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the downward putli load lu another
irp, mid In time your frlomU begin
lo stunt you, iiolnii around tho bloik
when they eo you coming mid bo
hind your buck iiolntliig you uul a
a horrible exumpla of what failure
lo control ouo boscr appetite can
lead to.
Hut, having taken that fatal first
duwuwitrd trp In till ooluinn yo
Irrdiiy, here goes lor anotllrr (hut
In the mm.
TIIKKK came one winter to our
i llttlo town In the lush cornluml
nf the MiMotirl river bottoms an
evangcllnt named Iltirrrlt mid hli
miter, bearing the nuino nf l'ott.
Barrett quite a (Inure along Uie
sawdust trail, a the evuiutclut cir
cuit mi thru referred lo among the
1cm godly, mid hi coming crculrd
quite splash III Uie village. It
o.iiewlnil M If, In thrnc days. Hilly
Hose Diamond llornenhoe or Utc
Hunk Club liould will out it road
compuny to do the tank towns.
A word of explanation U really
In order here, for It Hi probublc Uml
no member of lhl iieo-ltooncvclt
(enerntlon ever h e r d of mi
evangelist-singer truiii. The itood
one cnrrlrd advance agents, who
traveled nt Irunl u month rnieud of
the Htnrit. They would come Into
town mid hold s conference with
the better people nt which cumuli
money would be luld uu the Hue to
build what win known tuber-nai-le.
The tabernacle wait built tuually
nf rough boardu, donated preferably
by the leading building material
dealer. The dirt floor would be
prluklcd to depth of my tlx
inches with sawdu.il. Hence Uie
term "uwdul trail." It would be
provided Willi stage, and furnlihcd
with hard benches without back.
Titer would be enough round
bellled coal lovc to mine the In
terior temieraluro well above the
aweallng point. The better people
having thu done Uielr part, every
Uilng waa all et to go after Uie
unregenerate.
Tint obJecUv wa lo bring Uit un
regenerate to Uie mourner
bench. A the day paued and Uie
inner were conquered one by one.
Interest In Uie gayer dog who held
out to Uie laat waxed and (welled.
Around th tove In Uie grocery
lore, talk inch at till would be
rife:
"Yon reckon Barrett goin' to gll
. ld Hank tonight Look ' me he
, nun' shaky."
"No-o-o-o," someone would put in
1 Judiciously. "Hank ain't gain' to cave
In before Saturday night, You-all
knows Hank never come down to
Uie bench utl he's good and ure
he's done had all Uie glory thai'
eomln' to him."
And so It would go oh until the
wicked had been made to see Uie
error of Uielr ways and Uie com
munity had been spiritually forti
fied to face Uie trials and Uie perils
of another year.
BARRETT was a great practical
Joker. One day he brought lo Uie
boarding house where ho dwelt
along with the unattached young
blade and good-looking school
leschers of Uie town a trick gadget
lisped much like a 30-30 cartridge
and bearing a little knob at the side.
There was a eep-hule at Uie top
and when Invited to look through It
you saw picture In silhouette. The
Idea was to urge the victim to turn
the knob and bring other pictures
Into view. When he compiled, a
tiny stream of water squirted Into
his eye and everybody Inughrd up
roariously. Barrett find been caught at the
drugstore down town, and had
" promptly bought ono to work the
gag on somebody elo. Unwisely, he
neglected to look through the peep
hole himself.
At the bonrdlng house Uiblc, he
at next to the high school prin
cipal, a young woman ever severer
In disposition than her exuding
responsibilities actually required.
. Barrett was no more than settled In
his chair when he produced his new
possession and Invited Miss Slcforl
to have a look. She looked, and
having looked she flushed an angry
red, and when Barrett Invited her
to twist the knob she froze him
with a stare. "No thank you," she
said Icily.
It developed when Uie uncomfort
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House Passage Of Tax Cut
Bill Seen By OOP Leaders
WASHINGTON, Jan. 36 (Ay-Republican
leaders sulci today they ex
pect to whip Uielr (0,300,000,000 tax
cutting bill to house pnsmige with
"substiinllnl" democratic help nud
Hit loss of not more than three
OOP votes.
liven so, however, sumo of them
look for the hiniHti to full on the
flint test to roll up tho two to one
nuu Kin needed to enact legislation
over n presidential veto.
Before liny balloting begins In
the house, tho ways and means com
mittee has to do somo preliminary
voting to get the bill to the floor
foi debate. Commit Ice members
uric rounded up to stmt the show
down today.
Chairman Knulson iH-Mhin.i,
author nf the hill, predicted to a re
pcrler It will bo approved "as Is,"
perhaps late today or maybe tomor
row. ' Uebato la slated to get under way
In the house Thursday mid a vote
Is ticketed for next Monday.
Both tho republican and demo
ant Ic Icadorihlps were In agree
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Tlili plrturv kIiowb tlir tllnlnf hall mi Orrxon Vomtluriftl chool Saturday when 469 farmer from four counties of Oregon and California,
gathered there: for the Mill annual meeting of the Klamath Production Credit awoclatlon. The members heard reports lhowlng the excellent
condition of the a mux-I lion, reelected Kd iery and Lee llolliday to the board of director!, and learned a great deal about the OVS from
VYI rift ton Purvlne, the director. Lee MrMullen. tecrcUry-treakurrr, announced the resignation of Ray Mfchels as his assistant, and the ap
pointment of J. Merlon Hteln to the job.
Temperature
Drops To 15
A cold wind whipped the Klamath
basin Sunday and local resident
who have been boasting of "banana
belt" weaUier here In January, took
buck Uielr words. The temperature
Uils morning dropped to Is degrees,
coldest for Uie monUi thu far.
Maximum reading Sunday was St
degrees.
More cold weather was In store
for Uie basin area, according to Uie
U. S. weatherman. Plummeting tem
peratures are In prospect for the
entire stale of Oregon with Uie
weather bureau at Portland fore
casting tero tradings In Uie Baker
ijiUrande - Meacham region. The
forecast waa for continued clear
skies with no rain or snow In pros
peot for Uie next 48 hour.
The expected minimum for east
of Uie Cascades wa from lero lo
10 degrees. Mlnlmuma today 1 n -eluded:
Meacham, 7; Baker, B;
Burns and Lakevlew, 13; Klamath
Palls and Bend. IS; Pendleton and
Siskiyou summit, II; Eugene and
Ruseburg, 3D; Salem, 38; Port
land, 3S.
Mines Blast
Arabs In Bus
JERUSALEM. Jan. 38 MV-Officials
said Uiree persons were In
jured today when two mine blasted
an Arab bus outside Bethlehem.
Jewish sources said 13 Arab were
Injured on fatally when Jew
llred on the bus, which was over
turned by Uie expiations.
In Iliilfu, sixth airborne troops
found "a large quantity of ammuni
tion" In a house In the Arab quarter,
offlclnls mlrt, They said 33 Arabs
were arrested.
Out.ikle Jerusalem 300 Arabs bat
tled Jewish convoy guards yester
day until British armored cars
broke up the skirmish. At least 10
Jews and two Arabs were reported
killed.
Arab sources said Uie fight began
when Jewish advance convoy guard
encountered Arabs mining Uie sec
tion of highway which cuts through
the Judcan hills.
Police (aid of Uie 35 Jewish
guards Involved, four were killed,
10 were missing and three were
wounded,
Unofficial figures show 980 per
sons have lost their lives since Uie
United Nations voted November 39
to partition Uie Holy Land.
ment that the vote on passage will
not reach two-thirds proportions,
A top OOP official, who did not
want his name mod, sited up Uie
piospccts this way:
"Wo will lose two or three repub
lican votes at the most. We'll get a
substantial vote from the demo
crats but I don't think we'll get
two-thirds and we aren't trying for
It
"We aren't retreating an Inch
from plans to pass the bill over a
veto. But It doesn't count to get
two-thirds now. We'll got It when
It does count. That will be on the
bill that finally goes to the White
House after the senate makes some
changes and we reach a compro
mise." Rep. McCormack it)-Muss.), who
rounds up party votes as democrat
ic whip, also predicted there will
bo no two-thirds vote next Mon
day. But his reason was different:
"The republicans would try two
thirds If they could get It. But they
know they can't because they won't
get enough democratic votes."
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Witnesses To
Shooting Questioned Today
Several witneiucs lo the Friday
afternoon shooting of 45-year-old
Robert Theodore Melaus are being
quesUoned today by District At
torney Clarence Humble and slate
police, and Jamea Elta Wyatt, 31,
Is still booked at the county Jail
J for murder. A formal charge prob
I ably will be placed against him to
day. I Jim Sullivan, who lived In Uie
railroad Jungle shanty with Melaas
and Wyatt and who disappeared Im
mediately after Uie shooting, was
Snow Survey"
Experiment Set
MEDKORD. Jan. 36 P The snow
surveys along the Cascade summit
tins winter will be made by a party
traveling Uie 600-mile range In sno
cats and trailers.
R. A. Work, senior engineer direct
ing Uie department of agriculture
survey usually performed by 34 snow
surveyors traveling by ski or snow
shoe, said Uie experiment would In
volve a crew of six men.
The party will leave Ashland on
March 19 and expect to reach Hood
River on April 3 after measuring
Uie snow depth on 36 course along
Uie route. The measurements are
made to determine Uie amount of
water runoff expectable for Irrlga
Uon project areas.
Work said gasoline and supplies
were cached along Uie route before
heavy snow covered the mountains.
Accompanying Work will be An
drew H. Brown and John Fletcher,
staff writer and photographer of Uie
National Oeographlc society: R. B.
Brandstead, head of Uie soil con
servation service visual section,
Portland: Q. F. Sturdevant, Oregon
farm experimental station, Medford;
and Morris Tucker, whose company
manufactures the snn-cats that will
haul the trailers of supplies and
equipment.
Stastny Quits
Water Post
MALIN. Jan. 36 After 38 years
of continuous service as secretary
of Uie Malln Irrigation district, M.
M. Stastny has submitted his resig
nation. Replacing Stastny will be
Mark Evans, who has served on the
board for Uiree years and been pres
ident two years.
Stastay attempted to resign three
year ago, but the board asked him
to continue until a suitable secre
tary could be found.
The retiring secretary was one of
the organizers of the Malln irriga
tion district, mid ha worked con
sistently for Its good. He has pledged
continued Interest In tho district
work,
Stastny, a former Malln school
principal, Is also a member of the
Malln community park board and
recreation district.
Teacher Strike
Looms In Chicago
CHICAGO, Jan. 36 (P) A teach
er strike threat hung ovor the city
council's finance committee In Its
scheduled meeting today on ap
proval of a record $1)7 072,000 public
school tax levy for 1948.
Tho committee deterred action on
the school budget in a meeting
Thursday with the result that Uie
board of education was unable to
Issue salary checks to the 14,000
teachers and 9000 other employes
tor the two week period ended Jan
uary 16.
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located by state police In a down
town hotel, and wa to tell his
version of the fray to the district
attorney.
Another witness, Ray Wlllisoru
who lived In another hut of Uie
"shantytown" off Uie Great North
ern tracks south of town, I also be
ing questioned, as Is Henry Nelson.
Wllllson and Nelson first reported
the shooting to iht police.
Two other men, Joe Butler and
Oeorge Rlcha, are serving 10-day
Jail sentences for being drunk, and
are considered malarial witnesses.
Slate police said 8ulhvan waa an
eye-witness, stale 4m was stttlng on
a bench In front of the cabin, not
10 feet from where Uie shooting
took place about 4:15 p. m. Friday.
Melaas died without saying any
thing either pertaining to Uie shoot
ing or printable, police said, and
Wyatt maintains he cannot re
member shooting Melaas. They had
been drinking wine at the shanty
and their argument was over some
money belonging to Melaas which
Wyatt allegedly stole.
Munk Talk
Due Tuesday
A large crowd Is expected to meet
at the Klamath Union high school
auditorium Tuesday night to hear
Dr. Frank Munk speak on "Inside
Eastern Europe."
The bi-monthly KUHS music de
partment radio broadcast over sta
tion KFLW, broadcast from Uie
auditorium, will be from 7:30 to 8
p.m. for early comers. At 8 p.m. a
KUHS music group will sing, and
Dr. Munk will speak at 8:15.
Sponsoring Dr. Munk's appear
ance here are a number of service
groups Including Uie American As
sociation of University Women,
Soroptlmlsts, Business and Profes
sional Women, League of Women
Voters, Quota club. Rotary club,
Junior chamber of commerce, 30-30
club. Lions and Klwanls.
In Uie audience will be a group
of Junior and senior high school
students who are members of a
special social economics forum
sponsored by KUHS Instructors,
Mrs. Clarence Humble. "Paul Deller,
Everett Vanderpool and Mrs. A. H.
Patterson Jr.
Mrs. Aaron Hoffman of the
American Association of University
Women Is general chairman. The
public Is Invited and the affair
will be' free of charge.
Oil Export
Ban Asked
WASHINGTON, Jan. 36 tPi An
Immediate ban on all exports of
petroleum products was recommend
ed today by the house Interstate
commerce committee.
The action Is necessary, the com
mittee reported to the house, be
cause of too optimistic estimates ot
supplies, the weather, and "the grav
ity of the outlook In oil supplies in
the event of a war emergency."
The committee recommended also
that:
1. Earlier suggestions for curtail
ing the use of oil in government
buildings be carried out.
3. No further foreign petroleum
commitments be made pending a
review of "the degree of confidence
which we Justifiably may have in
Imports and foreign reserves,"
3. New funds and authority be
given the Interior department for
acceleration of Uie program for de
veloping oil from coal and shale.
4. Congress create a Joint com
mittee lo formulate a national fuel
policy.
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DeLap Seeks
Re-Nomination
County Clerk Charles DeLap de
clared today for re-nomination by
republicans for the office he now
holds.
DeLap has been clerk for one term
of four years, but under his father,
Uie late C. R. DeLap, he served as
deputy clerk off and on for 30 years.
His father was clerk from July 1,
1908 to January 1, 1933.
County Clerk DeLap was born In
Klamath county. In a house which
stood at the present-day site of Uie
Klamath Valley hospital.
L-P JKUby,-wlio has been men-
Uoned as a democratic possibility
for county clerk, said definitely to
day that he does not Intend to run.
Venison Leads
To Jail Terms
Two men were given Jail sen
tences and one oUier a stiff fine
this morning In Justice court on
possession of venison charges after
being arrested by state police yes
terday. MacDonald Coleman, 33. of 1920
Worden, and Louis Penna. 47.
Klamath annex, each were fined
$109 or 50 days In Uie county Jail
when they pleaded guilty to illegal
possession of deer meat and being
drunk on a public highway.
Slate police said Uie deer had
been killed on the Oreensprings.
Both are in Jail.
Elmer Lowry, 46, of Pelican City,
pleaded guilty to having no hunt
ing license, hunting during a closed
season and illegal possession of
venison, and was given time to pay
a fine totaling $334.
Flying Boat
Crashes, Sinks
VANCOUVER, B.C.. Jan. 26 (CP)
Prompt action of the pilot was
credited today for the safety of his
three-man crew aboard an 18-pas-senger
Vickers flying boat which
caught fire Sunday, crash landed
and sank off Rock bay, 140 miles
north of here. There were no pas
sengers aboard.
Pilot W. J. Peters of the Queen
Charlotte Airlines landed the air
craft close to the shore and all
escaped from the flaming plane
uninjured. A short time later they
were taken aboard a logging com
pany tug.
The fire started in the port en
gine nacelle. The crew exhausted
flre-ftghUng equipment aboard and
the plane sank shortly after land
ing. Pilot Peters and his crew Co
pilot Walter BirUand, Flight En
gineer Kip Lace and Crew Chief
Nairn, all of Vancouver were on
a ferry flight from Forward Har
bor, bringing the plane here for a
cliock-up.
Cold Weather
Brings Story
BALTIMORE, Jan. 26 oPi Au
thorities speculated whether the
cold weather had prompted a 51-year-old
man to walk into Central
police station last night and say
he had robbed a Detroit bank of
$47,000 a year ago.
I.t. Fred Johnson queried Detroit
police and was told there was no
record of a bank robbery a year ago
and no bank In Detroit with a name
resembling that given by the self
styled robber.
However, noting that the temper
ature outside was 33 degrees. Lt.
Johnson allowed him to remain In a
cell for the night.
27 Killed
In Sunday
Disturbance
MANILA. Jan. 26 'Pi Another
strong earthquake shook the
battered city of Iloile on the Central
Philippines island of Panay at 10:12
p. m. tonight (9:12 a. m. Eastern
Standard Time), followed by sec
ondary shocks which lasted four
minute.
The city already had been dam
aged heavily and 27 death were re
ported in a series of heavy quakes
which rocked it over a period of
four hour before dawn Sunday,
followed by moderate shocks which
continued up to noon today.
The newest tremors terrorized a
population whose nerves already
were at the breaking point.
People rushed into the streets in
night dress and huddled in public
plazas.
The night was shrill with cries
of separated mothers and children
as thousands scampered into open
spaces.
Camp Out
Many prepared to camp the re
mainder of the night rather than
return to building where they
feared shock-damaged walls might
collapse.
Previously many of the citya
population of 125.000 had fled to
the countryside.
Possibility of a higher fatality
toll was Indicated. Meager reports
from Panay Island, said two families
were burled alive by a big landslide
at Hanlni on the southwestern
coast.
Near Miagao. a seacoast town.
bodies of two fishermen believed to
hare been' drowned a a tidal wave
hit the southern coast of Hollo prov
ince were recovered.
Fear mounted In hard-hit Ilollo
eitv with each new tremor. On
request of Hollo's mayor, the Philip.
pines weather bureau informed resi
dents the tremors were aftershocks
and not destructive.
Yawning fissures paralyzed over
land traffic and exposed smashed
water mains in Iloilo. In one
suburb a deep crevice 90 yards long
and a yard wide was reported send
ing geysers of water and black sand
as high as nearby coconut palms.
Crowd Jams
Crater Lake
Despite a cold wind which blew
through Crater Lake national park
Sunday, rangers checked In 238 cars
carrying 985 people, they reported
early today. Sunday was the 17th
consecutive clear day in the park,
continuing a record in park history
for clear January days. Maximum
temperature Sunday was 37 degrees;
minimum this morning, 7; at 8 a. m.
today, 11 degrees.
Skiing was very poor Sunday due
to icy trails, and Uie trails and
slopes will remain poor until Uie
next storm, park rangers advised.
There were skiers out, however,
and three accidents were reported
over the week-end. Carmen Craft,
17-year-old Grants Pass girl, suf
fered an abrasion of Uie right leg
near the ankle when she fell on the
novice . trail, the Icy snow cutting
throug her clothing. On Saturday
Bob DeArmond. known here as cen
ter on the 1947 Medford football
team, suffered a wrenched knee
while skiing near the Medford ski
lift,
A Klamath man, Neil Palmer. 28.
3135 Eberleln, was painfully hurt
while riding a toboggan on Sollnsky
hill near headquarters. Palmer suf
fered a sprained right knee and pos
sible fracture when his foot caught
In Uie crusty snow and he slipped
from the toboggan. Park officials
applied first aid and splinted Pal
mer's leg before he was returned
home by members of his party. Pal
mer Is a bureau of reclamation em.
ploye and brother of Harold Palmer
of the KUHS faculty.
Galapagos Island
Volcano Erupts
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26 (iPy A
5000-foot volcano on the north end
of Isabella, laraest. nf thu riniini.
gos Island group, erupted in mld
mornlng Saturday with a miniature
Biklni-llke smoke mushroom, radio
advices received her anlH tnHav TV..
Galapagos are about 700 miles east
oi acuuaor.
The eruption was continuing un
diminished, reported Frank AHom.
radio operator aboard the Sari
uiego, calir. tuna clipper. Endeavor,
anchored nearbv at Albemarle reef.
Adams Said riavtlnm nhsArvaHnn
was restricted by smoke and hane
but that flaming lava flowing east
wards outlined the whole moun
tainside after dark. He said the last
confirmed eruption of the unnamed
volcano was believed to be In 1925
Hart Mt. Is
Site Where
Meteor Hit
7TUGENE, Jan. 26 (IP) The Hart
mountain region of Southern Ore
gon should produce meteorites
showered over the area by the ex
plosion of Uie "Green Dragon"
meteor that flashed across Uie night
sky on December 30.
Astronomer J. Hugh Pruett. Pa
cific coast director for the American
Meteor Society, reported today he
had completed studies of 43 de
tailed report from witnesses of the
spectacle and had plotted Uie course
of the meteor.
Pruett said the meteor broke
apart In two bursts at about 150,000
feet altitude, which should have
showered Uie Hart mountain sector
with small particles.
The astronomer and Dr. A. H.
Kunz. University of Oregon faculty
member and an associate director
of Uie meteor society, have dubbed
Uie meteor which created excite
ment in Southern Oregon and
Northern California towns a "Green
Dragon Meteor." All witnesses re
ported it appeared green a it swept
westward and broke apart.
There is no doubt that Uie Hart
mountain region is now well
sprinkled with valuable meteorites,"
Pruett said. "Since only three
meteorites have been found and
identified in Oregon, It is to be
hoped some of these fragments will
be discovered."
Red Scorns
Jap Policy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 of
Soviet Ambassador Alexander S.
Panyushkin is critical of Uie Job the
allies are doing to prevent a rebirth
of militarism In defeated Japan.
The new Russian envoy told a re
porter In hi first formal Interview
here that he want to draw serious
attention to Uie record of Uie 11
naUon Far Eastern commission in
promoting democracy In Japan.
"In this regard Uie situation can
not be considered as satisfactory,''
he said.
In addition to his duties as am
bassador, Panyushkin also serves as
Russian representative on Uie com
mission which supervises allied oc
cupation policy toward Japan.
His criticism was interpreted by
diplomatic officials as the possible
prelude to a full-fledged Russian at
tack within Uie commission against
Uie policies carried out by General
Douglas MacArthur.
L -In replying On person-to a erW
of questions submitted In writing
by this reporter 24 days earlier,
Panyushkin also struck out at what
he considers discrimination by Uie
United States government against
Soviet-American trade. He said
Uils Is something "certain circles"
In the United States are trying to
develop.
Police Probe
2 Burglaries
City police are investigating two
burglaries, one of a business and the
other of a residence, which took
place either yesterday afternoon or
last night.
The business house entered was
Uie George Bodenhamer saw and
repair shop at 251 E. Main, where
a small safe was punched open. Bo
denhamer reported Uie loss at some
$5 worth of change and a 17-Jewel
pocket watch.
Entry was made by prying open
a back door. Tools In the shop were
used In wrecking Uie safe.
The residence entered was that of
Ralph D. Jones, 401 Jefferson, where
about $30 In change and currency
was taken. Mrs. Jones reported that
the prowler ripped open a screen
and broke a window to get In. The
house was ransacked.
Samuel Ackerman Killed
In Central Point Smash-Up
Samuel Henry Ackerman, 59, for
22 years a Klamath Falls resident,
was killed Instantly at 8:15 a. m.
Sunday one mile west of Central
Point on Uie Pacific highway when
his car struck an Icy spot on the
road and overturned.
Painfully injured was his wife,
Dorotha, who was moved to Uie
Community hospital in Medford tor
treatment of bruises and shock.
There were no witnesses to Uie
fatal accident but Medford state po
lice said Ackerman machine skid
ded sideways lor some distance be
fore lt overturned, pinning Acker
man beneath the car. Mrs. Acker
man was released last night from
the Medford hospital and was moved
to her home in Klamath Falls.
Final rites for Ackerman will be
held from Uie Earl Whltlock Fu
neral home, services to be announc
ed later.
Ackerman was a native of Czecho
slovakia and came to Uie United
States 47 years ago. He owned and
operated the Ryte-Way tailor shop
here and also Ackerman Courts.
Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman were en
route to visit In Grants Pass at the
time of the accident.
In addition to his wife, the for
mer Dortha Elliott Reed, Mr, Ack
erman Is survived by throe sons,
Robert H. of Tulelake, Richard W.
of Merrill, A. Sherman, ot Klamath
Falls, and two daughters, Mrs.
Dorothy A. Rawson of Sacramento,
Mrs. Sylvia H. Baldwin of Port
land, and Uiree step-daughters, Mm.
Ben Burgess, Carol and Jackie Reed.
New England
Still Under
Snow Cover
By The Associated Press
The third cold wave within a week
moved Into the north central part
of the naUon today as the death
toll of the second, allll gripping iLj
South and East, reached 60.
A weather bureau forecaster said
the new aub-zero air mass, which
moved southeastward from Canada
into Uie great plains farther west
than the first two would keep th
Midgest and Upper AUanUo coastal
region frigid at least until mid
week. The new wave's effect was not
expected to be felt In the south
eastern part of Uie country, how
ever, and probably will not bring;
lower temperatures than already
haveb een experienced In Uie cold
wave series. .
27 Below
Watertown. 8. D. had th. n.ilnn-.
lowest official temperature this
morning 27 below uro. The Ohio
valley had a second successive bit
ter sub-zero night with the official
low of 6 reported at Columbus,
O. and Louisville, Ky., and much
lower unofficial readings In hilly
Southeastern Ohio. The Northwest
em states had a low of 20 at Blng.
miuvuu, . j., wnn 12 at Albany,
N. Y 11 at Portland, Me. and 8
at Hartford, Conn.
Moderating of temrjeraturen In th.
still chilly South was reported with
aioone, Ala., which recorded 22
above Sunday having a 34-degrea
minimum today. Milder weather waa
expected to reach Uie South Atlan
tic coast by Tuesday night.
Another storm, developing in the
Southwest, had brought snow and
freezes rain to Texas and was mor
lng eastward across the southern
states, already chilled by snow and
Kubfreezlng temperatures over the.
week-end.
Meauwhlle, little or no relief was
In sight for New England and other
Eastern seaboard states where soma
points were digging out of an ac
cumulation of snow measuring mora
than 20 Inches.
Foreign Aid !
Ruckus Looms
WASHINGTON, Jan. 36 WV
Senator Bridges (R-N. H.) declared
todajt4hat.Jriident Truman aenl
congress a -pnoney Budget" cover
ing Uie foreign aid program. j
The New Hampshire lawmaker
told reporters Uie presidential budg
et "covers up" $3,300,000,000. Ha
talked with them immediately
after a meeting of the conference:
of an republican senators.- He said
he had called attention of the con
ference "to the phoney budget set
up as far as foreign aid la con
cerned." . i
Bridges is chairman of the senate
appropriations committee which
will pass on actual appropriations
for the so-called Marshall Euro
pean recovery program If congress)
votes for the United States to
undertake the huge aid program. J
i
Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26 (JP
(USDA) Potatoes: 3 broken, 10
unbroken cars on track; arrivals
California 4, Nevada 4, Idaho 2,
Oregon 2; 1 car arrived by truck;
market firm; Klamath Russets No.
I-A, $4.50; Long Whites. No. 1-A,
$4.35; Idaho Russets, No. 1-A deliv
ered, $4.90.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 (IP)
(USDA) Potatoes: 20 broken,
unbroken cars on track; arrivals-
California 5, Oregon 4, Maine 3, Ida
ho 10, Utah 3; 9 cars arrived by
truck; market firm to slightly
stronger; Idaho Russets No. 1-A
$4.65-80; 1 car large size $5.00. . 1 :
They reside at Uie family home.
1030 Upham. ,
Ackerman's body was to be brought
here from the Conger-Morris mor
tuary In Medford. i
Mr. Ackerman was an active mem
ber of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, Aerie 2090, and was a mem
ber of Uie degree team. .
Victim
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8AM ACKERMAJ