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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1949)
Id LrL re i's km i Br FRANK JENKINS THIS lubject of man-hour ol im- ployment Out wit be lot out o! ' it, which n mentioned by Governor McKay the other night, U fascinating on. It Ilea at tin root ol the problem of Industrial growth in U of Oregon's limbered areas. It I the cor of tht program of tht Klamath County chamber nf commerce for fulurt Industrial de velopment In tha Klamath Basin. So let'i take anoliier look at It. TT appeari that In tha put wt hava " been getting about two men-days of employmenU-one In Uia woodt and out In tht mill out of each thousand fact of rough lumber wa have produced. With our preaenl flvt-day, 40 hoMr week, allowing tor vacations, .4ul-down, tic.. It tee mi probable llikt about 300 man-daya cunsUluie an average man-year that la to aay, a year of employment for ont man. A million Is a thouund thousand, do, at the rait of two man-daya per thousand fret, wt have been get ting about 3000 man-daya of em ployment out of each million (eel of rough lumber. That would be ont year of employment for ten men. e e PHEBI flfuraa check roughly with experience. Let t take Klamath county aa an example. In 143. Klamath county rut about SM million fret. Ualnf tht formula of ten man-yrara per million fret, that would be ont year employment tor SSOO men. Tht beat flfurea wt havt Indlca'e that thla waa about tht number ot men employed In tht lumber In dustry tn Klamath county that year. e Tins U what I'm drlvliit at: Producing chiefly rough lumber, Klamath county lot employment for isoo men tor aomtwhera near that figure) out of lla lumber Induatry In lu year of greatest cut aome tbO million fret. If. BY FURTHER REFINE MENT (remanufacturing u the term wt are currently ulng WE COULD GET SAY THREE TIMES AS MANY MAN-HOURS OUT OF EACH THOUSAND FEET. 40 MILLION FEET would product em ployment for more than 25,000 MEN. a I ETS put It tilt other way around. If, by further refinement of our raw product, wt could gel three time aa many man-hour out of each thousand fret, i third aa much cut would product aa much em ployment. It are ma likely from tha figures t havt that Klamath county's rauatained cut will siabll at about ' .... t r (h. IU r wiWUlllll v fc, wrtt w.oitwM . v tut In tht top year of IM3. a a CO. you ate. If wt can properly develop our remanufac luring In duatry making doors, window sash, chairs, t a bit a. Ironing board, kitchen cabinet, etc., Inilead nf rough boards we can obtain PER PETUALLY aa much employment a wt got out ot our biggeat year's cut What goes for Klamath county, f course, goes for all of Southern Oregon. If wt keep on getting more man-hours out of each log. there need be NO REDUCTION OF EM PLOYMENT as our Immense orig inal standi of Umber art reduced. It la a fascinating thought. When It la fully understood, It change tht wholt picture ot our luturt economy. Soviets Link Tito, U.S. Yoman 'Spy' MOSCOW. Oct. WlP) Tht So viet Literary Oasette declared today that Yugoslav Marshal Tito la often aeen In Belgrade "In the company di an American apy, singer zlnka Xunta." .4 The article, carrying a Belgrade -Mlitelln, said the linger was mar ried to a Yugoslav general and had become "a dictator of fashion for l wives or ministers and generals" In Belgrade, Glfta "This woman married Yugoslav Trotakylte Oeneral Iltch In New York and thus got Into Yugoslavia.' the article declared. "Expensive dia monds are given her by Tito. In New York, a representative for singer who waa bom Zlnka Kuno aald It waa "ridiculous" that the woman who became famed as Met ropolitan Opera Soprano Zlnka Mil anov could be an American spy. The representative, Jack Adams, aald "the only Interested In her music and her clothe." ft Bang Shooting Hours S OtTTirrrr Atom Talks Fail; Bla BnTaa rui or;,iuiS LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 3d MP) The United B isles and four other power declared today aecret atom ic talk havt failed because the Russians put national Interest above world security. This report cam from the U. 8 , France, Britain, China and Canada. It was released along with a for mal report of closed-door confer ence thry had with the Soviet union In seeking to end the East- West deadlock. Rwaala First The report said that 'the govern ment of the UHHR puts IU sover eignty first and Is unwilling to ac cept measurea which may Impinge or Interfere with lie rigid exercise ot unimpeded stale sovereignty." The Russians refused In tht closed meetings to talk about dis closure of atomic explosion In the Soviet Union. 1 -r arwjwj at V at ar gam aWaa mm m w mm MM' .r m mm mm m sw -. mm- 1 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER te. 14 Tetewhama gill Mm. 11U . -a PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER te, 14 Tetephaaw gill Urn. 1114 Cripps Yarns U.S. Charity Not Solution LONDON. Oft. 3 Blr rTiaf- .ord enpp solemnly warned Brit ain today It could not exut on the charily of the United Slates. Opening a two-day debate in the house of commons on the govern ment's new 3SO.000.000 pounds il7M.0OO.0O0i economy drive, tne chancellor of the exchequer declared: "At the root of our aucces or failure Ilea our own capacity to pro duce. The only real solution lor our difficulties Is more and more eco nomical and efflclrnt production." Dollar Imports The cut In dollar Import such aa tobacco, food, cotton and gaso line and a slash In government spending are essential, he aald, but cannot of Itself bring" auceess. He aald Britain want to be able to afford a high standard of living "not through the charity ot some friendly people, but because we ran and do produce enough currently to supply all our own wants." County Gets $65,455 In School Funds Klamath county Is lS 4W richer today, the county's share of the first half of the lMS-M fiscal year's ap portionment of the slate and county school fund. The apportionment, made by Sec retary of 8tate Earl T. Newbry, Is baaed on 110 per year tor each child between the age of 4 and 30. Coun tie us the money to reduce proper ty taxe. Lake county received $8700: Des chutes. t3l.5"6; Douglas, $(M.530: Jackson, 173430; Josephine. 137,315. Britain Kicks About McCloy LONDON, Oct. 3 OPV-Brltatn has protested to the United a tales that statements made by High Commis sioner John J. McCloy are seriously harming Western policies In Oer many. Diplomatic officials who reported thla today said McCloy Is going back to Washington early next week for special talka with Secretary of State Dean Acheson. They said he Is expected to pas through London. October IT Open! f :M a, a. Cloatt 4:M . m. V'S- DESPERADO Jack L. Tatum, 26 (above), who escaped from jail in Phoenix, Ariz., is still at large, and officers warn that Tatum will probably put up a desperate fight when cornered. Tatum, wanted by California, Nevada and Art zona police is also sought by the FBI. i . . . . . . . rT- ' -: '-.v , - ; - POTATO CENTER Merrill, shown here in o shot taken from the top of the town's water tonk, is saluted this week by Klamath Falls residents, merchants and the chamber of commerce. A complete photoriol covering Merrill scenes will be found on page 10. Dragnet Out For Negro Prowl Suspect A Negro man who reportedly en tered, (wo homes on . Jtlfwraoir street waa the object of an extensive search for several hours yesterday afternoon and last night but eluded police and had not been located to day. He waa last aeen when he ran through the new gymnasium being built at Sacred Heart acbool. Twa Entries According to city police, the man entered the house of E. W. M oca bee. MS Jefferson, and of C. E. Cumnungs, 621 Jefferson, about 1:30 yesterday afternoon but was scared off at both places. At the Cummlnga home Mr. Cummlng waa resting In a bedroom when the prowler appeared at the bedroom door. He waa chaaed out of the house and down the street by the family dog. Police called to the scene spotted the man and took up pursuit. He ran toward Sacred Heart academy and there several members of tht academy football team also took up the chase. But the elusive prowler shook oft hta pursuers at the construction Job and disap peared. Police kept up the hunt In the hill neighborhood for several hours. The Negro waa described aa dark, between S3 and 40 year of age apparently and of medium height. Resident of Bristol street In tht 3300 block had similar happenings Sunday and Monday nights when a man entered one home there Sun day but waa chased awsy. and at tempted to enter another home Monday, Potato Harvest Ends; Earliest in History The last spuds were carted from the fields to tht cellar today as the big Klamath basin potato harvest waa wound up earliest on record. . Total acreage In tht basin, ac.spud ptamlng went, wa 19,227 J, jiome 2000 mac acres Ihan planted-locr rear. . . -s "- - Last 'year field ran around 443 bushel per acre, but thla year the. yield will -only average about 70 per cent of that amount, according Hang the Food, Doll Up The Service PHILADELPHIA, Oct. M P A Fhlladerphlav res la anal has "a i at! " aaggeeUm be far stale an altar a twt-day trial. The lima Of U aaiee avail1 la (he Wx the first day, 34 aacgeetrcl prettier waltreeara. On the aac 4 day. II 4 44 asaae the aaase Net eew saggeeUea aaeatleawd the feed being serve. Weatherman Says Warmer, Cloudy, Rain Fog and haze shrouded the Klam th country this morning, but with cloudy weather will come warmer temperature, the weather bureau forecasts. The foe wa Just a slight sample of heavy blanket which has cov ered the Northwest for some day. Football fan planning to be In Grants Pass for the Klamath Orants Pass game Friday night were eyeing weather forecasts anx iously hoping for clear weather for the ride over the Oreensprings high J?ay. N't Ceauaeat The weatherman has no comment yet on Friday weather, but pre dicts continued cloudiness with light rain tonight, and showers Thursday. Instead of dipping into the 20 1 where It hae been consistently, the mercury wil hit a low of about 30 tonljht, the weather bureau aay. Coroner Calls Fatal Plane Crash Inquest Siskiyou County Coroner Roy No ble of Mt. 8hssla haa ordered an Inquest In the fatal plane crash last Saturday morning which claimed the Uvea of Pilot Claude Stephens of Klamath Fall and Valmont Kit tle. San Gabriel businessman, on the Clark Fensler ranch near Tule lake. A third passenger In the plane, John Harvey Kittle, la recovering from second degree burn in Klam ath Valley hospital here. 'Routine' The coroner said the Inquest waa "routine" and would be held at the Tulelake city hall aa soon as Ralph McMurry. Blsklyou county court re. porter, was available. Mra. Valmont Kittle remain un der c q. ot a physician in her trailer house at the Ben Bchulti boat landing where the Kittle party wa staying during the hunting sea son. PILE-VP PORTLAND, Oct. It WV-Seven car piled up on the Broadway bridge at the peak morning traffic hour today, closing the bridge com pletely for 20 minutes. Police aald car running too close together on wet pavement waa responsible. 'Check Flash' Trips Alleged Check Artist Lyle Polk Grace. IS. ot Twisp, Wash, ran aloul of the "check flash" system of communications between business houses here yes teray and consequently Is held In the county Jail on a charge ot for gery. He Is also wanted In Grants Pass for the samt thing. First Try Oract first came to. police notice yesterday morning when he at tempted to cash a S20 check at the Juckeland motor company. The check wa drawn on a local bank and signed by "Carl Anderson and Sons." Orace reportedly said his firm wa doing some work tor the s Isle highway department and had opened an account at the bank tht day before. But a suspicious cashier learned from the bank there was no such account and notified police that a "bad check" passer was at work. Watched -- From then on Orace was under surveillance while merchant were notified of his activities. Meanwhile, a message had been received trom Orants Pass saying a felony war rant was held for him there. At least three checks reportedly passed by Orace turned up one tor 425 at the Klamath Army store, one for US at Balslgrr motor com pany and one for S2S at the Hart hotel, where he wa staying, and he was reported to have attempted to get rid ot several others. Confession ' About noon yesterday Orace was arrested at a Klamath avenue cale ana readily admitted authoring the bogus checks. A charge of forgery wa placed against him by Dan Ehr heart, assistant manager of the Ar my store. In Justice court Orace waived preliminary hearing and waa bound over to the grand jury under I1S00 ball. The arrest of Oract was the first attributable to the direct operation of the "check flash" system set up for protection of merchant. Argentine Plane Crash Kills 5 BUENOS AIRES, Oct 2t iPr-An Aigentlne military transport plane crashed north ot Tucuman last night, killing live persons and In juring three others. The crash oc curred two minute after the plant took off from Buenoa Aire for Salt. Among the dead waa Dr. Pedro Agulrre, public health officer ot Sail Province, to County Agent Charles A. Hen derson who attributed the produc tion loss to the heavy June frost which blackened scores of field. Freat Free Where fields were untouched by the summer freeae. there was a fine yield, some plots running around 47S sacks per acre. Farmers are heartened by the fact that the market la better this year than last with spuds selling above support. Support on commer cials Is $1.60 per hundred pounds. The market the early part of the week waa aa high as S3 for No. l's but had gone to around t32S by Wednesday. 'Around Support' Klamath 2's and Bs i small l's) are selling right around support. Henderson said, with an occasional car purchased by the government. These spuds will go tor stockteed and are selling below support. Transient workers have pulled out of the basin and have gone south for the Southern California valley field work. Cellar Jobs In this territory are being done by local labor. SWAP WASHINGTON. Oct. 2C Sec retary ot State Acheson Indicated today the United States Is consider ing -swapping 1.000.000 tons ot American wheat for Indian man ganese and mica. Red Cross Volunteer Setup Studied ' sasa Bichafd -laaatreTl. vol unteer servtct chairman for tha Klamath county Red Cross, and Mra. Kenneth B. Hall, volunteer field consultant, ar conferring this week on organization of volunteer activi ties In the county. Mrs. Hall Is a Clackama county volunteer worker In addition to her post as field consilium for the na tional Red Cross, and visits various Red Cross areas giving advice and assistance on volunteer activities. Vets Hospitals Mrs. Maxwell la stressing Klam ath county' participation In the veteran hospital programs at Med ford and Roseburg which, while not In this area, are of Interest to the county because veterans trom this community are sent to the two hos pital. Volunteers will endeavor to con tact service clubs and other Inter ested groups to advise them of the needs ot the hospital and solicit their assistance. Mrs. Hall will also meet with pro ject workers. Junior Red Cross vol unteers and other chapter worker while she la here. Czech's Spy Charge Trick, Says Acheson WASHINGTON. Oct. 28 MV-See-retary of Bute Acheson said today apy charges brought by Czechoslo vakia's communist government (gainst U. 8. embassy employes In Prague are "obviously trumped up." H announced however, that the United Sutes had "acceded to the request" to withdraw two accused American diplomats from their as signments in Prague. He aald that the embassy is attempting to are a third American representative, who lacked diploma tie statu and who waa Imprisoned Friday by the Catch government on spy charges. '. Aeeawed The two regular diplomats whose recau tne Csechs demanded on 24 hour notice are John Q. Heyn. as sistant attache in the political de partment, and Isaac Patch, the po litical attache. The man thrown into prison la Samuel Meryn, embassy clerk, who has been held Incom municado since Friday. US; Steel Head Hints Compromise WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (AP) An industry leader's suggestion that a steel itrikc compromise is possible en couraged government offi cials today in their efforts to settle the coal-steel crisis. These officials saw a chance of getting company- union peace talks started, oa the steel pension financing dispute. They pinned their hopes on remarks-made by Chairman Irving 8. Olds of tht U. 8. Steel corporation In New York yesterday after a board ot director meeting. Old reminded newsmen that neither U. 8. Steel nor the striking CIO Steelworkera union baa man a direct move to resume negotia tion since the strike began Oc tober L 'Sensible' "It seems to me." Olds said, "tha sensible thing would be to alt down and see how far we could get toward agreeing on a pension program. Wa might even reach aome eommoa ground on contributory and non contributory features." He Implied that tha amount at proposed pension and Insurant might provide a basla for bar gaining. That Issue haa never com up. he aald, because of disagree ment over another matter. Stagnating- Black V. 8. Steel haa agreed to install a pension-Insurance plan for work era costing up to 10 cent an hour, but Insist the employe contribute something too. Philip Murray, head of the CIO and the striking union, has Insisted on a presidential board's recommendation that tha workers contribute nothing. It 1 this question. Olds aald. which has blocked discussion of actual amounts. U. 8. Steel's directors, declaring a regularly quarterly dividend, an nounced that the eorporatlon'a net Income for the first nine month of this year waa tl33J33.40. Thia compared with SU.0U.1M for tha same ihi period. Dallas Blast res 14 Injui KF Fugitive Said Held By Roseburg Amtorg Agrees To Obey Law NEW YORK. Oct, 28 (-Rus-sias Amtorg Trading corporation announced today that It will obey the law requiring It to register un der the foreign agents registration act. The corporation and six officials were indicted last Friday on charges of failure to register. Announcement that the Soviet purchasing agency will comply with the law was made at a hearing before TJ. S. Commissioner Edward W. McDonald on the question of re moving five of the officials trom New York to Washington, where the indictment was handed down. DALLAS. Tex.. Oct 2 ) Pour- teen persons were Injured, three seriously, when an explosion late last night ripped apart a four-apartment building in a housing project The blast and what residents of the stucco structure called a flash of flame left It a mass ot debris caved-in walls, smashed furniture and crasily crumbled roof. It threw aome persons In nearby units In the Cedar Springs housing project In North Dallas out of bed. Every one In the building wa hurt Battalion Fire Chief J. W. Ownes said he had no idea what caused the explosion. Robert Steven Gordon, second man wanted here in connection with an ambitious bad check flurry last summer, was reported to be In cus tody In Roseburg. Gordon is reportedly Implicated with Louis E. Murphy, a soldier. In passing over 500 bad checks la this area. Murphy was Indicted here for larceny by impersonation but his ease has been resubmitted to the grand jury because of a cleri cal error in the Indictment AHeratioB I Sheriff Jack Franey said Gordon Is charged with forgery by altera tion and his ball Is set at KUOO. He will be brought here from Rose burg. The two men - purportedly passed numerous checks drawn on tht Arundel construction company, a firm working on the Tokotee Fall dam project RADIOMAN INJURED PORTLAND. Oct. 28 tAV-Delmar M. i Sammy) Taylor, announcer and disc Jockey for radio station KWJJ. waa injured early today as his car failed to make a curve and crashed Into a tree. He suffered a leg In jury, cut lips and possible rib fractures. TAKES OVIR Georges Bi dault (above), leader of the middle-of-the-road popular re publican party (MRP) agreed to try to form a new French government. Bidault's effort comes 18 days after fall of cabinet of Premier Henri Queuille, and follows failure of Jules Moch and Rene Ma yer to solve the cabinet crisis. Maryland Plane Crash Kills 4 PORT DEPOSIT. Md.. Oct 3d W A private plane plummeted out ot an overcast skr and crashed into the aide of a hill last night killing four nrnn. Ineliirilne H. L. fltraua. ! a wealthv hnnutman. The plane was owned by the American Totalizator company, of which Straus was president. Others aboard were identified at Arthur J. Johnston of Baltimore, general manager ot the company; Walter H. Maler and Delbert Ray mond Osborne, both from West Palm Beach. Fla. Maler and Osborne were pilot and eo-pllot. Britain Ponders Greece Pull-Out LONDON. Oct. 28 ") Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevln said today Britain now la considering whether to withdraw soma ot her 3000 troop stationed In Greece. He told the house of commons hi hoped to make a statement on the question of tht troop toon. r Meet the People HANDEL FOSTER completes a florist's piece on which he wos working when the curious Meet the People photographer hap pened to drop in on him. Foster has been at this work for a number of years.
