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Newspaper Page Textire I' 11 By FRANK JtNKINg Todey'a word Iroin Stockholm: "Infuriated Sweden kopi up lirr search ovor tho fialllo lor a mias Iiih transport plane mid Rent along Jot fighter escorts with ORDERS TO BIIOOT U the Russians at tucked . , . "Soma (.000 (urloua Swedes, Jeer ing and ahoutlng 'wa will aee Bin lln hunted' ana 'down with the communist wannongera,' demon strated In front ol the Russian eni baasy." That liepiwns In neiutrallty-lovlng Sweden, which haa atnyed out ol two war and would Ilk to atay uul 01 all tho re.it of them, But V "Beware the fury ol a patient man." . Anyway, the Incident Illustrates lor us tile hair-trigger temper of the present day world. Ttom Washington: fllic army dlscloaed today It haa rW anti-aircraft bHtlrilea to de Iriulve positions about soma atrate RIO Industrial plant, big clllca and air lorca eonlera." More from Washington: "Blarllng July 14, thousands of civilian dnrnae workera will help the sir lore "ran the aklea over J .-America's borders In a round the 'I clock watch for POSSIBLE . .1 i-kftt-kav i,i iMlrft ' Eit r.n, i m i,-i,. Why? . General Frederic II, Smith, dep uty director of the air defence com mand, explain: 'Hie Bovleia have hud the capability tor aomo lime to allnrk Un." Oencrnl Nathtin F. Twining, act ing chief of etatf for Die air forco !S adriv ? "We can have no aaaurance of i long-range Inrewamlni of a deel- 1 aion by Uie Kremlin to attempt an f assault on u. Tile lark of a Ihorouvll, 24-hour watch l a weak- i nea we can no louver eflord." la war luat around Die corner? I tlouhl ll. ,ul Cromweira advice, given to mt men aome three cemurifj ago, is still trood: . Put voar truat In Clod, my boy, and KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY." Meanwhile we hear from Puta- borirh: Tte two-weeka-old aleel strike) slashed deeper than ever today into the nallon'a economy, ei aome plants making war munition re. fiortcd curtaiTmenla near becatue or a uncinate of ateel. Bad? Sure It'a bad. Steel la the basic raw material of weapona. If we should run short of weapona and urn Russians ahould atuck ua at U4tl critical moment, It oovM- be 1114,(110 oi us. How did we get that way? Well, ll sterna to me that the basic trouble la too much power In too few hands on both aides of the ateel controversy. When too few men hold loo much power In their hands too long, trouble nearly al ways follows. Speaking of power, a Yaklm (Washington) dispatch this morn ing aaya: "Jack Hubbard, of Olympla, meteorologist engaged In the bitter Yakima valley RAIN WAR between cherry and wheat growera, claimed yeaierany he was using chemicals POTKNT F.NOUOH TO DRY UP A CONTINENT. He adds: "We believe that by enlarged and Intenalve operations It would be possible to dry up a nation for considerable period of time. ?????? TT' I dunno. But ll kind of looks to me like thal'a too much power for any sel oi men to hold in their hands City Budget Completed A 1052-53 budget embracing prop erly tax money expenditure, totii. lug t303.013.81 haa been prepared for the City of Klamath Falls and accepted by the City Council. The budget document la now be ing prepnred for legal publication. The 1303,013.81 total Is about $32,- isiu runner tnan tne total of the city ptirrent year budget of 1331,. 8MJh The swimming Dool lew. sewer repair levy and publlo rest room levy voted In May account 10 mucn oi tne increase. In the total Is $170,183.32 In In voluntary taxes, already Involved In various mlllnue levies, and $183. 201.65 In voluntary levies. The lat ter Includes tho expected expenses of general administration, Police Department, Fire Department, ad ministrative expenses of the Street Departmnt, the dog pound and city lights and water costs. Various departments get revenue from other aourcea than properly taxation, which also Is figured In I heir overall budgets. The Street Department anticipates $106,000 to come In from state motor vehicle and gas taxes. The budget does not provide tor any nianxot pay raisos for city em ployes, but Mayor Bob Thompson wiiu a contingonoy item of $6,255. 94 has been sot up to pay lor poNsioie wage increases. He said that raises would be giv en on a sort of merit basis, upon recommnnflniion oi tne department head and the approval of the City Council, The Council may take the matter of wage adjustments up one mrellng a month, Mayor Thompson aald the city .lust does not have enough money to give all employes a raise, so the contingency fund was oreated to enable boosts for key employes at least. . KLAMATH (lOPa A meeting of the Klamath Coun ty Republican Central Committee Is sehidiiled for t p.m. tonight In the Circuit Court room. Council Lets Bids For Paving Antihall Paving Oomuanv ol Klamalh Falla waa the apparent low bidder for city atreet patching and five atreot puvlnif Job ached tiled for thla auminer. The comnany'a combined bid on all work waa Just over 1120,000. Only two firms, Anphull Paving and K, F. Jacousrn of Portland, bid on all alx segments of the mini mer work, One other firm, Bllllnga and Stalil, bid on cement paving ol the remaining lane of California Avenue from Upham to Delia. The blda were opened by the City Council Monday nliiht and re ferred to the Street Committee for atutly. ASPHALT Asphalt Paving Company'a bids wefe: Street repair 151.6110: Plenaanl Street 110.8311 Bo: painter Hired . :m Ho: Lawrence I17.6SII.76; Lowell 111.016.111: and California tl4.4O0.5O The Jacobsen llrm bids, nho lor aanhult navlnu. were: Street repair 158.650: Pleasant iu,oiuoo; fainter aio.sui.jo. Law rente Ml, 21)1.16: Lowell 112.151.60: olid Calllnrnla ls,D46.D(J. The minima and HUhl bid on California Avenue waa 111,2114. City Engineer Taxi Thomas sub milted to the Counrll an eatlmale ol Die com of paving 5th from Wil low to Kim and Kim from 6th to mil. It would cost approximately I H. Soil Some property ownera hnd reiucnlrd an eiiiimaird price on toe iou. Oilier Counrll business Monday night Included: Approval ol 122.900 worth of building permits, among them one for an $11,200 new lesidence at 13a California. Rejection of a requr.it for a 15 loot extension driveway entrance at the Associated Service Station, K. Main and Oak. on the E. Mali) aide. However, Uie station will be allowed to widen II Onk Street rmrincr va m niaxiuin oi ju leei. ADOPTION Adoption of a resolution calling for transfer ol $1,340 from the ffwiimiiiiiH puui cuiuuuciioii iuiiu 10 the swimming pool levy fund: a resolution allowing Uie Recreation Department to borrow $10,000 from the property fund, against a bond held by Uie Recreation Department, and various other fund transfers, Introduction of an ordinance for bidding obstruction of sidewalks, runnmg water over sidewalks end Into streets and alleys. An earlier ordinance covering Uiose situations had been repealed. Adoption of Uie 1953-63 city budg et. Authority far City Engineer Thomas to contact Ure, dealera to obtain bids for tires for city equip ment. None was received when bvis were advertised. Receipt of two applications for purchase of lota hi Trailer Park, which was recently nut on aale aft er being held off for recreation use. The purchase applications were or dered held up temporarily. City Employes Want Change By HALE 8CARBROUOII Some Klamath Falla cltv em ployes want to pull out of the stale's governmental employes' retirement plan and get under federal Social Security, feeling the federal system offers more se curity for less cost. Lester Flnley, employe of the Street Department, acted as pokesman Monday night for a groun of emolovea In asking Ihe Cltv Council to look Into the possi bility of withdrawal from Uie state pension plan. City Attorney Henry Perkins was directed to Investigate, and Mayor Bob Thompson said If fed eral Social Security would work out better for city employes. It should be adopted. The 1051 session of the Oregon Legislature made a provision for withdrawal from the state systAn. Petitions bearing the names of 16 per cent of the employes of the particular municipal corporation must be obtained for the with drflwfll. Recently expanded benefits of the federal Social Seourlly' pro gram apparently make that ays tem more attractive particularly to voung persons In cltv employ ment and those with much previ ous social security covered em ployment credit than Uie state retirement system. The elate ayslem waa aot up In 1940, and Klamath Falls employes went wider It In 1948. It Is based on employe contri butions and employer contribu tions, but the cost ia consioersoiy more in some instances man Social Security. Several months ago employes of Klamath County began algnlng pe titions asking the same change, to get out from under the state re tirement plan. However, not aulte 15 per cent of county employes have signed the petitions. Saucers Back Again Recent scientific reports still that haven't dispelled the Idea there are flying saucers, Joe Segovlano, gate man at Weycrhauser Timber Co., re ported yesterday he saw a peculiar Phenomenon In the skv which he couldn't explain. He said the Idea suggested flying discs. Segovlano roported spotting what ippeared to be a star late In the fternoon high In the skv. It grew brighter and blighter, and then suddenly turned with 'flash In the stin, much like an airplane noes, -rnen, ne said, it took a "V snapea appearance ana dlsap- peered. Prlre Fire tenia 12 Pages Swedish Fighters Sent Up Stockholm, Sweden w In furlaicd Bweden kept up her search - ; over tnn name Tuesday lor a miss- mo transport plane mid aenl along Jet fighter escort with orders to snoot the itusMiins attacked, The traditionally neutral nation's stern action reflected the anger ex. pressed by the fiovernnient, press nno people over the unooiing down Mondav of an unarmed swe-jish tlylnit bont bv two Soviet MIO-16 Jel lluhier plunes Tile seven crew members two ol them wounded ol Uie downed Diane were nicked up Ironl the sea by a small German freighter and i taken to Unniioe. Finland, ; Thev hurt been aenrrhlng for Swedish transport DC-3 missing since Friday with elRht men - . aboard. It wss auuined here Uie I Rumiiiiis had shot down that craft, nho .,.,,- I JfcT KM "K r I A Swedish Air Force hpokeMnan announced early Tuesday thai all i aircraft participating in the contin uing senrrn nave oeen suppueu wun icl fmhtrr escort. He said the lighters had been told to retuin fire attacked ' gonii. & O00 furious Swedes, leer- n shouting "we will ace Stalin I harmed. " and "down with the Com- ' munislic warmongers," demonstra- j ted In front of the Russian em i by. Tlic Bovernmenl handed Russian Ambassador Constatlne Rodlnov a "strong protest" against this "act of violence" and demanded "swift punishment of those responsible lor the outrage." Driver Jailed For Hit-Run Edwin Elmer Orof. 23. of Merrill, was lodged In the City Jail early Tuesday morning on two irauiu charges resulting from a sort of comic opera series of events In which he allegedly rammed two cara and tried to escape on foot. Police were called to Walnut and Commercial about midnight to It) vesttgale a hit and run accident. A 1948 Chevrolet pickup, owned by Wevl-Zuckerman and parked at Ue residence of Earl Ke.ske, 235 Com mercial, hnd been aldeswiped. While olllcers were looking over that car. Lloyd Reed, 1125 Walnut, came up and reported the hit-run car had ducked Into the Roy Call suto wrecking yard and was parked there among the wrecks. The police car headed that way and at Commercial and 6th spotted the hunted vehicle coming up 8. 8lh. Meanwhile Reed had driven his car around on Broad to 0th and stopped there. Orof. his 1940 Oldamoblle sedan already damaged from the first ac cident, made a turn onto Broaa and amacked headon Into Reed'i 1938 Willys. At that, police reported. Orof got out and ran down an alley, with police and witnesses at ms neeis. He was caught In the alley back of Betty and wait's caie. Orof admitted he had been drink ing, and a couple of bottles of beer plus several empty nottles were found In his car. He 'pleaded guilty to charges of failure, to stop at the scene of an accident and reckless driving, Tues day morning In Municipal court, and was fined $60 on each charge. O'Harra Gets School Post T. J. O'Harra, 2325 Oarden, Was elected to a five-year term on tho Klamath Falls elementary school board in voting Monday. He . polled 193 votes to 168 for Bud Chandler, Lakeshore Drive. In county voting Roy Olcnger of Chllonuln apparently was re elected to the county school board. also for a five-year term. The terms of office begin July 1 With 14 of the 17 county school precincts reporting, ulcngor had 316 votes to 133 lor Lloyd Nichol son of Fort Klamath. Camp 4, Summers and Crescent Lake hnd not rcportod the result of voting In those precincts Tues day morning. A KFJI rndio news broadcast at noon Monday may have had aomo small bearing on the city voting, The news broadcast Inferred that O'Harra, a petroleum produots dealer, was unopposed for the school board post. O Harra hnd several spot advertisements on the station. However, the station caugnt the error quickly and corrected It over the air three times later In Uie day. Chandler Is manager of radio station KFLW. The board position they were seeking Is being vacated by Mrs. Victor O'Neill,, who waa not a candidate lor re-eiecuon. Midwest. tmmmmm Tani law 1 1 iniriiT i urn ft itt ni n aimii mimi i i I .it., :.,.;....,... KL jX" .tfJON, TUESDAY, JUNK 17, 1932 Telephone 8111 No. 284 ' rieat Wme Subsides r ( I ""I I BLOOD DONORS at Red Cross headquarters aren't treated like this! The three clown ing men (above) are employes of City Ice and Supply- and were at the Armory this morning to supply free ice for the blood donor canteen. Frank Fleet (center above) is the psuedo "donor." Bill Vannice makes ready with the auger and Bill Kafton holds the can. Instructors Meet at OTI A convention of Oregon vocation al Instructors which began yester day at Oregon Tech here has drawn more than 600 visitors to Klamath Falls. Some 315 Instructors from high schools Uiroughout Uie state have registered for the convention and many of Uie Instructors brought their families. In addition, there Is a large group of special guests and state officials. Oscar Paulson, staled director of vocational education, Is general chairman. He Is being assisted by Robert Craig, OTI instructor and president of the Oregon Vocational Association. A square dance, with Otto Ellis calling was staged lor tho visitors at OTI last night. Outstanding vocational students are to be recognized during Uie convention. Already selected as the state's top trade and Industrial stu dent Is Donald Morris, an OTI graduate now employed here by Juckeland Motors. OUiers are to be announced later. 'Operation Sky watch ' To Protect US Border WASHINGTON tfi The Army disclosed Tuesday It has sent anti aircraft batteries to defensive po sitions about some strategic In dustrial plants, big cities and Air Force centers. An announcement said Uie move Klamath CD Gets Air Aid Klamath County's Civilian De fense forces received a shot in the arm and augmented strength last night when 56 aviation enthusiasts were sworn in to the aviation division of the county program. In case of disaster or emergency, the air group will furnish air support for evacuation, transpor tation of supplies and other needs. Mast oi tne group is made up oi members of Uie Klamath Air Search and Rescue Unit, under whose supervision many local disasters have been handled In the past few years. KASRU will remain a unit under the defeno plan, which will call on the organisation only lu case of muss disaster. Joe Steele Is deputy direotor for the civil de fense division O. D, Reeder Is president of KASRU. -The sign-up, complete with Shot os and notarizing, was handled V KASRU Flight Commanded Ed Scholar, Ground Commander Dan Emrlck, State Board of Aeronau tics Ground Designee Vio Douglas, ana Air Designee Lloyd m. Newiun. Joe LaClalr la general chairman of the county defense plan which has enlisted the aid of approxi mately 3000 persons However, a number' of volunteers are needed In several divisions, and Interested persons are asked to contact Per sonnel Deputy Director Ouy Barker, phons 7701, . , Nation'sTop Rodeo Aces Expected Here By WALLACE MYERS Rounduo Parade will start moving , , , along Main Street. The parade Bucking horses from the Chris- yeRr .rranged bv tenson Brothers -world famed rodeo the Klamath Lions Club, with Jim stock are already corraled at the1 Olson as chairman of Uie corn Fairgrounds here and buckaroos j mittee. Don Kirkpatrlck. Roundup are swelling Roundup files wilh j Association director, is handling entries for the big rodeo here July 2, 3 and 4. The annual three-day rodeo, sanctioned by both the Rodeo Cow boys Association and the Inter national Rodeo Association will of fer the world's too. cowboys. Jim Shoulders, -last year's na tional cowbov champion and also Basin Roundup champion, is to again lead the parade of star en tries here. Night shows are programmed for July 2 and 3 and the big windup performance will be on the alter-1 noon of the Fourth, PARADE At 10 a.m.. the Fourth, the big "has no special significance" but It came on the heels of Air Force orders for an around-the-clock watch for possible enemy planes. Civilian defense workers will keep Uie 24-hour vigil, beginning July 14. Maj, Oen. Frederic H. Smith, Jr., deputy director of the Air Defense Command, savi It is necessary because "the Soviets have had the capability for some time to attack us." To which Oen. Nathan F. Twin ing, acting chief of staff for the Air Force, added: "We can have no assurance of long - ranee forewarning of a de cision bv thi Kremlin to attempt an assault on us. The lack of a thorough 24-hour watch Is a weak ness we can no longer nlford." Twining said Intelligence esti mates credit Russia with being capable of launching at any time more than 400 four-engine bomb ers loaded with enough bombs atomic and otherwise to blast all U. S. metropolitan Industrial target areas. - The start of "Operation Sky watch" was announced Monday by the Defense Department after a conference of civil defense direc tors from all states and territor ies. The border watch hnd been scheduled to start Mny 11 but was postponed to allow more time for organizing spotter crews. Smith estimated from 50 to 30 volunteers will be needed to man each of the thousands of posts. Their sneclol lob will he to spot planes flvlnir below 5.000 fert thoe difficult to nick up on ndnr. The network of lookouts will he coordinated with Uie Canadian air defense program. Smith said kv watching In Alaska and Hawaii Is not linked with Uils continental or ganisation but operates under lo cal commanders. Observers will be snotted.ln 27 states Including Montana, Idaho, Washington! Oregon arid Califor i bason between the Lions and the Roundup Association. Immediately following the rodeo performance Uie evening of July 3, Uie Klamath Merchants Associa tion will touch off a giant fireworks display. The colorful aerial show will be fired from Gems Stadium so as to make Uie show clearly visible from the Fairgrounds. As plans for these events shape, eight girls are marking time for the gala Queen's Ball at the Ar mory this Saturday night. One of the eight beauties will be crowned oueen oi ints year s r-ounauo o.v Margy Brown, last years queen. YACHT CLUB Tomorrow, the queen candidates, Queen Margy and two Saddle Club chaperones are to be guests of the Klamath Yacht Club. The girls and chaperones wUl have luncheon and an afternoon of boating fun. Advance ticket sales for the rodeo performances are running ahead of previous years, indicat ing another record smashing at tendance. Last year's turnouts set new crowd records. The tickets arc on sole at Round up Headquarters. 234 Main Street, in the Patterson Furniture build ing. U.N. Forces Hold Hill SEOUL. Korea Chinese Commu.ilsts Tuesday shot off their big guns at probably the fastest clip of the Korean War. They failed to budge United Nations infantrymen defending a T-shapeo knobby hill. A battalion of about 750 Chinese struck at Uie hill three times in 2 1 2 hours and were turned back each time bv bayonet wielding U. N. doughboys standing fast at Uie bottom. The six-dav-old tight for the Western Front high point near Chorwon is the biggest and blood iest of the war since jnnuniy. Allied troops won a foothold on the bumpy formation last Thursday. Thev now hold three of Its rocky knobs. The Reds have been coun terattacking bitterly. A U. S. Eighth Army briefing officer said shelling by both sides was "very heavy" Monday -and that the pace held up Tuesday. Chinese tanks and self-propelled guns poured 5.000 shells on the ihrnn Allled-held knobs Monday. U. N. fighter-bombers and tanks delivered answering fire. An Allied officer at ithe front said the Reds have lost more than 1.000 killed and wounded In the fight for hill T and that Red dead are "still piled up" on Its approaches, Blistering Heat Leaves 125 Dead By The Associated Press Mid-continent areas got welcome relief Tuesday from hot and mug gy weather that has enveloped most of Uie eastern half of the na tion. The mid - June blast of mid summer heat and humidity left a death toll of more than 125. includ ing 19 heat prostrations and 109 drownings. The break in tne heat wave over the Midwest came after several days of temperatures in the 90s and above 100. COOL AIR The cool air mass from the Paclf cl Northwest, with refreshine show ers, first hit the plains states and temporarily ended the more than week-long siege of collar-wilting weather. Temperatures were from 15 to 25 degrees lower Monday from the Dakotas southward to the Texas i Panhandle. The heat-snapping air mass moved into other hot spots in Uie Midwest during the night. Chica go, limp from two straight days of 95 temperatures, received the cool air and showers shortly before mid night. The temperature dropped in to the high 60s after the hottest day In nearly three years. RECORD Scores of other cities reported record heat marks for the date. Temperatures ranged from 90 to 100 degrees along and east of the Mississippi River to Uie Atlan tic Coast with the excepUon of the New England slates. The heat was blamed for halting production in three big Detroit au to nlants. making idle some 13.000 wOrkersi The employes m thei Hud son, cnrysier ana i"ora plants were sent home after groups of work ers left their Jobs because of the 96 degree temperature. Bonus Checks Due Tomorrow SALEM UV The first checks to pay Oregon's bonus to World War II veterans will go In the mail Wednesday. The first check goes to Dallard FIRST CHECKS Stanford Revenue. 3503 Sum mers Lane, is to be the first 'Klamath veteran to receive his bonos, according to the A.P. in Salem. The first Lake County check Is to go to Andrew Milton Deter, Lakeview. L. Whitmore. 42. Beaverton. whose name was chosen in a drawing several months ago- PRETTY ' DARLENE GASTER (right) was an interested spectator this morning as preparations were made at Red Cross headquarters in the Armory for blood donor activity today. With Darlcno is Mrs. Otto Ellis, a Bed Cross worker. Hopes For Settlement ; Fading I PITTSBUROH 11 The tw'o-week-old steel atrike slashed deep er than ever Into Uie nation's econ omy Tuesday as some plants mak ing war munitions reported cur tailments near because of a short age of ateel. In addition to the 650,000 CIO United Steeiworkers who walked out June 2 when the U. 8. Suoreme Court ruled President Truman bad no right to seize the Industry, more than 100,000 workera In Allied In dustries are idle. . These Include nearly 50,000 coal miners in aeven states and more than 30.000 railroaders employed oy a aozen carriers. Nearly 25,000 more are Idle In Industries dependent on steel. These Include sailors on Great Lakes ore boats, ore miners coke workers, river boat crews, oil and gas pipeline workers, construction crews, and workers in other steel related fields, MUNITIONS Announcements that three com panies will be forced to stop mak ing munitions this week came as Uie government and the USW sought to work out a plan to start enough steel flowing from the struck mills to prevent a crippling halt In the production of weap ons. At Cleveland, Lempco Products, Inc., said It was forced to hale making mortar shells Tuesday be cause of steel shortages and to lay off 500 employes on Uie shell line. Lempco bad been producing 4,500 mortar shells a day. The Oldsmobile division of Gen eral Motors said a shortage el seamless steel tubing wiU force It to shut down Its 3.5-inche rocket plant at Lansing, Mich., on June 23. - The government has been as sured by Philip Murray, president of the CIO and the USW: "Count on us to produce the es sential military products necessary to carry on our fight against the menace of Communist aggres sion.1' DEFENSE PLAN Murray has directed a four-man committee of the USW to- help work out an acceptable plan for defense needs for steel. So far the government has announced no specific way of achieving this out put, although It said a plan had been worked out to transport steel stored in struck warehouses to weapons manufacturers. -' The union and the industry have been unable to agree, not only on contract terms but also on Just Ihere they are in disagreement. Murray clairaa. the companies", tover failed In many ..respects to meet Wage Stabilization Board recommendations which, among other things, call for a 26-cent hourly "package" wage boost and a union fhop. The industry says Uie union shop, which would re quire all steel workers to Join the union, is the only bone of conten tion. - . The industry, which wants a higher price for steel to help cover any salary increase, says its final offer was a 24.6-cent-an-hour pack age deal which would cost it 400 million dollars a year. Murray says the offer was not that high. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falla and vicinity and Northern California: Sonny and warm through - tomor row. Low tonight 49, high to morrw 86. . High yesterday . 75 Low last night J . . 49 Preclp yesterday -u ' Precip since Oct 4 ..i.15.79 Same period last year M L.14.84 Normal for period .ll.g f Additional Weather on Page 4.)