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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
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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.
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