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Jruman
Hy CHNKhT II. VACCAKO
WASHINGTON (!') President
Truiniin appealed lu congress
Wednesday to nvolil "pollllciil
Unlit" which could damage the
country's world position In this
picsldi'iilliil olvctltm ycnr a time
when nil men walk "In Hid thiidow
W iuioUioi' world wiir."
In a B.aoo-word Hluto of thn
Union mnximiiiii the president
sketched broadly whnt he whiiIh
limn thin couiircsMoiuil session, It
bulled down hugely to n uoiillnua
Hon of Ilia Inrclgn policy programs
mid a renewed plea lor thn donirit-
im
n
uu
In The
Day's Sews
lly 1 HANK JINK1NK
Washington:
"""President Truman appeuled to
congress today to avoid 'political
lights' which enn damage this coun
try's world position In this election
year a Ume when all men walk
In the shadow ol another world
war."
lie added:
"We have a great responsibility
to conduct our political lights in
a mulinrr llmt dors hot hut in the
nulloimt interest.
"We can lllid plenty nf things
to dlller about wlllioiit destroying
our free Institutions and without
abandoning our bipartisan foreign
policy lor peace."
Well spoken, sir.
Hut may 1 point out that It lakes
Iwo to make a tight and It also
TAKES TWO TO KEEP THE
PEACE?
Tie President, dwelling on the
grave problems that confront us
wherever we look, said to congress
In his state ot the Union message:
"The only thing that can dclcat
Us Is our own state of mind .
We rsn LOSE II we falter."
I feci compelled to add that the
outright corruption and the all
around evnlcal lack of moral stam
ina that have developed within our
government because of lack of
sound moral leadershln haven't
done anything to Improve our stale
of mtnd,
' Senator lodge of Massachusetts
aaya in Washington this morning
he believes the door Is still open
for Oeneral Elsenhower to return
to civilian life before the Republi
can presidential nominating con-
vtntlon.
H sav ha doesn't Interpret El
aenhower's statement that he will
iot oak for relief from bis Euro
pean defense assignment as fore
closing all possibility aalds from
Presidential action that the gen
eral may take olf his uniform be
tor July.
. Then he adds:
1 "But I agree that he can not
make any statement on the Issues
of the pre-convenllon campaign
while ht Is iUII In uniform."
I I suppose not although we have
tipset ao many rules and prece
dents In recent years that 1 th nk
tt might not hurt us If we lilted
the rule that a soldier who Is quali
fied to be President and who has
signified that he will be the Re
publican candidate If the party's
convention oilers him the nomina
tion may not speak out to the peo
ple, on what he conceives to be
Die dulv ot the next President of
'the United Slates.
It seems to me that unbroken
alienee on General Elsenhower's
part In such a situation would be
nothing short of ABSURD.
I think It could easily result In
his failure to receive Uie nomina
tion. Let me make myself clear.
1 WANT OENERAL EISENHOW
ER FOR PRESIDENT.
I havo faith in him.
I havo followed his utterances
while he was out of uniform closely
i-noiiRh to be convinced ON MY
' OWN ACCOUNT that he Is the kind
of man wo ought to have as our
leader In this emergency. But I
find many people who are fearful
if a soldier. I find many more who
are confused as to whnt General
Klxenhuwer mav believe and what
he may stand for.
They don't now. Thcv WANT to
know. But how can they know If
he doesn't tell them?
'nie Republican convention next
rummer won't be any wnlkaway
lor General Elsenhower. It will bo
mucin up largely of politicians. Poll,
tlcinns ns n class are not inclined
to be FOR him. I think they will
be Inclined lo be against him on
lcncrnl political principles. The
only thing that will cause them to
accept him will be the conviction
that HE IS THE ONLY REPUBLI
CAN WHO CAN WIN.
How ran that conviction be built
un If General El.sonhower Is re
quired by precedent to remain as
Mlcnt from now on as the pro
verbial clam? ;
Tils friends and his political back
era of course, will spenk for him.
Hut surely we all remombcr Fris
cllla and John Aldcn In Longfel
low's Courtship of Miles Blandish.
John was wooing Prlscllla on be
half of his friend Miles. Prlscllla
listened, but wasn't convinced. She
bald to John:
"If I am not WORTH THE WOO
TNG, I surely am not worth the
winning. ,
"Whv rlon't you speak FOR
YOURSELF, John?"
I think a lot of people are going
to want Genernl Elsenhower to
speak for himself. I doubt If they
want him to como homo and get
up to his ears In the inuck and
the mess of a normal American
political campaign. But they will
want to hear from his own lips
something about his own personal
bifllofs as to the duties nnd the
-responsibilities of the next Presi
dent of the United Stntes,
i T hope a way can be found to
give Ike the opportunity to do Just
that.
Appeals To Congress To Avoid 'Political
tie legislation ho culln IiIk "fair
deal,"
Beyond Hint, lis mild specifically
lie would m.k noon lor mi lucrcanc
In tho size ol tho niniccl forces
culled lor h 5-a-rnonth boost In
social security payments and n
"cost nf IIvIiik" iuIho In veterans
benefits,
An to lex rules he wild Hint
would bo dealt Willi In later mes
sages, 'I'd political friend iind foes
alike, Mr, Truman admonished:
"We have a great responsibility
lo conduct our polltlcul lluhlfi In
PYRAMIDING their smiles
"j&'h--- viz I &
it mm
Si ml
merce employes. They are fl to r): Marjorie King. Merrill
Hoad; Jane Foster, 1729'it Wall St., and Barbara Chulders,
909 Jefferson St.
Allies Reject
For Korea
fly DON HUTU
WUN8AN. Korea itf The Communists-
Wednesday submitted a
new counterproposal agreeing to
all Allied terms for supervising a
Korean armistice except a ban in
rebuilding Red airfields. The U. N.
command promptly rejected the
compromise.
The future of Red airfields U
the baslo point of dispute.
"There Is no major disagreement
still existing except that of air
fields," said MaJ. Gen. Howard M.
Turner. U. N. negotiator. "That
has been the major disagreement
throughout."
The Communist counter proposal
15,950 Die
In Korea War
WASHINGTON Announced
I'.S. battle casualties In Korea
reached lM.OSt Wednesday, an
Increase of 345 since last week.
The Befense Department's
weekly summary based on noti
fications to families through last
Friday reported these figures for
last week and new totals.
Killed In action 15,879, 1S.9S0
Wounded 75,080, 75,374
Missing 12.780, 12.760
Total 103,739, 104,084
Battle deaths (X) 17,7.14, 17,834
Current missing t Y) 11,027, 11,
007 IX) Includes killed In action.
1,698 fatally wounded and 188
dead, originally rrporled missing.
IV) After drriurtlng from gross
total l.OTl returned, 174 known
captured and 18S known dead.
Following Is a breakdown of
the casualties by services, giving
last week first, then new total..
Army 85,101, 85.420
h Navy 1,19.1, 1.193 ,
Air Force 955, 957
Marine Corps 10.490, 16,514
Farmers Get
Record Income
PENDLETON Ml Umatilla
County larmors last year had a
gross income of $31,744,840. That
bent tho 1950 record by more than
four million dollars. County Agent
Victor W. Johnson said Wednesday.
Wheat again was the king crop
with a record value of $16,244,800,
showing a steady Increase over
life last two years.
Poa growers received an esti
mated gross Income of 4, 140,000,
also n new record for Umatilla
county, said Johnson. Meat ani
mals and wool also broke records
with R 1951 total of $5,103,00(1,
nearly ono million over the 1950
figure.
Winnie Mum On
Truman Speech '
WASHINOTON W Prime Min
ister Churchill of Britain declined
to give newsmen any comment on
President Truman's State of the
Union message.' But as he left the
Capitol, ho shook hands with an
heard to tell her: "it was a mas
terly statement."
11 innnner Hint does not harm the
national Intercut.
"We can Ilnd plenty of thing
to dlller about without destroying
our (roe Institutions and without
ibnndonlnK our bipartisan iorelun
policy lor peace."
Mr. 'Truman's message wan de
livered In person to a Joint session
of tho Senate and Houko In the
Hoiiho chHinber of Congress.
In hli Immediate audience, In
addition to the legislators, were
Prime Minuter Winston Churchill
nf Britain and diplomats ot many
IllltlOIU.
1
are three Chamber of Com
Red Plan
Peace Treaty
formally accented Allied demands
for troop rotation, replenishment
of supplies, and supervision ol the
truce by neutrals.
Chinese MaJ. Cen. Hsleh Fang
called Uiese "greSt concessions."
Turner retorted: "You have not
made one single effort to xolve the
major difference confronting us."
No progress was made in a sub
committee meeting on exchange of
prisoners.
Both aubcommiriccs meet at 11
a.m. ThurwiBy 16 p.m. PST Wed
nesday! at Panmunjom,
Each side made strongly worded
attacks on the other.
The Reds made theirs In present
ing their truce supervision counter
proposal. A U. N. Command com
munique called It an "tnflamma-i
tory statement accusing the
United Slates "among other things
of Imperialism and world domina
tion." The U. N. command made Its
attack In a broadcast from Tokyo
to Korea. It charged Communist
truce delegates "represent only a
small clique of power mad masters
In the Kremlin."
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief
U. N. delegate, expressed hope
Communist delegates would give
"a working demonstration of good
faith" eventually "In spite of their
Intransigence to date."
In a letter to Robert Eunson,
Associated Press Bureau Chief In
Tokyo, where the Admiral is con
ferring with Oen. Matthew B. Ridg
way. Joy said he was neither pes
simistic nor optimistic, about the
future of negotiations.
More Police
Quit Force
Klamath Palls Police Department
Is back to where It was about a
year ago, short five men.
Resignation of a pntrolmnn yes
terday to take a tuxl driving Job
was tho second within a week. An
other patrolman resigned about a
week ago, and Is also driving taxi
In town.
The Department now stands at
15 patrolmen, plus a detective,
throe sergeants, Asst. chief Paul
Robertson and Chler Hamilton.
Since August of 1951 four officers
have resigned from the force. The
number Includes three patrolmen
and one traffic officer.
Reasons given for majority of the
resignations, as revealed at a Civil
Service Board meeting last Friday,
were lack of opportunity for adr
vancement and -low pay for long
working hours.
Municipal Police . Judge Robert
Elder today said advertisement for
Civil Service exams to fill vacan
cies on the Police Department
would probably be made next week.
Judge Elder la secretary of the
board.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Cloudy with occasional snow. Low
tonight 20, high tomorrow 28.
Low last night - 12
High yesterday ........ 26
Preclp past 24 hours 07
Preelp since Oct. 1 .....9.06
Same period last year 8.60
normal lor period 5.21
(Additional Weather en Faga 4)
At no point, In 111" references
to politics or . otherwise, did the
president give any direct hint
whether he Intends to run (or re
election. He did speak of 1052 as a "cru
cial year" In the defense effort,
and said "our bent efforts' must
be put forth both this year and
next lo take the country "over the
hump."
Running through his message
were repeated references to the
present as a "perilous time" and
lo the "terrible threat of aggres
sion" from the Communists.
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Price f'lie Cents 18 Pare. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1952
regon
To Ask Ceiling Price
Mountainous Waves Batter
Crippled Ship As Captain
Attempts To Rig New Tow
LONDON l Mountainous Smashed mercilessly 30 miles off
waves threatened to write the end the English coast as Carlson and
Wednesday and almost swept Capt. his lone companion. Kenneth Dan
Kurt Carlsen into the sea he haSicy, tried to make last a new line,
defied for 13 days t , I The Enterprise was sinking a
The American freighter, broken (iuue evcrv nour and at Umes the
loose from Us tug. was being iwallowiiic hulk .almost on its side.
New Hi-way
To
Range
. SALEM W A new cross coun
try highway route, to be called
U. S. Highway 26, will run from
Ogallala. Neb., to Astoria. Ore.
State Highway Engineer R. H.
Baldock said Wednesday.
Baldock said the change would
be made as soon as route markers
can be changed probably late In
February.'
The route In Oregon will run
from Nvssa to Vale via U.S. 20,
from Vale to Prlnevllle on the John
Day - Ochoko route U. S. 28,
Prinevllle to Madras on State high
way 27, Madras to Portland on
the Warm Sprlngs-Mt. Hood loop
route State Hignway 50, PorU
land to the Coast via the Sunset
Highway State Highway 2, and
then to Astoria via the Oregon
Coast Highway V. S. 101.
The change will put the state
highways on the route on the
federal aid system.
The state highway rout num
bers along the way will be changed
to U. S. 26. Where the new route
goes along existing federal routes
U. S. 20 and U. S. 101, the road
will be marked with both U. S.
26 and the present number.
The route from Prlnevllle to
Eugene, now U. S. 28, will ' be
come U. S. 126. It crosses the
Cascades through McKerusie Pass.
Another change to be made Is
in the route from Maryhlll. Wash.,
along the Washington side to the
new bridge at The Dalles, through
The Dalles, and down State High
way 23 to its junction with U.S.
97. The number will be changed
to U. S. 197. and will be an alter
nate route for U. S. 97.
The bridge at The Dalles will
be constructed soon.
Skating Rink
Open Tonight
As conditions stood late this
morning, there will be skating to
night at the Moore Park Rink, ac
cording to City Recreation Director
boo uonney.
However, final announcement
will be made over station KFLW
on the Homo Town news broad
cast at 6:15. Tills policy will be
carried on dally, Bonney said.
From now on, the director re
ported, the rink will be open from
2 to 10 p.m. dally excepting Mon
day, when It won't be opened un
til 6 p.m. Monday is used to re
pair the rink after the heavy week
end traiuc, ne saia.
Rain Festival
Idea Suggested
PORTLAND W Portland, well
known for Its rains, ought to cap
italize on them and hold a rain
festival, ..
That was what Donald J. Sterl
ing, managing editor of the Oregon
Journal, told the Junior Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday,
The city often has been criticized
for its rain he said. The city's
silence suggests that tho rain Is
a liability. To offset this, he said,
Portland should advertise that the
rain Is an aset and should hold
a rain festival, complete with ' a
parade and other events.
Over Oregon
Yet Mr. Truman spoke confident- f
ly of winning through, to world
peace.
"The only thing that can defeat
us Is our own state of mind," he
said at one point, "We can lose if
we falter."
The first reaction of the legisla
tors was, an usual, mixed and a
reflection In part of their own po
litical leanings.
Rep. Priest of Tennessee, the as
sistant Democratic leader, com
mented that so far as preparedness
was concerned the President prop
erly placed emphasis on "full
steam ahead."
Potato growers
seemed in imminent danger of turn-
ng upsido down.
The towllne with the lug Tur
moil broke at 1:30 a.m. for the
next 13 hours, whenever the waves
would permit. Carlsen and Dancy
made ready to get another rig
aboard. Then, shortly before 3 D.m..
Ihey barely saved themselves from
going overboard.
The U.S. Destroyer Wlllard Keith.
standing by, reported:
"Carlsen and Dancv narrowly es
caped being swept into sea while
air bow of Fntcrpriae attempting
"Unable to pass tow this weather
which believe typical of this area,
therefore outlook not favorable im
mediate future.''
Veteran tugmen at the scene
gave the Enterprise only a 50-50
chance of reaching dock as dusk
descended.
The Enterprise was drifting
northeast st slightly more than
half a mile an hour. Its early list
of 60 degrees had increased to 70
degrees. Indicating that Its main
cargo of pig iron had shifted more.
Good Weather
Warms State
PORTLAND W Snow disap
peared rapidly in Western Oregon
Wednesday as the area was swept
by wind and rain.
A storm brought mile ft minute
winds to the coast and moderate
to heavy rain to many sections.
The wind hit 54 miles an hour
In Portland where a steady early
morning rain was washing away
the remainder of last week's 5
inch snowfall.
The weather was somewhat
warmer with most Western Oregon
stations reporting above freezing
temperatures Wednesday morning.
Freezing weather continued east
of the Cascades. Coldest spot In
the state was Burns with two
below zero.
U.S., Russia
Talk Old Loan
WASHINGTON MB The United
States has proposed to Russia that
they submit to the international
court of Justice their long dispute
over a settlement of the 11 billions
of dollars of aid the Soviets re
ceived under World War II lend-
lease.
Secretary of State Acheson made
the proposal In a note handed to
Soviet Ambassador Alexander S.
Pnnvushkin on Monday.
Trie State Department made it
public Wednesday. It reported at
the same lime mat Kussia nBs re
fused an earlier proposal to sub
mlt the quarrel to international ar
bitration and also has refused again
to return some 670 vessels lent to
the Russians In war time.
It was disclosed also that the
U.S. has again taken up with Mos
cow a charge that Russia still holds
"hundreds of thousands" of World
War II prisoners.
Douglas Predicts
Victory For Ike
boston l.fi Sen. Paul H.
Douglas tD.-Ill.l said Wednesday
that If General Elsenhower re
ceives the Republican Presidential
nomination, "barring a miracle he
will be elected by an overwhelming
vote."
. If the Republicans nominate
Elsenhower, Douglas added at a
news conference, he "personally
would be very receptive to the
Idea that we (Democrats) nomi
nate Eisenhower also with a dif
ferent vice presidential candidate."
Rep. Taber of New York, top
Republican on the House Appro
priations Committee, said he found
"nothing news" In the message
"It looks like he saved himself the
trouble of getting up a new mes
sage by using last year's."
ft p. AreiIs of Illinois. Assist
ant House Republican leader com
mented: "It looks like the tow line
has parted and the Ship of State is
foundering. We must call a Re
publican rescue tug."
Mr. Truman's request for the do
mestic program he terms his "Fair
Deal" was phrased In much milder
language than he has used at times
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These Just Look
Too, Too Young
These gals Just look too young . ,
Recently a downtown drugstore,
irked by turbulent scenes and re
ported damage to furnishings,
came out with a policy of not ac
cepting the patronage of teenagers
any more.
A couple of days ago, though,
a couple of girls who work down
town land who have been out of
high school four and seven years,
respectively) said they went to the
drugstore for lunch and on enter
ing were quizzed aoout tneir ages.
After passing that exam, they
sat down and waited for service
. . , but failed to get any.
Finally, one of the girls report
ed, they spoke up to inquire what
was wrong, and were escorted out
the door.
It was pretty embarrassing, one
of them said, and they'd like to
point out they're somewhat out of
their teens. And can prove it.
Pool Tax To
Go On Ballot
A proposal for a 1.5 mill city
tax Is to go on the Klamath Falls
ballot May 16 to raise money for
a swimming pool.
The levy. If approved by the
voters, would be expected to bring
in approximately $150,000 in seven
years.
-At a meeting of the Park and
Recreation Boards and City Coun
cil yesterday Mayor Bob Thomp
son was authorized to appoint an
advisory committee to w-ork with
the Recreation Department in
making plans for the pool. Rep
resentatives of service clubs prob
ably will be on the committee.
A swimming pool fund created
several years ago during the ad
ministration of Mayor Ed Osten
dorf collected over $15,000 from
donations for a pool, and $11,000
was spent on the Humphrey prop
erty on Main near the canal as
a site.
The property contains 2.24 acres
and a hot artesian well.
Remaining In the fund is $3,
150.84 cash and $1,480 in bonds.
The 1.5 mill levy is asked to
replace a similar levy which has
expired and which raised money
for Klamath Memorial Park the
cemetery.
INDIGNITY
SPRING HOPE. N. C. W Be
ing hit by the car was bad enough
for the mule. But when the ve
hicle ran over him. he got up and
lashed out with a kick that toppled
me car into a aitcn.
Damage to mule, slight scratch
es: to Baker Barnes' car, $300.
0
DOUBLE-DUTY city truck can be converted to a snowplow in the wintertime. Summer
time, though, it becomes a "flusher' washing the city's streets. Here City Mechanic
Einar Branclsness looks over the plow attachment to the cab-over recently purchased by
the city. It takes approximately half an hour to convert from flusher to plow, or vice
versa. '
In the past.
But he asked that Congress at
least put to a vote the controver
sial measures he has proposed In
the field of racial discrimination.
The President touched on the
question of tax scandals and dis
honesty In government.
"Some dishonest people worm
themselves Into almost every hu
man organization," he said,
Then he went on to declare that
he Intends to see that federal em
ployes guilty of misconduct are
punished, and that the "honest and
hard working majority ot our fed
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Telephone 8111
No. 2709
Basin Men
To Attend
OPS Confab
Oregon potato growers Including
i nair from Klamath County will
ask a 75-cent per 100 pounds raise
in potato price ceilings at a meet
ing in Washington, D.C., with the
Office of Price Stabilization, Ore
gon Potato Commission Chairman
Scott Warren said today.
The meeting ha been scheduled
by the National Potato Council for
Jan. 17-19.
The decision to meet with OPS
officials was made yesterday dur
ing the Oregon Potato Commis
sion's regular quarterly meeting in
Portland which Warren said was
attended bv about 40 growers and
potatomen . irom mrougnoui uuj
Klamath men making the trip
witll either be Warren, who farms
near Algoma. Klamath Potato
Growers Pres. Randall Pope or
Klamath grower Elmer Lemler,
Merrill, a member of the commis
sion. Objections to price controls arose
in Western potato growing areas
when the OPS announced last week
that price ceilings would be estab
lished Jan. 19. The price for Ore
gon potatoes was announced as
$3.65 for U.S. No. l's, with the
grower supplying the sack.
The price had been np to more
than $5, with shippers supplying
the 30-cent burlap containers.
The price was rolled back to 100
per cent of parity (the point where
government experts figure the
farmer will get a fair return for
what he sells in relation to the
prices be must pay for what he
buys.)
The Washington trip, Warren
sqid. would be financed by the
Potato Commission, which has set
aside $10,000 to "correct" the ceil
ings which had been set.
Part of the money Commission
ers Warren and Lemler reported,
would go toward a public relations
campaign to get over the growers
situation to the consumer.
Also underway is a market sur
vey which will determine whether
or not the ceiling price will result
in a reduction in retail prices.
The commissioners said the Po
tato Commission, the National Po
tato Council and all concerned had
been fighting the price ceiling ever
since it was first rumored. For
two months, they said, an effort
was made to find out what the
parity price would be here.
"It apparently depended on a
formula," Warren said, "which
was not made public until the
nnai announcement last week.
"The formula is apparently used
as a base and is adjusted from
there according to political expedl-
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IHlike
Zn V . - '; 1
ft' "' " V
Fights"
eral employes are protected against
partisan slander and malicious at
tack." ,
He said he would send Congress
sc:no recommendations about this,,
and then suggested that the legls.
In tors look to their own houses. Ht
said: -
"Congress can do a great deal
to strengthen confidence In our In
stliutlons by applying rigorous
standards of mora! integrity to Its
own operations and by finding an
effective way to control campaign
expenditures and by protecting tho
rights of Individuals In congress
sional Investigators."
Appliances,4
Cars Suffer
In New Order
WASHINGTON l Production
of most household goods such
things as television sets, radios,
refrigerators, electric Ironcrs and
nt.hpr anr.l1nnPR la Hiia tn h. ,,
to 45 per cent of tho pre-Korea
icveia in me quarter Deginning
April 1. This would be 10 per cent
below present permitted production
rates.
This word came Wednesday from
Manly Fleischmann, defense pro
duction administrator who said al
so that in this quarter:
Construction of new houses is to
be curtailed from the present an
nual rate of 850,000 to a rate of '
660.000 a year.
Automobile production is to bs
reduced at least seven per cent
below the1 present rate. The DPA
allowed the manufacturers only
enough cooper and aluminum to
produce 800,000' cars and only
enough steel to produce 900,000 in
the quarter.
The makers were authorized to
stretch these materials, if possible,
to make 930,000 in the second quar
ter. Fleischmann testified before the
Senate-House "watchdog" commit
tee studying the defense moblllza- .
tlon prcgrams. It is headed bv Sen.
Maybank (D.-S.C), who said the
group wants to make sure that the
mobilization agencies are earmark
ing for civilian production as much .
steel and other .scarce materials
as possible. .
Fleischmann said enough allot-'
ments would be made to support
presei.i scnoot ana hospital Build
ing projects and to start construc
tion of some new buildings.
The number of new railroad ears
to be produced will be reduced
.about 14 pen. cent,. he testified. He
said there would be some increase
In shipbuilding but' that only the
most important new highways
could be built.
Ship Breaks
Up In Storm
SEATTLE Ml The Japan-bound
freighter Pennsylvania reported a
crack had broken down its side
early Wednesday during a North
Pacific storm. Forty-six men were
repeated aboard.
The ship's report was received
by the U.S. Coast Guard here and
by Canada's Vancouver Island stac
tions.
The Coast Guard said the ship's
message was a "report of condi
tion", not an SOS.
The Coast Guard placed the
ship's position about 465 miles
northwest of the northern tip of
Vancouver Island.
The Pennsylvania reported a 14
foot long crack down its side, into
the engine room. It said it was
taking water but believed the
pumps could handle the emergency
unless the situation grew worse.
The States Steamship Co., the
agent for the ship, said the ship's
captain Is George .P. Plover of
Portland, Ore. He has a crew of
45 men.
The 413-foot freighter sailed from
Seattle Jan. 6 with general cargo
for Japan.
SKI MEET
JOSEPH, Ore.lfll Eagle Cap
ski
i the
Club plans a meet soon on
slopes three miles' south of
here. At the start of this week
club members reported 14 Inches
of new powder snow, and the high
way open. A. half-mile rope tow
is available for public .Use Satur
days and Sundays.'
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