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ttiiitn I me nrai mw ui
in recent montlta, Out
(tore attention and coin.
Lh in citv much (he poll-
Imi of llie Detroit Board
lerce back last October.
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FRANK JENKINS
Ly (he newa In bl( and
hi. On oilier 11 ' lllt
iir this i on i M,r
rf'ii sample of the Bluff
gming off the wires up to
Hits Is written:
Lnt Eisenhower will be of.
iannd cmne in in m.
k river s eummer
fciwe." The offer It expect
kmc from n orgniruon
iben oi commerce in Jei-
ouniy. New Yor. wnicn
the fumed mousana i-
f ill, sites under consld.
i. Pullman Inland, Include
Uinan castle, which wan
the sleeping car ijroon
day when lycooiM Died
i out In the wooda.
lirrlman did up it Harrl-
fcdie on upper itiematn
rriman'a Ideaa were mod'
Pullman built hlmaalf a
ace thai waa a wow.
(coon age ran lu courae
1 and came to Ita end.
Pullman estate dlapoaed of
i castle, which cam evtn
la the hand, of iroup
Lion bualneaamen who are
U to offer it u m h I
wall House.
Vient of tlw ownera dee
it u a reporter aa "com
f villi lood oonununlcatlwu
lit enough to permit a full
oi Heard u me rreaiaent
kt loafing and letting the
ita take cart of thenv
V ktodly thought, of eouree,
mspecta mat It la not
atunged by the modern
I eemmunlty proateU
I la at all bad da
A Wanda reereaUoar am
a m summer, wwt moum
I there. .
let, If any hltchea develop
Mferton county, Maw York,
k I'm In favor of having
(ATE OP JEFFERSON. Out
k the center of tho Pwatfta
foffer lie bla pick- V eur
lAunLED recreational ia
If be wanta aucn a thing
unmer Whit Houae.
Upper Klamath Lake and
tedding above Shasta dam
glamoroua wltda of the
and the lovellneag of Dla
lake and tht North Umpqua
Nt among, we can tlx him
1 almost anything hta heart
ream for In the way of
(capital.
Pretldent ohooaea to let
jwasert grow. It will be all
11 ua-and If he ahould
Kraoi mat wniskers grow lux
r In our climate wa'u had
frtooa enough In thla area,
e photographed them cop.
tnouih. to be able to Drove
with well documented evl-
i uai no can produce a crop
Meed to acare women and
inw conniption flla.
It brought eut . i.t..
pi advocates and It uncovered
few dissenters,
.Meanwhile. nrl..
off another long Hat 0f Items-lnls
S?wn!flrVu,f" 40 D"ll0 dollars
"ineaa annually waa
And Industrial production rolled
along at Ita familiar faat pace
while retail merehanla continued
to port larger aaJe, than a year
ml?' !d. De,roU """O ' Cm.
merca alatement on free trade pret.
?L !? ta Poke out for Urlff
nw.iw Miin weea,
"Wii ...... ,. .
tI,T, Jht D,irou ''ment had
K i. if "n"01 ,'rver continue
to aell U we refuae to buy" "
..''J .. wnt to
.... MuD,a reairicl 0ll an-l
repenl I lie "Buy America Act"
which require, the bulk if gorn!
ment purchaaea com. i?o.S i?.?
o? olr.T.r.""" "Mrdl" PrhJ
Voman5aid
Badly Injured
A Klamath Palla woman,' Mrs.
r-T'. V"- 1. waa reported
badlv lnlurrf in M .... .
. " mo avciueni
V ' mornln near Cree-Dell
aocording to word
reaching here.
i Cheyne had been vlaltlng
in Portland and waa returning
wn Mr. and Mra. Mllo
Cbeyne of Portland, her aon and
daughter-in-law.
She haa made her home here
with her daughter, Mra. Randolph
went to Ui acene of the accident
w.iu u aunouiance.
Btata Police thla afternoon had
no delalla on the accident,
J. E Jackson
Gets 5 Years
One man waa aentenced to prl
ton thla momina In otrculi Court.
and two othtrt placed on probt
on
i. E. (Jim) Jackaon. aa. waa
Eenced to five yeara In the atate
lenUary on a charge of ob
hg money by falaa pratenaea.
Ha haa a pent much of hi Ufa
eueaa iwm m one prieeo, at
a4 .a, jlaaa4 fceaa iaa t-
Mt, of courae. If Ike WANTS
fmer White Houae.
raun nave noted that refar-
10 LOAPFMn In .v.. muu,..Hj
g. Proposal. If there la any
f that the new President of
t-'u mates will have any
ume on hla hanH. in ihia
fr ol the year of itaoiiinn
W observed It in my read
I
news.
h them in Ti.. Ki...it
r cum. He doean't aeem
nt any advantages over
wimnn run of folks. During
5"' Bttleof the Bulge
"tin snow and tor weather)
I alwnva 1....I Li.
tila ....; " n com-
gv ... .iwsniB loanoie
iMi T. ovl!r w,th ore.
C w Whlngton Is Its aoom-
P Wltimcr nlltnal. . t. l-
f Ik. ydlli.0"" I
" the dc Of a aummar
lth R.ot" rel oP on It,
wSlnat,!' Southern Ori
Northern California as the
rb,e 08n nothing better
Tbomaa Harold Hoaa. tl af
aaernu, ' waa piacta on prooatMo
for five yeara on a than charge
dating back to las!. Rupe waa
piaoea on pronation Dee. M, 161
and picked up again for violating
the probation order Jan. 1 of this
year.
Judge 'David R. Vandenbarg or
dered hla original eenttnet ra
voked and again placed him on
pronation,
Donald R. McKle. W. waa nlaced
on probation for a. period of three
yeara, for wrHlng bad checks. Ht
had earlier pleaded entity to tht
charge of obtaining money by falsa
pre lenses, ho aamnieaiy wroie
three bed checks here last month.
one in Reno, three at Salem and
others in Texas and New Mexico.
McKle waa ordered to pay off
tna tnree cnecia nere, amounting
to some .Ilia. In 11 daya, and
will be allowed to go to Washing,
ton where he said ht haa a lob,
Edgar Murray Manner, 2S. was
arraigned on two recently-returned
Indictments, charging embeaale-
ment and larceny by embesale
ment, both charges growing out of
hla employment last year by the
sewing Macnine service and E
chanie,
Attorney Harold Merryman was
appointed to represent him on both
counts, and Matsler la to plead to
tna indictments next Wednesday
morning.
) Destroys
gly Plane
Ul!oVed J'T,4 pUnt 8tu"
C million rfii " v"iod at
KCn.i"' -vara.
lUM P WMIUl i
Dill .. -PUIMI Batlfl It
Li in a Ml . .
Teacher Gets
Dig Answer
POST, Tex. W Mra. Johnnie
Hamilton waa telling her grade
scnooi class about ueorge waan.
Union, whose birthday la Sunday.
"If you had cut down the cherry
tree," sne asked one nine leuow,
what would you nave saia,
'Timberr-r-rl" came the reply
in a booming voice.
Party Raided
Minors Held
PORTLAND m Police, federal
narcotics agents and state liquor
commission agenta raided a South
east Portland house Friday night
and arrested x persona, irciuuiua
14 Juvenllea, most of them high
school students. .
The adults were charged with
disorderly conduct and were or
dered held tor the liquor commis
sion, The Juveniles, . seven boys
and seven girls, were taken to
Juvenft headquarters. Three other
JO-year-olds. were picked up In a
car parked outside the house, They
ware charged with being minors
In possession of liquor.
Police said a noisy party was
In progress when they arrived,
several of those In the house
eluded police, tht officers reported.
COMMIES CHILLED
.TOKYO Iff A heavy amwstorm
today chilled a Oommunlat cele
bration of "AntMJolonlsatlon Day."
ami aoo (Led milled around the
national Diet (Parliament) for a
whU and than went home.
Ike's Slap
At Soviets
Approved
WASHINOTOIf im Ouli-h eon.
gross lonei approval was forecast
ivoay lor President Elsenhower's
'nuleiment of ftuuls'a mass "sub
jugation of free peoples" through
perversion of World War II agree
A resolution. ananui-l tw ri'
aenhower and awaited on Capitol
Hill since he promised It In his
Feb. 3 State of the Union mes
sage, wns made public yesterday
by the President:
It rejects the Soviet Union's In
terpretation of the understandings
presumably tho-e made at Yrlte
aa a llcennc for fie subluxation
of free neooles. It nrnAU mi m
hope for ultimate aeU-novemment
oenina tne iron Curtain In line
"with the pledge of the Atlantic
vnerter "
ViKNOTH ,
The resolution waa not aa strong
an some KepuDiiCfliis had wanted,
but few seemed Inclined to choi
lenire the President on the Ismi.
Most Democrats were ready to
go along with It, too, It did not
criticise the administration of
Democrats Franklin D. Koosivell
or Harry S. Truman, nor did It
repudiate agreements made at
Yalta or elsewhere during those
administrations.
The Republican President also
accepted the principles of the At
Untie Charter, authored by Roose
velt with British Prime Minister
Churchill.
The Atlantic Charter, actually a
Joint declaration of the two lead,
era, was composed of notes they
screed upon aboard 'ship in the
nuanira ucean in Augual, mi.
RKIHTS
They recognised, among other
things, the rtghta of all peoples to
choose their own lovernments and
agreed on restoration of self -gov.
eminent for those who .had lost it
The charter waa never drafted as
a formal document and had no
legal force, although it caught on
aa a declaration of the west's
principles.
While Senate Majority Leader
Taft of Ohio arranged to handle
the Elsenhower resolution In tht
Senate, most congressmen turned
weir tnougnts to tna apparently
increasingly critical situation in
Indo-china. Prance la carry tne the
Alllea' fight against Oommunlat
loreea were. .
Sen. Mansfield - (D-Mont) a
member af the foretell relations
committee, called for heavy new
atall'-iiisji af tnSJtary emifrmesa
to bast: ang. B eawad burry
wf aaassnapa1 ka wavsraeaea a taf
dloiomat. aa well as Roaalan of.
floers, had bat opera tmg la China
and ""nfiwinii
Cars Hit, Man
Fined SIIO
Vernon Thomas DuBois. 10. 1636
Gary, was fined a total of 1110
in Municipal conn tooay on ini
tio cnargea resulting irom col
lision between his car and a City
Police, vehicle at 8. 6th and Broad
laat night. '
He pleaded guilty to reckless
driving, waa fined 1110, and to
having no operator's license, pay.
in- am. " ' . i
i DuBois' IMS Oldamoblle sedan
skidded and went broadside Into
the front of a 1950 Ford coupe
used as s police trafflo car, dam
aging both extensively. Patrolman
Jim Howard waa driving the police
vehicle.
Alu arrmLMl far reckless drlV-
inr laat nliht was a 21-year-old
OTI student, Raymond Coady, who
after a cnase tnrougn auw raai
tlon during which police said Coady
ran through four atop signs.
u. waa drlvlna a 1M3 Ford and
reportedly was chasing another
oar, which got away. A police car
chased Coady about 10 minutes be
fore catching mm.
Price rive Cowta-ll Paget' KLAMATH PALLSrOREOON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY tl. 1U . Telepbeiw IlTT
Ne. tsaa
I , -
.. n r A ,.v .
ANT AMOUNT 0 WOtDS couldn't dt.eribt tht foy that roi9ntd In Malin'i roolino (action
last night like thla picturt by tht Harald and News staff photographer does. Caust for tht
unbounded hilarity was Malln's 38-35 uptet, win oven Sacred Heart in tht lemi-fineU of tho
Klamath County cage tournament. (Story in sports taction).
Morse Seeks.
Trial Rights
' . WaJsJOWOTOW m IJan.' Marap
ana-Ore) tart a aa r
right to couneal. who aautd abject
to quaaUons and cross-examine
any other witneeaea making accuaa-
In Introducing a wltnea"
ses' ' "bill of rights" measure.
Morse vesteruav said persons ac
cused of disloyalty, subversion or
Communist tactics ahould have
adequate assurance by law" of
a chance to oetena wenueives.
The bill would also require wit
nesses to slick to tht subject- un.
der Investigation.
LS6CGlUG7Stllrlt
ase
Tough Issues
Await Solons
aiTiru un Threatened with
the bluest deluge of bills In' his
tory. Oregon's 41-dsy-old "g
lature atlll Is confident It can wind
up Its work In another 60 days,
u.uin made rood orosress this
week with hlghwsy and liquor leg
islation, the lawmakers guarantee
eood snow next wees.
Hera's the schedule for next
nk. and It doesn't Include un-
expeoted subjects mat migni en
velop: Monday The Senate will vote
on the bill to divide Multnomah,
Marlon and Lane Counties Into
representative districts. It also
would have legislative candidate
run by numbered positions in ou
tride where there are two or more
to be elected. -'. .-
Tueadav The explosive Issue
of whether to keep on giving raolng
receipts to the fairs gets Us tlrat
teat in the House, which will vote
on a resolution for an Interim com
mittee to make a two-year study
of the problem,
Wednesday The Senate Elec
tions Committee hold fts . first
hearing on the bill that would pre
vent if. 8. Sen. Wayne L,. Mora
from running aa an Independent
for re-election In 1066. v
Thursday The Welfare Sub
committee will hold a hearing on
the most controversial Issue of all
old kg pensions, The hearing
will be on bills to make publto the
names of welfare recipient, and In
measures to tighten -tna law which
reaulres relative to support wK
tar reolptsnta ,. -. '; ', .i
Dyche Funeral
Here Monday
Funeral services for William
Kelly (BUI) Dyche, pioneer log.
ger who died here yesterday, are
to oe conauciea Monany, .
from Sacred Heart Church.
Recitation of the Holy Rosary
will take place from the chapel, of
Ward's Funeral Home Sunday, 8
p.m. Burial will M in tuamau
Memorial Cemetery.
Dyche, 76, waa a native of Kan-
ia and for many years was
known throughout the West in log
ging end lumbering circles.
His family moved, to Wsshing-
ton when he wss young, and when
the Spanish-American war broke
out Dyche Joined the RoughR16
ers crew Demi recruited by col.
Theodore Roosevelt, He wss dis
charged In 1899 and located In Ida
ho, where he helped construct the
Fsclllo and Idaho. Northwest rail
road. But the main work of his life
was in logging, from Wyoming to
Oregon, and he became well known
in the trade for many inventions
and Innovations he made to facili
tate the work,
Dyche came. to Klamath Falls
In 1033 and worked as logging
superintendent for the, Algoma
Lumber Company for 36 years. He
broke his back In a household .
cioent several years ago and had
to retire from active work. -.
A well-known outdoor writer, Jim
Stevens of Seattle, did an. article
on Dyche last year, terming him
one of the "very best of aU his
powerful Western Arlbe" of king
loggers, and Dyche waa urged by
an Oregon State College authority
on Jogging history, Walt McCul
loch, to write hla memoirs. He had
made a atapt . -...
of his experiences down on paper,
I!5iiTJSfd. S,r w 8ee them
published. In book form.
AobinNews
NotWanted
MOUNT CAnjmrr "m '
Af10l Sit vara doesn't mind
neighbora teUmg- him about the
first robin or spring Just ,ao they
don't interrupt while he's 'mowing
we jawn. ... , . ...
' Seama tha arajui arnimji !.---
homa aUyed grten all winter.
Wll..1, 4- ' . I . . .
..wiv .iii. wvnt -riant on
growing, . " ,
"It waa eattlnv mi or nnniwii
vora ssld Frldaxaa ht hauled
out tho mowtr. ..
-y HAUf SCARBROUOilv '
Circuit Court nraeedinai involv.
ing the Palmerton Lumber Com
pany nave oeen recessea nntu
Tuesday at 10 a.m., and the mil
will remain shut down until then
and in ail prooaouity longer. , i
On Tuesday, W. A. Spangler, act
ing aa temporary receiver for the
company. Is to tell Judge Willism
O. Esst whether It. would be teas-
Ible to reopen and operate' the lum
beproducln facilities in receivers
amp,
:i :$
"" .,Sil?.Vtt'; v'"
i IDRIC SCHORTOIN
Death Claims
Basin Pioneer
Final rites for Edrlc (Ed) Schorl-
gen, 67. who died Thursday are to
be held - Monday, 2' p.m., from
Ward's Funeral Home, with
the Rev.' David F. Barnett of the
First Presbyterian Church officiat
ing. Commitment will be in Klamath
Memorial Cemetery.
Sohortgen was the son of a fam
ily that had pioneered in the Klam
ath Basin. He was two years old
when the family came here In 197,
and became a booster of the coun
try's natural beauty and wildlife.1
For many,' years he' lived on the
snore oi upper bj amain use. . i
He Is survived by the widow. Jes
sie Schortgen,'. to. whom he Was
married Nov. JO. IMS, in corvai
lis; ' two. children,' Earl Albert
Sohortgen, , Vallejo, Calif., and
Mrs. .Betty ' L. . Ward, Klamath
Falls; four' brothers, '' Nicholas
Schortgen, of Kent,- Wash.; Earl
Schortgen of San Francisco; Vern
Schortgen of Klamath Falls, and
Ray Schortgen of Medford; a sis
ter, Belle sleutel. of Harrlsburg,
Ore.,.- and. three . grandchildren,
Judy, Larry and Robert Ward. -.Schortgen
was a member of -the
Carpenters Union, -Local No; 190,
and the Klamath Sportsmen As
sociation. ,-.-!
Judge East said kt would, also
ear : arguments Tuesday - on
whether the current temporary re-
ceiversnip snouut be luted. The
mill has now been down a week.
and soma 170 employes are laid
Oil. ' , . 1
Yesterday afternoon Attornev
vkk aaaxweu concluded present
Uon of all the testimony be had at
hand in support of his case, and
asked for a continuance of at least
a wees: so ne can get depositions
from certain Eastern witnesses.
aiong -wiw. some , records , not
readily available here. He also has
asked for a statement of the ft-
nanciai and physical status of the
Palmerton mill, as of the date it
waa taken over by the temporary
receiver,' Feb. . 14, ' and Spangler
wn iu migni taae until - the
middle of-March. An Inventory is
uww unaff Waco.
SUIT'S AIM -
: The court proceeding, which
went on most of this wk im-h.
nically is a hearing on an- order
k snow cause whether Spangler
should be appointed receiver for
the firm, but the hearing is bring
ing out the issues of an 'equity
suit filed by Loren L. Palmertoni
former president and general man
ager of the company, against the
Palmerton Lumber Company and
Its present management, headed by
Don A. Weldler of Chicago. Weld
ler is half owner of the local
firm, and the Palmerton family
owna the other half of the prop.
-v. ncuuer naa control of
to corporation's voting stock and
is chairman of th Ivuh i di
rectors. . . :
Palmerton haa alleged ' mlsman-
Bc.ucin si tne company, that it
5a?.ben. i-un to the red to the
detriment of the local firm and
for the benefit of the Weldler Lum
ber Company of Chicago, lumber
wholesaler. ...
The - allegations of mismanage
mS, nd have been denied.
Since the temnorarr receivmhin
was clamped on the lumber plant
and a restraining order issued to
prevent further operation of the
plant as of Feb. is, Weldler and
his attorney, Jim Desendorf of Port
land, have made several attempts
to have the receivership and re
straining order .vacated. So far
they have been unsuccessful. . '
FIRST ORDERS .. .
Tne receivership ante .nrt r-
training order were Issued by
Judge East, from lumu - .inrf
Bast dismissed the first complaint
" . Bse ana allowed . an
amended complaint to be tusd.
Desendorf has argued- that when
the original complaint, upon .which
the redeiver'ship and restraining
orders were based, fell the orders
subsequent to it should also have
been vacated.. , ,
All testimony so far heard hn
been presented by the plaintiff,
and witnesses ,so far heard have
Included Weldler.- Palmerton. oth.
er officials and former offloals of
the company, an accountant and
lumber salesmen. Palmerton was
ousted aa general manager of the
iirm in aaay oi ' ivo.
Judge Saat tentatively set March
4 as the date-to begin trial on the
merits of the suit proper, in -all
probability One case eventually will
reach tho state Supreme Court. ,i
1
Benson Calls
For Support
Of fanners
DBS MOINES, Ia. UP) Secre
tary of Agriculture Benson called
upon farmers Saturday to help him
and the- Congress build strong
form programs reaulrinc a mini
mum .of government price sup-
iritis. . . -
The new OOP farm chief said
he will never be euiltv of hand Inn
down "ready-made programs," ad
ding: Programs must be built with
the assistance of farmers and
those who are working with them.
Let's build strong front the
grass roots' the type of pro
trams which farmera want the
tlnd that will not bring serious re
grets and disappointments later.''
STABILITY
. In a speech prepared for the 16th
annual Nctlonal Farm Institute,
the secretary sought to assure nro.
ducers that the Elsenhower ad
ministration will do everything pos
sible to bring stability to a farm
price decline-which, he said, had
been inherited from tht preced
ing administration.
Benson said farm markets, have
become stabilised. He called upon
farmera themselves to help keep
them stable by making; full use
of existing price support programs.
. Benson assured farmera that he
believes in price supports. He
pointed out also that he la under
oath to give ''sound administra
tion" to all price support laws now
m enect. Be asm ue present laws
"are we combined judgmeuta of
am- two great political parties."
"But I aay to yon tn ail atneer-
wna me, that prW -a' -aiaaU ate
aaramuuro ssrona;, no sauo.
SOTOD rMG?AMS V;:,w:
' Benson said the Eisenhower ad
ministration proposes, with the aid
or larmera, weir lead era and Con
gress, to "build farm programs
wat are- oasic ana sound." -Taking
notice of recent sham
debates in Congress over declin
ing agricultural prices and the new
administration's treasures to rem
edy the situation. Benson said be
could report that "the agricultur
al interests of the nation are be
ing made a first order of busi
ness by your senators and con
gressmen.'! .
BadVeaflier
Hurts Both
North, Sooth'
Bv The A seriated Press
Numbing cold descended today
upon a vast section of the natloa'a
northern midland is the wake of
the wlnter'a worst anowatorm.
Temperatures of aero to 16 below
were forecast for tonight la at least
six of the 11 states which nave
felt m varying degrees the fury
of the four-day biluard.
Winds kicked up as the cold
front moved eastward. Oal winds,
with gusts scaling up to 60 rauea
an hour, roared acroaa New York
state Saturday.
iney nit tne western pert of the
state first. The wind ranged from
16 to 66 miles per hour, with gusts
of between 60 and 60. In Roches
ter a 62 mlle-an-hour blow felled
trees, tore down utility wires and
ripped tht roofs of some build
ings. '
STORM AREA
Diminishing winds permitted res
idents of we storm area, particu-
;ly In deeply snow-blanketed
portions of South Dakota, Nebras
ka, and Minnesota, to dig out of
drifts that stalled hlghwav and
plane travel and In many comma. -nitiea
forced the closing of schools
and businesses.
But we winds trailing the re
ceding storm, now mmn fan
Canada at the bead of Lake Su
perior, were sun an mjiea aa hour
or more-strong tnough to utten
ify the suddenly fallen tempera
tures. The Weather Bureau re
ported gusts of 67 miles aa hour
were recorded -during the height of
the storm over Nebraska, Iowa.
South Dakota and Minnesota.
new snow
-The wind scoured the' new fan
of snow, ranging up to li inches
at Huron. S. D and 13 at St.
Cloud, Mum., into formidable
drifts that kent at-honi .hiL
home, forced businesses to dose
for lack of customers, and even
buried highways so that enowplow '
crews couldn't find tbem.
8imllar discomforts wert fett fat -Wyoming
and Colorado ' a day
earlier, where the - storm began
developing Wednesday. It was to
.these states the only atoms deaths
nine-were reported. Ftva were
uc mis oi tranie accidents aad
loor. all ht Denver, attrtbated fa
"wwnw a wo anew.
TORNADOES
m
Hotel Cheaper
Than Alcatraz
WASHINGTON (Pi Senate de
Deters reached bipartisan agree
ment yesterday that stern Alca-
traa Prison costs more to house a
prisoner than would a plush, big
city hotel.
Sen. Langer (R-ND), saying it
now costs twice as much to feed
and house a prisoner at the island
prison in San r-rancisco nay as a
any other federal prison, iigureo
the governm-m .com- noara in
mates "In the Waldorf Astoria
cheaper.''
We could board tnem cneaper
in the Waldorf Astoria, or the
Statler or the Mayflower," added
Sen. Magnu:on iD-Wash). ' .
The subject came up - wnen
Lancer, chairman of the Senate
prison subcommittee, was getting
senate approval oi o.w iot in
spection of- 33 Institutions oper
ated by. the Federal Bureau of
prisons. Langer said ne ana ms
two subcommittee members visit
the prisons unexnecteaiy ana un-
answancea. sometimes at tnree
or four o'clock in the morning.
Chief llamsd.
MOSCOW im Marshal Vaaull
Sokolovsky has succeeded Annv
Oen. Sergei Shtemenko -as) chief
of staff of the armed forces of tho
Saturday.
Sokolovsky haa been first depu
ty minister of the armed faeces.
since March 30, 1M9. .
sntemenko became chief of staff
Nov. 13. 1946. when he re nlaced
Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky, the.
present minister of war.
Sokolovsky is a full member of
the central committee of the Com
munist Party.
He was the cantor or Berlin and
became a hero of the Soviet On
ion for bis work in that campaign.
He was decorated as a knight
commander of the British Empire
by Marshal Lord Montgomery In
Berlin in 145 and became chief
of the Soviet military administra
tion in . Germany in November.
1946. He gave up that Job in early
1948 lust before thai end nf the nr.
lin blockade. . - -
House Clerk
McCordDies
SALEM 'l Blaine McCord,
70, chief clerk of the House Rules
Committee for 23 years, died sud
denly Saturday In hla hotel room
here.'.' : r
McCord was a key man in the
House organisation, since all bills
introduced had to clear through
him for checking as to form and
content.
He first became chief clerk of
the House Rules Committee in
1(31, and served ever since. .
Survivors are the widow, and a
daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Spear,
Coda Bay. -
Weather
FORECAST-Klamath Falls and
vicinity and northern California!
Fair through Sunday. High Saa
dsy 46. Lew Saturday night M.
Hlgh yeaterday IS
IM US alght.-..-.. II
The heaviest tan au m ai..
bam where tour nrnimunlHra m
the northwest were leaned by de
structive storms veaterdkv aiji
sippi and Louisiana felt Uv ur
in lesser degree. -.- . -,. .....
i(er Red Army
Allies Blast
Enemy Center
SEOUL-' A) Allied ' fighter-
bombers blasted a Communist
communications center near the
south bank of the Yalu River boun
dary of Manchuria Saturday and
screening U. 8.. Sabre Jeta downed
two MIO-15S. . ... ...
The U. 8. Fifth Air Force re
ported that three other MIOs prob
ably were destroyed and two dam
aged..
The raid on the Red communi
cations center at Manpojin was
one of two heavy strikes during
the day protected by' the sleek,
swept-wlhg Sabres, Fighter-bombers
earlier pounded a big Red sup
ply area north of Pyongyang, apex
of the old "Iron Triangel" on the
Korean Central front. '
Assessment of gun camera film
from the Sabres resulted In the
Air Force boosting the figures
from an earlier announcement of
two MIOs probably destroyed and
one damaged. There were two dog
fights. - The Air Force aald 42 Sabres
and 60 MIOs wert involved in the
air battles,..
Thirty - two F-V Thunder Jets
hit the eommunlcationa center. Pi
lots reported destroying 16 build
ings and damaging eight, -Numerous
flrea erupted and secondary
explosions Indicated hlta on gaso
line or ammunition stores. - ,
It waa on of the deepest pene
trations Into North Korea madai
by fightar-bombera- of the 49th
Wing.. ... , ... ; ...
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