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; By FRANK JENKINS
AN eurlhquuke, described thll
morning by ilniologiala
(iwtliuuuke specialist) an poa
Ibly thll WOIILDS MOST
VIOLENT, hlti aoulhurn Japan.
Diimugo cuvura mora thun 00,1100
k square miles, wliich In roughly
i Imlf tliu ui on of Oregon mid
lltllo more ttmn third of the
area of Jiipun proper.
, Kurly and Incomplete figure
show SOU duad, with expecta
Hutu thnt thu complete lint will
ha MUCH larger, hhiiii ill, 000
liunii't destroyed mid SOU flailing
vciMi'lii lout.
(Lo of S00 fishing vessel i
more suvrra thun American cmi
icrunp quickly. All food In crc
m Jiipnii, mid Unit l mi Imixir
Uint Itvm 1m the JiipancB diet.)
HHHE 1 a aobcrlng thought:
At lliruNliliiiu. Homo 80.000
(irububly perished as a result of
Hit, explosion of mi atom bomb.
In Tokyo, over a longer period
of time, soma 123,000 probubly
tiled In the bombing and their
iciuHiint fire.
In these modern duy, mini In
becoming poluiitliilly more ter.
nbl thun nature.
M'
lAN'S ixiwtT to destroy I
growing fnntimtlcally. Alliens
muni mtuiiiMiun i u
1IUI1.D eti telle up with nnd
PASSES hl miwer to dcatroy,
the world 1 In danger.
Our Itreul need In more know
ledite of how to get along with
each other.
Til I S porleiltou paragraph
hendii a dlaputch from New
York thla morning:
"Delegates to the United Na
tlona atomic energy cotnmiailoii
DISAGREED toeloy over wheth
er they had approved a United
State proposal to eliminate the
big power veto on punishment
for violation of atomic energy
control."
t
THEY'D better find out and
quickly.
If any nation can violate the
control that may be placed on
atomic wenpona and then can
VETO PUNISHMENT of lUelf
for II violation, it U obviou
that control would be ridiculous
ly Ineffective.
Unless control can be made
" WHOLLY EFFECTIVE, the
United State MUST atay out of
control agreement.
HERE I another oberlng
thought:
In the preaent Imperfect tate
of our knowledge, atomic en
ergy (whether aa a weapon of
war or an Instrument of peace)
more or lens rest upon uranium.
Mont of u think of uranium aa
icarce.
It ISN'T.
Competent geologist tell u
that uranium 1 approximately
a abundant In the earth rock
a copper.
It la 50 mora abundant than
It la four time a abundant
lead. , ,
It I eight time a abundant
at Iodine. . , ,
OUR grandfather thought of
aluminum a valuable, but
(carce. We know now that alu
minum l one of our moat
abundant metol. We look for
ward to It aa replacing even
tcel a Iron ore upplic
dwindle.
A we found more use for
aluminum, we FOUND MORE
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Quake Sends
Japs To Hills
TOKYO, Dec. 21 M') Thou,
sands of Japanese, fearing reper
cussion from today' heavy
g carthquuko and tidal wave, be
gan fleeing to the hill tonight,
aa they once fled from American
bombs.
The heavily hit town of
Tnnnbe, on the wave-lashed
western coast of Wakayama pen
insula, was deserted after its
. 2500 homeless refugees aought
snfety In the hills.
Others from nearby towns and
cltle also were reported seeking
high ground. They carried their
meager possessions.
First Serious Republican
Rift Breaks Into Open
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (IV)
The first aerlou rift In republi
can ranks since the party won
the congressional elections broke
Into the open today with a de
mand thai presidential candi
dates keep hands off the house
leadership contest.
Rep, Thomas Jenkins of Ohio
objectod in a formal statement
to "attempts by outsiders to dom
Innte the American congress."
He leveled his remarks primar
ily nt Gov. Thomas E. Dowcy's
endorsnment ot Rep. Charles A.
HhIIccIc of Indiana for the house
floor leadership. But ho said they
apply as well to "any presiden
tial aapirunts Senator Taft or
Senator Bricker, too, although I
don't think they'd try it."
Jenkins is one of three an
J,5 nounced candidates for the lead
ership position to be vacated by
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of
PRICE riVE CENTS
Row Looms
On Atomic
Agreement
NEW YORK. Dec. 21 (')
Delegate to the United Nations
atomic energy commission dis
agreed today over whether they
had approved a United State
propoaal to eliminate the big
power veto on punlahment for
violation of atomic energy con
trol,
Thla wa a mulor point In
the American atomic control
plan which was approved "In
principle ycaterdav bv the com
mission and It appeared at first
that the controversial Issue had
been decided finally although
without the approval of Soviet
Russia.
Facea Fight
Member of the U. S. dele
gation hailed the commiaaion'i
action as a complete victory for
Hernard M. Huruch, 76-year-old
iionsor of the American uro-
posals. but it became clear to
day that the question of the
veto on punishment aa well aa
aome other points in the Baruch
plan still faced a bitter fight.
A spokesman for Canadian
Delegate Gen. Andrew G. L.
McNaughton. sponsor of the
compromise which the commis
sion finally adopted, emphaalzed
that the Canadian proposal laid
down an Important condition,
which should not be overlooked.
Stipulation
This was the stipulation that
the wording of the Baruch reso
lution must be made to conform
to phraseology of the resolution
which the general asaembly
passed last week outlining a
program for world arm reduc
tion.
- It was recalled that the as
aembly' resolution recommend
ed that enforcement of arm
limitation regulation. Including
the control of atomic energy, be
placed within the framework of
the security council, where the
veto applies. The resolution
omitted any reference to the
veto.
While members of the U. S.
delegation contended that this
omission did not prevent the
security council from agreeing
not to use the veto on atomic
matters. It waa pointed out that
the assembly had relected sev
eral attempt to write in pro
vision on the veto.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Mnlotov declared during the as
sembly debate that Russia would
agree to an international con
trol and inspection system free
of the veto, but he Insisted that
enforcement must be kept under
the security council.
Sunday Shortest
Day, Maybe
SEATTLE, Dec. 21 iP)
Prof. T. S. Jacobsen, University
of Washington astronomer, has
it all figured out through use
of logarithms and other higher
mathematics that Sunday, De
cember 22, will be the shortest
day of tho year exactly .8 of
one second shorter than today.
But there a a catch. If the air
I as much as H degree colder
at sunrise and aunaet Sunday
than today the fraction of a
second difference between the
two day will be wiped out.
The refraction of light, he ex
plained, affects the length of
the day.
The reason that the daylight
hour today and Sunday are
nearly Identical i because tho
winter solstice at 2:54 a. m.,
Sunday so closely coincides
with midnight, Jacobaen said.
Massachusetts when he becomes
speaker of the house on Jan, 3.
The others are Halleck and
Rep. Everett M. Dirksen of Illi
nois, neither of whom was in
Washington when Jenkins let
loose his blast at the New York
governor last night.
A fourth representative, Clar
ence J. Brown of Ohio, has an
nounced his availability for the
leadership but has not formally
declared his candidacy.
While capitol observers long
ago had seen the leadership
struggle as a jockeying for posi
tion for the GOP presidential
nomination, Jenkins was the first
member of his party to label It
openly as such.
Except for Including Taft and
Bricker in his grouping of "pres
idential aspirants," he made no
reference in his statement to
Capitol Hill talk that Brown has
the backing of the Ohio senator,
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Control of ha rebounda from the backboard la one of tha Ingredient of a winning basket
ball team, and this picture allow two Klamath player and one from Baker climbing an invisible
Udder after one in their gam at Pelican court lat night. Klamath won. 37-23, to keep intact
its imon record. No. IS is Chuck Heilbronner of the Pelicans, No. 6 is Baker' Ralph -Calloway,
and No. 12 Is Jo Zarolnki. That sam number for Baker is Jim Calduwood. Nov-8 in the
rear is Don Zaroalnaki.
Community
Party Slated
The community Christmas
tree on the courthouse lawn will
sparkle Monday night when the
town's children are Invited to
gather around and get first hand
information from Santa Claus
along with a handful of goodies.
The program is slated for 7:30
o'clock sharp and master of cere
monies will be Tom O'Dwyer.
The ncwly-orga:iized community
chorus will appear for the first
time and following the program
the Junior chamber of com
merce, sponsor group of the af
fair, will distribute candy.
Awards in the outdoor lighting
contest will also be made.
Included in the Junior cham
ber program for the holiday sea
son, is the appearance of carol
ers Sunday, Monday and Tues
day nights. The trucks manned
by Jaycees will cruise through
out the residential and business
districts, the songsters singing
carols as they go. Sunday night
the carolers will include St.
Paul's choir and Girl Scouts, the
Klamath Lutheran, First Presby
terian, Community Congrega
tional and sacred Heart
churches' choirs. Monday night
the churches taking part include
the First Christian, Klamath
Temple, Church of the Nazarene.
Immanuel Baptist. Church of
Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints,
First Baptist and Sacred Heart.
Un Christmas Eve, carolers of
the Assembly of God church will
be heard.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the festivities on the
lawn.
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Terry May Face Contempt
Charge In Money Question
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 (JP)
Attorneys for the senate war in
vestigating committee said, to
day they have asked for au
thority to file contempt charges
against Edward P. Terry, for
mer secretary of Senator Bilbo
(D-Miss.). , .
The action is based on Terry's
refusal to tell the committee
what became of $15,000 which
he said a New Yorker gave him
to use against Bilbo in the
Mississippi election this year.
Committee counsel must ob
tain permission of President pro
Churches Plan
Yule Programs
With traditional pageantry,
Klamath Falls churches will
hold Christmas services this
Sunday and on Christmas Day
in solemn tribute to one of tho
greatest festivals in the Chris
tian year.
For the first time, the mid
night mass on Christmas Eve
from Sacred Heart Catholic
church will be broadcast from
11:45 p. m. to 1 a. m., Tuesday.
The first 15 minutes will be de
voted to the stately religious
music of Yuletide, sung by the
Sacred Heart choir. The mass
will be heard over radio station
KFLW.
The Community Congregation
al church will present its
Christmas pageant, compiled and
directed by Mary Eckstein, on
Sunday at 7:30 p. m., with 45
children and young people par
ticipating. The 11a. m. Sunday
worship will open the Christmas
festival with special hymns and
anthems. ,
Sponsored by the chamber of
commerce,, choir members from
all of the city churches will sing
carols throughout the city on
Monday and Tuesday nights.
The Christmas Eve service at
St. Paul's Episcopal church will
be held rt 10 p. m. Tuesday,
with a choral setting sung by the
choir lor the service of Holy
Communion. On Christmas
Day, there will be celebration of
Holy Communion at 10 a. m. at
St, Paul's, and tomorrow, Sun
day, the church school will pre
sent its Christmas pageant at 11
a. m, .
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tern McKellar (D-Tenn.) and
then pass the contempt com
plaint along to the federal dis
trict attorney here for presen
tation to a grand jury.
Penalties for contempt of the
senate range up to a year in
jail and $1000 fine.
Chairman Mead (D-N.Y.) di
rected George Meader, counsel
for the committee, also to push
a perjury charge against Terry.
The former secretary testified
he got the $15,000 from Simon
Liberman of New York to back
any opponent who could defeat
Biibo this year.
Unable to find such an op
ponent, Terry said, he then was
told to give the funda to any
one who opposed Bilbo in the
run-off primary. But Bilbo
mustered a majority over his
four opponents in the first pri
mary and there was no run-off.
So, Terry said, he handed the
cash back to Liberman.
Senator Ferguson declared
this was impossible because Lib
erman died several months be
fore Terry's bank accounts
showed the money repaid. Terry
said he was "confused" and de
clined to tell who received the
funds. , ;
A woman who identified her
self as Mrs. Terry said he is ill
in his apartment here, under
doctor's orders to talk to no one,
and has nothing more to say
about the transaction.
"Santa" Offers
Hospital Aid
Close" on the heels of the
Klamath' Union high school stu
dents' $500 gift to the "Pete'
Munday family yesterday, a citi
zen Santa Claus called Klamath
Valley hospital and asked to pay
Munday's hospital bill as a
Christmas present for the fam
ily. In view of the fact that Mun
day is covered by medical insur
ance, the gift was not accepted
and the anonymous voice said he
planned to "do something else
then." Munday is recovering
from severe burns about the
body received early this week
when his Crosby street home
was virtually destroyed and he
rescued his wife and two young
daughters from the flaming
structure
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indictment
Aftermath
Of Shooting
A secret Indictment charging
Delbert "Dink" Lane with
threatening to kill a man, who
later died of a gunshot wound,
was disclosed by Lane's arraign,
m e n t in circuit court at 10
o'clock this morning.
Specifically, Lane is accused
in the indictment of "threaten
ing to commit a felony" by
stating that he would kill Del
bert Manuel Chandler. Chand
ler subsequently was shot to
death on Thanksgiving Day in
what vas termed a hunting ac
cident. Legal action against
Lane does not accuse him of
killing Chandler but of making
the threat in the presence of
"Bud" Chidester, Lane's boss at
Weyerhaeuser Camp 4.
Lane and his brother-in-law,
Frank Lockwood, who accom
panied him on the Thanksgiv
ing Day hunt, have been in the
county jail since the day after
the shooting on minor charges,
obviously intended . to hold
them pending further investiga
tion into Chandler' death.
The investigations made by
the sheriffs office and state
police apparently failed to es
tablish any evidence against
Lane to justify a charge beyond
that of a threat .to commit a
felony.
Circuit Judge David R. Van
denberg appointed Harold Mer
ryman as Lane's attorney, and
bond was set at $2000. At an
early hour this afternoon. Lane
had not posted bond and re
mained in the county Jail.
yThe court set Saturday,- De
cember 28,, at 10 a. m. as time
for Lane to enter hi plea.
Basis of the alleged threat
made by Lane, according to
state police, .was a visit made
by Lane's two daughters, aged
13 and 11, to a movie in Klam-
(Callnaci Pat It, Cvtam 1
French Forces
Lose Battle
PARIS, Dec. 21 (JP) French
troops suffered heavy casualties
in advancing in two sectors of
northern Indo-China today, and
lost a small garrison at Vinh to
Viet-Nam forces, the French
general staff at Saigon an
nounced today in a communique
reported by the semi-official
French Press agency.
The general staff said French
troops, braving continuous sni
per fire from surrounding roof
tops, had reoccupied the Lanes
san hospital at Hanoi, Viet-Nam
capital.
At Tourane, the communique
said, the French garrison was
suddenly attacked yesterday
morning by Viet-Nam forces. Se
vere losses were suffered by both
sides, the announcement said,
but the French maintained con
trol of the Tourane airfield and
proceeded to mop up the sur
rounding areas.
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Klamath Receives Iron Lung From
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This iron lung, a devlc for combatting numeroui type of paralysis and other diseases, wa
presented to th Klamath county public health department for ua any time needed, by th 20-30
club. Preientation wo mad by Tom Patty to Dr. Martin Adams betwatn games at th club's
basketball jamboree at KUHS Friday night. Tom Milne, 20-30 president, 1 shown oh th left,
with Patty and Dr. Adam. Tommi Thompson, a member of th club, is shown at th right. -
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EUGENE TALMADGE
Gov. Talmadge
Dies At 62
ATLANTA, Dec. 21 WP)
Eugene Talmadge, newly elect
ed governor of Georgia, died
today less than a month before
his scheduled fourth inaugura
tion. The 62-year-old champion of
white supremacy succumbed
quietly at Piedmont hospital
where he had lain in a coma
since last night.
His death left in doubt the
successor to the governorship
from which youthful Ellis Ar
nall ousted him four years ago.
Unofficial legal sources said,
however, that .Arnall, who was
prevented from seeking a sec
ond term under a new state
constitution, might remain in
office at least until the next
general election two years
hence.. .
There is no precedent in the
state, but the constitution pro
vides the governor shall remain
in office until his successor is
qualified and elected. The leg
islature which meets in Janu
ary formally elects the gover
nor. His death was announced
simply by a physician who
stepped from the governor
elect's office and announced:
"He died at 7 o'clock."
Bethlehem Jfc
Greet Crowds
BETHLEHEM, Palestine, Dec.
21 (IP) The mayor of Bethle
hem, who looks almost exactly
the way Santa Claus should
look, says he expects the great
est throng in history to visit
this birthplace of Jesus Christ
oh Christmas Eve.
Mayor Issa Bandak short,
round, ruddy and white-haired
descendant of Arabs and me
dieval crusaders said last
night he expected nearly 30,
000 persons in the city Tues
day night, includng about 15,
000 British soldiers and nearly
as many more other persons
from Jerusalem and other
places in Palestine.
Recalling his visit IS years
ago to the United States and in
particular to Bethlehem, Pa.,
Mayor Bandak declared:
"The people of Bethlehem
and myself will appreciate it if
you send this message from us.
The o 1 d Bethlehem of light
sends its sincerest greetings to
the Bethlehem of America and
all other Americans, from the
birthplace of Christianity. As
Christianity is the true light
which has no limits, we hope
all nations appreciate those
high principles of Christianity
which will work together for
peace and prosperity."
Tremor May
Be World's
Most Violent
TOKYO, Dec. 21 (IP)K vie
ten earthquake and sever tidal :"
waves damaged more than 80
000 square miles of southern
Japan today. ' ...
Incomplete figure listed 500
dead, 612 injured and 43 miss
ing; nearly 28,000 homes de
stroyed, damaged or flooded, and
800 fishing vessels lost. Only on
allied casualtya missing Brit
ish soldier was reported.
. Seismologists said the quak
possibly was the world' mot
violent. Six tidal waves, erupted
by the temblor beneath the Pa
cific ocean floor, rushed over .
Wakayama peninsula and caused
damage over a 370-mile wid
area from Shimoda on the east
ern Honshu coast to Kochi on
Shikoku's southern coast. Som
of the waves we 10 feet high.
Under Water
Authorities said the loss of lif
was not far' greater because th
quake epicenter was under
water.
Tonight, thousands of Waka
yamans fled into the hills, fear
ful .of repercussions. Tanaba waa
deserted, its 2500 homeless ref
ugees having sought safety in .
the hills.
Residents of some other Waka- i
yama towns likewise fled, carry
ing their meager possessions. . -
Only fragmentary information
was available from the two areas
that appeared hardest hit th
southern coast of Shikoku and'',
western Wakayama, both iso
lated. United States army and Jap
anese sources released these frag
mentary reports: , '
500 Japanese dead.
612 Japanese injured.
42 Japanese and one British
occupation soldier missing.
4500 homes destroyed.
9044 homes heavily damaged.
14,000 dwellings flooded.
500 fishing vessels destroyed.
An early estimate that prob
ably 1000 Japanese were killed
based on a report that 200
families at Kochi were "wiped
out" was disregarded later at
army and Japanese sources com
piled their reports of known cas
ualties. .
Town Wiped Out
Kushimoto, a fishing town ot
10,000 on the southern tip of
Wakayama peninsula at the
southeastern tip of Honshu was
reported washed away by seven
foot waves. ' , .
Fire destroyed one-third of
Shingu, - on the east coast ; ot Z
Honshu, and U. S. army fliers
said flames still were visible-'
there this afternoon. : ''
The temblor was recorded at
4:20 a.m. (11:20 a.m., Friday.
PST). Slight tremors followed
about every half hour.
Damage extended from the
northern coast of Kyushu
through Shikoku and north to
Shizuoka prefecture on Honshu.
Kyodo news agency said th
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BT-13 Yreck
Spotted
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21 tP)
Wreckage of a plane believed to
be a two-place BT-13 missing
from the Troutdale airport since
early yesterday was sighted to
day, the sheriff's office reported.
The wreckage was seen from
the air and deputies were dis
patched to the scene, only a mile
and a half east of the airport.
Fate of the two men aboard
was not immediately known.
The plane took off yesterday
morning in darkness and waa
heard to head east. Missing with
it were two Western Skyways'
mechanics, Clarence J. Bauer,
27, and Willard Chase, 22, the
latter a licensed pilot. -
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