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I(F Line Extension
War Surplus
Grab Revealed
WASIIINOTON Wl Sen. llncy,
D-N.C, told his Senate Invesllua
tlons siihcomniltlcc Monday a
group of U.S. political Ukuick ran
1101,000 investment in war Mil
plus ships into a 3 ' million dollar
profit In three years.
Hoey made lira statement nt the
orniixr of public hcnruiKS on the
Oeal.
Ho snld the purpoae of the hear
Inns Is to determine whether the
ileal was "eonslalcnt" with law:
''whether fedoral taxes were avoid
ed" on tho proflUs, and "to liuiulro
Into til" leuul, brnkeraxe and oilier
lees' Involved In tho Iransncllnn.
Hoey'a HtatcnieiU was tho first
public mention of 13.250.000 as the
profit on an eluht-shlp deal.
Joseph fc). Casey, WnshlnKlon Inw
Vcr who has ncknowletltred he
headed the Rroup which (tot the
right return, had spoken previously
nf a (2.800,000 profit on five of the
clftht oil tankers involved.
Casey, has named as others who
Chared with him In tho profits
Adm. William F. Halsey, World
War II hero; tho late Edward R.
Ktcttlnius, Jr., wnr lime Secrejary
of State, and Ktillus C. Holmes,
minister to the U.S. embassy In
London,
Boy Fumbles,
Applauded
MANITOWOC, Wis., IPI A flus
tered OeoiBla boy fluffed his lines
while responding Monday to official
ureetliiKS for his 20 Macon com
panions but drew n resounding
round of applause lust the same.
"Wo como from Macon, On.,"
Jny Dennis, n Lanier High School
student told a student assembly at
Lincoln Hlh School here. "It's a
city of last women and pretty
horses."
The auditorium of tho blfr high
school rocked with applntiso and
laukihter. hut vnuncr Dennis recov
ered his composure and went on to
ay hoi happy ho nnd his compan
ions wrro nt arriving here for two
weeks of study nnd entertainment
In lhof"Fnr North."
C. P. (CAD PEYTON
tern
MRS. MARION SHANNON
NED SMITH
Should Klnmath Falls remain
the state's sixth city in size with
a little under 16.000 people or
should It become' the state's fourth
city with a population of approx
imately Z7.00U7
That Is the question to be dis
cussed on tho Herald nnd News-
KFLW forum starling at 8:30 to
nlKht. ' '
The forum question Is predicated
on the possibility of the city hums
being extended to Include Altamont
and maybe other suburban areas.
The Aluunonl area alone has al
most 10,000 residents.
A lust-minute switch in tonislu's
cluht-membcr panel brought Bob
Chilcole, real estate man. to the
panel renlacliiR Oconto Mclntvrc.
First Federal Savings and Loan
president, who Is 111,
kvkn si'i.rr
The panel Is evenly divided be.
tween suburbanites and residents
of tho clly. Uosldcs Chilcole, who
lives In the city, the other three
city residents on tho panel arc;
"Wilbur (Bill I Orcen, public
health sanitarian lor both the city
and county ;
John Howard, city planner and
member of the Morrison and How-
aid architectural firm;
E. 8. Robinson, president of the
Klamath Falls District One School
Board and operator of Klamath
Mlllwork and Supply Company.
The suburban members; C. P.
(Call Peyton, of the Peyton Broth
ers Co., prominent in both city
and suburban ncuvitics;
Mrs, Marlon Shannon, suburban
housewife ncllvo In many civic
1 unctions;
Orth Slsemoic, attorney lonjr
identified with many clly una
county activities;
Ned Smith, past president of the
Suburban League nnd a leader In
the attack on the suburbun sani
tation problem,
QUESTIONS
Because of the ninny facets of
the annexation question, tonight's
panel members will mnko Oi;ly
vory brief introductory rcinurks to
allow more lime. lor questions.
As usual, the Hernld nnd News
telephone switchboard will be
manned and mix clerks will be lit
phones to tnko down questions from
listeners.
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MIG Swarm
Beaten Off
By Sabres
lly STAN C'AIITKK
HKOUU Korrn Amcrlcnn
Bnbi'R J(l plluln, out-numbered
more than two to one, datmiKcd
two ComimmlHt MIO Jets In n bul
tln hlllh over North Korea Mondiiy
the Ktlth Air Force mild.
On Inn kiouihI, nil Allied tiuik
Inlnntry tank lorco penetruted deep
Into the CnnuniinlNtH' old Iron Trl
iinulc, III Ccnlrul Korea, drove Chi
neM! Red oil a hltjh hill, then
pulled buck.
Another U.N. rnldlnit pnrty broke
out ol H Communlnt trap enst of
the Pukhnn tllver In central Korea
Sunday nltiht and returned talely to
Allied linen.
Tho party was pinned down alx
hours by machine-gun lire and
KrcnndeH.
()N(i )I)I)H
The nlr battle matched 1!) Babrc
Jet nKaliml 40 Communist MIO-15.
The MIO tried uiuiucceHlully
to break throUKh a screen ol Bubres
protrctliiK filthier bombers nttuck
Inif North Korean supply lines. LI.
Kenneth C. Olener of fiherburnc.
Minn., was credited with dumag
lim two MIO.
All told 250 MIOs In four Rrouni
were slKlitcd over North Korea
durlnu the day, but no other bul
lies developed. The MIO toinl was
ubovo avenwc but not a record.
The Klfth Air Forco flew 552
sorties up to 0 p.m. as Operation
BtraiiKIc the campalxn to cut Com
munist supply linesentered Its
seventh month.
Kabrr pilots shot down three
Mills Buuday. The Bubres were
escorting flKhter-bombers on the
contlnuinR a.wiull on Red supply
lines. Thev were Jum)ed by a
flilihl of MIOs.
All Air Force spokesman said
Oiieratton Strancle had caused the
Chlne.se Reds "terrific expense ' and
probably Had prevented the Com
mon I Ms from atlcmpung a major
offensive.
Reds Argue
Russ Refuse
MUNSAN. Korea Wl The Com
munists Monday challenged Allied
rejection ol Russia's nomination to
a neutral Inspection commission
which would help police a Korean
mice.
The Reds declared that bv every
standard the Soviet Union qualifies
as a neutral.
Minutes earlier the Communists
called oil a full dress meeting ol
truce negotiators Just as Allied
delegates prepared to leave for
Panmunjom to learn whether the
Reds had accepted U.N. terms lor
a Korean peace conference.
There was no explanation. But
the Communists asked for another
plenary session at 10 a.m. Tues
day, 5 p.m. PST Monday.
Red stall oil leers demnnned mat
the U.N. Command explain Its
objection lo Russia's nomination.
The neutral nation commission
would make behlnd-the-llnes In
spections during an armistice.
The Communists argued that So
viet combat forces have not fought
in Korea and that If Russia cannot
be considered a neutral "there
would be no neutral nation nt all
existing in the world."
An Allied staff officer replied
only "I note your statement."
Airliner Hits
Peak, 34 Die
BUROIO. Sicllv I Police
reached the wreckage of a British
airliner on the side of Sicilian Mt.
Rose near here Monday and report
id all 34 aboard were dead.
AlthoiiKh the airline operating the
chartered craft snld it was carry
ing 3126 passengers and n crew
of five, a police captain with the
search party said he counted 34
bodies n men, 14 women and
three children.
A police communique from Sclac-
ca, at the fool of the mountain
where the crush occurred, said 25
of the '& bodies had been Identified
and attributed the disaster to icing
of the wings.
Many of the victims were re
ported to be families of British
soldiers stationed in Kenya, Brit
ain's Eastern African colony.
The plane, a twin-motored Vik
ing, wns en route from London to
Nairobi, the Kenya capital.
'War Babies'
Laid to U.S.
' TOKYO fP) The newspaper
Yomlurl stood firm Monday behind
Its nsscrtlpn thnt U.S. troops had
fathered 200,000 bastards in Japan
since the end of World War II.
It said the figure was based on
off-the-rccord data supplied by Jap
anese government officials.
Tho officlnls, It said, declined
use of their names because they
feared tho "displeasure" of the
occupation.
Another Japanese newspaper, To
kyo Shimbun, snld the 200,000 chil
dren were listed on government
food rntlon rolls,
A U.S. occupation official nnd it
Jnpnncsc. government authority
said the figure was far too high.
"It's way off the beam," said nn
Amerlcnn officer In the Publlo
Health and Welfare Division of oc
cupation headquarters,
iteiig
urn ( iir iUfctjCXn uiiiOs .
I'rlee rive Cent --o
England Pkm
U.S. Eyes
More Aid
For Franco
WASHINGTON m The United
Stales is considering giving special
new aid to help France carry on
ine iignt against a communist con
quest of Indochina.
Slate Department officials be
lieve that additional assistance
In the form of either dollars or
Increased military supplies to Indo-
china would be sufficient, pro
vided the Chinese Communists do
not intervene in the Indochina war
as they did in Korea.
Should the Chinese reds launcn
a major assault there, however.
It would pose an Issue of aid of
a different sort whether the Uni
ted States and other United Na
tions would send in troops to help
the French and native defense
forces or strike directly at Com
munist China -Itself.
INDKCIDKI)
What the American government
would do in that event is still un
decided. The problem of financial assis
tance has arisen at this time
because American studies of
France's continuing economic cri
ses have convinced officials here
that maintenance ol the present
forces In Indochina Is a heavy
drain on the French economy and
an Important factor in France's
long rauge ability to build up
military strength In Europe.
Tile subject ti understood to be
up for discussion between Secre
tary of State Acheson and French
Foreign Minister Schumann in their
London talks.
The French parliament has voted
400 billion francs about Si. 100.-
000. 000 lor the Indochina war
this year.
This is expected to be from one
third to one-fourth of France's to
tal military budget, the European
section of which has yet to be
fixed.
SCHEDULE '
If additional American aid to
case France's Indochina burden is
agreed upon, the present tentative
planning here is to begin it in
fiscal 1953 which starts July 1.
President Truman has estimated
the foreign aid outlay next flscnl
year will total 10 2 billion dollars
for all purposes but whether Con
gress will grant this sum is yet to
be determined.
Mastedon's
Tusk Found
PORT ANGELES OP) A huge
tusk of a prehistoric mastedon has
been found burled in a bluff over
looking Washington Harbor near
Sequlm on the Olympic Peninsula
The tusk, 13 to 14 feet long, was
found last week by a schoolboy,
Teddy Blair. The youngster sajd
he spotted the tip of it poking out
through the gravel.
It was found 20 miles from the
site where about one-fourth of the
skeleton of another mastedon was
unearthed two years ago. Univer-
Ity of Washington nnthropologtsts
estimated the skeleton had been
burled from 50,000 to 100,000 years.
The tusk discovered last week
was more than twice as long as
thnt of the earlier find. It was
laboriously dun out bv Reed Mc
Carthy and David Burrows and'
tnken to Sequim.
General, Wife
Escape Death
CASABLANCA W One Moroc
can wns killed and three injured
in a Nationalist demonstration Sun
day marked by an attack on the
car of French Resident General
Augustln Gullnumc, tho French
News Agency snld.
The General nnd his wife escnped
Injury.
Tho Agency said the car wns
fired upon nnd stoned. The Resi
dent General's office Inter Issued
a statement denying the car had
been fired upon.
The one death was caused by
stabbing and not by gunfire, the
News Agency's account said.
ine incident occurred during a
demonstration by about 5.000 per
sons organized by the Independ
ence party on the occasion of s
visit by touring Latin American
diplomats.
The News Agency said the shots
were fired from a terrace near
the French Residency.
French police had orders not to
fire In return, but finally were
compelled to do so when they were
surrounded and stoned, tne Agency
reported.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1952
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MRS. MARSHALL CORNETT
itcspitc
BOISE MV- April has been pro-
clalmed "no'proclnmatloni' month
in Idaho by tiov. Len Jordan.
The governor pointed out that he
had 68 requests ior proclamations
in ism and 16 last month.
His proclamation "whereased"
that there aren't enough days and
weeks to give satisfactory empha
sis to each proclamation, and that
the public is "entitled to some res
pite from this epidemic."
Red Controlled
Union Argued
WASHINGTON Wl Labor, man
agement, and government officials
agree something should be done
about Communist-dominated unions
but they can t get together on how
to tackle the problem.
A Senate Lnbor subcommittee
study mndc public Sunday said
even labor leaders disagreed
among themselves expept on one
point: Labor is slowly weeding out
Communism in its ranks, and
wants no new laws in this field.
On the other hand, the Justice
Department, the head of the Na
tional Association of Manufactur
ers and an AFL economist all
urged stronger legislation. But
they did not ngree on the type of
laws needed.
These viewpoints were expressed
in renly to a questionnaire sent
out bv the subcommittee, which
plans public hearings on Commu
nism in lubor enriy next monin.
Morse Backs
Joint Chiefs
DALLAS, Tex. W Sen. Wayne
Morse (R.-Orc.) snld Sunday those
who want all-out war in Asia are
being unduly critical of tile joint
chiefs of staff.
Morse defended tne joint cnieis
In a speech before the United
Jewish Appeal regional conference
here. He snld the Joint chiefs were
doing what they could to absorb
the first shocks of all out war,
when and if they come.
Morse's comments could be In
terpreted as critical of Sen. Robert
A. Taft (R.-Ohioi. Taft. a candi
date for Republican nomination to
the presidency, criticized the Joint
chiefs while he was in the Pacific
Northwest last week. He said they
had failed to meet commitments.
Morse told his audience mat
unless we help Europe to defend
itself and to raise its standards of
living, its people will be an ensy
prev of Communism. Wo cannot
walk out of Europe cither militar
ily or economically and nave al
lies," he said.
. "The European people are
simply not going to buy the so
called perimeter defense theory of
the new isolationism in America-.
According to this theory, all we
need to no Is surround our friends
abroad with American Navy and
air bases and then, if Russia at
tacks them, we would liberate
them by pulverislzlng their cities.
Morse said Gen. Eisenhower was
his choico for President.
CIVIC LEADER DIES
PENDLETON Ifl Edward O.
Olsen, 56, civic lender, died here
Saturday after a four-year illness.
Fetal Mro
mm
Moms
GOP Delegate
Post Sought
Mrs. Marshall Cornett, 509 Eldo
rado, announced today she would
seek re-election as Republican na
tional committeewoman from Ore
gon.
She Is now in her fourth year
in that position and so far during
her term has missed only two
meetings of the national committee.
Mrs. cornett has Deen on the or
ganization's executive committee.
In announcing her candidacy she
said she believed 1952 calls for "ex
ertion of the utmost effort to con
vince the voting population of the
importance of the responsibility .
to assure election of those candi
dates who stand for stability, in
tegrity and honesty In .the govern
ment . . .
Mrs. Cornett has repeatedly de
clined to say which of the several
potential Republican candidates for
president she prefers, saying that
her Job will be to work with whom
ever is nominated at the GOP con
vention at Chicago.
Mrs. Cornett is the widow of Sen.
Marshall Cornett. She has been a
resident of Oregon since 1921 and
a resident and property holder in
Klamath Falls since 1926: Is a
member of the Baptist church, Sor-
optimist, BPW, zuleima Nile club,
American Legion auxiliary and oth
er local organizations.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, partly cloudy with snow
.lurries Monday night. Tuesday
considerably cloudy ana more tre-
qurnt snow. High Tuesday is. low
tonight 17. Northern California.
partly cloudy with scattered snow
showers. Continued cool.
High Sunday 27
luow last night
prcelp Sunday .03
Preclp since Oct. 1 12.23
Normal for period 7.56
renod last year 11.71
(Additional Weather on Page 10.)
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NATO Meet in Lisbon
May Affect GOP Race
By The Associated Press
What results from a conference
beginning this week In Lisbon,
Portugal, might affect the outcome
of the Republican presidential
nominating convention in Chicago
next July.
Here's the way Jack Bell, As
sociated Press political reporter,
looks nt it:
In Lisbon, representatives of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion nations will try to work out a
plan for unifying Western Euro
pean defenses.
Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower,
head of NATO forces has said
ho will accept the GOP nomina
tion for President but will not quit
his post to seek it. Prevailing opin
ion, even among some of his most
ardent bnckers, is that Eisenho
wer "can't win unless he comes
home and airs his views on major
issues.
If the Lisbon conference shows
signs of progre toward unifica
tion of Western Europe, then El
senhower could relinquish h 1 s
NATO command. If not, he would
Telephone 8111
No. 2743
Test
Weapon
May Outdo
U.S. Bomb
By ERNEST AGNEW
LONDON Wl Britain announced
Monday she will test a new atomic
weapon tnis year.
The probable date and place are
late September or early October
on the bleak Woomera Rocket
Range in Australia.
British experts believe their
weapon is better than any produced
to date by the United States, but
perhaps not as powerful.
The official announcement did
not say whether the new weapon
is a oomD.
There was speculation that It
might be a bomb, shellbead or
some other device whose explos
ions could be controlled and thus
used in support of ground troops.
AIR USE
But Chapman Pincher, well-informed
science reporter for the
London Daily Express, said "the
weapon will almost certainly be a
high powered atomic bomb de
signed for use by aircraft."
Authoritative sources said the
new weapon will be set off by an
entirely new but still secret pro
cess.
Guided missiles have already
been tried out on the Woomera
Rocket Range.
Weather conditions will be at
their best in late September or
early October for an atomic test
on ine uemrat Australian aeseri.
Preparations for the test include
the removal of . aboriginal tribes
from the area.
The brief announcement said
only that the test of an atomic
weapon will be held in Australia
this year.
STRIDE
But London newspapers hailed
it as proof that Britain had made
a tremendous stride forward in a
drive to restore the country to
military equality with the United
States and the Soviet Union.
Most papers played prominently
a remark by Ben. MCManon
D-Conn., chairman of the U.S.
Senate-House Committee on Atom
ic Energy, that the development
could cause the U.. to revise its
policy against sharing atomic In
formation witn the Britisn.
Queen Wants
Usual Activity
LONDON W Queen Elizabeth
n wants public functions connected
with Britain's government, trade,
charity or arte to take place as
scheduled despite mourning for her
father. King George VI. ,
The announcement ol this py tne
Lord Chamberlain's office said.
however, that "holding of other
functions must be left to the dis
cretion of the organizers, who may
wish to allow a week or two to
elapse before recommending ar
rangements." With the Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh, the Queen Mother and
Princess Margaret spent the week
end at Windsor Castle, where King
George was buried Friday. Sunday
they attended a memorial service
for him in the private chapel ad
joining the royal lodge.
REUTHER TO PORTLAND
PORTLAND W! Walter Reuther,
CIO labor leader, will speak on
the topic "1952" at the Feb. 7
meeting of the Americans for Dem
ocratic Action here Feb. 27, ADA
officials reported Saturday.
have to stay or critics might say
ne was leaving nis jod undone.
Other political developments:
l. benator Morse of Oregon, an
Eisenhower supporter, said in a
Dallas, Texas, speech: "We can
not walk out of Europe either mili
tarily or economically ana have
any allies. The European people
are simply not going to buy the
so-called perimeter defense theory
ot tne new isolationism in Ameri
ca." 2. In a Washington radio Inter
view Senator Tnft of Ohio said he
nnd Gen. Douglas MacArthur see
alike on many Fair Eastern Issues.
But he added: "I wouldn't ask
General MacArthur to come out
for me In any public statement."
Taft seeks the Republican nomi
nation. 3. Senator Tobey of New Hamp-
snire sain ne doubts Taft win get
more than one delegate in the New
Hampshire primary. Taft backers
said the Elsenhower boom there
would be destroyed if Taft got
four. Tobey Is backing Elsenhow
er,
Plan Favors
Basin-Wide
Use Basis
WASHINGTON Iffl After a year
on President Truman's desk, a
plan to develop the country's wa
ter resources has been brought out
into the open.
Calling for IS river basin com
missions to chart future develop-
ment, it Is the work of the Pres-'
dent's Water Resources FcUcy
Commission, beaded by Morris L.
Cooke. i
Saying he had the President's
consent, Cooke released the Com
mission's final report carrying 1U
recommendations Sunday, although
It was given Mr. Truman a year .
ago. .
It does not name the river basins
for which commissions would bs
established.
The proposal has been under'
study in the executive departments ,
for months but has not been sent a
to Congress. a
FIRST STEP "
Rep. Enele. D.-Calif.. chairman a
of the House Committee on Irrlga-
lion and Reclamation, called the
plan the "first definite step to try;
w icsuive uie very complex proo-a
lem of a national water resources t
policy.".
"Whether we agree with all of
K or not," he told a reporter, "thej
proposed bill certainly is a good
starting place. It should have been
started a long time ago."
However, a spokesman for local
watershed and conservation groups
said the Commission's program al-
reaay is a aeaa auci. a
David J. Guy. executive vice
president of the American Water-'
shed Council, said Mr. Truman has"
asked the Bureau of the Budget to
draw up substitute legislation.
luy said the Commission Pro-'
posals aim for "Iron-clad federal
control" in that there would be
seven federal representatives on
each of the proposed nine-member
basin commissions, leaving only,
two to be named as regional rep-'
resentauves. "
REVIEW BOARD i
The Commissions draft of--nrrA.
posed legislation calls for en over-:
an federal board of review to co-'
ordinate all federal activities relaU,
ed to water resources, i ..- t- t., .
It also proposes numertus chang-,
es in existing law deaiing with
flood control, reclamation, naviga
tion and other water projects. .
It would require states or local
communities benefiting from' flood
control projects to reimburse the
federal government to the extent of
such benefits.
It would permit owners of more
than 160 acres of land, now barred
from participation in federal rec
lamation projects, to get water for
their land by paying their share of
the cost of the project plus an ad
ditional charge representing Inter
est. It would permit state or local
communities to help repay federal
reclamation Investments by collect
ing taxes to pay for "secondary
regional benefits.'
QUESTION
Engle said:
"The first inquiry Congress will
want to make is whether the crea
tion of these additional agencies
will provide for elimination of any
existing agencies or any functions
of existing agencies.
"If not, then we would be only
pyramiding the bureaucratic edi
fice and in all probability com
pounding the confusion.'
The bill, he said, has some
"good points.'
"First, It recognizes basin wide
development as superior to the
present piecemeal system. Second
it considers and requires payments
for secondary benefits, where here
tofore water and power users have
paid for all."
RED THREAT
ATHENS, Greece W) A ranking
Greek police officer says about
30,000 Greeks are being trained In
neighboring Communist countries
for a Red attack on Greece. The
officer, Teodore Raklntzls, was a
government witness against 29 per
sons put on trial Friday lor spying
for the Communists.
HEADED FOR THE DENT-.
1ST this morning was Wan- .
da Richersen of. 2048 .Or,--.
chard Ave. ' - 5
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