Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, August 09, 1949, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfo)M Sa AnOTl ir(Til(Tr irOOY ruULil vivHQ u vHvi! L 0 IVI UULI U 1 1 n Tiift.. ..... Oafs Sows By FRANK JKNKINS VOU know, I'm Inclined to b lm 11 praeead by th subject dealt wllh In thl eolumn yeaumtay, th on In hlch th aervlc station mn. brand about the Idea of govern ment-guaranteed profit for gasoline stations, crarktd bark: "Yn. ana after about a oouul year of that whoa man do you rackon I d b MINE or th OOVCKNMIWI or i I can I halp thinking ha put It about aa veil a It can be put. That what tha wtlfara aula will turn out la b It wa work at It lont enough. UERE In Oregon wa ofian caiad coutara especially at or near nol-too-niiy hot dog stand, cold drink spots and similar plarea. Tha Id la that you'll ba intrigued b Uia captive wild animal, will UP to look and whlla your alopped you'll looatn up and buy something. Oftener than not, Hi cougar will ba pacing bark and forth, back and forth, ecrus Uia front of Mia oag. with a tar-away look In hit yellow rat eye. Mt of us, being basically sentimental, tell ouraelvee that ha U thinking of th daya whan ha waa fre aa a bird and could follow wharavar hu fancy lad him with no ana to aay him nay. We re ao aorry Vor tha poor piiaonar that wa could cry and aomeumaa wa do ahed aom Dot ovarly ameer teera. Tha natureltela, careful obwrvara who do not let their amotioiu run aay wllh Ihem. tall ua that Uiu la all a lot of tosh. Ilia caged cougar, tliry liuiat, U not alliig hu heart out with lulu lug for hla lost liberty. Ilia measured pacing la NOT llae that of Uia prisoner of Chlllon. or Napoleon at HU Helena. Ilia far away look la hla yaa la merely tha glase that cornea over tha orba of Ihoa who hav eum to repletion, and ha la pacing hla cage to wont off hU meal ao that ha can lie down again without fearing THAT hit akin will bunt. TH other word. HE LIKES HIS 1 CAPTIVITY bacauM It meani that ha no longer haa to get out on hu own and rustle hlmaclf up a meal vary Urn he get hungry. He knowa that when meaiune comet around hu aaptor will coma lugging the provender to him. Thai's what happens when you're taken captiv. TDK TIME COMES WHEN YOU LIKE IT becauae It meana Uiat you no longer hav to get out and huatie for youraell. TID you aver plow corn away bark U in tha daya when th plow waa pulled by hort or mulct Uulead of , a tractor If to, you U remember that you turned tha horaea out to paatur at night In tha huh daya of aarly turn mer. and In th morning you wen: out with a halter to catch them up again. You held th halter BE (Continued on Pag 2) 100,000 Homeless After Earthquake Destroys Villages In QUITO. Ecuador. Aug. V-Th government fared th problem today of houung 100 000 peraona mad homeleaa by Friday earthquake whlrh gutted SO communlUea and rauaed Ihotuandt of deatha. A spokesman frfr President Oalo Plasa Lasso said tha government had not yet been able to compile a STATUTE MILES Pacific Ocean Mania o '901 ISZ :-latacungatI fat.1 .rJil. Jir-I p LL AKU ' RIOBAMBA ADORy: SCENE OF CATASTROPHE Only 300 of the 3500 inhab itants of Pelilco (A) survived (August 5) earthquake, accord ' ing to a broadcast by President Colo Plaza Lasso. He made the figures known offer his return to Quito from Ambato (B) where he had been directing rescue work. Reports from cen tral Ecuador' earthquake-ravaged orea said that more than 4600 persons had lost their lives. Property damage from the quake that wiped out four towns and perhaps 25 mountain in sector marks area ripped by ammmmrmmit"' " " aain-sieaataaaiaaaai mm .sajgaBneswaw-a- a as aa PRICE FIVE CENT Idaho Fire Rages Over 5000 Acres KOINE, Idaho. Auf. (-, A raging foreel fire forced It-man wark eamp ta move ant af Ita path today aa tha wind-whipped blaie apread aver moantalnoua central Idaha. Sli hundred man ara at th arena, aouth of tha Salmon river which cuta In a drep gorge through an area acreaalble only by park Ualn or from tha air. Ferret service efflrlals aald Iba flra haa apread rar an araa af tea la Ma acrea wllh tha blaa atlll ajarherked. Barring rata, they aald II might ba week befare It la aaaUralled. "Blew l'p- Payelt national for eat Dispatcher Sl' Vaaaar aald a "blow up" dur ing tha night forced tha 7S-man camp to mora. For a time It waa feared th man might hava to take hrlted In an old mine, but Vauar aald all ear aped safely. Tha ramp waa raeatabllahed high ridge aai tha aatreaa aaat at da af Uia Mas. Tbevll be aappUed awtirely by air.'' Vaaaar aald. I Tha fir haa keen Iba indlreet eaoaa af ana death, liana T. Halt, i 74. ml the (.olden Anebar mine died ! wheal bat track avertwrned aa be dm anather maa I Iba flra line. Another Idaho fir waa reported controlled. National Fovea! Tha controlled place la In ilia Bolae national toreat northeast of Idaho City. It hat detuoyrd 3400 arm of timber. Fir fighter war taken to th Salmon rraer fir from aa far aa Franclaco. lava Johnaoau aelatlaa editor af , lb Idab Hlaleamaa at Baeat, wh ; flight wear tha flra, aald I aa la 1I.M feat. He aald ! flying ember wee atarting apet fire ahead af Iba mala blaaa. I death list, but estimated that th toll might be between 2000 and 4000. Previous estimate ranged up to 9000 Th president announced Sunday that In the town of Prhleo alone torn 3200 had perished. Plasa told newsmen that In th ravaged city of Amhato 7S per cant COLOMBIA PERU 'quake. Umr l-O- :. . , ---- - .?1'. ' Ttf:S Vw T' "rr VOLUNTEERS AIDED FIRE heads for fh scene of action wilderness orea northeast of iae l IIGoYernmentTo End Case On Tokyo Rose SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. ( P Tha government expect to conclude II tmann cae agairut Tokyo Roe thlg week. FToacrutor Tom D Wolfe aald acme of th govornmnt't 3S re maining, witneates may not teatlfy. Mrt. D Aquino, wno waa born In tot Angrlea and went to Japan ahortly befor World War II. la ao- auaed of Uoaaon by broadraaung from radio Tokyw to lower moral of American troop in th Pacific Tha government aaya ah wa th waruma Tokyo Rot. Two former radio Tokyo engineer tea tilled yvaterday that th Tokyo Roe broadraata war going out to Pacific -area all right. Ecuador Area of th house tUU tunding must be torn down. He aald th government had asked the American republics to rush trnt to the are and that the United Btate already was sending emer gency shipment of canned foods. Plan aald hU previous esUmate of 120.000.000 property damage might go much higher. Tha government plant a survey to get a definite figure. Th president's secretary, Miguel Albomot, aald the government plant to float a 20-yrar bond Issue to get reconstruction going. Most of th vlcUmt In the town of Pellleo were caught In buildings that collapsed. Landslides from th mountains accounted for other. Farmhouses were flattened against the ground and fields were ripped apart by huge crevices. Many other Pellleo victims died In flood. A landslide blocked a drainage canal and the water trapped many persona. Others died In their home. Not a tingle house In th village remained standing. Tungurahua province, hardest hit region In the area, waa declared security gone under military law. Ambato struggled to get bark to a normal pace. The regular weekly fair took place aa usual yesterday. Peaaanta brought their fruits and vegetables to th open air market. An emergency airlift la bringing supplies Into th stricken areas and hauling out Injured to cities where hospital facilities are available. Cigarettes Now Off Black Market FRANKFURT, Oermany. Aug. I (n A sign of prosperity In Ger many: Th Oerman railroad It doubling tha number of smoking compartment on Its trains. The reason: Cigarettes, one ao scare anj exprnslv tney were the backbone of the black market, are now so plentiful and cheap that more people can afford lo smoke them. A park of cigarettes whlrh used to cost 100 relchsmarks valued at ten dollars, now cost two and a half deutichmarks, valued at 75 cents. POI.IO CAKES NEW YORK. Aug. a (n-Sixl.v. eight new cases of Infantile par alysis were reported today by the city health department bringing the total for the year to 734. Thlt compared wllh (7 for th same period last year. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TL'EHDAV. size Under Contra FIGHTING Armed with hovels ond oxes, o volunteer crew af the heighth of the Cotes of the Mountains forest fire in the Helena, Mont. VI v. -2 ' a . V - t yst - KILLER FIRE ON LOOSE This oeriol view of Montana's deodliest forest blaze in the Gates of the Mountains orea gives a vivid idea of what firefighters were up ogainst be tween the rugged terrain and the terrific smoke ond heat. The conflagration killed 13 and ravaged more than 6000 ocres of timber before firefighters hemmed it in. Man Caused Fires Show Big Increase In Klamath Area, Transient Travel Blamed A aharp Increase la th number of man-caused fire thla summer haa aroused serious concern among forest protective agencies here. Manager Hal Ogle at the Klamath Forest Protective assorts U on re ported today. "Careless humans have caused a greater percentage af f I r e a thla summer than for many arasona," said Ogle. KFPA thla year has had 4t fires. 14 af them man-caused. On the same date last aeason, the total waa tt flrea with four man-eaaaea. Ogla aald that similar statistic hav been reported from other ageaelea. Indicating a general trend that la not eaaily eiplalnable. Ogle aald a partial eiplsnatlon may be that there la a substantial transient movement this year with a great many people In the country wh hav not been esposed' ta tha Keep Oregon flreen and ather publle education campaigns design ed ta promote caution In th open country. rarrleaa smokers hav been re sponsible for many fires In this gen eral area. Ogle aald. Whea a fire starts beside a highway, or In the Cool Weather In Oregon General PORTLAND, Aug. f lTi Cool air clung to moat of Oregon again today, after night temperatures onr more dropped to autumn-like levels. Burns recorded a 37, La Grande and Bnker 39. West of the Cascades, readings were In Uie SO s. The weather bureau forecast that generally fair weather would bring warm days, but Increasing cloudiness waa In prospect for Northern Ore gon with light rain possible tomorrow, AUGUST t. s ii vicinity af a picnic ground ar camp. It can usually be marked ap against people who toe burning tobacco Into the gram ar brush. The biggest fire In this vicinity this aeason occurred last week. It covered 100 arret, partially KFPA area and partially an the Fremont forest north af Bonanaa. Grass land and scattered yellow pine area were burned over. Investigator later found that It had started near a spot where a party bad beld a picnic. Ogle reiterated a plea I the pub lle ta exercise extreme caution, pointing nt that th woods and apen arras are now exceptionally I dry. Bat Gives City Hall Once-Over A tmsll bat entered the city police station at the citv hall last night, havered before the window af Desk ttergesnt Walter Theme for a few minute, then turned nanrhantly and flew upstairs, where the city council waa In eelrmn session, . The policeman made a hurried check ta are if the tiny flying mammal had entered the council chambers, but found the session proceeding quietly. - The bat, apparently, had con tinued an up through the ttalr well. The belfry la at the top. and the visitor probably headed for that traditional habitat of bats. i OK.'tilVFN 8ALEM, Aug. t UP) Acceptance of the employes' dormitory at East ern Oregon Tuberculosis hospital, subject to elimination of certain specified minor deficiencies, was voted today by th Oregon Mate board of control. WIATHEK Ik rails aa vblaHvi rale Mar aa Wsaaaar. Bilk dare at. Law seals! aa. Waa. Aag. SI la alia a FreelellaMea lart M fceare. aa Trirphao (111 VearyCrews Finish Last Fire Lanes HELENA, Mont, Aug. t ( Man waa winning today hie fight against the terrent af fire that ransomed II fellow bnaaans and delisted Woodland aerec The wild flame were being cor ralled by MM) tolling men, dog Ured and grimy after a four day struggle. A. D. Molr. Helena national forest supervisor, said the blaze should be 100 per cent controlled by to morrow. Final control can not be assured until more mop-up work la done, Moir aald. Flreiinr Bail! A final three mile f fireline will be baill today. Moir said. Maa-ap wark. la this case aac af the toagb eat phase af a weary battle, began last night as crews wwrttcd pastloat of th fare' eslif as edge. The fatigued Montana crews pressed doggedly toward control of the Gate of the Mountains blase In the spectacular primitive area a cant 25 mile northeast of Helena. A regional forest service official aald that aside from the tragic loss of life, the Gate of the Mountain fire la "not considered a bad forest fire." Fire History Regional Assistant Chief of Fire Control Ralph Space of Missoula said fir history in the region dates from the disastrous fire of 1810. when more than 3 000.000 acre of Umber land were blackened. Prob ably the most disastrous Montana fire since 110. he added, was the Half Moon fire near Kalispell In -The last real bad tw we had. aware waul am. ""w tn 1934 whea the Fete Klag fire la Idab de trayed M.tta) la . arrea m th rtway and Lacbsaw area.' Crowd Thrills As Man Puts On High Act WALLA WALLA. Aug. (w For nearly five hours last night and this morning, a 34-year-old man alternately thrilled and chilled resi dents of Present t from a perch atop a grain elevator 100 feet above the ground. Ascending to the top cupola of the elevator. 30 miles north of Walla Walla, he stood In a window hurling challenges to law enforcement of ficials to "come and get me" and kicking out 2 by 4 planks. Sheriff A. A. Schick and three deputies finally got the man to come down by "shooing away" a crowd which wa estimated at 600 during the peak of excitement. The center of attraction descended when the scene quieted. He stepped Into the arms of waiting deputies. -wno are you?" he asked. "The FBI," the deputy replied. The man put out his hand. Shake," he said, and went along quietly. Back In Walla Walla the prisoner Identified himself as Charles Dar nell. Darnell had no other Identi fication, Shick said. Th prisoner went to sleep promptly upon being lodged In the county jail. Gun Battle Ends In One Death CAMP BELLS VILLB, Ky . Aug. A A nun who barricaded him self In hla heme and shot It out with officers waa found dead In the house here early today. 8heriff John W. Moss said the body of Inman Turner, about &5, was found on a stairway of the two story frame house located at the edge of thlt Taylor county com munity. The trouble started late yesterday. Sheriff Moss said, when Police Chief Marcus Antle and City At torney George Bertram attempted to serve warrant on Turner as a result of fight at hi home earlier in which one man was badly beaten. None of the officers, returning Turner's fire, was hit. 8TRIKE DETROIT, Aug. 4V Some 10. 000 Packard Motor Car Co. workers walked off the Job today In a dis pute over the discharge of a foundry worker. Local 190, CIO United Auto work ers, called mast meeting to plan further action. The company fired Jesse Green, charging he had struck hit foreman In the foundry. The union claimed Oreen had not struck him . Parkard charged th walkout Wat In violation of th contract. Defense Chief Holding Out For $1,450,000,000 WASHINGTON, Aag. t CfV-Ciiatr Vaadenberg (K-Mich.) today prapaaid a par aent aaab redaction la the first year' east at lb Western Raropeaa area araaraas. Tha Michigan senator suggested to Secretary of Defense Leal iobnsaa that a bent SM M ae be furnished la casta by eangrsaa wltb th balance in contract aathertsatioa It be met by later apprearla tlane) which weald not be charged againat the current badge4. V sod ra berg said he believe the badget President Tramaa taw eatigraaa far the lse fiaeal year carries funds far Faro pea n military aid which would rover almost all tha money cast af the first year. Bat Johnson, appearing before a taint meeting af the senate fareiga rclationa and armed service committer, argued that the full amount l.tse.m.aa ta needed U aafegaard tha aecarlty af th lulled BUte. bald Jobnaan: "Should Western Europe ba veiTaa by s hostile power and ahauld Ita vaat Industrial and manpower aatratiala ba added ta Ibosa af aueta aa aggressor, tha Inlted Hla Irs weald stand laolaled la a dangerously Insecure period. "Inlted btatea aecarlty, therefor, demand that Europe be eefe guarded." -A military raeauas la Western Europe," Johnson added, "Is a great temptation t the Soviet and in-a j ternatlonal He told the senators that It would take months and yean for thlt country to -mobilize, equip, train and transport troops across the Atlantic. In the meantime, ha aald. the forces of Western Europe must be able to resist any enemy. Bad Fulpnsrnt "But these forces cannot hold the lines of collective defense with their present inadequate equipment largely composed of old and worn out material." he said. Johnson took notice that aa ab- jertiea baa keen raised that Amer ican aid eaa be effective wily If it as provided nader Integrated plana and a unified organisation far the defense af Western Europe. He aald that thie already exists la the western anieai defense pact. L'ntfled plana, b said, ar bring cwnlinaenaly developed by the fir liana ba the wetter anion pact. Johnsoa said these five aatlsns England, France, Bcigteaa. Laxraa baarg and The Netherlands ar now and maa esatiaae t ba tha hard care at aay Eaiapian difiaae. They ar th Bailees, be said, which, la the event af a asasr anresaiaa. weald nave ta bear the brant at the mala attack. Falling Plane Calls Hood HAndN,CAA A vertical pillar of cloud or smoke In the northeastern sky started a flurry of report that a plane had fallen somewhere neaf Upper Klam ath lake last evening about 7 o'clock. Sky-watchers said they saw the odd formation suddenly appear in the sky as if were trailing a falling object One witness said it was white like smoke at first, but later tt look on th color and texture of cloud which were stretched hor izontally across the sky in the same general area. It hung there until dark, con vincing most watchers that it was Just a cloud, after alL Some people were certain, however, they had seen a plane fall, and calla to that effect were made to Tfce Herald and Newt office and the CAA. The CAA reported that a Piper super -cruiser plane set out from Bremerton, Wash... Sunday bound for Santa Fe, N. M. and it unre ported, but pointed out that could hardly have anything to do with what was seen In the sky from here Monday evening. The cloud formation appeared to be about over Chuoquln from vant age point in Klamath Falls. Currier Quits Growers Post TULELAKE. Aug. W. F. Cur rier, manager of the Tulelake Growers, today announced his resig nation, effective August 31. Currier came here a year ago from Orofino, Idaho to become Im mediately associated with the as sociation. With Mrs. Currier and their family he plans to vacation for a month with relatives in South Dakota. His plans for the future are Indefinite. The Grower's office will be open with Mrs. Estelle Groves, secretary In charge. Sam Anderson, president of the association has made no announce ment a to Currier's successor. Klamath Occupations Tax Legality May Be Probed Following Portland Case The result of an August IS hear ing In the Portland circuit court testing the legality of the Portland occupations tax ordinance may effect this city's ordinance, It was learned Monday night during the council session. The League of Oregon Cities noti fied the council of the hearing and deemed It advisable to send a rep resentative from Klamath Falls to sit In on the hearing, In which two Portland tax-payer ar bringing suit against Portland ordinance taxing occupatlona. Henry Perkins, city attorney, wag authorised by th city dads to at tend the hearing. Gen. Vaughan Dragged Into Tanforan Case WASHINGTON. Aug. IOHous ing Expediter Tighe Woods said to day that MaJ. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan summoned him to tha White House hi ISHs and told hint Vaughan s friends were Interested in a California race track construe lion case. Woods said the track owners then wer Irving lo get government clear ance for construction at the Tan foran track, near San Francisco, Call!. The use of scarce building material was sharply restricted at the tune. The housing official told special senate investigation commute that Vaughan. President Truman's mil itary aide, told him at th Whit House on January 9, l&4a: "I want to make sure ther It no prejudice in your office. Just be cauv thia Is a race track case." Wood as id Vaughan also told him: "Some friends of min ar In terested and it is your duty to handl the case on it menu and on it legality." Francis' D. Flanagan, an attorney for tha committee, previously had i read a private memorandum saying I Vaughan had stepped into th du- put. It wo ted Vaughan a saying j he was 'damn tore" at Frank U Creedon, federal housing expediter I in 147, for his handling of th Gl Survives Life On Raft LOS ANGELES. Aug. iV- A soldier today told of a harrowing week-end adrift 2S miles at aea on a life raf:, the presumed drowning of nit two companions and hi own rescue by a ship. Corp. Paul L. Neely, 34, of Bon ham, Tex, was picked up yesterday from his nearly-deflated raft by th Steamer China Transport, inbound from the Far East. He was in seri ous condition. Neely. unconscious, was sighted by the ship's lookout. Revived by stimulants, he told of how he and two other army men from Camp Cooke. Sgt. Jamea E. Agee and Corp. Howard M. Dunn, were swept out from shore by strong winds while fishing. They prayed all night Saturday, he said, and Sunday mornW sighted an Island Santa Cruz. Dunn decided to try and swim for It. That was the last seen of him. Neely said be fell asleep exhausted and when he awoke, Agee was gone. Kite Flying Advice Backfires DAVENTRY. England. Aug. 9 (Al Peter Connerty, 14, took the police men advice and flew a kite. It fell across 11,000 volt power line and caused: A breakdown of all BBC's over sees broadcast from Daventry transmitter. Blacked out all movie houses In the district. Blocked electricity supplies to 40 villages. Police Constables Jack Fenton and Norman Woods, who started the kite-dying erase to keep th kids from playing In the streets, now are compiling a list of "don't" for kite filers. Main advice 1 don't fly them near power lines. The Portland suit alleges that the ordinance taxes business above tha six per cent limitation and that th ordinance is unconstitutional. The decision on these two points. If found to be true, would seriously effect this city's ordinance, Perkins said. Klamath Fnlls' ordinance wa drawn up several montlu ago after long weeks of debate and opposition by some of the city's businessmen. Part of the ordinance wer de signed after Portland's occupation tax ordinance and the League of Oregon cities feel that Klsmsltl Falls should watch th legal battle next Monday.