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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1954)
1 i 1 1 LOIS HUBBLE AND TERRY CHATTERTON, are the king and queen candidates for the freshman class at Bonanza high school. Lois is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. King Hubble and Terry's parents are Mr. and Mrs. James s Chatterton, Bonanza. , In The, Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS".. In Berlin, the (otir Bide) has made proposals to what to do with conquered anC chopped--apart Germany. Our proposals-a're- unacceptable to Russia. Russia has made proposals for German re unification that are unacceptable to us. That, in capsule form, Is the sit uation as this is written. We propose FREE German elec tions as a means of finding cut if West Germany and East Germany want to come back together. That Is OUR way. When two or more people want the same office In our country, we hold a. free election and the people go to the polls and by their free and untampcred-wlth ballots decide what is to be done. The candidate (or the issue) that gets the most votes WINS, and that settles It. Our proposal doesn't sit well AT ACL on Molotov's stomach, and lie opposes it bitterly. He says the West doesn't know how to hold a lree election AND AT THE SAME TIME KEEP OUT CORRUPT ELEMENTS (in Molotov's thinking, nny element that is opposed to com munism Is ft corrupt element.) He argues thatthe. cqmmuntet.w)Mi8 the only BATE (sale lor commu nism) way to a demooratlo Gbp many. . The communist way Is to put up ONE SLATE and tell the voters to take it or elsel Our straight-talking Dulles re ports: Molotov rejects the West's plan lor unuication oi uermany wrougn FREE elections because he is afraid the 18 million East Ger mans, If given the chance through a. free election, would overwhelm- inalv relect the communist re- Birr.e." That would be a nasty Jolt for the world communism and, Molo tov Just CAN'T let himself get caught in any such trap. Molotov's proposal is a screwball one. of course, but our diplomatic people who are doing the dickering in Berlin think he HAD to block free all-German elections AT ANY COST in order to avoid setting off a chain reaction in all tne com munist satellites particularly Po land and Czechoslovakia, which are not at all happy under the Rus sian heel. If Molotov should let himself get talked into free all-German elec tions, and if the communists should LOSE in these elections "(as they certainly would) then Poland and Czechoslovakia ana Hungary ana Romania and Bulgaria and Latvia and Estonia and Lithuania ana nil the other countries that have been brought, by force under tne narsn and grim rule of communism would want free elections also so that they too could get out from under the Russian heel. That fact puts Molotov behind the c eht-bali. He just CANT let anything like that happen.--. Personally, I think we're maklrer nnwress at Berlin. We re drama tizinir the fact that communism Is a foul and stinking thing. Therein, I think, lies our hope for the future. All mankind . LONGS TO BE FREE. If we can dramatize vivid ly enough for all the world to see how foul and awful a thing com munism Is the time will come when rommunism will FALL BECAUSE OF ITS OWN FOULNESS. If that can come to pass, Arma geddon can be avoided in our day. Oregon Democrats To Hear Jackson PORTLAND UH Sen. Henry M Jackson (D-Wash) will be prin cipal speaker at a Democratic po litical action meeting here Feb. 37. Chairman Prank Bauman said the, Ulk "will launch the 1954 Ore eon campaign to return the Demo crats to power in the U. S. Con gress.". , . ' ' Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Sunday with hlRh of 4.1; low Saturday night 25 uirh veaterdar . ...........34 Low lrt nint U Oip Four Ming Up felin Meet PRESTON OROVER "BERLIN A. Communist crackdown on East Oerman work ers speaking out against Vyacheslav M. Molotov's plan for the unification, of Germany paral lelled the final session today oi the second week of the Big Four for eign ministers conference. East German police made scores of arrests. Interior Minister Willi Stoph, directing the crackdown, warned at an East Berlin rally last night that the Red govern ment "will sharply suppress every attempt to aisrupt democratic de velopment of the .republic." The warning came as a caution against any German demonstrations dur ing the weekend recess of the Big r our. OPPOSITION Outbursts of opposition, all rel atively feeble, developed in five scattered East German cities in the past five days. They were simply shouts of protest against speakers lauding the declaration by Molotov that the best way to unite Germany and prevent a re surgence of Httlerlem was to pat tern a- new .united nation -after ppllceittemlnated East Germany; " ine moioiov Plan, pegged to tne Idea of forming a provisional gov ernment in which the Communists would have an equal voice with the West Germans, has brought the Big Four parley to a near stall. . The three Western ministers. with U. S. Secretary of State Dulles as leadoff man, declared that un less Molotov was ready to negoti ate Instead of lecture and de nounce, there was little value in talking further at this meeting about uniting Germany. ' The Western ministers said clearly they had had enough of It. But not Molotov. In his con cluding word at last night's ses sion, he demanded further dis cussion of Germany's future, v So today's final session of the second week of the conference was given over to the problem. A SHORT CUT TO FREEDOM, via hacksaw and window, is surveyed by Dean (Coyote) George, one of two prisoners, in the time tank at the city jail who did not take advan tage of . the means of escape which took two other prisoners to freedom some time Friday night, only a day or so before their release was scheduled. The escapees, Richard Roy Logan, 23, and Kenneth (Dusty) Wells, 25, sawed their way to freedom with a six inch hacksaw blade which was found outside the window this' morning by Al Brotherton, city meter maintenence man., Their es cape was reported to Desk Sgt. Leonard Clark by a trustee, Russell Pennabaker, after he went up to feed the prison ers about 7:15 this morning. Both Logan and Wells had been sentenced to 30 days in jail or $100 fine: Logan on January 6 for failure to stop at the scene of an acci dent; Wells on January 8 for disorderly conduct. The police report on Logan states that he is out of the peniten tiary after three years on a hit and run charge. Wells was to be remanded to the county jail on a charge of furnish ing liquor to minors when his city sentence was con cluded, according to 'District Judge D. E. Van Vactor. '.- ' . .- rear JifiCZTZ Wl F7 Four rilee Fir Coats M Page Controversy Still Rages On Bricker WASHINGTON UV-Sen. George (D-am said today that any move to avoid a Senate showdown in this session of Congress on tne contro versial Bricker treaty - power amendment would merely "perpei- uute the issue" in politics. - George, who told the Senate yes terday President Eisenhower can not defend his opposition to a pro vision giving Congress a cneck on executive agreements, said in an interview he is going to continue to work to get a constitutional amendment passed. He has offered his own version. The Senate, in recess over the weekend, will resume debate Mon day on a proposal ay sen. uricker (R-Ohlo) with the understanding It will not attempt to reach any votes on the measure until the weeV of Feb. 15. .There are so many conflicting proposals pending that George said It seems doubtful to him that any could now get Senate approval by the necessary two-uuras of tnose voting. - But maybe after we nave mulled this thing over for a while, it may be possible to ge some agreement," the Georgia senator said. He added that he believes he may get a majority of the Senate to approve substituting his plan for the Bricker proposal. George's version would nullify any treaty or international agreement which conflicted with the Constitution and would prevent executive , agree ments from becoming effective as Internal law except by act of Con gress. A majority vote would ne enough to revise ' the. pending Briox'.' sronosal along these lines, but final passage still would re- aulre two-thirds approval. George in a Senate speech yes terday emphasized that his substi tute proposal was intended to make sure International agreement ne gotiated by presidents without Sen ate confirmation -would .not.' over ride: state constitutions and?, laws. : Ke I saia wie resiaemv wouia "have great difficulty in ;plaln- uigtaio uieK,nwiuaiiv.uriyiB stand ..in,.fe of sucfr'exiecutlve newer; ': which George contended mlith lead to one-man rule. ; But he predicted "The President will never support that proposition when he understands it." Ike Names Oregon Postmasters ' WASHTNOTON LTI These Ore gon postmaster nominations have been sent to the Senate by Presi dent Eisenhower: William A. Rees, Fairvlew. Glendora V. Bmlth, Grass Val ley. waiter E. Sneddon, Lowell. Robert R. Ireland, Milton-Free- water. Herbert R. Parker, Oakland. James H. Grieve, Prospect. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY , 1M4 La ROY MURPHY Roy Murphy Eyes Office Roy Murphy, 42, local business man, yesterday announced his can didacy on the Republican ticket for the office of county treasurer. Murphy has been active In many civic organissatlons including pres ident of the Klamath Falls Mer chants association, vice president of the Klamath Basin Roundup as sociation and vice president of this years United Fund Drive. In filing for the office Murphy said: . ... . . , - "I have been associated with many civic and political activities In our community, and believe that the future of Klamath county holds great promise. It is my earnest desire to be able to serve the peo ple' of this county wherever possi ble. , .' -Vs-V'." "I feel that 'my many "years in the field of business have qualified me particularly for this office, and that I shall be able to handle it in an efficient, business-like manner. "I further believe .that any elec tive or appointive office in any gov ernmental circle must be. an office of complete, honest and trust. "If I am elected to the . off Ice J oi county treasurer, v pledge you that I shall handle all its affairs in a thoroughly competent,- Honest ana renaoie manner."' --.s - Slasher Strikes Montreal Again MONTREAL 11 Montreal's slaeher, following a layoff of sev eral days, struck again . Friday night, slashing an 18-year-old girl's leg. The girl, Claudette Adam, told police she suffered four deep gash, es on her right leg as she was attacked by a man on a dark street.. One man Is being held by po lice in the case. He Is to be ar raigned" Monday. More than a dozen women have been slashed, on the legs since the slashings started several weeks ago. A nunwer of other slashings also were reported but police said some were Imaginary, others self inflicted and still others the work of publicity seekers or crack pots. KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMENTS Rklpt T.J.r 34 con bmt Oir l.tmt Tetr 30 cars i9it:-M 7997 cars 7031 cars Red German Hold Down Worker Unrest BERLIN Ufi Jittery Red Gcs-i tapo agents moved into major in dustrial plants in the Russian zone Saturday with orders to grab any uerman who demands tree elec tions and clap him into Jail. unlet Ernest wouweoer issued the decree of his secret police to smash a wave of unrest that start ed as soon as Soviet Foreign Min ister V. M. Molotov staUed the Big Four parley on Oerman unifica tion. .-. Fearful, of another June IT, the East German Communist regime girded Its forces to avoid the em barrassment of an outbreak at this critical time. It was clear the Rus sians were leaving this policing job to their zonal underlings. Rumors sped thick and fast that the Soviet Army, which shattered last. June's workers' uprising, had moved again as a precautionary measure. Thorough checking by Western agencies in position to make such checks indicated the rumors were false, ft was learned that several Red Army housekeeping units have been shifted around on the Berlin perimeter in the past week, partic ularly in the Potsdam and Babel- berg areas. This was described by Western informants as a purely routine maneuver which did not bring one Red Army soldier closer to East Berlin than he was a week before. There were no tanks In volved. ....v.- r. - .'j ii Telephone (111 No, S15 Jjk Said mi.." proved VATICAN CITY Uh Pope Plus XII shows symptoms of a very sllsrht improvement, but "the state of ceneral weakness persists," his orlvate doctor announced today. The doctor, - Prof. Rlccardo Galeassi-Llsi, said the Pope passed "a moderately fair ' nlgnt, A Vatican , spokesman, Msgr. Aneelo Dell'acaua of the secretary of state's office,, said there was hope the enfeebled pontiff, T7. might be able better to take some nourishment. , The Pope's trouble keeping down food has caused anxiety. To help maintain his strength, he has been led intravenously. The Rome newspaper H Tempo said the Pope, the spiritual leader of 400 million Roman Catholics throughout the world, had not leit his bed in his third floor apartment in the Vatican Palace since he was stricken Jan. 26. He tried to rise once or twice, the newspaper said, but was too feeble to do so. Prof. Galeazzi-Lisi, in issuing yesterday the first bulletin he had ever released on the pope's health, revealed a hope that it would be possible soon to "repeat particular x-ray examinations" of tne stom ach and other nearby organs. Prof. Galeazzi-List hurried to the pontiff's bedside early this morn ing. He had leit at 10 p.m. last night to get some sleep. Throughout the night Dr. Paul Niehans, a Swiss specialist In dis orders and diseases of tne aged, apparently remained in the Pope's apartment, i , -y ' , Jtnotner pnysician, cauea in yes terday,-is a noted Italian general practitioner. Dr. cesare rrugoni. Mud Slinging Seen In fall NEW YORK W Mrs, -Agnes E.. Alever. co-owner of the Wash- fiurfbn .'' Post.'.' said Saturday the next political campaign will be "the dirtiest, meanest one this na tion has ever seen." - i "Reactionaries under Senator McCarthy's (R-Wls) leadership' iroinir to make It that way, she said in an address prepared for a Barnard College forum. She added:. , "The smear campaign will begin In the primaries. Any candidate, whether Republican or Democra tic, with the slightest liberal ten dencies, will be labelled a left winger, a pink or a Communist." Mis. Meyer is a writer, civic leader and wife of Eugene Meyer, board chairman of the Washing ton Post Co. ; Logging Mishap . Crushes Man rtR A NTS PASS m A logging accident on a farm some 35 miles southwest of here claimed the life Friday of John Harry Estes, 20, of Cave Junction. A log which he was pulling with his tractor rammed into a stand ing oak tree. Estes Jumped irom the tractor "as the tree Began to fall, but he ran directly into inc path of part of the falling tree and was fatally crushed. The accident occurred on property owned by Estes' father, Harry M. Estes. The widow, the parents and sev eral' brothers survlvet Police Act To The Imnression was given that the Russians trust 'the 250,000 East German Communist regular police, militarized police, and security agents to handle any ruckus for the moment. Molotov torn tne Big Four Friday measures had been taken to prevent another June 17, which he blamed on "outside powers" a relerence to chargeo that American and other Western agents had steamed up the rebel lion. The Wollwebcr order came after disturbances were reported In fao torles at Gera, Dresden, Chemnitz, the Leuna Chemical Works at Merseburg and the coal mines at Oelsnltz. Only Friday, German In formants said, a Communist rally at Leuna was shouted down by workers who stamped, whistled and shouted: "Free wahlen" (tree elections) Thereupon, the ruling Socialist Unity (Communist) Party distrib uted a memorandum to all Its agi tation groups, which contained two directives: I. Continue with the factory ral lies to line up signatures for Ger man unification on Molotov's plan, which would entrench commun ism. 2. As soon ss any worker snouts for free elections, he is to be ar rested immediately or reported lor prosecution as a "saboteur, war monger and enemy of tire state.' FEED RACK for hay, designed by M. G. Huber, extension farm building specialist, OSC, was explained at Klamath's first Home and Farm Building Exhibition held Friday at ' the Fairgrounds. Examining the model were Ray Petersen and Dolores Bracken, from the Klamath Extension Serv ice, in charge of the exhibition. The day-long show drew an attendance of more than 300 persons. Capacity crowds heard Huber discuss farm building and Paul C. Campbell's practical talk on home building and remodeling. Ten local firms in the building materials field had displays in the heated exhibition room with personnel on hand to ex plain new techniques and facilities during the afternoon. The exhibition served as a prelude; to the first housing tour to be held in-this area, dates to be set sometime in May. Housing specialists will come from OSC in March to select about a half dozen houses to be inspected during the housing tour. , -''' -k - : Hi WALTER COOL, Jr., a part ner in the Klamath Meat Center, was caught this morning in his shop at 710 Pine. Cool lives at 2343 Gcttle. ' - ".V-. ...... 4 AYJ& v w I I ' 1 f.' J THREE IMPORTANT PERSONS In Camp' Fire Girls activities, chatted last night follow ing the dinner that preceded the annual meeting of. the Klamath Falls Council In the Wincma Hotel. Here, left, Truman Runyan, newly elected president of the Klamath Falls Council, Mrs. Warren C. Hunter, Portland, president of the National Council and Charles Mack, retiring president of the local group.- , ' . of Bridges Confers With Unionists PORTLAND OB Harry Bridges, nresident of the International Long shoremen ana warenoussmens Union, was here Saturday for meeting ot the union's executive board. . '-, ' The board approved a policy statement reaffirming TLWU aup- Dort of East coast tongsnoremen wno recently were oooiea out -ox the American Federation of Labor, . The AFL has formed another union to- take over the member ship-of the longshoremen's organ ization but this new union was de feated by the older faction In recent National Labor Relations Board election. Results of the elec tion have not yet been certifies, however, . The board's statement will, be presented to the caucus of Coast Longshore and Shlpclerks at BeU ingham. Wash., next week. The executive board continued its session Saturday. v - Halleck Wants i GOP Postmasters WASHINGTON W i,. Rep. HattV eck (R-Ind) the majority leader in the House, said Saturday he'd like for Congress to order a gener al tiring of postmasters. He told a meeting ot the Repub lican National Committee that most postmasters were holdovers lrom Demooratlo administrations which blanketed them into the civil service. He said: . I'll vote for a bill to throw" them all out. They were blanket ed in, it's a phony civil service." Halleck said the Republican ad ministration is - having "a little trouble gelling our team on the field." although most ton posts: in the government are now held by HepuDiicans. Wrecked; t!o Details Yet Mexico' city'' ( a stron . earthquake wrecked four towns-in the tropical, coiiee-arowing state Chiapas yesterday, killed many . persons and spread damage ana , terror over an area 60 miles in diameter, a dispatch from Tuxtla Oultlerrez said today, -. j v r Mercy planes were reported Hy ing doctors, nurses, medio lne and other supplies to the stricken tone. In the rugged Jungle country n- . . tered 70 miles northeast of Tuxtla Gultierrez, thai capital, and about 100 miles west of the Guatemalan frontier. Communications , were disrupted. ;;.'... ',-. ,,' ;-. ,-..: The first word to reaoh Mexico City came: in a delayed telegram irom a newspaper corresponaens : In the stat caDltal. .He- offered no estimate of the total, casualties, or damage, but said the towns of Yajalon, vTlta, Petalclrigo . and , Chllon. were- hard hit by the mid- morning quake and hillsides .crurri- , Died.-.-; , i . , . - , . RECORDED . '' '?::'.' Seismographs in New York. Bos ton, Cleveland, Pasadena and else where in- the United States had recorded a tremor at about 10:24 am. (EST) in the area of Mexico. The, correspondent's account gave tJUs picture: - t' Yajalon, center of a corn, sugar and fruit belt,' suffered, most. Markets and other buildings In that , town of 2,000 were leveled. Petalcingo, pop. 1,500, was vir tually destroyed, many were killed Uiero and hundreds were injured. In Chllon, - pop. 600. 24 nouses were destroyed and SO per cent ot the test were damaged seriously. The villagers, fearful that other quakes would follow, fled into the open.- The town of Ttia. pod. 1.165. waa reported "virtually destroyed," ftoosevelt Court Fight Recessed PASADENA, Calif. Ifl Intimate details of James Roosevelt's com plex financial affairs and his fam ily's lavish- standard of life have been (bared in a court fight over temporary support for his wifa and three children. Lawyers will delve further Into his income and expenditures when the support hearing is resumed Feb. id. - ' ' - Proceedings were recessed Fri day -night after an attorney tried t qustlo RooseveK about onr of 12 women with whom, his wife charges, he committed adultery. Superior Judge Kurts Kauffman ruled such .questions proper only when Mrs. Romelle Schneider Roosevelt's suit for 13,500 monthly separate maintenance comes to trial. Gl Dies Of Polio ' Aboard Transport seattlk un Death by polio claimed an officer front Georgia on a homebound troop ship early Saturday while the Coast Guard was preparing to fly an iron lung to the ship. A 6th- Army officer here said the -ship identified the victim as Capt. Joseph Kormylo of Colum bus, Qa. His, wife. Betty, ana two chil dren were coming home from the Par Sast with him. Tha- captain died of an . acute attack- of poliomyelitis aboard the Navy transport Gen. M. M. Pa trick at about 2:30 a.m. en route to. Seattle. v5V MOSCOW (fl The government newspaper, Izvestia said Saturday West Germany could develop irom what icalled American dictation and overcome "obstacles" raised t by the Bonn government. If: t.a !-.-,. III Ti 4 P. ii i 1 b i
