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Mil IP mm IffifM IMS m I II TIM? , m.. Day's Ws 'C. rutrmjU-ai ririiN.nim'linii'i iirii'i ' 11 y FRANK JICNKINH Hire Is a question thtil l being widely iilscussfd III America tuduy: Hid President Truman have clcur ulhnrlty. under lliu Inw and III" lonAtlliillon, to scire Ihr atccl niiinu which Hie private proper IV? Thnt I don't know. II Is ones. iiuii that will hnve la bo answered by Hie courts, Ilui l.nw or no luw (loimtitutlon or in roumllutton HE HEIZKIJ TIIKM. t .rt ' look ill li imrallel cum: llm bold bruiser Uiillsla linil no i lenr authority under Uie luw or Ihr constitution lo jwtlse Uie ureal i.rmv u( (.'till A llul tin BrI.rcl it. l.nw or no Inw, constitution or no constitution. IIK'H 11 1 Our liovprniiiiint now holds Die I minimis niul 11 holds Uio sled in uiuiliv. Alteudy wo've Inkrn n long y lfi luwalU rtoclall.tlit. huimuoo we Mib.i'lttcd lo a rrf rtdulmn voir 1 1 1 1. auction'. "Klinll We or Hlwill We not llnvc Soclul- I in In Uio United Hlnlcn?" 'llm vote, In nurli n l'f, would he nbolll 10 lo one AUAlNbT. llul. ukiuu II u step et n time, wr nil C1KT UHIC1) TO TIIK IIJKA OK iioCIAMHM. Wo dol.'t want It. bill II It In ted to u persistently In i mull doses we tun coma In llmo to lolerule II. Alexander Potie, In hbi Esnay on Mnn. tell ui truly: "Vice u i. muiiiirr of so frlgl'il- f 11 1 mrlll "At to be htited needs but lo bo 'ernj "Yet, seen too oil, familiar with lirr luce. "We tir.it endure, then pity, then KMWt AC.'K." II can be thai wiy Willi social I in Let s look al Uie siiblecl of steel ptofits. Our President nays they're M-nndnl'ii.ily biu. Hlrrl siaikennien admit profits of nboul ID billion dollars-- but. they oav, ol the 19 killlniis about II billions (JO TO 1HE GOVERNMENT IN TAXED II the ffovrmntem iMiurezaa Uia lirofits out of the olerl industry. 11 will lose tne w Diinons in uis inoorv It now rolleeui from nrlvale itrrl makers. That raises lhl nuesllon: II UIO aovciiiiiiviit lunvn Min i billions It now vela from steel v here will It no to pet the money? Ton know where u will no. IT WILL GO TO THE REST Or U6. We'll have to pay more laxea lu make un the lima. If you have doubts on that point, take a look at Orcitan, where Uie kovrmnienl own about half of our total land arm. If we could TAX JvLU THAT PROPERTY wed b Tallinn pretty. "- . . - AnoUier question: Who owns the tied Industry perhaps we'd better say who did own the steel Industry belore Uie aovertunetil aetxed it? In me case Ol atrci, i ao noi have Uie fliurrc belore me. Bo let's take Uie telephone which also Li struck and which niluhl be srlted. Tne American Telephone Teleurapli Company now has more than a MILLION stockholders, which Is far more than the total number of Its emploveea. I Imsuine the same situation ex I.Ms In mo case ol ateel. That Is to say: In sclztnir the ateel Industry. In order lo make nood demands of Ilia steel workers for more psv, President Truman favored one class of people against another class of proplr an.1 he did It by EDICT and not by law. Why? I presume II was because he lliouBh: the crowd he favored has I more voIiiik power than tne crowd he hurt. That Is the POLITICAL way of settling such thlniia. Per sonally. I think ne iimireu ii out wrong and hurt more people than l,e helped. Anyway, that's bad theory on which to run a country like mis. fin fur, Uili piece has been high ly crlllcul of President Truman, llul the limit isn't nil his. Congress shares the blame lor the trouble Marled with the stabilization law tluil was ennclcd. by coiiKresa. It was a JOKE, Everybody knew II was a lokc. It was fuller of I Dies thun a good 8wlss cheese. It was enacted just ihrad ol an elcc I on campuWn and the underlying -ftiit.m lor Us enactment was to en- i .hta everybody lo go home and h'itho voters that "wo passed a :llilH'ition law and now every body la nroleelod against. Infla tion." What happened was exactly what i.lwaya happcua when-half-bukrd l ava are thrown together lor pure Iv political iiurpose-i. Piicus went up and wages went up rind nobody aid anything about It There wasn't much rnybody could do about It under the law Unit lind been I. assert. Tiling.-, went irom una to worse, ni'd 'ivcnliially Iho slltinllon ri iicheU a crisis In the, atcol strike. The point'' This Is It: II we are lo have the kind of !ovrnmcnl we want, we must inve TOP MEN IN CONORESS a f ell as a-top man for President. Troops Bask in Warm Sun SEOUU Korea Ml Allied In funnymen bunked In warm spring iiiii'lilne Thursday ns U.N. air craft hammered Red supply lines mil Installations In North Korea. Action rJong- the buttle front con ilnitrd light. A U. 8 Eighth Army briefing of 'Iccr said Wednesday was one of :he most active since mtd-Fcu- 'iinry. The temperature went above 10 fr the first time this year and iomtyiiiicd warm Thursday. Steel Spokesman Charges Seizure Political Payoff i. : w MIKE DE CICCO, I'urllmul tire distributor iiiid t-nntli-dale fur Demotralit Na tional ('oiiimillfi'maii, was in town today and plans to foe back April 17 to spend a couple of days r;imiai",n ing. lie is opposing Monroe Sweetland of Portland, present Demo National Committeeman. N. California In Storm Path BAN PRANCIUCO i.fi - Given an advance Innfare nf thunder. Iluhl - tum nnil ,, , ,,, M(irm v(d j .t .i. , . i.ii t...,.,. - .... m wrrp tnrrrms n, the valleys mnA llr Hlrrra I.lgliliiing Wednesday nighl gouged a hole In the celling ol the R. J. Carls home In Campbell, near Han Jose, and wrecked a tele- vhinn set In the aarne area, a Ilu'hUitng boll luit missed the old city hall at Um Cialos and rh.ped a redwood tree lb vnrrU away. Tim bolt singed Ihr face of a passerby, John fllva. Hall us big as marbles fell In Runnrvale for 10 tninuus. The midtlen storm washed out the Pacific Coast Le.igue baseball game between Ban Francisco and icomment at a news conference on Oakland at Emeryville. a steel executive's charge Uiat he The game at Srcramrnlo with I pelted the mills In "a corrupt po Porlland was delayed 30 minutes luteal deal" with the CIO. !by showers The sioriii knocked out several Pacific (las and Electric trans formers In Ranta Clara County. Hie big thunderclaps rallied wui dowa in South Peninsula communi ties from Ilurllngmne to Redwood City. To the north of Sun Francisco, a heaw hall storm "billed Sonora. Light rain fell In San Francisco. Few Smelt Try Sandy Venture PORTLAND W Smell hung around Uie mouth of Uie 8andy River for a couple of days but no more than a handful ventured upstream. Then Thursday, Sheriff's Capl. Earl Stanley said "every thing seems to have disappeared." The amrlt, he said, were neither in Uie Columbia nor the Bandy so far as could be seen. He said he had no Idea where thry were. I The amrlt, he said, were neither p,riod last year 12.5a I in Uia Columbia nor the Sandv so far as could be seen. He said he had no Idea where thry were. ' (Additional Weather on Page 4) II I " I . VWs II v:v )ja K !vv ' " XS A I ''WWiW f-ytliflltl'rftraf-TtlllliliiiaiiaMaiiaasaaJ HAVING A CUP of coffee this morning at Walt's on Main was C, L. Bornamann, Bonanza, salesman for Western Auto. The waitress is Violet McDonald, 536 Pine. NEW YORK i A stel Indus- try spokesman asserted angrll' Wednesday night Unit Prcsf Jrummi Imd abused till pow lorled facts unci puld oil lo the CIO" In Ilie nf rMiireiu-A n riuMtii. v. ot Inliind Hlci'l Co . l uovrrninriil'ii kcUurn mllln a "corrupt pollllcul o A Attld: "Tliui evil deed, without preen drill In Aiiirrltuii history, din churned a political debt lo the CIO "Phil Murray now Klvia Hurry H. Truiimn a recclpl niurkcd 'paid In lull ." ItltOAIM'ANTH KHiidull's no - hold.-! . hnrred address Industry's llrst forniul comment on the seizure wvi made over four major radio and four major television networks, 'file seizure, Hiindnll said, wus done "wlthuul the sllKhtcst shadow ol legal rlKlit " He noted Uiat Truman hud said the it eel Industry made 119 So profit on each Urn. Tills, the steel spokesman said. ttus a "basic misrepresentation and didn't Include Ihc fact "lh:.l Elsenhower lo Is the over lie iTruinnni lakes at least two- whelnilnu invorlie to pick up all thirds of that awuy In luxes." j drlcfiules In Thursday s conven Hr added: I uon 0j Kansas Republicans In Tiv I'ltOHT TKl'TII The trulh Is that In terms ol net prolll. by which I mean the money the company has left alter all co&t are paid Uie steel coin- pnnle.n made per ton less llinn one-third of that 119 ISO that the president talked about." Klnborntlnir on his "corrupt poli tical deal" statement, Randall suld on,, of Uir principals was the WsjjD Stabilization Hoard which recom mended a IV cenla an hour Increase lor the CIO United Sleclworkers. i Ivl... tXU U I MCrY JClUUbK WASHINGTON m The steel Industry mel wilh r. new setback hursduy In Its court fljhl against government seizure of Its mills. I.nwvera for lour mulnr mm. , panics Bethlehem. Republic Youigstown Sheet & Tube, and ljmir, j, Lauuhlln nlrarird In vain ,n u district court for Immediate hrurlngs of Uietr suit for an In- junction. Judge David A. Pine ruled that he would not advance Uie suits un der court rules. . The rule allow M days for the defendant. In I his case the govern merit, to reply to a suit. In other development: l. President Truman declined 2. However. Phlllo Murray. CIO president, called the atatement by Clarence B. Randn, president of Inland Steel Co., "a malicious and deliberate lie . , . An Insult to President Truman and me." Weather FORECAST: Klamath Falls and rlrlnltr, fair Thursday and Thurs day nljhl. mostly fair Friday with considerable high cloudiness. Low tonight St, hlfh Friday 62. North ern California, few scattered thun der showers central part, slightly cooler In extreme north Thursday nlrhL High Wednesday 7 l-ow last nlrht 33 Preclp Wednesday Preelp slnre Oct. 1 Normal for period Period last year 14.1 Normal far nrrlnd n.Rf I WMaMBMaMOTallillMilWKWIilWllllllIU !Him im f- ' - - -' - "'r ii mi niiii mm w 'fill! i iiin " ----'i'- ii:::-t-..J. JtJifl, ,t; r Tminmin -! Prlra riva Ccnta lit fmm xes Oriole Of Underdog Py The Annorlated Preiia Hen. ThII lound lilmwll the un-di-rdOK 'lliurnduy In Ihr New Jer hry content hkiiIiiM Orn. Eii-n-howrr lor 38 OOP convention delr Kutr and the Uhloun x buckcr ure nol unniippy aboul It. Thin nlluutlojl lirew out ol Tull'n uiuiuccrwiltil atU'inpl to have hl nuine mken off the bnllol In nrzl Tuesday's presidential preference primary. The New Jcraey court Mil "no" Tuft Irudlnif with New Jeracy's Gov. Drlaroll over the Kovcrnor it support ol Klncnhower. refused lo cumpulKn. Ho their arc no dolrulc candi dates for him officially on the bal lot, ullhouBh 11 people Mipiiorllim him are candldulcii for seaU. KANHAS pikn. Nine of his sunnorters will be rhruen without a flight. Elscnhov- ' rr's forces will have to battle a . jtn mtin (or the other spot, Kansas district conventions al- ready hnve chosen 12 delegates. ten lor Elsenhower, two lor Tail. Tall however, seemed to hold the upper hand In a scries of dis trict Republican conventions open ing In Kentucky Thursday to select porters planned to flht lo send unlnstructed delegates to Chicago. Tour district conventions arc be ing held Thursday, three Friday and one Saturday to choose two delegates each. The atate conven tion opening Saturday will choose Uie other four. NEW JKHSEY This Is how Relman Morln. As sociated Press roving political re porter, found Tuft leaders rea soning In the New Jersey fight: "Tafl has very Utile to lose In this situation and should the unexpected happen everything to gain. Even a sizeable total of popular votes In New Jersey for Tail would permit his backers to claim a moral victory." " Harold E. Stamen also It on the New Jersey ballot. TaffS -charge thnt DriscoU had promised to remain neutral In the election was supported Wednesday night by Charles Edison, former Democratic governor, and Albert W. Hawkes former Republican U. 8. Senator. DriscoU later broad cast a denial of their statements Sen. Kefauver Is the sole entry In New Jersey's Democratic pri mary. But several delegate candi dates have said they would sup port Gov. Stevenson ol Illinois. FRONTRUNNER The Tennessee senator's solo ap pearance on the ballot in most of Uie Democratic presidential prim aries so far prompted Sen. Humph rey of Minnesota, a favorite son Democratic candidnte, to say that others seeking Uie nomination "may soon find It Impossible to overtake" Kefauver. Humphrey told a reporter in Washington he still hasn't made up his mind whom he will support lor tne nomination, but he added: I certainly don't want to stop" Ke fauver. Two other senators Lehmnn (D.-Llb.-NYl and O'Mnhoney ID. Wyo.l disagreed with Humphrey in separate Interviews. Lehman snid he thought the race would be wide open down to the July convention. O'Mnhoney said Uir Democratic sit uation would not Jell until after Uie Republican convention. The GOP convention starts July 7, the Democratic July 21. Both arc In Chicago. CALIFORNIA Filing for California's presldcn- tlal primaries closed Wednesday night with two In the Republican racu and Kefauver alone on Uie Democratic slate. Stnsscn fnllcd to get Uie required 12,309 signatures. Thnt left Warren facing Rep. Thomas H. Werdel of California In the GOP race. Kefauver campaigned in Califor nia Wednesday and moved up to forunna. ore., inursaiiy. A footnote was written In this week's Illinois primary in which Taft and Kefauver scored resound ing victories. Forest Fire Season Here 8ALEM Wi The forest fire season Is here more limn a month ahead of normal. Control measures went Into effect In West ern Oregon Thursday. Acting Gov. Paul L. Patterson ordered the restrictions for the area north of Douglas County and west of the crest of the Cascade Range. The restrictions rcnulrc loggers to get permits before burning any material, to post fire watchmen, provide workmen with fire tools and put their wenther Instruments In operation to determine when tho humidity drops brlow 30. Logging must halt whenever tho humidity goes that low. Such restrictions normally arc not applied until May 15. W. K. Hagenstcln, chief forester for tho Industrial Forestry Associa tion, pointed out thnt humidity fell to 20 In Westorn Oregon Wednes day, Ho Urged loggers to exerclso caution so Uiat fire outbreaks like last spring's, can be avoided. Some 12,400 acres were burned then. KLAMATH FALLS, ORKOON, v Y siaa aaa aaa LSM.aiaaw " ti i I I , Li f I It WW. ..ft Ml m oil - & ill11! I WM&l FIRE SCENE This is the interior of a gutted house at 422 Mt. Whitney, residence o the Donald Lee Smith fam ilv, which burned in the early morning hours of April 2. Smith, 24, is in the County Jail on an arson charge and has admitted putting the torch to his own house to collect the insurance. Man Confesses Starting Fire DonaJd Leo-''Smith, 24 this morn ing in CirsUilourt readily adiull- 'leq setting fire to his home at 422 Mt. Whitney the morning of April 2 to collect 96.500 In insurance on the house and furniture. Represented by Attorney J. C. O'Neill, Smith waived grand Jury Indictment and pleaded guilty to cnarge ot arson in the first degree. The charge, on Jivlctlon, carries a prison sentence ol two to 20 vears. O'Neill asked that Judge David R. Vandenberg consider granting probation to Smith for several rea sons; that Smith had never been in trouble before and Uie only rea son he committed the act was be cause he was heavily oppressed by debts. FAMILY O'Neill also mentiined that Smith had a wife and three small chil dren. According to District Attorney D. E. Van Vactor, Uie fire and plnn to collect Insurance was care fully thought out ahead of time. The district attorney pointed out that when Smith bought the house about a year ago, only (2.500 In surance was carried on it. But last March 8. according to Van Vactor. Smith put an additional $1,500 in surance on the house and added $2,500 on the furniture The day of the fire, Uie D. A. said. Smith was working at a mill in Roscburg. He called his wife from there. Van Vactor said, and urged her to stay that night with relatives here in town. Then Smilh lef". Roseburg about 8 p.m.. drove here, set the lire . aim rciurueu 10 rucuuig. 'SUSPICION' 'ire uniei noy Kowe ennea tor an investigation when he noticed I the pipeline to tne on neater in uie iiomiooui i.ii.i , u.u.u.ci.,- glm(, jts Iorces ga,hered strength festival. ed- : at the El Alio airport garrison I Students from Ashland. Central Investigation by Cf.pt. H. W. How- on a plateau 2000 feet above La Point. Eagle Point, Grants Pass, nrd and LI. J. E. Tucker of the paz. and launched a ni-ht attack Klamath Falls. Lakeview. Med State Police arson squad revca ed ov bright moonlight on the rebels 1 ford. Myrtle Creek. Oak Grove and Smith had touched ofl the fire Willi i jn the cantai citv. : Prospect are slated to participate a match after oil from tanks out- side the house had poured all over ",or- , , Smith was arrested in Roseburg luesnay oy uie iwu on. b rum...- officers and brought here the sume n'lrht When Judge Vandenberg ' asked Smith this morning what would have happened If his wife and chil dren were In the house when he set the fire, Smilh replied he checked first to make sure they were not there. CHILDREN Smith told the judge he had two boys aged 6 and i years, and a girl 3 years old. He said he hnd worked here for about four or live years at nester son's mill before Inking employ ment at a sawmill in Roseburg. Judge Vandenberg stated he wanted to consider the case further before passing sentence. B-25 Wreckage Spotted GOLDEN, Colo. IX) The shat tered wreckage of a Texas-based B-28 bomber wns located Thurs day on the heavily timbered slopes of 9,703 foot high Golden Peak, eight miles northwest of here. There was no sign oi uie in me area. The plane carried 11 passen gers and crew members. The craft, based at Randolph Air Force Bnse near Snn Antonio, Tex., apparently smashed Into the moun tain while under full throttle. 1 Tlll'K80AV. APRIL 10, 1052 ISackfirc BRECKENRIDGE, Minn., UB When Hugh Wing, used car deal er here, offered to deduct $10 for each child of a car buyer, he did it without knowledge of Mike Lei nen's family,'- A Janr.ej -n ear" Fan-mount,' wr b. Lelnen read Wing's news paper ad. It also stipulated that the buyer must bring the child along when he picked out the car. Lelnen drove In with his chil drenGale. 13: Gerald, 12: Vir ginia, 10; Ronald, 9; James, 8: Mitchell, 7: Clelus. 6: Carroll Ann, S: Paul, 3; and Mary, 1. Lelnen picked out a 1936 car priced at $95. With license and title transfer, the deal came to $103. Lelnen gave Wing $3 and the famiily drove home In two cars. Rebels Battle Bolivian Govt. LA PAZ. Bolivia. Wl Bolivia's Army-officer government rushed troops from 155 miles awav as ! fighting continued through "the! night in a revolt trving to over- throw the junta regime which ! seized power 11 months ago. The reoels are backers of Victor pRS Estenssoro, exiled leader of Uie National Revolutionary Party iMNR) who won the most votes among six candidates in last year's presidential elections but never gained office. Brig. Gen. Antonio Seleme. In terior minister In the military junta, turned against his fellow officers and helped lead the revolt iwnicn oognn al dawn wcdnet.'ay. At least 18 persons were killed and 60 Injured during the first dav's fighting Mnt 'nf th Armv ronnri.Hi . ralmd loyn, (o ,ne militnry re. ! Radio anneals fnr nrv.ra anri 'students to join the rebels drew I little response. Residents of La Paj. : B city of 300.000, crouched in their .homes behind tightlv shuttered doors and windows. 'The streets i remained emnty except for troops and truc'tloads of armed civilians. Built 12,400 feet above sea level. La Paz is the world's highest capital. Gunshots cracked sharoly through the thin mountain air. oeverni parts of tne citv were reported badly damaged by" mortar Congressional Candidates On Next 'Build the Basin 'Program Next Monday night's "Build the Basin" radio forum will take a somewhat different tack. All five of tho men who are can didates for Congress from the Ore gon 2nd district hnve been Invited to face the KFLW microphone for an interview that probably will be' irankiy political. The public will be able to ask the questions, through Moderator Bud Chandler. Giles French, Republican, from Moro; Ben Musa, Democrat, from The Dalles, and John O. Jones, Democrat, from La Grande, have Indicated they will come to Klam Telephone Sill No. 2792 Pickets Hit, Miss N.W. Phone Units By The Associated Press Pickets appeared at telephone ex changes In a dozen or more Pacif ic Northwe.it cities Thursday but were withdrawn from four other places in an apparent quick shift tlrategy. Pacific Telephone It Telegraph generally were staying, off the Job at exchanges picketed by striking Western Electric Co. workers, members of the CIO Communica tions Workers union. Exchanges were picketed Thurs day at Portland, Eugene and St. KLAMATH SCENE There were no pickets at the Klamath Falls telephone ex change this morning and work was going on aa usual. Manager Charles Seavey said no Western Electric employes were .working there when the strike was called. Helens, Ore., and is at least nine Washington cities. These are Aberdeen. Hoquiam, Raymond and Longview, where ex changes are operated manually, end Oiympia, Yakima. Centralia, Chehalls and Shelton, all with dial systems. Pickets were withdrawn from Spokane and Beliingham. Wash., and from Albany and corvains, Ore., where they first appeared Wednesday. In Portland Arne Gravem. Inter national union representative, said tactics "will vary from day to day to keep the company guessing." Company spokesmen in r-oruana and Seattle said supervisory em ployes were seeking to maintain normal service. The company reported ail cans were being handled at picketed Washington points Thursday morn ing with the exception of Yakima. There only urgent long distance calls were being accepted. Jap Airliner Hits, 37 Die . TOKYO HI TJ.8. ' Air Force sources said the crash of a Japan Airlines plane 65 miles south of Tokyo Wednesday killed all 37 per sons aboard, Including three Amer icans. The Americans were Ernest O. Stewart. Hialeah. Fla., pilot; Ray mond G. Clevenger, Great Falls, Mont., co-pilot, and Capt. ti. L,. Reed. Wichita, Kans., a passenger. The plane was a two-engined Martin 2-0-2 on lease to Japan Airlines from Northwest Airlines. It crashed into Mihara volcano on O Shima -while on a regularly scheduled southbound flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka, Kyushu Island. O Shima lies on the southern air and sea approaches to Tokyo. A U.S. Air Force search plane sighted the wreckage Thursday. Two para-medics of the Third Air Rescued Squadron 'chuted to the 1 island later and reported they found no survivors. Japanese sources said the crash was Uie worst In Japanese civil aviation history. Among Japanese passengers was Takashi Miki. president of Yawata : iron ana oieei, .lapau s largest steel company, Music Session Set Tomorrow Klamath Falls plays host to an expected 350 Southern Oregon high school students tomorrow here for the annual Southern Oregon Dls- trict solo ensemble competition in Uie comneHtion which begins at 9 a.m. at KUHS. Adjudicators for the festival in clude Rex Underwood, University of Portland: Ira Lee, University Oregon: Charles W. Lawrence, Un- iversity of Washington; Stacey Green. University of Oregon and Normal Street, Benson Poly iPort landl. Several dozen Klamath students alone are slated to compete, ac cording to Director Andrew Loney Ijr, ath Falls to appear on the pro gram. Lt. Ernest Hinkle, Republican, of The Dalles, will not be able to appear. He is still In the Air Force, stationed In New York. The fifth candidate Is Sam Coon ot Baker, Republican. He reports a prior engagement lor Monday night, but may be able to make a switch In his program to appear on the radio forum. The five men are seeking the Congressional post being vacated by Rep. Lowell Stockman. The listening publio will be invit ed, to question these men ou any River Rages In Streets Of Pierre PIERRE, 8 D. ' Waters et ', the muddy Missouri River, on Its worst spring rampnge here In 71 years, raced four feet deep through the malt, street of this capital city of South Dakota Thursday, At mid-morning the flood waters hit a stage at 25 feet the pro vlously predicted crest and con- t, tlnued their climb. The water has ' driven 1.600 of Pierre's 6,700 per sons from their homes. Heavy damage to the main Pi erre business section was certain. The Dally Capital - Journal sus pended publication and the Pierre , Associated Press bureau, housed '. in the same building, moved to ' higher ground in Uie telephone ex change. NO PIMPS The last of Pierre's four munici pal water pumping stations was knocked out by birth water early Thursday. A 1,300,000 gallon reservoir sup ply was believed enough to last several days If used sparingly, A touch-and-go battle to save the city power plnnt continued after an upsurge of water Inside the LanrlhnfrvnH htillrlin ana threat ened to leave the stricken city -without light and. power. crews orougni uie water unaer control, at least temporarily. Two fire scares Wednesday night one from a burning motor In -rescue boat added to the con fusion. A car also caught fire. A gas storage tank was swept loose tut s National Guard "duck" took It in tow before it broke. Pierre's main residential district, part of Uie business district, and ' the capitol building itself are on higher ground. In Fort Pierre, a smaller com munity Just across the river Irom Pierre, some homes were sub merged. SURRENDER the flood waters nalted on all but two business buildings. Telephone company employes battled all night to keep water out of the phone building and were prepared to cut a hole in the roof. If necessary, to lift out ex- -pensive installations. The only other building being; sandbagged In Fort Pierre was the Stanley county courthouse, which contained Red Cross headquarters. The Red Cross nad to move irom its first flood quarters, now under . Service Set Maundy Thursday, commemor ating the Lord's Last Supper and washing of his disciples' feet, will be celebrated In most Klamath churches and by a few other or ganizations. The First Presbyterian church tonight at 7:30; First Congregation-, al plans Holy Communion at 7:30 p.m.: first Methodist church plans a Holy Communion at 8 p.m. Klamath Lutheran church has. slated Holy Communion lor 7:46 pjn. Sacred Heart church has sched uled a Holy Hour service for 7:30 p.m., while Adoration of the Bless ed Sacrament Is underway all day Holy Thursdy. Scottish Rite has scheduled Maun dy Thursday services for 8 tonight at the Masonic Temple. Baptist Meet Ends Tonight The Baptist Sunday School con vention, in session here since Tues day, winds up tonight with a ban quet at Jened's, starting at 5 p.m. A total of 404 persons have reg istered for the convention from Oregon and Washington. Sessions are being held at the First Baptist Church. The Klamath Baptist As- ' soclatlon is host. Theme of this morning's session was "Going after every member nf .varv fnmllv" anil ma tnpmat of the afternoon session was "Training facilitates the task." Mrs. Roy Gueck and Mrs. Ben McCollum were In charge of ar rangements for tonight's banquet. Chamber Hears' San Jose Plan Russell E. Pettit. manager of the San Jose, Calif., Chamber of Com merce, discussed Industrial expan sion yesterday before a noon meet ing ot tne Klamath County Cham- oer ox uommerce. The session was held at the Wl- nema, and 101 persons attended- Pettit discussed industrial devel- i opment at San Jose and pointed . out things that could b done hers to encourage the location and ex- Ipanslon of industry. to Appear subjeot pertaining to their proapeo- , tive duties if sent to Washington ' from this district, whether lt b local needs and wants, foreign pol icy, military spending, corruption . in government or any other tonic a Congressman must Interest him self in. . - The public service program Is tc be broadcast over KFLW at 8:30 p. m, Monday, sponsored Jointly by the Herald and News. -. It probably will be the enly oc casion prior to the May 16 prU mary election In which a majority of the Congressional candidates of the district get together on one platform or in one radio studio. 1
