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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1941)
Jtroa 4, TTTK KFWS AND TUB HERAtTV KLAMATH FALLS, ORFOOV 194J ILE COURT Thera were three new case opened in the Juvenile depart ment of the circuit court in the month of May; there was one case reopened; one case closed; nd there were 128 cases still open. These reports came from the offices of Gerald L. Murray, Klamath county Juvenile officer Juveniles in state and state aided institutions: Fairview Home St. Rose Salvation Army Boys' and Girls' Aid 11 2 X 12 4 8 Louise Home for Girls St Marys' School (Boys) Albertina Kerr Baby Home 1 3 St Agnes Baby Home Christie Girls School 12 Classification of Cases: Delinquents 3S Predelinquents 24 Dependent 72 Juveniles on probation and parole 1 Juveniles in boarding homes 14 Juveniles held in detention 3 No. Inmate Days 14 Juveniles appearing for cir cuit court hearings: Delinquency J Special investigations 10 Routine investigations 63 Courthouse Records TUESDAY Complaints Filed M. K. Gill versus Wisener Nash Motors and Commercial Credit company. Suit for dam ages. Plaintiff states he signed defendant's conditional sales contract to purchase a 1937 car represented as in "first class me chanical condition," but car de veloped faults not likely to ap pear in such a vehicle. Plaintiff asks Judgment of S151, trade-in value of his old car, and 3S8.36 for two monthly payments be fore car was repossessed. F. O. Small, attorney for plaintiff. Eva Walta Petersen versus Mariui Petersen. Suit for di vorce. Couple married October 8, 1936. Plaintiff charges cruel and inhuman treatment and asks custody of two minor children, (230 for their support, 3350 a month permanent alimony, $500 court costs, and $7500 attorney's fees. Plaintiff also asks one third ownership in two lots of Hot Springs addition, Klamath Falls, one lot at Bly, and south erly half of Block 82, Klamath Falls, and full ownership of pro perty jointly owned with de fendant in St. Francis park. Ed win E. Driscoll, attorney for plaintiff. Lucille Durfee, by Margaret Napier, guardian, versus Earl Durfee. Suit for annulment. Plaintiff married defendant at Reno, Nev, April z, isi, at the age of 15. Plaintiff requests annulment. Merryman and Napier, attorneys for plaintiff. Sentence State of Oregon versus Ralph Shoulders. Defendant charged with burglary not in a dwelling. Sentenced to three years in state penitentiary. Justice Court Max Yank, no operator's license. Fined $5.50. Joa GluU and John Berry, drunk on a public highway, Bond of $10 forfeited. Charles T. Shultt, no opera tor's license. Fined $5.50. Charles M. Schuss, violating basic rule. Fined $15. John Hamacher, reckless driv ing. Fined $25. Walter Mullett, larceny. Transferred to juvenile depart ment of circuit court. Bond set at $1000 cash or $2030 property. Committed to county jail. OBITUARY EDWARD BAGBY Edward Bagby, for the last 35 years a resident of Klamath county, Oregon, passed away in this city Saturday, May 31, 1941. at 7:15 a. m. following an illness of several years. He was a na tive of Mollala, Ore., and at the tune of his death was aged 75 years, 10 months and 21 days. Surviving are two brothers, Henry of Bly, Ore., and Jesse of Mollala, Ore., four sisters, Mrs. Mary Walling of Oregon City. Ore., Mrs. Flora Jarisch of Owesego, Ore., Mrs. Eliza Hamilton, Hillsboro, Ore., and Mrs. Margaret Pelkcy of Mol lala, Ore. The remains rest in the Earl Whitlock Funeral home. Pine street at Sixth. Notice of funeral to be announced at a lat er date. MIRACLE DANVILLE, Va. UP) Unable to find the answer himself, Chief of Police George Price b.s asked his lieutenants to solve a department mystery. Studying records on the per formance of department cars. Chief Price discovered that according to the records Police Cruiser No. 4 operated through out the month of May, traveling BOO miles, without using any gasoline. We are a well-fed people com pared with the dietary levels in most parts of the globe. But we are not well fed in relation to the productive potentialities of our land and labor. M. L. Wilson, to the National Nutri tion Conference for Defense. FUNNY "It's a telegram of congratulations from my rival sent collect!" CITY BRIEFS In Cataliaa Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Mocabee are spending their honeymoon in southern Califor nia and are now at Catalina. They were married in a church ceremony June 1 in Chiloquin and upon their return will make their home in Mt Shasta, Calii, where the groom is affiliated with the California Oregon Pow er company. He is a former resi dent of this city. The bride was Audrey Martin of Chiloquin be fore her wedding. Visitors Lt and Mrs. Allen E Priest and infant son Allan Eugene Jr., of Stockton, Calif., are spending several days here with Mrs. Priest's mother, Mrs. Ruth Turner, and grandmother, Mrs. Clara Shaw. They will continue to Pullman, Wash., on Wednesday for a brief visit be fore returning here. Lt Priest is in the army medical corps. la Portl sad Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Long of Long's shop, ac companied by their two sons, Roger and Nicholas, are spend ing several weeks in Portland and while north will attend the graduation, Jean Long, student at St. Mary's academy. Jean will return here to spend the sum mer with her parents at their home on Lakeshore drive. Recital Planned Mrs. George Mclntyre will present her stu dents of voice and piano in a recital scheduled for Friday eve ning, June 6, in the party room of the Pelican cafe at 8 o'clock. Families and close friends of the students have been invited. Weyerhaeuser PTA Chair men for the new year will be announced at the meeting of Weyerhaeuser Camp 4 Parent Teacher association Thursday, June 6, at 2 p. m. Hostesses are the newly installed officers, Mrs. Tom Tennery, Mrs. W. M. Jones, Mrs. C. E. Hollingsworth, and Mrs. Frank Steele. Pythian Sisters All Pythian sisters are asked to attend a meeting '"'ednesday, June 4, at 7:30 p. m. in the KC hall for the purpose of initiating candidates. Knights and visiting sisters are invited to attend. All sisters are requested to wear formals. Re freshments will be served follow ing the meeting. On Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robertson have sent cards to friends from Washington, Kan., en route to Chicago where they will visit for several weeks. Robertson serves as sergeant on the city police force. Mushrooming The last few days have seen a number of Klamath Falls people motoring to the Tulelake section where they have enjoyed harvesting mushrooms, especially plentiful following last week's warm rains. Johnsons Visit Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Johnson of Prlneville, former residents of Klamath Falls, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oscarson 1 here. Carpenters' Auxiliary All members of the Carpenters' aux iliary are requested to attend a meeting Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at the Labor temple. Returns from Portland John Selling of Wadhams grocery, re-1 lurnca monaay irom romana where he spent the weekend. Weekends Miss Shirley Park ins passed the Memorial day weekend visiting her parents in Lookout, Calif. Returns to Work Henri Con- radi returned to work Monday after a six-week layoff due to an injured hand. Visits Home Florence Bock of the Oregon State Employment service spent Memorial day weekend at her home in Marsh field, Ore. BUSINESS Realty Board Gives $10 to Fund for Rose Festival Float The Klamath Falls Realty board, in session Monday noon at the Willard hotel, donated $10 to the fund which the Junior Chamber of Commerce is raising in order to include a float rep resenting this section in the an nual Rose show parade. Charles Fisk, junior chamber member, told members of the proposed school of tourist guid ance which his organization will get under way here in late June Present plans call for educating the public concerning highways and places of interest in order that they may be better inform ed when asked for data by tour ists. It is hoped to present a techni color moving picture film of Ore gon highways sometime during the month. FUNERALS MAMIE B. CRUMB The funeral service for the late Mamie B. Crume. who passed away at the Klamath Agency, Ore., on June 2, will take place from the chapel of Ward's Funeral Home, 925 High street, on Thursday, June 5, at 10:30 a. m. The Rev. Iva Clark officiating. The commitment service with vault entombment will be In the Chief Schonchin r. 1 n tP... J. are respectfully invited to attend the services. EDWARD BAGBY Funeral services for the late Edward Bagby who passed away in this city Saturday, May 31, 1941, following an extended Ill ness will be held in the chapel of the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth, on Wednesday, June 4, 1941, at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Eugene V. Haynes of the Community Con gregational church of this city officiating. Commitment ser vices and interment Linkville cemetery. Friends are invited. Trial Date Set Portland Rose Nursery versus Audley Egger, a circuit court case, was set for June 11 by Circuit Judge David R. Vandcnbcrg. A Jury will hear this case. Police Court One drunk, one vag, and three traffic tickets made ud the Tuesdav mornine police court report. The sun radiates more heat In one second than the earth re ceives In 60 years. The city of Quebec derived its name from the Algonquin word, "Kebec," which means "narrow ing of the waters." NOW PLAYING G301M FIRST TOP HIT CAGNEY Ml O'BRIEN Uta.lt Wit! 2ND TOP HIT 20c Always No Tax !otin!Srr7 FRANK McHUOtl aosjw, f mmt M uors sacon aaaBaZJl THREE-YEAR TERM Ralph Shoulders, 19, was sen tenced to three years in prison by Circuit Judge David R. Van denberg Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to a charge of burglarizing the Safeway store at East Main and Home streets. Shoulders, who had previously been employed at the store, entered it with a key and worked the combination on the safe, taking several hundred dollars. City police investigations led to his arrest. Jurors Drawn for June Term of Circuit Court Jurors for the June term of court were drawn Tuesday. They will appear in court on June 16. opening day of the term. and the first seven names drawn from this panel on that date will be grand jurors. The 31 Jurors drawn Tuesday: Arthur E. Stonehouse. Algoma; Wesley A. Garrett. 339 Alameda:- Oiaf Nassau, 31 Main; Her shel A. Hadley. 408 Michigan; G. B. Young, Keno: Merle A. Wahl, 2431 E. Main; Lawrence W. Edwards. Algoma; Harold H. Hackctt, 1025 Prescott; Louie Aicllo, 411 No. Ninth; James W. Jonas, Dairy. Charles 11. Ziegler, 120 Con ger; H. B. Loosley, Malin; Ru dolph Jacobs, 600 Main; T. B. Young, 725 St Francis; Jit ri . i , ii t . : Y""".'"" "."' I KJ":i"i,'p,'LrJ.er'.,S:2! Nevada; Herman Lofdahl, 2318 1 Orchard- Martin J Jenkm. tot tonrd to lv "P hls Job So h ' ' h,ch ,,me n'w "nu,"d urcnara. Martin J. Jenkins, iw ,W,-hj, ,.nA ,,.hf . mni i ih n.mni,..ni Mortimer. Earl Templar, 1500 Crescent; George Uerlings, 160 Lewis; Thomas A. Lovclady, Poe valley; George L. Metz, 826 Eldorado: Clarence E. Adams, 2027 White: Axel Johnson, 429 Pacific Ter race; Harry F. Lsensee, 1919 Erie: James Dixon, Bly; Amos N Kelsey, 2331 Garden; Donald Yancey, 1702 Crescent; John C. Marin, 2304 Home. Former Klamath Man Drowns at Woodland ,,n, vri ,,, , 1 Thomas said representatives if ,he committee 1 o later WClaude Merson Jennings. in tne momh , 5alt,m , hQW 27. drowned today In a levee , tne proposed petitions to the canal into which he was thrown ,ute hydro-electric power corn by his overturning tractor. mission for inspection Jennings had been operating The proposed district, he the tractor in an asparagus field j said, will include Klamath Falls, on the Del Monte-Yolo ranch i Different petitions will b nnw The tractor upset on the levee edge, toppled into the water and pinned the driver beneath. Jennings came to Yolo county from Klamath Falls. Ore. His widow, Tillie, survives. . Leaves Hospital Mrs. Joseph A. Mahoney and infant daughter left Klamath Valley hospital Monday for their home on North Ninth street. OBITUARY JOHN LLOYD PEPPLE John Lloyd Pepple, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pep ple of Bonanza, Or., passed away In this city Tuesday, June 3. 1941, at 7:45 a. m. Surviving beside the parents are two broth ers, Roger and David, the grand parents and two uncles. The re mains of little John Lloyd rest in the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth. No tice of funeral to be announced at a later date. NOW PLAYING r- ;- 1 rnsciua Lane Rosemary Lane Lola Lane Gale Page j CLAUDE RAINS JEFFREY LYNN J EDDIE ALBERT J Companion Feature 'HOLLYWOOD RACKETEER" seL 25c wuk far mn SM ekm tf If iMr Uut km , . . tuning I' Inc. 1 Tax Unexplained Fire Damages Airplane Plant at Vancouver VANCOUVER B. C June lD An unexplained fire roar ed through the administration building of the new Boeing Air craft company of Canada plant here Sunday, doing $80,000 to $70,000 worth of damage to the building. An additional $5000 worth of damage was done to the exte rior of the new factory, not yet in full production of the big PBY (lying boats for which it was built. Efforts of Vancouver and Richmond station firemen, aid ed by student fliers from a nearby royal air force train Ing center, stopped the blaze after two hours. President Stanley Burke of the Boeing company, who made the estimates of the damage, said the firo would not inter fere with production of planes for the KCAF. Red-Crowned Street Cleaner Forced To Quit TENINO. Wash.. June 3 (T Despite being known as perhaps the only street cleaner in the business to wear a traffic signal on the top of his head, precau tions went for naught and Smith Hull is retiring from his con crete manicuring chores today. When the 77-year-old Hull took the job here seven years aiio he was leary of automobiles whizzing past him, so he dyed his hair a brilliant red as a con stant warning to motorists. 'I dyed to live, and it saved my life several times," he claim ed But an aiitninohll. Unit'. Waterloo after all. Cranking his car. he injured his arm and was day and will let his hair grow back to normal gray. Legal Description Prepared for PUD Campaign Here Legal description of the pro posed boundaries of a public utilities district embracing a large part of Klamath county has been prepared, according to A. M. Thomas, secretary of the Klamath County Bonneville power committee. sary for the five incorporated cities in the area and for out side territory. BELIEVED DROWNED OREGON CITY. June 3 (i The Clackamas river was drag ged today for the body of Mrs. Alfred Shuholm, 35. who dis appeared while fishing yester day. BUDDY BAER - ONI 0 VOUR w --.-r:- '?." """'': -"t tyf xi '.TrrcT.r' , An i 17? JO i A$ 3 V. THE LOVE 1 . yl fj 'nrK V WE ALL DREAM hi v4,-.. iv 4t;vHciTH t ; ''f,L:'' - MS fr - T 'JS&if il ,ne first tender kiss 'tp , "v'.' Zjfi (.) Tryf 0 to the last rapturous ", , l-m H-BH.fi " ; ' Y A Jul in a memorable picture lor two great atarsl J VI .j; i CARTOON S Utrt ea Ut astsl kf rtka CatiTiai W I LATEST NEWS '' '" j '$ , acousuincna.: ilMAI I0RD1 Jt, J KXTHA I SPOIIT XEWS SCOOP t l EDCAl WCHAMAW f fyi I THBILIINO, IXOIUIIVI, IL0W.iV-il.0W ICTllHlS I I 0DDDDI TTDHDL J Spain's Loss Etc. I.- ti i '.' c. The pose is familiar for fair visitors to these shores, but Adrina Otero, Spanish danrer and artist's model, is one of tin better subject for photogra phers. That's Khumba, her dog. Amendments to Job Insurance Law To Be Explained Klamath area employers Tues day wen urged to attend a pub- pensation law will tie explain ed by representatives of the un employment compensation com mission. According tn a snnkrsman of the Oregon Slate Employment service, new requirements nf the federal social security board may make Oregon employers subject to an approximate $400, 000 Increase in payroll report ex pense. These changes are also Import, ant to workers and workers organizations. It was said, and representatives of those groups were also Invited to attend the meeting which will be held In the circuit court room of the county courthouse beginning at 8 p. m. Fair Weather Forecast Here Fair weather Is forecast for the Klamath basin Wednesday and Thursday and residents are looking forward to a little sun shine after two weeks of over cast skies and rain. The thermometer rose to 74 degrees Tuesday afternoon and the early minimum was report ed as 44 degrees by the US weatherman. JOE LOUIS FIGHT HOMI C0NTROLLID, HOMI OPIDATIO oNe er rou a homs controlled, homi opsdatio miMast . . MILLS EYED BY AFL The Lumber and Sawmill Workers union (AI L) this week will make demands for union recognition III the two Kpraxue Hivor lumber firms. Organiser Joe Unyd said Tuesday. The union is prepared to prove their claim to a majority at both the C'ratrr 1-ake llox and Lum ber company and the Moselry Logging company, Uoyd atult'd. Employes of both firms have been working under an agree ment recognising the Industrial Employes union as their bargain ing agent until last week when 1KU heudquarters announced Hie disbanding of their organ, iiution throughout the entire northwest. At the time of dis buiulment IEU members were urged to join the AFL. Mi-unwlilla In three other for mer IEU mills the At L, was claiming a majority and placing charters. The three, all in the Itoguo River valley, wero the Medford corporation, employing approximately 40U men, the In grum Lumber company at Glen dale, Ore., and the Timber Pro ducts company of Medford. Delegates from the three mill groups will attend a meeting of the Klamath District council here next Sunday, Uuyd said. Barber Ordinance Up Before Council The barber shop nrdlnance. whlch sets forth hours of oper ation for Klamath Falls barber shops within the city limits, was Introduced at a meeting of the city council Monduy night. A number of barbers were present and apparently approved action of the council as no protests were heard. Shops will close at 6 p. m. every night except Saturday nights and on July 3 and De- cember 23, California had the largest num ber of certificated pilots on Jan uary 1 with 8283 pilots holding certificates. New York state was second with 4R83 certified pilots, and Texas came In third with 39 18 registered pilots. TODAY! Pi If lluaU rHIAIflU kqj Scoop BAEk fcN louis n JPlk) Fight ) fLJr PktumY V'm j V tr r4 I if Way nmtrrii -T 1 AR1ZONA B CAPITALS A I'hncnl' has been Anions J rapllnl sines lHflt). For a bnj period, Tuck n was the rapiia and I'reacott wos first cunltal ul the state. Thirty different kinds of lro and sleel are used In motr. high power plane engines. 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