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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1947)
on $m rait thai wt ' ' . it Tlmw..vxw...i XrCitt 1 2 She's A Queen lly FIlANK JKNKINH UTK lint "koiiib Interesting figures from WikMlilimlon ttila morning. For example: Wo American are now eating mrnt at Ilia nil of 160 pound per person per year. To meet this tie iniinil, AiiiPiliiiii farmers ore pro ducing about 'Jilt billion pound ol meal Una yonr. In tho five-year period before tlio wor, our consumption averaged 120 pound! of inriil por your. If wa nit bulk to thiil Kt i-uplta figure now. only atmul 17 . 't bllllun pounds of incut would bo rouulred Una yeur. THAT la to any, If we went back to ; 1 our pre-war consumption rule i would be Irtl will) a surplus of nrnrly four billion pounda of meat per yrur. The world inovea, you are In outing habits aa well aa 111 oilier wuya. tUHAT we want, of con rue (and " need), la to keep on eating mcul and other fuoda ut our preaeul high rate. Hue prixluctlun and UIU CONHUMITION provide tho beat pnsslblo American reclie for pros pcilly. . . , THAT la foully auld. Talk la alwaya 1 cheap and plentiful. If empty worda were aa nourishing aa input and bread, there would be Utile hunger In the world. I'lrnty of food, oa well aa plenty of oUier thlniia, run come only from sustained high production. Wlicn production la high and ef ficient, prices are apt to be reason able. When everybody la at work, Ulere la apt to be money enough to pay for what la produced. Work la Uio great provider for all of us. THE will of Henry Ford, filed for 1 probate In Detroit today, dis closes thai a lane part of hla ornate la to go to the ford Foundation whose purtmaea are deacrlbed aa "to receive and administer fundi tor acirtillflc. educational and charit able purpoaea, ALL for the public welfare." The latest report of Uie Ford Foundation reveaU asset of tlOB, iua.006 on June 30. I Mi a lltllo leaa Ulan two yeara ago. a THUS, you are, a very lance ahare of Uie Ford wealth, which Uie public heled to create, will go bark to the public III the form of advancement of aclenufle knowl- ediie and educational and charit able expenditure. All of theae tiling' contribute to the growing Well-being ol all the people. If more of our very rich men devoted their weulUi, or at leant large Dart of It. In auoh pur poses, one of Uie evila of great wealth would disulHH-ar. Wen I III. wlien pawed on duwn by Inher itance, naa a tendency to collect in the handa of nun -producer. Many fancy argument" are advanced In behalf of a lelaure class whoa liv ing la drawn from Inherited wealth but In the main these argumenta are phonies, WORKERS and PRO- DUCKRS are what count In any civilisation. A lot of our prejudices agaliut great wealth are baaed' on Uie foolish antica of iion-Droduclna playboy and playgirl heirs of men who have produced much and added much to the development of our country. a a THE British today blow up the Ocrnian laland fortreaa of Helgo land. In Uie North Sea. The ex plosion la eald to have been Uie greateal ever eauaed by man In European territory, The German burgomeater (mayor) of Uie German city of Cuxhaven oaya Uie deatrnctlon haa caused aorrow and INDIGNATION among the Germana of hla city. He adda that Uiry are saying Uie laland ruliu will contribute to "everlast ing haired" on their part, VORROW and Indignation over the wreoklng of Helgoland are wasted. The German people may have a case when they object to destruction of their Industries so Uiat they can't even go ahead and earn reparations for Uielr con , querors. But they display Uie BAD 8IDE of Uielr nature when they complain of Uie blowing up of fortresses such aa Helgoland. Youth Faces Trial For Murder Monday HILLBBORO, Ore.. April 18 IPi Albert Jack Green. 16-year-old charged with slaying Ralph Porrltt, Vancouver. Wash., In Fcbruory. will go on trial for first degree murder next Monday. ' Porrltt, 40-year-old father of four, was shot and robbed of $13. Three Hospitalized As Result Of Auto Accidents Several trnfflo accidents outside the city wore reported by stnto po lice today, three persona hospital ized as the result of Injuries. Mrs. Joseph Dalton, 25, Bonanza housewife, was the victim of a freak accident which occurred at 7:30 lost night In the Lorella district, Ac cording to Information reoelved here, the Dalton car was damaged In Klamath Falls earlier In the day and Uie bumper broken. En route home the bumper came loose and Jammed the wheel causing the car to take to the ditch. Mrs. Dalton has minor head hurts and Is being treated for shock at Klamath Val ley hospital. Chlloquln Woman Another woman, Mrs. Joseph (Maude) Wilson of Chlloquln, was hospitalized early Wednesday eve ning from Injuries Including a broken leg and cuts received when the car In which she was a pas senger blew a right front tire and struck a pine tree two miles nprUi of the Diamond lake Junction. Driver of Uie 1939 sednn was Jo seph Wilson, the woman's husband. A passenger, Casper Ball, also of Chlloquln, wns uninjured. The con . dltlon of the woman was said to be uond at Klamath Valley hospital. An ambulance from Bend brought Mrs. Wilson to the hospital here, The Wiltons were en route from Portland to Chlloquln, M;gin tiooa" ; , ii Promises bluer UN Not To Supervise Greek Loan LAKH 8UCCKBS, N. Y April 18 (!) Kuaala'a effort to place Aincr Irun aid to Greece under United Nullona suiiervislun waa doomed to day by majority opposition In the security council. A United Htates proposal that the council's Balkan Investigating com' mission leave representative in Greece tempurarly to watch over Uie troubled frontier situation ap peared assured of majority approval but might be vetoed by Russia. Move Opposed Both Britain and France an nounced Uiey opposed Uie Soviet move for a special aecurlty council commission to supervise Uie Greek part ol rresiueiii irumana nou, U00 Greek-Turkish aid program. The negative vote of cither was enough to kill Uie Russian resolu tion They were backed, however, by majority support to block the proposal without Invoking Uie veto. British Delegato Sir Alexander Cadogan aald he aaw no reason why American aid to Greece should be laced under U. N. aupervlsion while ovlel aid to Poland, Yugoslavia and others should be treated In an other way. He aald Russia had agreed to supply arms to some of these countries and had never In formed Uie U. N. French Support French Delegate Alexandre Parodl aald France could not support Uit Soviet proposal tor a peclal aecur lty council commission to watch over use of American funds In Greece unlesa Uie U.,fl. government agreed to It. Parodl was followed by Brazilian Delegate Dr. Oswaldo Aranha. who aid he fully supported the Amer ican aid program and added, that nations could help each oUier in maintaining order without "Inter ference" from . Uie U. N. Ford Yill Filed Today DETROIT. April IB MV-The will of Henry Ford, noted sutooioblle Industry pioneer, waa filed for pro bate today but gave no Inkling ol lis extent. It left Uie bulk of the estate, represented In non-vollng stock In Uie Ford Motor Co., to the Ford Foundation, and all of Mr. Ford's holdings of voting shares to his grandchildren In equal shares. Unofficial esUmatea of the es tates value have ranged upward of f5O0.0O0.0O0. Clifford B. Longley. attorney for the Ford family, aald that when the will la llnolly cleared through probate, control of Uie vast Ford Industrial empire will rest with the heirs of Edsel B. Ford, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. The will, dated February, 1938. left only the Ford home, "Fair lane." In nearby Dearborn, where Mr, Ford died April 7. to his widow along with some personal effects. Other than Uie bequests to the foundation, the grandchildren and Uie widow there were no specific bequests. Police Answer Chloe's Cries PORTLAND, April 18 UP) Po lice and anxious residents rushed out to Oswego lake last night after nearby dwellers said a woman was culling for help. Frantically they cruised the lake nnd searched the shore Una fne sight of an overturned boat. After two hours they found Uie victim: Chloe, a gont tethered to a tree, viuibuiiK intermittent oioats wnicn, across the water, sounded like a hu man ory. Mrs. Albert W. (Lottie) Glenn, 69, escaped serious Injury late Wed nesday morning when she ran her scann neaa-on into ths. path of a logging truck and trailer on the curve entering Modoc Point on Uie old highway, state police re ported. Mrs. Olelm wns IiiIiii-aH slightly but her car waa conslder- damaged. The truck driver. Melvln Allen Oreeley, 3B, Blsbee hotel, driving for Lloyd M. Miller, was uninjured. On Way Home Officers- said Mrs. Olenn was en route to her home In Modoc Point and she made a left turn bff the new highway and crossed Uie rail road tracks. As she rounded the curve her attention was drawn to a wrecker picking up car. the driver standing nearby with blood streaming from his nose. Mrs. Glenn's car went over to the left shoulder and she observed the truck approaching her and quickly pulled to the right, Both machines wore traveling at a slow rate of speed and this fact prevented more serious Injury, officers observed. Recovering from Injuries In Klam ath Valley hospital today Is Mrs. Ann Dowdell, 33, Ocoanslde, Calif,, who was hurt In a head-on col lision between two cars In front of the Hl-Way cafe on highway 97 south of town. dunO wmmbbbhs i MjpaasMsaasssMsisai asaSOawssBBMSBBSSBMBasBaat!SsBss ..dill ' Sfe$p; I hi Gene Ghrller (left) and Hank Akin pause In their work of tearing street, to Inspect a bolUe which bases Is an old sUlned glaaa algn Anderson's service sUUon now holds a Taft Flays High Prices WASHINGTON. April It ) Senator l ull m-uniul aauea weigw to Uie drive against inflated llvuig coals today wlUi an asaerUon that many companies could "reduce prices without sacrificing a reason able profit." The Ohloan. who Is chairman of the senate GOP policy committee, gave this opinion during a question and answer session between mem bers of Uie American Society of Newanauer Editors and seven sen ators and representatives. Rep. Wolcoll (K-Micn.i, cnoir msn of Uie house banking com mittee, also expressed hope Uiat "we are approaching Uie time when all prices. Including rents when we nave saturated Uie market with houses, are coming down." Taft, who received Uie lion's share of questions from the more than 400 editors and newspaper execu tives at Uie 35U anniversary meet ing last night, said President Tru man "Is as likely as not" to sign Uie final version of union-curbing legislation pending In congress. Manhunt In Wilds Slated NEWPORT. April 18 UPv Lincoln, county sheriff's dcpuUes and state police prepared an assault today on a mountain stronghold where, an Indian, accused of wounding a deputy sheriff last week, was be lieved In hiding. The hide-out was reported In Uie big timber a nearly virgin fish and game area on the north slopes of Euchre mountain. Police said they had been told it was equipped with rations for six months. . The Indian was Boyd Benscl, on whom Deputy Jack Waterman at tempted to serve a warrant charging insanity. Waterman Was shot In the shoulder and Bensel disappeared from the SlleU Indian agency be fore, aid could arrive. Police did not disclose when they would leave to scout out the Euchre mountain area. Melton Arrives In 1901 Style PORTLAND, April 18 (flV-James Melton, Uie tenor who Is almost as widely known as a lover of antique automobiles, rode Into town In. a 1901 Locomobile steamer for his con cert here tonight. It was one of 10 cars in which members of Uie Historical Automo bile club of Oregon met htm at Uie airport yesterday. Melton drove the steamer, owned by Ralph Wormian, McMlnnvllle banker, then transferred to a 1916 Pierce Arrow to flnUh the trip. Before leaving the airport In Uie steamer he picked up a fellow plane passenger, Mrs. Edith Chtlds of Bel llngham, for a short trip around Uio port's parking areas. Marietta Named Recreation Head OREGON CITY, April 18 () Ted Marletto will become olty rec reation director here May 1, succeeding- Don January, who will be come rccreaUon and park director at Eugene. Marletto, who has been sports director under the recreation pro gram here, Is a graduate of Com merce high In Portland and veter an ol three years' service In the navy. "rALLS, OREGON, FR1DAYAPRIL 18. 1947 (Telephone 8111) Wo. 10912 onee held 190 vintage of Hodeaheimer wine. Leaning against a pile of advertising the Uvermore bar which stood on Main street where Gua forth. Klamath Landmark Passes When Old Brewery Razed Workmen were tearing down an other rUnmth.,lajiduuxk,. tqday, 'Uie brewery ' at S3 ' Spring. Old .timers were not sure Just how long in old irame structure nas stood on Spring street but records prior to 1900 were found in boxes along with many types of bottles and labels. It la possible that the build ing was moved to Us present loca tion from somewhere else In the city. Dr. Oeorge I. Wright, pioneer physician, advised The Herald and News that the building waa older Collier Bill Comeback Due SACRAMENTO. Calif.. April 18 W The proposed superhighway program was due for a comeback today as the number one issue of Uie California legislature. The senate was expected to reach a decision to determine Uie fate of Uie (3.800.000,000 Collier committee road-financing bill which returned from the assembly in emasculated condition. For 13 davs the bit road bill has languished on the senate's inactive ulle. Unless something unforeseen happens, Senator Randolph Collier (R) Yreka, announced he will call it -up for action late today. If there la a chance for compro mise, Uie senate will turn down Uie assembly's amendments and send the disputed bill to a joint confer ence committee which might be able to work out a program satis factory to both houses. Otherwise, Senator Collier In tends to let his bill die and start all over again with a new measure. Wallace Makes Peace Appeal STOCKHOLM. April 18 P) Henry A. Wallace appealed tonight to "non-belligerent" rightists of the Western world to take a firm stand for peace, declaring "a few well-to-do people who want peace can neu tralise warlike forces more effect ively than thousands of aggressive left-wingers." "There are too many people who say the world cannot continue one third capitalist, one-third socialist, and one-third communists and that Uierefore we must have war," the former vice president said in a pre pared speech, "I look upon these extremists as criminals against the general wel fare." LONDON. April 18 (flV-Wlnston Churchill today assailed Henry A. Wallace as a "crypto-communlst" lacking the courage to explain his destination, and accused Uie labor lte government of squandering the American loan of 83,760,000.000. Churchill told a conservative party rally of 10.000 in Albert hall that Wallace had sought "to sep arate Great Britain from uie United States and to weave her into a vast system of communist in trigue." " RODEO QUEEN ELLENSBURQ, April 18 (IP) Phyllis Fitterer, 18-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fit terer of Ellensburg and a- descend ant of a pioneer Kittitas valley fam ily, will reign as queen of the 1947 Ellensburg rodeo on the Labor Day wek-end, Rufus Bchnebly. president of the rodeo board, said today. down the old brewery on Spring than 30 years but In 1900 the property vuu. part of . meadow Slid . across1 Uie street 'was some fine duck hunting. Many well- established Klamath firms started In Uie building which is now being razed in the name of progress. Its history includes being struck by lightning in 1940, and a fire-bug attempted to end its use several weens ago. A. rt. buss man is present owner of the structure. Beer was not made in Uie build ing but was bottled here after long freighter hauls in kegs. The convoys came in from Portland over the Greensprings route, and from the San Francisco bay area through Weed or Pokegama. Among the old labels found were Wleland's lager beer, bottled by Uie Klamath Development com pany, and Fredericksburg, export lager, bottled by the Klamath Falls Agency. Other labels were the familiar old White Pelican Water showing a gray pelican guzzling a bottle ol the famous "cure-all water. Four Children Burn To Death EAST BRADY, Pa., April 18 ilP) Four, children and ihelr grand mother perished in a fire In this Western Pennsylvania town today, but five persons were saved in a dramatic second-story rescue as flames singed their hair and seared Uielr skin. The dead were Grace. 10, Tommie, 4, Dannie, 3, and Sally-Jo Jordan, I year, ana Mrs. ueorge Jordan, 56. While flames roared up a stir way and into a bedroom of their home, the children's mother, Mrs. Walter Jordan, saved three other daughters by dropping them into the arms ol tneir severely ournea grandfather, outside. Finally the Intense heat drove the mother to Jump from the bed room window herself, obliging her to leave behind the live who burned to death. The fire broke out at 5 a. m. (EST) after the children's father. Walter Jordan, had left for work at the Rimersburg Mining Co. coal tipple at Kayior. . Reynolds To Try For New Record NEW YORK, April 18 P Mil ton Reynolds, Chicago pen manu facturer, who already has won a new unofficial around-the-world flight record this week, says his pilot Is planning a record coast-to-coast flight. "We think we can make It In five hours," Reynolds said last night after arriving from Wash ington. "That's faster than any thing except a Jet plane could do it." NO COMMENT WASHINGTON. April 18 (P) The White House withheld comment today on the prediction by senator Connally iD-Tex.) Uiat President Truman will be 'triumphantly" elected to a new term in 1948. Connally made the forecast at a Jefferson Day dinner in New York last mgnc PINE SALES DROP PORTLAND, Ore., April 18 lPy Activity in Idaho white, ponderosa, ana sugar- pine aeennea last wex, the Western Pine association's re port from 102 mills showed today. AtSac 0 Senate To Start Talks Wednesday WASHINGTON. April 18 0PV The CIO said today the labor bill ap proved By tne noose ss -prooaoiy unconstitutional.'' and unions will attack it in the courts If It becomes law. Nathan Cowan, CIO legialaUve director, said in a statement: "When the Jerry-built hysteria against labor collapses of its own weight, we expect that this bill and others like it will be consigned to the leglstaUve rubbish heap where they truly Belonc. The senate expects to start debate next Wednesday on its own bill. which lacks many of the union curbs Uie house voted. Chairman Taft R-Ohio of the senate labor committee hopes to add some on uie iioor. Bit- Job But the changes he has in mind would leave the senate bill still far less stringent than the house measure. This Indicates a big job in ironing out differences when the bills go to a conference committee perhaps late this month. The house passed Its bill late yes terday by a lop-sided roll call vote of 308 to 107. A powerful coalition of republicans and southern demo crats pushed It through, after re jecting ail amendments to tone It down. While this was happening, the senate committee voted 11 to 3 ap proval of its legislation. Senators Pepper D-Fla.) and Murray (D Mont.) dissented after playing a major role in a rewrite job which stripped Uie bill of several proposed curbs on union activities. In some respects Uie house bill and the senate committee measure are alike. For example, both would: Ban tne closed anop, wnicn com pels the boss to hire only union metabeaav Permit the more common anion shop where a majority of workers vote for it, and in the ease of the bouse bill where employers want It. unaer anion anop agree ments, workers most join the anion ahortly after they are hired. Authorize court iniuncUoni to atop or block "national paralysis" strikes, sucn aa a eoai or leiepnone strike. The injunctions would stay in effect during- compulsory media tion. Set up a new federal mediation agency, independent 1 the labor department. Make unions liable for unfair labor. practices. Employers already are. Bloody Rail Strike Ends PEORIA. IU.. April. 18 MV-The bloody, 18-month-old strike of 13 brotherhoods against the Toledo, Peoria and Western railroad came to an end last night, a little more than a month after the president if the 239-mile line had been slain from ambush. Executors of the estate of George P. McNear Jr., the 55-year-old as sassinated rail head, announced a verbal "mutually satisfactory" agree ment naa been reacnea ana tnat the strikers probably would return to work Monday. Details of the settlement still re mained to be worked out but a union spokesman said they probably would be signed next Monday. McNear, who stoutly resisted the union demands for working rules similar to those In operation on other railroads, was shot down as he was taking a customary strlll near his home the night of March 10. His slayer, for whom a total of 840,000 in rewards has been posted, has not been apprehended. Shotton Named To Lead Dodgers BROOKLYN, April IS P Bur ton (Burt) E. Shotton, 65-year-old former manager of the Philadelphia Phils, was named manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers today by club President Branch Rickey. Shotton replaces Leo Durocher. desposed as boss of the Brooklyns by Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler for acts unbecoming to a major league manager 10 days ago. Shotton, a Dodger scout until to day, was manager of the Phillies from 1928 through 1933. After Uiat he swung Into the St Louis Car dinal system of which Rickey then was general manager. Spokesman-Review Editor Passes SPOKANE, April 18 Jfy George W. Dodds. 83-year-old 'veteran editor of the Spokane Spokesman Review, died yesterday following an operaUon. , He come to Spokane In 1909 as executive editor of the Spokesman Review and became managing edi tor the following year. He held the post for 33 years unUl his retire ment in 1943. Prior to that he had been with the St. Paul Dispatch, St. Paul Globe, Minneapolis Tribune and had newspapered in England, his native country. Since his retirement he had lived in Kalama, Wash., with hi daugh ter, Mrs. Kate Spear, - J V t V - I Scheduled to reign over the 1947 Junior Week-End festivities on the University of Oregon campus May 19 and II, Is vivacious and blonde Nina Sue Feralmen. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Fernimen of this city. Nina Sue waa elected April Is by an all-campus vote. This yeara celebration will carry Gay Nineties" theme. The queen is a psychology major, presi dent of her living organization, i member of the Independent Stu dent association, and of several other campus erganixatlons. In addition, she has a prominent part the Mare Connelly play. The Green Pastures," alaied for an April 19 presentation en the cam pus. Freight Kate Hike Asked A nronasal to further increase freight rates by the railroads of tne pacmc coast nas just neen received by the Klamath Basin Rates bureau. Hearings will be held in the near future and Paul Taylor, manager of the bureau, has reauested the Interstate commerce commission to conduct tne Hearings. in Klamath Falls. Following are some or tne com modities which would be affected by the proposed rate boost: Fertilizers to the Klamath basin were 85.60 a ton. increased Janu ary 1 to $6.80, the railroads now asking 87 a ton, plus 3 per cent federal tax. . Lime was 33 cents per loo pounds, later increased to 39 cents, railroads now asking 41 cents. Oil meal base rate was 87.40 per ton.. Increasedanuary 1 'to 88.60. railroads asking for an 'increase to 88.20 per ton. Potato and grain rates have not been listed In Uie present rate in crease proposal, but Taylor believes rates on those commodities will rise soon. He also sees cost boosts on beer, beverages, farm and lumber ing machinery. Blast Ship Investigated GALVESTON. Tex., April 18 UP) Samuel F. Muecke. deputy collector of customs here, testified before a four-man coast guard board in vestigating the explosion of the Grand CamD that a manliest re vealed the ship carried 16 cases of ammunition. - Muecke said sixteen eases ol small ammunition bad been loaded at Antwerp, Belgium, for Lagueria, Venezuela, but had been over shipped and had missed port . It was to have been transferred to another vessel at Galveston, he said. The balance of the cargo. MuecJce said. Included tobacco, twine, a small amount of gasoline and paint 150 gallons of paint 384 tons of bunkers, one ton of coaL and a eftnro of nitrate. He said he had not lnspeciea tne cargo personally. Bidu Sayao To Appear Tonight Bidu Savao. glamorous soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, will sing at the Pelican theatre tonight. Friday, at 8 o'clock under the sponsorship nf the Klamath Community Con cert association. This is the last concert of the season. The lovely Brazilian singer and her accompanist. Milne Charnley, arrived nere toaay. t i ne program includes numbers from Haydn, Bach, Pergolesi, Donizetti, Verdi, sung by Savao and piano numbers from ChoDin. Debussy and others Admission is on preseniauuu membership cards ana no seats are reserved. Spring Work Brings Many The first splurge of spring work at Moore park has accomplished a The first splurge of spring work mimlwe nf chances and improve ments. A trench has been dug for the east water line. All the grounds west of the caretaker's house are now supplied from the park pump, all other water is supplied by the city. Rest rooms in the picnic area have been moved to the west end of the picnic grounds, a new drink ing fountain has been added) and more tables and another outdoor fireplace. Bert Stott, park caretaker, has been working with a crew of four men and the new equipment pur chased for the park. The new dump truck, pickup and tractor were put to wort immediately they were re ceived and the improvement pro gram is progressing rapidly. Stott has great plans for Im proving recreational facilities at the park, but there is so much to be done now that It will take some time to catch up to pre-war stand Survivors Said Found In Plant HOUSTON, Tex., April 18 (VP) A report to the Houston Chronicle tMsy aald "several" persona trapped In the Monsanto Chemical company plant were found alive today 48 hours after Wednesday'a terrific explosions. The Chronicle said the report came from H. N. Sandell. In charge of the crew of embalmers at the emergency mortuary at Texas City. They were found, according to the report, when rescue workers pusnea aeep into tne wreckage ox Uie mammoth plant. All were re ported injured. Tne newspaper said oanaeu aiso reported that two additional am bulance loads of bodies were re moved from the plant shortly be fore noon. TEXAS CITY, Tex-. April 18 (IP) The smoke from 11 fire rose over stricken Texas City aa the dreaded ehange In wind came today. Two of the fires were new. The coast guard opened a hear- ing in Galveston Into the cause of Uie trimrer-exDloslon In the French steamer Grand Camp that set off the chain of blasts iatal to an estimated 650 persons Wednesday and yesterday. Rescue Try An advance narty and firemen dressed in asbestos fire fighting suits moved into the Monsanto Chemical company plant shortly after sunrise. They were the first to enter the plant In three days. Officials are convinced that many more bodies will be found in the) still-smoldering ruins. A stiff north wind had been blowing flame and smoke eat to an. but today H shifted to the south. By 11 a. m. (C8T) amok had drifted a far Inland a Pales tine and Jacksonville, 168 to 175 air miles north of the disaster Here, however, the wind wan described a tittle more than a breath and smoke from the fire waa rising high before It drifted back ever Texas City. A stiff ground breeze from the) south might send heat from burn ing Humble tanks against ouieru in the Sid Richardson plant, and set them off. No Sparks However, oil fires have no fly ing sparks and officials said resi dential and business structures far ther to the north proBaoiy wouia not be endangered. Deaths among the injured over-, night brought the disaster toll to 371 counted bodies, of which 194 hate been identified. Bt secres possibly hundreds j are missing and the fatality total It certain to rise.-- GM Offers 15 Cent Pay Hike nmmrr Anril 18 OP)- General Motors corporation, duplicating the terms of-its settlement with the CIO United Electrical Workers, to day offered the CIO United Auto Workers what it described as "the equivalent of" 15 cent hourly pay increase. The offer included an Utt cent wage boost plus pay for sis annual holidays. ' Covering 230.000 production workers, it Is a duplicate of the of fer accepted earlier this week By the CIO United Electrical Work ers for their 30,000 employes la GM plants. The UAW-CIO has demanded 234 cents hourly wage increase. General Motors last week offered a 10 cent boost i- . The average wage in apppoxi-' mately 90 General Motors pwnta is 8UI hourly for production workers, .t 1 j PITTSBURGH, April 18 (f) - President Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers said here today that the General Motors corporaUon offer of a 15 cent hourly pay increase is not satisfactory.1 ; , " ... Phone Union To Make Statement WASHINGTON, April 18 VP) Joseph A. Beime said today the National Federation of Telephone Workers is preparing a statement of its strike position to give President Truman and members of congress. Beime, NFTW president, said It probably will be delivered within the next 24 hours and he hopes It will lead to a wage offer from the telephone companies. 2. At Moore Park Improvements ards, he said, and his plans sur pass tnese stanuarua. leveling worn yw """" ft.- haii ornnnris and has been start ed on a new Softball court There is a nice piece ol level grouno wium could be used for a bowling green, Stott advised, but caring for it and keeping it in order is too much for Uie limited park crew. If some rec reational organization wants to un dertake this, they are welcome to use this part of the park, Stott said and he will cooperate as far as he la able. . Another suggestion was a croquet court, but this too entails too much work of leveling and maintaining the grounds at the present time, ac cording to the caretaker. Some of the animals at the parte have had young ones this spring. Including the coyote, but most of them are keeping the babies out of sight until they are older. Bears at Uie park do not spend all white? In their den, taking advantage of fa vorable day to loll km the Kill itt their front yard. t
