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Bf FRANK JENKINf
QKNERAL Kisnhowr, now retired
from th iraiy md president of
Columbia University, Will group
of Scottish-Americans In New York
last night that too much emphasis
In brine placed on personal security
at the expense o( tiirtlvldual lib
erty. Hit endorsed Thoni Jefferson's
dortrliw that th HKHT government
I tin on that governs LEANT.
I ET 8 (orirt th purely political
Impllcatlona of Oeneral EUen
hower growing disapproval of 111
theory of th welfar atat. Lt's
link at him merely M l and
a hi parson who doesn't io alone
with th present world-trend to
ws rd socialism.
Thrr Is evidence tnday. from a
ralhrr unexpected quarter, that th
tides hav been flowing toward ao
claltam iwhns underlying theory
Is to leave everything o th late)
msy hav betun to ebb.
New Zealand voters yesterday
reversed their thlnklnf of th past
14 years and elected a malorlly of
th niambers of their lower hous
of parliament from th National
party, which opposes soelsllsm and
endorse fre enterprise.
MEW ZEALAND, you will recall.
" waa on of th first of what w
mleht term th modern "socialist
repuoiica, virr m in w. .
endorsed th theories of th wel-
are state, and undertook to let
for Us people what they wanted
by th process of PAH61NO A
LAW.
It seems a lot leal Inferenc from
hat happened yesterday that
after a lone and determined trial
they may be brttnnln to doubt
that abundance for everybody may
be obtained In that way.
MEW ZEALAND Is a locn way
from us. It U close to Australia.
rw.Mifiiaa this mnrnin. reoort
that Australian political observers
think the New zeaiannera lumea
aialnsl the Social Labor party be
.ij. thev are tired of rules and
refutations on what they buy and
sell, how much they psy ana wnai
they can Import and export.
The nennle of New Zealand, these
Australian sources add, are tired of
overnment apendint. huh uses
and Increased llvlne costs, and
want to see LESS, not MORE, bus
iness run by a (ovemment which
In Mm. Tealanit hss nstlonsllsed
transport, radio, coal, electricity,
communications, hospital and
some nouain.
We nusLn'L fortet that these
Australian "sources" may ma rely
be indulging In wishful winging,
aitlil, th fact remains that New
Zealand has "after 14 year or Itl
turned against th welfar MM,
MEW ZEALAND led off th wel-
fare-stale procession. It waa lot'
lowed not too long afterward by
Australia wher th welfar atat
hss been rather extensively estao.
lnhed. New Zealand and Australia
war followed Into th wells.-
atat fold In 145 by Oreat Brit
ain. Hera In America w hav been
heading definitely TOWARD th
welfare atat.
Th significance of th news
from "down under" la that New
Zealand, which was th first to go
In Is th first to pull out. That
reminds us that "th proof of th
pudding la th eating thereof."
If, after 14 years of It. th New
Zealandera don t Ilk th pudding
It at least plants In our minds the
thought that after living on a
heavy diet of It as long as th
New Zealandera hav WE may not
Ilk It.
Former Rep. May
Ordered to Jail
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 OPk-For
mer Rep. Andrew J. May (D-Ky.)
today waa ordered to start serving on
Saturday an ( to 24-month Jail sen
tence for wsrtim bribery and con
aplracy.
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H(AD ATOMIC TEST PLAN Lt. On. El wood R. Quesdo
(top left), 45-yeor-old air fore officer, will command Joint
Task Force Three, charged with conducting new atomic
weapons tests at Eniwetok atoll. Hit deputies will be Brig.
Cen. John K. Gerhort (top right) of the oir force; Brig. Gen.
Herbert Loper (lower left) of the army, and Rear Adm. Tom
B. Hill (lower right) of the navy. Quesda led the ninth fighter
command in operations from England during World War II.
It is expected that the new atomic weopons test will take
place sometime next spring.
Russ Seen Planning
Troops' Withdrawal
From last Germany
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Pi Th slat department bulletin said
today Russia may make a Oennan peace treaty and withdraw Its occu
pation troopa from Oermany sometime next year. .
Th treaty would be mad with Russia's new satellite -Oerman
democratic republic." Th Soviets sponsored this set-up in October, par
' sliding th creation of the new
' . . I Western Oennan its la under Amer
raraiyzea
Polio Victim
Rescues
Boy
RADBURN, N. J, Dec. 1 IO
Jack Reyl la a polio victim with
a paralysed left arm. He Just got
out of th hosptul.
But that didn't atop him yaster
day from rescuing a three-year-old
boy who slipped Into a sewer and
nearly hung himself In the narrow
opening.
The youngster. Joseph Quscken
bush Jr, wss trying to retrieve a
toy from the sewer. When he
slipped and waa caught under th
chin he quickly became uncon
scious. ,
4lelp!
Some children ran to the 14-year-old
Reyle'a home nearby. Just re-lca.-ed
from Jersey City medical
center that day, Reyle sent the chil
dren for police and then pulled the
boy from the sewer with his good
arm.
The child'a parent aald he la In
good condition and suffered only
from shock.
Ican-Brltlsh-French sponsorship.
The bulletin la an official public
lion of the state department. This Is
th first tiro that speculation on
dramatic new moves by the Russians
In their play for Oermany has
gslned such official recognition.
The speculstlon waa set forth In
an article by Henry B. Cox, a state
department expert on Oerman poli
tical affairs. Th article reviewed
the establishment of th Soviet-supported
East Oerman state.
Expected
State department officials hav
expected a Russian move on th oc
cupation troop Itrue a hot political
Issue In Otrmany for many
months.
It wss one of the possibilities con
sidered before Secretary of Btate
Acheson attended the Big Four for
eign ministers meeting In Paris early
this year.
At that time speculation waa con
cerned with a possible Soviet pro
posal that all four occupation pow
ers should get their troopa out of
Oermany.
Acheson decided that- he would
simply oppose any such proposi
tion, together with the Brltirh and
French, on the ground that the se
curity 'of Western Oermany and
Western Europe required occupation
fries riv Cents It fairs
KLAMATH W ALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER L 1S4 Telephone SHI No. 314
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Vest Powers
Ponder War
Chief Choice
PARIS, Dec. 1 (AP) The
Atlantic Pact's 12 defense
chiefs meet today to decide
whether the United States
or Britain will have the big
gest voice in calling the sig
nals If Western Europe is at
tacked. As the strongest nation in
the five-power Brussels pact.
uniatn wants mat group responsible '
for West European strategy. The
V. 8.. dominant power of the 12
oountry Atlantic group, wants that
alliances high command to hav
the final aay-ao on all strategy.
The I defense ministers at to
day meeting are expected to re
solve this difference and approve-an
Integrated defense plan Unking the
U. 8. and Canada with Western
Europe.
Traasaa) OK
Th plan when approved goea to
President Truman. If It satisfies
h'm. 1000,000.000 in U. 8. military
aid can be sent to Europe.
Details of the plan, worked out
by the Atlantic powers' military
leaders In long sessions In Wash
ington and this week In Paris, are
secret.
Santa Waves
Magic Wand
Over the City
That mar. Santa Claus can work wonders. -
He has put stars in eyes; and has transformed Main
street into a twinkling thoroughfare.
There will be more glisten in Klamath Falls tomorrow
than ever seen before, and all in honor of old St. Nick who
arrives with fanfare Friday night at 7 o'clock to greet
every man, woman and child
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ONI WILL BI ROSI QUIIN Here's th queen of Pasadena's , annual Tournament of
Roses and her six princesses but which one will be queen Is yet to be decided. The
seven have been selected from 150 coeds who sought the ,oyal honors, which include pre
siding over the rose parade and the Rose Bowl game. Left to right, lower: Betty Brusher,
20; Dorothy Welsh, 17; Carole Lynn Collins 17. Left to right, upper: Marlon Brown, 19;
Eddy Ruth Stewart, 17; Dorothy E. Scott, 17; Barbara Jones, 17.
Sex Crimes
War Started
In Vashington
By The Associated Prase
Th nation-wide upsurge of sex
crimes drew a double blast today
in wanning ton state.
In Olympla. Atty. Oen. Smith
Troy called for a vigorous crack
down on sexual offenders. And In
Seattle. Dr. A. H. Wltunan of Phila
delphia, chairman of the American
Legion's national child welfare com
mission, said the problem of sex
crimes will be made a special or
der of business for tomorrow's ses
sion of the legion's western child
welfare conference.
The American Legion conference
will Include delegate from 11 West
ern slates, Alaska and Hawaii.
Civil Service
Fire Chief
Nod Awaited
Members of the civil service com
mission will meet this week-end and
make a recommendation to the city
council on the selection of a new
fire chief for Klamath Falls.
Mayor Robert A. Thompson, with
the confirmation of the city coundl
will announce the new chief at the
regular Monday night council meet
ing. Jack Corkery has been acting fire
chief since the retirement of Hank
Akin, October 1.
Civil service examinations hav
been returned.
3 November
Woods Fires
Reported
Only three fires were reported
to the Klamath Forest Protective
association during November, ac
cording to Hal Ogle, manager.
The three fires burned approxi
mately 20 acres and all resulted
from camp fires. The tire season was
ended officially November 10, by the
governor. ,
"No fires have resulted since
then,- Ogle aald. "Condition of
rangea and forest now are neg
ligible to fire damage."
Routine work Is now being car
ried out by the KFPA In preparation
of equipment and station quarters
for the winter and next season.
NATIONAL POST
PORTLAND, Dec 1 P Charles
A Lockwood, Oregon state game
director, has been appointed to the
resolutions committee of the Inter
national Association of Oame, Pish,
and Conservation Commissioners.
Most Retail
Food Prices
Little Lower
By The Associated Pre
Retell prices of pork, large eggs'
lettuce and carrot were a little
lower in most marketing centers
this week.
Only snap beans were generally
higher. Less than 40 per cent of
the Important fall and winter bean
crop In the Florida everglade had
been harvested wnen below-freezing
weather Sunday morning destroyed
most of the remainder. Prices rose
sharply in Northern market.
i "-.' Coffee "'-
Mnet other foods showed little
chsnge from last week-end. Even
coffee price appeared to be level
ling off.
Many retailers aald they still
would have to mark up their coffee
quotations a few cent a pound
more to catch up with atock re
placement costs. But at the whole
sale level few It any Toasters boort
ed their prices this week whereas
those quotations had been advanced
a total of about SO pr cent In a
series of Jumps since mid-October.
8 pot price of basic grades of green
coffee beans have eased a cent or
two recently.
Eggs
Top grade eegs were trimmed
two to eight cents a dozen in
many place as heavy production
pushed wholesale quotations lower.
At Chicago, wholesale eggs sold this
week at the lowest prices since last
ssarcn.
Some cuts of pork skidded as
much aa six cents a pound in
areas where com petition la heavi
est. However, meat buyers said
pork prices, after a long downtrend
resulting from heavy supplies, ap
peared to be stabilising.
Bread
In Washington, bakery leaders
told senators probing bread prices
that there was little prospect for
cheaper bread and bakery products
In the near future. They said higher
labor and other costs outweighed
postwar reductions In wheat flour.
LOCAL SCENE
Little consumer resistance was
reported here today by grocers
who were offering coffee at one
of lis peak prices since It became
the national drink.
A run evident when the price
took Its first Jump has leveled off.
and a slump will probably follow
while these extra cans are being
used up,' grocers opined. Vendors
said tea purchases nave increased
noticeably since the up in coffee.
Prices at local stores range from
71 to SI cents a pound. Housewives
have tried to boycott that morning
cud of coffee, but usually give up
after a few days, coffee being too
much a part of the dally routine.
Death Sentence
For Sex Killer
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 1 (
Frsnklln Click. JS-year-old father of
five children, was sentenced to
death today In the electric chair
for the rape-slaving of Phyllis co
nine, 17-year-old high school girl.
An Allen county grand Jury re
turned a first degree murder ver
dict at 3:43 a. m. after considering
the case all night. Judge William
Schannen was aroused irom oea
and h cme to the court room and
Immediately sentenced th celery
farm worker to die next March 37
in the Michigan City, Ind., state
prlsoa
Click's wife waa in the court
room. Click smiled and seemed re
lieved. He drank a cup of coffee In
hi cell and went to sleet. Immedi
ately. Click also la under Indictment In
two other aex murder.
in the Klamath basin.
This all whittles down to
the very last warning get
your places early tomorrow night
for the gala opening, the big parade,
and the feast of windows.
Klamath'a M-unit mercury vapor
llahtlns- svstem Will h titrruH nn k-
one of Santa's good helpers. Mayor
nooeri a. inompson. From that
moment on, the fun begins.
Hinging
And lt will all ritirt nn tth -
munlty sins ins at the hie r-hn.t m.
tree now eoin un an the mm.
bouse lawn.
AndV IjHWr Jr 4iru,r nf n.n.U
education in the city schools, will
wield the baton to direct the carol
Men Cheer
Return
To Work
PITTSBURGH, Dec
(AP) John L. Lewis' back
to work orders for his strik
ing united Mine workers to
day drew quick cheers from
his hard pressed diggers.
Lewis order, backed up
by his 200-man policy com
mittee, reinstated the three
day work week in hard and
soft coal mines across the
country starting Monday.
"That's good news." declared
UMW Representative Dennis Har
shall of the rich Pittsburgh district
five when he heard the Lewi edict.
Bleak Prospect
"The men will be glsd to hear It.
xne prospects of a Christmaa with'
HeavyVote
Drowns
Russ Roars
NEW YORK. Dec. 1 (AP)'
The United Nations assembly
swamped Soviet opposition,
today and adopted a 12
point Western power decla
ration laying down essential!
for world peace.
The vote followed a shout
ed Russian denial that the
Soviet Union Is Interfering with the
affairs of Yugoslavia.
One point In the assembly decla
ration calls on all nations to refrain
from any Intervention In the affair
of other countries.
UteS
The United States-British pro
posal waa adopted by a vote of S3 to
t. The negative votes were cast by
th Soviet bloc Yugoslavia aba
stained. Russia's Andrei Y. Vlshlnsky told
the assembly Yugoslavia's ' charge
of Soviet Inference are "nonsonse.
Reds' Strike
i Try in Italy
Lays an Egg
ROME. Dec. 1 ( Italy's com
munist suffered a humiliating de
feat today in their attempt to
paralyze this nation in a 34-hour
general strike.
Seven hours after the strike start
ed at f a. m. its effect were
scarcely felt. It waa much mor of
a failure than a similar one-day
general strike in France last Fri
day, and th second flop In a month
lor tne communist-led oeneral con
federation of Labor (COIL).
Government . spokesmen said the
walkout was a failure except in
Italy's big Northern factories, the.
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out work weren't very bright for chief centers of Italian communist
our men.
Frank Harper Jr, 34, of Library,
Pa, declared: .
I'll sure be glad to get back to
work especially with Christmas
CHICAGO. Dec I v la pitts
bargh a aewa breadeaster began
hla arognun -John L. Lewis just
shot 8anU Claws" sad then went
en teuing af the eeal strike. -'
tm CbJeag a dosea eaOdrem
wroaaBtly grabbed their tetrphesMa.
last night and eaued The gaa
Tune. -Say It last ! they
begged. The newspaper obliged.
coming, rm not married but It's
been rough on fsmllies with chil
dren. I know they'll be glad to get
back to work."
t Daya Lest
Lewis order came less than 11
hours after the diggers quit the pits.
Actually they lose only two work
days today and Friday since Sat
urday is a optional work day at
time and one half rates. The miners
' are idle Sunday.
I Today's shutdown was complete,
i Reports from coal-producing states
i indicated only scattered non-union
strip (surface) mines and 16.000
Progressive Mine Workers in Illinois
were at work.
I Only maintenance crews reported
i for work this morning.
strength.
Even the communists laid little
claim to success. A spokesman for
the CGIL admitted that transporta
tion wss nearly normal In most
eJtles.
Yesterday the CGIL had appealed
to all workers in Italy to Join the
strike In protest against the death
of two farmhands in a clash, witks
police In the South. '
CHAIRMAN of the Yule open
ing festivities is Cloy Bellisle.
and hymns traditionally a part of
the holiday season. Sandy Poteet
will be the master of ceremonies
at the tree.
Here's a note to parents. Candy
will be distributed by Santas help
ers along the line of march. There
will be no candy distribution at the
big tree, and folks are asked to
keep the youngsters on the curb to
avoid confusion.
N Cars
There will be no cars along Main
street, all machines to be off by
6 p. m. Police will be aided ' in
this project by members of the
Elks lodge.
Windows In the business district
will be unveiled at 4 o'clock, sharp.
Judges from surrounding towns will
turn in their reports as to winners
as soon a possible.
Here la the program of the Big
Day, Friday, December 3: as an
nounced by Oeneral Chairman Clay
Bellisle.
4 p. m. Unveiling windows.
7 p. m. Lights go on.
7:10 p. m. Big Santa Claus pa
rade. Signal flare starts line of
march from The Herald and News
comer.
KUHS band leads parade followed
by mayor's car.
Santa!
Santa Claus and his sleigh ac
companied by elves at work in port
able workshop making toys.
Sound truck to assist Santa In dis
pensing candy canes from the North
Pole.
Boy Scout and Santa's dwarfs
(30-30 club members), dispensing
candy.
Parade of floats. Conger. Fair
view, House Brothers, Fremont,
Mills, Barbershop chorus, Pelican,
Riverside, - Altamont Junior high
choral group, Roosevelt, Henley,
Fremont Junior high choral group,
Altamont Junior high, Shasta, Sa
cred Heart choral group, Snowboys,
Camp Fir Girls, Olrl Bcouta, Lady
Eagle drum corpet
Needless to say the public I in
vited I
Parking Banned
For Yuleiide
Parade
Parking on Main street will
be prohibited Friday night from
p. m. until after the Christ
mas opening. Police Chief Ham
ilton asks that all motorists co
operate with the police depart
ment in keeping Main open for
the Christmas parade.
ISOOSIiriners
To Convene ;
Here Saturday
Fifteen hundred Shrlners of th
Klamath basin will convene In Klam
ath Falls. Saturday, for the annual
jfall ceremonial of Hillah temple. A
nui program is scheduled with head
quarters at the Wills rd hotel. Regis
tration will start at 11 a. m.
A elass of 100 "novices" will be
Inducted at the ceremonial at the
armory Saturday night.
A highlight of festivities will be
the big Shrine parade starting at
2nd and Mais and ending at The
Herald and News corner with the
parade underway at 3:45 p. m.
Thar Groble Pic
Still Goinq
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 1 Betty
Orable is np to her tint million
and a half In cheesecake.
Her studio yesterday mailed out
the 1.500.000th copy of the famous
Grsble-in-a-ba thins suit photograph
that consoled OIs all over the
world. .
The leggy actress autographed
the nrlnt which went to a fan, Al
an Faith, In Wenatchee. Wash.
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MAILING A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUi is one of the most
important thingt to do during the holiday season. Here Wanda
Griffin and Jeff Binghom pott their- requests.