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Newspaper Page TextI lift v . tw . i jam . taw r jwi -jr -- . And mwm- Mo . . r-"7 yy-TT ; ; . T BENDING THE HANDS OF an outsl.o clock to conform with Oregon Tech' pscudo daylight time ore watchmaking students Bill Palton, Boise; Max Smith, Portland, and Lew Valentine, Portland. Oregon Tech stays on standard time, but moves all schedules W an hour to conform with lly FRANK JCNKINH Tn Ohio, Senator Tnll scorrs a rlruii sweep, gelling all M ' ID" Miilc n HfihiIiIUbii itrlruiilrii. Forlv fFVPii delf mites hml announced lor rUii'urii. They were defeated by 'lull clrlrKiilrs. Two had announced lor KisfiiIiowit. Thnv were delrut id liv Tiilt men. Mr. Tnll awepl Hie bonrd In til" home slnlc. lie in Immrn.iPly pleased as lio wuukln'l Ik' U Is hrarlFiitns 10 net Uif backing mid Hie ui rrl ol your HOME people lie ralli the Ohio rrMill "a lunilillde irmry over Euirnhower Biid Siali sm " 11 IS-III Ohm. Bo much lor Mr. Tnll hlmwlf. HIin rmiipnlmi nuinmor, David S. IiikbII". vh IhlH morning. Hie Iniidnllrtn victory In Ohio bIvfb ' latt lh MOST IMPRESSIVE VICTOR V of liny of Uie prlmiiry conlFnU held ko (nr." Hml i a IIUlF hunter to BO along with. Ohio Ii Tail's home state, lie wns bciivfIv onioned only bv Mr si iiii. v.ho hBnt demom Minted much ot-.-lUmt mrriwUi in mm pointful campaign . twnil lor Hi' 'wo drlFKBtCB who nl Loomed lor him. ihe name ol r.l .oliower ni.i.-nr.-t iiowlicrF on the ballot Nrllher did WmWl . Hut I h, n the n-publlc'iin rmive.itlon ,( will bo dclmlUi mid tundlble r..t , OHto rrlmiirv'lH hcArt-vrmlnii ho me-Tw-e trUiul. to OI..VB dlBllnKUlBlwd rnn, b..l I ci.nl ouile Mr liunlln "ml tt "lw ,(rt n..iire.i.MvF victory pj nv ol ihe prliroiry cohifhU held thu. lur. In Florldn. Bennlor KelBUver rfU hit llrl neriouB MUbncli. IohIiik ou in hurd-loiiKhl populnrltv conlcol thin in wrltun. RuiupII U about 36 000 votei. nhcud-whlch, ' lBiUllde. It, , 'l buttle, mid in n hBrd-fmiaht brittle Inn of only 2H.0O0 votc l noth ing to be nuhuined ol. In Florida. Boulhern 1If. Ko f.uver Inced ",!,tl'rhn1 ' lie hB Bld repeatedly tht while he mid Mr. Truinun hnve dlllered personally he l In H-crril aurpe menl with the iwllclcn lht Mr. Truman aland lor. That t to nay. he connldera him aell a Fair Dealer. The boulh l out ol sympathy with the Fair Doal. Aniona othor Ihlnm. the coiwerva live Boulh opposen the Idea ol tno wellnro atnto, which hiia been veer Inn atendlly In the direction o( ioclallam. The South has no use lor aocliillsm. . There l an even "harper .d.'v'r Flon ol opinion, however. Fre.ildenl rrumun and the Fair Dealer, and Ihe New Doalera lnal.1 thai tho race problem shall be handled bv FEDKHAL LAW. The Boulh con ttvidii primarily that these problems hKvjId not be handled bv Ibw at all bill by educnllon and mowtnn human toleronce. BpcclllcBlly. Kelniiver has .aid Unit II the DeiiiocrBtlc phillorm tonlnlns a Knlr Eniplovmcnt Prac llccs commission plunk he will sup port It. Bui.scll has asserted thai I the plnllorni should vonliun such ,. plunk Ho would BKKUBfc! lo sup- ' li'icii that lact Is taken Into con wliipration. It becomes apparent thai at vesterday s primary Flori da went aloim Willi the nencial po;.ltlon ol tho South. RcRiirdlcss o! hU defeal In Flor ida howovcr, I think It would be unwlso to write Senator Kefauver 011 us n ho.islblllly, even a proba bility, In tho Democratic conven tion. Ho Is dcimoiilrnllim remark nolo voto-Kettlnu ability. Perhaps, everythlnn consider Jt1, the relntlvo IV cioic rnco In Florida was the most stplklnK demonstration yet of the coonskln-cnppeil Tcnnesscan'i nblllty to coininnnd populnr sup- WHo came '.o public attention first when he : administered a rcsound Inir shellackiim lo Tennessee's Doss Crump and won his senntorshlp. Hcallnff an entrenched political ma chine Is finite a star In anybody's crown. He Increased his stature (ficatly by his conduct ol the sen ale crime InvcstiKiillon. That brouulit hi in dent publicity, but It did nven more tor him, H cstub llfdicd him a sincere crusndrr for n blither level o( public morals. U would be hard tor anybody to deny Unit as of now Kcfiiuver Is the man the othor Democratic can cildulcs Imve li bent. . It .poms to me it Is equnlly np iinrrnl that III Florida Senator Rus f.cll has established himself ns tho t'reforred cnndldato of the South. II ho can ko Into the Democratic convention with tho votes of tho Souili solidly behind him while the hUinV't ' 1,16 Nol tl""'n Democrats la upllt BinonK n Ibi'ro number of contenders, ho will be In a strong position. , j "r ' Iu.Tl.c- . -C f W daylight figures. Basin Squints Through Fickle Sands of Time Hy IIAI.K KCARIIItOt'GII Hie nrobtPina ol mankind re miuiytolil, unci lew 1 Bro so vexatious : as to not know what time II 1. And It's a brlKht character whoi knows exurtly whut time It Is In and around Klamath Fulls today I Klumuth Fulls the city as a ' whole Is on tluylmlil lime by rev olullon ol Ihe Clly Council ellcc live today, but the exceptions are ninny. Hi-re's b thumbnail sketch ol ll'.f , sliuitllon. SCHOOLS 1 City mliooli are on standard lime. Hill they have moved all 1 srhedulps up an hour to conform I to dnyliitht lime. 1 So Instead ol nolng to school at 8; 30 or 9 city youiiKtpr are li'iln,; ! Id school at 1 .1(1 or 8. County schools are on standard lime without any schedule Jug llllim. v Oregon Tech goes on fast lime Co-op Building $40,000 Unit A three slory, to-loot-hlgh grain 'precipitation measurements are be elevntor and "head bouae" Is in,im taken on tumdard time. Die Initial stages of construction at nip rear ol Urn Po)lio-Supply Co operative', bur warehouse At South 8th and Spring Sis. Under construction bv contrac tor A. 8. Fetlerman and Sonn nnrii.,..j si.. .... ii.n. . ! i ui imtiu, liny uuiiuiiiii niiuuiu run sin nno nr, r,li , r-,. ur 1 F.d Strack j booster ol daylight time who ran, SI'FFII ' around getting backers lor it In When completed the new facility "ie P'f" reported he had will allow grain trucks to dump V,"T l'P-lnlcrrupilng calls their loads lour to live limes last-1 ll" morning from citizens inlorm er than they have been during past , "ig him It was lime to get up. harvest seasons. On a heavy liar-1 ,And. w,",,,n w,ho 've tne vest dny grain trucks have lined "burbs called the Herald and News up lor blocks in the vicinity of report : , . . . , , the wnrehouse ! I ve got one boy In high school The. new elevator bins will !! i on last lime, and another boy in sonic 111,000 bushel, of storage space to the Co-op's present 315,- 000 bushels, Struck rpimrted and will receive at Ihe rule of 40O0 bushels per hour. Several bin. for clover dumping I are being added to relieve pressure uii imtn lull vrmci s 1111s inn, luu, h Strack reported. They will allow trucker, to dump and return to cutting In shorter time than pre viously. FACILITIES The grain handling taclltllra In clude a pit, hoist and automatic dump scale on the first floor; u 4000'bushel-prr-hour capacity scalp er on the second floor and bins above on the third floor. Spouts will be located In position to carry grain to nearby railroad tracks to hurry shipment. Strack aald Uie facilities should; be complete by Ihe middle ol July, about three weeks before grain liar- vest gets underway. f''--' yi.';.,' -: )u"'----' w-.vik ili aWiSawMaiaaaaaaasafciiiii i aisfi a ii ELECTION TIME means extra' work for Sheriff Murray (Red) Britton. Britton was snapped by the 9 0'Clock Cameraman this morning loaded down with ballot boxes and other paraphernalia that go to tho polling places. , i - nil j' I , ; tomorrow havluit taken a poll .luaeius aim louna wiai oj ( per tr"1 "' continue to register slandurd lime ljwn at Merrill Uip Clly Coun cil voU-d lo put that town on day likhl time, but the Merrill school stuy on standard. And the othc: small townn In Klumalh Count v are on standard time. Wpyerhnpuspr Timber Company goes on daylight time next Mon day. STOItKS. OFFICES PrBcllcally all downtown busi nesses are on daylight time, but somo outsldo town still hold the other hours. Knllroadn and the air line are on standard time. The Post Office Is on daylight time. The Courthouie and all county business will be transacted on stan dard time. The election coming up May Id will have to be on stan dard time. Tuvcrna. night clubs and Ihe liq uor store are on slaifciard time. The two radio stations KFLW and KFJI. as well as Uie radio networks are on daylight lime. But 1 the Herald and News, lor Uie lime being Bl Irani. Is on standard time. I The Bureau ot Reclalmallon went on ilAvhulit time. Bui weather and tlllRtllKS Merrill's Bt. Augustine". Church h. anounced It will conduct lis services on standard lime. The other churches haven't committed IhpmNPlvPM. . , . . , . A downtown businessman, chief Altnmont School. That's slow UmJ. 1 Cues. I'll go out and ask my cow i what time It Is." DPA Director Resigns Post WASHINOTON (Pi Manly Flclschmann resigned Wednesday as Defense Production Administra tor and President Truman nomi nated Henry H. Fowler to succeed him. Fowler, who Is now administra tor ol the National Production Authorltv. will continue to hold that post while serving a. DPA chief.. Flclschmann at one time held 'both Jobs. llV-ii. 'iiiiitwiiimirTimia ""'-rr -rnWdiriiiiwi Price Fire Cent IS Pun Credit Tillo-lale VIENNA I The 'owner of a bookstore In Bratislava, Czechoslo vakia advertised lour Russian books In her window and almost Immed iately was arrested by police the Vienna newspaper "Wiener Hur ler" reported Wednesday. The bookstore proprietor had written the title, on a poster in Ihe following order: We W.nt to Live'" "Par from Moscow." "In the Shadows ol the scrapers" "Under . Foreign Flog." Sky- Coal Using Locomotives Brought Out DENVER W A union coalition ; target. In a sample "wnistle stop directing a nation-wide strike ol Speech Tuesdsy night to a checr Bbout 04,000 oil workers delayed Its 'n dlnnr crowd ?' ""mbe"1 o( decision Wednesday on whether to l" National Housing Conference resume work pending a meeting nl " Hotel Statler. with Uie Wage Stabilization Board i VIGOR . next Tuesday. Effects of the strike, which al- In a "give 'em hell" speech rem ready has cut commercial and pri- i iniscent of hi. 184J election cam vate Hying, brought out coal loco- palgn, TrumBn displayed a vigor motives m place of oil-burning dle- seis and dried up lining staUon pumps in scattered areos. spread to Alaska. Military Hying there was drastically curtailed Wednesday, The coordinating committee of the 22 unions which called the strike - April 30 for higher waies fiaa Hrcuu.'io aiieua uie warning- However, O.'A. Knight, president ui mo uii worsen international Union (CIOi. Ingest In the coali tion, said In Denver he regretted the WSB's action at this lime. Knight said it threatens several ncgoUatlons he termed promising. Knight's headquarters announced that his union and the Cooperative Refining Association ol Caney, Kan., had reached an agreement called for a wage Increase ol 18 !i cents per hour and Increased extra pay lor night work. This Is ralied to 6 cents for the i p.m.-mldnlRlit shift and to 12 cents for nndnlght-8 a.m. Stassen Plans Oregon Visit PORTLAND I Harold E. Stnsjcn, lormcr governor of Min nesota, will arrive in Oregon Thursday to campaign for the Re publican presidential nomination. His Oregon campaign manager. Pat Blair, said Stassen would speak Thursday Bt Reed College and leave the stale that day. Stassen Is expected back In Ore gon two days before the Mav 16 primary election. He has scheduled one talk In Portland and one at Solent at that time. I Klamath Women Learn Of Japanese Changes By RUTH KING The upsurge of Interest toward cmenclpr.l on nmon women of Jnpan and Uie impact ol Western democracy In the Orient, was brought forcibly to some 325 Klam ath County Homcmakers yesterday by Miss Maude Wilson, retired Home Extension leader, returned from the Far East. Women of Japan are attempting to organise groups similar lo home extension units in this country, par ticularly among the farming class. "Japiinesc women must bo Irced from long hours at farm labor In the field, before conditions in the rural homes con be Improved,' Miss Wilson snki. Leader specialists are lacking and Jnpan Is faced with a crisis between the mlltarltit industrlnllst factions and Dcmoc rncw. "If Ihe country can weather this Imminent dissension, "she saitl, "the future ol tho women of Japan will be appreciable brighter.' . , STOVES Even Ihe mast primitive nl stoves Is a a rarity. Farm families live In thntched huus and smoke from open 'fires on the Iloor in ters out through root openings. Food and clothing arc scarce only since the American occupa tion has wheat begun to be experi mented with lor tood and lack ol calcium In Uio diet of Ihe popula tion results in luwcred vitality and small slnture. Somo 760 farm advisors leaders ore presently working to Ittrthcr the program nnd returning ex change students from this country among the funning class. During tno morning session greetings were brought from Ore gon State College by Jossalee Mai lalleu, recreation specialist. A lyle review of wardrobes coin- KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, Restrictions Off HST Claims Foes Aiding 'Uncle Joe' By ERNEST B. VACCARO I WA8HINOTON President Truman, unproschlng his Attth I birthday, Wednesday contemplated a lutuie of whistle stop campaign ing against '.hose he accuced of playing right down Stalin's alley. I His targets, he says, will be the I appropriatlons-cutteri and lobby ists who have fought him since he first laid down cua 21-polnt pro gram of foreign and domestic legislation In September, of, 1945. He placed special empnas). on i budget cutters he said were "about j I to ruin the national defense pro- igram." - j The President put the "real (slate lobby" high on his list of that seerrtcd to belie Ihe fact that he will lorn 68 Thursday. "There have been certain things hannen In this country that have been right down the alley Mr. Stalin wants us to go. ' ne oeciarea. "Now let' .too it. Let's get our kmiKM hack and stoD it." H iii it. ns."rn esiaia uoov ' a stubborn "and selfish lot: -and added that "some of them are making Uielr living fighting hous ing." . ... He repeated a statement oi ms 1948 campaign that Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio turned against his own bill for a long-range housing program In Uie extra session oi that year and got the Senate to kill It. HOUSING He accused opponents of "trying to choke the public houslntf pro gram to death" bv cutting off ap propriations, and ol hamstringing Ihe government In Its efforts to get world peace by "Bbout ruining the notional defense program." Triinmn wfts given B standing cvatlon when he entered the dining 'room for his extemporaneous talk to the public housing advocates. He spoke alter sremors n-ini nrt Tobev iR-N.H.) pro mised to flsht for defeat of a House Appropriations Bill provision cui- Tfimnn't nroffTam for 75,000 low-rent housing units to 5,000 in Uie fiscal ycBr starting duiy i. TREATED An Indian, Marvin Tupper, was treated for a bBdlv cut nana ai Klamath Valley Hotpltal Tuesday afternoon and released. He cut his hand when he fell on a piece oi glass In Poe Valley. Tupper wa. brought to the hospital by Kniers ambulance. nleted bv units during the post year and square dance, number presented by the Poe-Vnlley-Olene unit. Exhibits of work accomplished in several other projects were on display. Luncheon was served at noon by ladies of Uie First Presbyterian Church. During the afternoon ' session, women of the various units pre sented a "Roofy" hat parade fol lowed by Miss Wilson's address. The gavel for outstanding ac complishment in extra acUvlties went for Uie second consecuUve year to Uie Fnlrhoven Unit. The award for the drawing of plaque to be used on Aznleo House, women's cooperative dor mitory at Oregon State College when built went to Mrs. Harvey Dcnham, Merrill. This drawing will enter state competition at Cor vallls. . ' COMMITTEE Mrs. H. V. Borton, Llndley Heights Unit and Mrs. Clara Scott, Malln Unit are the newly elected members of the Klamath County Home Extension Committee, suc ceeding Mrs. Mark Taylor, Klam ath Falls, chairman and Mrs. Har vey Dcnham, Merrill. . Holdover members of the com mittee are Mrs. Gene Woods, Mrs. Claude Williams, Mrs. O. L. Brown, Mrs. Everett Mathews. The new chairman and other officers lor 1952-53 will be elected this fall. , ' Plans for the annual festival were arranged by Dorothy Tolleth Klamath County Home Extension Agent and Mrs. Mark Taylor com mittee chairman who presided over the session and others. . Theme of the festival was "Gate way to Better Living." WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 195! !' ) if ":'v ? ON THE MEND Actress Marilyn Monroe smiles from her hospital bed in Hollywood following a re cent appendectomy. Upon complete recovery she will journey to Niagara Falls to film a new picture. KU Artists Win Honors Klamath Union High School stu dents received 11 awards in the 25th annual National High School Art Exhibition announced late last week when the exhibition opened in the Carnegie Institute. Pitts burgh, under the auspices of Scho lastic Magazines. KUHS Art Supervisor R. B. Rein holt, announced the .winners: Jane Darton, Strathmore region al award tor Oregon. $25, trans parent water color; Wayne Angel, place In water color; Jane Dar ton, place In water color: Tore Janson, three places In transpar ent water colors: Roger Long, two places in opaque water colors: Jim Matteson, place to transparent wa ter colors: Richard Parker, place In transparent water colors and Cal Stewart, place in transparent water colors. The Pittsburgh exhibition. Rein holt, reported. Is the climax of a school-year program with prelim inary regional exhibitions held in 40 areas from coast to coast. More than 125.000 entries were submitted for scholastic arts awards this year, about 25.000 winning places and 8000 of those named "key winners ana sent on to ruts burgh for national judging. At the close of the Carnegie In stitute's show, 577 award-winning pieces will go to New York for dis play in Gimbel's Auditorium June 14 through June zs. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and rviclnity and Northern California: Considerable cloudiness with fre quent light rain Wednesday and Wednesday night; occasional show ers Thursday; high today SO, low tonight 38. High tomorrow 62. High temp yesterday 61 Low last niglit ..... 3 Prccip yesterday 02 Since Oct. 1 .... j 14.33 Normal for period 10.2 ( n : n i- I 'S . . n fe f' 5i 'J INTERIOR VIEW OF NEW Shasta School gymnasium to be publicly opened Thursday night.. The stage in the background doubles for the cafeteria. r (Story on Pag 12.) Telephone Sill No. 281S U.S. Board Says Curbs Not Needed WASHINGTON I The Fed eral Reserve Board suspended con trols over installment buying Wednesday, The decision means there will be no curbs on down payments ' or length of time to pay for automo biles, appliances, and score, of other items. The board decided that supplies of these goods are large enough Bulkley date picked up 23 dele now so that controls are no longer !gates w uncontested districts needed for the time being to fight j ohl0 ytcory moved Kefau- uiuanuu. The board's present regulation W" requires a 15 per cent down payment and full payment within 18 months on most appliances. It require. 33 per cent down, with 18 months to pay, for auto mobiles. The board has stressed lately that inflationary dangers have sub sided at least for a whUe and has taken several step, to relax its anti-inflation controls. Soaking Rain Aids Ranchers .. Last nlgn('s".5L Inches of fain may nave been worth a million dollar, to farmers. - The land was becoming pretty dry and some pre-lrngauon had been made necessary before spud planting could be carried on in many fields. County Agent C. A. Henderson reported the rains may delay spud planting generally across the Ba sin for a short while, though in the long run planting will probably be easier now that the ground has been softened up. WET HOIRS The half-inch of rain fell between 5 p.m. yesterday and 8 a.m. todnv (FBI), ana was recoraea at tr. California Power Co. powerhouse on Link River. That was more rain than fell throughout the month of April, ac cording to a report from the Bu reau ol Reclamation nere. umy :a inches of precipitation was record ed then, as against a normal fall lor that month of .88 inches. A year ago last month 1.29 inches was recorded. So far this stream year (since Oct.. 11 14.33 inches of rain had fallen at 8 a.m. PST this morning. Normal rainfall for the same pe riod is 10.42. TEMPS According to USBR records mean monthly temperature last month was 49.4 degrees as against 51.9 degrees a year ago. Normal is 46.7. Highest recorded tempera tures was 73 degrees on April 18 and the lowest was 26 degrees on April 8. mere were a aays consmerea clear during April 11 tabbed as partly cloudy and seven recorded as cloudy. Available storage figures showed Upper Klamath Lake as of May 1 had 498.410 acre feet as against 498,410 acre feet same date a year ago. Clear Lake had 245,900 acre feet this year as compared witn 145.520 acre feet last year, and Gerber Reservoir Is storing 81.57') acre feet as against 59,570 as of a year ago. Sen. Russell Gets Edge In Florida By The Associated Freaf -Ohio voter, pushed Senator. Robert Taft and Estes Kefauver Into Uie lead Wednesday m the primary skirmishing for delegate, to the Republican and Democratic National Convention.. Tennessee'. Kefauver had to be content, however with an even split in the two big primary con test. Tuesday. His unbroken string of victories was snapped in Florida where the South', favorite son. Sen. Richard Russell of Oeorgia, won a close popularity test. Taft scored a clean sweep In his home state, adding 56 delegate, to his total and moving ahead of Gen. Dwlght Eisenhower in the aee-saw struggle for Republican Conven Uon delegate... MACHINE DEFECT Bucking the Democratic organi zation in Ohio, Kefauver won 24 delegate rates and waa ahead in four others, giving him a possible final vote of 28. better than half the state's 54-vote delegation. 1 The Tennessean entered only a partial slate against a favorite son I candidate. Former Sen. Robert nlV W whA riafaalMl ITafaHUM tot nnlv four riirM r.nnt!t Th : ver Into first place among Demo- cratic candidate, ahead of W. i Averell Harriman. Mutual Security Administrator, who had been the front runner in delegate strength, according to an Associated Press survey of delegates pledged, in structed, lavoraoie, wunng to state first ballot preference, or con ceded by candidates. The tally gave Kefauver 100 V and Harriman 93 i. ; EISENHOWER . Elsenhower, who was not entered in Ohio, was leading Taft. 284-281. according to the AP poll, before the Ohio returns. . Tail's campaign leaders claim .more delegates. They .aid he nenr has 404 delegates to 230 for the general. Florida delegates wera not cho sen Tuesday. Another primary Is set in that state for May 27, with both . Russell ande. Keiauver ex pected to put on another campaign. - Russell gained - most of his strength in the farm areas while Kefauver ran strongly in the cities. The Georgia senator moved ahead shortly after midnight and con tinued to widen his margin, which was running about zo.ooo votes ahead of Kefauver. In the Ohio Republican race. Taft was opposed in 47 delegate contests by former Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota and in two by candidates announcing for Gen. Eisenhower. There was no popular vote contest and write-ins were not permitted. . Utah Battles Rising Flood SALT LAKE CITY Wl Pulsing flood waters threatened Wednesday to cut a. fourth major nignway in Utah as the state battled to control the increasing runoff from deep mountain snow. Water of Jordan river, channeled Into the man-made surplus canal to avoid further damage to Salt Lake City, pushed against the U.S. high way 4-H bridge across the eiream. Unless the level of the stream can be held stationary, engineers fear ed water would cut around the span. Aireaay travel nas oeen naiiea on U.S. Highway 30-S. to Weber Canyon east from Ogden, on VS. highway 89 a few mues southwest and on U.S. highway 189 in Provo Canyon. 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. cutting of Highway 30-s has been the most serious blow. It requires motorists travelling east-west through Utah to detour for many miles. The rampaging Weber river wiped out a quarter-mile section of the highway at a horseshoe curve. So far road crews have been unable to repair the break.