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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1947)
mm In! lie llav's Jews By FRANK JENKINS BYRNES resigns as U. S. sec rotary of stale. President rrumin IMMKIJIATKLY ap points General Mumhull to sue iced him. H li 111G NEWS throughout Die world, YOU may fuel, Just off the cuff, tliut secretaries of state ero beyond your rwilie of Interest Hint whut you wtint to, know Is whether the city council In go ing to pave the street In front of your houito or whether or not the Inndlord ii going to raise your rent, Wait a minute. The U. S. evreliiry of slate Ik America's rOnCIUN MINISTER. Foreign . policy In the soil from which warn sprout. War la the NO. 1 CONCERN of every living per ion. That la why a cluing In the office of secretary of alote com ntanda big headline". , "... IJYRNES my he la resigning , bemuse of 111 health, It MIGHT be true. No mun can afford to INVITE DEATH tlirniiuh overwork. Byrne hcolth tin boon known for aome time to be allpplng under the hcuvy load of responsibility In volved In hla critical lob. II la a little unfortunate that In the past government, cspc cliillv dliiloinal. huve ao often offered abmird reaaona for whnt they do (ua when we explained a wlille duck tnai we were aenn inu our neweat aircraft carrier. the Franklin I). Kooaevelt, to the troubled Mediterranean In order to give the Roosevelt-admiring Urecka an opportunity to gate upon the great warahlp Unit beara Ilia name, when everybody knew that for reaaona of diplo macy we were making a diaplay or our military might.) The lime mmt come when diplomacy will be FRANKER. When that lime cornea, people will have more confidence In what diplomat any won't be templed to mutter "Oh, yeah?" when It la announced that an American secretary of state ii resigning because of tho atule of hla health. ... IJYRNES haa been a good maivi- one of the best In our history. , lie haa done a good Job in lime of great stress. Fortunately, Marshall is a good man also. In the news this morning, we get that reaction from all aides. .... . . i ,. f ' vi riENERAL. MARSHALL, aa sec retnrv of slate, would be. come PRESIDENT If Truman should die or become Inrapacl. tated. (Until the next election, we will have no vice president. Truman was vice president, and left the office vacant when he became President.) Military men recognize this principle: "If It la the RIGHT thing to do, DO It." In this critical period, we need greatly to do the RIGHT thing, regard, lew of political considerations So, you see, Marshall's military training could be userul. ... ""THE morning's dispatches tell ua of the discovery, near Salmon, Idaho, of gold deposits assaying $1145.20 per ton. That brings an odd thought Into our minds. It Is quite likely that with the aid of nuclear fission (which made the atom bomb possible) our scientist could transmute baser metals Into gold IF THEY REALLY WANTED TO. ... WHY wouldn't they want to? Well, the first thing that would be accomplished bv mak Ing gold aa plentiful and as cheap as lead would be a complete up set In International finance an (C.nlln.. n P.i. 4. C.lamn 11 Joint m ' rJtK$r i The merged park and recreation board held its first maallnn taken. Standing, left to rlghti Mrs. Frank Peyton, A. D. Collier. Curt Strong, Caretaker Bert Stott of Moore park. Recreation Director E. E. Hambrick. Cltv Enoinaer E. A. Thorn... s.x.ri f O. D. Matthews, Fisd Robinson, meeting was the resignation of PRICE FIVE CENTS KLr t0 W LS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1947 Painters Return To Basin Jobs ' Differences between members of the painters' local, No. 1279, and painting contractors, was settled today when the local voted to accept the propoaitlon aubmlttcd to the negotiating committee by the Painting and Decorating Contractors of Amer ica, Klamath chapter. The men had returned to, work Tueaday, following a one-day strike, only on a temporary b sis. Tueaday night a secret ballot was taken and the proposition accepted, fainter will now receive $1.82 M per hour. Carpentera, members of local 190. continued off the Job and today C. D. Long, business agent (or the local, said negotiations between the membership and ABC and E, had broken off and negotiation were going on be tween individual contractors and not with the association. The painters will continue working at (1.82 Mi per hour un til March 1, when the rate auto matically raises to (1.75 per hour or the rate agreed on by the Portland painters and their em ployers, whichever Is higher, ac cording to Joe L. Willis, acting business agent. Statement Given Following is a statement hand ed The Herald and News today by Willis: "The painters union made despeiale attempt, all through the month of December to get such a proposition from the painting and decorating con tractors, but were not successful until January S In doing so. The contractors- had consistently -ef fused, up to that date, to give ua any definite settlement for more than 90 days, and this was not acceptable for the reason that further negotiations in March or April would be a disturbing fac tor and would be a departure c.bii...s e.g. 4, c.i.mh 1) Supreme Court Cafe Picketed WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 (A CIO employes of the supreme court cunning s carctcria toon picketed the white marble ed flee to back up demands for higher pay. It marked the first appearance of union pickets before that building. The women workers, members of the cafeteria and restaurant workers union, bore signu marked "Locked out." The signs told of a work stop page Involving 2200 employes of Government Services, Inc., pri vate operators of 53 cafeterias in government buildings. The su preme court cafeteria has been closed since Tuesday. The em ployes quit work In a demand for higher wages and other conces sions. Park-Recreation Board Holds Major C. H. Underwood, Mayor Hambrick, accepted to be effective February 1. Baffled Arthur Dunn scrstchss his head at tha latest (SO entry In hla bank book In Denver. The U. 8. government deposited 450 to his account laat June and (50 checka have been ar riving each month. Dunn, a atreetcar operator, can't find out why he's baan receiving the money. AP wirephoto. Police Probe Powder Theft State police were working to day t locate considerable dyne mite and explosive equipment said stolen sometime between January 2 and 7, from the Baker Brothers powder house in the Pelican City area. Anyone ob serving children playing with dynamite caps or powder is asked to contact state police, 4211, Immediately. The equipment was the prop erty of the Cascade Powder com pany and the loot includes 50 4- foot electric exploders, 25 24- foot, SO e-foot and 250 20-foot electric exploders, 50 8-foot No. 1 delayed action caps, two rolls of connecting wire, two cases of special stumping powder, (dyna mite), two cases of 60 per cent gelatine dynamite, also a pow der; one case of Farmex ditch ing powder, a higher test dyna mite. The total value la $101.56, officials said. Entrance to the powder house was gained by breaking locks with a pinch bar. The loss was discovered Tuesday by Wilmcr D. Baker, member of the firm of Baker Brothers. Male police said it was doubtful that ju veniles were involved as too much equipment was moved. All products carry the label of the Atlas Powder company except the 50 8-foot delayed action caps which are of Trojan make. First Session fe vasterdav. whan M. lrt,. .. Ed Ostendorf. A feature of the m 0 aitfe hmim lu Cilf Low Prices Only Way To Prosperity WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (P) Prcaidt-nt Truman told congress today that for greater prosperity America needs lower prices and labor ought not to press wage de mands which will keep them from dropping. He aent the legislators a mes sage in wh ch he also said that for the nation's economic health they ahould (a) continue taxes at present wartime levels, (b) ex tend rent controls, (c) lncreaae social security benefits, (d) boost minimum wages, (e) extend the wage-hour law to new groups, (f) start a long-range housing firogram and (g) enact new labor aws. It would be "unsound fiscal policy" to cut wartime income taxes, the chief executive de clared In his first annual econo mic report to the legislative branch. The main approach to bal ancing "real purchasing power" with productive capacity, he said, "must be through reduced prices." Taxes should be kept at present levels, Mr. Truman as serted, because of "the rule of sound, public finance that calls for surplus In government reve nues over expenditures while employment Is nigh and the total Income Is large." He concede 1 the tax burden Is great and should be lightened "as soon as possible," but he cau tioned: "When reductions come, it will be important that they be fairly and equitably distributed, that they contribute Jo the mainte nance of purchasing power by re ducing the burden on the mass of consumers, and that they help provide the work and business incentives essential for a high level of production." Recreation Head Quits City Recreation Director E. E. Hambrick has resigned, effective i CDTuary i. Hambrick's resignation was presented to the newly-appointed city recreation committee Tues day afternoon. The committee accepted the resignation with a request that Hambrick continue temporarily until a successor is appointed. Hambrick said he felt he had been able to make a contribution to the community, but that the enlarged recreation program of the future is a task for a younger man than he. Major E. Ostcndorf warmly praised Hambrick for the work he has done, and the entire committee, especially old members who have worked with Hambrick. voiced appreciation for his efforts. The recreatl-r. committee and park board are now combined, in effect, the same members serving on both. All members were present yesterday, including Mayor Oslendorf as chairman. Major C. H. Underwood, City Engineer E. A. Thomas, Curt Strong, Mrs. Frank Peyton, Fred Robinson, Alfred Collier and O. D. Matthews. The group voted to level the picnic ground at Moore park as rapidly as possible. Atomic Test Ship Sinks At Island KWAJALEIN, Jan. 8 (if) The former nazl heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen which survived both atomic explosions at Bikini last summer capsized suddenly and sank December 16. A battering blow from the un derwater explosion of an atomic bomb July 25 presumably loos ened the Eugen's stern plates, which gave way as she was rid ing quietly at anchor in the Kwajaleln lagoon with other sur vivors of atomic power. First Pussy ' Willows Spotted It was spring robins last week. This week it's the first pussy willows of the season. Reuben Dlehl, Big Basin Lum ber company employe, brought a handful of pussy willows into The Herald and News newsroom Monaay, picked irom clumps found along the banks of Wll V V," .... r river store on the old highway ni.iTi TuJ Tu-ZZi his car full of the harbingers of spring just to prove hla case. (Tlpbon Byrnes Reads Resignation Reaction i ii ma III. mVWimmmtmmmit-mmmmmmmmmmammmmmmm !... .... WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 Secretary of State James F. Bvrnas. whose reaignation from that office was announced last night, reads telegrams of reaction irom friends as he arrived at his office this morning. Congress has approved the appointment of rive-star General George C. Marshall to succeed Byrnes. Hollywood Salaries Lead List Of Biggesi Earners WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 VP) The film industry got its usual top billing today on a treasury list of 122 leading money-makers of 1944 and of business fiscal years ending in 1945. Movie people held more than Filibusters Face Attack WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 (Pi Five senators launched an anti filibuster drive today with strong prospects that it will carry to the senate floor and pro voke historic debate perhaps a filibuster. Senator Knowland (R-Calif.), who with Senator Ferguson (It Mich.) introduced one of three proposals to smash the rule pro tecting unlimited debate, said he . thinks there is "a good chance" that the rules committee will give the senate a chance to act on a change. Knowland is a member of the committee.. Other similar proposals have been put forward by Senator Saltonstall (R-Mass.) and by Sen ators More (R-Ore.) and Taylor (D-Idaho). AH three pending resolutions are designed to blast out the rule by which senate debate now can be limited only by two thirds vote and substitute a pro vision that a simple majority could apply a limitation. The house has Jiad such a rule for years. Stalin Nominated For High Soviet MOSCOW, Jan. 8 (JP) Prime Minister Stalin today accepted nomination as a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Re public the largest republic in the Soviet Union. Stalin will stand for election to a four-year term in balloting which will take place next month. The Russian leader Is a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, having been elected to another four-year term in Feb ruary, 1946. WEATHER Mas, 'Jan. 1 S Hin. FrtrlBiUUan latl It kmr .f Kir ram yt in 4mi ,. .. 7 4 Lmnt ymtr R.M Normal ... . iVarrcaat: Parti? cloudy tdatr, Untfht ant! Thursday; m:lt lmpralMr hnfa; II flit rata fbaradajr. 8111) Numbtr 10830 AP wirephoto. one out of every four spots on the partial list of over $75,000 earners and led it with the com edy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. They took in $469,170 jomuy $234,083 eacn if they spin 11. Hollywood also flirnUhoH eight of the 12 persons on the list who received more than $200,000. but yielded top indi vidual piace to a businessman, Thomas J. Watson of New York. president of International Busi ness Machines corporation. Watson's gross was $425,548. Even so, he was a far second to Movie Producer-Director Leo McCarey, whose $1,113,035 earn ings, set out in an earlier listing of 593 persons, kept him high money-maker for the 1944 and into 1945 period. And still unreported and pre sumably slated for a later list was Movie Magnate Louis B. Mayer, the list-leader for seven consecutive years. Mayer's 1943 earnings were $908,000. The listings cover only com pensation for personal services, excluding income from invest ments or other sources. Second to Watson on the new list and leader among the women for 1944 earnings ' thus far re ported was Deanna Durbin, who got $310,728 singing and acting in movies. Her husband and pic ture director, Felix Jackson, al so made, the list with earnings of $114,875. , Turtles Cause Ruckus In Cafe PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6 W5) Three 60-pound turtles destined for a oneway trip to the kitchen staged a rebellion in Leonard Yocum's restaurant today and in their brief moment of freedom they: 1. Evoked out some piercing screams from a cook. . 2. Invaded the main dining room. 3. Frightened 20 patrons, sending women leaping onto chairs for safety. 4. Withdrew into their shells when a successful counterattack, marshalled by a policeman with a shovel, got under way. The ponderous turtles escaped when a barrel in the storage room tipped over. General Take Byrnes' Cabinet Post WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (AP) Th senate unanimously ifirmed today President Truman's nomination of Cn. George C. Marshall to succeed of state. The speedy action came in a republican-directed mov to demonstrate foreign policy unity. The senate acted within 55 minutes after the nomination of the wartime army chief of by trie president, who accepted Byrnes resignation last night with regret. Previously in a 12-minute session arranged by Chairman Vondenberg (R-Mich.) the 13-member foreign relations com mittee had placed its indorsement on Marshall as the man to carry forward the policies laid To jo Cabinet Member III TOKYO. Jan. 8 UP) Another defendant, ill, was removed from ine imeruauunai war ctuuo trial courtroom today as the tribunal was informed 13 Ameri can airmen, shot down over Ja pan, were executed in 1945 un der an order issued by Hideki Tojo while he was premier. Naoki Hoashina, minister of state in the Tojo cabinet, was taken to Sugamo prison for treatment after he complained of a headache and doctors said his temperature was 101.4. Japanese government docu ments recorded the execution and cremation of the 13 Ameri cans Second Lt Robert War- son Nelson, Sgt. Algy Stanley Augnus and 1 1 whose last names only were listed. Former Japanese Army Capt. Yorio Ogiya, who prosecuted Nelson and Augnus, said their sentences were confirmed by the war ministry. The court also heard addition al testimony of atrocities to pris oners of war forced to work on the Burma-Siam railroad in 1943. Armory Scene Of Fisticuffs One of-the best" fights"!' this armory last mgnt wasn t scnea uled on the card. It took place in the balcony shortly after the end of the main event, and as a result six per sons were taken to the police sta tion in the paddy wagon. Jessie Robbins. 20. of Klam ath Agency, was booked for dis orderly conduct and posted $15 bail, and the others, three boys and two girls, all under 18, were turned over to the juvenile of fice. The gang fight apparently started between an Indian girl and a white girl, according to police report, and a number of other young people chimed in. The battle raged for some 10 minutes before police quelled the riot. When it was all over there were a few bruises, noth ing serious, and the police man aged to round up the six taken to the station. Lost Dachshund Takes Long Trip SPOKANE, Jan. 8 (JP) "Haness, a dachshund who dis appeared two months ago in Spo kane, has turned up 300 miles across the state in Seattle, found by the one person who knew him out of the city s halt million. Mrs. A. J. Lindsay of Spokane, whose family owns the dog, had given him up when she received a call from a niece, Mrs. James Twohig of Seattle. Mrs. Twohig said she was go ing into a drugstore when a dachshund saw her. . "He sniffed at me, and then jumped all over me." A check of his Spokane license showed that the animal was "Haness." Mrs. Twohig reported later that someone had advertised for the dog in a Seattle paper. Juvenile Problem Talked At Child Welfare Meeting Several proposals for arresting juvenile delinquency in its early stages were presented at a meet ing of the Klamatl. county child care, health and welfare com mittee Tuesday night to Klam ath county representatives Rose M. Poole and Henry Semon. These proposals which have been made by professional com mittees interested in juvenile welfare, were discussed at length by representatives of service clubs, public and private social organizations, the police depart ment, the Klamath County Min isterial association and other civic groups. Mrs. M. P. Leonard, state chairman of the juvenile court committee, acted as chair man. With a general recognition that effective action must be tak en to arrest juvenile delinquency in its early stages, one proposal was to inaugurate an inter mediate school for children in Will James F. Byrnes as secretary staff was sent to Capitol Hill down by Byrnes in Ameri can dealings with loreign na tions. Speed Urged Vendenberg stepped down from the presiding officer's chair of the senate to urge speedy dis position of the nomination, a move he said would demonstrate unity to the world and that the United States has "a continuing and effective foreign policy." senate confirmation was by unanimous consent, without even a voice vote. Senator Knowland (R-Calif.) presiding, put the question immediately after Vandenberg submitted the foreign relations committee'! recommendation for approval. Byrnes' resignation, due to health considerations, was an nounced by Mr. Truman last night General Marshall's nomina tion to the secretaryship waa sent to the senate this noon along with scores of other appoint ments, most of which were an- . nounced during the congression al recess. The wartime chief of staff is to reDlace Byrnes this Friday or as soon thereafter as he is con firmed by the senate. First, however, he is expected to vacation for a few days with Mrs. Marshall en route from his ' diplomatic assignment In China. The senate sent Marshall's nomination to Its foreign rela tions committee where it was ex pected to win immediate approv al. - Chair man Vandenberg (R Mich.) in a glowing tribute to Marshall and to his predecessor Byrnes, told his colleagues it was "inconceivable" that the committee would not report the. nomination favorably lor imme diate. aCtiOJl. - : -, aJ- Traffic Toll Hits New Peak SALEM, Jan. 8 (JP) Oregon's 1946 traffic death toll was 478, highest in -history, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell Jr. said today. Farrell said the figure, which is tentative, was 20 per cent higher than the 399 persons killed in 1941. the previous record, i ne 1946 toll was 36 per cent above he 1945 total of 352 deaths. Farrell said there were 43,167 accidents reported during the first nine months of 1946, com pared with 42,922 during the en tire year of 1945. He said the 1946 total would be around 60, 000 accidents. "Increased traffic volumes, higher average speeds on rural highways and dangerous driving practices contributed to the tragic increase for 1946," Far rell said. . "In many instances traffic vol umes are 80 per cent more than the volumes for 1945. The in-' crease is largely responsible for the increase in rural accidents. Accidents in cities have not in creased." Warmer Weather Predicted Here What little snow and ice re mains in the Klamath basin after last week's sub-freezing temper atures, will probably be washed away within the next 48 hours as the U. S. weatherman fore cast showers for late Thursday. Minimum temperature the past 24 hours was 19 degrees, the CAA station reported. stead of sending them directly to state correction Institutions. Adequate compensation for staff members of sjch institu tions, to insure getting the high est type personnel in this field, was another of the points dis cussed. Still another angle was to provide a graduate school for social workers at the University of Oregon so that adequate train ing would be available for those interested in following this vo cation. . Transfer of control of juvenile welfare from the state control board to the state department of public welfare or the state de partment of education was also discussed together with the pos sible creation of a youth depart ment in the state to supervise in stitutions of correction, parole systems and the activities of juvenile officers in various counties.
