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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1946)
Jl Day's News CN the -i-..ar urpu. ' n i ... THKSK word aro written in Sim Francisco, after liuvinic driven down. It UII oom a llttlo odd lo drive. Wurllme I ... r'iii lluil mm ciilche him self feeling a litllu gullly ulxiut ii Maybe Unit In one reason It la o pleasant. Stolen pleasure alwuvi cnrry llirlll. 11 snouiu n't liti Unit wuy, but thcro lire ao innnv Hide Issues f Iniiiuin nature that shouldn't be an they Somehow it take Ultle eilgo off Iho keennos of the Joy when one realize Unit i.r nil 1 1. it i. In no reason why he shouldn't bo driving down to thu clly. eiluo of Weed, there l ilrkenlint iiound Irom tho Vnr urea. A tiro him gone aown i - .....i...r iiuii riir- toon of Hill Mauliiln In wblih the old cavulry officer in polnl .... i.u i.uiiil Mt bin dlitiibli'd jeep nnd holding bin other hand over hi eyes so they won t huvr- lo ee wlmt ho i nouui do to on old unit loyal friend.' Well, thai uhout the wuy (hill writer felt ubonl tbut faith fut tiro tbut bud seen him through Ml the yearn of the wur shortage. Heaving It dis rnihoweled carcass olf to one mdo ecmcd hcarllcn thing to ''"if there bud been a spade hundy. 1 think I d bnvo given It decent btirlul. nnd dropiied a flower stop the lilllo mound of earth. , AND possibly a tear a well. Tho tiro slluutlon tlll Isn't ucU tbut one din a rasing disappear over the mil wimii without a feeling of deep personal Ins- THE road on thl sunny.' warm Sunduy aro full of Likewise full of co,-. In Mt. Ehaota City the plalnllvc note . ,lren sound. I" the """.he distance, and a glance at the windshield mirror reveals P lice car approaching It puUs up and top. ' ,UU P llceman tc out. A cloud seem to pas over the liin. You " tho feeling. HB auk for the driver' li cense. Fortunately It ir,lt' ketire cbuin.-wl.ich w en "-.lied, are almost Invar Tbly hanging at bom. on nail on the garage wall Ha looK we ii"--- - KF Airmen To Prepare Proposition Nory Order To Take Planes From Field Causes Action Kluinutli uvlutlon men were to meet lull) toiluy to prepare a definite proportion lo tno city to ussuino rciiponslbllltlc at tho inuutclpul ulriMirt pending final decision on the administration of Iho field by tho community. The flying men buvo prcvlou ly iituteu liiiurmully luuy would undertuko tho operullon of tno livid until the bi'Kiniung of tnc I Incut year, when it I expected municipal fund cuu Do uuugci- ell. The matter I now coming to a bead u.i a result ol a burnt directive from the nuvy ycsler day ordering clviliun illers olf Ihe field. 'Iho nuvy actum cumo alter the city uirirl couimliiiiion twice rcluitcd to execute revoc able permit which the nuvy of fered to niuKo civiiiuii use ui me Held possible under an order ly arruiigeinenl. Bhapa Plan Klve operator of flying erv Ice and other will be represent ed at a meeting of the private flier loday lo hupe tho deti nue proposition lo mo clly. The city airport commission bus not scntlulcu a meeting mice tho nuvy uctlon, and Muyor fcd Oslcntlorf Is out of town. Tnc proposed joint meeting between city ouiciiii una airmen pro bv llin chamber of com' mercc director will not be held until next week when the muyor of i buck, Jack Murohy. a memoer oi the uirpoi'l commission, said to- day thul he wunls to be on rec ord publicly u fuvored pro gressive policies with respect lo the alnxirt. Ho uld be bud fav ored approval of the revocable permit, and want lo see a plun worked out Uiut will put civil Inn flying on the field Imnicdi alely in an amicable arrange r- ' 0 -- : .. PRICE riVE CENTS ' rd-Jy (Talaphon lllll RLAMAin t hl. r Ao:.er - mm WEATHER NEWS April I M. (April 11) 1 Mla. rraclpllalUa Uil 14 hars Slrtam yiar Nrail S.ls ymt .t.U , rartcail: Sbiwtri frUar KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL IB. 1946 Number 10798 find, irlsp fortiinately) in Than I1M HUVB. It " "-- ment with tho navy. Tex Hankin. well known nvln tor. commented al yentertliiy' chumber of commerce director' meeting tbut Klumuth's aiixrt I "one of the finest In America." "I don't see how you cun lose he said In connection with the future administration of the field. 1 Dead, 7 Hurt In Mill Blast reiirovlng You were still '" " mora thun 25 hour, it is my f.':1 "ii- ,.;,. nnd you were AO-Ill"" . " 1 1,1 nu to a lime m"c'.. "".V.:.,ii,.., to tho fuel liwuycu-me, 1 ..VniiMtlnu nl a sluriimK and to the further fact lluil m "ml ' . hiuhwnv cnsual- it homo .ppFoxImated the liar casuallle. l'lcaso be more war cast Fni aurc he wu about to add: Go " ' n,,d "m . V.0 mo?e." but Uiougbt better of It. TF bo had uI Ibo line tlwt 1 runs something, like this. Hev Bud, where' the H.rc. and what do you think you rc Slg going- V''tSS had gone on from there in tnc no "that cop omel n.nir rnnrt Imnulleiu con- acH w lb citizens and l"-1;.. ro limoring rules that ire Vnado for the public', pro tection ii 1. like v IIIBI " 7. east no bettor . Oum average) would thereafter 1 Ive keot a sharp eye on the reur-vlew mirror but oupr" would not have altered his ip. cedures or hi regard for 25. ii.. n....a nnrl Mliell. I1IIIU ,11 A It WHS, UIHIIRS " and rn- pluy of official courtesy a consideration, ho did hi d" dent to bo law-abiding In there on. ' , , It often work that wuy. Farewell Dinner Will Honor 'Cog' A community farewell dinner honoring Cnpt. and Mrs. Lowell T. Coggoshiill will bo held at the Willard hotel Friday eve ning, April 20, llllllir rju,,w .1,1.. r.f iim mllitarv nffnirs com mlttco of the Klamath County chamber of commerce. All friends anil well-wishers of the popular Marino Harracka couple uro Invited to attend, ac cording to Marshall Cornell, chairman of the committee. Re .,m,iiu aimiild be made by next Thursday at the chamber of commerce office, phone 51U.I, and tickets will be picked up there. Captain Coggeshall is return ing to Michigan after two and one-half years at Klanuilh Falls, where ho has been chief medi cal officer of tho Klamath Fall Mni lnn llnrracks. Ho Is consld- ercd the nutlon'a No. 1 author- .11.. 4..n..l....l fll.,llu,U "dipt. CoKgeshall has boon ntoro than a military sojourner in Klamath Falls be has been an active citizen of this com munity." said Cornell. "Wo hope there will bo a fine turn out at this testimonial dinner RcMroad Pay Hike Favored Fact Panel Sets Boost At16Cents SEATTLE. April 18 Wl John H. Tondcrvold was Injured fatally and seven other men Hurt, two seriously, In an cx iloslon that crashed yesterday in Iho Northwest Steel Moiling Mill. Inc., plant when molten metal wa poured accidentally Into a cooling trough. Tondcrvold, a crane operator, was directly above the blast. Hi body covered with burns, ho lived about seven hours. Norman Smith and Michael Dlakney. members of the ladle crew working with Tondcrvold, suffered serious burns. The cxulosion blasted out a portion of the roof of the plant and Jarred house In an area of several blocks around. Harry L. Goetz Jr., 'assistant engineer, sulci the crew was re turning a ladle of molten steel to a furnace for reheating anil some of the melal poured into tho cooling trough. workers 100 feet away were hit by bits, of flying steel. Singer, Wife Will Hear Church Chimes HOLLYWOOD, April 18 (if) For 13 years. Singer Perry Como and his wife, Roselle, high school sweethearts, hnve wanton a church wedding. And, says Coinn. they're going to have It. "It'll he Ibis summer, prob ably In the east," tho crooner an nounced. "We're waiting until I finish a picture." They were first wed by a Jus tice of the peace. Smoke Of War Hides Fate Of 2 CHUNGKING. Anril 18 Ml The fule of un American officer and his pilot was hidden by the smoke of balllo In Changchun toduy as Chinese communist force captured the Yamaio hole), where the two had been stuvlng, Deatroycd telephone commun Icutlon mudo Impossible a check Into the fule of the two MaJ. Robert II. Kigg of Chi cago, assistant military attache, and MSgi. Clayton 1'iwia oi i'ortland. Ore. New of the capture of the hotel from government forces came In a fragmentary dispatch sent from the embattled city by Associated Presa Correspondent Tom Masterson, cut off there with four other correspondents. Gunflr Roar As General Murshnll, special U. S. envoy, flew here In a suoreme effort to bring peace to Manchuria, gunfire roareo throuuh tho streets of Chang chun. Communist force threat ened to overwhelm completely the small national garrison fighting from sandbag defense in the center of the city. Gov ernment planes dropped urgent ly-needed ammunition to me De sieged force. Marshall headed for Chung' klna after receiving reports on tho Munchurian situation dur ing a brief atooover at Peiplng en route from the United State. With him on tho flight were his wife and Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem Jr., veteran army of ficer who had tried unsuccess fully In Marshall's absence to end civil strife in Manchuria as Marshall had ended it in China. While Chungking awaited Marshall's first action, there was speculation among many Chinese leaders that he bore a firm U. S. demand for an Im mediate cease-fire pact In Man churia. Marshall arrived In midaftcr noon and was greeted by Mad ame Chiana Kai-shek, Commun ist Gen. Chou En-lal, and other leaders of both factions. cvi c --..C5 I . c3 a- ? ' JPl m r3v Sprinq Has Sprung -a .V aaV. - -. - J . . l i l 'A'' ' 11 - 1 t J f r .Z. . i 'Via.;-. . t :(,. v A 4 11 1 . 4h Bob Dilllnaar. third ack.r for tha St. Loui Brown, cor on a walk and two lingla in the firt Inning against the Detroit Tigars in Detroit a the major league teed off in their first port- Catcner is lietroit s raui nicnaraa. uropiia u whkwbu. . , , war season. Mill Man Hurt In Car Plunge PIONEER COMMUNITY, Auril 18 Tracy Emmett Deni- son, 58-ycar-old Weyerhaeuser Timber company employe, is in an Ashland hospital In a serious condition as the result of Injuries suffered early Tuesday evening when bis car Dlunued over a 75- foot embankment on the Greon springs highway. Denison was en route to Ash land to visit hi wife who is re covering from a heart ailment in the valley town. The mill man's car left the highway as ho was traveling down the mountain. A car fol lowing tho Denison machine stopped and gave aid. An Ash land ambulance rushed Denison to the hospital where he was found to have a skull fracture, broken ribs and'a broken arm. The ear was demolished. A son, Dob Denison, was here yesterday after being in Ashland with his parents. Mrs, Denison Is report ed improving. Denison has boon employed at Weyerhaeuser since 10:t0 and Is rosaw operator in the planing mill. Unique Legal Scheme Keeps Vanport City Schools Open VANPORT CITY. Ore., April IB (fl'i A SO mill tax voted by this war built city's only eligible taxpuylng elector a woman school principal has assured tho school district's 2,400 pupils that class bells will ring again next year. Purchase of a single share of stock in a utility firm owning property In Iho federal housing pro cc t qualified principal Laura Kellar as Vunport's only resi dent taxpayer. Her vole for a $10,7110 tax levy Increased the rale from 1.5 to 50 mills, and would require tho federal gov ernment to pay $300,000 in lieu of taxes. School Superintendent James T. Hamilton revealed the unique legul maneuver when he an nounced yesterday the city' 150 teachers, who earlier were told lack of federal Lanham Act funds would close tho schools, wero again offered their Jobs. The election was conceived to keep Vanport schools operating. A lax millage Increase must be voted by resident taxpayers but a housing project generally hasn't any. Miss Kcllur's purchase of one share of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph stock at $142.50 made her a qualified resident taxpay er. In a duly advertised election March 26, with polls open from 2 to 7. Miss Kellar cast her vote. Officials counted the ballots one used, 49 unused and re ported the 50 mill levy had been approved 1 to 0. Hamilton explained the $:00 000 comes from the government as It share, in lieu of taxes from its $6,000,000 holdings In the city. About $119,000 will como from state and county funds. Private ownors will be unhurt because of a set aside clause in Oregon school tax laws. But Miss Kellar also gains her slock is now quolcd at $149.75 a share. Britain Backs Franco Spain NEW YORK. Aorft 18 UP) Great Britain today opposed tho Polish demand that the United Nations break diplomatic rela tions with Franco Spain and declared it had no confirma tion that German scientists were working on new weapons of war under Spanish cover. Sir Alexander caaogan, British delegate, stated his gov ernment's case in an 18-minute speech to the United Nations security council, lining up with the Netherlands in opposition lr tlin Polish DroDosal. The British delegate said the British embassy in Madrid re ported in January mere whs no evidence whatever to sug oet German scientists in Spain were, engaged in scientific re search on new mcinoas 01 war fare and we have no informa tion to date which would con firm this allocation." Cadogan told the council that Rritich official rcnorts indicat ed all official and most of the semi-official Gorman assets have been handed over by the Span ish government to tne aiiieo. mitainni In Madrid. He said there still are be tween 10,000 and 12,000 Ger mans in Spain but that most of them were privniu ,......--. Only some 2500 cases of offi cials, agents and similar nazis have been discovered worthy of repatriation, he added. He said there are only around 150 for mer German soldiers still 111 Spain. Townsend Tours Eastern Oregon PENDLETON. April 18 (P) Lamar Townsend, Klamath Falls, unopposed candidate for the democratic congressional no mination in the second Oregon district, told members of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles here last night that he wouio guupuii. their national legislative pro gram. , . Townsend Is accompanying A. C. Frlcsen, Salem, state Eagles president ar.d M. l,. onepneia, Klamath Falls,, vice president, on a tour of eastern Oregon. The program endorsed by Townsend includes provisions fnr widows' and old age pen sions, workmen's compensation, youth guidance, nauonui iieaim programs and ho.-sing and em ployment for veterans. Circuit Court Jury Upset By Antics Of Small Mouse CHICAUO,. April 18 (AP) standing on chairs and the men ThB nlans of a circuit court Jury of seven women and five men as they filed into me jury room to consider an automobile acci dent case were upset by a lit tle mouse. , , Bailiff Jack Jjuiien, nearing. feminine shrieks in the Jury- room, pecked in and was aston ished. Most of the women were iumr were being outwitted by the mouse they tried, and failed, to catch. Duffek hastened to the cham ber of Judge Benjamin P. Ep stein to report the incident ana advise him the women refused to be seated and name a fore man until the mouse was cap tured. John Kornak, custodian of the county building, was summoned but when he arrived the mouse had disappeared, picking a con venient hole behind the radi ator. The jurors were about to get down to business when they were summoned back- to the courtroom. Hubert Cannon, settle the case out of court. Toll Of Bus-Train Crash Rises To 2 PORTLAND, Ore., April 18 OP) The toll of Monday's bus train collision rose to two today with the death of Byron A. Logan, 29, Portland, driver of the city bus. Charles E. Norman, 46, bus passenger, died several hours after the accident. The other eight injured persons are ex pected to recover. Refrigerator Prices Hiked WASHINGTON, April 18 (PI OPA today raised retail price celling on new refrigerators by four per cent over March, 1942 levels to offset higher produc tion rnsts. The agency granted manufac turers an eight per cent in crease, which it said will be re flected In full at retail. The retail price hike is less on a percentage basis than the manufacturers' Increase because the latter adjustment is being passed on in the exact dollar-ami-cent amount rather than on a mark-up basis. 12 Miners Die In Explosion nnmRn Va.. Aorll 18 (PI A deep-level blast killed 12 coal fn:il for the plaintiff told a uciii-rctci "' ,ri, the court, his client wanted to miners today ai me uicai i;, Anthracite corporation's mine at nearby McCoy, Va. The mid-morning explosion caught the miners at the lowest level of a shaft that runs under the bed of New River, separating Montgomery and Pulaski coun ties in Virginia's southwest. One of the 12, Paul Price of the Mc Coy community was brought out Blive but died shortly thereafter at Radford Community hospital. The dead, in addition to Price, were all of McCoy. All of the bodies were badly burned but were recognizable. A Radford rescue team, wear ing gas masks, made its way to the bottom of the shaft and after carrying out Paul Price, brought the others to tho surface. Cloyd Martin, who was stand ing in an upper level and was Wnnrked off his feet bv the blast. said further investigation would be necessary before a definite cause of the blast would be known. Looysen Sent To State Hospital Justin Oliver Looysen was on his wav to Salem this afternoon in the care of an Oregon State hospital attendant after he was ordered committed as a mental patient following a sanity Hear ing yesterday afternoon. The 39-year-old former air craft worker from Pasadena was examined by Dr. Peter H. Rozen- dal and Dr. J. u. raiierson ami Circuit Judge David R. Vanden berg signed , the order commit ting him. i T.nnvson was taken into cus tody last Sunday night when he jumped from a moving train near Midland and is said to have Inflicted a minor stab wound on the train brakeman, Donald Par tin. Tuesday afternoon he escaped from the county medical clinic and was at liberty for about two hour, clad only In a nightgown. ROLL CALL WASHINGTON, April 18 Rep. Stockman (R-Ore.), was the nnlv ono of the 10 congressmen from Washington and Oregon to vote todav against passage of the bill to extend OPA life nine month. WASHINGTON, April 18 OP) An emergency fact-finding board today recommended to President Truman 16-cent hourly . wage increase and changes in working rules for more than 200,000 railroad en gineers and trainmen. The workers, member of the brotherhoods of engineers and trainmen, had asked for a 25 per cent pay raise, figuring ap proximately 30 cents an nour. Made Public The board's findings were made public at the White House in midafternoon after tne inree man panel, headed by Leif Erickson, former Montana su preme court justice had sub mitted tne recommenaauuus iu the president just before noon. The board found that evi dence in the case showed that the engineers and trainmen were entitled to tne le-cem hourly increase to compensate for higher living cost. The board calculated the 18 snt hoost amounts to an 18 per cent increase over the Jan uary 1941 pay raies ana icpic sented the maximum amount allowable under the wage-price formula. Hu.ai! aJaaall Ta See Maneuvers WASHINGTON. April 18 VP) President Truman will go out into the Atlantic Monday to re view maneuvers of a carrier task force of the Atlantic fleet. Press Secretary Charles . G. Ross, announced today that the President is leaving the White House Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock (PST) for a full week's cruise on his yacht, the "Wil llnmshurs." to include a ren dezvous with the Atlantic de tachment. The "Williamsburg," Ross said will proceed to Norfolk, where it will be due at 3 a. m. (PST) Monday. Two hours later Mr. Truman will board the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt and be taken some where in the Atlantic to join units of the task force. The President will witness maneuvers until Tuesday noon, and then return to Hampton Roads aboard the carrier, and reboard the Williamsburg at 1 d. m.. to resume his "vacation" cruise, Ross told a news conference. Vote Major Defeat For President Group Passes Measure By Roll-Call Tally Of 355 To 42 WASHINGTON. April 18 UP) The house voted overwhelming ly today to continue OPA for nine months, but in a form OPA Admlnstrator Paul Porter said would wreck price control. It wa one of President Truman' worst legislative defeat since he entered the White House a year ago. The roll-call vote on passage was 355 to 42. The house, meeting at 10 a. m., two hours earlier than usu al, tossed the amendment-ridden bill over to the senate, where the White House said today that President Truman hopes for "much better results." Asked at a news conference if the chief executive had any comment on the house amend ments, Press Secretary Charlci G. Ross told reporters: "Not for print." Asked if the president was going to "do anything about it?" Ross replied: "He hopes for much better re sults in the senate." He did not elaborate. Bowlet Yowls A bloc of democrats, chiefly from the south, combined with republicans yesterday to so amend the bill with amendments that Chester Bowles, economic stabilizer, said the house had started "a joyride toward econo mic disaster." Earlier, the house refused on a 370 to zu rou can vote to shelve the continuation bill, re jecting a motion by Rep. Rankin (K-Miss) to send it DacK io mo banking committee. Before the final vote was talc en. Rep. Sabath (D-Ill), 80-year- old dean of tne nouse, snouiea to his colleagues: "You have murdered UfAV OPA Chief Porter estimated that if the agency collapses be cause of congressional amend ments, consumer prices might skyrocket as much as 50 per cent over present levels, , Huge Majority On final passage by the house, 205 democrats, 148 republicans and two minor party members voted for the bill. Opposing were 34 republicans and eight democrats. Bowles termed the measure iniDossible" after a 35-minute conference with the president. Asked by White House report ers if he would resign in me event it passes both houses in its present form, he would net say. He did say, however, that he did not see "what could be done" to maintain price controls under it. As to whether there was any discussion of a veto with the president, he told reporters he couldn't say. "We want price control," he declared. "Price control would be impossible as the bill stands now." Pudgy Lays An Egg! SOUTH GATE, Calif., April 18 OP) Maybe Pudgy heard about Eastei. Betty Jean Dennick's pet black hen produced a six-ounce egg yesterday measuring seven and one-half inches around the middle, nine and one-half lengthwise. Old Pine Grove Schoolhouse Brings Back Memories Of Yesteryear To Komotiites Pioneer School Preserved ... . m-T iiiwaa i'ri . in . ri---tV'f tu. si Rthu chool on the ' Laksview hiahwar, ' where many an old timer itnt his children, has been purchased by Sheldon Btumoaugn, arcnmci, ioi uinc. By LOIS STEWART The Pine Grove schoolhouse. for almost two generations the focal point of social activity for that section of Klamath county, will be preserved for some time yet to come much to the satis faction of hundreds of old-timers who either attended this school on the Lakeview highway, or went to the old Pine Grove school built back in the '80s. Sheldon Brumbaugh, Klamath Falls architect, has purchased the buildine and workmen are completely remodeling the inter ior of the school wmcn Brum baugh will occupy as offices in late June. Brumbaugh said he was preserving the old architec tural character ot tne Duuaing and even the old bell, which has called the school hours for years and years, will remain in the tower. Built in 1908 The Pine Grove school, as It stands today, was put under con struction in 1908, according to old-timers. It replaced an earlier building which sat this side of the present location and which was probably built around 1883, The first Pine Grove school house, which yielded to the march of progress many year ago, was the hub of all activity for that section. The youngster of the community trudged or rode horseback to the school Monday through Friday, on Sun days it was the church and Sun day school. Week nights the Pine Grove Literary and Debat ing society held forth. The box socials, the pie socials, the basket suppers where ranch wive vied with each other with their crisp ILaallaK rata S, L'alama 1
