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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1947)
fin fo) o la o) " 'i InTlie, DarWews By FRANK JENKINS (Travel CurrcnRiiidciiue) 'AS this 1 written, represcnta- lives of 12 nations are goth- rrlng In Los Angeles (or mi in tcrnutloniil oil conference. The conference li being held umler the atmplccs of the liiduntrlul coinnilttva on putroloum produc tion and refining of (lie Inter- ( , nutluuul Labor Organization, u , foriner Lcuguo of Nutlona ugoncy ( thin hna been tuken over by I United Notions. It la led off by Juf Kent, it liclulun lubor louder, ; wlln tltlH statement: '' "Pcuco cun not oxlst wlllioul ; nodal progress mid imilerlul well being.'1 1 T'llUE euouuh. Ilut let u not ' ' v; permit ourselves to forget ' ililii (undiimiMiliil fuel: I Snciul progress mid nuilerliil I 'l well being rent upon PltODUC V TION. Without production, in i this modern world, we cun bo ,i nether hoc In II y progressive nor ' ! iiiiilcriiilly well off. i Muterlul well being, ua wo ! understand It, la un obuiukinco ) of tliinga. Hi practice, social f itroui'f.HM ennu'M iluwn to a FAIR f DIVISION of things Kuril miiirlt'iicu. In tills mist- wur world, In leuchlng ua thul we cim't divide wliut lan't pro duced. IN London, on the aume day, Hugh Dulton, chuncellor of the excneiucr (secretary of the treasury) In llriluin's lubor gov ernment, auya In a public ad drew thul unle the Units!) peo ple WOltK HARDER the British .w,.rltn.,l In uirlnllam Will wind up In atlll greater dlatrcaa, ruiner inun in aociui pru,rvn. II,. ii, lila hllllltlv- "llrituin Is living on borrowed miu.v miH must nroiltiee more gooda for export or fueo lower atiindnrd ol life una more uucm ploymcnt." fALTON apoke at Newcuallc, center of Britain s now no fimuliTfvt fifiivernment owned and operated) coal Induatry, Aa he wa sprnking, the grcut Aua tln Motor Worka at Ulrmlnghmn, employing 17.000 people, had Just shut down for on Indefinite h...iny Kni-mi-M nt lnrlr nf colli. Other Industrial plnnU In Britain were kimiik on snuii 1lme. Steel production la down IS per cent. All beeuuao of LACK OK COAL. Coul l aenrce hi Knglond HOI because tliero 1811 l coui ...... ,,l. In (hit tfrntinit hut he- cnuao not eiuiuuh of It i being. dug and brouwii to me sunucu or uaa aa fuel. ' That la the rub. "rw"M AI.ISM vim mo. la no mnulc wand that when waved effortlessly will tiring rorin abundance. If socialism la to work, It muat be by belter or gnnlutlon for MOKE PHODUC Socialiam. in theory, concerns lt.ti.tr uillh Atnnur dlHtrlhillinu of what Is produced. Britain Is leurnlng by nam experience win when ENOUGH ISN'T PRO DUCED evener distribution doesn't satisfy people's wants. No muller how evenly the food alitinlu mat! hn lUull4lH Vnll Will GO HUNGRY If there Isn't enough food to go arouna. IN Washington, Representative Tuber, of New York, wants to cut a million persons off the gov. ernments totul of 2.300,000 civil ian employes. He asserts that In 1039 wo had less than a million civilian employes on the federal payroll and thinks we can get along now witn i.auu.uuu. , Senator George, of Georgia aurccs that wo must hnvo rcduc tlon of federal payrolls, but thinks that a cut of half a mil' lion would do the trick. Tho argument agninst reduc tion Is that if we cut too deeply y will rcduco the services the federal government can render to tho people. VEEP this fact clear In your mind: The cost of federal government rests squarely upon the back ot your neck. The heavier tho bur den of government, the heavier Is the handicap you must carry in tho raco to make a living for yourself and your family. Ax It stands now, somo 80-odd millions of employed workers must carry on their hocks ns they 1 go about their dally jobs the ' weight of some 2,300,000 federal' employes. It certainly stands to reason that If the number of fed eral civilian employes could be cut to 1,300,000 the weight on your neck would bo considerably reduced. If you didn't have to carry around so much dead weight, you could DO MORE. Hamburg Police Say "So Sorry" HAMBURG, Germany, Feb. 7 ? (I') Hamburg residents wore all agog yesterday when local news i papers announced that German police whose chief task these days seems to be hunting down black market cigarette dealers had offered 1000 cigarettes re ward for Information about a suspected murderer. ; Today, however, an embar rassed British official declared that tho offer which aroused more general Interest than the BO0O mark ($50) reward that wont with It had been with drawn. t )' "It was a mistake," lc said, PRICE riVE CENTS l-O- KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. Tr ..if ARY 7. 1847 isJ Agreement NearsOn US Budget WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (!') Republican congressional lead ers were said today to be near aurcement on a (32,000,000,000 lop limit for next year's budget u figure they contend would leuvo 7,000,00U.000 for tax cut ting and debt payments. The 20 per cent "across the board" lax reduction plan would cont 3,800,000,O00. Persons in a position to know auid that COP members oK tlx sciiato-housa budgetary commit tee, meeting III aecret aeaalons, arrived ut the $32,000,000,000 figure by Hating a poaaible cut ol $2,000,000,000 in President Truman's $11,200,000,000 Item for national defeiwr. Estimate Mad Mr. Truman proposed on over all budget of $37,500,000,000. He estimated revenues at $37, 700,000,000. However, Colin Stum, revenue expert for the JohH committee has estimated that these revenues will be $200,000,000 higher. To this, the republicans have added the $1,100,000,000 In ad ditional revenue that will be available If the senate, like the house, approves keeping the war time excise taxes on luxuries after July 1. Thus, by the republican fig uring, revenue will total $39, 000,000,0(10, a $7,000,000,000 sprrad over outgo. If this were split equally. It would take care of the 20 per cent Income tax slush proposed by some party members and still leave $3,500, 000,000 to apply on the national debt. Rent Boost WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (JP) Two veterans organizations urged today that congress reject proposals for a general rent in crease. At a news conference, Frank lin D. Roosevelt Jr., national housing chairman of the Ameri can veterans committee, de clared "tho claim of landlords for higher rents Is completely unnecessary." Ho suggested that congress give tho office of temporary controls $6,000,000 to employ the staff and handle on an indi vidual basis cases where land lords contend they are suffering hardship due to low rents. The Veterans of Foreign Wars urged continuation of rent con trols unchanged until June 30, 1948. Red Generators Get Test Run SCHENECTADY, N. Y Feb. 7 (!') The first of three giant American-made generators in stalled In the Dnieper dam in Russia has been run success fully at full speed. Internation al General Electric officials an nounced today. General Electric said the test marked the first power opera tion of the dam since 1941 when tho red army dynamited the original generators to deny their uso to the Germans. Professional Amvets Fight Hits Hollywood Nightspot By JAMES S. LINDSLEY ABOARD A BARSTOOL AT CIRO'S RESTAURANT, HOL LYWOOD, Feb. 7 (P) Jim Moron, the professional screw ball, whose accomplishments Include changing horses in midstream and selling an Es kimo an icebox, turned the topper today. And If there arc headaches among some of Hollywood's elite, It won't necessarily be tho liquor. Moron, his gctup bearing a close resemblance -to that of Crown Prince Snud Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, who has been visiting in these porta recent ly, strode Into this Sunset strip night club shortly before mid night, Clro's is accustomed to dignitaries, but there was much fussing as he and his two cohorts swept across the floor to a ringside table. Wcoring an embroidered cape, meticulously applied black whiskers and a storn ex pression, he gazed regally around the room. The band played a couple of numbers, 00 Admiral Marc A. Mltschai't four-star flag which flaw over tha navy's famous task forca 58. with at Uft aa buglar sounds taps (sacond from right) at Arlington National cametery, Waah Ington. Commodora Arleigh Burk (Uft) holda arm of Mrs. Mitschtr. (wearing vail). Basida Mrs. MiUchar stands Mrs. Elisabeth Duacb. a family iriand. Capt. Ernest Ackiss, navy chaplain (right), conducts services. AP wixaphoto. Coal Shortage Stops Power LONDON. Feb. 7 (p) Fuel Minister Emanuel Shinwell said today Britain's overstrained electric power system would break down early next week be cause of an acute fuel shortage aggravated by bitter winter weather. He told the house of commons the result would be that, begin ning Monday, no electricity unlllH mnn IH in nnv Inrluu. trial consumer In 'London ' and"! southeastern area, or In the in dustrial midlands and the north western districts. The electricity supply to domestic consumers will be cut off from 9 a. m. to noon and from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. daily, he announced. Shinwell said the labor gov ernment hoped the curtailment certain to cause far-reaching disarrangements in the nation's exports program would not last longer than three or four days. Hundreds of ocean-going ships were tied up In British ports by a government conservation order earmarking the dangerously low coal supplies for domestic con sumption only. Domestic elec tricity and gas rations already have been slashed. Gas Still Seeps Into Store Jim Scott, manager of the Safeway store on Main at 12th reports that there Is still a little-gas seeping into the store's sump from the gasoline-soaked earth. Investigators last week ' dis covered that one of the large storage tanks at the Standard Chevron station across the street from the store had a largo leak in it, through which nearly 600 gallons of ethyl gas had saturated the ground for a number of yards and seeped in to surrounding sumps. The old tank has been re placed, according to Ernie Brldgcr, opentor of the sta tion, and the gas in the ground should be evaporated after a while. Screwball" but all eyes of the blase crowd including those ol a tew newsmen who were in the gag were on the 6-foot, 4-inch ' "prince." - - . Finally he sent one of his emissaries to Bandleader Jer ry Wald with a note. Wald blanched a bit as the stooge . who bore the un-Arnblc name of Patrick Desmond Bcgorra handed him a ruby-red stone with 'the request. Then, a bit shakily, the band swung out with "Begin the Bcguine." . At its conclusion, Moron stood, gathered in his robes, bowed to tho orchestra and started for the door. Half-way there, a hondful of stones clat tered to the floor. His retinue hesitated, but Moran motioned them imperiously to come along. There was a hushed silence, then someone gasped, "they're Jewels." The scramble was on. They, were glass, of course, as some may learn later today from their Jewelers. They may also learn that Prince Snud left for San Francisco a couple of days ago. Taps Sounded For Admiral M British Cabinet Considers New Palestine Compromise LONDON. Feb.. 7 (P) In formed sources said today the British cabinet was considering a compromise Palestine formula which would allow 100,000 Jews from European displaced persons camps to enter immediately a semi-autonomous Jewish prov ince in the Holy Land. This plan was attributed to Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Colonial Secretary Arthur There was no Immediate Ihdi-I cation from 10 Downing street whether the cabinet had accept ed it. President Truman told Jewish leaders in Washington last July the U. S. government was will ing to assume technical and financial responsibility for the transportation of 100,000 immi grants from Europe to Palestine. A foreign office spokesman said today no British approaches had been made to the state de partment on a Palestine settle ment. Government sources said after the cabinet meeting It was almost 3 Youths Die In Blazing Wreck PLAINVIEW, TEX., Feb. 7 VP) Three Floydada teen - agers died in the flames which fol lowed an automobile-truck col lision five miles south of Tulia, Tex., about 8 p. m. last night. They were identified this morning as Nita Merle Patter son, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Patterson; Glenn Carmack, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cormack, and Kenneth Finley, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fin ley, all Floydada, Tex., residents. Both boys were well known football players for Floydada high school, Miss Patterson and Carmack were students and Fin ley had graduated, Shuttle Service To Crater Lake . Planned Soon Carless skiers will .now have a chance to get to Crater lake on Sundays, according to A. L. Vincze, operator of the ski tow at the park. Vincze stated that he intend ed starting a shuttle service be tween Klamath Falls agd the park this week-end. He will nave two covered trucks in op eration, each capable of hold ing from 25 to 30 persons. The trucks will' use the O. K. Trans fer building, 350 Spring, as a terminus. The first load will leave Sunday morning at. 8 o'clock, the second at 10 a. m. The price of the ride also in cludes all-day use of the. ski tow. Vincze warned that the seivice will be operated on a first come, first served basis. Tickets are now on sale at the transfer company and passen gers will be accepted by the number on their tickets. The skiing trails at Crater lake are reported rough and rutted today, but if the expect ed snow flurry arrives they should be in excellent condition Sunday. In any case, the slopes of the ski bowl were reported in good condition. All roads in the park, were reported open and chains are not required, but park authori ties advised that motorists car ry a pair along with them, (Talaphon its c her certain tho new British propos als for Palestine would be con vcyed to Arab and Jewish lead' crs in London over the week-end. They added it was likely that Arab delegates to the official Palestine conference would meet Bevin and Creech Jones once again Monday, and. because of their "uncompromising oppo sition'' to further Jewish immi gration, the talks probably woulcidpacive immediately. Arms Deadlock Still Unbroken NEW YORK, Feb. 7 P) Warren R. Austin, United States delegate, and Andrei A. Gro myko, Soviet representative, conferred by telephone today without reaching an agreement on a deadlock over arms reduc tion machinery, it was reported authoritatively. Austin, it was said, called Gro myko and talked with him about five minutes. The United States delegate to the United Nations security council was reported to have inquired if there was any form of words acceptable to Grorayko on the disputed clause in a proposed arms limitation resolution. Gromyko, it was added, re plied there was none acceptable. Thus the impasse was to be taken up again this afternoon by an informal committee of the security council with no agree ment in prospect. Austin and Gromyko conferred in a last minute attempt to settle the dif ferences. Store Manager Says Lake Pair Not Holdup Men Ray Malatchi, manager of the Oregon Food store on Oregon avenue which was held up by two bandits several days ago, went to Lakeview yesterday aft ernoon to view two men held there as suspects, but said that they were not the robbers. Malatchi was accompanied to Lakeview by Billy Joplin, 16, store clerk who also saw the armed bandits. They sow and talked with both men in the Lckeview Jail, and Malatchi said that they could not recognize either as being the holdup men. The resemblance of the Lake view suspects was very close to thot of the grocery robbers, Ma latchi said. The men held In Lakeview, booked for vagrancy, were Peter DeYoung, 29, and Frank Henry Williams, 26. They have been working at Winema farms. The grocery store robbery January 27 netted $450. Russians Look For Big Grain Crop MOSCOW. Feb. 7 (P) Weather reports from the grain Droducimr Kuban. Ukraine and Volga basin regions today Indi cated that tne winters snows might assure a bumper crop. Reports from Odessa said there had been heavy snows during the nast month in the southern Ukraine and Moldavia, the heavi est precipitation to be experi enced in that region in more than 40 years, WEATHER M. irb. ) ..... M Mia. .JS rrulpllatlto tail' 14 ktora ... Stream year ! Sftta ....4.1S Narmsl .... Lsil 7r J-M 7reasll Cicada ftnf ff. Bill) Number 10852 19 Million Needed To Level Budget SALEM, Feb. 7 (JP) The state tax commission started work today on a bill to make all Oregon income earners pay a 1 per cent state withholding tax. which would be credited against annual income tax pay ments. The bill was requested by the senate assessment and taxation committee, its purpose being to coueot taxes irom many persons believed to be evading income taxes. The tax commission said the bill would bring in $10,000,000 a year, but it is not known how much of that would be money which would not have been col lected by the regular income tax. New Revenues The house assessment and tax. ation committee learned today it musi una $iu,3uu,uuu In new revenues in order to balance the state's budget. The amount, however, could be reduced to $12,500,000 by adopting the governor's pro posal to use $7,000,000 of sur plus corporation income tax re ceipts. The estimates were made to day by Sen. Dean H. Walker, cnairman oi tne senate ways and means committee; Dr. F. H. Dammasch, chairman of the house ways and means commit tee; and C. C. Chapman, adviser to both committees. Chapman said $2,000,000 would be needed for the basic school support fund, $10,000, 000 for the general fund, and $7,500,000 lor public welfare. . Budget .Director George Aiken defended bis estimate of $25, 000,000 in liquor profits for the next biennium which is just about the amount needed for public welfare. But Walker said the liquor commission still sticks to its $11,000,000 estimate. Thompson Ruled Dixie Governor McDONOUGH, Ga., Feb. 7 (JP) Superior Judge Claude H. Porter ruled today " that Lt. Gov. M. E. Thompson is Geor gia's acting governor and that Herman Talmadge's election by the legislature was invalid. The decision, handed down at Rome, Ga., ordered the state pardon and parole board to turn over records on budgetary matters to Thompson. An ap peal to the Georgia supreme court was announced quickly. Basic Air Safety Aids Slated Soon WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 (JP) The civil aeronautics administra tion says basic air safety aids will be in operation at 166 major United States airports within the next 18 months. Administrator Theodore P. Wright told the senate air safety investigation "committee yester day the devices already have been installed at 32 airports and that funds at hand, plus $85,000, 000 to be requested of congress this year, will complete the pro gram. Wright said the basic aids pro vide two radio beams for land ing airplanes under poor visibil ity conditions. One beam lines the craft up with the runway and the other provides the cor rect glide path. New Income Tax Bill Introduced SALEM. Feb. 7 (JP) Personol income tax revenues, which now must be used only for property tax relief, would be placed in the state eeneral fund by an 67-page bill introduced in the house today by Rep. R. C. Frisbie, Baker, and Sen. Walter J. Pearson, Port land. The bill, longest Introduced during this session, repeals the entire 1029 income tax law, and then re-enacts lt, except for omit ting the phrase "providing for property tax relief. Stolen Bicycles Float In River VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 7 (JP) Two bicycles, stolen from Vancouver boys , January 15, were found in 'the Columbia river today, floating upside down with the air-filled tires keeping them on the surface. The bikes were returned to their young owners. Only dam age was that the chains were missing. Americans Quit China Stations PIEPING, Feb. 7 (JP) A sev-en-car special train took 303 American executive headquar ters personnel to the port of Tangku today, starting the withdrawal from China with out incident except for an hour's breakdown of the loco motive. The group began loading aboard the army transport Gen eral Weigel immediately upon completion of the 119-mile eight-hour trip. It was reported the ship might sail within 24 hours. Communists who had been attacking the railway left it alone for the second consecu tive day, having promised not to interfere with the American evacuation. Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem Jr., U. S. commissioner at truce headquarters, turned out to see the contingent off. but neither national government nor the communists sent representatives to wish godspeed to the first of the 2000 Americans to depart. Precautions were taken even though the route was reported quiet. The train carried water and provisions for two days and a marine guard took positions at strategic places in the cars. Two marine planes flew escort, keeping in constant contact with the fighter squadron at the airdrome here. Chinese press reports said that fighting flared in other sectors, particularly between Paoting and Shihchiachuang on the Peiping-Hankow railroad. Barnes Asks Death Probe Deputy Sheriff Marion Barnes has asked that the Klamath county grand jury investigate the circumstances of the death of Donald Gordon Roberts. Cir cuit Judge David R. Vanden berg may call in the jury next month. Roberts was killed by a pis tol shot fired by Barnes last Monday morning in front of the courthouse as Roberts, ready to come into court for a felony trial, broke away and tried to escape from tne deputy, A coroner's jury Wednesday cleared Barnes of blame in the 28-year-otd -man's death,-" hold ing that the deputy, was acting in proper performance of his duty and that the killing was justifiable. However. Barnes has request ed a further probe. Since the grand jury may investigate all crimes and allegations of crimes in the county, it has authority to delve into Roberts' death notwithstanding the action of the coroner's jury. In his letter to Judge Van- denberg, Barnes said that he believed a grand jury probe was "only fair to myself and the people of this community. Judge Vandenbere said that since one of the grand jurors is now out of the state, it may be early in March before he is able to get the jury together. Judge Vandenberg will be on the bench in Portland for two weeks starting Saturday. Alturas Eniers Robin Contest ALTURAS. Feb. 7 Alturans are getting quite a bang out of the Klamath Falls residents re porting every individual robin seen in their yards. The red breasted birds have made their winter headquarters in Alturas and vicinity for years. We feed them. Here at the present time, honey bees are making honey, as evinced by the swarms that invade the cemetery after each funeral to get the nectar from the flowers left there. Wild geese are mating also. and while it may be a little early for such happenings in Klamath, Alturas, the city on top of a mountain, enjoys the Cali fornia sun. Elementary Schools Would Benefit By Portland Plan Klamath Falls elementary school district and the county unit would gain under the Port land school board plan for dis tribution of the basic school sup port fund, according to an an alysis made by Dr. Carl Huffaker of the University of Oregon and the Eugene Register-Guard. Ac cording to this analysis, Klamath union high school district would gain an advantage under house bill 9, the plan for the basic fund distribution which is opposed in Portland. - The Eugene rep rt says that Klamath Falls elementary would have an advantage of $30,413 under the Portia: - plan. The Klamath county unit advantage would be $84,478 under the Port land plan. The report said KUHS would gain under HB9, but did not give a figure. According to the analysis based on Huffaker's figures, 60 of Ore gon's 92 school districts would have an advantage under house Taft Calls Stassen Plan "Trivial" WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 (Pi Two leading republican Dresi- dentlal possibilities for 1048 col lided sharply today on labor ' legislation. Harold E. Stassen, an an nounced candidate for the top GOP nomination, went before the senate labor committee and proposed a secret majority vot of workers as the last step hsioi? a strike. Committee Chairman Taft (R-Ohio), whose name has been linked with presidential talk. called Stassen's suggestion "triv ial." and a lively exchange fol lowed. Secret Ballot Stassen told Taft that "if vou believe in the democracy of workers, you must have con fidence" in a secret ballot. Taft argued that in such m vote the workers "do not go against their leaders." Senator Ball (R-Minn.), who was appointed to the senate by Stassen when the latter was gov-i ernor of Minnesota in 1940, cri ticized Stassen s proposal on tha ground that a majority vote re quirement would be too drastic. Too Drastic Stassen countered that "it would be too drastic" if Ball's legislation to outlaw the closed shop were enacted. By this he apparently meant that in an open shop, a smaller vote for a strike . would suffice. , Stassen opposed Ball's bill to outlaw the closed shop and Its modifications saying it would re- . strict the freedom of contract. Stassen and Ball also differed over another proposal bv Ball to prohibit industry-wide bar gaining. Stassen said that breaking up industry-wide bargaining would permit employers to compete in lowering wage rates, perhaps leading to a lag in purchasing power which he said was one factor in tha 1929 economic crash. Ball said: "It seems to me your statement is the classic argument for monopoly wherever it oc curs. I don't see how we can maintain a free competitive economy while we permit mono" polies to go unchecked." Truman Asks Rubber Clamp WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (JP) President Truman today re newed his plea to congress for authority to continue rubber controls in order to assure syn thetic production sufficient to meet any emergency. The president declared in a message to congress that natural rubber production will increase by late 1947 or early 1948 to the point "where it will be pos sible to satisfy world needs largely from natural rubber." Meanwhile, he said, "It is im perative that the congress ex tend authority to continue con trols ovet rubber under the second war powers act, as I re-, quested in my previous mes sage." He asked congress to adopt a resolution also making it a na tional policy "to maintain a syn thetic rubber industry in the United States adequate to tha minimum needs of national, se curity." . . Gardener Digs : Up Can Of Coins VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 7 (IP) A. can filled with old coins was dug up by Arthur Heider-.. man while planting a tree on his property and today he was spad ing the rest of his lot, looking -for more. The group of coins dated back to 1834. Their value was set at $200, most of it made up of an appraisal of $10 each for 18 half-dollars minted in 1856. The " can was about a foot under ground. Heiderman bought the prop erty as a brush-covered lot in f 1940 and subsequently built a house on it. - bill 9. while 32 would gain from adoption of the Portland plan. The proposals for distribution of the fund are a legislative after math of the passage of the basic school fund law by voters at the last election. The voters left it up to the legislature to devise the distribution method, and the matter has become one of the controversial issues of the cur rent session.! The Eugene analyzers claim that the Portland plan would give advantage to districts which already have higher ability to support their schools. The Portland plan proposes apportionment of the basic school fund on the basis of $601) per teacher employed plus 30 cents per day's membership. House bill 9 would use $450 per teacher and 10 cents per day's membership. The higher Port land total is achieved by draw ing on what under house bill is retained as an equalization fund. i!
