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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
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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
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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,
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'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
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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
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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."