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ti. t f it i r i riwrfcr r i c vvrn isi wmmmmmmm Br FRANK JENKINS B STRAW In th political wind probably an Important on: In Canada' national election, held yesterday, Ui Liberal party wtiu a amaahliMI victory, galling 193 of Uw 33 tost In the Canadian house ol commons, Ilia Llbrale von vry province except Alberta. It aa till biggtat party triumph In Canadian history. Mils la th point: Hit Literal party la Uit Canadian counterpart o( the prawn I Demo cratic party in Ui United Stele. Th Prof rtativa Conservatives, cor rsspuiidiug roughly to our Repub lean party, put up a allll campalin but managed to uki only 41 act Is out ol Ilia lolal ol 33. "N Alberta, th only provinc th Liberate (alld to carry, th Social Credit parly much nior radical than tli Liberal won out decls Ivrly. That U to aay, Ui Conserve Uvea lost EVERYWHERE. TN th campalin that preceded th election, th Liberal promised to work lor peat and prosperity and Liberal parly alma. One o( the Liberal party alma la to EXTEND auclal security meaaurea to Include a system o( contributory health m aurancav Canada present eoclal aecurlly aytm Include a "baby bonus" Uiat paya all parent about 8ft a month toward each child up port. 11m Idea of luaranteed aecurlly. you sea, 1 gaming rather than m . Ini etranfih In Canada. e e e DI8PATCH from Toronlo yaatar - day carried in it bit of xplan tory back round: "Under Canadian Uw, Ih Libert It could hve held on until lM (m Canada, a la Britain, election don't follow a rig id pattern, being called, within certain limitation, at th diarrauon of th controlling political party.) Intlaed they ex retted their prerogsur to call the lection thla year. They presumably eonaldered It belter to put their fat up to the voter now THAN AT A LATER TIME WHEN CANADA MAY BE LLtm PROSPEROUS." Todaf dispatch, telling of th r ult of th voting, aayt: Th Conaa-rallvea . . . conducted a vigorous campaign, but Canadian apparently looked at their relative prosperity and then looked th other way." Wl hv a number of proverb t. covering that trait in human nature la proverb, you know. I often defined aa a bit of reaiuu wisdom dull lied out of lone human xpr - lence.l Her are aoma of then: Don't ahoot Santa Clau. Don't change horaaa In a alreem. Let well enough alon. Th Canadian obviously followed all the rule In their voung. e t ETS try to draw a oonclualon " her: If th to-called free nterprUe system I to aurvlv. It must become more concerned with ALL of the peopl and lea exclusively con cerned with that amaller and mor elect segment of th peopl who pnasras th qualities of thrift, good management, ambition and eelf relianca that bring ucom In a free enterprise oclety. That mi to b th Icawn of th present world-wide social trend. IN doting, here a aldellght on th Canadian voting: All It communist party candidate In tli Dominion loet decisively. BO DID ALL THE 15 WOMEN RUN NINO. I Senaie Approves Taft Plan For Injunctions, Seizure WASHINGTON. Jun 21 OPV Th i eenata today approved th plan of (.Senator Taft (R-Ohlol for th gov mmcnt to use both Injunction and plant aeliure In. dealing with na uonal emergency strike. Th vote waa DO to 40. It wrote thla proposal Into th Truman administration labor bill at th climax of a bitter crap over what provision should ba mart In a new labor law to meat th problem of strike which threaten th na tional health or aafety. Th acceptance of th Taft plan altered th administration' bill till further toward th likeness of th Taft-Hartley law which th demo crat and President Turman r pledged to repeal. In th prelimlnarlea to acceptance th aenate took these three votes: 1. An amendment by Senator Hoi- HOW THET VOTED WASHINOTON. June 2t (Jpy Senator Magnuaon (D-Waah.) and Mora (R-Or.) voted against th labor bill amendment defeated by th aenate today which would hav kept th Taft-Hartley In junction provision against nation al strike. Senator Cain and Cordon, re publicans from Washington and Oregon respectively, voted tor the amendment. land (D-Fla.l and other providing for Injunction without seltur waa defeated M to ST. 2, A mov by Senator Lucaa (III. I, th democratic- leader, to knock out th Injunction authority from Taft' plan. Thla lost, 48-44. rj i. A proposal by Benator Ivea (R .N.Y.) autliorlilnt neither Injunction nor e!ura, but depending mainly on eongres to act In national mer gences cs by ea. Thl 1 sub- II I 411 III ll in s a i.i 11 . j OJ I price five cents i-t. T- IN 'IULL PEN' Sigmund Z. Engel, dapper 73 year old man who odmits swindling women the world over, wails in "bull pen" of felony court in Chicogo, for his arraign ment of charges of operating a confidence game. E. M. Page Elevated To Supreme Court BALEM, Jun 28 1 Circuit Judge E. M. Page of Salem, M. waa elevated today to the erven-member stale supreme court. He succeed the lata Justice Percy R. Kelly, who died two week ago, Oovrrnar Doutlaa McKay, In an nouncing th appointment, aald he hasn't decided yet who would be Pace successor on the Marlon county circuit court. Page wu appointed to th circuit court in 141 by former Oov. Charles A. Bpragu. H ass elected In 1943 and reelected In 141. Th new Justice, who full nam la Everll Maa Page, waa born In slalom April 38. laiu. on th dona tion land claim of hi grandfather. Ha attended tialrm acltoul tud a graduated from Willamette law school in 111. after which h aat admitted to th bar. H practiced In th law firm of th Ut Judg John H. McNary and th lata Ben. Charlea L. McNary. Pag served overseas in World War I. and became a member of th turn of McNary. Key and Page. Speedboat Cuts Off Girl's Feet RENO. Jun 3t (PV A hlt-nin sneedboat Pilot amputated a 13-year- old girl swimmer's feet yesterday. Imogene Wltlacn ana janet i.uia. each 11 and from Roaevllle, Calif, wer swimming In Lak Taho. When, aald Deputy Sheriff P. W. Branatl: Th (Deed boat roared clos to tn beach and shot between th girl. Janet barely got out of th way. On of Imogene feet wai cut off presumably by the propeller. The other foot waa left dangling by a bit of flesh. It waa amputated later at a hospital. Th pilot did not ship. Branrel said an arrest would be mad to day. ttantlally th same amendment that was detested 67 to 13 a week ago. Today th vote against It waa tl to 40. Th big squeak for th Taft plan was th two-vot margin on Lucas' mov. Af r the preliminary voting was out of th way. Senator Ty dings iD-Md.) announced hi rapport of th Tail proposal because, ha aald. otherwise ther would be "no (topper in th bottle" against national mer gency strikes. Other apparently felt the ami way and piled tip the final 10-vote margin. Before Ih test on the Luca mov. the senate rejected a straight out proposal to keep Taft-Hartley law Injunction against national emer gency strikes. The vote was 54-37. ' It waa a big prelllmnery victory for the Truman administration In Ih enata tcrap over a new labor Uw. But It u,ine la a parliamentary situation leaving a chance that sen ator wanting to keep thl provision ol th T-H law might yet finally win. While the first round went to th ((ministration group, t least on ai.d possibly two mor hurdle re mained. Th first vote mas on n. amend ment sponsored by 8entor Holland ID-Fla.) and other. It simply pro posed to keep th provision of Ih present lw which leu th govern ment get court ordera to block strike Imperiling the national health or safety. Benator Taft (R-Ohlo) haa pend ing a proposal to keep the court ordera but also provide for govern ment aeliur of planta In torn circumstances. Liberals Victorious In Canada TORONTO, Jun a UPi-Tb lib eral party of Prime Minister Laul HI. Laurent haa waa a amaahlng political vletary reminiscent af the ISM landslide f Ih RoMrvrlt new deaL Return today from the national election showed th liberal Can ada equivalent to the democrat had won 1K3 of the 263 tests In a new house of common. They led In all province but Alberta. It waa the greatest party triumph In Cana dian history. "The progressive eanaarvatlvea. the mala eppeaitlea party, took 4 aeau. Th other eomaaeaa aaeeaber will ewate free minor parties. ' The Canadian party dominating the neva af eaanmana aaatea CM gevernmenL The llbersts aerw have a mandate anlll ItM. That will raa their tnraenbency la It years they taea ever from the conservative fa IfU. Pereanal Trlejapb It waa a personal triumph for St. Laurent, who ha been In politic only eight yean. Th soft-spoken French -Canadian, (7 year old, as slimed the prime ministry last No vember when W. L. Mackrral King bowed out because of III health. King personally selected St Laurent to lead the liberals to victory and the ataunchest conservative could admit today that King waa amart. KL Laareat. la a Broadcast ta the people, premised ta work for peace and prosperity aad liberal party alms. Oae af these I t extend aortal security measures ta include a system af eon tributary health In surance. Canada' prvaenf . social aeearlty system eneeaa pease several aeaearee similar ta thaae enacted la th t ailed Plan and also a aaby beana thai pay all parents akaal ta a aMafa tawara each child sappart, Oeorg Drew, former premier of Ontario, apearheaded th losing conservative drive. He conducted a vtgorou campaign but Canadian apparently locked at their relative prosperity and then looked the other way. Portland Milk Price Slashed SALEM. Jun M (AV-Th prlc of milk In Portland will be reduced one .cent per quart beginning Fri day morning, state agricultural di rector B. L. Peterson ordered today. Peterson said the reduction to producer, however, will amount to 1 ' cent a quart. He declared that producers' cost have dropped alnc last year by bout th as me amount aa the re duction, and that for th first time In tlx year, ther I mor than enough milk to supply th demand. Consumer groups had asked Pe terson to reduce th price two or three cents a quart to make the price In lln with those of Beattle and Tacoma. Th reduction appllea only In the Portland area, but similar reduction an expected In other Oregon cities. Berlin Railmen Back On Jobs BERLIN. June 38 (PI Berlin' rail workers went bark to work peacefully today after their M-day trlk for which th Oermsn tax payer will foot a bill estimated at about 20.000.000 mark (t9.000.000) The estimate of th coat of th trlk to Oerman economy was given to a new conference by the British military governor, Oen. Sir Brian Robertson. Th strikers reported bark to work at ( a.m. as the Soviet-directed management returned control of th railway tut tons in West Berlin. Under four-power agreement th Russians hav had control of Ber lin railway ystem. Meanwhile deputy military gov ernor of the United State. Britain, Prance and Russia met for 8A min ute of discussion on consultative machinery needed In meetings to break Ocrmany's economic dead lock. They will meet again tomorrow, Quick Change In His Politics PENDLETON, June 38 (Pi A democrat sine 1032 fell off a ladder, mashed two ribs, and changed hi politic her last night. Jo Bean, the victim, anld he'd even pay for a portrait of Thome E. Dewey. How come politic mix with rib breaking? Bean was hanging a pic ture of President Truman. 4 M - ' .c--' x, . . isiniat ii sssii l' H tV l.atl st a mas sill ai n i 1 1 1 1 sn I 1 DEATH ON HIGHWAY This j Anderson, 74-yeor-old Klamath rill. The crash took the life of the former mayor and postmoster of Merrill. Richard Shuck, driver of the car which collided with the Anderson auto, wos not seriously hurt. Man in the picture is Dr. George Adler, coroner. Mrs. Peyton Elected To School Board Doria titrs. Calvine-Prylan vmhiii- vrt!eritheT ""enter The ring elected to the Altamont district i during three and possibly four position on th Klamath Union contest to latch onto elusive high school board In district-wide , calve, during the 14 Klamath voting yesterday. Result of her content with John Schubert tor the position showed: Peyton Ml, Schubert 109. Mr. B. C. Johnston waa re elected Weyerhaeuser district rep resentative without opposition, re ceiving 373 vote. The election brought out one of the biggest vote In many yean In high school board balloting. The vote maa especially heavy Just at doting time at th booth In th high school building, with 30 or 40 persons lined up. A total of 46 votes were cast. Mrs. Peyton haa been serving on the board under appointment, fill ing a position vacated by the res ignation of Robert LaMott latt au tumn. She will now continue to serve out LaMott' term, which ex pire next year. GOP Strategy Member Quits WASHINOTON, June ti Vice Chairman Thomas E. Coleman quit the republican tlrategy committee today with a blast at OOP National Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. for failure to keep th group "moving along Coleman. Wisconsin republican finance chairman, wrote Scott that he no longer can "spend th time or take the responsibility for a com mittee that la not moving (long "Th responsibility must be your," the vie chairman aald. Coleman' step ws a blow to party "harmony that Scott haa been pub licly stressing alnc he won a M to 50 vote of confidence and kept his Job at a January meeting of the OOP national committee In Omaha. The 33-member strategy commit tee, which Scott head, was formed at Omaha. It grew out of agreement that the party needed new maehln try to put over It viewpoint. Crowd Of 850 Turns Out For First Day's Swimming At Huge OTf Poo; Instruction Schedule Shift Seen A crowd of 850 Klamsth people turned out for the opening days wlmmlng at Oregon Tech Monday, surpassing last summer biggest day at th OTI plunge by a slreable margin. Biggest day last year was 500 when only adult were permitted to swim at th pool, since then, th city recreation department revampea the pool, raising part of it floor nd blocking oft an end to that the water Is hallow enough for safe swimming for children. About 500 of th 8S0 total were youngsters who came In the after noon for swimming lessons. The crowd of children was so large that clasa schedules were thrown oil. An extra bus was pressed Into service became one was not enough to carry children to the pool. Particularly large was th number of 8 to 8-year-olds who turned out for swimming Instruction. City Recreation Director Sam 8mith tald that It will be necessary to revise Instruction schedules to that all youngster can be accommo dated. Parent are urged to check with their children upon their return from the pool alnc each child will be given a slip noting any change Of tchedule for hi particular class. Any Inquiries regarding bus schedules, classes or other Information may be directed to th city recreation office In th city hall, telephone 7113. Th public 1 welcome to swim at the pool at any time, since It I larwe enough for both Instruction and publlo swimming. Price for bus far and Instruction to youngsters In the afternoon I 10 cent, and other price are 15 cents for student under 13, 35 cent for student over 13, and 60 cent for adult. A few awlmmlng suit an available tor rental, but awlnaqtera ar encouraged to bring their own, Smith aald. KLAMATH FALL), OREGON, Tl'EHDAT. picture shows the overturned pioneer, beside highwoy 39 Calf Scramble Lining Up As Major Attraction For Klamath Basin Roundup Over 100 young eowpoke and cos-ftl will have "beef in their Basin Roundup. Ninety-six boy and 17 girl have signed for Una youth feature of i thla year rodeo. Boy will be entered Saturday night, July 3, and Monday after noon. July 4. Ray Williama. aecre-tary-treasurer of th KBRA. I Three-Crop "Trial Run Given Okay WASHINOTON. June 2S OPV-The house agriculture committee ap proved today a brand new farm bill j authorising a three-crop "trial run . for th Truman administration's i controversial "production payment" I program tor agriculture. The measure went through on a 17-9 vote against virtually solid re publican opposition. It sets up a major Issue as demo crat and republicans scramble for the midwest farm votes In the con gressional election next year. 8ome (arm groups already are assailing the administration' Idea as a "sub sidy" and a "dole." Th measure would maintain rigid price supports, at higher levels for most crops than under th present prlc prop program. It would repeal the farm bill en acted by the republican-controlled 80th congress, with It 80 to 0 per cent of parity props. Some committee republicans bat tled for continuation of the present farm program Into 1950. They ob jected to even the 19S0 "trial run for "production payments" which the bill would permit. JUNE U, 1M outomobile of Robert Henry about Vi miles north of Mer urging all th lads to be on hand ft '40 p. m. Saturday night when all th scrambles will be held. The girls' contest will be part of the Sunday afternoon show, Julys. There will be a fourth calf scram ble also on Monday afternoon If there are enough calves left over from the first three Jousts. Fifty-one calve have been do nated to date. Latest beef -donor are Ray Chase. Henry Oerber, Harry Obenchain. Dave Campbell. Will Campbell. Dan Llskey, Ed Geary, Paul Dal ton. Eattslde Ap pliances. Johnson Packing com pany, and Yamsay Land and Cat tle company. i Tickets are going fast for th ' three-day show, Williams aald. Tickets will be held for only 34 I hours after reservations are made. ! Entries for rodeo event must be made by 4 p. m. Friday, William I stressed. This stipulation is espe cially directed to those planning I to enter the stock horse race and the race of cold-blooded horses, both events for Klamath basin horse only. BULLETINS BERLIN, Jane 38 ( Russia gasrds today seized power plant machinery sent from Western Germany la Western Berlin and precipitated a new raw among the occupation powers. The incident waa disclosed by American Authorities. It came a short time after Berlins raa worker went back ta work peace fully ending a 38-day strike for which the German taxpayer will foot a bill estimated at aboat 2. at.808 mark (Se.eo.). American authorities aald they had Joined the British la a pea test concerning the power plant machinery. The protest wss de livered directly ts the Soviet mill-, tary government headquarter. WASHINGTON. Jane 38 t The boose defeated 168 to 138 to day aa attempt ta add aa anil race discrimination amendment ta 'resident Truman's homing MIL Offered by Representative Fal lon IR-Pa.1, the amendment read: "There shall be no discrimina tion against any person because at rare, color, religion ar national origin In the rental or occupancy af any housing constructed nnder the provision of thla act." WHITE 81 I.PHLR SPRINGS. W. Va-, Jane 38 iPt Soft coal ap erators from tbe north and west today formally notified John U Lewis they ar rejecting his offer la keep the miners working next month In return for a uniform three-day work week. RfOT PARIS, June 28 ip Fist flew this morning at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. When relative of Philippe Hcn rolt attended a mas on th sixth anniversary of his death, about 300 communist staged a demonstration that wound up In a fight before police Intervened. Henroit waa Vichy minister of Information. H waa assassinated Jun 38, 143. Klasialk rslls ss vfelsltTl Psrllr last? Is4sr as Wtssy wltk ss saeaalaaal llffbl shswsr. Hit tar IS. l.-w sselshfc SB. His wssr t. ftlss. Usss 1 .. IB Mia 41 FrssleHsllsa tost 4 hsafS e Trlepbene gal Highway 39 Crash Kills R; Anderson Robert Henry Anderson, 73. pio neer Klamath farmer and business man, waa Instantly killed la aa anta ateMIe accident aa highway 3 three and a half ml lea north of Merrill abeat 7:45 o'clock last aigbt Anderson's car waa Involved la a eallhuea with aa aatoaaoMIe aper. sled by Richard Shock, t, af El Cerrlta, Calif, formerly of Merrill, wha escaped with minor tnjartes. The twe aaea were alone la their State police aald that the accident occurred at an 8 curve near the near l 7 Wong ranch. Anderson waa southbound 3 at tend a lodge meeting at Merrill, and Shuck was driving northward to ward Klamath Fall. On th basis of vl- 1M8 Aula dene at the scene of Fatality the crash and statement by wit nesses, the oil leers reconstructed the accident In thl manner: The Shuck car. after swiiaTing around the first phase of the curve, left the highway and (truck a roadside post on the right. It then bounced back Into th highway, colliding with the left side of Anderson car. The latter machine went Into a roadside pit on Anderson's right, turned over and ( came to rest on its top. Anderson waa Instantly killed, death resulting from head injuries. I Shuck's car went 13 feet from ! the scene of the collision and stop- ped upright oft the highwsy on the iaam aide ts the Anderson car. Hetd Given ! Gearpe Disnhas. Klamath -annuo ) bile dealer, came by shortly after the accident. The 1 facers aatd rtHmaat picked up Shock ta bring ' him ta Klamath Falls ta a hospital. I Whea they reached town, it waa I decided tbe injared sua should ga i ta th ham af hie taster, Mrs, Dare Lttkey, IMS Aabara street, where jae received aaedieal treatment. State police conducted an lnvesti- gation at the scene of th accident, lUld Dr. RsmS AHUr mmn need before Anderson's body waa removed to Klamath Falls. The OffiCa-TB iMmari that -,. about of Shuck and a etate police man visited mm at the Llskey resi dence. The officer reported that Attorney U. S. Balentine waa there when he arrived. Th State Officer aaid thai arfinn . he asked a question about the speed j of the cars. Attorney Balentine In I formed him that be had advised I Shuck against making any statement ion the matter at the time. Confab Held Stat police and District Attorney .D. E. Van Vector conferred on the case thl morning. At noon, the district tttomcT anri inr. ..,.. 1 officer of th atate police went to uie scene ox tne crash. What further action might be taken appeared likely to be decided this afternoon. Shuck is a member of a prominent Merrill family. He has been living in the Bay district while attending school. Andersen ts a lanu. paatmaster af Merrill, a resident af the county (or more than eg years. Hi body was taken ta Whitleckt, where funeral services will be an nounced tomorrow. I For Anderson obituary material aad portrait, ace a -OS O.I WATERSPOl'TS MANILA, June 38 OP) Press re. port said today two waterspouts had killed a 8-year-old girl and Injured five persons on Bsntayan Island, north of Cebu In th cen tral Philippine. Five house were reported blown down and a fishing launch picked up from its moor ing. Hot Weather After Rain, By the Associated Press Cool air and rain brought tempo rary relief to many areas in the nation hot weather belt today. The dry - stricken northeastern states didn't get much rain to help th wilting crops, but cooling breexe from the Hudson bay region broke a long hot peil In many sections. Rain over many midwest states also brought temporary relief from the hot humid weather. Heavy falls were reported In parts of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. New York, sweltering In hot and humid weather and without sub stantial falls of rain for 33 days, got welcome relief last night a the mass of cool air moved In. The weather bureau at the eltv's Tntar. national airport at Idlewlld, Queens, re OOrted a 1o.rierM rtmn from S 1 to 71 degrees In three minutes. The New England states, rainless and hot most of June, reported temneratnrea in th- 7n' a rimn In some area of from It to 30 degrees There wr thunderstorm In part ? MlnwesMia, Tina, Illinol. Red Milhorn Will Fight Extradition Leonard W. Evana, one af the per. sons arretted la connection with th Fl Rancbe Tula robbery and murder of Mghtwatrhmaa (herlif Twigg, aaa freed from the Slaklyoe county ll ta Yreka yetterday afternoon an a writ af habeaa corpus. The charges of murder and con (piracy to commit burglary against Evans have 'not been dropped. Hi attorney, J. Everett Barr. tald h would keep Evans "available" in case new evidence against him I produced. Superior Judge James M. Allen of Siskiyou county granted Barr' pe tition for a writ of habeaa corpus la get the 57-year-old Evans eat af jaiL ruling a prisoner could not be eld merely for th, convenience of a district attorney. Called "Brains" Barr had aought the writ, claim ing that Evans' preliminary hearing In Tulrlake sever! days ago pro duced no evidence to show his client had been Implicated In a publlo crime. Evana had been pointed out by Tom Allen, a San Quentln pris oner, a the "brains" of an alleged plan to burglarize the Tt Rancho Tule night club t Hatfield, a plan Allen aald was made about four months before March 3. 1948. the right the tavern was robbed of about 813.000 and Twtgg waa killed. Ellis Fllene. Sbklyoa deputy proa, l en tor. asked Judge Allen ta delay acting on the habeaa corpaa beeaes flistrict Attorney Fred Barton waa aat af the county attending a can. tentiea. But the Judge commented that rne prisoner could not be held for tne convenience of the district at torney and granted Barr petition for a writ. Barr. in promising "to keep Evan around." aald "I hope the authori ties will redouble then efforts to really solve this crime, now that they have blackened Mr. Evans- character." Cafe Operator Evans was operator of a Tulelak cr.fe during the latter part of 1945. when Allen, the convict, said he. Cvaui and Moon Morris, a Folsom prisoner, planned to burglarize th roadhouse. He was arrested at Pilot Rock. , Ore.. early this month and waa kept m various Jails In California and Oregon before being booked for murder and conspiracy to commit burglary at Yreka. C. E. (Red) Milbora. Klamath rails city polleemaa wba la also Bamed in the El Ranehe Tata chsrges, la still held ha the county JaU here aa a fori tire from CaHfor-Pttt- Milheen said today ho weald fight extradition to California an advice f his attorney. E. E. Driseoll. Milhorn has protested his Inno cence of any part or knowledi-e of the murder and robbery, claiming he can prove he was living tn Eu gene and operating a logging busi ness at the time. Getting Sere Be aald today he waa "beginning ta get tore" aboat bring held in Jail and that he weald not waive extra dition. The rovemor of California haa signed a petition for cxtradi. lion and sent it to Gov. Douglas McKay af Oregon. Allen and Morris are also named In the murder and conspiracy charges, along with three other per sons as yet unapprehended listed aa John Doe No. 1, John Doe No. 3 nd Jane Doe. In the courtroom at Yreka yes terday. Evans and hla wlf broko dawn and wept when Judge Allen granted the writ freeing Evana from JaiL Medford Firm Low On Light Bid '1 row triage and iynn. Medford contractors, were low bidden today on installation of traffic signals in Klamath Falls In connection with the new north entrance rout Into town. Their olfer to the slate high way commission was 84625. Major installation will be at Main and Esplanade, where the new rout has Increased traffic flow substan tially. The commission has not acted yet on ward of the contract. Belt Cooler Cool Air Hit Wisconsin. Kansas, MLuourl and Nebraska. The weather bureau re ported a fall of 4.11 Inches in six hours at Tarkio, Mo.; 3.M lnchea In six hour at Concordia, Kas.; and 3.14 Inches at Omaha In three hours. In Omaha, asphalt streets were buckled by the rain, piling asphalt three fret high. At nearby Council Bluffs, la., traffic waa blocked on the main street 90 minutes by high water. While the east, midwest and southern states suffered In the heat and humidity yesterday, cold wea ther covered most of Idaho and the mercury dipped to below fierjlin in central Oregon. Wheat crops wer believed daniaKed by frost In central Oregon. The cold weather blackened potato and pea vines and nipped wheat and other crops In eastern Idaho. Airplanes cruised over the smith central Idaho area to keep aoeso acres of the Cams county wheat crop from freezing. The cruising planes fanned the surface air blan ket tending to ward off the feeziiig temperatures. 5 9( J V.