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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1952)
Plenty Mow, hut hod May Be Problem in Future JllTlMJ. .... , liii '---iTirirnH-ini, iinri i A r,- lly IIAI.K HI.'AltllROIIOH The luture problem ol IcedliiK and clothing a nation whose popu lation In liicronalng by 7,000 per ilous a dny wan peeked Into Wed nesday by Klaiiiulh County bunl nvssmen and ranchers nt u "Grass la Gold" forum conducted by mem bers of the I'orthind Chamber cil Commerce. 'Ilic problem Is hardly apparent today the United Htutca In produc ing a surplus ot lood and passing much ol the surplus along to about hall the rest of the world. But It may be a very real prob lem two generations Iroin now. The Portland Chamber ol Com merce Iiiik undertaken leadership In a program to encourage more production ul pasture land and consequently more production ol meat anlinuls and the derivatives of ment iniliiiiiln and with tho U, S. National Hunk ammully be stowea "grassiiian ol the year" upon tiirinern and ranchers In the stale who successfully convert Idlo or wornoul land Into pasture, Tim owners ol the big Wolff Ranch at Williamson River, Jerry and Henry Wolll, were Klamath County's "grannmcn ol tliu year" Innt year. Speakers at Wednesday's discus sion nl the program, held at the Wlnouia Hotel an a luncllon of the Klamuth County Chamber of Com merce, were Marshall Dana, Port Innd, assistant to the president of the U. 8. National Bank; Wnlter Holt, chairman of the Portland Chamber's grasslands committee: E. R, Jockman, Oregon State Col lege crops specialist, and Wul'.er Leth, representing the Department of Agriculture and four Northwest land grant colleges In the program. C, A. Henderson, local County Agent, Introduced the apeukers and Dana served a moderator. Tlie Portlnnders weren't coming down from the -city to tell people In a ranching country how to grow grass anrl raise cattle, Dana ex plained, but they were trying to make an acknowledgement of the values to everybody that are pro duced In the country. Grass, he declared. Is basic. Prom It Is produced the meal we eat, leather for shoes, wool for ciuihliig, butter, milk and, as a by product, muny types of medicine. Jackman pointed out that Oregon, particular Eastern Oregon with Its millions of acres of aeml-arld mine brush land, has the greatest single opportunity for expansion of pro duction In Increasing the size and value of pasture lands. Crop lands he said, now are producing Just about all that farm experts know how to make them produce, but the production value of range lands In Eastern Oregon can, by application of water and work, be made to produce as much as 10 times what they do now. As an example, the work of Lloyd Gift on his ranch In Langell Valley, was cited. Gilt a few years back had an expanse of hillside rock pasture which could carry one animal per 40 acres for about a month of pasture a season. By bringing water to the top and let ting It trickle down over the Ian1 so the grass would grow, that land was transformed Into pasture com parable with the best In the coun try. Also cited was pasture on the Scott McKendree place which pro duced WO pounds of beef to the acre last year. McKendree Is aim ing for 1000 pounds to the acre this year. Walter Leth, viewing the eventual food problem from a national scope, said that In future years there will not be too much more crop land which can be added to productivity In the United States, but that the amount of pasture land which can be brought Into pro duction still Is tremendous. Right now, he said, the United States has about a billion acres in pasture and range. The great problem, he said, will be to Increase the productivity ot crop lands since there won't be much more to be put Into eultl vatlon, and grass la the only re source which can do that, by re building the fertility of the land. Even Oregon, one of the so-far sparsely populated states, Isn't immune from future over-population and the problem of not being able to produce enough for Its peo ple to eat, Walter Holt pointed out. He estimated that In the next 25 years Oregon will add a million citizens. They will have to be fed and clothed, and grass Is baslo In doing the Job. By FRANK JKNKINN At Die grasslands urournin mion I'M oil yesterday bv the agricultural romiiilUre 0( His Portland chamber at commerce and attended by Kiainuth, Lake end Jackson coun ty icuilo, fc, R. Jaukman, crops Mieciallsl at Oregon Stale College, luld m tint l( we ciin net buck into ra mi ol the are ol uro on Hint oiiKhl to be not buck Into Srasa we cmi qutidruple In Western rcgon the vnlue ol these potential giuiing lands nd III eastern ure oii we on Incrcano their vnlue by TEN TIMES. lie added: "Generally sneaking, our crop land production Is at IiIhIi level, An ul now, cotuilderliiK our present technical knowledge, we would be nurd put to It to INCREASE their productivity, t least to any con siderable extent. "Out Kraiuilaiidii re another lory. Their production can be in creased IMMENSELY. If we want lo increase agricultural production In Oregon, our grasslands provide the BIO opportunity to do It." l et a piilnt a quick, sketchy pic ture here at a ttound end stable eaoiiomy lor Southern Oregon mid lar Northern California: , Oiuw ment milmiilii an our mil roils unci nilllloiui ol acres ol range JpiHla. Finish-fatten them on feeds pro duced on our crop lands. slaughter and pack them here at home. Tlml'i a FINISHED economy. Each cog of It meshes Into every oilier con. We would limn be using our land resources to their fullest rapacity. Tlie outlying arraa would benefit by Increased production ol llvi'ituck. Untih-fnllening the live stock would provide market AT HOME lor the leeda xrown on our roplumln, Slaughtering and pack Im would provide additional pay lolls lor the town. Thut would round out our eco nomic plolure lor. thaiika tn mod ern aclrnce, our llmberlandi can lie expected to lake care ol them selves Irani here on out. In their raw. our bU Job la lo USE THEM WISELY, preventing In the luture the staggering waate that In the paat ha made our timber lnduttry ao uneconomic. Let's take a quick look back Into the pant. When the Mountain Men first topped the barrier ranges and reached Hie Paclllo Const area, they lound a grasslands economv. In Spanish Calllornla. a glamorous (Indolent and pleaaant) civilization letted upon cowa. The ox-team pioneers who eel- tied the Willamette valley were farmers. In each wagon waa a plow. The bright dream that led them westward over the desert In mb of 111 greatest migration civ lilted man ever made waa to grow wheat and cell It to the Orient. Thai dream waa never f nil v real iced. The Oriental were rice eat- On IhfMia WtlUmttttA nlnnMtra fell i , hack on COWS. They brought them - if-irom uawormar xn tp"j u hio u Willamette, iney lea ineir cowa on the graaa of far Northern California and Bouthern Oregon. When they got them home, Uiev fed them on the graaalanda of the Willamette valley and lla foothill. It waa CAT TLE that enabled the Willamette settlements to aurvlve and prosper. Orass fed the cattle. Southern Oregon, Southeastern Oregon and Northeastern Calllornla the early explorers tell ua lo their Journal, were waving aeu of graaa. On thla graaa the wild game led. The Indiana lived on the game. It waa a natural grassland econ omy. The white man took over thU graaaland economy. Bad to relate, he MISUSED II aa to often the white man haa done. He OVER GRAZED the rangei not, prob ably, ao much oul of greed, as the inuck-rakert tike to tell tu. aa nut of atern neceaslty to make a living In new land. . Thai waa the way of the times, and men then knew nothing better. Anyway, the native arid land grasses practically vanished under unwise usage, and aagebruah took their place. Thus we lost what had been the baalc resource ol the semi-arid range. Our Job now Is Ui get rid of the usurping sage brush and get the rangclnnds back Into grass. That. In substance. Is the mes sage brought to us yesterday by these men of the agricultural com mittee of the Portland chamber of commerce. Rich rewards, Uiev told await us If we do It Intclll mntly, taking full advantage of modern knowledge. I'm sure they're right and I think we should all be grateful to yLhcm for bringing to us this mes Ibge as to what grass can do for Us If we handle It right. Accidents Kill 4 Oregonians By The Associated Preas Four persons died Wednesday In Oregon as a result of accidents. Three of tho victims were children. Cathy Ellzares, j Vj, was killed whon her foet slipped off the rear of a car while her head was out sldo a partly open window. An autopsy was to be performed to determine whether she strangled or her neck was broken. Her mother, Mrs. Davis Ellsnrea, Mllwauklo, had left the girl and three other children In the car In suburban Portland to watch her husband train some dogs. Darcll Luke, 2. eon of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Luke, Snlem, wns killed when struck by n cur while playing In a street. Salem police Identified the driver as Dnnlel Lurty. He was not cited. John ffidwnrd snermnn, n, Ore gon City, died In a Portland hos pital of Injuries auffored when he was lilt by a truck while riding a bicycle.. Tlie accident occurred three miles southeast of Oregon City. An Oregon Journal copy render, Tokeph P. Oarlln, 41, was fatally In hired In a fall from a second atory window of his apartment. He Was washing the window. BARBARA JEAN ANDERSON (above) entered the annual Klamath Basin Roundup queen trials yesterday. The Mac cloel girl signed her entry blank at Charlie Read's Saddlery. NiceJThief Feeds Baby NEW YORK OP A knlfe-wleldlng robber bound a young mother with picture wire Wednesday and stole her to.ooo ring but before he left he fed the baby. Tlie mother. 20 . year - old Mrs. Anita Laken. said alio was fixing luncn lor ner 18-nionin-oicl son. Lane, when a man rang the door bell and said he was with the Olllce of Price Stabilization. Hinting that Mrs. Laken's rent might bo reduced, the man left. In 16 minutes he was bark and thla time produced a knife. He bound Mrs. Laken to a chnlr with tlie wire and took the ring. The mother nlrnded to be re- leaned because the babv was ill ana it was lime lor his medicine. 1 11 give him his medicine." the man amd, and did. "He needs his milk, too." said Mrs. Laken. The robber heated the bottle, fed the baby, and fled. Giant Enemy Base Blasted SEOUL, Korea, W) U. 8. Filth Air force fighter bombers. In kn all - oul. hour by hour aitack, smashed a huge Communist suoply area Thursday between tho rin Korean capital. Pyongyang and lis port, Chlnnanpo. The attack began nt dawn nnd continued throughout the dny. The Air Force described the tnrucl as a huge war malorlcl manufactur ing ana supply nren, Pilots reported 117 buildings de stroyed and 80 heavily damaged. Flghtor pilots from tho First Mn rlnc Aircraft Wing and tho Royal Australian Air Force 77th sound ron toolepnrt In the big strike. The Air Force did not sav wheth er the Allied planes met any oppo sition from Red fighters or ground fire. On the ground, U. S. Patton tank titles shot up Red fortlllcntlons along a 20 mile sector of the Cen tral Front Wcdnesdny. A V. S. Eighth Army staff of ficer snld the tanks blasted 250 Red bunkers and Inflicted 354 cas ualties. Tanks of the U. S. 40th division (Cnlirornln National Guard) spear headed tho assault. A U 8. Eighth Armv staff of ficer snld these tanks smashed 103 bunkers, 14 buildings, six machine gun nests, three cbmmunicntlon trenches nnd one 76 mm. gun. The slnff officer snld one Allied tank was last. There wns no explanation of the tucllcnl Plnn behind the assault but the staff nlflcer emphasized that the tnnks wore used as self propelled guns nnd not In the nor mnl itiuik fashion of flro nnd move ment. , ... Tho 40th Division Pultons nt tncked from positions nenr the Kumhwn-KuniBong road. In nddltion to pummcllng Red positions, they brought a Commu nist tnttnllon under direct fire, kill ing 90 Reds nnd wounding 258. Tho Communists struck bnck with 250 rounds of nrtlllery and mortar fire but failed to hnlt the attack. MacdoelGirl In Queen Ring By WALLACE MYERS Horsemanship events hold no ter rors for the second entrant In this year's Klamath Basin Roundup queen triuln. . Brown-hnlred Barbara Joan Aiv demon, 16-year-old Macdocl brnu y who signed aa a oueon cundl ate yesterday. Isn't exactly an old hand workftig stock but she's hud a lot of experience for her tender years. The Butle Valley High School Junior Is the daughter of Mrs. J. C. Stevens Jr. and her stcp-grand- daddy Is Jim Stevens, owner ol the lamous McIks ranch, where Bar bara has learned more than a little about horses. BIG DAY Yesterday wns a big day for Barbara. Her mother said the girl had been looking forward for years lo becoming 16 so she could enter tlie Roundup queen trials. "She doesn't expect lo be queen since this is her first year in the trials, but she does look forward to having a lot of fun," said Mrs. Anderson. Barbara probably wont. get an- oincr cnunce at uie queen trials. When she finishes high school next year, sue pinna lo begin nurse s training. Barbara's hobbv time Is devoted principally to riding and her plnno with the horses holding first plaae uy a wme margin. Her favorite mount Is a chestnut sorrel. "Red Squirrel." a registered quarter horse owned by Paul Rob inson. Barbara plans to uso "Red .w ,u, ,1,1; 4WUI1UUJ. FIRST ENTRANT First queen trlnls entrant this year wns Carol Hamilton, a Klnm ath Fulls girl who signed last week. Queen candidates are iudired fin per cent on horsemanship nnd 40 per cent on poise and personality. 1'he nuccn and six nrinrunu um uc cuoscn. Judging, as well as Judges' lden Hues, are kept secret until ih winners are announced. Execution Set For Wilsons VANCOUVER wh in F.Uuene O. CwbIiIiiit Thiirsrtnv not JllllC 23 ns the pypntltlnn rinlA tn Utah nnri Turmnn Wilson, brothers convicted of the nbductlon-slnvlng of 18 year old Jo Ann Dewey hero two years ngo. It wns the third time Uie superior court Judge had set nn execution dato for the brothers, who twice won stays while nppenls were carried Into icdernl courts. The U. 8. Supremo Court recently re fused to revlow the case. The brothers were scheduled to go into court nt 11:45 a. in,, but Utnh Wilson became ill nnd the brothers went before Cushlng when court opened nt 9 a.m. It took the Indgo less than a minute to set tho 'dnte, nnd the brothers were mailed bnck nt once to the Stnte prison nt Wnlln Wnlln. A physician tentatively diagnosed Utah's trou ble as appendicitis. Attorneys for the brothers snld Ihev planned another appeal to Onv. Lnnglle of Wnshlngton. mat ii iii im i i nn r an ittw ' 1 1 Pries Five Cents 2 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1953 Telephone 1111 No. 282 Pact Brings End to Long Rail Strife By ROWLAND EVANS JR. WASHINGTON (At Unlon munagement peace, the Ural in more than three years, came lo Uie nation's railroads Thursday and the government was ready to give up its 21-month operation nt uie roads. Three rail unions, with a com bined membership of 150.000. signed a "memorandum ol agree ment" with the carriers lute Wednesday night In the While House. The agreement, unlike one signed by the same Uiree union chiefs In December, 1850, Is bind ing on the rank-and-file. The 1950 agreement was repudiated by a vole of the memberships of the Uiree unions. . RETl'BN ; Actual return of the roads to their private owners will come as soon as the unions and the rail roads sign a contract based on the terms and conditions of employ ment agreed to Wednesday night. That might take a week or more, even though Uie Job I almost purely mechanics. The agreement worked out ba- w4weea, Uie can Urn.- imd- WW engi neers, firemen and the conductors after Intensive mediation efforts by Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman, does these things: 1. Raises wages 37 cents an hour lor men in the yards and 22 '4 cents for over-Uie-road em ployes. 2. Ties wsges to the cost of liv ing. Pay now goes up or down one cent each three months for each one point change In the govern ment's cost-of-living index. 3. Lnys the foundation for yard men to switch from a 48-hour week to a 40-hour week and get a four cent pay hike when the shorter work week lakes effect. 4. Olves uie unions the right to reject carrier requests to run the same train crew through a divi sional terminal point if the two parties enn't negotiate their dis agreements over these lntcrdlvl sional runs. START The long dispute dates to March. 1949, when Uie conductors first made their wage and working rules demands on the roads. Since then one or more of the unions and a fourth big operating union, the trainmen have gone on strike at least Uiree times, all for short duraUon. The trainmen settled their dispute a year ago. Nehru Blasts At Commies NEW DELHI. India HI Prime Minister Jnwharlal Nehru lashed out bitterly Thursday at Commu nismparticularly In India but said It would not be defeated by war. India, he asserted, "will never pay Uie price Uie Soviet Union and China have paid to achieve pro gress." "I doubt If the leaders of the Russian people would pay the price if they had Uie chance to do It nil over again," Nehru declnred, reply ing to the lower parliamentary house debate on President Rnjen drn Prasad's address May 18 open ing the new parliament. Referring briefly to the Internn tionnl situntlon, Uie premier snid, "cold war leads to a shooting war nnd almost as bad it coarsens and derrrndes humnnlty." Ho added, "It pnsses my comprehension- how some people who dislike Communism nnd make It nn enemy can put nn end to com munism by war. v "War only lends to overall, large scnle. wholesale destruction and nnnrchy, nnd It Is not right for us, both as Individuals and ns a na tion, to follow a pnth which leads to international vulgarity." He bltterlv Attacked the 27-mem- bor Communist bloc In pnrllnmcnt, labeling Red arguments In the three day debate as "slogans and doctrines which are completely out of dnte." Weather -v FORECAST! Klamath Falls nnd vicinity and Northern Callfnmta Kalr through Friday. Low Thurs day night 42. High Friday 75, High yesterday M Low last night - 39 Preelp last 24 bra Since Oct. 1 .., 15.17 Normal for period . . -.10.91 Same period last yr 14.84 Red Buildup in Asia Seen as War Threat By KOBKRT EUNSON TOKYO Wl United Nations of ficers are eyeing suspiciously a buildup ol Soviet strength In Asia because ol tne danger mat kus sia might leap Into the Korea war. There Is nothing to Indicate right now that the Soviets are planning any more than to keep Chinese and North Korean soldiers well sup plied with arms, ammunition and vemcies. But the belief here Is that if the Russians ever decide to touch olf World War III, Korea Is Just as nicely a spoi as curope. FRONTIER The power which controls Korea also controls Japan and Japan is a forward frontier of Uie free world in Asia. Gen. Matthew B. Rldgwgy's re marks In Washington that Russia is carrying on a big and "signifi cant" military buildup put on the record what staff officers at his old headquarters here have been observing for more than a year. The threat la closer now because J, ! Estes ClearSBiinnyTurns High Hurdles By The Associated Press The more opposition Sen. Estes Kefauver gets In his race for Uie Democratic presidential nomina tion, two sources said Thursday, uie faster he seems to run. Two Senate colleagues of the Tennessean, Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota Mid James Murray of Montana, said any opposition from President Truman would enhance Kefauvef's bid. ' And Clarence Strelt. a member of Uie Atlantic Union Committee's board of governors, said the Neb raska and Florida primary votes were a rebuke to attacks on Ke fnuver's advocacy of a federation of free nations. BROWN HOPE Humphrey and Murray were Interviewed alter President Tru man was quoted Wednesday as saying he hopes supporters of California Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown will win the state's June 3 primary. The Brown ticket is op posed by a slate favoring Kefau ver. Brown mnde the statement after While House visit and said it was authorized by Truman. How ever, the White House said later Truman wished Brown's delega tion good luck but intended no implications about Kefauver. Humphrey and Murray said they doubt Truman Is trying to stop Kefauver. "It has become pretty obvious that Estes Kefauver thrives on the opposition of Democratic party leaders." Humphrey said. "The President is too smart a politician not to know that." Murrnv ngreed. ndding thnt such n statement would help Kefauver "win the support of a lot of people who are against the President." ESTES' VICTORY - strelt told the Atlantic Union Committee In Washington that Kefauver won ine iseorasaa pri mary despite statements by Sen. v 1 -llnVnma that lfffllllVl- XWCI 1 Ul n ...',, " - -- advocated a federation of nations which would surrender United States sovereignty In Florida, he said, Kefnur won a moral victory although he drew less primnry votes than Sen rnu Dtttuaii hiiH "nrnde the snme attack (ns Korr at-the start of his race" against Kefauver ; in Florida. - v , J. R. Sisernore Funeral Set i n-i.Aa fnV .Tn rnrvq T?. (Jerry) Sisernore, Fort Klamath rancher who died Tuesday, are to be held from Sacred Heart Church Baini.rinv n-an a.m. with the Rev. T. P. Casey officiating. , - ; mtcrmeni win ue m wi, ivijr Cemetery. i . . , . U C-vt, Willi Ka neUlllUlUH III UK lvuom,i ",, held in Ward's Chnpel Friday at v p.m. Members of Sisemore's family hnve requested thnt lnstend .of flowers for the funeral, contribu- 1 1 u V. n M.a,ta in lh nanna. fnnrl blUlia UD (l,nID W -.IV l.n.vi,, lull Sisernore was a victim ot that disease. Korean roads are just about thaw ed. The North Korean Reds, Russian trained and Russian equipped, maneo. me Korean war on June 25, 1950. Summer is the best per iod for movement of supplies and tanks. The Red war potential In Korea Is greater than ever, say UJI. of ficers. There has been a marked In crease In tanks, artillery pieces. aircralt, and enemy quartermas ter supplies, according to field re ports. Rocket launcher units which the Russians had in World War II are being used against the Allies. So far, their use has been InelfecUve. STRENGTH . - Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U. 8. Eighth Army commander, esti mates the Communist strength in Korea at 750100 men with a sub stantial reserve force In Manchu ria. Red air strength is about 1.500 planes, with naif of them Jets, ac cording to Lt. Gen. O. P. Wey- land. Far East : Air Force com mander. Royal wheels LOn'dOW Wl The elaborate machinery of British state spring utw action at a crisp message xrom Buckingham Palace "Prince Charles Is crying. He cannot find his rabbit." A luxurious black sedan sped down the tree lined drive to Clarence House, across the park, and returned triumphantly a few minutes later. Palace officials cwarmed around the car and tenderly carried away the green hutch with the startled white rabbit perched inside. The rabbit, prise pet of the three-year-old prince, had been forgotten when the new queen moved her family from Clarence House to Uie palace. But a lusty princely yell resound ing through the palace grounds Wednesday served as a Quick re minder. The rabbit has new quar ters now in the palace garden. Joy Hits Red Truce Balking MUNSAN. Korea W Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy in his final state ment as chief Allied truce dele gate rebuked Uie Reds Thursday for using the Korea armistice talks as a "stall to repair your shattered loroes." "There Is nothing left to negoti ate the decision is in vour hands," Uie Admiral declnred. Joy. upon completing his pre pared statement, strode from the Panmunjom conference tent. His action threw the Commu nist delegation into a flurry But MnJ. Gen. William K. Har rison, Jr., Joy's relief, moved over into the U.N. chief delegates seat and suggested a- recess until Friday. ' The Reds demanded an almost unprecedented afternoon session. It lasted 29 minutes. Harrison snid North Korenn Gen. Nnm II used It in a feeble attempt to re ply to Joy in what Harrison called "plain drivel." Another session was set for 11 a.m. Friday. Joy said in his sUnging farewell the Allies have made their last concession on the repatriation of prisoners ot war issue last road block to a Korenn truce. The Allies won't bnck down, he said, from their refusal to return prisoners of war who do not want to go bnck to Communist rule. The Allies sny that of nearly 170,000 Red captives and internees about 100.000 refuse to rejoin Uie Reds voluntarily. The Communists wnnt all their cantured soldiers buck or no truce. ! v ! "Your side must completely abandon your absurd proposition to retain our captured personnel," Nnm II said In a 15-mlnute open ing blast nt the Allies. He repented his dally attacks on U.N, handling of war prisoners. Joy wns the Inst member of the original five-member Allied team uint began truce talks July id. He Is leaving to become commandant of the U. S. Naval Academy at Arnapolis. "Nowhere In the record," he toli the Reds, "is there a single ac tion of your side which Indicates a real and sincere desire to at tain" a truce, " Portuguese, Commies Trade Shots HONG KONG Wl Troops along the Portuguese Macau-Communit China border exchanged gunfire Thursday. Hong Kong observers interpreted it as an isolated ex change between border guards and not an invasion oi the tiny Portuguese colony by Chinese Reds. Associated Press Correspondent DeUnda da Consiecao said the Reds fired across the border and Portuguese - African troops . re turned the fire. Portuguese au thorities rushed artillery to the border, she added in a telephone call. MINOR In Hong Kong. 50 miles north east of Macau, British army and navy intelligence said they had no reports on the exchange but felt sure it was only a minor incident. Hong Kong airport and shipping circles had received no reports. Cable and wirelefe circuits were open to Macau. The Hong Kong Standard said its Macau correspondent reported that 200 Communist guards crossed the border in menacing fashion and Portuguese trooos fell back. .The' Reds then retained to their correspondent said nothing about an exchange of shots but asserted it was the third- such incident in the past eight days.. - Daring Theft Stirs Britain LONDON Wl The known loss in the biggest mail robbery in Brit ain's history shot up to 200.000 pounds (1560,000) Thursday all in bank notes. " ; - It was learned also that the thieves. In their haste, left be hind another 100,000 pounds ($280, 000). Prime Minister Winston Church ill's Conservative government. shaken by the daring coup near Uie heart of London, promised an official statement on the aliair to both Houses of Parliament. MeanwhUe, Scotland Yard called In every available detective to help run down the seven masked men who slugged three mall truck guards and seized Uie fortune in registered mail a block off busy Oxford street Just before dawn Wednesday. V sr f 1. 1 I . i i x ' ' ' A X ".-I f4"o 1 ; j , ' 4 . . ,-, , , , - ' I CITY STREET WORKERS take time out from their chores to say hello to the 9 O'clock Cameraman. They are (1 to r) Harland McKisson, 323 N. 6th St.,. and Joe Cosper, 2046 Wantland. . ; M ' i BTSJ rropananaa WASHINGTON un Gen Mat. thew B. Ridgway told Congress Thursday that Communist talk about germ and gas warfare should Impress on all the deadly danger confronting the free world. In an address to a Joint meeting of the Senate and House, the four star general stopped abort of say ing ne tears uie communists will use those weapons. -But his plain implication was that he agrees with those who say tne communist technique Is to charge others with crimes they in tend to commit. For weeks, the Red propaganda machine has hammered out charges that United HaUons force in Korea are using gas and germs. Ridgway said the charges are false in their entirety but that th Communist harping on them shoulo) serve as "a monumental warn ing ... as menacing and urgent as a forest fire. bearing down on a wooden village." WELCOME ' The former U.N. commander in the Far East received a rousing welcome from the lawmakers. .., Senators and representatives were Joined by cabinet officers and diplomats in several minutes oi applause when Ridgway entered the House chamber. The crowded ' galleries Joined in. It started all over again when Speaker Sam Raybum introduced the general. Ridgway acknowl edged the tribute with a broad smile. "' . ft -- He was applauded several times during bis 20 minute speech and, at the conclusion, the members . arose and gave him an ovation; JUdgway came, to, the . capltot , while -the Bouse was debating its 16,889,100.000 foreign aid bill.. The amount is about one button below what President . Truman asked and critics of the bill are out to cut it still more. .- - -- Ridgway made no menUon of the matter, however, although the amount is of vital importance to ' the European defense forces he is soon to command in succession of Gen. Eisenhower. . . i CLOSED DOORS ' Before his speech. Ridgway had a meeting behind closed doors with the Senate Foreign Relations com mittee. Chairman Connally (D.-Tex.) quoted Ridgway afterwards as say ing he planned no major changes "in any policies that Gen.- Eisen hower .has approved." Connally said Ridgway did not discuss the foreign aid. bill. He added: 'Gen. Ridgway explained he was not sufficiently familiar with the European situation to discuss pro posed reductions." - - - He quoted the general as say ing, in reply to a quesUon, ne would insist mat me curopeau members of NATO do their full part." 'i in his address, Ridgway. maoe 'Continued on Page 4.) 9 O'cLzk Spuria! i &insa,iiii i,;,Mi-&tt.toa
