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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1946)
Irk x2 Men Break From Multnomah County Jail Appeal ri Sacraiary or Aaricuuur Clinton LaQuardla (Ult to right), talk In to Amarlcans to ahara food with distribution of Hour llmltad to 74 6 Men Steal Art Treasures LONDON. Aorll 23 ( Six pman who stole 17 priceless art 'treasures from the Ilever Castle jhom of Lt. Col. John Jacob Astur StiiKlny worn being hunted throughout F.iigland today at iScullund Yard ioxli-fl a wuleh t porta unil airfields In an ef fort to prevent the historic ob jects from leaving the country. Uralers throuifhoul tho Islund were circularized with meuner descriptions of the six men who entered the ancient emtio while Lady Violet A.itor wns asleep and escaped In a noils Koyce. A reward of 201)0 pounds (SBuoOj jinn been posted. Police were reported operat Ink on the theory that tho theft was engineered by wealthy foreign art collectors, since the Items Including praycrbnoks of Anne lioleyn, Queen Elizabeth and Emperor Charles V, a rinif worn by King Henry VIII and a snuff box presented lo Timprens Mni-ln t-miiftn hv NniMilwm weru regarded as unsalable. Experts said the Intrinsic value Vf th stolen articles was less than 20,000 pounds $00,000 but that It was Impossible, to esti mate, tho historic and artistio value. Strike Slated By Expressmen By Tha Associated Press Sixty-five thousand employes of tho Railway Express Aticncy, Inc., their union president pre dicted today, will strike nt 12:01 a. m. Friday, In a dispute over wages. He said express service will be paralyzed "unless some steps bo taken Immediately." President Gcorgo M. Harrison of tho AFL Brotherhood of Hall way and Steamship Clerks, sold In Cincinnati thut tho trend of tho strike vote In progress since last Friday, Indicated that "the employes are In no mood to brook any further delay on set tling their demands for wage in creases." Harrison said the strike was J I .I,, nnmnnnu l-n. tl UL'I I'U tllVl.- Iliw .w., j - fused to grant the 18 cents an Hour wuge increase ici-uimy awurded rallrond workers by n national mediation board. He said tho board would be advised of tho union's strike vote. Character Actor Takes Last bow HOLLYWOOD, April 23 (IP) Death hns ended tho long, dis tinguished theatrical career of Lionel Atwlll, who learned his craft on the London stage and come to Hollywood to become one of the most accomplished film character actors of his time. Atwlll, 01, died at his Pacific Pallsndes homo last night soon after suffering a reliipso of pneu monia,, with which he wns stricken several weeks ago, but from which he was believed re covering. His fourth wife, Paula, whom ho married about two years ago, was at his bedside. Dog Poisoning Rat At It Again The man with the black heart and poison In his hand Is at work again. Four little dogs, all family pats, have fallen vlcilm to th arch-fiend and ihr have dld within th past faw days. On animal was saved by a veter inarian. Latest victim was a Boston bull, pat of th "Whltey" Goodwin family at 2121 Cardan. A warning has been issued io parenta of small children that they look over the pram k lsas carefully, especially if they live in the Garden ave nue district. One family, which had lost a pel, found a piece of flank steak in th yard, a slit in th meat hold ing enough strychnine to kill three persons. To Americans To Share the oval room of tht Whit Horn world'! hungry peopl. Secretary Anderson ordarad domestic par cant of amount millara dlivrd at this tlma last yaar. Sailor Slays 9 Mates In Berserk Blaze Of Gunfire By RICHARD CUSHING SHANGHAI. April 23 lI') A 19-yeur-old seaman killed nine shipmates and wounded a tenth In a berserk blaze of gunfire aboard an LSI' in the Yangtze river today, then stubbed him self. The navy announced that the sailor was L. U. Smith, seaman second class of Ashevllle, N. C. The orgy of shooting and stub bing ended, the navy said, when Smith was disarmed by an un named sailor, himself mortally wounded, and was floored by a metal bench wielded by Ken neth M. Stulnecker, 18, seaman second class of Heading, l'a. Drought to the navy hospital ship Ki-pose in Shunghai harbor. Smith was given a S0-S0 chance to survive three deep gashes In the tipper abdomen inflicted with his own knife. Tho shooting occurred on the Oregon Stages Remain Idle PORTLAND, April 23 ?) Negotiations toward settlement of the wago dispute tying up Oregon Motor Stages may be resumed Friday morning, A tentative meeting has been set by the U. S. conciliation serv ice for that day. A. L. Schneider, general man ager of the firm, reported a burrior to wage agreements ex ists in the dispute over amount to be paid city drivers In Eu gene and Salem where the com pany operates buses. "I think we could reach a compromise settlement on the road drivers," he reported. The road drivers operate routes be tween Portland and coast points and Willamette vnlley cities and the coast and Portland. Snlem-Eiigcno drivers now receive 08 cents hourly and have asked $1.30. He said the company offered $1.12 H and that a $1.20 scale suggested at a meeting last week might be possible if tia company can re ceive faro Increases at the two cities nnd If the wnge stabiliza tion board approves. "We can't pay $1.20 an hour without some fare relief," he declared. 7 Sites To Be Considered For Vets Hospiial In KF ' Seven sites, all available to the Veterans Administration as possible locutions for the pro posed $3,000,000 veterans hospi tal, will be submitted for ap proval to VA officials who will bo In Klamath Fnlls April 29 to Muy 4. Engineer Inspector L. A. War ren and a representative of the acting chief medical officer will arrive here next Monday to In spect the sites. Tho seven sites were outlined by City Engineer E. A. Thomas before members of the city coun cil lust night. No action was tnkon by the council although the group discussed at length tho city's responsibility In con nection with paving, sewer and lights which must be available to tho Veterans Administration lo the site selected. The proposed sites were de scribed by Thomas as follows: No. 1. Acreage loented at the north end of Pacific Terrace. No. 2. Gooding site near fed eral housing project and north of the canal. No. 3. Site nenr Mnlcolm Epley residence and facing California avenue near the California Ore gon Power company reservoir. No, 4, North end of Eldorado. No. 5. West of Lokcvlcw street between Upham nnd Oregon, No. 8. Benumont Addition rear of Pacific Terrnce. No. 7. North of Conger school and between tho government cnnnl and river. Although th council made no Food altar broadcasting an appaal AP wlraphoto. LST 172, anchored fur up the Yangtze from Shunghul. Tiiis was the way the tragedy wus reconstructed by the navy as It prepared to launch a court of Inquiry: Smith, described as a quiet, In trospective youth who left the united suites only Feb. 21, had stood a 10 p. in. to midnight watch as guugway messenger. At midnight it was believed he went aft to the fantail, where he frequently sat alone. Later he obtained a carbine from the cabin of the gunnery officer, who was away on watch. Ho also had a pistol which had been conceulcd among his own effects. At about 3 a. m. he entered the sleeping compartment of the LST, where a bmi t 30 shipmates were asleep. Switching on the lights and without a word, he opened fire. Seven seamen were killed outright and two others died later of their wounds. Smith pumped 20 bullets In to tho close quarters from his carbine and pistol. When his am munition was exhausted, he leaped upon his victims with a knife. Stulnecker, who escaped the bullets, and the mortally wound ed suilor leaped from their bunks. Despite his wounds, the unnamed suilor reached Smith first. But before he could disarm Smith, the young sailor plunged the knife into his own body. Stulnecker then knocked Smith down with the metal bench. Smith and the three wounded were flown down to the Repose in a navy PBY after receiving emergency treatment on board the LST. Two of the wounded later died. The names of the dead will be released when the next of kin ore notified. The wounded sailor aboard the Hepose was identified as George E. Simpson, 18, seaman second class of Waterbury, Conn. He had a bullet wound In the left side of his chest. 16 Reported Dead ' In Airplane Crash MANAGUA. Nicaragua, April 23, Sixteen persons, includ ing Harry H. Huffman of Water loo, In., were reported killed Inst night when a Tacn Airlines crashed and burned near Li bcrtad, 50 miles cast of here. Huffman was a colonel in the Nicaraguun national guard. formal recommendntlons, It was stressed that the city is vitally concerned In the expenditures which will occur to bring the paving, sewer and lights to the site. Thomas said he estimated that some paving jobs on indi vidual sites would run "into thousands of dollnrs." Sewer in stallation would run In the neighborhood of $800 per block but none of tho sites Is over four blocks from connections. In discussing the Benumont addition back of Pacific Terrace, it was disclosed that this section was once platted by the owners but Inter turned back Into acre age. It is considered a good sito .with excellent view but "tough to get to." Councilmen agreed to do all In their power to cooperate with the VA and to meet conditions which would bo set down by the officials coming h,cre to select tho hospital sito. Councilman Cnntrnll, however, warned tho city fathers that thttcouncll must be careful not to double or treble the assessed valuation of lots. Mayor Ed Ostcndorf was given authority to write the Veterans Administration nnd advise that the city would meet require ments necessary as fnr as the sewer connection is concerned on all seven sites, and road im provement will be taken up and discussed with VA officials on their arrival here. The VA hns advised Hint any site submitted must Include be tween 13 and 30 acres, r etat ampler i"Ap - ..CE riVC CENTS D)0) Council Asks Decision On Port Permit The city council last night asked the city airport commis sion to decide whether or not to accept a revocable permit from the navy for civilian use of the airport, and the commis sion went into session at 4 p. m. this afternoon to consider the matter. In its motion last night, the council asked that if the city decides to accept the navy's temporary permit, the commis sion should decide whether to assume municipal management of the field, or to delegate man agement to local operators. Five operators of aircraft services here offered formally at the meeting to take over management of the field until the city can handle tho admin istration. It was agreed, however, that tho first stop is to determine whether to accept or reject a revocable permit which the navy has offered. This would permit civilian use of the run w a y s and the old municipal hangar, on a temporory basis. It would not involve the big hangars and other facilities which the city is expected to apply for, and it would be only a temporary arrangement. The city so far has refused to exe cute this permit offered by the navy. D. E. Van Vactor, local attor ney, represented the operators in presenting their management proposition to the council. Un der this plan,- the operators would furnish a competent air- Jiort manager, provide a per ormance bond, provide emer gency maintenance, enforce traffic regulations, and man any fire fighting equipment if pro vided by the city. Look Further Councilman Rollin Cantrall said he felt the city should not only consider this proposal, but should look further into the possibility of taking over the management of the field on its own. Von Vactor said the operators would make the field facilities available for general use, but they would be entitled to any income derived from the opera tion. Operators who made the pro posal are the Oregon Aircraft service, Shasta-Cascade Flying service, Wallen Flying service, Hogue Flying service and Max Monti, aircraft repairer. President L. Orth Sisemore of the chamber of commerce said that the chamber is inter ested in seeing definite action on tho airport question. Mayor Ostcndorf asked him If he was making his represen tations to the council or to tho airport commission. Sisemore replied that he un derstood the airport commission is part of the city government, and the chamber wanted to see the city act. "We don't think you should kick the ball around from one city agency to another until it IS worn out, saia sisemore. Lippy Leo Ain't Talkin' Yetl NEW YORK, April 23 OP) John Christian, 23, who ad mitted he was the loudest of all the leather lunged Brooklyn Dodcer bnseball fans, today de scribed in Kings county court his own celebrated encounter with Leo "Lippy" Durochcr, Dodger manager and no whis perer himself. Leo, a picture of sartorinl per fection in a light grny suit, was an attentive listener. Durocher nnd Joseph Moore, 50-yenr-old Ebbcts field guard, are charged with second degree assault against Christian. Christian, a 215-pound war veteran, said Durocher and Moore dragged him under the grandstand at the Dodgers ball park after he cnlled the man ager a "bum and a crook," and Moore slugged him with a black jack and Durocher hit him on the jaw. It's Ice Cream And Cake For Shirley HOLLYWOOD. Anril 23 (VP) Shirley Temple Is 18 years old todny and tho refreshments will be the same as they've always been for Shirley's parties ice cronm and cake. As a rule, movtc celebrities who are of ago give, or are given, parties which feature more po tent refreshments. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY, APRIL 23. 1MB Nl 1 . Stone's Death Touches Off Speculation On Successor WASHINGTON, April 23 tP) Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone's sudden death cut the disagreeing supreme court to a seven-man tribunal today and stirred wide speculation on President Tru man's possible choice for the nation's highest judicial place. The hard-working, 73-year-old Stone fired two dissenting Chief Justice Dies HARLAN F. STONE Russ Assails U. S. Position NEW YORK, April 23 P) Russia charged today that "some members" of the United Nations security council "appear to doubt the veracity" of Russia and Iran and assailed the United States position on the Iranian case as "illogical. Vigorously renewing his coun try's demand that the council droD the Iranian case immedi ately, Andrei A. Gromyko, So viet delegate, said that "new attempts are being made to find reasons for keeping the case on the agenda." He said attempts to keep the dispute on the agenda "are doomed to failure" and that these attempts are "likely to have the most regrettable consequences." The Russian delegate said that the position taken by Edward R. Stettinius Jr.. U. S. delegate, against Russia's proposal was "illogical. Baseball Scores NATIONAL R H E Boston 0 0 0 Brooklyn 5 10 1 Cooper and Masi; Head anu Anderson, AMERICAN R H E Detroit 15 1 Chicago 3 6 1 Benton and Tebbetts; Deitrich, Haynes (8) and Tresh. R H E Philadelphia 0 4 0 New York 3 7 0 Harris, Berry (7) and DcSau tels; Gettel and Dickey. Dodger Pitcher Hurls No-Hitter BROOKLYN, April 23 JF) Eddie Head, an ex-GI making his first start since 1944, pitched a no-hit, no-run game today ngainst the Boston Braves as Brooklyn earned a 5-0 victory before 26.787 fans. The righthander walked three men, including the first man to face him in the ninth inning, but only one mnn reached as far as second base. Dinner For 'Cog' To Be Held Friday Reservations are coming in for the community farewell dinner Friday, April 26, at the Willard, honoring Capt. and Mrs. Lowell T. Coggeshall, it was announced today at the chamber of com merce. All reservations will be closed by 4:30 p. m. Wednesday and those wishing to attend are urged to get their names in with out delay. Only 225 persons can be accommodated in the hotel banquet room. Both men and women are invited and reserva tions may be made through the chamber office 323 Main, phone 5193. TOUGH AS THEY COME1 PUEBLO, Colo., April 23 W) They grow 'em tough in Pueblo. The city is building additional fencing nt city pnrk to prevent visitors from persisting in petting the lions.. opinions at hit colleague! in a prolonged court session yester day, then faltered over the first of three majority opinions he had prepared. He paled and his first words trailed off. The court session was halted abruptly. Doctors found Stone nauseated. They said he had in digestion. He was taken home. A few hours later his secretary announced his death from "a massive cerebral hemorrhage." Mr. Truman, who learned of the chief justice's death aboard the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt, termed it a grevj- ous loss to the country" and said he waa "terribly shocked." The president left Washington sunday to observe naval ma neuvers off the Virginia coast. Elavat Democrat The first wave of speculation touched off by Stone's death centered on the possibility that Mr. Truman might designate a republican to fill the court va cancy but elevate one of the seven democrats now on the bench to chief justice. Among the latter, Associate Justices William O. Douglas, Robert H. Jackson and Felix Frankfurter were mentioned most prominently and in that order. Other democrats on the bench are Hugo Black, who now is first in seniority; Stan ley F. Reed, Frank Murphy and Wiley Rutledge. Talk of republican candidates for the tribunal usually started off with the name of Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson. Dissenting Opinion The last job Stone completed on the high bench yesterday the reading of a dissenting opin ion was symbolic of some of the court work which won him greatest fame. A prolific dissen ter in his 21 years on the bench. Stone had the perhaps unpre cedented privilege of seeing two of his dissenting opinions later become the law of the land. In one of these he opposed the majority's reasoning that children could be forced to sa lute the flag. Later the court said saluting could not be re quired. In the other triumph for Stone, the court eventually ac cepted his view that city ordi nances imposing a tax on sale of religious literature were uncon stitutional. In two other historic dissents Stone objected sharply to ma jority opinions invalidating the agricultural adjustment act and a New York law establishing minimum wages lor women. Papana's Body Found In Canyon LAS VEGAS. Nev.. April 23 (P) The sheriff's office said to day that the body of Alex Pa- pana of Beverly Hills, Calif., was found today in rugged can yon country south of here. An expensive coup'e regis tered to Papana, former captain in the Romanian air force and a member of the 1932 Olympic bobsled team, was found last Wednesday. In the car there was a note addressed to Jean and signed "Alex." Written on the stationery oX a Las Vegas hotel, the note read: "I love you with every part of myself. I wanted to be happy. You got off the track. I guess what you did is not really your fault and I forgive you. I do. Search Launched In Hills For 2 Klamath Youngsters A search through the hills around Upper Klamath lake and back of Moore park is being made for Steve Custer, 11, 1526 Lakeview, and Danny Dedman, 9, 423 Upham, who are believed to have gone into the hills Sat urday afternoon and have not returned home. The two boys bought a small amount of supplies, wieners, matches and the like, from a store Saturday afternoon and charged it to the Custer boy's mother. The older boy had told his family Saturday that he was going up in Moore park with the Dedman youngster, Juve nile officials said. Sunday the two lads went in to another store and bought some hamburger meat, charging lt to the Dedman account, and dlsnppcnred again. ' The sheriff, juvenile officer, city and state police have been i HunbM 10B02 Guards Get Blame For Pen Breaks SALEM. April 23 (IP) The state board of control launched an investigation today of the state penitentiary, and seemed agreed that obtaining better guards would be the only way to prevent so many convicts from escaping. Eight convicts, and probably nine, already have escaped dur ing April, the "probable" being Melvin H. Logan. 25. Portland convict who was found missing after the Easter Sunday church services. He might, however, be hiding on the grounds. Board members neia an on-the-record discussion of prison problems this morning, and said they planned to go to the prison later today for a conference with Warden George Alexander. They promised a statement, probably to be issued late today. Warden Exonaraltc. The board members said they did not blame Alexander. They placed the blame on the fact that the guards either are old and careless, or young and inexper ienced. 'To my mind, there is oniy one answer, governor r."i Snell said, "and that is to pro vide more money so we can hire better guards." The disappearance of Logan, who arrived at prison only a month ago to serve 12 years for aoiilt .while armed with a dangerous weapon, is one oi uie most mystifying . in prison his tory. II he is out, prison of ficials can't figure how he got out. " Of the eight prisoners who rrvxi this month before Logan's disappearance, six went over the wail in piain view i oimrd towers. The omer two were trusties who walked away. Only one of the eight still is at large. Senate Group Okays Merger WASHINGTON, AprU 23 (IP) Legislation calling for merger of the armed forces Into a single department of defense was ap proved today by the senate mili tary committee. Chairman Elbert Thomas CD Utah) said the initial vote was 10 for reporting the bill, one against and one not voting. He said six other senators not pres ent would record their votes Thomas said the bill reported "without change" is the one drafted by Thomas and Senators Hill (D-Ala.) and Austin (R-Vt.) after months of public hearings last year. It carries, he said, all the recommendations made by President Truman. "No one, however," he added, "is so optimistic as to believe it will go through congress and be signed by the president without any amendments." Young Demo Head Bolts Own Party MILWAUKEE, April 23 (IP) Chester J. Michalak resigned to day as president of the Young Democrats of Wisconsin and an nounced he was joining the re publican Dartv. He declared that the demo cratic party had departed trom its role as a party of the people and instead now stood for gov ernment control of the people. called Into the search for the boys and the hills back of the park have been comDea wnn out finding a trace of them. Tonight Sheriff Lloyd Low plans to have a plane fly over the area to try to spot the boys' camp if they build a fire. They do not have blankets or any clothes except what they had on Saturday, it is believed, and probably build a fire at night. Steve Custer is described as about 4 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 90 pounds, light brown hair, blue eyes, and was wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt, both too large for him. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. C. Custer. Danny Dedman is about 4 feet four- inches tall, weighs 62 pounds, has red hair, freckles and blue eyes. He was wearing a brown sweater and blue jeans Saturday. Danny is the son of Mrs. Winnie Christian. Cop Killer. One Other Flee Cells PORTLAND, April 2S (IP) Two Multnomah county prison ers, one a life termer, and a state penitentiary convict were sought today after their escape from the county Jail In midtown Portland and the state prison at Salem. The two county escapees over powered jailers here last night, locked them in a cellblock and then smashed an elevator door to ride down to the courthouse main floor. They were Jack Drew, 25, un der life sentence for the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Al Bowe last November, and Kenneth U Teague, 28, charged with for gery. Lock Up Jailers Deputy Sheriff Frank Burrell reported the two prisoners jumped upon him and Jailer Frank O. Parks as they wer checking the cells. The prisoner locked them in, took Parks' keys to unlock the jail office, and went down in the elevator. An officer on duty on the main floor freed the jailers about 20 minutes later after he heard their shouts. Officials today wer also seek ing Melvin H. Logan, 25, who escaped from the state peniten tiary at Salem Sunday the ninth man to flee that prison in a month. The warden said he apparently walked out after Easter services with a group of trustees. - Third Brak The county jail break her was the third since September. Scott Thomas, who had been charged with murder, has never Deen recaptured after the Sep- lemDer oreaK. Byron Neal iJy son, 21-year-old lifer who es caped the Salem penitentiary April 2, is also still at large. anerui Martin T. Pratt said in Portland today that Jailers Burrell and Parks have been sus pended pending investigation. He declared they failed to follow instructions. Suit Shortage To Be Studied WASHINGTON, April 23 (IP) The men's suit -shortage moved up . for top attention today as the government counted hope fully on new emergency meas ures to help ease another cloth ing scarcity in low-cost cotton apparel. : The civilian production ad ministration began analyzing re ports from 80 manufacturers on why output of inexpensive suits fell nearly a million garments shy of the 3,500,000 goal set for the first three months of this year. From this spot check tha agency expects to learn in the next few days just what new steps may have to be. taken to bring production up to schedule. The survey is being made at the insistence of Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine, chief of tha retraining and re-employment administration. Recently Er skine contended that many vet erans have had to turn down jobs because they could not find proper clothing. Convicts May Hang Hostages " MILAN. Italy. April 23 (IP) Besieged and rioting convicts in the San Vittore prison threat, ened today to hang all the 23 hostages they have held since Sunday unless, their demands for liberty are met by tomor row. A thousand policemen, firing; at windows and walls, surround ed the prison and met sporadic fire from the 2500 prisoners, many held on political charges. The captives cried out over a loud speaker system: "We may all be killed, but first you will see the bodies of the hostages dangling from tho highest windows of the prison." A police commissioner, cara binieri and auxiliaries were seized when the revolt erupted. One jailer and two prisoner were reported killed by gunfire during the night, and approxi mately 30 persons wounded. During a brief truce, a nunv ber of nuns and 150 women prisoners were removed from the jail, which was described as "more of a battleground than a prison." Hoover Will Meet Mohandas Gandhi ' NEW DELHI, April 23 (IP) Herbert Hoover, honorary chair man of President Truman's famine emergency committee, will meet Mohandas K. Gandhi tomorrow, journeying to Gand hi's sweeper colony quarters for a conference just prior to the former president's departure by plane for Bangalore and Bombay. Hoover conferred late today with top Indian government food experts relative to famine con ditions in India. WEATHER April IS Mix. (April t Mia. Fr-ciplulion Utt f4 feaurl M Stream yaar la dala Narmal t.flX Last yaar M f artiaali CanUnit lair, i il :'.:.l Ml VI. t ft o
