II JllfUv
By FRANK JKNKINI
VKRKS oik lor the book:
" All the chilly nliht tin New
York tod thia mornlni, a Una of
early bird Mood outside the Mttro
pollun opera house to buy landing
room Urkata for tonlgttl'a opanlni
al toe Mel tolh opera eaaaon.
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CTANDINQ room, miad you I
Not a box. In which you can tit
In comfort, out In plain Hint whtra
everybody can aaa your fura and
your Jewel. Juat a placa to stand
up on achlnt fact and lKUn to
nil musto that haa llvad down
through tha ycara because It haa
eomeihlng that paopla lova. .
(r all
It l
mat
goes to prova. you aaa, that
DOES Uka all kind of paopla
make a world
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VriKRC la anolhar oddly InUreetlng
dispatch In tha nawa today. It
eomaa from WaahlngUHi. It aayi;
"Representatlvee of . at nallona
ara opanlni hara today tha annual
confrrrnra of tha Pood and Agri
cultural Onrsnlsollon of tha United
Nation. Thia la their )ob: To find
nut how to Increase food produce
Unn In anma countrtee and how to
hanrtla unmarketable surpluses In
other."
Tha dispatch addi that tha meet
ing will run "two weeka or longer."
e
THAT. Id aar. la an opUmUUc
estimate. Tha problem of too
much food at eome place and In
aome tlmea and too llttla food at
other place and In other tlmea haa
been plaguing humanity about aa
long aa there haa been any record
of human doing.
If tha Pood and Agriculture or
ganlaauon of United Nallona can
eolve It In a couple of week, It
will be aomethlng.
a
VOU muit remember from your
Sunday achool day Joaeph'
dream of tha aeven fat cow and
tha aeren lean cow. Tha dream
waa interpreted aa a forewarning of
the aeven lean yeara that even then
wera presumed to follow each seven
tat yeara. Tha unshoe of It waa
that Joaeph prevailed upon Pharaoh
to store up grain while tha atortng
waa good aa preparation for a time
when hunger would be abroad In
tha land.
Tha Pharaoh followed Joaeph'
advlcw and quit a lot of paopla
ware aaved from starvation.
ft. f HKN there U lh fable of Ui ant
i and tha grasshopper. Tha ant
worked and sweated through the
lent and aunnr -aummer to. lay
away a store of neoaaaltlea egalnat
tha season of winter.- Tha grass
hopper fiddled and danced and had
himself a whale of a time while tha
ant waa working and sieving and
preparing to meet eventualities.
Along In mid-summer, or some
where thereabouts, tha two came
together and tha grasshopper gava
the ant tha merry, merry raspberry
tot being an old fogy. The ant
rame back with aome word of good
advice that eeem to have been ut
terly wasted on Hla Oraaahoppar-
ahlp.
A It turned out, lh ant waa sit
ting pretty when winter cam along
and tha grasshopper was in a bad,
bad way. (Whereupon, I suspect,
all the grasshoppers got together
and Indicted tha ant as wicked,
grasping capitalistic exploiters )
THIS Is the point. If any: This
problem of alternating feast and
famine I one that haa been worry
Ing people for a long, long time.
fear that It won't be settled, right
away, be even men an Imposing af
fair aa the annual conference of tha
Pond and Agriculture Organisation
of. United Nations.
SPUD BULLETIN
LOS ANOELBS. Nov. 11 (AP
USDA) Potatoes: IT broken, U un
'woken ear on track; arrival Or'
' Jon 5, California 11, Idaho 11, Utah
LI; 31 car arrived by truck: market
steady; Idaho Ruaaet No. 1-A I3.SS.
BAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 11 (AP
U8DA) Potatoes: IT broken. 31 un
broken cars on track; arrivals
California I, Oregon 19, Nevada 1.
Idaho 1; market firm; atat sales
Klamath Ruaaeta No. 1-A It. 15-15.
Sex Crimes Flare;
Fresno Girl Killed
In Fiendish Attack
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Price rive Ceate It Page 1 KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1U Mat Telephone 1111 No.' 1H4
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25 LA Childrtn
MoU.t.d
LOS ANGELKS, Nov. 21
(A!') Some 26 cases of
sexual moleitation of chil
dren way more than usual
have been reported In Los
An if lot in the week aince
six-year-old Linda Joyce
Glucoft waa slain sadist
ically.
Tiie citizenry here ia so
keyed up about the lituation
that a maae meeting will be held
tonight under the sponsorship of
parent-teacher groups. Purpose of
tha meeting will be to discus meth
od of dealing with aeiual criminal.
Healing
Fred Btroble. aa-year-old retired
baker, will appear today for a pre
liminary hearing on charge of
choking, bludgeoning and subbing
Utile Linda to death alter molesting
her In a bedroom.
Btroble now la In solitary con
finement ailar Jailers reported
"rumblinga" among other prisoners.
"I have heard rumblinga and
rumor about what other prisoners
might try to do to him.' said Chief
Jailer Charlea A. Pi tiger aid.
Pillow Saves
Child in Fall
From Auto
A three-year-old Seattle girl, an
rout lo Klamath rail to visit her
grandmother for Thanksgiving, can
thank a big, fluffy bed pillow for
softening her fall from a fast mov
ing car early yeaterday afternoon.
The , youngster, Pauletta Malm
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
H. Malme of Seattle. I In Klamath
Valley hospital her recovering
from multiple bruises, and lacera
tion aa tha result of tha fall.
Ra Boole Here
Mr. and Mra. Malme were on
their way to Klamath Falls to
spend Thanksgiving week with his
mother, Mr. Andrew Eck, 3354
Wantland. They had a five-year-old
daughter Maureen, In tha front aaat
and had Jus put Pauletta down for
a nap when tha child apparently
tend up in tha car and opened
tha rear door.
The pa rente aald tha first thing
they knew, they saw her flying out
the door. She waa clutching tha big
pillow and she clung to It aa she
rolled on the highway. Malme waa
driving at about 60 mile an hour
whan tha accident occurred at about
1 o'clock 10 miles north of Chtlo
quln. Malme la employed with Elmer
and Moody company of Seattle,
cabinet maker.
Quick Action
Saves Life
Of Youngster
Tha marvel of medicine and ra
dlo combined Saturday afternoon to
save the Ufa of little Bennle Card,
son of Mr. and Mr. Ben Card, 530
Torrey road.
1 Bennle was rushed to Klamath
Valley hospital Saturday uncon
scious aa the result of convulsion.
There waa no physician at the hos
pital to treat tha ohlld at the Urn.
Rsdle Can
Immediately, hospital authorities
contacted radio station KFLW to
send out an emergency call for a
doctor.
Within 10 minutes a doctor was
contacted and the child Ufa was
saved.
Bennle waa kept In the hospital
over tha week-end for observation
and released today.
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HOST AND HONOR GUEST President Truman (left), honor
guest at a dinner given by the Shah of Iran (right), chats
with the youthful Shah at the sumptuous banquet table in
i Washington's Shorthorn hotel. The Shah is in the U. S. on o
month-long goodwill tour, 1 .
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(sirl, IB. j
pd0 -nr., Nov. 21
(AF, I'he raped body of
an JB-year-oid girl was
found in a muddy field near
Huron last night, her head
jammed into the mud.
Deputy Coroner L. B.
Webb said the girl, Jose
phine Yanez, waa raped and
then smothered In the mud. There
ware teeth marks on the body.
The girl waa the daughter of Mr.
and Mra. Joe Vanes, of Huron. Sh
waa kidnaped from her parents' car
In front of a danc hall at Huron,
40 miles southwest of here, early
Sunday.
Vleteaa'
J. Ed Martin, head of tha Fresno
county sheriff s office criminal
Identification bureau, said tha kill
ing waa "tha most vicious murder
aver committed In Fresno county."
Constable Jeanne Peterson and
Deputy Sheriff Oene Predmora aald
the girl waa abducted while her
pa rem were absent from tha car
for a few mlnutea.
A 11-year-old laborer waa booked
In the county jail here for ques
tioning. Sheriff deputies, how
ever, declined to aay whether ha
waa a suspect.
Chest Drive
Returns Hit
63 of Goal
Klamath county's Community
Cheat reached 63 per cent of lis
goal. It waa learned at tha third
report meeting held at noon today
at the Wlllard.
Total received to data la MUM.
Tha quota la 5,M1.
Close of the campaign la Wed
nesday night.
Tha luncheon today waa held at
the Wlllard hotel and waa In honor
of tha volunteer who comprise tha
t-oumy uivision of the SS,MI cheat
drive. For the firrt lime in Klamath
County Community Cheat history,
worker were not asked to pay for
their lunch at Uie report meeUng.
Sponsors for tha occasion were Cop
co and Klamath Fall Creamery
and Oeneral Chairman Chet Hama
ker pointed out that neither of the
firms deducted the coat of tha meal
from their regular Chest contribu
tion. Chakraeea
Paul Brellhaupt. chairman of the
County Division. Introduced the fol
lowing dlrtiict chairmen who ara In
charge of solicitation procedures In
their respective areas:
Scott Warren. Algoma: Mra. Roh
tin Pfelffer, Bonanza, Dairy and
Langell Valley: William Lorent,
Chlloquln: Rev. Dick DeLap. Hen
1 a y,. Midland and Olene; Randall
Pope, Merrill: Em 11 Well. Poe Va
ry: Mra. Darrel Wick, Keno: R.
W. Oehlerlch, Gilchrist; Mrs. P. H.
Armstrong. Bly; Ivan Ottoman, Ms
It n; Mra. Jerry Slsemore. Fort
Klamath, and L, C. Franklin, Che
mult. '
Epley Meaaaga
Hamaker read a communication
from Malcolm Epley, formerly
with The Herald and New and un
til hla recent departure from Klam
ath rails president of tha Communi
ty Cheat. "Here's hoping the drive
goea over In a big way." Epley
wrote.
The potential la always there. It
It can Just be developed." the for
mer Cheat president declared and
then- added his regards to members
of tha board Of directors, aa cam
paign worker, "and everybody else
in good old Klamath rails."
Final Report
Tha final report meeting of the
namoalzn will be held at noon Wed
nesday at the Wlnema hotel and
Hamaker urged al) campaign per
sonnel to "hit the ball during the
next two day and let' reach the
goal on time."
Thompson Urges
Seal Support
Mayor Robert Thompson today
Issued a formal proclamation urg
ing all resident of Klamath coun
ty to support the IMS Christmas
Seal Bale which open today. The
text of tha atatement follows:
"WHEREAS, tuberculosis Is a
major health problem which la be
ing fought by the Klamath County
Tuberculosis and Health association
whose activities ara supported sole
ly by tha aala of Christmas seals,
I do recommend that every citizen
of Klamath Fall contribute to the
sale of tha IMS Christmas aeal."
In Oregon last year a person
died every 34 ' hour from TB a
dlseaaa which can be discovered
early fay the cheat X-ray, which I
ont of the actlvltle the Klanv
alh TB association sponsors. Tha
aeal aala ia tha only public appeal
for fund and will continue until
Christmas.
tad in im WM
U.N. Group
Eyes world
rood Setup
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21
(AP) A world in which
"no man need go hungry, or
ill-clad, or without a home"
was the goal held up today
to the food and agriculture
organization (FAO) of the
United Nations.
The goal was pictured by
Norris E. Dodd, director-gen
eral or tne rxo, at the
opening of lis annual conference.
Representatives of 4S nations are
here to tackle the Job of bow to in
crease food production In aome
countries and how to handle un
marketable aurpluaea In other.
Dodd la a former undersecretary
or. uie ujb. department of agricul
lure. He aald In his prepared text:
Good Tear
"In respect of the state of food
and agriculture. 1949 haa been In
general what farmer call a good
year, even if not quite aa good In
total aa 14S.
"Food scarcity la no longer peri
lous for nearly tha whole world, aa
It waa through 1947.
"For more than half the world,
however, the old chronic undernour
ishment oontlnuea and hunger la
scarcely one aeal away from .mil
lions. For the world aa a whole, per
parson food supplies ara not a good
aa before the war."
Tide Tamed
Dodd thus avnimed up an FAO
report Issued over the week-end,
which aald harvest In the Northern
hemisphere have turned the tide
against world starvation. The report
added that production sUU I behind
world needs.
The director general mentioned
only briefly. In hla opening talk, tha
proposal to act up a world bank,
or clearing house, aa a means of
getting aurpluaea from on area In
to another area where food la
scarce.
The proposed world food bank
would have an eventual capital of
$5,000,000,000, most of It from the
UB.
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Snow Band East
And North
By The Associated Pre
A long narrow band of snow or
snow flurrtea stretched across the
northern fringe of the U. S. today
from . the upper Missouri valley to
New England.
The heaviest snowfall waa In
Northern Indiana. Michigan City
had three to four inches. South
Bend had one Inch.
Except for scattered foe In tha
Pacific coast states the rest of the
nation had fair weather.
TOYS FOR SANTA'S SACK Mrs. Ed Boyd, 1827 Portlond,
mother of three children is donating toys to City Fireman Roy
Howard for the annual Christmos toy' collection sponsored
by the fire department. . . ' ,
lie's Ex
Stabs Self
'For Laughs'
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 31 UP)
Only hour after she dined with her
divorced husband. Francnot Tone,
and their two children, beautiful
blonde actress Jean Wallace stab
bed herself In the abdomen with a
butcher knife.
The onetime Earl Carrol showgirl
commented yesterday to police
while being treated at Georgia
Street Receiving hospital:
"I did It Just for laughs."
SaicUe?
But police called It an attempted
suicide and said that only the In
tervention of her mother prevented
more serious Injury or death. Police
listed the motive aa despondency
over the final breakup of her mar
riage with Tone, which ended In a
final divorce decree October 1.
Her wound, while painful, waa not
serious.
Tone disclosed that he dined with
hla 3-year-old wife Saturday night
after she had taken the children to
visit Santa Claus at a department
store. He haa custody of them.
OHIO TO ROSE BOWL
CHICAGO Nov. 31 (JPl Ohio
State waa officially named today a
the Big Ten team to play In the
Rosa Bowl football game January
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Businessmen Re ady
Gala Yule Show To
Begin Here Dec 2
This 1 going to be a big Christmas for everybody If Klamath Fall
businessmen have anything to do with It.
Plana for the gala opening Friday night. December 3. are all aet
to go and the program haa been ao outlined that kid and grownups
alike will have an Interest In the aet-up.
Clay Belllsle la general chairman of the Christmas opening. Hi
helper Include, Deb Addison and Jack Keating, publicity: window
awards, Tom O'Dwyer and Art Rein- a
hart; Christmas music John Houa
ton and Hap Davidson; Santa Claus
and company, Keith Moon; achool
participation, Al Ha tun; Christina
decorations, Arthur Rlckbell; Christ
mas tree and candy, 30-30 club, Bob
Crammer; parade marshal, Al
Schmeck; traffic Elks; master of
ceremonies, Sandy Poteet: secretary,
Charlea Stark; coordinator, Rudy
Jacobs, president of the Klamath
Merchanta association.
Beta)
Here' the scoop:
Window will be dressed to the
gun'la for the opening and there
will be awards to the wtnnere, Judgea
will be chosen from the communltlaa
In tha baaln which have bean
"saluted" this year. A gold cup trav
eling award for tha sweepstake
winner, plus ribbon award baaed
on tha best Christmas selling win
dow, ara features.
Unveiling hour of the window Is
4 o'clock iharp.
One window from each store will
be In competition.
Christmas music will feature tha
parade with sound trucks going out
Into the residential district. Carol
linger from both KUHS, Fremont
Junior high achool, the Sacred Heart
choir, House brothers quartet, the
KUHS band, and other group will
feature tha music angle. There will
be a song test around tha Christ
maa tree.
. Tha big tree will go up on tha
oourthoUM property and following
tha parade, with mora on thia ub-
Ject later, than will be distribution
of candy to the kids.
Fire Station
Yuletide Toy
Pile Growing
Toy donations from local resi
dent are beginning to pile high In
the rear of the fire department aa
city firemen make pickups for the
annual Christinas toy collection.
- Firemen made several trip over
the week-end making pickup of
toys which they will rebuild and repair.
spare time at tne lire aeparunem
is spent In repairing sleds, tricycle.
doll, scooters, wagons, and various
other playthings for Christmas de
livery to children. Rebuilt toys are
being painted to give them that new
Christmas morning look and stored
for Santa' early deliveries,
Dolls of all aires and type arc
especially needed, firemen report.
They need parte of dolls to replace
broken arms and legs on dolls they
now have. In addition to repairing
the dolls, firemen repaint faces and
they are dressed In new clothe by
local women.
Barry!
Firemen remind the public that
the earlier toys are turned In, the
more time they have for rebuilding
and Increasing the number of toys to
be distributed this Christmas.
Addresses called In to the city
fire department are listed and pick- .
up are maae dv routes, out or
town pickups will be made later on,
firemen explained, when they have
several addresses to pick up.
Anyone having toys to donate can
either take them to the city fire
department. Broad and Wall, or call
tne department at S435, and they
will call for tha toys.
Mrs: Groves
Dies in Auto
Canal Plunge
TULELAKE A young
Klamath rails woman was
killed instantly when a car
crashed into a bridge and
went into an irrigation canal
a half mile south of Tulelake
on the Alturas highway. . .
The woman was Mrs. Har
riet Jane Groves, 31, mother
of three children. She waa alone
In the car.
Tulelake police placed the time of
the accident at approximately S:30
a. m, and determined that the
woman probably waa killed when
the car hit the bridge and before It
went Into the canal.
Probe
Police Chief Pete Pedersen aald
investigation showed the car, com
ing north, went onto the fhotiMer of
the road 10S feet from the bridge.
tnen seemed to swerve back toward
the highway too late to clear the
timber bridge abuttmant Mra.
Groves may have gone to sleep at
vne wneet, tne otncer aald.
" After crashing through the bridge
Umber, the car plunged to the oth
er aide of the bridge and ripped
out foundation timbers before
tllng Into the water.
The accident occurred Just north
or the Park motel and The Inn tar-era
An unidentified truck driver came
upon the scene a few minute later
and -called the Tulelake telephone
operator to notify police.
Body la Car
The woman's body was still In
the car when It waa pulled out of
the canal, and Identification was
made by papers found In her mud
covered purse.
The car. a 1936 Chevrolet coupe,
was registered- to Andy Erickson,
isae Mitchel. Klamath Fails. Mrs.
Groves Is believed to have taken
Erickson down to Whitehorse,
Calif, where he la working and was
driving hla car back.
China Redr
Hold Five
Americans
, WASHINGTON, Nov. 21
(AP) The United States
has appealed to 30 nations,
including Russia, to inter
vene with the Chinese Com
munlsts in behalf of the im
prisoned American Consul
General, Angus Ward.
The state department an
nounced that Secretary Ach-
eson sent out messages
Friday night asking tha other gov
ernment "aa a matter of urgency"
to express to the Communist author
ities at Pelping their "concern" over
tha Jailing of Ward and four mem
bers of his staff.
Ward and tha others ware Jailed
October 34.
Ne Viol lan
Tha state department laid that
even today other American staff
members at Mukden are still un
sble to get permission to visit
Ward.
Acheaon made his appeal after
the repeated protests to tha toe
Chinese Communist officials,
through American consular repre
sentative at Pelping, had been Ig
nored. ,
There ha been a mounting cry
In thia country for some action
Including demanda that the United
Slates use force against the Communist.
Mr. Groves body waa taken Into
Klamath Falls to Whltlock'a funeral
home. She Is survived by three chil
dren, Charles, Thomas and Char
lotte Jane Springer; her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. prancls K. Patterson:
two brothers. Thomas Patterson
and Robert Patterson, and a sister.
Mra. Elsie Hartley, all of Klamath
Falls.
Sport Bulletin
LOS ANGELES, Nar. UP
Caniernta I the nanlaasaa
choice tee the West's twpreeenla
live la the Kaoa BwarL
Yesterday Senator Knowland
(R-Calif taid in Formon news
conference that he had radioed
President Truman demanding a
blockade of tha Chinese Communist
at If the Reda fall quickly to
release Ward. Knowland la touring
the Orient.
There waa no official comment
her In reply. Last week state de
partment officials Indicated Infor
mally that they doubted a o. B.
blockade would bring the Commu
nist to term. They said the Chi
nese Nationalists already have eat
off Imports to Communist China
fairly effectively.
aUdiealea?
George N. Craig, national com
mander of the American Legion.
also called for forcible action. Ha
aald in a week-end statement tha
the United States stands "ridiculed
before the world and added:
"The American Legion calls upon
tha government to serve notice on
Communist leaders in China that
Consul Cteneral Ward, and his aa-
sociatea must be released unharmed
by an early specified date, or
armed force will be dispatched t
obtain their release.'
The state department haa been
asking for advice on the Chine
situation generally. Oeneral Oeorge
C. Marshall, former secretary or
state: Harold Btassen, president of
the University of Pennsylvania, and
John D. Rockefeller III were among
a group of 35 American leader
who have been called in.
Heart Attack
Victim's
Body in Ditch
Andrew Magnuson. 68, 533 8. 4th.
was found dead Sunday morning in
a ditch back of hi cabin.
Death waa attributed to a heart
attack.
The elderly man apparently fell
Into the ditch while coming horn
from town Saturday night or early
Sunday anorning. HI body wu
found by John Schmidt, 52S 8. 4th.
when Schmidt cam out to get
some water from a faucet at the
ditch. " '
Plane Loaded
With 28
Children Lost
' OSLO, Norway, Nov. 31 (JfV-A
plane carrying 3S undernourished
Jewish refugee children from North
Africa was missing today, believed
crashed somewhere in tangled for
est country near Oslo.
The plane with 35 aboard 38 chil
dren, three nurses and four crew
men sent Its last radio message
about 6 p. m. last night as it
n eared Oslo' Fornebu airport. Soon
afterward a sharp flash of light,
followed by an explosion waa seen
near OJersJoen lake a mile south
east of Oslo.
Hunt reds of searchers struggled
through the tree and awampa in
the lake region during the night
and thia morning searching for a
trace of tha missing craft.
Tha 28 children were In a group
of North African Jew from Tu
nis being flown to Norway for six
month of rest and rehabilitation be
fore traveling on to Israel. Moat
war between aix and 11 years of
age.
Meet the People
(Mb
AS
CORHER CONVERSATIONALISTS Dick Hessig and 8.
Balch are posting the time of day as the roving corrvsraman
caught them on a Main street corner.