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January 15. 1941
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KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY. JANUARY 15. 1848
Number 10719
Bay's Jews
By FRANK JENKINS
SENATOR MOUSE of Oregon
uys In Washington today
that congress should proceed
without delay to vote on Presi
dent Trimnin program, one way
or tlie other kill it or get it
going.
He adds: "Until the legislative
pattern Is set, business men do
.not know how to plim for tho
nture . . . Likewise workers do
iiol know wluit tho government
nollcv Is uolnir to be . , . the re'
suit is thnt Inaction by congress
is producing confusion and un
rest among all segments ot our
economy.
AS a picture of the situation IQ'
dav. thnt Is accurate enough,
There JS confusion. There 18
unrest. No ono can deny that,
Hut, If you were a member of
congress (hoping, of course, to
bo re-elected this full) what
would YOU do about It? Would
you knock Industry's enrs down?
Or would you smack labor In the
bread-bnsket?
Are you SURE ENOUGH of
your facts to do either?
'
WE'RE all fairly certain by this
lime thnt If the new world
we are entering Is to be any
thing like we want It to be there
must be LIMITLESS MARKETS
for LIMITLESS PRODUCTION
Obviously If modern Industry's
vast capacity to produco Is to be
absorbed and consumed, the
masses of the people must ba en
bled to buv Its nroducts.
But how are wo to bring that
bout? Dv high wages? Or by
low nrlces?
Either way will work If we
enn keen the rate or exchange
ot goods and services EQUAL
mong all kinds of people.
NEITHER way will work If
we DON T keep tho rate or ex
hange moreor Jess equal.
. TJOW ara .we to know which
wny Is beat?
i Industry says low prices
Jnter on. Labor says high wages
now.
Both produce Impressive fig
ures to prove tneir poinis.
T JNFORTUNATELY, we're
-' coming to be distrustful of
figures especially the other
fellow's. Some cynic, quite
some time ago, upset us by ob
serving that riggers aon i lie,
but liar flgger." Experience
has taught us thnt there is a cor
' tain amount of truth in the wise
crack.)
TTHE best way, of course, would
be to try everything, keep the
good and discard the bad se
. cure In the knowledge that In the
long run what Is good for ALL
of us will bo good lor ANY of
us.
In THAT way, wo could build
on a solid foundation tho kind
of world we all want to live in,
It would take time. And
TOLERANCE OF THE RIGHTS
OF OTHERS.
But It would WORK1
TT would be quite easy IF
We could only bring ourselves
ALL of us to npply to the
solution of the seemingly hope
less tnnglo or problems thnt con
front us (which, nfter all, are
merely problems In humnn re
Intlonships) the simple principle
of tho Golden Rule: "Do ye un
to others as ye would that others
sunn do unto you.
J-HE difficulty thnt lies In the
wny of ndoptlon of the prin
ciple of the Golden Rule as the
formula for the solution of our
problems Is the TRAGIC fact
thnt cynics hnvo convinced us
that it is idealistic and Impract
leal.
It ISN'T.
Sound business men, In con
stantly growing numbers, are
learning by experience thnt a
contract thnt Is fair to both sides
is apt to be more .profitable In
tho long run than a contract
that gives nil the benefits to one
party.
No. 2 Red Will
Protest Attack
CHUNGKING, Jnn. 15 ffl
Chou En-lni, No. 2 Chinese com
munist, today sought a meeting
with General Marshall. He was
reported ready to complain
agnlnst alleged government vio
lations of the recent civil strife
truce agreement.
Chou's move followed a com
munist charge thnt on Monday
government forces "ferociously
attacked Kwnngshnn, communist-held
hlghwny center In south
eastern Honnn province. A gov
ernment spokesman denied the
chnrun nnrl rpnnrlpd Hint. fiHirnt
forces everywhere had halted
iiiuury operations hi mc ouu
day midnight deadline "except
wliero they were forced to fight
in self-defense."
12 Miners Perismn Blast
Bus Drivers
Back On Job
In Seattle
City Strike-Fr For
First Time In
58 Days
SEATTLE, Jnn. 15 0P) The
bus driver's wnlkout which put a
knot In the leg muscles of Seat
tle's trolley riders ended Just be
fore sundown yesterday in a
compromise agreement, but the
first bus did not roll until 6
p. m.. and the service was re
stored slowly through the night
hours.
Seattle, however, was strike
freo for the first time in 58 days.
Union officials said the sys
tem's maintenance crews were
rushing to get equipment back
In service after tho almost-four-dnys
of Idleness, and that some
of the early morning runs should
be operating. An occasional
lammed bus could be seen short
ly before midnight.
Equipmant Removed
When the 1100 drivers and 350
maintenance men of the Amnl
gummed Association of Street
Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employes of America
walked out Friday night in their
wage dispute tho batteries were
removed from buses to be kept
on charge and the dicscl driven
coaches wcro drained.
The men asked $1.37 per hour
tor drlvors and $1.50 for main
tenance men. Almost constant
negotiation brought an accept
able offer Sunday from tho Se
attle transit commission nnd yes
terday at a moss meeting the em
ployes voted to accept $1.26 per
hour base pay for drivers with a
bonus of five cents an hour, and
a wage of $250 per month for
maintenance men with a $10 per
month bonus.
Printers Back
With the newspaper printers
of the Typographical union
(AFL) back at work since Satur
day and the Western Electric In
stallers' pickets off the streets,
Seattle enjoyed Its first strike
less hours since November 18,
when the printers left their Jobs
in a wage dispute.
The city took the transit strike
with little complaint but staged
the biggest traffic lam and bun
ion derby In the memory of old
timers.
One-Way Alley
Traffic Passed '
One-wny trnffle on alleys
north and south of Main street
was approved by the council
Monday night and on motion of
Paul O. Landry, this order will
go Into effect immcdintely.
The trnffic snfety council has
recommended the move nnd nil
alley traffic north of Main wilt
move enst nnd nil south of Main
will move west. The alleys will
be well posted by the city engi
neer's office. The area Involved
includes alley ways from 2nd to
11th.
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Hals Scarbrouah. Herald and News police reporter and sports editor, was right in bis element
at the police department offices today when the Klamath officers received a new Thompson
sub-machine gun. Scarbrough, an ax-marina, is hare iiald-stripping the tommy gun for Police
ChU Onllla Hamilton. :cantar. and Polica Judae Harold Franav. Scarbrouah luaoed auns like
this around on Guadalcanal and eliawhere and llred thm at thi Japt.Tlia Klamath polica how
hava two such guns.
Ike States By April 30 Every Enlisted
Gl With 45 Points Will Be Out Of Army
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 P)
Gen. D w 1 g h t D. Eisenhower
told congressmen today that by
April ' 30 every enlisted man
with 45 points or 30 months'
service will be out of the army
or on the way to separation
centers.
By July 1, he said, every en
listed man with 40 points or
two years' service, will be out
or In the process of being dis
charged. At present 50 points or three
and a half years' service arc
required for discharge.
Furthermore, Elsenhower as
sured nn informal meeting of
senators nnd representatives at
the congrcsslonnl librnry,
"every surplus man will be out
right awny unlcs3 his points
are so low that he can replace
someone else."
In disclosing the April 30
nnd July 1 goals,- the army
chief of staff excluded volun
teers from the discharge pro
visions and made plain thnt
the points are to be computed
on the bnsis of Inst September
2.
Eisenhower went before the
meeting to offer the army's ex
plnnntion of its demobilization
Japan Plotted As Early
As 1933 To Use Balloons
To Attack United States
TOKYO, Jan. 15 (P) Japan
began, as early as 1933, experi
menting on wind borne, bomb
carrying balloons to attack the
United States, allied headquar
ters announced today.
The Japanese planned orig
inally to release the balloons
from submarines off the west
const of the American mainland,
hcndqunrlers added, but by the
time they became practical Ja
pan lacked sufficient scapowcr
to penetrate deep Into the East
ern Pacific. ,
So homeland launching sites
were used
HcHdqunrters, In a review of
additional Information about the
balloons, said the record flight
was made in January, 1045
across the ocean in 1.38 days. It
was recorded In Tokyo by radio
signaling equipment carried by
the balloon.
The slowest trln remiired 3.09
days and wns made in Novem
ber, 1944. Atmospheric condi
tions caused the time differ
ences.
Temperature changes of as
much ns 70 degrees in the sub
stratosphere in which the bnl
loons traveled grently affected
radio signaling equipment and
the batteries by which the Jap
anese followed their course.
Headquarters said that inabil
ity to perfect radio equipment
delayed the use of the weapon
for two years, until mnss launch
ing wcro started in November,
1944.
Japanese officers estimated
thnt 10 per cent of 9000 balloons
launched completed the trans
pacific trip a figure which
headquarters termed "highly op
timistic" in view of official an
nouncements in the United
Slnles.
(Scores ot balloons landed in
Pncific northwest states, but
caused little damage.)
Paper balloons were used al
most exclusively, but the Jap
anese made some of silk. Japa
nese technical officers snid last
October the balloons were manu
factured at n cost of 9,000,000
yen ($(100,000) and were sup
posed to be Japan's retaliation
for the Doollttlc rnid. The bnl
loons were launched between No
vember, 1944, and April, 1945,
when the supply was exhausted
and the project abandoned be
cause Chungking broadcasts
mndo no mention of any landing
in the United States.
system, the tHrgct of criticism
by congressmen and GI's alike.
Eisenhower warned that the
army's organization "will col
lapse" if it demobilizes too fast
but pledged that every man
eligible for discharge by July 1
will be out of service by that
time.
Eisenhower said it was not
possible to discharge all men
with two years' service by
March 20 as originally contem
plated. "It would mean that another
2,000,000 men would be out on
Meat Cutters
Slate Valkout
CHICAGO, Jan. 15 W) The
AFL Meat Cutters union noti
fied its 500 local units today
to strike at 12:01 Wednesday
against six large meat packing
companies.
t "Every effort on the part of
our international officials to
avoid a nationwide meat pack
ing strike has been unsuccess
ful," the union officials said in
telegrams to the locals.
"The offers thus far made by
the four large packers cannot
possibly be accepted. They are
grossly inadequate."
Tho telegrams went out as
government conciliators pro
ceeded with last-minute confer
ences, with union and manage
ment officials to halt the strike,
originally called by the CIO
United Packinghouse Workers.
The CIO union claims 193,
000 members, the AFL 135,000.
The AFL officials said 75,
000 members of their union
would strike at plants of Ar
mour and company, Swift and
company, Wilson and company,
Cudahy Packing company, Kin
gon Packing company, Indian
apolis, nnd John Morrell com
pany, Ottumws, la.
KF Schools Set
Spring Vacation
Klamath Falls schools, includ
ing Klamath Union high school,
will observe spring vacation the
week of March 25 through 29, it
was announced today by Super
intendent Arnold L. Gralnpp.
The spring term officially
ends May 24, when summer va
cation will go into effect.
At a meeting of Boards 1 and
2, Monday night, the spring va
cation matter was brought up.
Members decided not to wait un
til Easter- for the holiday as
Easter falls lute, coming on April
21 this year.
that date beyond our expecta
tions," Eisenhower said.
"It would mean such a com
plete rescramble of our occu
pational forces as to jeopardize
the results of months of work
in bringing order out of chaos."
Explaining the army's demo
bilization policy at an informal
senate-house meeting at the
congressional library, the chief
of staff declared . that the re
cently announced slowdown in
demobilization was necessary to
prevent the army from being
depleted by March 1.
But even with the slowdown,
he said:
"There is not a single man
who is to be discharged by July
1 who won t be discharged by
Julv 1."
He prefaced his remarks with
a Hat statement that demobili
zation is not , tied in with the
war department's sponsorship
or universal military training
or with any desire of high
ranking officers to retain their
positions.
Some congressmen and some
GI's have suggested such might
be the case.
.Such conclusions, Eisenhower
asserted, are utterly false.
Eisenhower said that of 1500
general officers on duty on V-E
Day. 789 already have been or
are being reduced in rank or
separated from the service.
Couple innocent
Of Degnan Crime
CHICAGO, Jan. 15 W) Po
lice Capt. John L. Sullivan an
nounced today that he was con
vinced a couple seized for ques
tioning "had no connection"
with', the kidnap-killing of Su
zanne Degnan, 6, on January 7.
The woman and her man
friend were hunted, seized and
questioned because she left an
automobile in a west side gar
age for a hurry-up repair job
the day ot the killing and didn't
call for it. In the car detectives
found blood stains, a blanket,
and some oily paper something
like that on which the kidnaper
wrote a $20,000 ransom note.
The detectives also theorized,
at first, the car was like one
seen in the kidnap vicinity early
January 7.
Capt. Sullivan, however, said
he was satistiea witn tne cou
ple's story that they were in
Galena, 111., and , Dubuque, la.,
the night of January 6-7. ' He
said she explained the blood
stains got into the car when sev
eral sailors she was giving a
ride more than a month ago
amid a drinking party, got into
a fight in her car.
200 Men Get
Out Alive
By Miracle
Explosion Occurs In
West Virginia
Workings
WELCH, W. Va Jan. 15 (P)
More than two hundred coal
miners miraculously escaped
alive today after a tremendous
blast In the No. 9 Havaco mine
on the outskirts of Welch, and
12 men were known to be dead.
The force of the explosion
was so terrific that negro pupils
in a school house and workers
fn the store and office of the
New River and Pocahontas Con
solidated Coal company, from
500 to 1000 feet away, were in
jured by shattered glass and
debris. The mine is operated
by New River and Pocahontas.
The blast occurred around 9:30
a. m.
Pete Wlmmer, 48-year-old
company employe, told inter
viewers at a hospital following
his escape from the blasted
workings that he "counted five
men on my way out who looked
like they might be dead."
Wimmer said he was at work
at a point approximately 3000
feet from the main shaft. He
was brought to a Welch hos
pital suffering from head in
juries. ':, .;.
Unofficial estimates said from
a third to one-half of those com
ing from the mine alive walked
up the shaft steps, which some
how remained intact although
the tipple appeared to be a total
wreck. The shaft is about 400
feet deep.
Semi-conscious
Others had to be helped or
' dragged from the mine, and
some of them appeared to be
semi-conscious from shock.
Hospitals of Welch, a city of
7000 population and the county
seat of the biggest bituminous
coal production county in the
United States, were quickly fill
ed to overflowing with injured
miners and children from the
school house.
Edward Mullins and his son
James, who apparently were not
hurt, told newsmen they were
the first to reach the surface
from the inner-workings.
The father said they were at
work about one mile from the
shaft in No. 3 entry when they
heard the blast and immedi
ately started running.
Strike .Call
Aimed AH-3
iig Plcarsvs
- By The Associated Press
The nation's major sources of new home and Industrial
electrical appliances were shut off today when 200,000 CIO
electrical workers went on strike in 16 states, running th
number of strike-Idle in the country to more than 600,000
highest since before the war.
Albert J. Fitzgerald, international president of the CIO
United Electrical Workers, said at 8 a. m. (EST) that th
work stoppage was "100 per cent effective" in plants from
which reports had been received up Jo that time.
The strike, in support of union demands for a 30 per cent
wage rate boost, was called against General Electric, West
inghouse and General Motors, which together produce th
bulk of the nation's electrical appliances. These include re
frigerators, washing machines, electric range and oil heat
ers, radios, lamps and light bulbs.
Fitzgerald said the walkout was 100 per cent effective
by 8 a. m. in plants at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Lynn and Springfield, Mass.; Schenectady, N. Y.; Bloom
field, Newark and Jersey City, N. J., and Dayton, O. '
He added 57,000 women and 25,000 salaried and white
collar workers participated in the work stoppage.
In New York, meanwhile, picketing of the Western Elec
tric company s properties con-w-
tinued as representatives of 17,
000 striking production workers
members of the Western Elec
tric Employes' association ar
ranged to discuss a new man
agement wage proposal. The
strike is independent of a dis
pute of telephone equipment
workers involving the company,
which resulted in a nationwide
disruption of telephone service
last weekend. ...
Work stoppages Involving
2130 CIO United Steelworkers
halted production today at
two plants of the Bethlehem
Steel company and two divi
sions of the Aviation corpora
tion at Williamsport, Pa.
Currently the largest work
stoppage against an industry is
against General Motors, involv
ing 175,000 CIO United Auto
Workers who struck last No
vember 21 in support of de
mands for a 30 per cent wage
increase. . , ;..,,.
Effects of the electrical work
ers' walkout, which involved a
.major - partiof tha '.: country's
' production "ol home and indus
trial electrical appliances, were
not immediately determined.
The strike' came one day after
the scheduled work stoppage by
by 800,000 steelworkers, which
has been delayed one week. An
other major walkout, by some
328,000 packing house work
ers, is set for midnight tonight.
Quit On Schedule
The walkout by the electrical
workers, who had - demanded
wage increases of $2 a day, was
on schedule, said international
headquarters of the CIO United
Electrical Workers in New
York City. Last minute efforts
by federal conciliators to avert
the strike were unsuccessful.
At Schenectady, N. Y., Gen
eral Electric's largest plant was
closed as more than 16,000 pro
duction workers struck at 6 a.
m. (EST). Picket lines were be
ing organized. Between 10,000
and 12,000 salaried workers at
the plant had been instructed
to remain home in event of a
work stoppage.
Expanded Disease Control
Backed By Spud Growers;
Opinion Divided On Bill
An expanded program of dis
ease control in protection of
Klamath's potato ' industry,
which is now yielding a. $10,
000,000 crop annually, was
strongly backed at a meeting of
the Klamath Potato Growers as
sociation held at Henley yester
day. Cooperation of the state of
Oregon and the county court will
be sought by a committee . ap
pointed by President Karl Dehl
lngcr of the association, and it is
possible a man may be employed
specifically for disease control
investigation and other similar
work. The committee is com
posed of Ed Stastny, B. W. Short
and County Agent C. A. Hender
son. A. E. Gross, superintendent of
the Klamath experiment station,
reported on nematode (eel worm)
control research, stating that it
had been found that a year of
complete summer fallow, fol
lowed by a green manure crop,
reduced nematode population
about 90 per cent. The draw
back to this plan, he said, was
that it meant keeping good land
idle for a year.
Gross stated that DD and simi
lar materials are proving effec
tive when applied at a rate of
400 pounds per acre. . At this
rate, station results showed 80
per cent or better control and
yields of marketable potatoes in
creased 100 per cent. He added
that various potato varieties re
sistant to disease are being tried
out.
County Agent Henderson add
ed that other virus diseases such
as leaf roll are a danger to the
Klamath crop. It was after this
discussion that the association
voted in favor of expanding the
disease control program.
There was a long discussion of
senate bill 1396. the Brewster
bill to establish marketing
quotas on potatoes. A vote was
taken on the proposal, and it re
sulted: 17 in favor of it, 17
against it, and 18 not voting.
Those who failed to vote ex
plained they had not yet formed
an opinion.
Monday's meeting was the
first held. by the Klamath asso
ciation since its incorporation
last May. A report by President
Dehlinger showed the group had
completed an active eight
months, highlighted by sponsor
ing 600 Mexican national work
ers for the harvest season. Other
activities concerned ceilings on
potatoes, cancellation of govern
ment dehydration contracts, Ma
lin labor camp, car shortage, ad
vertising, and fertilizer work.
A report of the secretary
showed an association net worth
of $2522.86.
The association approved of a
letter from the county agent to
all farm operators in the county
asking them to employ returning
servicemen where possible, and
to record their wants at the farm
labor office, 116 South 6th.
Director Ed Crawford of Mer
rill reported on the association
activities in advertising and em
phasized the need for a strong,
well-backed program of this na
ture. Al Perry, manager of Pacific
Guano company, said that it is
unlikely increased quantities of
fertilizer can keep pace with in
creased demand for it. He ad
vised all growers to place their
orders early with their respec
tive dealers.
U. S: Group
Split Over
Island Rule
By JACK SMITH
LONDON, Jan. 15 0P) Of
ficial sources disclosed today
that American civilian and mil
itary officials at the United Na
tions general assembly were
split over . whether . American
conquered Japanese islands
should be placed under UNO
sovereignty.
While the American delega
tion sought solution to this ques
tion, it was disclosed that the
newly-elected security council,
confronted with the twin tasks
of controlling atomic energy and
preventing another world war,'
had been summoned to hold its
first meeting Thursday.
Indications were that U.- S.
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes, British Foreign Sec-
retarv TCmpct Tfovfn nnrl SmiM
Vice Commissar of Foreign Af
fairs Andrei Vishinsky would
speak at the opening session,
which will be devoted primarily
to organization.
The' disagreement over the
trusteeship question, meanwhile,
held the attention of the Amer
ican officials. '
Trusteeship
The delegates themselves
were said to favor a trusteeship
plan for the Pacific islands,
while their special military ad
visor, Gen. George C. Kennedy,
argued that the United States
should retain any islands of mil
itary value. : .
Delegates said that If Kennedy
held out the disagreement could
be considered as tantamount to
an issue between the state and
war departments and would
have to be referred to President
Truman for settlement.
Kennedy, chief of the Pacific
air staff, could not be reached
immediately for comment. Pre
viously expressed American mil
itary opinion, however, was that
the United States should not run
the risk of having to reconquer
American
islands
blood.
won with
Corner Building
Changes Hands
A real estate deal involving
the building occupied by the
Louie Polin store at 7th and
Main streets has been consu
mated, with ownership of the
property going to Otto F. Kon
schot and Irving C. Burke.
They are operators of the busi
ness which occupies the struc
ture on one of Klamath's main'
business corners.
The building was purchased
from Virginia Whitney of De
troit, Mich., and Paul Robert
son of Indianapolis, Ind., with
M. L. Johnson of Klamath Falls
handling the transaction. The
consideration was reportedly '
between $60,000 and $75,000.
This property has a frontage
of 45 feet on Main and Is 110
feet deep on 7th.
Arriving In
United States
' By Associated Press
Marvin G. ' Isaacs, PFC,
Chiloquin, arrived on Ham
blen due in Tacoma Jan
uary 13. .
Gino P. RoJierolla, CpU,
Klamath Falls, arriving on
Slatejerdike due in San Fran
cisco from Manila January 15.
Harry A. Marsh, T5, Duns
muir, arriving on Slatejerdike
due in San Francisco from
Manila January 15.