Page 2 Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Frl., June 6. 1952
Rainmaking Try
aid Ineffectual
"CONDON, Ore. () Wheat
farmers who paid $50,000 to
cloud-seeders in an Eastern Ore
gon area last year did not get
their moneyes worth, an Oregon
State College meteorologist re
ported Thursday.
'Robert Beaumont, asked by the
Oregon Wheat Growers League-to
study the rainmaking attempt,
said the area got less rainfall than
surrounding areas, which had 100
ta 200 per cent of normal rainfall.
JTHIS WAS the second annual
report by Beaumont on the effect
of rainmaking attempts in Gil
liam, Morrow and Sherman Coun.
ties of Eastern Oregon, where
farmers hired the Water Re
sources Development Corp. of
Denver to seed clouds.
'The previous year Beaumont
reported rainfall was above nor
mal for other areas as well as.
the tri-county section and he
could draw no conclusions.
iThis year he said the tri-county
area got an inch less than could
bi expected in comparison with
rainfall in other areas.
Lewis O. Grant, research direc
tor for the Denver cloud-seeding
firm, said the weather pattern in
the Pacific Northwest was not
normal in the rainy season with
I storms veering southward from
their usual path in this section.
This meant his firm did not get
enough clouds to work on, he said.
The reports were made at the
'annual meeting of the farmer or-
cloud-seeders.
But following the report, the or
ganization voted by a narrow mar
gin to negotiate with three other
Pacific Northwest farm groups for
a 1952-53 cloud-seeding contract.
PRESIDENT Ralph Crum of
lone, Ore., said the four groups,
which last year paid a total of
$170,000 for cloud-seeding, had
received bids ranging from $65,000
to $73,000 for this year.
The three other areas with
which the Tri-County group will
join in a regional cloud seeding
operation are Horse Heaven and
Big Bend areas in Washington
and the Blue Mountain area of
Oregon.
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Sabres Destroy
7 Commie Jefs
Bombers Plaster
Rail Installations
SEOUL. Korea (P U.S.
Sabre pilots shot down seven Rus-Isian-built
MIG-15s and damaged
two Friday as the Red jets swoop
led on Allied fighter-bombers
i blasting North Korean rail lines
Inear Manchuria, the Air Force
announced.
The MIG kills were the first re
ported since Saturday.
Five were shot down and two
(damaged in a battle Just before
Inoon between a screening force of
36 Sabre jets and 16 Red fighters.
PILOTS REPORTED one MIG
knocked down In a separate fight
at about th same time between
27 Sabres and 12 MIGs. A check
of gun camera film later showed a
second MIG was destroyed in the
battle.
U.S. Fifth Air Force said its
planes to date have destroyed 316
MIGs, probably destroyed 58 and
damaged 507 in the Korean war.
Allied losses in Friday's fight
ing, if any, will be announced In
a weekly summary.
In pre-dawn darkness, United
Nations B-26 bomber pilots dam
aged two locomotives and de
stroyed six box cars In attacks on
trains on the line running through
Kangye, in mountainous Central
North Korea just south of the
Yalu River boundary with Man
churia. B-26 PILOTS also attacked
Communist rolling stock between
Cong-ju and Pakchon In North
west Korea and at Wonsan on the
East Coast.
They destroyed 45 supply ve
hicles on main roads.
In the heaviest fighting Thurs-
day, dug-in North Koreans blast-j
ed Allied raiders on the moun-j
tainous eastern front with gre
nades and an artillery and mortar
barrage.
Possibly 300 Reds on a moun
tain finger northeast of the
punchbowl fought off the raiders
in a seven minute battle.
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SEN. JOSEPH MCCARTHY (R-Wis) (left) and Sen. Wil
liam Benton (D-Conn) (right) sit ready for opening in
Washington of pre-trial hearing in McCarthy's two million
dollar libel-slander suit against Benton. With Benton at
the hearing in the Senate office building is his attorney,
G. P. VanArkle.
More Spuds Due
On Market Soon
WASHINGTON (AP) The government reported
Friday that wholesale prices of white potatoes shot up
as much as $2 to $4 per hundred pounds overnight after
the removal of price ceilings.
By FRANK O'BRIEN
Aitoelated Frcti Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) Predictions that the potato soon
will be back in its usual grocery bins, and at trimmed prices,
followed the government's action Thursday in cancelling
price controls on potatoes.
But price officials and produce men alike said that be
fore the potato price goes down, it will probably go up.
A Ummn lorrfc. oactorn cfnvo nVioin sairl'
A tuuuw Mujrcnu rrrr-T .,. hv .hell fragment which hurtled
A lot of speculators are going to get caugru wi n mgn- , ------ - -j n
priced spuds, anu wiicii mv
Allies Repeal
POW Refusals
Nam II Brings
Fresh Charges
MTINSAN. Korea UP) Al
lied truce negotiators said Friday
the II.N. command never win ioi-
W the nath of "betrayal, force
and bloodshed" by bowing to Red
rtpmanns for blanket repatriation
of some 170,000 Allied-held war
prisoners.
The prisoner issue Is blocking
negotiations at Panmunjom for
Korean armistice.
Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison,
chief U.N. delegate, said accept
ance of the Communist proposal
would "mean an abandonment of
ine principle ui uuwmi
NEITHER NOW nor in the fu
ture do we intend to be a party to
such a transaction," he- declared.
North Korean Gen. Nam II said
Allied refusal to repatriate pris
oners who do not want to go home
"was devoid of any reason, any
precedent and any legal basis. . ."
He said the U.N. plan would not!
be "tolerated by an opposing bel-
ligerent who stands on an equal
footing with the opposing sioe.
Nam's long tirade Included
charges that Allied planes have
bombed and strafed prison camps
in North Korea and that Red
prisoners on Koje Island have
been slaughtered.
BEFORE THE fruitless 58-min-ute
session began Communist
staff officers filed a formal com
plaint that an Allied artillery bar
rage landed near the truce talk
site, Panmunjom Thursday and
that three civilians were wounded
Hot Fight on Amendment
Vote Postponed on Cont
WASHINGTON W) The Sen
ate Thursday night put off action
on the economic controls bill until
Monday in a maneuver by admin
istration leaders to stave off a
vote on an amendment offered by
Sen. Byrd (D-Va).
The amendment would request
President Truman to invoke the
Taft-Hartley Act to halt the nation-wide
steel strike, which Byrd
declared is imperilling the nation
al safety.
After a hot argument over the
proposal, the Senate voted 42 to
38 to put off further action on the
4
pending bill to extnA .l
ment's powers t0 c',eh
Se,ac,Pfe:
Republican-led moves t
or curb federal n Dt-?
nation's economv 01
HORSE STILL WITH IlT
ALBUQUEROIIF v ,.
The horse is apparent,;;
a comeback in. New Mvi"H
were notifiivt nr ,u. .. d
saddles in the same nigh" '
' lil'T' 1 $75,000,000
! '&J J"" IN RESOURCES
Airmen to Try
To Top World
Glider Record
WENATCHEE, Wash. ()
Two sailplane enthusiasts were
poised here Friday awaiting fav
orable winds to begin an assault
on the world's glider endurance
record.
With the right winds, they'll
spend three days and three nights
cruising over this Central Wash
ington community in their motor-
less two-place plane.
Capt. Earl J. Drew, 26, a U.S.
Air Force meteorologist, and Mar
vln M. Howlett, 24, an accountant
who flies glider planes as a hobby,
planned to take off Saturday, us
ing westerly winds prevalent over
a 12-mile long bluff near East
Wcnatchee.
Their first goal will be the
American record of 12 hours, 3
minutes set at Warm Springs,
Calir., in August, 1951. Then
they'll go after the world's record
of 50 hours, 26 minutes set by two
ocrmans over Rossitten, Ger
many, in 1938.
Drew said Friday he is confi
dent they will top the German
mark and if the wind is right go
on to set at "worthwhile record
of 76 hours three days, three
nights and four hours.
Fancher Field here will be
headquarters for the flight. At
night, the fliers will check Wenat
chre city lights for orientation
and during the day they'll watch
the factory smoke.
Drew and Howlett tuned up for
the attempt on the world record
with a seven hour, 15 minute
flight over Wenatchee last weekend.
Sieel Stoppage
Idles Industries
PITTSBURGH (U.R) The
five day old steel strike spread
a creeping paralysis through the
nation's railroad, mining and
shipping industries Friday.
By early next week unless
Washington negotiators can reach
some kind of settlement 800,000
workers may be idle in the mines
and on the railroads.
In addition to the 650,000 Steel-
workers automatically idled by
Philip Murray's decision, thou
sands of railroaders have been
furloughed . with more scheduled
to be laid off Friday.
THE PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road which laid off 9,000 workers
Thursday, scheduled new lay-offs
because of the strike. The New
York Central also planned a dras
tic cut back Friday announcing it
woul furlough 8,000 men through
out its system.
Illinois Central officials said
they would shut down operations
at the ICs Paducha, Ky. shops
Friday. The move will throw 1,000
men out of work.
A walkout by 16,000 Minnesota
iron miners also resulted in the
lay-off of 2,000 Duluth Mesabi
and Iron Range workers.
IN THE COAL mines, 40,000
workers were above ground most
of them In Western Pennsylvania
and West Virginia.
When the Great Northern docks
at Superior, Wis., are forced to
close, 1,000 workers will join 600
river boat men already given in
definite lay-offs.
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Third Arrested
In Rope Sales
HOUSTON m The FBI
Thursday arrested a third ranking
officer of the Beaumont, Tex.,
mothball fleet In connection with
the theft and sale of government
rope.
Arthur Lorton, agent In charge
of the Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation, said Capt. Howard J.
Gray, suspended assistant reserve
fleet captain, was arrested while1
fishing at the pilot's house at
Sabln Pass Thursday morning.
Gray has been charged with co
operating with Capt. Manuel Gon
zalez, assistant chief of the Mari
time Administration's ship repair
division, with embezzlement and
sale of 170.000 pounds of rope.
A New Orleans rope dealer,
Emilc Schmidt, has also been arrested.
dumping begins, these abnor
mal prices will soon become
history. Three more weeks
should see plenty of potatoes
in most stores."
Price Director Ellis Arnall an
nounced the revocation of the gov
ernment five - month - old price
ceiling on white potatoes. He told
a news conference it would be
"interesting to watch" what hap
pens to potato prices, but refused
to make any predictions.
Other officials said potatoes
have been almost impossible to
buy in retail stores in many areas.
They guessed there would be a
sharp price increase, probably
dropping off late this month and
in July, when the 1952 crop hits
the market.
ARNALL SAID the Office of
Price Stabilization (OPS) decided
to remove the ceiling over potato
prices because the Senate had
voted to do so, effective July 1.
Although the Senate vote would
not become law unless concurred
in' by the House and approved by
the President, Arnall said it would
be impossible to administer potato
ceilings while Congress threshed
it out.
The benate vote was on an
amendment to a bill extending the
economic controls law beyond
June 30, when it Is due to expire.
The amendment would discontinue
price controls over fresh fruits
and vegetables. Only white po
tatoes would be affected.
OPS PUT the ceiling on potato
prices Jan. 5, after a rise dating
from September that almost dou
bled the price. The order became
effective Jan. 20. It has been crit
icized from the outset by grow
ers' associations and Congressmen
from potato growing states. Some
growers said the price ceiling
forced potatoes into the blackmar
ket, creating a shortage and lead
ing to higher prices.
Price officials said there would
have been a shortage anyway, due
to a 1951 crop about 25 per cent
under that of previous years. The
1951 crop was the first produced
after the government removed
price props from potatoes.
AN AGRICULTURE Depart
ment survey of potato planting in
tentions for this year Indicated
farmers would plant even fewer
potatoes than last year.
A slight effort to ease the pres
ent shortage with Imported pota
toes failed Thursday when the
department prevented the un
loading of 6,000 bags from Spain
at New York because they were
found infested with a plant pest.
Allied officers promised an in
vestigation.
The delegates will meet again at
11 a.m. Saturday, t p.m., PST,
Friday.
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Dakota Vote
To Be Checked
SIOUX FALLS, S. D. (JP) An
official canvass by county auditors
Saturday will determine whether
Sen. Robert A.' Taft or Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower won South
Dakota's 14 Republican national
convention delegates.
Nearly complete unofficial re
turns from Tuesday's presidential
primary election indicated Taft
had won his last vote battle with
Eisenhower before the Chicago
convention. However, Eisenhower
supporters refused to concede a
thing. They said they'd wait for
the canvass.
With only seven of the state's
1,950 precincts missing, Taft main
tained a scant 639-vote margin.
The count gave:
Taft 64,749.
Eisenhower 64,110.
On that basis, Taft had won!
50.249 per cent of the votes and
Eisenhower. 49.751. I
A tide is a
Drive
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LITCHFIELD, England (U.R)
Pvt. Cornelius C. Knight, 28,
began serving 42 days In the
stockade Friday for going
AWOL. Knight said at his
court-martial that he married a
woman who told him she was
32 and turned out to be 51. "I
Just went all to pieces," he said.
GOSPEL
MEETING CONTINUES
Preaching By
Clinton L. Storm
CHURCH OF CHRIST
London, Oregon
SUNDAY IS THE BIG DAY!
1 0:00 A.M. Bible Classes for oil Ages
1 1 ;00 A.M. "What Hinders the Growth of the
Church?"
1 :00 P.M. Basket Dinner for all
Afternoon Service t
8:00 P.M. "Why Be a Christian?"
Harriman Postpones
Oregon Visit 1 Week
PORTLAND (F) W. Averell
Harriman, Democratic presidential
candidate, has postponed his Ore
gon visit for one week.
He will arrive June 26 instead
of June 19, William E. Sanborn,
secretary of the state Democratic
organization, said Thursday.
Harriman will confer with dele
gates to the Democratic national
convention in the morning. He
will speak at a Portland luncheon
and then attend meetings at Leb
anon at 5 p.m. and Coos Bav at
8:30 p.m.
jMorse Cancels Trip
WASHINGTO N iVP) Sen.
Morse. (R-Ore.) said Friday he
has cancelled plans to attend the
International Labor Organization
(ILO) conference in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Morse, a Senate delegate to the
conference and one of its sched
uled speakers, said the importance
ot issues still pending in Congress
compels me to cancel the trip.
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IT'S A SAD STORY!
Every few days we read about a fire lotl In our eommunit
Sometimes these statements appear in the article:
"Property was partially covered with insurance."
"There was no Insurance."
"A small amount of insurance was carried."
What does this signify?
It nresentl the cnld fact thnt nranertv owners M
gambled and lost. They not only have lost their properh;
they have lost the money to rebuild and replace
Think it over you people who peglect to protect Jt
assets with fire insurance. Don't put it off!
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NOTICE
The following Paint Stores will close Every Saturday of
1:00 P.M. beginning June 7, 1952:
Dutch Boy Point Store Latham's
W. P. Fuller & Co. General Paint Co.
E. J. Lange Co. McKenxie Pabco Paint Mart
Pittsburg Paint Store
Sherwin-Williams Co.
A TRIBUTE TO
OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES
When you use your phone, turn on the gas, water or electricity, you ore toppi"!
the infallible services of one of the greatest of America's industries! Great W'j
bines and dynamos and fiery ovens and watersheds and a fantastic network of
and operators makes these daily utilities possible. Yet most of us do not stop1'
appreciate what a calamity it wnuM h u .... i ii i ...." were t"
l.. ,e,om.mlM"nJfo.r one rea$on or another. We have the highest regard for I
Public Utilities and the men who head their various departments. We salute
industry and faithful adheren tn . u..i tl... ... . Aricen"7
f . - - mi.Mli I I1CV Hrtf TIIHI to VH1 -.---life!
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