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' From Japan this morning:
"Tim battlo-liurdoiiod U.B. (lint
division has been pulled nut of
Korea TO DKFEND JAPAN'S,
NOHTUEIlNMObT IBLAND
It until un troops on Unbound Island
mit unlv V i mile away . . . , The
ituKHlnii-occiiiilcd Kurllcs nrs only
III lllllllH tO till! Flltl ItllKHlll'H
(Sakhalin In less tlinn 30 miles lo
Ihe north,
"Mnjor Ucnenil Tlmninii Har
Inlil, 1 1 rsl division commander,
hi id toiluy: 'I cuii uwiuro you- ol
this: thev liuid horo we'll be
ji'iuly lor them wlih everything
wo liuvi'. We feel we're us iiiui Ii
mi the lionl line here us we ever
vers In Korea.' "
JiiKt I reminder Unit we live In
one ol history's (trim and tense
in-'lodH. For the llrat time In our
In ft, we luce the possibility ol a
war ol Hurvlvul.
Whnt dors that menu?
'V melius, I think, Mint tlkln In
n time lor ntriilulil tlilnk liiK and
pniilnilo notion, with a minimum
xil political thimblerigging.
.1 Henalor Morse ol Oregon, In Chi
fiiKO. saya to the Chicago Council
on Foreign Relations last night:
. 'Tin' President's proposed 8S-bll-lion-dnllur
budget In Inflationary,
iinueceHiiry mid impractical . . . .
Congress should NOT approve
budget beyond 70 billions .... II
Hie Kixidn wcro available, we could
n m 84 billion dollar worth, but
lUev are NOT available.
Tin. iitteinnt to aneiid Ulal much
money will only result In contract
lug lor a lot ol goods and serv
ices that will not nerve any vitally
needed purpose. Let us SPEND
LESS, but produce tlie most vitally
needed goods. plne and
new atomic weapons." f
I'm kind to hear you y that,
iienalor. and I hope you may with
li. II vou don't mind mv Haying
lo, T think you've voled too often
In Ihe past for SPENDINO and
nowhere near often enough lor
economy end elficlency.
From London:
"Britain and her commonwealln
partner announced Monday night
a drastic emergency program to
aril everything they can to the
lest of the world and buv AS
LITTLE as possible In order to
turn nMile Britain's 1IF.ADLONO
RUSH TOWARD BANKRUPTCY."
National bankruptcy, you see.
CAN HAPPEN. It's about lo hap
pen to Britain.
Whv? Here's why:
BRITAIN, for a long, long time,
HAS BEEN SPENDING MORE
THAN SHE HAS BEEN TAKINO
JN.
That's how bankruptcy comes
about lo nations as to Individuals.
In the case ol nations. If Jusf takea
longer.
There la onlv one cure for
bankruptcy; EARN MORE AND
SPEND LESS. Like castor oil. It's
bard to Ink", but Britain appar
ently Is preparing to lake, It. (
Let's close with this one (some
what on the ll(hter side) Irom
Tokvo:
Nine Japanese dlrls from 17 to
77 vears old arrived today from
Santos. BRAZIL, with matrimony
In mind.
"We have come lo Japan to find
hubands," thev told reporters.
"The Japanese boys In Brazil are
unintelligent, rude and lack Japa
nese spirit." thev said.
Each girl had spent about the
eriual of M5 on her passage from
Brazil whlrh Is about twice the
YEARLY WAOE of an average
Japonese working man,
Fvervbody used to be familiar
wlih Ihe cynlcnl French phrase:
"Chcrrhez la femme." In these
riavs II seems to be turned around.
The femmes cherchent les MEN.
Get The Snow
Off The Walks
Citv Police Chief Orvllle Hamil
to. toiluy mode a request and
threat ...
If pcuplu don't get the snow oil
Ihi'lr sidewalks the chief may In
voke a city ordinance which re
quires snow to bo removed from
walks within !!4 hours aftor It falls.
'I ho ordinance applies to both resi
dential and business property
throughout the city.
Alternate thawing and freezing
periods have created uneven walk
ing surfaces on uncleared walks
and the chief i says the danger
should be corrected Immediately.
City Atty. Henry Perkins said
persons who failed to clear their
walks wcro liable for damages un
der tho law. He explained that per
sons suffering a fall because of
uncleared walks could sue respon
sible parties,
"We may hnve some suits' over
this thing If the walks aren't
cleared," added Perkins,
Fresh Riots Flare In Tunisia Where
Nationalists Demand More Freedom
TUNIS, Tunisia Ml Five thou
land Arab demonstrators stormed
t police station Wednesday at a
tillage noar Moknlnc, Tunisian
joiistal city, First reports said at
cast three policemen were killed
ind two taken as hostages.
The latest outbreak of rioting In
Jils French Protectorate brought
he death toll to 31 In a wcok of
rlolcnce and unrest stemming from
4ationallst demands for Independ
ence. Moknluo Is 120 miles south
east of Tunis.
Arab shopkeepers are keeping
heir ABhops closed in Tunis, the
lapltaC where Arab lenders have
iroclalmed n general strike, Dur
ng the morning Nationalist dem
THIS SEDAN, DRIVEN BY Mrs. James Garrett, 2718 Bisbce, was involved Tuesday
afternoon in a collision with a produce truck near Algoma. Four persons Mrs. Garrett
and her three children, were injured.
Klamath Basin Roundup
To Be Held Here July 2-3-4
The Klumath Basin Roundup As.
soclutlon, olf to a slow start,
finally got III ed un last night and
set the dates far Uils year's Round
up. The big Jamboree, one of the
Northwest's most colorful events,
Forum Turns
To Problems
Of Spudmen
Just what happens to Uie annual
rtiaiiintn poiaiu crop uiraus a luiifteld July Z and and me Dig au
to the average Klamath pocket-1 oav show July 4.
book: Ihe spud, our biggest cash I AnouVr. meeting of the Assocl
farm crop year In and year out, latlon Is scheduled for Feb. 6,
forms the very base ol Ihe Basin's j 7:30 p.m., at the Wlllard Hotel,
economy. Various committee chairmen are
How can we develop Ihe potato to be appointed at, this meeting.
uiuii.-ary juriucrr mm as wo de
velop II, how cun we protect It?
To explore tho possibilities of the
potato and lis relation to the
average Klamath citizen the Her
ald and News-KFLW sponsored
"Build the Basin" series ha te
lected the topic. "How Can . We
Best Develop and Protect the
Basin Potato Economy" for this
week's study.
A panel of experts Is being
chosen, and will consist of some
top potatomen In Ihe Klamath
area: a Klamalh housewife the
gal who mashes Ihe spuds will
also apprar on the panel.
In Washington, D.C., this week,
a number of Western potato grow
ers have been In session with Of
fice of Price Stabilization officials
trying lo secure an adjustment on
celling prices of potatoes.
As set, those ceilings may mean
the Klamalh Basin will lose as
much as (2,000,000 of Its potential
Income this year. This, loo, will
be explored by the forum.
During the past 10 years po
tatoes have averaged In Ihe neigh
borhood of $8,000,000 per your in
Klamath Basin Incomes.
The successful potato year and
the unsuccessful one Is rellected
on Klamath Falls' Main street.
In tomorrow's Herald and News,
another opinion poll form will ap
pear on this topic. The public Is
not only Invited, but urged to fill
out Uie form, clip It out and mall
It as soon as possible to "Build
the Basin," care of the Herald and
News and KFLW, Postofflce Box
1)41. ,
Questions for panel members,
also, are Invited by letter, though
again next week the Herald and
News circuits are slated to be
opened for "phone-call" audience
participation also.
Car Towed Out
Of Living Room
BOONVILLE. Ind. W The all
tomobile that had been parked In
John Sturgeon's living room since
last Oct. 21 was finally towed away
Tuesday.
The way was paved for removal
of the car when Circuit Judge Ad,
dlson Beavers awarded Sturgeon
a 4.000 Judgment against Edward
R. Gray of Cincinnati, the owner.
The car had run off a sharp
curve and crashed Into Sturgeon's
homo. Sturgeon got a writ of at
tachment to hold tho car until Its
owner settled for damages.
Sturgeon sealed olf the damaged
living room and he and his wife
have been living In the two oUier
rooms of their home. ' .
onstrators hurled stones at a trol
ley bus and smashed the windows.
In Parts, It was disclosed that
the Bey of Tunis, Bid! Mohammed
Al Amln, Is backing up his Arab
ministers who hnve asked lor help
from the United Nations In their
struggle for home rule.
The Bey authorized Premier Mo
hammed Ohenlk to reply In his be
half to the recent message of pro
test which Fronch Resident-General
Jean do Hautocloquo sent to the
Bey in an effort to head off the
appeal for U.N. Intervention.
Chenik blamed much of Uie ten
sion in Tunisia on the leaders of
the French Colony.
He said that by placing their own
Is to be held here July 2, 3 and 4.
Several d.iys ago. Roundup As
sociation Pres. Bob Robblns said
Hits year's show would be can
celled If directors continued Ignor
ing called meetings.
But last night, a meeting Rob
blns had threatened would be the
last attempt to tel ,the directors
together attracted a quorum of the
14 directors and Robblns an
nounced this morning the Roundup
would definitely be put on again
this year.
Besides setting " the Roundup
dates last night, the Association
again contracted with Chrlstcnsen
Brothers, Eugene, to furnish stock
for this year's rodeo. Tills outfit's
bucking slock Is rated as near-tops
in the nation and Is used for
Trlany of the more famous rodeos.
Nlalff rodeo performances will be
i
Court Dodges
Decision On r
Fast Time
SALEM W The Oregon Su
preme Court refused again Wedncs
day to decide the question of
whether the Governor has power
U put the state on daylight- sav
ing time when all border slates
don't have iu
The Grange started Its action In
en attempt to block Gov. McKay's
proclamation ordering daylight sav
ing time last summer. But by the
time the high .court disposed of
the question, the state was back on
standard time, and the court said
it no longer was-an issue.
The Grange asked the Supreme
Court to settle the question for fu
ture years. But the Supreme Court
said Wednesday the Orange will
have to wait and bring suit when
and If the Governor orders day
light time for next summer.
The Governor says the law allows
him to order the fast time when
one or more bordering states has
daylight time.
Tlie Orange says all neighbor
states have to have Uie fast time
before Oregon can. If the Grange
won Its point. Oregon couldn't have
daylight time, because Washington
doesn't have daylight time state
wide. The Orange and Oregon farmers
union are circulating initiative pe
titions to prevent daylight tlnie.
These will be on the ballot next
November If they get enough signa
tures. Retail Markups
On' Spuds Told
PORTLAND I The Office of
Price Stabilization here reported
Wednesday the following retail
mark-ups to be allowed on pota
toes" ' Group 1 retailers, bulk, 35 per
cent of net cost; pre-packaged, 23
per cent; group 3, bulk, 32 per
cent; pre-packaged 21; group 3,
bulk, 32 per cent; pre-packaged 21
per cent; group 4, bulk, 30 per
cent; pre-packaged 21 per cent.
Ceilings are to be figured- each
week ort Uie basis of net costs for
the preceding week. ' .
Interests and privileges above the
superior interests of France they
have "constantly opposed a loyal
application of liberal policy toward
the people."
French Premier TSdgar ' Faure
said Tuesday In the National As
sembly that the Tunisian appeal
to the.U.N, was a "regrettable er
ror." i , ,
He promised a continuing study
of the Tunisian situation with a
view to- granting more self-rule In
successive stages.
Ohenlk asserted the appeal to the
U.N. was a move to ease the, con
flict In Tunisia- betweon the Arab
population and the French and oth
er European Inhabitants. - ' , '
Kefauver
Hat Seen In
Ring Soon
By MARVIN L. ARROW8M1TII
WASHINGTON (f Politicians
here look for Sen. Kefauver of Ten
nessee to flip his coonskin cam
paign cap into Ihe ring Wednesday
in a formal bid for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
The lonky one-time chairman of
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee scheduled a news con
ference lor noon PST and said
nothing In advance to knock down
reports he would announce his
candlriucv.
"I definitely am going lo dis
close mv intentions," Kefauver told
a reporter.
Supporters already have entered
Kcfauver's name in the April 8 II
hnols presidential primary, where
Ben. AlcMahon, Connecticut Dem
ocrat, also will be a contestant.
Noting McMahon's entry in that
primary. Kefauver commented,
"competition Is a fine thing," and
(.aid the development "should make
for race In fine spirit."
That ounded to politicians like
kefsuvci- -was- gettlrrfc Tcady to
make it official.
The Tennesseean described Mc.
Mahon as "a good lriend and an
able men."
Reports persisted that McMahon
was In the Illinois race as part of
a move by backers of President
Truman to counter Kefauver. Ke.
Uuver has said, however, he plac
es "ne credence" In such reports,
Mr. Truman still Is keeping ev
erybody guessing on whether he
will seek another term.
Pending announcement of his de.
cision. the President's friends re
portedly are trying to round up
support for him or a candidate of
his choosing in such states as II.
Unois and Minnesota.
Water Bills
In Offing
WASHINGTON I Legislation
to carry out recommendations of
the President's water resources
policy commission may be intro
duced in Congress soon.
But chairman Engle (D.-Calif.)
of Uie House Reclamation Sub
committee said Wednesday he
could not yet say whether hearings
can be held on them In time for
action by Congress at this session.
"I will hnve to see what' they
are and what shape they are in
before I can tell," he said.
Engle told a reporter that he
has tried unsuccessfully to obtain
copies of the Commission's recom
mendations, which have been under
study by the Budget Bureau and
various executive departments lor
nearly a year.
He said he is going to keep on
trying lo get them.
The recommendations he refer
red to are those for specific legis
lation for development) of water
resources.
Newsprint
Probe Pushed
WASHINGTON l A Senate
group checking on newsprint sup
plies ordered Its staff Wednesday
to: summarize "the thousands of
replies" It has received from pub
lishers queried about shortages.
Sen. Saltonstall (R.-Mass.), a
member, announced that the sum
mary then will be placed before
the group "for study and lor guid
ance In preparing a report on the
situation."
Tlie Small Business subcommit
tee, headed by Sen, Humphroy (D.
Mlnn.l, is studying ways of solving
newsprint shortages or Improving
distribution methods.
Saltonstall said the group decid
ed against trying to analyze with
out staff aid the stack of replies
to questionnaires which had been
sent to large and small newspaper
and periodical publishers.
CRASHES
FINCHAM, Eng. Wl . A Royal
Air Force- four-engined bomber
crashed and burned , here early
Wednesday, killing live of its crew
of six. The plane was circling for
a landing at nearby Marhnm Air
port when It hit a tree.
If eral h ami 1
KLAMATH FALI.M, ORKGON,
Crash CCilis 2
Sub-Zero Wc
Much Of
Travel o -Midwest Halted
By The -d Press ,arcas of the midwest Wednesday
Sub-zero cola-.eod over wide , as wintry weather of snow. Ice and
; strong winds hit areas from the
California
ing Out
lIMMIMM I
UIIIIIIIIIM If III
r e m a w mm w
After Storm
SAN FRANCISCO ' Northern
California freed itself further
Wednesday from the grip of Its
worst snowstorm In more than half
a century. But a forecast of ap
proaching warm rains caused con
cern lest there be a heavy runolf
irom thaws in the Sierra.
Forecaster t. B. Rasey said the
w tnrm w romi ir.m
new storm was coming from Ihe
outhwest and should deposit a
iairly heavy fall In the Ukiah
area by tomorrow. The rains then"
might move inland toward the
Sierra, where there Is a heavy
snow pack.
AH, flood gates from lake Tahoe
into the Truckee area were opened
Monday and Tuesday to lower the
lake level In anticipation of a heavy
snow runoff.
Humboldt county's numerous
lumber mills, crippled by power
fhutdowns, resumed operations
Wednesday after the repair of a
110.000-voIt line.
Railroads began using the north
mountain pass routes to Chicago
Instead of taking the long detour
via Southern California.
Western Pacific said its zephyrs
would resume using the snowswept
Feather River route Wednesday.
Southern Pacific hoped to resume
its east-west .service thvough Con
ner Pass Thursday. That route to
Reno has been avoided by c.oss
country streamliners since the SP's
City ol San. Francisco ' became
stranded by snow slides Jan. 13.
Its nassengers were rescued Jan.
16 and the train frees Saturday.
TBe highway situation" between"
Northern California and Northern
Nevada improved only slightly.
U.S. 50 still was closed at
Kvburz. A one way lane was
cleared between Reno and Truck
ee. Calif., on U.S. 40 for emer
gency travel only.
King Approves
Tax Proposal
WASHINGTON I Rep. King
(D.-Cnlif.) Wednesday endorsed
President Truman's reorganization
Dlan for the scandal-ridden Inter
nal Revenue Bureau as sound and
meriting the approval of Congress
The California congressman Is
chairman of a ways and means
subcommittee which Is looking in
to Irregularities that, brought the
ouster or resimation of scores of
Internal Revenue employes, includ;!
1HK SIX UIMIIUV uuciuia.
King and Rep. Curtis (R.-Ne'-.v
who also serves on the investigat
ing subcommittee, testified before
Uie House Expenditures Committee
which is considering the reorgani
zation plan.
Ren. Dawson (D.-Ill.). chairman
of the latter group, expressed the
opinion Uie plan will be approved.
It will go Into effect 60 days
after its submission to Congress
unless either the House or Senate
adopts a resolution of disapproval.
The deadline is March 14.
King, in his all-out endorsement
of Mr. Truman's plan, called it
an integral part of a program to
put the government's tax collecting
division on a "blue ribbon" career
basis.
Robinson Eyes
Treasury Post
SALEM IB The Republican
contest for State Treasurer became
a three-man race Wednesday with
the filing of Fred E. Robinson,
Medford business man.
Robinson is the first to file In
either party, although two Port
landers, State Sen. Jack Lynch and
Slgfrld B. Unsnder, who Is resign
ing as Republican State Chairman,
also -will go after Uie Republican
nomination.
The position is held by Walter
J. 'Pearson, PorUand Democrat,
who plans to run for the State
Senate.
Two years ago Robinson filed
and withdrew for the Republican
nomination for United States Sena
tor against Sen. Wayne Morse. He
withdrew from that race in favor
of Dave Hoover. Lane County
fnrmer whom Morse defeated in
the primary.
Weather
' FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Cloudy through tomorrow with
snow tonight, turning to rain to
morrow. Low tonight. 30, high to
morrow 44.
. Low . last night 21
High yesterday 33
Preelp Jan. 22 03
Preeip since Oct. 1 10.27
Same period last year .... 10.13
- Normal for period 6. 12
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 19K
Covers
n; Railroad
i Rockies to New England.
I The Dakotas and Western Min
i nesota dug out from a blizzard
! that nearly paralyzed transporta-
i iion.
Snowplow
bnowplow crews worked over
night in the biting cold to open the
wind drifted roads of pocked snow
in me onzzarq oeu.
. . nan a, uvHicca wciuw cci U 111
International Falls, Minn., early
weuncoday.
Oilier irlgld temperatures In
cluded readings of -30 at Grand
Forks, N. D., and Cut Bank. Mont
and -2 at Fargo, N. D., and
Broadus. Mont.
No Immediate relief from the
icy blasts was in prospect.
The Arctic air Irom Western Can
ada that hit the Northern Rockies
and Northern Plains pushed across
''.J?'0?? l. ,"', cfM
southward to the Gulf of Mexico
and eastward to the Appalachians.
All branch line train travel over
the Dakotas and Western Mlnneso-
la was cancelled. Main line pas- ,led person also died in the flames. Communists also agreed to mark
senger trains were running sev- Screaming residents ran for safe- these camps so they may be
era! hours late. . ty. Eleven persons were injured, identified from the air by daylight.
The eastbound Olympian Hlawa- including nine occupants of near- The Reds said the markings on
ths, due in Minneapolis at 6:20 lDy homes. Also hurt, were a fire-1 the camps would not necessarily
a.m. Tuesday was more than 20 '"fn and a rescue worker, who j be "PW." an Internationally ac
hours late being stranded 12 hours Joined disaster units at Uie scene, , cepted designation,
in drifts in Mobrldge.-South 28 mlles 'rom Newark Air-j t,,,, implication was the mark-
Northern Pacific train, to and ! For 90 minutes, no one could get 1 characters ne3e or orea!l
from Winnipeg, Man., were drifted i7ear " raging inferno, where thei sides aIs0 aRrced to reveal
in at Manitoba Junction. 30 miles Is Passengers, three crew mem- location of processing camps
........... j. , ijacs, jnuiu.,
but plows from both directions
were expected to free them.
Casualties In
Korea Mount
WASHINGTON (IP) Announced
U.S. battle casualties hi Korea
reached 104,644, Wednesday, aa
inrrease of 261' since last week.
The-.
. peleip , Department-
ment's weekly 'summary based
on notifications to families
through , last Friday- reported
these fignres lor last week and
new totals:
Killed In action 16.657, ' 16,151
Wounded 75,602,
Missing 12.724, 12,674 '
ToUl 104,183, 104,644 '
Battle deaths (X) 17.S48, I8.04S
Current missing (Y) 1037.
10,919
(X) Includes killed in action,
dead, originally reported miss
ing. (V) After deducting from gross
total 1,391 returned, 174 known
captured and 190 known dead.
Following is breakdown f
L the casualties by services, giv
ing isst wees iirst, then new
total:
Army S5.643, 85.805
Navy W0, 1,203
Air Force 674, 984
Marine Corps 16,566, 15,622
Mexican Bank
Robber Killed
JUAREZ. Mexico- UP Police
and Mexican troops killed one and
captured three members of a, band
it gang Wednesday and recovered
$174,000 which they took from a
Juarez ,oank Tuesday.
Tlie end came after a furious
.un battle in which authorities and
bandits fought for half an hour
with machine guns and rifles.
Killed was Leopoldo Roy of El
Paso,- Tex. His brother, Alfonso
Rey of El Paso was .wounded.
Both have criminal records, and
were wanted for a bank holdup in
El Paso. 7 .
Juarez Police Chief Jesus Jose
Chavez Armendariz said he is hold
ing In jail Lorenzo Gonzales and
Simon Loya, as members of the
bandit ;ang; and Marguerlta Dom
mingucz, a friend in whose house
the bandits were staying.
Reds SayUS
Admits Spies
By STANLEY JOHNSON
PARIS 0P Russia asserted
Wednesday that the United States
by paying $120,000 In fines for four
American filers forced down in
Hungary, had admitted they were
spies.
Soviet fighters based in Hungary
forced -down a U.S.. Army trans
port plane, flown by the lour atr
men, on Nov. 19.
They were freed Dec. 28 alter
the United States paid tines' of
$30,000 on each to save them from
alternative 90-day prison sentences
imposed by a Hungarian military
court.
Soviet U.N. Delegate Jacob Mal
ik told Uie United Nations Politi
cal Committee the U.S. "recog
nized the correctness of that judg
ment" by paying the fines.
American officials had expressed
fear Russia, for propaganda-purposes,
might -claim payment of the
fines was an admission to guilt
but said they decided io pay any
way In order to1 free the men,
Malik referred to the airmen as
"wrong way" rlleri. Ho said their
tllgh proved they v. ere "spies sent
by .Elsenhower,"
Telephone, gill
No. 2721
Fog-Blinded
Plane Hits
Apartments
By GEOFFREY GOLLD
and
FRANCES LF.WINE
ELIZABETH, N. J. i A fog
bound American Airlines passen
ger plane, groping Its way into
Newark Airport on Instruments,
nose-dived Into a residential area
Tuesday and brought flaming death
to lis 23 occupants and five other
persons.
Robert P. Patterson, 60-year old
former secretary of war under
President Truman, was one of the
plane's victims.
The silver, twin-engined Convair,
inbound from Buffalo, hurtled into
a three-story frame apartment
building and exploded in a mass
of leaping, orange flame that en
veloped two nearby dwellings.
A mother and her two children
were killed as their home collapsed
about them In a hurricane-like
blast. A third child, trapped in
another building, and an unldenti.
---- - , '.-""-"-
aboard the plane were burned be -
t r,C..j . , 'are sent to me rear.
hiSSi ?i S Cam I?i ,snYei The arrangement lor protcctiner
Hhkelnlhl "e.a wH!f.n 5 less POWs was the only agreement to
5,""f r"Vr 1 f
. JUL no"-shetiu P'aIe
BiV ii i,'. - iT.T ,
River 38 days ago. killing 56 per
sons in the nation's second worst
commercial plane disaster.
luesoay s crash brought immedi
ate demands from New Jersey's
mo uniieo siates senators and a
Congressman for a full Investiga
tion of the plane and Newark Air-
. Mayor James T.KIrk-said' this
city ol 112,000, about 12 miles south-1
west- of New York Citv has hopn I
living under an "umbrella of dan
ger" and that Newark Airport
should be relocated "regardless of
cost"
Positive identification of Patter
sonthe first of the dead named
charts. Trial of Charles Shcan, Rose-
President Truman In a statement i bur8- charged with drunk driving,
from Washington described him as!&tarte(1 District Court here this
"a great American and a great t morning. . -public
servant." . . - I Shean was arrested by State Po-
Patterson. under-secretary of-liee on Highway 66, Sept. 30. The
war throughout World War II and 'police said Shean at that time was
secretary from September. 1945, j driving while his license had been
until July, 1947. had been to Bul-
taio for a federal court case.
When the case ended sooner than
he had expected, Patterson made
a last-minute switch from train
reservations to the airliner.
The plane bad started its land
ing approach to Newark Airport's
running 6 from a height of about
1,500 feet, using an instrument
landing system, with an assist from
Newark Airport's, radar. The ceil
ing was down to 400 feet and visi
bility Was CUt to thrpp-fnnrths nf ft
It was reported coming In on its
Biiue yaw. ouuuemy, ine plane
dropped out of view ol the radar
scope and crashed.
While airport towermen frantic
ally called the aircraft, it had
plummeted out of the' fog. narrow
ly missed Battin High School for
Girls and cut a fiery path close to
the heart of this industrial citv.
The school's 1.000 pupils had been
dismissed 45 minutes earlier.
"The plane hit one building and
immediately it disintegrated into a
mass of bricks and fire. Seconds
later the house next door was all
in flames'." said 29-ycar old high
school Art Teacher -Michael Truss,
who was 75 feet away.
"ON OUR WAY to breakfast," said C M. Watson, 1024
High St., when the photographer caught Watson and his
wife on a downtown street ,....-,. .x...v. .. -,.-.,...
Pilot Error
Blamed For
Mistake
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN '
MUNSAN Korea 1H The Allied
Command acknowledged Wtilne-,
day that U.N. planes dropped a
bomb on Kaesong, former Korean
truce site, and may have strafed
a communist armistice convoy.
The bomb, was dropped last
Thursday by a pilot who pushed
the wrong button when he was try.
Ing to drop a wing tank, the Allie.t '
said.
Tlie United Nations did not oues- '
lion that a convoy was hit by straf
ing planes Friday, but questioned ;
whether they were truce trucks or
military trucks Illegally bearing
truce markings.
Simultaneously with the Allied '
answer to bombing charges, staff
officers made arrangements to. pro
tect captured American and' other'
prisoners from air attack In POW
camps in North Korea;
Armistice negotiators failed
again to make any pfogress. The
U.N.'s Adm. R. E. ILlbby com
mented "It looks like a complete
stalemate" ahead. s
The new prisoner safeguards re;
suited from a Red report that a .
POW camp was bombed Jan. 13.
The reds said 20 prisoners were
killed and scores injured. The U.N.
Command said it was possible an
Allied plane bombed the camp but
they couldn't tell for sure because
they didn't know the exact location
of POW camps In North Korea.
Communist staff officers asreed
to supply a map marked with the
l exact location of the 11 POW
camps in North Korea. It also will
; show a camo where non-Korean
i civilians are interned.
i wnere prisoners t'rst, ore quea-
! u0ned after capture before they
come out of conferences Wednes-
jday at Panmunjom. Two truce sub-
.committees reported no progress.
Both "are going to meet again
at 11 a.m. Thursday (6 p.m.
Wednesday. PST). but I don't
know exactly why," said Rear
Adm. Libby of the prisoner sub
committee. "I don't know If we're
coming up with a complete stale
mate. It looks like It." , . ,
Driver Trial
revoked for a previous drunk driv
ing conviction. -
Jury for today's trial was com
prised of Otto Sari, Charles Hahn,
James Kerns Jr., Carl Schubert,
Charles Enton and Bernie Rawlins.
Shean's attorney was J. C. O'Neill.
Judge Nick Carter was on the
bench and Deputy Dlst. Atty. Don
Piper was the prosecutor.
Portlander On
j Reserve Board
Starts Toclay
WASHINGTON (J) President
Truman Wednesday nominated Ac-
bot L. Mills, Jr., of PorUand, Ore. '
and James Louis Robertson of Ne- '
braska as members of the Board of '
Governors of the Federal Reserve ;
System. ... ;
Mills was named for the . unex- .
plred term of 14 years, dating front
Feb. 1, 1944, which was left vacant :
when Marrlner S. Eccles restgned ,
some time ago.
Robertson takes the place of Ed- ;
ward Lee Norton of Birmingham,
whose resignation was disclosed
Tuesday. This also is for a 14 ,
year term dating Irom Feb. 1, 1950.
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