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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1948)
fpANl m AIMl U Va MMS) o) u raw rWK 7,"77" ' TttTJmTcKNiH rT lalAftMTin . " Telephone 8111 No- Oomidoini Loyalty Files Saobpoemiacd in Tins Hay's .ta PvwvwwkW lly HUNK JICN'KINH UHT oulalde the city ul Jrruiuilrui, ' (long Ui liliihwny Uial Icada to Jaffa, "it tlie Mrdllcranran ahors, I Arab snipers urn dug In on the hill sides. They ahool whenever anyone pprnra on Uie road. For wcrka, they have had triilllc auipurd. The Jrw am (luhllnii back. A dupaU'll Una inurnlnii aaya the sound of heavy automatic weapons and grcuadra can be heard. The Jcwa are believed to be bringing up mortars. The dlaiialcli aildn that a large scale battle spprars to be under way, I AST night, the coiiiinuiidcr of the llrlllah garrlaon In Jerusalem told hl troops Uiat force must be used impartially against both Arnba and Jtwa. Thla ninrnlng HrlUah lrooa are aald to be moving Inlo Uie trouble aot along the Jerusalem Jaffa road. Reports Irom Palratine say thry Intend Ul uat weapons more powerful Ulan Ulnae available to Itiirr Jcwa or Arnba. v Their purport la to STOP THE .FIOH'I'INO. Htopplng Ue fighting epier to be about Uie only way to prevent a minor-league war from idling under way 111 Palestine where both Arnba and Jcwa are or ganising and HKC11NNINO TO USK armies. Our worry la Uiat a minor-league war In Uial atralcglo area might ally grow up Into a ma)or-lragje war. Htopplng a major-league war could be a good excuse tor Kuaala to move Into an area she'd like to move into anyway. Experience tells ua Uiat once Rua ala gela her hooka Into an area ahe WANTS It's hard to pry her looae. CO we hope, naturally, thai Uie " British put a atop to the row, BUT 'llie British are going to gel out of Palestine, bag and baggage, on May la. After thai, what? Who will . keep the peace Uirn? I yOU know who. It will be the old ' boy with Uie tall hat and the ehln-whlkrm not merely because (sxcent for Russia I he la Uie only one who parka a ahlllalrgli big enough to grt reaulla. but because he nan ai rsady been committed. For some reaaon (never officially niado clean we joined with Russia III a demand before United Natlona to apllt up Palestine between Uie Arabs and the Jrwa. That waa what precip itated the fighting. HOW did we get Into thla mess? " On Uiat point, let's quote John Knight, head of Uie Knight news papers (Chicago, Detroit, Miami, etc.) a level-headed, competent reporter who la apt when he talks to know what he la talking about. He anya Uiat a year and a half ago Prealdrnt Truman made a apeech d-mandlng Uie Immediate entry Into Palestine of 100,000 Jewa. The speech. Knight saya, convinced the British that no responsible American action in aupport of a peaceful solution to the Paleatlno problem could be ex pected. 8o Uicy announced their fateful decision to OUT OUT, Unit leaving Uie mesi In Uncle Sum s lap. The rest followed along In logical order. tiHY did President Truninn niuke " the lunch? Knight saya: "The speech waa made In the full af IH4R at the Instigation of Jim Wad and Herbert Lehman, the Democratic candidates for governor and lenator In New York, who U'anllnuad an ria 4, Calumn Kl Southern Demo Flares Up As Anti -Lynch Gets Nod WASHINGTON, March 3 (II Anll-lynchhig legislation moved one step further toward passage. In con gress today, and a southern demo rial shouted III the house that "Harry Truman Is a dead bird." Th homo Judiciary committee approved the antl-lynchlng legisla tion. When word of Its action cir culated, Rep. Rivers of South Cam. Iliii got up In the house and told rrpiibllcnm Ihoy wero mnklng a mistake by pushing the president's "civil rights" legislation, "Trying to embarrass President Truman, you are going to burn down tho house, to get nt the rats," lis said. "You had better make friends with the south right now vhllo there. Is still time. "1 tell you, you me shooting at lh wrong bird. Harry Trumnn Is a diad bird already." Tho action semis tho bill a, key one In President Trumnn's civil rights program Just one step short of the house floor. It must bo cleared by tho rules committee be fore the house can vole on It, It Is one of the measures which hns iniithern riemocrnts threatening a party revolt. Tho Judiciary committee voted behind closed doors nnd the vole was not announced officially. How it J .Mrs. l-awrenrr rilaler. left, ami v.n.i tili (,.r !,,, OrH fhlldrrn and Adults. The drive for fundi the sale on Saturday. March t7, of anonatirlne Die sale locally. Mra. - Local Growers Buy Grain Land About one thoiiannd acres of Ixwer Klamath lake grain land was purchased this week by Uie l,owcr 1-akc Forms. Inc.. a corimra tlon formed by E II 'Put l Long and Murel A. l-nm The Longs, prominent Klamath gialn growers, have been leasing part of the land for several years and It Is all under Irrigation and bring cultivated. The land lies di rectly on the OreRon-Cnlllornla state line about hallway between Mrrrlll and Warden, In the Klam ath Drainage district. Former owners were Waller Brash McMillan and Anthony B. McMillan, sons of the Intc Mrs. Annie McMillan of Fresno, Cnllf. T he McMillan estate has owned the fm m land for ninny years. Mrs. McMillan, who died May 13. 1040. had willed the proierty In equal shares to her sous. The sale price was not dis closed but the deed bears Internal revenue slnmps Indicating a tran saction In Ihe neighborhood of 90. 000 Late Spud Bulletin LOS ANOKI.ES, March 2 AP lSDAi Potatoes, 33 broken, SO un broken cars on track: nrrlvnls, Cali fornia 4, Idaho IS. Oroiton 3, Utah 3, by truck 3: market slightly strong er. Idaho Russets No. l-A, $5 35; No. 3. $4.20-4.40. SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 (AP tSDAI Potatoes: 10 broken, 14 unbroken cars on track: arrivals, riorlda 1. Minnesota 1, North Dn- kntn I: market about steady: lduho Pussets No. l-A. $5.25; Deschutes No. 1 linkers, $1135: Klninntli No. l-A, $5.05: No. 1 linkers, $6.25. ever, members said It was 18 to 8. The hill, drnfled by Hep. Clifford disc (R-N. J. declines 11 In be (he duty of the state lo protect the life, liberty and properly of every In dividual. The federal government could step In and bring prosecutions when there was a lynching. Persons participating In any man Ik i In n lynching would also be guilty of n felony and pimtshnble by 20 years' Imprisonment and a fmr of $10,000. These committee members were reported to have voted against tho bill: RrprrsentiillvcK Hnbbs of Am biima, Kefnnver of Tennessee, UiT sop of South Carolina, Cravens of Arkansas, Chelf of Kentucky and Oossetl of Texas, democrats; and Fellows of Maine Btid awynne of Iowa, republicans. The southern "rebellion" has ralsrd republican hopes of winning tin White House In next fall's elec tion, but somo parly lenders say they anticipate a hard fight to keep control of the senate In any event. Senator Brewster (K-Me.) told I reporter the GOP high command fully realizes It Is possible: for the 1'iipuhllr.nns to elect a president but still loso the senilis If the contest Is close outside the south. Contributions Aid Crippled Children Fund Mra. Kobert A. Thompson are drvoUng their time thla month to the the little Kaalrr llllra. The KoropUmlst elub of Klamath Falli is Thompson to county chairman and , . Coins Drop into Containers Here To Aid Pennies, nickels and dimes are al ready dropping Into Uie Utile yellow cans placed throughout the county to aid In the drive lor funds in tne worthy work of Ihe National Socie ty for Crippled Children and Adults. Bov Scouts were busy Saturday dtrtrlbuung Uie containers and Olrl Scouts Installed the poster! In vari ous business houses here. Locally ll-.e drive u sponsored by the 8or- optimist club or Kinmain l-ans. Mrs. Robert A. Thompson is county chairman of the society and Mrs. Lawrence Slater Is Soroptlmlst chairman. Bale of the lltUc Easter lilies will High Winds Whip Basin A stiff northwest wind, which reached a peak velocity of 33 miles per hour at 11:23 p. m. last night, whipped this section of Southern Oregun but no damage was reported by The California Oregon Power company. The wind started up at mld-afler-noon yesterday and was cholkcd at 24 miles per hour between 3 and 4 o'clock. It continued a good blow throughout Uie evening but only a trace of preclpltntlon wns recorded by CAA. There wns a spit of snow ; Intervals during the morning but tomorrow's forecast Is for fair weather. Temperature readings early this morning gave 34 degrees as the minimum. It was 45 at the peak reading yesterday afternoon. The Oregon state highway com mission snld snow wns falling today on Uie Willamette highway and at Sun mountain on highway 07. There wns four Inches of new snow at Odcll lnke, two Inches of fresh snow on Sun mountain nnd the highway throughout the district wns reported l(. bo very slippery. Sanding crews were working III the northern sec tion. The commission today recom mended Hint motorists use chains In the mountnln a reus. Highway Bids Due March 12 Bids have been called for March 12 on the Klamnlh Falls north en trnnco project, nnd contractors have been hero looking over tho Job with a view to bidding, It was learned today. The project Includes 1.80 miles of g'fidiug and mnendam surfacing, and two ooncreto bridge construc tion Jobs. The new route will leave I'S 97 Just beyond the present over head north of town, and will como Inlo Klamnlh Falls by way of Ala meda street to Esplanade. The bridge Jobs Include widening nnd other changes on Uie present Ksplnnado bridge over the canal, nnd construction of a hnlf-vlnduct a short dlslnnco north of thnt bridge, where the cnnnl bends out Inlo Ihe highway right-of-way. This con crete structure will be nbout 100 fret long. la on In MarrU, fUiminaung wnn nn. Biaier la noropumin cniiimu. The Crippled be held here on Saturday. March 27, and. Pep Peppers of KUHS- will handle this phase of the drive. This will culminate the campaign for funds. "Money derived from Easier Seals sale and the sale of Easter lilies aids American's twenty-three and one half million physically handicapped children and adults. Clinics and treatment centers, teachers for hnmrbound children, therapists, summer camps and nurseries are nteded Utat they may have new life and hope in their disability. Through the sale of Easter seal. th National Society for Crippled Children and Adults helps provide these services,'' Mrs. Thompson said today. Explaining the national society, Mrs. Slater said (he organization piomotes a broad program of health. welfare, education, recreation, re habilitation and employment for all hnndlcapped persons regardless of race, creed, color or the nature of tht disability. The 1948 statewide, Easter Seal sale for the benefit of crippled chil dren and adults will be under the direction of Robert A. Hudson, Portland businessman, and Douglas McKay of Snlcm who Is president of the Oregon chapter. Highway Revenue Paid To Klamath The city wns richer by $70542.59 Mnndny night when councilinen re ceived a warnnt from the state on It share of money collected from state highway revenue. Money from the fund is appor tioned to cities throughout Oregon foi street improvement use. City duds were notified in a letter from E.irl T. Ncwbry, secretary of state. City Councilman A. P. Condrey nsked thnt City Attorney Henry Pciklns furnish n statement nt next Monday's meeting giving the spe cllic uses for which the city can us" the money. Flood Of Applicants For Sheriff's Post Tops Any Record In Basin Past In case you've lost count, there nro now (as of noon today) IS candidates for the task of being Klnmnth county sheriff. About three weeks ago Lloyd Low, who hns spent 24 years In the office nnd wns gencrnlly accorded re-election without a struggle each time ho put his nnme on tho ballot, nn njunccd he wns stepping down. The announcement had the same effect thnt would hnvc been achieved by the little Dutch boy of tho hole-ln-thc-rilke story had the little Dutch boy removed his thumb from the hole. A flood. Never before in memory of old timers hns there beei 15 or even a similar number of candidates tor any elective Job In Klamnth county. Six or seven, mnybc, but never 18. Here Is an up-to-date list of the aspirants: Republican Jack Fianey. deputy sheriff. Dale Mattoon, former deputy, bus line operator. Standards Bureau Head Denies Count WASHINGTON. March Wi i The commerce dtpaxtmrnt'a loyalty board files concerning Dr. fcdward U. Condon were ordered subpoenaed today by Chairman Thomas (R.-NJ) of the house iin-Araerlcin actlvi tira committee. Condon, 46-year-old scientist and head of the government s bureau oi standard!, was accused by a house group of being "one of Uie weakest links In our atomic security. He also waa accused by the group, headed by Thomas, of aasoclaUng with communist agents. As Thomas acted to obtain records . in the case, Uie atomic energy com mission told a senate-house com mittee that Condon has had no ac cess to top atomic secrets. Senator Hlckenlooper (R.-Iowal said 'Uie commission reported that Condon has not been cleared for access to IU restricted files. Replying to Uie house committee accusation. Condon reported: "This is gratifying Information because I'm absolutely reliable and therefore we have nothing to worry about. The country can relax." Too Vague To an accompanying charge Uiat he "knowingly or unknowingly en tertained and associated" with al leged Russian spies, Condon com mented to a reporter : -That's Just too vague to talk about. I certainly didn't do it knowingly." The house group contended that Uie bureau oi standards as Uie testing ground for some of the na tion's top secrets "has become Uie target for espionage agents of num erous foreign powers." In Its formal report made public last night, the committee noted that Condon had been appointed neaa of the bureau November 5, 1945, on the recommendaUon of Henry Wal lace, then secretary of commerce. Discussing communists, Uie report said: "In this country they haven't got ten as far as they did in Czecho slovakia, but they got pretty far. because Uiey got a man as vice president of Uie United States, and he Is now their candidate for presi dent, and he is uie same man who recommended Dr. Condon as direc tor of the bureau of standards." The committee said "Uie situation as regards Dr. Condon Is not an iso lated one." "There are other government of ficials in strategic positions who are playing Stalin's game t-i the detri ment of the United States." it de clared. Benes Said Very Sick PRAGUE. March 2 oP President Eduard Benes remains under the care of his personal physician, and his scheduled return to Prague Thursday still is uncertain, the min istry of information said today. A ministry spokesman termed "stuff and nonsense" a London Eve ning News story that Benes had resigned and that the communists now in control of the government were keeping the resignation secret. Benes. 64 and frail, is at the presidential country home at Sezl movo Usti. the ministry said. His physician Is a Dr. Kllnger, who long had attended him. The London Evening News said Benes had signed a formal declara tion last week giving up his title as president of Uie Czechoslovak republic, but "communists have not yet allowed the resignation to be made public for fear of a violent reaction among Uie people." Oeorge (Pete) Uerllngs, body and fender repairman. Knrl Dehllnger, Henley farmer. Denn Hall, former policeman, Henley farmer. Fcnton Mnhrt, Chlloquln police chief. Joe E. Green, former day Jailer. W. F. Swlgart, auctioneer. Jack Llnkenback, city police veteran. Guy Barton, rancher. Democrat Mike Williams, rancher. Sid Herbert, former policeman. Wally Moss, referee. Willis Pnnkcy, deputy sheriff. R. A. LaLonde, mlllworker. Filing deadline Is March 12, 10 dnys off, so there may be more hats In the ring before the books close. County Clerk Charlie DeLap long ago ran out f mimeographed dec laration forms but the girls In the office are typing out some more with plenty of carbon eopies. Vandenberg Cagey Over Nomination WASHINGTON, March 2 W Senator Vandenberg (K-Mich.) de clined today to "apeculate" whether he would accept tne republican nomination for president, Vandenberg wired Raymond A. McConnell Jr., Lincoln. Neb., news paper editor again, asking that his name be withheld from the April 13 Nebraska primary. McConnell had held up filing of a petition to place Vandenberg's name on the Nebraska ballot ontll the Michigan senator had opportun ity to answer this question: "If you were nominated by the republican convention would you accept tho nomination?" Vandenberg wired McConnell: Carey Answer "Responding to your message, I decline to speculate with utterly improbable contingencies. Your ouestlon defies Intelligent answer without full knowledge of unknown ultimate events. "I have heretofore made my post tion clear. I shall not discuss it further. "I again request that my name be not filed for a position for which I am not a candidate. If It Is filed despite this urgent and earnest re quest, 1 ask my Nebraska friends to confine their primary votes to others." The reply apparently left the way open for McCoonell to go ahead with a move to place Vandenberg's name before Nebraska voters. Mc Connell Is chairman of a bi-partisan committee seeking a "full choice" for his state's voters. lie filed names of six republicans and a democrat yesterday, but held off temporarily on Vandenberg. Bullitt Asks Arms For China WASHINGTON, March 2 m William C. Bullitt, former ambas sador to Russia, advised congress today to vote $100,000,000 for "mil itary supplies to China." Bullitt tesUfied to Uie house foreign affairs committee which is considering the administration's re- quest for $570,000,000 aid for China. The administration's program con templates only economic help for the Chinese money to finance food and other consumer Imports and for improvement of railroads, roads and factories. .Some congress members have urged that the program be broadened to Include weapons the Chinese government can use in fighting communists. Bullitt accused the state depart ment, which drafted the aid pro. gram, of "blindness and apathy' toward China. Charles Morse And Janet Collier State Park To Be Open To Public This Summer f&i v X , . tar This is a view of the new Collier state park at the confluence of near Chlloquln, on the new route of I'S highway 91. By MARY CASE President, Klamath Historical Society A beautiful state park has been taking shape quietly just a nice drive from Klnmnth Falls, nnd this summer will be open to the public on relocated highway 97, four miles north of Chlloqum. This newest addition to Oregon's system of state parks is a natural btuuty spot on Spring creek, where it enters Williamson river, which has long been popular as a picnic ground. When it became certain Uiat the new highway would pass this point, a tract of 142 acres, In cluding lower Spring creek wns ptitchased by A. M. and Alfred D. Collier from Claudia and William Lrrenz, and given to the state of Oregon for a park site. Parents Honored The park is to be known as the "Charles Morse and Janet M. Collier State Park," In honor of the parent To Leave t- I ..a . .. .y : John Sarginson, forest ranger with headquarters here, who leaves soon for a post on Snoqualmie for est in Washington. Sarginson To Take New Post John W. Sarginson, Rogue River national forest ranger here for nine years, will be transferred about April 1 to the Snoqualmie national foiest In Washington. He will trade ranger districts with Robert L. Cooper, who will come here from the Snoqualmie. - Sarglnson's new post is 70 miles north of Seattle on the Stevens pass highway. Mrs. Sarglnson's family lives in Seattle, and the change will Uius place the Sarginsons nearer relatives. Sarginson came here In 1638 from Sisters on the Deschutes national forest, and In his years as ranger in the Lake o the Woods district of the Rogue forest, has made winter headquarters here. As chief representative of the forest service in this area, he has made wide civic contacts. Cooper is a 1938 graduate of the icrool of forestry at Oregon State college. He has worked on several national forests since graduation, has had considerable experience in timber management work, has been active in the Boy Scouts and is In tensely interested in recreation ac tivities. He will move his family to Klamath when a suitable resi dence can be found. SORRY. HENRY. THE HORSES FIRST BOSTON, March 2 oP) A man who identified himself as a horse race bettor filed his state income return by mail at. the oil Lee of Tax Commissioner Henry P. Long yes terday. In an accompanying letter he ex plained briefly why he wasn't en closing a check. The letter said: "Henrv. I'm short, so it will be a long time before I can pay. V 'W of the donors. Charles Morse Col lier, one of the pioneers of Oregon, as an engineer made early surveys through the Yamsay and Squaw Mountain country, and was well acquainted with the Klamath ter ritory at that time. Janet Collier wa one of the first graduates of the University of Oregon, and be sides rearing a family of five boys and a girl, was always active In civic affairs. She was especially In terested In education and was chair man of the Eugene school board for many years. Both parents were In tel ested in the preservation of Ore gon's natural reauty. Open Timber Lying on both sides of Spring cieek, the park Includes open tim ber and meadow, where sweet, wild sttnwberrles can be found in late summer. A lawn Is being planted beneath the trees below the high way, and tables and fireplaces are to be built A parking area, with - i New Owners Will Process Lumber Here Bale f the Pelican Plna Manufac turers, the former Pelican Bay Lumber company mill and property at Pelican City, to Can-. Adama and Collier company, large manufao turers of millwork In Dubuque, la, was made known here today with , the filing of the deed of tale. Consideration Involved In the sal was not given but it Is understood uiat It was in the neighborhood of a quarter of a million dollars. New Company A new company has been formed to handle the property and will be known under the name of Car-Ad- Co compnny, combining first sylla bles In the parent company name. John F, Moehl has been named manager of the newly formed Car- Ad-Co company and Is now in Klamath Falls, having arrived from Des Moines yesterday. Moehl has been assistant secretary-treasurer of Carr and Moehl company of Dei Moines, la., one of Carr, Adams and Collier company's affiliated plants. Purchase of Pelican Pine was made primarily for the lumber dry kilns on the property, officials said here today. This will allow Car-Ad-Co to buy the lumber cut of nearby sawmills, dry it properly and dresa It for use at Carr, Adams and Col lier In Dubuque. The box plant on the Pelican Bay property may be used to cut soma sash and door stock, and a molding machine may be Installed to run stock molding patterns for Carr, Adams and Collier and Its affiliated plants. Waste from this additional machinery will help to supply fuel for the dry kilns. Although a dis mantled sawmill is included in this sale of property, no plan of putting it into operation is contemplated by the company. Moehl pointed out that this pur chase will in no way eliminate any of Carr, Adams and Collier com pany's regular sources of lumber supply, but rather will augment their present supply and help to assure a steadier flow of lumber to their plant, one ef the largest In the world for the manufacture of sun. doors, eobinets and other built-in products. Negotiations for the purchase ox the property were carried on here by Paul L. Adams, vice president. and Charles H. Leik, lumber buyer of the Dubuque company. First Company The Pelican Pine Manufacturers, a co-partnership including Harold D." Mortetujonv Peter- A.- Albertson and H. Edwin NowelL is the suc cessor firm to the old Pelican Bay Lumber company, the first company to locate here to engage in lum bering lor outside markets. At the time Pelican Bay came into this am thprp were onlv a few small I Clfnd an Par Clm 1 la Spring creek and Williamson river a caretaker's cottage and toilet fa cilities are to be provided. Jess M. Jones of Chlloquln Is the caretaker and he Is already on the Jon. Showing the planning and thought that went Into the new pork Is the footbridge across Spring creek. When the new highway bridge was designed, C. V. McOul lough, engineer for the highway commission, added a walkway be low the traffic level, something on the order of a Romeo and Juliet balcony, so that visitors can cross the creek without using the high way. Loggers' Museum Above the highway, along a road leading through the park, is to be the Loggers' Museum. Early types of logging equipment already have) been donated and will be placed In rustle shelters along this road, Just as though the loggers had left them there when they moved on to the (CasUaate a rs(a I, Claaa SI
