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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1946)
Ifcralb an&3?rttr$ News eAe New$ FRANK 'JEMKIN Idltor MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor Member, Aaeoelated Fran Member Audit Buraau Circulation a (ujaawgei EPLEY Toddy's Roundup By MALCOLM CfLbl A LOCAL business man said the other day that he is convinced there will be a criti cal depression In this country in six months unless full-scale production is quickly achieved in all the things upon which our stand ard of living is based. Inflation the current trend produces an artificial pros perity that may postpone the day of reckoning longer than six months. But whether or not we agree with our friend's doleful prediction, it becomes increasingly clear that the production stall now in effect casta a sinister shadow across the future. The production tie-up is sustaining scarcity in many fundamental lines. Scarcity means excess of demand over supply, and that in turn means constant pressure for higher prices. Rising - prices mean lower wages in any given scale, without the deduction of a penny from the pay envelope. Conversely, production that brings up the supply and injects competition (in both price ' and quality) into the market means reduced prices. Lowering prices and better quality of the things we buy with our wage money mean wage boosts without even adding a penny to the pay envelope. These are among the reasons the will to pro duce assumes peacetime importance approach ing that of the war period. a a a Flying In Advtrse Weather SOME time ago, the local chamber of com merce appeared to stick its nose into some thing it might not know much about when it took a crack at military aviation activity under adverse weather conditions. Propriety of the chamber's action was discussed by directors at the time, but they relied on the opinion of Aviation Director Phil Hitchcock and authorized messages to Congressman Lowell Stockman on the subject It now is evident that the chamber was on the right track. The Fourth Air Force has 'come out with an order placing rigid restrictions on flying in unfavorable weather, and is par ticularly designed to stop reckless cross-country flying by inexperienced pilots. Cross-country flights in December, January, February and March will be restricted to com mand pilots of 15 years experience; senior pilots with five years and more than 1500 hours of flying, and other pilots having 1500 hours to their credit and a "green" instrument card, or : pilots with 1500 hours who have successfully . passed an instrument flying check in 90 days. The green card means 100 hours flying on instruments alone. Several other important restrictions and regu-' . lations were set up, indicating a recognition by the Fourth Air Force headquarters of the probability that bad weather and insufficient training have been largely responsible for the numerous accidents that have made the head lines this winter. Some 118 officers and men were killed in the northwest in 1945 military aviation accidents. a . a a Briefs From The Pocket File ONE wonders if the disgruntled GI, hanker ing to get home so badly he is raising hell about it on Pacific isles, realizes the serious state of the country he wants to get back to . . . Then again, he might help to straighten it out if he were here ... A friend of ours who just got home from the service, and is a bit too tall for the average hand-me-down, has canvassed local stores and eight in Portland without avail in an attempt to find suitable civvies . . . Pro ject Director Ray Best, opining that he's not going to let the Tulelake WRA center go to the dogs, has decreed that canines of any and all varieties are banned from the administration offices down there . . . With all the wet weather, we imagine the Sacramento valley would be in a wet fix right now if it weren't for Shasta dam. a a a a Enemy THREE first graders, trudging through the snow to Fremont school this morning, were overheard as follows: No. 1 And he took the little girl out and killed her. No. 2 If they catch him, he'll be put in the electric chair. s No. 3 They could put hot wires all around him. Thus childhood proposes proper retribution against its sinister enemy. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 Mr. Truman pin pricked congress to act on his labor legis lation, but at the time he spoke, he had already set in motion the very same machinery for the two national test strikes of the union labor campaign General Motors and steel. The fact-finding panel for General Motors was even then completing its work nlthouKh the company had refused to submit its case. The president was quite anRry in private, be cause General Motors refused to. cooperate. As the inside White House eye saw the situa tion, the General Motors people were trying to arouse the country through advertising and otherwise against exposure of its private busi ness methods and profits from the union gaze. I do not want to become involved in this side argument. Technically, I gather the company did not refuse to submit books but promoted discussion of whether company profits should be the measure for setting wage scales, never contending ' that it was unable to pay any par ticular rate. One-Sided Justice PERSONALLY, it seems to me one-sided jus tice to furnish profit data without requiring , the other to disclose its profits also. In short, the public interest should be served by fact finding, not alone the union Interest. Whatever the sound justice of this matter, the presidential panel went ahead to get what it called "the facts" and my inner agents tell me the panel merely found its work mode a little more difficult but not impossible by the General Motors position. I believe the highest government officials here considered the profits dispute as shadow boxing and leaned rather sharply to the union side. But if the profits-gauge for wages was a shadow melee for Motors, it was the essence of the steel case in which 700,000 men, the largest strike band of the postwar striking sea son, expected to walk out January 14. The union plea for increase there has run into the dead-end plea that the company has no peacetime profits with which to pay. Into this matter (last quarter profits) Price Administrator Bowles is checking for the presi dent. Mr. Bowles has been instructed to com plete his report by February 1 and the fact- finding panel will then come in with a decision February 10. The proposed steel strike, therefore, as soon as Mr. Truman acted, entered the realm of superfluity. Why strike January 14 for a settle ment which is promised February 10 by ma chinery already functioning? Such a strike would only deprive the workers of their wage income for that period. SIDE GLANCES COn 1M BV HI. MftVKf. IXC. T. M. WO. U. tHT. Off. The Word Today Br DeWITT MacKENZIE AP World Traveler "Now don't bring that up my rndio has been broken for three days, mid you have no idea what a relief it is 1 not to have to worry about a lot of imaginary family troubles I" Useless Walk-Out RADICALS and leftwingers within the union wanted to strike anyway, but the crowd around President Phil Murray could see rather clearly it would be a useless walk-out and early sought methods of avoiding it. Thus the president's machinery was already functioning without legislation in the two major national strike instances. Its work was only slightly impeded by its inability to subpoena witnesses and - require .both parties to present their cases. There even seemed a prospect that' a cooling-off period would be effected in the steel strike until February 10. For. these and other reasons there seemed little prospect the president's strategem of try ins to side-track the public pressure against strikes from the White House to the broader shoulders of congress would be fully effective as far as current strikes are concerned. It is not clear how much speed the legislation might contribute to settlements. News-wise readers may find it enlightening to keep one point in mind while perusing the hot words now being exchanged by both sides, and by the politicos involved. These strikes are all part of the union campaign to force a gen eral 30 per cent wage Increase upon the federal government. Moreover, as a whole, they represent the postwar surge of the unions to enhance and apply their new, great power over national economics, to control ail economics. All the other arguments are extraneous points excitedly pushed forward in the heat of bitter conflict. As the strikes continue and expand, the de bate becomes less and less reasonable and fur ther away from the simple, sound, basic prin ciple of common justice as distinct from one sided justice. In such a debate, so few speak for the public interest, which is the paramount interest. Neither unions nor companies has the right to destroy the public's rights to service and goods at reasonable prices and just wages. mmm From the Klamath Republican January 4, 1906 Bonanza reports sleighing con ditions are ideal there. a a a George Biehn hag sold a few lots in North Klamath Falls for 940 and $60. a a From the Klamath News January 8, 1936 The heaviest snowstorm of the winter broke over this region today. a a a City councllmen today ex plained their defeat of Mayor Mahoney's veto of the telephone company franchise. They said that rates, given by the mayor as the chief reason for his veto, are controlled by the state PUC, and therefore are not a city council function. Males Must Wear Beards Or Else ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 8 The mayor issued the fol lowing proclamation here yester day; Any adult male caught in Anchorage without a beard from February 27 to March 2, inclus ive, win be charged with in decent exposure. "Thus he announced the dates lor tne city's Fur Rendezvous. A "Whiskerando" court will try any offenders. USE 666 Cold Preparations Liquid. Tablets, Salve. Nose Drops. Caution: Use only as directed. FRIESEN-WELMAN CO.- Plumbing and Heating Murder Trial To Begin Friday PORTLAND, Jan. 8 (P) Trial of John Drew, 25, charged with first degree murder of Deputy Sheriff Al Bowe November 15 will begin Friday, the court an nounced. Judge James R. Bain post poned the trial opening from to day until Friday on request of attorneys for the man accused of the fatal wounding after a tavern hold-up near Troutdale. Stromberg - Carlson Radiol. Derby's Music Co, Telling The Editor Lattare orlntacj hark muat nol ba mart than MO word In Imxtrt, mint ba writ tm liilblr on OMI IIDg al tha only, and muat ba algnad. CantHbutlaaa folloanng lnaa rulM. ara warmta PIONEER STORY MALIN, Ore. (To the Editor) In 1908, John and Dilla Bailey immigrated from Dundee, W. Y, to Klamath county, Oregon where they homesteaded six miles from Malin, near the Poe Valley market road, on the south slope of f icKett nin. The Baileys, alwnys true Dionecrs. left the latch string out, and they cheered and com forted many a weary traveler as he went on his way. There was hardship, heart ache and loneliness. Dilla Bailey sorely missed her old friends. Letters became fewer and farther apart, and one day in 1910. JJiila paint ed a word picture which she mailed to the Rev. M. C. Dean and family, in Dundee, N. Y. Invitation "Good morning to you dear friends at Dundee, I've waited so long that letter to see My patience is tried to the very extreme, So I'll write a few lines, take my nomc lor a tneme. Tis just a brief sketch of my nome in tne west. Althought it is humble I love it the best Uf any l enter and think I am blest Until I am called to the one where we rest. in the foothills you see my numDie domain, On the north, east and west the mountains so plain: On the south is a picture of beauty untold Whose broad fields in autumn are waving with gold. And beyond is a lake so silv'ry ana bright From morn's early dawn till the shadows of night Draw the curtains securely and snuts from our sight This beautiful picture, God- given by right. And then all at once your moon irom tne east Springs up in its fullness and then comes the feast. The bright sparkling waters of which l have told, Will now greet the eye as a great sheet of sold: And also the light from this ball in mid-air Then gives you a glimpse of the mountains so fair, Which rise in their grandeur snow-caDDed all the vear. A symbol of purity to us so dear. With us, though the season just now cans lor snow Tis spring-like and sunny wher ever you go. And for fear the bleak winter with us will soon be. I'll bid you goodnight while this picture you see. DILLA BAILEY, "Pioneer Woman." Submitted by Nellie C. Whit latch, Security Ranch. Malin. Oregon. "Visits Daughter Mrs. Ella Christopherson, Vancouver, Wash., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Robert Sproat of 501 La guna, for a few days. Y.F.W. Holds Regular Meet Pelican Post 1383 VFW, held the first regular business meet ing of 1946 January 3. in the KC hall, with 87 members, and recruits present. Fourteen re cruits were present from Chilo- quin Post. Recruits taking the VFW obligation from the local post were. Howard Gill, Law rence Andrus, James Young, Albert Trump, Ernest Frost William Hawley, Samuel Red key, Lcroy Spears, James Mc- Comb, Donald Dawlton, Edward Tcaney, Lawrence Sullivan, Donald Phelps, J. R. Morfachc, Lyle Thorp, Loyd Hafor, Wll bur Courtney. J. M. Penny. R K. Hannon, R. D. Hannon, and v. v. buck. Refreshments were served af ter the meeting, for both Chilo quin, and Pelican post. Regular meetings for the post are every first and third Thursday eve nings in tne KC hall, and all overseas veterans are invited to become active members of the VFW. Bullet Slain Bodies Found In Small Barn PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 8 (VP) The bullet slain bodies of a bus driver and his wife were found in a small red barn at the rear of their suburban acreage here late yesterday. Sheriff's Deputy Ed Hurita said a .32 caliber revolver was held in the hand of 48-year-old Elmer Eugene Gosney. Hurita said he believed the deaths of the man and his 35-year-old wife were murder and suicide, and reported the woman had recently suca ror aiyorce. JayceeUeg The Javceettes will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 In the USO club rooms, 11th and Walnut. Strombera - Carlson R a d 1 o i. Derby's Music Co. PARIS, Jan. 8 This Isn't La Belli! France wo knew heroic the war. but n very ill Franco which has reached the oxygen tent utiiifo of Its crisis and is in Unit precarious state which no man can say won't get u lot worse before there's u turn for the better. T h a t Isn't meant to he a pessimistic estimate. It Is, however, cal culated to cm has i z e the truth that Franco It n s been badly MncKENZIE hurt, both materially and In spirit. This column would be rendering poor service If it tried to vvaue uio seriousness of the position. The public Is looking for the pny.tician who can hen! France uut it another wav. for the unuii, cr leader who can rescue tho country from the political fog In which It Is drifting and restore it to lormer greatness. Lionerul de Gnu c mnv he that leader. If he is ho mnv dIvk the nation tho new political party for which many are yearning. The troublo now Is that Franco must get through the oxygen-tent stiigo of her crisis beforo the real extent of De Gaulle's leadership can be ap parent. Ho is in a highly unfor tunate position at the moment, being handicapped In promul gating policies by the fact that his mnndata as hend of the gov ernment runs only until June, since the assembly was elected for seven montlis. New Constitution The Job of the assembly Is to frame a new constitution. In Juno there will be another gen eral election, with a referendum on the constitution. Then and then only will Gen eral de Gaulle know whether ho Is to bo continued in leadership. Thus the few rr-mnlnlnu months before tho Juno election are of vast Importance to Do Gaulle for consolidation of hlsl ground. So far his leadership i has been what may be described I as somewhot left of center. In other words tho socialist pro gram which he has announced is moderate. Ho contemplates some nationalization, such as of banks and the basic public serv ices, but it is said that the trans fer will be slow so as not to dam age the holdings of the public In the companies. Ho proposes to i proceea carciuiiy In order not to kill the real wealth of the coun try, but on the other hand to give an opportunity for readjustment later if necessary. De Gaulle's followers say that he Is establishing controls so that the state can benefit with Justice. Ho wants to control private monopolies, on the ground that tho government can't govern If It Is controlled by trusts a very obvious deduc tion. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1846 HERALD AND NEWS TOUR "Pappy1 Insists Wedding Bells Will Not Ring Today SAN DIEGO, Culir., Jan, 8 (!') Tho wedding bulls which Mrs, Lucy Miilcolnisou had an nulment were to follow her scheduled Reno divorce will not ring today, l.t. Col. Gregory U'appyj uoyuiglon insists. Tli'i famed imirlno rorp filer who terrorized Japimcsa pilots in I'liina and me I'acinc "stunned" Mrs, Miileolmmm yes terday when he denied ho planned (o marry her Immediate ly after her divorco front Stew art Miilcolinson, General Motors production nuuiager In Australia, The 30-ycar-old brunelta had told reporters of tho marriage plans and displayed a largo tlla intind ring glut .suit! lloylngtoit gavo her after a Now Year's day visit at Reno. "I nin stunned," she said when the flier's denial reiit'lied Iter, and her attorney, Joseph I. If it 1 ler, later quoted her as saying sho couldn't "understand It. i inoiiRiti at first it wag a uig joke,'' she told Hullcr. Boylnglon torsely Informed newsmen "no wedding plans are In the making" when called nt tho n.arlno air depot at nearby Mirnmiir, He and Mrs. Mai- common are Just good friends. the Congressional Medal of minor winner said. Ho Is schoduled to go on a DO-T-y, '""ve noxt week but has no duflnllu plans to meet Mr, MuU coliusnn, liu revealed. ilaller said the divorco hear ing, set for 1:30 p. m. today, prohubly would bo cancelled be cause his client lg "to unite t to go through with It." . Rado Programs lE II Mutual-Don Lee MMI ,240 kc Fund For Testing Of Cattle Mandatory C A T t'ltf T.... a fRlt ft. in.la ...uk.,,. utin, a i;i ilitt J til J law providing for eradication and control of communicable diseases of cattle makes It man- naitiry upon counties to provide funds for testing of cattle, Attor ney General Georgo Neuner ruled today for Director E. L. Peterson of tho state department of agriculture. Neuner held thut where coun ties failed to appoint veterinar ians, tho testing should be dnno by the department of agricul ture, but with the cost still to be borne by tho counties. Strombera Carlson Radios. D.rby'l Music Co. Just Arrived POLL PARROT Children's Shoes MOE'S SHOE DEPT. 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