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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1949)
U UuvHLl LlraLlM Zrd U Vl) ULILb VUULLbuuLjL! By FRANK JKN'KINIt MR 8TAFPOKU OKI PI'S tells -de-" partmrnt head of Britain labor government this morning to gel ready lor at Itut a five per cent cut In next ynri national budget. The London dispatch carrying thi Information add that five per cent budget tluh would brim aav Inga o( too million dollar. (Britain budget tor the current fiscal ynt U 13 billion dollar. Our U around 41 billion dollara.) WHAT'S In Uis wlndr " I wouldn't know, but In the Mint dispatch tin Interesting para graph U Included: "The move (to cut the budget I per cent! la almoat ceruin to force a reduction In the ranks of Urllaln'i 704.00U governnirnt clrrka and ad' nnnutrauira. It la also expected U affect Britain social aervlcea. In' eluding the national health plan . , The government might have to levy a BI'KCIAL CHAHOK to krep the public from abusing the free-for-all 1 medical scheme. TURNINO the chip over, we find thta bug under It: Britain la In bad way financially. Hhe haa been spending far more than ahe can aflurd. Ho have we for that matter, but our reeourcr are greater and we ran go on 1XJNCIKH mortgaging the house to pay the grocery bill. All the all m Indicate that a ahowdown on Britain's finance may be approach ing. (Among other tiling", the prlrt of Brltuh bond haa been falling. ( Add till fait: Soma two meek hence, Uie big ahnu of the British government will come to Wellington to are If they can't wangle aome mora dol lara from ua to keep their economy going. e e If ERE la what COULD bo In the " wind: The preaent British government ("administration1 I our term moit nearly corresponding to It) may realize that trouble 1 approaching on horseback. It may have a pre monition that Washington ought balk at putting up enough more dollara to keep the Brltiah system going Indefinitely. In auch an event, Uie card hou.e of RrtUah finance) would come tumbling down and when drastic. terrible thing like that happen THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS I likely to be the throwing out of Uie editing government and the putting In of a new government, j In thta ease, that would amount in throwing out the Labor party and putting m the Conservative party at the British election ahlcb must occur In about a year, e e s The present British government may have In mind a very old and usually quite effective political dodge. It may be planning to say to the British voter: "Our truuble are due entirely to the wicked and parslmnnlou United State, which will no longer put up Uie money to keep us solvent. Because of this miserly policy on the part of the U. B. you may have to give up your free medical aervlcea (Includ ing monocle and toupees for those who want auch things.) "We. your loyal and devoted aervanu, have done and art doing our best to prevent auch a calamity, but we are helpless In the face of the American skinflint who will no longer come to our aid." THAT, you could turn the wrath of Uie British people AWAY from whatever shortcoming there may have been In tha present British government and toward the American, who era no longer will ing to shower down. ' It would make the preaent British government the under-dog In a con tent with powerful America, and the British have the aame Instinctive sympathy for tha under-dog that we have. In a campaign around such Issues, It would not be im probable that the present govern ment would win a vote of confidence from the British people. , , I'm not asserting that this IS the p situation, because I don't know. But It could be. At any rate, It will be worth watching. BULLETIN BI.AMKLKSS WAHH INtiTON, Aug. M The house armed aervlcea com mittee today completely exonerat ed air force and defense depart ment offirlala of collusion, fraud or dlshoneaty In the B18 bomber program. 'Snoopy' The Impish Cow In Trouble And In Silo OSCEOLA. Wlf., Aug. 35 (P)-A young Wisconsin cow with a long record of misbehavior.' languished at the bottom of a partly filled alio today, waiting for an early har vest to bring her freedom. Snoopy, 6A0 pound pet of 1.1-year-eld Cherlne Lampman, had to qureie through an opening go inch ea wide and 30 Inehea high to get In. Hhe wa Inspired at the time, however, since Cherlne' father, Kvrrrtt Lampman, wa In hot pur. tilt. Lampman caught the adventure some heller chomping her way through his best field of glen corn. Me chased her to the barn and locked the door, but Snoopy headed for what looked like an exit. Farmer Lampman heard a crash , and popped Inside Just In time to se BiKKipy dUappear Into the silo. Snoopy, unruffled and apparently unhurt by her 11-foot fall, got to mu r. riVK KNTH 1 -o- 3 ?-iAh jfr -'fN - -a. ANXIOUS MOMENT Robert Lindohl, 11, lies in a Chicago, III., street offer being struck by the outo shown ot left. Joseph Chudodo, driver of the car, rushes up to aid the in jured boy who was treated for head injuries. Tie Squire Of And 'Spirit WASHINGTON. Aug. it iltl Vice President Berkley kept alive today the romantic speculation link ing his name with a pretty St. Lout widow. And be took ebvloru delight la Wing Introduced a "the aaulre of Padurah and the new spirit of St. laall The widow. J7 - year - old Mrs. Car Ir ton lladlry, wasn't present. Her Four Oregon Aliens Face Deportation PORTLAND. Aug. JS 11 Four aliens who have lived In Oregon 30 to 40 years are faced by deporta tlon actions. R. J. Norene, VS. Immigration service chief here, said the four were accused of membership In or' gsnltatlon which "advocate, oi teach tile overthrow by force oi violence of the government of the United State." Named In the lulls era John L. Stenson, ti. West Linn, a Nome' glan; Karoilna llalverson, (4. Port' land, a native of Sweden: Hamlsh Scott MacKay, 43. Portland, a Ca nadlan: and Caalmlro Burno Ab solar, 44, a Filipino. Norene said the charge repre sented the first such case In Ore gon since 1930 and 1931. British Plan Budget Slash LONDON, Aug. 36 t81r Staf ford Crlpp told department head of Britain labor government today to get ready for at least a five per cent slash In next year national budget. Burh a cut would bring sav ings of i: 150.000.000 IIOOO.OOO.OOOI. The chancelolr of the exchequer passed the word around barely two week before the scheduled start of Britain's dollr crlsl huddle with U. S. official In Washington Sep tember 7. The labor government has been under severe fire from ome Ameri can political leader and news papers, who have accused It of In eflclent administration and spend ing too much on social services. her feet and munched last year'i silage leftover. Unlike Grady, the Oklahoma cow that holds the allo-slttlng mark ao far this year, Snonpy' silo 1 be low the ground rather than above It. The entrance aperature 1 Just about ground level. Neighbor gathered at the farm, three and a half mile eaat of here, and decided the only way to get Snoopy out la lo fill up the alio. Lampman Juggled hla farming timetable and derided to alart cul ling hla rorn crop this weekend. Then the alio will be filled and Snoopy can walk or be pushed to freedom. Someone suggested that the fris ky heifer might enjoy her Impris onment, with tons of corn pouring In. Hut Lampman ha that problem licked he'll muzzle Snoopy and give her Just feed and water till tha Job la done, . I , -grf Paducah' Of St. Louis' name was not even mentioned. But she wa very much In everybody's i mind when retiring National Chair- man J. Howard McOralh Introduced the 71-year-old Berkley. The "Veep" threw back hi hed and laughed a heartily a anyone In the room at McOrath reference to St. Louis. 'This," Berkley responded when quiet bad been restore, "ts the bear I long have sought aad sn earned because I foand it not." He told tha crowd b had "called up Missouri on the long-distance telephone and she asked ma to give you her personal regards." He went on to say that "there has always been an Inseparable connec tion between Kentucky and Mis souri" and "It looks Ilk It's going to continue. He added: That' what I hope." KF Car Fraud Suspect Taken In Goldfield Claude Lundy. wanted here for fraud In the purchase of a used car, has been arrested by the FBI In Ooldfirld. Nev.. for "violation of the Dyer act. 8heriff Jack Franey learned today. Lundy la also reportedly anted In Elko, Nev, Riverside, Calif, and several place In Utah. The Dyer act regard transportation of a stolen car from one atat to an other. The man was In custody at River side several month ago, held for Klamath county, but posted ball and left the state. Later he waa charged with burglary In River side. Sheriff Franey said Klamath county would put a "hold'' order on Lundy. WIRED FOR SOUND-Mounted patrolman O. K. Sudding of Miami, Fla., keeps in touch with Uie fore In tha sm way hla btiddlca do In their radio patrol car. Duddlng'a radio weighing nine pounds Is attached to tha laddie gear. Motorist C. J. Ilerron, of I'lltsburgli, Pa, admires the mounted set which la proving big help to Miami poljca. KLAMATH fAIXH, ORKOON, THI'KHDAV, AI'C.L'bT IS. uit; $nh$ Senate - - s a I I a. a aaaa Truman Mum On Vaughn; Talk Later WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S IIP) President Truman aald today he won't discuss the senate' five per center Inquiry until after his army aide. Ma). Gen. Harry H. Vaughan. ha teatitied. At a news conference the presi dent's attention waa called la testimony that Vaughan advised the atale department in 1WJ that the president was "personal! In terested" In a proposed trip to Italy by John Magaen. A reporter anked Truman If he knew about this situation, or would comment. The president said that he had already ataled that he had no com ment to make on the senate in quiry until Vaughan take the stand. I He said he would answer que- I lions after that, but not before. 'VA,...C . The senate committee's tentative WANT5 DIVOKtt NCtress schedule of hearings now calls, for Joan Barton (above) of Holly Vaughan to testify next Tuesday. w0xj Calif., hos requested Hotel Survey Shows KF Air Service Need Klamath hotel registration Indi cate heaviest vlsltaUon here la from the big coast cities and the neigh boring city of Medford. A eherk-np an the hotel books for the month af June haa Just been complied and will be sub mitted by the Klamath chamber of commerce to the elvll areooan 11 ra board In the fight far aula teaaace af direct airline eel tke between Klamath Falls and aaet repelttaa aetata. Chamber Manager Charles Stark explained registration figure were taken from the books of the WU lard. Wlnema and Hall hotels to obtain a "community of interest" Indication. The CAB uses this term to Indicate areas which have great est business dealings with each other, and hotel registration usual ly weigh heavily In CAB considera tion. Oregon lap the Hat In the num ber of visitors la thta city com piled from the hotel records for June of thia year with 261 per sons, with California number two with 1(47. The state of Wash ington followed with S94. while all others eame to 39a. Broken Into visitor from the cities topping the list, the figures are a follows: OREGON Portland 5 Medford It Eugene 515 Salem 145 CALIFORNIA San Francises , 265 Lot Angeles 1 Sacramento 91 Oakland J WASHINGTON Seattle 194 Spokane Taeoma - - 43 rnY ' .-r v - r 1 '" h lv 17 ftA i ' JaL ;lV.,ifflj . i'lL" ; f v i . Si-rV", i . tt si rv. v i . in-nfli her lowyer to-start divorce ac tion against Frederick S. Gug genheim, jewelry mognate. Rankin Air Crash Draws Three Suits Trial la expected In federal court I In Los Angeles Out autumn of three j i damage suit, seeking a total ul i 1170.000. which have been filed asj a rtsoltv of ins" aeusatlonal Tex ! Rankin airplane accident which oc- ! curred at Klamath Falls on Feb ruary 23. 147. John B. Ebinger and L. Orth Sise more. local attorneys representing plaintiffs in the case, aald today that no trial date has been set bu; they expect the case to come up In the next two or three months. Biggest damages are sought bv Milton James Scott Thompson, better known aa Bus Thompson. Klamath Falls man who waa In jured when a plane piloted by Tex Rankin crashed In suburban Klamath Falls shortly after a take-off. Thompson asks fist, so. Damages of 10.000 each are sought by the estates of Cy Wallan and Jack tile. Klamath automobile dealers, who were killed In the smash-up. Rankin also died In the crash. (At Uie time Uie auits were filed, Oregon law limited to 110.000 dam ages that could be claimed in a death. The limit haa since been raised to 515.000.1 The plaintiffs have named as de fendants in the three damage actions John O. (Trxi Rankin and R. S. Norswing. doing business as the Rankin Aeronautical academy; the aame partners, doing business as Rankin Aviation Industries, R. S. Norswing individually, and Shirley L. Rankin, widow of Tex and ex ecutrix of his estate. The complaint chargea that Rankin waa negligent in taking up a plane that was allegedly overloaded and not airworthy. Slsemore Is representing Thomp son In the case, and Ebinger Is representing the Wallan and Elie estates. Associated in both cases is General Chester McCarty, Port land. O'Connor and O'Connor of Los Angeles Is representing the de tease. Shortly fter the case was filed, the defense obtained an order of dismissal In federal court In Los Angeles. The plaintiffs appealed to the circuit court of appeals, and gut a reversal of the dismissal orders. That put the case back into the federal district court for trial The plane had four occupants when It took off from the municipal airport here. Thry were Rankin, at the controls: Wallan. Elie and Thompson. All were killed Instant ly except Thompson. Blow Menaces South Florida MIAMI. Fla, Aug. 25 W South Florida today was put on the alert for a hurricane. An erratic hurricane In the At lantic had recurved to the west northwest during the morning after following a northwest course for a time. The new course caused Grady Norton, chief storm forecaster at Miami, to Inform the northern Ba hama island to take hurricane pre caution and southern Florida to stand by on tha alert. Klioulk rails Vieieliv 'sir USav m4 rrlSsr. I.sl treat !- ifSI la llTlsf Slalrlels. Mil Sir 17. Lew MalfSt HUH. his rnssr I. Mai. . 4l IS MIS 4 rraclelUllsa Istl U kssrs ae Telephone 1111 No. tMt 0 . umy lowen 7!f pnn IV KafU IIVIVl WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 39 IIP) Ignoring senate objection, the house passed today a resolution ad journing Itself Informally from to morrow until September 31. The resolution does not require senate approval.. It provides that the bouse shall meet every Toesday and Friday during the recess period to held token sessions. The constitution won t let either chamber quit tor more than three week-days at a time without con sent of the other. The senate ha refused to give consent to house plans for an outright adjournment. Earlier Speaker Rayburn had an nounced the house would adjourn despite the senate's objection. He said the senate's action wa "the first time in history" a far a be could recall that one cham ber refused to agree ta procedure approved by the other in respect ta meeting. The action, be added, "certainly doea not" promote canity between the two branches Since the house technically will be In session, that procedure won't conflict with a constitutional ban against either chamber quitting for more than three week-days without the consent of the other. By a thumping vote the house yesterday passed a resolution seek ing senate consent for an outright house adjournment without the necessity of keeping a few member here to hold Informal meetings. Despite the long-standing tradi tion which say neither chamber should Interfere with the meet ing plana at tbe other, the senate voted sown the boost proposal ay a eoaas-of S3 W.T. The senate action stunned the house, which hsd expected routine senate approval. Forest Fires Being Curbed; Still Serious Jly The Associated Pres The bsttle against fires ravag ing North American forests took a favorable turn today. The situation Is still serious, how ever. In many areas. Flames nan wiped out valuable timber In west ern United States, New England and Canada. One person was killed and four Injured yesterday in Calilornlaa forest fires. Harry T. Meyer, 32-ycar-old lumber crewman, waa kill ed by a falling tree In Stanislaus national forest. Fire fighters in Idaho's national forest still were running Into trou ble. One of four major biases In Payette national forest broke loose yesterday and ran over an estl' mated 6000 acres. The outlook In the Black Bills of South Dakota was promising. Rangers looked for favorable winds to blow the flames back over burn' ed out areas. About a dozen forest fires still were burning In New England but none was reported as serious. In Canada, the Ontario depart' ment of lands and forests reported all that province's 151 fires were under control. City May Ban Electric And Barbed Fences A resort of an electric fence se! up to discharge 110 volts has prompted the city to draw up an ordinance making illegal the Instal lation of any electric fences within the city limits. The ordinance also abolish barb-wire fences. The statute wa Introduced at the last council meet ing and Is expected to become city law In final passage at the next session of the city dads, Tuesday, September 8. The report of tie 110volt fence reached the police department re cently from the California Oregon Power company. Although Investi gation has proved the fence la set up for 110 volts, the actual hook-up source has not been located. The ordinance waa drawn to In sure protection of small children. Violation of the ordinance will draw a maximum sentence of 50 days In Jail. $100 fine or both. Although a state code prohibit electric fences within city limits, councllmen felt that establishment of a city ordinance would Insure speedier prosecuting action In the event of violation. Defense Slash Puts Squeeze On Congressmen WASHINGTON. Aug. 36 tV-President Truman today describee) military payroll cuts a part of an economy move under government re organization. He told a news conference that Secretary of Defense Johnson ordered dismissal of H5.M0 civilian employes nnder direct instrue- -Uons from him. Truman added that he would not be deterred by protests from soma members of congress from going through with the curtailment. With a smile, he ssld that In congress It's a solid rul that economy should be In the other f ellow' dis- a trlct, not In mine. When he was a senator, he said, he was alway careful to see that Missouri didn't get gypped on gov ernment projects. Tbe eat has put some congress members In a squeeze. They here called for economy, bat their constituents are complaining bit terly over the cat. A typical example wa offered by a western house member. He said he has been deluged up to now with letters urging him to vote for cut In appropriation. Now. he said, the same people are complain ing bitterly sgalnst military cut barks in his district. The predicament resulted frees Secretary af Defense Johnson's announcement yesterday that the armed forces plan to fire KSM of their MS.aoa civilian employes, while returning 12,f3 reserve of ficers from sctivs ts Inactive status. That program aims at a 1 200.000. -000 saving during the fiscal year which started July 1, and savings of S00X).000 a year thereafter. It would help bring next year's mili tary budget down to tl3.4O0.000.000. The 1940 budget totals $14,900,000, 000. Johnson said the cuts are those proposed by the three armed serv ices themselves. They will result In the closing of about 50 defense In stallations and the slimming down of a number of others. Census Taker Here To Aid Businessmen Mrs. Gertrude M. Arnold, district census supervisor, has arranged far Enumerator James Manson to be In Klamath Fall, today and Friday to assist businessmen who nave not yet returned their bureau of census report forms and also those busi nessmen from whom incomplete re- I ports nave been obtained. Everyone Is urged to give full cooperation in order that all re ports from Klamath FUls and Klamath county may be transmit ted to Washington prior to the bu reau's deadline. Prompt transmittal is the only way to Insure that na tional, state, city and county busi ness summaries will be published on schedule. Manson will spend the two day contacting businessmen. Inspection Of Spud Seed About Sept. 1 The second Inspection for seed potatoes in Klamath county will be held about September 1 when Har old Finnell. state certification board Inspector, arrives In Klamath Falls. Inspections were made the last of July on 1400 acres entered tor certification. All fields except three passed the inspection. This second check is made to catch any potato diseases that may have developed since that time. County Agent. C. H. Henderson, has expressed a desire for a check to be as early as pos sible because of early frosts that may hit this ares. Frosts make ade quate plant inspection difficult. The principal potato plant diseases that affect the Klamath area are mild and m go use mosaic, leaf roll and black lag. Other minor virus touch some plants here also. KF Bank Official Buetl New Lakeview Manager W. H. (John) Buell, assistant cashier of the Klamath Falls branch of The First National bank of Portland, has been named mana ger ot First National's Lakeview branch according to an announce ment by F. N. Belgrano Jr FNB president. He succeeds C. F. Snider who hss been named assistant vice presi dent. The change will be effective September 1. Snider will remain at Lakeview as senior administrative officer of the branch. "The knowledge Buell gained from his many yeaia In close as sociation with the livestock and ag ricultural Industry in Eastern Ore gon and his Intimate acquaintance in the Lakeview territory especially qualifies him for his new position," Belgrano stated. Grant W. Perry who Joined the staff of the Klamath Falls branch three month ago will take over Buell's wora. Fuells livestock and agricultural career began In 1P1S when he was foreman for Smyths brothers, large sheep and ranch operators with (Continued on Pag 1 I. . Schools Ask Tots' Birth Dates Proof An announcement ha been made by Superintendent of City Schools, Arnold Gralapp, stressing the neces sity for birth certificates for young sters entering the first grade. Only those children who were born on or before November 15, 1H3. are eli gible to enroll for this fall In tha first grade. Birth certificate may be ob tained at the county clerk's office at the courthouse for those bora la this comity, a n't Information will be given there for aeevring eerfUieatee for those bora In other counties. A change has been made in tha boundary of the Roosevelt district. The triangle area west of the rail road tracks, between Crescent ave nue and Johnson street has been In the past part of the compulsory Roosevelt school district. Since students In that area will now have to cross both tha railroad track and the new highway to at tend school, that section will become an optional school district. Students In that area may attend either Roosevelt. Falrview or Fremont grade school. Tha area around tha high school has been an optional section for many years. A detailed bus schedule will be run In The Herald and News early next week giving the bus stop planned. In the main the schedule will be the same as last year. Lehman Will Seek Senate Post Report ALBANY, N Y. Aug. 35 m Former Gov. Herbert H. Lehman definitely will run for the U. S. sen ate this fall, a high demoeratls source said today. The informant, who declined to be quoted by name, trdlcated Leh man would accept the democratic and liberal party nominations for election to the seat resigned by democrat Robert F. Wagner. John Foster Dulles, veteran GOP foreign affairs authority, now holds the seat by interim appointment from Governor Dewey, Re will serve until December 1. Dulles has reiterated that ha doe not plan to run for election. 50 Additional Park Meters To Be Tried Continuing Its parking meter ex pansion program, the city Is now putting up post to prepare for tha installation of 50 additional dock ers. The posts are going in on Esplan ade from Main to Wall and on Main from Esplanade to Broad. Shipment of the. meter, which will go in on trial basis. Is expected within a few days. The Esplanade stretch will get one-hour meter. C lockers on Main will permit two hour parking. W. H. (John) Boefl : I ' : !s V 1 '
