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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1946)
HI IK ii MM Day's lens By THANK JENKINS EOH Hire diiy this wrllur Ii being conveitliuiicr budgit, mllo nnil "II. (II i urtrlalnu now roadlly we all comply with the hotel request to cle-biidiiu our aelve when going down to the lobby, ll lake gut to fliiiiiit n budgo 111 tho face of irritated arrlvul who nro being told: "Surry, wo'ro Nil filled mi.") Thuro wo time when dele gate were people. Now they're Komeihinii to lu nhot on sight by those trying to truvel on legit imate bualnnsa, nrllE convention (we cIioom to call It n milium meeting, convention! bclnu In hluh dla- fnvor In these crowded dnya) In for writing editors, ua dla- tlngulahetl from non-writing pub llalirra and almllar traah. It in fairly large one, with members nretenl rrom every suite, " It win formerly shop-talk affair, but In the war yeum It fell Into the "backgrounding" pltfull that ill to nay. helirlnK from the high brnM the low-down on thone mall em (largely Inter nnllonnl) that ore by tradition regarded as too hot to hundle In print, The war-year term for theitc OK-ln-private-all-wrongiit-public soanlona li "off the record." TT I thin writer' opinion (ahared, I think, by moat of tnnae preaent) thnl these oft-llie-record affwlra are THAI'S to catch elltor In and clip their wing. I tin runcllon or the press la to TELL THE PKOPLE. When It la beguiled away from that hlatorlc function, It la permitting Itwlf to bo weakened and de bauched. There la a fcellnf among the editors prcwnl hero Hint if we (o on letting ourselves le dazxled by the glitter of big namea ami top brass we'll wlnil tip alongside the trout that fulls for the ahlny gadget at the end of the fisherman' line. We'll be hooked and taken In to camp, , 'A FREE and alert press Is democracy'! most powerful safeguard. But If the presa Is to be free and alert It must re main INDEPENDENT. It must never permit Itself to become satellite. If the presa Is to tell the people what they ought to know, It must remain always on the outside looking In,. Whon . newspaper men get on the linicto looking if ut, they begin to deteriorate. ' That's the trouble with this backgrounding business. If we newsixiper people stand for too much of It, we'll find one of these days that we've been taken Into the lodge. 'T'HAT would be bad. When you're taken Into the lodge, you re not supposed to tell any of the lodge's secrets to out siders. Governments would like nothing butter than to have the outsider told only that which the insider think it wlso for them to know. If tho press should ever Join the Insiders, democracy would have to take a rulnchcck. 'AS yet, however, these mem ber of the writing press, large and small, who aro goth ered here are a pretty clear-eyed lot. They're not averse to mix ing with tho top-fllghters, who aro chormlng, and they'll enjoy going home and telling their friends whnt Big Shot so-and-so looks llko close up nnd whnt he told ME on the Q-T. If wo don't lay it on with a trowel, such things do us writers no hnrm In the way of personal prestige. But they're still alert to what Is going on, and a quick look at tho Inner machinery of govern ment will probably sharpen rather than dull their under standing of whnt I happening. 'T 2 Injured Youths ' '-Said Satisfactory " John Richard Snyder, 17, and if Dnrrcll Jon St, Louis, 15, were reported In a satlsfnctory con dition In Klnmnth Valley hos pital where the two were admit ted yestcrdny following an au tomobile accident on tho Kcno highway. Both were sold to be In a ser ious state when admitted to the hospital. A car driven by young Snyder overturned twice in front of the Frnln home south of hero while en route to Kcno where St. Louis, a KU1IS stu dent, resides. Senator Bilbo I LI! I mgger Lovers in opeecn WASHINGTON, April 26 (VP) Senator Theodore G. Bilbo (D Mlss.) today applied the term "nigger-lovers" v to ' Henry R. Luce, publisher of Lifo maga zine, and his wife, Rep. Clnro Boothe Luce (R-Conn.) Holding tho sennto floor In opposition to tho proposed Brit ish loan, Bilbo took exception to a recent Lifo magazine article which described him ns "tho (V worst man In the senate." . Tho Mlsslsslpplnn told his col- leagues mat uno s recent op prufsnl of 33 senators whoso terms explro next January was "tho greatest lie In tho history of the American press," and wus Phone Job Will Start In Klamath To provide for the ranldlv growing southwest section of Klamath Kails, the Pacific Tele- pnone aim leiegrapn company unnounced today a major con struction project Involving the laying of underground conduit and cable, uroas cost was given us $104,000. "This Is one of the major jobs we aro undertaking In Klamath Kails to provide telephone serv ice us soon us possible for those who wish It, as well as to pro vide for the future growth of Klamath Fulls," declared C. K, Seavey, manager. Work I to be started Monday, with tho Hurry 1. Hamilton company handling the contract, to extend underground conduit on So. Dili street from the rail road nvcrpuss ut Owens across the Southern Pacific lines to Al tamont drive, a total dlstunce of better than 1 i miles. The contract specifically culls for the hiving of 7000 feet of 6 wuy vitrified clay duct, together with 7000 feet of laterals. The duct Is to be placed in trenches with munholea about every 800 feet. Work of laying the duct I ex peeled to lake two or three montha and will be coordinated with the state highway deport ment's program for widening So. 0th. Cable for Installation In the conduit has been ordered and de livery is being rushed. Present Indications are that It will bo m acrvlco this fall. Tub Thumped For Patterson WASHINGTON. April 26 UV) A quiet boom for the appoint ment of Secretory of War Hobcrt P. Patterson us chief Justice of tho United State Is under way on Capitol Hill today with somo democratic and republican sup port. But reporters accompanying President Truman on hi vaca tion cruise Interrupted yester day to permit the chief execu tive to attend funeral services for Harlan C Stone said they had been told by White House aide thnt the president thus far has given no consideration to a successor. Most speculation has contcred around the Idea that Mr. Truman might elevate a sitting Justice to the post Stone held and desig nate a republican to the vacancy thus created. Justices Robert H. Jackson, Stanley F. Freed, Wil liam O. Douglas and Hugo L. Black all have been mentioned In this connection. Senator Taft (fl-Ohlo) noted, however, that if Mr. Truman fol low this procedure It will be the exception, rather than tho rulo. Taft said his father, whllo president, first broke tho prece dent by elevating Edgar D. White, a Louisiana democrat, from associate to chief Justice. President Roosevelt followed suit 31 year Inter by appointing Stone, ft republican. Klamath Pioneer Taken By Death Lewis Frederick Botcns Sr., 03, prominent Klamath county rancher and one-time member of school board, District No. 2, died at Hillside hospital at 12:45 a. m. Friday following a brief illness. Mr. Botcns had been In good health until he became stricken Easter Sunday night when he was rushed to the hospital where surgery was performed. Mr. Botcns was a native of Narrowsburg, N. Y., and came here 30 years ago, settling in the Plevnn district. He represented this area on the school board which ho served 16 years. Mr. Botcns was a member of the ori ginal board named In 1026. He resigned in 1942. Active In Po mona grange, he also was a mem ber of Midland grange. In addition to hi wife, Pearl, whom he married recently, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mnrinnna Kerr, Mrs. Robert (Marjorlc) Lyman, and Effie Bo tcns. and three sons, Lewis F, Jr., John Franklin and Richard Ed win, all of this city. Whltlock'g will announce final arrange ments. Terms Luces I l C L published by a "Negro social equality outfit." Referring to Luco and Rep. Luce as "Papa Luce as fickle and capricious Clara," Bilbo told tho senate: "If this pair of nigger-lovers had their way about, they would defeat 22 of my colleagues and myself." Bilbo said he thought It strange that six of the 10 sena tors who achieved the magazine's approval aro republicans. "Even Mortimer Snerd, of Ed gar Bergen's radio show, would understand from theso percent ages that the fickle and capri cious Clara and Papa Luce are trying to wreck the democratio majority on this floor," he said. Z. . .Asf PRICE FIVE CENTS tP'lJ J. E. Reds Fo; : Defeat On Spain Quiz NEW YORK, April 26 (P) Australia proposed ugaln today that a United Nations security council subcommittee investigate Franco Spain and tho delegutca then adjourned for weekend con aultatlona with their govern ments, with Russia alone still opposed to any sort of Inquiry. "I think I mode myself clear yesterday," Soviet Delegate An drei A. Gromyko told newsmen as ho wulked to his limousine. The council will meet next on Monday at 1 1 a. m. Pacific stan dard time to consider the latest attempt to find a common ground for action. Probe Opposed Gromyko came out yesterday against any committee or com mission investigation of Franco Spain with the contention that Spain ulreudy is a proven men ace to peace and that an Inquiry would be merely a "palliative" and excuse for inaction. Pro vision for an investigation was retained in the revised proposal put before the council today by Lt.-Col. W. R. Hodgson, Austral ian delegate. Vote Delayed Immediately after Lt.-Col. W R. Hodgson of Australia prcscnt- cn nis new arart of a resolution calling for a five-man subcom mittee. Rafael dc la Cnlinn M,.v. lean delegate, suggested that a vote be delayed until Monday to permit time to study the pro- pusni nnu anow me aeiegutcs to get new instructions. Hodgson told the council he had been successful In his at tempts to find a compromise with the French delegate, Henri Bonnet, and the Polish delegate, Dr. Oacar Lange. The resolution stated sneclfl. cally that It was the duty of the council and not the subcommit. tee to .decide what should, be uone aooui j rsnco Spain.. ( Yukon Skipper Held Remiss SEATTLE. Arjrll 2B JPi Thrco counts of negligence have Dcen inert against Lapt, Chris u. iroiulson, master of tho Ill fated Alaska Steamship company liner Yukon, which grounded in Alaska February 3 with the loss of 11 lives, Capt. A. M. Martin son, assistant 13th coast guard district officer, announced today. ncaring will bo held later today. Captain Martinson said that If the charges are Droven. Captain Trondsen faces suspen sion or revocation oi lus cap tain's license. The charges, as listed bv the coast guard, arc: 1. Failure to use sounding equipment in determining his ship's position February 3 and 4 between Barwcll island and Point Elrlngton. 2. Failure to use a Datcnt loir to assist in determining the ship's correct position. 3. Negligently operated the vessel at a greater rate of speed than worranted under conditions of visibility. Martinson said the charges were mado as "an outgrowth of tho investigation conducted by the hearing board in Seattle and Alaska. . Klamath Red Cross Quota At Standstill Klamath countv'i 1946 oiinta for the American Red Cross, was virtually at a standstill today and although the committee hoped to reach tho $43,100 goal without trouble, only $25,186.56 had been turned in as of noon today. Added to membership In tho $100 club Friday wus Fluhrer's Bakery with a check for that amount. Any donntions, no mat ter how small, will be welcomed by the committee which today reminded residents of the coun ty that Red Cross work was still going on here and oversells de spite tho cessation of hostilities. Baseball Scores AMERICAN R H E Chicago 4 9 0 Cleveland 2 8 0 Hnyncs and Fernandes; Feller and Hayes. NATIONAL R II E St. Louis 3 13 0 Pittsburgh 2 7 1 Martin and Rico; Ostermuel ler, Wllkie (0), Camclll, Salkcld (4), Baker (0). R. H. E. Brooklyn 11 10 0 New York 3 9 2 V. Lombardl and Anderson; Volsclle, Fischer (0), Emmerich (8) and E., Lombard!. l-3B KLAMATH KLAMATH Hugo Airfield Center Of Local j mi mi-' '"'""j'iiii n""""-""' km St Here are a couple of official navy photographs of the Klamath municipal airport now naval air nation which has been the center of local interest and controversy the past fortnight. The upper view looks south, with air station building dominating the center of the picture and landing facilitiea ahown at the left, beyond the huge hangara. The lower view looks directly down on the field, giving a graphic view of the runways and taxi strips. The long north-south runway is 7200 feet the other 5100 feet. City Fathers Okay Permit For Civilian Airport Use After lengthy and heated dis cussion the city council, at a spe cial meeting last night, voted to give the mayor authority to sign the interim permit offered by the navy for civilian use of the municipal airport. In addition to acceptance of the permit the city is requesting use of a number of field installa tions, among them the number 42 large double hangar and the number one steel hangar in addi tion to the old municipal hangar, fire equipment, gasoline storage tanks, and other field utilities. Representative Lowell Stock man is to be informed of the city's intention and will be asked to take the lead in urging the navy department to grant use of the field equipment. Manage Field After the permit is signed the five service operators who of fered to manage the field will do so until June 30. The council turned the question of whether the city or the flyers will oper ate the field after that date over to the airport commission for additional study, preferring to deal with that matter later. Councilmnn Rollin CantraM In sisted that in the letter from the mayor to Congressman Stock man, the city's position on the matter of deferred maintenance of the field, which the city wants the navy to handle, be clearly set forth. Other members of the council were of the opinion that the revocable permit should be dealt with as is, without ask ing further concessions from the navy at this time. The city dads decided to inform Stockman of the city's position on deferred maintenance, but In a letter sep arate from the list of required field Installations. C. A. Dunn, chairman of the airport commission which made recommendations advising ac ceptance of the permit, sat in with tho council, When the inevitable question of financing the field and mak ing it a paying proposition pre sented itself, Dunn expressed the opinion that the city would have to be prepared to face a loss for two or three years, but after that time, the field would J FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 26. 1948 FALLS. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 28. 1B4B Huge Airfield Center Of Local V probably break even, and be gin to snow a proiu. The city fathers cringed when Dunn remarked that operation of the field would total between $50,000 and $70,000 yearly, but they decided that it is impossi ble to tell what revenue the field would take in until it is. actually in operation. . - . To a councilman's remark that the city would be. able to provide some amount' of the money for operation of the field from the emergency fund, Dunn stated that it had been the un derstanding of the airport com mission that there were no avail able funds. "If that's the case, there's nothing for us to do, but go home with red faces," Dunn said. Again the council felt that no de finite decision on financing the field can be made until it is in operation and some revenue is received. , Liability Insurance The airport commission's recommendation, adyising the city to take out a $50,000 prop erty damage policy and from $50,000 to $200,000 in liability insurance, was referred by the council to the city attorney and back to the airport commission. The council chamber was nearly filled to capacity by fly ers and other interested persons, who freely exchanged opinions with the council throughout the meeting. The flyers were ordered off the field by the navy last week until such time as the city would take definite action. They will be allowed to operate from the field after the permit is officially signed and executed. Pose With Lana Puzzles Patriot NEW YORK, April 26 W) When Trygve Lie, United Na tions secretary general, was asked to pose with Lana Turner at last night's UN anniversary, Lie courteously agreed, then asked, "who is she?" Informed she was a movie star, Lie said, "You know I haven't seen - a movla .in .live years.' " (Telephone Bill) Interest Interest r 4 , 'Cog' Hopeful For M.B. Plan Strong hODe for the establish' ment of an educational center at the Marine Barracks here was voiced yesterday by the man who conceived the original mis sion of the military post and af ter the war proposed its non military use for education. Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, In an interview on Malcolm Epley's Managing .Editor's Report on KFLW, said that all develop ments point toward success m the ffort to obtain the. estat lishment on the hill for a higher education school, principally for veterans. He said he had conferred by telephone only yesterday with officials at Washington, who said the project was at the point of final clearance from the fed eral end. Attitude of the state and state higher educational offi cials indicate that the state is an xious to work out the program, he added. Only Obstacle The only possibility of a seri ous obstacle seen by Dr. Cogge shall was that the war assets cor poration might set some figure on the Barracks which the state would feel it could not meet. He said he did not believe this would happen, but it is a remote possibility. Capt. Coggeshall said he re gards the Marine Barracks as an ideal set-up for an emergency educational institution a small campus all set to go. Discussing the question of the use of the Marine Barracks as a veterans administration hospital, Dr. Coggeshall explained that the VA wants to build from the ground up with a fire-proof in stallation that will serve perma nently. The Marine Barracks hospital is not of permanent con struction. Capt. Coggeshall is leaving Klamath Falls on Saturday. He and Mrs. Coggeshall will be guests of honor at a dinner at the wuiarq notel tnis evening, KFLW Program Schedule Same Daytime listeners to station KFLW will continue to hear their programs at the same time this summer Monday tnrougn Friday, despite ii-e general up heaval of network schedules re sulting from the advent of day light saving time, it was an nounced by Bud Chandler, man ager. Continuance of the same time has been achieved as a re sult of a rebroadcast plan worked out by the American Broadcasting company with which KFLW is affiliated. The plan also involves use of additional long distance nign-n-dclity wire hook-ups. Technical difficulties prevent ed extension of the plan to. week end and night schedules. Day light saving time starts April 28 in many cities throughout the country. Site Near Ashland Okayed For Airport : A site known as the Parker property, three miles south of Ashland on the Klamath Falls Ashland highway, has been tem porarily approved by CAA of ficials for an airport. t Surveys of the site are now being conducted and will be for warded to the CAA for final ap proval. The city of Ashland may lease the Parker site for use until a permanent Ashland location is obtained. WEATHER NEWS . Asm ss SfBf M.I. (April 111 IS Mia. M V praclplUlUa Isit M krs Nk Slrum f" ' !' N-rml IS.M Lut rrar J. r-rMtrfl Clear lr. lwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Number 10805 Hope Faint On Averting Rail Strike CLEVELAND, April 28 (JPh Except for the possibility of fur ther government action for which there were wartime prece dents there appeared today little chance to head off a na tionwide walkout of nearly 300, 000 trainmen and engineers on May 18, halting rail traffic all over the country- Originally scheduled to begin March 11. the strike was re scheduled yesterday as the two brotherhoods turned down the report of a presidential fact-finding board. . Confab Set It could be forestalled If the nation's carriers made conces sion in conferences which are to open in Chicago Monday. But labor observers here, pending word on the carriers' attitude toward the fact-finding report itself, doubted that this develop ment was likely. Further government action could take two courses, either seizure and operation of the roads by federal authority, or a resumption of factfinding ef forts, through appointment of a new board or reconvening the old. A. F. Whitney, president of the trainmen, said yesterday "If the government calls us to Wash ington, we'll go, but the strike order won't be called off until a satisfactory settlement is reached." Seek Settlement - Last night the three other op erating brotherhoods announced they would join a move by the 15 non-operating unions to re open their own case, for wage increases higher than the 16 cents an hour boost awarded them by arbitration boards on April 3. Since last July 24 all of the rail, unions have been seeking wage "increases -and- change in working rules. The trainmen and engineers, insisting on keep ing the two issues together, de clined arbitration, called their strike and saw their case go before a fact-finding board. The other 18 organizations accepted arbitration of the wage demands by two arbitration boards, not pressing the rules changes. Coal Tie-Up Session Set . WASHINGTON, April 28 (ff) Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach has requested soft coal op erators to meet with him here Sunday, it was learned today shortly after he had said he would call them and John L. Lewis back into joint session next week. Schwellenbach will meet the operators at 3 p. m., Sunday, it was said by persons in a position to know but who can not -be identified. The secretary told newsmen that the situation arising from the 26-day old bituminous coal strike was becoming so critical that a resumption of negotiations between the operators and Lewis' United Mine Workers committee would be worth while. Schwellenbach admitted, how ever, that there had been only a slight "softening'' on the part of either side since Lewis and his group walked out of the negotia tions April 10, suddenly break ing off the discussion of a new contract. Controversy Ends At Plywood Firm EUGENE, Ore., April 28 (IP) The controversy between the CIO Woodworkers of America and the AFL-manned Springfield Plywood corporation was appar ently at an end today. An injunction suit against CIO pickets who refused to permit logs to be delivered to the ply wood firm and Booth-KeHy Lum ber company was dismissed at request of the companies. Cinder Clash To Be Aired Direct From Modoc Field Beginning at 3 p. m. tomor row, KFLW will broadcast the Southern Oregon-Northern Cali fornia invitational track meet direct from Modoc field. Don Neal, sports announcer, will give a word picture oi the final track and field events as they take place. This is the first time In 14 years that the meet, sponsored by the local 20-30 club, has been aired. Sixteen teams, including stel lar cinder squads from Medford, Alturas, Bend, Lakeview, Grants Pass, Ashland, tha county school 125 Injured In Collision Of 2 Flyers NAPERVTLLE. Ill Am-ll (VP) Weary rescue worker to day counted at least 43 dead In a terrific rear-end collision n the Burlington railroad's west bound fast Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer yesterday. Of 125 person Injured when the Exposition Flyer, speeding at more than 60 miles an hour toward San Francisco, rammed the stopped Advance Flyer, 31 remained in hospitals, some In critical condition. All but five of the dead, all women, had been identified. The engineer of the Expost tion Flyer, who Burlington rail road officials said had adequate warning that the preceding train had stopped, was charged with manslaughter. Du Pago county officials said, however, this was a technicality to make certain the engineer would ap pear at an inauest and that evidence of laxity had been un covered. Lear Union Station The crash of the two steel car, diesel-powered train oc curred just 31 minute afte they left Chicago' Union sta tion simultaneous v at n m. CST, on Separate tracks, but after a few mile moved onto a single center track, with the) Advance Flyer, which ran on a faster schedule, In the lead. . The Advance Flyer, carrying; 150 to 200 Dasseneera- in ninn coaches, was bound for Omaha and Lincoln, Neb. The Exposi tion Flyer, made up of 11 coaches and carrying 175 to 200 person, was Beaded for San Francisco. Two minutes after tha Ark vance Flyer made an unsched uled stop In this village of 5287, a terrific crash roared through. me countryside a the Exposi tion Flyer plowed Into the rea of the stalled train. A moment of tragic sllenc was broken by screams and cries for help from the dying and injured. Complete Confusion At first there was complete) confusion. Huge, shining pas senger coaches were strewn across torn tracks, some in tangled wreckage The. cries of, the dying came mostly from tha rear-i coach., of the Advance Flyer, where passenger- wera trapped. Others groped in be wilderment for escape from the mass of steel wreckage. ; Eleven coaches were over turned or left the rails, six on the Advance Flyer and five on the Exposition Flyer. Through the night, hour after the accident at 1:06 p. m. (CST), search continued for ad ditional bodies. This was dis continued at dawn, however, when searchers were convinced all casualties had been account ed for. Workers attempted to remove the debris and restore travel on the main line. An emergency line, however, was set up to al low through traffic. Push Probe As Burlington officials pur sued their investigation of tha worst accident in its history and also the most tragic in tha Chicago area. State's Attorney Lee Daniels of Du Page county said a warrant charging man slaughter had been issued for W. W. Blaine, 68, Galesburg, III., engineer of the Exposition Flyer. Daniels said the action was) taken to insure Blaine's appear ance at an inquest later into the deaths. Daniels said he had interviewed members of tha train crew and found no evi dence of laxity. The engineer suffered a skull fracture, the prosecutor said, and will not be arraigned on the manslaughter warrant for at least two weeks or until he is released from a hospital where he is under guard. His bond was fixed at $5000. Rattler Killed Near California Avenue Warren Barthman, workman hauling rock for the reconstruc tion of Recreation park, located and killed a three and one-half foot rattlesnake near California avenue yesterday morning. He spotted the reptile on tha hill back of the street, in a lo cality where many children go to play. The snake had four rattles and a button, and other district towns will taka part in the huge meet. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock preliminary events will be run, cutting the field down to the six best boys who will compete for each event In tha finals. At 6:45 tonight on Don Neal "Sports Lineup" over KFLW Coach Paul Dcllcr of the KUHS. track team will be interviewed on his squad' chances of repeat ing their victory of last year In the invitational meet. KUHS placed first last year and I both the host and defending team, 1
