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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1948)
M MMim fo) 0) la in i. v -,- n- i.nn-m-f 4 Appointed lly FRANK JKNKINH IN London toduy defense ministers 1 of Ureal 111 llnlli. Prance, liclgluui 11(1 l.uxruibuiil u iklliiwn collective ly as llio Western Kuropruii Al I nrnl utitrl planning what they will du In Mid way ( Julut military tctlou If wur lilla Olo continent nf Kiirope. Thi'ir "agenda" i fumy dliiluiiiutlo Kurd meaning premium It iiului al ly a closely-guarded secret. In such a slluullnn, yuu clou t lip off yulir plans to a possible enemy, llrlllih lovcrnuicul 'sources" say UiU morn Inii llio program is bunco: uii the as iiiiiiiliin of substantial support toon from the United Mates. i'linl goes without saying. With out U. b. help. llii'i live nulluns (Hjiililnl get lar toward slopping Did westward iimrt'h of Ku-iaIimi communism. THAT puis II up to im. Wlml arc WK going lo do about It? A Washington dUpalch tells us lie "liuK-r of thin country t bi partisan foreign policy' lira con sidering a prellmlnitry tent of CON OltKHMONAL HKNTIMKNT on tile prlnclplo of eventual American (military) support for llio Western pvropeaii nations tint! ure combin ing lo opKMO tlm spread of com imtnuiii. The dispatch adds Hint two ways of brliiKlnii Hie Issue brlore con gtesa ro under consideration: 1. A request for aome aurt of teuiHiriry IcihI-Icom prottruin lo provide the start of rearmament on by the non-communiot Kuro pcan counlrlea. 3. A resolution iby congress i ad vocating American leademlilp tit atreniiUienlnit Hie fxiwer of United Natloua lo deal Willi aggression and formation under the United NalKiu eliorler of a Weleiu Kuropcan de fense ayalem. IT aeema to Una amoll writer Hut we'd belter itel Uie situation bflore congress NOW and find oui defin itely what we're going to do about It. If wo jut let It drift, hoping tor Uie beat. II aeema llly thai we II be drifting from bad toward worse. We drifted along toward the lot war. all the time kidding ourselves that aboul all we were going lo do was to Blip our frlenda In Kurmie gun when llley needed H lo aliool Willi. Peart llarbir followed. We don't want any more Prail lUroors. B CHICAGO dlapau-ll say: ; fcmpty cattle lot iut 'he lni AWialcrn landscape loday. a ghoatly (, reminder of laal summer a oliorl. rorn crop. Ttiey provide a sad warn ing to people who like lo eat meat. Market analyst aay the empty feed Inii meon tremendoua reduction In meat production, atarling In about I SO days." PHAT tills u. of course, wnh sonie- tiling of a Jolt. It shouldn't. Months ago. we were told what - would happen and about when It would happen. We didn't believe IU Such warning! are baaed on ala tlatlcs. and the pollllrlana have been Juggling statistics around to make them mean whatever aome par ticular crowd of politicians wonts them to mean at any particular moment. When the meat warning was given last fall one crew of politicians was beating the drum for rationing and price control, and we Just naturally aaaumed that the statistics were be ing Juggled to promote the rationing-price control cause. So we let the warning come In at one ear and go out at Uie other. H LOT of people are wondering why young llnrold Slasaen Is sweeping the primary elections. This may be It: We've losl confidence III our old school polltlrul lenderahlp and want a new kind of lenders. i iiTET ' ?ll V '""I": J VCST '" ' 1 J,EJ.!",,v.;..!;,:;:.r,:,l?:IJ jfejj f$ 6 g "f ruirri'riVr: VKNT HUgfi.'" " KI-AMAT.."2 )Kr;iON, FKIDAV? Al'Ul'f, 30, ISM Telephone (III w nTTm ' jrlv'Ci"' ' HloDv Land Relics Sal etv Askei y ? : V.. - 2 J Drastic Meat Supply Cut Seen Soon I'MICAIill. April .10 ll'i Kmply cattle lota dot the Mid-Western Isndacape loday. a ghostly reminder of laal summer's abort corn crop. They provide a sad warning to people who like lo eat meat Market analysts said loday the empty feed lots mean a tremendous reduction In meat production, start ing In about 30 days. At this lime of year. Mid-Western farms normally are Jammed with cattle undergoing a luscious grain diet prior lo being shipped to mar ket. It's that grain, mostly corn, which puts weight on the animals lo provide Irmly meat. Hut It Isn't thai way this year. Lota Kmply II. J. lliauillch. agricultural agent of the Chicago and NorihweMern railway, said "many cuttle feeders have temtiorarlly folded up." "In a three-mile strip paralleling our line west of the Omaha stock yards, where normally several hun Sedan Is Crushed By Sherman Tank c7. - "71 I H" n. V r-,s:.t.te,i ilhil.'llil-- : , '-... - - , r i'vfMri' - A 1941 aedan was crushed when a 36-lon General Sherman lank went out of control on a Fort Col lins. Colo., street. The tank had been used In an KOTC show at Colorado A. and M. college and was being dred thousand cattle are fattened i driven by national guard officers when It became uncontrollable. There was no one in Uie car. each year, there does not now ap pear to be a single head," Ciram llrh said. Mark Plckeil. secretary of the Corn licit Livestock feeders asso ciation, was equally pessimistic. "In a trip Uirough Southern X 111 noia," he sulci. "I slopped at a farm whero I never have seen less than 4UU cattle on feed. The teed lol gules were open. Not a head was In lliere." Lake Chamber To Hear Ackerman J I.AKEVIKW. April 30 Cllenn I Ackerninn, Portland, candidate for Mhe republican nomination for gov ernor, will be the speaker at the regular chnmber of commerce luncheon at the Hotel Lakevlcw at noon Monday. Ackcrmnn will discuss state af fairs In connection with his candidacy. Fear Of Math Test Leads To Wild Gunfire NEW YORK. April 30 lA't Four soda-Mpplug tecn-ugvis were ac cused loday of blasting a pretty young high school teacher s home with gunfire after a telephoned death threat warning her not to flunk anybody In mathematics. A 14-year-old freshman deier ately afraid of falling an algebra exam organized the raiders In a candy store, police snld. They used an automobile stolen for the occa sion and loaded with seven .23 cali bre automatic rifles taken from a Coney Islund shooting gallery. At least 38 shots epiered the teacher's home In Brooklyn and two adjoining houses. A 13-year-old boy was left behind to phone the warning a few min utes before the burst of bullets. The shooting occurred Wednesday night. The boys were nabbed yester day, authorities sulci, because the ringleader had thought up a third scheme to pass tils algebra exam and escape his father's wrath. Police said Anthony Durso, grlmy fnced and clad In dungarees and a plukl cowboy shirt, got a smart neighborhood youngster to be his proxy at the examination. However, the proxy failed to pass the test. Tho principal's office said his paper was graded 43, whereas the passing mark Is 65. The substi tute. Uie school snld, Is a Junior. Police, questioning 105 of the teachers' pupils, uncovered the mas querade during the testa and quickly corraled the five other boys, the oldest 10 yenrn of age. Coal Contract Talks Called New Three Flags Highway Signs To Be Unveiled Soon LAKEVIEW. Ore.. April 30 Travel enthusiasts from one end of Uie Pacific Const to the other will WASHINGTON. April 30 ' John 1. Iwls InHnv n&keri ftifl roil) operators to meet with him May 18 i' """ to negotiate a new contract. nd Sunday. Mny 16 and 18. for trv The United Mine Workers' present I ",,UJ eonvwuon ". th 1hrt contract expires June 30. Highway association. wla said in letters to all coal Feature of the meeting will be companies and associations which i Uie "unveiling" of the new Three i had signed the current agreement Flags road sign, which the organl- kist July that he Is ready lo start raUon hopes soon to mark Uie route from Jasper National park in enn ada. down through Idaho. Wash ington. Oregon. Nevada and Call- Chief Justice Vinson Bangs Out Shut-Up Order In T-rl Test Case WASHINGTON. April 30 CT1 An angered Chief Justice Vinson, his gavel hanging out virtual "shut up" orders, brought lo a dramatic close late yesterday the aunrrme court's first hearing of a Taft-Hartley act test ease. Vinson, squirming In his high hncked chnlr at Associate Justice Frankfurter's questioning of a CIO lawyer, broko into the attorney's reply to any cmphntlcnlly: "Your time hint expired!" That sharp statement amounted lo an order fo Attorney I.ee Press man to "shut up anil all down." It also told Frankfurter In effect to "hut tip" the presiding Justice wants no more questions and no more answers. The tense moments that followed wcro almost wll limit inweclrnt In r the rntlicdrnl-ltkn tribunal. Frankfurter had been contending Ohnl llio government and CIO lincl Joined hiintla to bring before tho court a case Involving cnnsl Itullon nlity of' the Inbnr act's ban on political spending by unions, The CIO, which maneuvered the test by an Intentional violation, and the government, which Is defending the spending ban, had been allotted a total of two hours for oral argu ments. Jes.ce Cllmcnko, a special assist ant to Attorney General ClnrK, Jumped to his feet. At the finish of the exchange Vinson'! face turned white. He pounded his gavel. In eold tone and measured words herald for a third time: "Your lime has ex pired!" The usually hushed courtroom was In momcntnry confusion. Hut Vinson quickly called the next enso and order returned. , Cllmcnko told newsmen outside the courtroom Mint what he had trlotl lo sny was this: "I deplore the fact that I have lived to see the day when such a suggestion should be made a sug gestlnn of pre-arrangement," There was nothing to Indicate that Vinson'! anger yesterday stemmed from anything more than hla Irritation at Frankfurter's pro tracted questioning. the highway In Baja California, negotiations In the Shoreman hotel. Washington. May 18 al 10 a. m. He said the meeting would be "for the purpose of negotiating a I fornla to the southern terminus of successor contract to the present one. The UMW chief pointed out that the present contract pledges the parties to attend any conferences under terms of the agreement. The letter was labeled "notice" and was dated today, April 30. The Tnft-Hnrtley act requires that eith er party to a labor agreement, de siring to end that agreement, must give notice 80 days before ending the contract. Lewis apparently was observing that provision, since his contract with the operators expires June 30. Jews-Arabs Split Over Truce Move By MAX HARRELHO.V LAKK SrCCKtiB. April 30 IA The United Htates proposed today that the I'nlled Nations set op an emergency InternaUonal regime for Jerusalem to protect the city's holy places. The U. 8. move came after a Jewish - Arab disagreement over truce terrqs delayed t'N action on a cease-fire order for the old walled portion of Jerusalem, where many Christian. Moslem and Jewish shrines are located. Bolh developments were In the CN trusteeship council. The 58-member political com mittee of the special Palestine as sembly meanwhile heard the Soviet Ukraine make a bitter attack on the American plan for a temporary trusteeship for all of Palestine. Dictator Vassily A. Tarasenko. Uie Ukrain ian delegate, said the trusteeship plan was designed to place Pales tine's resources at Uie disposal of American monopolies. He said the proposed governor - general would be a virtual dictator subject only to the orders of U. S. bankers. Progress In the political com mittee's study of Uie trusteeship plan was virtually stalled by pro cedural wrangling. Secretary-General Trygve Lie, obviously Irked by Uie slow' prog ress, told a news conference the special assembly probably would j be In session from two to six weeks j of the United States. Canada and i more- siarwa its inira wee irus Mexico in full colors. It is partly i torenoon. If Lie s predict on is - cor- reflectoriacd for night visibility. " assemoiy win suu x Plans of the association call for ! here 'hen the British mandate installing Lie signs Inside cor!' ? Ho'y Lnd fdr May poraie city limits and on private ! " " property at important intersections, to serve as a guide for tourists, j Smaller reflector plates will be ! mounted under the Three Flags 1 John H. Hllldring (above), waa tf named by Secretary of State Mar I shall as a special assistant to the secretary of state in charge of Palestine affairs. He is a former assistant secretary and his home is in Phoenix, Aril. He was In San Francisco (April ZD) when this picture was taken. Mexico. The sign depicts the flags KF In Top Safety Spot CHICAGO. April 30 Klamath Foils, Ore., Independence. Mo., and Vallejo, Calif., share honors as the nation's three cities in their popula tion class which went through the first quarter of 1048 without a truf fle death. These three cities arc ranked by the National 8ufcty council in the 10,000-35.000 population bracket. They hcliwd the nation make a tirst quarter showing which dropped to four-fifths of Uie first quarter traf fic fatality record In the Immediate postwar year of 1946. The 6480 traffic deaths the first three months of this year amounted to a seven per cent reduction from the B990 killed In the corresponding 11)47 period. The safety council at tributed the drop to the most In tensive accident prevention cam paign In the nnllon's history. Murderer Loses Long-Time Pal DALLAS, Tex., April 30 lA'i Ouster Northern, condemned to denth for murder, lost a constant friend today. Tho friend was a sparrow, which flew Into his Jail cell last winter seeking protection against a heavy snow. Northern adopted the bird as his cell mate and mimed It "Friend." " Friend' died Inst night," North ern lamented. "He hnd been sick several dnys mid I hnd been up with him tho past four nights giving him what trcntment I could here In Jnll." Noii hem hnd built a swing, a feeding pnn find a bird bntli In a clgnr box for his pet. Northern was convicted, of stomp ing elderly Mrs. Fannie McHcnry of Oklahoma to (lea 111 after he had hitched a ride In her automobile. His conviction has been appealed. Lakeview Poll Books Gain LAKEVIEW, April 30 Lake coun ty poll books picked up over 700 new voters for the May 31 primaries over the total registered strength of last October, and the republican party kept its slight margin over Uie democrats. Officials figures on Uie Lake county poll tally show a total of 3834 voters, broken down to 1382 re publicans. 1215 democrats, four In dependents 'and 13 In the miscellany column. The total, however. Is below the figure for the 1D44 general election when Lake county boasted 2760 reg istered voters. In 1946 the figure was 2491 and 111 October, 1947, the total was only 1873. TO WED PORTLAND, April 30 (P A mar riage license has been Issued to John O. Devlaemlnek, Hlllsboro, and May M. Manning, Woodburn, UAW Strike Set May 12 DETROIT. April 30 iPi The CIO United Auto Workers todny set Mny 13 for a strike of 75.000 employes I". 13 plants of the Chrysler cor poration. The union's lop policy committee approved this date for the strike on recommendation of Norman Mat thews, Its national Chrysler director The UAW-CIO and Chrysler be gan negotlntlons Febninry 27 with the union asking a straight wnge boost of 30 cents an hour. The cur rent wage averages about $1.50. The union also asked "fiinge" concessions such as better vncn tlons, pensions and the like totalling about, five additional cents. t Chrysler's only offer to date enmc a few dnys ago nnd wns for six cents an hour. The NAW-CIO re jected It and the corporation then withdrew It. All legal barriers to a strike pre viously have been removed. r LAST DAY Today was Fldo's Inst day of freedom nt least for a couple of months. Tomorrow he stnrUi lending a dog's life. City ordinance requires that all dogs In Klnmnth Falls be kept tied or penned up during the mouths of Mny and June, not be cause the pooches need punish ment but because aome persons are trying to get a garden Into the ground during those months and would prefer not having the vegetables dug up or flowers trampled. signs showing directional arrows and names of cities entered by motorists. Jack E. Early of San Francisco, who designed Uie new road signs, as well as Uie highly colorful Three Flags map folders, will Introduce the sign to the travel enthusiasts, chamber of commerce and city and county officials who make up the organization. Other featured speakers at the John Day conclave will be Manley F. Roblson of Salem. Ore., director of the Oregon state highway com mission travel Information depart ment, who will stress Uie Impor tance of the tourist Industry and need for holding local tourist host schools: Tom L. Stanley, Redding. Calif., general manager of the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland asso ciation, who will outline Uie value of regional advertising and pub licity, and others. A. A. Bardwell of Burns. Ore., associations president, will be in charge of the principal business meetings, to be held Sunday morn ing. Informal get-logeUiers will highlight the Saturday evening pro gram. A farewell banquet will take plnce Sundny. Lloyd Ogilvle of John Day, vice president of Uie association, will head the host committees, made up of members of the John Day chnm ber of commerce. "Santa Claus" Gives Playground WINNER. S. D.. Krl 30 (P) Winner's "Santa Claus." George C. McDonald, is dead, but he won't be fcrgotten for a long while. McDonald, better known as Shorty, died hi February and his will went through circuit court yesterday. He left two-fifths of his estate to build a community playground. "Give It to the kids." Shorty said. Shorty owned a small cafe here. He saved nil the pennies he took in ench yenr. At Christmastime Shorty would gather up the small frv nnd pass out the year's take. That's partly why no one wns sur prised when he remembered his best friends so well. The town's attitude was summed up by one man who said "Hell live on In Winner for a hundred yenrs." Meat Strike Probe Asked WASHINGTON. April 30 tP Senator Edwin C. Johnston (D Colo.i said today he plans to ask for a congressional Inquiry into the 48-day-old meat strike. Johnston told a reporter he in tends to Introduce a resolution, pos sibly today, to provide for an "exam ination of all the facts", and arbi tration of the wnge dispute. "The strike has gone oh too long," he said. "It Is disrupting market ing and injuring both consumers and farmers." The strike of CIO packinghouse workers began March 16. The union demanded a wage Increase of 29 cents an hour. The "big four" meat packers Swift. Cudahy. Wilson and Armour offered nine cents an hour That was rejected by the union. Federal conciliators have been con ferring with company and union of ficials this week, but no progress toward settlement has been report ed. Talks hnve been recessed over the week-end. President Truman named a board of Inquiry under provisions of the Taft-Hartley law, but he decided acainst seeking a court Injunction to force an end of the strike. Ankeny Found Guilty Lewis Ankeny. former Klamath Falls stockbroker, was found roilty on the first Jury ballot at the close of his trial in circuit court today on charges of larceny by bailee. The jury rot the case about , 10:30 a. m., and in a few minutes was back with a report. Ankeny was indicted In connection with operations of his stock brokerage business here, the specific charge being larceny of more than $1600 giren him In bailment by Gus Anderson, Klamath Falls, for pur chase of Marshall Field stock. For additional details of the trial, see Page Two. Huge Arab Force Seen AMMAN. Trans-Jordan. April 30 Jf Official Trans-Jordan sources predict Arab nations will send at least aoHOO-iegular troops to "res cue Palestine beore May 15" wheu Britain gives up rule over the Holy Land and its embattled Arabs and Jews. These sources said Trans-Jordan's King Abdullah will be titular commander-in-chief of forces from Trans-Jordan, Iraq. Egypt. Syria and Lebanon, each under its own national leader and represented on a supreme military council based here in Abdullah's capital. (Jewish sources estimate the Jews' strength In Palestine, actual or po tential, at 60.000 to 70.000 in the Jewish agency's Haganah, 200 to 500 In Irgun Zval Leuml and 500 to 2000 In the Stem group. Unions Leave Move Up To Operators CHICAGO. April 30 Ml Mediator Frank Douglass said today that If. the threatened railroad strike la averted, only direct negotiations be tween management and labor will do II. "There doesn't seem to be any feeling for arbitration of tha dis puted Issues," the chairman of the national (railway) mediation board said as he went Into his first con ference with management pokes men, "If this strike is to be settled he stated. "It must be by direct negotiation by the parties." Douglass and Francis A. O'Neill Jr., a board member, met twice yes terday with leaders of three broth erhoods who have set May 11 for a paralyzing, nationwide walkout. To day they heard the railroads' side of the dispute from the carriers con ference committee. This group re presents the eastern, western and southeastern segments of the In--dustry. Although Douglass expressed hop of settlement before May 11, state ments from two brotherhood presl-J dents were on Uie gloomy side. Alvanley Johnston, president of the engineers, the third onion which yesterday Joined in the May 11 strike call issued earlier by the firemen and enginemen and switch men, said any offer for further ar bitration would be rejected. A simi lar statement was issued by D. B. Robertson, head of the firemen and enginemen. Robertson said In Cleveland. "We've gone through arbitration and we are tnrough discussing the mat ter Uirough boards. They (the rail roads) will have to come through with more money or the strike will start as set on May 11." The brotherhoods, which claim membership of 100,000 firemen and enginemen, M.000 engineers and 10.0OO switchmen, presented their wage demands last October. They demanded a 3 per eent wage In crease with a minimum raise of S3 a day and changes in working rule. The 15 Vi cents an hour pay hike recommended by a presidential fact- iinamg Board waa rejected by tha onions after the carriers had ac cepted the proposal. Pup Loses Lot Of Dignity, Hair SPOKANE. April 30 (flv-W. R. Martin's black puppy was a ball of fiery furry fury for a moment. Martin was starting a fire with kerosene when some of the flaming drops splattered on to Uie dog's back. The frightened pup made a quick trip around the cabin home trail ing smoke and flame. He took refuge under two beds, setting fire to each as he passed. The beds were damaged, but the pup lost only a little hair and a lot of dignity. Air Maneuvers Hidden Today Br The Associated Press The Pacific Northwest's "air war" was hidden today behind clouds and or of red tape. A number of participating planes estimated by civilian airmen at "more than 20" still were grounded early today at the Spokane armv air base. Where they are bound or when was not disclosed by base officers who said security regula tions forbid giving out information Air force headquarters in Wash ington, D. C. disclosed plans for the week-long test of Northwest air defensqs Wednesday night. The an nouncement said the maneuvers were to have gotten under way early yesterday. Bad weather, how ever, held up the start. Dewey Due Here On May 8 Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York will hit Klamath Falls over the mid-day on Saturday, May 8, In his whirlwind campaign for votes In Oregon's preferential primary. Word to that effect was received today by Ernest MacDeth, presi dent of the Klamath Young Republican club, which Is arranging the Dewey visitation here, Dewey will arrive here at 11 a. m make a quick Inspection of a part of (he reclamation project before noon, have lunch, and Immediately after lunch make a speech from the courthouse steps. The speech will be heard over a public address system and a big crowd of SouUiern Orrgonlans and Northern Californlans Is expected to be on hand to hear the New York governor make his bid for presi dential preference support in this area. iicwey win come here from Medford and Ashland, and will go north In Bend. is Former KF Teacher Hurt ' Philip Schwab, former Roosevelt school teacher and athletic coach, was seriously Injured recently when he was struck by a car while rid ing on a motor scooter near Winona, Minn., friends here have learned. Schwab, who Is on a leave of ab sence from the Klamath Falls schools to attend Minnesota State Teachers college at Winona, waa en route to his home from Minneapolis where he had accompanied Mrs. Schwab to her mother's bedside. A car Is said to have made a left turn and hit the scooter, breakinr Schwab's hip and causing possible pelvic fractures and severe Injury to one knee. Cards addressed to Schwab will reach him at Veterans hospital, Minneapolis. Minn. Mrs. Schwab was secretary at Mills school during her residence here. Spud Ration Off For Britons LONDON. April 30 P Potato rationing ends tonight The food ministry reported large Import and an extremely early new crop have offset shortages. Since No vember a Briton has been enUtled to three pounds a week. This waa a hardship to poor families de pending on potatoes to take the place of other rationed staples. . They Believe In Cleanliness a. i Hi win ii i annua mnaivii iimrm LeRoy Overen and Evelyn Rowland, Klamath Union high sehoel students, here demonstrate what they would like to see done all over Klamath Falls, they head the KUHS student drive to awaken the community to the need for cleaning op. A parade this afternoon and a paint clinic In the Balslger building Saturday are features ef the cam
