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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1949)
MTmw Pay's Jews WCilujIj jv jjVxAnnn 'nT'ft'i'i'i'r" Bf FRANK JENKINf QKNERAL Kisnhowr, now retired from th iraiy md president of Columbia University, Will group of Scottish-Americans In New York last night that too much emphasis In brine placed on personal security at the expense o( tiirtlvldual lib erty. Hit endorsed Thoni Jefferson's dortrliw that th HKHT government I tin on that governs LEANT. I ET 8 (orirt th purely political Impllcatlona of Oeneral EUen hower growing disapproval of 111 theory of th welfar atat. Lt's link at him merely M l and a hi parson who doesn't io alone with th present world-trend to ws rd socialism. Thrr Is evidence tnday. from a ralhrr unexpected quarter, that th tides hav been flowing toward ao claltam iwhns underlying theory Is to leave everything o th late) msy hav betun to ebb. New Zealand voters yesterday reversed their thlnklnf of th past 14 years and elected a malorlly of th niambers of their lower hous of parliament from th National party, which opposes soelsllsm and endorse fre enterprise. MEW ZEALAND, you will recall. " waa on of th first of what w mleht term th modern "socialist repuoiica, virr m in w. . endorsed th theories of th wel- are state, and undertook to let for Us people what they wanted by th process of PAH61NO A LAW. It seems a lot leal Inferenc from hat happened yesterday that after a lone and determined trial they may be brttnnln to doubt that abundance for everybody may be obtained In that way. MEW ZEALAND Is a locn way from us. It U close to Australia. rw.Mifiiaa this mnrnin. reoort that Australian political observers think the New zeaiannera lumea aialnsl the Social Labor party be .ij. thev are tired of rules and refutations on what they buy and sell, how much they psy ana wnai they can Import and export. The nennle of New Zealand, these Australian sources add, are tired of overnment apendint. huh uses and Increased llvlne costs, and want to see LESS, not MORE, bus iness run by a (ovemment which In Mm. Tealanit hss nstlonsllsed transport, radio, coal, electricity, communications, hospital and some nouain. We nusLn'L fortet that these Australian "sources" may ma rely be indulging In wishful winging, aitlil, th fact remains that New Zealand has "after 14 year or Itl turned against th welfar MM, MEW ZEALAND led off th wel- fare-stale procession. It waa lot' lowed not too long afterward by Australia wher th welfar atat hss been rather extensively estao. lnhed. New Zealand and Australia war followed Into th wells.- atat fold In 145 by Oreat Brit ain. Hera In America w hav been heading definitely TOWARD th welfare atat. Th significance of th news from "down under" la that New Zealand, which was th first to go In Is th first to pull out. That reminds us that "th proof of th pudding la th eating thereof." If, after 14 years of It. th New Zealandera don t Ilk th pudding It at least plants In our minds the thought that after living on a heavy diet of It as long as th New Zealandera hav WE may not Ilk It. Former Rep. May Ordered to Jail WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 OPk-For mer Rep. Andrew J. May (D-Ky.) today waa ordered to start serving on Saturday an ( to 24-month Jail sen tence for wsrtim bribery and con aplracy. . . io 7 Ty T I C- ( r 1 ' J? ''$rXj I nin H(AD ATOMIC TEST PLAN Lt. On. El wood R. Quesdo (top left), 45-yeor-old air fore officer, will command Joint Task Force Three, charged with conducting new atomic weapons tests at Eniwetok atoll. Hit deputies will be Brig. Cen. John K. Gerhort (top right) of the oir force; Brig. Gen. Herbert Loper (lower left) of the army, and Rear Adm. Tom B. Hill (lower right) of the navy. Quesda led the ninth fighter command in operations from England during World War II. It is expected that the new atomic weopons test will take place sometime next spring. Russ Seen Planning Troops' Withdrawal From last Germany WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Pi Th slat department bulletin said today Russia may make a Oennan peace treaty and withdraw Its occu pation troopa from Oermany sometime next year. . Th treaty would be mad with Russia's new satellite -Oerman democratic republic." Th Soviets sponsored this set-up in October, par ' sliding th creation of the new ' . . I Western Oennan its la under Amer raraiyzea Polio Victim Rescues Boy RADBURN, N. J, Dec. 1 IO Jack Reyl la a polio victim with a paralysed left arm. He Just got out of th hosptul. But that didn't atop him yaster day from rescuing a three-year-old boy who slipped Into a sewer and nearly hung himself In the narrow opening. The youngster. Joseph Quscken bush Jr, wss trying to retrieve a toy from the sewer. When he slipped and waa caught under th chin he quickly became uncon scious. , 4lelp! Some children ran to the 14-year-old Reyle'a home nearby. Just re-lca.-ed from Jersey City medical center that day, Reyle sent the chil dren for police and then pulled the boy from the sewer with his good arm. The child'a parent aald he la In good condition and suffered only from shock. Ican-Brltlsh-French sponsorship. The bulletin la an official public lion of the state department. This Is th first tiro that speculation on dramatic new moves by the Russians In their play for Oermany has gslned such official recognition. The speculstlon waa set forth In an article by Henry B. Cox, a state department expert on Oerman poli tical affairs. Th article reviewed the establishment of th Soviet-supported East Oerman state. Expected State department officials hav expected a Russian move on th oc cupation troop Itrue a hot political Issue In Otrmany for many months. It wss one of the possibilities con sidered before Secretary of Btate Acheson attended the Big Four for eign ministers meeting In Paris early this year. At that time speculation waa con cerned with a possible Soviet pro posal that all four occupation pow ers should get their troopa out of Oermany. Acheson decided that- he would simply oppose any such proposi tion, together with the Brltirh and French, on the ground that the se curity 'of Western Oermany and Western Europe required occupation fries riv Cents It fairs KLAMATH W ALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER L 1S4 Telephone SHI No. 314 l(BWk 3Sf Work WmtkrPfmm Vest Powers Ponder War Chief Choice PARIS, Dec. 1 (AP) The Atlantic Pact's 12 defense chiefs meet today to decide whether the United States or Britain will have the big gest voice in calling the sig nals If Western Europe is at tacked. As the strongest nation in the five-power Brussels pact. uniatn wants mat group responsible ' for West European strategy. The V. 8.. dominant power of the 12 oountry Atlantic group, wants that alliances high command to hav the final aay-ao on all strategy. The I defense ministers at to day meeting are expected to re solve this difference and approve-an Integrated defense plan Unking the U. 8. and Canada with Western Europe. Traasaa) OK Th plan when approved goea to President Truman. If It satisfies h'm. 1000,000.000 in U. 8. military aid can be sent to Europe. Details of the plan, worked out by the Atlantic powers' military leaders In long sessions In Wash ington and this week In Paris, are secret. Santa Waves Magic Wand Over the City That mar. Santa Claus can work wonders. - He has put stars in eyes; and has transformed Main street into a twinkling thoroughfare. There will be more glisten in Klamath Falls tomorrow than ever seen before, and all in honor of old St. Nick who arrives with fanfare Friday night at 7 o'clock to greet every man, woman and child 77 ra:;77 Ik 'w- t '-J f41 V r-,ia ONI WILL BI ROSI QUIIN Here's th queen of Pasadena's , annual Tournament of Roses and her six princesses but which one will be queen Is yet to be decided. The seven have been selected from 150 coeds who sought the ,oyal honors, which include pre siding over the rose parade and the Rose Bowl game. Left to right, lower: Betty Brusher, 20; Dorothy Welsh, 17; Carole Lynn Collins 17. Left to right, upper: Marlon Brown, 19; Eddy Ruth Stewart, 17; Dorothy E. Scott, 17; Barbara Jones, 17. Sex Crimes War Started In Vashington By The Associated Prase Th nation-wide upsurge of sex crimes drew a double blast today in wanning ton state. In Olympla. Atty. Oen. Smith Troy called for a vigorous crack down on sexual offenders. And In Seattle. Dr. A. H. Wltunan of Phila delphia, chairman of the American Legion's national child welfare com mission, said the problem of sex crimes will be made a special or der of business for tomorrow's ses sion of the legion's western child welfare conference. The American Legion conference will Include delegate from 11 West ern slates, Alaska and Hawaii. Civil Service Fire Chief Nod Awaited Members of the civil service com mission will meet this week-end and make a recommendation to the city council on the selection of a new fire chief for Klamath Falls. Mayor Robert A. Thompson, with the confirmation of the city coundl will announce the new chief at the regular Monday night council meet ing. Jack Corkery has been acting fire chief since the retirement of Hank Akin, October 1. Civil service examinations hav been returned. 3 November Woods Fires Reported Only three fires were reported to the Klamath Forest Protective association during November, ac cording to Hal Ogle, manager. The three fires burned approxi mately 20 acres and all resulted from camp fires. The tire season was ended officially November 10, by the governor. , "No fires have resulted since then,- Ogle aald. "Condition of rangea and forest now are neg ligible to fire damage." Routine work Is now being car ried out by the KFPA In preparation of equipment and station quarters for the winter and next season. NATIONAL POST PORTLAND, Dec 1 P Charles A Lockwood, Oregon state game director, has been appointed to the resolutions committee of the Inter national Association of Oame, Pish, and Conservation Commissioners. Most Retail Food Prices Little Lower By The Associated Pre Retell prices of pork, large eggs' lettuce and carrot were a little lower in most marketing centers this week. Only snap beans were generally higher. Less than 40 per cent of the Important fall and winter bean crop In the Florida everglade had been harvested wnen below-freezing weather Sunday morning destroyed most of the remainder. Prices rose sharply in Northern market. i "-.' Coffee "'- Mnet other foods showed little chsnge from last week-end. Even coffee price appeared to be level ling off. Many retailers aald they still would have to mark up their coffee quotations a few cent a pound more to catch up with atock re placement costs. But at the whole sale level few It any Toasters boort ed their prices this week whereas those quotations had been advanced a total of about SO pr cent In a series of Jumps since mid-October. 8 pot price of basic grades of green coffee beans have eased a cent or two recently. Eggs Top grade eegs were trimmed two to eight cents a dozen in many place as heavy production pushed wholesale quotations lower. At Chicago, wholesale eggs sold this week at the lowest prices since last ssarcn. Some cuts of pork skidded as much aa six cents a pound in areas where com petition la heavi est. However, meat buyers said pork prices, after a long downtrend resulting from heavy supplies, ap peared to be stabilising. Bread In Washington, bakery leaders told senators probing bread prices that there was little prospect for cheaper bread and bakery products In the near future. They said higher labor and other costs outweighed postwar reductions In wheat flour. LOCAL SCENE Little consumer resistance was reported here today by grocers who were offering coffee at one of lis peak prices since It became the national drink. A run evident when the price took Its first Jump has leveled off. and a slump will probably follow while these extra cans are being used up,' grocers opined. Vendors said tea purchases nave increased noticeably since the up in coffee. Prices at local stores range from 71 to SI cents a pound. Housewives have tried to boycott that morning cud of coffee, but usually give up after a few days, coffee being too much a part of the dally routine. Death Sentence For Sex Killer FORT WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 1 ( Frsnklln Click. JS-year-old father of five children, was sentenced to death today In the electric chair for the rape-slaving of Phyllis co nine, 17-year-old high school girl. An Allen county grand Jury re turned a first degree murder ver dict at 3:43 a. m. after considering the case all night. Judge William Schannen was aroused irom oea and h cme to the court room and Immediately sentenced th celery farm worker to die next March 37 in the Michigan City, Ind., state prlsoa Click's wife waa in the court room. Click smiled and seemed re lieved. He drank a cup of coffee In hi cell and went to sleet. Immedi ately. Click also la under Indictment In two other aex murder. in the Klamath basin. This all whittles down to the very last warning get your places early tomorrow night for the gala opening, the big parade, and the feast of windows. Klamath'a M-unit mercury vapor llahtlns- svstem Will h titrruH nn k- one of Santa's good helpers. Mayor nooeri a. inompson. From that moment on, the fun begins. Hinging And lt will all ritirt nn tth - munlty sins ins at the hie r-hn.t m. tree now eoin un an the mm. bouse lawn. AndV IjHWr Jr 4iru,r nf n.n.U education in the city schools, will wield the baton to direct the carol Men Cheer Return To Work PITTSBURGH, Dec (AP) John L. Lewis' back to work orders for his strik ing united Mine workers to day drew quick cheers from his hard pressed diggers. Lewis order, backed up by his 200-man policy com mittee, reinstated the three day work week in hard and soft coal mines across the country starting Monday. "That's good news." declared UMW Representative Dennis Har shall of the rich Pittsburgh district five when he heard the Lewi edict. Bleak Prospect "The men will be glsd to hear It. xne prospects of a Christmaa with' HeavyVote Drowns Russ Roars NEW YORK. Dec. 1 (AP)' The United Nations assembly swamped Soviet opposition, today and adopted a 12 point Western power decla ration laying down essential! for world peace. The vote followed a shout ed Russian denial that the Soviet Union Is Interfering with the affairs of Yugoslavia. One point In the assembly decla ration calls on all nations to refrain from any Intervention In the affair of other countries. UteS The United States-British pro posal waa adopted by a vote of S3 to t. The negative votes were cast by th Soviet bloc Yugoslavia aba stained. Russia's Andrei Y. Vlshlnsky told the assembly Yugoslavia's ' charge of Soviet Inference are "nonsonse. Reds' Strike i Try in Italy Lays an Egg ROME. Dec. 1 ( Italy's com munist suffered a humiliating de feat today in their attempt to paralyze this nation in a 34-hour general strike. Seven hours after the strike start ed at f a. m. its effect were scarcely felt. It waa much mor of a failure than a similar one-day general strike in France last Fri day, and th second flop In a month lor tne communist-led oeneral con federation of Labor (COIL). Government . spokesmen said the walkout was a failure except in Italy's big Northern factories, the. i f-T M out work weren't very bright for chief centers of Italian communist our men. Frank Harper Jr, 34, of Library, Pa, declared: . I'll sure be glad to get back to work especially with Christmas CHICAGO. Dec I v la pitts bargh a aewa breadeaster began hla arognun -John L. Lewis just shot 8anU Claws" sad then went en teuing af the eeal strike. -' tm CbJeag a dosea eaOdrem wroaaBtly grabbed their tetrphesMa. last night and eaued The gaa Tune. -Say It last ! they begged. The newspaper obliged. coming, rm not married but It's been rough on fsmllies with chil dren. I know they'll be glad to get back to work." t Daya Lest Lewis order came less than 11 hours after the diggers quit the pits. Actually they lose only two work days today and Friday since Sat urday is a optional work day at time and one half rates. The miners ' are idle Sunday. I Today's shutdown was complete, i Reports from coal-producing states i indicated only scattered non-union strip (surface) mines and 16.000 Progressive Mine Workers in Illinois were at work. I Only maintenance crews reported i for work this morning. strength. Even the communists laid little claim to success. A spokesman for the CGIL admitted that transporta tion wss nearly normal In most eJtles. Yesterday the CGIL had appealed to all workers in Italy to Join the strike In protest against the death of two farmhands in a clash, witks police In the South. ' CHAIRMAN of the Yule open ing festivities is Cloy Bellisle. and hymns traditionally a part of the holiday season. Sandy Poteet will be the master of ceremonies at the tree. Here's a note to parents. Candy will be distributed by Santas help ers along the line of march. There will be no candy distribution at the big tree, and folks are asked to keep the youngsters on the curb to avoid confusion. N Cars There will be no cars along Main street, all machines to be off by 6 p. m. Police will be aided ' in this project by members of the Elks lodge. Windows In the business district will be unveiled at 4 o'clock, sharp. Judges from surrounding towns will turn in their reports as to winners as soon a possible. Here la the program of the Big Day, Friday, December 3: as an nounced by Oeneral Chairman Clay Bellisle. 4 p. m. Unveiling windows. 7 p. m. Lights go on. 7:10 p. m. Big Santa Claus pa rade. Signal flare starts line of march from The Herald and News comer. KUHS band leads parade followed by mayor's car. Santa! Santa Claus and his sleigh ac companied by elves at work in port able workshop making toys. Sound truck to assist Santa In dis pensing candy canes from the North Pole. Boy Scout and Santa's dwarfs (30-30 club members), dispensing candy. Parade of floats. Conger. Fair view, House Brothers, Fremont, Mills, Barbershop chorus, Pelican, Riverside, - Altamont Junior high choral group, Roosevelt, Henley, Fremont Junior high choral group, Altamont Junior high, Shasta, Sa cred Heart choral group, Snowboys, Camp Fir Girls, Olrl Bcouta, Lady Eagle drum corpet Needless to say the public I in vited I Parking Banned For Yuleiide Parade Parking on Main street will be prohibited Friday night from p. m. until after the Christ mas opening. Police Chief Ham ilton asks that all motorists co operate with the police depart ment in keeping Main open for the Christmas parade. ISOOSIiriners To Convene ; Here Saturday Fifteen hundred Shrlners of th Klamath basin will convene In Klam ath Falls. Saturday, for the annual jfall ceremonial of Hillah temple. A nui program is scheduled with head quarters at the Wills rd hotel. Regis tration will start at 11 a. m. A elass of 100 "novices" will be Inducted at the ceremonial at the armory Saturday night. A highlight of festivities will be the big Shrine parade starting at 2nd and Mais and ending at The Herald and News corner with the parade underway at 3:45 p. m. Thar Groble Pic Still Goinq HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 1 Betty Orable is np to her tint million and a half In cheesecake. Her studio yesterday mailed out the 1.500.000th copy of the famous Grsble-in-a-ba thins suit photograph that consoled OIs all over the world. . The leggy actress autographed the nrlnt which went to a fan, Al an Faith, In Wenatchee. Wash. Meet the People f' r i : S.rv i 1 0L x Ha ' MAILING A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUi is one of the most important thingt to do during the holiday season. Here Wanda Griffin and Jeff Binghom pott their- requests.
