mm 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
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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.
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I Director
i townHW"! in' , jjni'i IB immmm
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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. ,
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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.