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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1952)
o)M M U1NU A SB ffi luThcw Dpii By FRANK JENKINS Mor rlotliiK In tlio prisoner of war camps In Karon end 11 ad jacent Inland. An Hourly es ono van gather Irum tlia censored re IHirts, llio rmy atarlcd some moro "aarocnlnu" or I'OW'i yesterday "screening" i a fancy modern word moaning separating tlio sheep from the goals.) When the proceed Hurled, com munist fanatics In the cmni be nun Innhlunlnit long, sharp, steel liolntcd spears (mm litter rails and lent palen, When camp otllcors noted ihelr nollvlly, Amcrlann In fnitlry guards laid aside their night sticks for rifles mid bayonets and entered the enclosure. Vicious lighting broke out. Dome, how or other (the dispatches are obviously censored) a Chinese prisoner was killed. f'ough? I suppose so, Dul war Uro pink tea and prisoner of war c iiiiiiw are a part of war. I doubt if you can run a prlaoner camp without discipline. In fact, I doubt If vou can run ANYTHING very successfully with out discipline, Thli la becoming an tindlnclp lined world. What will come ol It, I don't know. But hletory tella u that when the Hoinan empire de clined and eventually fell and the world no longer had a Bona capa ble of enforcing Intelligent disci lilinea mankind allpped Into tlio muck and the shadows of the Dork Ages. Nobody tlkea discipline, but near ly all of us need discipline. From Seattle: "Youtha at the Unlvenilty of Washington and Washington State College Joined the latest college fad last night "At the university, an estimated 1.000 of them smashed windows and did minor damage In PANTY RAIDS In a women's residence hsll and six aororlly bouses." When then youths grow up and set married and have to buv pant ies down at the store and pay hard earned money for them, they won't be so reckless with them or so eager to get them. In Cleveland lOhlo) last night Dr. Clayton 8. While, research dl rector of Lovelace Clink at Albu ouerque. New Mexico, told the In stitute of Aeronautical Sciences and the Cleveland Academy of Medl cine that getting a rocket ship Into tne upper atmosphere la feasible but a great many problems must be solved before man can survive up there. Here are a few of the iiroblema. a he .outlined therm i 10,000 feet. Above 60,000 fen, mere 18 NT ANY oxygen. At 23.000 feci. Die barometric pressure la down to much that de compression sicxnesa nits me diioi. lll. blood bolls and there Is no room for anything but water In his lungs, causing Mm to drown. Around (0,000 feet, there la a poi sonous concentration of ozone. Above that la Intensive ultraviolet light from which earth dwellers ere protected by tne atmospnere. Then come X-rays from the eun and cosmic raya In high concen tration, Pretty fTlmt Nobody will face It, you think? Walt a minute. When Columbus started westward from Bpain. prac tically everybody but Christopher himself believed the world was flat. Ills snllorg thought that at some point toward which they were head Ing the watera of the Atlantic pcured over the edge Into a boiling Inferno Inhabited by grisly man stera the like of which man had never seen. But they conquered their fears and went along on the trip. Someday. SOMEBODY will anil cut Into apace in a rocket ship (or some other contrivance) Just to see what really Is out there. Man's curiosity Is Insatiable, and there U practically no risk he. won't take b satisfy It. Police Nab 'Water Boys' Four teen-aged ChtloqUln youths a.nTi two from mikioc roinfc were utftied up by City Police nbout 1 a.m. Wednesday for questioning on a water ntlnck of motorists on Klamath Frills siroota. Police said all six boys wore In a Chevrolet coupe and were cruis ing tho street, shooting strenms of wulcr at other motorists from two lire extinguishers. The boys were sent home aftor being questioned and warned by officers. Sound Yields Four Bodies BELLINGHAM, Wash. 11 The wind-whipped wake of one of Putrct Sound's worst yachting tragedies lias revealed the bodies of four of seven persons who were aboard the 39-foot sailing sloop Prelude when It vanished Sunday evening. An extensive search for the other lluee persons now presumed dead and tho wreckage of the myste riously missing boat Is continuing Wednesday) The bodies of Mrs. Ellen For ilyco, her son Kenneth, 13, Ed E. Jukol and 'Mrs. Donald W. Card, were found Tuesday In the -waters between here and Ovens Island, soirio ' 15 miles to the southwest, Only ' Jukes was not wearing a llle preserver, Still missing are Paul Fordyce, the owner of the yacht, Donald Csr( and Mrs, Jukes. Only a matt resMy lifeboat paddles, two seat cushions and an Ice box door from tlie Prelude have been found : '. ' ' . ; '' ' City Plans Extensive Street Work .Five short-length paving Jobs und possibly upwards of HO, toll) worth of Hlreel repair work will be commoted out by the City of Klainuth fulls this summer. Hie Intention Is to allow contract or Interested In the work submit a bid on nil the lob at once, some time curly In June, The Improvement lrojcol are: No. 113, l'lousnnl from Uplinin to Delia, three blocks. Thin Job wp.s held over from Inst year, Tho cost entlinulo made by City Kmilnecr Tcixi Thomas was 116,603 for as phult puvlin, I.., 1107 lor cuncreta. No. III! Piilnler from an alley nbove Eldorado to Pacific Terrace. purl of a long block. Estimated cost o property owners S8770 for asphalt, tl 1.170 for concrete. No. 118, Lawrence from Eldorado to Newcastle. Estimated cost :7.- 302 for asphalt. tiJ.lifll for concrete. No. 117, Lowell from Eldorado to Pacific Terrace. Eitlmutcd cost 111.000 for asphalt, 113.144 fur con crete. No. 118. east hulf of California from Uplmm to Delta. Estimated cost tWi lor asphalt, 117.34(1 fur concrete. The Jobs also Include sidewalks. The California Avenue Job. the runt nail ol a divided Jslie street Is planned for IB-tool pavement: Law rence Street Is to havo a 30-foot segment and the remainder of the street Jobs will be It fret wide. Glamor Gag Unbearable WILMINGTON. Calif. o Old tug No. 10 was a real tough and harbor-worlhv vessel. It had hauled In some pretty big ships In lis day. Last Monday, however, No. 10. was cast In a new role towing a fluatlng barge for a style show, with a score of cutles traipsing tlio deck as tliev modelled swim suits, and bra and panty sets. This was lust too much tor old No. 10. Afier getting back to It dock It capsized and sank Tuesday. 'Too much pulchritude," said an old aalt, pronouncing Hie third word very carelully. Annual Realty Mcetfridayr The annual dinner of the Klam ath Realty Iloard Is scheduled for Friday 8:30 p.m. at the Wlllard. and at that time winners of the Realty Board's model home and essay contests are to be announced. The contests, open to high school students. Involve construction of a scale model home, with drawn floor plan, and an essay of 600-1000 words on the subject "Why Own Your Own Home." Tom Bloddnrd, vice president of Commonwealth Title Company Portland, Is to be the principal speaker. Also expected to be pres ent Is Al Crose, .Oregon Real Es tate Commissioner. Oomer Jones, president of the Re ally Board, will make the awards to model homes and essay contest winners. The prises are, for the morif.1 hnmAH rnntf,Hl VA Sift $10 and IS; and for the essay con test $15, 110 and three prizes of $5 each. Judges of the modol homes con test are Oarrett Van Riper, Nina Pence and probably Francis Lan drum: and for the essay contest the Judges are Iss belle Brlxner, Mary Boswell and Elton Smith, ACCORDING TO REPORTS seeping in from Reames Country Club, anything goes in a golt match bctwocn Klamath Falls industrial tycoons Lorcn Palmerton and George P. Davis. Here Palmerton, in coonskln cap, at tempts to distract Davis while tho latter tries a mashio shot out of tho rough. Photo by V. M. Hanks ' v,. . . Hx . .. . .... . - '..'.. . .i.i f'- I . ' 09ajBaBjBjBaeaaBjBBajeajeja 1 1 r fr :- n mXMtf--vtiMTWimi isruriw nam in-v---------- ...wJ Price fire Cents U ' Petes Odi ..HI FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MA" 21, 105 Telephone 8111 No. 88.5 Paimer&n Management Shaken Up JOHN GARFIELD Heart Ailment Fatal to Actor NEW YORK i John Oarlleld. 39, stage and screen "tough guy", died of a heart ailment Wednesday In the Oramercy Park apartment of an actress friend. Iris Whitney. She barred police from the apart ment for more than a half hour, thlnkuig they were newsmen. The actor was pronounced dead at about 0 a, m. by Dr. Charles H. Nammack, a private' physician, who had submitted a routine telc- Shone report to the medical exam irr's office. Garfield died In a bed in the two room apartment. STRICKEN Detective John Barrett quoted Miss Whitney aa aaying the actor became 111 while visiting the apart ment Tuesday ntghl and had de cided to itnV overnight. Garfield lived at the Hotel War wick, ri., Mt WniUieytrtM police she turd known the star "not loo long." The medical examiner's office said a cardlao condition caused death and there was "nothing suspicious." Miss Whitney sppeared in the Broadway play, "Dark of the Moon" last year. Oarlleld gained acting fame In a minor role In the Clifford Odels plav. "Oolden Boy", In 1037. LINKS Garfield's name had been linked with various organisations labelled as subversive, but he denied betore the House committee on Un-Amerl-can activities last year that ne ever had been a Communist. "I am no Red," he said. "I am no pink. I am no fellow traveller." The small "Ooldeiy Boy" role started Garfield on the road to stardom. 15 WOMEN INJURED REDDINO, Calif. 11 Twenty five women, on a gay hayridc. wore injured Tuesday night when an automobile plowed into their wagon and the horses ran away. One victim was reported in critical condition. Trie careening runaway wagon spilled the women along the roadway. POW Reign Of Terror Described WASHINOTON 11 Sen. Bridges (R.-N. H.) quoted Gen. Matthew II. Rldgway Wednesday as saying fanatical Communists In U. N. prisoner of war camps have com mitted atrocities and conducted a reign of terror against other prison ers, r "The general confirmed that bodies have been found In these camps," Bridges told reporters. He said that In a closed door session with senators Rldgway also laid It was true that Communist POWU flew red flsgs and had their own telephone lines Inside the camps. r CONFIDENCE Bridges said Rldgway expressed confidence, however, that rebellious and defiant Communist prisoners ol war can be put under control. Rldgway. former commander of V. N. forces In the Far East, talked with senators for about two hours. He was questioned extensively about the Koje Island incidents but some senators said he could tell them little new. Olher senstors said Rldgway told them the Communists have built up their forces In Korea dur ing truce talks, land that the gener al was not optimistic that a satis factory cease-fire agreement can be reached. One Democratic senator, who asked not to be named, ssld Rldg wavs' picture of Far Eastern conditions was "the most depres sing thing I have heard In months." FAINT HOPE This aenator Mid he- eav little chance for world peace or even a trend toward It from condition the Bcu,.nu9KU iLf.njft.i p-vsiuuia sl tiie session, told the general that the Koje Island affair has brought shock and a sense of shame here at home. , Three Robbery Suspects Held Three Indians are held In County Jail here for Investigation of a bur glary Saturday night in Chlloquin. Brought here this morning from Chlloquin were Theodore Bits, 31, and Eveland Chlloquin, 31. They were apprehended by Police Chief Archie Huff of Chlloquin and Indian bervice olllcers. Arrested In Klamath Falls this morning about 4:30 a.m., and held lor Investigation of the same bur glary was Francis S. Norton, Cal ifornia- Indian. The three are suspected of tak ing guns, a radio, camera And canned goods from the home of John Cole Saturday night at Chllo quin. All three were to be ar raigned before U.S. Commissioner Bert C. Thomas here today. Instrumental Recital Friday A year's training for city elemen tary schools Instrumental music students will be culminated Friday evening in the annual Instrumental Festival at Pelican Court. Some 300 students are expected to participate in the festival at 8 p.m. Combined participating groups and directors will be the all-city orchestra, John Drysdale; interme diate strings, John Drysdale and in termediate band. Freeman Yount. The program is open free to the public. TOOTHACHE SUICIDE GUADALAJARA, Mexico Ofl Police reported Wednesday Raul Gonzales, 25, shot himself because of a three-day toothache. His moth er. Mercedes, said dentists had not been able to relieve the pain. Homefolk Swat Solohs . - i ....... i , For Vo ting Selves Aid, By B. L. LIVINGSTONE WASHINGTON Ifl Congres sional feelings were showing lumps Wednesday from the home-town needling a lot of lawmakers are getting for voting themselves in come tax relief In a word, the reaction on Capi tol Hill might' be summed up as! xow-w-wl ' . h Most House members were re luctant to stick their necks out on so touchy an Issue But privately they foel they have been badly misunderstood in voting to maxe their expenses, while nway .from home, deductible as business ex pense for tax purposes ' , It's no more than everyone else is allowed,; they contend They have to keen uo two homes- one here and one back In- their con Sm VTi -an .mi ...-J GETTING OUT OF HAND Panty-raiding students at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis shown grappling with coeds were finally brought under control by the po lice with help of tear gas. Many of the adolescent males were not content with stealing lingerie but took to pick ing up anything loose, including sweaters and other ex pensive items. . . , Death Takes J.R. Sisemore James R. (Jerry) 81semore, Fort Klsmath rancher and member of a pioneer Klamath. County larojly, died late Tuesday afternoon at Klamath Valley Hospital. He was filsemorl- had been In Increasing- Iv boor health for many months. and had been brought from Fort Klamath to the hospital Tuesday morning. . . Re was bore, in Sams Valley, Jackson Countv. In 1896. the son of Lindsay sisemore, a pioneer oi this area, end nan uvea in a.iam alh County since 1900. His ranch Is located on the west side of the Fort Klamath meadows. Survivors Include the widow, Lois; a daughter, Jo Ann; a step riaitahiA Hnnntf, .lean Stewart: two brothers, L. Orth Sisemore of Klamath' Falls and Emmeii sise more. Tulelake. Calif.: and an aunt, Mrs. Ells Copchett, of Melbourne, Australia. The body was taken to Ward's Klamath Funeral Home and funer al arrangements were being made today. Memorial Day Services Set vinmnih County's civilian and service dead will be honored in Memorial Day services May 30. A Main Street parade. Memorial Day address and presentation of wreaths at the' County Courthouse Memorial Shaft are on scneauie. 1 Paradlns units will start down Main from vicinity of Klamath ar mory. Main and spring streets, at 10:30 a.m. (daylight time), to the County Courthouse, 3rd and Main. Rev. Lloyd Holloway, First Meth odist Church pastor, will give the address following playing of the na tional anthem bv the Klamath Un ion High School band and a salute by the National Guard firing squad. Organizations Invited to partici pate in the services sponsored by Allied Veterans Council of Klam ath Falls include all veterans groups, American Legion Drum Corps, Bov Scout and Girl Scout units, fraternal organizations and a representotlve unit from OTI. Organisations or individuals wish ing to present wreaths outside those mentioned are asked to contact Ted Case, county veterans service offi cer in the basement of the County courthouse. . gressional district And they have to travel back and forth on their constituents' business, Uicy say Tha Internal Revenue Bureau has ruled In effect that a member of Congress hits two homes for tax purposes In other words, he's never away from home on busi ness i That's not fair, complained Rep. Steed (D-Okln), adding: "What the average member of Congress seeks is only to put him self on a footing of equality with other taxpayers A lot of my con stituents don't even know I psv heavy Income taxes. . and I can't even claim legitimate expenses as a deduction" s. Congressmen now get 113.500 a year, plus a' $2,600 tax-exempt voted to make the 3.600 allow ance taxable effective Jan 1 Panty-Raid Fad Spreads By The Associated Press. , Youths at the University of Wash ington nd Washington Slate Col lege joined the latest college iad Tuesday sight.. At the'.Cniverslty. sn ertrrmtf) 1,000 student smashed windows and did minor damage in panty raids in a women's residence ball and six sororities. At Washington State, about 350 men invaded five women's living quarters. Pullman Police Chief Archie Campbell said little damage was done, but two State Patrolmen were called in to help Pullman and cam pus police disperse the crowd. : Policemen in al least zu squaa cars in the vicinity of the raids at the University did not enter the tray. One policeman said the of ficers were reluctant to leave their cars because they feared the gang would damage the vehicles. A member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority aimed a lusty swing with a baseball bat at one youth He ducked and the coed demolished a window on tne ionow inrougn. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Fair through Thursday. Low Wed nesday night 32. High Thursday 67. High yesterday ... .v.. 53 Low last night 31 Precln last 24 hrs. : T Since Oct. 1 v 15.17 Normal for period 10. SS Same period last yr. . ..14.M (Additional Weather on Page 4.) K i. V ti v?v.&t iillmwl. i a If i u&twmm&uKdammmmifxImMmmmmim . WAITING for the bus this morning at the Tower Theater stop on gouth Sixth were Mrs. Grace Lanier, 2505 Persh ing Way,' and Jeanne England,. 1751 Washburn Way Jeanne was on her way to kindergarten, Firm's Top Officials Here Quit By WALLACE MYERS A shakeup In the Palmerton Lum ber Company management Here to day had Loren Palmerton stepping out as general manager and exe cuUve vice president of the firm. At press time today, Palmerton was not available for comment but a spokesman in his office said Pal merton was retaining his financial Interest In the firm. Also stepping out today was Har ry Schoenberg. assistant general manager. D. A. Weldler, Chicago, Palmer ton Company president, announced the top brass changes in an ln lormatory note to all employes. In that note, Weldler said that Schoen berg had resigned "effective at once." In another directive, posted at the firm's offices here. Weidler said that Palmerton "is no longer en officer" of the company. RUMORS Weidlers note to employes also fcpiked recurrent rumors heard re cently that the firm might quit business here soon. 'Barring minor changes," the note said, ". . . operations of this company will continue as they have in the past for an indefinite period and there are no major changes in policy contemplated at this time." New general manager of the firm is w H (Cvl Cramer, described by . WeUder as a "veteran North west timberman" who has been In Weldler s office la-Chicago for .the past -two year a. r " :' "r. HOW LONG? This afternoon; Weidler told the Herald and News he would not Haz ard a guess as to bow long the company might continue operations here. . "I said we would continue here for an indefinite period." Weidler said with a chuckle, "and the saw mill business being what it Is, that cou'd mean three weeks or 300 years." . . ' 4 ' As the Herald and News went to press, Palmerton was reported to have just teed on" ai me iteames Country Club links. Bus Service Returns Here Pacific Greyhound buses have re sumed lull time service nere, ac cording to J. K. Sayre, Klamath Falls bus line agent, after being Idled by a strike since March L Sayre said north and southbound trips to Portland and California are running as well as the schedule to Medford. . - Bus operations, except for two runs dally by Trailways out of Bend, were suspended here during the long strike. i1 J Wage Offer Turned Back By Workers DENVlIk im Major segments of the nation's oil industry re mained closed down Wednesday as an estimated 60,000 workers re fused to ratify or failed to reach back-to-work agreements. Scattered settlements were re ported, mostly among small locals, O. A. Knight, president of the Oil Workers International Union (CIO) estimated that only about one-third of the 90,000 refinery and pipeline workers who walked out April 30 have returned to their Jobs. Knight predicted that nearly all the strikers would be back by the end of this week. BREAKDOWN However, talks between the CIO union and Tidewater Associated in San Francisco broke off Tues day night with a statement by un ion representative Verlln McKend- ree tnat tnis is an indication of what the Industry Is planning here, a strike is Inevitable in Cal ifornia. California refineries have kept working to supply the Korean war effort. The Tidewater refinery employs 1,300 workers. The union objected to a 1 per cent Increase averag ing 15 cents an hour rather Uua a straight 15 cent raise. ADJUSTMENTS . A company spokesman said, "tt wouldn't make a dollar's worth of difference. But over the years we have had so many percentage ad- ' Justments that there are maladjust ments In our wage classifications." "Leaders, of the coalition of 22 CN. A PL and Independent unions who called the strike three weeks ago said last week they would ac cept a Wage Stabilization Board suggestion that 15-cents an hour plus more pay for night work be used as a basis for settlement. The lormer scale was s? 10 S3. 10 an hour tor day work. Blood Donors Decline Here The little logging1 community of Gilchrist almost equalled Klamath Falls In giving blood to the Red Cross Bloodmoblle this week. But it was only because Klamath Falls yesterday feU 99 pints under Its expected quota Tuesday at the Ar mory. -, , Monday at Gilchrist 95 pints of Wood were collected IB a four hour period by the Bloodmoblle, Yesterday 118 pints were collect ed here. Red Cross officials ex pected 217 pints from an anticipated 300 donors. Mrs. Virginia Dixon executive-secretary of the Red Cross chapter here, said there were many persons signed up who did not put In an appearance.. Man Beaten, Two men were given Jail time and fined $100 each for severely beating a third Monday night in a cabin at Chemult. Harley John Thompson, 43, Che mult and Joe Henry Daniels, 33, Gilchrist, this morning in District Court both pleaded guilty to as sault and battery charges. They were each sentenced to 60 days In Uie County Jail In addition to the fines. -' :. State Police arrested the pair at Uieir homes about 2 a.m. today. Police reported the two went to the cabin of Fredrick L. Beck at Chemult about 8:30 p.m. Monday, beat him so badly he had several cracked ribs, two black eyes, cuts of the head and face. ' Beck was reportedly asleep In the cabin after working 16 hours that day as a cook at the Pastime Cafe in Chemult. Daniels claimed he heard rumors Beck was tryinjt to break up his home and went to the cabin wlth Thompson to straighten things out. The fight ensued. Beck signed' the complaints against his two admit ted assailants. ; Murder Guilt:'. Ruled for Boy EUGENE ' Ifl A 15-year-old Ynv nnviftpd TufisdftV Of first degree murder, will be sentenced here Friday, luue unpriBumiu . u mandatory. - , - The boy, Elmer Harlan Belcher, was found guilty of the April 4 run shot slaying of Mary Ellen Camp bell, an 18-year-old deaf mute. A circuit court Jury deliberated the case four hours before return ing the verdict which also carried a recommendation for leniency. Judge C. F. Sklpworth said tne recommendation meant a life Im prisonment sentence. The boy, a neighbor of the Camp hn nrhn live on a farm near Cottage Grove, Was arrested two days after ine snooung. He admitted he shot the girl be rmmA hi school friends had taunt ed him about her pregnancy, Dis trict Attorney c. E. Lucxey said. But at the trial the bov repudi ated the confesilon and testified that Mary Ellen's grandfather had . borrowed his eun and had taken the girl Into the woods where, later her body was louna. ' The grandfather, William How ard: 115. said that was not so and witnesses testified he was not in the area at the time of the shoot ing. .- ;.. The boy Ih being held In the . juvenile section of the county Jally MOVIE FIRE ' TORTLAND Wl Fire from a waste basket In a Janitor's supply room halted the movie at the Mayfalr theater Tuesday night, 4 V
