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a lhso word hi written, there
" Un't much In the newii of today
that OOKfl riOOMI There U MUOH
that Is ilgnlflrant.
(The trouble with "significant"
iirwn I tluil It calls utioii un to
think, Mid thinking makes our heads
hurt.)
JN England, Premier Atllee la facing
up to tough Job mid In doing
the beat he cull with Inadequate
tool, lie li trying to ninkn aiiolitl
lam produce the TIUNOH that UNI
lilt people, accualonicd before the
war to a fairly high atandard of
living, want.
Socialism l beautiful dream, ap
pealing strongly to Impractlrul peo
ple who havo become accustomed to
ell Uie no-called comforts of modern
liidiutrlitl clvllluitlon but don't want
to HAY TIIK I'Ult'K-whlch U wfgk
end planning mid Uirn making
flJiings come out aa planned.
That, v loo, takes thinking nnd
Ahlhkliig, a we already remarked In
Thla piece, uuikea nor hernia hurt.
Effective, mnklnii-thlngii-w o r k-out
ihlnklng and plnimliig cuta too deep
ly Into the hnura when we d rather
be out having ouraelvra a whale of
a time.
The trouble with auelallain la that
It ronrenu llaelf too much with
DIVIDING UP and too Utile with
HKOUUCTION. HuclallaU, who In
the main are loveabte, more or leu
Irreaponalble, iMxiplc. alwaya arem to
forget thai before Uilnga ran be
divided up they have to be pro
duced. HTT1.KE, acutely aware that British
people want more thlnga (espe
cially more food, more rluthea and
more hnuaca to replace Ihone Ulat
were bomted out during the wan
and equally aware, even though he
head anclalut government, that
theae thlnga nnut be produced be
fore they can be poueued, aay In
a rather remarkable ieech In Uie
houae of commoiu:
"There haa been a failure on the
part of aome workera to real Ire that
shorter houra and higher wagra
nnut be matched by O HEATER
EJTOIIT."
i That li to nay. this mu.it be done
IP the Urltlbh people are to have
the thlnga thry want, if they are
willing to go on doing progressively
without the thlnga they want but
aren't producing, thry ran prob
ably muddle through aomehow, In
a skimpy, hungry economy i
...
TN an effort to grasp the full Im
port of what Altlee la trying to tell
hl people, let a are II We can aim
pllfy the situation . The modern In
dustrie! aystrra U ao complex tliat
when we look at la aa whole It
confuse tu. Mo lel'a go back to
the old desert taland illustration
Buppoae you and aay two oilier
people are caat away ou turn an
laland, There will be no alorea,
where you can go and buy what you
wait when you want It. But, being
crcaturea of habit and money being
one of the moat firmly Imbedded of
our modern hablla, you may decide
that you have to have MONEY be
fore you can get ahead. 80 you
agree that you will uae shells that
you pick up on the beach for money.
Having got Ulat far. It will occur
to you Immediately (ihlnklng along
the lines to which you have becomo
accuatomed In Uie modern civiliza
tion from which you were snatched
by the accident of shipwreck) that
you can raise your wnges as often
' and aa high aa you please and can
arrange your hours In any manner
you choose and make Ulcm as short
as your fancy dictates.
There will be nobody to kick.
There will be no wicked boss around
to any to you when you hit him up
for a raise: "Hell, nol I can't afford
It." If you want to kid yourselves
that you're rich by the simple device
of setting your dally whko at a
thousand sheila, with double lime
for hollduys, you enn go ahead and
do It. If two thousand shells a day
make you feel richer still, why, put
the scnle up to two thousand shells
and throw In triple pay for jover
time. y Who cares? Then) lit plenty of
shells on the bench.
TJPo this point, everything will be
lovely and the goose will hung
high. You'll wonder why nobody
ever thought of this before, and pnt
yourselves on the buck for being
grent thinkers.
IT will all work beautifully UNTIL
1 YOU GET HUNGRY.
When you begin to get hungry,
you will make for yourselves the
fundamental economic discovery
which up to now you'vo regarded as
simply the wicked doctrine, of ex
ploiters that unless you flslf
harder, longer and mora Intelligent
ly and climb more trees to get more
(Citnllnneil en I'afB S, Column Hl
Plane Crashes Into Flaming Waste-Gas
Burner, Carrying Four To Fiery Death
EVERETT. Mass., Aug. 7 (IV-A
small airplane plunged out of a fog
shrouded sky early today Into a
flaming waste-gas burner of a mon
ster oil plant carrying to fiery
death the ships four socially promi
nent oocupnnls aa the pilot appar
ently thought he was shooting down
Into brlghlly-lll Boston airport.
Tho dead were:
Thomas Mnndell, 411, treasurer of
Urn Ciii'i'lor-Mimdoll Air Condition
ing Gni'poi'iitlou or Boston unci son
of the Into George S. Mundcll, pub
lisher of the old Boston Transcript,
Mnndell's two debutnnto daugh
ters Anne. 33. nnd Harriot. 10. both
I of Boston.
Pilot NoInoii Pel), 33-ycur-olrt vet
eran filer and member of a social
ly prominent Long Island, N. Y
family.
WEATHER
M.i.'lAuiu.i III an 4I. .
Irrlilulla lail II kauri
swum Mar ! Il l
.I rear . 11.4a Nalmal II.SO
Itrtiiaill rtlr (Hilar, Irlaay.
I'lllCE flVK CENTS
46 Units On
Coppeck Bay
In Opening
The reclamation hureau has de
cided on 4.(1 humratead unlla, em
bracing 3100 acres of land, tor the
(upper bay opening alalrd for late
thla year.
Thla reprmenta less than half of
the land scheduled for eventual
homestead entry In the Coppeck
bay dlatrlrt. but today's announce
ment confirms reporta aome weeka
ago that the bureau did not expect
to get the entire area ready for thla
year's opening,
Copieck bay lira neur the 7400
acre unit oil Tulelnke where SO
veterans who won farma In the
drawing last December are now
growing good crops of barley, aeed
clover, alfalfa and potatoes. The
Coppeck bay land Is rich Tule lake
bottom land.
October I Dale
Regional director Richard L. Dke
of Uie reolamatlon service an
nounced that the official statement
on the opening will be made about
October 1 and receipt of applica
tions will close DO days Uiereafter.
While anyone may apply. World
War II veterans will have prefer
ence until the end of the M-day
period.
Veterans wishing to make appli
cations for the farm units should
request blanks from the V. H. Rec
lamation bureau offices In Klamath
t-'alla or Sacramento. Application
forma will be sent them shortly
after October I. Moke said that
veterans who have requested home
stead Information since the close
of the filing for the 1046 Tulelake
opening IriepU li. I00 or veter
ana on older mailing data who have
returned earda sent them by tne
bureau -signifying their intcreat In
new openings, should not write In
aialn. Thry are already on the
mailing Hate.
The Tule lake (Coppeck buy)
opening Is one of five now going on
or soon to start. totalniK 30.000
acres. The others are In Wyoming
and Arltona.
Fir Log Too
Big For Mill
COOS BAY, Ore., Aug. 7 i' A
huge Douglas fir log so big It can
not be handled by one of Oregon's
largest mills will be blasted In two
so It can go up the conveyor to Uie
saws.
The 38-foot stick Is 110 Inches In
diameter Just one Inch short of 10
feet. Ralph Llljeberg. Coos Buy
Lumber company mill foreman, snld
It was Uie largest he had seen in
14 years' experience.
Llljeberg said blnck powder would
be used to split the log In the mill
pond.
.Felled In Uie Sltkum forest and
brought here by rail, the log con
tains 13.5.13 board feet of lumber by
the Doyle Bcrlbner scale enough
to build three five-room houses.
Old Ford Still
Plugging Along
DETROIT. Aug. 7 m All 81-yenr-ald
Seattle couple on a cross
country auto trip gnve their 1031
model T Pord a rest today while
they toured tho Ford Motor Co.
domain here in luxurious, 1047
limousines.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hlclschcr,
who arrived yesterday doing a
snnppy .30 miles an hour In their
ancient auto, were the guests of the
Ford company on a visit to the
Rouge plant and Greenfield vil
lage. The octoRcnarlans have set Nova
Scotia as the goal of their 15.000
mlle excursion and will bo hoping
for 41 "good tallwlnd" which they
report helps them to burn up the
roads at 30 miles an hour.
Flying the Mandells back from
Montreal, Pell Is believed to have be
come lost In the murky early morn
ing fog and to havo mistaken the
lights flaring atop huge gasoline
stills of the Hcneon Oil company for
those of an airport, fire officials
said,
WWItncsHcs snld that tho small
Stlnson tilrcinft its motors silent
dropped Into tho mouth of the chlm-noy-llko
fiiiiinto "like- a dead pig
eon" nf Lor uiuTowly mlslng scvcrnl
towering tanks containing high ex
plosive petroleum products.
The furnace resembling a huge
brick alio rises about SO feet In the
middle of the oil plant. The small
plane was completely swallowed up
aa It dropped Into the 20-foot wide
"field burner."
TH l-O1 dOV.O'J"
o
imm
An unidentified woman (foreground) Ilea amid twisted timbers at the Good Time park, Goshen, N. Y
after aome temporary stands collapsed Just before the start of the Ilambletonlan trotting races. At
least 61 persons were injured, but none believed critically AP Wlrephoto.
Power Back .
After Break
PORTLAND, Aug. T.MT Power
service was back nearly to normal
In downtown Portland today after
a series of explosions that Jarred
S. W. SixUi avenue business build
ings and knocked out electrical con
nections. One after another 11 manhole
covers sailed Into the air from the
explosions yesterday. A few pe
destrians fell flat on Uie crowded
sidewalks. The rest ran for cover.
Only four suffered injuries, all of
minor nature.
A short-circuit In an under
ground line was blnmed for Uie
explosions, which cut three power
lines and knocked out an under
ground substation. Firemen bat
tled underground flames for an
hour after.
Some building elevators stopped.
Theatres went black. Two radio
stations were off the air for a
while.' Publication of the Oregon
Ian and Journal editions was dc
layed. Service was restored later
as Uie Pacific Power A: Light com
pany brought In power by alternate
lines.
"Pipe Down" .
Quiets Pipes
SEATTLE, Aug. 7 W') Pipe down,
police ordered.
80 His Majesty's consul to the
grent Northwest, George E. Vaughn,
Rcnr Adm. Ralph Wood. u.s.N.
(Rot.) and Robert Gillespie, busi
nessman, and Gillespie's son. Bruce,
promptly stopped their midnight
bagpipe music.
"Our Scottish highland gnmes nrc
Saturday," explained John L. Scott
their host, n promlnont renltor, to
policemen summoned by neighbors.
Wo re way behind on our practice.
"But we'll stop and .apologise to
our neighbors."
Admiral Wood was beating n
drum and the other three were
skirling- 0' the pipes, Scott said to
day. It was between midnight and
1 a. m. In the morning.
An explosion rocked the area as
the .plane crushed. Tho body of one
girl fell between the outer and Inner
walls of the great twin-walled brick
and steel cylinder. The other three
plunged Into the red-hot flaming in
terior mid were burned beyond re
cognition within a few minutes. ,
Tho Mundcll plnne was nn hour
and a halt ovorciuc, nt the Beverly
airport 15 miles away when It
crashed, leading flro officials to spe
culate Pell was' attempting an emer
gency lnnding.
Any chance to save the quartet
was hopeless, Wasto gas being
pumped Into the furnace was quick
ly shut off and then through emer
gency doors workers dragged with
long poles and hooks to recover the
remains of the victims as the inter
ior cooled. .
".J
-tl.LH, OREGON, T1IUKHDAY, AlGLhT 7, 1947 (Telephone (111) . No. 1103
- :
ftmfrol Owr Steels
Race Track Stands Collapse
Briton Blames Rising U.S.
Prices For British Crisis
IX)NDON. Aug, 7 iPh-A BrIUsh
oiflclul blamed rising American
prices and "the rapidly Increasing
surplus of U. S. exports over U. 8.
imports" today for Uie sudden wor
sening of Britain's economic crisis.
Britain's plight Is linked to a
"worldwide dollar famine" caused
by America's selling to foreign
countries more than twice as much
as she buys, the chancellor of Uie
exchequer, Hugh Dnlton, told Uie
house of commons.
Dalton was replying to criticisms
by conservatives and left wing so
cialists that the labor government
"squandered" the $3,750,000,000 U.
S loan and that Prime Minister
Attlce's new work-more-and-eat
less program promised "too UtUe,
too Inte." ,
Dalton disclosed that because of
Canada's dollar shortage Uie United
Canadian purchases and draw on
Its Canadian credit for Uie other
fifty per cent of the costs.
The lcftwlngers were discontented
from the U. S. loan lor h"if of Its
Kingdom has agreed to pay dollars
Gunshot Hurts
Macdoel Man
The , Klamath ' Ambulance scrvlceN
received a call at 3 p. m.. Wednes
day, to go to Macdoel, Calif., after
a man who was believed to have
been accidentally shot while sitting
in an automobile In front of the
Ideal restaurant.
The man. brought to Hillside hos
pital for trentment, gnve his name
ns Glenn W. McKlnnls. 39, of Ash
Innd. Hospital attendants say that
he Is suffering from a chest wound,
but Is not seriously Injured.
Rctha Patterson, slster-ln-lnw of
McKlnnls, and Donas Edscl were In
the restaurant and heard the shot
outside. McKlnnls is snld to have
kvnlked Into the restaurant and the
ambulance was called.
Landing Craft
Blows Up
BREMERTON, Aug. 7 (Pi A
small landing craft converted to
private use exploded while taking
on petroleum supplies at the Stan
dard Oil company dock here today.
Injuring six persons, all of whom
were rescued from the water where
they were thrown by the blost. j
Taken to local hospitals were:
Elroy McCnu, 'of Bremerton, iiiavy '
vafd fireman and the boat's owner: I
Dr. Duncan C. MncLcnnnn, a minis
ter: Mrs. MncLennan, his wife;
their daughter, Janet: Stanley
Allen and his son, Stanley Allen
Jr Addresses of Uie victims were
not Immediately available,
Jack Lcnliait of Bremerton, who
was standing about 50 yards from
the boat when It exploded, said Uie
heat wns so Intense that his shirt
collar was burned In two places.
The boat was virtually, demolished,
he said, adding that a navy tug
nearby extinguished the dock fire
which followed the blast.
because Uie announced reduction In
Britain's armed forces, under Uie
new plan would leave, more than
1.000,000 men. under arms by next
spring far more than Uie reduced
number they have been advocating
ever since they attacked Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin's foreign
policy last November.
The conservative opposition blast
ed the Attlee program on the
ground that It was "too little, too
late." They made three specific
points in their criticism:
1. They said Uie government was
dealing with Uie crisis too hurried
ly, at too late a time.
2. They said Uie plan was not de
tailed enough.
3. They said Uie government had
failed to give Uie country a full
statement of the peril it faces.
Chemult Auto
Court Sold
The Chemult Auto court is be
ing purchased by a Bend business
man in one of Uie largest property
transactions of recent weeks In
Klamath county, recordings at the
county clerk's office reveal.
Purchaser is Chester E. Taylor
and the seller Is Arthur J. Farla.
The selling price was $31,500.
Included In the sale were eight
cabins, a restaurant and filling sta
tion, all furnished. Faria agrees not
to open a restaurant or auto court
in Chemult for three years. Also
being bought by Taylor Is some
property across the highway owned
by Joe Bcllavane for $9000.
Goose Held As
Wonderful Pet.
NEW YORK. Aug. 7 (iPi Some
men take dogs for pets, a few take
cnts. but Harry Brown will take a
gander. A he-goose, that is.
Snapper, now 10 years old. is such
a friend-maker for Brown's poultry
market that an Insurance company
will pay Brown $100 If Snapper com
mits suicide or is lost through "war.
Invasion, rebellion, insurrection,
selsure or abduction."
The gander loves children, says
Brown. But he hates: the telephone;
the color bluer Jake. Brown's boy
assistant: all uniforms: the Scots
man next door.
Cat Clean But
Very, Very Dizzy
CHICAGO. Aug. 7 These
postwar improvements in home
appliances are too much for a
certain Chlqago cat.
This tnbby spied an open new
type side-door washing machine
In the home of Its mistress, nnd
decided the soiled clothes would
make a good bed.
i Later' the mistress dropped
some more laundry In the ma
chine and turned on .the motor.
When she stopped the washer
a half hour later, a very clean
but dizzy cat staggered out, and
went looking for a new, safer
sleeping place.
Exports To
Be Limited
By Ruling
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7 iPj The
United HUtes will revert October 1
to Its strict wartime controls over
steel export.
These require government ap
proval of both the country to re
ceive the metal and the oae there to
which It la to be put.
Since shortly after the war Amer
ican exporters have been permitted
to lump their orders and ask per
mission to ship a specific tonnage.
M. E. Sweeney, chief of the com
merce department's export control
division over general products, told
a reporter today the return to Uie
wartime allocation method is neces
sary because of Uie large sums Uie
United States Is spending on foreign
reconstruction.
Rebuilding First
First consideration In issuing ex
port licenses, Sweeney said, will be
given to requests for shipments
aimed at rebuilding basic industries
most likely to move Uie purchasing
nations back Into financial good
health.
Since the policy could result in-
direcUy, however, in coloring the
industrial pattern of nations now
dependent on American steel, the
commerce department is preparing
to consult with foreign governments
on that score as welL.
In explaining the decision to
clamp tighter controls over steel pro
duct, bweeney said:
"For the basic Industries of Europe
we would rather ship them, for in
stance, can making plants than tin
plate with which to can their per
ishable foods. On the other hand,
we'd rather send them tin-plate than
keep on sending food. An we'd also
rather send them tractors to pro
duce., their own fond. Our whnlp
i tirivm ' I tn ant thm Hanlr tt -ten-
ducing tor themselves."
Globe-Girdling
Flight Starts
CHICAGO. Aug. 7 (Pi William P.
Odom, 27-year-old former British
ferry command officer, took off at
12:53 p. m. (CDT) today in his con
verted twin-engine army bomber In
an effort to halve Uie late Wiley
Post's 1933 solo globe circling time
record.
While a handful of spectators at
Douglas airport shouted good
wishes, Odom. piloting Uie "Rey
nolds Bombshell," started off on
the twice-postponed flight with a
bag of chicken sandwiches and some
fresh oranges and tomatoes.
The plane, with about a two
thirds load of gasoline, gained alti
tude swiftly, circled Uie field, and
headed toward Gander. Newfound
land, the first scheduled stop, aided
by a 30 mile an hour tallwind.
UN Speeds
Balkan Query
LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 1 VP)
Spurred on by Greece's warning that
she would be swept into the Russian
sphere unless the United Nations
acted, security council delegates to
day explored new avenues in efforts
to reach agreement on quelling Bal
kan disorders.
Greek Ambassador Vassili Den
dramls said Russia's veto of the
American plan for a watch-dog com
mission in Uie troubled Balkans
clearly indicated Moscow's aim.
"The object is to give Uie appear
ance of a solution and to lull the
world into a false sense of security
until it is too late until one more
country has been reduced to vas
salage," Dendramls told the dele
gates last night In one of the blunt
est attacks ever made on Russia in
the council chamber. '
Fire Fighters
Battle Blaze
A fire burning on the Klamath In
dian reservation" had covefed about
four acres of virgin timber In the
Little Yamsay unit by noon today,
according to reports.
The Klamath Forest Protective as
sociation got news of Uie, fire from
the lookout on Bear buttb at 10:12
a. ni. Thursday and sent two men
Immediately to Investigate. The blaze
was too much for this limited crew
and the Indian service fire fighters
wero called to assist.
Tho Indian service plane was
circling the location, guiding volun
teer assistants to the spot.
Reports Find
! '.i
Dr. F. Bruce Russell, a reUred
Los Angeles psychoanalyst, is pic
tured in Los Angeles aa he de
scribed his discovery on the Colo
rado deaert of what be described
aa an ancient cifllizaUon, whose
men were eight or nine feet talL
AP wirepboto.
Santiago Hit
By Earthquake
HAVANA. Aug. 7 Oft One man
died of a heart attack and thirty
persons suffered Injuries as the sit;
of Santiago was shaken six Umes
yesterday afternoon and last night
by earthquakes.
The populace of Cuba's second
city (pop. 120.000) remained out of
doors all night in fear that their
homes would collapse. Most of the
city's houses showed cracks today as
s result of the earth's movement.
The first tremor was felt at 3:03
p. m. (EST) yesterday and the last
at 12:45 a. m. today.
Most of the Injuries were classified
as light.
Jews Decree
WorkStoppage
. 'JERUSALEM. Aug. 7 OPr-Jewish
leaders decreed a complete three
hour work stoppage this afternoon in
protest against the internment by
British authorities of three Jewish
mayors and some 40 other Jews for
Uie avowed purpose of checking ter
rorism. Violence continued meanwhile.
British authorities announced that
12 oil tank cars were wrecked by a
mine explosion at Ras El Ain, be
tween Tel Aviv and Haifa. The blast
ripped up 300 yards of railway track,
but caused no casualties, the an
nouncement said.
An extraordinary meeting of Vaad
Leuml (Uie Jewish national council)
and other leaders decided upon Uie
work stoppage in the Jewish areas of
Uie Holy Land. They ordered all
Jewish traffic halted and all Jewish
shops, restaurants and places of
amusement closed from 3 p. m. to 5
p. m.
Student, Teacher
Killed In Crash
KELSO. Wash., Aug. 7 (IP) A
student pilot and his instructor were
killed yesterday when their light
plane, engine sputtering, crashed in.
to a pasture a quarter-mile from
Uie Kelso airport
Allen Blackwell, 21, Kelso, Uie stu
dent, was Instantly killed and the
Instructor, David E. Davidson, Long
view, died later in a Longview hos.
pltal from internal injuries.
9 o'clock
I L.
;2J i iw it
i
Though the harvest season Is not In full swing, farmers are begin
ning to deliver grain to the Pacif le Cooperative warehouse on Spring
street, the 9 o'clock photog discovered this morning. In the picture Lee
Pool Is shown dumping a sack of grain from his track Into a hopper
to be carried to the proper '
' . . -.'r i
Hughes Hits
At Brewster
Testimony
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (If)
Howard Hughe today challenged
Senator Brewster (K-Me.) to re
peat under oath a press statement
by Brewater that an airline hoateas
was afraid to travel alone with
Hughes In his private airplane.
Tbe plane manufacturer iaaoed
the challenge after Inviting the
senate war investigating commit
tea to stack againat each other the
records of Brewater and Hughs)
for "telling tha truth."
Hoghe referred to the alrlln
hoatea Incident a a "smear ram
paign." And he said the senators ought
to look at their reputations when
deciding whether he or Brewster
Is telling the truth In their con
troversy over an airlines merger
proposition.
Denies Charge
With both under oath, Hughes
has charged and Brewster had de
nied that the senator once offered
to call off Uie senate investigation
of Hughes' $40,000,000 wartlm
plane contracts if ha (Hughes) .
would agree to merge his Trans
World Airlines with Pan Ameri
can.
Hughe said that after he bad
revealed that his private airplane
carried Brewster and Senator
Bricker IR-Obio) from Washing
ton to Columbus, O., last February,
that Brewster told newsmen In
Washington that a TWA hostess
on this ride had confided that "an
absolutely refused to be alone with
me."
"I wonder why It was necessary '
to bring Uie name of this girl Into
this." Hughes said.
Then he offered a sworn affi
davit by Harriet Applewlck, a TWA
hostess, which termed the Brew
ster charges "absolutely untrue."
He asked that Senator Brewster
be requested to answer this ques
tion:
"Are you willing to state under
oath whether you made the state
ment to the press?"
To Reply Later
Chairman Ferguson (R-Mlch.)
accepted affidavits of Miss Apple
wick and M. E. Bell, captain of Uie
Hughes ship, and Indicated Brew
ster would get V chance to reply .
later.
The hearing was punctuated by
frequent flare-ups of tamper. Once,
Ferguson accused Hughes of "try
liig to .discredit?', the committee.;,;
The" outburst from the chairman
of Uie subcommittee came after
Hughes during a turbulent session
in Uie witness chair:
Accused Uie committee of being
"unfair" by firing cross, questions
at him but not at Senator Brew
ster (R-Me.) whom Hughes charges
once attempted to "blackmail" him
Into agreeing to an airlines merger.
Called a "pack of lies" Brew
ster's denial that there Is any
truth In Uie "blackmail" story.-
Finally. Ferguson flared np.-
"We appreciate what you are
trying to do here indicates clearly
you are trying to discredit the
committee," Ferguson said in
measured phrases. "That means
the Integrity of the United States
senate Is at stake."
Medford Youth
Is Fire Hero '
EPHRATA. Wash.. Aug: 7 () A
22-year-old Medford, Ore., war vet
eran, Gerlad Fierllng. was credited
today with saving Uie lives of five
persons, including three children!
from a fire which swent through a
six-unit temporary apartment house
here yesterday.
Clad only in bathing trunks, Fier
llng guided the panic-stricken sur
vivors to safety while the flames ate
at the building. All of his own house
hold furnishings were destroyed: '
Officials of the bureau of reclama
tion, which operated the building,
estimated damage at $20,000.
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