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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1947)
wm mi mmm I II TIlO Hay's Sews II y II1ANK JKNKINH pitl'.HUJHNT THUMAN today uo 'iU un InvlUttluii to visit Brazil Into llila niuiitli or In Helilombor. I'c will fly Uuwn mid coma bach on it battleship. QLDHTBIIB will recall dearly tho Hurry Hint followed President WllhiMi'n announcement tliut he pro. piwrcl In no to Paris U) help dealt (hi) Unity o( Vcraallle following V. oi IU. Wur I. . It wiiii mora Uimi a (lurry. It bordered on panic. At Unit time, tlirin waa a tiibu against uch thing. Prraldriil ol the UnlUiil Hlutea wcro aupiwicil to Muy ul home mid hoe AMKUICA'B com. Whut was the world coming to? IT-iiimlit have boon belter If Presl- ili'iil Wllnon had atayed at homo. The treaty of Versailles u no great milestone In the world'a progress, 11 anwed Uie teeth o( llio dragon, and. from thla lll-ainrred aoedlng we i raped the bitter crop of World fwnr if. It nilglil have ben better If Amer Ira had atayed aloof from the older world, hoeing her own garden, lend ing IiillhMlly her 81'KCIAL crop. Kiiu h la the right of Individual men to live their Uvea aa Uiey are fit wiihm the llmlla of the rights of olhera. In the clear, .earthing light of hindsight, we can ace a lot of llilnga that might havebceil better If we had done them. BUT we didn't do 'them. And Die water that ha flowed under the bridge, cant be matte to flow back uphill. Thanka to modern com mimical lorn, thla I rapidly becoming ONS WORLD actually, whether or Dot It ever becoinea one world politically and economically. Prealdenl Truman's trip to Braill will be hla filth vUll abroad, and we now think no more of It Uian we umkI to think when the President of the United Btatee went down the Polomao for a week-end trip on hla, official yacht. The world la changing. whether we like It or not. . WHAT would really help In a big ' way would be ALL THE LITTLE PEOPLE traveling peralatenlly among all the oilier little pePl That, would help toward the world community of Interest and under atandlng we mint have U war are to become fewer. Canada la a good example. NO HODY could alart a aerloua rurkua bnween us and our fine neighbor to the north. Too many of ua know ' too many Caliadlana AH IN DIVIDUALS. Too many Canadian know loo many of ua. We have come to like and RK BPKCT each oilier In a wide and deep and general way. You don't fight readily with people you like and reaped. Till-: truth, which la allll loo much obacured, la that the general run of people KVERYWHKKK are pretty decent. There la no audi llilnga aa a NATION of crooka and llilevea and abusers of women and children. The PEOPLES of the world are too .much nonrepresented to each other by their politician!. WASHINGTON today la In a alcw over another of those big LITTLE laauca Umt create ao much 111 will when wrongly handled. The labor department, Uila morn Ing'a dispatches Inform ua, la trying to decide whether or not to make public the Information the Unlona will have to file under the new Tafl-lliirtley labor Inw. It aocma that the law Isn't apeclflc aa to publicity. Labor Secretary Schwel lenbach mop hla worried brow and comments! "I Just don't know the answer." . UHY not make public aa to labor nil the things employers are re quired to make public? That and iiaanore. ,ike in no fish of one and fowl of (('nllnufd on Ps 4. Column el Cargo Of Fresh Peppers Unlpaded From M'm fkw SJrk This big trailer, loaded with eratea of peppera and northbound from I.oa Angeles, skidded and over turned at Oregon and Blehn streets shortly after noon yesterday, alid the cargo had to be unloaded be fore the trailer could be set back on Its wheels, The driver, Henry Scar, escaped injury and there was HtUc damage. US; Ready With Reply On Balkans LAKE BUCJCJEKB, Aug, 8 W The United Statea was reported ready today to suggest, that the United Natlona general assembly handle the Balkans situation If the security council cannot do ao because of Russia'! veto. Ilia council was called to meet at 3 p.m. lEDTi to continue debate on the Balkans, with the prospect of some of the plainest speuklng yet heard In Hint group of eleven diplo mats. An authoritative source euld that Hornchcl V. Johnson, United Stales deputy on the security council, was all set to mako an Important state merit outlining the United Suites' position aubatantlally thla way: 1. The United States hope that the security council will act to meet the situation. But, If the council cannot do Uial through Uie use of the veto, the United States Is con fident that the general assembly will handle the situation. 2. The United Stales feels alroligly on the soviet use at Uie veu. It does not like the implications In the Soviet action. 3. Hie United Stales has decided views toward what It feels has been the defiance of Albania. Yugoslavia and Bulgaria In refusing to co operate with Uie security council's subsidiary group left In the trouble area. 4. Finally, the United SUUta. con trary to reports Uiat It might try to achieve a solution outside the United Nations, Is definitely and firmly committed to Uie United Na tions and will exhaust all resources of Uie charter In trying to solve the question. Gilmer Off Butfe Post DorUlIS. Aug. Maurice Ciilmer, secretary of the Bulla Valley Irriga tion district, was relieved of his du ties by the board of directors of the district at a meeting at Macdoel Tuesday night. A petition demanding Gilmer's re moval was presented by the water users and land .owners. A series of closed meeUiis have been held re cently by tha users and property owners, culmlnaUng- In last night's action. Reasons for Uie removal were not listed In the petition. The board also terminated the services of Dan Carlton, Redding at torney, as district legal representa tive. It Is understood a Yreka legal firm will be employed. After the action. Ollmer demand ad a complete Investigation of the affairs of the district. This matter was postponed by the board pending legal advice. Ollmer has been a leading figure In the Irrigation district's affairs for 35 years. Mrs. nan Orlffln, a farmer's wife of Macdoel. wa:. named temporary secretary by the board. ' Relief From Heat Forecast The week's hot weather Is expected Ui draw to a close late Thursday with a forecast of partly cloudy sklea by the slate weaUier bureau. Meanwhile the temperature la run ning riot with clear skies and scorch ing afternoons. The CAA weather station recorded 85 as the high Tues day afternoon, but an unofficial reading In town set the mercury at 03 In mid-afternoon. At 13:50 today the Uiermometer recorded 84 degrees. Low early Wed nesday morning was 49. PRICK riVE CKN' tain. Situation In Netherlands Still Tense BATAVIA. Java, Aug. 6 lIV-Ths Netherlands army accused the In donesian republic today of violat ing Monday night's cease fire or der five lime and at the same time denied Indonesian charges that the Dutch had committed such vlolsllona. Indonesian Prime Minister Amir BJarlfoeddln had charged the Dutch with violating tlie cease fire order at Oombong. on the central front, 80 miles west of Jogjakarta, two and a half hours after the midnight deadline. The Dutch declared Uxiuy, how eveej that they actually occupied Oombong 30 minutes before the cease fire orJor became effective. Leahy Rumor Meanwhile rumors circulated In Balavla, without official confirma tion, that Adm. William D. Leahy would come hare from Washington to act as mediator in Uia Dutch Indonesian dispute If Uie republi can government accepts a United States offer of "good offices." as Uie Dutch already have. , In Washington. Charles O. Ross. While House press secretary, said he knew nothing of any plan for Leahy. President Truman'a person al nulilary chief of stulf, to go to TtirinnKlit. Kruu Silltl Lhe BltlAVia report was Uie first he had lira of Iti. I, Balkan Loan Cut Short WASHINGTON. Aug. 6 lA'i Sccre lory of Stole Marshall today dis closed Uie export-tmiiort bank has cancelled a 17.000.000 cotton credit ear-marked for the Hungarian gov ernment. Marshall told a news conference the bank took the acUon because some of Uie Hungiirlan negotiators in which Uie bank had confidence had been exiled as result of what he termed the communist coup which recently overturned Uie govern ment. Two oUier factors he gave as influencing the bank's decision were : 1. The two Hungarian banks scheduled to get Uie American funds aro under what Marshall called Uie threat of natlonaliuiUon. 2. The cotton situation has changed for the better since April. 30 when the bank and a Hungarian government reached a tentative agreement regarding Uie credit. Marshall disclosed this action in telling reporters that Uie American government had reached no specific conclusion on what further steps to take about Uie chnnge In the Hun garian government. In announcing the credit cancel lation, Marshall emphasized that the considerations governing the move were strictly banking factors. Overturned Trailer W -MflSs. KLAMATH FALLM. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST . 1941 fTeleohana 1111) No. 1102 To. IM Irani in Imports $57 mm- Lum ANGELEs. Aug. f Despite efforts of fire fighters to stop the roaring blase, hopes were virtually abandoned today by fire fighters that they could save this house, and hundreds of others. In Big Tujunga canyon as a' raging brush (Ira swept over the bills. Thla picture was sent to Klamath Falls by AP wire photo, i Roaring Brush LOS ANGELES. Aug. 6 (AVrA roaring bruiili fire sweeping through Big Tujunga canyon, 10 miles northwest of suburban Pasadena, killed (wo men, Injured at least 14 others and was still out of con trol today. Supervisor William V. Mendcn dall of Uie Angeles NaUonal forest. In which all of Uie burning area lies, issued a call for 400 volunteer and 100 professional fire fighters In addiUon to some 300 already bat tling the flames yesterday. District Ranger M. W. Durham. acUvely directing the men, water pumpers aiid bulldozers, said the flames might be checked shortly. He described it as Uie worst fire in this area in 24 years. It had scorched about 2000 acres. Heat Blamed For Walkouts DETROIT. Aug. 6 li Approxi mately 27.000 , auto'' workers In 10 Detroit plants were Idled today by scattered walkouts attributed to Uie Intense heat.. The temperature stood at 88 de grees at 11 a. m. and was climbing. An estimated 9500 employes were sent home when four Brlggs Manu facturing Co. plana were closed by walkouts In key departments. Chrysler Corp. laid off 5000 work ers at Plymouth and 900 at DeSoto for lack of parts supplied by Brlggs, and an additional 11,60: were idled In four ojher Chrysler plants by walkouts of a few employes. It was Uie third successive day In which high temperatures affected thousands of Detroit production employes. Escapee On Way To Ohio Clarence A. Gordon, held In the county Jail for the past several weeks as an escapee from the Ohio prison system, was en route back to Ohio this mornliifr to finish serv ing the prison termthc was working on nine years ago. Gordon escaped from a Mansfield, O., reformatory in 1939. He was extradited after a hearing in Salem and is being taken back to Ohio by H. E. Swank, a prison guard. Also ei. route today but on a short er trip arc Philip Jones, 21, and Willie Hayncs. 17, both negroes, who are being taken back to Orovllle, Calif., where they are wanted for burglary. Undersherlff Galen J. Wright was accompanying them. Big Load Of Pie Heads For Alaska BEAVERTON, Ore., Aug. B' (IP) Anchorago must be planning a summer plo festival. A baker here, P. M. Kaln, report ed today' a shipment of 1600 cherry, npple nnd berry pies is heading north aboard the S. S. Baranot to a bakery at the Alaskan city. The pics weigh one and a half tons. KLAMATH FALLM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1947 Tujunga Canyon Cabin In Danger Fire Rages Through Tujunga Canyon; Two The dead men,who were burned and suffocated when caught In a draw, were Cart Masterson, 37, a U. S.' forest' service ' eriiploye,' and Harry Duffy. IB, a volunteer work ing out of Deer Creek fire camp. The fire started yesterday In a brush . area Under-dry for weeks, and made more so by Uie recent Meters Take In $4669 Intake from parking meters for Uie month of July remained fairly steady as compared with the pre vious month of June. Approxi mately S4669 was obtained from meters during July, $65 under June's total of $4734. Paul Otter bein, in charge of meter collections, believed that the small decrease i was caused by the ugnt use of me ters during the 4th of July holi days. Money frirnii parking meters Is collected on Mondays and Thurs days. Monday collections generally are larger because they Include Saturday receipts, according to Ot terbein. Use of two-hour meters Is increasing slowly, especially those located between 10th and 11th on Pine and 9th and 11th on Klamath. Otterbein reported Uiat damage to meters has decreased considerably sliy:e they were first installed. Department Ponders Bill. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 P) The labor deparunent is trying to de cide whether to make public the informaUon unions will file under Uie new Taft-Hartley labor law. Secretary Schwellenbach has asked his labor department's legal divi sion for an opinion on Uie question, an aide said today. The issue arose when a group of newsmen sent a petition to Uie secretary, asking that the informa tion required of unions be made available to the press when re ceived. Schwellenbach read the petition and commented, "1 Just don't know Uie answer." The Taft-Hartley act says the na tional labor, relations board shall not recognise any petitions by a : union, unless Uie union has submit- ted to the labor department certain information about its finances, of- I fleers, and rules. Engine Does Tow Car Duties MOORHEAD, Minn.. Aug. 6 OP) D. W. King, .Great Northern rail way fireman, was off duty Tuesday. So he went motoring only to back his car off a raised crossing and stall it in the path of a soon due Great Northern mail train. Then he had the engineer ease the big lbcomoUve up to the cross ing to nudge his auto loose from its precarious position. The train proceeded, only five minutes late as result of Its tow car role. (Telephone Sill) Die in Flames siege of 90-plus weather. Southwest winds sent It racing along Uie south wall of Big Tunjunga canyon. By noon It lumped to the north wall. By nightfall Uie flames approached Uie summit of Mt. Lukens, crossing the ridge of Trail canyon. All families In Trail canyon were evacuated, including Mrs.' Bonnie Sparks. 23, and her six-day-old daughter, Beverly Dianne. Durham said more than 100 cabins, leased from the government, were en dangered. The Red Cross established a first aid station and a canteen with 30 women volunteers. Thousands of motorists were attracted toward Uie scene by mushrooming smoke. The California highway patrol then blocked off highways leading to the fire area. Bleacher Fall Injures 33 GOSHEN, N. Y., Aug. 6 W) At least 33 persons were Injured today when three secUons of the tem porary bleachers crowded with spec tators for Uie Hambletonian trotting stakes collapsed. The Goshen hospital reported Uiat 33 persons received first aid treat ment. Identification of Uie injured and the extent of injuries were not Immediately possible, hospital au thorities said. A record crowd of 20,000 or more jammed Uie track when the crash came near Uie head of Uie stretch. Injured were rushed to Goshen hospital by ambulanc and private auto and about a. half hour after the collapse a hospital nurse reported Uiat 33 had been treated. Tulelake Gets Storage Pears TULELAKE. Aug. 6 The first shipment of Bartlett pears from Uie Rogue river valley to be stored In Tulelake was arriving today at Uie Tulelake cold storr.ge plant. An expected 225 car loads of pears will be handled at the storage plant Uiis season, according to Ross Rag lund, manager. The first fall shipment of seed spuds from Uie Shasta area is ex pected in next week. The shipper will be D. W. Ferguson, prominent potato grower and buyer. The spuds will be held until next spring. Union Ad Asks Defeat Of Taft HARTFORD. Conn., Aug. 6 (JP) Challenging the constitutionality of the Taft-Hartley labor law, the Connecticut Federation of Labor and an AFL local union today, in paid newspaper advertisements, urged the political defeat of Sena tor Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) and Connecticut congressmen who voted for the act. ( The advertisements, placed In a Hartford daily newspaper (Hart ford Times), deliberately violated a section of the law restricting labor organisations from making expenditures In political campaigns. Troops To Be Called Home Again LONDON, Aug. ( UP) Prima Min ister -AtUee told parliament today that Great Britain would reduce her armed forces, impose a limited di rection of labor, and seek relaxation of clauses In trie V. 8. loan agree ment to help ease her growing eco nomic crisis. He said aUWhat workers "In the more essential Industries" would have to work longer and that coal miners would be asked to labor half an hour a day addltionsL Attlee said Great Britain also would cut down her imports In a manner that would mean "hard ships for many people." He said the United' States, at Britain's' entreaty, had agreed to discuss the sterling convertibility and non-discrimination in trade agreements In the $3,750,000,000 loan. which Attlee said would be exhaust ed this year. Denies Spending He denied, as Winston Churchill had charged on Monday, that the labor government had '"frittered away" the American billions, ad vanced after termination of lend- lease from which Great Britain re ceived 31 ,287,240,530 from thi V. 8. and gave back In reverse deals $8J19.792,047. Attlee said British armed strength would be reduced by 420,000 men by next March. The forces numbered 1297,300 men on July 1. "An exhaustive Inquiry has been instituted into Uie whole future of our defense policy," he said. Smog Fogs- Downtown LA LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 UP In dustrial smoke, mixed with fog, rolled into downtown Los Angeles today, cutting visibility to three- quarters of a mile but Uie weather bureau voiced Uie typical California comment that It's "not unusual." ' Fumes, however, made eyes smart more than usual and Uie air pol lution .engineer's office reported many residents were literally qry- mg uie mues. . Absence of wind to carry away Uie smoke output of factories fre quently Inflicts a smoke screen on the downtown district this time of year. The city council has sched uled an airplane flight to search out Uie chief offenders as part of an abatement campaign. Parking Meters Still In Hole PORTLAND, Aug. 6 4-Public Works Commissioner W. 'a. Bowes has a deficit problem, but admits Uiat not much can be done about It. The city's parking meters bring in $21,000 a month, !,ut fixed oper ating . expenses, charged to the meter fund repairs, collections, patrolmen and several engineering agencies cost $26,525. The deficit, $5525. 9 Loading a hefty chunk of wood nlng was Red Berryman, seen morning camera. n tt SST it ir .iw ."ilOlll , , Solon Says Charge Is Fabrication WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TV-With both tinder oath, Howard Hughe charged and Senator Brewster (R Me.) denied today that the senator once offered a "deal" to call off a senatorial Inquiry Into Hughes war plana contracts. Brewster took the stand before a senate war Investigation subcom mittee a few minutes after Hughe bad made the charge before tha same group. Hughes said tha Maine senator made such a proposition to him In a Washington hotel Uie week of February 11, 1947. Brewster offered, he declared, to have the hearings dropped If he, . Hughes, would agree to merger of Uie Trees-World Alrlmes, which he controls, with Pan-American Air ways. Brewster, calling this "a-proposl-tlon Uiat sounds more like Holly wood than Washington," told Ul committee solemnly: ... , t "I can assure you that I never ' did." , . Brewster said he entertained . Hughes at a luncheon in his hotel apartment and "paid 18 80 out of my , own pocket" This remark as to the cost, ob viously was a reference to the testi mony cf John Meyer, Hughes' pub licity man, Uiat he spent large sums entertaining government officials. Alluding to the Hughes' charges, Brewster said: "It seems Inconceivable to me that anyone could seriously contemplate that anyone who has been In public uie as long as I nave in the state legislature, as governor. In the house, and tha senate could, on such short acquaintance with Hughes . . . make so bald s proposition as he here describes.'' "It sounds more like Hollywood than It does Washington." Pausing for a few seconds, Brew-' ster said: "I can assure you that I new ' did." . Car Lack Is Mill Threat PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6 0P A serious rail car shortage may I6rca closure of some sawmills in this area, Uie West Coast Lumbermen's , association reported today. K. C. : Batchelder, association traffic manager, said Oregon lum ber shippers now are receiving only . 40 per cent of their normal supply ; of cars. He said that while some persons believe the shortage will be eased in a matter of weeks, there Is some , concern that it may exist as lata as Thanksgiving by which time . Uie sltuaUon. would be critical. Contributing factors In Uie short- . age are the bumper wheat crop, heavy coal moyement and peak acuvlues of several major , indus tries. He said that in Uie first six months of this year", rail carriers placed 20,918 new cars in service and at the same time retired 25,918. He said he would go to Washing ton to bring Uie situation to the at tention of the ICO and Uie ODT. Cyclist Hurt In Crater Lake Fall One of Uie party of cyclists of Uie youth hostel group touring Crater lake is in Hillside hospital today recovering from hurts received in a ' fall from her bicycle. Elizabeth Nelson of East Boston, Mass., received numerous .cuts and bruises when she fell from her bicycle Tuesday afternoon, and X-rays will be taken today to de termine the extent of a foot Injury. The cyclists are touring the United States and parts of Canada by train and bicycling to Various scenic spots en route. a.' clock Special Into a truck bright and early this through) the eye of tha o'clock 1 J
