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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1953)
. i ., a u:,i. r l. 1a.,t' t CHICAOO - Wheat started a slow but steady climb after break ing to new lows since 1947 on tne board o -trade Thursday. Practically all the early loss, which ran to more than 7 cents, Was ; recouped hi the subsequent fatly. Other cereals, never as weak s wheat, also climbed slowly up ward In the last half of the session.- Corn acted steadier than oth er" grains all day. -" The early break in wheat sent the September contract down to $1.76,. lowest prices for any wheat deliv ery since January 1947. Trading was very active on this break. ' ' Wheat closed V- lower, Sept. 1.81 ?l-1.82, corn !, lower, 1.47 1.47 V,, oats i,i lower to 'i high er. Sept 76 rye 3 ',i high- . er, Sept. 1.17 -1.18 'A, soybeans unchanged to 1 ji lower, Sept. 2.48 1 'i-Vi, and lard 12 to 30 cents a hundred pounds higher, Sept. 13.15. Wheat ' Open High Low Close Sep 182 4 1.82 .i 1.7S 1.81 i .' Dee ' 1.88 li 1.88 1.81 1.87 i Mar 1.93 1.93 , 1.85 '4 1.92 May 1.94 ',i 1.94 ',. 1.86 1.93 STOCKS ,' WALL STREET V NEW YORK Wl The stock mar - 5 ket advanced Thursday but held .' its gains with considerable dlffl- culty. . ' ' Prices were from around a point ' higher to fractions lower with loss es frequent throughout the list. Volume built up to an estimated 1,100,000 shares for the day. That , compares with 890,000 shares trad : ed Wednesday. Red Claimed WASHING-TON W Sen. Mo Carthy (R-Wls) said Thursday his ' ' Investigations subcommittee has re- ceved sworn testimony that an In ' dividual Identified as a Communist has had access to the Government Printing Office to "top secret ma ; terlal having: to' do with the A- bomb and the H-bomb.' A spokesman for the Atomto En . ergy Commission, asked about this ' by newsmen, saldf "We do not have any of, our .restricted data , sent to the regular, main Govorn . ment Printing Office." i, The AEO spokesman aaid also tkat under the atomic energy law ' anyone who has access to restrict ed data must undergo a full FBI ; field Investigation and be. cleared ' y the AEO. , McCarthy, chairman of the ln ' vestlgatlons subcommittee, talked with reporters before the start of a elosed-door hearing In an Investl ; itatlon aimed at determining wheth , er there has been any security leakage at the Government Frint ' lna; Olfice. . , ; W, German Treaty 'Giveaway': Morse i CtEVELAND W Sen. Wayne ! Ii. .Morse Wednesday accused the administration of extending whnt 1 he called Its "give-away program" to this nation's treaty with West f Germany. , ' The Oregon Independent, ad dressing the AFL Chemical Work ers convention, said a reparation : provision of the treaty would benc fit certain speculators In the United States, and fascists and Nazis in : South America.' The treaty, he said, provides for reduction of West Germany's war ! reparations from three billion dol--. lara to 1.200,000,0O0 on condition '' It agrees to pay 6 Vj per cent ln ; terest to holders of pre-Hliler . bonds. Many of those bonds are , held by speculators and fascists, he added. ; 'Enterprise or Bust' i Sought by Parents j LA GRANDE Wl Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Metsger, Sutherlin, Ore., : were here Wednesday searching ; for 'their son. Jack, 15, who haa been missing since July 31. - They said he was working for neighbors and abandoned a tractor i 15 miles north ot Sutherlin. A girl ' who knew the boy at Sutherlin tele : phoned his parents that she snw him Aug. 3 at Sunnyslde, wash., - carrying a box with a sign saying, "Enterprise or Bust." The Metzgers, believing It meant ; he might have gone to Enterprise, Ore., a town east nf here, went , there, but said they found no trace of him. Police in Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington have , been alerted to watch for the boy. Pres-To - Logs MHMLILHHHHM VksH HHsHsssHH i -. Store Now For Winter Standard Feed Store Phone 8300 Efficient Delivery Livestock & CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO iiei Trading m live hogs leveled out Thursday In a generally steady market. Four days of advancing prices bad given the selling side a nrm piairau and a SOO-head reduction in the overnight supply helped maintain it. - Cattle were mostly steady al. though cows moved 25 to 50 cents higher, sheep were unevenly steady to 11.00 lower on a small opening trade. - : : . A range of $22.50- to $25 25 went to- most butcher weights ; although several loads took $25.35 to $2S.4U, Sows brought $19.00 to $23.00 most ly. . '. OaoA to nrime steers sold from $20.00 to $26.40 and good to low- prime hellers from $i uo k 2.uu, Cows toDDed at $14.00. Early sales on good and choice lambs were, irom 22HJ w sm.uu. Snlable receiDts- -Were estimated at 6,000 hogs, 2,500 cattle, 400 calves and 1,000 sheep. CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAGO W Potatoes: Arriv als 95, on track 190; total U. S. shipments 509: . market steady on whites, barely steady on reds; Cal ifornia long v. bites $3.40-75, .Bakers $3.75; Idaho-Oregon, long ; whites $3.40-60, round reds $3.10-26; Wash ington long whites $3.40-50, bakers $3.75; Wisconsin Warbas $2.25. OBITUARY COMBS . Sam Georfft? Combi. 70, died ner Attiiut 9, 105.1. He wan native of Little Shta Valley. Calif., and had rrsidrd In Klamath Fall! for the Pf.it 43 yrari. He la iurwWed by a daughter Ruth Pauline Endom in California and one brother Arthur of thlt lt.v, Funeral arrangement will be announced ,1atr by Ward'i Klamath runeral ' Jipme. . ' " ' "V-" 'I'lf ' I. ADAMS Baby Adam, infant daughter nf -Mr, nd Mr. Lonnit Adams, - Chiloquin, died here Aug. ,11. Beildei. the. par enti she ii survived by thre brother. Sgt. noiter Adam of Ft. Sarrr Hous ton, Tex; Keith Eugene, and Kenneth Riy, ChUocwin:. three lstera. Mm. Shirley Jean Mitchell. Mcdford: Sire Jacqueline , Black, $ncfamento; j and Ruth Ann Adams of Chiloqttin; grand -pnrents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy McAliiter. Chtloquln. Funeral lervtrea took place at the gravciide In Klamath Memorial Park, Thursday, i Aug . 13 at, 4 ;n.m.. Hev. David Barnett Jr. of the First Preibyierian church officiating.' Ward'i Klamath Funeral Home fn charge ot the arrangement. HAWKINS Jack Harry Hawkins. (CT. native of Walla Walla, Wash., resident of Mer lin, Ore,, died , here Aug. 12. Survivor Include: the widow, Mabel of Merlin; a Hon, Edward Speight, Salem; three brother. J. A. of hot Alamo. Calif., Noah Jones of Aurora. Ore., and George Jones of Cheshire, Ore.: ' two Bisters. Gladyi Livingston of Portland, and Ida Coon of Grant Pas. Funeral nervlce Saturday, Aug. 15. 2 p.m.. Ward's Klamath Funeral. Home. Mr. Hawkins was a memhor nf Klmalh Fall Lodge No. 1106, LOO Moose. FUNERAL NOTICE Funeral service for Sam Combs, 70, who died hrrA Auk. fl. will tnk Dlace from the Chanel of Waril', Klamath runeral Horn,. 925 Hiflt St., Friday. Aus. 14. at a nm.. the Rev. l.loyd Holloway of the Flmt Methndlat Church' officiating rnnmllm.nl eano: Interment In Klamath Memorial No Big Fires Despite Heat B THE ASSOCIATED' PRESS- Hot weather hung oh In Oregon and drying east winds swept the forests, out no major forest tire outbreaks were reported Thursday. Temperatures were' only slightly, below those of Wednesday,, when Medtord recorded 100 decrees and all other weather, stations,' lit the state recorded OO dearess or warmv CI,' GAU-II 111 IVIU.UU WIU' ,IUU me coast... .-- . : Foresters reported' the dsnger. of fire . high. Weather . forecasters warned them that lightning atorms could be expected in the moun tains of soutnern Oregon inursaay night. The Dalles reported a 97-degree reading Wednesday, Baker, On tario and Pendleton 56, Roseburg and Burns 5, La Grande 94. Red mond and Eugene 03 l.akevlew and Salem 92, Bend and Klamath Falls 91. Portland had 7, Astoria 69 and North Bend 69. Afternoon logging halted as the sun dried out the forests. A num ber of loggers have switched to hoot-owl operations, to avoid the greater hazards of afternoon work, Larf,M Bterk lead Ins make almet I lfc.li pari at Ih, well. R,nt a spinet aiane. R,ntal par eha,s plan. LOUIS H MANN PIANO CO. 120 N. 7th Nammend Organ Chord Oiaaa "t . . . ,-',-5 ' ' 'V,-,'.-,j. Western Oregon Some coastal and morning cloudiness and chanc es of thundershowers near the Sis. i,inE MhruriKi fnlr throuch Frl day. Highs 78-88 in the north, 88- 98 in tne soutn ana oz-ia iuug me coast. Lows Thursday night 48-58. Winds off coast northeasterly, 10- 20 miles an hour. ' Eastern Oregon Clear inrougn Friday except Isolated afternoon thundershowers in mountains of ex mm south. Hiizhx 88-98. Lows Thursday night 52-62. Grants Pass and Vicinity Part ly cloudy through Friday wlth.scat- tered munaer storms over uic mountains during afternoons. High both days 98. Low Thursday night 66. Coos Bay Area Late night atA mnVnfnr- tmr and RUnnv f U?T- iwim ThiirxrlAV nnrf Friday. Bar winds northerly and 15 to 25 miles an hour aiternoons, decreasing at night. High 68 Thursday and 72 Friday. Low Thursday night 48. Baker and Vicinity . Fair (hrnuirh Vrldav. Hich both daVS 95. Low Thursday night 45. nrnrthArn PnllfntTllB PftrtlV cloudy through Friday along the coast, Tnunac-siorms in me moun. talns and a few light showers In the foothills. Gentle variable winds off coast. Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 24 hours In 4;30 a. m. Thursday , . . .. : Max. Min. prep. Baker v. Bend Eugene Klamath Falls 98 46 91 47 93 ' 50 91 59 ' "J. 94 43 92 : 63 .01 100 66 64 46 65 47 96 62 96 60 ' 86 65 95 62 : 92 ; 47 . 99 63 85' 69 60 "l 55 . 79 ,"! 63 . 87 ' 70 MM ; 70 ,70 .'V 57 ::;'.n . si 91 ; 58 La Orande .f Lakeview " ' Medford Newport North Bend . Ontario Pendleton Portland Airport Roseburg ; - Salem Boise - .V . '. Denver ..' Eureka '; . , Los Angeles ; New York Red Bluff . ' . .v San Franctscf Seattle ' . ' V ; . -Spokane., ":f Tulelake Area Spuds Grade High TULELAKE Acreages of Netted .Gent, White Rose, Red Pontlac and the new variety ; of Kenqebec, certified seed potatoes, are slightly above that of 1952, ac cording to Jack Slezak, in charge The first field inspection Is com pleted ..and other Inspections will be-made , as the; season ad vances. . , ., ' Modoc County is producing 1321 acres of certified White Rose; 567, Gems; . 44, .Red Pontlac: 12. Ken nebec, being, raised lor processing Into potato chips- Siskiyou County's output will be 1188 .acres - of white ,'Rosei S1E Gems,. 89 Pontiacs : ana: 27 Ken nebec. ,' .,' Total for Modoc County Is 1996: for. Siskiyou, 1435. ' i r Seed-Scatterers Plan Bitterbrush , Picnic Sunday Sportsmen and conservationists from all sections of the Klamath River Watershed will hold a Bitter brush Seed Gathering picnic, Sun day. August 16 at Deer Mountain on old Highway 97 in Siskiyou Coun ty, cam. . Bitterbrush Is one of the most Important browse species of food plants for deer as well as being an Important source of feed for domes tic livestock. The sponsors of the picnio hope that a sufficient supply of seed can be gathered so that a substantial planting of Bitterbush can be made in the Devils Garden area of Modoc County, the winter ing ground for deer herds from Oregon and California. Hosts for the day will bn the Mt. Shasta Rod and Gun Club, the Klamath River Sportsmen and the McCloud River Rod and Uun Club. An Invitation .Is extended to everyone in the Klamath Basin who is Interested In the well being of the deer herds to help on this seed' gathering project. . - The time any time alter 9 a.m.; the place Deer Mountain on old Highway 97 back of the Deer Moun tain Lodge. Bring a lunch, gloves and cartons to gather seed in. The host clubs will furnish refresh ments; Signs on Highway 97 will direct all comers to the seed gath ering area. . r. Information regarding mis picnic can be obtained from Ken McLeod phone 4290.- ... . . Grain Drier Finished Construction of a new Shanzer Grain Drier will be completed at the site of Tuiana Farms elevators at cmloquin witnin a weeit, ac cording to Ben Henzel, partner In the enterprise. This drier, which has a capacity of 1.000 bushels per hour and tow ers 78 feet in the air, will greatly expedite the storing ana shipping of grain, especially when the crop is damp or harvested Derore tne seed Is thoroughly ripe. It will also remove the danger of spontaneous combustion always prevalent in large storage plants. Barley crops on uuiana $ upper Lake, Tulelake and Lower. Klamath Lake farms are. especially good this year and harvesting will start about August 20,. Henzel stated. Sleeper Fire Burns Half Acre A sleeper fire, probably dormant since the electric storm about ten days ago, flared up Tuesday af ternoon in the Dry Creek area about nine miles northwest of Fort Klamath.- The blaze' was spotted oy tne lookout at tne Fort, accord ing to R. L. Cooper, District Rang er .for, the Forest Service. A fire crew was dispatched from the Seven Mile Guard Station and stayed on the fire all night. Burned over area covers, about one-half ,acre;tj& i !'..- r- ; EGYPT MIFFED ' U CAIRO,' MEgypt i sbitrcej; close to thsftovernment saio Thiirs; day Egypt ; had- decided to break off the present informal talks with the British over Suez. WE have just the place for you. If such is your desire. . . ' It's at the wheel of a 1953 Buick with Twin-Turbine Dynaflqw ,". t And we suggest ypuhold on to your hat and your heart when the action starts for here's what happens: Xbu press the pedal and, from a standing start, you're up to a legal 30 mph before you have time to breathe but twice. Or, you're in the thick of traffic moving smoothly, easily, quietly .Then, when it's safe to do so, you move instantly into the clear with the greatest of ease in one progressive build-up of velvet acceleration without a single gear shifted or a clutch pedal pushed. WHIN llTTtt AUTOMOttllS AH IUKT SUCK Will UHID 2nd Square Dance Slated Torrtorrow The second 'lh "it serif's of out door Bauare riannn. ,m v.- Tnurfcd ay . evening from 7:30 to 9:30 on the slab at Kiwanls Park, according to Bob Bonney, City Recreation Director. In charge of this week's dance and acting as emcee will . be Mary Anna Kerr, prominent teach er and folk, dance Instructor. The the Klamath Callers , and Instruc tors Council are co-sponsors of these souarn and fan, .u era from the latter group will be vii mum iq qo . tne calling. ; iuoae open-air aances will con tinue nn altArhata Th,,.....!.. .... long as weather permits, Bonney Lodge to Honor Rebekah President Prosperity Rebekah Thrice will honor Lola Osborne, president of Rebekah Assembly of the .State of Oregon, when she makes her of ficial visit to Klamal Falls this montn. There will be a no - hostess din- ner at .Jen-Eds on Friday. Aug. 14 at 6 p.m. for reservations call Lprene McCulluni, 7549. xor Ellen Wade, 9864. There will be a special meet ing at IOOF Hall following the dinner.' . , , ,,. ., , -r , - ... ; , John H. Houston : Gets Certificate . .- John H Hnnsrsin u'hn ctarlc bis 33-year career in the life in surance business in Klamath Falls, has been presented with a certifi cate oi award , in recognition . of his meritorious, service with 'the aqunaoie uie Assurance Co. The award shows that Houston has secured at least one life or annuity application during, 1199 consecutive weeks, with (he com pany. ... For many years ' Houston . has been a leading ..producer In the Northwest and In 1947 was desig nated honor , agent, of. the entire U. S. He is a past . president of the Life Insurance Association of Oregon, ITALIAN QUAKE ROME, Italy Uft An earth quake i rocked a large area of southern Italy Wednesday, accord ing to reports received here by the Italian radio- network.- The radio said the quake, of moderate force, caused near panic .n a number of communities in the heel of the Ital ian Peninsula, but that there were no reports of casualties.' i SEALED BID Used Machinery Sale - buy - - At YoutQwn Price Merrill-taiteview Jet. Garrison Equipment Co. 0 , That, sir, is the big thrill command you get in anv 1953 Buick Special. Siippr or RpApMASTER with Twin-Turbine Dynaflow. For this fully automatic drive now has two turbines where one did the trick before. Two turbines for instant getaway response-with whisper quict-and with infinite smoothness through all ranges. OjE course, a lot of able power goes with this smooth, quick getaway the highest horse powers and compression ratios, Scries for Series, in all Buick history. And so does big room. And the supreme comfort of the Buick Million Dollar Ride. And;the superb handling case of finely H.E.H AUGER .30 Years Your Buick Dealer Gene St. John Off to Korea nna nt .Tnhn. fourth time win ner on the Horace Heldt Show, is on his way to Korea to entertain troops In the Far ,East. tnu iL.lchlnir tn WrilS Gene should address letters to Headquar ters AFFE, Horace Heiai iroupc CnM.1,1 firv1ci Kertton. APO 343, c-o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. Gene's guitar rendition of - n- T. ham Irani Iflamftth FallS R fh. llmnllntii thft amateur show for a number of months KF Man, 2 Others Hurt At Dunsmuir DUNSMUIR Three Negroes Tverc hospitalized late last night when a car In which they were riding crashed broadside into a truck and semi-trailer three miles north of here on Highway 99. Herbert Tiller, Burns, owner and driver of U)e truck was uninjured. According to Dunsmuir police, the driver Eddie Hutson, 27, Klam ath Falls and Tulelake, failed to turn off the new highway at a detour sign and crashed head- on Into the semi-trailer which was turning onto the highway from tne detour. He is in the hospital with major injuries. Riding in the Hudson car was George Haydeh Rayn, 40, Cataldo, Idaho, and Herbert Robinson, 53, Delano Calif. Rayn's condition is considered serious. CEYLON RIOTS COLOMBO, Ceylon lit! This island capital Thursday counted 4 dead and 160 Injured in the wake of a violent Communist-ied strike protesting tripled rice prices. FOR A DRY IED From The Verj First Nite USENITEMI! Safe -Sure-Permanent . jNiTI-DH CO. I Far tria lalarmallai wrlla Bai ! j HeraK - Kiwi I Addrm. Citv ffcoaa. -t- THEM - lt fli lataiMant ftmi y ju Mi City Pro to Face Two Browers At Golf Meet . uu- nm at the Ream., ; Golf and Country C . leaves saturoay if where he will play in the Utah Onen Golf Tournament. : A lisTof competitors discloses that Earl, secondlac. . winner in 1945, Will De piaju., y- ---his brothers. George, four-time winner of the Utah Open and form er tournament manager of eoA. and Ernie, present pro at the og- -I innntrV Pllb. 0C , ,,-h. h(,,d .hr the mother oi I u(ui " the three golfers resides. Two New Chevies Swiped & Dropped ntjTT nomM Tnr thieves broke Into the Chiloquin Oarage about 3 a.m. yesterday and drove off ...i,u n, ia.t Chevrolet cars. according to Police Chief Lewis Jones. Both cars were recovered, the first In the woods near the Chilo quin Junction, and the second In the ditch about eight miles south nf hare nn MifrhWRV 07. ' Neither car is believed damaged. EASE I'P. beri.tn ifl Tinv pamphlets are showing up in East German camps nd Jans, urging me u man guards to ease up on the in- ,o anma riav the leaflets say the Soviets and Communists will go away Friday unitl Wednesday ' MEAT MARKET 91? East Main "( Phont 4282 We f'Meot" You For Leu FRESH DRESSED RED HENS RED FRYERS RABBITS 65c BEEF ROAST 35c VEAL ROAST 35c PORK ROAST Sh0U,d rCut 35c BRISKET BOIL 15c balanced weight. Even Power Steering is at hand to make parking and turning still easier. Why not drop in on us soon and sample one of these great new 1953 Buicks with TT Dynaflow? It's an experience - and a value story-too good to miss. 'Standard oh Roadmaster, optional at extra cost on ether Sertes. i THE GREATEST IN 50 GREAT YEARS Rokestraw Widow Sues for $15,000 a anit filed In Circuit Court Tii... day asks 115,000 damages claimed i, -1 - - i , as a re&uii ui i,o Bguiqent May 14 In which Roy Rakestraw suffered mortal Injuries. The suit was filed by Barbara Ann Rakestraw, as executrix of ths estate of Roy Rakestraw. against William Rush, I At the time of the accident. Rush,. a State Patrolman, was driving a lorlst, when his car collided with the car driven by Rakestraw', Thi accident occurred near the inter section of Esplanade and Alameda. Before his death, Rakestraw was a cashier at First National Bank anrf secretary of the Klamath County chapter, National Assocl . . .. ... , ,1, J H...I 1 ation lor jjuiuuub rKiawyaui. Timber Sale Deadline Nears Persons Interested in having O&G or public domain timber put up for sale during the 1954 calen dar year are reminded that the deadline for submission- of indi cations of Interest to the Bureau of Land Management Is Aug. 15, 1953. However, since the local of fice of the Bureau will not be open . that Saturday, District Forester E. K. Peterson has announced that indications received on Mod day, Aug. 17, will be considered as meeting the deadline. 35c 45c 1330 Main Phone 5151 f
