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By f RANK JKNKINH
THE other day communist Rtiisl
reached out and ORAHEIKU
Hungary, lirr pretext was Dint autl
ronimunUl Hungarians were con
spiring against "democracy." Ho
tuliu direct action, barked by
force aha put a atop to the "con
spiracy." a nearly aa e can Judtt from
tht dispatches, aha ta uainc tht aame
lacllca In Bulgaria.
TODAY Russia make a pau at
Austria.
The play there la NOT to sign a
prat treaty. Aa long aa there U no
peace treaty with Auitrla, Ruula
can keep troops In Hungary to pro
tect her communication llnea with
her occupation lorrea In Aualrla.
With tronpa there, he can domi
nate both countries unlesa we atari
shooting, which we aren't likely to
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RUSSIA already haa a firm rlp on
Yuioalavia, on Romania, on
Ctechoslovakta. on Poland and on
the three little Baltic atatea of Lat
via. Kstonla and Lithuania. Finland
obeys when Russia ordera. Sweden
tremblea when Russia frnwna. Nor
way l growingly under the Russian
thumb.
V
f i'ALY haa a shaky anti-communist
government. So 7a franca
at tho moment.
In Franco there la an odd-looking
atrlka of railroad worker! odd
looking becatu It are mi to have
been precipitated by a "spon
taneous'' work stoppage by about
10.000 employeea out of the total of
100.000 employed by the mate-owned
railroad system of France.
Th strike haa laolated Parla from
rail transport, which Includea food.
The French government haa author
Ired truck llnea to haul food and
passengers. It wouldn't be surprising
If the next atep ni a truck atrlke.
WE'D Ilka to believe that all these
" things are Just happening."' But
It la too much of a atraln on
rredullty. It ta much more probable
that tlirv are a part of a HA n t.HM
and that the pattern la being cut by
rtiuuia.
Our people In Washington su.
pect that the patten) la Russia's
antwer to President Truman's
Greek Turk policy. If made per.
mancnt It would be a falrl effective
anwrr.
It Italy and France ahould fall to
communism, along with what la al
ready firmly In communist hands,
' Oreece and Turkey would be pretty
badly laolated and the problem
Involved In getting American help to
-mem would oe grrnny multiplied.
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WE'D feel a lot happier If Britain
" were atronger. Everything we get
from there confirm the belief that
the British are adapting themselves
to one-party government, baaed on
regimentation, with too much tol
erance and re ffnation to be raaa-
aurlng. The British labor party lately
haa been acting altogether too much
like other one-party totalitarianism.
We're beginning to fear that the
J British might Just drift Into a regi-
mented, one-party, leave-lt-to-the-government
ayatem and atny there
as niot of the reat of Europe haa.
WITH ao much of Europe falling
" under communist Influence
with even Britain far leaa ruggedly
Individualistic than In tho past- It
behfDVra ua to make our system
work better than It ever haa worked
before., (It haa worked pretty well,
everything considered, In the past.)
The Russian aystem la WORKINO
EFFECTIVELY NOW. It worka per
fectly wherever chaoa exists, or nn
be produced. The more complete the
chaos, the greater the degree of
human misery nnd hopelessness, the
better It worka.
Olven ENOUOH chaoa and misery
and hopelessness, communism will
awcer the world.
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UOPE la tho antidote to commu
11 nlam.
If wo In America can Inspire
enough hope throughout the world,
we can lick communism without
firing a shot.
But If we fall Into tho slough of
hopelessness and Just lot things
slide, os it sometimes looks tike the
British may be doing, the world will
be In a bad wny,
A lot depends on America. .
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First Firecracker
Charge Made
Bruce McMnhon, 18, of Strong
hold. Calif,, hn,i the honor of bolng
the first person convicted under the
city's nnti-flroorackor ordlnanco this
year.
He whs fined $20 on a plea of guil
ty before Police Judge Harold
Franey this morning. McMnhon
vns arrested on Klamath avenue
rst night, tossing lighted flrecrack-
era out of a car.
He posted $35 ball last night for
an appearance In court today.
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shop with a loud f bakery goods.
Rack's employ.
Juveniles
Still Out
The three Juvenllra who flrd from
tile detention home on Summers
lane Thursday night, clad In their
nighujowna and bedding, are still at
large, according to Faye Ulackmcr,
deputy Juvenile officer.
Two of the youllis are 10 years
old and were being held fur Califor
nia authorities In connection with
burglarlea at Arlington and River
side, Calif. The other lad Is a local
U-year-old.
An automobile waa stolen the
aame Mahl and officers believe the
escape and thrft may be linked.
The rar, a 1839 Dodge coupe, waa
owned by M. R. Poll, and waa taken
from his address, 618 N. 8th.
The car contained several hundred
dollars worth of elrrtrlra! tools, fish
ing gear and an outboard motor.
Hicks Waives
Final Hearing
Roland lllrks. 43-year-old Indian
federally rhargrd will! assault with
intent to kill, Is still held III the
Klamath county In ll but has waived
a final hearing before U. H. Com
missioner Hert C. Thomas here and
probably will be moved lo a tail In
Mrdford or Portland this week-end.
Pflderal ptisontr are not kept In
the local Jail more than a tew days.
Kveland Chlloquln. 27, the Indian
whom lllcks la accused ot shooting
during a gun battle last Tuesday on
the reservation, la said to be Im-
K roving today at Klamath Valley
ospllal. Chlloquln waa hit In the
groin by a .348 calibre rifle slug.
Hicks Is held under $10,000 bond.
He waa captured yesterday morning
outside a Chlloquln rooming house
where he had holed up for 24
hours.
Reclamation
Fund Talked
WA8HINOTON, June 7 i4'i
Members of a senate appropria
tions .subcommittee failed to reach
final agreement today on the
amount of money lo be restored
to a house-approved bill tor West
ern reclamation projects.
The group has tentatively agreed,
several senators said privately, to
add more than $110,000,000 to the
$1(11.413,613 voted by the house to
maintain the Interior department
for the fiscal year starting July 1,
The biggest house cut was In rec
lamation funds.
The senate group met for more
than two hours today, then re
cessed until Monday,
GN Workers
Injured Here
Two Orcat Northern employes
were Injured this week-end and one
remains In Klamath Valley hospital
for treatment.
Kenneth Slsco, about SI,' cm-
iloyed as trucker for the GN, waa
mrt late Friday while shoving an
empty hand truck. The prong ot
the truck caught on an object and
Blsco Is sold to have walked Into
the supports and suffered a painful
Injury In the groin.
Emery Connor, blacksmith helper
employed at the ON roundhouse In
South Klamath, was treated at
Klamath Valley for burns about the
face. Connor, about 68, was temper
ing a wedge and thrust the wedge
Into oil to temper It when the oil
ignited. In putting out the fire hot
oil splashed on Connor's face. Con
nor Is now at his home.
Infant Girls Battered To Death
In Mysterious
MA8SILLON, O.. June 7 (IF)
Two Infant girls were battered to
death in the Pediatrics nursery
of City hospital Inst night by an
unidentified assailant whose mo
tive was unknown, police announced
today. ,
Although the nurKcry sometimes
contains as many as 30 children,
the two victims were Its sole occu
pants last night. They wcro:
Rosemary Morton, nine weoks,
daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry E.
Morton; Dlnno .'. Brand, eight
weeks, dnughtor of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Leo Brand.
A tiurso, Marian Slllcck, found
the babies' bodies by their cribs
last night. The bed clothing on a
third crib was pulled back.
The Stnrk county coroner, Dr.
Edward Reno, said the Infants died
"of Injuries caused by blunt force."
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Train Strike
Ties Up All
Paris Lines
PARIH, June 1 W Tha French
tovernment authorised truck lines
nday lo haul food and passenger
throughout the country, In the faee
of a railroad atrlke tor Increased
wage which has Isolated Parla from
the remainder of France.
French railway officials declared
that the atrlke waa confined gen
erally to a aW-ml.e radius around
Paris and that trains were function
ing normally elsewhere.
Freights Run
Only passenger service waa affect
ed In the 60-mlle "red bell" around
this city, the officials said. Freight
trains were reported to be moving
on schedule. , ,
The strike In the Paris vicinity
however, resulted In the halting of
long-line trains and International
express whlrh . normally . paas
through tills city.
The officials said there appeared
to be a conflict among the railway
workera about the atrlke, with
steam-powered train crewa favoring
the walkout and electric train crewa
opposing It.
Premier Paul Ramadler an
nounced he would confer with rep
resentatives of civil service em
ployes, who also have threatened
lo atrlke.
Trucks Died
The decision lo use trucks waa
taken at an emergency meeting of
Ramadler with army and navy
chiefs early today, after the walk
out had aent a creeping paralysis
over France's slate-owned rail net
work. After the meeting the government
said II would lake all necessary
steps ta keep food moving through
out the country, but that It would
not requisition the railroads or the
workers.
Queen Contest
Rule Changed
Arthur Rlckbell, manager of the
1847 rodeo queen's contest, an
nounced today that age quattflca
lions for candidates for queen have
been dropped lo 14 Instead of 1$,
aa previously decided. Candidates
may be either It to 25.
8iuora from seven areas In the
Kluinatli basin have already atarted
signing up their candidates for
queen and sign-up will continue up
until and Including Sunday, June
16. when the selecuon show will be
held at the fairgrounds at 2:30
p. m.
Sign-up may be made at rodeo
heaclauarters, Bulsiger Motor com
pany or at Rlrkys Jewelers, 700
Main, phone 3161. The selection
show will be open lo the public
and free of charge. Seven girls will
be chosen to comuele for the honor
of queen. The six others will be
princesses in tho queens court to
reign over the three-day rodeo
scheduled for July 4, 6 and t.
Judge Combs
Sits Here
Circuit Judge . Charles H. Combs
of Lakevtew was holding court here
today, handling routine business
and divorce mutters, and the Klam
ath Judicial district head, Circuit
Judge David R. Vandcnbcrg, Is due
back from an assignment in Port
land Monday.
His first case Is slated for June
18, a criminal trial of Lewis H.
Ankcny. who Is under Indictment
for embezzlement and larceny by
bailee.
Federal court may have another
Inning here Monday afternoon.
Testimony In the government's con
demnation suit against Great
Northern railway is on the docket
for 3 p. m. Monday,
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
R. H. E.
Washington 000 000 0000 4 1
Chicago 000 031 OOx 4 8 - 1
Hacincr, candim, (7), Knerr (81
and Evans: Rlgney and Trcsh.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, post
poned, rain. .
NATIONAL
NEW YORK, June 7 (l The
New York Giants today traded the
hard-hitting substitute first base
man, Babe Young, to the Cincin
nati Reds for Pitcher Job Beggs.
Chicago at Brooklyn, postponed,
rain.
Hospital Slaying
Police Chief Stanley W. Swltter,
who headed an Investigating de
tail, said the attacker may have
picked them up and struck them
against the floor. Dirt smudges
were found on the head ot the
Brand baby.
The police believed the attack
was mndo between 7:36 and 7:46
Inst night. Visiting to the nursery
wns restricted on Friday nights.
Stnrk County Prosecutor Dean
MncLnughlln, who participated In
tho Investlgntlon, said thnt In his
view, hospital authorities nnd not
been lax In their responsibilities,
"In no wny did I find any neglect
of proper duty or care," he added.
The Brand baby was admitted to
the hospital Inst Monday for an
operation and the Morton baby had
been there since May 19 for observation.
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Money On Tracks
' DORAVIiXE, Oa June 1 17
Four thousand dollars In csrrency
was spread along four mile of rail
road track here yesterday when a
mall bag fell under the wheels of a
speeding express train.
Reports that the bag contained
$60,000 brought scores of searchers to
the scene.
The bag bounded under the train
wheels when the mall clerk tossed it
toward the station platform. Post
office Inspectors recovered most of
the money. .
New Directory
Out In July
Telephone books for 1847-48 will
be off the press around July 1, It
waa announced .today by Charles
Beaver, manager of Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company.
Books are usually distributed around
June 1, but the spring strike made It
Impossible to gel necessary material
to the printers, Seavey said.
The new books will show better
than 6000 subscribers In the main
section, largest list In the history of
the Klamath Fans station, i nn does
not Include classified and Merrill,
Malln Tulelake, Bonanza and Bly
exchanges. The books are now being
printed, the work being dona locally.
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These are some of the features
ogue: 1 Water tower at the municipal airport; t Shady mall on
lake on a Spring Lake area farm; 4 The Homoja housing unit at
Semon, Klamath county legislator,
..iLH, OREOON, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1847
Farmers Nervous, Foresters
Over Continued Rain In
The weatherman Indicated no let
up In rainy, unsettled weather lor
the basin area this week-end, as
weather conditions and storm dam
age dominated the news picture
throughout the nation.
More than a week of steady rain,
at first welcomed by western farm
ers, was beginning to hurt some
crops now suffering from too much
water.
In the Klamath farming country,
County Agent C. A. Henderson said
today that the good points of the
rnln still outweigh the bad In this
sector, although in some cases grain
and potatoes are suffering from too
much moisture. Farmers who Irri
gated the two crops during the
drouth early this month find their
crops at a standstill with grain
making little progress and, In the
cases of farmers who had not com
pleted spring planting on potatoes,
planting Is being held up because of
the close-packed, soggy ground.
Henderson also stated that crop
dusting, particularly on grasshoppers
In the Fort Klamath vicinity. Is
halted. Spraying has little effect,
he said, since the rain washes off
the spray almost as soon as It Is
dusted on the fields.
The weekly weather and crop
bulletin received by the county
agent's office predict at least two
more days of murky, rainy weather.
Even for farmers whose crops are
not suffering from too much mois
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ture, the effect of rain is being felt
In the general slow-down of all
farming activities, with crop men
Impatient to go on with spring
work.
In the case of forests, state for
esters were still Jubilant over the
heavy fall which haa done Im
measurable good for long-dry forest
regions.
The rainstorm which broke a
drouth in this vicinity began on May
27, with only .07 of an Inch falling
In the month up to that time. High
point waa on May 30, when it fell
during a 24-hour period.
Table of precipitation from May
27 to today, June 7, according to
records of the California-Oregon
Power company follows:
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riod Is 2J7 Inches.
In California, the state depart
ment of agriculture announced that
It foresees losses In grain and liay,
as well as In apricots which are suf
fering from ratn-lncited fungus dis
ease. In Redding, Calif., today, a
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June 2 .06
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Jubilant
Klamath Basin
storm caused thousands of dollars
damage where 3-31 Inches of rain fell
during a 7-hour steady downpour.
The Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company manager In Klam
ath Falls, Charles Beavey, said his
firm has suffered only the usual dif
ficulty from a long rainy season but
trouble was nipped before there
were losses In customer service.
In the past week, 1.82 Inches of
rain have fallen in the Lakevlew
vicinity, according to reports from
weather stations there. The total
for the current storms to Wednesday
of this week reached 2.53 inches.
Harry Attends
35th Reunion
KANSAS CITY, June 7 W)
President Truman divided his time
today between his bed -ridden
mother at Grandvtev and com
rades with whom he served In
World War I.
He set out to witness the first
postwar n parade of veterans of
the 35th division before driving to
Grand view for his second visit in
two days with Mrs. Martha E. Tru
man. .
Travelogue . . .
45-Minute Trip Leads
Through Farming Lands
By H. 8.
This week's travelogue details a
brief trip you can take on Sunday
afternoon or some night after sup
per. You won't get on any bad roads
and the trip will only take about a
gallon and a half ot gas and 45
minutes of time.
The trail leads through the
Spring Lake, ML Laki and Henley
districts, some of the best farming
lands In Klamath county.
Start out at Main street and go
out East Main through Mills dis
trict and onto Broadway, the boom
ing four-lane highway section of
8. 6th street which is fast becoming
a second major business district for
Klamath Falls.
Turn to the right at suburban Al
tamont drive and take the straight
hard-surfaced road that leads to the
municipal airport, formerly the war
time naval air station where pilots
and crews received their final train
ing before heading oversea.
The airport is on a civilian status
now, but the adjacent homoja hut
village is testimony that Klamath's
war-born housing shortage Is far
from over.
. You can get a different view ot
the airport, which is a sprawling in
stallation, by turning to the right
at the main gate and turning left
Just past the homoja hut settlement
onto the Spring lake road proper.
The road is good, although not
paved.
A mil or so farther en you arc
Thousands
Flee Rising
Water Today
OTTUMWA, la., June 7 (At
Two women and three chlldrea
drowned this morning when th
boat In which they ware fleslng
high water In Sooth Ottnmwa dls
Integrated, Herschel Loveless, sup
erlntendent, laid.
Loveless, who ha been directing
flood reseoe work, said the five haa
not been Identified, nor the bodies'
recovered.
The swift current of the floo4
waters Is making it almost Impos
sible to launch boats In part of It,
ne aaia, ana apparently sne ooal
waa ripped apart by the waters.
This Southeast Iowa city, mora
than 4000 of wnose 30.000 citizen
were homeless, wns without drink
ing water or power as raging water
of the Des Moines river hit a his
toric high of 20.16 feet.
Klver Rising
The river still waa rising with a
21-foot crest expected this after
noon. Th 400 evacuees from the south
ern portion of the elty, part of aa
estimated 7000 who fled their home
along the Des Moines valley and
from along other flooded streams in
Southern Iowa, were being hoose4
In tents, school buildings, and naval
barracks.
Meantime a new flood threat
arose in Eastern Iowa when th
swollen Iowa river burst its leve
between Wapello and Oakvtlle.
Flood waters swirled through th
Ottumwa business district and en
gulfed Burlington Railroad's mala
Callaaa4 aa rais S, Calaoi. 4
a water diversion canal. Water for''
Irrigation is a necessity for all that
forming region.
Turn left at the old Spring Lak
school, now not used, and head back
toward the Merrill highway exactly
three miles east. You come out on
the highway at Mt. Laki community
and make a left turn to come back
to town.
The Henry Semon residence, a big
two-story brick structure Just out- . ,
side of Henley community proper, ;
is ample proof that farming in that
area Is profitable.
On the right hand side of th
road, coming toward town, is Henley
high school, the school which this
past year produced the state class
B champions In football and track.
From Henley it's Just a short trip
back up the highway through th
big suburban area and into Klamath
Falls again, and your speedometer
will have registered this mileage;
0.H Main street, Klamath Falls.
5.1 Municipal airport, former
naval air station.
7,7 Cross diversion canal. .
9.2 Lake on left side of road.
: 9.8 Old Spring Lake school.
12.8 Mt. Laki community.
14.8 Residence of Henry Semon,
spud farmer and Democratlo tat
representative from Klamath coun
ty. .
14.8 Re-cross diversion canal.
15.5 Community of Henley.
18.4 Lakevlew junction.
tig Mala Street, Klamath, raUt,
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