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i I V 1 1L J Aw A nn wnr mimpm JlLWiyj mm W W u !iw rrix . xC ' lr 11 Tli- Day's km By FRANK JKNKINn UUUIEHT HOOVER, our living x n President, U 1 today. Tribute from all over the wurld are pouring In on him. Two alalre AHKANHAa' nd MARYLAND, which are cer tainly not rock-ribbed Republican elroiigholda have proclaimed uxlay w "I louver Day." Governor Warren of California luura a proclamation in which ne eayi: "few men anywhere liavt IivmI mora Useful Uvea, and none liaa lived hla Ilia will) greater do voUon. eiUier at tinma or abroad." UO man ha been wort amcared than Hoover, but, aa you ae, ha haa lived through It and haa gained tne reaped ol people every vlieie. Among other lliiugi, he haa aluck to hla couvictlona on ol which la that in Uiu world wa have to work lor what wa get. e VII KWAiJKNA BONNE III la a n tribal chieftain down In British g West Afrlcaa Unld Coast. He ar " rived in London hut highl from Accra, hla capital, where ha main tain! a M-roum eaaila. One ol ilia tint thing! ha heard ol was Britain uatloiuil health arheroe. One ol hla lint statement U re porteri was: . . -I understand I can obtain health treatment lre here and spectacles, too." . He added that he haa a elomach ailment end haa been In poor health .Hire away back W m. when he waa operated ou. He waa obviously lntereted In the text that under the Briliah health plan VlMTUItn a well aa reudeuu are entitled to Iree medical care. TH1M Is Hie point, aa I era It; Doctoring and medicine rOH FREE appeal to Ue big buaa ol a M-room caatle aa much aa to you nd me. We all like Ihe Ih.ngi that come without coat. (And alter we gel em we all yeU bloody murder about our laxes.i W( keep learning new thing! about thla British health plan. 'The llrotrh demist who earna 1100 000 a yrar carpentering people's teeth and ending the billa to Uie government, lor example.) The latent thriller concerns wlg and toupeea. It aeema Uial lhe aid! to the halrleaa are lornlnlied lor Iree. along with false teeth, apeclaclca ilncludiiig monocleei. auunach ache remedlea and opera tion!. I waa reading a piece about It tlie other night, and what im pressed me moat waa the staggering prioa ol thee nmun lor bare domes. I can t remember the eaacl figure, but It ran up Into the upper bracket. WHAT tht Brituh want to do. ol " courte. U their business. II they want to cover up all the bald head! In lha United Klugdom there Un t much that we can do about It. even II it la our dollara that are payuig part ol the bill. Aa one American taxpayer. I ra Utile griped with thla buslnese of tree toupeea. which have alwaya teemed to ma to be a total waate ol money. I. myielf. can recognlia a toupee as far aa I can aee It with a spy glass, and I suspect that you can un. When I apend money 1 like to get enmthmg lor It. I've always aald to myself that when I get com pletely bald I'm darned II 1 m going to apend good hard ceh lor a phony that a year-old child can apol a block away. But, when we follow the Brttlih and start giving lha thing! away, I suppose I may change my mind. (Continued on Page 31 World Congratulates Herbert Hoover On 75th Birthday; Stanford Speech Set STANFORD VNIVKRKITT. Calif, Aug. II " Herbert Clark Hoover la 76 years old today, and Irtbntea foe the eoeniry'a only Itv- Ing rx-prrsldrnt poured In from all aver lha world. Late today Stanford university will honor Its most Illustrious grad- Pat In the Frost amphitheater. A crowd of 13,000 to 14.000 waa ex pected. The program will be climaxed by a major addresa by Mr. Hoover, be ginning al p. m. IParllle Hit. light Time). Ilia tople will be "Think of the Neil Generation." Even Mr. Hoover, who once aald, "I have had every honor to which any man could aspire," probably was surprised by tha atlr created by hla birthday anniversary and by lha congratulatory letters by Uie thousand!. Tw atalea, Arkansas and Mary land, proclaimed today "Hoover Chief Takes Ills To Free Doctors LONDON. Aug. 10 P When Nil Kwabena Bonne III, tribal chieftain from British West Africa's Oold Coast, heard about Britain's na tional health srlienie he derided It waa an opportunity not to be over looked. He arrlvrd In London las', lilslit Irom Accra, capital nf lha Oold Coant, where lie maintains a 66-aiiorn castle. Today he told rrportera: "I understand I can obtain health treatment fret here, and apectablra, too." Bonne explained he had a itnmarh ailment and had been In poor health alnrt ha waa operated on In 1044, The chief came to the right place, tinder Uie British health plan visi tor! aa well at resident art eligible for trtt medical cart. Estimate Of US Crop Puts Wheat Down WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 UP) The agriculture department today fore rant thla year'! corn crop at ifiM. 217,000 bushels and the wheat crop at 1. 13110,000 bushels, aa of Aug. tut 1. For corn, Una waa an InrreaM ol 1073.000 busliels from S.M0,ls.0O0 forecast a month ago. It compare! with laat year's record of J.o.'iO.Ma. 000 and Ihe ten-year (lJ-7 aver age of J.7g7,2.O00. In the ess of wheal, thla waa a decrees ol M M0 .000 buaheli lor the l.lU.avo.000 predicted a monUi ago. It comparea alao with US. 408.000 laat year and a ten-year average ol WI.H4O.0OU. The Indicated yield per acre and production, renpecllvely. ol Import ant cmpe by major-producing stales Included: Winter Wbeal South Dakota 13 6 and 3.M0 000 Nebraka 14 0 and MJ74.000; Kansas lit and lo7.344.0O0; Oklahoma 130 and IV.aoa.OOO; Texaa 14 6 and 1 OS 089,000: Mon Una 15 0 and 30.20.000: Idaho 30 3 and ISM5.000, Wyoming 36 0 and 600.000. Colorado 17 0 and 45,517 000; Utah 30 ft and 6 5.15 000: Washington 33 0 and 50J010O0: Oregon 33 ft and I. 178 ooo. California 17 ft and 1J0JI, 000. Barley Oregon 30 0 and J JO 000. Wash Union 30 0 and 3.700.000. Winter wheat waa put it IN, 74 000 buhcli. a decrease of 37.331. 000 bushels from the 933.0Si.O00 In dicated a month aio. Last year'a crop waa spuoolooo bushels and the ten-year average la 736.Ai3.0oo. Durum wheat waa estimated at 43.3711 ooo bushels, a decree of . 4MO0O btuhel! from 4.7MOOO In dicated a month ago. Production laat yrar waa 44.743 000 bufhrla and the ten-year average la U2M 000. Other aprlng wheal waa aallmaird at IP4 SIS 000 bushels, a decrease ol IJ 151 000 bushels from the 30743. 000 indicated a month ago. 2S3Mt. 000 laat year and 3fciJ7.000 for the ten -year avrragr. Oata production waa put at 1.308.. eoa.uoo bushels, compared with I. 177,ouo Indicated a month ago, 14tl.763.000 laat yrar and 1.334.013,. 000 for Uie tan-year average. The Indicated production of other eropa compared with laat month! estimate, production laat year and Uie len-yrar average, repectlvely, included; Potatoea Xi3.5a4.0O0 bushels: M.000; 44s.fSO.0OO and J 403 000. Death Takes Man Lost 13 Days On Lonely Mt. Hood PORTLAND. Aug. 10 (. John Harrison Tracy, the 78-year-old Kstarada man lound Monday In a Mt. Hood forest hut after 13 days alone on Moun; Hood, died her last night. St. Vincent'! hospital reported he succumbed to complication! of starvation and exposure. One toot had become Infected from lacera tions of Ihe akin. , Tracy dtrd without ever having been able to tell what had hap pened to him alnre he climbed out of hla car on a wooded road and vanished. He waa found, 30 or 40 pounds lighter and too weak to talk. In a lean-to shelter, two mllea Irom the abandoned car. The widow and two daughter! survive him. Day (iarernar Karl Warren t California Issued a proclamation In which ha aald: "Few men any- where ham lived mare woeful Urea, and none with greater devotion. both al heme and threugheu! the world." The governor of New Mexico and Vermont extended greeting! to Mr. Hoover In proclamation, and personal congratulations were sent by the governors nf Idaho, Ala bama, Virginia, South Dakota. Kan sas, New York and Washington. Mr. Hoover, born In Iowa and a member of the first graduating class of Leland Stanford university, wax Uie 30th president of Ihe United States from 192 to 1M3. At 7S he Is, aa alwaya, a hard worker, usually pnttlng In a ll.honr day. Ilia chief concern for many yeara haa been for national and In ternallonal affalra. Even when on fishing trips or at Ihe annual encampment of the Bo hemian club on Uie Russian river, he usually worka at least part of the day. At his New York hotel residence, ht keep tour sec retaries busy. After World War II he wa called back Into h I a counlry'a service. President Truman sent him on a tour to determine the world's des perate food needs. And In 11)47, Mr, Truman named Ihe former president to head Ihe commission on organisation at the executive branch t In govern menl. He accepted gladly, although he waa 73, and already had devoted 31 yeara la public aervlce. A whimsical type nf humor, aa exhibited In tome of hla recent speeches, haa helped aomewhat to dispel the ralher general Impres sion that Mr. Hoover la a dour man. Mr, Hoover's wife waa loo Hen ry, a classmate at Hlanford. Nhe died aeveral year age. He haa been visiting with hla tana, Herbert Jr PBH'R flVK C'CNTr) New Ear?' at A. -n. awsBsf HV ' K.iath, Tc.xavaged EcuadorTowns Tlr nt.S MKVKK 01 ITO. Krusdor, Auf. IM'-NfW MrCh trrmon and pHUflnf by un ruly Indian pred frar and panic today amonf Ch bouunds mt Salmon River Blaze Rages Up Canyons MM'AI.I, Idaho, Aug. II The worst tire la Ihe Payelle national far rat since 1134 raged out at control for the lourlh day today, rice Dis patcher Klira Vasaar aald, "It Jnat dorsa l look good at all." Bad burning weather high teea peraturra, strong winds and saw husnldlty.-eanfror.ted an arsay at I as flrrrlghtrra battling the Ilea acre blase along the Hainan river Berth of here. Vassar said reinforcementa art going out to the mrn now on tht lire lines. The crews are working In aurh rugged terrain that all sup plies, including food, are being dropped to tliem by parachute. A new fire In Ihe Boise national farral an Archie creek above Law man waa reported ajolet by Lynn Knight, fire dispatcher. About gag ear a art en this blase. A ( banrea Good He aald crews art optimistic re garding their chances of holding their lines around thla 300-a ere blare which broke out yesterday. Thla waa In marked contrast to Ihe Halmon river situation where a sharp wind came up around mid night, causing two "blow up" laat nlaht. Kawmlll erewa and logger helped In this fight. Pawer aawa and trac tors have been snored Into the area, barking ap lha pick, ahorel and axe squads. Vaasar aald a line of about ten mllea on tht wast aide of the tire waa holding well. Meanwhile, HelrM national far. eel Fire Dispatcher Phil Marphy awwownrcd the (alee at the Moss Ulna fire which killed 13 anew and Uld waa la taot acres at Montana forest - hag beev eaoawered. Marphy aald the fir saovea bit Ihe map ap stage today. Council Crest Trolley Quits PORTLAND. Aug. 10 A A quaint trolley car route the Coun cil Crest Una loop around the West Hill height hai been abandoned alter 43 yeara ol operation. The last car clanged around the crest's scenic park route inortiy alter midnight last night with Vet eran Motorman B. L. Logan at the controls. A bus will replace the streetcars. Council Crest car will continue to run between downtown and the top of Vlita avenue. and Alan, and their famlllea In Southern California, HERBERT HOOVER ik-i . i aC s ', JTO-- ' IP1 nors Bring Destruction vlvors left boracleee by Ecaador'a deatractlve earthquake. Official government eatimatee at Ihe death loll la Friday's quake raae Km Mot But lha truth as n one knawa far aura how many perishrd In tha great plica of rabble thai Utter soma 61 demolished towns In Ihe populous Andes mountain region eouln f here. Fresh tremors yesterday I u an bird weakened walls In Aabat and ether cities, adaing to the terror of same 15. tet nemelese. Croup at warkera attempting la dig their way through the blocked highway la Pelilro, It mllea south at Quite, were reported burled ander a landslide loosed by the new tre mors. Kheot-to-klll erders were leaned la troops guarding Pelllea against loot ing by Che wild tribe of balaaaca Indiana. Defense Minister Manuel Dlaa Cganadoe aald ane band at balaaaraa had been driven aft when eanghl ransacking tha rains. The nalaaaeaa bare been the fierc eal warriere in lha Andee region far 44) year. Drier a ant at Bolivia by the In ess centuries age, they have harassed Keaaeoraa aetUementa even In modern Umea. Cendnnlng landslide and anl phnroaa fnaaea easing from Jagged erevaaea have lerrarrsed Ihe country folk who escaped the want effect! at the shocks. Thla earreapendent flew over Ihe area yesterday to Ambalo with aosne f the II. . air fare transports, helping ami m the -little airlift" which st dropping food and aaedlral anppuea ta kvnlated towns. Pelllea), town of 16t population, reeeaaktee a garbage damp aasrroemd e4 by bright green graaa and tree. Mot a hows ear aped damage. Block after block as a JnmMe at adobe walla and boss boo pole. ( loads of dast still hang over asany areas which have had ne rain. President Gale Plasm Laos, edu cated at Use fniversity at Maryland, received n an route at sympathy free President Traaaan. Aassslaars waa reported earning free assay at the Ansrrtcan reastk- Itea. In natghbarlng Catambia nussslsslnn waa f erased to rate assistance funds. Military May Give Ground On Arms Bill WASHINGTON, Auf. 10 Secre tary of Deferuaj Johnson told sena tors today tht military department I willing to accept (0 per cent In cash and 40 per cent In contract authority to launch President Tru man'! arm program. It la agreeable to the military, he said, to spread the cost of the $1,460,000,000 program over two or sa even three yeara. America's three top military the joint chief a of staff w for Johnson to conclude hi testi mony before they made their report to the senate foreign relation and armed services committees. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mlch) yesterday proposed a M-M split In the cash and contract authority to carry out the re-armlng of the North Atlantic pact nation. But Johnson aald hi staff hat advised him that 10 per cent of the 1. 190.000.000 for Western Europe must be In cash. Tht remainder can be In authority to make contract which will be paid for In cash liter, h aald. Whale Dashes Up Rogue River OKA NTS PASS. Aug. 10 Crowds ot fishermen at the mouth of the Rogue river were startled Tuesday to see a huge whale barg ing up the stream In pursuit of a school of smelt. One ot the wit nesses was Drew Pearson of "I Pre dict" radio fame. Ike Smith, Oold Beach fisherman for 47 yeara, stated that It waa the first time to hi knowledge that a whale had Invaded the Rogue. Indian School Fund Okayed WASHINOTON, Aug. 10 (Pi A bill to contribute 1150,000 toward Improvement on a Klamath county, Oregon, public arhool haa passed the senate and been returned to the house. The house must consider a minor change made by the upper chamber. Th grant would be conditional on me of the school by Indian children of the Klamath tribes. COLO BUKNOB AIREH, Aug. 10 (4 Weather note: Buenos Aires had Ita coldest day of the yrar today with a temperature ot 2 3 degreea Fah renheit. Ice, uncommon In the winter sea son here, glased the streets. It snowed for Uie first time In IS year at Mar Del Plata, fashionable resort aoo mllea eouln of Buenot Aire, KLAMATH FALLS, OKKOON, WKONr.HDAT, F r J ! , . , , -a.. r :.h?.P - 7:-M ViT;i -v tr -Jr-- v. I---,. y 'QUAKE KILLS 6000, INJURES 20,000 The interior of Cothedrol church in Amboto where 60 children, aged 8 to 12, are buried beneath the wreckage of the roof which was caved in by the earth tremors. An estimated 6000 were killed in the 'quake, with an other 20,000 persons injured. 'Black Death' Coses Found In Mew Mexico SANTA re. N. M, Aug. 10 .4i nines of two New Mexico resi dent today waa found to be bu bonic plague the -black death" of the middle ages. Only 21 other case of the disease hare been listed In the United State during the last JS years. The diagnosis was reported by Dr. Vernon Link of the western con tagious disease control center In Ban Francisco. -'Me told a ufwi corterrnc- mat modern drug apparently have achieved a smashing victory over the ancient, flea bom disease. Treatment, he aald. haa brought dramatic improvement in both cases. The victim are a 10-year-old be treated at Taos and a 37-year-old man In the Veterans hospital at Albuquerque. They art resident of two widely separated villages in northern New Mexico. The Taoa case was treated with streptomycin and eulfadlaxlne. the Albuquerque patient with penicillin and aureomycin. Dr. Link aald there have been Sl case with 33S death alnre 1900. All case In the last quarter century have been traced to wild rodent carrying plagut - Infested Ilea. Searing Heat Blasts Most Of East Coast Bv The Associated Preaa The searing heat wave appears to have settled down over the eastern halt ol the nation for an Indefinite stand. Federal forecasters said today there Is nothing shaping up any where on the weather map which promise any relief. The narrow band ot cool air which was moving across the Northern Plains stales yesterday has stalled over Northern Mmneaot. Wiscon sin and tht Upper Michigan penin sula. Only extreme Northern New Eng land had a taste ot cool air aa a Canadian cold front shored eany morning temperatures to 41 degrees at Caribou and Houlton, Me. From the great plains to the east ern seaboard, the mercury was soar ing again Into the high M's. Many New York City stores closed yesterday when Uie mercury climbed to P7.6 degrees in the downtown sec tion. It was the highest reading for the date there In weather bureau records and 2 6 degrees above Uie previous August f maximum act In ioo. Oood luck still held In the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast regions. Temperatures inert were no higher than normal. Dorothy Loses Punchboard Ban PORTLAND, Aug. 10 ! Mayor Dorothy McCullouith Lee'a attempt to ban all punchboarris In Port land went down to defeat In the city council today. Tht council tiru, two to two, on Hit proposal, and that tie auto matically defeated It. Her measure would have out lawed the so-called "question and answer" punchboards, which award prises for giving the correct re sponse to a question. Mhe contended merchants were buying license atampa for that type of boards, but using them In illegal gambling boards. At'OlbT 1. I4t arar- -. u - , . tstaw VJ aV ?ylr. . .-v S . Mystery In Sky Pegged As Plane Monday night's peculiar sky formation la the north waa def initely tha seaoke or vapor at a high-flying airplane, several wit sxsasa reported la The Herald and New today. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Danfortb war riding acroaa Heal river valley and distinctly saw the plane. a large anenoplane. making n direct line north. It left a trail of whit sa bounce, moral Ilka the aanoae need by sky-writers, and tha aaaoke atleawed up hit a war--taral patl or aa lha ptassr pa and between heriawntal. gray rlanda Another obaerver, n logger at Kirk, said ha ats sow the earn plane. He said it was astreaaciy high and vraa tractor n vapor trail whet, ha beerved it. The plan did not ieee altitude, as a number nf aUansath I alas witni saia believed, but aacrely passed over the beriaon. giving an optical Illusion at going dawn. The add formation between lira barntontal cleode arowaed asaeh Interest among sky-watchers here. KF-Alturas Freight Rate Cut By SP The Southern Pscitie company gave Klamath Falls' marketing businesses a healthy boost this week when they announced the reduction of freight class rates from this city to Alturas, Calif. ' This service will Include pick-up and delivery and la designed to "widen the scope of marketing for Klamath Fall! business houses." Harry Fee, SP district ireight and passenger agent, said. Southern Pacific officials have also announced a move which will assist shippers and cold storage facilities at Klamath Falls. Rates have been published on potato carloads from Alturas and Mac Arthur. Calif, to California des tinations by way of Klamath Fall. Previously these rates applied only direct to California points by way of Wendel, Nev. Search On For Plane BREMERTON, Wash., Aug. 10 A search spread throughout the Northwest todsy for a light plane with four persons aboard, missing since It left the Kitsap county air port here 8unday on a flight to Santa Fe, N. M. Airport officials her said the plane was last reported at Pendle ton, Ore. where it refueled Sunday afternoon. Aboard were C. O. Walsh ot Santa Fe. the pilot; Mr. Charles Oay, Lo Alamos. N. M., and a son. Charles, about 15, and Miss Edna Taliaferro, 31. a Bremerton shipyard employe and sister of Mrs. Oay. The former three flew here on a visit last Wed nesday and Mlsa Taliaferro was accompanying them back to New Mexico. The McChord field. Wash., air force base reported It Joined civil air patrol unit In Washington, Ore gon and Idaho in a search today. A report yesterday that Walsh had contacted tha Provo. Utah, field about 7:10 p.m. Sunday proved In correct, airport officials here re ported. They said the plane, a new type, four-place Piper, did not have a radio. WIATHW una rsiia aa tui.oti r. Ust a TkarMlar. wllk hisa UaaiBM Sselsai sag TkarsSsr. ansa uar as. leaigat 47. Slisk Tharsaar Ta. Mas. asa. ai aa Miaee PraataMaUaa las! t4 hears aa Telepheae 1111 Ne, M41 Senators Ask Mac Recall In Arms Aid Talk WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 m A group of 10 sens tors today "urgently requested" Secretary of Defense Johnson to recall General Douglas Mac Arthur from Japan. Nine republicans and one demo crat Senator Byrd ot Virginia said In a letter to Johnson that th pending tl. 450 000 000 foretrn arms aid bill deals with "n problem which la global in character." Notinc that the chiefs, erf staff hare visited European countriea but are not likely to car Umt to go to Uie Far Pacific, the arnaton aald they want the views of Mac Arthur and Vic Adm. Oscar C. Badser. naval commander In that area, be fore voting on the arms measure. Senator Know land (R-CaUf-l and 12 other senators hart proposed that $179,000,000 ot the bill funds be earmarked for military aid to non-communist China. Those who aimed the letter urging MacArthur'a return Included Know land. Byrd and Republican Senator Bridge ot New Hampshire, Smith of New Jersey, Hlckenlooper ot Iowa, Morse of Oregon, Wiley of Wiscon sin, 8altonstall of Massachusetts, Baldwin of Connecticut and Our ney of South Dakota. BULLETINS GOSKEN Aug. I fAV-Miss filly waa tha :4th Hambletantaa stakes today in twa eonsecanve heats, giving a filly honors la the world's moat famoas trotting elaaale far the eighth time. PORTLAND. Ang. 1 Th city cnaneil rated ananimoualy today ta extend daylight saving time In Portland antil Sept, ti. Originally, the city waa to re sume standard time September 11, bat radio ataUona bad nrged that Portland conform ta eastern states' time shift ta avoid confusion la broadcasting schedules. FARMEROO NEWBERQ, Aug. 10 (Pi Oinghari dresses, plaid skirts, and blue denims appeared In Newberg streets todsy in preparation for the annual Ber rlan Farmeroo. The Farmeroo runs from August 11 to 13. with such highlights as flower show, tsir, dances, livestock exhibits, and parade. More than tllOO In prises will be awarded in the different contests. 'Culture Crazy Colorado' Goes All Out For 20-Year Past Drama, And Mae West CENTRAL CITY, Colo.. Aug. 10 (i Brooklyn born Mae West, who says she brought sex out of the back room. Is wowing 'em In this state called "Culture Crazy Colorado" by A New York critic. The musty old Central City opera house, dark 10 months out of the year, la crowded nightly for Mae's saga ot sin titled "Diamond Lll." She Introduced the play 20 years ago In New York when she wss In her middle 30s. Her scheduled three week run. which opened July 30. has Just been extended another week to meet Uie demand. I've got the feel for this one." she told her Interviewer. "This mining town would have been home grounds tor that gal (Diamond LUi She would have alept while Uie miners dug the gold out of the hills. Then at night she would have dug tht gold out of tht miners." Central City at Just over few Territory Takes Over Two Firms HONOI.I I.TT. Ang. 1 (AV fMawr f Hoaelnln'B tw ettlkebewnd steve doring firma carried Hawaii's ltt day waterfront lieu tn tht ahw dawn atage today. iov. Ingram M. Htainbaek at rued orders lata yesterday tar tha terri torial government's takeover at two at the Islands' seven struck dock companies. The five thers In th eater Islands were not affected. The striking CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehouse men union awaited th start of government stevedoring operation to defy the territory. LWU Leader Jack Hall aald lha anion would start a court challenge ta the territory's new dock acisare law within hours after the govern ment puts Ha longsharernen ta warn. The government began signing wp lStf stevedores yesterday. Engineer Out ' Hall also said the CIO Marine Engineers' executive board In Wash ington ordered Its members not ta sail ship from behind ILWTJ picket lines. John Perry, Honolulu repre sentative of the engineer, con firmed receipt of the order from Washington headquarters. The emergency taw pasted by a special seaman at th Hawaiian legislator bans a strike "r any other concerted activity" threaten ing ta interfere with gwvernanent dork operations. KUlnbark said tha law clearly give hie gwvernaaent aathertty t act against any engineers lefaaing t sail ship. The main engineers' acUon could wreck announced plans for 10-day sailing schedule between Hawaii and Atlantic coast ports by Isthmian line ships. Two ships, loaded by a non-union stevedore firm, already have sailed for th east coast under this plan set up by Castle ex Cook, Ltd. Th two Hanolnle stevedoring companies, covered by th governor a first eebrar order are MrCake, Hamilton Kenny Co, and Cast la Cook Terminals, Ltd. ILWU fficial havw threatened repeatedly to spread th strik to th mainland If th govern meat went into the stevedoring kwsineaa. . Some 2000 dock workers are on strik for a 33 -cent raise to aa hour ly basic ral ot gl.72. "Walking Man'. Challenges KFS Best Wanted: A Klamath Falls "Walk ing Man." Paul A. Smith. M-yrar-old Mill City resident, who waa recently bested in a 7 5-mil walks thon when six-year-old aorrel gelding fin ished It mile ahead ot him, haa Issued an open challenge to any Klamath Falls "man or horse." The challenge came in th form of a letter addressed to the Klamath County chamber of commerce. Smith wrote: "I understand you have a "walking man' In Klamath Falls." His full challenge read: 'If th city and Its sportsmen are Interested In a walking contest, man or horse, I would like to take them on at 40, 75 or 100 miles. So, please tell your men about It. Smiths most recent losing effort took place July 3 ton th Lebanon Mcadowa track. The horse covered the 7S-mlle distance In 14 hour and 40 minutes. Smith, with 14 miles yet to go, decided to alt down. Streamliners Runninq Full An average of 50 persons have been riding the new Southern Pa cific Daylight streamliners dally since the first official run July 10, Vic President Claude Peterson an nounced today. This figure Is through July 31, Peterson explslned. Passengers for the 21 days have totaled in the neighborhood of 30. 000, representing near-capacity lor the Portland to 8an Francsco day light run. is noil font rwakx from Asoen. Colo., site of last month's International celebraUon honoring Johann Wolf gang von Goethe, German philos opher. It attracted world renowned Intellectuals and was one of Uie summertime events that Inspired John Chapman. New York Dally News critic, to dub the state "Cul ture Crasy Colorado." Mae offered a comment on that too. "They say back east you've gout culture cnuy." she smiled. I've been around tht stage long enough to know that culture can be pushed off the wings by a couple of swing ing hips If you know how to awing them." Coloradoans and vacation visitors art chuckling at Uie aame lines thil tickled New Yorkers when Mae Isunched "Diamond Lll." The buxom stsge veteran get o'l of her biggest laughs when sua purrs "It's not the men In my IK but Uie lift In my men that count."