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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1947)
(MIL lolM 0 iVi IVI UUU U luTlio - - - i ii - -. ji. Day s lews i - - ... ny rTIANK Jl.NRINH pLAHHKH Iriuu tho newt u( today 1 from Indonesia : "Scorched wirth" Indies urn bo gun today by Indoiiealan itcpubll cull fiO ahead n( determined Dutch mniy drive to (Ilea Jnvn In Iwn. . . . OnsiiUne ) sloshed uvnr the houses mid towns ara art mi (It n. , . . The auino tact I is are being used In llio adjoining big, Uilnnd of HimiiUra. . . . Ulllcli army columns mo driving uhcutl. . . . Dutch pluurs are bfnnblng towns. II U familiar picture. In one loi in or another, wo mired at it fur six yrurs, WHAT lion buck of It? " Wrll. ii bis mistake made by the Dutch Homo two centuries ago Is At tlin rcKil of the trouble. At the root if every trugrdy lien mistake made at kiiiic lime ur other by somebody. 1U1IKN Dutchnieii found these dream Islands cenlilrlrs nun, they could have gone If as humble newcomers, seeking a slmro In tho Idyllic IKo made passible by a for tunate combination of climate and oil. Thry could hnve Intermarried vllh tht people, lltus becoming 1NDONKHIANH. They could hnve added their skills to the existing unlive skills, thus raising atandnrda of living. Thus all could hnve lived happily together aa CITIZENS of one charming land. hut NOr 'Hie whit Dutch had to br the MAHTEIl race. They had to give tho orders. The brown men of Indonesia had to TAKE the or ders. There had to be the old but never happy relationship of master and man. The price Is now being paid. "TIIKIIE Is trouble In India. There U trouble In Burma. There Is trouble In the Balkans. There Is trouble In China, where hundreds of millions live precariously on the borderland of starvation while a few at the lop have too much. TIIKKE It trouble even here In where Industry has grown so big that tho old free re lationship of free men living and working togrthrr In an atmosphere of mutual respect for each other's skills and qualities as human brings has been dulled and fogged, thus bringing about oven here among us sonic semblance of the agrs-nld re lationship of muster and man. fv.l ..t It I li.tl.trllMin Ijt fin.) V comes the bulk of our labor troubles. ..! AW can't cure these troubles. They can be cured only by a belter relationship among men who work together. AUR forefathcra. who came here to v find a way of life that m lm poaslble In tho Old World, had a vision of what MUST BE If men are to live and work together In happiness and contentment. They found In lime that their vision was rendered, Impossible of achievement by Die attitude of the ruling classes of England, who used their power as RULERS of the new colonies to enforce In America the old relationship of master and man. So thry came In time to the atern conviction that only by separation from the old country and going It on their own could what they sought be had. ' They headed their Declaration of Independence with these words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men arc CHEATED equal, that they nre en dowed by their Creator with cer tain unalienable, rights, that aiming these right are Life, Liberty and tho pursuit of Happiness." TO whatever extent we hnve strayed from Hint vision of the funda mental longings and RIGHTS of human beings, we have failed to rcnllre to the full tho posslblllllrs ui our way oi ma. Because of these atr'aylngs, CON FLICT Ii arising among us. PUB world la In turmoil and fer ment. You need only rend and listen to know that. At the root of J' II the turmoil and the ferment Ilea " ihe Inborn desire, of men to live to gether and work together as FREE COLLABORATORS rather than as masters and men. POMMUNISM la hailed by many as the answer. Is It? Read this AP dispatch from Mos cuw : "The newspaper Ir.vc.itla nld to day that a tremendous grain har vest Is assured on "Glgnntlc," the ICenllnned an rate' 9, it'olumn 5) DRIVER KILLED SEATTLE. July 23 (! A 22-yonr-old Boeing aircraft, worker, Keith E. Woods, was killed and a girl companion Injured last night when their speeding automobile left the highway on n curve mid crushed Into a tree south of Seattle on tho Dos Moines highway. The girl, Shir ley Andrews, 18, of Seattle, received a skull fracture and a compound iia iriiciurc. Four Java Towns In Flames As Dutch Drive lly STANLEY HWINTON i BATAVIA, Juvn, July 23 (I'l Four Java towns were In flames tonight as Indonesian troops retreating on two fronts threatening their capital, adopted scorched earth tnctlcs be fore a determined Dutch nrmy drlvo, an Indonesian communique an nounced. Hulatlga, important town south of m-uHinK uuu nniriua mo iiisnwiiy Jo (be Indonesian capital, Jogju ftarla, was burning, tho ooimnunlnue said. Armor-supported Dutch In Board Turns Down Bid On North Gate The highway commission's lowest bid on the work necessary to open up an elaborate new r.orth entrance to Klamath Fulls from highway 07 wus loo high and 'the offer wna re jected. Tho commission announced yesterday that Ilnbler Construction company of I'orllmid had submit led the low bid of :il)l,74fj, and this morning reveuled that the bid wus turned down. The work lu be dune Is 1.112 mllea of grading, surfacing and paving on the atreteh which would open up a wide entrance la limn from the north and eliminate the present winding route followed by highway 117. The pruposed route, already staked out, would cut off from the present 111 route Just above Ida rlty limits, follow the Hnulhrrn Pacific trarka Into town, come down Ala meda lo Esplanade and follow Kb planade Into the buslnraa district lly II rejection of the liublrr com pany bid. the highway commission uened the way for a further call for blda later but undoubtedly has de layed work on Ihe project for aev era! months, Green Light The grren light was flashed on one big Klamath county project by the commission however, by the ac ceptance of a bid from the Itijgera Brothers Construction com pany, Portland, for grading, surfac ing and oiling of the Chlloquln cut off on highway 97. That Job rails for rinlsblnr work on 3X.B mllea of road from Loberl Junction lo tho east Diamond lake road Junction with The llallra-Call-fornla highway, eliminating - the dangerous Nun moumiln grade of Ui present highway route. In another action today the com mission announced that It had re jected a bid by the Rogers com pany of $130,790 for 4 91 miles of grading and 8 SI mllea of surfacing on the Fremont Junrtlnn-Mud creek section of the Warner secondary highway In Lake county. CIO Official Declared Red WASHINGTON. July 23 A federal grand Jury tixlay Indicted Ihuold Roland Chrlstoflrl. Milwau kee CIO leader, on charges that he commit trd prrlury In telling a con gressional cooiinlllee that ho waa not a member of the communist party. ChrlMotfel testified before the house labor committee last March 1. He was president of the United Auto Workers local No. 248 at a time when AUIs-Chalmera plant In the Milwaukee area were ahut down by a protracted strike. Tho Indictment aald that Chris Inffel, under oath, "categorically de nied" any affiliation with commu nist or the communist party. Never theless, the grand Jury report aald, he "waa then a member of tho com munist party and had been such member for several yean, thereto and had worked with the commu nist party and with the Communist Political association." Erie Has Big Flood Damage ERIE. Pa., July 23 (II House holders, merchant and Industries toduy wore offered use of the clty'a resources Ih cleaning up after rec ont, breaking rain which left more than 100 homelo and caused dam ago estimated at well over 11.000.000. City employe dispensed disinfec tants and lime to all seeking aid In restoring flooded basement. Firemen were kept busy hosing out flood dcbjls In home, store and factories. Scores of families evacuated yes terday during the height of. the. un precedented nine Inch rains were asked by city officials to stay with relatives or remain In the hastily arranged city hall annex quarters until all danger of disease Is elimi nated. City officials sulci the worst dam age was to stock In stores, air con ditioning and heating systems, and equipment and supplies In factories. 18 Hurt As Bolt Hits Streetcar PITTSBURGH, July 23 (A') A shnft of lightning which blasted a gaping hole through tho top of a crowded trolley cur during the height of tho trufflo rush hour yes terday Injured 18 persons, two seri- oitRly. 1 Olarc-bllnded pnssongers screamed and tried to battle their wny out of tho smoke-filled cur. Two women woro trampled. Threatens Indonesian Capital fantry had seised Hulatlga and driven beyond It on tho route to Jogjakarta, The republicans also put the torch to Lnwang, 12 miles north of Ma laim, objective of another Dutch drlvo In East, Central Java, In the'wost, Socmcdang and TJlt Jiilongkn, both 20 miles oast of Bandoeng, also wcro fired, the com munique added. It snld both towns worovlcvollcd.. Another Indonesian bulletin snld Dutch column of SO armored ve PRICK FIVE t'KNTH Judge W Betty Ann Lynn, 20 (above), had her 3M a week contract approved by Judge Frank Ii. Swain of Loe Angrlea, wllh a little warning on the aide. "You'd better look out," the Judge warned, "with such a salary aa this, some )Vung fellow will eomo along and marry you." Her film contract la a aevrn year agrrrment graduating to 93500 a week. AP wlrrphoto Mill Mishap Kills Worker William Mnse Wllllnrrls. 29. of 241 E. Main, was killed Tuesday when he fell Into a conveyor chain at the Ewauna Box company mill, his body turn to shreda. - , Williams reported shortly after 4 p m. Tuesday, entering the mill with Asa Barker, edKcrjnnn. preparing to start work on the'lilKlu shift at his Job as ctlKcr hrlier. When the mill sturtrd at 4:30, Williams had dla apiM'urcd. First known of the accident was about five minutes later1 when the motor operating the conveyor blew a fuse and stopped. The chain runs from the outside of the mill, taking furl from the hog to the boiler room and on to Uie fuel house. Workmen Investigated and found fragment of Williams' mangled body and clothing along the path of the chain. Dr. Ocorge Adler, county cor oner, and city police were summoned Immediately and together with com pany officials conducted an Investi gation. They report that no satisfactory solution to the cause of the tragedy was determined, but thry surmise that Williams went outside the mill near the conveyor and apparently became, caught In It. In order to resell the chain, located outside the mill, it would have been necessary for him to leave his regular Job Inside. There were no witnesses. Williams hud worked al Ewauna less than a month, and for some time previously hod been employed on tho staff of Hillside hospital. Surviving him are his wife. Dar leen, and mother. Mrs. Harry Baum, both of Klnmaih Falls. Funeral services will be held at the chapel of Ward's Klamath Funeral home at 2 p.m. Friday. Rosecrans Field Has Huge Fire . ST JOSEPH. Mo.. July 23 M1) Fire razed the main hangnr at Rose crans field early today, destroyed a warehouse and two DC-4 airplanes, causing damage estimated at $1,394,000. The fire, which started In an elec tric motor In an overhead door In the hangar, was discovered by a guard, Cleorge Bllley. He snld he sounded an electric siren alarm nnd then run to tho airport' f ho depart ment. 'Quislings'Land Vigo, Spain OSLO, Norway, July 23 ol'i The Norwegian foreign office said today that eight "Quislings" fleeing Nor wegian Justice had landed at Vigo, Spain, after three weeks aboard the 60-foot yacht Solrbls. Tho Norwegian churns d'affaires In Madrid has been ordered to act, probably to demand that the men be handed over to Norway. hicles. Including tnnks, was less than 20 miles from tho Important north coast port of Chcrlbon. This Is the column which has speared more than 55 miles northeast from Bandoeng since Monday. In the Bntnvla nrcn, the Indones ians snld, a Dutch motorized column sliced southwest for 90 miles, cap turing a number ot places. Tho Indonesians reported strafing attacks by Dutch planes In Central and Western Java. KLAMATH Climbers Seek Wreck Of Lost Plane On Rainier SEATTLE, July 23 (AP) A picked mountain climbing party faced o dangerous climb to ihe precipitous, crevasse pocked 10,000-foot level of Mt. Rainier today to check on what may be the wreckage of the marine corps transport plane which vanished with 32 men aboard on a San Diego-Seattle flight lasTDecember 10. Thirteenth novol district headquarters 're ported the "tentative" identification of the wreckage by Assistant Chief Ranger Bill But ler, on Tohoma glacier on the mountain's southwest face. Butler reported that he sighted through field glasses from a high ridge late Monday o plane's bucket seat, a piece of a plane's metal "skin" ond what appeared to be on other piece of wreckage. A preliminary party, led by Butler, moved out of Longmire this morning to establish a base camp os far, up the mountain slope os con be reached by horse. The main party 7948 Openings Project Flood Control Plans for added flood protection and Uie opening of additional home stead units on Coppeck bay In the Tulelake area In 1048 appeared on their way to approval today follow ing Uie return from Washington of Ray Best, district manager of the reclamation bureau hero. Best aald Uiat the Klamath pro gram aa recommended waa approved In Washington, and that the details will now be submitted 4jy the region al office to the chief engineer and chief of the hydrology division at Denver for a final okeh. If that Is given, the work will proceed Im mediately. Meantime, surveys are going ahead In order to have tho program ready Trailways Strike Over Pacific Trailways busses. Idled by strike of drivers and shop workers since July 3, were rolling again to day between Portland and Salt Lake City, and the first Trailways bus to reach Klamath Falls after the work stoppage was halted Is due in at 10:45 tonight, from Bend. A Joint statement on a tentative strike settlement, pending approval of AFL union members, came from the company and the union offi cials who said that failure of full agreement would put the Issues into arbitration. Drivers were seeking a wage ad justment, shop men a wage Increase for a shorter work week. All the company's routes In cen tral Oregon and Idaho will be oper ating on schedule by tomorrow. The first bus slated to leave Klamath Falls will pull out for Bend at 8 a. m. tomorrow. Navy School At Del Monte OK'd Washington July 23 m Congressional action wns( virtually completed today on a bill to author ize purchase of the Del Monte hotel In Monterey. Calif., for a naval post graduate school. Both the house and senate passed Identical measures authorizing a $2,500,000 appropriation to .acquire the hotel and equip It to accommo-. date 500 to 600 navy line officers. The bill probably will be sent to the White House tomorrow after completion of parliamentary pro cedures necessitated because the house and senate each passed sep arate bills. Bonneville Line Projects Favored WASHINGTON, July 23 () The senate appropriations committee ap proved today funds for three Bonne ville administration transmission lines. Tho lines and amounts: Eugene Rcedsport, $961,300 and contract authorization tor $368,000, and Recdsport-Coos Bay, $79,000. All of these items were eliminated from the Interior department ap propriation bill In a conference on objection of the house conferees. They wcro added to a supplemental appropriation bill today on motion of Senator Cordon (R-Ofc). Elimination of the three lines 0from the Interior bill resulted In Cordon and Rep. Stockman (R-Ore.) blaming ench other for that action. Jap Deaths In Rains Reach 32 TOKYO. July 23 (! Delnyed re ports of torrential rains Inst week end today raised to 32 the death toll on Honshu nnd Shlkoku Islands. Widespread damage was reported to farm crops and water front installations. Kyodo news service reported. 12 dead In Aklta prefecture In north west Honshu, where rati lines were washed out In numerous places. FALLS, OKEOON. YVEDNK8DAY, JULY 23. Appear Sure to go promptly on final authortra lion. Major phases of the program in clude: 1. Enlarge the Lost river diversion channel from 1200 second feet ca pacity to about 2000 second feet. This will assure diversion of more water during flood periods to pre vent discharge Into Tulelake which might endanger landa in that area. Z. Straighten and improve the Lost river channel In Poe and Lan fell valleys. J. Improve the channel from the lower diversion dam on Lost river, near Merrill, into the Tulealke area, 4. Strengthen dikes around Tule lake. Best said that It appears certain 'Engineer Leader i Suddenly Dies . 8AN" FRANCISCO. July 23 Wt P. O. Peterson, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, dropped dead today after talking with the presidential rail way strike board at the Palace hotel. Peterson was talking about the recent strike of Southern Pacific engineers. He had spoken some 10 minutes when he suddenly slumped to the floor. The board had Just begun hear ing discussions of the many points unsettled by the engineers' strike. 5 Navy Airmen Die In Crash SEATTLE, July 23 Five naval airmen attached to the fleet air wing at Whidby Island were killed about 10 o'clock last night when a four-motored PB4Y plane crashed while making a night landing, au thorities of fleet air wing four an nounced today. The plnne caught fire after crash ing but the bodies of the two offi cers and three enlisted men aboard were recovered, navy officers said. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined. Names will be released when next ot kin are notified. An Investigation is being conduct ed by a board of naval officers. The plane was "In the landing groove" about two and one-half miles from the runway when the accident occurred. "It simply spun In." witnesses said. "The weather was clear so that did not figure as a probable cause," a navy spokesman said. Poland's Relief Fund Cancelled WASHINGTON. July 23 tl The state department announced toflay that Poland's share of the $350,000. 000 Amerlcni foreign relief program has been cancelled. The action was taken on the rec ommendation of Col. R. H. Harri son, a special assistant to Secre tary of Agriculture Anderson, who made a survey of Poland's minimum food needs for Secretary of State Marshall. Harrison reported that "grain and other foods are available to meet the minimum food needs of the Polish people generally for the bal ance of this calendar year." a Teardrop Auto Coming Out Soon LOS , ANGELES. July 23 (tfV After more -than four years of al most constant experimenting, Gary Davis, president of the Davis Motor Car Co., said today he plans to go Into mnss production "by the end of the yenr" on a tricycle type, highly streamlined teardrop-shaped automobile. The now car, he said, will repre sent the combined skills of 154 air craft designers nnd technicians who gambled 15,000 hours of their time on k double or nothing basis. (Telephone II 11) wos to follow this afternoon. The ranger station said the actual climb to the scene probably would not be undertaken until to morrow morning. Because of the danger of the area, it has been closed to all but expert mountaineers. Lt. Gordon Stanley, Sandpoint noval air station rescue and flight officer, said lost night thot he hod flown Butler over the area during the afternoon, but they were unable to spot the scattered pieces under the snow although' Butler located the spot. Stanley said it wos his understanding that Butler reported having sighted the pieces from a complara tively close distance on. the ridge, but ap proaching darkness, forced him to turn back from the dangerous area. Stanley said the spot is close to the course which had been traced for the lost plane. Relatives of men oboard the plane hove posted a $5000 reward for its discovery. As Klamaih Plans Advance there will be at least a partial open ing of homesteads on Coppeck in 1948. The area Includes about 125 units, and drains and laterals are now under construction. The program as outlined does not include construction of Boundary dam. which has been considered as a part of the flood protection and water conservation scheme In the basin. Whether Boundary dam, the site of which is on Upper Lost river, will later be embraced In the pro gram Is uncertain. Best Indicated that much of the work, which Is classified as flood protection, may be done under non reimbursable financing.- The USBR manager spent about two weeks In Washington. Phone Hearing On At Merrill Officials of the Columbia Utilities company are seeking an Increase in telephone rates this afternoon In a hearing before a representative of the- public utilities commissioner in Merrill. The increased rates that the company Is seeking would af fect patrons In Merrill, Malin, Bo nanza and Lorella. The hearing, scheduled for 1:30 p. m. In tht Merrill community hall, was open to anyone Interested In appearing before the POC," and rea sons why the increase is wanted by the company were to be explain ed. If granted, telephone costs will be Jumped in accordance with the type of telephone service provided. Appearing before the PUC on be half of the utilities company are E. R. Hood, D. O. Hood and John W. Kirby. Russia Rejects- Jap Treaty Plan LONDON. July 23 iP) The Mos cow radio said tonight that Soviet Russia "cannot agree" to accept a United States invitation to Join with 11 powers in discussing a Japanese peace treaty Aug. 19 in Washington. The broadcast, heard here by the Soviet monitor, said Russia de livered a note to Washington yes terday charging the United States had acted in a "unilateral man ner" and declaring that preliminary work on drafting a Japanese treaty should be undertaken by the coun cil of foreign ministers. kmc iTV .T rt a2ssrr4 i n fix rtaiai I is I aSsaatal-,,, ," Moving day Is always a scene photog's eye as he drove past the ' ' X WEATHER m.i. (julr tt) as Min. 4 Preclplutlan last 14 haarf 00 Slraana ytsr ! ami 1S.SS Mar . II J Nainial W IS raracsall fartl alaadr. No. 10V0 Leader t Is ' , 1 I, , 'I President L R. &oekarno of the Repuhlie of Indonesia haa declared be will lead a guerilla band against the Dutch. Today, his capital wac under threat. Berlin Blast Kills Eight BERLIN. July 23 m An explo sion demolished a wing of German police headquarters in the Russian zone of Berlin today, killing eight Germans and Injuring nine. One of the dead was Walter Budde, head of the Berlin police bomb disposal section. A British control commission statement said investigations had established that Budde and three civilian workers arrived at police headquarters at 7:45 a. m. carrying two large boxes. Budde told guards teller mines, due for disposal, were In the crates which were placed In the bomb disposal squad armory. The explosion occurred at 8:20 while the group still was there. Im mediately aftervard. the area was sealed off by a strong police guard. The building is a five-story struc ture. Grand Pacific Shoot Opening YAKIMA. July 23 lPh-Five hun dred trapshooters. the cream of firing lines throughout British Co lumbia and the western United States, will be on hand tomorrow for the opening of the 1947 Grand Pa cific. The event will run three days at the Yakima Gun club. Entries include Joe Cotant, Poca tello. Ida., perennial Idaho state tltlist; J. A. Hildebrand, Salem, and Merle Henkel, Portland, leading Ore gon marksmen; and Earl Colson Jr., Tacoma, winner of the 1947 western zone tournament over-all title and 1946 and 1947 Washington champion. Coahuila Governor Declared Suicide SALTTLLO. Mexico, July 23 m Ignacio Gepeda Davila, 43, governor of Coahuila state, was found shot to death last night in his home. An announcement from Gepeda Davlla's secretary said the governor "shot himself in the right temple." The state legislature last night appointed yincente A. Valerlo, pres ident of the state supreme court, acting governor. iv V a I, A J Li. ' JD - - r rvv of confusion, and this morning Just Dorothea Meyers' home on North Arrest Made Just After Truman Visit WASHINGTON, July 23 M-Po-llce today arrested a man armed with a pistol In the capltol Just flv minutes after President Truman made a surprise visit to the senate. F.dward F. McOlnnls, seaati. ser geant at arms, aald tho man Identi fied himself as Clifton R. IL Spires, 39, of Augusta, Ca. Spires waa arrested by two capl tol pollcemrn in the men's wash room on tho first floor of tho eapl tol's senate wing. The senate floor, where Mr. Truman addreaaed the aenate. Is up one flight. He told reporters It Is "quite ap parent" that the simultaneous pres ence of Mr. Truman and Spires In . the capltol was "purely coincidental." Ex-Army Man McOlnnls said Spires had served IT months In the army and had been a patient at a veterans has- . pita! in Augusta. Police Privates Lorain Crump and Paul O. Shelby arrested Spires. Crump told reporters that he saw Spires In the washroom and noticed gun In his hip pocket. Spires was weaving "as though he had been drinking," Crump said. Crump called Shelby, who asked Spires whether he had a permit to carry a gun. The two officers said Spires do- ' nled that he was carrying a gun, but they searched him and found , a .25 caliber automatic. Questioned i The, arrest was made at about 2:15 p. m. (EOT). Mr. Truman had left the capital about five minutes earlier. , Spires was taken to the police guard room In the nearby senate office building, where he was ques- . tioned by police officials, secret service men, and McGlnnla. Legion Yants UN Overhaul . WASHINGTON, July 23 m Calling the security council a "per petually hung jury." the American Legion today proposed an overhaul of the United Nations charter to bobtail the Big Five veto and set up a "tyranny-proof" . world po"ce force. Climaxing a year of study, the Legion's recommendations were for warded in a letter to each member"" of congress with this acknowledge ment: "It may not be possible or ex pedient to attempt to bring about changes now, but we believe they suggest a goal which must be at tained in- order that the United ; Nations becomes fully effective." The veterans organization con tended that its recommendations would "lay a solid foundation for the elimination ot the atomic threat" It said further they "are indispens able to bring about an adequate sub- -stitute for the grim rules of power politics." 11 Germans Die In Rail Accident HAMBURG, Germany, July 23 (Pv Eleven Germans were killed and 12 Injured today in a railroad accident on the South Elbe bridge. The victims were clinging to the outside steps of an overcrowded passenger train bound for Hannover and were pulled from their po sitions by a train passing In the opposite direction. Some of the bodies were mangled beyond recog nition. New Pack Peas Show Price Drop PORTLAND, July 23 P Canl ners' price lists to wholesalers for new pack peas are about S to 20 per cent lower than a year ago, trade sources reported today. Fancy grades are about 10 cents a case lower than last year, while extra-standard and standards are down about 35 cents a case. Kt m t k itsc -i'tvi such a scene caught the nine, o'clock Eleventh street, r
