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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?
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" 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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-'
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