Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, October 21, 1949, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Herald and news., October 21, 1949, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1949)

Page of 18 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.8 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 18 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Text0 fo) JU JV lay's lows w It FRANK JKNKINi MORE (buncombe?) from Wuh 1 Ington: "Capitol Hill (Washlngtonese tor congress! fired back today at Presl dtnt Truman'a talk of a tax Increase, and madt counter prnpoult to tlaih government tiiendlng Instead." 1IOUBE Rrpubllcan Under Martin Issues i statement to til reporter laying: "Tli President want mor Uses to put hU aoclalUt schemes over on the American people." lie added: "The American economy la to ahaky now that an Incrraae In the tax burden might easily lead to a depression with mllllona out of Job." CHAIRMAN GEORGE. Democrat, j chairman of the aenat finance committee, gives out with: "I think the way to meet our deficit la: 1. To reduce apendlm. I. Readjutt our taxes ao aa to en courage greater production and In spire greater activity In all llnea." "CENATOR BYKD, Virginia Dcmo crat and usually a anund thinker on the aubject of economy, com ment: "The President hai the cart before (he norm, lie ahould call for a draatlc reduction of expenditure and avoid any Increase of laxca If there I any way to do It." F1EI nl Gentlemen! CONGRESS HOLDS THE PURBE STRINGS. Congrena make lh law. If enough member of congress, In both house. WILL IT, Uie con grea can top reckless deficit (pend ing dead In It track. All It nerd to do I to paaa the nrceuary law, with a margin big enough to over come the Presidents veto, U he hould be so foollah aa to uw It, That would turn the trick. TT la true that the little man from Mlatourt ha gone hog-wild with the Idea of tpendlng. He evidently Interpreted hi overwhelming elec tion last fall aa a revelation from on high to the effect that the way to lay In power perpetually 1 to apend and spend and pend and tax and tax and Ux. But AT ANY MOMENT WHEN IT IS WILLINO TO. congreu can plke that gun. All It need to do la UHK THE POWERS GIVEN TO IT BY THE CONSTITUTION. French New Government Try Stymied PARIS. Oct. 21 l) Premier Reno Mayer today waa almost hopelessly Hailed, Informed politi cal obaervera aald. In hi effort to form a new French, coalition cabi net llealtancy ot Uie socialism to en ter hi government wa reported the stumbling block for the radical aoclalUt whom the national assem bly hut night approved for the pre miership by a vote of 341 to 183. Ths poMlbtllty loomed, that Uie only way out of France' political crlali, now 16 day old, might be the dissolving of parliament fol lowed by a general election. State Jobless Total 36,000 SALEM, Oct. 21 P Oregon's to tal employment la aUll at near-record level, but unemployment 1 serloua, too, Uie a tat unemploy m n t eompentatlon commission aid today. On October 1, the commlulon eld today, there were 38.000 lob- lea perton In the state, compared with 21,000 a year ago. And the commtMlon aald the number of un employed probably la considerably greater now than It waa on Oc tober 1. It blames the decline on shut drawn In Uie lumber Industry and the end of the harvest season. Deer Hunter Missing On Parker A search party waa formed this morning at Plnehurst Inn on Jennv creek this morning In attempt to wraie a n-year-oid Medlord hunt er, missing since mld-afternnnn Thursday. The Medfnrd sheriff's office noti fied Klamath County Sheriff Jack Praney this morning that BUI Han scorn left Medfnrd Thursday bound for Parker mountain. Failed Ta Appear Hanscom was to be picked up, presumably bv other members m his hunting party, at 1 o'clock on weyernaeuser roaa, either 41 or 61. He failed to show up at the designated time. Praney Uila morning contacted the Klamath Forest ProterLiv aoclaUon and Weyerhaeuser offici als, twin oi wnom win aid In Uie search. Search Plan. Praney aald that Medford I send In out a search plane. Hanscom. whose addreas In Med ford 1 404 North Orape, I described aa a small man, five feet, five-and-a-half Inches tall and weighing 130 pounds. He waa said to be wearing a leather Jacket and a red shirt. Tentative Date Set for Nagel To Surrender November 4 has been UntaUvely set aa date for William Henry Nagel to surrender himself In cir cuit court here to start serving hi long-deferred two-year prison sen tence. The district attorney' office re ported the tentative date waa aet by Circuit Judge Orval J. Millard of Oranta Pass, who presided over Negri moral charge trial two year ago. I 'barge Nagel. a Portland minuter, waa convicted of contrlbuUng to the delinquency of a minor girl, but appealed to the state supreme court and finally to the U. 8. su preme court, losing all the way. A portion of Nagel' sentence Is an assessment against him of the cost of the trial and cost of the appeals, and Uie county clerk of fice I figuring up the charge. Witness and Juror fee In the or iginal trial amounted to 1644.70. Nagel 1 free on 15000 ball, half put up by Kenneth Elchenberger of Portland and Uie other half put up by the lat Oeorge Mowry, Portland attorney who represented Nagel and who died several week ago. Union Files Loyalty Oaths WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (yPr-The left-wing United Electrical worker, biggest CIO holdout agalnat Taft Hartley act rules, gave in today and filed non-communist oath from It officer. The affidavit are required by the labor law before a union can have acces to national labor relauon board machinery for uch thing as collective bargaining elections. They must state that the union officers re not communist and are not sympathetic to communism. The U. E. ha been described In hearings of the house un-American activities a a hotbed of communist activity. TaHK HKDl'CTIONS SEATTLE, Oct. 21 (At Railroad fare reduction between SeatUe and Portland were described last night aa "feasible" by A. E, Stoddard. Union Pacific railroad president. The reductions, which would bring the lares "pretty close" to bus rate, were proposed by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Klamath vs. Longview Friday Night 8 p.m. Modoc Field Pcli icons (Probable No. Wt, Player 80 185 Tom Schubert 96 100 John WltU) 80 146 Dick PeUolclt 80 176 Keith Donahoo .... 7S 185 Roy Lundgren ...... 97 180 Tom Abner 88 185 Dorln Van Lue 1 160 Bob McPhcraon 84 166 Oene Carlson ........ 88 160 Joe Nichols .... 85 175 Joe Drmetrakos Lumberjacks StarUng Lineups) Pes. Player Wt. No. .... LE Clarence Walter 160 33 LT Bob Strom 218 41 ... LQ O'Denn Joplln 170 34 C ........ Chuck Goodner 175 64 ... RG Bob Smith 175 61 .... RT ..Gerald Holt 160 24 RE Bill Bundberg 160 80 Q Chuck Mertschlnc 160 40 LH ....... Mnrlon Orav 153 30 .... RH Delbert McGhee 170 44 F Martin Kellwltx 170 36 Pelican Reserves Gaynor Huck B (3, Rod Davl B 68, Tom Qulnowskl O 70, Al Herrera B 71, Dick Allen E 72, Ed Zaroslnskl E 73, Bill Toole Q 74, Mnynard Smith B 75. Ron Dlmmlck 0 76, BUI Arnold B 77, Don Allen T 81, Jim DeChalneau B 82, Glenn Quyer T 87, Don Taylor G 00, Bob Bnudon G 92, Dick Doege E S3, Charles Bennett T 84, John Elliott E 96, Dave Todd O 98, Dale Carr Q 99. Lumbrrjark Reserves Jerry Luehrs C 13, Jim Lewi M 29, Stuart Randall H 28, Dnle Hlllman Q 27, Dale EnsUlrk H 28, Kenny Skuffeeda E 29, Oerald Miller E 31, Joe Proffltt C 32, Jerry Marsh q 36, Eldon McPadden P 37, Brn Van Deren G 38, Jerry Gilbert H 39, Ronald Wrist E 43, BUI Sudar G 43, Dick Powell E 46, Jim Forbes F 47, Maurice Homer H 60, Oeorge Zdllar E 65, Larry Rhode T 56, Arnold Strand T 67, Bob Ruth T 68, Bob Powell E 59. Officials Ernest Bishop, referee; Lyle Krllstrom, umpire; Dal Throckmorton, head linesman; Dr. O. I. Wright, Joe LtClalr, timekeeper. MX! Mr loll (MlnK .oAO MIKE1 ELLIOTT I 1 i PBICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER tl, 149 Telephone 1111 No. 2119 '1m''.. hi it. iii .lis Mm i is-as.s llMiiinir 'nil ..nni .. JrT - jimm "WITHIN THIRTY DAYS" it the optimistic r onticipoted completion of traffic signal insta are shown building one of three islands wh city are sharing me cost of the task which I wos awarded to the City Electric company o sion. State Engineer O. Roy Kennen said tha today and should be completed by the midd at the ends of the islands will probably be i nals "within 30 doys." eport from the state highway commission on Notion at Main and esplanade. Workers here ich will be included in the job. The state ond s in the neighborhood of $3180. The contract f Salem, Ore., by the state highway commis- t pouring concrete for the islands would stort le of next week. Installation of hooded lights n by November 10, ond the sfop-ond-go sig- McKay Arrives For Dinner. Spud Festival Governor Douglas McKay of Sa lem, who arrived at mld-aiutraoon. today, waa facing a busy week-end ached uie. The governor will be met by Di rector Winston Purvlne of Oregon Technical Institute jind a tour of the school on the hill will follow. Classes are being streamlined so that Oovernor McKay can observe aa much operation of OTI In the limited time available. Rotary Dinner Tonight Governor and Mrs. Mc Kay will be guests at Uie Klamath Palls Rotary club's annual "ladlea night at the Wlllsrd hotel and Uie governor will be Uie speaker of the evening. On Saturday, the governor will ride In the big parade at the 13th annual Klamath Basin Potato fes tival al Merrill and he will also Inspect the various exhibit on dla play. Mrs. McKay, who waa hon ored with a tea this afternoon spon sored by the Klamath county re publican central committee, will be the guest of Klamath women at Uie fesUval tomorrow. Both wlU be honor guests at the big noon bar becue Saturday and then will leave for Uie north. Hunt Stamps Indicate Record Year If the sale of migratory bird stamps Is any Indication, the Klam ath basin will see the largest num ber of duck hunters and dead ducks than In any previous year. The Klamath Palls post offlre and two stations, Schneider' Variety and Lee Hendricks Dnig, reported In the neighborhood ot 3028 federal tamps had been sold by noon to day. Spurt Up to October 16 only 392 duck stamps had been sold but sales took a sudden rise on October 17, hltUng the 728 mark e n October 20. It was expected about 1000 duck tamps would be sold today, the first day of the wildfowl season. Post office officials said that the bird stamps could be bought until June 30, 1950, for those wishing to purchase them for souvenirs. It wa reported the bird stamp ale this year topped any previous ale on record. Hunters 18 year and over must have duck stamps, the post office advised. BULLETIN Forty minutes after the open ing of duck season today, the first hunter waa nabbed for Illegal possession of game blrda and parts. , He la Frank Mllner. He wa arrested by itate police and left 125 ball at the eounly Jail. Congressmen Rap Taxes Hike Talk; Say Cut Spending WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 MPv-Capitol Rill tired back at.PreVdent Truman's talk of tax Increaae today with counter proposals to alasb government spending Instead. . Another popular suggestion on how to make the government end meet wa: By tax adjustment and other Incentives, encourage a biUowuig industrial and business economy Hope Hinted For Steel; Coal Mired By The Associated Presa Coal operator walked odt on con tract talk with the United Mine Workers Friday. But there wa a flicker of nope that a break may come In the steel strike. Northern and Western mine oper ators left White Sulphur Srplngs, W. Va. where negotiations designed to end the five weeks old coal strike, were being held. 'Mad Race They accused John L. Lewis of being willing "to destroy" Uie coal industry "in his mad race for pow er." They said they would meet with union leader again when Uie union leader show they are ready "to consider our employe and Uie industry." The situation In the costly 21-day steel trike, ays Cyrus 8. Cblng, federal mediauon chief, "la not hopeless." Ching's hint of hope, coupled with a warning against optimism, fol lowed earlier comment by Presi dent Truman that he has no pres ent plans for Intervening in either the steel or coal strikes or for seizing either Industry. Cheking Ching's statement came as the continuing steel-coal Ueupa choked of much of the nation's Industrial activity and made Idle more than a million worker. Further curtailment of Industry were reported because of the twin strikes. In New York City, Uie New York Central railroad announced that at midnight Saturday It waa eliminating 89 (team-operated pas senger trains because of dwindling coal supplies. Local, branch line and suburban service wlU be af fected in 11 states. Steel shortages, which have hit many Industries, threaten to force the layoff of thousands of workers In Uie auto Industry if the steel strike la not settled. Wife Charged With Killing Flier Husband FRANKFURT, Oermany. Oct. 21 iP A pretty American brunette, pale and dazed with shock, waa ar raigned In a U. S. court today on a warrant charging her with the murder of her young air force lieu tenant husband after a quarrel with one of their female friends. Mr. Yvette Madsen. 22, mother of two small children, is accused of shooting her 32-year-old husband, Lt. Andrew W. Msdsen. of Oakland, Calif, through the heart early yes terday In the living room of their home near Uie Rhine-Main alrbaxe. The air force said the shooting fol lowed a gay party at the home of friends. Flnt Degree Judge T. T. Marye adjourned the preliminary hearing until Monday to give Mrs. Madsen time to select counsel. Frankfurt District Attor ney Fred Johuson said he would place a first degree murder charge against her. The courtroom was filled with air force officers and their wives from the little American community near Frankfurt where the flier live. The arrest warrant charged Mrs. Madsen under Uie German penal code. Madsen was killed by a bullet from a 45-caliber army pistol as he returned from Uie party. COLLEGE LEADERS SALEM, Oct. 21 (IP The nth annual convention of the Oregon Federation ot College Leader will be held on the Willamette univers ity campus here November 10-12. Bang- Shooting Hours October 22 (Pacific Standard Time) Opem B:M a.m. Closet 4:1J p.m. with sight aet on 8300.000.000.000 national Income. That, it Is figured, would yield adequate revenue without hikes In tax rate to sup port federal, state and local gov ernment. National Income now I a Uie rate of about $217,000,000,000. Socialist House Republican Leader Martin, ot Massachusetts, Issued a state ment saying Uie president wants more taxes to put "hi socialist schemes over on the American people." "The Amvtcan economy," he de clared, "is so shaky now that an Increase In Uie tax burden might easily lead to a depression with mil lions out of Jobs." Truman disclosed his 1950 tax objective at his news conference yesterday, despite (Al that congress has Ignored his call last January for a $4,000,000,000 tax Increase, and (Bl 1950 1 election year. AU house members and one-third of the sen ate will be out asking votes then from taxpayers. TeU Me Bow Truman told the newsmen that if anybody could tell him any way, without tax increases, to meet an estimated $5,000,000,000 federal deficit in the current fiscal year, then he'd like to be told. Chairman George (D-Ga) of the senate finance committee came up Immediately with his counter pro posal: "I think the way to meet our deficit is: (1 to reduce spending, and (21 readjust our taxes ao as to encourage greater production and inspire greater activity In aU lines. Question "I do not see how the national income can be Increased by adding to the burden of taxes at this time. Same taxes should be repealed and adjustment made wherever a care ful study may Indicate a readjust ment of the tax burden Is needed. In auch a readjustment some taxes may be increased. "I have a strong conviction that we should encourage Increased pro duction until we achieve an annual national income of somewhere In the neighborhood of $3,000,000,000." The New York stock market dipped on the new ot Truman' tax comment. ' Revision Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of the tax-framing house committee on ways and means already had announced his group expects to tackle a tax revision bill next year. Senator Byrd (D-Va) commented that "the president has the cart before the horse he should call for a drastic reduction of expenditures and avoid any Increase of taxes If there's any way to do It." OFF FOR RUSSIA SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 21 P) The Chinese communist radio re ported today that Wang Chla httang, newly-appointed ambassa dor to the Soviet union, left Pel ping for Moscow by train last night. Duck Hunters Jam Tulelake; Rooms Sought TULELAKE Sleeping accomoda- Uons were not at a premium here this week-end. There was no such thing a a premium. There weren't any accomodations available. Duck season ha brought In thou sands of hunters and Howard Sar gent, game refuge manager, said he thought the Influx of nimrods this year waa greater than at any other time In the history of the big flyway. Bousing In Tulelake an effort was being made to find private housing for Uie hunters who continued to stream in. to town from points south in Calif' ornla a well as over the line In Oregon. Paradise camp on the west side ot Uie lake near the wild life ref uge and along the Medicine lake road, was seething with hunters who have established trailer camp homes at this point. W,ke' Elliott Under Fire Today PORTLAND. Oct 21 0P Port land and the rest of Multnomah county voted today in a special elec tion on whether to recall Sheriff Marion LeRoy (Mike) Elliott, James W. Gleason, elections regis trar, predicted 50 per cent of the registered voters would cast ballots, a heavier number than normal in special elections. Girls Gone But Parents Hear Voices FREEPORT. N. Y Oct. 21 lPi The fathers and mothers still can hear their daughters' voices. But where are the girls now? "Don't look for us , . we know how to take care of ourselves . there are too many places we can go for you to find us . ." the voices say. The voices come from a little phonograph record that arrived In the mall yesterday. It apparently was made In some penny-arcade in nearby New York City. Vanished But Uie girls themselves have vanished. They left supposedly for Freeport high school Wednesday morning and never arrived. Police said the three are Mabel and Barbara Batcher, 18 and 14, and their 14-year-old playmate, Marylou Gross. Big Potato Festival Under Way MERRILL The stage 1 set and the crowd was pouring into Merrill today In observance of the 13th an nual Klamath Basin Potato FesU val Booths were set up and hundred milled through the exhibit sectors. One batch of Klamath Netted Gems was gilded with gold, others were in their pristine beauty, queen of the festival which was attracting basin wide attention. BifhllghC Visiting the exhibits wa ot prime Interest this morning and Judging was completed by mid-afternoon. Tonight at 7 o'clock. Queen LUa Winebarger will be crowned queen of Uie festival at tha big banquet In the grade school gym. Queen Lila will wear Uie traditional white satin queen's gown and robe and will be attended by her four princesses. Eva Mae Alexander of Henley, Pat Eagar of Bonanza. Sally Smalley of Malin. Mary Reed of Tulelake. Senator P. S. Hitchcock will be the master of ceremonies and speaker of Uie evening will be Di rector Winston Purvtne of Oregon Technical Institute. Tomorrow Saturday's program gets under way with the big parade, featuring Uie queen's float, other float, and marching entries, bands and indus trial exhibit following by Uie noon barbecue of beef, Klamath potatoes and coffee. Afternoon interest Saturday Is centered on the Merrill Huskies playing the Gilchrist Grizzlies on Uie Merrill field. Dance The big dance will complete the program of the festival which is en joying some of the finest weather Klamath has had to offer this fall. Governor Douglas McKay will ride In the Saturday morning parade and he and Mrs. McKay will attend the barbecue. Inspect Uie ex hibits and then leave for Uie north around 3 pm 11 Reds Get Jail Terms; Stiff Fines NEW YORK. Oct. 21 (AP) Ten top-rnkirjf American communist lead erg today were gentenced to prison for five yeara each fop criminal conspiracy to teach overthrow of the U. S. gov ernment by force. An eleventh was sentenced to three years. - Federal Judge Harold R. Medina imposed the sen tences and fined each defendant $10,000 the maximum in addition. Those sentenced to five year were: Eugene Dennis, 44, general secre tary of the communist party; John B. WUUamson, 44, labor secretary; Jacob 8tachel, 49, educational di rector; Ous HaU, 39, Ohio stste chair man: John Gates, 3, editor of The Daily Worker; Henry Winston, 35, organlzaUaataf secretary; - Carl Winter, 43, Michigan state chairman; Benjamin J. Davis Jr 4, New York City councilman: Gilbert Green, 43, Illinois chair man; Irving Potash. 48, member of the national committee. Winston and Davis are Negroes. Robert Thompson, 34, New York state chairman, was sentenced to three year and $20,000 tine. Judge Medina took into consideration Thompson's war record. The New Yorker won the distinguished ser vice cross for service in Uie Pacific. 19 Yeara Demanded U. S. Attorney John F. X. Me Gohey demanded 10-year sentence for each defendant Uie maximum provided under the 1940 8mlth act. But Medina refused on the ground that congress reduced the maximum to five years last Sep tember, before Uie trial began but after Uie 11 communist leaders were Indicted. "If It weren't for this change In the statute," the judge said, "I would be thinking in terms of mor than five years." Smiles ' Most of the men in the dock took the sentence which lops off the leadership ot American comma nirm with smUes although two tT their number," Denntr and Davis, had blasted their trial as a mon strous injustice only a few minutes earlier. "Come what may, we will exercise our inalienable rights and we will flourish and grow," the bulky, gray-haired Dennis declared. McGohey told the court lt was this sort of "threat" that prompted him to demand the severest pos sible sentence. Declaring the II red Ieadera were an "incalculable" potential danger to Uie country, the prose cutor told Medina: "I don't say they could probably overthrow Uie government but the will attempt to do it." Czechs Arrest U.S. Clerk PRAGUE, Oct. 21 (P) Czecho slovakia arrested an American em bassy clerk tonight and demanded Uie recall of an assistant attach on charges the two were spies. A note delivered to the U. 8. embassy named, the arrested clerk as Samuel Meryn, who la attached to Uie mUltary attache's office, and the embassy attache as Isaae Patch Jr., who also 1 vice consul in Prague. , Warmer Here Again Tonight The weatherman took pity on shivering Klamath folks last night and the mercury stayed several de grees higher than It's been an week. Low for the night was 24 degrees. The forecast for Uie week-end is for fair weather and "cool" night temperatures. Tonight the temperature will go to between 2S and 30, the weather forecast states. Meet the People I r Jl v THIS IS A GOOD PICTURE of concentrotion. Lester Blicktrv staff seems oblivious to Meet the People cameraman ot ho becomes engrossed in a surveying job at Main and Esplanade.