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lrra-we-KO-KBln not:
"Tim Democrats are streaming
Into Chicago ui iioimnula iici
dcntial candidate In convention
they forecast will be HOUGH,
HUGGED. nd WIDE-OI'EN."
That's wonderful and I MEAN
It. Wnoorelv, no Tongue-in-cheek
business. No aecret hoping that
they'll net Ihemsalvea marled up
In a ol tight that will aend them
homt clawed and bitten and bitter
ly angry at each other.
That would make It eaay for Uie
Republicans, but Hie last IhliiK on
artli the Republicans need thin
year In an EASY campaign. If Ue
la to win In November, with a Re-
Cublicun house and Itepublloan mu
le behind him, It can come about
onlv II EVERYBODY who believes
in him and brllevea In what the
Itepublloan parly can and WILL
do under hla leadernhlp gel out
and worka and votea a nobody hna
worked far a Republican victory In
half a century.
That won't happen If those who
would like to aen Ike In the While
Home and Republican majorltlea
In both houses of congress Ret the
Idea ll'a In the ban.
Bo I hop Ih Democrata will
(rave Chlcauo at the end of next
week with their ticket headed bv
the bent men they've got and Willi
everybody lull of fight. Only In that
way can we get the kind of pollllcul
campaign we NEED In Uila critical
year of decision.
If the Democratic national con
tention of IU&3 really u. "rough,
ruaued and wide open," It will be
wonderful becaune for two decade!
Democratic, conventions haven't
been thai way.
They've been RATIFICATION
meetings. The nominee ha a been
known In advance. The btulneaa of
the delegatea haa been merely to
put their OK on a declalon already
made AT THE TOP. When that
waa done, thev broka up, ahook
bands and went home.
There are elirna that It won't be
that way thla year. I think that'a
all to the good. Parlv conventions
that are nothing more than ratifi
cation meetmia lead In time to
DYNASTIES.
Dvnaatlca and democracy don't
mix.
For the first time In four con
vention I9U. 1M0. 1W and ma
there will be CONFLICT at the
Democratic national convention
that wilt assemble In Chicane next
week. Conflict In the sense that
there will be present LEADERS
WITH FOLLOWINOB. Thla vear It
Isn't known In advance who will
come out on top. Jo the past It
bus been known,
. Thai will out COMPBTITION
back Into the Democratic conven
tion. Competition la a ood thing
both In buslnesa and In politics.
Thla foreknowledge that there
IU be competition In Chicago next
week haa resulted In alx avowed
candidate Senator Kefauver of
Tenneso. Senator Ruaaell of Oeor
la. Senator Kerr of Oklahoma.
Senator McMahon of Connecticut,
Vice-President Berkley of Kentucky
and W. Averell Harrlman of New
York.
In addition, there U Governor
Stevenson of Illinois, who Is saving
that he won't volunteer but hasn't
aald he will refuse to be drafted.
That Is enouKh competition to In
aura a Democratic convention thai
will be nulla different from any
in the past.
Here's a hunch:
WATCH KEFAUVER.
On one thing every delegate In
the convention that will assemble
In Chlcauo next Monday morning
can agree with every other delt-
"'Thev all wnl a winner. Not onlv
are philosophies of government at
aiake. MILLIONS OF JOBS will be
l slake. Every federal Jobholder
want to keep hla Job. Each will
know that hla Job will be In Jeo
pardy If the Republicans win.
There may be conflict of Ideas on
other points, but on that point there
J i complete harmony.
Everybody wants a winner.
Winning requires vote. ,
Bo no matter what the politi
cians may think of him, don't write
Kefauver off. Whatever It la, he
HAS the magic Ingredient It takes
to get votea.
I'd 1lk to add that even Harry
Thuman can't be written off. in
advance. This convention that Is
going to assemble In Chicago next
week Is going to want; first of all,
a winner, and If a situation arises
In which It appears that Truman
Is the most certain winner he will
be the nominee.
It's Improbable, but not lmpos
alble. Bloodmobile
Here Tuesday
Klamath Elks, their families and
friends, are to backbone, tomor
row's drive for blood donations dur
ing the monthly visit of the Red
Cross bloodmobile here.
The bloodmobile la to set up ahop
at the Elks Lodge, Main and 3rd
Streets, starting at 3 p.m. tomor
row and will continue to fake don
ors until 6 p.m.'
The entire top floor of the Klam
ath Elks Temple has been set aside
for tomorrow's affair, and Red
Cross officials are expecting a rec
ord turnout of donors.
The Elks parking lot, behind the
lodge. Is to be reserved for donors'
aulos, and a nursery for young,
alers Is to be operated.
All Elks and members of their
families 18 to 59 years of age are
eligible to take the physical ohook
which precedes actual blood dona
tion, though those under 31 must
have the consent of their parents.
Though the appearance of the
bloodmobile hero thla time 1b pri
marily for Elks, Red Cross offi
cials have Indicated they will wel
come other who want to oner
blood. .,: ,
Ike Seeks
New Leader
For Drive
By MARVIN AMtOWHMlTII
CHICAOO, 11 Oen. Dwlght D.
Eisenhower, the Republican presi
dential nominee, aearched Monday
for a new campaign manager after
reluctantly letting Ben. Henry Ca
bot Lodga of Massachusetts step
aolde.
The general also made ready to
leave by plana Monday night for
Denver and a vacation. He and
Mrs. Elsenhower were slated to
Inks olf alter arrival of their son,
Ms). John D. Elsenhower, and his
wlla from Highland Falls, N. Y.
It will be a farewell visit with
John, who la leaving soon lor Ko
rea. ' I.odge'a retirement from active
direction of the general's cam-
fialgu had been expected. Elsen
lower said he agreed to the move
"only because I attach the greatest
Importance to hla re-election to the
Senate."
STATEMENT v
Hie general aald In a atatement
Sunday night that Lodge who sue
ceanlully directed Elsenliower'a bid
for the OOP nomination had In
formed him he want to devote as
much time as possible to tha Sen
ate contest In the Bay Suite, where
Rep. John Kennedy, a Democrat,
Is seeking Lodge's seat.
Elsenhower also announced, how
ever, that Lodge will continue to
have close contact with the gen
oral's campaign as chairman of an
advisory committee.
At the same time, the general
officially added to his staff the exe
cutive assistant of Oov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York, James C.
Hagerty.
HAGERTY
Hagerty will serve as Elsenhow
er's press secretary. He also was
Dewey's presa man In tha New
Yorker's IMS presidential cam
paign, and he had an Important
role in planning atrategy whicb
won the GOP nomination for El
senhower last Friday.
Oilier appointments announced
by Eisenhower amounted mainly
to assignment of formal titles to
men who- helped direct the cen
Hal i pre-convenllon campaign.
They Include Arthur H. Vanden
berg Jr., son of the lata aenalor
from Michigan, as executive assist
ant; Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas
aa an advisor: and Thomas E.
Stephens another Dewey man as
appointment secretary.
Also named as sn advisor waa
Sen. Fred A. Beaton of Nebraska
who had an active role In the late
stages of the general's campaign
for the nomuiatlon.
BROWNRLL
Herbert Brownell Jr.. Dewey's
presidential campaign manager In
1948 and' a key figure so far1 In
the-Eisenhower camp, conferred
with the general for two hours Bun
day, Afterward, Brownell told news
men at Elsenhower's Blaokstone
Hotel suite thai he waa returning
to his New York law practice but
Intended to keep In cloaa touch
with the general by phone.
As for replacing Lodge, Elsen
hower aides indicated the general
will make no Immediate decision.
They aeem to feel that for the
present strategy will be .handed
mainly by the general's present
staff and by the new chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee. Arthur F. Summerftcld of
Michigan.
Change Set
For X-Ray
There has been a change In meet
ing place for one of several health
x-ray organisational meetings
scheduled In the county during the
next few days.
A Bly meeting, aet for Wednes
day, 3 p.m. CPDT), Is to be at
the home of Mrs. J. Kendall In
stead Of the home of Mrs. n.va
Campbell, as previously announced
Men Needed
For Skywatch
WASHINGTON Ml Civilian
volunteers manned watching posts
over the northern United States
ivionaay in a round the clock vIrII
against sneak air attacks but
there were big gaps In the warn
ing screen.
As more than 150,000 citizens
plug holes In a radar network, the
Air Force said It needs at least
360,000 more.
The, shortage was quickly ap
parent. Volunteers showed up at
only half of Ohio's 630 observa
tion posts. One out of five of
Mlchlgan'a 50 posts was manned,
with only three out of 13 operating
In Detroit.
About half of Rhode Island's 34
watching spots were filled, but
only one was capable of 34-hour
coverage.
At Bangor, Me,, Mai. John B.
Craig aald the operation Is "not
going according to plan. People
are Just not Interested."
He added that some lookouts are
not manned and at others observ
ers are remaining on duty 10 to
13 hours.
At Manchester, N, H., nerve center
for most of New England, officials
said there were "many big gaps"
with all stations under strength
except Boston, which was over
staffed.
President Truman backed up the
air watcher reorultlng drlva dur
ing the week-end with the atate
ment that every citizen who co
operates is helping to prevent the
War none of us wants to happen."
The President said It was com
mon, sense, precaution In this new
age In which hostile forces are
known to possess long 1 - range
bombers and atomto weapons."
, Pointing out that avery possible
se-'bnd .of warning before an. at
tack would save lives and vital
facilities, Truman- aald:
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Steel Men
Turn Down
Co. Offer
PITTSBURGH I A spokes
man for the CIO United Steel
workers reported Monday striking
Uh'W leaders regarded the steel
Industry's new peace offer as un
satisfactory.
Company executives tossed the
43-day old walkout Into the Union's
lap over the weekend by saying
they had made auniestlons for
ending the Work stoppage and were
waiting for tha unlon'a answer.
No formal answer has been
forthcoming. Bui a union source
declared:
"I think It's obvious what our
reaction la unsatisfied."
The union declined to confirm
reports Murray Is debating sum
moning hla wage . policy com
mittee here about Thursday or
Friday to make the formal de
cision against accenting the un
disclosed company offers.
nr.iiuiiAnur
The latest negotiations hit a snag
after Industry reportedly proposed
a watered down version of the
union shop tcompulsorv union
membership) and other undis
closed suggestions for ending the
defense-economy crippling strike.
An Industry atatement aald:
"Those suggestions are still
under consideration by the union.
There are no definite arrange-
tnenla for further meetings."
Top steel executives left this
steel capital Sunday after an ap
parently fruitless meeting with
Murray.
U. 8. Steel Corp.. Bellweather
of Uie Industry, asked the gover
nment for a steel price Increase
Saturday. This Immediately aet
off Uie weekend talks between
Murrav and the Industry.
UINPUTF.
This la the crux of the dispute:
Murray wants a union ahop. In
dustry la willing to go along on
a modified plan If the govern
ment grants a price Increase.
The union shop In Its conven
tional form, requires all workers,
old or new, to Join the union.
one modification ot uie union
shop already has been made part
of various contracts signed by tha
USW and several small steel com
panies. .
That plan allows workers, who
muat Join the union, to withdraw
between the 30th and 30th day of
emnlovme.nl.
The union shop version now re
ported to be before the union for
approval Is considered a still fur
ther modification of the traditional
union shop.
It was learned the government
has agreed to a price Increase
of at leaat 15 a ton to compensate
the Industry for wage increases
It mav grant striking sleelworkers.
Sleel now sells for about (110 a
ton.
Morgan Stays
As Demo Head
PORTLAND I Howard Mor
gan of Monmouth will continue aa
state chairman of Oregon Demo
crats. Ho was unopposed for re-election
at the groups' meeting here Satur
day attended bv Democrats from
33 counties.
In the only contested election for
the too four party posts. Mrs.
Oladys Last, Portland, defeated
Mrs. Margaret Cawood, Portland,
31 to 36 for vice chairman.
Volney Martin. Portland, was
re - elected secretary and Dexter
Fairbank, Portland, was named
treasurer.
Among speakers at the meeting
was George Sheridan, chairman
of the Pierce County. Wash., cen
tral committee. He urged Oregon's
13-member delegation to the Demo
cratic convention at Chicago next
week to support Sen. Warren G.
Magnuson of Washington for the
vice presidential nomination.
Monroe Sweetland, Oregon's na
tional' committeeman and a dele
gate, appeared to reject Uie sug
gestion when he said: 'Because of
a variety of commitments, the
Western states are unable to get
together on candidates but we all
get together on issues common to
us all power, reclamation and the
admission of Alaska and Hawaii
as states."
Sweetland said he considered the
Oregon delegation Pledged to Sen.
"Estcs Kefauver of Tennessee not
only for president but should he
fall to get tne top- nomination lor
vice president. i .
Sweetland. who left for the con
vention Sunday, said he had ap
pointed C. Glrard Davidson, for
mer assistant aecretary of the In
terior and now a Portland attor
ney, as his alternate.
Gene Conklln., another delegate,
joined Sweetland at Pendleton for
the trip to Chicago, They are driv
ing. Fatal Heart
Attack Told
DUNSMUin George L. Peres.
53, New Orleans, suffored a fatal
heart attack on the S.P. railway
depot platform here Sunday short
ly before noon. Peres, on a vaca
tion trip with his wife, was travel
ing on train No. 13 and had gotten
ofr the train here witn nis wne to
walk about on the station platform
a hit.
Peres wan art employe of the
Texas and New Orleans railway.
Page
KLAf.
Ike My Visit Ethmmh
Planes Hit
Front Line
Positions
8EOUL, Korea, i United
Nations warplanea unleashed with
ering assaulta on Communist
frontline positions Monday In one
of the heaviest close-support
davs In weeks.
U. S. Sabre Jets probably de
deslroyod one Russian-built MIG 15
and damaged another, the Air
Force said. In MIG allev duels.
Air Force and Marine fighter -bombers
swept low over the hills
and bombed, rocketed and strafed
Red positions near Yonchon. Pyon
kang. Kumsong, the Punchbowl
and the East Coast.
Other Air Force fighter-bombers
with planes from the Marines.
Australians and Republic of Ko
rea, hit supply areas behind the
front.
RUBBLE LEFT
The Air Force said the strike
rubbled tiO troop ana supply bunk
ers, levelled 28 gun positions and
destroved one self propelled
gun. four mortara and one vehicle
and Inflicted at least 33 casualties
on Red troops.
In the aerial battles, two Babre
lets on a flight of the fourth
Fighter - Interceptor wing were
Jumped bv alx MIGs over Slnullu
and a 38 - plane Sabre flight of
the 51st wing tangled with eight
MIGs.
Sporadic ground fighting center
ed on the rugged Eastern front
where Allied troops seized a stra
tegic hill after a three - day battle
and held It In the face of an
hour and a half counterattack by
North Koreans.
INFANTRY ATTACK ...
The hill, a few thousand yards
from the East Coast, fell after
three days of . Infantry . assault.
naval bombardment and air
strikes.
U. S. carrier-based planes Sun
day again bombed generating fac
ilities at the Kyoscn nyaroeiectic
plant, in East Central North Ko
rea, one of four big power com
plexes attacked heavily by U. N
warplanea last month.
A navy announcement said the
Kvoson facilities were being re
paired when Skyraldcrs and Cor
sairs attacked them the second
lime.
Ashland Fire
Kills Three
ASHLAND. Ore. (jPI A
house fire which followed a birth
day party early Sunday caused
the deaths of three children.
They were Roy William Mars-
ton, 11, Sharon Lee Decker, 10,
and her brother, Sidney Marcus
Decker, 9.
The Decker children were at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Mc-
Brlde Saturday night for Mrs. Mo
Brine's birthday party. She Is the
mother of the Marston boy who
died In the Sire.
The Decker children's parents
had given them permission to stay
overnight at me Mcuriae nome.
The fire apparently broke out In
the downstairs living room of the
two-story frame house at about
midnight. The McBrlde's, sleeping
downstairs, said they did not
awake until part of the front sec
tion of the upstairs where the
children were s 1 e e p 1 n g was
ablaze. They got out but were un-
aoie io save uie cnuaren.
C. W. Litwlller, deputy coroner,
said the children probably were
smothered by smoke before the
fire got to them. Their bodies were
charred beyond recognition.
The fire spread for a consider
able distance In the tinder - dry
brush which surounded the house.
'Zero Hour'
Drive to
Seven-thirty this evening Is "zero
hour" for the Klamath County
Chamber of Commerce's "Build
the Basin," an all-out campaign to
bolster business In the Klamath
country. .,.'
A meeting Is slated for the Wll
lard Hotel ballroom and the cham
ber wants all county business men
and women, chamber members
and non-members, to attend. ' '
Tonight's get-together is the most
Important step yet taken in the
chamber's long-range plan to
strengthen existing businesses and
draw new Industry to Klamath.
"Build the Basin" has been In
the shaping stage for several weeks
Now. it is an all-embracing pro
gwim aimed at the many problems
confronting Klamath's business
growth.
It's going to be a big? Job, a
whale of a Job If done properly.
And It's going to require a much
larger and stronger Chamber of
Commerce than exists now. As
compared to other cities ot similar
size, the Klamath chamber Is, at
most, only about half the site U
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korea J&M?xoukmMei
LAND BASED PLANES and aircraft from navy carriars struck
many parti of North Korea in what tha army officials called
a devastating close support action. In addition, army bombers
continued raidi on military targets in North Korean cities.
Hitchcock Lauds GOP Choice;
Raps Taft 'Machine' Action
By HALE 8CARBROUGH
Regardless of whether the Re
publicans win or lose in November,
they did what was fair and right
at Chicago, says Phil Hitchcock,
Klamath Falls state senator who
attended the GOP national conven
tion last week.
Hitchcock was an altamate for
Howard- Blll) Dent Jr , of The
Dalles, an elected delegate, and
also was an Elsenhower man.
"I never had an Idea." the sena
tor said, "of the ruthlessness of
political machines . . . but the
tenor of the convention from the
very first conflict (over seating
contested delegates) was that If
the Republicans were to go before
the people In November they had
to repudiate the things the politi
cal machines had done."
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio Was
the candidate of the so-called Re
publican machines, but he lost out
to Gen. Dwight Elsenhower at ev
ery vote on the convention floor.
The Eisenhower people. Hitch
cock said, based their efforts to
block and repudiate the Taft back
ing on a basis of morality, lnte-
Knife, Cars
Busy Police
Thirty . two arrests on misde
meanor charges were made by
City Police over the weekend, and
a felony count may grow out of
one.
The arrests included 20 for
drunkenness, five for trafflo law
violations, six for being drunk and
disorderly, and one for vagrancy.
A 33-year-old Mexican, Louis
Gonzales of Algoma, was booked tor
being drunk but may face felony
court action for stabbing another
Mexican, Jose Sanches, 49, of
Lena.
Sanches was stabbed In the right
shouMer Saturday night during a
scuffle at the PasUme, allegedly
growing out of a card game. He
was treated at Klamath Valley
Hospital and later at the City Jail
identified Gonsales as the man
who cut him.
Gonzales had been picked up at
the Kanteen a short time after the
fight.
Sanches said he would sign a
felony complaint against his assailant.
Tonight in Chambers
Bolster Business Here
should be.
That's the problem that is going
to be tackled tonight. The meeting
is designed as a klckoff on a broad
membership drive.
"Build the Basin" will be ex
plained tonight and any business
persons who do not now belong to
the chamber may boost the better
business campaign by Joining the
chamber tonight.
Special teams will be formed in
each ot nine business divisions to
go out and seek new members.
Two leaders, known as "majors,"
will head each membership team.
The nine divisions and leaders are:
Agriculture, Fred Rueck and
Paul Dalton: automotive and trans
portation, Charles Bane and Bob
Mest: construction, Ed Robinson
and Carrol Colvln; finance, utili
ties, manufacturing and wholesale,
Moon Mullis and Russ Johnston;
hotels, motels and restaurants,
Earl Russell and Charles Schuss:
professional, Adolph Zamsky and
Larry Brown: real estate and In
surance, John Blaylock and John
Sandmeyer; retail, Noel Flynn and
1953
w NORTH
. KOREA
WON SAM
grity and honesty, and the conven
tion in the end did the thing that
was right.
Another Klamath Falls represen
tative at the GOP convention. Mrs.
Marshall Comett, was put under
tremendous pressure by the. Taft
people. Hitchcock said. . but she
sleadily refused to go slang even
at the prospect or becoming some
thing of a Republican boss In Ore
gon ... If Taft won.
She argued that the people of
Oregon had made their choice,
picking Eisenhower, in lost May's
preferential primary, and she
couldn't turn her back on thai
choice.
Mrs. Cornett is GOP" national
commltteewoman for Oregon.
Hitchcock said he was very much
impressed by the people who were
doing the fighting for Eisenhower
and in the way they were able to
beat back the efforts of the machine-type
politics attempted on be
half of Sen. Taft.
"I don't know whether the Re
publicans can win in November."
Hitchcock said, "but at least we
did the right thing at Chicago."
Controls Off
Canned Goods
WASHINGTON W The gov
ernment Monday lifted controls on
nearly all canned and frozen fruits
and vegetables.
Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall pre
dicted this will mean higher prices
for a number of items.
Arnall noted In a statement that
the Office of Price Stabilization was
forced to take the decontrol action
under an amendment - Congress
tacked on to the economic con
trols law.
The amendment, introduced by
Rep. Harrison (D.-Va.), specific
ally exempted "fruits and veget
ables in fresh or processed form
from price control."
The exemption actually, oecame
effective June 15 but OPS officials
had been studying the field to de
termine how broad the exemption
should be. ,
An OPS official estimated the
exemption applies to at least 90
per cent of all processed fruits
and vegetables. -
William Payette: service and di
versified, Alice Vitus and Marlon
Grant. - :
The Klamath chamber, never
anything like a full-strength organ
ization, now has only 425 participat
ing firms and professional men.
There are 1,423 business units in
the city limits alone and chamber
wise observers say the member
ship here should total at least'
1,000.
"Build the Basin"' could be the
biggest thing that has ever hap
pened to business in the Klamath
country. Thus far, Klamath busi
ness has more or less drifted along
on an uncharted course. This new
Chamber of Commerce campaign
Is aimed at putting Klamath busi
ness on a definite course and work
ing toward goals bringing new In
dustry here.
Yesterday, many city and coun
ty ministers delivered sermons in
conneotlon with "Build the Basin."
The day was officially dedicated
as the First Annual Civic Sunday,
following a suggestion by the Cham
ber of Commerce. .
Telephone sill
No. 2869
Legion Asks
Nominee To
Convention
By WALLACE MYEBS
There Is a strong possibility Gen.
Dwlght D. Eisenhower will visit
Klamath Falls late this month.
Tne Republican presidential nom
inee has been Invited to come here
in connection with the state Amer
ican Legion convention and Ike's
headquarters reports the general
is -very mucn interested.
The Legion convention I to be
gin here July 25.
Legionnaires here today oulcklv
pointed out that the Legion is non
partisan and that Elsenhower had
been Invited aa a fellow Legion
naire. ,
However. If Eisenhower does
come here, there is a strong like
lihood the GOP standard bearer
will step out of his Legion role
long enougn lor a political speech.
Klamath Republican leaders to
day asked Gov. Douglas McKay
to add his weight to the Klamath
Falls Invitation. Meanwhile, the
Associated Press was attempting
to obtain a positive answer from
me general.
Eisenhower said In his accep
tance speech at the Republican
convention that he expected to vis-
It "every nook and cranny" of the
nation before next November.
It appears a Klamath Falls visit
during the Legion convention would
oe a gooa cnoice ior several rea
sons:
First, more than 3,000 Oregon
Legionnaires and their guests are
expected to be here for the con
vention. (If ' Ike does decide to
come here, that number would no
doubt be greatly increased.):
. Second. Eisenhower's- running
mate.. Sen. Richard Nixon, is a
Califorrnnn aixr the proximity of
the California line would certainly
draw a big turnout from Califor
nia: -
Third. Oregon has been one of
the general's strongest supporters.
The 18-member delegation to the
GOP convention was strongly pro
Eisenhower throughout the conven
tion and Governor McKay, because
of his staunch backing of the gen
eral, was honored as one of those
selected to escort Eisenhower to
the speaker's rostrum for his con
vention acceptance speech.
Added to all tnat is tne tact
that Elsenhower has to select some
starting point for his presidential
race . . . And It might as well be
Southern Oregon. -
Reds Request
Truce Recess
MTJNSAN, Korea W Secret
Korean armistice talks were re
cessed Monday at Communist re
quest, raising speculation that the
deadlock over prisoner exchange
was nearlng a enmax.
The Red requests for a two-day
recess was made 3 1-3 hours before
the truce delegates were to meet
at Panmunjom for their 11th con
secutive secret session.
No reason for the recess was an
nounced. The Communists last asxeo ior a
recess July 3 after listening to a
lengthy review of the U. N. com
mand position.-
The next dy the Reds proposed
a new plan for settling the prison
er controversy and asked that it
be discussed to the secret sessions
which began July 4.
The full truce delegations will
meet again at 11 a. m., Wednes
day Two Communist letters were de
livered to the U. N. command by
Red liaison officers.
One protested the killing of one
Red prisoner ana wounaing oi sev
en others In a POW camp in South
Korea last week.
The second letter demanded an
accounting of 4.391 captured Reds
listed by the International Com
mittee for the Red Cross but which
did not appear on the U. N. com
mand Dec JO list OI pnsoneis.
More Heat
For Oregon
By. The Associated Press
1 a u-a n'D on m in the.
Pacific Northwest Monday with
temperatures around 100 degrees
forecast for Oregon and Eastern
Washington.
Weather observers said Western
Washington also would catch some
of the heat, although the high read
me there is not likely to be over
90 degrees.
rne iorecaaiers saia incrmume-
mlnht pllmh tn 102 ricrra in
Western Oregon, and 100 In East
ern Oregon ana wasningion.
It Is expected to continue at
least through Tuesday.
The Oregon state forester said
most logging operations were
working Monday, although some
closures might be necessary be
fore the end of the dav. No fires
Iwere reported.
Youth Killed
In California
VoodsFire
A young Forest 8erv!ce fire fight
er lost his life Saturday battling
one of at least 81 blazes started
In thla general area by lightning
during the past few days.
Robert M. Irwin Jr., 18. Sebasto
pol, Calif., was killed Instantly Sat
urday about 6 p.m., while working
with a crew fighting a fire on the
Shasta National Forest about 30
miles northeast of McCloud.
Paul Friday, fire control aide at
the McCloud Ranger Station, aald
young Irwin was killed when caught
oy tne tailing lop of a burning tree.
A first-aid expert was parachuted
to the accident scene but Irwin
was dead when he arrived.
LIGHTNING
The lightnlntr fires have kent
fire fighters in this section of South.
era Oregon and Northern Califor
nia working at top speed since
early last week.
Hardest hit area has been the
Shasta forest with 38 blazes, two -of
them along the Pit River still
being battled today.
All the fires except the two on
the Pit River have now been con
trolled and all have beea small'
blazes, with little acreage loss. ..
The Modoc National Forest has
counted 35 blazes, the Klamath
Forest Protective Association 10,
Klamath Indian Reservation seven
and the Rogue National Forest has
had only one.
Several "sleeper" flreg are be
lieved to be smouldering and look
outs are on full alert at all stations.
Cahill Rites
Set July 17
Full military honors will be given
by the U.S. Navy at final rites
July 17 for Lieutenant (Jk) James
Edmond Cahill, 39. long-time resi
dent of Klamath Falls, killed in.
stantly Friday in a truck-car col-,
lislon near Areata.
The commitment service will be
In Golden Gate Military cemetery,
San Bruno, where his father, also
a navy man is buried.
Lieutenant Cahill, was born No
vember 3, 1933. in San Francisco,
came to Oregon with his parents
ai uie -age oi live years and alter
a brief residence in the Rogue Riv
er VaUey came to Klamath Falls.
He graduated from Fremont
school and from KUHS in 1941 with
high honors. He entered the service
in October 1941 and during World
War H saw 30 months combat
service n the Fljr Islands and tha
New Hebrides. He expected to be
sent to Japan In the near future.
Naval officials, following the ac
cident that took his life, stated that
Lieutenant Cahill was a. brilliant
of.icer with a promising naval
career. He had just completed 30
LT. (jg) JAMES E. CAHILL
weeks training in electronics in
Memphis. Term., and was enroute
to his home base at San Diego
after spending 10 days here.
He was the only child of Mrs.
Jess Knighton. The Knighton's left
for Areata immediately upon re
ceiving word of the accident. -
Mrs. Cahill, a former resident of
Birmingham, Ala., was critically
Injured. Her right leg was nearly
severed and she suffered multiple
cuts and other injuries. Her infant
daughter, flve-rponths-old Ann re
ceived a brain concussion and a
three-year-old daughter Candace
also was hospitalized with less se
vere Injuries. They are at Trinity
Hospital, Areata.
The accident occurred on a curve
on Highway 101 north of Areata
when a logging truck attempted to
pass a carload of tourists parked
In the traffic lane. The Cahill car
was struck when the truck careened
across the highway.
The lieutenant Is survived by his
immediate family, his mother and
step-father, Mr and Mrs. Knighton
his maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Anna Ford. Klamath Falls, and his
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mar
garet Cahill, San Francisco. ,
Weather
FORECAST Kamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Fair through tomorrow except for
scattered thunderahowers In moun
tains. Low tonight 60, high toraor
row 90.
High yesterday 8
Low laat night M
Preelp yesterday . ......
Precip since Oct. 1 -...17.11
Same period last year 14. 84
Normal for period
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