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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1952)
If n n UUJ r Highways Reopen As Basin Digs Out Ike Starts TalEcs With Top Advisors A M A (fiR MesiBSaSa7asajgesjsssiaBwaiiMeassaBas JDJVL nit ii 3 1 ) I : !' f By DON WIIITI IIICAD ABOARD UHH HELENA EN ROUTE TO HAWAII 11 Proaldonl , -elect Dwluhl Elaiiliowor today opened a f iirniHl conference with ' advisers and future members u( t, his mlttilnimi Htlmi within two lioum' ; niter thoy were brought iiboitrd thin heuvy cruiser by helicopter from Wake Ir'v. The Korear. .. . ; wan believed , io be the main lopio ol discussion. But Elsenhower's prcsa aecretury ?Jamoa C. ilniierty, told reporters i there would be no announcement now ol subjects dlncussea or de cisions thai niluht be reached. Repurla that a definite military rogram already had been decided upon were derided by one reliable source close In Elsenhower, "Nothing Is clcflnllo yet," he de clared. liagerty made It clear to report- ra aboard the Helena thai the By FRANK JENKINS What's that old aaw about never misuig the water till Uie well I una dry? . Well, It goes equally lor electric current In uicao modern daya. Alter yenterday and today, 1 wonder about the big alorm ol 1804 II that waa Uie dale ol Uie big on uie old-timers nave oocn isi lug about ever alnce. k,Kl H cause mora grid? J " Well, back In IBM (or whenever i waa they practically hadnt ward about electricity. Light came com kerosene lampe or tallow landlea. Heal came I rum a good Id alove. led by wood that waa cut In Uie early tall Ui readlneaa tor Uie winter, rower came irom horse, buttressed by human arroa let a and backa. Bo Uie went on more or leas aa usual Just aimed down ana made more miserable. Thla time, when iht power went rvtHYTHINO went. The llghla went pool. Electric and oil heal Went pf-f-f-t. Except lor Uiom who have gas, cooking went AWOU Bulldoaera clearing 111 atreeU and roada gave up the ghost when Uiey ran out or gaao. iinf, tor gaaoline la now pumped almost umveraally by elecuio mo- torn. Only Uie strong backa thai manned UM band shovels gept go Thet'g what happen In the mod ern world when electricity, the alavi ol modern man. con kg out, ire RUOGKD because when you've become aoouaiomed to the tniniau-allona ol a ready and will' kig alava you MISS biro when he Unt there. Ufa Juat Un't the same without him. The root of the trouble wag In Conco'a cower line down the Klam alb. canyon. It WENT OUT, It's rough country aa you know II you've Untied there. Hard to get at. And hard to do eny'hlng with when you get Uiere, The Copco boya worked themselves down to a ane dow. but couldn't get at the trou. bl. With Uie big line nut. only Uie Utile auxiliary plant down Keno way waa IcU. II waa a amell boy trying to run a big mill. So. In the altrrnoon. Weyerhacu aer came to Uie rescue. To gel more Dower out of their plant, more luel had to b got at. It vag Sun day. They dually due- up a crew. made up chiefly of brass and auoh othera aa could be got hold ol on a holiday. But Uiey made It and aaved uie dav. Thousands ol two pie who were looking forward dole fully to cold, dark houses and cold food out of cana came back aud- J'lanly to the comforts ol modern , Boy, waa H WONDERFUL! That'a what happens when peo ple turn In and help each other. Another Weyerhaeuser gldellght When the heat foiled, because M lack ol current, everybody thought aU of a sudden of Preato- Inga. The town waa noon sold out of 'em. Bo Weyerhaeuser tired up the Prealolog plsnt. They're good people these Wey erhaeuser workera and WeyerhacU' aer braaa. Aa these words are writ ten (about mld-mornlngi they've come back on the )ob with more current to keep us running incma. Ing the Herald and News and both radio stations and the woild around these part la running ana In To get Uia current, weyern:ieiiser has cloned It box plant and Is glowing down Ita other operations. The Copco boys are still work-Jno- like beavers. They'll deserve their sleep when they Ilnally get around to ii. As I just remarked, that'a what happens when people turn In and help eaoh other. When everything la going smoothly, we carp and crHiclie. but In the plnchns we turn In and pull each other out of uie noie, It's a good world, niter all. i ' lili ,- j Li.ii'i.ni 'ir--'' ' 1 '"'" iyf general may not disclose his pinna until alter he hai taken office Jan. ill. "We will make no statement on Korea,!" the press secretary de clined, The conference that began today will continue until the Helena reaches Pearl Harbor Thursday. There, Uione aboard the cruiser will Join military leadera and ad vlners lor at least two mora days of discussions. Ifiigcrty nn Id he could not say whul the general'a Inlnerary would be after he leavca Hawaii. Those who came aboard at Wake Islund; John Foster Dulles, secretary of ntule-dnalgnate; Gov. Douglas Mc Kuy of Oregon, who will be aec retury of the Interior; Ocorge M. Humphrey ol Cleveland, eecretnry of Die Treasury-designate; Urn. Lucius Clay, clone friend and ad viser to Elsenhower; Joseph M. Dodge of Detroit, who may be the next director of the budget, and C. D Juckson and Emmet Hughea, who will be on Uie general'a White Houne stuff. Chnrlra K. Wilson, defense secretary-designate; and Adm. Arthur Radford, commander In chief, Pa cific, left the Hrlrna at Wake and flew to Pearl Harbor. There they will confer with Orn. Omar Brad ley, chnlrman of Ills Joint C'hlefn of Bluff, on military problems In Korea. Elsenhower lunched with those who remslned aboard, Including Herbert Brownell, attorney general-designate, and Wilton B. Per sons, who will be a While House assistant. Alter a lunch of pea soup, tuna fish anlad, rolls, Jain and Jello, the group got down to business. ilugerty aald they talked gener ally an a unit, then broke Into smaller groups to continue Uie die cunslons. Dullen and Humphrey were In the first helicopter to make Uie Jump from Wake bland to the drrka of the Helena. Elsenhower greeted them warmly; "Jl's good to see you." Dulle told reporters he had time for a awlm on Wake this morning. Tile second helicopter, carrying the rest of the party, arrived a lew minutes laler. I.t. Bill -Collins of Lung Beach, Calif., and Lt. BIU Dakan of n Worth, Teg., piloted Uia helicop ters. The President . elect spent moat of Sunday In bed. reeling from Uie political campaign and his action packed trip to Korea. Hagerty aald, "He'a Just unwind ing Irom all Ihe months ol work and travel. Remember, thla la the Ural time he haa had a real chance to sleep and rest alnce he returned home from Europe June 1, Another Red Purge Told BELORADE. Yugoslavia to Belgrade radio Monday reported a major new purge of Communist leaaera underway in CsochosJovak la. A terse report quoted Ihe official Yugoalav newa agency Tsnjug aa lla source but gave no kndlcaUon ol how the information waa re ceived. The broadcast Hated these prom, Inenl Csrcha aa among those seised In "a new wave of arreala in t-seonoalovakla:" Antonln Oregor, former minister oi foreign traae. Oen. Ludwig Svoboda. first port' war minister of defense, who waa relieved last September and de moted to the post of minister of physical educaUon. Vladmlmlr Kopshlva, minister of police. Eugene Erban, mluwiter of works and social security. Auguslln Kllmrnt. minister of heavy machinery. Zdcarck nerllnger, deputy pre mier. Reports that new purges were imminent In Csechoalovakla and other Soviet satellite nations have been current aince the bur treason trial in Prague ol one time csren CommunWt bona Rudolf Blansky and 13 other former higfl Reds. Eleven including Blansky were hsnged and three others got life sentences last week. Nixon Sees 'Cooperation' WASHINGTON 11 Vice Prerl dent-elect Nixon nald Mondry that Sen. Robert A. Tnft Is a "team player" who will v(irk amoolhly with the Incoming Elsenhower ad ministration. "There la no doubt Jn my mind that he will be able tc work smoothly with the new administra tion." Nixon told a reporter alter his plsne set down at a fog- shrouded National Airport. Nixon was returning from Mex ico City where he represented President-elect Elsenhower at In auguration ceremonies for Presi dent Adolfo Ruts Cortlnes, Tail and Elsenhower split sharp ly last week over the appointment of Martin P. Durkln, a ataunch Democrat and president nf the AFL Plumbers Union, as aecretury of labor. Taft aald the appointment waa "incredible.- Weather FOR t:C AST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California! A few showers of snow, sometimes mixed with rain, through Monday. Occasional clearing periods through Tuesday. High Tuesday 17; law Monday night it. High yesterday SI i.ow last night u Preclp last 24 hours ..I.Sf) Slnee Ort. 1 1.47 Normal - Air period: .........-..I.I Pries Five Cento 14 Pages t- - ' . . . :.-w.i- STORM-GRIPPED Bairn it blanketed with )8 inchel of wind-driven mow in photo abov taken from OTI hill. Right, Bill Sition, Mrs. Vic Douglst and Norma Lea Douglas, who live in a per fectly modern horn on Kane Street, wars forced to ihe old deer-camp gai itova and a torcsd-gai lantern, by the power outage. Bottom left, three traini stand in Klamath yardt awaiting tha signal to" move out after a rotary mow plow began clearing a path for them.They are the Klam ath (left,) the Cascade (cen. ter) and the Shaita Daylight. Lower right, heavy winds snapped this top out of a power pole to help snarl terv. ice east of here. The picture was taken along the Lekoview highway six miles out of Klamath Falls. Riots Erupt In Morocco CASABLANCA. Morocco W Bloody anti-French rioting erupted Monday In thla French North Alr, can protectorate. Three Europeans and at least 20 Moroccans were killed. Police Informants said an angry mob caught three Europeans In atone quarry during the morning alsshed the throats of two ol them and cut oft their hands. The mob crushed the head ol the third with rocks. Three other Europeans were wounded. The crowd, numbering about 600 and fired up by Nationalist agi tators, moved on to Uie police sta- uon. As It moved lt swelled to about $.000. Shooting ensued and about 30 Moroccans were slain. Bv noon, police had gained shaky grip on Uie situation and tanks and armed troops patrolled Uie troubled sections. An g p.m. to 6 a.m. curlew was Imposed and assemblies ol more Ulan 10 persons were bnnncd. A police official driving to work was attacked by a mob during the morning. His automobile was burned but he escaped. A French schoolmast. er leading Moroccan children to school opened fire on a crowd which started throwing stonca at him and drove them off. The outbreaks here on the North east African coast lollowcd a na tionwide atrtke call by the Moroc can Oenernl Labor Confederation tCOTl. which acted In sympathy with the Tunisian Workers Move ment (UOT). The UOT has ordered a three- day walkout for Tunisia In protest against the unexplained assassina tion outside Tunis insi j-riaay ot Farhat Hached, Tunisian National ist lesder and general secretary of the UOT. . . Korean Counts Soldier Style with v. " s. 4,vnr division, Korea Ifl A Botith Korean sold ier atactica to this division nss learned to count in English by watching American soldiers at their favorite pastime. Thla wav; "Ace. deuce, trey. four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Jack, queen, klng. KLAMATH FALLS, OHKCiO.N, v- r . -a.7 . f - ? 1 ' I ' to - r -a"ii '- 1 . vf ': Boys Bog Big Duck ALLENTOWN, W. H. vn wu a stouter llam Tell didn't twang bow string than those of two young sters who went hunting- deer with their fnthers Sunday, all armed with bows and arrows. Tlmothv Bovd. 12. and Charles Atkins, 1.1, let fly arrows simultan eously. Both dnrls Hew true to Uie heart of a 101 -pound buck. Their fathers got nothing. BRITISH TRAIN WAR DOG3 NEW YORK to The British are training 60 dogs at a war dog train ing achool in Malays for duty against Communists In Korea and Mninvn. the British Information Service report here ssrssn I ! : ) I "Mf. - . t i MONDAY ULCLMBKK 1, 1932 f '." i 'vv.v,A(S', j ' t .V'"" r ' - . V V, V " ' V Huge Shark Kills Youth PACIFIC GROVE. Calif, to A 15-foot shark ripped 17-year-old Berry Wilson to death only 50 feet from shore in Monterey Bay Sun day. The huge shark severed one ot Wilson's logs, badly gouged the other, and, tore huge chunks of flesh from his buttocks. Leavlncr Wilson, who bled to death, the. shark then attneked his companion, Brookner W, Brady Jr. IS, who fought it with a kniie. As four other swimmers ap proached, the shark fled. The fish was identified by Ma rine biologists. It was the first time In the mem ory of old timers that a shark had harmed a person off, Uia Northern California coast, Telephone lilt No. 204 1 if j V 'a 7 v' K i A ' , ' f Turkey Thieves Take Notice! KENTLWORTH, England to Warning to Christmas turkey rust lers: Steer clear of here. It Is true that MnJ. John Hlbbert has several hundred beautifully fattened birds wandering around hla place. But to reach them you first have to get through his outer perime ter a seven-fbofhigh electric fence regularly patrolled by men with shotcuna. Then, four 1 .000- pound pedigree bulls just rarUV to get at strangers. They aren't fussy whether the rustlers have two legs or four. The bulls bellowed so loud at one fox who tried to hustle a free meal that Reynard fled straight into the high-voltage fence and did on -the wire, By MALCOLM EPLET JR. They'll be talking about the win ter of 1951 for many years to come. It haan t even olllclally gotten un der way yet (Dec. 31 is tha winter f om lice i, out Kiamam residents Be gan digging out of one of the worst storms In the history of this area this morning. If the snow alone were counted, the storm would not have been as bad; nor would the wind alone have done too much, though it was a terrific blow. It was the combination of wind, snow and moisture that threw most of the Klamath Basin into an un wanted blackout Saturday night. Klamath Palls hotels were Jammed with an Inward migration of farm and ranch families who could not remain at home because tneir pow er loss meant not only loss of light and beat, but also of water supply. More than 1,000 passengers on three Southern Pacific passenger trains were held up here Irom Saturday until late Sunday after noon when the trains moved siowiy out of the local yards behind a Called Oil Ladiea of the Toketee Lions Club, tonight Happy Hoar Club ached ale for Tuesday ' Three R Club oa Tuesday OSC Mother's Club on Thurs day Lacal Musicians Union tonlf hi Sarah Circle, Klamath Luther an Ladles Aid. tonight Rebekah Ledge drill team te alght Allied Veterans Council ta nlrM Bly Skywstch Meeting Tues day night Fort Klamath gkywatch Wed nesday nlf ht Storm Kills 13 Persons By The Assoc la ted Press The worst storm of the season battered California, Oregon and Washington over the week end. halting road and rati travel In Northern California and Southern Oregon and claiming at least 13 lives. Six uvea were lost In Oregon. seven in California aa gales toppled trees, drenched the coast In heavy rains ana puea snow mgn in imsna mountains.- Seven trains with 1,370 passen gers were blocked by drifting snow In Northern Calif anil aand South ern Oregon before the Southern Paf Icle re-opened lines late Sundar. All major highways through the area also were re-opened Monday, although Oregon state police warned that snow was beginning to fall heavily in the siskiyojis again, threatening new closure of Uie Ashland-Klamath Falls route. Chains were required on all high ways In that area. The storm deaths in Oregon: Herman C. -Meyer, about 53, crushed by a falling tree 13 miles east oi coos nay. Leroy Johnson, 43, a pedestrian who was struck by a car in a heavy rainstorm at North Bend. Ralph Willis Peterson. 38. Hau :r. Ore., struck by a skidding; car near Ha user. Louis W. Stange. killed In the collision of an automobile with a logging truck near Otis. Ore. Agnes Sigrist, IS, a pedestrian struck by an automobile at Port land. Nelson Durbln. 33, a fisherman who drowned after being caught by a high wave on the beach near Florence. Eugene Driver Held as Drunk A Eugene businessman. John Rvan Elliott, 38. arrested Saturday afternoon near Chemult on a charge of drunk driving, posted $400 bail for his release from the County Jail. Ryan was arrested by State Police after he ran bis car into a snowbank. He is general man ager of the Elliott Distributing Company, Eugene. s j lapSiji? IjTH H' ' .'Je&tBeis- It aia'e)aka,.ea.aMa. I ' laftA tasf big rotary plow to attempt to make a downhill run through the storm, whipped area to the south. Breaks in Copco'i 3 main trans, mission lines from Copco 1 and 3, the Klamath River, caused loss of power in Klamath Falls and most 01 tne surrounding area. The breaks occurred In the Klamath canyon. One line fell Into the river near Elllngson's Mill, according to re- ports received here. rower lines running oroaasiae to the lashing winda took a bad beat ing,. The line running along Ore. gon 66. east of the Lakevlew-Mer-rlll Junction, had poles snapped at the top, cross-arms banging lose, and wires were ensnarled with dhe another and with telephone lines. muNjca uui Many phone services were also nut out of commission, and like power In many districts both close in end outlying, were still out of service this morning. Klamath Falls city and Klamath County schools took the day off to recuperate as well. Ana Oregon Technical Institute was the only school which opened its doors Uis morning. Saturday night winds ot aa muen as 61 miles per hour drove snow in horizontal sheets at transform', era and power houses. Texum sta tion near the Great Northern Roundhouse, blew out in a spectac. uiar display of electrical pyrotech nics. That threw a great portion of the south suburban area into darkness. Downtown Klamath Fans main, tained electrical supply throughout Uie night and until early Sunday afternoon when a main transmis sion line gave way south of here. That completed the blackout here, though it lasted but three hours In town. Copco solicited power from weyernaeuser 11m oer (company a Indepently operated p 1 a nt, and mustered kilowatts from the local plant to put the downtown area on tne ngnted list once more. IMPROVE After that the situation began to Improve. Some ouuymg sections nad Dees out as long aa 38 hours thla morn-, ing. But in sections, as Copco crews patrol out local lines to make sure Ihey won t blow tne enure transmission once again area af ter area la coming nacc on. Western Bandleader Tex Rltter attempted to make a scheduled ap pearance at the Klamath Armory Saturday night. Re played for ap proximately 30 minutes before a couple of hundred paid admis sions. Then the lights went, and though Tex and his boys attempt. ed to play in the dark, they were torcea to give up. Admissions were refunded those attending, and they left in the storm Rltter told looal promoter Bsldy Evans he would make it up to the Klamath people. Meanwhile, many modern homes over the weekend were scenes of old-fashioned family life. Fire places were brought Into use as cooking- places, and portable gas stoves stowed away for next deer season were broken out and put to use. On farms and ranches the great difficulty was feeding stock. No water supply was available for many, and smaller ranchers were reportedly building fires to melt snow to feed Uie animals. Highways were opened up by this morning In all directions but west on Oregon 66. For some time yesterday the only traffic moving in and out of the Klamath area was over US (7 north. That was one-way at Beaver Marsh where . highways crews blasted, through deep drifts. For a long period yesterday there were but two long distance phone ' circuits out of Klamath Falls. They were to Portland. Special phone crews were being brought In from outside points to help get Klam-' (Continued oa page 4) SHOOTING HOURS December 9 Open 6:54 a.m. Close J:35 pjn. i 4' : i i I! I -
