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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1952)
t MONDAY, AUGUST 2(i, 1052 HafltALP AND KTWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON TAOS NINt r I PI I V, .1 fl laV "(jfcaj BALafl. - .1 fcra a iW O'' ''""J- f - -if. Hf Siipi ls ..j r I I I r I ? :1 11 Plane Crashes Near Sicily TRAFANT. Slellv (jH-A erltrel4 feur-n-lne British airliner pluiifea Into th M4ltrrnn rlr toosy off thl WmI Mellltn sort but flab lof boat vd W f th It pr ooi r p r t ) aboard nd r covred three bedlea la a dramatic nliht-tlm rou. In Leaden, tb plane's operator Hid (he pln carried II pain ters, Ineludlnt fear babies, snd a crew er in. All were anna. British plan from Mall. nl lin alrerft from nearby airfields snd Italian naval craft frem Trap am scanned the disaster scene about three mile onshore this mernlnc for tb mlsslar persons Identified by Trepent Port Conv QUAKE WRECKED BUILDING A (arm equipment building wi ivrely damaged in a violent earthquake which (truck thii mid valley city of 60,000 people. At right il an automobile which wai damaged by falling bricks. The Baksrtfiald quake occurred Friday. ALCOA To Build Plant Near Skagway, Alaska MT. MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK. Aluxk iifl Aluminum roinpnny of Ainorli 11 nald Hulunlay II will build a 400-rnllllnu (lullar aluminum smeltliif plant In Masks. The company said the project hinges on Iho purrhnio ol land and government approval. Leon K. Hickman, vice president and nenorul counsel lor ALCOA, Bind Iho pliinl Inlllullv will bit cap able ol producing 1100,000 tuns of aluminum annually. Hickman said in, plant will be built In the Talya Vullcy district, near Mtaiiway. It will br financed entirely with private cnpllal. Ho ellmaled the Tnlya develop- State Department Seen As Target of Legion Criticism NEW YORK MV-New Amerlran Lrirlon criticism of iho Biato De partment la in prospect today ss llioussncls of Lenlonnalres meet here for their 34th annual con tuition. i Roters Kelley, chairman Of the Legion's Koreliw Halation Coin mltieo. said the Legion In Iho pl haa dlnaitreed violently'' i wllh male Department policies In the Tar East and the "conduct of the Korean allualloit." Current draft resolutions on Iho department are in the aama lone, he said. For four daya. until ThuMday, the men who met In army camp and on battlefield and battlrnhliu are here for their annual reunion. More than 100.000 strong wllh their families, they came to talk of old lime and of the future, and to have a Utile fun.' But the accent Is on seriousness, and the veterans hcheduled a busy opening day highlighted by this afternoon's addrris at Madison Square Oarden by Republican pres idential nominee Dwlght D. Elsen hower. Other events on the day's pro- PT&T, CIO -t Sign Contract SEATTLE UH The Pacific Telephone nd Telegraph Co. and the Communications Workers of America (CIOi early Monday agreed on a new one-year contract providing a wage Increase for 1.100 Plant. Traffic and Account ing department employees In Wash ington and North Idaho. The agreement, reached after extended negotiations, averted a threatened strike In the two slates, Erie Hamium. general Inform' lion officer for the company, said the new contract provides hikes In starting rates of 13 per week rang. Ing up to 15 for Plant and Account ing department employes, and up to 4 for Trafflo workers. The contract Is suoject to union ratification and some of Its pro visions are subject to Wage Btb lllr.stlon Board approvsl. It Is ef fective Aug. 34, the "deadline" set earlier In negotiations over Uie twice-extended contract. Hannum said In addition to wage boosts, the contract Includes fringe benefits providing changes In work ing conditions and In seversl com munity wage classifications. The contract originally expired Aug. IS but was extended twice, the last time until midnight Sun day. Final negotiation sessions end ed esrly Mondsy. E. T. Lockwood. vice president and general manager of the com pany. In a statement Issued after the negotiations ended termed the agreement "reasonable and fair and In line wllh the company's policy to pay wsges which are In flood relationship to those paid In he communities where we operate." gram reflected the aober temper of the convention: a welcoming address by Cloy. Thorns E. Dewey of New York, and speeches by AFL President William Oreen, Franre'a mlnhter of veterans, Emanuel Temple; Defense Mobil ration Director John It. Uteclman and others. The Democratic presidential can didate, Oov. Adlal E. Blevenson, will a d d r e s a the convention Wrdnesdsy. Two psradea headline the lighter sldo of the Legion agenda yes terday's kick-off March by the 40 and a Society, the Leglon'a fun and honor group, and tomorrows it- lo-16'hour parade. Even as tno 40 ana a memoers flocked down Fifth Avenue ye' lerday. other Leglonnalrea were btiy at work In committees and subcommittees whipping together resolutions thst will be referred to th convention tor action. The 40 and I parade of almost three hours wss luhl a preview ol tomorrow'a march. Home 10.000 marchers psrllclpsled before a Dollce-ratlmulcd crowd of 600.000. The 40 ana 8 living up to its name taken from the rated capacl- ; tv of French World War 1 box cars ; (40 men and eight horses) showed oil many gssollne-drlven replicas j Of locomottves and the box cars. ' Firecrackers,1 backfiring engines snd explosions from small cannons fluctuated the muslo of more than 00 bands In the parado. ' But the Leglonnalrea held the I noise and the pranks to a mini mum while the parade passed 8t. Patrick's Cathedral and two other Fifth Avenue churches. It was the : first time the 40 and I had paraded on this avenue and on a Sunday. The churches gave their approval. ment will require about four year to complete and will eventually of fer employment lor approximately s,uuu worker. Bald Hickman: "Alcoa I acutely aware of the long-range Importance of such progrstn to the nsiionsl defenss snd we hsve been advised by hh level defense officiate that a pro ject of this type 1 highly detlr. able. This complete prolect, consist ing of power facilities, slumioum smeltlna olsnt. transportation fa cilities, and a new and modern community of 20,000 people aervlng ine operations, wui conswiyie Brest national aaset. "il will be not only or liseir ol enormous benefit to ine aouna De velopment of Alaska and the Can. adlan northwest, but will alio point the wy for olhr permanent U dustrlsl operations In the ares." Hickman pointed out wai aico will need to acquire approximate ly 20.000 acrea of land in the Talya district to sccomodste the proposed works and facilities, including town site. He ssld thst there s no wy tor Iho cmpsny to sequire this smount of Isnd under present law affecting Alaska. Ha aaid It orobablv will be oecas ssry for Congress to enset a ! rjermlttlne the company to our chase the necesssry Isnd and ask the support of all Alasksn in ei forts to obtain the needed legisla tion. - - Hickman said Alcoa la willing to undertake the construction of the Tsiya project on private financing. without governmental guarantees of markets ana witn a minimum ei government! contractual assist- snce. FREE! Scientist Opposes Industrial A-Power CHIOAOO On Dr. Hans Thlrrlnr. n of the first clanttt to point tb way to possible development of ayorotsn porno, esme out toaty gainst the use of atomic energy mandant Arnaldo Taddel as one of tb plane's two bostauas and three passenger. Tsddel ald all of the dead and missing were pngera except tor in missing nosiaas. Th airliner,' a Hermes operated by th British charter firm of Air Work. Ltd., wss under ebsrter to the ftudnaa government and was bound for Khartoum, capital of the Anglo-Egyptian Budan. Officials of the charter firm aaid all of the paeogr war British civil ser vants employed by th Sudanese government and their wive snd children, en rout bsck to the Su dan after home leave In Britain. to generate Industrial power. Thlrrlng. an Austrian scientist. contanded tht world Uranium up plle ar far too scare to be used for nower while other reservea of energy remain virtually unlimited. The 50 survivors were trested st Trspsnl's Bsn Antonio Hospital for shock and exposure, ine uiree ood les recovered were held for the arrival of the British consul from Pslermo. HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND IUCINI, OftC MEDFOftO Thoroughly Modem Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Earley and Joe Earley Proprietors Writing- In the Bulletin of the Atomlo Scientists, h ssld there probably la aufflclent uranium to power th world for three to flv generation. But h dded: "It can esslly hsppen thst st some future time when our civil- Irs lion will first rave reached the advanced stage ensbllng It to atari really going place with uranium and thorium (a simllsr metal). It will find left to It none but miser-1 ably poor deposits of these metsls, while the rich ore will bsve been used up for production of eommer. clal power a commodity that en be obtained qully cheaply and conveniently from many ether ourc." Tblrrlna- described a theoretical hydrowen bomb In a aclenttf to book published In IMS. New nylon and wool school slacks at- DREWS! One new Fireiton Tuba . -with each tire purchase . Expert Spray Gloi ' Polishing. $10 up. 24 HOUR SERVICE TEXACO SERVICE Iiplaaase f. Well Pheee 2-tlf 1 CURLY'S Th. KIRBY Call 2-0131 No. 3 Lvtfon Co. More and more people are changing to MEDO-LANDAIILK because of its SANITARY, TAMPER-PROOF GABLE TOP CARTON! Look for the Red, White and Blue Carton! iSn Be Hokum Look Holsum Buy Hokum a r. s . a amm ar w n n L KLAMATH'S FINEST BAKERY n!.VVV FURNITURE CO. FREE Demonstration Friday & Saturday Aug. 29 & 30 HAFTER ATTENTION FARMERS! We have just received our final shipment (for some time) of NEW INTERNATIONAL lV2and2TON FARM TRUCKS Built especially for Klamath Basin Farms. See these NOW! JUCKELAND TRUCK SALES and SERVICE, Inc. Ilrh and Klamath Ph. 2-2S81 26,000 lumber dealers "shop" for you When a farmer in iowa decided to btiHd a new barn, he goes to several retail lumber dealers with a list of needed supplies and asks for prices. The lumber dealers, knowing they are in competition for the farmer's business, call several wholesalers asking for the lowest poersbl prices on the qualities required. The wholesalers in turn may call several sawmills for their prices and best delivery schedule. This constant bargaining is' bow lumber prices are eetablishexi from day to day, month to month, year to year.. Competition in the building industry k keen. There are 83,000 tawmillt in America; 6,000 wholesaler and 26,000 retail lumber dtalers! In addition there are thousands of producers of materials that can be substituted for lumber. No sawmill or group of mills Controls a big enough share of the national production ' to control prices. These are set, as described above, by the competitive buying among manufacturers and distributors. ' Weyerhaeuser makes every effort to win and keep Customers by quality products, competitive prices and good service. In this way we try to establish permanent markets for our products in order to keep our mills in steady production.- - "wkai'g yovr prc m thtptep today?" ' . . 'eaSaaafaaaaP 17GYERHAEUSER T I U U U U WUMIr'AN T Jjl working tn lh Pacific Norffiweif . v r fo build a permaoenl foreif industry
