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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1946)
Hi CSDHiLUD. H wmMMIM EKffl 0 1 1 ' : 1 ; III UlMw. fSStSfbat J Jk S2A WEATHER I By FRANK JENKINS GOVERNOR SNKLL suggests tliut Suriduy (iluy after to morrow) bo observed In Oregon as National BUI of Rights Day, thus giving rccoiiltlon to "one or our principal guurantori of iiMfluin, TT'S a good Idea a GRAND 1 idea but It brlngi up some- thing mi)loaant. Soma tlmo ago the University of Denver's National Opinion Research Center (a sort of high brow Gallup poll) inked grown people of vnrloua unci, from various Income groups and oc cupation In varloiiN purl of the U. S, whiit they knew ubout the Dili of Right. Tho answer were atnrtllng, to any t ho leant. ' had never heard of the l Bill of ttlghtii. 3(1 had heard of It, but had no faintest Ideu what It la. 12 were fuzzy. Some thought It was womiiu luffroge. Some aid prohibition. And an on. Only 21 of those questioned had a rcaannablv ucctirutn idea of what the Dill of Right la. 21 li about one out of five. CUPPOSE the quedion had been: "Whul eomblnatlon WINS TIIK JACKPOT ON A SLOT MACHINE?" One suspect that "reasonably accurate" answer would hiivn been aupplied by far more than 21 of those questioned. Such are the results ol modern education In thla supposedly moat enlightened nation on earth. SUPPOSE you tent YOURSELF on thil BUI of Rlghta business. One easy place to find the answer la In the World Almanac, which you will find In almost any library. fK5L. W. B. GREELEY, vice prealdent of the American Forestry Aaaoclatlon, aald in , Kalem yesterday that in the United State new trcea are . growing only two-thlrda aa fast aa old onea are being cut or burned. Our present annual cut. he aald, la 84 billion feet and annual growth la 3d billion feet. That T to anv, we are eating Into our wood capital pretty fast. V CO far, trees aro Oregon' and 3 Washington' most valuuble raw material. We now make lumber of them. Lumber la the world' most satisfactory build ing material. The English, who have nearly alway lived In atone and brick houses. WANT WOOD HOUSES "like you have In America," they tell Americana. But lumber lim't all we moke out of tree. Cellulose come from them, a well a from other sources. Quick-growing tree produce celluloae more cheaply than other presently known aources. MANY things, in this modern world, are made of celluloae. Rayon, for example. Oregon and Washington can't afford NOT to avo their tree (by "saving" meaning keeping up the supply.) ( FOR year forestry expert have been telling u that fire and Insect DESTROY about a much growing timber a we process industrially. - Up to . now, we have been letting this atatcmcnt go in at one ear and out of the other. It' getting about time to pay serious attention to It. THE other day the Oregon atate tax atudy commission, which ha been wrestling with the problem for a couple of years, brought In a report recom mending INCREASED taxes, a well a some new forms of tax ation. The report wa greeted with NO enthusiasm which Isn't ur. , prising. We're FOR new forms of government spending, but AGAINST taxation to raise the money. Many people asked WHY the state of Oregon needs more money, George. Aiken, state budget director, supplies the answer today. Here it Is, in a nutshell: State activities got $30,601,000 this current biennlum (a "bien nium" Is two year.) These same activities say they need 40 MIL LION DOLLARS for the next biennlum. nrHIS Is the point: If we Insist on having music, we must PAY THE PIPER. Workers Dig Dead From NEW YORK, Doc. IS (P) Weary worker who . dug tie bodlcsof 21 persona from the wreckage of a collapsed tene ment house in a slow, grim pro cession tof death gave up hope today for the lives of IS others believed burled under tons . of rubble, . Bodies of a 16-ycar-old girl and flO-yofir-old man were care fully extricated from the ruins. Police saldiKiey planned to act three stcamt shovels to work on the ruins cf the building In wviicli more than 30 were In jured. Workdfrs had previously enrefull" dugS bv hand because they feared jicavy machinery would cuuso mtyro crashes. The building at 2815 Amster PHICE riVE CENTS -0 Kft ,TH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, H4g (Telspho 1111) Number 108M Ikm Weafc Stows Phne EM Buying Peak May Be Hit On Saturday Sulurduy should see the peuk of holiday buying here, but whother or not the day' sulci volumes will hit last year' record for the corresponding day was the source of speculation, with some buyer resistance re ported through the business dis trict. The number of customer de manding belter than war-time quality goods 1 rising, according to a check in tho shops this week. Men and women ap proaching a clerk for a ub atunlial purchase make certain In their demand that quality I one of the prime factor. There la also a reported tendency to make purchases of essentiul merchandise, rather than luxury item for Christ ma gift. While business generally is running in high volume, some business houses report a drop In sales below last year at this time. Some unusual conditions may affect certain lines In tills way. One clothing merchant re called that the deactivation of the Marine Barracks about a year ago resulted in a tremend ous run on civilian suit that boosted volume up to an ab normally high figure. It was no secret along Main street that the storekeeper too, were getting tired of merchan dise which did not meet their pre-war stundarda. Roconvoraion was evident and the first normal readjustment is appearing in women's goods although cottons still remained almost in accessible. War bonds, for a number of year Indicative of the way money is being handled were held this holiday season as in no holiday season the pait five years. There was little cashing In of bond to spend on Christ mas gadget. A decided increase In credit sale was noted here till past several week. This may be at tributed, it was pointed out, to the fact that a number of long payment Item aro appearing on the market such a washing ma chines, radios, refrigerator, stove and even cars. Several merchants remarked on the trend toward buying sturdy and practical goods and a lack of interest in the luxury items. This may be a "spotty" observation a other stores may be doing a whopping business in the luxury line. As a whole, however, It appeared that Klam ath folk were asking for dol lar value this Christmas. Klamath Man Gets Jail Term LA GRANDE, Dec. 13 P) James W. Hylton, Klamath Falls, drew a four-year prison sentence In circuit court yester day because Judge R. J. Green is "fed up" with car thefts and burglaries in this area. Hylton pleaded guilty to en tering a garage with intent to steal, but said he was Intoxi cated at the time. He added that he had served four years In the army and had planned to reenllst. The judge said something had to be done as "a warning to others who may think they can get by with crime in Union county," and sentenced him to the penitentiary. Bodies Of 21 Tenement Ruin dam avenuo in upper Manhattan, which housed 22 families, was smashed early yesterday by a two-foot thick wall of an ad Joining ice house which toppled on it after a five-alarm fire in tlie ice house. This blaze, which started at about 11 p. m, Wednesday night, was the second in tie ice plant in a few hours. The earlier one, occurring around 8 p. m., was put out swiftly by firemen. Two boys, Joseph McCabe, 13, and Joseph Elio, .10, were ar rested last night and held as juvenile delinquents on arson charge in connection with the earlier fire. They, along with two other boys, iiad been ques tioned by Assistant District At torney Jacob Grumet. Silver Beavers Awarded For Outstanding Harold B. Ashley, superintendent of county achools. receive the Silver Beaver certificate from A. B. Hood, member of the Modoc area council' executive board, as K. C. Klahn, council prealdent and alao a Silver Beaver recipient, look on. Tha award war presented to the two men for diattnguishsd asrvice to boyhood and -Scouting at a Modoc area council masting Thurs day evening. Their wive, (tending with them, received large (heaf of roses. S. 6th Event Plans Ready Saturday will be a big day for resident and ' businessmen of the S. 6th area, when a -day -long celebration will get underway to morrow morning officially open ing S. 6th street. At 10:15 a. m. George Conner, chairman of the South Sixth Street Improvement association, will cut the ribbon opening the atreet at the traffic island in front of the Tower theatre. Free movie will be shown all day at the Tower theatre, and from 10 to 12 noon, there will be free skating at Skateland. The community Christmas tree at the intersection of Altamont and S. 6th will be lighted at 7 p. m. and carols will be sung. The thoroughfare will be lined with 1 smaller Christmas trees adding a holiday touch. Closing the festivities will be the giving of gifts at the Tower theatre at 9 p. m. Additional details concerning the big improvement project will be found on page 0. Oregon Floods Not Serious PORTLAND, Dec. 13 W) Floodwaters o f northeastern Oregon rivers still 'held the threat of potential damage to day and there was some low land flooding In the Willamette valley, but the weather bureau said it was "bothersome but not serious." Continued mountain rains might put the Umatilla and Walla Walla rivers to a new crest tonight, but they were re ceding today without having caused more than slight dam age. In the Willamette valley, the Santiam river was expected to reach a crest of 10 feet at Jeffer son today. Flood stage is 13 feet. Little damage other than erosion was expected, the weath er bureau reported. The main stream of the Wil lamette is expected to stay within Its banks everywhere ex cept at Harrfcburg. There It is being forced up by 'high waters In the McKenzie river and the middle and coast forks of the Willamette, and likely will crest tomorrow at 14.5 feet 2.5 above flood stage. ) Clothes Model Walks Out PORTLAND, Dec. ': MP)- Samuel E. Everidgc of tne U, S. naw Is looklnff tnrinv for a crlrl about the size of his sister. Not Just any girl that' size. He wants the same one he picked up yesterday as a model when he set out to buy Christmas clothes for the sister. Shopping being what it is these days, Evcridge and the girl de cided $100 later that they had better stop off in a tavern. Then the girl, wearing the clothes be cause "they feel so fine," ex cused herself for a moment. The minute lasted three hours and Evcridge ' finally called in the police. - , - Renewed Floods Looked For As Washington Rivers Rise SEATTLE, Dec. 13 (iP) After brief recessions, western Wash ington' worst flood of a de cade were swelling back to high er levels today and wire cornr munlcations out of Seattle were snarled by storm damage. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company reported 75 per cent of its circuits between here and Longview, some 125 miles south, were silenced at 10 a. m. by unknown causes. Council Meet To End Today Members of the Klamath Tribal council, in session throughout Thursday at the council house at Klamath Agen cy, failed to complete their bus iness of giving instructions to tribal delegates, and resumed their session early Friday morn ing. They are expected to wind up their affairs and instructions late today. The two delegates to Wash ington, D. C, Boyd J. Jackson and Wade Crawford, heard in structions discussed and as sev eral controversial matters arose before the council, the instruc tions were far from complete when time came to close the meeting late Thursday after noon. Jesse H. Kirk, head of the business committee of the council, represented that group. Seldon H. Kirk, president of the council, presided at the session attended by 163 mem bers of the Klamath tribe. Two Will Face Grand Jury Two persons indicted by the grand jury last week are sched uled for arraignment in circuit court tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Both are charged with taking and using an automobile without consent of the owner. . Carl Edgar Vaughan is al leged to have taken a car owned by H. C. Milligan from the Lombard garage on October 18, and Donald Gordon Rob erts is supposed to have taken a Hruck belonging to the Bend Portland Trucking company on October 18. Both were named in secret indictments brought in by the grand Jury last week. CO SHOPPING 1 V PAYS If FT J Boy Scout Service Circuits were 60 per cent out of order across the Cascades but emergency crews, felling trees and sweeping wet show off sag gins lines, -werei .affecting soma improvement. Recession of Green river flood water temporarily drained flooded streets of Kent in the White river valley, 23 miles south of here, but the Green was rising so fast at noon that Kent police predicted the town would be flooded again by night fall. Rain was forecast for the next 48 hours and reports reaching Supervisor Thomas E. Jermin of the Seattle weather bureau, in dicated all streams feeding Into the White river valley are rising, Rescue crews operating am phibious "ducks" from Fort Lewis and Fort Lawton contin- ued operations in the flatlands between Renion, 12 miles south. and Kent, as the number of evacuees Dassed the 500 mark. The west valley road into Kent was reported still closed by high water but two other roads were onen. Flood conditions in other areas of the Pacific northwest appeared to be improving. A heavy toll of property dam age and livestock loss was re ported in tne agncuiturauy ricn vallev between Renton and Au burn, 12 and 20 miles south of Seattle. Drowned stock floated against fences, chickens roosted in tree and cows and calves drifted to all narts of the valley. . "I saw horses in water up to their necks," reported Police Chief James O. AUread of Kent. "Everything in the lowlands has been damaged. Tulelake List On Page Ten Names of 1305 veterans of World War II including half a dozen women who have Quail- fied for participation In the Tulelake homestead drawing, will be found on Page Ten to day. Publication of the names, together with number assigned to each, was handled in response to request by veterans groups, ana at no cost to ine govern' ment. Most of the women veterans who are in on the drawing are ex-scrvice nurses. - Here is a statistical break' down of the accepted applica tions: Oregon 612. from 144 towns. Klamath Falls. 102: Malin. 45: Merrill. 40: Bonanza, 17: Grants Pass, 10: Medford, 10; Corvallis, 19: Ashland, 13; Lakeview, 15: Eueene, 12. California 554; from 212 towns, Tulelake, 135; San Francico, 15- Shatter, 10: Alturas. 13. , Washington 3S. from 33 towns. Other states: Arizona, 8: Ar kansas, 2; Idaho, 24; Illinois, 2; Indiana, 2; Iowa, 6; Kansas, 10; Minnesota, I; Missouri, S; Mon tana, 7: Nebraska 9; Nevada, 5; New Mexico, 3; Ohio, 2: Okla- homa. 7: South Dakota. 2: Texas. 4; Utah, 2; Virginia, 1; Wyoming. l; Washington, u. c, i. Searchers Vork Ridge On Rainier SEATTLE. Dec. 13 UP) A blizzard at Paradise valley at the 8500-foot elevation at Mount Rainier turned into a driving rain today but two rangers sta tioned there worked in heavy snow along the ridge overlook ing Nisqually glacier, seeking any trace of a marine corps trans port plane missing with 31 or 32 men aboard. The two. Asst. Chief Ranger William Butler and Gordon Pat terson. Paradise valley ranger. were investigating a theory -of searchers that the plane, from its apparent final course, may have crashed into the 14,408-foot peak late Tuesday near the end of a San Diego-Seattle flight in heavy weather. They've been out ever since daylight," Lt. Comdr. R. M. Fin- ley of the coast guard, aiding search efforts, said at Longmire, near the park entrance. "There's not much visibility up there, but u they see anything they II come back to Paradise valley immedi ately and report." - BU Unit Ilsadr Commander Finley. heading a small communications coast guard unit, went to Paradise val ley yesterday and returned to Longmire last night. Since the search began Wednesday, he has worked through country from the Toledo range station, where the plane wa last heard at 4:13 p.m. Tuesday, and from reports of person wno neara a plane overhead, traced its course to Mount Rainier, t - -.'- .The national park' chief rang er, Albert D. Rose, said he had about SO men available to aid tne search on skis and snowshoes but that anowslide conditions, be cause of last night's rain, made such work dangerous and might close the 12-mile road up to Paradise valley. Snow at Para dise valley exceeded 110 inches. Cant. W. L. LittreU. of the army rescue service, McChord field, 'was also at Longmire to day with seven men. - He said a detachment was standing by at McChord field with skis and special snow equip ment to be called out immedi ately when needed. Grand Jury Still Out Tne secret session of the Klam ath county grand jury was con tinuing this afternoon alter tne seven jurors spent the morning closeted with Police Judge Har old Franey, Police Chief Orville Hamilton and Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg, who were seen to enter the jury room at separate times. Judge Franey was the first city official called before the panel, and was followed by Chief Hamilton as the grand jurors presumably delved into allega tions of misconduct on the part of city police officers. The jury had visited the city hall and jail Wednesday. Judge Vandenberg was the last witness called before the jury this morning, and was in the chamber just off the circuit courtroom for an hour, until 12:30 p.m. The jury recessed until 2 o'clock for dinner, and may bring in It report late this afternoon. Klamath OPA Office Closed The office of price administra tion, OPA, officially closed in Klamath Falls Thursday. Im portant records were kept and others, no longer needed, were burned. The area rent office will continue to operate in the Wil lits building. Mrs. Lester Offield, OPA clerk, and S. N. Reece, chief price clerk, wish to thank tie Seople of Klamath county . for leir cooperation with the staff during OPA's existence here. Reece is leaving this week for a vacation in Salt Lake City. Crispi Pit Plant-. Blast Injures One PORTLAND. Dec. 13 P)An explosion in the Crispi Pie bak ery iiurled Milo E. Bevens, 37- year-oid baxer, 10 ieet toaay ana sent him to the hospital with serious injuries. Bevens was said to have at tempted to relight the pilot light on ona ol the large ovens. Three Trains Involved In Ohio Wreck MANSFIELD, O., Dee. 13 UP) A ulle-un of th. P.n.vi.ni. railroad's crack "Golden Triangle" and two freight trains killed at least 13 persons today and caused injuries to an estimated BO or more. Nine hours after the wreck at here, seven of the dead had Doaies naa Deen found in the wreckage. Rescue crew with torches mass of twisted steel and splintered wood In search of other. il. tuna Approximately 150 of the Dassensera wr .. from Fort Dix, N. J to Chicago for a 12-day Christmas furlough before departure for Japan. Seven of the known dead wera soldiers. The 13-car train ploughed bound freight trains which had fore at about 2:45 a. m. (EST), v : One freight train had stopped and was rammed by a second freight Signal Ignored A spokesman for the Pennsylvania railroad said at Pitt burgh that L. Peloskey, engineer of the second freight, failed to heed an ."approach signal" two mile west of the accident and thus was unable to apply his brakes in time when a stop signal showed 600 feet from the accident The Pennsylvania .spokesman said the "approach signal", meant the engineer of the second freight should slow down to 30 miles and be prepared to stop the train. Petoskey was not Injured. - . . - The "Golden Triangle," traveling west on parallel track j customarily passed that point at 70 miles an hour, railroad of ficials said.' , ; '---';. ? A the Triangle's two locomotives crashed Into the wreckage,' the second coach back broke in the middle and fell over a 30. foot embankment. The dead were pinned beneath four over turned coaches. Eight coaches remained upright on the rails. . H. R. Williams, Pennsylvania railroad agent here, said at least 70 of the 150 troops on the passenger train escaped injury and were placed aboard a special train and moved into Chicago Liva Steam , . .' Pvt. Chester Harp, 17, of Kenosha, Wis., who received back injuries, said that steam rushing into the first coach back of th engine was "a most terrible thing" and burned many of the 75 soldiers in the car.. Some of the passengers were trapped in the wreckage. Rescue crews with torches cut through twisted steel to reach the victims. . ,. "The seats were twisted and turned every which way Sheriff Frank Robinson of Richland county said ' of tha over Vurned coaches. : .' . iw: v .' ' Physicians and nurses from surrounding; communities climbed into tho wrecked cars to administer aid. to the injured.,., The scene was one of terrible havoc, Sheriff Robinson re ported. ':.;''' ,-; , ';,'.' , "The rails were badly twisted," he added; "cross ties war splintered and torn from the road bed." .. Pvt. Kenneth Compton, 17, of Superior, Wis., passenger sja the Pittsburgh-to-Cbicago train, gave this description: "I had just lit up a cigaret when t felt the brakes slam on. I yelled 'hit the floor' and dropped into the aisle. There was terrific crash and glass and steel flew everywhere. I was thrown outside the car somehow and landed under the wreck on tho next track.,, . .. "I ran back inside, hollering for my pals.-1 couldn't find them and came here on the first ambulance." The accident was caused by the breaking of an air hose on an eastbound freight train. Sheriff . Robinson said he was in formed by a Pennsylvania representative. "The first freight then stopped," he related. "Then another eastbound freight train rammed into.it and both locomotives overturned. , "Just then the westbound passenger train came along and ploughed into the two wrecked freights." Pvt. Robert Radtke, 18, of Hustisford, Wis., said he was asleep in the second car behind the double-header train. "I fell off the seat and hi uuiiu, ne reiaiea. x cuuiun i sev very weu ucvaiuc vi but I figured something awful must have happened. "I saw a hole in the side of the car and jumped out." He said many of the passenger; piled out through windows. Search N. Y. l ,T- .',1 , ' ' I Firemen, aided by big mobile eras (boom at right) dig through the ruin of a tenement which was wrecked by an plosion In an adjoining building, an lea houta (debits in fore ground) in New York. At least sight persons were killed aa4 nearly two seers war believed missing, v AV wire bote- Coulter. U mil.. been identified and seven more still were cuttin. thrnn.K ,' . j Into the wreckaea of t'w ..tl derailed Just a few minutes ha. because of a broken air hoaa awakened with duffel bags all Blast Ruins I ,,- I
