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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1952)
mm mm 1 111! W W HI 1 1. 1W1 Ml II ' l.i'j, By FRANK JI'.NKIN'S . "Ill Greek-Bulgarian border In cident over Ilia "Island" ol Oamma i)H?r Uiii u written to have cooled down. A lata dlnpatch from IManbul (Constantinople to thoiw ol u who Wont to school quite wlille ago) mi there i no now cllvltv In the area. At United Na I on headquarter In New York, the uunllre Uiat drove oil Bul garian patrol yesterday la now con Idered Just mother Incident. On the aurlace, of courae, ll'i Irmprat m a teapot. Ilrre la what happened: I he river fcvrot imt habit of wandering around at hint) water llniraauniewhat like our own er ratic Mlaaourl. It la Hie boundry line between Greece and Buluar la. and In a recent IiIhIi water per iod It carved a new channel ON THK 1IUUIARIAN BIDK-lhu ap pearing to take territory away troni lluluarla and giving It to Ureece. Anywhere In the Balkan, that I ahnottng provocation and, true to Balkan tradition, (hooting fol lowed. Our bit Mlaaourl ha the aame Inability to make uu It mind as to wlirre It want to be. It I Hie biiundary line between the atatca of Jowa and Nebraaka. and In that area nobody ever know thla year what atate he I going to be living In next year. Many nelKhborhooda have changed back and forth a much a a hall doaen time. llut In our wonderful country we have aucceeded In binding 41 atatra together In audi a clone and ami able union that the wandering of the Mighty Mo cause relatively Hi ll boundary trouble and NO (hoot ing. That' America I However Watch thla Oamma bualneaa. Hie little Evroa river la not merely the boundary between Ureec and Bulgaria. It la a fron tier between the alava world and the free world. Bulgaria la on Run ala'a aid and Ureec la on our aklo. The -Evroa-river la a ment of the Iron Curtain. Nobodv know where, along the Iron Curtain, Communist Ruasla might decide that THIS 1 IT. That' why the trifling little Oam ma Incident got uch big headlines, Tennessee hold the political spotlight for a brief moment today because Old Man McKcllar, W year of age and for the past 41 vasr a member of the congraas, take the shellacking from the vot er Uiat oomea to all of them who etioaiw the grim, reaper and try to Slav there. . I'm sorry (or him. of course, aa one I alway aorrv when an old man,, grown hoary In public service, grla hi come-uppnce. I came darned near shedding tears of avmnathy when Old Man Bark lev came to hi Oelhscmane In the Democratic convention. But It ha to be. Particularly It has to be her In America, where we have no dynas ties. Where government I not FROZEN. Where our system 1 FLUID, and therefore capable of change. The dinosaur, mightiest creature lhat ever existed on earth, became extinct became It couldn't change. It la the same with political ays tema. If they are INFLEXIBLE, they are of necessity Impermanent. Old 8vngman Rhee. hi thatch white, but abundant despite hi 17 veers, make the grade In Korea. It will be his second term as presi dent. The first time, he w elect ed by the national legislature. This ume he Is elected by the people. 1 J 1 , .,,11 ,..11 a I. a. neing oiu, vui bum iuii ui n, hss resson to feel a bit chesty. Bring elected bv the people Is a tougher hurdle than being elected by a legislature. He says today he hones the war will end during his new four-yesr term, but doubt If It will. He gr thst he never had any hope for the truce negotiations, and has none now. The wr will end, he says, only when Russia Is con vinced It can not defeat the free niHnis a pretty amart old bird 17 or no 77. Ln..i. .im-,iisi illlj '. 1 NEXT ILOODMOBILE VISIT hrt ,(l to r); Frnk Reynold' end Bob Wanted: Someone To Run For Klamath Falls Mayor By ll.tl.K HCAKBUOUGII KluuiuUi Falls badly needs some le to, serve a mayor. But anyone considering applying for the Job had better think twice. It oiler honor of a sort, In small measure, and a much larger meas ure of long hour and short pay. Miivor Bob JhomiMon announced a week ago that he will not again be a candidate for the lob, and theoretically h I a announcement chould have thrown the door open lor any number ol cnnuiuacie. But, as of thla morning, then weren't any. The deadline M filing Is Aug. 20. less than two wicks away. Klamath Falls pays It mayor lust lilt a month, but expect him to be In hi olllce almost every day, to lake part In meetings of one sort or another practically evrrV night In the week, to be the administrator for the varloua ellv departments, to be the presiding of ficer of the legislative body (the council), and to be the city's official greeter and front man at any olvlo occasion that might arise. limitkd man The lob Is a full time one with part time pay. and for Uiat reason Two Seek DA Position Tt,. gl.mitlti Ponntv Rentibllean organisation's executive committee last night declined to make a hard and fast recommendation to Oov. uougias Mcn.ay ior a aiaviici at torney appointment, but notified the aovernor that two men appar ently want the Job. iney are m. a. tnicai vancr, who recently resigned a district Judge, and Frank Alderson, young atlorifty who Is serving a deputy district attorney, D. t. van vector, wno was pros. unlln. .II1WIWU lir .ImlMl fOUf ua... r-. I-rH I .1. vMk tft be comedtslrlct Judge, taking the post vacated oy warier. Since Uiat time Klamath County has had no prosecuting attorney .I,l.,u,n'. atithnrlLw aa a dec. uty ha been under aomewbat ol a cloud. Oov. McKay I to make an ap pointment lor the remainder of (.... M Hlnr'a j,rm lll.lll Jan. 1. but the Republican group decided not to make an outright recom mendation because neither Carter nor Alderson have ny extensive actual law practice experience. carter woraca ior an imvii-i -nnininu httnrm hernmlnfl' lUStlCO Of the peace and later district Judge, and now runs a collection agency. Alderson worked lor an abstract company in urn f-"i and. only came to Klamath County about inree weea o. -. . -t. Mnu, Million out to get hi name on the Nov. 4 ballot as an Independent candidate for district attorney, and Alderson also pln to clrcuUle petition to obtain an Independent nomination. The County Court hag recom- A t rinu McKay that Al- derson be appointed to finish out Van vector s term. Blnco the Job Is a state rather 1..-. - -Miniu nfriea the aovernor could appoint an out-of-town man for tha unexpired term. Greek-Bulgar Action Cools ATHENS, Oreece HI Acting Premier Bophocles Ventzeloa told a packed press conference Friday that Greek forces had been ordered to keep Bulgarian troops off the border Evros Island of Oamma, from which the Communist Bul gers were driven by Greek fire Thursday. 1 , Venltelos saia ureex troops at the river border between Oreece and her Soviet satellite neighbor on the northwest had been ordered to stand by on the alert until the United Nations back Oreck demands for unquestioned sovereignty over the tiny island. A dlspntch from Istanbul, Turk ey, said reports from the Turkish border 10 miles from Oamma Indi cated no new activity In the area and that Turkish authorities ap peared unexcltcd over the latest Oreck-Bulgnr flareup. -.' I in i in iiini titmitrir rriii..r svt1.-tiwtaiww"'"i' ii ichtduled for the Eaglet Ledge, Tuesday, 4 to 4 p.m. Above Rice have an eager eagle cheeked by Dr. E. K. Dietiehe. the field from which Klamath Falls csn draw Its chief executive Is ex tremely limited. In addition to hav ing to be an administrator, parlia mentarian, public speaker, diplo mat and all-round workhorse, the man for the Job must elilier be financially Independent so thst he doesn't have to rely on hi city salary for hi living expense, or must have a paying business or Job lhat he can neglect In favor of the city work. PROBLEM!. The problem the next mvor of Klamath Falls must face In the ensuing four vears are treinendoua. and aren't getting any smaller a lime goe by. Here are a few that the executive and hi council are going to have to cope with: 1. Street. By and large thla city' streets are deteriorating, par ticularly the prlnclpallv-traveled onea, and somehow and somewhere a lot ol money Is going to have to be spent on them. Also there Is the trafflo problem bofore much longer someone 1 going to have to decide whether Klamath Fall goe In for one-wy street or con tinues to try to funnel through traf fic down the main stem. Getting a new 8. th viaduct, .and highway bv-passes. and truck route built or established are part of the overall street and trafflo problem. 2. Sewer. The city sewage and disposal facilities are being out grown. RIXKICATIOV 9. Parks and recreation. The city Is belter ofl for park and recreation facilities now thun ever before, probably, but the need still Isn't met. Moore Park and Hie lake front could aland considerable Improve ment: Veterans Memorial Park on Lake Ewauna still Isn't much more than an eyesore and a name: the swimming pool for which money was voted last May Is still in tne talking stage: another multi-pur pose city athletic field Is needed somewhere In the heavily-popu lated Mills Addition to replace Rec reation Field, which la being sold. 4. Industry. That Is one of Klam ath Falls' crying needs, to get more psyroll Into town. a. personnel, uetting. ana seep ing trained and competent per sona In ell Job on the police, fire and alreet departments. 1 a hsrd proposition now and with the pay not keeping abreast of living costs It la not going to get any easier. There are manv others: extension of the corporate limits; offslreet parking; better eniorcemeni oi building electrical and plumbing regulations and codes: making the airport pay Its own way. MONEY -n.n..W -II . (V.-.a fltv nrnh. lrms there runs one thread of con tinuity monev. L Although Klamath Falls Is finan cially nound, In better condition than many towns Its else, high prices and inflation have hurt the city government Just as thev have hurt private businesses and Indi viduals. The number one emblem Is now. mnA will ' ha fat- a Ions tim tO come, where to get the money. tlu r- wnrntn tnrA 4hre lis an aetlva little campaign being waged rlgnt now to put a isnv up for the Job who Is Klamath Falls' next mayor will go up against a tough situation. A good one is needed. . Test Due For Civil Defense Klamath County's civilian de fense groups will be put to test Aug. 16 with a dry-run alert to be carried out In cooperation with the military and civil defense organi zations from six other states. The local forces will headquar ter at KUH8 where short wave radio equipment and sealed orders will bring In defense problems. Director J. V. La Clair said the alert would last from 8 a.m. to 12 noon here, with all agencies cooperating. HOG BAN LIFTED ' WASHINGTON I The agri culture department lifted the Hog quarantine Friday from Marlon County In Oregon and Spokane County In Washington. Other areas in both states remain under quar antine. A . sj, Price Five Cenf 4O Sabres Down More Migs SEOUL. Korea U The n. s. Fifth Air Force said American pi lots shot down three Communist MIOs Friday In the fifth straight day of furious Jet battles over North Korea. America' 18th Jet ace was crowned In the action, which brought the five-day Allied toll of Russian-built Jet to 18 destroyed and 19 damaged. Capt. CHI lord D. Jolley, Salt Lake, shot down bis iUth MIG to qualify aa an ace. , That mads three? kill, la -two days lor the 31-year-old aabre Jet pilot. Friday the Air Force con firmed a MIG he shot down July 4. As a result, the spectacular Fourth of July aerial battle near the Yalu River became the biggest day of the war for U. 8. airmen 13 MIGs shot down, one probably destroyed and five damaged. The old record of 13 shot down, two probably destroyed, and one damaged was set last Dec. 13. The July 4 battles erupted when Communist Jets scorned out of Manchuria In an attempt to disrupt a powerful allied bombing of a North Korean officers candidate school. The fast Sabres warded off the MIOs from U. N. fighter bomb bers. The Air Force said claims of another probably destroyed Communist Jet and several dam aged may De confirmed later. U. N. warplanes also gave pow erful frontline support to ground troops who Thursday withstood the hottest day of the year a searing toe aegrees on ine western from. On the Centrsl Front, Allied planes Friday attacked Chinese troops who Thursday night tried in vain to recapture the rugged knob called Capital H1U from South Korean Infantrymen. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Fair through Saturday, High of 88 both days. Low tonight 50.- tilgn temp yesterday as Low last night 52 Preclp yesterday 0 To date W.t Normal for period 12.43 Same period last yr 14.84 I A " OtXiOel ' 10AHO ' ' ., V y40 S?; ( "Wild Man" Prows Area In Klamath River Canyon By BILL JENKINS A "wild mnn" has been reported In the wild and rugged area of the Klamath River canyon near the California border. first report of the mysterious stranger came from Bill Hoov er, a rancher whose plnce lies about four miles north of Beswlck. The Hist indication of strange hnp- penings occurred on the night of July 30 when the Hoover's dog stnrted raising a ruckus around the barn. Hoover, armed with a shovel and a flashlight, went out to Investi gate, thinking that the dog had probably cornered a skunk under the barn. He found no signs of either prowlers or skunks and eventually the dog quieted down. Shortly thereafter, while Hoover and Dale Olscn. his 18-year-old nephew, were- haying the dog again Ntartcd narking around tne burn. The two men took separate ends of the barn and circled the structure hoping to spot whatever It was the dog was after but saw nothing. However Mrs. Hoover, who was looking out the window or the house several hundred feet away, saw the stooped figure of a man dart out of the barn and scuttle Into the brush. When the two men gave up their search she told them about seeing the' figure. They Immediately checked for tracks but were un nolo to find any traces In the rocky, brush choked terrain. The following day. close to noon. the two were again working In the KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, tBuild The Basin No. 3 Missing Link High way Boon to Klamath Area? By WALLACE MYERS Let's start today's Klamath Basin story In New York City. Let's gaa up our car In the At lantic Coast metropolis and bead straight lor the. Pacuic coast. We've got a straight shot right through Cleveland. Chicago, Des Moines. Omaha. Cheyenne, Bait Lake City and Wtnnemucca, Nev. We've now covered some 3,100 mile aad e're-"Only-about- 300 miles Irom the Paclllo coast. But what's happened to the road? We did great until we hit Wlnnemucca, But In that thriving little Nevada city our straight-shot route abruptly ended and the high way spilt. One prong wanders olf down south to Reno and San Fran cisco. The other half goes meander ing olf up through Boise and eventually into Portland. MISSING LINK Except for one little missing link, from Wlnnemucca to Alturas or Cedarvllle, Calif., we could have continued on to the coast. As it is, we're at the end of the trail so far as our straight-shot hopes are concerned. Look at the map above. From any point In the vast Midland Em pire, If you want to go east by surfaced highway you must either take the long Jog down to Reno or circle lar up Into the Boise country. Let s consider a trip from Klam ath Falls to the east. From Klam ath Falls to Wlnnemucca by way of Reno, which Is the popular route now It's 451 miles. But If we had that Alturas-Winnemucca road, the distance would be cut to 247 miles- You've no doubt heard many times of the "Wlnnemucca to the Sea" proposal. This Alturas-Winnemucca road is a vital link In that plan. LESS CONCERN The Klamath Chamber of Com merce has perhaps concerned it sell less with this project than with many others. But the chamber Is strongly aware of lis importance to the Klamath Country. Curt Lion, operator of La- field when they heard a piercing scream from the vicinity of the house. Hoover grabbed a pitchfork ana he and tne boy rati to Uie house where they found Mrs. Hoov er. She, too, had heard the scream from the nearby brush but had seen no sign of an intruder. Again the ground was searched for traces but nothing showed up. No tracks, no bits of cloth torn by thorns or brush, no dropped articles. After these alarms a search of (he area was made by several men In a group but again no trace was found. Several days later Lowell Jones, who Is logging in the area, his boy and several of the crew were walking down a small clearing near the river when a stone was hurled at them from a high bank back of the river. It did not strike any one In the party but scored a near miss. Seconds later another rock was flung but thev were unable to spot where It came from. They fanned out and searched the entire area without finding a clue of any sort. The country there, some five mile below the Old Frane ranch. which Hoover leases. Is extremely tugged, lnnacessible except on foot and extremely rocky and brushy. Two dcnutles were sent ud from Yreka to inveslgate but thev met with no success. Since the rock throwing episode the screaming man nas not appeared, out a close watch Is being maintained on tha stretch ot. river and surrounding territory. . , -, , FRIDAY, AUGUST I, 1951 Polnte's here, is the recognized Klamath champion of the project. The case he presents for the need and advisability of the road Is so convincing you wonder why the road wasn t Duut- many years ago. (In later articles we'll have more to say about Lion's argument.) Actually, of course, big reason why the Alturas-Winnemucca high way hasn't been built Is that by far the- greater part of the route Is tn Nevada and Nevada has no particular need or Interest In such a road. As a matter of fact, Reno win almost certainly battle tne laea. You can see whv. The road would undoubtedly take a sizeable volume oi visitors away irom iteno. BEST BET The best bet is for the road to be built as a federal project for military and defense purposes. That's the approach favored by the Klamath Chamber of Com merce. As for the road's commercial value to Klamath Falls we must call your attention to the fact that Distribution IS one oi our major businesses here. Availability of that Alturas - Wlnnemucca highway would certainly be a tremendous boon to tuat business. We'll devote an entire article to Distribution later on. Right now well leave you with this fact: Kiamatn f ans even now is ranked as the fourth largest Dis tribution center In the Northwest. Some of our leading businessmen contend that Distribution could easily become our LARGEST bus iness. Let's think more about that miss ing link to Winnemucca. Police Probe Assault Tale A 54-vear-old transient. Patrick Mullen, is held In the City Jail while investigation is being made of a 17 - year - old girls story that he raped her last mgnt. . The girl also is held in the city lockup. Mullen was booked for vagrancy ana in Municipal uouu mis morn ing was sentenced to 30 days and lined 8100. Police picked up the girl on S. 6th near Elm late last night and she said the man had attacked her near the railroad tracks in that vicinity. She said Mullen, who also was taken into custody on S. 6th, had come up to her at the bus depot yesterday afternoon and that In their conversation she told him she was hungry, and had not eaten for two aays. , He took her to a restaurant and bought her a meal, and then they parted company. Later in the eve ning, the girl told police and Ju venile Officer Francis Mathews, she again met Mullen In the bus depot and that they took a walk down to a railroad spur on 8. 6th. There, she said, they sat down and he tried to persuade her to have intercourse with him. She said she refused, but that he forcibly attacked her. Mullen admitted meeting the girl at the bus depot and buying her a meal, but said that they parted down the street yesterday after noon and that he didn't see her again. He said he was In a Klamath Avenue tavern most of the evening. The girl said that she was an escapee from Fairvlew Home, the state's Institution for mentally de ficient persons. Mullen admitted to police that he has been in jails In several states in the Midwest and In Cal ifornia, and that he had Just been released from the Merced, Calif., Jan before coming to Klamath Falls on a ireight train. - - Telephone 1111 No. 2S91 New Justice Department Probe Due WASHINGTON W A new round of top-level resignation in the Justice Department was reported in prospect rrlday, and the axe is expected to fall on some U.8. district attorneys outside Washing ton. At the same time, a relatively unknown attorney Ross L. Ma lone of Roswell, N.M. was slated to take over the department's No. 2 spot succeeding A. Devitt Vanech as deputy attorney general. vanecn resigned Monday to seek the Democratic nomination for the unexpired term of the late Sen. Brian McMahcn of Connecticut. Impending new changes In the department now headed bv Atty. oen. James P. Mcoranery were forecast by Informed sources a amounting to a virtual clean sweep oi oinciai leit over irom me re gime of Atty.-Gen. J. Howard Mc- Grath, and before him, Tom Clark. EIGHTH VACANCY The departure of Vanech left the eighth major vacancy In the de partment's top echelon start ing last April 4 with the firing of rccuraui at me neigntn oi President Truman's government 'house cleaning" campaign. McGrath stepped down after he had first fired Newbold Morris, his special nouse cleaner." Behind much of the shake-UD In the Justice Department has been the investigation launched last spring by a special House Judici ary subcommittee headed by Rep. Frank cheu (iKv and Rep. Ken neth Keating (R-NY). Cheu and Committee Counsel Stephen A. Mitchell of Chicago were reported backing Malone for McGranery's chief deputy. Besides being a mend of Mltcn- ell, Malone is a member of the Board of Governors of the Ameri can Bar Association which has been seeking more voice in the se lection of department personnel. The association advocates strict er non-political professional stand ards lor government attorneys. Klamath Fire Jumps Lines EUREKA. Calif. Ml Despite efforts of 350 firefighters, a brush and timber fire covering nearly 3.000 acres near Klamath raged out of control again Friday. Fire crews, which include 54 con victs from San Quentln Prison, have been battling the blaze since Monday with - bulldozers, tank trucks and hand tools. Foresters twice reported the blaze almost under control but wind and dry weatner namperea efforts to encircle the fire area. The fire is in canyon country about six miles southeast of Kla math, an area used for logging by several Eureka mills. X-RAY BOX SCORE Yesterday : 792 Total to date 5372 Goal - : 54,000 Monday's Schedule: Shasta View Grocery, 4079 Shas ta Way. 12 to 7 p.m. Peterson's Market, 4839 S. 6th Street. 12 to 8 p.m. jnyjg TWO EMPLOYES of the M. L. Johnson Iniuranee Agency were snapped en route to work this morning. They are (I to rl Gert rude HoefV and Betty, Jones, both cl 1 120 Pin Street, Party Heads Turn Down Truman Plan WASHTNOTON Wl Leading Democrats gave a cold reception Friday to President Truman'a ug gestlon he might call a special session of Congress to act on new inuation controls. Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate- House Economics committee, told a reporter he thinks such action at this time would be futile. Sen. A. 8. (Mike) Monroney of Oklahoma said he believes me gov ernment ought to watch the cost of living "like a hawk" but he Indicated he doesn't think law makers are in the frame of mind now to return to Washington and act on a new controls law. Sen. Maybank (D-SC). chairman of the Senate Banking Committee wnicn nanoie controls bins, tnrew his weight against the special ses sion idea. Maybank said, "I do not see what results can be gained." POLITICS Republicans generally were In clined to look upon Truman's state ment that he haa a special session call under consideration as some thing of a political harassment move directed at them. ' There were indications he mav discuss this and other issues with Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, the Democratic presldental nom inee, when they meet here next week. Stevenson ha accepted a Tru man invitation to attend cab inet meeting at the White House Tuesday. One Democrat who didn't want to be quoted by name told a re porter he believes a special ses sion mignt be embarrassing to Stevenson, since the latter ap parently is attempting to avoid too close an identification with the Truman administration. Reds Receive Full Sentence , LOS ANGELES Ul California's'. 14 leading Communists including a self-styled founding member of the party in Russia are under maximum sentence of five years hi prison and S10.000 line each for conspiracy against the united States. The heaviest judgment possible, under the Smith Act of 1940 was? levied Thursday by Federal Judge Wlllam C. Mathes after he upheld the Jury's guilty- verdict. The defendants, including Rus sian-born Frank Spector. took their sentences without flinching. All made strong, some defiant, statements maintaining innocence. All 14 filed immediate notice of intention to appeal the case to the U.S. Circuit Court. The convicted Communists found guilty after she months trial of conspiring to teach and advo cate overthrow of the government bv force all professed pride in the Communist Party. I am a rounding memoer oi urn Communist Party." Spector. 67,- said. He dated his party entry Sep tember. 1919. He has been in the U.S. about 25 years and was Los Angeles coun ty industrial organizer for the party when indicted last December. Spector faces alien deportation pro ceedings. . ' Others who were sentencea: mi- Uam Scbnelderman. ex-California party chairman; Frank Carlson, Philip M. Connelly and his wife. Dorothy Healey conneny: sen Dobbs,' Ernest Otto Fox. Mrs. Rose Chernln Kusnitz. Carl Rude Lam bert, Albert Jason (Mick) Lima. Al Richmond. Mrs. Loretta Starv us Stack, Henry Steinberg: and Mrs. Oleta O'Connor Yates. r
