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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1949)
. "ti' it 1 Aii'fi J ifax VAV I I i f yyv v j J IB I vv vw V ' iit fo) V JVL Br FRANK JENKINS IIP In PorUand representaUves of slat governments ar holding a western regional conference. They hear from Chicago man a Prank W. Banri that federal Uin on gasoline ahould be earmarked lor highways. Ilia federal gu U. Banc aays, tola up to nearly a hall billion dol lar! a year, and he thinks the treat white father In Washington ahould either epend the money on roada or quit taxing gasoline. OUT her In the West, wher we ,. mnA Nt'lcll thm marift Bane a Idea aeenu wholly reason able. But from the Washington viewpoint then la a fly In It. This Is the fly: Undo Ham needt Uie money to f ipport hla rlotoua aprudlng habit PENATOR BYRO, of Virginia, told " the atnat the other day: "Sine lh firat of July when our new liacal year started) we have been running Into Uie red at the rale ol forty million dollara it day. Since July 1, we have added about three and third billion dol lar to our national debt, which al ready amounted to a quarter of trillion dollara." VOU might ay to your father: "Dud. I nerd a new pair of panta. I need 't oi bad. ThM old one are Just about to fall apart. In these days, a guy Jiul can't get along without pants." It would be a perfectly reasonable request. It la TKUE that In these moderrrtlaya panu are mora or leu Indispensable. 1"ho time la her when a person without panta u handicapped gravely almost any where except In a nudist colony. (Just as the Weal Is handicapped by the lack of roadi to handl Its growing traffic.) But II your old man w as squander ing hla dough with both hands on friends who were constantly de manding more and mora from him. he might aay to you: "Son. you'll Just have to mak your old panta do. l'v got to many places to put (very dollar I can rake and scrap that I can't apar the money ." THIS Is the point: When an Individual or a govern ment spends Its money recklessly for things It could get along with out. IT HAH TO OFT ALONO wrrnouT a lot op things it - OUOHT TO HAVE. .I'll ' Helen Douglas Up for Senate LOS ANOE1.ES. Oct. 5 ( Helen Oahaian Douglas, ex-actreaa turned congresswomaii, announced today thai she will be a candidal tor MM. senator next year. Before leaving by plan for Wash Ington, ah Issued a statement lay ing In part: "This decision la mine and mine alone. I make 11 without obligation to any special Interest." The seal la now occupied by Sheri dan Downey, democrat, who has not announced whether he will run tor reelection. Mrs. Douglas, wife ol actor Melvyn Douglas, also 1 a democrat. PRICK FIVE CI 6uio. Farm Prices Setup Eyed By Senators WASHINGTON. Oct. t VP, The aenat agriculture committee gruiipled again today with the knot ty problem of what to do about farm prices after the senate had failed to find the answer In a day of topsy-turvy voting. The question waa tossed back to the committee last night with In structions to return with an answer within 48 hours. Just what Uie committee might propose was In doubt, but demo cratic leader Lucas of Illinois said that whatever It was Uie senate would go to work on It Immediate ly. Action Promised "We're going to get a farm bill passed at this session of congress regardless of how long we have to stay here." he said. A scries of voles yesterday show ed only that the senate Is sharply divided over how far Uie govern ment should go In holding up prices of major crops. Plrst Uie lawmakers aDDroved a flexible price aupport program by a one-vote margin. Then they changed their mlnda on a Ue. with Uie de ciding vol cast by Vic President Barkley. High Level Barking Barkley backed senators battling fur high-level price props for corn, cotton, wheat and oUier basic crops. In doing so he opposed Lucas and Senator Anderson iD-NMi, former secretary at agriculture. Anderson, dismayed at the blow1 to his long-range farm legislation. ! then succeeded In getting li sent back to committee lor overhauling.! He later told reporters he didn't know what the commute would do but said "I will tx7 to get a bill 1 ran acinic, - Senator Aiken of Vermont, top re publican on the commute, said he had no doubt the group would re turn with a bill containing the slid ing scale of price support It tlrst had recommended to the aenat. If so. he added, the lasu will have to be fought out all over again on Uie senate floor. , Democratic Haaard Aiken declined to hazard a guess on the outcome. But he aald that If a bill continuing the present high support levels should be passed and signed by the president, Uie demo crats "would lose lh next elecuon hands down." The Anderson bill provided for supporting basic crop within range of 75 to 90 per cent of pari-1 ty. depending on Uie available aup-1 ply. Parity la a price intended to! KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER f. 14 Telephone till No. ! To Two Women: 'Don't Sample Your Loot Tw Spanish- appearing" women wh walked off with a grey handbag at the eity has depot about 7 clack last eve ning arc In tar a deadly sur prise li they sample some f the bag' contents. According I Mrs. Mirlli Koth wh bad stopped In town while en route from Woodrew, Wash, to Kingman, Am, the bag contained some bottles f medicine among which waa a bottle of hydrochloric acid. Mrs. Koth aald the acid was a deadly poison If taken inter nally. She reported the bag waa taken while she was In the depot washroom. TRAINS ROLL AGAIN Brokeman James Ryan threw the switch this morning on the 65-mile OC&E line, marking continuance of service on the Klamoth Falls-to-Bly road after 13 employes had been idle on strike since August 29. Rail employes voted Sunday to continue work, pending decision of the national mediation board which will send o mediator to Klamath Falls soon in on ottempt to untie woge disputes which cause the tie-up. Monday and Tuesday embargoes were lifted, equipment assembled and rails inspected in preparation for continuance of operations today. Armed Services Row Hotter; Congressmen Say Discharge. Worth WASHINGTON, Oct, I ( The house armed service committee today recommended that the navy fir Cedric R. Worth, author of the now notorious memorandum which touched off a congressional Inquiry Into the air forces B-3S bomber program. The committee approved a report saying Worth ahould be a- permanently discharged from navy employment. A civilian aide to Un- Nationalists Breaking Yith Red Nations CANTON. Oct. t tJP The Chinese Nationalist foreign office today an nounced it was severing relations with Poland and Czechoslovakia and recalling it diplomatic repre sentatives. The announcement came after the two Soviet bloc countries had rec ognized Uie Chinese communist re time. Ballybo SHANGHAI. Oct. 5 OPi Shanghai , has been getting a terrific Russian i propaganda treatment since the So-1 vlet recognition of Uie Chinese com munist government. Parades galore, highlighted by pictures of Stalin, Lenin and Mao-1 Tze-tung have wended through Uie' streets. Russian films have been! shown at Chinese theatres. Greatest Everything ' The Soviet has been pictured as China's greatest friend, champion ot i world peace, possessor o f the j world's,' greatest army and the coun-1 try China must follow. Bo Intense ha been Uie props-1 ganda treatment that even Soviet residents ot Shanghai seem flabbergasted. Coal Talks Held; Steel Heads Balk PITTSBURGH. Oct. t WrV-The coal strike fanned the flame of a minor war between union and non union miners today and Uie steel shutdown Idled more workers In al lied industries. Northern and western coal opera tors sat down in White Sulphur Springs. W. Va for negotiations which the more opUmlstic thought might help end the work stoppage of 380.000 diggers. Fights, Arrests Nearly a score of men were ar rested in Virginia and Pennsylvania This resulted from battling between pickets and unorganized miners still working m defiance of John L. Lew Is and his striking United Mine Workers. No one was Injured but several truck loads of coal were dumped. In the steel strike. Idling more; uisn awAwu memoers ol the CIO United Steelworkers, there is noth ing In sight to end Uie pension war. The government is considering a ' clamping down on steel exports. ! Many companies announced precau- Uonary steps to conserve steel. The Issues are about the same I The workers want a better pension ; and welfare program. Brilliant Mound Duel Ends With Dramatic Blow YANKEE STADIUM, New York, Oct. 5 (AP) Tommy Henrich's dramatic home run clout into the lower right field seats leading off the last of the ninth gave the New York Yankees a 1-0 opening World Series victory over Brooklyn today, ending a sizzling mound battle between Allie Reynolds and Don New combe, The count w two ba.llg and no strike on "Old Reliable" when he pole-axed a Newcombe fat ball into the stands, about 10 rows back. The crowd of 66,224 which sat politely quiet through most of the stirring afternoon, let loose a :-l i n I niigiuy roar at uie game- winning Blow I r v i I I . -.' . '; 2 ' I Spurn give farmers a fair return on what Uiey grow In terms of what they have to buy. Tourist Business Sets Record SALEM, Oct. t (Pi Oregon's 1040 tourist business was worth I1I0.0O0. ..DO. Uie state highway commission estimated today. The new record waa 15.000.000 more than the old record set In 1047. .The total last year was 192.000.000. Sports I BULLETIN I KKillT FATAL Bt'FFALO. N. Y Oct. S T F.nriro Bertola. the heavyweight boxing champion of Italy, died at about 1:10 p. m. today of a brain Injury suffered last night in losing a 10-round decision to Lee Oma. (Early story In sports section.) Meet the People 7" r e MECHANICS will be Interested in this Meet the People shot with Bernie Rawlins ot the controls of this machine. Rawlins is i lonfl time resident ef Klomoth Falls. . Solons Truman Bid; Reject Olds WASHINGTON, Oct. $ ifV-The senate commerce committee today spurned an appeal from President Truman and voted 10-2 against a third term for Leland Olds on t h e federal power commission. The committee's adverse report on Uie president's nomination o t Olds for another term now goes to Uie senate for action. Truman Punches Truman Joined In the fight yes terday with letters to Vice President Barkley and Chairman Edwin C. Johnson iD-Coloi of Uie commerce committee saying that "powerful corporaUons" wanted to block sen ate approval of Uie nomlnaUon. A seven-man subcommittee voted unanimously yesterday to reject Olds because of his political and economic views. Chairman Johnson told reporters that regardless ot committee a p proval or rejection, he want the senate to act on the Olds nomlna Uon, No Bottling I'p Johnson said he did not favor bot tling up Uie appointment In commit tee without giving the senate a chance to vote. Olds has been attacked for his radical writing as a young man and because of his views on federal regulaUon over the natural gas In dustry. Olds has denied before the com mittee that he la or ever was a com munist. He said he wrote radical articles In the 1920s for the Feder ated Press to shock people Into car rying out-reforms. Lake Hunters Arrested Pour Lakevlrw hunters, and sev eral from other points In Oregon, wer charged with hunting deer In Northern Washoe county. Nevada. In closed season. Each posted 2S0 cash ball In Justice court Tuesday. The men, arrested Saturday at a camp on Horse creek, Included Floyd Reed, 4, Lakevlrw cattle man, charged with killing a deer: John Llndermnn, 43, Salem;- John Lilly, 32. Medford: Marvin Wells, 32, Lakevlew: William Wells, 23. Lake view; Everett Dodson, 44. Lakevlew; Ernest Cox. 27. Medford, and Hans Hafstetter, 57, Salem. The charge agaln.it Uie last seven was hunting out of season. The sea son opens In Washoe county Octo ber 16. dersecretary of Uie Navy Dan Kim' ball. Worth has been suspended since his authorship of Uie B-3C memorandum cam to light. Probe Tomorrow The committee announced It will open tomorrow an Inquiry Into re ports thai navy morale has sunk to a low point as a result of Uie way the law unifying the armed services has been administered. Chairman Vinson ID-Os) taid Uie first witnesses will Include three admirals whose names were signed to papers that a navy source gait secretly to reporters on Monday. They are Adm. Louis Denfield, chief of naval operations; Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Pacific fleet commander, and Vice Adm. Gerald F. Began, commander of Uie First Pacific task fleet. Secret Papers The papers were a letter from Began to Secretary of Uie Navy Matthews with forwarding endorse ments from Radford and Denfield. Calling Uie papers "confidential," the navy has ordered an Investiga tion ot how they became public Both inquiries are expected to spotlight as did the B-36 investiga tionthe bitter quarrel between Uie navy and the air force over their respective roles In military planning. Thus far President Truman has kept hands pft the lnter-servlce row. But Uie re were Indications he was keeping In close touch with developments. Seeding Slow; Spud Digging Activity High PORTLAND. Oct. S 0P Fall crop seeding moved slowly In Oregon last week as farmers awaited rains which came in varying amounts at the start of this week. The weather bureau's weather- crap report for last week Issued to-1 day said that In Eastern Oregon , much of the planting done had been seeded in Uie dust, but only a very ! small percentage of Uie planned j acreage had been seeded. In much, of Western Oregon fall crops have I been seeded, but the general tend-j ency has been to wait for more! moisture to assure good germina-' tion. Harvesting Aside from seeding, Uie principal agricultural activities of Uie state! last week were picking fruits and nuts, harvesting vegetables and cranberries and cutting silage corn. Potato digging is well under way In Central Oregon and Klamath county and in Malheur county the fall lettuce packing Is expected to end around October 15. Topping ot the Malheur area sugar beet crop has started. Morse Fails To Slow OK Of Minton WASHINGTON. Oct's (At Backed by topheavy senate ap proval. Judge Sherman Minton was expected today to take Uie oath of office prompUy as a member of Uie U. S. supreme court. The lawmakers approved his ap pointment last night by a vote of 4S to it afvr batting down a motion to send lh nomination backMo he Judiciary committee. Succeeds Rutledge Minton. who will be 59 years old October 20, was named by President Truman to succeed Uie late Justice Wiley B. RuUedge. Mintons confirmation came alter Senator Morse (R-Ore) failed on a 45 to 21 vote to send the appoint ment back to committee with in structions to require testimony from Uie nominee. TOMMY HENRICH Famed Dame Gives Night Men a Treat Mother Nature really kicked up her heels last night. Oeorgs Smith, 1427 Oary a night employe of the Pacific Fruit Ex change said that from about 1 :50 to 2:20 a. m. Hogback mountain was haloed with a huge rainbow. Smith aald he and several men working with him observed the novel dis play. 'The moon was real bright and their was some rain," Smith aald. "The rainbow was a big misty circle. . . kind of ghostly looking At Uie top, It was a pale reddish pink and It sort of faded Into light green down the sides." PIF.R FINISHED PORTLAND, Oct. 6 MV-The II.. 000.000 bridge connecting Sauvlea Island to the mainland had Its tlrst concrete pier finished today. The bridge, which will replace the tra ditional ferry to the fanning is land, 1 due for oompleUon Novem bet 1, 1050, Klamath Air Chilly. Snow On Mountains First snow of the season fell In nearby mountains this morning, and a strong hint of winter was evident In a chilly rain which dampened the basin area. So far, rain and cooler weather are proving beneficial in basin farmlands where the potato harvest is Just getting up steam this week. More rain, however, will tend to make fields muddy and cause dig ging to be difficult. A heavy rain of some duration would probably slow down harvesting considerably, the county agent's office said. Snow I'p High Snow was reported by Klamath Forest Protective association head quarters on Parker mountain. Buck peak and Hogback this morning, and rain was general throughout the forests. Rain measuring .07 of an inch fell Tuesday and last night, as Uie minimum temperature Tuesday night recorded by CAA was 41. Forecast for tonight and Thurs day Is continued cloudy skies and occasional light showers, with clear ing weather Thursday afternoon. The low tonight Is predicted at 31 degrees. Two Injured When Car Leaves Road A California motorist and his wile were injured shortly after .loon Tuesday when their southbound car i failed to make a curve on the ram slick highway one mile north of Chemult. Kaler's ambulance brought Mr. and Mrs. Nolan R. Bower of San Francisco to Klamath Valley hos pital. Bower was the more seriously Injured and received chest Injuries and a broken nose, and Mrs. Bower was badly bruised and shaken. Both were said improved today. State police investigated and said Bower's 1948 Studebaker sedan had crossed Uie overhead north of Che mult but failed to make the curve. The machine careened from one side of the highway to Uie other and finally struck a pine tree along side Uie road. The car was badly damaged. Newsmen Like To WorJc . . . ft Says Here WASHINGTON, Oct, 5 (IPt-Tht house heard today that newspaper editors and publishers almost never want to quit working. Rep. Cooper (D-Tennl was ex plaining the social security expan sion bill when Rep. Mack R-Wash), a publisher, asked why newspaper operators were not among Uie new groups brought nnder old age insurance. Cooper said the ways and means committee received no evidence that publishers and editors wanted to be brought under the program. Rep. Eberharter Interposed to tell the house that It was brought out In committee hearings that publish ers and editors seldom retire at 6S years the age of eligibility for old age benefits. ; Boy Killed Playing With Rifle LA GRANDE, Oct. S iP) A 10-year-old Enterprise boy, playing with an old rifle, was killed when It discharged accidentally. It was learned here today. The accident which took the life of Larry Snider, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Snider, occurred Satur day. The boy died almost instantly as in bullet pierced his throat, Play by Play FIRST INNING DODGERS Reese watched Reynolds' first tw pitches acre the heart f the plate for strikes, then looked at a balL then rolled t Henrich wb aaade the anaaaisted ami at first. Linden started late for Jorgensen's fly U left center and the ball went over his head for a tw base hit. Snider swung and missed a three and tw pitch t become ' Reynolds first etrikeoat victim. Mapes moved a few feet t his right t gather in Robin son's easy fly. . K ran oc hit, errors, ac left. ' - ., FIRST INNING YANKEES With the court 'ne and mm. Rlxxnto attempted t bant bat raised a abort fool which Hodge csoght in front at the Yankee due out- Reese gathered in Hen rich' sharp graander and Insert him rat. Reeae backed nt the grass In abort left to caaap nnder Bora's high popup. N ran, sw hits, sw eirars, none left. SECOND INNING DODGERS Hennanski walked on a foil count. Fnrillo also worked the count to three and tw before getting his base on balls. Hodges fealed off tw at tempted sacrifice bunts, then rapped back to the box. Reynolds speared the bounder and started a doable play. He threw to Cole man wh forced Fnrillo at second and Coleman whipped to Henrich to doable np Hodge at first. Mape stood In his tracks to catch CampanelU's high fly. N runs, no hits, n errors, n left. SECOND INNING YANKEES DiMaggio attempted to hold back his swing on the third strike but broke his swing and waa ruled a strikeout vicUm by t'mpire Hubbard. Linden timed a change of pace expertly and .tmkMt it Into left field for a single, the first Yankee hit f the game. Johnson struck Ml swinging, missing a high fast pitch for the third strike. New combe. blaxingly fast, in this hary, muggy weather, poured a third strike past the swinging Mapes to retire the side via the strikeout route No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. THIRD INNING DODGERS Rlssnto came in fast lor new eombes dribbler to the left of the mound and whipped him rat at first. Johnson and Henrich collaborated to retire Reese on a nice play. The third baseman came in fast to make a nice barehanded pickup and under hand throw ot Reese's bant, Hen rich helped with a long stretch and gloved hand catch of the throw. Jorgensen swung at Rey nolds' first pitch and sent an easy bouncer to Coleman wh threw him rat. No runs, no hits, TA errors, none left. THIRD INNING YANKEES Coleman looked at a third strike that nipped the Mtsidc corner to become Neweombe's fourth strikeout vicUm. Reynolds sent a high fly that fell for a double near the left field bend. Hermanski, playing far ever toward left-center, couldn't qoile eatch up with it after a long run. Risxuto popped to Robinson be hind first base with Reynolds staving glued to second. Reeae, waving everybody away, took ear of Henrich's high pop a few feet to the left of the mound. N runs, on hit, n errors, n left. FOURTH INNING DODGERS Swinging at three and tw pitch. Snider raised a high foal (ConUnued on Pag Un to that time, it waa a sparkling pitcher's bat tie that threatened to sot a new series strikeout rec ord. Goimr to the last of the ninth. Newrnmh rh rVwUM huge Negro rookie, had 11 atre- outs and Reynolds. Uie Yankees righthander, had nine. The record warn n nH k. n dividual mark was only 13, held by nowaru jounce since his surpris opening start for the Philadelphia A's against Chicago In 1929. series game Hi recant time wer setter played than thai thriller la which Reyswlda. wb had Bitched nly fnr eam aarte games la II starts this ea sota, blanked tbe National leagaw champ en tw hits. Newcnmh IIawI ..i. t. 1. ... w h U.I. , 1 , C but he made tbe mistake of getting a ball In the dangerous Henrich . groove. Box score: BrMhlra tst Rec. as Jorsensan. 3b amaer. ex ... Robinson. 2b Hermans!. If ruruio. rt Hodftaa. lh Campanella. a nawcomoe. p Totals !tw Trk (A) nizzuto, m Henrich. lb Brra. e - DJbUrffio. ef Llndtu. 11 Johnson. 3b sUoc. rt Coleman, 3b acyaoios. i 1 3 t j i a 3 3 : 1 11 3 3 i i a "i ) a a o A i 3 l i 3 1 3 1 3 a s a a A.' m 3 1 t f JL J. --! if- Deputy Panitey Only Slightly Better Today The condition of Willis Pankey of Bly, well-known Klamath county law enforcement officer who waa criUcally injured early Monday evening when his car left the high way near Bly, was reported as only slightly improved today. Pankey suffered a basal skull fracture and has other hurts. He was moved from his bed at Klam ath Valley hospital this morning for X-ray. Sullivan Improved Sgt. Mark Sullivan of Oregon state police, a passenger in the Pankey car, was unproved today. He suffered only minor hurts. The two officers were en rout home to Bly when Pankey saw a deer in the headlights and swerved to avoid hitting the animal. The car hit a soft shoulder and over turned. Both men were thrown from Uie car. Pankey has never fully regained consciousness sine. Uie accident. It is reported. ( Storm Damage In Portland PORTLAND, Oct. 5 UP) A gust of wind tore parts of roofs off two fac tories In North Portland today. Tb blow, which struck following Portland's heaviest rain since May, tore a 50 by 75 foot section of com position roofing off the Montag Stove and Furnace factory. A smaller piece ot roof was ripped from an adjoining shed. The gust blew out panels and part of a roof at the Nicolal Door Manufacturing plant. In Uie same area. The storm dumped 1.22 Inches of rain on Portland during the last 24 hours. Only one Oregon town was wetter: Brookings, which got 1.92 Wreck Kills 1, iures Two Inj MEDFORD. Oct 5 OrV-A Pen dleton motorist was fatally Injured and two other persons were hurt In a three-car collision at the Gold Hill bridge over the Rogue river lata yesterday. The victim was Oerald N. Dor fkle, 22. He died In a hospital her at 9:30 a.m. today. His 23-year-old wife Is In th hos pital -1th d o forehead cuts and a knee Injury. Mrs. Alberta Hammond, 17, occu pant ol a cond car, driven by her brother, George Younce, 59, Mrm tague, Calif, suffered a possible knee dislocation, Th driver of the third car, Ja cob J. Oenlry, Grants Pass, waa unhurt, 3
