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Backfiring Helps
NightAttaclcOn
Sheep Well Lines
By MALCOLM KFLEY
Efforts of a huge force of men ond equipment, highlight
ed by on immense backfiring operation, had brought the
Sheep Well fire under control today after it had covered
16,000 ocres in two national forests ond a national monu
ment. Release of fire-fighters was started this morning, but two
late-morning flare-ups on the fire lines halted this procedure
ond indicated the blaze might still make trouble.
Fire-fighters backfired over approximately 3000 ocres along
the west boundory of the Lava Beds national monument last
night, stopping the blaze on the northeastern front where it
made a long sweep after breaking out of lines Sundoy. The
big backfire cost a glow on the sky visible from Klomath
Falls 30 miles owoy.
Potrol was maintained on the fire lines today as the
WEATHER
Klaaalk rallf aa alclaltx gale
laaar aa Mtataaatav. Mis la
ear SI. Law laaltM SI t.
Hit Wetaaaear is.
Mia. Mat. tl . 1 Mia at
rraalf Italia laat ft haara ... a
Br FRANK JKNKIN
THE Tito bualne climb up Into
the upptr brsrketa today.
Marshal Klrmentl Voroshllov, a
number of the Soviet Polllburo, let
runt; rtVK CENT
.a I'll rAI.Li. OKKtiON. Tl f KOAV. At ,I KT 13. IMS
Telephone (111
N. 2064)
lito Bouble -Edges Gesture To Stalin
go with IhU haymaker:
"Tito It a traitor who has be
com the mint bluer enemy of Uu
t i j . 1 1 i r -h- -T - it ii
.o )
nonet Union and the people de
mocracies.'' (THE Polllburo. mad up of omo.
A what more than baker't
dosen communist parly big shot. In
what cautious diplomat, reknig to
Imp llgliicd maUlie out ol powticr
.kega, would describe "tin supreme
governing body of the Bovirl
Union." Wo llttlt prnplt, whose
utterance! dnn't itrt wars. ro In
clined in describe It mor rrlsply
and perhsn mora relltlclly aa
the Inner circle of lha gangsters
BUSHIA haa now bun run br OiU
polllburo system for approx
imately a quarter vf a century. If
U la aa food aa the communis' t
f tell ua II la and our system la a
BAD aa the cnmmunlaU tell ua It
la. the common Kuulin down at the
bottom of the heap ought to be do.
lnc pretty well by Una time.
I d aay that If communism la even
HAI.r aa food aa Ita booatert claim
and our system half aa bad aa Ha dr.
tractor liuut the brnrliu enjoyed
br trie leneral run of Ruasiam
ought to be makini ua a little
envloua by thla time
a
WHAT ARE THE FACTS?
Well. I don't know. 1 ve nrver
been allowed Imlde Kuaaia. Verr
few people era allowed In-ine Rua-aia-thal
la to ear. verr few OUT
BlDfcRS are allowed Irulda Rusai.
Eihrr lha Russian are ao aril
aauaftrd with their ayu-m that
llieyre afraid at 11 copr It If weie
aver permitted to art a luod under.
s'siulmg of the way It work, or
they era an ANIIAMKI) of IU short
rominf a Uial they aeek to rover up
the truth from ua.
At any rate. e dun't know too
much about the atatua of the aver
ate Russian.
e e
RUT there It tome nrw atutf ou'..
Home time bark Uia Norwegian
General federation of Trade
Union lot runout and aent dele
(atlona to atudy rondiuona in both
Ruaaia and the Untied Btalrs
Theae Norwetian utuon worker
made a report of Uieir tindlni.
The report waa addressed u then
own organliaUon. It haa Just been
made publlr. Among 01 her thlugi.
. I mentions that-
"An average American worker
erne a loaf of breed with tlva mm.
viae of work: It takea an average
Ruaaian two hour of work to earn
loaf of bread.
"An American buya a pound of
meat wltn half an hour of labor; a
Ruaaian hag to work a whole day to
tarn a pound of meat.
"An American can buy a woolen
ault after 35 hour of work: a Rua
aian haa to work two month to
earn a woolen ault."
e
THE Norwegian trade unionist
concluded their report with the
Internum obaervatton that their
vialt to the United Hi tea gave them
"greater confidence In Ilia ability ot
democracy to aolvo Ita problem."
That la terse, but tignlflrtnt.
T TRY to be realistic In my think-
lnc Bo It are ma 10 me. after read
lug thla Norwegian report. 111:
there la a acrew looae somewhere
the communist ayatem.
I d aay that thla la where the
acrew la looae:
The MANY RUSSIANS AT THK
BOTTOM are getting leat Ulan they
are entitled to because the SMALL
NUMBER OP COMMUNISTS AT
IHE TOP art skimming oft the
cream for thenuelvea.
Theae top communis want to
aklm lha cream not only from the
Ruaaian economy but from the
WHOLE WORLD. Rebela like Tito
want tome of the cream for them-
telvea.
That la why the polllburo big
ahota regard him aa their worat
enemy. They dont want to divide
fip the cream.
'Pick You Ups
Let You Down,
YCTU Is Told
PHILADELPHIA. A 11 e m i
Too many Americana of arhool age
- niT iie wra 01 liquor a effect
on the human body, the director of
the Pennsylvania arhool of alcohol
ttudlei aaid todty.
Dr. O eerie F. Dunkelhergrr,
former dean ef Susquehanna uni
versity, told a eympoalum at the
filth annual convention af the Wom
en's Christian Temperance anion,
that "It la guile common to believe
alcohol la a stimulant, whereas It
actually Iris yon down, pulls you
down and keeps yon down."
Such "erroneous notion." Dunk
elberger said, must be corrected
through education. Too frequently,
the liquor problrm la avoided In
schools became of "Ihe popularity
of drinking and Ihe criticism to
which teachers think they would be
tiiblrclrd."
Total abstinence, the educator
aald, la the only "safe. Bane and
ecnslhle program of living for the
yoalh of enr nation."
"The excessive drinker," he said,
"comes from the moderate drinker.
The moderate drinker cornea from
Ahe occasional or social drinker and
dilie social drinker comet Irom tak
ing the first drink."
Fist Shaken
Along With
Peace Me-ye
BELGRADE, Aug. 23 (AP)
Yugoslavia expressed willing
ness tonight to reach a set
tlement with Russia on "all
disputed questions" between
the two-feud'ng countries.
In a new note fo the Soviet
government Yugoslavia told
Moscow thot Premier Morshal
Tito was willing to end the
bitter fight with the Kremlin.
At the same lime, Yugo
slavia served a stern worning
10 Ruaaia rulers to keep Uieir
hand" off the Internal a Hairs of
Una Balkan commuuut country.
The note waa the first eaallng
ward In a war of wards that had
beeataa while hat In the east Iws
weeks. It waa the seventh note
In an etrhange between ISrlgrade
and Mearow.
Yugoalavla formerly expressed her
"readiness to approach the solution
of all disputed questions with the
UJ1HR. in accordance with and In
the spirit of the International obll
gaUona undertaken by both gov
ernment." There wa a Immediate Indi
cation af what Mosrow'e reettan
wauld be la this esunsuna af the
alive beanrh. Til haa been at
adds with the Kress I la far II
snentha.
The Moacow-dlrected comlnform
fcommunial Inlemetional Informa
tion bureau) expelled Tito and hit
Yugoslav communist tor national
istic deviations from what Russian
leaders regard at orthodox com
munism, live Russian have called
on the Yugoslava to overthrow Tito
If he did not change his policy.
Ttto hat maintained nil position.
however.
There was no attitude of knee
bending In today s Yugostsv note.
Grain Harvest
In High Gear:
No Spuds Yet
Grain harvest In the Klamath
basin Is moving ahead at top apeed
now and the first heavy shipment
were being made today.
At the Great Northern a Strong
hold nation U carload ot barley
were headed out for Vancouver,
Wah.. thla morning for diversion
east. Agent C. H. Hrndrlckt aald.
The Southern Paclflo moved on
carload of n't on August 14. two
carloads of barley the next day and
today had IS cars from Tulelake
designated far northern and east
ern points, according to Agent H. E.
McOhee.
There hat been na definite price
established for barley but there
are re ports that I? St and li.as
a hundred pounda have been paid
foe No, 1 llaanchrn mailing grain,
A reliable report this morning In
dicated a 13 a hundred price paid
for at least two Iota of the grain.
One buyer aald that the quality
of the grain la good this year, but
there Is a decline in overall yield
because of serious damage to con
siderable dry-land grain and some
dnmage In spots to Irrigated fields.
The acreage planted to barley thli
year waa also lower and the acre
age of wheat higher.
Moat of the barley crop la being
harvested In bulk. The big grain
operation at Tulana Farms and
YVInema Farms are being harvest
ed now. and the peak probably
will be rrarhrd next week.
Principal buyera are the Tulelake
Grain company. Archer Danlelt
Mldland company and the Contin
ental Drain company.
No spud digging hat been report
ed yet and potato shipment! prob
ably will not ttart until the middle
of September,
BULLETIN
J ItKAD IN FRANCE
ROnDKAI'X. France, Aug. IS
Ml Hint rain fell her early to
day, lessening the, danger af new
eulbrraka of Ihe forest fires which
have taken 13 lives,
Th new death figure wat the
result of th disrovery et four
more bodies In the forest near lha
village of f'eslaa yesterday. Seventy-right
previously had been
found.
FISH COUNT
PORTLAND, Aug. 23 MV-The
upstream fish count at Bonneville
dam yesterdav: Chinook 1347,
Jacks 114, Steelhearl 1330; Bluebacki
3, Silvers 6, total 3IX.
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ON THE FIRE LINE Here's on intimate picture of a segment of the immense Sheep Well fire. A helmeted fire-fighter is
shoveling dirt against the bloze that is crackling around the big stump at right, while in the background flames are
rolling through the brush and have climbed the trunk of a pine. This night shot was mode by Herald ond News Pho
tographer Was Cuderion near the Medicine loke road. The big fire was under control today. v
Tomorrow Is
Round-Up Day
In Pendleton
PENDLETON. Aug. M Oene
Rambo, Shandon, Calif, leads the
pack a th nation's top rodeo per
formers come up to one of the
Wett't biggest thowt the annual
Pendleton roundup.
The roundup, which claims the
nations highest dally pay-off for
performers, open It four-day run
tomorrow.
Rambo, winner of Ui Internation
al rodeo association all-around cow
boy championship In 1M6 and IMS.
ha compiled 5146 point in rodeos
this year. Behind him come Jim
Shoulders, TuUa. with 450: Casey
Tibba, rt, Pierre. SD, 4483; Harry
Tompkins. Clmmaron ranch. Peek
skill. N. Y. 4160; and Bill Llnder
man. Red Lodge. Mont. 410S.
Rambo will be seeking his second
title here. He won the Jscx.son tro
phy, awarded to the best all
around cowboy at this event, In
1M4.
The annual highlight, the West
ward Ho parade, featuring 5000
Indiana and whiles In pioneer-day
vehicles and dress, will come at
10 a. m. Friday,
Sports
Bulletins
CARDS BEAT RUMS
BROOKLYN, Aug. Z3 (IP) Stan
Mualal and Knot Slaughter collect
ed fire of 8C Louis' tight hits and
four of Ha runs to lead the Card
Inala lo a 5-3 victory over Ihe
Brooklyn Dodgrra today. The
triumph Increased Ihe Kedhlrdt'
first place margin lo three games,
Ihelr biggest lead of the year over
Ihe I lodgers.
HU Loula (10 301 MO 5
Brooklyn 101 000 1104 I t
Lanier. Wllks 131 and D. Rlrr:
Matten. Frsklne 16), Mlnner HI
and C'ampanella.
FEd KIRK WINS
ClllCAfiO. Ant. tJ (41 Medal
ist Peg Kirk of Flndlay, Ohio,
advanced lo Ihe second round of
the women's weslern amateur golf
tourney today bv defeating Mar
garet liunlher ef Memphis one-up
In 19 holea.
IP ANI DOWN
PORTLAND. Aug. 13 (II Op
erating revenue of the Portland
General Electric company was up
In the last fiscal year but net earn
ings skidded. The company report
ed tales brought tie.64a.338 In the
13 months ended June 30. This was
04 per cent higher than the pre
vious fiscal year. Net earnings drop
ped to 13.096.330 with per share
earnings down frnm 1376 to 13.10.
Charge State Prisoner
Allowed To Slowly Bleed
To Death Alone In Cell
POr.TLAND. Aug. 33 v The Oregon Journal ssld today that Gov.
Douglas McKay wai launching an lnvestigauon Into the death of a
penitentiary Inmate who. the newspaper said tt was told, lay un tended
for six hours and bled to death.
A signed newt story by Tom Humphrey, associate editor, aald Oren
A. Brownlee. 34. sentenced from Lane county for car thelt, died last
March 17 and hospital records listed It as suicide.
Humphrey's atary aaid Ihe
paper learned "from what II can
aiders unimpeachable sources" that
Brownie lay nntended m his cell
from 4:3 tv. as. I 11:10 p. s March
1 although the guard an duty In
hit cell reported promptly that he
waa slowly bleeding to death from
srif-lnflieted wounds.
The Journal aald IU tttentlon was
called to Brow nice t detlh by a
state senator and by prison guards
after a Journal series on the state
penitentiary mentioned a suicide.
The governor w as advised yesterday.
Humphrey wrote, and said he would
start an lnvestigauon today and
probably would ask the attorney
general to conduct It.
"This la a serious maltrr," the
Journal quoted the governor aa
aaylng. I shall make a complete
Investigation, starting Immediate
ly. We did not like eame of the
things the Journal aald about the
state penitentiary, but II belong
ta the people of Oregon not the
warden or the governor and they
have a right to know what goes
on Ihrre."
Brownlr-e't body was sent to Ok
anogan. Wash. Hit home wts at
Riverside, Wash.
Brownlee, the paper said, waa
known to fellow Inmates as ment
ally disturbed and was In frequent
trouble with authorities. He at
tempted suicide several times. His
prison record shows that he was
In military service for five months
and wat discharged tor nervous In
stability. Youngsters To
Vie For Free
Trips To Fair
Thirty Klamath county youngsters
will be heading for the State Pair
held In Salem on Labor Day. The
youngsters, all members of the 4-H
club, will have earned the trip by
winning grand championship prlrrs
In the spring fair and the fall
Junior Livestock show, which will
br held August 38. 30 and 30.
The 4-H office la making a tour
of the 4-H club gardens Wednesday
In order to pick the garden king
and queen. Oardens. both vegetable
and flower, will be Inspected for
crop growth, planning and variety,
and the members will be questioned
on their knowledge of gardening
and asked to show record books.
Joan Howell and Mrs. France
Davit will visit the flower gardens,
and Francis skinner and Walter
Jendrexlewskl will view the veg
etable gardens.
No Signs Of
Life Around
Missing Plane
WTVMPEO. Mn, Aug. 23 P)
The Royal Canadian air lorce an
nounced today a search plane hat
found the wreck&ge ol a two-engined
plane reported missing In
northern Manitoba with 21 persons
aboard since Sunday.
The announcement aald there
waa "n signs af life" around the
craft which had crashed and
burned li milea northeast of Win
nipeg. The RCAP announcement said a
paratroop-rescue team 1 s proceed
ing to the scene ot the crss.h. using
three amphibious planes.
Aboard the craft were seven
crew members, eight sick Eskimos,
a Canadian Press reporter, four
meteorological department men
and a woman physiotherapist.
Hurricane
Threatening
East Coast
MIAMI. Fla.. Aug. 23 ir The
Atlantic hurricane swirled 300 miles
at sea off Jacksonville today and
hammered at the steamship Mormac
Surf with 90-mile winds and moun
tainous seas.
At the same time a new storm
was generating In the Atlantic about
300 mllea east of Puerto Rico. Winds
in thla disturbance were mounting
swiftly and at 12:30 p.m. (EST! were
blowing at 50 miles an hour.
The Mormac Surf reported by
radio that she was In no trouble.
Death Of Eugene
Man Probed
EUGENE. Aug. 23 A?i The Lane
county coroner's office was Investi
gating today the death of Robert
Ivan Topperdorf. 26, Swisshome.
found at home with a 21 caliber
bullet In his head.
Deputy Coroner Fred Buell aald
the pistol waa found beside the
body. The body waa found Satur
day night when the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. I. Toppendorf, went to
his room. They had thought the
young man wsa in Eugene.
Another Big
Foreign Arms
Aid Fund OK'd
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 (jPV-The
combined senate committees on
foreign relations and armed serv
ices today approved t239.010.000 of
arms aid for Greece. Turkey, Iran.
Korea, and the Philippine.
The committee delayed until
later thla week a decision aa to
baw much military assistance
shall be given European member
of the Atlantic Pact ander Presi
dent Truman arms aid program.
Chairman ConruUly iD-Tei ) of
the foreign rclauons committee an
nounced that the combined groups
approved lillJTOOOO for Greece
and Turkey, and $27,640,000 for
Iran. Korea and the Philippines.
Connally told reporters that th:
committee also approved amend
ment by Senator Smith iR-NJ.I
pledging the United Suites to exert
maximum effort to provide the
United Nations with armed forces
and to obtain an agreement for
universal regulauon and reduction
of armament.
Connally said the committees ap
proved another amendment by Re
publican S e n a t or s Vandenberg
. Mich.) and Dulles (N.Y.i lntendtd
to give congress, as well as the
president, power to terminate
foreign arms aid at any time.
Local Church
In 'Goats To
Okinawa' Drive
Goats to Okinawa Is the latest
trend In relief efforts! Three groups
of the First Christian church here
are contributing to this lnter-faith
relief project a t present. Each
group has contributed 50 with
which a goat Is bought and shipped
to San Francisco where a govern
ment boat await to carry it along
with hundreds of Its lour footed
companions to Ita destination.
The "get your goaf project Is
affiliated with the Heifers for Re
lief project committee which haa
been designated by the U. S. gov
ernment to solicit funds for the test
ing, care, feeding and transporta
tion of the goats until they reach
the ship's side. Ooats are being sent
to the Pacific area Instead of heif
ers since the locale there Is more
favorable to their existence.
These milk and meat bearing an
imal are one ot the mainstays of
life on the island, however during
the war over 100.000 goats were de
stroyed and only tome 2000 re
main. NEEDLESS DRAG
ASTORIA, Aug. 23 UP) Fire
men fruitlessly dragged the fish
ing boat basin slip for the body
of Guy Murphy, a boat puller
thought to have been aboard the
Sandra Lee which caught fire yet'
terday. Murphy wit found sleeping
atfely in a local hotel all the time.
Hopes lipped
For Klamath
Vet Hospital
The House veterans committee
approved Inflation today to force I
President Truman to restore a j
IS 000-bed slaah In proposed vet-1
erans hospital construction, an As- j
sociaced Press dispatch reported ,
from Washington.
Tbe lertalatien. in trad tared Aa
gust 12 by Representative Ran
kin ID-Mi.!, eperifically list
a 2M-bed S3 million Klamath Fall
hfrspltal project far restoration.
Last January, Truman cancelled
S237.O0O.00O of contract authority
voted by congress lor additional VA
hospital facilities, cancelling plant
for 24 new hospitals and curtailing
the size of 14 others.
the
The appropriation bill left
discretion with the president to de
termine what hospitals would be
built.
Rankin's aneaaure. the one ap-aa-oved
today by the veterajaa
committee, remevea the discretion
ary antberity and aaakee the boa
pilal expenditure mandatary.
Ita approval by the committee Is
lust one step In the possible restora
tion ot the cancelled construction
project. The measure has to be 1
acted upon by the house of repre- i
sent Uvea, the senate and finally j
would hare to face a possible presi
dential veto. !
Th Klamath Falls kwapital waa
to have keen built thla year and
a situ (Beaumont tract) aa th
bill back ef Hot Spring haa been
purchased by the
Some road-buildinc and well-1
drilline: work had been done at the
site before the cancellation order,
$1,022,000,000
For B-36 Plan
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23 ( The
air force gave congress an estimate
of tl.022.000.0M today on the coat
of the B-36 bomber program.
The figure came out in testimony
by Lt. Oen. W. Ravlings In the
he a armed services committee In- !
vestigation of the fiant atomic bomb i
carrier. i
Raw Lings followed other high
ranking air force witnesses who
chorused denials that political In- :
tluence or corruption had anything
to do with orders for more B-36 s. 1
Rawlings is comptroller, or finance :
man. for the air force. !
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BIG ONE Ernest Puddy of Bonanza is shown with head of
antelope he shot in the Plush area Sunday which is right up '
there in the records for size of horns. The horns have a spread
of 1934 inches, and o length of beom of 18Vi inches, the
latter measurement rating it as the third largest ever token
anywhere. The books show 18 116 in beam length as the
third plae holder previous to Puddy 's bog. The local meas
urements will be sent in for official filing.
T
weather continued dangerous.
th wind and lewerina hu
midity creating a condition
similar to that prevailing ot
the time of Sunday's out
break. Craa. Brush. Pin
A composite report on the fire
released at 10 a.m. .today ahowed
that it had burned over siOO acre
on the Shasta national forest. 7500
acres on the Modoc national forest,
and 2400 acre on the Lava Bed
monument. The hlack-n-H a
covered with grass, brush. Juniper
and scattered Ponderosa pine, with
losses counted In sheep range, some
merchantable timber, and winter
feed for deer.
There was no Immediate report
on the cost of fighting the blaze, but
It obviously ran into high figure,
with tome 700 men used in the
three-day battle.
Shasta national forest official
prepared at Ml Hebron thla morn
ing to pay ff firefighter aa they
were released, and order went eat
to bring them in cut ef the bill.
3 at a time. About the time the
j first 3 men were paid off, word
I came that twa outbreaks had ue-
curred on the fire lines. The release
ol men wa then held Bp, at least
temporarily, against the possibility
that a large force might be needed
again fe keep the big fire In bound.
Perimeter of the fire ws appro sl
aaately 47 mile (276 chain! thb
morning, making It en ot the
biggest fire In recent year In thia .
area. The blackened area la sou 111
of the California line, bordering th
1 Lava Bed an the ee.it and the MU
Hebron dhtrirt ej the wed.
Bark Ire Works
The fire suppression resources of
two national forest and the mon
ument were thrown together into
the fire yesterday after the blare
rolled over the line Into the Modoc
Ranger George Fisher of the Tule
lake ranger district on the Modoa
set uo a fire fighting camn at Oll-
j tern's bluff, at the north entrance
to the Lava Beds, historic site of a
Modoc war army camp.
Strategists decided on the back-
; fire yesterday afternoon, and thia
; operation was started along the road
to Whitney Butte, and from the Gold
Diffser road ta the Dome mountain
road. Roads are customarily used a
) starting points for operations of
i thj. nature, providing areadv-made
cleared line to start the flames in
the proper direction.
Heads of the fire fighting orgsnl- .
zation were well enough aatlsiied
with their work that they rated the
big (ire as controlled late in the
night.
Named for a Unchnark In the
center ef the fire area, the Sheet
fire began Saturday, appar
ently springing from a aheepherder'a
rampfire. lt was brought wider con
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