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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1945)
Changes In Employment Picture Here Evident In Review Of Opportunities For Work In Basin Throughout 1 945 By JOY BIGGS Drastic changes In the employ ment picture over a period of 12 months was evident in a re- view of work opportunities in the Klamath basin as 1945 drew to a close. On January 1 of this year, jobs went begging. Today there are unemployed due to persons re-leased- from war industries and the influx of returning veterans. This past year saw every per son who so desired in a Job. Some who didn't want to work were also on the employed list. Claims for unemployment com pensation were almost nil in the early months of 1945. Railroads seemed to have the greatest difficulty in obtaining help, due mainly to lower rate of wages in vogue, the depart ment of labor bulletin stated. The office was extra busy at intervals with Mexican railroad laborers coming in to renew con tracts, at first every six months and then every three. Housing Problem Housing was an employment problem, too. Many workers who came and found jobs in the vicinity, could find no place to live and left for places where the housing shortage was not so acute. ' Freauent chances in employ ment bureau personnel retarded work in the various depart ments. Many servicemen's wives left at a moment's notice when their husbands were transferred. By mid-summer there . were ' still Dlenty of lobs but .the.situa- tion had evened itself out. some what, with a number of particu larized jobs unfilled but nearly evArvone emnloved.. In August the men started coming home from overseas. In that month 34 registered for em ployment, 58 in September and the load increased in October with 208 registering. Les Finley, veterans' emDlovment agent added an assistant to his depart ment, the busiest in the bureau. A large number of the veterans were placed in industry through specialized aptitude system developed with the cooperation of employers. Found Own Jobs Numerous other veterans did not register but found their own Jobs or returned to those they lad prior to military service. . Veterans were given preference in every possible instance and this policy is still in effect. By the end of November there were only 183 positions unfilled and although there were still men unemployed these were not fit ted for the jobs open. . After V-J Davi "freezing' workers on jobs thawed, work ers were permitted to mage changes at will with no release necessary from employers and there was a considerable turn over in employment for several weeks after restrictions were lifted. The CIO strikes in lumber in dustries threw a lot of workers out of employment in October and when these were settled AFL strikes occurred and un employment increased as war industries closed down. Box fac tories started replacing women workers with returned veterans. many women quit their jobs when their husbands came home land the employment situation see-sawed up and down. Spud Harvest The potato harvest took "care of a good number of lumber and released war workers, but the dehydration plant, which in pre vious years employed around 200 workers, did not resume op eration m H4a due to cancella tion of government contracts. This had a definite effect, on the local labor market. Postwar construction plans were in evidence but regular winter shut-downs in lumber in dustries occurred withr:bad weather. Construction " fell., off for lack of materials and sup plies. The compensation department oi tne oureau became one of the busiest with sometimes . five clerks helping the regular unem ployment compensation agent in late wovemoer and December, With the employment situa tion in an unsettled state at the end of the year, Jack -Almeter, manager of the USES,, advises people to stay on their jobs and continue with the work thev know and where they have hous ing lacmues. Man Reports Auto Stolen In Klamath James A. Blue. 337 Commer cial, reported to police today that his black 1937 Ford sedan was stolen trom in front of his resi dence late last night. . The state police have also been notified to be on the lookout for this automobile. Blue told po lice that he had left the keys in the car. Six drunks and one person charged with being drunk and disorderly appeared in police court this morning, and five drunks bailed out. Four cabbie licenses were issued for 1946 and five parking tickets were paid. Phone Caffs Make Life Miserable VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 29 (ff Ralph Fisher, haggard from interrupted sleep, was trying to day to find out who is making his life miserable by fake tele phone calls. Both ponce ana iiremen rushed to the house the other night. Ambulances have shrieked up "at all hours," Fisher com plained, and deliveries of hay, grain, feed and flowers have been ordered. A $50 reward for arrest of the prankster has been offered by a low car service which was sum moned three times in one night. Extra Police Patrols Set PORTLAND, Dec. 29 (IP) In an effort to check a crime wave here, police will start question ing persons roaming downtown streets after midnight, Chief Harry Niles said today. Extra sauads will patrol city streets nightly, he reported, un til assaults and robberies de crease. Meanwhile, the shore patrol said sailors would be checked as they left ships to make sure they were not carrying illegal weapons. Several guns were stolen from the USS Paul G. Baker, the executive officer re ported. Police complained sail ors on leave had caused several disturbances such as smashed parking meters and shooting fracases. City Building Permits Gain Building permits issued by the city in 1945 to December 28 total more than eight times the amount of last years permits. The building grants this year represent $819,175, against 1944 s total Of $97,305. The marked increase in build ing, remodeling and enlarging is accredited to the end of the war and the fact that the restrictions on building materials have been lifted to a great extent. Many business firms, whose products were not being manu factured in large quantities dur ing tne war, are preparing lor their postwar trade. Larger and more modejti buildings account ior me large scaie projects undertaken in late 1945. This is evident in the number of permits which total 457 this year, as compared to 253 in 1944. Veteran Newsman Taken By Death SEATTLE, Dec. 29 (IP) E. J. Dalby, widely - known water front reporter and - for ' more than-two decades marine editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, died yesterday- in Virginia Ma son hospital here. Dalby, who had retired a few years ago, was a member of a pioneer Washington family. Since his retirement he had lived at the4 - family residence near Union, on Hood canal. He is survived by his widow, three sons and a daughter. Youngster Suffers Severe Burns MERRILL Larry, 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones, suffered second and third degree burns on his chest, abdo men and arms when he pulled a Kettle ot ooiiing spaghetti from a stove Thursday evening. The child slipped from a table wnere ne naa ciimoea while his mother prepared the evening meal. He is being treated by Dr. F. E. Trotman. Larry is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ever ett Jones and Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Woodley of MerrilL Churches Well Attended Here During 1945 Five Klamath churches an nounced during the past several months that they would either build new edifices or would ex pand the churches now occupied. It was a year well attended by local churchgoers, Klamath min isters reported, as they reviewed the past 12 months which saw the cessation of hostilities over seas and brought to all the need of the churches in such times. Five churches plan construc tion involving thousands of dol lars which will be spent within the next couple of years. One edifice is under construction now, to be finished in 1946. The Latter Day Saints church being erected at Home and Mar tin streets will be finished some time during the coming year, de pending on materials and labor, at a cost of S110.000. Members are now meeting in the city li brary club rooms. $100,000, is being planned by the r irsi rnrsuy leiiuus wiiu uuw hold services in the old red brick church at the corner of 6th and Pine. A campaign to raise funds for construction is well underway with nearly half the fund already oDtainea Dy subscription. Construction will not commence until the full amount has been subscribed, the Rev. David F. Barnett Jr., pastor of the church, stated. Remodeled St. Paul's Episcopal church, 8th and Jefferson, is to be remod eled at a cost of $12,000 soon after the first of the year to en large the parish room, class rooms, improve kitchen facilities and change the entrance. The Rev. Frederick C. Wissenbach is pastor. The Rev. Cecil C. Brown, pas tor of the First Baptist church announces that a church archi tect will arrive from the east some time in January to go over plans for the new building con templated at a cost of between $75,000 and $80,000. Five lots have been purchased by the church on Esplanade for the building. Construction will probably be started during 1947, the pastor stated. The present church is located at 8th and Washington. New Church Peace Memorial Presbyterian church now holding meetings in Altamont junior high school, may use the foundation already in on the lots purchased at 4431 S. 6th. It is hoped that con struction of the new -church building may be started in the early spring of 1946 or as soon as weather permits. Part of the $40,000 contemplated expendi ture has already been assured, the Rev. Hugh T. Mitchelmore stated. . Flood Hampers Hunt For Body ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 29 (IP) Mary's river has flooded its banks, making it unlikely that the body of Ernest Bowman, 45, Kelso logger, can soon be recovered, Sheriff Mike South ard said today. The river was dragged below Philomath for two days without luck. District Attorney Harlow L. Weinrick said that unless the body is found, burglary charges will be pressed against S. C. McClain, 67, Portland; Jack Mann, 27, Corvallis, and Roy Moore. Southard said McClain ad mitted Bowman was "taken for a ride" and shot as a car driven by Mann entered Benton coun ty. The three men were ar rested in Portland in connection with three Brownsville robber ies. An empty wallet engraved "Ernest A. Bowman" was turn ed in to police by a pedestrian who found it on an east side Portland street. Marines Cross Country In Cab v o o II l G M ? j$ m Fit weary marines, tired from four and one-half days' drive from Los Angelas pause for a rest in Pittsburgh. Pa., on their way crou country in taxicab to thoir hornet on the east coast. They are. left to right: Set. MeWin Upton. Niagara Falls, N. Y.) TSgt. R. M. Shepard, North Woodstock. N. H.i PFC Ralph Manlchino. the Bronx,- N. Y.t TSgt. Jo Ward, Pittsburgh, Pa.i Cab Driver Harry E. Orisohn, Sgt. Gordon W. Edwards. Long Island. N. Y. (AP wlrephoto). Marriages, Divorces Hit ' New High Here During '45 Both marriages and divorces in Klamath county reaenca a new high during 1945, a survey of the year's domestic records at the courthouse reveal. Both figures were up about a third over last year's totals. This year 502 marriage licens- 8 Miners Safe; 2 Others Dead By KYLE VANCE PINEVILLE, Ky., Dec. 29 (IP) Eight miners, rescued from the wreckage oi an explosion-shattered coal tunnel near here, were safe in a Pineville hospital today and two others were dead, as rescue workers pressed their search for the remaining 21 men. All but one of the eight, re moved from the tunnel last night, were reported responding satisfactorily to medical treat ment. The eighth, identified as Tom McQueen of Pineville, was reported in a serious condition. All were injured in the blast Wednesday. Rescue crews found the se verely burned body of an uni dentified miner today, near the spot where they expected to lo cate the remaining miners. The first casualty was identified last night as Albert Bennett, 64, also of Pineville, who was four.ii alive but died before he could be brought out of the tunnel of the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company Mine Number One. Fire-the 24th blaze since the original explosion Wednesday morning broke out again this morning in the main tunnel, de laying efforts to reach the men still unaccounted for in the mine. Rescue bosses ordered all their crews to draw back to the exit side of the new fire, lest they be trapped. The work of fire fight ing then was started all over again. Among those rescued last night was a miner identified as Bud Towns, 52, of Pineville, who survived the Kettle Island explosion in another mine near here in 1929. Sixteen men died in that explosion. Gibbs Will Attend Capital Ceremony Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Gibbs will leave next month for Washing ton, D. C, Gibbs having been se lected as one of the representa tives from the state of Oregon to attend a ceremony in honor of selective service personnel. Names of Oregon representa tives were selected by lot, and Gibbs received a telegram call from state headquarters that his name was the first drawn in the state. Ice Shrouds Atlantic Troopship ; , , ' L r"i lii i" - -1 "... . ... Relatives Of Malin ; Mayor Reported Safe MALIN Mayor and Mrs. A. Kalina have received word of the safety of relatives in Czecho slovakia from whom they have not heard since 1939. Kalina cabled his native coun try a few weeks ago seeking in formation, and the answering letter told of the safety of broth ers of both Mr. and Mrs. Kalina as well as other of their rela- fiirfia All or. foitviAt-a Mr. TTo- linn's npnhpw who intn'rnoH'tn n Evidence' of the icy north Atlantic gales that buffeted the USS Washington bringing 1570 concentration camp in Germany troops home from England, is seen here as ice is chopped from forward guns by Gunners' Mate during the war. 3e Jack Snyder, Everett, Wash., as ship arrives at pier at New York City. (NEA telephoto). es were issued, compared to 379 for 1944. Of the 502, civilian couples got 190, marines took 169, sailors 94, soldiers 24, fly ers 10 and five went to coast guardsmen. Complicating things, there were several instances of a li cense being issued a marine and a Wave, a sailor and a Wave, soldier and a Wac, a sailor and a woman marine and various other service combinations. Possibly because of the de creased glamour of a uniform and probably because the naval air station began moving out, the number of service marriages as compared to civilian alliances began to slump soon alter V-J Day, and in the past two months the great majority of pcr.-ils were issued to civilian coupics, many of them sporting discharge emblems. And there were instances of the groom-to-be killing two birds with one trip to the court house having his discharge pa pers recorded and obtaining a marriage license. In the 452 divorce suits filed, cruel and inhuman treatment, the catch-all under Oregon law, was charged in 377 cases. Deser tion was listed as the cause in 48, the fact that the husband had been convicted of a felony in three and adultery in a single case. Twenty-three suits for annul ment went into the records. Rea sons given included prior mar riage still in effect, one of the parties under age when married, divorce not final and fraud in the marriage contract. Of the 345 decrees granted, the wives took 235 and husbands were awarded 110. The remain der of the complaints filed have cither been withdrawn or are still hanging fire. Decrees grant ed last year totaled 279. Police Quell Knife Fight PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Dec. 29 (ft) A strong detachment of harbor police broke up a knife fight between white and Chi nese members of the crew of the 7240-ton American ship Anna Dickinson last night. An SOS from the vessel to British naval authorities brought harbor police swarm ing over the side on rope lad ders under threatening knives and axes brandished by white and Chinese seamen engaged in a riot. The ship, registered under the U.- S. war shipping admin istration, had anchored in the channel between the Isle of Wight and the English main land after taking a heavy bat tering by gales and rough seas. Police said several - arrests were made and the incident was reported to U. S. naval authori ties. No More Women . Cabbies Welcomed PORTLAND, Dec' 29 (IP) No more women cabbies here, wel comed during the war will be hired from now on, union offi cials said today. One cab company spokesman declared the women "did a swell Job." "They almost never have an accident," he saicV. "The worst that ever happens is a dented fender." . Feminine taxi drivers hero have dropped from 72 to 16 at their own request, the compan ies reported, t Hitler Marriage Contract Seized ' , .. - i . NUERNBERG, Germany, Dec. 29 OP) U. S. third army head quarters announced today the seizure of the original marriage contract between Hitler and Eva Braun. ' The marriage contract and a political and private testimony of Hitler were reported seized colncidentally with the arrest by British counter intelligence agents of Friedrich Wiihelm Paustin, adjutant to the missing Martin Bormann, at Vilfhogen. . 15-Cent Increase In Wages Agreed At Session Here (Continued from Pago One) the recommended settlement of the negotiators. Gilchrist Lumber company, another largo Klamath county operation with an AFL con tract, is not nffllhited with the MEETINGS SET . Big Lakes Box company AFL unionists were called to day to attend a meeting at the Labor Temple at 11:30 a. m. Sunday to consider the recom mended wage settlement. If the settlement Is ratified, it Is the management's intention to start the pinning mill and box factory on January 2, and the sawmill on January 3. Dorris local will meet at the Dorris city hall Monday at 1 p. nl. to consider the settlement. Klamath Basin District coun cil. It Is In the central Oregon area, and Is not affected by the Klamath basin settlement. Haddock said today that the settlement reached In this case docs not meet with the approval of the northwestern council pol icy committee and only covers local unions affiliated with the Klamath basin district council of Lumber and Sawmill Workors whose operators are also affiliat ed with the Pino Industrial Re lations Committee, Inc. He said the north western council of the union is now In session at Spokane, and disliked the agreement made here. Talks On Bus Strike Will Be Resumed PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29 (IP) Negotiations on the wage issue which has left Overland Grey hound stages idle since October 1 will bo resumed hero January 5, a union official said today, Harold Oathcs, drivers' busi ness agent, said the union had accepted a company proposal to talk it over. G. E. Motz, general manager of the line which runs west and north out of Salt Lake City, de clared tho company was ready Saturday, Deo. 2(, 1MB HERALD AND MEWISIl Nixon Charges U. S. Pampering Nazi Tycoons , (Continued from Page One) formation w h I o h provides a basis for substantive charges agnlnnt theso officials or any of thorn, such charges will be presented' promptly to the war crimes authority or to the conn-tor-Intelligence department, ac cording tu the nature of the nc cuantlon." Delegation Instructed By Council KLAMATH AGENCY. Dee. 20 The Klnninth Indian uenorul council met on December 27, at Kltumith Agency, specifically for tho purpose of giving Instruc tions to the tribal delegation which is to go to Washington. The delegation is composed of Boyd J. Jackson, who lin.i been a delegate for over 10 years, and Wado Crawford who acted as a dclcgoto some years ago. Tho general council directed. among other things: pressing for tho passage by congress. ui the so-cullcd Klamath welfare bill, S-794, which Includes provision for tho puymcnt of $1000 apiece for tho Indians: urosalnu the Klamath conservation fish unci wildlife bills 11-221)7 and S-UfW; tho Klmmith Indian livestock bill. S-7U3: tho Immedluto Intro duction of tho proposed Klam ath liquor bill; cooperation with the federal government in Its pol icy to streamline the Indian service towards more efficiency and reduction in operating costs; and mo pressing for the reopen inu of tho Auuncv hosoltal now closed duo to hick of personnel, including a physician, The delcgutlun was elected on November 1, 1945, and it Is ex pected that It will bo authorized by tho interior department to irocccd to (Jliicago and wnsning tm D. C, somo time after con gress reconvenes In January next. A bill known as "Senate 1313." which concerns the Im mediate winding up of tho Klam ath reservation and tho distribu tion of property failed of pas- sago at the Klamath tribal busi ness committee on December 14, 1945, due to the need of a sec ond to the motion. Lacking a second to the motion that S-1313 also be pressed by the delega tion also caused its falluro to be approved by tho general council on December 27. Boy Hurt When Bike Hits Train Larry Poole, 9-ycnr-old son of C. B. Poole, Walton drive, suf fered severe head Injuries at 1:45 today when his blcyclo crashed into a moving logging trcigiu at the Homedalo crossing. The child was rushed to Klam ath Valley hospital by the mer chants police ambulance and was in tne emergency room tor treat ment at 2:15 p. m. State pollco investigated. Officers said the train was moving cast when the boy ran his bicycle Into one of the middle freight cars. Ho was thrown from his machine but for tunately free from tho train. to bargain but would not "turn over ' the management of our business to outsiders, whether they be arbitrator or not." Classified Ads Bring Results. Commission Begins Trip To Japan 4iJy- (J, . .. i Semi-Annual Dividend 1 Declared Th First Fodtral Savings and Loan association today an nounced its semi-annual dlvt dund at the annual rata of 1 nor cent, amounting to ovar $30,000, payable on savings Jan. uary 1. The dlvldand was voted at a recont mooting of th board of directors, Tho annual renort of tho as-' soclatlon shows continued growth in' savings accounts, de posits now exceed $3,000,000, Homo loans also- reached a new high peak of over 11. 000.000. Tho association has continually uncica to its government bond holdings and during the rocent Victory drlvo purchased addi tional bonds bringing its total holdings In governments to over $2,000,000. Total assets of the First Fed eral Savings and Loan associa tion exceed $4,000,000. Surplus and rcscrvo accounts have also reached now high totals for the year just ending. ' The 10-natlon Far Eastern commission members prepare to board a plane in Washington for San Francisco, first leg on a journey to Japan to give advice to the administration there. From bottom to top at lefti Lt. Gen, Chu Shih-ming, Chlnai Monsieur Francis L.acoste, France; R. R. Saksena, Indiat C. A. Berendsen, New Zealand; Sir George Sansom. Great Britain! from bottom to top, rlghtt Nelson T. Johnson, secretary general. U. S. (light coat)irMaj. J. Plimsolll Australia) Col. L. M. Cos grove, Canada; Dr. de Kat Angelino, Netherlands, and Maj. Gen. Frank H." McCoy, chairman, USA. (AP wirephoto). ' 38 Arrested In Jerusalem JERUSALEM. Dec. 20 (IP) Thirty-eight persons suspected of participating In shootings and uoiudiiikh inunumy night which resulted in ten deaths in Jeru. sulem and Tel Aviv were under arrest today. The initial result of a police and military dragnet which rounded up neurly 2700 persons for questioning. The :m were arrested In Riimth Gnu. a villaue near the all-Jewish town o( Tel Aviv whoro UB2 person were ques tioned, ino remainder rounded up In Palestine's biggest main hunt wore seized In Jerusalem. In addition 30 persons were arrested for breaking a curfew imposed on Ramth Uun. An official statement laid "there Is evidence that tome ot those engaged in the out rages had taken refuge" in Ramth Can. The suspects seized In Jeru salem were lodged in detention barracks after being picked up throughout the day yesterday. Every malo under 00, Including tho entire guest list of tho Eden hotel, was arrested In the liezalel section of Jorusalom. The curfew was lifted in Tel Aviv today, but remained in ef fect In Jerusalem. Private tele phones still were not operating in largo parts of the city be cause of security regulations. British Tommies in full battle dress patrolled In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. nr r!.-- woman cruers Innocent Plea Nettle Belle Lusk, indicted for contributing to tho delinquency of her 14-ycar-old daughter, en tered a plea of Innocence this morning In circuit court and Marcn iu was set as mo aaio oi her trial. Her indictment was basod on the samo chain of circumstances which caused the indictment of Albert M. Waldo for statutory rape. Wuldo received a 20-year prison sentence as a probation violator this week. J. Johnson, charged with forg ing a $37. HO check, was taken In on indictment and givon four years probation in court yester day. Leo Arlct Hlxon, indicted for receiving and concealing stolen property, and Pedro Palato, Mexican youth charged with statutory rapo, are duo to enter picas in circuit court Monday. Palato has retained an Interpret er for the court proceedings, Vet Dies After Love Shooting NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (f) Capt. Eugene Dale, 27-ycar-old survivor of the Bataan death march, died today as a result of bullet wounds in the head, chest and abdomen received in a melee over the love .of an at tractive model. Another war veteran, Capt. Archie B. Miller, 25, who served in the European theater and who is the estranged hus band of the- model, has been held without ball on a charge of felonious assault as a result of the shooting early yesterday. Assistant District Attorney Edward Murphy termed the shooting "one of the usual tri angle affairs.'' Tho model, Mrs. Fay Hancock Miller, told police she fell in love with Dale and Elanned a divorce while her UBbund was overseas. Christmas Lights . Cause No Fires Here Firemen reported today that Klamath folks, thus for in the holiday season, had not suffered from fire which could be attrib uted to Christmas tree lights of decorations. ' At 1:31 a, m. Saturday Die truck was called to a cabin at tho rear of the Nite Hawk cafe on S. 6th. An overheated itova caused little damage. Two calls were received Fri day, one at 7:21 a. m. when fuse box on a nole at the rear nf Fluhrer's Bakery on Pine street ' destroyed the box,, and at 10:50 a. m. a motor was' destroyed by fire In the basement of Balslger Motor company.
