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FROM 70-ODD FEET UP, this Is the view of the city's
new $37,000 aerial ladder fire truck a fireman would get.
The ladder will shoot up 85 feel, but the photographer
called a halt at this distance. The truck arrived only a
few days ago, hasn't been used yet.
InThc-
Hy FRANK JENKINS
Another ho-hum day In the news.
Example, tills one from Los Ange
les: "Slingshot vandnla down here
are getting entirely too accurate
lit their aim. They raised consid
erable bavoo earlier this weak by
rhootlng glass marbles through win
clows n business establishments
and residences.
"Last night a vandal In a moving
automobile shot quart of oil out
of the hands of a service station
attendant. He said he was willing
nJf 111 battle preparatory to pul
ling the oil In a customer's engine
when he heard a s-l-n-g and felt
the glass crash In his hand."
More of the weird phenomena ol
this modern world, I reckon.
Still. I have an old-fossil notion
that If enough of these vandals
were laid over somebody's knee
and Riven old-fashioned spanklnRs.
or taken out Into the woodshed
and Introduced to a shlnRle applied
vigorously in the right place. It
might help.
There's a hole, of course. In 'that
reasoning. In fact, thero nrc two
holes.
One of them Is that In these mod
ern davs nobody knows any more
how to administer a Rood work
manlike spanking without rancor
or anger, for disciplinary purposes
only, In the pure spirit of thls-hurts-me-more-than-lt-does-you.
Tho other hole Is that there are
no longer any woodsheds.
Did you ever stop to think that
In the Ameiica-as-envlsloned-by
the-Foundlng-Fathers, the America-of-the-days-before-the
screwballs-Rot-lnto-conlrol,
the woodshed oc
cupied a position of the very high
est moral, economic and social Im
portance? Well, It DID.
I've referred already to the value
of the woodshed as n morn) Insti
tution. So fnr as I'm concerned,
the statement that a little prayer
ful woodshed suasion either with
a shingle, which Is too Until to do
permanent physical harm, or wllh
a hame-strlng, which In the old
days shared rcspon.ilblllly with the
(Continued on rare 4.)
New York, Chicago Chosen
Cities In
In . . I
WASHINGTON 11 Secretary
of the Treasury Snyder said Friday
New York and Chicago have been
chosen as "pilot districts" for the
reorganization of the scandal-hit
Internal Revenue service.
First steps will bo taken shortly
after April 1.
The administration won authority
for its proposed top-to-boltom shake
tip of the tax collecting service
when the Senate approved the re
organization plan lato Thursday by
a A3 to 37 vote.
It was President Truman's big
Itcst triumph of the IDftf Congres
sional session.
In the showdown, the plan was
hacked by 30 Democrats and 23
Republicans. Nineteen Republicans
and 1R Democrats voted to kill It.
Of the 18 Democrats opposing It,
14 were southerners,
Senatorn, by endorsing the pro.
gram, gave up one of their cher
ished and time-honored preroga
tivesthe right to participate In
naming Internal revenue collectors
in tho states.
Truman and his Senate support
ers argued that the elimination of
political patronage from appoint
ment of collectors was the key anti
corruption provision In the plan.
Seven collectors have been fired
nr forced to quit Jn the last year
in the wake of a series of tax
scandals largely uncovered tn Con
It .
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I 1
Oregon Tax
Ratio Sees
4 to 1 Loss
WASHINGTON Wl Records of
the Internal Revenue Bureau show
a totii I of $2,721,4(15,304.01 In fed
eral tax collections In Oregon In
the 18-year period ended last June
30.
A report by a Congressional com
mltleo shows the federal govern
ment riturncd $704,581, 16 to the
state In various programs In the
same period.
On the basis of these figures,
Oregon got back In those programs
24 cents of each dollar which Its
residents and business firms paid
In federal taxes during the 18
years.
The report on federal spending,
prepared by the Joint Committee
on Non-Essential Federal Expendi
tures, includes such programs as
veterans' benefits, social security
benefits, various federal aid pro
ects and. In the depression years,
funds disbursed Uirough the Works
FrogreM Administration and sim
ilar agencies. v
Income taxes accounted for $2,
121,602.337.70 of the 18-year rev
enue total from Oregon.
The total also included $7,231,
314.33 In Agriculture Adjustment
tuxes between 1934 and 1036 but
most of this according to the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, was re
turned alter the Supreme Court
held unconstitutional the law un
der which thess collections wore
made.
Weather
FORKOA8T: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, mostly overcast with snow
Hurries I rlday through Saturday
Gusty southeasterly winds 20-25
MI'll. High Saturday 38. Northern
California, Intermittent rain oi
snow showers, temperatures con
tinning below normal, windy.
High Thursday 33
Low last night 21
I'reelp Thursday T
I'reclp since Oct. 1 13.27
Normal for period 8.67
Period last year 12.58
(Additional Weather on Page 4)
Tax Department Cleanup
"7 ,
gressional probes,
Sen. George (D.-Oa.), who
fought the plan bitterly, told a
reporter 'it's now squarely up to
the President, the Secretary ol the
Treasury and the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, to clean up the
Revenue Bureau, not only in Wash
ington but across the country."
Snyder told a news conference
that the changes will be held up
briefly so that there will be no
Interference with (1) tho filing and
collection of this year's Income tax
returns, due Saturrlny, and (2) the
mailing of 30 million tax refund
checks, now In progress.
(While midnight March 15, Is the
statutory deadline for Income tax
returns, taxpayers will have until
midnight Monday because Saturday
is not a business day for the fed
eral government.)
Revenue Commissioner John B.
Dnnlnp, who met reporters with
Snyder, said he has sent a mes
sage to all Revenue omployes de
claring: "Tills Is the biggest opportunity
ever handed to a group of gov
ernment employes to Join together
In forging a truly revitalized agen
cy of government designed to serve
the best Interests of both the citizen
and government."
The reorganization plan abolishes
the Jobs of the present 64 politically
Price Clve Cents 14 Pagea
Ching And His Violin Hold
Ghostly Party At Kumsong
CKNTItAL I'ltONT, Korea, (IV- Deserted Kumsong Is a (host
town In a cold, dead valley between. Allied and enemy lines.
American soldiers who look down on It from their frontline
bunkers on these frozen hills say Kumsong Is hsunted.
The waves of war have washed over the town too often to
count. The mud lints are battered
I'l..- -..I..- I t. f, 1
which creep into Kumsong lule
draw. Knldlers rail It "The Capital
Many enme back from long
swept vnlley to say they have heard "It" agnln dis. .nt
music snd the gay laughter of women carried on the crisp night
air.
II was only a whispered slnry until tills sign appeared myster
iously one morning, nailed to a log bunker:
"Come to the gala danee this Saturday night located In
lovely, convenient Kumsong. Dancing partners and delicious
drinks without cost."
The strange events prompted Hgt. Joe Hchwaller of Monterey
Park. Calif., to write:
"There's a place to dance In your combat pants,
"Anil a place to forget the fight;
"There's gal galore and no sign of war
"In Kumsong, Saturday night.
"It's down the line, don't step on a mine,
"far from the battle's din,
"Where you can Jig to the phantom music
-or fhlnc and his violin."
lor those who scoff, there Is only one answer. Just dress
warmly and go up the hill to the bunkers some lonely night.
You'll hesr laughing voices and sweet music. You'll hear a voice
in the nest bunker say: "It's (,'hlng and his violin."
Connolly. Harriman Clash
Over $7 Billion Foreign
Aid Bill Before
By F.DWIN B. IIAAKINSON
WASHINGTON i.fi Sen. Con-
nally tD.-Tcx.J shouted angrily
Friday that the United States
"can't go on forever appropriating
large sums of money" to Britain,
France and other countries.
Connolly, chairman of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee
studying President Truman's $7,
900.000.000 foreign aid program,
challenged Mutual 8ccurity Direc
tor W, Avcrell Harriman lime ana
again as Harriman bid lor Con
cessional support of the aid plans.
Economy minded Congressmen
have voted their Intention to do
plenty of cutting In the multl-bll-lion
dollar aid program.
Harriman told the senators the
plan Includes 2'4 billion dollars In
"defense sunnort" funds with Brit
ain and France gelling the, lion's
share of the money.
He said Russia is spending man-
ev everywhere and giving vast
sums of military equipment to her
RHtllttCH
We are lacing a wona-wiuc
struggle," Harriman asserted
",nri il is verv murn in our ur
teresl to heln our Allies to build
up their military slrengin.
il w,u ai. im nninL linn n ic.
faced Connally shouted that the
u R "can't go on forever appro
priating large sums of money to
tho United Kingdom, r rance mm
nthfp countries."
And. he declared, "we are unucr
nr. fihllunttnn" (O dO SO.
Connally complained particularly
about $300,000,000 in economic aiu
to Britain in recent months.
ti nrlme minister, when he
came ever here, said he wasn't
.nirn m vk (nr aid." Connally
said. "Did you run alter him and
give It to him?"
linrrinmn called this ' a wise dC'
clslon," and said It was to this
cmintrv's interest to aid Its Allies,
Harriman told Connally the eco
nomic, aid was granted unaer
nrovislnn of the aid law permitting
the transfer of 10 ir cent of funds
Irom military to economic aid.
Connally said this should never
have been authorised.
Connnllv fumed when Harriman
referred to U.S. aid as a "very
small sum."
"You call seven billion n small
sum?" the Texan demanded.
Harriman said ho meant "rel
atively smnll" In relation to the
Importance of building up the
strength of our Allies.
Sen. Wiley (R.-Wls.,V top-ranking
minority committeeman, asked
Harriman if all the foreign nld
Items asked "arc untouchable''
when the budget proposals for the
As Pilot
appointed collectors of Internal rev
tunc across the country.
It establishes Instead a system
of 21 district commissioners, and
04 deputy district commissioners
where collectors' otiiccs aro now
located.
All these officials and other top
level officials at Washington head
quartersexcept for the Revenue
Commissioner will be placed un
der civil service.
Dunlup said the Civil Service
Commission is now establishing
"the' Highest standards" for these
Jobs.
Most of the present collectors arc
expected to leave the tax service
In the reorganization, although
some may be retained after taking
civil service examinations.
8nyder said the transfer to com
plete civil service status will be
completed by Dec. 1.
After the Intricate organization
changes are mado in New York
and Chicago, tho plan will be
spread across the country, district
by district.
Snyder said there would be no
announcement of names of the new
district commissioners before April
1.
Asked If the present collectors
were resigning en masse, Dunlap
said "Congress took care of their
resignations yesterday."
KLAMATH FAILS, OHKOON,
charred heaps of rubble. -O
...l A ml I. n.,lin,, n,l'.i-'V
at nlnlil, look, and silently
of No-mnn's-land.
hours of looking over the
Congress
next flsal year Indicate a 14 billion
dollar debt.
I agree with the President that
they're on tho low side," Harri
man replied.
This caused Connally to break
In again and ask with sarcasm:
"Then why don't you add to It
and give 'cm four or five more
billions?"
Connally recessed the hearing un
til Monday when the committee
will meet In 8 closed-door session.
He said tiie group then will con
sider the politically controversial
motion by Sen. McMahon (D.-
Cnnn.,) to ask Oen. Elsenhower to
return here from his European
command to testify on the multi
billion dollar program.
Elsenhower, a leading entry for
the Renubllan presidential nomin
ation, lias opposed suggestions that
he return during the current po
litical campaign.
New Hose Answer
To All Problems
READING, Pa. I Good news
for the girls.
No more stooping, twisting and
turning. No more one-leg balanc
ing acts. Now milady can tell if
those stocking seams are straight
without the usual contortions.
According to patents Issued re.
cently to Alfred E. Ischlngcr, Read
ing patent attorney, a new "dec
orative line" not a seam down
the front of the stocking, from the
knee to the ankle, will Indicate the
position of the rear seam. It's as
simple as mat.
The line, which will terminate in
"various design combinations," has
another appeal. Lschlnger says the
new hose will have a slenderizing
enect on tne legs.
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FIRST PASSENGER for tho maiden voyage of the new
elevator at the J. C. Penney store downtown this morning
was Mrs. Harold Mcrryman, shown here with C. S. Elliot,
store manager. The elevator, running from the basement
to tho top floor of the building, is just the second to be
installed in a downtown department store. An Attendant
is to be on hand always to operate it.
FKMAV, MARCH 14, 1052
Instructors Back On Job
At 0 New Post Created
freet Student Demands
.jf
By WALLACE MYK118
Two Instructors laid oil Monday
at Oregon Tech have been rein-
stated and Lyle Read, student
bodv nrcsldent said today "this Is
the happiest bunch of students you
have ever seen.
The students aren't happy mere
ly because the two Instructors were
reinstated; tho reinstatements and
other happenings at OTI in the
pust two davs appear to have
created a healthy new atmosphere
of good will between students and
the administration.
Monduy, Instructors John Hcl
stad (Machine Shop) and George
Ucrllngs fBody and Fender) were
laid off because of a spring term
enrollment drop In their Classen.
The state allows OTI an average
of one instructor for 15 students
Woodmen
Voting On
Strike Issue
A vote Is to be taken next week,
among members of the CIO Inter
national Woodworkers of America
to determine If a strike might be
called If negotiations between the
giant union and the lumber indus
try break down.
Ballots will be mailed from the
IWA olfice in Portland, according
to President Al F. Hartung, and
must be returned to Portland by
April 4. The count will be made
April 17.
For some weeks the union's re
gional negotiating committee has
been holding sessions with princi
pal groups of employers in the
Industry. The union has asked for
a pay raise of 20 cents hourly
more liberal vacation provisions In
contract, shift differential pay.
three more paid holidays, travel
pay and other contract provisions.
Minimum pay in the Industry Is
now around $1.70 an hour plus
various health and accident bene
fits won by the CIO union earlier.
Present contracts expire April 1.
Union officials have contended
workers are entitled to a 9-cent
hourly Increase as a cost of living
adjustment and the additional 11
cents for Increased productivity
and standard of living increase.
Employer groups reportedly have
offered extension of present con
tracts. Thieves Busy, So
No Sermons Read
LA GRANDE If While the
Rev. ' and Mrs. Henry Gernhardt
were out of town, their residence
here was ransacked.
They think it was Thursday that
their back door was taken off the
hinges, nnd papers, food and cloth
ing scattered around.
But they couldn't find anything
missing, in the study, several ser
mons were left on the floor.
"I wish." said the Reverend
wistfully, "they had taken time to
read them."
Telephcae 1111
No. 276
land the enrollments had failed to
come up to the average. Y ester-
day, a Hood of new enrollments
made It permlssable to reinstate
the two Instructors and the action
was taken immediately, according
to OTI Director Winston Purvlne
FROTK8T8 MADE
When the Instructors were laid
off Monday, students made strong
protests. A big percentage of the
student body refused to attend
classes and statewide attention was
focused on the stormy campus.
But In special meetings Wednes
day with state legislators, educa
tion officials and OTI adminis
trative heads, the students learned
that the administration was merely
following state directives in laying
off the instructors.
They also learned that protests
about the school's scholastic offer
ings suffering because of sports ex
pense were groundless . . . That
no state scholastic funds were
spent for sports and that curtail
ment of sports would not bolster
scholastic facilities.
However, the student protests
were not entirely futile. One pro
test, having to do with a lack of
proper supervision, was no doubt
a strong influence in a ma or ad
ministrative ,change ordered yes
terday by Oscar Paulsen, state di
rector of vocational education.
Paulsen, here for the meetings
with the students, heard Purvine
explain to the students that his
time for administrative supervision
was curtailed because of time-con
suming routine office work.
Paulsen, after a brief survey of
the situation, created a new job of
administrative assistant to Purvine
and the job was quickly filled on
a trial basis.
Mrs. Mary Clark who has been
in charge of aptitude tests, took
over the new assistant's Job yes
terday, tine is to handle a big part
of the routine work formerly done
by Purvine, thus giving him more
time for supervision.
The aptitude work formerly done
by Mrs. Clark has been switched to
the dean of men. Jerry Branaman.
Charles Boleyn, member of a
committee which spoke for the stu
dent body in Wednesday's protests
meetings, yesterday strongly denied
y;. the protest action was in any
way linked with a State Federation
of Labor attack on the school. The
federation, through its Portland
chief, James Marr, has denounced
OTI as a school of "Inferior" value.
Boleyn. in a letter to the editor
carried on today's editorial page,
said that as an experienced crafts
man he knew that cm s instruc
tion was superior. Boleyn charges
that the federation's attack on OTI
was prompted by "the selfish de
sire of the labor union to force
aspirants for trades training t o
secure journeyman cards through
the union apprentice system."
Bull Sale Ups
Dimes Account
Bids, placed on a Hereford bull
at the recent Red Bluff Bull sale,
by Dan and Mabel Liskey, Klamath
Falls, Loren Miller, Red Bluff and
D, E. Alexander, Napa, Calif., put
the annual March of Dimes fund
drive total for 1952 above any
previous year in the history of the
polio campaign.
a cnecK ior 51.e03.1z nas oeen
received by Alice Vitus. Klamath
County drive chairman from C. F.
stover, chairman of the Tehama
County Bun Sale Committee to
boost the sale total to $13,400.00.
The bull, donated by George
Hunt, Mlllville, Shasta County, to
be sold for the March of Dimes,
brought $12,775.00.
Bids made by Mr. and Mrs.
Liskey and Alexander were for
$1,500. $675.00 and $700 respectively
Mr. ana Mrs. L,isKey requestea me
committee to send $1,125.00 to
Klamath County, Miller's bid was
divided between Klamath and Te
hama counties and Alexander re
quested that $225.00 of the 75 per
cent established under rules of the
committee be sent to Klamath
county, the remainder to go to
Napa County.
The rule established by the Red
Bluff Sale Committee provided that
the division of money bid by buyers
would be: 75 per cent was to go to
the county or counties designated
by the bidder. The other 25 per
cent was to be equally divided
between the county or counties de
signated by the man who donated
the bull and to Tehama County
which put on the sale.
Pea Shooters
Sharp Shooters
LOS ANGELES Iffl Slingshot
vandals are getting entirely too
accurate In their aim.
They raised considerable havoc
In the Inglewood and Lennox areas
earlier this week by shooting glass
marbles through windows of busi
ness establishments and residenc
es. A vandal from a moving automo
bile shot a quart of oil out of the
hands of a service station attend
ant Thursday night. David R.
Oren, 20, said he was wiping off
the bottle when he heard a z-i-n-g,
and felt the glass crash In his
hand.
GRAHAM ARRIVES
NEW DELHI, India Wl United
Nations Kashmir mediator Frank
P. Graham arrived from Karachi.
Pakistan, and began a second
round of talks with Indian leaders.
It Could Happen
To Anyone, Too
DETROIT 11 Yes, Thomas N.
Sngden told the judge, he did push
his neighbor's car into a tree and
smash It up $57 worth.
But, he said, he had good cause.
A dozen times during the winter,
he said, he shoveled snow to clear
a parking space In front of his
home.
But as soon as the space was
clear, Thomas M. Schellhose would
drive into It.
"Finally, in February, I got
mad," Bugden said.
Traffic Referee Rollin D. Shull
suspended sentence Thursday on
a reckless driving charge and told
Sugden;
"I hope spring clears the atmos
phere." Water Use
Urged For
Area Safety
Herald and News Publisher
Frand Jenkins yesterday told the
Klamath Falls Klwanis club that
the Klamath Basin must commit
its water to use or lose it.
"It Isn't tommy-rot about our
losing our water," he said. "It J
ft we do lose this country won't
be worth a dollar."
The publisher, speaking before
more than 100 Klamath Kiwanlans
and guests, suggested a double
commitment of our water to use-
first by using it to its greatest ex
tent for agriculture, and then, aft
er it starts down the slope to the
Pacific, commit it to hydroelectric
power.
jenxins pointed to Bureau of
Reclamation estimates of a poten
tial 600.000 acres of Irrigable land
in the Klamath Basin, and then to
the city of Spokane, which support
ed by a million acres of farm
lands has grown to a metropolis
of a quarter of a million persons.
we have half that Dromise "
the publisher noted. "By proper
use agriculturally and industrially
our water can revolutionize this
country. We could build a city of
loo.ooo people here."
Jenkins said the Klamath River
has the potential of three Bonne-
villes. He quoted from a Corps of
r.ngineers report wmcn stated in'
greatest power potential on the
American Pacific coast, surpassed
oniy ny tne Columbia.
The publisher recalled an earlier
ruckus between agriculture and
power factions in regard to use of
tuamaui Kiver water, and warned
that similar friction this time may
cause us to lose our water entirely.
He recalled the once - beautiful
Owens Valley of Eastern California
whose waters were sucked away at
tne sacrifice ot St lew lor many.
The Owens water Is now funneled
into southern California, and the
valley is an arid land today.
State Parks
OK Camping
PORTLAND LP Vacationers
will be able to stay overnight in
state parks this year for the first
time.
The State Highway Commission
gave its approval Thursday, agree
ing on a plan to charge fees for
each car.
It will be $1 a night per car In
improved camps with an added 25
cents if electricity, stoves or other
facilities are used. It will be 50
cents in unimproved camps, 75
cents if power is provided.
a ainereni schedule will be In
effect at Emigrant Springs State
Park in the Blue Mountains be
tween Pendleton and La Grande.
There the charge will be 15 cents
for each overnight camper with a
special fee for opening the camp
10 groups ana closing 11 up alter
the last group.
At Silver Creek and Smith Creek
camps there will be special rates
ior youth groups. It will be $7 a
camper for a season of 8 to 2
weeks or 26 cents a night for short
periods.
Service Signs
Get Release
PORTLAND Wl Those service
club signs on posts at the outskirts
of most cities don't have to be
torn down, the Oregon State High
way Commission decided Thurs
day. Last month the commission
had said they would have to be
removed.
The original action came when
a church asked a permit for a sign
and the commission decided it had
to draw the line somewhere and
ordered all signs removed within
six montns.
But Thursday R. H. Baldock.
engineer, reported it all had been
a mistake. The signs aren't on
state right-of-way but are on city
property and thus the state has
no control over them.
Oregon College of Education won
a round on its fight to get highwav
9!)-W off the college campus at
Monmouth. The commission or
dered a relocation survey.
Candidates1 Column Will
Again BeH&N Feature
The Herald and News election feature "Candidates' Column"
Is being reopened and brief statements from candidates for pub
lie office will be welcomed and printed, free of charge.
Statements should be personal, giving a short history of tha
candidate, his age, business, experience, affiliations, place of resi
dence and such statistical information, as well as his plans, a una
and aspirations toward the office he is seeking.
As far as possible, a picture of each candidate for publie
office will be run with his statement. New photos will be taken,
also without cost, of those coming to the newspaper office.
The Herald and News reserves the right to edit all copy,
and also will not publish any statement latar than May 14, prior
the the May 18 primary election.
Solons Say
Agreement
Too Costly
Associated Press Farm Writer
WASHINGTON m The, naiien's
wheat growers may hiuJ.wbmlt
to rigid restrictions m Wductlon
of their grain in 1053.
The state and federal agriculture
departments are preparing to tell
them so in connection with an ad
ministration drive to get an inter
national wheat agreement extended
by Congress.
There is strong opposition among
lawmakers because of the cost.
Under the wheat pact four major
wheat-exporting nations and about
50 importing countries have Joined
In an effort to stabilize world sup
piles and prices.
Export quotas are set for each
exporting country and purchase
quotas for each importing nation.
Prices are controlled by a system
oi maximums and mlnlmums.
ine pact expires at the end of
the marketing season for this
year's crop. Approval to extend it
would have to be granted by the
present session of congress In or
der to plan for the 1953 grain crop.
ine aaministration savs the
agreement has helped this country
una an overseas market for 350
to 400 million bushels of wheat a
year.
Critics contend this 1s nothlnir In
brag about, considering the fact
that the government has had to
pay an export subsidy of about 65
cents a bushel on the bulk of the
grain.
Under the agreement TT s uhnt
Is exported at a price lower than
the domestic price. The subsidy is
paid to farmers selling wheat for
export so that they will not lose
money.
Agriculture Department Bra In ex
perts say that without the foreign
markets afforded by the agreement
U.S. exports would drop probably
50 per cent.
To prevent accumulation of ton-
heavy surpluses, farmers would
find It necessary, officials say. to
resort to rigid production and mar
keting quotas next year If this
year's crop is a large one.
The only alternative, say advo
cates of the agreement, wuuM be
i or ine ujs. 10 resort to cut-tnroar.
competition with other wheat-1'
porting nations lor world markets.
sucn competition, they say. prob
ably would cost more in subsidies
than the wheat agreement.
Gestapo Agent
Put To Death
PARIS Ml Abel Danos, agent
of the German Gestapo in oc
cupied France and the nation's
public enemy No. 1 was executed "
Friday.
Raymond Monage. another form
er Gestapo agent, also was exe
cuted by a firing squad at Fort
Montrouge, in a Paris suburb.
They were sentenced to death In
May, 1949.
Danos was sentenced to life in
1939 for the murder of a bank
clerk and was freed In 1940 bv the
Germans.
Arrested at the liberation, he
made a sensational, escape from
the Palais de Justice.
He subsequently killed three do-
licemen in the next four years In
France.
He spent some time in Italy
where four murders and numerous
robberies were linked to his c?me.
He was arrestea in 1948. while
trying to commit a robbery. End
was jailed.
He had false identity papers and
it was not until two days later
that police discovered that they had
finally nabbed Danos.
Diptheria
Hits US Ship
HONOLULU OH The attack
transport USS Bayfield was under
strict quarantine here Friday as
Navy medical experts baffled an
outbreak of diphtheria among
members of the crew.
Eleven men were carried from
the ship to Tripler General Hospit
al. Navy spokesmen said seven
cases definitely are diphtheria and
tne otner lour may be.
Among those stricken were the
Bayfield's medical officer, Lt. jg)
Robert D. McGinnis of San Lean
dro, Calif., and the dental officer,
Lt. (jg) Bertan Chan of San Fran
cisco. A Navy official said Seaman Cal
vin R. Johnson ot Cleveland,
Tenn., was in "very serious con
dition." Sun Mountain
Snow Record Hit
FORT KLAMATH An all-time
snow depth record for the Sun
Mountain summit has been record
ed. A snow depth of 118 inches
was reported by Victor Slsson, Con
rad Shetland. Mark Kary and
Dwight Patton, members of the
Indian service who snowshoed to
the summit, February 28. Water
depth was 43 inches.
The men made the 11 mile trip
on snowshoes from the Streeter
ranch.