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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1954)
!l fPAIMl o)o) ..1 I I 4 JT I f 4 fill . . . , ' In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS I suppose you've been following In at least a casual sort ol way the wanderings ol the hurricane that has been creeping up on the Atlantic coast for the past several days. . . . . It has had trouble making up its mind. One day it would seem to be. headed for the north tip of Florida, or maybe Georgia. Then, the next we'd hear of It, It would be just about to smack into the Carolinas. This morning its nose is reported to be pointed straight at New Eng land and the weather bureau is warning residents of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Masschusetts to batten down the hatches and get ready for a big blow. It is advis ing evacuation of the coastal areas of these states. Life along the East coast must have been rugged during the past few days while Carol (that is the cute name the weather sharps have given to the storm) was wan dering around and trying to decide where to go next. It must be tough never to know when you put out the cat whether you'll be blown out of bed before morning. The trouble with these modern hurricanes Is that they're heard about so far ahead. It didn't used to be that way in the olden, golden ' days before Marconi opened the Pandora s box that we call mod ern communications. In those hap py times, people knew nothing about it until they looked up and saw a nasty cloud looming on the horizon. It was then too late to worry. They had to ACT and act quick. Now you hear about 'em days and days and davs'in advance and as a result you worry yourself into a blue lunK. I sometimes wonder if the per fection of our modern communtca tions isn't responsible for about 99.9 per cent of the tensions of our modern world. Take the cold war, for example. In those olden, golden days when a message carried by a horseman was the fastest way news could travel on land and a sailing ship was the only way to carry news over the ocean, the Kremlin boys would have been up a tree with no good way to get down. They would have been .wasting their time cook ing up all these hair-raising situa- tions to scare the Americans pale and jittery because after they got them all cooked up they'd have had no way to get them scattered around. In these days, all they have to co Is to call a conference at Ber lin or Paris or Geneva and tune up the microphones and wade in, Every syllable they utter is car ried to us instanter and we sit and listen and shiver and after a while our teeth begin to chatter and we, start moaning about all the terrible things that are going to happen. In the good old days B.M. (be fore microphones) we wouldn't r.ave heard about it for a year. and by then it would have been too late to worry. I know this modern gadget world Is alleged to be WONDERFUL, When you go to bed at night you can punch a bunch of buttons in a jigger beside your bed and at the selected hour the thing will turn on the heat in the furnace and build a fire under the coffee pot and will then blast you out of bed with a raucous alarm. But at the same time it will turn on the radio and by the time you get shaved and dressed you'll be so badly scared by what you hear that you're no longer a reasoning human being. You're just a shak ing, quivering lump of protoplas mic jelly. In the old days you not only wouldn't have heard it all for six morfths to a year, but you'd have had to be up rustling around split ting kindling to build a fire, cut ting bacon off a slab for your breakfast instead of getting it out of the legrigerator, all sliced and done up in a cellophane package, and generally keeping so busy that you'd have had no time to worry. That must have been wonderful Tt'e nn nrnnrir-r nnr ninneer ances tors were able to conquer the wil derness. Tney Knew so nuie to get scared about. KF Beverage Firm Sold Purchase of Western Wholesal ers, beverage distributors, 1003 East Main, by the Bates Candy Company, was announced Monday by Louis Bates. The beverage concern purchased from Harvey Martin is distributor for Blitz and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer as well as a complete line of wines. The warehouse on East Main Street will be maintained as a stor age plant but the offices will be moved to the Bates Candy Com pany headquarters at 603 South Sixth Street. "Faith in the future of the Klam ath Basin prompted the expansion of the Bates Candy Company with the purchase of Western Wholesal ers." Bates stated. All personnel of the beverage company will be retained by the new owner. Mr. and Mrs. Martin, former owners, could not be contacted for a statement regarding their fu ture plans. Sale price was not announced. Dulles Asks Changes In NATO Policy WASHINGTON Wl Secretary of State Dulles said Tuesday, the United Stales will reappraise its foreign policies in the light of the French move killing the European army. He called for a prompt meeting of the NATO council to work out a new philosophy. Dulles spoke up in the wake of action by the French Parliament killing the idea of the European Defense Community under which six western European countries would have set up a Joint army. The secretary said that now the three Western powers the United States, Britain, and France must move quickly to do everything possioie to restore sovereignty to West Germany "and to enable it to contribute to international peace and security." He attributed the defeat of EDO in the French National Assembly to "nationalism, abetted by com munism" and said that the effect has been to "endanger the whole of Europe." Dulles' 950-word statement was handed to newsmen in the State Department press room only hours before he was due to leave for Manila to wind up negotiations for an eight-nation Southeast Asia de fense alliance. Dulles called the EDC situation a tragedy, cautioned against "nar row nationalism" in American reac tions oit ands ai dth atwh at sit tions to it and said that what is now required is a study of the sit uation in the light of what has happened. He said he had told the NATO council last April that if the EDC project collapsed an "emergency situation" would be created, call ing for a special meeting. Fire Destroys Spangler Mill Whether the Spangler sawmill at BIy which was destroyed by fire Monday will be rebuilt has not been decided. This was announced Tuesday bv William A. Spangler, president of the Spangler Lumber Company, who said that the planing mill at the Bly plant will continue to op erate. Spangler also said he was unable at this time to accurately estimate the fire loss which vtas partly cov ered by insurance. Approximately 100 men are employed in the logging and milling operations of the company. The majority of the workers nave been laid off. "There was no damage to our planing mill or dry kilns." Scant ier said. "The planing mill will continue to operate. The shipping department also is functioning." Exact cause of the fire is un known. It is believed it originated near the trimmer. At the time the fire broke out shortly after noon Monday, nearly all of the employes had left the plant for lunch, with in a few minutes the sawmill was enveloped In flames. When the fire started U.S. Sen ator Guy Cordon and Governor Paul Patterson were having lunch in the Halfway House. The senator, who was on a campaign tour of Eastern Oregon, and the governor went to the scene of the confla gration. Army Officer Faces Accuser FT. SHERIDAN. III.. UU Fmn American soldiers have testified Lt. Col. Harry Flemmlng, their fel low prisoner in a North Korean POW oamp, made propaganda bioadcasts and led discussion groups for the Communists. Fleming's trial before an Army general court-martial on charges he collaborated with the Commu nists entered its second nay todav with four more ex-POWs due to testify against him. One of the witnesses yesterday. Air Force Mai. David F. MacGhee of Falls Church, Va., told the mili tary court Fleming once went to the Communist camp commander tnd reported. "MacGhee has double-crossed you." Fleming, first American officer biought to trial on charges of aid ing the Reds while a prisoner, sat impassively during the testimony. A slightly built man of 46 with close-cropped grey hair and four rows of ribbons on his dress uni form, he was a prisoner 34 months. Fleming's wife Gloria, their daughter Patricia and son-in-law, Navy Petty Officer John Madden, sat in the courtroom. Crash Injures Stunt Driver A Boise Idaho stunt car driver, Vance Courtney, escaped serious Injury but completely demolished the car he was driving shortly af ter midnight this morning about one mile south of Modoc Point on highway 97. According to OreRon Stat Po lice, Courtney apparently lost con trol of the vehicle, ran off Uie road and crashed into a telephone pole, knocking out phone service to part of northern Klamath Coun ty The man was picked up by a passing motorist and taken to a Bend Hospital where he was re ported not seriously Injured. Price Five Cento 14 Fares 4iy Aia ra. unLuun, x ttounii auuvo oi i ..... ' ' ; ' , . , .... y !, .,!t I'r.lmVfWH-Afitll III (I Ml II III lira i.llf imillWifllMlflUnMll (llll '. ' SI I l . ' I . v b '-- li Hi mm iihhmii ii mi nn od sit. for WITH LIGHTNING-LIKE SPEED flames destroyed the Spangler Lumber Co. sawmill at Bly. Charred ruint of the mill are shown in upper photograph. The fire in its final stages is pictured below. Bill Hayden, superintendent of the AFL Woodworkers Return To Work; CO Studies Plan By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS t innri.ainir numbers aawiiuiia " - Karlr intft nrodUCtion Tuesday as striking AFL workers returned to their jobs in the wake of tne peace piupvaoi . i.nnirlie and Patterson of Washing ton and Oregon. CIO wooaworaers puv hio h i :Aar. ctuHtr in district coun- 1JU&UJ J.MJ cils and there were optimistic re ports altnougn mey wem - reel irum umun ..-h ...no nn nint Tuesday on what course pine operators would take and Kenneth Davis, executive secretary of the Northwestern Council of the Lumber and Saw- .iit urnrVnn warned that this could have grave consequences. The strike, ne sam. because pine operators deferred action on the governors' plan. Fir operators and th AFL ac- .1,. i a at. wppk but the ctrpieu nic tn.ii union acceptance was conditioned on pine joining in m wcie ww return to work during the study of the dis pute. The details oi inai oiuu have not been made public. MEETING CIO Woodworker officials met Monday with the governors of the Annual Water Show Planned Saturday. September 4, at 1:30 p.m. the staff of the Municipal Swimming Pool will present the first annual seasonal water show. Planned by the staff In an at tempt to show some of the ac complishments of this swimming season, the show will include div ing, racing, life saving demonstra tions, stunt and comedy acta, dem. onstratlon of teaching methods, synchronized swimming. In addi tion, colored slides of summer ac tivities at the pool will be shown. The fall swimming pool sched ule will begin Tuesday, September 7. Hours will be from 4-9 p.m. Monday through Friday; 1-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ella Redkey, pool manager, says the pool will be open except on extremely cold and stormy daya. Water will be kept warm so that those interested in swimming may continue to use this city facility. " OT" . . . nn..b.nvt notron a. r WTJ-IIL' 91 1l)Ci T.l.nknn. Silt K' 2MS A two states and employer represent atives in further exploration of the peace plan. After the meeting, the IWA reported it was passing the matter down to district councils and the policy committee would take up their views at a Wednes day afternoon meeting. Until then, its announcement said, there would be no comment. An employer representative. Hill man Lueddemann, said though that the IWA representatives seemed to be in accord with the governors and he predicted an end to the strike "by noon Wednes day." That is an hour before the IWA policy committee is scheduled to meet. ACCEPTANCE Davis said many of the AFL workers were returning to their Jobs under the Impression that fir employers' acceptance of the gov ernors' plan was all that was nec essary. But, he said, failure of pine to Join in means that the union has not yet agreed to the proposal. He said some employers have got their men to vote to return to work under false reports of the situation when they "find out they have been lied to. a lot of them will not return for a long time." But hundreds of them industry spokesmen estimated 4.000 to 5,000 Monday were going back to the jobs the left June 21 In a strike for 12 cents more an hour. After the Monday meeting with IWA leaders and employers. Gov. Patterson issued this statement: "Representatives of the CIO and the employers met with Govs. Patterson of Oregon and Langlie of Washington today in Portland to discuss the various provisions of the agreement that has been work ed out by the employers and the representatives of the AFL at Olympia, Wash., last week. AGREEMENT "The purport and understanding of the agreement was fully ex-' plored by the employers and the CIO representatives. These repre sentatives are now to take the agreement back to their policy committees lor consideration. "The CIO representatives stated, however, that any final action would have to be approved by Its membership by a referendum vote. 'The governors stated that it was their hope that this agreement could be accepted by the parties and the men returned to their Jobs at an early date." f I M e"; i '- " -1H 7 '""'"".J J flu j t ' a. j- ' ii -J a- y i . ; 5 OPERATOR of Bunny's Foun tain Lunch, located in Mead's Drugs at 530 Main Street, is Bunny Addison, who was on her way to work this morning when the special cameraman passed. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Wednesday. High Wednesday 8:!; low Tuesday night 43. High yesterday . 79 Low last night 38 Preclp. last 24 hour . , V Since Oct. 1 15.27 Same period lat year 15.29 Normal for period ....... 12.71 A 3 v riff y v plant, Is shown with his back to the camera. Waters, an employe of the lumber company. rebuilt has not been decided. Senator Silences McCarthy At Stormy Censure Hearing WASHINGTON Wl A Senate committee wound up Its first ses sion inquiring into censure charg es against Sen. McCarthy Tues day with the chairman banging the Wisconsin senator Into silence and thundering he was "out of order." McCarthy and his attorney, Ed ward Bennett Williams sought to raise the question of whether the committee's vice chairman. Sen. Johnson ' (D-Colo) was quoted truthfully or not in a Denver Post story of last March. The news paper said Johnson, in an inter view, had declared: "In my opinion, there Is not a man among the Democratic lead ers of Congress who does not loathe Joe McCarthy." Chairman Watkins (R-Utah) ruled that Johnson's right to sit on the committee had not been challenged and that even if it was the committee Itself couldn't act on it. He said the matter was Irrelevant to the hearings and that McCarthy and Williams couid get from Johnson himself any state ment on whether the Post quotes were true or false. Prior to the flareup, Johnson had DeLap Okays Holland Filing County Clerk Charles DcLap said this morning that Mike Holland's name will be included on the bal lot lor the November 2 election. Holland filed minutes before city hall closed Saturday, as a candi date to city council from Ward 4. Inere was some question as to the legality of his filing due to the late hour in which he filed. DcLap stated that as long as he had been certified with the police Judge, his name would be accept ed for the ballot. EVACUATION TATPEH, Formosa CB -. Civil Air Transport Tuesday announced completion of Its evacuation flights for Chinese nationals in the Red River Delta region of north. em Indochina. Pictures were snapped by Ray Whether the sawmill will be read a statement denying that on March 12 or any other time he had said that he personally "loathed 8en. Joseph McCarthy." McCarthy spoke up to ask "are We entitled to know whether the quotations of March 12 are correct or incorrect ' Watkins told him he could get that at some other place than the neanng. "Mr. Chairman" McCarthy be- Kun again. "Just a minute," Watkins broke In. "You have filed no challenge." "I should be entitled to know," McCarthy started once more. Cracking down with his gavel, waixins stopped mm. "The senator," he thundered, "is out ol order." In the 2'.i hour session before the recess until Wednesday, the Senate group did little more than lay the groundwork for its hear ings. Much of the time was taken up with reading Into the record cor rcsiwndence related to a charge that McCarthy was contcniDtuous of a Senate subcommittee on elec tions and privileges of the Senate kuics Committee. That subcommittee looked Into McOarthy's financial affairs in 1D52 but never got him before lt as a witness as to his transac tions although it made several re quests for his appearance. This first charge for the new hearings is labeled: "Incidents of contempt of the Senate or a sena torial committee." Williams moved for dismissal of tins charge shortly after the spe cial six-member Senate Committee oprned hearings. Williams contended the charge was "legally Insufficient," but chairman Watkins told him the committee did not agree wltn him. McCarthy himself was permitted to read a statement chaiging that the senators seeking to censure him are "affected by ulterior, po litical considerations." His statement declared also that there Is an "unholy alliance" In this country which argues that "vigorous ant i-communum is more dangerous than commu nism." Watktns let McCarthy read it, but told him "most of lt Is not revclunt and material to the issues as we understand them." High Winds Damage New York City BOSTON m A fast moving hurricane swept up the Atlantic) Coast Tuesday taking at least nine lives In New England and one in New Jersey as torrential rains pelted wide areas in wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour. Damage will be in the millions. The early season storm hit New Jersey and metropolitan New York before throwing its full fury Into New England at mid-morning. Seven deaths were reported In Rhode Island and two in Massa chusetts. A woman was dead at Bristol R.I., and at least four perished in the Oakland section of War wick. Two were reported killed in Newport, R.I., when an automo bile was swept away while at tempting a bridge crossing, A man was knocked from a fire escape In Worcester, Mass., and another drownad at Dartmouth, Mass, EMERGENCY DECLARED Emergency status was declared for New London, Conn., Provi dence and Westerly, R.I., and Cape Cod In Massachusetts. The storm, labeled hurricane Car ol, which swept up from the south ern Atlantic coastal areas; crossed Long ' Island sound striking the Connecticut and Rhode Island coastline with increasing fury. Gusts of 100 mrp.h. were recorded in Boston. In early afternoon the IT, 8. Weather Bureau reported the storm center between Boston and Worcester with Its course to the north northeastward. Southern New Hampshire and Maine lay In Its path and power lines in those areas were damaged. LOSING STRENGTH The Weather Bureau aald that the hurricane was losing both speed and fury as it moved over land. The Boston weather records showed that hurricane Carol brought a sustained one-minute gust only one mile short of the disastrous 1938 hurricane record of 87 m.p.h. In the metropolitan New Yore area the storm left snarled trans portation, felled power lines and much small damage. Coastal areas of Long Island, Rhode Island and some parts of Massachusetts were evacuated. STORM CENTER "- " As the storm, center p a I a t d northward the tlwigor of flood tides menaced coastal commu nities. A loaded ammunition barge waa adrift in Rhode Island's Narra gansett Bay. , Several boats were reported in distress in New England waters. Winds up to 100 miles an hour devastated Rhode Island coastal areas, flooded downtown Provi dence streets with water 3 to 8 feet deep and halted transporta tion and communications over a wide area of the state. Scores of persons were rescued from cars trapped by the high water in Providence. Ambulances answering emergency calls also were halted. NEW YORK HIT By late morning the storm cen ter had passed Long Island and the New York metropolitan area, leaving in lta wake a swath of snarled transportation, felled pow er lines and much small damage. Operations of the Long Island Railroad, largest commuter line In the world, were curtailed al most everywhere by trees across the tracks and lack of power. Signal circuits were cut at many points on tracks throughout the is land, thus adding to the difficul ties. Engineers moved their trains with extreme caution, with warnings to watch carefully for track obstructions. Public FHA Airing Slated LOS ANg'eLES lifl The FHA scandals, under fire by a Senate subcommittee, get their first pub lic Southern California airing Tuesday. And Sen. Capehart (R-Ind) calls this part of the country the "worst" source of Irregularities In Title 1 FHA loans, the so-called home remodeling and moderniza tion loans. Capehart disclosed that the pub lic hearings may be delayed a session because of balky witness es. ' Arthur Weber, Los Angeles builder, so far has not been served a subpoena. He is ached uled to be the first witness called. "We suspect he is hiding out, hoping that he can evade appear ance." Capehart charged. "But we will find him, even If we have to bring him to Washington two months from now." The senator said the local phase of the investigations will not be confined to Callfornlans. Among witnesses scheduled to be heard at the five day hearings are build err from Arizona and two govern ment officials from Alaska. He said the latter were Kenneth Ka dow, Department of the Interior employe who has supervision of housing matters there, and C. C. Staples, former FHA director in Alaska. MISSION HONG KONG 111 A nine-man Japanese mission arrived in Hong Kong Tuesday en route to Red China and Moscow for a month's agricultural inspection trip. 9 -J Lav I- v'y viv. 4Mtt I -rf
