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Newspaper Page TextFrftnmvi a fn IVI O . UUVU UirUUXJ Tin? Dip lews lly HIANK JKNKINS H I' g o i lin k tills niiiriilnii, Prcsl drill Trillium Belw Hid railroad Inuiiln.) Hi? It trying l Jirnd lf stoppage ul lull an vice In thr United HUilm at (I o'clock loiiiurriiw morn lull. elrrrcliiry ot the Army Koynll liniiir Ornriul ICiliiiond II. Lravvy in run 1 1 ic i uiiiln ur 1 1 if uriiiy. lrol drill Truman tnyn: "1 cull upon every null (md worker to co-operate Willi llir giiviiriiinrnl by remaining on duty." TluimttJi J. lliuklim, of llir Broth erhood of Locomotive Kitgiucors says: "My union arc Hint strike Itur Into rflrct ul 6 . ui. tomorrow." TIIK grnerul run ill u. to whom railroad service In probably mora Imimrliiiit limn anything exrrpi gns nllnr Ui run our rum und IrurkA Willi, It lliilit unci nay noiliinu. We'll see what we'll e. STRIKES aie bad. Tlirie Is no get tlnil around that. They are In f oTInliitil war, and war of any kind la costly. Hull, tliry are our way ot Milling labor - muitugciiiriil disagreements tltul have gone too fur to.be actilNl any oilier wuy. II over Hie long pull, in a rlnsli of systems II aliould turn oul Hint the ItusMan sytrm U stronger tliuu ours and HUHHIA TAKKS U8 OVKK. there will be no mine all Ike trouble. rllKKK will be no moie strike trouble thru bemuse communism doesn't lolerutp strikes. Under rom lliuuliillc totalitarianism. AUTHOR ITY AT TIIK TOP Irll Ulc people 1K)WN AT TIIK UO'ITOM what to do and the people do It. They do It OK Kl-Wi. They have a choice, of course. 'Iliey cult obey, or they can face the firing tuuad or go to concentra tion cani. tint. 111 the end, Uie order! of au thority at the top prevail. MAYIIK It will turn out thai the rommunist ayntem u more ef ficient. In thai event, we will be taken over by communttm. This writer, speaking one small Amer ican, prrlera our way. It. under our way. we have to have strikes, let have them, gel them over a anon M poudblr. wuh ai Utile III will pos sible, and gel bark to work oon a postlblr. ANYTHING Is brtlrr than having to lake orders from lite lop and be lug able to do nothing about It ex cept to ay humbly: "Yea. Mailer, ao It shall be." Units Hold V-E Day Rites Floral wrraUis on the memorial hall al the court home marked Klamath' observance of the third annlvcrMry of V-K Day Saturday afternoon. County veterans organ ization placed wreath In memory ot World War II dead in simple ceremonies sponsored by the allied veterans council. A small crowd paid tribute to the occasion as services oeiied with the invocation by Krv. Godfrey Mnithrws. Mantrr of ceremonies was Mnrk Hmith. Uniformed representatives of the Vcterniis of Foreign Wars mid aux iliary, the Amerlcnn legion and atixllinr; the Disabled American Veleruna and auxiliary, the Marine Corp league and lu auxiliary, and the Reserve Officers association placed the wreaths. An American lglon firing sqund fired a snltile. nnd tais were pluyrd, concluding the service. Rail Wages As Given By Union: NEW YORK. Mny 10 iP Here are the minimum wages recelvpd by rallrnnd engineers, firemen and switchmen who are scheduled to strike tomorrow morning, as listed In a union pamphlet: . Engineers, $10 80 for an elght rf'ur duy: firemen, IP 21: switch 'men, $10.02: -switch foremen, listed as n Job Involving executive, respon sibility. $10.54. Union demands were listed In the pnmphlrt as an Increase of 30 per rent or a minimum of $:i a day for an elght-hnur dny across the bonrd. The railroads' counter offer Is 15 rents nit hour or $1.34 a duy, the WEATHER !. ISUr SI SH MlN. .. ... IS frvi'lplUlUn ltl 14 buim W Slfin ! ! I.sal )' I II N.rml IS II PsrvvsMt larllr rUuSr lfiltll, THICK FVK CI'.N'IH -O- KLAMATH MM' ..O MOMMY, MAY 10, 104 Telephone 8111 No. I36i ,1 Scenes From the v' . O - J.JJv .V . i . a . ?. ' ' rresiaennai Aspiranr uewey "SLeS" yew- Ci .O SVC- sV"). " vrmmu I Wll aMsBagJWtWWgM -"tj. I .y hl h's- Q I jf-&'' -x'- A ; wS4'L-, ;th .'J&tZlr. L , J 1 Ji I it mm mm mf VM, M I'M J ri r ii AtKfVe, left, rlew of the Uillard hotel banquet room Saturday noon a Gorernor llewey of New York addressed Klamath people In his presidential prefrrenre campaign. Klght, Dewey and Mayor Kd Ostrndorf In eoncertible. Below, part of the big crowd that heard Dewey speak from the courthouse steps Saturday noon. Arrow points to the candidate. Trove Expert Says Oregon Tourist Trade May Triple pnmphlrt snld, . I l.AKEVIKW, May 10-An Indica tion Hint tourist Iruvel In OreKon muy be three times thai of 1(147 was given here Snturdny night by Mun ley F. Koblsnu. director of the travel and Information bureau for the Ore gon highway drpurtment, In it talk before mrmbers ot the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland association. The Indication was based on the number ot Inquiries from -potential tourists, made In response to high way department's national tourist advertising, thai have been answered by his office. He snld Unit so far this year, they have answered 110. 000 Inquiries, while In 1U47 they answered 116,500. , Roblson snld further Hint In the pnsl six weeks, these Inquiries huvo Rvcruged 6000 per week. He com pared these figures with the prnk pre-wnr yenr. 1839. when the office answered 76.000 Inquiries. The tourist business nlrendy ranks third with lumber mid agriculture In Oregon Income, Roblson stated, bill pointed out Hint Income from tourists Is "new money." brought In from far points nnd distributed here Man-Made Lakes Seen Threat To Prehistoric Culture Link wherrus much ot the lumber and agriculture income represents money ulrcndy here but merely re-clrcu-lated. The highly competitive nature of the tourist industry was shown by the speaker In a "paste-up" of the tourist advertising that appeared In the April, 1948 Issue of "Holiday" ninmixlne. The naste-un. in which ! he hnd cut the tourist ads from I Uie mngnzlne and stuck them to gether In a long string, wns nearly 60 feet long. The ads represented 30 of the 48 stales, all bidding tor the tourist dollar. Normnn Robothnm ot Redding, president of the Wonderland as sociation, told the group at Sntur dny'a luncheon that the Wonderland must expand Its national advertising program ill order to cumprte ef fectively wiUi the other tourist pro motion associations, and with Hie 46 stales Mint use tax dollars to at tract tourists. He pointed out Hint the tourist In dustry in Cnllfoniln lends all the others, In Income, and added Unit nationally the tourist Income was grenter thnn the other six top In dustries, Including oil, steel, Irnus Vnrtntlon, movies, agriculture, and communications. Ily Vi:ilN IIAll(il,AND WA8IIINOOTON, Mny 10 I) Mnn-mnde Inkrs threaten to blot out Important links with America's pre historic culture. Dr. Frank H. II. Roberta Jr., of the flinlthsonlnn Institution snld so lo dny. He told the nntlonnl park serv ice advisory board swift action must be tnken to prevent the nation's system of river bnsln developments from destroying Important nrcheo loglrnl sites. The tlnent Is especially serious In five mens, Including tho Pnrlflo North wcsl, Robeiia snld. One Iiiikkn Isluml In the Roanoke river between Virginia nnd North Caro linaIs the only known site In the ensletn putt of tho Unllrd Slates fit the folsom typo nt cull mo which ludends an estimated 16,000 years Into the pnst, , Thin Is the curliest known form of mnn on Ilia North American continent. "Eighty per cent of the prehistoric peoples lived In the river valleys where land wns fertile and water transportation was available, even as people do today," Roberts snld In his report. "Now, ' wllh the large scnle con struction of multiple-purpose dams nnd reservoirs, the only wny we enn save the remnlns of those ancient vnlley settlement Is to carry on a salvage program In advance of the flooding of the lands, "The altos constitute Uie library of archeology. Their contents must be saved." Besides the Duggs Island site, Rob ert listed the other proposed reser voir sites whrro lesnrch work Is most urgently needed, Including: Vnrlnun Columbia river projects In Washington nnd Oregon such as the McNnry dam. Tho sites Include vll Ingo pit containing volcanic, ash which links the civilizations with geologic periods ot 4000 years ago. Long Buys Up Apartments Mr. and Mrs. . Nicholas E. Long have purchased the Roosevelt apart ments from Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ros knmp, It wns announced today. The apartment were built by Roskamp In 1033, nnd are located on LeRoy street In Hot Springs, Long came to Klamath Falls from Portland In 1839 and has operated the Long's apparel shop since that time. The family lived on Lake shoro drive for the pnst eight year nnd will now occupy the owner apartment In the Roosevelt. Mr. nnd Mrs. Rnsknmp have not announced their future plans but are leaving to spend some time with their rintighter, Haj'bara, student nt tho Unlvorsity of California. The transnctlon was hnnrucd by the Bnrnhlsel agency. The consider ation wna not announced. UMT-Draft Bill Favored WASHINGTON, Mny 10 il Chalrmnn Gurney iR-S.D.I today announced general acceptance by the senate armed services commit tee ot mail provisions of a bill to combine a temporary draft and a military training program. Ourney told reporters he expect the bill to be completed tomorrow. The measure as it stands author lies a two-year draft of men 19 through 36 and a year military training for 18-year-olds. It also requires registration of all men 18 through 35 and of doctors up to age 45. Most veterans would be exempt from the draft. Ourney emphasized that all of these provisions are subject to change before the final committee vote, but he said "there Is quite complete agreement on the bill." Ho added that the group has "about three more things" to de cide, including an amendment by Senator Russell tD-Qa.l to require Industrial plants to accept war pro duction orders. Gurney snld that, when the vote has been taken, It wil lbe Intro duced In the srnate a a committee bill. It Is slated for early action. The chalrmnn said the section dealing with doctor will assure Uiat no community will be "denuded" ot physicians. Short Haircuts Postpone Trial PITTSBURGH, May 10 (IP) The Irlal of three men on chnrgea of slaying a policeman was postponed today because their hair Is too short. A barber at Western penitentiary, where the three are serving long terms for burglary and larceny, gave them the regulation convict haircut when they were Admitted 10 day ago. The district attorney's officii de cided on the postponement until their hair grow bnck. Prosecutor felt that defense attorney might object to having the 'three men In court with their heads bnld-brlght. The men are Edward Dlpofl, 33, John Wilson, 38, nnd Henry Kmlec, a. The state chnrge them with killing Patrolman Joseph Chmel ynskl. , Lost Couple Found Safe A ix-rrar-oi'd iflrl and her 59- Lake Defeats Bly 16-10 LAKEVIEW. May 10 Lakeview defeated Bly, 18 to 10, in an Inter- year-old hiking companion. miln j Rund., Dollarhiri. hit : a home run In the eighth with two on. winning the game for Lakeview. Shortscore: Lakeview 16 11 0 Bly 10 6 4 Johnson and Mercery; May and Henson. Chiloquin beat Sprague River, 18 13, In another league game at Sprague River. Shorucore:. v. '"-.,, Chiloquin 18 14 4 Sprague River 13 6 3 Wilson, Jack and Murdock; Mont- Anderson Out As USDA Head fur several hours last night on Hor- hark mountain southwest of town, were the object of a tour - hour search which brought out a erew of state police, members of the fami ly and neighbors. The child. Mona Dale C'henewith. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Chenrwlth of J)?8 Garden, and Otto Llovd. 113 N. 10th. were found aroond 10:31 l-st night following a eanh which started shortly after o'rlock. Went Ahead The two had gone to the Hogback gomery, E. Lukl and Cook, area with Mona Dale's mother and i Mr. and Mrs. John Sellars of Kla math Falls. The little girl asked to go on beyond the point where the party had stopped, and hike to the lookout on the fire road. Floyd volunteered to accompany Mona. Mrs. ChenewlUi and the Sellars waited for quite some time before they became alarmed and sought the help of state police. That was around 9:30 p. m. Officers were rounded up and dispatched to the scene where they, too. searched for an hour. The two were located as they walked down a road, the child cold and tired, her body In light summer clothing protected from the cold and wind by Lloyd's coat and shirt which hr had put on the child during their wandering. Both were moved to state police headquarter where Lloyd was ques tioned. He said they "got lost," wan dered around for a time and then built a fire. They finally started down a road and met the search party. Outside of being chilled in the 38 ticgree night air and footsore as well as hungry. Mona Dale was litUe the worse for her experience. Brotherhoods Undecided On Strike Issue WASIII.SCTO!i, May It fTi President Truman aelud the rallroada today In a move to head off a atrike which he said would be "a nation wide tragedy wllh world-wide repercussions." He put the lines under the army. But It was not certain that even this would stop the walkout railed by three big railroad brotherhoods for 8 a.m. (local railroad time) tomorrow. Their chiefs said they would hare to talk with atrike committees. The president signed a seizure order two minutes before 1 o'clock IKDTi m an effort to bar a strike. The order place operation of tho trains under direction of the U. H. army. Mr. Truman appealed to all railroad workers to stay -on their jobs. "I call upon every railroad worker to cooperate with the govern ment by remaining on duty," the seizure statement said. "I call upon the officers of the railroad labor organization to take appropriate action to keep their member at work." Mr. Truman's statement added: "It Is essential to the public health and to the public welfare generally that every possible step be taken by the government to assure to the fullest possible extent continuous and uninterrupted transporta tion service." ' "A strike on our railroads would be a nationwiue trageay, wun woria wide repercussions." Week Of Talks The seizure order was Issued after a week-end of almost conUnuous negotiations, directed by Presiden tial Adviser John Steelman. failed to bring a settlement of the dispute between the three brotherhoods and the railroads over wages and work ing condition. The heads of the three unions left a White House conference just a the president's execntive order was being released. They would not say whether their union members would remain on the job under govern ment seizure. "We're going to take that up now with our committees," President Al vanley Johnston of the locomotive engineers, David B. Robertson of the firemen and enginemen. and A. J. Glover of the switchmen's onion said. Confab Held Rail Strike Effects At A Glance By The Associated Preae Here Is the rail strike situation at a glance: Washington President Truman seizes nation's railroads at 9 a. m. (PST), but Thomas J. Harkln. of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers, says "my orders are that a strike goes Into effect at six o'clock tomorrow;" more conference be tween conciliator and disputant scheduled. TT,. ,,nlnn l.H.r went ri.hC to , .01 oiieiKr TOiapon.- MICK 1 1 IJ 1 . 1 iuf m wuwtiiw ntva. their strike committees. They said they would not promise they would be able to notify Steelman at that time of their decision about working for the government. Mr. Truman's order directed that, for the time being, present wage and working conditions in effect on the railroads shall be maintained. The president said these wage conditions shall be continued until further order from himself or from the secretary of Uie army. Kenneth Royall. Recommendations A presidential fact-finding board has recommended a 15 cents an ' hour Increase as a settlement of the wage dispute. Railroad management accepted it. as did nearly a score of other railroad onions. The en gineers, switchmen and firemen re fused to accept it. They ask a 30 prr cent increase. These unions have about 190.000 of the I J00.0O0 -workers in the na tion's rail system. WASHINGTON. May 10 jPi President Truman formally accept ed the resignation of Secretary of Agriculture Anderson today with an endorsement of his candidacy for the democratic nomination for Uie senate from New Mexico. "In consenting to your release at this time." the president wrote. "I do so in the hope that Uie period immediately ahead is but the pre liminary to your reentry to the halls ot congress next time as a member of the senate." Anderson formerly was a mem ber of the house of representatives. There still was no word from the White .House on Anderson's successor. " Strike May Halt Freedom Train line equlpmenr sought; Mayor O'Dwyer says city faces "one of worst food gouges in history." Chicago Survey of nation show, threatened mass unemployment, crop losses, and inflated food price if strike goes through tomorrow morning. Buffalo fiteel making and blast furnace operations expected to halt in Bethlehem Steel company's Lack awanna plant if strike takes effect. Cleveland Unions involved In the dispute over wages and working; rules are the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, Uie Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Fire men, and Uie Switchmen' Union of' North America. Boeing Strike End Sought WASHINGTON, May 10 iP The government continued effort to end the strike of 14.500 machinists at the Booing Airplnne company bomber plant, Scnttle. Wash., de spite management refusal to attend Washington meetings. The conciliation service received Its third turn-down from the com pany today after Inviting the par ties to talk over the strike with mediators here. The company con tends the Aeronautical Mechanics union tlnd) violated a no-strike provision in the contract. Howard Colvln, associate director of the conciliation service, sad "we're going to continue to explore the matter nnd try to tind some method of setUement." "We're not giving up hope," he added. Chamber To Hear Walker Tonight Senator Dean Walker of Inde pendence will be the featured speak er nt tonight's annual meeting of the Klamath county chamber ot commerce. The dinner Is scheduled to start at 8:30 p. in. at the Wlllard hotel din ing room. Ticket were still avail able this afternoon at the chnmber. Walker, former president of the senate and long on the way and means committee, will discus the state's financial affnlrs. Mothers Take Over As Cops MUSKEGON. Mich.. May 10 iVP) Mother went on duty as a traffic cop in this city today. The mothers have been authorized to halt and start traffic for the benefit ot youngsters on the way to school. A parent-teachers group Is cooperat ing with police in the experiment Youngster On Night Prowl, But Found OK Little Harold Swisher, aged 3. was away from home all Saturday night NEW YORK, May 10 ly?l The T "isu wns ins P" fate of the Freedom train In event i i"" a few ,'antlc hour Sund luuiuuis. . t . Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Hu- rail workers quit uncertain today. their jobs was However the American Heritage foundation, which operates train, said it Is confident the unions will make an exception and permit it to run. Union officials could not be reached immediately for comment. The train was in Willmar, Minn., today for servicing. The train car ries a permanent five-man super visory crew, but while traveling it Is operated by crewmen from Uie rail road on which it is moving. Falling Stones Kill Pilgrims ben Swisher, 1633 Austin, tucked the the i Toun?ster in bed and retired them- q-ite ready to go to sleep, so he slip ped out of bed and took a walk. At 10:45 p. m. he was found sit ting on the doorstep of the Dr. Rich ard Currin residence, 3043 Shasta way. The night was chilly and the boy was clad only in a diaper. Dr. Currin took the boy to Hill side hospital for examination and keeping overnight, and reported Uie incident to city police. No report of a lost or strayed child came In all night. ! About 6 a. m. Sunday the Swisher : awoke to tind that Harold was not I in bed. Getting more panicky by NAPT Ttnlv Mnv 10 Marble blocks toppling from a truck ! the moment, they looked around all fell on a group of sightseeing pil grims near -here today, killing 13 and injuring four. The sightseers were returning ficm Pompel sanctuary when they halted on the Calore river bridge in Mirabella to admire the view. the accustomed places where Uie boy migh: have wandered, then about 9 q'clock. called police. Deskman Jim Brown at the city police station took the call and put two and two together. The youngster at Hillside was the missing child. Shasta-Cascadians Hold Session at Lakeview f """."'I .hi.i.iiiij.ii a II ,11 IM .. HIIJ.H.II. . ...Mil. v.y if i rx Vl 0 View of the head table at Saturday night' Bh asta-Cascade Wonderland association banquet at Lake view. Left to right! Mrs. Norman Kowbotham, Redding; President Kowbotham of the association) Arly Cole, Portland advertising man; Manlry F, Robinson, director of the travel and Information bureau of the (late highway department; Ray Ilarland, Lakeview, dinner chairman; Mrs. J. R. lleekman. Lake view; County Judge lleekman of Lake county; Tom Stanley, manager, Wonderland association.