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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1946)
Gun Trick Backfires 1 A government automobile ipd Into Klamath Falli last night, grim-faced bordor patrolman at the wheel. a dlttraoled young woman by hit tide, and tht bullet-pierced body of man tlumped over the ror loot, .... Their arrival at Hlllilde hoipltil iUrltd in Investigation which dliolosed the ttrange itory ol lh death ol C. A, Gunder n. SB-yeer-old veteran air oorpt pilot, who turvlvad 17 monthi In German prison camp to die In hli homo country oi gun hot wound apparently unlntantlonally teltlnflloted. aund.non, a mimbir oi tht bordar patrol at tha Tulalaka WBA project, wai ahot at he tat In ear at Tulalaka lata yeeter day with V6rn Lagar, 26, another bordar patrolman, and two young women, .... Lagar, who brought the body to Klamath Falli. told tha in Yeitlgatort that Oundenen ihot hlmiel! In tha head while mm. Ingly downing with hli gun In tha fashion oi tha tlckllih Gl game called Huislan roulette, Lagar'i itory, corroborated by tha two girl wltneuei, began ol the two border patrolmen at Tulelake yeiter- day afternoon. They were acquainted with the glrli, Evelyn with Hiii and Evelyn Nation, and picked them up In the car alter tha glrla left the bank where they work. They drove around a abort time and itopped In front of the Lovely Lady beauty parlor, where Mlit Nelion had a beauty ap pointment. Thoy iat In the car a few mlnutei. Lagar and Miii Haai In tha lront teat, Oundersen and Mi Nelion In the rear. Oundenen took hit 38 Colt revolver from the holtter and placed three thellt In tha chambart, leaving three chamber! empty. Juit at Mlit Nelion wai preparing to leave the car,' ha laid to hen "Look, Had." Placing tha gun agalntt hit' right temple, he pulled the trigger. There wai a report and he loll over on the teat, the gun under him. The ttartled wltneuei of the act ruihed aoron tha ttraet to the office oi Dr. Earl Spry, a chiropractor. Bpry advliad them, Immediately to go for medical aid at Klamath Falli. Leaving Mlit Nelion at Tulelake, Lagar and Mill Haai ttart ed for Klamath Falli. They were not certain that Oundenen had died until they reached tha hoipltal, where a mine called officer! after gllmpiing the body. City Policeman Odell Olion, State Policeman William Colbert, Deputy Sheriff Jack Franey and Dr. George Adler, coroner, went to the hoipltal. To Kill Tule Patrolman Lagar at first objected to questioning, and It wai not until the car with the body had been moved to the city police itatlon that detail! of the tragedy were diicloied. Ivan Wllllami, officer In charge of the immigration tervlce men at Tulelake, and J. P. Swanaon, anlitant chief of the border patrol, came Immediately to Klamath Falli. Lagar apologized to the local officer!. Haling that ha wai dlitracted and had not realiied fully what he wai doing. He and Milt Haai gave corresponding statement! here, and a similar itory wai related by Mill Nelson to officers at Tulelake. Ivan Wllllami said ha wai latiified the shooting was acciden tal. Oundenen, he said, ; apparently intended to click the gun with one of the empty chambart ahead of the firing pin. A widely reported wartime CI stunt was to place a shell In one chamber of a revolver, spin the chambers, and pull tha trigger, the trick being to stop the spinning cylinder with an empty chamber in firing position. The .38 Colt special uaed by Cunderten revolved to the right, while some revolvers turn to the left. When Gunderten pulled tha trigger, the turn to the right put the cartridge under the firing pin. Had it turned to the left, an empty cylinder would have been In place. The itory Indicated that the two border patrolman had taken liquor prior to their vlilt at Tulelake, and Oundenen may have) become confuted at to the direction of the revolution oi tha cylinder In hit gun. Lagar tald that Gunderten on previous occailont had Jokingly clicked hit empty gun at hia head. Dr. Adler, after an autopsy today, tald that In hit opinion Gundenen wai alive through molt of the trip to Klamath Fall and died juit before he got to the hoipltal. Siskiyou county au thorltlet have been notified and are participating In tha Invetti gation. Gundersen wat a B-17 pilot in the European theater, wat ahot down over Europe, and imprltoned by the German!. Tha itory of hli attempted eicapet from priton camp wat reported In th papert upon hit return from Europe. Hit home wat at Everett, Waih., and he wat a football playef of contiderable fame. Hit mother. Mrt, G. E, Fliher, la novr living in Portland. Lagar'i home It at Nogalet, Arlt. Gunderten had been in tha border patrol hare for about tin weekt. He and Lagar ware clot personal friends. liiil By FRANK JENKIN8 IN congress tuduy, not unex pectedly, tliuro a ro rumbling of opposition to Truman's broad-for-Europo proposal. A Republican representative from New York (Hull) Introduce a bill to bun exports of foodatuffa until it cun bo determined that U. 8, consumers will bo assured "their PRESENT amount of WHITE bioud." Alf M. London (u former Re publican condldute for President) utlnckt Morgenthiiu't ono-timo "phut" lo pull Germany's war teeth which, ho lays, Roosevelt bequeathed to Truman. Ho terms tho Moriieiitluiu plun "cruel and inhuman," And io on. TPIIE Morgenthnu "plan" con I, tumplated b r e n k-un of Germany on an 'INDUSTRIAL nnllon and her ultimate reduc tion to a more or lent purely agri cultural economy.) THERE It a heated London Morgcnlhau apat, London charges: "It It ilily and criminal to bo on pursuing thlit Morgenthnu plan, becouto it It nn utter failure" Morgenthnu retorts: "He (Lan don) should buy a copy of my book and read it. He obviously doesn't know what he'i talking about." WELL, WHO DOES? Destroying Germany's pow er and WILL to mako war with out upsetting Europe's delicately balanced economy and so mak ing a bad mess worso is quite' a problem. So far as this writer knows, even London's great brain hasn't yet produced a sure-fire solution. f.nOOD la short In Europe. - i r Land and buildings there art K relatively undamaged, but form- N ers are critically short of Imple ments, fertilizer, seen, transport, etc. ABOVE ALL ELSE, they lock tho INCENTIVE to go ahead and produce what they can. They are afraid of the MONEY. They fear that If they (lo produco they won't bo able to sell. Thcro Is practically NOTH ING they havo confidence In. In that frame of mind, they sit tight and plan to grow Just enough to feed themselves. In ' their place, you and 1 wouldn't be much different. Human na ture Is human nature. IN all this mess, there Is a STERN LESSON for us right here In Amcrlco. Wo arc begin ning to get a good, straight look at what LACK OF PRODUC TION, due largely to luck of In centive to work and produce, can do to a notion even os grcot and as relatively undamaged as ours. SENATOR THOMAS, chairman of the scnato agricultural commlttco and a Democrat from Oklahoma, tosses a word or so of wisdom into tho boiling POLITICAL pot. Ho says this morning: "I don't think anybody In this country will bo hurt by eating wholo wheat bread for a whllo." THAT Is true both physically and psychologically. Dieticians havo long been tell ing us the fluffy WHITE bread we Insist on is an emasculated food, short of a lot of the fun damental elements wo need. (In Asia, for example, the FAD for polished rice is a prevalent cause of bcrl-borl.) It will do our souls no harm to accept at least OUR SHARE of tho world's troubles. If wo stand opart, with our noses in the air and on our lips the words of the Pharisee: "I thank thee, Lord, that I am not as these othors," something precious that has been an essential part of tho spirit of America will be GONE. Todd Hearing Set Next Week Preliminary hearing for Clyde Edward Todd, SP railroad pa trolman held in the county jail for second degree murder, will be conducted In justice court Wednesday, February 13, at 10:30 a. m. , - Todd has been in jail since January 25, when Ross Simmers, Pacific Fruit Express employe, died 'as tho result of a bullet wound received after what wit nesses termed a "friendly scuf fle" with Todd. The shooting occurred In an office shack in the SP yards. Todd has told his attorney, J. C. O'Neill, that tho shooting was accidental, No ball is admitted in a second degree murder charga in Oregon. , ft IB Telephone 8111 WEATHER NEWS Max. (Feb. 7) 35 Min. (Feb. 8) 1 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to date .....9.61 Normal . 7.11 Latt year 8.55 Forecast: Clear Saturday. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1846 Number 10740 Picket Line Smashed By Policemen Officers Wield Clubs To Clear Path For Bus Drivers By The Anoclated Press Their path cleared by club wicldlng policemen, six trol leys and four buses broke through picket lines at Lancas ter, Pa., again today as volun teer drivers led by former sol diers attempted to contlnuo service on the strike-beset Con catogu Transportation company lines. Elsewhere, however, the la bor picture appeared brightest in weeks. An casing of several major disputes, Including the vast steel strike, appeared Im minent. Partial transit service was re stored at Lancaster yesterday when five trolleys broke through picket lines and oper ated under police protection. A strike of AFL bus and trolley driven Wednesday and a sep arate walkout of taxi drivers had left more than 200,000 per sons without any form of public transportation, ; t, . Shoutt Of Scab ! ; ""Slioul Of ''scab'-! -greeted - the volunteer drivers again -today a the cars and busea rolled from the company barn. -i - As work stoppages through out the country left Idle a near all-time high of more :. than 1,400,000, the labor picture in dicated: - Possible settlement of the 19-day-old strike of 73,000 CIO steel workers which also has mado Idle more than 100,000 workers In allied industries. An end of the strike by 3300 tugmen in New York which has tied up the city's harbor and sharply reduced fuel and food supplies. Possible approval by one union of a federal fact finding board's proposal for a 16 cents an hour wage Increase for meat industry production workers. Cancellation of a scheduled two-hour work stoppage in met ropolitan New York by the Greater New York CIO council in support of striking Western Union employes. End Of Steel Strike Sought WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (P) President Truman today can celed his planned vacation in Florida as government and labor officials strove to bring a quick end to the 10-doy-old steel strike. A formal White House state ment mentioned only "tho imme diate critical situation Involving problems requiring his personal attention" as tho reason for the cancellation, White House aides, however. told reporters that tho labor crisis and the related wage-price policy question were invol the decision. Price Ceilings For Homes OK'd WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 P) rne nouse banking committee approved today emergency hous ing legislation providing for price ceilings on new homes and for continuance of government allocation of scarce building materials. Tho committee struck from the bill all-authority to put price ceilings on 40,000,000 existing dwellings, and removed a sec tion specifically providing for subsidies, to spur production of building material. The vote was 13 to 9. ' Arriving In Untied States Floyd L. Johnton, Capt., Klamath' Falls, arrived on Botly Zone duo In Now York February 4. Doomed Yukon On Alaskan Coast rS- vi r : vS -y -. vki -n I v.. 0 te kt Pauley Tiff May Force kites Out President Sides With Choice For No. 2 Boss Of Navy . WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 VP) President Truman's determina tion to stick to his choice of Ed win C. Pauley as No. 2 boss of the navy spurred congressional speculation today that Secretary Ickes soon might quit. A number of legislators won dered privately whether Ickes' position might become untenable . as the result of Mr. Truman's ac tion in seemingly siding with ' Pauley against his secretary of ine interior in the year's hottest political dispute. icKes mmseli brushed aside reporters' queries on the point with a terse, "1 haven't anything io say. As an aftermath of Mr. Tru man's news conference com ments on the Pauley-Ickes dis pute, administration lieutenants who declined use of their names said the White House asked them to go down the line to what many think is certain defeat for the Califoraian's appointment to be undersecretary of the navy. "No-Confidence" Some senators said they thought Ickes might regard the reported White House request as a "no-confidence" signal. Ickes and Pauley are at odds about a conversation between the two in Ickes office Septem ber 4, 1944. Ickes, terming it "the rawest proposition ever made to me," said Pauley sug gested $300,000 in democratic campaign contributions could be raised from interested oil men if they could be assured the , government wouldn't try to) win title .Jef oft-shore oil lands-,nOw claimed by the states. Pauley, former democratic na tional treasurer, said Ickes was "mistaken," that he didn't ask for any .'contingent contribu- uons, . This air view thowt forepart of pattenger liner Yukon hard on rockt ol Alatka coast some 40 miles from Seward. Barely dlscernable on top deck ara tome of the 496 survivors. The coast guard reported all pattengeri and crewmen were safely removed. Army and navy boatt-look the survivors off. (Associated press photo from U. S, army air forces)." Harrowing Hours Aboard Yukon Related By Woman (Editor's Note: The following graphic description of the steamship Yukon wreck wat obtained from Mrt. Gllliard- Sherin of Anchorage, who with her husband and son. wat en route to make a new home in Clinton, Waih.) By MRS. GILLIARD SHERIN SEWARD, Alaska', Feb. 8 W) The sea was very rough and my baby (5-ycar-old Michael Sherin)' had been violently ill for several hours. I was talking to him when suddenly: wo felt a light rip. A heavier rip followed, then a third, still heavier. The ship shuddered. - : I jumped up, dressed Mike and then helped dress my husband, who was also ill. I put a heavy parka on the boy, one on myself and then adjusted our life belts. ' ' . , w I grabbed a camera ' and an extra coat an'd we rushed up on deck.' Scores of passengers were crowding the deck, among them a soldierdressed In an undershirt and a woman clad only - in her ' night gown.' u - Some men unfastened a lifeboat. . Just .then a huge wave washed over the dock, carrying the boat with it, and mashing it against the .ship. One man was cut by the boat and several narrowly missed being crushed. The wave knocked us down. I threw myself on top of Mike, and ray husband shielded us both with his body. 1 Crew members launched another boat. It filled with water and capsized. ' A third attempt also failed with the front end of a boat resting on two rocks. I was told- that the captain, after feeling the first rip, . ordered the ship full speed; ahead to wedge it firmly In the rocks. j ";' , . . The back end began to crack and finally split, At least one passenger jumped from the back portion of the ship to the front. : ' Water was pouring into the; dining room, but crew men managed to bring out; oranges and candy bars. ;;' ;. We went to an abandoned cabin In the fore part of the ship and remained there several hours. Later, we went to the rail where a group' of passengers were gathered. Booms were swaying above our heads. My hus band guided us back toward the cabin. Seconds later, a gigantic wave washed over the spot -where, we had been standing..';' .. i-i1 ;iVi ., ; . . , It swept the ' passengers into the sea. Like a nightrnare. I watched them. .. It was as though they were in a ' scene in a movie.. v " :. I counted seven heads in a 'row. ; Then my eyes centered on one man. ' He was being swept into the rocks. . He was fighting desperately for his life in the debris-cluttered water. He swam frantically, pushing it away with his hands.' ' . He reached a rock and started to climb out but was swept back into the sea. ( Then on the crest of another wave, he and one other man were dashed up on a rock again They clung there weakly. With my heart in my mouth, I watched three other men climb out of the sea on the rocks. ." All night they stayed there, crying piteously for help, which did not come till morning. . I saw one other man saved. He was in. the water for minutes when a soldier risked his life to rescue .him. : After tying a rope around his waist, this GI jumped in and grabbed him. Both were hauled to safety. .' ' ,-":",''.'. A -. The waves continued to wash the deck. Three hit us before we could escape. My husband grabbed an iron post and held it, shielding Mike and me from the force' of the water with his body, v ' The water was up to my knees and my clothes were soaked. - ' - ' The back end of the vessel was swaying violently. The front end,, heavy with the machinery, appeared ' to be secure.. ; . '' V! ;:',,' , When the waves subsided the coast guard sent a motor launch-and another. small boat to take the children off. :-'t- . . ;.; .,'','. ;'-:. .V;"' All except Joan; Taylor, 11,' and a' 14-yearld boy .were sent over the side. A.few women' were al lowed to accompany them. - ' - . ' . I thought my heart would break when my little boy was taken from me. I didn't know if I'd ever, see him again. ,- (Editors' Note: Mr. and Mrt. Sherin returned to ' Seward yesterday aboard tha USS Curb. Mr. Sherin tpent the night on tha beach. Mrt. Sherin. after a few hours' rest worked as a nurse aboard tha Curb, attending tha Injured.) Scribe Says 'Lindy' Flew 50 Missions Against Japs NEW . YORK, Feb. 8 (P) .' Col. Charles MacDonald relates In the current issue of Collier's magazine how Charles A: Lind bergh, whilb a civilinn aircraft observer, downed a Jap plane. Lindbergh' the writer, says, flew SO fighter pilot missions against the Japanese while an observer for tho United Aircraft corp. Recalling the events of tho day Lindbergh scored his kills, Mac Donald said that after two P-38s exhausted their ammunition try ing to down a Sonla typo Jap craft, he, Lindbergh and a Ma jor Danny Miller, arrived at the scene. MacDonald and Miller, also flying P-38s mado "passes" at tha enemy and missed. The article then continues: ! .' This was - Lindbergh's first sight of a Jap plane in the air, and there he was, closing head on, with their combined speeds close to 600 miles per hour, : "For moments which seemed like years, the antagonists came at each other. .Lindbergh's can non and machine gun bullets jolt ed Into the Jap. His slight ad vantage in height prompted him to try to go over the Jap. He pulled back the stick with all his strength. The badly hit en emy tried for a crash. "As Lindbergh's plane started up, tho Jap, too, pulled up vio lently. He was too late, Tho two missed by a narrow margin, The Sonla -rolled over like a broken toy and began a long dive that ended in the sea," Chief Spurns Clemency Plea WASHINGTON, Feb. - 8: (P)rr President Truman today spurned a plea, for clemency . from Lt. Gen. Yamashita, Japanese mili tary leader condemned ;to death for atrocities. - - ' j j The president's decision- ; to take no' action ' on Yamashita's last-minute petition left the gen eral's fate to Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, war department officials said.' MacArthur, Yamashita's adversary in - the Philippines' campnign,.- already has upheld the sentence imposed by a mili tary commission. , White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters the president had informed Sec retory of War Patterson of his decision shortly alter, noon to day. . . ,. , ...... ..!..; .. Army Completes Plans For Bringing Home War II Dead SAN FRANCISCOj Feb. 8 (iP)' The army has completed detailed plans for bringing .home Amer ica's World War II dead begin ning this spring, if congressional authorization is granted, the San Francisco Chronicle said today. The Chronicle said its informa tion was based on official but unrestricted plans. The paper . did not disclose , the source of its information, except to state the information was contained in documents now being submitted to high war department officials for final approval. ; A bill' dealing with return of war dead has passed the house and now is before the senate military affairs' committee. Other points included in the Chronicle story: The dead will be - returned from 454 sites in 86 countries and islands. ' New York will be the major receiving point for dead from Europe and the Atlantic area; San Francisco for those from the Pacific area. The first burial ship is sched uled to leave San Francisco Anril 1 and thereafter one ship a month will leave both San Francisco and New York. '.. The project is expected to take at least 18 months. Cost of the brolect has been unofficially estimated at $500,- 000.00U. . f If next of kin desire, the dead will be left where they are now buried. FEPC Backers Admit Defeat WASHINGTON. Feb. 8 UP The success of the FEPC fili buster was conceded generally today. Even ardent backers nf the fair employment practice commission legislation acknowledged pri vately they had lost their fight to bring the measure to a final senate vote. The formal verdict will be forthcoming tomorrow. The sen ate has agreed to vote then on a motion to limit FEPC debate, but supporters ef the bill admittedly cannot muster the two-thirds ma jority necessary to put across the so-called "gag-rule"' and thus en sure a quick vote on the legisla tion. Lumberjack Dies In Hotel Blaze ST. MARIES. Idaho Fih. (JP) One man died today in a fire which destroyed the C&M hotel and damaged or threatened other business buildings. uoroner naipn . wessa said the body of Carl Lundt, 75-year-old lumberjack - was recovered from the ruins. - - Dave Adjukovlc, one of -the owners of the hotel, was awaken ed by the smoke and roused most of the dozen residents. Wessa said he was unable to get into the section where Lundt lived. Lundt, the coroner said, appar ently suffocated before flames reached the room. Some of the residents told of having to crawl along the floor to avoid suffocation as they fled the building. None saved their possessions and some were lightly clad as they ran out into the freezing weather. - KF Thermometers Show One Above Weekend ' motorists -were warned to travel with caution on the mountain highways as roads continued to be hazardous as the result of the mid-week storm. Thermometers in Klamath Falls registered an official one degree above zero this morning but it was much colder elsewhere in the area.- Sun mountain' patrol on The Dalles-California highway ad vised 6 below zero as did Quartz mountain station. It was 2 above on the Greensprings and 3 above at Odell, with the all-state mini mum recorded at Lapine where the mercury slipped to 14 below zero.
