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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1948)
Ml m mi it The Hy HUNK Jl.NKINM TIIK Kuulunt umke a new move In Germany. They announce Hut, effective at in c. all AmrrlLBK mid llililnh trains lu llortln muni submit lo Soviet In ipectloii. Wc bulk, bo, Una inorn II in. four Urrllii-boiind piuinrnuer Irnliu ri atnpiicd al a Kuulnil checking pulnl live. 111 i Ice enct nt the Hrltlsh tone boundary. Highway traffic la bring similarly restricted, We announce that wo will attempt to uipply American In llcrllii itliora art alxml lU.Oou of Ihrini by air through tlio Tcnipclhut alidroine, which wt cuntrul. UfllAT dura II luruli? Presumably II U a Russian move lo extend Hie Iron curtain to Urn llnr al Hie Elbe rlvrr. In Moscow, a writer In the communist newspaper 1'iavtla any: -I ho I'AltTI TION Or" OKIt.MANY haa become a complet ed lad." ' What ait at trying to accomplish? iirir aiiuwirr kiicss: wr if! serv ing nutlcc vil tlio Jtu -vluna that un Ttlrr lilt four-power council ugicc rtiriit we have light In Merlin and Umt we are going to lnsi.it that Uiry , b" iccotinlu-d. the at I'lanihj will that amount to? here a a third guess: In Hi '" 'lrliid the tIM o( the P. i"'-. . . tllM-lftnft with niurititiK S 1U p ,int-hr re.mrl. we put on irfd . tu boUler ulr niul jw (Iff mint ot liic iJanlmiPltri. now ur(lrd by 700, 000 TurkUl. troupA. The U. 8. lr ri(l carrier JUndnva l dur tu Irnvr Man KrnnrUco bay today lor iMuti bul iCotutaulliiopleJ Hhc will carry bout 100 Anirrlran Wftrplnncs. Two other currier. Miiiihirly loaded, lire txctrd to follow her, WA I t'll II. HuppoU! Russia aliuulil decide lo 1AKK OVKIt the Dardanelles airail. which lit lar lo the eat ol the Bleltin-Artrtatlc line. No one aerloiMly doubts that militarily the could do It. Turkey I 'tough, but amall. Russia la biff. We're a lone ay oil. Russia I CI.OHK. The point to watch la whether ftuula u willing In jo that lar. TIIKRE U i new wrinkle In the hot Italian election campaign. The communist-led Cleneral Con federation ol t.abor In Iuly threat ena a general airlkn In protest against the disappearance ol a Ulclllall labor leader. The com munltl charge Uiat "rightists" lantl-communltu) have kldnaptd or lulled him. Jp Would a general atrlke help or hurt the communist caiuw In Italy7 That question la hard lo answer at thla distance. The threat doea In dicate the explosive character ot the aituatlon there. THE other day our house ol repre aenutlvea i probably going oil al hall-cock) voted three to one to In vite Franco Spain Into Hie European Recovery plan. President Truman and the atate department protest vigorously. They say thai any auch Inviting ahould be done by the It) European nallona Included In the plan that we have no buslncsa In- iC'aiHIftata mm V, Cilimn at WEATHER M. 11. r, Itl , HI Mlo. , I'rfilptlMlUn laal H ha lift ... Mrftrn ( 4mf I. I yar M Nirmil ... r rai'lt lelr. THICK KIVK C'KNTH ' A A . CjE Mi-M flelmg -P .l.H, OIlKfiON, Till IIHDAV, AI'ltIL 1, 10S Telephone (111 c ho. 1305 (Sains M. mm Ryan, Out As KUHS Football Coach, Hits "Main Street" Attitude Toward Athletics Fomily,Quorrel Kluiniilli union high achool la without a Inotball conch todny, lol lowing Wednesday atternonn'a dec lurutlon by the achool board Hint the iiosl wua vacunt and aubseuent reception nt Ed Itynn'a reslgiiatlun lot all coaching duties. Hchuol iilllclnla sukl that appll culions lor the Job are now lu or der. Board action (olluwed aome weeks ol illsciistlon ot llir lixilbnll coach ing ixisltlon. The membera nt the bmrd voted unanimously on a mo tion declaring the poaltlon vacant, and Ryan shortly alierwards hand ed a letter to 8iiierlnlendent Ar nold Clralupp. as well aa to The Herald and News. The letter aald he doea not want to handle any roachlug assign ments, but anecllled that he was not resigning liom Ills xltlon aa physlral education Instructor lo which he haa already been elected. Ryan aald he "no longer enred" to coach any athletic at KUHS under proaenl public "Main atreel" attitude toward high achool aporu and In a prepared ataleinenl to Hie mhool board listed eight alleged "Haws" in the relationship between the public and the achool regard ing athletlca: Minority preaaurr group. t rnnldrlal accountability of eoarhra to Hie Quarterback club. 3 ttambllng on high orhaol con tests. a Poor relations between raarhea Spain Out Of ERP Picture WAMIIJNOTON, April I iP-Sen-alora and house membera working out 1 compromise toromn eld MU agreed today to atrlke Hpaln from Hie list ot nation eligible lo there In the aid. They acted within less than an hour alter the White House an nounced that President Truman la "utterly oppoaed" to Uila provlalon. The home pul thla "welcome Franco" provision Into Ita bill. The senate had rejected the Idea. Senator Vandenbenc iR.-Mlch.l announced the compromise commlt teea declalon to drop Spain. The committee ta made up ot five sena tors and five house membera. Decisions of the committee are subject to ratification by the aenate and house. Raymond H. Biiney Checks In As Indian Agency Boss Raymond H. Tlltncy, who took hit first Job with the Indian service at Klamath Agency In int. Wednes day night returned there to become atinerlntcndcnt nt the Klamath In dian reservation. Dltney rcplnrca Superintendent B O. Courtrlght who hna been transferred to the Western Hho ahone reaervatlnn at Owyhee, Nov. The new Klamnlh reservation head anld Thursday that he "was very happy to be back In the North west," nilney reported for duty at t a. m. and met with employes with whom Jjr dltcuased matters of policy. Ho wld he had nindr no plana for a isblbnl meeting and that this matter ' would develop ta ncceasnry. Dltney aald he saw no change In Klnmnth A ......... U... .....!....- J I ... I 11..,. tth Fnlla had changed considerably I and he was anxious to are the town. Illtney haa been In the Indian service alnce leaving college. He had been out of school only a few months when he took the Job with the service. He was graduated from the University of Montana where ho completed n pml-grailnnlp course In forcKtry and ginalng, In 102(1, At thai lime he had chnige of the aoiilh-lmlf of the Klanmlh rrseiva tion'a limber anlrs. The last two years, Ullney wna In rhntge of In sect control work and operation of ramps. He Irft here April I, 10,10. Just IB years ago, and reported for dulv at Nrnh liny. Wash., as super intendent of the Knkitlt Indian Agency. ' From Neah Ray, Ullney was sent to Red take, Minn., taking over in lli:i:t. He staved I hern aa superin tendent of the Aweney until MM when he went to Tnholnh Aitenev al Hnniilam, Wash, There alx months. Bllney then returned to Red Lake as superintendent and nnmlned until Hcplembcr 3. 1042, 'when he entered the corps of engl I lircrs wllh Ihe rank of rnplnln. nilney'a army record includes service at Camp Clnlbourne, I,a and In March, 1044. he brntmht a .battalion to Camp White where ho rmalned for two months bctnre tolng to Ihe Eurnpenn theatre. He crved In EiiRlnnd, France, neigium, l.tixcmbntire. Oeitnnny and 8wlt7.or- land. He was dlarhiirecd with the rank of llenlennnt-cnlonel. In January, 104(1, Dllney resumed the superlntendency at Red Lake where he remained until January. 1B46. Ills next post was at Phoenix. Arls., as regional forester of District 4. Indian aervlre. This area com prised Utah. Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. He remained on duty there until his appointment to Klamath Agency. mtney aald he was asked last Drcrmbrr If he were Interested In the Klnmnth superlntendency and he said he "certainly was." Bllney's family Includes Mrs. Bllney and three tons. One, Lt. (J.R.t Raymond Bllney, was graduated from Anna polls m 1044 and la now on a good will tour with the navy at Shang hai. Robert Is In Junior college al Phoenix and Richard Is In Phoenix high school. Mrs. Rltney and the two younger sons will Join her hus band here the first week In June. Supt. Bltney said that no per cap ita payment checks would be lasurd until new checks are printed as tt Is agnlnst service regulations for one superintendent to use checks with a predecessor's nnme. Checks are now being printed In Washing ton. Thursday, Bllney said, general support checks were being Isatted. IprimipiHsf 'W." :-r. m -Pt-Mf: Am mmr ym Rn.Ymnnd H, Bltnf.T nil hi dlrt-ftor of atlilrlJi-s and with thr prnui and radio. 5 Son - pro tret I on of ruai-lira from "prtty dlrtatn of arlflth In divid uaU." 6 T'oMitaiil rhanir of roar lira . , . tic football roarhrs lit 10 yrara. 7S(in-rrroinUlon for minor and arrondury a porta. II Hair of araaon tlrkrtt to foot ball gamra by rhamber of com mtrrr ralhrr than thr. whool and rsacirratrd almophrrr built around thr ffHilhall pro rum. Ryan aald he did not Inirml thin llnl aa ft crltlclhin but hi hla honest Resigns 1 1 Kd Ryan. Pelican football coach for the past two yearn, late Wed nesday handed In hla rciignaUon aa coach and the post wo declared vacant by Ihe Klamath t'nlon high school board. Reds Blast US Airbases MOSCOW. April 1 i.Vi Red Star said today the United 8tatea haa aggressive Intention! in building Alaskan airbases. The Soviet army newspaper aald U. 8. Air Secretary W. 8tuart Symington disclosed the aggreaslve attitude when he said bases were placed to permit planes to bomb any part of Russia and return. Red Star said Symington's state ment exposed the former thesis Hint American Alaskan bases are Intend ed for defense. (8ymlngton testified before sen ate armed service! committee March 25. He said American heavy eomb era could take off from Alaska, "bomb any part of Russia and re turn to American bases.") Post Pays Off In Cartwheels DENVER, April 1 (IN The Denver Past paid out more than a ton ot silver to Its employes today, meeting Hie weekly payroll with old-fashioned "cartwheels" Instead ot the usual paper money. Each of 700 persons on the pay roll received a bag of the silver dol lars. Louis McMahon, comptroller ot the newspaper, said the payroll came to about $40,000 and that the overall weight of the money issued was 2B60 pounds. Idea of the payment was to get a lot of the silver dollars In circulation here before Ihe tourists arrive seek ing them for souvenirs. Doctors Get Advance Look BALTIMORE, April 1 in Things were quiet last night accident room doctors at Maryland Cleneral hnspltnl went to their re creation room to watch a telecast of a rodeo being held here. They saw one of the Verfnrmcrs tossed off a horse. 8hruitglng their shoulders, they switched off the television set and returned to duty. Leas than five minutes later Lee Dtilialms of Pueblo, Arizona, was brought In for an X-ray and treat ment of a shoulder Injury. Ho was the performer who fell. The hospital Is just a few blocks from the rodeo alto. RECORD Parking meter yield fur a three day period ending March 90 was $776, largest single collection since meters were Installed a year and a half ago. Included In the figure were some 43,000 pennies and 8000 nlcklea, which means that the dockers went through about 43,000 operations in three days. convictions as to points which the school board and his successor aa football coach ahould consider. Ryan's letter of resignation was addressed lo Arnold Gralapp. su perintendent of schools, and read. In part: "In light of recent developments und attitudes toward athletics at Klamath Union high school, com monly referred to as a 'civic affair' rather than under the Jurisdiction of a strong athletic department, I no longer care to coach any ath letic at Klamath Union high school until this situation la made for the betterment of the student body at large . . . "... I do not do this because of anv 111 health or any Inability t.) carry nut these assignments aa can b- substantiated by my record . . . but I do not care to coach In the system until the above specified conditions are changed." Three weeks ago the board de cided to keep Ryan on as physical Instructor but not as football coach. 8lnce that time various coaches around the state have Inquired about the Job and probably many will put In formal applications Among them are Al Simpson of Southern Oregon college, who re fused to come here two years ago because of salary differences, and Dirk Sutherland, coach of the atate high school champions at The Dal les. Paul McCall. auto mechanics in structor at the high school who has had wide athletic and coach ing experience. Is believed a pos sible candidate for the Job. A seleclon will probably be made within a month. IVA Okays Strike Call A strike rail has been authorised by members of the CIO Interna tional Woodworkers of America In Oregon. Washington and Northern California If ware negotiators con sider a atrlke necessary to win the union's wage demands from lum ber operators. Such a atrlke would close down most of the larger mills here In the Klamath district, but IWA offi cials here said they had no Idea whether a strike would be called. Locnl IWA contract with mills and logging operations expired at midnight last night but workers are still on the Job following a self renewal provision In the contract. Month Lonr Talk Wage negotiations have been go ing on for a month here and throughout the Industry, and the strike vote was taken last week. Al Hartung. a Portland member of the IWA's Northwest regional negotiat ing committee, announced result of the vote today, saving that about 88 per cent of the membership favored a strike. For the time being. Industry-wide negotiations are continuing. The next session here between IWA and Ihe Pine Industrial Relations com mittee, representing operators, Is set for next Tuesday. The industry has relected an of fer of Ti cents per hour pay In crease for workers. The IWA'a de mand has been for a 32'? -cent hourly boost, a 7lj-cent hourly wel fare fund and paid holidays. Locally the nay lncrense demand has been dropped to 25 cents an hour and a proposal for discussing the welfnre fund demand. That lower demand has also been reject ed by the PIRC. MtSIW' tm mivtw i iii i n 1 11 aii marat n ilfi at inl to ' Daisy Bustle t; Chile Asks Strong Stand On Russia BOGOTA. Colombia. April 1 P Anil-communist feeling among the 21 Pan-American conference na tions seemed today to be developing into a demand for a firm aland against Russia Chile's foreign minister, Juvenal Hernandez, called for just that yes terday. Hernandez aald Chile has aligned herself with nations which defend democracy and liberty. "That should be the attitude of all the nations of America." he told delegates, who burst into applause. He told them there is no time to dally: Time For Decision This is the time for decision. There is no place for a third posi tion." Hernandez, representing a coun try which recently severed ita rela tions with Russia, spoke before the plenary session of the ninth Pan American conference. An important item on Hie agenda la development of an economic cooperation program among American nation. The Chilean foreign minister warned delegates the world has di vided into two front: One which seek to impose a new political totalitarianism, and an other which seek to defend western culture by democratic means. Chile, he said, has taken it stand without equivocation. Secretary of State George C. Marshall of the United State set the stage for. the anti-communist pressure at the conference opening Tuesday when he asked if the ques tion of subversive activity could be put on the agenda. He received cnanimou assurance that lt could. MM Mi;', Mm.. mm A family aquabblr which result ed In tun fire at ft Dunsmuir tav ern Tueday brought death to Mrs. Hernlee Pickwood, above, who was ahot by her husband. Buster Pack wood. The latter then turned the revolver on himself and committed suicide. 86 Homesteads To Be Opened Another homestead opening In the Tulelake sector was claiming attention of bureau of reclamation officials with approximately 86 homestead units comprising some 8100 acres Involved In the next drawing. Al Harvey. In charge of the home stead office, said Thursday that while everything is in a tentative stage, plat must be approved in Washington and there is still much detail to be handled. The section south of Malin will add up to some 2fi00 acres and according to present climates will be divided into 20 units. Additional land In the Coppock Bay area, not involved In the March homestead opening, will be Included in the next drawing. On the Cop pock Bay panhandle and other tracts around the recently nlloted lr.nd, there are approximately 5500 acres to be divided into 63 units. Names are being accepted now for application forms which will be mailed out after public notice has been posted. This will probably be done in July, 1948, or thereabouts. Harvey said. Proposed North Entrance Work Slated To Get Under Way Soon The dust will soon be rolling along the proposed north entrance route Into Klamath Falls and with in one week grading should be un der way. The $361,108 project which will give a new cntranre to the city will be In full swing within a month and Rogers Construction company, low bidders on the Job, will move equip ment Into here Immediately. Residents of the Hot Springs dis trict were warned today that they will have to choose a new route to get home either past Hillside hos pital by Main street, or along Part land street and across the tracks. Within a month or six weeks, Es planade will be closed from Lost River Dairy to Alameda and will remain closed until all work ladone. P. P. Whitman, state highway engineer In charge of the Job, said today that he had advised the Klamath Palls fire department of the prooosed closing so that they could make arrangements to an swer calls over the alternate routes, Charles Mrlnroe la superintend ent of Rogers Construction com pany jobs In this area and will be in charge of the north entrance Job for his outfit. Roy Kennen. state highway bridge engineer, will direct this phase of construction. Two bridges will be constructed ac cording to plans. Rogers Construction company's bid includes the two bridges, grad ing and surfacing, and laying the hot water pipes under the Espla nade approach, to reduce winter hazards at that point. Use of na tural hot water In highway con struction Is believed to be unique with this job. The Rogers outfit will be on three major Jobs at once in Klamath county. Right now. Rogers crews are grading and oiling the 15-mile stretch from Bonansa to Mnlin on the Bonanza -Poc Valley- Malin county road, and are stock piling rock on the Chlloquln cut-off. pre paratory to rocking and oiling the new highway. The Chlloquln cut-off eliminates the Sun. Mountain stretch. Rocking sho'uld start around June, according to the high way department here. Western Pine Hits New High PORTLAND. Ore.. April 1 W Western pine production and ship ment in January. February and March shattered all previous first quarter records, the Western Pine association reported today. The estimated output ot 1.257. 000.000 board feet for the opening quarter of 1948 was 14 per cent greater than the previous high, set In the same period last year. Esti mated shipments ot 1.408.000.000 board feet were 9 per cent greater than for 1947's first quarter and slightly above the all-time mark ot 1J05.000.000 set in wartime 1944. S. V. Fullaway. association secretary-manager, said present infor mation indicates that consumption of western pine lumber in the sec ond quarter of this year will top that of a year ago by about 10 per cent. He said stocks of western pine now on hand at mills are about the same as a year ago. Stocks ot as sociation species are higher because of the growing demand for seasoned lumber and consequent greater stocks required tor air drying, he said. Czech Probe Held Certain LAKE SUCCESS. April 1 iPr- Despite vehement Russian opposi tion, the security council today ap peared ready to order an investiga tion of Moscow's role in the com munist coup in Czechoslovakia. A formal vote is due next week. Russia and the Soviet Ukraine have fought bitterly against an inquiry. The United States, Britain, France, China, Canada and Syria have formally backed the Idea. Argen Una, Belgium and Colombia have indicated support. Seven votes are needed. The shape and form of the In vestlgation remain undecided. One delegate said a major consideration is to find a proposal which can es cape a Russian veto. Here's Marjorie Riordon, a mod el, wearing daisies In her bustle. Ilyana, Hollywood dreaa designer, predicts the most stylish ladies soon will be wearing them. For va riety, the says, they'll wear or chids, gardeniasor potted plant. A plastic test tube, concealed In the bustle, bold the back-seat corsage. That's ivy trailing down the back of the dreaa. Compromise Sought In Foreign Plan WASHINGTON. April 1 UP) A team of senate-house foreign ex perts went swiftly to work today on a final compromise bill tor a global American program. House passage of its 16,205.000,000 measure by better than a four to one margin handed the Job to the compromisers last night. The goal is to get a bill to Presi dent Truman before the week runs out. Both senate and house will have to vote fust on the comprom ise. What the experts agree to will be the final terms ot a program to use America's billion and military knowledge to help Europe and China hold the line against com munism. On that broad purpose there is no disagreement between the senate and house. Differences are over de tails. What the house approved by a 329 to 74 ballot was a wrap-up bill to provide assistance for Europe. Greece. Turkey and China. Leaders had set April 1 as a deadline and barely squeezed the measure under the wire. The senate previously had passed three separate bills, one for Europe, one for China and a third tor Greece and Turkey. Chairman Vandenburg (R.-Mich.) of the senate foreign relations com mittee already has agreed to follow the house lead on a single bundle bllL In Like Lion Out Like Lamb In like a lion out like a lamb! That's March. Wednesday, March 31, was the warmest day of the month. The mercury rose to 61 degrees. The first day of the month the temperature was 47 at the maxi mum reading, but in between March 1 and 31, there was plenty of cold weather, rain, snow, sleet and slush. The coldest day of the month was March 18 when the mercury fell to 18 degrees. Total precipitation for March was chalked up at 1.98 inches according to bureau of reclamation figures. Stream year to date is 9.34: normal, 9.20. There were 7 clear days. 9 partly cloudv. and 15 cloudy days during March. US Takes To Air To Foil Soviet Order BERLIN. April 1 (AV-The United Htatea turnerf ftn thm mtr tttAmtt l - political battle tor Berlin launched by the Ruaalana with a drive lo con trol ground entry Into thai capital irom ine west. The Soviet move resulted In ihut tlnr oft military trmln tram nf Brltlah and American forces Irom inelr sonea to the capital. Authori tative sources aay It la a Hovt-t atep to try to squeeze the western allies out of the city. The Americans, British and French OrOtrJin-rf A ivnnrt Am tt, crisis was rushed to British Foreign oecretary Ernest Bevln in London. Red Inspection The Russian order, announced only yesterday and effective la it midnight, requires all motor or '.all passengers and freight to undergo Russian inspection at border con trol points. The Russians halted four British and American trains this morning. Simultaneous with the Russian action came a blast from Moscow at four-power government In Ger many. Pravda aaid It waa at an mil. The eommaniat party newspaper aid "the partition of Germany has become an accomplished fact. From their sectors of Berlin the Western allies have attacked com munlsm, won the city election against the Soviet-sponsored social ist unity party, and In general proved stumbling blocks to Russian attempt to communize the capital. The Soviet-licensed press thundered against uie Americans, British and French. Last nfffht the RiiMiana ir,tilmA a cordon across the only Interna tional rail and Soviet check point insisted upon passing on each allied national going tn or out nf tha eitv. soldiers or civilian. Soviet officers tried to board Brit- Ian. and American mllitar trains and were rejected. The Russians then refused to let Ihe trains ora- eced. Blocked on the ground, the Ameri cans took to the air. Gen. Lucius D. Clav. the IT. fi. militarv re ordered the army air forces to sup ply uie American community of about 10.000 persons In Berlin with iooa ana passenger service. Tax Cut Veto Due On Friday WASHINGTON. April I OP) President Truman's expectad veto of the $4,800,000,000 tax reduction bill will go to congress at noon to morrow. This was decided at a White House conference today. Mr. Tru-n-n conferred with Secretary of the Treasury Snyder, Senator Barkley (Ky.) and Rep. Rayburn (Tex.), the senate and house demo cratic leaders: James E. Webb, the budget director, and Senator Mc Grath (D-R. I.) chairman of the democratic national committee Charles G. Ross, presidential secretary, also told newsmen that Mr. Truman will send to Speaker Martin of the house today a pre liminary estimate of the cost ot the expanded defense program now be ing formulated. The formal budget estimates, he said, will not be ready for 10 days or two weeks. At the capitol. Senator Taft (R Ohioi said republican leaders have agreed to consider the expected tax veto immediately. He told reporters this was agreed upon by the senate republican policy committee. Late Spud Bulletin LOS ANGELES, April 1 (Pr Potatoes: 26 broken, 54 unbroken cars on track; arrivals California 2, Kansas 1, Idaho 21, Utah 1, Ore gon 1, North Dakota 1: 7 cars ar rived by truck; market steady I Idaho Russets No. 1A $5.40-5.50. SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 (AP USDA) Potatoes: old stock, 8 broken, 5 unbroken cars on track; arrivals California 3, Oregon 1, Minnesota 1, North Dakota 1; 1 car arrived by truck; market steady; j Klamath Russets No. 1A $5.75. Sourcebooks May Disagree Over Origin, But Today Is April Fool's Day For All Watch Out! The Animals Are Here ANTIOCH, Calif., April 1 W" The caller said there was a lion on the Antioch bridge. "Tut, tut," said the wife of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Smith, "this is April 1 and I know lt." The caller pleaded. The wife doubted. Finally, against her better judgment.' she notified her husband. Smith found the bridge crowded with cars. Up in the girders was one old, feeble but very definite moun tain lion. The 150-pound female had come down from the mountains in search of food. Smith and a game warden shot her. Today Is April 1, All Fools Day, the one day of the year set aside especially for cynics who suspect every vagrant box on the sidewalk contains a brickbat. Today most of them probably do. Kick one and find out. Sourcebooks disagree almost to the point of calling each other names in print over the origin of this April Fool business, but the most colorful, If not accurate, theory goes back to Grecian myth ology. Proserpina, an ancient story-book maiden, although young at the time and rather lavishly endowed, was gamboling on the Elynlan green when she caught the eye of Pluto, lord of the underworld, Pluto put the sleeve on Proserpina and hauled her off to the nether regions. Kick ing and screaming, to the legend goes. Her mother, a lady named Ceres, heard Proserpina's screams echoing around, and about and went In search ot the kidnaped maiden. Any tool knows that following an echo Is a fool's errand. All this was supposed to have happened on an April 1 of lung ago, Down through the ages the mat ter of bodily toting away young ladles has taken on certain refine ments and the practice is no longer confined to any certain date. But other practices have come Into popular usage for April 1. Such as: Tacking "Kick Me" signs on the back of an unsuspecting loiterer. Jovially handing out explosive cigars. Offering pepper-pot candy. Filling sugar bowls with salt. Telephoning the soo and asking for "Mr. Wolf." Calling the attention of tat men to fictitiously untied shoe. Etc.. etc., etc. All supposedly hilariously funny. In France a person who falls for an April Fool trick Is called, In th Idiom of the country, a "polsson d'avrll," which means an April fish. In this country a person who falls for one Is called a sucker, which is also a type of fish. 4
