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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1947)
M ana SWMIT In! Iu - Hay's Sews By FIIANK JKNRINS I AST nlulit rllntii Heureliiiy Mm' nl lit II. Jiul bul k Iriini Moscow, met President 'rnililiui mill Iruilom of bolh hollies ill congress in an olf-the-rci-ord session at Ihe While House. Presumably I in nine llirlii (ho low-down un Ilii) Kuuiliin nltun Hon. "Olf the record" iiuuii nu re porters present, lull this morning wo gel thin dispute)! from Wiinhlng- tim: "American Ii op en fur ml HAHINO III U. HI -Soviet tensions were 1IUOYEU Uxluy by reporta that Beireliiry of miit Marshall believe till country's IliniiirM on Kuioiicaii pence treaty Imug may lead ituMla to give, grouuu. will lx Interested, of course, in two titiesllonn: I, Mow llul lln news Iviik olll? J Is It lulrly reliable? LUT B try tu answer bolh Inquiries After tlio Willi lloiuo aculon some roMioiitlblo Durum, ur persons, talked lu some repoiilblc reporter, ur reporters, giving tlio gist ol what was aitlil. That In how It leaked out. Thus handled by responsible per sons, on both sides. It I probable that Um ncw we get tins morn ing ll substantially accurate. mt newspaper people bcllcvt. M a " mailer of principle lliut r porleis should bo present it nil such session. Wa do have to con cede, however, that men Wll.t. talk more frankly when reirlr are not present Uiun when Uiey know that rvcrytiilng llicy say will be pub lished. Ho, being practical people, we ac cept gatherings like lliut at Uie Wmte Uouso bumluy night an boui necessary and wise. Aituratc In forinallun la csscilllal If our gov eminent la to act lor Uie oral Inuirenla of all our people. If ac curate Infoi inatlon la to be obuiliicd, men mho liava tlio beat inf urination available mutt cuk frankly. IK It la true that standing up firmly I for what we consider our right la Influencliiit Kuula lo be somewhat leu aggressive In going after what alie waiila, huiK for a workable understanding between Russia and the United Ulatra la nut misplaced. Mlia EVALYN WAlJill McLEAN, II beat known to average prople aa tlio owner of the fuljulou Hop-J diamond, dlea In Washington. Willi Iter dlea all epoch In American hla Uuy. Mra. McLean was bum In a two room li cabin. Her fallier wai a ptijlcctor w-ho Murk lit pick Into pay-dirt In Coloiuilo. Ho. lui ky Hike made lilm linineiikely Nth. Aa au oflen ImpiieiiM, lua descend ant were beiler known ua i)eudera limn ai proiluicra. In nrw, raw, Hi h country aucii a Amerlea waa. auch Uiluva are lu vilable, l'rluiM they uie ond. mill, e muni remrmbcr Hint but for adventurer like Mia. MrLeuna father Uie ilevelupinent uf una country would ituve been kreully retarded. If America hadn't develojied oa tartllimly aa 11 lina, who knuwa what the wurld would be now? Uul fur the Influence of America, Uie world mliiht be much wurae Uiun it la. Tim Hope diamond, like other 4 great Jewel, wai auiiermltlounly believed to bring muforlune to Ita owner. That anunda rather llly. Still, roatly Jewel auch aa thi are upt to be owned by people who have more money than they know what lo do with. People who have more money than they know what to do with are apt to lead reck I en lire. People who lead rrckleaa Uvea, unhampered by reponmbllltv, are Inclined to do thing that INVITE MISFORTUNE. So, you ice, Uiere may be some thing to It, H BILL la taklim shape In con Kress whose purpose Is wild to -.be to take the lid off of cnmpiilun contributions If full publicity la given as lo how the money Is ent. This writer, old - fashioned In tf'anllnurd en a. Cluma SI r I i t J if I Ml p -.' .'JVMf . F . V r-W ft Mt' A - Like hundreds of other 9 o'clock bound working girls, Jean and Betty yshadduck walk to their jobs every morning. The 9 o'clock Special 'luincraman took this picture aa Jean and Betty traversed the sidewalk at the Main street underpass. V9 mwrnw- 1J II " 11 JMAU1. "' " ' Pllll K FIVE tr.NTM Ciqaret Tax a Co lection Plan Eyed SAI.KM. April Ik ol'. The slate tax eommlialon la busy making plans fur collecting the Iwo-eent per package clgarel tax, which will become effective July I unleaa II la attacked by referendum. Tax Cummlasluncr Carl Cham bera, head of the assessment divi sion ol the commission, will have charge of administration of Uie tax. No llrferenduin Dave O'llara. head of Uie elec tions division of the secretary of stale's office, said he has heard of no referendum muve aituliul the lax. BirIi a move would have the effect of killing the entire lax. since II la lo be In effect for only two years. If a referendum muve la launciicu against it, tnui wouiu ae lay the tax from going Into effect at least until after the November, 1W8. general election, provided the people approved It at that time. However, If Ilia J per rent sales tax la approved at the special elec tion nest October 7, then tne rigaret tax would be automatically re pealed. Chamber said Uiat Uie commis sion will print lax stamps so Uiat wholesalers can affix Uirm to each package. Each wholesaler will be allowed three per cent of the face value of the Isampa to comiienaate him for his work in pullli'-g the stamps on the packngea. He said one problem, however, will be lo supply stamiM to retailers who get uieir cmareis irom wnoie salers wno are located omaine the slate. Strike Ties Up All Transport AKHON7 O., April 28 I4" All oubllo trnnsnorlntloii with the ex ception of Uixlcnb was tied up III this rubber capital of 245.000 today by strike of Hi AFL mechanics at the Akron Trnnspurtnllon Co. The mechanics, members of the International Association at Ma chinists, threw picket lines around ATC shops at 4 am. aller reject ing a company-offered wage In crease of more Uiun seven cents hourly. Members of Uie machinists' union have demanded a 18-cent hourly pay Increase and "other conces sions." Bush Pilot And Passenger Found EDMONTON. All... April 28 0F Rescued tiller being lost 30 days In the melting snow of the Albert bush country. 3W) miles northwest of Edmonton, Spencer Addemnn, Calgary bush pilot, and L. J. Rlnkes ley. Bismarck, N. D businessman, rested today In an Edmonton hospi tal. They were rescued Saturday after being aided bv Indians to reach Little Red river, a Hudson's Bay company post near Fort Vermillion. They disappeared April 5 on a flight (rum Edmonton to Embarras, Alia. i I ne m AO i - w-, - s ". t w for f Pat McMillan, Kl 118 Junior and queen of last week-end's InvltaUonsl track meet on Modoc field, awarda the championship trophy to Bud Brown, center, Rob M oca bee, right, and Bob Redkey, all members of the Pelican track aquad which won first place in the meet- The Medford thlnclad outfit finished second, Ashland third and (Iranta Pass fourth. C. 0. Dryden Dies At 65 Clarence Oliver Dryden. S "for the past 18 years resident of Klamath Falls, died Bsturday at p. m. at his home. 610 N. HUi, following a lengthy Illness. "C. O." as he was familiarly known, had been employed during his resi dence In this oily by the Smith- Bales Printing company and was a member of the International Typographical union, Klamath Falls local No. 691; life member of Multnomah Lodge. AF&AM: Wood men of the World. Oregon City; Neighbors of Woodcraft. Ewauna circle; a member of the Central Labor council, and business agent for the Bakers union, laundry workers and machinists, and was district deputy labor commissioner. State of Oregon. Mr. Dryden was born July 1. 1881, In Spanish Port, Tex. Ill addition to his wife. Stella May of this city. Mr. Dryden is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Otto Smith of this city. Mrs. Dlck- sy Freeman of Redmond, Mrs. Louise Peckover, 8t. Helens. Ore.; his father, D. F. Dean of PorUnnd: one brother, Ray Dean of Coos Bay. and one sister, Mrs. Franklyn Stafford of Portland. There are eight grandchildren. Final rites for Mr. Dryden will be held In the chapel of the Earl Whltlock Funeral home Tuesday at 10 a. m. with Uie Rev. F. C. Wlssenbach. jedor of St. Paul's Eplscopnl church, officiating, with Klamath Lodge No. 77, AF&AM, assisting. Commitment will take place in Uie family plot In Oregon City. Five Die In House Blaze OROFINO, Idaho, April 38 (flV Funornl arrangements were being made today for Millard E. Sellers, 31, three of his four children and an Infant neighbor boy, who wore burned to denth Snturdnv night when a kerosene stove exploded and destroyed the Isolated Sellers farm house 13 miles west of here. Sellers wife, Mrs. Virginia Lee Sellers, and another child, elght-yeiir-old Enrl, suffered severe first and second degree bums. Attend ing physicians said both were Im proved today and were expected to recover. The SellerV two daughters, Vickie, 6. and Nancy, 8 months, a son Dan ny. 3, and George Llndstrom, an In fant neighbor boy, perished in the flames which quickly enveloped Uie frame house. Police Capture Hood River Slayer HOOD RIVER, Ore., April 28 OT Authorities were prepared to ar raign John Omar Pinson, 38. here today In Uie slaying of State Police man Dclmond Rondeau, 33, in a Friday night gun batUe. Pliuon. a Washington slate par olee, was captured at Ordnance, Ore., when ho surrendered under gun fire to a posse as an east bound freight train he was riding halted there. State Police Canto n Vavne Qnr- done reported Uie gunman, held In The Dalles city Jail over the week end, had admitted the shooting and Wasco County Prosecutor M. W. Wilkinson quoted Pinson saying, "I .iioD oT.irv Mt", OHKUON, MONDAlf, APRIL t, 1947 ployes Pelicans Receive Annual Track Meet Trophy Heart Attack Trip Fatal To Dr. Truax Dr. Lawson, .Loreuco Truax, 69, pioneer Klamath county physician who has practiced here since 1908, died at 8:16 a. m. Sunday at Gold Beach where he was stricken last Wednesday afternoon with a heart attack while salmon fishing. Death occurred In the Gold Beach hos- filtal where Dr. Truax was moved minedlately after he became 111. He was thought recovering lost Satur day and relatives called to his bed side had returned home here. Death was attributed to coronary occlu sion. Dr. Truax was born August 1, Train Piles Up At Guasti ONTARIO. Calif.. April 28 (Pi Sixteen cars of Uie Southern Pa cific's New Orleans-bound Argonaut passenger train were derailed last night an hour and 35 minutes after It left the Los Angeles station. Thirty-seven passengers were re ported Injured, seven or eight of them seriously. There was no re port of fatalities. The train left Los Angeles with its 176 passengers at 8:20 p. m. (PST), 102 of Uiem In Pullmans and 74 In coaches. The wreck occurred near Guasti at 9:45, when the train was speeding at an estimated 65 miles an hour on a straight, level stretch of track. There was no im mediate explanation of the cause. The Southern Pacific railroad an nounced a list of injured Included: Stella Thomas. 61. route , box 1305, Portland, Ore., minor hurts. Medford Murder Trial Resumes MEDFORD, April 28 P) The trial of Forrest Wilson on a first degree murder charge resumed to day after a week-end recess that permitted the court, the attorneys and the Jury to go fishing. Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna polled the court and found the all male Jury and the court legal stflff in favor of taking Saturday off for the opening of fishing season. opinion and stayed in his cell. Baseball Scores AMERICAN R. H. E. Detroit 3 9 0 Cleveland 0 5 1 Trout and Swirt; Embree, Willis (9) and Hegan, Lopex 19). (Only major league game.) did it. I don't know why. I never wonted to Kin anyone.' The prosecutor sold Pinson told of stopping Ills truck late Friday at a Hood River service station and breaking Into two homes where he obtained six guns. "I was Just laying them out against the truck when Rondeau came up. He took my arm and asked me where I got the guns. Then he sold he wos taking me to the police station," Pinson was quoted as saying. "I pulled awoy ond drew the 32.20 revolver I was carrying in the right pocket of my coat. I just shot once. I wos scared. I Just wanted to score him off," ha told police. Isidt On Fishing 1881 tin Fulton county, Pennsyl f'vnnfs, and for several s-ears after his early education uiugnt school for a number ol years at bix Points, Ohio. He Uien continued his edu cation and was graduated with a degree of doctor of medicine from Uie College of Physicians and Sur geons at St. Louis, Mo., in 1906 ' In 1907. Dr. Truax and Lyda Hunt were married In Lytle. Ohio. They came west in 1908 and Dr. Truax chose the community of Bonanza, then the thriving section of Klam ath county, for his practice. He remained after the disastrous tire which swept that town and In 1910 moved to Klamath Falls and took offices In the I OOF building. Dr. Truax had a wealth of stories to tell of his early practice when he covered the Bonanza section of Uie county by horse and buggy and on horseback. He had one of the first cars In the county, a Reo, which he drove when roads were negotiable. Dr. Truax was Joined in Uie prac tice of medicine here In 1911 bv his brother-in-law. Dr. Warren C. Hunt, In 1917. Dr. Truax moved to Los Angeles due to his wife's failing health, and remained there until 1920 entering practice and building a home. Dr. Hunt also went to Los Angeles to be with his brother-in-law but decided to return to Klam ath Falls in 1919 and shortly after that dote built the Warren Hunt hospital which later become Klam ath Valley hospital. At thot time. Dr. Truax also returned to Klamath Falls and took offices in the hos pital where he remained until the sale of Klamath Vallev in Julv. 1946. He Uien moved offices to trie Star Drug company on 5th street Just off Main, and continued there until his death. Mrs. Truax died two years ago following a lengthy illness. Dr. Truax was married late last vear to Mary Scott, a Klamath Foils teacher, and they mode their home at the family residence, 4th and High. Dr. Trunx had been in good health until the heart attack lost Wednesday. The well-known Klamath physi cian, who leaves o host of friends to mourn his passing, wos o Fellow of the American College of Sur geons, member of the Medical So ciety of Southern Oregon, Klamath County Medical society. Oregon State Medical society, post presi dent of the Klamath group, mem ber of the First Presbyterian church, active in various Masonic branches including Knlchts Temolor and the Shrine, member of Kiwonls club, post member of the Klamath Falls school board and long active in the Klamath County Health association. Mrs. Truax is returning to Klam ath Falls today accompanied bv Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Hunt ond Dr. Calvin Hunt who left Sunday for Gold Beoch on word of Dr. Truax' death. Final rites will be announced by Ward's. CoDt. Gurdone said Plnson's one shot pierced an artery in Rondeau's heart, but that the officer fired fiv shots and crawled a distance of 60 feet in pursuit of the man before he died within a few hundred feet of police headquarters. The police captain reported Pin son told officers during question ing at Arlington and The Dalles, how he fled Hood River in a stolen cor which he loter crashed Into a police rood block at The Dalles while police poured bullets Into the cor. He escaped in the darkness, dodging through The Dalles streets ond walking and running along the railroad until he boarded the freight train at Celllo. WEATHER M. 'April tl) ... m Mln, M rraclplUllaa 4 heart M Irvam fmw ! 4.m ... ,7.1ft Lal yr 11.1ft Narmsl U.OS rremi: tnrrting cloHcl.ncii, hawtri lM94y, (Telephone (111) No. IW.'D onus General Move Fails To Develop Seventeen employes returned to thelr Jobs at the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company plant to day, but about 50 other men and women, who gathered In front of the building about 8 a. m. In what looked for a moment like a gen eral back - to - work movement. drifted away after "talking It over. The picket line, which was not in evidence at S o'clock, was es tablished at about 8:05 a. m., and at mid-morning was strengthened lo eirbt. At noon, however, only one or two pickets were tbsrehing back and forth In front of the plant, where about 100 employes have been off the Job in the na tionwide telephone strike. On inquiry, a company official said this morning that the 17 per sons who returned to work were all men, employed as inside tech nicians or members of the outside crews. Last week, three other per sons, including two girl office workers, went back on the Job. One employe, interviewed In Uie vicinity of Eighth and Pine this morning, said he received a call in the night Uiat employes were to gather at the building this morn ing to return to work. Gathering Shortly before 8 o'clock, the tele phone workers began accumulating in front of the building, and a large group walked across Pine street Just at 8. There was con siderable discussion on the side walk, first In one large group and Uien in smaller groups. Apparently, the 17 returnees had gone into Uie plant, before 8 a. m. and went on their Jobs at the usual time.' The groups outside began to dis perse about 8:30 p. m. There was some talk that there might be developments later in the day, but the only apparent change was the increase In number of pickets at mid-morning. A company spokesman refused to comment on the situaUon ex cept to state Uie number of em ployes returned and the kind of Jobs they fill. A returning employe likewise said he had no comment to make at Uie time. U.S. Cracks Speed Record SHANNON, Eire, April 28 W The United States held the com mercial flight speed record be tween Gander, Nfld.. and Shannon airport again today after an American plane cut by five minutes the one-day-old mark mode on Saturday by the British. The new record of five hours and 23 min utes was set by the Pan American Constellation Invincible. Eight doys ago a speed record of five hours and 55 minutes was established by Pan American air ways. Saturday three transatlanUc planes bettered that time, with a British Overseas Airways Constel lation, piloted by O. P. Jones, set ting a mark of five hours and 38 minutes. Swimmer Wins Sea Battle BEAUFORT. S. C, April 28 UP) Victor in his grim struggle with the sea during which he would promise himself only to live "ten minutes longer." Clayton Boardman. wealthy on company executive, rested today irom the ordeal of nine hours in the woter. Boardman. 56. of Augusta. Go.. one of four men swept seoward by on ebb tide Saturday when their 16-foot fishing boat swomped. clung to a small cushion until the sea washed him ashore early Sunday. The same tide which brought Boardman to safety washed ashore the body of Dr. Harry Goodrich, 73. also of Augusta and a former dean of the University of Georgia medical school. Two negroes from the boat, Nat Sweetman and Nathan Jenkins, still are missing. A Union Pacific trainman spotted Pinson ond slipped a message to a telegraph operator at Messner. Umatilla deputies watched Pinson on the train with field glosses at several points to make certain he was still aboard. When the train slowed down at Ordnance, the deputies, Washing ton and Oregon officers and Ord nance military guards surrounded the car Pinson was riding. The gun man threw out his pistol when the officers started firing and climbed from Uie car, police said. Funeral services for the slain officer will be helfl'i today at The Dalits, home of his parents. Passes Dr. L. L. Truax. since 1908 a practicing physician in Klamath county, died Sunday at a Gold Beach hospital following a heart attack suffered last Wednesday af ternoon. Story on Page L Pooches Face Lock Up Soon Klamath canines will play sec ond fiddle to spring gardens start ing this Thursday. May 1, when dog owners will have to keep their pets penned up or pay a fine should Uie pups be found running loose. A city ordinance provides that the dogs be locked up from May 1 to June 30 for Uie protection of growing vegetables and flower gar dens. Dogs running loose will be picked up by Uie city pound. The city police department and Uie pound will strictly enforce the ruling. Dog owners will pay a fine of S5 to get their pets out of Uie pound, with the fine upped for second offenses. Pigg Injured In Accident One person was hospitalised and another arrested late Saturday fol lowing an automobile-motorcycle accident just outside Uie entrance of Moore park. Willie Pigg. 21. of 4316 Freida, was tent to Klamath Valley hospital with gashes above and below his left knee. Pigg was riding a motorcycle, racing with an auto driven by Roy S. Cadden, out of Uie park and on to Lakeshore drive. Coming around a curve on Uie wrong side of the road, police said, Uie motorcycle struck the right front of a car operated by Mrs. Edna M. Bunnell, 56. Bill Sorum. 4847 Shasta way, was riding on Uie motorcycle with Pigg. but was uninjured. Pigg was taken to the hospital in Cadden's car. City police arrested Cadden for reckless driving, for which he post ed $50 bail, and have sworn out a warrant against Pigg, charging reckless driving. Mercury Plunges On East Coast CHICAGO. April 28 yPI Tem peratures plummeted to below freezing early today from north eastern Illinois through central In diana, central Ohio, western Penn sylvania, most of New York state and New England, but a rapid re covery was predicted this afternoon in all but Uie north Atlantic states. Considerable frost accompanied Uie cold in the lower great lakes region, but the season has been so backward that not much damage was done. Beauticians Greeting the western states director of tht National Hairdresser and Cosmetologists, Hatel Schumacker f Modesto, Calif., aa tht stepped off the plane Saturday evening are Irma Shearer of MW Klamath Falls unit, Ethel Borden, unit president and general chairman of the beauti cians' convention, and Delores Korsen of this city, state vice president of tht Oregon Association of Btanty Ihop Owners and Operators High Praise Given Firm U.'S: Policy WASHINGTON. April 28 m American hopes for an easing hi U. H.-N.,let tensions wert buoyed today by reports that Secretary ol State Marshall believes this coun try's firmness on European peace treaty Issues may lead Russia t. give ground. Marshall's view Wat laid before congressional leaders at a Whit House conference in advance of hit radio report to the nation at 8:30 p. m. (EST), tonight on the reaultt of the Moscow foreign minlitera conference. Some of those who attended tht two-hour session with the president and his cabinet officers last night said they came away with the im- Secretary of State George C. Marshall will report to the peo ple on the Just concluded for eign ministers conference tonight Monday, from 6:30 Ulan. PST, over KFLW. pression that Marshall believes tht unbending attitude he displayed at Uie Big Pour meeting already La had the effect of making the Rus sians less sure of themselves in their demands affecting the future peace of Europe. Counsels Patience The soldier-diplomat was said to have counseled patience with the Soviets in the hope that as they digest the American position In the next few months, they may go to London for the next foreign min isters huddle in November mora amenable to suggestions from their wartime allies on vital points in volved in proposed Austrian and Oerman peace treaties. For this reason. Marshall was said 4 have told the congressional leaders ha believes it Is too early now for this country te - decide whether It should take the unsettled Isaacs involving those treaties to the United Nations general assembly for an airing. The secretary was said to have related Uiat proposed American ac tion to bulwark Greece and Turkey against . communism appeared to have made a profound impression on Uie Russian people and their leaders, despite the fact that thlt program was kept out of the offi cial discussions at the Moscow con ference. , Marshall's broadcast tonight win be carried by Uie National, Amer ican and Mutual networks. The White House huddle came on the eve of fresh house debate an the 8350.000,000 relief bill. Camp Adair Land To Go PORTLAND, April 28 (IP) An ad ditional 7000 acres of Camp Adair land will be uo for sale until July 28, officials said hers today. As in previous sales, government agencies, state and local govern ments have first priority, followed by former owners or tenants at tha time the army took over the land. aLnd not sold to priority holders will K ff-H tn veterans, who must apply before July 28. Officials ox uie reaerai mm Mortgage corporation, Spokane, said OAOn M.TM WOlllri ITO lid tat sale May 10, bringing the total ad vertised to 40.130 acres, ine renam ing 24,000 acres in Uie camp area will be advertised for sale early in the summer in one block. Price Cut Test To Continue MULTNOMAH. April 28 (Pi A 10 per cent price slash on most mer chandise in 40 cooperating stores here is to continue another 10 days. A week-end trial of the plan jammed stores. Buyers pacKea into marxets Sat urday, boosting trade 300 per cent at the Will ock's market and re sulting In comment by Denver Sea man, mens store co-owner, that "this Is almost like Christmas.' Greet Director l i -f i
