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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1952)
15) 6) ii The. w Nl Jl Mil! to By FRANK. JKNKINM Mora on the king btialneM! Ilia tiling Duke nl Wlndnor be Ilia day today (In Monteca linl. Italy) by drinking a ek-otch nil oda. i)n in recovering (nun illgcntlva muck.) 'Ilia duke lell Inn hotel romn t mum and Immediately went In Urn bar lur his una drink. Later lie went to the hold rrmuuraul and ale a liearly meal. l Tliraa ax-king lead rugged and aM.cllo llle, don'l thev? Wouldn't you hate ui be In llielr shoos 1'liat gold ua back to fat King Faruuk u juat saw a new picture ul linn, and lu'a even tubbier llian 1 Uiuuglil.) Fsrouk la aald to have owned a third nl all the (arm land ol Kgypl. Ilia third la estimated at abuut two million acraa. That, by a almpla mathematical coiniulu lion, piacea Iha total arable lund ol Egypt at about lx million aurea. That augural a comparison. In the Klamath Iluiin (which I only a nniull part ol the total arable area ol Oregon! there are now about 300,000 irrigated acres. That la about one-lwonllrlh ol the total arable arnuol Egypt. the population ol Egypt la about TWtNI'V MILLION. , Thin comHurlon In made Inter eating by a atateinrnl, burled noine. where In the voluminous (lira ol tho U.fs. driiartment ol agriculture, that the null ol the Tulo lake brd la probably the richest aoll In the world with the exception ot the Nile valley. II that la true, the Klamath Ba sin. ' Oh an acre lor acre banla, could auppart a population ol a MILLION people. II. that U The alandarda of living were e(ual. Tliey aren't thank the IajiiII The Klamath Uaalna Uu dnrd of living la one of the litKlicil In the world. The atandard ol liv ing of 96 per cent of the people ol Egypt la one of the LOWEST IN 'tub WOULD. Why? i Well, the atandard o living ot the 94 per cent of tho Egyptian IK'ople who are at the bottom ol the heap la among the loweat in the world becauao of the acanda loua nianner In which the king bust neaa (meaning government) In Egypt haa been ABUSED. 1 nope you've never aeon Egypt or al leaat thai part ol It lying outMdo a few tourist spots In Cairo aud Alexandria, ll'a a eight to haunt you all your daya. Tlio peo plel Tile poor, pltllul. dlaeaae-rld-den. fly-blown, llea-bltten people! That's what happena when gov ernment goea to pot, Pat Farouk. before they gave him tlie long-overdue bum's ruh. la aald to have been perhapa one of the two rlchn.it men In the world. The other one la believed to be one of the nlma or mahaiaja's or whal-you-may-call-'cms of India, where living conditions are more or lew similar to those In Egypt. We have rich people In thta court. try but In the main they have become rich byjiloneertng new de velopments In Induttry that hava enabled mllllona of our people to become wen-io-ao, There'i a vast difference. It appeara this morning that In Jordan, anotner Middle Eusl coun try, they've about decided to give I lie boot to another king Talal who la aald to be mentally Incompetent Jordan's people are a ahade better oil than Egypt a, but It a a narrow decision. In Iran, old Moosadegh la taking over and the ahah of Kan appeara to be on the way out. If you want to know why, go to Iran and TAKE A LOOK AT THE PEOPLE. That (ells the alory. Ridiculous as Weeping Willie Mossadegh ap peara at una oiaiance 10 oe, ne la giving to the poverty-stricken common people of Iran a vision ol something they never have had, but know they WANT. Personally, I hope this booting out of kings CONTINUES In the Middle East countries, It Is some thing that Is long overdue. And I hope also that our state department gets smart enough and wise enough and HUMANITARIAN enough to tell the British and the French, under whose COLON IAL IMPERIALISM these good-for nothing, plny-boy, nasty-rich kings have flourished, that the Jig Is up and the daya of colonial Imperial ism ar over ao far as we are OFF TO CAMP Th four boyt camping trip to Diamond Lake. fell Galley, Walton Jaynei and City Fight Looms Over Field Sale Hnmethlng of a squabble la ex pected to erupt at lonlghl'a meet lug ol llle Klamath Falls city coun cil over the proponed aale to Hac led Heart Academy of Recreation Field, city owned property located off Owens Htreel Just beyond the railroad trackM. Hevnral persona private cltlxenM have told the Herald and News they would go to lonlghl'a council session In protest of the aale. Last week the council votod to proceed with disposal of the prop erly, telling It to Haered Heart :or 13(110, the appraised price. That was the second time llle council had voted to make the aale. and 111 the ordinary course of events a property sale ordinance would be Introduced and given first and second readings by the council Io nium. The ordinary course of events might get sidetracked. Burred Heart wants the properly for an athletic field, aomelhlng the fiist-expandlng Catholic school does not have now. iii:hoi.iition llnck In June, 1040. the city coun cil passed a resolution allowing Its Intentions were to forever dedicate the Held for public recreation pur poses. Then along In lIHa It became npparenl thai Klamath Fulls was m need of an expanded Industrial area and at the lime there was a chance to sell the field, or part of It to the Southern Puclllc. A reso lution June 31 ,1040, repealed the previous resolution. In July, 11150. there was an un derstanding between tho Rotary Club, Highway Commission. Plan mug Commission and Recreution Committee that the property be released for Industrial aale. and that an amount of money compara ble to the Rotary Club's Invest ment In the park be act aside for further allocation for recreation use. That, according to Recreation Committee view, was tantamount to Instructlona not to spend any moro money on development of the field and In the past couple ol years the development has been halted. However Recreation Field still la In considerable use for aoltball games and practice. 'Hie Recreation Committee view Is that It needs the field, or one of comnarable alze, for Its expand ing athletic program, and the pro posed sale to Barred Heart Isn't in keeping with the previous de- ctson to let the property out for industrial use, which the city also needs. Recreation field la 301x313 feet. approximately J. 44 acres. There has been a suggestion that the city ofler to Bacred Heart prop. erty known as Trailer Park, al nadciuto and wasnuurn, inateaa of Recreation Field, but the latter properly la 304x300 feet, or 3.46 acres, and not hardly big enough for any extensive athletic layout for either the city or Sacred Heart. If It can prevent tho aale of the field, the Recreation Committee has prepared figures to show that with Its present Investment In Rec reation Field, the park can be brought up to pretty good shape for about 14.100. while It would lake I1&.60S to bring Trailer rarg up to the same utility, Swedes Drop U.N. Action 8TOCKHOLM, Bweden (AV-Swe den has decided not to take to the United Nations her diplomatic bat tle wllh Russia over the downing of two Swedish planes. The For eign Office has decided the U.N. can't help Sweden In the matter. Foreign Minister Oesten Unden said in a speech vesterdav at Hus quanta In Southern Sweden that the decision had been reached af ter weighing all factors. The Swedes announced earlier they were forwarding a file of their ex changes with Russia over lite In cident, a usual prelude to asking lor U. N. Security Council action In such matters. above war part of a group which left this morning oi a YMCA Tha quartet It compoied of (front, I to f I Wiley Rhodei, Dar (rear) Norman Smith Jr. gaaBaaaaaamaaawpaajaaaaayaaaaapaaawaiBBwawaaaaaaaa ... . win tk mimi'i iimaisjiil a' anaiaii ail n imaiiainiiiim Price five Cents 14 Pages Siberia Hill Center Of Korean War Hy WILLIAM C. RARNAItl SEOUL, Korea I Chinese Com- munlats dug In todsy on Siberia Hill on the Korean Western Front under a terrific day-long assault by N. N. fighter-bombers and pres sure from U. 8. Marines. The low, shell-scarred knob east of the Panmunjom truce site has exchsnged hands five limes In two days. The Reds first seised It horn 1st Marine Division troops before dawn Saturday. Tlie U. 8. Fifth Air Force aald flubre Jet pilots today probably de stroyed one Russlun-made MIOIS and damaged another in the eigntn straight duy of Jet battles over North Korea, nils ran the u. N. MIO bug lor the eight days to 10 destroyed, one probably destroyed, and 30 dumaged. In todav'a clash near the Man- churlan border, lour sabres fought four MIOs at 39.000 feet. A U. 8. Eighth Army night com. munlaue auld lighting continued to day lor tho lonely uuipost on bi- brla Hill. Enemy casualties ties through 8undav In tho hill light were estimated at 223 killed and 290 wounded U. N. warplanes ilew more than 1(0 sorties (Individual flights) sgalnst tlie hill with flaming gaso- line, rockets, bombs ana macnine- gun tire. IIAND-TOO-IIAND Fighting closed to hand-to-hand battles several times since the Reda first csplurcd the hill. The Chinese last recaptured It at t a. m. today. The temperature rose to 104 de grees al times during tne rurious lighting. Siberia Hill source of the sol diers' nickname for the height Is obscure Is the latest In a series ol scattered and violent battles for lonely outposts. A from-llne battalion officer called. the fights the "creeping of fensive of the Communists." He said the Red strategy seemed to be to make a quick thrust to win a hill and then quickly orttfy It to make Its recapture difficult and cosily. Except for the the rest of the Western Front, battle line was relatively quiet. PLANE SWEEP U. N. planes swept up and down the front line smashing Commu nist targets. An Eighth Army staff officer aald Communist casualties for ground actions between Aug. 1-7 included 1,346 killed, 1,368 wounded and seven prisoners. Air Raid SEOUL Wl Allied fighter bombers Monday turned a big north Korean chemical plant Into a mass of raging flames in a con centrated attack with high explo sives and fire bombs. The Fifth Air Force said 150 planes. Including Marine fighter bombers, heaped destruction on the chemical plant near Namsok, which Is about 30 miles northwest of the battered East Const port of Woman. Returning pilots said great clouds of black smoke hung over the building area, which covers a mountain side. A . Tm1 M Ik u'..-i . , n wcai 5 tzfaxtf ktr v. v-e - , -iuH'ii 9 . SXit, If aaaaaaaaMaaaaaaaaaaaMaaeaaaaaaaaaf aCll MifaaiVl n iiiaaMaa Two Lost In Washinton As Flood YAKIMA Mti Bodies of woman and her small son were sought Monday along the mud and debris-covered channel of a creek that went wild Sunday after a foot hills cloudburst'. The victims were In one of four houses that were swept away with out warning as a surge of water rolled down Wenas Creek In the Wenas Valley, 15 miles north of here. , Three other houses were dam aged as the freak storm turned two small creeks, the Wenas and its tributary, Cottonwood, Into ram pant torrents. The missing persons were Mrs. Norman Wlnchell, 37, and her son, Floyd, 5. Four other persons were hos pitalized of Injuries received when Blood Donor Drive Slated Hours for tomorrow's appear ance of the Bloodmoblle here have been set from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., raUier than 4 to 6 p.m. as was at first announced, the Klamath Red Cross oltice announced today, and an Intensive drive Is on to get more doors for the affair. The blood unit Is to set up shop at the Eagles lodge here, and the late evening hour deadline was bet to enable more working men to participate. There are 325 donors needed. But as ot this morning there were only 30 registered donors who had already made appointments. Though the affair Is being held at the Eagles Hall, Ills for every one, and appointments may be made by phoning the Eagles Lodge, the Red Cross at 7184 or Mrs. Mndellne Swuney, Red Cross Blood Bnnk Chairman at 3313. Meanwhile, an Intensive drive to gather blood donations has gotten under way all over the country, with President Truman as co-ordln-ator. , The Office, of Defense Mobilisa tion has announced the drive will bo supported by the National Ad vertising Council, and cooperation will be sought from press, radio and television. Tho blood Is needed for use In Korea and for storage In case of Atomlo attack. . INDIAN SERVICE NEW DELHI m A total of 660 foreigners, mnlnly British, are serving in various capacities In India's civil and military services, an official spokesman said In Par liament. Most of them are under contract for short periods and will leave when sufficlently-trnlned In dian replacements can be obtained. KLAMATH FALLS, OHKGON, MONDAY, Sweeps Valley the torrent swept down the sparse- ly-setueo valley. Survivors in the narrow channel of destruction said they didn't see the sudden flood surge coming. The first warning for some ol them was when their houses began to move. Mrs. Alfred Webb, one of three others rescued and brought to a hospital here, said she first knew of the flood when she looked out a window and saw a rabbit hutch floating down Wenas Creek. The house dropped into the stream seconds later. The storm, which struck without warning' in late afternoon, also brought heavy rains and strong winds to the Yakima area In gen eral and to a large sec tor of Central Washington. ( Heavy crop losses were feared and there were Interruptions of some power service and traffic arteries. Trees fell across many highways and power lines. Highway traffic to Ellensburg was reported on a one-way basis Monday morning. The Northern Pacific railroad had a washout between Yakima and Ellensburg. An official of the road snid the route probably would be out for 24 to 36 hours but trains were being routed over other lines. The rain flooded streets In Yak ima. Winds were estimated at 50 miles sn hour or more. Especially heavy damage to the hop crop was feared. The exten sive Yakima Valley fields were near the picking stage. There were no early estimates of over-all storm damage. In the Wenas flood there were some narrow escapes by the In jured. Wlnchell, husband and father of the missing pair, and his daughter, Sharon, escaped from their house after It had washed downstream about 150 yards. Sharon was treated for shock and severe scratches received when she was carried against a barbed wire fence. Mrs. Webb, Mary Arm Webb, and Mrs. Bill Ecklcy also were hospitalized, suffering; from shock and cuts. Ted Noyes, 17, a neighbor who helped with rescue efforts said he drove a tractor down the bank I of the Wenas after the flood passed, to the spot where the Webb home had been. He sold Webb had Just pulled Mary Ann, unconscious, from the water, Noyes took tlie two to snfety on higher ground. He said he heard someone calling for help when he returned and found Mrs. Webb In a Held. Farther downstream, Noyes spotted nine-year-old Ellen Eckley on the roof of a partly submerged building. The water was only waist deep at this point, Noyes snid. He waded' out and rescued the girl. AUGUST II, 195? mm JLrt is 1; w l! j A A PON DEROSA pine grove 16 milei west of Klamath Falls was the scene of the observance of the Western Pine Region's 10th annivers ary in the tree farm business. The location was on part of a site of the 574,000-acre Weyerhaeuser Tree Farm, the first one in this region. Some 350 persons were present at the rededication, which at tracted a half dozen mem bers of the House subcom mittee on agriculture and Sen. Guy Cordon, who was the principal speaker. A number ef - forester from throughout the West were al so on hand, as well as mem bers of the general public. Top picture shows the ideal location for such a ceremony. Bottom, Pres. Walter S. Johnson, Western Pine Asso ciation, presents a tree farm certificate to Mgr. R. R. Mac Cartney of the Klamath Weyerhaeuser Timber Com pany operation for lands added to the tree farm since its original inception. State Mishaps Take 9 Lives By The Associated Press Nine rwrenna frnm Ore.trin AitiA in accidents last week end. Six were tralflc victims. One drowned and one is missing and presumed drowned. Victor Raealn. 71. and his wife Bessie, 68. were killed outrieht when their car was struck by a truck as It entered Highway 30 from a side road three miles east ot La Grande Saturday night. Po lice said Ragain did not stop be fore entering the highway. The truck driver, Martin Blackhurst, -uruana, was noi cltea . Robert Henrv Soanl. 7. wit killed Sunday when a car driven by his mother, Mrs. Esther Spanl, Bend, ran out of control on the Mt,. Hood Loop Highway. The boy, thrown out when a door fleW open, was crushed between the car and a guard rail. Mrs. Span! was not injured. Daniel V. Kurts. 78-yeor-old blind man, was fatally Injured when struck by a car as he crossed an intersection in Portland Saturday night. He was the city's 28th traffic victim this year. Arthur John Backen. 28. Albanv. was killed and two persons were injured when their car ran off the road five miles north ef Lebanon Saturday night, Tehdore Radke 11. of TirrarH was killed at Walla Walla Saturday mgnt wnen ne was crusneo oy an 800-gallon water tank. Police said the boy was riding in the rear of a truck carrying the tank. The tank slipped off. pinning the bov to a roadside bank. Robert Cooper, 15, of Portland, drowned In the Columbia River Slough Saturday when he stepped into a deep hole while wading with two companions. Leonard Moore, about 39 of Gold Beach, was presumed drowned In the ocean Sunday night when his nsning ooai capsized wniie trying to enter the mouth of the Rogue River. Two others In the boat. Morrle Graves, about 50. and his teen-age son, Denny, Gold Beach, were rescued 3 J2 hours later. They had held to the overturned boat. Private planes flew over the boat dropping flares to guide rescuers, A Portland child, Elmer Lamilns, 16 months, crnwled unseen uder a car parked at his parents' home Sunday evening. When the car drove away - the tot was fatally ajajO iHHWUni ilJinj crushed. , Telephone gill No. 293 Demo Heads Disagree On New Session By WARREN ROGERS JR. WASHINGTON ( Two of Pres. ident Truman's top economic chief tains were at odds today over whether Congress should be called Into special session to tizhten Drice controls. In the latest reDercussinn in Price Boss Ellis Arnall's recom mendation lor such a session, Economic Stabilizer Roger Put nam said last night he saw no need for It unless prices keep climbing al a rapid rate. And Sen. John SDarkman nf Ala. bama, the Democratic vice-Drest- dential nominee, said he felt this is not tne proper time for a special session. Other opposition was voiced by spokesman for the American Farm Bureau Federation and by nep. jacoo javits (K-Llb-NY). NEW STANDARD In the meantime, new standards being set up by Arnall's agency. me uiuce or mce Stabilization. apparently assured higher retail prices as a result of the steel, aluminum and copper price boosts recently granted. All of these develooments were continuing ripples from the storm ucxea up over tne steel price dis pute, settled July 24. The Office of Defense Mobilization, on that date approved a half-biUion-dollar price Increase for steel 44.20 a ton lor carbon steel and a $5.65 average for all steel. ' Arnall called on Truman 'last Wednesday. He handed In his res ignation ana urged tne President to order a special session of Con gress. Truman took no action on tne resignation but said he was considering a special session. NO RUNAWAY In New York, Putnam said on an NBC radio-television program he saw no sign of "a runaway" on food prices. He said he believes a special session is not needed now, but added: "If prices go up In the next month as fast as thev have gone up In the past month, yes." Sparkman. appearing on an NBC television show from Washington last night, said he finds the pres ent price control law inadequate. But of Arnall's proposal he said: "We are in the middle of a cam paign and I don't believe we could accomplish much. It would run in to a political situation." The powerful Farm Bureaus secretary said the session is "an obvious attempt to hitch-hike a publicity ride on the drought troubles of farmers and to divert the public's attention away from recent government actions to boost wages and prices." Jsvils wrote Arnall that a special session would be futile without a change in farm price policy, which Javits called "built-in official in flation." OPS spokesmen said thev expect to issue the new price standards within a week or 10 days. Local X-Rays Total 6,000 Klamath County's X-ray count neared the 6.000-mark today af ter last Friday's picture-taking nabbed 349 at Bonanza. Bonanza Chairman Mrs. Fred Rueck said she would attempt to contact all persons who were not x-rayed mere Friday and try to get them to come to Klamath Falls so the town will be 100 per cent. Meanwhile a campaign was get-tine- underway to build ud a big X-ray day Aug. 23 two weeks away. At that time one unit will be set ud at the J.C. Penney store in downtown Klamath Falls a lo cation' which survey officials are hoping will bring in a record num ber of X-rays tor Klamath rails and perhaps the state. The present record, according to Dr. Seth Kerron, county health officer. Is at Portland's Meier and Frank store where 1.026 persons were X-raved in a 10-hour period. The operation is to last but eight hours, but It is possible that that record could be broken In eight hours. It Is possible, according to X-ray technicians, to take 300 pic tures in an hour. X-RAY BOX SCORE Friday .... S49 To date .'. 5,721 Goal 24,000 Tomorrow's Schedule: Hnmedale Grocery 3000 Home iale: H to 7 p.m. Klamath Basin Pine Mill, Cum berland Read.: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Manvife Picks Another Bride MAMARONECK. N. Y. ,WV-As- bestos heir Tommy Mnnville, said yesterday he had picked Corrlne Daly,. 24, to be his loth wile He and the blue-eyed Brooklyn blonde met last Tuesday. Manvllle, 58, was divorced by his ninth wife, Frances Roddy-Eden, in Mexico on Saturday. Plan Based On Drafting Of I (F Mayor By HALE SCARBROUGH The movement to draft Mavor Bob Thompson for another term in on ice continued to ptcK up momentum today ... but with one hitch. Presumably ThomtMnn Hnn'fc know anything about it yet, He and bis family are currently on vacation somewhere between here and Victoria, B.C., and ef forts to reach him by telephone ao far have not been successful. -The draft movement, launched Saturday by a group of business men, is coupled with a proposal to institute a vote on the city man ager plan here as soon osposslble. The plan Is to see if Thompson will run again, basing his cam paign on the idea of holding a city manager election very soon. A majority of the City Council men today said they strongly fa vored the "draft" proposal and thought we should have a city man ager here. ANNOUNCEMENT When Thompson announced about 10 days ago he wouldn't seek an other term In office, be said his decision was based solely on the fact that he had to devqte more time to his business. He operates the Pioneer Tobacco Company. He said there would be no doubt about his running If Klamth Falls had a city manager. The job of being mayor of Klam ath Falls pays Just 1175 a month, and It is full time work. Conse quently, it Is extremely hard to get good men to go after the Job. The city manager plan has been brought up several times before but always has been given a cool reception by the public. But In the past few months sentiment seems to have changed. There la begin ning to be a realization that Klam ath Falls is big business and ought to be operated like a big business. Under the city manager system, a trained and specialized adminis trator would be hired to conduct and oversee the day-to-day opera tion of all departments of the city government, leaving the mayor to be the city s front man and the council as the legislative, policy making ooay. DEADLINE Klamath Falls is to elect a may or Nov. 4 and the deadline lor fil ing is Aug. 20, just nine days away. And there are no candidates. With the limited pay and the unlimited work the job otters, the possibility Is strong that the city might come up with a second-rater in its top office, and to avoid Just that pos sibility is why the "draft Thomp son" movement was begun. The proposal found immediate support among the various mem bers of the city council contacted bv the Herald and News this morn ing. Councilman Wendell Smith said: "It's a great idea, and we should if possible get it on the November ballot. I think you'll find a majority if not all of the council men feel the same way." (City Attorney Henry Perkins said it would be "practically Im possible" to get the manager plan on the ballot in November, hut that a special election could be cauea soon alter tne first of tha year, possibly in January.) ituAuruu man Councilman Darrell Miller said: 'I'm verv much in favor of th idea. We must get a qualified man for general manao-er of our citv. and we couldn't get one here If we . para as mucn -as J700 a month. We U have to go outside the city to- get a man srjeciallv trained fnr thl highly specialized Job." councilman Mark Smith declared himself all for the "package deal'? and that he would support ThomD- son under such a proposal. Coun cilman Don Kenyon also inllcated ne wouia line to see Thompson take the office for another term, but said he wasn't too sure that the city manager plan Is the answer. councilman Aiait nnmgan was not available for comment A number of other persons also express approval of the "Draft inompsom' movement, among them Jim Kerns, president of the Klamath County Chamber of Com merce. Kerns said he was "very much in favor" of It. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falla and vicinity and Northern California: Fair through Tuesday except moun tain thundershowers late afternoon or evening. Highs both days 86, lew tonight 55. High temp yesterday 85 Low last night . .. 58 Preclp yesterday 0 To date 17.29 Normal for period . ..12.45 Same period last year -.14.84 EDITH WASHBURN (above) is office secretary at tha YMCA. . 1 4
