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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1946)
Passengers Swap Tram For Buses; All Klamath Feels Pinch Of Tie-Up Southern P a 1 1 1 1 o passenger train No. IS came to a dead (top in the Klamath rail yardi last night and there it stayed, its brakes tightly tet, a local sym bol of a dangerous national rail road strike. No. 19 crept into the yard as if aware of its significance to the crowd of local people gath ered along the depot platform. Herb Ogden, the engineer, dis played the coat of a natty gray business suit through the cab window, dressed as for a special occasion. And special occasion It was. The moment the train stopped, brakemen cinched down the brakes. Soon the big locomotive was moved to the roundhouse, and No. IB was down, at least for the night. The passengers inside seemed skeptical about the reports that the strike had atopped their train. Doors Open 1:30-8:45 -Ends Tonite!- AND! btartuwnrr-irtiniticj tsfcmua-cwtiKii Starrs Saturday SSL. "KITTY" rutt Doorg Optn 6:45 p. m.- Starts Today! Audi Saturday, 8:30 P. M. On The Stage! Tht Blockbuster Showl "SHOOT THE WORKS" STARTS SUNDAY! 'The Blue Dahlia" fcJiiia.ijjjj Continuous Daily-Open 12:30 Starts Today!- Second Feature Dial 4567 Matinee 1:30 Erening 6:45 ENDS SATURDAY! SaVi6 kROSS Sutm HEPBURN Jin MUM ANOTHER HITI Starts Sunday! ALAN LADD VERONICA LAKE 'THE BLUE DAHLIA" Doors Open 6:45 ENDS TONITE "Lady Let's Dance" Also "The Westland Case" mi MTIJ i .1 ii j ' jiii n f i- aiy' II Alfred iltlT Sjt?a I i a i a I rsj Joseph Holn, a Buffalo, N. Y., horse trader, set the theme "Don't kid us." said Mr. Hein, "We're going out on this train Maybe not right away, but we're going out. 1 sat like this tor a while in Chicago, and they told us it was all over. But here I am. It's my first vacation in 25 years, and no train strike is go ing to spoil it." Mr. Hein later left with others to take a bus. No. 19 sat there. Mrs. Sherman Policy, en route to Modesto from Everett, played nervously with her lour-montn-old bnbv on the seat beside her, "They tell us we can go ahead on a bus. and I guess everything will be all right," she said, "it mav be a little difficult with Ginger Mae here before I get to Modesto. Another woman, with two small girls, planned to return to Donald, Ore., near Salem, rather than to attempt to go on to her home in Miami, tla S. P. traffic department men were there to help and advise the 100 passengers who came in on No. 19. Of the 100, some 85 took buses, and others stayed in Pullmans in trie yard. Today all phases of industry were afiected by tne strike Housewives, fearful that their cupboards would be bare before the strike was settled, jammed butcher shops and grocery stores to stock up on canned goods and as much perishable stuff as tneir refrigerators would hold. Somewhere along the line they were confused with information given out yesterday which they misinterpreted as a "three-day supply" on hand in wholesale houses here. It was a "three week supply" but worried wo men weren't taking any chances. The post office was receiving a deluge of calls from residents anxious to send or receive mail. This morning Assistant Postmas ter R. L. Griffith made this statement: "During the strike we will not accept 2nd, 3rd or 4th class mail, This includes miscellaneous printing matter and any parcel post going by rail. Attention of all postmasters in this area is called to this fact. Only parcel post to be car ried over star routes between here and Lakeview. K e n o. Rocky Point, Alturas and way- points, will be accepted. .first class and air mall, not exceeding 16 ounces, will be ac cepted." Urtfflth said late this morn ing that no mail had been re ceived here but when the Lake view, Alturas and Ashland stages came in, some local mail would be received. The post of fice is making arrangements to handle first class mail by regu lar air lines and by trucks fur nished by postmasters of army and navy posts and other branches of government service. Griffiths said he had not been ad Vised just when this service would reach here but he expect ed it within the next 36 hours. The main line was clear to day and one of the big head aches facing SP officials, feed ing and caring for stock, was being handled nicely. Trainmas ters H. C. Chase, W. C. Hughes and A. L. Schoupe, road foreman of engines, ran a train last night to unload stock at Texum. Chase and Hughes managed the switch ing, Schoupe took over the en gine. It was all over bv mid night for the pinch-hitters. There were 25 cars of sheep and 15 cars of cattle. Up at Chiloquin, vt cars oi sneep bound for Wil lows, Calif., were unloaded by the train crews before they went off the Job, completing their runs. Feed is being trucked from Klamath to Chiloquin, and or men nere said were was an'tioned. Passengers Mrs, Sherman Policy and daughter Ginger Mae, 4 months old, were two of the passengers on No. 19 last night which ended its run at Klamath Falls. Mrs. Policy and her little girl were en route from Everett, Wash., to Modesto, Calif., to Join the woman's husband. Mrs. Polley said she wasn't scared, as evidenced by her expression, but she was a little worried about taking proper care of her child under existing circumstances. Accompanying Mrs. Polity was Mrs. Ruby D, Hooper with two daughters, 2M years and 9 months old, also en route to Modesto, The passengers finally decided to take busses south, as provided by the SP's Greyhound. Scene Of J ul tJ a & v 3 2 J i A crowd of curious onlookers gather around the scan of the fight in which Glen Harris was fatally stabbed and "Tex" Ainaworth was sh ot at 9th and Walnut yesterday afternoon. The fight started in the woodshed at the left of the top picture. The map below shows where the duel took place and the trail taken by Harris into the house, to the blood-stained bed and to the kitchen where he-collapsed. Ainsworth crossed the yard to the sidewalk where he fell. unlimited supply. John D. O'Connor, whose huge feed yards at Midland burned last week, decided not to wait until the strike was over. At 6 o'clock this morning he had sent some 2100 head of sheep right down the tracks to Hacka more. The sheep, originally scheduled to take up some 18 cars and due out at 4 p. m. Thurs day, would have been in Hacka more at 5 o'clock last night. The destination is some 60 miles south of here. O'Connor de cided to take no chances and to day sent his livestock out on the hoof. It was a peculiar sight to see 2100 sheep crowding their way down a stretch of rails nor mally carrying a constant flow of traffic. Perishables, held over here when crews went out yesterday, were being iced and wholesale house men were working hard today attempting to get some of the northbound stuff to houses elsewhere. Late reports today advised that 23 passengers on No. 19 stayed over last night using Pullman accommodations, and two were remaining tonight hop ing the strike would end, Oil companies had little to say on the strike situation. Of ficials said they had a fair sup ply on hand and to all appear ances ffasnlinp would not he ra- Of All Ages Fatal Duel At Avalon TH 3"rtt-T .-'- Brother Loses Race To Bedside Of Hero SALT LAKE CITY, May 24 (IF) The New York brother of a naval hero lost by a scant few hours a cross-country aerial race with death. Martin J. Rosenstein of the Bronx, New York, arrived by United Air Lines plane in Salt Lake City 3 hours after hia brother, Alex Rosenstein, re cently discharged from the navy, died at a hospital at Roosevelt, Utah. Alex was injured Wednesday in an automobile accident near Myton, in eastern Utah. He was on his way home after being dis charged at Bremerton, Wash., and police said he had hitch hiked a ride in a truck. The vehicle overturned after being involved in a collision with an other truck. Martin Rosenstein arrived in Salt Lake City this morning, only to learn that his brother already was dead. Hotel Remodeling Approved By CPA PORTLAND, May 24 (IP) A $150,000 addition to St. Mary's academy, Portland, and $100,000 remodeling of the fire-razed May flower hotel into offices and stores had civilian production ad ministration approval today. The district committee also approved a $40,000 agriculture and industrial arts shop for Cor vallis schools; a $35,000 Menno nite old people's home in Linn county; a $30,000 bakery for H. R. Borthwell, Pendleton, and a $12,000 Lebanon Nut Growers' Co-operative building. Two Salem aDDlications denied were a $16,000 market by Elmer 1 O. Berg, and a $30,000 L. L. Balch store addition. Newspapers Slash Advertising Space By The Associated Press Some newspapers eliminated virtually all advertising from their pages today (Friday) and five Scripps-Howard papers an nounced plans to do likewise in a move to conserve newsprint during the rail and coal strikes. Papers eliminating advertising were the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the Birmingham, Ala., after noon News and the morning Age Herald, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Toledo, O., Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the St. Louis Star-Times and the Wash ington Star. DANCE Saturday Night K. C. HALL Sponsored by Townsend Club Modern and Old Tim Dancing 9i00 'til 1:00 Men SOe Ladies SOo Rooms -TOOK Klamath Lumber Industry Hit Mills and camps in the Klam ath basin today felt the effect of the nationwide rail strike. Shipping departments in sev eral of the larger plants were closed, and a number of camps were down as were logging oper ations. One of the mills said that their plant would continue to run as long as logs were in the pond and shipping would be car ried out as much as possible by trucking. A big operation here advised that if the rail strike continues it might be possible to keep the plant going "seven to 10 days." Hirohito Advocates 'Self Help' Policy TOKYO, May 24 (A") Em peror Hirohito, in an unprece dented broadcast, today urged his 73,000,000 people to help eacn other tnrougn tne nation s food crisis but made it plain tnat ne expects prompt action by Premier Shlgeru Yoshida's new government. Two hours later, Yoshlda echoed his emperor's words that Japan must adopt ' a self help policy. Yoshida added, in an 18 minute press conference, that he had picked the best man avail able for the food Job, Hiro Wadabn, as minister of agricul ture. We Deliver Anything Phone 7423. HOTELS OSBORN HOLLAND EUGENE ORE. MFDFOaD Thoroughly Modern Mr. t Mn. I. E. Earltr ant Jat Erlr PraprltUrf David H. Goehring Dentist Practice limited to Prosthesis and Extractions Full Plates Partial Plates Removable Bridgework 307 A.ED.-DENT. BLDG. Telephone, 5283 Cabin Second Man In Critical Condition (Continued from Tugo One) Lnpliam, then hit him in tho stomach with his fist. Harris said then that he fired the piKtol, "trying to put five or six" shuts Into Ainsworth. Ainsworth was also mii'stloned by police and ho said that he went out to Mrs. Lapliuiu's cabin to see her about cooking a mciil for him and found lluirls there. They argued for a while in the cabin, then stepped into the woodshed. Hums, Ainsworth said, pulled the pistol and shot him, then Ainsworth pulled his knife and tho two men leaned to gether lii combat. Two bullets, Ainsworth said, struck his body before he swung his knife. At poliit-bluiik rungu Harris fired the rest of the shots, Ainsworth charged. A gn.ih 1 1 inches long was cut in Harris' abdomen and his throat was cut. He staggered away, bleeding, toward the house, and In the yard they grappled again. Ainsworth get ting the pistol, Mrs. Lapham teaUfled. Bloody Trail Police could follow the trull out of the shed by bloodstains. Harris walked onto the bnck porch of the Avalon rooms, In to a bedroom and lay down on the bed police observed as they gathered facts. He lay there for a moment then apparently gut up and went into a kitchen and sat down on a chair between a table and the stove, then crumpled over. He was found there. Ainsworth cut across the yard heading toward town and col lapsed on the sidewalk where he was found, still conscious. He had the pistol and knife In his hand, officers said. City police received the call to investigate a man lying on the sidewalk and found Ains worth, then located Harris in tho house. Both men were rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Mrs. Georgia Fisher, operator of Avalon room, was not at home while the fight was going on and arrived after the police. When told what had happened she became hysterical. The gun Harris had belonged to her, Mrs. Fisher told police. It was to her bedroom and kitchen he went. The bed and rooms were blood-spattered. Fight Started in 8hed Harris' first statement to police was that he was lying on the bed when Ainsworth came in and stabbed him, and that he reached up on a table and got the gun, but Mrs. Lapham, the only wit ness, said that the fight started in the shed, and the trail ot blond from the shed into the house nullified Harris' statement. Mrs. Lapham denied that the men were fighting over her. Officials suid today that they were continuing their Investiga tion to determine who was the aggressor in the fight and thnt there was as yet no grounds for a charge against Ainsworth. Ainsworth is originally from Apple Springs, Tex., and is an itinerant laborer. He has been in Klamath Falls off and on since 1936, and claims to be a World War I veteran. He has lived at the Avalon rooms only a few weeks. Harris was also a casual work er and hat been In Klamath Falls for several years. He Is said to have been In trouble with police here before. Curiosity Kills Cat SEATTLE, May 24 (IP) Curiosity killed a cat and blacked out part of Seattle's downtown area for two min utes shortly after 1 a. m to day. The cat shorted a main transformer and wos killed by 4400 volts of city light de partment current. YOU CAN BE SURE Ht. Jotoph mennl ffiiarno ti-ecl quality nwl economy. Domfind Ht. Joaoph Aspirin, world'i UrgMt tcllor at 101. ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT to buy your Northwest Chemurgy Co-op stock and assure construction of a Klamath Basin Starch and Glucose POTATO FACTORY Have You Seen Your Banker? Klamath Potato Growers Assn. - Tulelake Growers SBAI.D A NEWS. Sliallk '"a. ' United May Open Line This Year (Continued from I'uge One) Washington, D. C. before the civil aeronautics board Itself, took placo In October. IH4S. Cornell and Hitchcock Appear Tho chamber of commerce, with some financial aNslsiuncu from the city and county, sent Miirsliiill K. Cornell and IMill Hitchcock to appear before CAU and they presented in person a brief prepared by Charles H. Shirk, manager ot tho Kluiuiitli County chamber of commerce, and also gave supplemental oral testimony at the hearing. Finn rciHirts from senators and congressmen were received fol lowing Hitchcock's presentation of testimony. Final step In obtaining the main line service cam hero Thursday when It was announced that United Air Lines would come Into Klamath Falls. Jack Main, secretary of the Luke County chamber ot com merce, said today that he con gratulated Klamath Falls on obtaining main Hue service, in asmuch as It cuts distance ap proximately one -half between Lakovlew and now existing air points. Main said thut it appeared to day as If Lakeview was to be denied a feeder line service. Portland Reports Bus Travel Jump PORTLAND, May 24 (P) The Central Bus terminal re ported only slightly larger than normal numbers of ticket-seekers this morning after a 35 per cent Jump In bus travel last night shortly after the rail strike became effective. Lines reported that addition al buses could be put on their routes If necessary, boosting ca pacity approximately 25 per cent. Classified Ads Bring ReeulU. from KLAMATH PALLS Noariinoi'ND Baf Salvm rlllni Kltinalh Fall i 1 n. m, I MS. Ml. .. lllt. n. IlliS-m. M)i.. 1:11 . m. MmllfS Srhta.l.i SOI TIIBOI NO S:tl. . !. B IS HI. U-11 M. II.M . Mi !MI . M. !. B. LlaallaS BcbaSaWa AaklasS - HaSlaiS . Baiaaarf Craaeanl tllr l laa.aa. la a. sa. Afaal. 1. K. Sarra Klamalk raaaa Mil Ladies! Join Now! WOMEN'S FLYING CLUB Now being organized. Several member ships now available. 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