Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, April 07, 1947, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmm mm. am , Telephone Service Near Normal Here Local telephone service con 1 1 1 mtrcl nil iiuar-iioi'iiial Imala lii'iu today dcspllo tint nation wide aliiko, with aiuoulhly-woik-lull (llnl equipment triinainlttlng lucnl cull automatically. Barring b uicchtinlcul break riiiwii, this condition In expected to cuntlnuu through tho dura tion of the strike. Lung dlstuuco cull Inn from Kluuuilli Falls wua restricted lu .'iiici'Kvuey mcasiiuca. All but auporvlaory employes remained off tho Job at tho !' riliu Telephone and Telegraph company plmit, with pickets up-pi-ailng before tho biilldlnK ut Kiulith uud I'inc afreets ut 0 a. s.i. There waa no uttvmpt to go Itii'ouKli tho two-person picket line, PlcktU Out Many of tho compiiuy'ii 100 locul employes allowed tip on Elithlh atrect to tulk with tho picket, unci under a union ar rangement, employca went Into tho bulldluil to net their pay checks, Mondiiy being puy-dny tor the company. An atmosphere tf Itood niiluro prevailed be tween plcketa and munuucrlul and aupcrvlaury perannnel, Up on tho aecond flour, lev rul anperviaory employe were working ut the switchboard, handling rineritency cnlla, Thcaa Included Mummer Charles Setiv ey, Wire Chief Ernest Howell, 'leal Hoard Chief L. W. Mllea, uud Chief Opcrnlor C I a d y ( Urudlo. riood Of Call. There wua a flood of culls jual before 8 a, m,, with itinny of the culler unking the time of duy. Tlila awumped the under , atuffed board momentarily and Seuvey put out a public requeat to people not to cull operator for any purpose bull emergencies, f Construction work on the ad . dltlon to the telephone compuny ( building wua atonped, with tho I ciinatructlon worker refralnlnK from doing to work under an 5 apparent pre-urraniiemcnt. Klumulh Falls waa cut off I from atirroundlnu towns by the long distance- tie-up, i Local service In moat of thoae towna, however, continued at normal pace. Merrill, Malin and Tulclake systems are owned by ffio Columblu-Utilltlea and the tfji-L-Kon-CullforniH company, and Chlloqutn's ayatcin ia operated by the Wt -Count Telephone mpuny. meae iinua miv un affected by the atrike. Co-Ed Held In Jail SANTA ANA, Calif.. April 7 fl'i J nil routine resumed toduy for Louise Overcl!, 17, coed heir esa awuillnu trlul May 26 on a chamo of murdering her par- mid. Her attorney. Otto Jacobs, wild $.10,000 ball act by the superior court would not bo posted im mediately. Mlsa Overcll could be freed on bond because alio wna a minor at the time her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Walter E. Overcll, wealthy socialites, were slain aboard their dynamited yacht March 13. ' But her husky, bespectacled fiance and codefendunl, George II. Collum, waa held without bail. He Is 21. Both have plcuded Innocent. Eleven Hurt In Train Derailment GRANGER, Colo., April 7 UP) Four cars of tho Union Pacific eiistbound streamliner City of Portland were derailed hero yes terday in a collision with a eight train. Offlciuls said 11 passengers suffered minor In juries. The Injured included Mrs. Rosiu B. Aplln, Vancouver, Wash,, bruised hip: Mrs. C. L. Carson, Vancouver, Wash., bruised wrists - and legs. GROCERY BID PORTLAND, April 7 (VP) The Fnmlly Cash grocery applied to tne civilian production iiriinlnl strntlon today for permission to build a $13,000 grocery In Lake- view. Floods Drive Thousands Out Of Homes in Midwest By Tha Aaaociatad Praaa Floods which forced thousands of persons from their homes In to a throw-back of wintry weuth er over the Euster week-end were receding or cresting today with continued "quite cool" tempera turcs forecast for most of the stricken areas. The Chicago federal weather bureau said no additional rain full wns in prospect for any of the flooded areas. In Michigan, hit by Hn worst flood In history, FJInl and Lansing wore In a state of emer gency us sand-bugging crews built up dams and railroad right-of-ways against the flood crests expected today. Three deaths were reported In the wuko of gules which levelled (ylephono communications in niiany sections of the state. Threo feet of water In the General Motors plant at Flint PTjttf -L rKr. C VV )P ,i f WEATHER J lf,Vl'f I tJk. 1 f7V IP 1 V L'. M. (April Ill ' Mln..M r l Jim rvs I lu I n l&vfc Iri m n n HS-- ITlv'o' LQk l bull: PRICE FIVE CENTS Smiling Pickets Tha ilrat ihlfl of pickatlng at th Jmk A ' iff : 7 " I " ' company ollicas htra found Ida Malchtort, oillca atalt workar, and Francla E. Aulranc. Initalltr, marching with conaarvatlvt signs and amiling facaa on Eighth straat. Bevin Bemoans Accomplishment At Meet MOSCOW April 7 OP) Bri tain's Ernest Bevin told the foreign ministers council tonight "we have been hero for four weeks end have accomplished absolutely nothing." Bcvin'a utterance came after threo hours and 13 minutes of a fruitless meeting dealing with a provisional government for Ger many. The big British foreign secretary said: "I have rcud all the reports and there has not been a single Item of agreement In the com mittee reports of any importance, nor any agreement In the foreign ministers' council itself," An official British spokesman, commenting on the day's session, said that, "without any degree of exaggeration, 1 can say that absolutely nothing wai accom plished." The four powers agreed in the committee working on the Au strian peace treaty that Austria must restore to Jewish and other owners property taken from them in the German control period for racial and religious reasons. It also was agreed that, in cases where restoration was Impos sible, compensation would be paid. Those agreements, restricted Gotham Limited Jumps Tracks COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., April 7 (!') The Pennsylvania' rati rond's Gutham Limited, en route from Chicago to New York, left the rails us it sped through Co lumbia City at 12:12 a. m. (Central Standard Time) this morning and about 40 of Its 300 passengers were Injured. No one was killed. Fifteen Injured were taken to two Fort Wayne hospitals. Doctors suid ' that although three or four were hurt serious ly all would probably recover, forced a shut down of operations and the temporory lay-off of 12,000 workers. The state's flood and wind damage was estimated at mil lions of dollars, At Meadvillo, Pa., more than 130 families were evacuated from their homes and factories shut down as French creek be gan overflowing the business district in the worst flood on record there. In nearby War ren, lurge sections of the bus iness district were inundated and 100 families fled their homos. Most stricken areas of western and southern New York were re ported out of danger with flood crests having passed yesterday. The ' thousands driven from their homes In the Chicago area Saturday by a torrential night long downpour went back to the job of cleaning up, KLAMATH At Phone Plant Pacific Telephone and Talagrapb Lack Of by the usual string of reserva tions and minor amendments, came as word spread among western diplomats that Foreign Minister v. M. Moiotov of Hus aia was preparing a new blast at the American-British repara' tions policies in Germany when the Interallied reparations agency report comes up in the council of foreign ministers. Authoritative circles said U. S. Secretary of State Marshall would press In the council for restoration to German control of eastern farm lands now under Polish administration. Jacklin Faces Life Sentence Norman Jacklin, San Qucntin prison escapee who was cap tured here after a gun battle just one week ago tonight, re turned to the California insti tutlon today to face a manda tory confinement In the prison tor the rest of his natural life Sheriff Lloyd Low said to day that a deputy warden and captain of tho guard from the prison had come to Klamath Falls Sunday to take the 39- year-old three time loser back to San Qucntin. Warden Clin ton Duffy stated that Jacklin now faces life imprisonment as this Is his fourth offense. Sheriff Low 1 has been in formed by Harold Wlmer of Fort Klamath, owner of the car which Jucklin's fellow escapee, Alfred Paine, thought to have stolen, that wheels and hub caps of the ma chine had been changed prior to the theft. The car, a Pontiac, was equipped with Chevrolet wheels and caps, Wimer said He added that Paine had evi dently stolen the title to the car when he rifled the garage cash register. Wimcr's car was stolen from Fort Klamath after Paine had encountered trouble with the car he is thought to have stolen in his get-away from Klamath rails. De Gaulle Calls For New Party ' STRASBOURG, France, April 7 (P) Gon. Charles do Gaulle called on the French people to. day to organize themselves into what would amount to a do lltlcal party supporting him and his Ideas, He said this would prevent a dictatorship, anarchy or overthrow of "the indcpcnd ence of the stale." It was tho former rpovislonal president's frankest bid for re turn to political 'power and came a day after he had de clared that, should a now ty ranny menace the world, "the United States and France should stand together In op posing ii. FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1947 . S. Scram Bombs Moisture Situation Held Spotty ' The water picture for Klamath basin waa termed "apotty" by W. T. Frost, soil conservationist, here from Mcdford to conduct a snow survey meeting held at the chamber of commerce this morn ing. Frost referred to the heavy precipitation in some districts adjacent to areas where the pre cipitation was so light as to only be measured by a trace. Many of the water storage facilities above S000 feet ap proach somewhere near the aver age amount of storugc, while many of those lower than 3000 in the state show a below aver age amount. Watershed soil tests In the state showed pretty dry; nowever, at cnemuit the sou tested wet to a depth of seven feet. A lot of snow moisture has been lost, Frost said, by the late winter spell of warm weather, causing a run-off. Water storage is all that Is saving certain areas now and unless next winter is normally wet the water shortage will be a serious thing In 1948, accord ing to frost. Water forecasts for the re mainder of the year are based upon a 10-ycar average lor the six months' period, April to Sep tember. The forecasts for the coming six months were computed by rrosi uirougn iigures furnished by specialists of the reclamation service, irrigation districts, tlx power company-and other agen cies. LAKEVIEW, April 7 An earlier bleak outlook for irri gation water for some 93,000 acres in Lake county -has been Drigiitcncd somewhat, but only World Flight Held Up Again NEWARK, N. J., April 7 &) Newark airport officials said to day that the proposed around-the-world flight by Chicago pen manufacturer Milton Reynolds would get off probably tonight, but the plane's radio operator faced with several short circuits in the communications equip ment estimated it would take at least two days to correct the electrical difficulties. Reynolds himself said he would make no further an nouncements until three hours before his takeoff in the convert ed A-20 Douglas bomber, flown here yesterday from Roosevelt field, Long Island. Officials there had refused permission for the around-the-world takeoff be cause of what they said , was an excessive gasoline load. Reynolds, an experienced pilot, will serve as navigator aboard . the plane, named the Reynolds Bombshell. It will be piloted by Captain William P Odom. Reynolds is seeking an unof ficial sa-hour record lor the world circling flight. The pres ent mark is ut hours set by Howard Hughes. Five Easter Babies Born In Klamath The Eastef rabbit gave the stork a day off Sunday and of fered to distribute the little bundles of happiness which he did with a lavish hand. Five babies, four girls and one boy, arrived Easter Sunday at Klam ath Valley hospital. This is the last time the youngsters will celebrate a birthday on Easter Sunday, April 6, until 1958, according to the church calendar. They'll again combine an Easter egg hunt with birthday ""ake on April 6, 1969, and again in 1980. This is the last time until the calendar turns over into the 2000's. New arrivals are, girls to Mr. and Mrs, Herman Mcggin son, 4400 Washburn way; Mr. and Mrs. Wymond Elkins, 8530 Independence; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicholson, 259 Laguna, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Eck, 1621 Fremont. It was a boy for Mr, and Mrs. Tom Rupe, 1761 ( Fargo. The Ecks have named their daughter, Elda Mae, and ' the new member of the Mcgginson household is Tanya Lee. u , I Director i townHW"! in' , jjni'i IB immmm ' f ' Mohawk t ul LirllnU .&! Samual H. Smith of Salt Lake City? U new city recreation director, took over duties of bis position at the city hall this morning. Smith replaces E. E. Hambrick, who resigned ftr eral months ago. Recreation Head Arrives Samuel H. Smith, new city recreation director, arrived in Klamath Falls Saturday and this morning was on hand to begin his duties. ' Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their three children came here from FU Lewis,' Wash., where he was assigned on Red Cross work. He was selected for the recreation position from a number of ap plicants and has had wide ex perience in that field. He has done Boy Scout work. Red Cross work and was a member of the boys' physical education depart ment of the Salt Lake City school system. He received his bachelor of science degree in health, physical education and recreation from the University of Utah. Fred Robinson of the park-rec-creation committee is working with Smith temporarily in an advisory capacity. Icebreaker Back In Port SEATTLE, April 7 (fl5) -Built for patrol in the North Pacific but never yet in Alaskan waters, the coast guard cutter Northwind lay tied up at its home port for the first time in nearly a year today after battling the huge ice floes of the Antarctic. . The icebreaker returned yes terday after leading the way for the Byrd Antarctic expedi tion. . Naval and civic dignataries were on hand to greet the ves sel and its crew of 150 who made headlines when the cut ter towed the Yerrick, Yancey and Mt. Olympus to safety after they had been threatened by ice packs. . As soon as the ship docked the crew members were given their first state-side liberty since December 2 when the ex pedition left Norfolk, Va., for the south polar seas. Three dignified mascots Rockhopper penguins destined for the city zoo returned with the vessel. Disease Free Gem Experiment Aim MADRAS, April 7 (IP) An eye has been removed from 500 selected potatoes here in an at tempt to develop a disease-free seed stock of Netted Gem pota toes in central Oregon. Oregon State college officials took tne eyes, marking the po tatd from which each came, for Blahting in a test greenhouse at drvallis. The plants will un dergo rigid tests. Growers will then be notified which potatoes proved disease free, and plant those in isolated soil of central Oregon. Further inspections there will keep out plants showing any contamina tion. CAR KILLS BOY ASTORIA, Ore., April 7 (VP) David Martin, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Macey Martin, Westport, was fatally injured last night by a car. Sheriff Paul Kearney said the driver was Bob York, wauna, ore. (Telephone 8111) No. 10902 Arms Slash Plan Junked By Gromyko LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., April 7 OP) Andrie A. Gromyko to day renewed Russia's demand that the United States scrap its atomic bombs immediately. The Soviet deputy foreign minister declared that such a step plus a general slash in armaments would "remove mutual suspicion and lack of confidence" through out the world. Delivering the long-awaited Soviet policy speech to the Uni ted Nations commission on con ventional armaments, Gromyko ripped into assertions of the western powers that iron-clad international security measures must precede actual disarming. Arms Diaagreement The Soviet delegate to the U. N. also rejected American and British contentions that disarm ing must be conditioned on es tablishment of safeguards. He said the general assembly resolution of last December call ing for arms reduction did not "directly or indirectly" indicate any necessity for such safe guards. In askine aeain for a conven tion to outlaw atomic weapons npw. Gromyko said: "The conclusion of such a con vention would present a serious contribution to the strengthen ing of international peace and security. It would brine an in crease in mutual confidence be tween the peoples of th world and would strengthen the faith oi ine-people in the u. N, No Compromise Gromyko then indicated that Russia was not ready to compro mise on the long-fought atomic issue as ne saia enarpiy: "with out such a convention that would forbid the use of atomic wea pons it would be difficult and perhaps it would be impossible to successfully solve the ques tion of establishing internation al wuuui m atomic energy. Easter Crowds Fill Churches Despite weather bureau pre dictions of snow and rain, Easter Sunday in the basin area was bright and clear with a breath of springtime to greet church-goers who turned out in their best finery for services on the most important day of the Christian year. Churches in the city reported excellent attendance with most filled to near-capacity. Because of cold weather and recent ram, the traditional sunrise service, originally scheduled to take place on the hill west of town, was held in the Pelican theatre at 5:45 a. m. with approximate ly 150 people attending. Those in charge felt that attendance was fairly good compared to other years and considering the last-minute change of place Youth Admits Hammer Slaying ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 7 (IP) Chief of Police J. Croy Keller stud today 16-year-old Stuart Allen, son of the rector of Christ Episcopal church, had admitted the slaying of John Frank, the church sexton, who was Diuctg- eoned to death last Tuesday. The chief said young Stuart told of having "a sudden urge to kill," and of dropping coins on the floor so that the sexton would stop to pick them up, Chief Keller said the youth struck the man with a heavy hammer. In addition to beating him to death, the slayer used an electric drill to punch two holes in the victim s abdomen. Man Strangled By Veranda Posts VANCOUVER, B. C, April (CP) Wed Bed between two ver anda posts, the body of Edward L. Birchard, 20, was found at his home early Sunday, ponce rooorted todav. Investigators termed his death accidental, possibly due to stran gulation. His body was held tight in the cramped space in which he had fallen, and the head twisted, Indicating he had made frantic efforts to escape. Mrs. Birchard told police her husband had returned home at davbreak Sunday after a visit with friends, and left a short time later. Union Heads Refuse La Minute Appeal WASHINGTON, April 7 UP) A atrike br an estimated 340- 000 workers today cripplod the nation's telephone ayatem after union ieadera apurned a dramatic laat minute government plea ior is-nour postponement. The tieup firat of it kind In American history waa com plete when west coaat workers left their Jobs to back Hp demands for 112 a week pay increaaea and nine other contract demands on the far-flung Bell TeUphone System. i Despite rejection of the postponement clta. tha aovarnment kept up its efforts to end the dispute. A negotiating session Involv ing long distance setup of the Bell System broke up here at 10 a. m. (EST), alter 23 hours continuous meeting. But Wil liam Margotis, U. S. conciliator, said the group only recessed for a half hour "to get some coffee and orange juice." Keeping At It We're keeping right at it." Margolis told a reporter. We're plugging, hard." A long-lines agreement a year ago provided the basis Tor a BULLETIN WASHINGTON, ln.ll 7 (JP The labOT department re ported at 2:50 p. m. (EST) to day "some progrea" in negoti ations on the long distance lines part of the cros-country telephone strike. settlement for the entire sys tem. The government seemed to be concentrating on the long lines phase again, involving di rectly the American Telephone and Telegraph, Bell System par ent firm, and the American Union of Telephone Workers, NFTW affiliate. Separate talks affecting 33,- 000 southwestern Bell Tele phone workers were scheduled to resume at the labor depart ment. Morse Asks 'Good Faith' WASHINGTON, April 7 P) Senator Morse (R-Ore.), former member of the war labor board. said today the responsibility for me leiepnone sirixe must De placed upon both the company and the union." "The companies are at fault for having restricted their pro posals for arbitration to such narrow terms of reference as to make it impossible for a board of arbitration to render a fair decision on causes of the dis pute, Morse said in a statement. "The union has shown bad faith by trying to force a nation wide arbitration of many issues that should be arbitrated on local or regional basis. He suggested both sides "show good faith" by allowing Secre tary of Labor Schwellenbach to draft an arbitration agreement and submit all issues to arbitra tion. Easter Drains Egg Market There was quite a drain on the egg market this past week-end as thousands of youngsters spilled red, green, yellow and blue dye all over the kitchen despite the one-cent advance in the whole sale price. Large eggs remained at 55 cents wholesale, 51 for mediums, according to the Mon day morning report. Butter, which took a series of drops a week ago, remained steady today, selling wholesale at 7u cents. , m ; w C" 'Ear Vix4 ' - I X JSJSC ' ' " i: r;al ywsNt sweai w' mJ Km innr If fM if dsa4li(sit ' 'mil J!30f;, Pl.h It's 9 o'clock, and Elmer Harnden. Star Drug operator, puts way the wet hose with which he has been washing down the - sidewalk and prepares to open up lot tho day' business. . : Coal Mines Closed Down PITTSBURGH. April 7 (P) Heeding demands ot union lead ers to stay away from mines un til safety conditions improve, about half the nation's 400,000 bituminous miners remained idle today after elapse of the six-day mourning period for the Cen tralia, 111., mine tragedy. The situation was roughly 200,000 miners idle and 200,000 back at work. In the vital Pittsburgh pro duction district coal output was but 25 per cent of normal. Production was likewise low in other big coal areas. The mine shutdown was re ported "almost complete" in dis tricts of Kentucky, including Harlan, as well as Tennessee and Virginia. Kentucky1! 50,000 UMW miners were idle. - One Accident Reported Here Highways leadine to the val ley or to the winter sports area of Crater- lake were filled with hundreds of cars Easter Sunday but despite the heavy traffic load on the main arteries, stats police said Monday that the day passed without major mishap. - City police reported an ex ceptionally quiet day and even the week-end was normal as far as arrests went. . Only one accident was report ed to. state-police and that was) by Mrs. Winnie Hoak, 229 S. 5th street, who serves meals ta boarders at the city jail. Mrs. Hoak said she was returning to Klamath Falls at 1 a. m. Monday when five horses loomed in front of her car at the Hager crossing on the Merrill highway. One of the horses was struck and oc cupants of the car cut by flying glass. A Monday morning check showed that only one horse was hit and not seriously injured. Impact shattered the right side of the windshield in Mrs. Hoak's car. .. : Pilot Saves Life Of Passenger PORTLAND, April 7 (P An airplane passenger fell part way-out of the cockpit while stunting at 3000 feet elevation over Portland Saturday but was pulled back to his seat by the pilot. XTnW.. T iP.nl, nilrvt all erator of a suburban airport, said Tom Wallace, 43, slipped from the rear seat when his safety belt became uncoupled during an outside flip. Wal lace's leg hooked in the cock pit and he was suspended mo mentarily while Troh righted the plane and pulled him back into the cockpit. , . Wallace was treated at a hos pital for a wrenched leg.