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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1949)
Jim MM ill S 1 Ikp Sews By FRANK JKNKINII IP you read the papera dlscritninal Ingly, you re aware that our : country will produce an Immense i crop tlila yrar and, barring Improb able convulsions u( nature, will har . veal, procesa and autre IU ! Alu (II you rrad llie papera even ninre dinriinliiailiudyi yuu are : aware thai our upper bracket of i Jiclala are acutrly worried aa to i what the Ham Hill we are going tg , do with II alter we id It harteated, processed and atored. IN an eatUer and aliuplrr aociely, thrre would have been no aucn worries. Among othrr Uilngs, the law of supply and drmaud would have ukru charge of Uie situation. Be came of ample tuply, pram of food would have fallen. Hlraugrly enough, thai would NOT have been rgarded aa a calamity. llnauae )1 lower prices, people would have lirrn able to buy and coiuume mure mod. Aa a mult ol tins nciraaru rimiumiiUun. the aurulua would WKin have bren eaten up. society the farmer would hate had lata money to aprud durum ilir period uf lower pnrea and au would , have worn hla old rlutlin. would hate postponed the bulldim of hu new barn and In many other ways would have curtailed hla aprndliig. Aa a reaull of llua curtailmrni, the aupply uf thliuta the farmer bus would hate rmredetl demand and so the I'KICE or Tlll.M WUULU ' HAVK r'AU.tN. In a Hula while, everybody would have been dolus buaiuewa aa usual at the new pure ,! level. Means rule eterybody would be fal and well fed aa a result of the abundant crop that, aurted It all. f a a a THAT nil back In the daya when ' we were Ignorant and unlettered ' and crude In our thinking. All we ' had I little horaa aeiue. In the pinches, we Jus aorl of did what rame naturally. If we had plenty to rat (especially of the kind that "attack to our rib alone. with i clothea Uiat kepi ua warm In winter ' and raiii-uglil houte. we shrugged ' our ahuuldera and aald: "Well, we're belter off than Oranddad waa ana. ' let It fo at that. Somehow or other, i we muddled through. ' a . a . BY thie time, of eourae, we ve ' " learned better. ' We know now lint a price drop i i. . .-.i.miiv In our thuiktni, we've grtio ,T0 beyond Uial polnl. We know thai It la a BIN. Bin muat lie prevented. Preventing am la one of aociety a main puriioae. 8o we ve .undertaken to prevent prlcea from stropping. To keep pncea from dropping,' goveritmenl now goea out In yeaxa of abundance and BUYS UP the etuif at a sal price. Bui even thai brings I la head aches. One you (el the atuff on your hsnda. you've gol to figure out what the heck to DO with It. Al ready the government la getting a lot of It on I la haivda. I suspect that aome of the bluer buya al the lop have their momenta when theyd rburk a whale of a lot of It into the creek or even aet a match In It If they could do It when nobody waa looking. Here a what they've brought on thrmaelvea: By keeping; the prlcea up (thus keeping the produce voting the Democrats ticket i they're wrecked the good old system under w hich the people ATE MORIS OP IT WHEN THE PRICE WAS LOW and thua got rid of the aurplua. a yjtt. I'm eo old-fashioned that I 14 can't help thinking it waa belter II around In the old daya when people ATE IT when the price got low and kept their bclta light and the wrinklea out of their farea and moat everybody waa fat and aauy because he had a lot to eat. I reallae, of course. Uial aurh thinking la aa out of date aa the dodo. But every time the govern ment doea thlngi like aelllng aurplua potatoee for 10 centa a hundred to feed to anlmali bul WONT aril 'em for the tame price to leed to humana It appears to my benighted mind th IhlngiM getting out of kllle.'. Oaeiakl afBaVll tUUICI UII I Awaits Fate BANDPOINT. Idaho. Bept. t ) rifteen-year-old Charlotte Burnt waited patiently In her county Jail ward today for the law to make Ita next move. The elate haa aoeuaed Charlotte of healing her 17-year-old father to death with a hammer In their tee lated farm home. Hhe la charged with flrat drgree murder. Probata Judge J. P. Hartia took the cane under advlaement after a preliminary hearing. State and county officiate gave tettlmony of the evenla that followed the death of Charlea Burnt. Judge Harrla la eipaetrd to glee hla deelalon today. He could turn the girl ever te dlalrlrt court for trial, ae he eould aubatllule leaa arrlnua charge If the evidence war ran la. Neat and clean In a pink drem, Charlotte tat quietly In the court room at the hearing. Hhe ahnnk her head and antwered "no" when the judge asked If the wuhed to tea tlfv. (Idle era teallflrd the lolrl lliem the had hit her father en the head wllh a hammer aa he lay en eourh. Hhe aald aha "loal her aen re." State Patrolman Leo Janrla told the court the girl tobbed at the told linn her atnry. Charlotte told o.'flcert her father htd broken promise to take her mi trip. She aald the hart been ) to i town only twice In her 11 yeara PRICK riVK CENTS itish Push ECA Funds Freedom Bid WAHIIINOTON, Bept. t i4 The thrrr-powrr conlerrnre on the Brlt lah financial crista today art up special committee to go Into Brlt atn't rrqurat for more freedom In pending ECA dollara outside the United Btalet. II waa learned thai Britain haa told the t ailed Nlalea that anleaa ehengee are made In prevent Mar anal! Plan eperatlona Ihey will hare lw apend several handred aallllon mere dollara oal ef Ihelr dwindling The decision of the American, British and Canadian cabinet min isters to make special ttudy of the whole question of the use of ECA funds waa one of four decisions made today. Brclal groups were also assigned to work on the fullowuig three problems: I. C'eanmodlllre and Mleekplllngl Britain haa told the United H Is tea on tins point thai a speedup In Ihe use of American funds for stock piling strategic material! such aa rubber and tin would assist the British government In Increasing 111 dollar earning!. Those material! are producing In arraa which do their traduig in the British pound aler ting. t. C'ttalotnt Preeedwre: Both Brit ain and Canada hate repeatedly complained to the American gov ernment that lla customs procedure! are so cumbersome and old-fashioned that foreign exporters are dis couraged from trying to get foods into Ihla country for aale here, and Uial American buyera are discour aged from aeeklng foreign goods. A solution to this problem, from the British viewpoint, would have Ihe tame effect aa solution to the stockpiling problem that Is. It would fit Into Uie request of Sir Stafford Crippa thai the United States open greater markrta to Brit ish goods. 3. Orerarea Inreatmenla: British and Canadian conferee are report ed to have taken the position thai the United Slates, as the world s greatest creditor nation, must find new ways to put dollara to work by encouraging heavier American In veatmenta in foreign countries. Hurricanes Threatening East, West By Ihe Associated Press The center of huge Atlanuc hur ricane edged past Bermuda today, musing those honeymoon Isles Just enough to spare them fearful beat ing by winda up to 144 miles an hour. Orady Norton, chief norm fore caster at Miami, aald the great tropical storm t center waa 60 miles east of Bermuda at a. m. (EST). "Thia plarea the Islanda on the weaker west side of the atorm." aald Norton. "Heaviest winda reach only 40 milea from the center on thai aide." The Meilran hurricane, wllh 1M mllea an hoar winda, waa eipecfed to be centered about M mllea south of Han Diego by midnight tonight. The weather bureau forecast heavy squalls and rough aeaa along Ihe southern California coast today. The hurricane, off Bala, Calif., waa moving northwestward about 13 mllea an hour from lla center about 70 mllea west of Crdroa Island. Shriners Announce Big Circus Klamath kids will hare t he chance to see circus after all, wllh a year gone by since sawdust rlnga were aet up here. I.oren Palmerton, prealdent of the Klamath Mhrlne rlub, today an nounced three-day appearance of Polack Brothers circus, scheduled at the armory Hrplembrr 22, 21. and 24. Thia la the first time Polark has shown here In 10 yeara, when It waa brought In by the Shrine club at that time. Six shows, three matinees and three evening performance are slated, each show aome two and one half hours long. The elrcua la bring presented aa as benefit for the Hhrlne elub'a activity fund which Includes many wrll known charities. The elrrua of fice has ben established at Balsl ger'a and tlckrta may also be ob tained from Maaona and Hhrlnera. Clarence Humble la circus chair man and will announce committers thortly. KLAMATH kC- I - A ,-Ha 1 Sk RAIN OR SHINE? Pretty Toni Brown is undecided whether today's weather calls for an umbrella and rain jacket or not. A light sprinkle wos reported throughout the Klomath oreo, first rain since August I. Democrats' 'Statism' Hit By Republicans; Wherry Calls For WASHINGTON. Sept. t ( Re- .hurled al an epithet al the demo publlcaiu are picking up the word cratic administration are creeping "sialism" aa the party a unofficial j more and more Into public battle-cry against the democrat' i speeches by prominent people, -fair deal- program. j,mei p. Byrnra. former drmo- Baaae repablicana want their i crauc aecretary of atate, first used parly la snake the flint against the word last aprtng when he "etaUsaw" ae a aaelal welfare warned against the growing power aula (he basic laaae In all major of the federal government. etecUotn. Thry charge that what President Trwman calls has "fair deal" program ha leading the coun try toward greater and greater elate control ever every man wom an and child. - Republican Floor Leader Wherry I of Nebraska haa aaked OOP policy jmakrra to take an official party stand on this Issue. "We've got to fight sialism, the social weitare government, or What ever yen wish to call It." Wherry j told reporter, "(iorernmrnt econ- omy and apposition to sialism are two Issues every republican can agree on. Other republicans agreed with Wherry. But democratic leaders hooted at the Idea that "autism" can be made political campaign Issue. President Truman In speech last Monday called Ihr cry of ""'," 7" srompra cl,lc gtior, j,,,, speeders were in- p alogane roatrrrd by Ihoae who;Jurr, erly l, morning when the would frighten people In higher In- ,w0 coU.aed on a blind curve come groups. nX of Biodgjtt, mbout 30 miles urnnATaui: iraacr L.ucas or 11 llnola said: "Its ju.it another alo- gan. The republican! originate a new one every campaign. But thry can t win on slogan. The people want something constructive as we have given them." Charges of "autism" generally Top Composer. Strauss. Dead QARMISCH PARTENKIRCIIEK. Oermany. Bept. I xA't R 1 c h r d Strauss, one of Ihe world's greatest contemporary composers, died to day. He was (3. Hit geniua ran the gamut of mu sical expression from simple aonga and chamber music to avmphonie poems, aymphonlea and operas. "Her Roaenkavrller" and hla Im pressionistic opera "Salome" are among hla moat popular works. He was musical prodigy at the age of four and began composing when he was tlx. At 13 hla opus No. I, a "FestmaraerT' for orches tra was before the public. 'Tod und Verklaerung." Death and transfiguration) lone poem written In 1889 Is regarded by many critics aa one of his greatest works. 8TRIKKS IDLE 2460 WALLACE, Idaho. Bept, 1 Ti The ranks of Uie Jobless stood at 2400 In the Coeur D'Alrne mining district today as 6S0 workers struck Uie famous Sunshine sliver and lead mine. It was the fourth property struck by the CIO International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter workrra since Aug. 30. FAM.H. OREGON, THI'RHDA Y, 4 Curb All-Out Fight Recently Gen. Dwight D. Elsen hower, new president af Columbia nlreretty. lashed t against "autism" In speech which aome dcmorrala thought sounded very marh like republican political talk. And only yesterday Senator I Dulles iR-NY) aald the threat of I sialism will be the major Issue In the New York aenatorlal campaign j thia fall. SP Speeders Wreck; 12 Men Injured rrvnvATiT.Q n.nt a s Twelve I of 2 men riding two Southern Pa- west of here. All were brought to local hos pital but none was reported aerl ously Injured. The most damage waa suffered by Juan Bottelo, Port land. He Buffered a broken collar 1 bone and multiple bruises. 8ome of Ihe men were hurt when Ihey jumped before the crash. One speeder, towing two trailers with total of 25 men aboard waa driven by Foreman A. E. Swenson. the othrr with three occupants by Karl Southern. Summit. Southern's speeder was demolished. A mlxup In line clearance appar ently caused the head-on crash. Another Crosswalk Traffic Victim Felled By Motorist The city's non-faUllly accident record la In danger of bring marred by drivers falling to yield the right of way to pedestrians at crosswalks. Police Chief Hamilton observed to day. Two persona have bren atruck while crossing the street In eroes walka In the paat twe daya. - - Law yesterday afternoon Mickey Oom. Yellow cab driver, was atruck at Uie nth and Klamath Intersection but not seriously Injured. Driver of the automobile, William H. SUn lry, 53. 2452 Applrgale. vras ar rested for failure to yield the right of way and also for having no operators license, posting 105 bail for an appearance this afternoon In municipal court. Oladys Flannery, third-grade teacher at Mills school, waa atruck by 'a car at Esplanade and Pine Tuesday night, and was reported Improving at Klamath Valley hos SEPTEMBER t, 14 Fire PBongir 'foses' OK But The Gals Don't Need 'Em AHBI'RY PARK. N. I Kept, g Ijpt Mrs. Ametira contestants ran wear "falsiee" If they want loo. b at t none of them need them, according to Contest Di rector Bert Nerlna. In the Mlea America pageant In nearby Atlantic City, falsiee are labe. Nerlna aald bust, waist and hip meaanrcmrnta el the tl contest tats already aelected for the llth annual Mrs. America event here Saturday prore beyond donbt that ave padding la neceaaary. He aald Ihe boat-watst-bip autlstlca range frara a Zi-tt-H minlmttaa tw U-SI-Xt aiaxi- Dewey Asked For Milita Strike Guard BUFFALO. N.Y, Sept. iP) Governor, Dewey waa asked today i to tend the tut militut aa no-' lence flared In the 13-wrek-old Bell 1 Aircraft ttrtke for the second sue-1 ceulrc day. The request w si made by Du-1 trict Attorney William E. Miller of , Niagara county aa flying squads of , unionists attacked work-bound non- . strikers. j Shortly after at least 14 were re- ! i parted injured In twa attacks thia : ' morn inc. Miller aaid be telephoned Lawrence Walsh, lasvrernor Dewey's l I uaialant counsel. Miller aald: "I told htm that no amount of local police coordination, including the three municipal po-; Uce department! and NKgarar coun-1 ty sheriffs office, could possibly i cope with the local scene. i "I Informed him that nothing short of the state militia could pre- ! vent further bloodshed." j MlDrr aaid he waa convinced that the responsible labor leaders no longer are In control of the situs- : lion and that aU aeUrtUre were be- i ing led by influences foreifn to tbe local scene and aneaeatlonabiy , communbUcally dominated. The ttrlke began June 13. Mem bers of CIO United Auto Worker local Ml are aeeklng a 10-cent hour ly wage Increase and pension bene fit. The company saya the average hourly wage it 11.78. Grain Buyer Collapses On Street Dies Lindley M. Bowles. M. grain buy er for the Onurto Feed and Milling company of Ontario. Calif, col lapsed early Wednesday night at the comer of ih and Main and mas declared dead on amtai ai. ! Klamath Valley hospital. City police officers, waiting in prowl car for the lights at lh and Main, observed Bowles slump to the sidewalk and gare Immediate aid. Kaler'a ambulance waa called to more Bowles to the hospital but he bad riplrrd before reaching Klam ath Valley. Death was attributed to coronary thrombosis. Bow lea had arrived here by plane at p.m, registered at local hotel and was apparently en route to resuurant for his dinner. He la former resident of Dallas, Ore, and member of an old Willamette family. A son In Portland, and his wife In Arcadia. Calif, survive. Ward's have charge of arrange ments. pital today. She received a broken collarbone In the accident. In both InaUnera. Chief Hamilton aid, the pedestrians were reportedly hit by automobiles while In the crosswalks, Oregon law glvea Ihe pedeatrlan the right of way In all intersection crassings, whether marked or therwlae, Hamilton aaid, and the maximum penalty for rela tions by drivers la 1IM fine and I dava In Jail. Chief Hamilton also cited the new stale law regarding school buses, which Is now being enforced. Automobiles on two-lane street or highway, whether approaching a stopped school bus In the act of loading or unloading school children, must come to a complete atop, Hamilton aald. Klamath Falls haa not had city street traffic faUllty since April when two young men were killed In a collision with a bus at the North Entrance. WEATHER Klamath Sslla Ss4 vletailT! srl It Haver wla Lbliitarai la aaarar maanlalaa laSa as! fri 4mf. ansa laar 1 Law laaifkl 4a. tut ttiaar aa. Mai. laael. II ... It Mia M rrarlfllatlaa Ua( S4 kaara l !. a. aa. e.el Telrphene till Ne. 271 First Local Rainfall In 38 Days Forest service men greeted a light shower here early thia morning, first rain rince last August I. The rain waa not sufficient to bring relief to the tinder-dry far eats, nor did it halt harvest to any degree. In some pe.ru of the county It remained dry but an overcast sky, a moderate temperature, of 65 de grees at 11:30 ui, and forecast of "cloudy with thunderstorms In the mountains." promised tome re lief as far aa the forests go. R. L. Cooper, district ranger of the U. 8. national forest, said today he hoped for a good rain to end the long weeks of hot, dry weather which have created hazard throughout the wooded area. However. Cooper observed, bn midity la high and any maanlaln storm might bring with II lightning flashes which would create an addi tional headache for the ferret ser vice in the way of fire. CAA'a official tabulation on the early morning drizzle waa jOI Inches a! 10:30 ajn. In no locaUon waa the rain considered heavy enough to dampen the - forests to degree where lightning fires would cause little or no effect. Temperature foreca;a for Friday low. 40 degrees; high, SO. Coanly Agent C. A. Henderson aaid Ihe grain harvest might be halted In aome places and the kw miditT might hold ap elorer thresh ing for day or two. An depended on the weather and what change It might take. Ltchtning storms struck in the Medlord are Wednesday. Probation Broken; Man Prison Bound After less than two days of free dom, James Wilson Havens Jr, J7. was bark In the county Jail today and on his way to a five-year prison sentence. Havens was placed on probaUon Tuesday after pleading guilty to passing bad checks, the probation to run thrre years. Thia morning he waa back la custody again and his probation re voked on grounds that he violated the court order by visiting at least two taverns last night. Tbe pro bation order Included prorlsiou that he iIst out of taverns and refrain from drinking. Havens admitted In court he went Into local poolroom to play poker and that he drank ale In a second tavern. He at first denied the drinking but admitted it after Mrs. Dick Wolters identified him as hav ing been in her husband's place of business last night. Circuit Judge David R. Vandea berg revoked Havens' probaUon aad sentenced him Pa five yeara la prison. Also in court this morning was Richard Bartelle Witham, 36, who pleaded guilty to possession of false instrument with Intent to pass. He assertedly had two forged checks, one tor $100 and snother for sl"5 In his possession when arrested July 25. Witham. without previous crim inal record, was placed on proba tion for five years. BULLETINS PRISON PROBE SALEM. Sept. I uPi - The stale board of control announced today It would Investigate the en tire atate penltenUary with a view toward reorganising It. Tho board's statement waa made In connection with Its report that Oran Brownlee, convict whs com mitted auirlde aa last March IT, died partially because of careless ness and an error of Judgment on the part of tbe guards la charge. WASHINGTON, Sept. I (PI President Truman declined la aay at press conference today whether he would give former .ov. Mon C. Walltren of Wash ington a recess appointment as chairman of the national securi ties resources board. He withdrew Wallgren'a nomination for that Boat after It waa tabled by tho senate armed services committee. TRUCE EXTENSION? WASHINGTON, Sept. I CP) Prealdent Trumaa aald today he as considering asking another to day trace to avert a steel strike. THUMB TACK TIDBIT Billy Butler, 2, of Cross Valley, Calif., holds tight to his foth er, Moster Sgt. Allen Butler, after a police escorted ride of 150 miles. Billy wos rushed to Lettermon General hospitol in San Francisco otter it was discovered he had swallowed a thumb tack. X-rays show the tock has passed into his intestines and it is anticipat ed he will naturally expel it. Jobs Hit '49 Peak In August WASHINGTON. Sept. t The number of Jobholders hit a imp I pesk of M7.0O0 in August, while 1 the total of idle workers dropped more than 400,000, the census bur eau said today. Tbe bareaa'a report showed that nemploTBieat dipped to l.US.ee. the highest level since IM2. The report, eagerly awaited as clue to Improving economic condi It had men in July to 4.005,000. in factory and other non-farm em ployment Secretary of Commerce Sawyer saw In the figures "evidence of leveling -off of the recent downward turns, revealed marked Increase adjustment in our economy." He added in statement : "We are la a fundameatally stand conditio far eontlaauag oar etoae mie advance." The rise In non-farm emptor ment amounted to 1468.000. Agricultural employment, on tne other hand, de clined by a like amount as farm ing operations entered the normal mid-summer slack period. The total Increase U) civilian em ployed, therefore, was comparativ ely slight 227.000 workers. Tbe drop In tbe aaaaaer of Job- i leas wax attributed by the bareaa I partly to tbe fact that aaanr Job banting youngsters either fsaad work or left the labor market. The rise In non-tarm employment a particularly important clue to business conditions, was described by the agency as "one of the larg est recorded for a tingle month in the past several years." Murphy Gets Ambassador Nod From HST WASHINGTON, Sept. I Robert D. Murphy of Wisconsin, head of the German and Austrian affairs division of the state depart ment, was nominated by President Truman today to be ambassador to Belgium. v The president also nominated LL Oen. Howard Arnold Craig to be In spector general of the UA tr force. His permanent rank has been maj or general but today's appointment carries with It the predated rank of lieutenant general as of Octo ber 1. 1947. MaJ. Oen. Kenneth Bonner Wolfe. VS. air force, was nominated to be deputy chief of suff for materiel, with the rank of lieutenant general. Snake Bite Victim Out Of Hospital Snake bite serum which was flown from Mrdford for Richard Lawrence did IU Job well, and the small boy was discharged from Klamath Valley hospital Wednes day afternoon. Richard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lawrence of Tulelake, was bitten by a rattle snake Monday, and a widespread search for anti toxin resulted when none was lo cated here. WANDERING ELK PORTLAND. Sept. 8 (JPt An ant lered elk walked Into the city's northwest suburbs yesterday morn ing, then disappeared Into MacLeay park wooded areas. A search failed to find him. MORE STUDENTS NEWBERO. Sept. t An In creased school population probab ly more than 1300 la expected her when clasaea open naxt Monday. Stoppages Would Close Steel Plants By The Associated Preot Three of the natton'a railroads were threatened with strikes todsy, making possible the Idling of mora than 130.000 rail and steel workers gome J tot workers are sot la ajuit their Jabs en the MUaoaii fa clfie railroad at 1 p. m, IPDTI to morrow. Union official, who reject ed aa arbitration proposal yester day, weal ahead with strike plaaa In the dispute over eoate 2J1 aa unset I led claims Involving sbosrl IS.aoe.tos. la Pittsburgh, rail brotherhood of. flctala have called strikes oa twa Inter plant Conner lion carriers which serve scorea of plants, prin cipally In the ateel Industry. On walkout to aet far Malurday and tho arcond far a est Tuesday. The work stoppages on the lines would make Idle aome lM.IOi ateelwerkert. Wsges are not Involved In any of the rail disputes. In Washington, Frank Douglas, member of the mediation board, said the board haa "given up en- 1 tirely" In Ita efforts to avert the strike against the Missouri Pacific line. The road reported In 8t. Louis that it ha d atopped accepting freight that cannot be delivered be fore the strike deadline. Fewr rail onions are Involved as the dispute. Tney are the lareawa tire engineera, cagtnensen sad fire en. railroad trainmen and railway roodactora. la Cleveland yesterday brotherhood apekeamea aaid In ey bad decided to make "no chaaga whatsoever" bt their strike plana. The atnlce calls In Pittsburgh by the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men stemmed from disputes Involv ing technical interpretation of ran oua rules. The walkout of about 600 train men of the Monongahela connecting railroad is aet for Saturday and the one calling out 1200 brakemen and conductors on the union line Is scheduled for Tuesday. The union road Is the inter-plant line between all mills of U. S. Steel corporation, subsidiaries In the Pittsburgh dis trict ' OTI Student Killed: Cycle Crashed Car A 31-year-old Oregon Tech stu dent was fatally injured when hi motorcycle smashed Into a car on highway 395. seven miles south of Herlonc. Cslif. late Wednesday. Dead b) Kenneth Weber, a re tail bvaineas awuugenaent student at OTL freta Oakridge. He was a faraaer Klamath Falls resident, leaving here for nary terrier and later aaoving with bis fatally to OaJuTidge. Weber died en route to the Her lonc hospital. California elate patrolmen who mreatigated aaid Chat Weber atrack aa automobile driven by Leonard U Dobba of Herlong aa tbe latter turned from the highway onto the Herlong road. Patrolmen aaid the speed otneter of Wrber s motor cycle waa slock at It mllea aa hoar. Dob bs and his 3-year-old daugh ter received minor hurts, and his wife, also a passenger in the car, is suffering from several broken ribs. It Is not known where Weber was coming from at the tune of the ac cident. He Is survived by his wife, Lots Ann. and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryson F. Weber, of Oakridge. who are en route to Herlong. Weber waa a afudent at Klamath talon high school, leaving In IU for naval service. He lived at King hall an the OTI campus. The body la at White's mortuary In SusanvUle, Calif. Pound Keeper Kills Coyote A half-grown coyote, after a brush with civilization this morn ing, was killed by Larry Mueller, city dog pound keeper. The animal, believed to have been kept as pet by an unidenti fied Broad street resident, appar ently broke away and went roam ing over town thia morning until he was hit by a car on S. 6th at the Lombard Motor company. Injured, the coyote crawled un der a car and lUyrd there until Mueller arrived to dispose of hitj. Visitor Scans KF Planning A. Whitney Murphy, representing the American Institute of Architects and Yale university, Is spending a few days In Klamsth Ft Hi checking over city plsnnlng here. 1 Murphy Is making a survey of cities of less thsn 50.000 population regarding the tutus of city plsn nlng and the part played In plan ning projects by local archltecU. He la Interviewing members 0 f the city planning commission and at the aame time la gathering ref erence material for a magazine sr tlcle on the subject.
