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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1947)
o) ' n In Tluu llafs lews By mANK JENKINS AS tli la la written, the scarlet thread of communism I clearly visible In Hit lubrlo of the new. . TN Poland, where in tltctlon dominated offtclully by com' nuinist Russia hui Just boon hold, inn thread snows up moil plain ly In the pattern. There the communist and their al lie "elected" 327 of the 372 mem ber of tho Poliah "parlUiment." What wb hold In Poland la termed at election. What It really amounted to wu a rati ficutlon of choice alroady made lor thoae who went through the motion of voting. That I what happen when ONE party dominate wholly. IP you live In Poland, you don't flAVR In vr.to the nrNdal. ly poiiorcd candidate. You canhave another ballot, if you demand It. But all the time SECRET POLICE will be look, trig down your neck. If you voto other than the of ficial ratification ballot, you must be a very brave man In deed, 'yllE oppoiltlon to communism 1 In Poland center In the Poliah peasant party. The Polish pennant rather generally boy cotted tho election, knowing in advance they didn't have a chunce. The Pollh pcaaant want a little plot of ground OP THEIR OWN. They don't Ilka collective farm. They want to look at the oil Uicy till and any proudly: "Thl I MINE." Under communion, you muit ay. "Thl la OURS." 'TWERE la communist trouble In 1 Italy. There 1 communlit trouble In France. In neither ha the communist party yet ob tained a clear plurality not to mention a majority. But In both Italy and Franca communism la RISING, jpLOSER home, the communist how great strength In the election Jut held In UKAZ1L. In k nmny dlatrlct there, communiat . J uported camlldatr are leading WITHOUT THE AID of accret police and rigged ballot. Tht I flgnlflcant. -. . ' r.'..:ti.;tvt - VVE muit remain clear-eyed " about communism. A it (along with fascism and other totalitarian ima) ha worked out In practice In Europe, It I a racket whereby a new set of "In" obtain the privilege of power. Rut don't lose light of tills FACT: Under communist dcspotlun, the common run o Ruulan are better oft than they were under czarinn. Talk with Russian of the lower strata. Ask them why they tupport the injustices and tlie (torn and often cruel dis cipline of their present form of government. Almost invariably they will ihmg their shoulders and reply: "My father or my grandfather was a SERF. I am lar BETTER OFF." You find it difficult to answer tliat argument. WE mustn't fool ourselves. With all ita faults, with all it despotic power, it Isn't im probable that over much of east ern Europe and much of Alia the common run of people have reason to see In communism SOMETHING BETTER THAN THEY HAVE HAD. That could be true of Brazil, where the common man hasn't had much of a run for hla money. T Isn't true of the United States. Our system, with all it faults, HAS brought to the Bcnornl average of our people more of the satisfactions of life than any other system at any other place or at any other time in the world. As long a that remain true, communism will, have no chance here. Punjab Government Outlaws Moslem . National Guard; Leaders Arrested BOMBAY, Jan. 24 UP) The Punjab province government to day outlawed the Moslem na- ' tlonal guard and arrested eight high Moslem league leaders in ' Lahore, 800 miles north of Bom bay. . The Bombay league called upon this province's 2,500,000 Moslems to strike tomorrow in protest. Police swooped suddenly upon the Lahore headquarters of the J' uurd and arrested the provlne ill Moslem league president and seven other. Thirty persona who demonstrated after the ar rests also were taken Into cus tody. The official itrlke call sum moned Moslems to mass meet- ' lugs in the evening in Bombay , province. There has been a ban on the assemblage of more than five persons at a time here since tho start of communal : rioting which has cost the lives of more than 1200 Moslem and tfllndus since September 1. 1 " Tho 300,000 Moslems In the city of Bombay are employed PRICE riVE CENTS I I Legislature Receives 47 New Bills By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM, Jan. 24 (II The Ore gon legislature wont home for its second week-end after re ceiving 47 new bills, bringing the tutul number to 217, com pared with 185 at tho sume point two year ago. The tenale received labor sponsored bill to almost double unemployment compensa 1 1 o n benefit, a well a a fish com mission measure to restrict Columbia river commercial fish ing licenses to residents of Wash ington and Oregon. The senate medicine committee Introduced a bill to permit regulation of rest homes. New bills in the house Include measure to Increase the mini mum width of county road from 30 to SO feet, boost the celling on farm and home loan to vet erans from $3000 to $5000, pro-' vide for regulation of fire es capes of hotels, and to coordinate the state veterans education pro gram with the federal system. The senate aent to the gov ernor a bill to double the tine of the state restoration fund, which la the state's own Insurance sys tem; and sent to the house a ernor a bill to double the size of the state apprenticeship council from six to eight men. Load Increase Bill Favored. The state house of represen tatives roada and highway committee has recommended passage of the bill to make permanent the wartime tempo rary increase In the limit on the length and height of truck and trailer combinations using tate highway. This 1 the bill endorsed by the Klamath County chamber of commerce and originated by the Lake County chamber of commerce. Both counties have an active Interest in the meas ure and were pleased to find that it received a, good recom mendation from the committee. Passage of the bill would eliminate transferring truck and cargo at the state line for shipment through Oregon by bringing the length and height limit into adjustment with the limits In the neighboring states. Laraine Day Wins Temporary Delay LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 UPh Film actress Laraino Day, the bride of baseball' Leo Durochcr, ha won a temporary delay from a Judge's decision that she should be compelled to show cause why her California divorce decree of last Monday should not be set aside. Through her attorneys Miss Day said she does not want to "flout the Judgment and dignity of the California courts." and Judge George A. Dockwellcr ac ceded to pleas of her lawyers that time be allowed to investi gate tho facts and law in the tangled case. In every walk of life, and a strike would shut down hun dreds of shops in the Moslem areas, cripple some factories and possibly Interfere with public transport. The outlawing of the Moslem ?uard, a quasi-military organize Ion, caused surprise in Punjab, a predominantly Moslem prov ince, and in Bombay was criti cized severely by Mosley lead ers. - The Bombay provincial com mander - of the national guard said In a formal statement: "By declaring the Moslem national guard organization il legal he (the Punjab prime min ister) has given an open chal lenge y to ' tho Moslems of all India. Once again tho Moslems face another Jaffar in Punjab who is to suffer a fate similar to Jaffar first. (Mosloma aav Jaffar betrayed Bengal to the British in the 18th century. He was ostracized and then slain.) "I strongly condemn and 'pro test against this most unwise step of the Punjab government A AX M-r; 7 - - ,- 4 -s?-- Yi I The world's largt land-baud cargo plane, the army air force'a XC-99, dwarf nearby building In the experimental yard of the ConaoUdated-Vultae plant at San Diago. Calif., where the plane la under construction. It is designed to carry 400 troop or 100.000 pounds of cargo. AP wirephoto from AAF. Bus-Stork Tie In Race NEW YORK. Jan. 24 (P) A bus driver raced to a tie finish with the stork last night., de positing Mrs. Glenda Gumba, 23, at the steps of Lincoln hospital as the stork arrived with a healthy boy for Mrs. Gumba. Seeing the stork circling over her Bronx home, Mr. Gumba and her husband, Louis, board ed a bus, preferring to have their child born in Lincoln hospital.. 'At the bird gained on him Louis shouted, "Faster!" to the driver. Taking one look over his shoulder, the driver, James Young, cried to hi passengers, "This bus is now express to Lincoln hosoital." While the passengers clung to their seats, the bus lett Ita regu lar route, rushing down side streets and swerving around cor ners to the hospital but It was too late. An Interne scrambled out of the hospital. Mrs. Gumba and her baby boy were carried .ln side on a stretcher. Phone Service Normal Again Telephone service In the S. 6th street section of the city and toll exchanges to the east, was resumed shortly after 1:30 a. m. today it was announced Friday mornlna by Charles Seavey, manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany. Service was eliminated about 11 o'clock Wednesday' night when water seeped Into a cable near the S. 6th street viaduct, cutting- off communication be yond that point. Two local crews, aided by crews irom Medford and Eugene, were put on the job immediately but late lost night, wnen tne men got into the cable, they found the situation not as difficult to cor rect as at first thought and by 1:30 total service was restored. Some additional work is neces sary, Seavey said, and the crews will remain working over the week-end. ' and warn them that Moslems in Jieneral and the national guard n Bombay in particular are ready to meet the onslaught of the government." Among those arrested were two women ' Begum Shah Nawaz, who recently visited the United States, and Begum Kam aluddin, head of the All-India Women's Moslem league. The chief secretary of the Punjab government said the Rashtriya Seva Sangh, Hindu youth group, also had been de clared illegal. , The men arrested were Khan Iftlkhar Hussaln, president of the Punjab Moslem league and opposition leader in the prov incial legislature: Firoz Khan Noon, former member of the viceroy's executive council and a member of the All India league's committee of action; Shaukat Hyat Khan,'' deputy leader of the league assembly party; Amir Hussaln Shah, com mander of the Punjab Moslem league national guard; Main Iftikhar Ruddln and Main Mum tax Daultana, . i -' iH FALLS. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, U47 s Fob" Big Cargo Plane Under Construction Varied Languages Pose Problem For Legislators SALEM, Jan. 24 (P) Rich ard Wilson, house reading clerk, got stuck today when Rep. Carl Francis, Dayton, handed him a resolution to read to the house. It was in Swedish. Francis told the clerk there is no house rule providing that resolutions must be in English, and he called upon Speaker John Hall to have It read. Varninq Given A warning not to contribute money for the March of Dimes to unauthorized persons, was issued today by the Klamath county chapter of the National Foundation For Infantile Pa ralysis. R D. Rekestraw. treasurer, stated that it had been brought to his attention that some teen age youngsters have been so liciting in the homes, collecting money ostensibly for the March of Dimes. There are no independent so licitation authorized by the chanter. Rakes traw said. Per sons are encouraged to use the designated containers placed in business houses about town. These are . sauare metal cans elearlv lettered showing thelr nurnose. Anyone desiring to contribute bv check or in larg er amounts may use the mall, addressing, donations to R. D. Rakestraw. box 1011. city. Checks and money orders may be made out to Rakestraw. Arnall Stymied On Federal Job WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 UP Georgia s gubernatorial squahdie miv have temrjorarilv stymied the nosslble appointment of former Governor Ellis Arnall to a federal job, Capitol Hill in formants said today. Some Georgians said, more over.' that Arnall mignt aecune anything offered him, except cabinet membership, because he recently wrote a best seller, has accepted numerous speaking en gagements, and nas openca taw offices in Atlanta and Newnan. Referring to the governorship row, one congressman told a re porter privately inai -neuner the president nor the democratic national committee wants to get mixed up in that fight. "For -that reason, I don't think Ellis Is going to be appointed to any federal Job until the gov ernorship is settled." ' ! - i Luckiamute River, Plunge Kills One DALLAS. Ore.. Jan. 24 MP) An automobile plunged from a foggy highway into the Little Luckiamute river yesterday, kill ing Clarence W. Hopkins, 51, Portland logger. . ; He was a passenger In a car driven by Ed Morrison, Dallas. . C. G. Lehnert, Dallas, driving behind the Morrison car, smashed windows and helped Morrison, Chester Karbo and Elmo Robinson, all of Dallas, from the vehicle. , The men were on their way to Blackhawk camp of the Wil lamette Valley Lumber com pany. ... , -i (Telephone Rep. Herman Chindgren, Mo lalla, read it, and then moved in Swedish that it be adopted. Speaker Hall was about to call for a vote, when members demanded to know what they were voting on. Chindgren then told the member in English it was a "remonstrance" from legislator! of Swedish descent pointing out that the Swedish member, didn't get Invited to the Sons; of. Norway dinner, to be haid. here next Tuesday. -Refr C, L. Lieuallen, Pendle ton, suggested some changes In wording in the resolution, but his amendments were in Uma tilla Indian language. Speaker Hall hurriedly an nounced that the resolution was pissed. Th- horseplay finally ended the longest session the house has held during this legislature an hour and live minutes. Meters Open Saturday Starting at 9 o'clock tomor row morning, Saturday, Klam ath autoists will have to carry around a little small change if they expect to park on the city's principal streets during the day light hours. The 667 new parking meters will all be installed by that time and officially start bringing in money in exchange tor panung places at that time. Some of the unwary have al ready slipped some change in the meters, but it hasn't been collected, from the coin boxes. Anything put in before 9 o'clock tomorrow is just so much un earned Increment. The meters will sell parking space at 5 cents for one hour, 1 cent for 12 minutes, during the hours of 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.. every day except Sundays and certain holidays. Barkley Faces " Federal Charge PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 24 UP) "Extradition of Silas R. Bark- ley, 41, Chuoquin, Ore., to Aber deen. Wash., to face a burglary charge was sought today and Deputy U. S. District Attorney E. B. Twining said the man would be turned over. Barkley was held under $25,- 000 bond here- Tuesday on a charge of breaking into the Grays Harbor. Wash., post office last year. Hearing for removal to Tacoma had been set for next week,, but Twining said Sheriff Kilgore of Grays Harbor county asked for him to face a Wash ington, state charge alleging burglary at Elma. ' Twining said that since the state had moved first and' ap peared to want to handle the prosecution, the federal charge would be deferred.. : Indonesia Market --; For US Lumber ; ' PORTLAND, Jan. 24 UP) Indonesia is in the market for Pacific northwest lumber pro ducts. G. G. Sanders. San Fran cisco, western division director of the Netherlands information bureau,, said here yesterday. He said the country needs softwoods for construction, much of " its forests having been cut in the war. . ,-. ...... WEATHER ll. '. si) ..:... Ml. M rrMlfiUlln lail M ami ..M Stream rear I Sat ..S.7 Lsat rnr ... Naraul . Fartaatli rsrOf alaafly wllk law arlaf aaawars taalaal aa ataiaat. illl) Number 10140 Girl Guides Police Over Bad Trail LODI. Calif.. Jan. 24 UP) The J. Edward Devines arid. their 17-year-old daughter Alice were in strict seclusion today while po lice broadened their search for a man who, they said, kidnaped the girl, threatened her and struggled with- her but did not otherwise molest her in a 20-hour abduction last Monday. Alice guided officers yesterday over the trail she said her captor had followed, and District At torney Chester Watson said the inspection yielded "several pieces ol evidence" substantiating her story and some new "leads" in the case. He did not amplify the clues. Watson obtained a detailed statement from the Lodi high school Honor student, and from it told this story which he said he believed "truthful in every repect": A man using the name "Giles" arranaed with the Devines to have Alice's photograph taken at a local studio for a national publication. She left the studio with the man at 7:30 pjn. Mon day. He drove her to a rural lane, stopped the car, bound her and gagged her, then took her to a tourist cabin near Sacra mento where he held her pris oner overnight Next J?ay. when he left to make a tetephon call sh freed herself from her bonds and escaped.. . . BodyMen FromVreck The body of George Wallace White, 25-year-old Portlander, killed instantly Thursday morn ing in a sleeping compartment of a Pacific Coast Motor Freight truck which overturned on Sun mountain, was extricated from the compartment at 3:35 p. m. yesterday, more than six and one-half hours after the accident occurred. Remains of the young Port- lander, who was making his first run for Pacific Freight, are at the Earl Whitloclc Funeral home where final rites will be an nounced later. Two wreckers were called to the scene of the wreck, 46 miles north of here, and the truck righted. The sleeping compart ment, which held White's body, tore loose as the big machine was put on- its wheels and it was necessary for the wrecker to hook on to the body of the truck and raise it sufficiently to free White's head, pinned under one door of the section. Deputy County Coroner Marvin Albee said he thought White's death was instantaneous and caused by a broken neck. Before White was moved wreckers found it necessary to cut away part of the metal covering surrounding the body. White had trucked for a num ber of northern; outfits but had recently signed up with Pacific Freight., High Winds Rip Columbia Gorge PORTLAND, Jan. U UP) Coastal winds battering up the Columbia river gave Portland gusts up to 40 miles an hour last night but there .was little damage reported other than a shattered store window.' A third of an inch of rain fell here and the weather bureau said comparable rainfall was general in the Willamette valley. Elmer Fisher, meteorologist, said that although there has been steady rain, only slight to mod-' erate rise was expected in the Willamette river. The Santiam at Jefferson however is expected to reach flood stage of 13 feet to night and crest at 14 feet to morrow. . Game Commission Aid Asked By City ST. HELENS. Jan. 24 (IP) The city council ia going to ask the state game commission to do something about the city water supply. . That something, is to supply a pair or two of beaver to be placed on Upper Milton creek where, the council hopes, beaver dams would impound sufficient water to end the annual summer threat of a shortage in the pipe lines. Fund Chairman f 1 Frank Sexton, chief clerk for the Great Northern here, ha acceptad the Job a fund chair man of the Rd Cross campaign which officially starts Saturday, March 1. The goal is 125.000, Sexton adrited today. Ex-Pug Faces Murder Charge PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24 (P) Silent Patrick Raymond, 40, night club operator and ex-pug, will enter court today for a pre liminary hearing on a first degree murder charge. Raymond, who has steadfastly refused to talk, is accused in the death of Frank B. Tatum, 53, sea captain and survivor of two wartime torpedoings, whose body was found at the foot of a 50-foot bank. John Snyder, 20, and Harold E. Sehorn, 25, are accused of throwing him there.' . . Detective Chief James Purcell said they told him Raymond beat Tatum in a fight at the night club and later ordered them to "get him out of here." Police said Tatum was rdbbed before being tossed, unconscious but groaning, over the. bank. They are looking for a cameo ring and a diamond-studded plat inum watch, - reputedly worth 1800. Purcell said that the evidence so far has come from Sehorn and Snyder. Raymond . has talked only in monosyllables and few US Sfeel-CIO Talk Halted PITTSBURGH. Jan. 24 UP) After conferring for two hours, representatives of the U. S. Steel corporation and the ClO-United Steelworkers today recessed con tract negotiation talks until Mon day at 10:15 a. m. (EST). Philip Murray, CIO and Steel worker president, announced the recess in the long-awaited con tract talks between the union and "Big Steel" which is expect ed to set the pattern for the steel industry generally. Murray said the steelworkers executive board will meet this afternoon as will the union's wage-policy, committee. He added: "We may have a statement after this meeting." Murray said the steelworkers had submitted their nroDosala and other matters to the corpora. uon negotiators at today's meet ing and that afterwards it was unanimously agreed to recess until Monday. 7 Injured In Car Collision ALBANY. Jan. 24 JP A head-on collision of two automo biles injured seven persons last night on the Santiam highway four miles east of here. One of me cars burst into flames. . In the burned vehicle were Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Erb,- route 1, Albany, who suffered cuts and bruises; and" their two sons, Robert and Dennis, severely burned. i In the other machine were Mr. and Mrs. G. Rouse and Mrs. E. M. Dewey, all of Brooks, cuts and bruises. All were ' hospitalized here. Attendants said none was in a critical condition. iJ, f . ilk" ?Mi Washington River Flood Threat Alerts Red Cross KENT, Wash., Jan. 24 (P American Red Cross disaster authorities, still aiding 283 families driven from their homes by the Green river last month, announced all relief and rescue agencies in the Renton-Kent-Auburn area, south of Seattle, had been alerted today after the river broke out of its banks again last night. : Army trucks were being as sembled here for rescue work, and some farmers of the White river valley already were mov ing livestock. Between here and Desmoine, the Green river crest was at. the 18-foot level, eight feet above normal. This compared with 22 feet during the disastrous December floods. . Move Would Let Bosses Talk Labor WASHINfiTOW -T. 1A ' The senate labor committee get a new bill today to study during ita five weeks of hearing . a ciusea snop measure with novel feature written by freshman Senator McCarthy (R-Wl.). , McCarthy, who announced th proposal in general terms last-" week, completed the bill today, handed it to reporters and said he would intrnriiir It In tUm. senate this afternoon. Wagner Amendments '.. Wamer lahnr relation. ih bill among other things would Kiam employers me right to state opinions frankly to their WOrkera On nil lahnr niMrilMia so long as no threat of force was 1UVUIVCQ, The hilt n.r.1,14 laau U-L-t-j ential hiring" and "maintenance of memherithfn" am maftji,. m decided in collective bargaining, ; u present. The "union .W mnA f,1u Shon" WOulH he taken nut f lha realm of bargaining, and each wouia aepend entirely in any plant on whether two-thirds of the employees want it. A hill hv Senotn,. Hall SB- Minn.), already before the com- uuiiee, wouia ouiiaw an lour or the forms of "union security." The enmmtltee na- ' its hearings yesterday, called a recess "until Tuesday morning, when Secretary of La bar Schwellenbach is scheduled to testify. A cold nreveifeX hte scheduled first-day appearance. , MaximosToBe Greek Premier ATHENS. Jan. 24 UPy King George II today named Demetrioa Maximos as premier, succeeding Contsantin Tsaldaris. Maximos is 74 and a former foreign minister. A government radio announce ment previously had said that Tsaldaris, leader of the Royal, ists whose government has been under severe fire from the left, was made ' vice-premier and given the post of war minister. Maximos said: :' "t consider- thaC aesplte my recent statements to the con trary, I have no right to refuse my services at this very critical moment Greece is passing through. -During my long lit my guide has been the execution ' of my duty to my fatherland." - Maximos conferred with the king for more than an hour. He saio be hoped full agreement on formation of a cabinet would be reached soon. . Reciprocal Trad Meet Draws Fire WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 UP) A secret session of house way and means committee repub licans to map a partisan survey of the administration's reciprocal trade program drew quick pro tests today from democrats. . Some republicans have called for curtailment of the admin istration's broad tariff-cutting powers and yesterday s unusual session apparently was a move . by GOP members of the com mittee to agree among them selves on a revision' plan. . - Voicing the sentiment of dem ocratic members Rep. Forand (D-R.I.) told reporters that "if they want to ride rough-short, there is nothing we can do but protest." He added he doesn't think "the people of the country will react favorably.'' , , Yellow River Row -Rages In China NANKING. Jan. 24 UP) Pens Hsui-pei, minister of informa tion, announced tonight that ne gotiations between the Chinese government and the communist over the course of the Yellow river had broken down. The government, which di verted the river from its old course in 1938 to block the Japanese advance, is now striv ing to restore it. The commun ists, who have been farming much of the old river bed, have objected. High waters caused five schools to close this , morning in the Kent area. The heavy rainfall of the past 24 hour and high temperatures which melted (now in the Cas cade mountains contributed te the new flood scare. East of Seattle. Mayor Ken neth Hix of Duvall reported that area being inundated after the Snoqualmie river went out of its banks and isolated the village yesterday. The county engineer' office reopened the closed "high level" bridge to give access te Duvall. ; Extremely high tides in the Duwamlsh river threatened new floods in the low-lying Zarling ton flats near Ronton, immed iately south of Seattle. 1
