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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1949)
'MM mm mm u.Tbu By FRANK JKNKINK tlNCLE JOK BTAL1N U 70 today, and from all account they're living him a whl ol a birthday celebration. Present r pouring In from all aid, and It take WHOLE PREIOHT TRAINS to handla them. Seventy carloads of lift rolled In from East Germany alone. TJO you rackon Uncla Jo li gen uinely pleased and touched? Or la ha iut cagey enough to know what It'a all about, and why? VOU nevar can te II. Ht'a a imrt old rooster, but what flattery doaa to thn world conquerors paueth all human understanding . Ther la Alexander who I up posed to hav sighed wistfully be miw Ultra wara no mora worlda t conquer. When ha got to Egypt. Kit priest laid on lha flattery with a trowel. They received him aa a OOD. At tint, ha laughed scorn fully. But In the and he fell for It and decided ha waa a god after all and ahould be traated aa auch. e QP court you hav to remember Wlht Alexander waa atlU In hla lata 30'e when he being work ed over by the flattoreri. Hlalln U . a hard-bollrd old bird of 70. I have a notion that aa ha looka over the mountain! of present that ara be ing poured on him he just gruu cynically. FOR Ilia uul arven months, we American hav been looked over by the red-headed and according lo all accounta good-looking Wel lington eorrenpondenl of the Auck land. New Zealand Newa a Mra. Sidney Mnars, who wlUi her hus band haa been touring the United Stale. On the eve of departing for home, the aaya In Beattle: "Everybody her work a harder than they do at home. They don't hav to much fun. The farlllliea tnr fun ar her, but you don't us them partly because you all work ao hard and partly because your entertainment la to EXPENSIVE. "At horn In New Zealand, every, body can afford lolf. tennla and awlmmlng clubs. It'a really a work ing man a paradise" e JADYt Ladyl I'm afraid you'v been seeing, but not understand lull W en afford golf and tennla and wlmmma. BUT BECAUSE WE CAN A WORD EM WE DONT THINK SO MUCH OP 'EM. Th reason we go ao hard for night cluba U BECAUSE WE CANT APPORD 'EM. If dolnf th thtnga w cant afford to oo that give us the thrilling feeling that we r getting somen her and amounting to something. That's on reason why w hav to work ao hard. Was Man Victim Of Own Trap? PORTLAND. Dee. 31 Pi Th body of n eccentric Inventor waa found yesterday In a small woods rabm Which tn man had rigged wiih a doorway booby-trap. Chief Criminal Deputy Sheriff H. Chrlstoffcrten said Pred Stern may have fallen a victim to hi own In vention. Th reputy described Stem as a hermit-Ilk character. Th booby-trap Involved a shotgun in a floor pit at th doorway, aet to release th gun trigger by a wire. Chrlstoffersen used a pole to deflect th gun muaxl and then found the hell had been discharged. H aald stern may hav been wounded by th devlc and staggered to a cot Prlc riv Cents Pagea aawl KLAMATH PALL. OKEC! ,XKHIMV, DECEMBER 11, IM Ttiephene till Ne, 11(2 ' f . ; V tjtV - ZTJ fPl j Affienpfi to ilow Pr0i mm lyjoDD n nr r? on n Gadgets Fail To Find Youth WALLA, WALLA, Dec. 21 (A') The fale of an 18 year old elk hunter, missing for six days, was still unsolved today despite efforts of some 12S mountain-wise searchers who have scanned the rugged, snow-swept Black Snake ridge sector of the Blue mountains. The missing youth, Donald McDonald, became separated from a hunting companion last Thursday. Sine then, temperatures have hovered around the aero mark Vandenberg Says Cut West Europe Relief, Close Call; Fuses Die EAHL KENT Accept Franco Spuing Charge r DETROIT nw. 1 l& riv. The old boy that pulls the mer curv UD and down In the therm ome- and frequent shot s hav piled drift . tcr had quit a time of It last night. up to tig feet high. Electronic Aids With the alx-score searchers re porting only failure In their efforts to trace down varied report of rifle fir and other clue, two so called "electronic bird-dogs'1 made their appearance at th search acen. The devices wer brought her from Yakima and Wenatchee by their Inventors. The men declined use of their nsmes and gave no Information on their machine ex cept that thry operate on radio frequencies, rhe device ar de signed to locai misting persons and, they said, have been used success fully flu where. WASHINGTON. Dec. 11 v-Senator Vandenberg iR-Mlch) called today for continued economic and military aid to Western Europe, but aid It should be on a "sharply reduced" scale. Vandenberg. who wields great Inlluenc on republican foreign policy stands, also told a news conference that: 1. The Communist regime In China should be recognised by this country only when it demonstrated It has control of that country and will carry out the basic obligations of International law. He aald Com munist China does not now meet these require menu. 1. Pull diplomatic recognition should be granted to th Franco government In Spain. 1. Th bipartisan foreign policy Involve no "me-tooUun" on th part of th republicans since it la open to vigorous debate while de cisions ar In til process of being made. 4. The objective of the republican party should be -to restore the American system to aafe founda tions before it is too late, and to gear dependable program with na tional solvency and individual free- idom.' Weatherman Says Warmer Cold Covers Wide Area By The Associated Press Th winter season' official ar rival Isnt untU late tonight but there waa mncn wintry weather over wide area of th country to day. It waa onld from the upper Mis sissippi and Missouri valleys and th Central Plalita state westward to th Pacific coast. The center of the Icy blasta waa In the Dakota and MlnnesJ'.s. Temperature In North Dako.a dropped to 30 below aero. Minnesota and South Dakota reported readings of 10 below. The mercury fell to below freetlng In Arlaona to 31 above at Phoenix and New Mexico 25 at Albuquerque. According to the KPLW ther rometer It was 4 above at T p. m . ( p. m II p. m. and at ( a. m. But the official reading was 5 above by CAA. At times the radio atalton mercury recorded t during the 4 bovt hours but In any man's lan guage It was cold enough. Warmer forecast warmer weather and It waa warmer than the seasonil low of 1 morning. Warmer weather, partly cloudy through Thursday, with a low of 14 degree tonight, is the forecast. We will wait and see. The Oregon stale highway de partment continued to warn mo- j lariats that chain, ahould" be "car ried if traveling over mountain pass although there la no new lanow In this district. All highway are covered with packed snow I which ha been aanded. There are i spots of Ice on th Oreeiuprtngs .and around Bend. Pollution Rules Laid Down PORTLAND. Dec. 11 lav-The Pacific Northwest pollution control council laid down a set of "good housekeeping" standards yesterday for a list of Industrie to use In disposing of waste material. The council announced It had adopted minimum standards It would suggest to IS or 18 regional Industries for adoption In their operations to prevent stream pollu tion. Attending the Uro-day session were representatives of four North west suites, British Columbia and Alaska. The next session will be held April It at Missoula, Mont. The Michigan senator flew back to Washington yesterday for a briefing on International develop ment before congress open. For Stalin MOSCOW. Dec 11 iiV-Russian leaders hailed Joseph Stalin on hi 70th birthday today with a massive celebration, and the Soviet leader ship took the occasion to renew Rus sian claims tnat communism and capitalism can exist together in peace. Oeorgl Malenkov. deputy prime minister and considered dose to Stalin. soundeJ the peace keynote In Pravda, the official newspaper of the communist party, by laying heavy- stress on previous state ment by the prime minister that peace was possible between the two ways of life. While Malenkov spoke of pear. Molotov lashed out against the United State and Britain, charging them with preparing for a new war, and with planning world domina tion "with the help of any aggres Ive means. Including the atom bomb." DETROIT, Dec. 21 (JP) Dy namiters made an attempt to blow up the CIO United Auto Workers' headquarters last night.. They failed, but only by a hair's breadth. A stack of 39 sticks of dy namite, wrapped in tape and colored Christmas gift paper. was iouna at a siae statrwsy of the union building. Two fuse had burned to within an Inch or jes of the explosives befor they sputtered out, harm lessly. Except for two night workers, the union building was empty. How ever, live were Imperiled in a neighboring General Motor build ing. Mere Mystery A result, authorities wer con fronted today with a new task in solving mysterious act of violence against the big auto union and It leadership. Within lea than two years would- Woman, 2 Men Gassed in Car- Near Gilchrist By BALE SCARBROL'Gll " Two men and a woman died of carbon monoxide poison, ing late last night, sitting in their car in a snowbank on The Dalles-California highway seven miles below Gilchrist. The men have been identified as Virgil Lee Johnson, 40, of Gates, Ore., and Jack Virgil Friedley, 38, of Idanha, Ore. The woman is believed to be Drucilla, Friedley'i wife. She la about 30 years old. Johnson, who has been working at the Briggj logging camp near Diamond lake, was the driver. All three were in the front seat of Johnson't 1940 sedan, traveling south Kent Heads Klamath Jaycees Earl Kent, Crater Lake creamery, waa elected president of Klamath county junior chamber of com D erce at the regular dinner meeting Monday evening In the Winema hotel. Robert Smith wa elected first vice president and Bill Wemworth second vice president. Cal Lamb wa chosen secretary and Art Trie bwasser treasurer. Director Directors chosen were Randall Poster, John O'Neill, BUI Ganong and Jack Hardesty. The officer and director win Uke office at th Joint meeting of the Junior and senior chamber of commerce to be held January It, 1930 tn the Willard hotel. People Sick Of Wars. Says Truman WASHINOTON, Dec II A be assassins have tried to kill two , President Truman said today there of the TJAWa, prominent Reuther; would never be another wr if th brother,' peoples of the world, "sick of ,,', ,.,, , w .,, made to respond to our handclasp aailant u April of 148. He almost .,h . .... K "Tl Boy, Girl See Lion Kill Mother THOU8AND OAKS. Cllf, Dee. 11 V With roar, a savage lion sprang at a widely known woman animal trainer and quickly killed her while her horrified children tried to save her. Mrs. May Kovar Schafer. 42, wa fume from th exhaust sifted tnt in the cage yesterday with the lion, the interior of the automobile. Sultan, attempting to break him As near a state police can d. into training. The powerful animal j termine. the car went Into th unged at her. bore her down and I snowbank about 10:45 p. m. bit her in the neck, Bering the At 11:15 a pacing motorW. un. HH.VMf.fUa4 sU. - Buddha AtUrk 'with th. .-,,. -. uuiisitf., aiASLrijaau from Bend. State police at Crescent said th automobile apparently skidded on the Icy pavement, nosed Into a snowbank on the east aid of the road, whipped around and came to rest with th rear end 1st tne snow. The exhaust pip wa stopped up and the muffler wa cracked at th oase. possibly from the Impact.. Fatal Walt , The trio sat In the car with th motor running and heater on, wait ing for help. Carbon monoxide Her children. Michael Kovar. 18. and May Kovar. 14, were watching their mother, who wa working with a chair and wh,p when the sudden attack occurred. The children, armed with .ihort poles, rushed through the cage door. But the beast, with Mrs. Schaief necc in- hi Jaws, Ignored their poking. Michael and May and three-year, old Sandra Schafer, who wa near by, screamed for help. Rudy Muller. 5. an elephant trainer, ran to their aid. "I grabbed up a pitchfork "and an eight-loot lenght of pipe." th and was unable to arous the oc cupants. He telephoned from Chemult to the state police her and a natroU man from Crescent arrived at th stalled auto about midnight. The two men and woman were dead. Identified Johnson and Priedley wer Identi fied from personal paper. John son operator s license gave his ad dress a "c-o Emll Johnson. Oaten, Ore.'' A paycheck stub from the Briggs logging company wa In his pocxet. Priedley, sources In Bend report ed to The Herald and News, was th j'frail man sud. "The lion wa very 1 an itinerant cook. He came to Bend quiet. I stabbd at him with th pitchfork with one hand and then brought the pipe down on hi head with the other. lost th use of an arm. Victor Reuther, the union's edu cational director, lost an eye In a similar shotgun attack last Msy. Both of th: unsolved. Police immediately linked last night's Incident with the attempts on th Reuthers' lives. There is "no doubt" of it, accord ing so Inspector Joseph A. Krug of the police specuJ Investigation squad. One long-hold theory has been that a vengeful conspiracy la afoot against the Reuthers and th union. An anonymous call to a Detroit newspaperman led to what wa at first a vain police search at the union headquarters. Later two union employes came upon the wrapped (ticks of ex plosive, tied up In gsy red and white Christmas paper. It was prepared. Krug said, by "someone with a lot of experience with dynamite." choice but to stand ready In self defense." he declared. Carillaa Gift -The president sooke at Arlinetnn shootings still are ' carillon memorial to the war dead from the American Veterans of World War MNiPi. Allied diplomats from many nations, and high rank ing military and civilian officials were in the audience. It was only coincidence that Tru man spoke on the birthday of Soviet Russia's Premier Stalin and he did not mention Russia by name. But allusions to the Russian threat to peace were plain and re peated. They were clear, too, in a oner aaaress irom Norwegian Am bassador Wtlhelm Munthe de Mor- genstieme. the dean of the diplo matic corps. "yr ''!-. 1-' .imEffi .slLJxj "TOY SHOP FANTASY" is the title of the beautiful and extravagant pro duction to be presented tonight for the first time as Klamath Union high school'! Christmas gift to the public in the KUHS auditorium. There is t first showing at 7 p. m. for children of primary grades and their parents. , Then tonight at 8:15 o'clock sharp there la a second performance for the townspeople. The third presentation Is at p. m., tomorrow, Thursday. A 60-piece orchestra will play for "The Toy Shop Fantsy," including the entire "Nutcracker Suite" by Tschaikowsky and other exciting music. Costumes are glittering with sequins and sparkles, the background is new and delightful and those who have seen these Christmas presentations in the cast will do well to arrive early. The lift, (there is no charce). is the combined work of the music, drama, arts, manual arts, as well as other de partments and individuals. This Is but an small scent from "Fantasy." In November and worked at Bend cafe. He and the woman, Identified only as Drucilla. registered at the Owl "That made the lion drop her and ! motrt ' Bnd November IS and back up. Must have stunned him lor a second because he sagged back on hi haunches. "But I didn't have much time. Muller said. "Just (nought to pick up .Mrs. Schafetv Then the Ilea started for ms and the children. - "I backed oat. inch by men. never taking my eyes off the lion. The children got out. Little May held the door open for me and I got out It was a near thing for those youngsters. He probably would have got them too." Muller' said Mrs. Schafer. who had appeared with Ringling broth ers and Barnum and Bailey circus for four years prior to the wax, medley told the motel ooerator they had been married November 1 17. Deschutes county ha no record oi such a marriage. Waitress? !. .The- woman- to believed t. hav. worked as a waitress around Bend. She had only coin purse and no identifying papers in the ear last mgnt. She and Priedley checked out of the Owl motel Tuesday and the op erator saia medley left owing hint S30. State police at' Bend had broadcast a pickup order for Pried ley. wanting him for ouestionrnx. Deputy Coroner Clarence Ward was called from Klamath Palls and the bodies of the three were brought moved her arm as h stooped to in to Wsrd's funeral Home. pick her up inside the cage but was apparently dead by the time he got her out. Sun's Visit Brief Today So much to do and such a short : time to do rt In! Today that familiar 1 complaint might w.el be Justified I around town, the nation, or even around the world. Because today, December 11, Is tne snortest day of the year. The sun rose at 7:37 a. m. today and will settle behind the hills in the west at 4: p. m. giving only S hours and 51 minutes of daylight. From tomorrow on. the davs will. begin to lengthen until days anM night are equal on March 11 anew rescn the longest day of the year, June 11. Then the cycle begins again toward the shortest day. COOPERATION MEET SALEM. Dec. 11 (Jh Representa tive of 11 Western states win hold a conference on appentlceship train ing at Seasid-: May U to IS, the governor's office said today. The purpose of the meeting will be to develop cooperation between labor believe they are sleepy. ana management w train skuicq , workers. j ' GEORGE E. HALL Negligence State police here said the deaths of the three could not be considered highway fatalities but were caused by negligence rather than an auto mobile accident. Klamath county' traffic death toll for the year stands at 17. State police said patrol officer frequently locate person In stalled cars who are suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning and who simply Shooting Hours December It . Open: 7:7 Close: XSt I SILVER TON, Dec 11 () GeorK ; E Hall. 70. Portland civic leader and advertising executive before ha ! retired and moved here four year ! ago, died yesterday. He organised ! one of the first advertising agencies In Portland. The family moved to I Oregon from New Zealand In 1880. Overlooking $1 Cost $2000 HONOLULU. Dec. 11 iPl The navy will have to pay out 82000 because congress overlooked appro priating 81. The 81 would have bought and paid tor the Oahu Railway and Land company's Pearl Harbor branch, which the navy uses. The 82000 Is the Hawaiian terri torial tax bill on the line as private property. Under a lease agreement the navy must pay the taxes. It th U. 8. government owned the line it would be tax free. - SHO0W&W L"T 3 , , Trptr:;,,,,,. - . .uie . Meet the People T V 'A" 1 - --- EVEN IN HOLIDAY TIME the meter ets hungry. LidreJ Putnam, Klamath Tails businessman, ia shelling out to thf" docker before he goes to work.
