. Tuesday, Morch 24, 1940 Charley Riley, Klamath property holder and former state game commissioner, is home ofter a sojourn of several weeks ot Long Beoeh, Calif. Wednesday, March 25, 1940 A wedding of interest to employes of the Southern Pacific is that scheduled for Saturday morning in Sacred Heart Church when "French" Coillioute, brokeman, and Lelo M. Arbogost, SP tele phone operator, will be married at a nuptial mass. Thursdoy, March 26, 1940 Mitzi, the purring police cot, failed to break any records in medical history, but she did present the police deportment with three charm ing dough ters ot 7:33 o'clock Wednesday evening. A presentation of raw hamburger ond a pint of milk was mode at Mitzi's bedside by the night force. Fridoy, March 27, 1940 Five students from Linfield college at McMinnville are home for the holidays visit ing their parents, They include Halleck Donelson, Paul Cropo, Wesley Yoncey, Ruth Meloas, and Bud Redkey. lis Insure With Jlcuubuj, THE LIABILITY Paul O. Landry V. T. Johnson 419 Main Street Ph. TU 2-2S26 AUTO PROPERTY district scout executive, went to,; the scout camp to conduct an in vestigation, the deputy said. The roads ino the camp were blocked' by trees blown down this past winter so Saunders and Staley went to the camp in a boat by w ay of Crescent Lake. Investigation indicated that the youths had broken into the can teen and warehouse, where they pried open numerous storage box es secured by padlocks and then scattered the contents about the buildings. In addition, the double doors leading into the boathouse had been battered and the building en tered. Inside, the youths had ap parently taken a conoe and re moved it to the shore of the lake, where it was found filled with sand, water and ice. Further investigation revealed that 500 rounds of .22-caliber am munition was missing. Scout offi cials said they would be unable to determine if anything else was taken until an inventory is made of the buildings. Damage to the property has not yet been determined. CD Course Completed One of the largest civil defense classes ever held in the state of Oregon was completed Feb. 22 when 275 of 281 girls al Klamath Union High School received pass ing grades in a 16-hour Medical Self Help Training Course held at KUHS, Klamath County Civil Defense Director Joe Searles dis closed Tuesday. Ella Redkey, a qualified CD instructor and member of the KUHS faculty, combined the 16 hours of training with physical education and health subjects. The course covered, among oth er subjects, information on sani tation and vermin control, infor mation on radiological fallout; wa ter and food; hygiene, and moth er, infant and child care. Women's organizations, civic and fraternal groups, public safe ty units, and others, are invited to form classes and take advan tage of the survival training de signed to instruct people to han dle emergencies when a physician is not available, Searles said. A qualififed instructor and the required classroom material will be provided free of charge by the county CD agency. The Medical Self Help program' was developed by the U.S. Public Health Service and the Office of Civil Defense in cooperation with the American Medical Association, the Council on National Security and the Committee on Disaster Medical Care. GANTT'S GRADES O.K. COLUMBIA, S.C. (UPU-Clem-son College President Robert C. Edwards says Negro student Har vey Gantt is making satisfactory grades and has a perfect attend ance record. Newsmen have not been allowed to interview Gantt since he en rolled at Clemson in late January to become the first Negro ever to attend a white public school in South Carolina. 55 Years . . . years of experience in serv The Londry Co. offers 55 ing the insurance needs of the Klamath Basin as back ground to provide insurance service for YOU. Ga. FIRE b dp
