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Newspaper Page Textmm mm mm i K U n rJ its II 1 II n I P it A YJ I B PLv I'llICK 'VK CKNTH MW KLAMATH KAI.I.HrltMiO.V, THDKSIlAy, MAltC'li 85, 1848 Telephone Bill Xo. 131)9 SoDomis OK . tat Cerb Extemsioni J AIM Shattered Air Force Transport WTO 0 Klght lr forr airmen died In the rfcki of this 0-47 tran.port plane which rruhrd near Wood land. Wuh, Two mrvtrori were Cound In Ihr mow by loiter. Five bod in wire found In Ihr wrcrkage and where lliey had wandered off to die In llir mow. The plane wai on a lllihl from Fairfield, Calif. In I he- By HIANK JKNKINN rtKFKNbE Hccrrury Kortcatal. rep rearming our lop military leader- i ship, asks lumrr.M KHlay for im mediate expansion of our armed aervirea lo Hie point where Allien- I can military might will mutch that of Russia. I Hs want: 1, belecllve kervue draft of men finii) It to it. Inrhulve, 1. A penuanenl nyttern of unlver at military training, to become fully effective within three . ear. j 1. Another three billion dnllnra I t for Immediate Increate of men and I niachliira. PONORKSS doMM't like Hie Idea. W We don't like the Idea. BUT For the flral lime In our hIMorv. the poMlble altemallve la LOH.S OK OUR LIBERTY. The crlaia that haa ari.wn in the world la Jtul that aerloua. JN London, MedllerrHiienn experta In the nntliih goveriitnenl predict that In the Italian election In April the communist combination of purlieu will get from 38 to 43 per cent of the total vote. They add that Uiey don't arc how the communlM ran be kept out of the ' new Italian government that will follow the election. Plane-Maker Genn Martin Tells Of Perfected Navy Guided Missile That Searches Out Enemy Vessels On Sea NEW YORK. March 28 (T-, Plane. maker Olenn L. Martin ay the navy haa perfected guided ml.ullea that can aearch out an enemy ship and deatroy It "even If It la halfway acrrem the ocean."- The United BtatcV preornt-day warfare itevrlopmenu. Mnrtln aays. oUo Include a radloactlve cloud thnl will kill anything It luurhcA. new bacteria weapuna and an A-bomb far more devastating than those dropivd on Japan. 'Ittr navy i guided miaaile Is equlpird with a homing device which steers It lo Its target, Martin, head of the plane manufacturing com pany that bears his name, said at press conference yesterday. "We can sink the ship even If It Is halfway across the ocean. All we have to do Is to get our own ships out of the way." 'Hie missiles also can bo used against Iron foundries, he said, and "It will be possible to eliminate a nation's steel Industry in time." The radio-active, or atomic, cloud la spread by wind, he declured. There's a danger of It backfiring on lis user If turned loose when weather condltluns are not sultable. If another war comes, the new weans make It likely that Its ultimate course would be determined within 65 days, he said. "Our greatest weaiwns are some mouths away." Martin declared. "It will take two years before we could produce sufficient aircraft of the new type now being developed. Missiles would be ready much more quickly." In Washington, the atomic energy commission had no comment on Martin's statements. Demos May Switch On Tax Slash WAHHINfiTON. March 2 it'i Reports that President Truman soon will propose new billions for drfense prompted vote-switching talk today among democrats who cast previous ballots for tax cutting. Jtcpubllran leaders Insisted, how ever, that not enough shifts will occur to uphold Mr. Truman's vir tually certain veto of their I4.SO0. 000,000 lax reduction bill. Thai measure completed Its first trip through congress yesterday. Big Tally The house rolled up a thumping 288 to 61 tally 61 votes more than the two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential rejection. The senate passed the bill on Monday by a count of "8 to 11 or 111 votes to spare If the lineup re mains the same on the veto lest. Rep. Cox iD-Oa.i, who voted for the tax cut yesterday, raised the possibility today of a waie shift of votes, Including his own. He told newsmen: "Report now are that tile presi dent will ask for a large sum of money for the air forces and for atomic energy, about $10,000,000,000 more. This would greatly change the whole matter. "If tile president shows congress that tills (4.800.000.000 is needed to protect Uila country and I believe he has understated the world emer gencyit Is my belief congress will sustain his veto of the Ux bill." World Knowledge Not Yet Complete FRKDERICKanURO, Vs.. March ii tAI National park service offi cials hero have received a Irtter from an Australian who apparently Is unaware Hie South rejoined the Union. Ills letter, seeking information on Southern generals, was addressed lo: BRMEMDKR: "Tli Superintendent. Fredericks- n In Italy It won't be Jut a case of bur Spotsylvania County Na one party winning all and the : J10"111 Military Park. Fredericks other losing all. In tills April IB Dllr. v C. S. A. (Confederate t:nllnara an ri. I, Calamit 41 I Slulra of Ainerlcnl." Indignation Mounting Over Plane Shipments To Russia WASHINGTON, March 25 tIV Senator Muybnuk iL-u. C.i called on Attorney Ucncral Clark today lo prosecute the persons who permuted shipment of airplane engines to it jsla. "To my utter amnwinrnt 1 havo rend ol the shipments ol aeroplane motors and oilier nmlciinls lo Rus sia which may eventually be used against! us," May bank said In a letter Id Clark, He ndtlrtl: "I uiilcvo It Is your tuny as attor ney general lo start proceedings immediately ngunm the iirms men tioned and all responsible." Maybauk made the same assertion al a senate aimed services commit tee hearing na congressional indig nation rose over shipping supplies to Russia and her satellite nations. Other developments in the Inquiry Into such shipments included: 1. President Trumuii ubsvrvcd at a news colli crcueo thai the U. B. r). It. at llio present lime, la n liientlly nation; Unit many of the shipments under flro were cuntiaclcU lor by llio Uovlets two years ago. 2, Bonutor JlrkiKcs tlt-N. II.) said shipment of such goods to Russia, at a lime like this Is "dlsgracotul und almost treasonable." X Rep. bhalcr tU-Mlch.) said his house armed services subcommittee has been assured the commerce de partment is clamping down on ex ports of potential war materials lo Russia. 'Iho sin to (Icpiu tineni, he khki, Ictis It needs moie siaiuliiiy uuilioiily tu control liupuiu. He said, "Wo nra gelling some, siialcgic materials lioin Russia, All trade Wit Russia Will nut bo suspended." 4. Richard P. Plucks, a former government official, told a house siiliconiinltlvo the state department ' encouraged nil relationships I had .wllh Russia and with every other person behind ihc Iron curtain." Flncke said that hapiened In May. 1D47. niter he had suld 40 airplane engines to Russia some months earlier. He said he reported this to the KUI. ft. Tlie United Aircraft corporation denied that Its Pratt and Whitney Aircraft division Is shipping nlrplane engines lo the Soviet Union, or has shipped any engines or purls there since V-J Uny. Testimony before a house surplus property stibconiinll tco hud named I'nill and Whitney as nil alleged shipper ol such equip ment to Russia. United Aircraft de nied tins 111 a letter to Chairman Rtr.lcy lR-Okln.1. 6. The commerce department re ported $421,000 worth of nlrcralt parts were shipped lo Russia Inst year. Total U. U. exports to the Soviet In 1047 nmoiinicd to 14, 5O4.O0O. This was a drop of SJtlH. 288,0110 from the 1040 total of VI67, 702.000. UNRRA and lend-lease, shipments made up 82 per cent of the 11)40 total. The U. 8. leeched $77,102,000 worth of goods from Russia In 1047. Prisoner Has His Own Ideas NEWARK, O., March 2 (IV When the Judge said, "10 days," Harold Offenbakcr, 20, of Newark, gasped: "For goodness snkes, you nren'l going to send mo to Jail, nrc you?" "Yes, Nlr," replied Common Plcns Juclgo Chillies H. llollsbrrry. "I'm not going," Offenbakcr cried, Jumping from his sent mid running out of the room whero he nppearetl mi n contempt of court citation, That was yesterday nflcrnoon. Authorities still sought him todny. Clay Says No War In Sight FRANKFURT. Oernmny. March 35 iA't Oen. Lucius D. Clay said to day he Is "not the least bit nervous" about the military situation In Ocr mnny. "I am not expecting any confla gration lo break out tomorrow or the next day by any menus." the U. S. military governor told a news conference. Clay suld he has no fear Hint the Russians will close the borders of tnstcrn Germany or the supply highway from the British uud American tones to Berlin. A German newsman said Ihc Oer mini people arc afraid they will be overrun by Russian troops. Clay replied: "People everywhere nrc afraid of war. Nobody ns an Individual wants war. Let us hoic from that lact alone there will be no war. "On Iho other hand, we must face the fnct that there are certain moral values Unit those of us who believe In them must maintain, re gardless of the cost." Clay wns nsked If the Russians ever expressed n threat to use troops or n feur that troops would be used. "Never," Cluy replied. "Not to me In any of my official or social relations," Foreign Aid Debate Grows WASHINGTON, March 25 iPi The house stped up the pace of Its debate todny on tlie $6,205,000,000 foreign aid bill. There were awns of a light ahead over how far this country should go In telling Western Europe which goods It must not ship lo Russia. Former President Herbert Hoover edged Into the dispute from the sidelines. He endorsed the European recovery program, the backbone of Die house bill, as "a major dam against Russian aggression." But Hoover said tlie shipmenut-to-Russla provisions goes too far. Rep. Mundt (R.-S.D.) and some of Ills colleagues Insist it should go farther. The whole question will be thresh ed out when the house foreign af fairs committee meets Monday. Local Option Feature Gets Modification WASHINGTON March 25 Ongrefta rni to the White House today Irjcklntion keeping rent con trol! for another year. Voire rote approval by the rn alt. completed concreaslonat action on the measure. It came only a few hours after the house okayed, 220 to 95, a com promise of differing measures origi nally pa&KCd by senate and house. Without the leglJilation the pres en control, affecting about 13.000,- 000 duelling places and 50.000.000 pTonJ!, would end a week from to dny. The compromise written by a senate-house conference committee after the two chambers had passed differing bills, modifies the "local option" feature of the house ver sion by giving a special federal court the last word on rent boosts whenever local boards and federal olficlals disagree. Authority Given As passed by the house, prior lo drafting of the compromise late yes terdny, the bill would have given tl e local boards nominated by the governors of the various states ab solute authority to raise rents or decontrol areas completely. The compromise revises the house bill provision which would have slrioped federal officials of final authority In rent derisions. Senator Cain IR-Wash.), floor manager for the bill in the senate, told newsmen he hoped senate ac tion would follow immediately. Hie sesMon had ben announced a.s only a formal review of the tech nical language by Cain and Wol cott. But six of the seven house conferees showed up. and an argu ment dj'ebped ovmj how-to define ujc cuurc s power. Italy Ready To Talk On Trieste Deal HOME, March 25 IIP, Htrlkinr printers went back lo work today and set the news that lUIr is will Inr lo negotiate wllh Yugoslavia over Trieste. A foreign minister spokesman said negotiations could be consid ered only In the spirit of the Ameri can, British and French note pro posing return of the 400-tuuare-mile free territory to Italy. The government and the communist-controlled Italian Confedera tion of Labor, which some observers had accused of calling the press strike for political reasons, an nounced the end of the printers' wulkout. Cramped Campaign The strike had deprived Italians of newspapers since Sunday. Thus It had cramped the political cam paign, in which communists are striving for power In the April 18 elections. Radios and public loud speakers had been about the only means of distributing news In Italy since the western powers announced they favored the return of Trieste lo Italy. The foreign ministry's spokesman emphasized his government's belief that only by eliminating the "dis cord revealed In the question of the Trieste free territory can construc tive peace be reached with our neighbors." The three western allies an nounced Saturday they had pro posed to Russia and IUly "that those governments Join In agree ment on an additional protocol to th treaty of peace with Italy which would piace the free territory of Tiieste once more tinder Italian sovereignty." The Trieste announcement came less than a month before a crucial Italian parliamentary election, scheduled for April 18. The main contest will be be tween de Gasperi's Christian demo crats and the eommunist-socialist popular front. (Mediterranean experts In the British government forecast In Lon don yesterday the popular front will ge' 38 to 43 per cent of the vote. They said they did not see how the communists could be kept out of the government.) Army Heads May Control U.S. Atoms WASHINGTON, March 25 (PI lien'lor wtirrry tit-Men.) intro duced today a bill to return control of atomle energy to the army. The bill would abolish the civilian atomle energy commission. The secretary of the army. Instead, would hold overall authority to direct atomle energy matters. The president would be directed to make the shift 30 days after passage of the legislation. Royall Against Wherry submitted the proposal about the same time Secretary of the Army Royall was telling the senate armed services committee he was not In favor of a change. "I am averse to changing or ganizations that are working well," Royall said. "The atomic energy commission and the representatives of the military are working splendid ly together. . . , We need not suggest a change." Hecrelary of Defense Forrestal, who appeared before the committee with Royall, said flatly that Russia does not yet know how to produce atomic bombs. He made the statement In listing America's assets. He said: "The United States possesses the knowledge and the capacity to make the atom bomb, and as yet the Soviets do not. "The mere possession of this un doubted asset would not necessarily turn the scale of war, U war should come. But Its possession has un doubted power to dissuade from ag gression any nation that believes we have sufficient military strength to put that weapon to effective use. Then, departing from his prepared text, Forrestal said: "It Is a fact known to all that we have tried to propose an Interna tional agreement to deny ourselves the use of this weapon. He said these attempts have failed because Russia has refused to co operate. Parking Togs Are Problem To Mayor SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 35 (At Mayor Hurry t'lelson l.ns a parking problem to wll, his dniighter, Judy. Tho mayor shelled out his fourth one-dollar fine yesterday for his dauRhtcr's overllnio parking. The last ono was acquired by Miss Elolson on Murch 13 while week ending from MacMurry collcgo, Jacksonville, at home. Tlio traffic department found the delinquent ticket yesterday, she forgot lo tell her father about It. The mnyor promised to lay down tho law to Judy. Time Switch Dead Issue SALEM, March 25 (Daylight saving for Oregon was a dead issue today. Mayor Robert L. Hlfstrom, presi dent of the League of Oregon Cities, said his poll .showed that 86 mayors are for It and 76 are apposed. - Such a sharp difference of opin ion, he said, would make It impos sible to have daylight saving throughout the state. Governor John H. Hall already had said he had no authority to proclaim the fast time for the state. He said that Is a legislative Job and the legislature doesn't meet un til next January. Students Off On Vacations Both city and county elementary and high school students began their abbreviated spring vacation on dismissal of school this afternoon. Students In both the city and county get Just two actual school days off Friday and next Monday. In most previous years, spring va cation has been good for a week, and on a few rare occasions, two weeks. When school calendars were com piled this year, however, the two days were marked off for the early spring rest. Students will be setting out on the last lap of their 1947-48 year when they return to classes Tuesday, and no formal vacations are scheduled. Most graduation exercises are set for early June. Cattle Trucks To Be Inspected HILLSUono, March 35 t.Vi Washington county dairymen havo asked Ihc sheriff to start a check of all trucks carrying llvoMock Into the county and require health cer tificates for tho animals. The dairymen announced a pro gram to prevent diseased cattle mov ing Into the county from drougth stricken areas of California. They said many diseases, under control here for yours, might break out It controls are not established. Fourth Indian Still Mystery REDMOND, March 35 iPi Street Superintendent John B e r n I n g heartily thanked the police depart ment for sending him prisoners to clean the streets; asked If he could have those four Industrious Indians again the next day. "What four Indians?" asked po lice. "Those In Jail," said Bernlng. "But we only had three Indians In Jail," said police. Bernlng still hasn't figured out who the fourth Indian that cleaned up his si reels was. But It looked as If the man Joined the street-cleaners by mistake: A private contracting firm laying curbs In another part of town had been employing Indians that day. "Camping Out" To Be Pushed PORTLAND, March 25 A Citv kids should be able to "camp out" and still be back home by nightfall, Commissioner Fred L. Peterson thinks. He has asked that two surplus whale bouts bo given by the mari time commission lo the city to trans port children to Rock Island, a 16 acre city park In the Willamette river south of Mllwaukle. If the city gets the boats, he said, a day camp will be set up on the islnnd to give children the thrill of camping out without adding to tlie overnight worries of their parents. Blast Furnace Flare Kills 4 BETHLEHEM. Pa.. March 25 UPi Hot coke pouring from a blast fiir n.ice pipe in a flaming flash killed at least four men and burned 13 others at the Bethlehem Steel cor pciatlon plant last night. Martin L. Gilbert. 43. Allentown, Pn and Walter Pletchan, Egypt. Pa., were killed outright along with a third man whose body was charred beyond recognition. Augus tii' Knccht. 43, Nazareth, Pa., died at a hospital early todny. Two others suffered third degree biirns and were reported In critical condition. They were listed as ViJodo Lukasevlch. Wnlnutport, Pa. and Frank Schlegel Jr.. Easton, Pa. The company said the accident that produced a flash seen 20 miles f:om the steel mill occurred while the furnnrc wns being shut down bi cause of ihc soft conl strike. Hot coke, a compnnv spokesman said, slipped inside the furnace, forcing out the plugs In two plpe llki; tuyeres and spreading the coke round the base of the furnace where the men were working. British Hit Red Protest . LONDON. March 25 P) Britain rejected, today Russia's protest against the United States-British-French negotiations lor rebuilding Western Germany's economy. A firm note to the Soviet govern ment said Great Britain wished "entirely to repudiate the accusa tions" made by Russia that the ne gotiations violated the Potsdam agreement. The note blamed Russia for the breakdown of four-power coopera tion for restoring Germany's econo mic unity. "In the opinion of His Majesty's government." it said, "responsibility for the frustration of their consist ent attempts to promote to the greatest possible extent practical .3 operalion in Germany, directed to the economic recovery and unity ot that country . . . rests clearly upon the Soviet government. "The refusal of the Soviet govern ment to allow those conditions to exist in Germany which are essen tial for the well-being of Europe has been amply demonstrated by their actions In the control council and the council of foreign ministers and in all aspects of the political and economic discrimination In the Soviet-occupied zone." Subs Sighted Off US Coast WASHINGTON, March 25 W Secretary of the Navy Sullivan told senators today that "recently sub marines not belonging to any na tion west of the 'iron curtain' have been sighted off our shores." Although Sullivan named no names, Russia is the only nation ! behind the Iron curtain known to have any submarine fleet. Testifying to the senate armed services committee. Sullivan said: "I am not prepared to evaluate the significance of these sightings. However, we all recall that an early step of the Germans in 1917 and 1941 was to deploy submarines off our coasts." Sullivan was before the committee to ask for a stronger navy as part of the administration's "stop com munism" drive. He said Russia had obtained 10 new German submarines, four of them of the latest wartime design. Truman Favors Fast Time Party Plans Put CC In Dither PASCO, March 25 (A'l The date when water will flow through irri gation ditches on the Pasco division of the Columbia Irrigation project Is worrying men.bcrs of the cham ber of commerce more thun It docs the fnrmers. Charles . Sccholrer, resident en gineer, said today that water would roll through the canals on or be fore April 15, The first of two big pumps on the edge of the river will be installed by the end of this week. Farmers, however, report the soil has 42 Inches of moisture. But tho chumbcr of commerce wnnts to know Just when. The mem bcrs want to throw a party. Tragedy Hits Ziegler Family With the death of Capt. Frederic J. Ziegler Jr., of Portland, one of the men to die In the crash of a C-47 last Sunday on a wooded peak 10 miles northeast of Woodland, Wash., the airman's wife has lost her second husband In an air crash, and the flyer's parents have lost their second son. Sigma Nu fraternity brothers of Capt. Ziegler In Klnmath Falls to day remembered that the captain had married a young widow whose husband was killed In the air In India. She and a son by her former marriage, and a young daughter born to the Zleglers a short time ago, survive him, as do his parents. Dr. and Mrs. Frederic J. Ziegler of Portland. The elder Zleglers had a son who was killed when quite young while taking flying lessons. They adopted Frederic Jr. later. Capt, Ziegler attended the Univer sity of Oregon at Eugene and wns in school In the late 30's. Among his fraternity brothers here are Freder ick Ehlers, Don Klrkpatrlck and Floyd Klrkpatrlrk now of the ma rine air corps, John Raffetto, Leo Molatore and Gordon Erlandson. WASHINGTON, March 25 P) President Truman said today he would be for daylight saving on a nation-wide basis. But he said It only causes confusion if some cities adopt it and the rest of the country doesn't. The matter came up at his news I conference when a reporter asked if he had considered daylight saving as a fuel-saving measure during the coal strike. Mr. Truman said he had not. The president then commented that in the past daylight saving has been a lot of hooey because of the confusion from the changes on a town-by-town basis. He said it Is sensible only If adopted throughout the country. Medford Schools Show 1000 Gain MEDFORD, March 25 m Med ford s schools have 1000 more pupils now than eight years ago, a report Wednesday by Supt. E. H. Hedrick showed. Enrollment wns 2371 In 1940 and tills year Is 3300. a gnln of 38 per cent. His report said the rising birth rate and new families moving In the city Jointly were the causes. Forrestal Says Peace Chance Good WASHINGTON. March U UP. The nation's top military leaden asked eongreaa today for an Im mediate expansion of the armed , services and the drafting of men '.ll lo 25 years of age. ' Secretary of Defend- Korre.t.i! grimly outlined the rece;i turn al world events in urglrr ucru o limit. United States mllluiry rn;i:ht match that of communist Ri ia As Forrestal spokr .store tin senate armed lervier committed. President Truman announced he Is preparing to give tlie congress I revised defense program. ; Mr. Truman told his news con ference he can't estimate yet how many additional billions ot dollars the program will cost. Estimate, from the defense department have not yet reached him, he said. Forrestal said the odds still favor peace and the free nations of the world. . But he asked congress to approv. immediately: 1. An increase In the present authorized strength of army, navy, marine and air force manpower by 349.500 of fleers and men. 2. Another $3,000,000,000 In cash and contract authority for the armed services to cover this ex pansion. This presumably would b. in addition to $11,000,000,000 al ready in the budget. 3. Drafting by selective service of men from 19 to 25 years In elusive. He said this would pro- vide 1.355.000 men but added that only about 220,000 probably would be taken. He estimated 500,000 probably would volunteer. 4. A permanent system of nni-. Terul military training wnicBi would become fully effective with in three years. Forrestal aald thla would provide some 850.000 men each year with basic training. Forrestal said some of the detail, of the expanded armed service pro gram must be presented later behind closed doors. "Because of the world situation aa it exists today, there Is certain de tailed information which we cannot safely disclose In open session," For restal said. The current strength of the armed services is 1392,000. ; No Vet. Forrestal indicated in his testi mony before the senate armed ser vices committee that war veteran will not be Included In the draft plans. . . .. He said the 19-25 year age" group Includes a "total of 3,600,000 mal. non-veterans." Exemption Cut Exemptions and deferment, would reduce that number to 1355.000 the secretary said. He did not immedi ately explain the basis for exemp tions and deferment, but senators have said they would exclude mar ried men. Forrestal said the 349.500 In crease In the regular armed force, would be divided this way: "The army, by 240,000, from 541,000 to 782.000: ' "The navy by 63,000; from 397,000 to 460.000; i "The marine corps, by 11,000, front 81.000 to 92.000; j The air force, by 35,000, from 364, 500 to 400.000." This would require an additional $3,000,000,000 outlay, he said, which soon will be asked of congress. Red Council Stall Blasted WASHINGTON, March 25 lPh Secretary of State Marshall served notice today that the United State, will look on further Russian refusal to cooperate In the allied control council for Germany as "aimed against the unification of Ger many." He did this with a news confer ence statement which also: Threw the full weight of Ameri can prestige oehlnd General Lucius D Clay's fight to keep allied ma chinery In Germany running and behind Clay's determination to re main in Berlin. Endorsed completely Clay's "stop Russia" political policy which de. nles the Russian-sponsored German peoples congress the right to oper ate In the American area of Germany. Summer Homes At Lake Get 5-Foot Snow Covering Money Meant Little To Him SAN DIEGO, Calif.. March 25 lD H. J. Jnnkc found a $100 bill In his automobile yesterday. It hnd been there for more than two years. Janke discovered the bill In the license card container. It turned out on Inquiry that It hnd been left there by the son of a man from whom Janke bought the car two years ngo. The son. F. O. Grnble, said he hnd Just forgotten It. Janke gave It back. One of the heaviest winters on record at Lake o' the Woods hns left a topping of approximately five feet of heavily packed snow on rooftops of summer homes, but a group of Klamath men who skied out of the resort area last night said no dam age had been done to date. Troy Cook, president of the Lake o' the Woods Summer Home Own ers association, returned here with Wilson Wiley and Harry Ott of I Angeles at 9 p. m., and later another group including Ralph Stcnrn. Jr., Olenn Loren. Jr.. Vir gil Nelson, Marvin "Billy" Hilton and Gene Hnnklns renched Klnm ath Falls. The five KUHS students had gone to the lake Monday ar.d cleared snow from their respective cabins. Cook said that In addition to the five feet on rooftops, there Is around five feet of well packed snow on the level and It stormed nil day yester day, adding more Inches to the al ready well covered area. Th. lake la covered with Ice and those with cabins on the west side skied across the lake. Stearns and his party stayed with George Bosley, caretaker at the re sort. All buildings there were In good shape. Jack Dutcher and Tout Neeley, owners of the resort, snow shoed In from the foot of the hill to the lake last Tuesday. They ra dioed Medford Tuesday night that there was no "extensive damage" and they would assist home-owners In clearing their property. Wilson Wiley, member of th. party which left here Tuesday, aald they got cars In to the foot of the hill and were able to mnke the six miles on skis In a couple of hours but said the trip was "rugged." Th. party remained at Cook's eabln on the west side overnight, cleaned oft roofs of the Cook and Wiley cabins, and left about 6 o'clock last night, getting In her. at 9. All those who entered th. lak. tills week said th. ooen)n would be very late.