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By I RANK JKNKINa
DISPATCH trum Mliml
' morning eaye:
"A tropical hurricane with wlmU
op to UO mllrs per hour passed
north of picturesque Nimii. in Mm
Bahamas, today and heeded for
Kinh Morula a Gold Coast.
That'e a aura sign Uiat fall It ap
proaching. a a
YOU may not b familiar with Uili
farm KflnM fn.t ailtlllitil tl
Florida. It doesn't mean, aa It don
over at our own Gold Uracil, Dial
there la gold In Uia aanda of Ux
a. What It don mean la Uiat
Kasterners, whrn Uiey makt a bi(,
quick killing, head for Palm Beach
and Miami aa Instinctively aa tin
swallows lor Ban Juan Caplitrano
In ilia spring.
That la Uils difference:
Ilia quick-aud-easy money East
erners hrad fur Klortda'a Uold Coast
to allow off Uielr ntw wealth. Tha
awallowa go to Ceplstrano to mala.
build homes and rrar famillca.
f Tins dupatch la from Wa-hliigton:
Kiimt of President I'rumana
claant frlanda predicted today ha
won't let tl be known until after
Uia 1950 congressional rlecuons
whether ha will run again."
That's a aura turn Uiat wa hava
passed ona Presidential election and
are beginning lo get ready fur en
olhar ona.
MY personal opinion la that AT
4TIIK PRESENT MOMKNT
larry Truman doesn't want to ruu
attain. Ill add that 1 think ha
WILL run again.
Why?
Writ, Uia prwcirt on a President
to run and run and keep on running,
la well-nigh Irreauuble. for ona
tiling, the habit of power growt on
people, for another. Uia Jobs of
sevcrsl million Americana ornd on
Uia Inrtunbeal of tha Wtilla Houm.
Tha pressure Uiry put on turn lo
run again, ao that Uiry won't b
Uirown back Into Uia cold, clammy
muck of privets llfr, la too great to
be mraaured by any existing uislru
nient of precision.
a
Till altuaUon hai anoiiirr clement:
Men who hold positions of re
sponsibility and auuiority fa.l In
evilably into tha belief (sincere, ao
far aa I hey ara concerned) thai
NOBODY fcLSK CAN IX) THE JOB
AS WELL, AS THEY.
CO far aa I'm concerned. I hope
wo add to our conaututlon an
amendment forbidding any Presi
dent to am for nioro than to
t-rma. It arema to ma Uiat ona o!
litstorys clearest leaaona la Uiat too
much power, held In too few hsnJs
too king la tha moat dangrroua of
II threat ta Uia liberties of the
people,
a a a
T REMEMBER clearly a certain
chamber of commerce In Oregon
(which I ahaJJ not name hare) whoaa
affaire were administered for many,
many yeara by a IllUe group of able,
publlc-aplrtted men. They wera ao
good and held ao completely Uia con
fidence of their townspeople that
they wera returned to office year
after year.
EVENTUALLY they became too
old lor too busy with Uielr own
ffatra) to go on functioning. Be
rauaa no new blood had been
brought In, there waa no ona to fall
bark on at tha moment. Tha or
ganliauon disbanded and for two
years Uia town had BO chamber of
commerca.
PUC Going To Court Over
Sprague River Water Lease
The State attorney general and public utilities commissioner hare
brought a law ault here against Ivey c. Clark, owner of tha Sprague
Rlrer Water company, to force compliance with a provision of Uia
publls utilities act.
Tha legal action la petition for
Alaska Feels
.Earthquake
By Tha Aaaoclafed Frees
Continued rumbllngt of mother
earth were 'reported last night
Petersburg, In eoutheaatern Alaska,
reported a alight earth tremor at
I 10 pm.
Meanwhile CapL Ernest rots of
tha U8AT Jamaa O'Hara reported
last night on Uia ship's arrival from
Japan that It encountered a severe
bump and momentarily boiling
waters at 10 : p m. (P8T Tuesday
night.)
"It felt almost aa If wa had
struck soma heavy object Just under
tha surface," ha said.
Sports
Bulletins
NKW YORK, Aug. W
Bill Hlgnry'a triple sparked
three-run sevrnlh Inning rally
that gave the New York t.lanta a
4 lo 1 victory over the Nt. l-ouls
Cardinals today. The defeat re
duced the Cardinals' National lea
gue lead to a single game.
PORRHT 1I1I.LH, N. Y, Aug. M
Ted Nrhroeder sent the United
Mtatee Into a !- lead In Ita bid
ta retain the Davis Cup today by
whipping Billy rlldwell of Aus
tralia, e-1, 1-7, 4-t, I t. .
U,U rKK B KIVK tKNTS I JgJ KLAMATH fAI.LH, OBKGON, FRIDAY, AlGl'HT M. IMt Telephone 1111 No. tU
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Plane
Hurricane
Hits Coast
Of Florida
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MIAMI, Ha.. Aug. U v-The
first wlnda af hurrlrana forea
errrarard arraaa r L Lauderdale
beach lata today, toaaing the aeaa
arraaa an ace aw highway aad
marooning a group af alihtarrra
wha look ahrlier In a priest s
home.
MIAMI. Pla, Aug. i Pi A hurri
cane edged up lo the aoulh Florida
roast today, leaving one death In
in wake as It whirled paal Miami.
A amall. unidentified bay waa
resorted drownra) at Miami aa ha
tried la relrtnre a beat torn loeae
by tg-mile wind.
Tlie aiorm, containing winds up
to l.'O mlln an hour waa centered
only a few miles offshore near ft.
Ijiudrrdale and pnwreailng auiadlly
west .northweatward.
WincU began to ilam higher and
higher from Miami northward. Wot
Palm Beach had Increasing windi
which nearrd H mlln an hour at
3 30 pm. EST.
Harneaaa warn I no flew fraaa
Miami Bewrk to Vera llearh. and
naettieaal atorra warning algnala
flapped narlh af there to tertian
dlaa. at the north end af the alafe.
Luther Jonra, chairman of Uia
Evrrgladn Evacuaton committee,
announced that a meeting of com
munity officials agreed not to evac
uate tha lake area where 1800 or
more Drrmonadrowned In a !9Jg
hurricane, since then a big. pro
tective levee haa been built to keep
lake waters from being blown out
by hurrtranea.
Ixm-flying black clouds and dis
mal showers heralded the tempest
along 110 miles of coastline from
Vera Beaehj to Miami.
Black and red hurricane1 flags
flapped from Vera Beach to Maml
and around huge Lake Okeechobee.
Judge Ignores
'Red' Pickets
NEW YORK. Aur. 3d OPv More
then 100 chanting plcketa marched
before Uia federal courthouse today
despita redrral Judge Harold K.
Medina's admonition Uiat ha would
not be -Intimidated" In his conduct
of the communist conspiracy trial.
Only yesterday Judge Medina,
presiding over tha trial of II top
communist leaders, said ha would
'not be intimidated by picketing
or pressure of any aort."
In football fashion. Uia plcketa
shouted their major chant "Wa
demand a mistrial"
an alternative writ of mandamus.
and involves a one-year lease of tha
water aystem by Clark ta John U
Achlry of Bonanza.
Accordng to Public Utilities Com
missioner Oeorge H. Plagg'a state
ment of tha caae, the water company
Is considered a public utility and
tha public utilities act requires that
any lease or assignment of any prop
erly necessary to tha operation of
utility be submitted In advanca
to tha commissioner for approval.
On July 1, Clark gave Achlry a
one-year lease on the water system.
with option to buy for $.1500. On
July t Clark waa requested by tha
PUO to comply with tha uUltlea
law and, according to Plagg'a com
plaint, on July 35 a letter waa re
ceived saying that Clark did not
believe he had any obligation to
request approval of any leasing of
his own property.
The letter waa from tha Parreni
and Maxwell law firm, attorneys for
Clark.
Haif ehargea that Clark la en
gaged In acta and practices vio
lating provisions of tha public
nflllllea art and aaka a writ of
mandamus to force presentation
of the lease for ho commissioner's
approval, or a court appearance
for Clark to show eauae why ha
should not submit tha lease for
approval.
The Bprague River water con
troversy has been going on for sev
eral months and at one time Clark
aiked PUC for permission to quit
business because tha operation waa
not profitable, That permission was
not granted.
On June 17, a deadline set by a
utilities examiner for a solution to
tha water troubles, the system was
closed down and tha community of
8prague River had no city water
supply for about two weeks, until
Achlry took over on I he lease.
There ara about 90 users of the
waer system.
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KIDS AND THEIR FITS These three small fry ond their pets caught the judges' eye at the
kid parade this morning From left they ore Roymond Kidd with his pet roccoon, "Doc";
Shirley Woodward and her sheep "Bosco," ond little Charles Boleyn looking flabbergasted
os he clings to his little friend, "Rosebud," the skunk.
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CAROLYN AND HER PILICAN This entry was iudgec" os
the one most representative of the Klomath country ir, the
kids' parade this morning. The pelican seems to be wonder
ing what it's all about. Chet Barton ond little Carolyn Feigi
sit in the carriage and watch proceedings.
Everett Sends
Congress Chicks
Home To Roost
Everett chember of commerca
auggeated yesterday that If coast
al arras are so "vulnerable" aa
to require movement Inland of
tha Boeing Airplane company,
than possibly congress ahould
move the nation's capital ta tha
Midwest also.
In a resolution directed to tha
lawmakers, the chamber remind
ed them that the capllol waa
aarked and burned August It,
lilt.
It demanded that eongreaa
. . aa an emergency measure
make provision for removal of
the national capllol from Ita
present highly vulnerable loca
tion an the Atlantic coast to a
point possibly west of the Mis
sissippi and aa nearly equidistant
between the Canadian border and
gulf aa possible , ."
(ETTINQ READY
NEW YORK. Aug. it P) Rep.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (D-N.Y.)
and socialite Buianne Perrln of New
York obtained a marriage license
today. No wedding date waa Indi
cated est tha application.
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Mail Rates
Key To KF's
Air Service
United Air Lines wants to con
tinue service to Klamath Falls and
other smaller communities In the
west, but also want compensation
on mall-rates If It I to maintain
Its service Into those communities.
According to a letter received by
Chamber of Commerce Manager
Charlie Stark, West Coaat Air
lines oarrlea tha government mall
at a rate of ax cents per airplane
mile, while United, a main line,
carries for only three cents an
airline mile.
The letter, written by United
: President W. A. Patterson to Robert
1 W Sawyer, editor of the Bend Bul
letin, was forwarded to Stark by
another United official, W. R. Thlg
pen. Patterson went on to say that
United wants to keep on serving the
smaller communities, but has op
ened negotiations with West Coast
Airlines on plana that the feeder
line might receive some of Unltrd's
present stops which would be "logi
cally transferred from United" with
the changing picture of air travel.
Siskiyou Fire
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Kids Parade
Pets; Fish
To Skunks!
Klamath kids with their pete
ranging from skunks to minute
stsrd furl took over Main street
this morning In the pet parade put
on by the Klamath Retail Mer
chants association as a part of the
school days' salute program.
Tha small fry, with dogs, cats,
turtles, fish, birds, goats, sheep, rac
coons and other pets, marched from
the courthouse to the Montgomery
Ward store where a wealth ot prises
waa dished out for the winners.
Some af tha peta were dreseed
la rotorfol style, wagone and bog
glea were decorated and hmnar
ana signs were displayed, all ta
amuse and entertain a large
throng of persons who lined the
eidewalka.
The best
drewed prize went to
little Margie Wrllman. The girl.
dressed as Cinderella, was seated In
a gaily-decorated wagon pulled by a
large Chesapeake dog.
The most-comical Utle went to
Mary Snyder and Elaine Quinn,
decked out in hula skirts, both with
their pet dogs In tow.
Copping the most-unusual award I
and along with It the grand prize
was Eva Jo LaRue. s years old. In a
colorful costume, little Eva Jo pulled !
a wagon In which was seated her
small dog, Chlquita. outfitted In a
tuxedo.
Jene Baxter with his goat Billy,
won the prize for the largest pet,
while Jimmy Scupel with his tiny
guppy fish received the nod for the
smallest per,
A luckv horseshoe key chain and
a free ticket to the Hl-Ho fun show
Saturday morning were given all
contestants In the parade.
Special prises were donated by
Srars. Roebuck, Montgomery
Ward. Miller's department atore,
Jones-Miller stadia. Matt Finnl
gan'a and Prnney'a.
Arthur Rlckbell was In charge of
the parade.
They'll Have
Two Barns . . .
For A While!
ASTORIA, Aug. i Frank
and John Hlllstrom wanted to
build a new barn Just where the
old one stood. But they couldn't
get along without one during con
struction. 80 the Ingenious Mlllslroma
started hammering up the new,
bigger barn right around the old
one.
-When It's finished," they ex
plained, "It'll be easy to tear
down the aid ona from the In
side." LAini B WEAKENING
STRATHAVEN, Scotland, Aug. 26
(P) 81 r Harry Lauder, famed Scot
tish comedian, who Is gravely 111
at his home near here, was report
ed weakening this morning. Lauder,
70, has been 111 since Monday with
uremia and blood clou on the
brain.
'Copter Seen
Over Site Of
Yreka Blaze
YRJ2KA, Aug. J The twelfth
naval district today will be asked
by the state division of forestry to
determine whether a navy heli
copter pilot started a 600-acre (ran
fire near Yreka yesterday.
Le Roy Neil, state forest ranger,
betievea the fire started whew tha
nidenUfird pllet fired tracer bul
leta al a coyote.
The plane was seen hovering over
the area by Louis Poulke. on whose
ranch the fire occurred. Poulke said
he heard six shots and aaw the plane
flying north. Smoke rose Immedi
ately over the spot where the plane
have been covering.
Feolke tamed In la alarm and
five pieces af equipment and M
men foaght the biaxe far three
boors, it waa controlled, bat was
still ander patrol this morning.
Forester Nell said the CAA report
ed Uiat a navy helicopter refueled
at Medford shortly after the In
cident near here. The plane was
believed en route from Sacramento
to Portland.
Merrill Fire
MERRILL. Aug. 2 Flames broke
out on a hill a alio west of Merrill
shortly before noon today, touching
nearby grain stubble before It was
controlled by the county fire de
partment. Tha fire of undetermined origin,
started on a aage brush covered
hill near the county gravel pit. and
burned Into part of the stubble ot !
cut grain on the Joe Pothering ham '
ra.-ic.ri. The blase cad not reach
into grain which waa gull standing.
House Solons
Going Home:
Senators Toil
WASHINOTON. Aug. 3e Wl
House members headed homeward
today for a 25-day vacation with
out the approval ot the senate.
The house members wont return
until September 21. except for a
handful who will remain here to
conduct formal "no business" ses
sions twice a week. Those are neces
sary because the senate would not
agree to an outright adjournment.
The holiday waa voted amid
I tion after membera got tired of
waiting for the senate to approve a
Joint measure. That would have per
mitted house adjournment without
Informal sessions In the meantime.
The senate Is unable to leave
Washington because It haa more
work than It can handle.
WHEELCHAIR TRAVELER
John A. Padjen, 41, Midvale,
Utah, sits in his wheelchair at
Salt Loke City, Utah, airport
before- leaving for Son Fran
cisco. The physically handi
capped Utahn will leave San
Francisco on a 4000-mile trip
across the nation to New York
in a motorized wheelchair. He
said he will make the coost-to-coost
trip to inspire handi
capped persons throughout
the world.
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'Cochino' Lost
In Arctic; 84
Crewmen Saved
WASHINOTON. Aug. J IJF) Six navy submariners and a dvlllaa
technician lost their Uvea and M crewmen were rescued today wheat
the submarine Cochlno exploded and burned In Arctic waters.
The six navy men were attached to the U8S Tusk, a slater sub
marine which rescued the Cochlno'a crew. The civilian. Robert W.
Phllco. Newark. N. J., waa the only ona lost aboard Uia Cochlno.
The sunken submarine waa equipped with a anorkel an under
water "breathing" tube which en-a '
ablad It to remain submerged for I
long periods of time.
Tha explosion aernrraal la tha
Csehirjo'e battery room and waa
followed by fire.
A lieutenant and five of the Turk's
enlisted men were swept from her
deck b7 heavy seas during the rescue
of tha Mochlno's crew, which was
hampered by high aeaa.
The Teak, with the r earned men
aboard, la heading for the Nor
wegian port of HammerfaaL This
la the nearest point where medical
can be obtained.
In its first announcement the navy
listed the following as missing: LL
(Jgl William Hanley Shatter Jr,
Stamford, Conn.; Melvtn Buck Hen
neberger Jr, Gloucester City, N. J.:
James Robert Miller. Liberty. Mo.;
Robert Lee Ptnney. 8turgls, Mich.;
Robert Francis Brunner Jr., Al
toona, Pa.; John O. Outtermuth,
Cincinnati.
Forest Fires
Still Menace
Western Area
By The Aasociated Press
Fire still menaced brush and tim
ber land areas in western United
States today, but few serious de
velopments were reported.
A new brush fire broke out In
California Just south of the Stanis
laus national forest. More than 7100
acres already have been burned over
in Stanislaus and two lives have
been lost.
A hage brash fire hi San Diego
and Riverside eaantlee in Cali
fornia earned eat el central aWng
a faar-atila front.
High temperatures and changing
winds that shifted seven time In
one hour harrassed the fire fighters.
More than 12.000 acres of ranch and
grazing lands have been burned
Tat ras fas Idaho's Favette aa
lltnal forest srere sot at twasras.
The la a aa la Hen's eanvsra
and the ether est the esarth farts
of the Sabnaw iltn kre cnaimdi
3e.ee acres af timber. Two am
have died that week ta the Pay
ette ferrst.
All fires In Yellowstone perk were
reported checked and nearlng the
control stage.
Fire In the Black Hills of South
Dakota also has subsided.
Two small ilres both under ten
acres burned In Western Oregon.
Cool weather lessened the danger In
Oregon.
last Resort'
In Search For
Lost Youngster
McGREGOR, Minn. Aug. 2 m
A bulldozer roared Into action today,
damming a creek In the search for
three-year-old Larry Coleman.
Minnesota national guard offi
cers said the barrier waa being
thrown ap "aa a last resort" In
the hent for the tot, missing since
be started to pick ap pine eonea on
his grandparents farm SO salles
north ef here last Saturday.
LL Col. William Johnson, com
mander ot the remaining 100 troop
ers, said the dam would dear of
water an area of one and one-half
square miles.
"If we don't find any trace of
Larry In this aperauon. It aeems
futile to continue the search," aaid
Johnson.
The quest has been carried out I
over a w ide area around the farm
ot ciay uoieman. wnom Larry was
visiting with his parents when he
disappeared.
IN OREGON"
WALLA WALLA, Aug. 20 (Pi Es
caped lifer George Madison still
had his freedom today, as author
ities pressed the search for the Spo
kane county slayer Into northeast
ern Oregon. Madison slipped away
from the state penitentiary here
Wednesday night with three com-1
Pn'ns.
New US Guided Missiles
May Become Air Artillery
WASHINOTON. Aug. 26 WW The
united States Is developing guided
missiles which would both bring
down enemy planes and enable
American bombers to shoot down
attacking fighters.
Dr. Karl Compton, chairman of
the defense department's research
and development board, disclosed
the new weapons last night.
He described aa "exceedingly Im
portant the air-to-air missile which
a B-3 esold axe against apeedy Jet
fighters. He said this weapon "may
well become the principal artillery
ef air combat."
In a radio broadcast with Atomic
I n e l y Commissioner Sumner
Cain Charges
Truman Yith
Sabotage Try
WASHINOTON, Aug. 2 f) Sen
ator Cain (R-Wash today accused
the Truman administration of "de
liberately, but under cover as much
aa possible, trying to sabotage" the
coordinated plan of the army en
gineers and reclamation bureau on
the Columbia river.
Cain said In a statement Uiat the
budget bureau. In a letter signed by
Acting Director F. J. Lawton, allied
the senate public works committee
to deter consideration of bUla to
authorize the coordinated program
until it completes studies to deter
mine whether It fits in with the
program of the president.
"It appecra that the administra
tion Is playing a game of supposedly
having some ot Its spokesmen favor
this program and then knifing it
In the back by having the bureau
of the budget say that the commit
tee should defer action on this bill.1
Cain said.
Gl Dividend
Forms Here
Monday
Application forma tor the special
O. L insurance dividend for World
War II veterana will be on hand at
the Klazaath post office, at the vet
erana administration office located
at Room 313. post office building,
and at all veterans service organi
zations on Monday. August 29. Wil
liam D. Lueke, In charge of the
local VA office, announced today.
Approximately lis.000 World War
II veterans In Oregon will share in
the S2.8O0.0O0.l100 dividend fund to
be distributed to Id million policy
holders by the VA.
Veterans whose insurance haa
lapsed are still eligible for the divi
dend, provided their policies were
In force tor at least three months
before the end of 1947, Lucke said.
The application form la a simple
one, with complete Instructions on
how to fill It out. If a veteran haa
' misplaced his Insurance number.
he need not be concerned, accord
ing to Lucke. Inclusion of his serv
ice serial number and his branch
of service on the application will
serve to identify the account.
Alter the application Is filled out.
It la to be mailed to the Veterana
Administration In Washlngt on,
D. C. The VA will acknowledge re
ceipt of the applicaUon.
Veterans should give the VA an
address where they will be for at
least six months. Because of the
tremendous size of the Job, the first
dividend checks will not be mailed
until sometime In January. 1950.
The VA hopes to complete the dis
tribution In June, 1950.
Foreign Arms
Act Delayed
Until Monday
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28 P Ad
ministration leaders today delayed
until Monday a decision on cutting
the 1. 450.000,000 arms assistance
program.
But they rushed Cen. Omar
Bradley up to the closed-door ses
sion of the senate foreign rela
tione committees ta battle a speci
fic cut of si6e.99e.toe.
Senators Vandenberg (R-Mlch
and Dulles (R-N.Y.) have been lead,
lng the drive to chop the aid funds
for Canada, England and other
members of the Atlantic pact bark
to an even $1.000, 000,000. The ad
ministration asked $1,160,990,000.
Chairman Connally to -Tex.) of
the foreign relations committee said
General Bradley argued this "would
be false economy."
The general said the $160.990000
- would be used to retool existing
arms and ammunition plants In
European nations, Connally said.
Pike. Compton listed four types of
guided missile on which u. 8. sci
entists are at work.
Besides the plane-carried missile,
h e noted a "surface-to-surface"
weapon which could ha used as
long-range artillery. Development
of this weapon "Is already well ad
vanced for those of a few hundred
miles range," he said.
The anti-aircraft, or "surface-to-air"
missiles, Compton aaid, "bid
fair to become the effective counter
measure" fraaa tha groand against
swift attacking planes.
There also la an "alr-to-aurface"
model, some types of which saw"
acUon In World War IL
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