Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, December 24, 1953, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textw ;u JUi II 1 Ll UU 1-4 4 V . V IV li I II -y 1 IJ I I 1 N. S M --- mm mmmm- , i'si" lwralM3J)(lo Oil ' ,n "V i pr-TV-;, (hi frie. flw Ce-M PMW KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER U. 1MJ Telephone lilt No, " nK tT 4 : .1VA FRANK JENKINS L. mds. of the year: hrvlne secretary-manager iptne inuuai- EVapter the National fcv'ars, the Kremlin com-! r EVE ON HIM. 11 ..T. ..Hll, than, ( Eywere the discoverers ol C,ique also." race note on this 24th December: market was mostly Led to HIOHEB at the open L sew York exchange this u It should be. Can you .nvthlns meaner than a t stock brokers going down on the morning before ks snd BIDDING PRICES l irreat Joy in the world Lwclally in America on t dy of December 1M3. For it Christmas since 1949, the nnt roaring m iwicn. the guns once stilled, may (can KEEP them stilled. put it this way: i WITH HONOR Is the last, fce ol an maiiuuu. is sorrow among us also itav-beiore-Ohrlstmas of E sorrow arises out of the t M Americans navo cuos- fcrranism in preference to re- Uie American way or me. fni survey has been made Ihickirounas ot an oi mem. (. some of tne I acta mrara irouD. the 22 converts to nism are auite young 11 the 32 are not old enough and others reacuea voting hile caotives ... AS Boys, nbablv were classmen, as s. rather than leaders brs who WOULD NOT AC hiESPONSIBILmr . . . Few f had held Jobs . . Several It had run into trouble with as juvenile aeunquenw, shall we say of it all? fck we might all better say bus: "Let him who is with- i cast the first stone." day before Christmas Is not ft fr vnlnufl side. IS Hie JHUIrtJllOl, W1IU .M1UVC a gasoline station in Okla- City which is in the grip ot Id spell. He says It was so k couldn't bear to roll down Now, so he held up five attendant, blessed with the r spirit, thought he got the He brought out five pints of Bioma, you know. Is const!- illy dry, low that's a bad one, but in fcrld one has to learn to take kd along with the good. It erlcans ever reach the point we can't laugh at our own omlnsts and imperfections Ives our minor wickednesses) be goners. lay Christmas to all. Americans Cancel Longshore Outcome Due On Monday NEW YORK 11 The National Labor Relations Board said Ttara day the outcome of a neck-anu- neck longshore bargaining elec tion would not be known until Mon day, with final results hinging on disposition of 4,405 challenged bal lots along ai,2M cast in the two- day balloting. When the counting of unchal lenged ballots ended shortly before 2 a.m., the NLRB said the inde pendent International Longshore men's Assn. was 1,492 votes ahead o the newly formed ILA-AFL, The actual total vote was 9,060 for the old union, 7,568 for the ILA AFL, 95 for neither union, 118 void and 4,405 in dispute. FLAREUP Inter-union rivalry flared into sporadic pitched battles along the waterfront Wednesday in Brooklyn and Staten Island, where the vot ing took place. Heavy police rein- lorcements queued we disturb ances. Charles T. Douds, NLRB region al director, said he did not believe either union would call a strike at midnight Thursday night, when an 80-day Taft-Hartley "cooling off injunction expires. STRIKE The old ILA, ousted from the AFL for failure to rid its ranks of racketeers, staged a five-day strike last October which 'was halted by the Taft-Hartley injunc tion. The no-strike order was ex tended, later to the ILA-AFL. Results of the election will de termine only which union will rep resent new, York-New Jersey long shoremen but ksome 40,000 other dockers along the East Coast have their eyes on the outcome.. e Razes jpply Base GARY, Alta. Wl A flash ii damage estimated at one i dollars swept through tne itrcraft stores building at No. Materiel Base, RCAF, in 'est Calgary early Thursday, Pge building was destroyed. e of the fire is unknown. Se- guards had inspected the h shortly before the out- M saw nothing amiss. nre, which sent flames 20 the air, cast an eerie glow pe south part of the citv. hi first discovered by mem- me Canadian Pacific Air- tepalrs) Ltd. security guard, roads Lose k Cut- Move (TUND W) Railroads lOBt ' Kempt Wednesday to put fiect a lower rate on bulk pirn shipments between Port- inn Spokane. final judge denied their mo' r1 dissolve a temporary in 1 against the new rate. ran oeen approved earlier it interstate Commerce Com- r baree enmnnntaa. wViirth n'-i that the new rate would ftm, obtained the temporary matter will be settled later faring before a three-judge Defense "ded in Death ck wi Alfred Monroe 'J, pleaded innocent by -reouay 10 a cnarge of sec- iree murder. c of Peace Will Nordean special session of the grand rOOBbly Will h. lloH In T to consider the case. 7 'as Charepri last IPfWav Propter. He said wir mi him hi 6uiey home at Sump- Jet Pilot Dies In Crash RENTON. Wash, m A diving jet plane carried an Air Force pilot to oeatn near naro weaneBuay night as he neared Seattle for Christmas reunion with his parents. He was identified as 1st Lt. R. F, Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kennedy of Seattle. He had been stationed at Fairfax Air Force Base in Kansas. The T3S Jet trainer blew a gap ing crater in a farm field as it exploded after what appeared to be a power dive. It Mt close to a rouer rink and barely missed a barn, one witness said it was "like a bomb Groins' off." Kennedy naa reiueiea at a uai- Ifornia, base on cross-country flight, Government To Buy Pacific Pears WASHINGTON (B The Agricul ture Department announced Thurs day it will shortly offer to buy an unannounced quantity of Pacific Coast winter pears. The nears will be donated to tne government-sponsored school lunch program ana engioie puonc insti tutions. Details of the purchase offer will be announced later i f IKE JOINS RED CROSS DRIVE Posrmatter General Arthur Summerfield (right!, chairman of the Red Cross drive in Government agenciet, enroiii President Eisenhower t the White House, He is pinning a Red Crosr button in lice's lapel. Bruhaus Ends In Shooting Cruz Unzuetti, about 35, was tak en to the Klamath Valley Hospital about 1 a.m. this morning suffer-: ing from a bullet wound in the abdomen. According to eye witnesses in terrogated by the city police an argument developed between TJn zuetti and an unidentified Negro in front of the Pastime on Klam ath Avenue. ;-- . ' ; yiwo nwft;seaied'l cajsp8Fkeftp nearDy stated tney heard someone say "Don't rush me," a shot fol lowed and a man was seen run ning to a car parked in front of the K Cafe. He Jumped in the driv ers' seat and took off east or Klamath Avenue at a high rate of speed with no lights. Unzuetti was rushed to the hos pital by Kaler's Ambulance Service and according to the attending physician his condition at noon to day was critical. It is believed Unzuetti Is cent arrival here, his last known address was said to be 718 ' King Street, Seattle. He Is also reported to have lived at Lakeport, Calif. No description of the assailant or the car was obtained by eye witnesses, according to police. Post Office Draws Praise For Handling Ot Big Mall "We believe the people of your community should know of the fine Job you and your employes have done handling the apparent nation wide record-breaking volume of hol iday mail,'' read a telegram re ceived this morning by Postmaster Chester L. Langslet from N, R. Abrams, assistant postmaster gen eral in Washington, D.C. According to Langslet, the local Bottom Spud Size Okayed The Oregon-California Potato Committee's recommendation has been approved and will be effective Dec. 28. The recommendation sets the minimum else on X1.8, No. 3's at eight ounces and larger. Notice of the approval by the secretary of the Department of Agriculture was received this morning by Merle Webb in Red mond and reported by telephone. The recommendation was formed at the Dec. 10 meeting in Klamath Falls and carried - through to the Joint meeting with the Idaho Com mittee Dec. 16. the recommenda tion from both groups then went to the Dept. of Agriculture, Webb commented that at the time of the Dec. 10 meeting, the net return to growers was gener ally 90 to 95 cents per hundred weight on U.S. No, l's. By Dec. 22 the market had strengthened as a result of the committee recom mendation, and the grower was re ceiving a net return of $1,20 to $1.30 lor U.S. No. l's. "Messiah" To Be Broadcast Here A world-wide radio broadcast of excerpts from Handel's "Messiah," with Ronald Column as narrator and featuring a 159-voice choir and 50-plece .orchestra, will be heard as a special Christmas program Friday evening from a to 1 p.m. over Ki"LW. This same presentation will be beamed to BBC and the Armed Forces Radio Service. The latter will send the program to troops throughout the world via stations in Tokyo- and Frankfort. ' NO SNOW LONDON !7P) Christmas Eve brought bright sunshine and mild temperatures with some mist to much of Western Europe Thursday. Winter sports enthusiasts growled over the lack of snow. post office is current with its de liveries and dispatching of mail. We will provide additional serv ice to patrons on Christmas Day. All gift parcels arrtvtng on Christ mas Day will be delivered to the residential and suburban areas. This does not include hustaess or rural routes," Langslet stated. The cooperation of the public in using the labels supplied by a. .Post .OHice?Dpaitofflst- to separate local and out-of-town let ter mail facilitated the handling of this class of mail and resulted in saving time and effort in the local office," . he continued. Although there was a S5 per cent increase in business at the Klam ath Falls post office this year, the real congestion was not m the building itself, patrons reported, declaring that parking facilities are inadequate. Fear was expressed that next year, if Seventh Street becomes a one-way street as is pro posed, there will be even space available for public parking. It has been suggested that If half of the space on each side of the post office, which is now given over to lawn, were to be paved and opened up as a 10-minute parking zone for patrons of the post office, at least another 70 automobiles could be accommodated at one time. It was pointed out that this improvement might be included in the paving project which is planned for the purpose of adding to the present loading zone. , Mail volume at the two sub-sta tions. Lee Hendriclrs Drusi and Schneider Vartety Store, both on South Sixth, showed more than per cent increase over , antici pated business, according to Lang slet. ' Korean Trio Tells Of Mind Chang By GF.ORGE A. McARTHUR PANMUNJOM W! Twenty - two Americans who disowned home for communism failed to show up to day for a news conference they had requested to explain tneir choice. Instead, three Koreans also converts to communism ap peared. They said the Americans had changed their minds about talking. The Koreans dented reports that fear instead of belief to commu nism was holdine some of the Americans "Look into the matter and see," they urged Indian custodian troops. TRIP The Americans packed for Christmas Eve trip back to their main prison compound in the neu tral zone, leaving tJie area where they spent the linal days ol Allied efforts to win them home. The explanation period ran out Wednesday midnight (10 a.m. Wednesday, EST). At the main barbed-wire com pound, all the former Allied sol diers who have chosen commu nism will be reunited i& Ameri cans, 1 Briton, 327 Koreans. They were separated when 250 Koreans attended Allied explanations ana the others balked. The- prisoners will observe Christmas with & special menu of beet, chicken, pork, fruit, wine ami beer furnished by the commu nists. ' GAMES . They ate' .Warmed- special, alii letlc "events Christmas afternoon. The 22 Americans will spend the next 30 days at he main com pound. They, like ail other prison ers who have refused repatriation, are due to be released Jan, 23 as civilians, . ' ,h However, their status at that time in the eyes of the U, S. gov ernment remained undetermined. In Washington, the Defense De partment said the Americans will remain in open service until then, but no further decision was an nounced A spokesman said open service means their pay will continue to accumulate. A Pentagon statement said that after the period of grace the Army nas three possible choices 1, leaving the 22 on open- service; 2. giving them undesirable dis charges; 3. listing them as desert ers. A dectslon. will be made later. the statement said. KLAMATH BAS1H POTATO SHIPMENTS Sam Sty Ship? Ik con , 42 cars ToUl ftf liuil 4281 cart 4Sf7 eon USt-W IKt-St State Senator Dean Walker Passes At 64 Following 20 Years In Legislature By PAUL W. HARVEY JH. SALEM I State Sen. Dean H. Walker, 84, a leader in the Ore gon Legislature for 20 years, died ina Salem hospital early Thurs day of a heart attack. Walker, an Independence hop grower, was taken to the hospital last Saturday. Death came at 12:20 a. m. He was the Legislature's out standtng authority on taxation, budget and education matters. He had served as chairman of the ways and means, taxation, and ed ucation committees, and usually wrote the Legislature's tax bills. Walker was president of the Sen ate in 1841, and served several times as acting governor during the next two years. Republican Party leaders urged him many times to run for gover nor or U. S. senator, but he never was Interested In higher office. His outstanding piece of legis- iotiv work was writing the "Walk er Plan," which was the formula under which- state income tax rates were reduced during the war years. Walker, a handsome, silver- haired man, bad a greater influ-l ence than any other legislator, es-i pecially in dealing with financial matters. He got that intluence be cause of bis wide knowledge of the problem. He never talked much on the Senate floor, making his influence telt through his key committee posts. In the 1853 session, he was chair man of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, vice chairman of the Tax Committee, and ft mem ber of the Educatiou and Rules Committees. For many years, he has been on the State Emergency Board, a legislative committee which makes appropriations when the Legisla ture Is not in session. Walker was a member of the House in 1933. His continuous serv. ice in the Senate began in 1035, representing Polk and Benton counties. Born at Rlckreall Sept. 9. IE Walker was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1915. He later got a master'! degree from Columbia University. walker remained at Oregon uirougn laia as graduate manager, and then headed the university physical education department for four years. Ha alto was deu ot men for three years. as nead of the physical educa tion department, Walker coached the Oregon basketball team to one title, and helped coach the football team that beat Pennsylvania In the Rose BOWl. While in Eugene, he was mem ber of the City Council and was in the furniture business. Walker served In the field artil lery in World War I, and had op erated a big hop ranch at Inde pendence since coming back from the war. He was president of the Oregon Hop Growers, and' had been a member of the United States Hop Control Board. Walker belonged to many organ izations, Including the American Legion, Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Nu, snd Kiwanis Club. He leaves widow asd -three children North Santiam Highway Opened SALEM Wl The North Santiam Highway was opened- Thursday, naving Been closed Tuesday by a slide west of Big Cliff Dam, Driving -conditions were good over the state, except for a few icy spots at Government Camp, TunBentne, Warm Springs Junc tion, Meacham and Seneca. There was sanded packed snow at 8antlam Pass, Willamette Pass and Austin. All other points reported bare pavement. The Wilsonvllle Perry was closed oy nign water. SHOOTING HOURS ELLINGTON, Mo. H! swept through two frame farm houses in southeast Missouri early Thursday, killing nine members of the two families. Eight victims of the Christmas Eve tragedies were children. Five other persons were Injured. The fires, one near Ellington and the other some 80 miles to the southeast near Poplar Bluff four hours earlier, came on the coldest day of the year for this section of Missouri. The temperature was slightly above lero. &otn were attributed By survive ors to overheated wood stoves. Six of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Estea died in the fire near Ellington. The parents were seriously burned. In the blaze nine miles east ot Poplar Bluff, Mark Rogers, 34, and two of his three children per ished. Three other persons were injured. Dam Delay Move Rapped WASHINGTON (flV-Reports the Bureau ol the Budget plans a de lay m completion of Chief Joseph and The Dalles dams in the Pa cific Northwest brought a protest Wednesday from Sen. Morse (Ind Ore), Morse said id a letter to budget director Joseph Dodge he under stands the bureau's plans for the year beginning next July 1 call for a delay in power deliveries from The Dalles dam from November. 1B4T, to November, 19SJ. The sen ator said he also understands in stallation of five generators at Chief Joseph dam will be delayed for one year. A Budget Bureau spokesman de clined comment. CRITICALLY ILL Francis A. Nixon. 73, I above) , father of Vice President Richard- Nixon it iti critical condition Phoenix, Arfi., he-sestet. En route to hit home in Whittier, Calif., with hi$ wife. he we taken front plane suffering from a levere stomach hemorrhage. Nine Die In Flaming Homes Local Man Takes Life Henchmen Die Along With Leader By RICHARD XASISCHKE MOSCOW UK The Soviet Union closed the books today on Lavreniy P. Beria. The government an nounced that the longtime doss oi the secret police MVD) (ltd six of his henchmen were shot by a Bring squad yesterday after sv se cret five-day trial, The. Soviet Su preme Court found them guilty of high: treason. Beria, S4, held the Soviet TJalon' highest honors and had been ele vated to the No. S Kremlin post of first deputy premier and interior minister after Joseph State died nine mnt-h ago. Three months later, la June, Premier Georgt Malenkov's government arrested him and denounced him as a trai tor to the state and communism, FIRST WOBD The execution announcement to day was the first disclosure that Berla's trial had been going on since Friday behind locked doors. The hearing opened, two day af ter the Soviet press published. In dictments against Beria and an nounced the-names of the six ether defendants. The papers at the same time started blasting the seven as the vilest kind of betray ers and reported that mass meet ings throughout tne country were unanimously csUtog for t&ett deaths. (In past cases of executed trai tors, the bodies have been cre mated and disposed ot without further announcement.) GUILT PROVE! The eight-mao trtmmal, under Marshal Ivan S. Koniev, a World War II hero, passed sentence after 'The guilt of all the accusea was Mmpletely proved in court by the evidence and also by oral and writ ten confessions," the government, newspaper Izvestia said. The official announcement said Beria and those who had conspired with him tried "to put the Ministry of Internal Affairs above the party and the government for the pur pose ot seizing power" and aimed "for restoration ot capitalism," As early as 1919 Beria "occupied the post of secret agent" In Aier oaltaa, acting with; groups "under the control of British intelligence organs," the announcement said. It added: "In the following: years up to his arrest, L. p. Beria continued and extended nts secret cotmectlsos with, foreign, intelligence services,'' .Ernest (Diggers)- Koschnick, 51- year-old proprietor of the Town Ohio, ended his life early Thursday with a gun, according to Sheriff Murray Brltton. The sheriff reported that the club operator was found dead in bed at his home, 18S2 Arthur. Brlt ton said Koschnick had placed the muzzle of a ,22-caliber pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger. The body was found by the vic tim's widow, Effie, when she went to his room shortly before II a.m, Thursday. Sheriff Brltton said the body was muffled In blankets which appar ently deadened the sound of the shot. Koschnick was at his place of business all Wednesday evening and seemed to be in the best of spirits. He went home at 3 a.m. Thursday. He left a note to his: wife whiefi stated; "Hope you are strong I can't take lt anymore." Dr. George H. Adier, county cor oner, pronounced Koschnick a sui cide victim. The body was taken to Wsrd's Funeral Home. Queen Inspects New Zeaionders AUCKLAND, New Zealand Wl Queen Elizabeth II inspected some of her royal New Zealand foroea Thursdfty and looked over a model airplane made By a aospitaiizea little boy. The Queen's husband, the Duke ot Edinburgh, who holds a pilot's license, pronounced the little plane airworthy much to the delight of Ha 6-year-old maker, Graeme Stan- didge. Graeme fell off his bicycle a few days ago, was badly hurt and faced a bleak Christmas in the hospital, The royal couple visited Auckland hospital Thursday, talked to the child and Oraeme's expected ordeal turned into the biggest thrill of his life. Some Stores To Be Closed In order to give their employes the benefit of a three-day holiday, the following men's stores will be closed the day after Christmas: Don's Mens and Boys Wear, Draws Manstore, Herman's Mens Store. Oregon Woolen Store, Dick Seed er's Store and Body's. Keith Moon has announced The Town Shop will remain closed the day following Christmas and also on Jan. 2, the day following New Years Day, Among appliance stores, East Side Appliance Store, Leach Serv ice Company and Thompson's Kitchen Center stated Wednesday that their places of business would probably be closed on Dec. 38. commercial garages in Klamatn Falls will be closed, as will Gael ler's, but most drug stores, gro cery stores and ether outlets will remain open on Saturday, Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls td vicinity: Fair through Friday ex cept for morning fog. High Friday 35; - low Thursday sight 89, High yesterday 38- Low last night ; .... is Preclp test it hours a Since Oct. 1 .. Normal for period .. . .I5 Same period last year A year ago Is described aa a "fairly good day". BOMB CASABLANCA, Morocco Wl A bomb exploded In a butcher shop In Casablanca's central market Thursday and killed 1ft persons. At least 10 others were Ir.j'jrerJ, December 24 OPEN CLOSE 7:04 .m. 4:39 p,m. OPEN CLOSE December 25 7:04 .m. 4:40 p,m. France's New President Enters Paris As Weary Parliament Heads Home PARIS W France's new Presi! dent, H-year-old conservative Sen. Rene Coty, drove triumphantly Into Paris Thursday. The nation's weary Parliament which elected him went! home to a Christmas rest and pros pects or a new year fraught with strife and division. Coty, generally unknown to the public and no relation ts the per fumers, was elected- Wednesday night for a seven-year term to suc ceed Socialist Vincent Auriol. The new chief of state will take office Jan, It, Premier Joseoh La- niel's cabinet then will resign and: irance once more will be with out a government. Cotys election, at the palace of Versailles eight miles from the captlal, ended a week's voting deadlock unprecedented to French Malory. Previously no more than two hal lo's had been required to same a chief of state. Thirteen were held at two-a-day pace before Coty first proposed on the 12th ballot received the 'necessary majority of more than suft members of the National Assembly and Senate. ' The end of the stalemate may speed the projected meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers in Ber lin. Western diplomats in Moscow said they expect ait early Soviet reply to the Western note propos ing a Jan. 4 meeting now that the presidential election ts over. Observers were certain, the deep parliamentary divisions revealed by the long-stalemate over such burning: domestic Issues as labor policy, church Influence and es pecially the American-backed plan to rearm Germany within a six-! nation European army would Be repeated in ISM'a legislative wrangling over those Issues. The first test will come when the Assembly is asked ts confirm lAniei a successor. ;oiy got tn votes US were needed to elect on the decisive ballot. Marcel - Esmond Naegeien, Socialist and former governor gen eral of Algeria, polled 32ff. Coty's views on the European army are not even posJiely known. He was ill when the Senate debated the project, and has never taken a stand. Though he has seen in Parliament nearly S9 years, he Is known chiefly as a member of the conservaUve, "Sree enterprise" in dependent party, and an advocate ol constitutional reform- to strength en the executive and eliminate toe frequent changes of government. As President, he is supposed to have no control over policy. The post is symbolic of the continuity of the state and by tradition above politics. His duties are largely cere monial and social, though he must select a new Premier whenever the Assembly turns the casiaei out of Office.