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NEARS TOP OF LEVEE With Mood water still rising to
liny, tlit'iu's not ton iiuu:li khcu left to tliu tup (if the iliku
ruloiig tho MlMKOtirl Hlvcr. Wooden flashing atop the dike
'Is ii n emergency niuasuro placed on levee In hopes of
containing flood waters should they go that high. In
background, left, Is the American Smelting & Iteflning
Co., which stands well below the present "water level.
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Ily I HANK ji:nkinr
liiicii!iiB iHiiulbly nulie hiuiul-
Irutii new:
Ai Inn prpim cunfrrenra III Wm.li-1
inuion yentcrdny. I'rohidnu Tru-1
mnn wmi Uhlird lhj qiiPhllnn:
"If II i prowr lo M-Iro llir nlctl
itiilln, ciin you. In your opinion. ,
HKV.T. THE NEWM'AI'KUa ANIJ
KADIO BTATION8?" :
Mr. TTiminn rrpllrd llml imckr i
lltUItr clrcumlnncfn lllc ProM-1
drnl of lti Unlml Binlm hna lo ;
rl for whiilevar l bel for the ;
coiimn'. 1
Tlmt." lie mild lo the rnxirl"
who hd iimI lilm Uic quMiion,
Ii Iho cn.s'r lo your Inquiry."
lfl rrply ri. - Uiij. (urlhrr ques
tion: In Mli-h ( . WHO WOULD BK
THE JUIXIE lo whut wm best
for tho country?
Why, the PRESIDENT would be
Ihe Juclue!
Jum UK Prrnltfcnt Peron ni the
indue In ii cuiie when ll neenied to
HIM tlmt It wm "WM" lor Amen.
tin to M-lu thp great newnpaper
La Praiisn which had cOnableutJy
oppoitd Peroti. ; J
" Thin 1 the paint I'd like to
rim lie:
Prmldent Truman' answer to
the ri-porler'a quenllon reveal hi
rom-lcllon that thi.i nn oecome n
OOVKIINMRNT OF MKN and l
no lonuer a government of laws.
Himorv tell ua plainly that when
ANY nation readied that point the
liberties of II people are eulan
gered. I upie you expert me an a
publisher to explode with indigna
tion at thl auggentlon ttinl my
newapuper might be taken away
from me by the government.
I nhall do no uoh thing. A
newspaper publisher, I am a pri
vate business man. All my .adult
llle I have done business In a free
private enterprise system. In a free
Srlvate enterprise system. ALL
uslnesa men fnco and accept Uie
risk of losing their businesses. II
they misjudge conditions ami go too
deeply Into debt nd are unnble to
pny Ihelr bills. THEIR CREDI
TORS TAKE OVER and they are
out Thnt Is inherent In the system.
In free private enterprise econ
omy business men accept ALL
risks Including the risk that the
SYSTEM WILL CHANOE. No one
can guarantee thnt ANY system
will endure forever. Brltnln was
long a free private enterprise coun
try. So was Germany. 8o wa Italy.
80 WA8 ARGENTINA.
But In all of them the system
changed. , In all of them, private
business men have seen their prop
erties taken over by the govern
ment, for one reason or another.
There was nothing they could do
about It. It was lust one of the
risks they accopted when they
went Into business for themselves.
BO i
If the svslcm changes In Amer
ica, I'll Just have to put up with
Iti nd take the consequences. I'll
fi'oioKt, of courNO, but In tho end
'II have to any to myself that It
was one of the risks I had to nc-
cept when I went into business.
8o much for tho newspaper
owner.
But what of the PUBLIC If the
newspapers wero taken over by
me govornmcmr
Let's put It this way:
Newspapers, under private own.
ershlp, are not perfect. Wo nil
make mistakes. Some of us. arc
biased nd Intolcrnnt.
But
Wo aro all In competition with
each othor. In the small cities, wc
compote with the newspnpers
from larger communities Hint enter
our towns. We competo with the
rndlo, with television, with the
mngn.lnes. And nil of theso mcdln
compete with each other.
Wo nil try to toll nil the news
and to tell It first so thnt wo will
mnke a good showing in compari
son with our competitors. Thnt Is
Inherent In tho frco prlvnte enter
prlso system,
What If tho government tnkes
over the newspnpers?
Well, hi that event, you will rend
In the newspapers ONLY WHAT
OOVKRNMENT WANTS YOU TO
READ. Thnt and no more,
Another thought:
If government taken ovor the
newspnpers, It will hnvo to tnke
over nullo nnd television nnd the
innnl'''l"os. It will hnve to go whole
Iio or nono, It has been thnt wny
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, WASHINGTON ((.HI Prenl
deiu Truman tlrelnrrd Friday
lip will keep Conim In nrftslon
every day thin yrar, If nfcpn
kary la $r the money lie thinks
In necdrtl for imiluiml iircurlly.
US. Right
To Seize
Press Eyed
WAHHINGTON I Editors
of lending Amrrlcun newspapers
'hoped Krltlny (or While House clsr
lllrutlon of President Tnimuu's
news conference rnnsrk which Im
plied he fell he hud the right to
selr.e newspaper and radio sta
tions, us he did Die steel Industry,
If II would besl serve the country.
Some of the edIUirs who were
nmouv the 620 nownmen present
at the conference Thursdny pro
tesloJ afterward that If such power
exists the nation is close to dic
tatorship. Qt'KNTION
The explosive Issue wns touched
off when tho Presljcnt was asked
tills queMtom
"If II la proper to selue the sleel
mills, can you In your opinion, selie
the newspapers and radio sta
tions?" Truman replied Hist under sim
ilar clmimslsnces, the president
of the United Stntes hns to act for
whatever Is for the best of the
country. Thai Is the answer, he
added.
Many editors nromntlv Intemret-
ed Uils us Implying. If not specif
ically claiming, the power lo seise
newspnpers and radio stations
as he selied the strike-threatened
steel Industry Inst week.
in the nolso of the crowded con
ference room, some reporters un
derstood Truman to say definitely
Uint he has such power but a re-
check Indicated his reply wna not
uint direct.
Mother Saves
Baby in Fire
An over-hented electric Iron In
the homo of 8. Orondnhl nnd his
dnughter, Mrs. Joy Bechtcl. 4012
Douglas In tho 8tcwnrt-Lenox Ad
dition, yesterday endangered the
life of an Infant nnd gutted tho
four bedroom, frnme home.
Mrs. Bechtel, mother of four
young children, broke a window to
gnln entrance to the room where
the child lny after the flames were
discovered by a neighbor. She was
visiting at tho homo of another
nelKhbor nt the time.
Furniture In the large homo was
completely dostroyed nnd the Inter
ior of the building is prnctlonlly n
totnl loss. Some Insurance wns car
ried. Rodney Mnthcrs, chief of the
8tcwcrt-Lenox Flic Department re
ceived a bndly nprnlned nnkle while
fighting the blnr.e.
The chief snld todny thnt arrival
of tho department wns delnycd
when pnrtlcs tnlklng on the tele
phone line at tho time, refused to
yield the lino for tho emergency
call.
I
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(Soimg Fishing?
By MALCOLM KI'LISY JR.
Fishing season opened todny In
the Wlllnmette Valley nnd nlong
tho Orogon Const, but the rest of
tlic.atnto must await Mny 3 to
generally wet tho line.
However, thero nre some Klnm-
nth and Lnko county localities
which hnvo been open nil yonr,
or which have spcolnl rules pre
vailing. According to the Stale Game
Commission, Uio list Includes:
Blue Lake, In tho Genrhnrt
Moiintnln area, Is closed to all
angling.
Campbell - Lake, In the same
nrcn, In closed- to angling from
ii,nlMi.ninnnllaJ hnnto m ku Huh.
Ing tncklo assembled In thciii, Tho
name goes for Dcndhorse Lake,
not fnr nwny. ,
crump Lake is open to trout
nnglliig all venr. It lies within
night of fnmed Hnrl Moiintnln,
horns of the Royal Order of the
Man Duped
By Phoners
MIAMI Fl. I. A we-
Miami Jeweler paid 116.00' o
Mini" for return of his slx-..pP
son Thursday In what police
a phuny kidnaping.
Dnnlcl Hlchtcr wns duped i .u
piiylng I6,(IOO in Jewels and I'JOO
cash In what police said was "one
of tho cleverest and most perfect
ly timed" extortions In memory.
The bov, Klehnrd, was never or
tually kidnaped, Police snld, nl
though Itlchlcr wns convinced he
wiiji buying his on's sale return.
While police and the FBI ninr
nhiillcd force lo meel whut they
thought wa a genuine kidnaping;,
the child wns riding In a luxlcub
Iiom a piivitle school nt Mlitml
Bench lo Doctor's hospital In Cor
al Oiililrs, a distance of about 12
mills.
KCHKMK
Police snld the plotters used the
ncIiooI, the luxl compuny and Hie
hoiipltnl us unwilling dupes In Ihelr
shakedown.
As police reconstructed the
crime, ll happened this wuy:
A uiun who said he was "Dr
Henderson" culled the Yellow Oil)
Co . at Mlmnl Henri) and usked
them to pick up Ricky Rlchter nt
Coburn school and drive him to
Hie ho.ipllnl, purportedly lo bo with
his "gravely 111" mother.
Almoel hlmullnnrously, a wom
an's voice' culled the school author
ities and snld a tax! would arrive
soon lo pick up the boy.
Cub driver Bert Walowll7 24,
wutt sent to the school nnd picked
up Ihc boy. One member of the
gung muni hnve watched hlin be
cue n telephone cull then went lo
the lullier's olfice In downtown Mi
ami. WAI1NI.NO
The cnller told Daniel Rlchter he
hud Ricky In his custody und thut
no harm would come lo the child
If Hie lather cooperated.
"He Mild, 'this is purely a busi
ness (Irnl and will require t&O.OOO
In diamond and $6,000 In cosh for
you to get your boy back,' " Rlcht
er reported. ,
The cnller warned Rlchter the
boy's llle would uu In dn.nger If
liollce were notified, and gave him
five minutes lo verify the story.
Rlchter quickly called the school,
learned his son wax gone, then de
cided to notify police. While De
tective M. H. Wiggins and E. A.
Tnuntun were enroitle to Rlchter 's
jewelrv store, his phone ran again.
OKI) KIIS
"He gave me instructions to take
the Jewels and money to a phone
booth In the Ponce do Leon Hotel,
Rlchter relnted. "I told him the
most I could raise wns about H6.-
000 111 jewels and $200 In cash. He
suld that would do."
Rlchter went to the hotel nnd
waited in the booth. A bellboy told
him he wns wanted on the phone
at the desk and the same man wlio
had called earlier told him to put
the Jewels nnd ensn in a bag in a
coin locker at the Oreyhound bus
station, plnce the key with a wnd
of chewing gum under the counter
of a certain telephone booth, and
lenve.
Rlchter wns still a step nhend
of detectives, who were being
briefed at the store by his brother,
Alvln Rlchter.
The father rushed to the bus sta
tion, plnced the bng In a locker,
and since the designated phone
booth wns being used, plnced the
key in nnotlicr booth.
Detectives reached the bus stn
tlon as Rlchter left. While one
watched the originally-designated
booth, the other went back to tho
store to llnd the father.
F.SCAPE
Apparently while the detectives
watched one phone booth, one of
the extortionists slipped into the
other, around a corner, and took
the koy.
When police reinforcements ar
rived, the key was gone, the lock
er wns open and the key wan in
It, still stlckv with chewing gum.
About the time Rlchter returned
to his store, a puzzled doctor nt
the hospltnl called end naked If he
hnd n son, Ricky. The boy was at
Iho hospltnl nn Ihc cnb driver
wns waiting for his fnrc.
Rlchter snld the whole sequence
of events took nbout an hour.
MEMORIAL
SPOKANE Ifl Memorial serv
ices for 16 airmen killed In th
crnsh of n B-38 bomber early
Tuesdnv will be held nt Fnlrchild
Air Force Base here Saturday.
Six chaplains will officiate.
Antclopo nnd one of the country's
finest antelopo ranges.
Dog Lnko is also open to trout
angling the yenr around, but ns
in tho enso of Crump Lake, the
ssummer bng limit prevails (10
flsli per dny, not more than live
of which mny be more than 12
Inches or over. Twenty fish in
possession or taken In seven con
secutive days, not moro than 10
of which may be 12 Inches or over)
Dog Lake Is In Lake County,
south of Drew's Reservoir which
hns the snme regulations,
Drew's Creek nnd Its tributaries
below the first railroad crossing
one-hnlf mile above the Klamnth
Fnlls-Lnkevlew highway, are open
March 15 to October 12, inclusive.
Dry Creek, also in Lnko County.
Is under the snme regulation.
Ewnunn Lnko. which borders on
Klnmnth Falls itself, Is open to
trout fishing ths year around with
the summer bag limits prevailing.
In Miami
rrj, yiU-U Fair
j)Me Be Mokys Meet Mere
PLAN COURSE Looking over today's .schedule of the De Molays are convention-minded
(1 to r) Kit Johnson, 3608 Bisbee, Jim Peak, 1945 Huron, and Charles Friedel, 1302
Lookout. Friedel is advisory chairman of the advisory council of the Klamath Falls De
Molays, host group of the two-day state cqnventjnn on the Oregon, Tech campus. .
PT&T Pickets
More Acfive
By The Associated Press
The ClO-Comniunlcntlons Work
ers of America picketed 34 facil
ities of the Pacific Telephone k
Telegraph Company in 19 Wash
ington cities Friday In the heaviest
picketing since the strike over
wages against the Western Electric
Company began.
Nenrly nil operators were re
specting the picket lines, a com
pany spokesman said. Attempts
were being made to cope with the
emergency by supervisory person
nel nnd non-union employes.
In Oregon, where the union is
striking against both the telephone
company and Western Electric,
supervisors manned the boards and
the company snld service was
normal. Routine picketing was also
carried on at most of the state's
big exchanges.
The mnln telephone buildings In
Scuttle, Tncoma and both the main
office nnd the mununlly-operated
Broadway Exchange In Spokano
were picketed.
Tile telephone company Issued a
stntemcnt in Scuttle which said
"it Is n ridiculous situation when a
few Western Electric employes
throw rond blocks" In the way of
telephone people "who wnnt to i?o
to work." The employes are finding
the- "entrances to their work locn
tions blocked by pickets of nnother
company," It added.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California
Fair and warm Friday and Friday
night; considerable cloudiness and
cooler Saturday; high Friday 13:
low Friday night 38; high Saturday
High yesterday It
Low last night 34
Precipitation Thursdny 0
Since Oct. 1 14.22
Normal tor period 9.85
(Additional Wcnther on Pnge 41
foe's
Hnrt Lake, too, hns yenr-long
senson. It lies at the foot of Hart
Mountain.
The Klnmnth River is open
from October 1 to June 1, inclu
sive, excepting a segment starting
at n point 4000 feet below Spencer
Creek's mouth to 2000 feet nbovo
It, which Is closed to nil angling.
All tributaries to the Lake of the
Woods are closed to angling, while
Link River (in Klamath Falls) Is
open tho entire yenr excepting
from Copco Dnm to a point 200
feet below. The summer bng limit
there, too, prevnlls the yenr
around rs It does on Lost River,
which, is open to trout angling the
entire year.
The mountain lakes of Rogue
River Nntlonnl Forest lying to the
Enst of tho Cnscnde Divide, and
consequently in the Stale Gnmc
Commission's Area (Including
most oi jtinmnm nnti Lake
Counties), are open Mny SO lo
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KLAMATH FALLS, OKI
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
W agnip
NEW YORK m They didn't
nnve to yen "uei a norse at a
Brooklyn bar Thursday night they
had one.
The customers were lined up
at the Step Inn Bar and Grill when
the anlmnl clomped In, stuck Its
hend over the bnr nnd waited.
The bartender drew a pail of
water and Bozo the horse
downed It noisily.
Then a man at the end of the
bnr spoke up. He was Joseph Nnr
dllillo. He snld he had been riding
Boso through a pnrk, got thirsty,
and decided to stop for a drink.
Boio. apparently not securely
tied, got the same Idea.
Rioting Cons
Hold Guards
RAHWAY, N.J. W A rebel
lion of more than 200 convicts
raged at Rnhway State Prison
farm Friday in sympathy with a
four - day mutiny at Trenton State
Prison 40 miles away.
A band of 232 unruly prisoners
grabbed control of a two - story
dormitory wing Thursday night and
held nine prison guards as hos
tages. It was the fifth prison outbreak
In New Jersey in three weeks.
Prison guards, reinforced . by
stifle police, regained control of
the ground floor of the wing Fri
day morning by a ruse.
The convicts yelled down thnt
one of their number hnd served
his term and wns due to be re
leased Fridny. They asked if he
would be released If they let him
out 0f the dormitory
Prison officials told the rioters
to send the mnn down to the first
floor nnd remove pnrt of the bnrrl
ende at the entrance to let him
out.
When the rebels did this the
gunrds broke through" the weakened
bnrrlcnde nnd swnrmed into the
ground floor of the building.
The rioters retrented upstairs
nnd piled up more barricades In
the stairways made of broken
beds, mattresses and debris.
Where
September 30, with some possible
exceptions,
Spring Creek, nt Collier state
park, Is open for trout Mny 30 to
October 12, Inclusive, from the
mouth to a point 100 yards up
stream. Few locnl residents mny realize
Hint Upper Klnmnth Lake is one
of the very few in Oregon which
is open to fishing through Uie loe.
The lnko is open the year around
to trout angling in thnt portion
south of a line from Modoc Point
to the northernmost point of Eagle
Ridge, but exclusive of Shoalwater
Bay. Summer bag limit prevails.
The Williamson River, one of
the Klamath area's more popular
bigstreams, is closed to fishing
from any boat or other floating
device above the bridge where
It's crossed by U.S. highway 87.
Exoluslve of tributaries except as
mentioned above, the river opens
May SO ..for a season lasting
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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1952
Telephone Sill
Spirited Men
Take Plunge
Two Indians and a palefaced
companion, lately from Pennsyl
vania, inaugurated the outdoor
swimming season in the canal near
Eberlein St. bridge this morning.
The Indians, Beatty John, 46, and
Harvey Wilson, 2o. both from
Beatty, are in County Jail charged
with being drunk on public hlgu
way.
Their companion Donald Stan
ton, 22. staying at Chlloquin with
a brother after arriving from Penn
sylvania Inst week, was treated at
Klamath Valley Hospital for a fore
head gash.
Slate Police reported the three
were in a pickup truck belonging
to Stanton's brother, which rolled
completely over in the canal.
Stanton was taken to the hospi
tal by Kaler's ambulance and was
to be released when he found some
dry clothes.
AH three, officers, reported, were
stumbling around on top of the
canal bonk when the ambulance
arrived at the scene about 9 a. m.
French Attack
Vietminh Base
PHY LU, North Viet Nam OH
French union troops wading knee
deep through rice fields nnd pro
tected by an umbrella of heavy
artillery fire launched a new of
fensive nt dawn Friday.
They hoped to wipe out Com
munist, led Vietminh troops in this
Important sector of the vital Red
River deltn. '
The French, attacking the Viet
minh in a V-shnped area between
Colonial Route No. One and the
Canal des Rapides, 18 miles north
east of Hanoi, captured a number
of villages nnd rounded up hun
dreds of suspected Vietminh' sold
iers in the early stages of the new
drive.
and When Info
through October 12. Inclusive.
Minimum length limit this year,
the Game Commission notes. Is
six inches in this part of the
country.
Fishing time: it's against the
law to fish any time between one
hour after sunset and one hour
before sunrise, except in the case
of (ugh) catfish.
Incidentally, wnrm wnter game
fish sunflsh, perch, crapples, cat
fish and . black bass are legal
game the entire yenr in this part
of the country. The only bag limit
on these fish hns been plnced on
bullhead catfish , . , and the limit
Is 100. . , -
Whlteflsh," found In some Klam
ath lakes, have no bag or length
limits, but open seasons conform
to trout seasons. Some outdoors
men report they're desirable as
food especially when smoked.
Licenses may be procured from
the County Clerk's office, the
Stats Game Commission and many
15,000
No. Z7M
Convention
Draws 300
To Oretech
The 1952 Oregon Conclave of the
Order of De Moley got underway
at OTI this morning with early
registration. Some 300 young Ore
gon De Molays are expected by
the time final registration is .com
pleted tomorrow.
A tour of OTI was slated lor
early this afternoon, and later
welcoming ceremonies were sched
uled in the campus theater. OTI
Director Winston Purvine, Klam
ath Falls Mayor Robert Thompson
and Edward B. (Dad) Beaty are
scheduled welcoming speakers.
EDUCATION
Theme of the Conclave Is
"Education", and the Klamath
Falls De Molay chapter, - under
Master Councilor Marvin Nerseth,
Is host.
Other speakers on the agenda
this afternoon were Master Dale
Bebber of Klamath Falls Masonic
Lodge 77 and State Master
Councilor James Ward. I'
At 7 p.m. the Ritualistic Degree
is to be presented by the Corvallls
c ha per; the De Molay Degree is
to be given by the Medford
chapter and Arnold Telford,
Eugene, is to give the Flower
Degree.
Ben Shepherd. Klamath Falls,
is State Chaplain of De Molay.
Tomorrow's schedule includes
breakfast at the OTT culeteria
from 7 to 8 a.m., with business
meetings scnediued lor 10 s clock,
.ana until z:so alter mncn.
Election of officers is scheduled
for 3:30. and . memorial- services
for ' deceased De Molays are set
lor 3:4o.
ADDRESSES
Director Purvine of OTI will
address the group at 4 p.m., and
State Orator Bob Myrlck, Ashland,
will give an address "For the Good
ol Thp Order".
A banquet is slated for tomorrow
night at 7 in the Klamath Armory.
De Molay is a fraternal organi
zation sponsored by the Masonic
Lodge. There are 60 Chapters in
the Oregon district including Tule
lske's. De Molay is not a Junior
Masonic order.
Among top Masonic officials to
be in Klamath Falls during the
session will be Raipn s. Nesoitt,
Grand Master of Oregon Masons.
Wage, Price
Arguing Hit
WASHINGTON Wl Sen. May
bank (D.-S.C), said Friday his
Senate Banking Committee is in
no mood to extend the wage and
price control program while those
handling it work "at cross pur
poses." The committee twice has delay
ed work on a bill to extend the
Defense Production Act, which pro
vides authority for price, wage,
rent and credit controls, and for
the rationing of scarce materials.
The existing law expires June 30
unless Congress acts.
A committee source, declining to
be quoted by name, told a report
er the group has let the White
House know it will insist on guar
antees . of better teamwork than
was displayed in handling the steel
wage dispute befora agreeing to an
extension. ,
BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
SALEM W Blooms will be at
their vari-colored best for the
Paule Stege. King Bing of the
Salem Blossom Festival Sunday.
Salem Cherrlans, said Friday. The
State House will be open that day
to visitors.
local sDortins and other stores.
A resident angler's fee costs
$4, the same as a hunter's license.
A combination of the two costs
but $7. Nonresident anglers (over
14 years of age) must pay a $15
fee, but a special vacation angler's
permit allows nonresidents over
14 years old to angle for seven
consecutive days for $7..
Resident juvenile angler's license
for 14-17 year olds, inclusive, costs
$2. Those under 14 need - no
hunter's or angler's license; any
blind person may secure a free
nngllng- license upon application
with the Commission. .-.
A nonresident Is described by the
Commission- as a person who has
not resided in the state for a
period of at least six months Im
mediately prior to making appli
cation for hunting or fishing
licenses.
Small fees may be charged by
stores and other agencies selling
the licenses as a service retainer.
Big Plane
Hits, Burns
LOS ANOELE8 Wl A rancher',
who found a crashed two engine)
plane Friday carrying 28 report-,
ed that "all were dead."
Hayden F. Jones, who lives In
suburban North Whlttter Heights,
told reporters that he found no
sign of life In the canyon where
the non-scheduled C-48 ship crashed
and burned.
The sheriff's office added that
"there apparently is nothing left
of the plane but ashes and piece
of the tall." . , .. "., i
bodies v '';r.;;:."(:'
Hayden counted 16 charred bod--les.
Some were still in the burned'
wreckage of the plane, others were
scattered on the hillside. '
The location, between Whlttier
nnd Puente, Calif., is only about
29 miles and five flying minutes
from the plane's destination, Los
Anzeles International Airport. .
HBVllfll aaiH thj nlana hit m hllW
of about 1,000 feet elevation, then
bounced about 300 varda Into a
ismoll canyon. T
The srea Is one of hillside resi-j
dences but there, were no reports
that the plane hit - any house.
The plane was operated by North
Continent Airlines. . t r
The flight, 417-W, originated tr
New York Thursday.
The airline said it stopped at
Chicago, Kansas City, Amarillo
Tex, and Phoenix, Aril - . : j
RADIO TROUBLE " ;-' :. -'y;;i' , "
It was last heard from at 3:33?
a.m. when the pilot told the 'Lo
Angeles control tower that he' be
lleved he was over LaHabrn,
Calif., and was having some radio
trouble. - -
A few minutes before, the ship
reported over Riverside and was"
cleared for an approach and land!
i"g Los Angeies international
Airport. 4
North Continent said the ship
wan nl ln?.H hv r,,ta tnnli aa J
Crescenta. Calif. Its co-pilot was;
Dunnes riuiurun. si, not Angeies,
and the stewardess -was Miss Toni
uiauiurQ, zi, suroans, caul.
Cities Fight i
Raging Flood
Missouri threw Its worst at Omaha
ana uouncu mulls Friday -with an
army of workers still winning the
battle to hold the great river in
its strait - Jacket of dikes. ;- -
The river crest stretch of max
lmum of water flow was so long
and so subject to fluctuations that
it Couldn't be pinpointed but river
forecasters said the rampaging riv
er is at cresting stage and. will
continue to crest all day. -
At 9:30 a.m. the level was 30.24
feet, eomniirtwl with ih. nnA
of i. : "v -M
Some minor rising and falling
will occur before the level begins
k arup some n nours nence. tne
Weather Bureau said. ..
PREDICTION
The predicted high had been Sl.o
feet. But at this near-phenomenal
level even the action of the wind
can raise or lower the gauge read
ings by a foot or more.
. The critical hours began before
dawn when the slow - moving flood
crest began surging into the seven
mile long funnel of sodden dikes
protecting the lowlands of the twin
cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs;
Iowa.
The next 48 hours may determine
whether the tremendous wata
pressures will burst through levees
and cause more agony and dam
age along this river which has be
come a monster of destruction.' i
All night long soldiers and civil
ian workers more than 24.00a
of them . toUed under floodlights
on me ones here and on levee
downstream where the rising wa
ters are expected to smash through
almost every farm dike all the way
to Kansas City.
ALL' HANDS v i, '. ' ',;''
Doctors, lawyers business exec
utives, students, newspapermen
and other volunteers took their turn
heaving sandbags on the dikes to
strengthen them against the most
awesome floods the Missouri .Val
ley bos ever known. ....
SIGN UP Sam MontgomV;
ery, publicity chairman for !
t he De Molay convention
now In progress at Oregon ;
Tech, was busy on the reg-,
istration desk w h en the
Herald 'and News 9 o'clock
photographer wandered by.
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