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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1953)
IMS HT ' flHlifflll v's Sews FRANK JENKINS written on the morning fcristmas. o T nm RD10 MJ neiermme lament, there are no head- bound our office. -v the worm 10 getting uei- Pandit (II you would be riseur say Mah-DAHMK down to her modernistic i the modernistic United building In New York this has tne same lemmu. the sleepy reporters who neace prospects are bet- they've been for a lone Boned as to ner h' three! generally softening attitude f sides of the power blocs. kreneral endeavor to pause fitted and decided al to arrive ut u" utv.i- the part of me worm s H her opinion interesting? she is more tnon just presi- the United Nations as- She's a WOMAN. Review- lone centuries of history lorced to the conclusion that ken have been good at flght- they have generally hash of peace. the women can ao oeiier. les. kit ii rm i 11 -w fill . v r-v. i i M : i : .111 Ma. 2723 Prloi Fin Cent 1! Pages , KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, MM " : : ' i , i linn ilm iiiihh iai,.i i iinmniwmBu.i.i. I. ,i ' , .njiL.iminn.ii. ' "- . T 5rSlStoi:-srXZ3TZ!!?m. I ' . . 4 I - " '-"'- ' ElH'ilWMlllllllliB, W jyay ' I .tj-- ...... - J - r s -vt iArv.li'la I I il l ' r j 'f i i WU SM I H I I I 1 . : a a vr . al Wa BJBW - mM II aT'l I '111 ' f Aw. M Vt 1 a. sT t I I a I I 111 I . 4 v. , -rT sn ' .ill i l--kkMMMBBWBMM fSiW itVj'Ip'MWilMPMWmiaWM 1 1 ) Barber Shop Har- t French Pull Units Into Defense Line SAIGON, Indochina 11 The vanguard of Communist-led Viet- minh forces moved Baturaay into the abandoned town of TnaUiek, on the Mekong River border witn Thailand, completing a rebel drive to cut Indochina in two. First reDorts from the area said the Vletminh units that drove bold- lv across the country from the coastal areas of Annam sent ugro elements into Tb&kliek, previous ly evacuated by the French. The withdrawal of the French had been announced earlier Satur day in a communique from the high command. It said tne evacua tion was ordered to pull as many troops as possible together in ord er to meet the Vletminh attack. Vietminh occupation of the town, 240 mUes south of Hanoi, would give the rebels a base from I've had considerable lion for Mrs. Pandit ever liat time sne snut visnmsny ih middle of one ot nis bristle tirades by the simple of fulunq the nN THE EARPHONES so body could hear mm. woman could nave inougni lickly. on this mornlng-after- Bas feeling: Igusta, Georgia, (Augusta Is to be caiiea we ntwo viwc p-osident Eisennower or orogressive reduction of touni forces in Korea. He bes that, two army divisions returned to tne unnea as an initial step in the tn of our lano power w ruce in Korea has endured months which may oe a lat everybody wants it to lis morning alter Christmas, Ich newspaper (the Paris savs American scientists lund a way to DENATURE 10 MATERIALS, it aaos: lew method enables the ma- to be used for civilian pur- but NEVER AGAIN lor Ha like denatured alcohol, which can be used for nl purposes, such' as rubbing olnt. or getting your orea a chafing dish on the grim Ies when the power is on, tit be used to get a glow Paris naoer cites no author- its report not even our old Informed sources." it says Kelonment is behind Presi- lsenhower's recent proposal nations, Including our own, lute to a pool of atomio ma- It adds that the United as prepared to give to other including Russia, tne for taking the lethal punch atomic materials. I had more respect for fcral run of Paris newspapers men wno run tnem. I can't lurking suspicion that the who wrote the tale may downed one to many lrappes yesterday. is a disillusioning alter- it occurs to me that the you can't get a glow on natured alcohol is that the Ills you before there is time glow to arrive. ell- you can't stop a hone- timist from dreaming or I after Christmas. Y Market e Broken battered open a - safe in V Market at Lakeview i sometime Christmas niorht aped With an unriptprmlnpri . - oi cash and several guns lobbery was discovered Sat. pornlng by Ronald Phair, F "i me establishment. He pot give police an accur- Fate of the amount of mnn. f'l. ine safe contained part s receipts. 'dine tO Dpnt.lv Rhprlffo Dal f 1 Don Hammond, who In fed the robbery, the thieves f "trance through a window, fed tools which were in the oreaa- open the safe. AUDIENCE PAN CITY m Pope Pius jraraay began his annual r' audiences to elv holidav to diplomats represent- .ous countries at the Holy ys Of Poland Br7ll t..h. Fj India were received Sat- audiences will contin- pverai days. CHRISTMAS LIGHTING CONTEST winners Include'd mony scene, at the home of: the Frank Robisons, 2555 Eberlein, which tied for the priie in the window catagory.. The little figures really work, and a loudspeaker provides music. 121 , Honorable mention in the lawn or roof cata gory is this Nativity scene at the G. B. Leach home, 2033 S. Etna. The almost-life-sized figures are cut from hardboard or plywood and covered with wall paper. 131 Prize for the most effective portrayal of the Christmas spirit goes to Mrs. Lorna Groves, for her large sized Nativity scene at 1434 Lakeview. Manikins' faces, hands and faet are life masks, cast from real human beings, most of them members of her family. 141 All tied up like a Christmas pack age is this prize door at the Merlin D. Durant home 4359 Summers Lane, and the win dp w display is just as interesting. (51 Santa and his reindeer are only a inird or tne Charles i-. Bane display at 31 IU a. fctna. I he prize-winning lawn scene features the Santa Claus grouping, cut from hardboard and plywood and covered with wallpaper, plus a group ot tour more-than-life-sized carolers, hand painted by Mrs. Bane. Colored lights outline the horizontal lines of the house. (6) A static arrangement of candles and white snowflakes bordered with garlands of evergreen made the John G. Robinson display at 1630 Eldorado qualify for. a prize in the window division. Prize money originally intended for the winning school was transferred to the second window display winner when no schools had entered. New Record Death Toll Seen Coming By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' Traffic- accidents continued to reach toward a new record death toll Saturday as the halfway point was reached in the Christmas weekend. The list showed 255 deaths in traffic mishaps exactly half the number predicted by the National Safety Council for the full 18-hour period. The new count was taken after 39 hours had elapsed from 6 p.m., Thursday, Christmas Eve. In addition 36 persons had died as a result of injuries suffered In fires and 26 others had lost their lives in miscellaneous accidents, making a total, of 317 deaths from all accidents. Fairly pleasant winter weather prevailed over most of the country yesterday and millions of motor ists headed for the highways. Icy streets in some sections of the Midwest, Rocky Mountain region and the Northeast made driving conditions hazardous, resulting in hundreds of accidents. Traffic deaths this year have averaged about 102 every 24 hours. In a recent sample pre-hollday sur vey for a 18-hour weekend period. there wera ' Slay traffic - death! under the council's estimate this weekend. , The deaths by states, traffic, fire and miscellaneous: Alabama 3-0-0: Arizona 2-0-0: Ar. kansas 1-0-0; California 24-0-2; Col orado 1-0-0; Connecticut 4-0-0; Del- aware 2-0-0; Florida 6-0-7; Georgia 9-0-0; Illinois 12-1-1; Indiana 6-0-2; Iowa 6-0-0; Kentucky 12-6-1; Louis iana l-o-i ; Maryland 7-4-1; Mas sachusetts 7-4-0: Michigan 12-6-0: Minnesota 4-0-0; Mississippi 0-3-0; Missouri 13-0-0; Montana 1-0-0; Nebraska 2-0-0; New Jersey 12-2- 0; New Mexico 2-0-1; New York 21-0-0; North Carolina 10-2-1; Ohio 13-2-2; Oklahoma 2-2-1; Oregon 3-0-1; Pennsylvania 11-1-1; Rhode Island 0-1-0; South Carolina 2-1-0; Tennessee 6-0-1; Texas 11-3-2; Utah 1-0-0; Vermont 3-O-0; Virginia u-o-i; Washington 4-0-0; West Vir ginia e-o-o; Wisconsin 2-0-1. Minor Accidents On Slate For Klamath Over Holiday Several accidents including a hit and run mishap in front of Lucca's Cafe on South Sixth kept state and city police busy over the Christ mas holiday. About 9 D.m. Thursday night city police were called to Lucca's Cafe where a 16-year-old boy had been caught after fleeing from an acci dent, when the car in which he was a passenger collided with a parked car. r - Adrian Smith, owner of the parked vehicle, gave chase after two boys driving an ' Oldsmoblle sedan had rammed his car, ditched the Oldsmobile and left the scene on the run. The driver of the hit and run vehicle was apprehended later and both boys turned over to Juvenile officers. A half case of empty beer bottles was found in the boys' car. Returning from a dance In Malin Britisher Dies In Mau Mau Trap NAIROBI, Kenya UP) MaJ. Earl Wuvell, 37-year-old son of the late British Field, Marshal Earl Wa vell, has been killed in a Mau Mau terrorist ambush. The major was leading a small police and army patrol when it was attacked Thursday night. An American policeman and two po lice officers were wounded. Five terrorists were killed and four cap tured. Wavell's father, who died in 1950, commanded British World War II forces to North Africa and in Burma. a car driven by Alberta E, Kings bury,' Miranda, Calif., failed to ne gotiate a curve at Adams Point about five miles west of Malin. - According to Oregon State Po lice who investigated the car was traveling at a high rate of speed. Failing to make the curve the car took out several rods of fence, tore up the ends of two culverts and broke off a good sized telephone nole. ... Kaler's Amouiance service brought the driver and a companion Lloyd Klnard, Tuieiaxe, to tne Klamath Valley Hospital where they were reported to be not ser iously injured. Another one car accident oc curred about 1 a.m. this morning when a car driven by E. H. Hayes, Tulelake, accompanied by his wife, crashed over a drain ditch em bankment on a dead-end road about two miles north of Tulelake. They were brought to the hos pital here where it is reported Mrs. Hayes is suffering from chest Injuries. Hayes was treated and released. The car was demolished. Fair Weather Is Outlook Spring Is Here, , Pussywillows It's always a race to see who can report the first sign of spring in Klamath Falls, but 'apparently the Clint Myers at 5126 Harlan Drive have everyone beaten. The Myers decorated for Christmas with bouquets of pussywillows I Mrs. Myers sent a bouquet to the Herald and News, all rooted and ready for planting, picked sev eral weeks ago. lrom their own backyard. , George Washington Takes Delaware River Trip Again BULLETINS CHARGED Alfred Junior Carter, 39-year-old Negro, was charged with second de gree, murder Saturday morning In the shooting of Cms Unzuettt, Mex ican railroad worker. , Unzuettl was shot at 1 a.m. Thursday In front of the Pastime Pool Hall. He died 30 hours later. His assailant fled In n automobile. Carter waa arrested on a farm near Henley. He had a gun In his posses sion. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS There were a few wet- spots in the Southeast and the Pacific Northwest but mostly fair weather was the outlook for most of the country Saturday. Temperatures generally were around or above seasonal levels.. Light rain continued in coastal areas of Washington and also at Key West, Fla. Rainfall in the last 24 hours in Jacksonville, na., measured nearly two inches and nearly 1 y2 inches at Cape Hat- teras, N. C. Light snow leu in tne northern Great Lakes region where skies generally were cloudy. Temperatures in most areas from the Rockies eastward to the Atlantic Coast were mostly In the 20s and 30s except over the Florida peninsula where they ranged from 41 at Jacksonville to 60 at Miami and 65 at Key West. Readings were generally below freezing west or the continental divide and in the 40s along the Pacific Coast. WASHINGTON'S CROSSING. Pa, (P George Washington crossed the Delaware again on Christmas. But this time, of course, it was' not history but play-acting. St. John Terrell, a showman de voted largely to musical comedies, and seven others of varied occupa tions, reenacted the memorable episode in man's long fight for freedom. Terrell himself played Washing ton. The others impersonated Wash. lngton's staff officers, personal aide and oarsmen. Members of the 'Washington's Crossing Park Commission joined Terrell in describing the project grand success". The weath er was right crisp and mostly sun- NO HOPE LONDON Wl Hope-was given up Saturday for uny survivors of an American Navy bomber that crashed on an Iceland glacier nine days ago. United States Air Force head quarters here said the search has been suspended because oi bad weather. Earlier, a helicopter rescue team landed beside the wreckage and reported the nine crew members of the bomber apparently perished. uniy one Doay was louna. ine out er eight airmen were believed bur led in-the snow, . ny and despite a timing that con flicted with family dinners, thous ands of people lined the river banks on both the Pennsylvania and New Jersey sides to see the performance. ' The reenactmcnt got under way with a scene at the. farm-house where Washington set up head quarters shortly before his cross ing of the Delaware and the attack on the Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. This house Is kept as shrine. In Its largest room, where wasnington held war councils, are a great table, the general's chair. brass and pewter accessories -set out on and around the hearth of a which to strike either north or south along the Mekong Hiver. xuo Vletminh began their lightning thrust across the country four days ago. OFFER MADE , ' The invasion of Laos from An nam followed repeated offers from Vietminh chief Ho Chi Minh for a ' negotiated peace in' the seven-year-old Indochina War. The French at titude toward the Vletminh pro posals is that they have not been officially communicated and that consequently they will be ignored. Gen. Henri Navarre, French commander in Indochina, is ex nected to set un his main defense line along the Mekong south of Thakhek in order to aeiena 8a vannakhet, a provincial capital 80 miles to the south. The French must keep Savan- nakhet and its airport, the only alrbase in Laos capable of handling heavy transport planes, in order, to bring in troops ana war supplies the defenders of tne area. The announcement came shortly after a French spokesman said supplies and reinforcements were being rushed to tne threatened area where strong Vietminh forces were advancing in several columns through sparsely Inhabited moun tainous country. EMERGENCY (A dispatch from the Thailand capital of Bangkok reported the government has declared a state of emergency In nine northern and northeastern states adjoining Indo china and Burma as a result of the Vietminh offensive. (The dispatch said the declara tion was issued after a confer ence of Cabinet members and high military officers decided the Indo Chinese situation constituted a threat to Thailand's sovereignty. Thakhek Is just across the river from the Thailand town of Lakhon.. (Reports in the Thailand capi tal said French forces opposing the rebel drive were falling back to new defenses set up about 50 kilometers (31.5 miles) from Thak hek.) The French population -ox fhs threatened city, which lies about 240 miles south of Hanoi and dom inates the Mekong Valley, has been evacuated to Savannaket, 50 miles to the south. ' The French spokesman said ele ments of two Vietminh divisions have been Identified a taking part in the drive into Labs, one of the three. French-associated, states of Indochina. -The- rebel; troops, - he said, were carrying only light arms and few supplies, apparently to speed their advance. THRUST ". . ;.. The Vletminh forces ' started their thrust from the rebel-held coastal area of North Annam. In dochina is only about 100 miles across at this point. The French said hard fighting was in progress in the Jungle along Colonial Rt 12, a main road connecting Annam with the Me kong River. This would place the rebels about 100 miles south of the area they overran last year In their first assault against laotian territory. (unconfirmed reports in Bang kok said, however, that other Viet minh troops had opened a surprise attack on Luang Prabang, the seat of Laotian King Slsavang Vong's royal residence. Luang Frabang, one of the targets of the previous Vletminh Invasion, is more than 200 miles north of Thakhek.) French spokesmen expressed hope that with reinforcements and fresh supplies the French Union forces would be able to chop, off the Vletminh spearheads as the rebels extend their lines of communication. TROOP CUT AUGUSTA, Ga. Wl President Eisenhower Saturday ordered a progressive reduction of U.S. ground forces in Korea and an nounced that two Army divisions will be returned to this country soon "as an initial step." Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness Sunday with hjgh of 31; low Sat urday night 18. High yesterday ..........-.....32 Low last night 13 A year ago It snowed all day fireplace taking up the length of one with accompanying high wind. High entire wall. and low reading: 31 and 22. - SHOOTING HOURS December 26 OPEN CLOSE 7:05 a.m. 4:40 p.m. 1 December 27' OPEN CLOSE ' 7:05 a.m. 4:41 p.m. Four Countries Count 362 Dead In Train Wrecks By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Four countries around the world counted a death toll ot possibly 362 persons today as a result of Christmastlde train wrecks. Two of the rail disasters In New Zealand and Czechoslovakia were among the worst In history. The other accidents were reported from Peru and Pakistan. In New Zealand, an estimated 166 lives were lost when a speed ing Wellington-Auckland passen ger train plunged Into a river gorge Thursday night after a bridge had washed out 25 miles south of the capital. The catas trophe cast gloom over the little country at the time It was enter taining Queen Elizabeth on her commonwealth tour, ,. ' The Bratlslav-Pragua express in Czechoslovakia smashed Into an other passenger-train near Sak- vice, killing irom loo to iao per sons according to unofficial piece meal reports from the Iron Cur tain country. The wreck, also on Christmas Eve, may have been the third worst train crash in history. A heavily' loaded ore train jumped the tracks on an Andes Mountain grade 12 miles from Lima, Peru, and six crewmen were killed. The seventh man aboard the train was seriously injured. Another freight train derailment in Pakistan took the lives of four crewmen. This accident occurred yesterday about 30 miles from Quetta In the western part of the country, i In Auckland. Queen Elizabeth, broadcasting her annual Yuletlde message to nations of the common wealth around tne world, paused to express her sympathy to the families of the New Zealand wreck victims. The young monarch's voice wavered as she spoke of the grave disaster. New Zealand prime Minister Sydney Holland rushed- to the scene of the accident on Mt. Ruapehu as soon as he was noti fied early yesterday. Internal Af fairs Minister W. A. Bodkin was appointed minister in attendance to the Queen, and it was announced that the schedule of her royal tour would not be altered. The engine and five cars of the train, which was traveling about 50 miles an hour, shot Into the swollen Wangaehu River shortly after floods had swept away a section of the railway bridge. An other car tottered on the brink a few moments and then toppled into the' flood. - A rescue organization was set up within a tew minutes but 135 of the 267 persons on the train were still unaccounted for and there was little hope they would be found. The known dead num bered 31. The government-controlled press in Communist Czechoslovakia re leased little news ot the accident in that country, and Western news men do not operate there. An earl; announcement over Radio Prague said only that "many persons were killed or Injured." A telephone operator at Brno told The Associated Press in Vien na she overheard Czech official! place the death toll at 184. Jt'
