'ay's lews
Mr FRANK JKNKINS
tlKRK la n Interesting qUMtlon:
How did the Hercules people
come to Mttl on the Klamath
country a Ui place to local a
pilot plant to (urlhrr their study
of the chemistry of western woods?
Till" la tht alory, aa I havt heard
II: They derided at tha beginning
that they mint hava a location
fMrly well centered In tha western
pine area and aerved by two rail
road!. That decision pin-pointed Klam
ath aa a food spot.
COMKTUINO else helped lm
mensely. In the Ewauua properly, Weyer
haeuser had a Hie that was prac
tically tailored to measure. It waa
Sitple In also. It waa admirably
rrd by transportation. It had a
j and quits modem power plant.
II had plenty ol building, aoma of
which ran be uaed.
On lop of all that, Weyerhaeuaer
ottered the alte at a moat attrac
tf e price. We mual keep In mind
11 tact that In modern Indiutrtal
pyctlre pilot planta are expendable.
That la to ay. when they have
aerved Uieir purpose they have little
furttw value. Their equipment la
SPECIAL equipment. It la designed
aimplv and aolely to prove whether
or not certain processes originated
In the laboratory can be made
profitable on a commercial acale.
When that queatlon la emwered,
the pilot plant la all through.
Tha price named by the Weyer
haeuser people waa ao low aa to
enable Herrulra to carry through
Ita pilot plant operation at a mini
mum of coat. Bealdee, It makes It
poaalble to get the pilot plant Into
operation aooner which la a con
airteratlon of aome Importance.
When you want to find out aome
thing by TRYINO IT OUT on a
acale diffidently large to prove the
point, the aooner you can get go
ing the better you will like It.
WHEN Weyerhaeuaer bought
Ewauna. the market for uaed
equipment waa atlll quits active. If
the Ewauna property had been
liquidated without delay, a much
larger price could have been ob
tained. Inatead of liquidating It
Immediately, the Weyerharuaer
people chose to hold It In the hope
of aecurlng a lame Induatry whoae
location here would greatly Improve
the community! Induatrtal out
look. The completion of the Her.
culea deal realised Una hope.
I happen to know that the dif
ference between the price that
could have been obtained by Iro
stftwhste liquidation and the price
'finally made to the Herrulea people
aa an Inducement to bring their
project her runa Into a LAKOE
aum of money.
It la co-operation Ilk that that
build cltlea. In giving credit tor
thl eplendld development In the
Industrial growth of the Klamath
country. Weyerhaeuser la entitled
to a large ahare for the enlightened
policy of community development
which It ha puraued. The rall
roada alio, through their Industrial
development department, helped
greatly.
TN the final washout, of courae. It
Waa the Klamath area a advan- j
tageoua location with regard to
western wood aupply and trana
portatlon that probably tipped the
k a Ira in our favor. But the TEAM
WORK displayed by everybody cou
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Big Steer Front
Split; Bethlehem
Firing Furnaces
CLKVKLAXD, Nov. 1 (AIM Hi'thlelicm Steel cor-
iioratitin left a witlti liulu in the once solid rank of the
Htrikt'-tluHL'd steel industry today and started firinjr up for
ijiiHincM an uiiuhI.
Shattciinif a well worn precedent of waitina; to gee
what the nation's No. 1 producer U. S. Steel would do,
Ri'thlehem, No. 2, tame to terms I Hut nixht with I'hiiip
Murray and his CIO-L'nited
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1949
State Jobless
Benefits Hit
Monthly High
SALEM, Nov. 1 i stale unem
ployment beneflta during October
were more than three tlmea the
highest previous October figure In
the 13-year history of the stale un
employment compensation commis
sion. The October total waa II J89.71S
and unemployment la eiecled to
uicrease even more.
More Uian SO. 000 Jobless workers
filed claim for benefit during the
past four months, compared with
37,400 In the similar period of laal
year.
The commission blamed the big
Increase on alowdowna In the food
processing, construction and lumber
Industries. More than one-fourth of
those getting benefit last week
were from the lumber Industry.
The commission predicted that (he
unemployment benefit for all of
this year would set a new record.
Payment during the first 10 months
of the year touted 114.818.968. The
all-time record for a whole year waa
8I8.6M.74S In 1049.
Halloween
Kid Parties
Big Success
The city recreation department
planned Halloween parlies for chil
dren last night was a bigger aurceaa
than expected, according to Sam
Smith, city recreation chairman.
The H fasten program received
the lineal cooperation from all
school, club and civic organlza
tlona. Smith said. No official count
waa taken of the attendance at the
parties, but good crowds were pres
ent at all eight of the school gyms
and the high school dance attend
ance was estimated at over 600.
8mlth said this year's success of
the eight parties would probably
mean that the recreation depart
ment would make this a yearly af
fair. Outside of minor mischief, the
city program seemed to be successful.
Steelworkers,
Murray, here for the CIO's
national convention, made
no effort to conceal his Jubilation.
He cried at a rally:
"American Induatry might aa well
racognlae thl fact, that It will be
required In the future to maintain
Its elderly workers on a reasonably
Good Weather
'Till Sunday
PORTLAND. Nov. 1 (v-Flr skies
and moderate temperatures are In
store for the rest of thl week, the
weather bureau reported today.
By Saturday, however, aome cloud
iness la expected to develop and
on Sunday rain la likely.
'Veep' Can't Find
Ring for Widow
ST. LOUIS. Nov. I 14'v-Vlce
President Barkley still hasn't found
the kind of wedding ring he want
for his bride-to-be.
Barkley and Mrs. Carleton 8.
Hidley, 38, who announced their
marriage date Sunday, shopped for
a ring yesterday. But they were un
able to find Juat what they wanted.
The 71-year-old vice president
planned a flying trip to Washington.
Pa., today for a speaking engage
ment. His plane was to leave thl
afternoon.
After filling the engagement, he
will return to St. Louis and con
tinue his search for a ring.
Meet the People
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HIGH HOPES
Officials In Washington. D. C,
today aald they expected other
steel firm to follow Bethlehem'a
lead and hope were buoyed that
the Bethlehem agreement would
mean a quirk end tor bath the
alee! and coal strikes.
The Associated Pre, In report
ing the Waahlngton reaction, aald
further that U. S. Steel's presi
dent, Benjamin Fairies, had In
vited further peace talks wilb the
ClO'a Phil Murray.
J.- v.. JfcSA4Wi.i.
A STOP LIGHT held up Bud Wood, Klamath Falls paper sales
man, Who smiled right into the lens of the Meet the People
cameraman today.
decent basis without their going to
the poorhouse, public charity or
relative or friend for help.
"How much waa expended In IMS
on the wear and tear of the human
machine? Plve million dollar.
"That la the Issue, that 1 what
we're fighting about."
Glee
A few hours later. -t midnight,
the first of Bethlehem's 80 000 work
era gleefully lUrted back. It will
take about a week to get the plant
Into full operation.
Til main feature of Bethlehem'
terms was a minimum 1100 monthly
pension for all employee with 24
years' service reaching the age of
So or over. Those with 30 years
wilt receive $85. After 15 years. 866.
Bom, said Murray, will receive
as much aa $250 a month.
Company Pay
With the exception of employe
payment to federal social security,
the company will py 11 about
nine cent per worker hourly of
the pension rosl. Unlike the other
steel firms, Bethlehem rial been
financing a pension system for M
years but at a lower rat providing
for around 840 a month
On social Insurance deth. aick
ness, accident, hospitalisation
employee put 2'i cent an hour into
a fund and the company matches
It. Employe had been paying all
social Insurance cost In the past
but the exact figure waa not announced.
Fire Damages
Postal HQ
In Washington
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 ( Fire.
ccompnlrd by a rumbling erles
of explosion, caused heavy damage
tc the 111.000.000 (Ml poatofflce de
partment building today and sent
hundreds of government employe
fleeing to the street.
The blare was confined to the
eighth floor. But before firemen
brought It under control, they
poured tons of water Into the col
umned, limestone structure on
Pennsylvania avenue between 12th
and 13th streets, N.W.
Smoke and water damage was
heavy. There was no Immediate of
ficial estimate of the loss, but a
somewhat similar fire In 1938 soon
after the building was constructed
caused 8400.000 damage.
Three Injured
At least three persons were In
jured, either by flying glass from
the explosion, or when a ectlon of
the seventh floor celling fell In.
Two were employe of the fed
eral communications commission.
They were Richard Jamison and
D. C. Corrlgan. Both suffered head
injuries.
Robert Farrlngton, an Associated
Press reporter, got a bad cut on
the shoulder. A glass door behind
him waa blown out on the seventh
floor while he was telephoning a
report on the first to his office.
Man Cuts Off
Trapped Hand
NEW CASTLE, Ind.. Nov. 1 OP)
Charles Rothrock. 66-year-old farm
er, amputated hla own right hand
with a pocket knife after It became
caught In a corn picking machine
yesterday. Rothrock' wife lost both
her legs In the same corn picker
In 1942.
Rothrock, after freeing himself,
ran a quarter of a mile to the
home of a brother and was taken
to a hospital. His condition waa re
ported fair,
Rothrock' wife, Clara, waa
pulled Into the machine seven year
ago when her slack caught In It
blades. Both her legs were ampu
tated. After her husband had been taken
to the hospital, Mrs. Rothrock said:
"Lot of people have worse luck
than we do,"
Telephone Sill
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Halloween
Quiet; Treat '
Boom Noted
Believe It or not, comparative
quiet reigned on the Halloween
scene last night
City police claimed last night was
one of the quietest they have ex
perienced In many a year.
Few incident of vandalism were
reported outside of three fire
hydrant-crackings that occured
about 7:30 pjn. A prowler car waa
'PLAYFUL'
"Playful" prank of the Klam
ath Fails ssanll fry will keep the
city street department bail far
"about week." City Engineer
E. A. Thorn said today.
Tbe kids, in traditional Hallow,
eer style, tipped ever street bar
ricades, uprooted a few street
igns and "No Parking" sign
among other capers.
"It will be the Job of the street
department to put things back in
order," Thomas ssld smilingly.
FUN AND A BIT OF rascality highlighted 1949's celebration of Halloween last night.
Above, left, Mrs. Melvin Howie fits up daughter Vicki for a round of trick-or-treot. Right,
Walter Hamblin and AI Angel, KUHS custodians, were kept busy this morning moving off
two little houses from the high school lawn. Below, the Moose sponsored leen-Age party
ot the armory was well attended. Mary Mills is serving doughnuts to a group of KUHS
students who found the snack bar a popular place.
Electricians
Apparently
Leaving CIO
CLEVELAND. Nov. 1 ip The
United Electrical Workers, spear
head of the CIO's rebellious left
wing, today announced it was with
holding any further dues to the CIO
a certain first step toward It
ouster.
In a defiant statement accusing
CIO leadership of following a "pro
gram of raiding, unlon-bustlng and
red-baiting hypocracy," UE Presi
dent Albert J. Fitzgerald said the
next step "Is up to the CIO."
Walkout
UE delegate walked off the con
vention floor shortly afterwards.
Fitzgerald said they were going
home. UE officers have not been
attending the convention although
delegates were there.
There waa little doubt that Presi
dent Philip Murray of the CIO
would accept the challenge quickly.
The groundwork for removing the
UE, with approximately 375.000
members, was laid by constitution
al changes approved last night for
action by the CIO convention today
or tomorrow.
Bang-
Shooting Hours
N ovem bc
Open;. 6:11 a.m.
( lose: 3:55 p.m.
Community Chest
Set for Kichoff;
Big Meet Tonight
Finishing touches were being applied this morning to plans for a
meeting ot Klamath Falls business and Industrial executives at the
Klamath Union high school auditorium at 7:30 tonight. The session
has been called In the interest of the current $65,541 Klamath County
Community Chest campaign.
Leaders of the 1949 Community Chest appeal pointed out that In
addition to a general discussion of the Chest and its objectives, volun
teer workers who have pledged a
themselves to help raise the 165.541
goal, will attend the meeting this
evening and will get their final In
structions and soliciting supplies.
"Vital Interest"
"We have promised one and all
that we will have a meeting that is
of vital interest to every citizen of
Klamath county, but the session will
not be long and there will be no
solicitation of funds during the as
sembly," Campaign Chairman Ches
ter H. Hamaker declared this
morning.
The brunt of the speaking assign
ment this evening will be borne by
Frank Jenkins, Herald and News
publisher.
"We want everyone In our county
to feel that they will be most wel
come at the meeting at the high
school," Hamaker declared. ."Al
though personal Invitations have
been mailed only to heads of firms
which employ five or more people.
In addition to the various committee
workers who comprise our campaign
divisions, this does not mean that
the meeting will not be of real
Interest to everyone," he added.
rvimmlttee workers were busy to-
I day personally urging the head ot
' the firms assigned to them to be
i on hand at the high school this
evening.
ASTORIA WARM
ASTORIA, Nov. 1 VP) Purl
bathers had warm temperatures on
Clatsop benches over the week-end,
with unofficial readings going up
as high a 80 degree.
De Gasperi's
Government
Threatened
ROME, Nov. 1 OPy Italian social- '
1st wrangling today threatened to ;
upset Premier Alcide de Oasperl's i
coalition government, I
Dissension among the nation's .
small groups of moderate, anti-communist
socialists brought the sud
den resignation last night of three
of their number from De Oasperl's
cabinet.
While the moderate socialists
count for little In the overwhelm
ingly Christian-democrat gov
ernment, their action may auto
matically cause the entire cabinet
to fall. Should their resignations
stand, traditional parliamentary
procedure requires the premier and
his whole cabinet to resign.
Strong Grip
In that event, De Oasperl's re
appointment to form a new govern
ment seems certain, since his Chrls
tion democrat party won a heavy
majority In the 1948 general elec
tions. Those resigning were Vice Pre
mier Giuseppe Saragat, leader of
the Italian socialist labor party
(PSLI, and two other PSLI rep
resentatives. Minister of Industry
and Commerce Ivan Matteo Lom
bardo and Minister of Reconstruc
tion Roberto Tremelloni.
called out on that case, and it ap
peared that the pranksters con
cerned were scared off the streets.
Hydrant Cracked
The city fire department stated
that approximately 12 hydrants
were cracked open prior to 11
o'clock last night. But no false
alarms or fire calls were turned in.
State police reported that the
phone was Jangling on its hook
most of the night. Most popular
sport In the outlying districts was
the tearing down of mail boxes. -
Kaler's ambulance was expecting
to receive several false alarms.
Judging from experience in previous
years. However, no calls were re
ceived as of late last night.
Parties Popular
City Recreation Director Sam
Smith stated, that all school parties
were well attended.
Attendance at the armory teen
age dance was not so great as ex
pected, but nevertheless the re
freshment booth stationed at the
rear of the armory was doing land
office business early in the evening.
The "trick or treat" trade
seemed to be most popular of oc
cupations for small-fry.
Treat Boom
One lady reported to the Herald
and News that four youngsters
came up to ner door with empty
shopping bags. When she remarked
that It seemed as though business
had not been good so far one little
cherub chirped up, "Oh yes It has.
mam. We've got 14 bags full hid
in the bushes."
Judy Too Plump,
May Lose
Job .
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 1 (Pi Judy
Garland must ahed some' pound
age or else lose another top role.
MGM bosses huddled yesterday
to discus the possible removal
of the ringing star from her role
In "8ummrr Stock" and even
possible suspension.
A studio spokesman aald Judy
la aome eight pound overweight
and was up for poaalble suspen
sion because she bad Ignored
another order to reduce.
Chance . ,
However, she pleaded for "just
one more chance" and It was
given her.
Last spring, her role In 'Annie
Get Your Uun" waa given to
Betty Hutton when MGM aald
Judy failed to report on a set
after lunch. She waa suspended
for several month then and waa
reinstated after aome time at a
Boston clinic.
Washington,
D: C:, Scene
Of Tragedy
WASHINGTON. Nov. t
(AP) A little Bolivian
fiohtpr nlflnai nnrl a hie air.
liner collided in the air neap
the Wanhington airport to
day with a nrobable death
toll of 54.
More than two hours after
the crash only one person
was Known to nave com
through it alive.
He waa. an nnirlontifioH
man who babbled deliriously
in upanisn ana w believed to be
the Bolivian pilot, Eric Rio Brldoux.
28.
There were believed to have been
49 passengers and four crewmen
aboard the Eastern Air Lines DC-4
which waa inbound fmm Rnai.in
and New York. One of them was
nep. ueorge J. Bate, Massachusetts
republican.
River Edge
The airliner crashed at the Po
tomac river's edge. Bodies of the
passenger were flung over an area
of 150 yards. Many apparently were
lost in the river.
Military authorttle and airport-'
police said 25 bodies had been re
covered.
The only body definitely identified
In mid-afternoon wa that of Helen
Gilbert, stewardess.
Hit at 3t Feet
The two planes cam together
about 300 feet la the air. Airport
control officials said Rios Brldoux
had been instructed by radio to
permit the airliner to land first,
but that he let down hi landing
gear and headed In for a landing:
without acknowledging the In
structions. Officials of the civil aeronautics
administration said Brldoux under
stood English and was regarded a
a good pilot.
Hi plane wa a P-38. Bolivia re
cently contracted to buy it from the
United States. Rios Brldoux has
been testing it before taking final
delivery.
Worst?
If the death toll should eventually
prove to be 54. It would be the
worst airline disaster in history la
tbe United States. There were 63
killed in a crash near Port Deposlt.
Md, la May, 1947.
Some witnesses said there wa ap
parently aa explosion after the
Bolivian plane struck, the airliner. 1
. The plane wa in pieces when the
I weckae ramansseex prt in the
Potomac river and part out."
la the search for bodies, a big
' motorized crane belonging to the air
: force wa brought to lift the mangled
tau section from the river back.
Lost
A search mi still
- V4 iw
i "e fore-part of the big air oner.
" io nave suomerged in the
river.
The Bolivian plane and pilot land
ed in the river, but an air force
sergeant rescued theapUot.
Captain William Lookadoo. Boiling
air force base information officer,
gave this account:
"The base sent crash boats to the
scene. About 1000 yards out from
the shoreline, a man was seen treat
ing water.
Rescue
"Tech. Sergeant Don-is J. Faoun
lacker. 27, of New York City, wno
was aboard one of the crash boats
sighted the man and dove in after
him. He waa sinking.
"The man was pulled Into the
boat. He identified himself as the
Pilot of the P-38 and then fainted."
Beck Still
In Serious
Condition "
p.!S Bk! "u"" "P'oJ'e ot The
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company who was critically Injured
in an automobile accident on the
Merrill highway Sunday morning,
remains in a serious condition.
Beck. 69-year-old resident of 320
S. Lewis, hsd a "poor night" at
Klamath Valley hospital where he
has been a patient since the accl
dent. He had been with the tele
phone company here for 21 year
prior to his retirement several
years ago.
Jack Barbour, driver of the car
which state police said sideswlped
the Beck machine In front of Hen
ley school, entered a plea of not
guilty to charges of failure to yield
-!. - . . j , . . .
.is, u, way suu laiiure to stop at
a stop sign. He was released on
hi own recognizance. ;
Mild Weather
At Crater
Indian summer weather has hit
Crm .- ! ... , 1 i , , .
I iwLniai purs in one
u& lmc nuioest season despite sev
eral mornings of extreme cold, ac
cording to Chief Ranger Louis Hal
lock today.
There is very little snow In tha
park and only a small amount Is
left on the rim. Ranger Hallock
I said. Ski enthusiasts will have to
I wait long time before they will
have a chance to try out their slats.
I Temperatures have ranged In the
80 s and 60 s the past 10 days, and
maximum temperature Monday wa
84 degrees.
Ll'KAS UNDER KNIFE
ATLANTA, Nov. 1 (Pi Paul
Lukas, veteran stage and screen
star, underwent a throat operation
today. Doctors at . the Ponce de
Leon Infirmary said a small growth
was removed from Lukas' vocal
oords.