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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1947)
TO -r : LsLtq JV J V - a. j la The ...., ! Day's Xeus By FRANK JKNKINS Industrial front, AN our troubled Iheae brief development (re re- I ported today: .i 1, A nation-wide atrlk of 60.000 Western Union worker U averted by a tentative agreement Hint ui I wage 60 en hour mid provide 1 other benetiui. 1. In Pittsburgh, Westlnghiiuse f and CIO electrical worker roach I one-yeur agreement providing it loo per liour wago up. 3. There I a report In Pittsburgh tht private discussion between CIO It Preldent Murray end U. 8. Steel if Vlre Prealdent Stephens hve ro- lulled In a wage agreement. 3j : THESE report acted on the New York atork market mucli a a match acta on train of pnwtl iwtlrr. Thnt I to nay, they BTARTI ED BUMS71 IIINU. The uliorl Saturday neiuilon hnd tnrted off KroKKlly. In Uia early trading, many lending iMiie hit new low for the past tlx month or longer. Then these report of etUemenu hit the market, trans forming It (teinimrarlly, at any rale) from gloomy bear cMoii to an optimistic bull session. Tile lour that had been recorded In the early hour of tradini were wiped out and In nome cane con verted Into AIJVANCK8 running to much a three point. WHYt Well, nobody know the answer. Nobody EVKK know why the dork market doe thu and o. But till rlt.KMB to be the answer, and It I fascinatingly Interesting: People with money to Invent I meaning In theae modem day not merely the big hou but AI L KINDS of people) are pretty well convinced that there can be little lasting prosperity land therefore little profltl until employer and worker In American Industry ran find a way to Ctrl' ALONG TO GETHER. Whenever the broad structure of the new Indicate la It ha for month and month) Uiat the Drew- pecU for further DIBAORKEMENT are greater man me prospect wr AGREEMENT, the market goe down. It goe down for the simple human-nature reason that when people feel pessimistic about the fu ture they SELL. When there are more seller than buyer, price go down. But when people feel hopeful about the future, they BUY and when there are more buyer than teller price rise. II teem to be clearly aooarent that rcDoru of agreement between employer and worker cause people to leel MORE HOI'ErUL ABOUT TUB FUTURE. That must be the reatan for what happened In the stock market till morning. - COORDINO to the accepted stand- ard of an EARLIER DAY. the lock market ha been s creiy a loon for month. Time and again price have atood still In some cose have even CtONR DOWN following the re porting of excessively targe earning In certain specific Industrie. That I against all the old rule. Why till change? WELL, again no one knows the gn awer. But It seems probable Unit Investors have been reasoning tht these excessive earning have been due to EXCESSIVE PRICES, and there I an uneasy feeling every where that excessive price, If con tinued, can and quite probably will wreck our whole economy. . When price go too high, people can't buy enough THINOS, and when people can't buy enough thing Inventories olle up and pro duction begins to alow down, when production slows down, prosperity ends and depression begin. PHESE hopeful report that are 1 loose this morning, and which have put a temporary urge of new life Into the ailing stock market, don't guarantee prosperity. A a matter of fact, they nrobnbly Indi cate 8TJLL HIOHER price, for we have learned by d experience thnt whenever wage go up price go tip, and vice versa. , But at least they do stir the hope that the time may be getting nearer when employer and worker can get together In agreement thnt may be able to STOP THE RISING SPIRAL that frighten all of u. Hope, you know, springs eternal In the human breast. f 2nd Degree Murder Charae Filed ; CONDON. Ore., April 10 M"l A ); second degree murder chnrgo was filed against Jesse Dnll Lnwson. 47. Seattle, late yesterday In the slnv ; lug of Thomn J. Smith, St. Louis, Mo., near Arlington Thursday. Both men were railroad workers. A coroner's Jury heard testimony J that the two men were seen strug gling near tne lerry landing. Quiet, But Extensive, Mining Rush On In Basin By HALE 8CARBKOUG1I Northern Klamath county Is cur rently the locale of a quiet but rather extensive mining rush . . . . the goal sought by the miners and speculator not gold but pumice. A large bed of pumice volcnnio froth, Is to bo found Just under the topsoil all around the highway town of Chemult, and pumice Is current ly In some demand as a quick and relatively cheap substitute for lum bar ana other orthodox building materials, For the past 20 years or more there has been somo pumice mining activity around Chemult, booauso the stuff was used In scouring soaps, tooth pastes, mild abrasives and the like, but the rush Is on this yenr. No less than 22 plncer mining claims have been staked out In tho pumlco area of the organized Che mult mining district In the past two months. Most of the claims bear the names of eight persons as locators, and are for 180 acres 20 acres per person, In accordance with mining law. Right now tnero are several Rumlce mining operation going on 1 the Chemult district, and several PRICE FIVE CENTS to RescueTeam Probes Plant For Victims By The Associated Press TEXAS CITY. Tex.. April It UP) Weary but dogged rescue worker III grotesque asbestos suit went back Into the haunted ruin of the Mon santo plant today for more victim of Wednesday's explosion. Already the Red Cross ha re teased a list of MO dend In till bliiai-ruzed Industrial Oulf Coast community. The Houston Chronicle aid. however, the Red Crosa con reded that there were a number of duplications on the list. Earlier, It total had been 642. Ijtst night Mayor J. C. Trahan ap pointed a three-member "dead body commission" to prevent unauthor ised removal of victims. I'lre still burned In oil storage tanks, casting a gloomy pall of smoke over the area. The grim task of putting them out continued. Also continued I the coast guird Investigation Into the cause of the trigger-explosion aboard the Grand camp, a French vessel that was loading nitrate when It blew up at 0:13 a.m. that fatal morning, taking much of the town with It. In recurring explosions and fire, two other ship were sunk, the High Flyer and the Wilson B. Keene. The multl-mtllloii dollar MonsanloChem Ical Corp. plant wa destroyed with a heavy lot of life. A member of the coast guard board yesterday said Uie cause of the explosion wa "the sixty-four million dollar question" Ulat may not be answered for year. Memorial service for the dead will be held at 6 p.m. at the football field. All denomination are Joining In the service. Steel Yage Agreed On PITTSBURGH. April It tpi Pri vate contract discussion today be tween CIO President Philip Mur ray and Vice President John A. Stephens of the U. 8. Steel corpor ation resulted In reports that a wage agreement had been reached. Down. Jones At Co. said It hnd Uie settlement report from "usually authoritative circles." The reports totally larked official confirmation. Both sides declared they had "nothing to say" but a leel spokesman said this meant the corporation was "neither confirm ing nor denying" the report. Meeting of Murray and Stephens begun yesterday. This development wax so unexpected It caused a one day postponement of a meeting of the ClO-Unlted Steelworkers exe cutive board a member gathered In a hotel room. The meeting of the union' exe cutive board wa deferred a re gions! president were getting to gether for a session originally set for 10 a. m. today. Regatta Slated For June 22 , Outboard motor enthusiasts from all over the Pacific Coast are laying plan to race In the Junior chamber of commerce annual boat regatta on Upper Klnmuth lake June 32. According to the Jaycee commit tee, events have been scheduled In log burking, log chopping, outboard racing and sailboat racing. These events will be arranged In a fast moving program with cash and mer chandise as goal for competence among the entrant. The following have been named to head the Jaycee committees: Art Trclbwasser, finance: Fred Ellers, log bucking, Al Longe, outboard rnces: Ray Onrrlson, sailboat races; Bill Bishop, publicity, and Warren Poole, boat snow. businesses here In town specialising In making pumice brick for use In building. Also a good deal of the greyish-white, stuff is being shipped out for processing elsewhere. Hut most 01 tne person who have notten their names on n laced claims aro amiarcntly doing It on a speculation, because, as one pumice tile manufacturer says, the stuff has a future. Various other uses for pumice are expected to be developed as a result of the advertising It has received plnchhltting for other building ma terials, so there may be some profit In pumice mining for years to come. 1110 n umlce field In Northern Klamath county was supposedly deposited thero when tho volcano Mazama exploded to form Orator lake. The volcanic ash cooled so quickly there was no time for It to crystnllzc, so it's actually solidified froth and very light. Down lower, where the ash had more time to cool, It formed glass rock or obsidian. . So much for geology. Mining pumice isn't any great feat, became the mineral lies, on or close to the surface. Mostly It just takes shovel work. fe ,1(1 Burnt-Over Marshes Further Decrease Vanishing Wildlife ' ... i - J ' ' j 1 a1 Head geese, exploded eggs and Klamath river Just outside town by Federal Game Man Jim Savage, right, and Win Southwell of the Klamath Sportsmen's association. The ruth to bring racb land Into cultivation I bringing an end to tome of the best natural waterfowl breeding ground In this area, and at a of geee and ducks. ' Reet Pleats Replace Rodeo Shirts For Klamath Males By KtXLY ROBEKTS The local rcet-ptealer are drap ing their shape In gabardine this spring, according to latest report irom me ciouies line. Cardlngan jack eta are the latest Uitng for the well dressed male, even suit coming com plete with the collarlcss Cardi gans. Everyone will be running around soon look ing like fugitive from a bankrupt orchestra. The ac cent In suit colors Is for plain and solid colors. Browns and light grays predominate, with light greens and blues running close behind. Slacks are slightly more bulgy at Uie knee than previously, but done trickier, with less full pleats than before. With the end of the war, of course, more cloth wa released, cuffs appeared on pant and now two-panlcra and vest are back. Underneath all this, the sartorial male will be wearing boxer trunks of multi-pled colors that would make a gypsy dressmaker Jump for Joy. Tics, both now and straight, are bright and flowery for the '47 sea son and are being tied around plain colored shirts, which usually con trast to the color of the suit of Uie doy. The ex-navy boys are com ing back from Uie wars bringing their detachable collars with Uiem. The paucity of white shirts has Disabled Vet Gets ' ?' -s Ralph C. Cowan, disabled war In their $32.50 a month apartment In the Atlanta, Go.. Teehwood federal low . cost housing project after receiving notice that they and their 13-year-old daughter must move because their Income 1 too great Cowan, who lost both feet In the Battle of the Bulge, gets a government pension of $240 monthly and maximum Income for a family of three in the project Is $180, AF wirephoto. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, fries charred nest were found In this burned-over tale marsh area en the made the. collar a. eceas1ty (or dren wear, they not only look good, but they're easier to get A two tone el feet la being used by con' trusting or complementary hues In shirt and collar. For more Informal wear, knit T shirt In fancy weaves are Uie latest, as are tine V-neck sweaters. Sport shirt are following Uie solid color .trend. Galluses are In again, this time with large fancy initial on Uie strap, which Is broader than be fore and of a solid color pastel cloth. Very few plastic and leather suspenders are being seen tills spring. If you don't like suspenders, of course, you can always wear last year's belt. 1 The dapper Klamathlte will prob ably be shod this season in white-an-tan two-tone shoes, or Uie hard-to-get loafers. Good shoe leather Is back on the market once more, but It's really costing money. Perforated leathers for summer are being replaced by light leath er such as suede and kid for easy and cool wearing. To top him off. the local Beau Brummel will have a fancy-weave Panama or straw sailor with a bright band. Incidentally, sailors are reported to be making a strong come-back after a long period in Uie discard. Most local merchants agree that Klamath Falls is definitely off the western pattern for a change. 8ales are away down on western hats, boots and gambler shirts, for Uie first time In basin history. It looks like the last of U10 "Last FronUer." Good-bye Old Paint Eviction Notice i a vet, and hi wife, Betty, have coffee n APRIL IS, 1947 (Telephone; till) GoMen great factor In the steady decline Truman Balks At Tax Slash .WA8HINOTON,-April M VP) President Truman declared tonight that a "sharp Increase In prices' had "inflated the entire economy" and took a new stand against any Income tax cut now. He issued a statement predicting a surplus of government receipts over expenditures of $1,250,000,000 for the present fiscal year which ends June 30. Mr. Truman had an nounced In a Jefferson Day speech April t that a surplus wo in sight, but did not disclose Uie amount until tonight The president attributed the re vision in estimates since his budget message went to congress in Jan uary to administration economies as well as to a sharp increase in prices "since Uie removal of con trols." He declared that now. when a balanced budget Is being achieved, he wants to emphasize Uie need for reducing Uie public debt "while times are good." "It Is natural for taxpayers to wish to see taxes reduced." Uie president's statement continued. "But to do this now would pro mote inflation, so that Uie bene fits of any reduction would be largely dissipated." Greek Border Watch Ordered LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y., April 19 W The United Nations security council ordered Its Balkan investi gating commission today to main tain an on-the-spot watch along Greece's troubled northern borders. Members of Uie 11-naUon com mission, now in Geneva, were ex pected to dispatch observers to Uie area Immediately. The action was Instituted after the security council voted t to 0 last night to maintain representa tives of Its Balkan commission In northern Greece until Uie council could take further acUon on the explosive situaUon. The council decision was cabled to Uie commission immediately by Secretary General Trygve Lie. The commission Is in Geneva drafting a summary report on its Investiga tion of Uie Greek frontier region. At the same time, the council rejected Russia's demand for Unit ed Nations supervision over the proffered American aid to Greece. PUPPIES RELIEVE BLAST TENSION TEXAS CITY, Tex., April 19 OP) This may not be the most famous confinement in history, as one reporter said, but it ranks as one of the tops in Texas. The otty hall is headquarters here during the disaster. In front Is a monument to the dead of World War II. A terrier dog wandered up. The air was tense with dread and sorrow. Few noticed the little dog until she walked up to the monument and began giving birth to a litter of puppies. The atmosphere cleared immediately. A crowd gathered and people began to give the dog what assistance they could. Someone brought a box. Others brought blankets. They lined the box with blankets and made a home for the mother and her five puppies. Today Uie family Is doing well. The box, now indoors in the city hall, Is still their home. ' And Texas City residents, still dazed by the magnitude of the disaster that changed the course of their lives, find time to bring milk to the little terrier and her puppies. WEATHER Ms. (Asrll IS) Mls. rMiitsiia Istt 4 Strssm rear I 4sU ..7.t Last jrar.....ll.t Narmsl. .... srcflail! C'lsuSr. cssslsnsl feswsrs llbl gsrtlf alsaiy SasSsy, No. 10913 M Publicity Said Reason For Leap 8AN FRANCISCO, April It HV- Frank H. Clashing, 42-year-old pro fessional high diver, took a practice Jump from the 265-foot-hlsh Golden Gate bridge today and concluded he probably wouldn't make another one which he had planned for publicity purpose. ne apparently was untnjurea. CushiiiK was swept out to sea a mile and a half. A crab fishing boat Uie SOS picked him up and he was transferred to an emergency nospiuu. no injury Physicians said ttiey found no in jury nor any lgn of shock or ex posure. rne mgn aiver saia ne enterea Uie water feet first but blacked out for a moment Then he bobbed to the surface, pulled to him a col lapsible raft he had attached to himself with a 30-foot cord, inflat ed It and climbed aboard. Holds Medal Ctuhing holds Uie navy and ma rine corps medal for heroism for flithtinK a fire on a destroyer off Okinawa. It wa bettered the second time since the bridge wa opened in 1937 that anyone haa jumped from the susueiuion uan and lived. A woman who jumped from the bridge several years ago raiierea severe leg injuries but recovered. HlKhwav Patrolman Dave Zebo said Cushlng's wife told him that Cuthlng. a World War n veteran. naa Been unaoie to get a ai loan for hi 'thrill circus' and honed to gain enough publicity from a jump irom tne Bay onage to secure fi- nonclng. Paving Work Crews of Warren Northwest. Inc.. contractors, are at work on two paving projects in Klamath Falls. on Doty ana on pine streets, work on widening Pine started a few days ago with construction workers tearing out curbings and sidewalks. The California Oregon Power com pany is moving power poles, water hydrants and meters, preparatory to additional street work. Propery owners on Pine ap proached the city last year, but con struction was held off until better weather. The street will be widened six feet on each side from 6th to 8 th. The other Job is the Improve ment DroRram on Dotv street from Upham to 7th and on 7th from Doty to Mt. Whitney. City Engi neer E. A- i nomas saia today that workmen are building curbs now, and they hope to have Uie Job finished by mid-May. Trouble In Dairen Looms SHANGHAI. April 19 (JPh-Private Chinese reports from Dairen today said Soviet authorities had Indi cated they would refuse to permit government troops to enter when Uie Chinese take over administra tion of Uie big Manchurian port. These reports said it was possible only administrative and police per sonnel would be permitted entry. This, the reports added, would "nullify all the government's ad ministrative powers." The Sino-Soviet treaty of 1945 provided for Chinese administration of Dairen, in Russian hands since Uie end of the war. Chinese offi cials attempting to arrange for the take-over have .encountered many difficulties. - - - The private reports received in Shanghai said Soviet authorities shown no disposition to permit sea borne national government troops to disembark at Dairen. Centralia Man Killed In Wreck PENDLETON, Ore.. April 19 HP) Gerald V. Swanson, Centralia, Wash., World War II veteran, was killed Instantly early today near here when his 1947 two-door sedan crashed into a truck, state police reported. Lloyd Avery Hodgson, 29, of Pen dleton, driver of the truck, escaped with minor injuries. Pleads Guilty In Swindle A " ? 'Ha " ' Ijfy t X ';-..' fKOtumK aaWJWK-..- awi 'laiitl 'i i li gi- m William Arthur Nickel (above), former ' Mergenthaler Linotype company cashier, appear In King County court New York, where he pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny In the SI 80, 00 swindle T the company. AP wirephoto. Frank Smith Death Told Franck Smith, who claimed his life had covered a span of 88 years, aiea hr fviv RatiimaT. Hmiin was a familiar figure on Uie streets of Klamath Falls and for many years residents along S. 6th street nave observed Uie old man. wearing a discarded military coat and a stock ing cap. making ms aauy ires: town with tne neip oi a cane. Smith was born in Plattsburs, N. Y.. and had often entertained friends with stories of his service in Uie Boer war and later in Uie Span ish-American war of 1898. He cooked in Reno from 1914 until 1924, when he came to Klamath Falls at Uie age of 75 to take a job with Jesse Bailey at the old Little Brick cafe. located where Hazel's Beauty shop now stands on N, 7th street When Smith came here the UUe "French Chef" followed him and he cooked under that irame tor-several years. When' depression hit the country and advanced years made it necessary lor f ranck to leave steady employment he cooked for transients in Uie old "Hoover Hotel" off S. 6th near Uie tracks. For Uie past several years Franck had made his home at Mrs. Nellie Groves' boarding house, 2128 S. 6th, and rain or shine Uie old fellow hobbled into town to spend the time of day with friends. Franck held membership for many years in the Culinary Alliance but was not a member at the time of his death. Final arrangements will be an nounced by Ward's. Stock Strike Called Off NEW YORK. April 19 WV-The United, Financial Employes union (AFL) announced today the Wall street strike scheduled for Monday had been postponed at Uie request of Acting Mayor John J. Bennett The union stated Uie postpone ment, for Uie time being, was lor Monday only. The strike, originally scheduled for 10 a. m. Monday, when Uie New York stock and curb ex changes start operations daily. John Cole, vice president of the union, announced Uie postpone ment soon after Bennett disclosed appointment of a three-man emer gency conciliation committee In a last-minute effort to stave off the strike. r - i J? " Spring time and the hum of opinion of pigtatled little Judith snapped by the o'clock Special t -as - k, i'KkM Train Jumps Rails Just Before Stop CHAMPAIGN. III.. AurU It UPv The Illinois Central railroad's City of Miami, seven - ear, all - steel . streamliner bound from Chicago to Miami, wa wrecked near here to day, killing two crew members nt injuring at least 21 passenger. . ' Railroad headquarters in Ghlca go said the train had begun (low ing down for a scheduled stop her when It "ran a switch at the) entrance to Uie railroad yards." Leaves Ralls The entire train left the rails. tore up the roadbed, and the leeo- motlve ana Baggage ear Hopped -over on their sides. The coaches) remained ,. upright, but blocked traffic on the road's two maim lines. . The dead, as reported by the railroad and Burnham City hospi tal, were Charles Red us. 70. Cen tralia. HI., Uie conductor, and O. M. Woods, Champaign, QL, a bag gageman. . . - ,i , The Injured were, rushed by am bulances to Burnham, McKlnley, Mercy and Carle hospitals here. Six injured were released after first aid, with 16 requiring hospi talization. Two Trips i Dale dark, an ambulance driver for Burnham City hospital, said he made two trips to Uie wreck te recover the Injured. Dale said one of the victims, presumably Woods, was pinned'' under tne naggage car ana enorc were being made to free bim. Rebus died en route to the hospi tal in Clark s ambulance. Labor Bill Plea Made WASHINGTON. April It WV-. Senator H. Alexander 8ml th (R-NJ) urged today that republican leaders confer with President Truman oa -labor legislation and try to agree) on a bill that won't be vetoed. Smith told a reporter: "Y am opposed to inviting a pres idential veto. The president does not want a veto. He wants a MIL Unless I'm much mistaken ha would ign the senate labor bill In its present form. Hell only be com pelled to veto it something very radical is added." .... The senate start debate next Wednesday on a bill banning th. closed shop and ourbmg unions is various other ways. The house has already passed m wider and stronger measure which would outlaw industry-wide bargain ing and slap scores of other re strictions on labor arganisaUons and strikes. - - - The final version passed by con gress may be somewhere between Uie two. It probably will reach the White House late In May or early in June. Germans Deny Guilt Charge NUERNBERG, Germany, April It OP German Steel Magnate Friederich Flick and five of his In dustrial associates pleaded Innocent to war crimes charges today after an American prosecutor declared in a blistering opening statement that they shared the blame for German crimes equally with the militarists. They were accused of boosting Uie nazls to power, of financing th SS (elite guard), of exploiting slave labor, of cheating Jews out of prop erty and of plundering occupied countries. Showers In Store For Klamath Basin Maybe not an honest-to-good-ness downpour, but "occasional showers and partly cloudy" In the noncommltal language of the weatherman, are in store for the Klamath country Sunday. Maximum temperature on Friday was 62 degrees, well below the 70's and 80's that were so welcome few days ago. oloch Sped lawn mower are synonyms hi th May Johnston f California) eveuuea lensstaa this aset-aJaf. n. v
