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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1947)
M M iron i : . ' IS ar m In The lly IHANK JK.NK1NH PIIIC department at commerce re- port today Hint In 11140 Amur Irani a l 11 1 KIOIIT MILLION BF.VKN HUNUUKU MILLION UOL. LAKH for whlakry. brer uud win. That U mi average ol IBP lur mill person over III ypura old. U certainly nuuml like we arc becoming a nalKin ol luahcrs. BUT wait a nilmitt. This 1041) Hunt a Is tspreaard In dollars, If you bought any hooch In 1U48, you are aware thnl a ilollar didn't iio very Inr then, t Willi re rent pilie increases, It goes all avon lioi ur itiMani' now,) IT VKEl) TO OO FARTHER niucli farther, If you happen lo huvi In your potaehalon, an ninny iwopln do, copies of iirwtpmwra prlnlrd a century or morn auo, you will find Interesting rtiMilltiK In some of the ada. If you search tuchutrloualy enough, you will probably discover that In thoae daya the going prlca for whlnkry wo around two bin per GALLON. At (hat rale, a dollar would go a lot farther in the way of producing bun. ILL of which goes to allow that moral can't be Judged accurately by alailaiirs. At lo blta a gallon. our anreator couitl down a lot of the Huff without Donating the fiscal tablea very high. Judging by what we read In the old book, tliry did down quite a lot of II. It la Juat poulble that on a gallonage baala their per capita average exceeded oura. , U7K gel a almllarly duioried plc " ture when we read the orlme alorlea. They are nuineroiu enough, the Lord knowa. Heading the paera, etc., in Uiee daya, we jumietlinra wonder cynically l( AN V BODY goei atraiuhl any more. We re pretty ante It couldn't have Been a oao in me om uaya. WELL, maybe not. Still, we mustn't forget that In this modern day communications have seen perfected aiimmngly. If any body siraya from the narrow path, ever ao little, In Ulngville, Arkaiuaa, or Tallahoochle, Florida, or ANY WMKKK, for that matter, we know about It pronio in every city and villaae In America. A century ago, communication were arani and alow. There were no radio. The newapapere of that day couldn't afford lo gather new of every crime lhat happened, no mailer wneie. In Ihrne days of almoal unlimited i sommunlralloiis, Uia crime (lory poura In on us in a Heady torrent. - .WHILE we're about It. left ph'llba- onhlre a little more. It la indubitably true that orlme and lu recital promote more crime. Peonla with weak mind read cat crime and are prompted lo give ft a irv. mil It alo true inai ine tear of publicity U a DETEKHENT of crime. That la to auy, there are many people who wouldn't mind straying from the narrow path of virtue If reasonably euro they wouldn't be found out. It It being found out and having the llmllng apread on the printed page and ent vibrating out over Die air wave for all to hear that la the rub. We newspaper people know all about that. When somebody's foot lip, he hlea hlmoelf to the editor office without delay to ee It It can't be kept out of the paer. He I quite aure that If hi misdoing could be kept dark everything would be hotny-tolsy and the tun would continue to ahine In a blue and amlllng iky. ISN'T It Juat poMlble Unit with 1 communication what they are In these daya, with the likelihood of having wrongdoing aet out for all to read and all to hear, modern people may be a IHUe lea likely to lake a chance than In the earlier daya when publicity waa lesa searching and If efficient? At any rate. It la a thought. It doean'l do ua any good to hug to our boaoma the delusion that all the BAD la happening now whernaa all waa GOOD and pure and sweet In the olden, golden day. That lead to the conclusion that the world la getting worse Instead of better, which la a numbing thought. . Besides, In all probability, H I8NT TRUE. Whiskey Spending Hits Record High WASHINGTON, April 30 IIP) Americana 'spent the unprecedented sum of $8,700,000,000 on whiskey, beer and wine In 1046, the commerce department reported today. That waa an average of $89 for arh person over IB years old. The total waa 1020.000.000 more than the previous record, set In 1046. Federal, atnte and local govern ments got 40 per cent of the 1046 total, or about (3.900.000,000. In taxes. The federal government alone received 12,700,000.000. Day's Jew Western Solons Warn Of Tough Fight In USBR Cut WASHINGTON, April 30 W) Tin West waa put on notice today ' by four of Its membors that attempts to restore reclamation and power funds to the Interior department ap propriation bill face tough going in the senate. Since the house whacked the total to I161.63B.613, or about 46 per cent under President Truman's recom mendation, western members of con gress have looked hopefully to the senate, But Senators Cordon (R-Oro.). and Magnuson ID-Wash.), agreed today that the fight for more money In the senate version of the bill won't J easy. "The aennte," Cordon told re porter, "will follow the economy pro f gram started In the house. The senate will try to adjust any In justices that may have crept Into I the bill. But the senate Is not going Hunt Pushed For Missing Airliner VANCOUVER. It. ('.. April M (At Vanrouver'a elvle airport, named the busiest In the dominium waa a hive of activity aa s7rh planea took off fur Hie second day In n hunt for the mlaalng Trans-Canada air liner. The plane, a H-placa Lockheed Lodestar, currying 16 pasnengera was reported missing early Tuesday after It dlsuppeured following range clearance Into the field. Relentless Hunt Orlm faced maintenance crew, omo of lliein working a double shift, ate servicing planea a fust aa Ihey land. Pilots are slopping only for coffee and quirk biles between flights and Uie relentless hunt goes on. "It look like an operational raid," said Hquadron-lrader K. A. Klpp, In rharge uf U group air aea reerne, directing the hunt. Airline officials were busy check ing reports from residents of Cedar, B. C near Nanalmo of a "red glow-' seen In the sky shortly before 1 00 am. iPUTi Tuesday about one hour after the plane vanished. It waa believed that the glow might have been signal flares In the night sky set off by Captain W. O. Hike of Vanrouver. pilot of the missing alrrraft aa he tried desperately to locale the flying field at Nanalmo. To the smith United mate coast guard planes began an Intensive sweep of the rugged coastal area and a helicopter stood ready at Seattle. At Nanalmo planea from the flying club Joined hi the search. Reno Deputy Shot To Death RENO. Nev., April 30 (At One herlff's deputy waa shot to death and another was wounded aa they searched a auspicious car at mid night In the desolate sagebrush covered hills near Reno. A few hours later Larry Oene Yaney, 17, of 8ml Diego, aurren dered to army officer at Reno air base and was booked at the Washoe county Jail for Investigation of rob bery. Deputy Sheriff A. T. MoCarter said Ynnry told him he had nothing lo do with the shooting, and blamed a companion. Sheriff Ray Root organized a posse of 100 men lo search for the killer. Hie sheriff here waa warned last night that two men held up a filling station HI ' Suswnvllle, Calif, and were headed toward Reno. Deputy Earl Orlfflth. 48. and Deputy Tom Lambert came upon a new automobile parked at the road aide, and started to question the two men hulde. One of the men scuffled with Orlfflth and shot him fatally. Another bullet went through Lambert's abdomen and a third hit hi badge. The two men then fled into the sagebrush. Lambert fired after them and deputies told at least one bullet reached lis mark aa drops of blood were found In Hie sand. Aleman Takes Capital Tour WABHINOTON. April 30 (At Miguel Aleman, president of Mexico, embarked on a sight-seeing tour of Washington today with President Truman giving him a cheery send- on irom tile wnite House and call ing him "a grand guy." Mr. Truman shook hands with trie visiting chief of atnte and members of his party at the exit of the south portico of the White House, where Mr. Airman spent the night. Waving to the Mexican president as the automobile procession left the ground en route to Arlington and a visit to the tomb of America's un known aoldler, Mr. Truman said to reporters: "I think he's having a nice time," adding, "he's a grand guy." Lumber Violence Sentence Given I UKIAH, Calif., April 30 (AV-Two Fort Bragg men, convicted of rlci Ing and assault with a deadly weapon In the 16-month-old Red wood Lumber Workers strike, must erve terms In both the county Jail and Snn Quentln stnto prison. Superior Judge Mllburn Gibson yesterday sentenced the two, Wil liam Phillips Jr., 30, and John Bundle, 43, to 1R0 days In jail on each of three counts of riot, the terms to run concurrently: and to one to 10 yenrs In Ban Quentln bn each of eight and nine counts, re spectively, of assault. The prison terms also are concurrent. The charges grew out of an at tack unon non-striking workers near W1II1U last February. to moke any general upward re vision." Magnuson said, "We are going to fight for all the Increases we can get but the West must expect that some of the reductions will remain." Senators Morse (R-Ore.), and Cain (R-Wnsh.), said that without convincing Justifications for In creases the western cause Is In for tough sledding. They have been assembling detailed data to back up their requests for more funds. The bill, as it passed the house, cut funds for the reclamation bureau from a recommended (146,062,300 to 167,717,600 and the Bonneville power administration Irom $20,278,000 to 16,007,800. Senator Magnuson said he believes the senate "will produce enough opposition to the unwarranted cuts In the Interior department bill to prevent Us being acted upon In Its present form." PRICE riVE CENTS P 1 ft WORTH, Ma. April 30 Its walls pushed apart and Its roof collapsed, the house in the foreground was among thoee damaged by a tor nado which tore Ihraugk Worth, Mo today. . AP wirephoto. Romance Off Curriculum WHITEHAVEN, lenn. April ju ,a; - Romance has been removed irom U1C linir U BAiiifiuiiiiuim tlvltlea allowed at Whitehaven high school. The 700 students of the school near Memphis have had the law laid down by Principal Fred Elliott: No eating together or lingering after meals hi the cafeteria. No walking as couples on the campus. No vis iting In home rooms. And most of all. no marrying. Elliott Issued his edict ntler what he termed "next to an epidemic" of student marriages. Eight have taken place since September. From now on, marriage means an Indefinite suspension. And violation of the anll-teie-a-lete edict Involves live days suspension, RC Drive Ends In Klamath Klamath county chapter Red Cross 1047 campaign will officially end Anrll 30. There are still some loose ends to be picked up and any contributions that have been missed may be mailed or brought to the chapter office at 618 Main street. Quota, for this year was $26,000 and to date $16,995.66 has been con tributed. This means that Red Cross services to this county will have to be cut In proportion. Under the Red Cross Charter granted by the congress of the Unit ed States It Is obligatory that service men and their dependents, veterans and tlielr dependents, dependents of deceased service men, receive financial assistance forbaslc main tenance until such time as they re ceive their government benefits. This assistance Is given on a basis of need. All other assistance Is at the discretion of the local board of di rectors of the chapter. Employment Hits Peace Time High SALEM, April 30 OT Employ ment In Oregon Inst December was the highest for any peace-time win ter month In the sUito's history, and was only 10 per cent below the war time peak In 1D43, the state unem ployment compensation commission said today. There were 286,296 persons em ployed during December In Jobs covered by the unemployment com pensation law, which was 43.4 per cent above December, 1040. Truman Signs Hoover Dam Bill WASHINGTON, April 30 VP) President Truman today signed leg islation renaming Boulder dam Hoover dam. Mr. Truman used four pens In signing the resolution and sont them to Lawrence Ritchie, secretary to former President Herbert Hoover, with the view to Hoover's distri buting the pens as )e pleases. LAMATII 4. Farm Houpe Ripped In MM ' : .v."'-"':' : -.Httl . . - 'S.jT. Nelson Resigns: Is Last Democrat In County Office The resignation of Newton B. Nelson as tax assessor, turned In ; Jal(. yMU,rdliy and effective July 1 wl 'm0ve the last remaining remaining democrat from the county's olllctoJ family. Nelson, who was re-elected to the office for a second term lost No vember, handed his resignation to County Clerk Charlie DeLap yester day, but it has not yet gone through the lormallty of being okayed by the county court. He gave as his reason for quit ting the county office a necessity for bettering himself financially. The Klamath To Be 11 Royal City' Klamath Falls Is to become a "Royal City" on May 6. when Mutual'! "Queen for a Day" alights at the municipal airport tor the start of her relgu. Chnmber of Commerce Manager Charles Stark stated today that all the arrangements have been com pleted for the bringing of the "Queen" to the capital city of Spud land. Arriving May 6th, she will begin a two-day tour of the basin area, including trips to basin ranches, a piano flight over the area, and a trip to Crater lake. On the evening of May 7, the Queen will appear at the Pelican theotre for a command performance. She will be Interviewed over KFJI and an account of her activities related. On the morning of the second day she will be heard In a nationwide broadcast carried through the more thnn 400 Mutual stations over the nation. Clue Spotted In Lost Plane Hunt Me.CHORD FIELD. Aorll 30 (7P Alr-rescue service officers here re ported today that they have re ceived a report from forest rangers working on Huckleberry mountain, near Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, that thev have "spotted something" which may be a plane missing In that area since yesterday. McChord o.flclals said their plane which Is assisting in the search has been directed to Investigate. DANES MOURN AS KING PASSES COPENHAGEN, April 30 A) Half a million Danes stood In silent mourning today watching the cortege of beloved King Christian pass through black-decked streets to his burial place in Roskllde cathedral. Preceding the hearse were six military detachments, Including marines from the USS Wllkes-Barre, Immediately behind the hearse, King Fredcrlk and his brother, Prince Knud, walked side by side. King Haakon VII of Norway and Prince George of Greece were next. Weeping persons were numerous among the throngs of watchers. Rain fell occasionally. The king's bier was placed aooo.-d a rail car at the Central station to be carried to his crypt among his ancestors in historic Roskllde cathedral. The king's old friend. Engineer F. N. Hansen, was at the controls of the funeral train. Christian had Hansen drive the train, Just aa lie through Denmark. FAIXH, OREGON, WEDNEHDAV, APRIL M, 1047 S Missouri Tornado tax Job pays $2700 a year, and a proposed $59 a month raise was turned down by the legislature re cently. Nelson's term does not expire un til January 1, 1950. He was unop posed (or the office at the last general election. The county court will have the job of appointing a successor to the office, but Judge U. E. Reeder said today that the court hadn't dis cussed the matter at all. County court was In session today and pre sumably Nelson's resignation would be accepted. Judge Reeder said that before an appointment could be made the court would have to get a legal opinion on whether the appointment would be for the remainder of Nelson's term three and a half years or Just until the next gen eral election. November. 1948. Also, he sold, the last legislature passed a measure that luture tax assessors have to pass an Inspection bv the state tax commission, a rule designed to promote professionalism In tax offices and lessen the play of politics In those offices. Nelson has been the only demo crat In the county's official family, and the speculation at the court house todav Is that the republican county court will select a republican as his successor. ' "Ghost Plane" Baffles RAF LONDON, April 30 iP) Recur ring reports of a midnight "ghost plane" swooping out of the east at tremendous speed gave the British press a sensational aviation mystery todav but the Royal Air force, while admitting the whole thing was "slightly mysterious,': refused to get excited. Eye-witness accounts said the mvstery craft, first plotted by radar early In January, sooms over the east Anglia coast as though It came from the continent and dis appears Inland at a speed of 400 miles an hour or more. What is even odder is that the plane has never been seen making the return Journey from England to the continent. RAF night fighters have tried regularly to Intercept the "ghost plane'' but so far have been unsuccessful. requested before his death that had on all the kings train trips (Telephone 8111) iff Light Plane Still Missing EUGENE. April 30 (At Aer!s! search parties hunting a missing two-place Aeronca airplane, which left Medford Monday evening to fly to Eugene, turned their attention to an area west of Drain today, follow ing a report that residents in that section sighted an unlighted small plane flying low at 9 p. m. Monday. Lt. Hugh Varley, commander of the Drain civil air patrol, was the first to fly over the new search area and he was Joined at.noon today by planes of the Eugene CAP. Meanwhile, state police and Olynn Harris. Eugene CAP com mander, reported that an ex-array fichter Dilot's recort of a light plane In trouble over Glenwood, near here, Monday nieht. had been checked and the plane Identified as a local- ly-ownea Aeronca unampion wnicn later lanaea saieiy at toe HAigene airpark. MB Ceremony Set Thursday PORTLAND. Anrll 30 M) Cus tody of the Klamath Falls Marine Barracks will be turned over to the state of Oregon in a ceremony In the capitol at Salem at 1 p. m. to morrow, the war assets administra tion office reported here today. C. T. Mudge. regional directoi; E. W. Barnes, deputy in' charge of real estate, and J. W. Hayes, special assistant to Barnes, will represent WAA at the turn-over. Barnes said the state's possession would be effective tomorrow night although some llnal papers are still to be drafted. The state is acquiring the war time installation as a vocational school. Longshoremen Desert Freighter LONG BEACH, Calif., April 30 UP) The Norwegian Freighter Hardan ger. deserted by longshoremen be cause she carried dynamite, headed for Valparaiso, Chile, today leaving part of her intended cargo on the docks. L. B. Thomas, head of th CIO Internal, mal Longshoremen and Warehousemen's union, pulled his crew off the vessel late yesterday, commenting "we don't want another Texas City here." , Portland Clerks Reject Wage Offer PORTLAND, April 30 (At AFL retail clerks have rejected a wage settlement offer of one of the two Portland groups of employers now negotiating a contract, E. J. Hawes, union spokesman said today. Hawes said an offer of $50 for a 40-hour week by the Independent Merchants' association was reject ed. The union asks $70 for 40 hours' work. The offer of a chain store group of $47 for 40 hours was not voted on last night, Hawes ibid. WEATHER M.S. (April tei 17 Mia. ...... SS rraclalUllaa last 34 basra m..M Sir raar ta sal T.IS Narmal .. ! La ytar 11.11 raraeaat! Partly elaadr, wsrmtr. No. 10932 Local Union Quits Mass Picketing WASHINGTON April it (At Five unions of 43,000 telephone workers in New York and Penn sylvania called off strikes today. sceptinr contracts lor wage in cases of $3 to $4 a week. None is affiliated with the Na tional Federation of Telephone Workers which called the nation wide tie-up April 7 bat their actions aroused optimism among govern ment labor conciliators for an early end to the strike of 300,000 NFTW unionists. Joseph A. Belme, president of the NFTW, said that lt showed the Bell Telephone system's "solid wall of opposition to wage increases Is crumoung.' National Settlement He made that comment in a state ment as negotiations were resumed here aimed at bringing about a na tional settlement. Betrne added that the NFTW's 39 unions "will maintain our picket lines until our entire dispute is settled." A $8 weekly wage increase was the chief demand made by the New York and Pennsylvania unions, as lt is with the NFTW. The Z4th day of the telephone strike In Klamath Falls has been nnerentf 11V and the mass-picketing tactics used by the telephone union yesterday were apparently abandoned today. Only two pickets, both girls, were on duty at the 8th street door of the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company building this morning, in contrast with the IS who circled around the entrances. ' yesterday-' tnoVhm'rT- - There was no incident when 20 employes who have returned to work went Into the building- today. Yesterday only 19 went through the picket line. SALEM. ADrll 30 UPV Several rir. loads of striking Salem telephone workers went to Dallas and Inde pendence today to stage mass picket- ueinonsiraiions oeiore the tele Dhone company offices there. Don K. Crenshaw, chairman of the Salem sinse committee, said. The local telephone union adopted a system of four full-time Dickers to be paid $6 a day, the money to be paid by a $1.25 weekly assessment 01 eacn union member. Crenshaw said it would allow other union members to be free to accept out side employment during the strike. House Slashes Foreign Relief WASHINGTON, April 30 (flV-The house formallv voted tutav tn eiQCh the administration's $350,000,000 for eign relief fund to $200,000,000 and placed tight restrictions on distribu tion of American relief in countries unaer Kussian domination. Final passage came on a roll call of 333 to 66. The restrictions would deny relief assistance to "those countries whose governments are dominated by the Union of Soviet Socialistic Repub lics" unless they agree to American control of the supplies. The restrictions were first or--dered tentatively yesterday in an outbreak of protests against the activities of Russia within the coun tries on her borders. Truck Driver Sustains Injuries REEDSPORT, April 30 (fit John Van Went, driver of a truck and trailer which wrecked and burned yesterday on the Reedsport-Draln highway, was tn a Coos Bay hos pital today with serious burns. Police reported the truck, oper ated by the Oregon-California-Nevada truck line, was discovered burn ing along the edge of the highway. ltlttltaliSaSi-' raa-wT?7Taas)Bsj Angles, curves, lines, and tubes make an Interesting shot for this 9 o'clock Special as Austin Lewis, Main street servloa siatlea attendant, pours oil in a car. j Wind Wipes Out Towns In Three States WORTH, Mo., April S (At Tar. nadle winds whipped through small wni in nraansas, Missouri and Iowa leavinr at lea.it 9.1 AmmA 1.. injuring more than SO and causing thousands of dollars in property damage. Hardest hit was this northwest Missouri town with a population of 233. Thirteen persons were killed and approximately 45 injured. Only half a doien bulldlnrs In the town were left atandlng. Ai least eio'ht mham wa In Arkansas where vicious winds last night lashed the small community of Bright Water and swept close to Oarfield, Hot far from the Missouri line. A tornado also struck Clio, a town of about 200 population, in south western Iowa, causing extensive property damage. No loss of life waa reported, however. Wipes Out Town The tornado that hit Worth iwept through the center of the town, wiping out the entire business dis trict. TWO Of the tflwn'a Ihraa churches and its brick schoolhous were among the bulldirura de molished. Practically every tree in town was clipped off. The community was In darkness until late last night when a mobile generator arrived from a neighbor. Ing town. Both the Salvation Armv and the Red Cross set up stations and homeless were being cared for in the few remaining residences still standing and in nearby towns. Al Dopking, Associated Press re porter who also covered the recent Texas City, Tex., explosion disaster, described the devastation here as greater proportionately than that at the Texas town. "There simply Isn't aisythlng1 left standing except a few homes at the south edge of town which the storm missed." Dopking said. "The center of town Is wiped bare except for splintered wood, bricks and other debris." N. A. Combs, a Worth mall car rier, said he doubted If the com munity would be rebuilt. Labor Bill Split Vetoed WASHINGTON. April 30 UP) The senate's republican majority batted down today a proposal to split tha big catch-all labor disputes bill into four separate measures. T-btfoat V.& . fby Senator Morse (R.-Ore., gave tne republican leadership a victory in the first senate test on legis lation to curb unions and strikes. Morse proposed to send the pend ing omnibus measure back to the labor committee for a four-way di vision. He and those who backed him contended that lt would assure some labor legislation during this session of congress. They argued that President Tru man might veto an omnibus bill if it contained provisions he did not like. They said he might accept some of the measures if four separ ate pieces of legislation were sent to him. Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), chahnan of the GOP policy committee, op posed Morse's move. He argued that since the house already has passed an omnibus labor bill it would be impractical for the senate to carve its measure into four bills. London Strike Break Looms LONDON, "April 30 (At About 1000 of London's 10.000 striking dock workers voted today to return ta work tomorrow, and leaders of tho other strikers planned meetings later in the day to consider the labor government's back -to -work appeal. The labor ministry, meantime, in tervened to try to end a strike of 1000 city of London employes whose walkout halted garbage collections, delayed funerals, snarled city pro duce markets and closed the Tower of London drawbridge over the Thames, disrupting traffic. Some 10.000 London dockers were out in sympathy with 3800 Glasgow dock workers, who quit March 24 because 500 fellow employes were declared "redundant" and released. Medford Student , Found Dead BERKELEY, Calif., April 30 (At The body of Robert Miller Tuttle, 24-year-old University of California sophomore from Medford, Ore., was found late last night hanging from a sheet in a clothes closet of his room. The youth, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Tuttle, was a former army pilot MM'rrTWIarasalaaiialiliii ntt 1 - r -
