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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1945)
f WO -HERALD AND NEWS 33 MEET DEATH INN. DAKOTA -TRAINGH ASH ! (Continued From Pago One) minutes, previously had stopped at Petersburg, six miles east of Michigan, because of a hotbox, At Michigan, the railroad spokesman said, the flagman had time only to get six or eight car lengths behind the train before the second section bore down on It. The rear car of the standing train, a combination sleeper and observation car, was telescoped, its furnishings and berths jam med into a compact mass at its f.ont while the car's steel shell remained superimposed on the locomotive of the following train. Train attendants estimated 27 persons occupied the car's two portions. Definite check of the number of injured was difficult as they were scattered among a naif dozen neighboring communities which have hospital facilities, completely lacking nere. nucni can has no doctor. John Burnham, a staff corres pondent for the targo, n. v.. Forum, who was at the scene, said only two men among the passengers on the ill-fated car escaped. These were an uniden tified sailor and soldier who saw the second section bearing down on them and jumped, the sol dier suffering severe cuts in going through a window. H. E. Nelson, Grand Forks, N. D.. the engineer, although suf fering from shock, was pulled otherwise unhurt from his cab which was beneath the steel ob servation car shell. The fireman, George Harris, also from Grand f orKs, saw trie crash coming and leaped from the cab. C. W. Moore, advertising man ager for the Great Northern, aid each train carried 11 steel cars, and that all but four were immediately moveable. These 18 cars, with the unhurt passengers aboard, proceeded west in a sin gle unit, pulled by the engine of tha first train. Moore said. The Empire Builder had left Chicago Wednesday at 11:15 p. m. and the twin cities at 9 a. m. Thursday, bound for Seattle. The accident was the first in which a passenger had been killed on the Great Northern since 1919, Moore said. The agricultural forecast from the department at Washington Indicated today that the national potato crop will be 420,206,000 bushels as compared with the 408,034,000 estimated a month ago. Production last year reached 179,091,000 bushels. The ten year average is 375,091,000. Production of other crops In dicated - from their condition August 1, with comparative fig ures for a month ago, and pro duction last year follows: Hay (all tame) 90,228 000 tons, 87,712,000 and 83,845,000. Hogs. 55,154,000 pounds, 54,756,000 and .47,695,000. The spring wheat crop is estimated at 309, 314,000 bushels, compared with 294,501,000 a month ago, 314, 574,000. last year and 203,085 000 the ten-year average. DOUBLE FEATURE If il I . l A i J .A V TODAY - SATURDAY Vfplt' w "T" --", SIX-GUNS PLUS! . SHOCK BY Friday. Aug. 10, 1945 Police Court Hears Traffic Violation Clarence Best of Springfield Ore., appeared in police court Friday morning on a charge of violating the basic rule at 9th and High. Other items on the police court dockets were five drunks In court, seven drunks bailed out, two drunk and disorderly cases bailed out, one person charged with selling liquor to an Indian and IS parking tickets were paid. RESTRICTIONS SET A new system of competitive entrance examinations has been set ud for those young men eiv listing in the U. S. merchant marine cadet corps. Under this new system every man between the ace of 17 and 23 win now be eligible to take a competitive examination with enlistment re stricted only to those who pass all qualifications. The next examination has been set for September 29, and all examinations win De con ducted by the U. S. civil service commission in conveniently lo cated centers in principal cities. Application forms and book lets relative to admission to the examinations may be obtained by writing to tne supervisor, U. S. merchant cadet corps, Na tional Theatre building. Wash ington, D. C. In order to be eli gible for the September 29 ex amination, inquiries must be ad dressed to the supervisor before August 31, 1945. TRUMAN TELLS JAPS TD FLEE CITIES (Continued from Page One) no territory or selfish advantage from the present conflict "we are going to maintain the mili tary bases necessary lor tne com plete protection of our interests and of world peace.' "Bases wmca our military ex perts deem to be essential tor our protection, and which are not now in our possession, we will acquire. We will acquire them by arrangements consis tent with the United Nations charter." (Earlier there had been some official misgivings here over Mr. Truman's assertion . in Berlin last month that there is not one piece of territory or one trung of a monetary value that we want out of this war.") Last night the chief executive reiterated that there were no se cret agreements or commitments made at Berlin "apart from cur rent military arrangements." une oi tnose secret arrange ments, ne added, was lor Rus sia's war declaration on Japan. It was made, Mr. Truman said, before Stalin was told of the atomic bomb. (Elsewhere it was learned that Stalin had said the declaration would be effective August 15.- The assumption here Is that the advent of the atomic bomb prompted him to move it up to August 9). ine Japs will soon learn some of the other military se crets agreed upon at Berlin," Mr. Truman said. "They will learn them firsthand and they will not like them." Mr. Truman said Hiroshima was chosen as the initial target for the atomic bomb because it was a military base and "we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians. ' FEATURE Open 1Z-.M CtnMat -wrw t r 'mt 3 AND GUTS! SHOCK & (Continued From Page One) eminent selzura of the struck plants to halt further spread of the work stoppage was still uiv answered Wis afternoon. A Weyerhaeuser official stated this morning that lumber com panies tied up by strikes have no authority to grant the wage demands of the union as the final decision lies with the war labor board. Rayisw Poulbla He also declared that the two commissioners of conciliation from the U. S. department of labor, who are here, can only review the case and make a factual report to the West Coast number commission, a orancn of the WLB. "The request for a union shop has been presented to the war labor board and a union main tenance was granted by the WLB for the Weyerhaeuser company, both in the production plant and for woods crews." he concluded. Workers in five lumber com panies in this area are on strike because the companies "have not lived up to the terms of their working agreements In good faith," a CIO-IWA official de clared. Vice President Virgil Bum. in a prepared statement, asserted the big Weyerhaeuser company here refused to work with safety committees to correct hazards. He complained that one case af fecting workers in this area has been before the West Coast Lumber commission a year with out being settled. Notices Posted Burtz said the company posted notices that new employes are not required to join the union, although the contract states. I he company shall recommend that all new employes join the union." 'The company ' states it is against its policies to sign a union shop contract with any labor organization, he said. "Yet the AFL machinists have a union shop contract for some 40 of their members in the Weyerhaeuser mill." Approximately 1337 men are out. Statement Burtz' statement follows: "The strike in the Klamath Falls area which started with Weyerhaeuser Camps 4 and 6 Monday, August 6, was followed by strikes in the Chiloquin Lum ber company and Bly Logging company on Tuesday. Wednes day evening the Weyerhaeuser mill crew voted unanimously to go on strike and the mill was picketed Thursday morning. The union wishes it to be known that the Chiloquin Lumber com pany, the Bly Logging company and Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany mill are not sympathetic strikes, but all are striking be cause their respective companies have not lived up to the terms of their working agreements in good faith. The Weyerhaeuser Timber company has refused to work with safety committees in correcting hazards which were brought - to their attention. Grievances have not been settled but have been referred to the West Coast Lumber commission, and one case has been before this commission for a year now with out any word of. settlement. rrne reason tne union Is ask ing for a union shop provision is that although the working agreement provides that the com pany snan recommend mat an new employes join the union, the company has posted notices that new employes are not re quired to join the union. On the one hand they sign an agreement WINNER OF !Jx ACADEMY AWARDS... WINNER OF A NATION'S PRAISE... WINNER OF A NATION'S HEART... rl Alexander Knox A- I WVL) Fa( ft & Thomas Mitchell Ruth Nelson Sir Cedric Hardwicke rt 1 A ,:; 'JXsStm fl' Vincent Price-William Eythe-Mary Anderson and a castof 12.000 V'$8L ''S FtK O HENRY "KING WS5 I ' . - . ' " la. COMEDY. NEWS ,w to recommend that men join the union, but at the same time make it very plain to employes that they do not have to Join, The company states that it is against its policies and principles to sign a union shop contract with any labor organization. Yet the AFl, machinists havo a "union shop contract for some 40 of their members who work in the Weyerhaeuser mill. This is one thing that the members cannot understand why the AFL union, is given a union shop contract and the C)0 union Is refused it. On Non-Mmbtr "We wish to point out also that in Weyerhaeuser Camps 4 and 6 where the strike started only one man in the cntlro two crews docs not belong to the union. 'The United States conciliation service now has the dispute and they were told by company of ficials that they would not mec; with the union to try to settle the strike until all the men had returned to work. The union has assured the conciliation serv ice its representatives are willing to meet with tho company una attempt to settle the issues in volved. Informed ' of the statement made by Virgil Burtz, vice pres ident of the international Wood workers of America, that Weyer haeuser machinists "AL union is given a union shop contract and the CIO union is refused it," Emmett Baker, chairman of the AFL machinists at Weyer haeuser stated: 'Our union does not have a union shop agreement with the company out only a union main tenance contract, lo my Knowl edge there never has been any other type of agreement and I have been a member of the AFL machinists union at Weyerhaeus er since it was organized. Burti Mistaken "Mr. Burtz is entirely mis taken in nls reference to our or ganization, having a union shop agreement with the Weyer haeuser Timber company." Baker also cited Burtz state ment: "The company has posted notices that new employes are not required to join the union." He called attention to the fact that such notices also carried the company's recommendation that new employes Join the union and are not separate notices as Burtz statement might indicate. R. R. Macartney, manager1 of the local Weyerhaeuser oper ations, said the grievances cited by Burtz were new to him and that there was as much basis of fact on the rest, of the allega tions as on the two answered by Baker. Local Woman's Song Goes On Sale Here The song, 'Crazy Lazy Lane," written by Mrs. Amy Stidham of 318 N. 9th. Klamath Falls, has been placed on sale in Klamath Falls music stores with five per cent of the sales to go to the lo cal USO, according to Mrs. Stid ham. Words for the song were writ ten by Mrs. Stidham and the music by J. Charles McNeil of Los Angeles. The song has been published by' Nordyke Music publications of .Hollywood. Construction Told For Cutoff Highway The road from the Willamette cutoff highway to Crescent lake will be under construction about the last of this month, accord ing to county road officials. Members of the county court, the county engineer and the county road superintendent went to Crescent lake this week to look over the gravel situation in preparation to starting work. Carelessness in handling live stock causes approximately one- fourth of all farm accidents. SOVIETS NETS MIES (Continued From Pago One) rovsk, and at Sulfcnho on tho eastern frontier 90 miles north west of Vladivostok. The highly important Japa nese strongpolnt of Hulln (Bul la r) on tho Chinese eastern rail way in northwestern Manchuria was captured, it was announced, and soviet troops crossed tho border at new points at Ulugo veshchencskaya, on the northern frontier 375 miles west of Khabarovsk, and at Sulfcnho, on tire eastern frontier 90 miles northwest of Vladivostok. On the western frontier in the area of Lake Bor the Russians reached the foothills of the great Kinghan range south of Huilar, said the soviet communique re corded by the soviet monitor in London. Numerous Gates The red army's Stalin tanks, infantry and massed cavalry rolled through numerous gates in Manchuria's defenses with sensational advances today, Mos cow dispatches reported, and Tokyo announced the broaden ing of the soviet attacks to Korea and Sakhalin island. Soviet correspondents said units of the soviet Pacific fleet had gone into action. The Moscow radio announced that outer Mongolia, a protecto rate of Russia's adjoining Man churia and inner Mongolia on the west, had declared war on Japan. Time lost from farm accidents last year equaled that required to produce five bushels of wheat for every person In the United States. MANCHURIA 4lhJl:fllllj)To.ite n.i oirica 0an IMS atk Dr, w"MIti ENDS TONIGHT IT'S MDBDER, l.lf-pl.t III lkli I 1 lAJPO. " m W JVC -, "VV- J Ir i g 1 jjjjl ill GUNS the LAW ,fl HTTSTO ALL NEW PR0GRAM 11 Chinese Assault Port Of Wuchow CHUNGKING, Aug. 10 W) Chinese troops havo laid siege to the great Inland river port of Tsangwu (Wuchow), 115 miles west of Canton, tho Chin ese command said tonight amid indications tho Japaneso were rushing five divisions from China to Manchuria, Smashing along the SI (West) river In Kwangsl province, Gon crallsslmo Chiang Kai-Shek's troops reached tho border city of Tsangwu and hurled assault columns against that former treaty port, a communlquo said. (Continued From Pago One) One of the suicide pilots man aged to crash into a light fleet unit, possibly a light cruiser or a destroyer, which Is retiring under Its own power. Two ene my aircraft were shot down In tho vicinity of the fleet the pre ceding day. The American and British pi lots swept from Mlsnwa airfield on the northern tip of Honshu to Matsushima airfield, 160 miles southward, in raids back ing up Halscy's promise to sup port tho Russian entry In the war by pinning down Japanese aircraft. Gliders Mentioned Japoncse gliders were men tioned for the first time in the announcement that British car rier pilots destroyed 24 of the troop carriers. Both British and American fliers sank "several" small Japa nese ships and damaged others. The communique covered oniy the Initial action yesterday, strikes Thursday afternoon. and damage caused by the 1500 carrier planes which returned to the attack today, were not in cluded. i ssssa B. I I J r.t i ; i II M&m ( ljSMILD WEST! C OF C (Continued From Page One) o'clock, If announcement Is mado bo f oio 12:00 mioii, and open tho following duy; (2) If announcement Is made after 12:00 noon, food stores will remain open for the rest of the day and close tho following tiny; (3) If tho news Is officially an nounced any tlmo after midnight on Saturday, Sunday, or on a legal holiday, stores will remain closed the following duy. Official announcement of V-J Duy is an announcement made by tho president or authorized While House spokesman for the president, If tho president of the United States by proclama tion establishes a proscribed period fur public celebration, I J Telephone 4587 Mat. Dally, Optn 1i30-6i45 7? 8 4 W V DOUBLE V FEATURE I, - v i UN lr v OPENS 6:45 WK. DAYS w a then this plan Is to b dlirnjfsrd- B'1 and stores will remain closed during- the hours fixed for such celebration, t Squlrrtls Rid Park Of Iniecri rtegardlnK the butterflies or moths seen In luriie quantities in this area lately, Thomas C. Parker, assistant superintendent of Crater Lake Nullonul park, said iiround squirrels are tak inn care of a luro prrcontaue. Viirkor suld ho observed squir rels In the park snatching tha browu-wlnicod Insects an they polNo flutterliiK on the iirnuud, and eatlnu them. The squirrels hold the Inserts up In their front paws, pull off anil discard the wIiiks, and devour tha bodies, Box Office Opens 1i30-6i4S I TODAY i Starts SAT. MIDNIGHT 1 li unmis ItHllkN man v "... wmm r ; f
