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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1948)
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AdMirlalrd PrcM Arab nhcllt piiundrd Hm Jew 111 old mid new Jcriimilrm tixlny while King Abdullah prayed at M(wlrni and Christian ithrlncn In the Holy city. Ills Tranii-Jordiiii troops and KkvpMiuu atlncknl on thr aouUiprn l,iiiklrl of Jerusalem. They struck I.'-'m much-exclmniiPd Uiinmt Hchcl aKnliist tile Kulamon, Tulplyot, Mc kor Hnlm and Upper llnqun regions of iirw Jerusalem. Jews cornered h fad Car Still ' Gets Official OK PORTLAND, Mny 117 ll'i Own eis of the alcek Inter model cms might believe the city deliberately added Insult to Injury at the, city aulniuobllo Inspection alnllon. While some of the streamliners Rot "thumbs down" from Inspectors, a aim bright and shining vehicle of 11)11 vintage got nn okay sticker on the windshield. Owner A.' L. Helnlngcr anld his brass-trimmed, acetylene headlight special torpedo rondnwiatnr wns kept as a hobby, . Odlng out of the slallon. Ileln Inger squec.ed the bulb horn, honk ing nn Impertinent warning to "ymmgstcra" cluttering the. exit. iFire Razes Wood Plant In Tacoma 4 TACOMA, Mny 87 Hli All nvnll nble clly fire nqulpmeut, Including .; four tugs mid n tlrnbnnt, bullied tin ;MiccenKfully for more than three ' lieu Inst night as fire destroyed jthr Wllrox compnny wood producta -Jilnnt on, tho Tnronm tlrieflnla. 5 The Insa Included the building. riiulpinenl, wood flour and wood fl"ur stock. ,'Hllnrry Q. W 1 1 cox, one of the ., owners, declined to put n flat estl tiinle on dnmnge but mild 1110.000 V'ould be a "rcnsonnble figure" Cause of the blnze wa nnt lm Itiedlnlely known. I In tile old walled clly were pressed even tighter. The pace of fighting appeared to Increase since the rejection by Arabs yesterday of United Nations peace overtures. The UN Itself was In a crisis. Its potency challenged as never belore. Abdullah commands the armies of Trans-Jordnn, Syria, Iraq, Lcbanoa and Yemen, He made devotions at the Holy Sepulchre, Calvary and Mosque of Omar, shrines of Christ endom and Islam. He was cheered by 36,000 Arabs ns he toured old Jerusalem wllhln 300 yards of tho beleaguered Jews, Arabs demolished more buildings near the big Hurvj synagogue, where most Jews In Uiu old clly were holed up. Atxlol IKUimnu Azzum Pasliu, secretary general of the Arab league snld a third of Israel's army of Hbout 46,000 wcll-tralncd troopc. Is In Jerusalem. Ho Indicated Arab strategy wns lo keep supply linos cut and bent the Jews Into submis sion with shells, thirst and hunger rnlhcr than by house to house com bat. "We could have taken Jcru&nlcm earlier, but we did not want to sacrifice more men when we are sure of the ultimate result following complete encirclement of Uie Jews In Jerusalem," he said. He added thai peace now would ineau only a short delay and then an even bloodier war, U. S, Ambassador Lewis Douglas talked with lirltlsh Foreign Sec retary Grnost lievln In bomlon for tho fourth time In flvo days. Tho British cabinet met, A focnl Issue wns the fact 117 Hiltlsh officers art) serving In Abdullah's Arab legion. Tho UN ltaelf faced a grave crisis. Tho seven Arab nations rejected Us cense firo order yesterdny In a bold defiance of moat of the otliet nations of the world. The US dele gate snld the situation is eo serious It requires careful consideration of tho American government. Dive bombers attacked Tel Aviv, main clly of the Israeli regime. The Egyptians anld two Jews ar rested near Oman confessed throw ing typhoid and dysentery germs Into the Kgyptlnn nrmy'i water sup ply there, KFPA Fire Prevention School Ends A successful three-day fire preven tion school has JU.M been concluded under direction of the Klamatli Forest Protective association. Approximately 30 men. some of whom brought their wives who will work as cooks at the various camps, were in attendance and practical problems were actually worked out by the group. Many of t lie men have already been assigned to lookout stations and camps for the season, Hnl Ogle, KFPA superintendent, said and will go up to man their' poita as soon oa possible. Hill Emery will be foreman of the camp at Bear flat near Silver Lake and his wife will do the cooking there. John R. Slllris will be at King's Cabin. In the northeast cor ner of the Indian reservation with a fire crew and Mrs. 8lllers will cook for tho group. Jack Dale will keep the light burning on HibBck agnln this year. He 0cncd this lookout station last year when he wns Just in and his wife and baby stayed on the moun tain top with him. He has been working In a lumber mill during the winter and this year his wife will stay In town with the baby who Is beginning to walk now. Dale went up the mountain to day. Thursday, to fix the post for occupancy and the light will shine again Friday night for the first time this season If everything goes according to schedule. Dave Orlfflth, lookout for Chase mountain, livened things up at the fire school by drawing cartoons on a blnckbonrd In front of the clans, to Illustrate points In the life of fire crews and lookout. Ogle remembers Dave and his brother Ernest from the davs when they were boys In Pokegnma sec tion. He said he hardly ever saw the boys but always knew when they were In the country by the draw ings In the dust along the trails Dnve will go up to his slntlon this week-end. Hat Checker Gets Offers Of Marriage HKMI'STEAD, N. Y.. May 27 l& An attractive hat check girl who announced she would marry the man who'd ante up 110,000 cash and support her and her two chil dren had a sizeable list of takers to day. The 28-year-old divorcee Mrs. Dorothy Lnwlor got 14 quick tele phone replies yesterday after her offer appeared In the Hempstead Newsday. But she wouldn't say "yes" Im mediately lo any of the applicants, she'll look each cf them over be tween hat checking duties at a Long Island night club, she said. The comely blonde opined, how ever, she'd hnve to make a decision within a week because "I have lust enough money to last me that long." "I want a jlO.OOO cash settlement immediately, but the guy's got to have more Jack than that, lot's more. I'm looking for Just one thing: Money, money, money." She conceded her price was "plenty high." Wrong Time To Ram Into Car OKLAHOMA CITY, May 27 liPt Tried and found wanting is the sod story of Lawrence Thomas Surging or. 32. He rammed his car Into the back of another ond was charged with reckless driving. Beside him In the front seat wns Leviirn Drydcn, state department of snfety examiner, who wns testing Surglnger for a driver's license. Auto-Train Crash Claims 2nd Victim ALBANY, Ore.. Mny 27 oTV-The railroad crossing automoblle-traln crash here Monday has claimed a second life. Raymond Curtis Moore. 52. Albnnv died last night of injuries received In the accident which killed Ills wife, a nurse. A Southern Pnclflc pas senger train struck the enr on the 4th and Qenry street crossing. Many Cafes Hit For Dirty Utensils PORTLAND. Mnv 27 im Mnnv Oregon enfes were reported In need nf cleaner cooking utensils and tableware. The state board of health's travel ing Inspection unit snld 32 per cent. of 180 enfo checked In six western Oregon counties had utensils that were grossly contnmlnnted. The check wns mndo In Lincoln, Washington, Yamhill, Mnrlon and Tillamook counties. Other checks are due elsewhere In the slate. US Rejects Red Protest Oyer Planes WASHINOTON. May 27 11 The United Slates 'has flatly rejected Russian protests claiming American airplanes have Interfered with So viet shipping In the vicinity of Jap an. The state department said today the U. S. reply to various Soviet notes of protest, was deliverer to the Russians by the American embassy in Moscow Tuesday. A statement released by the de partment said the Soviet had ob jected to more than 60 cases of alleged Interference with their com mercial shipping. The department said that neither In the Russian i notes nor In direct Investigation by American authorities has there been evidence of such Interference. The American reply was not given out in text form here but was sum marized In the statement. It said that Oen. Douglaa Mac Arthur as supreme allied command er In Japan uses air. army and naval forces "to prevent smuggling and illegal entry into Japan." "Low flying wllhln the limits of safety In conducting this off-shore patrol is absolutely necessary for recognition purposes." the state de partment said In reporting on the note to Russia. "These activities serve the inter est." of the Soviet government, as well as of other nations, concerned with the occupation and control of Japan," the department contended. Drew Pearson Father Of Year NEW YORK, May 27 UP) The national Father's Day committee to day named Drew Pearson, news commentator and columnist, u fath er of the year. Pearson, originator of the Inter national friendship train which col lected food for European relief, was selected 111 recognition of his fight for democracy throughout the world, the announcement said. Other fathers named In various fields Included: Radio father Eddie Cnntor be cause of his fight for freedom and tolerance. Sports fnthcr Bob Feller, Cleve land pitcher, on the bnsls of the "father" he has been to thousands of children. Screen father Gregory Peck for his effort. on behalf of child wel fare and his portrayal of "Father" in the academy award picture "Oen tlemen's Agreement." Father's Day will be observed SuiKtny, June 20. Voice' Writer Avoids Issue NEW YORK, Mny 27 tm Rene Borgia, discharged NBC script wrltor who prepared the controversial "Voice of America" scripts, declared today he was not responsible for them. In a telephone Interview, Borgia snld "I was told to write them that way. I didn't even sign them be cause I dldnt' believe what was In them He Identified Alberto Onndern as the man who lold him what to write and said Onndero was head of the Spanish language section In NBC's short-wave department. Oandero was relieved of his duties and then resigned, NBO said. Solcns Say Program Has Libeled US WASHINGTON, May 27 lift An gered congressmen ordered a double-barreled Investigation today Into "Voice of America" broadcast they say have libeled and misrepre sented the L'nited States. Senator Ferguson (R.-MIch.), the republicans' top Investigator, will head one by the senate. Rep. Chcnoweth (R.-Colo.) will dnect one for the house. Indignation, anger and amaze ment were mixed In the congres sional reaction to disclose that the broadcasts have told the world such thincs aa "New Entiand was founded by hyprocrisy and Texas by sin. The importance attached to the matter was emphasized by the fact that Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.), the senate's presiding of ficer and chairman of Its foreign relations committee, announced plans for the senate investigation. "Amazed" Vandenberg said he is "amazed" b reports of the broadcasts. He conferred with Chairman Aiken of thr expenditures committee. Aiken named Ferguson to dig into the record. Chenoweth said a house expendi tures subcommittee which he heads will start a general investigation tomorrow. "He have had a lot of com plaints," Chenoweth told newsmen. "We want to find out who Is re sponsible for these programs and for some of the script that has been joint out at the taxpayers' expense." Tbn programs which stirred up cmgreas were prepared and- broach cast by the National Broadcasting company for Voice of America. Senator Capehart (R.-Ind.l read some of the scripts to the senate yesterday. Sample Excerpts Sample broadcast excerpts: Nevada's two main cities com pete with each other because "people get married In Las Vegas and divorced In Reno." Sample reaction: From Senator Hatch (D.-N.M.l: "Drivel, nonsense and downright falsehoods." From Senator Ferguson (R. MIch I : A demand that congress re elnd the $27,000,000 appropriation It voted for next year to finance the world-wide radio programs Intended lo portray the democratic way of life in this country. From the Nntional Broadcasting company, which handled the pro grams under contract with the de partment: The writer who turned out the scripts has been fired and the supervisor who reviewed them has been "relieved of his post." An NBC spokesman Identified the writer of the script who was dis charged aa Rene Borgia. The sec tion head who was relieved of duty and later resigned was Alberto Oandero, now believed engaged In radio work In Cuba, the spokesman said. He added that the backgrounds and definite whereabouts of the two were unknown at NBC. Merchants In Portland OK Time Change PORTLAND, May 27 W Virtual ly all of Portland will shift to day light saving time at 12:01 a. m. Tuesday. Merchants last night decided to go along with the city council which ordered the shift for municipal of fices to conform to California and Seattle time. Also falling Into line were sports arenas including the Portland Pa cific Coast League Baseball club, Portland Meadows race track and Multnomah stadium where dog races will start next month. Both dally newspapers and at least two radio stations said they would go on daylight time. Others could not be reached or were con sidering the problem. What the rest of Oregon will do is uncertain. Salem appeared op posed. There Oov. John Hall said stale offices could not shift without legislative action. Officials of some cities said the) favored Joining Port land in the time change while others said they were opposed. Chief opposition In Portland came from theatres and the Rose Festival association. Officials of the latter said their night shows would use "black light" and could not be staged belore sundown. Deadlock Over Germany Eases Among Nations LONDON. May 27 UP) A six nation deadlock over Western Ger many's future was broken today and negotiators appeared headed for full agreement on setting up a provisional German government. Diplomatic officials said the break in an economic impasse came last night when the delegates concurred on broad powers for an international control board over the mineral resources of the Ruhr. The deadlock, caused by French objection to the plan for reshaping Western Germany's future, had threatened to cause failure of the talks Involving the United States, Britain, France, Belgium. The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Informants said France agreed to the Ruhr international authority for control over allocations of iron ore, coal and coke after the United States made concessions on French demands that safeguards be set up against the possibility that expand ed German pxoduction ravaged by fwar with Germany in' 2S yeiu has been for her own security. Last night's agreement was reached after British Secretary Ernest Bevln intervened. Dewey, Stassen Expenses Secret SALEM. Ore., May 27 vn The question of how much It cost Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E. Buisscii to campaign In Oregon's republican presidential primary may not be made public. David O'Hara, chief of the state elections bureau, said the two presi dential aspirants apparently do not come under the state law requiring campaign expense statements since they did not seek stnte office. He added, however, that this might be open to question if taken to a court. The campaign expenses became a late Issue In the Oregon primary race, when Stassen charged that his opponent had spent 1250,000 In the cnmpalgn. Gov. Dewey said this was a gross exaggeration and not true. Ducks Raise Brood On Dock Piling MILWAUKEE. Mny 27 W Car ferry Cnrrie, the motherly duck which set up housekeeping atop a dock piling, had Us long-awaited brood today. Six ducklings popped out of their shells and Jumped into the water to end a hatching period marked by the fatherly solicitude of the captains and crews of several car-fcrrles. Today an Incoming ship slowed Its approach to Rive Carrie ample time to hustle the spanking new family behind a piling. No longer, however, will captains have to take care not to Jostle the nest ten feet abova the water. Carrie doesn't live there any more. Arab Leaders Visit Shrine IN THE OLD CITY OF JERU SALEM, May 27 I) King Abdullah paid a surprise visit to the old city today and prayed at Christian and Moslem shrines. The monarch of Trans-Jordan made his devotions at the Holy Sepulchre, Calvary and the Mosque of Omar, the holiest shrines of Christendom and Islam. The king, cheered by 25.000 Arabs, toured the old city. Less than 300 yards away from htm In the Jewish quarter, shells of his Arab legion's guns crashed into the last holdout row of Jewish army machinegun posts along the southern wall. . Close to the big Hurva synagogue, demolitions set off by Arab squads spewed smoke and dust into the blazing May sky. Hot Head Hits Wife With Car m.irvFT.ANn Mav 27 UP) Angered because his wife was walk liitr with another man. a 21-vear- nM mntnrltt. knocked them both down with his car, police said to day. The husband, Clay McCants Jc 11 Mt lallixl nn an assAUlt and battery charge. His wife, Jennie, also 21, was In a hospital witn a possible skull fracture. TVia nther man Patrolman Wil liam Shardell said, got up and ran. Death Toll Rises To Seven; Warm Weather Threat By The Associated Press Krretal thousand persons fled their homes In the Rlehland-Faac Kennewick area of Eastern Washington today as flood waters lapped over dikes, flooded several trailer camps and threatened numerous others. F.st!matra of the number of evacuated persons varied widely, Ben ton County Sheriff Harry Cochrane reported earlier that 20,000 persons would be forced to move. Later reports by the sheriff's office, Kenne wick city police and state patrol placed the figure closer to 5000. The exodus covered an eight-mile strip from Pasco to the mouth of the Yakima river. Both the Yakima and Columbia rivers are at flood stage. A cloudburst above Yakima last night Increased the anxiety of river residents. Those of the evacuated families employed at the Hanford atomla energy plant were given puses and moved into a government trailer camp at North Richland Inside the Hanford works. Others took np temporary stands at a former government trailer camp south of Kennewick. a Reports said the Connell trailer -as) mm colons Ask MacArthur Testimony WASHINGTON, May 27 (ley The. senate appropriations committee to day voted to request Gen. Douglaa MacArthur to return to the United States to testify on the Far Eastern situation. Chairman Bridges (R-N.H.) an nonnced the committee's action as the end of a short closed-door ses sion. The vote was 17 to 2. MacArthur is supreme commander of allied forces in the Far East with, headquarters at Tokyo. Opposition Bridges said Senators Saltonstall (R-Mass.) and Reed (R-Kas.i voted against requesting Mac Arthur's re turn. Senator Green (D-R.I.) voted -present and Senator Ball iR-Minn was out of town and did not vote. Senators McCarran (D-Nev.) and O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.) voted "yes" by proxy. Senator Wherry (Neb.), acting re publican leader and a committee member, offered the motion to re quest MacArthur to return. Wherry said politics wasn't involved so far as he is concerned, MacArthur has said be would ac cept the republican presidential nomination if it was offered him. Wherry's was seconded by Sen ators Ferguson (R-Mlch.) and Tydihes fD-Md.i -. ' Gen. Jonathan Wainwrlght, Mae Arthur's successor in command of the Philippine area at the start of the Pacific war, ha petitioned con gress to seek MacArthur'a views, Wainwrlght heads a veterans' group boosting the supreme allied com mander for the OOP presidential nomination. camp in Pasco was completely flooded. Across the river at kenne wick, water poured into a second camp early today. Death Toll Up Meanwhile the death toll in the flooded Pacific Northwest rose to seven yesterday as swollen rivers re mained over the flood stage and gave little signs of receding. Women and children, elderly per sons and invalids were ordered to leave Bonners Ferry, Ids., where the Kootenai river has already broken through dikes inundating thousands of' acres of rich farm land. A sound truck toured the city yesterday giving the warning as the river threatened to burst into the streets. A late report last night said the river was still rising. The city's water supply was interrupted by a break in one of the main dikes. The seventh death was recorded at Lewiston, Ida., where the body of a former army paratrooper, John Surry, 29, was found in the Clear water river. Earlier In the day, a road caved In along the Columbia river and hurled a track and trail er Into the raging stream. The driver, Roger Monte of Portland, Ore., was killed. Mercury Up Temperatures soared to near SO during the day, melting snow high in the mountains and adding more water to the rivers. Flood waters were sweeping across British Columbia, causing damage estimated at $1,000,000 at Kimberley. Scores of families were homeless. A 1000-foot section of railroad track was washed out at Salvoos where the Skeena river was eight feet higher than normal. One bridge was carried away. ' ' - The atomic energy commission announced that it was closing a road today over which from 6000 to 8000 workers travel to Its Hanford plant. The commission said the road would be built up to protect it against any flood of the Columbia river. The road will be opened today only to permit the workers to enter and leave the plant. Elsewhere, the Columbia reached 2.4 feet, at Vancouver, Wash It highest stage in IS years. Heavy rains in the mountains last night west of Yakima, pushed the Yakima river up over its banks and flooded out dozens of families. Senate Group OK's Oleo Bill WASHINGTON, May 27 UP The senate finance committee today op proved 12 to 0, the house-passed oleo margarine tax repeal blh. Chairman MlUikin (R-coio.) saia the committee wrote In an amend ment to require that public eating places which serve colored mar garine must post a sign saying so. He said the vote on this amend ment was 10 to 2. Chairman Taft (Ohio) of the sen ate republican policy committee told reporters that group will meet to morrow to decide when to call up the oleo measure for senate debate. Taft also Is a member of the finance committee. The bill would repeal the quarter of a cent pound tax on uncolored oleo and the 10 cent a pound levy on colored margarine. It also would do away with li cense fees charged manufacturers and distributors. These range up to $600 a year in the case of producers. Main Street I Flood Scene UNION, Ore., May 27 (P) Water ran 18 Inches deep down the Maul street of Union today but was re ceding a daily performance for thj post four days. High daytime temperatures, melt ing snow In the mountains sent Catherine creek raging out of its banks and last night it reached, new high. Although the level In downtown was dropping today, water was cas cading along side streets, flooding basements but causing no major damage. Another rise was expected this evening as effect of the day' melting snow was felt. In the country, an estimated 10,- 000 acres of Southern Grande Ronda valley farmland was flooded. Old residents said not In 60 years had they seen the water as high. Trees uprooted by the surging creek threatened two bridges. High way crews with bulldozers stood by to pull debris from the bridge footings. A branch pipe in the La Grand water supply was threatened at Beaver creek, but La Grande City Manager Ed Ford said the city gets) ' an adequate water supply from its main conduit and would not be en dangered should the branch go out; Wallace Breaks Presidential Campaign To Protest Mundt Bill Hearing In Washington COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho, May 27 UP) Henry Wallace ha interrupted his presidential campaign and was flying to Washington, D. C, today to testify against the Mundt-Nlxon bill at a senate hearing Saturday. The third party presidential can didate cancelled scheduled addresses at Pocatetlo, Ida., and Phoenix after a speech here last night He said he will resume the campaign at Denver next week. The anti-communist Mundt bill has already been approved by the house. I am going to those hearings to uphold the old fashioned fundamen tal American principle of free speech," Wallace said. Desperation Seen He said that "the attempt to force the Mundt bill through the senate in an atmosphere of arti ficially created hysteria Indicates the desperation of the anti-peace forces," Wallnc and his running mate, Sen. Glen Taylor (D-Idaho) were on the same platform yesterday for the first time in their campaign. Taylor, whom Wallace referred to as "the most courageous senator in the last century," told an audience of 1800 that European aid should be administered through the United Nations. He termed the Marshall plan "a fake and a phoney." Taylor said the United States Is building an "armament economy" and declared "once you get an arma ment economy saddled on you, It la almost impossible to get rid of It be cause so many jobs depend on guns and tanks." He said he "had to go with Henry Wallace because both the old parties lost all their rip and go." Sings With Family After his talk, Taylor called his wife and two sons to the platfor'A to Join him In singing. "When I was campaigning for the senate I used to sing for you, and I'm no better now," he declared. Wallace said at press confer ence that he ha no Intention of withdrawing from the campaign. It doesn't matter whether Elsen hower or anybody else runs on th democratic ticket. We're going right through the election and beyond." Wallace Issued two statement during the day, one on the General Motors-United Auto Workers set tlement, the other on railroad labor. Of the General Motors settlement, Wallace said it will probably estab lish a pattern which will be followed in other plants and Industries. "Although (the settlement) Is lest than we should have liked to see, w ean hope that this pattern can be forced on big steel, the key Indus try which has been adamant In It refusal to meet the workers' de mands, the statement said. In the railroad labor statement, he said "railroad management I making It clear that public owner ship will be necessary to protect th railroad workers, travellers. Inde pendent business and farmer. N Industry which relys on government power to protect profit and oppose worker can bo labeled free enterprise."