luTluv
iw
led reports
wc
f
lly I'llANK JKNKINS
From London:
Tim funeriil of Klnif George VI
fist 68,000 pounds $102,400 , , ,
ho government presented llm bill
la parliament loduy, anklng It to
Vote llm necensary money . . .
'llm luliil cost rnt the funeral)
Includes h.ooo pound il22,4(xn lor
iilerlalnhig roynl mid ovorscaa
guests, hiring rum unci railway ex
penses , , ,
Illuucnt limn of nil (In tho cost
of 111" luncral) wan a hill from
Urn armed lorooo for 3(1,160 pounds
( 11)0,(1 HI i for troops who took pint
In tlw cortimoiii. 'i'lin hill doesn't
-Include their piiy only the apodal
ousts resulting Iriim Iho tine ol tho
troops In tho ceremonies accompa
nying the lunurul, transportation,
food nud such,
Tim solemn ceremonies ore over.
Tim king lum been luld to his rent.
There i emnllm only the detail of
I'AYINO THIS WLLB FOR THIS
I'UNIIHAI,.
Aller nil, you ace. Iho great one
iif llilit eailh unci the mini II ones
il Mil citrlh Imvo much In com
mon. Thin, I'd kiiv, would be n good
time tor Englishmen mid HrllUhern
ltiicrnllv to re-reud Kipling's Re
w.Hhloiml especially tho iiocond
(Uiiizii of It, which koch:
'"I he tumult mid the shouting
llleM.
"Tho Captains and tho Kings do
purl; BUM stands thine ancient sacrl
flee, f "An humble and a contrite
litiirt."
II won bin "huinble and hln con
Irlle heart" thut endcured George
VI to hln people. He wasn't a great
warrior. Ho cerlululy wuan't a
ureal conqueror. Instead ol adding
lo the llrltlih empire, he ruled dur
li.lt the period when the llrllP.h
Kmpiie, which had been built up by
wnrrlort and conquerorn, wan rap
liilv mcllliiK awuy. But his people
Mild ol htm: "He wan a GOOD
mini." Thi-v wept an they auld It.
Mnvbe thin universal respect for
a GOOD man will hold the British
toKether during Hie dllllcult yearn
thm lie nhend and will help to pre
serve the greulncss of their nation,
which now certainly seems endan
gered. You know, OUR position Isn't as
hnpregnably nound an It onco wan.
We have world-wide commitments
which, If they all came due AT
ONCE, could ntraln even our ureal
resources. Our economy nan been
weakened by recklenn lineal leader
ship, which nan run un heavily
Into debt In the yearn when we
ahould have been gelling oul ol
debt. We need OREAT leadership
perhaps an much an we have ever
needed It at any tune In our ca
reer. At thin moment, let's not lorgei
that It Inn't junt a nupermnn that
we need. We need a GOOD man
to lend un. and we need CJOOL)
pien to back him up.
The lime In returning lo the
World when GOODNESS meann
jomolhlng. Mere POWER Is no
longer everything.
Taft Opposes
UMT Proposal
WASIIINOTOM (Pi Sen. Tnfl
proponed Wednesday that the start
ef Universal Military Training; be
postponed "for about three yearn."
I enn't nee why we should try
lo nlnrl UMT an lon as the draft
now In taklnit most young men for
two yearn active duly." tile Ohio
Republican told a reporter. "1
could not vote lo do It now."
Other protests were cited by Rep.
Ihort in. -Mo..), a leading opponent
or UMT,
Short predicted that northern
Democrats from labor and farm
districts would help Republicans
kill the mrn.Mirc.
But Chairman Vinson (D.-Oa.,
f the House Armed Services Com
mittee continued to predict pan
MiRo of the bill when it comes to
a vote, probably next week.
Tlie House Is In tho aecond day
ef debate on the controversial
measure to ulve 18-yenr olds nix
moiiUm' ttulnlnir. followed by 7 a
fears In the reserves-
Weather
l ORI'CAST: Klamath Falls an
Vicinity and Northern California
Fair Wednesday and Thurndav
Hlih both days 50. Low tonljhC 26.
tajs'i yesterday a 45
l.nw last nlcht 17
Preclp Tuesday 0
Since Orl. 1 12.77
Normal for period 8.02
Lant year 11.00
(Additional Weather on Page 4)
KINK INSPECTS SINKS
COLUMBUS, Oa. (Pt Columbnsl
new plumbing Inspector Is C. W.
fllnk.
Fund Cuts
. WASHINGTON Ml The Rccla.
matlon Bureau will bo "essentially
out of business" oy 1050 II tne
freeze on new projects last much
longer, says Reclamation Commis
sioner Michael W. atrium.
A Houso Appropriations subcom
mittee Wednesday inudo nubile uie
record of a clonid session which
Showed that Straus testllled:
"Unless tho new Jobs (projects)
which have been authorized by Con
gress aro undertaken and this
tvnc of long-time investment can
not bo undertaken sensibly In hur
ried panic tho pipeima inai nas
brought the dynamlo West new Wa
ter, new food and now hydro-elec.
trio energy to sustain Us great de
velopment, will run dry."
Since the fighting started In Ko
rea, President Truman has fol
lowed a policy of no new starts,
with few exceptions, In tho recla
mation program.
Straus told the committee the
' Reclamation Bureau had asked
$348,100,570 for the year ending
June 30, 1053. This was cut to
$234,020,000 In the President's budget-Straus
stressed that the $324.-
620,000 Is earmarked for continuing
work on going projects with one
ixcepuon, the uien turner dam in
ansns, lor which $3.(120,000 is re
quested to begin construction,
"Tha bureau's program Is dc-
1
f iybimk Pica
I'rlce Five Cent It Pages
W Cross
f
vw vl . . m .i r i4i 4 if t . r - ... .. . &
READY TO GO Red Cross workers picked up their solicitation kits at the annual kick
off meeting this morning. Above left to right arc: Mrs. Anna Felice, 2234 White St.;
Mrs. Vera Vandiver, 2227 Reclamation Ave.; Mrs. Lois Simmons, 1414 E. Main St.; Mrs.
Paul Farrcns, 405 N. 4th St.; Mrs. John Shaw, 104 Washington St.; and Mrs. Larry Wat
kins, Lakcshore Drive.
Responsibility For Gambling In Klamath
County Put Up To People As Panel Talks
Law Enforcement; No Deals Made in I(F
By DAVE I NDKRIHLL
Accusation of gambllna: activity
in Klamath County was uirown
rlffht back In the lap of the peo
ple last nlRht on the Herald and
News KFLW sponsored radio pro
gram, "Build the Bnsln."
8tate Sen. Phil Hitchcock act the
theme In his ouenlng remarks when
he said. "The will ol the people
that laws be enforced In the pri
mary factor for good law enlorce
menl. It In not always the will of
Klamath people that all laws be
enforced here."
In countering a question from a
radio listener asking If "home par
lorn" were operntlng In Klamath
Falls, Councilman Darrcll Miller
stutctT, "I don't know If they arc
operating here, but If they are they
arc doing no Illegally."
State Police 8gt. Earl Tlchcnor
voiced Ihe opinion that even though
rambling ensen were brought for
prosecution, It didn't do much good,
because the people apparently did
not want the law enforced.
Tlchcnor recalled how one year
he brought nix such cases before
Ihe grand Jury some years ago
and they were returned as not true
hills with the now famous remark
that, "due to Uie tonography of the
country lliero were no apparent
crimes Involved."
Darrcll Miller stated the city docs
not condone gambling, that there
Is no outspoken agreement between
tne city council and ponce Depart
mcnt not to enforce gambling laws
In the city.
The ordinances arc on the
books," Miller said, "and wo aim
to enforce them."
Ooncral topic of discussion for
Held Threat To USSR Future
dining at a Tate all out of propor
tion, to Its value to the Western
States, Straus said.
The request for $224,620,000 In
new funds compares with tho
$234,522,000 appropriated for the
year ending June 30, 1052. Of the
new money, Straus said, $104,720,-
000 Is slated for construction work.
Every effort Is being made, the
commissioner said, to bring m new
power plants to aid in defense
work. ,
"For tho 12 months ending Deo.
30, the power plants on reclama
tion's proJeots generated 23 billion
kilowatt hours," Straus said.
"This tremendous output of elec
rlcal energy, which brought the
government a - cash revenue of
about 40 million dollars, wan utll
llzed to turn tho wheels for de
fense factories throughout the
Western states, light the homes of
farm and city workers alike, pump
the Irrlgntlon water, operate the
mines and support the military
agencies engaged In defense work.
"Irrigation water' was available
for 6 Vt million acres during the
1051 crop season, From those acres
came 18 million tons of food and
fiber, valued at 654 million dol
lars." '
Straus said he hoped the com
mittee would not approve the
Keating amendment which was
KLAMATH FAI.LH, OltEfiON,
the sixth In the "Build the Basin"
series was "How Can We Better
Support Our Law Enforcement Of
ficials." Sen. Hitchcock stuck to his theme
that the people must want the laws
enforced.
He remarked, "Our law code Is
based on the 10 commandments to
protect the people atalnst the small
lawless element. If we don't en
force the laws, we should remove
them from the statutes," said the
Senator.
Dist. Atty. D. E. Van Vactor
said people, particularly jurors
must believe that our laws are good
and applicable to them as well as
the other person, If we are to have
Rood law enforcement.
"If a juror thinks a law should
not be binding on him." the district
attorney said, "then he cannot
judRe fairly a case on the law and
evidence given in a trial."
Sgt. Tlchcnor opined that law en
forcement officials cannot efficient-
Son Born To
Herald Employe
Upside down type, wrong ends
on stories and any other mistakes
in today s paper are all directly due
to the arrival of Daniel James Lud
low six pounds-eight and one-half
ounces; born to James and Mrs.
Ludlow Feb. 26.
The proud father Is make-up
man in the back shop and has been
walking around In a cloud all day.
The rest of the staff have been, too,
(a cloud of cigar smoke,)
written Into last year's appropria
tion.
Hits .prohibits building power
lines in areas covered Dy wheeling
agreements or where government
power is transmitted over private
power lines to preferred customers.
He opposed suggestions by the
Budget Bureau that execution of
repayment contracts by water
users bo completed before any
funds in the new bill could be
used for construction on a recla
mation project.
If the suggested new language
naci been m earner legislation,
Straus said, "You and the country
would not have the Central Valley
project, the Columbia Basin proj
ect, the Missouri Basin project,
and many other developments to
day." Straus said existing law requires
execution of repayment contracts
before the delivery of water and
this has worked out well.
Here arc the amounts, by proj
ects, asked by the Reclamation
Bureau for the year starting July
1 and the amounts recommended
by the Budget Bureau, totaling
$348,100,570 and $224,620,000, re
spectively:
General Investigations $9,129,000
and $6,000,000.
Construction and rehabilitation:
Alaska: Eklutna $13,000,000 and
$13,000,000..
EIlRUAJtY 27, 19S2
mm
ly enforce laws without cooperation
of all the people.
Tlchenor said this cooperation of
the people consisted in reporting
habitual law violators, being willing
lo testify against them and ready
and willing to serve as Jurors.
Klamath Indian reservation su
perintendent, E. J. Diehl, said law
enforcement on the j-cservatlon dif
fers little from that In other parts
of the Basin area.
"The problems differ," Diehl
said, "only In that they are made
more difficult because of the lack
ol court jurisdiction in regard to
misdemeanor crimes." '
Diehl added, "We have no court
on the reservation: the state does
not accept jurisdiction on crimes
committed jn the reservation: the
local court does not take jurisdic
tion of crimes committed off the
reservation by Juveniles."
Diehl concluded., "In misdemean
ors concerning adults on the reser
vation and minors on or off the
reservation, our officers operate In
a vacuum."
Municipal Judge Hobert Elder
proposed the position of police chiet
be put under civil service as a
benefit to police for their protec
tion. He also advocated that juve
nile traffic offenders be brought
into municipal courts.
Both Darrcll Miller and Judge
Elder advocated that salaries of po
lice and firemen be Increased if
there Is to be better support of
law cnlorcement officials.
Elder said that all resignations
from tbe police force In the past
years have been Because ol poor
snlary and lock of opportunity for
advancement.
Calif.: Cachuma $8,500,000 and
$6,270,000; Central Valley $51,398,
000 and $40,000,000: Kern River
$15,000 and $15,000; Colano $4,958.-
000 and none.
Idaho: Minidokn-Amerlcan Falls
power $1,300,000 and none; Mini.
doka-North Side pumping $603,000
and $10,000,000.
Mont.: Buffalo Rapids First
Division $222,000 and 52.000;
Buffalo Rapids Second Division
$111,000 and $111,000; Hungry
Horse $13,245,000 and $13,245,000;
Sun River $40,000 and $40,000.
Wash,: Columbia Basin $24,600,
000 and $20,000,000; Yaklma-Kenne-wlck
$2,560,000 and none; Yakima
Rosa $886,000 and $106,000.
. Calif.: Central Valley, $3,305,
000. and $3,227,000.
Idaho: Boise, $560,600 and $560.
400; Minidoka $368,000 and $362,
000. Mont.: Hungry Horse $200,000
and $195,100.
Ore.-Calif.: Klamath $334,600 and
$346,300.
Orc.-Idaho: Owyhee $415,000 and
none.
Wnsh.I Columbia Basin $3,494,
000 and $3,409,000; Yakima $508,
000 and $525,000.
It probably will be several weeks
before the appropriations commit
tee makes Its recommendations on
tne various requests. . 1
Telephone Dill
No. 27.11
Fast Work
Pledged By
Work Units
A streamlined and high-powered
drive for 125,000 was launched
late this morning by the Klamath
County Red Cross chapter.
Some 200 officials and workers
kicked the drive off with a pep
meeting at the Wlllard Hotel at
10 a.m. Solicitors picked up their
kits and received final lastructlons.
TllU year's drive is designed to
be a quick, hard-hitting campaign
with the hope the goal may be
reached by mld-Morch. Normally,
Red Cross drives extend through
the entire month of March.
Klamath Exec. Secy. Virginia
Dixon said this morning the chap
ter had already received a healthy
$4,200 boost toward its $25,000 goal.
The $4,200 is early, unsolicited do
nations. At this morning's session, John
ny Houston was emcee and Intro
duced Red Cros leaders, some of
whom made brief talks. Introduced
were Campaign Co-Chairmen Rus
sell Tlsdaie and George Dlmbat,
Mm. Dixon and Miss Faye Smith,
Red Cross Pacific Field Represen
tative from San Francisco.
Speakers, visibly impressed by
the enthusiasm of Ihe crowd,
stressed the Importance of an
"over-the-top" drive by pointing
out the need for finances here to
carry on important work.
In a skit designed to show tne
wrong and right wav for solicitors
to make calls, he Rev. Gordon C.
Ashbee, St. Barnabas Episcopal
Church, Bonanza, revealed him
self as a highly-Competent thesplan.
The parson portrayed a bumbling
solicitor with the skill of a .pro
fessional comedian. '..
Others in the skit were Mrs.
Julia Zumwalt, Mrs. Robert Thomp
son and Mrs. C. B. :Larkln. r
Mrs. Larkin also had charge of
arrangements for this morning's
meeting.
The drive is sdIU into six di
visions. The divisions, their quo
tas and chairmen; advance gifts.
(2500, wes Lorenz; business, $8,500,
Roy Murphy: industry. $4,500 O.K.
Puckett: outlying districts $5,000,
Herb Pollard and Jim Emmons
(cc-chalrmeni: special groups,
$2,000. Carrol Howe and J. F. Hey-
den (co-chalrmeni.
Publicity for the drive was or
ganized bv Charles Hahn. with the
cooperation of merchants, theaters
Oregon Tech, radio and newspaper
men.
Wage, Hour
Breaks Found
SALEM W State Labor Com
missioner W. E. Kimsey said
Wednesday he has found several
violations of the state wage and
hour law in Portland.
So far this year, Kimsey said,
he found 27 children under 18 years
of age working in Portland without
work permits. Downtown Portland
theaters accounted for more than
a third of the violations.
Two employers were found to be
paying less than the minimum
hourly wages, and another was
ordered to establish a regular pay
day as required by law.
Thirteen firms were found to be
working women and minors over
time in violation of the law.
FIRE
PORTLAND 11 Damage was
estimated at $25,000 in the fire
which broke out Tuesday night in
the Fowler Manufacturing Com
pany.
9 OrloxJi Spaced
ERNEST J. GREEN (above),
just returned from Saudia
Arabia where he was en
gaged in construction work,
is visiting here at the home
of his son, Joseph Ei.'
Green, 804 N. 2nd St,. .
OnivnWa
gye
Weeks Faces
Murder Rap
In Knifing
Klamath County's first murder
trial since the Homer Franklin
case In 1948 seemed likely today.
vniiiKe 01 second ueKicc niuruer
was filed this morning by the dis
trict attorney's office against 35-year-old
Lorenzo Buford Weeks.
Klamath Indian from Beatty.
Weeks is accused of stabbing to
death a 38-year-old Mexican rail
road section worker, Miguel Tenorlo
Mauriclo, following an all-night
drinking bout Monday night and
Tuesday morning In a cabin at
1204 Adams St.
If the case comes to trial as is
apparent since Weeks would admit
nothing after long hours of ques
tioning yesterday the prosecution's
case will depend largely on testi
mony of a 12-year-old Indian boy.
Arlan Jackson, son of Pearl Ray
Jackson, renter of the cabin where
the killing occurred, toll the dis
trict attorney he saw Weeks thrust
a long, sharp butcher knife into
Mauricio's chest.
Weeks. Maurlclo, Pearl Jackson.
James Godowa and Lolana Crain
(the latter two Indians from
Beatty) had consumed two gallon
jugs of wine at the cabin between
8 p.m. Monday night, early Tues
day morning, according to Dist.
Atty. D. E. Van Vactor.
Van Vactor said statements in
dicated the group then decided to
go to bed.
Maurlclo and the boy reportedly
got a mattress and laid it on the
kitchen floor, with Mauricio lying
down next to the wall.
Weeks sat down a few feet away
in a front room chair.
Shortly afterwards. Van Vactor
said, the boy stated he got up and
went to the toilet, a few feet from
the kitchen at the rear of the
cabin.
The Jackson boy stated when he
came out of the toilet he saw
Week's bending over Mauricio with
a knife.
"Shall I kill you now?" the boy
quoted Weeks as saying.
Then, according to the boy's
statement. Weeks thrust the knife
down into Mauricio's heart and
said, "Now you are dead."
The terrified boy said Weeks
then out the knife on a shelf
in the kitchen and went back to
the chair where he had been sit
ting in the front room.
A few minutes later. Weeks re
portedly got up, attempted to wash
off the bloody knife in a pan on
the stove and also wash blood off
lOtt pants he had been wearing.-
It was some minutes isier, van
Vactor said, before the others in
the cabin realized Mauricio was
killed. Then one of them went
next door to 1200 Adams, cabin
of Charlie Ward, -manager of the
cabins for Mrs. Dora Herrera, and
called police.
City officers arrived in three
minutes after the call and took
all in the cabin into custody at
the Police Station.
The district attorney said none
in the cabin "could remember
what happened, outside of the
Jackson boy."
Mauricio reportedly worked for
the Great Northern railroad until
a week ago.
GN employment records of a
year ago showed he was married
and had two children. Southern
Pacific records showed Mauricio
was born in Monterey, Mexico in
1913.
Ward's Funeral Home where the
body Is being held pending def
inite information said Mauricio
also has a brother. Aurellio, San
Bernadino, Calif., and a sister in
Cotton, Calif.
Two Quit City
Police Force
Badges No. 3 and 4. two of the
longest In service of the City Po
lice Department, will have new
owners.
Traffic Patrolman Bud swuzer,
wearer of Badge No. 3 for 10 years
resigned from the department Mon
day.
Patrolman James Brown, Badge
No. 4 on the force for nine years
and seven months, has been grant
ed a six months leave of absence.
Switzer and Brown have indicat
ed they are going to Medford to
start a merchant ponce patrol serv
ice. Police officials said the badges
they turned in would eventually go
to new officers.
Their leaving cuts the police
force down to about 21 or 22 off!
cers of the full complement of 26.
Police Department officials an
ticipate tne vacancies will be lined
next month when results are re
turned from Salem of civil serv
ice examinations taken by some
25 men earlier this month.
Bus Strike
Truce Sought
SAN FRANCISCO tm Federal
Conciliator Omar Hosklns meets
Wednesday with Pacific Greyhound
and union officials In an attempt
to head off a seven-state bus strike.
The AFL Motor Coach Employes
Union has voted to walk out at
12:01 a.m. Sunday if no new con
tract is agreed upon.
Wages are the key point of dis
pute. The 3,500 member union
wants driver mileage pay In
creased from $7.26 to $8.50 per 100
miles and hourly rates on short
runs Increased from $1.63 to $2.04.
The company has offered a four
per cent increase In a two-year
contract.
n !ir
m4
JUDGE VANDENBERG
Yandenberg
Seeks Election
Circuit Judge David R. Vanden-
berg Tuesday mailed to Salem his
filing for re-election to the circuit
bench in the 13th Judicial District,
Klamath County.
The nosltion is non-partisan and
Judge Vandenberg probably will be
unopposed lor anotner six - year
term. He Is now finishing his sec
ond term and will be eligible for
retirement alter 18 years in onice.
The position of Circuit Judge of
this district pays $9,350 a year.
Child Slayer
Faces Court
For Murder
PORTLAND I A first degree
murder indictment was Returned
Wednesday against Mrs. Jada Z.
Kader. 21.
The county grand jury said she
killed her 3-year-old daugnter sner
rie last Jan. 23 with "premedi
tated malice."
The child's body was found In a
drainage pit several days after the
mother lirst turn reported ner Kia
naned. Another daughter, Vickie, 4, put
the finger on her mother by lead
ing detectives to tbe drainage pit.
The grand jury accepted asphyx
iation as cause oi oeatn.
At the preliminary hearing the
district attorney said tne cniid
drowned after the mother quieted
her by holding a hand over her
mouth and nose, then tossing her
into tbe pit.
The indictment came after Mrs.
Kader's attorney. Nels Peterson.
filed a motion for her release on
bail.
She Is not eligible for release
now under Oregon law. .
Arraignment will be Friday after
noon before Circuit Judge Mac
Cormac Snow.
Jail Supt. Jack Matthews said
Mrs. Kader has been visited reg
ularly by the children's father,
George Dollarhlde.
He came here from San Fran
cisco at the time of her arrest and
said he did so to stand by her
side.
Power Hookup
Draws Denial
WASHINGTON W The Rec
lamation Bureau's 40 million dollar
budget recommendation for Cali
fornia's Central Valley project con
tains 2 million for tne coniroversi'
nl nower inter -tie.
The bureau earlier proposed that
It run a power line to near Klamath
Falls, Ore., and connect there with
northwest power pool. It started a
survey
There was Congressional objec
tion, and when survey work con
tinued. Congress rebuked the bu
reau and ordered the work to halt.
Tlie Bonneville Administration
also had recommended the inter
tie as a means of providing some
100.000 kilowatts of firm power to
Southwestern Oregon.
However, Bonneville's role was
only that of recommending and it
nad no construction project con
nected wih it.
4 II
f
i
Scenic Siskiyou Rouie
Gives Up Ghost; Trains,
Buses Take Cascade Trail
The Southern Pacific no longer
operates a railroad from Grants
Pass to Dunsmulr through the
scenic but unprofitable Sisklyous,
The last trains went over that
route, northbound and soutnoouno,
Tuesday, and today the territory
is covered by Pacific Greyhound
buses, chartered to tne soumern
Pacific.
Abandonment of the section of
line probably, will be missed only
by about 15 persons a day. That
ha's been about the usual number
of passengers for some years, and
sometimes, SP officials say, the
run would be made with maybe
onlv six or seven aboard.
The line was built in 1887 and
at one time was part of the South
ern Pacific's original north-south
road from Portland to San Fran
cisco. But the Cascade line, which runs
through Klamath Falls, is- faster
and more heavily used, so It has
the through trains and the through
passengers, I
Germ War
Use Denied
By Allies
TOKYO Wl Red reports hint
that bubonic plague and cholera
may be sweeping North Korea.
The hints were contained In Com
munist charges that the Allies are
using germ warfare in Korea,
For four days Red radios tn
Pelplng and Pyongyang have been
repeating and elaborating . the
story.
The persistence and violence of
the charges led to speculation
In U.N. Command headquarters
Wednesday that an epidemic may
have broken out In North Korea.
Red China's official Pelplng Ra
dio Wednesday linked the bubonic
plague with its charges of bacteri
ological warfare.
It recalled "the horror of 1940
when countless civilians In Che
kiang Province (of China) died of
bubonic plague spread by the Jap
anese mvHuers.
In the Korean truce town of Pan
muntom. a Communist rnrrnennnrf.
ent said germs which produced bu-
doiuc piague and cholera have
oeen isolated.
Tne correspondent, Wilfred Bur
chett of the Paris Ce Soir. xald
Communist forces have under
taken a widespread Inoculation pro
gram. Burchett said he and other Red
correspondents covering Korean
armistice talks were inoculated
Tuesday night at Kaesong.
Pelpmg Radio said China was
ready to "organize antl-epldemlc
teams to send to Korea to fight
the diseases spread by the Ameri
can aggressors."
u.N. Command spokesmen said
the Red germ war charges were
false and ridiculous.
The U.N. has no Intention of
starting an inoculation campaign
of its own because of the Red
stories, a spokesman at the Mun-
an truce headquarters said.
Suit Filed In
Auto Fatality
Suit has ' been filed In Circuit
Court here for $15,000 damages In
the traffic death Nov. 6, 1951, of
Thelma Irene Baker.
Named as defendants brought In
the suit by Donald W. Baker, ad
ministrator of the estate for his
wife, are John R. McCulloch (doing
business as McCulloch Motors),
and a company employe, Robert
D. Baker.' ' -c- -a
Robert Baker was operator of a
McCulloch pickup which struck
Mrs. Baker at 2nd and Washing
ion Sts. as she was operating a
motor scooter southeast on Wash
ington St.
Mrs. Baker died the next dav In
Klamath Valley Hospital of severe
injuries resulting from the crash.
The complaint filed charges Rob
ert Baker with negligence in driv
ing the pickup at a high rate of
speed, failure to keep a proper
lookout, not keeping the truck un
der control and failure to decrease
speed of the vehicle.
Atty. C. J. Burrell represents
the plaintiff in the suit.
Palisade Dam
Work Pushed
WASHINGTON Wl The Pali
sades Dam project will be built
"as rapidly as possible in order to
produce power In Idaho and the
Pacific Northwest where it is so
badly needed."
This was the testimony of Ken
neth W. Markwell, assistant Re
clamation Bureau Commissioner,
at a hearing on appropriation re
quests for reclamation projects
during the year beginning July 1.
The testimony was made publlo
Wednesday by a House Appropria
tions subcommittee whlcli is con
sidering President Truman's re
quest for 10 million dollars lor
Palisades dam.
Markwell said the 10 million is
needed to build the Snake River
dam and power plant as rapidly
as possible.
The 76-million-dollar project ul
timately will be used for power
production, irrigation and flood
control.
Farmers have agreed to relin
quish certain benefits they would
normally receive from water stor
age for five years, to permit maxi
mum power production during the
national emergency.
The Rogue Valley lino still oper
ates, from Portland down to Grants
Pass. ,
At 11:55. n.m. today a bus left
Grants Pass carrying the South
ern Pacific's passengers destined
for Medford, Ashland, Hilt, Horn
brook, Yreka, Weed, Mt. Shasta
and Dunsmulr and It was due in
Dunsmulr at 4:30 p.m. to connect
with the southbound Shasta Day
light there.
A northbound bus was due to
leave Dunsmulr at 2:15 p.m., after
the arrival of the Daylight there, '
to retrace the route to Grants
Pass. It was due in Grants Pass
at 6:50 p.m.
The bus runs will be primarily
for Southern Pacific passengers,
but will accept local passengers
when SP riders are taken care of.
Pacific Motor Transport trucks
handle freight and baggage.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission sanctioned abandonment of
the Siskiyou line.