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Newspaper Page Text1 n J ' A fn u u u s s i I u u u u uu u zs Li iiTlus Day's Jews My I HANK JI'.NKINM JN Hiiltirday, mldwuy o( the Mi' J innilul Day lioltiluy week-end, ilghwuy fiilullllni were far behind :ho expected I In int. They raughl up. At mid-morn-ng twluy, the tiiiul of death on Jio highway lur tilt) week-end aland it 314. ' Kvrn Hint, however, lun't up to ;ho porutlmlntlci expectation of the NnUonnl rliifcty Council, which taking everything Into consideration in innkliiu Its fiupuliml antlcl ;itrd a flnnl figure of 275. Maybe wd ARE tailoring (iff from '.hn period of post-war recklessness. QKKCION. clearly among the more w arnalulp mid reasonable of the ilnli'n, Imit only four lullillllra over hi- holiday week-end, Three of thrill were on Hie road, out none of the three was a typical hollduy highway death. One tie furred when a motor "cooler col lided Willi nil automobile. A wo Aff .ail dlrd when hit by a trurk when Talking KrroM heavily traveled luiiliwny In a atorni. A 19-year-old youth wu killed when III motor ryrlp upaet. Much llilnua ran Imp. lien any lime. They aren't ncce urlly lnillilny accidents. The fourth (truth resulted when i young man look oft at night In a Iim lit plane from all nlrixirt on hlrh night flying III not primllled by CAI1 rules. IX Washington, a coiniulMlon of nine prominent civilian (chair limned by Dr. Karl T. Cnmpton. noted wlentut and preiildent of MinwiirhUM'tu Institute of Tech nology) appointed by tlie President lo ntudy natlonitl dotciiae report this inornlnii that "compulsory Iroiiilng of up to 050,000 American youllin year In an uncut military ueccMliy In this world of Insecure lieaee." 'Ilia alternative to adequate pre liurullon for defcuae llncludlnif coin puliuiry inllllary tralnlngi, Ilia com iniMlon'a report adds, U to "Invite exleriiilun Hon" TIIK report goes on: "For a few year from four to ten our monoiHily of the atomic bomb and the availability of battle (rained veteran of World War It may serve a Innuraneo agalnal a nruk nwault on the American homeland." 11UT "'llio precipitate drop In the na tion' itate of prcparrilne lour inllllary force are only a hollow hell, the comiiilwilon' reMirl ayi will enrournue Ihiwe to whom weak n on the pan of pente-loviiiK liatlona la a pamipnrt to aggrcsMon." TIIK President's commission an de 'feline obviously doesn't believe that til our .lifetime at leiuii Uie lamb call lie down IN KAKm'V with the linn. It clearly dor believe that when the lamb deliberately lie down witli the lion It l an Invita tion to the lion to eat Uie lamb. THE report of the Presidents com mission won't be popular. We don't want compulsory mili tary training In time of peace. It line against our grain. Wo tell our selves that we've nlway got along without It In the pant, o why can't we get along without It In Die fu ture? 'Uie answer to that, of course. 1 simple. In the past wo have had a strong wall to shelter u while we GOT ItKAOY. The atroug wall waa the power of the British empire. Twice In World War I and In World War II wo took rrfugo behind It while we trained our force anil con verted our Industry from peaco to war. Hut now the wnll I breached. The next time we'll have to meet the shock of battle on our own. B UT atlll we kid ourselves. Be cause we don't want compulsory military training, we tell ourselves It Isn't necessary. We berato Uiose who tell ii It I necessary. "'e are like the lamb that tell llseir that next to the lion's shaggy ninne Is a soft, warm place to alecp on a cold night Edward Crawford, Well Known Merrill Man, Dies The community of Merrill was inddciird Sunday afternoon with who sudden death of one of Ita out- IntulliiK residents, Edward Thntn as Crawford, 60, who suopumbed at his home at 2:30 o'clock fol lowing a heart attack. Mr. Cfawford hnd been work ing In his garden shortly before his death but had gone Into his residence when he felt III. He died before medical help could reach him. His wife, Eleanor, was with lum ill tho tlmo of his passing. Their only son, Edward Hull Crawford, student at tho Universi ty of Oregon, arrived home curly tills morning to bo with his mother. Mr. Crawford was born In Or tonvlllc, Minn., and spent his curly boyhood in that state. He was graduated from St. Thomas Catho lic University of America In St. Paul. Minn., and Inter took his muster's drgrco following three years of study nt Georgetown uni versity In Wnshlnglon, D. O. For 10 ycius ho served as socrotary to Senator Carter of Montana, In Washington, D. C. Lutur Mr. Crawford entered the real estuto and abstract business and also had farming Interests In Paulsen, Mont, Seventeen years ago he moved to Merrill and for 13 years was inanagar of Uio Mer rill Lumber company, a position he held until four years ago when ha retired to his farm Just east of Merrill. Mr. Crawford hold inaiiy com munity posts and was nmo ex tremely actlvo In uffalrs of Kla math county. Ho was a city councilman nt Merrill, a member of tho county school board from that zone, director and secretary of the county fair board lor n ( number of years, was a director of the Klnnmth Potato Growers asso '. rjtttlou and active In tho form 'inrrcnu center. Last lull ho served nn llulson between tho govern Jmenl iind farmers In settling wugo .r.icnlo problems. , I Morrill residents paid high trib WEATHER Mai, IJun 11 Hi Mill, .. I rrlelillalln lail ft kra .. Slrnin f" In Sala ,...... 1.1 l.ail rr. ... D.oa Ntrinsl , n.m rararaall (:laur wllh ahanail, I'HIC'K I IVE K.NTH Solons May Shorten Up Vacation WAHIIINtiTON. June ' Congresa may have to cut short it uitimir vacation If 111 the threatened coal strike develuM and 11 the labor dlapule bill up for final passage tlila week become law. Predicting that laal week' col lapse of wag neaotlallona will "stimulate" President Truman to l(ii this bill. Henstor Kllender (U-I.a.1 aald eungrea In any event may have lo take a direct hand If John I- l.ewl rail hi l ulled Mine Worker out of the pita. Ill the absence of a new law, Lewis could do this after June 30 without tho threat of federal In tervention. That I the dnte ex piration 'of the Hmlth Connolly plant nelxuro law forces the gov ernment to turn the mines back to private ownership. Walk-Out Hlalrd The miner already are sched uled to go on a 10-day vacation beginning June 27. so any walkout under their traditional "no con tractno work" policy would be delayed beyond that point. Kllender told a reporter the pos sibility of a atrlke I going to make II more difficult than ever for Mr. Truman to veto the compromise labor bill, awaiting expected house approval Wednesday and a senate okay Immediately thereafter, "A the situation stand now, the president will be helpless to do anything at all If Iwls cull a strike after June 30." the Uiuiilanu senator said. "On the other hand, if this bill becomes law, the gov ernment will have, Uie right to step III with an Injunction lo atop a auiae. -. , a - ,- - Youth Killed In Accident HOOO RIVER. June I oJ'i-A 16-year-old boy wn killed and his 12-yeur-old companion waa In a hospital today with a fractured skull after an automobile and a molo' scooter the boy were riding collided here last night. Sheriff R. L. Olllmouthe reported Marvin Isenbcrg, 18. son of Mr. and Mr. Walter Iseubonr. was killed when the scooter waa dragged f4 feet along Ilelmont road by the automobile driven by Dr. Homer E. Ireland, Hood River dentist. In the hospital was Robert Wolliim. 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wollam. He suffered a fractured skull and pos sible concussion. Tho sheriff snld the boys made a turn at an Intersection Into the path of Uie car. BANK CLEARINGS HP PORTLAND. June 2 lPl Bank clearings for Portland In May to taled 4M.77.B7o.44, an Increase over the (4l3.20n.flns of last month and Uie 13.18.727,423 of May, 1040. ute to "Ed" Crawford today. Many expressed Uiolr deep regard for Mr. Crawford who had, during his 17 years of residence In that com munity, extended a helping hand at all times to thoso in need, whether It was to mako final ar rangements for a bereaved family, or to glvo valuable legal advice which ho did on countless occa sions. Final rites for Mr. Crawford will bo held at St. Augustine's church In Morrill at 10 a. m. Wednesday with Inlcrment In Mt. Calvnry Memorial nark. Recitation of the Rosary will be conducted Tuesday at 8 p. m. In the chapel of tho Earl Whltlock Funeral home. Whltlock's Is in charge of all ar rangements. In addition to his wife. Eleanor, (Continued on Paga 10, Column 41 Passes If.'. A 4wm EDWARD CRAWFORD j i VrvfiP 7ns. ) : 1 N.m.iAg.i.. i Mi.- I' KLAMATH m m PINE BLl'FF, Ark., June t lP) wreckage of his master's home In home was owned by James West, "la "" Accidental Gunshot Wound Shatters Man's Shoulder Warren Pohll, 36, construction employe, on a Sun mountain grade highway Job, has a badly shattered left arm as a result of what was termed an accidental gunshot re ceived this morning at 2321 Want land, the home of Pond's mother-in-law, Mrs. Florence W. Smith. He is In Hillside hospital and a physician performed surgery on the arm this morning. A .351 rifle bullet went through the man's arm, broke the bone and came out his shoulder. Hospital attendants said his condi tion was fair. In a short Interview at the hospi tal, Pohll told sheriff's officers that there wero two new weapons, a 16 guugo shotgun and a Winchester rifle, hanging over the door at the homo and that he had taken the rifle down to exnmlne It about 6:30 this morning. He said that he was holding the rifle In his right hand, with the barrel pointing to the left, putting It back on the rack when tho rifle went off. The slug hit the Inside of his left arm Just below the armpit, smashed the bone and came out through the fleshy pnrt of his shoulder. Bleeding profuselv, Pohll was out In a private car and rushed to Hill Rainfall Heavy Here Slightly over an Inch and a half of rain drenched the Klamath country, according to records of the California Oregon Power company, which show Uiat 1.57 Inches fell during the six-day period from last Tuesday to today, Monday. Farmers and cattlemen welcomed the rain which brought an end to a drouth thnt endangered crops and rniwo land throughout Oregon. Thunder, lightning and rain put damper on holiday festivities over the Memorial Day week-end, with many a camper getting soaked, but most pcoplo Just spending a quiet few days in town. The weather bureau forecast pos sible showers with general cloudiness throughout the stnto today and Tuesday. Students Favor Bomb Secrecy PORTLAND, June 2 (P) North west collego students want the U. S. to maintain the secret of the atom bomb, a reversal of the position taken by their delegates nt a con ference here, a ballot count from 30 campuses revealed today. Tho students approved all other gtoposuls referred to the campuses y tho second Paclflo Northwest Collego Congress. -0 ' ' , ' .aa.i ii . II ... I I - FAIXH, ORKUON, MONP" i cassis foil Wounded Puppy Survivor Of With a broken foot in splint, this puppy crouches on the shattered Pine Bluff following a disastrous tornado that struck that town. The who waa killed along with three members of his family. AP Wlrephoto. side by Mrs. Smith and a brother-in-law, Wayne Smith. The physician notified Sheriff Lloyd Low to start Uie Investigation. Pohll Is employed by the Slrawn McDonald Construction company and he and his wife live In a trailer at Spring creek. They had spent the holidays here In town with Mrs. Pohll's mother. "Safe littU eiaLken..." I'm just a li'l crippled boy as you can plainly see, A gentle loving Mommee is all that's left to me. My daddy's gone to heaven where some day I hope to go But how I'd love to run and play while I am here below. I've never hod a chonce to hop and skip like other little boys I could never ploy ball or swim or ploy with tinker toys. My Mommee says to keep from frettin' cause I can't run and climb . . , But, gee, a feller gets so tired just sittin' all the time. I know my Mommee gets real sad and shuts her lips so tight Her eyes just seem to look way off and her face gets, oh, so white. I know she's thinkin' of the time when Cod might call her home And I might be without her down here all alone. Sometimes my Mommee takes me up her arm beneath my head And rocks me quite a little while 'fore we go to bed. . She doesn't say a single word but I can feel her pray And tears come to her pretty eyes; I wipe 'em oil away; I put my hand up to her face she Ijkes me to know and say, That Cod will let her stay with me another day. My Mommee cheers right up ond says, come, sonny, , let's not whine, . 'Cause she's the one who really knows how tired I am most time. . Today the nicest letter came I'm happy as can be My Mommee cried and then she smiled and looked with ' joy at me. , You're going to a hospital, son, the one built by the Shrine, They're going to straighten you all out and fix you up so fine. . I'm just os happy as can be I'm singin' thru and thru If you were going where I am why you'd be happy too. The Shriners said some day real soon that I could run and climb, , THEY KNOW HOW TIRED A FELLER GETS JUST SITTIN' ALL THE TIME. ' . , .-. ..... Anonymous. Dedicated to the success of the Shrine club benefit dance for the Crippled Children's hospital, scheduled for Saturday night at the armory. AVC;C '' (Telephone (111) Twister -2 Two Jacksonville Warehouses Burn MEDFORD, Ore., June 2 VPy- Two warehouses of the Ben Ander son store in Jacksonville were de stroyed by fire of undetermined origin yesterday evening. Firemen prevented the flames from reaching the store, although merchandise was damaged by smoke and water. An estimate oi tne dam age was not available immediately, i'a'i1 . -'a J a. . . , - .,.,, ... - . - 1 No. 1MU Majority Of Dead Said Children PINE BLUPF, Ark, June MV With 23 bodies In mortuaries, Jef ferson county official today sought an additional 15 person believed missing- after a tornado ripped a 20-mile path south of here. Injuring hundred-, and leaving hundreds more homeless. Coroner E. D. DuPree, who an nounced early today 37 bodies had been recovered, said he still be lieved that was correct, but that some confusion may have resulted from the shifting of corpses among tne various estaDiunmenta. A check of the four mortuaries here showed 18 white persons and 15 negroes. Many Children The majority of the vicUms were children, Including members of a negro 'teen-age group attending a meeting In a house where 11 per sons were killed. At least 10 white children died. One crew blasted a bole In a dike on a dammed break along Barthol omew bayou into which several house were believed to hare been blown, then waded waist-deep In the muddy water hunting for bodies. Many Critical The condition of many of the 71 injured at Davis hospital the com munity's only hospital was critical. Emergency treatment was admin istered at the hospital last night to some 200 who were released after treatment. Countless others receiv ed on the spot aid for minor hurts. Estimating that 500 to 1000 homes were destroyed. Mayor George Steed of Pine Bluff, said it probably would be tomorrow before a te- capltulation of the storm's toll would be complete. - The twister bounded along the 20- mile course 10 miles wide in place from a point approximately M mile southeast of here to a spot in the Arkansas river bottoms a boot lft miles southeast of Pine Bluff. Ita fringe (truck the extreme south ern outskirts of this community ef 40.000 at the northernmost point of Its course, damaging the Pine Bluff Country club house. It bounded over Grider field, war time army aviation primary train, ing center, leaving the airport un touched. Pine Bluff is 43 miles southeast of LitUe Rock. LEEDEY, Okla, June i (P Six persons were killed and about 25 In. jured Saturday night by s tornado which levelled more than two-third of this Northwestern Oklahoma town 01 833 people. 480 Killed Over Holiday By The Associated Press Despite the nation's two worst air plane crashes and two disastrous tornadoes, automobile mishaps again headed the list today of violent holi day deaths over the Memorial Day week-end. The total of 314 traffic fatalities was far ahead of the 164 for the same holiday week-end last year but well under the 275 predicted by the national safety council for the period up to last midnight. The total from all causes was 480, compared with 292 last year. The 95 deaths In the two airplane crashes and the 43 known dead In tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkan sas boosted the toll from miscel laneous violent causes, homicides excepted, to 208. Drownings totaled 58. California led the list of highway traffic deaths with 31. The deaths by states since 6 p.m. Thursday, traffic, drowning and miscellaneous causes, respectively, included: Idaho. 1, 0. 3: Oregon, 3, 0, 1; Washington, 5, 1, .0. , Coast Guard Rescues Students VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 2 m Four Oregon State college students were rescued yesterday from the Columbia river by a coast guard crew after the youths clung to their capsized sailboat for 45 minutes. The students were Ray Hansen, 19, Portland, owner of the craft; Arthur Hltsmen 19. Portland; Don Campbell, 21, Eureka, Calif.; Nor man Say, 18, PorUand. A They reported the boat was tipped by a sudden gust of wind. A motor ist. Warren Lougheed, noticed their plight and notified the coast guard crew. Aid To Hungary Cut Off Short WASHINGTON, June 2 (Pi-Sec-retary of State Marshall today or dered suspension of an unused half of a (30,000.000 credit to Hungary, where a pro-communist regime has Just been set up with Russian sup port. In a statement Marshall also said the United States "wishes every success" for the new non-communist Italian regime formed by Prime Minister Alclde de Oasperl. mwjm " ' . ' '''"-a. f xXersi M. V. BCHOONOVEB GN General Agent Named Appointment of M. V. Schoonover as Great Northern railway general agent at Klamath Falls, effective June 1, was announced by the rail way today. Schoonover, who haa been chief clerk in the railway's freight traffic refrigeration section in St. Paul since earlier this year, succeeds H. D. Hanscom, who has been assigned to other duties on the eastern portion of the railway. The new general agent was travel ing freight agent at Klamath Falls from 1945 to March 1 of this year. Previously he was with Great Northern at San Prancisco and Oak land, Calif., in the freight traffic department. Hanscom. general agent at Klam ath Falls since last July, had previ ously been with Great Nortnem at Los Angeles as traveling freight and passenger agent. Two Killed In Chemical Blast EDINBURG. Pa.l June J WV-Two men were killed and nine persons were injured in an explosion wnicn wrecked two buildings at the Amer ican Cynamid ft Chemical Corp., near this Lawrence county commu nity today. The dead were identified as Merle Craven. 55. and Robert Downing, 38, both of New Castle, Pa. Detective John Moore of New Castle reported one of the buildings destroyed was the "Jelly house," where gelatin dynamite was made. The blast was felt In New Castle, nine miles to the east. Windows were blown out there. Evidence In Crash Grows PORT DEPOSIT, Md., June 2 P Investigators of the civil aeronautics board tentatively established today that part of a giant airliner came off shortly before it crashed Friday night with a loss of 53 lives, a CAB spokesman said. Written statements from 20 eye witnesses agreed that fragments be came detached from the Eastern Air Lines DC-4 as it went into its final dive into a densely wooded area three miles east of here, the spokesman said. Meanwhile, the slow process of Identifying the charred and mangled bodies of the plane's 53 occupants who died in the nation's worst com mercial aviation disaster continued at an improvised morgue at the navy base. ADDRESS PORTLAND, June 2 MV-Dr. Sterling V. Mead, Washington, D. C, president of the American Dental association, will address the Oregon Dental association's 54th an nual convention here Thursday. 9 a'clock Specials '4 Sidewalk superintendents Bert Ilord. Ted Horner and Ouy Whaley watch the operatlona going on at the Rose Motor company addition ' Fourth and Klamath as the 9 o'clock Special picture mad Walks by Uord, Horner and Whaley are carpenter. . Sanction Of Senate Seen Tomorrow WASHINGTON. June 1 MV-The house stamped Ita final approval to day on republican-backed leiials. tlon to reduce Income taxes July 1 by 14,000.000,000 annually. Routine aenate. sanction la expected to fol low tomorrow. The vote was 220 to 90. The bill then would go to Presi dent Truman, confronting him with one of his biggest decisions since -the OOP took control of congress on the question whether to veto it The president has contended this Is not the time for tax-cutting. How It Works The legislation, first bill Intro duced In the house when congress ' convened in January, would trim . individual Income taxes from 10.5 to 30 per cent beginning July L Here's now It works: 1. Wage tax withholdings would be reduced July 1. 2. The tax slash on aa annual Inula would be 40 per cent far per sona with taxable income (after ex emptions and deduction) of f 1000 or lea. This would mean the 3ft per cent cat wonld apply to alngle per sons with total earning, before ex emption and deductions, up to 11550; married persons 12222; mar ried coaples with one child S2777 married couples with two children, $3333. 3. Persons with taxable Income ' between $1000 and $1400 would get a flat $87 annual tax reduction or 20 per cent cut of their tax bill, whichever Is most. . j 4. The tax redaction would be 2ft per cent for taxable incomes above $140 and up to $137,000; 15 per cent -en taxable incomes from $137,000 to HM.COO, and 10.5 per cent of any ' Income over $302,000. ' 5. The measure reduced the pre- ent ceiling of 86.5 per cent at which any income can be taxed, to 61 per cent in 1947 and 76.5 In 1048. ft. Persons over 65 years old are given an extra personal exemption of $500, bringing their exemptions to a total of $1000, . Stunt Flying Ends In Death NORTH BEND, Ore., June 3 (P) William Murphy, 29, Empire, was killed in the crash of his light plane here late Saturday night after taking off on an unauthorized night flight from the local airport. The crash of the plane at about 11 'p. m. scattered wreckage along the 400-foot runway. Murphy died half an hour after the accident Leo Johnston, Pacific Airways in structor, reported Murphy, who re ceived his pilot's license May 13 and recently purchased the air-, craft, bad been stunt-flying earlier in the day. Murphy returned to the airport about 10 p. m. Renaldo Hodge, manager of the' field operating firm, said the air field is not authorized for night flying by the civil aeronautics au thority. Murphy, a commercial fisherman. Is survived by his widow and two children. Milk Price Drop Seen PORTLAND, June 3 (P Home delivered mUk prices today appeared due to drop to the new retail min imum in the PorUand area of IT cents a quart as distributors and wholesalers adjusted prices to a milk control board order. The Salem Dairy Cooperative, pro ducer of most of the bottled trade milk at the state capital, reduced grade A bottled milk from 18 to IT cents, cream from 21 to 18 cents ?r half pint and .whipping cream rom 34 cents a half pint to 24 cents. Approximately the same adjust-' ment was expected in the Portland area, but the Dairy Cooperative here, producers of 85 per cent of the city's supply, expect the drop may be temporary. W. W. Henry, manager of the co operative, said the increased demand for grade A milk may return the price to the 18-cent price before tho market levels off. Normally, the re tall price adjusts at the milk con trol board's minimum figure, he said.