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i first day of 1954, let's
gumming up.
re are safe in saying that
country has passed
ugh the transition period
kibered areas follows the
t the peak of the virgin
pply.
ped the corner In 1953.
y getting our second wind
Jng the big Job that lies
the Job?
it phase of it is to save
ir, without which every
jhave will be useless. How
i save it? We must save
King it to beneficial use.
TE use. First for agri
'Then for industry and
tally for recreation.
complete economic use
lonl use our water, we'll
Magazine recently car-
eclnallng ana sllgmiy ter
ticle by Bernard De Voto.
fal theme of it is that the
lure will be limited rigidly
titer supply. He brought
interesting fact that the
(the West isn't uniformly
U over ALL the West. It
fed within river systems
jys, with wide deserts in
Uleys that have enough
go ahead fabulously,
tfor the West, he says, is
Is country. The nation's
population are moving
bstward. Those areas that
pave enough water will
and FOB GOOD when
the ceiling of their wa-
fcn the West will be di
km the less populous val
Siava It to the more pop
h, that rin nnt have
( it. The Justification for
twill be tne tneory oi me
iod to the greatest mim
but time comes, there will
competition for water.
e Is keen competition for
totial product, those who
are willing to bid high.
tvater from one river to
)Ui 'Costly, and when we
Lflg'jres we're inclined to
:bti possibility of diver.
I If water is the essential
" c 'ithout which further
i V is Impossible, what
;r LIMJT that fab'llous
j southern California
' ' : to pay?
t in his article: "Last
ling Western Hydro!
J an . iinphallAntrAahlA
j lich iiay be the last
f subject: 'There is no
! Her and so there can
I: ING PRICE." "
s means if that the time
in the West when no
1 e too- great to pay for
i I,
e must face:
them California and
perhaps New Mexico
-round growing sea-
to look around for
ours will be the most
ipply to go after. It
and water runs
re cheaply than it can
lp.
over one low summit
it the headwaters of
ento. From there it
Led by the existing fa'
ie Central Valley pro
I Bakersfield. Pushing
tr relatively low sum-
'H put it where It is
t only pennies
i of water sup-
s.
-ep
Price Five Cent-12 Pases
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1954
Telephone 8111
Rebels Sird For Attack
Yietminh,
French Units
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OFFICERS FOR 1954 of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will assume heir duties Monday
night. Left to right are Frank Michaelson, first vice-president; Donald A, W. Piper, president;
Rex Dye, retiring president; Leo Molatore, second vice-president. Elected to the Board of Di
rectors were John Heilbronner, Don Bridge, Dean DeWitt, Dick Newman, Bill Alexander, Bar
ney Cavanaugh and Bob Dirschl.
Hospital Is
Fight Scene
A Merrill Indian youth who
lacked sufficient confidence In his
paleface brothers' surgical skill to
have, a cut thumb treatsd was in
the City Jail Friday on drunk and
disorderly charges after causing a
near-riot in Klamath Valley Hospital.
The accused is Robert Huitt, 21,
who went to the hospital for treat
ment. An artery was severed in
his left thumb and he was bleeding
profusely.
When a surgeon arrived to sew
up the thumb, Huitt is alleged to
have whipped out a long-bladed
knife and threatened to kill any
one who touched him.
Finally, it took four policemen
to hold him on the operating table
while the surgeons repaired the in
jured thumb. When he was re
leased, Huitt, according to arrest
ing officers, started to fight. He
was overpowered after punching
and kicking the policemen for sev
eral minutes.
Huitt quieted down after he was
lodged in a jail cell. He is slated
to appear Saturday morning be
fore Police Judge Frank Blackmer.
Livestock Outlook Held
Encouraging For 7954 Era
Swap Fire
HANOI, Indochina Ml French
military sources said Friday that
the Communist-led Vietminh were
reinforcing their "Iron Division"
No. 316 for a possible attack upon
Dien Bien Phu, the last big strong
hold of French Union forces in the
Thai country of northwestern In
dochina. French Union forces, meanwhile,
clashed with small Vietminn units
south of the fortress.
The reinforcements were being
supplied by men from the Viet
minh Divisions 308 and 312 which
have been massed in the Thai
Nguyen area 40 miles north and
the Tuyen Quantg region 65 miles
northwest of Hanoi, the informants
added.
In the delta itself the French re
ported 50 Vietminn killed and 50
captured in minor mopup opera
tions.
Other skirmishes occurred in the
heavily fortified Plain Des Jar res
area in central Laos.
French Union forces clashed with
a Communist-led Vietminn patrol
at the village of Muong Khoua, 72
miles north east of Luang Prabang
in Laos, and French officials said
the Vietminh lost five killed.
For the ninth straight day
French fighters and bombers at
tacked Vietminh troops along the
Mekong River where the Vietminh
Attacked with one division before
Christmas V and then apparently
wunarew into the jungle.
SAN FRANCISCO tffi The out
look lor 1954 for livestock and
livestock products in the seven
states west of the Rockies was
described - Thursday as offering
:some ground optimism.'-
; in hs-mommy ana yearena bus
iness summary, the Federal Re
serve Bank of San Francisco, said
the national supply-demand . pic
ture "nas begun to show signs of
NEW TOWER
PORTLAND M The City Coun
cil gave television station KPTA
permission Thursday to replace its
210-foot Vntenna with a 500-foot one
atop Council Crest Portland.
The station said the new tower
would be shipped soon from Cleve
land. Station officials said it would
m-ove reception In fringe areas,
V 1
'11
,ut lor these
.1 who every
uno, over the
line end the
nont bridge.
Suspect In
Robbery Held
Clifford Gerhardt Annen, 34, 1317
Adams, picked up by Oregon State
Police on South Sixth Thursday for
having no operators license has ad
mitted to authorities that he is
wanted in Minnesota on a burclarv
charge.
Upon questioning by police he ad
mitted knowing something of the
burglary case but would not admit
he was implicated.
sneriff Henschel, Cambridge,
Minn., was notified this morning
by state police that Onnen was
being held in the county Jail on
$400 bail, pending word, from Min
nesota authorities as to whether
they will come for him.
Onnen has not stated whether he
will waive extradition.
MARY ELIZABETH REEL, Tulelake, Miss 1954, is the first baby
born in the Klamath Basin this year. The little girl made the
hurdle to win the honor over Baby Boy Ternus, son of Chief
of Police and Mrs. Jerry Ternus, also of Tulelake. Mary Eliza
beth was born at 1:50 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reel, Mer
mamma was presented with a number of gifts from Klamath
Falls' businessmen. Showing off the new arrival is Nurse Jean
Clark, Klamath Valley HopitaL
Tulelake Baby Winner Oi
Siork Derby; First Basin
Child Born In Year of '54
Ministers
To Gather
For Parley
WASHINGTON Wl The United
States, Britain and France agreed
Friday to Russia's proposal of Jan.
25 for a meeting of the Big Four
foreign ministers at Berlin and
moved to avoid any further delay
of the conference.
Aside from accepting the date
a three weeks postponement from
the previous western proposal of
Jan, 4 the western powers also:
1. Agreed that representatives of
the four high commissioners in
Germany should discuss the pre
cise place and any other technical
arrangements for the meeting.
2. Said that since the foreign
ministers themselves will be meet
ing soon there is no point now in
discussing the questions which will
be raised at their conference. This
Is designed to avoid a preliminary,
time-consuming argument over an
agenda.
The United States note on the
conference, the State Department
announced, was delivered to the So
viet Foreign Office by Ambassa
dor Charles Bohlen at 1 p.m. Mos
cow time 3 a.m., MST. British
and French diplomats were re
ported to have delivered similar
notes.
SITE SOUGHT
The Soviets may make fiVme
acknowledgment, finally confirm
ing the Jan. 25 date, but the next
sbi-ious business is agreement on
a meeting site in Berlin.
Officials of the western powers
are reported hopeful that the So
viets will not seize upon the tech
nical problems which will come up
in preliminary discussions on ar
rangements to stall the conference.
The agreement to have the dis
cussions proceed in Germany re
sponded to a Soviet suggestion and
is an effort to avoid any further
delay.
HOME
WHITTIER, Calif. Wi Prank A.
Nixon. 15-year-old father of Vice
President Richard Nixon, has re
turned home from Phoenix, Ariz.,
where he had been hospitalized
for a stomach ailment since Dec.
11.
"stabilizing" and added this has
a "more important bearing'
the general health of Twelfth Dis
trict agriculture than any single
internal -factor.'
1"The summary also saldl- r'
The Twelfth District is an im
portant supplier of both cotton and
wheat, irom which District tarn
ers can expect reduced cash re
ceipts in 1954.
Increased acreages of hay and
forage which are expected in 1954
may be marketed at relatively low
prices.
Production of fruit and vegeta
bles is expected to increase next
year, but this increase is expected
to be offset by lower prices for
these products.
Cross farm receipts in the Dis
trict may decline by a percentage
as large as, or perhaps larger
than, tnat in prospect for the Unit
ed States as a whole.
Discussing livestock and live
stock products in particular, the
report stated:
"While it is . generally agreed
that there is little prospect for
prices and incomes from sale of
livestock and livestock products 'to
lie improved In 1954, greater sta
bility in production and marketable
supplies of these commodities may
mean that there is also little likeli
hood of any further significant de
terioration in the farmers" posi
tion." i
Weather,;
FORECAST: Inreaslnr cloudiness
with occasional, Ilfht snow Friday
mgiu.
High yesterday 39
Low last night 22
Trio Caught
On Mouiilafn
PORTLAND', Ore. Iffi A violent
storm apparently caught three
clinrbers atop a 11,245-foot snow
covered mountain today.
Wanting to be the first on the
peak of Mt. Hood on New Year s
Day, - they left Tlmberline Lodge
at the 8,000-foot level yesterday
morning. They expected to reach
the top by nightfall and spend the
night there.
But at night the storm came up,
and forecasters warned of heavy
snows on the way plus winds up
wards ot no miles an hour at the
peak before daybreak. Tempera
tures of 15 degrees above zero
were expected.
There is no shelter at the top.
The climbers had sleeping gear
and some food, . though, and no
immediate fear was felt for their
safety.
The three are Layden Walsh,
Olympla, Wash.; Fred Hart, Cor
vallis, Ore.; and Art Maki, Ridge
field, Wash. ,
Other climbers were waiting on
the lower slopes of the mountain,
about 60 miles east of Portland,
to start" a New Year's Day race
for the top, but officials warned
them not to start because of the
storm. Forecasters expected the
storm to ease off later in the day.
It's a girfi
And Tulelake has herl
And the first boy born in 1954
in the Klamath Basin, also.
Little Miss 1954 squalled her
way Into the Edward Reel family
from Tulelake at 1:50 a.m. today
at Klamath Valley Hospital to make
two daughters for the folks from
California. Elder sister is Con
nie, aged four.
Mary Elizabeth Reel, six pounds,
ll'2 ounces, made her radio debut
a few moments after her arrival
when she registered a protest
about being Interviewed by Char
lie McFarlan, of KFLW who waited
for the Wg .cvnt with, two prospec
tive tamers, "rappa'V-Meet, ana
Chief of Police Jerry Ternus,
r SURRENDERS
COLUMBUS, Ohio () A young
escapee from the Franklin County
detention home surrendered yes
terday after a few hours of free
dom. He told officials: "I've got a
bad cold and can't afford to be
running around tonight."
Two Held In
Bank Robbery
HOUSTON, Tex. Wl Two men
were in custody and Mexican bor
der points were watching for two
others today after all four were
charged with felony theft in the
$57,329 robbery of the Houston Na
tional Bank.
The bank was robbed yesterday
at 9:20 a. m. when a man slipped
into a basement vault, took the
money from Donny Norris Allen,
19-year-old bank employe, and then
escaped without being noticed.
After 10 hours of questioning by
FBI agents, Police Homicide
Capt. Frank Murray said young
Allen' admitted being an accom
plice of three other men he im
plicated in the robbery. The FBI
confirmed Murray's statement.
Besides Allen, the three charged
were James David Mitchell, alias
James David Richardson, 2d;
J-o h n n y Gonzales Navarro, 24,
brother of a Houston policeman;
and Nick Mitchell, 45, an uncle
of the younger Mitchell.
Navarro surrendered to police
within an hour after police orders
were broadcast last night for his
pickup. Arrested at a bus station
from where he had telephoned po
lice, he denied any connection with
the robbery.
Tulelake, who s wife added son
number four to his family at 5:41
a.m.
Reel, born in Arkansas, is em
ployed by Charles Blumenthal, po
tato grower and shipper, and with
his family, lives in the Havlina
Apartments in Tulelake. Mrs, Reel
was born in Texas.
Dr. Jack Martin presented the
new daughter to the family.
Mrs. Reel, who won the second
annual stork derby, sponsored by
Klamath Falls merchants, KFLW
and the Herald and News, was
presented with a number of gifts
for the new arrival this morning.
.tsauy xernus 111.3 tiiree, brothers,
Jerry Jr., , 9, Kenneth, 7 and
Teddy, 3',i. The new arrival, 8
pounds, one ounce; has not been
named since a girl was expected.
The radio broadcast of the ar
rival of Klamath Country's first
citizen is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sat
urday, jan. 2, over
Dogs Uncover Cache
Of Bootleg Booze
SHAWNEE, Okla. Wl Trooper
C. A. Morris has two dogs to
thank for uncovering 166 pints and
six fifths of contraband liquor.
The hunting dogs, in the back
seat of an automobile he stopped
for speeding, began playing around
while he wrote a ticket for the
driver and uncovered the n
year's cheer under blankets..
Man s best friend?
Cordon Waits On
Political Path
WASHINGTON ofi Sen. Guy
Cordon of Oregon expects to an
nounce next week whether or not
he will run for the Senate again.
Apparently a physical examination
will determine his answer.
He underwent the examination
last week. He indicated he would
file again If the medical report is
favorable.
Cordon said earlier he did not
want to run, but would if he felt
it was the only way to keep the
seat from falling to the Democrats.
San Gabriel
Blaze Licked
LOS ANGELES UT) Residents
in a section of 50 houses in the
San Gabriel Mountains returned
to their homes Thursday night aft
er Dacktires alleviated danger In
this area but 1,000 firefighters con
tinued battling other danger spots
in southern California's six-day for
est tires.
During the day residents of a
section known as Pasadena Glen
had- been considering- the - possi
bility of evacuating their homes
when a 'localized segment of the
fire became menacing. -
The U. S. Forest Service said
the fire near Pasadena Glen was
serious but believed all of the
houses could be saved. The same
flare-up lift kept within a half
mile of the million dollar Mater
Dolorosa retreat house and Pas
sibnist Fathers Monastery but fire
men backfired to prevent damage.
Later a new outbreak was re
ported when flames swept into Kin-
neloe Canyon east of the old Mt.
Wilson toll road and at the head of
the glen. Men and equipment were
sent there to battle the flareup.
The fire jumped westward across
firebreak late Thursday and
burned within less than a mile of
some houses. This blaze now ap
pears to be contained, county fire
men said. ;'
Mt. Wilson and Its hotel, ob- .
servatories and eight television 1 ;.
transmitters were still safe from ;
the fire. - - , ,- ; . .rJf!'''''' t
The Mt: Wilson-Monrovia Peak
fire has" horned 14,000 acres'-since ,. :
Sunday. A companion .fire In. the . '
Mt. Baldy region,' 20 jnlleseast,'
scorched 4,000 acres. ' '-' ; . '
The Forestry Service ealraated
a loss of 7,35W'MifMdamiy"
age U) .watersheds and1''
fighting the. fires. .-. ,l ),'
First American P0W Quits Red Camp
short ' ; v v
CLIFTON FORGE, Va. WI-May-
or Milton B. Whiting Owns a chain
of 15 service stations and nine .
wholesale outlets, all selling gaso-'
line. Today he ran out of gasoline.
SEOUL Ml Cpl. Claude J.
Batchelor, a young Texan who
eiecieu 10 stay wiui die Commu
nists, Ciiungxu his mind Friday
and said it is quite possible thai
other unrepaiiia.ed American war
prisoners will decide to return
aome.
Butchelor smiled broadly as he
was reiutnea to the L, N. Com
mand near Paumunjom alter ;il
months as a prisoner of war.
He told waiting newsmen that
prisoner leaders are armed with
daggers to prevent deieciious and
thai mistrust and tear play a role
in the Communist, allegiance of I
the remaining 21 Americans, 1 '
Briton and 327 Koreans listed as;
pro-Red.
The 20-year-old corporal from
Kermit. 'ie:;.f approacneu an In
dian guard pi. 1 a.m. and asked to
return to Ihe U. N. Command.
Fourteen hours later he was re
patriated. Bfttchelor's petite Japanese wife,,
waiting in Tokyo to see him, ap
parently ptayeu an important pait
in his decision to abandon com
munism. He said her messages, relayed
to him in the Indian-guarded com
pound in Korea's neutral zone "had
quite a bit to do about it.'1
Batchelor talked by telephone to
his wife In Tokyo.
"I feel fine. she said, bursting
into tears, "You not sick? Every
body -wait for you. . . I want to
see you soon.
' I'm so happy and I'm crying."
Sue said Batchelor kept repeat
Int. "I'm happy, I'm happy. . .
Batcnelor originally was sched
uled to hold a press conference 1
later Friday, but it was postponed
until Saturday.
He told newsmen he now be
lieves "very very little" of the
Communist Indoctrination he had
been given in prisoner of war
camps.
He smiled broadly and dioke
easily, without any apparent ner
vousness. He nappily gave a thumbs up
sign for photographers.
He said he spent a sleepless
night before deciding to ask for
repatriation. He described New
Year's Eve in the North Camp as
not very cheerful and without
much celebrating.
"Will other Americans come
out?" he was asked.
"Quite possibly," he said.
"Will more than one?"
"Quite possibly."
"Do you think you made ft wise
move in coming back?"
"Yes," Batchelor answered and
smiled broadly.
He said he bad been "quite un
comfortable" this winter but
turned aside other questions as to
whether he had been well treated
and well fed In Communist prison
er camps.
. He Mid H Wntfd fe hard to-uy
what he missed most during liis
long captivity.
Bachelor's story matched in
part that of Cpl. Edward Dicken
son of Big Stone Gap, Va., who
asked for repatriation from the
pro-Communist North Camp two
months-ago.
Dickenson also said other Ameri
cans quite likely would change
their minds.
Neither man named names. They
Indicated that prisoners who
might want to leave would not
broadcast the Information.
An Indian Command spokesman
said he thought it most unlikely
that prisoner leaders are armed
or that a POW who wanted to' ask
lor repatriation would be unable
to do so. He said:
"The North Camp always has
been very quiet and orderly and
life there seems to be much like
that of a small village."
Batchelor said he had wanted fo
return home for a month, but die.
not ask for repatriation Dec. 23
when the Allies broadcast "come
home" appeals . because "there
would have been violence."
He said pro-Communist Korean
prisoners "massed at the gate" to
prevent anyone from leaving.
The Indian spokesman said there
was no evidence that this was so
and added:
"I am sure any man who wanted
could have come out safely."
Batchelor refused, to answer
many questions.
He said lie wants to take bis
wile home to Kermit and ne
beamed oroadly as he read a mes
sage from her.
i wanv to see you as soon as
possible." his wife Kyoko wrote.
I am so glad you are finally com
ing home. I love you1 very much."
The message was relayed from
Tokyo by The Associated Press;
Tne Army said Batchelor would
be "treated like any other return
ing prisoner of wai" when he gets
to Japan and will have a reunion
with his wife.
In Kermit, Batchelor's father
and mother were overjoyed.
i "It's the best news I have ever
heard," said O. L. Batchelor, an
oil well driller. . .
Tne parents had spent a sad
Christmas believing their son nev
er would return home.
Only a few days before Christ
mas his mother had said, "It looks
like there is no hope. 7 .
Young Batchelor was talfen pris
oner in May, 1951.
He appeared in good health Fri
day. His hair was long. His blond
moustache was neatly trimmed
He wore the laded blue uniform
given him by the Communists.
He talked with newsmen for a
few minutes, then boarded a hell
copter for a flight to the 121st
Evacuation Hospital In Seoul for
& medical checkup.
He will be flown to Japfan for a
complete medical examination later,
JUNE JAMES and Mri. Mary Wyatt ware snapped at Klam
ath Valley hospital thit morning by the roving cameraman.
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