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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1947)
M Ul A w In Tins Day's lews Hy HIANK JKNKINB IN this oolumii yesterday, thin writer 1 IkI himself iio nil ime uf the frnll lira uf the British poople III this hlnloiio hour when the Hrlllsh em (ilia aecma to be going over the hill hk Uio Koiiinn emplro wont ovnr II if hill. Tim Itomnli empire went ovir the hill because UK) Inany people kidded themselves mid TOO FEW PEOPLE WOHKKU. TUB llrllUli people hit In bad way. Thry hnv lived lor ccn turm by Importing food and raw material Hhd caponing finished product. Now thry face crlsla. Tim war-wlth IU necessity to con centrate on guns mid ammunition Inlrrruplrd their sliidr. To get bark INTO TIIKIH HTHIOB will require almost aupci human effort. Hut thry arm't making atiprr liuniun (Hurt. Inntendof Increasing their production, they re lollliili Uielr production slip. Coal U the mainspring ot their clock, but they cun t even mine conl rnouuh to meet their own need not to inen ttm exporting It to pny lor things thry must have from abroad. They re Uniting Into Uie mire o! socialism, kidding thrinwlvra iiuoul ii more equal distribution ot what thry produce foiKHUng Hint WHAT Ihti't PIIOIJUCKD CANT Hit U1H IKIUUTED. MKANW1I1I.E thry daitle llirin mIvm with royal engagement with IU glittering aeo.url ot a royal wedding. Such Ihlnica are OK tor a people thai la ullllng pietly on lop of the heap. Thry are POIHON tor a lieoplr that Isn't producing enough to meet lla own nreds. Tliry amount to Uie name thing aa dreaming roay daydreams when you ought to be working like a home. They end up tilt name way. The way la poverty. The only way to r.aie poverty l to WOKK AND I'HOOUCE. Day dreaming won t turn the trick. No matter how glittering Urn daydream nay be. WK are belter olf than Uie llrliu.ll. We have a balanced economy. We have enough raw material to make Uie UUnga we nerd, wlUi a aurpltia letl over to awap tor any raw material we happen to be ihort on. We have at hand all the farlllliea with which to work and produce. JILL w need to do III order to pull " nuraelvea out ot the temporary hole we (hid ourselves In Is to work and produce an wo nrvrr worked and- produced brtore. Alter a rea sonable ammint of that, wa would llnd ourselves sitting on tile top of Uie heap again. Heavy production would bring prtrea down. With price down to a reasonable level and with production high. we could again have the THINOH we want. It U really Uiat almple. BUT. like Uie British, we KID OUrt D HELVES. It we are In bualneaa. we tell our srlvea Uiat all we nerd to do la to JACK UP TUB PUICE of what we have to aell and all will Uierentler be holay-louy with Uie gooae hang ing high. Ho we Jack up Uie price. Thereuixui the people who work for ua get out the highly efficient union gun and Jack up Uie wngea. ' THE UMhot of It all la Uiat M fail 1 ti price go up wage go up, and as (nit aa wagea go up nrlrcs go up. We're like a equlrrcl chasing Itself around In Ita allly little exercise wheel. We go like hell but we get nowhere. a II BOVE everything else, we need to get back to hard-headed econom ic. We need to reallre that ONLY THINGS COUNT. Uiat money la only the grease that lct the wherla turn, that the only way to make thliiga la to WORK at It. There la too much of Amphton hi our thinking. Amphlon an you know l( you haven't forgotten your Myths of Oreece and Home was the eon of Zou and Antlope. Among other things, he needed to rebuild the walla of Thebes. But his shoul ' dera were soft. Ho Iinted to Uirow them Into the collar. Bo ho charmed the stones Into place with a lyre that had been given' to him by Hermes who wax another of these mythological characters thai seemed to be able to gel things done by waving wands. e THAT was a long time ago. Maybe they could do it then ns Methu selah was able to put off dying. But that day Is past. The only way to get things now Is to WORK AT IT. First Photo Of Ge. V; fr h'V " I'Iia ,llan..l..reu n.,1.11.. II. It 1 7 v v ... ..,-.., i,T ft,,i, Huv in nisi, gmuiHG ui mo mysterious say 00 Jrcls yesterday, when, tliraugh the macliinatlona of Fdgar I'arkhurst, the "flyln1 sauorr" was revealed. At present the display Is reposing In the window of Don's Menswcnr In the Wlnema hotel building. WEATHER Mas. Uulr i ss ai In. ... 41 I'fM'ltilliitUa 14 buMfB . W aifesin Mar ! ! l-AA l.ttl yr . la uf Nirmsl IV.M rr,oii I'.nir ei.mr, ihuo-srttsrms. KICK riVK CF.NTH ,ake.of Coal Output Near Normal Over Nation l-ll TNHt lt(,ll. July 10 lV The natlnn'a bituminous production apurlrd toward normal today aa "aide and willing" AH, miners from the North and Houlh dug roal undrr trrmi ot a new and unprrrrdrnlrd was. airrrmrnt. Houlheni mine operators last holdouts to the "lake-lt-or-lrave It" Irrms of John L l,rwl capitulated yrsterday. The vast West Virginia and East Kentucky bituminous mine Intrrrsu sinned first. Iravlng lrsa than 10 rr rent ot the nation's soil coal production unaccounted for. Nome Mill Down Hnwevrr, mines in Virginia and Trnnrssre wrre drscrlbrd as tnn pururlly withholding slgiuiturrs be cause thrv frnrrd collision with state laws rrgulutlng the rinsed shop and dues chrrkotl. The only sour note eame from WaaliWton where Itcp. Frrd Hart ley lll-NJl co-author of the Taft Hartley labor law, warned that roal operators risk criminal proaecutlnn tor ilgnlng the Lewie conlrarl. He claimed II violate! the new labor art Laurence J Tlerney Jr.. a signer and a spokesman for the southern association, summed up the employ ers' reaction to Harllry'e charge: "If we're wrong, we're perfectly willing lo be wrong. And we hope Kred Hartley Is right. I nope wr u he able to plrk comfortable cells. We'll probably have good eompan- lunshln." Virtually normal production In the northern, western and mitiwest ern coal fields was expected today Nearly ns.Ooo of the 300.000 miners covered by the northern signing re jxirted yenterday. Truman Laughs Off Rumor TU1-8A. Okla.. July 10 ov-An assertion by former Hep. Rotter C. Hlnughter ID-Mo.i Uiat a "scandal threatens" the Truman administra tion brought a quirk retort from the president today mat ne isn t wor ried. Mr. Truman h r 1 p e d defeat Slaughter for re-election In Mis souri's 1IM8 primary. Slaughter, who said lie was con vinced "the president ts personally an honest and honorable man. made the "scandal" assertion In a siieech prepared for delivery at a chamber of commerce forum here and continued: "Like Oram and Harding, he (Mr. Truman) has been misled by false friends, and has likewise been the victim of his own Impetuosity." The president, asked to comment at his prrM conference In Washing ton, replied Unit, 111 view of Uie source, he was not worrlrd. slaughter assailed Uie Pendergasl political organluitlon of Kansas City, asserting It "finally tell of Ita own weight" but "like the phoenix. It managed to arise from the ashes hehicd. In part, by a friendly na tlonal administration." Governor Snell Attends Confab SALEM. July 10 in Oov. Earl Snell left by automobile today for salt Luke city to attend the na tional governors' conference. After the conference, he will Join other governors In a trip to Hawaii on a battleship as guests of Uie navy. Governor Snell will be absent from Salem about two weeks. Pres ident of the Senate Marshall E. Cornctt, Klamath Falls, will be act ing governor while Snell Is out of the state. Mystery Object ll , , . ) 1; i'e- i ' F d V l-O- cf'cfi0 i-V.iMS, TIII.'KHIMY, JULY 10, 1947 (Telephone gill) No." 10OT Woods-Visitor Drowned Nine o'cltKk is a little late for plnne diutlni. but this being a brcrwlna znomlnjx the nine o'clock photor causht Clilf ilogue ipraylnc Moore park with DDT fog to kill mosquitoes. Moore Park Gets Dusting Mosquitoes In the Moore park area took a beating this morning when Clllf Hoftue, operator of a local fly ing service, sprayed the park with DDT. Hog'ue flew back and forth over' Uie park giving Uie area a thor ough treatment which It Is hoped will bring an end to one of the worst mosquito Infestations there In years. B. P. Blott, park caretaker, said that the tiler donated his plane and services, with Uie city providing Uie spray. It was too soon. Btott said, to ascertain results, but similar spraying efforts elsewhere have proved effective. Heads Named For India LONDON, July 10 (P Prime Minister Attlee announced, today that Oraat Britain had agreed to name a governor general for each new dominion In divided British India. They will be Mohamed All Jln nah. leader of Uie Moslem league for Parklstun, and Viscount Mount batten, the present viceroy, for Uie predominantly Hindu dominion of India (Hindustani. Attlee told the house of commons during a debate on Uie bill grant ing British India dominions status bv August 15 that It was hoped that the 500-odd Indian princely states, now outside both dominions, would Join one or the other of the new states. The prime minister said the la bor government had hoped, to ap point Mountbatten governor gen eral of both Pakistan and India, but had vlelded to demands of the Moslem league for a separate rep resentative to the king, thereby making Jlnnah the first Indian ever accorded Uiat distinction, Attlee said the congress party (predominantly Hindu) recommend ed Mountbatten and had agreed with the Moslem league that he be chairman of a joint defense coun cil to act until the armed forces are divided. Saucer Shaped Gadgets Land In Hollywood NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Cnllf.. July 10 (in A saucer-shaped me chanical contraption resembling a chicken brooder top with a few gad get added, was found In a gerani um bed at the home of Construction Engineer Russell Long last night and the first official reaction was from Fire Battalion Chief Wallace E. Newcombe who looked at It skep tically and said: "It doesn't look to me like It could fly." Long called Uie Van Nuys fire de partment and excitedly pointed to the metal saucer, 30 inches In di ameter, which he said had been belching smoke from two exhaust pipes and emitting a blue-white glare. Tho . office of Richard B. Hood, federal Investigation chief hero, said an FBI man had taken a look at the device and that It would be tin ned over to military au thorities. The FBI office snld Hood had no other comment to make. Chief Newcombe exhibited the ob ject. A radio tube on top was set down Into the upper half of the saucer which was about five Inches thick at the middle and tapered to n thin perlmetor. There were wires leading to a plug embedded In the center of the lower half. There Was a rudder-type wing on top. a.9o clock hnecial Second Degree Murder Charge In Beating Deaih A charge of second degree murder has been placed against Wayne Ad dison Fetlera in connection with the beating death of Melvln Lar son. 33-ycar-old itinerant ranch hand, euiiy Uils week. Fetters Is held In thetourfy Jail uncv probably will be arraigned In ' Justice court this afternoon. No ball Is allowed where the charge Is second degree murder. Fetlera has been In Jail since early Monday morning. Attorney J. C. O'Neill said that Number Of Phones Up SALEM. July 10 (Pt The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company had 257,248 telephones In Orction at the end of 1946. compared with 103. 445 In 1021 when present rates were established, C. F. Ooode, Portland, Oregon rate engineer for the com pany, testified today at the hearing before Public Utilities Commissioner George H. Flagg. The hearing. In Its fourth day today, Is on Uie company's applica tion for rate Increases totaling $2,240,000 In Oregon. Sam W. Campbell. San Francisco, company vice president and comp troller, testified about earnings re quirements. E. S. Walling, Portland, Oregon area Inventory and costs engineer for the company, said the company's earnings on Intrastate operations in Oregon were 3.03 per cent. Truman OK's MVA Measure WASHINGTON. Julv 10 (PI President Truman tociav endorsed legislation to create a Missouri Val ley authority. He told a news conference, how ever, that he favored Uie bill along with a comprehensive flood control program for the whole Midwest and the central part of the country. He always has been. Mr. Truman SRlri. nil ArtlVf CDtlimrlAP nf . If... sourl Valley atiUiorlty for Uie Mis- sunn i ivrr. Legislation to establish the au thority, along the lines of the Ten nessee Valley authority, has been before congress for several years. Princess Elizabeth And Fiance At LONDON, July 10 P Princess Elizabeth proudly displayed her tall and handsome fiance, Lt. Philip Mountbatten, to 6000 British society leaders In a damp garden party at Buckingham palace today. It was the first public appearance ot the future queen and consort since the midnight announcement of their engagement. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and the younger sister. Princess Margaret Rose, beamed in the back ground In apparent delight while Elizabeth and Philip attracted prac tically the entire Interest. Guests swished through wet grass to see the young couple. Bowing to gulden party etiquette, Elizabeth wore gloves which hid the engagement ling of three diamonds set In platinum which the .former ureeK prince ptacca on tier third finger. Earlier, crowds broke through do- llce barriers at Westminster abbey to cueer uie ai-year-oid princess. Best wishes came from all over the world. ........ i 1 m he had been contacted for Fetters' defense, but had not definitely ac cepted the case yet. The charge against the 33-year-old horseman and riding stable operator accuses him of mortally vouMIng Larson by "beating, strik ing and Kicklrvg"'"rilm on Uie head. The complaint was signed by R. N. i Bud i Adkins, city police officer who made Uie Investigation. Larson received a badly fractured skull In what officers have termed a fight at Fetters' residence early last Monday morning, and was un conscious for 23 hours at Klamath Vallev hospital before he died early Tuesday. Fetters was arrested by city po lice at the house and has been kept In the county Jail on a holding charge of disorderly conduct. Dis trict Attornev Clarence A. Humble has taken statements from wit nesses of the fray. Including Fet ters' wife. Elolse, and four other persons who were visiting the house; 2305 Oregon, when Larson was In jured. The fight between Fetters and Larson Is said to have storted over the latter's attentions to Mrs. Fet ters. Larson had been in Klamath Falls only a few months and room ed at the Fetters house for a while before finding a Job. Larson, a native of Washington, was employed at the Hunt ranch In Spring Lake district. He will be burled here Friday. Priest Urges UMT Program WASHINGTON, Juy 10 P Compulsory military training In high schools was urged at a house armed services committee hearing today by the Rev. Dan A. Lanlng, Catholic priest of Mission, Tex. A buck private in World War I and a chaplain in the last war. Father Lanlng was one of two wit nesses who supportrd the principle of universal military training advo cated by a special presidential com mission. The other was Blake R. Van Leer, president of Georgia Tech univer sity, Atlanta. Opposing the proposal as the committee continued hearings that may ruu.into next year were Kermit Eby. director of education and re search for the CIO, and Rubbi Ah ron Opher of New York, represent ing the synagogue council of America. Garden Party "We are very, very hauDV." she told a friend as she leafed through pile after pile of congratulatory messages hi Buckingham palace, where her handsome blond fiance also was in residence. Outside the vast gray palace, whose gloomyextcrlor gave no evi dence of Uie happiness within, a crowd that swelled to more than 2000 stood In stendy rain for a glimpse of "Princess Lllybet" when she left with her family for a West minster abbey ceremony. Hurrahs and shouts of "good luck" rang out as the royal family left in a limousine for the abbey. The slen der, blue-eyed Elizabeth, sitting be side demure Princess Margaret, smllled happily and waved acknowl edgement. A faint blush tinged her cheeks. Renewed cheers arose from an other ralncoated crowd In front of the 900-year-old abbey, where King George unveiled a new memorial chapel to the flyers who saved the country from Invasion In the battle of Britain. ManThought Lost While Fishing Archibald McDermld, 53-year-old summer borne owner at Lake o' the Woods, was believed to have drowned In 'the lake yesterday afternoon while on a fishing trip. Ills body has not been recovered. McDermld, who la from San Francisco and has had a summer home at the lake for several years, was seen out on the lake fishing between 4 and 4:30 p. m. yesterday, but about 5:30 his boat floated into shore, upside down. The lake la being searched today for Uie body, and Deputy Sheriff Jock Franey took dragging equip ment to Uie scene. McDermid's cottage is on Uie east side of the lake. He and his wife arrived at Lake o' the Woods about three weeks ago to spend Uie sum mer. Not Immediately Identified When Uie boat, a rowboat with a new 5-horse power motor, floated into shore yesterday afternoon some distance from McDermid's cot tage. It was not immediately identi fied and was assumed to have Just broken away from ita moorings somewhere along Uie shoreline. Later in the evening Mra. McDer mld became alarmed when her hus band did not come in from hia fish ing trip and she sent a neighbor to the lodge to see if he was there. The -neighbor Identified the boat which had come in and started the search. The motor was still on the boat when lt was located. Lake o' the Woods Is located in the Cascades Just 36 .miles from Klamath Palls, and is a very popu lar resort center. The drowning is Uie fourth in Klamath county waters mis summer. Forest Men Fear Storms Lightning storms are predicted for this area by the Rogue River na tional forest weather station, and Lookout butte reported this morn ing to the local forestry office that rain flurries and thunder claps had occurred there. Lookout butte is lo cated east of Crater lake National park. Charles "Chick" Sullaway, dis trict clerk In charge of the Klamath Falls office during the summer, re ceives dally radio reports from Lookout butte from Bob Edwards', Pelican butte. Dick Watson: Brown mountain, Dick Foy and Fort Klam ath, Foster Freeman. Edwards reported rain around Diamond lake and clearing around Mt. Scott this morning. The re port from Pelican butte, west of Rocky Point, was that a storm Is gathering in the west. Brown moun tain, located west of Lake o" the Woods, reported a storm gathering there and Freeman at the Fort Klamath tower also told of storm signs. The forest service is concerned when storms are pending and. all fire crews are alerted for possible lightning fires. John Sarginson. Rogue River na tional forest district ranger, at Lake o' the Woods for the summer, keeps In touch with the local office by telephone. He expects to have- a two-way radio Installed In his car next week. Ansll Pearce, general district assistant at the Seven-Mile station, travels around the area re porting in frequently by car radio. Record Corn Crop Expected WASHINGTON, July 10 lP The agriculture department today fore cast this year's corn crop at 2,612,- 809,000 bushels and all wheat at 1 435.551.000 bushels. - The corn estimate compares with last year's record of 3,287,927,000 ousneis and witn a lo-year U936-4&) average ot 2.639.102.000. The prospective reduction In corn reflects damage caused by spring floods and by delays In getting the crop planted due to wet weather. Officials hope for a crop of at least 2.850,000,000 bushels. They say a crop of less than this amount would force curtailment In livestock production and prolonged high prices for meats. The government's nnal le 4 AIA AAA AAA U..V.nl 6 W,UW,VW,WV UIUUCU. Burglars Loot Chiloquin Store CHILOQUIN. July 10 The Mecca pool hall In Chiloquin was burglar ized early this mornhig and about $70 in sliver, dimes and quarters, taken. Police Chief Fenton Marht said that entry was made by breaking a lock on the back door. The place was closed up at 1 a. ni and the burglary was discovered when the morning operator, Wayne Nlenaus, opened for business today. Nothing outside the money was taken or disturbed. Allen Frescott Traffic Manager t 13 j; v J' W. C. Cole haa accepted the position of traffic manager for the Klamath basin rate bureau. Cole, traffic consultant of PorUand, will aaslst in securing rate adjustments for the Klamath area. Rates Bureau Manager Here The Klamath basin rates bureau has named W. C. Cole aa traflic manager for the Klamath area. Cole, traffic consultant of Port land, will maintain hia offices in Portland but will Bpend part of his time In Klamath Falls. The bureau feels that lt will be advantageous to have Cole in Portland, the head quarters for . most of Klamath'a transportation companies. Cole has had a great deal of ex perience in handling traffic prob lems. A graduate of the University of Washington where he majored in trariADortation. he has - also snent seven years handling freight rates for railroads. Cole was admitted 10 practice before the Interstate com merce commission In 145 and has participated in all the recent major rate developments In Uie Pacific Northwest. Tne oureau ieeis mat this should be of considerable as sistance In securing adjustments for Uie Klamath basin. Local rate problems will be dis cussed this evening. Thursday, when Cole meets with transportation groups in the chamber of com merce rooms at 7:30 p. m. Salmon Pack Outlook Good VANCOUVER. B. C July 10 (CP) Promise of a satisfactory 1947 sal mon pack was shown In the first seasonal report issued today by the federal fisheries department. The progress report is issued weekly on salmon canned at all coast plants starting with the open ing of the sockeye season July 1. The first five days of July saw 16.431 cases of sockeye packed com pared with 11.000 last year. Total packs of all salmon types was 24397 cases compared with 18,000 at the same time last year. A case represents 48 pounds. Burning Blankets Injure Child Jimmy Flynn, eight-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Flynn of 1346 Eldorado, Is receiving treat ment at Hillside hospital for burns. The tot is believed to have been burned when an older child, playing with a cigarette lighter, got too near his crib, the crib covers catching fire. Hospital, reports are that the child is doing- nicely. lira n rrfi i r , i 'f n 1 Pretty Cherries, Too I. 1 -"O""' J -VU I Y,i Edna Brown, pretty Klamath Falls girl, poses with a basket of fin cherries and a few still on the tree In this picture taken to Illustrate the possibilities of growing small fruit in the Klamath country. County Agent C. A. Henderson says that people here who attempt it have better luck with cherries than 1 generally realised. Local cherry fancier say they get a crop three year out of five losing them once In a while by frost and that is about a good a they do In aome of the noted cherry growing districts, where rain often spoil the crop. The Klamath cherrlee are late, coming along at a time when those grown In other region are off the market. The above picture wa takes at tb K. M. Bubk place, High and Fourth. . Leaders Say Senate Sure To Pass Bill WASHINGTON, July 1 President Truman's announcement tylK .,,i.Lh. wl" "to " 14,000,000,000 Income tax cutting bill spurred Its congressional sup porters for , Intensified drive to override hi forthcoming rejection. Republican leadera. loined h some democrats, expressed defiance. ui cncir reaction to Mr, Truman s statement at his news conference that he can see no reason to changa his attitude toward the measufe since it Is the same bill, except for the effective date, that he vetoed before. House Pasaed The outburst ram nm th mnnt began consideration of the legisla tion which already has been passed overwhelmingly in the house. Senate paasage la certain but the question whether the margin will be aufficient eventually to over ride a veto In that chamber la un certain, benerally congressional leadera concede the house will vote to override, since It passed the bill by a thnmplnr 302 to 112 vote. "It's the first time I ever knew a president to veto a bill la ad vance," Chairman Mllllkln R Colo.) of the finance committee said as he called the bill up In the senate. He told reporter! he wa surprised at Mr. Truman't "pre judgment" of the Issue. senator Wherry (Neb.), the re publican whip, when told of the veto announcement, said: "Well, he's going to get a chance to veto lt" Senator Stewart (D-Tenn.l. leav ing a conference of democrat's: senator on Uie tax question, aaid he has not changed hi position. "I am going to vote for the bill and to override the veto," Stewart declared. Czeks Quit Paris Confab PRAOUE. July 10 OPV-Czechoslo-vakla withdrew tonight from the European economic conference. The government informed the British, French and United State embassies in Prague Uiat Czecho slovakia eould not "under our situ ation" accept the Anglo-French in vitation to discuss the Marshall aid-to-Europe proposals. Czechoslovakia, had stated three days ago Uiat she , would be represented The withdrawal was reported re liably to have been the result ot telephoned Instruction from Com suuust Premier Klcment Gottwald, who Is in Mcccow for talk with Prime Minister Stalin. The cabinet had gone into hast; special session after the call, In formants close to the government said. Czechoslovakia's withdrawal virtually completed boycott of the talks by Russia and the states with in her orbit in Eastern Europe. Mrs. Medlin Charged Today GRANTS PASS, July 10 (TV Mrs. Lucille Medlin and Hugh Oll reath today were arraigned in Justice court on a Joint complaint charging assault with Intent to kill. They waved preliminary hearing. The pair have been In Jail here and In Yreka since June 26 when they were arrested at Selma In con nection with the "Little Miss X" case, two-year-old Mary Jane Med lin, found beaten Into unconscious ness at Weed. The child la recover ing in a Yreka hospital.- Mrs. Medlin. the mother, and Gil- jreath are said to have Implicated CHUl 111 BIl:iMlJI,lllf MJ pel, 1 IU . of the child and administering beatings at the residence in Selma, where the suspect made their homes. T7TTT?' 'A owns the Mecca. . 0
