Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, October 20, 1949, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI (ft la 0 v (ft Cay s Jews Br rKANK JLNKIN8 THIS Interesting aeiiumc leads off Washington dispatch this morning : "With a 75-day breather ahead, members of comma went horn to day to listen lo the volere' Idra buut huw lo run (lie country." UUlI la purely personal oplll " tun: If, when they (at honia, the mem bera of our congress will listen thoughtfully, they will Irani that a lot of cominuti, ordinary people ere genuinely worried because our gov ernment la parsUtrntly spending more than It lakes In and la adding the difference to the national debt. 1 ' VjUR congress, under the constltu- w tlon. IIOI.DM T II C PUKHK STH1NOS. Therefore, If It wanted to, It could atop the pending. It must be that the membera of our ootigrcM believe that recklrs aiiendlng la what the bulk of their cniullucnt want. If that la true, the apendlni will go on until our government gura bankrupt. You ran put Uial In your pipe and amoke It. ET me offer a aucieatlon: Tlie congressman from your dia trlrt and the senators from your elate are now heading home. It If quite likely that In the coming weeks you will ee them personally. RKMEMIIKR THAT YOtl HAVE SOMETHING THEY WANT. What you have that they want la your vol. The time to talk turkey la when the man you are talking to wanta what you have. If you believe genuinely and aln ctrely that our government la pending money reckleuly and by doing an la risking national bank ruptcy, TTM. YOUR CONORES8 MAN AND YOUR SENATORS SO If you get a chance to talk to them while they are at home. AP course. If you want our coun try to go on apendlng M It haa bten apendlng, adding constantly In our national debt, which la al ready above the quarter of a TRIL I ION dollar mark, tell them ao. The thing to do la to tell these men who represent you at Waahtngton exactly what you think and what you want. Be yourself! UERE la a fact that you may not n realm: The city of Washington, although been spending, adding constantly ALMOHT. TOTALLY IN0U1-ATEO from the thinking of the common, average, everyday people of the country. You and I and Tom. Dick and Harry don't get back to Washing ton every few daya. The pressure boys, the repreeentatlvea of special Interests of all kinds. ARE THERE ALL THE TIME. They tell the membera of mm rein, day In and . day out, what THEY want and what will happen to congreesmen and aenatora who don't listen to them. You and 1. out In the aUcka, aren't heard from. When you take that fact Into con sideration, it lan't surprising that the membera of our congress get distorted opinlona of what the real lieople of the country really want. Now la your chance to tell 'em. Spud Yield Down 30 As the potato harvest enters lis last stage In the basin, farmers are figuring the yield, generally apeaklng, to be about 10 per cent of normal. Estimates art that the harvest I about 90 per cent over, makln this year's the earliest harvest on rec ord In the Klamath farming section. Business StagaerpH By . .,tiio i. ' n PITTSIIUItail. Oct. 30 Ma jor automobile producera are plan ning cutbacks unless the nation'! first twin steel and coal ttrlkea are settled aoon. There's no Indication of a settle ment In the walkouts which have Idled around a million workers. 'Hkyreeketlng' Everything points to skyrocketing unemployment. Only direct government Interven tion seems likely lo end the stale male which la costing an estimated M.STIO.OOO a week In lost wages. The loss to business firms la stag gering but there's no way of arriving at the exact amount. As one ex ample, the coal-carrying Baltimore and Ohio railroad said atrlkes had cost It II .Mo 000 already this month. IIHT On Midlines President Truman la keeping a close watch on the situation. He said today he haa no present plans of stepping In. ford, Oentral Motors and Chrysler the aula Industry's -big Three" are agreed shutdowns are In the prospect by mid-November If the twin walkouts continue. Orneral Motors will feel the pinch by the end of the month as will Chrytler. Ford, which makes about half Its own sicel. will be forced to shut down most operations by about No vember II If the strikes run on. Its assembly operations could continue until Nobember 16. A OM spokesman says aome of lu auto plants may go on a four day week by October 11. Haulier Industries Hundreds o ( smaller Industrie fare shutdowns for lack of steel. The twin strikes are costing the nation 1.400.000 tons of steel and 11.000.00 tons of coal each week. Big Evening For Police; 20 Arrests City police had to be on their toe last night. They made a total of 20 arras is, It of them involving us of Intoxi cants, aud In a couple of case the armies nlaned swinging. Tliman Tweeunan. arrested on a drunk charge on Klamath avenue. too a punch at the arresting offi cer while waiting for the paddy wagon and later at the station he objected to the search routine and punched another officer. Second Charge Tweelman was also booked tor disorderly conduct and In municipal court waa fined 116 and given a 30-day suspended sentence. Waller Moore, arrested shortly after midnight, accused police at the station of taking tloo from mm and became embattled for a lew moments. Moor waa charged with being drunk and disorderly and this morn ing waa given a 30-day Jail sen' tence plus a 125 fine. Cold Weather Brings Fires In the summertime It's grass tires and In winter Its flue and chimney fire. City firemen reported one more evidence of cold weather Wednes day afternoon when Hying sparks from a chimney set fire to the root of the Ralph Smith home on Mon- tellu street. Very slight damage waa reported, and the fir was out when firemen arrived. Eisenhower Says Unified America Can Lick World BULLETIN WASHINGTON. Oct M (AV-Urn. Dwlght D. Elsenhower con fidently told congress today he believes armed services unification will work "from this moment on" and "the unified America can lick the world." He called on the quarreling armed services and congress U five unification a chance and not to "panic" at the first setback. WAHHINOTON. Oct. 30 MV-Oen. J. Law ton Collins assured con gress today that the army la not plotting to deny the famed marine corps Its "right to fight." Collins, army chief of staff, said "Some of our marine friends have misrepresented the army's position. "We have no slightest purpose to Impose the army' will upon a slater service." Collin testified before the house armed service committee. The committee 1 getting now the counter arguments against navy and marine complaint that present defense policies are lopsided that they over-emphaslxe the air fore and strategic bombing while cut ting down on the navy and marine. Bradley Bitter Collins picked up where Den. Omar Bradley, chairman of the policy-making Joint chief of staff left off yesterday In replying to navy-marine charges, Bradley used bitter language at times. He hit at "Fancy Dan" who won't glv their all for the team. And he spoke of "open rebellion" and declared the public airing of grievance among the armed serv ice ha done "Infinite harm" to na tlonal security. ruit'E rive cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. THL'RHDAY, OCTOBER U, 149 Telephone gill Na. 319 Truman Seeks Job for Olds WASHINOTON, Oct. 30 (A1) President Truman said today he still would like to find s govern ment Job for Leland S. Olds, who was rejected by the senate tor a third term on the federal power commission. Truman told hi new conference In response to question that he would appoint Old to some other post If he can find on suitable lor him. , Firmm hy$ Will Seek 7mi Umiremes am H95 fTJ , ZZZZLaP r t t;3(fa ;V?'4 " 'fa'''' IT'S COMMUNITY CHEST time ond this staff of three will operate the office and head quarters located ot Balsiger Motor company. The little familiar chest figure is in the hands of Jeanne Parker while Ruth Nelson holds one of the Chest placards and Elaine Far ran, standing, looks on. S. A. Pieser Dies After Long Illness Stanley A. Plesrr. 4, resident of Klamath Falls for the put 18 years and manager of Buster Brown Shoe store, died at the family home. 1410 California avenue, at 13:10 p. m. Wednesday. Mr. Purser's death was not unex pected and he had been under treat ment for aome time at Hillside hos pital before being returned to his home last week. Oregon Native He was born in 8ubllmtty, Ore., and spent his lifetime Ih Oregon. He I survived by his wife, Violet, one son Richard and one daughter Jud ith, all of Klamath Falls, one sis ter, Mrs. John Kebelbeck of Cottage Drove and four brothers, John of 8 p o k a n e. Prank of Sacramento Joseph of Stayton and Edward Pies er of Albany, Funeral Final rile will be held at Sacred Heart church of which Mr. Pleaer waa a member, with requiem mass commencing at 9 a. m. Rev. Tim othy Casey will officiate. Interment will be In ML Calvary Memorial park. Recitation of the Holy Rrsary will be conducted Jhursday at 7:30 p. m. at 8acred Heart church. Whltlock's Is In charge. y - Grid Tickets Plentiful ' There Is a plentiful supply f reserve tlrkrta on sale at t h e chamber of commerce for the Fellean-Longlvew game r'rl dar night. It waa learned here today. Ducal for the non-confrrence lash are going slowly. Cham ber Manager Charles Stark said. In the neighborhood of 3N tick ets lor next week' crucial Clranta Pass game will be en sale at Ih chamber. The game with the Cavemen which eonld well decide the district champion will be stared on the Grant Faa field. Klamath Chest Goal $65,541 A goal or $65341 hss been officially established for the 1049 Klam ath County Community Chest appeal which wiU be launched through out the county within the next several weeks, according to A. J. Mc Donald, president of the Chest. The campaign will be to raise funds for the various local agencies which derive their operating expenses through the federated appeal. " conducted at this time each year. and in addition will furnish the Passes Buck To GOP's For Deficit WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 (T President Truman made It clear to day he will ask for an Increase In taxes at the next session of congress. He told a news conference, under questioning, that If anybody can tell him any way to avoid tax In creases to meet the deficit, he'd like to be told. Congress went home last night but wtU come back In January. Truman last January asked for t4MO.000.000 more taxes, but did not get them. He dropped the de mand during the summer because of the business turn-down that had set In. Deficit The statement of new plan to seek a tax Increase at the next ses sion grew out of news conference questioning about the ii.000 .000.000 deficit which Truman said he had no plans to meet. He blamed the deficit on the re-' publican-controlled 80th congress which he said passed a rich man' tax reduction bill. j Told that Dr. Edwin O. "Nourse, resigning chairman of the economic advisory council, had said he was unhappy over deficit financing, the president said he was Just as un happy, as who Isn't. Man Beaten; Two Charged TULELAKE Two warrants were Issued here late Wednesday after peon following a beating adminis tered to Howard W. Shoun, 3524 Crest street In Klamath Falls. Officers signed complaint against Robert E. McLey, 26, Tule lake, and a John Doe. Shoun told officers he was across the etrcet from the Sportsman ho tel when two men approached him and "started to pick a fight." He walked stress the street and up stair to his room In the Sports man. He first went to a washroom, he told officers, to elude the men but when he csme out they were waiting for him and proceeded to beat him up. 8houn was moved to Klamath Valley hospital In Klamath Falls where he was treated tor a frac tured Jaw and nose. He Is an ex army warrant officer. Klamath county quota for the IS health, welfare and child-care agencies of the Oregon State Chest, McDonald pointed out Hamaker,. Chairman Chester H. Hamaker, Klamath Falls Insurance executive, has been chosen by the board of directors to serve in the role of general chair man of the 1040 campaign. At present Hamaker is busy recruiting the army of volunteer workers who will solicit their friends and neigh bors and business associates for contributions to the Red Feather appeal. The general chairman said that he expects to have all top leadership enrolled within the next few days and added that the campaign this year will be staged with a minimum ot lost motion. "We have a tight time schedule (Continued on Page 10 1 Deer Hunters Fill Lockers Cold storage lockers In Klamath Fall are going to be at a premi um, If the flow of deer continues to stream In to the local lockers. A total of MM deer haa been cut up Into venison steak by the local establishment since the season be gan. A few lockers are yet available, however, the butcher report, for those hunter who hav yet to bag their deer. Bang Shooting Hours October 31 (Pacific Standard Time) Openi Noon -Close: 4:13 a.ia. Hew Season Low Here; Reading 18.7 Klamath Falls was one of the coldest spots reported In the stale last night as the mercury fell to a season low ol 18.7 degrees. Along with bright sunshine and clear skies, the weatherman ollered little comfort to chilly Klamath folks with his forecast of continued cold and a low of between IS and 20 degrees tonight. Cold All Over The cold snap was evident throughout the slate. Eugene re ported an all-time October low of 34 degrees. Low temperatures from other cit ies are Bend. 13. the coldest city reporting; Baker. 3s: LaOrande. 20: Lakeview, 25; Medlord. 35: New port. 34: Ontario. 33: Pendleton. 37; Portland. 30; Roseburg 28. and Sa lem 39. The cold extended Into California with northern points all shivering. Yreka reported a seasonal low ot 20 last night. Big Barbecue Planned For Spud Festival MERRILL Plans for the Potato Festival barbecue Saturday are vir tually completed, according to Tom Barry, chairman. Last year ap proximately 2500 were served, and from all Indications that figure will be topped this year. At any rate. Instead of the six halves of beet barbecued In 1948. eight halves will go into the pit Friday night. Crews were at work today digging the pit. 40 feet long, three feet wide, and three feet deep to accom modate the 3000 lbs. ot boned and rolled beef. Menu Baked Netted Oem potatoes. 2600 of them, donated by the Klamath Potatoes Distributors, butter, buns and coffee will be served with the beef and Is free to all comers as long as It lasts. Appreciation Is exressed to W. C. Delton. T. W. Jones. Donald Smith, Hill Brothers, Tulelake Grain. C P. Hasklna. and the Warner Valley Stock company for donations of beef: and to Mason-Ehrman, Carl's Super Market, Griggs. Santford and j company. Crater Lake and Lost reiver aaines, and rtoages nromers lyr various other donation. BULLETIN 8P OFFICIAL DIES SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. i lPl V. . M. Petterson, Si, assistant general manager of the Soothers Pacific railroad, died early today at the railroad' General hospital here. He had been III several week. ... Russia Loses Fight to Bar Tito Regime NEW YORK. Oct. 20 (AP) Yugoslavia won a .eat in the United Nations security council today over the Soviet-sponsored Czechoslovakia. The action by the 59 nation general assembly was a rebuff to the cominform Soviet bloc. The vote on the second ballot, was Yugoslavia 39 and Czechoslovakia 19. Thirty-nine votes were required for " Selection. Yuco.slavia thus squeezed by on the minimum number of votes needed. The voting was by secret ballot. The United States sun ported Yugoslavia for the council seat now held by the Soviet Ukraine. The seating changes De i cember 31. I On the first ballot. Tito's regime ' got 37. Czechoslovakia 30, Afghan- ; Istan I, Philippines 1. ' Vlshlnsky I'p ! Russia's Andrei Y. Vlshlnsky took the floor Immediately after the re sult were announced. 1 Vlshlnsky charged the election of Yugoslavia was a violation of the j U. N. charter because It failed, he i said, to take Into account provisions regarding geographic distribution of , council seal. ! Qualified The West previously hsd eon- tended that Yugoslavia was Just as ; qualified to represent Eastern Europe as Czechoslovakia. Vlshlnsky declared Yugoslavia's candidacy was advanced by the United States and Britain through behind-the-scenes maneuvering. Assembly President Carlos P. Romulo banged his gsvel repeatedly but Vlshlnsky held the floor about four minutes. "Yugoslavia cannot and win not be considered a member of the Eastern bloc." Vlshlnsky said. HST to Push Atomic Vorb Expansion f WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 i. President Truman said today he" wiU wmna next year lor- money to push the atomic energy com mission's expansion program but denied that the plan stems from evidence of sn atomic explosion In xiusaia. He said the commission has 130. 000.000 M to start the work at Oak Ridge. Term, and Hanford, Wash. He added that he will not know now much the program will cost until he has an opportunity 'to talk it over with the commission and the budget bureau, but that he ha seen a figure of $300,000,000 (M) mentioned In the papers. You Can Egg Wife Just So Far LOS ANGELF.g, Oct tt p) Marlon Jane Renner, 20-year-old housewife, said her husband s egged ber en that she was forced U scramble their mar riage. 1 "If I'd break a yolk while cooking eggs for my husband he'd make me eat the egg," she told the court yesterday. "I had to eat five eggs saw morning. "When I fixed hi eggs sonny aide ap perfectly, he would only cut them np and eat them any way." Kopertn- Jodge Charles C. Johnson thought that waa carrying a yelk too far and granted her an uncontested di vorce from Willis as Renner, 22. Reds Drive To Split Nationalists HONG KONG. Oct. 30 tjft The communist (tabbed westward to day In what may be the death blow to the Nationalists on China's main land. Chinese newspapers here report ed that two government armies were routed in a Red thrust at KweUln In the southwest. There was no confirmation. Split Try? Red Gen. Lin Plao appeared to be trying to split the shattered Na 1 tionalist domain in two with a quick knockout of lu last big mainland force the 200.000-man force of Gen. Pal Cbung-bsL Press sccount said the conqueror of Manchuria, Tientsin and Hankow sent veterans of the Reds' fourth field army straight at Pal's home base. Kweilin. The Kwangsl province city I 250 air miles north west of Canton. Polio Victim List Grows "ORTLAND. Oct 30 upv The largest number of pouo cases since 1943 were listed by the slate board of health yesterday. Thirty-three new cases reported last week raised the year's total to 334, lust five less than the num ber at this time In 1943. Six of the new cases are In Ba ker county, four In Portland and four In Lane county. READY FOR Rl'SS McNARY, Ore, Oct. 20 oPi The workers on McNary dam are prepar ing for any eventuality even Rus sians. The general extension di vision. In cooperation with the corps of engineers, has started a Russian class, under the tutelage of Agu Ounspuu, Salem, a Russian refugee. Butte Airport Bids Readied YREKA Bids calling for con struction ot the Butte Valley air port will be advertised and are re turnable to County Clerk Waldo J. Smith by 10 a m on November U The project calls for clearing, grubbing, leveling and preparation of 36 acres located half way be tween Dorris and Macdoel adjacent to highway 97. Included In the specifications la a surfaced runway. 81skiyou county will put up $5500 with another 16500 from federal funds to make up the amount necessary for construction. Meet the People ??v.T'-J v; . v ' I, I. THIS LOOKS UK! A HAM but it might be o turkey, pre holiday, of course, that Bill Milne is marking on the meat counter. Bill is a long time Klamath resident and well known in the town's business meeting.