Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, December 06, 1954, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texts r j nn Jl nnf?n ?n(g In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Ho! Hum! I'm afraid it'i that kind o day in the news. For example: An Oregon man (name omitted) has just sent a live dollar bill to a hotel at Aberdeen, South Dako ta, where he once worked. In a letter accompanying the live-spot, he says: "I needed some money one time and I didn't ring up a few dimes on a few occasions. . . I hope this will be satisfactory to you. . . I will now feel that I've done the right thing." Two questions: Was it his conscience that was prodding him? Or waa It a desire for a little publicity? I hope- It was the former. Still , There are so MANY publicity seekers in this modern world. We'd be better off, I think, 11 there were FEWER of them. In a statement made in New Orleans yesterdajraul Butler, the new Democratic national chair man, questioned President Eisen hower's ability to govern or to unite the American people. Today Senator H. Alexander Smith calls Butler's statement "a reflection -on the American voter's capacity to elect capable offi cials. COP Chairman Leonard Hall says he may have a comment later in the day. If I were you, gentlemen, I'd just consider the source and let It go at that. It's Butler's business to question the ability of ANY BODY BUT A DEMOCRAT to gov ern and unite the American peo ple. That's politics as the game is played. Here's an interestine contrast:' From Washington in the Unit ed States of America: President Elsenhower has signed an executive order giving all fed' eral workers Friday, December 24. as a. full holiday and the after noon of Friday, December 31, as a half holiday. From Prague behind the Iron Curtain: The communist rulers of Czech oslovakia are toughening up their nolicy because production isn't high enough. They decree that workers can't have the afternoon before Christmas off unless they have fulfilled their production quo tas and they add that New Year's Day is to be considered a normal WORKDAY. Here's what It means: In free enterprise America PRO DUCTION is proceeding so satis factorily that an extra day and a half off during the holiday season can be easily afforded. In communist-ruled Czechoslova kia production is proceeding so UN SATISFACTORILY that everybody has to go on working eyen on New Year's Day. Keep this In mind: You can't divide what isn't pro duced. Free Americans are able to PRODUCE MORE than enslaved communists. So free Americans can HAVE MORE than enslaved communists. Thornton Plans Liquor Probe PORTLAND P) Atty. Oea Robert Y, Thornton said Saturday mat he plans to investigate the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. The probe will begin as soon as he returns from the National Attorneys Generals Assn. conven tion In West Virginia this week, he said. x iiiumiun sum nis Decision was prompted by disclosures from a recent Investigation of the com mission by Gov. Paul Patterson. This led to the suspension of two liquor commission employes. Patterson, asked to comment on Thornton's announcement, said: "I certainly feel that he should fulfill the duties of his office as they are provided by law. I intend to administer the affairs of the liquor commission out of this office where the responsibility for the same lies." Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Clearing Monday nlirht; mostly sunny Tuesday. High Tues day 38; low Monday night 27. High yesterday Low last niiht Precip. last 24 hours Since Oct. 1 43 33 . 0 1.5s Same period last year .... 4.59 Normal for period 3.06 December 5 weather windy and cloudy with Hint rain late al tielit becoming heavier early In tne morning of the 6th. ATOMIC POOL NEW DELHI. India MV-Prime Minister Nehru told parliament Monday India is willing to "offer tome minerals and sands which we have In abundance" to the atoms-for-peace pool President El senhower has proposed. US, Allies Confer On U.H.Move By MAX HARRELSON UNITED NATIONS N. Y. ( The United States and Us 15 Ko rean War allies were reported close to agreement Monday on de tails of a resolution calling for the release of 11 U.S. fliers and other Allied personnel in Red China's hands. . Informed quarters said the United States and Britain had re solved some points on difference, which developed over the week end, and were now agreed on basic points. The two big Western powers ex pected to have a draft proposal ready for submission to a private meeting of the 16 allies Monday afternoon. The session .. was expected to de cide the language of a resolution to be presented to the Assembly later this week, and whether the United States would sponsor it alone or be joined by its allies. VOTE EXPECTED Later in the day the la-nation Assembly Steering Committee, headed by Assembly President Eelco N. Van Kleffens, was ex pected to vote overwhelmingly to add the prisoner question to the Assembly work program. The Allies were prepared to withstand demands by Russia for Red China to be invited here for the debates and then vote for the Assembly to take up the question. An Assembly session Thursday has already been planned. One problem facing the Allies was how strong a condemnation of Red China to seek. Another was how to make the U. N. machinery go to work, since the Chinese Com munists rejected diplomatic over tures at Geneva and through Brit ish channels. STATEMENT Over the weekend, a State De partment statement indicated the United States is seeking U. N. ac tion on the two American civilian employes of the Army whose sen tences were announced along with the 11 airmen. The civilians, John Downey of New Britain, Conn., and Richard Fecteau, of Lynn, Mass., were captured when their plane was shot down In November 1952, but were not listed In the first American call for V. N. action. The further memorandum pre sented here i Saturday by,U. 8. Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. said prompt and decisive action was needed "to bring about the re lease of these 11 officers and men tthe Air Force group) and all oth er captured personnel of the U. N. Command still detained." U. S. sources said all the Korean allies approved the memorandum. SHOOTING HOURS Oregon December 7 OPEN . CLOSE 6:52 4:18 California December 7 OPEN CLOSE 6:50 4:35 in: PROVING HIS ADVERTISING SLOGAN, "Awful Coffee," Barney Barnstable, proprietor of Barney's Cafe, 1319 Es planade, has cup of the "awful stuff" served by Ruth Fluq, waitress, whose eddresi is 3605 Boardman. fric Fhra Cents IX Pases C7 f) i) ? " Dixie Hit By Rain, Snow Storms After Tornadoes By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Stormy weather tornadoes which crashed into Dixie Sunday, killing one and injuring 48, shook heavy rain and snow in their wake Monday and drew icy winds into the nation's eastern region. The foretaste of winter saw 15 Inches of snow in southeastern West Virginia and ra,v 20-degree breezes in New York City. Tem peratures as low as 8 below zero were marked near the- Canadian border,., ,-. . .. iv ' ., , ' The chill in New York's metro- Rail Strike Pact Signed SAN FRANCISCO Wi Service on the Northwestern Pacifio Rail road resumed Monday following settlement of a 25-day strike called by the Brotherhood o f Locomotive Engineers. A Joint statement by George L. Morrison, vice president and general manager of the company, and J. P. Colyar, general chairman of the brotherhood announced the settlement Sunday after a week of negotiations. , Terms were not reported. The union had called the strike Nov. 11, demanding changes in working rules. Morrison and Colyar said the settlement is a compromise. The road extends from the Son Francisco bay area 276 miles north to Eureka. Several lumber com panies which depend on the road Sot freight transportation had closed pending settlement. r 9.0'ckdtSpiiaat KLAMATH FALLS, , V; ? t ?.) iv - I J;'i; lit n . 1 politan area was a new low for autumn. The snow which followed the bumptuous southeast storm con fused weather forecasters, who first said it would come, then that is wouldn t. It slowed traffic to a creep on the West Virginia turn pike, giving highway maintenance crews their first hard test. Property losses ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Alabama counted 57 homes destroyed and 100 more damaged while Georgia reported 220 badiy biuered end some demolished. Grim Alabama National Guard troops, under orders to shoot if necessary, guarded Wellington's shattered homes against looters while Red Cross and Salvation Army teams aided stricken' resi dents. Elsewhere in the two-state area, emergency crews worked to re place utility poles and wires. The off-season tornadoes, spawned when a cold front collided with warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, struck along a 50-mile wide path on either side of the Alabama-Georgia line. Four violent twisters swirled across 13 rural communities In Alabama while Manchester and Richland bore the brunt of the brunt of the storms in Georgia, The only death reported oc curred near Richland. The 8-year- old daughter of the Rev. James was killed when a tornado demol ished the James residence. Other members of the family escaped with minor injuries, At Wellington, a little town 15 miles north of Anniston, and near Opelika. the greatest Injured and damage was reported. Twenty-four persons were treated at Anniston Memorial Hospital for storm in juries. Fire broke out at Wellington after the winds passed, finishing ithe destruction of three homes. Teasing Girl Shot By Boy HUNTERS, Wash. Ml A 10-year-old girl; playfully teasing two boys who were trying to read some books, was shot and killed Sun day night by a 9-vear-old boy with a .22 rifle, Sheriff Beryl Warren reported. Leona Oens, a fourth grader, died almost Instantly from a bul let that struck her in the chest near the heart. . . Prosecutor Delbert Scoles of Stevens County withheld the names of the other youngsters involved, but the sheriff gave this account of the tragedy: About seven young boys and girls had gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clare McMintmy for an evening of game?. The 9-year-old boy and a companion, 12. went Into a bedroom to read some books they found. The girls decided to tease the boys. They told them to go away. They did, but Leona came back Warren said the 12-year-old found the rifle In a closet and handed It to the younger boy with some shells to load It. Leoni fell fatally mounded at the door of the Bed room. The sheriff said the boys ap parently had only intended to frighten the girls with a threat and that the gun might have gone off accidentally. The nrosec tor iad the ease would probably be turned over to juvenile authorities. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER U '4tH lWJ I K T7't TiV -n GO a KLAMATH UNION HIGH SCHOOL KUHS Concert To Be Given The Klamath Union High School band, orchestra, a cappella choir Bnd the Klamath Falls Bar bershop Chorus, will be presented in concert In Pelican Court, Fri day, December 10 at 8 p.m. The Barbershoppers will be featured under the direction of John Hou ston and Bennett Loftsgaard In a 15 minute program. j . i . The band has had a busy sched ule of practice on- their routine for the Shrine East-West game on New Years Day at San Francisco, when the group will appear be tween halves, ' No tickets will be sold but a voluntary contribution will be re ceived by the band members to help defray expenses of their trip to San Francisco. Parents of band members have also agreed to as sist with various amounts. The Klamath Falls Shrine Club under the direction of Mark Smith, presi dent, is assisting in every way possible to make the trip a suc cess. All members are urged to be present at the concert and to make a contribution toward the fund. The Barbershop group also vol unteered to assist with the pro gram. The public is cordially invited to attend. Crash Kills Basin Rancher John Zarosinskl, 29, member of a well-known Klamath County ranch family, died Sunday, De cember 5. at 11:35 p.m. at Klam ath Valley Hospital a few hours after bis Plymouth sedan crashed Into a tree close Klamath County 16 to his home on the Worden Road near Kcno. The 'accident happened as he was return ing home from Klamath Falls about 5:30 p. m. Saturdny. He had remained uncon scious until his Traffic Fatalities 1954 death. Following the accident he was brought to Klamath Falls by Kaler's ambulance. He suffered severe head and chest Injuries. Mr. Zarosinskl was alone at the time of the accident and it is believed he may have suffered a fainting spell or blackout. The ac cident happened almost directly across the road from his house. Thore were no tire marks to In dicate he had applied the brakes and no evidence of mechanical failure. He attended school In Kcno, had two years in hiRh school and was a veteran of World War II, serv ing in Europe as a motor mechan ic for the Navy. He was a mem ber of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. His mother Mrs. Theodore Zar osinskl died October 31, 1955. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Monnlette Cslmes Zaronn.skl: two sons. Tommy Joe. six years old and Alvln, four; his father, Theo dore Zarosinskl, all of Kcno: a sister, Mrs. Anastasla Morrison, Klamath Falls; and five brothers, Ray and Lou of Klamath Falls, Joe of Medlord, Ed of Portland and Don, a student at Oregon 8tate College. O'Hair's Memorial Chapel is rn icaarge oi tunersi arrangements. . 1954 rf' ii!-?,'f JV IA ryr ' "" . 1 r V- I'm (h d t A ' t BAND Eden Blasts Communists In House Of Commons Speech LONDON W Foreign Secre tary Anthony Eden Monday termed Communist China's convic tion of American airmen as spies a direct violation of terms of the Korean armistice agreement. Speaking in answer to a Labor- lte question in the House of Com mons, Eden said: ' It is not allowable to any na tion which wishes to act by civ ilized standards to treat officers, noncommissioned officers or men In uniform s spies and to treat trwm m-tne sort oi way iney nave been treated by the Chinese gov ernment. . - "On behalf of Her Majesty's gov ernment and all civilized nations, I deeulv deplore tills conduct. The Chinese action in holding these men back is a direct violation of the terms of the Korean armistice agreement." Eden said he could not for moment Recent references by the Labor members of the Parliament "to these men as spies." He said he fully endorsed prev ious condemnation by Minister of State Anthony Nutting -of tne cm ncse Jailing and added: ,ie i s ' w i mm I ' ,)!s 'I i-v '! . ,;'"' k 'Will bl -IT i IsaMMkaMaMsaM .- il. -, , UUL A LOT OF LIFE-SAVING equipment is still needed by members of the Suburban Volunteer Fire Department to complete the Disaster Car built with private contributions from the mem bers and from funds they have raised with dances. Now they are again selling tickets tor the annual dance, to be held New Year's Eve, December 31 at the armory. Here Walter Schreiber, left, essistant fire chief and H. Mudder, past president, held tickets. Any member of the department will be glad te part with a few, Telephone till No. 1985 a I. i I v.u'..' , :: r. I i 11 r J 0 "Eleven of the men concerned were airmen in uniform shot down on military operations on behalf of the United Nations during the Korean hostilities. As such they should have been repatriated on the conclusion of the Korean armi stice." Thirteen Americans were sen tenced by tile Chinese Communists to long prison terms. Two were civilians. The 11 referred to by Eden were members oi one air crew which crashed. Pope Spends Restful Night VATICAN CITY M The Vati can gave new evidence Monday that Pope Pius XH is continuing to Improve, announcing that the ailing Pontiff will close the Ma rian Year celebration on Wednes day with a blessing broadcast from his sickbed. The 78-year-old head of the Ro man Cathollo Church, still criti cally 111 with gastritis, spoke a sim ilar blessing into a microphone Sunday. It was relayed by loud speaker from his bedside to a throng of 50,000 In St. Peter's Basilica and by the Vatican ra dio and other networks to much of the world. The Vatican press spokesman announced Monday "the Pope's slow and gradual Improvement continues." A Vatican source said earlier that the Pope had spent his third fairly restful night since he rallied from the severe col lapse last Thursday which brought grave fears for his life. 13 Injured In Three Car Road Wreck ST. HELENS, Ore, Ml One of the worst traffio accidents in Oregon's history claimed the lives of six persons and Injured 13 others Sunday night. t It was a three-car smashup on rain-swept stretch of straight highway five miles south of here at about 5:30 p.m, Three children Joanne Thornton, 18, and her sisters, Genevieve, 9, and Janice, 8 were believed drowned after the crash when the car they were riding In overturned in a water-filled drainage ditch. Nets Nelson of St. Helens was driver of the car which carried 11 persons seven children and four adults, including the dead child rens' mother, Mrs. Birch Thornton of St. Helens. KILLED ' Mrs. Marie Alnswortn, Vancou- . ver, wash., a passenger In another car driven by the Rev, John Duffy of Centralis, Wash., and Carl Reimer, about 50, of St. Helens, a -passenger in the third car, also were killed. There were six men in the third car which was driven by James Alcorn, 31, St. Helens, One of them, Joe Reed, St. Helens, died early Monday from Injuries. State Police Sgt. Harold Kreger said his investigation Indicated . Alcorn's car was attempting to pass the one driven by Nelson and It collided head-on with the one driven by Father Duffy. DITCH Nelson said his car was struck from behind, apparently by the other two crashing cars, and knocked off the road "through the air" into the three-foot deep ditch. St. Helens facilities for caring for the dead and injured were over-taxed temporarily by the' accident. Doctors and ambulances were summoned from nearby com munities and a number of those . hurt were taken to Portland hospitals. Snow Reported On Highways ' Lakevlew reported temperature, of 36 degrees at 8 a.m. todsy, according to the Oregon Btate Motor Association's local office. ' Skies were overcast, but Highway (g from here to Lakevlew woe Bore. North of Klamath Falls to hs tunnel drivers were encountering rain and snow this morning. , It was raining from the tunnel north to Portland. Temperature of 38 degrees at t a.m. was reported on the Willam ette Pass. It was snowing hard with six Inches of new snow in the last 24 hours which has produced a slushy roadbed condition. Chemult reported 31 degrees at 8 a.m. today. Snow was falling and plows were operating. Snow is packed, on tne nignway out mo torists are advised to carry chains. Btate police report continuous snow this morning over the moun tains on the Oreensprlngs. Plows are operating. Police repeat warn ing to motorists to carry chains. It was snowing this morning be tween Klamath Falls and Weed. Drivers arriving here this morn ing say the highway is "pretty rough" around Mt. Hebron. Chains should be carried. STRIKE KANSAS CITY W A 15-week plumbers strike that tied up many major construction projects In this area has ended. The AFL plumb ers won a 15-cent hourly raise aft er demanding 17 "2 cents. The con tractors had offered 12 cents.