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Tourists From All Over Nation Flock
i To Crater
I By JOY BIGGS
Visitor continued to pour into
Jratcr Luke national park
'Thursday by the hundred, flock
Hug over tno huge snowbanks,
armed with all manner of cam
eras.
i Car licenses from Michigan,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania.
' Washington and Arizona, with
.five California plate to every
one from Oregon, were in evi
dence at the snow-packed rim of
J the lake.
I Perfect weather brought the
(women out in shorts and ban
ttanns and melted the snow in
"last rivulets down the center of
;the road, making it advisable to
.wear galoshes or sturdy boots.
.Some trails are open for short
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yuiatauics aiiu iiicnv wviv uunv
tt'd with eager hikers.
' Bears, deer, chipmunks, squir-
jrcls ana porcupines are out of
winter, hibernation now and a
fox has been seen near the Rim
lodge.
I Eutirn Journalists
Among visitors Thursday were
dick and Grace Fouard, news
'writers and photographers on
assignment for the Philadelphia
Enquirer, gathering material for
'an article to appear in early
jAugust.
J E. P. Leavilt, park superin
tendent and his wife moved into
their home above park headquar
ters Wednesday.
i Cabins at the rim village will
not be available for visitors un
Jul after July 1, according to
.Charles W. Fyock, business man-
ragcr of the park resort, due to
'still heavy snow in the area. A
Jsnowplow and bulldozer were
l&iaimu wuinuig un lis removal
Thursday afternoon but the snow
is packed and heavy and over
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Record Crowds
Reservations for accommoda
tions at the rim are being re
ceived at the rate of from 40
tto 60 per day. indicatine that
the record opening crowd this
I JL"' huuiumc in mc same
tvolume during the season. Res-
ervations are being made now
'for as far ahead as September,
i Fyock stated, and said every ac-
commodation has been taken for
July 4.
J The working crew which went
, up the first of June to open the
resort after its four-year clos
ure, labored under handicap
'with spasmodic lighting from a
s small generator, using wood for
j cooking during the first two
weeks.
J Oil burners are installed in
the kitchen now and the Chinese
t families of Lee and Chinn from
Portland, are in charge of this
J department. The staff at the
lodge is still short the usual
t number to' offer the best ser-
vice, Fyock said, and he will
,welcome applications from col
.lege students and veterans for
r summer worst at the rim.
! Vandals Smash
'Store Windows
J,w- E- Lundman. owner of
, Wes place, 222 E. Main, report
it ed to city police this morning
j that some time after closing
, time last night someone hurled
,. beer bottles through two of his
p front windows.
; He closed up about 9:30 last
night and discovered the van
t dalisrn this morning.
J Dean George and Gilbert Cop-
perfield, Indians doing time as
irusues in tne city jail on drunk
counts, walked away this mora
Sing.
c Six drunks appeared in police
r court . this morning and one
aniK posted bail. Fourteen
k, traffic tickets were paid.
'Summer Arrives
With Heat Wave
J Today is the first day of sum
fmer, according to the calendar,
a and the weather made it a grand
premiere, with the temperature
soaring to 80 degrees at 12:30
. p. m. to 80 degrees not as hot as
June 20, the temperature today
J was making itself felt.
I By early afternoon, the heat
was decreasing, and. according
to the weather bureau, indica-
tions were that the clouds roll
c ing in from the south would
keep it going down. Yesterday
was high for the year, with 89
J as the maximum,
OPA Increases
Plumbers' Fees
x Shop charges by local master
plumbers went up 25 cents an
hour today.
The plumbers association re-
ceived word from Portland OPA
office permitting the increase,
which makes the charge to cus
tomers $2.75 an hour. About a
year ago, OPA forced the charge
Jdown to $2.50, but has jacked it
back up again.
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Brothers George M. Deppen (left). 23, and James E. Dickinson.
21, decided to do things up right after a 19-year- separation they
married sisters. Mrs. Deppen. 18, the former Evelyn Lancaster,
smiles at her new husband (foreground) while Dickinson and his
new bride, the former Doris Jeanne Lancaster, 21. look on. AP
wtrephoto.
Baruch Takes Firm Stand
Against Russian Proposal
To Retain Veto On Atoms
NEW YORK. June 21. (P i that the" United States would not
Backed up by President Tru-
man's reaffirmation of American
policy. Bernard M. Baruch and
his advisors in the United Na
tions atomic commission main
tained a firm stand today against
Russia's move to retain the veto
power in relation to world con
trol of atomic energy.
The Dresident's statement in
Washington yesterday re-
emphasized Baruch's pronounce
ment 10 tne council last week
Severe Storm
Hits Medf ord
MEDFORD, June 21 VP) A
severe electrical storm struck
this region last night, starting
six small forest fires in the
Applegate district, damaging
power line transformers and
burning barn.
Thirty-five men are fiehtins i
the forest fires, the Rogue River
national fnracf ttir-t I
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The California Orpenn Pnnw :
comnanv rennrtoH that rfomono
to transformers and fuses was !
more extensive than in
any
storm for several years.
Walter Woodridge's barn was
struck by lightning, a cow was
killed and he was pinned under
it in the blazing structure, his
cattle sjampeded around jn am
bulance driver, his house caught
ure ana ne wound up in the
hospital.
This is the story of his hectic
night:
Woodridge. 59-year-old farm
er, was in the barn milking a
cow last night when lightning
struck the building. The cow
was killed and it toppled over
on him, knocking him uncon
scious. Mrs. Woodridge saw the
lightning flash and the barn
roof start to blaze, and hurried
to the barn where she was able
to pull her husband from be
neath the cow and drag him
into the barnyard.
An ambulance was called and
as the driver and a neighbor
were lifting Woodridge, the
barn went up in a sudden
"whoosh" of flame and flying
embers, frightening cattle in
the barnyard. They stampeded
past the ambulance threatening
but not hitting the eroun
aiding Woodridge.
men the house caught fire.
Neighbors put out the flames as
Woodridge. aDDarentlv not seri.
ou&ly injured, reached the hospi
tal. Siskiyou High School
Awards Bus Contract
TULELAKE. Calif.. Juno 51
W. C. Fensler has been awarded
the contract for school bus oper
ation in the Tulelake area for
a five-year period.
Fensler, who has operated the
bus system for the last 13 years,
will run two buses over a route
totaling 140 miles, transporting
200 students. Dick and Jack
Fensler. just home from the ser
vice, will drive the buses. .
The contract was awarded by
the Siskiyou union high school
district board.
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yield atomic secrets to a world
pool or dispose of her bombs un.
der treaty provisions unless the
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trot matters.
. Mr. Truman commented that
the Baruch proposals had his en
dorsement and said the American
plan and that of Russia present
ed as a suostitute will be sub
jects of negotiation which may
lead to agreement. He empha
sizes tne word "may.
With the atomic commission
in recess until next Tuesday
aiternoon. Baruch and his ad'
visors gave their closest scrutiny
to the Russian plan submitted
oy soviet Delegate Andrei A,
Uromyko two days ago.
They were concerned oarticul
arly with. Gromyko's insistence
on keeping the Big Five powers
it tjussessiuii ui meir veto ana
the absence in the Russian plan
of any provision for an inter
national authority to search in
dividual countries for evidence
of atomic developments that
mieht become dannrnu
The Baruch plan envisions a
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tional atomic develoDment au
thority which would be armed
witn unprecedented powers of
search, seizure and punishment.
ine nussian sunstitntp wnn h
leave authority with the security
council, operating with the veto
ever posed so that one Big Five
power could stop any restrictive
action against a potential atomic
aggressor, and would provide
som-uuns as international punish,
ment.
While Baruch proposed an in
ternational law "with teeth in il"
to punish violators, the Russian
plan would have individual na
tions enact legislation providing
puiii&iuneill ior V1013'
tions. '
A long series of negotiations
ana discussions was fore-
snaaowea. nowever. and a pro-
iuiiriii 01 me American plan
DOlnted OUt that- the nrnnnsorl
Russian convention would have
to pass muster with the security
council and be ratified hv half
the nations of the world before
it couia Decome effective.
After all, we have the
oomos, tnis proponent added.
Reactivation Asked
For Vanport Housing
PORTLAND. June 21 im -
Anticipating a flood of veterans
at Vanport college next fall, the
ruriiana nousmg authority has
asked the national housing
agency to reactivate 618 hous
ing units at Vanport City
The units are among 1484 re
cently ordered dismantled. The
state board of higher education
said enrollment, about 500 this
summer, may reach 1000 tn
2000 for fall and winter terms.
Union Pacific Tests
Two-Way Train Radio
LA GRANDE. Ore.. Jimp 21
(If) Two-way radio communica
tion for traih crews is being
tested by the Union Pacific rail
road between La Grande nnrf
Huntington..
E. R. Van Eaton, the road's
superintendent o f tnlecranh
said communication between
moving trains, trains and sta
tions, and between the engine
and caboose is undergoing tests
with two types of transmission
used.
One tVDe. ha said. I nrHlnnru
high frequency transmission with
a range up to 15 miles. The
other is Induction by which the
signals are transmitted from the
train or station, carried along
existing telegraph wire parallel
ling the tracks, and picked up
by receivers up to 40 miles dis
tant. A calorie is the unit of heat
required to raise the tempera
ture of one gram of water one
degree Centigrade.
(Continued from Pag One)
are apt to be harmful to the
Gambling is an example. Ex
ccpt in Nevada, laws against
gambling are . rather general.
But there is hardly town in
America or anywhere else in
the world, for that matter
where gambling isn't done from
time to timo by people who art
otherwise quite law-abiding.
CALIFORNIA has a gambling
problem at the moment.
Wicked persons are fitting up a
ship to be anchored offshore
whore people may come to take
a chance with Lady Luck, The
authorities announce that they
arc determined to stop it but
they don't know just how.
Governor Warren has an In
teresting idea. He suggests that
persons returning by water taxi
from the gambling ship (the
S.S. Lux) might be placed un
der quarantine and forced to
submit to examinations to de
termine if they were carrying
any communicable disease,
One has a pious idea that
blood tests would prove that
they are all afflicted with
gambling fever. Which is high
ly communicable.
Planes Carry
Freight Cargo
LOS ANGELES, June 21
The post-war air age, with vi
sions of flying boxcars, began to
come true for over 30 cities in
the west today as Western Air
Lines inaugurated daily a 1 r
freight service from cities along
4000 miles of routes in nine
states. The airline operates in
California, Nevada, Colorado,
etc. -
The new cargo service means
that local merchants and ship
pers in western cities can now
tly merchandise, foodstuffs, me
chanical equipment and other
essentials by air to most points
in the U. S. for as low as 21
cents per ton mile.
Throuch a cooDerative ar
rangement between Western
Air and other major airlines,
direct shipments can now bo
made to points in 22 states
Later pooling of resources will
enable Western Air to extend
the service to every major point
in the entire United States, offi
cials of the airline said.
Officials explained that the
new air freight service differs
from existing forms of air cargo
in that it costs approximately
half as much and is designed
for heavier shipments, twenty
five pounds being the minimum.
Storm Grounds -Klamath
Trio.
Phil Hitchcock, Marshall Cor
nett and John Houston were
grounded at Redmond today on
their return trip by air from
Portland, where they had been
on a civic mission.
The three men flew to Port
land in a new Stinson 150, pilot
ed by Phil Hitchcock, to present
Klamath's case before the Port
land chamber of commerce on
the Western Airlines hearings.
The Klamath trio, who landed
in Redmond last night, are held
down by electric storms and gen
erally stormy conditions, but are
expected to arrive in Klamath
sometime today or tonight.
Newspaper Workers
Battle Tokyo Police
TOKYO. June 21 (PI Me-
chanical and editorial workers
of the newspage Yomiuri fought
13 police for an hour today when
the officers appeared to arrest
six employes who ignored orders
of dismissal.
The police, armed with staves.
finally emerged with two of the
six employes and took into cus
tody 56 other workers, most of
mem from the mechanical de
partment. Police acted on comDlaint nf
Tsunego Baba, company presi
dent, who accused the six of
coloring the news with their
political opinions. Chief Editor
Tomin Suzuki, one of the six.
was away at the time covering
the international war crimes
trials.
Naval Supply Bill
Hits At Idleness
WASHINGTON. June 21 IPi
A $4,100,009,i00 navy supply
bill received senate approval to
day including a clause aimed at
workers idleness in navv vards
and plants.
it now goes back to the house
for action on this clause and on
amendments trimming $39,708,
900 from the house-approved to
tal.
Despite the senate cuts, the
amount it left is $334,610,000
more than the budget bureau
estimated the sea service will
need during the fiscal year be
ginning July 1.
Library Association
To Install Officers
BUFFALO. N. Y.. June 21 UPl
Miss Mary U. Rothrock, Knox
ville, Tcnn., new president of
the American Library associa
tion, will be installed tonight,
Other officers Include:
Paul North Rice. New York
City, first vice president and
president-elect, and Nell Unger,
Portland, Ore., second vice presi
dent. The association is holdine its
65th annual conference here.
Classified Ads Bring Results. 1
Many Want
VRA Center
Facilities
TULELAKE. June 21 Re
quests of many groups and in
dividuals for housing and other
facilities at the former WKA
center at Tulelake were record
ed at a meeting held here lust
night on the enso of Olney Kudd,
past commander of the Ainer
lean Legion. The desires of tho
local groups were handed to the
reclamation bureau, which cur
rently has custody of the big in
stallation. Tulelake Growers, and Mer
rill. Mulin and Tuleluke Interests
were represented at the meet
ing. The Modoc (arm bureau asked
for the freezer plant and slaugh
ter house to be used for com
munity purposes.
Klur.iiilh Basin Co-op reports
its desire for storage facilities.
Tho Joint veterans' council of
this area emphasized the need
for using some of the housing at
the camp for housing of veter
ans and their families.
Farmers made requests for In
dividual housing and urged the
need for facilities for transient
labor.
Schools, churches and recrea
tion groups applied for some of
the housing and materials.
The VFW as well as the Amer
ican Legion was represented at
the session, and E. L. Stephens,
reclamation bureau superin
tendent, was present to
discussion. The reqursts tto to i
the bureau and federul housinu
Court Hears
Solons Case
SALEM, June 21 IrP) Circuit
Judge George Duncan todav
heard arguments in the suit
Drought py Marion County Dis
trict Attorney Miller B. Haydcn
to prevent three state legislators
from serving on state boards
and commissions.
The suits are directed asainst
State Sen. Merle Chessman. As
toria, a state highwav commis
sioner; State Sen. W. H. Strayer,
Baker, member of the state
board of geology and mineral
industries, and State Rep. Earl
H. Hill, Cushman, Lane county,
a state iisn commissioner.
Hayden contended that, be
cause of the constitutional pro
vision against any man serving
in more than one branch of the
state government, the three men
are not entitled to hold dual
jobs. He said that they had no
right to accept appointment to
the boards and commissions
without resigning from the legis
lature. Attorneys for the three men.
who "are from the stato attorney
general's office, contended that
they no longer are members of
the legislature, their acceptance
of the appointment to the boards
and commissions having auto
matically been a resignation
from the legislature.
Senate Confirms
Clark Promotion
WASHINGTON, June 21 lP)
Mark W. Clark's permanent pro
motion to major general won
senate approval late yesterday
despite criticism of his abortive
attempts to force a crossing of
the Rapido river in Italy in 1944.
Senator C o n n a 1 1 y (D-Tcx)
cabled his opposition from Paris
and Senator O'Daniel (D-Tcx)
registered his disapproval on the
floor before the senate's voice
vote action.
' The Texas senators based their
protests on contentions by sol
diers of the 36th division com
posed mainly of men from their
statethat Clark used poor judg
ment and wasted lives in futile
smashes against strong German
positions along the Rapido,
Senator Pepper (D-Fla), said
Clark, now top-ranking U. S.
officer in occupied Austria, was
doing "an excelent Job", there.
Statue Of Liberty
To Get New Paint
NEW YORK, June 21 lP)
The Statue of Liberty is going
to get a new green inner point
coat for her 60th birthday this
fall.
Revealing that a refurbishing
program -was planned for the
national monument. Charles S.
Marshall, national parks super
intendent on Bedloe's island,
also announced that the statue's
interior from top to bottom is
to be fenced off with wire to
prevent visitors, especially girls ,
ana women, from scrawling lip
stick inscriptions in that area.
Marshall said the number of
visitors coming to the island
now was 10 per cent ahead of
1945 when 504,000 visitors set
a record.
Disabled Veterans
Drive For Members
PENDLETON, June 21 W
Over 100,000 members are now
affiliated with disabled Amer
ican veterans nationally and a
goal of 150,000 is expected by
the time the organization holds
its 25th national convention In
Portland next September, Dow
V. Walker, Newport, national
commander said here today.
He announced that President
Truman may attend the Port
land meeting.
Walker said the DAV was
working particularly for devel
opment of an employment pro
gram for disabled veterans, with
about 1,500,000 veterans of
World War II In this category.
Nebraska's largest industry Is
meat packing, followed by dairy
products and flour milling,
Beaver Paddles
Down East Main
What wuulil you do if you
saw an amphibious rodent of
the genus '"Castor" puddling
off down East Main at inkl
nightr Well, Bill Voting, night muii
at Ernio llrldgcr's service sta
tion, 1203 Main, is still talking
about full grown beaver, as
they are more cummonly
culled, sitting nut under the
floodlights at the left of tho
station about midnight, Junu
18. When Dill came out, the
beaver, evidently deciding tho
spot was too crowded, gut up
and sturted puddling down tho
middle of Bust Mulii, toward
the armory. It was never
seen agnln.
'"Maybe he figured he need
ed a refuel," commented
Bridger.
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