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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1946)
4 i. Tourists From All Over Nation Flock i To Crater I By JOY BIGGS Visitor continued to pour into Jratcr Luke national park 'Thursday by the hundred, flock Hug over tno huge snowbanks, armed with all manner of cam eras. i Car licenses from Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. ' Washington and Arizona, with .five California plate to every one from Oregon, were in evi dence at the snow-packed rim of J the lake. I Perfect weather brought the (women out in shorts and ban ttanns and melted the snow in "last rivulets down the center of ;the road, making it advisable to .wear galoshes or sturdy boots. .Some trails are open for short - ,j . ... .1 . i. . .j yuiatauics aiiu iiicnv wviv uunv tt'd with eager hikers. ' Bears, deer, chipmunks, squir- jrcls ana porcupines are out of winter, hibernation now and a fox has been seen near the Rim lodge. I Eutirn Journalists Among visitors Thursday were dick and Grace Fouard, news 'writers and photographers on assignment for the Philadelphia Enquirer, gathering material for 'an article to appear in early jAugust. J E. P. Leavilt, park superin tendent and his wife moved into their home above park headquar ters Wednesday. i Cabins at the rim village will not be available for visitors un Jul after July 1, according to .Charles W. Fyock, business man- ragcr of the park resort, due to 'still heavy snow in the area. A Jsnowplow and bulldozer were l&iaimu wuinuig un lis removal Thursday afternoon but the snow is packed and heavy and over 1 on f.w,t w ...... v.... ...ill Record Crowds Reservations for accommoda tions at the rim are being re ceived at the rate of from 40 tto 60 per day. indicatine that the record opening crowd this I JL"' huuiumc in mc same tvolume during the season. Res- ervations are being made now 'for as far ahead as September, i Fyock stated, and said every ac- commodation has been taken for July 4. J The working crew which went , up the first of June to open the resort after its four-year clos ure, labored under handicap 'with spasmodic lighting from a s small generator, using wood for j cooking during the first two weeks. J Oil burners are installed in the kitchen now and the Chinese t families of Lee and Chinn from Portland, are in charge of this J department. The staff at the lodge is still short the usual t number to' offer the best ser- vice, Fyock said, and he will ,welcome applications from col .lege students and veterans for r summer worst at the rim. ! Vandals Smash 'Store Windows J,w- E- Lundman. owner of , Wes place, 222 E. Main, report it ed to city police this morning j that some time after closing , time last night someone hurled ,. beer bottles through two of his p front windows. ; He closed up about 9:30 last night and discovered the van t dalisrn this morning. J Dean George and Gilbert Cop- perfield, Indians doing time as irusues in tne city jail on drunk counts, walked away this mora Sing. c Six drunks appeared in police r court . this morning and one aniK posted bail. Fourteen k, traffic tickets were paid. 'Summer Arrives With Heat Wave J Today is the first day of sum fmer, according to the calendar, a and the weather made it a grand premiere, with the temperature soaring to 80 degrees at 12:30 . p. m. to 80 degrees not as hot as June 20, the temperature today J was making itself felt. I By early afternoon, the heat was decreasing, and. according to the weather bureau, indica- tions were that the clouds roll c ing in from the south would keep it going down. Yesterday was high for the year, with 89 J as the maximum, OPA Increases Plumbers' Fees x Shop charges by local master plumbers went up 25 cents an hour today. The plumbers association re- ceived word from Portland OPA office permitting the increase, which makes the charge to cus tomers $2.75 an hour. About a year ago, OPA forced the charge Jdown to $2.50, but has jacked it back up again. PHOTOS Taken In Your Home. Children, Groups, Weddings. Commercial Work BUD'S 1031 Main Phone 3586 SEE! Wards Advertisement of Scarce Mdse. On Back Paqe Lake For Peacetime Frolic Altar Brothers George M. Deppen (left). 23, and James E. Dickinson. 21, decided to do things up right after a 19-year- separation they married sisters. Mrs. Deppen. 18, the former Evelyn Lancaster, smiles at her new husband (foreground) while Dickinson and his new bride, the former Doris Jeanne Lancaster, 21. look on. AP wtrephoto. Baruch Takes Firm Stand Against Russian Proposal To Retain Veto On Atoms NEW YORK. June 21. (P i that the" United States would not Backed up by President Tru- man's reaffirmation of American policy. Bernard M. Baruch and his advisors in the United Na tions atomic commission main tained a firm stand today against Russia's move to retain the veto power in relation to world con trol of atomic energy. The Dresident's statement in Washington yesterday re- emphasized Baruch's pronounce ment 10 tne council last week Severe Storm Hits Medf ord MEDFORD, June 21 VP) A severe electrical storm struck this region last night, starting six small forest fires in the Applegate district, damaging power line transformers and burning barn. Thirty-five men are fiehtins i the forest fires, the Rogue River national fnracf ttir-t I -w - v..,b IEJJU.ICU. I The California Orpenn Pnnw : comnanv rennrtoH that rfomono to transformers and fuses was ! more extensive than in any storm for several years. Walter Woodridge's barn was struck by lightning, a cow was killed and he was pinned under it in the blazing structure, his cattle sjampeded around jn am bulance driver, his house caught ure ana ne wound up in the hospital. This is the story of his hectic night: Woodridge. 59-year-old farm er, was in the barn milking a cow last night when lightning struck the building. The cow was killed and it toppled over on him, knocking him uncon scious. Mrs. Woodridge saw the lightning flash and the barn roof start to blaze, and hurried to the barn where she was able to pull her husband from be neath the cow and drag him into the barnyard. An ambulance was called and as the driver and a neighbor were lifting Woodridge, the barn went up in a sudden "whoosh" of flame and flying embers, frightening cattle in the barnyard. They stampeded past the ambulance threatening but not hitting the eroun aiding Woodridge. men the house caught fire. Neighbors put out the flames as Woodridge. aDDarentlv not seri. ou&ly injured, reached the hospi tal. Siskiyou High School Awards Bus Contract TULELAKE. Calif.. Juno 51 W. C. Fensler has been awarded the contract for school bus oper ation in the Tulelake area for a five-year period. Fensler, who has operated the bus system for the last 13 years, will run two buses over a route totaling 140 miles, transporting 200 students. Dick and Jack Fensler. just home from the ser vice, will drive the buses. . The contract was awarded by the Siskiyou union high school district board. . SIMPSON'S PET SHOP Virginia Slmpioa Bird Sptclalilt CinarUs 9 Dogs Goldfish 0 Aquariums RtrntiitB Collars Lcubit Ten Sp'att'i ant Uirli ML Fradocli MURPHEY'S SEED STORE Ml Klamalk rbn 1111 Foursome - -.-r .r- - T T Tl IH up ;) mi up yield atomic secrets to a world pool or dispose of her bombs un. der treaty provisions unless the VCHJ 19 UlMJillUCU Oil aiUIIUC CUlf trot matters. . Mr. Truman commented that the Baruch proposals had his en dorsement and said the American plan and that of Russia present ed as a suostitute will be sub jects of negotiation which may lead to agreement. He empha sizes tne word "may. With the atomic commission in recess until next Tuesday aiternoon. Baruch and his ad' visors gave their closest scrutiny to the Russian plan submitted oy soviet Delegate Andrei A, Uromyko two days ago. They were concerned oarticul arly with. Gromyko's insistence on keeping the Big Five powers it tjussessiuii ui meir veto ana the absence in the Russian plan of any provision for an inter national authority to search in dividual countries for evidence of atomic developments that mieht become dannrnu The Baruch plan envisions a vtrtnallv ....uaii.v ailtVilUIIIUUa I J 1 IC1 1 1 tl' tional atomic develoDment au thority which would be armed witn unprecedented powers of search, seizure and punishment. ine nussian sunstitntp wnn h leave authority with the security council, operating with the veto ever posed so that one Big Five power could stop any restrictive action against a potential atomic aggressor, and would provide som-uuns as international punish, ment. While Baruch proposed an in ternational law "with teeth in il" to punish violators, the Russian plan would have individual na tions enact legislation providing puiii&iuneill ior V1013' tions. ' A long series of negotiations ana discussions was fore- snaaowea. nowever. and a pro- iuiiriii 01 me American plan DOlnted OUt that- the nrnnnsorl Russian convention would have to pass muster with the security council and be ratified hv half the nations of the world before it couia Decome effective. After all, we have the oomos, tnis proponent added. Reactivation Asked For Vanport Housing PORTLAND. June 21 im - Anticipating a flood of veterans at Vanport college next fall, the ruriiana nousmg authority has asked the national housing agency to reactivate 618 hous ing units at Vanport City The units are among 1484 re cently ordered dismantled. The state board of higher education said enrollment, about 500 this summer, may reach 1000 tn 2000 for fall and winter terms. Union Pacific Tests Two-Way Train Radio LA GRANDE. Ore.. Jimp 21 (If) Two-way radio communica tion for traih crews is being tested by the Union Pacific rail road between La Grande nnrf Huntington.. E. R. Van Eaton, the road's superintendent o f tnlecranh said communication between moving trains, trains and sta tions, and between the engine and caboose is undergoing tests with two types of transmission used. One tVDe. ha said. I nrHlnnru high frequency transmission with a range up to 15 miles. The other is Induction by which the signals are transmitted from the train or station, carried along existing telegraph wire parallel ling the tracks, and picked up by receivers up to 40 miles dis tant. A calorie is the unit of heat required to raise the tempera ture of one gram of water one degree Centigrade. (Continued from Pag One) are apt to be harmful to the Gambling is an example. Ex ccpt in Nevada, laws against gambling are . rather general. But there is hardly town in America or anywhere else in the world, for that matter where gambling isn't done from time to timo by people who art otherwise quite law-abiding. CALIFORNIA has a gambling problem at the moment. Wicked persons are fitting up a ship to be anchored offshore whore people may come to take a chance with Lady Luck, The authorities announce that they arc determined to stop it but they don't know just how. Governor Warren has an In teresting idea. He suggests that persons returning by water taxi from the gambling ship (the S.S. Lux) might be placed un der quarantine and forced to submit to examinations to de termine if they were carrying any communicable disease, One has a pious idea that blood tests would prove that they are all afflicted with gambling fever. Which is high ly communicable. Planes Carry Freight Cargo LOS ANGELES, June 21 The post-war air age, with vi sions of flying boxcars, began to come true for over 30 cities in the west today as Western Air Lines inaugurated daily a 1 r freight service from cities along 4000 miles of routes in nine states. The airline operates in California, Nevada, Colorado, etc. - The new cargo service means that local merchants and ship pers in western cities can now tly merchandise, foodstuffs, me chanical equipment and other essentials by air to most points in the U. S. for as low as 21 cents per ton mile. Throuch a cooDerative ar rangement between Western Air and other major airlines, direct shipments can now bo made to points in 22 states Later pooling of resources will enable Western Air to extend the service to every major point in the entire United States, offi cials of the airline said. Officials explained that the new air freight service differs from existing forms of air cargo in that it costs approximately half as much and is designed for heavier shipments, twenty five pounds being the minimum. Storm Grounds -Klamath Trio. Phil Hitchcock, Marshall Cor nett and John Houston were grounded at Redmond today on their return trip by air from Portland, where they had been on a civic mission. The three men flew to Port land in a new Stinson 150, pilot ed by Phil Hitchcock, to present Klamath's case before the Port land chamber of commerce on the Western Airlines hearings. The Klamath trio, who landed in Redmond last night, are held down by electric storms and gen erally stormy conditions, but are expected to arrive in Klamath sometime today or tonight. Newspaper Workers Battle Tokyo Police TOKYO. June 21 (PI Me- chanical and editorial workers of the newspage Yomiuri fought 13 police for an hour today when the officers appeared to arrest six employes who ignored orders of dismissal. The police, armed with staves. finally emerged with two of the six employes and took into cus tody 56 other workers, most of mem from the mechanical de partment. Police acted on comDlaint nf Tsunego Baba, company presi dent, who accused the six of coloring the news with their political opinions. Chief Editor Tomin Suzuki, one of the six. was away at the time covering the international war crimes trials. Naval Supply Bill Hits At Idleness WASHINGTON. June 21 IPi A $4,100,009,i00 navy supply bill received senate approval to day including a clause aimed at workers idleness in navv vards and plants. it now goes back to the house for action on this clause and on amendments trimming $39,708, 900 from the house-approved to tal. Despite the senate cuts, the amount it left is $334,610,000 more than the budget bureau estimated the sea service will need during the fiscal year be ginning July 1. Library Association To Install Officers BUFFALO. N. Y.. June 21 UPl Miss Mary U. Rothrock, Knox ville, Tcnn., new president of the American Library associa tion, will be installed tonight, Other officers Include: Paul North Rice. New York City, first vice president and president-elect, and Nell Unger, Portland, Ore., second vice presi dent. The association is holdine its 65th annual conference here. Classified Ads Bring Results. 1 Many Want VRA Center Facilities TULELAKE. June 21 Re quests of many groups and in dividuals for housing and other facilities at the former WKA center at Tulelake were record ed at a meeting held here lust night on the enso of Olney Kudd, past commander of the Ainer lean Legion. The desires of tho local groups were handed to the reclamation bureau, which cur rently has custody of the big in stallation. Tulelake Growers, and Mer rill. Mulin and Tuleluke Interests were represented at the meet ing. The Modoc (arm bureau asked for the freezer plant and slaugh ter house to be used for com munity purposes. Klur.iiilh Basin Co-op reports its desire for storage facilities. Tho Joint veterans' council of this area emphasized the need for using some of the housing at the camp for housing of veter ans and their families. Farmers made requests for In dividual housing and urged the need for facilities for transient labor. Schools, churches and recrea tion groups applied for some of the housing and materials. The VFW as well as the Amer ican Legion was represented at the session, and E. L. Stephens, reclamation bureau superin tendent, was present to discussion. The reqursts tto to i the bureau and federul housinu Court Hears Solons Case SALEM, June 21 IrP) Circuit Judge George Duncan todav heard arguments in the suit Drought py Marion County Dis trict Attorney Miller B. Haydcn to prevent three state legislators from serving on state boards and commissions. The suits are directed asainst State Sen. Merle Chessman. As toria, a state highwav commis sioner; State Sen. W. H. Strayer, Baker, member of the state board of geology and mineral industries, and State Rep. Earl H. Hill, Cushman, Lane county, a state iisn commissioner. Hayden contended that, be cause of the constitutional pro vision against any man serving in more than one branch of the state government, the three men are not entitled to hold dual jobs. He said that they had no right to accept appointment to the boards and commissions without resigning from the legis lature. Attorneys for the three men. who "are from the stato attorney general's office, contended that they no longer are members of the legislature, their acceptance of the appointment to the boards and commissions having auto matically been a resignation from the legislature. Senate Confirms Clark Promotion WASHINGTON, June 21 lP) Mark W. Clark's permanent pro motion to major general won senate approval late yesterday despite criticism of his abortive attempts to force a crossing of the Rapido river in Italy in 1944. Senator C o n n a 1 1 y (D-Tcx) cabled his opposition from Paris and Senator O'Daniel (D-Tcx) registered his disapproval on the floor before the senate's voice vote action. ' The Texas senators based their protests on contentions by sol diers of the 36th division com posed mainly of men from their statethat Clark used poor judg ment and wasted lives in futile smashes against strong German positions along the Rapido, Senator Pepper (D-Fla), said Clark, now top-ranking U. S. officer in occupied Austria, was doing "an excelent Job", there. Statue Of Liberty To Get New Paint NEW YORK, June 21 lP) The Statue of Liberty is going to get a new green inner point coat for her 60th birthday this fall. Revealing that a refurbishing program -was planned for the national monument. Charles S. Marshall, national parks super intendent on Bedloe's island, also announced that the statue's interior from top to bottom is to be fenced off with wire to prevent visitors, especially girls , ana women, from scrawling lip stick inscriptions in that area. Marshall said the number of visitors coming to the island now was 10 per cent ahead of 1945 when 504,000 visitors set a record. Disabled Veterans Drive For Members PENDLETON, June 21 W Over 100,000 members are now affiliated with disabled Amer ican veterans nationally and a goal of 150,000 is expected by the time the organization holds its 25th national convention In Portland next September, Dow V. Walker, Newport, national commander said here today. He announced that President Truman may attend the Port land meeting. Walker said the DAV was working particularly for devel opment of an employment pro gram for disabled veterans, with about 1,500,000 veterans of World War II In this category. Nebraska's largest industry Is meat packing, followed by dairy products and flour milling, Beaver Paddles Down East Main What wuulil you do if you saw an amphibious rodent of the genus '"Castor" puddling off down East Main at inkl nightr Well, Bill Voting, night muii at Ernio llrldgcr's service sta tion, 1203 Main, is still talking about full grown beaver, as they are more cummonly culled, sitting nut under the floodlights at the left of tho station about midnight, Junu 18. When Dill came out, the beaver, evidently deciding tho spot was too crowded, gut up and sturted puddling down tho middle of Bust Mulii, toward the armory. It was never seen agnln. '"Maybe he figured he need ed a refuel," commented Bridger. Callrnr trinlr th Hi,.. A ....... more than 100,000 Americans In iu:tf. 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