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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1949)
Kill 'WEOTMr . . i I j ! I ' I mill r, , , .-1, GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME A pretty girl is always a nice sight ond by no means seasonol, but wild plum time in the Klamath country meons thot summer is getting ready tor its fodoout. Out in the hills, the wild plums ore few ond far be tween this seoson, but the bushes in the yard of the Pot Short home, 426 North Seventh, ore loaded with the bitter-sweet fruit. Looking them over is Jeanette Petty, teletypesetter for The Herald ond News. la Tb (v Br rAK JrSKINH ARKPUKT I rum tilt census bureau In U.ahltiatfin fill. BUimlllf Trill us Uial U. B. population Is irowiiK mi the rata of 300 000 e munUi and may mrh ISO million by Nnvrmlxr I 1. On July 1. the report adds, our estimated population waa HB.315.-I poo ! Til census bureau iilllnni'i that i 111 Aniil ol Milt year llrt were .HS.nooo lemilies in Ue United ntatea, aa aompered with WUMOuO families U 190. ( th nuitiiu U accurate, we nave ocrn eouma fanultee at tht rat of nearly mil lion year. you raniember Hit Olooniy Ouun In uie census burrau a , doyen years or ao ago who were telling ua thai our population a already near lu peek and wat aoun , du to b"i rin to lallt I Boyl Wlial a picturt they palm- I ad lor u I Wt were aoon to be a nation ol old folks. In such a state l a 1 f a I r a. manufacturing ul trutches, wheel chatra and eer trumpets ra to tlouruh Ilka Uie green bay tree and fabricators ol baby camaim. nursing bolUes. tic., were to gn broke. TJID you aver hear of "rect tul- ProtMbly not. unless you art older lhn you rrally like to admit. It hoi atuff only a llttlt while bark. According to the population sharps, the beat famlllea weren'i havinc any kida at all but the kind ot people wt look down our noara at were spawning 'em like a'.urgeon. If you Jaunt around much in Uiese dayi, you are aware thai diapers flutter from as many clotheslines In the riuy residence arc tori aa tcrost the track. a a a f-KlPPlNQ bark a llttlt farther, there waa old Malthua. He wai an eronnmiat And waa he ever a penalmUl! Hit notion waa that human population would Increase ao much fanler than the capacity of Uila earth to product food that In time we'd all die alow, llnierlng . dralha from atarvatlnn. r You know how that one worked out. At thla very minute, I under aland on not too good authority, 717 J&B federal employee! are work iContlnurd on Page II 1 l)pfavs Battered Arms-Aid Bill Limps To Senate Hoping For 'Gentler Treatment' WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 (A-Bat-tered by the house, the administra tion's foreign arms aid program looked lo the senate today for gentler treatment. The program was slashed and hedged In with restrictions before the house passed It last night by a Tote of 2:i8 to 123. It mnrked a bnd beating for Pres ident Truman's congressional forces. Despite their entreaties, a 50 per cent cut was Imposed on the 91, 100.900.000 earmarked to hrlp west ern tirnienn nations resist pos sible Soviet aggression. Congress rnuld deride to appropriate the rest of the funds next year. tin l"P of that, the house decreed that at least half of tht supplies aent abroad must be carrlrd In alilpt flying the American flag. The lawmnkrra also tightened up a prohibition against using United Stntra troops for other than non combatant duly In connection with the program. But. the house granted the full 1311,170,900 tht pnsldent wanted ' rl'i V City Council To Consider Rent Plans The city faihert may consider next Monday night the advuabilny of cancelling the public hearing et for Mrptember t lo diruna rent de control, although to date the hear ing u atlll on the calendar. In view of the widespread alaah of eonlrola front the Washington office ot Rent Expediter Tlglie Woods, auch a public hearing may not be neoraaary and. In fact, there la a possibility that Klamath fall mar bt Included In the government decontrol action by next Monday a council aeaaloik However, Council Preaidrnl Oar rell Miller aaid today lha picture ahould be clearer next Monday, and In the event It appeaxa una city will not be effected, the council will go right ahead with advertising for Uit maaa meeting. BULLETINS CANAAN, N. H, Aag. 1 () The Boston and Maine rallraad'a Montreal - htlld Aaabaaaadae erashed head -an Into the aaulb bound Aeabaaaaidae here today. I Irat rr porta aaid there were na dealha but aboal it persons war Injured. POHTI.ANU. Ore.. Aug. U .Ti The bod lea at three liters killed lour monlha at a were recovered today from the wreckage at their plane high an Moont Hoed. r'area! Hanger Jim Ralph re ported by walkie-talkie radio aa the rearue party etarted back, "we're In a hurry ta gel down." preaumably thai waa because af the danger from reck avalanches. WORLD FLYER riNIHIIEH TRIP PRESTWICK. Scotland. Aug. 19 ' Mrs. Richard Morrow-Talt British round-the-world flier, re turned today to Britain, which tht left just a year and a day ago. Mrs. Morrow-Talt s alngle-rnglne plant landed at Trestwlck airport from Ireland at 3:05 p. m. (7:06 a. m. PDTi The model-tiirned-avlstrlx was held up by weather In Iceland and so prevented from finishing tht trip on the anniversary. for aid to Greece, and Turkey, and the S27.640.ooo he asked for Iran. Korea and The Philippines and It beat back amendmente to: ill Add f 100.000.000 for China and other southeastern Asia areaa, (1) charge the western European allotment against the current U. 8. military appropriation, 13) with hold funds from Britain as long as Iirlnnd remains partitioned, 14) ban the use of U. S. troops for any pur pose under the program, and (B) require the president to channel ptoductlon Into arras suffering from acute tmempJ; yment problems. The roll-call count on the amendment of Rep. Richards D 8. C.I to halve the western Euro pean fund found 39 members not accounted for. And among the 71 democrats who supported the amendment were many northern members who normally are found In administration ranks. The bill's house managers said privately they doubt If they can salvage the western European cut In the senate, although they hope they may get part of It restored, i i ws SvC r. ni MICE riVE I.ST Elent Pecontrol Sains Days Of '49 Recalled As LA Citizens Lay Plan For "Vigilante Committee" l.OH ANOKLES, Aug. It lAt The "Old West" moved In today on the Mickey Cohen case with formation of a vigilante committee. , The committee, mostly World War II veterans, announced that It planned "clllxen action to stop law lessness, restore Integrity In gov ernmt.it and to protect our famt- llea." A spokesman said It will aeek ' appointment of a special proaecu- tor. ! r I v e federal agrnrlea. mean- ' while, studied lite explosive tran-1 scripia ot tne ponce recordings 01 Uie gambling Doaa private noma conversations. Particular attention was paid fed- Steel Chief Pledges Fight On Pay Issue NEW YORK. Aug. 1 (AN-The president of Republic 8teel corpora lion aald today -we've got to fight the thing out" If labor and Industry can t reach -the right reaul-." "That t the way I look at bar gaining, and It Uiey think wt art wrong, they strike us. see?" declared C M. White, head of the nation's third largest steel producer. -That's the way this thing should work. It la a hell of a good way to work It." White waa testifying before the three man fact-finding board art up by President Truman In hopes of averting t national steel strike, now postponed until tteptember 14. He told board members the CIO United Bterlworkers union demand for 13 ernta an hour package would coat Republic S38.0004WO a year -Wt don't like atrikea. and they art expensive and bad." aald White. who started In the steel business 30 I years ago at the bottom. "But there are tome things worst than strikes." "I've been on tht picket lint a hell of a lot. I have been knocked down from behind. Incidentally. So I know what It la, and they are touch things. -But If that It tht way It has to be worked out, why every atnke comet to an end. Everybody gets a lot of things off their chests and they say a lot of dirty things. And they seem to feel awfully good after It la all over and they are back at work." Runaway Truck Rams Into Laramie LARAMIE. Wye. Aag- 19 lift Rocketing out of a mountain can yen, a runaway aeml-traller track laid waste to Laramie'a Main street yesterday. The grain ladea track Injured five persons, damaged nine aula manure and wrecked Iwa build ings. Driver Ernest Kirk. H. af Beat rice, Neb, aaid the brakes failed an the Telephone 'canyon read. It drops (000 feet In three miles. He aald the track waa going more than 10 milea an hour when It ahot out af the canyon, five milea eaat of here. The speed had slowed up slight ly, he aaid. when he reached the ' Laramie city limits. The track idrewlpcd a highway patrolman's ear firat. In the next two blocks, the homing truck brushed two ther ears. The third collision Jack-knifed the trailer. The cab went hurtling against four ears. The trailer wrecked two ethers before plowing Into the Milverlesf bar and the new Canton cafe. The brick fronla were lorn loose from the bar and the cafe and tht second-story Johnson hotel above them. Kirk waa treated for minor In juries. He was charged In Justice court with reckless drtring. High way Patrolman Neil Boyd .esti mated the damage ta the auto mobile and buildlnga would ap proximate 939.9M. "Quake" Rocks Klamath Area Residents of the north California avenue district hurried from their homes late Wednesday night as windows and plates rattled and their homes shook. Mrs, Oeorge Vinson of 2:i-'5 Call fornla reported that a telephone pole, upright the day before, now leans at a steep angle after the mysterious shaking. The Herald and News has re ceived no word from any seismo graph recording point, the nearest of which Is probably at the Uni versity of California at Berkeley. eral statutes on Income tax. the transportation of guns, the Mann act, narcotist and using the malls to defraud. i fh.Al!"y Jo!"tl M' C"L ' .i.i tJZlf " I" prTn1 ' to the federal grand Jury when It j reconvenes Auguot 31. He added; that the panel will consider Indict- ment of one "major" member of the Cohen mub. Carter aald the federal agenclea got coplea of the transcripts from sources outside the police depart- ment tnree mtmtna ago. vice squad officers secretly Installed micro-j Just what form additional reduc ptuniea In Cohen's Brentwood home I tlons In rent controls would take, when It waa built and listened I n j Woods could not Immediately aay. from April. 1W7. lo March. I He declared, however, that more The existence of tne recordings, cutbacks of some nsture are almost not come to ugnt un- : til this v.ert. t The diAtnrt aliornev. the newly, i appointed chief of police, the sher i iff and state attorney general a 1 1 j a have been trying to determine why i they did not receive cooiea of the they did not receive copies of the recordings before. Cohen, himself, told reporters that he bought a ropy of the tran script a year ago and the Herald F.x press said that he paid a Los Angeles policeman 120 000 for It But the dapper little mobster, alien Informed of this, told a ra- porter for tht rival Mirror: hoped today to bring to the senate -What do they think I am j floor resolution to reconsider a stupid?" j house-senate conference bill which -I turned down a first offer at okayed the cut -In the housing three grand and another at a grand I agenev'a funds to 117.500 000. con because I already had my copy lorj traxted with I28.75O.000 ailed by the nothing, and from a city official budget bureau to finance rent con not a copper." j trot operations. The transcrlpta disclosed nation- j Hoosing aathorllire said thev have wide gambling deals Involving mil-, -(looar uh . constant bona of dollars as well as gsnf ac-, ,lrr,m- w ,OB1 distance phone calls tlvlty and warfare. , ,nd WrfrilI, ,uriflcatloa Parking Meter Income Down From 1948 Tht parking meter revenue to tht city for tht first 17 days of August show an Increase ot 9541 over Uie corresponding time in 194. figure, from the office of City Treasurer Ruth T. Berry revealed today. The Increase Is due mainly. Mrs. Berry ssid. to the Installation of trial meters from which the city gets full revenue. The twtce-a-week collection from the c locker, la averaging about 9550. Total money drawn from the meters from August 1 through Au gust 17 ta 92633.50. compared with i:o91.50 for the same period In 194. However, on the yearly basis. 194 Is ahead of thla year. January 1 through August 17 of 194 brought In 33 84550, while this year shows an Intake of t33.43.5& BRACE RETURNED Little Solly Porrett, 7, of Detroit, porolysis victim since birth, cuddles her specially made brace that was returned to her after it was found by two small boys in a field. The brace, which was to replace a plaster cast to permit her to walk, was stolen from her father's cor after he had picked it up at on orthopedic shop, - t !. fiVb Wl-''' ,r n; m1 KLAMATII CAI.LM, UKH.OK, t'KIDAV, AIGIHT l(, lMt Budget Cut Reason For Mass Action WASHINGTON. Aug. a "' E.pedller Tlghe K. Hood. today prtdlrted m further nnr cut- bark In rent control. He aald hla agency may be forced la curtail activities In many parte of the nation this In addition te lifting rellinga completely In ene thlrd of the areas now eontralled by federal regulations. certain to come. The slash In our budget makes It necessary to lop off the housing staff from S60V to 3O0 persona.' VY p nww . . . mmM--- .. ik.i old, rrpaT' ,h' " iu" " manpower te da the ol we'll have to cut the I work load.1 One-Third Cut Already announced plan, to abolish ceilins. scros, one-third of the countrv. meantime, were creatins a stir of reaction and confusion. Senator Douglas iD-IU.i said he i and protesting the proposal ta drop reatrtrtlona In many part, of the entry where control. .1111 art an- The rent director added that the pile of telegrams on his desk op posing Ui end to ceilings tn many places convinced him that "the housing situation still Is Important and acute to a lot of people -About the predicted further cur tailment of control activities? Woods hinted the answer may be In what he called "relaxed controls." These would result from retention of ceilings in many places when and regional rental offices wld . bollhr4 ta rhe ecou t y- Mrs. Lorenz Joins Library Board Group Mrs. William Lorenz of Chiloquin today was announced as a new member of the Klamath county li brary board. Fred Fleet, president of the board, stated that Mrs. Loreni had accept ed the position offered her ny unanimous vote of other members of the board and the county court. She fills a long-standing vacancy on the board as a representative of the northern part of the county. Members of the board are now Fred Fleet, president: Lloyd Porter, vice president: Andrew Street, Ma lm: Mrs. W. D. Campbell. Lorella, and Mrs, Lorenz. Mrs. Loreni Is the wife of the mayor of Chiloquin and a member of a pioneer Klamath county family. Her father, the late R. C. spins, was one of the early developers ot the Chiloquin area. Big Whale's Burial Set, By Necessity ST. HELENS, Ore., Autr. 1 m The residents along Batchelor Flat road had almost forgotten the mighty whale . . . until the wind shifted one day. -Whew," they cried, "what Is that?" Authorities found It was Indeed a mighty whale dead for 1 years. It was tht celebrated whale that frolicked in 1931 tn the Columbia river at Portland, 10 0 miles from the sea. Two orchardlsta harpooned It, and had the 1500-pound body em balmed. Thousands went to see It on display in a Portland street. Then for a while It hung by Its tall In the county courthouse at Portland. Later it went on tour about the ststc. But the stste also claimed Iht whale, and for eignt years Ed ward and Joe Lessard, the har pooners, fought Iht case In courts. The Lessards took final possession In 1938. But the public had lost Interest. So the Lessards put It in a casket In their Batche lor Flat orchard above ground. Casket cracks obviously devel oped recently. Authorities have ordered a burial for the mighty whilt at long last. Gilchrist Timber Employes Make $697 Contribution To Canter Fund As Memorial To Mrs. Gilchrist Fin ploy rt f (h GUrhrit Timber company In Northern Klamath county have made a $697.M contribution to the Cancer Reararcta Fund aa a memorial to the late Mrs. Frank W. GUchrtat, wife of the head of the firm K. A. Moore, chairman of the Klamath county -rive for the American Cancer aoeiety. aaid that the fift la the largest aincle or croup contribution ever made to the Cancer Research Fund In tht county. A total of 119 emplove contributed U the gift, and aafced Chair man Moore to Inform Frank Gtlrhriat of the action that had been taken. The Umber company bead e-preeaed warm appreciation of the sentiment rmbodled In the gift that made cancer fund history In this county. Mrs. Gilchrist moved to Klamath county with her husband In July. 193S. the passed away at Laurel. Mis on July 1 of this year and waa buried in the Lake Park cemetery at Laurel. Solon Says Information On Vaughan Coming From Source 'Close To Truman' WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 Sen- a tor McCarthy IR-Wis.) said today that senate five percenter lnvestl- ' gators are getting Information about , ....... , ... , ,, i lire ui ib i. unru. ni I Y n. Vaughan "from sources very close " f .ourcra Trry clow W He. (MtTiUsKlll. McCarthy said the data also la ! coming from persons very close "to j wa Whlte Houw." Vaughan U President Truman a ' TmT j McCarthy Is a member of the ape cjal senate subcommittee checking on whether improper Influence has figured in the handling of govern ment business. Vaughan's name has bobbed up almost every day at the Inquiry. Senator Mundt IR-8 D.I. another committee member. Is seeking to link flying trip to Pans In 1945 by three agents of a Chicago per fume firm with that company's gift of home freezers to Vaughan. McCarthy declined to elaborate on bis statement to newsmen about the "T JheTeriL He said only: -We arc getting' lead and In for- nation on Vaughan's activities from sources very close to the president j and to Vaughan in tne wnite House. Mundt told reporters that the testimony given the senate investi gations committee secretly Monday, OTI Pool To Be Closed Next Monday A drastic 10-day drop in attend ance has caused City Recreation Di rector Sam Smith to order closure of the Oregon Technical Institute ! swimming pool, effective after Sun day night's swim. It was learned of ficially today. Despite the discouraging turnout the last 10 days, the close-down will mark tht end ot the most successful ! splash season yet seen In this city, I Smith said. "However. It doesn't seem advis- I able to maintain a losing project," ' Smith added. The pool opened June 11 and up until the last 10 days has played to huge crowds. Smith aaid he hopes to open earlier next year and thus pick up an extra three or four weeks. This Is the first year the recrea tion department has offered swim min for small fry, made possible by the shallowing ot one corner of the pool. . S . BtaXsaBsaBsWaalBxaMaWSfeaj.. GOVERNOR MEETS WITH ILWU Gov. Ingram Stainback of Hawaii (at desk, left) con fers with ILWU President Harry Bridges (extreme right, front row) ond Henry Schmidt (ex treme left, with glosses) and other union representatives in lolani Paloce, Honolulu. Af this meeting Hawaii's waterfront employers ond striking longshoremen agreed fo return negotiations in the dispute which hat tied up shipping in the islands for 109 dayt. Kllh rail! aa trlHrt rait aifkl aat aiarataf, eartlf rtmmtf ariaraaaa aillb rw Ikaaaaff fcHi hi ataaatalaa. Nlfh laaav aat aalartar Bl. Law taaliXI U la 41, Maa. fAea. tf) . la Mia If rraalfluuaa laal U haafa aa Irirphana gill f and made public yesterday, "begins to disclose a suspicion of a motive of what is behind tne gifts of deep freezers." He referred to freezers paid for by the Albert H. Verley Perfume company which were sent to Mrs. Harry S. Truman, General Vaughan and four other administration of ficials during the summer of 1945 and the winter of 194S-44. Three representatives of the Ver ley company made the Paris trip on an army transport plane In July. IMS. at a time, Mundt said, -when businessmen Just couldn't get there." Mundt Is a member of the com mittee which la looking Into the activities of "five percenters" In dividuals who search out government contracts for others at a fee, usually five per cent. Two of the central figures in the inquiry are Vaughan, President Tru man's military aide, and John Mara. I on- VVashlngton man-about-town who used to have tree access to the White House. Tht testimony released by the committee yesterday, alter President Truman 'had accused It of with holding testimony ''favorable" to Vaughan while producing the un favorable parts at public hearings. threw a spot light on the two men. Presidential Secretary Charles O. Ross was asked at news confer ence today If he had any comment on the release of tht heretofore secret testimony. "None whatever." Rosa aaid. Ross waa asked if Mr. Truman, when he spoke out at hla news con- J ference yesterday, had in mind the testimony made public later In the ' day. I Rosa said he did not know what I the president bad In mind. Both Vaughan and Maragon r dated to appear before the com - mittee personally some time after it resumes Its hearings next Tuesday. No Saving Bond Security Fears WASHINGTON, A u f . President Truman has Rep. Norblad (R-Ore.l that he need , season. not be apprehensive about the fed-1 It eclipses last year's aesson to eral government paying off Its sav- al and the series of live plays hsv tngs bonds. ! one more run scheduled. Robert E. The president also told him that Dodice, festival association presi the government la Interested In 1 dent, said the guest register lists "prudent debt management." I borne addresses of theater-goers Norblsd had written the president i from 34 states, Washington, D. C suggesting that savings bonds could Hawaii. Canada, and two other not be paid "from a treasury that countries. la going further Into debt," i Portland's 18-year-old Mary Jant Mr. Truman's reply said that "as i Pitts will be starred tonight In Ro- long as we continue to maintain high levels ot production and in come, there should be no fear, even remote tea,, that we are not able to properly manage and even re duce the public debt." ABC Pledges Court Test Of Hew Rule WASHINGTON', Aug. 19 ( The government today slapped atrlitgeng new rules an radle and television givawavs. They may knack aat moat af the prise programs. - The federal communications eoea maseioB aaid that, effective October 1, It will not permit programs ad. ertleing lotteries af -offering prtsea dependent in whale tr aa part apon lot ar chance." Tht penalty will be the loss of broadcaster's license. Then the commission set forth, conditions that will bar a program While each program will be Judged separately, the rules appeared broad enough to cut off most of the pro grams that have showered millions In cash and Frizes on listening and viewing audiences. Phones Hit Trade circles expressed belief that the action would hit hardest at the telephone call giveaway In which a contest baa to be at borne la answer the telephone, has to be listening ta the program, and baa to identify a lone, solve a riddle ar answer a question correctly. Other programs may be affected in varying degrees. Radio Industry officials withheld CONTEST SLATED NEW YORK, Aag. 1 otwrhe American Bnsmdcasting company anaoaneed today it will Immedi ately test la the courts the legal ity af the rating ml the federal eotnmanicatlopa commission aai radio giveaway sxeaaase, A statement aaid: -.Na changee will be asade In the ABC pre gnane aa a resalt af the i'CC tvgaualiea. We feel certain that appropriate injunctive relief wUI be granted to the radio industry and to the asany interested ad vertisers aa a result af the litiga tion which ABC will begin am asedialely. comment publicly, but aaid priv ately It looked to them aa though all the prize contests would havt to be confined to studio audiences. This would mean that program, could stay on tht air but no awards would be given to the people listening in. . Obviasudv. hMffff. aaa mi IK. : bij- aUraclMraa far sponsors at give- away Dfwarasna la the drawing card af a big radio sudieaco anxiously and hop-tolly waiting far a chaasre at prtxe. ' One Disaensiesi Only four members of tht erven member PCC took part in tht de cision and ont of the four dissented. The ruling, stemming from a year-long Investigation, seems car tain to be earned Into the court for review. The proposed regulation wat fought vigorously by most of the radio Industry, on grounds that the FCC lacks authority to censor pro gram content. The commission's reply was that It la empowered to forbid the use of the air for promoting lottery. I a- .o, f , reSIIYul UrQWS 1 . . Sell-Out Crowd I ASHLAND. Ore, Aug. 19 IIP A sell-out audience for Taming of tht ! Shrew last night brought atten 19 ..41 1 dance at the Ashland Shakespear assured tan festival to over 0000 for tht meo and Juliet. Richard II will be presented tomor.ow night and tht final three plays. . . Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, and Tam ing of tht Shrew, will be played Monday through Wednesday. r
