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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1954)
mil 0) JO 3) , . 1J In The Day's Sews By FRANK JENKINS At Dien Bien Phu, there's a lull. - But. at Dien Blen Phu,' even lulls are rugged. The French sallied forth this moming with tanks lol ' lowed by Infantry and destroyed a series of trenches the commies , were planning to use as a jumping " off, place for another assault on ; the Uttle fortress. They killed 60 ' commies and - messed up , t h e ' trenches. When the French counter-attack ended, the commies went back to work repairing the damage, There ' are plenty more where the ,60 ... that got killed came from. Meanwhile, long lines of trucks and coolies with packs ontheir backs are moving along the roads ' ; and trails bringing up food sup- plies and' ammunition from red .'.China. -. :' ,. All-important weathir note: The monsoon rains are Increasing : but have not yet reached the stage ' at which they will drown out the fighting. Why all this excitement over m Dien Blen Phu? The answer is blunt and simple: : If the French can STOP THE COMMIES there, we may not have to get into it. Emneror Rtrohito (who is a scientist of sorts in his' own right) , has asked for samples of the radio active ash that fell on Japan a wntifh nr ra ao-n.' IT IS PRESUMED1 THAT THIS ASH CAME FROM RUSSIAN ' ATOMIC TESTS IN SIBERIA. I have a notion that, everything considered, the Japs-would rather ' take a chance on American 'im provement of H-bombs' and A bombs than on Russian Improve, ment of the same. That thought was put quite force fully the other day when Australian Premier Memsies answered a mem- ber of the Australian Labor party who proposed that Australia shall hereafter refuse to provide any URANIUM to the United States. Mensies replied: "I am delighted that these hydro gen bomb experiments are BEING CONDUCTED BY OUR FRIENDS AND NOT OUR ENEMIES A character b ny ine name or e. Merl Young bobs into the news again. He was the husband of the original mink coat gal, and he ap obs into the parently looked upon we Kecon- struction Finance Corporation back In those days as a soft touch. i-.. They - failed to., convict him , of looseness In the. handling of other people's money, but got him for perjury for swearing that he hadn't when the testimony Indicated that he had. He appealed and has been out on ball ever since, out the U.S. circuit court of appeals upheld his conviction this morning. His sentence was imprisonment ' for from four months to two years, and I expect that by this time he wishes he had taken his medicine and served out his time. I hope that by the time he serves out his sentence he has come to the conclusion that honesty is tne best policy and that smart people can get farther In the world by hard work than by finagling. And I hope even MORE that the conditions that produced Young and his kind never again arise In our government, In more ways than there Is room here to enumerate, I am glad I live In Oregon, where there Is deep and fundamental belief among our people that honesty in govern ment Is one of the most Import ant things ra tne world Park Readied For Visitors TULELAKE The Lava Beds Natonal Monument is getting a face lilting this spring, It was an nounced today by Ray Knox, act ing superintendent. Knox has been chief ranger at the monu- 4 ment for the past five years. The entire area of the monu ment is open to the public, roads are in good condition. There Is no snow and large numbers of deer are still In the area. Plenty of feed has kept them In the lowlands. Knox suggests however that any ne planning to visit the vacation area, postpone the visit for an other 10 days or two weeks until the new markers. In the Captain Jack blstorcai area has been placed. The signs, designed to dis courage vandalism will be mounted directly on rocks, adja cent to the various spots of in- terest. Letters are carved deep in the wood. The road from the petroglyphs to Newell has been repaired and is In good shape, Knox said. The camp ground has been cleaned and Is ready for lunch guests. A number of groups have already scheduled dates for visits to the monument. A geological field course, being taught by Dr. Elmo Stevenson, oresldent of Southern Oregon Col lese. Ashland, for adults will be held In the park Saturday. The museum Is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each Sunday and from a.m. to S p.m. on weekdays. DISCUSSION TOKYO OH Prime Minister . Bhigeru Yoshlda, Just returned to Tokyo after a month's Illness, dis cussed with his advisers Thursday the merger of his Liberal Party with the progressive rsriy, paaiiwnnii) mm wiiiiiiiiuii f pp""" . 1 pww'-w Sjnii.m i mi,.- ,iiM,iUa 'T7?r? Ilium MwiMHscvni jjffniear Sr """"i! SJ,miiimJS& rTn J L.J : C . - A '..' 1 j BANQUET PLANS for the Re - in Pauline Stemler, club president, instructor of KUHS radio class. Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. et Foreign Aid Nod May Wait Until After Geneva Talks WASHINGTON Wl Senate Re publican Leader Knowland said Thursday Congress might withhold decision on foreign aid until America's allies decide how to respond to Secretary of State Dul les' call for collective action on Southeast Asia. "If they want to take a new reading based on' Geneva," Know- land told newsmen, "the Congress of the United States might deter mine it will take a new leading based on Geneva and response to Secretary Dulles' inquiries." Knowland referred to reports mat Britain and France opposed any collective action until alter the April 26 conference at Geneva, Switzerland. He said Congress mignt want to withhold action on foreign aid, particularly to eoun- tries which have been "dragging Death Claims Duane Cook Wold was received here today or the death of Duane Cook, 11 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy V. Cook, 1941 Esplanade. The lit tle boy has been 111 for several months and died following treat ment at Doembecher Hospital, Portland. His parents were at his oeasiae. He was a student at Roosevelt School and would have been 12 on May 9. The body will be brought Ward's Funeral Home. CROWN JEWELS STUTTGART, Germany Ml Police said Thursday several dia monds from the stolen Hohenzol- lern crown jewels have been found In a tin can burled under an Oak tree near Bad Homburg, .- fa mous West German spa near Frankfurt. The diamonds were among $100,000 worth of gems and other precious objects taken last July 30 from Holhenzollern casue, LATHE WORK was the order of the day. for Lloyd Tatt and Willis Glidden employed by the Klamath Machinery Company at 445 Spring Street. - ea Club were completed by and William Fink, adviser and The annual affair will be held Jen-Ed's. - . . - . - . their feet insofar as EDC is con cerned." This apparently was aimed at France, which has delayed for months taking any action on EDC the European Defense Commu nity which would include soldiers of prance, Germany ana lour oth er countries. Meanwhile, reports circulated that Secretary Dulles probably will make a flying trip to London and Paris In a few days (or urgent consultation on the Indochina cris is. ... Commenting on the reports, the State Department said: "The possibility of the secretary of state going to London and Paris is being considered. There is no decision as yet. When- there is decision it will be announced." The reports arose alter it be came apparent that the American call for., a , 10-natioh.. coalition, to secure Southeast Asia a g a 1 n s communism and bolster the anti- Red fight in Indochna had hit slowdown' In Paris and London. French Ambassador Henri Bon, net conferrred with Dulles for 30 minutes Thursday on toe Ameri can efforts to organize a 10-nation united action program. Both France and Britain have questioned the alms and methods of the American proposals. Dip lomatic Informants said that both countries are still exchanging views with the United Slates. Bonnet said his meeting with Dulles was ion the question of preparations for the Geneva con ference "an exchange of views about the discussions which will take place." In response to questions, he agreed that Indochina problems came up. Both American and for eign diplomats involved in the In dochina negotiations have sought maximum secrecy for their ac tivities. Two senators spoke Thursday of the sending of U.S. naval and air units into the Indochlnese fighting as a possibility and one said, "It looks to me as If we are on the edge of war there." a .AA .aaw-aa s Price t MfmM Pages . KLAMATH FALLS, OkXUON. THURSDAY, AfRlL S. 1S44 . Tek-phno I1U . - No. Ml Over 30 Feared Killed In Mid-Air Canadian Collision MOOSE JAW. Bask. (A A giant air liner and a little mili tary training plane collided over Moose Jaw Thursday and plum meted perhaps 40 persons to death. The plane crashed in a populated area and set three houses ablaze. Witnesses said the trainer, a single-engine, Harvard,, smashed into the right wing of the liner. Trans-Canada North Star, and sheared It off. Both planes fell to earth, the North Star flaming in its death plunge. Trans-Canada officials In Winni peg said 38 persons were aboard the North Star, winging westward on the Winnipeg-Calgary leg of a night from Montreal to Vancouver. These were 29 passengers, five company officials and the crew of four. ' .. ' ; ' - . One or two persons were aboard New North Radar Chaii Announced WASHINGTON wl Secretary of Defense Wilson aald Thursday survey work for a new Canadian- united states radar warning chain across the rim of North America "is already well advanced." This new system is north of the "Plnetree Chain" of aircraft warn ing stations which was Started four years ago, Wilson said In a statement. A simultaneous an noucement was made in, Ottawa. The far north radar warning sys tem is placed to detect aircraft coming over the polar cap. WARNING SYSTEM ' Wilson also announced a buildup of the warnlna- system over the northern Atlantic-and Pacific- oceans. - ' . ' y - He said-:"-- '''r -"; "It is obviously just as import ant to have early warning of air craft approaching target areas in North America from over the sea as from over northern Canada. For this reason, the United States gov ernment la expanding the early warning barrier across the north eastern and northwestern seaward approaches to North America. The Alaska radar system is coordinated with those in Canada and the Continental United 8tates, and the development of air Dome radar Is well advanced." It has been disclosed that the United States has installed in Alaska at least one experimental radir unit, operating fully auto mcitcftliy and designed to provide at .vast six lunics of warning to the United States. NORTHERN STATIONS This station, apparently intend ed eventually to be part of the distant early warning line" oi stations. Is in the vicinity of Bar ter Island off the northern Alaskan coast and about 1,200 miles from the North Pole. The airborne radar equipment to which Wilson referred includes search and scanning equipment mounted in big planes which can fly to distant positions and patrol for hours. The advantage of air borne radar is that the range Is extended because the altitude of the plane makes it possible to reach farther out over the curva ture of the earth. Much of the sea-airborne radar system is operated by the Navy with long range patrol planes, ra dar picket submarines and destroyers. Tulelake, Butte Area Spud Marketing Plan Discussed W. J. Kuhrt, chief of the Bureau of Markets, Department-of Agricul ture for the state of California, met In Tulelake Wednesday with a rep resentative group of potato grow ers and committeemen from the Butte Valley-Tulelake areas to for mulate a potato marketing order. Chairman of the meeting Glen Arthur, informed the group that a recent survey disclosed that tho majority of potato growers In the two districts were favorable to es tablishing such an order. Kuhrt then outlined to those pres ent tne functions of ma depart ment in setting up such a market ing agreement. It is the duty of the Department of Agriculture to assist farmers In the project, he said, but In no case does the DOA attempt to influence the policies of sucn a marketing order. After considerable roundtable discussion, Kuhrt was instructed to drew up a draft of the proposed order ana mall copies to mem bers of the potato committees lor study. It was decided that areas to come under the local marketing agree ment would be the potato produc ing districts of Modoc and Siskiyou counties, with the Tulelake area to be known as District 1 and Butte valley District 3. - the Harvard, a. Royal ' Canadian Air Force craft based at a train ing station of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization outside this industrial and railroad town of 23, 000. . , No survivors were reported. - The weather was partly cloudy when the . planes came together. A south wind was blowing at 30 miles an hour. Pieces of 'the air liner flew In all directions when it struck the earth on a golf course. A gas tank bounced away and hit a house, setting it afire. Then two other homes burst into flames. One burned to the ground and the others were badly damaged,. ' Searchers combed . the black ened ruins for a cleaning woman reported missing. However, no one aground was known to nave Been injured. , ? , ' . , Bodies-of 16 of the victims were recovered. ; . The crash came about 10:15 a. m. (9:15 a.m. PST). Officials In Moose Jaw identified the North Star as TCA flight No. 9. It was reported en route to Vancouver from Montreal. ' y , The airliner crashed on- a golf course, strewing bodies over wide area; The other crashed Into northeastern Moose Jaw. Two houses were reported set on fire. Gen. Dean On Yestern Tour VANCOUVER. Wash. M Ma Gen. William. F. Dean, the famous division, commander held prisoner bv the Communists In Korea, inspected Vancouver narracus Thursday on a tour of , the West Coast. Dealt will sneak Thursday night In BeattleJlefore the national Con- Wince of Clwstiana-yna Jews., He spoke Wednesday night at the annuel banquet or BcaDDara ana Blade, military honor society, at Oregon State College. There he ad, vised 100 ROTO -studcnta to pay special attention to three qualities: moral courage, loyalty and human understanding. There too Dean met an old class mate, Col. S. J, Goodman, who was with Dean In ROTO at the University of California in 1920. Goodman now Is commandant of Army ROTO at Oregon State. Timber Access Opinion Filed PORTLAND (fl An opinion by U. S. Judge ' James A. Fee was filed Wednesday saying that the government can take possession ol a piece of land needed in Douglas County to build a timber access road. , It was a question of easement over property owned by Mr, and Mrs. Guy O. Watts. The case first went Into court in January and at that time there was a question whether under the easement word ing the Watts and others could use the road. A government attorney said he thought they could and Fee said he considered it "outrageous for government agent to get up here and testify that In their opinion a lot of things could be done that would not be done." The easement form was changed to get the approval given in the Wednesday decision. A seven man advisory board five from Tulelake and two from Butte Valley, would be selected to take over the job of setting up budgets, appoint subcommittees. and in general get the marketing order started. If and when the agreement Is voted In. Board mem bers would serve for one year. Maximum assessment was set at Wwo cents per hundred pound sack of potatoes, but the advisory board, after making up the budget for the first years expenses would de, tcrmlne what the first assessment would be. It. was Indicated this as sessment would probably be one cent per cwt. It was also agreed by the group that tne maricciing order should be In continuous operation until such time as the advisory board should request it be dropped. Following Kuhrt's opinion that the rough draft could be ready in ten days, it was decided to hold the next meeting at the Tulelake Growers Association offices at p.m. April 21. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the rough draft and make what cbangea are deemed necessary, . MODOC ; TOASTM ASTERS Installed new officers for the next six months at regular breakfast meeting April 6. Handing over the gave! to President Pat O'Gieblyn, right, is out-going president, Bob Perkins. Dr. Robert Harrahill takes over as vice-president; Bill BUk!y, s,eeretary-treaturer; Harrell Creasey, education chairman; Cecil Drew, sergeant at arms. Installation ceremonies at 6:30 Tuesday morning at the Willard were conducted by Walt Dalos, deputy governor of the local organixation. v School Budget Heeds Told Increased state funds due ' to higher . .student enrollments in Klajalh. J(unty .scho(ils, plua-caih for -timber .' sales, apportioned to school districts through the coun ty school fund, will hold the 19M- 1995 property tax levy at approxi mately the same level as last year. However the operating budget for the coming year win He higher. according to Carrol B. Howe, coun ty school superintendent. There Is no district Indebtedness and taxes are levied as the money la spent. The sum of S90.000 for buildings will be raised by taxa tion, which was voted on the serial levy In 1993. The teacher's salary schedule In county schools will remain un changed except the cost of living increment, voted in 1953, that haa been placed In the schedule. Other salarlea remain unchanged. The budget allows for nine additional teachers, plus the regular incre ment on the salary schedule. - It will not be necessary, Howe stated to vote to exceed the six per cent limitation for high school purposes this year, but it will be necessary to vote to exceed the six per cent limitation forthe 18 elementary schools in the county. This amount is t393.930.08, com pared to $407,588.66 voted last year. The district can raise only $90,860.- 17 within tho six per cent limita tion, Howe said. - The budget will be presented to the voters. May 3, 1954. Any registered voter may cast a ballot In his own school district. A ma jority vote for approval of the budg et la necessary. ft , v-j ,v ti u T) lit MtilZ i j W. J, KUHRT. (center) chief of Bureau of Markets for the ttata of California, explains potato marltetino agreement to chairman of the Tulelake Potato Committea, Glen Arthur llatti and W. L. Clement,.. (right) spuol grower from Macdoal. . ,, . , Weather FORECAST Klamath Falta and vicinity-. Partly cloudy with ecat- tered light showers. High Friday SO, low Tharndajf evening 48, - High yesterday - .M;,Ji,. 84, Low last night 85 Precln last 24 hours T Since OoU 1 Rime prrled !( rar 11.85 Normal, for period .... 9.88 FPC Studies Copco Request WASHINGTON HI The staff of tho Federal Power Commission Is studying competing applications of two power companies for a li cense to construct a hydroelectric project in Shasta and Siskiyou Counties, Calif. - The companies are California- Oregon Power Co, and Pacific Gas at Electrio Co. No date for a hear ing has been set. In December, 1951, : California- Oregon applied for a prelmlnary permit for a project on the Mc Cloud River and Squaw Valley Creek. In April, 1953, PG&E ap plied for a similar preliminary permit for a project in the same general area. A preliminary permit, if grant ed, would establish priority for the successful applicant while it con ducts engineering and economic surveys in preparation for seeking a license. In this case, however, before any commission action on the applica tions for preliminary permit, California-Oregon applied in January, 1993, for a license for its project. PO.vE came in with its competing application for a license on Feb. , 1954. Ni iv Loyally Policy For Services ; WASHXNOTOrr (A. Seoretary of Defense Wilson Thursday an nounced a revised security pro- 1 gram deslgned-"to clean out and keep out" of the armed forces ner. sons deemed to be security or ley Wilson announced the- new dN rectlve, and the security-loyalty yardsticks It lays down, at a publlo hearing before the Senate Armed Bervlces Committee. Its objective, he said, la to m. vide uniform standards for the Army, Navy and Air Force and -f'to speed up our procedures for getting such individuals out of the service and for keeping them put." ' . . . "I have come here this moming with- a single, purpose in view," -Wilson said In . a statement, "It is to. give concrete assurance to this committee and to all cot cerned that the matter of sub. veralves, Communist sympa . thlzers, or other such security risks In the armed forces Is being earcmuy -wonted out,"-- -NEW DIRECTIVE - .v 1' -.' - 3T- The new -directive declares a . general policy that the Defense Department win assume that ac ceptance or retention of any menv ber of the armed services is clear ly consistent with the Interest of ' national security "unless and until: a determination to the contrary Is made." , . "However, It continues, "when credible information which raises tne question of security is re ceived action will be taken to de termine Whether acceptance or re tention is consistent with the inter, eats of national security. "in no case win any person rea sonably believed to have at any time engaged in any of the activ ities listed. . . be appointed or enlisted In any of the armed serv ices without the approval of- the secretary of the armed service concerned." DRAFTEES f . .-. " ' In the cases of draftees the di rective declares: ' , 1, "Known Communists will not be inducted into the armed serv. Ices."- - - - - ;. 3. Inductees who do' not "satis f actorily" fill our loyalty question I nairea or whose questionnaires dim close "significant derogatory in. formation, . will be accepted Into, the service and retained on-pon-sensltlve assignments in the low est enlisted pay grade permitted by law. pending completion of a thorough investigation.". The order continues: "In the event this investigation reveals that further retention would be inconsistent with the interests of national security, he (the inductee) will be separated under other than honorable condi tions.' Should the investigation dis close insufficient derogatory in formation to warrant separation In the interest of national secur-. fly, he will be continued In the service and thereafter appropriat ely assigned," the character of his ultimate discharge to be deter mined by his subsequent conduct, COURT MARTIAL The directive calls for court martial trial for cases susceptible of such treatment, and adminis trative handling of other cases. Findings In the administrative proceedings are to be subject to review by the secretary of the armed service in which the man -served. KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMENTS dhipBci -Tdr Lit Vwr 43 cars 12 cart Talti fur 10,022 cars 10,801 care IMS-M !Ht-M
