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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1947)
rui jl MA f5)fpP I J By FRANK JENKINS pONGRESS li pliiiiiiiMK an Kiister recess. During Ilia recess, member will head for homo to tn Ik tlilnun over with their constituents. In nulle possible thut eon- grcasloiuil approval of I'rosldunl Truman's stup-HusslM-bcfore-it-is-tno-luto foreign pulley niuy be delayed until the middle of April, or Inter. nrHAT, It loom to this writer, would bit nulln nil right. 'l'lils new pruitriun o( ours in which Cliceeo mid Turkey lire only INCIDENTS U the most iinporlunt foreign pulley on nouiK'eniriit wc luiva miulu since I tha Monroe duetrlne. It Involves the lives uutl the properly of nil of mm. Unlf'HA 11 is bucked bv " ALL, OK US. It will be worse limn useless for If the PEOPLE are cold to It HusnUi spies In tli to country will no report to Moscow, In which event Moscow in lull I easily gel lough on tho uiuniplloii thut we are only bluffing. Such an assumption on the part of Moacow could lead to war. 'TWERE Is lot of time uhead. Two or three week more can mnko little difference In tiie long run. Tho mure members of congress can talk to their constituents, the more likely it is thut their final action will be in accord with tho temper of the people. This is no time for a rush act. TN Essen (center of the Gcrmun conl-slccl Industry) 4000 Gcr man coal miners strike in pro test against short food nil Ions. The strike Is accompanied by much angry dcmonstrullng. This slrika of German coal miners shows us plainly what hungry people will do. The striker know they could all bo shot down. They aren't free workers In a free democracy. They are CONQUERED EN EM I ES. Their lives are in pawn, Uut they are so desperate with hunger that they don't care. . TWAT has happened over and " 1 over In the world. When people get Juitl so hungry and Impel?, they don't care much wluil hupixms to them. They feel thai their situation 1 so bud thut it couldn't get much worse. Hunger Is the result of LACK OK PRODUCTION of food. Cold (meaning cold people) re- suits from lack of production of iuci ana alienor and clothing. In this modern world, luck of production of things upsets nearly cveryiniiig. until we get buck to something llko full pro duction, there, will be nothing but grief and trouble on every aide. ENGLAND'S cold and hungry - people (cold and hungry be cause of luck of sufficient pro duction of things) get a great thrill today. In the Grand National steeple chase, at Alnlrec, run In the (.-.-llh..S . r... s. c.l.m. Butter Price On Skids Here Local butter prices skidded . . another four cents Fridnv on the local mnrkct in keeping with the decline in other const cities. This makes a totnl drop In tho local butter prices this week of 7 cents. According to representa tives of the Klnmnth Falls creamery this is one of the fust test drops In the price of butter .n ever seen. Friday's drop brought butter to 70 cents wholesale, lowest since denth of OPA. The sharp drop In butter prices has been caused more on . the anticipation of Increased supplies rather than any 'bur densome supplies on hand. In fuel, local production Is barely keeping up with demand hero It was stated by creamery officials. Solons Accuse Hampering Budget Slashes WASHINGTON. March 29 T) Senators Reed (R-Knn.), and Cor don (R-Ore.), complained today thut government ugencics are buttling every attempt of con gress to whittle down govern ment agencies are battling every attempt of congress to whittle down government costs. "The people very definitely voted for economy In govern ment In the last election. Reed told a reporter, "but wo hnvo yet to got any renl holp from any government department, bureau, agency or official." Cordon Is chairman of an op . proprintions subcommittee now . reviewing an $882,000,000 cut mado by tho house In operating . funds of the treasury and post office departments. He snid: , "Apparently congress is facing orgunized opposition of tho ex ecutive departments on any and all econom'es.". Rcecl declared congress may foe forced to "tnke unintelligent tictlon" on slashing government outlays unless heads of depart WEATHER M, mar. S D7 Mln. I'rp. Hiiuilon laal 4 haura Nlrram yaar l 4u .. ... I.Ml raar H as Normal .. raraiiaali Partly fllauSy, Sunday, . .! rata PRICE FIVE CENTS Britain Asks Nazi POV's Be Returned MOSCOW, March 29 UP) Britain proponed tonight to the Soviet Union, France and the United States thut all prisoners of war be returned to Germany by the end of 1048. This action was disclosed as the foreign ministers council de cided to coma to grips Monday with tho key questions of Ger man economic, military and po litical problems, in lino with Secretary of State Marshall's plan to complete discussion of these mutters by Wednesday night. German Plan Talktd The British recommended thut France, Russia, Britain and the United States furnish to the allied control council for Ger many not later than June 1, 11)47, their plans for repatriation 0f the prisoners, Including pro visions "whereby such repatria tion would be completed by De cember 3). 1048." Russia holds more prisoners than any of the other nations. An authorized source, mean while, said talks were taking pluco between Soviet and Brit ish officials concerning re vision of the British-Soviet al liance, but that no concreto de velopments were expected for some lime. The discussions grew out of tho talk Monday between British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bcvin and Prune Minister Stalin. In a one-hour session, tho shortest of this conference thus far, the ministers agreed on a schedule for' the German dis cussions and act up a special committee to attempt to draw up a directive on the lesser prob lems of the report of the allied control council for Germany. "Egg" Authoress Faces Libel Suit SEATTLE. March 29 (!) Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Bishop, farmers at Center, Jefferson county, toduy filed a $100,000 libel suit against Betty Bard, MacDomild, Seattle author, stat ing thev were exposed to hatred, contempt, ridicule and obloquy,'1 through portrayal of characters in Mrs. MncDuniild's best-selling book, "The F.gg und I." The author's husband, Donald C. MucDonuld, was named a co defendant. Mrs. MucDonuld was to leave tonight for New York City for the motion picture premiers of "The Egg and I." Publication ot her lolest book. "Mrs. Pigglc Wiggle," a Juvenile, was an nounced lust Wednesday. Holiday Delays Greek Loan Move WASHINGTON, Mnrch 29 (P) Congressional plans for an Easter holiday lengthened tho odds to day against final action on the ndmlnistra 1 1 o n's $400,000,000 Greek-Turkish aid measure be fore the middle of April. The homeward trek by the lawmakers many want to talk over the diplomatic issues witl! constituents also stymied the separate measure to authorize $350,000,000 of relief for Italy, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Po land and China. Agencies Of ments and agencies will advise where cuts can best be made. Commissioner U, R. Johnson of the treasury customs bureau agreed to return Monday with plans for meeting a $3,600,000 iiousc slash in operating funds by some means other than dis missal of 1500 border and port patrol officers. Cordon, Reed and Senator Bridges (R-N. H.), protested yes terday that thousands of tele grams and letters have been showered on congress in protest against the dismissals. They said it looked like an organized pro paganda campaign. Johnson, a veteran of 26 years government service, replied hs neither organized, approved nor knew about the protests. He said his dismissal notices included the information that they would be cancelled If the senate restored funds eliminated by the house and that all govern ment employes have the right to appeal directly to members of the congress. Serate Passes iajw LsgisDatai . mm KLAMATH -J' : (I . .... Nine O'Clock finds soma people tfrlnklng cof fss. planning dally . labors, -or unlocking doors, but this morning, our 9 o'clock, phonograph found that soma paopl actually-are at work at that hour. Kara is Maroria Harkiru. hard at har daily labors with books, papers, a typewriter and adding machine scattered Soma people cartalnly go to work earlyl Oil Companies Attacked WASHINGTON. March 29 uT) James A. Moffett declared today that oil companies "deliberately defrauded the United States gov ernment" in charging the navy $1.05 a barrel for Arabian-produced petroleum. Moffett testified to the senate war investigating committee that the British admiralty had been buying oil In the Persian gulf area for less than 40 cents a barrel. He said the navy should have been able to make pur chases at a similar price. Moffett, an oil man and former federal housing director, said that a 1941 offer of Arabian oil to the navy for $30,000,000 had been "overlooked by govern ment authorities" when con tracts were signed in 1945. t Under the 1945 contracts, the American-Arabian Oil company and the California-Texas Oil company delivered $59,879,594 worth of oil to the navy. Asked if he thought oil com panies were "culpable" in not offering a contract at the 1941 prices, Moffett testified: "1 say they deliberately de frauded tho United States gov ernment, in my opinion." US Broadcasts "Sabotaged" WASHINGTON, March 29 (VP) Assistant Secretary of State Wil liam Benton declared today that American short wave transmit ters in Munich, aimed at Russia, had been "sabotaged." The result was, ho said in a statement, that "Voice of Amer ica" broadcasts to the Russians were beamed to South America rather than to Moscow. . Benton snid the sabotage had been corrected and quoted news reports from Moscow saying that u. b. Droacicasis are being heard clearly in the Soviet capital and winning new listeners. Benton's statement was evi dently prompted by reports that me first "VolceJ of America broadcasts to Russia could hard ly bo heard. He said that on March 27 he received a cable from E. J. Kerrigan, special consultant to the state department from Munich reporting that "the switching gear on one of our antennae had been sabotaged, ...ill ' -DAY. MARCH 29, 1947 . - 9 Miners To Quit Pits In Memory Of WASHINGTON, March 29 (VP) John L. Lewis called on 400,000 soft coal miners today to quit work from Tuesday, April 1, to Sunday, April 6, in memory of the 111 victims of the Centralia, 111., mine disaster. He said his government con tract authorized such a period of mourning. Lewis noted that next week is Australians Visit Here Visitors from Sydney, Aus tralia. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mc Dowell, will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Brown of Henley for a few days. Cooper Brown, son of the Jess Browns, was a guest in the home of the McDowells in Sydney for a month while he was in the ser vice and invited them to visit if they ever came to this country. The McDowells are on an edu cational tour visiting the main colleges and universities throughout the United States and some in Canada. mhcy have come through California and will finish their tour in New York where they will remain for 20 months taking an advanced study course. The travelers are enjoying scenic snots in Klamath county and will visit Crater Lake na tional park with the Browns this week-end. Red Cross Drive End Near But Quota Still Far Short Time is running out for the 1947 Red Cross drive with only $12,650 reported contributed to date. This is little over half of the quota of $25,000 set for this county. Klamath county, so respon sive in any worthy cause, was far below the 1946 quota of $40,000 for the Red Cross and even with the ' lowered quota this year it is still far short. All reports are hot in to date and while those rural commu nities which have been heard from are well over their quo tas, no reports at all have been had from others. Both residen tial and business districts in Klamath Falls proper are far behind in their quotas and spe cial gift contributions are sur prisingly below the expecta tion. While the drive is officially concluded Monday night, March 31, according to Frank X. Sex iO 1 iTJsJ.I s. i I I (Telephone j 1 - , clack SfieclalA lor West-Hitchcock corporation, around to' mako har task lighter. Blast Victims Holy Week in Christian churches and he told his bituminous coal miners that the memorial period is appropriate. He fixed the mourning time from midnight Monday, March 31, until Easter Sunday. In a communication to the of ficers and members of his union, mailed out of Washington today, Lewis said: "During this period, coal pro duction will cease and memorial ceremonies, church services and other exercises should be con ducted to honor our dead and to pray to God in his infinite mercy to provide consolation for the bereaved families." He said it is "a sacred coinci dence that the greater part of this designated period of mourn ing will be during 'Holy Week.' ' Lewis repeated that "criminal negligence" on the part of Secre tary of Interior J. A. Krug, who heads the coal mines administra tion in charge of the bituminous pits under federal operation, "is responsible for the deaths of these brave men and the future impoverishment of their fami lies." GERMAN COAL STRIKE ' ESSEN, Germany, March 29 (JP) Four thousand Ruhr coal miners at Dortmund struck to day in the latest German demon stration against short food ra tions. It was the first such action since unrest over the food situa tion developed several days ago. ton, fund chairman, the remain der of the week will be devot ed to tabulating reports still coming in from Red Cross cam paign workers, and when the county's contribution is finally totaled it . is hoped . that there will be no noticeable discrepan cy between it and the quota. Due to illness among work ers and residents, it is apparent that everyone has not been con tacted, Sexton said. No one need wait however, to make his contribution. He may mail it in to Red Cross headquarters at 518 Main, or if that is incon venient, a call to 7184 will bring an authorized represen tative to collect donations, how ever small. "Now is the time to give for future disaster emergencies," Sexton advises, "for when emergencies arise assistance must be available immediately to be beneficial." No. 1089S Early End To Session Hoped For SALEM. March 29 IIP) Ore gon's legislators, growing weary and irritable because of their unusually long session, finished their 11th week today in the hopes they can adjourn by the middle 01 next ween. The senate, which had been bogged down most of this week, came to life late Friday and dis posed of major welfare, teacher salary, hospital and fair employ ment legislation. About all 01 the major bills which must be acted upon next week are those dealing with taxation and ap propriations, to give more high way revenues to counties and cities, and to make Oregon a community property state. Bills Passed In short order, the senate dis posed of the following bills late Friday: 1. Passed and sent to the governor the $2,143,000 defic iency public welfare appropria tion, which must be signed by Governor Snell by April 1 in order to prevent complete col lapse of the public welfare sys tem during April, May and June. 2. Approved 24 to 6 a house bill to give school teachers min imum salaries of $2400 if they have college degrees, and $2100 if they don't have them. The senate amended the bill so that teachers would get $300 less dur ing their first two years of ex perience, so the house has to decide whether to accept this amendment. ', - . ........ '3." Passed 18 to 12 and "sent to the house - a bill ordering the board of control to acquire Camp White for use as a state hospital, thus overruling the joint ways and means committee which had said there isn't any money to operate the proposed new hospi tal. 4. Approved 22 to 8 the bill to discourage the state and its subdivisions from refusing to hire any person because of his race or religion. The bill goes back to the house, which had included sex and union member ship clauses in the bill. The sen ate eliminated these latter clauses. Crouch Given Virginia Post Carlisle Crouch, since 1935 chief ranger of Crater Lake na tional park, has been advanced to the post of assistant superin tendent of the Blue Ridge Park way, headquarters in Roanoke, Va., and leaves with his family for the east coast April 15. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a comparatively new Dark, estab lished shortly before the war. It is 480 miles long and joins Shen- anctoan. national park in Virginia to the Great Smokey national park between North Carolina and Tennessee. The Blue Ridge is especially famous to park of ficials in the country as no com mercial development is permit ted on the beautiful drive, 3000 feet above sea level. Crouch entered the park ser vice at Mesa Verde national park. Colorado, his second ap pointment bringing 1 im to Cra ter lane, with the exception of time in service, he has been with the park continuously. Crouch said today that he and his family nopea to return west at some later date. Gale Sweeps Klamath Basin Runaway ' hats, flying coats and watery-eyed shoppers were common sights along Klamath Falls streets this morning as a stiff gale whipped the basin area. The California - Oregon Power company reported a blast of wind from the south that reached a peak velocity of 40 miles an hour at 11:45 a. m., with a 26 mile average between 10 and 11 a. m. Clouds of sawdust were whisked from the Consumer's Heating company's stock on Klamath avenue through that end of town combining with dirt and dust to chase tearful Klamath folk indoors for com fort. In late February, the wind velocity reached 40 miles and early this month registered 38 miles an hour, but in both cases the high wind was during the night and few people noticed the gale. 9111) Aparimeni Walls Threatened By Gale Force Winds A 40-mile gale, blowing from the south, whipped out the up per section of the rear wall of the fire-gutted Evans apart ments at 10th and Main late this morning, and the east wall threatened to collapse under pressure as police officers roped off the corner and kept a grow ing crowd at a safe distance. The tile wall, braced at three points to steel girders, was swaying and buckling in the stiff wind which carried with it tule dust and dirt from the south section ot the basin. William Kuykendall, attorney for the Evans family, said to day that negotiations are still under way with the insurance company to reach a settlement as to disposition of the build ing, and advised that owners could not go ahead with razing the walls until an agreement was reached and the signal giv en. The insurance adjusters were in Klamath Falls only this week but no decision was reached. The apartment house struc ture was destroyed by fire early the morning of February 16 and five persons lost their lives in the holocaust. Only the four walls remained. Police and fire officials or dered early evacuation of build ings adjoining the apartment house, including the Horseshoe cafe. Renie jewelers, Gray real estate offices and the White- house rooms. Co-Ed To Ask Dismissal SANTA. ANA, Calif., March 29 UP) Louise Overall's attor ney announced today that he will move next week for dis missal of a murder indictment against the 17-year-old universi ty freshman, charging her with slaying her parents. Otto Jacobs, the lawyer, told a reporter that the motion will be based on a contention that the transcript of grand jury testimony fails to produce any evidence against his youthful client. Jacobs said that if the mo tion for dismissal is denied, his client will enter a plea of in nocent and innocent by reason of insanity, if ordered, to stand trial" in superior court' with her sweetheart, George Gollum, 21, a pre-medical student. . Woman Killed In Auto Wreck GRANTS PASS, March 29 IP) One woman was killed and five persons are in hospitals here and at Ashland as the result of a head-on traffic crash seven miles north of this city during a nun storm late yesterday. The dead woman is Mrs. Hel ena Shearon, 34, of Glendale, Ore. The injured include Mrs..W. R. Purvine, 50, Mrs. Sylvia Car ter, 22, and Catherine Carter, two years old, all of Glendale. All are believed seriously hurt. Two Ashland men. Walter E. Pierson, 70, and William E. Hutchison, 44, were taken to a hospital in that city. Hutchison, one of the drivers involved and the only victim who could be questioned, said that slippery pavement caused both cars to skid togetner. Survey Plane Reaches Tokyo WASHINGTON, March 29 (IP) A C-54 air transport command plane checking weather, com munications and navigational aids along the Great Circle route to the Orient landed at Tokyo last night after a 15-hour and 39 minute flight from Adak, Alaska, the ATC announced here. The plane took off from Adak on the 2454-mile flight at 1:32a.m. (PST) yesterday. The ATC is surveying the route for northern flights to Tokyo. Senate Votes Road Fund . .. SALEM. March 29 UP) 1'he senate voted today to give coun ties and cities 29 per cent of the state highway fund, compared with 32.5 per cent which the house had voted to give them. They now get 20.7 per cent of the fund. The bill now goes back to the house, which will have to vote on whether to accept the senate version of the two bills. The bill to increase the coun ties' share from 15.7 to 19 per cent was passed 18 to 11.- The house had voted to raise it to 20 per cent. Based on estimated increases in gasoline tax and truck license receipts, the coun ties' share would be increased from about $3,000,000 a year to $6,000,000. . The measure to increase the cities' share from 6 to 10 per cent was passed 21 to 8. The house vote was for an increase tc 12.5 per cent. Cities would get about Auto Union Said Free Of Communism DETROIT, March 29 (P) Top leaders of the CIO United Auto Workers took sharp issue today with Michigan Governor Kim Sigler's testimony that the com munist party has gained "abso lute control of certain unions." Sigler's remarks yesterday be fore the house committee on un American activltiea were de scribed by UAW President Wal ter P. Reuther as "part of tha current all-out drive which or ganized reaction has launched against labor and liberal forces in this country." Quick Denial Vice President R. J. Thomas and Secretary-Treasurer George F. Addes, two of the three UAW high officials who Sigler testi fied were '"captives of the com munist party in the United States," had quick denials to the charges. Addes, who said he spoke for both, called the republican gov ernor's statement a "falsehood" which apparently was obtained from "poisoned sources." There was no personal comment irom Richard C. Leonard, UAW vice president and the third member of the trio attacked by Sigler. Governor Happed Reuther. known in the UAW as opposed to communist influ ence witnin nis union, criucizea the governor's remarks and said he would fight "republican party interference in our Internal af fairs." - "The CIO opposes communist interference in our union, and I stand foursquare for that poli cy," the UAW chief declared. "But handling of that problem is an internal union concern and we are just as vigorously op posed to republican party influ ence in our internal affairs." Then Reuther added that Sig ler "performed a valuable ser vice for communism by allowing members of the party , to "hide behind genuinely liberal and progressive forces." Broken Life Boat Found , HONOLULU. March 29 (- .. The-missing lifeboat irom the broken tanker Fort Dearborn . fnttnA lac4 niffhf hV th steamship China Victory, but there was no sign 01 tne a men who disappeared with it on the stormy night of March 12. The China Victory, en route from the Philippines to San Francisco, radioed the Hawaiian . that th Fnrt FleAr- born motor lifeboat No. 3 was found drifting bottom-up ooa miles northeast of Midway is land. " "Rnat Hnrfiv HnmaffMl Pro peller gone from shaft. No sign or ute, tne umna . victory radioed. The 12 who launched the life boat minutes 'after the tanker cracked in half were tne oniy crewmen unaccounted for. Thirty-two men were rescued fmm tho haw anH stpm HectionS by naval and merchant ships. An extensive searcn ox vass areas of the central Pacific was made for the lifeboat by navy planes, a cruiser and 15 de stroyers. Four Die In Train-Car Wreck AUSTIN, Tex., March 29 (IP) Four Latin American boys were killed and three others and a priest were injured when a southbound Missouri . Pacific switch engine crushed a pick up truck at the 35th street railroad crossing here today. All the victims were from Austin.' The public safety department reported that the pickup truck was headed west and the loco motive south when they collid ed at the crossing near Camp Mabry, state police headquar ters. 29 Per Cent Split For City . ...... j n.nu $3,200,000 a year, compared with $auu,uuu tney now gei. Supporters of the bills said ,1 , ,..(;., nnw nrp havinir to use road funds for welfare pur poses, ana tnai county rtwua .(...!, rti Hnrilv in nped of .... ,J n . .... c .- j - - repairs. They said that the high way funa couia easily sianu uw allocation of more revenues. Opponents said it would take 25 years to complete the state highway program, and that every cent is needed for it. Several senators who opposed the bills said they would support them if gasoline taxes or motor vehicle license fees were increased. Voting against the counties bill were Cornett, Ellis, Fatland, Gibson, Hilton, Jones, Marsh, McKay, Newbry, Parkinson and Walsh. - Those voting against the cities bill were Fatland, Gibson, Hil ton, Marsh, McKay, Newbry, Walsh and Cornett. ' Senator P. J. Stadelman, The Dalles, was absent. ,
