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PAGE FOURTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON 1ATURDAY, OCT. T, W4f Our Civilian Defense 'Dozen Men' WASHINGTON. Oct. I 11 If American cities were attacked tomorrow the federal government would be ready with two civil de fense planning organisations total ing about a dosen men who have no authority whatsoever. Some states and communities have gone ahead with their .own plana (or rescue and protection of civilian populations in event ot atomte or other aerial attack un der plana tentatively outlined by the federal government a year ago and since put aside for new studies. Twe rails But the only civil defense plan ring groups In the federal set-up now are a study unit within the na tional security resources board con sisting of a coordinator and one as sistant, and a civil defense liaison office In the defense department made up of about ten men. In a directive earlier this year. President Truman ended the office of civil defense planning created In March IMS by the late Secretary ot Defense James Forres UL The for planning a national civil defense system to the NSRB, with William U. QUI named coordinator. The office of civil defense plan ning was headed by Russel J. Hop ley, Omaha Telephone company ex ecutive, and consisted of members and committees representing a cross-section of civilian and military life. Responsibility In November IMS, seven months after It was officially dissolved, this agency issued a report recommend ing that civil defense be a primary responsiblltiy of local civilian or ganisations, with a federal agency guiding the program. In addition, the office, working with state and municipal groups. prepared a program ot legislation lor Introduction In congress and In state legislatures. Tne report and program were turned over to the secretary of de fense and to the president. The pro gram was not introduced in con gress. The matter remained dor mant until Truman's directive or dered new studies to be made by Kusf Influence? There has been no indication wnether the announcement that tuaUM has set off an atomic ex plosion will mean a speed-up in ef forts to get a new program before congress. The civil defense liaison office headed by Lt. CoL Barnet W. Beers Is attempting to aid state and local defense organizations whenever possible through consultations and correspondence. The NSRB unit is getting organi zed to expand its study staff for the preparation of new plans some 01 wnicn presumably will retain features of the Hopley recommen- oauona. Darwin Giles Dies at Canby Darwin J. Giles, 65-year-old Jnill Wright at Ralph L. Smith Lumber company at Canby. died suddenly while on the Job it 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Death Was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Giles made his home in Klamath Falls at 1530 Worden and is a former employe of Kesterson Lumber company here. He is sur vived by his wife. Anna, and a eon. D. F. Giles, both of this city. Mr. Giles had been with the Ralph L. Smith company since April of this year. Whitlock's will announce final rites. Keeps Mother Children In Train's Path GENEVA. N. Y, Oct. I UP, While a freight train bore down on them, Mrs. Fen ton Stevens of Stan ley, N. Y, and her four young chil dren huddled in their automobile last night. Stevens tried in vain to push the tailed car off the grade crossing. The locomotive struck. The car overturned and slid onto another track. All lived to ten about it. Mrs. Stevens, who is expecting an other child, said she kept the chil dren in the car because she feared the train would run over them If they jumped out. The children range in age from one to five. The 25-year-old mother and the children were taken to a hospital. Attendants' said no injuries were apparent Stevens was not hurt Sfh-mf Count? cw svt' 4d V ' ' at WW auMJIHA I X - V ftm9 J.!- 9m wniVV X e- , ,- -"- YS!wv w- VwV X j nTv. X , an - a a . awl s 1 w"jw -i -i i, i a V " X yt, .mm - ' y. im Jwiaie J -C'N. X . M X r ,. JBdii -ir 1 v. ."V. , W -" V W V. V A S Jr-lmtmn 11 s ' .-m I I ..--' w-v, i II Mfvr e i "te M , , , . ! d !i hrfhnl I II II V 7' J i JJJJJlJJ I ,7 I A I (J"" (I 3 f At r V Search for Words Bibles for ihe World -- It's a Tough, Tedious Job By BlIKHRY nowr.N , aa making men mure modern. Tiref NEW YORK tv- BuppoM you ' I'ven a written language and tried to translate the Bib e Into a mukiu to reaa it. language In whlrh you could find no word for love." That was the problem on man faced, says Miss Margaret Hills, li brarian of the American Bible So ciety. He finally heard a mother uw a word when alia talked to her child. She said. "This Is the word I ux when 1 mean that I car so much for this little girl of mine that when I think of what Is going to befall her when ihe grows up it hurts me." He had found his word. It meant, literally, 'To care so much it hurls." "And the Bible In print la a ma- chine product," aeya Dr, North, "Ollrn e try to take It to countries where people are primitive o r wluwe economy la Inrin centered. It can have a fabulous coat lor a man who never sees more than 7( a year." It CKNTH A Day A milder eaample Is B r a 1 1 L There, he aaya, a day's wage la 70 rents. A Portugese Bible there rnsia II J. In America an Kngluh Bible can be printed for II 00 or less. "It man here paid In proirtlon nit Ittltla ivi.iiM ..... t 411 alll n mn.a ."d.iW.T ".!? ,.0U ""''" I This I. one of the reason, for Bible ui in oiuio iii a mim miere vines are useless? In one language "lasting death" would mean "chewing a corpse." In another "will of 111 flesh" denotes a prosti tute. In another a word In on ton means "to laugh." When another tone Is Used It means "to weep." Tough Task The man who first writes the Bi ble In a language has one of the largest tasks In the world, says Dr. Eugene A. Nlda the Bible Society secretary for versions. "He Is han dling the very souls ol his frllow men." Some people hsve no food msde of wheat Thus "Give us this day our dally bread" would have no meaning. Dr. Nlda aaya ancient Greeks lay down to eat. In Ihe Greek text people "recline to eat. societies," he says. "We try to wipe out some of that difference" He saya the sales price of the books pays about one third of the society's casta. Home Bibles are giv en to poor people who waul them. This Is done often for those w h Inst all In the war. But most Bibles are sold. The aim la to make teo ple want the Bible. If they pay. titer show they want It even If Ihey pay less than Ih cost. And In spite of all the work of Bibl societies there ta a world wnl shortage of Bibles. Dr From China, Julian, Oerma Jungles, mountains and plain are calling for more books. In Chi na last year lliblea were flown In to areas cut off by Red drives. "Please send us scriptures," was the word aenl out from Lovang whlrh had the work or a world wido North saF nnany, li ly I plains mr The English text says they "a a t been cut off for months, "Bibles down to eat." In the same way texla were put ahead of money to reilee must gain meaning from the life their poverty." say I)r. North. of the people. Sometimes they have no beds, no chairs. Thus, In some cases, the throne of God becomes stool.' In one tribe men alt on stools, but rest their feet on sticks. And "Qod's footstool" becomes Ood's fooutlck." Millions Printed Last year. Hie American Bible Bible Blark Markets There are even black markets in Bibles, he says. Hometimea men write to Americana whose names they learn and org tor lliblea. In aotne cases they use the Bibles they get Just as something lo sell. The latest rash of such letters has come from Liberia. But other rountrtea Society had almost 10 million Bibles ' may gel the Idea. Dr. North sue Official permission hai b e e n i of homes simpler, the new street granted in the re-vamping of street names and numbers in the Llndley Heights. Riverview, Stewart-Lenox and Westover terraces residential sections. In addition to making the location names and numbers will enable residents to change from rural mall service to mounted city delivery. The pott office received authority to make the change Saturday, Octo ber L Street signs are not yet up. but will soon be installed through co operation of the state, county and individual residents. Some streets in the areas have had unofficial names and others I have never been named, so resi dents felt the best method was to , completely rename streets and! where posible to name them alpha-; betlcally. The county court planning com-1 mission and postal authorities have given their official approval to the1 I plan. j William Canton did the engineer ing work required for the project, and Mrs. C. W. Adams wss general chairman of the group of residents which worked out the plan. Working with Mrs. Adams were Harvey Wy att Glen Jones and Mrs. Lewis Hornby. Dim Moonshine Machine Shaves Thin Slices - SCHENECTADY. N. Y. p Met al shavings so thin that they are transparent can be produced on a machine developed here. The device Is the work of Dr. E. F. Fullam of the General Electric laboratories, and It will produce a metal slice I5O0,000th of an inch thick. Cutting metal so thin makes pos sible its study under the electron microscope. Announcing ... The Association of JOHN SHAW Ag Real Estate Salesman WHhTh, NEAL STEWART Agency Big Harvest Moon's Face To Be Darkened by Eclipse By J. BX'GH PRTTETT i seen by earth dwellers. This general Astrr, tnniin oivtaisa. or(a position occurs at every full moon. ""u" but most months the moon is then Next Thursday evening (Oct 6) . iito. hn nr hio. h. uie Kiuy lata oi uic ouc Harvest shadow moon will for a while be darkened I Rare Disappearances by the shadow of the earth. This only rarely does our lunar neigh- .u1k -moi wm is? tuuii 'rum Dor entirely disappear during a to :20 to 7:33 pjn, PST, 7:20 to 8:33 tal eclipse. Usually it remains dlm- pjn. MST. :20 to 9:33 p.m. CST. hy visible as a coDoerv-reH snh.r. will resemble in most respects the i due to refraction of some sunlight iiiie lusu uscsisu oi uut, pru as It Das.se s through the rino- nf mt. 12- mosDhere surrounding the earth The times of the various phases' Since many grown peoDle cannot of the event this coming week will recall ever having seen a total lu- occur arouna an nour earner man t ecupse, is strongly suggested mat puonc school teachers urge their pupils to observe, if possible, this interesting phenomenon on the evening of October 6. Last April 12. an almost 100 per cent observation was scored by the 246 pupils of the astronomically minded science Instructor, Mrs. Fay Van Schoiack. of the Prinevllle, Oregon schools. The following day, all but one reported viewing the eclipse. This one, 111 and out of school for a week, had forgotten the date. Eclipse Timetable (October 6) Moon enters penumbra . . 3:50 p. m. Moon enters umbra . . . :05p. m. Total eclipse begins . . . 6:20 p. m. Total eclipse ends 7:33 p. m. Moon leaves umbra . . . 8:46 p. m Moon leaves penumbra . 10:03 p. m. Pacific standard time. Killed Fliers Identified McCLEARY, Wash.. Oct. 1 (IP, Three fliers killed In the crash of an air force C-82 "Flying Boxcar" near here Thursday night were identified lat yesterday . by author ities at their McChord home base. They were Capt Burton A. Reeves, 26. Brownwood, Tex, Sec ond U. Troy V. Martin Jr, 21. Or lando, Fla, and T-Sgt. Cleo Quar rels. 28, DlboU, Tex. Their bodies were recovered yes terday from the charred wreckage of the twin-engine cargo plane on a ridge close to the juncttor of Grays Harbor, Mason and Thurston counties. last spring, but so will the times of sunset and moonrlse. The chanc es of viewing all stages of the eclipse are thus almost the same then. Observers near the Pacif ic coast will miss the earlier part of the show since the moon will then not be above the eastern hori zon. Moonrlse will occur around 5:30 p.m, the exact time depending upon the latitude and longitude of the place concerned. Since the um bra, or dark shadow, will start to bite Into the eastern side of the moon at 5:05 pm. PST, a part of the lunar face will already be dark ened at moonrlse. The gradual in crease to totality will then require almost another hour. Those farther east will be more fortunate. Eclipse Schedule Almanacs list the eclipse phases as starting and ending with the pe numbra. Many persons are quite confused by this and believe, since they can see nothing unusual, that astronomers have made an error In their predictions. Unless one is ex pert in such observations, he is not apt to detect the partial dimming of the moon's surface during this phase. It is not a shadow at all the term means "almost shad ow." But when the umbra, the real shadow, starts to move over the lunar face, it is distinctly black and cannot be missed. It Is quite generally understood that lunar eclipses occur when the moon, which gets Its light from the sun, moves into the shadow of the earth. This always occurs at full moon, when this body in its revolu tion eastward around the earth gets in a position opposite the sun as 119 So. 6th REALTOR Phone tat State Cities Meet Closing PORTLAND, Oct 1 WV The League of Oregon Cities will close Its annual session here today with election of officers. The Oregon Finance Officers' as sociation, which held Joint sessions with the league, wound up its meet ings yesterday by naming J. O. Bredemeier, Portland, as president. George M. Baldwin. Portland, was elected first vice president and Henry Beistel, Eugene, second vice president Among those named to the board of directors were M. B. Wlnslow, Grants Pass, and Grace Shlska, Eugene. Girls Camp Out In Kimball The Ws-Han-Ka Camp Fire group of Falrvlew school recently went on an overnight camping trip to Kimball park. The outing was arranged to ale! the girls in acquir ing their wood gatherers' ranks. Taking part were Betty Barrett. Susan Derby. Twlla Greene, Carol Herman, Charlene Hood. Carol Larson. Patricia Ann Phillips, Ver na Tlbbetts, Roberta Tuttle and Patty Vlgen. They were accom panied by Mrs. Orvllle Herman, their leader, Mrs. Earl Greene, assistant leader, and Mrs. Roger Kirkpa trick. Eppersons Return From Abroad Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Epperson, 1.10 N. 1st, returned Friday afternoon from a visit in England, France, Switzerland and other points on the continent They were guests of their son and family, Capt. and Mrs. George M. Epperson and twin daughters, Jan Ice and Carolyn, in London where Capt. Epperson has been stationed. The two families enjoyed four days in Paris, and from there Capt. Ep person and family returned to Lon don and his parents went on to Switzerland. The Eppersons made the trip both ways by air. They left here tlx weeks ago. Mystery Gem Tiny Diamond with Curse Found to Be Radioactive By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE Science Reporter NEW YORK How would you like a diamond with a curse? This dia mond is radioactive so much so that It's dangerous to wear It. Rays shooting out from It can kill living flesh and bone. The gem will take Its own picture Just by being placed against photographic film. The diamond Is small, weighing less than one carat But scientists say it Is four times more radloac tlve than a comparable mass of pure uranium or thorium. How the stone got that way is a mystery. John A. Hardy, a consult ing engineer, tells about It In "Gems and Oemology," Journal of the Gemological Institute of Ameri ca. Originally the diamond had a deep lively green color, he said. It came from Belgium In 1938. but he doesn't know anything more about its history. The green color changed suddenly to a golden yellow In 1940 when Jeweler accidentally heated the stone too much while shaving down Its heavy setting. After scientist in spected it, the owner's wife Imme diately stopped wearing It The ra dioactivity had already started to attack the calcium In the bone of her finger. University of Michigan scientists found the diamond is shooting out electrons and alpha particles, which are the nuclei or cores of helluma toms. Its radioactivity Is apparent ly due to one form of radium, they said. One possible explanation is that the diamond had once been packed close to radium or radon In the earth. Heavy atomic centers or nu clei from the radium penetrated deep Into the diamond. At Harvard. It was found that diamonds, which are pure carbon, will change to a green color and become radioactive when they are bombarded with deuterons In a cy clotron. Hardy's stone was bom barded at the University o fMlchl gan In 1942. and It changed back to Its original green color. It has kept that color since. Oregon Harbors' Revamping OK'd VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct 1 IIP) Proposed improvement of three Washington harbors and another In Oregon drew approval yesterday of the Northwest rivers and harbors congress. The harbors are: Port Townsend, Snohomish river, Wlllapa river and Yaqulna bay. The last Is In regon. The port commission officials from Oregon and Washington clt.es also commended army engi neers' program. The engineers reported 66400,000 In federal money had been spent on Oregon and Washington rivers, har bors and for flood control work this year. , " and part of Blblea printed, says Dr. Eric M. North, the secretary. The society works with the United Bible Societies In which 24 groups from all over the world, distributed 17.508 464 Bible and parts ot Bi ble. The society a'u work with 40 denominations In America. Church missionaries use society books. Church funds help the society. Churrh men do mu-h of the trans lating. The most Important work of the society I not at Bible House e n Park Avenue here, aays Or. North. Nor Is It found In other Bible Houses In many rules of the world. "The major work 1 done where the man without the Scriptures Is met by the man with the Scriptures." That meeting may come on the frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle. II may be In the rain and heat of the Jungle or among the towering peaks ot the Andes. It may be In the streets and offices of great cities or between the corn or cotton rows on the farm. Books Necessary But for those meetings to take place there must be the books. It may be the whole Bible. It may be a translation of one of the Oospcls i or Just the Sermon on the Mount! In some cases, salesmen from the society are in the field long before missions are there. In other rases faith comes only after men have read their Blblea for themselves in their own language. Hence the need tor translations. Some part of the Bible has been translated Into 1106 languages. These languages are used by nine tenths of the peo ple ot the world, says Miss Hill. But there Is still much work to be done. Most people In the world have never heard that there la a pub lished Word of Ood, she says. And there are still about 1000 languages whlrh do not have Bibles and In which they may some day be print ed. Some part of the Bible la put Into about 10 new languages a year. Reading Taught Another vital part of the work la to teach people to read so that they can read their Bibles once they are In print says Miss Hill. And of the 1106 languages In which the Bible has been translated, most were first written down for the Bible. Thus, she sees one phase of the wrk gest thai those who wish to give Biblr do so through their own church or through a Bible society Ihey know to be reliable. Senator William Illount of Tetines see waa named In the first Impeach ment proceedings before the Senate In 17US-snd Uie rharge.1 wer dis missed for want of Jurisdiction. CARPET LAYING h Specialists The most perfectly designed carpel placed m Ih most fastidiously furnished room if improperly laid is jtMt a covering lor Ihe floor-nothing morel 1 o match Ihe decor . . . to enhance Ihe st)l . . , lo blend with the theme a carpel mud he carefully and ctacily laid by trjmtj ipeculhlt. 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