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PHYLLIS
11 -Year-Old To Forget
Unhappy Past And Join
Father In Minnesota
,An 11-year-old girl with an un
happy past and prospects of n
moro pleasant (uluro leaves Klnm
mil Kalis thiiylsy to go buck liomc
to Minnesota to live.
She In Pliyllls Jorgens, aban
doned Just before last Christmas
by her mother nml step-lather.
The girl's mother led ler hus
bund (bout nix years ago, tiikliig
Phyllis with her, and came to thin
area to live. In 1947 arte obtained
a divorce here and custody of the
child.
Then ahe remarried, wedding a
man from Poe Valley and going
to hla farm to live.
The next tour year for Phyllla
were marked Willi neglect and
even brutality at the hand of her
mother and atcpfnlher, accordion
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By FRANK JENKINS
From Munsan, Koroa:
"United Nation truce negotiators
said today that ONLY THE KREM
LIN knows why the communists
adamantly Ins In t that Russia help
police an armistice (If an armistice
should bo agreed on.)"
If I had to guess, I'd aay they
know wo won't (and can't) accept
Russia as a neutral armlntlce rcl
erco and Inspector, that they want
to keep us embroiled Indefinitely
In Korea, and ao they atnnd pat
on their "accept Russia or clod"
demand.
General Collins, army chief of
ataff, told a subcommittee of the
house of representatives tile other
day that the Korean campaign has
already cost the ARMY ALONE
moro than EIOHT BILLION COL
LARS. That Isn't hay, even In a coun
try as big and rich as ours. II
I were Btulln, I'd certainly (Inure
that If I could keep tho United
States pouring money down tho Ko
i rean rathole at that rato I was
cutting a fat hog.
Have you been following this
Nlshloka business that has bobbed
up In Oregon If not, you'vo been
missing something. It's IntcrostliiK.
At a recent session (It was In
1951, as I recall It) tho Oregon
legislature enacted a fair, employ
ment practices law, Tho law pro
hibits discrimination by employers
' because of nice or religion.
Thnt Is to aay, If you havo a
Job open hnd.lt a Jap or a China
man or a Hindu or n Hottentot
or an Eskimo applies for It and
qualifies for It you can't refuse to
employ him because of his rnco or
his color or his treed.
Well
A whllo back Saglo Nlshloka, o
Japanese Amorlcan war veteran
(who was wounded In Franco,
among other things) took an Ore
gon civil service examination for a
job with the Oregon Income tax
division.
Ho placed first but another man
was hired for the Job.
Thereupon Blate Labor Commis
sioner W. E, Klmsey accused the
atate tax commission of violating
Oregon's new F. E. P, law. Stale
Tax Commissioner Ray Smith re
plied that it isn't so, that the stole
civil scrvlco board certified three
applicants (Including Nishiokn, who
had placed first in the examina
tion) and that "an attempt was
made to choose the person best
suited."
But Klmsay says Smith and Ja
son Lee I Leo Is tho stato tax com
mission personnel officer) "told a
member of my staff that Nlshioke
wos not hired because of his race."
So there the matter stands.
Nlshloka says he's going to fight
for the Job, ,
Personally, I don't believe in
these fair employment practices
laws. I don't think situations llkn
that can be or should be handled
BY LAW, which Involves force. I
think they can be bettor handled
by education, human tolerance and
fair-mindedness. That method tnkos
longer, but It will work better In
' the end. I think situations like this
ono involving Nlshloka will keep re
curring, and each recurrence will
bring III will and hard fooling that
Will INFLAME race prejudices In-
, (Continued on rage 10)
JORGENS
to tho story authorities here have
been ublo to piece together, and
fliiully, hist December, the mother
brought Phyllis in to the Juvenile
Olflco and offered her lor adop
tion. The agency does not deal In
adoptions, but placed the girl In
the Juvenile Home on a depend
ency basis whllo the Welfare De
partment had an Invchllgatlon
made Into the child's home life
and the character and worthiness
of her father, who has a farm at
Fergus Falls, Minn.
A few days before Christmas
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Oleimer. 915
N. 9th. were visiting In Poe Val
ley and heard residents of that
community talking about Phyllis
and her life with her mother onH
stepfather. They Investigated and
decided they'd like to take the
Kill Into their home.
A temporary arrangement was
made and Phvllis went in live
with the Olengers Christmas Eve.
The little ulrl. clnd In shreria of
clothing when left with luvenlle
niunoriucs, got a tlood of presents
the next day and has been living
with the Olengers as a loved mem
ber of the family since.
Last Tuesday her father, Ken
neth Jorgens, obtained a modifica
tion oi nin ex-wite a divorce decree
In Circuit Court here and was
awarded cuModv of the dnuuhter
he hadn't teen for half a dozen
years.
So tomorrow she is to board the
12:35 p.m. United Air Lines plane
for Portland and eventually Fer
gus Falls, Minn., to Join her father
and his new family. Jorgens has
since remarried.
Tho people of Poe Vallcv who
knew of Phyllis' unwanted life on
her stepfather's farm and her
abandonment, are paying part of
her plane iare to Mlimesota. and
are paying to ship all her belong
ings, Including a bicycle, to her
new home.
They also (and tills was sup
posed to be a secret, but it won't
be, now) are going to give her a
wrist watch when she gets on the
plane.
A HOT ONE A new hot water well has been brought In.
on Home Avenue near the LDS church. Above, R. C.
Vochatzer, of the Southern Oregon Well Drilling Com
pany, eyes the well which is spewing steam and hot. water,
despite a cap held in place by the weight of a one-ton
drill. The well, on a vacant lot belonging to N. A. Welman,
was down 518 feet when the hot water came irt. It is far
tlier away from the Hot Springs area than any hot well yet
brought in. - , '
I'rlre Five Cent. 12 Pages
Flood Water
Moves Into
Burns Area
lly The Associated Press
Oregon flood conditions had
shifted eastward to the liurns areu
Saturday as residents of Princvlllc
In Central Oregon continued to
clean up their homes flooded ear
lier In the week.
Ten families living In a Burns
motel were forced by hlsth water
to evitcuute' their homes us waters
from melting snows rushed down
Brown's Cuiiyon. Half a dozen
other homes were surrounded by
water, but were not evacuated.
One way traffic was moving over
the Central Oregon Highway to
Ontario and crews said the water
was softening the roudbed, causing
the pavement to sag.
High water closed the Bend
Burns Highway for severol days,
but two busses went through Fri
day. At Prinevllie, the Crooked River,
which forced evacuation of 19
homes Wednesday, continued to re
cede. Crews expected to complete
work Saturday on a new levee to
protect the town from luture Hoods.
Storm warnings were flying on
the coast from Astoria north to
Tatoosh Island. Small craft, warn
ings were up on the Oregon Coast.
The Weather Bureau at Portland
forecast winds of 15 to 25 miles an
hour, with gusts to 30 Saturday for
Portland and the Willamette Val
ley. John Hales
Dies Today
V
John (Jack) Hales, 71, a resident
of the Klamath area since 1910,
tiled this morning at Klamath Val
ley hospital.
Ho had been In the hospital since
last Saturday, suffering with a
heart condition complicated with
pneumonia. '
Hales was a native of Chatham
Ontario, Canada, and during" his
time In Klamath Falls operated
several meat markets here. He was
a member of the Butchers Union
and Just before his retirement
about a yetr ago was meat in
spector at Klamath Packing Com
pany. He wos very Interested In sports
and was trainer of many hunting
dogs. He was active In the Shasta
Cascade Retriever Club.
Survivors Include the widow,
Mrs. Catherine Hales, at the home;
two sons, Jack Hales Jr., of Oak
land. Calif., and Harold E. Hales,
Berkeley, Calif.; a sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Scott, New Orleans, and
a brother, Robert Hales, Chatham,
Ontario.
Funeral services are to be con
ducted from O'Halr's Memorial
Chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m., with
Rev. David Burnett of the First
Presbyterian Church officiating.
Interment Is to be In Klamath
Memorial Cemetery.
MATH FALLS, OREGON,
Dread Disease
Sweeps Nation
But Cure Found
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (JP)
Delegates to a mental health
conference at the University of
Michigan have learned of the
diseahe known as vernal hyper
pyrexia. Dr. Robert H. Felix, director
of the National Institute or
Health, Bethesda, Md., defined
it for them Friday. He said It
causes the iron content of the
blood to turn to lead and grad
ually settle In the lower extrem
ities of, the back."',. ..v .
It is the least fatal of all
mankind's disease, be added,
and cures Include a complete
rest, a change of scenery
through golf, fiahlnc and other
forms of relaxation, such as
lying In the sun and watching
the clouds.
Vernial hyperpyrexia, you see.
Is spring fever.
Storm Whips
British Isles
LONDON Wl The coldest
spring blizzard In 36 years lashed
the British Isles Saturday and snow
and cold gripped most of- Europe.
Shipping In the churning English
Channel was virtually at a stand
still. A number of small boats sent
out distress signals and rescue
crews were busy.
Road and rail transportation in
Southern England was blocked in
many places by drifts piled as
high as two feet. Three double
decker buses overturned on Icy
streets.
Air transportation Into London
wos slowed. One plane from the
United States was live hours late
after bucking gale winds.
Winds up to 79 miles an hour
lashed the southern coast of Eng
land, ripping off roots, snapping
power lines and littering roads with
debris.
Mid-Atlantic gales dcloyed the
11 nnrutnn liner Parthal. due at Liv
erpool Saturday from New York.
She was expected lo dock sunaay
morning.' . .
An underdog Oxford crew broke
the varsltv boat race, winning by
five feet in a blinding snowstorm.
The two crews rowed virtually side
hv side over the entire 4 V mile
course on the Thames River in
Southwest London.
Weather observers gloomily pre
dieted more of the some for Uie
next few days.
Jap To Get
Job Chance
PORTLAND Wl State
Tax
Commissioner Ray Smith said Frl
r filler C y "?KvOs.
v ? ' " & 1 1 717 fk
aay tnac sagie msnioKa, Japanese
American war veteran wounded in
action in France, would be con
sidered for any job he Is qualified
to handle Willi the commission.
Nlshloka recently took a civil
.service examination for a .lob with
the Oregon Income Tax division.
Ho placed first, but another man
was hired for the Job.
State Labor Commissioner V. E.
Klmsey accused . the State Tax
Commission of violating;, the Ore
gon Fair- Employment Practices
Law, which prohibits discrimina
tion by employers because of race
or religion.
Smith denied that Nlshloka's ra
cial background had anything to
do with his failure to be hired. He
said the Civil Service Board certi
fied three applicants for vacancies
and that nn attempt Is made to
choose the person best suited.
Declaring Nlshloka would be
considered for any Job he is quali
fied to handle when there Is an
opening, Smith said:
"Wo are not prejudiced. We
have a Chinese girl working for us
ns a receptionist In our Portland
office."
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1952
f WOMAN OF THE YEAR Mrs.
receives the Soroptimists annual award from Mrs. Coral
Sabo. '
Julia Zumwalt
"Woman Of The Year" Here
Forty seven years of benevo
lence and service was recognized
last night when Mrs. Don (Julia)
Zumwalt was named the Soropti-
mlst Club's "Woman of the Year.".
The honor was bestowed at the
club's annual presentation banquet
at tne Willard Hoiei. More man
100 of the woman's service cluo
members, their husbands and spe
cial guests saw Bor optimist coral
Sabo present Mfs. Zumwalt with
the award pin. . ' -
In the audience were four of the
six previous award winners: Mrs.
Victor O'Neill (1947), Mrs. Law
rence French (1948), Mrs. Bernard
Johnston (1949) and Mrs. R. P.
LOT OF BALONEY Some
body at an Eastern packing
plant,got things a bit mixed
up the other day, and ship
ped Ken Lowell at Lowell's
Lockers 30 five-foot sticks
of bologna sausage, weigh
ing 871 pounds. The order
was for 35 small sticks,
which would have had a
total weight of about 150
pounds.
Truman Talk
Set Tonight
WASHINGTON Wl President
Truman mounts the political stump
Saturday night and Sen. May
bank (D - S.C.), urged him to
"end this confusion'1 by announc
ing whether he is going to seek
another term.
But Democrats closer to the
President seemed to have the
general opinion he probably won't
tip his hand in an address here
(7:30 p.m., PST) at the $100,-a-plate
Jefferson-Jackson Day din
ner, ,':.
They looked for Truman to come
up instead with a blast at the Re
publicans in the "give 'em hell"
style of his 1948 campaign.
Along with many other Southern
Democrats In Congress, Maybank
Is supporting Sen. Russell of Geor
gia, for tho party's presidential
nomination, ,
Telephone 8111
No. 2779
Don (Julia) Zumwalt (right)
Honored As
Elllngson (1951).
Mrs. Zumwalt came to Klamath
Falls as a bride in 1905. Prior to
her marriage, she had won her
Bachelor of Philosophy degree
from Pacific University (now Col
lege of the Pacific). She became
recognized leader in music
teaching and Is now director of
music for the Rotary and Library
Clubs. She founded the Delphian
Society chapter here and is active
in- American university women
and Daughters of the Revolution.
She has been especially active In
aiauig yountr people.
in acceDiins- tne award last
night, Mrs. Zumwalt modestly dis
claimed ner wortniness.
All I have done." she said.
"were the things I loved to do
and wanted to do . . . that does
not deserve any reward ... I
accept the award with proud hu
miuty and neartielt eratitude . .
I'll try and not let you down."
Mrs. loa Momyer oaen. long
time Klamath, resident, made a
very entertaining talk on woman s
position in the early days of this
area.
Music was offered by. vocalists
Ruby Gehring and Gerry Igl ac
companied by Mrs. George Mcln-
tyre.
Mrs. isaoeiie Brixner was toast-
mistress.
Guests included presidents and
husbands or wives of other city
service clubs. .
Farm Product
Prices Drop
WASHINGTON m Prices for
farm products have dropped for
total of about S.5 per cent for the
90-day period.
The Agriculture Department re
ported Friday a decline of about
one - third of 1 per cent between
mid - February and mid - March.
That brought prices about 8 per
cent below tnose oi s year ago.
The biggest "drops last month
were In dairy products and meat
animals. Slight gains were report
ed for truck crops, fruits and food
grains.
trices received oy larmers in
mid-March stood at 288 per cent
of the 1910-14 average compared
to the record 313 of February 1951.
' Prices paid by farmers in mid-
March stood at 288 per cent of
the 1910-14 average, the highest on
record. However, this is about the
same as a month earlier and
year ago.
Most farm prices were reported
100 per cent of parity as in the
month previous compared to
ill a year ago and a in record
In October 1946.
Parity is a standard for measur
ing farm prices. It is designed to
maintain farm income on a basis
equally fair to farmers and those
who buy their products.
Only nine commodities brought
parity or more in mid-March
cotton, milk. rye. butterfat, pota
toes, sweet potatoes beef cattle,
lambs and veal calves.
Taft Still
Sure of Win
MILWAUKEE IIP Sen. Toft of
Ohio said Saturday he believes he
will win handily In Wisconsin's
showdown vote Tuesday on 30
Republican presidential nominat
ing delegates.
But the Ohio senator told this
reporter he regards the situation
created by a five-slate race and
the injection of Gen. Dwight D,
Elsenhower's name into the prf
mary so "peculiar" he is not claim1
inir anv sween. .
Most observers think Taft will
have to out-distance his opponents
here if ho hopes to retrieve the
national prestige lost In his New
Hampshire defeat by Eisennower
KFLWToAir
PCL Games
Radio Station KFLW will car
ry all Portland baseball games,
both home and away, starting
with the Beavers' Pacific (Jcust
League opener against Han
Francisco in Seals Stadium
Tuesday night.
Station Manager Dud Chan
dler pointed out that this marks
the first time a local radio sta
tion has dealt in complete cov
erage of the Portland team.
The games will be channeled
to KFLW through a special
Oregon network.
The anncuncement comes as
particularly good news to local
fans who can hear baseball at a
convenient . evening listening
time.
The broadcasts, picked up by
radio stations up and down the
coast, are considered a strateg
ic move by PCL officials who
this year open in earnest their
fight to eventually gain big
league stature.
Chandler pointed out that ra
dio listeners will not lose KP
LW's ujual 19 p.m. news broad
cast. The baseball games will
go on tape from that time and
will be played back after the
news broadcast.
Rollie Truett and Bob Black
burn will handle the play-byplay
assignment. ,
The games will go on the air
Tuesday and Wednesday nights
at 8:39, Thursday 8:45, Friday
19:15, Saturday 8:39 and Sun
day 8:45. .
Monday Is generally traveling
time for PCL teams.
G! Faces
Trial For
War Murder
BUFFALO. N. Y. IJB A former
U.S. Army sergeant was held in
jail Saturday as Italy began court
action to extradite mm ior tne
wartime "Deuce of Spades" slaying
oi a cioaK and dagger major.
Carl LoDolce was arrested Fri
day at Rochester and brought here
on a charge of being a "fugitive
Jrom uie justice of Italy."
VS. District Judge John Knight
ordered him held without bail and
set a hearing for Wednesday.
The Italian government and the
U.S. Defense Department accuses
LoDolce of murdering oss Maj.
William V. Holohan behind enemy
lines in Northern Italy in 1944.
- The Defense Department named
former Lt. Aldo Icardi of Pitts
burgh as the man who "hatched"
the bizarre murder plot.
The three men were on a mission
for the Office of Strategic Service
ehind German lines in Italy.
The Defense Department said
that the major first had been
poisoned but that Icardt decided
the poison might not work, men,
the department said. LoDolce
"drew the two of spades" and got
tne assignment to snoot iioionan.
Icardi's attorney said in Pitts
burgh that Icardi was awaiting ar
rest. "We expect it," he said.
Icardi and LoDolce have denied
the murder accusation.
The Defense Department re
leased details of the Holohan killing
last August. It said the major was
killed after he and Icardi argued
over how much American aid
should be given to Communist and
non-Communist bands of Italian
partisans.
-Weather'
FORECAST Klamath Falls
and vicinity and Northern Califor
nia: Partly cloudy Saturday and
Sunday, with occasiccial snow
showers Saturday night. High Sat
urday 46, low 23.
High temp yesterday .......... 51
Low last night Zl
(Additional Weather on Page 3.)
A NEW HOT water well on Home Avenue this morning
attracted Julius Reynolds (left), 2136 Home, and J. O. Ken
nett, 2151 Orchard. " -4 -r .... i- " ''
Companies
To Bargain
As A Group
By NORMAN WALKER
WASHINGTON 11 A sudden
peace move by the steel industry
spurred hopes Saturday that a
scheduled April 8 steel strike may
be averted.
Tho Industry's six largest pro--ducers
arranged to begin meetings '
Monday in New York with CIO
President Philip Murray, head of
the steelworkcrs union.
The facts that the- bid for the
meetings came from the companies
and that they are willing to take the
unprecedented step of bargaining
as a group with' the union seemed
promising.
This indicated possibly the In
dustry had been passed the word
that the government was ready to
give it the price relief Industry has
said was needed before it could
make a wage deal with Murray for
650,000 basic steelworkers.
NO OPTIMISM
Murray himself carefully re
frained from expressing any opti
mism, telling the workers from
Pittsburgh they would be fully ad
vised of any progress In the meet
ings, adding:
"It is not to be assumed that
the convening of the conference
indicates agreement upon the
Issues."
The six companies due to attend
the Monday meeting are U.S.
Steel, Bethlehem, Republic, Jones
and Laughlin. Inland Steel and
Youngstown Sheet ?nd Tube.
None of the stabilization officials
here who. have been wrestling with
the price problem would talk. But
negotiations had been in a stale
mate, and now that they were sud
denly revived, and in a business
like manner, seemed to indicate
something had happened.
PRICE UP SEEN
It was considered possible the
industry had merely received Iron
clad assurances of a future price
allowance perhaps not to be given
until the steel labor dispute had
faded out of the public eye, perhaps
several months hence.
Murray is standing fast on the
basis of Wage Stabilization Board
recommendations calling for a 11
'4-cent pay boost, plus other con
cessions, including the union shop.
Only 12 "2 cents of pay boost would
apply right away, with 2 Vi cents
on July 1, and another 2 !'3 cents
next Jan. 1.
The workers presently earn
about $2.00 an hour.
The steel Industry has claimed It
will take a $12-a-ton price boost
to pay for this but government of
ficials have figured it would take
only $4 to $5 a ton. Officials have
said the industry has only $2-a-ton
coming under existing price rules.
s-
Rubber Co.
Plants Close
AKRON, O. im Six B. F. Good
rich Co., plants employing 13,000
were closed Saturday as an after
math to contempt convictions of
nine CIO United Rubber Workers
leaders. Another 12.000 rubber
workers were idle at Goodyear .
Tire and Rubber Co. m a n y of
them in a sympathy protest.
Firestone and General and the
smaller rubber-making firms here
were unaffected.
Common Pleas Judge Bernard J.
Roetzel, who sentenced the nine
unionists to 10 days in Jail and
fined them each $250 and costs,
received a threatening letter. The
scrawled note said the jurist would
be taken for a "long, long ride."
The judge turned the letter over to
police.
George R. Bass, president of
Goodrich URW Local 6, and the
eight other union leaders remained
in custody about four hours before
posting $200 bond each. Their con
tempt convictions were for violat
ing a court order by stopping trains
carrying supplies into the picketed
plants.