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IVi Ituxiluii Jrt fighters attacked
mi Air France ciiininercliil airliner
wth i iiiiiidii unci inarhliirgiin lire
In'' Ilia ulllcd air corridor over (hp
Soviet roue today. Two (irriimn
liaMeugera were wounded and two
new meiiiliera (French) were
nicked by bullets.
None of the parmcngcra or crew
men wan an American.
Trluuer-lnijiiiv Soviet plloli?
1 doubt It, Mcmbcra of the Ru
Mun urmrd lorres who do aortic
thing Die Kremlin doesn't wulll
dime Mlilom live Iuhk.
There was tomo purpose behind
li. Wlmt purpose? 'Urn I 1 wouldn't
know. Hill the Htuulaiis are K mi
lium In break Western (Itirmiinv
Inote Iron) our Hide, They might
lluuie llml (hooting at u French
lilnne wouldn't be unpopular with
Germans, who art hereditary enc
mien ul the French.
'I Hue. will tell maybe.
Aboard USB lloxer off Korea:
A cool nailer averted noiwlule
Iragrrty aboard this mri-rult ear
ner the other day bv allrklng hit
linger In the mechanism ol a live
boiuli to keep It from exnlodliiK.
The bomb jarred loose Iroin a
reluming )ei fighter and went
bouncing and alldlnir ui the car
.tirr'n ileck. The arming propeller
tai lin none mm ominously. Ilslnli
I 0 Dell, aviation ordnonceinnn,
niMird up. Jabbed hi (Inner Into
Hie pce between Uie striking pin
anil I he lime body in prevent dl
charge and held It there until the
bomb had been canlrd to on aide.
'Ihen he slipped a piece ol wood
lino the mechanism and calmly re
moved the fuse.
Thai's quirk and accurate think
um. we need more ol It In this
hair-lrliiter world.
Ilere'a one Irom Leghorn. Italy:.
People here are saying a thlrtty
Aairrlcnn In the middle of a desert
wuuld probably atub hit Um on a
bottle ol champagne. "Tliev'ro hint
THAT LUCKY." the populace l
saving.
How coiner
Tlie U.i. army supply port com
maud needed water. Water l no
ware In Leuhorn that It l rationed
even lor drliikliiR purposes. 'Die
coinmunlat cltv council relu-ied lo
allow an adequate aupplv lor the
Americana.
Ho the army engineers DUO A
WELL. At HO eel they struck a
aupply yielding 1.000 quaru a min
ute. The doctori analysed It and
found II waa a healliiy mineral wa
ter ol i kind that sella In Italy
lor 30 CENT 8 A HOTTLEI
Lycky?
Ileck, no' The Americana JuM
had the wits to Did for the water
they needed. Quick wll. horse
aeme and WILLI NO NESS TO DIG
have made America what It la.
Bv the way
Thai crack about thlratv Ameri
can) In the middle of a desert be
ing o lucky they'd find a bottle
of champagne is horaeteathera.
When Amerteain are t h I rut y,
they're sensible enough to WANT
4 WAVER.
1 They use champagne for celebra
tion purposes only.
M. I.. Johnton aenda me a clln
pinir of an editorial In the 8P
Chronicle dealing with rapidly rli
inir coats of automobile Inaurance
and whv. The Chronicle aava:
"The Increase in the cost ol driv
ing an automobile renulllng In the
(recent) -hike In Insurance com
add lo almnit everyone'a entt of
living, but thla la one cane of In
flation In which the victim can
blame nobody but Mmaell.
"Insurance rate are determined
bv the lOAa experience ol the In
surance comnanles and the lose ex
perience la determined by the way
drivers drive automobile and the
vav lurle.i award damages for In
lurlea In accident."
M l. lava: "I am Jual bringing
this lo your attention for whatever
you mav aee fit to ay about It."
Well, here goes:
When people drive carelessly and
la-h lenders and collect from the
Iniurnnce company, or when lurles
award excessive damages on the
llieorv Hint the Insurance companv
navs It anvwav ao who cares. It
l-n'l a ra-e of OirrPNO ROMF
THINO FOR NOTWNO. insurance
Is based on the wife principle of
snreartlnir the loss among a LOT
OF PFOPLE Instead of fnrcln" one
nnor devil to bear It alone. When
losses get too numerous, the cost
of Insurance goes tm.
VVeen ti In nih'rt:
niienir; TP NO PUrM TIIINO AS
SOMETIIINO FOR NOTHING.
QI'F.KN SYMPATHIZES
LONDON UTI yueen Rlliabeth
II sent a meaaafte to President Tru
man Tuesday expressing "deep
lynmaihy" over tht sinking ol the
U. 8. destroyer-minesweeper Hob
son with an apparent Ions of 174
fivts.
(ouncilmen, Merchants
Kick Time Gong Around
ny DAVE DNDF.RIIILL
It's still Standard Time In Klam
ath Falls, but who knows what
time It will be thla time next
week?
That was City Council's reaction
lust night when faced with pros
pect of acting to bring about Inst
time. And Mayor Robert Thomp
son was told to contact League of
Oregon Cities Secretary Herman
Kchrley, who In turn was to con
tact Oovernor McKay and tell him
we don t like what he Is doing to
our economy or words to that ci
ted. While on the topic, City Attorney
Henry Perkins gave his opinion
there was no penalty attached to
Hie law which lorbiu.i cities going
on dnyllghl tlmo If the governor
Mill stands it Is lllcgnl to do to by
act of the HMD legislature.
Frank Drew president of Klam
ath Merchants Association, told the
Council majority of tho merchants
were In favor, of unanimous ao
lion of the Council In proclaiming
the fast lime. '
But he added, "We are not In
fivwr ol ' notion that would result
In fconfuslon for everyone," and
lct,"lt go t that.
Ctrrcr Drew, 1014 Lowell, took the
stand that any action should be on
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i A hdpS$ D0h Time
BUMPED FROM BEHIND this Chevrolet Suburban flipped
over at intersection of Kit Carson Way and Portland St.
Monday afternoon. Raymond T. Johnson, Marysvillo,
Calif., was arrested for violation of the basic rule. City
Police reported Johnson bashed his car into the Chevro
let operated by Julius Barney, 721 N. 3rd. No injuries
were reported, although three persons were taken to
Klamath Valley Hospital for observation.
Ike Rated Winner
In Massachusetts
Forum Eyes
Bureau Plan
For Basin
In a couple of yeara the Bureau
ol ncclnmnlton will have a blue
print lor the luture" ol the Klam
ath Basin, dclnlllng What can and
should be done wlUi the nrea a pi'
ak water-rasource. v
And the- Bureau has no direct
plan to divert water Irom Uie Up
Dcr Klamath Basin.
Those were the apparent prime
points brought out during Monaay
night's "Build the Basin" radio
Inrum which was supposed to deal
only with future use ol water lor
Irrigation out ai uie insistence o
listeners and questioners spilled
over Into the much more controver
sial subject ol power.
PANEL
Members ol the panel were Rich
ard L. boke. Sncrumenlo, regional
U8BH director: E. L. Stephens, lo
cal UBUR maiiuKcr; Ban Aimer
son, president ol the Tulclnke Wa
ter District; Percy Dixon, Henley
farmer, and Fred Rueck, Bonunta
farmer.
The Klamath Basin now has some
5OU.0O0 acres ol land under Irriga
tion, and Its potential Is around
600.000.
The power Issue was mjecieo. Dy
Boko when he remarked that the
nou-ntlul also Includes some de
velopment ol power which, under
publlo supervision, would act as n
sort of subsidy for new lands
brought under Irrigation.
Both the Bureau and the cawor
nlu
Oregon Power Company havo
iiimkim nlu fnr rma'Pr iivoI. I
announced plans for power devel
eminent down the Klamath River.
'Hint particular situation Is to be
Uie subject ol a luture "Build Uie
Busln pnnel.
FIRST CALL
All members of the panel agreed
that Irrigation use of the water
should come Irst and Unit present
users ol wntrr should be protect
ed against nil future contingencies.
Boke declared. In fact, that the
Bureau's blueprint of future devel
opment the overall plan which Is
due to be completed in two years-
win guarantee water ior lands now
(Continued en Pace t.)
statewide basis and snld he bo-
llevcil the city should buck the
merchants in asking the governor
to reconsider his action.
Councllmen Individually chorused
their favor of daylight time but
were divided In their opinion as
to obtaining It,
Darrcll Miller and Don Kcnyon
were for obeying the wishes of
Klamath Falls citizens and to "H"
with tho rest of tho state.
Murk Smith blamed the mer
chants of the state for not acting
sooner and lotting the governor
know their wants.
Wendell Smith nnd Matt Flnnl
gan were more cautious, going
along with the legal opinion of the
City Attorney.
And Perkins Is convinced any
action tho city of Portland takes
to try and defeat the law In stato
courts will be defeated.
Bo Klamnth Falls, this week at
least, will take no legal action
to atlopt daylight time.
However the Council did go on
record savins It could ndont a res
olution to the merchants and cit
izens recommending they move
inoir ciocks uncic an Hour.
And even that mlulit be Illegal.
Poikhis opined. Ho wnsn't sure,
nor was anyone else at the con
tused session
By RKLMAN MORIN
BOSTON tt In spite of cold,
cloudy weather, a record-amashing
vole appeared to be building up
Tuesday In the Massachusetts pri
mary, an election that could put
Oen. Elsenhower on almost even
terms with Sen. Taft In the race
for the Republican presidential
nomination.
Elsenhower Is favored lo win a
majority ol the U OOP convention
delegalea seals at slake, and to top
Talt in the popular vote.
Boston election olflclals said the
early voting was "very heavy".
In some precincts, they reported,
more bsllou were cast during Uie
Ural hour than during tlie enure
day In Uie l primary. '
ANXIOUS -
tn the town of Franklin, where
polls do not open until 19:30 p. m.
lest) more Uisn 60 people appeared
at the town hall, ready to vole.
They were told they would have to
wall.
Tuft's campaign managers here,
on the eve o the election, expres
sed optimism but did not estimate
the number ol delegates he would
win.
In Younsslown. O.. a Taft leader
predicted the senator would have
enough delegates by June 3 to win
the OOP nomination on the first
ballot at Uie Chicago convention.
He already has 305, the manager
said. v
Taft and Paul Waller, his mana
ger In Northern Ohio, told a news
conference the senotor would have
650 pledged delegates by June 3,
tne aaie oi uie uuai state pri
mary. '
JS DKLEGATF.S
Massachusetts has 38 Republi
can convention delegates. Two each
alreudy have been alloted to Tu!l
and Elsenhower, and six will go
to the convention unlnstructcd.
Tlie remaining 28 will be elect-
Tuesday. Bolh condldates have
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lull slates in Uie 14 districts.
Some of Elsenhower's, backers
have claimed he would win all
38, but others place the figure at
30 to 34.
If their forecasts are accurote.
Elsenhower will draw almost even
with Taft In the box-score of dele
gates won up to this point In na
tlonnl campaigning.
An Associated Press tabulation,
based on known alignments ol dele
gates, put Taft's total at 365 and
Eisenhower's at xj. Tans-mana
gers, however, claim more than
300.
TAFT EFFORT
Taft campaigned personally in
a three-day swing through Massa
chusetts last week. On Uie ballot,
the names of his delegate-candi
dates arc designated as "pledged"
nr "tavorab e" to mm,
Elsenhower's are not, since he
did not give formal consent to hav
ing his name entered 'In this pri
mary when the filing was done.
Tn nnnntnrnfl. thl. nnnnrent rils
J.i.nl.na hi. mnnan.a niH lllnV
have sent out thpusands of sample
candidates.
On uie preferential ballot, uie
direct "popularity contest," all
niniM mnr. he written In. The At
torney-genei-al recently ruled that
nicknames would be counted as
valid votes ior - lae - or - ooo.
Smoke Causes
Nightie Outing
Tenants of the federal housing
project on Washburn Way wcro
brought from their apartments lu
various stages of ntllro last night
ai two cltv lire trucks went through
the area looking for a fire tn fight.
But there was no blaze, although
smoke hung heavy In tlie air.
Apparently someone turned In a
false alarm for 1614 Nlniitr. St.,
since tlie people at that address
knew nothing ot placing a call,
llreirlen reported. ,
Short lv after 1 n.m. last night
an ovcrllooried oil stove resulted in
n call to 339 9th Bt'i, There was
no fire, i
Other Cities
Expected To
Fo low Suit
PORTLAND ifl The Portland
City Council Tuesday proclaimed
daylight saving time for Portland,
to go inio enect at 1 a.m. Wednes
day. Surrounding cities were expected
lo ioiiow sun. Vancouver. WashY
Oregon City. Forest Grove and
other communities In the area In
dicated earlier Uiey would allow
I'oriiancrs lead.
Hie action came exactly a week
aller Oov. Douglas McKay of Ore
gon had announced he would not
put daylight time Into effect for
the slate, as he did last year. Pro
tests, mostly Irom radio and retail
trade sources, were Immediate.
There was some speculation over
legality of Portland's action In de
fiance of the governor's decision lo
keen the stall on standsrd time.
The council sought to dodge that,
at least momentarily, by not pars
ing an ordinance on the Issue. In
stead the council Issued an unani
mous proclamation for daylight
time. The eflect of this was ex
pected to be the same as an
ordinance.
It could not be determined at
would follow Portland's action.
Although on standard time, several
have moved up work shifts to con
form with daylight time. In com
munities where this practice Is
not general, some private Indus
tries and stores have moved open
ing and closing times up an hour.
Oregon radio stations changed
to daylight time Sunday, when
BcctlJc. -California and much of .UM
east did.
Young Demos
To Reorganize
A reorganisation meeting of
iviamatn oumy young uemocrals
is scheduled for 8:30 tonight at the
Naval Housing recreation hall.
1627 Washburn Way.
Party leaders, announcing the
meeting, said the reorganization
was prompted by a growing de
mand from young Democrats.
Several candidates or their aldea
are expected to attend tonight's
session.
Woailier
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California-
Increasing cloudiness T u e a d a y
afternoon and night. Few showers
Wednesday. High both days SO.
Low Tuesday night 36.
High Monday . 46
Low last night 23
I'reclp last 1 hrs T
Since Oct. 1 14.31
Normal for period ........ 10. 18
Kame period last vear 13.87
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FRESHMEN Deanna Nicodemus, 829 Grant, and Tommie
Phipps, 818 Grant, were caught for the Special as they
walked to KUHS together... Both are freshmen.
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VICTOR Clayton Hannon talks over KUHS election results with George Hanson (r)
as pretty Jackie Hayden looks on. Hannon defeated Hanson in a runoff election held
at the high."schoolr yesterday for student body president
Council Tables
Sale of Park
Recreation Park, long abandoned
by the city as a recreation pro
ject, has a buyer. But applicatl'
of Sacred Heart Academy to b
the playing field portion of the di
lapidated and rundown park was
tabid by the City council last
night for another week.
In fact the project Is so broken
down that City Building Inspector
Walter Sulsberry last night report
ed the bleachers as unsnfe for oc
cupancy and the grandstands and
entrance as in dire need ol repair.
OLD IDEA
Several yeors ago the property
was placed "oft sale" by the City
Council with the view that some
day it might be sold for industrial
use, or maybe even the state would
put a highway through that area.
So fnr neither has happened, nor
Is it liable to In the immediate
luture.
In the meantime the broken down
baseuall lie a Is being usea wis
spring by OTI and Sacred Heart
lo!-r"ir "V
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BULLETIN
TRUMAN REVERSED
WASHINGTON (VP) U.S.
District Judge David A.
Pin Tuesday ruled the gov
ernment's seizure of the
steel industry was illegal.
Fire Strikes
Board Plant
CORVALLIS Ml Fire raced
through Uie million-dollar hard-
board plant just south of Corvallis
Tuesday morning.
Two of the big plant's three
smokestacks toppled over an hour
after the flames broke out at 8:30
a.m. It was feared the plant would
be a total loss.
m , , .. , , i
;oR ae Willamette River a half-
mile from the city limits, could be
seen from Corvallis. Smoke rose
high. More than 100 firemen from
Corvallis fought the flames.
Firer Chief Percy Tallman said
overheated kilns were suspected as
tlie caue of the fire.
The 'plant was known as the
Chapman Manufacturing Co. It was
operated here by Chapman about
six years, then sold last year to a
co-operative with David Gilkey as
manager.
Flood Battled
In Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY LP Flood
waters continued to - rage down
Utah's mountain canyons Tuesday
as thousands of workers battled
the state's worst flood crises hi
history.
The flood waters knocked out a
railroad bridge, ripped out a dam,
drove families from their homes.
blocked highway traffic and con
tinued to spread over farmlands.
At Nephi. an 11-year-old boy
tumbled Into the Big Hollow Creek,
and was swept downstream. The
youngster, Kirk Sanders, was
rescued unharmed, however. First
reports were' that he drowned In
the murky waters.
Streets in Salt Lake City were
sandbagged Into emergency canals
to carry off tlie overflow from
several canyons to the east In the
Wasatch Mountains.
The Jordan River, carrying the
west side Salt Lake City runoff
Into the Great Salt Lake, spilled
over Its banks near the Salt Lake,
County fairgrounds early Tuesday.
"This Is the most dangerous
flood situation the city has ever
faced." said City Engineer Roy W.
McLeese. "It's anybody's rucss
whether we can continue to con
trol It." ;
Wearv flood workers received
one assist early Tuesday. Temper
atures dropped In Northern Utah
and a cool wind roced in Irom the
north. Officials e;:pcct this to
ease melting of the state's record
mountain snow pack.
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KU Students
Elect Hannon
Clayton Hannon will be president
of the Klamath Union High School
student body for the 1952-53 school
year.
He was chosen Monday In a run
off election at KU defeating George
(Butcher Boy) Hanson. The num
ber of votes was not Announced.
Don Dexter was elected first vice .
president in the runoff defeating
George Knight.
Four other student body officers
were selected in voting last Thurs
day.
Tamara Goes
With Parents
Little Tamara Michele Powell,
aged 4 months, was returned to her
mother Monday afternoon and is
on her way back to her home at
Hawthorne. Nev.
The child was the central figure
in what started out as a family
quarrel and became a kidnaping
case. She was returned to her moth
er, Mrs. Nadine Moore, at the di
rection of Circuit Judge David R.
Vandcnberg after spending three
days in tlie Juvenile Home.
Tamara was brought to Klamath
County by a Hawthorne couple, Mr.
and Mrs. Francis F. Sharkey, who
had come here seeking work. She
had been placed in their care by
Mrs. Moore after the latter quar
reled with her husband.
After the child was taken from
Nevada, Mrs. Moore swore out a
warrant charging them with kid
naping. That charge later was dis
missed. SHIPPING RESUMED
TOKYO tfl Nippon Yusen Kai
&ha. Jnnnn's largest shinnlnor firm.
; announced Tuesday it would re
sume European service alter a
lopse of eleven vears. The Heiyo
Mnru, a 6.K91 ton craft, will re-
cpen the run
300 Visitors Expected
For State Jaycee Meet
Jaycees from all over Oregonnationol Jaycee vice president, win
will gather in Klamath Falls this
weekend lor the annual Junior
Chamber of Commerce state con
vention: Registration will start at noon
Friday, and the convention ends
Sunday. Some 300 persons are ex
pected to oe registered.
The Willurd Hotel will be head
quarters and most of the activity
will be located there.
First activity will bo a get-ac-
quolnted party Friday night. Busi
ness sessions will occupy most of
the daylight hours Saturday and
again Sunday morning.
A cocKtau party at o.w p.m.
banquet and then a dance all at
the Armory are scheduled for Sat
urday night. Baldy Evans orches
tra will play.
Officers will be elected at 3 p.m.
Saturday.
Dr. Phil Reams of Long iieacn,
Hundreds
Of Klamath
Men Idled
PORTLAND Ml Logging halted
In most of the Pacific Northwest
Tuesday as more than 40,000 CIO
woodworkers began a strike
against some 100 employers.
The midnight strike deadline had
been set by workers of Northern
Idaho and Western Montana to
back up their demands for Im
proved contracts.
The walkout began minutes be
fore last-hour negotiations with the
Willamette Valley Operators As
sociation collapsed. Two years ago
the Willamette Valley operators
settled with the union only a few
hours before the strike deadline.
That kept workers on the job and
other employers settled along aunt
lar lines.
NO BETTER'
But Willamette Valley operators
Monday night "made no better
offer." A.F. Hartung, International
president of the union, said.
That was the third turndown the
union has had on Its contract de
mands.
The Lumbermen's Industrial Re
lations Committee, an employer
group representing a large part of
tne industry, earlier onerea to
the union a 7 'A cent hourly In
crease, three additional paid holi
days making a total of six and
a 2-cent hourly increase in night
differentials.
But the companies balked at the
added demand they pay the cost
of a health and welfare program
which would amount to about 9 'A
cents a work hour.
Then Monday afternoon the
union met with Plywood Mill oper
ators. Hartung said the employers'
only offer was to continue the old
contract. It provided for a 7 14-cent
welfare program financed by de
ductions from the workers' pay-
cnecEs. ine union rejectee wis
proposal.
WEYERHAEUSER
That left the union on strike
against the entire Industry with
the exception of Weyerhaeuser op
erations. Weyerhaeuser settled ear
lier this spring by continuing to
finance the welfare program,
granting the three holidays, pay
ing the t '.i-cent hourly increase
and the increased night differen
tial. Unless settled soon, the strike Is
expected to affect the operation ot
racmc nortnwest Lumber mills,
many of them with AFL crews.
Meantime the AFL Monday
opened its negotiations tor new
contracts. At a meeting wltn the
Committee union negotiators asked
for a 30-cent hourly increase. After
the demand was presented the
meeting was .recessed subject to
call by either ' the unten-or em
ployers. The LTRC represented Columbia
River and Oregon Coastal em
ployers at the Monday talks.
No strike deadline has been set
by the AFL union.
Local Scene
An estimated 325 employes of
two Klamath mills were off their
jobs today In the lumber industry
strike affecting much of the West
Coast. . V . '
Ivan Kesterson. Klamath Basin
Pine Mills, said bis mill was carry
ing a maintenance crew of about
20 men while another 32S were off
their Jobs.
C a r-Ad-Co officials reported
about 100 men had quit working.
ricxei unes naa oeen set up at
both plants.
Russ Jets Hit
French Liner
BERLIN iB Two Russian let
fighters attacked nn Air France
commercial airliner with cannon
and machinegun fire in the Allied
air corridor over the Soviet zone
Tuesday. Two German passengers
were wounded and two crew mem
bers nicked by bullets.
The airliner, enrnute to Berlin
with 11 passengers and six crew
men aboard, ducked behind cloud
cover after the fighters made four
oasses. it reached Berlin s Tempie
hof airdrome safely half an hour
after the attack.
The fuselage was riddled, but
fortunately none of the shots hit
a vital part of the plane. None of
the passengers or crewmen was
an American.
The Allied high commission at
Bonn sent a stern protest to the
Soviet Control Commission Imme
diately.
The French pilot said he was
flying precisely In the center of
the air corridor over the Russian
zone, when the two Jets made four
passes at him and unloaded bursts
of cannon and machinegun fire. '
The co-pilot and stevaird also
were nicked by bullets.
KiiPBk at the Saturday noon lunch
eon at the Wlllard, and Roger Deas,
former California Jaycee president
and now public Information director
for American Can Company, San
Francisco, will be principal speak
er at the Saturday night banquet.
The various state officers plan
ning to attend the convention In
clude John Luvaag Eugene law
yer who Is president; Dave Knox,
Eugene, secretary-treasurer; direc
tors Don Forbes, Roseburg, and
Don Churchward,. Portland: and
vice presidents Dale Hollings
worth, La Grande, Ralph Hooper,
Ashland, Buzz Robinson, Tillamook
Larry Moore, Salem, and Harry
Withers Burns.
Delegates from all 33 Jaycee
chapters In the state are expected
to attend. Most of the visitors ":il
be housed at tlie Wlllard and Wl
nema hotels, . ,