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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1946)
m fo) fo)' o) W Ml i . ' . . j III Tlio By FRANK JENKINS CLSIK CHUNG LYON, a woman colonel In tlio Chlnvae army modli-ul corpa, arrives In Scottla 01. Iir way to Washington to re port to tliti Amuricun Bureau ior Medical Aid to Chlmi. She tolls qiK'sllniiliig reporter: "llnnlth comlftlonii In China aru much more surlous than peo plit hero realize. Tuberculosis and malnutrition arc prcvulutit In tlio army and among the civil ian population," AN tlio surfuc, Dial Un'l much of a story. Whim wo probe bi-neuth tlio surfiice, It begin to uumo mom Importance. HtH'iiUKo of wnr, tin-re hus brim LITTLE PRODUCTION In China fur something like tan your, llociiimn of luck of pro duction, THINGS arc stuirca. 4 rnud Is a THING. Whim food In Jcarre, over a long period of time, tubi-rculoula and mulnutrl tlmi flourish. Everything, you are, cornea bark to I'ltOOUCTION. If wo ilnu't produce, wo mult DO WITHOUT. nrHE province of Azerbaijan, In Iran, bobi back Into tlio nowi today. You will mnmbtr (perhnpa) almut a year ado Azi-rbiillan, which had been INFILTRATED by Russians, revolted against Iran and art up what the diplo mats rail a "semi-autonomous" liovernmrnt, which In the lan guage of everyday life meant a government that Is more or leas free from ouuido Influence or at leant l supposed to be. There aeeni to be little doubt that wlmt happened then waa broiiKht about by Infiltrating Rusnians who moved In and took over. Now Iranian government trooiM are reported to bo mov ing In for tho purpoae of taking Aierbaljan back. It haa moat of the earmarks of a showdown. YOU have been reading about "guerrilla" warfare In north ern Greece. Probably you have paid little attention to It. What la happening In northern Greece appears to be about what hap pened In Azerbaijan. That is to say, eommunlat-mlnded expan ioiiWta from Ruiulandomlniited Yugowlavla and Ilulgiirlfl are pouring over Into Greece and more or less TAKING OVER. You don't have to bo much of a jcucsser to Jump to ttio con clusion that Ruaila la using this device to expand her system throughout tho Balkans.' WHERE did Russia got this Woll, she MIGHT have got It from reading American history. Wj wwd this same device to take over Texas and California from Mexico. After all. you know, Fremont and his 1848 party pro vided an armed nucleus around which Americans who had in filtrated Into Mexican California rallied and took over the coun try when the time was ripe. Roughly the same thing hap pened In Texas. Both were added to the young and rapldly-grow-ilia United States of America whose system was THEN as radical end upaetting to the older nations of the world as the Rus sian system la now. HERE Is an Interesting point: Russia waa DIRECTLY con cerned in our Inking over of California. Alaska was then hera. She had an established settlement In Northern Cali fornia In the general neighbor hood of Fort Bragg. She had a griwing commerce with Spanish California. (Port of this com merce was the exchange of ICE from the fool of the Taku glacier for wheat from the hot Cali fornia valleys, which the Rus sians ground Into flour In Sitka and then resold to tho California pndres, who hnd no mechanical skills.) Russia might have thought we were expanding too fast for her safety, and might have decided to fight u before we became too powerful. She didn't. Instead, s'io decided to get out of our wr.y and leave tho field to us. She abandoned her settlement on the Northern California coast and later sold Alaska to us. JVEAR In mind that this was " Russia of the Czars. Russia of the Czars was as auspicious of the young and then radical American Republic as we of to- ICenllnaaa an Pat I, Calunia S) $240,352,000 Loss Suffered By Coal Miners During Two Strikes This Year WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (P) The coal miners are back at work. They lost by the strike. So did the mine owners. So did the country. The following figures come from the government' solid fuels administration, which han dles coal mines: , In 1048 the average miner lost In wages by his two strikes, $600.88. The two strikes were: 30 working days in the spring, 15 this fall. (The spring strike ended 50 days after it began, the fall strike 17.) Since there are about 400,000 miners and each lost an aver age of $600.88 on the two strikes their total lost for 54 lost working days in 1048 was $240, 382,000. The following figures come from the National Coast associa PRICE FIVE CENTS l-ff- KLAM o. .4. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1948 Sweeping Tax Change Proposed SALEM, Dec. 10 W The stnte tux study commission rec ommended today that tho leg islature adopt a sweeping new tux program which would raise $18,300,000 moro In revenues each year, the highlights being recommendations to lower per sonal income tax exemptions, levy a business tax of tt of 1 per cent, and abandon the properly tax for atale purposes. Tho Income tax exemptions for married persons would be reduced from 1800 to $1000, while the single exemptions would be cut from $750 to $500. Business Tax The business tax would be on all forms of business enter prise, and would be levied on total receipts, leas the cost of raw materials, goods and serv ices bought from other business. The corporation exclae tax would be amended to eliminate the personal property tax off set, and the lax on tangible personal property would be re pealed. The commission suggested taxes' on clgarets, soft drinks, tobacco, amusements and In creased license fees on motor vehicles. Another recommendation would boost the tax on pari mutUel racing bets from 3 per cent to 5 H per cent, and would extend the tax on amusement devices to slot machines. Another recommendation would levy 10 per cent tax on liquor sales. New Revenue The added taxes would raise the following new revenues: Personal Income tax $4,000, 000, business tax $7,800,000, liquor sales tax $4,000,000, pari mutuel tax $1,000,000, alcoholic beverage licenses $1,000,000, and transfers from highway funds $2,000,000. Other recommendations by the commission: ..Adopt state aid. for schools on a permanent basis and equalize educational opportuni ties, clarify the 8 per cent tax limitation, give local govern ments 30 per cent of highway revenues instead of 20.7 per cent as at present, and give cities one-third and counties two-thirds of this amount, that cities find revenues other than the property tax, and 1 1 a t e liquor licenses on beer and wine be Increased, that state aid be provided for county gen eral funds to offset the manda tory tax levy of $10 per year per census child for school pur poses. The commission recommend ed that the tax commission be given authority to determine the value of forest lands to pro mote equal taxation and con servation, that the tax commis sion be given funds for con tinued research, that the offices of assessor and property tax collector be consolidated, that liquor receipts go into the slate general fund for appropriation for welfare purposes, that the Inheritance and gift tax divi sion be transferred from the state treasurer to the tax com mission, that the legislature consider creation of a central department to collect state li cense fees. Guests Routed In Hotel Blaze NEW' YORK, Dec, 10 (P) A fire of undetermined origin routed 'ISO guests from rooms on three floors of the 27-story Hotel Lincoln -here early today. The blaze, which broke out In an occupied room, gutted the In terior of the room and sent thick smoke swirling to adjacent rooms. tion, the mine owners' organiza tion: The 64 idle working days cost the mine owners about $54,000, 000 or $1,000,000 a day for keeping the idle mines in stand by condition. This means: it cost them $1, 000,000 for maintenance of about 2200 mines while they were not working. That was a clear loss. The spring strike cost the na tion 70,000,000 tons of coal not mined, and the fall strike cost 25,000.000 tons. Total for the 54 strike days: 05,000,000 tons of coal not mined. (The Coal Owners' association doesn't want to estimate what the owners lost Just on the 05,' 000,000 tons not mined.) There it no way to estimate what the two strikes-have cost tho, nation .through - shutdown . . . ' . r. HTl. 11 !-- l . .... ... -Sr r :-i.;J8R l-tf-lA 'V&MiiMbfc Trie corner of Riverside and Klamath Falls as a park through the will of Mrs. Moore, filed last week. The grounda are especially lovely in the early spring with hundreds of daffodils and flower shrubs in bloom. The lit tie house en the right is the office used originally by the Moore brothers when they operated their various enterprises In early days. To the left, "The Maples," since 1900 owned bv the Moore family. Youth Held By Police City police early this morn ing arrested a youth who gave his name as George Chris Fitch of Portland, and told a story of commuting three robberies in Portland and Spokane, one of them with a cap pistol which he had in his possession when picked up. The youth first gave his age as 18, later changed it to 16. He was picked up on S. 6th about 6 a. m. after a call from a service station attendant re ported the boy was acting sus piciously. Fitch said that he was the leader of a gang In Portland and that he had staged holdups which netted $150, $50 and $10, and also that he was want ed in Sandpolnt, Ida., for steal ing a motor bike and in Port land for taking a -motorcycle. Later he. changed his story ttndl denied he robberies. The Juvenile office is checking with Portland police and Sandpolnt authorities trying to establish the youth's age and determine if the robberies were commit ted. , , Meanwhile the boy has been booked for vagrancy and hav ing no draft card. Bowling Alley Safe Looted A safe at the Recreation bowl ing alleys on Main street was robbed of about $500 some time before the place was opened for business late yesterday, accord ing to Manager Erie Hamilton. Police are searching for two men who worked at the alleys, one as a pin setter and the otlier as a clean-up man, who have not reported back to work since the theft was discovered. Hamilton said that the safe contained approximately $500 in currency and change, with some $30 in rolls of nickels. Grand Jury To Meet Wednesday The Klamath county grand Jury is scheduled to reconvene tmorrow, Wednesday at 10 a. m. for the second half of its De cember session, after having been recessed for a week. District Attorney Clarence A. Humble said today that he had several matters to put before the tury, and the recess had given time to locate needed witnesses. There is a possibility,, he said, that the Jury may Investigate the circumstances of the gunshot death of Delbert Manuel Chand ler, who died' fronv a bullet wound Thanksgiving Day. State police are still following leads In Chandler's death. factories, men thrown out of jobs through lack of coal to run factories, and so on. But in the fall strike" alone, the American Iron and Steel In stitute says, the steel industry lost because of the strike about 1,350,000 tons of ingot steel, enough to make 500,000 automo biles. Government economists said today it will take a month or two possibly - longer for- pro duction to return to the peace time peak that had been at tained on the eve of the 17-day strike. Nevertheless, they added pri vately, the nation has been spared the smashing blow that a prolonged strike would have meant. Hence when finally measured against the vast scale of thii country's economy, the effects may seem "only a dent." ..o : The Maples Main. lono the home of the lat Old Moore Homesite May Be Made One of the best-known of Klamath's pioneer homes is the residence of the late Mrs. Rufus Scudder Moore, which may be come the property of the city of Klamath rails. Mrs. Moore, who died Friday, November 22, be queathed the grounds and resi dence for use as a city park. The park will bear the name "Maple fark, ' as stipulated in Mrs. Moore's will, if accepted by the city. Rufus Scudder Moore pur chased the home In 1900 for his bride. It had been standing for some 20 years before that time LO.Sisemore Deputy D. A. L. Orth Sisemore, local -lawyer and former Klamath countv district attorney, has been ap pointed deputy district attorney after the county court author ized the office to hire another deputy. Sisemore will work with the office on a part time basis, and his salary was fixed by the court not to exceed $400 a year. The county court, by an order dated December 4, stated that the amount of work facing tie office warranted another deputy and Sisemore was appointed by District Attorney Clarence A. Humble. Sisemore served as deputy un der the late Hardin C. Blackmer, and on the latter's death was ap pointed district attorney by Gov ernor Sprague. He served about two years by the appointment and was elected for four years. Clarence A. Humble was Sise more's deputy. J. Hawkins Na pier remains as a deputy in the office. New Sugar Stamp Slated WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (iT) OPA announced today that a new consumer spare ration stamp for five pounds of sugar will be made valid on January 1, 1947, and will be good through April 30. "It is anticipated," the an nouncement said, "that the sec onds consumer stamp for 1947, will be made good before this stamp expires, thus increasing the present consumer ration of five pounds of sugar for each four months." An additional 10 pounds per person was allowed In 1946 tor canning. OPA also said that Industrial sugar allotments for the first quarter of 1947 will remain un changed from the last quarter of 1946. Americans Serve With Huk Forces MANILA. Dec. 10 MP) A Fili- Dlno military police agent was auoted by Manila newspapers to ay as saying he had been cap tured by Hukbalahpas who showed him the strength of their particular unit, including 46 Americans he presumed to be de serters from the U. S. army. The agent said he was seized in Pampanga province. The Huks. armed peasants who fought the Japanese during the war, are accused Dy the gov ernment of raiding villages and rice fields in central Luzon. In Manila, one of the Huk founders told The Associated Press "if American troops ever leave here we expect to get jus tice; the kind we have not been able to get." (Talephon Offered To City As Park Mr. and Mrs. Hufua 8. Moora. Into City Park and is an excellent example of architectural fashion in early Linkville. The corner at 120 S. Riverside where the Moore home stands, was in the heart of the residential district of that era. The Moores moved to the River side address late in 1900 after their marriage in Portland the s-me year. Rufus Moore died in 1831, and his widow continued to reside in the family home. Use of the house and grounds by the city has not yet been decided, but Mayor Ed Ostendorf today expressed his gratitude for the bequest. Both personally and as mayor I am deeply pleased and grateful for Mrs. Moores generous bequest to Klamath Falls. Her beloved pioneer home is a beautiful addition to the city." Suggested as a possible use is the conversion of the home into a Klamafth county museum. Mrs. Moore provided $1000 for use as, the park board sees fit with re gard to the property. She also stipulated that any changes or additions may be made on the house. In addition to the house Is a small office used by the Moore brothers in the early 1900's when they operated a lumber mill on Lake Ewauna. The structure was used by the late Francis R. Olds, nephew of Mrs. Moore, until his death in 1942. It has been closed since that time. JC's Sponsor Light Contest Outdoor lighting is being seen here and there throughout Klam ath Falls as residents have en tered with enthusiasm the first contest here since December, 1041. The contest is being spon sored by the Junior chamber of commerce and today members of the committee announced a $25 sweepstakes prize offered by tie California Oregon Power com pany. In addition to this award. there will be $5 prizes in each of the districts of the city, given by the Junior chamber. Judging of the entries will take Dlace Saturday niaht. De cember 21, and awards will be made at the big Christmas tree and program on the courthouse lawn Monday night, December 23. At this time there will be special treats for the town s chil dren when Santa Claus passes out bags of candy. The Christmas program will be marked by the first appear ance of the newly-organized community chorus. Details of this program will be announced later. V Participants in the outdoor lighting contest are advised by the Junior . chamber of com merce that there are no rules and any type of decoration will be taken into consideration by the judges. Names of judges win be announced later, Gardiner School Damaged By Fire REEDSPORT. Dec. 10 UP) The 120 pupils of the Gardiner grade school opened their books in cnurcn classrooms today after a fire destroyed one wall of the school building. Officials said carpenters esti mate the work of converting the school gymnasium into emergen cy classrooms will require sever al weeks. Fire damage to the school was estimated at $15,000 by Supt. Joseph Geroux who said Sun day s' blaze apparently originat ed from a furnace "backfire" which got out of control, Gardi ner firemen lacked sufficient hose until Reedsport firemen aided in the work. WEATHER Mas. (Daa. ) Mia. .M fraelsltallaa laal 14 kaara -.... Slraaaa yasr la iala -........I.4S Laal raar 4.4S Narmal l.tf raraeaati Maatlr fair USay aaS WaSnaaSay. till) Number 10888 haa haan r,H.,A 4 4h. i- . Man Admits Murder Hoax SEATTLE, Dec. 10 W De tective Lt. R. A. Shaefer said today that Jack Britt, Seattle tmck driver, had admitted his story of having pushed his wife and child into the river at As toria, Ore., was a hoax. "When my wife left me I nearly went insane with grief," Britt told Schaefer. "After ex hausting all the leads I could think of to try to locate her, I devised this dan to set public ity which I thought might bring her to me." Schaefer said Britt admitted his plan yesterday during ques tioning by his father-in-law Jack Armstead of Darrington. Britt had been held by police without charge since he walked into police headquarters a week ago and told officers he had pushed his estranged wife, Ro berta, 24, and his 3-year-old son Rodney-, from a 3ocfc at Astoria- Safe Driving Talks Held A program designed to en among courage sane driving high . school students was dis cussed at a meeting of both school boards in session Monday night The program, to be inaugu rated either late this spring or next fall, will be worked out through the physical education department at Klamath Union high school and the primary purpose, is "to teach youngsters to drive sanely" according to Superintendent Arnold L. Gra lapp. The program will include study of laws, map reading, me chanics and back of the wheel driving. Superintendent Gralapp re ported to the boards that the wing at Fremont school will be ready for occupancy when the plumbing is completed but the present plumbers' strike has held up completion of the struc ture. Gralapp also reported to the board on future attendance estimated for years ahead as re vealed in recent Klamath coun ty birth statistics. The boards were advised that at least one of the busses is anticipated here by January 1, but the coal strike delayed de livery. Mrs. Hazel Gass, who has taught in city schools for many years.' was named to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna tion o f Heeln Jensen, third grade teacher at Conger. Parking Meter Posts Go In Approximately 3d per cent of the 667 steel parking meter posts has been set up in the business district of Klamath Falls in pre paration lor the arrival of the J meters in mid-December. Mayor Ed Ostendorf said to day that the meters will prob ably arrive around December 15, but no further word has been heard since the original order. Freezing weather- held up-the installation of the posts for a while, but street depart ment crews are at work again to finish the job. 36 Formosans Get Jail Sentences TOKYO, Dec. 10 (iP) Thirty six Formosnns today were con victed of endangering the allied occupation of Japan by firing on Japanese police. One was sentenced to three years and 35 to two years each at hard labor. The Chinese member of the military court dissented. Action Viewed As Necessary By March 31 WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 (P) Lawmakers of both nartlx la. day set March 31 as th deadline for labor control measures) aimed at staving off a possible new coal strike at that time. ftepuoi icans ana democrats alike said John L. Lewis' order sending his miners back to the pits until April 1 puts pressure on congress to act swiftly if it is to find a solution for disputes In such essential industries as coal, steel, oil and transportation. President Truman, himself eager for a legislative barrier to future labor crises despite his victory over Lewis, assigned Clark M. Clifford, his special counsel, to the task of drafting adminis tration recommendations to congress. One highly-placed friend of the president's said Mr. Truman Fall From Water Tank Injures Girl Two little girls, the object of a five-hour search throuehout the city Monday, were located shortly before 4 o'clock yester day afternoon, one lying at the foot of the water tower on Sis kiyou street with her left leg fractured and a severe cut under her chin. In Klamath Valley hosDital is Glenda Chapman, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Chapman, 449 Fulton street. oienda s leg is broken between the hip and knee, received when she fell from the ladder leading up to the top of the water tower. She apparently lacerated her chin when she fell against one of the metal steps on the ladder. Gizl Lost Glenda's comDanion. Alice Rus sell, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Russell of Washington street, was found wandering at Oregon avenue and Tunnell street by Police Officer John Paxton. Alice said she had been trying to find her home but was lost. She was able to lead the officer to the water tower where Glenda lay, sobbing and in pain from her injuries. Pax ton rushed Glenda to the hospi tal and her parents were notified. Mrs. Chapman told officers she had dressed the little girls and let them out in the yard to play. Alice boards with the Chapman family. The time was about 10:30. Mrs. Chapman said, and not more than five minutes later sne looked out to find the children had" disao'oeared. Che started a search and then called her hus band, an employe of the Pelican Bay Lumber company. On Chap man s arrival home ne caiiea city police and officers were de tailed to the search. Alice told officers they naa followed a big dog and walked up to the. water tower at the end of Siskivou street. Alice was able to crawl to the top of the ladder but her little companion either slipped or jumped from the ladder and was unaDie to move although Glenda said she tried to crawl home. Several members of the police department were given orders to continue the search until ine children were found and it was through the Dolice that Glenda was found before nightfall. Postal Receipts Show Decline Postal receipts for the month of November are down from re ceipts a year ago, the latest re port from the post office shows. ReceiDts for November, 1946, were $15,921.45, compared to to tal receipts for November, 1945, listed as $19,382.08. This is a total drop of $3,460.63, accord ing to Burt E. Hawkins, post master, or a decrease of 17.854 per cent, he stated. Saturday Set As Day For South 6th Street Opening Final plans are being worked out for the celebration marking the official opening of S. 6th street with a community Christ mas tree,, a ribbon-cutting cere mony and special observance by S. 6th merchants. This Saturday has been set aside for an all-day observance of the opening. George Conner, chairman of the South Sixth Street Improvement asso ciation, will cut the ribbon open ing the thoroughfare at the traf fic island in front of the Tower theatre at 10:15 a. m. The Tower theatre will show free movies from 10:25 a. m. throughout the evening. Skateland will be open for free skating from 10 a. m. to 12 noon. At 7 p. m., at the S. 6th and Altamont intersection, the large community Christmas tree, do nated by the Weyerhaeuser Tim ber company, will be lighted. George Conner will provide sound equipment around the tree, and the California Oregon Power company and the Swan Lake Moulding company will co operate to provide a base and lights for the tree. Harry Ham ilton,, concrete contractor, and Mark Smith, electrical contrac tor, will assist. Saturday evening ti,?re will be community singing of Christ mas carols avound the tree, with does not want "punitive" leg islation but would like to have) written into law "a clear con cept of labor's responsibility to me people ana me governed s ment.". ;: i Key Role Clifford, a tail, handsome for mer St. Louis lawyer, played a key role In the administration's ! coal strike strategy which ' brought John L. Lewis to his 1 knees last Saturday. I Clifford would not discuss his work, but other officials fa miliar with his assignment said , j he is carrying the major load of (he preliminary work on Mr. '. Truman's "state of the Union" ' message to be submitted to the new republican-controlled con- gress. Clifford was hardly known. in politics last June 27, when, at 39, he was picked by Mr. Truman to succeed Samuel, I. Kosenman In the $12,000-a-year speech - writing and advisory , job. The one-time attorney had been serving as the president's naval aide with the rank of captain. Since that time he has ' played a steadily-increasing part i in inner circle conferences. .!' Unlike most Missouri ap pointees of the president, Clif ford is no long-time friend of Mr. Truman. Party Moves i Democratic legislators gener- j ally indicated they will wait j for the White House proposals ' before taking any action on their own, although they dif fered about the course they pre fer the chief executive to take. Republican leaders on the other hand reported strong sen timent already taking shape within their party for a com- r pulxory . arbitration law that . . would forbid strikes In any dis- -nut affecting the Dublic weir " f fare. - Jap Atrocity Trial Starts TOKYO. Dec. 10 (JP An official U. S. war department . estimate that 131.028 Americans and Filipinos were murdered, starved or tortured to death in the Philippines as part of a Japanese "strategy of terror" was read to the international war crimes tribunal today. Associate Prosecutor Pedro Lopez, opening the Philippines case against the former Premier Tojo and 26 other wartime Jap anese leaders, said he would show these atrocities were the flowering of deliberate Jap anese policy of instilling fanati cal hatreds In the Nipponese people. The war department docu ment charged these noncombat casualties included 23,039 U. S. military personnel and 595 U. S. civilians. Lopez related ghastly details of butchery, orgies of rape and mutilation, deliberate starvation of prisoners and bayonetings. piano accompaniment. The sing ing will ue uivauuaai uwr local radio station. At 9 p. m., there will be free merchandise given at the Tower theatre. People from Klamath, Modoc i and Siskiyou counties have been ' ' invited to participate in the j opening of the million dollar project. i' A number of city and county officials of the three counties' have been Invited. ?" Adding to the Christmas touch -of the affair will be 100 Christ. i mas trees, donated by Ira Lar- : key, which will be placed on ei- 1 ther side of the street in front of - stores. ' sQ SHOPPING :i St
