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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1955)
In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS President Elsenhower lends to day to the Republican national committee, winch is meeting in Chicago, an .Inspiring message from which I'd like to quote these passages: "You are assembled, as leaders of a giet national party, to pre pare lor tne election next rear of a ' President, ot senators and rep resentatives, or omciais at ever)' let el of government from the caoi- tol to the county courthouses and tnc village halls ot the nation ' No job is more Important. You approach it as citizens, concerned with the Integrity, the efficiency, the soundness and the heart that are essential in our American sys tem, so that government may serve all the people well , . r -"Continued progress In the healthy expansion of our economy, even more equitable sharing ol the m-oductlvitv of that economy. "i'jilng levels of health, education and welfare for all, and untiring search for a just and an enduring peace must remain our goals. In striving toward these goals, you and Republican candidates ,every where will be motivated by a com mon conviction in the imperishable principles of the American sys tem . . . . " I personally am proud of Re publican achievements for the peace and the prosperity and the security 01 tne American people. I shall do everything in ray power next year to help you report the! ' record accurately and iully to the - country. ' What Ike Is saying can be boiled down to uiis: If the Republican party will adopt a 'Platform based soundly and moderately upn WHAT IB BEST FOR OUR COUNTRY and will stick to it, refraining from til demagogic claptrap' designed . to snare special interest votes, it will win IP ITS CANDIDATES ARE ABLE ENOUGH AND SIN CERE ENOUGH. IX that can be done, I will be personally proud to be a Republi can. " In Ills message to the- GOP chiefs, Ike speaks of continued progress in we healthy expansion of our economy. Along that line a former chief of the Federal Re nerve Board Thomas McCabe -tells tiie annual convention of the investment Bankers Association in Hollywood, Florida, today: ' The world is on the eve of a new Industrial Revolution. Indus' try will require 160 billion dollars in new public financing in the next ten years to meet the Industrial expansion that will be required by mis new. revolution." 'Where should these tens of bil lions of new investment money come nomr ' ' Why. FROM THE SAVINGS Or THE PEOPLE, In that way, the people will r.hare in the advancement and the pi oi its of industry. When the shares of our great industrial cor porations are owned by the peo ple, who have bought them in the open market with money they have finvpn i n mn it-Atir.e til juw mr. porations are scattered out among an tne people. - ... That makes REAL prosperity. There Is another way, of couise Government can THIN OUT THE MONEY and provide the - capital by government loans. In that event, the masses of our pec pie WON'T share in the profits ofthe new industrial revolution Keep this In mind: THE POLITICIANS WILL ALL BIT IN FAVOR OF DOING IT BY GOVERNMENT LOANS. . Who ever heard of a politician urging people to . save up their money and invest it in sound se curities? The politician prefers to tell peo ple he ll WAVE A WAND and get tne money without effort on any body's part. Spud Council Urges Control CHICAGO U1 The National Po tato Council said Wednesday it will work on legislation providing tor production and marketing control if a majority of the growers want -such restriction. William N. Case of Washington, executive director, reported on ac tions taken by the council at meet inqs which ended Tuesday. He said a committee was direct ed? prepare legislation enabling production and marketing control in the future providing two-thirds of the growers approve such con trol. , "The growers," he said, "did not ask lor and do not want price ftippoits" similar to those given pther commodities. "If the industry can adjust production to the mark et demand, the price will be fair." If. a production control program thould be adopted, he added, 1955 and 1956 plantings will not be used In establishing growers' allotments. He said the council did not want ain' growers "going on a planting spree " to build up a record oi hich production to be used in fix ing their quotas under a control program. The council. Case said, adopted a broad program for Improvement of production and marketing. Its principal aim is improvement of the quality of produce to the con sumer, he said. Points Include crop inspection, prohibition of the ssle of culls, grade labeling to show the real quality of packaged potatoes, and financing a program ,f consumer education in the val ue of potatoes, as food. 5 DAYS I'ntil the next visit of the Red Cross Bloodmoblle at the armory. Give a Christmas gin of pint of blood, Klamath County's quota la 40 pints this visit December t, 4 la I p.m. er December 7, It a.m. to 1 a.m. 1 SAFE DRIVING AWARDS have been won by 1'4 drivers of the Klamath Falls Post Office staff according to Postmaster Chet Langslet, left. Two of the drivers who were honored are M. Dbnelson, center, end B. Dyslcin: The nation is observing Safe Driving Day today in an effort to cut the traffic death toll of the U.S. Death Toll Stands At 20 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With Safe Driving (S-D I Day half ended in the Eastern time belt, the national death toll from traffic accidents stood at 20 Thursday. At noon Ohio had four fatalities, Indiana, Louisiana and Michigan, two each, and Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, and New York -one each. For comparative purposes The Associated Press counted the traf fio fatalities for Thursday, Nov. 17. The total. for the 24 hours was 69. In Illinois motorists were warned of hazardous driving conditions in many areas in the north and central portions due to snow or freezing rain. SECOND ATTEMPT i Thursday was the nation's sec ond attempt to go through-24 hours without a traffic death. No one expeeted the goal to be achieved. But President Eisenhower's Com mittee for Traffic Safety, which designated S-D Day to dramatize the Idea that careful driving and careful walking can save lives, hopes for a sharp reduction in traf fic accidents. Eisenhower called on all Ameri cans to help show that "we can by our own personal efforts re duce accidents on our streets and highways." ( All across' the United States po licemen are wearing armbands urging safety. . In many cities" -banners are Auto Crash Injures Yoman One person Injured in a one-car auto accident on U.S. Highway 97 13 miles north of Klamath Falls Oregon State Police reported today. - Injured was Inez Stopler of Buiv bank. California. She was taken to Klamath Valley Hospital. Driver of the auto was Mrs. Stol per's husband, Ray E. Stolper, who said that his vision was obscured by slush thrown by a passing truck. He lost control of his southbound auto, which rolled over the bank but did not roll far enough to block the Southern Pacific right of Way. Jim Kaler of Kaler's Ambulance service said that the fact that she was wearing a safety belt' at the time of the incident probably saved her life. She suffered leg and hip injuries. State police said that the accident was reported at 10:30 a.m. The Associated Press Portland Bureau at that time reported that it was the first Safe Driving Day Injury reported in the state that they had "heard of." 10 DUCKETT JR., left, who this year raised his first crop of potatoes, was named champion spud grower in the Tulelalce Kiwanis Club sponsored competition and took the title of Tulelake "Spud King" among 13 contestants. His trophy, given in recognition of his prowess in raising the largest num ber of No. I potatoes -on an acre of ground, was presented by Peter Schwebenland, chairman of the Tulelake Kiwanis 4-H Club Potato Committee. The award was given during a dinner last night at the Sportsman's Hotel attended by 60 members ef the Kiwanis Club, 4-H Clubbers and members of the Klamath Falls Kiwanis Club. fM v V 0 ' Aft o strung across streets urging motor ists and pedestrians' to be extra careful. Loud-speaker-equipped po lice cars are cruising the streets. In Chicago, an amplified voice booms across a street in the loop: "Youl The man in. the gray over coat! Get back on the sidewalk uutil the light changes." 10-MONTH-TOTAL One hundred and one persons died in traffic deaths each .day during the first 10 months of 1955. This one-day effort is to show that the casualty toll can be cut down Tule Project Gets Extension WASHINGTON l.H Secretary of the Interior McKay Wednesday announced an 11-month extension of the development period of the Tule Lake division of the Klamath Reclamation Project in California. The extension, from Dec. 31 to Nov. 30. 19o6. was accompanied by postponement from Thursday until Dec. 1. 1958. of the date on. which the first repayment of construction costs by water users is due. McKay suld the two extensions will permit completion of repay ment contract airungements with the Tule Luke Irrigation District und provide a basis -for delivery of irrigation water to the farm lands next season. The repayment contract. a,waiU ing ratiucation oy tnewatcr users and approval" by" Congress, calif for return to the government of up to S85 an acre of the construc tion costs of the tcderauy bunt works. Estimated cost of in- project Is $10.2011.000. or $233 an acre. The J 148 difference between the cost and what the users agree to pay will be returned to the government from accumulated and future rev enues from lease of farm lands on the project which have not been homesteaded. During the 40-ycai repayment, period, the irrigation district will share in the lease rev enues. Actually, as a result of this shar ing. Reclamation Bureau spokes men said the lease revenues may be sufficient to pay all but .about S37 per acre of the construction costs. ' . The Tule Lake division embraces public lauds ceded by Oregon and California in the former bed of Tule Lake.- Some of the lands were fettled as early as 1922 and the last land opening was in 1945. About 35.000 acres have been home-steaded. " " - & Mri if everyone makes an extra effort every day, like today. Since the average daily figure of 101 Includes holiday?, when more motorists are on the roads, and persons who die a day to several months later of Injuries suffered in accidents, today's toll cannot be used as a basis for figuring success of S-D Day. The Associated Press made a survey on Thursday, Nov. 17, comparable day, and found that 6! persons were killed on the high ways. That figure is used as measuring stick today, when The AP again Is tabulating traffic deaths across the nation. COUNT KEPT l The National Safety Council will : keep a count of traffic fatalities during the period 10 days before and 10 days after S-D Day to determine the effectiveness of the safety drive over a broader period. The nation observed its first S-D Day Dec. 15. 1954. Fifty-one per sons were killed on the streets and highways an improvement over an ordinary day without safety campaign, officials said. KF Reports First Accident By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon highways were relatively saie in ine early nours of Thurs daynational Safe Driving Day. To 10:30 a. m.; -there had been no reports of fatalities and only a few of. .accident- of uw- Who.--The official tally at Salem was a complete blank at .the 6 a. m. reporting time. The next official report was due In early afternoon but unofficial tabulations showed that the morning moved . along quietly. The first report of an accident In which someone was hurt came from Klamath Falls. An ambu lance was dispatched to a single car accident four miles north of Algorna on Highway 97 in which one person was injured. Portland city police said they had reports on seven accidents up to 10:30 a. m.. but in none of them was anyone hurt. This number Is about normal for mid-week in the city. At Grants Pass no accidents had been reported. Roseburg state and city police each told of one a three-car mixup south of the city and an even more minor one In the city up to 11 a. m. Eugene, at 11 a. m., lacked even a minor accident report. West To Protest Occupation Move LONDON IJH The Western pow ers will protest within 24 hours against Russia's ending her occu pation of East Berlin and trans ferring her powers there to the East German Communist govern ment, the British Foreign Office announced Thursday. ! Sir George Young, chief Foreign Office spokesman, told a daily news conference, Britain. the United States and France are con sidering the terms "of a draft com munciation" to the Russian au thorities on. the Soviet switch. He said the communication prob- ably will be sent from the three Western ambassadors In Bonn lo the Soviet ambassador in East Germany. Ed Duckett Jr. Named Tule TULELAKE Ed Duckett Jr. was named the lflii 4-H Potato King for Tulelake a. a dinner last nlt lit in the Sportsman' Hotel. The winner, a 17-ycar-old junior in the Tulelake High School, look the top spot :n the Kiwanis Club i.pon rored competition among 13 con testants by producing the largest1 number of No. 1 potatoes on onc acre ol giound this year. He chalked up 326 sacks per acre I with 5 8 per cent of No Is. Tnc crop was eiown on the tiolden ranch on the west side, operated by his father Ed Duckeu Sr. This was young Ed's fust ciop. Two oilier awards went to sieve Mitchell who' grew the grcateft per-' centsge of No. Is iH8 4 per cent! on one acre of ground and to Tony Tschlrky for the best kept record ' book on the crop of potatoes he raised. The winners are n, embers of the : 4-H Potato Club led by Cewin Mc-j Ciackcn, Tulelake homesteader. j t KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, rice Fire Cents 44 Paces l(f Jaycees Open Local Safety Drive Safety slogan conlests, a tele phone campaign, - safety stickers' (and "mystery Jaywalkers" all are pnrl of a Klamath County Junior Chamber of Commerce "Partner In Safety" program that got un derway Thursday, announced Bill Alexander, chairman. Cash and merchandise prizes are to be awarded during the program in an Intense effort to make the residents of Klamath Falls aware of traffic hazards during the holi day season. PROMOTION ' To promote, interest in the pro- Rrm, stickers asking, ",are you looking at our next traffic vic tim?" will go on mirrors through- License number of today's courtesy driver is Oregon 4F-24D1. Holder of this number ran Identify himself by calling 9297. out the city. Fosters also will make an appearance in business firms. . A safety slogan contest will also be held with cash prizes going to the winners. A "mystery jaywalk er" contest will also be held; Pe destrians who have been designat ed by the Jaycees committee will cross the street in an illegal milli ner. If the pedestrian Is Identified as the "mystery Jaywalker" by a person witnessing the traffic law violation, the person will win a cash award. JAYWALKERS It is anticipated. Alexander said, that many Jaywalkers who have not been designated as the "mys-, tcry Jaywalker" . will , thus be warned by persons on the lookout for the "mystery Jaywalker.". Wives of Jaycees will be tele phoning friends to ask them to drive carefully, and to ask -their friends to do the same during, the holiday aeswon.' .'V . ' Business firms will be asked to use safety seals on packages, let ters and other mailed ilenvs.to advertise the safety program,' - COURTESY DRIVER A courtesy driver will be picked every day and their license num ber listed In the Herald and News. If identified by noon of the fol lowing day, they will receive $5 for being the courtesy driver of the day. If this driver Is unidenti fied, another driver will be picked and another S5 added to the prl.e and a new license number pub lished. ' "With so many 'weeks' desig nated for events during the year." Alexander said, "We may oe criti cized for conducting a program of this nature, but if it Is respon sible for saving one life, or pre venting one accident It ts a well rewarded effort." Judge Studies Miller Motion SAN FRANCISCO (UPi Super ior Judge Herman A. van der Zee has taken under submission a plan that would unite the heirs ol the Henry Miller estate so they rould pursue fraud suits in federal conn. The ntnn Km mihmiltpn vester- dav bv Miller's grandchildren ami preal - grandchildren. They art -I ; heirs to Miller and Lux. Inc the principal asset in the eslatc. The heirs appeared in co.irt as the result of a suit dl'?d Nov. 15 by Morse Erskine, a.toiney for three court-appointed trustees ol the Miller trust, , The suit, winch was joined by all the parties, asiied that these three trustees be allowed to re- i sign.-They would be replaced b;; j three family trusiecs. Henry Miller Bowles, George W. Nickel Jr. and I Wlllla.n Wallace Mein dr. Presentation oi the troplur-s wa.s made by Peter Sciiw abinland, chsirin.'ii of Ihc Kiwanis Potato Committee. Also present In addi tion to the members who spon sored the co.ites'.nnta were Lee aonnciiberg. Kiwanis Club presi dent and E. Web'i-Bowen, rluli secre'.ary-lreastii'er and eiuht vlsit 'ng Kiwanlans Iroin the Klamath Falls duo. Tin- Kldina'.h Falls members win. ali-o .-po,ior a similar t-H pciaic growing contest Invited the 'vin-i-lng boys to Join the Klitmaih Fall., winners, to be named later, In a tick to the San Francisco Bkv Area lor Viewing terminal disposal of the pota'.c crops grown In thl arca. Klamath Fall winners In IBM made the trip last spring. This Is the flr3i year that com petition among young potato grow ers u. tiie Tulelake area was en couraged. It was announced duiir.t the din ner that Frank Jenkins, pies, den. Dim SHOOTING HOURS OREGON December 2 OPEN CLOSE 6:47 4:35 CALIFORNIA. California Season Closed ' Until Dec. 10th' Kidnap Charge i Jails Woman SAN FRANCISCO (UP1 Police arrested a 32-year-old woman last night on a charge that she kid uaped a Dkiah man in his own automobile' on' Tuesday night. Police held Norma Maxine Lati mer, 32, on a technical charge after arresting her at the request of Uklnh ' Police Chief George Smith. I. D. Smith, 52. signed a warrant charging she forced hlin to drive from in front of his home at gun point to Healdsburg, 45 miles from TJkiuh. He said he escaped from her there and she fled. Miss Latimer told arresting offi cers that she had been in Ukiah with a boy friend on that night but had quarreled with him. Then, she said, she struck up an acquain tance with another man in a bar who offered to drive her to San Francisco. She Said she accepted, i However, Miss Latimer said that in Healdsburg her benefactor be came over friendly and suggested they go to a motel. She said she nrl r,-,,,, ht par unit InlAr fmtnri ! anoths.Tto back to Sari Francisco': She denied that she carried a , w gun. Dick Tenneson Fails To Show HONG KONG in A lourlh GI turncoat who decided to come home after living in Red China failed to arrive here Thursday as expected. s U.S. consular officials waiting at the border between China and this British colony said Richard T. Tenneson, 22-ycar-old son of Mrs. Portia Howe of Aldcn. Minn., was not on the dally train from Canton. The officials said there wjs no Indication when Tenneson might arrive. The Chinese Red Cross nad Informed the British Red Cross that Pclping was -releasing him at his own request. Tenneson was captured In Korea In May, 1951. He was one of l!l OIs who refused to be ropatrlaled after the armistice and Instead cho4e to live in Red China. . There was no word from Wash ington whether any action Is planned against Tenneson, 'With the other turncoats, he was dis honorably discharged from the U.S. Army after their decision to stay with the Chinese. The three who came home last summer William A. Cowan. : Lewi, E. Griggs ana otno u. ueu were arrested by the Army for ! trial as traitors but were released ; alter the Supreme Court ruled this I month Hint the military couldn't i try civilians for offenses allegedly committed while in aervire.' I The government hasn't said , whether it would prosecute them in the civilian courts. Tenncson's return will Ipbvo 16 of the cx-OIs wllh the Chinese Reds, Rufus E. Douglas of Texon, Tex., having died in China. Spud King lot the Southern Oregon Publl'hlni; ! Comparty and editor of the Klam ath Kalla Herald and News will r present a SI0O cash awaid to the 105 Potato King. Fouv-H Club conlcslai.is o.her than the winners all made crrdiu ble showings in production . totals and quality of -cropt. They were Ronnie Peterson. Jtitiien McCr.ick- j en. Elilen Olson. Boj Olson, Roy I Price, Dean Vnn Nor'. wick, Peie Schwnbenluiid. Ronald Bailry, Jer ry Phillips and Gurv Jensen Klamath Falls Klwaniins present were C. 13, Laikiu. chairman ol ihe Klamath Falls 4-H Potato Com mittee. Hob Kent. Byion Teed. John K'.miMti. Ralph Howard Brvant V, lUlr.iiM, Berl Igl and Joe L'nClalr. 1 .Sponsor of tiie tup south are t ihe luleiake Groueis Association, 'Movd A. Boyd. Crater Lake Ma .chtneiy Company. Sunny Slate IProdii'.e Compunv. Everett Lynam nav Ohlerak, The Honker and ! .facte Clrr. Caounpip DECEMBER I, 1955 Telephone 8111 No. 3341 Third Trial For Fong Suspended I PORTLAND l.fl Circuit .Iiidse I Alfred P. Dobson suspended the i inuci muroer trial of Sherry Fong j Wednesday because a surprise wit ness saia Litane Hank, 16, was anve tnree weeks after the state contends the girl was killed. The Judge directed the state and the defense to try to find corrobor atuig witnesses for the surprise witness. Sally Irwin, 19, who said she had attended high school with miss Hank. She testified she exchanged a greeting with Diane Hank on a Portland street on Jan 36, 1954. She said she remembers-the day because she was on her way to have a foot X-rayed. She noted that In a date book, she said. . TESTIMONY ; Miss Irwin also said she turned the book over to police at Eugene, where- she was attending the Uni versity of Oregon, when she heard of Miss Hank's death. She said she later talked to Portland police about it, and understood the book had been sent on to them. Defense Atty. Irwin Goodman demanded that the state produce the book. Prosecutor Howard Lon ergan said he had never seen it. ' The Judge asked Miss Irwin If others had seen It. She suld her parents, her sister and five girl friends had. ' "Well, gentlemen, this disclosure Is of such importance the court is of the opinion that this trial should be suspended. ..." "Oh, now, your honor," Loner gan started. "You Just keep still Mr. Loner- gall," said the judge who has Clashed with Uie prosecutor on a number of points. "I am running 'hey had been accustomed to tin tills court. You Just sit down. It I der, Mr. Eisenhower, want to hear from you, I will ask GOP CAMPAIGN ' J0"- ... 1 PROCEEDINGS OFF He then suspended proceedings " 'directed 4 search for tliosf " " c. me oooa. ' Sherry Fong and her husband Wayne, both 24. were charged with killing Miss Hank. Tried Jointly, but Judge Dobson overturned the verdict on the ground the jury did not properly consider the evidence, Mi- Fnnir'v cwnnri trial w Was declared a mistriaJ because of prejudicial statements by both sides before testimony begun, Fong's trial Is to follow. China Expected To Stand Firm TAIPEI, Formosa iP) News papers and legislators said Thurs day strong criticism abroad In cluding the United States won't keep Nationalist China from using veto If necessary lo keep Outer Mongolia out of the United .Na tions. "Our position Is unshakable," said Taa Hsl-shcng, member of the Legislative Yuan t Parlia ment) and an adviser to President Chiang Kai-shek. Both official . and Independent newspapers said Nationalist China would not back down. latAtakdtfKil t- a - MSa. JIM DAVIS, LEFT, 2413 Union Street, and Jim Caldwell. 2434 Radcliffe Street, both eighth graders at Fremont Junior High School, collided with the 9 o'clock photographer as they were trudging to school through the newly-fallen snow that hit Klamath Falls this morning. , President Still Mum On Plans CHICAGO (UP) President El-, senhower told the Republican Na. tlonal Committee today that "I shall do everything In my power next year" to help report to the nation the record of party achieve-, menu. The President's message was in the form of a telegram to the com mittee, meeting here with three Cabinet members, Ezra T. Benson of agriculture, Sinclair Weeks of commerce and James Mitchell ot labor, In attendance, v It was a Inessage of four para graphs and about 300 words. It said In part: . "You have a splendid record to submit to the voters in 1956. I per sonally am proud of Republican achievements for the peace and the ; prosperity and the security of the American people. ! "I shall do everything In my power next year to help you report the record accurately and fully to the country. CONTINUE PROGRESS "Of course, we must not atand still, absorbed In the contemplation of what we have done. Continue progress in the healthy expansion of our economy, even more equi table sharing of the productivity of that economy, rising levels of health, education and welfare for all, and untiring search for a Just and enduring peace, must remain our goals." Tiie message did not elaborate on how the President proposed to go about helping the Republicans report their record to the nation. It came at a time when Republi can hopes that the President would seek reelection had been strength- ' eued by remarks of National Chairman Leonard W, Hall and ot Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Hall said yesterday that an an nouncement" of the President's fu ture plans toward reelection might not come until March, and that it would not matter if it were de layed until then. Nixon sent a message that, the people will seek the same "leadership" In 1956 that ..I Mr. Elsenhower's message came tnr-anaresses rto cohirnlttee mem bers, set forth what appeared to be the GOP campaign line for 1969. , Benson- charged the Democrat tt'ere concocting a "witch's brew" of untruths in an effort to make ,"""'; J'"",-J0I..f?I"V,,r farm 'prepared for de very pro! hi,,.,, . ,,J1 ',,J dkiiV. prices. Weeks and Mitchell. In ad- r - . 7" . p. " "chw"" tory in 1956 because Americans "never had It so good." , Weeks predicted that prosperity "will rise to even higher levels in the first sfx months ot 1056." Mitchell predicted that by 1965 there will be 74 million Jobs com pared with today's total ot more than 62 million. Weather FOItlX'AST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Clearing and colder Thurs day tllrht. Mostly sunny Friday. High Friday 43; low Thursday night 2. . ' , High yesterday J Low last night Preclp. last 24 hours .9$ Preclp. since Oct. I 4.S7 Same period last year 1.34 Normal for period 2.75 -"V s IV, H - A I
