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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1956)
0 OF ORE30S LIBRARr COMP EUQENE, OaE. In The- n Day's jVews r? n IDl 4 By FRANK JENKINS In the dining room of the San Francisco hostelry In which this is written, there is a tableful of Ko reans. In stature, they are short and chunky. Linguistically, they speak English, easy, Idiomatic English. So well-grounded are they in our tongue that they THINK in English. This is indicated by the fact that they use it in their con versations among themsevles, sel dom dropping into their own language. In manner, they are hearty and cheerful and give out on. the slight est provocation with care-free laughs that bubble up from their lower diaphragms. They, are obviously enjoying life Well, why shouldn't they be nappy? They are over here learning by observation of our country and our government how to run tnelr coun try and their government. And WE are paying the bills. People . the world over are In clined to be happy and cheerful when somebody else is picking up the cneck. But Speaking a trifle cynically I can't help wondering if they can learn much of REAL value from us about how to run the af- fairs of an ancient state like Korea. Korea is old and worn and ex- hausted. Extravagant rulers have been milking the people for taxes lor tnousanas 01 years ana spend ing the money on such trappings of royalty as palaces and monu ments. The poor devils of Koreans who pay the taxes are earning their tax money in the crudest of ways, with a 'minimum of machin ery and a maximum of strong back labor. r In Korea, as in all of Asia, the good things of life are for the smart people, those who know how to wangle situations to their own benefit in other words, the POLI TICIANS. (After all, you know, kings and emperors and dictators and such are just smart politi cians.) Politicians everywhere practice the trick of bedazzling the people with the trappings of Big Govern ment BIG palaces, BIG parks, BIG DAMS, and so on. ALL of them run by Big Government which means the politicians. As this old world goes, we re still young and brash and new, We're still kind of like the second generation that inherits a big farm whose soil was rich and lushly productive when It was first home steaded by some able, hard- headed, Intelligently tight-fisted, practical old realist who knew how to say NO when some city slicker tried to sell him something that was snowy nd flashy but on the impractical side. I wouldn't go so far as to say that these old-timers who homesteaded our country - didn't often WANT the things the city slickers were trying to sell to them. They undoubtedly did want them. But they seldom had money enough in the bank to PAY CASH, and when it was suggested that they go in debt for it put it on the cuff, leave It for future gener ations to pay, etc.-they just blew up and showed the city slicker the xront gate. We of the second generation have inherited the farm. We know it's worth a lot of money. We can't see any good reason why we can t have what we want especially In view of the fact that plenty of people are willing to lend us a lot of money. And We're bedazzled by what the city slickers have to sell. So we go ahead and put it on the cuff. , . That goes for the BIG GOVERN MENT the politicians are persis tently selling to us. We're be dazzled by its bigness, its glitter ing magnificence. , So we buy Big. Government and put it on the cuff. We've al ready put 280 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF IT on the cuff. We're not too unlike the Koreans and the other Asians who for hun dreds of generations have been falling for the bedazzlements of (he politicians who call themselves kings and emperors and dictators and such. So I'm not too sure but what we're on the wrong track in bringing these Koreans over here (at our expense) to learn by observation j of our government how to run their j government. I think maybe it might be better if we sent envoys over there to learn by observation what happens when the people permit the politi cians to run things for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. I think the lesson. If we heeded it, might be very good for us. Repairmen Reach Safety UPPER LAKE (UP) Two tele- pnone repairmen feared lost In rugged, snow-covered mountains near here reached safetv vpster- day after spending a cold, hungry mem in a aeserted lodge. The men, Tom Stanley. 28, and Don DeBolt, 25, both of Lakeport. became the objects of an air and ground search when they failed to return home Saturday after going out to work on a private telephone line. They showed up at a ranch in Clear Valley near here yester day afternoon after a walk through snow-covered hills from the de serted Crabtree Lodge where they spent the night in 20-degree temperature. "It got dark and we decided to spend the night there," Stanely said. "We kept a fire going aU night to keep warm and made some coffee we found there. But there was no food and no Man-lets." OTP i PREPARING FOR THE annual "Mothers March On Polio" To morrow night were these three women, Mrs. Orson Sterns, background, Mrs. Brick Patterson, left, and Mrs. Cecil Finney, right. The march .will be held from 7 to 8 o'clock. All residents are asked to turn on their porchlights to signal a donation to the March of Dimes campaign. Volunteer workers needed for South Suburban area and Conger and California avenues be tween 7 and 8 p.m. Contact Lei a Woods, phone 6185, or Tom Perkins, 2-3454. Ten Women Perish During -Baltimore Church Gathering By LOU PANOS BALTIMORE W Ten women perished in a mad dash for the exits Sunday night after fire touched oil panic in a nan lam med with a church crowd of about 1,000. One of the dead was identified. The other nine bodies were be lieved those of women whose fam ilies had reported them missing, More than 200 were Injured in the frantic clawing, shoving and trampling which erupted as the swiftly spreading flames consumed Arundel Park Auditorium on the south edge of Baltimore. Red Cross officials reported 18 were admitted to nine hospitals and 111 were released after treat ment. Firemen said about '100 Seven Killed In Traffic SAN FRANCISCO (UP) At least seven persons, three in one accident, were killed in Northern California weekend traffic acci dents, the Highway Patrol report ed today. Three persons were killed early Saturday when the car in which they were riding smashed headon into an oil tank truck on Highway A in Fremont; The victims were Jack W. Risner. 55, Sunnyvale; his wife, Minnie, 50; and Effie Pearl Fortner, 45, Mountain View. They were the first traffic fatali ties In the newly incorporated city of Fremont. Charles M. Platz, 53, Florin, was killed Saturday when the car he was riding' In rolled over near Sheldon in Sacramento County. Jorgen Gram Hansen, 24, San Francisco, was killed when his car collided with a truck Saturday on Highway 101 two miles north of Soledad. Mrs. Louise Schultheis, 65, Oak land, was killed when a hit-run driver struck her. Hames G. Parker, 22, San Lean- dro, was crushed to death when his car hit an abutment on the Eastshore Freeway. High Court Makes Payment Decision WASHINGTON til - Workers who have to change clothing and bathe because they handle danger ous acids on the Job must be paid for time so spent, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday. The tribunal- also held that the 1947 portal-to-portal act did not rule out payments for such things as sharpening knives needed in butchering activities. - In fact, the court said, any activ ities that are integrally and indis pensably related to production must be compensated for If per formed before or after .regular working hours. Chief -Justice Warren delivered the decision. The portal-to-portal act was passed to offset a 1946 Supreme Court ruling that resulted in suits totaling some six billion dollars for pay for such activities as walking to work places, washing and changing ciothing. The act outlawed pending portal pay suits, except those covered by w-age contracts or industry cus tom. The Justice Department con tended that a section dealing with future pay was intended to guar antee compensation -after 1947 for all significant and productive work integrally and Indispensably related to performance of the job." Monday s ruling was given on two appeals. In one, the Cumberland Batter; Manufacturing Co.. of Nashville. Tenn., objected to a decision by we u. s. Court in Clncm- others were treated at the scene. Survivors said one minute they were sipping beer, munching food and listening to an orchestra play "Tea for Two" at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic church oyster roast. A few moments later the cele brants, Including many children, were a shrieking, stampeding pack of humanity. As the fire swooshed along the wooden rafters and roof of the one - story cinder-block building, hundreds broke for two large doors in the front and rear. One. of the doors, which were of the overhead sliding type used in garages, was never opened. - Finding this escape barred, scores made for nearby windows. Nine of the first bodies recovered were found huddled under one of these. ' Al , Barthelme, i former profes sional basketball coach of the old Baltimore Bullets and one of the survivors, described the scene at one window as "real panic." "With everybody trying to get out of that window, it was pretty brutal," he said. "Some were being pulled back by others as they' started through. Some were even throwing out of the windows friends they didn't think could make - it any other way." ' Barthelme said the fire was first detected in a duct. 'Several of the fellows got up on a ladder to put it out. All at once the flames burst out.' You might say it was an explosion. The fire engulfed the guys on the ladder for a minute: I don't know what happened to them." Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Increasing high cloudiness Monday night; mostly cloudy Tues day with occasional snow. Low Monday night near zero; high Tuesday 25. High yesterday : ; 25 tow last night - 5 Preclp. last 24 hours 0 Prectp. since Oct. 1 16.3" Same period last year 3.57 Normal for period ... 6.69 piatl that It had to pay certain workers lor about 30 minutes dally spent in changing clothes and showering. The workers use dangerously caustic and toxic materials. The Justice Department said they were compelled "by circumstances, in cluding vital considerations of health and hygiene, to change clothes and to shower in facilities which Tennessee law requires their employer to provide." In the second appeal, the Justice Department asked reversal of a decision by the U.S. Circuit Court in San Francisco that the King Packing Co., of Nampa, Idaho, need not pay knlfemen for time spent in sharpening their tools. The decision affected 21 to 24 employes who spend about ten min utes dally In sharpening tools. Warren's opinion reviewed the legislative history of the portal- j to-portal act and concluded that i Congress did not intend to deprive employes of the benefits of the Fair Labor Standards Act where before and after work activities are "an integral part of and in dispensable to their principal ac tivities." In the King Packing case. War ren said "we believe the facts clearly demonstrate 'the knife sharpening activities of these workmen are an integral part of and Indispensable to the various butchering activities for which they were principally employed, and that they must be compen sated. , ." ma 1 . . -- I Ml rriee Five Cents 10 Pagea - KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY M, 1S5 : Telephone 1111 No. 3387 Icy Highway Claims Life Of Motorist By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clear, cold weather was over much of Oregon Monday. High ways, slick with icy spots, claimed one life Sunday. Central Oregon s temperature Monday morning plunged to sub zero witn Bend reporting minus 4 degrees, the state s coldest. The Weather Bureau said there would be some cloudiness in south ern and eastern sections of the state, but clearing skies and con tinued cold are expected through, out Oregon through Monday night. Mrs. Jesse Hutchens, 49. of Springfield, was the traific victim. She was killed Sunday when a car she was driving skidded on ice and crashed into another car about 20 miles east of Springtleld on the McKenzie Highway. Her husband, Abe, in the car with her, suffered head and face Injuries. The driver of the other car, Gale Roberts, also Springfield, escaped unhurt. There were number of other less serious crashes due to slick highways. Two cars crashed headon 60 miles east of Albany on snow- packed U.S. Highway 20 and seven persons were injured. Most seriously hurt was Robert B. Hodge, 18, McMinnville, driver of a car in which Jerald K. Martin, 18, Prinevllle, and Dudley H. Ken yon, 18, McMinnville, were passen gers. Hodge was taken unconscious to a Sweet Home hospital with multi ple injuries. He, Martin and the Kenyon youth were Oregon State College students returning from a weekend at the Hoodoo Butte Ski Bowl on the eastern summit of the cascades.- " to Three ambulances Tvere sent to take them and the four occupants of the second car to the Sweet Home hospital. The others hurt were Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Jenkins, both 27; their son, Stacey, 2; and John Rex, 18, Albany. None except Hodge was' believed injured seriously. Alaska Plane Search Begins, LADD AFB, Alaska (UP) Planes criss-crossed the barren Arctic wastes north of Nome to day, searching for an Alaska Na tional Guard liaison plane which disappeared Friday with Brig. Gen. John R. Noyes and three other men aboard.- Air Force officials here said about 15 military and civil aircraft were taking part in the search. The, missing L20 plane took off from Nome Friday to take the Alaska National Guard command er to Shishmaref, about 100 miles north of Nome. Guard headquar ters at Anchorage reported that the plane carried lull survival gear including rations for five days. The missing plane was piloted by Maj. Robert Kolb, Army advi sor to the National Guard at Nome. Passengers besides Noyes were Maj. Francis Swiegart, com mander of the First Alaska Scouts Battalion, and an unidentified Army mechanic. Negotiators Talk Over Basic Issue PITTSBURGH (UP) Negotia tors In the 106-day strike of the International Union of Electrical Workers and Wesllnghouse Elec tric Corp. were reported today hammering away -t the basic is sues of .general wage Increases and a controversial time study program for non-incentive rate workerE. Neither side commented official ly following the second consecu tive Sunday session of their bar gaining representatives, but it was indicated the 'talks had reached the "whittling down" stage. The strike started last Oct. 17 when 44,000 IUE workers walked off their jobs demanding an Im mediate 15-cent an hour wage increase under the reopening clause of their existing contract which runs until next Oct. 15. Mothers1 March Torchlight Night." the an nual Mothers' March on polio, will be staged Tuesday night from 7 to 8 o'clock In the Klam ath Falla area. This Is a nationwide event of the March of Dimes. All house holders of Klamath Falla who wish to contribute to the March of Dimes are asked to put their porch light on between those hours. A mother of the city will call on the house and col lect the contributions to the anti-polio fund. 1 Easft, AEC Announces New Missiles, A-Engine By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) The Atomic Energy Commission said today It is developing several brand new weapons which "will strengthen materially the defenses of this nation and the free world." It also disclosed for the first time that tests have started In Idaho on a stationary forerunner of atomic engines for aircraft. And construction of a test power plant big enough for aircraft carri ers will start in the spring. With production of nuclear wea pons at the highest level in history, the AEC reported' "several im portant" expansions of the far flung plants where atomic and hydrogen bombs and warheads are developed and manufactured. The commission made these dis closures in a semi-annual report to Zero Weather Hits Northwest By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS There wasn't a warm spot In all the Pacific Northwest Monday as sub-freezing cold followed snow In many places from the Canadian border south to the Oregon-California line. Minlmums ranged during the night from Ellensburg's 6 below zero to Medford's comparatively warm 27 above, Yakima had 6 below. No relief was In sight. The Weather Bureau predicted lows down to 10 above In Northwest Washington Monday night and Tuesday morning. In Central and Eastern Washington area tempera tures as low as 15 Below zero wen! forecast. Some light snow covered sections of Western Washington and north western Oregon. Portland had a high Sunday of 37 degrees and a low of 22, while Seattle was slightly colder, with 34 and 18 degrees respectively. Warmest town in Washington Sunday was Hoquiam where the mercury climbed eight- degrees above freezing to 40. An unofficial reading of 21 below was reported at Deer Park in Spokane County. Deputy sheriffs at Spokane used auti-freeze on their patrol car sirens to keep them running. It was -3 there, Walla Walla has a minimum of 11 above, Ephrata 9, Omak 2, Lewlston 9, Grangevllle 7, Coeur d'Alene 2 and Moscow zero. In Montana, Cut Bank had a frigid 28 below. Bill Knowland Retracts Name MANCHESTER, N.H., (UP) President Elsenhower had the field all to himself today in New Hamp shire's first in the nation primary followino withdrawal of Sen. Wil liam. Knowland (R-Calif). However, in announcing his with drawal, Knowland indicated that he would not discourage supporters from electinp delegates "favor able" to his candidacy. The senator's announcement yes terday left Mr. Eisenhower as the only Republican candidate on the March 13 presidential preference section of the primary. Knowland aeain emphasized his personnl support for the President, but added that the coming cam paign would be "a hard, one" which would not be done "with one or two broadcasts from the White Houcp." The senator said he believer that Mr. Eisenhower will make his decision on whether to run for a second term by the middle of February. He told newsmen yesterday that he would not take any affirmative action until that time. He soid he had allowed his name on the Alaska and Illinois primaries be cause they will not be held until April. Primary Question Raised By Deetz PORTLAND T) Will Elmer Deetz step aside - so that Gov Patterson docs not have to wage a primary campaign for the Republican nomination as U.S. senator? That Is the prime question ahead of Republicans this week. Dcc-tz himself raised the question. Deetz, who filed for the nomi nation last week belore Patterson announced his decision to run, said he might withdraw it a poll showed Patterson to be a stronger candi date. He added that if the poll went his way, he would expect the governor to withdraw. Wendell Wyatt. state Republican chairman, said he would take the matter up with both men. Congress on the gigantic project for which taxpayers have put up $14.4 billion since Its birth in World War II. The AEC said output ia up all along the line from ore to fin ished weapons. Civilian and mili tary power projects are booming. SPEEDING STOCKPILE With new H-bombs scheduled for this spring in the Pacific, the AEC said It Is speeding the stockpiling oi weapons made possible by pre vious tests. ' It said last spring's tests In Nevada "opened several new and promising avenues for weapons re search and development" which are being followed up "on an ex pedited basis." The AEC did not Identify the new weapon types which it said will "strengthen materially the de fenses", of the free world. But they are believed to Include atomlo war heads of anti-aircraft and other special purpose guided missiles. In its last semi-annual report six months ago, the commission said it was stockpiling weapons of the kind exploded in the 1994 H-bomb tests. Since then, today' report said, "several Important additions" have been started or completed at many of the AEC's widely separated weapons plants and laboratories. PLANTS PROGRESS The commission said develop ment of atomic plants for Indus trial and military power and for naval and aircraft propulsion "made sigmtlcant progress" in the last half of 1956. In that period the AEC spent $62,3 million on such work. It said "the aircraft nuclear pro pulsion program was accelerated and the prospects for nuclear powered flight continues to show promise." It added that facilities for test ing" a land-based prototype have Doen completed in Idaho "and some test work" already Is being done. The test engine was built by General Electric Co, The startup of tests does not mean that atomic flight is Just around tne corner. Many problems, Including radiation shields, will have to be licked before a plane will be airborne on nuclear power. - The commission said construc tion of a prototype engine for a large ship will start at the Idaho Reactor Test Station In the spring. This Is part of a program for a series of atomic engines ranging from 3000 to 40,000 shaft horse power "which can be used singly or in multiple to power new naval ships from small submarines to the largest aircraft carriers." Merrif ield To Run For Third Term PORTLAND Ml State Sen. John Merrlfleld, who had said he would run for the U.S. Sonate If Gov. Paul Patterson did not make the race, announced Sunday he will run for re-election to a third term. Patterson said Saturday he will eek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Merrifield, a Portland Insurance executive, said he would lend his entire support" to Patterson's campaign. MARY HARLAN, I40S Lookout, a junior at Klamath Union High School, poted for tha 9 o'clock photographer this morn ing befora starting ouV for school. t ' ' i Blaze Kills ' 3 Children In Pendleton PENDLETON. Ore. Ifl Three children burned to death In their beds Monday while their father was out helping two of his sons deliver newspapers. Five other children and the mother were not at home, She only Saturday had given birth to their tenth child and was still In the hospital. :, The fire, In the unincorporated community of Rteth, five miles west of here, destroyed the Chester O'Neal home and killed Phyllis Jean O'Neal, 8; Carol Jane O'Neal, 7, and Richard Dennis O'Neal, 8, NO CHANCE By the time the fire was dis covered there was no chance to get Inside to attempt a rescue of the children. Their grandfather; Oeorge Powers, tried It anyway, but was beaten back, the hair burned from his head.. ' 'The fire was breaking out everywhere," the grandfather said. I tried to get in the back door. You couldn't even get under the smoke. When I opened the door the heat hit me." One of the first men to get there, Raymond Long, a neighbor, said the house was full of smoke. He was unable to get In the front door and he broke out a window In a bedroom. .' "The inside seemed to explode," he said..- .--.. ..... .... POWERLESS The father and his newspaperboy sons, Chester Jr., 13, and Stanley, 10, returned while the fire was at Its height, but were powerless to help. - i , ; Neighbors had strung garden hoses.. ,to , put - what water, they could on' the Mre, but'the house burned to the ground aud only the Iron bedsteads, stoves and brick chimney stood up through the ruins. Mrs. O'Neal, her new-born son, and 1-year-old David were In St. Anthony's Hospital here. David has been recuperating from pneu monia. - Coldest' Night At Crater Lake Sunday night with . a low of minus three degrees was the cold est night so far this year at Crater Lake National Park. The official thermometer stood at minus one at 8 a.m. today. Maximum Sun day was 18 degrees. Forty-five cars brought 48 skiers and 121 sightseers to the park Sun day. The day was slightly over cast. Three Inches of new snow Sun day night brought snow depth to 126 Inches compared with 66 Inches on this date last year. Highway (12 Is open through the park with chains advised, The road from Annie Springs to the rim Is open with chains or abrasive snow- tread tires required, -The weather was beautifully clear and cold when the ranger station reported this morning. Ski ing is very good. ''-::,'.; i fa IJ Leaders Plan Three-Day Conference By JOHN M. HIGBTOWER WASHINGTON 11 President Elsenhower and Prima Minister Eden opened talks at the White House Monday on the Middle East crisis and new strategy for block ing Soviet cold war offensives. The first meeting of the Ameri can and British leaders was a luncheon session attended also by Seoretary of State Dulles and Brit ish Foreign Secretary Lloyd. Diplomats said in this first gath ering the two leaders, who are old personal friends, would take an over-all look at the work they have to do here and set the general pattern of their three dayi of con ference. - . i. EDEN STATEMENT ' i . Eden said on his arrival h was sure the meeting would "make a serious and positive contribution to peace" by promoting BriUah Amerlcan understanding. Eisenhower, walked bareheaded down the steps of the north portico to greet Eden when the prime min ister drove up to the White House, a few minutes before 1 p.m. After shaking hands vigorously. the President Inquired, "How have f you been?" Eden smilingly raw nltnri "Vli-at.rntik " T4itn tha nrlmW minister asked Elsenhower, "How are you feeling?" - . ' The President whispered through a oupped hand to Eden and then chuckled. Eden landed at National Airport . at 11:16 a.m. aboard the presi dential plane Columbine HI. The President's plane picked him up In New York where the prima minister arrived Monday morning aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth. Dulles headed a delegation on hand at the airport to greet Eden. Dulles welcomed Eden ana Lloyd as old friends of the United States, and said he was eontldent tha con ferences here would "make both freedom and a Just peace mora secure." GRATEFUL v. '. i ' Eden said ha waa grateful for such a warm welcome. Then, call ing Dulles by his name "Foster," he said he hoped It was air right with Dulles for : him to apeak In . attanla n f n iVi 11 lo t ivionnkl) u, This looked like a' deliberate gesture by Eden to show friendship for a man with whom he has often been In private dispute In the past. Eden said that the British people regarded President Elsenhower as "one of us," that no foreigner was "so greatly loved", aa the Ameri can leader. -. Emphasizing the record Qf Lon don and Washington cooperation, he said "We've all worked togeth er in difficult .times and in less difficult times if -there are any." NEW8 CONFERENCE At a news conference, before debarking from the Queen Eliza beth, Eden termed "admirable" tha President's reply to Soviet Pre mier Bulganln's proposal for a 20 year peace pact. Bulganln's move was regarded here as a propaganda effort and an attempt to steal a march on the Eden-Eisenhower conferences even oejfpre they began. -: H. L Mencken Dies In Sleep BALTIMORE (AT Doubting H. L. Mencken, whose needle-sharp pen pricked at civilization for nearly half a century, Is dead.' And how as he once literally Inquired shall they stags his "Inescapable last act?" The "Sage of Baltimore" news man, author, wit, and critic died quietly In his sleep early yester day. He was 75. A doctor said a blood clot prob ably was the cause of death. His brother August said funeral services, when arranged, will ba "strictly private." Mencken once wrote: "One of the crying needs of the time In this Incomparable republic Is for a suitable burial service for the ad mittedly damned.-... "What is needed, and what I bawl for politely, Is a service that is free from the pious but unsup ported asseverations that revolt so many of our best minds, and yet remains happily graceful and con soling ... a suitable funeral for doubters, full of lovely poetry, but devoid of any specific pronounce ment on the subject of a future life. ... "Such a libretto for the Ines capable last act would be humane and valuable. I renew my sugges tion that the poets spit upon their hands and confect It at once." This was typical of Mencken as he viewed the passing scene. His views, laced with humor and vitality, were given lile In two dozen books - and thousands, of essays. "The American Language," a scholarly investigation of the ori gins of our speech, is a monument to his Intellect. His three "Days" books "Happy Days." "News paper Days" and "Heathen Days" exude his personal charm. A stroke which affected sight and speech forced Mencken to lay aside his pen in 1948. But Just last week. In his last public statement, Mencken told The Associated Press about a "for gotten" manuscript he had worked up shortly before his stroke. It will be published next May aa "Minority Report."
