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n HUNK JKNKINS
Here ate some startling figures:
In t)i IB years ending last June
30 that in o say, from 1033 lo
1W1I the federal government col
lected In Oregon a total of $2,731 .
406,304.01 (approximately two and
Uiree ounrtuin D1LUON8 o( dol
lars.) Ill the hiiic period. Uie fcdernl
Kovernintnt Itm uilNKD TO ORIS
(ION In M various programs In
i' lml Inn veterans' benellln, nocIuI
security benefit, various federal
aid project auri. In the deprennlon
t years, funds disbursed by WPA
and other agencies i boondoggling I
the Mim of nm.5Sl.lM (approxl
mately 7M'j MILLION dollurs.)
In other words:
In tliene 18 New Deal and Fair
Deal yenrit. the frdernl uovernmcnt
took roughly FOUR DOLLARS out
nf the suae of Oregon fur each
ONE DOLLAR Unit It returned to
the otnto of Oregon.
Question :
tl we felt that we' wanted, needed
and had lo have all Uicac things,
wouldn't we have been FAR belter
oft If we had PROVIDED THEM
FOR OURSELVES rluhl here In
Oregon and had paid fur them
with our own Orcuon money?
An It was, we sent four dollars
to Washington and not one dollar
back.
Why did all this happen?
Here's what 1 think:
It happened because we permit
ted TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT
TO BE REMOVED FROM THE
STATE HOUSES. THE COURT
HOUSES AND THE CITY HALLS
AND TAKEN TO WASHINGTON.
Things like that always happen
when the people permit govern
ment to net too bin and too far
away.
The biff lob that lira ahead of
us, as I see It,, la to bring more
ol our government back lo the
state houses, the court houses and
tlr city halls. The federal govern
ment's job, BASICALLY, la Uie con
duct of foreign relations and na
tional defense. That Job can be
done ONLY by the federal Rovern
ment. There are, of course, otlrr thing
that onn be handled beller by the
federal government thnn by the
. states. Die counties and the cities.
' Such things as radio, television,
lonir distance comruunloatMwi. air
and land transport all of which
cross alale lines from one end of
the country to the other. This Is a
blir nation, and as such It has cer
tain problems than can obviously
be handled more efficiently by the
national government than by local
governments.
But In the IS years covered bv
these Oregon figure the tendency
has been to take too much LOCAL
government away from the states,
the counties and Uie cities and
move It to Washington.
That Is a DANGEROUS tendency.
Its dangers are admirably Illus
trated by Oregon's experience dur
ing these 18 years.
Amontr all he candidates for
President In this campaign year
only one, Senator Russell, Demo
crat, of Georgia, has publicly rec
ognised this danger that faces us
and has demanded that more of
our government b brought back
from Washington and lodged again
In the states, the counties and the
cities. .
I wish more of our candidates
would loin with Senator Russell In
his demand for MORE local gov
ernment and LESS big national
government.
I feel strongly that In these 18
years we have permitted too much
of our local government to be
taken away from us. Therein lies
the root of a lot of our troubles.
Two Nabbed In
Big Robbery
RENO, Nov. IIP) Two more
persons were arrested Snturdny In
the 1 ',4 million dollar Redflcld
burglary, Including the mystery
womnn whose attempt to gamble
a stolen 11,000 note led td the first
brenk in the case.
The FBI and Police Chief L. R.
Greeson of Reno identified the pair
as:
Leona Mae Giordano, 37, former
Reno waitress arrested In Los An
geles. Louis Oazzigll, 44, arrested In
Reno.
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Cay's.'Iews,
Rock Fight Flares Into Riot As ROK
Recruits Taunt POV's; 12 Die In Melee
KOJE ISLAND, Korea Wl A
U.S. Army captain said Snlurdny
that he tried frantically Thursday
to stop South Korean security sol
diers from firing on Communist
war prisoners.
Twelve North Korean prisoners
were killed and 26 wounded In
that fresh outburst of violence.
The shooting lasted several min
utes at compound 9 one of Kojc's
toughest camps after a rock
throwing fight between fanatic Red
prisoners and a working party or
other North Korean prisoners pass
ing along a nearby road.
The workers, who had renounced
" Communism a few days previously,
parked the disorder by taunting
the Red die-hards and waving Re
public of Korea flags. They also
i
SHARON STRAND (above),
1924 Logan St., braved the
snow this morning to get
yeast for a batch of home
made bread.
Massacre Tale
Told To Solon
CHICAGO Ml A former Rus
sian colonel says a "drunk and
bragging" Soviet cuptnln boasted
to hlin he was a special execution
er during the Katvn massucre. In
which 10.000 Polish Army officers
were slain.
Vaslll Erahov, 48, testified Fri
day before a Huuse committee try.
Ing to fix responsibility for the
killings In the Katyn Forest, near
Smolensk, Russia,
1040s.
in uie early
Ershov, now of New York, was
the first wartime Russian ofllcer
to appear before the committee,
winch plans more hearings In
Washington next week. It heard
the last of a two-dav narada of
witnesses In Chicago Friday.
Ershov, who came to the United
Slates three months ago from Went
Germany, said a Captain Borlsov
told hlin he was one of a group
of special Soviet Army execution
era at Katyn who took their or
ders directly from the Politburo
una uie minister of national sc
curtly.
SPEBSQSA To
Be On Air
The Klamath Musical Arts Conn
ell will present the Klamath Falls
uuroer shop quartet and chorus
under Uie leadership of John Hous
ton, In the regular Sunduv radio
program over KFJI, to 6:30 p. m.
i tn is mo fourth of a series nf
fine musical programs featuring
local talent which are presented as
a community service by the Coun
cil and which have been planned
and produced by Krlstian Olppo,
resident oi uie council.
Sunday's program will Include
three numbers by the House broth
ers as well as some chorus and
solo numbers. The concluding num
ber will be chorus presentation of
"Tile Lord's Prayer" with Mr.
Houston directing. ,
Clover Talk
Held AtTule
TULELAKE Some 118 Tulelake
Basin clovermen heard a nroun of
seed production experts report on
advances In technique In growing
and harvesting clovers.
Luther Jones, University of Cali
fornia Extension Service, described
ana oaexgrounaed seedmen in clo
ver knowhow. Phil Bttnell, a U of
C harvesting expert, described de
velopments In harvesting equip
ment. Dr. Duana Mlckclson told farm
ers that Tulelake lands are show
ing a phosphorous response. Modoc
County Agricultural Commissioner
Lorlng wlilto described the root
weevil. Joe Steele, Klamath Falls
grower, showed movies of his tandem-type
clover seed rcthrasher.
Farm Advisor Ken Bnghott and
Klamath County Agent Walt Jcnd
rzejewskl described bee use with
clover crosj-pollinlzatlon and Bug
hott discuscd further on fertiliza
tion. Eldon Larson, president of the
Western Seeds Association, presid
ed over the meeting.
were singing a ' ROK marching
song.
Stones hit an American captain
and knocked him down when he
rushed forward to quell the out
break. He was the only American
Injured,
He Is Capt. Walter E. Leahy of
Newton, Mass,
Against his orders, he said, ROK
soldiers and guards opened fire on
the men in Uie stockade.
Jumping up, the captain with
blood streaming down his face
ran along the road knocking down
the rifles and shouting: "Chung
Jll" "Stop it."
He said one guard was kneeling
with his gun aimed "point-blank
through the fence."
Signal Pole Contract. Only
War Business Here to Dte,
Being Finished by V raft
By II Al l: NCAItllROUGII
Work on what probably has been
Kltiiniith Fulls' only Industrial war
contract thus fur In the Korean
ronlllcl will be flnlnlxil up next
week, but there muy be more com
mit-
The contract was for 32.000 le.,
nhone Doles, about $100,000 wort
Tile poles lire imie ones, iwo
Inches In diameter and 14 fect long
tiipcrcd, mude of fir Willi a cast
nietiil tin. and arc to be used by
the Slgnn! Corps for stringing com-
immlcutlon lines.
Tlicy are being' made ny rir-
crufl, Inc. In work kpace rented
Steel Strike
Palaver Set
PITTSBURGH I The CIO
United Sieclworkcrs Union Satur
day culled a meeting of Its execu
tive board and 70-man wage policy
committee for next Thursday at
Hotel Roosevelt In Washington. The
union Is set to strike at midnight
Sunday, March 23, to support con
tract demands.
Union headquarters here an
nounced the call for the meeting
but would not elaborate. Union
president Philip Murray, also head
of Uie CIO, is In Washington. A
headquarters spokesman said any
further Information mast come
from Murray.
The steclworkera already have
sent out Instructions to boo.uuu
members In the basic steel pro
durlng companies for "an orderly
and peaceful" itrlke In event ol a
walkout.
The nationwide strike may be
averted If the WaRe Stabilization
Board recommends a contract set
tlement acceptable lo both sides.
The union Is asking an IB V, cent
hourly wage increase. Workers
now average between 11.90 Bnd
I.B5. The Industry has rejected
a pay Increase without a price
boost.
Gas Theft
Case Probed
Two servicemen, rnroule to Cal
ifornia, are stopping off at least
temporarily in Klamath County
Jul).
Robert S. Dwlncll. 21. a sailor.
and Buddy J. Quorry. 19, In the
Air Force, were arrested by Slate
Police at a service station near
Williamson River on U. 8. High
way 97 about II p. m. Friday on
charges of pellt larceny.
Officers reported inc pair Dougni.
14 20 worth of gas and took off.
but later became afraid of being
caught and returned to Uie station.
Air Force ana navy oiucrrs i"""
today were checking to see if the
two were AWOL. Quarry sta
tioned at Mather Field. Calif., and
Dwlncll at New London. Conn.
Suspects In
Theft Here
Charges of burglary, not In
dwelling, face two men returned
here last evening by the Sheriff's
Olllce from Phoenix, Ariz.
William B. wilder, 10. ana
Charles P. Poltra, 24, both from
Merrill, are accused in the theft
of 61 sacks of potatoes from a
Orrat Northern freight car at Ad
ams Point laic in iNoveniDcr.
They were arrested In Phoenix
last week on a warrant from Kltfn
ath County.
Two other persons were also Im
plicated in the spud theft. One of
them. Kenneth Mac Anderson, Is
serving a two-yenr term in prison
and the fourth, Raymond William
Dnwlcy. 18. Merrill. Is free under
it, 000 ball tor grand Jury investi
gation. Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California,
mostly cloudy Saturday with occa
sional light snow flurries; partly
cloudy Saturday night and Sun
day, slightly warmer Sunday after
noon. High Friday 32
Low laRt night 26
The filing stopped as sudden
ly ns It began.
American and South Korean of
ficers pieced together the story of
the incident for , correspondents
Saturday on tills Allied prisoner
of war base, a rocky island off
southeast Korea.
Seventy - eight Korean civilian
Internees and one American sol
dier were killed here last month
In a violent outbreak.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Dodd, Koje
commander, told correspondents
tne full story of Thursday s vlo.
lence must await the outcome of
an Intensive Investigation being
conducted oy nn Army Donra,
Dodd added Uint the board's re
port Is expected early next week.
from
puny
Swan
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Moulding Com-
The yO'now the work came
to .V Klamath Falls Is a
oivea one, Because me
jii lur fciie wigs uiigiimuy
no Ferrocraft Inc.. a wood
metal products firm located at
ruckahoe, N.Y.
Hans L. Levi, president of Fer
rocraft, looked around for mater
ials and was able to ooiain the
fir lumber from Don Weldler of
Chicago, who is a partner and
nules representative of the Palmer-
ton Lumber company of Klamath
Falls.
Since the order called for even
tual shipment of the poles, or
most of them, to Sacramento, Levi
decided It would to foolish to ship
the lumber from Klamath Falls
lo New York and then ship the
manufactured poles back to Sac
ramento. Klamath Falls, he fig
ured, would be the logical place
to do the work.
Levi cam. here several months
ago and formed an Oregon corpor
ation, rircrau mc, tne name mak
ing a pluy on words with the name
of hla New York company.
Jack Evans, on loan from Pal
merlon Lumber Company, became
manager of Flrcraft and a parti
cular woodworking machine used
In tapering the poles from one di
ameter at the butt to another at
tne up was snipped here from the
East.
The machinery was set up In
space at Swan Lake Moulding,
the telephone pole order sub-con
tracted to Flrcraft and a new lo
cal industry was In business. Four
teen or 15 men have been em
ployed at the plant.
The operation, Levi said, has
been so successful and he Is so
sold on the potentialities of Klam
ath Falls as a site for this type
of work, he Is going after more
war contracts and hopes to be
able to get a bigger and perman
ent operation going here. He fig.
ures hell have another military
contract oy June,
Crowd Jams
Spring Show
"Pretty models, smart Spring
styles, bright colors, flashing Jew
els and smooth performance
brought the 19s 2 Klamath Mer
chants Spring Opening to a success
lul climax In the armory last nlgbt.
Events moved rapidly from the
entrance of a bevy of prettily cos
tumed small ballet dancers from
the Isa Dorah Moldovan School of
Dancing through a flower decked
garden wall, to the bridal scene
at Uie close.
Some 50 local men, women, boys,
girls and youngsters paraded down
the long vamp on the main floor
to give a capacity house a glimpse
of what Klamath merchants have
planned for Spring and Summer
wearing.
The display of ensembles that
ranged from sleek bathing suits
to stunning furs was Interspersed
with clever comedy modeling.
Following the fashion parade the
crowd surged about displays of
home electrical appliances and mu
sical Instruments placed about the
hall.
Entertainment Included several
numbers by the high school girl's
glee club directed by Don Mctten
zle. Local florists with the assistance
of high school girls presented 1000
orchids to women guests. Conces
sions indoors were handled by Girl
and Boy Scouts.
Earlier In the day visitors saw
the latest models in cars, trucks,
farm equipment and Klamath Falls
new $37,000 aerial ladder fire truck.
Windows In stores on Main Street
were unveiled Thursday night.
Bob Frederickson, Miller's was
general chairman of the show.
Pine Beetle
Threat Eyed
ALTURAS Forty members of
the Society of American Foresters
met here Friday to study the pine
beetle problem which may be build
ing; up In Northern California and
Oregon.
The beetle threat recently hit a
low ebb In California, but has be
gun building up again.
Jack Bromberg. entomologist
from the Forest Insect Laboratory
at Berkeley and one of the West's
top men in nis field, explained tnat
oecues appear to aiiacK pines oniy
under certain conditions. He said
that by eliminating the "high risk"
trees through harvest beetle control
may bo established.
Bromherg and his superior. Paul
Keen, have established methods for
classing trees "allergic" to beetle
infestation.
Foresters report beetles destroy
more timber annually than do fires.
Porcupines were also discussed as
destroyers or ttmberlands, and pos
slble methods of controlling thi
heir
numbers were discussed.
Warner Skiing
Said Excellent
Ski conditions were reported "ex
cellent" this morning from Warner
Canyon ski area, northeast of
Lakevlew.
Fremont Forest Super. John Mc
Donald reported that an expected
snowstorm overnight failed to ma
terialize, and a light, powdery
snow icu over tne area.
7 :
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MUSIC HONOR Nine members of the Klamath Union
High School orchestra have been selected to play with a
150-piece all-state orchestra to gather in Portland March
16, 17 and 18. Five of the nine KU students shown above
are (1 to r) Kay Jensen, Jewel Shannon and Florence Lamp
ropulos (seated), Wayne Angel and John Durand (standing).
Students selected for the trip and not in the picture are
Harold Berry, George Vlahos, Charles Rice and Shirley
Long. The students were chosen by John E. Drysdale, KU
orchestra director, who will accompany the group to Port
land. The 150-piece all-star orchestra is to play for the
Oregon Teachers Association convention in Portland Tues
day with Don Bushell, director of the Seattle Philharmonic
Symphony, conducting. The 'group is also to attend a re
hearsal and concert of the Portland Symphony.
Guns Thunder And Powder
Smoke Drifts Over Scene
As Cat Killer Carries On
iiJm,.B- 9at3 "-Mrs. W. F. B. Berger. whose fu-
Hmited still faced Inspector Ben neral was held Wednesdav nnu
Maggs Saturday third day of his
an-out enori to exterminate an
originally estimated 82 cats on a
nearby estate overlooking Georgia
Strait.
rn lnsnrinr viffihlv tlrlntr Rnfri
fie had shot 117 cats up to the hour
his shotgun quit firing Friday but
the toe was still advancing.
First estimates of the cat popu
lation on the secluded estate of
Ike Labled
"Ace In Deck
rr
SEATTLE I Gen. Dwlght D.
Elsenhower Is the ace In the Re
publican deck, says Rep. Judd (R.
Minn.,), whereas othef GOP pres
idential aspirants are "kings.
queens and jacks" who would have
to be "finessed ' into uie wnite
House.
Judd spoke at an Eisenhower ral
ly Friday night before a turnout
of 750.
"In the trick which decides the
game Uie life and death trick for
our country I want to have and
play the ace." he said.
"lice is tne ace.
Thr- Minnesota congressman said
flatlv that Eisenhower Is available
for the presidential race, and his
chirr nf staff is being groomed to
succeed him as supreme command
er of Allied forces in Europe.
Judd declared no Republican
nominee can win without the sup
port of millions of independent vot
ers and. Democrats, and Eisenhow
er Is best capable of attracting
this segment of Uie populace.
Kefauver In
Florida Race
TALLAHASSEE. Fla. W Ac
centing a challenge from Gov. Ful
ler Warren, Sen. Keiauver of len-
nessee made his formal entry Fri
day in Florida's May 6 Democratic
residential preference primary.
SunDorters of the former chief
of the U.S. Senate Crime Commit
tee promised a full slate of 24 can
didates for delegates to the Demo
cratic naUonal convention belore
Saturday's noon deadline.
rne preierence primary win oe
in conjunction with the first Demo
cratic party primary. The state's
M delegates to tne national con
vention will be elected three weeks
later.
Warren, angered by the criti
cism heaped upon him by the Ke
fauver committee, dared the tall
Tennessean to run In the Florida
primary and challenged him to a
joint discussion of his "fitness to
be President."
Mistake Killer
May Face Charge
SEATTLE Wl A country club
dishwasher who killed a sheriff's
deputy and wounded two others
when he mistook them for safe
crackers pleaded guilty to a man
slaughter charge Friday.
The plea was, entered by Ralph
H. Bishop, 62, after the prosecu
tor's office announced it would reo
omnuend a deferred sentence for
Bishop on condition he never again
possess or use firearms.
The shooting occurred March 7
at Inglewood Country Club.
have been upped to 200 by the em-
battled official of the Soclrtv for
Uie Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals.
Nineteen of the oats were caught
in the headlights n his ti-urtrTarhen
he left the battleground Friday
nigm, ne said.
The extermination of the half.
wild cats, undertaken by Inspector
Maggs out of respect to the last
wish of Mrs. Berger, developed a
new angle wnicn seemed to slack
the odds against the cat slayer.
Mrs. Sadie Dendoff. nurse com
panion to Mrs. Berger who helped
leea ine cats during tneir long ten
ure on the Berger property, was
still setting horsemeat for them,
Uie Inspector said.
Mrs. Dendoff said she hadn't put
out any food Friday.
Formerly the diet of the cats in
cluded fresh milk, liver and other
delicacies In addition to the staple
horsemeat.
With gunsmoke hanging over the
brush-cluttered estate. Inspector
Maggs reported back for duty Sat
urday even though he was long
past the quota of 82 mentioned by
Mrs. Dendoff when she first told
the inspector he was delegated for
Uie role of exterminator.
But there was no doubt the ranks
of the cats were being thinned.
For one thing, there now Is room
for other food in the refrigerator.
Sabres Score
Major Victory
SEOUL Korea (Pi American Sa
bre Jets destroyed at least 15 Rus
slan-bullt MIG-1S Jets this week
with the loss of only one swent-
wing lighter in air combat, the
Fifth Air Force announced Satur
day. -
Seven United Nations planes were
lost during the week to ground fire
and other causes.
In its regular weekly summary
the Fifth Air Force said 15 MIGs
were destroyed, one probably de
stroyed, and ten damaged. It said
one American Sabre jet was lost
in air combat, four Allied planes
lost to Red ground fire, and three
lost from unknown causes, possib
ly mechanical failure.
Some of the U.N. pilots were
picked up and returned to Allied
lines.
Ike May Be
Called Home
WASHINGTON lB Sen
Mc
Mahon D.-Conn.,) said Saturday
he expects the Senate Foreign Re
lations uommittce to approve Mon
day his invitation to Gen. Rlspn-
howcr to come back and testify on
the Foreign Aid Bill.
Other committeemen. Including
Sen. Lodge (R.-Mass.,), manager
of the Eisenhower campaign for
the Republican presidential nom
ination and Sen. Sparkman (D
Ala.,) told this reporter they would
oppose McManon s motion.
"I would not do anything to em.
barrass the general politically or
in his NATO command, ' Spark
man said.
Lodge had a different reason, He
said Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther,
deputy and chief of staff to Eisen
hower, could supply any and all
answers for Congress on the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization pro
gram and foreign aid.
California Area
SAN FRANCISCO I ' Rotary
snow plows bucked a five-foot
blanket of snow Saturday trying
to open a Sierra road to two buses
loaded with Marines from the
Pickle Meadow Winter Training
Camp in Eastern California.
The buses, which normally car
ry 30 passengers each, were the
last of a Marine convoy headed
Steel Talks
Race Time;
Meeting Set
BULLETIN-
WASHINGTON Wl The gov.
eminent Saturday asked the CIO
Steelworkers to postpone any
walkout for at least 16 days be
yond the present strike deadUne
of midnight March 23.
By NORMAN WALKER
WASHINGTON W) The gov
ernment Saturday stepped up its
efforts to get out a recommended
solution to the steel industry labor
dispute before a threatened union
strike on March 24.
The Wage Stabilization Board
scheduled a rare Saturday session
and even talked of meeting Sunday.
The board apparently is driving
against time to produce its recom
mendations by around next Thurs
day. That is about the time the Of
fice of Price Stabilization is ex
pected to disclose what steel price
ooosts it wui auow.
The steel industry has said it
can t afford to meet the demands
of Philip Murray, head of the Steel-
workers Union and the CIO, with
out a healthy price increase. Mur
ray has demanded an. 18'A-cent
pay raise and other concessions.
The steel Industry has said it
will need an OPS okay to raise
steel prices close to 9 a ton to fi
nance the pay raise.
But administration officials have
Indicated th tl a ton is about all
he industry has coining under the
Capehari nineuunient to the Con
trols Law.
This covers cost increase from
the start of the Korean War
through July 26, 1951, and thus
couil not cover costs of a new wage
boost.
Either management or labor can
refuse to go along with the WSB's
eventual recommendations. Rejec
tion by either side probably would
lead to a strike. When a walkout
was threatened last January, Pres
ident Truman said the country's
defense program commitments
would not permit a strike.
Libel Threat
Seen In Book
SEATTLE W An attorney for
Labor Leader Dave Beck said Sat
urday bookstores In several states
are being threatened with libel
suits if they sell the book "U.S.A.
Confidential."
The attorney. Samuel B. Bassett,
said warning letters are being sent
on behalf of Beck to booksellers ir
Oregon, California, Washington, Il
linois, Michigan, Missouri and
Utah. ,
Bassett said the matter is being
handled in each state- by local at
torneys. He added the same thing
will be done later in other states.
Bassett warned Seattle booksell
ers last week that Beck, vice presi
dent of the AFL-Teamsters Union,
objected to remarks about him in
the book by Jack Latt and Lee
Mortimer of New York.
Saturday Bassett said he had sent
similar warnings to major book
stores in other Washington state
cities.
One Seattle bookstore announced
It was offering the book for sale
with the chapter on Seattle deleted.
Versatile Vera. City's
New Sweeper, Doubles In
Brass For Most Local Jobs
By DAVE UNDERIIILL
There was a time (BSC) be
fore the snow came when alleys
were dry and city streets needed
a dally bath,
There will probably come a time
again when such will be the case,
and an orange-colored monster,
bristling with various size valves
and sprinkler heads wUl be ready
to settle the dust.
Klamath Falls City Street Flush
eer No. 4 came Into being at the
City Garage near 2nd and Klam
ath Sts. during slack winter hours.
It Is a 2'i-ton Ford, cab over
truck chassis, fitted with a 1250
gallon tank, with sprinkler heads
fore and aft, port and starboard.
A novel feature of this new ma
chine, according to street depart
ment employes. Is the Installation
of three sizes of outlets for hose at
tachments of 1 inch, Vk and Vk
-inch size hoses.
Storm
North
south to Camp Pendleton. The oth
ers bogged down temporlly but
later reached towns in the snow
covered area.
The Leathernecks were renorted
equipped with Arctic gear.
The State Division of Highways
at Bishop said the buses are stuck
in a 23-mile stretch between Bridge
port and Sonora Junction, high on
uie eastern slope oi uie sierra Ne
vada on U.S. Highway 395.
The unseasonable storm bilterf
Northern California and mountain
areas Friday and drove into Uie
southern part of the state Saturday.
Los Angeles and San Dleiro
braced for roaring gales, heavy
rain and snow by putting Civil De
fense and Red Cross workers on
the alert in both cities. From two to
four Inches of rain and snow down
to the 3,000 foot level was pre
dicted. The late winter storm, movlnir
Into California from Oregon, closed
two major highways and raised
snow levels to new highs.
U.S. Highway 40 and 50 acrou
the Sierra to Nevada were closed
by winds up to 50 miles an hour.
The Southern Pacific Railroad
said four rotary snowplows were
keeping its tracks clear across 7,200
foot Dormer summit where the
streamliner City of San Francisco
was stuck for about a week last
January.
Fourteen Inches of new snow
blanketed Reno, Nev., and more
was expected.
South from the snow country, the
rain and wind caused damage
throughout Northern and Central
California.
Three military air transport
planes which took off for Hawaii
from Travis Air Force Base, north
of San Francisco, turned back be
cause of ice on the wings and high
winas.
Red Cross
Drive Lags
Business and rural divisions were
stumbling behind the parade as
Red Cross fund drive reports came
in today.
Bad roads reportedly were hold
ing up solicitors In the rural area,
which counted $350 of its quota this
morning. The business division had
liuiwa AU. uiuy fwil OI Its fftiw
quota. " r
Industry, on the other hand, was
turning in wholeheartedly.
Exec. Secy. Virginia Dixon said
that group had surpassed the 60
per cent mark by contributing.
40Kf ut a 9taw quuia.
Residential has lullllled 11470 or
its goal, special groups $626. As of '
this morning $9558 had been collec
ted of this year's quota of $25,000.
Industries participating in the
drive completely include Klamath
Basin Pine Mills; Modoc Lumber
Co.; Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.;
Long Bell Lumber Co.; Klamath
MUlwork and Supply; Hercules
Powder Co.: Klamath Machinery
Co.; Fred E. Barnett Co.; Klam
ath Ice and Cold Storage; Swan
Lake Moulding Co; Feckett and
Sherer; Crater Lake Machinery
Co.; McVay Shop; Klamath Live
stock; Klamath Machine and Loco
motive works.
A progress meeting has been
scheduled for 11 a. m. Monday at
the Red Cross Headquarters in the
Armory.
Brazil Joins US
In Defense Pact
RIO DE JANEIRO (J) Brazil,
and the United States Saturday
signed an agreement to help each
other In defense of the Western
Hemisphere and the free world. .
A bilateral military assistance
pact was signed at the foreign of
fice by U.S. Ambassador Herschel
V. Johnson and Brazilian Foreign
Minister Joao Neves da Fontoura.
In recent weeks, the United
States has reached similar agree
ments with Peru, Ecuador and
Cuba.
BLAST
TUNIS, Tunisia I An explo
sion shattered the door and win
dows of Prime Minister Moham
med Chenik's house Saturday.
There were no Injuries reported.
Riots and violence have been un
ceasing In this French North Afri
can protectorate since January.
Thus the truck can be brought
Into use when the fire department
is in dire need of another pumper
at a big fire. The truck can sup
ply 125 pounds pressure at the noz
zle. There are three of these varied .
size outlets on each side of the
truck Just behind the cab.
But even In the winter months
Flusher No. 4 is not exactly a use
less creature.
If need be No. 4 can shrug out
of its sprinkler heads, slip Into a
snow plow and battle the winter
drifts along city streets.
And if the winter - really gets
tough, the sprlnkler-turned-snow-plow,
can be used as a moving
fuel depot to bring fuel to snow
removal equipment while out on
the Job. , . . i
Whatever the occasion the new
flusher should be worth Its cost,
which by the way, hasn't yet been
totaled up.