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By PRANK JKNKINX
Brnutor MuihH, wlio In a Bnulh
Dukoln Republican, In Juitt buck
1 1 om wliut lie calls a "grass roolK"
political survey of conalclrriiUlo
'hunk of the country. Ho says In
Wiinhiiiglon lliln morning',
"I've come buck convinced Unit
President Trunuin In not going to
run. lis has lout Uio South, iinU lie
cun't win without the South. 1
don't Ihlnk he want to end hi
career as badly defeuled candi
date." If Mr. Truman decide NOT to
run. I supposo Hint will be the
leiiHCsi. But 1 wish It were other
wine. We hve Juiil adopted n
amendment to our constitution for
bidding ANYBODY to hold the of
lice ol President for more than
two full terma which, 1 think. In
dicates clearly our bnllcl that too
much power held 111 too few hand!
too long la. BAD.
Mr. Truman la exempted from
(1 ban. Among other reason lor
I'.' exemption, he will not have
.eYved one lull ELECTED term
until 1952. Bo he la free to lio alter
another elected term If he chooses
to do no,
I wlah he had chosen not to do
so and had aald aa aoon ua the
anil-third-term amendment became
elfecllve:,
"It Is now a part of the funda
mental law of our land that no
man may aorve more than two
lull tcrm'a President. In IB53. I
will have served ALMOST two lull
terma. iHe became Prenldent by
succeaslon In IMS. only a few
months alter the Inauguration of
prenldent Roosevelt for h I s
FOURTH term.) Bo. In compliance
with the aplrlt of the antl-thlrd-term
amendment, I announce here
and now that I will not accept
nomination for a aecond elective
term, which In my ease would
amount practically to a third
term."
That would have aetlled the
whole business, and T think we
would all have applauded hi de-
clalon. " . ,
While we are on that subject,
hero is a paragraph from another
llspetch from Washington till
morning:
"On the Democrats side, there
were new Indications today that
Senator Kelauver will seek his
party's nomination, although he
has made no formal announcement
. . In nilnot. Ohio and New
Hampshire. Indications are strong
that delegatea pledged to him will
be entered In primaries."
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I hope Senator Kefauver does
run for the Democratlo nomina
tion. He Is a good man clean,
new end apparently an Independent
tWnker. I'd like to ee- Senator
T, Wight of Arkansas and Benator
Douglas of Illinois and Benator
Bvrd of Virginia and maybe Sena
tor Ruasell of Georgia ALL go
Iter the Democratic nominal on
In dead earnest and with their mis
swinging.
That would be a health situa
tion. Any one of these men would
make a good President, On the
Republican side, the present pros
pects are Senator Taft, General
Kisenhower, Governor Warren and
Harold Stassen, They are all good
men.
With good men competing for
the nomination on both aides, we
couldn't lose.
I want to keep my own thinking
straight. I'M FOR A REPUBLI
CAN IN THIS YEAR OP DECI
SION. We need a change. Wo need
It badly. To get the complete
rhange we need, we must sweep
the Washington bureaus out clean
and make a new start. We can't
art the change we need In any
other way.
BUT ,
If we can't get the complete
rhanae we need, we ought to have
Ihe BEST WE CAN OET. A good
NEW Democrat will be vastly bet
ter than another hand-picked Dem
ocrat irom the old crowd.
Besides It would be good for the
Democratto party to get complete-
away from this HAND-PICKING
Iiablt and gel back to the good,
tound American free-for-all sys
tem. I certainly hope a lot of good
Democrats gel Into the race for
he parly's nomination and got
into It lor blood.
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CAMP FIRE GIRLS National Director Martha F. Allen (center) was honored here last
nMit at a banquet in the Pelican Party Room. At Miss Allen's right is Troman Hunyan,
vit president of the Camp Fire Girls Council here and on the opposite side of the pic
ture is Colleen Llnehan, 800 Upham St.,, who represented local Camp Fire Girls at the
affair, i x ,
Price Five Onta 14 rages
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Growers Say
Ceiling Up
Imperative
Potutomen now want only to
correct and adjust the announced
ceilings on their potatoes; they say
an Increane Is an abolute necessity
If growers are to come out with
any profit whatsoever on this
yeur's crop.
Basin growers will gather to
mull over Uie topic Monday at the
annual meeting uf the Klamath
Potato Growers Association which
will be held Jointly with the Tule
lake Orowors Association this near
In the Merrill Recreation Hall.
Time for the meeting Is 3 p.m.
Klamath Orowers Pres. Randall
Pope aald yesteaJay an Informal
protest agaliiHt the present rates
as act by the Olflce of Price
Btabllir.atlon announcement last
week aa ceilings lor potatoes.
The OPS prices, effective Jan.
10, set a base price ol $3.65 on
U.S. No. 1's 111 Oregon, Washing
ton and California. Idaho, however,
has a premium of SO cents over
the coast spuds.
"We think," Pope aald, "our
potatoes have always enjoyed a
premium ovcf all our competitors
... In fact, over every other
potato In the country."
A committee of Oregon and
Northern California growers Is as
sembling facts on prices irom
other states lo prove this, he said.
The premium isn'l a clear pro
fit for Klamath growers, either,
Pope aald. Production costs in the
Klamath Basin with labor and Ir
rigationare among the highest In
me nation.
The growers' protest will be Hied
Informally through the Portland
district oilico of the opb.
A formal protest will be filed
later. Both protests will ask lor a
revision upwards of the announced
celling- price. ....., .
' Meantime. Klamath Orowers
Scott Warren and Louis Lyon, Al
goma and Merrill ranchers, will
carry an appeal from the Klamath
area to Washington D.C. next week
when they attend a meeting called
by the National Potato Council, the
OPS will be represented actively at
Die meeting, acordhig to present
plans.
Lyon Is the Klamath representa
tive on the spud council.
At Monday's Merrill meeting.
growers will vote on whether or
not the two-Inch minimum on No.
I's should be lifted: a new presi
dent of the Growers Association
will also be elected.
In Portland, the Oregon Food
Merchants have announced they
don't like the announced potato
price ceilings either, but for a dif
ferent reason than the growers.
At a meeting there Friday the
group said it objected to simul
taneous rollbacks of both retail and
wholesale prices. According to the
AP, It told the OPS that there
should be a 15-day waiting period
between wholesale and retail roll
backs. That would give the retail
ers a chance to "recover the cost
the group said,
Here In the basin, shipments
were dropping slowly.
And only "high priced'' potatoes
arc being shipped, according to re
ports received here. Those are
potatoes contracted before the an
nounced ceilings. Few, It any,
sales have been nwJe since then
and many shippers have been
forced to atop sorting because of a
lack of buyers.
Only 21 cars were shipped yesterday.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
Allied IPIafe
KNOWING YOU HAVE POLIO is a frightening experience
but the speedy help of the Klamath County Chapter, Na
tional Foundation Infantile Paralysis gave confidence to
Jean Jamieson, first Klamath County polio case in 1951.
There were 18 adults and children in Sacred Heart hospi
tal, Eugene, when Jean was a patient.
PolioJVictiin Recovering
" After Long Treatments At
Foundation-Run Hospital
Pretty Jean Jamieson. 15-year- :and a half years at the expense
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. iof the foundation.
Jamieson 3505 Emerald St. strlck- She Is majoring In business ad
cn with polio last Sept. 23. Is a ministration at KUHS and will re
mlghly thankful lass. Isume her studies at the start of
Today, afier a rugged bout with
tno dread disease she is back in
the classroom and able to rln mnnv
of the things that girls of her age
normally do.
Much of the credit for her
covery. that will some day be com-coolc ainner at nignt for her fath
plctc. she gives to the Klamath I an ""ploye of Weyerhaeuser
Countv Chapter. National Fotmda-1 T.""be,r Co-- her mother employed
tlon lor Infantile Paralysis and the r' Griggs Superior Foods and her
care she received at Sacred Heart ; "-year-old brother. Bill.
Jean, a sophomore In high school
felt ill on the fatal morning last
tall and the family believed she
had Influenza. In a few hours her
left arm. throat and back beaan
to stiffen. Then came the diagnosis.
polio.
Through cooperation of the local
chapter, she was taken by Kalcr's
ambulance to ugene where she
went into Isolation for two weeks.
The next stop was water therapy
In a pool where the arm was
gently massaged and as Jean
nrcw stronger she advanced to a
class In physical therapy.
The caro was wonderful, she
says.
All expenses including the trip
by ambulance except the care of
her own family physician here, un
til the diagnosis, have been paid
by the chapter. Jean will contin
ue to make trips to Eugene for
treatment for the next one or one
A m Vu
HATURDAY, JAN .0K '
I
"he second semester. She wants
: awiuuy to oe an airline hostess
IWhen she finishes colleire.
Even though she carries her left
arm in a sling, she Is active in
re-!tlub w,ork ln. Kch.ool and helps
Knauss Faces
Forgery Count
YREKA Alvin C. Knauss. 33.
former administrator of Siskiyou
county hospital was reporting lighting-
extradition In Medford Ore.,
on nine counts -of forgery brought
by the Siskiyou County District
Attorney's olflce this week.
Taken before District Court In
Medford Thursday on a fugitive
from justice complaint, Knauss
was released from custody under
$500 ball.
Knauss also faces prosecution ln
Yreka on charge of conspiracy to
commit grand theft ln connection
with alleged Improper purchases
of hospital equipment while he
was administrator of the Sis
kiyou County Institution.
Preliminary hearing on the con
spiracy charge was continued till
yesterday from Wednesday when
Knauss tailed to appear at the
first one.
The district attorney's olflce re
quested that Knauss be ordered
to appear at yesterday's hearing
ana when he dldn t asked that he
be arrested in Medtord and
brought here next week for hear
ing. Water Meet Set
For Weaverville
A meeting of the executive
board of the Klamath River Water
shed Development Association has
been set for noon Friday, Jan. 18,
at Weaverville, Calif.
In the afternoon of that day a
public hearing is scheduled at
Weaverville on the Bureau of Rec
lamation plan to divert some water
from tho Trinity river to the Sac
ramento, Frank Jenkins, Klamath Falls
Herald and News publisher. Is
chairman of the association's ex
ecutive board. Objections to the
diversion probably will be entered
by the association,
Driver Dies In
Head-On Crash
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. Ifl James
Arthur Calloway, 69, Eugene, was
killed Friday ln a head-on collision
at a downtown Intersection here.
His car was seen weaving down
the street before the accident and
police were investigating the pos
sibility he had suffered a stroke.
Driver of the other car was Her
bert Hammons, Olenwood.
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No. 2712
Three Jets
Knocked Out
By Red Migs
By GEORGE McARTIIL'R
SEOUL, Korea IPi The Reds
knocked down three Sabre Jets in
air com Dai ana masted 13 other
United Nations planes out of the
North Korean skies with ground
fire ln the week ended Friday. It
was the costliest seven-day period
for U.N. Air Forces since the war
began.
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said
U.N. jets shot down 12 Russian
made MIG-ISs and damaged 14 in
aerial battle ln the same period.
Red planes have not yet ventured
within range of U.N. ground fire.
A U.S. Eighth Army communi
que said U.N. ground forces raided
Communist positions along the
Western and Central Fronts Satur
day. Light to moderate engage
ments ' resulted, the communique
said.
The 16-plane loss was far above
the recent weekly average of about
10 planes lost to Red planes and
groundflre. The weekly average
since last spring has been about
seven planes lost, an Air Force
spokesman said.
MIGs and Sabres tangled brief
ly several times Saturday morn
ing. Filth Air Force said no Red
planes were damaged. There was
no announcement of United Na
tions losses, if any, ln the short
sharp fights that lasted up to 10
minutes.
Far East Air Forces, ln Its
weekly summary Saturday, gave
these figures of Communist jet
losses since the war began:
423 U.S. combat planes have
been lost since the start of .the
war. Figures were not Immediate
ly available on war plane losses
of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, or
Allied air units. Figures on U.S.
jet losses also were not Immedi
ately available .--..".
U.N. plane losses" from all caus
es exceed 900. The Air Force said
in Washington that AF. U.N. and
Marine shore-based aviation units
have lost approximately 400 planes
of all tvpes. The Navy reported
that 532 Navy and carrier based
Marine planes were lost through
Oct. 1.
Truck Upsets
On Highway
A Consolidated Freightways
truck trailer overturned about 2
a.m. today on Uie North Entrance
as the truck driver sought to
avoid hitting a car stopped on the
highway.
Damage to the trailer was minor
but Consolidated said damage to
the trailer's merchandise load had
not yet been determined. There
were no personal injuries.
Both the truck and car were
southbound. Police who investigat
ed said the driver of the car,
Thomas K. Hallwood. 321 Broad
St.. had stopped to clean olt his
windshield. Truck driver Hilton
Reynolds Jr., Redding, said when
he saw the car it was too late
to stop. To avoid hitting the car
or Hallwood. standing beside the
car, Reynolds said he swerved lett
into a small ditch. When he pulled
the rig back on the highway, the
trailer rocked over on its side and
the rig skidded some 250 feet be
fore it could be stopped, police
said.
Hallwood, driver of the parked
car, was cited for not having an
operator's license.
Hero To Get
Honor Medal
WASHINGTON (At A young of
ficer who died valiantly In Korea
will be enrolled as a winner of the
Medal of Honor despite his lath
er's objections that President Tru
man is unworthy to bestow It.
First Lt. Robert M. McGovorn,
23, was awarded the nation's high
est military honor for "incredible
valor" Jan. 20, when he was killed
In action. His 21-ycar-old brother,
2d Lt. Jerome F. McGovern. fell
12 davs later and posthumously
won the Silver Star for "absolute
fearlessness."
Halsev McGovern, their 65-year-
old father, rejected both medals.
Tall, white-haired, showing his
grief, McGovern told reporters
here yesterday:
Accepting uiese meuHis wuum
Imoly that I think Truman is wor
thy to confer those honors. And
I don't think that fellow is worthy
to confer honors on my boys or any
one's boys." ' -.
But an Army spokesman sain me
son's name would go down on the
honor scroll ns a winner of the
heroic emblem, He said:
"The medal was not awarded
to the father. It was awarded to
the sori in death."
LIST
WASHINGTON OP Tile De
fense Department Saturday Iden
tified 62 more battle casualties in
Korea. The new list (No. 477) re
Dorted six killed. 40 wounded, four
missing in action and 13 Injured
in accidents. ,
Stown
JP Now Has
Big Family
To Care For
ANTIOCH, Calif. Wl Justice of
the Peace Yates Hamm has five
children on his hands Saturday all
because of some girlish pin curls.
The children, aged 3 to 11, were
given to the judge by Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Barton after he fined
them $10 each for allowing their
15-year-old daughter Theola to stay
home from school.
Theola had been sent home from
school for wearing pin curls, an
act backed by the state attorney
general. He handed down an opin
ion saying school authorities had
the right to forbid the girl to
come to school with her hair in pin
curlers.
When the Bartons, who sided
with their daughter, appeared in
court Friday and were assessed
the fine. Mrs. Barton rose and de
clared they would not pay. She
read a long statement, quoting the
scripture, berating school and pro
bation departments, the board of
education ana uie attorney general.
Her statement concluded: "I do
not intend to be the puppet of any
dictatorship."
men sne declared:
"It seems you've talcen the edu
cation of our children unto your
self. We have something to give
you juage. were appointing you
the legal guardian of our five
youngest children to raise, to feed
and to educate."
With that the Bartons stalked
out.
When Hamm went to his outer
office he found the five young Bar
tons awaiting himj Doreen 11: John;
8: Tommy 7: Cheryl 6; and Tim
othy 3 all were in tears. The judge
hurriedly gave them 50 cents each
to quiet them.
After consulting Probation Offi
cer Everett Joseph, Judge Hamm
naa tne cniiaren sent to the Ju
venile hull.
Both Hamm and Joseph predict
ed the Bartons will miss their
blond youngsters before Monday
and try to get them back.
Snow Plasters
Reno Today
RENO. Nev., itP The worst
snowstorm since 1937 hit Reno Sat
urday.
Eighteen Inches of snow had fall
en in downtown Reno by 8:30 ajn.
All available equipment owned
by the city and private contrac
tors was being used to clear the
streets.
Highways were blocked and' all
plane flights were cancelled.
Many residents were snowbound
in their homes, and the only way
people could get to work was to
trudge through the deep snow.
City Engineer Elliott Cann said
the storm was the worst since
1937, when Reno was snowed in
for four days.
Rains drenched the northern
and Central California valleys and
coastal areas.
The downpours were so heavy In
Contra Costa County, across the
bay from San Francisco, that more
than 300 families in the Brentwood
section were forced to move out of
their homes, some by boat.
Oakland had 1.76 inches of rain,
San Francisco 1.42 and Sacramen
to a torrential 2.05 inches.
Highways 99 and 97 from Cali
fornia into Oregon were blocked
at several points by snow, slides
or high water.
Fight Flares
In Egypt
ISMAILIA. Esrvnt Ut Four Brit
ish Centurion tanks rumbled into
action Saturday aealnst a heavv
Egyptian guerrilla attack on rail
way marshalling yards near the
Tel El Kebir station in the Suez
Canal zone.
A fierce gun battle broke out
Saturday morning after one Cam
eron Higniander was reported
killed and three others wounded by
a mine explosion on the railway
track. As Uie fighting progressed,
the British moved in the tanks to
spearhead action by two com
panies of Coldstream guards. Two
Egyptians were reported captured.
The fighting continued into the
afternoon.
Egyptian guerrilla fighters had
tried to blow up a British Army
supply train in the freight yards
at the giant supply base. A Brit
ish spokesman said Initial reports
said the train's engineer was also
injured oy explosives set off under
the train.
USW Hints At
Fourbit Boost
WASHINGTON (.ft The CIO
United Steel Workers Union Sat
urday said the U. S. Steel Cor
poration could raise wages of its
300.000 workers 60 cents an hour
and pay the cost out of its "ex
cess profits."
Otis Brubaker, the union's re
search director, said the same pic
ture holds true ln other large com
panies in the steel industry.
Brubaker. closing preliminary
union testimony to a six-man panel
hearing the big labor-management
dispute for the Wage Stabilisation
Board, said the union has clearly
shown that houiiv wage adjust
ments totalling 34 cents are an-
provable under wage board regu
lations. Tho union is asking 18 j cents
an hour plus other benefits.
RECORD
HERMISTON lH The U.S. Post
Olflce here showed a $5,000 in
crease in stamp sales ln 1951 to set
a new record, postmaster wuiiam
Logan said Friday. The Increase
was 11 per cent over last year,
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CAPTAIN GEORGE
PLOVER who abandoned
ship in stormy North
Pacific sought by rescue
squads.
Survey Says
Taft, Ike
Top Runners
By EDWIN B. HAAKTNSON
WASHINGTON ifil Sen. Mundt
(R.-S.D.I said Saturday his per
sonal "grass roots survey" Indi
cates the public wants either Sen.
Taft R.-Ohio) or Gen. Dwight D.
Elsenhower as the next President.
"But the American people have
not made up their minds between
Bob and Ike." Mundt said, adding
he is not committed to any Pres
idential aspirant. "There is no def
inite trend."
Mundt based his belief on what
he said were careful soundings he
made among rank and file voters
while delivering a series of speech
es in tne southwest and middle
west in recent weeks.
"I've come back convinced that
President Truman is not going to
run," Mundt said. "He has lost
the south, and he can't win with
out the south. I don't think he
wants to end his career as a badly
defeated candidate."
Regarding two other announced
Republican candidates. Governor
Karl warren of California- and Har
old Stassen. president of the Uni
versity of Pensylvania and former
governor of Minnesota, Mundt said:
I . don't think either one-ls--
ffont-running candidate. They now
are in tne lavorue son Class.
On the Democratic side, there
were new Indications Sen. Kefauver
(D.-Tenn.) will seek his party's
nominaUon, although he has made
no formal announcement.
There were Kefauver develop
ments in Illinois, Ohio and New
Hampshire. In each state, indica
tions were strong that delegates
pledged to him would be entered
In primaries.
Motorist Dies
On Highway -99
REDDING, Calif, tfl An Ash
land, Ore., man was found dead
in his automobile Friday on High
way 99 about 20 miles north of
nere.
He was Otis Lear Jacobv. 56. TS.
Duge Stanford, Shasta County co
roner, said Jacoby apparently had
been stricken with a heart attack
but had been able to drive to the
edge of the highway.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Cloudy Saturday and Sunday with
a few snow flurries; partly cloudy
Sunday. High today 27. Low to
night 13. High tomorow 30.
High temp yesterday 28
Low last night .. 9
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Nordquist, 1951 Erie St., and Aria Heath, 1881, Academy .
St. They work in the OK Transfer Co. office here.
Hope Gains
For Safety
Of Crewmen
SEATTLE im Spurred by the
finding of debris and floating- car
go, air and sea searchers pointed
Saturday toward a smaller area
southeast of the spot where the
crew last were heard from Wed
nesday,
The floating material, sighted by
both aircraft and surface vessels,
was found in a region 24 to 34
miles south and southeast of the
last known position of the disabled
ship.
It Included a hatch cover, lum
ber and plates, boxes, drums and
an oil slick. The material was seen
just before dark Friday from the
Canadian weather ship Stonetown
and from a cruising Coast Guard
plane.
It resulted In immediate change
of plans, cutting down the search
area from the 10,800 square miles
covered Friday to a 60 by 60 mile
(3.600 square miles) area.
Six planes were over the region
at daybreak, dividing the sector
into three sections. They were to
sweep the area for threa hours,
then give way to five other planes.
Six ships are already cruising
in that region in the widespread
search. -' . . . . , . ,
Moderating seas and warmer
weather were seen as major help
in the task of finding the crewmen
who took to' their lifeboats Wed
nesday .evening in 35 degree tem
peratures and high seas kicked up
by 40 mile winds. : .
The location of tha mAiriai
almost exacUy where it normally
would drift from the position ra
dioed by the freighter just before
VI 'am " WM abandoning
the ship. The spot was approxi
mately 465 miles northwest of Can
ada a Vancouver Island.
Game Chiefs
Talk Fishing
PORTLAND m The State
Game Commission was to m.
nounce Saturday tentaUve Oregon
inning regulations tor this year.
The Commission met with sports,
men Friday to hear recommenda
tions lr changes. The sportsmen
will be given two week tn fii
their objections to the new reg
ulations. A permanent 1952 code
then will be adopted.
Suggestions made at Friday's
sessions , ,
- Increasing the salmon take from- '
a daily bag Umlt'of wo to three.
Making provision for reciprocal
license fees with other states.
Eliminating the regulation that
permits only five trout over 12
inches in a daily bag limit of 10
fish.
Opening the general - trout sea
son May 3 and extending It to Oct.
15. . ,
Issuing a three-day license for
out of state visitors to cost $3. -
Abolishing the 8-Inch minimum
size limit for trout taken from tS"
coastal streams and returning to'
the former 6-inch limit.
Urging Oregon and Washington
to adopt similar salmon fishing
regulations for the Columbia River.
Ski Areas
To Open
Crater Lake and Warner Can
yon ski areas will be - open this
weekend.
Chief Ranger Lou Hallock, Cra
ter Lake National Park, reported
this morning 150 inches of snow
at the park headquarters and 17
feet at Crater Lake rim. Skiing,
he said, would be fair, with the
ski tow and warming hut in opera
tion tomorrow.
All reads are open and motor
ists are advised to carry chains.
Warner Canyon, northeast of
Lakeview, is operating its tow to
day and tomorrow, according to
Fremont Forest Supervisor John
MacDonald. The supervisor noti
fied Klamath Falls via amateur
radio.