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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1949)
JV am i m fo) Baft Jews By FRANK JKNKINH IN Churn, ' tin communist ere " chuliig tin nationalist (rum on cipiul city to another. Chunskliis hu been abandoned. Chengtu U tti temporary el of nationalist authority. .The red are eppruach liil Cliviitftu. Till murnlng't dlspBttiic relte thl "Inhabitant ot town end vil lage In the pih of the red drive le In ft lerinrut ol excitement end frar" . . . reldrnu ere moving In very direction lor Mlety , . . tome re fleeing Into Uie countryside from towru . . . other are rushing Into lowne Irom Uie countryside . . . In Chengtu achools are closed be. 4iM student have tied to their home. L1 IS Chungking, thl ttory U loo I . . (.ua.rttlaut t ' A number ol students, carrying banner welcoming the communists end denouncing the nationalist, vent out In hall the approaching irrta lal Wrdnraday. Throuih a mistake, they entered the naUunal tt line. Troop, angered by the banner, oiened lire. Rumors of the number killed range from 30 to 200. CUCH U the picture of the death of a nation. Why ta nationalist China dying? 1 don't know. I'm too tar away. I've never lived there. You have to live among people to know them. But Uila mutt be true: CHINA FAILED TO STAY STKONO AND UNITED. NATIONS that fall to atay ilrong and united come eventually to the pau thai natlonalut China hss reached. No lesson of history Is clearer than that. It took more than a thousand year for It to come about, but Rome reached that point and then fell apart, a natlonalut China la fall ing apart. And for the tame re ton: It failed to stay strong and united. WHAT la the rule for staying strong and united This. I think, la It: DO YE UNTO OTHERS AS Y WOULD THAT OTHERS SHALL IK) UNTO YOU. QN'E of the tragedies of our mt terlallttle ase I the widely, spread belief thai the Gulden Rule is an luraiisuc pfruuiui wing, out ut wouldn't work In practice, . . That Isn't true. Hi principle of the Oaldrn Rule Is st practical si bread and butter. If we ALL lived br It, we would all be better off MATERIALLY. Em plover would have more profit. Workers would have more wases. The time we now waste In CON FLICT would be Used PRODUC TIVELY and In raising standards ol living production la what count. END IF EVERYBODY. ALL OVER THE WORLD. FOLLOWED THE PRINCIPLE OF THE OOLDKN RULE, THERE WOULD BE NO WAR. War wreck everything. rz n a '. . . . ! Bin "i j MIIT THl CHIEF Roy Rowe, former city fire morshol ond long time member of the deportment, Mondoy night wos named Klamoth Foils' new fire chief. Hit duties began this morning. Rowe is pictured as he walked up the steps of the city holl. Appointment wos mode by Mayor Robert A. Thomp son ond the city council on recommendation of the civil serv ice commission. Rowe now goes through the required six months' probationary period. He is Klamoth Falls' third fire chief since establishment of the department, preceded only by Keith K. Ambrose and E. A. "Chuck" Taylor. Others served in the copacity of acting chiefs. City Recreation Chief, Auditor to Study Funds Woman Faces Federal Stab Charge Imogen Puher, 43, held In con ejection with a knifing at Bealty Sunday monrlng, facea a federal charge of assault with a dangerous weapon nd 1 Uo be taken to Port land, She Is accused of stabbing Bobby Oeorge, 40, Beatty rsiicher. Oeorge wa brought to Klamath Valley hos pital for treatment of knlfa wounds on his head and le't arm. Mrs. Fisher waa brought from the Beatty lockup yesterday afternoon to the county. Jail here and was arraigned before U. B. Commission er Bert C. Thomas, Ball ta set at 13000. Recrestlon Director Sam Smith, city dad and Auditor J. Paul Mat thews locked horns last night on the recreation department's portion of the city budget audit report. . However, after some two hours ot frequently warm discussion. It waa evident the titusllon waa not so "serious" at appeared in the sur face. Th council decided that Smith and Auditor Matthewa should get together todsy and Iron out what small difficult! remained. Mat thew wtt also asked to report back ta the council at Its neat meeting, and the matter was held open until that time. Friendly In opening the hearing Mayor Thompson staled that It was to be held "on a friendly basis.'1 Councilman Alfred Condrey fol lowed the mayor's remark slating that according to hu knowledge of tha charter tha recreation director waa directly responsible to the mayor and council. Refuting Condrey'a statement Smith quoted a city ordinance adopted on January 1. 1047. The or dinance stated that the recreation committee composed of tha mayor, the city engineer and six private cltlsen might hire a recreation di rector and employee aa seemed necessary. It also showed that Uie director waa under Immediate upervltlon of the committee. Fond Jumble After that was settled tha council turned to consideration of apparent discrepancies between the depart ment's estimated budget revenue and the actual revenue for the fis cal year. The estimated figure amounted to over 128.000 and the "serious" aa appeared on the sur borhood of M0O0. . Smith told tha council that such a large estimation was necessary un der tha present budget system Smith said that no money the de partment received In the way of do nations or In token as labor, ma terials or equipment could be spent unless estimated In the budget. Such a high estimation he remark ed was necessary to carry out proj ect of the department for the year. Actually the donations of labor, equipment and material to the de partment during the year under question amounted to $18,013.40, said Smith. According to hi figures the budget w a over estimated only MUM. Source It wa further stated by Smith that never under any circumstances had the recreation committee spent any money until It waa seen from what source the money would come. Th other major point of conten tion waa alleged overage and short aea In handling of swimming pool nd softball league funds. Th audit report estimated there waa a dif ference of f.VW between receipts In the police Judge's office and of Smith's office. Smith presented for tha council's Inspection a 1 1 records of money taken In and tlckela handled for a two-year period. After comparison of various receipts and totals by Smith and the auditor, Matthewa remarked that the figurea were close enough for his satisfaction. He add ed that further examination of the receipt would probably Iron out the apparent difficulties. . Joint Study Smith then suggested that he and the auditor meet to go over the books further, and the council con curred In this suggestion. However Councilman Condrey asked that Matthews mske a report back to Uie council and that the matter be held open for discussion next Monday. Condrey also requested that Po lice Chief Hamilton be present at Uie next council session to discuss the police department's portion of the audit with counctlmen and audi tor Matthews. PALSY WALSY This kitten and the niaeon hnv hernme buddies ot the Clifton. N. J., doa pound. The kitten it a newcomer to the pound. I he piaeon. brouaht in bv Doa War den Tommy Stefano several weeks aao with a broken wina. has made ifself friendly with oil variety of cats bv a slmDle method: me pigeon Dicks fleos out of the cats' fur. Weight Race, Dead Heat KEY WEST. Fla. Dec. S iPt President Truman weighed In today at 177 pounds as Uie White House disclosed officially that his pre Thanksgiving weight-reducing con teat with two husky aides ended In a "dead heat." Both Brig. Oeneral Wallace H. Oraham. the president's physician, and Major Oeneral Harry H. Vaughan "lost three or four pounds," which was "Just about what the president lost." Beta Off "All beta are off." explained Charles O. Ross In elaborating on this report, "and no money- will chr-"n-hsnris " It U a visit- to Charlottes- vlll: '.. 'ly In November that the president, complaining he couldn't see around ina big aides, suggested a contest to see how much each of the three could lose by Thanks giving. Both Vaughan and Oraham reportedly weighed about 330 at Uie time. Their goal was 300 pounds, Tru. man's 17S. Each was to pay . $1 for earn pound short of the goal. I Some reports said It was 01$. a pound). It's Hot South Of the Border BUENOS AIRES, Dec. ( Mi Suf fering from chilblains . Pity Uie poor Argentina!!. Forty of them were treated here for sunstroke yes terday. It waa hot for December In the Argentine capital, even UMUKh sum mertime has started. Temperatures (ot up to 100 78 decree fahrenheiL Price Flva C'enU 14 Page KLAMATH FALLS, OSKUON, TLKfcDAY, DECEMBER , 14 Telephone Sill Ne. X14S Advisors Flock To HST'sSide KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 6 (AP) Presidential advinors came thick and fast today to swim with Prp.iident Truman and help him draft all-im portant messages to con gress. They left the chief execu tive with s personal housing problem. And no navy man under Uie rank of captain felt secure In his berth aa .bunks were provided lor the Incoming guests. The overflow torrid to Uie nretl- denlial yacht VSS Williamtburg. an chored near the temporary "White House" at thu naval submarine bate, and to "Quarter L." another residence of this naval mbamrine station. (bow Crowd All thought of feeding all of them at the president's quarters wa abandoned and each had a different place for chow. The gulf, where the president take hi daily, awim, teemed big enough to accomodate everybody. and Uie beach afforded plenty of room for Uie vlley ballera and sun bathers. Presidential Press Secretary Charlea O. Rss Identified five of man. Administrative Assistant Charle 8. Murphy, Donald Dawson thwe who arrived yesterday aa and Oeorge FUry and Brig. Oen eral Wallace H. Oraham. President! alAsslstant John R. Steel But White House associates said others got off the Incoming plsnea at Boca Chlca airport, eight and a half miles away. Merriment They drove 'ver to the submarine base to Join in Uie vacation merri ment They ar here to help Uie pres ident with his "statu of Uie union" J message which he will deliver t Mnnrm In Jimiarv well s with ! the budget and economic mesaagea which will follow It. Clark M. Clifford the president's special counsel has started the first ! rough drafts of the "Kate of Uie ! union" message which will among other things call for: 1. Repeal of the Taft-Hartley act 3. Completion of legislative action on expanded social security. 1. Enactment ol the Brannan farm plan. 4. Enactment of the president's na Uonal health program. S. Passage of all the civil rights proposals Uie president advocates. More Taxes Truman haa Indicated also that he ill seek addiUonal taxes to wipe out Uie anticipated deficit of more than t&MOOOOOO. Mrs. Truman and Margaret are moving out tomorrow from the bulg ing White House. Margaret la going to New Yrk t cntinue her vice studies. Mrs. Trumsn Is returning to Waiiilngton. Political Efom$ z&dfcs 'Qiao As Meds Posh Meod Rail Chief Young Seeks to Settle Soft Coal Strike NEW YORK. Dec. t Robert R. Young, head of Uie Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, today entered Uie soft coal dispute In Uie role of an Intermediary. Young, a C St O spokesman said, met at his offices with two lead ing operators' representative and then left for a reported meeting elsewhere with United Mine Worker officials. The rsilroad spokesman said he did not know where the expected conference would take place. Present at Youngs office were Yugos Claim Russ Tito Purge Flop BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec. 6 munlst newspaper, Borba, declared tcdaj the comlnform by Inference has admitted failure of Its 18-months-old attempt to promote an Internal revolt against the rule of Premier-Marshal Tito. ' This, said Borba, wa implicit In the new blast against Tito's govern ment in the form of a resolution adopted by Uie comlnform (commu nist international Information bu reau) In Hungary. Soviet Tools' In a long front-page analysis of the resolution, the first in the of ficial press here, Borba denounced the new resolution as part of a plot to mnke workers of the world "tools of Uie non-peace-lovinft policy of the Soviet government." The res olution had called upon all commu nists to work toward the overthrow ot Tito as a heretic from marxism. This new acUon of the comln form, Borba said, will "only deepen and Increase" the masses' disap proval of Soviet tactics. 16 SH0PP'NSaVS IM Mrs. Chambers j Takes Stand Against Hiss NEW YORK. Dee. I MV-While Alger Hiss and his wife watched Impassively, the wife of the gov ernment's chief witness In Hiss' second perjury trial took Uie sUnd todsy and backed up her husband's story. i r Short. slUM Mrs! Whlttaker Chamber was the wltuesa. Wear ing- a plain green dress and plaid Jacket, she appeared slightly pale. Frequently she closed her dark eves, behind spectacles, as though trying to recall details. Warning But she testified so fluently that Federal Judge Henry W. Ooddard cautioned her "not to give Uie con tent of conversations" that occurred 13 or more years ago. As in Hiss' first trial, which end ed in a Jury disagreement. Mrs. Chambers testified that the and her husband were close friends over a long period with Hiss and his wife. Piiscilla. when Hiss was a high state department official. Conflict Hiss hu testified that the rela tionship was a comparatively brief and casual one. Mrs. Chambers said that when she was married In 1931 she knew her husband was s communist par ty member. "I was In rympathy with the com munist party but I never have been a member of the party." she said, adding that she had worked for The New Masses. -a left-wing magazine, and for the Soviet trading organisa tion amtorg. Her husband's story la that he was a courier for a pre-war Soviet spy ring and got state department se crets from Hiss. 7 Jp HOLIDAY GARB President Trumon, vacationing at the Key West, Fla., naval base, wears a jaunty cap, a sporty shirt and carries a cane os he strolls in the brilliant sun shine on the station's grounds. Oeorge Love, president of Pitta- burgh Consolidated Coal company of Pittsburgh, and Joseph P. Routh, chairman of the board of Uie Pitts ton Company of New York, a hold ing company. ' Lewis? Whether John L Lewis, the TJMW chieftain, would Join Uie conferees later waa a question mark, the spokesman said. He added: "We're hopeful something may come out of It, but frankly we don't know." , He described Young's Interest in getting the disputant to att down and talk over their problems aa stemming trom the railroad's posi tion aa Uie nation's "largest coal originating line." The spokesman explained that 10 per cent of the C & O buslnefa related to coal and that It serve directly more coal mines than any other railroad In Uie United Stae. "We're anxious to let Uie railroad back working," he explained. Meanwhile, a 10-man union group headed by Thomas Kennedy, TJMW vice president, went into session with 10 anthracite operators at the hotel Waldorf-Astoria to talk over a new hard-coal contract. Ralph E. Taggart, president of the Philadelphia Coal and Iron compa ny, headed Uie employer (roup. Jacobs Thanks Everyone For Parade 7ork "Now that we've had Ume to catch our breath after the Christ mas parade Friday night we want to express our eincere appreciation to everyone who participated In any way," stated President Rudy Ja cobs of the Klamath Merchants as sociation today. Jacobs paid tribute to the schools for Uie beautiful floats which were the backbone of the parade, as well as to Uie musical groups which fur nished instrumental and vocal en tertainment along the line of march and at Uie Christmas tree. Hard Work Jacobs caUed attention to the weeks of planning and hard work on Uie part of Uie decorations and pro gram committees ot Uie Merchants association, the 20-30 club and all Uie other groups who helped put on Uie celebraUon. He thanked the mayor, city council and other city personnel for cooperation In making the event porslble, and reported that the merchants are donating Uie decorations to the city, Jacobs thanked Uie schools and others who made the costumes, and the Elks club for help In clearing Main street for the parade. He also thanked Weyerhaeuser, Copco and the 20-30 club for providing, erect ing and decorating the tree, and Kyle Morgan for playing the part of Santa. Window display Judges came In for their tha re of appreciation. So did those who donated cash and ma terials, or wno provided trucks, wagons and all other types ot equip ment. "Let's wind up the list by ex pressing our appreciation to any one else who had any part In Uie event, and especially to those who attended the parade. It was the sire ot the crowd that really Indi cated how successful this celebra Uon was," Jacobs concluded. Communists Wearing Chenqtu CHEXGTU. Dec. 6 (AP) Clamor for Chiang; Kai-shek to resume presidency of Na tionalist China became nois ier today as the Reds pushed within 90 miles of Chengtu. (From Hong Kong, As sociated Press correspondent Wayne Richardson radioed that President Li Tsung-jen ordered NaUonalist officials In Chengtu to carry on under his or ders. Li. flying to the United States for treatment of a stomach ailment, said he would "telegraph" Instructions and would return with in a month.) Red Sash . Meantime, the war situaUon was worsening. One Red force, striking along Uie main highway from re cently deserted Chungking, ap proached Neichlang. a ferry cross ing SO miles southeast at Chengtu. Another thrust along a more northerly highway towards Sinning. 90 miles east of Chengtu. (A broadcast from the Commu nists' Peiptng radio aaid Uie Reds captured- Yunwninw. stronghold in 8outrern Xwansxt province. Ynng ning 1 only SO miles from Uie Indo china border. It waa tha provi sional capital and headquarters of Nationalist Gen. Pal Chong-shi. Mutiny (Hong Kong newspapers said pro vincial army units mutinied at Yukl. 30 miles . south ot Kunming. The mutineers could threaten Kunming' rear. Their strength was not given.) Travelers said inhabitants of towns and villages In Uie path of the Red drive were In a ferment of excitement and fear. They elabo rated: Residents were moving In every direcUon tor safety. Some were fleeing Into the coun tryside from towns. Others were rushing into towns from the countryside. In Chengtu, nearly an schools closed because student fled to their own homes. Among Institutions shut down was the famed West China Union uni versity, operated mainly by Ameri can missionaries. Former FD!. Aide Said Key Figure WASHINGTON, Dec. (AP) The house un-American activities committee eyed former Vice President Henry A. Wallace and many others today in a suddenly revived hunt for people who pushed wartime uranium shipments to Russia. Wallace commented that a statement that he waa Involved 1 false, and part ot "aa unremltUng effort to tarnish the name ot Franklin D. Roosevelt" All-Owl Chairman Wood iD-Oa) promised there "isn't going to be any avenue left untouched" as the house com ml tee digs into Uie story that per sons In high places helped Russia set uranium and atomic Informa tion. For Uie sake of Uie American peo ple. Wood told reporters. "The story must either be corroborated or disproved. I Much of it Is old. particularly Uie part about several shipments of uranium compounds to Russia back in 1043. by way of Oreat Fails, Mont. ' and Uie Alaskan air route. Big Naaaea But now big names are being brought into it: Wallace, who wa fired from the cabinet by President Truman for siding too much with Russia on ln te national policy, and Harry L, Hopkins, Uie late intimate and ad viser of President Rooaevelt. And tomorrow Wood's committee will question Oen. Leslie Groves, re tired, who ran Uie wartime atom bomb project. Committee officials said there may be 40 or 50 additional witnesses. But there is no Indication yet when Wallace might be called. Broadcaster Fulton Lewis Jr. said last night that It waa Wallace who "ordered the atomic materia la sent to Russia" over Grove' eb JecUons. Denial "Sheerest fabrication.' Wallace retorted from New York. It was a former air force major. Oeorge Racey Jordan, who brought Hopkins' name into the atomic tale. He did it first in a broadcast with Lewis Friday night and again ta testimony to the committee yester day. While he waa stationed at the Oreat Falls air base during the war. Jordan said, Hopkins told him per sonally by telephone to hurry-nv atomie shipment to Russia end keep quiet about It The son and numerous former as sociates of Uie wartime lend-lease administrator scoffed at Jordan's story. Louis J. Russell, senior in vestigator for the house committee, said he knows of no evidence In volving Hopkins In Uie atomie shipments. Youth Killed In Wreck CORVALLI3, Dec. ( OP Ronald A. Dixon. IT. Junction City, was killed and two others were badly injured when their car crashed into s mud bank about two miles south of here Ulan, today. Injured were Floyd Cotrell. 20, Monroe, and Phyllis Carson. 15. be lieved to be a Corvallis resident. Attendants at Good Samaritan hos pital here aaid both are expected to recover. Police said the car in which Uie trio was riding, driven by Cotrell, came west on Richland lane, a BIRTHDAY I country road leading to highway HELSINKI. Finland. Dec. ( '4 1 SOW. The lane ends at the highway Finland's great composer. Jan Si-1 but they faUed to make the turn, belius. will mark his S4th birthday plunging on across Uie road and Thursday. . i Into the bank on the West side. STORM WARNINGS SEATTLE, Deo. S (FV-Southeast storm warnings were ordered along Uie Washington and Oregon coasts at t s. m. today, southward to Cape Blanco. Southeast winds of 35 to to miles an hour were forecast for Uie Washington coast this after noon, with 30-to-sO mile winds along Uie Oregon coast. Meet the People te if i ctc.-s RUDY JACOBS, president of Klamoth Merchants association, is still fending off bouquets tossed to the merchants group for the fine Christmas opening which brought out the biggest crowd in the city's history.
