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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1948)
wmm MVi mm am ummmntw mm iiiimhiiii i i i w mm m inm' ihikp.h nm i i.iu iinnw ii mmmmmmmw. " '""" n ran I lil'llio..--. iLA ffV V l-w-V . Will Run Again :J WEATHER IRSrS J f f'V f ' By FltANK JKNKINH rilK Amei tcuii Meat I nut I lu to (wlilcll In ii sort u pool ill the brwl brain of America's Irce cnler jjrl.io mail Industry! trIU nniKreii luiinl committee hi Wunliliiuliill linn muriiliiK Unit fears ul a serious mriit ihorlaKO lira Uhliiundml. The dlroi'tiir ul the limlltutr'a marketing department says: "Tlio supply of lllml per person nexl spring mid aunimcr will bo about UNli-IIAl.l' AN OUNCE ll'U limn hot yrnr, but tlioto will be more meal per perMiu during tlila period tliuu brforo the wiir." Thai I a fulrly flat atiiinni'iil Inim people wliu OUOIIT lu know. AUK tlrimt Imt-iiL of iiuiliMiltuir in liolliliiil MibiUvlnloii of our gov ernment! liu bern telling us thai a anvrnt Ahortnue of meal will de velop tlila aprlug anil will grow worc during the auniiiirr. UTIIO l rlKlit? Who la wrung Thin writer doeu I know, llul Una ar'tiup (llllriniir ol uplnlon a.i lo how much curat will actually be available for coiiaiiiiiiilliui In Ilia United HI ii t-n thin yrnr tcrliiliuy bring, out with anioiiuhinu clarity our crying nrcd for FACTS a ni IlllUtll'llrd Hum piomuiilllla. When we prot-erd on cold, haid FACTM. we aic oh miIp ground. When wo Id uurarltrs be swayed by luoliacamla. wo lake loin rinks. TIIK Meal Institute thluutill H marketing director, olirra ihla ndvlro to consumers: "He more moderate In your dt-miuids and rx rrclne roAUulnu. If all of tlx do thin, there will bo mrdt rhouuh at prices nuuv fieoplo comlder rritMjiiitble." That U good aulllid ailvlcr. II we act on It, wo can t be very badly hurt, but what II c DONT lake It? What It wo act on Uia aanuiiip llon tlml meat U noun tu be ex tremely aearce thin xpruig and anil career durlni the xuinmer a llio dciMrUiionl of afrlculturo lelU u7 Well, In that event, we'll all till our lockora to capacity NUW. When 140 million poople atari buying meal all at once. II lakra a LOT or MEAT. If everybody alarU tilling lockerx. moat will get BCAIICC, even If tt lan't acarce now. To thU liulguKlcant writer, the dvio to keep our alilru on and buy no mora meat than wo nerd to round out an adequate, reaaonably balanced diet aounda like good com mon aenaa. TP roa art a confirmed reader of ttoa advwluwmenu twlilch con tain Tart amount of Information aa to what la going on In the world), you will be familiar with Die Ameri can Meat Institute. H came Into being a number of yeara ago when the food fad of the moment waa to AVOID MEAT on the theory UlRl It made you fat, promoted plmplei, or the pip, or did varloua oilier ihlnga to you whoae reaull waa to make you leu gliimor oiu than you thought you ought to be. During theae faddish yeara, mrat consumption ran down to the point where Uio meat people, 'rom the stockmen on up, were scared pink. Ho they formed the American Meat Institute to tackle Die Job of con vincing people that meal Is really good, wholesome food. It did Its Job so well that now we all wnnt meat or else. Especially steaks, which arc scarce and htiih-prlcrd, and there fore highly desirable i TlliXFtK Is an luirrc.nlliiK dispatch 1 from New Delhi i India i (Ills morning. It anys: "Many persons here believe the assassination of Clnndhl was the work of UNDKUOHOUND LKFT WINOKflS who opposed his efforts to hull communal bloodshed." What docs that mean, If true? Himply this: These "undemround left-winners" are SKKKINO PERHONAL POWER and In order to gain It are ready to shoot down a great and good man who sought to Improve the lot of the common people of his country, indications Point To Reaching "Dimes" Goal Indications at noon today were that Klamath county will go over the top In contributions to the March of Dimes drive which closes tonight with the Dimes dance at the armory. The goal this year was $8000, and Mrs. Paul Buck, county chairman, auld that Into re turns tmlny are very gratifying. Donations totaling $51)3.43 were turned Into March of Dimes' head quarters this morning by the cltv school office. Hclow nrc the In dividual school's contributions: Conger $ MM Pan-view 70.10 Fremont elementary 48.31 Mills 74.47 Pelican 83.34 Riverside 48.47 Roosevelt 97.68 Fremont Junior high 17.93 KUHS 180.00 Total $593.43 For those who have not received l.lckrla to the dance by mall, tickets will be sold at the armory tonight. Dancing is from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. to music by Morrison and McDonald. The Business and Professional Women's club will donate their time to take charge of checking coata at the dance. Contributions wore coming In to day from county nchnols and com munities outside of Klamnlh Falls A near-lnlnl figure will probably i 1 ti.ii i .1 Hin.il ii i 1 1 ...... if f n il1i.l,.l..il i Hill BBM I t ' 'V I rilICK I IVK ( KN'IH KLAMATH FAI.Lh. 0lr o -RUAV, JA.N'L'ARV 31, 1M Teleolmn- :. ' No. 1252 i , I i' w il k Soviet Life Highlights Hearing KKAITI.l;. Jan. 31 i1'i ll plane plant worker, Walter Churrhlll, told Ihr Canwrll American artlvltlra committee sir- W. unto- day that former I), H. Itrp, Hugh Drl.acy had urged lilm lu I ".Is" tu join the ciimmuiiUt party, (hurrlilll Irsllflrd that lie was working at odd Jobs. He aald l)rl,acy assured lilm rniiliiymrnt at the eoutity-rlly building anil "lhal I wouldn't be laid off." lie said he told DcLucy, "I'm sorry; I'm not for sale." tilalua t'loudrd The alule legislative commuter, Us status clouded by superior court action pushed by the Washington Pension union, switched from the Investigation of regional aftnlis to perk at life In Itussla. It was given an eye full by Capt. George lvlch. late of the Russian navy and now a master In the U. 8. merchant marine MH'e never allowed the engineers i to pump out the bilge water until we sent a man below to scoop off the flab oil from the top of the water, the captain aald. recalling hla experiences as master of a Hovlet fishing craft. "Il was the only oil we had to go with our black fluur dumplings." He aald the people In Russian concentration camps "are crowded together like chickens In a barrel. There Is no sanitation al all. The food la mostly black bread and bar ley gruel." The Russian pension program, said the enptaln, Is "Just propa ganda." He told of an engineer who retired on a pension, discovered hit 100 rubles per month would buy only a bottle of milk, and went bark to work. Captain Lrvirb aald he left lliusla In 1M. but gave no particulars on his dlrorca from the Soviet. Seattle Man Shoots Wife SEATTLE. Jan. 31 ( Tony PIU1 ilps. 38. was killed and 33-year-old O i uce DeCaney wounded today in a shooting al a downtown hotel. Detecllve Paul Foster said the woman's husbund. Ccf DeCaney. 45, gave himself up to custody at the homo of an attorney. Foster quoted DeCnnry iui saying, "I guess I lost my head. I have been unnble to work the last three weeks because 1 have had to stay at home and take care of the children." DeCaney was held without charge as an Investigation began. The shooting occurred about t a. in. In the city's south end. The victim's assailant fled In an auto mobile and police radio and sher iff's and slate patrol cars began searching for him. DeCnnry ' wife, Orncc, was taken to a hospital with n wound In the abdomen. Policewomen went to the DeCaney address and took three small chil dren lliey found there for safekeep ing. be available Monday, Mrs. Buck said. Contributions may be mailed to March of Dimes, P. O. Box 1011, Klamath Falls, or brought to head quarter! In the Wlllard hotel lobby. Cabaret Girls Bust Up Police SHANGHAI, Jan, 31 MV-RJotlng Chinese cabaret girls and their men friends tonight wrecked the Munici pal Social Affairs Bureau building and Injured an estimated 30 Shang hai policemen. An estimated 3000 girls and an almost equal number of men com panions rioted In protest against the city's closure of 14 cabarets In connection with China's austerity program. The rioters broke into the build ing and smashed furniture, windows and doors before being driven by club-swinging police Into a yard, There the pollco held them at bay, but appeared unnble to make them disperse. A number of the rioters were, Injured. Shanghai's cabarets some of them world-famous employ thou sands nf hostesses. fatei On leaf Loomifi Preceded by a flsgbearer Willi the Stars and Stripes, members of the 1. S. Olympic team march through HI. Murlta. Kwitirrland. al Hie opening of the IMi winter Olympic games. The V. S. had one of the largest delegations 02 men and women. Demo Aid Seen ror lax luf WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 .A' Rl'P - Knutson iR-Mlnn.) claimed today enough drmocrats will support his lB.J00.000.itO0 tax cut bill to " -js It 3 to 1. After two days of siullug debate, the rote was set for Monday. The house did not meet today. Meanwhile, democratic leaders polished up a substitute bill which would hold the Income tax rcduc lion to about M.000.000.000. It would lax corporation profits 13.300.000.000 to make up most of the revenue loss. All the democrats hope for Is a good showing. The substitute has no chance. In the senate, though, even the republicans admit the (6.500.000.000 slash provided by the Knutson bill will be irlmmed. This will be a bid for democratic help to override the expected presidential veto by the necessary two-thirds majority. The republican measure would raise individual exemptions from $500 to $1100, let married couples in all suites spilt their Income for tax reporting purposes, and cut taxes besides by percentages ranging from 30 per cent In the lowest income brackets to 10 per cent In the high est. Search For Plane Widens HAMILTON. Bermuda. Jan. 31 (Pi Some 30 planes combed the stormy Atlantic around Bermuda today In a widening search for a British airliner missing with 39 per sons aboard, including a British World War II lender. Rescue planes already have scoured over 68.000 square miles In quest of the lour-englned Star Tiger of the British South American Air ways. Veteran fliers called the senrch mission the greatest ever conducted from Bermuda. The plane Inst wns henrd from yesterday when It wns 440 miles northeast of Bermuda. An nlrplnne official snid the ship cnrrled 23 onssengers and six crew men. One passenger was Sir Ar thur Contnghnm. retired British lr marshal and hero of the North Afrlrnn air war. The pilot was Capt. Dnvid Colby, of England. Rescue pilots said flying condi tions were 'far from Ideal." They reported sens between 30 and 40 feet high. Clouds hampered visi bility. (In London the British ministry ot civil aviation said the aircraft wns "presumed lost.") Klamath Soldier Reported Killed SAN PRANCISCO, Jan. 31 ll'i The army yesterday identified two soldiers killed when n towing cable slipped from a chock and b a e k lashed across the deck of the mine planter Spurgln. They were Staff Sgt, Ed 8chtiltJi, 38, Klamnth Falls. Ore., and Staff Sgt. Kmll N. 8hcbcstn, 41, Bethel, O. The accident occurred Thursday. Both men were attached to the mine detachment at Fort Baker, Calif. U. S. Athletes March At Olympic fa.?'" ! ntjlllMI CIIU lilt SARASOTA. Fla.. Jan. 31 (A-, A Metropolitan Opera soprano. Helen l Jeoson. stenned between the roDeft 1 Into the white glare of a boxing ring last night and made a hit. She appeared in concert before a standing room only crowd f 1&00 music lovers who displaced the- Usual fight fans In th American Legion coliseum. Miss Jepson had to use the lm - promptu concert hall as a result of I American .omen, me cniioxen ano the ban placed on the municipal 'ur rwmen bm i'"" plane auditorium by the Tampa local of,1' eh J?!"?, the American Federation of Musi- V'"W in the French Alps. The clans-iAFLi last November. i. ":, .,',. . VM. ... , . , . (Ki I The second plane, a B-17 Flying Mis, Jcpwn U ntber of 'lie, went down and exploded Artist guild, but her accompanist ( on a fm u po is a member of the Musicians union. ,lce md on, m(m , ,u crfW oI ine ring whs drukcq whii .luvtcia (or her appearance. WU Strike Threat Ends WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 iPt The threat of a nationwide Western Ui ion telegraph strike has ended. Forty-five thousand telegraphers voted to accept a raise of S cents an hour, effective April 1. 1948. This was announced today by Adolph Brungs, president of the Western Union division of the Commercial Telegraphers union, AFL. Brungs said merely that the agreement was ratified In local meetings by "the necessary major ity." About three-fourths of the 45,000 belong to the CTU and the rest to two local AFL affiliates. A strike In December was averted when Mediation Director Cyrus S. Chlng appointed a fact finding board. It has not made its recom mendations, but meantime Chlng had asked the parties to talk some more. They did, and readied the eight-cent settlement. Driver Hurt In Smash-Up A car crashed into a parked truck on the Chlloquin cut-off of highway 97 early last night. Injuring the driver, Richard O'Donovan of Chllo quin, state police reported today. The accident was reported by Rogers Construction company, the firm which holds the contract on the cut-off. The truck, owned by L. F. Corey, Rogers' employe, was park ed at the side ot the highway with both ends marked by flares. Corey said he located a broken transmis sion housing unit on the truck shortly after 7 o'clock and he had to leave the truck. O'Donovon re ceived facial cuts but was not hos pitalised. His car wns badly dam aged. Questions Out, Safe Already Open CHICAGO. Jan. 31 (Pi Raymond Por.ulp. 36. manager of the Cherry Meat Packers, Insisted to two gun men that he did not know the com bination of the safe. They argued as four other employes listened. Apparently convinced Posulp did not know the combination, the two stnrtrd to leave. One gunman stopped and yanked at the safe door. It wai unlocked. I Opening 21 Dead In Plane Yrecks DIONE. France. Jan. 31 iJV Discovery of 13 bodies in the wreck age of an air force transport today brouslit .to 31. the total known dead , in -tweA United States airplane crashes In Southern France. Reports reached here that search- l hd found the bodies of three 1 10 survived. Both planes struck within a 20 1 mile radius of Digne. which Is : about 75 miles northeast of Mar- settle. The twin-engined transport had been missing since Tuesday on a I flight from Istres airbase. near 1 Marseille, to Udme. Italy. It was taking the women and children to ward Trieste to join their husbands and fathers, servicemen. Mine Cave-In Kills Three VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 31 iCP Burled under tons of rock, three miners died In the Britannia mine, at Britannia Beach, 40 miles north of here, lntc last night. The dead: Julian Krlll. Vancou ver; Erwln O. Bucker. Buffalo. N. Y., and William N. Natrafowany, Fork River, Man. A fourth member of the four man crew escaped by Inches as the cave-In, believed caused by a fault in the rock over the heads of the men. crashed into thi slope where they were drilling. Bodies of the victims ..ere taken from the rock-fllled stope this morning after a rescue crew had worked throughout the night. It was estimated 100 tons of rock fell on the victims, bringing instant death. The mine Is operated by the Britannia Mining and Smelting company. Lumber Wage Boost Okayed A wago increase ot cents an hour has been negotiated for 2500 lumber and sawmill union members ( AFL In the N- '- -n California district council, It was disclosed here today at the office of the pine Industrial relations committee. PIRC represented employers and Roy Walker, Susnnville, headed ne gotiators for the unionists. The In crease, effective as of January 1, must now be approved by individual members of PIRC and locals of the union. ' Employes of 18 companies are in volved. The operations are In- the Alturas - Susnnville - Westwood Feather River - Upper Sacramento area. The Increase is the same as that negotiated this week for 4000 em ployes In the Klamath basin district council area. Officials Scoff At Shortage WASHINGTON. Jan. 31 meat industry representatives said I today black market operators are already preparing for a return of meat rationing. II. J. Egbert, speaking for the American .Heal Institute, told a senate banking subcommittee that fears of a serious meat shortage are unfounded and said: "We have had reports at the l stitute offices that black market operators are trying to buy back plants they sold after the war. Price, were so high that Just the antlcipalion (of rationing) has stirred up a lot of Interest." Chairman Flanders (R-Vt.i of the subcommittee read into the record similar testimony from Jay C Hor met, chairman of the board of the George A. Hormel and company meat packing firm at Austin. Mum. Hormel's letter said in part: Negotiations On "Already we find potential black market operators negotiating for facilities and for livestock supplies." It. J. Ilawes, a cattle grower in Owyhee county. Idaho, speaking for : the Idaho Cattlemen s association, ' declared that meat rationing "would I hinder and disrupt rather than im prove the distribution of meat" In discounting meat shortage talk I 1 Egzert said: i I "The supply of meat per person i next sprmn and summer will be I about one-half an ounce less than last year, but there will be more meat per person during this period than before the war." The agriculture department has forecast that a severe shortage will develop in the spring and grow worse during the summer.' - " The subcommittee is considering a bill by Senator Flanders (B-VLI which would let the government get ready for meat rationing. It would be up to congress to decide whether to put the program into effect later. "Meat rationing will not work, but would only create black markets and discourage production so that the supply of meat Into 1949 would be even shorter." Eggert said In his prepared statement. As an alternative, he suggested that consumers "be more moderate In their demands and exercise re straint." He added: "If all of us do this, there will be enough meat at prices most people consider reasonable." Demos Propose New Tax Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (P ITjuse democrats will offer a sub - stitute tax cut bill raising every- body's exemption $200. A group agreed to It today in the office of Democratic Leader Sam Rayburn of Texas. The proposal will come up Mon day when the house Is scheduled to vote on the republican bill which would grant an extra $100 exemp tion, and lower tax rates 10 to 30 per cent. Both bills would allow husbands and wives to split income tor tax purposes to keep the rate down. The democrats estimate their pro gram would cut Income taxes $4, 000,000,000. They propose to make up all but $800,000,000 of It by an excess profits tax on corporations. The republicans figure their tax cut at $6,500,000,000 and offer no off setting Increases elsewhere. Rep. Knutson (R,-Minn.), author of the OOP bill, claimed enough democrat will support his bill to pass It 3 to 1. The democratic substitute appears to have no chance. The minority hopes for a good showing. Reservation Change Hinted An . officially unconfirmed report was received today that B. H. Blt nely has been appointed superin tendent of the Klamath Indian res ervation, succeeding B. G. Court right The Information came in a pri vate wire from Washington, D. C, but all offices were closed and no further details or confirmation could be obtained. At Klamath Agency, Courtrlght said he had not heard of it Courtrlght Is presently on leave, and there have been report that change Is pending In the superln tendency. Nothing is known here about Bltncly. JOHN REBER ReberTo Run For Court John Reber, county commission er Irom Malln for two four-year terms, will oe a candidate lor the post again he announced yesterday afternoon. Reber will have his name put on the May 31 primary ballot for the republican nomination. It appears certain that even though there is lie contest In the primary, there will be one in the November general voting. Pat Kilby said earlier yesterday he would seek the democratic nomi nation for commissioner. The two are the only persons mentioned for the one position on the county court coming vacant this year. Two other office holders Glenn Terrlll and Dr. George H. Adler both said this week they were still undecided whether to try again. Terrlll is county tax assessor, hav ing been appointed by the county court for a short term, while Dr. Adler for many yeara has been county coroner. No Skiing At Crater Lake Skis can remain in moth balls over the week-end as far as Crater Lake park is concerned, rangers ad vised 4hi jnoiTdng., . , , ,t" A bare half-inch of enow has fallen in three weeks, park service employes reported, the half-inch falling on a thick, icy crust last Thursday night. Rangers said they did not advise skiing under present conditions and that trails were ex ceptionally poor for this time of the year. There were 18 consecutive clear days in the park prior to last Thurs day, which was overcast. Friday and today. Saturday, have been clear and the forecast is for continued fair weather. This month is a rec ord maker in park history for con secutive clear January days. One accident was reported in the park this past week when Mrs. Wayne Howe, wife of Ranger Howe, fell near the park employes' ski tow and tore the ligaments in the right knee. She was moved to Klamath Falls for medical care but is now at home. The accident occurred last Monday. A good attendance of out-of-state cars was reported from I headquarters this week. ' j DoUQIQS FlT Bid j j SetS NeW ReCOTU ROSEBURG. Jan. 31 (PI The record nrlce of $34.50 a thousand board feet for Douglas county fir featured the Umpqua National for est timber auction here yesterday. Successful bidder wns the Robert Dollar comoany of Glendale with an offer of $164,850 for more than 7.000.000 board feet of timber. The company bid appraised prices on other species of Umber In the tract, located on Applegate creek, 35 miles east of Glendale. One other bidder took part, the Fir Manufacturing company of Mvrtle Creek, which offered $34 a thousand for Douglas fir. It total bid was $163,838. M. M. Nelson, forest supervisor, said the successful bid was 104 per cent higher than the appraised value of $80,460. OrviJe Wright Dies At Hospital In Dayton, Ohio DAYTON, O., Jan. 31 (P Death came to Orville Wright last night, 44 years after he put wings on the world with the first flight In a heavler-than-air machine. The 76-year-old co-inventor of the airplane died in his sleep under an oxygen tent at Miami Valley hospital at 10:40 p.m. Dr. A. B. Brower.'hl physician, said Wright succumbed to a lung congestion and coronary arterio sclerosis, a heart disease. The world's pioneer aviator en tered the hospital last Tuesday after suffering his second heart attack of recent months. He recovered rapidly from a first attack October 10, 1947. Without Orville Wright' cloth, glue and wood contraption and his 13-second flight over the sands ot Kitty Hawk, N. C, In 1903, there would be no airtorce, but the in ventor himself readily admitted he Huge Pyre Attended By Son NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 P) Th frail body of Mohandas Gandhi waa consigned to the ages today on m biasing pile of sandalwood logs, Gandhi's son, Devadaa, set afire the funeral pyre which reduced th body to ashes. Flames reflected oa the sorrowing face of the fraction of India's millions who eould erowd around the ritual scene, crushing against police lines. Devadas Gandhi and close friends of the family poured gallons of ghee (an oil made from clarified butter) onto the pyre from brass and earthen pots, to make the wood more volatile. Ceremony Then Devadas walked around the pyre three times in a ceremony sym bolic of the severance oi mnrtal tie between father anc! son. First at the body's head and then at the foot the son, hi face drawn, applied a ghee-dipped torch. Th flame took over quickly a th son placed hit torch upon the pyre above hi father heart. Be was spared an ordeal of some Hindu funerals, that of placing a live coal directly on the chest over the heart. The flame leaped 10 feet high In the growing dusk. Within an hour the pyre, built on a three-foot brick base, was a glowing bed of coal. Police drove the crowd back 19 feet to avert possible tragedies. Military officials said the crowd, which formed a rough circle with the pyre as it center, was possibly a half mile- in diameter. Many persons dashed forward to take souvenirs of ash and charred wood, but soldiers stopped that Devada Gandhi and hi brother, Ramadas, then bathed In the near by Jumna river. They had fasted since their father' death, and coald eat only after they bathed. Lord Mountbatten, governor gen eral, and the entire Indian cabinet saw the pyre ritual. Lady Mount batten helped rescue one woman from trampling. The mahatma's ashes are to re main at the pyre, on the bank at the River Jumna, for a day and a half. Then they are to be gathered and taken to the JUver Ganges--, sacred to his Hindu faith and thrown into the water In th mari ner traditional with Hindus Fear Bold Grip India waa gripped with fear f what may come in the wake of Gandhi' violent death. Rioting fa Bombay, which took 15 live yes terday, so balded somewhat, but la Poona, the office of an extremist Hindu newspaper waa burned. Sullen Poona crowds attacked th property of persons known to hav opposed Gandhi. TUak Memorial hall was set afire as crowds searched for anyone possibly connected with the assassin. Bombay police ar rested five persons suspected of being implicated. New Delhi police disclosed that Gandhi's accused assassin had been arraigned secretly and held with out bail for investigation of murder. He wa arraigned under the nam of Narayan Vlnayak Gadse of Poona. The 25 -year -old assassin had pumped bullet Into Gandhi' eheat and leg at close range. The procession to the Jumna, river was tumultuous all the way. At on paint, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was reported to have rescued a woman endangered by th crush. Women fainted in the tremendou crush of people. Children collapsed under foot Men bled from wound inflicted by the flailing sticks of' those fighting for a view ot th procession. Hour by hour the crowd grew along the five-mile rout from Btrla house to the river, until ten of thousands of Indians milled about In turmoil, ceasely shouting th name of the mahatma. The cry "Victory to Gandhi!" rang out fre quently above the clamor. A the sun broke through th morning mist, long files ot th people passed Into Blrla house and through the open door of the room where Gandhi lay on a rose-strewn bier. never had envisioned hi airplane as the world' big military weapon. "Quite obviously," he remarked once, "Wilbur (his late brother and co-Inventor) and I could not fore see what awful us could be mad ot the airplane. But It 1, and will be of tremendous Importance In peace.' While he aided American military might by conferring with Wright field engineers on many air fore projects, Wright turned to peaceful uses of the airplane with more In terest, r Along with his abiding interest In things aerial, Wright clung to a native shyness and modesty. H lived In close retirement most of his year. Once hi noted Im promptu wit brought forth thi ex planation of hi aversion to speak ing In public: "The most talkative bird in th world I a parrot, but he ft poor filer
