Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1947)
M M n JV Bv FRANK JENKINS ( nrllKKE li lot of nowi In the nuers. Soino of It is bad Much of It Is good. Some of It, I unfoi'tunutoly, border on tho ' sbmird. Lot's slurt today off with mime nowi tliut ccrlulnly 1 ' isi.'t plouiwiit to lifur. . i Himslu'i deputy foreign mln Inter, (iromvko. tells llio security , ciitinvll of United NiiUoiu, In a i mujor pulley speech. Unit Soviet I frontiers NKVEIl will be thrown ; ' open to unlliiiitvd international . iiiapecllon, nor will soviet inc. 1 toru-H bo allowed to operate un . drr United Nutloill control. 1 ' If Runsla nutans what Cromyko I i says. It menus thut tho utoni I ' bumb won't bo outlawed an I wouiKin of wur. We cun't (und won t) quit tun k liiu atom bomba S v If we think Kiimia i miming them, llow are we to know UHla Inn I making them If lliiTn is to be no international iimpeclion authority whose find lug we can lrul? RUSSIA, admittedly, la the great mystery. We never know what alio means and what lie docm t mean as. for ex ample, when she patted ua on the back the other duy'nnd suld sure, wo OUGHT to have tho J'liclfic isliinds, ainco we d dono all the fluhtlnu for them. Wore pretty sure she does mcvin to (lomlnnte r.urope anu Asia. Even that won t neceswtr. Ily ineiin wur. We may be able to net along amlcuhly with her. UK RE Is a bit of good news: 1 1 In a little town in Illinois the other riuy, a muii wn cited fur a parking violiithin. Me took his ticket and nuido hiwta to the police Judge's office. The pollco Judge said: "Why, you were only a few minutes over time, and you've hurried up here as fast a you could. Nobody Is hurl. If you'll put up the nickel you're overdue, everything; will bo utinre." Tho man was so surprised he save $10 to the police benefit fund, shook hands with the Judna and went away shuking hi head, but happy. . THAT Is good news because It shows that petiole CAN deal decently and reasonably and ,' sensibly with each other and wind up relaxed and good' humored. Its a great pity it ien I happen oiicncr.. ERE li bit of the absurd- news mentioned at the start of this column: An Indian woman back in Michigan took her six-foot pet snake Nakomis shopping with her. That is out of tho ordinary, which we don t tolerate readily so the police arrested her for disturbing the peace. Shortly after the trial, Na komis died. The ordeal was Just too much for her. "Strangers staring at her, camora bulbs flashing In her race, and so on, mado her a different snake In one dny'i time," her owner ex plained to a sympathetic re porter. TT often works that way. With people, as well as snakes. Staring crowds, flashing camera bulbs, autograph hunters, etc. Same can tiiko It and some can i. I Poor Nnkomis was killed by too much publicity. People don't usually die under the treatment, but many, many of them are badly spoiled. yllEN there is the New York ( "socialite" who was Irked by i Jose Iturbl's failure to attend a I dinner she gave in his honor at I Miami Beach. Illness, Iturbl explained, kept i,, 'fiim from the dinner, but the "soclullle" wns irked, neverthe less, Sho told a friend that if ' Mlie grcnt pianist undertook to (ConllnstS an Past S, Clsmn SI CRITICISM WARSAW, March 7 (IP) The Polish government today accused U. S. Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lnne of launching an anti-Polish campaign In the United States "harmful to Polish-American re lations," and criticized the envoy for statements made on his re cent arrival In New York. Krug Endorses Statehood For Hawaii And Alaska WASHINGTON, March 7 Pi Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska . was endorsed today by Secre tary of the Interior J. A. Krug at a congressional -committee hearing. Krug wns one of the first wit nesses to testify before the house public lands committee as it begun consideration of legislation to make Hawnrl the 40th state, The group will open a similar hearing on statehood for Alaska on April 16. After the Interior secretary had urged statehood for Hawaii, Rep. Crawford (R-Mich.), a com mittee member, asked him how he felt about the general policy of admitting offshore areas to statehood, a question Crawford ' said congress will have to face. Krug replied he supports state ; hood for Alaska as strongly as ; lie does for Hawaii. For Puerto i jjllco, he said he endorses the i Jn-ecommcndntion of the late Pres- Went Franklin D. Roosevelt and PRICE riVE CENTS 1 . Local Bus Company On Unfair List Charges and counter-charges In connection with the opera tion of the Klamath Bus com pany which employs non-union drivers, were heard today after the Northwest Motor Coach Employes union business agent advised The Herald and News that tho company had been put on the unfair list. On the other hand, Louis Soukup, owner-operator of the bus company, answered with tho chargo that his men were "sutlsfled" and on past votes taken had turned down any membership in the union. T. S. Beguin of Portland, bus iness representative of division 1055, Northwest Motor Couch Kmployes union, arrived here late Thursday and suld that the union had filed charges against Soukup with the national labor relation! board. (NLRB), with unfair labor practice on the basis of discouraging member ship In the union and Interfer ing with union activities. Votes Recalled "We have taken a vote time and time again and the boys (bus drivers), do not want to Join the union," Soukup said In reply. "We're unfair In their opln Ion because we've always paid wages equal or In most cases more than the local union wage scale or because some of tho drivers have had previous expe rience with the union and do not care to renew their mem' bcrshlp," Soukup continued. Beiiuin advised the nowspa per this morning that on Feb ruary 28, he appeared here be fore the Central Labor council and requested that tho bus com pany be placed on tho unfair usi and mat action was votea by the council, "This action was brought about by the refusal of Soukup to abide by the written con tract that he entered into be tweon the Motor Coach Em ployes union and himself in 1945," Beguin stated. In reply, Soukup stated that the 11 per hour wage scale signed in April, 1943, had been observed and an additional 10 cents per hour granted em ployes. Beguin stated that the con tract provided for certain work ing conditions and wage rates and tho provision of payment of time and one-half for all time worked in excess of 8Vi hours per day. Beguin also charged that Soukup discour aged employes from becoming (laailnat mm rata a, I'aiaaan 11 Flames Sweep City Of Tacloban MANILA, March 7 (P) Fire today destroyed two and one half blocks in the heart of tho business district of Tacloban, Ley to known to thousands of Amcrlcar. veterans. There were no reported cas ualties. Origin of the fire was not determined. General MacArthur's sixth army made a successful landing at Tacloban In October, 1045. The city was the site of a major U. S. army supply base until last week, when the property was turned over to the Philippine government. President Truman to "find out what they really want." "We're not ready for the state hood question for Puerto Rico," he added, "and the Virgin islands are considerably behind that." Krug said Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur told him he favors state hood for Hawaii at this time. In response to another ques tion by Crawford, Krug said he believes "this congress, at this session, should grant statehood to Hawaii without any further delay." Rep. Larcade (D-La.), chair man, and two other members of the subcommittee which recom mended Hawaiian statehood last year added their pleas for im mediate admission ot the terri tory. Rep. Angell (R-Ore.) said the Hawaiians had "handled their race questions better than we have." He expressed his opinion that the racial makeup of the territory, including 32 ncr cent of Japanese origin, should not be a dctcrronl to statehood. 0:.v .'.MATH )Q ""o. wntwn, isuiai, wAnn , i , iieiepnone aim nsr number I0B76 hisses Migtay fa Flat Increase Of IS Percent Seen In Rents WASHINGTON, Morch 7 (IP) Scnutor Huwkes (R-N.J.) predict ed today that congress will ap prove a "flat Increase" in rent ceilings probably IS per cent despite reports thai, the senate banking committee has turned thumbs down on any across-the-board boost. "When this finally reaches us for action I think there will be a flat Increase of IS per cent over rent ceilings of September 1, 1046," Hawkes told a reporter. Tho New Jersey lawmaker thus echoed a forecast voiced earlier this week by Senator Buck' (R-Del.), chairman of the banking subcommittee which It self voted for a 10 per cent hike. Buck said he believed the gen eral sentiment outside the com mittee was in favor of a larger increase. In any event, all parties to tho argument agreed that no final decision is likely this month because legislation cannot start through congress unless lead ers change their plans before some time in April. Two Injured In Accident TlAn iwrinni urn,. inln..J M - .-w --.-w.. IT t . 1 1 J .It t 111 a two-car crash early Thursday iiiiernuon ana driver or one ol the cars, Qulncy Amos Hawes, with inadequate brakes by state I iilnrml ii.n.. 1LC. IT n m head and a bad knee injury, pas- ""Ker in ner nusDuna s car, and Jess H. Richardson, Weyerhaeus er Camp employe, passenger in the second machine driven by jean Arvai Houston, weyer hlieUApr Timber Mmnm. nffie employe. State police sa'd Hawes was driving toward Klamath Falls about two i miles west of the Lenox Junction, when he cut in machines were badly damaged una towea into town. Mrs. Hawes and Richardson were f I v-n f ir, mlA V... Ik. nA cc officer investigating the crusn una imcr moved oy amou- mnce 10 nuisiae nospuai wnere IkllV HMM tnntnj An J I - -1 .- ' m-nu m;iu T-it-ao-ru. Richardson received minor in juries and three cracked ribs. ' HaWes appeared in justice court late Thursday afternoon inn was lined d.ou and costs. Neither Hawes nor Houston was injured. President Cancels Trip WASHINGTON. March 7 rPI President Truman today post poned his Caribbean trip inde finitely and summoned congres sional leaders of both p rties to a wntte House conference Mon day on the international situa tion. Charles Ross, presidential secretary, announced the delav in the proposed trip with this siatcmeni: "The Caribbean trip has been Indefinitely postponed because of developments." While Ross declined to elab orate. Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman of the senate republi can policy committee, told a reporter he and other congres sional leaders had been asked to talk at the White House Monday about the situation presented by prospective British withdrawal of economic aid to Greece and the Greek appeal to this country for financial help. British Arrest 21 Terrorists JERUSALEM, March 7 P British troops arrested 21 more persons suspected of terrorism and uncovered at least two arms caches in scaches of three small Jewish towns outside the mar tial law areas today. The arrests brought to 46 the total number of suspects detained since martial law was imposed Sunday upon a large section ot the Jewish population. Isolated acts of violence were cqntinulng. LINER DOCKS CHERBOURG. March 7 Pi The U. S. liner "America," with 600 passengers aboard, docked at Cherbourg today after a 48 hour delay due to heavy seas which caused alight damage to the vessel, FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1947 Lewis Says Miners WASHINGTON. March 7 John L. Lewis.. United Mine Workers boss, told congress today that the only thing wrong with the coil Industry was that the government was "using a black jack" to beat the miners into submission while the operators wf . ?" th "" ' Security Council Agrees On Pacific Islands Plan LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Mar. 7 W) All appeared to be sweet ness and light today for a change in the United Nations se curity council, where the United States Pacific island trusteeship plan was up for discussion. The big-happy-family atmos phere, representing a sharp con trast with the recent bitter de bates on atomic control, was en gendered principally bv Russia's surprise acceptance of the terms place the Japanese mandates un der the U. N. with the United States as sole administrator. Most of the 11 delegates had speeches ready for the meeting ( 3 p. m. EST), but it was eener- ally expeceted there would be no major conflict. The apparent trend of this new-found unanimity was to ward early approval of the American plan, or at worst merely a delay for legal rea sons. As for any postponement, the United States has made it clear it will stay on the islands regardless. Any objections appeared cen tered around technicalities and the time. Russia also had three modification proposals in the hopper. soviet Delegate A. Andrei A. Gromyko wants to make these Marshall To Be In Berlin PARIS, March 7 (P- tary of State Marshall . ay placed flowers on the tomb of France's unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe and then departed for Berlin, en route to the Moscow meeting of the coun cil of foreign ministers. - At Berlin he will get a first hand account from occupation authorities of conditions in that country further preparation for his part as United States spokes man in drafting German and Austrian treaties at the Moscow four-poWer foreign ministers' meeting. , Foreign Minister Georges Bi- dault of France Foreign Secre tary Ernest Bevin of Britain and others in the U. S. delegation also were Moscow bound. Portland Asks For Housing Location PORTLAND. Ore.. March 7 (fP) Portland officials of the federal public housing authority want regional headquarters transferred here from Seattle. They sent. a proposal to that effect to Washington, D. C, yes terday, suggesting that Portland was more centrally located for the region of Alaska, Wash ington, Oregon. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. A Being Blackjacked ., .. . -r-frPwlrephotOt changes in the text of the agree ment: Drop the provisions that the islands would be administered as "an integral part of the United States"; add the word "or inde pendence" after the words "to ward self-government" in the section guaranteeing political development of the natives; and give the council the right to al ter the agreement instead of providing that no changes could be made without American con sent. The United States was under stood to be ready to accept the first two Russian suggestions if the council so decided. On the third, Delegate Warren R. Aus tin was balking, but American sources insisted there would be no difficulty. Colds Empty Local Schools Influenza and severe colds con tinued to lay low much of the Klamath basin population and 21 per cent of the total enroll ment of the city schools was absent today from the class rooms. The epidemic reached out from the grade and high school group into the older brackets and not only were many teachers home ill, but parents were on double duty shift, one doctoring the children while the other . re mained sick in bed. - According to Supt. Arnold Gralapp's office, 707 youngsters, 202 more than-yesterday, were absent from school. Conger re ported 11 absent, Fairview 69, Fremont 102, Mills 113, Pelican 30, Riverside 32, Roosevelt 64, Klamath Union high school 286; total in grades, 421; grand total In the school system, 707. Sacred Heart academy report ed 80 students absent out of an enrollment of 325. Dog Leads Lost Boys To Home P09TLAND, March 7 iPh Patrolman E. W. Anderson con cluded that even though Tim Anderton, 3, and Guy Barker, almost 3, didn't know where they lived, their dog might. So. after picking the boys up on Sandy boulevard yesterday, he turned the cocker spaniel loose and followed it with the patrol car. The dog trotted along for several blocks, turned onto a side street, then home. The boys' parents were start ing a frantic search. Tim said they'd been looking for Santa Clans. WEATHER Ma. Wink ). 41 Ml.l rrarlallallaa Uat St kaara....a Straaaa rear I Sala B.as Laat saar IMS Karaial i.Ja Paracaatt ClaaS-, aaaaalanal anew, rata flarrlaa. Bill Will Go To House For Action SALEM, March 7 (IP) The Oregon senate passed 19 to 210 and sent to the house today the bill to permit the state high way commission to build throughways, or express high ways with limited access. The bill applies to new con struction, relocated highways, and to existing highways where there are less than 10 commer cial establishments per mile. Sen. Douglas McKay, Salem, chairman of the senate roads and highways committee which gave unanimous endorsement to the bill, said it would reduce ac cident hazards, and that the bill was amended to meet the ma jority of objections to it. He described it as the coming plan of highway construction throughout the United States. Opponents contended the bill would increase highway speeds and thus increase accidents, and that it would put many com mercial establishments along the highways out of business. Voting against the bill were Senate President Marshall E. Cornett, Klamath Falls, and Sen ators Howard C. Belton, Canby; Austin Dunn, Baker; J. N. Jones, Juntura; Thomas R. Mahoney, Portland; Thomas Parkinson, Roseburg; Paul Patterson, Hills boro; Irving Rand, Portland; Or val Thompson, Albany; and Lew Wallace, Portland. The house assessment and tax ation committee sent to the house floor today two tax measures which would raise $5,000,000 during, the next bieajirum, and thus cut the state's $10,000,000 general fund deficit in half. One of the bills would levy a cigarette tax of 2 cents a pack age for the next two years only, and would raise $4,000,000. The others, which would raise $1,000,000, would have the state tax commission pay its expenses out of income tax receipts, and thus make it unnecessary for the legislature to appropriate the commission's $1,000,000 ex penses for the next biennium. Kesselring Admits Order VENICE, Italy, March 7 (IP) Field Marshal Albert Kesselring today accepted responsibility for ordering the 10-for-one nazi re prisal massacre in the Ardeatine caves March 24, 1944, in which 335 Italian civilians died. "The order was passed on by me," he told the British military court trying him for war crimes. "I accept the entire responsibil ity. I cannot understand why Gen. Von Mackensen has been sentenced to death in this matter, because if there is any guilt it is mine and mine alone." Col. Gen. Eberhard von Mack ensen was sentenced by another British court in Rome last No vember. The court adjourned for an unspecified period following the cross-examination after a doctor said Kesselring was "not in his normal state of health." Spark Set Fire Destroys Plants SEATTLE, March 7 IP) Sparks from an arc welder set off a spectacular three-alarm fire on Lake Union yesterday, destroying two industrial plants and leaving a loss estimated by Assistant Fire Chief Robert B. Rogers at more than $100,000. Nine engine companies, three truck companies and many off duty firemen fought the flames at their height. The destroyed plants were the Union Paper Box Manufacturing company and the Northwest Wire Works plant. Founder's Day Banquet Tonight The twelfth annual Founders Day banquet of the Klamath Jun ior chamber of commerce will be held tonisht. Frldav. at 7 o'clock in the armory. Among tne honors awarded following the dinner will be the announcement of the Jaycees' choice for the outstanding young man of Klamath county, and the presentation of distinguished service awards. E. C. Sammons, president of the United States National bank of Portland, will be the speaker of the evening. School Bill Fund Giving Undecided SALEM, March 7 (JPl The senate education committee, which must decide whether to apportion the $16,000,000 basic school support fund under house bill 9 or the senate congressional district bill, was still undecided today after hearing Portland school officials declare that house bill 9 would bring disaster to Portland and some other dis tricts In the state. S. Eugene Allen, Portland school board member, said the senate bill to distribute .the money by congressional districts is more realistic because it takes into account regional and geo graphical differences. This plan would give Portland around $5,000,000, or about $2,000,000 more than would house bill 9. He denied that house bill 9 equalizes. Other Portland speak ers said that since Portland has about a third of the population and a third of the state's school children, then Portland should get a third of the money. Ronald Jones, State Farmers union president, was the leader of groups supporting house bill 9. Snow Causes Slick Roads New snow fell throughout the Klamath basin this morning and chains were advised all motor ists who are crossing the Cas cade summits with roadbeds slick and wet. ' Two inches of new snow "and still snowing" was the morning report from the Oregon State highway department at Odell lake on the Willamette high way, and snow plows and sand ing crews were operating. An equal amount of fresh snow fell on the Sun Mountain pass of The Dalles - California highway to the north, and it was con tinuing. Green Springs highway reported similar condition. At Crater Lake national park skiing was reported good as a light, powdery fall covered the 112 inches of packed snow. Roads are open into the park but chains are advised. It was 19 degrees at the park this morning.. The week-end forecast was for continued snow, light rains and overcast skies. . Crowd Attends Safety Meet A banner crowd of business men, labor leaders, and in dustrialists attended the opening sessions of the First Southern Oregon Safety Conference at toe city library Friday morning. Following the opening cere monies conducted by L. O. Arens of the state industrial ac cident commission, the group was welcomed by Mayor Ed Ostendorf and then listened to an open forum on "Cause An alysis" conducted by Commis sioner T. Morris Dunne. During the afternoon session, the entire gathering broke up into groups discussing individ ual problems such as logging, sawmill, manufacturing, electri cal, and agricultural safety. In the late afternoon "Selling Safety" will . be discussed and this evening at a 7 p. m. dinner meeting at the Willard hotel the group will hear Otto R. Hart wig, safety supervisor of the Crown Zellerbach corporation of Portland. From 8 to 8:30 p. m. the dinner group will conduct a radio forum broadcast over KFLW. The safety conference Is under the direction of Robert M. Even den, director of accident pre vention division of the state in dustrial accident commission. Besides accident commission representatives, 63 were reg istered at the opening meeting. Germans Apathetic About Coming Peace Treaty Meet FRANKFURT, March 7 UP) The average German in Frank furt is doing little talking these days about the approaching Moscow peace conference, de spite its possible importance to his own future. Instead, most Germans ap peared to be sitting by and waiting for the results with a sort of desperate feeling that they can do nothing and are mere pawns "between the east and west." You could go into a bar or a cafe, or into the average Ger man's private home and never hear the peace conference dis cussed once in an afternoon, unless you brought up the topic. ' It is not that the German doesn't care what happens at Moscow. He is well aware the conference is about to take place and thinks it is "about time, too." But he feels that discussion is useless and so the lack of food, heat and housing dominate his conversation. Waiting for the results, there is only one outcome he dares Taft Sees July Strike Possibility WASHINGTON, March 7 () John L. Lewi told the senate labor committee today that he has no suggestions "at this time" on how to prevent another nation-wide coal strike. The United Mine Worker leader made that statement in answer to a questl.n by Chair man Taft (R-Ohlo). Lewis sug gested to the committee that the , miners' differences with coal operators be settled if the gov ernment "would cease using blackjack." After Lewis completed his ' testimony, Taft told reporters the next coal strike "apparently" will occur July 1. Act Expires He said he based this opinion on Lewis' reply 4o a question whether the minev leader thinks the Smith-Connally act will ex pire April 1 or July 1. This is the act under which the govern ment seized possession of the coal mines. Toft said he asked the ques tion "because I wanted to know when the next strike would come. ' He (Lewis) said he thought it expired July 1. So apparently it (the strike) is not going to be April 1 but July 1." President Truman recently announced the Smith-Connally act will expire June 30. This means that the coal mines re turn to the private owners July 1 unless congress passes some form of legislation that will per mit the government to continue operating them, Taft's reference to April 1. evidently was an allusion to Lewis' instructions to his miners last December to return to work through March 31. Until y ester- day's supreme court decision, there had been wide expecta tion that Lewis might call an other mine shutdown April 1. In answer to Taft's query whether he has any suggestions for preventing a miners' strike, Lewis said: "No, I don't. That's a matter of litigation before the court. I doubt if I can make any contri-' bution at this time." - The mine leader referred to an action pending in federal court, as to whether he has the right " to terminate his union's contract with the government, which has been operating the mines. Taft asked what would happen to the miners and production when the government relin quishes control of the pits June 30. "I don't have to answer to that, senator," Lewis replieaV ; "because I don't have powerof Bttnrnpv " H riM ntt -hlnU although presumably he meant ne lacxs autnority to speak for the miners without jtneeifiin. structions. ' iewis said the coal operators "are very happy with things as they are." He said they are clearing f cents a ton after all charges. British Troops Enter Punjab LAHORE. India. Msrnh 1 im A brigade of British and Indian troops moved into the Sikh cul tural center of Amritsar today as a continuing wave of rioting, ar son and looting took a heavy toll of lives throughout troubled Punjab province. At least 19 were reported ' in Amritsar, a new core of the trouble. This morning, at Mul tan, 50 miles west of Lahore, more than 90 bodies have been dug from the ruins of burned homes and buildings. Hundreds have been injured in the four days of disorders. . The situation in Amritsar had deteriorated steadily since the outbreak of the rioting Tuesday, but "the strong force of troops had a quick effect and this after noon the situation quieted down considerably," a communique said. think about unification of the four occupation zones and a strong central government. Still strongly nationalistic, ha refused to accept the idea that Germany's eastern frontier may well be on the Oder-Neisse line, that the Saar may go to France or the Ruhr be international ized. As for a Germany without a central government, and with out territory that is "historical ly German," the average Ger man's attitude was summed up thus by an office manager: "We're finished. We're a dead nation of slaves. And there is nothing. So we don't talk. We can only wait and hope." Pinned down on a definite set of questions concerning their feelings the Germans an swer readily enough. A survey , showed that many pin their hopes for the peace conference on a negative feeling that the allied foreign ministers must give Germany a "fair deal" or there will be another war. A "fair deal" to many German means almost no change in Ger many's pre-Hitler frontier.' J?
