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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1952)
Ante 5 . ftcc-T h-w f mhg Sigiitei 1 I SB Ahmd -feared -Pw 51 . -;X STOWAWAYS AT GUAM In an attempt to satisfy a longtlmo dream of living, on a tropical isle Jerri Mc Daniel (right), 20, or Walnut Grove, Calif., and Maxino Allen, 23, of.Tatoma, Wash., stowed away in an Air Korce B-29 at Sacramento and flew some 0,000 miles to Guam. ' They are shown examining a bit of coral at Tumon beach. VThetgirls may be given temporary employment to help pay their fare home. Two airmen friends arc being held lor Investigation. InTbo 1 1 Iplf i. Iw.irini' -ifi ' - ' By FRANK JCNKINfl. From Moscow: "Generalissimo Btnlln. looking murb as usual (Inl and aasav. ac cording to the general run ol hit pictures), reviewed the annual Mv Day parade of Bovtel labor and ARMED MltlltT Irmn l.enln's mar ble tomb Una morning' , I Imagine Hie old boy Is feeling pretty chenlv thene days. Id bo feeling Uiut way II Ruviln't Slcfl. oil end lumber Industries were cloned down or hull crippled mid ll Uie commie were growling and snapping at colli oU.er. biting rurh other In Uie leu and chewlnv each olher'a eiir and thumb. Wouldn't Uml bo wonderful? From Tokyo "rom Tokyo: in one of six per Twenty Uiousand communM-led ,rP on Hie ballot Gov; Warren Schedules Visit Here Gov. Earl Warren of Calllornla, who Is KoekinK the Republican nom limtlon for President of the United Stales, will open lib campalKn lor May IS primary votes In Klamath rails next Monday. He la scheduled to iprnk here at 3 p m . but the alte of his ap pearance has not been announced. Clov. Warren will come Into the alale that morning, doing llrst lo Mcuiord wnere ne i ncnrduled lor a talk. Then he will fly to Klam ath Falln for the afternoon visit and go front there lo Portland. He nrouauiy will make a re turn trln to KlumaUi Falls later In Uie campaign. The California governor. OOP vice presidential candidate In 1IM6 It one of six persons who names anll-Amerlcan rioters IoukIH no lle with flubs and rlones in front ot the Javanese imperial naiace today AMERICANS Wr.IlK ATrACKKD. STONED AND MAULF.I) .... Twelve American automobiles were overturned and burned .... It was Uie worse run In Japan suice Uie end ol the war." - ? t M1'r"'"'';''"'',"" ' Well, we're sitting now in the eat where the British sat so long and nobody ever loved the British. For llml matter, going farther back. NOBODY EVER LOVED A ROHLAN In the centuries when Rome was the world policemen. As I read history, nobodv ever loved anybody who was Irving lo run the world which Is the lob we've been heaved Into, whether we wanted It or not. From Portland: "Governor Adlol Blovcmon of Il linois was In Oregon today, still trying- to convince the skenllcnl Uial he Is not a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination lor President. "(juiiixed by reiwrteis as to wheUier he would accept a draft at the convention he replied: " ! don't believe ' Uiere Is any anrh thing as a draft. I have anld I won't be running for President while I'm running lor re-election as governor of Illinois. I can say nothing more than I have already said. I suppose you are familiar with these lines, spoken ov ivinrs. Antony In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "You all did ace Umt on the Lunercnl - "I Uirlce presented him kingly crown. "Which he did thrice refuse; was this sniDumn? Antony waa sneaking at Caesar's funera I. Brutus ana unwmis una their followers flguied that when Caesar thrlco refused Uie Kingly crown he was Ju.it noting coy and walling lo be drafted. Bo they cooked up a plot nnd Brutus stabbed Caesar to death as he was entering a meeting of the Roman senate. U has always been hard, you scar, for ncople to believe that any b'Juy would refuse nigh office and great power. as seeking Ore gon's IB delegates to the Republi can national convention, and may be the only one to actively cam paign In Hits alale. Thnt brings us bn,:k to Ike, who has been honest enough to refrain from aaylng, coyly or otherwise, that he wouldn t accent the Rcpub. llcnn nomination for President. He snld he would nccept only If the nomination cumo lo him as a clear call to duly end niudo It plnln that he wouldn't gel out ana campaign for It In tno traditional drum pounding bush-beating manuor. He lias stuck to his guns on thnt point, nnd It Is beginning to look like tho nomination mny come to lilm as a olenr call to duty. " Hliown the returns from Massa chusetts, where he got (10 per cent of tho totnl Republican voto In the prlmnry popularity contest, ho said to rouortars In Paris: "It overwhelms ma. It hns be gun to look sorb of serious." It Is serious, Ike. If and when you are nomlnnlcri, you'll Into perhaps the toughest Job any American hns ever been called upon to tackle. For 20 yenrs your country has been treading the primrose puth. Now we have to fny tils' piper. Oolng Into debt Is ots of fun, but onying yourself out of debt In grim nnd hard. Thoso of us who lire for you, Ike, nren't Hist riding your cont tnlls to power nnd pleasure. We know thn going will ba hnrd. We hnvie fnllh In you. To us, you nre morn a holy causa Uinn a candi dates 1 tint's frightful responsibility, but wo think you can llvb up to 11, Wind Blamed For Damages High winds were blamed today for extensive ranch damage In the Aincoori area yesteraay. A a Ike break which flooded hundreds of acres was blamed directly on the strong wind and a fire which destroyed ranch build ings, seed and equipment was said fanned out of control by the wind. The dike break occurred on the Melsa ranch operated by J. C. Stevenson. The dike, holding; wa ters of Melss Lake, broke after being pounded by wind-whipped water. Hundreds of the 4.000 acres under Uie dike were Hooded. The ranch Is seven miles (Southwest of Mncuoei. A wlnd-whlpned fire on the Jim my Butler runch esrly yesterday i afternoon did damage estimated at 110. 000. The flames destroyed a granary, macnine snop and cellnr. The Butler ranch Is l'J miles south of Macdoel. US; StOpS Travel In Red M.tK WA8HINOTON Ml The. Slate Department Thursday banned American travel In live Iron Cur tain countries without sneclfto per mission. In three outer countries, no travel at nil will be permitted. A department announcement called nttentlon lo "the dangers of traveling In countries where ac ceptable standards of protection do not prevail." Travel was banned altogether In China, Hungary and Czechoslova kia In a continuation of previous department lullngs. The five countries added to the restricted travel llxl aro Russls, Poland, Romania. Albania and Bul garia. The deonrtmcnt snld It will al low trips to those countries only lor "leglllmalo reasons." VALIDATION All new pas'porls will be stomped as "not vnlla for travel" In the eight countries "unless ypeclflcnl Iv Indorsed under authority of the Department of State." Passports now outstanding will be stamped in the snme wav when Uiev are turned In bv holders or otherwise submitted to department olflclali. Ofllcials said Ihe nw remricuons had been under consideration tor a long time. Authorities said nrlvstelv there nre two balo reasons lor the re strictions: 1. To prevent "snenk visits." 2. To protect venturesome Amer icans who might not realise the risk of visit to Iron Curtain countries. 1 (of(FiiOiTi,i ftffif?fi!Drfctete ey II n sJt - I Price Fix Cents 1 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAT 1, i95t Telephone (111 Ne. 2808 Strike (uts Gasoline hpply Is Stevenson Unavailable? PORTLAND ll Oov. Adlal E Stevenson of Illinois denied here agn In Thursday that he Is a candi date for the Democratlo nomina tion lor President. But he failed to convince most of a scoro of newspaper and radio reporters at a press conference Unit lie Is "unavailable." After hearing Uie denials and the governor's rofusal to answer questions bearing on the possibility that he might be drafted Monroe Bweetlnnd, Oregon Democratic na tional committeeman, snld: "f think the rioor Is nnen tn a drnft." f'nAHII KILLS NINE NEW DELHI. India un An American woman mlsslnnnrv mri eight other persons wero killed Wednesday In the crash of a Deo enn Alrwnys plane which plunged Into a siihurbnn field In a think dust -storm. Commies Lead Riot in Tokyo By JIM BKCKER TOKYO un Twenty thousand Communist-lcd anU-Amerlcan riot ers foughl police witn ciuos ana stones In Ironl pi the Imperial Pal- THt,rll,4t ' ; It was .Uie worst rtot ' In Japan .inns the end ol the World1 War and the first- m which American property was damaged. Americans were attacked, stoned, mauled. But none wa seriously hurl. Club-swlnntns rioters charged 1, 000 steel-helmeted police Uiree limes. They clubbed 218 officers to the ground. Injuring 61 seriously. Bui each Ume Die police beat back the human waves witn tear gas. clubs and guns fired Into the ground. LANUALTIEB Uncounted hundreds ot rioters also were injured. One was report ed killed by gunfire. . Riots also broke out In Kyoto, templed former capital of Japan, 2.10 miles southwest of Tokyo. There 3,000 Koreans stormed city offices and fought with police. They were halted by tear gas. Seventeen rioters were arresiea. A U. S. embassy spokesman said no official protest was contemplat ed as a result of Uie Tokyo riot. Demonstrators stormed through the streets shouting antl-Amerlcan slogans, waving Red banners and carrying pictures of Stalin and other Communist leaders. Order was restored - after five hours. AMERICANS Twelve Amerloan-owned automo biles were overturned and burned. Americans were shoved and bit by rocks. Two U. 8. sailors were thrown Into the palace moat. The wife of a Navy man was mauled. Two American photographers were roughed up. Associated Press Photographer Oeorge Swecrs was stoned three times. j ne orawung nnncn iraiuc lor three hours In front of the palace and the Dal Ichl building, for near ly seven years headquarters for an Allied occupation that ended three days ago. Demonstrators chanted Inces santly: "Oo home, Ynnkees," ADout three million Japanese turned out throughout Jnpnn for more Uinn 400 scheduled rallies. N.V. Bakers To Strike At Midnight Br The Aosoclated Pruss Bakery workers numbering 10.- 000 prepared to strike at midnight wholesale plants ov?r a work week duputc. Federal conciliators at Seattle met with employers and officials of the International Bakery It Con fectionery Workers Union tAFLl in last minute, efforts to rescb a settlement. But Frank Hoover. International representative of Ihe union, said IN KLAMATH The Northwest baker's strike will not affect bakeries In South ern Oregon and Klamath Falls, Fred Iloagland manager of Fluh rer's Bskery here ssld Ihe labor trouble waa restrlt-led lo Port land, Spoksne, Seattle and Ta coma areas. at Seattle: "A strike can not be called off at this late hour. Even If an agree ment was reached with the em ployers before midnight. It could not be ratified by members of the locals until 10 o'oclook Friday." Bakers are scheduled to strike at midnight In mnlor Washington cit ies apd probably In Portland. Ore. - Union '-spokesmen at Portland said Wednesday night the weposed strike would be delayed there, but William T. McOuern. union Inter national vice president, said at Seattle the Portland walkout would occur as scheduled. The principal dispute centers around the work week. The union is seeking a work schedule of live consecutive davs. with Saturdays and Sundava off. Emnlovers con tend the flve-consccullve-day week is imnractical In mnlor naxeries because of uie perishable nature oi the products. A strike would not anect smsu retail bakeries where the baking is done on the premises. Court Refuses To Stop Steel Wage Increase .;. J. ROGER DE'S Former Jaycee Chief Coming A past president of the Califor nia State Junior Chamber of Com merce, J. Roger Deas of San Fran cisco, will be principal speaker Saturday night at the convention banquet ot uie Oregon jaycees. The convention starts here Fri day, with some 300 persons ex pected to attend. Registration and convention headquarters will be at Uie WUlard Hotel The Saturday night activities Include a cocktail party at the Ar mory, starting at 6:30 p.m., the banquet and later a dance. Deas Is nubile Information man- ager lor the American Can Com pany and is reputed to be an ex cellent speaker. His topic wlll.be Miracles inrough service. In his talk he will touch upon Oregon's $100,000,000 canning indus try as a source or income to uie state's farmers and workers and how Oregon-canned foods help make America the best-tea nation in uie world. Deas once was a secretary and aide to California's Gov. Earl War ren and from 1944 to 1D48 was sec retary of the San Francisco Plan ning Commission. He served as as sociate consultant to the U.S. dele gation to the coundlng convenUon or tn united Nations in mi. . The public Is Invited to the Sat urday night banquet, and reserva- Uons may be made at tne unara- ber of commerce ouice. NEW COLLEGE HEAJ PORTLAND m Phil V. Put nam, former school superintendent at Prairie City and Oakland, Ore., will become president of Palomar College In San Diego County, Calif., July 1. Custer Appeal Hearing Opens The appeal of Dr. Alva T. Cus ter, who operates the Standard Optical Company, 716 Main, of a ruling by the Oregon State Board of Optometry Examiners ordering his license to practice revoked be gan Thursday morning In Circuit Court. The optometrist's license was or dered revoked last Dec. 28 follow ing a hearing conducted by the board In Portland, on grounds of unprofessional conduct. Dr. Custer appealed the revoca tion order to Uie Circuit Court here and eventually Uie case may go to the sute Supreme Court. CONVICTION He was convicted by the board of various types of alleged unpro fessional conduct, particularly in connection with his relationship with a corporation, the Standard Optical Company of Utah. One al legation was that the doctor was subordinate to the corporation and Uint the corporation was practic ing optometry in Oregon by use of Dr. Custer's license. Tho appeal was bnsed on sever al points, In particular that the bonrd's hearing and action denied Dr. Custer of his constitutional guarantee of due process of the law. R. R. Bulllvant, of the Portland (Continued en Take 4.) - Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Partly sunny Thursday,- clearing Thursday night and sunny Friday. High Thursday 60, lew tonight 32, lllrh tomorrow 65. High temp yesterday 59 Low last night 33 Preelp yesterday - 0 Since Oct. 1 14.31 Normal for period 10.24 Same period last yr 13.87 (Additional Weather on Page 4.) Republicans Argue Massachusetts Votes' Significance, Demos Talk Stevenson Draft WASHINGTON tfl The U. S. Court of Appeals bv a & to 4 vote refused Thursday to bar the gov ernment from raising wages of steel workers while It holds the seised mills. The vote denying a plea from major steel companies that the court enjoin Secretary of Com merce Sawyer from doing anything about wages and working condi tions was the same as that by which the court returned the steel plants to government control Wed nesday night, NO ACTION Only a few minutes before the court decision was announced. Saw yer had said in a statement he did not intend to late any - precipi tate" action about wages. The government manager of the steel mills said the sltuaUon was so fluid that "Uie employes and I myself, and the operators, too. are at the moment to a revolving door. We are neither coming In nor going out." ' - Sawyer also' called tn Ins state- mi nN.rherol(BtIons y the lndns- riiy ani th , CIO Sieelworkers un;. Ion looking towara a parxucu av tlement of Iheir differences. X Action by Congress to give the ' government some clear legal basis for dealing with situaUons such as the steel strike has creat ed. Cabbies Snare Wild Fugitive PORTLAND I Taxicabs roared four abreast down a West Side Portland street at 1:30 a.m. Thursday in pursuit of a, fleeing motorist. Another taxi blocked an intersection but Uie motorist squeezed by. Still another can brought Uie speeding car to a stop In an unintended collision. Tn toll: Four smasned; taxis, battered Chevrolet, a burned Cadillac and a Jail sentence for Richard Edward McAfee, 38. FLAMES It all started when Lyle O. Tate, driver of a Radio cab saw a man run from a parked Cadillac and Uie Cadillac burst into flames. Since there have been more man a aozen parked cars burned here in the past month,1 Tate took out after the man who sped away to a Chevrolet. Ax he started Uie chase. Tate called his dispatcher who called police. Other cabs picked up tne broadcast and swung into line. And then Uiev went into an abreast formation, police cars Joined, and another can swung irom a sine street Into an Intersection ahead of Uie quarry. The fleeing McAfee took the corner on two wheels and there was still another taxi blocking the street. He slammed into it, smash ing a fender, and got by. As he did, ne skidded into another taxi con taining two patrolmen, CAPTURE The chnse went across Uie Wil lamette River and there It ended: McAfee ran a red light and plowed into another cab which happened to be going about Its own business. The driver and fare were thrown to the street with what appeared to be non-serious hurts, and Mc Afee was nabbed as police closed in. Hours later he was fined S2O0 and sentenced to 190 davs for reck less .'and hit-run driving. Whether an arson cnarge would be added was undecided. ny The Associated Press Tho presidential. panorama Thursday: Some Republicans .dis puted the ninninv ol the Massa chusetts vote, some Democrats tnlkcd of n "drnft" and most nom-liintlnn-seekcrs got sot for a tele- Islon show. Conflicting Inferences were rirnwii from Tuesday's Mnssnohu- sotts election by supportors of the front-running rivals lor Remibllcnn noiiiliintlon Sen, Tuft of Ohio nnd Gen, Elsenhower, Nonr-eomploto returns show El Keiihowor got (19 por cent of tho Republican voto In tho pnnulnrltv poll, nnd 27 of tho 28 nominating convention dclcgnto posts at stake. Thus, with 804 votes needed to nominate, the Associated Press compilation, of dologate strength bnsed on concessions, pledges. In- mictions and statements shows: Taft,274. Elsenhower 270. Tnft forces clnlm more than 300. In Washington Sen. Snltonstnll, (R.-Mnss.t, nn Elsenhower parti san, culled the primary a "great groundswell." He Snld the genoral would get at least 34 of Massa chusetts' total 38 delcgntes. A Taft mnn. Sen. Young of North Dakota, brushed this aside. Voting In the west and midwest. he snld, will toll n different and more favorable" (to Tnft) story. Tnft attributed tho outcome to Democrats who voted as "Repub licans for one dav only." In Pnria. Eisenhower's comment was: "over whelmingIt has bcaun to look sort of serious." Democratlo leaders, meanwhile, talked of a new movement to draft Gov. Stevenson of Illinois for the nomination, Stevenson. In Oregon Thursdsv, was still trying to convince tho sceptical that he Is not a candi date. Portland reporters asked hiin If he would nccept n draft. He re plied "I don't believe there is anv such thing as a draft. I have said I won t be running fort president while I'm running for re-election ns Governor of Jlllnois:" , . . in Washington, a move, was un derwaybacked by some party lenders skilled In convention man euvering not to tako Stevenson at his' latest word. This group was described ' as being opposed to Sen.. Kefauver ot Tennessee, tops so far In dele gate strength, and at least Indif ferent to the other avowed as pirants: Sen. Russell of Georgia, Sen. Kerr of Oklahoma and Mu tual Security Director W. Averell Harrlmnn. In Cincinnati Thursday night most candidates for presidential nomination go before ABC televis ion cameras In a nation-wide pro gram sponsored by the League of women voters.. ' About the only exceptions:' Rus sell and Tnft. who snld Uiev had oilier commitments. Paul Hoffmnn was Invited to represent Eisenhow- In Europe os Allied Defense Chief until nbout June 1. Missouri Republicnns hold four district' conventions Thursday to choose eight more convention dele- antes. Eisenhower forces claim all six to be picked In the St. Louis metropolitan area. . v Nationwide Shortage Threatened DENVER m The nationwide ftrike of nearly PO.000 unionized oil industry workmen went into its second day Thursday with short ages ot gasoline for motorists al ready reported In scattered areas. Some filling statiois in Uie steel- producing area of Gary. Hammond and East Chicago. Ind.. reported Ihey were out of gasoline Wednes day night, less than 24 hours after the strike began. Other stations were expected to run out Thursday. Similar short ages were cropping up eUewhere in the mid-west. EXPECTED In Washicjrton, government offi cials said tfiortages must be ex pected if the strike Is prolonged. They estimated the country has about a 45-day supply of gasoline and Said reduction of current stocks by one-half would mean a nation wide shortage of ma for proportions. Industry spokesmen had said earlier tne gasoline stocks were at an all-time high and the strike might cause spot shortages in the near future. The Oil Workers International Union fCIO; in Denver, represent ing refinery and pipeline workers and beading a coalition oi x uu. AFI and indeoenoent oil unions. Lsaid ''the most promising" negotla- fttorw-'sjeie going on--in San ; Fran- DEMANDS CUT Officials said the union In talks with Shell OH had trimmed its original demand for a 25-cent hour ly wage boost to 22 cents ana s lot of other compromises are be ing kicked around." The unions also are asking in creased differential pay. They want six instead of four cents for Uie 4 p.m. to midnight shut and 12 instead of six cents for the mid night to dawn shift. The average wage In the in dustry now ranges from $2 to $3.10 hourly. . McMahon Hat In Big Ring NEW YORK W! Sen. McMahon of Connecticut Thursday announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. McMahon told a press confer ence he intended to undertake no widespread personal campaign. He is chairman of the Senate Atomic Energy Committee. He entered the wide open Dem ocratic race after being informed officially here that the Connecticut Democratic State Central Commit tee bad endorsed him for Uie nomination. Air Search Finds Ship In Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO Wl A miss, ing Pan American World Airways Stratocruiser has been found brok en in two and with no sign of life, airways officials announced Thurs day, i v The plane, with SO person' aboard, including 19 North Ameri cans, baa been missing since Tues day. ...... The officials said a PAA search. plane piloted by Capt, Gin Cowing radioed Just before noon that a plane tne size of the missing craft had been sighted about nuaway between Carolina, Brazil and Bar relras. The two ciUes are about 40O miles apart. The pilot said it had broken in two and there was no sign ot life. PAA officials in Miami said mes sages indicated tne aircraii nao split In two and burned. The wreckage was spotted by a searching PAA C-46 type cargo plane In the vicinity of Carolina, some 400 mues soutneast of neiem. ' Carolina is a river port of about 3.500 population and has a large airfield. The stratocruiser apparently was heading there when it went down. The one and one-quarter million, dollar craft disappeared on a flight irom Buenos Aires to New York. Scores of search planes have been covering a vast area of jungle and plateau land In an effort to lo cate it. United States Air Force para medics were Immediately dis patched to the scene from Belem. Pacific Air i Defense Set i SAN FRANCISCO Wl The com bined military forces of the entire Pacific coast were prepared Thurs day to detect and repel possible air attacks. Details of a completed radar oi enemy oomoera ana ineuioas ox shooting down invading aircraft were disclosed by top ranking of ficers of the Western Air Defense force at Hamilton Field. . Maf. Gen. Walter E. Todd. vAur commanamg' general, wiu a meeting of the aviation writers ' association that: -: 1 The radar network - guarding the Pacific Coast is in complete operation, and Is the finest in the world. 2 During the recent ; two-hour air alert when aircraft were re ported approaching Alaska coast, "one sighting was not identified." Other officers admitted it could have been an unfriendly plane... 27 Arrested ; In Road Check State Police nere held their sec ond traffic check within a week Wednesday afternoon at the inter section of Highways 66 and 33. Officers reported 61 cars were processed, resulting in 27 arrests and 17 written warnings. Six arrests were made for ho op erator's license; six, no vehicle cense; nine, inadequate brakes; three, no stop light; one, no horn; ' one, no PUC permit and one, im proper wheel covers. Court Refuses Daylight Test SALEM W) The Oregon Su preme Court refused Thursday to consider an attempt to force Port land to go back on standard time. The high court, after hearing ar guments by Ray Kell, Portland lawyer, attacking Portland's day light time proclamation, ruled that it would not accept Jurisdiction in Uie dispute. This means that Kelt, If he wants to continue the' court fight, would have to do It In Multnomah' Cir cuit court; ! The court announced Its decision at the end of Kelt's opening argu ment. It didn't even wait to hear Alex ander Brown, Portland city attor ney, who was going to argue on behalf of the city.. , 1 lis . jkIJ ; H:.V 9 O'CLOCK talk was caught by the photographer on Main Street this morning between Frank VV. Pleas, 526 N. 12th, and Hans Hanson, manager of the Coast-to-Coast store, v
