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Newspaper Page Textmmm swlil mm mm ! I 1 -'- I " ' ! I I I I ! - I , ,, , ,, ,. , f - -?f , hir Georgia Battle Rolls On PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FAi .V." .ON, MONDAY. JANUARY 20. 1947 (Telephone till) Number 10836 I Sj- J1) I I In Tt4.a. A iO Si intapiTOi w? missing In ..Ship .Disaster In Tim-... , i. Ilav's Yews . By FRANK JENKINS ALL bin cltic have llicir cur rent Mtiimitlon from tliiy lo di.y untl (roin week lo week. The currciil iwiuiiitlun In Sun Fruncliit-o at llio moment ii a slrwt cur accident Unit happen ed the other dny. An uplown-hoiind Sutter street our smacked Into cross town car at an Intersection, kill Inil one pvrnon and Injuring dozen. It appear that the Sutter street car run red llilht, a I thouiih there aro Intlnintlonii from passengers that tho brakes ' were faulty and the motorwo ' nvnn couldn't atop, oven thouiih she tried. Tho deud ninn wa a pedes trhin rronitlng legally with tho green llithl. The Injured were pumcngers on the Iwq can. THERE la now a great hue and cry about the running of red. lights, by street cnr and by automobiles. Tho molorwomun (among the badly Injured her aelf) hu been Indicted for man. slaughter, and the police are cracking down hard on slop v light runner. Altogether, It Is a quite typi cal American coso ef raising a hullubolloo and ostentatiously locking the stable after the horso has been slqlcn habit we are addicted to as a people. At luntu ll too fur awoy to get tho details, but ll may be taken for granted that after the disastrous hotel flro there while bark the heal Is being put on hotel fire hazards nil over the city. ' VE Americans are queer lot. " On the whole perhaps the most efficient people on eurtli, wo are nurprlnlnRly -atlpuhod In a number of ways. One of our sllpuhod ways I our altitude to. ward traffic laws, fire regula tions, etc. We virtuously put such legislation on our statute books, and then thumb our noses at It. We seem to feel that once we've possed the laws our duty Is done and we don't need to bother about observing them. Until a BAD accident comes along. Then we fly Into a per. feci llr.zv, and demand the heart's blood of the wicked vio lators of the laws wo've all been cheerfully Ignoring up to then. As a result, our toll of acci dental death and Injury Is prob ably the highest on earth. ANOTHER of our notional pe culiarities Is our tendency to FORGET the victim of a killing ... a luvluh all nur intereift on the murderer when (ond If) he comes to trial, us smau wnn i iu..i u-.-tttintt hm' dif ficulty In understanding us. We sometimes huvo trouble under standing ourselves. INCIDENTALLY, I was about a block from the streetcar ac cident when ll nappenen, oui heord nothing about ll for hours. I hove a talent along that line. If il'anllnat cm , I'alam ) Alaska Pilot ' Stranded On Ice X ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. ' ZU l I AH Ancnoragc piiui uu his two passengers woro be lieved stranded today on the frozen Yukon river near Kok rlncs, 35 m 1 1 e i northeast of Ruby., where the weather bu reau reports temperatures in the neighborhood of SO degrees below zero, Radio contact was established Willi tho pilot, Jock Carr, yes- lfllni Ttntnlla innrn Inflrlna but it was believed all three wero safe, Names of tho two passengers were not available British Urge Giving Help On Atom To Rest Of World By TOM WILLIAMS . LONDON, Jan. 20 !) The British Atomic Scientists associa tion urged today that tho United States, Britain and Canada lm , mediately - give other nations holp in sotting up atomic rc , search plants "of little use for ; military research." "It would bo a generous and helpful measure if the nations now possessing the most' ad vanced knowledge of atomic en ergy were to offer to other na tions collaboration in setting up small atomic reactors," a 2400 word statement by the associa tion's council said. , Atomic reactors are ovais which produce heat, radioactive rays and new atoms. Tho asso ciation said they "are of little yso for military purposes; but late valuable for the purposes of 'scientific research and for the production of tracer elements Road, Liquor Legislation Introduced SALEM, Jan. 20 (I') The Oregon legislature came back to work today to start its sec ond week, with battles over freewuys and liquor legislation beginning to shape up. The high tide of new bills seemed to be near, with more than 30 introduced today, com pared with the 37 introduced all the first week. The freeway bill, which pro vides for limited access to state highways, was drafted today un der the sponsorship of Willam ette valley chambers of com merce, the Oregon Coast High way association, and the slate hlghwuy commission. It is en dorsed by the federal bureau of public roads, and is in effect in 23 states. Opposition Expected Similar to a measure which died in the 104S legislature, the bill will face the determined opposition of some motor court operators and other business men who depend on highway traffic for their living. The bill would give the com mission power to restrict busi ness alongside state highways, and to restrict side roads enter ing highways. It applies to fu ture as well as existing roads, but would not apply to some main routes if the cost of con demning property Is excessive. This would exempt tho present Pacific superhighway between Portland and Oregon City. "J, MI" Devers; chief tounscl for tho highway commission, drafted the measure. lie said it is designed to speed traffic and eliminute hazards caused by roadside business develop ment. m Proposed legislation to liber alize the liquor laws began tak ing shape in the house, but it appears headed for certain de feat in the senate, as it has re- (C..1I...S r.tt C.l.ms si Two Children Burn To Death GRANTS PASS, Jan. 20 (II Two children were burned filial ly and a 24-year-old baby sitter burned and cut in rescuing them from flames that destroyed a two-room cabin south of here Saturday night. State Pollco Officer C. R. Borg man reported Shcrrlan Phillips, 4, and her brother Robert, five months, were dead when ad mitted to a hospital here and that Robert Stevens is in the hospital with burns of the face and left hand. Stevens' right hand and arm was badly cut when he rammed it through a window glass at tempting to reach the children. Tho police officer sold Stevens was watching the children In the absence of the mother, Maxinc Allcno Phillips, 21, who was working in Grants Pass. The young man built a fire in the kitchen stove and hod stepped next door to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Islcy, grandparents of the youngsters. Tho lights in the small cabin suddenly went out and on investigating, Stevens found the cabin in flames. He succeeded in getting both chil dren from the cabin but they were dead upon reaching the Josephine General hospital. for research In medicine and other fields." It euggested that plana and personnel be offered by the "know how" nations defined by officials of the association as the United States, Britain and Canada. As for military control of atomic knowledge, the associa tion said: "Wo are impressed with the strength of the -case made in the Llllentlial report for giving to ADA (atomic development au thority) positive responsibility for production and ownership (of atomic plants)." It recommended that Bernard M, Baruch's American proposals for control be "amplified by making it clear that a definite succession of steps should be laid down from the outset and be accepted by each nation par ticipating In the scheme." Envoy Extraordinary Lstty Johnson ef Redding takes seriously her Job of Inviting southern Californians to the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland. Lstty, garbed in ski togs, stopped traffic at the famed corner of Holly. wood and Vine when she climbed atop a newsstand to peer at street signs and map. She is the official good will envoy of the Wonderland association en a tour through southern California. Disarmament Postponement Asked By US LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. Jan. 20 ) An American motion to postpone United Nations discus sion of worldwide arms reduc tion plans for two weeks ap peared assured of passage today by the security council. Only Russia stood opposed to the move on the basis of past ar guments as the delegates reas sembled (3 p. m. EST) after a week-end recess prompted by the death of Brazilian Delegate Pedro Lcao Vclloso. Warren R. Austin, chief Unit- Pilot Dies In Crash EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 20 UP) Carlton Markham Campbell, 34, assistant manager of the Eugene airpark and a student pilot, was fatally injured near Cottage Grove yesterday when the small plane he was piloting crashed at full speed into a tree, tearing off one wing, . and bouncing against a barn. Stoto Police E. E. Darr report ed Campbell apparently did not realize he was so near the ground in the early morning fog that blanketed the area. He died at a hospital here an hour after the crash. A wlfo and five children in Washington D. C, survive. Tho officer said a civil aero nautics inspector found the speed indicator jammed at 108 miles an hour. All other air craft at the airport had been grounded. ' Byrnes Bows Out With Pact Signing WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (iP) Secretary of State Byrnes, as a final official act today, signed tile World War II peace treaties with Italy, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, Chairman Vandcnbcrg (R Mich.) of the senate foreign re lations committee and Senator Connelly (D-Tex.), were at Byrnes' side In the ceremony at the state department. There will be a second signing of the tfentles at Paris, February 10, when representatives of the enemy satellite states will affix their signatures. Today's ceremony was ar ranged chiefly to permit Byrnes to sign the treaties before turn ing over his office to General George C. Marshall. Plan Talks ed States delegate, asked the de lay until rcbruary 4 because of James F. Byrnes' resignation as secretary of state and to allow more time for studying a scries of preliminary proposals tossed into the council hopper by Rus sia, France, Colombia and Aus tralia. He was represented as being opposed to any form of com- firomisc which might provide for mmcdiatc establishment of a sub-committee to start the work of a suggested 11-natlon dis armament commission. Within a week Austin plans to confer with Gen. George C. Mar shall, the incoming secretary, in a series of conferences expected to lay the groundwork for a ba sic American policy on the whole broad question of arms slashing,' Having lost its fight to give priority to a program for con trol of atomic energy, the Unit ed States planned to resist set ting up a disarmament commis sion even next month. However, it was expected that Austin would agree to such a body if other delegates Insisted, but would demand that all weapons of mass destruction be consider ed by the presently-functioning atomic energy commission and not by any new arms commis sion. These plans, of course, were subject to review by Marshall. Life Features Tufe Drawing Klamath Falls took" over this week's issue of Life magazine which carries as its cover Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sprout and fam ily of Tulelake, winners of one of the 86 homesteads in the Tule lhke drawing held here Decem ber 18.. The cover shows Sprout and his family looking over home stead lands and a one-page lay out depicts the Sprouts inspect ing the abandoned barracks at the Jap camp. Three other "shots" from the Life photog rapher's camera complete the pictorial. The magazine will be on the newsstands Tuesday. Immigration Quota Stay Bill Asked SALEM, Jan. 20 (JP) A me morial asking congress not to increase immigration quotas was introduced in the legislature to day by Rep. Harry H. Wiley, Lebanon, and others. Mine Blamed In Sinking Of Vessel ATHENS, Jan. 20 (IP) The merchant marine ministry to day increased to 437 the list of persons missing and believed dead in the sinking of the 1800- ton Greek steamer Chimarra, which went down 20 miles east of Athens yesterday after an explosion officially blamed on a mine. The latest figures radioed here from shipping offices in Salonika indicated the doomed vessel was carrying S48 passen gers and a crew of 87 when she left there Saturday. Thus far, the marine ministry said, only 198 survivors are definitely known. Sabotage Hinted Officials of the ministry, which said last night that the former Gorman passenger ship had struck a mine, declined to comment on a report that the vessel was a victim of sabotage. There was no indication, how ever, that they gave any cred ence to the report. Aristides Mytakis, a 44-year-old school teacher who survived the disaster, estimated that al most 200 of the casualties were women and children. Women Lost "I am afraid every child aboard was lost and 95 per cent of the women," he said. Mytakis said the ship sank so quickly that only two of her lifeboats could be launched. He described the vessel's decks as a "solid wall of cursing, fight. lng men' struggling frantically lo save their lives. The Chimarra, which sailed from Salonika Saturday, hit the mine a few miles off shore from Rafina. Mytakis said the ship's master attempted to beach the vessel, but was prevented from doing so by a broken rudder control. Survivors said the scores of panic-stricken passengers leaped into the frigid waters of the gulf as the ship lurched about before settling. Others, trapped below decks, screamed in ter ror as the vessel settled be neath the surface. Oil Tank Blast Starts Fire PORTLAND, Jan. 20 (P) An oil tank exploded at a re finery on the north city limits today, injuring at least one man and starting a blaze that still burned out of control at 10:30 a. m. M. E. Vandewater, manager of the plant. Refinery Indus tries, Inc., said damage would total at least $100,000. The explosion burned the clothes off John Adams, 57. one of eight employes believed in the building at the time. Vandewater said he believed all other employes escaped. Fire engines, called from sta tions in the northern section of the city, were backed up for blocks near the plant. Intense heat made' it impos sible for them to combat the flames at close range. Assault Charges Dismissed Today Two OPA-brought charges of assault and battery against Andy Giglof, butcher at the Oregon Food store on Oregon avenue, have been dismissed in justice court. Gigler's $200 cash bond was returned. Gigler had been accused of assault and battery after he ex pelled two OPA investigators from his market last June 27, and had pleaded not guilty. Reason for dismissal of the cases was given as inability to locate the two complainants, Clyde D. Bird and Theodore J. Holtz. Train Wreck Death Toll Stands At 8 BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Jan. 20 (IP) Death toll in a wreck last Friday of the Southern Pa ciflc's "Owl," which travels be tween here and San Francisco, stood at eight today. Fourteen persons remained In hosDitals. all but one considered out of danger. Eighth victim was two-year-old Joe L. Jackson of Doyllne, La., who died in a hos pital yesterday. up) im fit- Ii p;. .I.--, :.. . Above are views of the two norship of Georgia. Above. M. ernor, is shown talking to a reporter alter he was sworn in. He contests the right of Herman Talmadge, shown below with his mother, to hold the governorship. Talmadge was selected by the legislature. See story of developments on uus page. Marine, Once Here, Writes Last November 13 The Herald and New ran a story and pic tures" of, the" last contingent .of marines leaving the barracks for new posts. Just a little over two months later a letter was received m the editorial room from one of the Local Butter Price Firm Saturday's wholesale price on grade A butter 72 cents held firm here today hlthough Port land reported a price skid from 3 to 4 cents on the wholesale market Monday. The Associated Press said but ter wholesale prices dropped a cent a pound in Portland Satur day, and as a result of a group of women's clubs launched a campaign to lower the price of milk to consumers. The drop was expected to be reflected soon in the retail market. Mrs. Jessie M. Short, chair man of the affiliated milk com mittees of Portland women's clubs, declared the price hike on milk last fall was based on butterfat prices and the reversed situation now called for a down ward revision of milk prices. Saturday's egg prices here, 66 cents wholesale for AA. and 64 cents for mediums, remained unchanged Monday. Premier Quits In Rome Row ROME, Jan. 20 (Premier Alcide de Gasperi said late to day that he was submitting his resignation to Provisional Presi dent Enrico de Nicola. He made the announcement in clarifying a prepared statement he read to a news conference in which he had said he was put ting it up to the provisional president whether his six-month-old, four -power government should continue in office, . A newsman asked: "Does this mean that you are 'opening the crisis?' " The premier replied: "It seems to me perfectly clear. I am submitting my resig nation to President De Nicola." Portlanders Eye Skies Askance PORTLAND, Jan. 20 (JP) Portlanders are beginning to worry about sky missiles again. A chunk of concrete cornice from the Multnomah county courthouse toppled to the street Saturday night, narrowly miss ing a man and a boy as it shat tered on the . pavement. Yesterday, police were exam ining a chunk of metal that had flared red as it suspended on a power line, with a. small, para chute dangling from one end. Police surmised the object an aircraft signal, but airline and army officials said their planes (carried no such flares. present contestants for the gover E. Thompson, the lieutenant gov Stationed From Islands men who left with the contin- eent. The letter, from. Flc. Wll lSam.'t.-.CrabtreeJs addressed from Calicoan, Philippine islands. Here is what he says: "I am one of the marines who was with the last bunch that left Klamath Falls. There are five of us here on Calicoan island. The names are: Cpl. John R. Sham- baugh, who is brig warden here; Pfc. Gene Tullis, a brig guard; Pfcs. Lloyd L. Ames and Eugene "Snake" Coverman, are on regu lar guard duty, and I, Pfc. Crab tree, as a special investigator. "Three of the bunch arc sta tioned in Pearl Harbor, Sgt. Bazil W. McKinnon is assistant to the recreation officer, Cpl. John F. Miller is the headquar ters mall clerk, Pfc. J. C. Keys is in the guard detachment. Two fellows were discharged, they were Cpl. John W. Tyree and Pfc. Paul B. Carnahan. "Ono marine is on Manicani, P.I.. he is Pfc. Carlyle G. Cooper. Pfc. Lawrence W. Willette is on Tubaboa here in the Philippines." ..Pic. (jraotree goes on to say that all the marines miss Klam ath Falls, and "Duke," the Ma rine Barracks mascot, who was left behind. Child Badly Hurt In Fall. From Taxi PORTLAND, Jan. 20 OP) A 20-monthsold girl, who opened a taxi door Sunday night and tumbled out, was in the hospital today with critical injuries. The child, Barbara Jo Knight, reached for the door before her mother could stop her. An ap proaching driver jammed on his brakes to halt just before hit ting the child. Two Accidents Mar Week End At Crater Lake Park Two painful accidents marred a perfect day for skiing at Cra ter Lake national park Sunday where a record crowd . for the season was checked - in by rangers. Donna TenoskI, 15 -year -old Klamath Union high school stu dent, suffered an injury to the left thigh and a possible frac ture In a toboggan accident near the rim, and Bud Truax, 18, Trail, Ore., resident,- received a severe dislocation of the right ankle and possible fracture while skiing at the lower end of the ski bowl near the lodge. Both Miss Tenoski and Truax were injured around 3 p. m., and were under treatment at the first aid station at the same time. Miss Tenoski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Tenoski, 710 Main, was brought to Klamath Falls by her family after aided at the park by Chief Ranger Carlisle Crouch and Lillian Red key, first aid instructor and KUHS teacher. Young Truax was moved from the ski bowl on a sled by park rangers and transferred to the park ambu lance. Dr. George D. Massey, visiting the park yesterday, was called. from uie luncn room to appiy splints to the injured ankle and Georgia Row Continues ATLANTA, Jan. 20 W) Her man Talmadge, in a brief face-to-face encounter in the execu tive chambers, today refused ta recognize Lieut. Governor M. E. Thompson as acting governor of Georgia, but reiterated a prom ise to abide bya court decision in the controversy. Thompson then set ud an act ing governor's office in the suite on the floor above normally oc cupied by the presldint of the state senate. Meanwhile there were these other developments In the dual control of the state's govern ment: 1. Students of flvo Atlanta colleges and the University of Georgia at Athens, 70 miles away, planned a march on the state capitol tomorrow to pro test Talmadge's assumption of uie executive office. 2. The state house of sentatives, by an 88 to 64 vote, d.cided to invite Talmadge to address a joint session of the legislature tomorrow as gover ns., ine seuuie musi act on tho resolution. Efforts to have Thompson's name added to the resolution failed. 3. Attorney General Fi Cook announced that he recog nized Thompson as the "acting governor" and would substitute his name for that of Ellis Amall in a court suit challenging Tal madge's occupation of the gover nor's office. . 4. Thompson, before the state- senate, retook the oath as lieu tenant governor and added the words "I will faithfully exercise the executive power of the state of Georgia." Thompson's addi tion of the executive power words to the regular oath brought a move to have it stricken from the senate journal, but the move was ruled out of order. 5. Marvin Griffin, who ii serving as Talmadge's adjutant general, accused Col. R. W. Col lins, Thompson's military chief, of delaying more than eight hours the dispatching of a con voy of natlopal guard trucks fop flood relief at Borne, Ga. Col lins was not available for statement 8. The house of. representa tives received a bill to establish a white primary in Georgia. Both Talmadge and Thompson have agreed to such a bill. Marshall Takes Oath Tuesday WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 (JP Gen. George C. Marshall will take his oath as secretary of state tomorrow at the White House. The exact hour will de pend upon the time of his ar rival here. Marshall originally was scheduled to be sworn In at 11 a. m. today, but bad weather forced his plane to land at Chi cago on a flight from the west coast Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross told a news conference of the change in plans. He said: "It will be heard some time tomorrow, depending on the time of the arrival of General Marshall." Ross said the presi dent has not talked personally with Marshall and the White House did not know whether the general would take a train or resume his flight when the weather lifted. In Chicago, Marshall told newsmen he probably would continue his trip by train. Truax was then moved to his home. . There was 'one minor traffic accident in the park when cars driven by Paul Shilkan, Klam ath Falls, and Allen Galbraith, Klamath Agency, were involved at Gnndbvn bridge hetween An nie Spring and headquarters. There were no personal injur ies, rangers said. At uie checking station, zoo cars entered the park over the week-end, carrying 1026 passen gers. Of this number, 150 cars made their first entry of the year. Minimum temperature was 24, maximum, 38; it was 32 degrees at 8:30 a. m. today. Snow depth reached 76 inches, weil packed, roads arc in good shape and chains not required. Al Vincze of Klamath Falls had men at work on the ski lift site Sunday and expects to have a view uii uuijr au ween, nnu "wlui good luck," one lift will be working next week-end and possibly two. The park service said today that "all angles had been cleared through contract" with Vincze and the lifts will be ready at the height of the skiing season, Two buses will also operate from headquarters to the rim to take; skiers to the top of the run.