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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1949)
o)nr mm MM II TIhv- Day's itavs By FRANK JKNKINK THIS pregnant paragraph Icada oft a dUpilch from Washington thli morning: "Ilia United Blalea, nrllaln and Canada began momentous talks lo dsy on Uia flnanrlal disaster which threatens Ilrllaln " WHAT U IIUi llnanclal disaster? " And WHY la lit I ET8 put It as almply a we can: Tha need ot the BrltUh lor Ihlmt produced In America U great er lhan their ability to PRODUCE THINGS TO BWAP POH THE things thky okt from us. Thafe alt there U to It. But tin I-ord knows It's plenty lough. It, In this modem world, you can't pro dura enouiih to swap to others fnr what they produce, only ONE THINO can be In store tor ynul YOUR HTANDAHU OP UVINO WILL GO DOWN. The Mima thing happens Inevitably to nation. WHY did 11 happen to Britain? " That U a long atory tar too lung to be gone Into here. Two great wars had a lot tn do with It. Ware are terribly. TKHKIIILY dratrurllve. They are like Urea that roar beyond all control. They burn up the ac cumulated savings ol generations. When your aavlnga are destroyed, you era bark to raw fundamental!. It la tha aame with nation. THERE ara timet when we are inrunrci to u. iiti... ..... ... , B ... 1 tl.k-.aa a.. a. laal ...rll tP.llaa muiui. emeu . ... . ..... Ihl. 1 lions coming on. .i. ., thought : In both war., tha Brlthh thouiiht their LIBERTIES were threatened. On both occasions, when tha grim choice rame. they didn't hesitate. They threw their property unques tlonlngly Inlo tha fiaht to tha death to aava their liberties. You can't despise people who do thlnga Ilka that. MOW can wa REALLY help tha " Britth? Frankly. I don't know. I don't think anybody KNOWS. Thu much U certain: We ran t WPA them out of it. WPA. continued king enough, rota away the fiber of men a aouU. When the liber of man aoul l gone, tha man hlnuelf ta gone. There remalna only tha hollow ahell of eomethlnf that once waa admir able. e a COME way or other, If the thing V that waa Britain la to be ra lamed tn I tie world, wa muat get the Brttbh bark to tha point where they ran produce enough thlnga themaelvea to awap for the thing! they need from othera. It that can't be dona, tha British will go on WPA. That will be tha end of tha great chapter In human affaire that waa Britain. a a TS tha thing that waa Britain worth aavlng? Don't Inrgtt trtla: The Jdea that a man la a man. and aa aurh haa certain Inalienable human rlghta, was born In England. That glvea the British a sentimental claim on us who have, benefited to greatly by that Idea. II Uie time ever cornea when senti ment la utterly disregarded, tills will be a foul world to live In. New German Government Beg ins York BONN, Germany, Sept. 7 IVPy-The first Oerman government since Ailolf Hitler convened today. The bundesrat, upper hou-e of the west Oerman federal republic was the first branch of the new govern ment to begin work. The bundes tag, tha lower house, opens Ita first aesston this afternoon. A federal president will be elected , September U by a convention of 401 bundestag depullea and 40a ape eial delegalea from tha state legis latures. British high commissioner, Oen. Blr Brian Robertson, and Die Ameri can and Pre.irh high con.mlssinneni John J. McClny and Andre Kran-cola-Ponret were present. Barley Yield Record Set; $3.25 Top Price A record yield per acre for Hann rhen barley In thlg ares haa been harvested at the C, W. Fensler homestead In tha Wlnenia district of Tula lake. Combiners going In to harvest the it acres noted thai Ihe grain waa unusually heavy and weighed out 14 acrea, Ihe result of one day'a harvral. The yield for Ihe 14 acres averaged 6.200 pounds per acre. The remainder of the crop, also measured, brought the per-acre yield for the entire planting to a MOO-pmind average. A high normal yield has been con sidered 4600 pounds per acre. Fensler and hla sons Dick and Jack, sold their grain to Henxel brothers for 1.1 25 a hundred pounds. The price ef 13.2S a hundred for top quality mailing grain waa quo ted again today by buyers, a price that has held for ever a week. Home grsln reportedly haa gone higher, with elorage payment figured Inle Ihe price. 9mm wmssssi I'KK t rtVK tKNTH local ' Jcfef Enrollments Slightly Off George Asks I Quick OK Of Trade Pacts WASHINGTON. Hepl. 7 ) Senator George (U-Oa I today asked the arnata to pau the admin istration's reciprocal trade egree mcnta bill quickly and without amendment. By ruling aut amendments, f.eorge nade clear the admlnlalra tlon will offer no compromise to republican erltlra of the bltL George oiieiied debate aa chair man of the finance committee which approved 11 le bill. Before George obtained tha floor, Bcna lor Malone tH-Nev.) of fered aa a substitute hla own meas- 1 ura calling for a flrxlble Import tee. 1 Till- idea haa been cold-shouldered b w w , Both Oeorge and Malone made references to tha current British- i Canadian-American Ulka on tha j British dollar crisis. George aaid the trade agreemenla kill "is very pertinent" le Ihe Ulka. Malone auggealed Ihe conference ; could develop Into a "amekeacreen" j fee Ihe kill. Malone aaid that as a result of reciprocal trade agreement, "free i trade la actually marking" and un employment la reachmg an "alarm ing slate George said the British crisis waa ! caused by many factors. But It la ' clear, he continued, that If tha United Btatea had not had a -workable" trade act In tha past the Brit ish crisis would have coma sooner and been "even mora critical" than today. Pasaage ef this .erasure la ene ef Ihe mace wrgent demands President Truman haa made ef hie senate , leadera. It passed the house by 111 to a margin In ft kens ry but barely squeaked Ihrengh the era sis finance committee, 1 le I. last March. The measure would eitend to June 12, Ull the president's au thority to make International agreemenla rauing or lowering American tariffs. Rain Prospect Up; Slight Frost Damage Deepening overcast Indicated the possibility at mid-day that there might be a break In the prolonged dry spell that haa continued since .20 of an Inch of rain fell on August I. The official forecast la for fair but partly cloudy, but a local condi tion appeared to be developing that might mean rain. Temperature dropped to as low as 2S degrees above aero In tha basin. That was the official read ing at tha Tulelake experiment sta tion. Another official reading, at Lender's ranch north of Merrill, waa 32. The stale experiment sta tion half a mile west of the city airport waa 3d degrees. A garden on Derby street was nipped In the night, late beans and cuc umbers showing black t h I a morning. There was a trace, of frost on the 8colt Warren place north of Klamath. There waa not enough frost yet to stop growth of potatoea In moat arras. DAM DEDICATION EUGENE. Sept. 7 (PI The IU 000.000 Dorena dam on the Row river will be dedicated Bunday, Oc tober 33, at a ceremony In Cottage Orove, with the chamber of com merce host at the celebration. Barley harvest ta about (0 par cent finished. Wheat price quotations this morn ing remained at from 13.05 to 13.15 a hundred pounds, depending on quality and the overall quality Is not too good, buyers report. Much wheat iu hurt by mid-aummer frosts, hpud digging haa not begun and for tha last twe nights the Tulelake area haa been touched by light froata which have nipped Ihe lopa of some apuda, probably without damage, Laat night the official low temperature at the Tulelake experi ment station waa 25 and Monday night II waa 29. The froat may have the result of (needing up harvest of some bar ley fields where the grain did not mature evenly. Green grain In some fields waa killed out, allowing com bine work to go ahead on IheTlpe grain. KLAMAIH Boy May Have Tumbled Into 115-Ft Well KKATTI.E. Mepl. 1 trHhrr. life ellleeea started desperate pumping operaliona today le de termine whether a bey might have fallen Inle a deep well at While I enter . A aeeend pump waa taken le the arena, een of I ha city llmlle. alter the first failed. The well waa reported le be 115 feet deep, with considerable water In It. There waa no d-finite report ef a miming bey, but a bulldesrr eperaler'a report led le tha prompt action. Ray Hymee aaid two bore, about I ee 9 yeara eld, were watching him clear a lot with a buJIdeter. He aaw one ef them run away, abeuting. He did net are any aign ef the aeeend bey. He then disravered tha belldeaee had knocked the cover off an eld well. Church Sale To Negroes Protested BI'LLETIN Early this afternoon P. C. Alder aen, paster ef the Seventh Day Adventlat church, told a Herald and News reporter that the church people had no Intention ef eclllng le Negreea and the report rame aa a surprise. Apparently reafclanU ef Ihe vi cinity had been misinformed wben Ihey drew op the petition. Residents on N. Ninth and IU 'laiti clnlly appeared before council night In prule-t of the rumnred to Negroes of the Setenth Day Ad venUst church, 33 N. Ninth. A petition waa handed Ihe city) coenenmen aignea ey ae reside n Is ef N. Ninth. Koor, Preapeet, ML :t.7r.' ',. eeoncllmen to atop any such sale. The matter was turned over to City Attorney Henry Perkins and the legal committee of the council ' f ... a, . . Councilman A F. Condrey ex- I """" " pressed belief that such a sale The newa photographers were or would not be permitted under local 1 1""1 out ' Hot' Chase ball option. Condrey aaid that the city j Toom 1UT objections were raised originally stipulated that the build- i orrr Picture taking. , Ing would be used only for the use I of th e Seventh Day Adventlst church. Girls Begin Showing Off ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Sept. 7 lfv- Some of the nations most beautiful girls tonight begin an in tense competition that will end Sat urday in Uie selection of Mlsa Amer ica of 1040. Far three daya the it glrla In the Mlae America pageant will ahew off the way they look In a bathing suit, Ihe poise they een master In an evening gown, and their en tertaining talenta. Judged otv these three distinct contest phases, 15 lucky flnalts!s will enter the homestretch on Sat urday. Prom them the new queen of feminine pulchritude will be chosen. The spectacular peageant began yesterday with a four-mile parade of entrants before a Jam-packed crowd estimated by police at 350. 000. Dulles Says Glad To Run For Senate WASHINGTON, 8ept. 7 (i Senator John Foster Dulles R-NY said today he would "gladly accept" tha republican nomination to run for the senate In this fall's special New York election. New York republican . leaders have been pressing Dulles to make the race. Former Cleverner Herbert Leh man haa announced he will accept the democratic nemlnallon If It la offered. The contest la to fill the unex pired term of 8cnalor Robert F, Wagner, democrat, who resigned. Former Cashier Gets 7 Years 8EATTLE, Sept. 7 iPh-Ross Wor ley, 55, former cashier of the Bothel state bank, waa sentenced today to seven years In a federal penitentiary for embexxlement, Worley pleaded guilty to charge! of embexxlement of t34.P44.8S over a 20-year period. Turning down pleas of bank officials and Bothell residents for leniency. Judge Lloyd Black aaid Worley Is not the only man In a position of trust who haa bean tempted. MIX), OKYAXiX, WKD.SfcSIM V. If ' CM "IETTER, THANKS" Six-yeor-old Richord Lowrence is showing steady and rapid improvement of Klomath Volley hospifol offer his fongle with a rattlesnake near his home ot Tulelake Monday. The little boy wos bitten on the hip. Snake bite strum with which to treot the child was the object of a widespread search through this area orxf was finally flown' here from Medford. Richord is the son of Mr. ond Mrs. Horry Lawrence. 'Veep' Dances With Widow; Pictures Out sr. louis, Bept. t vtce ! j,,.,,, .rlll.. A h .,. :,.. ,". ." e..V. o ii.Z. danced la.st night but not until photographers were twice escorted I have asked that there be no pictures taken while we dance.' ! Berkley aaid after photographers I were escorted eat for the aeeend . Ume. About 10 newsmen were on hand I".""', ".r "- " the ballroom. A snort ume later . . . Harold Kopiar, a son of the hotel owner, ordered the newsmen out. "Unless you leave, the Berkley party threatens to leave," he said. Berkley denied that. -I never asked to have the press leave and they had ae right to say I did," the vice president said. Then the newsmen got In again. But when Mrs. Ilsdley and Bark ley started to dance, a photograph ers flash bulb went off and the dancing stopped. Newsmen were es corted out for the second time. 4 i o T ' - "W- .' J'l V . 1 It ':) ILaV. WHERE' MAMA? Ann Petrowsky (left) ond Thomos Smith, both 2 years old, wear crowns and anxious expressions as they glance around for support from their mothers after winning a baby beauty contett at the opening of a new Chicago wad ing pool. HKPTEMHKR 1, IM Board Gives Up; MP Rail v Strike Looms WASH1NOTON. Sept. 7 . The national i rails ay) mediation Door a ia today -we ve given up entirely trying io even a ainse , Friday on the Missouri Pacific rail road. Frank Douglass, a board mem- , ber. told a reporter: I "1 think they're all eel to have ; a strike. We've dene everything we ran nnder the law. and then some. trying to etap It and had ae sac- ce-a." The labor dispute Involves more than 300 grievances, unsettled for several years, between the railroad several years, ocv.rc.. vre -"- and four unions. They are the oro- I .1 ' therhoods of trainmen, firemen, and engineers and the order of railway conductors, De a g I a a a said Ihe mediation board had tried every technique outlined In the railway Ubor law In aa effort to act tie the dispate. He aaid that bevoad Ihe Its, the board proposed arbitration ef the triers n- cea kv a specially-appointed board. This plan was accepted by the railroad but, Douglass said, no reply from the four unions has been re ceived. ir 63 . a. - WEATHER ElaMlh rH m4 wUintlf. tir but iih '.bit blfb fUll"i Utlar TkiniiT, High Ur . f.w lB.ghl 4. MiM Tbvrt. Mm. M Mta. . II Telrphan till City, County Register 7764 Pupils City and county schools, with the I exception of Klmmath Union high school, today showed ft slight de crease In enrollment figures as com pared to the first day's report of ISMS Baperintendrnt Arnold Oralapp of Ihe city system, and County Huper inlendtnf C. B. Howe, annoaneed that the slight decrease ta expected to be Tercosne at the end of the weefc and particularly In the county where harvrst Is beeping some f the older children out of the cUas- With Labor Day holidays over. city grade figures climbed Tuesday over the previous Friday. Wednes- day a figures showed a total ele- mentary enrollment of J175. a de- crease of 55 atudenta as compared to lMJ's second day tally of 2230. In county grade and high schools there waa a total decrease or 52 students. Total enrollment to dat Is 4300. as compared to last year's 4352. At Klamath I'nion high school, where class, earns are filled le rapa city, an Increase ef 41 etadenta was Beted today ever figwrea reported this time last year. School popula tion at Kl'HS la 1 as compared to 'Ms 124. A breakdown of registration fig ures by city and county school follows: City Grade Conger ISO. Fairview 25S. Fre mona 202, Mills 647, Pelican 211, Riverside 115, Roosevelt 303, Jun ior High ISO. Kl'HS Freshman 3M. Sophomore, 345 Junior 285. Senior 279. 47eantr- Schools , 1 Bonanxa 256, Fort Klamath 30. Keno 10. Bly 13. Fairhaven 2M. Shasta 430. Mslin 345, Merrill 337, Ollchrist 272. Summers 204. Henley 477. Shevlin 47. Chiloquln 320. Sprsgue River 00. Altamont Elementary 2M. Altamont Junior high 14. Crescent Lake, Ray mond's Camp 13. One county school. Weyerhaeuser Camp 4. will open around Septem ber 15. New Anti-Red Plan Proposed WASHTOr.TnW Ken! 1 ,M a , ... . ' . ' rnTn nn im 1 cea man T r m I a r r nnn. . communist China was put forward today by Senator H. Alexander Smith iR-NJ). He aaid he waa expressing his ewa vlevra but that he haa keen led te I believe that the state department will not be aafrlendly to his pro- poaal. Smith suggested that congress j authorise perhaps tl00.000.000 to be ; spent at the president's discretion on military, economic and "ideo logical" activities In China and other parts of the Far East. He proposed that the president spend the fund through a com mission composed of such men as Oeneral A. C. Wedemeyer. who made an exhaustive study and a long-secret report on the Chinese situation, and J. Leightnn Stuart, the U. 8. ambassador to China, who Is now In this country. State Payroll Shows Decline SALEM. Sept. 7 tr-Oregon's total payroll In the first quarter ot this year was t20t.303.631. a de crease of 4.3 per cent from the similar period of 1948. The slate unemployment com pensation commission, which an nounced the figures today, said only nine counties showed payroll gains during the period. They are Crook, Deschutes, Douglas, Gilliam. Grant, Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman and Wasco. e Multnomah county's payroll of 1 103 .26 862 waa about half the state total. Crops Ripening, Ranges Drying PORTLAND, Bept. 7 tPi The same situation prevailed In Oregon again last week: dry, warm weather which ripened crops well but con tinued drying the ranges. Pastures were suffering from drought throughout Eastern Ore gon, the weather bureau reported. The dry spell waa hard on fall seed beds, too. Crops continued ripening well, however, and the harvest of late crops went along briskly. The hall that fell near Portland September 4 damaged soma lettuce. Economic And Policy Chiefs Of 3 Nations Confer In Washington WA8HINOTON. Sept. 7 iv-The United Slates, Britain and Canada, began momentous talks today on tha financial disaster which threaten! Britain. Top foreign policy and ecenemie chiefs ef the three nations mew a walnut-panelled room at the state department. Heated In leather backed arm eh sirs, they groaped abont a Zt-foet glaas-lopped table. Tha three delegation! arrived at tha department with epllt-second timing. Pirat were Secretary of the Treasury Bnyder and hla chief as alatant, William McCheaney Martin, a . Snyder waa gria-.if?d aa he stepped eat ef his liaseasine. He looked very much the banker tn hla dark Mae salt, whlu shirt and dark else tie. Photographers were taking their pictures when someone shouted: "The British are coming." Up drove British Foreign Min ister Bevin. accompanied by Sir 8u,i" Crtp2s-cJ.n"l'0.' ' V? exchequer, and British Ambassador Sir Oliver Pranks. A few minutes U-ter. the Canadian delegation, led by Finance Minister Douglas C. Abbott, arrived. A crowd of 100 or so spectators had gathered In front of the depart, ment building to see the notables. Bevin described the three-power conference aa a aneana "la win Ihe atroggie for ene world, ene world ef free and democratic peoples.' tn ..... hi. i. t . ! and he declined to amplify them up-. -..,,-. u,-.., , t on reaching Washington. A ftrparter teld him that Canadian . ei... SJi.La.-a. . I .-I ,. AZ Z ,hT. r.Z.Z. I S ti.TlTl!! i.f . - , uuuuiKT ana council lor study. the Crht te spend Its MarshaU Plan ; The mayor promised a final answer dollars, anywhere. , September 19 at the council session. Bevin smiled over this Idea for a Speaking for NAACP members, moment, t Id ha had no comment ' Kenneth Lambie aaid that the de but then added. "It sounds rather . cislon of the city fathers to alio food, anyway." cate lots for bunal of non-Caura- j siana was unacceptable to the Attire Hits Fees ( NAACP. BRIDLINGTON. Eng. Sept. 7 VPi ' "W M lht " aVfinitely s Prime Minister Clement AtUee le- ' r aegregatlen" Lambie day denounced opponents of Brit- t'- H added that the desire ef am's Ubor vemment who he aaid ! NAACP waa to have access le were trying to make "bad blood" j he, WU ' ,h cemetery, between Rrium onH ho it n 1 1. a I The 72 lots which the cemetery States. In aa address before the Trades Inlen eengreaa. eight million mem- ber backbone ef the Ubor party. A It lee premised Britain weald do ; Ha ataaeat to solve the dollar short- "2! si e which threatens Britain w I ecenemie disaster. But, he added, the problem ' nst be solved by any one govern ment in isolation." -There Is a lot of effort being put ' out to try- to make bad blood be-; tween Britain an d the United I States." he said. "There are people here who de their utmost to foment hostility la the Tailed Slates to the labor gov ernment. They seek far party a tots to play on the prejadieea mi Ill-la- farmed sections ef American epla I They also seek to cause disunity I by suggesting the United 8 tales will i sec m ui.ct.civ ami uiv interna. j policy of this country. In this they Join hands with the communists. I The emphatic statement of Pres.. ident Truman tin Philadelphia) i should silence them" I Tmmaa ea Aagast 2 leM the j American Legion eeaventien In Philadelphia that the V. 8. weald help Britain la her financial crisis and said the democratic natleaa i weald aol Interfere with ene another's internal politics. ! Attlee also warned British unions th,t his Ubor government la deter- tuiiieu to noia uie low on wages. Steel Facts Report Seen For Saturday WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 (Av The White House said today that tenta tive plana call for the steel fact finding board to report to President Truman Saturday morning. That day Is Uie deadline tor the i presidential panel to turn over its recommendations for settling a wage dispute that threatens a strike In the ateel Industry. The CIO steel workers union Is Is demanding a 30-cents-an hour -package" Increase. It has aet Sept tember 14 for a strike unless a settlement la reached before then. Boy Dies; 13th Victim Of Camden Mass Killer CAMDEN. NJ, Sept, 7 WV-The toll In Camden's River road mass shooting rose to 13 today with the death of 10-year-old John Wilson. The youngster was the third member ef hla family claimed by the bullets of a atalking gunman who turned a city block Into a place ef terror yesterday. The boy's mother and grandmoth er were killed beside hlra aa they sat In their car waiting for a traf fic light. Three other persons were wound ed in the hall of gunfire. Meanwhile, thousands of curiosity seekers flocked to the scene to ex amine at first hand the bullet holes and ether mute evidence ef the massacre disc ri bed by police aa the worst street shooting la the na tion's history. While the stunned families of the victims prepared to bury their dead, police maintained a round-the-clock vtgtl at the hratpKal bedside of How ard L'rtruh, 28-year-old Btble-read-l MAACP Fights Segregation In Cemetery The Negro burial Issue flared up again hut night when members of the Nations! Association for tha Advancement of Colored People crowded tha council chambers to urge tha city councilman to reverse their recent decision to allocate cer tain lots in the Klamath Memorial cemetery for the Interment of non Caucasians. This surprising artien came le Ume DiP a probable aseve by the "ly ds le accept a reeemmenda- lien from the cemetery committee jT,"n?. ",dJ " 'fV'" -rove aecliea of the burial rroands I tor Negre burials. Msvnr bk -n. .. J ; " "W1HIWJM MJJU . members that tha mat- "r w?uld to 'he cemetery ' committee had recommended for allocation for Negro burials are ' n ng I he Klamath river ! hJch skiru Klamath Memorial Storekeeper ! nabs Thieves OREOO.Y CITY. Sept. T (Jry-An Ice cream store proprietor, dressed In his night clothes, today captured two men who stale police aaid, ad mitted robbing their way west from Chicago. Edward Whettington. aaliup ha back ef hie aabarbaa lee ercam mhaeiake na awakened k-v eni-MO ! i .hop this morning. He grabbed a H()e muched tn, and aaid -hands ap." Dean Arthur Culver, 34, Chicago, and David Alien Craig, 20, Chicago, surrendered. State police, summoned by Whet ting tons wife, found a car full of guns, watches, jewelry, and other goods parked outside. State Police Officer John Michaels said the men admitted driving from Chicago tn a stolen car, robbing stores along the way. Soviet Peace Move Rumored BERLIN Sept. 7 m Oerman newspapers today printed uncon firmed reports that Russia has of fered the west a new six-point scheme to end east-west difference! In Berlin and Germany. Western allied officials In Berlin described the story as a communist trial balloon. In London, the Brit ish foreign office said It had heard rumors that Russia has proposed a new Berlin settlement. A spokesman stressed, however, that Britain had no official knowledge of such a move. (Slate department officials in Washington said they were unaware of any new Russian proposals on Berlin or Germany). Ing war veteran who collected guns aa a hobby. A bullet was removed from Un run's hip last night at Cooper hos pital less than 12 hours after he had pumped 33 shots from a Ger man luger automatic In a method! cal door-to-door search for human targets. Captured when police tear gas . bombs forced him from hla own barricaded bedroom, Unruh later was found to have the hip wound. It waa not determined Immediately whether the bullet came from the gun of a civilian or one of the M policemen who converged on his hideout. Prosecutor Mitchell Cohen ef Camden eoonty aaid arrangemente have been made for a mental ex amlnalion ef Unruh either In the hospital or after his relraav expect ed in Ihe next t4 honra. James Unruh of Haddonfleld, N. J expressed the opinion that hla brother went berserk because of nervousnesa brought on by hla war service. t r 1
