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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.
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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 ,'
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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
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