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My HUNK JCNKINH
VOU have rend In llio papor and
hoard un the nullo Unit C.oi Iiii
kliiviikln'n goveininonl has boon
liikcn over by tho coniniunlsta by
force, nul itn Llie rnniilt lit un elrc
tluii. That win abstract nows from a
long wuy nff,
Today wo ure beginning Ui ma the
lirlm anil bitter dcuills.
TIIK v o v c r n m lit i communist I
radio In l'ruuua loses no time In
lolling Hiu people what's tu bo whnl
hm'iiltt'r.
? prmllct ACTION this morning
A A J N H T ANYIIODY Will)
MAKKH Hl'KKCIIKH AUA1NHT
TUB STATIC.
.hint what does Unit menu?
Well, It pi nimbly moans Hint If
you any ANYTIUNtl ukiiIiiH I lie
ICOIIIIIItlllUll nllVCI'lllllCilt ycu will
be ovciiiniid by a member of the
pilot pollen. AIut tlnil, lit roniimi
libit Mutrn, iiiivIIiIiik rim huppen.
Column iitlim minpii, lor oxnmple.
Or . rvrn riflemen nml a stone
Willi.
111 nrw it-omiiiuiiht i iniiiinlcr of
education iprii nn tlio nlr.
"Hohonli." ho miy, "must hero
atlt Ik1 political -Jui hh the uruiy
must bo political" NKW trxtbooks,
ho ailiU, will bo piopmrtl
UOW about Unit?
Well, hereafter, If y o u ure ft
(.'nil. you iuu.it Inca tilt- full Hint
your ilillilirii won't bo Jwtt educated
111 Iho Kriu.o Ihut rilurnllolt IK
knowledge. They will bo molded Into
it pattern. Tlio piillrru will lie com
miiiilnt. They will bo iniii-tht. (or in
stance, that tho only ilrmrM-rnry 14
commuutMn.
H u c h Indoctrination, you ure,
makes It povlblo or 11 tow commit
11I11111 at Iho top to enjoy till Iho
power mill nil tho prlvilrgr.
114 nn Aiitcrlran, how woultl you
hko to hnvo to liKik ovor your
shoulder ALWAYS before speaking
your niliullo innko sure you woro
not brlnii overheard by Iho secret
poller?
itrmrnibor Hint the prnplr of
Csoclioslovnkla hnvo born mi KRKF.
we hnvo boon. Thry hnvo pokon
their minds, as wo hnvo. Thry have
known tlio proclaim dignity of In-
Potatoes And
Klamath-Medford Challenge
Klamath county Red Crow cam
p&Jlinera. who are getting sot for
thtir annual linanclal drive, threw
a friendly challenge at the Jackson
county lied Croaa chapter at a
meeting III Mcdford yesterday and
everything la all set for a race. lor
quota with pears and potatoes as
Ihr prltea.
Art Reluhart, chairman of the
Klamath drive, led the delegation
lb Metlford, mid the challenge waa
accepted by flliliugh Brewer, chulr
innn of the Jnckson cumpaign.
Klnnmth Is putting up I1UO worth
nf potatoes, and Jncknon f 100 worth
of prnrs, the winning county to
distribute the products among vet
ei arts' fititilllrs. If Klmimtli wins
the Jnckson poms, they probably
will go to fumllles of veterans at
OV8.
The contest between Uic counties
nan undertaken In the spirit of the
r.cw hnlids-acroKS-tho-Clreennprlngs
policy that prevnll.i In tho relation
ships of the two communities. It
will be strictly friendly, but it will
be rl villi y. the two drive officials
Ir.dlrnlod 111 tossing challenge mid
acceptance bnck and forth. Klam
ath's quota of ;u.0M Is much larger
than that nf Jackson's, but the
contest will be run on a porccntnge
nf quota basis, rather than specific
amounts.
Klamath
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Art Relnhart, (loft) Klamath county Red Cross drive ehalrman, la shown presenting a Klamath potato
to ritiliugh Brewer and Mrs. Helen Mlnklrr of the Jackson county Red Cross chapter at Medford yes
terday, when Klamath challenged Medford to a contest In the Red Cross drives this year, Klamath put
up Ilflfl worth of potatoes against 8100 worth of pears In the contest, and presented a single, gift-wrapped
potato to the Jackson folk Just as a sample.
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A r.ul drive to tlio hlfhlnndi north of Hot Kprlnji hill ynlrrday led one unwary moloritt and two wreckrra Into a aticky problem de
pltr rrrrnt hint! of uodrratlnf wrathrr. Klrat eall for help from the lurklraa mtorlt waa reroived ahortly past noon by the Balalgrr Motor
rompany'a wrerkor, who started lowlnt oprrationa about 1 o'clock, only to bor down hlmftelf. Lombard'i ble wrecker sped to the scene to
tow out Halslfrr and mlrrd down. Last, but far from Irast on the list, was the Orrfon Avrnue (arare's wrecker, driven by Vinton Karnes,
who nianaird to draf l.onbard out. The two of thrm then hllrhed onto Balsl(er, who was hooked up to the car, and dragged them all to
aafrly.
Pears Stakes In
To start things off, the Klamath
giotip presented a gift-wrapped
baker potato to Mrs. Helen Mink
ICT. the secretary of the Jackson
chapter, telling her that that was
tho last potato she would gel free
fiom this neck of the woods. Mho
countered that she would bo ready
foi 8100 worth of spuds the day the
contest ends.
Those making the trip from here
were Relnhart, Mrs. Prances Pnlm
ei. Klamath chapter secretary:
Hev. David Bnrnott, president of
Klnmath chupter of the Red Cross;
Mrs. Barnett; Mnlcolm Epley.
rhnlrmnn of the challenging group:
Wesley audcrlan. Herald and News
photogrnphrr: Otto Smith, Klam
ath Red Cross disaster chairman.
Crater Weather
A Friday nlihl utorra left nine
Inrhm of frmh maw In Crater
Lake national park but ranger
rf ported thla morning that It wits
clear inr and proaperta for a fine
week-end were ood.
Chalna are required from .Annie
prlnr to the rim and mow
depth on Uie I round la
Inrhea. Hklinir ahould be good
once the trails are broken and
both the tnw and lunch room will
be In operation,
Presents Just One Potato
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Plans For M
Pictorial Proof Spring
Metzger, Terrill File For Assessor's Job;
Van Yactor To Run For District Attorney
A contest was a.uured In anoUier
county political office this morning
when Otis M. Metzger, 3661 Alt
mom. filed his candidacy for the
democratic nomination as county
nnscuor, on the republican ticket.
Tltoy ore unopposed as yet In their
parties, but the conlcsl will come
In the November general election.
One Skier Quits
300-Mile Trek
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore.. Feb.
28 il'i Return of one of two skiers
attempting a 300-mllo trip from
Mount Hood to Crater lake was re
ported here today.
The Summit guard station said It
had heard Uie report thnt Emery
Woodall, Arlington, Vn.. had return
ed last night but thnt his compan
Ion, Jack Melssner. Cascade Sum
mil, Ore., had continued.
EfforUi to locate Woodall were un
availing, but he was rumored to have
spent last night here with friends.
The two men set out February 18
on the trip, never before attempted
and were to have made their first
contact with civilization at Sunt In m
pnss tonight They were sighted
Tuesday near Mount Jefferson by
planes from Uie Eugene civil lr
patrol.
Ain't Here Yet
Terrill announced some Ume ago
that he would run for the office,
but Metzger la a newcomer into the
pollUcal picture. He resigned a post
with the state unemployment ser
vice to moke Uie race for office.
Metzger hit lived in the Klamath
area 28 years. He farmed at TuleUke
in Uie '20s and was later a member
of the Klamath Falls city police de
partment. He Is a veteran of World
War II in military intelligence .ind
also the navy, is married and has no
children.
From Salem comes word ihut
Dayton E. Van Vactor, local at
torney, has filed for the republican
nomination as district attorney. Van
Vactor announced several days ago
he would seek the job and he
probably will be unopposed. The
present district attorney, Clarence
Humble, Is not expected to file for
re-election.
Carl Engdahl of Pendleton has set
his sights on a republican party job,
that of delegate to the national con
vention. He has announced he would be a
candidate from tho 2nd congres
sional district, which Includes Kla
math county.
Car Plunges
Off Sun Grade
Three Klamnth youths escaped
Injury early last night when their
southbound car struck an Icy stretch
on highway 97 half way down the
Sun mountain grade, rolled over
once and careened down a 50 or 60
foot embankment, state police re
ported today.
Driver of the sedan, Norman
Stratton, 20, 6453 Summers lane,
told officers he was coming toward
Klamath Falls at about 6:45 p. m.
when the car went out of control.
His passengers included John D.
England, 34, and Clifford Schmidt,
23, both of Shcvlln. The three young
men were able to crawl from the
wreckage of the machine and sum
mon help from the highway. Their
injuries are considered minor, police
said today.
Mayor Gets Room
But Suddenly !
' BOSTON, Feb. 28 (V) The Hun-
ncflelds have abandoned squatters'
rights to the mayor's office for an
apartment In a city housing proj
ect.
Mrs. Adeline Hunncficld, her two
baby girls and a boy settled on a
bench In Mayor James M. Cur
ley's outer office yesterday.
"We'll sleep right here," she de
clared, "until we find a . suitable
place. I've got plenty of diapers
and things for the children."
Within two hours the mnyor had
arranged for the apartment.
Mrs, Hunncficld, wife of a mer
chant seaman, said that after she
had been evicted from her home
the only place she could find were
rooms renting at $115 to $135 each
a week.
Also in Sakm today it was un
officially announced that George
Flagg, state utilities commissioner,
would resign that job to run for
the republican nominaUon for secre
tary of state. He will oppose State
Secretary Earl T. Newbry of Ashland
In Uie primary.
California
Gets Rainfall
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28 oFl
Rains fell over much of Northern
California today but whether they
would be heavy enough to relieve
Uie state's record drought remained
to be seen.
The welcome precipitation fol
lowed by a few hours Governor
Earl Warren's announcement that
he would ask the legislature, con
vening Monday, to adopt an emer
gency daylight saving Ume measure
to help relieve pressure on mid
st nte power systems.
Earlier the governor said he
planned to add Sacramento, Yolo,
Napa. Glenn and Butte counties to
tnt 28 already proclaimed an emer
gency drought area The rains may
telleve Uie necessity of adding still
more counties to the area.
Meantime, despite a brownout de
cieed by tha public utiliUes com'
mission to save power, heavier
pumping for Irrigated parched
farms caused increased use of elec
tric energy.
The worst dry spell In weather
bureau history has lowered water
for hydro-electric plants below the
dimgcr level and only abnormally
heavy rains and snows could re
lieve the crisis.
Traffic Death
Figure Drops
CHICAGO. Feb. 28 P) The
nation's traffic deaths dropped 13
per cent in January compared with
the same month last year.
The January toll was 2130, com
pared with 3460 In January, 1947.
The National Safety Council, in
announcing the figures, said the
state of North Dakota provided a
"highlight" of Its report by going
through the entire month without
a traffic death.
The council suld this was Uie
only time in Its history that a state
has had a (tenth-tree month, ex
cept for the war years when travol
and gasoline were restricted.
Good News
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 38 (PI
Piesldent Edward F. Wilson of Wil
son and company, Chicago meat
packers, here to Inspect his Los An
geles plnnt, had Uns cheerful word
for housewives:
'Wc had some pretty fancy
prices. But I think the day of the
high-priced steak Is over. I do not
think we are going back to high
prices."
lest
People Take
Attitude Of
Resignation
HKLKI.NKI, Finland, Feb. 28 (P)
President Juho E. Paaslkivi Is ex
ptcted by Tuesday to name a dele
gation to discuss with Moscow a
friendship treaty requested by
Prime Minister Stalin.
It seems likely the delegation
will be headed either by Premier
Mauno Pekkala or by Foreign Min
ister Carl Enckell, Russian-speak-iut
diplomat of long experience in
Moscow negotiations.
Persons close to the cabinet said
the president, meanwhile, has
a.vked parliamentary groups to tell
him their attitude toward Uie pro
posed treaty by Tuesday.
The mood of the Finnish people
seems resigned. Outwardly they are
Just preparing for another fine
week-end. with skating champion
ships as the main Issue. But wher
ever two Finns meet, the Russian
proposal is the principal topic of
conversation.
Logical Result
The general attitude thus far
seems to be: this Is not a Russian
ultimatum, but a logical result of
the strained International situation.
"The decision is no easy one,
since Finland has only one goal: to
stabilize her position and retain her
sovereignty," says the conservative
newspaper Uusi Suomi.
Sources close to Uie government
said yesterday Stalin sent his note
Monday.
The conservative newspapsr
Kauppalonti called for calm. It
said. "We do not know what is in
reality happening." The paper
lke of Finland's parliamentary
tradition. And said, "We will not
yield from this, onr right"
Finland already has a trade treaty
with Russia. She has lost two wars
to the Soviet Onion since 1939. They
were in 1939 and 1940 and from
1941 to 1944.
She has surrendered to Russia by
peace treaty the Karelia and Pet
mo areas, including mines and
timber: given a 50-year lease on the
Porkkala area near Helsinki for a
Russian naval base, and under
taken to pay the Soviet Union $300,
000.000 reparations in six years.
A defense treaty with Finland
would give Russia a chain of snch
pacts with neighbors from the
Black sea on the south to far north
of the BalUc.
Awards
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Little Betty Brandejsky, Henley eighth grade pupil (left) named 1947 4-H club home garden queen,
and Adele Brown, sophomore at Bonansa high school, selected as 1947 4-H club canning queen, show The
Herald and News check awards. The checks were presented at the Klwanla elub annual Farmers' banquet
held at the Willard Thursday night attended by. 191 Klwanlana and their guest.' Klwanls President Ted
Reeves (right) and Ray Best, chairman of the committee In charge of the banquet congratulate the
girls on the ability that won them the awards.
Of Denunciation
PRAGUE, Feb. 28 P-By request, Uie U, S. Information service r.
moved from its windows today a copy of the three-power denunciation
of events in Czechoslovakia.
The foreign office made the request. A large crowd had gathered
outside the Information service's offices In one of the main streets off
the public square, and it was represented thnt they were hostile to the
display.
These other developments came today:
1. Dr. Prokop Drtlno, minister of justice until last week, was found
badly Injured an attempted suicide, according to the official police
account.
2. The government withdrew broadcasting privileges from foreign
radio men. Dr. Oscar Kosta. head of the foreign press section of tha
ministry of information, said: "They did not show in their broadcasts
a true understanding of the situation."
3. Premier Klement Gottwald, addressing a farmers' and peasants'
rally, sounded a keynote of a campaign against "domestic and foreign
reaction." He said: "We will have a
complete change."
Police said a letter was found
which Indicated Dr. Drtina had tried
to kill himself by jumping from a
window. He is in a hospital with
head injuries, but will live it further
complications do not set In, the
official announcement said.
Dr. Drtina was one of three cab
inet ministers who were Intended
victims of intercepted bombs last
September. He is a close friend of
President Eduard Benes.
Gottwald made his statement at
the opening of a farmers' and peas
ants' rally here.
Not Enough
"Merely changing a few people in
the government is not enough," he
declared. "New stage settings are
not enough. We will become merci
less in getting rid of agents of
domestic and foreign reaction."
The farmers' rally waa arranged
as a companion piece to a trades
onion assembly last Sunday. Some
observers believed that assembly
gave the premier the last posh he
needed toward getting his party Into
power.
The labor group, headed by An
toin Zapotocky, stood behind Gott
wald and backed him up with a
token strike and the threat of a
general strike.
Some believed that its action was
the clincher for Gottwald's argu
ments wita non-party President
Eduard Benes, forcing the latter to
accept the new cabinet Wednesday,
V. A. Zorin. Soviet deputy minister
and former ambassador to Prague,
left this morning for Moscow after
a 10-day visit, Uie government radio
announced.
Members ot the government, in
cluding Foreign Minister Jan Ma
saryk, saw him off at the airport.
The new communist-controlled
government began to spread its in
fluence over schools and other in
stitutions. The government radio kept giving
announcements Indicating the pat
tern for the future.
Zdenek Nejedly, new education
minister, said "schools must be
political, Just as the army must be
political." He said new textbooks
would be prepared.
SHOWING ENDS
LONDON, Feb. 28 (flV-The show
ing of Princess Elizabeth's wedding
gifts ended tonight. More than
300,000 persons had seen the dis
play since November, paying a
shilling 120 cents) most days. Pro
ceeds will go to charity.
Presented At Farmers'
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Rebels Plan
For Battle
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 m
Southern democrats mapped further
offensives today against President
Truman and his civil rights pro
gram.
Although the congressional battle
front was momentarily quiet, thesa
developments pointed to intensified
mtraparty strife:
1. The lMlssisslppl democratic
executive committee called a spe
cial meeting Monday to consider
a headquarters site for the "true
white Jeffersonian" democratic
movement. Representatives of
eight southern states banded in
this drive already have contributed
$61,500 towards a $100,000 war '
chest.
3. The southern governors' con
ference was summoned to meet
in Washington March 13 to hear
a special committee's report on
the civil rights fight. National
Party Chairman J. Howard Mc-
mlttee's request Monday that
President Truman withdraw his
proposals.
The governors will meet the day
after McGrath confers with a newly
appointed executive committee of
the democratic national committee.
Although this group has been
named to "implement the opera
Uons" ot the national conyention
the status of the southern demo
crats presumably will not be over
looked. On the committee are such
nj obanMi- no ....... . u . .. j
of Chicago, David L. Lawrence ol.
Pittsburgh, Frank McHals orifiv -dianapolis
and former Nftonal
Chairman Edward J. Flynn- of New
York.
Collins Named
Medford Mayor
MEDFORD, Feb. 28 (JPyThe new
mayor of Medford is J. C. Collins,
Medford realtor and former city
councilman. . '
Collins was appointed to fill thl
unexpired 11 months of Mayor C. A.
Meeker's term. Meeker died Tuesday
night. r
Collins' post on Uie city council
was filled by Diamond Flynn, an
electrical contractor.
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