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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1952)
ir A V A rui 1 1 mm 1 1 0 7u J3 , , If'" r'v- ivv-,e Hv riMNK JKNK1NS NMllniml policy note: In Vlrutnla'a Democratlo pri mary yesterday, U.U. UanaUM Hnrrv K. Ilvrd. a bitter foe of New Drnlr'ulr Deal attending, won HMABIIINU victory lur renoml iifltiun lo Uie senate. iln Virulnltt. a elrwhr In the Houlli, Din IJeinocrotlc nomination It equivalent, to election. 1 ttvrd Mill the melor lame In tlic ruuuli-siid-tumhl primary cam lisisit u "Truinanlftm." He oil' iHMrd "Trumanliii'. on every llollil. opponent, Oxfnrd-edurated Francis I'kkcm Wilier, Bur- POHTKIJ "Trunianl-wV' on every ' point. He led oil hl erlmary cam iMlun Willi lhe slnisnenl Dial 01 IIVkRY ONli of tne Kret tiwuee u-lilrh Itav rnnlronled lllm J'reiil- dent Truman lva made the right iliM'lilrm. . Aa these worda are written, Bvrd la lendlmi by vole ol 3IQ.D00 to Ilia oirtxMitnl'a 134.000. What U Trumaitlum?" This, I'd any, Is Die OBJECTION' AULt part cl II: I. Bptiullna- consistently - more Uiaii we take lit and running denier and cleaner tnlo debt. 3. Kemovtnc more and more ot Hovrrmnrnl Irom 111 city hells, the court hsuaea and the -atato houses and toncciilratuw It in WanhltwtUin. What la the meaning- of the Virginia verdict: . . . I'd lav that In Vloitnla, at leant. It means thai a tlronit malorlty ot Uie people went lew spending and more of their government kept et Uie horn level. That ralsee en Interesting policy question: Here et the beginning of one of the mot critical campaign In the Republican pan if 'a hlatorr. what ahould we Ike people pledge our- aelvee to do If our aide U Vic lorloua m November? I think we ahould make two flat nromiaea. 1. We'll BALANCE THE BUDGET, 2. We'll atart bringing govern ment back cloaer to Uie people. Those ere almple. fundamental orlnclplea. Thev ro to the root of nearly everything thai l wrong wiih ua. Thev'ra aaatlv underetood. If we get ouraelve ail anarled up with promisee, we'll become confined end uncertain oureelvea and will Ret every bod v else con. lued. te'a itlck to fundamentals. I.el'a quota tome history. In UM.' -too- -RcBublloin pari fiTt came to trrlpt with the tjndert lying philosophy ol the New Deat- Kalr Deal which U 60METHINO KOR NOTH1NO. Brvan proponed free) coinage of Oliver at ratio of IS to one. Stripped It oratorical flimflam merv. that meant deliberate In flation of the currency McKtntev alurk to aound moneywhich then meant money backed by cold. In Ma campaign Bryan one of the most colorful character! In American political hlatorr end a Billed orator to boot ran the whole gamut of roey nomethlng-lor-noth me pledges, but the Republican leaderthlp wee wise enough to lick to and hammer home these fundamentals: McKlnley la for BOUND money. Brvan ! for FUNNY money. McKlnley won. C of C Report Draws Crowd An overflow crowd Jammed the chamber of commerce luncheon at the Wtllard Hotel today as the lirst report luncheon of the cham ber's current Build the Basin drive got underway. First reports In the membership drive were optimistic ae commit tee chairmen told of meeting with i good cooperation In the program to speed tin the Industrial expansion of the Basin area. FOUR KILLED FIVE MISSING fight flames and tmoke ai they struggle to lave the old three, story Pioneer Hotel. Flames, however, leveled the building in two hours, laaving four dead and five mining. Note flemei in third story window i( upper center): where most gueiti war trapped Steel Union Policy Group Sets Meeting rnTSBUnOH m The no member Wane-Policy Committee ol the CIO United Bleelworkera meeta In I'lttabutull Monday to de cide the union's liiture course in the 44-day-oM stalemated strike that has idled a million and a hall Amorlcan watte earners. UHW President Philip Murray called tlie policy commuter, meet ing alter brief negotiating ses sion with the Industry ended In a deadlock Tuesday. MURRAY Murray and Joseph M. Larktn, vice-president ol Urihlehem Hire) Corp., Issued a joint statement saying both sides agree lliey cun find no common meeting ground on Uie controversial union shop Issue, t here was no Indication when an other meeting would be held. Borne observers eald the next move In the crippling strike la like ly to come Irom Uie While llouic. Presidential Assistant John R. olcelman spent a long time on the trlcpliune talking to both union and industry to set up Tuesday s session. At tlie conclusion of the meet ing, Murray and I.arkln Informed Uterinum they failed to reach nuroemrnt. They were told to stand by for lurlher word from the While House but It didn't come Immediately. 1MHIHTKV The Industry bald the roadblock to settlement "continues to be union Insistence upon compulsory unionism. ' The Industry said lis latest of. fer Increased benefits which would total approximately 24 cents an hour for men averaging about 11.96 an hour. The proposal as defined by the inausiry, calls tor wage increases averaging 16 cents an hour, six paid holidays, improved vacations and Increased ahlll dlllerentlsls. The Industry asld the union Is now Insisting upon elimination from bargaining an agreement to permit new employes to wltlw draw from the union alter a apecl- nea ume. The union originally demanded a union ahop. making It compul sory lor all employes to Jolo the union. Two Killed By Forest Fires Br The Associated Free Two louvers burned to deaUi and four others barelv eseaoed as a sisAiung lire I lured ouicxiy out ol control late Tuesday tt a logging operation on Lookout- Mountain in Northwest Washington. Aaron Light, Skagit County cor oner, identified tlie victims ai Shirley Cook, about ii. of Rock port, and son. Charles, about 30, ol Msrblrmount. Wasl). survivors ssld the oider man apparently collapsed and Uie son was last seen trying to carry his lather uirough the llsmei to safely. The, blaze was contra led on the West side 'ol Lookout Mountain Wednesday, but was moving Into green Umber on the rugged east ern slone. The Forest Service had 350 men fighting the lire, and all logging operations In Skaalt County were ordered closed for three devtu Coroner Light aald the Cooks and four other logger!, employes of the B. and w. Logging Co, 01 Marblemount, were working on a logging road near the mountain top, above the main timber opera tion. Forestry men said roadway blasting mav have started the fire. A morning cloud layer brought cooler temperatures and rising humidity In Western Washington Wednesday, easing; the fire ttatard sllghtlv in some sections. A second Washington fire, near White Salmon In the southern Part of the state, had burned an offi cially1 estimated 3.000 acres ot second - growth timber. The Hop- Dewellde Lumber Mill, threatened previously, was believed safe. -Fairbanks. Alaska firemen j v (: 1 i ' i: '':V rrlee Frre Cents Is Fagrs HST Enters 1 Walter ReX Hospital By KD.VKHT B. VAfCAHO WA8IIINOTON ( President Truman entered lhe hospital iur a checkup Wednesday. It was the first time Truman has been hespltalisrd since he becsme the nation's chief executive more than seven years ago. Trumnn, who Is en. was afflicted with a mill virus Inlecllon on Sun day and had cancelled ail his ao- nolnlnienU Ihls week. That Inlec llon nan all oil! cienrta up weanes- dsv. lhe President's press secre tary, Joseph Short, told newsmen. Short said Trumsn was ordered lo Hip hospital by his personal physician and that he will stay there lor two or three dy. Truman was put to bed in the Presidential suite ol Hie Army's Walter Reed hospital. FltKHIDENTIAL tiCITE The suite was completed five vesrs ago, but Truman had not used It before. There was no Indication that Truman was suffering: anything other than a mud Indisposition. He kept at Work In his reslden tlal Quarters at the White House esrller this week studying the rait of legislation Congress pushed through at the windup of its ses sion. The President has en toyed ex cellent health ever since he becsme President on Asrll 13. IMS. but he has ld repeatedly that he will not try for reelection this year. - That he entered the hospital and Ihst Short msde a public announce ment of the fact seemed to add weight to those slslements. It la extremely rsre for a presl- denev-seeker to admit any physi cal ailments. Truman has said, among other things, that he does not wsnt the presidency at his age. He has often called It a man-killing lob." Frank McKlnney, pemocratio Na- tlenilt chairmen, aald Truman told nun ... .--. , "Vott wouldn't want to see me carried out ol here Ithe While House! In a nine-board box. would you? " STICK TO PLANS Short said he taw no reason to believe that Truman would not stick to his original plant of going to the closing session of the Dem ocratic National Convention next week. Truman will keep working on the bills before him while at the hos pital, abort said. Truman's personal stenographer, Miss Rose Conway, was to meet with Trumsn later in the dav. "There was no lever at all this morning." Short toid newsmen. "There's a possibility there msv be a little today, as I understand It from the doctor, but he Is getUng very close to complete recovery." Short ssld the president was well enough to shave and dress him self before going to the hospital In his big black limousine. The President left lhe White House at 4AQ a.m., (EST! and entered the hospital 30 minutes later. He was accompanied by Mai. Oen. Wallace H, Graham. nepsidenttat nhvsirinn. urannni returned to we wniw House four hours later and told a reporter the President was "line just fine. I hope I can keep him in the hospital for two or three flays. Water Usage Records Set The previous all-time record for ubs oi city water nss been ex ceeded three times during the cur rent warm weather spell, reports utenn uowett, manager ot the Ore gon Water Corporation. Last Wednesday the company system pumped 8.) B0, 000 gallons of water to Its customers, the highest msrx recorded on company pump ing charts. Then lust Monday lhe water use was figured at SfSO.OOO gallons, and yesterday's pumping amounted co g.wiu.uuu gallons. The previous record was 8,520, 000 Kalians, pumped' July 33, 1851. Wednesday, Uie day ol the record gallonage, also was the hottest day of the summer so far In Klamath Falls, the temperature going to 85 downtown. Bawen said that the camoanv Is having to operate all pumping facilities about eight hours each day to keep up with the water consumption. So far thero has been no shortage and none Is ex- ecled, although In some nelgh orhoods there have been periods of low pressure, Bowen said. Public Concert Set Tonight The Luther College' Norsemen, ol Decorah, Iowa, are to appear In concert here tonight at Klamath Lutheran Church, 8 p.m. The Collegians are currently dd an 11-weeks tour of the West, They offer a varied program of sacred music. The concert la open vo vns puDiio. s (1 i .',.,' mr , Q 1 .,. KLAMATH rrr? Langell Yaliey Pastor Leaves The Rev, Gordon C.-Asnbee. pas tor o( Lancet! Valley's St. Barna bas Church, has accepted a call to St. John's Church, Lstcoort. Cnllf. He Dlans to leave here lor his new charge late this month. The Rev. AShbee has been at the Langell Valley Church since IMS. He came to the Klamath country Irom Williams Lake. B.C. Besides his reirulaT church work. Ashboe. has been active In many civic Junctions, particularly Scout ing and itea cross von. He is chairman of the Red Cross First Aid Committee and has orsantzed units of Explorer Scouts. O i r 1 Scouts, Brownies and Cubs, He lj scoutmaster of the Explorer group. Ashhee has also been active In Civil Driense work and is presi dent of the Big Springs Park Board. His wile is a trained mirse ana iso a Rtd Cross nurse Instructor. Their eldest son, Roy, recently left the Roval Canadian Nw to sludv lor the Episcopal ministry. Their dauahter. Sheila. Is tn her senior year ol nursing at Vancouv er General Hospital. Senator Byrd Wins Election RICHMOND, Vs., W United States Sen. Harry P. Byrd, bitter Joe ol New Defll-Fslr Deal spend ing, won a sinnsmng victoty tor re-nomlnallon lo Hie Benalo in Tuesday's Democratic primary, Byrd, who ssld the major Issue in the Tough and tumble campaign was "Trumsnlsm, ws leading Oxford-educated opponent, Francis Pickens Miller, by 310.835 voles to 134,803 when the Associated Press ceased tabulation of returns with reports from 1,613 of the stale's 1,783 precincts. Tlie primary victory places the senator In a strong position at the state Democratic convention in Roanoke Hiursday when 38 dele gates will be named to the Demo cratic National Convention. Byra is supporting; Sen, Richard Russell of Georgia ior tha .Drestdotttial nomination. .av f V ,aP. ZJ T Vf, - J . f x. .-a.-., r?'- ' ' -jttfj,, -, ,.,! 3k T,?r aV - I -. ?, , ,. -,. , .tJiL...?j!-!T. ,.r . . tt , .-t fSUM, OHEOON, WEBNEHDAT, JVLY It, JW -,tfVN i4 v .5 f Flames Hatch Baby Chicks EtfGENE t Flames hatched out a Dock ol baby chicks here while causing major damage to the Charles Goode Hatchery. Jack Craig, news reporter lor Eugene radio station KERG, said heat from the lire did the work of a super Incubator. "Cheeping chickens were hatch ing all over the place,' he said. Fire Chief Ed Surfus said the Monday night blase apparently Springfield Aids industry SPRINGFIELD Ol' The city council has agreed to spend $10, 0D0 to encoiirsge the Apex Smelt ing Co. of Chicago to establish tt aluminum reduction smelter here. Under terms ol an agreement with the smelting firm, the city will contribute 10,000 toward pur chase of an 18 acre site now owned by Oregon Fibre Flnx Orowers As sociation. Private contributions ace sought lor another 0DO ot IhB total $30,000 purchase price. Mayor B, P. Larson told eoun cilmen the p)Bn is not nnusUBl. Southern cities, he said, have long encouraged industry to reove Into their areas through subsidy. He said Increased prosperity for the city-, through added payroll and a larger tax base, would more than compensate for the outlay. Councilman Ed Harms objected to the money grant, charging that tne ttax growers' association naa resorted to "subterfuge" to obtain title of the site soueht by Apex. The land wbs formerly .owned by tne city ot sprtngtietd, ': ; WORK STARTS EUGENE m ' Work will start next Monday on Eugene's ntn 1735,328 sewage treatment plant which will help clear np pollution of th Willamette River. Tha city council has awarded: the construction contract to Lea Hoffman, Portland. YESTERDAY'S KOODM011U lUnA tha lik, lodge W irw a good turnout. TWa ware 214 vaiuaietr b)ooi dnorc and the collection totaled )S? pints. Top scene show th qtntrei Isyout with soma donors in the prcceu ai qW'mq b)aod. in ti) fowar picture, ptnont who hav airaady made thefr bloodbanlt contributions r having tha wual ttranrttanmo; nek. fhotot brf Mctnfcsdi Jet Planes Reach Japan After Mass By MIM) FATtNtn TOKYO Ftfty-eteht TJ. C. Thunder.) etB darted down onto "So kota Air Force base near Tokyo Wednesday completing the big gest mass jet -overwater fitzttt lo history J2Stb , jnlies across the cnitej States and the -Pactftc Ocean Irom Turner Air Pone Base, .Albany, o. Fitty-nine were due but one ex ploded Tuesday over Zero Jims, south ot Japan, killing the pilot. LI. Cat. Elmer Ca Rosa,. Sacra mento, Calil. Oen. Otto Werland, command 9rt ol the TJ. 8. Par East Air Forces, met the pilots end told them thev will no to Korea oc casionally for combat. He called the mass flight "one evidence ot our beeiing up in the Far East, a beefing up in all types of planes." Coi. David Schiillny, Kansas Legionnaires Plan Events Program for the American le gion state convention cere July 25-30 offers several events for the " ...1 First of these pubiic evtnva to be the drum and bugle corps con test on MoQoc Fiem at 8 p.m., sun day. July 21. This usually hotly contested event bids to be one of the most colorful ol the conven tion events. The Oregon national Guard Band from Fort Clatsop, is to arrive here the opening day of the con vention and 'wiil make several ap- EISESHOWER Rosea for via It here by Tiwljrbt D. Eisenhower dortour the 1 state American Leglaa caavea- tion were dimmed today by an Associated Press message. Croat Ike's temporary headquarters in Dearer. Eisenhower, according to the message, said he had na plans to make such a visit here. pearances. Actual times and places have not yet been decided. A public dance, preceded by a short street dsnce, ts set for the Armory the evening dJ Saturday, July 25. On Saturday, Monday and Tues day evenings during the convention there are to be -concerts on the Courthouse lawn. Various musical units will participate. Highlight of the public events will be the big convention parade along Main Street Tuesday eve ning. Famed marching and musi cal units front throughout the state wilt participate. With early registrations far ex ceeding expectations, the conven tion ts apparently going to draw far more than the 3,000 originally predicted. - At some yet to be determined time during the convention, a llight of Jet planes will be put through their paces over the city. The Kiamath DAV band will par ticipate ia the convention," Weather FORECAST Klamath Fans and vicinity and Northern California; Fair tnronjth tomorrow ant slightly cooler. Imk tonight 45, Ugh tomor row St. High yesterday .;.. .'.... 81 Xow last nisht ... Prectp yesterday .....- Frerlp since Oct. 1 ... 1M1 same period last year ,........ (. Normal for purled . ....li.J Telrfboaa 4111 Ocean Flight (City, a pioneer Jet ocean Diet, led first operational lype equipped for refoetiiJig. The planes from the 31st Fighter Escort Wing toot off from Tumtr )r Base July and made seven landings tt route. Thev w -r. rueieo in uigw several tiroes tram IS-29 Superfort tenter piacra. "'It Is a sjonlijcant arhifvf meat," Weylanxt saW. "Tne flight proves bacucaj airplanes can he moved to any part of the world at the drop of a hat. Weyland taid newsmen tomb Sabre jets the only Amt rlcao fighter able to stead, up to the Communist MID lb are- on the way also, "but we don't wust to be too specific" Reports from th Inftert fit indicate the A3r Force Is increas-l uier Its piaoe strettettt oerhaoa is much as 40 per cent to meet a po tential drive by the Red Air Force of 1.604 to 2,SO0 planes. C-en. J. Lawton Collins. Tj Atmy chief of staff tourinir lhe Far East, said in Totjo Tuesday the Reds are in for an even tough-; er pounding front, the ait if the war continues. Allied planes staged the two bta- gest raids of the. war in the last: three weeks at Pranevan last, week and against 33 North Korean I hydroelectric installations, taclutf., un viie great, suino plant, June 23. .V.J ,- , rrj.. j u 1 "HI" "vv jets are reserve strength "in case aayooay wants start up any thing bigger." He also showed no apparent concern ever the report ed Red jet fighter force. ' "The MIGS can't get deep down into South Korea," he said, "and on top of atat, Z don't taint they want to." Werland said the Thunderiets iwiii be assigned to the Japan de- rense corce on m days temporary duty and will liy to Korea occa sionally. Soot cf the Stst's ttitacs fiew combat missions in Korea earlier la the war.' Wilsons Get 4th Sentence VANCOUVER, Wash. ! Tar- roan and Vtah Wilson, Camas, Wash... brothers convicted of the kidnap, slaying of Joann Dewey, tuesaay were sentence TO oe banged August. 35. it was the fourth time that Jusse Eugene 0. Cushlng of Superior Court has set the execution date. The Wilsons' attorneys who have won delays of the execution, three times, said they noiv have used up ait possible appeals. They hope Dev. Arthur B. Langhe of Wash ington will commute the death sen tences. The brothers have denied the slaying ot the 38-year-cOd: girt in Vancouver more .than two, years ago. They were to oe returnee: to wal ls Walla prison Wednesday. Texan Gets Third Teeth WACO. Tex. Wl A fS-vear-oid Waco man will soon have no- use for fits taise teeth he's growing his thhxl set of naturals. I. C. Anderson yB his false teeth don't fit anymore, and the new ones aren't big enough to use yet. Dentists here vain about one out of 0,900 persons develop third let o teeth. Floor Baffle Looms Over Civil Rights CHICAGO I Sen Heriiert Lehman of New York rnedtrert . floor Cent Wednesday at the Oenv ociMic national Convention if that't what tt take ta a etron civii lishta, piank in his party sialiorm. Lehman called a new confer etrce. Jast before Oemocr&vic plat- jornj oraiierj Desan pubVe hear ings in tne Conrad Hilton, hotci. Ha said he wilt Insist on -a c'.vi! itiBbts plank "at least as atrana- at the one la the iss party plat form." That niank was adonted from tne floor lour vars ago and ted to a nie waikout from the conven- lion. Jhman said he nnecia the -oiat. lorm committee to write the kind of civil Tinhts piank he favors, fn- ciuawjr endorsement or a comvtiU eory air envoiovment practice commission. But if a prowy&eti piatform lack ing such features reaches the con verKKsn Coor, liChman said he ex pects lo submit minority revert to f isht out the issue with the dele gates. , Party leaders front the Scathtra states are seeking to have the party 6eer clear cf any ccmpat sory features in lhe civil jrighl olank. Meanwhile the two leading contenders tor the Denwerttie presidential nomination accord tng ta current estimates were. headmg for Chicago Wednesday., Plunging tnta c free-swtactna; battle royal unlike anything the party has seen in 30 years. Sena. Estes Kef anver of Texmes- !e and Richard Brevard RusscB ot Georgia were both due on the scene ot the convention Wednes day afterrjoon. Thev took, oil from WasstaetaR by aiT for Chicago, wliere tnev- wifl take oersonal chares at their drives for the nomination. KEFACvea The Tennessean plane fcore the ieiesd "KtfaviveT For President and a winged-donier. emhlematla oi the Democratic varvy to unite. cine reporter asked him if htr wanted to cbats his TiedictiOTk ballot and the Senator replied, "so. I aon'S want to be over-optimistic ." The convention opens iormaVr on Afonday, hut the pre-caaveat&a. ipace already has reached a hioi ooint ta ciaims and couater-cteina iaccusailons and nenisls. 1 Tf.e sttuattoa tavotvirar -five avowed candidates, seven "Jsvor- lite sans" and a number f ether probable lootai jjoroualy con tused. Spokesmen for iwe of the top Pcsed "probables." President Tru man and Adlsl Stevenson, Dovern- ol Illinois testsed statements Tuesday that should remove both fccm the list. Hegarding the wresident Na tional Committee Cnalratcn Frank McKmney said he had a two-hour conference in the White House last Sunday, and that Truman told him 1 meant what 1 sale aootit not running . . . rve served my time." Moreover, McKlnney continued. he would consider It his duty to discourage any attempts, from the convention Hoot, to start a draft movement aimed at the President. Regarding Stevenson Ha first and biggest booster, Jacob M. Ar vey. Hiinois National Committee-. man. said "the governor has tied ttiV bands. As a matter of prac tical polities it is almost impossible ito nominate man under these circumstances. I doubt that it wlH be done now." Sat 3f these two statements dashed the hones ef many Demo crats hy eliminating two wished tor candidates, ttte party sttii iiaa wide choice left. R includes W. Avereil KarrimtTi, of JJew York, Sen. Robert S. Kerr . of Osiahoma and Vice-President Albea Bsrkler. Deadline Hear For Road-eo 3n order Jo give more young pec- pie a, chance, the Junior Chamber of Commerce has extended the oeadiuie tor its Koe3-e-a untu T p.m. tonight at which time writ ten driver's examinations are to be held at KUHS. The Road-e-o is a nationwide con test, starting: on the local level, which seTves the vaiuese of ore. motiog safe driving among young steis. K is soonsoied by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Some one teenaaer in tne Kiam- alh area is the outstanding, sales!- oi ait the vouna drivers nere. Tne JtDsd-e-o 15 to select tne oe one. The winner is to set a three-day free trto to Portland lo compel in' the state finais. That winner eels a free trio lo washlnston. D.C.. and a chance W camoete at lhe nationals, which provides a iK scnoisrshfo for the No. I win-' her. AmHratinns were actiw Bassea. out by jaycees .yesterday and to day, and are available at the chamber of commerce unra o p.m. Thev shcKiW ise tilled out and broikhl lo lhe exams by anpficams. The first 25 winners in ttte writ ten estaro are to be jriven dTMn tests, and tne vaune ariver inatra tne best among those 2S S to be named the !Ktt winner. Besides trie trro. the first mate winner will get an aovcoociate cut?; tne secono poi gea a. ouna and a cup, and the third place win ner gets cup. The drtvinr finals' are set foe Sunday at the BBiewny parkin lot at stfc ana ! cree. wit cract- drlvlnjr and other demDnstrBUons slated as added attractions. All ieenaeers wllh tmver'a 11- eenses are eligible, exce-Alng tttos who may have been jrolivy oj mov ing vloistlons during tha Bast is months.