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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1948)
Id) AM m Mir mm w&m WEATHER M. ft-b. u 4? im I'iPilpllaliuit lot ti huuia . NliKMiit rtr l (111 ,1 yr. . &U Norm. f unroll rarity t-hniily nlli iIn Huntta, IMCHK MVP, C'KNTM Wild Action Prevalent During County HWWWP eBS"nW ! BannasBBBnai 1 1 .inn- L ,., iv-.,, 4... ... i''" if- . "A AVW, 6 If v Here Is some of the artlon In the rounly basketball tournament picked up by the raniera during games yesterday afternoon and this morning. Top picture shows a loose ball eluding Cliff MeKncn (71 of Malln. Dave llrailrr 1241 and Jim Van Tassel (Jill, both of (lllehrlst. The (irlsillea won Hie game. Loner shot la a Clilloqiiln player, (iirnger (71, going up after a rebound while Noble (3) of llonunra walla to see If he misses It, Army Steps Up Dependent Flights HKA'lTl.R, Feb. 31 (Pi The army poll nf rmlinrknllnn has scheduled a urw peak In flights nf military dc 'pendents to Tokyo. The POH listed 14 lllk'Ma between Inriny mid March B Willi a total of 313 dependents. Five of the flights will curry maximum loads of 40 each. The policy nf flying the depond enls was started recently because nf shipping barking. immam py6tti $k&ri& pt3 j raww Awy cwj'swc-' i -y, fg ' KI.A.WA'' g'l&C ,ilKGON. WATDKIMV, KKHliliAKV 21, 11)48 Telephone 8111 N- 1 J'"" ' Storm Warnings Hoisted Today I SEATTLE, Feb. 21 i,Pi-Smnll ciafl warnings worn liuinged to soullirast storm warnings from Ta loosli to the mouth nf tlin Columbia rhcr at 8 o'clock last night. Southeast storm warnings were holster) from the Columbia to Cape Blanco, Ore., for strong to occasion ally gale force sonthorly winds. Small craft warnings were con tinued for 24 hours on the Inland wnlrrs nf Washington. V ornament Malm, Bly Ousted From Hoon Party Cumulation seml-riiiaU of the ' But he" added that it would be i a ton boost In steel prices. Klamath rounly high selmol ba- 1 tunc enough to decide w Hat to do il j Dangerous Burden ketball tournament plaved In the : southerners should lose their lignl Senator J. Howard McGrath iD Kl'IIS gvmnaalum aw' the (ill- against enactment of such lcgisla- R- M. chairman of the democratic rhrist Ciriiilles beat the Malin Mus- tion by congress. national committee, called it a tangs J7 to JJ In a hard-fouiht. Several house members from 11 "dangerous burden" on the cost of Ipw-seorine routes!, and the llnnan. : is Antlers drubbed lllv 37 to s. Bly and Malln drop out of the I tourney, while Ollchrlst and Bo- i n.inrji meet tonight at 7:30 for consolation laurels. The main I event tonight came which will de- ! trimlne the county rhiimplonshlp j put Ihe Sacred Heart Trojans aualnst the Chlloqtiln Panthers. 1 Sacred Heart has been the stir- ! prise of the tourney to date, while I Ollchrlst was the early favorite. ' I In the morning's first game the ; green-clad Grizzlies led 6-3 at the i end of the first quarter and 12 at nautimc. Neither team could j hit the target with any regularity nalln Itslly Mnlln staged a little rally In the third period to pull up to 18-15 but IP the fourth Gilchrist gradually edged away. John Reld of Ollchrlst nad 10 iwlnts Dave Anderson eight frt the Grizzlies. Phil Anderson nf Malln was high for the Mustangs al seven. The second game saw Bonanza outplay the unfortunate Blv Log gers, leading S-l at the end of the first period nnd 17-8 at halftime. Dennis Davis, Bonanza's stellar enler who prohshlv will be an all conference selection, seorrd 17 points. Bill King of Bly had seven. No games are being played thh afternoon and the tournament will end with tonight's contests. The nil-county team selections are 'o bn announced during the final gnme. 30-Day Rent Curb Okayed WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 iPi A 30-riay extension of rent controls was agreed on today by senate and house republican leaders. The pres ent controls are due to expire Febru ary 20. Sennlor Tafl (R.-Ohloi told re porters the scualo will be asked to act late next week on a 30-day ex tension bill the house Is expected to pass Tuesday. The extension would allow both chambers time to decide whether to continue controls, for how long and In what form. The senate now Is'dc batlng a bill to continue controls 14 months with some changes from the present law. Chairman Wolcolt (R.-N.J.I said his house bnnklng committee will nol consider until later the proposed 14-monlh extension bill. Toft said this may bo approved by the senate Tuesday. ' Beciuiso of this, Taft said It will be necessary for tho senate to act on the 30-day extension, proposed by the house. Taft said, however, that the sen alo will go ahead with the long range measure In order to get It out of the way. M'M Billt WOKKCim Kil l. 1,1) GRAND RONDK, Feb. 21 lA't Two Clrnnd Ronde lumber workers wero killed yesterday by a dyna mite charge they had set off to clear stumps. The victims were Lloyd Weaver, 19, and Fred Moore, 49. Investiga tors said they went to Inspect a charge that appealed not to be going off. As they approached, it did. Grain Prices Pull Out Of Slow Decline; Food Price Down By Over 3 Per Cent NEW VOHK, Feb. 21 M'i Grain prices pullrd oul of low decline llrr the close today anil went ahead of llir previous day by one (a two rents a bushel. I iilliin and ollirr commodities were narrow and mixed. Klorka al New Vork lotrd a little lilvlier hut vulume trai ex- trrmrly aliln. reflecting In pari Hie appruarhing long week-end. Alar' krl will be cloned .Monday in nli Demo Rebels Told To Wait WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (A'l Senator Ilyrd of Vlrxlnla gave the democratic party's Dixie rebels thU advice today: Hold your fire but keep your powder dry. Byrd told a reporter he want the South to be sure where It is going before il cuts long-standing political tlca In the argument over President Truman's civil rights proposals. "We must make a calm, deliberate decision, on the basis of events as they happen and then be prepared to go through Willi it to the end," he said. Byrd told a parly gathering at i Richmond. Va., r'riuay night that . the South won't stand for laws set ting up a lair employment practices j no race or color line) commission. making lynching a federal offen.se ; and banning poll taxes and race i .separation. southern stales have adopted a reso- ) lutlon condemning the president's program. They Will confer with five! soothe rn governors Were Moroy, Eagle Pounces On 4-Year-0ld CARLSBAD. N. M.. Feb. 31 iPj A pair of pliers and a bed slat were weapons u-sed by a Carlsbad couple Ia an i.a ihnl f nt t r -vn e-nlH inn frnm an ea(.le., cjutches. The mother, Mrs. C. J. Rclnhart, told It this way 'J. , I v ' T u'c vard while she hunff out a wash Suddenly, the big bird appenrcd in the yard. II hopped toward the child and dug its talons into her son's head. For a minute she pulled In vain at the eagle's legs, then ran to the house. Returning with a pair of pliers, she Jerked the talons free, snatched up her son and rushed him to a doctor. Three talons had pierced the child's skin. In the meantime, her husband had returned home. Rclnhart Beat the bird to death with a bed slat. Examination of the bird showed its tall feathers had been pulled out. Relnhart said he understood It had been captured In nearby moun tains and had escaped from Its cage. The name of the owner has not been determined. California Is Getting Greedy EUGENE, Feb. 21 av-California's at H again. Now they want Klamath Falls. James R. Nell. Southern Pa cific engineer, reported crossly that the California state tax de partment has Just sent him I bill for '942 Income taxes. Where was Neil In 1942? Working for the SP In Klam ath Falls. Battle Of The Bulge Pays Off For Frenchln Sheets HEMROULLE. Belgium. Feb. 21 i The good people of Hrmroulle go' their bed sheets back today i from the Americans. , Col. John Hanlon of Winchester, I Mass,, presented each of the 24 Hemronllc villagers with a pair of crisp new Dcd sheets In tho name at hit fellow townspeople. It was a day of Joy for this tinv, snow-covered hnmlet three miles north of Ba.stogne. The church brlls pealed, bugles sounded anil the children waved Belgian and American flags. They called II "Winchester Day." This Is the story behind the cele bration: On Christmas Eve In 1944 Col. Hanlon, then a major commanding the first battalion- of the 502nd parachute Infantry, dropped out of the skies with his men onto the snow-covered fields surrounding Kemroulle. servanre of Washington's birthday. Hogs, cattle and lambs held noml nally steady In Chicago's big market. No retail price changes of Im portance came to light as the re tailers tried to upimil.se the effect of the February 4 crack In primary markets. Trading In stocks was almost at a standstill Big Rrrak j The big break 111 the commodity markets has reduced retail lood prices an average of 3'j per cent ! from January highs. Other cost-of- living items either clung to post-war pe.iks or headed upward, j This was the picture presented by : the government's bureau of labor 'statlstica In its first official report I on the effect of the market slump ! on retail prices. j The government study covered 20 I foods In 12 cities. It represented a cross section picture of grocery and ' meat prices between the highs of ! mid-January and February 17. The big break In commodity prices began February 4. The BLS report stated 13 of the 20 foods showed declines. Five showed Increases. Two bread and navy beans showed no change. The government bureau found the biggest drops In pork chops, lard, bacon, eggs and lettuce. Prices from fresh fruits and vegetables rose, the report said. Price cuts have differed widely between cities and between stores in the same city. Some Independent grocers said they cut some prices to meet chain store competition, re gardless of profit margins. Washington buzzed with strongly worded criticism of Thursday's (S living I But In Cleveland, But In Cleveland, Charles M '. preaiuent oi me Kepuoiic Tfetraid tei prices "are nol liigh enough. Separate surveys showed buyers' resistance was building up. A steady gain in the nation's retail sales has let up a bit. And last night the department of agriculture at Washington attri buted the price break in commodity markets to these things: Prices had gone too high in view of remaining supplies and in view of the fact that export purchases were largely out of the way. Action of congress requiring a crop year-end reserve of 150.000.000 bushels of wheat, which is almost i double Uiat of a year ago. ' " Feeding of wheat so far this crop year has been lighter than had been expected. Market prices of grains were so high as lo discourage feeding to livestock. January weather was favorable to the winter wheat crop, thus indi cating a possible good crop which would help ease the shortage. Marked Improvement in crop prospects in other parts of the world. It Ain't True, Says Alabaman MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Feb. 21 IfPi No matter who says so, it is still illegal for a man to beat his wife with a stick in Alabama, Attorney General A. A. Carmlchacl said yes terday. If he does, said the attorney gen eral, he subjects himself to prose- i cutlon under Hie law and also gives grounds for divorce. Carmlchael's statement came In reply to an assertion made by a substitute Soviet delegate before the United Nations economic and social council. A. P. Borisov. Borisov told the social committee of the council that in Alabama it Is legal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick If the stick is less than two Inches thick. Snorted Carmlchacl. "entirely erroneous and false." It was during the critical Battle of the Bulge. Hanlon went to the church and summoned the villagers by tolling the bell. He explained the Ameri cans needed camouflage to hide them f rt n the Germans. The villagers went to their homes and returned with previous snow white bed hect. Hanlon prom ised the sheets would be returned. j Today Hanlon fulfilled his prom i Isc He returned to the village and j otaln summoned the villagers to the 1 church by Hilling the bell. He presented each of the villagers with pair of rrlsp. new bed sheets the Rift nf Ihe people of Win chester In appreciation for the gen erosity of the villagers of Hem roulle. In addition more than 800 sheets were presented to the old people's home In Bastngne. All of the sheets were marked with the names of the Winchester donors. i wN. rid tirary. prominent rancher, said todar he would seek the re- p-iYfcan nomination for state leg- j islator. ile is miking his first bid for public office. Storm Hits Crater Lake A storm was raging In Crater Lake national park today and unless the storm abates skiing will be poor to morrow, rangers reported. Lines into the park were broken by high winds and the report was relayed by the Fort Klamath telephone operator. Some 20 Inches of new snow had fallen In the night, making a total for the week of 37 !i Inches with 113 inches on the ground. The snow Is heavy and packing, rangers advised. Total fall for February to date has been 102 Inches with the normal for the month at 83.8 Inches. Roads are open but not In "too good shape" the park office said. Chains are necessary and may have to be applied before reaching the park boundary. Snow anticipated here last night failed to materialize despite the forecast of the weatherman. Rain fell Instead, and it rained through out the morning. Heavy rains in the valleys and snow in mountain passes were re ported by the state highway depart ment today. Stassen In State Primary SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21 (Harold E. Stassen today entered the Ore gon republican presidential,, primary against Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. He filed by declaration in the of. fice of the deputy secretary of state in charge of elections. Dewey's name was entered last month by petition. Stassen conferred with party leaders last night at Eugene, where he spoke at a meeting of newspaper editors and publishers, and flew here this morning. Stassen is now on a four-day tour of Oregon. He arrived here yester day, spoke at Willamette university, then made brief talks on a hand shaking trip through small towns en route to Eugene. He visited with Scio townspeople while drinking cof fee, received a membership in the Santiam Fish and Game associa tion and ate strawberry shortcake at Lebanon and gave autographs at Stayton and Sweet Home. At Eugene he spoke at a meeting of Oregon newspaper editors and publishers, assailing the section of the Taft-Hartley law restricting union political activity as a "serious invasion of freedom." Steel Boost Probe Asked WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 P Top leaders of the steel industry will be called before a Joint congressional economic committee next Thursday to explain a general $5 a ton boost in steel prices. Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) said this decision was reached "unanimously" today at a closed session of the senate-house economic committee of which he Is chairman. "We voted to invite two or three typical steel leaders in here to ex plain the recent rise in steel prices," Taft told reporters. "It will be a preliminary discussion to decide if we want to go Into tills further." Taft said there had been "some discussion" of the boost in basic steel prices before the economic group today. He said the witnesses probably will be representatives of "U. S. Steel. Little Steel and the inde pendents." Taft said the steel price Inquiry will be open to the public. Earlier Senator Ball iR.-Mlnn.) had suggested that Attorney Gen eral Clark should look Into the steel price boost. Firemen Risk Lives Save Dog DES MOINES, Feb. 21 W Be cause of a small boy's tears, two firemen went into a flaming home to save his cocker puppy. "Please get 'Chris' out of there," four-year-old Albert Johnson Jr., sobbed as firemen arrived. Firemen Lee Williams and Phil Pllarskt put on gas masks and en teied the burning bungalow. They found the flvc-month-old dog unconscious under a bed. They broke out a window and passed 'Chris' to Albert's chum, Robert Jackson, 11. The firemen followed but collapsed when they reached the out-of-doors. Dog and firemen revived. Ed Geary Files For Salem Post; Overeem Quits Announcement of Ed Geary, Klamath rancher, that he would seek the republican nomination as state representative, plus a two-way switch in the county clerk's office situation were the highlights of today's political news on the local scene. Geary becomes the third republican to declare for the legislature from Klamath county, guaranteeing a contest In the May 21 primary alnoa only two candidates for either party can be nominated. Ile Is a member of a prominent Oregon family and a very successful Klamath area rancher. Geary is making his first move toward elective poblle offlea. The other two republicans In the legislative race are Carl Htelnsetfer and Mayor Ed Ostendorf. Mrs. Rose Poole, present legislator, la ready to step out of the office and told friends today she definitely would not seek re-election. She had been on the fence about announcing again before Geary became a candidate. This morning C. C. Overeera, democrat who was the first person to make an official filing for local office several weeks ago, withdrew his candidacy for county clerk and Charlie DeLap, present clerk. Immediately put In his application for the republican nomination. DeLap therefore Is unopposed in either party as yet. Overeem said that a state law prohibits civil service employes from holding state Jobs while run ning for remunerative public office. He Is warehouse superintendent at Oregon Vocational school. No Sheriffs No more candidates for sheriff appeared today, but there are al ready 10 of them seven republicans and three democrats. R. A. (Smiley) LaLonde, democrat, was the latest. Douglas McKay of Salem, sole of ficial republican candidate for (ot ernor, was in town Thursday and Friday bnt insisted his trip was not politicaL McKay is a member of a legislative interim committee on highways and Thursday attended hearing at Medford. He said he eame to Klamath Falls in order to try out the Greensprlngs highway, against which many protests have been made to the highway com mittee. McKay is due to be back In March on a purely political trip. Hall To Visit Also scheduled for another visit to the Klamath country Is Governor John Hall, who has not officially declared himself a candidate for the republican nomination. Hall Is to address a joint meeting of the Klam ath County chamber of commerce and Lions club next Tuesday noon. The governor will be accompanied by Earl T. Newbry, Ashland, secre tary of state. Clarek.cc A. Humble, district attorney, will be chairman of the day for the luncheon meet ing. Governor Hall was here on a visit last week. Riley Gets Death Threat PORTLAND. Feb. 21 W) An assassination threat against Mayor Earl Riley was reported today by police who said they believed It was the work of a crank. The threat was made in a 4 a. m. telephone call to a newspaper. Po lice were sent to the mayor's home. Riley said he wasn't disturbed as "this isn't the first tune I've re ceived a threat." The mayor has been In the center of a controversy raging all week since a City club committee reported that vice and gambling Interests operate in Portland under police protection. The club membership yesterday approved the report but directed its committee to amend it by naming names. The mayor told the City club the charges were unfounded. More Photogenic Candidates For Sheriff klLWMtMAlrJ DALE MATTOON GOP JOSEPH E. GREEN Demo I 'V ; f ' a j R. A. LA LONDE Demo A few days ago The Herald and Newi ran the pictures of six east dldates for the Job of county sheriff and since that time has aeeumn lated photo ef the remaining four. Ne new Candida tea can Into thf crowded race today. Basin Power Still Shaky The power situation in the Kla math basin remains still critical and It la possible that at any time mill operations here will have to re turn to the 50 per cent power supply, repeating the situation which exist ed from February 3 to 10. This was the warning Issued today by Sam Rltchey, district manager of The California Oregon Power com pany, who said that throughout the entire week the situation has been "nip and tuck." For one week early this month, mills were restricted in their supply when the transmission lines from the south, operated by the Paelfie Gas and Electric company, failed to transmit power to C'opco. Direct cause was given as drouth conditions in California and the situation baa been only partially alleviated. PGE Power When Copco again received a supply of power from PG and E, It was not what power company men term "with a safe margin," in other words, demands were high with rela tion to the generating capacity and voltage was not maintained up to normal. In a statement Issued today, A. S. Cummins, president of Copco, an nounced that while power supply conditions were slightly better than, a week ago lack of rain in California still constitutes a serious threat of continued shortages. In answer to queries as to why a water shortage In California ad versely affects Copco operations, he stated that his company had been exchanging power with the PG and E for years and until recently most of the flow had been from north to south. During the past year, how ever, due to Increased demands In Southern Oregon the trend has been largely reversed and Copco has been purchasing power from the Cali fornia company. He said that this Is a normal practice between utility companies, carried out to assure the most economical use of facilities and water supplies. It permits the most effective planning and is in the pub lic interest WORST DRIVERS FREMONT. Neb., Feb. 21 WP) College professors are among the word drivers, according to Ken Mc Caw, field representative for the Nebraska state safety council HERBERT Demo
