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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1953)
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W Ooaare eince I've been In Wubinfton, I believe they are re- to the Idea of outllnlna 1 wator policy In more de um j TJader exlstlni lw and reiula- public power muit be told at t'loweet reaaonabla ratea con- 4ol with good btulncM prac M, Preference alio rniut be mi cooperative and other pub- ' aodlei, iuch munlclpalltlea JM nnrernment aaenclet. MoXay aald Uiat In "aorne caaee MMner have been handicapped kf the preferential cUuae. Those aarvad by private utilities and aaaatUrnei a cuetomer bat no 1 aaloa ihould not be penallaed by a) praferenco clause if there li t akorute of power." aapreeeed the opinion the Ilia grid syitam" for dla I of power In Um Paelflo r aKnrest, In which energy from ennavlUa Power Admlnlaua- 4 aad prrvata companies la mer- 4 tar distribution to load centers worked successfully. s aald such a system might be (eyed, elsewhere to get public la oooparatlves and muni- rr at new secretary said ha was 4 loiat to past toinas the first la makHBg joa aaaaajn. m eacafttlhr. is Mid ke bad not decided isOter to hold regular new coo- ancea. but punned is auks ., (Csatfciail esi page 4) ji. To Mark MCA Veek I To point up what the TMCA baa I offer, next wees nas oeen set aid a YMCA week not only in Ma region but throughout UM rjnlled State. The . Klamath County 'YMCA, which operates on a Baalnwlde aaona. has eel uo a week-long saeduls of activities, and local aaonla may participate Just about whenever they wish during UuU 'sarlod. It begin this Btindsy with aa pan house, under tn airacuon ra Wires of members oi we ooara oi director... Hie open house I to run from 1:J0 on and I tor per otis coming from church s well as others. : Many member of the Klamath Ministerial Association plan to talk about the "Y" from th pulpit Sunday morning. The YMCA Is attempting to en roll as many local folks as H can Interest In Its membership. It physical facilities are being de veloped extensively, with work underway right now In the build ing of a handball court, a snaci bar and a club room. ' Workmen today were completing the laying of linoleum In a billiards room. A mahogany control desk la to be built. In the nesr future m th front office. . .;..'3rmen TeJ :.fconU.$.Pfone ordered the fUhlng boats back to run, wnere iney were put unaer confinement. They made no men. tlon or sighting any parichutes from the KB. ' - : ' . The U. 8. sovernirlcnt hotlv nro- tested the Incident to Russia, de- insnoed compensation' tor tne "wanton and unlustitlible attack and warned of possible grave con sequences ifrom th "reckless prsotlce," . ;, Yoshlo Mlysho, S5, sstd he (nd II other Japanese prisoners saw a Russian Plan dive at the Super lott nd "fire furiously." ' Moments earlier he had seen a Ingle-engine plan and a four-en gine gircrtit flying side ny sine The Ingle-engine plsrt suddenly went Into a dive, Its gun tiring, Th four-eni In nline he laid, filtered and began to lose altitude, leaving a trail of smoke. It disap peared behind Bin. Mlysho' account mid no men tion of lecond Russlsn fighter Bor did he sy anything of ground flr. the and of (heir food supofy after nooaa ana si toes out on their con tact with the outside world, A three day supply la left In lawyers Bar ana-rorts of salmon in lb Trinity Alp of llaklyou County. County engineer said all avail able snow tractor would be used to haul In supplies over the moun tain. Road cannot be cleared for two weak, they aald. Men on inowshoe will carry the supplies when the tractors csn go no tanner. Relief espedltlons are underway to many other communities Isolat ed by the atorm In the Yreka, Mill., are. Pacific Area Red Cross hesd qusrlrrs hare said spot checks showed 740 families 2,M to 1,000 were routed from their homes by rising wster from the week-end storm, A spokesman said 614 fam ilies have been unable to return. although the r.rlsl Is past 'and the water sre subsiding.. Storm plagued Western Oregon wss hit by a tornado Tuesday which ripped off roof and ahat tared window at Corvallls. Lash ing rain accompanied the twister. Several highways In the stata were still blocked by flood waters, but wsters sre subsiding and repairs are beginning. Part of the town ol Orlck, Calif., la still under water, although elec tric power wee restored Tueaday. The towns of Requa, Calif., and Klamath Olenn, Calif., arc still In undated. Divers are (till searching for a Northwestern Psclflo locomotive which wss pushed by a slide Into the Eel River nesr Scotia Bluff, killing three men. They failed to locate the bodies or the engine Tuesday. ' Highway M ha been reopened to controlled traffic while work men clesr away the remains of a big slid between Redding and Dunsmulr. More rain was expected In the northern regions 1st Wednesday, extending southward Thursday. Troops, Jets Batter Reds SEOUL (l Allied Sabre Jet pi lots shot down seven Communist MIO Jet fighters snd dsmsged three others In battles high over Northwest Korea today, the U. 6 Plfth Air Force said. Two V. 8. Jet aces, Col. Royal N. Baker, McKlnney, Tex., and MsJ. Robinson Rtsner, Oklsboma City, each was credited with his elchth MIO destroyed. U. B. losses, If any. will be an nounced in a week-end summary. Today's baa waa one of the big' I est In several month. V. 8. pilots destroyed eight MIO last Wdos dv tr .rnosvla one dar atao tack aa the froaea Kastarn Prosn whist toe peipmg radio Boaaiea an MeaniraMe defease line of tunnel acroea th Korean Penlr aula, -The. atoadcast -asserted thou sands ef Red acldlers, working nncVerground by Um plight day and night, carved out th tunnel net work which "already proved Itself sn Impregnable defense line never before seen In the history of war." Thirteen Japan-based Bit Super forts stemmed 1J0 ton of bombs on a Communist troop snd supply center near Hemming, (0 miles north of Wonsan on the Korean Bast Coast last night. Crewmen said th area was ripped by ex plosions, probably from ammuni tion stockpiles. North Korean troops forded the ice-choked Nam River lest night and early today and Jabbed at three Allied positions near Ken song on the Eastern Front. Companies SALEM 11 ' The Power com panic took both olfensive. and do lenslv roles In the Oregon Legis lature Wednesday with legislation aimed at the 30 per cent surcharge On electric bills and to make it easier to build Pelton Dsm. Rep. Monroe SweeUand, Mllwau kie, who la 'Democratic nations! committeeman, Introduced bis bill to require public hearings before the power companies are allowed to add extra charges to repay them for added cost of generating power In steam plants. Three Oregon companies Port land Oenersl Electric, Pacific Pow er and Light and Mountain States Power are charging 20 per cent extra on their llfht bills because the recent wster shortage made It necessary for them t etart their stesm plsnts going. The other power measure, which weuld allow court appeals from deolslons of the State Hydroelectric Commission, wss resdy for intro duction under the sponsorship ol Portland 1 0enersl Electric Co. : Th commission refused to let POK build the Pelton power proK ecv on we mnuiHa ,,, the State Fish Commission said It would hurt fish lite. Weather- FORECAST Klsmsth Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Light mow clarrled tonight and tsmerraw. Low tonight tl. Ugh tomorrow 41, 1 High yesterdey ...V tl Lew isat night ...i..-. - U Preelp yesterdsy .1 Preelp . Ince Oct, 1 -...1.11 Same period last year lt.tS Normal far period U t.M (AddiUesal Weather ea Pag 4) Rght Bills Pits Phre Csata-U Pagae M ... C-r- U (f i EIMNHOWEK INAUtoUKATCD Uwight 0. Eisenhower is inu9uratd president at Chief Juilic Fred Vinton administer th oalh of oHiee in cepitot ceremony. Harry Truman, out go- Red Leaders Found Guilty " NEW YORK I A Federal Court Jury Wednesdsy found 13 New York Communist leaders guilty of coosplracy. . The Jury of aut men and six women reached a verdict after re-ceivina- the case last Thursday. Ha xm "' B. .VBa .Cotmsrtsalst leaders war charged with eoospirlns; to teach and sdrocsta the overthrew of th U. S. government. . The Jury foreman. Mis Lucille Collette, a muslo teacher, an nounced the verdict after 41 hours of deliberations: "We find the defendants guUty ss charged!'' . They could receive maximum sentences of five years In prison and fines of tlO.000. Th defendsnte, all from the New York area and all second string leaders of the Communist Party, are: Alexander Blttelman, (t; George Blake Charney, 4g; Elisabeth Our ley Flynn, 60: Betty Gannett, 44; Victor Jeremy Jerome, 54; Arnold Samuel Johnson, 40; Clsudls Jones, it; Alexander Leo Trachtenberg, 65: Louis Weinstock 4k; William wolf wemstone, u; Pettis Perry, 54; Jacob Mlndel, 71; Albert Francis Lannon, 43. Judge Edward Dlmock told the Jurors the verdict was "amply Justified by the evidence" and thanked them for "the exhibition you gave of careful study and the knowledge you showed." The government claimed the 13 stepped into th shoes of 11 top party leaders who were convicted and sentenced -to '.prison on the same charges more, than .three years ago. -- 2X - MIMONT SCHOOL boyi Tommy Fredrlcltion tUft), 212 Wihingtn, and Harvey llevinK (right), 335 Bread, mappid by th ipell photegrphr. tMi morninii mm ikfimm 1 KLAMATH PAIXI, OREGON, Problems of Presidency Move in on Eisenhower -BULLETIN- ...... f .,- CABINET OKU WASHINGTON uh Preaideat iwar'a eaMaat a4eettaa Sea Chawlrt E. Wlsisa k aeaietar e-assa , ..ass -easu aparkeal SVeeaesday, . ctoarkag the way far them 4 be gla rsgsatag their ekpartasaata. . , By STERLING F. GREEN . WA8HTNOTON I Problems of the presidency began crowding in upon Dwlght D. Elsenhower Wednesday before he scarcely had a chance to drsw a long breath after the inauguration whirl. RifleShot Injures Vonian A .22 caliber rifle bullet, fired by. a little boy, sent his mother,' Mrs. Rita Cloutleri In her late 20s, .to Klamath Valley Hospital shortly after noon, suffering from a wound Ip the left side of her body Mrs. Cloutler, according to re ports was Inspecting the rifle and laid It aside for a moment on a davenport at her home at -1411 Nlmlts. It was accidentally dis charged when picked up by her small son, four or. five years of sge. ' Mrs. Cloutler was . rushed . ' by Kaler's ambulance to surgery ,but her condition was not known at press time. -. Oregon State Police are Investi gating. ...-.;. o o . W WEDNESDAY, JANUARY tl, IMS I ing president it at left. Richard I right. ' First and foremost was whether be could set Senate approval tor Charles E. Wilson' to be hi secre tary of defense. The White Bouse said Eisenhower (UH Intend to nominate wuaoa.. Tl:-t"tainally M the. sahjaet eraxrt jxj(aatBse, tbf new Pi pWeut had wltaj !Ms attorney gefstraWeslgnate, Her bert Brownell, Jr. . But other matters were pressing In and got discussion from James Hagerty, White House preea sec retary, in a meeting with news-. men. . . . Hagerty told them: 1. Elsenhower intends to hold regulsr news conferences in the question-and-anser style followed In the Truman administration. No date has been set for the first one but It probably will be held next week. . . - r . 2. The new President Is thinking too of making regular reports to the country by television and radio. This is somethlnar still in the idea stage but the thought Is that they might be made about once a month. 2. The tune-lor Eisenhower's state of the onion message will be decided at a meeting c; the Presi dent with congressional leaders. No date for the conference has been set. The message, which Ei senhower will deliver tn person, is expected to set out his legislative program at .least In broad terms. 4. Elsenhower has not yet been briefed on the appeal of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted spies, for commutation of their death sentences. - The. Rosenbergs, hus band and wife, were convicted of Dessina- atomic secrets to Russia. Their appeal Is one of the matters left by president Truman Tor El senhower. 5. There Is nothing to announce at this time on the question of off shore oil lands. One of Truman's last major acts waa to declare this oil to be a naval reserve. States which claim the oil hope Eisen hower will xeverse Truman's or der... Fatal Disease IlitsTacoma TACOMA I Five children, all under six months of age, have died within the past month ss a result of what at first appears to be Just a slight cold, but develops so rapid ly that' Within 24 hours they are dead, Dr., Frank James, Pierce County coroner, said Wednesday. This mskeg more- deaths from this-sort of Infection than In the entire two previous years. Dr. James said.' He added he fears It msy hav reached epidemic pro portions. He warned that parents who notice sniffles, upset stomach or other type of upper respiratory in taction in a youngster, particularly those under a year old, - should have a physician Immediately treat the disease with anU-blotlc drugs. 'At first appearance, the oeatns look like accidental smothering," Dr. James ssid, "but -a post mortem in each of the five recent cases has revealed that the babies suffered from a deadly comoln- a of Vitus pneumonia with a superimposed pneumococclc pneu monia of the epidemic type. 'In small babies who nave not yet developed resistance to Infec tion, this 1 a deadly thing Indeed. It will kill within 24 to 44 hours." Tetephaa fill Ne. MIS r, v i. is i Nixon, new vie president at x Change Mulled InMilkCosts PORTLAND Wl The State Board of Agriculture wants milk to cost less when purchased in stores than- wnen delivered to homes n n can find facts to Justify thei r dif ferential. Marshall Dans, a-'board TJaasr ssiai J the Poarcrs tottt laUv program to th milk advisory committee. Tne committee,. up of producer, distributor and consumer interests, was appointed by th board ' recently to help formulate proposed amendments to the state's milk control law. The so-called store-door differen tial long has been a point of dis pute between consumers snd cer tain distributors. So tar the board baa refused to allow a lower store price on the ground that retailers' and distributors' handling prices are similar. 'The board's legislative program Includes proposals to: Enlarge the state's milk market ing areas to reduce the number of hearings necessary to change milk price regulations. eaaxe the mimmums established by the board the maximums as well. Require producer-distributors to produce at least 75 per cent of their milk rrom their own herds. Authorise the board to levy fines of up to (too for violation of milk control regulations. Authorise the board to, fix salar ies of the administrator, and other employees,: , . The recommendations are to be presented, to .committees of . the Legislature Jan, 27. - W -. Coast Guardsmen Relate Dramatic Rescue Story MANILA I Choppy seas surged over the rubr raft. Three Amer ican Coast Guard mens, chilled to the bone, . braced against the icy ' waters. - .. , The raft bobbed and drifted in side a treacherous reef. Land wss perilously nesr the unfriendly coast of Communist China. There was safety there from the anin-y seas and winds but danger, too, of almost certain Imprisonment or death. . . . We were so cold -we ' didn't csre- who got us, Just so 'they had fire to keep us warm," says Lt. John Vuklc. . . . Then, in midnight darkness, the U. S. destroyer Hnlsey Powell picked its wsy expertly through the reef and plucked the frozen, bedraggled men to safety. , . . That ended TVS hours of misery for Vuklc, of Pittsburgh, the pilot; Joseph Miller, Jr., chief- aviation machinist's mate, of Long .Beach, Calif., and Robert F. Hewitt, nvia. tlon structural mechanic, third class, of 8an Diego. They were crew members of a Coast Ouard Mariner amphibian that overturned In heavy seas, burned and ssnk Sunday after picking up 11 of IS Navy airmen shot down off Swatow. a Red China port, by Communist shore . bat teries. : i Vukic told their story at -Sang- ley Point Naval Base southeast of Manila today. All three were- bat tered and bruised. Hewitt had a back injury. Vuklc sported a black eye.. --- The other five crewmen .of the Mariner wer kllktV. Ewv Navy JO"o n mm Intelligence SicIitinjS ' By WnXIAM C. BARN ABB J A V. S. ADt BASK. Northern Ja pan lV-Myterlou flying object rotating clusters of red. wnne and green lights" have been ' sighted over Northern Japan by American airmen, the Air Force disclosed Wednesday night ' Intelligence report placed th sightings close to Russian territory , in the Kurlle ''"- and they added: .- "There are too many Indication of the presence of something ... to be considered an observatlos of nothing." And they discounted the possibility the sighted object ware mere "reflections of light." . REPORTS Col. Curtis R. Low, commander of the. Northern Division of the Japan Air Defense Force, aald the . flying cluster were seen by fighter pilots and ground personnel aad tracked on radar. Ke re leased official intelligence report on the sighting to the Associated Press. r The reports wen similar to the. describing "flying saucers" to the U. S. One said the tights appeared to hang motionless at times, and at other times disappeared, wrm blinding speed. , Col. Donald - J. - M. Blakeatoe. World War II ace and commander of an escort fighter wing, took de tailed observations on one rotating duster and tried. In vain to Inter cept it to a Jet MANY PERSONS Sightings were made by many persons at many points over North ern Japan Dec. 2t. On Jan. I a rotating cluster was spotted by two figmer puou and waa tracasa aa radar. The report was stoned by U. CoL Russell Powell, tntelligesc officer, V. 8. Air Force. The alert ting uocuri d aver the frosen. Ice-locked reaches of North ern Japan, a land tense wtth ooa- Reports On unM air nmwnwo vj near dying Roaaiaa fighter, gani ; ' - wusMTt mimmt aa e swi east of rrokkstoe, Japan's nosasern- ' The Russian Jaland ef ftekhalra is only 30 miles north of Hokkaido. The Reds have dosena of air I on Sakhalin and th Kuril. CcuucHfes Necr 129 Thousand ; WASHINGTON (F) Announced V. 8. battle casualties in Korea reached 12SJ7I Wednesday, an In crease of 250 since last week. The Defense Department's week- . ly summary based on notifications to families through last Friday reported: Mew Total 2042 M,St BJIlt , I2M71 22.S7S MSl KUIed In Action Wounded - Missing Total Battle Deaths Current Missing ; Following Is a breakdown nf the casualties by services:- - New Total Army , .. . '101,022 Navy . ." .j -1,777 . Air Force . 1.407 Martoe Corps ,.- : .24.746 airmen were killed and tour are missing and presumed dead. The other seven were taken to Formosa, from where the Coast Guardsmen were flown to Manila and the seven Navy men to Oki nawa, their home base. . Vukic said his crew spotted a half-inflated, half-burned llferaft holding the 11 Navy survivors at 4:20 p.m. Sunday. He set the big amphibian down on the rough waters without trou ble while other planes circled over head. "The survivors were so physical ly exhausted they had to be assist ed Into our plane they couldn't stand up," Vuklc said, Hours later Vuklc knew Just what that meant. . On the takeoff, the Mariner lurched and a wing dipped Into the sea. "My seat broke and that's the last thing I remember. The next thing I knew I was In the water. My left eye was full of blood and my right eye was blind." Vuklc and six other men msde it to a llferaft but couldn't Inflate It. The planes overhead dropped more rafts. Vuklc, Miller and Hew. . Itt clambered aboard one. "The three of us tried to paddle back to the others, but we could not make It. We paddled with our hands and feet. Finally we got so tired we Just eat down and tost sight of the crew and plane." . About p.m.-they spotted th rescue ships. - '' .. : The Powell deftly mnuvred Into position snd picked them up. Aboard, they found the seven Navy men already bad been rescued. ,
