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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1947)
io)fmWV o)R A iW , fniMRra Miwre mm m . , . ,, , , , ; , fr Hulda, City's Lone Seeing Eye Dog, Dies By Ronald Brown Hulda, an II -year-old Soolng-Eyo dog belonging to Cecil Carlisle, 402 South Sevonth street, died of old ago yesterday, of tor 10 years of faithful service as a guide to Carlisle and guardian of his family. Hulda was o well-known figure In Klamoth Falls, being the only Seoing-Eye dog in this areo, and was often to bo seen on I ho streets with Carlisle, who operates a stand in the post offico building. The dog had been ailing for two or three days before her death and died yesterday while the Carlisle family was at dinner. Veterinarians said that hor death was caused by heart trouble, stemming from old age. Hulda has been In partial retirement during the post few years. The Kiwanls club holpod to send Carlislo to Morristown, Now Jorscy, to get the dog some 10 years ago, and Hulda has been an Important member of the Carlisle household einco then. Carlisle said that she had become a rogular mem ber of the family and that her death was "just like losing one of the family," Hulda' will be burled In the Lindley Heights area, near A'le home of Carlisle's mother-in-law, as soon as a suitable spot can be loeoted. Carlisle hopes to obtain another Seeing Eye dog some time in the future, but Hulda will long be remembered, both by the Carlisle family and by those who iiove seen her faithfully and confidently guiding her master about the city. ' III The Hy HUNK j:nkinn TIIKKK re straws In tlie wind lO' 1 day. In Ihemselvea. they are not particularly Interesting. Uui II we watch thrm thotuhUtilly limy tell in which way Uie worm wind urn blowing. IOHN M. IIIOHTOWER, a com petenl reporter, tells u Irom Washington Ihla morning Ulal "a lirw spill between the United Mlalea and Russia Uil time' over orauiug a Japanese pence treaty threatens today to doatroy what lltllo unity remain between Uie great power." Ha add: "Up to tlili week there hud been considerable hope Dint Washington and Mnecow would be able to devise nine mean tor fashioning the Jap ancse treaty which would eliminate many ol the friction that have bcscl Dear making In Europe, Russia rejection yesterday of American pro aVnonala along Uit line greatly dim med. If 11 did not kill oil, these hope." uruAT i in tpinr " WU. basically and briefly, Wahlngton wanU 11 IN TERESTED nation to get together and agree by Iwo-Uilrd vol on a Jap peace treaty. Moscow ay "NO: we won't play that way. Il l ve(o OR ELBE If WE don't like It." a YOU'VE watched the process of treaty making In Europe. Al way Moscow haa thrown a monkey wrench (the veto) at Uie critical moment. The reault, aa you can't help hav ing noticed, haa been CHAOS in Europe. WHAT does thai alraw mean? It mini mean that continued chaoa In Europe aervea Russia pur- pone. Her refusal to piny without the veto 111 Japan niu.nl mean that continued chaoa throughout the world serves her purpose. YESTERDAY, In Washington, Uie American Legion dubbed the security council of United Nations a "perpetually hung Jury," and called for revision of the U.N. char ier to "bobtail" the veto power and set up a "tyranny proof" Interna tional police force. , WHAT la the meaning of that i Obviously, It Indicates loss of con (Idence In Unitod Nations, as at Diiysiiews Jireacnt set up, and growth of the -tea that we'd better call It off and make a new start (WITHOUT the crippling veto power.) IN dig senate this morning, Sen ator Bu.ihflcld, Republican, of South Dakota, arises In his place and says: "I believe war Is as closo now as It was In 1041 . , . It In time we awoke to our real dangors. It Is limn we receive full and complete Information from tho state depart ment and It Is time that people with that Information demand a practical approach to the problem." That straw shows us that a lot of people, even somo of them In con gress, are confused about what Is happening and WANT THE LOW DOWN from thoso who know (meaning our diplomats, who liutc spoken so far only In tho lofty and hasy language of diplomacy.) gUSHFIELD then adds: "I do not feel that this country has any business plnnnlng to run tho whole world , , , It would bo wise for us to look 10 our DOMESTIC , Issues before taking on added bur dens." That is plain nostalgic reversion tn Isolationism hoe our own corn and let other people hoe theirs. Others than Senator Bushflckl must bo feeling that sumo homesick twinge. It Is high time for tho diplomats to; begin to talk In simple homey , words about tho problems that fnco ? us. WE'RE dismantling undent and rickety Port Slovens, at tho mouth of the Columbia.. Included In tho records of the post la an ao- count of tho Jnp submarine shelling 'if tho beaches there back in 1043, We didn't return the Jap fire, (Continued on rasa 14, Column S) I Local Chief Accuses CIO WASHINGTON, July 24 m Michael Uerralik testified today that Uie CIO United Electrical Workers union lias "done every thing In It power" lo wreck Uie Bridgeport, Conn., local 303. of which he Is president, because It expelled 30 communlat members. Ucrealck and Joseph Jullanelle, business agent of the local, told Uie house committee on un-American acUvltles that communist have In filtrated boUi the International union and the local. Albert J. Kllwerald, president of the International, said In a state ment distributed to Uie pro that Uie two witnesses had been 'dis credited" In advance, lie accused Uie committee of attacking the CIO-UE "because Its members tear for their pollUrnl future." Fltwcrnld promised that the union wltl "redouble efforts" to have committee members "repudi ated by the voters." !lreslrk said said KlUtgrrnld la not a communist. Jullanelle said "We don't know." The two officers told of leading a batUe lo Uirow communist out of Uie local and of being elected to office on an anti-red slate. Payroll Tax Freeze OK'd WASHINGTON. July 24 tA'i A house-senate conference commit tec agreed today lo freeito Uie social aecurlty payroll tax at one per cent for another two years. The aetlon broke a deadlock Utat threatened lo bring about a $2,000, 000,000 tax Increase January 1 through automatlo Increase In the levy from one per cent to 3.5 per cent against employes' pay and em ployers' payrolls. Quick senate and house passage Is expected for the compromise which provides Uiat the levy Im posed to pay old ago and survivors Insurance will Increase In 1050 to l.S per cent and In 1952, to two per cent. Tho present one per cent tax yields approximately $1,600,000,000 a year. 6 ti"jUn 9 -r- Hap David typifies the spirit of " ' 7 Str ' '"r 1 ',' " mm . y , v t v v t-r V o'clock photog this morning by getting out his broom .and sweeping tho pavement In readiness for the street dance Friday night cclcbratlnir the broad way' new lighting, T jffyWwyV 1 WEATHER , n , . , ; . PKicr rive cknth wr. mi i r.p i n q - ni,aiosin rni,i.n, uanuun, imiimiMi, jvhx z, J1H7 (Telephone Sill) ' No 1091 : ecfesffl Head taeals To U.S. Dutch Tank Push Takes Main Port JOGJAKARTA. Java. July ti W) President Hnrkarno of the Indo nesian republic broadraat an appeal tonight Jo Prealdent Truman and the Culled Hlatea public "to exert every effort lo halt this war In In donesia and bring about a peaceful settlement" "Juat a you In the United Stale In 177( fouihl until you gained your Independence, so shall we flthl until we are free." he aald. "This fight to the finish can only be stopped If the Dutch eeaae their military action and Join us, with the British, In mediation of our dispute." I By HTANI.KV MVINTON HATAV1A, Java. July 24 111 C ll e r I b o li. Important Northwest Java port, has fallen to a Dutch tank attack, but Indonesian re publican declared today they had turned back a strong Dutch drive on Ihrlr capital of Jogjakarta and now were closing In on the North Java port of Bemarang. A Dutch army communique an nounced Uie capture of Chcrlbon. The Indonesian radio said tho Dutch used a striking force 'of 60 tank In an assault yesterday afternoon against the port, birth place of ' Uie Indonesian Indepen dence agreement. These forces, Uie broadcast eald, bypaaaed Soeme dang and Kadlpatrn. An Indonesian army rommunlque aald republican forces In the rast reutral sector had arltad Modjo kerlo, on the outer rim of the Dutch perimeter around the once powerful naval baae of Hoerabaja. Thla was one of the area held by (he Dutch before the outbreak of hotlllllle Hunday. Modjnkerto la t mllea aoulfcwrat of Jtombajaa... The Modjokerto acUon apparent ly was an attempt by the republi cans to harrasa Dutch forces driv ing on Uie stronghold of Malang. France Proposes Greek Watch Plan LAKE SUCCESS. July B4 UP) France proposed today that the five big powers and all oUier "Interested" nations be excluded from the pro posed U. N. commission which would set up a semi-permanent watch along Greece's disturbed northern frontier. French delegate Alexandre Parodl offered his suggestion Informally In the United Nations security council which Is considering an American plan for a commission at 11 nations, Including the big five. Parodl suggested that the com mission should be composed of a smaller "neutral" group possibly Uie six non-permanent members of the security council, with Sweden as tho seventh member. The non permanent members of the council are Australia, Bra7.U. Colombia, Syria, Poland and Belgium. South Sixth street for the nine ' This night view shows the new aelebratlon Is scheduled for Friday Eugene Holds KF Car Thief EUGENE. July 24 Arthur Cor- den Robson, 20, of Klamath Falls, Is in the Lane county Jail today after giving local police a merry chase In a 1942 Dulck sedan he al legedly had stolen from his home town Tuesday night. Officer Dwlght Nichols started Uie clm.se about dawn this morn ing and Robson made the mistake of driving Into a dead-end street, where he stopped Uie car and started to run. One shot from the officer's 'pis tol stopped Robson. who surren dered without a struggle and un injured. The car he was driving was stolen from a used car lot at 7th and Walnut In KlamaUi Falls. It Is owned by William Kandra of Tule lake. Robson has been in trouble several times in Klamath Falls, once for theft, another time for being in Canada when he was supposed to report for a draft call and a third time for car theft in Washington while he was AWOL from Uie army, Service Head Plan Approved WASHINGTON. July 24 (flV-The senate today approved by unani mous consent compromise legisla tion to place the armed services un der a single cabinet officer. The measure now goes back to Uie, house for action on an agree ment worked out last night by a senate-houso conference committee. This incorporated "safeguards" de signed to preserve the identity of the marine corps and naval avia tion. The bill creates a national de fense setup urged by President Tru man for two years. It establishes the air force as a separate branch of the service and places it, with the army and navy, under a secre tary of defense. Mr. Truman told a news confer ence today he Is not ready to say who will be named to head the new setup. , Two Killed In Portland Crash P6RTLAND, Ore., July 24 (flV- A car skidded from a boulevard here today and piled up In a field 411 feet distant, killing two men ano) seriously Injuring another. The coroner's office tentatively Identified the dead as Delaine Ben nett, 30, Idaho Falls, and Cloyd M. Hammond, 26, Portland. The third man, taken to a hospital with seri ous head Inlutles, was Merle Brody, 32, Idnhcv Falls. ' New Lights Gleam On light on Booth Sixth street, first night when the liirnU arc turned Krug Says Kaiser Applied " f f 'at) 9 n V .ataVLfe d atf neat tor none contract WASHINGTON. July 24 OPr-Secretary of Interior Krug, told senate war investlgoUng committee mem bers today that Henry Kaiser "put the heat of hell on everybody in Washington" to obtain wartime con tracts to build a huge plywood air plane. . . Krug told reporters he had In formed Senators Brewster IR-Me.) Guards Off Skylight Man A burglary charge against Brady Mayfleld, 25, who fell through a skylight Into a Klamath avenue barber shop several days ago, was dropped yesterday on request of R. N. Adklns, arresting officer, and the guards who have been watch ing Mayfleld at a local hospital for the past eight days were taken off the Job. ' s Substituting for the burglary count, a disorderly conduct com plaint ' was drawn up, Mayfield pleaded guilty and received a 30 day suspended sentence. He broke his ankle and injured both feet In his fall Uirough the skylight, and has been In Uie hos pital since his arrest. Three guards, on duty eight hours each a day, hBve been eosUng the county $24 a day to watch Mayfield. Sheriff Lloyd Low said that the man probably would be moved to Uie county infirmary for the re mainder of his stay In bed. He's expected to be off his feet for an other month. Clouds Delay Peak Scalers LONGMIRE. Mount Rainier Na tional Park, July 24 () Heavy clouds and overcast on Mount Kalnler's lower slopes today pre vented' a party of eight skilled mountain climbers from leaving a hlRh base camp to search for pos sible wreckage of a murine corps transport plane until 9 a. m., H. L. Bill, assistant park ranger, said. The group was to split Into thire parties on the hazardous climb to the 9600-foot level on the crevafse tcrn South Tahoma olacicr, on which Asslstont Ohtef Banner Hill EUtlor saw what, he Identified as plane wreckage '.isj Monday. The San Dlego-Scattie plane disap peared last December 10 with 32 aboard. The weaUier was showery, with broken clouds on the mountain's upper slopes, , and the party may not be able to reach the wreckage today, Bill said. Widened Arterial Street G o Q n o street lighting system developed In on permanently (See also page 10.1 and Ferguson (R-Mlch.) at an in formal conference that a contract made by the war producUon board with Kaiser and Howard Hughes, movie producer, for Uie plane's con strucUon was let "before my time on the war production board." The war investigating committee, headed by Brewster, Is Inquiring' into the letting of Uie contracts and any possible connection of Elliott Roosevelt, son of Uie late President Roosevelt, with Uie transaction. Ferguson, who heads a subcom mittee opening hearings on Uie mat ter Monday, told a reporter that Uie army and navy had opposed letting the contract but that orders had come from Uie White House to go through with them. Krug said he told the two sen ators that Uie contracts .were let before he became chairman of Uie war production board In August, 1944. "All I could tell them was what was hearsay with me." Krug said. twhat was it. then, that you told them?" a reporter asked. "I said that Kaiser put the heat of hell on everybody In Washing ton." the cabinet member replied. "Initially they told him that be couldn't have an airplane contract because he had no aircraft man. "He lined up Hughes and came back and said that now he had an aircraft man. Then he got the con tract." GP Voters Say No On Budget GRANTS PASS, July 24 () Vot ers yesterday refused for the second time to approve a proposed city bud get which called for exceeding the 6 per cent limitation by $58,025.75. The vote was 453 yes and 563 no. In an election held last month a total of 288 votes were cast. Because of Uie small vote cast the budget committee chose to re-submit the same proposal. The city's registered vote Is 3820. Gun Toter Incident At Capitol Prompts Talk Of Tiqhter Congressional Security By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON, July 24 (flV-The arrest of another gun toter at the capitol just after. President Tru man's surprise senate visit prompted fresh talk today of Ught ening congressional security. But the second Incident of its kind tn 10 days found lawmakers still wondering what can be done. The latest episode occurred yes terday when capitol police seized ah armed former serviceman in a men's, wash room In the senate wing of the capitol. Scarcely five minutes before Mr. this area outside municlpaliUe. ... iSfreef Attack ' u,. nh Henry Monagan, bartender at Jean's Coffee shop, was taken to Klamath Valley hospital early this morning for treatment of painful In juries and Thomas E. Walker, 23, of 2590 Crest, wits lodged In Uie city Jail on an open charge following what police said was a fight on 7th street shortly after midnight. Monagan is said to have refused to seve drinks to Walker and two companions, Joe B. Caspar of C046 Wantland, and Roy Galloway, 2560 Kane, at the coffee shop lounge, and they left after Walker made a threat to the barkeep. A short time later Monagan was going down 7th street toward the hotel where- he roomed and was "Jumped" by Walker, police said. In the fight Monagan received a broken "jaw, an injury to his left eye and cuts on his back. Monagan was helped to his room by L. C. Hlnes. 904 N. 9th. then was taken to the hospital. Walker was arrested a short time later on S. 6th. The charge against him was kept open pending further examina tion of Monagan's hurts. Area May Get Shower Tonight Hope of reducing fire hazards in the Klamath Falls area was received today with the state weather bureau's- forecast of showers - for to night, breaking the long dry spell felt here. Lookouts in the Klamath Forest Protective district this morning re ported a 50 to 90 per cent overcast with humidity slightly higher. U. S. forest service lookouts are standing by with a report of "weak, dry" lightning storm expected to hit in Uie south end of the Deschutes area, although few strikes were anticipated there or in this vicinity. A wind of between 5 and 10 miles per hour velocity, was said to be preceding the northern storm. Truman had left the building after making an unannounced visit and a brief speech to Uie senate, where he once was a member. The other Incident occurred July 12 when a former capitol police man fired two shots harmlessly at Senator Brlcker (R-Ohlo) as the lawmaker was about to board a subway car which runs between the senate office building and the capi tol. The ex-officer was sent to a hospital here for observation. . Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Edward F. McGlnnis said it was "quite apparent" that the presence of Mr. Truman and yesterday's gun toter In the building at about the same Ume was "purely coincidental." Nevertheless, senators expressed Demos Make Threat To Delay Close WASHINGTON, July 24 (IPi Democratic Leader Rayburn (Texas) served notice today that he will block session end legislation If re publicans seek to order a house In vestigation of the Justice deDart- ment's handling of Kansas City alec- lion complaints. With senate democrats threaten ing to filibuster an Investigation resolution on that aide of the cap ltol, it appeared republicans were confronted with this choice: Either to give up the Idea of a congressional Inquiry Into the al leged Kansas City vote frauds or risk prolongation of the congressional seaalon they want to adjourn Satur day, Raybum announced his stand to Uie house. He said he would object to all unanimous consent request until tnis thing I cleared up." Much legislation must be pushed through by --called "unanimous consent" procedure If congress Is to meet it Saturday adjournment deadline. Alt Politic 13 ... w- - 1 . would be delayed two weeks or more, unless he gets assurance that there will be no republican effort to launch a house investigation. He described the proposed InvesU gatlon a "all politics," adding: They have messed this thing up In the senate and they are not going to put It off on the house." After Rayburn spoke. Rep. Ben nett (R-Mo.) told a reporter he had talked with GOP leaders and it was their opinion that because of "the democratic filibuster against the in vestigation," any InvestigaUon leg islation would have to be "oost- fponed for the present." A high republican, asking not to be quoted by name, also told re porters no effort will be made to shove an Investigation resolution through the house. "The senate will handle this It self." he said. v Bennett declared: "Obviously, the admlnlstraUon and' Its satellites In congress are afraid of the resolution and that they have plenty to hide. Other wise they would not filibuster it to death at this session. "The American people will rec ognize their tactics and will hold them accountable." KF Auto In rarai irasn 1 An unidentified woman was lulled and two men, including; Henry N. Moe, retired Klamath Pall busi nessman, were Injured today in a head-on automobile collision by the Devils Lake golf course at Ocean lake, Ore., this morning. The second man injured was ten tatively Identified as John Frederick: Kayais of San Francisco. H. N. Moe's car, driven by W. H. Groves of Merrill, collided head-on with a vehicle containing Uie man identified as Kayais and Uie woman. The car, a 1947 model, burst Into flames after the crash. Moe, riding in the vehicle, suffered a broken Jaw. ., - ' The dead woman appeared to be between 50 and 60 years old. The man, who carried papers giving the name of Kayais, was taken to a McMinnville hospital In a critical condition. Moe and Groves had been on a vacaUon trip along the coast and to Canada for the oast two weeks, friends here said. Groves is a Great Northern railway employe at 01 Hirshberg Defense Head Gets Threat By FRED KRIEG .. : . NEW YORK, July 24 W - Lt. Cmdr.- John J. O'Neil, defense counsel at the court martial trial of Harold E. Hirshberg, said today Uie. defendant had received an anonymous letter threatening to blow up him, his family and de fense counsel, , f Hirshberg is charged with mal treating fellow prisoners of war in the Philippines. O'Neil told report ers of the letter in an Interview outside the court room. He said it ' contained "anti Semitic and anti-Irish obscenity" and added that he had turned it over to the FBI. The letter, dated yesterday, was penciled, four pages long, and was mailed from Jamaica, in Uie borough of Queens, O'Neil said. concern ana sum someiuuiK uugui, to be- done about It. " Brlcker told reporters ,he "would like to see a well-trained capitol police force under civil service regulations,' rather than the pres ent patronage appointee who make up the unit. TheOhioan aald he may ug geit Mils at the next session of congress in January. Senator Buck (R-Del) aald sev eral of his colleagues had men tioned to him that something should be . done to provide greater protection, but; that, none had any concrete suggestions. Buck said the matter may be "discussed .ltr.4hl week at a meet nflf or publican.
