Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, July 14, 1947, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmm s m mm fo) lo)U at a mm mm llf FRANK JKNKINrl A DISPATCH till morning tells "Twelve PnrllniiUrra were rescued by lifeguards at crowded Northern OriKii beaches yealrrdav, wlillet water mUhapa brought tragedy to thrie persona (believed drowi-cd but Uielr bodies not yjt recovered IT rnllier louka M If our nullity to 1 handle ourselvea In the water Imi't equal' to our braahnea In during waters anngera THE news of the morning I full of Instance of what can happen In another unfamiliar element. ' There In mi nlrllnrr crash In Flor ida with 31 dralhn. Near Pendleton, a llitht plnnc idea .Into a tallaplii. nonra to earth and pilot and passenger are killed. Another lluht plane smahea up In a loreal near lwlatnii, Idaho. bringing death to one and aevrrn Injurlea to miolher of Ha occupant. Olivlouily we aren't entirely at ,emr yet In the air. " ' ' J EVEN on mankinds traditional Pie mrnt, the dry laud, we get Into trouble. In the atate of Washington, three separate automobile arrldenu claim the llvea of aevrn persona over the week-end, Four of the dratha or rurred III one accident. In Cali fornia. car crnnhra Into tree and three persons die MEN alwaya have drowned. Aa to miKlern contraption". It la lust aa well to remember that In any given year the number of dentin from railing oil atrpiaimera. lulling down atnlra mid slipping In ballituba eareeda Uie number killed In auto mobile and Diane crajihea. Life never haa been wholly aate, and Ian I yet. PHRRE ti a hangover of the war newt In Oregon. Over near Tillamook, a 000 pounder Jap mine drill ashore and an army demolition squad fiom Fori Lewis delouatea It. H'robably with rllle lira; at leaat that waa Die way the bulk ol II waa nun during Uie war.) Wlndowa are ahattered In beach home over a rattan of a half mile when the mine txplodca. TP your had been one of Uie beach houaca whoa wlndowa were ahat tered, you would probably have been critical. Experience Indlcatea, however. Uiat If the mine hadn't been promptly blown up human curiosity would have prompted tampering with It, with probable heavy loaa oi I.Irr. QN the home economic land pollt w leal I front, President Truman to I day appeala to coal and alerl pro ' ducera to wall until a fair tent has been mad of the effect of the new coal wage eetUcmeia bclor makinr any price Increase. He aava: "It la only reasonable to auk coal and ate) producera to wait until a fair teal haa been made of lh actual effect of Uie wage advance under condition of maximum production. II conclude: Producer of coal and ateel have been en loving Ihelr full ahare of high profit ... I am sure Uiat they. aa responsible leaders of industry, will want to Invest a portion of Uiose profit In the maintenance of bus iness stability and prosperity for all our people BOUT the only way the Inflation " ary aplral can be stopped la for SOMEBODY PRETTY BIO to atop somewhere along Uie Hue and take the temporary corucauence ot nolo log prices down until production rtrritf tin That would be RESPONSIBLE leadership and we can't escape Uie fact that If leadership la to be good it must involve responainiuiy. nc apoiulblllty Involves willingness to make sacrifices of power nniLprlv liege In order to guarantee the Permanent we litre of ALL. If business leadership' la to be fully responsible. It must take the lead In making the aacrlflcea that will be necessary If the Inflationary . apirai u to be cnecxed. l . ... AN the troubled world front, todny'i w dispatches report an Invasion of ureeee by an "International brigade Irom Albania. Watch It. That how the Bpnn- n civil war, wlilrli was the curtain raiser for World War II, started. Students Enroll ot m . v ." First atudenta at OVS, the new atate achool taking over the old Marine Barracks, registered this, morning and will atart classes tomorrow. Robert L. Smith, back to camera, li a member of the administrative staff and la registering Stanley llnsy, 232 E. Main, who will take up body and fender work. The other itudonts looking on are Edward L.' luMand, Salem, on lh left, and Louis K. Blomqulst of Coos Bay, l ritICK FIVE CKNTS . KLAMATH FAIXH, OIIKGON, MONDAY, JULY 14, lMt (Telephone Sill) No. 10SZ ' Greek Forces Battle Guerillas i . . ' s .''-5 ' Police And I , -- L"Yi- " ""' Rebels Said Yl OYS Begin Schoolwork lly IIAI.K HCARIIItOtXill ' The wartime Installation on the bill, built for the II. K. marlnea and used by thousands of combat vet erans during the laat two years of World War II. organ Ita civilian life today under the name of Oregon Vocational erhool. Jlii-re waa still a touch of the military, UioukIi, aa M rookie atate IHillremen. clad In uniform twill coveralls, marched In formation to their first claas. The suite police got the Jump ejl the atudenta at OVH by starting their work today. The regular students, mostly war vet, were registering today and start classes tomorrow. Capt. Vayne M. (lurdane. state police officer from Mllweukle, lec tured to the rookie patrolmen this morning the first clasa was on criminal law and Una afternoon the men got down to work with their weapons. Including pistol fir ing on the range. 1-Week Hesslon The stale policemen now at OVS will attend rlasses foe three weeka, living an the peat and doing their wnrk In the eld Hostess. 1 i the o . House. An- other detachment will atari to school August l. Most of them are ex-servicemen, and Hgt. Jerry Cochran, overseer of the atate police achool. eald that when he called the boya to atten tion this morning It was Just a though they were aUll wearing Un cle Barn's clothing. Ilr.it offices of OVS are In the old Marine llarracks administration building, and there's where about 311 men enrollrrt and paid their tui tion till mnniliif. Classes Tomorrow Three main classca will start to morrow auto mechanic, cooking and body and fender work. AuUi unlntllig falls 111 the latter category. Tift old garage and quartermaster building are used for two claase. while the cook hold forth at the BOQ building. Cuming later will be a bakery school, carpentry, dlesH mechanics, cabinet making, laundry and dry cleaning and other. Winston Pur vine. head of OVH, aald he hope to M.'.nllna. e e.g. a, L'.lMma ) Plane Crash Kills One LEWI8TON, Idaho. July 14 IA A light plane bearing two Wash ington State college faculty mem bers crashed In Uie central Idaho forest 90 mile east of here yes terday, bringing death to on and hospitalizing Uie second. The victim- wa Dr. Orlo Har rison Maughan, 3D, head of the school's farm management depart ment and formerly with Uie Fed eral Land bank In Spokane for many years. His companion, hospltallred with shock ana burns, wns Mark T. Buchanan, 45. director1 of the agri cultural experiment station. Maughan died In a I.ewl.itrm hos- filtal laat night shortly after Uie wo men were flown here by Bert Zlmmcrly and Don Wolff, Lewlston pilots. Tlie accident occurred as the two men sought to Uike off from the Flah lake airport near Pierce. They had been to Uie lake on a fishing trip. other detachment Vocational School : Aa Holding One I 1 rvv'''-" . " .1 f e.V A' This picture waa taken ahorlly after the collision at Lakevlew highway junction this morning In which Kenneth Wolcotl. 9. and Robert Wolcotl. 4. were Injured. The Wolcolt boy were riding In the sedan ahown wrecked on the highway. The other concrete post Five Nations Named To Rule PARIS. Jul 14. 14V France. Britain, Italy, Norway and The Netherlands were chosen by the lu nations rule committee today a member of an exeeuUve committee to uprrvle the operation of the Marshall proposal for European re covery. ' The rule committee completed a draft plan for organizing the eco nomic recovery along lines laid down by the U. S. secreUtry of state. The recommendations will be submitted to a plenary session of the confer ence at 4 p. m. HO a. m. EST.) to morrow. French Informants aald the rules commltu-e also hud agreed upon four subcommittee which will assess European resource for self-help be fore malting a bid for U. S. financial aid. It appeared Uiat Uicse com mittees would be announced at Uie plenary meeting tomorrow. Dutch sources Indicated Uie low lands would advocate prompt In clusion of Western Ucrmnny In Uie recovery program. Highway Issue Up To Council WheUier the state highway com mission will open bids next week on the new north entrance to KlamaUl Falls will depend on action taken tonight by the city council, State Highway Commissioner Arthur Scliaupp said today. Joseph Devcrs, state highway at torney, will be here for tonight's session ot Uie city fnUiers. and the commission will have a resolution upon which It will ask action with respect to the closing of Intersecting streets In the Alameda street dis trict. . Schaupn said that the city entered a contract In 1044 to close- the atreets and stand the expcn.se. A re-alilrmatlon or this agreement is necessary, he sold, before Uie highway commission is willing to open bids. Bids have been called for next Monday or Tuesday. The new norm entrance win leave the present US 97 route near the 8. P. underpass, and come Into town generally along the railroad and Alameda street to Esplanade street. Three Killed In Auto Pileup CONCORD, Calif.. July 11 P An automobile crashed Into a tree Just outside of Concord early yes terday, resulting In the death of Uiree persons. The dead, as Identified by Coro ner's deputies were: Mis Jean Stuckcnlioltz, 21, a store olerk, of Brentwopd. Carroll Leon Cavaness, 31, of Pittsburg, Calif., a dental technician. Army Captain Wllburn O. Branch, 37, of Camp Stoneman. Capt. Branch, n veterun of 18 years service in the regular army, came to Camp Stoneman Inst June 36 as trailing aids officer. His widow, Ilene, resides in Vancouver, Wash. Crop Duster's Plane Crashes OLYMPIA, July 14 (IP) Donald B. Redhead, 34, Orogon City, Ore., was hospitalized hero today after the small plane he wns flying crashed on a fnrm near Yclm where he was dusting potntoes, State Patrolman J. B. Flnncll reported l rfesf : 1 Border Town 'v car, driven by Arthur E. Dodda, t Two Youngsters Hurt In Lakevev Junction Crash Two youngsters were hospitalized but not beheveu seriously hurt this morning after an automobile acci dent at Uie Lakevlew-McrrlU Junc Uon. The children are sons ot Mr. and Mrs. Wallace 'M. Wolcott, 401 Vic tory drive. Kenneth. 9. was Uie most painfully hurt about Uie face and head when he pitched Into the Iront windshield of his faUier's car. Robert. 4. also ha cuts and bruises on his head. Wolcott was driving out of town toward Merrill when his car col lided almost head-on with a coupe No Forest Fires Here. The pnst week-end was clear of timber fires in this area, according to report from Klamath Forest Protective association and Uie U. S. forest service offices. Fire lookouts calling In to Chick Sullaway. district clerk in Uie forestry office r.onday morning told of rain at Seven Mile, broken clouds at Fort Klamath, a good spanking south wind with what looked like rain clouds at Pelican butte and clouds Uiat looked rainy over Look out butte. None of Uie lookout calling in believed Uie clouds to hold heat. An alarm called in from Yamsay and Camlas lookouts on the Indian reservation late Friday night. told of fire along Scott creek but fire crews Investigating found no fire although thry smelled smoke. A re check Saturday still showed no fire, but the service believed a fire had started and burned Itself out In that area. Demolition Men Detonate Mine TILLAMOOK. Ore., July 14 (iP An army demolition sound from Fort Lewis. Wash., yesterday de tonated a 500-pouud Japanese mine thnt drifted ashore here during the night previous Imperiling the lives of visitors In the Neahkahnle area. Sheriff Allnn Birch stationed a deputy to gunrd the mine enrly yes tcrdny. The mine wns described as a three foot globe with four prongs. Windows were shattered In beach homes for hnlf n mile radius when the crew detonnted the device. Plane Crash In Sleepy Florida Village Fatal For Twenty-One MELBORNE, Fla July 14 WV-Twenty-one persons were killed yes terday in the crash of a DC-3 chartered airliner in swampy wastelands near here, and today 12 remained unidentified mainly because of a confusion In Spanish names. The denth toll was expected to mount wltft two of the 13 Injured on the "criticnl" list. . ' The plnnc. en route from Newark, N. J., to Miami with 36 persons aboard a crew of five and 31 homebound Puerto Rlcnns cut a 300-foot swath through the scrub pine six miles Irom this Florida east coast town as it plunged to earth shortly after 4:30 a.m. The plane had last been heard from as It passed over Jacksonville, Fin., after leaving Augusta, Oa. Slmllnrit yln the Spanish names of the Puerto Rlcnns, a number of whom were young children carried in the arms of parent and not listed as passengers, and the Inability of the survivors to speak English hampered Identification of the dead. ' Two children escaped, injury. One wa a boy, Jose RodrigulK, 3', whose mother, Pura Rodrlqulz. is not expected to live. She has 13 broken bones. The other child was Ellen Acevdo, 6. Besides Pura Rodrlgulz, the other passenger on the critical list Is Carmen Rodriguls, who has a broken back, . Among the dend were the pilot, Cnpt. Henry Heln, 38, of Houston, Tex., and the co-pilot, Roderick Paul MacMlnnon,- formerly of Rochester, N. Y. . abown at right, leaning against a driven by Arthur E. Dodds, 77, of Bieber. Witnesses told Investigating state police that apparenUy Dodds had driven out Into Uie right-hand lane to pass another car. The Impact badly damaged the Wolcott car, breaking Uie front axle and leaving' it crossways of Uie highway. Dodds' coupe went Into a ditch and knocked over a concrete marker. Wolcott flagged a passing car and drove his children to Klamath Val ley hospital, while Dodds and a companion, R. D. Bennett of Bieber. were taken to Hillside hospital, then to the medical clinic, by am bulance. Neither was seriously hurt. State police said Uiat probably a traffic charge of some kind would be placed against Dodds. either driving -on Uie wrong side of Uie hlghwaf or passing with Insufficient clearance. Police commended several person who were in the vicinity of the wreck who helped clear Uie hlgh uv nrl direct traffic at the busy JuncUon before officers arrived. Body Found In Lake 0' Woods The body of Archibald McDermid. 53-vear-old San Francisco man, wns recovered today from the water of Lake o' the Woods, where McDermid drowned last week. Deputy 8herlff Jack Frnney re ceived a telephone message from the lake this morning to Uie effect that the body was located In the bottom of the lake. It was sighted in clear water on the southeast section of the lnke. The body was to be taken to Ash land. ' McDermid drowned when his boat swamped or was capsized while he wns fishing on the lake July 9. The Snn Francisco man was spending the summer at the lake with his wife. Fire Razes New Home In Portland PORTLAND. July 14 Wi Mr. and Mrs. Hnrvey C. Winkler worked on their new home a yenr: finally moved in two weeks ngo. Yesterday a fire swept through uie place, destroyed it. Winkler said he would Just start building again. ATHENS, July 14 OPV Greek of ficials reported today a IMM-man force which attacked the village of Konltaa yesterday had been poshed back to the Albanian border, six mllra away. The guerilla ring around Konltaa apparenUy wa broken during the night. Oreek veteran of reusianc fighUng during the German oc cupation under Gen. Napoleon Zer- va were engaging uie rebel. One official report said fighting till was in progress at a Uny, un identified village about two miles from Uie Albanian frontier. Government force were reported officially to have recaptured Uie Oreek half of the Saranta river bridge at Borozani. Probe Slated A subcommittee of the United Nations Balkan commission flew at noon from Salonika toward Konltaa for a spot InvestigaUon of what the Greek government said wa an in vasion by an "InternaUonal brigade." Representatives of the United State, Russia, Brazil, Australia and Syria were on the team. A letter from the Creek liaison officer yesterday told the commis sion an "international brigade" had Invaded Greece from Albania and Uiat this comprised a "flagrant vio lation of Oreek territory which con stitute unprovoked aggression on the part of Albania." (The com mission already has reported to UN that Yugoslavia and, to a less ex tent Albania and Bulgaria were re sponsible for Greek internal strife. All three states are under Russian Influence.) Lindley Death Told Here Robert George Lindley, 51. a prominent resident of Klamath Falls for the past 23 years, died suddenly following a brief illness at his home Saturday at 11:30 p. m. Son of Mrs. George R. Lindley and Uie late Mr.' Lindley. he was bom in Medford on February 32. ibdd. Mr. unaiey was engaged lor several years in Uie real estate and Insurance business with offices at 1227 Main. Surviving: are hi wife. Bemice Balcom Lindley: his mother, Mrs. George R. Lindley: four sisters, Mrs. George A. Myers, Mrs. Cecil B. Matt and Mrs. William R. Cleve. of this city, and Mrs. Dan D. Robertson of Atherton, Cam. : Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m.. Tuesday, under the direction of Ward's Klamath Funeral home. Interment - will be In Klamath Memorial park. Bids Asked On Pumping Plants Advance construction notice of a call for bids for six pumping plants and installation of 11 pumps on the Klamath reclamation project 11 miles southeast of Tulelake has been given by the U. S. bureau of recla mation. Two of the plants will be wooden construction, the others will be all weather Installations. The work calls for excavation of 4600 cubic yards ot dirt, pouring of 575 cubic yards of concrete, use of 1100 feet of 18 to 30 inch concrete pipe. 1100 feet of timber piling and 90.000 of reinforcement steel. The Job is to be completed by March 1. 1948. Bid calls are ex pected this month. Band Leader Drops Dead SEASIDE, Ore., July 14 The body of Emil "Jimmy" Lunceford. 45.' Negro band leader, will be shipped to New York City for burial, Coroner W. R. Thompson reported today. Lunceford collapsed here Saturday night in. a music record shop and died en route to a hospital. The coroner said a decision Would be made today on whether an autopsy would be made to determine cause of the death. Born in Fulton, Miss.. Lunceford had directed his own band since 1928. Manager Eddie Roseberg re ported the band will play a memori al program at Rockaway Beach, Ore., for the wel known musician and then disband permanently. Back To Work Move Fails At Plant ILION, N. Y., July 14 (Pi Picket line scuffles at a strikebound Rem ington Rand plant marked an un successful back-to-work movement today, and two men were charged with third degree assault. Fighting broke out when a few workers attempted to cross a strong CIO picket line. The United Electri cal workers union meanwhile broad cast a loud speaker warning that the union would not condone vio lence. Two members of the group at tempting to enter the factory re ported they had been beaten after their leader, John O'Connor, 39, had been treated for a cut at police headquarters. f Elected a state president for the Loyal Order of Moose at the re cent convention was Alrick Nyback (above), 920 Lincoln. Kennell-Ellls photo Nyback Named Moose Prexy Al Nvback. 920 Lincoln waa unanimously elected president of Uie State Moose association, uaiuraay aa a high point in Uie three-day conference In Klamath Falls. A vice president was elected for each of the four section in the di vision of the state for Uie Loyal Order of Moose. Cliff oee oi cor valli. Earl Woods of Bend, Al Nee- man oi Tiuamook ana k. uamon of Portland were Uie men elected as vice presidents. - robe watxins oi oorvain wa elected seeretarv-treasurer and El- mont Kenyon of Merrill sergeant-ol- arms. . v Host city for the 194S convenUon will be Astoria. The convenUon wa well attended with elections. Initiations, banquets and dances highlighting the three' day affair. Bend lodge was in charge of bal lotlng, Eugene in charge of lnltuv Uon: Co rv all Is. Mooseheart endow. ment fund: Astoria, closing program. Helen Abranhamson and Hop Dahistrom. senior regent of Eugene and Astoria chapters were honored In behalf of their lodges at a Dsn ouet Friday noon held at the Wl nema witn 93 women oi uie Moose present. A Joint breakfast Sunday morning at the Willard concluded Uie con ference. Charge Against Bus Line Out KlamaUl Bus company has been informed by the war labor board Uiat Uie charge of unfair labor prac tices, brought against Uie bus com pany by Uie Motor Coach Employes union, has been withdrawn without prejudice. A. C. Roll, examiner in charge of the case, has so notified Uie union and Louis Soukup, head of the KlamaUl Bus company. Some months ago, Uie union made charges against Uie company, and sought to boycott Uie buses. Later, the union withdrew the boycott. The company continues without a union contract Assailant Of BrickerHeld WASHINGTON, July .14 UP) Municipal Judge Allen K. Raedy today ordered a mental examination for William L. Kaiser, former Cap itol policeman charged with firing two shots Saturday at Senator Bricker (R-Ohlo). Assistant United States Attorney John B. Diamond asked for Uie ex amination. Kaiser is to be held without bond. EES' "i - kf Wft? 1 f'L-. SJT1 -jtV lf a- " " ' Edward Blngman waa pushing bis little motor lawnmower down th parkway alongside the irrigation eanal on Alameda street when the nine o'clock special lensman caught him in action. , , mm a bt vote rans Two Short To Override WA8I1INGTOW, July ! MV-Th) aenata passed the 14.000,000,000 In come tax reduction bill today, send ing It to the White House where certain veto awaita It, The vote w 60 to 32. which waa two short of the two-third margin ... uirwra or trie cut would "e to run up In order to mak th fllll l-W ABM 1-1 . TW man objection. Three senators were absent W.nrn-r rt-kr V i . 1 1 t i . Tobey (R-N.H.), in New Hampshire. " w.c uniniue oi nis ailing wile, and Elbert Thomas (D-Utah). en rnntj. I r . - Hnl.nl . lng an International labor confer- vrcneva, awiizeriana. The..hoUM 'ready has cleared the bill hv marnln t n -1 to 1. Crucial Test The crucial test will come, oos- alhlv lot.r thla wulr n V. . I. - . houses vote on overriding the veto. flMlllilM r.lfl n U.'--l. In 1 Cordon of Oregon voted for the bill and Senators Magnoaan of Wash ington and Morse of Oregon against Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.) said ne had received renewed assurance irom me president today that the bill would be returned promptly. Before the final vote, the senate rejected a aerie of amendment. Including a proposal to allow hus bands and wive In all states to split Uielr Income for tax purpose. AIo turned down was a proposal to raise personal exemption from KM to IS00. Th- . I 1 . offered by Senator McClellan (O Ark.). In arguing for his amendment, McClellan shouted Uiat it Is an "Indefensible InJusUce" for taxpay ers in 35 states to have no oppor tunity to participate In Uie com munity property plan. The Arkansas senator said that while he regards the. Issue as non partisan, "Uie republican party ha the primary and major responsi bility to pas the amendment be cause It 1 In power." He appealed to GOP senator "not to be hidebound" by the oppo sition of republican leaders to the proposal. "This may be a losing fight." Mc Clellan declared, "but It won't be a lost fight." He said the Issue win come up "again and again" until congress finally adopts such a program. Plane Crash Kills Youths PENDLETON, Ore., July 14 W A pilot and passenger of a light plane were killed yesterday when Uie aircraft went Into a tallspin while maneuvering over the farm home of friends south of here. State Police Officer Thomas Eat on reported Lester R. Murray, 20, and the passenger, Lawrence Earl Thompson, about 17, both of Oro fino, Idaho, suffered broken necks and other Injuries. They died at 1:50 p. m. Officer Eaton said the airmen were circling over Uie house of John Karvola, five miles ' south and to Uie west of highway 345, when the plane went Into a tallspin and nosed into the earth. Eaton said Uie Idaho youths were acquaintances ot two I girls living at the Karvola home. Smaller Walnut Crop Is Outlook PORTLAND. July 14 (IP) A small er walnut, crop -but a larger filbert yield was forecast today for Oregon by the U. S. Department of Agri culture crop reporting service. The TJSDA anticipated 8200 ton of walnuts from Oregon orchards, compared to 8900 tons last year. The filbert forecast is 7800 tons com pared to last year's 7300.