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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1949)
.utn v JVL JV r .1 V -. : " dT- . W. 'i" MA HARVEST STARTS Horveiting of groin on dry lond ocre ogt got underway in the Klomath oreo tht post Jew doys, ond hert n Mn. Berniece Collmon driving a dieiel troclor pulling a combine on the Collmon wheat field on the Old Fort rood. Dry lond groin erop generolly oren't too good thif yeor becouse of the frost. Irrigated grain, however, it coming olong fine, but it not yet ripened enough for harvest opero-tiont. Congress Split Over Hot Issue Of Chinese Future, "White Paper" Assailed WA8HINOTON Aug. iv-Coo-(res found Itself about a divided as Cluna today on what to do about stopping the advance of communism In Asia. The stale department's whit paper siplsimng why Chiang Kai anek governmont failed to keep the communist from gobbling up most of China was (reeled on Capitol Hill by a volley of criticism from lawmskrra who called it a eonlaa sum of Amertcttn laUur also. It waa dslinded. oa th other hand, as a realistic review al a situation whloh Just about every body her serosa u bad. Among the member of congress trier waa a meeting of minds on on point something ought to be don to keep all of China from being ovnrun by supporters of th red banner, who might then threaten China neighbors. Portland Rushes To Aid Angelenos I OH ANaEl.ES. Aug. t in Th city of rase has paid trlbut to th eiir of noses. Portland, which prides Itself on Its saeet-srented Oregon air, yes terday sent to smog bound Lo Angelea, lh home of unhappy nostrils, by air express, on clothes pin, four feel long. The gift bore a tg "To fumes suffering Angelenos." referring to th extra-acrid odors which hit th city two dsys ago. It was, nsiurally, a gesture from one chamber of commerce to another. First to us the giant clothespin was U. B. Weather Forecaster John Aldrlch. "Sno use." h gsiped. "Still mell It." ONI MORI WORD Secretary of Defense Louit Johnson (left) has one more yord for Sen, Tom Connolly (D-Tex.) as they leave a closed session of the oint senate foreign rela tions and armed services committee hearing on arms aid for Europe. The administration sent congress a new arms aid bill shorn of provisions giving President Truman power to decide when ond where aid should be given. Chairman Connolly said he is confident the bill can be pasted. But ther wa no agreement on a program. Senator Bridges iR-NH. long time critic of th administration policies toward Asia, offered a three point program: "I. Fat til nationalist govern- ment on th back instead of kicking It in th face: Olv aasuranr that this country doesn't Intend to recognise th communist govern ment of China: 3. Furnish email arms and ammunition to th antl- rotnmnmst forces still willing to ftthl. - Senator Magnuson D-Wash.). a member of the armed service com mittee, eald a great deal still ran be don to keep weatern China out of communist hands. H suggested that If torn of th prsonailUea could be eliminated from th nationalist government It could serve as a framework to unity a fight aglnu th communists. Ther was no doubt h waa suggest ing that Chung Kal-ahek-vrty criticised In th state department report mak his exit Senator Know land iR -Calif I scolded th department for what he said waa an effort stretching over a period of years to fore Chiang's government to take in communist. Senator MrCsrrsn iD-Nev.) aald that If th white paper policies ar continued "It will be only a short lime until all Afla Is under com munist control, whlrh will extend to Japan and th Philippines." Bridies charged that th whit paper "la a complete effort of the state department to scuttle the na tionalist government and antl-com-munt.it force In China." Even Senator Dulles iR-N.Y.I. mho cooperates with the administra tion on bipartisan foreign policies. looked upon the whit paper a an attempt to explain and excuse past failure. 4 r f ' -" - V J y) V PUKE FIVE CENT ..j s- KLAMATH FALLH. OREGON, IATI RIMY. At OUST , IMS flCf Perish" Dn-Hcuadw I Bl 9ZC RIDS ' tm ill I imuer Ldllll Near Baker BAKER. Aug. I IIP) A fir whlrh lo arlie the laiand' strikebound virtually "raploded" throagh Under. I lar'lrr striking C l steve- . , , . i doreo voted unanimously I refuse dry foreal. southe,t of here. "ju ,. lor ,, gQWB-eB(. reported apreadlng May .. . It- .ui.,i. alio front Anthony Brandenlhaler. prealdrnt of the Burnt Klver Lumber com - paay, ul the flra waa burning over a H-mlle line. The company baa pine etanda la the area, which Ilea between the Main llltie and the North Dial creeks, about If miles : from here. IM Fighters With firelighters not yet hvu ! Uonml Longshoremen's and Ware, circled the bl.,. th. ..act tent i f.T",?. "1" ' " " "" lmhod'eru;ine7'',C,eMeOUld! Th confer not be determined. I rnr nvort by ,oU. xbt On. report aald th fir wa , ornatr'a approval waa unanimous moving toaara in town of Durtee, i about 10 miles away. Th town It self, however, la separated from um ber by cleared (round and sage brush. District Oraxler S R Bennett aald the fir started Thursday night. By Ust night ISO firefighters 1 had been dispatched to th area, ; including 130 men from an em iployment camp at Vale and m I ploye of th Burnt River Lumber ' company whose stands of pin ar I threatened. Fire tighten, using bulldoxer 1 and shovels, hav. not been able ml1"' unloading of Island cargaea I circle the blare and did not know thla morning the full extent of the darn. Bennett aald the fire most likely waa caused by lightning. He aaid I humidity yesterday In the area a down to seven, "an unheard-of figure here " lis aald. "mi Is dynamite. Th tree explode aa though they had been touched off." Union Okays YageCufln New Contract MIAMI, Okie, Aug. ( iTr Union employes and officials of the Eagle-richer Mining and Smelting Co. last night signed a new con tract whlrh Includes a dally wage cut of S3 0 per man. The salary rut affect S33 mem bers of the United Cement, Lime and Oypsum Worker lAPL) work ing In the tri-state area of Kan sas. Oklahoma and Missouri. The contract also provides a sliding wag arale based on the price of line concentrates. Employes walked off their Jobs June 30 when a contract could not be agreed upon. Company officials said the mines will open Monday. The company'! wage cut waa re jected last Juna by union employe but waa accepted Wednesday night at a special meeting where union member overruled their officer. Wage before the shutdown ranged from SI an hour for some miners to Sl-St's cent for ma chine men. Under the new con tract, top paid men will receive 10 an hour with th lowest get ting St cents. Lakeview Area it By Fires LAKEVIEW, Aug. (A-) Forest crew mopped up Uxley on two forest fires, totaling about SO acres, in tills area. A fire broke out In the logging area of the Lakeview Longing Co.. 13 mile northwest of her last night. The firm closed II mill and planer, and sent 300 employes to fight the blase. They brought It under control after It had swept about SO acres. Forest crew patrolled a 30-scre fire In the Dog lake area. 11 miles west of here. Apparently started by lightning. It smoldered while, then bunied over 30 acres of tim ber. It also waa controlled. A fire of undetermined origin destroyed much of the Interior of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Nichols here early today. The own ers, who operate a variety store here, wer on vacation in Cali fornia. William Armrr, fir chief, said th bis re apparently caused about $9000 damage. , BOOHT PORTLAND. Aug. (P) Mar garine waa up S cent a pound here today, following by a week a similar Increase In the price of butter. Major brand of rooking and alad oil! ware up 4 eenu a quart. Legislature Passes Bill Empo wring Island Government To Seize Strikebound Docks; Stevedores j bfe Unanimously By l.lfcF EKICKHON HONOM I.C, Aug. ( l&r Hawaii'1 1 legislature today passed a bill en powering the territorial government . o l,B,d lo end the ... -t- front tienp eama at It a.m. In I " P"tal aroaion railed by ot. Ingram M. blala- bark. 1 !. Uat night ornate and houae conferees agreed on the meaaure ' which lh "" to Uke in itunas oeven MrurK stevedoring firms. It site rails for I atrtklna members of the Interna. striking members ; H u Th strikers voted not to work far lb territorial government after a ape rial meeting waa ad dressed by ILVVf Fresidenl Harry Bridge, He arrived from baa Franclaco yesterday and confident ly announced the strike la "In no dsnger of being loot" as long aa Mataoa Navigation company ships doa't mil. Mataoa la th major mainland-It wall carrier. Bridge told a new conference that a taw passed by th Ha waiian legislator could fore load- " uw racuw coaai. But even aa he epoke. canned Bandits Flee B.C. Bank With $5300 VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. (Pi Handkerchief -masked bandit today escaped with S&300 from the Dun- ! bar street branch of the Bank of INova Scot is. Both men were armed, but no shots were fired. At gunpoint, thev forced a cash Irr to hand over 13300 In cash and SJ100 In travellers' cheoues. The bank ts located at Dunbar and i 1st Ave In a busy shopping district. ; The bandits escaped In an auto mobile bearing Washington state license platea. Police aaid one man I spoke w ith a "taint American ac- ' cent." The bandit team missed S1000 cash on th counter of th teller s cage. It wet the first bank holdup here since April t when bandit Robert Harrison was killed by Traffic Officer Cecil Paul after robbing the Commercial Drive branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The robbery today occurred half an hour after the early a. m. opening of the bank. Ochoco Fire Under Control PRINEVIU.E. Or., Aug. 8 Th Ochoco national forest's third fire this week was brought under control today by smoke chaser provisioned from a plane. A crew of 300 circled the 150-cr blare in country so rugged that food and water had to be para chuted to the men. All but 50 of the fire-fighters who will remain for mop-up operations were to be recalled by tonight.. Forest Service Pilot Larry Sohler flew over the area again this morn ing to drop breakfast to the men. Their dinner was parachuted to them by the same system yester day. The fire wa In rugged canyon country on the south fork of th John Day river. The timber there I chiefly scrub. Small mop-up crews still re mained today on two other fire which blackened 1350 acres of th forest. Both those blazes were con trolled earlier In the week. Thundershowers Predicted Here Cool weather nd Increasingly cloudy skies are on the docket for the week-end. and the weatherman adds that there will probably be thunderstorms In nearby moun tains. A brisk wind added to the lower temperature to make today' weather blustery. High tempera ture Friday was (.1 In the after noon, and the minimum last nig lit was 4. Estimated high Sunday I SO To Refuse To Work For Territory pineapple wa bring loaded far the " Um nr tbc ILH U wrack May I for a wage booat of 12 cent an hour. A new non-union putting the ahipment aboard the latbmlan freighter Hteel Maker. Aaked If be thought the alrike waa near aetllemenl. Bridge re- Plird I "More and mora issue are being ; raiaea ail in time. I Hawaii businessmen not connected "ould be arbitration by a board of with any of the "big five' UIr agencies. The union repeatedly baa Greek Army Opens New Offensive ATHT.NS. Aug. ( i;P Th Orerk army kicked off today on a major offensive In th Orammoa mountains against a communist-led guerrilla fore estimated at 5000 troop. The general staff reported the (uemllaa were supported tn bat tle by Albanian firing from Al banian soil nearby. The Greek guerrillas ar com pressed In an area of about 250 square miles against the Al banian border west of Nestorion and northeast of Konltsa. The general staff aud several defense points were taken by Oreek force southwest and northwest of the 7000-foot huh mountains In the first fighting oeplte "bitter resisunr." Counter-attacks, It said, were remitted and fighting continue with growing Intensity. Th army Is bringing new forces In to combat and aald It is entering the main phase of battle. In capturing a height of Ala vttaa. In th northeast Orammoa. Oreek troop were fired on from a neighboring height In Al bania, the command aald. In an attack "supported by Albanian." Brannan To Cooperate On Farm Program WASHINGTON. Aug. l4V-Sec retary of Agriculture Brannan has promised to cooperate on a com promise farm program, senator said today. But. they said the secretary aug Jested they eliminate a limited test of his "production payments' plan next year. Thla was the report to newsmen by Senator Anderson iD-N.M.t, chairman of a senate agriculture subcommittee drafting a bill In tended to satisfy several opposing groups. Brannan met with the sen ators for three hours behind closed doors today to go over the meas ure. The secretary referred reporters to Anderson, who said Brannan regarded the senate bill as a "compromise that would be better than the house bill." Among other things the senate measure would allow Brannan to try "production payments" under numerous restrictions upon a few perishable products, such a fresh vegetable and fruit next year. Anderson said Brannan suggest ed thla be eliminated because it is "so limited It would apply to only a very few products largely a few vegetables." Bridges May Avoid Suit SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. . ,P) Th government Is willing to post pone Its civil suit against Long shore Leader Harry Bridges. Th suit, to cancel Bridges' citi zenship on civil grounds, was filed simultaneously with his Indict ment May 2b by the federal grand Jury on charges of perjury and conspiracy in connection with his naturalization in 1945. Assistant U. 8. Attorney Robert McMillan said yesterday it the government were forced to answer th 47 Interrogatories asked by the longshore leader' attorneys In connection with the civil action It would hamper and obstruct the criminal case against Bridge. He added that there would be no need to proceed with the civil suit If Bridge were convicted In th criminal action. . demanded arbitration. Employer I 1 bare rejected It. contending they ahould not be hound in advance i accept an award on wagea by third i tponiibility. Bridgea referred U the -big five" ' "feudal lorda- and aaid tbetr attorney. Jamea Blaiadell. -got the none uugh In Washington laat month when he told a aenalc com- mitlea there wa no big five. An important Issue in a settle - id. : k. ,. , the o resent contract for one or two ' years. "The union doesn't wsnt La so , through another strike next epring." he said. The contract ex-' away for hospitalization, plree May 1. The present strike i (The Ecuadoran embassy In grew out of the wsge reopening i Washington said it had been ad clause, j riaed officially there were 500 Bridges aaid he came here to ; dead m Attibato, a provincial capl determine whether It la -worth I tel. and the city lost 70 per cent wnue to eonunu or, u neeeosary. to compromise the strike. Ha aaid " I,"" - "' nr truojiws en mar avsr aaa aBasavjuA, a settlement. He mid he felt the ILWU has a reaponsibitity to continue tbc strike until wage rot imposed on an- organised workers ar restored. Hueb cut, he aaid, ar not josti - fled economically. Some companies have cut wage and laid off worker oa graomd k.i w.. cue. mlt I- th. dork strike paralysis. The final versMa of the srgis- U tore's bill retains the bouse pro- no requiring a loyally oath for rnJsen sod a noa-eommunlst oath for alien employed in the gov ernment dock operalMB. Arms-Aid-Bill , Slash Leads To Hot Debate WASHINGTON. Aug. S (PI Chairman Kee (D-W. Va.l may ask the house foreign affairs com mittee to check o the full house the hot dispute over cutting the nice of the SI. 450.000.000 arms-for-Europe program. Paced by Towln( demands for a 50 per cent slash In the project, Kec said he may urge the commit tee to okay the program a it stand. so the Issue can be fought out from scratch on the house floor. Committee republicans and dem ocrat alike are fignting for a smaller program. They hav strong support in UUIU llic iiuuav auu mk I senate. -Unless the amount Is substan tially cut there's an awfully rough road ahead" for the fc'.U. uld Rep. Vcrys 'R-Ohloi. a leading republi can on the committee. Rep. Richards iD-S C.i ranking democratic member of the group, agrrcit. I e til! think it should be cut dewn." he told newsmen. "I doubt the wisdom of committing our selves to spend this mu-h when we know tliey can't use it all be fore conrress meet again." The question of cost also was cited by Senator Vandenberg (R- ' (ortl(,n' ,Il41rs matters. - -.ill " " fyV ; POLICE SHOOT IT OUT WITH TRAPPED GUNMAN Heovily armed poMc reinforce, merits (left) arrive to aid policeman (background) engaged in a gun battle with a desperado trapped in a Chicago railway express office after wounding three officers. Cunman, identi fied by police as Edward S. Shumak of Chicago, was shot to death after police poured machine gun bullets and tear gas into the washroom. WEATHER KUt1i Falta t-4 I'U.I! 1- r . f lrI taa. That 4mr hmwn tm WIm Uhs3 fUrwi 4 ftaaeUr ttraa. High Ummv m. I.w tmiM U to H. Mtga aaaaar H. Mn.i'Aif. .... M Mia 4f rraatallaUaa tart M Telrphem till n mmw Mountain Towns Hit Many Lost I JOIbi M I iu i QflTO, Ecuador. Aug. t - I fm """"red bodies were counted I "' nd mny mor ar ueiievea i ' i ,ivfri mountain dtie vUlagea yesterday In th Am- 1 region. i Rescue workers picked through the ruins of a dozen localities high In the Andes south of Quito on ! searches that added to the dea Jl ! tolL Thev treated hundreds of In- j lured and many were being taken I of Its building la the quake.) One thousand wer Injured In i Ambato alone. Amenta, a textile city of MM ' popuJatma, apparently hard- ' eat hit. Cecamunleatloa wer ! knocked flat and Information from "e rtrtekea area waa arant. The ' affected cover SM euare ' miles. The povulaUoa of th region about Set.M. i 0nc Befar I It wa the biggest disaster suf- fcred by Ecuador since colonial i tunes. Ambato was destroyed tn i j I'M by an earthquake which lo! ruined th towns of Pellfeo. Quero. PUlaro and Patate. The dead totaleo am. Interior Minister Salarar Gomel asked tn a broadcast from Ambato for army deBNiltiea eqnad to rase buildings damaged to the verg of toppling over oa swrvtvora. Early news of the disaster trickled in over only on channel a small battery-powered radio station of the Shell Oil company which normally handle only company business. Army relief planes seat to Am bato from Quito had to tarn back this morning beeaas th airport waa fogbound. Two more set oat from Gaayaaull with hope, of landing later with blood plasma sad vaccine seat by th Sted Cram Oslo Plaza Lasso, a larg e-ecale farmer, ordered all milk produced on his lands sent to Am bato and suited out himself to direct relief efforts In the town. Track Tested Locomotive were testing the southern section of the Cuayaquil iContinued on Page 3) o no a fllS MlaTCier ,WQS Close To Cops . Honolulu. Aug. wv-A young : by the last two Mate Legion con taxi dancer fled into Honolulu's ; yentions. crime prevention bureau pursued by The gu delegates adopted a her husband. I resolution favoring a state bonu The dancer. Mary Bartholomew, ! jor World War II veterans bv a It, locked herself In a washroom, j voice vote Oil morning. Ther Her .husband. Francis Bartholomew, I recommended a bonus of S10 for 33, climbed to the transom, shot her j each month of domestic military to death and then lulled himself aa i service and S15 for each month of police rushed in. I overseas service, with a maximum That aU happened Thursday of S900. That 1 similar to bonuses night. Police yesterday said they j enacted by several states, found this irouic note written by Advocates of the proposal argued Bartholomew to his wife: that -stay-at-homes" received a "Don't worry about me. I wont kind of bonus during the war years, harm you. Contact me only when when the state of Oregon forgave you axe ready for divorce." I part of the Income tax. Montana Fire Raging Over 3000 Acres HELENA, Mont. Aug. t ( A least four men were burned fatally, all wen hurt and six ar missing la s mammoth forest fir near hers, lh federal forest srrvtc said today,: Bodies of two forest aervtca pars chutlat and a third firefighter were found la a MOO-acr fir which roared uncontrolled through tim ber In a primitive area northeast of Helena. Joseph Silvia, one of two 'chutista hospitalised hert, died this after- The other. Bill Hellman, was re ported In "fair" condition. Th forest service Identified one INFERNO HELENA. Mont., Aug. I tlT An aerial observer described lh Gates of th Mountain forest fire near her today a an "un believable Inferno." Ed Johnson. Associated Press writer, reported: "Flames ar leaping from cliff to cliff nd running swift ly from th Missouri river can yon to the mountain peak. Trees literally explode In the path of the blaze, aending flame about 50 feet Into the air." Pilot Paul Choquette, aerial patrol scout for the forest ser vice, said the fire spread rapid ly. Ha flew over the area yes terday morning and there wa no fire. Lightning started th fire about noon, "Within a few hour th fir was. well started and moving fast," Choquette reported. "Th forest I extremely dry." Th trees explode. Th flamea ar burning along th canyon and leaping up cliffs. In th aid of on steep cliff I saw a Ion tre explode far from any other foliage." of the dead a Jamea O. Harrison, Missoula, stationed near Canyon ferry. Namn , th. oth itti vrr( wahhtld ndm. notification of rel- ativea. , Six of th IS smokejumper who I parachuted to the fir yesterday , burned seriously, th forest j service aaid. Regtoa Forester P. D. Haaaon of ! Missoula aald poor commanicalion ap complete hi forma lion oa easaalUe. Forest Supervisor A. D. Moir as id one of the smokejumper who OS es ped told him all IS made success ful parachute leap yesterday. "Then." said the 'Jumper, "w (Continued on Page 3) Legion Backs State Bonus For Veterans SALEM. Aug. JPi The Amer ican Legion In Oregon broke with Its past tradition today and voted to support a state bonus for vet erans in Oregon. State bonuses were turned djwn
