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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1952)
M JVU mil MIM I -, t ;;- V . v?" ..V Mr FRANK JKNKINS From Korea: "U.K. niarliira today beat bark 400 Chinese reds charging Hunker KlriKC, which had been won earlier by lha Leatherneck ... A U.S. Klghth ermv stall olllcer Mid lha Chinese auflered heavy casualties In their attack on III entranchtd marliiea," Before today'! attack on Dunker nuinc began, the marines cull iiialrd Ihrv hud killed or wound ed W red In the llunknr Hldge srutor nlnca blller fighting erupted there last Saturday. - You will note, of course, that In llire bloody ruckunoa wo enum erate the scalps of ,our fallen foes Ibaok In the early daya of the Went, the Mountain Men called It "count ing coo") with meticulous accur acy, but mention our own losses only In weekly eaaualtv llsta. HON, It Is obvious, even on this basis of comparison, that in the Ko rean duhtuiK enemy losses out number our own many, many times over, 'lliat leads to these Questions: What are the reds up to? Why do they no on taking these heavy losses month In and month out and year In and vear out? Whv have they alslled bIodk for a year on truce nriiotuitlons when they apparently have no Intention to agree to a truce? What Is their overall STRATE GY In Korea, anyway? Do vou remember the old. old story (which I've told msnv times In IhehA chronicles! about the Chi nese when they were Unhung Iho Japs? ' It soes something like this: "Chinese end Japs Unlit battle. Jnpa lose 1U00 men. Chinese lose 60.000 men. Chinese and Jans fight aitsln. Japs lose 3000. Chinese lose ioo.ooo. "I'lllty soon no mora Japs." I wonder If the same stratetlo oblectlve Isn't rullnir the think inn ol the Chinese reds in Korea who in every battle lose many limes over as many men as we lose. Thcv may be saying to themselves contirirnilv: "I'lllty soon ne more Americans" Rconomlo Stsblhser Roper Put nam doesn't think much of General Ike's statement In Los Angeles to the general effect tlial we can elim inate price controls and at the ssma time can ultimately brinif about lower prices. Addressing the snnual convention of tho Massa rhusetla Federation of Labor In Boston, Putnam says: "It's going to be somewhat of a test to lower prices and end con trols at one and the same time even It the gentlemen In question (mesnlng Ike) exchange the swsg ger stick of a general for the wand of a magician." . No. Roger. It wouldn't be too much of a Job. Just get everybody to working and producing. Moke the federal government quit spending mora than It takes In and paving the difference In funny money. Cut off as many as possible of the mil lions of non-productive federal em plovcea and atart THEM to producing. ft that war done, -wisely and courageously, prices would come down In response to the working of the law of supply and demand. In that event, wa wouldn't NEED any controls. Hire's the trouble with your thinking, Roger: You and your buddiea have fig ured It out that tf you are to stay in power you must convince the public that all good things FLOW FROM THE GOVERNMENT ALONE. Your atory Is thst the government Imposes price controls, and therelora It Is the beneflclent government ALONE thst keeps prices from running away and ruin ing evervbody. Ike'a Idea la different. He thinks the price problem will solve Itself If the government will quit spend ing the people's substance In riot ous living, thus debssing the value of the people'a money and making It purchase less and less all the time Personally, I prefer Ike'a formu la to yours. I'm getting tired of the government RUNNING EV ERYTHING. Its fine for you and vour crowd, who ARE THE GOV ERNMENT. But I don't think It's very good for me. THREE MINERS KILLED DOUAI, France Wl Three min ers were killed and IT others In jured in a coal mine explosion here In Northern Frsnce Tuesday. A WEEK-LONG CROSS COUNTRY TREK from Lak O' the Woods to Crater Laic National Park it plannad by lome 10 or 12 Klamath Explorer Scouti.. Four or the Explorer! check a map above. They are (I to r, front) David Lahdli, Jim Craig, Vie Sition, and (rear Rots Tomlin. The Explorer! itart their hike Saturday.. Thay ara to ba accompanied by a Forest Ser vice erew from Lake O' tha Woodi. 1 Three 'West Powers OK Red Meeting UNITED NATIONS, N.- Y. l.l'l The Western powers Tuesdsy of fered to tnko part In a lllic Five meeting on Disarmament and atomic control If Russia will aiireo to a plsn for voluntary troop ceil ings. The offer wss laid before the U.N, Dlssrmamenl Commission by Iho United Htates, Britain and France In a working paper draft ed to answer quostions rslsed by Russia on the earlier paper pro posing the Uoop ceilings. The new proposal provided that the Big Five (presumsbly Includ ing Red China! would meet "upon acceptance" of the plan fur ceil ings and would tackle the whole general dlssrmament problem. Russia, however, already haa In dicated she will not agree to the ceilings. The original paper proposed Uial the United Htutcs, Russia and China .voluntarily reduce their armrd forces to 1,600.000 men each end that Britain and France cut down to 800,000 men each. The new paper atiKKCslrd thnt the procedure for pulling these ceilings Into effect to be worked out by the Big Five. This would Include agreements ss to how the armed forces would be distributed among the land, sea and sir forces and tho type mid quantities of armaments necessary to support the lorccs permitted under the ceilings. KWlieat Tops Nation WASHINGTON on The Oregon and Washington winter wheat crop will top the nation In average per acre yield, the Agriculture Depart ment ssld Monday. The department's crop report said the Indicated yield In bushels per acre In Oregon Is 38. S and pro duction 25.064.000. Washington wss second with 71.0 and NJIO.OOO. On other Important crops vleld In bushels per sere and produc tion, respectively, were set at: Spring wheat other than Durum: Washington. 32.6 snd 6.640,000: Ore gon 36.0 and 4.366,000. Bsrley: 'Washington 35.0 and S.oio.OOOi Oregon 36.6 and 10.014. 000. Hops: 1,100 pounds per acre and gon. 1.100 and 16.000.000. Aoolcs. commercial (production only): Washington 53,360,000 bush els; Oregon 3.603.000. peaches (production onlvM Washington 1. 680.000; Oregon 686, 000. Pears (production only)! Wash ington 6. 033. 000: Oregon 6. Ml. 000. Potatoes I bushels per acre and production!: Washington 366 and 10.010.000 Oregon 335 and 13,060,-000, Party Seeks Missing Boy YAKIMA W Search continued Tuesday along the wreckage strewn channel of Wenas Creek In the foothills north of here for a five yesr - old boy. swept down stream In a flash flood Sunday. The body of Uie youngster's mother. Mrs. Norman Wlnchcll. 37, was found Monday a mile and a half from Uie original site of the family home. Mrs. Wlnchell and her son. Floyd, were thrown Into the rampaging oreek when their house was torn from tin foundations by a wall of water which followed a mountain cloudburst. Two other members of the fam ily escaped. Four persons in the area were hospitalized with in juries. V6s7 J'-. Pries Fits Cents 14 fsges Field Stevenson Arrives For HST Confab WASHINGTON I Gov. Adlal E. Stevenson came here Tuesdsy lor a big political pow-wow with President Truman and his cab inet on Issues and strategy of the preildcntlsl campaign. A sorles of tulks at the White House, running Into the late after noon, was expected to frume the bsslc pattern for the Democratic eflort to put Stevonson Into the presidency. One decision of high moment may be on the campaign role of Truman as a retiring president who wants the reins of govern ment to pass to Stevenson. Truman has shown signs of Itch ing to hit Uie rosd against the Republicans with "glve-'em-hell" speeches of the kind he delivered In his own 1048 campaign. BACK SEAT But Stevenson and his advisers are reported desiring that Truman lake a less vocal part and play a muted second fiddle to Stevenson. The Illinois governor arrived by plane at 11:16 a.m., (EST I, Stevenson's running male. Ben. John J. Bparkman of Alabama, and two of Truman's secretaries, Joseph Short and Matthew J. Con nelly, met him at National Airport. A crowd of about 200 Including many reporters and photographers also was -on hand. The reporters tried to Interview Stevenson as a police escort led him through the crowd to a White House csr. Most of Uie questions and an swers were lost In Uie confusion, but In reply to one query Steven son said he regards his chances of basting OOP nominee Dwlght D. Elsenhower as "pretty good." , He also was asked If he had a program to outline for Truman. "We'll probablv talk about that," Stevenson replied, ACCOMPANIED Stevenson was accompanied bv a staff of advisers. Including his campaign manager. Wilson Wyatt. The governor was driven to the White House in an official limou sine behind a police escort, ar riving there at 11:33 p.m.. (EST). Stevenson and Bparkman posed for pictures In front of Uie White House door. As one photographer took a close- up. Stevenson grinned and said: 'These are limes when you wish God had endowed vou with some thing belter In the wav of a face." The presidential nominee, sight ing several friends among report ers lined un nearbv. turned to Spark man and said, "there's mur derers row over there. Asked tf he would talk with re porters about his conference with the President and cabinet members before he leaves Washington. Stev enson said he would, adding: , "Be gentle with me." Stevenson and Eoarkmsn went Into Uie White House at 11:45, j JETS FOR FRANCE 8T. NAZAIRE. France Wl The American freighter Sea Herald ar rived off this port Monduy with eight American let planes for the French Air Force. '1-, a,,. , .,- y n, . -, .i,.;.,,,,,,.,.,,,, ,. Wi n . . I . . : KLAMATH sale Adion wmmwm i i i ia rwmmevaai ia.ii si ' A V'. -' I ---V . ' - ' THIS SECLUDED BUT INVITING picnic and fun spot is on the wesf side of Upper Klamath Lake, some six or seven water miles from Klamath Falls. Ashore are Hale Scarbrough (left) and 8ette Pinnigar. That's Fred Fleet's cruiser carrying Wally Myers and Warren Waldorf. AEC Announces Plans For ' New Ohio Uranium Plant WASHINGTON I The Atomic Envgy Commission announced Tuesday It will huild a giant new atomic plant In Southern Ohio to step un this nation's supply of ttra teglo U-236. The plant, which will cost SI. 200. 000.000. will be situated in Pike County. Uie Ohio River Volley, about 20 miles north of Portsmouth- U-235 will be separated from Uranium ore at the plant through the gaseous dllfuslon process. High ly fissionable U-235 Is a key pro duct in atomic bombs and In atom ic enslnes. The Ohio plant is to be part of 3 billion dollar expansion pro gram approved by Congress last month. Hie atomic development plan calls also for substantial expan sion ol AEC faculties at Hamord, Wash.: Paducsh, Ky.; Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Savannah River, S. C. The commission said it will cre ate no new community In connec tion with the Pike County plant, as It did at Oak Ridge. Tenn. The commission's policy for the past two vears has been to avoid such government communities as was hunt at oak Ridge. The new plant will be located on a 6,500-acre tract in a sparse ly settled area of Pike County. The commission had been studying Ohio River Valley sites for some time. ' AEC Chairman Gordon Dean has said the new program, of which the Ohio plant Is a part, will "gain. precious time" by rencning mini mum defense goals for atomic pro ducts 4 !a to 5 years earlier than the goals would be reached at present rates of production. AEC has snld between 4,000 and 5,000 persons will be employed at the Ohio plant, wnicn win oe com. pletcd In three or four years. Some 34,000 workers will be need ed on the construction Job. Tho new plant will require at Local X-Ray Total Climbs Almost 800 persons were X-rayed yesterday at Peterson and Shasta groceries In the Altamont area, bringing the total to dato to 6619 well on the way toward a set goal of 34,000 and n theoretical goal of everyone In the county. Tomorrow's schedule calls for but one unit this to set up at Lorens corner on South Sixth Stroct. Dr. Gordon C. Edwards, acting director of the tuberculosis section, State Board of Health, and Per sonnel Director Al Johnson, both of Portland, are to be here tomor row on an Inspection tour of tho Klamath County survey. Frank Lewis is in charge of the technicians operating the. two X-ray units here. Other techs Include Harold Sargent, Tommy Thompson and Paul Hayes, all from Portland. The California-Oregon Power Company has been- providing free power and service for hookups at the- different locations where the units have been operating. X-RAY BOX SCORE Yesterday , --69S To date 8618 Goal .. 24,000 Tomorrow's Schedule: Lorens's, Sixth and Broad Street II a.m. to 6 p.m. - FAI.LH, OKKGO.N, TUESDAY, AUOL'HT 12, 1952 Telephone 1111 & jil asLi.il I i"-Mr-iirii1ii-iiiauiirt"n-frrii capacity 1,800.000 kilowatts of pow er'. AEC has been negotiating with a group of 15 Ohio Valley utilities which want to -supply the power for the giant plant. Last April AEC sought to quiet any fears of danger to the com munity by noting: "A gaseous dif fusion plant operates similarly to other Industrial plants, wllh no more than the normal industrial hazurds." Site surveys were made In Ken tucky, Ohio. Tennessee. Indiana, Illinois and West Virginia. Portsmouth spokesmen emphas ised In repeated appeals to the AEC and Congress, the new plant would revive the community's flag ging economy. Dean told Congress earlier this year that the . purpose behind the vast expansion program is to gain precious time by achieving' mini mum stockpile objectives estab lished by the Department of De fense, and to achieve them about four and a half years earlier Ulan we would achieve them il we went at our present rate." , He predicted some of the new facilities in the atomic system will be producing weapon material in 1854. In addition to the new Ohio pro-' jeet, tne current rapid expansion In the atomic program provides about -464 million dollars for Oak Ridge, 411 million for Hanford, Wash., 458 million for Paducah, Ky., and 171 million for Savannah River, Apparently the AEC feels uranium 335 Is needed so critically that por tions of the Pike County plant will be put into production while other parts are still being built. Spud Rules Set Minimuras The Oregon-California Potato Marketing Agreement Control Com mittee, meeting yesterday In Red mond, recommending minimum reg ulations for the 1853 potato crop, according to word received here today. Any upward revisions by the committee are to be discussed in R meeting Aug. 20. at Merrill, where a joint session of Klamath and Tulelake potato growers has been called. Yesterday's session okayed a recommendation setting a mini mum of one, and seven-eighths Inches on three ounce No. 3's or better, There were no restrictions mode on U. S. No. 1 B's. These are the same regulations now In effect in Idaho and Wash ington, and will probably- become effective here prior to the begin ning of the shipping season. Only Uie maturity clause setting the rate at "slightly skinned'' Is different, and this will merely pre vent the shipment of immature spuds. The assessment rate of onc-quar-ter of a cent was retained. The committee, with four Central Oregon and two Klamath members represented, did not have a quorum, but one Tulelake member was reached by telephone and okayed the regulations as an nounced. The recommendations will bo forwarded to the Secretary of Ag riculture in Woshlngton. D. C. who will act one way or tha other on them, Postponed 1 s. J Va Mayor's Draft Viev Unknown Apparently Mayor Bob "Thompson is one of me very lew Kiamain Falls citizens not interested at the moment in the "draft Thompson" for mayor proposal: it's very un likely that Thompson yet knows of the "draft" action. The mayor, Mrs. Thompson and their youngsters. Sue and Bobby, are believed to be liesurly motoring down the Northwest coast, some where between here and Victoria, B. C. The Thompsons had already de parted on a vacation trip when the "draft Thompson" action erupted on the city political front. Since the erupUon. all efforts to contact Thompson for his reaction to the idea have failed. Thompson has said he would not seek re-elecUon. However, he let it be known that he might change his mind if he could be assured of quick acUon toward securing a bailor decision on the city manager plan. ine pian announced Saturday is for Thompson to run again on a platform of holding a city mana ger election as soon as possible. Yesterday, a majority of the city councilmen said they were strongly in favor of putting the city mana ger plan on a ballot right away. City Attorney Henry Perkins said it would be "practically Im possible" to get the city manager measure on the November ballot but that a special election could arranged in January or February. Deadline for filing for the may or's race is Aug. 20 and as yet not a single candidate has filed. BULLETIN Attorney Harry D. Boivin this afternoon announced he would file as a candidate for the city council in Ward 1. He will seek Hie council seat now held by Matt Fin nigan. Darrell Miller filed just be fore presstime today for re election to his city council post In Ward 4. . USDA Predicts Potato Crop WASHINGTON lift The nation's 1952 potato production was esti mated by the Agriculture Depart ment Monday at 335,421,000 bush els, 'nils compared with 339,048- 000 a month- earlier, last year's short crop of 325,708,000 and tne 10-year average of 414,525.000. The Aug. 1 estimate of produc tion of other crops compared with last month's forecast, last year's production and the ten-year aver age, respectively, included: Sugar Beats 8.839.000 tons, 10. 808.000, 10,485,000 and 10,013,000. 63239. and 48.788-0.0. Apples (commercial) 98.122.000 bushels 101,767,000, 110,660,000 and 110,380.000. Peaches 61347.000 bushels. 68.- 118.000. 63.627,000 and 68,186.000. Pears 29902,000 bushels. 29,720, 000, 30.028,000 and 30,306,000. Grapes 2.043,000 tons, 2,835,000, 3,386,000 and 2,808000. Cherries 202,000 tons, 241,000, 23,000 and 191.000. (Completo Story on Page 14) Objections Heard By City Council By HALE SCARBROUGH Further action on the pronosal to sell Recreation Field to Sacred Heart academy was postponed by me city council last night after about 50 persons piled into the council chambers in evident pro test oi the transaction. It was the first time the council hall had been filled since the sec ond floor of City Hall was remod eled last winter, but the occcaslon was one which has atoused consid erable public feeling. Briefly, it is this: Sacred Heart Academy has of fered to buy Recreation Field for the appraised price of S2.810. and the City Council twice has agreed u seu. The Catholic school, anticipating an increasing enrollment and ex panded athletic program, wants to build a sort of stadium for its athletic activities on the property. But the field for a number of years has been used for recreation al purposes as a ball diamond and is still being used to some ex tent. A major part of the property was given to the city by the Ro tary Club to be used lor public recreation. DEDICATED On June 24. 1840. the City Coun cil (it then included none of the persons making ur the Council now! passea a resolution which In its language forever dedicated the DroDertv lor recreational rns. xiowever, mat resolution was never recorded with the ownership title to the property, and on June 21, 1848, it was repealed. At that Ume the thought was that the property might be disposed of as an in dustrial site, which the city also needs. No industrial sale was made. however, but with the possibility of disposal of the property in the air. the Recreation Committee, which administers city recreation al properties stoppea spending any money to improve the lield. It is still usable, but Is unsishuy and run down. OFFER Several weeks ago' Sacred Heart ottered to buy Uie Held- lor the S2.610 appraised price, and twice the council has approved the sale. nut the formality of passing an ordinance actually making a legal sale still has not been complied with. It s at that point the matter now rests. Although half a hundred persons turned out at last night's Council meeting to listen in on the Recrea tion Field discussion, only two took tn Iloor to voice opposition. Russell Marshall, a member of the Recreation Committee, out lined that group's position against tne proposed sale. The city needs. he said, the field in its recreation program, and the Recreation Com mittee places a value on the field including such improvements as are there of S12.S82. With a fur- (Continued on Page Four) RALPH CARROLL, 304 Bisbee Street, and Barbara Rogers, 3000 Patterson Street, paused downtown this morning for a ; brief chat. Barbara was enrouta to her job at the Pat Howes real estate office. Korean Hiil Retained By U.S. Forces By WILLIAM f. BARNARD SEOUL. Korea W U.S. Ma rines late Tuesday beat back 400 Chinese Reds charging Bunker Ridge, won early Tuesday morn ing bv the Leathernecks In sweep ing attack on the Korea Western front. U.S. Eighth Armv staff office said the Chinese suffered heavy casualties in their attack thrown against three sides of the en trenched Marines. - Before the attack began, the Ma rines estimated they had killed or wounaed 5aJ -teas in tne sector since bitter fighting erupted lost Saturday. A Marine spokesman said the Chinese were thrown back but In filtration efforts continued at dusk. He said the Reds used artillery and mortars In support of the in fantrymen. Mariners met the charge with air strikes, mortar, tank, artillery and small arms fire. BATTLE SITE The battle site Is a few miles east of the truce-talks town of Fanm un ion.. Marine flame-throwing tanks and riflemen burned and blasted the Chinese off Siberia Hill Just before midnight. The Marines then swept and captured Bunker Ridge dom inating uie sector. The Navy announced that Com munist shore batteries hit the American destroyers J. R. Pierce and Barton and the British frigate Mounts Bay in separate actions the past week. one American and one, British sailor were killed and 14 sallora wounded. None of the warships waa seriously damaged. American B-29 superforts and B-26 light bombers Monday night hit the area north of Wonsan which had been razed earlier in the day by a 150-plane fighter-bomber at tack. AIR STRIKE The D.8. Far East Air Force said the auperforts smashed a metal fabricating plant turning out ord nance supolies. The B-26s mopped ud on a chemical plant and troop area. U. S- Fifth Air FCrce ware-lanes hit the Chinese b the Siberia sec tor wun rocitets, DomDs. and flam ing gasoline prior to the Marine assault. Marine flame-throwing - tanks thundered to within 30 yards of the crest of Siberia and sprayed the hill with searing flames. Riiiemen. five yards behind the tanks, picked oft the Reds which escaped the flame. ' . AP Correspondent Sam Sum merlin, at the front, said Siberia Hill is so beaten with shell, bullets, and fire "that it looks like a big mound of face powder." Plane Crashes t Near Lakeview LAKEVTEW WV A Lakeview lumberman and his 14-year-old son escaped unhurt Sunday even. ing wnen tneir ngnt plane crashed in Drews Reservoir 20 miles west or nere. Robert Adams 3 r., owner and pilot, said he was flying low over the water to inspect a strip of beach when the plane's engine fal tered. The new Piper Supercub plane, removed from the reservoir Monday, was slightly damaged. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Fair through tomorrow except for afternoon and evening thunder showers in the mountains. High yesterday 87, low last night 58. - Low tonight 53 High tomorrow ....... - 86 Precip yesterday ..... Precip since Oct ....17.l Same period last year .... ,.... 14.84 Normal for period 12.49 , Of 1 Lju.fL'
