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Newspaper Page TextI 1 MM WOT M.. iSl.r. II Ml... IT jf) ''''itN ( ritICK riVK CKN'IR MMMATII KAM.HTVmKTiON. HATIHDAY, MAK 'jft Telephone 8111 lm PACT 11 IT .... uaysjBws Ljuywi mo nn ui tiyi'-'11-'-11-' r iwnflrii' By niANK JKNKINH N Uia news a Uila In written uioio 1 U nothing thnt goes H-O-O-M-MI There In much lo make ua think II we hiivo anything to Uilnk with. ljp t llniifoid. Ihry've made uranium out o( mmtlirr metal -Ihurluin. Tliorluui U Uirre llinra aa plentiful m urmilum. ill they cull make uranium out ol thiirlum, they MIIIIIT be able to mnko It out jf lend, or mercury, or aumc other I plentiful moul.l , Uriililuin In wlmt alum bombji urn mucin ol, It In aluo what ATOM POWKll la made ol. Cheap uloiii power could distill sen water to Inl uie Cullfnriila'a parched land. Ill MANY ways, mom power could arrve liumiiillly. IK wa cull make ui allium out o! ' thorium, we can mukc gold out ol aiiiiiplliinil clae. Who wants Ui? The world Ima changed aline horl-alKlilrd alchemists aouiihl to make gold out ol buaer mclala. T1IK Krenih are advertising the om Mnginol line lor ahrep paatute. There la the rnd ol the old UK. KKNHIVK WALL, complex which hpuan with the Chliire Ureal Wall. The Orra I Wall didn't auve China. Look at China now. The Humans had Uieir Clreul Wall period. Hadrian built a wall arroM llrllalh to krrp the northern bar barlana out. He built another wall Irom the Khine to the Danube to keep the Teutonic barbarlnna out. Neither worked. The burbarlana alormed and climbed litem both. Home declined and FELL. HISTORY long since tauahl u that Ilia only defense lor ANY NATION Ilea In the fortitude of lla eiuiena. Up In Portland, Douglua McKay, of Balem. make a aearchlng ap praisal of democracy, efficiency, he aya. U not the aole teat ol guvern menl. Democracy, he adds. W AH NOT FOUNUKD UPON KfrTCIEN CY, BUT UPON LIHEHTY. That la to auy, democracy paya lu dividenda In LIUKKTY. It can en dure against atuck only aa loin aa iuie INDIVIDUAL KKEE ClTl.EN U more elllclent Ulan Uie Individual SLAVE clUaen. Mull Ual over. It li one of the great trullia. TIM FARLEY. old-chool-lle Demo ' erat, aaya In New York UUa morn ing that "Henry Wallacea third purty . . . will P tomt m'm' votea next November . . . from m halt million to a million of them In New York" which Uie Democrat will have to carry to win. He adda: "Wallace la more of a threat to Uie Democratic parly than the Democratic Iradera rcallie." THAT nicana that Wallace la a CHALLENGE lo the Republican party. If he la to LAY POWER IN THEIR LAPS, Republlcana ntual (Ctillnaa a rB Clam Si Keno Group To Run Bulletin A group of publtc-aplrltcd Keno btialnewmen who nave oecn uihju anrliiK Bunday acrvlrea and free fam lly ahowa In Uio area, la now putting out "The Keno Community Bulle tin." Thla group la Incorporated un der the name of "Keno Community Entcrprlaea," a non-profit orgnnlM' tlon. The mimeographed aheet of newa teolea of Interest to the community la frfi.ilrlbiitod free to nil realdenta of Keno. The flral Iwillo came out Feb ruary S4, and waa only one sheet. It la planned to publish the Bulletin once a month and uae about three aheeta In the subsequent Isstiea. The next edition will come out about. Mnrch 10. The bulletin la printed on equipment at the Keno high school. The editor of the bulletin la R. A. Jameson; associate editor Is H. Den ham nnd advertising head la F Btrobcrg. Krug Urges Use Of Shasta Dam Power For California WASHINGTON. Mnrcll 6 (PI Secretary Krug ngnln lodny urged Oov. Knrl Warren of California to designate nn agency to mnrket ndcll tlotinl pov. to bo produced nt Bhruila dnm about April 1. The acorctary yestcrdny aald the' power output from the dnm would bo considerably Increnscd by n third generntnr. Two more are lo bo built during tli.s yenr. Reclamation scrvlca officials snld I hey had no funds with which to construct distribution Hues. The Paclflo Ona end Klcelrlo company haa been tnklng Uio power output from the two units now operating. Ycsterdny Krug offered the In creased power output to Cnllfornln temporarily a help meot the. suite's gerlous power shortage. Oovcrnor Wnrren replied thnt lie In asking the Cnllfornln public utili ties commission to hold hearings on the entire subject In California next Diamond Lake Secondary Highway To Be Opened Public Use Barred Now A big rntiiry snowplow Ii eating through deep miowdrllui on tha Diamond hike acconilnry highway, opening Unit mule under ml ar rangement with The Ciilllornla O.rgnu Power i-oinpiuiy III order to ke" auppllca nnd ciUlpinenl to Cop cn'a 'Inkotea lull" duin construction project. The opened roud will not lie avall iiIIp tor public trnvel until nround Mny 1. Highway olllclnla auld Hint only u niirrow rond l linin plowed UirouKh Uio drills, mid the depart- Jury May Get Fetters Case Today The mait'laughter Irlul of Wayne Ailillaiin letlera, , wua eipected lo go lo the -Ircull court Jury Ihla afternoon following ilenlul of m de. fi-nae move thla mornlnr for a dl rrrlpd vprdlct of not guilty. Fetters la accuned of Inflicting a fui i.l beating on Melvtn Larson laal July 8 at the Fetlera' houne on Ore gon avenue. Tlila morning Defense Attorneys II C. Merryman and W. Ijiniur Townsend moved for a directed ver dict, claiming that the Indictment aealnst their client waa for volun tary manslaughter and yet the pros ecution's evidence pointed toward at' Involuntary killing. Motion Out Circuit Judge David R. Vanden- herg ruled the motion down and closing arguments of the prosccu- tlr.ii began. Judge Vnndenuerg aald the court would work on through thla afternoon to get the trial com pleted. Yesterday afternoon Fetters hlm arlf took Uie aland to relate hla vliwa of Die right In which Larson waa fatally injured. He declared that he saw Larson making an Im proper advance toward hla wffe. I'.lolse Fetters, and waa trying to force the man to leave the house. Larson, lie declared, defended himself and waa Injured In the atiuggle. Mrs. Fetters alio took the stand to testify that Larson had paid un due nttentlon to her and that the Incident had been seen by her hus band. District Attorney Clarenre A. Humble produred a statement made bv Mrs. Fetters a few dnys after the fit lit In which she said that there had been no Improper advance made by Larson and that the fight was unprovoked. Other witnesses. Including Jack Ward. Tlllverslty of Oregon stu dent, and oilier young people who Here Inadvertent wllnessea to the facial from outside the house, said tiny saw no advance toward Mra. I pliers made by Iiraon. Larson died of a fractured skull several hours alter the fight. He never regained consciousness. Ski Prospects Good At Crater Prospects for good, fast skiing in Crntcr Lake national park were In prospect this week-end, according to a Saturday morning, report from park rangers. Four Inches of new snow fell dur ing Frldny'a storm and one-hnlf Inch fell during the night. When slopes and trails are broken the skiing should be as good ns It has been this winter, rangers observed. There Is a pack of l'JO Inches on the ground. Roads are open to cross park trnvel and It Is not necessary lo use chains, but chains are neces sary from Annie Spring to tl.a rim. Minimum temperature this morn ing wns IB degrees with a lllit north wind blowing. Friday. Officials here said ho In- rilcntcd Hint the only eompnny with distribution Unci Is the Pacific Ons nnd Electric. Krug suit reclamation bureau rep resentatives will attend the com mission henrlngs. Krug told the governor todny that upon deslgnntlnii of nn agency to hnnrilo the ndded power for the benefit of the state Itself, the rcclu mntloii biii'cnu would go nhend with Its pnrt of the offer to mnke the ndded power nvnllnble to the si ill e. "Pacific Ons nnd Electric hns n positive propositi from us," Krug snld, "lo ennblo distribution of Hhiisln power In neenrdnnce with the Inw and wo si nnd rendy to dbt cuss this proposal with them nt any time." Under th3 lnw, the Interior de pnrtment snld, government nRencles and stntes nnd municipalities have first cnlls on power produced from rcclnmnllnn burenti projects. mint doea not want lo auume re aponalblllty for keeping the road open or for permitting travel Into an ii mi that may at any time be hill olf from the "oulilde world." A bnrrlrude will be act up at the Internectlon 'if the Dlumond lake rond with UH 7. Copco la financing the road-plow. Inn Job, which waa undertaken when the Utnpqua river road on the went nlde of the Tokolee fulls pioject became vlrtuiilly Impnwiuble. The power company haa a large crrw at work at Tnkotee falla on the UniXua river and wi.nta to get aitppllea, equipment and other heuvy freight to the Job. The highway depnrtment will pli.w to the end of the paving near Diamond lake lodge, and Copco will ojen the forent road from that point to the dnm project. Tom Kdwurda. highway rnulnte Hence chief, tald V plowa were uaed on . Uie lower end of the Diamond lvke roud, but It aoon neces anry to begin rotary plowing. 8now t.) a depth of 6 feet 3 Inchca waa encountered enat of the aummtt. and a aeven-foot depth la antlclpat- Cl before reaching the lake While the public la denied use of thr road at preacul, Edwards oald that Uie Copco-flnanced plowing wll1 probably mean an early open ing of seasonal travel Into Diamond lake Ihla year. Hall Tosses Hat In Ring PORTLAND, March i Gov. John H Hall lodny aald he would seek reelection. Elevated to the governorship by last Novombcr'a plane crash which i .... li...- Af ir pi a,ill mnA Senate President Marshall Cornell, Hall said "I have had no experience In a state-wide campaign and do not have the backing of any group or organization. 1 linre no specific changes or recommendations to sug gest, nor do I propose to make empty promises Impossible of fulfillment. Aa Issues arise, they will be met squarely and discussed frankly." Hall became governor through his office ax speaker of Uie house of representatives the constitution plac ing thai office after Uie senate pres idency In the succession order. He was republican representative from Multnomah county. He will be opposed for the repub lican nomliutlon in the May 31 pri mary by Douglas McKay, slate sen ator from Snlem, Glenn Ackcrman, Portland real estate man, and pos sibly by others aa filings do not close until Friday. Five Rescued From Vreck NAU8ET ON CAPE COD, Mass.. March 8 liy-Five men swung snlely across 100 yards of roaring surf In a breeches buoy today from a grounded fishing vessel nnd Uie const guard said four still aboard were In no danger as Uie tide push ed the breaking ship toward the beach. Crews manning the buoy rigging on tills wintry beach said the 83- foot scnllop drngger, the Cnpe Ann, bound for New Bedford, would be up on Uie beach soon and Uie remain ing crewmen "can step off.' The other crewmen stayed aboard. the const gunrd snid, "on account of the enrgo of scallops." Rescuers snld the drngger was over on her side and done for" but that a strong tide was moving her swiftly shoreward. They shot Uie buoy line 135 ynrds from a hill nt Nnuset light to the foundering vessel lo bring ashore the first five hnnds1 nftcr the Cnpe Ann split nt the stern. , Quotation Is Easiest Answer HAMBURG, Oermnny, Mnrch t lPl Some Germans filling out questionnaires under the recent pantry lnw calling for listing of all private food stocks have been replying merely with a reference to psnlm 109, verse 34. It rends: "My knees are weak through f listing; nnd my flesh fnlleth of Intncss." Joint Chamber Mectinq Planned ALTURAS, March A meeting of all the chambers of commerce In Southern Oregon nnd Northern California is being planned nt which time they will all meet Willi the chamber from Wlnnenmcca, Nov., In Uie Interest of the building of an ndeqiinui highway between Cedar' vllle nnd Uie Ncvnda city. If this rond Is built, travelers mo torlng enst from this section would save about 176 miles ns it would cut off the long trip to Reno before turning enst. Roses For . ' '. TTl .a .if! iiiftiinr- " -.'. w,n deserved applause wae reaped by 17-year-old Madelon Adler, I University of Oreron music student, who appeared last night with the IkI'IIH music department when ahe played drier's Concerto in A minor with band accompaniment. An usher presents Madelon with a bouquet of red rosea aa ahe acknowledges the ovation following her splendid performance. Madelon la the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Oeorge li. Adler of thla city. KUHS Musicians Win Praise From Audience At Concert Madelon Adler Guest Artist Superlatives were flying thick and fast as the last note tnded away at the concert presented last night In the Klamath Union high school auditorium by the music dcpartmenL Praise of the highest order was given young Madelon Adler, guest artist, who played Uie difficult and thrilling Grieg Concerto In A minor with the KUHS band accompani ment and Madelon reaped a thund erous applause which called her back to the stage twice. As fnr as the audience was concerned, they could have listened again and again to Madelon's playing of the concerto which she presented In flawless and masterful style. Those who have heard Madelon piny since her feet could barely touch the pedals, were plcnsed as punch over the technique displayed by the home town girl who hns proved herself an arUst of great ability and promise. Not nil the prnise goes 10 nuuiciuii however, ns Inst night's program wns well rounded In satisfying musical tastes as a program count possioiy be There was. for instance, one moment during the "Eurynnthe" overture, where bnnd Instruments gave out with pertcct orcnesirni quality and It sounded more nice the sweet strains oi siring uuuu menls. It would be diiricult to pick oui nnv silicic number of the U pre sented last night by the concert band, the Girls Glee club nnd the Individual grouns. the brass sextette, the clarinet qunrtct, or the trumpet trio. It Is n handful of fenthers In the enps of the music directors of Uie Uranium 233, New Produced In Ovens At Hanford Plant For First Time In History new YORK. Mnrch 8 (A i.r nii,t thnt the first small nieces of a new kind of atomic metal have been produced at the Hnnford works In Washington state. Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg Identified the new metnl as uranium 233, ..1.1.1. ..i.t in nntiirn) RtAte on the earth. It is made by chnnging the henvy metal thorium of an ounce of the tnorium-oorn 1..,,. .hBln.m.M nn ftlnm P. 1M1PK. Dr. Seaborg made the disclosures in a paper which wns presented m hi. ppsiinnse to award of the Wllllnm H. Nichols medal of the New York section of the Amerlcnn Chemical society. in hrief ninfement on the new metal was not amplified. Tim rnimrt. means thnt Uio ntomlc ovens which were built to chniiRe uranium Into plutonlum also can metnl. Dr. Seaborg did not say whether uicy enn De usco, wunoin, ai terntlons, to change thorium, too. The fart that the same oven has produced both kinds of trans muted, man-made metals shows npapt.lpnhle. Since thorium is three times more plentiful than uranium, It might be the world's mnin reliance for atomic power. Uranium Is so scarce that the known supplies would not keep the present-site American power Industry running; more than five years, Madelon V v( i- - , city schools, that Individual student could be so closely welded into an Integral part thnt symphony in brass. percussion and reed result in such perfect harmony. The program opened with the toe- tapping march, "Royal Decree" and ended with the concert tranas Southern Rhapsody" by Hosmer. In between Uiere was the lovely Bach Ariosa-' directed by John Epley, student conductor, who turned In a fine piece of work. This honor of student conductor Is given to the student who shows outstanding In terest, application and ability In Uie field of music. Folks in our part of the packed auditorium gave more than the usual hand to the plnylng of "The Three Jncks" In which Uie trumpet lOtttlnued on Paae t, Colamn SI Kilby Withdraws In Court Race Pat Kilby, young democrat who had announced previously thnt he would be a candidate for his party's nomination to the county court, said today he was withdrawing from the race. Kilbv had never actunlly filed his candidacy. He snld that he was mov ing to Medford to work and that the field would be left open to Guy E. Bellnnt, who recently announced he would be a democratic candidate. Kllby's move eliminates one con test for the Mny 21 primnry unless nnoUier democrat files. atomic Metal1, fnmous atomic scientist disclosed Into uranium. He said a small part menu una c - bake more than one kind of ntomio that thorium's use for atomic power Is or?nsks eJIIUOtUI WTT CI Use Program I 8ACRAMENTO, Calif., March I P Any extra Bhaate, dam power coming from new generators ahould be made Immediately available to needy California consumers, Oov ernor Earl Warren aald today, de spite any disputes between the Pa cific Oaa and Electric company and tlu reclamation bureau. The executive's words were In- eluded in a telegram to Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug, who wired Warren today to ask him to desig nate "any agency to market addi tional Shasta power to become available April 1." Explained the governor in an sv.erlng Krug: "You must appreciate I have no choice In thla matter. Your present contractee for distribution of exist- Ir-i. power, the POikE. Is the only acency with physical faculties to distribute any power from Shasta dam. There are no other facilities, public or private, for that pur pose. . . rhe reclamation bureau and PG&E, in spite of differences, should make this power available by agreement during this emer gency." Texas Plant Blows Up DUMAS. Texas, March 6 iPh- Fire at Uie Cactus ordnance works near Etter in Northern Moore county caused an estimated dam age of $2,000,000 today. W. R. Rutherford, editor of the Moore County News, said the plant makes ammonium .nitrate, the ma terial which exploded to cause Uie Texas City disaster last April. It was not immediately deter mined whether any quantity of ammonium nitrate was stored In the vicinity. Firemen still were fighting the blaze at mid-afternoon. Driver Hurt In Smash-Up A head-on collision on the OVS read at midnight last night sent Stanley Elwood Powell, 33, of 1861 Hope street, to Hillside hospital with criUcal Injuries. Powell's con dition waa reported fair today and he has head injuries, possible frac ture of Uie right Jaw and facial lac erations. State police investigated the crash on the busy stretch where hundreds of cars were returning fiom the Introduction Day cere monies at the school on Uie hiU. Officers said Powell was coming down Uie hill toward Klamath Falls when he passed a car ahead and stiuck head-on Into a car operated by Gordon David Watson. 534 Mar ket. Watson was en route toward OVS. Watson and his passenger, Don ald Ray Shoemaker, also of 534 Market, suffered cuts and abrasions but were treated and dismissed. Both cars were badly damaged. Slate police said they had not filed charges against Powell at noon to day. il Speed Test Planned ALTURAS, March 6 Work of tearing down the old rodeo ground buildings has been started. The chutes will be rebuilt just north of the grandstand, a new race track will be built as well as barns and Uie other necessary buildings to stage rodeo events. Flans for a centennial celebration are In Uie making for some time this summer. It is planned to have mall brought from Reno by pony express In order to convince Uie post office department that the delivery of mail in the olden days was accomplished in shorter time than at the present day. It is also planned to use smoke signals heralding the express leav ing Reno, and to signal Its arrival at the different towns along the route. This, the promoters claim, will vie with the present day tele phone service. YYTC Slated To Open Monday Weyerhaeuser' Timber company officials announced todny that the mill, planer, shipping department and box factory expect to resume normal operations as usual at 7:30 a. m. Monday following a 10-day shutdown due to failure of the power providing turbine at the big plant Woods operations at both camp 4 and camp 6 will resume Wednesday morning, March 10. Broadcasts confirming the sched ule or any necessary change In plans will be heard Sunday. Time of the broadcasts, KFLW, 12 noon and 6:15 p. m.; KFJI, 12 noon and 4:45 p. m. Weyerhaeuser closed when the big turbine went out on Februnry 26. Some of Uie necessary parts were on hand and others arrived fortunately after months of being on order. A few parts are expected here this week-end to finish Uie job. It was necessary to completely dismantle tha turbine to rea-h Uie source of trouble, officials tald today. $2 Export Top H B Proposal up For Approval WASHINGTON. March 8 IIP) A Ung a $2 celling price on wheat exported by the United States, Canada and Australia was announced today. The international wheat council made public the five-year pact It Is subject to approval by the U. 8. congress and to ratification by the other governments concerned. The agreement fixes a minimum price as well as the 83 maximum. The minimum will be 81.60 a bushel In the first year, 1048-49. It will drop 10 cents a bushel annually until 1953 when the minimum will be 11.10 a bushel. Between the top and bottom prices, the agreement provides, trans actions will be "freely concluded and prices moved In accordance with market conditions." The 33 countries Importing wheat are pledged to buy not less than 800,000.000 bushels from the three exporting countries. Canada would ship 230,000.000 bushels, the United States, 185,000,000, nd Australia, 85.000.000. Tre agreed celling price Is about V cents a bushel below the present market. Russia and Argentine re fused to take part in the agreement. Argentina has been selling wheat to Europe at about 84.85 a bushel. Argentina Balks Argentina said it would not enter any wheat pact unless the govern ments also agreed on a broad trade treaty covering trucks, farm equip ment and other machinery of the type Argentina imports. The announcement of the pact by Leslie A. Wheeler, council chairman, said: "At the maximum price the ex porter must sell the quantity he has guaranteed to deliver and at the minimum price the Importer moat purchase the quantity he has guar anteed to buy. Several members of congress from fam states have said they will op. pose ratification of the agreement. Undersecretary of Agriculture N. R. Dodd. who Is the signer for the U. S. government, said Uie pact may be referred to congress as a treaty or as an executive agreement In either case It would be up to con. gress to decide whether the senate alone should act or whether both house and senate should approve. The agreement follows talks con tinued here since last January 2s. as well as an unsuccessful effort in London in 1947. Wheeler said the agreement "climaxes many yean of effort to stabilize the world wheat market through international co operation." It would take effect August 1, if ratified. Filibuster Plans Laid WASHINGTON, March 6 UP) D'xie democrats mounted guard in the senate today ready to filibuster at a moment's notice against any civil rights bill. Eighteen southern senators agreed at a secret session to keep one of their number on hand at all times Uie senate is in session. He will keep watch against any surprise move to call up one or another of President Truman's race equality proposals which have split party ranks. The group arranged, it was dis closed, to have speakers ready to start talking whenever any of the ami discrimination measures Is brought up. Senator Russell ID-Ga.) was named chairman at the meeting in the office of Senator Byrd (D-Va.) rd has been mentioned as a pos. slble Dixie candidate for the demo cratic presidential nomination. However, Senator Hoey (D-N. C told a reporter Uie senators did not link their filibuster plans with any move to depose Mr. Truman as the party s candidate. Mississippi Site Of Dismal Search GREENVILLE, Miss., March 6 UP) A dismal search continued today on the Mississippi river here for the master and 10 crewmen of the tow boat Natchez, missing since Uie ves sel sank Thursday night Thirteen of the crew of 26 escaped. Two others were pulled from the water, but died of Injuries. The Natchez, pushing three oil laden barges up through the bridge between Greenville and Lake Vil lage, Ark., was caught by the treach erous current and dashed against a concrete pier of the bridge. The towboat rolled over and sank in a little more than a minute. James F. Browinski of St Louis, Mo., captain of the Natchez, was In Uie pilot house when she overturned. He has not oeen seen since. The disaster to the worst on the Mississippi in years. 7400 Guests Sign Register During Big OVS Open House Visitors packed Oregon Vocational school Friday in a highly successful open house. There were 1400 names on Uie guest register when the big Introduction Day program ended late last night A large number of seniors from high schools in Uie basin area, In cluding Tulelake and Butte Valley at Dorris, visited OVS during the day. The dunco highlighting Uie day's events whs jam packed with students and guests. Karl Smykll and his band played for the affair, held in the school gym. Guided tours were conducted through class rooms where students were on hand to explain class work In watchmaking, medical technology, baking, radio, body and fender and many more courses on the school's curriculum. 38-natlon wheat agreement put- RC Response 10 Per Cent Klamath county reached 10 per cent, 83500, of Its 835.000 goal In the annual Red Crow drive at noon to day. Saturday. Headquarters report- ea mat in tne contest going on between Jackson and Klamath counties, Klamath still lags behind. Jackson county has tallied up 32 per cent oi its goal. Firm donations and special gift contributions today Include: Klamath county school office 37.00 Klamath Ice and Storage 100.00 Montgomery Ward 125.00 132.00 88.50 300.00 Standard Oil Weyerhaeuser office . Weyerhaeuser firm . Tulana Farms 100.00" 10D.06 100.00 Mary Moore Mr. and Mrs. Pred Fleet .. KUHS Pep Pepper booth donation! 352.B.1 Residential division 437.25 Lake County Ground Splits LCEVDJW, March 6 The earth, r cracked open the other day, out la uie uiuegrass area of Lake county, 30 miles north of. Plush, and It took four or five days for Uie word to get out of the rugged country. A crfclc aoout two feet wide and 50 feet long opened up, no one knows how deep, and one man said he could hear water running down below. Jim Beneflel was digging reser voirs for the Taylor grazing service. Down about eight feet on one reser voir, he noticed water coming in. He pulled the tractor out and left for a few hours. When he returned. Uie water had left but a narrow creek had opened across the reser voir. The next morning the crack had opened to about two feet No one had sounded the hole to tee how deep it was. Airport Zone Study Slated The airport zoning board is mak ing a final study on plans to set up a two-mile restricted zone around Uie municipal airport Zoning will apply principally to height of structures, trees or other property which might obstruct planes taking off and landing at the field. The board will draw up the offi cial zoning regulations. A publls hearing this week was attended by city officials and Interested property owners to straighten out any questions regarding the plan. A similar hearing was held several months ago. but property owner objected that they had not had suf ficient notice of the meeting, and asked that the legal procedure of advertising the hearing be done again. Maginot Line' On Rental List PARIS. March 6 Uie Maginot line. (JPl For rent: The French government haa of fered for rent as pasture the sec tions of land In which the Maginot line was built and through which the German panzer divisions came so fast in 1940. The land for rent is In the re- -gion of Thionville, Aumetz, Audun-Le-Tlche and Bouzonville. Some of the old fortifications can be seen from Uie highway. Pastries, baked by the OVS bak ing class, and coffee were served free of charge in the cafeteria to more than 1000 guests. Tours began at the campus theatre where visitors were taken by bus to Uie cafeteria for refreshments. and then conducted through various buildings, ending near the parkins lot bv Uie school gym. hired over radio station KFLW. from the dance and the other a proJ gram of music played by Helen Bow man on the school's Hammond elec tric organ. An official program map of the campus and a copy of the OVS Owl, the school's weekly newspaper, were given to visitors an they were greeted at the entrance by members of the student entertainment committee.