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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1948)
In Iliv Dav's fevs lly HIANK JKNKIN'H TIIK Ui'iitirtliiniL of tmllic ail- hotlines In Washington til ! iniirnliiu tlio "arrest lor iltiiirtiitlou'' u( Jacob Abraham Hlmiicl, iiutlonul director uf education uf llio Anicr H ull coiiinilllilsl iiuily. HUtchd'a career helps to explain why wo dim I think iiiurli ul thg communist party. He won born In Aiialiln-lltiiigary. He ciiine hem Ural III 1UII, mill left. Ha came again III Mill. Irum mi unknown (lull mul without mi litimigrulluii Vlmi -wlilch menus 111 ul ha nneiikvtt In Illegally. Presumably he tin been here ever sliuc. "Arrcnl lor deportation'' menus (iut ho l to b aciii bulk home. Aiiatiia-lluiigafy li no longer a country, ImvlliK dialtpjritlrd u aucil Hi llic llrnl world war. All ul Hun amy ami purl of Aualrlu are now occupied by Kuaala. . TIIIU l the point: rJlMiiel, an official ot liie Amer Hjm communist party, Isn't an .'JFierlcnn. He allpiicd In lllriltilly. Ilr had plenty ol tunc to become a cliltcii. but waan'1 liilcrcaled III lititTiiahlp. lie had other tiah to try, Ilia Job was to tear down the American ayalem not to build It up. He waa here aa an OUTHlDKIl o do Ilia purl III the Job ol lliaettlll! the Ainerlrun uptile curl. That la the way the coinmunlat party la. 11 Isn't a movement ol Americana, (or the betterment of euiidltlona In America. It rla U inspiration and much uf Ha leader ship fiom OUTHIUK America. I la lltllo wonder we don't Ihlnlt much of the communlal parly. mt learn from the dlapauhea till morning Dial more than 400 persona died violently during Uie na lion a thirr-uuy Memorial Uuy doll -day. That It bud, but II la leu bad than a year una, when 504 violent deullu were reported, Holldaya, ol course, are dangerous. We have luu on holldaya, and ex perience lella ua that lun la more uaiiiirroua lhaii woik. Uut. aa a aiatlcr ol fact. If we took ANY week end during the plcaaunl weather period and counted up the violin', ilcuiha we'd find the lol.il about aa largo aa on a holiday week-end. In country aa big aa oura, witn a many dangerous ways of liuviug a good time. 400 violent dcatlu over a Ihrre-day period lain a auipilaiiik number. pROM Chungking, In China, Ihcre cornea a Inle Una morning about girl who clalitu alic NfcV.ll eau. elite la 90 yeara old, and aaya ahe tlUa taken no food lor nine yeara. the haa been under observation, in Chungking! municipal hoapiul for Uie paal 21 daya, and doctora there any Uiey are certain ahe had no loud during llioae three week. Two nuraea are going home with her to ouiiunue the check-up. II makea a good aiory, but thli writer la ready to lay a lalrli.l wager that ahe EATS. fVNIS cau l eacape tliu thought, how w ever: Willi food prlcea what Uiey are. In Una country aa well aa In China, Die gul would be lucky it the aiory wua true. IIP along the Columbia, power coni panlea are apicailng to their customers to use aa little power aa poaaible until the floods go down. In California a while bark, custom, era were beaeeched to lay ofl the power switches until the drouln wnn relieved. The trouble up north la caused by too much water. Tho trouble In the aoutlt was caused by not enougit water. It looki like you can't win. ilatwf il" S I X f "tL W' -i J I a 1 ' 'm r- ' V ' I ' I I r- I " f i iiai.ii n.i.n. i n a 1. 1 a urn n iiiii i I f i -i nr IM TinvfTy'Vr. VKSTH KLAMATH FALLH, OltKGON, TCEHfiAV, JUNE l, 1948 Telephone Bill No. 1384 r-i n nk Ui II II 'Chute Artist At Airport Show tab toss ranted j j I f rr - - Railroad Yards In Flood Path PORTLAND, June 1 ) Flood waters nre Inching Into the rnllrond yards nf downtown Portliind, to til" drJlghi of amnll boys. full come right along with the flood, With whoops of Joy mid irijjfrh splashing the boys clinic the Irffl III shallow wnirr between rnlls, cnlrhlng ninny with their bure hnndi. Moat are thrown bnck. Nine Marines, 13 Navy Men Drown When Liberty Launch Swamps In Hampton Roads NOItl'Ol.K, Va June 1 Twoiily-twu Iiicn-iillic murines and 13 navy men perished In Hampton rouda hut night when a navy launch swamped In choppy watera while re turning IH) men to their ship after Memorial Day liberty. Hear Admiral C. A. P. Bprague. commander of a twelve ship task force whose sailing for the Medl terr nenn was delayed by the trag edy, bulled thifl atnlPliirlll Ul newa li en at V a. m, today from Ills flng ahlp, the aircraft carrier Kenmnrge: "Preliminary report of low of life or nilasiiig iiersoiinel mny be placed at 33. nine marines and 13 navy. "Report considered accurate and Includes best estimate of iosslhle alruitiilrra mien absent over leave i. "Kurllier checking now In prog resa." The 60 -foot oien launch w-aa awamtied In a wind and rain norm at 8 (4 p. m. as II waa returning Reds Pushed By US Over Trieste Area WASIIlNCiTON'. June I 1,1V The I'nlted Htatea prodded Kuaala a third time today foe a new reply to the Amrrlean-ltrltUh-Kreiteri proposal to return the free territory of Trleate to Italy. The atate department aald In a note delivered to the Ituaalan em huaay that the problem requires a "very earlv resolution." Hiate Deiiarlment Press Officer Michael McUermoti told reportcra he understood the British and Kreneh governments are sending similar notes to the Soviet govern ment. Objection Raised Russia never haa rejected the principle of returning Trieste to ttr.ly. tint It has objected to amend Inp the Italian pence treaty aa sug gested by the three western power. The flovleta claim thia would con stitute a private conference" which Is unacceptable to Moscow. The Amerlran note waa aent to Ambassador Aleaander 8. Tanyush kln Just aa lie waa preparing to leave for consultations In Moscow on the lend-lease question. The free territory of Trleate. an lmiKirtant port nf the Adriatic, la occupied Jointly by British and United States troops on thr one hrnd any Yugoslavian forces on the oilier. Girl Who Doesn't Eat Is Watched CHUNOKINO. China. June 1 Ml Yang Mel. China's medical puirle a girl who says she never enta went happily home today nficr wlinr doctors swear was a three week fust. She didn't look hungry, either. With Yang Mel went two nurses. They will continue a constant ob servation of the 30-year-old peaaan'. girl who Insists she hasn't eaten for nine yenrs. Doctors In Municipal hospital, where she had been under dny and night obaoivntiiin 31 dnys, sny they nre certain she hnd no food In Hint period. She shows no 111 effect. a liberty party to the Kearsarge, an chored two miles off the Norfolk nival station. The launch, which wna attached to the carrier, was aw uuipcd when only 300 yards olf the Kearsnrge'a port beam. Hailing of the tusk force waa de layed Indefinitely ufier the accident and Its ships were placed on four hour sailing notice. A survivor snld "everybody wns trying to hold onto somebody else" In the cold, rough water. Thonuia H. Rowe, 22, bouUiwaln's runic third cln.ss. swain from the swamped launch to pier 5 at the Norfolk naval station, a distance of approximately two miles. Rowe Is the son of Mrs. Lucille Rowe, Hunt ington Park, Cullf. Interviewed hy newsmen aboard I he naval hospital ship Consola tion. Rowe snld he entered the launch by mistake at the naval sta tion fleet landing Inst night. Rowe Is attached aboard the transport Randolph and entered a launch at tached to the alrcrnfl carrier Kear sarge. "I got Into the Inunch and went to sleep before It left the landing," he related. "When I woke up I wna swimming In the cold water, t kit ked my shoes off. Men were all around me In the water. Everybody wns trvlng to hold onto somebody else. There were life Jackets on the launch hut thev were not used. I never saw the luunch again. I think It swamiied quickly. "I suppose I was In the water two or three hours." Rowe snld. "I feel line now." Rose la a tall. 179-nound low head who has been In the navy fire years. He served at Hntpan. Oki nawa and the Philippines on land ing veasels. Pocket War Carried To Syria Today Hy The Associated Preaa Jew-tali bombs dropped today on Amman, where Arab leadera as sembled to talk over the newest I'nlted Nations peace plea. Within a few hours. Israel accept ed unconditionally the 1'N appeal for a four-week armistice during which an arma embargo would be enforced on Arabs and Jews alike. The British said the Jewish war planes attacking Amman also bombed an RAP field nearby and Hint 12 persons were killed and 30 Injured. Children Die The Arabs snld two children and four other civilians were killed, but that property damage was slight. Amman Is the capitnl of Trans Jordnn. the home of Warrior King Abdullah, who leads five of the seven Arab armies arrayed against fcrnel. About ten .10-pound bombs were dropped during four single flights. The Arabs demanded that Tel AtIt be bombed again In reprisaL llaganah, the army of Israel, was reported driving on strategic Jenln in North Central Palestine. Jenln Is thr apex of the Nablusjenln-Tul-karm triangle, a key to Arab strength. Capture Claimed The Arab higher committee In Cairo claimed the capture of Na tanva. 18 miles north of Tel Aviv and cutting of the constnl road from Tel Aviv to Haifa. The claim was unconfirmed from any other source. If true. It represented a tighten ing of the loose encirclement the I Arabs say they are forging around Tel Avlr. . ... Besides the" lilr blow t 'Trans Jordan's capital, the Jews carried their pocket war Into Lebanon apd Syria. Hiiganah officers said sev eral Lebanese villages near the fruitier were bombed and that ground forces blew tip several police posts on the- Syrian side of the frontier. ..- 60 Per Cent Vote Predicted In California SACRAMENTO. Calif., June 1 lA'i ! CalUornlana voted today In a piesl dentlal primary election but regis- I Irara generally forecast only 60 per cent turnout. There were no con- I teala for either the democratic or j republican party nominations. The republicans will nominate a D3.man delegntlon to the Dnr'y s r(,markllble BCCident-free week-end over Memorial Dny which was more than most places In Uie nation could boast. Only one trnflic accident which resulted in pcrsonol Injuries was re ported early Monday morning and the two men Involved. Elroy Crue- ger. route 1 box 616. city, and James William Humphrey. Merrill, were treated and dismissed from Hillside hospital. This accident occurred In the Henley district. Even the city fire department re ported an all-clear week-end. Am bulance service reported It fairly quirt. Quiet Holiday Reported Here Klamath county went through a convention at Philadelphia pledged to Uie presidential nomination of Gov. Earl Warren of California. The democrats will approve 63 persons pledged to nominate Presi dent Hurry 8. Truman. Local contest for congress and stale and county offices nnd bond Issues consolidated with the presi dential primary was exiwcted to bring nut a medium vote. Henry Wallace's third party has a number of congrcsslonnl and legislative aspirants. Wooden Fence Has 'New Look' 8AN FRANCISCO. June 1 oTi A tall wjoden- fence around a store remodeling Job haa three windows for curious pnssers-by. The top one Is labeled "long lookers," the bottom one "short lookers" . . , And the middle one "good lookers." The middle one has a mirror, loo. ka 1 "' V' I ''il ii miMpiaawimi hi i f irr - T"""" rf : .J Radio Appeal Here For Clothing Donations For Yanport Flood Victims Draws Response The Vanport tragedy, miles from Klnmalh Falls, touched tho hearts of many Klamatli folks. A radio appeal from Mr. and Mrs. Mllo Chcyno, victims of the flood, resulted in a deluge of wearable clothing from folks who hastily went through their closols late Inst night. Tho Cheynes, Who escaped the flood with their three young chil dren, were here with their mothers, Mrs. Fannie Chcyno of the Merrill rond, and Mrs. W. C. Mllkoy, 904 Walnut. ' Before Mrs. Mllkey could return from the Shasta district whero chil dren's clothing hnd been assembled for her, a dozen can hnd driven up to the Walnut street address with folks carrying boxes nf clothing nnd bedding. It wns piled In Mrs. Mil key's living room to greet her on return. Mr. nnd Mis. Cheyne left this ntlciiionn for Portliind Willi Mr. nnd Mm, Bob Anderson .former Klnmnth residents and now nf Portland. The Vljjynti family spent Sunday night Hill) the Andersons mid drove hero Monday to leave their youngsters, Hlllln Ann, Sandra Alice and Clnrn Unle. ' 'Mrs, Cheyne made thg clothing appeal "on her own" and said It wns not connected with any organ l7.atloh. She aald that families In their H-unlt apartment house, all of them wilh children, wcro found snfe bill without personnl belong ings. She will bo nblc to distribute the clothing among these families nnd expressed deep appreciation to the response. No more clothing is needed at this time. Tho American Red Cross Is unable to handle any used clothing as the time clement must be con sidered In such rases, Mrs. Frnnces Pnlmcr, executive secretary of the Klnmnth chapter explained todny. The clothing must be sorted for alio, washed nnd Ironed, or cleaned and pressed prior to distribution nnd only In areas whore clothing sources might bo exhausted. Is there a rirmnnd for used garments or bed ding. Calls continued In come into Ihe Red Cross, radio stations nnd The Herald mid News by persons who wcro preparing boxes of clothing. Some churches also responded. It was nuggested that the clothing be held until an official appeal Is made. Klamath resldenU who have not recclvod word from relatives In the stricken area, may contact the American Red Crass here and tele graphic communications will be sent. Mrs. Palmer snld she could not guarantee response within any given time due to the conditions up north, but every offort would be mnde to get a response within 24 hours. Despite their narrow escape from the Vanport flood, members of Ihe Mlln Cheyne family were laughing here today over an In cident which occurred aa they fled from the project late Satur day afternoon. The ear, piled high with be longings, the Cheyne s three chil dren and a number of neighbors, limped out of the area on a flat lire. As Hie heavily laden machine reached Denver avenue, a faint howling could be heard beneath Ihe pile nf luggage and kids, Slopping the car and digging down, the family discovered their brown cocker spaniel pup, "Rusty." Homenow, in me excitement, Cheyne had tossed In the dog, and the rest on top, "Rusty" Is re covering from Ills ride In Port land. Red Cross Okays Cash Donations For Flood Aid The Klnmnth county chapter, American Red Cross, today was ad vised by Uie San Frnncisco area office Hint cash contributions for re lief of Northwest flood sufferers, will be accepted by the chapter of fice here. The Red Cross Is located at 1111 Walnut. Already a number of Inquiries have been received from persons In terested in supplementing the Initial Red Cross appropriation of $350,000 to lessen tho distress. Basil O'Connor, national Red Cross chairman, has advised gov ernors of Oregon, Washington and Idaho that Ihe full force of the American Red Cross Is belli niarshnllcd to cope with the relief needs of those overwhelmed. Traffic Death Figure 404 By The Associated Press More than 400 persons died vio lently during tho nation's extended Memorial Dny holiday. Traffic accidents caused more than half of the fatalities. Accident deaths reported from 8 p. m. Friday to midnight Mon day totaled 404 not including the unknown number dend In the Van port, Ore,, flood. Tho drowning of 31 navy nnd marine corps men last when a launch cnp.slr.cd in Hamp ton Roads, Vn., was the largest known loss of life In a single acci dent. The toll compared to 504 violent deaths over the three-day 1947 Memorial Day holiday and to 292 over a similar period In 1946. The big crowd at the Progress Days air show at the municipal air port yesterday got an extra thrill out of Bill Bushman's parachute Jump, shown In this picture Just before he landed on the concrete apron. Bushman Jumped directly over the crowd, permitted the first 'rhute to collapse and then, as he hurtled downward, a second one blossomed out With Ideal wind conditions, he landed directly in front of Ihe spectators. Klamath Progress Days Show Is Success; Huge Crowd Attends The biggest crowd of people ever congregated at the airport witnessed the second successful day of the Klamath Progress Days air show Monday, The sliow. sponsored by the Klam ath County chamber of commerce with tho cooperation of the flying service operators was put on by the chamber took charge of parking, g-tes and refreshment stands. Jato Takeoff Archie Twltchell emceed the Ma son show of which he la a member, besides participating with the Jato act where his piano was assisted in takeoff by Jet propulsion. Other startling and chilling acts, of the show were the daring wlng-walklnr, Klamath Buzz Boys Sunday and I delayed parachute jumps, crasy and Sammy Mason's Hollywood howks Monday at Uie airport. The junior Reber Loses By 22 Votes County Commissioner John Reber picked up 20 votes In the official canvass of the 1948 primary elec tion vote but It wasn't enough to put him ahead for the republican nomination. The official count on republican county commissioner Is: John Reber, 2802. F.d Gowen, 2824. Thus. Reber lost re-nomination by 22 votes. Tho mistake was dis covered In a summary sheet for precinct No. 24 In Klamath Falls. The tally sheet In that precinct was correct, but the summary sheet, from which unofficial tallies were made, shorted Reber by 20 votes, Dowen, as republican nominee, will face Guy Bellnnt, democrat, in the general election, precision flying, inverted flying and intricate aerial maneuvers. Comedy features were also included. Sammy Mason, protegee of the late Tex Rankin, put on a show em bracing all the maneuvers known to pilots and each of the members of the troop risked his neck time and again entertaining the cheering crowd of thousands of people. All the flying waa low from 10 feet above the ground to a few hun dred, the air was smooth and low ering clouds only removed the glare. A late count of gate receipts by chamber officials Monday night re vealed no financial loss but exact figures were not completed. Schools Used, So Vacation On PORTLAND. June 1 P Chil dren of eight Portland grade schools arc getting extra vacation because their schools are being used to house flood refugees from Vanport. All other city schools are open. The 4.800 school pupils of Vanport will not have to go back to school until next fall, Portland schools will not take them In because the school year Is almost over. Thousands Flee Columbia Area As Water Gains By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. PORTLAND, Ore., June 1 W The Columbia river flood, which already had taken a toll of at leaat 20 Urea and properly loas of mora than WI.OOO.OOO, forced mass evacuation today of a 120-mlle section at the lower end of the stream. The river had already caused the Northwests greatest disaster as Its crest approached the rich farmlands from the Portland area to) the sea. Army engineers gave the warning- to evacuate, but said many of the thousands of residents already had fled. Death Toll Unknown The toll of dead will not be known until waters recede. No estimate of damage throughout the area was available, but the Portland housing authority said damage at the crumbled war-housing city of Vanport was 27 ,000 ,000. The only other estimate was 110.000.009 damage In the Kelso, Woodland and Kalama district of Southwest, Washington. Those were only two small areas affected. Before the Vanport disaster, army engineers had predicted the Columbia and Its tributaries would cause a total loss of 130,000,040. Tbe engineers now won't make any kind of an estimate. Evacuation Ordered Army engineers ordered the evacuation of the thousands nf mrf. dents of the 4.1 drainage districts area, but said many of them already had nut for higher ground. The Portland housing authority estimated at $27,000,000 trie loss suffered by the war-housing city of Vanport, which was crumbled Sunday. That was the only flood loss estimate available, although before the Vanport disaster, army engineers had predicted a loss of 130.004,000 to farms and houses, and to valuable topsoll being swept to . . The river, second largest in the nation in amount of water dis charged, is at flood stage for 750 miles. The crest will reach ihe Portland, area tonight or tomorrow. . Union Station Flooded Part of Portland's downtown area. Including the Union station, was under water today after the Willamette river topped the sea-wall. The station la Portlands only railroad depot, and trains were unable to use it. In North Portland, where more than 18,000 persons were left home less in Sunday's Vanport disaster, the flooded area waa tripled by the bursting of two more Dikes. On top of these two dikes were the ap proaches to the Pacific highway, principal north-south route. The breaking of these dikes left three square miles under water, with houses from Vanport pouring through both gaps. Some of them turned end-over-end, and all hope of salvaging these was lost. No Bodies Found No bodies have been recovered from Vanport Some bodies might be swept so far they never would be found. Army engineers are investigating the "blow out" of the railroad embankment which resulted In the Vanport disaster. The rail fill was constructed 40 years ago. Commenting on the fate of what once was Oregon's second largest city, the Portland housing authority announced the agency "feels terribly, terribly bad that lives possibly were lost, but aU you can do is depend on the advice of competent engineers." Survivors are scattered In thousands of homes throughout the city. In schools and churches. Most of the separated families are getting together. But the Bed Cross has not Issued an estimate of the missing. Major Threats Tbe major threats downstream front Portland were at CUtskani, Kalnier, Woodland. Kelso. Longrlew and Kalama. Those areas, where much of the population Is being moved out by army engineers, national guardsmen and civilian agencies, are like vast swamplands. In British Columbia, military authorities were given power to conscript citizens and requisition transport to fight the disastrous Fraser river flood. Four thousand Canadian' soldiers are in the area.' A gasoline tank containing 100,000 gallons fell into the Columbia river at Umatilla. But army engineers discounted the danger of fire,' asserting the gasoline was being mixed wen with the flood waters. The Northwest was faced with a power shortage aa Bonneville dam waa compelled to drop its production SO per cent. Grand Coulee dam's power output waa down 10 per cent Customers were asked to curb their use of electricity. The Red Cross estimated that 45,000 persons already have been "severely affected" by the floods in the Columbia basin and the total is expected to mount rapidly when the crest hits the downstream low lands. It said 10.000 homes have been destroyed or damaged. Some Relief Seen Army engineers said that flood waters were receding upstream on the Columbia, "easing things considerably." But at Bonners Ferry. Idaho, where the Kootenai was falling slightly, flood water still stood two feet deep in the business district Loss there will total millions of dollars, including 30,000 acres of rich farm land flooded, loss of 1.200.000 bushels of wheat destruction of dikes which cost f 1.000.000. and damage to more than 300 buildings. Soldiers and civilians labored side by side today to top the dikes with sandbag walls as the swollen river splashed at the overflow level on many points. Crest Hits Gorge Today the crest was roaring through the' great river's Cascade gorge, spilling into the diked area of the lower valley in its rush to the sea. The crest hurried past Eastern Oregon's Umatilla and Washing ton's Pasco-Kennewlck area at the Hanford Plutonium project and . Into the gorge at The Dalles yesterday. There it spilled over embank ments into low portions of the city, but caused slight damage. The first dike area It will reach today Is at the mouth of the Sandy river where one of the region's three great aluminum production plants is located. It Is expected to pass there without serious threat, but families have been evacuated. After that, the metropolitan Portland and Vancouver, Wash., area will feel the full impact ot the flood that is expected to stay at a high level tor possibly a week. Mill Threatened At Camas, Wash., the large pulp and paper mill of the Crown Zellerbach company has been fighting water in lower floors for mort than a week. Several docks there may be dynamited if they threaten to break away and batter the Interstate bridge linking Oregon and Washington. A river sternwheeler Is now nosed against one of the span's piers, shoving the pier against the push ot the river. Sandbagging of the Multnomah dike guarding the municipal airport area went along at full pace at dawn. Across the river the water swirls amid the Vancouver, Wash., shipyard, a wartime Kaiser plant The water there has covered residential sectors for. over a week. Brig. Oen. Thomas E. Rtlea has ordered Oregon national guards men to evacuate the army air base barracks. This Is across the air strips from the Commercial Airline hangers and terminals at the multi million dollar municipal airport and 18 feet below the river level. . Waterfront Hit Backwater from the Columbia has pushed the Willamette river creeping back Into the industrial and commercial districts of the Psclflo eoast'a second busiest maritime port Waterfront operations are virtu ally at a standstill. Docks are under water and water II lapping- at the upper edge of the city's downtown seawall. Brig. Oen. E. M. Llewellyn, commanding Washington national guardsmen in the stricken Kelso-Kalama-Woodland area along tho Columbia's Washington shore, estimated damage at $10,000,000 in that region. About a third ot that loss was suffered by the tulip bulb Industry. Elmer Vogel, Associated Press correspondent touring the area, said 4000 persons were evacuated from South Kelso last night But he laid a surprising number of persons remained in second-flood rooms. The dikes on the Coweeman river were holding at Kelso, with list guardsmen and 200 volunteers sandbagging them. The bridge ever the river on the Pacific highway south of the city was In danger, and water covered the Kelso airport At Woodland, where the town's 1000 residents were evacuated, tho Columbia river embankment was threatened with collapse. The town already Is under water varying from a few Inches to 14 feet, and collapse of the embankment would add greatly to tho damage.
