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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1948)
M1 rail mm MI Day's Jews mr'nqri it n n ("- ' ly H1ANK JKNKINM H Uruuriil Electric rcftrurcli jirii llat tells New York section of the American Chciiilcul society this morning thnt the tlmo muy be near when wo cull predict the weather by looking nl anowlliikr. It's dlflrlCllt lllllll goonc-bollcs uml groundhog aluulows. Hnowllukra in ilivlilnl Inlo nine geiii'i'iil types, ho auys. Kuril lytic In related u a certain ulr condition. Wo already know the great ulr curntiila In fluence weather condition, pro icmiiilly. A certain ulr lunilillon loroltlla a curium kind of weather. Ho, by lUiui'i pniillliu llio anow (lukra ua liny lull tluowilioui llio world, wc muy bo able Uj gel u lock l the kind ol wcallirr we urn goum Id Ituvc BIJltAIIV on MAKE " WE AT II Kit. Wlion h ci'iUi III kind ol iloud up prura, we cun arnd up a plum- itmm-u wan cruckod-np diy In- und II ull the alalia arc liuhl wo cull mi llio dry Ire un llio cloud und rum or allow will result, Ii un l uu unmixed blcnilng. Maybe, lor example, you n: jul aoodt-U a now ct up una crave luoia luro lo sprout II. Mayor your iiu.hii bor la just rruiiy lo HmlVrii crop, uutl ul llio moment rum lor allow) la llio lual tiling lie wullla. That lloava pioblcliu. Ii could bo th.U II wore going un lo llio point wni-rc any lorn, ,,it ur Hurry cun go aioit tn a puuuic juiiior Willi ii Kuunymicit luit ui uiy ice und piouucc ruin ur anow ai will wc 11 liuvo lo evolve a wnuio new structure ui LAW lu control uic mukinu ol weutlirr accoruiug to uit principle ol Uic ai cutest goou lo uic greatest number Thai would chi tough. Vvcic uver Icd Willi luwa now. roKKC'STlNU weutlici la uillcr cnu II we know whui utc wi-ulm-r la going lu be, wo cun inuke pluna accordingly, bo more power to mo New York researcher nd hla anow lloke Uioory. Tilt atom aucnilala. talking In casual, ollllunu lonea, have told iu wiunn lire week that on aurc Lucy can make gold Irom other nictala plutiuum, lor inaiuncc. J ml Ilk Uiall For heaven knuwa liuw iimny ccu lurlca skinny, pointctl-bcuru al chemists," working in cuuwcbucd dena, did (.Doll duinucal iu inuac gold trum baser moula. rt luouaauu yvaia ago. Uml vaa one ol tne priao dream ul Ute suinclliiiiti-lwi-iioih- nig boya. Now we know lliul making gold from baacr metaU would be piuiu calamity. All II would accomplian would be to upacl what la leu ul our money syalcin. THE atom aclcnllala arc looking lor 1 aomellilng MUCH MUllfc 1M POrlTANT m our lime Ulan muking gold from platinum or even Icau. What Uicy wuni la how lo muke PLUTONIUM irom aoinclliing else prelcrably, aomellilng ubunuunl. I'lutonlum la fissionable. From fissionable clcinciila we cun product) power. Al llio moment, wc acem lu be aecklng cliiclly power lo blow Ule world to ainltliciccn but wc may get amurler and less acurcd. VSe NEED power lur other things. Per haps, when lor 111 the Kuaaiun acure bluwa over, wc cull go lo wurk on that aide of atom power. Thai would be construct he. COUTHEilN CALIFORNIA n e e d water. II has already tiikrn about all there la to be hud from exiallng sources. WITHOUT ENOUGH WATER, the lime niuM cumo when Southern California will have lo atop growing. Ill like a aweel potato sproulcd In a bottle. When Ii fills Uic bottle, llio Jig la up. Southern California wants alom . power to dlallll sea wutcr lo Hike llio anil out (iilung with all the oUicr elcnienU In sea water, uch as use ful muRiicaium and nol-now-vcry- usciiii goiai, leaving mo ruts ii water to be spread upon the land. So, you sec, learning how to muke Plutonium out of something else would bo progress, whereas making gold out of something c'.so would be just a nuisance. The world certainly changes. Solons Offer Marshall WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 !) The senate foreign relations committee today offered congress ft way to get the Marshall plnn started for $5,300,000,000. It was agreed to recommend that sum for Kuropcan recovery during the first 12 months Instead of the $6.aoo.000,000 President Truman asked for 16 months. First reaction of tho Marshall plan', critics gavn the compromise little encouragement. "Wlutii you nnnlyxe it, li's no dlffcront than It was," mild Senator Wherry (R-Neb.i, the assistant ma jority leader, Wherry Is one of a group of 20 OOP nenntors who are determined to tone down the whole foreign altl program. Ho said the committee plan would merely delay bigger appropriation, for the IB Western Eiiropcnn na tions mil II next year. "Thoy are doing that bcniti.se It makes the flRine smaller," Wherry told a reporter. "They think they'll pick up few votes." Chairman Vanricnbnrg (R-Mlcli.) waa quick to concede there would be WEATHER II,,, 1 1. 1.. Illl 14 Mm l:i rrtKlullalluii lail l baura .. . 110 airaam raar la data .. a. 1 l.aal aar I '! Naimal .. . 1 II riitati t'laaSv, rala. ritici: rtvK cknth Tlbree Floods Drive Southerners From Homes llv 'Ilia Aaaorlatrd I'rraa lllvrra aurird out uf Ihrlr bunka ilrlvliK liuniliaila of fumlllm from llielr liumra In the aoiith today anil the casually count from Mlaalaalppl turuador Inerraaed. The Kril C'roaa rrpurlrd nltir prr amia dead and it hoapltallird al Newton. Alias. I he a.aat-Central .Mlaalaalppl town auffrrrd the brunt of yesterday's twlaler damage. The report, from the Red Croa. iatd 5o honiea at Newton were de stroyed. 20 bnilly damaged and about 76 oilier buildings either dr!ttroyed or dnmnged. A aecoud tornudo which atruck 10 miles south of Monllrello flattened two hounea. FltHid Damage Flood caused their greuleal diuii age In Tennessee one of the four slates affecued by rising walers. The other states were Mississippi, Ken tucky and West Virginia. Tennessee's Iwo great rivers, the Cumberland, the Tennessee, and other smsller streams were on the rampage. The fled Croaa estimated that mure than 400 families had been evacuated. The Durk river al Columbia. Tenn.. reached 62 feel four above the all-time previous record set In 1002. The city of 12.000 was cut In two and the water still was rising into the streets. A rreat of 56 feel was extiected this afternoon. At Hhelbyvllle, upstream from Co lumbia, Iho situation was a little belter after an all-time high water mark waa set yesterday. The river dropped eight feel overnight. Al the flood's height, a fourth of the city was under water. Kill! Rising The Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Cumberland at N'aalivllle were out of their banks and still ris ing. No ma tor damage waa espeeled at either elly. Few sections of Uie country es caped Uie lash of angry elements. Snow, rain, alret and freezing rain covered a wide stretch from the Rockies lo the North Atlantic seaboard. Meanwhile a cold wave overspread the North Central stales, stretched toward the Midwest and prepared to head for the Northeast. The mercury dropiied from a high of 2 Frldny to a 13 early todny al Pembina. N. D as a cold mass from Cnnndii moved souih and east. Business and Industry suffered from Uie Impact of Iho floods and storm. Highway travel from the plains suites to the East Coast was hauirdous. Air traffic was halted In many cities. In New York alone. 150 flights were canceled al La Ouardia field because of Uie low celling. Convict Takes Own Life CANON CITY, Colo., Feb. 14 oV One of VI daiiRcrnus convicts who broke from the state penitentiary her. In Drrcmber killed himself In h 1 a cell Thursday nlKht, Warden Roy Best reported today. Georfte TruJIllo. 3i, straimled hlni sclf in a noose made from his torn up shirt, the warden said. TruJIllo, serving four to Uve years for a Denver burxlary, and 11 other desperate prisoners broke from the prison December 30. He was recap tured a few hours Inter on a nearby farm. Two of hla companions were killed nnrt the ol hers retaken. $5 Billion Plan Proposal little actual saving. The .pending rato por month would be around $ll.ne,Dl)8 lower, or ft total of $140, 000,000 for the first year. But Vaiiritnberg said lie regard, the committee draft a. a big im provement over the original bill from the atate department. He said It would Rive congress an earlier clinnca to make a "realistic review" of the European recovery program and govern additional spending accordingly. Subject to ft final vote next Tues day, the committee late yesterday decided unanimously to rocommonrt that congress: 1. Approve In principle a four year European recovery program, na Bskcd bv President Truman, 2. Authorize $5.:100,000.000 for the 12 months beginning next April 1. 3. Set tip an independent agency, headed by nil administration with cabinet officer rank, to run the show. The administration wanted It to be handled by the state depart ment. Present plans are to send the bill lo the senate for debate starting March 1, KLAMATH File For King And Queen Of Hearts Crowned Cm it - JiSr Before a heart-decked h(U Valentine's tree, fifth graders watched jrrowned Friday mt Ittreraidr school, lover. The (jueen or Hrarts is pretty little Janice bmfth, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Smith. 120 Low. who had served as sheriff for Itivenide, and the King Is "Chuckle Brand&ness, son of Mr. and Mrs. fcinar Rrandsney. 845 California. 24 years, said yesterday that he Crowning the king is the prime minUter, Eric Lundgrrn, son of Mrs. Evelyn Nunley, 509 X. 3rd. Younger ! would not run, although he prevt brotheri and sitters and mothers watched the ceremony conducted In .Mrs. Juanita Koenig's room. This ! ously had indicated he would seek scene was typical throughout the city schools ester day as Valentine boxes were the primary interest re-election. Commenting today on 9 j the rusn 0j candidates which fol Vet Students Get Pay Boost WASHINGTON. Feb. M - President Truman today signed leg- isliitlon Increasing benefits of J.- Mio ooo veterans attending school uiuicr iiitr ua uiu. Il rnlsea Uie monthly tubMslcnce allowance for veterans without de- pendent from (65 to 175. those with ,h forecast u,e ttM republican one dependent Irom M lo 105 and ; leadership has decided that an ex Tl U mre ",n(,enu tenMon of rent controls Is necessary Irom 90 to $120. "in the public Interest." The new schedules go Into effect The present rent law expires Al'r" ' - February 29. Both the houso and The veterans administration has ' senate banking committees are esUmated the Increases will cost the government approximately $217,. ooo.ooo a year. The measure waa bucked strongly by veterans' organisations. I e continued "as is" uniil March 31. It was passed by Uie senate last j C'w'nruui Wolcott (R-Mlch.i of the summer and by Uie house Febru- nouse bnltln nuP favor tht ary 3. procedure. ., ' K ..... ... Morse showed a newsman a tele lite nou.se veterans committee s ,.. . professional stall ..Id veterans ""f w nt n J.mea A working part-time while they go ..ffij,, ZJJt school will be eligible for the new ' e5t" mn" '" t,u allowances. However, such . vet eran's combined allowance and sal ary v41l be held under ceilings. The present ceilings of $175 a month on combined earnings and allowances for veterans without de pendents, and $200 for those with dependents, are not changed by the new law. Swim Program Gains Ground Response to the city rccreaUon department's winter swimming pro grain has Increased since the first of the year so that two additional sections have been opened for swim ming. Monday and Tuesday nights are now avallnblo for private swimming par' -s and group swimming lor organisations and clubs. Proceeds from the winter swim program are sufficient to pay operating expenses, KeiiCiUloiuil Director Sam Smith said today. Iu Hi; new ceramics class, opened last week, two sections have been opened. Twenty people have enrolled in each section. One meet. Monday nights and tho other Thursday nights. Information on enrolling may be obtained from Smith, tele phone 7112. Groom-To-Be In Tight Spot PASSAIC, N. J.. Feb. 14 iPi To day Is Vnlontlnc's Day, and Victor Winkler wrote n holiday story for his paper. Ho observed, under his byline In the Passalo Hernltl-News, that Val entine's Day Is a trap for unwary innles. He said thnt Leap Ycnr and Friday the Thirteenth, Just past, made this Valentine's Day "more dangerous." The society page of the same pa per announced the engagement of Mr. Victor Winkler to Miss Gertrude Okls of Little Falls. Winkler pondered hi. explanation tn Mis. Okls. T FAI.I.H, OltF.OON, M ATI Illl Ay, Y-t. itssastaasVti rulmlnatinc an afternoon's festivity 700 Per Cent Up In Rents Seen If Curbs Called Off WASHINGTON. Feb. 14 MPr Scn- nta fiOP leader think rent, mls-ht zoom loo per cent If controls were !rndc(!. Senator Morse R-Ore.i said , M. lnu . ,rt, ihi. !.,. ' lon was expressed at a recent closed I door conference of all Republican I senators. Morse said that on the basis of studying bills to extend It. Because of the controversy over how long and in what form the extension i should be, the existing salute may Terrill Up For Assessor Glen Terrill, at present serving as county tax assessor by appoint ment, announced today he would seek the republican nomination for a return to Uie office. Previously Terrill had said he had not made up his mind, but to day he said he was definitely a candidate. There have been no other persons announce for that office from either party. Terrill waa appointed assessor by the county court last July to serve until the next general election, when Newton Nelson left the office to go into the real estate business. Terrill has had considerable experience In the work, having been in the tax office a. assistant to the late "Bill" Lee and also to Chnrles Mack, from 1025 to 1937. He also was secretary of the Klamath Irrigation district for seven years. Terrill resides al 4(149 Delaware. "Valentine State" Remembers Day As Sweethearts Celebrate 8t. Valentine's Day. with all Its cuplds, darts and red hearts, holds a double meaning for the state of Oregon which lays claim to the title of "The Valentine State." 1 It was Just 89 years ago today, February 14. that Oregon was ad mitted to statehood In the Union, But It I. 100 yenrs ago this coming August that Oregon was admitted as a territory, and while those who love their Mate and observe Valen tine'. Day as day of statehood, there are still others anxiously awaiting the big contennlnl celebration next summer. But to thousands and thousands of Oregonlans, especially children, today I. Uie day for the exchange of loving missiles, n day when bars are down on "love and kisses" and tender pleadings to "Be My Valen tine." 8torcs did ft land office business In the sale of everything from Valentines from cross-eyed lovers to messages fringed with lace and ruffles. Some even bore scented, padded hearts In shades of pink, red and lavender. I Red tulips, red roses, which ft field day and no message could day of days. In all the rush and hub-bub' of Valentine'. Day, there 1. a little credit due a certain Bishop Valentine who, many centuries ago, labored in Italy. This bishop dwelt In Umbrla and hi. trial, and tribulation, finally wound up to the dedication of St. Valentine'. Day. KKIlltUAHY H, 11)4(1 Trlrphone XIII Client! s At Riverside . k their Kine and Queen of Hearts dedicated to the patron saint of gene. Ore. Rodman also is chairman of the Oregon state republican com mittee, He wrote Mors noting that one proposed change in Uie rent law would put new homes back under j rent control. Rodman suggested that would discourage of rental housing. In reply, Morse said he has heard predictions by republican leaders that rents would "double In a short time" if controls were removed. "If that 1. true." Morse continued, "I cannot agree that the answer is to let them double, because It would be profiteering in most instances. "Neither Is it an answer to say that because other economic groups have profiteered during and since the war, profiteering should be al lowed In a commodity so vital to human needs as housing." Morse told Rodman It seems to him "the strongest argument a real estate man has is that rent controls have resulted in discrimination against him." Nearly .11 other war time controls, Uie senator said, have been lifted. "However," Morse said. "Uiere is nothing inconsistent in our Ameri can way to life ... in protecting Uie general public from unreasonable prices resulting from short supply of necessities." He added Uiat rent control is based on that general principle. Wright Plane To Come Home WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 P The Wright brothers plane which made the world's first powered flight with a man aboard is coming home after a 20-year exile. The Kensington Museum of Sci ence announced at London last night it Is ready to send Uie frail biplane "Klttyhawk" back to the United States. The Smithsonian Institution, a government museum In Washington, haa promised it the place of "highest honor, which Is its due."' It wa. a feud with the Smlth soninii over credit for Uie world', first heavler-than-air flight which led Orvllle Wright to ship the little aircraft abroad in 1928. speak of love unbridled, nosegays and be too filled with sentiment on Uilr a ' No. I2S4 Post Low Decision Hot To Run Starts Rush ! Sheriff Lloyd Low's announce- n.tnt that ne did not choose to run for re-election opened the door foe a rush to the candidate filing counter, and by noon today three aspirants bad declared themselva lormauy lor tne repuDucan nomi- natiun to thr county's No. 1 law enforcement office. The riled candidates: George Uerlings. 30, body and fender repairman, ex-air corps cap tain, who has the blessing of Sheriff Low as hi successor. Fen ton Mahrt. chief of police of Chiloquin. Joseph E. Green 2635 Radcliffe, a car salesman, former county day Jailer. No Demos No democrats had filed by noon today for the nomination in that party, but there were a number of other republicans prominently men tioned as possibilities for the GOP race. They Include Deputy Sheriff Jack Franey, former Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon. who is now a stajce line operator, and former City Po lirrman Sid Herbert, at present a relief night Jailer. i The sheriff's job carries a four- year term at $3300 a year. Sheriff lowed his announcement, be said he is "for" UerUngs. The first man to file was Green, who sinned his Daoers at the coun- t v 1rar' nffii-P at Q a m Clrwrv cume to Klamath county as a ma rine, being stationed at the Marine Barracks, ind remained as a per manent resident here. He served j several months as a day jailer for Sheriff Low. he is now a used car salesman. - Mahrt filed about 9:45 Mahrt formerly worked as a patrol- man on me iwamatn fans ponce force, and has been the Chiloquin police chief for about a year. Ucrlings, who filed Just before noon, was the first candidate to make a formal statement to Uie pres. about his candidacy. Long-time Resident Uerlings is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Uerlings. long-time resi dent, of Klamath Falls. He is a ICantinued on Pare 4. Calumn 21 Lost Luggage Safely Back One traveler has a good impres sion of Oregon people. A month 1 a: .v- ago. ooiiii miwuiitu it ""t loss of two suitcases, valued at nearly $1000, to The Herald and News. Mlscovich lost the luggage some where between Eugene and Klam ath Falls when it fell out of the trunk of his car. He was en route to Los Angeles, Calif, from Fair banks, Alaska. This morning. Miscovich again called The Herald, this time to re port thnt a man In Eugene had found his luggage and wired him In Los Angeles. Now he's on his way to Fairbanks, impressed by Oregonian honesty, and with his luggage tucked securely Inside his car. Newport Site Of Food Price War NEWPORT, Feb. 14 (fl Another price war broke out in Oregon and housewives m this coastal town were recounting the benefits today. When two markets began com peting for business the prices went down to such examples as: two pounds of oleomargarine for 4 cents; two pounds of lard for 29 cents and two pounds of fancy sliced bacon for 43 cents. Farther north customers at St. Helens cashed In from a meat price war the highlight of which recent ly had one butcher paying custom er, a dime to carry away ham. Three Babies Risk 13th Date Three Friday the Thirteenth babies, all boys, arrived yesterday at Klamath Valley hospital and to day all were doing nicely despite the unlucky date which the Infants chose as their nntal day. First boy to arrive was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Long, 340 N. 9th, who checked In at 10:22 a. m. At 1:30 p. m. the stork left ft 7-pound 15 "t -ounce boy to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drew, route 2 box 685. Mr. and Mrs. Kermlt Vinson of 2148 Applegate rounded out the day when Uiey received a ton, 8 pounds 7'4 ounces. r Wheat, Oats Show Gain At Market Close NEW YORK. Feb. 14 iA't The downward plunge of prlcea on Ui nation's grain markets which began 11 days ago was halted lor tho first time today. Wheat and oats closed on the Chicago board of trade several centa a bushel higher than yesterday. Corn, which had plummeted fastest, held about even. Only soybeans again fell the dally limit of 8 cents. There had been rallies during the nine days of trading which began February 4, but each day until today the closing price had been below those of the previous day. It was nip and tuck during the closing hour at Chicago, aa trading became rapid and corn began to drop from the day's highs. Wheat waa caught in the downdraft and hit new lows for Uio day only to rally In the closing minutes. Cotton and lard kept In step with the grain prices. Stocks showed rising tendencies at the close although the New York market was quiet and changes amounted to less than tl a share. Today's trading brought to the fore again the question of how far grain prices would plunge. Their steadiness today was expected to be later other commodity markets, k which had sagged In sympathy. There was a possibility that the upward trend today may prove to have been only temporary. i Soybeans were the exception In the Chicago pits. They dropped ; thi dally limit of 8 cents at th ; start, - Cotton lp Cotton opened as much as (2 a bale higher. Profit taking and hedging pared the gain a bit. But at the end of the first hour buying ciopped up 'igain and prices went ahead as much as 12.90 a bale. Part of the early demand waa be lieved by traders to have resulted from Indications that fanners would start placing stocks into govern ment loans rather than sell at cur rent levels. Assorted industrial stocks ad vanced by less than $1 a share, but many leaders were slightly lower. Other large grocery chains rushed to join those already putting into effect lower prices on a variety of cost of living Perns after the com modity price break. The Grand Union company i?id that 27 meat cuts would be tagged lower starting Monday. The largest of the latest meat price declines were in chuck roast ol beef and brisket. Chuck roast nr steak will be 55 cents a pound Mon day in Grand I'nion stores, down four cents. Rib roasts will be 61 cents, a drop of two cents. Park Land Split Seen TULELAKE, Feb. 14 Further progress toward a compromise in Uie dispute over Lava Beds monument extension over Uie Tulelake penin sula was noted this week alter a conference between Interested Tule lake people and park service repre sentatives. At Uie meeting, held at Uie recla mation bureau offices in Klamath Falls. It was suggested that Uie park service take only Uie south end of the peninsula, from the point where the road crosses It. Tulelake sports men, who first objected to the park service plan to take over a strip of the peninsula area, were asked to write their suggestions to the park service at Washington. Attending the session were Don Potter, Sam Anderson. John Takacs, Ralph Fausett, Charles Card, Roy Moresco, Paul Rogers and Lew Booth, all of Tulelake; Charles Stark, Klamath chamber of com merce manager; Sanford Hill, R. E. Hoyt and Lowell Summer of Uie regional national park office at San Francisco, and Don Fisher, cus todian of the Lava Beds national monument. The Lava Beds monu ment is under jurisdiction of the iational Dark sen-Ice iationai park sen ice. Hall Feuds With Campus Newsheet PORTLAND, Feb. 14 () Gov ernor Hall and the Willamette university student newspaper were feuding today over an interview Uie paper published. Hall asserted the article m tne Willamette Collegian attributed to him several statements Implying prejudice against negroes. He dented making the statements. The interview was given by Hall to Mary Elizabeth Tedford. 19, Camas. Wash., and Alice Turtle dove. 18, Willamette students, who reported the Interview as a speech class project. The story got into the student newspaper after Editor George Hurt, also a member of the class, got Miss Tedford to make her notes available. Officials Deny Conspiracy To Cut Central Valley Plan WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 tP) Two high Interior department offi cial, dented under oath today that there was a "vile and vicious" con spiracy to exhaust funds and shut down construction on the Califor nia Central valley reclamation pro ject by January 1. The charge came from Senator Downey tD.-Calif.) during a hearing before Uie senate interior appropria tions committee. The denials came from William L'. Warne, assistant secretary of In terior, and Michael W. Straus, com missioner of the reclamation bur eau. Warne said he interpreted a mem orandum of Richard L. Boke, re gional director of the bureau In Sacramento, Calif, a. referring to Uie .pending of "carryover" fund, by January 1, not the new appropri ation for the 1948 fiscal year ending ne::. June 30. Boke'. memorandum, dated last New Storm Hits Crater A driving snowstorm broke tn Crater Lake national park at 9:30 this morning and ranger, advised The Herald and News that unless the storm abates, skiing tomorrow will not be good. A later report, however, on skiing and road condi tions in the park will be broadcast al 8:30 a. m. Sunday over KFLW when rangers will call in last mill-, ute new. of the weather. Up to Saturday morning the park has had 35 Inches of snow this week, most of It falling In the big storm last Sunday and Monday. Skiing would have been good, with trail, fairly r)l broken, had this morning's storm held off. The tow and lunch counter will operate over the week-end. ' So far in February there has been a 63-inch fall compared to a 3114-inch fall for all of February last year. From September to Janu-. uary, the park has received 231 '4 Inches of snow compared to the average fall of 267 Inches for Uie same period. To date the park short 35.6 inches, but this will prob ably be reached this month as a-erage snow In February is 83 S inches and already there has been 63 inches, rangers raid. Minimum temperature this morn-- lug was 24 degree.. It was 26 at 9:30 a. m. Biddle Faces: Assault Count A federal charge of assault with a dangerous weapon has been placed against Joe Biddle, 20-year-old Umatilla Indian, in connection with the shooting of Eugene Lahr on the Klamath Indian reservation Wed nesday momlns, and Biddle prob ably will be moved to Portland Monday. He wis arraigned yesterday after noon before U. S. Commissioner Bert C. Thomas and bail was set at $1500. The condition of Lahr, a Black foot Indian, remains critical. The young man is at Klamath Valley hospital and his physician holds little hope for his recovery. Lahr was struck In the head with a .32 caliber pistol bullet and the due was removed from his brain Wed nesday afternoon. He has been un conscious since he was brought to the hospital from Chiloquin Wed nesday morning. Curt Stanton and George Stanton, brothers, are still held In jail at Chiloquin as material witnesses to the crime . An FBI officer took a statement from Biddle yesterday. Snowf lakes May Be Weather Aid NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (IP) Snow flakes may help fingerprint the kind of weather coming, Vincent J. Schaefer of the General Electric company said today. Schaefer, s pioneer In man-made rain and snow experiments, said there are essentially nine kinds of snowflakes. Each type seems to be connected with the great air cur rents that profoundly influence gen eral weather conditions. The snow flakes thus may serve as guide. In making general weather forecasts. He spoke before a meeting of the American Chemical society'. New York section. June 10, said Secretary of Interior Krug "stated very clearly he would like to see us spend our available fund, by January 1." Warne emphasized Uie June 10 dute and the word, "available funds." He said the appropriation for the 1948 IIscbI year was not "available" until the appropriation bill was passed on June 25. Straus .aid he agreed with Warne'. Interpretation. Senators Knowland IR.-Csllf.) ar-i Cordon (R.-Ore.) made It clear that they did not. Furthermore, they said it was ob vious that R. S. Calland, assistant regional director, thought Boke wa referring both to the carryover and the forthcoming appropriation when he addressed letter to district offi cer, on June 17 asserting that the "secretary and the commissioner art Insistent that 1948 fund, be spent early In the year by January 1, If possible." 4,
