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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1958)
ami For Umb lnmhv Stecagi FLAMES FROM BURNING LUMBER at the Car-Ad-Co Lumber Company in Pelican City created a huge glowing pillar in the Thursday night sky over Klamath Falls. Shown here are some scenes of the blaze that destroyed over la The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Cause and effect in politics: In Minnesota the other day, in a by-eiection to fill a vacancy in the U.S. house of representatives, a Republican just barely nosed out his Democratic opponent in a dis trict that had been solidly GOP for years on end. His narrow-squeak victory was ascribed by the politicians to farm belt dissatisfaction with Secretary of Agriculture Benson, who leans toward lower subsidies for farm crops that are now in heavy sur plus. So much for the cause. Let's take a look now at the effect. In Washington this morning a couple of GOP congressmen Rep resentative A. L. Miller of Nebras ka and Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota called on Secretary Benson as representa tives of a group of farm belt con gressmen and laid it on the line ,They told Benson he has be come a serious liability to the Re publican party that "right or wrong he has become a symbol of low farm prices. They say they didn t ask him in so many words to resign but add that they "made their meaning plain. Their meaning, they explained to the reporters, was that Mr. Ben son was being asked to STEP OUT for the good of the Grand Old Party. They told him further that "Democrats are using him as a weapon to beat Republicans." Hmmmmm. The farm program has been any thing but a howling success. It has cost billions of dollars which have come out of the taxpayers' pockets. It has piled up huge sur pluses that hang over the markets or the future like a dark thunder cloud. Consumers are djsgruntled. Taxpayers are getting soured. Even the farmers aren't happy. All Mr. Benson is trying to do Is to IMPROVE the situation. He thinks it would be better if we quit subsidizing overproduction be cause, he reasons, as long as we subsidize overproduction heavily we will have vast surpluses on our hands. As long as vast surpluses hang over the markets, farm prices will remain low. Most clear-headed thinkers are coming around to agreement with him. But- These GOP political farm ers say "He may be right but we've got to DITCH him if we're going to win. A thought: Might it not be better for the Republican party, over the long pull, to lose with a GOOD man than to win with an anything-for- votes demagogue? After all What good is a party if it has no PRINCIPLES it is willing to fight for? Army Court Gets Spy Case WASHINGTON Wl The case of M. Sgt. Roy A. Rhodes, ac cused of plotting to sell out his country to Soviet Russia, was turned over to a military court of 10 Army officers Friday to deter mine his guilt or innocence. The 40-year-old sergeant listened nuietlv and anDarentlv unmoved: to final arguments by prosecution and defense lawyers arguments which may he a factor in deter mining whether he will be acquit ted and go free or be sentenced to a dishonorable discharge and possible life imprisonment. His slender, brunette wife sat In the courtroom, nervously clasp ing and unclasping her hands and occasionally brushing tears from bcr ejs. Indonesians Drop Bombs On Sumatra SINGAPORE Wl Padang Ra dio said Friday night two Indo nesian Air Force planes dropped seven bombs on the town of Par- nau, about 45 miles south of Pa dang, early in the day. The broadcast from the rebel regime's stronghold on Sumatra said the bombs fell near a mosque where villagers were going to pray. The bombing was reported one hour after President Sukarno threw his support to the determi nation of Premier Djuanda's gov ernment to crush the rebels. No casualties were reported. The broadcast also said a bridge at baledo also was machinegunned by attacking planes. The rebels, who are demanding the ouster of Djuanda, have shown nervousness over the possibilities of air attack. They reported the Indonesian Air Force carried out reconnais sance of Lake Singkarak, between Padang and the rebel capital at Bukittinggi Thursday. Padang broadcasts has carried repeated warnings to the people of central Sumatra to prepare for aerial blows from the small cen tral government's air force. The government destroyer Gad- ja Mada and some corvettes ap peared off Padang in blockade po sition Thursday. Flood Control Handling Hit SACRAMENTO - A Northern California state senator has pro tested what he calls an unfair di vision of state flood control appro priations. Sen. Ralph Collier of Yreka. a Republican, says that the division allows Southern California to get money while the northern part of the state gets the floods. Collier pointed out that in the pending budget Gov. Goodwin J. Knight has asked for an appropri ation of $6,322,000. And he says that all of this money is ear marked for Southern California with the exception of $500,000 for projects awaiting federal approval. Collier says that he believes the money should be spent where there are floods instead of to pro tect real estate speculators in Southern California. Ike Warns Confidence Lack In U.S. Economy Dangerous TIIOMASVILLE, Ga. HwPresi dent Eisenhower says any shaking of confidence in America's eco nomic future could turn the busi ness slump into "a deep and pro tracted decline." And that is the only thing that could do it. the President said in a telegram yesterday to 11 Demo cratic governors. The telegram, dispatched from Eisenhower's vacation headquar ters, was in reply to one from the governors last week. They said that "only federal action can pre vent the recession from feeding on itself and deteriorating further in to a depression." They called for a public works program, welfare and educational expansion, further easing of cred- it. and possibly a tax cut "directed to low income families.' Eisenhower again expressed ; confidence that "the underlying erowth factors in the economy re main vigorous, and every indica tion is that they will reassert themselves later in the year." He said the federal government already has taken many steps to combat the recession. He added he will "continue to take, or pro - Dose to the Concress. such stens as can contribute effectively to, $200,000 of finished lumber and two large storage sheds valued at approximately $150,000. To the left is a picture taken by M. Sgt. Charles Bennett of Kingsley Field during the first few minutes of the blaze. It outlines clearly the huge sheds that were completely destroyed. Center is a reralu i j 1 1 6. . Price Five Cents 18 Pagn Prison Head Resigns Post DEER LODGE, Mont. Ml Fay O. Burrell, warden of the Mon tana Prison and central figure in its violent recent history, resigned Thursday night. He had held the $7,500-a-year post since March 1953. Burrell has been strongly crit icized by several state officials for his administration of the 89- year-old prison since a bloodless not last July. Several prisoner strikes have followed that inci dent. His resignation in a Tetter to Republican Gov. J. Hugo Aronson followed by a' week a similar ac tion by Deputy Warden Lester Blankenberg, who complained there were too many bosses at the institution. Burrell, in his letter of resigna tion, complained of "the political ly motivated actions of the pres ent prison board majority." The board is comprised of Aron son, who originally appointed Bur rell, and two Democrats, Secre tary of State Frank Murray and Atty. Gen. Forrest. H. Anderson Burrell, about 60, offered to re main on the job until an inven tory of prison property is com pleted and until a successor is named. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Mostly cloudy through Saturday with scattered rain showers. Low Friday night 32-37; high Saturday 50-55. High yesterday i.. 45 Low last night 30 Prccip. last 24 hours - 0.03 Since Oct. 1 12.58 Same period last year 7.32 Normal for period 7.93 PROWLER LEAVES CLUE City police couldn't ask for bet ter cooperation than that extended recently by a prowler working his night beat in the 1900 block of Eldorado Avenue. The prowler must have been unexpectedly in terrupted and left in a hurry . . . such a hurry that he left one shoe stuck in the mud. the health of the economy and the welfare of our people." In substance he told the Demo cratic governors they should re frain from rocking the economic boat doing anything to under mine long-term confidence. The President's reply was ad dressed to Gov. Avercll Harriman of New York for relay to his Democralic colleagues. The President thanked the state chief executives for their sugges tions and promised they will be studied carefully. At Albany, N.Y.. Harriman said he was "heartened" by the Presi dent's statement that he will give consideration to the proposal. The President finally went quail hunting yesterday, eight days aft er his arrival from Washington I He bagged three birds in a three- hou' hunt at the plantation estate of his vacation host, former Secre tary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey, Cold weather, rain and a cough have kept the President indoors most of the time The President plans to start back to Washington Sunday. He 1 may fly by way of Phoenix. Ariz. if Mrs Kispnhnwer rieciriM to va- cation for a Jew days in that area. U 0? 0SEG0H CUSSHS, ORE. OREGON CONTRACTORS and their representatives turned out en masse Thursday after noon when bids for the new Crest Elementary School were opened by the county school board. The above picture shows the school board at left, and a portion of the 50 persons who were there. In addition to there being a large number of bids submitted III), the entries were exceptionally close and the top three were below the estimated cost of the project. The 1 2-room school will be located near the intersection of Crest and Laverne streets. Story on Page Four. Photo by Ellis New French-Tunisian Rows Cloud Prospects For Peace TUNIS lTt More angry moves by the Tunisian government and French troops clouded the pros pects today for U.S.-British efforts to conciliate the North African dispute. Tunisia pulled five French con suls out of their posts and hur ried them to Tunis, enforcing a "get out" order by President Ha- bib Bourguiba that had lain dor mant for 10 days. The action against the consuls was in retaliation for the over night detention by French troops of the top local official and two Tunisian National Guardsmen aft er a land mine explosion in the south Tunisian village of Kcmada. The mine blew up a French jeep and wounded two soldiers. French troops Irom the small lo cal post at Remada took guard stations around the village, which is near the Libyan border. Preparations continued for the British-American effort to exer cise "good offices" between France and her former protector ate. Robert Murphy, deputy U.S. undersecretary of state and one of America's top diplomats, left Washington to act as the U.S. rep resentative. French-Tunisian relations blew up Feb. 8. when French planes from Algeria attacked the border village of Sakiet Sidi Youssef and killed 7H men, women and chil dren. The French charged the town was one of a number in Tu nisia sheltering Algerian rebels. France had rejected orders to close the live consulates and with draw the 15.000 troops she still has in Tunisia on the ground that their presence is provided by the 1956 treaty granting Tunisia inde pendence. Tunisia got around me ireaty bv declaring the five consults per sona non grata 'personally unwel come', which under diplomatic custom automatically requires their withdrawal. But the Tuni sian government added that it had the right to close the con- Uulotes anyway as an independent I nation. Three of the consuls were es- Icorted to Tunu last night and were LIBSABT C01? silhouette view of the fire taken from the mill side and outlining the water tower near the blazing buildings. The picture at right shows sbme of the fire crews that re sponded from all parts of the county. They are preventing the blaze from spreading to the factory on the west end auu KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 19.r.8 released. Two others from distant southern posts spent the night at Sfax. Four other French consu lates in Tunisia continued to oper ate. So far the Tunisians have made no decisive move against the French troops. They have sta tioned token roadblocks at the ap proaches to the French bases, but have allowed supplies to move in and have not interfered with indi vidual movements. PNW Sunny; South Shivers By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS While Southerners from Mem phis to Mobile were reaching for their mukluks instead of mint ju leps, the Pacific Northwest con tinued to bask in temperatures which delighted everyone but the fuel dealers Friday, Few Southern cities could boast temperatures as warm as the ba nana belt extending from British Columbia to California. Speaking of Memphis, temper ature readings during the 24 hours ending at 4 a.m. were a high of 41, low 26. Omak, Wash., frequent ly the refrigerator center of the Northwest, had a high of 53, low 38. The Omak low was shared with Ellensburg's ditto for the Northwest's cold honors. .T.tr-lrGnni-ilU Fta or.l a 'trth as Thursday, but the bottom dropped out of the thermometer during the night for a low Friday six points below freezing. Com- ; nar(, lha, u jth 57-46 reading at Seattle. 54-38 at Spokane, or the blistering 62-43 at Portland. Even Miami, with a high of 59, couldn't come up with a coat dropper like Portland, and, suh, lake a look at Louisville. Ken tucky's window-froster: High 43, low 20. Yes, suh. those juleps are nat tin aUy iced this year. i ,. ' I . . . ...... ;;,. j. Falling Tree Cuts Power Electrical power service was In terrupted from W o c u s north through Crater Lake National Park from 3:20 to 3:59 p.m. on Thursday by a tree falling into the line. Truman Runyan, assistant man agcr of the Klamath Falls dis trict. of California Oregon Power Company, said a poplar tree be ing felled on private property at Wocus landed in the power lines, interrupting service. A crew of eight men was dispatched to take care of the trouble. He warned of the dangers of cutting or topping trues near pow er lines and said that Copco will gladly assist property owners in such work. "Work of that kind is extreme ly hazardous because, with the sap coming up in the trees at this lime of year, a person holding onto the end of a tree which has made contact with a transmission line runs a great risk of being electrocuted. Any person having a hazardous trimming or cutting problem is urged to call Copco for advice or assistance," he add ed. SWITCH ON DENVER ifl-Gilbert R. Carrel, chief of the Colorado Highway Patrol, says it should be a punish able oflense to drive only with parking lights during times ot re duced visibility. "If it is dark enough to juslily the use of any lights, you need headlights, not parking lights," Carrel said. CAMI'AK'.N AGAINST VICE KUALA L II M PUR, Malaya d 'i A 19-menibor committee of the All Malaya Anti-Vice Con nress hecan ellorts today to elim inate the 2S,00n prostitutes in the countrv. The congress, which ap- Minted the committee Thursday belore ending a Ihree-day session, one whole fried chicken, 12 bot told the group to campaign for ties of beer, one order of chicken stricter nnti prostitution laws: salad, six sticks ot barbecue, one Itrv to discover why women turn - .to vice; and help wayward worn- en lead more usclijl lives. of the sprawling plant. Pictures taken by Don Kettler, Herald fire was still smoldering Friday several days to burn out. U ' W' ' '- , 'J Telrphone TU 4-8111 No. 4028 Holmes Picks Court Justice SALEM Wl Gov. Robert Holmes Thursday appointed As toria attorney Gordon Sloan, t friend of 15 years, to the Oregon Supreme Court. Holmes said Sloan has one of the most distinguished records of any lawyer in the state. The appointment! Holmes said, was based on Sloan's ability and his age. I have felt that without depre cating the present members we need many young and vigorous members on the bench, the gov? ernor said. .- ... ; . , "We have at least a two-year backlog of cases and we need someone capable of long hours of hard work. Moan will add real strength to. the bench," Holmes said. At 46, Sloan will be the court's youngest member when he as sumes the position March 1. Sloan, a life-long Democrat, will succeed Randall Kester, who is resigning to become a counsel for the Union Pacific Railroad. Kester is. 41. Holmes said that "I made it no mirt of my appointment that he will be a candidate for election, m the May primary. The governor added that he hoped Sloan would run for a regu lar six-year term on the court. At his home in Astoria, Sloan said he will seek the six-year term and will campaign as much as possible. That means there will be a con test for the position. Earlier, Salem attorney Jason Lee, 43, said he will seek nomination for the seat in the May 16 primary. Benson Backs Farm Policies WASHINGTON m Secretary of Agriculture Benson replied to a new outbreak of criticism from within his own party Friday by saying he intends to stay on the job and to pursue farm policies previously outlined by the Eisen hower administration. Benson issued a formal state ment saying he believes such a course best for all farmers and fair to the people. "I believe farmers and all Americans want and are entitled Uo such a program," he said. Benson issued the statement shortly after two Republican con gressmen Miller of Nebraska and Judd of Minnesota said they told him at a conference in his office that there is need for a change in farm policies if many Kenublican candidates for Con gress next fall are not to suffer defeat. The two said they did not ask for a Benson resignation, but Mil ler nut it this way: "We left that up to him after weighing all the pros and cons. The congressmen spoke f o r some 30 or more GOP House members from the Midwest who met Thursday to consider ways out of the political difficulties they consider themselves in ns a re sult of Benson's handling of farm problems. DIDN'T PAY HILL MANILA tl'P) Antonio Dia mante was being investigated by police today for non-payment of a meal check at the Brown Derby i Restaurant. Diamante consumed plate of rice, one egg with pota- jtnes ... and harvested $3.15 in i coins irom tne June dox. in center and at right w.r. News photographer. Th and was expected to takt) Car-Ad-Co Mill Scene Of Inferno Fire equipment from all portion! of the county responded to a bias, late Thursday night that consumed more than one and three quarter million board feet of finished lum ber and two large storage sheds at Car-Ad-Co, the Carr, Adams and Collier Company plant, in Pelican City. Richard Moehl, assistant mana ger, reported that the night crew, under the supervision of Georg. Jennings, had just gone into the lumber sheds and obtained a load of lumber which they moved on the rail line to the factory. They turned around and saw fire blad ing along the spur track that di vides the two storage buildings. They turned in the alarm, and rolled out a hose to get to th fire, but by that time they report ed that it was already out of con trol nd the heat f the fire drove them) back. The Klamath Falls Fire Depart ment responded to the fire, get ting their alarm at 10:33 p.m. Chief Roy Rowe reports that they sent trucks to both sides of the sprawling plant which has a mill and offices at one end, the fac tory at the other, with the storag. sheds in between. He reports that both th. mill and the factory were smoking and that firemen turned their attention first to saving these facilities as it appeared that the lumber sheds were entirely ablaze and it would be nearly impossible to stop th. fire. Every effort was made success fully to confine the blaze to th. storage sheds. Rowe reports that the fact there was very little wind was of tremendous aid In keeping the fire under control. "It is still smoldering, he said. "and will probably continue to burn all day Friday and Satur day." No accurate estimate of th. amount of damage was available Friday morning, but approxima tions indicated that the lumber burned would be valued at about $200,000 and the sheds another $150,000. Plant officials report that th. loss was partially covered by in surance. They indicated that th. facilities would be rebuilt, and there would only be a temporary shutdown in the shipping depart ment to permit rebuilding of th rail spur that ran between th. sheds. They said that operating facili ties at the plant were not im paired. The factory and the r ceiving and drying departments will continue to operate. Hundreds of people flocked to the scene despite a radio appeal by the fire department to stay away. State and city police controlled the traffic congestion that de veloped. Ordeal Told By Seamen NORFOLK, Va. Of) - Two survi- vors of the sunken Italian freigh ter Bonitas said Friday they rod. the keel of a capsized lifeboat like horseback 16 hours in the stormy Atlantic before they were rescued. Both men appeared to be in good physical condition. They left their rescue ship afoot and were taken to a hospital for observa tion. Twenty-two member of th. Ronitas' crew perished when th. lifeboat in which they had aban doned their ship off the North Carolina coast Tuesday night was smashed against the side of the freighter President Adams. Fiv. crewmen survived. Three wer. rescued immediately by the Presi dent Adams and two by the des troyer escort Lester about 4 p.m. Wednesday. a f
