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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1946)
Truman Plans Hemisphere Military Defense Marine Chief Fights Merger To Save Corps in Tli Day's lews Bv FRANK JENKINS KY aril making muvi ii the !. Angflt-a area bench town mentioned In theao chrmi Idea the other diiy. II would ho inure arcuruto to my they urn muklnii amull niece of mosaic lliul when final ly assembled will he a inovInK picture. To thi eye of tho lay iiiiin, thero In neither rhyme mir reason In cinema mniiufiicliir InK. In the eurly daya of the irii-eaa, they will ahoot scene that cornea well along toward .the end. Miiybe weeks latrr, thev ahoot tho beginning of Ilia nlere. Anyway, they are making a aeuinent of a acreen epic thut unless somebody changea hla mind will no nut to the rush customers na "Stallion Honcl." RESIDENTS any that quite a while bark scouts cnine down did i-UM'd a little cove below the town. In the alow cnurae of time, bualueu representative allowed up mid routed the apot. In duo sequence, aumrbody ap peared unci put up a "roucl cloned" altin, shutting tho beuch off from Ingress. After that, landscnpe crewi mine mid planted treea where there wero no treea before mid potted papier-mache roeka where rocks ouuhl to be but weren't. Thla morning, trucks lolled up with casnerna. Other trui'ka brouiiht other Impedi menta, Including portnblo dress Inn rooma for the aclora. Then raine busses filled with extra and llinouilnea bearing the mors Important membera of the cast. Trailers arrived with a couple of dozen cow ponies, aoine milt ed aacldle horaea and a confuaed rabbin of bow-lenited men In lilllh'heeled boota und Sletaona. It begins to look aa If tho altu allon la getting warmer. AS a pure aide Issue, it ahould bo mentioned that the cove la the moutli of a little dry can yon known locally aa Buck's Uulch. NOT Arroyo Grande or even Rio del Mur. Just Buck's Gulch. Imuulnc that In Southern Call' . fornlal Somebody muat be allp 1 ping. Maybe II I the Oaklo-Arkle , influence, IACK up from the beach, there - la one of these Lulifornlu lac tory-ln-tlic-fielcls nulla Uiat get the worker away from the almna and out Into God a sunshine, brliui nil sweetness and light In to lua life. 11 la atuffed heavily with girls, and at noon they troop happily down to the mouth of Uuck'a Gulch, where they ait and munch auudwtchcj and at aorb glamour at cluaa range throuiih their lunch hour. Then they no back to their toll and dream not of mnrrylnK nunc honest nrtlaan and ralalnic him a houseful of sturdy clill dren but of the happy day when iima talent scout will como along, tap them on the shoulder and haul them on to Hollywood for a acreen text. Such U the American scone DDLY enough, It worki out all right. According to all the estobllsh ed rulea, these bemused maidens should coma to no gooa end. Thev mlulit be expected to spend so much lime listening for the footfalls ot the talent acout that the foreman would fire them and having neglected to acquire the skill of hand and tho piitlenco of mind necessary to advance ment they might bo unablo to secure another Job and so go on to a tinsel fate worse than death. No such thing. They go back to their lobs, chewing their gum and chattering, and In tho ful ness of timo they marry tne poy lrlend. set tin housekeeping and the cycle of American Ufa goes on undisturbed. Wo Amerlcuns are long on glamour, but we're not snps. We ' know how to take It and wo know when to leave It THERE la probably no worse mlsrcprosenter of American life to tho peoples of the rest of tho world than tho American movie. Watching It. pop-eyed and pal pitating, our so-called brothers mid sisters turner inc sKin in other lands leap unhesitatingly to Iho conclusion that THIS IS LIFE IN AMERICA and that girls here practically havo to throw up entrenchments and place enfilading machine' guns with clenrcd fields of fire to fight off talent scouts and such who want to snatch them Into the movies, or to prevent sons ot millionaires from marrying them and dragging them oft willy-nilly to a lifo of luxury and case. Laboring under such delusions, they spend all their time schem. Ing how to beat the immigration quotas and get to this hind where opportunity lurks behind every c UiiiiD of brush. Frustrated in this design, they Inso hope and Join the commu nist parly and so we hnve to spend nil our loose time won derlng how we're going to es cape the menace ot communism that is spreading over tho world Tim rv,A..la 3,. HQ nt itni-m for wo know they're all a lot oi hokum anyway, but they cor . In I nly do mess up the lives of our cousins over the seas. WASHINGTON. May 8 Mi- Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrlft came out fighting toduy to wive ma murine corps rrom tne ex tinction lie suld Is threutened for it In the pending army-navy merger bill, I he four-star murine general contended thut the army "la de termined to reduce the marine corn to a noa tion of aludled military Ineffectiveness. A member of 'resident Tru- mun'a Informal council of mil itary elder statesmen, the murine corpa communduiil underlined the reminder "the marines are ready." If It came to a fight today. he added, "I do not know who could replace them." No Low Morale in Marine Corps "At a time when tho reapon Iblo heuda of other aervlvea are coiuplulnlng of dlsintegrntlon of fighting power uccompunied by problems of low niorule and de terioration of discipline," Vaiide grift declared, "I cun assure you thut these condition are not ex istent In the murine corps." Vandegrlft contended that tlit war department general stuff hna considered "the very existence of the murine corps , , , as a con tinuing affront. r.ven In advance of this pro posed legislation," he continued, ''It la seeking to reduce tho sphere of the mnrino corps to ceremonial functions and to the provision of small Ineffective combat formations and labor troops for aervlce on the lundlng beaches." Probable End of Corpa "Passage of the unification leg lalutlon us now framed will In all probability spell extinction of the marine corps." Whereas he snld the marines as early aa 11121 "accurately fore cast the exact pattern of the com ing war against Japan and de veloped tho technique of am phibious warfare, Vandegrlft de clared that without vigorous marine corps there la every In dication thut our future capacity to conduct amphibious warfare would be seriously Impaired. France Rejects Left Wing Rule PARIS, May 6 ul') French voters delivering the sharpest setback to the left wing bloc since the liberation ot France, rejected a communist-socialist supported constitution In yester day's referendum, complete of ficial returns showed today. Totals announced by the min istry of the Interior Indicated that the constitution was defeat ed by 1.170,497 votes. Approxi mately 80 per cent of the regis tered voters participated. Defeat of the proposal means that France will elect a new con stituent assembly June 2. This assembly will name a provisional government and draft another proposed constitution for the fourth republic. The proposal was opposed bit terly by the conservative popu lar republican movement (MHI) and other right-wing parties, on the grounds that it would give a virtual dictatorship to whatever faction won control ot the legis lature. Iran Satisfied With Red Move TEHRAN, Iran, May 6 (A') Prince Flrouz, minister of propa ganda, said today that the Iran ian government was "completely satisticd" that tho Russian evac uation would be completed by midnight tonight. Neither tho Pcrslun. nor Rus sian government Issued a formal announcement ot the evacuation, however. A government spokesman said the Russians had left four nor thern provinces and were quit ting Azerbaijan rapidly, A for eign official expressed doubt, however, that the Russians pos sibly could evacuate Azerbaijan by today, deadline for the with drawal of their troops. Strike Tentacles Tighten Stranglehold On Country By The Attociated Prett As the strike of 400.000 soft coal miners entered its sixth week today (Monday) the num ber of Idle across the nation in coal-related Industries exceeded 71,000. Shrinkage of coal supplies forced millions to realize tho Importance of the fuel in their daily lives. In Chicago, indus tries, business and shops were restricted to four hours' opera tions dally, and the city's enter tainment spots were blacked out, except for restaurants, after 6 p. m. Fresh developments in the coal negotiations were indicated today when tho government sponsored conferences were re cessed suddenly to permit at tendance ot all operators . at this afternoon's session. Lewis Remaint Silent Persons who attended the last four days of contract nego tiations between the coal opera tors and Lewis' AFL United PRICE riVE CENTS q Circus Trains Halted By Cgr WASHINGTON 4 (A) The office of d' 4. .-- ,rupor Ution today pVc? .ed the movement of circus ,nd carni val trains, efiactWe May 10, as a coal conservation measure Flames Gut State Chick Hatchery A apectaculur fire late yester day afternoon destroyed the Ore gon Stato chick butchery on South Sixth near Washburne way. Starting at a front corner of the building, the flames roared through the entire structure, sending up a column of flame and bluck smoke which attracted thousands of sightseers and creat ed a serious truffle condition on South Sixth. Estimates of the damage today awaited a survey by Insurance adjusters, but it was believed to run upwurds of 140,000 or $30, 000. Much of the destroyed equipment will be difficult to replace at this time, adding to 1110 loss. Short Circuit Probable Cause Fred Hublcr, manager of the hatchery, said the fire started in the vicinity of an electric chick brooder. Possibly a short in the electrical equipment of the brooder set fire to a wooden wall the only wooden wall in the building. The fire was discovered a lit tle after 5 p. m. Hubler said thut Sunday afternoon was the first time in a year and a half no one was In the building. Fire fighters broke in the front end Calls were made to the city fire department, but the blaze being outsido the city limits, the call wus relayed to the county department. A county truck responded, and a small note was strung across .lxlh street from the Tower theatre. The feeble stream from this hose proved effective only In helping stop the fire from spreading to other buildings. A spray from the fire truck tank was used in protecting a small structure at tne rear which was used for living pur poses. Heavy Lots In Eggs About 90,000 eggs burned. Monday was to be "chick day with 10.000 chicks coming off. About 500 live chicks were de stroyed. i lie fire virtually exploded through a composition root, sending out huge volumes of black smoke. A fuvorublo wind situation probably saved the nearby Stand ard Feed and Seed store, large frame structure. There was lit tle wind movement and tho flames shot nearly straight up. When it was ail over, only the tile walls of the building were standing. The hatchery has been In op eration about two years. Owners arc Hubler, Ernest Gicnger and John Qulgley, who said the plant was fully covered by Insurance. Hublcr said the firm will re establish the hatchery here as quickly as possible, and mean while will serve its customers with chicks from the hatchery at Corvallis which he owns. City Firemen Rapped Hubler expressed himself bit terly against the city fire deport ment for not responding to the call, despite the fact the plant is outside the city limits. He said quick work by the city fire de partment could probably have saved the plant. The building was owned by the hatchery operators. It was built by the Swan Lake Mould ing company, and stands on land owned by the company. Mine Workers said the miners' chief has not said a word in the meetings, leaving all discussion to his subordinates. Some government proposal for ending tho 86-day-old strike was expected this week, al though whether it will be sub mitted this aftenioon was not known. As Lewis prepared to resume his "silent treatment" of the bituminous operators, congress made Its first tentative move to ward stepping into the dispute. A house Judiciary subcommit tee scheduled hearings on a bill to outlaw any form of special production payments to unions. Such a law, if passed, would strike down - Lewis' No. 1 de mand for a health and wel fare fund for his, miners. Lewis held his own counsel on this maneuver as well as Mr. Truman's wookend report warning that the full Impact of the strike has only "basely be gun" to be felt. f I - .v" KLAMATH Where Fremont Crossed Link River 100 t .I'.i-.-lfiVr---.":.-. The upper picture' was. made-by an artist who accompanied John C. Fremont when bo visited Eulalona Indian village at the head of Link river on May 6, 1848. The artist, Mr. Kern, evidently drew considerably on his imagination, ai present-day observers find few of the features in the picture checking closely with the lake and mountains as seen today. Below, a present-day pic ture of Fremont bridge over Link river, at the approximate site oi the crossing. Compare the photographed mountains with the artist's conception. Fremont Passed Over Link River 700 Years Ago Today One hundred years ago today. John C. Iremont crossed Link river at or near the present site The crossing was an incident large in the history of the west, turned bark from the Oregon country to take a leading part in winning California for the United States. The scene of Fremont's Klamath lake visit on -May 6, 1846, is now marked by the bridge that bears his name; a marker set there by Eulalona chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu tion (marking the site of Eulalona Indian village), and another marker, which was today moved from Front and California streets to the end of Fremont bridge. This marker was dedicated in 1916, 70th anniversary of the Fremont crossing. It was on May 6 that the famed "trail marker" first saw Klamath (he called it Tlamath) lake. He had sought this lake on a previous expedition (1843-44) but on that occasion found big Klamath marsh to the north, calling it the lake. In 1848, Fremont and his small force of men (including the redoubtable Kit Carson) moved out of California, then a Mexican province, on ouster orders from the Mexican government. Camps On Tula On May 1, he camped on Tule lake, at a place now known as Cornell, and he called it Rhctt lake. He lost three days there, awaiting the return of a member of his force who went out in a vain search for game. He then moved north, probably through Poe valley, and camped on Lost river, which he called McCrady river. Here is his own account of the' Link river crossing: "In the forenoon of the sixth we reached Tlamath lake at its outlet, which is by a fine, broad stream, not fordable. This is a great fishing station for the Indians, and we met here the first we had seen since leaving the lower valley. They have fixed habita tions around the shores of the lake, particularly at the outlet and inlet, and along ihc inlet up to the swamp meadow, where I met the Tlamaths in the winter of '43-'44, and where we narrowly es caped disaster. "Our arrival took them by surprise, and though they re ceived us with apparent friendship, there was no warmth in it, but a shyness which came naturally from their habit of hostility. At the outlet were some of the permanent huts. "From the lake to the sea, I judged the river to be about 200 miles long; it breaks its way south of the huge bulk of Shastl peak between the points of the the sea. Up this river the salmon lake, which is more than 4000 Ferries Stream "It was a bright spring morning and the lake and Its sur rounding scenery looked charming. It was inviting, and I would have been glad to range over it in one of the Indian canoes. The silent shores and unknown mountains had the attraction which mystery always gives. Mr. Kern made a picture of it while we were trading with the Indians for dried fish and salmon, and ferrying the camp equipage across the outlet in their canoes. "The Indians made me understand that there was another large river which came from the north and flowed into the lake at the northern end, and that the principal village was at its mouth, where also they caught many fish. Resuming our Journey, we worked our way along between the lake and the mountains, and late in the day made camp at a run, near where it Issued from the woods into the lake and where our animals had good feed. For something which happened afterward, I gave this run the name of Denny's branch. Animals and men all fared well here." (More ot this story will follow on succeeding anniversary days). Spain Denies Polish Charges MADRID, May 6 The Spanish foreign office tonight flatlv denied charges voiced by Poland before the United Nations security council that Spain has become a "refuge for German nazls and custodian ot nazl fundi." FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY , 1946 7 r 22. of Fremont bridge. in a week of events that loom for a few days later Fremont Cascade and Nevada ranges to crowd in great numbers to the feet above the sea Police Find Cache Of Stolen Property Police yesterday located a cache of automobile accessories, some of which has been identi fied as stolen during a recent wave of car prowls here, hidden In the brush at the old quorry on the hill above Portland avenue. The cache Included fender skirts, hub caps, spotlight and 13 rear-view mirrors. ' ..... .',"r" m. jijmmm (Tel-phone Years Ago Today .1,1 1, i iy :w siyst ,y y api, m 7 - , - --3- If -iiy iV-Wfe-j FBI Probes Prison Riot SAN FRANCISCO. May 6 (& The FBI moved into Alcatraz to day to collect evidence against three survivors of the half-dozen convicts whose desperate, vain break for freedom brought a bloody, 36-hour siege of their cell-block and left five men dead and 15 wounded. Not a single prisoner escaped. The three surviving partic ipants, said Warden James A. Johnston, were Sam Shockley, 36, serving a life term for kid naping and robbery in Okla homa; Miran Edgar Thompson, 29, serving 99' years for kid-" naping and life for killing a Texas policeman; and Clarence Carnes, 19, Oklahoma desperado serving 99 years for kidnaping and murder. Guards broke Into the last dark utility corridor of the em battled prison wing Saturday to find the bodies of three others. Baseball Scores AMERICAN . R H E Chicago 020 000 0002 11 0 New York 000 000 1001 8 1 Lee and Tresh; Bevins and Dickey. (First game) St. Louis 301 000 0015 11 1 Boston 101 050 OOx 7 14 0 Gatehouse, Shirley (5), Milnar (6 and Mancuso; Ferris and Mc- Gah. Detroit 001 000 1103 10 2 Philadel'a 001 000 0001 6 0 Trucks and Richards; Marchil don, Knott (9) and Rosar. High School And Academy Musicians Star At Eugene Klamath Falls music students placed high in competition in the northwest regional high school music fetival in Eugene Saturday. Groups of music students from Klamath Union high school un der the direction of Andrew Loncy, director of music educa tion, and Sacred Heart academy, directed by Sister M. Faustina, director of the academy school of music participated in the fes tival. . Students taking honors in the KUHS group were Beth Chas tain, Marie Wright, voice solos, who earned number one or su perior ratings, the clarinet quar tet, girls' nonet, and the a cap pella choir, superior ratings, the band, a number two or excel lent rating, and Dorothy Howry, vocalist, who received a third WEATHER NEWS M.r Mm. (Mir S) It Mia. , " rraelaluilia UM It kaau Slrwa rar U SaU .1I.I1 N-ral IS.n Lail Msr S.ta rMUI rlr Mian, 1 11) Number 10B13 Jobless Exhaust Pension Rights SALEM, May 8 UP) About 18,000 unemployed Oregon workers will draw their last 1946 unemployment compen sation checks during May be cause they will have exhaust ed their 1946 benefit rights, the state unemployment com pensation commission said to day. These persons, who will have been paid benefits for the maximum 20 weeks per iod, will be ineligible for fur ther benefits until 1947, and they will be able to get them then only if they obtain em ployment this year. Five-sixths ot these claim ants live in metropolitan Port land, and 70 per cent of them are former shipyard workers. Tojo And Gang Plead Not Guilty TOKYO, May 6 OP) Hideki Tojo and 26 other war-time lead ers of Japan today entered stac cato pleas of innocent to charges that they unleashed a war of ag gression and murder in the Pa cific and were ordered to trial June 3 despite their counsels' protest that the interval is too short. The Far East -tribunal, before which the 27 appeared for their first formal hearing, however, will convene again next Monday to permit the defense to renew its emphatic challenge that the court has no Jurisdiction in the pending cases. Tojo's attorney, Ichiro Kiyose lost no time today in attacking the tribunal. He charged that the court's president, Sir Wil liam Webb of Australia, has been so biased by his investigation of Japanese atrocities In New Guinea that he cannot Judge! fairiv ' .- fl fairly. Objection Overruled The motion was promptly de nied after a ten-minute recess conference. With Webb absent from the discussion, eight of the court's other ten justices ruled that no objection to any member can be sustained because the court's charter provides that members shall be ot MacArthur's choosing. The only defendant not enter ing a plea of innocent was Dr. Brumet Okawa, who was absent from the courtroom undergoing a sanity examination by allied psychiatrists as a result of his slapping Tojo's bald head in the court last week and other pris oner's box antics. Early Use Of Airport Seen Mayor Ed Ostendorf said to day that he expects the interim permit for civilian use of the airport will be approved and go through in the next day or so to allow civilian fliers to return to the field. The interim permit pertains only to the old municipal hangar and runways and not to any of the navy's installations on the field. George Johnson and A. W. Warren, civil aeronautics admin istration inspectors from Seattle are in town today making a thorough inspection of the field and the results of their tour and recommendations may influence in great measure the facilities finally acquired by the city, Mayor Ustendorl Delleves. The navy department' has In formed the city that air service operators can resume operations on the field as soon as the city makes arrangements for insur ance of government property at the port. The matter of insurance may come before the city council to night. rating of good Sacred Heart students who ranked high were the junior 5 lee club, Elaine Abbott, Billie une McTaggert, piano solos, and Mary Mahoney, vocal solo, all number two, excellent rat ings, and Harriet Lavenik, vo cal solo, with a three rating of good. This was the first time that either group has been able to participate in national competi tion and both Sister Faustina and Loney stated that they were pleased with the ratings given their students. The trip for the KUHS group was made possible through do nations by townspeople, and the Sacred Heart students were able to go through the contributions of the Fourth Degree ot the Knights ot Columbus. Armed Force Cooperation Held Vital WASHINGTON. May i (AA President Truman asked con gress today for legislation au thorizing a program ot military collaboration with other Ameri can countries, "including the training, organization and equip ment of the armed forces of , those countries." He transmitted the draft of a bill entitled "The Inter-Ameri. can Military Cooperation act," and asked its enactment. Asserting that the American republics have assumed new re sponsibilities for their mutual defense and maintenance of peace, he said it was "highly desirable to standardize military organization, training method and equipment as has been rec ommended by the inter-American defense board." Broad Program Contemplated Under the legislation, he said the army and navy, in conjunc tion with the state department, would be permitted to con tinue in the future a general program of collaboration with the armed forces of our sister republics with a view to facili tating the adoption of similar technical standards." "Certain additional training activities, not covered by exist ing legislation, would be per mitted," the president told con gress. The president would also be authorized to transfer mili tary and naval equipment to the governments of other American states by sale or other method. "The collaboration authorized by the bill could be extended also to Canada, whose coopera tion with the United States in matters affecting their common defense is of particular impor tance." Low Appoints Ex-State Cop Marion J. Barnes, experienced police official who was the first sergeant in charge of state po nce in me mamam area, iook over the duties of deputy sher iff today, replacing Dale Mat toon who recently became partner in the operation of the Red Ball stages. Barnes was appointed by Sher iff Lloyd Low. He was deputy unoer low in ivn-n ana tnen was "tate, ame warden here - or several years. When the state police fore was organized Barnes headed the local detachment as ser geant. He is a son of W. D. Barnes, former Klamath county sher iff, and served as deputy under his father in 1910. Dale Mattoon served as dep uty sheriff for 16 years before he resigned May 1, and is known to almost every one in Klamath county. He and Ernest (Jiggers) Kosch nick, steward at the Elks lodge, purchased the Red Ball line from the estate of the late Gordon Quimby, and Mattoon is to ac tively operate the stage busi ness. Purchase included the rout between Klamath Falls, Bly, Lakeview and Burns, and three) buses. 2 Labor Groups Back Vandenberg Two labor organizations. IWA-CIO and AFL, have placed their stamp of approval' on the candidacy of David R. Vanden berg for. re-election as circuit judge. Local 6-12, IWA-CIO, In a reso lution signed' by H. E. Geiger, president of the local, went on record as unanimously support ing Vandenberg yesterday. The) resolution was also signed by M. G. King, business agent of the local, and Laurence L. Weinberg, secretary of the political action committee. The Central Labor council, composed of representatives oi all AFL unions in the Klamath basin, also unanimously endorsed Vandenberg's candidacy on his past record as judge and his juve nile policy. Parking Meters Up At Council. Tonight 1 Parking meters will be dis cussed at tonight's meeting ot the city council, Mayer Ed Os tendorf indicated today, and at least one opposition group the Klamath Merchants association planned to be represented. Nick Long, chairman of the) association, said a delegation would be on hand to let the city officials know what the merchants think of the parking; meters A report from the city traf fic safety council, favoring a six-months trial of meters, will be oh file when the council meets. FINES FOR DESSERT EATERS PORTLAND, May 6 Wi Reed college students plan to continue fining themselves for each des sert they eat at the college cafe teria this week to help sava food. The students paid $30 last week at S cents a clip for each violation of a voluntary code to help the food for famine cam- paign. Arriving In U. S. By The AuorlfttH Preu Jen R. Be mil T4, Klamath Talll, arriving on Marin Swallow ctu In SeitUe May ft.
