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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1949)
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1M f ACE TWELVE American Jappy About World Trade Detroit Ponders US Sales of British Cars NEW YORK. July 1 Many American businessmen an unhappy today about world trad. Bom say there U too much of It, headed fur the American market, to Milt them. Some aay there Isn't enough, and the VS. businessman I holding tn bag. In Just this one day newt packet you'll find oplnioni expressed on either the tniporunf or exporting ot oil, rubber, rice, hides, cotton, wheal, automobiles, china, toys. manganese and fruits and vege tables. First place in the talk derby goes to reaction to the British plan to buy 400 million lest In this fiscal year from the dollar area, chiefly the United SUtee and Canada. American businessmen will feel that, starting this fall. It means the Brit ish will buy only three-fourths as much a they did this last year. Hera are some specilic worries American exporters have: The British are now selling more automobile In the world market than American car makers. While Detroit Isnt much worried yet about celling lis own output. It hears to day from Sir William Welsh, North American representative of the So ciety of Motor Manufacturers and Trader that more British cars were old in th United State In the fust fir months ot this year than in the Ilk period last year. Sir William contends it Isnt true, as recently charged, that sales of Brit ish can an on the downgrade here. American tanners an unhappr bout Argentina. In an !en letter Two Consuls Given Boot SANTTAOO. Chill. July lg if Two Chilean consuls In New York have been dismissed far having com munist connections, th ministry of foreign af fain said last night. The ministry identified th men a GuiUermo Astna and Luis En rique Delano, It said they wen asked to resign because the government -lost con fidence in them In view of proof that they had been or an members of the communist party." Communism hat been outlawed In Chile. (The consuls could not be reached for comment in New York J Rogue Water Is Polluted GRANTS PASS. July 1 OPl Pol lution of Rogue river water ha reached the point when persons swimming In it should provide themselves with typhoid inoculation and the water should not be taken Internally without being treated. County Health Officer C. W. Dewey declared hen today. City Manager John F. Porter amid 17 of IB testa of water from both aide of the city park swimming area bar shown conform bacteria present In quantity. Untreated or only partially treat ed aewage ftom point all along th river an causing the condition. Por ter said. Even Grant Pas sewage, although treated, need further sec ondary treatment to decrease pollu tion, the city manager stated. Boy Drowns In Rescue PORTLAND. July 16 WV Money j was being collected here today for a 1 nearly destitute family whoa young 1 son drowned tn attempting to help ! another child. Th swift water of th Sandy 1 river carried Jacob Charles Bum- j ners, seven, to hi death when he attempted to wade acroat th water to a boy who yelled that hi foot was caught In rock. Adult later j freed th foot. Th parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jo ; Sumner, and five other children had (topped on th bank of th river to let the youngster cool off. They were driving from Th Dalle cherry orchard to bean field In Eugen for work, with only $2S on hand. For a luncheon or supper dish serve creamed ftnnsut haddl over cooked spinach that lis been chop ped, seasoned with butter or mar garln and salt and freshly ground pepper. Baked potatoes an good with this dish if you don't mind using your oven on hot day. Tiny new potatoes cooked on th top of th range and served with finely cut chive an good also. When your Ford Mods trttintion Our Service Experts have bM weaned In pre per dlag. awsis f ntin IrauM. DRIVE IN TODAYI BALSIGER MOTOR CO. Main A Csplanad Pb. XV. businesses Not today to U. S. senators and repre sentative, th tanners' council ot America protests a bilateral trade agreement it says, ha been drawn up between Argentina and westeru Germany. The Germans, under the pact, would get their hides and skins from South America. The council says th consequence "are profoundly serious to the tanning industry, to th shoe Industry and to consumers of th United 8tatea." Some U. 8. sens tori from th farm states an also trying to get Marshall plan dollare earmarked for th pur- Child Shoots Grocer With Store's Gun SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 v A seven-year-old boy calmly chewed gum last night and told police how he shot and killed an elderly neigh borhood grocer. T fWrfMl him - th mtl "Th popgun mad a noise Ilk a iirecraccer. Th nn wa. - Mlttu ...... Th grocer was Fred Throckmorton, oi. n aiea it minutes alter the Shootine In an Mnmnv Kvan i.-l of a bullet wound In the chest. The boy told ponce he went to th store with hi fire-year-old sis ter. Ha hul iwttj, Imm hi mother asking for hamburger. rone saia Throckmorton started to wran the hambureee nri h Kmw walked behind the counter. He piccea tip tne revolver and asked: lmjcs una gun work? Throckmorton said. -Look out The hov ainwwt mtlUwt thm H .w W4. and Throckmorton fell. Th two children ran out of th store and home. Police were baffled for several hours by th shooting. On the counter m Mt. h.. -Please send 1 nice hamburger. Thank you." The pobce were led to the ho h a reporter. The youncster first nu v. - - in the store and saw a man shoot ie grocer. But when nfflr .1 w, little sister, the said, -Ye my nrvuier aoos nun. Then, nollea sabf th ju- admitted the shooting. in child was not held snd there was no Indication that .h. would be filed against him. Cyclist Hits East Shore AUGUSTA. Me, July lg m Trans-continental traveler Earl Hat tery of San Dtreo r.ltr n,,n,-t his bicycle today and wheeled off u nexi stop Monrpelier. Vt He' heading back to California. A few newly-masle acquaintances bade Si-year-old Hattery farewell a he left th August House. He was the guest overnight of Got. Frederick O. Payne. Hattery came Into Augusta Thurs day, completing th eastbound trip that started April I at San Diego. "I expect to reach Montpelier In about four days." said Hatter at he took off. ! It's much easier to look ond feel pleasant, when you know that a reserve stands between you and emergencies Build that reserve fund at First Federal Savings. Safety with good earnings. The current dividend is 2 per annum. First Federalavings ALOAN ASSOCIATION S40MAIN .TREET' rhsse of surplus farm products In this country. They ssy relief should start at home. They an thinking of a heat and cotton, among oUie.-, The U. S. office of foreign agri cultural relations tells American rice growers that competition til world market Is growing, with out put outside the United States in creasing and demand in some previ ous rice deficit areas declining. Cotton farmers note that England Is late this year In entering the American market, but Is reported to have a buyer on the way here now to sis up our crop prospect. Mean while. Swltserland Is arranging to gel cotton from its textile mills from Egypt. On th other side of th picture. American producers hear today of more foreign goods on the way here. In New York, a cwigresMonal committee studying small business problems heara both aides ot the current dispute in the oil Industry over admission of foreign petroleum at a urn when domestic wells are being cut back. China and glassware buyers In New York are told that Japanese merchandise Is improving in qual ity and imports an Increasing. American toy makers say that import of plastic toys from Japan may total f 1 million this year, com pared with less than one-third of a million dollars last year. Meanwhile, officials of a Japan ax railroad an touring this coun try to tout a proposed trad fair tor American goods in Japan next spring. Powder Blast Fatal To 15 PRUTM. Germany. July 16 oPv A French explosives depot blew up last night killing 15 Germans. Injuring score more and destroying hun dreds of home in this west German town. German police said the death toll may go still higher. Cause of the explosion was not determined, but no sabotage It sus pected. Police said a short circuit In an electric line might be respon sible. The depot was a former air raid shelter built Into the tide of a hllL Pruem was in the center of the battle of the bulge when the Oer mans launched their final counter attack against th allies just before Christmas, 1&44. Moose Initiates 20 Into Udge State Representative Henry Be- mon Wat Class renreKnttlv fw M1 new candidate initiated Into the Loyal Order of Moose this week during the visit of Walter Gibson, supreme governor of the lodge. . The das waa tn Gibson honor. In addition to Semon, other candi dates include NeLwwi iMwwnnli James Perkins, Robert Hams. Alden Sheridan, Sam Freeman. Ernest Ol- sen. vemon cnavaiee, Edward Bur gess, Carrell Weatherby. Daniel Brown. James Hollowav FT n.n forth. Patrick Duffy. H. J. Bevan. Ernest KoacnnicK. T. c crutchf leld. Lewi Tucker. Michael Butick and Clifford Woods. Want Ad phoned to till before 11:30 a. m. appear th tarn day) ft.- mm"V"V- ." - e...e essjit-lean ! ail si . a -. .Mill . ig i iaii) " , - v I. r " '. ' -" - nruli' n i ii i i INTERESTING SHOT it th Southern Pacific depot, still standing, which was built in 1908. Note the horse-drawn carriages, no doubt used for public taxi purposes. The only change made in the SP depot is the far end which is now closed ond used os a baggage room. It used to be open ond was used as a waiting room for train passengers. It is not known the exact year this picture was taken. The freight office used to be housed in this building but is now moved to other quarters. County Eyed For Survey Klamath county has been chosen as on of th six Sample counties in Oregon surveyed by th Oregon child welfare survey team, accord uig to John E. Dula, member of the survey team. Dula aald th growth of popula tion In Oregon ha exceeded the parallel growth of community agencies, and this survey I to de termine how adequate an present methods of foster can of dependent and neglected children in the state, as well as to Indicate what more shuld be don to bring the situa tion up to top standards. The survey include Institutions, adopuon agencies, and other agen cies that affect foster can for chil dren. More than 60 per cent of chil dren cared for In the state will be covered. Th survey Is made at the lnvlta- ! lion of th child welfare commute of Oregon. The lire other counties chosen as sample for geographical, popula tion and economic reasons, lncluue Multnomah. Lincoln, Lane. Marion and Umatilla. Plane Unloads Dynamite On- Ice JUNEAU, Alaska. July 16 More than (00 pound of dynamite was dropped by parachute on th high reaches of Taku glacier yes terday by a navy PYB plane making the last of IS supply flights for the American Oeographlcal society's Ju neau ice research expedition. The dynamite will be used by Stanford research Institute experts in determining glacier depth. More than 13 ton of equipment and supplies hare been dropped at seven high level camp on icefields. Three plane from th Kodlak naval air station also made 56 parachute drop of special equipment during the put two week. 522 So. 6th BOM PffliMI i. J,; ' I i r! i Royalty Kicks Up Heels Princess Margaret's (Ahem) Gams Incite British Crisis LONDON, July 16 i -Arry and . his old woman. 'Arrlrt. had some thing besides th dollar crista and th heat to discuss over their pint ' of beer tonight legs. I Not Just ordinary legs, mind you. but royal, blue-blood legs, covered in sheer, black silk stockings, set off by a pair of rllly pants, and twin kling In the saucy can-can. Th legs, no less, of her royal highness. Princess MaigarcL I The princess' legs became news this week at a fancy dress ball at I th horn of American Ambassador Lewi Douglas, The king's younger daughter, with 8harman Douglas, th ambassador's Lane Lumber Price Falling EUGENE. July 16 fitV-Result of a survey of local mills show lumber prices offered by sawmills, at th mill, and buyer, for shipping to Portland, are holding slightly above th 1M4-47 average, but are down conslderablv below the peak which waa reached a year ago this month The big catch In the holding sit uation on a three-year average ts an Increasingly narrow operating margin. Loxxert are having to pay more for machinery and labor right now than they ever did before. All reports show that prices have held firm after dropping 10 per cent to 30 per cent, depending on the qual ity of timber, from July. IMS. Any changes in logging emu can alter the picture In a single week, mill owners ssy. The telling basis teem to shape up this way In 1M6. after the first big drop price were lower but rising. In IMS price are higher but falling. Here's You've Been THE RoacJster $2012 3-Pass. Coupe $1912 Tudor Sedan . $2033 These Three Models NOW ON DISPLAY at the Kn '. ttf daughter, and 10 other girl trotted out before 350 guests. They were dressed In th tradi tional cann girl's costume, com plei with red decorations and feathers in their hat. Th band struck up th usual can-can tune, th girls did thetr stufr. When they were finished the guests .ked for more, and Prince. Margaret and her troupe did It all over again. People In a position to know con firmed the story tonight. Pr incest Elisabeth and her hus band, th Duk of Edinburgh aUo were at th party. But they played It conservative coming dressed as a housemaid and a butler. Shocking London and causing talk Is nothing new for th 16-year-old Princess Margaret. As far back as last November, the mass circulation 8undsy pui torial exploded with this question: -Is Princess Margaret becoming too much of a playgirir Palac sources, speaking unoffi cially, have scoffed it th notion. "Don't you think." they aay. "if there were the slightest real Indi cation that Princess Margaret's comings and goings wen distress ing or embarrassing to parents gen erally, that th king and queen would Immediately correct th situ ation?" Elliott Recall Petition Filed PORTLAND, July 16 HP) The first signatures seeking th recall uf Marlon L. (Mike) Elllolt, Multno mah county sheriff, were on file at the county courthouse here today. Petitions bearing about 300 names were brought in. Sponsors wou:d need 30.320 signatures by October 1 1 to force a recall vote on the demo cratic sheriff. the Car Waiting NEW mmm A, F. Whitney, Leader Of Train Union, Dies Ot.EVKI.AND, July 16 IPi Alex ander Fell Whitney, 76. fiery labor leader who waa th friend and some time bitter opponent of presidents of Dm linlled Bute, died at his home early today of a heart attack. Th pepprrv president of til 315.000-inau Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen waa slrlrken after spending a full day at his olflr and an evening with friends at his Bay Village home. Ills wife. Dorthy Ma Whlltiey. said alie heard him call out that he was not feeling well early this morn ing. (Ui telephoned for help, re turned to his side and found him dead. Outspoken fur In pollcle of th Girls Enjoyed Camping Trip At Moore Park Th Just-completed first session of day camp at Moor park for local girla from 1 to H waa pronounced a great success both by th girls and by th director. Mr. Keith Cobo. Blxty-tiv girls attended, with 11 staff members for supervision. Th girls were divided Into four group to plan their activities. five girls ended th session with an overnight camp supervised by I Mrs. Cbo and Virginia Denton. I Carol Kama. Sharon Hshn. Wanema ' Phillpson. Eleanor Hum and Jim- my Arnold spent Friday night I under the stars and rooked supper I and breakfast on outdoor tire. Mr Are Arnold, Mis Deton and Mrs. Cobo were guest ot th girl for I supper. Many interesting meals are pre pared from directions tn a day camp manual compiled by Mrs. Cobo, Ella Kedkry and Virgin! Denton, and Issued to th staff. Included In the booklet are complete direction for making fires, chopping wood, using knives and camp-making. Two boy serve aa handy men to do various custodian Jobs. Th one for this session hav been Dick Wade and Skipper Walker, aged 6 and 10. and nicknamed Eager Beaver and Busy Beaver. They were Joined for part ot th Urn by Ricky Mnllison. Th Explorer gro-ir- of 13 girls made an all day hike to Riverside school, taking a no.bag" lunch. On of the most enjoyable feature of th camping day was th d ra ms 1 1 ci held at closing assembly dur ing which each group press ma some entertainment. At on assembly the groups arted out tnngt such as "Cruising Down th River." "Laven der Blue." "Ten Utile Indian" and "Th Crorodll Song " Registration are still open for th last six-day session held on Wednes days. Thursdsy and Fridays from August 3 to 13. A very small fee I required and complete Information may be obtained from either th Girl Smut or Camp Ftre Olrl office at 326 Main. PAHHEE OKINAWA TOKYO. July 16 v-A typhoon passed east of American - occupied Okinawa today without damage. It It due to hit Southern Japan tomor row afternoon. For! Telephone 8101 1st Franklin D. Roosevelt, Whitney served on several national commit- ; tees. Including the on which guided th annual president's birthday ball for Infantile paralysis victims. It was In recent veers In relation wllh President Truman, however, that Whitney cam Into breakfast tahl view of the American public, Th crippling railway strike of May, 104 A. waa In full swing. All but 100 of n.SOO of th nation' sched uled passenger train slid 340 of 34.000 fremht train were out ot operation for a 4t-hour period. President Truman called Whitney and Alvanev Johnston, grand chief of th Brotherhood of l-ommotlv Engineers, lo th Whit House for a cloned conference. Th labor chiefs called their men bark to work, but anon sfter Whit nev shouted "double cross." He said they were Induced by th nreslrient to pmlpon th sink for five day on the promts that an agreement would be forthcoming from railroad management. Instead, he aald, th brotherhood officials were given th run.around. Whitney anon after announced plana to u the 647 000.000 brother hectf trrastiry to defeat Truman In th election of 14. A reeonrlllallnn between th labor leader and th president followed, however. A few hours before Ills death h had authorised a strike of brother hood workers on th Southern Ps clflo railroad. Beside his wile, Whitney Is sur vived by two son and a daughter.' CO BUtiOCE UPNOO IAUUOBY a no eaiMCs it Mtee. rout' ITS yJBr3ueO KI MALP AKJHOUtl WITHOUT ADO OK Fvref . Work Clothes Laundered . Locally At Tk Liiiindcrefle Mechanics Machinists Station Attendants Etc. CLOTHES WASHED STARCHED PRESSED MENDED (Within Reason! All Fine Work! and Guaranteed! Coveralls . . 40c Shop Coats 40c Pants-Shirt 40c Combination O'all-Jumper 40c Comblnstlon $rv!c New Avollobl. At Our Plant On A Wtakly loiig I IJUftviofilJ
