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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1949)
Ml Iu-TImi u,ui a Km MMWLftf juinnAAnwmw." r n.ri 'iri' ryir,rr By FRANK JENKINS THEY hrld n lecllon In Bulgaria yesterday. Thi morning dm pauliea report Hint In Soils (Bui (aria a capital) "ulnxuit M per cent ol the voter cut bnllou for the parliamentary candldatra ol the government communist-dominated Fatherland Front . . . over the coun try, acatterrd returna Indlrated a tote ol 97 u loo prr cent lor lh government candidalea." llm-m-m-m. That'a a smashing victory. Even the Democrat cen t do that well In thu country. Conimunltm must be popular In Bulgaria. JUT wait a minute. Let rrad a ? a little deeper Into the dispatch. lyb the detail will enllglHen us Ynhiewhat to how landslide like that can be brought about. Down In the amaller-prlnt para tfrapli we Ilnd thla explanatory mailer: ' "Aa each voIcd1 entered the polling place, hla namewa checked agalnat a reglatratlon list. He wa handed an unsealed envelope which he ear , ried into the secret voting booth. There ha picked up hla ballot. WHICH CAMMED ONLY THE F ATHKRLAND FHONT CANUI DATKM, aealrd It In the envelope and dropped It In a closed ballot box. "OPPOSITION COIII.D BR RKO IHTKHF.H ONLY BY HANU1NO IN AN EMPTY ENVF.I-01'E. OR F.N CLOHINO AN ODD SCRAP OF PAPKR ON WHICH NO NAMES COULD BB WRITTEN." THAT hrlpa to explain the aplendld voto the communlaU got In Bul garia. When there la only ONE TICKET In the Held, and no write Ina are permitted, and allure to vols at all I regarded with great euaplclnn, the lncumbenla can roll up majnrlttea that are extremely Impressive. PHIS la about the only poMible comment: That la what happena when then la only on party aa In Bulgaria, and In ALL ol the countrlra run by tha communist. It la another evidence ol what happena when too much power la placed in too tew handa. I D Ilk to offer one modeat auggea- lion at thla point: In thli country, w aren't likely to Daaa a law decreeing that the party In. power aliall.be. Iha ouly parly permittee to nave cauaioaica on the ballot and that no wnu-mi ahall ba allowed. With our gloiioua tradition ol freedom of the Individ ual to chooae the kind of govern ment he prefera, that couldn't com about ahort ol aay hall a dozen generation!. But It til political estate of the Renubllean party ahould fall ao low that NO REPUBLICAN COULD EVER HOPE TO BB KLECTED W would drift automatically and more or les Imperceptibly Into the ONE PARTY ayntem that now prevail by law In th behlnd-the-lron-cur-tain countrle of Europe and Aula. PERSONALLY, I'm going to go on being a Republican PARTLY BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE PARTY OF OPPO SITION and without a party ol oppoaltlon we could tail In time Inlo all the evlla that are Inherent In one-party government. Bus Wreck Kills 6; Crew Sought ACAPULCO. Mexico, Dec. 1 i"l Bix person were killed yesterday when a bug rolled off the road Into a deep ravine. The other 27 pa' aengera were Injured. Three vie ttma were children. The chauffeur and conductor could not be found. Passenger aald they were not Injured. Police are looking for them. V Youth Lost In Frigid Mountains WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 19 !) Lost for four days in the 10-bclow zero cold of the mow covered Blue mountains, 18-year-old Don ald McDonald w a i being sought today by nearly two wore volunteers who plan ned to criss-cross the ruijced area on skis, snowshocs and doKslrd. The Walla Walla youth wandered away from an elk hunting camp lat Thursday. HI plight became known late Saturday when a companion, Jack Farquhar aon, ataggered Into the aherlff'a of fice after trying fulllely for two daya to organize a search party of other hunter. Farquharaon, suffering from frost bile and barely able to walk, aald he had encountered anowdrllu thre and lour leet deep. He wa brought here by a motorist alter reaching a road with a horse borrowed from another hunter. Twenty-five volunteer plodded on almwahuea over the Black Huake lldtce area 30 mllea aoutheaal ol her yraterdy. They reported no luck. Krvrral cablna In which the youth might have taken retuge, were va ' Price Flv CnU IS Page -t9- IlAMATH FALLH, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER l. I Ml Telephone till N. 2189 TV , , . . l trkwf--A III J: fir: I Weyerhaeuser Workers Win Meals Case Weyerhaeuser Timber company must bargain with th IWA-CIO on Uie price of meal eerved at com pany dining loom at It Klamath Fall plant and lorglng ca-np. the naUonal labor relation board has ruled. The board' vote) wa 41 In favor of th union on a question pending for over a year Local 6-12. Inter national Woodworker of America, protested the company ttand oi pricing It meal a year ago. Net Retroactive The board ret used, however, to order the company to pay bacic worker lor a 0-cent meal price Increase put Into effect without con. ulttng the unicn. Particularly at distant logging campa. employe are required to lire and eat at company facilities and the NLR3 ruled thla mean, price charged workera lor meal eerved by the company are part ol their condlt ona of employment and th company U obliged to bar gain with the union on any price chpngea. Board Mcmher J. Copeland Gray dtvienlfd, aaylng the majority rul ing wa "n unwarranted exteiuion ol the bargaining obllgaUona placed on the employer under the ledertl lai or relation act." 5 Children Die in Fire EMMETT. Mich, Dec. 1 tl Five children In the aame lamlly, trapped In their upstair bedroom, burned to death thla morning when a Hash lire roared through a two tory frame farmhouse. The parent, Clarence Bethway and hla wife, Irene, about 40. ea caped with five of their 11 children and Bethway' 80-year-old mother, through downstair window. Three brother and two Mater lost their Uvea. Dead were Freddie Bethway, 3; Beverly Ann, 4: David, 5; Billy 7, and Thomas, 11, i im INTO THE WALL Firemen were called to the pine room I of the Elki lodge Saturday afternoon to battle a blaze started fn a wall of the lounge room. The fire forced the Elks to shift their Christmai party for children to the armory. .-Mr a 7 ' : : , - vi J H .-1)6 1 1 1 Mr- J-Z-T-Zr - ' I i i - I LJt:. iitj .- .fa , ir .. . . a ' r iall aam.waw- i P I , r SANTA GETS AROUND - The top picture was taken at Tulelake Saturday afternoon as southend youngsters gath ered around the town tree for Tulelake's annual Christmas party, and the lower photo shows Santa at the Klamath Falls armory yesterday afternoon for the Elks Christmas party. Youngsters Sad, Shep Gone Ha anyone seen Shep? If you have, run don't walk to the nearest phone and call hi little companions. FrIUle and Boo Howard who aie aori-hearted tht holiday season over the loss of their puppy. , Shep I thiee month old and a woolly ball of tan fur. He followed the Frederick Howard family down town last Friday night when they went Chrlsuna shopping and wa lost In the crod. Shep has a black nose and black ears and Isn't old enough to boast a license. I f anyone ha him safe and sound, will they return him to Frlt xle and Boo at 708 Jefferson or call 3847 and their pet wlU be happily picked up. Sad Yuletide For Youngster MONTGOMERY, W. Va. Dec. IS (A)A nine-year-old polio patient at the Marmct hospital waited In vain yesterday for her parents to arrive with long-anticipated Christ mas presents. They were Injured critically in an automobile accident while on their way to see her and died en route to a hospital here. The parent were Jack N. Flesh man, 28, and Retha Roxana Flesh man, 28, ol Greenbrier county, W, Va. The present for Joan were Mat tered through the wreckage of the car, which wa In collision with a tractor-trailer truck on U. 8. route 80 at Cedar Drove. Kids' Christmas Party Friday. A Christmas party , for all chil dren In the Klamath area will be held Friday night at 7 o'clock in the armory, The party la sponsored by the Junior chamber of commerce and the Moose lodge. Santa Claus will be present and there will be gift, entertainment and treat for youngsters. Parents should accompany youngster to the party. 1 4 Indian Shot Critical Man Charged Buster J. Dickens, 42-year-old Pitt Indian, was critically wounded by gum ire last night and Donald Schonchm. 21. Is held In the coun ty Jail on a federal charge of as sault with intent to kill. Dickens was shot In the side near the kidney "at least once" officers said. X-rays taken at Klamath Val ley hospital this morning showed one bullet but there were two wounds In Dickens' back. He wa moved by Kaler s ambulance. 8hooUng The (hooting occurred at Schon chlns home at the Sprague River Junction sometime after 8 o'clock. Officer here were not notified un til about 10 o'clock. Indian service officers were continuing an Investi gation today. The weapon used apparently was a .38 revolver. Young Schonchln was taken Into custody at his home and brought to the county Jail by a state police of ficer early this morning. Schonchln was brought before U. S. Commissioner Bert C. Thomas this morning for arraignment and asked for an attorney. He retained J. C. O'Neill. LANDMARK BURNS MATLAKATLA, Alaska, Dec. 18 tPi Fire destroyed the Duncan Me morial church here yesterday. It had been a landmark In this south eastern Alaska Indian community for nearly 60 years, although re built shortly before World War II. The blare was believed caused by a f.iulty heating plant. HQ?'"N&.vi n 5 More Cold Predicted For Tonight Blow on ma' fingers. It's cold The mercury skidded to 10 above zeno this morning in Klamath Falls nd street were Ice and snow coated following a atorm which swept the basin from on end to the other Sunday. Snow depth here on the level ranged from six to eight Inches. In drift It was much higher. Chain All car leaving the Klamath basin were warned by state police to either put on their chains or carry them. It waa clear and bright through out the area this morning In direct contrast to yesterday's continuous blow, carrying with it line snow which clung to the frozen ground. Deepest snow - In the district wa reported at Crescent Lake where it measured 28"fncries"packe!. Farther north the Southern Pacific reported 43 Inches at Cascade Summit, "top of the hill" of the Cascade division. There wa a 40-Inch fall at Crusatte. Chemult reported 25 Inches and Mowich 20 yesterday. This has packed considerably and for folks In that sector there Is' no doubt of a white Christmas. ' Air Service United Air Lines' northbound, due here Sunday at 1:15 p.m.. passed over due to a low ceiling. The south, bound due in a 4:10 passed over In the afternoon but was able to re turn 20 minutes late when the sky broke clear. Some 78 extra SP crewmen were called out early Sunday when the storm gave promise of a heavy tall to the north. At least 80 remained on the Job sweeping switches today and the road had dispatched spreader and flanger to work the clock around on division points north. The Klamath out of Portland, due In her Sunday at 7:50 a m, was delayed untU 2 p.m. This was caused by an accident in Portland coupled with snow conditions south. The southbound Daylight was held up a couple of honrs yesterday afternoon. Operations were somewhat un snarled today but No. 18 from the north, due In at 7:50 a.m., came in at 8:50 a m, and No. 20, due In from the south at 8:25 a.m, arrived at 10 e'clock. Temp Vary Temperatures varied in the basin area. It was 8 above at Malln this morning with two Inches of fresh snow. The thermometer registered 8 above, at Merrill with only one lr.ch of new snow. At 'Tulelake it was 1 above aero and two Inches of fresh snow. At Crater Lake national park Sunday. Chief Ranger Louis Hallock said storm, continuous from 8 a.m. Saturday until late yesterday, had left .more than 30 inches of new snow on the ground with a total depth of 54 inches. The rim road was closed and all available equipment detailed to other park roads in an effort to keep them open. Cars were turned back at Annie Spring except for cross-park travel, for the first time this year. There was no skiing yesterday. The weatherman repoi .ed con tinued cold weather throughout the area with a minimum of 10 degrees tonight. State highway officials reported the East-West Diamond lake road closed for the winter by Sunday's heavy snowfall. Ice and snow made driving dan gerous today on most Oregon high ways, the highway department ad vised. The commission said chains are necessary In all mountain passes and in thhe Klamath Falls district. Twenty-two Inches of fresh snow fell in the Willamette pass this week-end and today It waa still snowing lightly, with 48 Inches of roadside snow. Siskiyou Wreck Kills Four Four persons are dead and several critically injured in a two-car collision which brought to a tragic end holi day journeys for two families at 3:30 p. m. Saturday, 17 miles north of Weed near Grass Lake on highway 97 south of here. It was only one of a dozen accidents over the week-end attributed to snow and Ice In that sector. Dead are: Mr. Ledda McMillan. 37, Milbrae, Calif. Frank McMUJan Jr, 5, her ton. Charleen McMillan, 1 year, her daughter. Mr. Margaret Low, 28, Pullman, Wash. Mr. McMillan and her son died Saturday at the scene a did Mrs. Low. The little girl, Charleen. died last night at 8:15 o'clock at Weed hospital in Weed. In Coma Frank A. McMillan Sr, husband of Ledda, was In a coma at Weed hospital. His condition I critical. One other ' McMillan child, Jean- eene, 4. has minor injuries. David Low, 27, husband of Mar garet, and their children, Tom, 21 months, and Michael. 7 months, are also In Weed hospital but not se riously injured. The tragic accident brought Siski you county' traffic death toll to 23 for the year 1848. Fatal Skid California highway patrol said the car driven by McMillan skidded on the ice packed highway and swung broadside la fronr of the Low ma chine. The McMillan family was bound for Taeoma, Wasru to apeed the holidays with relatives. Low. a veterinary atudent at Washington State eolleee.. en route home to Ventura. Calif, for the holidays. On Friday afternoon, at the same spot where the three died, James B. Burton, 26, Seattle, was critical 1 y injured and his passenger, Charles D. Allen. 20. Spokane, re ceived minor hurts. Officers said Burton was the driver of the car and he fell asleet at the wheel and the car overturned. Both are in Weed hospital. WILLED $100,000 Mrs. Leona M. Smith (above), 40, a waitress in a Chicago Loop hotel -(Morrison) cotfee shop, was willed an estate valued at more than $100,000 by Lu cien G. Walker, former head of the Walker Cotton Fabrics company of Chicago. Walker's sisters-in-law, both Vicksburg, miss., widows, are contesting the will. Mrs. Smith said she, her husband, and their daugh ter called him (Walker) Uncle Jerry when he was a guest in their home on- Sundays and holidays. TJie contestants of the will are Mrs. Wylma Perry Spann and Mrs. Olive Perry Maupin, sister of Walk er's wife. Walker was 83 when he died December 9. 0U?CHlS1ASSAL$f' Shooting Hours ' December M . Open) 1:88 Close I 1:ZS City Yule Tree Prices High Again Even though some Christmas trees are cut in front yards or over the next hill around Klamath Falls, tree prices in downtown areas range anywhere from 50 cents to over 1 per foot for better quality trees. One Boy Scout group was report' ed to be selling Christinas trees tor 81 per tree, averaging three to five feet in height. Prices around town are not nuch less than In larger cities out of the forest areas. San Francisco tree prices are reported to be about 81 per toot for good trees. . Expensive Shasta firs, known as "silver tips" range higher in price both here and places where trees have to be shipped in. Some "silver tips" bring upwards from 815 to 820, de pending on size and shape. Trees were sold to buyers early this fall on the government forest reserve at a price of 20 cents a foot, according to R. L. Cooper, chief forest ranger here. Trees which were shipped out were cut In October and stored. However, most trees for sale around Klamath Falls have been cut recently. 2 City 7omen Hurt as Car Overturns Two women were Injured, one! critically, when their Alturaa bound car atruck an icy spot on the high way 20 miles south of Tulelake and overturned. In Klamath Valley hospital are Mrs. Alvtn (Ruth) Moxness. 37, and Mrs, Robert B. Orlan Toogood, 50.- Mr. Mesne ha fractured vertebrae and her condition waa re ported serious today. Mrs. Toogood ha back hurt but she I not criti cally hurt , The women were in the back seat of a car driven by Alvin Moxness, 1913 Last, foreman for Ralph L. Smith Lumber company. Seated be side Moxness was Toogood. ac countant with Ralph L. Smith. Mox ness was uninjured but Toogood suffered hurt treated at Klamath Valley hospital. He waa able to re turn to his home. 534 N. 9th. The party ra en route to Al turas at about 3:30 p. m. to visit friends for the afternoon. Mr. Toogood was moved to Tule lake by a passing motorist and brought from Dr I. Spomer's office to Klamath Valley hospital by K ler's ambulance. Mrs. Moxness was not moved tor several hour and wa finally picked up by the Al turas ambulance and brought to the hospiU here. Jim Kaler, who made the run, said the roads were In bad shape. biiu aium Mcs.eu, sua ne wis K-ew able to travel at a maximum aneed of between 40 and 45 mile per hour. Solon Cites Danger To Economy WASHINGTON. Dec. 19 (?Pi The senate -house economic committee will open an In vestigation next month into ' the price Increase announced by U. S. Steel corporation, last week. Chairman O'Mahoney (D Wyo) told a reporter: "We ' already have our staff at work on preparations and we will o ready to begin hearing some time early in January." Benjamin Fairies, president of ' the steel firm, has said he would ' velcome a chance to explain to congress in detail why it was found necessary to raise the price of steel 84 a ton. Excuse Fairies said when he announced the price boost that operating cost l ad gone up. partly because of new pension and insurance programs negotiated by the CIO steelworker. ' O'Mahoney held that the price h'crease waa unjustified and ao noti- ' fled members of the congressional group. Re aald the committee mem- ' hers of the congressional group. H (aid the committee members fen Rally agreed on the need for aa investigation. The senator said he knew nothing of report that Philip Murray, pres ident of both the CIO and the ' steelworker' union, will follow up Fairies' action by seeking a wag increase. The new union-steel con tract provide that it cannot be re opened for wage increase talks. Danger "I do know." O'Mahoney aald, "that the economy of the country just can't stand a continuous wave of Inflation. "I feel that the management lead-, en in the iteel industry, which Is In an unusually favorable financial position, are the ones who ought to take the lead in preventing a re sumption of Inflation." Senator Flanders (R-Vt). a com mittee member, said he think U. 8. Steel win have difficulty justifying its action. Fire Damages 'Pine Room' -At Efts Club ENGAGED MADRID, Dec. 19 P General issimo Franco yesterday announced the engagement of his 23-year-old daughter. Carmen, to the 29-year-old Marquis de ViUaverde, a dictor. A fire Saturday afternoon exten sively damaged the pine room on the second floor of the Elks lodge and caused a quick shift of th scheduled children's Christmas par ty to the armory Sunday. r The blaze, caused an estimated 82500 worth of damage to the wall, paneling and ceiling of the lounge room and the attic , - - Cause Apparently the blaze started from a hotplate in a wall shelf in the pine room. It was discovered by several members of the lodge who were decorating for the Chris tma party, and several large fire ex tinguishers were turned on the fire through a hole chopped in the wall befofe fire trucks arrived. One fireman was left in the room while fire equipment was being packed back on the trucks and he discovered the blaze breaking out again In the ceiline toward the attic, so the hoses had to be brought into use. 8hew Gee On The children's Christmas party, hastily moved to the armory, enter tained over 600 youngsters yester day afternoon. Entertainment in cluded a trapeze act and muslo by the Elks orchestra, directed by Baldv Evans. Kyle Morgan, a member of t h t orchestra, doubled as Santa- Nationalists Recapture Kumminq TAIPEH, Formosa. Dec. 19 (PI Humming, important World War II U. S. base, was recaptured to day by Chinese Nationalist, the fugitive Nationalist government an nounced here. The government said Its 28th army seized the large South China city from defending provincial troops who took it over as the Na tionalist government fled here from Chengtu. LI Ml, Nationalist commander at Kummtng, wa released at the air port. He had been held there by soldier of turncoat Oen. Lu Han, governor of Yunnan province. Flight Lu and hi troops hurriedly fled westward along the Burma road. Nationalist plane strafed them In flicting heavy casualties, th gov ernment laid. Meet the People iA'x ,V. : ' r I'. ' r . ' .. BUSY AS A BIRD DOG is Elmer Langer of Railway Expresa who is snapped while writing out a holiday express order for The Herald and Newi ptotopapher.
