Herald and news., December 28, 1946, Page 1, Image 1

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By FRANK JENKINS
A Mh.HIC'A S Harney Uuruth
bluntly wurn lito UN atomic.
. 1'uiitrol commission tliul unless
llui vulo lit HUl.KD OUT of uny
tnlernulioiuil control pluu Die
United Stales won't pluy. lie
any he cun t recommend x-iiulc
approval of uny pluu Mutt til-t-ludm
Uto veto.
HE could huve added that the
U. S. senate WON'T Al
f'KOVE uny plan for interna
tionul management and control
of atomic weapon (of which wc
ao fur have the only one) that
iclven to any nation the right to
violate the agreement and then
VETO I'UNISHMKNT of itself
a a violator.
That would be like peiwlng a
law against burulury and then
giving to the burglar the right
to veto hi own arront.
AS tlicac word! are written,
" the mornlng'a dlitchn al
ready Include three alrllna
crushes and a head-on train col
liaion, The new haa been thick
ly sprinkled with similar trago
dies for week). Practically no
day goe by without 1U quota of
fatal automobile craslw.
' Why thia growing loll? la
equipment wearing out? la oper
atlng morale breaking downT
. Or la death Hie unavoidable
companion of apcedT
THE St. Paul (Minnesota)
teacher win their atrlke
after week a of picketing and
shut-down achool. Ttiey were
seeking higher pay and better
working condition.
School atrlkea are bad. But
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16 Injured In
Train Wreck
RALEIGH, N. C. Dec. 28 (iV)
Sixteen persona were Injured,
none believed seriously, in a
head-on collision of a Southern
. railway passenger train and a
freight today at Auburn, eight
.mile from here.
Railroad official aid neither
. train wa running more than
five or atx mllea an hour when
. they met. Two tank car of
guaoline on the , freight were
, wrecked but tho fuel did not
catch fire. Spectator with buck
eta and tub scooped up the gna
from gullle a it flowed away
from the wreck.
The train wore passenger No.
14, castbound from Greensboro
; to Goldsboro, and freight train
No. 69, wcatbound.'
A, B. Waynlck, engineer, and
Joe Bcal, fireman, both of
' Greensboro, suffered cut on
- Uielr facea and arm.
Three paaenger wore hospl
tallzcd. Those hurt were all real
dent of North Carolina. Most of
'thorn were dismissed after first
aid treatment.
The cab of the passenger train
was torn loose from the engine,
which was derailed, The freight
locomotive remained on tho
track.
Year's End Sees Prices
Droppina In Klamaih Basin
Butter was down 4 cents a
pound in wholesale price here
.today, bearing out yesterday'
forecasts based on a general
break In dnlry product prices.
The butter decline was from 83
, to 79 cents wholesale, cent un
der Portland prices.
There was no quoted change
In egg prices for the day, but
large eggs from storage have
dropped 6 cents a dozen, whole
sale price, In the last week.
Large storage eggs were quoted
at 58 cents wholesale today.
Largo fresh cgg.i arc currently
auoted at from 70 to 72 cents a
ozen, a decline from season
highs. Fresh eggs ore in fuir de
mand, but the supply is coming
in unusuully early and some
drop in fresh egg prices was be
lieved certain.
There Is a heavy over-supply
of storage egg.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
When The One-Horse Sleigh Wen?
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Daahlna throuah the snow around Klamath Fall la 1(11 was a marvelou auccaseor to
one-horse alelgh. Automobile had only been aeen In thia vicinity three or four year when
above picture waa taken at the first Cadillac garage en a wintry day in 1812. H. Rabbee was
proprietor" ot the garage, located at Willow and S. 7th. Standing to- the right of the ear ia
door of the garage la the late Jamee EdwinHowie of Klamath Falls. Other figure are I
dentlfiable.
PILOT AND
Animal Trainer
Offers To Take
On Panthers
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 28 (IP)
Officers armed with tear gas
and riot guns stood guard today
over a Railway Kxpreas car In
which three panthers are loose,
while an amusement center em
ploye pleaded for permission to
take them in hand.
Raymond Hathaway, who said
he spent 20 years as a wild ani
mal trainer, said he would enter
the car barehanded and transfer
the panthers' to an empty bag
gage car.
"Those cats," said Hathaway,
"arc just hungry and frightened.
I'll take care of them If you keep
the crowd away."
But on advice of Texas and
Pacific railroad officials it was
decided to await the arrival of
Noble Hamltcr, shipper and
trainer, from Dallas.
In other lines than food, some
price mark-downs have occurred
here, and a number of clearance
sales are under way in local re
tail houses showing prices at at
tractive lower levels.
Nicholas Long, Klamath mer
chant and presidont of the Ore
gon Retail Council, said that at
least one press association wire
(not the AP) and some radio and
newspaper reports, had carried
exaggerated accounts of price
slashing on wearables. He said
these stories Indicated a general
cut of BO per cent, incorrectly
quoting a Washington, D. C.
source, Later corrections showed
that there would be deeper post
Christmas markdowns than us
ual this year, these might ronch
50 per cent on some ersatz and
other wartime items, but that
the general markdown levol will
not approach SO per cent.
Klamath Fall, Oregon, Saturday.
CO - PILOT DIE IN PLANE
r MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Dec.
28 (A') An American Airlines
plane en route from Buffalo,
N. Y., to Chicago crash-landed In
scenic International Friendship
Garden east of here today, kill
ing the pilot and co-pilot and
Injuring 19 passenger.
The plane cut a wide swath
through several hundred yards
ot tree in the gardens and came
to rest against a small tree.
The pilots' cabin and the tail
of the plane were sheared from
the passengers' compartment,
which remained Intact. Officials
said this propably accounted
for the fact the loss of life was
not greater.
The pilot was Frank Mates
Hamm Jr. ot Bridgeport, Conn.,
and Chicago, and the co-pilot
was Harmon Edwin Ring, Mus
catine, Ia. Hamm waa killed in
stantlyand Ring, who was thrown
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Union Demand
Said Met
Unofficial settlement was re
ported in Klamath Falls today
when electrical contractors said
they had met demands of elec
trical workers and on expira
tion of the existing contract on
January 1, 1947, the hourly
wage win De Sl.HYi. This was
the demand of the local and is
said to be settled amicably. No
contract has as yet been signed,
it is understood.
Electrical workers, AFT,,' are
now working at a going wane of
$1.70 per hour. , . ;
In the meantime, sheet metal
workers remained away from
their lobs, having refused the
contractors' offer of $1.87 per
hour. The going wage is now
$1,821 per hour, the members of
local 320 asking a straight 50
cent - an - hour increase which
would bring the hourly wage to
$2.12i. When contractors of
fered $1.87 per hour, the local
then counteracted with) a
straight $2 per hour which was
refused by the contractors. The
local has been out since Decem
ber IS and negotiations today
were at a standstill.
Dec. 28. 1848 Numbar 10820
Out Of Business
Monoxide Gas
Warning Given
SALEM. Dec. 28 (P) The
dangers o f carbon monoxide
poisoning were cited Saturday
by Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell Jr., in warning motor
ists of the hazards of winter
driving.
'The average car has been in
service much longer- than any
one ever expected, and it may
easily have developed leaks
since last winter," Farrell said
He stressed as three main
dangers in connection with gas
poisoning, warming up cars in
closed garages: leaky exhaust
systems and floor boards and
faulty manifold-type car heaters.
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Bilbo Hearings To Be Held
Off Until New Congress In
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (JP)
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.), re
ported today that a majority of
the senate war investigating
committee had approved a re
port criticizing Senator Bilbo
(D-Miss.) for his relations with
war contractors.
Ferguson said the ten mem
bers of the committee were be
ing polled on the Bilbo report
and "six of them already have
approved it." -
He said he could not divulge
the names or party affiliations
of these six until the entire com
mittee has been polled and the
report filed with tike secretary
of the senate.
At the same time Ferguson
said it would be impossible for
tlie war investigating subcom
mittee to hold additional public
hearings on Bilbo's affairs be
fore the new congress convenes,
January 3.
Ferguson had asked reopening
of the public hearings by Chair
Plane Blows
Up In Eire
Landing Try
RINEANNA. Eire. Dec. 28 (Jfl
The explosion and crash of a
TWA constellation killed 12
persons today and left 11 in
jured, seven critically.
The Trans World airliner, en
route from Paris to New York,
exploded with a blinding flash
apparently at the moment it
smashed into the mud of a bog
gy, grass-covered Island about
two miles from the Shannon
airport.
The pilot, Capt. Herbert Tan
sey of Falls Church, Va., was
injured so seriously that investi
gators could not talk with him
immediately to learn what might
have forced down the giant four-
engine plane, named the Star of
Cairo.
Pauenger Die
Nine of those killed outright
were passengers, and three were
crew members. All but two ot
the 1Z were Americans.
The surviving hostess. Miss
Vina Ferguson of Jackson
Heights. N. Y.. said the crash oc
curred without warning. She .
and the passengers had no im
pression that anything was
wrong as the plane started down
for a landing m fog and drizzle
at 2 a. m. (9 p. m. Friday, east
em standard time).
The injured, brought from the
island in little boats, were taken
to St. John's and Harrington
hospitals at Limerick and the
Community hospital at Ennis.
investigators of the Eire de
partment of industry and com
merce were on the scene but
(CMa rtc S. Clama a
De Gaulle
Not To Run ,
PARIS, Dec. 28 UP) Getty
Charles de Gaulle said today he
would not be - a candidate for
president of Frence's new fourth
republic. The French legislature
is to elect the president January
18 or soon after.
In a written statement deliv
ered to the press, the wartime
leader of the free French and
first head of France's post-war
provisional government said he
did not believe "according to my
conscience" that it would be well
for him to "preside, with im
potence, over the impotence of
the state."
De Gaulle said he was making
his statement in answer to a
question put to him about his
future intentions. He did not
specify whether this question
was the one the Associated Press
submitted to him some time ago.
The general has objected to
the constituton of the fourth re
public on the ground that it gives
too much power to the legisla
ture and too little to the execu
tive. man Mead (D-N. Y.) of the sub
committee but learned today
that Mead could not attend a
hearing before January 2, the
day that Mead's term as senator
expires.
"Because four of the ten mem
bers of the committee will not
be members of the next senate
we can not hold additional hear
ings," Ferguson said.
He had asked that the hear
ings be reopened for additional
testimony on a complaint that
Bilbo received $1500 from a
narcotics addict after he had in
tervened with federal officials
to obtain a daily ration of nar
cotics for the addict.
Ferguson had asked that di
rect testimony be taken from
John Carr of Natchez, Miss.,
identified by previous witnesses
as the addict, and from Dr. A. J.
Podesta of Vicksburg, Miss., and
Dr. James Logan of Natchez,
Identified at earlier hearings as
physicians who recommended
the narcotics for Carr.