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UfU5r Ballot Measures - No. 1 Hy FRANK JENKINS In Korea: For Ui aeventh tlmi In 34 bourn, savage hand-to-hand lighting In going on l Uio very tup ol White Horse hill . . . The tMUit there begun niurti than lour days ago mid Iim gono ilirouiih daylight end dark ... In inut, It illclii't stop last night even when It became o pilch, dark'lhut the Boulh Koreans couldn't see Uielr eneiiilee and Identified Uiem ml Chinese M riSLLINU TMSIB H1IAVI8U HJSADB, Kllll In Korea: All American Jot bomber pilot on bin 93rd mission was li t by enemy link s bo r-oaroa In on his target, With h! led wlnn In fli,m. Hllil Ilia Lull bdlV IlllOt UP, b completed Ills pass ml dropped: his bombs. . . Am he pulled out of hi dlvo, the (Union in his wing went out, o he hcudod lor home base, radio ing Hint ho was on hie way. H was dark, but they put out llaro. for 'him nd he came whooshing in at m MPII this dlvo brakes were hot away I "d by tho i of Ood mid the kill ot a good pilot he mado hla landing. A he elopped out ol hla wrecked plane, he grinned mid said: on, 11 wasn't TOO tou. By way of contrast: ; Back hero on tho homo front, politician are alumplng the coun try mid telling Ihe peoplo to vole again lor corrupt end exlreva Kant administration "because you W'.VEK JIAU JT BO ClOOIJ." That brlniis to my wind a pie- iUA imio while back 1 w" com; Inn in from the airport to one ol our larger Pacific Coast cltlta. in the bua seat ahead ol me were two gentlemen of plump build and flashy appearance. They were ob viously mombera of Uio quick buck tribe. The aubject ol their ennver aallnn waa III nice fal profit they had made by buying low and sell inif high in these years when the Inllalloiiary spiral haa kept price going UP AND UP AND UP and never going down. Bald ono of them to the other. I never had It ao good a 1 ve had It in Uiese yeara. and you can bl vour bottom dollar I'm going in VOTE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY." It recalla another Incident. Bark during the ehnotmg war, two girl, were talking in a "owded but. One of them waa lady welder at a big ehipbulldlng plant. Brie waa telling her companion what a awell )ob .he had, the abort houta and the big pay. Oh." .In a"' Durt enlhuaiaam. "I nvT h,d 11 good. I ape the war goea on forever." Bhe waa ul a dumb, green kid. Blie' had no conception ot the REASON why her )ob waa ao good, i. ur prnuni lui mind that the ainnvarda were roaring at top teed lo replace the ahlp that wrre beint aunk by enemy Sub marine.. The wotda "I hope the war goea im louver" meant nothing to nr. They were Jtist an emmr lhre thrown Into her chuckle-heeded rhatler. But they didn't all well with thoae nearby who had ao"" iu tiiLhaiuta and brother, and in lha war that waa mak Ing the tlulfy-paled lady weldere Job ao good. There earn near being a acene in the bua. Thal'a war for you. In war (whether ahoollng war or cold wan noma never had II ao good and aome have lo die In aitony. It alwaya haa been lhat way. It alwaya will bo that way. Back (Inevitably! to politic CHve-'Em-Hell Harry we. giving 'em hell In Buffalo laat night, lie trenllneed m rage I) Spud Shipment Report Due Beginning todsy, a dally account nf potato shipments out of the Klamath Basin la lo be published on the market page of The Herald and news. The feature has been published annually during apud shipping sea son. information is gathered from the shipping point uwiiectlon ofllre of uie uregon Department Agri culture bere. I . ' 11 aw i . lL:A: I V . . I'! i " wl-V tawaaWwiift.!tiii.iiiaiiiiiiiii m ai,. iaiii.a-aatl J jaeaMas.iiiii ima iiiiwasiaaaMaM ALL SMILES AND HEADED for Bend, today, Klamath County's royalty will be guests of the Deschutes Chamber of Commerce for luncheon end will extend Invitations to Deschutes potato growers to bring exhibits of both commercial end seed potatoes to the 16th Annual Klamath Basin Potato Festival et Merrill, Oct. 17-18. II to rl Princesses Anita Weber, Malin; Shirley Johnston, Henley; Queen Martha Beesley, Merrill, end Princess Helen Kelleher, Tulolaki. Not malting the trip were Princesses Jeney Dixon, Benente, end Betty Doidrieh, Dorris. 18 Propositions Up For Nov. 4 Decision (Thia la the flrat of a serlea of artlclea discussing the various meaaurea which will be en the Oregon general election ballot Nov, 4 ICd note.) , By IIAI.K HCAHBItOUGH Tlie stale ballot which Oregon voleis will be handed at the polls Nov. 4, will contain 18 propositions put up for popular decision, some of them reiorred to the ballot by tho legislature, some legislative acts rclerred by apeclal-lnlereal gruups, and aome Initiative meas ures originating outside the legisla ture. ; Of tho 18, about half a dozen are relatively unimportant, having to do with aome sort of budgetary or legislative housekeeping, lo straighten out aome unhandy situs lion. The oilier dozen are of real Im portance, aome to the peoplo of Oregon as a whole and Uio stale's flnnnclul well-being; others Just to cerium segments of the population. for tho next few days the Herald end Newa will attempt to explain in some detail what each of the 18 measures Is all about, what the proa and conn are, but without trying to iiiiiuence anyone s vote ono way or another. Tlie measures will be taken up In roughly the order they appear on the bnllot. 100-301. A constitutional amend ment making tho superintendent of public Instruction appointive rather than elective. me alms are simple, Becsuse Pels Named Team of Week Oregon's high school "Tesm of Ihe Week" Is the Klamath Union High Bchool team that will receive Ihe Kip Taylor Miracle Power Award. Herald and News fiporla Editor Bed Hurd waa notified of the award thia morning by Charlie I,. Franchise, sports director of Radio HI. lion KPOJ, Eugene, who as sl.tes In selecting ihe tesm to re ceive the weekly award. The award will be announced over the air In 18 cltlea In Wash-Ip-don and Oregon but Klamath rails Is not Included In the sched ule. The closest ststlon to carry Ihe program la KRXL, Roseburg, where It will be announced tonigni at 1 o'clock. LaPrenchUie said Ihe Pelicans were elven the nod on their "record lo date, all-around talent and the yardage gained In the an upset win over Eugene." , Glass Co. Buys Portland Site BAN FRANCISCO The Owens Illinois Olasa Company haa ac quired approximately 10 acres of and In the Pergrose area of iw land as a possible new flaaa con tainer Di.ni .lie. The location U near the Inter- section of NE ?nd Ave. and Col umbia Blvd., in Multnomah Coun ty C. O. Benslnger. general manag er at tlie company's Pacific Coast division here aald the company had: aurveyed numerous altea try ing to locale property cms io uie center of Uie growing raeuic Northwest market. The Portland elt haa access io rail and highway transportation lo all marketing and produclna; areas In Washington and Oregon. Nimrods Eye Newest Game GRANTS PA8S I Hunters here, discovering g misspelling on lh returnable deer hunter a cneck out card Issued with hunting licenses, are looking forward to the end-of-the-season open shooting. The card reads "faun" for "fawn". Webster'a dictionary lists a faun aa a mythological creature half-man and half-goat. the particular Job In question la primarily administrative and rea sonably tnchnivHi, supporters or this amendment believe that In the Interests of bettor administra tion It should be tukon out of politics, that the Btale Board of education, the policy-making body, should be allowed lo choose Us administrator. That aeemn to be a reasonable. business-like arrangement. But ... If such a change la made, what will tho people of Ore gon be losing? They will be losing (and are being asked in this prouosul to deprive IheiiiHClveg oil the rluhl to select another of Uie officers who rule them. 'Ihe Stulo Board or Education, which excrls a very real influence on the lives and euucntlon of Ore gon's youngsters, Itself Is not wholly elective, it s composed ol Ihe governor, secretary of state and superintendent of public In struction (all now elective) and four appointive members, all four of wlilcn are supposed to represent some special interest, such as labor and agriculture. Job of Uie board Is to make up Uie rules and regulations lor gen eral government of the schools, choose Uio textbooks used, prepare and distribute courses of study. As mailers stand now, the people select only three of the seven board members. Trie Innate question of Ballot Measure 300-301 Is shall the people cut their direct representation on Uie board from Uuee to two. 301-303. Constitutional amend ment to reiienl Uie war veletans state aid sinking fund. 1 Ills Is one ol Uie housekeeping measures, to remove from Uie con stitution a section no longer needed. Back In 10-1 , after World War I. Oregon provided a fund to make loans o World Wsr 1 vets lor homes and farms, and sold 32.. 850.000 worth of bonds to raise the money. The Inst loan wus made in 19JS. On Oct. 1 this yesr Uie stale Paid off tho last Installment on Ihe bonded Indebtedness, and now needs to close the books on tlist particular endeavor. 304-306. A legislative act to al low construction of a domiciliary stale hosplisl or mentally 111 aged persons, an Institution planned lo cost not more than 13,000.000. nf 500-bed Initial capac ity, somewhere In the Portland area. The stale constitution requires II state Institutions be built In Marlon County, unles a different location la approved by popular vole. That's' why this measure la on the hallot. Oregon'a two menial hospitals, at Balem and Pendleton, are al ready overcrowded, and do not provide any special facilities for the care of aged people who are bedridden, and should not be in carcerated with youuger mentally III persons or tlie violently in sane. Ttie Portland area waa selecteC ?s the site. .becaUM-jnoal oi uie people woo would become patients at auch a hospital would come from that population center. Churches Slate New Schedules Two city, churches have an nounced new schedules and another church is featuring a two-day evangellatlc service beginning this evening. Peace Memorial Church now of fers two Sunday Schools, g 30 and II a.m., morning worship and an 8 p.m. worship aervlce. Nursery service la offered duruig the 11 a.m. services. The First Presbyterian Church now haa a complete program of double services. Both Sundsy school and worship services are scheduled for SO and 11 am. In addition, there la Junior Church at 11 a.m. A "family night" pro gram with a potluck at 8:45 la ot tered. There are activities for all ages. Nursery service Is otfereo during all morning and evening services. Pilgrim Holiness Church launches a apeclal evangelistic program to morrow evening at 7:30. featuring ine rcev. ana Mrs. n. u. r lexon. Three services are scheduled Sun day, 11 a.m., 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Flexon Is general secretary of foreign missions for Pilgrim Holi ness. h Miliar fana 1 Price Five Cents 18 Pages Ike Sweeps California Say Aides By DON WH1TKIIEAD ENROUTE WITH EISENHOW ER Oh The Elsenhower command wus Inclined to count California's 33 electoral votes In Uie Republi can column today after a tumul tuous sweep through the state which went Democratic by a nar row margin four years ago. With 11 stales behind him In his current 2B-state lour, Oen. Dwlglit D. Elsenhower moved early Uils morning Into A r Irons. The day's schedule called for appearances In Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., Albu querque, N.M., and Salt Lake City. Utah. He leu his apeclal train In Phoenix to travel by plane to the oUier slops. In California, the general atlrred rousing outbursts wherever he ap peared. His lieutenant saw In this response a promising sign of vic tory In the stale come Nov, 4. bAFE PREDICTION "I think we're sale In predicting we'll carry the state," one of the general's clnte advlsera skid. Los Angelelfgave the OOP can didate a roaring reception to match the uproanoua Ban Francis Co welcome, and last night 9.000 people Jammed Into the Pan Paci fic Auditorium to hear him. An estimated 20.000 stood outside to hear hi. apeech over a public address system. He promised If elected that the Republicans would promote a program of social welfare which would bring Increased security be yond anyUung yet achieved under Democratic administrations. Elsenhower insisted It was time to take a new look at the Social tvrtim. iw,-. W esvand it, and to make it fair to all. "That la what our new administration plana to da." he aald. 1 Elsenhower departed from his prrpsred script to take a lick at President Truman, whom he called a "ghost spokesman" for his Dem ocratic opponent, Aaiai Steven son. NO C.ilOST "I have no ghostly spokesman." Elsenhower quipped, "but when I have something to sav to Ihe American people 1 will say it my self" .. Then he aald he oion t nave lime to "take noles'of the innumersoie irresponsible thlnas uiat a irignt- ened administration and opposition are trying to say . . ." Aiul he added: "I know that we have been called i party of special Privilege but I tell you. my friends, lhat of all the special privileges that are dangerous in this coun try, the most dangerous is the special privilege of big govern ment." . , . , He sa Id the Democrats uaa is sued "dire warnings" that Re publican administration would re duce "If not totally destroy.' the federal social security pro '. Such talk la not only false," ne said, "It Is not only nonsense. It hi downrlahl sinister, ine oniy re fuse of Ihe desperately fearful ad ministration In Washington Is to ! deal in false charges." State Hunting Ban Continues By The Associated Press The ban on hunting and logging continued In Western Oregon Fri day alter the Weather Bureau fore cast Increasing fire hazards In the woods. Stale Forester Oeorge Spaur sp.ld in Sr.iem theie was no posslbihl) that the woods would be opened be fore Sunday and probably not then. Talk of lifting Ihe ban in coastal counties developed as a result of higher humidities and lower tem peratures. The Eugene area re ported a few nhowera Thursday. The Wejither Bureau forecast ris ing temperatures, falling humidi ties and east winds 10 to 20 miles an hour in Cascade Mountain passes by Snttirdsy. No rain is In sight before next Wednesday, Ihe bureau ld In a five day outlook for loggers. . Potato Crop Forecast Up WASHINGTON W The Agricul ture Department, In a harvest-time report. , Friday estimated this yenr's potato crop at 346,561,000 bushels. This Is eight million bushels above the estimate made one month, ago. This year's cron. If the estimate holds true, will be SO million bushels over last year's crop but nearly e minion below the ten year average. The government haa said that a crop of at least 3.10 million bushels Is needed to assure con sumers there would be no shortage, next spring.. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 1, lm PAYROLL DEDUCTION welfare giving it graphically illustrated In the picture above. Beth An. derion (right), Community Chest secretary, is receiving check for $2,000, contribution to the chest this year by Palmerton Lumber Company employes end management. Under the time-consuming and worrisome old method ot soliciting each worker at his job, the Chest re ceived ony about $1,300 last year. Palmerton employes have 50 cents taken from their pay each month end management donates proportionate share to the Palmerton welfare fund which takes care of all welfare drives end also provides en emergency fund for helping seme employe over e tough luck spot. Jet Causes B29 Crash TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE. Calif. 11 A mid-air collision of a B2S and a let fighter presumably was caused by loss of the FMs right wing tank in a swift turn, Uie Air Force said today. All 11 crewmen on the Travis- based bomber were killed when the B29 crashed near PorUand. Ore., Wednesday. The Jet fighter made it back safely to McChord Field, Wash, its left wing tank was damaged. The two crewmen were not injured. A spotesman aald presumably the planes collided as the jet made a firing run on the bomber on a routine training maneuver. The Air Force previously said the B29 crash was caused by an explosion In flight. The pilot of the Jet fighter was Lt. Philip W. Mcintosh of Tacoma. He said Thursday night a wing Up tank on bla plane had ex ploded while he was near the bomber but he was not sure whe ther there was a collision. He was not available for any further comment Friday and the iL J' '3!?JXil McChortf Base Informatln office : declared Thursday n ghk President said he had been instructed not tolTrurnn gave Russle an open cimcuM in cas lunner, penauig full investigation. McChord officers said a clamp down against the release of any further Information has been or dered bv the Western Air Defense Command at Hamilton Base In California, while an olflcer from Hamilton makes a full Investiga tion at McChord. Police Take Swimmer COOS BAY t.fl A rowboat fin- kola soid the State Department ally got lino the net and Uie hunt fought the efforts ot the Republican that drew more than a dozen po- Congress In 1947 and 1948 to ap Iceinen. mounted and unmounted. propriate funds for China, and add inlo an hours-long search, ts1(j. ended. The search started when North Bend police got a stolen car re port and took off at 90 miles an hour early Thursday. The quarry left Ihe enr and started out afoot. later he was seen swimming a slough north of here. City and state police, on foot, on horsebnek and In cars, combed the area, F. jmlly a man was spotted on a small Island in North Inlet, part of the bay. A rowboat was dispatched, he came In without Incident, and said he was Clyde Allen Rutledge, 23, of Hillsboro. Police Jailed him and booked him for a Justice court ap pearance late Friday. .. Wreck Toll Reaches 107 ' HARROW. ENG. Wl The re corded death toll from Wednesday's triple train crash here rose to 107 Frlduy. Digging In the debris went on slowly. Railway officials said they feared more bodiea still were bur ied hi the wreckage. mursany ntgnt m injured still were In hospitals. Another A3 had been released after' treatment. V, Appendectomies; Three in A Row Three in a row Is the record tor appendectomies racked up by the Rudy Brown family, 132 WanUand Street. Sept. 31. Mrs. Brown's father. Jack Stark who lives next door went to Klamath Valley hospital, the next day, his daughter Mrs. Brown followed. Tuesday, Rudy Brown, was sent to the Southern Pacific hospital tat San Francisco for removal of bis appendix. Be Is car helper for the 8. P. His father-in-law is a machinist In the Roundhouse. Ferguson Raps Korea Stand KANSAS CITY I Sen. Homer Ferguson, speaking as a member over General Ei . 7- senhower's protest. The Michigan senator said In a nationwide radio broadcast that the President had evaded the fact ors that touched off the Korean War. "First, he gave Russia an open door to Korea over Elsenhower's protest when he brought them in to six days participation In the Japanese War." Ferguson said. "Second, in another political de cision, he permitted Uie division of Korea at the 38th parallel. "Third, he refused to arm the South Koreans after Congress had appropriated the money to do so." Ren Frnncia Case nf South Da- Other members of the Republi can group lambasting the Presi dent's recent speeches on bis whistle-stop tour were Senators Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa and I Eugene Mllltktn of Colorado. They have been following closelv behind Truman during his campaign trip. Man Burned In Apartment NEW YORK I A television bit actor and scenery artist was found bludgeoned to death and bound under a burning studio couch In his fire-damaged apart ment early Friday. The victim was Identified as Sanford Tillis, about 35, who bad been employed by the National Broadcasting Company. Tillis' body, the hands and feet tied with rubber-coated electric wire, was found beneath the over turned coach in the living room of his dwelling. There was a gaping wound over his left temple, indicating he had been hit with a heavy Instrument. In the bedroom a heap of clothing on a stuffed chair wa afire. No. 2942 Padgett Gets Ike Letter Wyatt Padgett, chairman of the Klamath County Republican Cen tral Committee received a personal letter of thanks today from Repub lican presidential candidate Dwluht O. Elsenhower. . The letter read: Mrs. Eisenhower snd I both want To thank you and the Klam ath County Central Committee for putting on board last night when we stopped in Klamath Falls, the potatoes and wild plums for which your community is famous. We are looking forward eagerly to sarnplinr them. "Thank you once again for the magnificent reception you gave us at such a late hour." "Sincerely, Dwigbt D, Eisenhow er." Weather FORECAST Klamath Falia and vicinity and Northern California: Fair through Saturday with high of 15 Friday and 11 Saturday. Low tonight St. High temp yesterday :.. It Low temp last night 4t Precip yesterday mc Oct. I Normal for period . . ...31 ... Same Period last yr Telephone 8111 i l N- I Jt , -A l W f 1t0mmmmAmm?', faWW'y-yM-.aiiai -I I ' Q&cJbd'Sftzd. i r ! : I . : 'very"""? ? I aj" is m h: I t r ''" '"f ' - . L....5 ..,..... '-re- am-lise ill' :-;' .. m.nu., .n-. SIDEWALK PARLEY G C. Lorenx (left), Loreni Company president, end '' W. T. Owsley .(right), public accountant,? stepped Tor cheHhia. morning. "- v; Mil Communist Casualties Near 8,000 SEOUL. Korea W) Chinese Reds battered their way to the toD of White Horse mountain. Frl. day night and massed 16,000 fresh troops within easy striking distance of the blood-soaked hill. Intelligence officers aald the. Communists could commit two fresh divisions to battle at any Ume. The fanatical Chinese stormed up the slopes with screams and curses ana pushed valiant South Korean defenders off the ridge line. The bone-weary U. N. troops scrambled right back to Uie top and battled the Reds band to hand hour before surrendering the crest . -.....I .win .u. tto,u au again. WILD FIGHTING . ' . By fronUlne estimate, the Chi- nese have already lost 1,000 cas ualties In trylna- to save face on the strategic he tent. The flehtlna- had' raced for SO hours with hardly a break. Reckless Chinese assaults through blistering Allied artillery fire cost the Reds a slasnerinc number of dead. Not since Heartbreak Ridge a oiooa. . The wUd fighting broke off at 9 p.m. with the Chinese in control. The South Koreans bugged the south slope 160 yards from the ton. Earlier reports aald "hilltop brawl" swirled around the neac in almost pitch darkness. Reds and South Koreans fought it out with renaaes, rule butts end bared, layonels. It was the seventh time Prtdav that savage close-in flghUna- has swept across the rubbled crest of uie viiai peag. A pelting rain started Just after dark. It soaked ,the wearied aoU diera who have tren fighting coo- unuousiy more man four daya. a iront une oil leer aald It wag so dark on the crest that thm Republic of Korea, (ROKi troops nao io grope tneir way forward to close with thi-Heds . - ONE BCLE ' , . . He said the South Koreans had one simple rule for fighting in the dark: If they felt a shaved bead in the hand-to-hand fighting they knew it must belong to a Chinese. That was all Uie identification tbey wanted. The officer said the only aounds from the hilltoo were th acreama when someone is knifed end the moans of the wounded." Because of the darkness, the big guns of both sides were ailent. The South Koreans launched their attack from a line about loo yards below the crest at 8:30 p.m. Tbey apparently ran headon Into Uie Chinese, who were pushing their way slowly forward. ROKS BACK The ROKs stormed back to the crest less than two hours after a fresh battalion (about 7501 of ; screaming Chinese drove them from the top to the base ot the hill mass. The Chinese surged forward In a human sea attack, The officer said they "stormed the north slope with bayonets, fists, grenades and dirty words." The ROKs regrouped and moved back up the southern slope behind the protective curtain of a roaring About 100 yards from the top they established a defense line at T7:30 p.m. One hour later they clawed rjacK to tne crest. The Red attack a few hours ear lier had come as Co surprise.
