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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1946)
: ; - i - I A K A ft I By FRANK JENKINS nARUCll today ca)s formally " upon the Unltnd Nations lomlc energy commission to approve tho U. S, pliin for In ternational control o( atomic wi'iipons of war. In a brief speech to the commission, lie uys the qticiitlon Mm been do baled long enough and the time lor action li here. OUR position In trills mont crltlral of all situations lacing the world U thut OUK plan for control of atomic war fare must be adopted or we won't play. Offhnnd, that sounds tub born, ; When you reason It out, It isn't.; We have the atom bomb. Nobody else ha. When we offer to give It up In return for effective International control, wo naturally expect to have the ay an to whether the proposed form of control Is effective. ET'S put it thla way: - In a tough crowd whore YOU HAVE THE ONLY GUN. you will be the one that U particular about giving up guna. BKSIDES, since we know more about atomic warfare than anybody eliw, we're In a belter poition than anybody else to know what method! of control will be effective. If the conlroU that arc adopt ed AHENT EFFECTIVE, they will be WORSE than uacleM. SIDNEY F. WOODBURY, tak ing over the preidoncy of the Portland chamber of com merce, aaya In hla Inaugural ad drew lat night that "we're In a very and mm, and we all know 11." He add: "We are a nation ilck In aplrlt and In purpone, No one carea particularly If he worki or not. though each la determined to got a higher rate of pay and Just at determined not to produce fairly." , , . AS a solution, he advocalei the principle of the Golden Rule, but note that "the rub I to gel anyone to follow It." The great obstacle to adoption of the principle of the Golden Rule a.i the solution of the prob lem of getting along with each other la that "practical" men have always regarded It ai IdiialUtlc nomoiuK! that tounda good In a apeech but wouldn't 'if honottly applied, It WOULD work. It all of ua adopted and lived up to the principle of the Golden Rule in all of our dealings with each other. It would pay not only In greater satisfactions but In dollars and cents. ALL sound, honcit business men know that a contract that la fair to both (or all) parties Is quite certain to be more profit able to ALL concerned titan a contract that gives the bulk ot the benefits to ONE party. In tho case of a one-sided con tract, the party that la gypped is pretty sure to kick up a coolly disturbance somewhere along the line. AS Chamber of Commerce President Woodbury says (In somewhat milder words) each of us in these days is determined to get his NOW, and to hell with the other fellow. Try to run a football team on that principle, and see how many games you win. Ybu won't win many, COR the first time In our Istonce, our system Is In sharp competition' with another system Russian communism. What ever may be their reasons, there seems to be no doubt anywhere that ALL the Russians are WORKING TOGETHER toward CanllnaaS a Par It, Clamii SI 1 5. Vmiian T . .1 ZZ. I PRICE FIVE CENTS iwgfla- V XLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1B46 (Telephon gill) Number 10812 Mi fctteir May. Charge Filed In McComb Shooting Donald L. Yancey, 35. has been formally charged with as sault with Intent to kill In the gunplay which wounded Mary McComb, AO-year-old Klamath county librarian, who remains in an extremely critical condi tion at Kinmath Valley hospital, Yancey, who In a stutcment to the district attorney told of fir ing the shot which struck Miss McComb In the neck Saturday night, was arraigned In Justice court yesterday afternoon. lie took time to consider, ask ing for a preliminary hearing and requested a lawyer. Yan cey was returned to the county Jail In lieu of $5000 cash ball, and today was making an effort to retain Dayton E. Van Vector to defend him. There Is little likelihood, Dis trict Attorney Clarence Humble said today, that the shooting will be officially brought to the at tention of the grand jury, now meeting, because of the critical condition of Miss McComb. Condition Critical The librarian, well-known and respected In Klamath Falls and the county, Is unable to have anv visitors at the hospital, but officials said that the hospital waa being flooded with anxious calls concerning her. At a late hour today Miss Mc Comb' physician, Dr. George H. Adler, advised that her condi tion remains extremely grave. Her left side Is paralyzed and she is unable to respond In any manner. Dr. Adler said the situ- CllMf ( I. ;alBf S) . Bilbo Mum While Lawyers Row Over Campaign Cost WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (VP) An attorney for Senator Bilbo (D-Mlas.) expressed the opinion today that "hundreds ot thou sands of dollars" can be spent in Mississippi political campaigns despite a state corrupt practices act. Tae attorney, Forest Jackson, was questioned about the elate law by senator Ferguson t Mlch.) at the Bilbo war con tracts inquiry. After asking about the alleged payment ot 11,000 to former Rep. Ross Collins' campaign manager after Collins lost Ciis bid for a senatorial nomination In 1942, Ferguson queried: "How did you get around the Mississippi corrupt practices act? You' did not report ihi as a cam paign expenditure." Jackson replied that only the main committee of a candidate was required to report its ex penditures. "Informal groups were exempt, he said. "What good Is the state law than?" asked Ferguson. "I don't think it's any good." Jackson replied. Before today s session started Senator Bilbo told reporters he Explaining The 1 : Tv) ! f'W;V ''"ill 2:'Jr.. mmm m asTifwiWiit il T i ''su Dean Abbott, right. No. 1 on the alphabetical list of participants In tomorrow's Tulelake homestead drawing, is shown with District Engineer Ray Best of the USR3 (center) being inter viewed at the KFLW studios on a coastwide ABC broadcast In advance of the drawing. Bob McCarl, left, is the KFLW announcer. Don Lee Mutual and KFJI will broadcast the opening ceremonies at 10:30 a. m, Wednesday, and thereafter KFLW and KFJI will alternate in broad casting the drawing locally. Mistake Stymies Housing Situation PORTLAND. Dec. 17 (Hi Judge Frank Loncrgan is pre siding Judge of the Multnomah courts but he Isn't running an auto court. That's wnat he wrote a North Carolina resident whoso letter to "the Multnomah courts" asking for accommodations was deliv ered to him... i - u , , did not plan to answer testimony until it was completed, including that of his former secretary, fcd ward B. Terry. When Bilbo testifies later, he will have a chance to tell his side of the story of his relations with a dozen war contractors wiio: 1. Loaned him money; 2. Bought him a car; 3. Dug him a lake and. 4., Chipped In more than $30,000 for his futile campaign to elect Wall Doxey to the United States senate in 1942. Bilbo has been an attentive listener to all the proceedings since the public hearings started last Tviursdoy. Terry, Bilbo's secretary from 1939 until last Jnnuary, claims his life has been threatened if he says anything against his former boss. He has been in a Quitman, Miss., hospital with a heart ail ment and is not due to arrive here until tomorrow morning. Bilbo told reporters he planned to present a written statement explaining his side of the affair. He recently under went a nlouth operation and can not yet wear his denture comfortably. r iPfs t&d0?fa fi) ( Homestead Drawing For Big Jar Rigged Like Churn Holds Numbers At Drawing National attention was direct ed today to a big glass Jar, rigged up so that it will revolve churn fashion on an axle, which for the moment reposes empty on a table in the U. S. reclamation bureau offices here - Thia l 'the- receptacle;- wine' times erroneously caned a gold fish bowl, which will hold the capsule-encased numbers of par ticipating World War II veterans in the Tulelake homestead draw ing to open at 10:30 a. m. to morrow at the Klamath armory. It is actually a pickle-jar, and was found amid discarded articles at the WRA center at Tulelake. The reclamation bureau shop crew here fashioned the turning device for the jar, which will stir up the capsules High School To Present Oratorio Klamath Union high school's Christmas gift to the city of Klamath Falls will be presented tonight, Tuesday, and tomorrow night in tho KUHS auditorium, when various departments com bine to give "The Divine, Mys tery," a Christmas oratorio, at 8 o'clock sharp. There is no charge and the public is cordially invit ed, according to Andrew Loney Jr., director of music education in the city schools. Students from the music, art, manual arts and drama depart ments have worked diligently on the production which will be far and away one of the most ex travagant and beautiful attempt ed by the high school. Guest soloist is Carl Hagel and student soloist is Doris Weaver. Shoppers Flood Klamath Falls Mi Floods Radio Listeners between each individual drawing for homesteads tomorrow. The jar is encased in a steel collar, and is turned by a crank. As each capsule is removed from the jar, the capsule will be smashed by hammer. The. Dumber will then be examined. It will be checked against the official list of participants, and name of the veteran with the corresponding number will be announced. It is expected to take about four hours to complete the draw ing of 172 names. Eighty-six homesteads are to be allotted, but twice that number of names will be drawn to assure alter nates in case any of the first 86 are disqualified. After the 172 are drawn the remaining capsules will be re moved and kept In a vault against the possibility that they might be needed again for further drawing in case not enough qualified applicants are found in the 172 drawn. All plans for the drawing were apparently finished today. Grand Jury May Report Today All indications at the court house point to the conclusion that the Klamath county grand jury, now in its eighth day of work, will bring in its report late this afternoon. Circuit Judge David R. Van denberg was in the room with the jury for about two hours this morning, and at noon the jurors recessed until 1:30 p. m. At that time Al Brandt, court reporter, was asked to be on hand to type out the jury's report. Stores As Buying Hits r 1 Vx - ""t jT v. " : srT River Crest Expected To Hit Today By The Associated Press Debris-filled floodwaters of the Willamette river rolled over low-laying wharves at Portland today and still were rising to ward the expected crest of 22 feet due about noon. Three feet above flood stage of 18 feet th morning, the river had yet to cause serious damage in the Portland area, but tug boats were riding herd on drift ing logs, keeping them from bridge piers. Vancouver, Was-h., was to get a crest five feet above flood stage in the Columbia river when the Willamette's peak pours into the river, according to Elmer Fisher, weather bureau meteorologist. Willamette Falls The Willamette continued its fall in the upper valley as cessa tion of rain and a cold snap halt ed the feeding of tributaries which swept over lowland fields and piled into the main stream. The Eugene area, first to feel the force of the flood, was get ting back to a semblance of nor malcy but from there down river to below Newberg, damage was estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Eroded soil, washed out or weakened bridges, silted homes and stores and lost poultry and livestock were the flood s toll. Most of the serious damage was in the Eu gene area. Although hopyards in the Corvallis-Salem area were flooded, damage to them was be lieved minor. ..The Santiam river -Lebanon cut 10 feet from its bank and edged perilously close to an old channel. A break-through would have inundated much . ot the business district. Anti-Trust Case Dropped WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (VP) The justice department an nounced today that its anti-trust division has recommended dis missal of the six-year-old anti trust suit against the American Petroleum Institute, and more than 200 oil companies. A department press official told reporters that Attorney General Clark "is holding up dis missal of the case pending a set tlement of legal problems. His decision may be expected in about two weeks." The official did not divulge the division's reason for recom mending dismissal. - Filed in 1940, the suit charged the institute, 22 major oil com panies and more than 200 sub sidiary companies with conspir acy to restrain trade, monopolize the industry, manipulate prices and maintain other, practices to the detriment of consumers. The case was not prosecuted during the war. The justice de partment revived it last spring. Peak' 0 II tzx x Sharp Blasf Sends Youth To Hospital Methane gas mingled with water in the Tulelake wetr mains, caused a sharp explosion early Monday afternoon and se.it 19-year-old Paul Elbert Sanders to Klamath Valley hospital with burns about the face and hands. Sanders, an employe of the Lepley Motors company, said ha had entered the men's lavatory and had placed a metal bucket under a faucet to draw some water. He said that he did not re member whether he had a cigarette burning at the time or had struck a match to light the cigarette, but when no water cam from the tap he flushed the bowl to release the pressure and as he did there was an explosion. force oi the blast, apparently caused by the presence ot methane gas in the lines, blew two doors off the lavatory and sprung the walls of the wood and pumice structure. A part of one door was thrown 40 feet by the force and Sanders' cloth ing and hair were ablaze as he rushed from the building. Fire extinguishers were played on him to put out the fire and the Tulelake ambulance rushed the youth to Klamath Valley hos pital. Delbert Ma x w e 1 1 Lepley, operator of Lepley Motors, said today that it was possible that young Sanders did not have a burning cigarette or match at the time but that the friction of the metal bucket striking the water pipe caused the spark which set off the explosion. , Members of the city council, alarmed at the condition, called a meeting early last night and advised that to prevent a re occurrence, several openings would be made in the mains near the water distributive plant. It was explained that in stead of pumping water into the storage tank, water was now being pumped directly into the main because the $13,000 airiation and softening plant is under construction and work men were getting ready to do some installation work. Gas has now been forming in the main instead of in the tanks, it was observed at the meeting. By making openings in the mains, city councilmen ob served that it would cut be tween 80 and 90 per cent of the gas now in the water. High Pressure Tulelake residents told the council that it was not uncom mon to have a dish forced from the hand when taps were turned on, so high is the pressure as the result of the gas. It was also-brought out .that Tulelake home owners had long ago learned not to approach the taps with lighted cigarettes. This is the third time in Tule lake, it is understood, that such an explosion has occurred but none of the explosions has been accompanied by fire. One woman understood to have entered her bathroom and when she lit match, a resulting explosion blew the top off the water tank on the toilet. This is the first injury, one Tulelake resident told The Herald and News today. to result from the Dresence of methane gas in the water. Residents said that you could strike a match and throw it in water and a flame would result. Methane gas is a gaseous hy drocarbon, light, odorless and inflammable, occurring natur ally as a product of decomposi tion or organic matter in marshes and mines. It is some times called marsh gas. Accident Leaves Car On Steps PORTLAND. Dec. 17 (VP) Bert Short stepped unhurt from his automobile last night after it had failed to make a turn, knocked a guard rail 35 feet. sailed over the crest of a Wil lamette boulevard embankment clearing a 50-foot stairway, and came to rest on its top. He was cited tor reckless driv ing and damaging city property. 'ft1 - U Last Saturday was out-of-town shopping day In Klamath Falls and shops wer filled with families who cam to town to wind up their holiday buying. (1) A plump Teddy Bear intrigues ' pretty little Marjori Jones, 2 H -year-old daughter of W. J, Jonas, . 2761 Wiard, who spent quit bit of time in this toy department with Marjori. (2) Still smiling after a grueling day behind th counter, Carol Dunn wraps a package at a counter still piled high with Christmas ribbons. (3) Waiting outsid for mother, Richard Helmka, 12-year-old Mills student, watches baby brother Larry Beavers. They ar children of Mr. and Mrs. Radford ' Beavers of th Mountain View housing project and Saturday was a big occasion for Larry who shares his carriage with packages. (4) Santa Claus looks a lot happier than two of his little con fidantes, Larry, 3M. and Sandy, 2, children of Mr. and Mrs. A. L, Bradshaw of Modoc Point, who war in town for tk day. Saiat Mick, under Ms baud, is Frank Hurd. , Battles Rage Line ATHENS, Dec. -17 (VP) Th 'Z Bulgarian village of Ortakio, just across the Gre5k border, was reported afire today in on of three battles around th Greek bulge between Turkey and Bulgaria.- Newspapers Said at least 33 guerrilla foes of th Athens government had been killed. Dispatches said battle sounds could be heard from the Ortakio region. Unconfirmed report told of widespread fighting in the area, but the full extent was ' not known on tie Greek side of the frontier. The smoke from the blazing village, however, was declared clearly seen from Greece. .... - 14-Hour Battl Twenty guerrillas were re- . Z. ported killed in a 14-hour battl in the snowclad mountains near tie Greek village of Tripyllion, at the Bulgarian frontier. Army headquarters at Komo- -tini said another battle took place north and south of Didi-""' motikon and around Souphli, -where nine insurgents wer killed in a tight in an area be tween Didimotikon and Orestias, and six were wounded and, 10 ' captured. . Abandoned Dog Waits For Owner Mollys; a., small black and white shepherd dog. Is still wait ing. Her story is told by Mrs. Lloyd Dunlap of the Old Fort' road. On Saturday a young man who said he was from Dorris asked Mrs. Dunlap to take the dog because he could no longer keep her. Mrs. Dunlap told him she already had a dog and. -had no place for another, sug gesting that he try some of her' neighbors. - The 'man started down th road, telling Molly to wait for him where she was ... on a pile of logs and rubble. Ti man didn't come back, and Molly is still waiting. She has refused food given her by Mrs. Dunlap. - Mrs. Dunlap asks anyone will ing to give the little dog a horn to call her, telephone 4237. ffL SHOPPING P DAYS UFT j V
