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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1954)
mmm M JVU IB DA In The' Dav's km lly I HANK JI NKINH 'll;o uewa this niornliiu leans attain far over im Hie lit) Hum Mile which la WONDEHKUL. The alternative lo lln Hunt news I opt lu bo UANOI HANOI news. '11m stale ol Maine whcro OOP nomination la the practical cqulvu pnt ol election in Mill rcverborst nig wltli tho echoes ol tho pit mm y cli ctlon mi Muwliiy In which incumbent Senator Margaret Chaoo Hmllll won Kiiia-ililnu endorse infill, ulic -mowed under, by about al lu on a hopelul young malo ol lha spectra who among olhcr things luid been tagged a a Mc Carthy man, I think moil ol ua non-proles-almmla will amen thai In Urn pant lew decade tho MEN haven't been doing loo well in the way ol provid ing (ool-pront government. Maybe Main haa Uie rluhl idea. Out of the inula of the pant thin morning emerges the name ol K. Merl Young whom you may remember aa a former II FC otll rial who hail odd Ideaa about lend ing other people'a money and who la also Uie hunband of the original mink coat gal whoae exploits uaed up ao much acarce newnprlnt. Young waa eventually convicted nf lying to a aenate committee that wan back before the daya of the McCarthy cnmmlllee, at which more or leaa everybody aeems lo be expected lo do quite a bit of lying - and waa aentenced lo a term In the federal Jail at Talla Jiani.ee. Florida. He stipealrd and kept on appeal ing and ao atnlled olf hla fate for veara. but eventually he had to go. I'll bet he wlr.hr now he'd taken hla mdedlclne and not It over with, lie d be jut about COMING OUT now Inatead of CIOINO IN. and in addlllon he'd have aaved enough In attorney's leea to buy hla wife a atrlrtly honeal and non pollllcal mink coal. Hv tho way. you may have nolrd In the financial newa that mink continue to rule auprcme. There had been a notion lo the effect that chinchilla fur might sell HIGHER THAN MINK and there lore might be more dealrable than mink. The flrat bti chinchilla auction waa held In New York early this week and waa a ftopcroo. The bidding opened at a mere tin a i-kin and at the end of Uie llrat hour had dropped lo III akln practically down In the muakrat clau. The chinchilla farmera alunk away down the hack alley and when they cot home what they told their Cheap John chinchilla! wouldn't have been printable. In London Hit morning Brltlah Foreign Socretarv Anthony Eden i before taking olf with Sir Wln tnn for their talklrat with Ike this week-end) auggciiUi a South east Aala detente ay-item "that would Include non-aggreaalon pacta with the communists." He told the house of commons thai he hoped It would be possible lo win agreement on aome aort nf reciprocal arrangement for BOTH HIDES to take part In. Let's analyze this Sden achrme a little more carrlully. Suppose you have a neighbor who steals vour chickens and awlpra your plus and CORRUPTS YOUR CHILDREN al every op portunlty. You're burned up over the situation, but you don't want to alarl any ahootlng even to the ex tent of letting him have It In the teat of the pants wllh a load of blrdthot. So you work out a scheme for a nnn-aituresnon pact. You know YOU'RK going lo keep the pact. AND YOUR WORD IB GOOD. You know your wicked neighbor ISN'T going to keep the poet and you know that HIS WORD ON SOLEMN OATH ltn't worth a plugged nickel. QUERY: Under auch circumstances, how much Is your non-aggrcaslon pact going to be worth? Foreign Aid Decision Seen WASHINGTON l The House foreign Allnlra Committee heads toward a possible final decision today on how much lo recommend lor foreign aid next year. President Elsenhower has re quested 3,4447,7O0,OOO lor overseas military and economic help In the year beginning July 1 the lowest total In five years. The ' bill under consideration would authorlM) funds which would have to bo voted later In scpnrato legislation, House action on tho authorisation bill la possible this week, The Sonnto has not acted, The committee already has voted tentatively lo alter tho character of foreign aid by removing at leant dao million, dollars from direct grant status. Rep. Vnrys (R-Ohio) mild an amendment approved yesterday would put perhaps Hon million dol lars of thin on a loan rathor Uian a grunt basis, Vnrys told newsmen tho amend ment provides for long-term re payment either In local currency or In shipments of strateglo ma terials to this country. The commute voted earlier to earmark 000 million dollars for the purchase of surplus agricultural cnmmodltled to be distributed abroad In lieu of dollar aid. Some committee members have said these two steps may prevent deep slashes In the bill' total. Price t ecnU Jf I'agea KLAMATH FAI.I.B, OltMiON, ' 4-V-,or JUNK 23, 1954 'Telephone 1111 No. 287ft , .it-TjO . Insurgents Plan For Long Fight By RAM Hl'MMKIU.IN TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras cjI'i Col. Carlos Castillo Armas anld Wednesday hla ami Communist forces In Guatemala "are pre pared for a long or short battle" In efforts lo take over the govern ment. The rebel leader was Interviewed by this reporter and other corrcn pondcnls at hla headquarters In Enqulpulas, Guatemala. Asked how long he thought would be required to unseat the government ol Pres ident Jacobo lArbcns Ouiman, he responded : I "II depends on how long Arbcnz keeps thinking he can win." Esqulpulas, a town of 12.000, Is six mllea hulde Guatemala. Col. Castillo Annas was dressed In khnkl, with black boots and leather Jacket. He appeared very weary. MYNTKRY PLANKS Tuesday night the government of Honduras, whero Castillo Arums hatched the plans for Uie revolt, r,-porlrd tills country had been at tacked by myatery planes. A communique from the rebel army claimed Uie capture of three additional small towns about 23 miles Inside Ouatemala. These towns Vada Hondo, Jacolan and Camoalan are all northwest of Esquipulaa. The communique said that the anil-Communist lorces have not yel begun their real air attack on government Installations. A few air raids have been made, the communique added, but these were merely to demonstrate air super iority and to give Guatemalan gov ernment forces sn opportunity lo yield and "prevent bloodshed." Castillo Aarmaa said he will an- ncunce noon the composition of the cabinet in his provisional govern ment. BAKE 8KI7.ED The rebel forces seized their base at Eitqulpulaa Saturday morn ing. About M regular soldiers fled the town. Castillo Armas sold Die only casualties were two civilians who were killed in scufllca grow ing out of political arguments. He said that two hours after his forces arrived here, "We had 1M volunteers to Join us snd Uio next morning we had 300." "We were Improvising at first, but now we are organized." he added. "We have magmflcant morale among our men. We are not asking the people lo help us but many of them ere volunteer ing." Huge Weather Balloon Seen That wasn't a flying saucer that Basin residents spotted last night about la miles northeast of town. It was one of the larger weather balloons, released either from Coos Bay or from McClcllan Held In California. Tho bright silvery object, which elicited calls from several Basin points, was estimated to be 25.000 lect up and bouncing around In the upd rafts. These big rigs, having a So foot tall containing Instruments and a lighting system working on solar valves that switch on after dark, are tracked by radar from obser vation stations. The balloon Itself Is almost 300 feel In diameter. .1 v vfcD' Hi)1 P0STMASTIRS meetina here at the 20th annual convention were greeted by Klamath Falls Postmaster Chat Langilet, (left). Gueit ipeakert arriving yesterday from San Francisco were John F, Fixa, national viea president NAPU and San Francisco postmaster (center), and J. F. Lynch, director, regional accounting office, : Early SeWscffi! Of Fir Belt Staid Unlikely AoKOL'IrpJ'i'ltlirm I Lumbermen's Industrial f :ic NorUirTat'a lumber Committee, accused union lly Till. The 'Puclilc North Uiduntry tlc-up continued wllh III. lie change Wodnesdny. Only the question of whether the AKL saw mills In Portland were to be struck Tnuiscluy loomed as a possible ear ly alteration In the situation. There are aotnc 800 workers In Portland sawmills under A F L lumber and Sawmill Worker Juris diction whoss ncgoliulurs had scheduled a final session wllh em ployers for Wednesday allcmoon. Thursday morning was the nlrlkc deadline In Uie event talks failed. CIO International Woodworkers al ready have atruck their Portland employers. An exchange of sharply critical comment hinted Uial no early set tlement was In prospect for the crippling wnlkoul lu the North west's woods and mills. Tuesday night Walter Durham. Jr., speaking for employers In Uie Two Mills To Resume Work PENDLETON Ml Settlement nf union-shop Issue al two mills idled a week ago was announced Wednesday by management and union olliclala. and between 300 and 400 workers will return to work Thursday morning. Disputants, however, declined to disclose terms of the agreement, involving Uie Pilot Hock Lumber Co, and Uie Kerns Company of Oregon, Ltd., of Pilot Rock. Al Moltke, vice president of Pilot Rock Lumber Co., and D. A. Wel ter, of Baker, International repre sentative of tho Carpenters and Joiners union, said they had sgrced not lo announce the terms. Only issue In the brlel strike was wheUier Uie workers here would be granted a union-shop provision in their contract wllh the two com panies. The dispute was not re lated lo the widespread walkout In Uie lumber Industry over wage de mands. Flood Victims Jam Shelters DES MOINES .H A swelling tide of saddened Hood evacuees lu this city of 17S.0O0 were filling Red Cross dlssster shelters Wed nesday. The gloom wan pierced by a few who accepted Uie current all-time Des Moines River flood here with optimistic resignation. Such as el derly Mrs. Grace Gardner. "This Is old stuff for me," said Mrs. Gardner. "I got flooded In 1S83 and I lost everything I had In 1903. But I'm not scared of It. I'll Just take It." Some families moved en masse. Mrs. Anna Swarlx, mother of seven and grandmother of 13, Joined with two married daughters and a married son who live nearby. The lour households moved their pos sessions to higher ground. "I don't like It." said Mrs.. Swartx. "But hi IM7 we didn't get our stuff out and the water went up lo Uie celling. I don't think the dikes will hold." Mrs. Swartx' daughter, Mrs. Dav id Miller. 34-ycar-old mother of eight, added: "We went through It before. I don't believe I'll come back If It Hoods again. We tried to buy In surance but they won't sell It to us down here." Relations unions of giv ing "misleading impressions" to the public and ruining "false hopes for employes" by reports of set tlements. He said they are "mere 'swecUieart' stipulations subject lo automatic adjustment when major striken are settled." The CIO-IWA president, Al F. Harlung, said Wednesday he would naree on tho word "sweet heart." It Is, he ssld. "a pretty good sweetheart of a deal for the men who are getting a 13 2-cent hourly Increase retroactive to April I thai will -nount to $75 or U0 and will continue to get Uie extra dollar or so a day." The settlements they were talk ing about are those both Uie APL and CIO have reported being reached wllh, chlelly, small oper ators, since the strike became Im minent or was called. There have been no major oper ations In Uie sign-up. Durham ssld hl.1 group of em ployers In the fir belt has no meet ings scheduled with Uie unions and plans none until at least alter July 4. Even then, none is definite. An AFL spokesman. Earl Hartj ley, president of Uie Pugel Sound District Council, and that "from uie beginning Durham and Uie op erators haven't negotiated: they have Jusi made statements." Wreck Victims' Condition Told Four teenagers, victims of Mon day nights car crash, which snuffed out the llle of 18-year-old J a n i s Home, wero still In Uie hospital tortsy, all are said to be Improving. Ronald Poole, driver of the wrecked car, was released this morning. Steve Molntore. most seriously In jured of those hospitalized, w-as on Ihe operating table this morning undergoing surgery on a fractured Jaw. Altenduig physicians stated that Tommy Sk lens .who suffered a brokon back was progressing nice ly. No nerves were severed end though he may have to spend about four months In the hospital, he Is not expected to be permanently Injured. Knthy ' Keough, was Improving satisfactorily and may be permitted to return home tonight, according to relatives. Hospital officials stated that no visitors will be allowed for a few days. Colorado Hit By Drought DENVER Ml Drought-stricken Colorado Is In "the worst shape we've ever been In." Agriculture Commissioner Paul W. Swisher sold Wednesday after a two-week tour or the state. Swisher said sun-bllslcred, water starved soli is radiating heat to such a degree It evaporates what Utile moisture Is In the air, pre venting critically needed rain. Colorado has become a drought tired "oven" over Its length and breadth. Swisher said. He said If the drought continues, di-.lry and beef cnttlemen will have to ship their animals to pasture In other slates or sell them. Wheat Is burning up and sorghum cover crops are being whipped out of the ground by blistering winds, Swisher reported. French Seek Peace From Red Chinese BERN, Switzerland M French Premier Pierre Mendes - Prance tMked for two hours Wednesday with Red China's Premier Chou Kn-Lal. Mendes-Prance said after ward the meeting gave him reason to hope the Geneva Conference might produce "happy progress" tcward peace In Indochina. The French Premier received newsmen Immediately after Uie two leaders had concluded their private conversation. He gave no reason lor nis optimism. He said: "We have bad, Mr. Chou and myself and our collaborators, not a discussion but a completely free conversation on affairs concerning the reestabllshment of peace In Indochina. "This frank conversation gives reason to hope that Uie conference will produce a happy progress. The meeting began Wednesday afternoon at the French embassy Just a, half hour after Chou ar rived In the Swiss cspltal from Geneva, where he has been attend ing the Indochina peace confer ence. CONFERS Mcndes-Fronce arrived In Bern early after an overnight trip from Pails. He spent. Uie morning con ferring with leading members of the French delegation to the Gen eva Conference In preparation for his meeting wllh Chou. Chou arrived at the French em bassy in a limousine flying the Red Communist Chinese flag. The car was preceded and followed by out ers bearing members of his dele gation. As soon as Uie cars were inside the grounds of the embassy, an attendant closed the gates. Mendes-France made clear the subject of the meeting would be the war In Indochina. "Indochina Is the forefront of my program," the French Premier told reporters before leaving Paris. "That Is why I am spending all my time on it." He declined to specify what pro posals ne would make to Chou, whose government is sot openly Involved In the Indochina conflict but has been accused by the West of supplyuig and equipping the Communist-led Vtetmuih forces. FRENCH CABINET The French Cabinet decided yes terday to seek the meeting after It was learned that Chou was leaving today for New Delhi to confer with India's Prime Minister Nehru. Mendes-France took office with a promise to resign If he does not bring peace to Indochina by July 20. The meeting with Chou was seen as his first major move In that direction. Up to now, Uie French Premier has been busy conferring with his own advisers, including Gen. Paul Ely, French Union commander In Indochina, and Jean Chauvel, head of the French delegation at Ge neva. Mendes-France also discussed the Geneva conference Sunday with Britain's Foreign Secretary An thony Eden and U. S. Under Sec retary of State Walter Bedell Smith when they stopped in Paris en route home. Postmasters Meet In KF A heavy early registration Indi cates that the 20th annual Oregon Slate Postmasters' convention will be one of the best attended In Uie history of the association, ac cording to Mrs. Jennie J. Snatto of Scappbose, chairman of the registration committee. Total registration at 9 a.m. today showed 167 postmasters, wives and friends attending. Others, Includ ing some of the guest speakers, arc expected to arrive during the day. Honored guests at Tuesday eve ning's bullet supper included John F. Flxa, San Francisco postmas ter and vice president of the Na tional Association of Postmasters of the United States, and J. F. Lynch, director of the regional ac counting; office, San Francisco. Mrs. Fixa and daughter Judith are also here from Uie Bay city. More than 100 persons attended breakfast this morning at the Wl nema Hotel. Sessions for the day woro called to order at 10 a.m. in the Pine Grove Room of Uie WIN lard Hotl by State President Mary Horn of Jennings Lodgej Among; those scheduled to speak today were Marie Havlll, post master at Beaver Creek, who gave the memorial- service; Albert M. Hodler, central accounting post master at Portland, who respond ed to greetings from Mayor Paul O, Landry and George P. Davis, president of the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce. The morn ing; meeting closed with an address by Paul D. Bentley, Inspector in charge, Seattle, Tonight's banquet In the Pine Grove Room at the Wlllnrd will (Centlsued page I) L r:- A ,Wiwai ' ' . " ' ' N'T -V EARLY MORNING SHOPPERS Nadina and Mrs. Ralph Miller of Dorrii, California were (napped by the 9 o'clock photog rapher this morning at Eighth and Main Streets. Defense Move Results In Shooting Case Dismissal By LVLE DOWNING Alfred Junior Carter. 31-year-old Merrill farmhand, who spent six months in Jan and was twice indicted by the grand Jury was tree Wednesday after bis man slaughter trial came to a melo dramatic finish in Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg's court. A clever legal maneuver by De le n.se Attorneys Edwin E. Drlscoll and P. K. Puckett forced Judge Vandcnbcrg to dismiss Uie Indict ment against Carter Tuesday after noon. The court upheld a defense mo tion lo dismiss Uie case on erounds that the indictment against Carter did not contain elements essential to constitute the crime of man- siaugnter. The defense attorneys gave no indicaUon they intended to attack Uie validity of the Indictment until after District Attorney Frank Al derson had finished questioning the first prosecution witness. Dr. Mur ray Robinson. The defense even Insisted the jury visit the scene of Uie crime Uie Pastime Pool Hall where Carter was alleged to have fatally wounded Cruz Un sueta, railroad worker, last Christ mas Eve. Before he ruled on the dismissal motion. Judge Vandenberg gave Alderson two hours to produce le gal authority to refute Uie defense claim that Uie indictment against Carter was defective. When Aider son was unable to produce legal authority to support his position, Judge Vandenberg explained Uie status of Uie case to the jury. He said: "Manslaughter! am reading our laws reads as follows. Now listen carefully: "Any person who with out malice, expressed or implied. without deliberation and upon a sudden heat of passion caused by a provocation apparently suffi cient to make the passion irre sistible, voluntarily kills another ts guilty of manslaughter.' Now re member, that passion has to be caused by a provocation apparent ly sulficient to make the passion irresistible. v "In this indictment, one of the material allegations is lacking. r mvw A. i: QUEEN DARLENE AND HER COURT of Princesses wort guests of the Winona Hotel, for luncheon, Tuesday, Juno '22, in tho Crater Room. Tho court wai accompanied by two chapor onas, members of tho Klamath Saddle Club, Pat Biobtr and Loratta Stavonson. Sampling salad above aro three Stetsoned Princesses, (I to rl Donna Anderson Stovor, Tutelek, Joan Rhv miliar, Morrill and' Marcia Wilson, Fort Klamath. In roar It Beth Chase, hotel hotteis That material allegation Is this: 'caused by a provocation appar ently sufficient to make the passion irrestsUble.' The second point In this Indict ment is that be. referring to Alfred junior carter, 'wilfully' killed the deceased. To wilfully kill another Is second degree murder. Wlfully is not an element of manslaugh ter. Judge Vandenberg also pointed out that the Indictment stated that Carter did "mortally shoot" Un zueta. . "You can't mortally shoot any one," he added. "You can shoot and mortally wound someone but you can never mortally shoot any one." - . -In conclusion, the judge said: "If I allowed this case to go on and, by chance, the Jury brought in a verdict of guuty, I would be barred by law from entering a judgment because the essential elements of manslaughter are not present in the indictment. Besides, it Is' my duty under these condl Uoxs to dismiss Uie case. I have no other choice. The Indictment is dismissed and the defendant is released from custody." Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Thursday. High Thursday 90; low Wednesday night M. High yesterday J 9J Low last night Preclp. last 14 hours Since Oct. 1 Same period last year .. Normal for period .... 49 14.19 14.83 11.9J PAINTING JOHANNESBURG. South Africa l A Belgium expert on Flemish art was reported Wednesday to have identified a painting owned by a Johannesburg businessman as a genuine Van Dyck. With that authenUcation. local art circles valued Uie painting at 10,000 pounds ($38,000). The owner bad paid MS pounds (1630) for it. Evacuation Staged In Des Moines DES MOINES Wl A dike on Uie flooding Des Moines River here broke Wednesday sending about five feet of water boiling toward a north central section containing about 900 residences. The area had been cleared of people earlier and it was not be lieved anyone was endangered. The break occurred near Bird land Park and the affected area including chiefly homes on low ground. , An Army engineer said It would be necessary to move about 60 more families . due to - the dike break, which he described as sec ondary. The river, already at Uie 28-foot mark and still rising, was 18 inches above the previous record mark in 1947's disastrous flood. A crest of 29 to 30 feet is ex pected about 8 a.m. Thursday. 7,100 PERSONS Emergency evacuation of 7,500 persons from threatened areas was completed Wednesday. Officials said the total included hundreds of families who volun tarily left their homes Tuesday and Tuesday night. About 12 square blocks which were without adequate dike pro tection In the city's southeast bot toms already were flooded. Elsewhere, the levees still were holding but were under great pressure. All threatened areas had been cleared of people except for workers and those still moving out their possessions. The raging river was more than four feet above the 23-foot flood stage and nearly a foot above the 1947 high. It stUl was rising with a crest of 29 to 30 feet due by Thursday. EMERGENCY AID The emergency evacuations be gan during the night. Police knocked on doors to awaken resi dents in a seriously imperilled area. . Volunteer workers and national guardsmen were doing levee work . around Uie clock and emergency calls were out for more workers. City officials were pessimistic over whether all the levees would bold. They were designed to with stand a 28-foot crest. Sandbags were being hastUy emplaced against the anticipated 29 to 30 foot peak. It the levees give way a fifth of the city will be flooded and 3,000 to 4,000 persons will be made homeless. "Nobody knows what will hap pen," said City Public Works Di rector John Tippee. -. . City officials said they believed sandbagging could keep the levees from being topped. But they were doubtful whether they could stand the continued pounding of the angry waters. WORST FLOOD "This city Is faced with the worst flood situation in its entire his tory," Mayor Joseph Van Dreser said in proclaiming a flood emer gency. The Des Moines River, swollen by torrential rains, flows direcUy through the center of the city. It runs through a secondary residen tial district and past the business, commercial and railroad areas. The main business district is out of reach of the flooding. More than a thousand volunteer workers turned out last night to help build the levees higher. Two major trouble spots devel oped, both in southeast Des Moines. Water was pouring through a break in a levee left for a railroad track and workers were busying trying to plug the gap with sandbags. The second spot was near the Scott Street bridge, where Uie Des Moines and Raccoon rivers meet. Debris piled against the bridge sent the water coursing against Uie lev ee, gnawing away large chunks of dirt. 0 1
