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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1946)
IS 0G By ntANK JENKINS THERE are loini faint flgm of Improvement In human re lationship In the new today. ANY such iliin U encouraging. ON the foreign front, there li now premier lit Iran. II ti auld in cnutloui dls pntcliei from London (where UNO If In session) to bo favor ablo to friendly relations with Russia, and people who ought In bnnuf biiv hi will ha lllcilv to drop or "shelve" Iran's demand on UNU lor a settlement 01 ner dispute while he NEGOTIATES DIRECTLY with Russia for an .frH.tMiit urhli.ti la ninmln'M Idea of tho wuy It aliould be demo. That (temporarily, at leaat) would cool off one of the hot miwilH unu in amum on. . THE 'dispute Involves Iranian Inrrllnrv nfllmnt to Huiuilu. IE 1IMO utiA pftmtwllnfl tn Kettle the quarrel and IF the decision wont against min.nu ana ir nun ia thereupon refused to accept the decl.ilon It would bo an ufkiunnl hpitlnnlnir for UNO. IK a settlement acceptable to Jran can oe arrniiKcu oy munm of DIHECT negotiation with Russia mis nowicr can uo uy passed for the time being, any ... IT If quite possible that Iran may havo realized that In ad dition to upsetting UNO's applo- I.Mr mt tlm huinnlntf of the great International experiment she would ho likely to lose In Hie long run In any conflict Willi oig nus.ua. Whalover cine may be aald of It, that would be REALISTIC thinning. WE must be careful not to I YV cc.pt any of these Inter national MAYBEs as accom plished facta. Favorable de velopments today can be upset by unfavorable developments to morrow. UNO's lob will be a long, slow one. The thing to hot for If that It can be kept working and making some pro F . , . sH ha dlstirrbed home front. Ford makes a settlement with the union reported as these words ara wrltton this morning 4m K an Inereniut nf IB cents an 'hour, amounting to an up of 15.1. The negotiations aren't entirely closed, out u seems 10 be generally hoped that the tet- ,.,111 allrV Any aettloment by MUTUAL AGREEMENT mat puis men back to worn is encoungini. ... nrturn la ii'lMit'in Interest X Inn tifliMlliatr hnrw.flll or not remains to be seen) development in me mem sinnc. T),n ffnuprnmnllt seized 134 alruplc nnelilnu nlnnts. A EL .i. nil Ka nnn wnrknra Involved) agreed to work In the plants .n.lltiif aftldnmonl. CIO (with 103.000 workers Involved) first announced that not oniy womu It. nnl on hnelc to work but they would continue to PICKET iUm. .cUnr! nlnnl. whlrh WOllld have put one of our two great union oreiiniMiuons in me pom lion of DEFYING THE GOV 1.-D MM L M T Calmer counsel prevailed, and CIO luter wunorew us pic.cu statement nnu uik'i " " 1...... tn .unrlr nnnrllni A Rflttlfi' ui ii -VJ -.. I ' " - - - ment of the demnnda for higher PThus again we get PRODUC TION RKSUMEU. ... IN our complicated modern soeletv. It Is hard to under- ata'.id clearly that our cherished Ideals of prosperity and rising living standards can bo realized ONLY by means of Increased production based upon what tho experts term "Increasing techno logical efficiency" which In simple words means moro out put per manhour. Money has been tangled up In the situation so long that' we have come to think of money as wealth which It is not. Money Is worth only what it will BUY. Wealth consists of THINGS. . OVER and over, in Europe dur lng the past summor, this writer saw people STARVING with their pockets full of money, r.r'ecausc of LACK OF PRODUC TION OF THINGS. That sight shakes one down to fundamentals as nothing else can. Truman Will Take Florida Vacation WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (IP) President Truman will leave Washington February 11 by piano to spend a "brief" vaca tion in Florida waters, the White House announced today. The president will tako off in the morning and go first to Or lando, Fla., then drive to Win ter Park, seat of Rollins col lege, where he will receive an honorary degree of doctor of humanities the same day. Immediately afterwards he will drive back to Orlando and board his C-54 transport plane, the "Sacred Cow," for Miami. That evening he will board the presidential yncht Williamsburg for what Secretary Charles G. Ross described as a "brief cruise in Florida waters." PRICE riVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 26, 1848 FORD OK Details Of Product Of Automobiles Win be Discussed At Early Date DETROIT, Jan. 26 (IP) Negotiators for the Ford Motor com pany and the CIO Unit.d Auto Workers settltd their wage dis pute today on the bails of an increase of 18 c.nti an hour, A Joint statement saldi "An agreement on a wage increase of 18 cents an hour was leached today by the Ford Motor company and the UAW-CIO. "The effective date of the wage increase still has not been decided. Details connected with fair, efficient, and uninterrupt ed production will be discussed at an early date and we hope that the wage increase will become effective not later than February 1. "We have confidence that there will be an early termination to all matters remaining to be negotiated." d upon is equivalent to 1S.1 per cent a tin I nst an original demand by the union for a 30 per cent in The Increase agreed Reuther Terms GM Language 'Disgraceful' WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 (IP) Walter Reuther of the CIO-Auto Workers told senators today that General Motors turned down a 1-cent-an-hour pay boost propo sal with "disgraceful and scan dalous" language. Reuther, head of the union which has been on strike for two months In the corporation's plants, was a witness before the senate labor committee, which la considering ' President Tru man's request for establishment of fact-finding boards to handle labor disputes. The union has gone back to its demand for a 30 per cent wage increase, Reuther said, but ha contended It had always been willing to lessen its de mands if they meant higher prices for automobiles. "We told thorn that If Gen eral Motors was unable to raise pay without increasing prices, we would scale down our re quests," Reuther testified. "They said, 'we won't talk about It.' "We sat with them for DO dovs. with officials of the corporation with their feet up on the table and reading magazines. we asked them about a one cent an hour , raise without a price increase. They said 'No.' They said 'prices are none of your damned business.' " Vulgar Words Reuther quoted what ha said were tho vulgar words In which tlie company officials compared tho Interest they had in the mag azines to the union arguments. Senator D on n el 1 (R-Mo.) broke in: "How much of Uiis is argument and how much is fact? Did General Motors use that language?" Reuther declared that the of ficial transcript so proved. He called it "most incredible and disgraceful and scandalous." Reuther said 80 prominent citizens were invited to read the transcript and they expressed disgust at the company's atti tude but praise for the union. President C. E. Wilson of GM was seated a few feet away from Reuther as the labor leader testified. mw n mm m : 1 . ..- Telephone Slil . . , j j Number 10729 I JZJp I I g? 11 & Y EMU .,ona.,vi sfc-'-v Seen. Of Fatal Shooting II - , '-T- 7m 1 1 & I W W'AV ' Kits, '''JLL' . , Jl tea r 1 ' ,,Wn3' wfyy Y4 ''W7W -ify f&y s4 ...... Z&JJt MM fo) crease. The union had scaled down its demand from 30 to 10.3 per cent before today's un announced meeting of the ne gotiators. Tho Ford agreement was an nounced half an hour before Chrysler negotiators were scheduled to go into a meeting expected generally to produce an agreement in the second of the three major disputes in the car industry. Meanwhile the dispute be tween the UAW-CIO and Gen eral Motors remained dead locked with 175,000 workers Idle for the 60th day. GM Deadlocked The Ford agreement was made under the names of John S. Bugas, director of industrial relations of tho company, and Richard T. Leonard, national Ford director for the union. - Union representatives ex plained that the next movo would be submission of tho proposed 18-cent-an-hour in crease to the UAW-CIO strike strategy committee and then, if approved, to the member ship of the Ford local. Nearly 100,000 workers will be affected. The NcHOllators settlement. tho largest wago agreement reached nationally since the close of the war. was attained after six successive days of pri vato sessions. It was the first major break in the auto unions' fivc-month-long wage fight with the automobile industry. 2 U.S. Envoys Ready To Quit WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (IP) The Imminent resignation of the two topmost U. S. envoys was forecast today by usually well informed diplomatic omcinis. They said- that Averell Harri. man, ambassador to Russia, and John Winant, ambassador to Britain, were ready to quit their posts. There has been some specula. lion that Harriman may be suc ceeded by Florcllo La uuardia, former mayor of New York, now a radio commentator, La Guard- la left Washington by airplane at 9 a. m. (EST) today for South America to represent Prcs'lient Truman . at inauguration ot Brazil's new president. One group has advocated ap pointment ot a military man to the Moscow post. 600 G Brides And Babies Leave For United Siaies By BARBARA WACE SOUTHAMPTON, E n g land, Jan. 26 (JP) The liner Argen tina soiled from Southampton for New York late today with more than 600 GI brides and babies en route to new homes in the United States. The vessel departed with the tide at 4:05 p. m. (8:05 a. m. Pacific Standard time). White-helmoted military po lice had helped tho women carry aboard tho children ond baggage for the six-day voyage to New York. Tired from five days of grap pling with their youngsters and filing through customs and emi gration lines at the Tidworth processing camp, the women wero relieved at the sight of neat staterooms and ranks of baby playpens. Tho first trnlnload includ ing all those with youngsters wero welcomed aboard the ves sel Uiis morning by mivnl of ficers. In tho line coursing up tho gangplank was military police men Matt Kastellc of West Dallas, Wis., gingerly carrying a seven-month-old baby, while tlie mother, Mrs. Joan Hardl man, wife of Lt. Francis Hard! man. New York City, clutched lB-month-old Francis jr., in her arms. "And me a bachelor," said Kastclic, obviously embarrassed. Dance music was being played over the ship's ampli fiers as ono bride, Mrs. Dor othy Randt, carried seven-month-old Maureen along the corridors to her cabin. "I think this is ideal," she said. Typical of tlie delight of the young mothers In finding the improvised nurseries was the observation of Mrs. Vera Ben nett, wife of Tech. Sgt. Royal T. Bennett of Provolt, Ore., whoso baby was playing hap pily with the toys provided aboard tho ship. "Sho won't come out of the pen now," said Mrs. Bennett. It's a blessing to be able to dump her somewhere." . This tiny office room at the Pacific Fruit Express com pany's ica dock in the SP freight Yards was the scene of a shooting last night resulting in the death of Rots Simmers, 53, (above right), ' Clyde Edward Todd, (below). SP patrolman, is held oh second -degre. murder chargeif. 'Simmeri was sitting on the box stool working at the desk when the scuffle started. Chrysler Grants CO 78.5 Cents Boost In Wages DETROIT, Jan. 26 (Ay Chrysler Corp. and the CIO United Auto Workers aaV nounced today the "complete . agreement" on wages provid ing for an increase of 181 cents an hour. The Chrysler-UAW agree ment followed within two hours and 45 minutes upon the settlement of the .Ford union wage disputes on the basis of an 18 cents an hour. The agreements brought to end two long disputes in the automobile industry, leaving only General Motors of the big three yet to coma to terms with the auto union. Four Cars Pile Up On Viaduct Four cars telescoped on the S. 6th street viaduct early this afternoon and held, up. traffic for a considerable length of time. None of the drivers was injured, police said. A truck, traveling up the via duct incline, slo,wed down and the car immediately following also slowed and the three ma chines following that car col lided. Cars were driven by Al fred Bauder, 5218 Harlan drive; Mrs. Charles Smith, 1529 Wiard; R. Schiffman, 3444 Boardman, and Amos Gandy Jr., 1554 Derby. Mercury Drops To Eight Above An eight degrees above zero thermometer reading was re ported at B a. m. Saturday by CAA as ice coated pavement. roof tops and trees following Thursday s late storm. Despite the fact that it warmed considerably during the day, little thaw was reported and a clear sky was overhead. There should be a good crowd at Moore park Sunday where scores of persons navo enjoyed the coast ing on tho winding roads the last few Sunday afternoonsr The 24-hour forecast was for clear weather and mild tempera' tures. Arriving In United States By Associated Press Pvt. Roy W. Hawkins, Klamath Falls, arrived . on General Ellinge duo in Ta coma January 26. Short Charges Blame Shifted WASHINGTON. Jan. 26 UP) Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short today named Generals George C. Marshall, L. T. Gerow and Sher man Miles as individual mem bers of the general staff he said tried to shift to him the blame for the Pearl Harbor disaster. Testifying for the fifth day be fore a senate-house committee, the 1941 Hawaiian army com' mander expanded under ques tioning by Senator r erguson tit Mich.) his previous charge that the dear (department had at tempted to- make him the "scape, goat." Ferguson asked who Short meant bv the war deoartment Short replied he was talking about the general staff. Ferguson wanted to know which individuals. Short said he had in mind Generals Marshall, who then was chief of staff, Gerow, theh head of the war plans division; and Miles, then head ot intelligence. Thev were the ones, the wit ncss said, who should have sent him Information that he did not eet and which he contended would have caused him to place in. effect an all-out alert that might have caused the Japanese task force to turn dock. Man Seriously Hurt In Wreck DORRI S Kenneth Clark, WatsonviUe, Calif., resident, is in a serious condition at the Dorris hospital following an accident at noon Friday when Clark's car was struck by a northbound po tato truck. Mrs. Clark is suffer ing from shock. Hospital at tendants said the Clarks were homeward bound when the truck slid into them on the first corner on the southern edge of Dorris. Freight Building Gutted By Fire Fire completely gutted the E. F. Anderson Motor Freight com- Danv building. S. btn, tO' day causing loss of some $16,000 to tho structure and equipment. The fire is thought to have come from an oil stove which e nlodcd shortly before noon to day. State police, who patrolled the area and directed traffic. said that the inside ot the build' inir was comDletely destroyed along with a diesel truck which was on blocks. Fire fighting equipment and crews were sent from the coun' tv. Klamath Lake Moulding com' pany, Swan Lake Moulding conv pany, and snasia rianmg mm. CIO Return In Meat Tie-Up CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (IP) The CIO-United Packinghouse Work ers union' today urged its 193,- 000 members to return to work Monday in packing plants now under control and operation by the government but did not call off its strike. Coupled with assertions by the AFL-Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher workmen that its 55,000 striking mem bers were back at work todav or ready to go back, the CIO ac tion, li carried out, would as sure Uncle Sam that the labor force of 248,000 on strike since Jan. 16 would get meat produc tion roiling again next week. Reverse Action Decision of the CIO leader ship, announced by Lewis J. Clark, union president, reversed its action of yesterday before federal seizure at 12:01 a. m., today. Clark told reporters in a news conference announcing action by the union national wage pol- commuiee mat ne was tele graphing all locals throughout the country to withdraw pickets as oi o p. m. A statement said the return to work was conditional on assur ance from Secretary of Agricul ture Anderson mat ne would "apply immediately" for approv al of any wage increase a fart- finding board might recommend. it also said the union expect ed that "retroactive Davments win De lortncoming." WEATHER (January 28) Max. (Jan. 25) ....34. Min 8 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Forecast: Clear and mild. SP Detective IHIeld On Dee Dock DeoM Gunfire that climaxed what appeared to b. a friendly scuffle last night took the life of Rots Clifford Simmers, 53, long-time Klamath county resident, and today second degre. murder charges were filed against Clyde Edward Todd, 37, a Southern Pacific railroad detective, in the unique shooting case. The fatal shooting took plac. about 5:25 o'clock last night in a tiny office shack at the Pacific Fruit Express ie. dock in the Southern Pacific yards, where Todd and Simmers met in the course of their duties as railroad detective and fruit express inspector, respectively. Todd was arrested by city police and turned over to the sheriff's office last night. The secorld degree murder , charge was filed by District Attorney Clarence A. Humble) after he questioned witnesses and the railroad detective last night and this morning. Todd is held at the county jail. Two men actually saw the shooting in the cramped quarters of the ice house shack. They are Harry Marin and Stanley Hendricks, PFE employes, who were in the office at the time so close that the bullet burned Marin's shirt as it passed him. Humble said they told him that Todd patrolled the yard in that vicinity, near the Southern Pacific viaduct on South 6th, and came into the office to report. Simmers was seated at a desk working and Todd kicked his chair playfully. The men scuffled a . little and- Simmers pinned Todd's arms to his side and took his blackjack oway from him, the witnesses said, and Todd's statement to the district attorney was the same. Then Simmers stepped back and held up the sap, re marking, "I used to use one of these things myself." Todd, according to these accounts, pulled his pistol from the holster ' and a shot rang out. Simmers groaned "I'm shot," stepped forward and slumped. Todd caught him as he fell and eased him to the floor. One of the men in the room called the Merchants-Police ambulance and the ambulance and a squad car were dis patched to the scene. The ambulance crew arrived a moment before the police car and found Simmers' dead on the floor of the office. Todd was still there and surrendered his pistol to the police.- The bullet, a 32.20, struck Simmers just below or In the heart and did not go through his body. Todd was taken to the city hall and county officials noti fied. Humble . interrogated the witnesses last night and ordered the SP detective taken to the county jail. He talked to I the witnesses again this morn ing before filing the Second de gree murder charge. According to Humble, Todd told the -district attorney once that he saw Simmers raise the blackjack and fired and then said that he doesn't know how the shooting happened. "Horseplay" The district attorney said he had found no evidences of bad feeling or animosity in the rela tions of the two men, and added that apparently the shooting inci dent grew out of "horseplay." On the basis of the charge filed against Todd, the prosecutor in dicated he did not regard the shooting as accidental, nor did he consider it a premeditated kill ing calling for first degree mur der charges. - A second degree murder accu sation implies intent but not pre meditation, and the penalty, up on conviction, is life imprison ment. Todd's holster, Humble said, was a spring-opening type and when he reached for the pistol he automatically released a catch and the whole front of the hol ster opened. It's a fast-draw, gunman-type holster. The pistol itself recently fig ured in the news. The 14-year-old bov who twice broke into La Pointe's dress shop two months ago and masqueraded in ladies' apparel until arrested, had also stolen the pistol from Todd. It was recovered from a sewer and returned to Todd. . Body Removed Simmer's body was removed to the Whitlock funeral home and Dr. George H. Adler, county coroner, is to conduct an autopsy. This morning when Todd was photographed at the jail he broke down, shaking and sob bing. He has been in Klamath (Continued on Pace S, Column 6) Heuvel Trial Summit Area In Grip Of Mid-Winter Snow and Cold CASCADE SUMMIT, Jan. 26 This little community on Lake Odell is virtually snow bound with a deep layer of snow covering the Cascade Summit area even to the eaves of the houses. Additional snow whipped into the mountain section Thursday morning at 7:45 and by early afternoon another seven Inches lay on top the already heavy fall. The Southern Pacific rail de tector car, covering the track from Crescent Lake to Oakridge, was handicapped in hunting broken rails by the existing snow and ice. In the meantime the city folks wonder how natives of this iso lated community pass their time. Although the snow gets up to the eaves of the houses and portholes have to be dug to let in light at times, the people seem to find ways of entertaining themselves. Every white family here takes at least one daily paper and several take two dailies. . . The radio furnishes amuse ment. ' The average family only stays at Cascade Summit two or three years. Nearly all of the roofs here have become infirm, prob ably due to old age and the weight of snow. The heavy snow that must be "shoveled off the houses causes roofs to leak soon er than in a place where there is no snow. The snow near the chimney melts causing the water to run down the roof until it reaches the eaves of the house. Then it freezes, backing up under the shingles. About two or three years is the average age of a roof of a house which is oc cupied and in which there is heat in the winter. Lake Odell is covered with a thin coating of ice. In places natches of water are in evidence, Even though a thick coating of ice covers it, it is unsafe, to walk on due to the current breaking the ice in places. People who have tried it in former years have become frightened after getting out in the middle of it and Hearing tne ice craciung around them. A forest man who happened to be in this vicinity long before the railroad came in here reports that once he saw a man walking on the ice in the middle of the lake. His attention was distract' ed by something else and when he again looked the man was nowhere to be seen. . , Criminal case 1802, the state of Oregon vs. Earl Heuvel for sodomy against Virginia Rose Gibson, comes before the circuit court here Monday morning. The former chief of Klamath Falls police was indicted on this count February 19, 1945, and posted $5000 cash bail on August 21. Heuvel had left town about the time he was in dicted by the grand jury and was returned here from Ken- 1 sett, Ark., in August by 'the FBI. ' . Virginia Rose Gibson, a resi dent of The Dalles, was a pris oner In the city jail at the lime of the alleged offense, Novem ber 10, 1944. She was the wit ness who failed to appear to testify in the trial of Heuvel. for sodomy against Bernice Huff last November. He was unanimously acquitted of that charge. Kimmel To Prosecute Rex Kimmel of the attorney general's office in Salem is ex pected to arrive in Klamath Falls tomorrow to conduct the prosecution with District Attor ney Clarence A. Humble. Heu vel s attorneys are Herbert f. Welch of Lakeview and Earl Bernard of Portland. The complaining witness. Vir ginia Gibson, has been located in The Dalles and subpoenaed to appear and Bernice Huff is being brought here from her home in Vera Beach, Fla. Judge Arlie G. Walker of McMinnville, who Is hearing the case against Heuvel, is ex pected to arrive tomorrow or early Monday. Walker was ap pointed to preside over the trials when an affidavit of prejudice was filed against Cir cuit Judge David R. Vanden-berg. Jaycee Banquet Slated Tonight A Invrrn v-nrr1 will TlPAP Robert S. Farrell Jr., secretary t .1.1. tnniaht nf thf .TnvneeS Founder's Day banquet, as indi cated oy tne numoer oi uckbu sold for this occasion. Medals are ready and have been engraved for presentation to the junior first citizen and to UIU tlllCO MX J " meriting awards. These presen- tanons win oe maae v tue quet celebrating the 50th anni versary of organization of the group, at which Charles R. Stark, manager of the chamber of commerce will serve as mas ter of ceremonies. ;v t The banquet will be preceded by cocktail hour at 6:30 p. m. Shepherd's orchestra will play dinner music during the banquet and furnish music for dancing from. 10 to 12 midnight. Tha dance will be informal and tho public is Invited. .
