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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1954)
nii 0 to UlMJ u w rui In The Day's lews Br FBANK JENKINS I'm Intrigued 'this morning by IV. ...a Onrtlan Artier ilnra owner who was beaten and robbed by a couple of thugs last night. They slugged him with a sap until he blacked out and then skipped with $85 and his watch. But, you say, THERE'S A LAW gainst things like that. True enough. But there was' no cop around at the moment to en force the law, so the poor ,devil got slugged and robbed in his own establishment just the same as II .there -had been no law. . . ' That brings in Sir Winston Churchill, who spoke out strongly in the bouse of commons this morn-l tag m -favor of continued U.S. H-bomb experiments in the Pa cific, in his husky and convincing voice, he said that U.S. possession of this potent weapon provides the greatest possible deterrent against third world war. The British Labor party had de manded that as Britain's premier he try to persuade the United States to go no farther with the hydrogen bomb thus turning over to Russia a. MONOPOLY of fur ther progress in the development of thermonuclear weapons. Churchill, being a REALIST, re fused to buy any such bill . of goods. . .. . . .. . ' :., A lqt of estimable (but fuzzy minded) people think wishfully that if we would -quit monkeying with atom and hydrogen bombs Russia would do likewise.. That isn't just "modern" thinking. It's very ancient. One of the oldest of our proverbs (proverbs, you know, are salty truths distilled out of cen turies of practical human exper ience) goes something like this: "If wishes were horses, all beg gars would Tide." Unfortunately, wishes AREN't (Conttased en page 4) . Cold Weather Hits Oregon By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS' ' ' Mid-winter temperatures chilled Oreiron Main Tuesday morning. Frineville's 8 degrees was the1 sec ond lowest reading of the year there. I .- As on Monday, when sub-freezing hit most of the state, there was little report of damage, most of that being confined to ine apricot i crop. Farmers at Prlnevtlle' pointed out that the ground surface is dry so there is a minimum of heaving from alternate freezing and thaw ing. It is that action which dam ages crops by exposing roots, when ground surface is moist. All of Central Oregon felt the extreme cold. Bend reported 11 de grees and so did Redmond. The few reporting stations which were above freezing for the morn ing minimum report were Brook ings, 41; Medford, 35; North Bend, 36: and downtown Portland. 34. The Portland airport by. contrast was zt. The Weather Bureau forecast continuing cold. Labor Lobbyist Plans Retirement PORTLAND W Kelley Loe,' labor lobbyist at legislative ses sions since 1931, will retire March 31 as assistant secretary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor. A member of the Typographical Union, he established small town newspapers at a number of loca tions in his youth and. after getting them started, sold out and moved on. Re reached Portland in 1918 and stayed here. . , WW CORNERSTONE CEREMONIES wtre observed t the dedica tion of the New Lake County Courthouie; the od courthouse it in the background at right. Left to right: County Commit tiontr C. VV. "Jim" Og!; County Judga J. JV Hac'iman; Crater Lake New Owners By RUTH KING - .;- -Crater Lake Lodge, famous from coast to coast,, has. been sold by R. W. Price, Portland, to Harry C. and Harry W.,' . Smith, : father and son, restaurant owners of Spo kane. The change of ownership was confirmed this week. The new own ers, will be on hand with Price, to open the resort, June 15. The amount of the sale was not an nounced. . Price gave poor health as the reason for selling the lodge and concessions, owned since 1931. His share of the hotel ownership was more than 90 per cent. Identity of the minority stockholder was not disclosed. The original frame building, on the rim of the crater, with a sweep ing view of the lake, was built by R. N. Parkhurst In 1920 when much of the travel to the scenic spot was still by horse and rig. The build ing was enlarged by Price In 1933. ' The lodge building has 150 sleep ing, rooms, a huge lobby, with one of the largest fireplaces in Oregon, a restaurant and gift shop. Includ ed in the sale contract also, are 300 individual cabins around the perimeter of the property, the sepa rate cateteria DUiiaing ooat conces sion and bus lines that operate between the lodge. Medford- and Klamath Falls daily during the sea son, June 15 to September is. There are two sight-seeing launches on the lake and a number of fish ing craft. - Mrs. C. W. Fyock, Klamath Falls is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Prioe. The family lived at the lodge each summer and Mrs. Fyock re calls many of the celebrities who have visited the lake, John D. rock. efeller Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, ex President Herbert Hoover, Jack Benny, and many others who have known Mr. Price personally. Registrations at the park, 'the year Hut Price beoame owner, reached' 18,000. In 1963 the num ber totaled 375,000. - Walter Pierce Services Held SALEM (iB Walter Marcus Pierce was laid to rest Tuesday alter a short, simple funeral serv ice attended by 50 of his relatives and Intimate friends and neigh bors. The private service consisted only of a eulogy and Bible read ings by Dr. Paul N. Poling, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Pierce, who died Saturday night St the age of 93 and whose SO years in politics Included service In Congress and the governor's chair, was interred in Mt. Crest Abbey mausoleum. Dr. Poling used a statement by Pierce as the basis for his eulogy. This statement was that "the days of my life have been long and richly filled." ... He spoke of Pierce's life as be ing "a center or learning," and of his "thirst for righteousness and his courage." "Many lives of our citizens de drlve strength and encouragement from his life, which was well spent and faithfully lived," Dr. Foling said. asmrvevm Lodge KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH M, 184 HycfcssS Uni.cr ao(e' WASHINGTON WT Secretary of Defense Wilson -Tuesday de scribed tile results of the recent hydrogen tests as "unbelievable." At the. same time, Chairman Lewis- L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission said he saw no reason for' concern over the unexpected force of the monster March 1 hydrogen explosion. Strauss. Just back from the Pa cific atomic testing grounds, made the statement to newsmen at the White House after conferring with President Elsenhower for an hour. The AEC chairman gave the President an eye-witness account of the latest hydrogen explosion in the Pacific area, touched off last Friday, and also reported on the -shattering March 1 blast. "Is there any reason for' concern over the unexpected force of the first (March 1); test?" a reporter asked him. -. "I haven't any," Strauss replied. A member of Congress has sug gested that that explosion got out of control, ihe President himself told a .news conference .last -week that something must , have hap pened at the March- 1 test that surprised and astonished the scien tists who conducted it. , Strauss witnessed- the hydrogen explosion which the Atomic Ener gy Commission announced Mon day night was touched off last Friday.-He was not on hand for the March 1 explosion, but. presum ably got a detailed report on it while he was in the Pacific test ing area. , , - . To a barrage of questions about the nature of his report to Eisen hower, Strauss 'replied: "I won't have anything further to say now." Asked then whether that meant Mother of The Year Named SALEM Mt Mrs. Virginia M. Kletzer. Portland, mother of three children and active in many school and service organizations, Is Ore con's Mother of the Year. Gov. Paul L. Patterson announced Mon day. She is past president of the Ore gon Congress of Parents and Teachers; state commander of the Oregon division of the American Cancer Society: past president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers: state parliamentar ian of the American Legion Aux iliary: parliamentarian of the Portland Federation of Womens Clubs; and a vice president of the Oregon League for Nursing. ' Her children are a daughter, Mrs. Clark Spin-lock, Portland; a son. William, with the Commer cial Bank in Newberg; and anoth er son, Kenneth, a teacher at Lin coln High School, Portland. She is a member of the First Unitarian Church, Portland. Her husband is a retired teacher, and now is in the building supplies business. Weather FORECAST KUmth Falls and vicinity: Fair through Wednesday. High Wednesday 45, low Tuesday 23. High yesterday 35 Low last night 17 Preclp last 24 hours .... .07 Since Oct. 1 11.86 Same period last year 11.65 Normal for period 9.34 Commiiiiontr E. M. "Bo" Carlon; Governor Patterson; V. W. McCormack, Pendleton, contractor; Murdo Morriton, Klam ath. Falls, architect; Forrest E. Cooper, Lakeview attorney, master of ceremonies. J0"tt Called by: Wilson he would speak out sometime later, Strauss declined . to amplify his statement. He also declined to say whether Eisenhower discussed with him the feasability of - making a nubile statement on whether the United States has a hydrogen bomb which coud be delivered anywhere In the world, - - Rep. Cole (R-Ny), chairman of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, said on March 16 that this country does nave such a bomb and that it could be deliv ered anywhere. Strauss declined comment on whether further hydrogen blasts are planned In the Pacific at this time. ' As to whether the first two tests of the current series the one on March 1 and the one last Friday, were successful, Strauss said: "The tests, as I said last night, have been succesful to date. ' He added that they have been successful "in that they reveal the information the scientists set out to obtain." Secretary of Defense Wilson spoke of the results of the ' tests as "unbelievable" In his regularly weekly news conference. But he turned aside all questions as to why they were unbelievable. Dad's Group Four recommendations concern ing the coaching situation at Klam ath Union . High School were pre sented to. the school board by the Dad's Advisory Committee in a Joint meeting of the two groups last nignc. -- '- o .-' . . -. Ed Bell, chairman of the commit. tee. submitted the ideas that were brought up. and discussed in the committee's Friday night meeting Scott warren, school board chair man, told the group that the board would take the recommendations Into consideration at a future board meeting. : . ...-:. - a-- The ideas' that were: submitted are: 1.--The head ooch in each sport should have the responsibility for the program in all four ot the mgn school grades. 3. The head coach In football and basketball should be given a three year contract. 3. The coach In charge of each squad should be responsible for discipline in his group. 4. Consideration should be given to making adjustments in the pres ent established salary schedule for coaches and assistants. The purpose of the first proposal is to let ine nead coach recom mend what type of .'football pro gram is to be carried on in the hlah OUItUUl. ' - Proposal number two would per mlt the coach to develop and oer- feet his system over a period of time. The Idea behind the third recom mendation is that it would give the coacnes a freer hand. Besides the recommendation of the above proposals, the committee and the school board discussed the selection of a head football coach. Nothing definite was decided, but another meeting of the committee is scheduled for the high school tonight. The members of the committee consist of: Lloyd Prock, Herbert iMunsell, Harry Todd, Earl Tiche nor, Walt Guyer, Dr. Boyd Sprague, Burge Mason,, Rex Davis, John Schubert, Louis 'Taucher, O. O. Guptlll, C. K. ; Wells, Rev. E. M. Causey, J. H. Sctuilze and Ed Bell the group chairman. Holds Meeting Ne. 1M1 Flaming Plane Hits Mess Hall FT. BRAGG. K.Ci-A burn ing Flying Boxcar, carrying nine men, crashed into a mess hall here Tuesday. The Air Force re ported at least six men died and 13 were injured. The big . C119 plane, trailing smoke from Us left engine, had Just taken off from adjacent Pope Air Force Base for Louisville, Ky. ... Witnesses said the pilot appar ently was trying to land on a Pa rade field when the plane struck the top of an officers quarters, snapped off a power pole, skid ded across the parade ground and crashed through the mess hall. The mess hall burst Into flames The 9th Air Force PIO said sev en of the victims were in the mess hall when the plane crashed about 9:60 a.m. . The plane was attached to the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron at Sewart Air Force Base, Tenn. It carried an Air Force crew of four and five Army men, some of them members of the' 82nd Air borne Division's paratroop main tenance company at Ft. Bragg. Body Found In Lost H Canal The body of James Richard Wood, 48-year-old Klamath Falls fuel puncher, was pulled from the Lost River diversion canal short ly before noon Tuesday. According to Sheriff Murray Brit ton, a search was started for Wood after his car was found abandoned on a bank ot the canal. Brltton said he had been missing since Saturday night, . -The viotlm's widow, Pearl Wood. told. officers he, had-been despon dent because of ui neaiui, . The body was taken to Wand's Funeral Home for post mortem examination. Wood was employed L by the Consumer's Heating Com- vur. 1 Police Chief Spikes Rumors Persistent rumors that a woman was attacked and her throat cut and that a 13-year-old baby-sitter who was attacked by a sex fiend severals weeks ago had died, are unfounded, according to Chief of Police Orville Hamilton. Where these rumors start, and who keeps spreading them, is not known, Hamilton stated, but denied emphatically that any report of molestation had been reported to his office since the baby-sitter case. The 13-year-old girl Is at tending school, he concluded. Health Group Picks Leaders Mrs. Earl Sheridan will head the Klamath County Tuberculosis and Health Association for another year. Other members of the execu tive board, unanimously elected during the annual luncheon meet ing at the Wlnema Hotel Monday, were Mrs. Arthur Anderson, first vice president; Mrs. James Conroy, Malin, secretary and Aaron Boe, treasurer. Mrs. Eric Majors is ex ecutive secretary. Dr. Ambrose S. Churchill, direc tor of the tuberculosis control sec tion of the Oregon State Board of Health, outlined the results of the fight against tuberculosis. Klamath County ' reported n o deaths In 1953 from the disease and there has been no report of a death to date this year, Dr. Churchill stat ed. Klamath and Jackson counties are the only two large counties In the state with a death-free record In the past several months. The health association Is serious ly concerned about the cut In fed eral funds from 835.000 allotted in other years, to 17.000 proposed for 1954, the speaker said. The cut will seriously hamper the program that in past years has been responsioie for the steady reduction of deaths through early detection of reactors to the disease by skin tests and X-ray. X-ray, however, Churchill brought out, may not establish T.B. until the disease is in the late stages, possibly up to 3' j years alter it nas been comraciea. ' The tuberculin skin test Is posi tive at 6 weeks end a testing pro gram must be rigidly continued on a wide scale at least every five years In a community, even among children entering school in the first (Coattsnsed en e 4) ' SMIUNG IN THE SUN this morning' for the ? o'clock photo grapher were A. E. Hunsaker, 510 North Seventh Street, and George Turner of the same address. Seven Killed In 636 Crash SPOKANE, Wash. Wl-Seven of the 10 men aboard were killed yes terday in the flaming orash of a B36 bomber that fell seconds alter takeoff and burst Into flames. The plane hit the ground hard Just off the runway at Fairchlld Air Force Base, skidded through a small construction, shed and quickly- burned amid towers ,ot dense smoke visible for miles. Tne three .survivors crawled. stumbled or were thrown to safe ty. A witness said it was "unbe lievable" that .anyone could have . The extant J.tt i their.: InluHei couldn't be determined Immediate ly nor could they say exactly how they got out alive. The cause of ine crasn -was a mystery. . Fairchlld officials -identified six of the dead as: .- M.Sgt. Heyward B. Davis, Plant wy, r'la. M.Sgt. Frank Rea, Ozone Park, . I, S.Sgt. James. E. Ryan, 3035. Har rison, Kansas -City, , A.J.o. George W. King. . RL . 1. Hustonvtlle, Ky. A.l.C. Richard S. Scalla. 93 Wil low ot., waiutam, Mass. A.i.c Wlllard Daniels. Rt. I. Gil- more Lake, Minong. wis. . ine name of the seventh vlcl m was withheld because of Inability w contact nn, uie Air Force said The Burvlvors were Oapt. Walter m. nouer, tne aircraft command er; Maj. Virgil L. WesUlng, the pilot; and 1st Lt. Leroy B. Ross, the engineer. All have their homes nere. The five-mill on-dollar hnmhor with six piston and four Jet en gines was taking off Just at sunset on a routine training mission. - oeconas alter lt left the ground, it veered to the Hunt and crashni It skidded several hundred feet, went through the shed and cimii to rest in llames next to a fence uvar uie ingnt line. , RETURNING FARMERH CENTRAL FRONT, Korea (yB Korean farmers began returning Tuesday to a fertile valley in no man s land aoove the 38th parallel from which they fled after the Communists took over North Ko rea. . DR. AMIROSI S. CHURCHILL. Oregon Stale Board of Health visitor, conferred MeeeVf with Mrs. Eric Majors, center, executive secretary hare and Mrt. Earl Sheridan, re-eiettew secretary during the luncheon 'few, Man Accused Of Eating Dbg When a man eats a dog that's news!.- a In a divorce complaint tiled Tuesday in circuit court, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Babcoock, Klamath Falls waitress, charges her 'hus band Qulnton (Mickey) Bab coock, Burney, California, killed their pet dog and ate it. In the complaint, filed by At torney A. C. Yaden, Mrs. Bab coock, states that In 1953 when she returned to her home in California alter a visit in Klam ath Falls, she found, out that her husband had' slain her pet dog ant' with, other persons ate Livestock Firm Sold Purchase of 55 per cent of the corporation stock ot Klamath Live stock Incorporated, - from Bob Rhodes, was announced today by Mr, and Mrs. Frank Lowell, own ers of the Klamath Packing Com pany on the old Midland Road. Lowell, under the change In own ership, will become manager of the operation, Other stockholders are Charles Drew,- Jay Falrclo and Everett Malone, all of Klam ath Falls. The change in ownership, will coincide with closing of the Klam ath Pocking Company, - operated by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell since 1945 as wholesale meat and custom killing plant. The plant was re built In 1953 following a disastrous fire. The Lowells will continue to operate Lowell's locker plant on Pine Street. Rhodes was not available at press time for a statement. ANNOUNCEMENT BELIZE, British Honduras MV- Supporters of British Honduras' Peoples United Party cheered and sang Monday night after a special British Investigator announced he had confirmed only two-thirds of the government's charges linkfng the party with neighboring Guate mala's leftist regime. meeting at the Wtnsma Hotel. 12 Deal; HID Blamed To Late Stonn BUFFALO; MT. V A' loot and a half of snow blustered off the Great ' Lakes Uonnay and Tuesday and caused at: least U deaths in Its Uanaport-paralynsi rampage through, sv Urge- su-ety at New York State. ,' .. ... - Many ioii. were closed.- N-. The storm, eased up Tuesday morning after moving eastward across the state during, the night. The fall at Buffalo was measured officially at 14 inches, with, drifts up to three feet in some-areas. Up to 17 to inches weT reported m some sections. - - . . To the east, at- Old Forge and Alder - Creek In - the' Adirondack Mountains, 16 to 18 Inches fell. Sixteen Inches covered Rochest er. Syracuse had 13 . Inches. The weatherman said" the snowfall in the eastern-sector would not ex ceed four Inches. : ' . ' A transit system spokesman here described .as trafflo tie-up during Monday's' rush hour as the worst m the city In 18 years. . -Most ot those who. died In the storm suffered heart attacks while shoveling- snow. ; . By THE ASSOCIATED PREIS Wintry weather, with snow, sleet and cold, hit wide areas from the Rockies to New England Tuesday. The fast-moving - early spring snow storm which struck the Mid west Monday Increased to inten sity as -it spread' northeaetrari -through' the St. Lawrence Valley and Into New England, . The falls In the Midwest nutted from 3 to 8 Inches but there were 18 inches in Rochester,. N.T., and 13 'Inches In Washington. N.H- At least. 16 persons lost their lives from causes attributed to the storm. They Included eight la Western New York State, five te Toledo, -Ohio, and three to Iowa. . The cold Canadian air which moved into the North Central region Monday spread ' eastward over most or New England ssd extended southweatward to Central. Texas and westward to the Pla teau region. More cold was to prospect for at least 34 hours for most of the mld-contment and the northeastern section of the, coun try: ; '!';.; - - if. ;! ' v : Freezing rain, sleet ana enow ere reported early Tuesday to sections of the upper Ohio -River Valley, the lower Cheat Lame re gion and) New England. The snow- tall atButfalo M.Y, measured 13 fechezf there wt -Tiloh-ta on the ground at Jaefcson. and Bat tle Creek, Mich., and about tnr same amount In Chica-fo. - Trafflo was slowed by the heavy wet snow in many areas and driv ing was -hazardous in many sec tions hit by freezing rain storms. Light to moderate snow fell' in the central Rockies and there was light snow in western sections ef the Central Great Plains. UtjM . to moderate rain was reported over most of California extending . Into northwestern Nevada: ' - ! . Skies were generally cloudy ever the nation except for clear weath er over the northern tier ot states from Washington eastward to- Michigan. Mild weather prevailed sou in ad east of the cold belt, with moist tropical air covering tne southeastern part of the country. It was below aero again Tues day in Montana. Of 18 weather bureau stations reporting Monday only 6 reported above zero read ings. The 10 below zero at Helena was a record low for March a. The snow at West Yellowstone Park measured up to 49 inches. KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMEXTS Sum Star . - tail Tm 40 con 31 an . TMd far Sma ' 9534 cor ' 10,447 cert 1MS-M i -Vari-?-.--:-. ',
