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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1947)
Doyfe's Column The Problem Of Handling ror Civic Disasters Maji By HAL BOYLE TEXAS CITY, Ten.. April 31 M" There 1 one ultimate question raised for America by the Texas City dls- Th miration III this: Although "the American spirit has been shown capable of rising unscuisniy aoove mass tribulation, is the overall American organization tor coping with community-wide dislocation nH chaos of this tvDe sufficient? That question Is strong In the minds of many survivors of the titanic blasts which turned Texas City from a productive peacetime boom town of 15.000 people to a ; fillllllS Ill IliSglW a inn m n mi mini ill i 1 Mary O'Brien By MART O'BRIEN Results of the Oregon High School Press association contest were received by Journalism Teach er Howard Holt last week. The Krater did not place, but was given a "gener ally excellent" rating. This columnist's news notes were given second place In the di vision for high school news printed In a lo cal paper. Com petition was for the Harris Ells worth perpetual trophy and was statewide. En trants in the contest were judged on complete ness, consistency in journalistic style, and like attributes. ' Other news in the journalism de partment concerns the annual pub lications banquet to be held at the Winema hotel this Friday at 6:30. Tickets are on sale for $1.60 and may be purchased from Howard Holt, advisor. Members of El Ro deo staff. Quill and Scroll, and 'the Krater staff are eligible to at tend. Arrangements are being made by the Quill and Scroll chapter. Mac Epley. Herald and News man aging editor, will be the guest speaker. During the banquet the new members of Quill and Scroll and those elected to the important staff positions for the El Rodeo and .Krater will be named. i ' , ' Beginning at 8:30 tomorrow 'morning, tuberculin tests will be given to juniors and seniors who have the T. B. test slips signed by .their parents today. Those seniors who had positive tests last year iwill not have another test but will be X-rayed. After students receive their injections they will watch for a possible positive reaction: In a few days, further examinations of .these students will be made. . . .... Track Queen Standings Senior Helen Eckert 5340 Junior Pat McMillan 3930 Sophomore Beverly Young 2070 Freshman Sandra Moore .3150 Potato Chip Plant. Burns To Ground EUGENE. April 21 P Damage of more than 5100.000 was estimated today in the fire that destroyed the two-story Da in tee Potato Chip Manufacturing company plant here last night. Flames were fed by vegetable fats and oils stored In the plant. Vera Minkler, owner, said the plant em ployed 34 persons and also stored food stocks the company distributed In Southern Oregon Classified Ads Bring Results. WASHING MACHINE SERVICE All Makes Phone 8805 TUCKER STEINKAMP APPLIANCES Esquire Bldg. dased and shattered ruin, a water front industrial rubble from which Its scattered citizenry is emerging now chiefly by the impetus of their own faith and courage. In the hearts of many honest resi dentsfrom Mayor J. C. Trahan, himself a war veteran wearing the Purple Heart for wounds In Belgium, to housewives who have never hitherto had experience with such civic dismay there is grave doubt whether the present set-ups to meet such emergencies are adeouate. Widespread Bitterness This feeling has led to a wide spread bitterness among people re covering from the first numb desola tion of loss over the death of loved relatives, friends and neighbors. Obviously there is no way to deal satisfactorily with a disaster that in one horrendous moment of calamity brings the specter of death or Injury into every home In a productive and happy community. The swift blows that fell here will leave unhappy scars for generations. The hurts will linger long after the shattered areas are rebuilt. The bricks and steel to restore the com mercial wealth of Texas City can be more readily found than replace ment for lost sons and husbands who make up its real and final prosperity. But behind the bitterness of many survivors is the realisation that no community Is able to cope with a disaster of this sise. not even with the assistance of half a dozen char itable agencies and the full-hearted financial aid extended by sympa thetic individuals . throughout the nation. Critical Blast This helps explain the critical blast against the Red Cross made by weary Mayor Trahan, who earlier had unsuccessfully asked the state for martial law, and was refused. The full truth, as many Texas City residents complain, is that there is no overall American agency at present set up to move In and handle all problems of food, rescue, policing and communication with coordinated speed and experienced efficiency. Mayor Trahan has made the tragic recommendation that every Ameri can community prepare ir advance disaster committees to meet such emergencies. The question that- Texas City poses in peacetime is: What would happen In wartime if a series of such tragedies simultaneously struck scores of communities, as certainlv would happen in the event of the dropping of many atom bombs by a ruthless enemy? There Is sentiment today in Texas City for the creation of a federal organisation of trained emergency staffs able to move swiftly Into an overpowered community and or ganise its health, medical and rescue problems. 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