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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1948)
r Ui IS (G LAD M S E W MM - - , ; r n In Tli" Hay's Jens Ity UtANK JKNKINH PIIK Huulun government Hi Mus- cow announces today the sign Init of a new trnilfi Irraiy with Norway. Thla nrw agreement, tlin Moscow announcement any, "will result In algntflraiil liicipnite III 1 1 ici inutiml exchange t good be tworil the two countries," rllKKE It Up there (or us. If we're really gulnu lo ritUulld Western Kiiropn. we'll Imvt to inuka III) our mind Ui BUY what Western Europeans huvo lo MILL. Wr cnil'l io on Indefinitely selling lo everybody unci buying (nun no body. '1'linL la ii one-way roud Unit l( traveled tun long lends Innvllubiy to bnd trouble. Truile la lltADK. Qt.D-TJMKItH III the Wt.it will r cntl tlml aome two decade ago 1am Angrlra aenl emissaries to small ' owns nil up ami down tho I'uclllt: Coast. Thry came before local chambers of commerce with a NKW HTOItY. Thry aitul, in subsume: "Wlmt do yim have tlml WK CAN BUY FROM YOU?" 11 wiia knockout. They got an Immediate I n l real oU rrmsc. Hurt waa something new and fas cinating, lino wrro men aaylug avrlously NOT what can wr aril to you but WHAT CAN WE UUY MtOM YOU? It made trrmrudnua impression. PVKMYUODY knowa that Lu An gelca haa grown amiulnuly. It haa grown by TltAUK. While It haa brrn building (uctorlra to make thluga to aril lo the rapidly growing Wetl, It haa bren providing a mar ket fur the thing produced clse whrre In the Weal. No principle of tradr and com mrrce la belter established than thla: You tend naturally to buy what you waul U buy where you can aril what you have to aril. UKItK la an Interesting little note In Uie newt: Al the village df Hot, near Frank furl. In Ihe American iune of Ger many. RUriHIAN ZONE house wife waa arrented thta morning and charged with trying to enter lite U. 8. lone Illegally with amuggled food. Among Ihe food ilema the had amugglrd Into our mm were TWO HMOKKD CATS AND A BMOKKU IXXJ. THIS trifling little tale bungs out two Igulllcanl facta with amaz ing clarity. Kxrepi In the black market, where the speculator In human tnlseVy eomtf to nend their 111 T gotten gains, food renlly Is scarce in ninat of turc. Knicclnlly meat. When Ihla writer win there a couple of yrara ago, you seldom aw doga or cat. Why? The answer kki brutally atmple. They had been KATKNI "THK other prrgnunl (net broughl oul by Una little sipilb In the newa of the day la Huh: No matter how alemly the com munlat rulera of Russia might try to prevent It tif they did tryi, no matter what our government might do lo lay obstacles In the way of II (If wo ahould be ao foolish as lo adopt auch a policy), irndn between free enterprise America and It zones of Influence and coinnumi.it Russia and Its tone of Inllucnce will go on NATURALLY, even If Illegally, wherever the two zones meet If people on one aide have what people on the other aide want. DUT this In your pipe iiml smoke It: Such trade tends lo BRING PEOPLES CLOSE TOOhTHKK. thua making WAR LESS LIKELY. TRADE It a grenl civ lilting In fluence. Super- r-Efficient Sleuthing Work FRANKLIN, Pa.. Jim. S iVt City jyuncllmrn aturled scratching their heads on looking over the 11147 re I'pnrt of Police Chief F. M. Shelter. Among the figure were: "Autnmobllr alolen, 23; recov ered, 26. "Bicycles alolen, 11; recovered, 13." But then Shelter explained the "super-recoveries" were a hold-over from December, 1040, r bookkeeping practice followed by his depnrt ment. Three Youihs Car Plunges Three deaf mules suffered Injur ies At mld-iifternoon Wednesday when their northbound ear went out of control on the Sun mountain atrelch of highway 97, plunged over tho steep embankment on the left and came to rest 57 feel below tho road bed against a sturdy plno tree. State police, called to tho scene by a passing mntorlRt who slopped at the Fort Klumath Junction, said tho treo hold tho 1H2B cnnvorllblo coupo nnd prevented tho car from continuing down the precipitous grade which undoubtedly would have caused aeiimis Injury to His trio. Officers rccolvcci their lufiirinn lion through a ciiicNtlnii-nntl-iui.wcr system of note writ Inn and sulci that Wayne Leslie Hartshorn, 18. ot Wllllnmsport, Pa., was driver of the cat. Hartshorn told the officers he was headed north at. about 2:45 p m. when he applied brakes. The c left wheel locked and threw the cur ' over the embankment. It over turned nl lea.il five I lines before II t M... (J... 1 ...ta - V,vA5 rxiiaiuiua tail tl . I airtam rtr la Sals ' I rararaill Mrllr lasar I .I ! ... I ll Manual .... I I'HICK FIVE CENTH Satellites Lean Toward Danger Area LONDON, Jan. I fl't Eaatrrn F.urope'a Huvlel aatrllltea are pre paring to rerognlce the rommunlat (irrrk "government" of Markua Vafladra draplle wratrrn warnlnga that the move will bring about malor Intrrnallonal ertala, high diplontallo authorltlea representing those rounlrlra aald here today. These luformanta, who aald that the ultimate objective of the com munist was to rupture Athens It self, predicted thai recognition of the Vnfludrt' rritlme was at most a question of mouths. Implication Only yratrrduy Itrltnin and the United Hlutra advised Y'ugoslavla and Uulgarla of the "acrloua Im plications" ot such a step, whlcn thry suld would be contrary to the principle of the United Nation charter. Hrlnforrlng this warning waa a disclosure that Britain ha deferred Indefinitely a arhrduled early evac uation of her 6000 Iroopa In Greece. Moreover, according to official sxikesmen, she haa reached "broad agreement" with the United Hlnira not only or Joint diplomatic action to be taken In the event of recognition, but also on military steps lo support the Athens regime In It fluctuating fight against Ihe guerrilla. "Every means short of war" will be used by Die British and Ameri can govertunent to keep Greece within their own strategic and Ideological orbit, one government tnurce aald. With (irrrr under communist control, llussl would have a strong foothold In Ihe Kastrrn Mediter ranean which would enable her t dominate not only the economical! weak Arab slatra but also th west Inclined rounlrlra of Noulhern Eu rope. Turkey would be effectively Uo Irted from the west by chain of intra sympathetic to Russia's Inter national policies. The route to Iran and to the other Arab countries producing much of the world' oil would be accessible only with lite greatest difficulty. Kilter To Head CAB Board WASHINGTON, Jan. ( Wr-President Truman today selected MaJ. Gen. Laurence 8. Kuter for chair manship of ihe civil aeronautics board, succeeding James M. Landls. In order to clear the way for Kutrr's nomination, Mr. Truman asked congressional action on a bill to enable him to serve a a member of the board without disturbing his military status. Kilter Is the United States repre sentative on the council of the in ternational civil aviation organisa tion. Landls was dropped ns CAB chair man at the end of last year. Mr. Truman gave no explanation of his decision not to reappoint the former New Dealer to the post, Kuter is 42. a native of Rockford, III., and a graduate of the military academy. Slogan WASHINGTON, Jan. I Pi The republican party came up with a 1048 victory slogan today: "Vote Republican In 1D4S Save What' Left." In 1946 It was "Had Enough?" Hurt When Off Sun Grade w as held by the big tree. The driver had a Pennsylvania operator's li cense. His two passengers wore Glenn J. Flood, 21, and William Bradley, 17, both of Wllllnmsport. The young men were en route from Wllllnmsport to 6552 201 h street NE., Seattle, Wash., where they were to remain with u foster mother. They had traveled 8B70 miles since leaving home nnd this was their first accident. Hartshorn nnd Bradley suffered severe bruises nnd shock, but 21-year-old Flood, who lost his leg In n mill accident some time ngo,. suf fered painful hurls to his bad leg. He was moved to the Klamath Agency hospital where he was given tirntmrnt. The others received first nld nt the scene. The three had 818 In their posses sion and had to pay (15 for wrecker fees, officer sakl. They did not have sufficient funds to pay for car repairs so were remaining in Chllo nnln nnd attempting to tlx the car themselves before going on north. WEATHER Waves F'omtl lisaMed Roass Sip jr If J ' rHalaaMaWaa.W jlMHMrilUMMrs1Mi W ,j-am ..... , a WW 'J feJEO V 0" W . :.( o - ' r,: , . " ; .. - 'V' ... J John A. Schuster, left, and Frank Hiatt of Klamath Falls, are shown above with all that is left ot old "Three-Foot." a cougar of substantial dimensions that won quite a reputation for himself as both criminal and trap-evader in Ihe Sardine creek country of neighboring Jackson county. The Klamath men reported that there had been a lot of unsuccessful attempts to anare the cougar, and on one occasion, when caught, he chewed off a front fool and left It In a trap. He had Just killed a deer before he stepped into a Hiatt and Schuster trap on Hiall's Sardine creek property. December 31. A bullet in the head ended his career, and Jarkaonj county paid a $60 bounty. "Three-Foot" measured 7 feet 4 Inches from nose to taU. Sun Breaks Through After Long Siege Overcast skies nnd low hanging clouds of yesterday were replaced by bright sun and lowering temper atures today as the Klamath basin experienced another vagary of Old Man Winter. The minimum temperature was reported ns 25 degrees by the CAA walhcrmnn early this morning as compared with a previous 24-hour minimum ot 39. Shuttle service continued south of Dunsmuir this morning and both The Cascade nnd The Beaver, north bound over Southern Pacific, were slated to bo at least eight hours late In hero today. Southbound tnilllo was on lime, but held up al Dunsmuir whero the raging Sacra mento river washed out a 200-toot bridge nnd considerable track nl Cnslle Crags, Just south of Duns muir. Passengers, mall and baggage were removed from both north nnd south bound trains and moved by Chinese Slay U. S. Marine TSINOTAO. China. Jan. 8 iVi Slaying of n U. S. marine by Chi nese communists nt a rcmoto vil lage, In North China was reported today by the Chinese commander of the Tslngtao garrison. He said the victim was one of five leather necks missing on a Christ nuis Day hunting trip. U. S. navy headquarters declined eltlior lo confirm or deny the re port, made by Oen. Ting Cht-pnn at a news conference. The nnvy continued to withhold the Identities of the five. Tho Chinese commander said Ihe hunting party had been halted by sentries nt government lines be yond which U. S. personnel was forbidden to go but that the Jeep riding murines drove on to Tnyu, a small village near Llnshan, about 50 miles north ot Tsiugtno. Ting nddrd Hint a marine search parly went to Tnyu later and 'was told by vlllngcrs that the slain ma rine had been removed by the com munists. Ho said 11 was presumed tho remaining tour were taken along by Ihe withdrawing rods. tux "ix:-cs-""" " ii top Doc. rn i fiftWfti rn KI.AMATIf FALLS, OKKiiON, TIlt'IlhDA Y, All That's Left Of Old "Three aw -nS" rV"" air. Of Rain Here bus around the washout, and until this morning all freight was routed through Alturas and Sparks, Nev. SP men said this practice was stop ped today and freight went through to Dunsmuir and will be held there until Uie bridge and tracks are In order. Crews from Eugene, Klam ath Falls and Sacramento were dis patched to the scene Immediately on word of the washout yesterday and SP Trainmaster W. C. Hughes, who was In Dunsmuir yesterday, said the Sacramento was receding. Hughes said there were no slides on the line. Mountain roads covered with slush yesterday, had Ice today. At Odcll lake, on the Willamette highway, the temperature was 23 degrees at 9 n. in., there wa two Inches of new snow, 44 Inches ot roadside snow. It was icy from the tunnel east but crews were sanding. They were also sanding the Icy spots on Sun moun tain of highway 97, where the low reading was 27 degrees. Two Inches of fresh snow fell on the stretch last night, bringing roadside snow 10 29 inches. It wns frosty on the Grcensprlngs highway. The Pnclfio highway Is now open to one-way traffic south of the Springfield Junction, nnd two-wny traffic will probably be open lntc today, tile state highway report advised. i .... ...' .' ; .. 1 ........ Switzerland Newspapers Headline Rumors Of Stalin's Death, But Say Story May Be "Wishful Thinking" BERN, Switzerland, Jnn. 8 iPi Two Bern newspnpers speculated today that Prime Minister Stalin was dead. The Soviet embnssy in London snld there was nothing to the rumor. Der Bund headlined Its story "Stalin Dead?" In one edition, but changed this later to "About Stalin." This newspaper has good nccess to government news sources In the Swiss capitnl. It snld death had been the subject ot conversations In the federal council, chief executive authority of Switzerland. "There is a serious background lo these reports." Der Bund snld. It railed the rumor "the topic of the day In Moscow." How It learned this wns not clenr. No Bern newspaper has a Moscow correspondent. A socialist newspaper, the Bcrncr Tngwacht. used the headline "Stalin Died?" It snld: "Obviously the report ot the death of Stalin was nourished and certain credence given It by previous reports thnt Stnlln wns sick, that he wns on crutches, and thnt a Swedish cancer specialist had been summoned to Moscow." Some ot these reports, it added, might be at tributed to "wishful thinking," Tho Swedish cancer speclnllst Is Dr. Ells Berven. He arrived In Moscow this week on a summons from four Husslnn doctors who snld they wished to consult with him. The Russian lender Is 68 years old. JANUARY S, 104 Telephone gill - Foot" m : ! Franklin Rites Set Marie Loraine Franklin, allegedly slain by her husband November 30 and buried for a month in the back yard ot the Franklin home ! near the airport, will be given a I formal burial at SAn Andreas. Calif., Ward's Funeral home an nounced today. The body has been at Ward's j since it was exhumed from the back yard grave January 3 by state police, after Homer Franklin had confessed Uie killing. Two sisters of Mrs. Franklin. Mrs. Claire Adams of Woodland, Calif, and Mrs. Grace Ferettl. Sutter Creek. Calif., were here this week making arrangements for the burial. The body will be shipped to San Andreas Saturday. The funeral services will be private, thev said. Mrs. Feretti nnd Mrs. Frnnk lin were twins. Some estate Is snld to be In volved, nnd Attorney R. F. Mc Laren wns retained to look after thnt matter. Mrs. Franklin Is snld to have left a will. While here the sisters Inquired about n dlnmond ring reportedly belonging to Mrs. Franklin which her husband Is said to have sold recently. Meanwhile, Homer Franklin Is still in the countv jail charged with first degree murder. I .. ; J.vM ... ' I No. 123! U.S. Directs Rescue Craft In Jap Area TOKYO, Jan. S WV-Fifty loot wavea lathed the disabled Russian ship l)rin off Northezit Japan to day, but her condition was regarded a improved and officials considered towing the vessel and her 780 pas- I senger lo safely. Three rescue ships were standing by and six others were harrying toward the leaking vessel, which had been pounded by massive waves 24 hours. The heavy sea prevented any attempt to remove the passen gers during a day-long, American directed rescue effort. Standing by the stricken ship at nlghtfail were a Russian patrol boat, the tanker Yoko Maru and the Ireighler Taihoku Maru, the latter two Japanese manned. A second Russian ship was reported two hours distant and six American controlled but Japanese-manned vessels were en route to lend assistance. The Far East air force reported that a rescue plane would circle the Dvina throughout the night. Situation Better Naval authorities said her situa tion was "considerably improved" and that It might be possible to tow the Dvina to shore. Earlier reports had said the ship might sink in a few hours. An American airman reported at 11 a. m. tfl p. rn. Wednesday, EST) that the Dvlna's decks were awash. Later, the crew of a B-29 recon naissance plane said after circling the ship live hours they had been unable to contact the ship by radio or blinker signal. "While we were over the ship, a Japanese tanker appeared and came within 200 yards of the Rus sian ship and stopped,"- said Lt. Henry Denlscbendorf of Tulsa, pilot of the 31st reconnaissance squadron plane. "We were flying at 1000 feet and were unable to see whether the tanker got a line aboard." One of the Dvina s first distress messages, yesterday had reported "It Is necessary to remove passen gers immediately." It added that waves surging across her decks was lilling the ship and that she had only one lifeboat. "I could not sight any rafts or boats on or above the deck of the ship," said Lt Erik W. Foged of Omaha, a crew member of the re turned B-29. "None of us could sight anyone in the water around the ship." add ed MSgt. D. A. Meyer of Water town, S. D. "The temperature over the Russian boat was 20 below frreilnr centigrade. Anyone who fell into the water or washed over board would hare been frozen in the ley water." C. Michelson Dies At 79 WASHINGTON. Jnn. 8 ,fl) Chnrles Michelson, 79, newspaper man and former publicity director of the democratic national commit tee, died today. He had been 111 nnd confined for months to his apartment where he died. Michelson, veteran political writ er, took over as democratic press agent in 1929 and held the post tor 13 years. In 1940 he promoted a third term for Franklin D. Roosevelt the first ever given a president, Michelson had been chief Wash ington correspondent for the New York World for 12 years before tak ing the party Job which eventually paid him $25,000 a year. A native of Virginia City, Nov, he started his newspaper career as a $7 a week reporter on the San F'rnncisco Post. He worked on sev eral West Coast and New York papers. He died at 7:45 a. m. after awak ening and asking a nurse to bring him a cup of coffee. Greeks Order More Guns ATHENS, Jnn. 8 WV-MnJ. Gen. William Q. Llvesny, chief of the U. 8. military mission in Greece, disclosed today that the Greek gov ernment ha ordered 40.000 rifles and necessary ammunition from England to arm an augmented Greek national guard. The cost, amounting to 83,000,000, will be paid from frozen foreign ex change of Greek citizens In Britain, he said. The United States, through its aid mission, approved an increase In the size of the national guard earlier this week from 20,000 men to 50,000 men. The army is to be Increased from 120.000 to 132,000 men nnd freed of its security duties in order to concentrate on seeking nut and attacking communist guerrillas. V - Jr if taaM Dr. Archer Cheater of Sudan, honored by the American Medical association a the "family doctor of the year," smiles as he arrive in Cleveland for the mid-winter meeting of the association. Or. Chester Is now practicing in Den ver, but was singled out for work done at a general practitioner In the little mountain community of Kremmling, Colo, Judge Ponders Easter Case A preliminary hearing was con ducted this morning !n Justice court for William J. Easter, 56-year-old California street grocer, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, and Judge J. A. Mahoney took the case under advisement for 24 hours. Easter is accused of shooting and slightly wounding a neighbor and customer, Richard Qaskins, 58, dur ing an argument over iemons at the store December 6. He Is free on J1000 bail and represented by U. S. Balentine and R. F. McLaren, at torneys. Gaskins and two city police of ficers testified at the hearing. Gas kins telling of the argument and how Easter obtained a 32-20 calibre revolver In a small room back; of the store. Gaskins said he followed Easter Into the room and when the grocer reached in a desk tor the pistol 1 stepped behind htm and pinned his arms. But Easter was son u twist one arm around and lire a shot which'1 grazed Gaskins'. teit side, the testimony added. Chamber Asks Marine Depot Klamath chamber of commerce I w as on record today In favor of an invitation to the government to es tablish a marine corps aupply depot at Klamath Falls. This depot for the Pacific coast operations of the USMC was origi nally proposed for San Francisco, but there has been objection In that quarter because ot fear it would bring an attack In time of war. The chamber of commerce industrial de velopment committee, however, said it believes Klamath should make It self available as a site for the depot, and the directors agreed at their Wednesday meeting. The chamber board went on rec ord as favoring anything that can be done here to assist the Lake county chamber in improving mall service into Lakeview. The Shnsta-Cascade Wonderland tsroclation directors will meet here on January 28. and will be guests of the chamber board at noon on thai day, it was announced. Truman Address Reaction Good WASHINGTON. Jan. IW The White House said today thnt reac tion to President Truman's state-ot- the-unlon message yesterday was "quite favorable." Press Secretary Charles O. Ross told newsmen thnt telegrams and messages "seemed to be four or five to one favorable." nnd that they still are coming In. He said he has seen about 100 such messages but has not had an opportunity to study them thoroughly. 740 Unit Rental Housing Project Slated For Klamath Serious need for more rental housing In Klnmnth Falls and its environs was described in a motion adopted by the board of directors of the Klnmnth County chamber of commerce yesterdny, on recom mendation of the chamber's hous ing committee. The discussion brought to light a 140-unit rental housing project proposed for this area by Don Sloan of Klamath Falls. Sloan said today thnt the exnet location and other details of the program are In a ten tative stage, but that he Is definite ly working on a plan for 140 unit of 100 per cent rental property here. The housing committee of the chamber suggested a motion thnt "lt Is the opinion of the chamber of commerce that there Is real need for rental housing development In the Klamath Falls area and that the chnmber should do everything possible to bring about such devel opment by private capital." This was adopted. Crest Slated To Hit Salem Late Today By The Associated Pre Six floodwater death were count ed today In the Pacific Northwest as river began to recede through out widely scattered valley area of Oregon, Washington and North Idaho. Oregon's Central Willamette val ley area, however, braced for the flood crest striking today at Salem, the capital city. Five ot the drownings were In Oregon three persons In a Rogue river cable car, a horseman at tempting to lord Olalla creek, and a 20-month-old Btayton child who fell Into a ditch. Washington's lone death, reported today, was Leland H. Williamson, 24. a While Salmon, Wash., tractor driver who plunged Into a swollen stream when a bridge gave way under hi ma chine. Freezing temperatures over the Inland Empire country of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho last night sharply reduced stream flow. The Palouse river was down markedly today, easing the situa tion at Pullman, Wash., where 304) Washington State college student had been evacuated from trailer house. At St. Maries, Idaho, lowland resident were prepared last night to flee, but recession of the water spared their homes. Some 2000 acres were flooded at the peak. Rain Slacken In Western Oregon light and scattered showers replaced tho tor rential downpour which, continuing for days, bad pushed all river in to flood. The 1400 evacuees ot the Glen wood area at Eugene prepared to return to their homes today as the Upper Willamette fell sharply. Tho river's crest passed Corvalli at a. m. today 2.8 feet above flood stage and began tailing slowly. Only 31 people there reported to the Red Cross for shelter. South - of Salem, however, hun dreds ef families moved out of their homes. The Willamette wa (.4 feet above flood stage this morning and waa still rising toward It ex pected evening crest 8 feet stave tCsatlnacf sa Pat S, Calaua S Lake 0' Woods Hit,By Snow Two feet of snow tell at Lake o" the Wood Irom New Year' Day through January 2. the tall totaling more than the entire season' depth according to Caretaker Ed Mora who was In Klamath Falls yester day. Morse said It started snowing but Thursday and lt looked a 11 winter residents of the resort would be snowed in for the rest of the season. He and George Bosley, caretaker at the resort, made It out in a truck but the going waa tough. Mono re ported. There was no ice skating at the lake and much of the ice la now gone or snow covered. A high wind whipped the lake New Year s Day and a number of trees fell acros the road. Morse said these had to be removed before the trip could be made out of the lake area but that a check on summer homes showed no damage due to the high wind. GP Mayor Quits Post GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. S m J. A. Wharton, mayor of Grants Pass since 1943, resigned Wednesday evening. Morris Mllbank, city council presi dent and owner of the Rogue River Box company In Grants Pass, was named by the city council to till the term which expires in 1049. Wharton listed Increased pressure of business as the reason for his action. He has operated a sporting goods store here since 1907. Whar ton has been called "Dean of the Rogue" because of his command of fishing lore. His brother, Charles Wharton, recently resigned after serving as mayor of Roseburg. The Wharton family came to Oregon in 1887 from Worcester, Mass. Succeeding Mllbank as president of the city council is D. C. McGre gor, owner of a variety store here. Information on the need for rental housing here will be pro vided by the chamber for presenta tion to the federal housing admin istration, which guarantees loans tor such housing construction. Ths chamber committee pointed out that the government built 387 hous ing units here In wartime (the navy housing, civilian housing, "box car" project and homoja huts at the air port) with the understanding that these would be replaced by private housing in peacetime. At the chnmber session, Winston Purvine. director of the Oregon Vo cational school. Interjected comment to the effect thnt OV8 student will soon have need for 100 apartments In town. He said housing on the campus Is exhausted, and that 41 apartments, now under construc tion, will be filled a soon as ready. Already, 37 veterans are living In single rooms with their families, ready to move Into these apart ments. r e
