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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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