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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1947)
lo) M TIB 5 In I1mw Day's Jew I... ., , ...... ,'i.iw, . J , Br FRANK JENKINS SAN FRANCISCO got 'II atart mlaalon vIIIuko. It Irowaed along nn niisalun vll lagoa In out-oMhla-world Spun lali California did. ' It hud one thrilling Interlude. A IUiunIuii ahlp nunc down from llion-Kuimliiti Sitka. The reason tlio ahlp enme la not without Ha intcrcat. Bllka, llvlnu without (rrah fruit or vegetables, loll victim to scurvy. So they iinth tred up u 11 who wero ublu to rulk, manned nulling veaacl nd atnrtcd It lor tho mouth of the Columbia to bring buck reah vcgetiiblca. Vitamin C waa then unknown aa audi, but It wua known thut trenh frulta and vegetables ,would cure scurvy, llunco tho yccllcf expedition. THE ahlp Touched the Co lumblu bur (where, incl Dentally, Lewla and Clurk wero t the time boiling out ault from u-n water.) Uut there wua nn off-shoro gnle, und lifter beutlnK buck and forth ot( tho grout river's muuth for several duya the cuplulu gave It up mid hendod for Sun Francisco buy, which he reached aulely. LIE anchored about where the bay bridge now touchea land on the Sun rruneiaco siuo, and tho pudrca camo off from the mlaalon to meet him. Soon word of hla prcaenco reached Monterey, capital of Alia Call fornln. and the governor enmo overland to welcome the Hua- alnn vialtora. He waa uccompunled by nn olficlul parly. The official purly Included wlvea and duughtera. The upshot of ll waa a acrlca of cuv parties tliut ran on through the days and tho nights and the weeka. It sounds hurd.hcurtcd, but the cuiiiatn and his crew, recov erlng their health quickly on a diet of California's fruits and vegetubles, seem to have for gotten temporarily tncir scurvy, ridden comrades up In Sitka. JUDGING by what has coma J down to us in ma oia cnron- Iclcs, there hua pcrhupa never been a period more aoclnlly glumorona thun Spanish Cali fornia. It wus cuulled by tho old South in thu hull century preceding tlm Civil War, but apparently not oxecucu. Ilnlh were itceDed In the ro munce that accdrnpiirriea'a fcuoal civilization in languorously de licious cltmatea. WE mustn't forget Hint these Idyllic, feudal, aristocratic olulllmtlntK. nil down throuuh the world, seem to have been founded on human slavery in mnmm fnrm nr other. It waa so In Athens. The his lorlana tell us that In the Athens of Pericles every CITIZEN was rnmnetcnt to rule the state. We are leas Impressed by that li.tnnimit tulmn W tlllll to think that tho GREATEIl HART of that population was a SLAVE population, uniy tne ircemen iuirn rltiznna. Tho slaves did the work. The citizens had the fun. . So it was In the romantic, C re-war American South. The luck slaves did the work. The white masters lived the idyllic ' life. And so it was In Spanish . Pnllfnrnln. The Heinl.flluve nn- ttvo Indians performed tho lubor and tlieir Spanish masters en Joyed tho guy parties. . TN time, however, the Rus. slim cnptuln o( tlio ship re membered his countrymen in scurvy-Infested Sitka, louded his vessel with thu fruits and tho lush vegetables of the great va leva and turned his prow A.omoword, arriving In timo to imivo tnoso who were sun auve tcrosting to recall, arose an odd but tor Us day and lima a considerable commerce. The next Russian ship to head for California carried a cargo of ICE from the foot of tho mighty Taku glacier. This Ice was ex changed for the wheat of the Sacramento and tho San Joaquin valleys, which was carried back to Sitka and ground on the stone mills tho Russians had set up High Rents Seen As Wedge To Speed Housing Progress WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (IP) With Industry spokesmen pre dicting tho housing shortage will be whipped this year, a group of senate republicans offered a higher-rent measure as one way to speed the licking. Extension of rent control to the end ot 1847 with a IS per cent Increase In rent ceilings was proposed by Senator lluwkes (N.J.) and three GOP colleagues McCarthy (Wis.) Cain (Wash.), and Mnlono (Nov.). Hawkes said tho proposal was being prcparod for Introduction shortly. Under the senators' plan no celling would opply on newly built houses or accommodations which have not been rented In i the past year. The latter provision, Hawkes Ajufedlctcd to reporters, would PRICE FIVE CENTS l-O- USSteel-CIO Negotiations Continue PITTSnURGll. Jan. 27 fl'i Tho U. S. Steel Corp., submitting counter proposuls lo tne United BtcclworKors in contract negotiations toduy, announced It waa Inalatlng on tho "cmployo'a fundumcntul right lo determine for himself" whether he should be a member of the union. A corporation spokesman said the miinnucmont stnnd was In opposition lo both the closed shop and union anop. inc present status at U. S. Steel plants Is a union shop, In which employes must Join tho union after they are hired, if not already mem bers. In the closed shop employes must be union members as a pre-rcquisito to getting hired. 1 ll e corporation a i s o an nounced II is "Insisting on re taining" full management con trol over hiring, termination of employment, wage incentives. maintenance of dlscliplino ana similar activities. U. S. Steel proposed further fur its five largest steel produc ing subsidiaries that the parties agree to a no strlke, no-lockout pledge, with penalties for fail ures or abrogations of this pledge. It also asked compulsory arbi tration of grievances arising un der the contract, with the func tions of the arbitrator limited to determinations involving Inter pretation, application of compli ance with contract provisions. The corporation a proposals dealt virtually exclusively with non-economic or non-cost matters because, tho corporation said, 6f Friduy's agreement extending present contracts until April 30. j inp corporation rxprcaacu hope that existing "porlal-to-por-tal confusion" will have been clarified by legislation or further court decisions by April 30. Arabs Protest Palestine Plan LONDON, Jan. 27 (IP) Dr. Jamal Effendi Hussclnl, vice chairman of the Palestine. Arab higher executive, rejected parti tion today as a solution of the Palestine problem and warned that creation of Jewish state there would be a "permanent source ot trouble In the middle cast. A fresh outbreak of anti-Brit ish violence In Palestine by the Jewish underground dimmed hopes for a satisfactory settle ment. Hussclnl spoke to the British Arabian Pclcstine conference, which resumed Its sessions de spite the continued absence of Jews, a principal party to any conclusion. Addressing 22 Arab and three British delegates In St. James palace, Hussclnl snld the creation of "an alien Jewish state" would entail the creation of another Balkans In the middle east." He declared all Arabs would resist partition "with all tho means at their disposal." Hussclnl demanded that the British labor government fulfill the pledges of former cabinets to Palestine, which, he said, guar anteed self determination. PUBLISHER DIES CANON CITY, Colo., Jan. 27 (P) Guy H. Hardy, -73, publish er of the Canon City Daily Record and Colorado republican party leader, died last night. He was a former member of con gress. induco many people to rent liv ing quarters ln their homes which they have hesitated to opon up "because they didn't want to bother with tho red tape of government control." Hawkes' announcement cap ped a week-end In which Na tional Housing Administrator Ramond M. Foley and Housing Expediter Frank R. Creedon, In an official policy statement, de clared that private- industry is "practically on Its own again" and must shoulder the major responsibility of meeting the housing shortage. Private Industry spokesmen gave quick response, In state ments and Interviews, they fore cast that the emergency will end this year and that a "buyers' market" will replace current In flated prices on existing houses. (Srace iwre is k fhm Crash . - Kittredge Re-Elected ToKPCA With 13 years of directorship with Klamath Production Credit association behind him William Klllrcdgo was re-elocted at the annual stockholders' meeting held Suturduy at the armory. Kittredge will serve another three years. At iho officers' election held following tho meeting, Kittredge was re-elected president, M. Hammond, vice president: Lee S. McMuilcn, secretary presi dent; It. J. Michcls, assistant secretary-treasurer. All were re elected to office. Holdovers Holdover directors are E. M. Hammond. A. K. Campbell, Ed Geary and Lee S. Holllday. Leo Holllduy presented the directors' report lo the nearly (Jut) Klumatn county farmers. ranchers, business men and their wives who attended. Interesting figures were ex plained by Lee S. McMuilcn, secretary-treasurer, showing the value of the association in zts million dollars loaned at the lowest rale of interest, and 1946 as a bumper year with over $3,014,000 loaned tills past year alone. Earnings Earnings in the past year were $23,877 and 1U47 began with J0B0,65O on the books. Farmers have invested 159, 605 capital in the association in (Clin4 rag S, CsIumk 4) Four Injured In Accidents . Two accidents, which Injured at- least fotnr TwtWs;TorcurTeoVf over the week-end both attri buted to slick highways in widely separated sections of the Klamath basin. None of the injured was said critically hurt. Two Mcdford residents, homeward bound, suffered in juries when a. car driven by Julius Fletcher, 92, employ of the Mcdford Meat company, struck an icy spot In the road near Weyerhaeuser Camp 4 on the Green Springs highway, left the road and overturned. Fletcher is said to have a brok en right arm and his passen ger, Carl Owings, also of Med ford, fractured a vertebrae. Both were moved by passing motorists, to Medford, state police said. The accident oc curred late Sunday afternoon. No other car was involved. The Klamath.. Ambulance, service answered a call to the scene, but both men were moved be fore the ambulance arrived. Two couples were hurt, the women more seriously, when a car in which they were travel ing from Reno to Oregon City, struck a slick spot In the road three miles south of Tulelake on the Alturas highway about S o'clock Saturday night. The car was driven by Allan Duane Cornwcll, Oregon City, and his wife Ruth had the third toe of her left foot amputated at Hill side hospital as the result of hurts. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tocring of Gladstone, near Portland, were passengers and Mrs. Tocring is In Hillside hos pital with a fractured third toe of the left foot, hip hurts and a cut nose. The Tulelake ambu lance brought the injured to Hillside. Two Hurt In Ski Accidents Skiing was excellent at Crater Lake national park this past week-end but marred by two accidents, one of which sent a sports enthusiast to Hillside hos pital for treatment of a badly sprained knee, Fermon Schilling, 822 Roose velt, is a patient at Hillside and X-rays were taken Monday morning to determine the extent of his knee Injury. Also hurt Sunday was Hnrold "Johnny" Madison, 2666 Ebcrlein, ex-ma-rlne and now employed In the sporting goods department at Seaii Roebuck company. Madi son is said to have been skiing down hill when a ski came off and clipped him behind the left ear. Park officials said 216 cars, crfrrying 972 persons, entered the park this week-end, 104 cars making a first entry. Roads were good and three Inches of dry, powdery snow covered a depth of 80 Inches of packed snow. It was 11 degrees at 8:30 a, m, today, , T M'.' FALLS. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 27. 1947 Unanimously Stockholders' Choice William Kittredg (above) for 13 rears president and director of Klamath Production Credit association, was la-alacted to holders' annual meeting Satur day. He waa elected by unani mous vote and will serve as director for another three yeara. With tha assistance of a huge chart. Lea-S. McMtrilaa .(left), aecreiaxy-traaaurer for KPCA. explained the profits, reserves. Investments and loans of the association to large group of Interested stockholders. Odell Road Very Icy The Willamette pass In the Odell lake section was reported this morning a "sheet of ice" but sanding crews dispatched by the state highway depart ment were making the stretch as safe as possible for winter travel. Four inches of new snow fell at Odell Sunday and there is a depth of 44 inches of roadside snow. One-way traffic exists near Salt Creek falls due to a small rock slide but highway men said they hoped to have normal traffic by Tuesday night. The state highway depart ment also reported a detour on The Dalles-California highway five miles north of Klamath Falls because of culvert in stallation. Some snow was re ported on Sun mountain and the Green Springs highway was said to be slick and frosty. The section to the north near LaPIne was reported "very icy and slippery" but was being sanded Monday. Man Beaten At Gunpoint PORTLAND, Jan. 27 (P) Vrenon Schuh, owner of the Snug Harbor tavern, has 'been charged with assault wriile armed with a deadly weapon after Lloyd A. Olson told police Schuh beat him at gun point at the tavern. Schuh was held on $1,0000 bond late Saturday and Detec tive M. A. McMceken said Olson told of wining 48 games on a pin ball machine and being paid off in cash at the tavern. Olson accuses Schuh of then forcing him into a rear room and beat ing him at gun point. , Police said Olson appeared at the police emergency hospital with his eyes blackened and a lip badly cut. Sodaville Springs In Parks Division SALEM, Jan. 27 (IP) ,The house passed and sent to the senate today a resolution to transfer Sodaville mineral springs In Linn county from jurisdiction of the state board of control to the state parks di vision of the highway commis sion. The springs were given to the state in 1873. (Telephone 1111) n Suicide Leap Injures Woman NEW YORK. Jan. 27 (JPh David H. Gordon Jr., 28, leaped to his death yesterday from the 86th floor of the Em pire State building and his hurtling body struck and in jured seriously a woman passer by on the sidewalk below. The pedestriaji, Mrs. Mervin S. Coover, 51, of Ames, Iowa, wife of the head of the elec trical engineering department at Iowa State college, remained in a critical condition today. Attendants said she suffered neck and ' arm injuries and abrasion.- Police said Gordon made the 1000-foot leap from the world's tallest building after telling Chief Petty Officer James Lambert, another visitor on the observation floor, "I'm going to jump." Lambert, unable to dissuade Gordon, called to two guards who rushed toward Gordon but missed by inches being able to grab him. Max Furman, an assistant state attorney general, identi fied Gordon as his nephew and said he had been "depressed" since his release from the army on a medical discharge a year ago. - Little Response To Proposed Tax SALEM. Jan. 27 (flV-Legis lative proposals to enact a re tail sales tax have failed to arouse must public interest, judging by the legislators' mail. Most of the legislators said they haven't received any mail, either for or against. Rep. Marie Wilcox, Grants Pass, said the Rouge River Val ley grange, which claims to be the largest in the state, advised her it is almost unanimous for the tax. Rep. Earl Hill, Cushman, said he has received 21S letters, all of them wanting it. CORPORATION LIST GROWS SALEM, Jan. 27 (?) There were 3974 corporations organ ized ln Oregon for profit on last June 30, a gain of 481 overthe preceding year, the state cor poration department reported to the legislature today. There were 1016 out-of-state corporations in the state, a gain ol uo. ar V . i WEATHER M (If. tf) tl Hla SI rrulalUlUa bit U k.in.. SlrMM rw I 4U....M........4.IT Ll Tur. S.SS Niraail ... t. rr0sill InertMlaf UailMM wllk llfkt nlai, Number 10142 Stockholm Crash Kills 22 Persons COPENHAGEN', Jan. 27 (IP) Royal Duth Airlines officials hastened today to Copenhagen to investigate a disastrous plane crash which yesterday claimed the lives of American soprano Grace Moore, Sweden's Prince Gustaf Adolf and 20 other per sons. Officials of the line Issued a communique at The Hague in dicating belief that the crash might have been caused by me chanical failure, but added that the reason might be hard to ascertain, so completely was the plane destroyed. Miss Moore, who began her singing career in a Tennessee choir and won fame as a star in musical comedy, the opera and the movies, was the only Amer ican in the ill-fated plane. Tour Completed , The singer had just completed a concert engagement in Copen hagen and was en route to an other in Sweden. Valentin Par era, husband of the 45-year-old sopranoo, heard the news of her death at Mougins, France, where he was convalescing from an illness. A close friend said he was "terribly shocked." The DC-3 transport plane, with 16 passengers and a crew of six aboard, crashed on the airstrip just alter talcing oil from Stock holm. The liner Immediately DroKe into names and blazed so fiercely there was no chance for anyone to escape. , Trouble At Takeoff Th hullntln laciiMt hu Dm,. Butch 'Airlines' said the plane "took off normally under good weather conditions" but "imme diately after the takeoff rose steeply upwards in a very un usual way, becoming unnaviga- "The course of events." the bulletoin added, "might indicate that the plane was in an abnor mal condition." Airport officials said the bod ies of all those aboard were so charred and mutilated they were virtually unrecognisable. . Sweden went into national mourning today for Prince Gus taf Adolf, popular grandson of King Gustaf, who met death while going home from a hunt ing trip to Holland, where he was a guest of Prince Bernhard. husband of Croown Princess Jul iana of The Netherlands. The 40-year-old heir to the Swedish throne had been active in tne civic affairs of his coun try, serving as head of the Bov Scout movement and supervisor or a national nealtn. program. He was considered one of the best horsemen in Sweden and was known to his people as "the naer prince. Asa result of his death his nine-months-old son, Karl Gus taf, becomes second in line for tne throne. Tobey Raps Favorite Sons WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 (IP) Senator Tobey (R-N. H.) called today for "fewer favorite sons" in the republican organization. At the same time however, he denied that he is kicking over party traces with any intent to upset GOP control of the senate. The gray-haired New Hamp shire senator1 vocal defender of an unsuccessful democratic bat tle last week to halt continua tion of the war investigating and small business committees told a reporter he is going along with the Republicans when he thinks they are right but not at other times. Tobey was one of four repub licans who voted against the two committees. "I've been a republican for nearly 45 years," he said. "I'm no bolter. But I'm jealous of my party. I want it to be as clean as a whistle. I want it to de serve the commendation of the country for its forthrightness." In this connection, Tobey said he thinks there are "too many favorite sons" in the present GOP senate organization. MOTORIST KILLED PORTLAND, Jan. 27 (IP) Norman Sampson, 23. Gresham, was fatally injured late Satur day night when an automobile he was riding in skidded on a suburban road and crashed into a tree. I - . . . m i races i rial as spy Madelein Carabouaf (above), former friend of Benito Musso lini and newapaper - woman known aa Magda Da Fontangaa, ia alated for trial at MaraeillM charged with spying for the nazia. . AP Wlrtphoto. Altamont Fire Burns Houses Two homes in the Altamont district were destroyed by ire within minutes of each other Saturday at midnight and the family pet of one was lost in the flames. Neither family was home at the time. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Burl Baugus, 4121 Altamont drive, was consumed by flames and while the county fire de partment was attempting to fight the fire, neighbors saw light from a short distance away and the truck went to the Paul C. Hanna home, 4621 Bisbee, where firemen were able to save nothing but the garage. The Baugus dog, locked on the back porch, burned to death in that fire. - Nothing was saved from either home, firemen said, and both fires are thought to have been caused ' by overheated stoves. Mr. and Mrs. Baugus and two children. Bill and Wan- ; da. Martin. . were way -for .tew evening- wnen tne fire broke out. it was first noticed by neignpors, Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Swartz, returning home from Medford. All neighbors, includ ing Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hanson who live next door, turned out to fight the fire to no avail. The Baugus family recently bought their home from Ona Bagley. Baugus is an employe of Truelove's market. Hanna .who was in Bend when his home burned, is a World War II veteran and lives alone at the Bisbee address. He drove up to his residence Sun day to find the house leveled. Hanna is employed by Ball and Porter. Air Search On For Missing Eugene Plane McCHORD FIELD', Wash., Jan." 27 (IP) Air search and res cue officials here said today they were searching for a plane pi loted by D. L. Williams of Eu gene, Ore., and carrying one pas senger, which has been unheard from since leaving Yakima Sat urday noon. The passenger was Warren Stelzer, Eugene. The craft, a two-place, open cockDit. sinele-engined low wing monoplane, departed in the di rection of Eugene without filing a flight plan, McChord officials said. The weather in tne vicinity was described as "very unfavor able" for that type of craft. The Oreeon wing of the civil air patrol is patrolling the Port- land-Eugene area in tne searcn and planes from the Spokane armv airfield are covering the Yakima-Ellensburg route on the chance Williams may have turned back to his base. Two C-47s and one small craft are working from Mc Chord. Old Age Sounds Death Knell For Cable Cars SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 (IP) Mayor Roger D. Lapham said today that the little old cable cars, which have boosted civic pride as high as the hills they've- clattered up for more than half a century, must be replaced by modern transporta tion. . . Sentimental San Franciscans who so long have prized their distinctive hillside transit will object, the mayor told the board of supervisors In his an nual report. But sentimentalists, said Lap ham, "do not have to pay the bills and do not have to run the risk of being charged with criminal negligence in the very possible event a cable breaks and a car gets loose on any of our steep hills." The issue of replacing or re taining the system, which . at Legislature Faces Tax, Budget Bills SALEM, Jan. 27 WV-The Ore gon legislature started the third week of its long grind today, pre pared to get down to work on such diversified problems as taxes, balancing the budget, big trucks and education. The house is scheduled to deal Tuesday with its first big piece of legislation, a bill to make per manent the temporary wartime weight and length limits of trucks using state highways. These limits are 72,000 pounds and 60 feet, compared with 54, 000 pounds and 50 feet before the war. Tax Maeting The legislative tax committees are planning to meet Tuesday to start work on tax proposals, and thus give the ways and mean committees tome ideas as to how much money might be available to solve the budget deficit. The opposition to the plan for distribution of the $16,000,000 basic school support fund Is ex pected to start to work UUs wees;. More than 20 new bills were introduced today. Two measures ' by Rep. C. L. Lieuallen, Pendle ton, would make Good Fridav afternoon a legal holiday, and maxe tne state game commis sion pay for damage to hay dona -by wild elk. Fireworks Ban Two others would prohibit the sale of fireworks, and per mit the governor to call upon local lire departments to help in other cities in cases of con flagrations. T h e a e measures were introduced by Reps. Paul R. Hendricks, Salem; Frank J. Van Dyke, Medford; Carl Fran cis, Dayton, and Lieuallen; and Sens. Eugene Marsh, McMinn ville, and Paul Patterson, Hilla boro. Rep. Joseph E. Harvey, Port land, said he would sponsor a bill to appropriate $864,000 from the general fund for the state fair, Pendleton Round-up, other state expositions and county fairs. "The measure would re lieve these expositions of being dependent upon horse and dog race betting, and is the start of a move to make racing -illegal. The senate municipal affairs committee introduced a bill to let cities condemn property for Goal Cut Again PORTLAND. Jan. 27 UPi Oregon's potato acreage goal for 1847 has been cut from 45,400 to 43,300 acres, the U. S. de partment of agriculture an nounced today. Goals, smaller throughout the nation than last year, are set on a percentage of previous year's acreage, and the 100-acre . revision was due to the fact that final figures showed Oregon 1945 acreage smaller than orig inally estimated: 53,000 instead of 55,000 acres. The 1946 acre age is estimated at 52,000. Oregon had 5.000.000 bushels of merchantable potatoes on hand January 1, 800,000 more- Bushels than at the same time last year and 1,850,000 mora than the ten-year average. National potato acreages are declining, the USDA said, : but the yield per acre has been in creasing more rapidly than pre viously believed, t : High Wind Causes Power Failure A southwest wind w h t e h . reached a velocity of between 36 and 37 miles per hour at 3 a. m. Sunday whipped two jumpers, together in the Hot Springs dis trict and caused that circuit to go out for one hour and 30 min utes. A California Oregon Pow- -er company crew was dispatched . to the 500 block on Eldorado and the power was off again another eight minutes for re pairs. ' The power company also re ported a 30-mile wind at 11:17 -p. m. Saturday. the outset was hailed as an In genious triumph over tha horse-drawn car and the force of gravity, has divided San Franciscans Into two camps for years. The miniature cars, operated -by "gripmen" and towed by a ' cable sunk -between the tracks., have been advertised like tha Golden Gate bridge to the tour- . ist trade. They are a prime sub ject for amateur photogra phers, and artists have dona . them in oils many times. Today the city has only 38 cable cars operated on Sacra mento, Powell, Washington and Jackson streets. A private com pany operates another cable line. The oldest of the city's cara have been clambering up San Francisco's steepest hills for 64 years. The youngest were built . 41 yean ago. ' v Spud Acreage r
