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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1947)
r j fo) i3U Mi ! i I! IOCf. By FRANK JENKINS (Travol Correspondence) THE other day U. 8. Under secretary of Stale Acheson told llm senate iilomlo committee 1 1 wit Russia's foreign policy l "an aggresslvt nd expanding one " Humilan rortlgn Minister Molotov, In formal diplomatic nolo addressed to our italo de parlment, protested tnl state ment, assorting that Acheson remarks were "rudely slender mm and hoirtlle to the Soviet Union." . , Bound One of the current V. S.-rtimnInn sparring matcll , ended at that point. . ? 1 AT the opening of Round Two, " Secretary of State Marghall. ' Achesnn's bow, replied to Mol otov that the U. 8. undergo rrtarv had spoken merelv In line or duty. He had not, Marshall aid, volunteered an opinion of Itumln, but had merely answered specific questions put to him by member of the senate regard ing Huiwlu's ambltloni and where they might lead fhut, Secretary Marshall added, In the Amerlcun way of doing thing. When an officer of the executive branch of our government, ho explained, Is called before a committee of the legislative branch, he li under a DUTY to answer frankly relevant questions not Involving a mailer of secrecy Incompatible with the public Interest. Marshall concluded: "You characterize the content of hi atHlement as a rude slander and hostile to the Soviet Union. Under our standard, a retrained comment on a matter of public policy 1 not a slander." ABOUT the bet comment one can make l that In General Marshall we have found a good man to handle our foreign af fairs. Our modi troubleomo foreign affair la Russia, who per. slst in dealing with ui much In the manner of an Inferiority romplcxed mall boy "gassing" another boy. Such conduct can easily lead to a fight In fact, In such a situation, a fight can usually be avoided only by unusual toler ance, forbearance and common sense on the part of the one who is being gassed. General MarghaUVwho es.soc rcliiry of state Is1 our spokesman In such mailers, appears to be tolerant, forbearing, sensible, and yet FIRM. If given a free hand, he may be able to keep us out of BAD trouble. MULL this over In your mind: If, In this period of extreme international gravity, we persist In purlng down our armed forces to the point where they will no lunger be feared by Russia or anybody else we could have any reason to fear, Marshall will .NOT have a free hand. Instead, both of his hands will be tied behind his back. TF you were a small boy gassing another boy whose hands ap peared to be tied behind him, you might so far lose your head as to say or do something that would undoubtedly precipitate a fight. Such things have happened. When they happen on an Inter national scale, the result is ex tremely ant to be the blood and the suffering and the horror that wo call war. WE A W tin 7E Americans want tax reduc tion. We need tax reduc tion. High taxes result In hlKh costs, and high costs lie at the root of a lot" of the domestic problems thnt are troubling us. Before we can have materially lower costs we must have lower taxes. BUT If our prestige throughout the world Is to be lowered to the point where, anybody can sass us at will, with the knowledge that there Isn't anything much we can do about It, war will be shout as certain as anything can be. We won't submit Indefinitely fnanllnaag an Faga T, Calama SI British "White Paper" Points To Grim future LONDON, Feb. 21 (P) The labor party government issued today a grim white paper colled "a working1 pattern for the na tion." It told the austerity weary Britons they must in crease production or risk the "foundations of our national life." The white paper designa tion of Important official docu ments issued by the govern ment said: The nation needs coal, pro duction, foreign currency. Tho private individual must continue rationing, forego hopes of shorter hours, Increase his Individual output in mine, mill, factory. Organized labor must aban don "industrial arrangements which restrict production, prices or employment," Industry must export one fourth Its products and accept a stern system of priority al lotments of manpower and sup plies. V Ifl Sir Stnfford Crlpps, board of "'trade president, told a newt PRICE FIVE CENTS ! Chemicals Blamed For Explosion LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 () After a night spent probing be ncuth (luring geurchlighis, police today fixed the death toll from the city's worst explosion in 37 years at IS. Of the 138 Injured sufficiently to require hospitalization, sev eral were feared dying. The scene, as police and fire men shiflud the blasted rubble of an electroplating plant, resem bled somewhat a garishly -lit night-time movie set, except Unit there was nothing - fictional about the carnuge. Chemical Blast The one-story brick plunt of the J. J. O'Connor corp. at 032 East Pico blvd., a mile from the center of downtown Los An geles, blew apart in a blinding flush of chemicals at 0:43 a. m. '(PST) yesterday. But it was hours before a clt r picture of the disaster could be pierced to gether. Police and fire officials final ly agreed that It was caused by tile detonation of perchloric acid, an extremely unstable sub stance kept under pressure in re frigeration because at room tern- Fierature It is a seething, heavy iquid. But how the acid was set off remained a mystery. Aluminum Plating O'Connor told reporters "we were doing something for the government." This, ho later am plified, was the aluminum-plating of hospital bedg and chnirs under a secret trado process. Not in the plan; at the time, he was reported In collapse at his home last night. Most of the victims of the city's worst blast since the Los A n g e 1 e a Times' . dynamiting killed 20 men In 1010 were In the plant or adjacent heavily damaged buildings, although 10-year-old negro riding his bi cycle several blocks away died under a plummcttlng piece of metal. Four houses were almost com- Elote wrecks, windows were rokeri In 300 within a mile's radius, glass shattered as far distant as 70 blocks, the entire downtown district was Jolted as It bv earthquake, sending ter rorized citizens to telephones, quickly Jamming police and newspaper lines. Yorkers Okay Oil Agreement LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 () Workors registered 07 per cent approval today of an agreement between two major oil companies and the CIO oil workers Inter national union, and definite end to a strike threat which would have curtailed both transporta tion and natural gag heating in five western states appeared as sured. The first group of 1000 work ers to ballot on a pact reached yesterday after an all-night con ference among federal concili ators, oil companies and union negotiators, gave, it an over whelming margin. It. provides: . A 10-ccnts an hour Increase on base pay, plus a $17.70 per month cost of living boost until next December 31. Effective datewould be last January 1. conference the plan Is not "to talitarian." "We do not say that whether you like it or not you have got to go Into the coal mine, or a steel factory, or . whatever It may be," he said. "Instead, we try. to Induce employers and employes to con form to a pattern of Industrial production in order to get the greatest benefits for tho nation as a whole." "ZYXW" PAYS TAX AGAIN CHICAGO, Feb. 21 (I1) The internal revenue office reports that business improved in 1946 for Mr. "ZYXW," mysterious taxpayer. Collector Nigel D. Campbell said that the department had received $1000 from a person who signed his name "ZYXW." Earlier he had written the collector that he was to make tax payments of $1700, and it would be sent in four separate en velopes. "ZYXW" is not a newcomer at the tax office. He has been sending in payments for the' last seven years, with only the in itials on a blank Income tax form as a mark of Identification. His first contribution was $300. Last year he sent in $700. "It may be someone who Is in an illegal business," Campbell aid, "Whoever he is, his conscience is bothering him." KLAMATH Victim Rescue workers carry a victim from the wreck of a two-story brick building, blown apart by an explosion in an electro-plating establishment in Los Angelas. It was feared by police officials the death toll might run as high as 75. More than 300 persons were injured, 300 homeg and an area four blockg gquare damaged. -AP wirephoto. Ranger Battalion Hero Held In LA. Holdups , LOS ANGELES. Feb. gl OP) Charles M. (Chuck) Shuhstrom. 20, today pitted his war record as a fighting member of the 1st ranger battalion against his post war record in which he is charged with 10 counts of rob bery. . American landing Shunstrom strom, formerly a captain who was termed the "wild man" of Plane Lost On Flight EUGENE. Ore., Feb. 21 (P A forlorn search began today for the third airplane to disappear this winter into the scattered mountains of southern Oregon. Aboard the light, single-en-glued craft was a pilot Identified as Douglas Locke, ferrying the Navion four-placer from Los An geles to Bcaverton, Ore. Like the others, his disappear ance was not reported at once because of his failure to file a flight plan. Ho took off from Red Bluff, Calif., last Sunday afternoon, say ing he would land here or at Lakcvicw. Three hours later the airport here heard a plane re port it was lost. That was the iast heard. Missing In previous flights are Vernon Coulter and his mother, both of Portland, lost after taking off from Red Bluff last October, and Robert Lee Rubottom, Mc Minnvillo, Ore., lost after leav ing Klamath Falls, Ore., Janu ary 10. Detroit Paper Suspends Ads DETROIT, Feb. 21 (P) The Detroit News announced In a page-one box today that all dis play and classified advertising will be omitted from its editions next Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday because of a newsprint shortage. "The scarcity of railroad cars and the severe weather In areas where paper Is produced' the news said, "have held up badly needed shipments. Thus the News' stock of newsprint avail able in Detroit has dwindled to dangerously low levels. "There are prospects of Im-J lm uvuiiieiii in me siiuauon soon, we hope that we can resume normal publication of advertis ing on Thursday, Feb. 27." 6EGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1947 . p.. ficketed Removed From Explosion Scene the Anzlo beachhead, was sub stantiated by one of his fellow officers, Walter F. Nye, former ly a . lieutenant colonel. - - Nye said that in the North American landing Shunstrom distinguished himself in knock ing out enemy installations and later participated in the invasion of Sicily and Italy. It was at Chiunzl pass, testi fied Nye yesterday, that Shun strom made his reputation for daring. "He worked out a split second schedule," Nye explained. "He rolled out with his half tracks in the darkness and fired on enemy installations. The bar rage lit up the countryside so that the half-tracks became plainly visible to the enemy. But by the time the Germans were set to fire, his half-tracks had rolled back to cover. He lost only three and knocked out countless numbers of enemy em placements." Nye said that Shunstrom was one of six American officers who participated In the ill-fated Dieppe raid, . ' Shunstrom was arrested by Hollywood police December 11 and charged with holding up eignt service stations, a liquor store and a shoe shop between August 24 and December 5. He has pleaded guilty to two of the counts but his attorney is at tempting to show that he was not mentally responsible at the time the crimes were allegedly committed because of aftermaths of the "shock and suspense of battle." Stores Remain Open Saturday While retail stores and the city and county libraries will remain open Saturday, February 22, Washington's birthday, of fices in the federal building, city hall and courthouse will observe the holiday by being closed. Both the U. S. National and First National banks will be closed, also the state liquor con trol commission store at 122 S. 5th will close. The U. S. navy recruiting office was sranted a holiday Saturday as a result of reaching its quota of five en listees by Friday. The Herald and News will publish Saturday. Manila Police : Wounded In Row MANILA. Feb. 21 (m Three Manila policemen were wounded today in a gun fight with Philip pine army military police who, the Manila police said, opened fire with machine-guns because they resented being questioned. The battle occurred in Quezon City, Manila's eastern suburb. Only the arrival of civilian police reintorcemenis stopped the ilgnt. Manila residents recalled a two-day battle in 1920 between Manila police and the former Philippine constabulary, which later became the military police command. They said neither side had forgotten that affair. Don Pay Fig!!; India Freedom Up To Leaders LONDON. Feb. 21 UP) The British government left square ly up to feuding Hindu and Mas pern leaders today the question oi wnetner India intends to win independence in bloody civil war or through peaceful nego tiations by the time Britain ends her reign over the rich sub-con. tinent 16 months hence. Prime Minister Attlee told the world yesterday that Britain in tends to pull out of India by June, 1948, and at the6ame time appointed Admiral Lord Mount batten, a great grandson of the first British empress of India, as viceroy to liquidate 200 years of British rule.. Some empire-minded conserva tives and sections of the British press directly predicted that a bloody struggle for power in India would result from Britain's withdrawal. . Lord Templcwood Sir Sam uel Hoare before he became a peer presented a motion last night declaring that-the end of British rule "is likely to imperil the peace and prosperity of In dia." Russians Eye Budget Slash MOSCOW. Feb. 21 W") Dele gates to the supreme Soviet (par liament) debated today a 1947 budget calling for a decrease in expenditures for the Soviet arm ed forces and increases for in dustry, public health, sport, com munications and agriculture. Total income for 1947 was estimated in the budget at 391, 500,000,000 rubles and expendi tures at 371,400,000,000 rubles, of which 18 per cent would be assigned to the armed forces as against 24 per cent last year. The budget, submitted to a Joint session last night by Fi nance Minister Arsenl G. Zver ev, would assign the armed forces 67,000,000,000 rubles this year, as against 72,600,000,000 in 1946. (The ruble is not quoted in foreign exchange trade. The of ficial exchange rate is S.3 to the dollar. The diplomatic rate is 12 to the dollar. Russian gov ernment finances include many items which, in the 'United States, are handled by private capital, Russia's estimated expendi tures would total about $70, 075,000,000 at the "official" rate: or $30,950,000,000 at the "diplomatic" rate. Dog Saves Family In Flaming Home PORTLAND, Feb. 21 () A '15 -month -old mongrel dog was credited today with saving the lives of a family of four. Named Mopsy, he awoke the family by barking when smoke began to fill the house. Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Michaelis awoke in time to prevent flames from spreading into their daughters' room. WIATHER Maw. irk. M ST Mia. IS rrarlallalUa last t haara .... stream yaar fa Sata ..s.aa Nara.l ). Laat rr Paraaaall Claar, with naralag faga. (Telephone till) Number 10S6 Non-Union Labor Keeps Plants Open Placard - bearing members of the Laundry Workers union (AFL), local 220, are picketing the city's three laundries today in their quest for a 10-cent an hour wage increase and a 40 hour week. Approximately 70 workers, most of them women, employed by Superior Troy, Cascade and Men's Hand laundry, went on strike at 10 o'clock this morning, immediately after rejecting a 7 cent wage increase offer made by the laundry operators. Some 10 members of Team sters union, local 911 (AFL), truck drivers for the laundries, are following the AFL policy of not crossing the picket lines to pick up or deliver. Plants Open Although the strike is 100 per cent effective among the union workers, the laundries have not closed but are operating at below normal capacity with skeleton crews of non-union labor. Oper ators of all three establishments said that in the past they had re ceived applications for jobs every day and were going to try to hold out with non-union crews, at least to do necessary work for hospitals and hotels and as much private work as pos sible. The workers, who have been working a 44-hour week, several (CaaUnaag raga 7. Calana 11 Oregon Statesmen Asked To Probe Ton Coat Cose Oregon's congressional dele gates will be asked to investi gate the strange case of the tan coat which Mrs. Eve Benson of Klamath Falls gave to a wartime clothing drive and which has turned up in possession of a Ten nessee woman who paid $4.95 for it. Mrs. Benson, an active worker and contributor to various' war time projects, recalls that she gave the coat to a clothing drive in 1942 or 1943 "for the poor and needy people of Europe." She cannot remember what or ganization sponsored the drive, of which there were several. "I thought of those poor Euro peans suffering because of nazi greed," she said in a letter to The Herald and News, recount ing her experience. So she pinned small notes to the gar ments, asking the recipients to write to her if possible. She heard nothing until Jan uary of this year, when she re ceived a letter from Mrs. Bill Baker of Sevierville, Tenn., say This is a copy of the letter which a Tennessee woman wrote to Mrs. Eve Benson, Klamath Falls, telling her about a coat which Mrs. Benson had given in a wartime clothing drive and which was later sold to the Tennessee woman for $4.50. Mrs. Baker's purchase was obviously in good faith. (Name of mail order firm deleted from this copy pending outcome of investigation). . .).. -?j ' . . . 77 Drifting Snow Closes Schools And Highway Br The Associated Prau Freezing winds blasted the east today (Friday) as the heaviest snowstorm of recent years moved seaward, leaving in its wake at least 31 persons dead, highways snowbound, schools closed and industry Impaired. The deepest snowfall in the east, 27 Inches, wag reported ia Dickenson county, Virginia. Over-exertion in shoveling snow and traffic accident were the chief causes of death. Deaths by states were New Jersey, 6; Pennsylvania, 5; Con necticut, 2; New York, 3; District of Columbia, 1: Ulinols, 2l Massachusetts, 1. Midwest Hit While the full weight of snow hit the eastern seaboard states, extreme cold followed on its heels over the Great lakes and middle west. The temperature registered 21 degrees blow zero ai uemiaji, Minn., and below) zero weather extended over Minnesota and North Dakota. In New York City 11 inches of snow had fallen by 10:45 a. m. (EST), and the weather bu reau forecast the temperature would go to 10 degrees tonight. Snow Drifting Snow, whipped by strong winds, continued to fall through the morning in most sections, drifting across highways and railroads which were heavily blanketed during the night. The storm extended from Maine into North Carolina, but hope of abatement for the mid dle Atlantic states came with reports that the storm was re duced to flurries in western Pennsylvania. In New York City the weath er bureau said the snow was expected to be a foot deep by noon. It was the worst storm since March 7-9, 1941, when 12.1 inches of snow fell. A task force of 8000 workers struggled to clear New York streets, working in 35-mile-an-hour winds that whipped among the skyscrapers. The experience of those who wandered outside was dramati cally highlighted in Notting ham, N. Y., where two boys, 3 and 4 years old, were found sound asleep last night in deep woods by 250 frantic searchers after the two had wandered from their homes. ' ing she had placed an order with a mail order house in New York, had received the coat and found the note. "I am well satisfied with it and think 'it sure worth the money," said Mrs. Baker's letter. Mrs. Be n s o n immediately wrote to Mrs. Baker, asking for further information. She re ceived another letter from the Tennessee woman, identifying the coat as light tan with buttons on the sleeve and stating she had paid $4.95 for it. "Do you have any more gar ments you would love to sell? asked Mrs. Baker, who obviously had bought the coat in good faith from the mail order house. Mrs. Benson obtained the name of the mail order house, and today Klamath union No. 2 of Oregon Republican Women had photostatic copies made of the letters. These, together with in formation on the case, were sent to Congressman Lowell Stock man and Senators Cordon and Morse, with requests that they look into the matter. ' n ... : Truman Asks $350 Million For Relief WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 (Pi- President Truman asked con gress today to vote $350,000,000 for relief aid to people of lib erated countries abroad. In a message to the legislators the president noted that full scale supply .operations : by UNRRA are rapidly drawing to a close, and said: "On humanitarian grounds, and in the light of our own self interest as well, we must not leave the task unfinished. We can not abandon the peoples still in need." UNRRA the United Nations relief and rehabilitation admini stration is scheduled to wind up its operations March 31, although winding up activities unaer way win continue beyond that date. Mr. Truman's recommendation was only for liberated countries. united States relief activities in occupied countries, such as Ger many and Austria, are financed by the war department from its appropriations. (White House aides said that Former President Herbert Hoov er has not yet reported to Mr.. Truman on his investigation looking to long-term plana for rehabilitation of occupied areas J There have been enmnlainta. - in congress about UNRRA 's ad ministration methods; Soma legislators contend its service have been used to support gov ernments uncooperative with tho United States. The president made no refer ence to this, but recommended that future United .States relief assistance be given .directly rather than through an interna tional organization, and "be ad ministered under United State controL" . Vandenberg Balks At Cut WASHINGTON. Feh 51 ISA Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.) told the senate today he can not vote for a ss.nnn nnn nnn slash in President Truman's oudget because he deeply fears -such a cut would "jeopardize our winning of the peace." The presiding officer of tho senate and chairman of Its for eign relations committee opened senate oeoate on a house-approved resolution to put a $31, 500,000,000 ceiling on govern ment expenditures in the fiscal year beginning July 1. This ia $6,000,000,000 below Mr. Tru man's $37,500,000,000 request. Vandenberk said ho applaud ed "this drive on swollen fed eral ' expenditures," but cau tioned his republican colleagues not to promise more economy than they might be able to at tain "without serious threat to the public welfare." If the facts later justify a cut of $8,000,000,000, he said con gress can maKe it as it votes on individual., appropriation bills. Baby Dies After Being In Stove SALEM, Feb. 21 VP) Tho four-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Renolds of the Salem farm labor camp died last night from burns which Sheriff Denver Young said were re ceived when a 6-year-old neigh, bor boy put her into a hot cook stove. , , The baby's mother said sh had gone to a neighbor's house, and had left the baby lying on a bed. When she came back, the baby was In the stove. Sheriff Young quoted the woman as say ing. ; Langell Grange Opposed To Tax Langell Valley grange ia on record as opposed to a state sale! Frank Brown, master, reported today that a vote was taken at the last meeting. The vote was 35 to 1 in opposition to the tax, Brown said. r "I
