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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1949)
Is) A . . ... . IdM (,.fi COIN' FISHIN' Seven-ytor-old Robin Bonner wo caught by the Harold and Newt cameraman this morning at he rested in the big city before hitting the trail to Fish lake for o night out. Robin livet five milet from town. Hn original destination, tanctioned by Poppa Bob Bonner of The Herald ond News backshop, wot on irrigation ditch. Robin went home. nTlitv. Day's km ion By MAN JENKIM rOR months, Preaioenl Truman 1 haa been talking In broad and general lerma about a program to apread American Industrial know how and American technical achievement throughout tin world o that world standards ol living may be brought up lot level more nearly comparable with ours. He touched on It again In hit -fireside chat' the other night. He spoke then ol "legislation u provlue technical attltlance to under developed area abroad end to FN XURAOK 1NVK3TMLNIS IN BllCH AKKAsV- Mrprwaenuiiive Sprnr (Democrat, ol Kentucky haa Just introduced a i bill in the house Utat U enacted In to law would "provide authority to the export-import bank to OUAll ANTKal aoma ol the risks capital would be subject to in men, lureigu Investments." e S I read that. It meant that not A only will we give away our technical know-how to other peo ples. Not only will we build in dustrial planu overaeaa. thua creat ing payrolla IN OTHKK COUN IKIES rather than In oura. We will guarantee iheaa overaeaa In veal menu againat luaaea In the normal courat ol bualneaat Hera in own home towiu, II aomebody establishes a lac lory and createa a payroll, ha haa to lake hla own chances ol loae. I THINK averyona WIU agree that I right her la Klamath faUa wa could expand our Industrial de velopment cnormouely and quickly II only the leueral government or aomeborir eUe would QUAKANTtrE THK NtW INVtJIIXllUJ AUA1N8T LUem. That ralaea higlily luteraaUng oueauon: II we art going Into the bualneia ol promoting industrial development on aucil an all-out acale aa to guar antee InvetUira In InduaUlal enter prlaea against loaaea Incurred In the conduct ol the bunlneaa, would you aa an Indvlduai rather have these new iguaranteedl Induetrlea locale J In Afghanistan, or In Timbuctoo or In Cochin-Chlna? Or would you prefer to tee them lncated right here In Klamath rallaf . I J IMAOINC your answer will be that II things come to such a pass aa that youd prefer to have the new iguaranteedl payrolls located aa close to your front door aa you can gel them. But wait a minute! You've read about the growing "dollar crisis." The long and the short of this dollar crista business la that with a few exceptions mucn aa Bwltaerlandl foreign countnri have already bought from us ALL THEY CAN PAY r'OR unless wa ac cept payment In their goods (and moat ol them can't even produce enough for their own present needs.) What President Truman la pro posing In carefully chosen, vague terms It lhat we BUILD (AND OUAKANTKCl KACTOKIES IN KOKMON COUNTHIES BO THAT THKaK COUNTRIES CAN MAKE THE OOODS WITH WHICH TO PAY US BACK WHAT THEt OWE US. a PONHIDEH Utla: Burled In the ground (at Fort Knox and elsewhere) we have the bulk of the monetary gold In the world. For this gold wa have paid out paper dollars. With the paper dollars thry have received for then gold, foreigners have bought the products of our factories and our arms. Monetary gold la now more or leaa tiselesa except aa a medium with whlrh to pay foreign debt. AND WH DONT OWE ANY FOREIGN COUNTRY ANYTHING (worth (Continued on Page Two) 0 r. lull Truman Yins Battle With "Big Three" By HAROLD HARD ! WAHHINUTON. July It .,;-The steel strike was called oft today with President Truman Uie winner In his dispute with the "big three' I contpahica over hla peace plan, j Bowing to White Houe Insistem-e, Ilia Industry giants accepted Mr. Truman a proposal lor a lact-lind-Um board to investigate their diller-eni-ea with employee over wages and pensions. I ee-Day Pear ! Blur the million - member CIO j L'lnteu bleel Workers alrrwuy had accepted It, the ac tion ol the ' big litre " producer a headed oft lor av I least su daya a strike scheduled to ' begin in some planu at midiugliL i In Pltuburgh, Philip Murray, the ' union president, waa gleeful oicr the : oevelopmenu "I think we can all exprens de light Inal a strike has been averted," he said. Murray said he knew ol no com- j pany in the basic ateel industry which la not accepting the preal ' denl'a plan. Moat of the entailer companies alreaoy had agreed to Mr. Truman a I proposal thai he appoint a Uirre- member board to investigate the wage - pension dispute and make recommandatlona tor a settlement while, meantime, work continues lor M days. I t lrsl Rejerled The big three U. B. Bleel. Beth lehem and Republic rejected this Idea when Mr. Truman advanced It Tuesday. Their aland waa thai he should act under the Talt-Harlley law. That law providea lor fact finding boards but aaya the boards shall not make recommendallona. In the face of While House pres sure, they gave up today first Bethlehem, the No. i producer: then Republic. No. 3. and finally "big ateel" Itself, the U. 8. Bleel corpora tion. All emphaMred that they would not be bound by the board's recom mendations. Mr. Truman had not asked that they, or the union, bind themselvea to take the board t pro posals. Farnaeea Banked U. 8. eteel already had banked some furnaces and gtrr'n outward evidences of a willingness to take a ttrlke. If necessary, when It final ly announced at 1 pm. (F.ST that It would go along with the presi dents plan. In a telegram to Mr. Truman, Benjamin F. Falrlesa, president ot U. S. Bteel, Mid hla company atlil questioned the propriety of Mr. Truman's proposal since It waa not taken under the Taft-Hartley act. Workers Plan Strike Fund MILWAUKFE. Julv It iA'i The CIO United Aulo Workers backed up their pension, welfare and wane demands today by adopting a plan under whlrh a 1 1 0,000 .000 strike fund could be raised In a hurry. Only a few of the UAWs S400 convention delegate opposed the plan. Ila strongest support came from delegates who would be af fected directly by a threatened strike at the Ford Motor Co. Thev objected to any limitation on funds. OOP ON AIR WAHHINOTON, July 15 (iTv Re publican congressmen are going nn lh tlr to reply to President Tru man's economic report to the nation. Benator Taft (R-Ohlo) la sched uled to apenk over the Mutual Broadcasting company network from :45 lo 10 p. m. (KHT) tonight. Hla subject will be "Dangerous Taxation." 1 f KICK FIVE f.'KNTII l-O- '."'' KLAMATH FALLH. ORKOON, FRIDAY. Jl'LV IS, M 1 ; Jake Bira Pays Life On ny JAMKM H Hit K WALLA WALLA. Wash., July It ifi The snap of a trap door on the W'ashlngton slate penitentiary gal lows ended Uie bloody wanderings of Jake Bird at ii u am. P3T j today. The 4t-year-old Negro transient, who had confessed knowing about or taking part In 44 murders during hla cross-country roaming, waa ; hanged for the axe murder of Mrs. I Bertha Kludt in Tacoma. Wash., on October 30. 1 1 Mra. Kludt and her daughter. Beverlv. were tawny knifed and bludgeoned when they caught Bird prowling their home. The canny Negro had managed to postne three previous walks to the gallows. Hills M IS He died with an apparent personal fortune ol t It. which he willed to ' his attorney, Murray Taggart ol Walla Walla. But during his final ; daya. Bird talked ol a "little black ' box" containing the loot Irom his ' burglarlea. He said It waa In the j possession of a friend In Loa An- 1 gelea. but the Identity of the friend waa not disclosed. I Bird walked from his gallows-level j cell to Uie noose with outward calm and needed only alight aupport from I two guards who accompanied him. He aaid nothing to the crowd of more than 100 spectators, but made an unintelligible remark to one of the guards. Reada Nate The Rev. Arvid Ohmell. who haa been Bird a spiritual adviser during the final daya. read a note written by the condemned man. declaring ha bore no malice to anyone and sought forgiveness. Before the min ister had finished reading the trap was sprung. Fourteen minutes later. Dr. Elmer Hill. Prison phvtirun. pronounced Uie burly slayer dead. Appeal Rejected Yesterday, the United Slates ; supreme court lor the thlid timi i rejected Bird's appeal tor a review ' of hla cams. The state board of ' prison terms and paroles ended the j Negro s last hope when It vetoed I any further clemency recommenda j lions to Oov. Arthur B. Langlie. Shortly alter hla conviction. Bird I startled law enforcement officiate by confessing to a part In 44 kill- lues. Rubsrouent tnvestieation of I leads which he furnished solved at I least 11 murders In Iowa. Colorado. 1 Utah. Indiana. Illinois. Nebraska and Washington. In addition to hla amating crime career. Bird won wide attention j with his "hex." Six persons on whom ne pronouncra ine wnamaiy later died. Eaeeutloal Postponed His craftlnesa and legal know- Locusts Cover 2 Million Acres Of Sagebrush PORTLAND. JulT IS i4?v Locusts spreading from Nevada were re ported today to have covered nearly 2,000.000 acrea of sagebrush. Ranchera and entomologlsta are w atching to see whether the locusts, about to start their annual migra tion, move far enough to endanger any Irrigated ranches In Oregon. They have been moving north ward slowly for a decade from deso late country In Northern Nevada. Experts estimate they cover 1 J30 000 arrea In Humboldt county, Nevada, and Harney and Lake counties, Oregon. Poison bait haa been spread In front of the expected advance, but experta do not expect a complete kill from the poison. Defiant Bishop Sits Tight In Commie Fight On Church Bv RICHARD KASISC1IKK PHAOUE, Ctechoslovakla, July 15 lA'y-Gagged and literally under lock and key, defiant Archbishop Josef Beran sat tight In his palace today wal'lug for the communist govern ment in make the hexl move against him and the Roman Catholic church. The nation wondered: Will the communist Jail him, and If so, when and on what charges? Charges Made All sorts of charges have been made against Beran and hla bishops by government officials and the con trolled press charges such as In citement to Ipsurrectlon snd "espionsgs for unfriendly foreign powers." Would the communists dare now to arrest the nation's primate when Slovak Catholics have demonstrated thry will rise with primitive weapons In defense of Tillage priests? Aim At Church Catholic and diplomatic quarters apiicared convinced that the gov ernment would not deviate from Its aim ot crushing and shackling Ihe Sallows how enabled him to carry his case through virtually counllrxa count lid postpone liii execution lor a year and hall. Bird waa born "somewhere out In Louisiana where they ain't no pott office" on December 14. IIiul. He began his violent Iravela when he was about It. During hla hut days. Bird ipent much ol hla time writing his "me mom." which wert turned over to hla attorney lor releaae alter the execution. Warden Tom Smith aaid that time no one had put In a claim lor the body. Bird probably would be buried In the prison cemetery. Gunbarrel Fires Held By Fighters PORTLAND, July IS iP Seven , hundred smoke tagged workera ! I linked their trails Central Oregon's Ounbarrel creek ; fire today and the forest service , reported It "under control " i The blare . In Malheur national forest 3 miles northeast of Burns, swept through SOOO acrea of aerub I pine and lor a lime threatened 1 commercially valuable standi. Ouy Johnson, regional fire dis patcher, aaid cooler weather In the fire area today gave hope that the lines around the fire could be held. Ileal Relief The entire stata had relief from the heat today, with a few scat tered sprinkles In prospect. , Portland, which had a high of (4 yesterday, was scheduled to gel peak of only 77 today as clouds mavuig in with cooler air from the southwest were, scattered over Western 'Oregon. F.eTn .Oregon also waa to get relief with a cover of high clouds. Western Oregon humidity waa up today and Eastern Oregon a was forecast for higher tomorrow. Forecasters cautioned, however. 1 that lira danger remained acute. j Logging operations were suspended I over much of the state. 1 "Hot la Valley . oranu Paa had the dubious ' extinction of a temperature -Just I undrr iaj decreet" yea rday at I u,, ,ute forest patrol's weather j station, the high marg since juiy. 1M. AU forest lands In the Elsie area south of the Nehalem river and 1 8unset hlghwaye were closed to ' the pubUc today to lessen danger of fire. Two blazes occurred In that Northwest Oregon area one a camp! Ire that apread Into the woods but both were extinguished with little damage- Cooler Days Forecast Here Alter a record high temperature of 4 degrees yesterday, the weather man offered some hope of relief to heat-weary Klamath residents. The forecast lor tonight and Sat urday Is for partly cloudy skies with thunderstorms In the mountains and slightly cooler temperatures. It's the slightly cooler temperature that basin people are Interested In after sweltering In above M weather all week. Thursday's M marked a new high for the year. At 1:30 this afternoon, the CAA station at the airport reported tn official temperature ot SS degrees. churrh. The question was, when and by what measures It would now proceed. Informed diplomatic courcea took this view of the situation: 1 The government by sheer power won the first round ot the state-church fight by Isolating Beran and his bishops, placing them In ecml-captlvlty snd cutting them off from the faithful. 2 The government la pushing Its separatist organisations, auch as a communist-sponsored Catholic ac tion movement. But Uie general view Is that these are not doing as well as expected. 9 There seems now to be a period of "marking time" In which ths . BULLETIN FRAtil'E, July IS oPi The Cseeh minister of justice declared tonight that anyone attempting to enforce the Vatican's order of ex communication against commu nists would be charged with treason. j y ' Li, lj&lM "FLYING BOXCAR" CRASHES At least one man was killed and several injured when an air force C-82 "flying boxcar" crashed into a parking lot at Wright field, Dayton, 0. The cargo plane was making an emergency landing because of fire aboard the ship. The plane struck from 12 to 20 automobiles "flattening them ond setting them afire," field officers said. 3"??lEot( Recall On Streets, Gatch Named I PORTLAND. July 15 (v-The re- J call petitions against Marion L. ' Mike Elliott were on the streets 1 ! today. I The movement to oust the Mult- ' nomah county shenff waa launched In a public meeting last nutht in 1 which the petitions were handed out Atom Talk Lid Makes Senator Mad WASHINGTON. July IS . Sen ator Jenner (R-lnd.l demanded tn the senate today that the adminis tration tell the people what went on at last night's hush-hush confer ence of top military, atomic, diplo matic and congressional leaders. In a speech against the North Atlantic pact, Jenner stormed that the administration Is keeping the public tn the dark about this coun try a foreign relations. Flaya Secrecy Then he turned to the two hour, 33 minute meeting held behind closed doors last night In historic Blair house, the president a summer home. 8natching a copy of today's Washington Post. Jenner read a headline saying: "Ortm-faced Lead ers Hold Secret Atom Conference." "Ortm-faced leaders," Jenner snorted. "Isn't It about time we take the conduct of our own foreign re- ! lationa into our own hands and tell j the people the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?" Not Toe Serious But Representative Durham D N. C, view chairman of the senate house atomic energy committee, and Representative Cole (R-N. Y.i, a committee member, told reporters they didn't consider the subject matter of the meeting too serious. They would give no hints as to what 111 discussed, however. As for the meeting Itself: There was no announcement whatever ot what went on. However, the Identity of the participants (Continued on Page Two) communist are producing dally a series ot charges In their press against the bishops. 4 This period of trying to build up a case was prompted by strong insistence encountered especially in volatile and strongly-Catholic Slo vakia against repression of the church. Not Emerged So far a Is known. Beran has not emerged from his palace since Sun day, June ID, when communist heck lers shouted him down In St. Vitus cathedral. While he remains In the pslsce. Bersn'ls Isolated except for a few callers. One visitor recently dis closed that when he called on the archbishop he was admitted by a secret police plalnclothesman who "unlocked the door to let me In and locked It again on the archbishop just like a Jail cell." Meanwhile, the archbishop's con sistory tadmlnlstratlve office) Is staffed by personnel of the com munist ministry ol education, whlrh now sends out orders to priests wlln the church seal. A ! -aasteaaw- . W " A f 1 - "r-: -'.Jbsssl M 1 TtU. .7 Petitions and Vice Admiral Thomas L. Gatch (retired) waa elected to head the recall committee. Scores packed the main meeting room of the Portland horary to elect Catch and hear IS speakers urge the recall. The most frequently voiced objection to Elliott was his admitted misrepresentation about his education and war record. Both Parties Officials of both the republican and democratic parties spoke against Elliott, a democrat who was elected last falL w. note nresfUMMir aunefl ins raw can attemVwa. motlrawt W con- Hear and said his opponent bad no ! serious charge to lay against him. ; He also feuded with Portland news- I papers, accusing them of attempt ing to "boss" his oil ice.. His opponents accused him of In eptitude in office. UN Attaches Investigated WlfiirrVOTfW fi.lw IS , . at. - torney General Clark disclosed to- day lhat some 20 or more persons attached to the United Nations headquarters In New York are being j , he will get to the GAR s final en- investigated by the justice depart- gumption, according to'.f'"' m,onth lt J"1"" menL j Monument Custodian Don Fisner. la , tp .H. op". J? mk . Clark, testifying before a senate judiciary subcommittee, mentioned no precise figure on UN employes. But he said the department 'has espionage and Intelligence investi gations pending concerning approxi mately 685 aliens." He added that about four per cent Involve persons attached to the UN, Four per cent of MS would be about 27 or 3t. British Troops Load Thames River Boats LONDON, July IS oP British troops began loading export cargoes for the first time today on the Thames river docks where a wildcat strike has paralysed shipping for 19 riav and Idled 14 Stevedores. days and Idled 14.288 stevedores. Some of the 6000 troops assigned to the government-setied docks went to work on 10.000 tons of waiting automobiles, steel, pianos and other freight. Others continued unloading food shipments from 17 more of the 134 ships tied up by the stoppage. Pickets at the docks distributed leaflet urging the strikers to join a demonstration march from the wa terfront to downtown Trafalgar square Sunday. Wife Tells All After 23 Years ASTORIA. July IS Wr A log ging operator was suing for mar riage annulment today, complain ing that he just discovered that the wife he had married 23 years ago had been married before. In a circuit court, complaint, George R. Van Vleet charged that his wife, Msble June, was mar ried to John Edwsrd Barrios at the time ot the Van Vleet wed ding In 138. Van Vleet charged hla wife had told him It was her first marriage, and he had Just discovered thsl was not true. He asked a settle ment whlrh would give him 175. 000 In property, Including a house at Portland and a residence at Cannon Beach. WEATHER KUmalfe rail aaJ vtolnliTi Partlf ! larjfk Malardar. Aflct- Mifli U4r K. Law . m! Ma, ttmtf III 4 Mia M PraclslUliaa Ut 14 . M Telepbm till No. 2027 3-Day Lava Bed Blaze Controlled An estimated 20,000 acres of brush ; and (rasa land was blackened, by a tire which finally ahowed signs of ; slacking down today tn the Lava ' Bed national monuzvent. Today waa the third day that I n-m ed thmush the monument area, but forest and park service 1 . . . . ... - . , SLVS"" - by noon. Sheep Range Bit Worst damage done by the fire was destruction of valuable winter sneep range in uie norm ena ot t the Lava beds area. Both Jack ' O'Connor and Jerry C. Murphy, prominent sheep men tn this section, grase sheep there through the win ter. In addition, the land w a valu able for deer browsing. Crews of fire fighters were kept ' on the Job todsy to see that the '. flames do not break through the 1 tire line. Near Stronghold .... .... . . nre iirst oroxe out in ine vicinity of Captain Jack s Stronghold, scene xJma of the major battle of the Modoc ' uiuest, nvutg memorr oi mo Indian war. and was reported byirnt1 ArmIr ' Republic also TimKw uminuis iyirniit R.ii was mildly concerned over whether ,TOm 'dowm.wnhote'l w by- ,h dropped cigarette. Crosses Flame, Bullets Blaze In Georgia ATLANTA. July IS v A flaming cross was set off In the ysrd and four bullets were fired last night In to a residence occupied by two young attorneys who filed an In junction suit against the Ku Klux Klan. One of the attorneys. Hal A. Ir yin, telephoned newsmen to report the cross burning and gunfire. Ir vln explained that he was spending the night with the other attorney. Samuei D. Johnson. During the I afternoon, he said, he had received I . lt.nhnn, threat, that "vnn'11 he telephone threat that "you'll be sorry you filed that suit." Irvln related that hu and Johnson were in a back room when the cross flamed up tn the front yard. About the same time, he added, four shot crashed Into the building. Neither was hit by the shots. Military Unification Bill Heads For Quick Passage By HOWARD DOBSON WASHINGTON. July IS irV-Quick passage by congress of a military unification bill now looks like a cinch. The house armed services com mittee nimbly reversed Itself on the Issue yesterday, and approved a bill to reorganise the armed forces' business-finances affairs. One member said Instructions from Minority Leader Josenh W. Martin Jr. IR- Mass.l were partly responsible for the reversal. On Calendar Majority Leader McCormack (D- 0a. notified It that President Tru Mas. announced shortly sfier the mtn has a military reorganisation committee vote that the bill U on I PUm on bis desk ready to send io th bouse calendar for debate Mon day. It la expected to pass without much opposition. Adding to the pressure was a re minder of senate Interest In unifica tion, expressed by Senator Tydinga Walkout Scheduled For July 22 - SAM FRANCISCO, July IS Ifu The Brotherhood of Railroad Trsla mea today called a atrlke against the Southern Parlfle In seven west ern states, effective at t . m July 22. The strike waa called, the union said, because of a dispute Involving the proper makeup of crews In road and yard service on the Southern Pacific (Pacific Lines) in Oregon, California. Nevada. Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Brakemen Asked The brotherhood said It had aked that a third brakemen be added to long trains under certain conditions and that a third helper be aduol lo switching crews In yards where switching la performed on gradea of more than one-half of one per cent These requests were denied by the employer. The continued foereaaea la apeed and length at freight traina Draught about by the eabstitution ef larger steam and dieaH pawer." the uniwa aaid la a statement, -haa created additional responsibilities which trainmen are required to assume and has beengbt the Issue ta a pwint where earthing must be done 1st seder to gain the desired reHef." More than 7300 employes partic ipated In the strike vote, the union said. Of these. 7 per cent voted for the strike "unless the issue is sat isfactorily settled." Under the national railroad act President Truman may act to delay the strike 00 days by appointing a board to investigate the Issue and recommend settlement. The board would be allowed 30 daya to hold hearings and make Its recommenda- , lions and the union and the railroad would have another 30 daya In which, j to act on the board's findings. Renie Homed jWatchmaking examiner SALEM. July 15 (4V-Gov. Doug la McKay today appointed J. C. Rente, Klamath Falls, to serve three years on the state board of watchmaking examiners. Ha ane ceeds Hans F. Hays, Portland, who aiea. Holha Hull, Albany, wa - .- PPoteo-to . fiv.-ye.r term on the same board. I Robert M. Jones. Glendale. was appointed to the newly created of fice of justice of the peace for the Glendale district of Douglas county. Lack Of Cigars Big Worry On 108th Birthday ROCHESTER. N. Y, July IS m James A. Hard celebrated his 108th birthday today Witt one principals ; wrn-n I L. 1 . , ' -. s - m,lc "gars. this 1 year due to Hard's Impaired health. 1 He was hospitalized three times during the past eight months with pneumonia. Grass Fires Keep Firemen Jumping Grass fires are still keeping the city fire department on the go with tour more since last night None of the tour did any damage, firemen said. Alarms cme In Thursday eve ning at Main and Martin at t:i a m. today tor a small blare In the 2300 block on Blehn. a short time later this morning for a fire at Mt. Whitney and California, and at 13:30 this afternoon firemen ex- , tlngulshed a grass fire at 307 Ne- , ada. ' LABOR ADVISOR ' PORTLAND. July IS iT Stanley j Earl, Oregon CIO secretary, said to day ne would resign tomorrow uv become the economic cooperation administration's first labor advisor to Korea. iD-Md.i. He announced lhat the military pay bill passed by the house will slay on Ice In the senate armed services committee until the house passes the finances bill. Compromise been When the house passes It, house and senate conferees can get to- gether on a compromise bill con taining all essential features of the unification bill originally passed by the senate. That bill bears Tydlng's nJ!?t The house committee voted the ! finances bill out unanimously yes llrrdav after Chairman Vinson D- congress. Vinson said the plan Is almoat an exact duplicate of the Tydinga bill, blocked 13 lo 12 by the house committee Tuesday, except for the section on military buslneoi management 5
