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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1949)
M n 'AMI 0) M uuvu nl A fmi'I riVI CENT! 1-aZSa. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, Ml' .O '"JIT I, IMS o 4600 Day's ta - i; -n IL u j!nr -f By FRANK JrNKINH T WAS ahooUng Ui breeze Uie other 1 day with a aervlce station nun while he tilled Uie Uiik, checked the oil and water and polished tin windthield. By way o( making con vertallon, I aald! F "How's bulliT" ' "II could ba better," he answered, scouring a lal bu off Uia glut. "There would ba more buainett In Una Una ll Ultra wire mora tuur UU.' I want on making converaatlon. -What hu become of Uia lour- Uu?" I atked. -I tutpect," ha replied, "they'rs Staying home making Uirmaelvca a living instead of helling uuund ovtr Uia country Ilka Uiey UMd to do." POME to think of It. ha may have been right. Itava you itouced Uia tavlngt bond liguree lately? People are buying MuKK of Uiein. They are CAH1I1M) IN lata of Ulcm. II teems to have dawned ou all of ut at about Uia tame tune Ulai a hula money paikrd away in Uit kilty la a nits Uung to have. Take It or leave It, but I Uilrti Uial Is a good sign. There hat been a lot of aneeruig al Unlit lu Uic put decade and a nail, but after all Uta bulk of U prugrwl we are all ao proud of hu come about be ctiua aoaiebody saved up aouie mouey and had It ready wuen Uit tight Unit cam along. If Jolui U. Kockeiciirr and a lot of other people luulnt taed up aome money, uia oil butlnew mlgiu never have got going and ll Uit oil buuneaa hauu I oren etaried a lot ol people wouldu I be making 111 Inge lor Uiemaclvea and their famlllaa running aervic tlaUona. JIX tell you something." I laid. kidding the aarvioe elaUon man. "You laliowt in UiU bualnraa are 1 muting a bet. Instead ol tucking a round working younelvea Unu filling uuuu and wiping windshields, you ought to ORGANIZE and aend a lobby to Waaliinguiu and gel a law through congreta tpecilyuig Uial u you didn't make at much each month at you Uiought you ought to the government would make up trie difference out of Uia treatury. "That the modern Idea." Ut acreped off another bug. a big, yellow on Uial had amactrd the glut right untie 1 had to look through ll to are Uie road ahead. Thru lie gave me Uie eye. "Yeah," he drawled, "and after I'd been doing Uiat for a year or ao Whoae man would I be? Mine, or Uie OOVfcRNMENTSf" VOU know, he had tomethliig Uieie. Did you ever catch a chipmunk and make a pel of It? It waa cute, wsant it? But you mutt have nouced that It toon qUIT WOKK and Uierrafter depended on you to feed It. If you had lei I It alone, !l would have gone on acratching gravel and euirtug up teedt. or whatever It la that a chipmunk it doing In the interval! when It lin t racing acroaa a road for Uia pure tun of beating an approaching car. I'll bet Uial about a couple of generauona after Uia government hat tamed Ut all and made pelt of ut we ll ba ao laiy Uiat somebody will htve PUT IN OUR MOUTHH Uia food Uia government givea in. I thanked Uie tervlce atallon man and drove off, feeling Uiat I had A heard aomeUiIng Uial would ba good - for ma II I had aenta enough to apply If. JUBILANT WELCOME British sailors (foreground) jubilantly salute the sloop Amethyst off North Formosa offer the ship's doring escape from Chinese Communist captivity in the Yangtze river. The sloop had been tropped in the river since April 20 when it was beached during a duel with red artillery. ,- M Ml IWW MM Wi M " Said Deaiif 3 Killed In Basin Area Auto Wrecks Three young awn were killed la automobile areldenle over (he week, end near Bonanaa and Derrle. The Bonaiua taUllty ralaed the lite Klamath eaanly highway death UU la eight, Both acctdenta occurred late 8a 1 urday night. Haymond Khoadt, 16. 8 of Shatter, Cell!., waa killed when a car oc cupied by tig leen-agera failed to nuke a turn In the Lekevlew-Bo-narua cutoff Jutt north of ISonarua. Five of tiia paaaeiujert IS4I Aata ralallly wera brought to Klamaui Valley hotpital by Kaler'a ambulance. The injured Included J true Rlioeda, IV, brother of the dead boy; Billy Wayne Null, 17, of Kingtburg, Calif.; Bill Gregory, 11. of Merrill; Thomae Olaae, Merrill, and Shirley Lvfue, It. of Bonanza. Jamee Rheeda auifered eherk and krulaea. It etllchea were needed la elate a em en (iregory'a chin and the ether yeang persons were treat ed fee iecerallena and minor barta. Null waa reported te be driver at the ear. Tbe two Kbeade ba wera etaiung la tVMitma wim their ancle, t. R. Ayera. The Dorrla accident occurred on highway 7 north of Do it la. and Uie vicunii, Krancia Btkrr. 30. of biiovel Creek, Calif., and Tony H. May. 1$. of Tennani. died a few mlnutaa alter arrival al KlamaUi Valley hotpital. Tliry were brought In by ambulance. Their ear reportedly waa farced aff Iba highway while traveling "rlh laward Klaaeata ralla. Thurman Baker, 22. of Tennant, waa tee ted between the other two 4nung earn In -taw car and Wat only ahghtly Injured. lie waa treated al the neeolul far a cat ever kle Ml eye. Dorris Asks Better Phone Service Action DORRIS. Aug. g Cllliena here are urging the city council to wage a fight for improved telephone terv lce. It waa reported today. Dorrla cltUena htve Indicated by petition Uiat they want 34-hour tervlce In place of the prr-arnt 10 houra. The city council hat re ferred the matter to Uie public utlll Uea eommluloner In Ban Franclwo. Of Uia town'a 3M reglttrred votert. 340 atgned the petition, claiming that Uia present 10 houra la wholly Inadequate to meet their needs. New OTI Checks Enter Picture A new type of payroll check waa much In evidence In the business district here Saturday. The checka wera cashed by Ore gon Technical Irutitute employes and by various buslneasea In town which do business with Uie atate school on Uia hill. Reading on Uie check reada "Oregon Technical In. ttltuta Special Account" and the drnfie are on the state treasurer. The school has a payroll of about M8.000 a month. aO' W' H9'e I t ... 1 S2f;, Vi.ttfc'1 VANDALS Rlf TURF Newly-sodded lawn at the side door of Klomoth Union high school was ripped up over the week end and the chunks of turf piled up in front of the door. John Glubrecht, city school maintenance man, inspects the domoge. United-Southwest Combo Angle Hinted In Hearing Over KF Air Line Service "Keep your tlngera eroaaed' waa Chamber Manager Charles Btark'a advice today upon hla arrival home from a dvU arronautlca board hear ing In San rranclaco on proposed chant ra In airline aervlce far KlamtUl Palis. Stark said that ll Is highly unlikely any decision will be reached before Uia first of ISM. and added Uiat ha would not want to attempt a forecast aa to what Uiat derision might be. The taaoe la whether feeder line service to Klamath Falls shall be substituted tor the present United Air Lines mainline service. Btark said Uiat It la possible the CAB may work out a comblnaUon scheme whereby United would eonunue to serve Klamath from the north and Southwest Airways, a feeder line. Merrill Auto Smacks Into Cow TU1.ELAKE. Calif.. Aug t A vacation-bound Merrill couple ran Into bad luck practically before get ting started Saturday night when their car hit a cow on Uie Statellne road seven miles west of Hatfield. Driver waa James P. DrCaro, 34. whoaa wife, June, 36, waa a passen ger in the car. Mrs. DeCaro suffer ed minor Injuries and waa treat ed by a Merrill doctor. ' Thry hit the animal aa It stray ed from other cows being driven home by James Wood house. 33. The cow belonged to Wondhouse's grand mother, Mrs. Stella Oraybarl of Merrill. The accident happened about 1:30 p. m. The car waa ser iously damaged. 3r5rjs, l A d THrybaat till Ecuador . -.- HV. i aattaaaJI would terra Uie city from Uia south and west. This Idea, which la different from Uia four alternative schemes de veloped early In Uie hearing, came up in a question which the CAB examiner asked W. L. Patterson, prealdent of United Air Lines, who waa on Uia witness stand. Ha aked Patterson If United would object to a situation in which Southwest waa certificated to serve Klamath from the south, with a connection to Medford. and United would be allowed to continue to serve Klamath to and from the north but would not be allowed to serve Klamath to and from Uie aouUi. 1 auerson replied emphatically that United would oppose audi a schema. The other alternatives: ConUnu ance of the present United uorui south service; Southwest Airways direct aervlce aouth from here but only a connection at Medlord lor north service; West Coast Airways, direct service north from here but only Medford connection for south service; West Coast to provide direct north aervlce. Southwest direct south aervlce. CommenUng on UAL'a Pretldeui Pattersons statement at Uie hear ing challenging Uia CAB t right to take towns like Klamath Falls olf Its schedules. Stark said: "United doesn't want to be forced out of Klamath but may get out voluntarily through a transfer worked out with another carrier and approved by CAB." Stark aald United wlUiettes took no exception to a statement by Wast Coast to the elfect Uiat United had expressed willingness to with draw irom Klamath and certain other places provlaed West Coal acquires Uie lacilluea United now baa at those polnta. The chamber manager said It al ways takea at least several months to complete procedure on a calc auch as Uilt, and he thinks It will be well Into next year belore a final decision la made. Klamath, he said, will take whatever slepa are neces sary to protect Its Interest when Uie CAB examiner's recommendations are made. The board will act alter that. Honesty Pays Off For Waitress NEWPORT BEACH. Calif.. Aug. I Waitress Lorraine Head today ta the favorite waitress of the big gest tipper in town because she was honest. A week ago, a male patron ordered two drinks. He gave her a five and a one-dollar bill In payment. That, alia told hlni, was way too much money and returned '.he sur plus. Saturday night, ha came In again, ought her table and ordered an other drink. Ha Upped her $90. Then he ordered another drink. Another 150 tip. Then dinner. The Up waa $100. She doesn't know hla name. WIATHIR lUai gallt ?ll.Hri rlr uitf teg ittttsr. aitk ttttr it. Ltw Kiiiu m t u. aiik Teteatr as. Mat. .f tl M Hit W tilnuun laat 14 ktart...et Ne. 147 wake Four Towns Virtually Wiped Out By JORGE MANTILLA Ql'ITO, Ecuador. Aug. I iP, The unofficial death toll la earth-guake-ravagrd Kraador a a a r e d above 4M today at dtmage eatl aaatea from a a m e Sfl moan lata tawno reached Jia.aM.aot. Count leea theuaaade wera reported hurt. Tbe Ecuadorian cabinet rated la emergency eeaeloa latt night ta1 take Immediate aetiaa aa rretldent , tiaa riata Laaae'a plaaa ta rebuild the atrlrkea treat meat populoea la Reuader. I The defenaa mlnlttry aald 3000, troopa wera on duty in Uie worst i hit so net and order waa being' maintained. Communications were being re-i stored slowly aa Uie Ecuadorian air force ferried doctors, nurse and medical aid to thouundt of Injured. Three I'. B. Caribbean air ram auuid planre freta Balboa took all toot of relief aoppllee ta Quite yea lerday. They Included bleod plat ana, serums and drug. The prealdent, back from a taor af the ravaged arras, said aaate af af the acenea of suffering rivalled even the "meat danleatjae" baagi- Pour towns which virtually disap peared from Uie map were Qua no, 1 Palate, Pehleo and Plllaro. Mara Leaa Seen l Eyewltneasea returning from' Ambato, largest city to receive the j full force of Uie shocks, aald the j number of dead and Injured u n-1 doubtedly had been undertsti-1 mated. I These wttneascs aald the ravaged area now Ig only a cemetery where tha odor of death to almost unbear able. They aald tha aawber af penana barked along the atopea of Tangara bam ralrane aiay never be known. Tbey reported that w b e a the auahea etrark. saltan af earth slid away freta tbe BBoentainsldea and the Toieaaa erapted. Frantic relatives who fought j their way Into Uie earthquake area in search of loved onea found! mountains of debris Instead of communities. The Palate river waa blocked by Uie inountatnallde which created a lake at Uie foot of Uie old town of Palate. A call went out today to all V. 8. 1 air force and many freight planet In tha Panama area to Join a mercy airlift flying doctors, nurses and medical supplies Into the earthquake-ravaged sections. Tha V. 8. Caribbean command headquarters alerted all freight planet In the Panama area ta Jala the relief operation. A military spokettaaa aald If there were net enough air force and navy freight planea In Panama ta carry the required auppliea, additional planea will be drawn tram the Antlllea bates. Some American planea al ready have participated In the re lief work. The earthquake, which struck Friday, battered communica tion and transport lines. Methodist Bishop Raps Catholic Move WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 M" O. Bromley Oxnam, Methodist bishop of Uie New York area, accused the Roman Catholic leadership last night of killing Uie proposals In con gress for federal aid to public schools. In a raklo Interview (WWDC) he said Francis Cardinal Spellman'a "personal attack" on Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt waa a part of a "coldly calculated plan" of the Catholic helrarchy. He said this plan was "designed to deny federal aid to public schools, unless Uie hierarchy can get 1U hands Into the public treas ury and secure millions for the sup port of parochial educaUon." Cardinal Spellman recently ac cused Mrs. Roosevelt, widow of President Roosevelt, of antl-Catho-llc blaa "unworthy of an American mother" after she had opposed the use of federal funds for non-public schools. Mrs. Roosevelt denied any such bias and aald Ood will be Uie final Judge of the worthiness of all human beings. Bishop Oxnam said the Ameri can people have recently learned that federal aid to education Is dead for this session of congress, and most of them deplore the fact. FIRE Suburban department firemen ex tinguished a smaU blase In a storage shed late this morning before serious damage was done. Fire broke out In the shed located behind Burt Bajeet't grocery store, 4428 Bhasta way, and firemen an swered Uia tall at 11:01 a.m. Gates Of The Mountains Blaze Still Roaring As Fire Fighter Cut Lanes HELENA, Mont., Aug. (AP) Wind gent flame boiling up Willow mountain this morning at weary men (trained desperately ta trap the mammoth Gates af tha Mountain! fire. About 400 men worked throughout last night building fire lines to encircle the killer of 12 forest service parachutists and another fire fighter. They hoped to complete tha final three miles of fire line, bottling the Wilderness area bloie on 7500-foot Willow peak tod-y. But westerly winds af IS to 25 miles an hour drove rampaging flames rapidly towards the east slope and vast expanses of dense timber beyond. The battlers were given a good chance to gain control during tha day by a forest service . observer who flew ever the area. Bob Stermits said that "it looks better this morning than at any other time. The forest service today identified the bodies of tha 13 as: David R. Navon, 28, Modesto, Calif.; Philip R. McVay, 22, Bobb, Mont.; Marvin L. Sherman, 21, Missoula, Mont.; Newton R. Thompson, 23, Alhembra, Calif.; Silos R. Thomp son, 21, Charlotte, N. C; Joseph Sylvia, 24, University of Minnesota student, Plymouth, Mass.; William J. Hellman, 23, Kalispell, Mont.; Robert J. Bennett, 22, Paris, Tenn.; Eldon E. Diettert, 19, Missoula; Leonard L. Piper, 23, Blairsville, Pa.; Henry J. Thol Jr., 19, Kalispell; J. Stanley Reba, 25, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Jomes O. Harris, 20, Missoula. The weather bureau predicted, moreover, that winds may increasa ta 25-35 miles an hour late today. " Two determined groups of men moved in from the flanks today against tha fira which has blackened 5000 to 6000 acres since Friday and has a perimeter of 21 miles. Showers slowed the advance of tha flames yesterday but a 20 mila an hour wind fanned the fire in the northeastern section. The fire devastated from 800 to 1800 acres yesterday. Willow mountain is cast of Mann Gulch, where the lightning blaxe started Friday. Tha fire has moved four miles cost of where the Missouri river winds picturesquely through mountain peaks. Calls for volunteers went out again yesterday. Forest service officials sent fresh men in to relieve those nearly exhausted on fira li net. They also built up a pool of manpower in casa the fira crosses Willow mountain. Tha forest service has not sent any of its parachuting firefighters to the blaxa sinca Friday when the smokejumplng program sufered its worst tragedy in its 10-year history. Frost Does Some l 113 ffn 3PIA ! 1QlllQlJC JJ In If II V 3 1 lOVC I Ullwfa) a Frost nipped again at Klamath basin crops last night, but there : waa no general damage. Tempera- ture re porta today presented a spotty 1 pattern, with unofficial readme : well under freezing. In Poe and : Langell valleya. Cop pock Bay and i other polnta. but with Klamath Falla showing a warm 40 above and other i districts escaping sub-freezing weather. ! One Coppock Bay private ther-1 mometer registered 23. Fanners aald ( that potatoes which were dry al the , Ume appeared to have taken fur- I ther damage. That area waa hard j hit In the June freeze. Lloyd Sparks of Bonanza reported temperaturea from 26 to 28 In that area. The county agent's office heard of readings at 26 in Poe valley. 30 In Langell valley. The E. E. Kilpe trick ranch a mile north of Merrill reported 34. The reading at Dorris was 38. Klamath Falls forecast tor tonight Is more temperature around 40 de grees. Baker Area Fire Under Control Today BAKER. Aug. (V Firefighters hut night had surrounded the fire on Pedro mountain, about 30 miles from here, and if present cool weather continues will keep It un der control, according to S. R. Ben nett, district grazier. An exceptional climb In humidi ty, from a reading of T Thursday, when Uie fire broke out. to 57 to day, helped control the tire which has burned over 2000 acres of grass, sage and Umber holdings. The grazing service official said today Uiat as tar as he knows no homes, human lives or cattle have been lost In Uie fire which, at Its height, demanded the attenUon ol 200 firefighters and 10 caterpillars. The fire started Thursday night In an area north of Pedro moun tain near Durkee. Fingers traced a pattern over 15 miles, mostly pri vate acreage, although the fired area was never a solid mass of flame. Anthony Brandrnthaler of the Burnt River Lumber company has estimated Uiat Uie blaze may have cost hit firm ten million board feet of lumber. Tribal Council Meeting Called KLAMATH AGENCY, Aug. 8 A general tribal council meeting ol members of the Klamath Indian tribe has been called for August 11 at Uie Klamath Agency council hall. Seldon Kirk, council chairman, listed the business to be taken up as income tax matters, reopening the Klamath hospital, fall per capi ta payment, deficiency funds for law and order, selection of dele gates to attend Uia congress of North American Indians, and mis cellaneous matters. FINANCE PLAN WASHINGTON. Aug. I MV-The senate banking committee today ap proved, 7 to 5, a 14.510.000.000 bill to liberalize home financing. Back era aald It la aimed primarily at aiding moderate Income elUsens. r , if ' t. I " C. t 1 4 ' , 'I I ; I 1 V 1 1 v l J FATHER SUES Attorney C. M. Bumpus, father of Mor got Jeon Bumpus (above), 1 9, has filed suit against Los Angeles- Police Chief William Worton and two policemen for false orrest. Margot was ar rested ond held incommuni cado for 12 hours, charged with being the "blonde ban dit." Suit asks $50,00 dam ages becouse the notoriety cost Morgot her livelihood as I a trained legal secretary. Ranger Bock After Reno Fire Call Ranger R. L. Cooper la back to his post alter a call to a fire near Reno. Nev. The fire Is under con trol at present. The forest service also reported that a three man crew was called to the Lake Harriet area Friday nlgth on a smoke call. However, no evidence of fire could be found. Pickup Truck Theft Reported J. W. Bennett. Crater lake park employe, reported to city police this morning that his pickup truck was stolen from a Main street parking place Sunday. The truck was described as a grey Dodge, bearing Oregon license 4&1- 632. Bennett said he parked the truck on Main near the armory Saturday night, leaving Uie key In the Ignition, and when he returned Sunday night Uie vehicle wag gone. Two Firefighters Save Their Lives By Huddling In Rockpile During Blaze HELENA. Mont., Aug. I (iry-A box of matches saved two of the 15 smokejumpers trapped In the roaring Gates of the Mountains forest fire near here. They landed and were fighting the fire In a canyon blocked on three sides by steep cliffs and flames. Suddenly the wind reversed Itself and blew Uie roaring flames east ward, toward the men. Wag Dodge of Missoula, Mont., the smokejumper foreman, told a reporter today he taw they were trapped. He found a rockpile and used matches to burn foliage In and around Uie rocks. As the big fire advanced. Dodge crouched between the rocks and shouted for his companions to Join him. Bob 6alee, Samuels. Idaho, ap parently was the only man who heard Dodge, or wanted to stay. Tha two stayed In tha rockpile. The Fifteen smokejumpers. mostly college students, were trapped by lire when the wind shifted suddenly after they were safely on the ground at Mann Gulch. Only three escaped. In addition to tha 12 amokejump- era. the fire killed a prevention guard from nearby Canyon Perry ranger elation. A helicopter brought tbe charred kodir te a Helena asargue where fellaw firefithtera Identified them. Mopping ap eperaUona continued tod-y an three entailer three ta Montana. Nine miles to Uie aauthea.it of the Gates of Uie Mountains blaza. a SO-man crew waa polishing off a fire which blackened 1200 acres In tha Bull Run Gulch area near York. . - - ' flaull Blase Sixty-five more were mopping up what's left of a blaze at the head of Wolf Creek. A crew of 12 held a fire along Canyon creek 20 milts went of Melrose to about 80 acres. Fighters controlled one fire In Idaho but another burned un checked In tbe niflyed area long Uie Salmon river. The blaze hat ranged over approximately 3O0O acres of timberland and forest service officials said It was con tinuing to spread rapidly. Planea were aaed ta carry men, te tbe scene, about 11 airline milea north of Boiae. More than 544 fighters new are eagaged. Fire Dispatcher 811m taasar ar the rayette aaUanal forest aald "about the font poaaible fira con ditions prevail. "It was windy all night." he aald. "It te bright and clear today and the humidity la low. It'a bad fire weather and the eulloafc hi not Another fire which bumed over approximately 2400 acres in the Boise national forest, northeast of Idaho City, was believed controlled. Dispatcher Lynn Knight said that barring an unfavorable turn in Uie weather Uie fire should cause no further trouble. Further north a crew of 300 fight ers cleared a line around a blaze In uie Clearwater forest. A. B. (Bert! Curtis, fire warden for the Clearwater and Pollatch Forest Protective associations, said there were Indications it had been atarted from a burning match ar cigarette. It was about 75 to 100 acres In extent Another small fire waa battled In the Net Perre forest about 50 miles southeast a Urangeville. In northern Idaho. DIKS SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., Aug. I (yP) Donald C. Elliott. 54, general manager of the San Fianclsco Ex aminer, died unexpectedly Saturday night. He Joined th- paper In 1011. others scrambled up the cliff. Flames licked over and around the rockpile, but Dodge and Sales survived their nipht of horror. Walter Runsey, Lamed, Ka, made It over a ridge and Into another rockpile. Twelve parachutists and one fira guard were burned fatally. The fire Is the first to Inflict death on a smokeiumper since para chutists wera first used 10 years ago, Uie forest service reports. The lorest service's chief safety officer, 8eth Jackson of Wash ington. D. C, Is at Uie scene, 35 miles northeast of here, to study the deaths. Use of jumpers to put Isolated fires long before ground crews could reach them was pioneered- at the forest service's regional headquar ters in Missoula. This elon has shout 150 smnkejumpera, mora than halt tha total In the nation. f I
