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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1947)
M fo) fo) (SET In Tim Day's lews WiMwa,.WU i.i,p,.iir By FRANK JENKINS THE Proaldont, whoM lob un der tin constitution la to gnats 1048 budget of 371 bll lliiiia, and Indicates in hla nicaauge that lis thlnka ho haa (liuio right well In cutting It to Hint figure, T h (Republican dominated) congrcM, wnoae conaiiiuuunai job", to FIND THE MONEY TO UE SPENT, howli like wound' rcl wolf when It heart the figure, lla lenders aascrt (for publica tion) that the Prcaldent't eight are set MUCH too hlgli. "plIKRE la another point of dlf frrcncc. Tit DrMU.Ll ..u. .. ... . 1. llcullon) thul he think taxes -I...,... 1.. ....a ........ Hail- 1 . a Co on tuxlng till It hurts, lie atlvlsca (fur publication), and u4 the money to nay off debt Several Hi'nubllcun Icadora In congrcsa hove announced (for implication) that they think In coma taxra ahotild be cut aa much . aa 20, Othora, aomewhat more realistic, have suggested at leaat 11T. THERE la u alight weaknoaa In the pay-off-deft program out lined by the Prealdent, Ilia ratlmate of Income fur flacal 1948 rxcrrda hla ctimatl outgo by only 202 million riollara. That m-emn a mare trifle in the way of pay-off for a nation that la already a quarter of a trillion dollara in the hole, ALMOST anyone who haa " taken Intelligent note of the drunken-Mllor upending of the punt decade and a half will feel that opportunitlct for saving are aunoat llmillea. Even at that, though, economy lan't aa caay aa II IO0KS. If you will analyze carefully the Prealdent'a 1948 budget, you will observe that alightTy more than half of It (nearly 10 bllllona ' nut or the 371 billion) la allotted for defense coal and veterana' benrflta. Theae aren't going to be to easy to cut. THE Prealdent get In two ex- - cellent pointa in hi budget nii'uage. l He urge couk-rcs to re-enact the axclso (taleal laxct on hard 1 llckrr, beer, wine, fur, Jewelry, niglit club b 1 1 lt. ate, that are achcduled to expire on July 1 of thla year. Theae taxea, ha pointa out, roll up a total of about a bll- U in and a Quarter a year. He adda that poatal rate ought to be upped enough to wipe out the present third of a billion deficit in the poatal acrvlce. TT la thla writer' more or lea hard-boiled opinion that In a nation whoae debt now exceeds a quarter of trillion dollara It will wound NOBODY more deeply than ha can eland and still live to go on paying pretty stiff taxes on his beer and whiskey, fur, Jewelry, NIOHT CLUH, etc. bills. If these ex penditures bear down upon ua more heavily than human flesh can stand, we can always CUT THEM OUT. If our debilitated system call Inexorably for relaxation to off act the drains of modern living, we can fnll back on reading good books and walking in the beauti ful countryside. It it quite pos sible that the restorative effects of such recreation will be at lrnst as great as going on a bender at a night club and ab sorbing the ensuing hangover. It doesn't seem unreasonable In a great and rich nation that we might even put up with get ting our postal service at cost Instead of the current third of a billion UNDER cost. v TN estimating the President'! l budget and the comment thereon, you must remember thnt In Washington today both Truman and the members of the congress are talking WITH RE PORTERS PRESENT. A lot of what they say Is said for effect on the voters. (It is an unfortu nate fact that In our democracy too many voters form their Judg ments on what It SAID rather than on what it DONE.) When the committees get down to business In executive session, the consideration given to taxing and spending will be much more realistic. You can paste that In your ha. Vet, Blinded On Japanese Prison Ship, Seeks Work PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 10 tP) Work offers are beginning to stir hope in Calvin Vcnable blind war veteran, that his days of idleness are nearly ended. The 23-year-old Corregldor veteran who went blind on a Japanese orison shlD had ad vertised futllcly for work, but yesterday newspaper reporters told his story and last night and today his phone has been busy. "I've had seven Jobs offered and I've been told that others are coming," hex said. "They have been for a clerk in a cafe, a night man to answer the tele phone, and things like that. I'll get something. ( ?r "One thing I've' noticed," he dded, "that all the offert come rom little men those who Bjff s ,o "a. -aaga- PRICE FIVE CENTS ' KLAMAJ -fig, OREGON. THIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1947 (Telephone 8111) Humps 10121 11 Inlte flr jMSB-Mg lafgaros Bank Deposit Figures Go To New High Bank deposits In Klamath county's three banks have reached an all-time high of $34,492,590, while figures from other financial institutions In and near the county likewise overshadow thoae of past years. The county's banks are the Klamath Falls and Merrill branches of the First National of Portland, and the Klamath Kails branch of the U. S. Na tional of Portland. Butte Valley State bank of Dorrla, in Siskiyou county, re ported an all-time high in de posits and loans, along with record figures from the First Federal Savings and Loan asso ciation of Klamath Falls. Deposits of the First National bank of Klamath Falls, as of January 1, totaled 817.801.030 with loans aggregating $5,368, 248. U. S. National of Klamath Falls reported deposits of 114,. 068,403. Loans from that instl tution totaled 11.068,344. Merrill branch of the First National had deposits of 12,823, 146; loans, 1841,344. The two banks In the basin but outside of Klamath county are the Butte Valley State bank of Dorrla, an independent bank from which figures were avail able, and the Tulelake branch of the Bank of America, which has not made public it deposit and loan totals. The Butt Valley bank- presi dent, William Hagelateln,- re ported deposits or Z.73B,U3, and loans of 11.236,048. These compare with 1043 figures aa follows: ueposits, i,io4.ooo; loans, 1800,813. Capital surplus and undivided profits for 1046 aggregate $138,360, and last year, 1132,667. First Federal Savings and Loan association's president, George Mclntyre, reported to tal resources of 14,762.572; loans, 12.627.249; total aavlnga. 14,471,523 or a gain of hiu.id In the Daat year, rirst federal added to reaervea $67,210, mak ing a total of $248,713. Two per cent dividends have been paid to savings accounts, and GI loans exceeded $450,000 In 1046. Recreation Head Hunted The city recreation depart ment It now on the hunt for a new director to take the place of E. E. Hambrlck. whose resig nation Is effective February 1, and Is extending the search out side Klamath Falls. Fred Robinson, member of the recreation committee, said today that he was contacting Dean Lelghton of the University of Oregon school of physical edu cation, for suggestions, and will also contact the recreation de partments - in other northwest cities. Robinson and Mayor Ed Oaten dorf said that they are looking for a strong leader, preferably a man with college training in recreation and physical educa tion and practical experience in parks and playgrounds work. They want a voung man, prob ably one who did physical edu cation work in the service. Ap plicants should state their qual ifications in a letter to the mayor. are Just getting along them selves." The news stories did more than get him offers of work. They put him in touch with army friends. "Dave Granger, my old com pany clerk, called from Van couver, Wash., and came over last night," Venable said. "That sure was swell. Dave lost a leg In a mine accident In a Jap prison camp. We talked for two hours and never let anyone else get a word in edgewise." Venablo said he wanted work not so much for the money, be cause he gets full disability al lowance, but because he doesn't want to sjt around' and brood over never seeing the face of his bride of seven months or the baby to bt born In the spring.. ' V ' '' HONOLULU, Jan. 10 Gen. in civilian clothes at the Fort D eral days there belore proceeding to Washington to take over from China by Prealdtnt Truman. " - .. ' . -i - . . - '.' !: : Craft Unions Still Out Building crafts of the A. F. of L. continued to stay off the Job Friday of the ABC and E con tractors as the carpenters' strike went into Its fifth day. Although ABC and E had not received official or written no tification that they were listed as "unfair," Larry Watkins, president of the general con tractors group, said late this morning that the crafts were not at work as negotiations were at a standstill on the $1.87 V4 demand made by the local. There are eight general contractors In the membership and numerous sub-contractors. At least 40 per cent of the lo cal membership is employed by ABC and E, the other 60 per cent working with the individu al contractors, many of whom it is understood, have agreed to the union demands. In view of the fact that most contractors .attempt to com plete Jobs before December and January, poor building months from the standpoint of weath er, many big jobs are now com pleted, flnmgcr and Watkins have but a small amount of work left, including installation of hardware, at the Fremont school wing, but work is halted on the Klamath Union high school's $18,000 stairwell proj ect. Workmen were off the job at the big Bonanza school proj ect for which Lckbcrg and Dun can have the contract, and big gest job in the offing, addition to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company for which Leo N. Huls holds the contract, has not yet been started. C. D. Long, business agent for the carpenters local, No. 100, was not available for a statement this morning. It is understood that he had gone to Worden where the $400,000 grain elevator job is under con tract to H. S. George and son. GOPs Give Help To Demo Youths WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 UP) Republican senators rose above politics today to help a bunch of democratic youths work their way through college. Until the end of the present academic year .they have decided to continue' on the payroll stu dents who received democratic patronage jobs as capltol elevator operators and policemen. When the school year ends In June, so do the jobs. Senator Cain (R-Wash.) a mem ber of the senate personnel com mittee, disclosed the decision to a rcportor today, The number of jobs involved could not be de termined Immediately, Marshall Rests In Islands u . J L ' Geora Marshall, new U. S. secretary of state, is shown relaxina Russr beach area In Honolulu ' ".. Streamliner Service For Basin Delayed The Southern Pacific's stream liners, Ihe Shasta Daylights, ori ginally scheduled to start run ning through Klamath Falls the first of the year, will not make an appearance until late summer at the earliest. Lloyd Stitt. district SP agent. said today that the new trains have not yet come from the fac tory. Coaches are being built for Southern Pacific at the Budd Manufacturing company in St. Louis, and the power units by General electric. Reballasting work on the right-of-way north has been halted for the winter, and about 100 miles of the right-of-way re mains to be impro-ed. The Shasta Daylights, when put into operation, will run from San Francisco to Portland on a 12-hour trip. 3 Car Pileup Brings Arrest A three-car auto wreck last night at East Main and Want land resulted in the arrest of Loras E. Gocrges, 29, of 2524 Reclamation, on charges of hav ing no vehicle license and reck less driving. Gocrges was fined $5 in police court this morning on the first count, and pleaded not guilty to reckless driving. He posted $50 bail and asked for a trial Monday. He was driving a Richfield Oil truck which rammed into the rear of a 1941 DeSoto driven by Albert M. Lane. 1409 Wall. The impact knocked the DeSoto Into the rear of a 1941 Ford driven by Jack Robblns, 6565 Wlard. A wrecker was needed to pull the two cars apart. They had been stopped at the corner be hind a bus which was unloading passengers. Police Probe Mystery Attack ALBANY, Jan. 10 (P) A mysterious attack on 14-year-old Jimmy Doerfler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Doerfler, was under in vestigation today. The boy said he was walking I ome Wednesday night when a car crowded him off the road. He' resumed his journey, and the car turned, came back, and again forced him into the ditch. This time, he told police, two men jumped from the car and began beating him. In a few minutes, two other occupants of the car joined in the attack. The boy, badly bruised and cut, said his assailants were all adult strangers. , by reading. He is spending sev the new pott. He was recalled . AP wlrephoto. ' . ' Netlayer Boat Spots Volcano SEATTLE, Jan. 10 UP) A sec ond volcanic disturbance in Alaska't Aleutian islands was re ported today by the navy, which said 9387-foot Mount Shishaldin on Unimak island was erupting with such violence that it show ered ashes two inches deep on the village of False Pass 20 miles away. . The report, from the navy's 17th district ' at Kodiak, said neither Shishaldin activity nor continuing eruptions oy Akutan volcano 100 miles westward were endangering residents of the isolated Aleutian islands. The USS Passiac, a netlayer, visited False Pass January 2 and reached Dutch harbor today with news of the new eruption. Postmaster Frank Bell of False Pass, told Passiac crewmen that Shishaldin had been erupting every five days for several weeks. Quartermaster 1c Allan E. Sitter of Los Angeles, said he observed heavy black puffs of smoke bursting from the moun tain.. False Pass residents said the eruption caused electrical disturbances which looked like lightning flashes and lighted the entire area. Sitter said the vil lage was covered with a two Inch coating of volcanic ash, and that cinders an inch and a half in diameter, lay on the wharf. Motorcycle Wrecks Kill Two PORTLAND. Jan. 10 (IP) Similar motorcycle accidents failing to negotiate a curve and crashing off the highway killed two men during the night. A cyclist identified by papers as Ralph Emil Klatt, 31, Aloha, was found dead near his wrecked machine beyond the southeast city limits this morning. The cycle apparently struck a guard rail. Warren Erwin Jr., 23, son of ex-State Rep. Warren Erwin, was killed last night when his cycle crashed into a bank at a curving bridge approach. It was Port land's first 1947 traffic fatality. Basketball To Be Broadcast Radio nation KFLW begin itt season aeriea will of basketball game broadcasts to night. Friday, at 8 p. m. wnen the Klamath Pelicans play the Aahland Griatllet for their firtt game of the Southern Oregon Conference. KFLW will carry all KUHS garnet at home and out of town, on Fri day and Saturday nightt for the next tlx wetka. WEATHER Mai. (Jaa. ) 4 Mia. ...-M PraclaltatlaM laat 14 baara .Trara Blraaat aaar la Saia , l.7t Lait raar ... . K.tmal .1.17 Paraeaat: Parllf alaaSr laSar, with light ahawaraj gaaarallr alaar aatartar. Ball Seeks To Prevent Big Strikes WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 UP) Senator Ball (R-Minn.) today in troduced a bill that would break up industry-wide bargaining be tween unions and employers. He described the measure at aimed to prevent nation-wide thutdowns in an industry as a result of a labor dispute. Under it: 1. No union could represent in bargaining the employes of two companies in the same industry unless the plants were less than 100 miles apart. (A union could represent the employes of a single company such as General Motors even if its plants were all over the coun try.) 2. No employer association could represent two companies in the same industry unless the plants were less than 100 miles apart. v Illegal Move Further, it would be illegal for a national union to try to force its local units to seek the Inclusion of any particular terms in a labor-management contract, or to conspire with its local units to seek any particular terms. Ball called his new measure more important than his previous bill to outlaw the closed shop. Federal courts would enforce its provisions by restraining ordert. He told a reporter it would "change the whole pattern of collective bargaining and put it back on a local level." Eight democrats got behind a J proposal to-creaVe a 20-man labor wuon commission as urgea oy rresiaent Truman. , Senator James Murray (Mont.) introduced a resolution on behalf of himself and Senators Wagner (N.Y.), Pepper (Fla.), Green and McGrath (R.I.), Elbert Thomas (Utah), Taylor (Ida.), and Myers (Pa.) The commission would inves tigate "the entire field of labor management relations," with em phasis on "the special and unique problem of nation-wide strikes in essential industries affecting the public interest." Minimum Pay Boost Asked WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 UP) President Truman's twice-stated bid to boost the national min imum wage brought from Sen ator Pepper (D-Fla.) today a pro posal to snove it up 33 cents to 75 cents an hour. And the general idea com manded enough republican sym pathy to indicate at least a fair chance that congress may pass some kind of bill to hike the pay base. The new chairman of the house labor committee. Rep. Hartley (B.-N.J.), told a reporter that "personally, I'm very much in favor of it." The present rate, set in the 1938 fair labor standards law. is 40 cents an hour. All firms doing business in more than one state have to pay their help at least that much. PeDDer said in an interview that a new standard is "vitally necessary." He pushed through the senate last year a bill to set it at 65 cents. The measure, however, got snagged in the house committee. The Florida senator, saying his new bill would be ready to day, added that it calls for a dime more an hour than his old one because "conditions have changed and the cost of living is up." Racing Tax Up Gets Opposition PORTLAND, Jan. 10 (IP) Herman H. Chindgren, Molalla, president of the Oregon Fairs association, yesterday opposed a projected increase in the state racing tax. The legislature's tax study commission recently recom mended the tax be increased from the present 3 per cent to 5a per cent, estimating it would net the state $1,000,000. The tax is used partly to support fairs. Chindgren said he anticipated a decrease in betting next year, and estimated the tax would bring the state only $400,000. Besides, he said, it might turn patrons away from the pari mutuel windows towards bookmaker!. Airport Gets Beacon Light Noting complaints by United Air Lines that small planes have Deen cutting ahead of the Main liners while landing and taking off at the city airport, the city airport commission has agreed to hook up a beacon warning light with the United office and order all pilots to give way to me Dig snips. The beacon, which Is now In use as a control device, will be moved over to a corner of one of the hangars and a wire and switch run to United't office. When a Malnliner is landing or taking off it will be ud to the airline to handle the warning Deacon. An order will be Issued at the airport for all flyers to watch the beacon and not to try to land or take off when it is Dashing during the dav. The city and airport commis sion is Just now learning how much it costs to run a big flying field, according to Mayor Ed Ostendorf. An estimated $5000 will have to be spent In the very near fu ture to repair the sides of the runways for drainage because of the ground sinking during the recent wet weather. The city has already spent $250 for gravel to spread over roads and parking places, and will probably have to spend an other $250 before that work is finished. Another item which has al ready cost the city $500 and will cost more is work being done on the lights along the runways. During the wet weath er the lights have shorted out many times and thev still haven't been repaired to suit CAA specifications, the mayor said. Meeting with the flying serv ice operators at the airport yes terday, the airport commission discussed the. city's panel of rates and fees charged at the port and decided that it was satisfactory and would be kept in force except for a few clari fications. Biggest Air Show Starts MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 10 UPh-Between 1500 and 2000 army, navy, marine and privately owned planes roared in unison today for the opening of the 15th annual all-American air maneuvers, de scribed as the biggest air carnival lln aeronautical bistorya ..-'- ' About 10.000 pilots and air- minded visitors are taking part in the tnree-day program of stunt flying, military aircraft maneu vers, and air races. Squadrons of military craft including 21 jet-propelled army fighters from California have been arriving for the past week. One of the stars of the show the navy's new twin-jet carrier based "Phantom" was forced down at St. Louis, Mo. The navy promised, however, that another would be sent down before the maneuvers end. Air attaches and embassy rep resentatives from virtually every country in the world had arrived or were en route. Seven air at taches from Washington, repre senting Great Britain, Mexico, Ecuador and France, were sched uled to arrive today in seven Piper Cubs which they piloted. High ranking military officers, headed by former Lieut. Gen. Jimmy DoolitUe, were here for the show. Convict Offers Eyes To Guard CARSON CITY, Nev., Jan. 10 (JP) Offering his eyes to medical science, Paul Maynard Skaug, 24-year-old slayer formerly from Oshkosh, Wis., died today at Nevada state prison 13 minutes after entering the gas chamber. He was convicted of the 1944 slaying of Mrs. Beate Marie Voss during the burglary of her Reno home. Before death, Skaug willed the corneas of his eyes to Bert Deady, a prison guard nearly blinded in an explosion last year. How ever, doctors said a corneal graft would not aid Deady, and the corneas removed after the slay er's death will be donated to some other needy case. 'Corpse1 Leaps From Coffin At End Of Funeral Service TOKYO, Jan. 10 UP) Buddhist priests in robes of gold, purple and scarlet chanted sonorously over the coffin of Jo Shiba, 68-year-old ruler of Tokyo's under world. Mourners squatted on mats with heads bowed, praying silent ly for the departed soul. The priests finished. "Now let's have the feast bring on the sake!" shouted Jo Shiba, jumping from his coffin and smoothing his morning suit. The thing was, Jo decided to start life anew and he figured the only way to do it was to die and be reborn. He called in the priests and said he wanted a funeral. No matter that he wasn't dead. No one says "no" to Jo, a tough and stern-faced cookie who rules with a wicked lash. The funeral was held near Mito, 60 mile north of Tokyo, GOPs Blast Reckless Spending WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 P) Congress received from Preai dent Truman today a govern ment tpending program tggre gating $37,528,000,000 for th year beginning July 1. He aaid revenuei would be about $202, 000,000 more than that if in come taxes are not cut. Mr. Truman called it a "tight" budget but republican leaders vigorously disagreed. Senator Bridget (R N. H.) termed It a "chocking disap pointment" and called on con gress to "look behind profligate spending proposals." Along with financial matters, new labor laws continued to get attention. Collective Bargaining Senator Ball (R-Minn.) intro duced a bill he said was designed to put collective bargaining "back on the local level." Hit argument it that nation-wide shutdowns in a single industry would be averted if local union did their own bargaining instead of national unions doing it. Key republicans set their tight on trimming the president' tpending figure. Chairman iaber (K-N. y.) ox the house appropriations com mittee is insisting on a $29,300, 000.000 budget while Senator Taft (R-Ohio) proposed a top of $33,500,000,000. House leaders disclosed prl vately plans to have that branch whip into shape a strike control measure before March 1, th date chairman Taft's labor com mittee is to send one to the senate. An Associated Press oolt of eight republican and democratic leaders of the house and senate showed they hold these varied views on chances of some of the major bills: Strike control or laoor union regulation: Six said enactment of such legislation i "certain," two said "probaoie. Income tax reduction: "Cer tain." replied three, "probable" said five. Army-navy merger: Four Be lieve it "probable," four Tegord it as "unlikely." Universal training: rnree te no chance," five said "ua- likely.'.' Trieste Deal Still Stalled LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. Jan. 10 (JP) Australia appeared today to be the only hold-out against the big power foreign minister . decision to Dlace Trieste under the administration of the United Nations security council. The council was scheduled te meet at noon (PST) to accept re sponsibility for the Adriatic port as its first peace-maintenance project under a governor to b appointed by the council after the signing of the Italian peace -treaty in February. The big powers now have aban- . doned hope for unanimity on the decision on Trieste, debate on which began last Tuesday with Australia dissenting on principle. At that time the new members of the council Belgium, Colom bia and Syria asked for mora time to study the proposal, but since have indicated that they would vote for the project. Stockman Still Biggest Solon WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 Un it caused a lot of measuring, and there was some arguing, but Oregon can still boast it has the biggest man in the house. When congress convened Jan. 3 Oregon's Representative Stock man was back with all his six feet six inches of height and 260 pounds in weight. But, also taxing a seat was a new man from Kansas who looked mighty big. Today the verdict was written: ; Wint Smith of Kansas, repub lican like Stockman, it also m big man, but he is two inches ' shorter and 15 pounds lighter than the giant northwesterner. the other day. When It leaked out that the mourners brought gifts and gave 1,600,000 yen to the "bereaved" family, some sus pected mat JO was reoorn at profit. . Others said the funeral coat Jo 3,000,000 if it cost him yen, what with the take, food for three-day feast, and honorarl for priests and mourners. There was a tlight hitch at th last. When the priests arrived, Jo said he wasn't going to get in any coffin. They replied, In effect: No get in coffin, no fu neral. So Jo got in. Th. Aaaa.A M lata thai Jo Shiba was dead and man named Joji Shibata bad been born. Just the tame, the underworld still rotates around a 68-year-old tough and stern-faced cookie. And Joji Shibata looks as awful lot like. Jo Shiba. -
