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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1946)
U Wraips Head ieitaraiM I Pi Tf!Tr--r-i" -ni-nnnn vuajuu. -. IT f!ii:a ' 1 By FRANK JENKINS (AN thu world front today, there Is turmoil. Keep this fact In mind, how ever: Turmoil and conflict are now, whk'lt specializes In the jouunl, Tho common, ovoryduv routine of making a living iul dom gets into the blu headlines. Tlml is Just plain huinun im lure. FR example: ThU tutun fin anv other w town) will o (long peacefully mid placidly on o not iimmur duy, with everybody busy ut his Jul)', and nobody paying any par ticular attention to what U hap pening. Iltil Jn-rt let n dog f lht start , in the ml'inie of Main street. ' IMMEDIATELY everybody will be up on hid torn and In lerrnled and exulted,. After the dun fight I over, we'll all be iIIm-umIiik Jt, commenting on tt which diU started It, which got I the wornfof It, etc. THIS la the point: Tho dog fight on Muln street la an INCIUKNT an Innlgnlf leant, unimportant Incident. The llve of the town's renldcnlii will be affected by It very illghtly, If at all. It l tho routine, evory duy Job of making I living and getting ahead in the world that COUNTS. But It la the dog fight thut crcatea the atlr, SO don't bo too grrotly Im pressed (and DEPRESSED) by tho turmoil that la reflected In the new of the world. It la not wholly unlike tho dog fight on Muln atreet. It geta attention out of all pro portion to it real significance. f"OWN In Loa Angclea (where all the screwballs aeem to congregate) Claude llnxler start rd on 100-day fast 84 daya ago. Ida professed purpoao wax to at tract contributions to a relief fund for the world's hungry peoples. Last night he broke down, took a glaM of milk and went to bed. It appcara (according to hi wife, who wont ahead and made the living while Claude waa on hlj fnt) that In tho 84 daya while he went hungry for hi good caitan he lost 43 pounds and collected a total of $58.85 for the world'a underprivileged and underfed. TT I another cane, of course, of 7 1 MISDIRECTED energy.- -I tins Baxter person nad hired out as a common laborer and SAVED HIS MONEY (while his wife wg making the living) he could huvo fed a LOT more pco plo in atarvlng Europe or clso where. A NANKING (China) dispatch aya: ' "CIiiiicJI eommunlat.i, reject ing Chiang Kal-ahek'a peace pro gram (which, ono guesses, la poisoned considerably by self interest) today atepped up their assault in tho north and turned their verbal fire upon General Marshall, U. S. pone envoy." (Cussing him out, the com munist newspaper, Emancipation Dully, miya: "MarahiiU Is not abovo blamo for tho failure to ccaso hoiftllitica in China.") MAYBE not. Still, General Marshall has been advising pence. Chiang and tho com munists have been refusing to accept his advice. If they HAD accepted It and had stopped fighting and gnnceto work, nuiklng things and grow ing food, building up their coun try instead of tearing it down, they would all be a lot farther ahead at the end of ten years, and there would be fur fewor atarvlng Chinese. Another case of misdirected energy. Dairies In Portland Run Out Of Bottles PORTLAND, Aug. 15 (!') Portland milk distributors are running out of bottles. J, L. Skinner, president of the Distributors' association, said that unless bottles nre returned, deliveries may havo to be re stricted to those who supply the empties. Turkey Balks On Bipartite Control Over Dardanelles ANKARA, Aug. 14 (Delayed) (!) Promlcr Recep Pekci de clnrcd today tlmt Turkey whs willing to consider Russian de sires for revision of the status of The Diircliinellus, but only in consultation with nil the notions which signed tho Monlrcux con vention in 1930. "This !s nn unchangeable point," the new premier de clared In an address to tho na tional assembly outlining Tur key's position with respect to Soviet proposals for a new con vention which would bo formu lated by the Black sea powers tind which would chargo Russia and Turkey Jointly with de fense of the strategic straits. Turkey Is loyal to hor inter national agreements and we hold above everything else the Integrity and sovereignty of our nation,' Peker Bind. ,"Tho Turk ish government has made a nolo of Soviet demands and la ready to study tho 1036 Moiitrcux treaty with interested countries. "Turkey considers tho straits CPA Denies Application For New Jail Tho civilian production admin istration review board in Port laud has turned thumbs down on an application from Khmath rails lor permission to con struct the proposed county-city Jnll and law enforcement build ing. Tim Jail commission had re quested CPA Issue a permit al lowing up to a quurier-niiiiion dollars to bo spent for a three story Jutl building to be used by both city and county. The jail would havo been built on Klam ath between 2nd and 3rd. A member of the lull con. mis sion this morning said thut they would have to wait until a re port of the rejection was re ceived from CPA, giving reuaons why the application waa turned down, and then probubly make re-uppllcutlon. Approval of the CPA must be obtained In order to get priority on niaterlula, and the rejection may be bused on shortages of high-grade niaterlula such us are necessary for a building such as the ono proposed. The county and city have act aside 1 50.000 for the combina tion building, the pluns have been drawn and ready for bids, but members of the commission feel thut bids would bo fur abovo tne $150,000 estimate. Trailer Camp In Fade-Out The war-born federal housing administration trailer camp on Washburn way is scheduled to begin fading out of Klamath Falls Sunday, the trailer houses going to La Grande to become homes for students of Eastern Oregon College of Education. C. A. Hayden, supervisor of the housing project, said that he had received word from Loa An geles that trucks would be here Sunday to start moving the trailers out. There are 54 dwelling quar ters in the colony, and four util ity buildings, and at times in the past two years have housed a great many servicemen and war workers. The trailers were brought here In July, 1044, about the time the - Marine Barracks opened and Klamath Falls had an influx of , servicemen and their fam ilies. Tho cblbny was known as tile Sliasta View trailer camp. Since the end of the wnr there has been a diminishing demand for tho units as occupants moved Into other federal noos ing projects or found living quarters elsewhere, and In March tiicy wcro taken oil tlio mil market. Persons living in the trailers In March were allowed to stay on and the last resident moved out lask week. VFWToOpen Pageant Room The Veterans of Foreign Wars Centennial Hitching Post will be the gathering place for Klamath visitors and residents during tho Centennial celebration, August 22, 23 and 24. The VFW Peli can post 1383 will open Its head quarters on luumain between Mil and 8th as a rest spot and fun center during the afternoons of the three days from noon to 8 p. m. The Hitching Post, which Is directly across from tlic city li brary, is to be decorated in keep ing with the spirit of the period of 1846. Soft drinks and sand wiches will be served by the auxiliary of the VFW and other concessions and entortHinment will probably be added as the program takes shape. During the three evenings there will be dancing, with music provided by George Jennings and his Dunce Masters. Old- time music will bo featured. Walter Thompson is In charge of the project for the VFW and will welcome any idens thai will lend to the fun and enjoyment oi tne visitors, tie may be reached by calling 7488. question one for international consultation within tho frame work of the Monlrcux conven tion to which she and eight other nations, Including Russia, are signatories. She ha ex pressed her willingness to revise the convention to present day needs, but only through agree ment with the Montreux na tions." The other parties to the Mon treux conventions ore Bulgaria, Franco, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Romania and Yugoslavia, Military control of the straits Is now vested solely In Turkey, Poker devoted part of his ad dress to a discussion of bud getary problems, during which he emphasized the fully mobil ized status of tho Turkish army and added: "Wo consider It our main duty to keep the army ready bv air, land or any other means to de fend tho honor and security of the st nte. The Turkish state stands on duty." A ,1" House Group Cites Fields In Contempt WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 W) The house surplus property com mittee toduy cited contract broker Benjamin F. Field for contempt. Tho committee aaid In an order filed on ita records that Fields was "wilful and contemp tuous" in refusing to produce records of his dealings in surplus war goods. Tho case now will be referred to House Speaker Rayburn (D Tex.), who may refer It In turn to the U. S. attorney for the Dis trict of Columbia for possible grand Jury action. If the grand Jury should find that Fields showed contempt, he would be charged and subject to trial. Conviction would entail a fiosslble fine of $1000 or a year n lull, or both. The portly contract broker, who dlsrcgurdod three commit tee requests for the documents yesterday, told the legislators he has supplied all the data he can find. Preparing Record He added that he Is preparing a detailed record of his surplus property transactions as request ed by Rep. Rlzley (R-Okla.) Fields also toid the committee he could not remember any de tails of a telephone convention he had last night with a former associate, John Brunner, whom he previously has identified as one of two "John Does" to whom ho gave a share of his profit on a sale of wire screening. Fields testified he talked by telephone to Brunner In New York late yesterday but when asked what they discussed he said: "I don't remember. I Just couldn't say." "Brunner la a parolee from a federal institution, is he not?" Slaughter asked. "I don't know whether he Is or not, - Fields replied. "He was?" "I believe ha Wheat To Feel Car Shortage WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (JP Railroad and government trans portation officials have notified Senator Young (R-N.D.) that an extreme shortage of freight cars exists and movement of the prospective record wheat crop will be affected accordingly. Young decided to conduct a survey of the situation and re plies he released today unani mously agree that the north west states face a problem In getting their huge grain crop moved. Claude R. Por.tcr. acting chairman of the interstate com merce commission, said the de mand for freight cars was "un paralleled In the history" of the nation and one railroad official pointed to boxcar loadings one week in July as setting the rec ord of any week exceeding even wartime peaks. F. J. Gavin, president of the Great Northern railway, assert ed: i "This boxcar shortage Is gen eral all over the country and it will be very difficult for other lines to furnish us with additional cars." ' Baseball Scores NATIONAL R Ii E Philadelphia ....15 19 1 Boston 11 14 5 Schunz, Mauney (7), Donnelly (7) , Karl (0) and Semlnlck; Wright, Poscdel (1), Barrett (3), Johnson (5), Wallace (7), Sain (8) , White (8), and Padgct. (First game.) R H E Cincinnati 9 ' 13' 0 Chicago 3 9 1 Beggs and Mueller: Erlckson, Kush (). Olsen (0) and Living ston. (First game.) R. H. E. New York 1 3 2 Brooklyn 7 8 1 Koslo, Abernathy (4), Kruus (8) and Cooper; Higbe, Herring (9) and Edwards. AMERICAN R H E Washington l' 6 1 New York 6 12 0 Haefncr and Evans; Wight, Pago (7) and Robinson, Niurhos (9). (First game.) R. H. E. Boston 3 6 0 Philadelphia 5 7 2 Dobson, Kllnge" (8) and Par tec; Kncrr and U t-if. Pageant Calendar Friday, Aug. 16, children's dance rehearsal, 10 a. m., at the fairgrounds. Busses will leave Roosevelt school at 9:30 a. m. Episode 6 will rehearse at the fairgrounds at 8 p. m., Friday, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST t V Lc r ira.MMM i if I, n i)tm , mmm , -, This picture of a portion of Klamath Falls and tha hills back of Pacific Terrace shows the approximate location of tha Beaumont aita, chosen for tha veterans administration hospital to be built here. The lines were roughly drawn and are not exact, but give a ganaral idea of the location of tha 200-bed Institution to rlsa in this city. Over 3 Million Available For Vet Hospital Cost PORTLAND, Aug. 15 M" The Portland office of the vet erans' administration reported today that the 200-bed veterans' hospital to be built at Klamath Falls will be financed by an or iginal appropriation of $3,002,347 plus money from a deficiency appropriation. Although no estimate Is available as to the probable cost of the hospital, a 300-bed Seattle hospital originally estimated at $3,351,000, now is expected to cost about $5,000,000. The VA said that tho Klanv -' ath Falls project now is in the hands of the army engineers but starting date for construc tion Is not known here. Manager Charles R. Stark of the Klamath County chamber of commerce, who prepared, a brief for the veterans' adminis tration in connection with the veterans' hospital location here, today expressed warm satisfac tion over the conclusive an nouncement that the institution is coming to Klamath Falls. Stark said the decision con firms the contention of local groups and of the brief that this community is well situat ed as location of a hospital to serve veterans of the southern Oregon-northern California re gion. Stark's brief was present ed to Gen. Omar N. Bradley, head of VA, at Washington, by Senator Marshall Cornctt. The Beaumont site, which lies back of Pacific Terrace near the end of Melrose street, was obviously favored by the site board when It was here, ac cording to City Engineer E. A. Thomas, who accompanied the board on its local tours in or der to provide information ask ed of him. It is understood that an ap praisal board will be chosen to determine how much will be paid for the 16-acre site, which is owned by Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. How ard Pcrrin. Jackson Expects To Rejoin Court WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (in justice Robert H. Jackson said after a White House call today he expects to be present when the supreme court next meets on the first Monday In October. That was his reply when asked whether he plans to resume his normal work on the bench. Jackson saw President Tru man for the first time since re turning from the nazi war guilt trials at Nuernberg. He had nothing whatever to say as to whether his discussion with Mr. Truman today covered the public criticism he directed In June at his fellow associate, Justice Hugo L. Black. . Pageant 'Oxen' Wander Off According to the history books, the pioneers on the Oregon trail a hundred years ago had a heck of a time with their oxen wan dering away, and now the mo dern pioneers who aro re-enacting the lives and times of the early settlers are having the same kind of trouble. Two Holstcln steers, which Centennial workers are figuring on passing off as a pair of his toric oxen in one of the pageant acts, have wandered away from the fairgrounds. The steers disappeared Tues day night when someone left Approximate Location Of Hospital Site 1 ,mmm,m,jf KnnjAdams To Be Queen Fanny Adams, descendant of the prominent Klamath pioneer, J. Frank Adams, has been select ed to rule the Centennial pageant and festivities as the Lady of Mazama. Fanny, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Adams of Hatfield, will preside at all Centennial functions with her court composed of girls selected from Klamath communities. The title for the group, Court of Mazama, is taken from the leg endary Mt. Mazama which is said to have exploded and formed Crater lake. Fanny is the granddaughter of 3. Frank Adams who came to the Klamath country in. 1870. His outstanding service to Klam ath county was the starting of the first farm irrigation project in 1882. Murray Asks Wage Confab WASHINGTON. Aug. 15 UP) CIO President Philip Murray de clared today that labor cannot continue to participate in a sta bilization program in which wages are rolled back while at the same time increases in the cost of living become a daily occurrence." "A stabilization program wnlcn means curbs on wage in. creases and soaring price in creases," he said, "is not-a sta bilization program but a fraud." The CIO leader renewed his request that President Truman call a labor-management confer ence, asserting that unless some "action is taken to protect the people's living standards, the -stage will be set for a new de pression " Murray's statement that labor cannot go along with the sta bilization program prefaced his submission of a "wage and price program to a special emergency meeting of the top CIO officials gathered here to deal with what they called "the rising threat of inflation." the gate open and haven't been seen since. They were loaned to the Cen tennial committee by Bill Jin nette of Merrill and were being trained at the fairgrounds for a very important but secret part of the pageant. Both of these steers have brass nose rings and are marked with an underblt on each ear. One has had its horns knocked off recently and the stubs haven't healed, Both weigh about 600 pounds, and have a T-Bar brand on the rleht side. The Centennial committee would like very much to have them back. 15, 1948 (Telephone 1111) j 9 KUHS Flagpole Crashes Down The 56-foot flagpole, which has stood in front of Klamath Union high school for more than 15 years, toppled this morning at 6:45 a. m., crashing through one of the windows of the high school office and knocking out two panes of the third-floor study hall window in its down ward course. No one was hurt and no serious damage was re ported In the office, although the window frame was severely battered. " Glen' Gulley, custodian of the high school, was putting out the flag this1 morning from the third story of the school on cables con necting to the pole. When he noticed a slight swaying action, Gulley got underneath a desk for protection. Then the pole fell, hitting the window where Gul ley had been, slid down the brick wall of the school and finally came to rest on the sill of the office window. Cause of the accident was rot at the base of the pole, Gulley said. Thieves Take Stable Gear Thieves last night raided two riding stables and a barn he.-e and hauled off a quantity of riding equipment including at least 13 saddles, according to information from the sheriff's office. The first place hit was a barn on the Frank S. Riley place in Chelsea addition, where two saddles, two blankets, four hal ters and four bridles and a pair of spurs were stolen. At the Sunset riding stables the loot was believed to include 10 saddles and other equipment, valued at over $1000. One Por ter make Arizona saddle, un matched stirrups, was taken from the AB corrals near Wocus. The sheriff's office and state police are working on the thefts. A truck was believed to have been used in the systematic loot ing. Hunger Striker Calls Off Fast LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (JP) Claude Baxter, 41-year-old former chef, has ended a sched uled 100-day fast after 84 days and is about to start on a recov ery diet. Baxter's wife, Florence, a real estate broker, told newsmen last night that he had taken a glass of milk and gone to bed after being away from home overnight following an argument with ner. "He is broken down," said Mrs. Baxter, "and if he had con tinued fasting he would have permanently ruined his health. If his 84 days of fasting have not helped his cause, neither would luu days." Rude Awakening LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (fl) Mrs. Lawson Bevan, 30, was asleep on the sofa. Suddenly she awoke to find the crumpled front end of a sedan hanging over her head. Owner of the car, Bert O. Bailiff, told police yesterday he had left the car parked at the curb 300 yards up the hill, that the brakes apparently gave way and the automobile careened down the street to crash through the brick, wall of the Bevan home. WEATHER NEWS A fail IS, IMS Ms. (Alt. I M Mia. PrvolpiUtOsi la it SI kn lram jtmt flat ...14.4 NrmI IS.s Last year Il.li rreatl: Samawaat war mar Untar. tmw. Number 10898 China Reds Take Slap At Marshall NANKING, Aug. 15 (yP Chi. nese communists, rejecting Chi ang Kai-shek's peace program, today stepped up their assaults in the north and turned their verbal fire upon General Mar shall, U. S. peace envoy. Government dispatches said that authorities in Changchun, .he Manchurian capital and in Tientsin were taking special pre- SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 15 UP) United States troops and naval personnel were ordered confined to their quarters from 6 p. m. to dawn tomorrow after nationalist authorities charged the communists were planning an uprising in Shanghai either to night or within a law days. cautions against riots after re ceiving intelligence reports that the communist underground was planning large scale disturb ances. The communists' Emancipation Daily, published at their Yenan headquarters, declared that Mar shall was "not above blame for the failure to cease hostilities in China." Past communist criti cism of U. S. "aid" to Chiang Kai-shek's government had been combined with personal praise for the American mediator. Until Marshall returned brief ly to the United States last spring, he "was, at that time, generally speaking, impartial," the editorial said. "Unfortunate ly, he did not go beyond one or two words of verbal censure, while he has not mentioned a single word against reactionaries in America and marines wno have acted in an unbridled manner. Government dispatches re ceived in Peiping said reinforced communist troops stepped up their assaults on besieged Ta tung and Yenhsein in . north Shansi province. Other Red forces opened a large scale -of fensive on the Shantung-Houan border and were reported ad vancing against the Lunghai rail way. In eastern Shantung, commu nist troops tighened their bloc kade around Chiaohsien, south east of Tsingtao. The govern ment dispatch said the situation at Chiaohsien is critical. Jews Threaten More Bombing JERUSALEM, Aug. 15 (tP) Terrorists threatened for a sec ond time to bomb the general post office of Palestine today after Jews were exhorted to re volt against Great Britain by the outiawed Irgun Zvai Leumi or ganization. As on last night, the building was emptied and communica tions, systems throughout Pales tine were disrupted for more than an hour. Bombs were not found in either case. Irgun Zvai Leumi. which as serted authorship of the King David hotel bombing last month in which 91 persons were killed, called on the Jews to revoU in t broadcast from an outlawed radio transmitter. The broadcast, made over a secret radio station, urged unifi cation of Irgun, Hagana and the so-called "Stern Gang" similar resistance organizations into a single Jewish army undei an underground Zionist govern ment. Calling upon all Jews to vol unteer their services either with the army or the proposed under ground government, the broad caster said: "We must exert our every strength against two enemies the British and time." Black Market Forecast If WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Pi Charles W. Holman told the de control board today that if price ceilings are restored in dairy products they will cause "black market butter," dam up the flow of fluid milk to markets and cur tail all production. Holman appeared as secretary of the National Co-operative Milk Producers' federation which he said is composed of 75 farmer owned dairy co-operatives in 46 states. . "The truth is that even if It so desires," he said, "OPA Has neither the time, the pcrsonhel nor the information to make. the delicate adjustments in dairy prices in hundreds of markets necessary to keep an even flow of milk to all Its users." Holman was the first of 31 witnesses representing the dairy industry and consumers called to testify on the last of four days of public hearings. The board must decide by August 20, whether price con- Carrier And Two Cruisers Get Orders WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (P) The mighty new aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt is due at Lisbon tomorrow, bound for Mediterranean training cruise that coincides with developing tension In the Near East. American diplomatic officials reportedly are taking a serioua view of Russian demands on Turkey for a direct part in th control and defense of the Dar danelles. While it seems cer tain that the United States will back Turkey in rejecting the Russian demand, it is an open question how far this country will go in that respect. Thus the appearance of the aircraft carrier and possibly other American naval units in the Mediterranean a few days after their arrival in Portugal appears likely to be widely in terpreted as an American show of force even though all official statements insist that the only purpose Is a training cruise. Naval plans oall for the big carrier to be Joined at Lisbon by the cruisers Houston and Littlerock and possibly one or more destroyers, all from Adm. Henry K. Hewitt's naval forces in northern European waters. In fact, the two cruisers and four destroyers comprise. Hew- m s loiai zorce mere ai ins moment. Some Already Thar Already in the Mediterranean under Vice Adnf. Bernard H. Bieri are the cruisers Fargo and Huntington and two destroyers. Bieri's vessels recently have been used more or less for po lice , duties in connection with, maintaining order at Trieste, involved in the peace confer ence controversy between Italy and Yugoslavia. Presumably when the carrier FJ3.R. and whatever vessels ac company her move into the Mediterranean they will pass under the British supreme com mand there for Joint training exercises involving fleet units of both nations. Bieri's forces already operate under British command. SP Employes May Walk Out SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IS (JP) The Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen announced that employes of the Southern Pa cific company (Pacific Lines) will "peacefully withdraw from the service" at 6 p. m., August 21, unless a satisfactory adjust ment of disputes has been reached by that time. B. W. Fern, deputy president of the brotherhood, said the un ion membership voted 98 per cent to authorize a strike. Negotiations for the purpose of adjusting disputes were opened between the union and the company in October, 1945, Fern said in a statement. Ap proximately 1750 cases remain unsettled, he said. The strike ballot involved ap proximately 8000 train me n, yardmen, helpers, switch tenders and dining car stewards. The brotherhood charged the carrier with vioiation of the working agreements covering the classes of employes represented by it. Should the Southern Pa cific indicate its willingness to come to an agreement on the un settled disputes, strike action would be postponed, Fern said. Under the National Railway act, he said, the president may invoke emergency powers and appoint a board to investigate . the case. Appointment of such a board would forestall the con templated strike at least 60 days. MacArthur Sanctions Jap Fishing Vessels TOKYO, Aug. 15 WV-General MacArthur today authorized the Japanese government to con struct 211 steel fishing vessels aggregating 24,790 gross tons and 17 wooden fishing vessels totaling 1940 gross tons. For Butter Curbs Return trols are to be relmposed on dairy products, grains, meats and livestock, cottonseed and soy beans. Holman conceded that prices had increased on milk, butter, cheese and mast other dairy products since OPA expired on June 30 but he Insisted that the increases are "reasonable" with in terms of the revived OPA. In most cases, Holman said the increases had stabilized at a point where they now are not above June 30 ceilings plus the government subsidy that would be paid from the treasury 11 con trols had not been lifted. Holman testified that the black market in butter was so widespread that it was recog nized in official agriculture de partment market reports. 1 la said black market butter told at from 65 cents to $1.08 a pound in New York City on March 29 compared with reeent chain store prices of 75 cents since controls lifted. .1
