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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1949)
EAIbWI lo) ASH M UVU .iV'S .feV! R FRANK JENKINS THE nw (puUlght shift back to China lor a chmii . . . com munist troop hivi Just completed control ol Ui China ooastllii from Canton etMr to Uia north . . . rem nant ol th naUonalUt govern ment hav retreated again to Chungking. IN Chungking. NaUonalUt Presl dent 14 Tsung-Jen call desper ately lor pollUcal reform to park new III In the dying government, . . . "W can turn Ui lid gaiiit tit communist.'' he aaya. "H we renovate th government and reno vate It without delay . . . II don't our position will be hope leai." II charge that the communist, under Boviet direction and leader tiip, Inland lo turn China Into a ltuaslan vassal ataie. . WOW lor the cap aheaf: Rumor hav cropped up already In China that Oenerallsajmo Chiang Kal-aliek and Acting President LI DIHAOKF.E ON THE STRATEGY FOR THE DKKENtlE OP CHUNG KINO'S SZF.CIIWAN PROVINCE JUKT AS THEY DID ON SOUTH CHINA. TT la o hard lo understand that a thing Ilk oommunUm can be hat It la. Men look at It and ay It CANT BE TRUE "ther ain't no uch animal." 80 Uiey go on happily with their quarreling and lighting among each other with their STRUOOLES roll POWER. CO It lu wiUi lh ancient Oreekt. They had way ol III that In II Um waa aa auperlor a our way ol III I In our time. They loved It aa much a w love our way ol life. But they loved to quarrel and light. In their city tale, they developed th tech nique ol disagreement and conflict tn a point ol high efficiency, but NEVER WERE ABLE TO DKVEI.OP TECHNIQUE! OP TOLERANCE AND COOPERATION. Bo. In tlm. th surrounding bar barian overwhelmed th Oreek civilisation. COMEWHAT th aam thing hao pened In Rom. In a different way. Th Roman squandered their strength In bitter and unending CI.AB8 CONPLICT. Th Um came when th bar barian marched through the street ol onee-mlghty Rom, burning and r. slaying and looting. - that ol Greece, rotted, crumbled and vanished. THERE were sunny, happy can turtea In Orrece. Ther were sunny, happy centuries in Rome. But always on the hoiiton. first In O recce and then In Rome, there "Continued on Pag Eugene Lorton, Publisher, Dies TULSA. Okie.. Oct. IS iP-Eu ten Lorton, owner-publisher ol The Tulsa Dally World and lounder ol Th Walla Walla Bulletin and Th Everett Tribune In Washington tat, died yesterday. He was go. 1 Dhona 8401 aa soon as nnutbia. mi KLAMATU FALLM. OKF.IiON, Tl F.HDAV. OCTOBER lg, INf TelepbasM gill Ne. 117 Amito IPIant 0(p imm HST Names Vallgren For FPC Job nri.i.rriN WANIIINOTON. Oct. IS 141 The senate commerce committee I d y approved onanlmouslv Prraldent Truman' nomination al Mod 1. Wallgren lor the power commission and James Mead fee th trade commission. WA8HINOTON. Oct. 18 op) President Truman today named for mer Oov. Mon C. Wallgren ol Wash ington state as a member ol the federal power commission. The president, at th aame time, nominated James M Mead, former democratic senator from New York, to be a member ol til lederal trade commission. Olds Vacancy Wallgren waa chosen to succeed Lcland B. Olds, whoa nomlnaUon lor a third term on th power com mission waa rejected by th senate In on ol It major rebuffs to the president. Th term expires June 22. IS4. Wallgren'a own nomination to the post ol chairman ol th national se curity resource board waa shelved last March by the senst armed sen' ices commute In another set back lor Truman. The president two month later withdrew that nomination. Wallgren la one ol the president closet friends. He campaigned tor Wallgren succeaatully In 1M4 when Wallgren. then a senator, waa elect ed to the Washington governorship. The president also campaigned last yrar but unsuccessfully, tor Wallgren re-election to the governorship. Big Potato Show Parade Shaping Up MERRILL The 13th annual Po tato Pestlval parade scheduled, lor Saturday morning at 10 a m. prom ises to be butter and better than ever, according to Bob Barry, chair man. Entrlea are rapidly being lined up, and any buslneas firm, private individual, or civic and fra ternal organization wishing to en ei a lltntl ui the parade la aaked I ti contne. festival heudauartera Death followed a two week Illness from g heart ailment. H had owned and published The Tulsa World since 1BI7. Earlier he had been a telegraph operator, ac tor, politician, railroad worker, rancher and farmer. The Klamath and Merrill Saddle clubs, the Klamath Sheriff's Posse, and the KUHS band will be part ol Ui big event. Oovernor McKay will ride In the parade, and queen Llla Wlnbarger and her court will also be present. A. Nationalist Regime Wavers; Reds Seize Amoy, Coastal Key CHUNOKINO. Oct. 11 (A) Communist amphlbloua troops complet ed Ped control ol th China coastline from Canton north today by selling th old treaty port ol Amoy. tChlnes communist newspaper In Hong Kong reported the Reds also had taken Swatow, another big port about 115 mile south ol Amoy 1. In gloomy Chungking, the new Nationalist capital. President U Tsung-Jen called desperately lor - pollUcal reforms to spark new lit In th dying government. SUII Hope "We can atlll turn the tide agalnat the communist," he aald, "It we renovate the government and renovate It without delay, "II we don't, our position will be hopeleaa." LI, speaking at a civic reception In hi honor, blamed past setbacks on failure to reform the govern ment. Ha charged anew that the Red, under Soviet direction and leadership, Intended to turn China Into a Russian vassal slate. Loaa Confirmed Loss of Amoy, after a long siege, wss confirmed by southwest mili tary headquarters on Formosa. The Island city Just three mllea ofl the Red held mainland la 8.16 mile aouth ol Shanghai and 393 mllea north ol Hong Kong. The military spokesman aald that the Nationalist garrison retreated to nearby Klngmen Island. Only yesterday government aourcea de clared the Red Invader were be ing "wiped out" alter establishing a beachhead. Later, however, evac uation ol the defense force wag announced. Her in th capital (00 mllea northwest ol fallen Canton there waa Increasing pessimism over the government's ability to resist the communis la. A responsible official told this reporter: "We'll never get anywhere It we don't stand up and light some where. We can't Just go on re treating and retreating. "Personally, I am tired ol mov ing. First I had to Irave Mukden, then Pelplng, then Shanghai and, only a tew day ago, Canton," Key Move Borne quarters believe the Reds might Invade Kwelchow province between Chungkong and Canton and try to take ite capital ol Kwetyang. It successful, this would effectively split Nationalist China In two. A few other look for the com munists to attempt to land on Formosa before trying to capture Chungking. Thl Idea, however, doesn't find much support. Rumor have cropped up already that Generalissimo Chiang Kal (hek and Acting President LI dis agree on the strategy tor the de fense of Chungking'! Stechwan province Just a they did on South China, ISNT SHIRT SLEEVE WEATHER But this picture was taken inside this morning os Paul Alexander, radio technician. studies the temperature chart of KFLW. The mercury slid to a seasonal low of 21 degrees in Klamath Falls but it was colder elsewhere in the basin. It fell to 14 above at Tulelake. McKays Plan Klamath Visit ftevssasi Deegiee McKay ha a fall ehdl thl week-end, asach f rt spent ha Klamath eaanty. Th gnernar and Mr. Mc Kay will arrive la Klamath f alls early Friday afternoon. Gov. Me Kay will f Immediately to the Oregoa Technical Institute cam pas far a vMt al th school. a bl retara, th governor will b th guest f lh Klaaa lh f alls Rotary elab and It speaker of lh evening at the Wlllard betel. Mr. McKay will be henorrd at a lea at th Winema Friday afternoon ander the aponsership af the Klamath leant? Repao llcan Central eemmittee. She will accompany ber husband ta the Rotary dinner. . Saturday morning lh gov ernor will ride In the parade al Ihe 1.1th annual Klamath Basin PoUts FesUval, will attend the noon barbecue and visit exhibits. Mrs. McKay will be the gueat ol Klamath women at the lestival that day. The Salem visitor will leave at 1 p. m- Saturday lor the Berth. Th gevernor will speak at the dedication Hunday after noon at the Darraa dam near Callage Crave. Committees OK 80 Minimum Prop for 1950 A senate-house con. "complete agreement Oregon Organized Medicine on Trial; . a. Monopoly Charged PORTLAND. Oct, lg 14-Oregon' organized medicine went on trial today on the government s charge ol monopoly. At laaue waa the Question ol whether pre-paid medical care was being discouraged through conspiracy, except In the sponsored plan ol the Oregon group. The government says such a conspiracy does not exist and the pub lic la being deprived ol the oppor-fr tunlty to use other pre-paid care House Passes Big Military Funds Bill WASHINGTON. Oct. IS tiPi-A compromise I15.S85.863.4M military appropriation bill financing a M group air force passed the house by voice vote today and went to the senate. Passage of the big money bill helped clear the way for final ad journment of thl aession of con gies. Congressional leader now hepe to get away tomorrow. The bill had been bottled up be cause the senate and the house couldnt agree on air force fund. The house Insisted on a M-group air force. The senate wanted 48. as did President Truman. The house won. The difference is about $740,000,000. Shortages Of Steel Now Acute DETROIT. Oct. 18 JP The na tion s auto industry U operating on borrowed time aa far as lu steel supplies are concerned. 8hutdowna ot three week and more starting early next month are not unlikely. This waa the word Irom an au thoritative source Inside the Indus try today. black Dwindle Th car and truck matters had tour to six weeks Inventory of steel when the steel strike began. But they have been eaung deeply Into these stocks and replacement have been cut off. A top Industry executive, who asked that he be not Identified, said today: "An Important thing that seems to be overlooked la that If we keep going and use up all the steel we have on "-and it will take three or four week to store up enough more to permit resumption ol car and truck output. 'Inevitable' "Shutdown ol three week or more are Inevitable for many of the car companies u steel does not etart to come through again by next Mon day." No one auto maker wants to ad mit his steel position is any worse than that of hla compeatora. But most car and truck companies, es pecially among the "big three' of Oeneral Motor. Chrvaler and run have been nrodudna at mmrri 1- on 5O00 bail, surrender here lor el lor many weeks. Most of the ' execution ot the sentence. He will WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (AP) ference committee today reached on a farm price support bill. The main issue was whether to go along; with the hour bill to maintain wartime support levels for another yettr, or take a lonjr-term sliding scale of supports voted by the senate. This scale could have dropped to as low as 75 per cent of parity. Conferees reported that under the compromise, th supports in 1951 may not drop below 80 per cent al though in 1951 and 1953 they could fall to 75 per cent. But the compromise pro vides that either the present parity formula or a revised formula in the senate bill may be used in determining support level until 1964. Parity I a figure calculated to give a farmer a fair return for hla products la terms ot what he has to buy. Formula The formula to be used until 1954 la the one that will be most advantageous to the farmer. Beginning In 1064 only the sen ate's parity formula would be In effect. The support scale would Symington Slaps Navy In Squabble MageltoBe Imprisoned In Few Days William Henry Nagel. Portland minister convicted here ot contrib uting to the delinquency ot a mi nor girl, will have to begin serv ing a two-year prison sentence in a tew days. The stale supreme court today re ceived an order trom the VS. su preme court officially ret using to near an appeal ol Nagei'a convic tion on a writ ol certiorari. Surrender Order Arthur F. Benson, state supreme court clerk, notified District Attor ney D. E. Van Vector that an order would be sent to Klamath county to have Nagel, who is tree WASHINGTON, Oct. Secretary Symington IS iJPy-Air hit navy Mntimu (ft Mna t-rrtn. T , n n criticism ol the air force today as j anl old. "false" tales, and said It would j The senate parity formula would be a good Idea to Increase the air I take farm labor costs Into account. force now that Russia has the I inl ouio raise the parity A-bomb. Symington was before the house armed services committee, defend ing the Hying service against the barrage ol charges the nary has hurled In 10 daya of hearings. First off, he rapped the admirals lor ever bringing the inter-servlce row over military policies Into the open. He said it has resulted in letting possible enemies know "how this country would be defended." OM and Chrysler division have been working overtime to complete their IMS model runs. programs. But medical groupa deny It. Evidence Ready More than 200 physicians and hospital official have been sub poenaed to testify. Case of ex hibits and evidence are already stored In the federal courthouse. Named defendants are the Ore gon Medical society, the Oregon Physicians' service which provide prepaid medical coverage, eight In dividual physicians and eight coun ty medical organizations. Legal Duellata Heading the legal staff for th dttenae I Attorney Nicholas Jauseguy. Attorney Philip Marcus, special assistant to the attorney general of Uie United States, heads the government's staff. The eight county medical socie ties are those ot Multnomah, Clackamas. Columbia, Douglas, Jackson. Lane and Marion -Polk counties. Individual physicians named In the ult Include W. W. Baum, Salem: Charles E. Hunt. Eugene, and E. H. McLean, Ore gon City. Ships Collide; 21 Missing In North Sea BERWICK. Eng., Oct. 18 iiP The British aircraft carrier Albion and a small coal freighter collided In a gale In the North sea today. The freighter sank swiftly and eight houra later only three of the S4 crewmen aboard were known to ; have survived. J Lifeboats fought the foaming j waves hunting survivors near the 1 Fame Islands eight miles off the Northeast coast ot England. , Albion Takes Water The newly built 18-SOO-ton Albion waa manned by a civilian crew and waa In tow to drydock for comple- i Uon. The collision rammed a hole ! In the carrier and she was reported I taking water. The Albion had aboard three sur vivors from the freighter, the 3025- ton May stone, carrying coal to Lon don. A spokesman for the owners ol the Maystone, said lifeboat crews still at sea had some hopes ot pick ing up other survivors. The Maystone, owned by Thomas Stone, limited, of Swansea, Wales, waa hauling coal from Methll, Scot land, to London, Woman Found Shot to Death EUGENE, Oct. 18 (Pi A young woman was found dead, a bullet In her heart, at a motor court here yesterday. Deputy Coroner How ard Remsey identified her as Rae Lene Lyon who had arrived here the day before from Great Falls, Mont, Malin Duo's Condition Still Serious Two of the week-end's seven ac cident victims remain In serious condition today at Klamath Valley hospital Both Fred Moss ot Malin and his 11-year-old son. Larry, are stlU listed as being critical. Earl Hitchcock and his 3-year-old son. Larry, of Tulelake, injured In the aame accident a were the Mosses, were released Monday aft ernoon. Dlacbarged Mrs. I r 1 c Anderson of Mon mouth. Injured In an accident near Merrill, waa discharged from the hospital late Monday, but her hus band, also Injured, la still hospital ized. His condlUon is Is reported good today. Kenneth Hanna. hurt in the aame crash. Is also still at Valley, and his condlUon Is said to be good. Deputy Sheriff Willis Pankey. badly injured in an accident about three weeks ago, la showing im provement but Is not yet allowed to have visitors. Klamath Valley reports. be taken to prison from nere. Nagel has exausted every legal step In his two-year fight to have his conviction reversed. ' He has claimed he did not get a lair trial price for some crop but lower It lor others. Clark to Run For Senate WASHINGTON. Oct 18 0P D. Worth Clark former democratic senator from Idaho, announced to- aay he will be a candidate for Uie senate In 1750. Clark told a reporter he was un able to say wheth.. be will seek Uie democratic or republican nomina tion. - would not elaborate on this point- Clark has .Ted one term in tbe In Klamath county and that his tri-1 senate. JJa; vrasr reiTeiyor j. 1 aBtnould bare been held elsewhere. elecUon In 1944 "by Senator Taylor The state supreme court would not lu-iaanoi Clark ; previously had consider hla appeal to that court I served two terms in the house. mm m 1-.t -Mnrt h t tUTintKl ' to get the case into the U. S. su preme court. I Appeals Fail His friends and many church-! workers have appealed to Uie gov- i emor to try to get a pardon. Na-j gel is Northwest regional director of the NaUonal Association of Evan- : gelicals ana was In Klamath Fails for church appearance In May, 1947, when he waa arrestea on Uie com- j plaint of a 10-year-old girL ( The child said the 4J-year-old j PorUander made an Indecent an- proach to her on a Klamath Falls . residential street. j Nagel was convicted after a trial i In September, 1847, and since that , time his case nas oeen cameo, i through the higher courts. Small Fire; Flue Blamed A defective flue in the stove of a cabin at the Altamont - camp ground, 3840 S. 6th. was blamed for a small fire this morning. Suburban firemen who extin guished the blase, said some dam age was done around the flue and to the root at the cabin. An overheated stove sllghUy dam aged the waU around a Hue at 433 N. 10th about 7:30 p m., Mon day. City firemen answered the call. City firemen also exUngtilshed a small trash tire in Uie 1100 blo-k on Pine early Monday afternoon. Old Softie Jimmie Home, Judy Happy; All's Well at ihe WoUes DETROIT, Oct, 18 fP) The Robert W. Wolte family arose re freshed thl morning after the first good night' sleep In weeks. Sla-year-old Judy, with her teddy bear bark, had slopped crying. Judy loat "Jimmie" Ihe bear while the family waa vacationing In the West. Since she was 1 year aid, Jlmmle had been her constant and beloved companion. 80BBF.D TO 8LEEF Each night Ihe parents had lain awake listening aa the little girl sobbed herself to sleep. Then her father wrote pleadingly ta the Automobile Club at Michigan. Could they find a It-Inch, frayed teddy bear lost somewhere hs the West? , a i j i. , TO THE RESCUE! Aula club agent sprang t (he search and re traced Uie roate taken by the Woltea. At Denver thty foand Jinan la, e addled ia the arms af another lltUe girl. Last, night Judy went to lep contentedly. Jlmsale waa la sua accustomed place aa pillow under her head. Two Children Taken From Fire Widow Trouble piled anew today for Don-: na Lee Rhoton, 34. as she was or AmrmA hv T Anteies sunerior court 1 to surrender her two stepchildren to their natural mother, Mrs. Nova wds ot Winslow. Ariz., according to an Associated Press dispatch. She will appear in municipal court In Los Angeles next month on a charge of child-stealing. Fatal Fire Mrs. Rhoton' husband. Robert, father of the children, was burned to death here September 34 when a fire razed their home on Wash burn way. She and Uie boys were not at the home when the tire broke out. but lost all their possessions. Rhoton's body was shipped to his former home in Arizona for burial and Mrs. Rhoton and the boys went to Shumway. Ariz, tor the luneral. First Wife Appears When she. Ronald. 14. and Robert Jr 13, went to Uie funeral she met Mrs. Woods, Rhoton's first wife and mother of the boys, for the first time. Mrs. Woods Immediately claimed the boys. After the funeral Mrs. Rhoton took the boys to Los Angeles where she visited her n other, Mrs. George Patterson, and In Los Angeles she was arrested on the charge of child stealing. The court today ordered her to surrender the boys to Mrs. Woods. Custody .Till Death When Rhoton and his first wife were divorced, he received custody of the children, but the court held the boys should have been turned over to their natural mother alter Rhotoi 'a death. It had been expected Mrs. Rhoton and the boys would come back to Klamath Falls to lire, and many friends her had collected money. clothing and furnishings to set Uie family up In a home again. The boys are enrolled at Altamont school Bird Hunting Prospects Bright PORTLAND. Oct 18 up The state game commission said la day prospecls are eneaaraging for the upland game bird bant ing season, opening Friday. Tbe pheasant oaUaok waa re ported the best in years. I'ma tilla and Malheur counties have the best prospects. The commission announced that the bag limit en valley quail would be eight a day. but not more than 24 in the season. The commissioned e p e n e d Klamath county and that por tion of Lake county lying weal of highway 395 and north of Valley Falls to valley qnail banting from October 21 through October J. the same date that prevail for the ,uU man In other Southern and Eastern Oregoa connUes. Spud Harvest Vorkers Race King Winter A feathery white snowfall swirled al ttmes through the Klamath country Monday and today, and temperatures dipped to bone-chill-lng lows an through the basin. The mercury sagged to a new season low. 31 degrees, last night In Klamath Falls with an unofficial low of 14 degrees reported in th Tulelake area. Snawiag There waa snow in Merrill, and at mid-morning It waa mowing quit hard tn Malin. Harvest ia still going full-blast in an effort to wind up. Two or three large spud fields, as yet untouched by freezing weather. were being worked m a hurried ef- lon to aeav luruier oaa .weataer. 8ncv m town didn't last long, but dark and gloomy skies hinted that more at to come. Minimum tore cast for tonight Is 23 degrees. Mon day's maximum was only 42. Sab-Freezing Snow and (ub-freezing tempera tures were reported throughout Eastern Oregon, as well as In many sections of Uie Willamette valley and Western Oregon. Coastal tem peratures were In Uie low 30 s. Medford's trace of snow Monday came on the earliest date since 1911. Bend reported a cold 18 de gree low with an overnight snow fall measuring an Inch and a half this morning. Other Points -- Other temperatures reported from around the state are Bums, 15: Lakevtew, 17; Portland. 31: Cor vallls, 28; Roseburg, 32, and Salem, 33 Continued cold is forecast for th entire state. PENDLETON PLANT PENDLETON. Oct. 18 Pi Reports here indicate that Hudson-Duncan' and company of Portland, distribu tor of Hudson House foods, will build an Inland empire distributing plant in Pendleton some Ume In the next few months. Meet the People till lii lib9! v' i tEu - L.l HOLD IT! Andy Barry pauses for a moment In hit work, that of dressing up a Main street store window. It's a busy season for window dressers, with Halloween coming up. Thanksgiving favors then crowding on the toes of Christmas. All In the day s work,, says Andy. 1' '.' 1
