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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1946)
7 W Day s So' ly FRANK JENKINS ERAL WEDEMEYER an nounces this morning that U. S. army in the China iitor will bo DEACTIVATED May 1. Remember Russia's c o m- int the other day that while e is botng scored for keeping Vpps In Iran the United States b Britain are maintaining soi l's In China, Indonesia and icwhere). Jt is a fair guess that wo arc tying to Russia that we are jltiiiK out of China with all .ossiblo speed. , iSuch things help to save Cos. rN the Russia-Iran-UNO tangle, fc .Svedncsday of this week Is he big day at the moment W that is the deadline set for foscow and Tehran to reply to So security council's REQUEST jr clarification of the Iranian cupatlon business. The reply COULD be such as Drovlde an excuse lor tirop- lg the whole matter which, course, would please, an 01 1 outsiders who arc unfamiliar nth the inner tensions that ve to be taken into consldera ion In handling these touchy aternatlonal affairs. (Also it could be such as to mset the applecart again). JEAN WHILE Dnecla nn In nil - In rnoh the barrelhead, her $1,723, CO assessment for UNO work- capital. She is the first big ember nation to lay her loncy on the line. Also: WHtln f.rniinvltft hns hprn ffaying away irom me sessions lr) New York as a protest in the :se of Iran, Russia's alternate ielegate has been working good-naturedly, according to all tfcounts) on the committee that if drafting rules for the conduct 1 1 business, and the Russians i jvc been taking part in the i icetings of the military staff mimittee that is working out ans for an internotional force i keep the peace. In other words, Russia is inking it plain that she ISN'T a 1 k i n g out on UNO as a 'hole. This is the important Dint at the moment. . "HE votes aren't all counted yet, but the: CONSERVA IVE Populist party claims a dory over the communists in le Greek election held yester ay. It is rather generally ej ected that this victory will be kely to clear the path for the turn of King George II, and establishment of a monarchy Greece. (Comment in Greece the past w days has indicated that the recks aren't too enthusiastic lout the return of King George illd a monarchy, but want peace -Ad quiet and think that is the lyickest way to get it). f'JThat is rather interesting. If 'iuo. All over the world, com afrm, ordinary people (with no siibition for PERSONAL pow te are primarily Interested in iough to cat, enough to wear Iri a hnnco tn livn In. Thpv are IRED of strife. 'f st to get a VOTE on it. Washington, Stabilization Director Bowles says today fat the cost of livi.ng will imp six per cent or more if le farm parity "formula" opted by the senate the other v becomes law. (The senate frmula allows farm labor costs be considered in figuring Irm parity prices). He then adds: 'Experience has shown clear that increases in the cost of L-ing much smaller than would suit from this legislation Cre te demands for NEW wage in- leases: Renewed wage demands puld place a strain on the sta- izatlon program wnicn it ght very well be unable to FRUE enough. But the wage increases that tve already been granted (ought on the demand (from farmers; for higner larm s. fit's the old question, you see, which came first the hen the egg. The farmers have Sltical power .also, and when ry see others using vote pres- re to force concessions out of eminent they can hardly be mccted to refrain from doing ewise. r hat's the way the inflation spiral works. That, is why t so hard to stop once it gets ted. pielr Run Causes raffic Impasse 'ORTLAND. Anrll 1 lP) The ndy river was closed to smelt 'ilng from midnight last night til midnight tonight after an imaiea vuuu persons jinea ine iks yesterday to dip into the r-record run. apt. p. v. Rexford of the ff's office said an estimated ' cars clustered around the earn yesterday and traffic veu at a snail pace. Nazis Still Plotting To Regain Rule FRANKFURT, Germany, April 1 A') American Intelli gence officers said today that several nazl subversive move ments still were plotting against the allies in Germany and that Sunday's roundup of nearly 1000 Hitler youlli conspirators was "only the beginning." The officers said counter-espionage agents were working "day and night" to break ud the last vestiges of nazl resistance which came into the open with the weekend sweep on followers of captured Arthur Axmann, former head of tho Hitler youth movement. The operation against the Ax mann group Is still going on, it was said, although only rem mints of tho group remain. Funds Seised Virtually all the funds which Hitler, In tho last days of Ber lin handed over to Axmann to keen alive the nazl philosophy. were seized when Willi Hcldc- maim, Axmann's key hench man, was captured. About 20 per cent of the tar set susuccts In the weekond roundup had left or fled their addresses w n e n the agents struck, however. No casualties were reported among the 7000 allied combat troops and countcr-cspionago agents who participated in tho raids. U. S. army headquarters said that incomplete reports indicat ed the manhunt was "carried out without unusual incidents." Most of the suspects seized of fered no resistance. Escaped Axmann, who Is being ques tioned at an American intern ment camp, fought In tho battle of Berlin. Escaping on foot from the German capital, he went to Bavaria, where ho had Instructed all leaders of the Hit ler youth movement and the German girls movement to or ganize werewolf sabotage This plan failed when Willi Hcldemann, 32, another accused leader to whom Hitler jugend funds had been entrusted, de cided that active opposition to the Americans was useless and that a long-term project to bring back nazism had a much better chance of success. Heidcmann, who is also un der . arrest began his campaign to recruit leaders in the Bavar ian village of Bad Toclz, which was headquarters for tho U. S. third army until Saturday, Reds Defeated In Greek Vote ATHENS, April 1 (P) Lead ers of the conservative populist party claimed a victory today in Greece's Sunday elections and declared the size of the vote was an overwhelming defeat for com munists and other left-wing par ties who had waged a campaign for the voters to stay away from the polls. The election possibly paved the way for the eventual return to the throne of King Gcorgo II. Clashes between communists and government forces resulted in 20 deaths, most of which oc curred Friday and Saturday. Order prevailed in most sections of the country during the actual voting. Constantin Tsaldaris, chief of the royalist division of the popu lists, said "as a result of the ma jority with which the popullBts carried the election it (the party) will undertake to regulate the political situation with full re spect to the expressed popular win and win be guided by na tional interests." Curfew Tolls For McMinnville Youths McMINN VILLE, April 1 (fl1) There's no April Fool about it youngsters must be off the streets here by 10 p. m. unless accompanied by adults. The curfew is being tolled nightly and Police Chief Wood row M. Conklin said violators would be taken to the police station and held until called for by their parents. -f- - - . . ; WEATHER NEWS April J, IlHfl Mft, (Mftreti XI) .. 00 Mln .... ' t rrtolplUtlen Int 31 houri ,w..TrRa Miriam yaar to dt , , ,..H,.II.I Nrmal V.tQ hunt ytmr 7.M ForefiMti rrett In valleyi lenlfh., or Tueidny PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1946 (Telephone Bill) Number 10783 fUl PS DWMED mum Trolley 'Wraps' Cab Around Post i 1mm ill - All It'"?'' 1" "j f ii 111 ". 1 1 Two panngtr war injured In this Chicago cab which sand wiched between streetcar (right) and elevated structure pillar when cab collided with trolley. The injured passengers were identified as Mr, and Mrs. Everett Caruthers of Matawan, N. J. AP wlrephoto. Dli mled Vetwan And Mlrother Critically Hurt On Ski Trip RENO. Nov.. Anrll 1 -Two "brothers' who-plnycd the roles In a drama of an almost bunded war veterans attempt to rcciip turc his skill at skiing were critically Injured In an automo bile accident last night. The car In which the former soldier, Robert Wetzel, 24, and his brother, Gerald, 21,, were rid ing left the Mt. Rose highway, slid down a 30-loot embankment Teamsters End Cannery Block SAN FRANCISCO. April 1 (P) AFL Teamsters today brought to an end their month-old blockade of U3 northern California can neries, which Saturday signed a contract with AFL Cannery Workers in dctlanco of tho na tlonal labor relations board. The CIO California Cannery council in San Jose voted to dis regard any exclusive bargaining contracts between the AFL and processors, and called upon the NLRB to apply for a court order to set aside the contract. . , The employers signed up with tho AFL, with whleh they had contracts which expired March 1, after announcing "the crops will not wait" on settlement of the deadlocked AFL -CIO bar gaining dispute by the NLRB. The northern California canner ies process about a third of the nation's fruit and vegetable pack. Elnar Mohn. AFL union repre sentative, predicted 9000 can nery workers would report to jobs today as a result of tho re moval of the Teamsters' block ade. Ho said only AFL mem bers would be permuted to work in plants included in tho contract. CIO Attorney Bert Edises said the CIO would sue all can- ners for wages of any persons denied work because ot CIO membership. and crashed against a tree about 18 "miles southwest of Reno. Before the elder brother put away his skis to go to war lie was class B ski Jumping cham pion ot California. In the crossing of the Volturno river In Italy he was blinded in ono eye and partially blinded In the other. Ho was able to distinguish dark from light with the ono eye, and recently he started learning to ski again, following closely behind the dark Image of his brother on the white snow. Tho brothers are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wetzel of.Mc Cloud, Calif. 2 Invalids Dead Following Fire PORTLAND, April 1 (!) Two elderly Invalids wcro dead following minor fires last night and this morning. Mrs. Adu L. Woolridgc, 73, died of shock lust night after being carried by neighbors from her burning home. She suffered only minor . burns in the fire. started by. a defective hunter. - T.li.. TV. qn I J dead In bed in his smoke-filled room this morning. Fire inves tigators snid he had been smok ing In bed. It was not 'immedi ately determined whether , he died of burns or of natural causes. 4 -Hospitals Bar Visitors As Smallpox List Mounts SEATTLE, April 1 (JP) Four Seattle hospitals have barred all visitors today as two new cases of smallpox were added to the growing list of persons becoming infected with the dread disease. The death toll from the epi demic now stands at five, and city and county health officials have reported a total of 24 cases in Seattle and its suburbs. - Dr. Emll Palmqulst, city health officer, last night report ed two new infections, one of them described as "light." "We expect to have more." Dr. Palmaulst warned, "a n d this thing will keep going until at least 85 per cent of the people have been vaccinated." As the citv intensified its campaign against the epidemic, 26 Seattle fire stations will be gin this morning serving as vac cination centers for as long as the cmcrgcdcy lasts. Volunteer nurses and doctors, both civilian and military, will give free vac cinations from 10 a. m. until 8 o'clock in the evening. Of the two new cases reported by the health officer, the "light" was under treatment at his quar antined home, while the other was admitted to a hospital. A smallpox scare in the coun ty's juvenile ward in the county city building started 'when a youth confined there broke out in a rash. But a city health de partment physician later diag nosed the Illness as not small pox, and said it might be scarlet fever or chicken pox, probably the former. Homestead Rules To Be Discussed Regulations for opening 87 homesteads in Tulelukc area by the U. S, bureau of reclamation will be discussed Thursday, April 4 at 1:30 p. m. in tho offico of tho Klamath County chamber of commerce, 323 Main. Those lands will be opened for homoslcading later this summer. . Representatives of the USER, veterans organizations and farm organizations will be present at the meeting and suggest persons to servo on the examining board for handling the homoslcading affair. . Colorful Ohio Politician Dies KENT, 0., April 1 (fp) For mer Gov. Martin L. Davey,-61, ono of Ohio's most colorful poli ticians, diod of a heart attack while entertaining guests at his home yesterday. Death came' as he added ud scores of a bridge game A businessman, as woll as politician, Davcy built his fath er's tree surgery business into a nationwide organization, served two terms as union governor, 1035 to 1030, and represented the state's 14th district for four terms in congress. Coal Mine Strike On; 400,000 Out By The Associated Press Four hundred thousand AFL soft coal miners stayed away from their jobs today and tho nation's idle- bveuuse of lubor disputes skyrocketed to 777,000, the highest total In nearly three weeks. . Strikes over wage disputes crippled triiiisportiitlou facilities In Detroit and Akron, O., to further darken the labor picture. Tho work stoppage by John L. Lewis' AFL United Mine Work ers, which went into effect at 12:01 a. m. upon expiration of tho collective bargaining con tract, was tho second largest walkout of workers since V-J Day, topped only by tho strike of 750,000 CIO Steclworkcrs on January zi. No Disorder There was no illnnrrfnr n.imi-1. cd as tho bituminous coul mines snut down, 'resident Lewis said thero would bo no picketing. Tho government, ulthough hop ing to effect a settlement be tween union and management, mode no plans to selzo tho prop, ertles, but the solid fuels admin istration ordered a rcsvrvo of soft coal for emergency con sumption and limited deliveries. A". 0 . Prolonged sloppago threatened to disrupt tho coun try's reconversion program, Fed eral Medlutor Puul Fuller planned to resume negotiations wun lcwis ana the soft coal operators In efforts to effect an early settlement ot th,. ill Issues in tho proposed contract. The steel and automotive Indus tries were expected to bo ninons tho first hit by a long walkout uiui already one mulor steel com pany said it would have to bunk 20 blast furnaces. Chief demand by Lewis is the proposed health and welfare fund for miners, to bo created from an assessment on each ton of coal produced and to bo ad ministered by tho union. Lewis said he will not discuss other major Issues of wages and hours until the wclfaro fund question is scuicci, Vessel Sails Minus Suspect PORTLAND, Ore., April 1 (P) While a Russian naval officer accused of espionage was freo on bail and awaiting a hearing, the ship he was to board when arrested ' was outbound today for Vladivostok. Lt. Nlcolol G. Rcdln denied ho was planning to leave the country on the Russian floating cannery SS Alma Ato, near whoso gangplank he was arrest ed by tho FBI lost Tuesday. At Seattle his wife had reported earlier tho family expected to leave this country about April 1. Hearing for Rodin on removal to Seattle, where tho espionage warrant was Issued, probably will be held this week, Soviet Consul-General Michael S. Vavi lov of San Francisco reported. Red In was released Friday on $10,000 bull and tho hearing postponed to enable him to get un attorney. Tho' Soviet purchasing com mission agent Is accused of in ducing an unnamed person to ob tain plans and documents relat ing to tho destroyer tender USS Yellowstone. , Hospital Site Will Be Studied Further discussion will be given possible sites for tho veter ans administration hospital to be constructed in Klamath Falls, at a meeting to bo held at 1:30 p. m, Wednesday, Instead of tho dato previously sot, The veterans affairs commit tee of tho chamber of commerce will meet' with tho city planning commission In tho chamber of fico for this discussion. Tho vet erans administration is sending L. A. Warren, slto Inspector, to Klamath Falls tho latter part of April. He will forward his rec ommendations . to Washington D. C. ... Additional forms have been received by tho chamber, to fill out with full . Information re garding each of the . suggested sites, Charles R. Stark, manager. sold today. ' New Term to t II. Heajav m: is'. it, ' fir- Arthur Schaupp, Klamath Falls attorney, today begun his second term as state highway commissioner, unuer appoint ment by . Governor S n e 1 1. Schaupp will serve three years from April 1. OPA May Grant Milk Hike Here Lee Hollldiiy, local dairyman who conferred with San Francis co, OPA regional officials Friday, was told that tho Klamath area is In favorable position to re ceive an additional buttcrfdt In whole milk Increase over tho six cent price mine nlrcody grant ed,, because of tho refusal of milk producers here to strike Inst week" ;"-T. OPA officials sold that they were ublo to reopen negotiations with Klamath dairymen becouso of tho no-strike action, but could not do the same In aroas where a strike was In effect, Tho' Portland milk diversion, which lasted five days, wus over this morning and dairymen there are seeking to reopen dis cussions of a price boost with tho OPA. Tho strike in Salem, Grants Pass and Roscburg has also been culled oft and the Washington Creamery Operators association, covering the Columbia river area from Walla Walla to Chelan aro moving to unite producers and processors In Washington and Oregon In an effort to obtain a celling price adjustment. Russell Kurtz, OPA account ant, Is still in Klamath Falls hearing reports on production costs from dairy farmers in tho area. His data is to be used in further price negotiations. April Fools Day Tricks Missing No ladders for the unwary to walk under, no hat-covered bricks to kick, no black cats to evade. In fact hone of the traditional signs of April 1 shonannigails were in cvldcnco along tho more heavily trav eled thoroughfares of . Klam ath .Fulls today. One needs a session with the calendar to realize thot this Is the April Fools day so dear to the heart of youth in bygone yeors. For the small fry the day wasn't one to cause much frolicking school storied up again this morning after a week's spring vacation , and there was no joko about that. Tho weather, howovor, seems : to be playing -a few pranks .of its own, starting with a little snow early this morning,' then giving the town a liberal dose ot clouds, winds interspersed tho occasional few moments of sunshine. . 2 Stricken Vessels In Tow To Port PORT HUENEME, Calif., April 1 (A') A merchant ship and a tanker, which collided last night off Pt. Conccpcion, were taken in tow ourly today, en route to San Pedro. ' ' The Oneida Victory, which first reported she was sinking ufter colliding with the tanker W. L. R. Emmet, listed as much as 23 degrees and its radio oper ator said she was taking on water rapidly. At daybreak, howovor, the list was only bare ly perceptible, said a photog rapher who flow over the ship. The crew left the Oneida last night and boarded the less seri ously damaged fleet. One man on tho Oneida was injured, and he was kept aboard with the cap tain and the radio operator. Dur ing the night, crewmen returned to the Oneida from the Emmet. May Die The Injured man later brought to this naval base In a crash boat, was so seriously injured, doctors said, he may die. He is a sea man, Francisco Rcquicra, about 50, of New York. He was said to have been trapped in a pas sageway when a beam fell on hix head, causing a fracture of the skull. The 10,500-ton (deadweight) Victory ship, completed In Balti more in November, 1944, was bound for Vancouver B. C, to load cargo for Europe. The ves sel Is operated by the United Fruit company, and her home port is Baltimore. Bring Succor PORTLAND, April 1 (P) A woman whose auto plunged off the Columbia River highway over a 300-foot bluff was in a hospital here today, suffering a fractured spine and crushed chest, after rescue by a ropo stretcher. Her condition was critical. ' Sheriff's Lt. Art Bcllis reported a rescue crew heard Mrs. Dor othy Roper, 25, Hillsboro, calling for help early yesterday morn ing, four hours after they re ceived reports a car had dis appeared off the highway, Bcllis said there was little evi dence of the car leaving the highway, where a motorist re ported a speeding auto had passed him at a curve and then disappeared late Saturday night. The officer said, deputies had almost given up the search, con sidering the report erroneous, when they heard the woman's cries. . . . Former Governor Of Idaho Passes BOISE, Ida., April 1 (P) Charles Ben Ross, 6B, who ful filled - a boyhood ambition by serving as governor of his native Idaho, died yesterday In a Boise hospital of a heart disease. Ross, born at Parma December 21, 1876, was tho state's only three-term governor. Ho was chief executive from 1930 to 1936. The handsome one-time cattle wrangler, weakened in health after serving as governor during economically turbulent years, retired to .his vast Parma farm. Before reaching the governor ship a goal- voiced to friends when he was 15 Ross served eight, years as mayor of Poca tcllo, tho state's second largest city, and six years as a county commissioner. Harheep Fogged By Shotgun Blast in Hold-Up Of Tavern EMERYVILLE Calif., April 1 (P) A man walked into a tav ern hero last night, shot - and killed bartender Raymond Hen derson, 36, of Oakland, and then with two helpers lined up the patrons and robbed them. Sgt. Edward P Wilson of the Emeryville police said tho killer walked to the bar and asked Henderson, "Where Is Monk?" The bartender, Wilson sold, mo tioned to a backroom, indicating a caretaker nicknamed Monk was bock' there, and tho man raised a small shotgun and fired. Two other men entered tho tavern, ordered the six patrons to line, up along tno wail,: and robbed thorn, Wilson said. He said nit paper money was taken from tho cash register. Tho hold up men were not masked. Melvin E. Parsons, of Rich mond, Calif., was struck over the head with a blackjack and robbed of a $1750 check and $15 in cashi Wilson reported. The police sergeant said . a soldier, Cpl. Jack L. Steward of Camp Knight, had left the tavern, heard the shot and returned. He was ordered - into the holdup line, and his wallet was taken. Wilson' said the threo men es' caped by automobile. Police throughout California were noti fied to join. a. search for them. 5 Persons Lose Lives; Many Hurt SAN" FRANCISCO, April 1 W) One man was killed by a huge wave that swept on the beach at Santa Crux, south of here, todav. Those .. on the strand said two great ' - waves, mucn larger tnan nor- : mat, rolled up on the sands. By DON WHITEHEAD , HONOLULU. Anrll 1 (A-) A tidal wave pounded the shores'' or Hawaii today, killing at least five persons and Injuring many others and causing heavy prop erty damage! The wave, which some wit- . nesscs suid was more than 10 feet high, struck about 7 a. m. Through quickly-clogged tele phones and radio channels there Is pouring a story of surprised beach residents of these islands caught in the fury of the wave. Small boats were washed high onto the shore and ripped open on the coral. Trapped In Homes Many coastal dwellers were trapped in their flooded homes. The wove, apparently caused by an undersea seismic dis turbance thousands of miles north of here, spent most of its fury at sea. It had sufficient KETCHIKAN, Alaska. April 1 (Jt) Commodore Nor-. man H. Leslie, district coast guard officer, reported this afternoon that a tidal wave, precedod by an earthquake, had destroyed the strategic Scotch Cap lighthouse station with a loss of all personnel. It was understood here only five men were at the station, at the time. News of the disaster came from a nearby station, which was badly damaged but es caped casualties. Scotch Cap is located at the entrance of Uminak pass, which provides entrance to the Bering sea from the North Pacific. Its lighthouse was at least 100 feet above water. Com modore Leslie said. power left when it reached Oahu, however, . to wash away small homes, destroy roads and inundate railroad tracks along the coast. Preliminary reports fronv.the neighboring ' fsfand "of '" Hawaii ' indicated , that, the city .of Hilo.- was hard hit and its harbor fa cilities seriously damaged.- . . Heavy Damage A, preliminary survey report- . cd damage of $50,000 along the Honolulu waterfront. ' Navy headquarters could not be reached immediately to doter mine the effect in sheltered Wa ters of Pearl Harbor, where a Inrge part of the atomic bomb fleet in anchored. ' Jack Spears, superintendent of the Ala Wai boat harbor, made the estimate of $50,000 waterfront damage. He said he saw three or four boats on the reef and several others had been sunk. From the island of Kauai, near Oahu, came the report that tidal waves had engulfed a car in which a family was being evacuated from low ground.. The rescuers saved the family. " Small craft were driven up on the beach and a coast guard cutter ground on Kauai. Residents at the base of Dia mond Head, Landfall on Oahu, were at breakfast when waves smashed into the seawall. Wa ter dashed 20 feet into the air but the wave did not rise above the wall.- Re-Districting Of County Eyed YREKAk, Calif., April 1 A large delegation of Tulelake people mingled with others gath ered here today for the super visors' meeting at which a de cision on the proposed re-dis-trlcting of Siskiyou county has been promised. Tulelake, Mt. Shasta and other communities were represented at a previous meeting at which it was demanded the county be re-divldcd In order to eliminate alleged inequalities under the present apportionment. After, a hot discussion, tho supervisors said they would announce a de cision on April 1, and today's meeting was scheduled to start at 2 p. nv Proponents of re-districting hove indicated they will support a charter form .of government for Siskiyou county if the super visors ' turn them down on the re-districting plan. At the first meeting, it was indicated a ma jority of supervisors were not in favor of the plan. Under a char ter form, supervisors would be elected at large, Instead of from districts. . Tulelake and Dorrls areas are represented by Supervisor Gor don Jacobs, who lives at Horn-., brook. .Arriving In United States By The Associated Press lurry n. Flnnty. TSl.. Klamath Falls, arrived on Wondbrldro Victory duo In New York March UO. 1
