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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1949)
3 fo)fo) SM Mm fpflfl I I (mfm ro) fo)(n wsMvs Br FRANK JENKINI QNE o( the handicap ol modern Ufa la lack ol understanding o( tilt basic lacu ol Uiliif u they art. Mo many ol ua know so many Uilims Uial aren't ao. For example When w think o( Bit Business, wa picture a llttla group ol portly gentlemen wearing Print- Albert coala, alrlped pania and whit waistcoats and Uipplni oil thla ensemble with a plui hat. I'd Ilka to let you in on a aecret. t I'm no aprllif chicken. I'vt seen . mora summers and wlnura than I'm i willing to admit. 1'va rambled i around quite a llttla In my time. ' But I've never seen a business mau j diked out In an ouUit Ilk lhaU ; tlava you? 'I S Kr hm (Ermhes. Kill 33 L RATHER Davenpurt. Imagine thai Homer ho got hu start in Silvertou, up In tha Wlllametta valley, had aa much to do with that plctura aa anybody. He drew car toons ol plug-hstted poohbahs back in tha day when big business wa mora or less run by a lew men, and In addition to putting whlla vesi on them ha drew In dollar algiu on tha vesta. lti cartoons atuck In the public mind. They're titer yeu In any contest between big bus iness and th oominon paopl (uni versally depleted aa a worried, hen pecked llttla guy with unlrimmed whukera and a acrawny necki wa can see only one aide ol tha atory. We're roll the Utile guy BELIEVE It or not, thing bavt changed. Big Business I no longer owned by a lew Big Wheel. As ol now. aoma IS MILLION people own ahare In American corpora tion, ol thl number. six million, or 44 per cant, are women. A very, very larg number ol then women bought their atork a Investment Inr tha Ilia Insurance lett them by their deceased husband. I ET 8 taka a recent case. When U. 8. Steel balked at pro viding pennon lor tree lor lu worker, w all harked back to Homer Davenport and conjured up In our mind a picture ol a big, tat walloper In a plug hat thundering a brutal NO at a cringing little work ing man who had dared to ask tor a perulon lor hi old age. WELL, It wasn't qulla that way. According to I he latest figures available, th U. B. BtI Corpora lion ha IMJ31 stockholders. I w don't know how many worker It -J ha, but n4 gaaat many avne, I . amagina. You will recall that , around a hall million worker went en strike, and U. 8. Steel represent about a third of th steel industry. TIERS it th way It work out In the day: The itockholder of U. 8. Ilnl, recognising that ateel I a big In dustry and haa to have big men to run It II It la to auccaed. get to gether and hire a manager. This. manager tat present a Mr. Fairies) apeak tor them In their dealing. The teJ worker, reongnltlng like wise that tel I a big Industry and that they must have a good man to atand up lor them In their dealings with their employer, get together and hire themselves a manager at present a Mr. Murray. Both Mr. Fairies and Mr. Murray are well paid and both hava a LOT ot power. pilia U what happen: If Mr. Murray make an ex ceptionally good deal for hi thou sands and thousand of worker comrade, they have mor and the stockholders have lew for the dura tion of th contract. If Mr. Fairies happena to put over a smart deal for hi thousand and thousand of atockholdrr-oomradr. they are aoraewhal better off and the worker (Continued on Pag Tl LOSING Bl'SKST LA ORANDE, Ore., Nov. 2 (F) La Oranda may lose Iti city bu service In th next two month, Vaf.Operator John E. Wilson, Longvlew, ( Wash., said her today. Wilson aald the service, started two and on :alf yeara ago, haa been losing money line the first of tha year. 28 Deaths In Texas Catastrophe DALLAS, Tex.. Nov. 29 (Al) An American Air line plane crashed into Imildinir. on the border of l.ovo field early today and burned. Twcnly-ei(hl of the 46 aboard were killed. Fourteen pontons were in honpitalM. Four other were Injured lew seriously and released. Tha big DC-g wa an rout to Mexico city from New York and Washington. It struck a hangar and plowed broadside Into a chemical plant alt er swooping over ah field In an attempt to land. A crew member, who staggered dated and bleeding to a nearby house, aald one ol the engine waa atlr and ha had topped th other three. Karri vara Tli re of th crew member and 14 pauengera survived. Identification ot the dead wa dif ficult because tha bodies ware bad ly burned. Survivor not badly In jured scattered to hotels, adding to tha task of rescue worker In de termining casualties. Lt. Col. A. F. 8. Fan, a British king messenger, wa among those r'RFNTII TRAGEDY LYON, rrane. No. ? 4 Hli r more person were reported killed lodav In the flaming crash of an Air Frane plan abeat It allr rwrthweal f I. ran. Air rrane aald In Fart 11 persona were aboard tha plan. presumed dead. Tha British embas sy wld he wa en rout to Mexi co City and Ouatemala on an of ficial mission. Two prominent Mexican. Dr. Luis de la Rosa and Jos d 1 Mora and hu family, also war aboard. D la Rosa was president of the Mexican national chamber of broadcasting. De la Mora Is a di rector In the Mexican Aviation com pany. Dr. De la Rosa waa among tha survivor. Rod lea Justice of the Peace Pierce Me Brtd said he had viewed ts bodl Utos of IT men and 11 women. Colored flame from burning chemical 111 up the scene eerily. Nearly two hour after th crash officer described th situation a "ortanlzed chaos Firemen were still pulling charred and rigid bodies from th twisted wreckage. A blue-uniformed representative of the line stood by th plan, weeping unashamedly a he kept count of the bod Irs brought out. A seriously Injured crew member staggered to a nearby horn. While blood ooaed from hi mouth, he said: "I want to make a statement." Report France Hudson, a grocery store employe, ald she took thl aug ment from the man, who described himself a th co-pllot: "Number tour engine aflra on ap proach. Air opened th right hatch. The plan wa on fire and I cut all tour engine. Th engine were off when w hit." Commies Close On Chungking CHUNOKINO. oV. it ,PV-Th communist closed In on Chungking tonight amid the nols of battle. Cannon and machine gun fire wa audible In thl Yangu river city of 1.000.000. Soldiers guarded the street. Truf fle which Jammed thoroughfare yesterday waa absent ' today. Only a few truck were aeen leav ing th city. Some (00 other wait ed to crow th river at Nelchang. halfway to Chengtu. Chengtu will be the next and fourth capital ot Na tionalist China In a year. Record Reforestation Program Planned For Oregon, Washington h. ZNKJ"'y: M M?-Th' irM,6,t '"tatlon program In th history of Washington and Oregon will b carried out aa fast aa congresi make tha necessary money available. Ira J. Mason, chief of th dlvUlon of timber management of th thTLZ? J'dt!"y ntn, horii!ed U work In approving th Anderson-Msnsfleld act for reseedlng aome 4.000.000 acre of poten tial tlmberland In national f-rrntn n oi tne united State, frlre rive Out It frngm -1 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER . 1M Telephone till No. 2143 ' . . " - V ' 7 ': .' . 7 ."' ' ' ' " - ' 1 - t -? - : ' ; . i - -.t , 7 .r ''.. ' .-. s .-.. - . . .. .7. . , y 7 7 ' .v.n-'.. -7 :' .K H -ft; I . t s f 1 ' r .;. J77 , tT- : ' - 7 - 1 - . fil 7' :'. ,,fe'M. 7 rs. . a f '&-f ,i . I ' i vn limit 4 an itffc Chambers ' "j,;';Tl7""''N Swears Hiss, rl '- 'WW Gave Secrets zJQ -i f LI A drafted, th nrosram calls for th replanting or reaeedlng to tree of S30.000 acres in Oregon and 205, 000 seres In Waahlngton. Thl would be carried out over IS year under the authorised pro gram, but all actual work must await th voting of money by con gress. Denuded Mason ald that for th most part th a,re to be reforested were de nuded of tree by clear cutting or dlsastrou fires prior to acquisition by th national foreats. Sine denuded or burned over forest In tha Pacific Northwest art replanted at th rat of 000 need ling per acre, he figured about one-half billion seedlings will be needed to replant areas ther. Seedlings Th first service nurseries at Bend, In the Deschutes national forest, and Wind river. In the Olfford Plnchot national forest In Wartilngton, will produce th needed seedlings, Mann said. Th Bend nursery produces Pon derosa pin and lh Wind rlvr nursery produces Douglas tlr seed lings, Mason said that to dat 47,(64 acre have been reforested In na tional foreata In Oregon and 3,VU acres In those In Waahlngton. Th most critical areaa In ch stat will b treated flrct, h added. Spectacular Blaze Ekazes Old Building MERRIIJLr-The Merrill elementary school build ing, 38 years old, burned in a spectacular fire this morning but luckily with no loss of life or injury. About 250 youngsters had one day free from classes but probably will get back to their books again tomorrow. Plans were being made to put some of them in the Merrill high building and others in the Tcity recreation hall. The blaze apparently NEW YORK. Nov. (i-Ex-communlst Whlttaker Chambers swore "before Ood" today that he got aecret government document from former high state department official Alger His. Chambers resumed direct testi mony In HlsV second perjury trial after a gruelling crou-exmlnatlon in which the defense tried to show that the secret papers could have com from someone other than Hiss. Assistant H. 8. Attorney Thomas F. Murphy asked the short, stocky Chambers: "On your oath, before Ood. did he (Hiss) turn over stat department documents?" "He did," Chambers answered In a firm, clear voice. Power Outage Scheduled For Thursday A abort special outage of elec trical power for preventive main tenance haa been scheduled for 1 a. m., Thursday. December I, It waa .nnnuncrd by Bam Ritchey of th Oregon California Power com pany. For approximately 1& minute power will be off for a larg part of h town area so that tha main buaa atfuuurs. at the Copco west sid plant may b cleaned of dust and other particles deposited from the air. This main "switch yards" of the Oopco aytem her has been com pletely overhauled and redesigned sine th power outage last June. Ritchey said, and thla cleaning operation Is Just another precau tionary measure towards giving un interrupted power service Buss Ask Overthrow Of Tito MOSCOW, Nov. 29 (AP) The cominform called upon all communists in the world today to help Yugoslav peas ants and workers overthrow Premier Marshal Tito'i re gime. The cominform (com munist international infor mation bureau) has held its first meeting, the official press and radio said, sine lt ex pelled the Tito regime from Its membership In June, IMS. The meeting waa aecret and was held th latter part of this month In Hungary. A resolution passed by the corn Inform said the "fight against Tito's clique the hired spies and murder er Is the international duty of all communist and workers parties." Action? (Communist leader in the past nave urged the overthrow of Tito regime. The new blast touched off speculation by Western, diplomatic observers on whether the comin form had secretly drafted concrete plana for action to oust the Yugo slav ruler. (Foreign diplomatic quarters In New York last week said they had heard reports an anti-Tito coup waa planned tor aome time between Christmas and Easter. According to the necessarily unconfirmed re ports, the coup would start with a staged revolt In Belgrade with plot leaders calling in Immediate help J from Hunger? and Romania.) 7est Defense Agreement Said Reached PARIS. Nov. 2 Wl Chiefs of staffs of the armies of 12 North Atlantic treaty nations met here to dsy aiid were reported to have reached agreement on unified de fense against ray future foe. The military experts. reliable source said, have now only to put "the technical expert to work" to complete North Atlantic defenses. Most ot this work, he said, would be done here in the next two days, before Atlantic Pact nations defense ministers meet Thursday to approve the plan. FLAMES SHOOT HIGH The top picture, token o few minutes ofter flames had broken through the roof of the Merrill elementary school building this morning, shows the fire ot its height. I he building was gutted in about two hours.. Lower picture shows a teacher and several youngsters viewing the' fire along with some saved equipment. For the kids it was a holiday, but they II be back at their books tomorrow. Coffee Price ProbeSlated, Senator Says WASHINOTON. Nov. M uP)-8n-ator Gillette (D-Iai announced to day a senate agriculture subcom mittee will open an Immediate In quiry Into the price of coffee. . "Apparently," he said, "th publle haa been misled into a tremendous amount of scar buying which haa certainly been good news to th speculstors and th foreign coffee lnteiwtt." Rig Stock Gillette said Import figures Indi cate th U. S. should hava on hand the highest stocks of coffe on rec ord. He released a letter asking th census bureau to make a survey and report exactly how much cof fe this country haa In reserve stocks. QtlleUe a acUon cam after Sen ator Young (R-NDl said he Is con vinced there la speculation and prof iteering In the coffee market. EARTHQUAKE JOLTS WASHINGTON SEATTLE, Nov. 39 DP) An earth' quake Jolt awakened many Bremer ton and Seattle residents shortly aft er I a. m. today. Th tremor, felt for several sec onds, rattled dishes but no damage waa reported, The University of Washington seismograph recorded the tremor from :03 a. m. until o:07 a. m centered at a distance ot about SO mile away. Professor O. E. Wood' speed, head of the university geolo gy department, .classified lt as "weak." Storm Death Toll 27; Fears Ease SEATTLE. Nov. (ffv With flood fears lessening, tired grimy workers in storm-drenched Northwest Wash ington turned their major attention today to mopping up operations repairing borken dikes and cleaning silt and gravel from their homes and business establishments. Only on the lower Skagit river was there any remaining danger of flood. Even there, army engineers told Mayor E. A. Bryant ot Stanwood, tha situation la under control until the next high tide at mid-day. Nev ertheless, several hundred volun teers and soldiers continued to sand bag th saturated river barriers. Repairs With the river's dropping off, re pair work got under way. Great Northern railway work crew tolled to replace a half mile ot main line track washed out yesterday six and one-half miles south ot Mount Ver non. Twenty-seven persons were kill ed and one is miming aa a result of the week-end storm that roared In on a 100-mile front extending from British Columbia to Southern Oregon and then slashed its way with 100 mlle-an-hour wlnda across the Cascade and Rocky Mountains before veering Into Manitoba where lt played Itself out. Nineteen ot th deaths were in British Columbia. started in the furnace room in the north end of the school basement. It waa dis covered by John Scott, Janitor, about 7:30 but had made too much head way by that time to be halted. . Hot air duct lead from th furnace fan to the various room In the two-tory brick building and it waa through these ducta the flames spread. Quick Spread The fire went up the north end of the building until it broke through the root about 1:30, then quickly spread back down the stalrwsy and through the structure. Much equipment from th cafe teria and kitchen wa carried out ot the building and aome books and other classroom equipment waa saved, but the desks, chain and other school gear burned. Pos sessions in Scott's abasement apart ment and another apartment oc cupied by a teacher, Loren HumpaL and his family were saved. Cjm Saved . After the flames broke through the root, firefighters turned their ef forts toward saving th frame gymnasium attached by a covered hallway on the back of the building and for a time lt appeared th gymnasium would go. But the flamea were kept within the skeleton walla of the school structure itself. Th Merrill volunteer fire depart ment's two pumpers and all hands fought the fire but were handicapped by the fact that only two hydrant were located within hose reach of the building. For that reason other aouthend fire departments from Malin and Tulelake were not called. There waa no irrigation ditch close enough to furnish any water. - -" '' ' Alert - ' Firemen were swarming over th building a few minutes after Scots first sounded the alarm. The Mer rill telephone office and Al Nelman at the Spud Cellar routed out the fire tighten and Neiman phoned The Herald and News with fins word ot the blase. Ironically, the elementary school building waa Just about due tor replacement. Harry Wilson, county school board member, said It wsa planned to erect a new elementary building at Merrill in 1951. The building and equipment was covered by a blanket Insurance policy on all county schools. However, at current prices, a new school probably will cost about $200,000 and tha insurance return ia not expected to amount to near that figure. Oldest The building was erected in 1U and for many yean also housed Merrill high sclfbol. It waa th oldest school building in the county still in use. Over the yean It floors hsd been heavily oiled and the oil contributed blackiy to the fire and smoke. The school's winter supply of coal had been delivered yesterday and burned also. A fuel tank lor the kitchen exploded while the flames were at their height. Plana The school had a staff of nine teachers, Including Harvey Denham. principal. The Merrill park board was meeting today to make arrange ments to use the recreation hall for classrooms and the county school board probably will meet tonight. Possibly new furnishings from the nearly-completed Peterson and Henley schools will be shitted u Merrill. ROCKAWAY WATER ROCKAWAY, Nov. () This onaatal city ia acquiring its own water system after yeara ot buying water from a private company. It la purchasing the Sunset Water company tor $70,000. No Formal Dress For H ST Party KEY WEST. Pla, Nov. M () President Truman and the other better-dressed men here today wore plain woolen bathing trunks, or a pair of pink slacks and a sport shirt Some of the president's staff Special Counsel Clark M. Clifford, for instance shunned such conven tional attire. The 43-year-old lawyer threatened to do as he did her last March go barefoot in tattered duck trousers and grow a beard to match his blonde hair. Bine Denim Presidential Press Secretary Charles o. Ross, despite his recent Increase from $10,000 to $18,000 a year, got out an old blue denim shirt and pants that almost matched. It was a far cry from Washing ton as the nation's top command settled down to the enjoyment of three-week vacation In this semi tropical naval submarine base. The schedule called for more work than play, but there was noth ing in the official decree to require striped trousers, ties or other such equipment
