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Air Force Defends
Policy in Wrangle
Gver Davis' Death
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Ily PIIANK JENKINS
Nenrlng Bnkarafleld (on ttio way
tu this meeting, I've been talking
about lor a couple of day..)
All about are vnnt areas of tint
lniKt. (Much of It la corporation
funned, for this la a fuvorlte
stamping ground of wlmt we call
i the corporation farmer.) A lot of
jl land la producing cotton.
r It la beautiful land. Out Uiat lan't
' what I'm concerned with here.
What I want to emphasise In this
piece In the fact Uiat thta land la
now IRRIGATED whereaa only a
few year ago It waa desert,
And HERE la what I particularly
want to beat the drum about:
Whence cornea the water that ir
rigates this land In the upper end
ol the San Joaquin valley?
Why, a whale of a lot of It
COMES FROM SHASTA LAKE,
Ihe body of blue water thut now
Urn behind Shasta dam, AND
KHABTA DAM 18 400 MILES
FROM TII18 SPOT IN THK UP
PER SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
The water la transported down
here bv means of the facilities
provided by Uie central vancys
project,
Don't set me wronit.
I'm not grieving because thla
land up here In the far end of
the San Joaquin valley has been
transformed by the miracle of Ir
rigation from desert to rich farms.
I'm delighted about that.
I Just want to make the point
that In these modern days It Is
quite feasible to transport water
LONG DISTANCES and put It to
work far, fur from where It orig
inated. There are times when I feel In
my bones thut a lot of our people
think those of ua who are urging
that measures bt taken at once to
save our water from being kid
naped are CRAZY.
One can see on the map that It
Is a long distance from Southern
Oregon and far Northern Califor
nia to Uie Southern California val
leys that lie below the Tehachapl.
Nothing la more natural than the
thought that water JUST CANT
BE SHIPPED THAT TAR AWAY.
It wouldn't pay. . . ..
WELL . ;
water IS being ahlpped from
Fhasta, dam to the upper reaches
of the Ran Joaquin valley, and It
la paying. One has only to look
at the crops that are being grown
to see that.
It isn't theory.
It is fact.
Mere U another fact:
To gel Klamath river waler Into
Shasta lake, It would have to be
boosted over only one moderate
summit. Then It would flow by
gravity down the Sacramento or
the Pit and once It get to Shasta
lake the facilities are waiting to
carry It on to Uie upper end of
sn inanuln From there, only
one more boost would be required
lo get It over Uie Tehachapl.
To get waler from Uie upper
reaches or we Rogue ana yiiuj'
qua to the same destination (If dl
version to 8hasta lake la ever ac.
compllahed) It would only be nec
.. to divert it from the head'
waters of these rivers Into Upper
Klamath lake.
I'm not trying to prove here that
njir water WILL be taken away
from us. I don't think It will be
If we put it to use. I'm merely
trying lo point out that It CAN
The physical Job of doing It would
be relatively aimpie.
. Reds Promise
Truce Plugs
By WILLIAM JORDEN
munsan. Korea ) Commu
nists promised Tuesday to come
m mith a new nlan for patching
up the latest truce trouble spot
recommendations lo government
for a final Korean peace.
tv, tj.ri. ma not Indicate when
it would be ready or what It would
U. lib
Tru'oe negotiators adjourned
i..i nil iiu meetings until the
...... Minn im rM riv Presumably it
will come Irom Pyongyang or rein
ing.
CONCESSIONS
communists made two conces-
along Tuesday hv another truce
innt. where staff officers are try'
Ing to work out machinery for
supervising a truce.
Reds offered to boost limit on
MAAnthl,, rnfaflnn nf troonn to 30.-
000 and establish four ports of
entry for Incoming troops and war
materials to be inspected oy new
rnl teams.
tii Allies said the figures are
not high enough. They are asking
a 40,000 rotation limit and tight
entry ports.
The previous Red proposals were
25,000 troops ana uiree pmio,
TWO ISSUES
Bi.nrr nffioers working on the
third unsettled point of an armist
ice remained split on two issues
and a, number of "minor places
and wording," aald Col. Oeorge
W. Hickman, Allied staff officer,
The mutor dlfferencea are volun-
lary repatriaUon of prisoners of
i war and the scope of work to be
r done by Joint Red. Cross; teams.
' Tuesday's session was devoted
mostlv to the second oueatlon
Hickman aald the Reds lndloated
they want, Red cross operations.
Ily STAN CARTKK
U.S. Filth Air Force lleudquar
lers, Korea Wl An Air Force
spokesman Tuesday delcnded the
:oncy oi Keeping an joi pnuui
including aces In Korcu until they
have finished Uielr normal lour of
100 cninbiil missions.
That was the Air Force stand on
the controversy Unit has raged
since MaJ. George A. Davis, Jr.,
wan shot down Sunday, Davis hud
destroyed 11 Mills unci three Hcd
bombers In D8 missions.
'Jlie spokesman said Davla was
n hero, but thut statements Hint
he should havo been sent home
were 1 kc v to make mm a ngurc
of controversy Instead.
The first Uiree American jci pi
lots to become aces In the Korcun
war were returned to the U.S. alter
ihelr filth kill. Five kills make a
pilot an ace.
Hie three are Capt. James Ja
bara of McKlnney, Tex.: Capt.
Huliih D. Gibson of Mt. Carmel,
111., and Cant. Richard D. Becker
of Fleetwood, Pa., and Ft. Monroe,
Va.
In Lubbock. Tex.. Mrs. Davis
said her husbnnd should have been
sent home the same as the first
Uiree.
She said Davis recently wrote
her. "things can't go on like Uicy
are. We loso bo many piuncs anu
no many men. The MlOs are so
much better than the Sabres that
something must be done."
Mrs. Davis, who la expecting
her third child In May. said. "If
I could feel Uiat he nas lom. nis
life for some good reason I could
feel better about It. But this Is a
war without reason. I would like
to ask a lull scale investigation
mhv he was left In Korea."
tu Washlnuton. Ren. Mahon, D-
Texas. asked the Air Force
investigate thorougniy ana re
port to him on circumstances sur
rounding Davis- draw. Me saia Air
Force olflcers at the Pentagon had
promised to look Into the matter.
iiy ro Yuie
On Treasurer
Br 1IALE 8CARBROUG1I
A seventh nroposltlon is being
readied for the Klamath Falls city
ba ot at the May 10 election uus
one abolishing Uie olflco of City
Treasurer.
The Dronosal Is to amend tne
City Charter to bring Uie duties
and authority of Uie Treasurer un
der Uie office of the Police Judge,
which would have the elfcct of
streamlining that wing of Uie gov
ernment as well as saving me
city about $1,000 year.
The Job now Is considered more
or less full Ume and pays (175
month. But the duties p.re IWht
and could easily be assumed by
the City Hall clerical staff, aald
Police Judge Bob Elder.
Mrs. Ruth T. Berry, present
Treasurer, would come up for re
election next November unless a
change is made. If Uie May 16
vote Is favorable, the office would
be abolished Dec. 31, 1952.
OUier city propositions -ilalcd for
vote are: '
Raising the Mayor's salary from
$175 to $500 a month and making it
fullllme Job; a mill and a half
seven-year levy for a swimming
pool; a three-tenths mill continuing
levy tor tne community Lounge;
one-mill two year levy to get
money to repair the city's sewage
disposal plant; allowing candidates
lor elective oliice to uie oy paying
fee rather than by circulating
petitions; and bringing the author
ity and duties of tho Park Com
mission under the City Council.
At last nignts council meeting
written objection to the latter
was heard from Uie Park Commis
sion Itself. The park group says it
wasn't consulted about the pro
posed change In Its status and
asked Uie City Council to rescind
Its action in proposing the change
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A MODEL SPEEDBOAT made by Ralph Beardsley Jr. attracted the attention of business
men visiting Klamath Union high school yesterday. Beardsloy shows the boat to Bill Pay
ette (left), John Hohgang and Cal Peyton.
BULLETIN
BLACK MARKET
Tht Office of Prlc Stabl
Illation in SasttU tht after
noon announced it had un
covtrad , "vlcloot black '
market" In fctotatoti, con
centrated In Klamath Fall
and Twin Falls, Ida., at the
shipper level. Price ceiling
have been in effect on
ipud lince January, and
the OPS ha been investi
gating report of over-ceiling
tale here.
British Pay
Homage To
King George
By ERNEST AONKW
LONDON (lo Through the
hushed dignity of Oreat Westmins
ter Hall, the somberly clad people
of Britain shufflbl softly In rever
ent homage TueMlhy past the body
of King Oeorge VI.
Silent men bowed .before the cof.
fin and passed on, Silent -women
curtsied to the sovereign in death
as they would in life
High In the towers of Ihe Palace
of Westminster, big ben chimed Its
resounding notes marking the pas
sage of eacn quarter hour. -
As B a.m. tolled, the neavy Iron
studded doors of tin hammer-
beamed hall swung slowly open,
LONG WAIT
The first to bare his head be
neath Uie freezing wind and walk
solemnly Into the big stone hall
was A. A Pugh if Liverpool, lie
had waited on the steps for 13
noura to lead the mourning pro
cession.
This 47-year old citizen said he
was "one of His Majesty': loyal
subject of the old tyiw not one
oi ine moderns.
By the time the doors opened.
more than 2,000 were waiting in
patient line to pay respect to the
King who walked anions them In
wartime and encouraged them to
stand fist against the troubles of
uneasy peace.
The throng that elood tor hours
was a mixture of the common foik
of England.
There were early workmen wrap
ped In trench coat against Lon
don's ever-present damp. There
were professional men In bowler
huts, carrying umbrellas and brief
cases.
Here and there stood a woman
in mink. Most others, .Including
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Kefauver Set
For Oregon?
FOREST OROVE MV- Sen. Ke
fauver, D-Tenn., probably will ac
tively campaign In Oregon for the
Democratic presidential nomina
lion. That became apparent Monday
when Dr. D. D. Darland, Pacific
University dean of students, re
ported that he had been named
nutlonal representative In Oregon
oi tne K.eiauver for President
organlzaUon. Darlan said he ac.
copied Uie post at Kefauver's re
quest. Kctauvcr s Oregon supporters
already are circulating petitions
to put his name on the primary bal
lot. Earlier Kefauver's campaign
director said the Tennessee senator
would campaign In Oregon if his
name appeared on the ballot.
Members of the Oregon Kefauver
committee wcro announced by Dar
land. Walter Dennis is chairman:
Elaine Berry, vice chairman; Dar
land, treasurer; Oen J. Card, sec
retary; State Sen. Jack Bain, cam
paign manager, and State Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger, member.
All are from Portland except Darland.
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Prlre Five ff " -tf KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IZ, 1952 Telephone Sill No. 2738
HONEY GIRL WAS mud-spattered and bedraggled after her night in an abandoned well,
but was rescued yesterday with the aid of rope anil a wrecker.- Picture shows Almond
Gregory frying to get a rope under the trapped niare. "Honey Girl is owned by Shirley
Frances Mattpon, and was apparently uninjured by her misfortune. - -
Senators OK
New OPS Boss
WASHINGTON tB The Senate
Banking Committee Tuesday unan
imously approved former Gov. El
lis Arnall of Georgia to be the
.new price stabilizer. .
It took the committee less than
one minute to act after Arnall had
discussed his qualifications and be
liefs about inflation with the sena
tors for an hour and a half.
Before taking office, Arnall must
receive a vote of approval from
the Senate Itself. Chairman May
bank. D-S.C., of the Banking Com
mittee said he would ask for a
Senate vote on Monday.
Arnall, In giving the senators his
views, said he would continue stud
ies already begun on taking con
trols off some commodities.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, partly cloudy through
Wednesday with scattered snow
flurries. Colder Tuesday night,
down to 17. High Wednesday 36.
Northern California, generally fair
through Wednesday except for
snow flurries in the mountains and
near the Oregon border. ConUnued
cool, v
High Monday 36
Low last night 18
rfSM ... 1
More Participation
Sports Seen as Big
Need in
By RED IIL'RD
Sports Editor
If you take the concensus of
opinion of the eight-person panel
on last night's "Build the Basin"
forum, the crying sports need in
the Klamath Basin Is more em
phasis on participation sports, less
on spectator sports.
The panel was discussing "How
Can We Improve the Value of
Sports to the Klamath Basin?"
For the fifth week in as many
airings, the Herald and News
KPLW sponsored forum was forced
a half-hour overtime from 8:30 to
10 p. m. by the barrage of ques
tions from the telephoning public.
PEACEFUL -
Disappointed were those who ex
pected fireworks.
The discussion was interesting
but not particularly lively.
Establishment of a public golf
course came in for a surprising
amount of discussion with City
Golf Champion Donna Sproat
launching the subject in her Intro
ductory statement.
Many Offices
Closed Today
Most nubile offices were closed
todav honoring Abraham Lincoln.
Both Municipal and District Courts
were closed.
And during the next three days
both Courts will see new faces on
the benches.
The Incumbent magistrates, Mu.
nlcinal Judge Robert Elder and
District Judge M. A. (Nick) Car
ter left today to attena me Annual
Regional Traffic Conference at Eu
gene to be held Wednesday through
Pridav.
Municipal uouri win De neio.
Wednesday and Thursday with Dr.
J. C. Hunt at the helm,-but will
not be held Friday.
Attv. Ben Goddard. former dep.
utv district attorney, now associat
ed with the law firm of Farrens
and Maxwell, will hold down the
district Judgeship for the three
uays.
Dunlavy Named
Vice President
Ralph Dunlavy of Klamath Falls
has been elected a vice president
of the Oregon Mounted Posses As
sociation meeting at naxer.
Matt Vetsch of Portland was
elected nresldent.
Klamath Falls was one of the
cities bidding for next year's con
vention. ., ,
Panel Talk
"The ; local privately - owned
course (Reames Country Clubl
does not have the desire nor the
facilities to take care of the irolf.
ing public, the majority of whom
cannot auord me expense of a pri
vate club," Donna said.
Dick Maguire. president of
Klamath Baseball Inc., was bom
barded with ouesUons. the sum
and substance of which all sim
mered down to one thing; "Why
can t we nave oaseDau?"
DEFICIT.
And Maguire spent the evening
explaining In some detail the
Gems' $23,000 deficit, $7,000 of
which is owed Uncle Sam for ad
mission taxes.
"II Uncle doesn't get his money.
the park won't open," Maguire
said.
The nearest thing to fireworks
came when Red Bussman charged
"too much downtown quarterback-
ing" but it ended there. There
were no rebuttals.
Bob Bonney, city recreation di
rector, charged in his opening
statement that "too much empha
sis is put on win-and-loss records
and gate receipts, and not enough
on team play.1'
Oregon Tech Athletic Director
Skeet O'Connell said he was "a
iirm believer In a full recreation
program to build the moral fibre
of the community."
PARTICIPANTS '
Harold Hendrickson joined the
other panel members in urging the
building of participation sports
skiing, skating, hunting, bowling,
nsmng, gou, norsesnoes, coating,
etc.
Bob Hendershott, KUHS football
coach, falling in step with the par
ticipation angle, said, that the en
tire high school program was de
signed to provide participation for
as many students who wanted to
play.
Bussman out in a strong pitch
for- semi-professional baseball to
help defray some oi tne expenses
of Gems Stadium."
Ralph Carroll. KUHS basketball
star, dwelled on American Legion
baseball, aiming a charge of - lack
of support" in Klamath Falls.
O'Connell urged establishment of
a downtown bowling alley to "take
some of the load off Oregon Tech
We're happy to accommodate the
city's bowlers," O Connell said,
"but our racidly-growing intra
mural program at OTI is making it
increasingly more difficult."
SURPRISE '
The forum picked up at least
one additional listener last night
A traveling salesman called from
the Winema hotel, complimented
the forum for "doing a grand Job."
In a nutshell, it seems there is
a need for more faculties lor par.
tlclpatlon snorts. But most of the
panel members . agreed that it
"takes money."
And that's where most of the
discussions stopped. ,
City Fears
$53 Million
Jinx Field
ELIZABETH. N. J. Wl Nerve
shattered Elizabeth residents
numbed and bewUdered after three
major air catastrophes here riv
eted their attention Tuesday on a
meeting to determine Newark Air
port's luture.
The sprawling and once-bustling
airport, shuttered since -Monday's
crash of a National Airlines plane
that snuffed out 31 lives, now Is
the scene of ghosUike silence.
Its future hangs in the balance
and will be discussed in New York
Tuesday at a meeting between the
Port of New York Authority and
officials of 17 airlines.
GOVERNORS
Gov. Alfred E. Drlscoll of New
Jersey and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York have been advised
of the session. The Port Authorltv
has operated the $53,000,000 field
since 1947.
Wary local Tesidents. terrified
and furious because of the three
crashes within less than two
months, wondered whether the
close-down order would last.
'In my opinion, the present New
ark Airport is dead," said Rep.
Canfield, R.-N. J.
The death toll from the crash of
Uie four-engined DC-6 stands at 31.
The craft Dluneed out of control
into this crowded city and tore into
tne top 01 a. sz-lamiiy apartment
nouse, setting it ablaze.
DEATH TRAP ' ,
Twenty-seven of the 63 aboard
perished and four persons trapped
m the inferno-like apartment build
ing lost their lives. Forty persons
mostly plane Dasseneers were in
jured, many of them seriously.
Harold DeFiore of Lvnbrook.
N. Y., a passenger on the plane,
died in Elizabeth General Hospital
Monday-night. He was on a honey
moon with his bride, who was re
ported in good condition.
This brought the combined death
toll of the three tragedies to 117.
In the other two crashes, one of
the planes as in Monday's dis
aster was wrecked within minutes
after taking off from Newark Air
port on Dec. 16.
NOSE DIVE
The other nose-dived Jan. 22 as
it groped its way to a landing on
tne neid in fog and rain.
One or more of the engines on
the Miami-bound DC-6 quit during
uie taaeoii.
There was no clue, however, to
the engine failure. Sen. Smith, R
N. J., in Washington, suggested
'a strong possibility of inadequate
inspection." But the Civil Aero
nautics Board said the doomed
plane had been inspected twice be
fore tageoii.
ON THEIR WAY TO WORK this morning when snapped by
the photographer were Mrs. Duane Karnes, 436 Adams, and
Karen Koehler, 1737 Oak. They are clerks at Rickys.
Chief Tells
Sabath It's
'Killing Job'
WASHINGTON MB' Rep. Sabath
D-Ill., quoted President Truman
Tuesday as saying he may be will
ing to make the "sacrlfce" and
seek re-election If he feels It will
be necessary to speed tho peace.
Sabath talked with reporters aft
er a call on Uie President.
He said Truman told him the
President's work "Is a killing Job"
but that if he "actually felt he
would be of aid and help to Amerl
ca and the world in bringing about
a peace," in that case he would be
willing to "sacrifice" himself and
possibly shorten his life expectan
cy. Sabath, 85 years old, is the chair
man of the House Rules Commlt-
SYMINGTON
Another White House caller, W.
Stuart Symington, told reporters
that he, Symington, Is more in
terested in running for the Senate
than he was before talking with
Truman Tuesday.
Symington had said earlier In
St. Louis that he would be interest
ed In making the race for Senator
from Missouri if the President
wanted him to.
Symington, a veteran official of
the Truman administration, has
just resigned as administrator ot
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration. , , .
SEN. TRUMAN
There has been some talk that
Truman himself would like to be
senator from Missouri again.
Symington said the President had
not asked him to run, but he re
fused to say whether Truman had
encouraged him to ru". Asked
polntblank If he would run, Sy
mington countered by saying: .
i am going on a long vacation."
Phone Rates'
Increase Set
Pacific Telephone and Tplptrririh
Co. yesterday filed a new r-ates
schedule with the Oregon Publio
Utilities commissioner, Klamath
PTJiT Manager C. E. Seuvey an.
nounced today. The rates will bo
effective with bills dated , on
March .
The new rates were filed In sc-
cordance with the PUC ordr ol
Jan. it wnicn granted the company
an increase in annual- revenues of
ooj,i one-sixtn ot the amount
Uie company had requested in its
appltcaUon last August for In
creased rates totaling $5,188 W0. -
Seavey said the phone rates In
the Klamath area will be as fol
lows: , ,
An increase of 25 cents in the
cost of private branch exchange
trunk lines was announced also
Increases in residential rates':
,, Now New Rate
Four party . 3.00 3.15
Two party 3.75 ; 3.95
One party 4.75 . 5.00
Suburban 3.25 ' 3.40
Increases In business rates: -
Two party 6.60 6.73
One party . 8.6U ' 8.75
Suburban ISO. 4.75
Federal excis . tnxes.
said, are in excess ol these rates.
in announcing tne rate increase
for the state of Oregon, PT&T
Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr. f. A.
Dresslar said that the telephone
business Is not immune to Inflation
which has caused other prices "to
increase two or three times as
much as telephone rates."
Part of the revenue increase will
come from new Dav Dhona rate In.
creases where charges have gone
up Irom a nickel to a dime.
SCHOOL BOND BIDS
EUGENE Wl The Bethel
School Board will open bids on the
sale of $175,000 worth of bonds at
its meeting Wednesday night. The
bonds were voted recently to fi
nance construction of additional
classrooms and a girls' gym.
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