Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, April 21, 1948, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextKim mam M71lj . in ii ii in 1 1 ibii an iuiiu i a rn ii- rr-r -i" f '-in ulir niiin im JMimi a Thick wr. m-nth ibv klamatii Ai.i.H.nK!)srwKiNEHiMy. apkil xi, imx ' . mn m CrO nnnnni n-x rv; n wer-M wartime urair rroposeo in lit" Bays ews II) HIANK Jr.NKINH .4 (hric words arc written On Purl. , Inmli John L. Lewis haa unl broil hint iiuiliy ot criminal contempt for mil sending hlii sulking coal miners back 111 win k when ordered to (Id u V by Uie court. ... T EWIS, you will remember, claimed he huil nothing to do with the strike. The miners, ho unlit, Jiul surd ihr altunliiiii up fur themselves nil came to the conclusion that they didn't want to work any more at the moment. Judge cloliUboroiiuh rut promptly ml cleanly lliruuuh Una rathrr thin iraMiniiut. lie auid III cflecl that Uu hail rlmird up a code of sig nals. II III discussing the contract he Used the trrin "dishonored," the Judge rulrd. Uir miners were to walk mil. Whrnevcr they were told by l,rl that tin contract had been ' honurrd" Ihry were to go buck to work. tlulthbornuiih llirn declared: "II nod or any wink or a code la used In place ot a woid 'strike,' 11 la Just as much ol a strike aa thoutttl thr word strike had been used." ... JJEKOKE going any farther. In a gel some of the fundamentals atraliihl In our minda. In Ihla country, men can't be coin ot licit to work If lliry don't want to work. We settled that laaue In four blixMly yrara of war III the rarly 1)0 a. We men l likely to no bark on the m ttlrmcnl. HUvcry la drad forever, mi lar aa thr United Sutca la con cerned. The point In thla miner case I I hut ONK MAN ordered the minora out on airlro and rcfufd to aend ilirm b.wk to work i pending a aol- ilrinont of thrir dlaputo with their eiiiploycrai when orderrd to do ao y a COURT. It la obvious Hint u ( our court ran be disobeyed with impunity our whole lyairur (Upon which our 1 1 ben lea are bawd l would o to pot. In such an event, 'ANY OWE MAN with a conalderablr dia- ripllncd following laay the leader of the communiai party ill me Hulled Btateai could weaken fatally at a critical moment. We can't iiermlt that to happen. THE trouble with John L. Lewis la - ,t,i Ii lum f.vi much rui&'rr Hn Implicit la the obedience which hla follower yield to him that there Ii. practically NOTHINO lw ran t do. Thr clear lesson of hlalory la Hint power like thai haa ruined almost everyone who hna possessed It. Nobody linn churned Lewis with brlnit nn enemy of hla country. Hut If It ahuuld develop that hla power over hla fnllowera la ao ab solute Hint It can not be challenged even by the COURTS It might go In hla hend to auch an extent that he WOULD become an enemy. It might reach the point where he would aay to himself. "I AM AMKR 1CA." Supreme, unchallenged power In one pair ol halloa haa ALWAYS been dnngeroua. It 1 dnngeroua Mill. We mustn't let John L. Lewla. or anybody clue, get bigger than the law. IT Isn't a question of compelling men to work ngnlnat their will. II mi; miner decides he doesn't wnnt in mine coiil niiy longer, he can quit bis Job mid every sincere thinker In America will buck In in tip 111 hla right to do an. - , What we have to prevent la Ihr aniulsltloh ol complete, inichiillenge. able power BY ONE MAN over the mucins ol hundreds of Ihousanda of disciplined fnllowera. Whenever we permit that, we're gonera. Reds Change Strategy On Marshall Aid ROMK, April XI tlv-llalr'a com munists, overwhelmed In (lie elec tion, receive! a hint from Ihelr lup labor leader today of an aboul-fare on the Marahall plan. The eontmunlala opposed Marahall plan aid throughout the campaign, Hmarllng from their first defeat In free voting, the rommunlala also fared the possibility uf a aerloua rift with auine of their left wing socialist Hire. With nearly complete returns ap parently assuring the American backed Christian democrat of con trol of both houses of parliament. Giuseppe 1)1 Vltmrlo of the cniu-munlal-domlualcd General Con- trderatlon ol Labor Indicated 11 wanta to take a aland on American aid Independent ol Moscow. Big Lead Official returns on all but 155 of the 41.647 preclncu III the chamber of deputlea election gave the Chrlat Ian democrat 487 per cent of the vote, a toal of 13.Ml,yr7. The communist-led popular front had 7.KVB, tol, or 90.7 per cent. In third place were Uie antl-commulilal socialist, with l..Mo. or 7 1 per cent. Final official returns on the sen ate vote rave the t'hrlatlan demo crats lt,74.!ll. or 47.1 per cent; the popular front, S.9&5.X29, or 31 per cent, and Ihr antl-rommunlsl social ists. I.&M,722, or arvrn per cent. Thisa Premier Alelde Ie tlaaperl'a t'hrlatlan democrats aermed asaured of bring able to form government with the Independent socialists, with whom Uiey are closely allied In the prraent government. The t'hrbdlan drmoerata apparently do not even need the support of the other antl oumraunUt sntnor parties. . Ttie tout anli-communiat vole of all parties In the chamber race, on the baau of the nearly complete re turn, waa 17.030JH6. and In the aen at rote, final official retunu. 15.- The chamber of deputies la elected for five yrara, and the aenatora have six-year terma. Thus. Italy aeema assured of an antl-cnmmuntst gov ernment at least until 1963, barring unlorevcen upheavals. Where Mystery Death Occurred School Budget Lead Piles Up LAKEVIKW, April XI Votea con tinued to pile up today In favor of the rural school budget which waa subject of Monday's balloting. With all but five district report ing thla morning, the vote stood 347 In favor of the budget, and 18 against. It passage waa assured. The budget exceeda the ft per cent limitation, requiring vote. Yea No Adel I I'nlon M i Drew'a XX New Pine Creek ...... X3 I Fort Rock IX X Ana River - Wither I.akevlew district will vole on n- other budget Thursday. NOMINATED WASHINGTON, April XI fift IMeaulent Truman today nominated Russell B. Adams of West Virginia to be a member of the civil aero nautic board. Adams would serve through De cember 31, 1950. ' House Okays Bill To Pay Bly Jap Bomb Blast Claims WASHINGTON, April 31 (!) The ncnnto received a hnuse-apprnved bill Kuliiy tn pny $30,000 In claims lor the death ol six persons by ex plosion nf a Jnpnnese bnlloon-bomb near lily, Ore, three years ago. The house, In approving the meas ure, said the army had not given the civilian population sulllcient warn ing that the bombs had fallen In the Illy area. Under thr bill, Prank J. Patsko, Ornntl Forks, N. D., would receive tuooo for the death of his son, Rich ard, mid daughter, Elhcl; the Rev. Archie Mitchell of Bly would get XWMHl for I he dealh of his wife, Mrs. Klslr Mllrhrll; and $3000 each would go to J. 1,. Hliocmaker of Dly for llio ilcn Hi uf his sun, Kdward, and tn N, L. Olffurtl, lily, for the dentil ol his son, Jny, The bomb exploded ns It wns being examined by tho parly, The slx-fnlnllty Jap bomb ex plosion which tins resulted In In s j tleninlfylng legislation In conn reus .occurred nn May 5, 1B46, and killed nil but one member ot a Stmclny school picnic parly. Rev. and Mrs. Archie Mitchell ot a Illy church set out that day with flvo children, driving on tho Bly Paisley road to Leonard creek, Just east of the Luke county line. Rev. Mitchell turned tho cur arnund and drove back a short distance. Prom the creek Mrs, Mitchell culled: "Look what I've found, dear," Mitchell, recalling reports of Jap bombs, started fur the spot when the explosion occurred. There wns a terrific blast one of the parly ap parently had touched the mechanism of the bomb. The six died almost Instantly. Mitchell waa about 60 yards away, but unhurt. The army had Imposed strict cen sorship on Jnp bill loons, and al though there had boon a number sighted In this area, public Informa tion had not been released on the subject at tho tlmo of the Illy deaths. The pnpcia wore not permitted to relate tho cnuso ot death for about three weeks afterwards. The nbnvo dispatch omits men tion of tho sixth victim Eddie En gen, 13, ton of Mrs. Elner Engen. T ' J - .it' ever . .id. if fti.t c ;iy.i'i '.. "1 I'jH an- I V V -v . 4 . v : ,. ' a . 1 Ji Army Fight Shaping Up In Congress WAbHINOTON, April ii Wr Leglalatlon to put every man In the country Into government service In wartime was recommended today by Dr. Vannevar Buah. In a letter to the bouse armed service committee, he said a future war would require the united effort o the nation's entire manpower ac cording to each Individual's ability. "This would mean universal serv ice to be put Into effect without de lay." he wrote. "Legislation for this purpose should, therefore, be ready In case of need. Comment Asked Dr. Bush is chairman ot the army- navy-alrforce research and develop, ment board. He was asked by Chair. man Andrews (R-N.Y.l to comment on draft proposals before the com mlltee. Alter the Bush letter was read, the committee heard MaJ. Gen. John E. Uahlqulst, assistant chief ot army personnel, estimate that the armed forces will need 950.000 men to reach a proposed strength of 1342,000 by Julv 1. 1949. Dshlqulst aaid at least 7M.0O of these would have to be drafted, or received as new volunteers. The rest would be provided by reenlistmenU. Million Men He estimated also that the na tional guard and all reserve units could be brought up to maximum effective strength by taking In ap proximately 1,000,000 men during the same period. This testimony wu heard as the outline of a hot draft tight in con great began to take shape. A second member of the house armed services committee came out flatly against any peacetime revival of selective service. He said still a third member, as &et unidentified, v T vol "no" on the Issue. Tea against It, and the people back home are against it, Rep, Btsiiop iR-111.) told a reporter, have found that ouu Other mem bers of the house will find It out, too." s!VV.f 4 ' L 1 '-Itf4f JL Coal Strike Ban For 80 Days Issued WASHINGTON, April !l W -udge T. Alan Ooldsborough today laaued a ban againat a soft-coal strike for about tt days. This Injunction replaces a tem porary court order which John L. Lewis was found guilty of violating. It was Lewis' disregard for the tem porary order which brought him $20,000 fine personally and the United Mine workera a $1,400,000 one yesterday for contempt. Lewis still faces the possibility of further fines, or even Jail, on a con tempt count, and haa telegraphed the miners his wish that they get back to work. Htrike 81111 On Ooldsborough approved the In junction on the plea of a govern ment attorney that "the public In terest remains In peril" and a strike still exists. Lewis' lawyers fought againat it with the argument there la now no strike and that the injunction, is sued under the Taft-.'artley law, waa unconstitutional The Justice department presented coal association officials who testi fied that many thousands of miners were Idle as late as yesterday. Government Right Goldsborough said he thinks the government Is right that the "na tional peace and safety are still In peril" and said he had "no diffi culty" In deciding to issue the Injunction. The injunction was issued under the Taft-Hartley law which permits an 80-day ban on a strike when a labor dispute threatens the national health and safety. The starting date and closing date for the 80 days was not immediately determined. The injunction Itself bears no termination date. Government lawyers said the 80 days should start when the court's orders have been complied with and the sulks ends. They added this date is still uncertain because there still Is a strike. la jIN Shot msi i ,m wii ni .mi,! ,1, 11,1 iii i j i 1 1 Walter P. Reuther waa wounded i purpose. Mysterious Assailant Flees Scene DETROIT, April XI m-Tha ClO'a Walter P. Reuther escaped death at a gunman's hand laat night. A mysterious assailant, creeping to a lighted kitchen window of thai auto unionist's home, fired a shot gun blast at Reuther, inflicting ae rloua arm and cheat wounds. Early today, as doctors reported Reuther out of danger, a battery of Detroit's police and top detectives followed slim clues In a search for one or two men In the assault. Simultaneously Ren trier's highest associates In the UAW pledged their aid to police, calling a special meet ing or the executive board for that In the arm by a shotgun blast fired by a mysterious assailant. Mrs. Tolbert Named Dorris City Clerk DORRIS. Calif., April XI Mrs. Gladys Tolbert was chosen by lot as Dorris dly clerk Tuesday night In ceremonies breaking the tie vote for the clerkship which resulted from the regular election of munici pal officers on April 13. Mrs. Tolbert and Mervyn Robin son received 124 votes each in the election. They drew straws last night and Mrs. Tolbert won the office. At an organization meeting of the council, Howard Beeson was re elected mayor. J. W. Mather was appointed police chief, with B. D. Kelly as his relief man. C. E. Mot schenbacher was renamed Judge of the police court. VhiskyFrom Wood Possible CHICAGO, April XI (IP) Whisky "made from wood, aged in wood" was urged today by a chemistry professor. The stuff would be Just as good as whisky from grain, and cheaper. Dr. Robert S. Aries of the Polytech nic Institute of Brooklyn told the American Chemical society. Good whisky would be made from petroleum wastes, too, Aries said. He thinks the customer probably couldn't tell the difference. A plant already has been built that could "supply us with 10.000.000 gallons ot ethyl alcohol from saw dust a year, or enough for 35.000. 000 gallons of whisky." Dr. Aries estimated that a ton of sawdust would yield 90 gallons of alcohol, and that 10,000,000 tons of sawdust are wasted annually. The alcohol would cost about one-third of that made from grain, he said. Passing the alcohol through wood shavings would speed the aging con siderably, he added. These pictures were taken yesterday at Odell pasture, two miles west of Crescent, where the scattered remains of a man were located tills wrk. The victim has been tentatively Identified as Karl Laurlts I'hristensen. former Klnmath cafe worker. It Is believed he died In the wilds last tall, and Ills body waa scattered by coyotes. The upper picture shown the entrance to an abandoned cellar in which Chriatensen is believed to have taken refuge before his dealh. His knapsack waa found there. Lower picture ahowa Officer William llaselwood crossing the Little Deschutes river on a log near the spot where the bones were found. Htory on page 9. Billiard Table Use Paid For BATAVIA, N. Y April XI A') The Inte John G. Torrance left $100 to the llntnvln club "to make up tor wear and tenr on the billiard table and rending room I enjoyed so much." Ills will contained another $100 bequest to Carl R. Locke, club slownrd, "for profits on drinks I neglected to buy and cue tips put on." SCRAP DRIVE If In these dnys ol spring lioiisct'lcnnlng you should run across any old scrap mctiil Hint Is doing nothing but cluttering up the place, phono 7112 or3i:tl. , Tho Tcon-Age club needs this scrap to raise funds fnr the op oration of Its now center m the Oliver building on N. 8th. A telephone call will result In a truck- cnlllng to pick up your scrap any amount, anywhere In the Klnmnth basin. Operators Ask Pension Delay WASHINGTON, April XI () Coal operators today asked for a court Injunction to bar payment of miners' pensions under the recently arranged settlement plan. Km Van Horn, trustee represent lug the coal operators on the miners pension and welfare fund, anld he tiled suit to bar pnymcnts from the fund "mil II the court hna had an opportunity to determine the vnl Idlty" of the pension agreement undo by John L. Lewis and Senator Bridges tR-N. H.), the other two trustees. Vnn Horn had dissented from the pension payment plan negotiated by Lewis and Bridges, The plnn cnlls for $100 a month pensions tor miners 62 years or old er who have served X0 yenrs in the coal industry. The plnn would ap ply only to miners who reached 62 years on or after May 29, 1946. Easley Slayer Gets Life Term AUBURN. Calif, April XI OP) Shaken and near collapse, a 26-year-old bellhop was sentenced to lite imprisonment Tuesday for murdering a Stockton waitress. The defendant. Charles Edwin Thomasson. alias Kenneth Allen Miller, changed his plea from in nocent to guilty of first degree mur der when brought before Superior Judge Lowell L. Sparks. Upon the state's recommendation. Judge Sparks sentenced him to life in San Quentln. The state's rec ommendation, which followed the switch in his plea, saved him from execution in the gas chamber. Thomasson was charged with emptying a six-shooter Into the head of Lulu Easley. attractive young Stockton waitress, in the course ot a motor trip which took them from Stockton early last No vember, to Klamath Falls, Ore, and back to California. The girl's body was found In a sheep pasture near Rosevllle late In November. The body was found about a week after- her blood-stained car was located in a car lot at San Ber nardino. Thomasson was apprehended in Miami, Fla. Police Probe Cattle Thefts SALEM, April 21 If) Governor John H. Hall said today additional state policemen would be sent to Eastern Oregon to stop cattle rustling. He said the request for more otfl' cera came from D. R. Cook, secre tary-trrasurer of the Umatilla County Cattlemen's association. Governor Hall said cattle thefts are on the increase. It Is made easy by the fact that stolen cattle can be taken to Nevada, where their Identity Is lost because Nevada has no brand laws. Hall said he would ask Governor Vail Plttman of Nevada to have hia state enact brand laws. Hall will see Plttman next week-end in Sacra memo, where both will be attending the conference of western gover nors. Dick Moore New Tulelake Mayor TULELAKE, April 21 Dick Moore Is the new mayor of Tulclnkc. Mooto, local druggist and mem ber of the city council for four years., was unanimously elected mayor by the city council Tuesday night. He will serve for four years. . New members of the council were sworn In Tuesday by Victoria Thaler, city clerk. Lake Library Dedication Set LAKEVIEW, April 21 Tonight. Wednesday, at 8 o'clock In the Lake view library a set ot Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln series will be dedi cated to the memory of Mrs. Ade line Rinehart who. in 1905. organ ized the Lakeview city library. Mrs. Rinehart died July 12, 1845, and .was city librarian at the time of her death. She worked first as librarian from 1920 to 19u and then returned to the post in 1930, The dedication will be made by Mrs. John Blair, chairman of the Lakeview Library association. The ceremony will follow a dinner given in honor of State Librarian Eleanor Stephens and attended by the li brary association. Miss Stephens and members of Mrs. Rinehart's family. H'ell spend any amount if money to clear thla up," said Secretary-Treasurer Emll Matey. Ann unaltered Por a time it was feared that Reuther. fiery president of 'ha CIO's United Auto Workers, might lose his right arm, shattered by sev eral slugs. Reuther himself, according to Prosecutor James N. McNally, blamed "management, communists or a screwball." However, the pros ecutor said Reuther "wasn't much help on what happened." The 40-year-old red-haired, ag gressive UAW leader has long been an avowed foe of communism. Currently his big auto union, which speaks for nearly 1.9M.004 workers of the ear plant, la press ing Its new spring wage Increase de mand on the industry. Reuther was shot a few minute after returning home from a meet ing of the UAW International exe cutive board. As he stood at a refrurerator In the breakfast nook of his home on the Northwest side, a blast waa fired through a window four or flv feet from him. The charge struck his right ; One slur penetrated his chest ea tty. stopping near the skin surfs in the stomach area Neighbors said they saw a dash out of the Reuther yard nee m a car a moment shot. Reuthers wife. Mae. who helped him prepare a snack they were to retire, was out! line of fire. It was the second attack on. Iher since he became promlri organised labor. In 1938, coarse of a particularly aton nod of the UAW's history, beaten up by two men. f. There " have been " no" threats against him recently, however. "1 i it f. ViL known VTC Cancels Price Slash TACOMA, April 21 oV-The gen eral manager of the Weyerhaeuser Sales company said today the con cern has cancelled its recent 10 per cent price reduction because ot a declining timber market. Harry T. Kendall of St. Paul, here for a meeting of company officials, said the 10 per cent reduction was made in January "to help keep down the cost of building." "Today there is every evidence to show that the recent dangerous in- Church Sells Sunday School KEOKUK. Ia.. April 21 UPt The Church of Nazarene here reports a recently Inaugurated plan is paying dividends m Sunday school attendance. The church purchased a pony. All 1 flatlonary trend In lumber prices is children attending Sunday school receive a ticket good for rides on the pony on weekdays. The Rev. Warren Burd, pastor of the church, proposed the plan. subsiding," Kendall said, x x z "We proposed to get our prices closer to the market and make price adjust ments up or down on Individual items as the need arises." 1500 Killed In Bogota Revolt BOGOTA, Colombia. April 21 (ff The rebellion which broke out In Bogota April 9 cost the lives of 1500 persons. Red Cross officials report ed today. They ss ld 1200 were killed In Bo gota, the capital, and 300 outside the city when mobs ran riot after the assassination of Liberal Leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan. Authorities In Bogota estimated 2500 persons were injured. Damage ran into the millions of dollars. H. Edward Russell, chief ot the Caribbean command headquarters of the American Red Cross, said Colombian health authorities are confident measures now being taken will prevent epidemics. The Red Cross brought in 815.000 worth of drugs to combat disease. Cat Proves To Be Good Watchman BROOKLINE, Mass, April 21 m Eddie Collins' watch cat did the trick. When pennies of early morning newspaper customers slid under the door of his store began disappear. ing, Eddie installed the watch cat. Later police caught two young sters trying to fish the money out with a hooked wire. They said It had been easy before Collins put the cat to work. Now, they explained, the playful watch cat grabbed the hook and saved the money. Sgt. James Carroll tried it and, sure enough, the cat clawed the hook. METER TAKE SALEM, April 21 W) Salem has collected 8100,812 from Its 1482 parking meters during the first 50 weeks of their operation, police said today. Tourist Host School To Be Held In Lakeview LAKEVIEW, April 21 A tourist! host school for Lake county business men and their employes to encour age proper contact with tourists during the coming season will be held by the Lake County chamber ot commerce. May 10 and 11, It was voted Monday night by the cham ber directors in a meeting that saw C W. "Jim" Ogle, newly-elected president, name the chairmen and vice chairmen for his 1948-49 stand ing committees. The tourist school will follow the spring conference here of the direc tors of the Shasta-Cascade Wonder land association on May 8 and 9, at which time tourist-host matters will be given prominence. Jess Faha, newly-appointed chairman of the tourist and publicity committee who recently attended -a special tourist host school at Pullman, Wash., will be In charge of the May 10 and II classes, and principal speaker will be Manley F, Roblson, director of public information for the Oregon state highway depart ment. The directors Monday night adopted a 1948-49 budget of $10.- 015.30. an Increase over the $8250 of last year. Committee appointments: Agriculture and Livestock John Withers. Paisley, chairman: Coun tv Agent Elgin Comett, vice chair man. Aviation H. M. Nolle, chairman; A B. Sevmour, vice chairman. Civic E. G. Favell, chairman; Carl Pendleton, vice chairman. Education S. Gordon Smith, chairman; Dave Bates, vice chair man. Tourist and Publicity Faha, chairman; Dick Johns, vice chair man. Inter-communlty Relations J. E Bennett, chairman; Larry Fitzger ald, vice chairman. Industrial Ray Harlan, chair man; Merle Lowden, vice chairman, Natural Resources F. Carl Fetsch, chairman. Veterans Affairs Dr. Ben Frank lin. Transportation Jack Briscoe, chairman; R. L. Weir Br, vice chairman. Public Affairs W. P. Vernon, chairman; Burt K. Snyder, vice chairman. Membership and Finance Hugh Mercer, chairman in charge of membership; Cleve Snider, vice chairman, in charge of finance. Names Workers jyaap-iT,r5'aej7a-jr-4a. w 'V' C.'W. Ogle, new president uf the Lake County chamber of commerce, this week announced standing com mittees for the year s work of the elrlo organisation.