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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1952)
essssfe sum ooimvHm II f FRANK JKNKINH llulletln from Washington: General Itldgway, now In the Fur Knot, succeeds Oeneral Elsen hower a ti coiniimndor In Europe Omeral Murk Clink, now coin ninndrr nl army field forces at Kin I Munroe, Virginia, succeeds General Itldgwuy as top com mander In Asia. That In lo say: In lh current re-shuffle, we iirt mtANU NUW FACES III nil Ilia bill military Jaba abroad. igtt Ilnw'a thin nn n tin for Ptit Set far Strife Tom VVi, iMi- , - : volnra: Let's follow the mime principle Mid put UHANU NIGW FAOIOi III nil the federal alvlllnn Jobs at home. Political oddity: 'Ilie federal iiovernmeiit li reach Iiik nvldlv lor control ol EVERY THING HUT DAYMOHT-HAVINO TIME. If It It to work, with even reasonable satisfaction (or ALL of us, "davlluhl-aavlng" lima must be NATIONAL In 111 scope. If we nie lo monkey with the clock at II. we should monkey with ALL the clock. Hut tho ledernl government rleurlv wants no pari ol daylight "saving" lime. That' modorn iwllllcs lor you. Speaking of llnio. Lee Wheeler, of 1310 Shelley street, lolls me that , without oountliiK Imp years or jiflluwlng for Interest It would take Tps 4U4 yean. 133 tiny, one hour 'iind 20 minute to pity olf our national debt of 300 billion dollar at the rate ol tl.uuo every minute. Now. II Homebody will give u Die odd econd. we'll have Uie aubjeel squcoscd fairly dry. A Uiousand riollnri every minute sounds Ilka a lol ol money. It 18 a lot of money. It'a nearly a million and a half dollar every day. In .1M-daV year, If omewhl more than hall billion dollar which I another wav of saving If better than billion dollar every two year. Our present federal administration propone a budnet ol M billion dollar IN ONE YEAH. Hit I the point: Our preitent federal GOVERN MENT OF BPENDEH8 loose bil lion around carelessly a our Inderal government of only few decade ago would have handled I'F.NNIEH. I think lt' high time for u lo gel a federal government that ha more reaped lor billion dollars. w-rnm Ottawa. Canada: Queen Julian and her husband. Prince Bernhard. flew home to The Netherlands Saturday nlKht alter a four-week lour of Ihe United States and Csnada. . . n wa junn inn a Rooa mrnr I think so. She aeems a sensible woman and Bernhard appears to be a level-headed consort. In her four weeks over here, she had lime to see common, ordinary American (Canadian are North Americans, too, vou know) In action. I'll bet she found them QUITS DIFFERENT Irom the OFFICIAL Americans that forclitn erf normally meet. ' I'll bet h goes horn with a i.ew and better and lileasanler and 'Mmore reassuring Impression of t vTAmerlca and I'll bet also she noes vfmne LIKINO AMERICANS BET TER. It'a too bad more forelnncr can't vet over here oftener and stay long; enouah to know the people that are the REAL America. For that matter, It'a too bad we can't get abroad often enouah and stay long enouah lo gel lo know the REAL people ol other countries. If we could. I'll bet we'd quit thinking of Uiem as "foreigners." From Washington: Figured in MINUTES, here Is ihe time needed In each country 10 earn enough to buy one pound of each of tho following products. US Russia Tea - 49 WW Beef 31 m Butler - 30 370 Potatoes .. 3 88 Bread 14 Something to think about: In Communist Russia, Uie gov ernment for the past three decades has been handling ALL LABOR MATTERS. Including rates ot pay, which the government sets, and strikes. WHICH THE GOVERN MENT OF RUSSIA DOESN'T PERMIT. The table shows rather startling lv what happens to labor when GOVERNMENT RUNS EVERY THING. Peace Treaty Goes to Japs WASHINGTON W The United (Hates put the Japnnose peace treaty Into effect Monday, and So viet Russia Immediately denounced LAnd the accomnunylng American- i Vpsncse security pact as "treaties lor me preparation 01 a new wnr in the Far East." The Russian government assailed the two pacts In a slntcmenl made public by Ambassador Alexander Panyushkln 30 minutes after tho two treaties went Into effect, The peace treaty, retiming In dependence of Japan after nearly seven years of Allied occupation, was brought Into forco when the U. B. deposited Its ratification at the State Deparmen. This was nn 11-mlnue ceremony which Included reading of a stnto- menl from President Tnunnn hail ing the reborn nation as a valiant ally In the struggle against "com munist Imperialism and aggression in me rncinc. Japan's Prlmo Minister Shlgcru Yoahldn declared the Japnneso people cnii meet me cnanongo 01 our times." Then Ihe Russians fired their stiiicmeni irom ine Bovlel embassy, Panyushkln called the peace pact nn "Illegal separate peace treaty with Japan" concluded In violation nf the Big Four Moscow conferonco of 1045. Ite added: "The conclusion o( this treaty shows how far the United Slates government has gone In Its policy of converting Jnpnn Into the United States military bridgehead In the Far East." Panyushkln' denunciation Was In the form of n 1,000-word letter to Maxwell Hamilton, American chalrmanmf the 13-nntlon Far East ern Commission. PJiiyuhkln is Russia's repre- ' (Continued on rage 4.) 1 !'. gf f '' ' ' F 'l' r if ji'iii't'iiCaViMirtiifiriii in -UiaasajyVf oW ,. man itmiswiinm immrwiini Sin nn n - - - "li)"' . " : "! v""1''" ' sfP. -rlce Five Cet-18 Pfe KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 28. IKZ Telephone 8IU No. 2806 ' :Wt MT Midgvmv to heeeetMke ' 5 ' FRED RUECK IKiM'iiilhraiiN OKLAHOMA CITY W There was no doubt the murrlagc between II L. lluddleaton, 18. and Mrs Will Rodman. 73, will be tre mendous success. "I've been making; biscuits tor 1)1 ycurs" said tho new Mrs. Ilud dleMiin. "And he's an old biscuit enter. Blast Shakes Neighborhood Residents nf the IwelKfiUVIvnn !n(.Hrlborhood thought they felt an earUquake at 7:17 3 m. Sunday, n,0 erih tremor. Uiev said, was enouuh lo shake the house and Irnllle Ihe people Inside. But It did (tunnmr. In recent vears number of small sulitrrrsiieiin cnrlh move ments have sUirllrd neighbor hoods here in Klamath Falls, and that added to the speculation Uint maybe Mother Nature was up lo something sjnln. But she wasn't yesterday. The quake was caused bv blast ing si Ihe Khimnlh Falls Brick and Tile Company couple of blocks away. Klamath Man Cited as Hero F. E. Strunk of Klamath Falls was one of two Oregon men praised for his rescue efforts In connection with the gun turret expiation aboard the uaa Cruiser St. Paul last week, according to the Associated Press, The other man cited was Harold O. Yocom Lebanon. Both men are gunner's mates First Class. 'Iliey were praised for their actions during the accident which saw 31 Navy men dle.- Strunk Is the husband of Mrs. Edna Strunk, sivl the son of Mr. and Mr. Ernem V. Strunk. New Industry Starts Here A new small Industry, the Klam ath Canning Company, Is In busi ness now. The cannery, owned bv Al Towne and located In the Commercial Arts building, started production last week, making potato chowder. It has five employes nl present, and Its first order was for 10,000 cans. Tho chowder features Klamath potatoes, nnd the other Ingredients listed on the label nre dehydrated vegetables (carrots, celery, cab bage, tomatoes, onions, snlnnch. sweet peppers nnd parsley), whoat Hour, vegetable oil, bacon flavor ing, salt and mono-sodium gluto-mute. MAN OF THE YEAR Dr. Isaac Spomer, right, receives the Tulclako "Man of the Year" plaque award and con gratulallons from Floyd A. Boyd during ceremonies held in Tulelake Saturday night. Dr. Spomer was recognized during tho celebration of tho town's "15 Years of Prog ress." .. - (Story on Pag 6) RICHARD L. BOKE I A picture of the flflh member of tonight's panel, Hsm Anderson, was mil avsllsble.) Forum Turns To Irrigation Another phase of the Klamath area s water problem Is to be under discussion lonleht on the Hnllrl the Basin" radio forum over Kf'LW starling at 8:JU. The discussion will concern chiefly future needs and plans for Irrlgnllun. around Kiamslh Falls and In other Paris ol the countv. In the Tulelake area and the Butte valley count rj. Richard L. Boke, regional di rector of the Bur"nu of Reclama tion, stationed at Bncramento. ha been etked lo disclose ht aaency's plans for Ihe estentlon of Irrigation in this fanning end ranching region, making moie use of Uie water resource. With him on the program will be E. L. Stephens, manager of Uie Klamath - Reclamation Project: f-em A nderson, -representing tho ncwly-iormed Tulelake Water Dis trict: Fred Rueck, Farm Bureau official nnd a Bonnnsa area rr.ncher; and Percy Dixon of Hen ley, who has been farming In this valley since Uie days when It was largely covered wan sagebrush. Bud Chandler, KFLW manager. will be moderator nnd Uie session Is expecied 10 be highly Informs live, dealing with a basic economic question of Ihe Klamath Basin, Radio listeners will be asked to participate by telephoning ques tions to panel members while Ute program In progcrs. The phone number Is 8111. Inasmuch as possible, questions fhould deal with the Uie of water for Irrigation and the extension of Irrigation, rather than branching off into other phases of water use such as for power development and wildlife. Those phases of the subject are to be taken up on subsequent pro grams. KUHS Runoff Election Held Runoff elections for two KUH8 student body offices were being held at the high school today, with Clayton Hnnnon and George Han son vying for president nnd Don Dexter and George Knight running for first vice president. Four other offices were decided In election last Thursday, but a clause In the student body consti tution requires Uiat a candidate Isn't In until he hus polled a ma jority of tho votes. Some 1200 KUHS students and teachers are eligible to vote Eiin J Registered Vote Total Drops Here Despite predictions bv some of s record registration lor nrlmurv elections May 16. Klamath County's poll books show n drop of some I 259 voters In comparison with the lino primary figures. County Clerk Charles DcLap this morning stated registration of voters closed April IS with 20.822 voter on the books. That compares unfavorably with 23,181 registrants In May of 1050. DoLap said some 6.000 persons w,1re d,nPl 'r0" the voters' list ia,,5r ,Hi'ue ,,ov0l .ta,P,,r''m!;y "" P.,.D,, i,.vuva U MHV. Villi UU..M W VJ . MM, IJUI.IU1. bothered to renew registraUon after warning by Uie County Clerk's office they would have Uiclr regis trations canceled. DcLap added. The break down of registration figures show Democrats leading In the county with a margin 2.3A9. The overall county picture Is 8155 Republicans and 11.524 Democrats. The total Is swelled by 243 miscel laneous registrants of which, only two acclaimed themselves as So cialists. In Klamath Falls the poll books carry 4.071 Republicans. 4.769 Democrats and 66 miscellaneous. Outside the city ore 5.084 Repub licans. 6.755 Democrats and 175 miscellaneous, In which Are. In cluded Ihe two Socialists. For the 1S60 primary elections therr were 9.348 Republicans reg Irtored, 12.527 Democrats, and 308 listed as miscellaneous. DcLap said new registrations made ud. to a certain amount, for the 4.000 persons who did not renew their registrations. Ring Recovered After Injury VANCOUVER. Wash. CPl Mrs. Ann Back. 69. suffered a broken leg and other Injuries when she was hit by a car while crossing street here Saturday night. At Uie hospital she discovered the diamond from her ring was missing. Police Patrolmen Elvln Morris, Joe Swain and Harold Clark founir the diamond In a 10- minute search with flashlights. Parents Seek Return 6 f Baby Mr. and Mrs. Donald Moore. Hawthorne. Ncv.. were to go to Circuit Court Monday to ask the return ol Mrs. Moore's 4-monin- old daughter, Tamara Mlchele Powell, who Is held at Uie Juvenile Home. The child was brought from the Nevada town to Klamath County bv Mr. and Mrs. Francis. F. Sharkey, and as a result a kid naping charge was filed In Haw Uiorne agalns them. Mrs. Moore slfrncd tho complaint. nnd after the Sharkcys hnd been located working on a ort Knmaui ranch, the baby with them, Inst Thursdoy Uie complaint was dis missed. Mrs. Moore brought an order of dismissal with her. The Sharkcys were held in the County Jail a few hours Thursday, and released because of Insuf ficiency of evidence. Mrs. Moore said she and her husband had hnd a quarrel some weeks ago and that he left Haw thorne lo go to Indian Springs, Nov., to work near the atomic bomb rnnge. Mrs. Moore, a waitress, decided to let the Sharkcys keep the baby- while she went back to work, and signed a paper giving them tem porary custody of the baby, That was In case her husband went to the Sharkcys and tried to get tho child, Mis. Moore snld. The Shnikeys left Hawthorne April 12, taking tho bnby with them. They said here they told Mis. Moore they were going to leave the state to look for work. After arrlvliur at Fort Klnmath they wrote Mrs. Moore, telling her Ihe baby was In good health. Tho kidnaping charge was brought when Mrs, Moore learned where Mr. and. Mrs. Shnrkcv were stnv- lug. Moore snld lie was work tic at Indian Springs aivl did not learn of the baby's dlsnppenrnace until uis vages ponce told mm about it. The baby Is Mrs. Moore s by previous marriage. Mr. and Mrs-. Moore started for Klamath Falls Friday night, ar riving Saturday afternoon. MClinwh le. Uttlc Tnninra Mlchele had been Dlaced In the Juvenile Home on n dependency petition. and whether Uie bnhy Is to-be oiiirnen 10 Mr. and Mrs, Moore la un to Circuit Judire David. R. Vandenberg.v ,- . Search Stopped or 176 Lost Stores May Go 'Daylight' Member of Klamath Merchants Association will probably go on voluntary daylight time this week, if legal action Is not taken by City Council tonight to proclaim last time lor Klamath Falls. After a conference with city of ficials this momlng, Merchants Association President Frank Drew said the merchants expressed them selves in favor of establishing the false fast time by opening and closing Uieir stores an hour earlier. Mavor Robert A. Thompson said he and Uie City Council would probably not take any legal action on the situation at tonight s councu session. Mayor Thompson said' It would take more Uian a week to set up machinery for proclamation of day liRht lima tn, me city and legality of the procedure might not be too urm. The Mavor said a phone call with Med'ford city olficlals re vealed Medford would stay on standard time with merchants there adopting Uie voluntary lost time status. Weather FORECAST: Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California day; high onday 61. low Monday Mostly sunny Monday and rues day; high Monday 62, lew Monday night 32. high Tuesday 68. High Sunday 70 Low last night 31 Precip last 24 hrs 0 Since Oct. 1 14.31 Normal for period 10.15 Same period last year 12.95 lJk I I TAMARA MICHELE POWELL, aged four months, was the central figure in" an abortive kidnaping case after she was brought from Hawthorne, Nev,, to Klamath Coiin-" ty. The kidnap charge against Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. Sharkey has been dismissed. The baby is shown with Mrs. Marian Houghtallng, matron at the Juvenile Home. Seamen in Crash WASHINGTON m The skipper of Uie Aircraft Carrier Wasp which knifed into a destroyer in mid-Atlantic seas Saturday night, report ed Monday that the 178 seamen listed as missing apparently died Ip. the disaster, one of Uie worst in the Navy's peacetime history. The giant carrier rammed into the Hobson, a destroyer converted Into a minesweeper, when Uie Hob son crossed its bow during night maneuvers 700 miles from shore. The Wasp weighed 25 times as much as Uie Hobson. A search by Navy ships and fliers was called off at sundown Sunday but the Navy refused to write off the victims of the colli sion as dead. It listed them as "tentatively missing." 61 RESCUED All the missing were aboard the Hobson. The Wasp, which re ported no casualties, picked up 61 men from the choppy seas. The Wasp's skipper. Capt. B. C. McCaifree, of Canova, S.D., said these "turned out to be all the survivors.'.' The disaster took place In murky darkness " on calm seas.- Several hours later, , rising winds had whipped Up swells as high as 25 , ... The 1,600-ton Hobson and the 27.100 ton asp, both of which had distinguished records In World War n, were part of a task force enroute to Uie Mediterranean. Some of the survivors were re ported to be crlticaUy Injured. The Wasp, two gaping holes In her bow, limped home to port at a speed of eight knots. McCaffree radioed Atlantic Fleet Headquarters at Norfolk. Va., that the Hobson spilt in two and sank four minutes after Uie collision. Lawrence E. Dame, staff writer for the Boston Herald, who was on one of Uie ships .In the convoy. gave this descrlpUon of the scene minutes after Uie collision: "A tempestuous sea strewn with (Continued on Page 4.) Sr.v J I Clark Gets Command In Far East WASHINGTON Ml Gen. Matthew B. Rldgway was appointed Monday to succeed Oen. Eisenhower as supreme allied commander la Europe. President Truman announced at the same time the appointment of Cen. Mark W. Clark to succeed Ridgway as Uie U.N. commander in Korea and commander in chief of the U.S. Armed Forces In Uie Far East. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther will continue as chief of staff to the Supreme Allied Commander in Eu rope. This is Uie post be baa held under Eisenhower. CONFIDENCE Truman said In a statement: "I have every confidence that Generals Ridgway and Gruenther wiu make an outstanding team lor our common and defense effort." Ridgway's appointment and El senhower's release as Supreme Al lied Commander "vlU become ef fective aporoximatly June 1. The President said he 'was con tinuing Gruenther as chief of staff "in accordance wiin oen. mog wsy's desires." Gen. Clark is now commander of army field forces at Fort Monroe, v ' The President said " Clark will continue in the Far East "the pol icies which have been so abry-carw ried out by Oen. Kingway wiui re gard to the United nations action in Korea. Including. If possible, the achievement of an honorable armi stice." - - - - Ridgway Sees 'Great Task' TniCYn Tuesday. Anrtl 29 W Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said to day he was accepting appointment as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe "with fuU realization of Uie ereat task ahead of me." Ridgway issued a statement in Uie early morning hours saying he was "honored" by the confidence shown in him by the appointment to succeed Gen. Eisenower. He had a good word for Eisen hower as weu as for Gen. Mark W. Clark, who wiU succeed him here as Commander of United Na tions and U.S. forces in Japan and Korea. "With fuU realization of Uie great task ahead of me," be said, "I ap proach this new assignment thank ful for the great organization work .lone by my distinguished prede cessor and confident of Uie con tinued support not only of my own country, but of all free countries represented by Uie North Atlantic Council. " Ridgway said he was leaving the Far East command "with deep re gret," and praised all members of his command. "It is with equaUy deep regret that I depart from Japan where, through close association, I have become an ardent admirer of the great qualitites of her lenders and of her people. , .," he added. "I am happy, however, that mv responsibilities here will be relin-, quisned to Uen. Mark W. Claris. ; for whose great abilities I have the 1 highest admiration." : The change in command will be , come effective about June 1. Clnrk now Is commander of Army Field Forces. Ridgeway's appointment reached here at an early hour today and was received witn enthusiasm. Ike Praises . NATO Chiefs BAD OEYNHAUSEN nmni ffl Gen. Eisenhower said Mon day the appointment of Gen. Ridg way as supreme commander, with Gen. GrucnUier as chief of staff, provided the "finest combination the American services nan nrnrlurn for the European command." Elsenhower heard of Uie appoint ments while he was on a farewell visit to the British troops under his command In Germany. He told a small group of reporters: "Things win be lu good hands." Eisenhower said: ' "You have got in Gen. Ridgway one of our splendid leaders, proved In several campaigns. He Is a great friend of Oen. Oruenther and exactly four years older their birthdays are on the same day. -we could not do better. "Ridgway Is a cultured and very accomplished man and a linguist. "He very much believes In the principle of collective security. He wlU get along; splendidly with the Europeans," Two Basin Mills Face Shutdowns Members of the CIO Woodworkers union at Klamath Basin Pins MUM and Car-Ad-Co here are scheduled to Join some 50,000 timber workers In five states in a strike at mid night tonight. The Associated Press reported from Portland late today that con tract negotiations remained dead locked. Tim Sullivan, of the Klamath Basin District Council 1WA-CIO said employes affected at the two Klamath plants totalled about 2&0. Negotiations with the Lumber men's Industrial Relations Com mittee, a major fir Industry em ployer group, were broken off Fri day and A. F. Hartung, president 1 of the Woodworkers, said Monday there were no developments. No meetings have been held re cently with pine operators in North ern California and South Central Oregon, he reported, earlier. Major stumbling block la a health and welfare program for workers. The union wants employ ers to finance it at a cost of about 8 hi cents per hour per worker. Employers insist the workers should pay for It themselves. Weyerhaeuser Timber Company already has agreed to finance the program for its 8,000 workers. It also granted a 7 li cent hourly pay Increase, three additional holi days and an Increased night dif ferential. Other employer groups have made about the same offer, but without the company financed health program. The union negotiating committee met Mondav to hear reports, but Hartung said Uie strike would go on as scheduled unless some last minute settlements are made. Ex-Klamath Man Killed ! Word was Teeelved here of the death near New Orleans, La., Frt day night of Lt. Keith Nebiker, USN, in a plane crash. Lt- Neblker 'Was based at Klam ath Naval Air Station during World War Two, and was em ployed for a short while by the Firestone store. . ' While here he married the daugh ter of Mrs. Maurice . Crystal. Sur vivors in this area are Mr. and . Mrs. O. V. Reeves of Merrill. Funeral services are to be held Wednesday at SpringvUle, Utah. General Faces Court Martial WASHINGTON W The Army Monday brought court martial charges against Ma). Gen. Robert W. Grow, former military attache in Moscow whose diary was copied by Communist agents in Germany last year. The Army announcement by Sec retary Face said that Grow had been charged with "improperly re cording classified military lniorma tion in private records and failing; properly to safeguard classified military information." The Army announced this step. Face said, after ir.vestlgaUons here and abroad. - ' Grow had written In the diary that he thought war with Russia was Imminent. Gen. Grow has been assigned to the headquarters of the Second Army at Fort Meade, Md., since his return from Europe. His case has been referred to the commander of Uie Second Army, who will hold further hear ings to determine whether Uie charges shall be referred to a for mal court martial. - L SAVING HER best smile for the 9 O'clock Camera-, man this morning was Mrs.' Don Goldlng, 2105 Recla mation. She is secretary t6 E. L. Stephens, Bureau of Reclamation manager here. V" J. r , . i OHM II J
