Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1946)
eneral Member Of Parliament Puts Up Bail LttAWA, March IB (IP) Fred Roaa, communlit mimbir of V . mmA nf WAtbltM with h Un.AUl..H4. I . u xpctd to return to hit Kit In the houn oi common! i,r whan Prim Mlnlater W. L. MacKansle King haa prom . nlva parliament fuller atatament on th apy cast. 10 . ' . unnnn u.n i , . 1 . llOttt Vtnu - ------- nviiiivoi yviws- ultar balng charged with conspiracy and with violating tha tit iterate aci wiu iuiiiui i yianiivu 10 appaar aa uauai in L.nt whan It raconvonai attar a weakend racau. It wai undaratood that h would not ba barred phyilcally r'laklng bla aaat, but that homa mambara might mova Ldlattly to hava nia privuagea auspenaea until ha li provad f..t or guilty ot tha grave chargaa now pandlng. f" The 38-ycar-old Polish-born ' Refutes Tehran Defense Statehtent ive Opens Reduce ?A Limit 'ASHINGTON, March 16 m .Jtndnv with a drive to 'i nlnc-mntl limit on any lnw on "io ,ur h--"-j ad of tl year's extension I by President Truman, line opponent added thin objective to their prevloualy ,unccd goal of necking sharp illmcnl of OPA'a existing . . i. nMAMntf la pnn. ftrc u,c aw'v " vw" t Wolcott (R-Mich.j, spear 5 of the ropubl lean-southern locrats alignment that ra lly rewrote the admlnlstra I homing legislation, an 5...J in rnnnrtnra ha would these amendments to the continuing OPA and subsl- Amandmanla The price control and ita-.n- ! ulinnlrl be contin- . - , . nnrlnri nnl later than li l, 1947. Mr. Truman roc iynded extension for a year in me juhu n Ay. u. mivliniim nrlcp tn be jon any commodity that docs live Its producer a reason- prom. Automatic liquidation of ..,.1. Trtrttitti-v nrlulinrv imlttces would be authorized fcrllfy to OPA when the pro lion of a particular commod retchos a certain percentage wrrnal demand the percent yet to bo detcrmlneoV Upon i certification, the price con i be removed. , Gradual removal of subsl on all commodities and pro- ilonatc Increases of the prices n iucIi commodities. , Continued control of rents with a clarification of -the ilillve intent "resulting in a irtic defining of a person's it to relief in hardship cases.'.' iirymen Firm n Milk Boost :iamatU Basin dairymen ught in their milk this morn tor routine bottling and dis utlon after informing the ihlngton OPA office that the nested 10-day postponement i milk strike here was granted, i telegram to Geoffrey Baker, uly OPA administrator, last ft told tho Washington office I the 10-day period had been d upon, principally for the ion of service to consumers, ; W much because the OPA I uked for tho delay, and that Tmcn here have not backed m at all from their demand celling price raise on but ' o $1.19. i Deadline leadline for the milk stoppage iw March 25, and the OPA promised to make some offer 1 icttlomcnt by that time, leanwhlle tho same 10-day was granted by Portland "lilk producers and others o woro following the lea of Portland milkmen. '" morning Grants pass bp " announced they would ' strike there if Portland JJMrt go on strike March 25. urg and Oregon City dairy J arc going along with Port- decisions. bors of the Klamath ,c" , association here be 'i . 1 b,y M"rch 25 the en 'Soppage bC llnCd "P behlnd ' Wins $53,000 Noting Craps UPSIDE. Calif., March 16 hmJ Lwas a pretty, good l1' the boys had fn Europe. ids a. somo dough shooting tS'cas,'; a berlbboneS ),ttmnt lnternal revenue J much?" asked' the ton Ilfty-llree "thousand k . ",0 aomier responded. over $20,000 off his ro 1 and strolled out. In S ?? Inlemal Revenue 1 h i .Harry c" .Westover leJ" name could- not be dis- leglslator attended the oncnlni! of a new session of parliament Thursday, was arrested In his Ultnwa homo Into Thursdoy night and whisked away for booking In Montreal, where he spent Thursday. Parliament docs not meet today. Primo Minister King has ad vised members to study careful ly the two Interim reports which have been issued .by a two-man royal commission investigating the spy network. . Sarlous Chargts StreisinK the serious nature of tho charges contained In these reports, - King reminded parlia ment yesterday . that the two commissioners pobcrt Taschc rcau and R. L. Kellock arc jus tices of the supreme court of Canada. Such men, he said, would not approve of the drastic detention measures which have characterized the case unless they felt tho circumstances called for surh action. 36 Resorters Rap Bad Road Thirty-six home owners at Lake o' the Woods met last night at the chamber of com merce to protest lack of im provement or even a program for Improvement, on the road leading to the lake. E. P. Ivory, president of the Lake o' tho Woods Summer Homo Owners association, pre sided at the session and named a committee to present a work able program to the county court. Members of the group said last night that they recognized that under.-wartime conditions little, was to be expected' in road Improvement to the re sort area, but now that the War was over they felt definite ac tion on . the road should be taken. A representative of the U. S. forest service was also present at the meeting and on request for Information advised that during war years several hun dred thousand dollars hod gono to tho county from the forest service. Not an inconsiderate portion of these funds', it was pointed out, had been derived from timber sales out of the Rogue River National forest in which area Lake o' the- Woods is situated. At least a portion of this amount should be allo cated for Improving the road to the lake, those present asserted. Glucose Plant Will Be Talked Arrangements are now being made for a meeting to discuss the advantages of a potato starch and glucose plant In this area. The decision will rest with Klamath Basin potato growers. The meeting will be held in Merrill some time next week and the president and engineer of the Northwest Chcmergic Co-Op will be present. The date will be announced Monday. At a meeting held Thursday afternoon at the chamber of commerce there were 45 potato growers present to hear the re nort of the committee which visited potato starch and glucose plants in Washington. The report was approved by those present. Telephone Sill PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, SATURDAY. MARCH 16, 1946 Number 10770 m w rem 2-Car Crash Puts Four In Hospital Four persons were in Klamath Valley hospital today, victims of a head-on crash near the Kalpino Plywood plant south of Klamath Falls on highway 97 late last night. . Injured are three servicemen, occupants of one car, and the Kalpine' night watchman, Eli South, 43, route 1, box 1105. The four were badly cut by flying glass and all suffered head in juries. Their condition was termed "fair" early this morning but all showed improvement later in the day. Driver of the northbound car was MSgt. Bob Curran. 27, res ident of Beaver, Wash., near Port Angeles; his passengers, T4 Donald A. Cox, 20, Seattle, and PFC Charles E. Sanders, 18, USMC, San Francisco. En Rout North Curran and Cox were en route north to visit relatives, on leave from Fort Ord, Calif. They picked up young Sanders who was hitch-hiking north to join his father, Earl Sanders, general manager of the Shepherd Steam ship company, who was transact ing business in Portland. Sand ers said he had just been dis charged from the marine corps after duty at Camp Elliott. He was still wearing the "green" of the corps at the time he was injured. Curran told state police offi cers that he was just over the Klamath river bridge when he saw the lights of another car approaching.- Suddenly there was a head-on crash arid it was his belief that South's car made a sudden turn off the highway to enter the side road leading to the Kalpine plant. Both cars were badly damaged, police said. South, most seriously injured of the four, said this afternoon that he was off duty last night and was en route to the plant to meet his brother, Sam South. Officers said no charges had been filed at a late hour today. Taxi Holdups Become Habit PORTLAND, March 16 IP) The wave of taxicab holdups ap proached epidemic stage today, with lour cabbies slugged and robbed during the night one critically injured. Tho habit of fares flagging a cab, riding to a lonely spot, then making out with a blackjack or gun and off with the driver's money has beep increasing here for months. Arthur Burccll, Portland taxi driver, was knocked over the head by two passengers early to day and robbed of $800 he had drawn out of the bank to make a payment on a house.- Hospital attendants reported him in "fair" condition. The rest of the night's score: One cabbie robbed at gun point; one struck in the face; one grazed in the ear by a shot as he was told "to get out and start running." Total loot from the three; $75 and two wrist watches. - Red Army Moves Mopped I ft V,. J? TEHRAN 0 I 0 Ki,iu r fy.r.min ffTiarua " MSG A column of Russian troops, moving northward from Tabrit, was reported to have swung westward (arrow) toward the Turk ish border. Shaded area is approximately that controlled by the Russian in Iran. Black area is counties of Ardahan and Kara, given to Turkey by treaty in 1921. which the Soviet has asked be returned. (AP Wirephoto Map) Churchill Calls On Reds To Submit Issues To UNO NEW YORK, March 16 (P) Winston Churchill called . upon the Soviet Union last night to in sure " continuance - of war-born sympathy of the English-speaking world for the Russian people by submitting its international problems to the United Nations security council. "If the Soviet government does not take advantage of this (Anglo-American) sentiment," he said, "if, on the contrary, they discourage it, or they chill it, the responsibility will be entire ly theirs." The doughty wartime leader of Great Britain said Russia's failure to evacuate Iran should be thrashed out in the council's forthcoming New York meeting, and he warned that an early and Lebanon Takes 4th In Tourney SALEM, March 16 (P) Lebanon's warriors won fourth place in the state high school basketball tournament today by beating Rainier 35 to 31, while Hillsboro took fifth place with a 44-39 victory over the Astoria Flying Fishermen. ' The first and second berths will be decided tonight in the title clash between Washington of Portland and Eugene, while third place will be at stake in the other night game between Central Catholic of Portland and Medford. WEATHER March 16 Max. (March 15)..... 38 Min... Precipitation laat 24 hours - Forecast: Sunday overcast. great test for the UNO', would come from , Russian pressure against TurKey over tne- paraa nelles. . tw.&- k; j.p t- (Washlngton sources said last night tnat Iran already naa in formed the United States that it would ask the UNO to ' reopen the Iran-Russian situation at the security council meeting which opens here Marcn itt.) Churchill made the first pub He disclosure that America and Great Britain had offered Russia at the Potsdam conference "a joint guarantee of the complete freedom of the (Dardanelles) straits in peace and war, wheth er for merchant ships or ships of war." - "To this guarantee Turkey would gladly have subscribed," he continued, "but we were told that that was not enough. Russia must have a fortress inside the straits from which she could dominate Constantinople. . "But, this is not to keep the straits open but to give power of closing them to a single nation. This is out of harmony with the principle urged by the United States representatives of the freedom of the great waterways of . Europe, the . Danube, the Rhine and other rivers which run through so. many different countries. "At any rate, there was the offer, and I have 'no do'ubt it is still open, and if Soviet Russia still persists in putting pressure on 1 urKey, me matter must in the first instance be pronounced upon the United Nations secur ity council. - - "Thus early will. come a very great test lor tne world: organ ization on which so ..many, in deed I might say all, our hopes are founded. - - Tule Center Will Close Wednesday The Tulelake WRA center the "Jap camp" of stormy war time controversy will reach its official finish next Wednesday night. Project Director Ray Best an nounced today that by Wed nesday evening the last evacuee will have been moved out and the huge installation near Tulelake will be darkened for the first time in nearly four years. All evacuees there were 650 left there today will be moved either to internment camps by the department of justice, or to relocation in U.S. cities as free individuals. John' Swanson, in charge for the ' department of justice at the Tule center, said that all persons still under detention will be taken elsewhere, accom panied by families if they have them. The department of jus tice border patrolmen nave guarded the perimeter of the huge camp since , the army moved out several months ago. Last To Close Tulelake is the ' last of 10 WRA . camDS to close. The camps were set up for the housing of persons of Japanese descent who were evacuated from the west coast shortly at ter the beeinnine of the war; Since the end of the war, free evacuees in the camps have moved .out:.'gradually into old or . new . homes in the U. S., while- others have been trans ported to Japan or have been held tor final determination of their cases. Altogether, 7618 persons of Japanese descent were taken to Japan. : In ' Tulelake's lifetime, some 30,000 persons were inducted there as evacuees. The popula tion of the camp reached an all time high in December, 1944, when 19,000 were there. By Wednesday, some 13,000 per sonsi will have been relocated in the U. S. from . the Tule center. Patrol Leaves A few officials of the WRA will stay on for several weeks to conclude final details of the closed camp. The border pa trol is moving out Wednesday, with the exception of a man or two. The reclamation serv ice is expected to take over the land and some of the other physical facilities and " others will either be moved to other government installations or be liquidated as surplus property. From its inception, the Tule lake center was almost con stantly in the news.. Critics of the WRA at times charged the camp was loosely administered and the evacuees allowed too many liberties. In November, 1943, the center was the scene of a riot that received interna tional attention, and in a few days the army took over the camp, from the WRA, returning it some months later. The camp and its administration were re peatedly investigated by federal authorities, and a California legislative committee conducted a probe into its affairs. IDrecodl Off Disputed TEHRAN, March 16 (AP) Gen. 'Ahmed Sepehbod Amir Ahmedi, minister of war, told newsmen today he "denied categorically" all statements accredited to him by foreign newsmen following a preit conference March 13 in which ho Wat reported to have said the Iranian. army would defend the capital "to the last man" If Russian troops move - toward Tehran. Ahmedi and Prince Firouz polical under secretary of state and director of propaganda, who met jointly with news men to make the official denial, charged that the minister's actual responses had been "completely misinterpreted" by a war department interpreter, who sat in at the March 13 press conference. : Firouz added that foreign radio reports tnat Tenran resl-. dents fear Russian invasion "are completely false." He handed out a copy of a paper headed "war ministers' . denial," which he asked newsmen to distribute to "correct false im pressions created abroad." The text of the paper: "The London radio in its daily program Friday March 15 claims that I have been re sponsible for the following statement: , - " 'First that the new arrival of the Soviet army in Iran would be taken to the secur ity council. " 'Second that every night new Soviet forces' arrive in Kara and if Soviet troops at tack Tehran the Iranian army would fight them to the very last man.' , "I desire to make known that no - such statement has ' been made by me and request, that necessary official .'; denial ' be made by the propaganda de partment." Meantime advance units of a Russian column moving south around - Lake Urmia near the borders of Turkey and Iraq were reported' 60 miles south east of Saujbulagh, seat of the semi-autonomous skeikdom of Kurdish - Chief Ghazi . Moham med. ... The reported movement of red army troops last night into Bukan, just north of Kurdistan province and 60 miles south east of Saujbulagh, , apparently tended to support . a . prevalent theory among Iranian and for eign government officials that Russia . favors ' an independent Kurdistan, for the .: Kurds .of Iran. Irad and Turkey.1-'----iV - erne London uaiiy- express reported from Cairo Thursday that Kurdish tribes : in north eastern Iran had proclaimed an autonomous republic. There was no confirmation from official sources, however.) The semi-autonomous gov ernment in the tribal area around Saujbulagh has been conducted by Ghazi Mohammed since. 1941, when allied forces moved into Iran. Many Injured In Explosions BERLIN. March 16 (P) Ger man police headquarters said two persons were known to nave been killed, two probably were mortally injured and at least 40 others injured when explosions wrecked the mid-town headquar ters of uerman civilian and -Russian military police today. V In their preliminary report the German police said . more' vic tims probably were buried in the debris of the shattered Alexan der Kaserne building. Digging by rescue squads was continuing, The blast originated in ammu nition stored on the grounds of the police barracks in Kleine Alexander street, tne report saia This ammunition had been "col lected from unknown . owners and was waiting to. be trans ported away." Cause of the blast still was being investigated,-however, the report said. The Russians sealed off the area of the blast, which occurred in their sector of Berlin. Opening Of South Road Recounted By Oregon Pioneer By ELIZABETH BUTLER lllAf ANT to bring me an ww other load of wood for the fireplace, boys?" asked Lindsay Appiegaie oi me two corner oi mo large living room at Lone Rock ranch. "Get a jun iper and a .pine chunk," he added. This timber grew on his inn' o. - C- Applcgatcs ' broad acres in Swa n Lake valley. in Klamath coun ty, Oregon, l. Applegata Soon the nltchv pine - odor mingled with the incense of-Juniper, making such a crackling fhe that Frank Applcgato and ha Looslcy, tho two boys, had to move. u "Hottest I've ever seen, Frank vouched. "Not I, son, I've felt the -sun -hotter-than - this; a sun that - burned - your ' feet, ; the 1 i i r a k I 4nr ft irnni hnnr Vfllip hnrlr. that stung your eyes and swelled your cracked Hps." The boys dropped crosslcg ged on the floor but still within the firelight's glow. "Tell us about it, grand father," Frank insisted and Ed added, "Please, grand father." As Ed and Frank were often together, being cousins, he felt he shared Frank's grandparent with him. Lindsay Applegate told: . . "You see, it goes back many years. I was in an emigrant train bound for Oregon country in 1843. After many hardships we ar rived at Fort' Walla Walla. Wagons had never been be yond that point and we were urged to leave them. The truth of the matter , was this was mostly talk spread by the Hudson Bay company for, as you will learn, the Brit ish wanted all this territory "So at Fort Walla Walla, on the Columbia river, .we left our wagons and horses in care of tho Hudson Bay company, who as individuals were kindly disposed. ; "Wo had whipsaws with us -and- from -logs- ihat drifted Editor's Note As a contribution to the South Road cantennial observ ance. The Herald and News begins today a continued story of the exploration of this emigrant road through this region at told by Lindsay Applegate. famed Oregon pioneer and a member of the South Road party. 'The story is written by Elisabeth Butler Loosley, Klamath Falls. Her husband, Ed, is one of the boys to whom Lindsay Applegate told the story. The other boy is Frank Applegate, a present resident oi Medford. Lindsay Applegate was born in Kantucky, crossed the plains in 1843, and was a member of the party which blazed a trail' for emigrants- to travel from Fort Hall, Idaho to west Oregon in 1846. The scene of Lindsay Applegate's narrative to' the two boys is Lone Rock ranch in Swan Lake valley, 20 miles east of Klamath Falls. Succeeding installments of this story will be found daily on the editorial page. Lindsay Applegata died in 1891, and ha told this story to Frank and , Ed about 55 years ago. in we cut lumber and made boats. Then with two guides furnished by Dr.- Whitman, we made our way down the turbulent Columbia. ; - "We were not warm then; rain drenched us; winds lashed us; whirlpools caught our boats and toyed with them as if they were playthings.- Just - above. ..the . Cas cade mountains where the ' river dashes over the falls one boat capsized." : A log slithered, sending out rockets of - sound,- other wise all was - stilled. The boys knew grandfather had a son lost when this boat cracked up on the rocks and only two occupants were saved one of the Applegate boys clung to a bed tick and was sucked; into an island's edge and so was rescued. ; : Lindsay Applegate seemed to : be reliving the harrowing scene. Abruptly he spoke,. "Edward Applegate, your ; cousin, Alexandra McClellan, an older man, and our son, -Warren, were drowned." He ' poked at the logs and sparks flew. -.. ; ' "Well, you see. we made a 1 temporary home that winter at Lee's old mission. Your father, Oliver, was born , there. It seemed as if he were sent to replace the son s the' waters had taken; he was y ' a joy to us., ; "All we had been through i was a factor in prompting us to find a safer route for other . travelers. That, and the fact if Great Britain got title-to i the Oregon country there : might be a war waged against us who had come to hold it . for the United States; in that case we would need a more direct route over which to 1 escape The Indians were : under the domination of the British at .this time and they too would- have turned -against us. "From traders, trappers, Indians and the Hudson Bay people we learned the Cas--cade mountains,, where the Klamath river intercepted them, were low and a range called the Blue mountains .. ran east and west, also there was a stretch of land run ning east to the 'south pass of the Rockies.' Your great uncle, Jesse, was a surveyor, he had studied maps, talked with every person who knew the country and had figured the way we were to go." A new timbre had come into the aged man's voice. He was again the young ad venturer as he set out in 1846 with Levi Scott, John Scott, Benjamin Bunch, John Owens, . John Jones, Henry Boygus, Samuel Goodhue, Robert Smith, Moses Harris,.. David Goff, Benlt Osborne, William Sportsman, William , Parker and Jesse Applegate; fifteen in all and each had a high spirited horse and sturdy pack animal, "Peter Ogden told us - we would find desert without water, we would find savage tribes and find them we did," grandfather said. .: (Continued Monday) . . ... Threat Made To Bare Names Of Red Aides WASHINGTON. March 16 m House military committee mem o-era tnreatened today to name v names" if the state department refuses to dismiss intelligence . employes whose loyalty the com mittee has questioned. Irked by the state department's denial that the committee has made "strong representations"" against a number -of employes, with alleged pro-Soviet leanings, committee members said -privately they - may recommend issuance of a formal and detailed report on their investigation.' Chairman May (D-Ky.) declined to comment on what course the committee might take but other members were less reticent. Takes Exception - One committee member took exception to the statement ' ot Secretary of State Byrnes at his news conference yesterday that Chairman May had never made "representations" against depart mental employes. .. i- This congressman, who would 1 not be quoted directly,, insisted that the committee's counsel, H.' Ralph Burton, had conferred with. Byrnes and mentioned at least "one .name. "Mr. - Burton 'spent about an hour with Mr. Byrnes and laid the. whole picture before him," this' legislator maintained. "How many names he mentioned, I , don't know : because ' 1 wasn't there and there was no formal -report." We-:were trying -to pre vent embarrassment' in the state -department, but if they want' us to -be specific, - we can -be that way, too."- . , v- While May would not com ment on Byrnes' declaration that he had no intention of dismiss ing employes who are pro-American first, regardless of their sec ondary feelings toward Russia or , other nations, some of his col leagues said privately they would demand action. . , : . "Apparently," said one who withheld his name, "Mr. Byrnes intends to keep these pro-Russians down there.- At least he has made no attempt to clean them out during the three months that, have elapsed since our pro test.- Presumably, any cleaning; out -will have to be done, by congress." , Butter Lack Grows Worse ' SEATTLE, March 18 (P) State and federal agricultural statisticians announced today that .the acute nationwide butter shortage was ..intensified this week as a continued heavy diver sion to fluid milk and Cream markets drained supplies from butter makers. "Reserves were practically de pleted and there was a growing pressure from hospitals and in stitutions," the weekly dairy markets review stated. "It also is anticipated that the quarter master and . possibly the war shipping administration will be in the market for- supplies in the near future. - "Procurement difficulties In- '; creased and legitimate receivers were increasingly hard pressed. One large wholesaler in Phila delphia sold ' ho " butter during the week, and many, at all mar kets, ; were struggling to keep open. ' ' ;. - - . Missing Man Found Blind ! Charles . Wells, 79-year-old New Pine Creek, Calif., resi dent, for whom members of his family and city police searched throughout the night Thursday, was - able to be moved from Klamath Valley hospital this afternoon. Wells, who1 walked off. from-the; family car Thurs-. day afternoon, had lost his eye sight -when found, according to his son, Howard Wells, also of New . Pine Creek. , ; f Wells and , Con Newman had brought the " elderly man to Klamath Falls and he was in structed to wait for them at a garage. He wandered off and . his son and police searched all Thursday night, - Employes of Link River Lumber company found the old man in the yards Friday, an. injury to his head possibly causing his blindness. He suffered from exposure but was .considerably Improved to-dayL
