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Price Stabiliser Elll Arnall pre
dicts In WiuIiIiikIoii Uil morning
that Uie new eleel price boost 116.30
per luni will touch ol( a new round
vl Inflation that will coat tlie aver
age American family about 1100
year In Dinner prlcci,
The itock market agrees wllb
him.
When the big New York exchange
opened thla inornliiK, the teletype
Inform u. "Uin market main
tained a BUOYANT tone, with mont
price changes on Ilia HIGHER
aide."
The biff question:
Does anybody ualn anything out
ol the Innx and bluer atecl strike?
Yd. 1 lliluk no.
Hnyt SPECULATORS will prob
ably tio quite a killing.
Price Bona Arnall nut the blame
fur (lie Inflation that follows Uie
etrel atrlke on the steel industry,
'I'hftt raUnii liilM nuestlon:
Which came tlral the hen or the
egg?
Did price no ui because wages
went up7 Or old wage go up u
cause prlcei went upTi
n II.. it.tnb Mjhkt tirntlcrht
on the aleal' atrlke waa too much
power In loo lew nanaa.
II we can keep too much power
Iruin getting tend STAYING) In
to (ew handa, we'll have It pretty
Rood In Una ureal and growing
country. But II we let loo much
"power net Into too few handa and
lay Uiere wo WON'T have It to
food.
Kitypl'e reform government hae
awepl awav lltlea ol nobility, bul
the land or tne niio win remain
a constitutional monarchy.
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11 will all depend on the MON
AHC1I and the kind ol men he
Dirk to head hi varloug mini
trlea. AND .
The kind of men the people
ckoooe to compos the PARLIA
MENT that la an eaaenllal part ol
conatllullonal monarchy.
5 In other worda: ...
Everything dependa on LEADER
BHIP. The kind of leadera we have
determines the kind ol govern
ment we have.
Egypt's deputed King Farouk
holds hia Iirai newa ooniorence m,
.... a- 1 r-1 - rinri where
iTiuiniim v
he lied Into exile. He started It oft
bv tetllns the more than 100 newa
men and photographer who
allowed up that he's no longer a
urn ihrii. .....
' llo'a learned on fact of life In
' tils ahort eanerlenee, a common-
MAN.
(Except his heir and they eaa
hardly watt for him to die.)
Doea (ending 100 reporter and
pnniog 10 vapri w niwiywn
and good-for-nothing ex-klng aeem
to you to be a terrible wast of
money and manpower ?
. Walt a minute:
il h-t ...... - - . VwMlt fat WarAiiK
utt-wnnR mn rmil the meatv and
IMPORTANT newa ol the world
and with mucn more interest. i
. So did I.
Thafa why we newspaper print
ao much of the ahallowar and fluf
fier atuff for which everybody
blames ua.
' Six Swede have been found gull
Iv ol handing vital Swedish mili
tary aeoreta to Runla In return
for eanh. Thev were charged with
Hiving tne Kusaian complete or
tall of the Swedish defense ays
tern that guard against any Rus
lan attack acroa Finland.
' If you should travel to Sweden,
you would see REAL democracy
in action with RTeat good accru
ing to ALL the people aa result
. i a
UlTtTUI,
. You CANT travel to Russia, of
course but If vou could you'd won
der why any Bwede would try to
promote uie nussian system ui
Dwmcii,
Many strange thing, happen In
ima worm.
Search For
Dunkin Fails
MEDFORD (m A three-day
search by five state policemen and
a trained dog failed to turn up any
trace of Ocorgo Baker Dunkin, 81-year-old
prospeotor wanted In the
shooting of state Policeman Phil
Lowd,
Cspt, Paul Parson, head of stale
police In southwestern Oregon,
eald Wednesday the live combed
a large area of northern Jackson
County. With them waa a dog
trained lor w- service wun uie
Army.
Parson said, however, he be
lieves Dunkin still Is In Uie 100-
mlle square area, but the rugged,
timbered terrain makes search dif
ficult. Dunkin has the advantage
ot knowing the region Intimately,
alnce he has spent his whole life
there.
The search will oontinue. and
Parson said he Is confident that
Dunkin ultimately will be cap
tured. A 1300 reward haa been of
fered by Medford residents, for his
capture. . . . ,
Lowd was shot June 34 when he
Went to arrest Dunkin. '
Dunkin also was suspected for
time in the slsylng of two men
t Crater Lske, but Person said
Ister he wss certsln the prospeo
tor wss not Involved.
CITY MANAGER
THE DALLEB Wl Mayor Mar
shall Nolnon said 'Thursday the
City Counoll expects to name a
new city manager within two
aoeks,
He will be chosen from among
!fl applicant to succeed Loyd
, Brady who resigned to become city
Manager at Monrovia, Calif. .
Office Shuttle Is
Confusing Business
By IIALK BCAHRROIIOII
Dayton E. Van Vector takes over
aa ludge of Uie District Court here
tomorrow morning, and thereby
moves Into about a Involved an
offlcoholdlng situation si csn be
Unsullied,
At present he Is district sttornev.
snd would slmost automatically be
re-elroted to anoUier four-year
term In November. Last May It
at the primary election Van Vac-
D. E. VAN VACTOR
tor, a Republican, was unopposed
for hi parly'a nomination, and in
the abucnce of a Democratic candi
date he won that party's nomina
tion on write-In votes,
Thorelore. he holds both party
nominations for district attorney.
Hla would be the only name on
the ballot.
M. A. (Nick) Carter, who has
been unopimned for election to a
vear term on the bench, his name
the only one scheduled to bo on
the November ballot for that po
sition, uo until the lime he resigned
from Uie Job and withdrew from
uie ballot.
Now that Oov. Douglas McKay
State Hit By
Forest Fires
By The Associated Press
Heat blanketed most of Oregon
Thursday and was forecast to con
tinue with only alight relief through
Prlday. Small llghtnlng-set lire
dotted many of Uie forest.
Kaatern Oregon had some of the
highest temperature readlnga In
Uie United Slate Wednesday. On
tario 101 led Uie parade followed
by Pendleton'l 101.
The night brought scant relief it
some point. Pendleton snd The
Dalle cooled off only to 71 before
the Thursday sun started Uie mer
cury climbing again. The M de
gree minimum at Prlnevllle was
a record for Uie 3D year records
have been kept there.
With uie beat, forest tire danger
was high. Thunderstorms two
night In a row caused many small
fires In southern Oregon forest bul
accompanying showers helped out.
Most of the fires were controlled
but some of them were In such re
mote ires parachutist were
dropped. Five of these were In Uie
Umpqua National Forest. There
were two Jump-fought fires in Kla
math County, too.
Four Incendiary fires were re
ported on Elk Creek In Jackson
County Wednesday. They merged
together Into one 40-acre fire be
fore being controlled.
It was on Elk Creek that Ocorge
Dunkin, prospector and trapper,
killed state patrolman Phil Lowd
on June 34. There were several In
cendiary fire In that region a year
ago and Dunkin at Uie lime was
questioned about them but denied
knowledge. He Is believed still at
largo In that area.
Only three fires have covered
more than 100 acres. One, Uie Ti
oga fire In Coos County, has been
trailed and 1 being mopped up.
It burned about 800 acres of sngs
and reproduction In an old burn
area. The Ounter fire In we Smith
River country of Douglas County
was trailed late Wednesday alter
covering between 100 and 200
acres. A 135-acre fire near Bcatty
In Klamath County was controlled
slter It had burned second-growth
Umber.
Aerial observers were flying out
of Roseburg looking for wisps of
smoke which might mean the start
of other fires not yet detected.
Heart Attacks Claim Two KF Men
Heart' attacks yesterday were
fatal to' two men prominent In
Klamath business circles. The vic
tims were Wesley McNee, 55, 1933
Auburn Street, snd Olenn Kent,
65, Los Altos, Calif.
McNee wa stricken on tha golf
link at Reamea Clubhere and
"FT
WISLIY MeNEI
has appointed Van Vector to the
Judgeship, the latter will huve to
withdraw aa the Hrpubllcan-Dcmo-oral
nomlneo for district attorney
eikl attempt to get on the Novem
ber noii-partlsan ballot for district
ludiie.
To do ihst he will have to oblsin
the slgnaturea of 71s registered vot
ers on petitions to be filed with
the secretary of state In Milcm by
Aug. 34.
Ills taking the Judgeship leaves
Uie office of district attorney with
out a head man, and It will be up
to Oovernor McKay to make an ap
pointment to serve out the remain
der of Van Vector's present term.
Frank Alderson. the deputy, has
been on the Job only s couple of
weeks.
There may not be any appoint
ment lor a week or so. and In the
mciiiillme anyone wanting to gel
on the ballot for district attorney
this fall will have to do so by
will Ion. 71ft registered voter-sign-ors
by Aug. 34.
COMPLICATIONS
And Vre Is where the situation
gels more complicated, Curler, who
gets out as district Judge at close
of business today, is toying with
Uie idea of running for district at
torney. Ho quit the Judgeship because he
felt it dldn'l pay euouxh money
iMJOO a year), and started a col
lection agency. The Judgeship,
while requiring a lawyer, didn't al
low anv prlvute law practice to
supplement The salary.
The district attorney lob pays
lew money (H.IB0 a year l but
allows for outside practice. Carter
figures he would be money ahead 11
he had Uie prosecutor's lot and
could run his collection sgency loo.
However, here In Klamath County,
the district attorney Is always un
der pressure snd actually has very
little time for oulMdo work, even
If he hsd Inclination to do It, That's
one renson Van Vaclor is getting
out. Tile Job oilers a really exper
ienced attorney nothing but a lot
of work.
Van Vector may have opposition
for the Judgeship this fall. Attor
ney John Irwin, who hsd been men
tioned previously for appointment
to Uie District Court bench and
had the Klamath Countv Bar Aa
soclatlon'a recommendation, la re
ported to b ready to circulate pe
tition to get his name on Uie ballot.
Langell Valley
Pool Finished
Twin Bprlngs swimming pool will
be opened to Uie public Bunday,
socordlng to Joe Polucek, owner
and operator. The big pool. 104
feet long Including Uie children's
wading pool, la located on Uie Po
lucek ranch ten mUes East of Bo
nans. Hours will be from one p.m. stan
dard lime, until nine p.m. with a
Uie guard on duty at all times.
The pool wss started by Polucek
last Anrll. but delays in receiving
supplies held up construction until
Uie present Umo. Tho pool Is fed
by two big springs and operates
on a constant now theory, ugnis
have been InsUilled to make pos
sible night swimming. BoUi low
snd medium diving platforms are
Included, as well as dressing rooms
and showers.
A park and picnic facilities are
planned for next year.
Sports
Bulletins
DONNA THIRD
Mrs. Robert (Donna) Sproat Jr.,
Klamath Falls eity golf champion,
finished third In the Willamette
Valley-Southern Oregon Golf Assoc
iation Tournament at the Bend
Country Club yesterday.
Donna, ahead at the halfway
point, skidded eomewhat and fin
ished with 83. Nancy Kindred of
Corvallls wen with a 91, Helen Da
vies of Medford carded a t for
second place. Eleven women golf
ers entered from Klamath Reamea
club,
YANKS VS. REDS
HELSINKI It will be America
vs. Russia In the finals of the
Olympic basketball tournament
Saturday.
The United States reached the
finals Thursday with a 85-75 win
ever Argentina; the Soviets earned
a finals berth by shading Uruguay,
51-87.
Kent died at his Los Altos home.
With his son, Wesley McNee Jr.,
the elder McNee operated McNee
Lumber Sales here, and he and
his wile were principal stockholders
in another local firm, Mourning
craft. Inc.
Kent has been associated wtUi
'"""aw 1 :
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GLENN KENT
K ,r
Price Fit
mi tt rfs KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1952 Telephone 8111 Ne. 2sM
lilevj lead In
Arnall Sees
New Hike In
Living Costs
WASHINGTON Price Sta
bilizer Ellis Arnall predicts Uie
new steel price boost will cost Uie
average American family about
1100 a year In higher prices.
Arnall ssld In a television Inter
view that Uie 85.30 per ton price
boost he signed reluctantly Wednes
day would touch olf a new round
of Inflation.
He made It clear Uie steel In
crease was not his own choice, but
wss ordered by Acting Defense
MoWlizer John R. Bteelman. Ar
nall ssld It was "A very, very bit
ter pill lor me."
Burlier In Uie day price control
otliclal had said Uie cost of liv
ing, already at a record high, Is
almost certain to climb even high
er because of "Inevitable in
creases" in some major Indus
tries. FORCE DROP
A lop official said the higher
steel ceilings probably will lorce
the government to drop lis hold-Uie-luie
price policy and cenler ef
forts on keeping apparently Inevi
table Increases as small as pos
sible, Olllelsls were reluctant to dis
cus Uie new policies being consid
ered, but they said the situation
may call for a complete revision
of stabilisation standards.
This decision, however, probably
will await President Truman's re
turn to Washington August 6. Any
drsstlo changes probably will have
to get his approval, an official
said.
OPS offlclsls feel Uie 8520 In
crease granted to setUe uie 54-day
strike will lead to a serlea of price
rises snd force up the cost ot liv
ing. They said many of these In
creases undoubtedly will be felt at
retail levels belore long.
CONFRONTED
OPS now Is confronted with the
demsiid of the aluminum Industry
for a price boost ranging from 10 to
1'Ji.i per cent. A high official ssld
Thursday ne aoesn i see now alum
inum can be denied an Increase
In the face of the steel decision.
Olllelsls said these other factors
may contribute to an upsurge of
price soon:
(1) Higher wages, granted and
In prospect, for thousands of work
ers In broad manufacturing fields,
Including steel, aluminum and coal.
13) OP8, forced to cut Its stall
nearlv in half because of congres
sional budget cuts, may be unable
to properly police certain price
control programs and have to sus
pend them.
(3) Price on Important raw ma
terials and manufactured goods
are edging-upward again, and may
go even higher because of the steel
and aluminum situation.
(4) An oiliciat said - uiere is no
reason to believe prices of fresh
and processed fruits and vegeta
bles will not begin rising" as a
result ot congressional acUon ex
empting them from price controls.
New Polio
Cases Told
PENDLETON Wl Three new
polio cases brought the Umatilla
county total to 36 Thursday.
Dr. E. E. Berg, county health
officer, said nine of those strick
en had been released from hospi
tals. He urged parents to keep
their children out of crowds.
Nineteen of the cases are from
Milton-Freewster. Other Include
Weston 3. Pilot Rock 3, Athena
1 and McNary 1, None has been
fatal.
Last year's polio total wss 14.
Percy Murray here since 1934 In
Uie Klamath Falls Creamery Com
pany, producers of Crater Lake
dairy products. The late Earl Kent
was a third associate In the firm
when it was founded.
McNee's fatal heart attack Oc
curred yesterday afternoon a few
minutes after he had holed out on
the sixth Rreen at Reames. He
was playing In a foursome In
cluding Dr. C, J. Cox, Truman
Runyan and Paul Landry.
Ill health caused Kent to move
to the milder California climate
last year. He was active in Ro
tary work and many other clvlo
activities here. He was a native of
Ellensburg, Wash.
He Is survived by: the widow,
Mrs. Edna Kent: a daughter, Joy:
and two sons, Robert and Earl,
Klamath Falls.
Funeral services are to be an
nounced later.'
McNee wa an active Mason and
s First Methodist Church trustee.
Ho Is survived by: the widow.
Mrs. Elsie McNee; and the son,
Wesley Jr.
Funeral services are to be con
ducted from Uie First Methodist
Church, Saturday, 11 a.m., with
the Rovs. Llovd Hollowav and
Howard Hutchlns. Ward's Funeral
Home la In charge of arrange
ments: burial will be In Klamath
Memorial Park. . -
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
NEW COMMANDER of the Oregon Department, American
Legion, it Karl L. Wagner, Eugene (right) who succeeds Hollis
C. Hull, Albany. The two exhange congratulations after Wag
ner's election yesterday during final session of 34th annual
Legion Convention here. ...
AL Names Commander;
Concludes
Karl L. Wagner. 4. Eugene. 1
Oregon new Department Com
mander of the American Legion,
elected by unanimous ballot yester
day at uie close of. the Legion's
34th Oregon convention here.
He succeeds Holils C. Hull, Al
bany, who becomes Junior Past
Commander of Oregon.
Dallas Nollsch, Sauvle Island, was
named vice commander: Rev.
Georges Bailey, Pendleton. Depart
ment Chaplain: and Thomas D.
Stoughton, Portland. Finance Of
ficer. Wagner, Eugene post commander
In 1948 and 1949. served as de
partment vice commander under
Hull the past year.
Besides elections, most ot vester-
doy was -taken up with a series
ol more than 50 resolutions which
were considered by delegates dur
ing business sessions at the high
school, one of which Initiated a
lloor battle.
That was a resolution calling for
Uie divorce of uie Auxiliary from
Uie Legion in its rehabilitation pro
gram, but a substitute motion set
ting up a committee to investigate
and report was passed by a three
to one majority.
RACING .
Another resolution called for the
Legion's executive committee to
look into Oregon's dog and horse
racing and other public athleUc
contests as possible sources of
revenue for Its youth program.
The resolution was Initiated by
the Child Welfare Committee of Uie
Legion, and called for the action
through the Legion's Youth Athletic
Commission.
Other resoluUons:
Went on record against persons
holding public office who support
suoversive activities, ana canea on
the American people to re-afflrm
their opposition to those office
holders.
Praised bv resolution the efforts
of the Director and the Federal
Bureau ot Investigation, and capt.
William D. Browne of the Legion's
Klamath Wins
Safety Award
Klamath Falls was In the nation
al spotlight today with a safety
record unequalled by any other
U.S. city of comparable site.
In Chicago this morning, the
National Safety Council announced
through Uie Associated Press that
Klamath Falls was the only U.S.
city in the 10,000-35,000 population
class which did not have a single
traffic fatality during Uie first six
months of this year.
The honor Is not new one for
the city. In four of Uie past 10
years. Klamath Falls has won Uie
national safety award for going an
entire vear without a traffic fa
tality. Those years were 1941, '43,
41 and 48.
In high elation this morning,
Mayor Bob Thompson heaped
praise on Klamath citizens, police
and the Traffic Committee. Ho
attributed most ol Uie credit to
caution exercised by motorists and
pedestrians in pedestrian cross-
waits.
Police Chief Orvllle Hamilton
said: "It's great newa and it makes
the force -feel fine."
THURSDAY, JULY 31,
trater Case
(A
omJ "Hliayal sill ' i '' nh li i in klaas
Sessions Here
("National Un-American Activities
Commission who presented a semi
nar here Tuesday.
Supported Nov. 15 to Dec. 15 as
Crusade for Freedom month and
called for help for the 40.000,000
(M) Americans who back uie fieht
a (rains t communism behind tne
irun curiam.
SKYWATCH
Called on the Air Force tn as
sume all personnel responsibility in
ground observer posts, and to uti
lize forest lookouts in operation
any watch in uie Forest Service.
Park Service and other federal
agencies. Tb! Legion also sup
ported Uie civil defense program,
and asked for adequate funds to
implement it. A civilian marks
manship trainine under federal
financial support and the direction
of the National Rifleman's Associ
ation.
It called for enforcement of re
quirements for college student de
terments from selective service in
uie face of a low manpower pool.
Resolved to undertake a thor
ough, study of - narcotic laws in
other states and push for stringent
ihws in uregon.
Went on record favoring further
appropriation by the Oregon legi
slature to continue partial re-em.
bursement of qualified veterans or
ganizations for expenses of re
habilitation rendered Oregon vet
erans.
VETS LOANS
Recommended to the Oregon leer.
Islature that Oregon veteran loans
on homes be raised from $6000 to
$9000 on city , and suburban homes
and $13,000 on farm homes because
oi inflation.
Favored correction of Oregon
laws regarding sex perverts and
other mentally ill based along Uie
lines ot Wisconsin, Minnesota and
ew xork.
Resolved that In Korean truce
negotiations prime consideration be
given United Nations prisoners of
war now in uie nana; oi tne com
munists. Favored the calling for investi
gation of further reclamation on Uie
Tule Lake area and a study made
on it with homesteading held up
until completed was tabled. It was
thought It conflicted with an earlier
resolution which called for the
nomesteadlng by veterans of some
aw leases In that area,
DISTRICT NO, 4
Otis Osborn. Bly, wss named
commander of District No. 4. in
which Klamath County lies. Les
Henry of Cave Junction was
named vice commander, and dele
gates to tne national convention are
Lloyd Haynes, Grants Pass; Harry
rimcerton. Asmand and Nell Allen,
Grants Pass.
A covey of colorful trophies were
presented uie Oregon posts, in
cluding the Follett Trophy for the
post carrying out department and
national programs which went to
seaside. -
The Hood River Memorial went
to Uie smallest post carrying out
the suite and national programs
this year to Oakland.
The 8am Bowe trophy for the
outstanding post In Oregon went
to Albany: tne Clyde DicKey xropny
for the post outstanding in com
munity service went to Medford
and the Earl Snell Memorial for
the post outstanding In community
service end publlo relations went
to Astoria,
Telephone 8111
18-Year-0ld
Kidnaper
Held in Utah
By WALLACE MYERS
A fugitive terrorist who has
boasted of murdering the two Gen
eral Motors executives In Crater
Lake National Park July 19, was
rutin. rrriiivi tr, mifh.ina ni.h
todav. I
William K. Russell. 18. told au
thorities he had committed two
kldnap-robberies in uie past sev
eral days and then refuted his
earlier boast of uie Crater Lake
slayings.
Victims of the Crater Lake mur
ders were A. M. Jones, Concord.
Calif., snd C. P. Culhane, Detroit,
Mich. Jones was the Berkeley zone
manager for United Motors Serv
vlce, a General Motors subsidiary,
and Culhane was United' general
sales manager. -
The youthful robber captured in
Utah this morning told FBI agents
there Uie first of Uie two kidnap
robberies he hod committed oc
curred Saturday. He hitched a ride
with John Lovelace. Sparks, Nev.,
at Lake Tahoe. He pulled a .45
revolver and forced Lovelace to
drive him east to Carson City,
where he boldly forced Lovelace to
accompany him Into restaurant
for a cup of coffee. He warned
that a little boy In the restaurant
would oe nun u ioveutce made
a false move.
Resuming bis drive east. Love
lace said uie youth told him: "I
don't want to do to you what I
did to those two men at Crater
Lake."
RELEASED
Lovelace was finally freed In
Fernley, Nev., some 80 miles east
ol Lake Tahoe. alter being robbed
of $35 and his wrrlst watch.
He talked the young robber out
of stealing hi truck by saying it
would be missed if it. were not
returned that night. -
Deputy Sheriff Stanley Tower,
Lyon County, Nev., said he
searched Fernley hotels without
success but later learned that Rus
sell had spent two nights in one
of them and had been sitting with
his door open and a long-barrelled
gun across his knees.
Russell's second robbery occurred
when he hitched a ride with Ar
nold Shultes, Vernal, Utah, be
tween Salt Lake City and
Duchesne. Shultes said that Rus
sell pulled his gun and demanded
his money. Schultes had no money
but cashed a $30 check . in a
Duchesne service station, threw
the money into the car and re
fused RusseU's orders to get back
In Uie car. saying "I've ridden
far enough with you."
LEFT CAR
Russell jumped from Uie car.
ran down an alley to Duchesne's
Main Street, registered at a hotel
and then went to a carnival, ac
cording to police.
Alerted by Schultes, Sheriff A. H.
Mitchell, the Duchesne town
marshal and a deputy sheriff
traced Russell to the hotel and
found his gun In a shoe box in
his room.
Then they waited for him to re
turn and captured him as he was
unlocking his door. He put up no
resistance.
J. B. Poster, chief of the FBI's
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B-29s Return
Safely To
Japan Bases
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
SEOUL, Korea U) The U.S.
Air Force said 63 American B-2a
returned safely to bases In Japan
and Okinawa early Thursday after
leveling a huge Communist alum
inum plant near the Manchurlan
border In Uie biggest overnight
raid of the Korean war.
The unescorted bombers braved
Red anti-aircraft fire and fighter
opposition which U.8. pilots de
scribed as "Uie heaviest in
months." .
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U.S.
Eighth Army commander, mean,
while, made a quick visit to the
"Old Baldy" hill sector of Uie
western front as six days of rain
ended. He conferred ' with field
commanders and returned to head
quarters. The 12 14 acre factory of the
Oriental Light Metals Co., 10 miles
southeast of Sinulju, went up In
smoke and flame after the B-2Ss
hurled 630 tons of bombs on It
snd an adjacent troop buildup
area.
OTHER TARGETS 1
Five other 8uperforta hit outer
North Korean targets. The 83
plane armada which blasted the
metals plant was the biggest Super
fort raid of Uie war against a
single objective.
Pilots reported flak from the
Manchurlan as well as the Korean
side of the border, about four
miles from the metals plant. It
waa the northernmost penetration
of Uie year by B-29s.
Col. Wlnton R. Close, Los Ange
les, who directed the raid, said
alviost every other bomber was
attacked by Communist fighters.
A bombardier, Capt. Ralph R.
Searle, Houston, Tex., said "It waa
like high noon all of a sudden"
when "eight searchlights locked
on us at uie start of the bomb run
and kept with us for the longest
live minutes I've ever spent," -
An Air Force briefing- officer
called Uie raid another calculated
effort to force the hand of stalling
Communist truce negotiators.
Presumably he referred to the
series ot massive Allied raids
which started with the June 33
strike against Red hydroelectric
plants.
IMPACT
Brig. Gen. Wilev D. Ganev. head
of Uie U.S. Fifth Air Force Bomber
Command, predicted Uie blow
would nave a psychological Impact
on the Communists.
The target was saturated with
500-pound bombs, some of which
will not explode for hours or even
days. The plant area had been
showered with leaflet for almost
two months, warning non-comb-ants
to stay away because It would
be bombed.
On Uie ground. Allied Infantry
men Thursday wrested an outpost
from Chinese trooos in a two-hour
fight in driving rain northwest of
loncnon on tne western front, me
Reds had taken the position Mon
day. -
The heavy rains 13 inches since
Saturday in some sectors mav be
ending.
blues cleared somewhat and Al
lied jet fighter-bombers attacked
North Korean ground targets. Pi
lots reported they hit a Communist
locomotive and destroyed three
Red supply buildings.
The Navy said Uie modernised
carrier Essex has returned to Ko
rea's East coast for Its second
tour of war duty.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Cloudy and cooler through tomor
row with afternoon ana evening
thundershowers. Low tonight 66,
high tomorrow 80.
High yesterday 94
Low last night ; J
Precip yesterday 4)
Precip since Oct. 1 17.11
Same period last year J4.84
Normal for period 12.36
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