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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Grade Schools
Begin Vacation
School kids, dressed In finery ,
and carrying gifts to teacher,
trudged into seven elementary
school ul the city at 1 o'clock ;.
today ending the school year.
In most schools assemblies 1
were held, there was a brief
program, letters were distributed
to the young fry who have
turned out for various athletic
events, and then the youngsters
returned to their room to learn
the falul news of "passing or
falling."
Enrollment In the city
schools, Idlest figures, gave at
tendance at 2l'i'l, according to
Superintendent A, L. Uralepu
office.
County schools are closing
tills year on various (lutes it -.
pending whether or nut tho
schuola were closed to purllii
pute ill the full ikiIuIi) luirvusl.
OPA Puts Ceiling
On White Potatoes
Tli.. Kliiiiiulh Fulls office of
Hut )PA tills iiinrtilnu rcccivnl ;
won! from the district office
Hint celling prices were bn-
fuia.l on wtlltn iMltutoeS. both
old and new, and retailers will
compute their prices in accord ;
auce with OPA regulations No '
422 and No. 423.
Potato Jobbers will compute ,
their prices fur the month o'J
May In accordance with HMPI
271 t'nr further information. In ¬
terested persons are asked lo
cull the locul OPA office.
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