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Newspaper Page TextIM1 EH Mfo) In lh Day's Hero, My Fit ANH JKNKINH N early nml admittedly sketchy . estimate Indicates Unit nearly ' UU.(MK) wroii will have been dis placed from tliclr lioitim mid upset In tlirlr llvliiK programs by the Co lumbia floods. Tho physical dam- age, the estimate adds, limy run high as IOO inlllliiii dollars. ' 'Mini is Hid bad part o( tlm news ' '11 in kihkI part li Unit lnu ill lllu, as , i liir reported, la unexpectedly low. Physical diinmge tun b replaced. . tint Uie dead can't bo brought buck Li life. T1IKHK U another Intrmlliig phanc of tlio story. I'ruplo Imve worked Ilka beavois along the dikes to hold back Uio threatening wnicra. T here luu bfi'ii no llintiulil of linura or over time. UKT TIIK JOU IXJNK. Thin, ha been Uie thought uppermost In every inllul. And to II Inu been AKl'KIl the waters broke llirouuli and tlio duiu mid has bran done. Whril Unit h.i hniiiwiicd, cllorl Ima been ahllled to Waving lives-slid, a mi alter 'thought, to saving such properly ita inn be ved. Again there Ima been no holdlnii buck. Everywhere thoae m Hie Job Imve worked until they dropped Iron) exlmuallon. Every whrie there Ima been generous raiKiiue to cnlla (or help lor thoae who Imve sulfricd by the lury ul Uie Hoods. IN Uie pinches, we're wonderful. I In EMEItOKNCIES. there la Initially noihlnii we're uiiwilllini iu tackle. At auch ttinea, we loriiel narrow ntlliahncas and work el. Ilclently mid loyally mid uiuclflahly fur Uie coniinon good. Wouldn't It be wonderful if we could be Uml way ALL THE TIME'; UKItE U Uie odd part of It: In iiorinul limes itlml la to any, when lliluga are ruunlioj alonii mor 3 or Iru aa uauali we're all looklnii mil lor Number One. We think we HAVE to be cold and arlf-ceutercd. We labor under the drhulon Urn: only thua can we let ahead In the world. The truth la that If we followed the principle of the Cloldru Kule completely in normal ume b we d In einemenctra. when dUaaier atrlkea, we d all be belter off In doi lara and centa. That u one of Uie arm I truUu of hie that aa yet Isn't lully enough undcratood. JtH thrive wurda are written. Count " Folko Bernadott. of Bweden, aetinii aa niedlnlor fur United Na tions, la seeking an agreement be tween Uie Jewa and Uie Arab a to Uie exact hour for the ahoottn to atop. (Both (Idea have agreed, mure or leaa tentatively, to an armlitlce of four weeks. Tlio unie when Uie armlitlce la to begin It the big question at Uie moment.) A Palestine dispatch Una morning saya: "llulrcila are ao Intenae and the expressed understandings of Uie truce cuiidltlona are ao different that II la Impossible to torecaat wheUicr real peace will actually come." HA'IHKDS AUK BO INTENSE! There you are. That's largely what'a wrong with Una lopiy-lurvy world. DP Bill Goes To House WASHINGTON, June 3 iA'i The highly deputed bill to let 900.000 homeless Europeans enter Uie United States during the next two years went to the house Kxlny with the senate's 83 to 13 endorsement. One republican. Henntor llawkes IN J.l. and 12 southern democrat cast the opposition votes last night after nn 1 1 -hour continuous session. Enrly house approval of a slmllnr bill la Indicated since republican lenders Imve placed a "must" tag on displaced persons legislation for this session. The senate bill would permit 100.000 carefully selected Europeans to come here In each of the next 10 years, starting In July. They jaginiild be In addition to the regular lmnilgriiUon quotas. Stevenson, Jacobs Vie For Office YHKKA, June 3-Oordoii Jacobs, the Incumbent, and Jim Stevenson of Mt. Hebron will face each other III the general election tills fall In a contest for first district supervisor of Hlsklyou county. final returns from this week's primary election on the supervisor race show: Jucobs HUB. Htevcusoii U22 and (Jeorge Yost, Tulelake, 537. Political observers saw In the re sults the possibility that Jucobs will Imve a fight to atiiy on the supervisor board, on which he has served many yrurs. If Tuleluke people, who supported Yost In the nice, vole strongly for the uther iiiuilldnle from Eustern Hlsklyou Stevenson In Uie general election, II would probably force a chnuge on the board from district No. L For two or three years there has been a move oil to bring about re disricting of the county to give Eastern Hlsklyou as welt as oilier areas a better break In view of their population and economic develop ment since the lust districting set up wus effected. This move has fulled so far and politicians saw the strong voting for Htevenson and Yost as an Indication of determina tion In Eastern Hlsklyou to win representation from that area. Ja cobs' home is In the western part of the district. The freeholders election showed Eastern Hlsklyou men still at the bottom of the heap In returns from 57 of the county's 75 precincts. The freeholders will prepare a charter government plan to be voted on later by the people. On tho basis of returns so far, the following lead for the 15 freehold ers' positions: Eugene V. Anderson, William J. Evans. William A. liurr, John I). Morgnn, Oeorge E. Luttrell, Francis W. Martin. Donald V. Hank, Robert B Reynolds. Frank M. Uug fuu. L. D. Taylor. Harold Kane, l,con M. Allen, Fnuik L. Weamer, Carl F. Tuttle 8r., and John Maz xllil. Others who appear out of the running are Frank H. lirowue. V. O. Kulstou, Charles W. Thompson. Aaron 1. Van Itose. William H. WelUtamp and C. E. Molschen bacher. Hose and Weltknmp are J''m' ''''''m' '"" "" "" "' r" '. tiiiBiiiwwij.Wji'rw MMp I'KKT. F'VK CUNTK KLAMATH FALI.H, OKEOON, THL'ItHDA Y, JUNE 1, 1D4S Telephone 1 II No, 13M Irailii Sets SpeaEonug IProgn House Appropriations Unit Recommends 25 Per Cent Cut In Marshall Plan Fund WASHINGTON, June 1 tA't A 25 pel rent cut In funds for the Mar shall plan and other foreign aid programs was urgrd today by the house appropriations committee. The committee sent to the house floor fr prbatily ht debate tomor row a 5,oxo,1IO.JJ global assistance niessiire. This Is a reduction of only t'jM. 000.000, or 7.6 per cent. In the amount congress Itself authorized and President Truinun asked. Hut eould be spent during 12 months. Itul the committee said the cash It la willing to put up must be stretch ed out over 15 months. The house committee said that j since July 1, 1945, the United States has provided foreign aid totaling 18.182,000.000, much of which "has been wasted," and all of which has I tended to deplete this country's re- sources. No one, It said, can estimate with in a billion dollars the actual needs Director the efferl la a one-quarter i of the participating countries. il. I. -1. ,i C 1 1 U . I u , 1. HAMAi slush for this reason: The author In tlon law provided that the money Union Men Out On Red Issue CH1CAOO. June 3 o" Four members of the International execu tive board of Uie CIO Untied Farm Equipment workers resigned today when Uie board voted to comply wiUi non-comniunlst phases of the Taft-Hartley act. Urant Oakea, president of the union, said In a statement the board's compliance decision. In re aiionse to a rank and file referen dum, was made "with reluctance and repugnnnce." The four members of the 13-man board said they resigned rather than comply with "an unconstitu tional Invasion of civil liberties and denial of the right of membership freely to elect Uielr officers without dictation from an employer - con trolled congress." Lumber Export Figure Stays About Same WASHINGTON, June 3 Wi-Es-tlmated exports of lumber during the year tXKluning July 1 will leave the United H lutes In about the same position as now in the opinion of W N. Sparhuwk. a forest service official. Bparhawk's testimony to a house appropriations subcommittee on the fmelgn aid appropriations bill was made public today. He said that prices and other re strictions may curb building In tills country. Prndurtlo of lumber In Ihe 12 months Is epxected to total 38.000 000.000 board feet, he said, with domestic demand estimated at 37, jonotmooo board feet. Fxooria to all countries, he said, will be about I 400 ooo.oon board feet or jo ner cent of the tolol. About 7HO.000.000 or more than half, will go to countries receiving economic cnoneratlon administration aid. Bparhawk added that this coun try will have a carryover of 8500. CO0O00 board feet this vear and a 9,700.000,000 carryover June 30, 1R49 Pup Pays Way In Soda Parlor GLEN C1AHDNER, N. J.. June 3 ('( Bumps, a year old fox terrier with a penchant for Ice cream, pays Ills own way in this community's soda parlors, Mrs. Ingrld Panngoa. the dog'j mistress, became emburriissed when Blimps would sit and beg for Ice cream from a soda Jcrker. She purchased a key chain with a com device and fastened It to the pooch's collar. Now when Bumps gels that Ice cream look, Mrs. Panagos puts a nickel In the coin container, opens the front door of her home and olf goes Blimps to enjoy his favorite repast, 'Atom Gold' Trial Slated Spokane. June 3 oP) 8cven per sons accused of defrauding North west Investors of more than $200,000 with an "atomic" method of gold recovery, will stand trial starting June 14. Federal Judge Sam M. Driver set the case for Yakima district court but said he would transfer the trial to Spokane If defendants submit written consent within five days. Attorney Thor P. Ulvested of Scuttle, who represents flye of the seven defendants, asked flint the trial be postponed until full. He pre sented affidavits from two Califor nia physicians that one of his clients. Bonewicx X. Dawson. 74, of Los An gelesis 111 at this time. A third affidavit from a govern ment physician at Los Angeles said Dawson's condition would permit travel and appearance at the trial. The seven persons aro charged with use of the malls to defraud and violation of the federal securi ties act. They are accused of bilk ing Investors of more than $200,000 In a mining promotion Involving re covery of gold from black sand by a secret "atomic" process. 'KUHS Faculty Cups Go To Mary Lou Case, Ronnie Brown At Commencement Exercises Klnmath Union high school's coveted Faculty Cups to the out standing senior glii and boy went to Mary Loll Cuso and Ronnie Brown at Inst night's commencement ex ercises In Pelican Court. Mnry Lou Is Ilia daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ted Case and Ronnie Is the son of Rev. and Mrs, Cecil C. Brown. Both have been active In student nffnlrs during their four years of high school. Tho class of 3.H students, wearing I ho trnilltlonnl cap and gown, en tered Pellcnn court to tho strains of "Triumphal March" plnycd by the school orchestra. Tho Invocation by Rev, Brown followed and tho salutatory by Camornn Stewart and the valedictory by William South well, fallowed. Choir Hings Tlio n cappella choir sang n group nf songs and tho presentation of scholarships nnd awnrds wns mndo by Mrs. Warren a. Nngglo, faculty adviser for the senior class, linn Znrosluskl received tho Kl inls cup for tho outstanding JrJMH athlete, tho presentation "dc by Ted Reeves, Ktwanls club iJ.ld.rnl. i DAR citizenship award Went JJf.'ury Lou Cnse, and the DAR making sward to Audrey "'. i Lawrence. Eva Btirkhnltcr made tho presentations. The Klnmath County Junior chamber of commnrco awnrd of $100 to an outstanding senior went to Ronnlo Brown, this scholarship to be used In an Oregon school of higher lcnrnlng. Fred Killers made tho presentation. Mrs. Noggle made the following awards : AAUW, Doris Ethrldgc, $75. HPW Award Business nnd Professional Wom en's award, Rulhc Huston, $100. Scholarships to Pacific university, Dolores Moon; University of Oregon Mothers, Lois Hlbbprt; Klamatli Falls branch, Oregon Mothers, Kon nld Woods; Mills trustee scholar ship, Mary Lou Case: first nltornnto In Aaron Frank scholarship compe tition, Bill Southwell; University of Oregon, tuition and feo scholar ships, Bill Southwell, Cameron Stewart, Ronald Woods, Donna Rao Worden; OHC, Rutlic Huston; SOCE, Mlko Colbert. Torch pins wcro awarded the fol lowing for scholarship, Howard Borough, Betty Butler, Mary Lou Case, Bruce Crawford, Alvlu Daniel, John Eplcy, Doris KUuidgo, James Griggs, Gerald Haddock, Rutho Huston, Lcdcmn Ivle, Gilbert Joyce, lillghlly more than tS.ooo.OOo.OOO of the total asked had been bud geted for use during the 1Z months ending next April 3, or at the rate of 1417,000.000 per month. The committee trimmed that total to $4,063,000,000 for 15 months, a spending rate of $311,000,000 month ly Informed of the committee's ac tion. Economic Cooperation Ad ministrator Hoffman promptly call ed for the full $4,245,000,000 re quested for his agency. The com mittee pared the European recov ery Hem to $4,000,000,000. "The less money we have, the less recovery we can expect to get," Hoffman told a news conference. He said he "certainly hoped" flrsl action by congreaa would pro-' vide Ihe full sum. With the funds alieady made available for EC A. H at would supplv the $5,300,000,000 oilginal proposed for the Marshall ! plan. In explaining the cuts and apread ing out the spending period, the committee said the programs con templated 'will not permit Uie ex penditure of more funds than has been provided x x x on an Intelli gent basis" before July 1. 1948. Should an emergency arise before then, It added, congress will be in session again next January to take action. -:,f;TS. $gfl Mrs. Betty Orr Is the director of this year's summer recreation pro gram at Tulelake. This Is the proj ect's second year, and last year's director was Rev. Francis Cham bers. Recreation activities are pro vided for small youngsters to teen agers. The program gets under way next Monday, sponsored by the Tulelake city council, the Red Cross and the community as a I whole. Reds Release US Official BERLIN, Juno 3 VP) The Rus sians today released Dr. Harry L. Franklin. American military govern ment official whom they held for about 16 hours. Franklin asserted the Russians seised him "enUrely without Justi fication'' while he was on a business errand In the center of town. He was kept overnight in one of the Ru.viaiu' local police headquarters and questioned by the Russians. Franklin was arrested by a Soviet patrol as he left a photographer's shop. He Is deputy chief of the civil administration and political affairs branch for AMO In Berlin. Col. Frank L. Hovley. director of U. S. military government for Ber lin, described the Russian action in holding Franklin overnight as high handed and said he would make a formal protest. Numerous Oerman communists have been arrested In the American sector for circulating petitions banned in the U. S. rone for a communist-promoted plebiscite on Oerman unification. Some Americans expressed the be lief Franklin's arrest might have been In retaliation. Roy Larson. Mnrlan Mclntyre, Don na McVcy, Stuart Oliver, Tom Orr, Bill Southwell, Cameron Stewart, Edith WlKscnbach, Ronald Woods, Donna Worden, Don Zaroslnskl. Departmental Awards Departmental awards to out standing seniors: art, Lois Hlbbert; commerce, Lcorma Ivle; dramatics, LeRoy Overen; English, Rutho Huston; foreign language, Donnn Worden: home economics, Niidlnc Yockey; Industrial nils, Alvln Dnn lol; Journalism, Ronnie Brown; malhemntlcs, Don Zaroslnskl; music, Roy Larson; retail selling, Pat Mifflin: science, Stuart Oliver ) and the Bnusch nnd Lomb mednl; social studies, Minimi Mclntyre; speech, Harold Haddock: trades nnd Industry, Dwlghl Wenthersbee. Superintendent Arnold Oralnpp presented tho Fnculty Cups. Thoso awards were by voto of tho fnculty nnd kept secret until graduation night. The class was then presented by Principal Stanley Woodruff and Nelson Reed, chnirmnn of the board of education, mndc the diploma presentation. Following tho recessional, a re ception wns arranged by Pnrcnts nnd Pntrons club membora wlUi Junior mothers assisting. Wheat Estimate Tops Billion CHICAGO. June 3 tPi A com bined winter and spring wheat crop of more than a billion bushels was predicted today by C. M. Qnl vln, local crop expert. If renlised, It would be the sixth Ume In his tory the country has produced a billion bushel whent harvest. Onlvln's combined winter and spring estimate was for 1,114,018,000 bushels. Twins Have High Time This Time CONNERSVILLE, Ind June 3 m No one was surprised when Mrs. WByne Murray gave birth to twin boys here. Mrs. Murray is a twin and her mother Is a twin. But, It wns coincidence that ench of two nurses enring for the babies Is a twin. Grade Students Offer Flood Aid The seventh grndc at Fre mont school . hnd a picnic this week. When everything was paid for, the munificent amount of $1.37 wns left over. By unanimous approval the class emptied Its treasury and earmarked the $1.27 for Van port sufferers. It was one of several dona tions received today by the Klnmath chapter, American Red Cross. Robinson Yins Modoc Vote ALTURAS. June 3 Paul Robin son has nosed out Harvey Darst, Uie incumbent. In Modoc county's sec ond supervisorial district The count from this week's primary shows: Robinson 128. Darst 124. House Okays Fund Boost For Navy WASHINOTON, June 3 OPi A $3,686,733,250 navy appropriation bill for the new fiscal year begin ning July 1, was passed today by the house and sent to the senate. Passage was by voice vote. The measure boosts to $10,196, 672.250 Uie money voted by the house for defense in a 24-hour period. Yesterday it sent the sen ate a $6,509,939,000 money bill for Uie army and Uie air forces. Congress previously had voted approximately $3,200,000,000 for air craft procurement. Both the army and nary bills were passed In Uie form recom mended by Uie appropriations com mittee, which bad cut budget esti mates lor Uie armed services by approximately $890,000,000. The navy bill carries funds to start work on a 65 ,000-ton super aircraft carrier, to be Uie largest In the world, and to boost naval and marine corps uniformed per sonnel to 552,000. The army plans to have a peak strength of 1.250. 000 during Uie coming fiscal year. Passage of the defense money bills leaves Uie way clear (or house debate tomorrow on a $6,043,710,228 bill financing Uie foreign-aid pro gram until June 30, 1949. Another close one is in the third observed. Flood Area Roads Better OLYMPIA, June 3 ISV-The state patrol today reported continued Im provement In highway conditions over Uie state except in Uie Van couver area where little change was district, where Laurence Smith is short only eight votes from ellml Dating Uie Incumbent, Oeorge Per kins, Harry Orival and Oeorge U. S. 410 was reopened today from Pnmeroy to Clarkston, and Uie de tour eliminated. The Paaco-Kenne- wlck bridge, closed for several days, Thompson. Nine absentee ballots to , giso was reopened to Yakima valley be counted Monday may determine Uie outcome of this race. Dr. E. F. Auble. fourth district In cumbent, dropped far behind, being defeated by Charles Fltzpatrlck, 531, and John Cummings. 418. Auble got only 123. There are 50 absentee ballots to be counted In that dis trict. Fltzpatrick and Cummings will battle It out ill November. 700 File For Land Opening The new Tulelake homestead opening Is creating as much interest as Uie two previous land openings In the NorUiern California area. There are 700 names already on flic at the U. S. bureau of reclama tion, Al Harvey, in charge of Uie homestead office snid. Application forms will be sent to every name on Uie list as soon as the go ahead signal has been received from Wash ington. The land proposed for publio opening now Is in two units, one in the area south of Mnlln and the other Is the bnlance of Coppock bay land not nlrendy taken up In home steads. The area is to be divided Into 86 homestead sites according to present plans. It encompasses rough ly 81.000 acres. Long Ride For Stubborn Hens BLOOM1NGTON. 111., June 3 (VP) Three stubborn old hens went on a 130-mile Joyrlde yesterdny. They roost regularly nt night on the axles and the spare tire under neath a truck owned by Howard Johnson, farmer of Bowen, 111. He got Into his truck before day lie ht and drove to Bloomington, nbout 130 miles. When he arrived, he found the three hens perched underneath, on Uie spare tire. highway traffic Travel in Uie MeUiow river valley was still hard hit. PSH No. 16 was closed from Twisp to Wlnthrop with a detour available. PSH No. 17 was closed from Twisp to Gilbert and no detour had been reported. . In Uie adjoining Okanogan valley, PSH No. 10 was closed between Az well and Pateros with a detour avail able, but the highway was restricted to emergency travel between Pateros and Omak. The secondary highway between Grand Coulee and Omak, however, was open. Main roads north of Omak were reported open. Pacific highway traffic continued to be) routed over the Columbia river toll bridge at Longview. Western Washington traffic could reacn Vancouver on this route by recro&j ing jthe Columbia river at Cascade Locks east of Portland. The road train Vancouver to Woodland was open. Lords Uphold Death Penalty LONDON, June 3 (P) A proposal to abolish the death penalty In Eng land has hit a rock In the house of lords, and legislative experts pre dicted today Uie measure will founder. The lords, by a vote of 181 to 28, balked last night at the proposal already approved by Uie house of commons which would eliminate the death penalty for a test period of five years for all crimes except high treason and piracy. In legislative corridors today the opinion predominated that the house of commons now will reverse Itself and go along with the lords. The lower house could enforce Its will on U i lords, but it would take time and most observers doubt that it will do so. The vote by the lords placed Home Secretary Chuter Ede In an awk ward spot. On the basis of the lower house action In April he suspended all hangings. Month Of May Proves To Be Mostly Cloudy In This Area The month of Mny bonsted only seven days without clouds, nine days which were pnvtly cloudy and 15 cloudy days. The weather was termed "not too good" by the weatherman but folks In these parts already knew about that. Some hot weather occurred on the 24th and 25th with the ther mometer rising to 80 degrees, the maximum for the month, on both days. Minimum for Mny recorded on the 1st, wns 28 degrees. The mean monthly temperature was 50 degrees, 2.9 degrees below normal. There were 14 days when enough rnln fell to be measured. A total of 1.28 Inches wns recorded, .27 Inches above the normal of 1.01. Oreotest amount of rain, to fall In any 24-hour period fell on Mny 19, when .28 Inches was recorded. The status of Uie various bureau of reclamation reservoirs on the Klamath project Is shown In the following table: Active Storage In Acre Ft. Increase In Acre Reservoir 8-1-47 6-1-48 8-1-48 Ft. for May Upper Klnmath , 347.020 423.700 476,730 52,940 Clear Lake 204.710 176,630 191.920 16.290 Oerber . 36,040 40,880 43,890 3,010 . Total 687,770 641,300 .... 112,540 71,240 Chief Leaves Demo Heads In The Lurch WASHINGTON, June 1 'TV President Truman, In a mood to fight for a new term, called his own signals today as be made ready to take his ease to the people in 18 states. To the latest suggestion that he withdraw from the race, Mr, Tru man replied with a sharp declara Uon he waa wnot brought Dp to run from a fight." The president left democratic party chieftains on Uie sidelines in ordering up his special train for a strenuous speaking tour which may hold the answer to his political future. Son PollUeal The White House labelled the cross-country swing "non-political" but disclosed plans for five major addresses and a score or more off- the-cuff rear platform talks expect ed to furnish ammunition for th; 1948 campaign. The iUnerary of Mr. Truman's swing through the West will be changed slighUy to permit him to visit flood damage areas in the A or ui west, mute House officials said today. The president's train will leave Washington at 10:05 p. m. tonight for Chicago. En route he will make brief platform talks tomorrow at Fort Wayne and at Gary, Ind. He will deliver a prepared address in Chicago at 8 p. m. (PST) at the Swedish-American Centennial cele bration. The Presidential Special will torn eastward again from Los Angeles the night of June 14. tetter Written ' It waa in a letter to a fellow Miasonrfan. that Mr. Truman pro vided the elue to his determinauon to batUe party rebels, most at them southerners incensed over his civil right program. Mr. Truman left national com mittee officials off Uie passenger list for his western trip to add emphasis to Uie official description of it as non-political. However, the president held a long conference yesterday with Sen ator J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island, democratic national chair man, and other party leaders from Capitol Hill. Besides Uie Chicago talk tomorrow night, Mr. Truman will deliver pre pared speeches at Omaha on Sat urday, at Seattle June 10, Berkeley, Calif., June 12 and Los Angeles June 14. Meanwhile, the move to add southerners to the party's official leadership continued. Joe L. Blvthe, newly appointed national treasurer from North Caro lina, today named Acey Can-away ot Orlando, Fia as director ol finance. Dikes Built To Protect Farmlands By WILLIAM PHIPPg PORTLAND, Ore., June 1 lfi The Columbia river system spawned new flood in Its headwaters to day. Hundreds of miles downstream, winds whipping In from the Pa cific flicked the crest of the old one, over the tops of weakened dikes. Warning of the new flood crashed like a body punch Into tired resi dents of Oregon. Washington, Mon. tana and British Columbia who -have been battling two weeks against the river's worst rampage. Trail Flooded On the Canadian upper reaches, where the new rlBe was under way, the swollen Columbia edged farther Into the business heart of Uie smel tri city of Trail. Water began sterl ing into basements of business buildings and some residences. All along the river's torturtras 1000-mile course to the sea flood battered cities and farm commu nities rallied to face the second round all except those which hay not yet won the first one. The original crest was causlnc the most trouble in the heavily bar. ricaded area around Clatskanle on the Oregon shore and Skamokawa across Uie river In Washington.', It was here on the last 40 miles of its run Into the Pacific that wlnd- lsshed waters rolled over the dikes when the Incoming tide waa highest. Water Higher The ronover was only one Inch deep at the worst spot on the Ore gon side and it lapped over only when the winds came. Army engi neers said the water was running three-tenths of a foot higher than yesterday when the critical stag arrived in this srea. The dikes still held. Thousands of regular army troops, national guardsmen and civilian volunteers worked steadily to keep building up the earthworks, stop the leakage and the crumbling. It ' was touch and go. Workers strained to build up the earthwork protecting the fertile lowland. Their fight was against property damage only. The people went ' evacuated days ago. Tjpriver, too. Uie struggle against soft dikes went on around Portland even as the gears of rehabilitation finally meshed after the Memorial Day disaster of Vanport. Few Thought Lost Top Red Cross executives her said they believed "few. if any" of the war housing project's 18.704) presidents were lost when a dlk cracked and Columbia waters wsak" ed sway the city that had been Oregon's second tar rest Known dead so far, excluding Vanport, total 23. Federal and state agencies have coordinated plans and their mas sive reconstructive weight has turn ed to the task of rehabilitation for some 59000 persons and repairing damage running into untotaled mil lions oerhaps $100.000 000. Snarled eommunieaUons and dis rupted transnortatlon are slowhr be ing restored. Refneees are being sheltered and fed. Contributions t clothing from the more fortunate are oocr'nr In. The time of greatest suffering for over in the Portland are the hardest hit Over for the moment until the new crest mounting no river plunge down through th gorge. How bad could the new one be? Even veteran TJ. S. River Pore caster F.lmer Fisher wouldn't make a prediction. Flood Weather But if the new crest rises as high IContiaac Past S, Cvlsma S Red Cross Accepts Cash For Flood Victim Relief; Legion Asks Help For Vanport Yets Money for the relief of flood vic tims In the Vanport district and other sections to the north, was be ing accepted here today by the Klamath county chapter, American Red Cross. Any amoun will be accepted ac cording to Mrs. Frances Palmer, executive secretary. The Klnmath Lutheran church Ladles Aid with a gift of $10. wns the first organiza tion to respond to the call, Mr3. Palmer said Wednesday morning. Other donations Included a S75 check from' Mr. and Mrs. Thad Hatten; $10, Mr. nnd Mrs. R. E. Craney, Paisley; 15, Mrs. R. A. Young; $1, Robert Hayes. Inquiries Filed At least a dozen welfare Inquiries were filed by Uie Red Cross from here at Uie request of anxious rela tives. Only one has been returned, Mrs. Palmer advised, but the others are expected momentarily. The Portland office is faced with such a gigantic problem in Uie care and rehabilitation of victims of that area, that any replies will naturally come in slowly. Clothing Offered Many offers of clothing have been made to the Klamath chapter but Mrs. Palmer said that the Portland chapter has not answered her In quiry as to whether or not used clothing is needed there. It is un derstood that sufficient new cloth ing Is on hand In Portland to supply the needs of the sufferers. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Reed of 1125 Walnut, on hearing of the Vanport flood, left here Mondny for PorUand to meet their son's family, Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Reed and three children, Delvln, 8; Delayne, 6, and Darrell, 4. Mrs. Lloyd Reed and the young sters were already en route to Klam ath Falls and the two cars passed unknowingly between here and PorUand. The elder Reeds Immedi ately turned around and came back to Klamath Falls where Mrs. Reed and Uie children will remain until suitable housing can be found up north. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bates and three young children, residents of Lake street in Vanport which was the first street hit by the flood, arrived here to make their home this week. They are with friends until housing can be found. Mrs, Bates was transferred to Klamath Falls by Payless Drug company with whom she worked In Port land. Bates hopes to enter the vo cational re-educatlonal program of fered by the state. Lynn Roycroft, commander of Klamath Post No. 8, American Legion, Wednesday morning received a telegram from Jack Maris, state department commander of the Le gion, urging help. The telegram stated: "The recent disaster necessitates urgent relief in the form of money for distribution to stricken veterans. Please send contributions to depart ment headquarters. Maris." Roycroft said that many people do not realize that Vanport was made up almost entirely of veterans and their families. Posts through out the West are aiding by send ing cash contributions. Contributions through the Amer ican Legion here should be sent di rectly to the American Legion, 703 Veterans Club building, PorUand 4, Oregon.