Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, September 23, 1949, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textpn (( o)jira?ffil b Ir-ik . -."a '"y (MW xVfr V15) JvU0) 1 c rKICI riVI CENT! 10" KLAMATH EAI.I.H, OKKiiON, FKIDAY, MErTKMnEK 23, Wt Telephone . ' ' Dav'ricivs Br FRANK JENKINA COMB time arly (hit morning th wholt (net nf th world, wi of thli generation hav known II, wa changed. Her It how It happened: In WuhlmUin, presumably at tht Whit House, 111 cabinet of Hit President o( Hit United 8 isles wa assembled In formal session. It members, I Imagine, wer nerv ous and worried, bocaua sessions ( thit sort art held only on MO MKNTOUB occasions. Tht door opened. The President jWtered III room. His face. I cm f lure, wet (rave at he made Una Brief but shattering annnuncemrnt: "WR HAVK EVIDENCE THAT WITHIN RECENT WEEKH AN ATOMIC KXPI.OKION OCCURRED IN THE UBS R. (HUHAIAI." a a ALMOMT simultaneously thert ram from I,ondon official word that the British lovernmtnt also has evidence of an atomlo eiplc aion In Russia. a e e ItTS keep the picture clear If we can. I think Ui Presidents announcement cam no surpris to mrat nf Ihna to whom he made It. WHATEVER HAPPENED 1II NT HAPPEN JUST YESTERDAY. Ill first evidence muat have come In tome time aio. It waa kept at a hush-hush aecret. But by ya terday evenlnt the proof mutt have accumulated to the point where the fact waa recognised that It could no Imnrr be kept a secret. TUB PEOPLE MUST KNOW. Ho the cabinet merlin waa ar ranged and the announcement waa made. (Please keep In mind that I don't know all llils. I'm Just as turning II. li t the way such things are uaualty handled. Ha about the only way thev ran be handled ) e a a NYWAY- Only yesterday we were talking about such tlunga aa the devalua tion of the Brltuh pound ... the harvesting nf the IIH9 crop . . , the coal strike and the Impending steel strike . . . the weather . . . n stale of business and the price A( ri" and butler. nouay eucb thmga ere triviali ties. e e e VESTERDAY. So far aa we ordl 1 nary people knew. I ALONE had the atom bomb, everybody knew that we would ue It only aa Ian resort to preserve our na tional existence. Today we must assume that Russia alao hat the bomb THKRB ARK rEW WHO DOUBT THAT RUSSIA WILL UBK TUB BOMB AS AN INSTRU MENT TO ACHIEVE HER OOAL Of A COMMUNIST WORLD. That Is what change th face of affair. e I HOPE you will pardon th us of the tint personal pronoun In what follows. To each of us these cataclysmic development ar PER SONAL. Three time within the past decade th world hat been changed for me. I can tell about It best In personal term. a a a THE morning of December T, 1941, I tpent hunting ducks out on the twamp. The durk wer numerous and they flew low. It waa wonder ful. This waa a good old world to live In. We cam In, all aglow, just before noon. THE JAPS HAD BOMBED PEARL HARBOR AND WB WERE AT WAR I e e e THE night of Hiroshima Day I apent In my quarters In London, sleeping soundly In a city that wat till deliriously happy because It knew there we peace In Europe end no enemy bombs would fall t)t night or any other night in tihe foreseeable future. When I cam down to break (Continued on Pag Two) Morse Opposes CM A; Blasts Truman Policy WASHINGTON, Bept. 23 (VP) I Senator Mors (R-Ore) aald today he opposes creation of a Columbia valley administration In the Pacific Northwest Mors had not previously mad public hit position on President Tru man's proposal. The senator proposed that Instead of anting up a CVA, the govern ment go ahead with the construc tion of project In the $1,000,000. 000 coordinated program of the ar my englneera and reclamation bur eau for development of the Colum bia river basin. Raps Admlnttratlon Hie administration'! action In pushiim the CVA bill and opposing (lie siilliorlRllini of Hi project! contained In the coordinated pro gram Is "political blackmail," Morse told reporter. He said approval of a CVA as proposed would place the Pacific Nnriliwe.it In a "strait Jncket." Morn' sulil he believed the repub licans should Insist that the recom- knrnilRtioni of th Hoover commit licii for creation af a department an" itt""" ot V OliMjf- fan THIS GANS OF KIDS anjoyed Otto the clown who performed in uninhibited fashion at the Shrine circus matinee as the three-day performance got under way here Thursday after noon. Otto Creibling it recognized as one of the finest clowns in the business and his non sense hits a high point when he plays to the young fry. Malin Agent Robbed; Two Boys Confess Two X-year-old boys who robbed and abducted a Malin railway agent yesterday afternoon may fate chart ea of armed assault, car theft and possibly kidnaping. District At torney D. E. Vtn Vac lor aald today. The youths, who gsv their name as Leslie LeHoy Davit and William David Roche, ar held In the county Jail. They wens ar rested ouuid of Canby, Calif., an hour and a half after th robbery. Btockade let Orecon and California sheriff's depuues. stale pohc and Oreal Northern special agenu participated blocking Uie boys' attempt to es cape after th daylight robbery and they wer trapped by Modoc coun ty deputies. Ot fleers related thit tiory of the afternoon's events: At J M th ahabblly dressed boys entered the olflc of ON Agent Ho-i.- Henderson at Malin. Ruche had a J8 calibre revolver and Davis a knife. They threatened Hender tOonUnued on Pag Toi No Murder, Says Indian PORTLAND, Bept. S3 Perry Chock loot. 17-year-old Klamath In dian, entered a plea of not guilty yesterday In federal court to a charge of second degree murder. Th Beatty youth la accused of killing hit half-brother. Marx Loyd Brown, with rifle during a hay field argument July 30. He asserU edly fired two shots at Brown, 20, one hitting him In the eye. When tnken Into custody In Klam ath Falls a few hours after the shooting, Chocktoot said Brown had tried to kill him with a pitchfork. Chocktoot will go on trial In Med lord October 4. of public works, to combine the work of th army engineer! and reclamation bureau, be carried out. He aald he favored a program which would check "the aerlpus po litical tendency In this country to place more and more power In the hands of fewer and fewer men In th executive branch of the govern ment." "We see that Illustrated In a very dramatic way by the administra tion's proposal to have three men selected by th. president tnke com plete administrative control of the river resource! of the Pacific North west," Morse added. Local Willis "I believe we must coordinate agencies, federal and state," he said, "but e must do It without sacrificing local right! and local re sponsibilities of government. "Such a program must be carried out by the people themselves In the region and not through a policy of burenucratla paternalism directed by Hie executive branch nf the gov ernment," Morna aald the renuhllrans should . (Continued on Pag Two) iris Staie Police Comb Oregon For 'Vicious Sex Criminal'; Fled Pen with Companion SALEM, Sept. 23 U", Twenty-fiv , that on of th men.' William John Hate police and prison guards con- ducted an Intensive house-to-house search here today tor two evapea convicts, one of them described aa -a vicious sex criminal." The hunt for th pair, who broke laii nigm rrorn in trait prison oy aawlnt bars guarding a dry flume, as centered south and east nl Sa lem. Deputy Warden E. C. Halley Uilnkt they will crow (he Cascades to Rend. Th officer! wer worried tor lear 3 Railroaders Die in Wreck Near Maupin MAUPIN. Ore., Sept. 23 (, Two freight engines plunged down a 100 - foot embankment In North Central Oregon last nlsht after a head-on collision, killing three crewmen. Two other! wer hurt. Th trains, a southbound dlesel and a northbound ateam train, met on a gentle curve aa the Oregon Trunk Lin tracks parallel the twift-rtmnlng Deschutes river ftve miles north of Bherar's bridge tome 30 miles south of th Columbia river. The Dead The dead wera Herbert Bolt. Vancouver, Wash., engineer, and O. . Patton. Wishrnm, Wash, brakeman, both on the tteam train, and Homer J, Slawter. Spokane, Wash., fireman on the dle.v-l. They were pinned In the wreckage which lay beside but not In the river. Robert Frlnk, Vancouver, Wash., the diescl engineer, escaped with an aim fracture and head cuts. He waa taken to a hospital at The Dalles. W. E. Hugltt, fireman on the iteam train, suffered hurts believed minor. Ho remained at the scene. Other crewmen wer uninjured. Horaea Killed Twenty -one freight car! were smashed or derailed and scattered along the tracks and down the em bankment. One car contained work horses, ettat police were forced to kill a number not killed outright In the crash. The number was not available here, but only one was seen gracing unhurt beside the tracks. All communication lines to the scene, tome 15 miles, north of here, were ripped out when the trains met Isle last night. Six hundred fret of track were torn up. Th trains, operated by the Spo kane, Portland ti Bcstlk railway, were on a line linking Washington and California. They run from Wtshram, Wash., to Bend where a Orent Northern line la met far the California connection. Th chief dispatcher'! office at Portland aald the line likely could not be re-opened before tomorrow morning. BTII L ENROLMNO EUOKNE, Sept. 23 m Students are continuing to register for fall term at the University of Oregon at the rat of about 1000 a day, uni versity officials reported Friday. If th rale of enrollment continues, the pre-achool guess of 8000 stu dent should prove correct, the offi cial! Indicated, Kill Selves Perkins, Silverton, would resume j hit long career of torture, rape and i sodomy. He Is serving 40 yean tor : crimes of that kind. j Capt. R. O. Howard of th Mate i poUc described Perkins a i -a VlClOiS. I worst of hi type ever to be In th prison. Howard said he 1! afraid Perkins would begin attacking and torturing women again. The olflcera appealed to the pub lic for help In getting th two men bark behind bar. The other convict, Leo Ollbert Williams, Union county, is not con sidered dsngerous. He la serving ume for burglary. Tulelake Fair, Stock Show On Tomorrow TULELAKE. Sept. 23 Tomor row, farmers and businessmen, housewives and atudenta from Eastern Siskiyou county and West ern Modoc county will Join In pre senting Tulrlske't first Junior live stock show and fair. Entries In the livestock division will be made by both 4-H and FFA members and home economic en tiles will be exhibited by 4-H groups. e The Rotary-sponsored show also kas the support of other local or ganization! and addlUonal support and Interest of Klamath county res idents. A number of men who have helped make the Junior livestock shows a success In Klamath Fall will be on hand tomorrow night to assist In the sales ring. Booths are being placed today by the Homestead Community club, the Tulelake grange, 4-H clubs of Mo doc and Siskiyou counties and oth ers In the gymnasium of the high school building. Holding pens and the sale! arena have been built between the high and grade school buildings. The sale will be held out of doors, weather permitting. In case of (Continued on Pag Twoi Oregon Tech vs. Placer J. C. Modoc Field, Fridoy Night, 8 o'Clock (Probable OREtiON TECH No, Wt. Player Poa. ' Player Wt, No. 12 W0 Paasch, John ... LK Kllnger. Olen 180 21 13 210 Johnston, Rus LT Williams. Oeorg 22S 38 34 1MI MrLaln, Nell LCI . Ade, Clyde 1 2 10 210 Mill, Dick C Ranson, Bill MS 22 17 ' 18 Smith, Prontls RO Yocum, Bob 173 41 14 215 Chapman. Wayne RT Turner, John 240 43 It 175 Dorfler, Roy RE ., Busch, Donald 166 43 S 162 Elder, Odls ... Q .. Watkins, Jerry 162 17 17 185 Matott, Vance LH .. Koslnskl. Tony 175 13 10 160 Warren, Charles RH Rlolo, Peter 15 24 2 184 Weekly, Dean P Pickering, Jerry 228 38 Owl Reserve Don Abemathy i, Dick Nason 8. Tom Rhoads 7, Orover Mull 11, Ronald Deal 19. Jack Taylor 21, Ken Miller 21. Bob Mahoney 22, Don Oray 2, Bob Humphrey 30, Norman Huff 31, Ancll Relsch 32. Placer Reserve Dorian Arnold 6, Mel Adams 7, Ed Morris I, Oeorg E. William 10, Don Edgar 15, Oeorge Updegraff IS. Dave Wong 19, Cliff Fratler 20, Harry Haramekl 23, Dick Wlgglesworth 25, James Scott 27, Phil Oakea 28, David Jtiarro 29, Robert Asklns SO, Harold Olngertch 82, Bill DeBell 34, Jack Burford 35, Chrla Pieties 36, Bruce Wilson 37. Kred Tuttle 3. Al McMlndes 40. Tony Lemo 44, Don Lower 56, Joe Simon 62, Jim Sugrue 71, Richard Howe, Bob Melnyer. WEATHER Klanalk PilU mm4 Vlclallvl fair USair aaS Salarta wllfc eaalaaal fclfh tUatlaaaa- Hit taaay SSj Ur Ualgkl Ml BIS iiiilir H. Mas. !!. Ml W Mis. ffMlBiulUa laal ti fcaara ... till No. 2M Police Say Wounds Self Inflicted Two Klamath area girls, one a resident of Dorrts and the other of the Elllngson'a mill housing unit, are dead of gunshot wounds In both instances official! said, Uie wounds were self-inflicted. Dead are: , Frances Krouse. 14. sophomore In Butt Valley high school In Dorri Oeraldlne Margaret Klem, 24, Ellingson's mill. The Dorru girl, brunette daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Krouse, was found sitting upright on a couch In th living room of the family home on California street In Dorr is about 4 o'clock last night when her mother returned borne from work In th potato harvest, tibotgua Wound Siskiyou County Coroner Lloyd Noble said she had a .410 gauge shotgun wound In her right tem ple. Death apparently had occurred several hours earlier. Her parent had gone to work and the girl waa supposed to have gone to school yesterday morning. However, she did not attend school. She lelt a note saying she "did not like high school." Tlw girl wa a well-liked and popular member of the Butte Val ley high set. I Her body was brought to Ward's funeral home her and no autopsy waa performed. I Rlfl Wmtnd 1 tO. 10 j, a 11 X r Hfta Hull brought death to Oeraldlne Mar I gam Klem and state police listed I the wound a self-inflicted. IHcr body waa found on a bed at the, Ellington a mill house ' she shared, with her brother and step- I father, shortly before 1 a. m, a ' bullet hole in her chest apparently, state police aald. the shot from a short-barreled carbine had been fired about 12:4 a. m. but neither the brother, Charles Robert Klem, nor the step-father, Frank Parker, heard the shot. But a few minutes later Parker heard a noise In the (tri e bedroom and went in to find her moaning on the bed. The rifle wa on the bed. She wa dead when atate police arrived. Th girl, her brother ssld. had been despondent since reluming to Klamath Fall from a trip to Min nesota two weeks ago and had kept to her tied much of th time. She left no note. The body waa taken to Ward a. Prisoner Says Pinson Alive OOODINQ. Idaho, Sept. 23 (4) A prisoner asserted here today that John O. Pinson, dangerous escaped convict from Oregon, still was alive. The prisoner. Garland 8. Spencer, Identified a picture of Pinson as "the man I was with" during a robbery here recently. He said the man was going under the name of Joseph Anthony Dorian. Dorian recently eluded police, who fired on him, at Coeur d Alene In Northern Idaho. Pinson.' convicted of killing a state policeman at Hood River In 1947, escaped with William Benson from the Oregon prison Memorial Day. Benson was captured re cently In Columbus. Ohio. He said Pinson was wounded In the escape and later died In Northern Idaho. He said he burled Pinson there. Police doubted his story and In vited Benson to point out the grave. Benson went over Uie country with police, but failed to point out a grave. Starters! PLACER 1. C. Recent Atomic Blast Evidenced in Russia, U. S., Britain Reveal WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (AP) The United States had evidence of a : recent atomic explosion in Russia newg indicating the communists at long last . have learned to make an A-bomb. President Truman ditcloted this in a statement today. He then held hour-long session with his cabinet about it Truman said the development emphasizes the necessity for "truly effective, enforceable international control of atomic energy." The United States has sought that through the United Nations, but has been unable to get together with - J Officials See Peace Threat, War Nearer WASHINGTON. Sept. 23 OP) There wa one point of fairly gen eral agreement today In early con gressional reaction to newt that Russia apparently ha the atom bomb the threat to peace la real. On what to do about it there were about aa many opinions as there are shades of thinking at th capitol on world affairs. Sample comment: War Strategy Senator Wherry 'R-Nebi: "11 the president knew yesterday that Rus sia had the atomic bomb, why has the emphasis been placed on the ground war strategy of the military assistance bill passed by the senate last night?" Foreign Aid Rep. Cox iD-Cai: "What the president disclosed today emphasiz es to me that It would be suicidal for the United 8 isles to falter In Its program of reconstructing and rearming Western Europe. Unless we can save Western Europe from Russian domination we might Just as well prepare to wear the yoke that Russia will Impose." War Nearer Rep. Cunningham R-Iowa: "II this is true. It means World War Three l! that much closer." John Bull's Labor Party Risking Vote LONDON, Sept. 23 (P The la bor government decided today to stake Its life on a vote of confi dence In the house of commons. Parliament meets In special ses sion Tuesday for a three-day de bate on the cheapening of Use pound. A 'source close to the cabinet dis closed the decision by the govern ment to force a vote of confidence. If the government loses, it must resign. That would mean a new general election Immediately. There has been loud grumbling from lu huge trade union wing over the prospect of a rise In the cost of living as a result of de valuation. Rancher Shot To Death; Three Held YREKA. Sept. 23 (Special! Del be rt Herron. 72-year-old Reedly rancher, was killed Instantly Thurs day at 8:30 p. m. by a high pow ered deer rifle. Three men are held here In the Siskiyou county Jail tor Investiga tion and questioning. Sheriff deputies said James Francis Furlong, 68. a miner; Thomas Stevens, and Burrell Bar andun, 32, Scott valley in Siskiyou county, are held for questioning. The three maintained the shooting was accidental. A bullet from a 30-30 or a 30-06 rifle, entered Herron s left side near the hack and came out at the center of the chest. The shooting occurred during a reported drinking party In the kitchen of a ranchhouse known as Mountain house on Oaalle moun tain, 20 miles south of here. Deputy Coroner Dan Oirdner said Herron and his wife, Mannie, had been hunting on the mountain for a week. Lowell Thomas Seriously Hurt NEW YORK, Sept. 23 M Lowell Thomas, 57, author, newscaster and traveler, was seriously Injured when thrown from a horse In a steep mountain pass In the Himalayas, his office said today. The extent of his Injuries could not be Immediately learned but his office said Die army air force had been asked to rescue him from the liny mountain village of Oyantse. NAZI OR NOT? HAMBURO, Oermany, Sept. 23 (Pi Th denazification chief In Bad Beegeberg haa been arrested for being a nasi. German police said that Eberhard Ulmke, who had held the denazification post since 1948, Joined the nasi party In 1930 and had been a member of the nasi 83 (el!t corps). Russia on how it should With a note of reassurance to the American peo ple, the president said the probability that some other nation might develop an atomic bomb "has always been taken into account by us." Quickly after the White House announcement came word from the British government in London that it also has evidence of an atomic explosion in Russia. A British statement was promised later. Senate OK's Foreign Arms Aid Program WASHINGTON. Sept. 23 (JPI The administration chalked up an ; important victory in foreign policy today on the strength of th sen at's 45 to 24 approval of an over seas arms program. The senate reached Its decision late - yesterday to rearm friendly nations after beating down two moves to make a t2O0.0O0.00O cut in the Sl.3U.ulO.000 arms bill. The measure came through the senate with only two minor changes. This wss In part a personal tri umph for Senator Connaliy iD Texi and Senator Vandenberg (R Michl. the two party leader in I foreign affairs who led the fight for the aid program. Nineteen republicans Joined 36 democrats In voting for passage. Ten democrats and 14 republicans voted against It. OC&E Strike Brings GN Official Here I. K. Manion, Great Northern railway official was due in Klam ath Falls this afternoon from Seattle to talk strike settlement with employes of the Oregon, Cali fornia and Eastern railway, but may be delayed by a derailment near Maupin. The collision of two freights and subsequent derailment took the lives of three persons and blocked the SP&S tracks temporarily. A meeting with Manion. who serves as president of the OC&E. was scheduled for 2 p m. at the CN office here. O. W. Lange. vice pres ident of the Order of Railway conductors, is to represent the union. The OC&E, 65 miles long, has been Idled by a strike f conductors since August 29. This afternoon's scheduled meeting was the first between the union and the road management since the strike started. TY COBB TO WED BUFFALO, N. Y.. Sept. 23 (.Pi Ty Cobb and Mrs. Frances Cass ob tained a marriage license today. The 63-year-old baseball Immortal signed his name as Tyrus R. Cobb of Glenbrook, Nev. She signed as Mrs. Frances Cass of Buffalo and gave her age as 39. Meet the y M I r&i ; SLv------'-' i-S. fe ONE OF THE BUSIEST people in town this week is Jo Webb of the Shrine circus who presides over the bustling popcorn mochine in the lobby of the ormory. Jo's husband, Charles, is assistant concession manager of the circus. Jo was really meeting the people this week-end, with red hot popcorn and crabkerjack. be earned out. In Washington, the word swept swiftly around government departments and through congress. At the Pentagon head quarters of the military services there were signs of soma excitement, but no official would discuss th matter. A spokesmen for the atomic en ergy commission. In reply to queries. said : "We have nothing to say." Reporters pressed Secretary of Defense Johnson for more Informa tion when he left the cabinet meet ing. "Have we made any change tsi the disposition at aur forces sine this happened?" a reporter asked. "Na." Johnson replied, "Does the csbinet know any mora about this than It contained In Ui president's statement?" ' "Th cabinet knows all about it. V. 8. ACCUSED ' NEW YORK, Ifept. 23 lP) Rus sia s Andrei Y. Viabinsky accused the United Bute today f lead ing an aggressive bloc in plana for a new war. In the prepared text at hi major policy saeecsi t the United Nations assembly he made no aseatiea f aa alotnle csptosioa In Russia. Johnson ssiSVTIt waa fully in formed. "Do you have reason to believa this was the first atomic explosion in Russisr Johnson wss asked. He smiled, shook hi head, and re fused to answer. At the capital, Kenalar MaaoB D-Casml, chairman mi tb Joint congressional eoouaitte a atomic energy, called a meet ing ef the committee behind cloaed doors. In a senate speech only yesterday, McMahon said that if Russia had the atomic bomb the could send th bombs to American ports on tramp steamers end blow up 3S.000.0Uv) people. There wss no official hint as to how the United States obtained It evidence of the atomic expiosion In Russia. But it is known that American scientists have bean ready wun delicate Instruments tor months to record an atomic explosion any where in the world. On the point of whether the ex plosion means the Russians hav the atomic bomb, one military man. unwilling to be quoted by name, said: "If you had an explosion, you had to have something that explod edcall it a bomb, a test or what ever you want." A military man in Washington said that the Russians probably ar at the Los Alamos stage. He was referring to the dale ef July 16. 1945, when the V.S. test atomic bomb was exploded In th New Mexico desert. That was three weeks prior to (Continued on Page Two) People A.