am
Klamath Alien To
Attempt Landing
On Narrow Ridge
By WALLACE MYERS
Two Klamath Air Search and Rescue filers took off here at noon
ieday to attempt a hazardous mountain landing In the search for the
"Ghost of Ash Creek Butte".
The "ghost" is an Air Force transport which vanished Dee. t with
eight men aboard. The last time the plane, a C-47, was heard from,
a crewman radioed Municipal Airport here that the ship was flying at
10,000 feet over Klamath Falls en route from Spokane to Ban Francisco.
There was no hint of trouble and the plane communicator said the
flight was on course and an schedule. The big ship vanished after that
radio report.
Since then. Air Force and civilian filers and ground erews have piled
up search hours until this Is believed to be the biggest plane search In
the West' and perhaps In the nation.
The "Ghost of Ash Creek Butte" entered the picture last Sunday.
Another search base had been established here Saturday to seek a four-
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KLAMATH FALLS, OKKGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1952 Telephone Sill
No. 2733
ALL HIS LIFE Loy Barker, local Northern Life Insurance
agent, has been cheated out of three birthdays out of four,
so this morning he obligingly- donned party accouterments
to observe his. 11th birthday. He's one of the very few Feb.
29 youngsters arbund.
ftt' L'fl'
V Mi
Br FRANK JENKINS
A Taeoma man named Luvaas
was walking down -a. Seattle street
yesterday when he wax hailed by
a pauuif motorist who double-
parked '.lone enough to' hand him
. iw in eaan and a business card.
The motorist total, atranger)
ssio:
"I can't find -a narking Blue
Will you please depoalt this money
in ine nam tor me7 '
The dispatch goes on: '
; "The dazed Luvaaa rushed Into
., the bank and deposited the money
while the trusting motorist circled
the block and finally picked up his
deposit, slip from Luvaaa waiting
rt uie euro."
One for 'the .book?
Sure I Sure I
. But wouldn't this be a wonder
ful world if EVERYBODY was as
nonest and oepenaanie in tne
plpche u tills man Luvaaa turned
Another thought lea pleasing: '
Our ancestors walked because
they didn't have automobiles to
ride in. we of the present day art
finding that we have to walk be
cause were isn't any place Jolt to
para our automoDiies,
Politics:..'' "
"A oountyby-county newspaper
estimate of popular sentiment In
new Hampshire indicated today
that General Elsenhower Is holding
a narrow and possibly SHAKY
margin over Senator Tafl In. the
battle lor Republican votes in the
state's presidential primary elec
tion on March 11. t
"The editors agreed that Taft
has made long gains during the
past weeks .after a late start In
organising, originally Elsenhower
was considered sn overwhelming
isvoriie in new nampsrurc.
General Elsenhower Is running
under almost Impossible conditions.
As a soldier, he has never talked
enough about politics and civilian
government to give Uie general run
of people an understanding of what
he believes and what he atands
for.
As a soldier tn uniform, HE
CAN'T TALK NOW and because
of the Increasing gravity of the
military situation in Western Xu
rope It seems utterly unlikely that
he will, have any. opportunity to
talk to the people, about his views
and nis beliefs ahead of the Re.
publican naUonal convention next
summer.
Mis political backers In this eoun
try are aware of this situation and
are worried about It. But Ike him-
f,elf Is DOINO HIS DUTY IN EU,
ROPE, and keeolng his mouth
strictly shut on political matters
ai a soiaier in uniform MUST DO.
If the situation In Western En
rope remains as critical as It. Is
now. I think It can be taken far
granted that we will hear nothing
mors irom ucnerai jiiisennower
aoouc pontics.
He Is a good soldier and an hon
orable man whose conception 61
ciuiy is mat it as sometning to be
done to the 'best of his ability
regardless .of the cost to his own
personal fortunes. : -
More1 Washington politics:
"Senator Russell of Georgia . In
entering the Democratic presiden
tial race may have snatched the
Dixie banner from Tennessee's can
didate, Senator Kefauver.
"Moreover, Russell Is seerl AS A
THREAT TO PRESIDENT TRU
MAN himself If the President de
cides to run again,"
As between Russell and Kefau
ver, there Isn't much to be said
at this moment and at this dis
tance. They are both good men,
and only one can be nominated.
But the fact that two good Dem
ocrats are willing to brave the
President's lie and run for the
Democratic; nomination without his
blessing Is a political fact, of very
great Importance. '.
You've heard, probably of dynas
tic succession which Ls a historic,
ally nnolent scheme of royalty to
KEEP THE POWER IN ONE SET
OP HANDS, ' ... t
Well- , '.' .
If each President CAN NAME
HIS 8VC0ESSOR, we shall have
DYNABTIO SUCCESSION . right
here In the United States of Amer
ica. Both Kefauver and Russell are
' (Cantlnned an Tag 4.)
Copco Worker
Electrocuted
lAKEVIEW-A California-Oregon
Power Company worker was killed
Instantly this morning when he ap
parently bumped his head on a line
running Into a ' 13,000-volt trans
former at the Forest Products
Corp, sawmill. .
Ha was Arthur Marlon Weide-
man, 38.
Phil Qulnsenberry, Copco man
ager at Lakevlew, said Weldeman
was tightening a 110-volt line lead
ing Into the time clock shed when
the accident occurred about 8:30
this morning.
Weldenutn had been emnloved hv
Copco here tor five years. He
leaves a widow and three children.
Dial Phones
For Merrill
MERRIIX Manually o Derated
telephones In the Merrill district
will become history at 6 a. m.
Sunday.
Crews of the Columbia Utilities
Company that have been working
on the change over to the dial sys
tem lor ine punt two months will
cut over some 375 telephones used
by urban and rural patrons and the
community will fall into line with
Tulelake, Malln and Newell that
have been under dial for many
months. Merrill Is the last two In
the Southern part of the-Klamath
Basin to see the new system inaugurated-
Merrill is now headauartera for
swltchbonrd operations for all the
south basin towns. Exchannes In
the other areas are automatic with
all calls being handled here. A bus
iness ouice is open in Tulelake.
A three-DOSltlOn HWltrhhnnrrl ho.
oeen installed hero with 13 opera,
tors employed.
Lucille Austin Is chief operator.
John W. Klrby Jr.. district man.
ager and James Klrbv. local man.
ager both live here.
Patrons are asked to use the new
numbers In this year's directory.
These are also nuhllsheri in tl, insi
airectory lor Klamath Palls.
The Columbia Utilities Comnanv
which located here In 1828 oneentM
exchanges at Bonanza and Lorclla
in mis area, Eagle Point, Butte
Valley, Onkridge and other smnll
communities In the Rogue River
vauey,
Edward Fuller
Dies Suddenly
Edward D' Fuller. 45. riled hnrt.
ly after arrival at HUlsirin Hos
pital this morning following a heart
nttaok at his home, 1702 Crescent.
Fuller was an appliance sales
man for Cascade Home Furnish
ings, working their since March 1,
into.
Previously he had been emnloveri
at the California Orntrnn Power
Company and after mllitarv serv
ice during World War II sold in
surance for a time.
. He Is survived by his mother,
who lives in Portland; a son, Tom,
Student at Oregon State College,
and daughter, Sue, who Is a stud
ont at San Jose, Calif.
How About This
Setup, Girls?
VIENNA (AI Hungarian wom
en -and girls are displeased with
the mass production of scarlet red
dresses for them, the Budapest
newspaper VUlogoosag reports.
At a recent conference In Buda
pest, dealing - with deficiencies of
ready-made clothes, the quality ns
well as the pattern of women's
wear' was the. subject of severe
criticism-, tne paper said,
The women not onlv oblected tn
the- mass production of scarlet
dresses, they also complained that
th patterns were alike, leaving
mem no irecoom oi cnoice, i
Ike Holding
Narrow Lead
In N H. Vote
By RELMAN MOWN
CONCORD. N. H. if) A county-
by-county newspaper ' estimate of
popular sentiment In New Hamp
shire indicated Friday tnal ucn.
Dwlght D. Elsenhower Is holding
narrow and possibly a shaky,
margin over Ben. Robert A. Tall
In the battle for Republican votes
In the state's presidential primary
election, March 11.
The editors of eight Associated
Prjix member newiuMDers have
been conducting a continuing sur
vey, each In his Immediate area.
Their appraisals ranged from a
5S-45 percentage edge for Elsen
hower in some counties aown to
an almost even division of senti
ment In others.
On the Democratic side, the
same editors agreed that the party
machine. If It Is thrown Into nign
gear, will easily crush a budding
growth of sentiment for Sen. Estes
Kefauver, of Tennessee, ana give
President Truman a spanking ma.
orlty of popular votes ana con
vention delegates.
The editors also agreed that:
1. Taft has made long gains dur
ing the past few weeks after a
late start In organizing. Originally,
Eisenhower was considered an
overwhelming favorite in new
Hammhlre. chiefly because of his
support by the state's top Repub
lican leadership.
a. The nrlmary outcome may be
decided by tne eneci oi inn ap
pearances nere nexv weea.
3. A heavy snowfall reducing
hark country" attendance at the
town meetings on primary election
day could seriously nurt tain
rlianres. The rural communities
aro considered strongly favorable
m Taft. whereas' Eennowers
popularity Is rated greatest In the
ClUCS.
Hew Hampshire-voters' will res
istor preference of two types ui
the primary.
I. Thev will vote for delegates
runnlnr as favorable to Taft. El
senhower and Qen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur as Republicans; ana lor
Truman, Kefauver and ex-Post-masler-Oeneral
James Farley on
the Democratic side.
2. At the same time thev will
vote directly for the presldenUal
candldntes In a "popularity con
test" The result Is not binding on
delegates.
In this section. Harold Stassen's
name is entered, although Sta&sen
does not have a slate oi aeiegaies
ud for election, vlca versa, a iuii
slate of delegates Is running lor
Oen. MacArthur, but MacArthur's
name Is not In the "popularity con
test."
House Cuts
Tax List Off
WASHINGTON Wl The House
Appropriations Committee recom
mended Friday that the much
criticized Bureau of Internal Rev
enue be allowed 700 new employees
instead of the 7,000 It has asked.
The committee's stand was
taken in sending to the house a
$3,442,455,000 bill to finance the
Treasury and Postofflce Depart
ments for Uie year beginning next
July 1.
The total represented a cut of 2
per cent from the amount Presi
dent Truman asked for tne two
departments but is $482,282,000
more than they received in their
regular appropriation bill last
year.
In opposing 7,000 new employees
for the Bureau of Internal Reve
nue, the committee noted that
President Truman Is proposing a
large-scale reorganization of the
tax collecting service. It said it
assumed this would result In sav
ings, Senate Cuts
Gl Pay Boost
WASHINGTON 11 The Senate
Armed Services Committee Friday
approved a cost-of-living Increase
for 'American servicemen. But it
was a vastly different bill from
the House-approved measure which
provided for a flat 10 per .cent pay
boost.
Chairman Russell (D.-On.,) said
(he committee, "re-wrote" the
House bill with a resulting' esti
mated annual savings of 375 million
dollars.
Russell said the Senate bill would
give 3,000,000 service men from
Crlvatc to general a 3 per cent
oost in base pay and larger In
creases than voted by the House In
allowances for food and rental to
those with families or dependents.
. Although the committee's vote to
send the bill to the Senate was
unanimous, Russell said four or
five committeemen wanted to lim
it Increases to the. allowances for
subsistence and quarters and that
some opposed any Increase. ,
Father Appeals Military
Court Martial Of Son For
Sleeping On Guard Station
ALLOWAY. N. J. lAt The an-
gry father of a soldier serving a
10-ycar court-martial sentence on a
charge of sleeping while on guard
In Korea. Intends fighting for his
son's freedom.
Dorsey McConnell. a millwright
in this small South Jersey com
munity, said ThurAday he retained
a lawyer In Washington to appeal
the case of his 20-year old son who
claims he fell asleep because he
had no rest for three days.
He knew nothing about the court
martlul until after his son. PFC.
Spud Shipping
Figure Falls
Outbound potato shipments from
the Klamath Basin fell to 13 car
loads yesterday as shippers appar
ently were waltlng the advent of
the extra dime allowed on March
shipinenis by OPS regulations.
The dime, an allowance for stor
age costs, will up the base price
on No. 1 potatoes to 3.85, and No.
1 size A (2 inch mlnlmums) to
13.05.
Meanwhile, Oregon Potato Com
mission Administrator Ben David
son was quoted In Boise as back
ing the Inclusion of Oregon's Mal
heur County under OPS orders af
fecting Idaho. He said Malheur
County growers ship their potatoes
at the same time and to the same
markets as Idahoans.
The original OPS regulation sep
arated Malheur County from Idaho
regulations.
No price-increase reports for any
of the three West Coast states' gen
eral growing areas have been men
tioned in recent Washington, D.C.,
dispatches. The OPS regulation giv
ing Idaho and four Eastern Ore
gon counties increased celling on
potatoes by-pasted the rest of the
Coast. Including the Klamath
Tulelake and Deschutes areas, t
Shirt And All
To Show Point
MARYSVILLE, Calif. tP) A
million shirts for Congress . .
That's the goal of officers of the
California State Farm Bureau Fed
eration. 8ecretary-Treasurer Don W. Mc-
Colly started It Thursday when he
toid a regional meeting:
Tovmy Congressman, I say:
'You are taking now (in taxes) al
most everything but my shirt. So
you might as well have that, too.'"
McColly Jerked off his shirt. So
did eight others. Including Federa
tion President George Wilson.
McColly Insisted it was a spur of
the moment Idea.
But several members liked it sn
well that McColly said they agreed:
"We will try to get everyone to
send his shirt to his Congressman.
u we can get a million shirts in
the mail then Congress will see
Just how much we want to cut
taxes."
PS.: If you're doffing your shirt
to your Congressmen, please send
u aireci, not to Mcuouy, ne added.
Temperature
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Warren G. McConnell, had been
returned to this country and Im
prisoned at the Lompoc, Calif.,
military disciplinary barracks, the
futher said.
The commanding general of the
Seventh Division approved the sen
tence. In Seoul, the Eighth Army's i
Judge advocate s office said one
previous conviction was considered
In tne trial.
The elder McConnell. who has
seven other children, said his sol
dier son sent him a letter describ
ing the events that led to his sen
tence. In his letter, the father said, the
soldier claims that he and four
others were court-martialed for
falling asleep while on guard duty
near the front lines Nov. 14.
"We had been awake for three
days . . . building bunkers during
Uie day and pulling guard at night.
If you have ever been awake that
long you will know how we felt.
Sort of numb all over. You feel
as If you could drop in your
tracks."
The young soldier said his squad
"set up on a bunch of rocks" be
cause "we knew we would go to
sleep if we got too comfortable on
the ground."
Even with the rocks, and the fact
that "it was cold as all get out,"
the men fell asleep, he said.
Three of the accused five es
caped punishment, young McCon
nell said, "because the sergeant
that was going to testify against
them got killed two days later.'
"That left my squad leader and
I," he added.
The young soldier said his group's
lieutenant had slept in the after
noon and was asleep again when
the telephone guard came down to
see why he could not raise the
squad on the phone.
"The lieutenant w6ke us all up
and told us to stay awake, and the
next morning he called us up in
front of the captain," the letter
said, adding that the court-martial
followed.
..After the court-martial, the .sol
dier continued, the Judge advocate
tried to get the men restored to
duty while they still were in Korea.
"He did get our DD (dishonorable
discharge) knocked loose which
will show Washington when they
review our case that we were good
soldiers and got a raw deal,' he
added.
In Washington, Atty. Myron G.
Ehrlich said the elder McConnell
has retained him to appeal the 10
year sentence to the U.S. Court oi
Military Appeals. This court is
made up of civilians.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, afternoon showers; fair
Saturday. High Saturday 44, low
tonight 15. Northern California gen
erally fair, possible light showers
In extreme north, cooler.
High Thursdav 45
Low last night - 19
Precip Feb. 28 0
l'reclp since Oct. 1 12.77
Normal for period - 8.12
Period last year .12.01
(Additional Weather on Page 4)
In the 20s, but It Looks Like Spring, Anyhow, Down at the
Reds Press
Slashes In
Defense Tax
PARIS Ift France's 19th cabi
net since liberation stumbled and
fell Friday and President Aurlol
Immediately began a search for
the statesmen and money which
will enable the country to play the
big Western defense role given her
at Lisbon.
Premier Faure was ousted from
his 40-day-old premiership In the
early hours of this morning by an
adverse vote, of the National As
sembly. The assembly first pledged him
the money for the new four billion
dollar defense program by an over
whelming majority but then It re
jected his plan for paying the bill.
Only 104 Communists and fellow
travelers voted against the approp
riation. But right-wingers Joined them in
turning down a 15 per cent tax in
crease, of which Faure had said
"every centime" would go for new
military expenses.
There was no indication that
French participation In the North
Atlantic Treaty would be affected.
Only the Communists are asking
for a change In foreign policy, and
they are isolated from . the other
parties.
A French official commented
that Faure and Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman had gone to Lis
bon after a vote of support from
the Assembly. He said he saw no
reason why that support should
now be questioned.
How to pay for It, however,, was
another question.
As expected. Communist Boss
Jacques Duclos placed the blame
for the government's defeat on the
defense program fixed at Lisbon.
As he left' President Auriol's
Elysee Palace, Duclos told report
ers: "It Is indispensable to proceed
to a reversal of oolicv and re-
establl6houE national independence
by limiting our military spending
to tne needs or a national army,
by giving up all plans for new
taxes and by reestablishing normal
trade relations with all countries."
No other, party leader echoed
this.
Diogenes Missed
His Chance...!
TACOMA in Harold Luvaas,
Tacoma insurance man, believes he
must really have an honest face.
Walking down the street in Se
attle Thursday he was hailed by a
passing motorist who asked him
to do him a favor.
"Sure, Luvaas said.
The man in ths automobile said
he couldn't find a parking space
and handed Luvaas $200 in cash
and a business card.
'Deposit that in the bank for me,
will you?"
Tne aazea i,uvaas rusnea imo
the bank and deposited the money
while the trusting man circled the
block and picked up his deposit
slin from Luvaas waiting at the
curb.
place plane missing with four men aboard. That plane was found where
It had made an emergency landing near McCloud and the four men
were found uninjured. Sunday afternoon, Paul Gemberllng, veteran
Spokane pilot who had participated in the search, was returning here
from McCloud. ...
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SEN. KEFAUVER
Kefauver To
Enter Primary
SALEM Wl Sen: Estes Kefau
ver of Tennessee, who rose to fame
ax the" D.S. Senate's' crime investi
gator, was entered. TrMa? in'Oro-
gon 5 xnay . 10 uemocmua evi
dential primary. .
State Sen. Jack Bain, Portland
Democrat who filed the Kefauver
petitions,, said that Kefauver told
him in a telephone conversation
Thursday that he would campaign
actively in Oregon.
So far,. Kefauver is the only
Democrat entered- in the Demo
cratic primary.
The filing period ends next Fri
day. -
Only two Republicans Gens.
Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas
MacArthur are entered on the Re
publican side. General MacArthur
asked mat nis name oe wiurarawn,
and Attorney General George Neu-
ner now is preparing an opinion on
whether MacArthur can withdraw.
CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON Wl The Defense
Department Friday Identified 32
more battle casualties in Korea in
a new list No 510 that reported six
killed, 24 wounded and two injured.
It also listed six dead who were
previously reported wounded.
When Oemberllng arrived ai
Municipal Airport here, he electrl
fled KASRU and ' Air Force men
with a report he had sighted the
tall section and part of the fuse
lage of a C-47 sticking out of the
snow on the east slope of Ash Creek
Butte.
Gemberllng was positive he had
seen the C-47. Talking to this re
porter, he described the scene In de
tail . . Said he could plainly see
the entire tall section and the fuse
lage up to about the location of the
rear door.
But when fliers returned to the
butte the following day to pinpoint
the wreckage for ground crews pre
paring to battle their way to the
scene the wreckage could not be
found. Late that evening, after the
the last of several planes had re
turned Irom a fruitless search lor
BULLETIN
A B-17 carrying an air and
ground search party from Mo
Chord Air Force Base arrived
at the Klamath Falls airport
shortly before noon today to re
sume search for a C-47 trans
port plane missing in this area
since December 28. Another
plane bringing military searchers
from Hamilton Field was ex
peeted In this- afternoon. Search
operations were to get under
way Immediately south of here
in the Mt. Shasta vicinity. .
the wreckage, the ground trek wai
called off. .
Meanwhile, Gemberllng had re
turned to Spokane but before hi
left, he convinced' many of thi
KASRU and Air Force men that ht
had enr:t.h Jong-eowW - -'.
"IbHup. 'Ed Scholer and Georgf
Wardell took off from here to tn
a perilous landing on an Ash Creel
Butte ridge near the area Gember
ling reported .'sighting the , loa;
plane. Scholer's ski-equipped plant
was stripped of all non-essentla
weight In order . to obtain mon
power for a tricky takeoff from tht
8332-foot ridge II a. landing wen
made.
The spot selected for the landlni
and takeoff try is a steep anc
narrow ridge bare of timber. How
ever its proximity to big tlmbe:
offers a very short landing anc
takeoff strip . . the strategy wa.
for the plane to land uphill usini
the grade for braking power ant
takeoff downhill to get the neces
sary speed for a takeoff.
Two other KASRU fliers were te
fly a protective cover for Scholei
and wardell. They were "Pappy
Newlun, a pioneer pilot whose lof
books date back to 1917, and Che
Leichty. They were to fly In New
lun's plane, circling above and ob
serving Scholer and Wardcll'i
dangerous attempt.
.
(Continued on Page 4.)
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