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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1946)
WW (sniPiis Mr s T$f? Is Lewis Takes Firsf Round Name Board For Tulelake Hnmpctpark ;m win ' Representation by veterans of ''iinlh ivuri and of both tile Klam ath busln unci the "outside area" I provided In the Tulclnkc home trad examining bonrd selected today by the bureau of reclama tion. Member! of the board: Nrlaon need, Klamath Fall!, veterun World War I. Robert Nnrrli, Merrill, veteran World War II. Fred E. McMurphy, Tulelake, veteran World War I. I.ocklc McLeod, Dtuumuir, Calif., veteran World War I. E. L. Stcphena, iuperintendent, Klamnth reclamation project. Thin U the board chosen to nam on veteran application! for homritcud! on the Klamnth proj ect, in cnnnectlnn with the open ing of 87 homestead unit! later tlili year. Richard L. Hoke, rrulonal di rector of the bureau, with office! at Sacramrnto, iuld the board will conveno ihortly to recom mend qualification! which must be met by applicant! for the Klamath public land!. The ex amining board w a a choivn through the local, rcKlonul and national offices of the bureau, upon the bail! of recommenda tion! from intercitcd individ ual! and organizations. Veteran and farm group! rocommended each of the men selected. At recent public meeting held here under bureau sponsor- , . imp, It was proponed that triers J v fee at least one World War II vet ; , eran, and that there be at least on member from oul.Ude the Immediate Klamath bailn area All present at that time agreed on Mcleod of Dunimulr, who hai been active In Legion affairs and received the nod of both VFW and Legion men present. Reed Is a Klamath Falls bu. new man, Norrls Is a veteran of World War II who Is furming the Bruce Caddis place at Morrill. He Is vice-commander of the Merrill American Legion post. McMurphy Is a prominent farmer of the Tulelake district who served In World War I. The board will recommend tho requirements and methods by which veteran homesteaders will be selected for the Irrigated farms, each of which will have a value of $2.1,000 or more at going land rates In the area. Requirements will relate, to min imum standards of industry, ex perience, character and capital deemed necessary to a successful entrymun who will muko his living on tho farm. One proposal has been that all veterans who meet minimum re quirements participate in a draw ing for tho 67 farms available. Several thousand nro expected to apply, No applications aro being considered yet, but those, wish ing formal notification may , i -r i I 111. V. . . , . ,!- ... ' gtf Klamath Foils. Sailors Charged In Postal Theft SEATTLE, May 13 (AP) Po tl Inspector P, E. Morbello to day charged 30 naval enlisted men mostly 17 to 19 years old with lnrceny on the high seas, Including the rifling of mall bags, aboard the SS Henry Fail ing en routo to Alaska as re placements. Morbello and Tom A. Dun ham, assistant district attorney, said a hatch was broken open and 16 of tho seamen stole par cel post packages while the re mainder rifled the cargo of gov ernment goods worth $B00. The authorities said the amount of money stolen could not be es timated. The theft was dis covered when the ship reached Dutch Harbor last February. The sallois were returned hero. 14 Youths Flee Training School SALEM, May 13 (!') Four teen boys were missing today from tiie stale training school for boys nt Woodburn, Supt. M. D. Woollcy announced. Three of them ran awny Sat- lirrlnv nillit nnrl 1 1 mnrn Kim. ,A.dny night. j no youngest oi mo poys is id and tho oldest IB. Wnnlley, who explained tho school has no fences, said a male employe saw the group leave Sunday night. KLAMATH 'A r -g1 ! VJ&lVKMkWm HEW, All packed and ready to go Is this group of Boy Scouts of troop 1. On Friday the boys were among a record crowd of 400 who took pert In the Modoc area council camporee at the Lava Beds national monument. Troop 1, sponsored by St. Paul'! Episcopal church, was one of two troopi who took highest honors. All of the troop's patrols received A ratings. The other high ranking troop was No. 33 of Malln. The members of troop 1. pictured, are left to right. Robert Bosworth, David Todd, Harlan Bosworth. Bruce Dingier, Ronald Juniper. Brent Hedberg, Rich ard Dltmamon end Harold Howard. Ex-King Begins Exile In Egypt ALEXANDRIA, May 13 (iP) Vlttorio Emanucle settled down to a life of exile In Egypt today after a reign of nearly 46 yean as king of Italy, thus Joining the growing ranks of Europe's home less royalty. The weary little man and his wife, tho former Queen Elena, were greeted by Egypt's King Furouk when they debarked here yesterday from an Italian cruiser. In sharp contrast to the Ital ian royal family's gala wclcomo during their last visit to Alex andria in 1S33, tho former mon arch and his entourage were spirited into a car and whisked behind a motorcycle escort through virtually deserted streets to Antoniades Palace, where he will remain temporar ily. As the elderly ex-king pre pared to debark, he turned to the crew lined up amidships. "Farewell to you," he said. "You are the men I loved all my lire." Lions Cooperate In Fire Campaign This year the Lions club Is co sponsoring the Stop Forest Fire program with the American Le gion. The Lions voted to cancel tho regular Tuesday noon meet ing In order to back tho parade which will march down Main street at noon Tuesday and to purticlputo in the banquet that evening at the Wlllard. Members are urged to bring their wives and house guests and make necessary reservations at the Wlllard. Dinner will bo served at 7 p. m. Foreign Policy In Balance As Department Rift Widens WASHINGTON, May 13 (VP) A widening split within the state department may vitally affect American foreign policy on al most every major outstanding Is sue. This is one of the main prob lems which will confront Secre tary of Stute liyrnes upon his re turn from Paris. Tho struggle appears to be an outgrowth of the traditional fight between the foreign serv ice officers career men who aro the backbone of tho American diplomatic system and compar ative newcomers to tho field of diplomacy. The fight has been intensified In part by Byrne's problem at Paris of trying to work out with the Russians, British and French satisfactory peace settlements for Europe. On tho central prob lem of how to deal with Foreign Minister Molotov and tho Rus sians, Byrnes received two strik ingly different recommenda tions, His regular political -diplomatic advisers under Assistant FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY. MAY - Comping We Will Go' Russians Fire On IS. S. General FRANKFURT, May 13 (PI Russian sentries fired "over" the automobile of MaJ. Gen. Cecil R. Moore while he was en route to tho Leipzig fair on the anni versary of V-E Day, Moore sold yesterday. The general explained, how ever thot "we were going the wrong way and they wished to attract our attention." He said the shots were fired after his car had mistaken a Russian sentry post for a bar rier, and added: ''We were not detained and the Russians were very decent when we explained we had been con fused.'1 Pendleton Curious Play Park Meters PENDLETON, Mny 13 M'l The city's treasury was making a windfall gain on Its newly-installed parking meters today. Although collections are not officially required until 9 a. m. tomorrow, several motorists Jumped the gun and deposited coins almost behind tho installa tion crews, while curious spec tators fished in their pockets for small change "Just to see how they work." Rankin Estes Dies At Medford Home Rankin Estes; well known and long-time resident of Medford, died at 0:30 p. m. Sunday at his home following a lengthy illness. Mr. Estes' daughter, Mrs. John White, owner of Hastings beauty shop, left for the valley Saturday night to be at her father's bed side. Final riles will be held in Medford. Secretary James Dunn recom mended that he stand firm on every Russian demand consid ered to represent an expansion of Russian powers into western Europe. These advisers wanted the conference fought out on such issues as Trieste and Tri poli tacitly recognizing that eastern Kurope is Russian and western Europe is not. Byrnes' non-professionnl ad visers under Achcson and Clay ton notably experts on Euro- pean economy argued this was likely to create Instead of re solve International conflicts They drew an elaborate memor andum recommending that Byrnes try first to unify Europe by seeking Anglo-Kussian agree. mcnt to some means of tackling such European-wide economic problems as transportation After that, they said, should come tho work on political is sues. Byrnes, however, took a staff of veterun diplomats to Paris with him, and reports from the conference show that In the mam he followed their advice. in Chinese Reds Continue War PEIP1NG, May 13 W) News papers here reported today con tinuing small-scale attacks by Chinese communists on North China railways and stubborn de fense by communists holding Szepingkal and Pengshihu in Manchuria. Communists reports from Manchuria said that after 23 days fighting their forces wore holding Szepinckai from seven government divisions and were also holding Pengshihu. Meanwhile, General Marshall faced the job of peocemaker with a new weapon. Washington reports said he had an absolute veto over a S500.000.000 (M) American loan to China, consid ered a potent source of power in dealing with the Chinese. The veto, however, was seen in Shanghai as a one-sided weapon usable against only the national government. Commun ists have said the loan would "perpetuate fascist rule in China" and have actively op posed it. Communist General Chou En la) charged that "elements" in Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's party were trying to sabotage Marshall's efforts ond involve the United States in a full-scale civil war in China. Postal Embargo Lifted Today Restrictions on parcel post have been lifted, effective mid night, May 12, postal authorities announced Monday. Restric tions due to the coal strike, were effective only one day, Sat urday, May 11. Size and weight of APO and FPO packages has been in creased and may now be 70 pounds in weight and 100 inches in length and girth combined. No requests are needed for FPO mulling but request from serv icemen, together with the en velope enclosing the request must be presented for APO mnil- lng, at the parcel post window in the post office. Not more than one parcel per week may be mailed. President Calls Merger Meeting WASHINGTON, May 13 (P) President Truman called his top ranking army and navy leader ship for a conference today on unification of the armed forces. Announcing tho meeting, White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross described it as one "to promote unification and not to sabotage it." Then ho added: "Not to put it aside." Canadian Ship Draws Visitors PORTLAND, Ore., May 13 The Canadian destroyer Cres cent, here from tho Royal Cana dian Naval college at Equlmnlt, B. C, attracted more than 2000 visitors yesterday when it was opened to the public. 13. WEATHER NEWS May If M, iMmr 1 - II Mia, elpluilcB Utl ft hr MM......M 'm year 4 t .ll.t? nmi It J Last rar ..J, fcaati Parllr avareaal. v sun Number 10819 Holiday Pay Nod Paves Way To Pact WASHINGTON. May 13 (AP) Soft coal operators today agreed to pay $3,000,000 In back holi day pay claimed by John L. Lewis' miners, clearing the way for discussion of key issues in the deadlocked negotiations. In a statement the operators said that in agreeing to make tiie payment the action "is not to be construed as a recognition in any way of any merit in the demand made, nor as establish ing a precedent for future ac tion." 'The sole purpose is to open the way for real negotiations," they said. "The operators now call upon the union to proceed immediately to negotiate a con tract." Effects Still Felt This was the over-all picture: 1. Restrictions on freight, ex press and parcel post shipments came off at midnight, hours be fore the first full crews descend- ' cd into the mines to end the 42- day shutdown. 2. Other conservation mea sures including tight controls over all coal to be produced, during the truce remained in effect. 3. The government prodded miners and operators alike to reach a swift agreement on a new contract, but both sides said privately there was little nope oi meeting me weanes- day deadline fixed by Presl dent Truman. 4. Congress showed no incll nation to back down from Its determination to aoek a legis lative barrier to future crises growing out of labor disputes. The senate turned its full at tention to writing a strike con trol bill. British-Indian Talks Collapse SIMLA, India, May 13 (JPf The British cabinet mission, ad mitting failure of an eight-day conference with Moslem and Hindu leaders on independence for India, made it plain today that it still had hopes of solv ing the Indian problem. The conference ended in com plete breakdown yesterday, thus dealing a severe blow to the hopes of those who had expected a quick transition from British control to Indian self-government. Two communiques Issued aft er the breakdown one jointly by the cabinet mission, the Mos lem league and the congress party; the other by the cabinet mission alone gave no reason for collapse of the negotiations. It seemed apparent, however, that the conference had floun dered on demands of the Moslem league for an independent Mos lem state (Pakistan). These de mands have been bitterly op posed by the congress party, which favors an India unified at least insofar as foreign affairs, defense and communications are concerned. Compromise Seen In Ruhr Question PARIS, May 13 (PI A com promise on French demands for detachment of the Ruhr arsenal from Germany appeared pos sible today as the Big Four foreign ministers reassembled after a day off In an effort to resolve their remaining points of disagreement including the Italian peace treaty. A well-informed French source said the germ of a possible com promise was contained in a re cent British proposal reportedly suecestinff some form of federa tion for the Ruhr region, which might even include part of the Rhincland. Baseball Scores AMERICAN (First game) R H E St. Louis 2 5 1 Cleveland 9 11 0 Fercns. Galchnuse (2), Kinder (6), Lamucchia (8) and Hell; Env brce and Hayes. NATIONAL Philadelphia 4 13 2 Brooklyn 6 9 2 Judd, Mauney (6) Mulligan (6), Karl (8) and Seminick; Head and Anderson. New York 6 10 2 Boston 7 9 0 Schumacher, Budnick (9) and Lombardl: Konstuntv. Johnson (4), Roser (7), Reid (9), and Masl. Rockets Away! V- Belching flame and smoke amid a cloud of dust, a German V-2 rocket riie from its plat form at White Sands proving grounds, N. M., where army ordnance is testing the deadly German weapon. Testing of this huge 46-foot. 28,000-pound mis sile, will allow scientists to itudy the stratosphere at an al titude of 100 miles. NEA telephoto. Nazi Killers To Get Death DACHAU. Germany. May 13 UP) A general military court to day sentenced 58 operators of the notorious Mauthausen exter mination camp to hang. Three other were given life terms.. . ' The 61 defendants were sen. fenced after the American court found them guilty of murdering thousands of victims imprisoned by the naxjs in persecution. cam paigns.. August Eigruber, gauleiter of the upper Danube reeion and dictator of much of upper Aus tria auring tne nazi regime, took his sentence without emo tion. Other defendants turned white. Some had to be helped from the courtroom by guards. completing tne 38-day trial, the court said it had found an "irrefutable record of death by shootings, gassings, hangings and regulated starvation" which made every official "culpably and criminally responsible." This largest of all mass war crimes trials will be followed, probably at the end of the week, by the trial of 75 nazi SS men for the massacre of American soldiers at Malmedy, Belgium, during the battle of the Ar dennes Bulge in the winter of 1844-45. City Schools Calls For red. Note: Thli It the t Int of Mrlet of thre article to acquaint the votln! public residing in the Klamath Falli area. School dlstricta 1 and a. with details of the current budgets and contemplated buUdlnt programs.) Klamath Falls voters, those men and women who are legal voters and taxpayers, are urged to go to the polls at Fremont school on Thursday, May 23, be tween 2 and 7 p. m., to cast their ballots for three major issues which confront the school dis tricts. They are: 1. General budget of District No. 1, elementary schools. 2. General budget of District No. 2, Klamath Union high school. 3. Building program. This article will deal with the general budget of the elementary school. The general budget for the district as approved by the board and budget committee is for $510,924.77. This is for the operating year, 1946-47. The above figure is an in crease over last year's budget of $137,437.76. One contributing factor to be considered in this increase is the school population, which has jumped this past year. Prelim inary enrollment, according to Supt. Arnold L. Gralapp, makes it necessary to employ 10 addi tional teachers. There is the point of salary to be considered and is one of the top items. In addition, the system is add ing three new services in the elementary schools: (a) Expand ing the visual education program, (b) expanding the art program, (c) general supervising program. Each staff member of the ele mentary system, Including all personnel, teachers and custodi ans, are receiving a flat increase of $200 per year. This roughly figures 8 per cent throughout the system in the salary brackets alone and makes Klamath Falls' scale competitive throughout the state. ADIies Lack Trial lights Say Dei5 erase TOKYO, May 13 (JPh-Argument that Japan did not surren der unconditionally and does not have to obey every allied command was presented today to the Far East military tribun al by the chief defense counsel for Japan's major war crimin als. Attorney Ichiro Kiyose'i chal lenge that the court lacks au thority to try the 28 defendants on 55 counts was taken under advisement as the tribunal ad journed until Tuesday morning. The allies' chief prosecutor, Joseph B. Keenan, labeled Ki- Hoover Gets Another Trip WASHINGTON. May 13 UP) President Truman tapped Her bert Hoover for a food survey lo South America as his special ambassador today, but gave no hint of an early return to food rationing in this country. The former president told re porters after he had conferred with Mr. Truman that he want ed to stay out of the "domestic controversy" over rationing. And from Herbert Morrison, president of the British council, came a denial that he planned to ask President Truman for a re turn to rationing of meats and fata in this country. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said Mr. Truman compli mented Hoover at the conference today on his splendid Job so far and asked him to go to South America at his convenience as "food ambassador." ' Hoover, Ross said, accepted and is going within the next few weeks. Conservation Advocated - The former president simul taneously told a news conference that the world grain aeiicu coma be largely overcome if surplus producing nations adopt "further vigorous conservation measures." Talking after his meeting. 'With the president. Hoover refused to say whether he believed the surplus countries, including the United States, should establish food rationing to help. 'Conchies' Strike Over Draft Terms CASCADE LOCKS, May 13 OP) Ten men at the civilian public service camp here for conscientious objectors went on strike today in a move described by one of the strikers as a pro test against administration of the conscription law. Protests were based on the men's charges of being forced to work without pay, of lack of dependents' allotments, lack of provision for accident compensa tion and discrimination against minorities. Expansion Larger Budget Another point to be consid ered by the voter is the Increase in operation of the schools. Op eration of the physical plants is some 10 per cent nigner man last year. There is an increase of $6000 in this bracket alone. This is due to higher salaries, higher costs and general increase in supplies. In the cafeteria, Gralapp point ed out, there is a new policy of accounting for cafeteria funds recently adopted by the board. All receipts hereafter are to be deposited with the clerk and all bills paid from his office. The program is expected to carry cost of cooks' salaries and all food supplies. District funds will be used in purchase of stoves, refrigerators and other neces sary equipment. The $41,047 item, not in last year's budget, is offset by receipts on hand and is merely an accounting pro cedure, the superintendent ad vised. Another expenditure included in the 1946-47 budget is the pur chase of a new bus. The present bus has been in operation for 10 years, Gralapp said, and the pro posed bus will cost $7429. Other major items include $16,514.05 for retirement, some 5 per cent of the total personnel budget. This is a mandate from legislature and goes into effect July, 1946. The law was enacted in 1945. Teachers participate in this item. Every district in the state of Oregon is including an amount in the new budget and this is the first time Klamath resi dents have been asked to approve such an amount. There is also the capital out lay Improvements totaling $60, 784.60 and involving all seven elementary schools. The total is compared to last year's budget figure of $51,334. There will be a separate story concerning this Item which has to do with all of next year's physical improve ments in the various grade school. yose s argument as the "height of absurdity" and offered docu mentary evidence that Japan's surrender was "utterly without condition." MacAxthur Criticised Kiyose said that in giving the tribunal jurisdiction over Crimea against peace and crimes against humanity "General MacArthur is exercisins author. ity which he does not possess and the Japanese people are not bound to obey that command." Japan's top statesmen, Kiyose. said, agreed to surrender in the belief they would not be prose cuted as war criminals. The attorney declared that In the surrender last September Japan recognized that sha would obey orders and direc tives of the allied ooweri but only those in accordance with me rotsaam declaration. Thus he challenged the tribun al's authority to try the defen dants on charges of crimes against peace and crimes against humanity charges which make up a large part of the indict ment against the defeated lead ers. Keenan contended examina 1 1 o n of Japanese communica tions delivered to the Swiss gov ernment at the time of surren der would show it was without condition. Kiyose told the tribunal I over the objection of Keenan that he could see no reason why the question of Japanese aggres sion in Manchuria should be covered In the indictment. Ha said several countries had rec ognized the state of Manchukuo.' set up there by the Japanese. Scouts Camp In Lava Beds The largest gathering of Boy Scouts in the history of the Mo doc araa council participated in the council-wide camporee at the Lava Beds national monument over the weekend. Over 400 Scouts from seven counties were present. Ratings were given to various patrols who took part in camping and exploring activities. The two patrols of troop one1, sponsored by St. Paul's Episcopal church, and the three patrols of Malln troop 33 walked off with the greatest share of the honors, all receiving A ratings. Other patrols who received A ratings were the Panther patrol. Troop 8, Klamath Falls; Owl pa trol, Troop 17, Dorris; Eagle pa- mui, iroop oi, Aain; Apache pa trol, Troop 16. Klamath Falls, and the Cobra patrol. Troop 9. Klamath Falls. Awards to the natrols were. given at the offical closing cere mony held at Captain Jack's stronghold Sunday evening. Ken Klahn, council president. presented the awards. Hugh Wilson of Tulelake was given his Eagle award, the highest in the Scout organization, at the closing ceremony. Hugh is one of five Scouts in this area to re ceive the award. Twenty-four Scoutmasters were given certifi cates of completion In the Scout masters' training course. Sunday morning was devoted to religious observance, and dur ing the afternoon the hnv closed their camp and held the closing campfire. R. H. Lamott. Boy Scout executive director, classed the affair as a "tremendous suc cess." Out of 34 troops in the entire council, 24 were repre sented. Ashland Radio To Be Opened Ashland's new radio station is expected to begin test operations about July 4, it was announced this weekend by Roy Peck, who will manage the station for the Rogue Valley Broadcasting com pany. The 200-foot steel antenna is now up and the warning red lights in operation. Permit has been asked to use call letters KWIN. , The station will operate on a 1400-kilocycle wave length. Gasoline Flames Peril Iowa Town WAUKON, la.. May 13 OP) An explosion, compared by one witness to an atomic bomb blast, touched off today a roaring gasoline fire fed by some 00,000 gallons of high actane motor and aviation fuel. Fire departments from Wau kon and four neighboring towns fought the blaze which threat ened about half of this northeast Iowa city of 3000. Arriving In U. S. Br The Asieelste! Prsss Denal! w. Osllsbtr, !.. Klam ath rails, arriving on Admiral Hugb Rodman due In Haw York Mar 14, i
