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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1941)
Jun . 1941 THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PACE TRUE Building figures for May, 1041, tolnlrd $411,037, decided drop con i pared to (he preceding month of April when permit loh, led $HU,:iU7. It ll even greater decrease when compared to Muy HMD, when 84 permit totullng $118,342, were lulled by City Uulldlng Inspector llu rolit Francy. Tho month of June Is expect ed to surpass May, Franey stat ed. Following are the figures: Kcsldi-nsca, new ft HI. mill Residences, remodel 15 4.400 luslncss, remodel ... H 2:1.(1117 Industrial, new 1 100 Garages, private .... 2 A00 l'onter puneli 3 2110 Awning 3 240 Oil Tank 1 1,500 Jtoomlng home, r,,..i..i 9 a nun Totals 41 $40,(137 April. 1041 62 SB0.367 Muy. 11140 S4 118,342 liveliness That last's a Lifetime 4$$ T&hS Household COM m Pineapple Design i Exquisite in Fine Cotton ,. HOUUMOU) M'l INC. T U. S, POWER SALE WASHINGTON. June 3 (A9) The luprcmn court held constitu tional Monday federal construc tion of m dnm intruded to inn mi - raciure power lor saic as wen ns to control floods. Justice Dnuulnx drllvrrrd the decision, applying specifically to the $54,000,000 Den i son dam cross Hcd river in Texas and Ok lit ho ma No dissent was an nounced. Construction of the Denlnon dam was challenged by Gover nor Leon C. Philhns of Okla homa on the ground that it viol ated state rights, would inun date approximately 100. 0H0 acres of Oklahoma land and de stroy hlKhways and bridges. Counnel for the governor con ceded that a purely flood con trol project would be constitu tional, hut they contended that the "entirely unrelated" power production made the entire pro gram Invalid. The Justice department con tended the construction was con stitutional because - the dam would aid navigation and flood control and "promote tho gen eral welfare." PATTKKN 6983 chi't and exquisite worked In fine cotton. The three sizes make luncheon and buffet sets. Pattern til) 8 J contains instruc tions for making doilies; illus trations of them and stitches; photograph of dolly: materials needed. To obtain this pattern send ten cents In coin to The Herald 1 Bnl Vnui. M tin I I A rim nAni Let your handiwork be an Klamath Falls. Ore. De ure to heirloom and It will If you write plainly your NAME. AD. choose these pineupple design 1 1)11 KSS and PATTERN NUM doilies! They're simple to cro-IUKR. NOTICE TO PATTERN SUBSCRIBERS Do NOT lend clipped pict ure of your pattern with your order. Keep it for reference. Write the number of pat tern, your name and address plainly on your order. Elsewhere In Oregon EX' ASTORIA, June 3 Ml The CIO Fishermen's union will move from tho Astoria labor temple this week. The AFL, state federation had threatened to can cel its convention later tins month unless the move was made. MEDFORD. June 3 () Test diamond drillings at possible Rogue river valley dam sites have started. The federal re clamation service will make sim ilar drillings in the Illinois val ley and Merlin districts of Jose phine county later. E. n. Ashurst, former Klanv ath county circuit judge, has re turned to Klamath Falls with members of his family and will resume residence here. They have taken a house on Lake- shore drive. Ashurst left here last Novenv ber and mado his home for a ! short time in Arizona, return- I Ing north to reside In Medford. ! He will enter the practice of law ; he has advised friends. STANF1ELD, June 3 IO The CCC camp here, engaged in soil conservation work for a number of years, will be aban doned this month. Flower Steolers Given Warning Of Penalties The mere fact that every spring and summer there are always those who help them selves to flowers on nocturnal visits to Klamath residence gar dens hasn't particularly created a movement to catch the pilfer ers, according to J. A. Mnhoney, justice of the peace, but when it comes to snatching plants bodily for transplanting, that's another matter. Judge Mnhoney thinks it's about time to do something about it. He said there have been num erous complaints recently that persons have stolen both flow ers and plants from around Klnmath homes. The crime is an indictablo misdemeanor, says the Justice, and penalty Is con finement In the county Jnil for not less than three months nor more than one year, along with a fine ol not less than $10 nor more than $500. Ho said that if anyone is found guilty of the crime in his court the penalty will be a stiff one. PORTLAND, June 3 W Ad miral Emory S. Land, chairman of the federnl maritime commis sion, has approved the mime "Star ot Oregon'' for the first sleel freighter now under con st met ion here. Tho name was carried by tho first ocean-going boat built in Portland in pie state days. Life Underwriters Name New Officers Tho Life Underwriters' assoc iation of Southern Oregon met for their monthly luncheon at Hickman's cafe Monday noon. The principal business of the day was the election of officers for the ensuing year. President Ben liioson reviewed the year s activities. Attorney R. C. Groes beck was tho speaker for the occasion. Officers elected to take office as of July 1 follows: president, Paul R. Winter; vice-president, Lynn Roycroft; secretary-treasurer, Annabclla Newton; board of directors, Tom W. O'Brien, Mnrtln Swanson, and R. Paul Roberts. Tail that tang! Quench that thirst! Wi.land'l Ale. Friendly Helpfulness To Every Creed and Purs Ward's Klamath Funeral Home Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ward. Owners WUiard Ward. Mgr. 925 High Phone 3334 WOODBURN, June 3 (,V An irate bull knocked Roy Disney to the ground near here yester day, but he saved himself by tugging on the bull's nose ring. He required hospitalization. First June Snow Foils on Moscow MOSCOW, June 3 W) Snow fell on central European Russia today, prolonging this section's coldest spring in more than a century. Snowfall was reported at Archangel and Leningrad as well as Moscow, where a temperature of 42.8 degrees was recorded. This was (he first June snow recalled by residents of Moscow. Graduates Hear j Warning Against i Compromise CORVALLIS. Jne )3 OP) I Chancellor F. M. Hunter warn ed graduating Oregen State Col lege students Sunday against any compromise with tyranny. ' The temptation to think that there can be a compromise In the world between the doctrines of nazi-cnnimunism and democracy is a fatal error," Dr. Hunter said. "You should not believe for one moment that these arch criminals do not intend to con quer and dominate the world. The proof is clear beyond all possible doubt, both in their writings and in the deeds of the past two years. "Rut the call of the nation to resist a world-wide revolution of nazism and communism finds a more unanimous opinion on the part of the American people, and greater unified action on the part of its youth, than ever be fore in our history." PEDESTRIANS FEW 1 1941 DEA1S Oregon stood in fourth place In the nation in percentage of improvement in pedestrian deaths during the first three months of 11)41. according to word received by Earl Sncll, secretary of state. Twenty pedestrians lost their lives In traffic accidents In this state during the first three months, a SO per cent reduction from the toll for the correspond ing period a year ago. Ahead of Oregon were the states of Neva da with no deaths so far this year and one for the same period last year; South Dakota, with one death this year and three last year; and New Hampshire with five deaths this year and 13 last year. Only two states In the nation saved more lives, on the basis of improvement in pedestrian accidents, than did Oregon which saved 20. Michigan, with an improvement of 19 per cent, saved 30 lives and Illinois, with an improvement of B per cent, saved 21 lives. Nineteen states showed reduc- Hons in pedestrian fatalities, Oregon being the only state on the Pacific coast to be lnclud ed in this list. Twenty-six states reported more pedestrian deaths this year, one showed no change and two did not report. For the nation as a whole, pedestrian fatalities during the first quarter were up 2.8 per cent. Fatalities of this type caus ed 38 per cent of the nation's traffic toll during the month of March when an average of 29 pedestrians killed per day was reported. Unsafo walking practices led to many ol the pedestrian fatal ities and heading the list of these unsafe practices were crossing streets at points other tiian in tersections, walking on the wrong side of the road and fail ure to observe traffic signals. Tacoma Log Rafters Sign Agreement TACOMA. June 3 M"i Logs began arriving at five Tacoma mills today as members of the Boommen and Rafters union (CIO) returned to work under an agreement signed yesterday. A strike of the 87 boommen two weeks ago resulted in clos ing of the mills and enforced idleness for 4000 men. The agreement yesterday pro vided a wage increase of seven and one -half cents an hour, bringing the minimum daily wage to $8.13. This increase was made retroactive to April 1. Union representatives and boom operators agreed to arbitrate de mands for a week's vacation with pay, adjustment of starting times and overtime rates for ir regular hours. ARTIST DIES REHOBOTH BEACH, Del., June 3 tPl Robert Hinckley, I distinguished American portrait j painter, died of a stroke at his home yesterday. He was 88. Hinckley painted more than 350 portraits of prominent persons in the United States. EXTRA C nont , "TOGETHER U. S. Speedsters Patrol British Skies (NBA TtUphau) Aralrut a background of heavy clouds, Amertcsn-made CurtlM-Wrlght "Tomahawk" lighters fly In echelon formation above Great Britain. An official Air Minbtry picture this Is the first to show U. S. planes In actual operation with the British fighter command. The speedy "Toma hawk" u the newest addition to RAP lighter strength. RITES FOR PIONEER 1ST I ITT ST SINCE 1936, BUREAU The month of May. 1941, w the wettest May since 1938 with a total of 1.54 Inches chalked up by the US weatherman, accord ing to his month-end report is sued Monday. The thermometer registered 87 degrees on May 22, warmest since last October. Following are the weather man'! figures: Mean maximum, 66.1 ; mean mnimum, 42.3; mean, 94.2; maximum, 87 on 22nd minimum, 28 degrees on the 19th greatest daily range, 42 degrees; precipitation, 1.54 inches; great est in 24-hour period, .31 on May 7; trace of snow, 13 days with .01 or more of precipitation, seven days clear, 14 partly cloudy, and 10 cloudy days. E demand for the four-englned. long-range bombers designated by the war department as im mediately necessary for national defense and for aid to Britain. Coincldentally, the Boeing company announced immediate construction of an addition to rt Stearman divisions plant No. 2, at Wichita, Kans. The addition will total 1.320,600 square feat and will bring total floor space In Boeing plants at Wichita, Se attle and Vancouver, B. C, to 4,815,000 square feet. REPRIEVE RICHMOND, Va. (P Rich mond's rat-exterminating cam paign has gone into reverse. L. L. Friedman, city rat con trol director, kept three rata for experimental purposes putting them to death, one at a time, by various kinds of poison. Mazle went first and Agnes was to be next, but Friedman felt compelled to stay her ex ecution: He found her with a litter of 10 baby rats. SNAKE BITE LYONS. Kas. W Add Miss Mabel Hammarlund's automo bile to the list of snake victims. Mechanics seeking to learn why the car wouldn't run found an 18-inch Bluesnake wedged In the carburetor. They figured the reptile entered the exhaust pipe and crawled until It was trapped. Short, short storyi "Wlelaad'a Beer please." Moral: Try HI PORTLAND, June 3 WV Last rites were held here today for Harry Wendell Card, 66, a pioneer Central Oregon imga tionist, who died Sunday. Card years ago advocated di verting Crescent lake water for irrigation near Madras, and was president of the North United Irrigation district from 1916 to 1923 and secretary until 1927. Surviving are the widow, two daughters, four sisters, a broth er and three sons, all of whom 1 are bank officers: Jesse J., vice ! president of the United States bank of Portland; Wilbur B, I manager of the Eugene branch I of the U. S. National, and ' Dwight E., cashier of the Clark 1 county bank at Vancouver, iWash. was a member of the Palos Verdes lodge No. 389. AF & AM, Long Beach, also the Commer cial Telegraphers union, AFL. The remains will be forwarded Tuesday evening via Railway Ex press to Long Beach, Calif., where the funeral service will take place. Wards Klamath Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. TARGET PRACTICE ASTORIA, June 3 OP) The ; army's guns at the mouth of the Columbia river will target prac tice throughout June. The dan ger area will extend from within the river to four miles west of; Clatsop Spit, except between i June 10 and 13 when It will ex tend 10 miles to sea on both sides of the river. OBITUARY WILLIAM CLARENCE TRESTRAIL William Clarence Trestrail, a resident of Long Beach, Calif., passed away suddenly in this city on Monday, June 2. He is survived by his wife. The de ceased was employed by the Long Beach Press-Telegram and by The Associated Press. He SEATTLE, June 3 OP) The j Boeing Aircraft company an- nounced last night that three huge west coast aircraft manu facturers would establish a "pa triotic cooperative" to produce Boeing B17E bombers in all their plants. Other firms affected will be the Douglas Aircraft Co., of Santa Monica, Calif., and the Vega Airplane Co., of Burbank, Calif. The Vega firm is a sub sidiary of the Lockheed Aircraft company. The announcement said each of the factories would turn out complete Boeing bombers and that several other manufacturers would be given sub-contracts It explained that the cooperative was established to help meet the mm DIRECTOR LONDON, June 3 OP) The government announced today the appointment of Sir Gerald Camp bell, minister to Washington, as director-general of all British in formation services in the United States. En route to rodeos and exhl- i bitions, many wild horses die of heartbreak, due to captivity, ac i cording to an expert f offer i r U.S. GOV'T O 10c total Sovtoft Stomp for Dt)ftM$av ( Inf. Sonds will b stmt i fr Vtnf 10 Tj Owrejern J rMMVfhiiMip , packttJ item. Mall f T Garefcr rVoeJvc Co., S Frenches. 0e fswtf hl Att 1, I94L Paul O. Landry this queitioa: "Our borne Is on a boa thoroughfare. Pedestrian! might fall on slippery side-. walks or our dog anight bite one. Can we obtain single poller which will protect us against thla type of loss resulting irons civil suits?" 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