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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1954)
MI IEM1KIT P Mill MX IaTke J Day s Jews '''1 J-'k 71 , By FRANK JENKINS ifi Here's the big thing to watch- In j jnaocnina: THE RAINS ARE STARTING. When the rains start In that part of the world, everything else stops Just about a year ago old' Ho Chi Minn, the Indochlnese communist leader, was cutting through the French like a hot knife through butter and' It looked like the jig was up. . But, in the waning days of the dry season, the French, with the aid of American equipment and supplies, checked his advance at the Flame de Jerres, as they've checked him again (with the aid of American supplies and equip ment) in the little plain that sur rounds the barbed Wire fortress of Dien Bien Phu. Before he could get going again, the rainy season came on in a big way and the clouds opened up and the floods came down and stopped his clock. So, if you crave a break in the ' present International tension, HOPE FOR RAIN IN INDOCHINA. ' ' he monsoon rain. The rain that The Iain that brings PEACE In Asia while it lasts. The world is having a bad spell of the litters right now. We've Just had an awesome demonstration ot the power of the hydrogen bomb. . The world in general is afraid that if the red Chinese get too brash we might drop hydrogen bomb on Peking. Then the fat would be in the fire. v The world in general, as nearly as one can Judge from the news. would prefer to take a chance on communist domination of the earth than to take a chance on the start w an atomio war. Here's the danger in that: If the communists get the idea that WE'RE AFRAID TO DROP A BOMB ON THEM there's no telling what thty might do. . The atom bomb and the hydro- sen bomb are fearsome weapons. But I can't help wondering If ' there might not have been almost : as much fear and dread m we world WHEN GUNPOWDER CAME IN as there is now with : atomic warfare in the offing as a ,j, , f possibility. ur- to toe time 01 Kunoowow, the weapons in use in war were comparatively mild. At the worst, you (rot bashed with a mace or , hacked with a sword or pierced by an arrow or a lance. But gun powder blew up all over the place and destroyed castles and houses and shattered bones and tore tiu , man flesh.. That must have been a terrifylna thought in its day almost as terrifying, everything considered, as atom bombs are , now, . i . But ; v The world didn't come to an end as a result of gunpowder, I doubt If it's going to come to an end as a result of the possibility ot atomic warfare. Poison gas could have destroyed human life over at : least a considerable part of the , world. But it didn't. ' Or at least it HASN'T YET. I suppose you must have read a few days ago ot the new and fearsome poison gas we've Just developed. it sounds almost as shivery as hydrogen bombs.) ' President Eisenhower put his fin- ger on the real truth last night ; when he told us it Is THE KREM LIN and not the bomb that is the ' real threat. As long as men like those in the Kremlin THINK WAR PAYS there will be war. Before we can be free of the threat of war, we'll have to teach men like that that , war doesn't pay. : How? f I don't know. But I'm sure It can't be done by getting scared out of our wits and running for holes and pulling the holes m after us. USAF Names Lindbergh 4 i WASHINGTON W Tha Air Force Tuesday named Charlea A. Lindbergh to a five-man board charged with the task ot selecting a site ior the new Air Force Academy. Two other civilians were ap pointed to the board by Secretary Tslbott. They are' Virgil M. Hancher. president of the Univer sity of Iowa, and Merrill C. Meigs, Vice president of the Hearst Corp., Chicago. The military members are Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, first chief of staff of the Air Force and a member of a previous academy site selec tion board, and Lt. Oen. Hubert R, Harmon, special assistant to the chief of staff for Air Force Academy matters. Lindbergh was recently made a brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve. The famed flyer re signed his commission as a re serve colonel shortly before World War n in a difference cf opinion with President Roosevelt. He later served in a civilian capacity in the FMtfU Iteming. IT TOOK A DOLLAR BILL, right out of the pocket of Police Judge Frank Blackmer, when these two buty salesgirls, Sue Ann Hillman, left, 7-year-old Camp Fire Girl from Peterson School and Sondra Bricco, aged 10, fifth grader at Shasta School, sold the judge the first twin package of Camp Fire Girl Mints, sold in the mint campaign now under way. Sue Ann is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hillman, 4816 Summers Lane. Sondra is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bricco, 2443 Patterson Street. Funds from the mint sale go toward the summer camping program. 1 ; ; Rogue Basin Reclamation WASHINGTON W -Secretary of Interior McKay announced Tues day the Reclamation Bureau has asked Oregon and various federal agencies for their views on the proposed $19,884,000 multi-purpose Talent Division of the Rogue River Basin reclamation project in Ore gon. The procedure is a necessary step beiore possible recommenda tion to the Budget Bureau that Congress be asked to authorize the protect tor construction. .. a v ""The Talent "Division; nv Jackson County, would be an extension of the Talent Irrigation District along Bear Creek, a tributary of the Rogue River, The development is planned pri marily for irrigation, with associ ated hydroelectric, flood control. fish and wildlife and recreational benefits. The plan provides for a water supply for 17,800 acres, of which 9.250 acres would receive a supplemental aupply and 8,640 acres would be newly irrigated lands. A power plant to develop 10,000 kilowatts of energy would be in cluded in the first-stage plans. Revenues from sale of power would help pay cost of the entire development. The report calls for construction of Howard Prairie Dam and Res ervoir with a capacity of 60,500 acre-feet of water and rebuilding the present Emigrant Dam to in crease capacity of its reservoir from 8,300 to 45,000 acre-feet, Hyatt Prairie Reservoir, a part of the present system, would be used at its present capacity. Spud Support Price Told PORTLAND Wl The Federal Department of Agriculture will pay $1.90 a hundredweight for Oregon potatoes, Arnold N. Bodtker, of the State Agricultural Stabilization Committee reported Monday. He said offers to sell at $1.90 f.o.b. shipping point should be In county ASC offices by Friday. Only $20,000 worth will be bought In Oregon at this time. Purchasing will be In the state's major potato districts but White Rose variety Is excluded. . The buying is to fill requests from authorized agencies. Plane Survives Arctic Accident SANDSPTT, B.C. Wl An Alaska bound cargo plane from Seattle made an emergency landing at this isolated Island air field Tuesday after a propeller flew off and knocked out most of the left side controls. It tore a gaping hole in the wing. The pilot, Joseph M. Halsey of Seattle, and three other crew mem bers on the West Air Transport C46 were uninjured. Jettisoned groceries, however, marked the two-engine transport's approach route to this emergency field MO miles up the British Co lumbia Coast, More' than two thirds of a 5 14-ton cargo of food for Anchorage, Alaska, was Jet tisoned before the plane reached the field safely. "We had to ditch all the cargo we could," Captain Halsey report ed. "It was itUl going out when we landed." Plan Eyed Churchill Urged To Invite Ike For H-Bomb Conference LONDON UT Prime Minister Churchill said Tuesday he would be delighted to welcome President Eisenhower to London for talks on the hydrogen bomb and other world problems. But, the Prime minister added be did not think the President could leave the United States right now. - . Answering a Laborlte question In the House of Commons, Chur- enm saia: "I have more than once , pressed hopes that such a visit would be possible. I do not think. however, he would feel he could leave his heavy duties at the pres ent time." , WORLD PROBLEMS i ' Parliament member Arthur Lewis had asked Churchill to in vite the President here for talks on world .problems. .Including, the, H-bomb, and to help resolve "dif ferences of opinion that might Judge A. Fee Named To Post PORTLAND tW James Alger Fee, 65, nominated Tuesday to the Ninth Circuit Court, has been on state and federal benches since 1927. A native of Pendleton, lt was there that he first became a Judge, serving the circuit court from 1927 to 1931. In the latter year he was appointed to the U. S. district court at Portland and has been in that position since. In recent years he has been named to hear specific cases in a number of courts throughout the country. His new position, assuming the Senate confirms as it is expected to do as a matter of routine, he will sit at San Francisco. Judge Fee received his bachelor degree from Whitman in 1910 and his law degree from Columbia University. In 1916-17 he was Pen dleton City Attorney. Then he en tered military service for the First World War. An air corps pilot, he continued his interest In military affairs both In the reserves and the national guard, rising to lieu tenant colonel. He has been a long-time member of the board of overseers for Whit man College. Adler Award To Be Given The George H. Adler scholar ship award for elementary music students will be presented to the winner in city school competition at the annual concert, Thursday night, April 8, 8 p.m. at Mills School auditorium. The selection of the winner Is made on the basis of talent, best indicating the success of future study of music. Students of voice and music Instruments are eligible for consideration. Eliminations will be completed Wednesday morning by Andrew Loney Jr., director, music educa tion, Klamath Falls schools, and Ruth Lobaugh, supervisor of mu sic in city elementary schools. Judy Hadlcy, 14 year old vocalist won the award last year. The concert la open to the public and there is no admission. KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMENTS Mint! ,m nr y Lt Tmt ' 47 can II cart Ttui rtr Scm 140 cart 10,773 cart stand in the Way of an approach to Premier Malenkov for calling Big Four talks." . Churchill said "it goes without saying that we should be delighted 10 welcome president fisennower. The Churchill government Mon day accepted a Laborlte call for British initiative in seeking a Churchill, Eisenhower, Malenkov meeting. - Churchill himself proposed such meeting last May. United 8tatea authorities aald then they thought the talks could not do much good without some previous indication of Russian good faith, GRAND ALLIANCE Churchill Is known to etlll har bor hopes of a return to. a close Brltisb-Amerlcan-Russian relation ship en the lines of the wartime fraud-alliance. During M o n d a y's emotional Commons debate on the H-bomb, he expressed his hankering for "a talk on supreme issues between the heads of governments and states concerned." But he also said that, with the Geneva conference on Far East issues due later this month, this would be an "Ill-chosen moment" to seek a top-level meeting. The pro-labor and leftwing press Tuesday accused Churchill of stoop ing to partisan politics in dealing with the H-bomb. Demands also were renewed for his resignation. REGRET Even some Conservative news papers expressed regret over the Prime Minister's stormy Commons speecn. One Conservative member of Parliament, who declined to be quoted by name, told a reporter: "We were shocked and dismayed by the old man's tactics. It may bring his resignation day closer." There nave been rumors all un confirmedthat Churchill might resign this summer, handing over the reins to Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. Laborlte Arthur Henderson, a former air minister, will ask the Prime Minister next Thursday to "state the government practice with regard to the public dis closure of secret treaties or secret agreements entered Into by the British government." experience In ipeeking and performing before en audience, Sergeant B. ,W. Tiehenor 4e Patrolman Jack Oewnt thii morn Jng, KLAMATH Mae fin Cents 14 Pages Counsel For WASHINGTON m Samuel P. Sears, Boston lawyer, withdrew Tuesday as the special counsel for a Senate investigation ot the McCarthy-Army row. With his impartiality under question, Sears offered his resig nation and the Senate investiga tions subcommittee accepted it by a unanimous 6-0 vote. Sears, 58-year-old past president of the Massachusetts Bar Assn, had been chosen for the job only last week. At that time, public hearings on the charges exchanged by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wls) and Army of ficials were tentatively set to be gin next Monday. The resignation of Sears rubs out any prospect that the hearings can begin then as the subcommit tee Is back again looking for a special counsel. Sears gave his resignation, at a closed door meeting of the sub committee which lasted for 2 hours and 15 minutes. After the session, Sears met with reporters and read a statement: "I am completely satisfied in my own mind," Sears said, "that I am thoroughly competent to con duct the pending inquiry objec tively. Impartially and in fairness to all. It is not in my blood to do otherwise. . . But. he added. "I have come to the resolute conclusion that I should not serve." Sears said he was leaving "in view ot the discussion and con troversy which followed by reten tion as counsel and ot the alls cations which have been made; most of which are without founda tion." He added: "I do so only because I deem the hearing to be of the highest importance and would not want the credibility of the proceedings to be handicapped from the very outsat by any alleged word, oeea. or .commitments that ,lyjnlghjj oave utterea- in me -puni-. "The test Is not whether I am biased; it Is whether I am be' licved to be unbiased." KUHS Parents Meet Planned The counclllng and testing pro gram at KUHS will be presented at the Parents and Patrons' meet ing Wednesdsy evening, April 7, at KUHS In the Little Theater by Paul Angstead. Meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. The program will also include a talk on the highlights of the KUHS science class' trip to San Fran cisco by Mrs. Gladys Herron. A surprise novelty act will be fur nished by the music department. There will be a discussion dur ing the social hour in the caie terla of the proposed organization of a Dads Club. High school teach ers will be in attendance so par ents may meet them and discuss any problems. Reiresnments win be served by the Library Club under the -direction of Roy Tidwell, adviser. Bob Thompson, Parents and Pa trons president, urges all parents of high school students to attend this. meeting Wednesday evening. McCarthy, Army Quits FALLS, OBEGON, TUESDAY, ATBIL , 154 Ike Soys Russia Fears War Because Of U.S. Readiness WASHINGTON UPI President Elsenhower told the nation and the free world last night Russia is unlikely to risk war so long as this country stands ready to strike bark swiftly with all its atomic might. The President declared, however, that Americans must prepare "very coldly ai'd very carefully" against the danger that power-loving men In the Kremlin might "in a fit of mndnes, or through mis calculation'' plunge the world Into a hydrogen-bomb-age holocaust. Eisenhower went on all radio and television networks in a re laxed, half-hour plea for a sober facing of the atomic era facts of life and a fervent warning against the perils of "Jitters" and hysteria over communism, investigations ot communism or the threat of de pression. VIGILANCE URGED We don't have to fear I" he said. Of course, there are risks, but we do not have to be hysterical. We can be vigilant; we can be Americans. We can stand up and hold up our heads and say, Ameri ca Is the greatest force that God Dien Bien Phu Slacken HANOI, Indochina W) The French high command announced today the Vletmlnh had eased their fanatical charges at the battered defenses of Dien' Bien Phu during the past 24 hours. ... , A terse French communlaue early today said that last night was "relatively calm.": But the French Union forces be hind the barbed wire barriers and bunkered defenses continued to brace themselves grimly for re newed assaults. -; '' Frenen' planes ranged throughout the Bight against the feeder coolie lines bringing in supplies from Red China. Thousand-pounders and de layed-action bombs were strewn along the road and mountain trails. I The French were bolstered fur ther during the night by tons of supplies and ammunition para chuted to them from American supplied transport planes. The French kept a wary eye on the northwest corner of the fort ress, where the fiercest of the rebel I human sea assaults have struck recently. The French claimed more than 1,000" were killed 13 yesterday s repeated assaults, The French believed the enemy had concentrated on the weak point to attract all attention there while Communist Oen. Vo Nguyen Gtap regrouped and reuuorced nil troops for new assaults at other points. Gen. Henri Navarre, French commander in chief in Indochina, praised his forces and expressed the "utmost confidence in the suc cess of their arms." He said in an order of the day the courage of the defenders of Dien Bien Phu "will be an ever lasting example" of heroism to the free world. Tornadoes Hit Midwest Area By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wet and mild weather was the outlook for wide areas In the eastern half of the country Tues day. Thunderstorms and April show ctk were reported over Midwest and Eastern and Southern areas. At least eight tornadoes struck Midwest areas Monday five in Iowa, two In Missouri and one In Kansas. There were no deaths or Injuries reported but there was heavy property damage, most In rural areas. Six of the twisters hit the Southwest Iowa-Northwest Missouri region while others struck at Riley, Kan., and in Central Iowa. Gusty winds up to 60 m.p.h,, accompanied the thunderstorms In some Midwest areas early Tues day. Hail fell In some sections, in cluding Chicago. The storms were in Northeastern Missouri, Eastern Iowa, Southern and Eastern Wis consin and Northern Illinois. Showers were general along the California coast and in most of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Western Montana. Generally fair weather was reported in other parts of the country. NEW KUHS COACH In a meeting last night be tween the Klamath Union High School Board and the Dad'a Ad visory Committee, John McOin nis was selected as the new foot ball coach of Klamath Union High School. McOinnls replaces Bob Hen dcrshott who resigned March 1. Further details on the sport's page. Telephone till ... No. Zest has ever allowed to exist on his footstool. Aa such lt is up to us to lead this world to a peaceful and secure existence, and I assure you we can do it." In a plain effort to soothe some of the controversies boiling In this country, and to quiet H-bomb nerv ousness abroad, Eisenhower broke some new ground In this mainly off-the-cuff address delivered while relaxing against the edge of a desk in the White House basement: PUBLIC OPINION He said the FBI rather than congressional investigators Is the nation's "great bulwark" against Communist Infiltration. He said "very grave offenses' can be committed against Innocent persons by "someone having the immunity of congressional mem bership" though he voiced confi dence, that in the long run public opinion "will straighten this mat ter out wherever and whenever there is teal violence done to our people." And he said that while Commu nists in this country are danger ous and must be pinpointed, their number is "minute" and la often exaggerated. . ' Actually, be said, there aren't more than; 28,000 doctrinaire or dyed-ln-the-wool ' Communists and the great mass" of government workers and other Americana are "Just as dedicated as you and I." UNEMPLOYMENT On another home front topic, he said unemployment "happily shows every sign now of leveling off." Tne government is ready to un dertake anything necessary to pre vent a depression, he said, but "does not intend to go Into any slam-bang emergency program un less it is necessary." The great' factor working for peace," Eisenhower aald, Is Rus sia's "economic weakness" com pared with the mighty American Industrial machine. - . "Of all these sobering effects." he said, "none Is greater than the retaliation that would certainly be visited upon them If they were to attack any of our nations or any part of our vital Interests aggres sively ana in oraer to conquer us." Ends Show Two summer yearling heifers con signed by Dale West, Merrill, sold for top money at tne Aberdeen Angus sale, held Monday at the fairgrounds.- Total gross sales amounted to 123,530. Of this amount females accounted for . $17,380, with the bulls bringing a disappointing 16.180. Bill Beaton, representing Albert C. Wagner, Napa California, paid the top price of 81,700 for 31 month old Ethelda Erica DW, and the second high animal Blackcap Empress DW also a West entry, went to Bill Ewlngs, Duncraggan Ranch, Sonoma, California, for $1550. Grand champion female of the show, Waugaman Erica 40, con signed by Mr, and Mrs. Ed Blag- glni, Cayucos California, went to Art King. Sun Valley Farms, Twin Falls Idaho, for $850. Pure Prince DW. grand champ ion bull ot the sale, waa purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meier, Oregon City, for $B00, top money to the bull class. Leland Pope, Merrill, waa high bidder for the reserve champion, paying $500 for Zaramar DW. Both bulls were, from the Dale West herd. Charles Adams, California auc tioneer, kept the sale moving at a fast pace before a small crowd of buyers and spectators who braved the cold and wind to attend the sale. French Study U.S. Warning PARIS, I The Elsenhower administration has proposed that the United States, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand issue a strong warning to "communist Aggressors" In Southeast Asia, French Foreign Ministry sources said Tuesday. They declined to disclose the terms of this warning, but said lt is being studied by the ministry. It clearly would be a warning fo Red China against more active participation In the Indochina war. One source said the declaration would resemble that made last August by the 16 Allied powers participating in the Korean War. This said: "We declare In the interests of the peace of the world that if another armed attack should oc cur, constituting a new provoca tion against the principles of the United Nations, we would be united and ready to resist." The ministry sources said the declaration on Indochina and Southeast Asia had been the sub ject of a conversation between U.S. Secretary ot State Dulles and French ambassador Henri Bonnet last Saturday. They added that perhaps Asian countries would Be invited to join in the warning to the Communist. AnousSde Back Plan WASHINGTON W The State Department reported Tuesday that Secretary ot State Dulles has consulted on the Southeast Asian crisis with dlplomatio representa tives of six friendly nations in the peat few days. Authoritative indications era that the American government ts seeking the formation of some kind of regional grouping to coun ter the Communist threat to the area and to undertake united ac tton specifically In the war in Indochina. PARIS DISPATCHES - Word of the Washington develop ments coincided with dispatches from Paris which quoted French Foreign Ministry sources as say ing the United States baa proposed that Britain, France, Australia and Mew Zealand Join with this country tn a strong warning to "Oommu-... nut aggressors" in that area. At the same time dispatches from Canberra said government sources reported that the United States is seeking a firm deolara- Won from Britain, Australia and' -New Zealand that they will sup port France as much as neces- -aary to keep Indochina out of Red hands: Reports from London .took somewhat the same line.- HEW WARNING In Washington, officials private ly displayed little enthusiasm lor the idea of a Joint declaration or new warning to the Chinese Com- , munists to refrain from open Inter, vention In Indochina lest they suf fer from powerful Allied retalia tion. The United States is. however. . understood to be urgently Inter ested In some kind of plan for what Dulles has called "unrteo action" In 'Southeast Asia. Inquiries about the Paris report at the State Department brought the following statement from Press . Officer Henry Suydarh:' In response to questions about dispatches this morning from Lon don and Paris about some com-1 mon declaration of warning ot the ' Chinese Communists, there is no comment. V CONSULTATIONS ' 'The secretary of state ., has. however, had consultations on the C e n e r a 1 situation confronting Boutheast Asia with the dlplomatio representatives, ot Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and The Philippines." Dunes normally has a news eon. femes, en Tuesday Mtnset' tog with reporters waa.eaaoeUed and Suydam said In response to questions that this was due to the pressure of business in the de partment. He said he could not say whether the business was re lated to the Indochina sltuatlo'i. NOTICE SERVED Earlier Rep. MOrano (R-Conn) sailed on the administration to serve notice the United States will not take part , in the April 36 Ge neva, conference on Asia "until lt has been clearly established that Red China is not engaged in ag gression In Indochina." Morano, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement he was urging this action as a result of Dulles' state ment Monday that the Chinese Communists sre "awful close" to direct aggression in Indochina. Members of tne foreign affairs committee seemed worried over a . possibility that the United States may have to make a choice soon between more direct Intervention In Indochina and possible loss of Southeast Asia to communism. Navy Hunts Lost Plane SAN DIEGO. Calif. (JB A Navy helicopter with two officers aboard is missing on a flight in search of one of four men who crashed at sea previously Monday night In a torpedo bomber. - , The Navy said a thick fog hid the fate of the helicopter but the officers could be in a life .raft in . the water. Little could be done In the fog and darkness during the night. The helicopter fliers are Lt, Comdr, J. P. Smith, pilot, and Lt. (Jg) L. M. Kyle, both residents ot this area. They were based at Ream Field where the last radio contact was at t o'clock Monday night. Officers said the helicopter's fuel would have been exhausted by 11 p. m. Missing in the bomber crash Monday night 13 miles at sea was Robert E. Mark, 33, aviation eleo tronlcsman 3-c, whose wife, Gloria, and 3-year-old daughter live at Chula Vista, Calif. Three men were rescued from that crash. They are Ens. James McCracken, pilot; Charles R. Arent, airman metalsmith 3-c, and Frank L. Duke, aviation ordnance man e-c, all residents of the San Diego area. The bomber was one of three on a night training operation. The submarine Bream rescued the trio who were hospitalized here for ex posure and minor injuries. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Showers and snow flur ries through Wednesday. High Wed nesday U, low tonight 37, , nigh yesterday 83 Low last night --,., . M Freclp in last 34 hours . .it 1.4S ii.et - MI Since Oct. 1 . Same parted last year . Wsinl fer parted
