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. TRAPPED IN CAR, PLEADS LEG BE SAVED Mrs. Lena
f,Zuklc, 21, of Los Anficles, waits to be freed from a
wrecked station wagon iiyvhich slio lies trapped, her right
leg pinned between the steering post, tlio sent and floor
board. Slio pleaded with her rescuers not to amputate her
mangled leg and she was freed after a 40-minute struggle,
iter car was hit by another traveling at high speed through
a red light, killing its driver.
In The
lly FIIANK JKN'KINH
Thin I another of thaio days In
the nnw. For example:
Ur. Duvld E. Duvls, auorlute pro
frMor of the Hopkins School of
Hygiene nml Public llcnllh. tells a
questing rrixirlcr thnt Baltimore
cats urn Jim plnln Inv. Ho cull
mn ton that 00,000 stray fcllnrii room
the streets. He guesws there lire
n equal number of rats.
" So, ho says:
"If the rats would rntrh one rnt
each, Blllniore' rnt problem would
bo solved, nut they don't. Htuctlcs
,by the Hopkins expert "how rut
mortality In nny given neighbor
hood In the tnmc, whether cat are
there or not."
Now there' one. for the book.
If cat don't catch rats, why
have eau?
If the llultlmore cat don't catch
rata when there are plenty of rata
present to bo caught, WHY NOT?
If you ask me, I'll bet Homebody's
FKKDINO these Baltimore cat.
Homo do-gooder. Homebody who
thinks it's uiill-noclal to make cats
no out and catch rata in order to
krep from starving. '
In that event, WHY BHOUI.D A
OAT OO AND CATCH A RAT?
UI I were cut and' somebody
kept me rotnfortKbly fed all the
time with nlee milk that I didn't
have to work for, I'll be darned If
I'd spend my tlwe lying In front
of a rat hole waiting for some fool
rat U come out and get himself
cn,lnt'
I'd tnnk up on free milk and go
lie In tho sun.
Have you been noticing all the
trouble we've been having trying to
talk these Europeans into getting
themselves some guns and such to
uiie In defending themselves If tho
Russians should go on a bender?
It has been quite a Job. and e
far wo don't seem to havo made
progress enough as It Is to be dis
cernible by the naked eye.
Why?
Here's an Interesting dispatch
from Lbbon (Portugal) tills morn
ing. It says:
"Tho United BUtes agreed In
principle today to give France AN
ADDITIONAL 570 MILLION DOL
LARS In aid to help her fulfil her
rearmament program."
We-e-c-cl-l-M
When you come right down to It,
how different Is that from tho cat
situation In Baltimore?
Let's put It this way:
On the word of unimpeachable
('priorities, there are lots and lots
or cats In Baltimore. There are
oodles of rata. If the eats felt the
old URQE, they'd go out and catch
tho rats. But they don't feel the
urge and so they don't catch tho
rain.
The natural cynical conclusion Is
that the cats must be getting fed
without having to go out and catch
Vats.
There are lots of Frenchmen In
France. They have proved ovor the
centuries that whenever they FEEL
THE UROE they can turn In and
make themselves plenty of guns and
such with which to defend them
selves against their enemies.
They've dono lb time and time
and time again.
But they aren't doing It now at
least to any noticeable extent.
Why not? 5
Well, as long as Uncle Sam will
como across ill the pinches, why
should the French get out and
make guns for themselves any more
than the Baltimore eota should act
'Dpll
' out In the cold, windy alleys and
CATCH RATS FOR THEM
BELVES? )
High, Frigid
Man Rescued
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. (IP)
A school custodian changing a flag
polo ropo slipped and dangled 65
feet abovo tho ground, for moro
thuii a hour Thursday In 10 above
zero cold.
Tho custodian, Oscar Nordbcrg,
67, wns saved from a possible fatal
plungo by ropes fastened to his
shoulders and waist.
His rcscuo was delayed because
Inure was no ladder 4n town long
enmmh to reach htm.
i ' A call to the firo department at
lEVoleth, four miles away, brought
ithe needed ladder. . , ,
BULLETIN
PLANE MISSING
The CAA early thli after
noon reported small plane
piloted by man Identified
only ai Pallet It overdue on
a flight from Redmond to
Sacramento. The craft, a
Cessna 170, i silver and
trimmed in green. It left
Redmond at 6:12 a.m., and
'was due In Sacramento at
10:27.
Many Deer
Starve In
Tule Area
TULELAKE Deer are starving
In Uie Tulclake country.
A survey made yesterday trom
highway 139 by Bob Lucas of the
Cullfornla Fish and Oame Commis
sion and Clayton RuilealU, secre
tory of the Tulolake-Butte Valley
Hporuimao'i Association revealed
six dead animals lying near the
road In a tluUuiuc. ol 10 miles.
Many others have been reported
dead uy a aheepherder who has
spent Uie winter In the area with
alieep for winter grazing.
Thousands ot animal driven
from normal higher feeding
grounds have concentrated in tho
area between Tulelake and Perez.
Hitter brush has been entirely con
sumed in the district that is also
heavily grazed by sheep.
New grass that had started dur
ing the week of warmer weather
recently, would have tided the deer
over but the last snowfall covered
tho ground and animals already
weakened by Uio long winter havo
been without feed for several days.
A caravan of trucks with five
tons ot high protein concentrated
(red In Uie form of pellets will
leava here Saturday morning at 8.
That is tho total available In Klam
ath Falls. More has been ordered
and will bo taken out on arrival.
'Alfalfa hay is no good for deer
under present conditions, Rudeslll
stated.
The ceding program will be fi
nanced with fine money from
game violations and in charge
of the operation are prepared to
spend $3000 for feed. Feed will be
distributed In both Modoo and Sis
kiyou counties.
Red Invasion
Unit Repulsed
SEOUL, Korea OTI South Ko
rean Murines beat off a Com
munist amphibious Invasion of an
allied-held Island off the northeast
coast of Korea In a 33 hour -battle,
Uie Allies announced Friday.
Tho Korean Army said its Ma
rines sank 13 of the 30 Invasion
boats.
Seventh Invaders were "reported
killed and six captured. Prisoners
Included the commander of the
amphibious attack. ,
Allied Losses
Nine South Korean marines were
killed and six wounded, the Maw
said. -
The assault was made by a Red
battalion about 800 to 1,000 men.
It wns not Indicated whether they
were Chinese or North Koreans.
The battle began about 1 a.m.
Wednesday and lasted until 10 a.m.
Thursday when the last of the at
tackers 'lied back to the Red main
land In their remaining boats. -
Tho assault was dlreoted against
Yang Island, about 16 air miles
from the Communist Bast Coast
port of Songjln,
Yang Is believed to be the north
ernmost island held by the Allies.
It lies midway between the 40th
and 41st parallel and serves as a
lookout post off the Red coast.
Tho Island presumably Is one
that the Allies would give back
to the Communists If an armistice
la signed, . ,
Occupation )
.. Republic of Korea (ROK) Ma
rines have occupied the island since
last summer,
Copt. Choi Slump; Song, com
mander of the ROK garrison on
Yang, said captured equipment In
cluded three rocket guns, a wire
less set, 75 Russian-made subma
chine guns, light machine guns and
rifles. .
Planes from the V. S. carrier
Essex swept Into the Songjln area
Thursday smashing every Red
boat In sight, ,,.,.
Mac Denies
Support of
Eisenhower
By The AsaorlaU-d Press
- Oen. Douglas MnrArthui. nn
record Friday that he does not
support Oen. Dwlght D. Elsenhow
er inr political onicc.
And, he said In a statement Is
sued In New York Thurnriuv ntuht
ho has no "personul hatred ol
rresiaem Truman."
"I have no personal feelings
whatsoever with reference. t him "
he said.
"MV criticisms nt Hie nr...nl
administration are much more fun
damental," MiicArthur added.
"Tliev un in the irruv In.m.. In.
Volvlllir the tdenlM. Hliihflllv nrt
curlty of the nation."
ine statement followed publica
tion by Newsweek Magazine of an
rucm tiai saia MacArmur fa
vored Ohio Ben. Rnhrrt A Tll
for the OOP presidential nomina
tion out would support Harold E.
Slasacn or Elsenhower if elUicr
beats Tall.
Warmth
MacArthur said this was "erron
eous speculation." He said he has
a warm personal feeling lor Ei
senhower, but:
"I do not support his candidacy
for political office as I have no
slightest knowledge of his political
beliefs or his views on many grave
Issues which now confront our na
tion." Tho New York Dally News said
it learned on "unimpeachable au
thority" that Elsenhower backers
had mapped out a new strategy to
get their man home from Europe
well before the July OOP conven
tion: Get the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee to Invite him to Wash
ington next month to testify before
Congress.
Prediction
The paper said Its Information
was that Sen. Lodge (R.-Mass.,l,
the general's campaign manager,
would seek the Invitation arvl pre
dicted "Democrats will not oppose
11."
This touched off another denial.
Lodge said in Beverly. Mass., that
he planned to make no such mo
tion, and "any report to Uie con
trary Is complete fabrication."
Lodge said the ElaenboweMor
Prudent forces "are doing very
well as we are, with our man 1,000
miles away."
Hells Canyon
Hearing Asked
WASHINGTON Ul Rep. BudRe
R.-Idaho) announced Friday that
Chairman Murdock (D-Ariz..) of
the House Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee had requested a
subcommittee hearing the latter
part of March on legislation au-
tnorizing Hells canyon Dam.
Budge said the request was made
In a letter to Ren. Engle (D-Calif.)
chairman of the subcommittee on
irrigation and reclamation. The
subcommittee consists of 31 mem
bers, all of whom belong to the 37
man Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee.
The Reclamation Bureau has pro
posed construction of Uie Snake
River Dam north of Welser on the
Idaho-Oregon line.
Plane Crash
Takes 4 Lives
KINOSVILLE, Tex. I Four
of six persons aboard a twin en
Rlncd JRB Beechcraft on a rou
tine training flight were killed ear
ly Friday when Uie plane crashed
on King ranch.
The plane had Just taken off from
the Naval Auxiliary Training Sta
tion here when Uie crash occurred
about one. and one-half miles south
east of North Field on the big
cattle ranch.
The Navy would release no
names of Uie occupants of the
plane and gave no Indication as to
the extent of injuries to the two
survivors.
The plane was attached to the
air station here.
Lazy
Cats,
v.
Many
Rats
BALTIMORE UP) Baltimore cats
are Just plain lazy, in the opinion
of a Johns Hopkins public health
expert,
Dr. David E. Davis, associate
Brofessor of the Hopkins School of
lyglene and Publlo Health, esti
mates that there are at least 60,000
stray cats roaming the streets of
Baltimore. There are an equal
number of rats, '
If the cats would catch one rat
each, Baltimore's rat problem
would be solved,
Dr. Davis claims that the rats
the cats do catch probably would
starve to death anyway.
Studies by the Hopkins experts
show rat mortality In any given
neighborhood is the same whether
cats are there or not.
SCHOOLS CLOSE
CORVALLIS Ml Flu, causing
some 300 absences, prompted clos
ing of the high school here Thurs
day. Principal difficulty In trying
to remain open was lack of teach
ers to fill the places of those who
were III, officials said. Only 180
absences were reported In the
grade school and It was not closed,
tf-lrf1 ir nmn. i f r i i i ...i .1
Price
Page
Five Cen.eJ'.
US. Sh&pes Big fremh Fund
70 Killed
In Commie
Prison Riot
By WILLIAM 8IIINN
PUS AN, Korea I Combat
hardened troops of the U.S. 27th
wolfhound regiment smashed a
Communist-led riot In a Korean
civilian prison compound Monday.
The fight left 70 dead and 165 In
jured, American authorities said Friday
750 U.H. troops and 1,500 interned
Koreans wore Involved. The light
lasted three hours.
Announced American casualties
were one killed, one wounded and
32 Injured slightly.
The other 69 dead and 142 In
Jured were Interned Korean civil'
ians. .
Secreey
News of the riot in the Kole Is.
land stockade off South Korea was
withheld for four days.
U.S. authorities said Uie rioters
attacked with a vicious array of
homemade weapons steel pickets,
blackjacks, iron pipe, metal tent
pole spikes, barbed wire flails,
wooden clubs, rocks and knives.
A U.S. Eighth Army spokesman
in Seoul said at least one flash of
what appeared to be gunfire from
Uie mob was reported, but no guns
were found among Uie Reds.
About 1,600 of Uie 6,000 Korean
civilians in compound No. 62 on
Koje stormed In a screaming mob
against the U.6. guards. Authorlt-
Ju M4eV; ne Communist prisoners
01 war took pari ui uie uuiurca.
'Worst Kind'
A hlRh ranking- officer said com'
pound 62 was filled with "Uie worst
kind of Communists."
They had raised a North Korean
flag over the compound. A South
Korean flag flew over the neighbor
lng compound, where there was no
trouble.
Most of the prisoners, the of
ficer said, were South Korean civil
ians who had been impressed into
service by the Reds during their
penetrations south of Parallel 38.
The Eighth Army said the riot
was Communist planned ana lea.
"Careful organization and plan
ning were evident In Uie collection
of weapons manufactured for this
assault," the Army saia.
Park Service
Seeks Funds
WASHINGTON Wi The National
Park Service has asked a Senate
Public Works Subcommittee to rec
ommend authorization of appro
priations of 55 million dollars an
nually lor roads and parkways for
two years.
Conrad L. Wirth, director of the
National Park Service, said the 33
' "lion dollars annually which a
cling tederal-ald Highway bUl
lid authoride Is inadequate.
virtn saia 23 million dollars a
year should be authorized for roads
and trails In national parks and 30
million dollars Is needed for na
tional parkways.
Such an annual appropriation for
park roads and trails, Jie said,
would provide four million dollars
for maintenance and 21 millions
for construction.
This would enable completion In
about 10 years of "a realistic an
swer to the backlog of road replace
ment that has accumulated and Uie
flood of trafflo with which we are
presently begin overwhelmed," he
stated.
Mine Strike
Scene Tense
HYDEN, Ky. Wl Dozens ot
state troopers swarmed into this
strikebound coal mining town as
a precautionary measure Friday
when the United Mine Workers re
sumed their picketing at two near
by pits.
The mines, closed Thursday by
the UMW's first strike in this last
non-union stronghold In southeast
ern Kentucky's rich coal field,
made no effort to operate Friday.
Other Leslie County mines, unaf
fected by Uie strike, operated as
usual.
State troopers cleared approach
roads of all automobiles and said
they had been instructed to keep
along the roadsides.
One UMW organizer, Bill Per
kins, was Jailed on a charge of
Impaling traffic. But no violence
was reported. Ono mine superin
tendent suffered a broken Jaw In
an altercaUon shortly after the
strike' began Thursday.
The UMW is seeking bargaining
rights for the 60 men employed
at each of the two mines, claiming
a majority of them are members.
The operator conten their men
want to work.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
Ileal h Fight
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Wl A
runaway dog team, and a fight to
the dca'.h In the best Jack London
tradition, threw confusion Into the
Alaska championship "mushing"
race here Thursday.
The runaway dogs got tangled In
a savage battle. Fangs were bared
and fur flew. Two of them were
killed before they could be sepa
rated. Other mushers stopped their own
EUGENE
G. N. Official
Switch Made
Eugene F. Oviatt. who has been
Great Northern Railway trainmas
ter at Wtllmar. Minn., is to be
come superintendent of GN's Klam
ath division Marchy 1.
He succeeds C. M. Rasmussen,
who goes to Great Falls, Mont.,
as superintendent of the Butte di
vision. Oviatt has been with Uie GN
since 1938. He is a native of Bris
tol, Conn., and is a graduate of
Yale. During world War II he was
a major in the Army's military
railway service.
Another personnel switch an
nounced by the Great Northern to
day puts Thomas A. Jerrow of
Duluth, Minn., in as general man
ager of the road west of Williston,
S.D., with offices at Seattle. Jer
row has been general manager of
the railway's lines east. He was
superintendent of Uie Klamath di
vision In 1945-47.
New TB Drug
Spectacular
NEW YORK liB The most
spectacularly promising anti-tuberculosis
drug yet discovered is ex
pected to be on Uie market by May
or June at 35 to 50 cents per daily
pill.
It was estimated that costs of
treat ine the disease, if the drug
lives up to Its early promise, might
be reduced to less man iu per
patient.
The average cost for treaUng a
case of TB now is about $3,500 per
patient.
Tests so far. as one doctor put It,
have indicated Uie drug virtually
stops TB in its tracks. But doctors
emphasized the tests still are In
their early stages.
Amazing
At press conferences Thursday,
exDerts told how 190 patients, hope
lessly ill with TB, had made amaz
ing Improvements within a few
weeks under Uie new treatment.
Fevers of 100 to 105 fell to nor
mal. Within a week, the patients
all of whom were emaciated and
had been refusing food developed
ravenous appetites, eating up to 11
egRs for breakfast.
Men and women gained an aver
age of 20 pounds In nine weeks.
Some gained up to 95 pounds in
that period, then levelled off at
normal weight; Coughs got better.
In some, TB germs disappeared
from the sputum.
But researchers for two pharma
ceutical companies both of which
developed Uie new drug at about
the same time emphasized that
more time and tests are needed to
determine if the drug's effective
ness continues and whether tne tb
germ develops resistance to Uie
drug.
Names
The drug, a chemical related to a
B-vltamln with coal tars supplying
the raw materials, is caned Himi
fon bv one of Its developers. Hoff
man La Roche, Inc., of Nutley,
N.J., and called Nydrazid by the
other, E.R. Squibbs and Sons, of
New Brunswick, N.J.
F. OVIATT
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1952
Mars Ilace
teams long enough to help Driver
Fred Bismarck of Anchorage in
stopping the fatal melee.
Other aspects of the 25-mlle heat
of the four-day, 100 mile event were
lamer. Careth wrlgnt of Fairbanks
was less than a minute ahead in
winning the heat in an hour and 44
minutes.
Weather note: The 25 degree
temperature made for a slow track
and it was too warm for highest
dog speed.
13 Shipwrecks
Safe in Port
NEWPORT, R. I. Iifl Thirteen
merchant sailors who elected to
ride out a storm Kurt Carlson
fashion arrived Friday on the end
of a tow line aboard tne stern sec.
tion of Uie tanker Ft. Mercer.
They scoffed at the superstition
sometimes attached to tneir num
ber. Among those aboard was an oil
er from Camas, Washington Ar
thur M. Cunningham.
The tanker broke in half Monday
off Cape Cod, Mass., In the win
ters worst storm.
Some of Uie crew of 43 drifted
away on the bow section before
Uie gale.
Thirty-four were on the stern.
Twenty one '-were--' rescued. Five
were lost ana tne omen saved
were taken from Uie bow.
A crewman. Alphonse Chauvm,
72. of New York, disclosed Uie 13
had been living "high on Uie hog"
since the stern- section- was taken
in tow some 40 hours earlier off
Nantucket Lightship.
Because Uie Ft. Mercer's ma
chinery did not suffer when the
ship broke up. the salvage crew
enjoyed warmth and electric lights.
The prize at stake, from a sal-
vace standpoint, was not only the
half-hull and machinery, but about
45,000 barrels of oil roughly half
of tne cargo wnicn sne took
aboard at Baton Rouge, La., for
Portland, Me.
1952 Oregon
Mother Named
PORTLAND Wl Mrs. A. C.
Mclntyre of Pendleton is Uie Ore
gon Mother of 1952.
ine selection was mae dv a com'
mittee representing 18 Oregon
women's organizations. The com
mittee said she won for the way she
Drought up her three daughters
and for her work in civic and
church organizations.
She was formerly president of
tne uregon reaerauon of women s
Clubs. Her late husband, A. C.
Mclntyre, formerly was district at
torney in Umauila County.
She win receive her citation from
Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon at
a luncneon nere April ze.
Washington's
Address Heard
WASHINGTON UI Members
of Uie Congress listened to George
Washington's . Farewell Address
Friday.
This is an annual custom. The
farewell address ' of Uie nation's
first president is read every year
in both the Senate and the House
of RepresentaUves.
Washington himself never de
livered Uie speech. But it has been
quoted time and time again, par
ticularly' Uie passage about foreign
alliances.
Washington said:
"Against Uie insidous wiles of
foreign influence, I conjure you to
believe me, fellow citizens, the
jealousy of a free people ought to
be constantly awake; foreign in
fluence Is one of the most baneful
foes of republican government.
"The great rule of conduct for us,
in regard to foreign nations, is,
In extending our commercial rela.
tions. to have with them as little
political connection as possible.
. "It is our policy to steer clear of
permanent alliances with any por
tion of the foreign world."
Sports Bulletin
.GERMANS WIN
OSLO m Ria and Paul Falk
of Germany Friday night won the
Olympic figure skating champion
ship for pairs on the basis of
unofficial scores.
YANKS 8, POLES 3
OSLO I The United States de
feated Poland, 5-3, Friday night
in a fast but disorganised Olym
pic hockey match In which the
goalie was knocked cold and two
major penalties were called.
Early stories In Sports Section)
Telephone 8111
No. 2747
570 Millions
May Go For
More Arms
BULLETIN
LISBON, Portural 11 The 14
Atlantic Allies formally endorsed
Friday the creation of a Europ
ean Defense Army including Ger
man soldiers.
The vote was unanimous In a
historic full dress North Atlantic
Council meeting.
By STAN 8WTNTON
LISBON, Portugal Wl The
United States agreed In principle
Friday to give France an addition
al 570 million dollars in aid to help
fulfill her rearmament program.
In French money this Is 200 billion
ranches.
The figure Is not final but Is Uie
one tentatively agreed upon, said
an authoritative American source.
He disclosed Uie decision Just be
fore the full North AtlanUc Treaty
Organization (NATO) Council met
to give its blessing to the European
Army plan to bring 12 German
divisions into a unified force.
French Share
France. In turn, will raise an
additional sum estimated at 100
billon trances to close Uie gap be
tween what her rearmament plans
will cost and what her inflation
stricken economy can- afford.
A sookesman said most 01 the
new U.S. assistance will be in the
form of procurement contracts out
side 'the United States, arms, con
tributions to the intrastructure
(supporting network of air bases
and communications), and similar
measures.
It will not be In the form of
direct dollar aid because that
would Tequire special Congression
al authorization. -Request
French Premier Edgar Faure
put in the request for addiUonal
aid in a conference with U.S. Sec
retary of Uie Treasury John W.
Snyder Thursday.
U.S. secretary or state Dean
Acheson called in his senior ad
visors Friday to discuss the French
request.
Faure told Snyder that If France
met Uie arms targets set for her
by W. Averell Harriman's Econom
ic Committee, she must spend
1.450 bUlion francs ($4,100,000,000).
He felt Uie French could raise only
1,190 biUlon francs ($3,400,000,000).
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, snow flurries Friday
night and possible light snow Sat
urday. Warmer. Low Friday night
25, high Saturday 32. Northern
California, little change In tem
perature. Snow in mountains.
High Thursday -. 22
Low last night . 17
(Additional Weather on Page 4)
fC. 'i.. -rrs. . ...
DOWNTOWN EARLY TODAY were W- N. Wenner, 323
Commercial, and S. J. Moore, 335 Commercial, both of
them employes of Car-Ad-Co, ; ' , v
Case May
Go Before
U.S: Court
By MALCOLM EPLET
Farm Editor
The Klamath Basin potato Indus
try's pleas lor adjustments In OP8
spud celling prices have been re
jected, though the OPS yesterday
granted what it termed "disaster"
adjustments to Idaho, Montana.
Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and
four counties in far Eastern Ore
gon. Neither the Deschutes nor Tule
lake areas were allowed Increases,
according to an Associated Press
report from Washington D. C.
In Portland today. Oregon Potato
Commission Administrator Ben Da
vidson protested the new action as
discriminatory, quoting facts show
ing Klamath Basin and Deschutes
potatoes have always enjoyed "a
19 cent premium in the past few
years."
Wallowa. Union, Baker and Mai
heur counties were all granted 40-
cent per hundred pound Increases,
upping their prices to $4.15 and to
par with Idaho, which was grant
ed another 20-cent Increase.
Chairman Scott Warren of the
Oregon Potato Commission said
here this morning that Oregon's
case, apparently rejected by the
VfB, may now go to the u. S.
Court of Appeals in Washington,'
Klamath growers, under OPS reg
ulation, may receive $3.85 per hun
dred pounds for No. l's (two-inch
minimum) FOB shipping point. Be
fore the price order because effec
tive Jan. 19 potatoes were being
sold here for as much as $5 plus
sacks.
Davidson said the new price or
der may lead to black marketing,
though Klamath County Agent Walt
Jendrzejewski reported he has been
unable so far to get a clear def
inition of just what black market
ing is under Uie OPS law.
Montana was granted Uie largest
individual increase in Uie new OPS
order,, receiving an additional 60
cents per hundred pounds which
nrings tne base price of potatoes
there to $4.15. Other Increases au
thorized were: 20 cents in Colorado
to $3.75 per hundredweight and 20
cents m Nebraska and Wyoming to
OPS said the new increases are
for February, and each state .will
get an extra 10 cents per hundred
seasonal Increase next month.
Big Loss
Klamath farmers figure they wUl
collectively lose a total . of more
than $2,000,000 because of the Im
posed price controls.
One shipper yesterday comment
ed, "They can do anything back
there." He charged the new in
crease for Idaho and none for Pa
cific coast growing areas was "dou
bly discriminatory." Idaho had al
ready been given a 20-cent increase
over the rest of the Western states
because It had a poor crop. -
Three of the four Eastern Oregon
counties to receive the 40-cent pre
mium . are low acreage counties
according to the county agents of
fice here. Wallowa and Baker
counties combined apparently don't
produce as many potatoes as a
fair-sized individual Klamath grow
er does alone.
Malheur, however, produces quite
a few spuds, much of It summer
crop White Rose. There are a few
russets, however.
Elements Noted
On Force
NEW CASTLE, Ind. Wl New
Castle police officials haite dis
covered there's, a lawless element
on the force.
He's Patrolman Fred Lawless.
But, there's also an element ol
justice Capt. Clarence Justice.
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