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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1954)
Gmral mmm m 1.: CHECKING WATER REPORTS lor tho Oregon W.t.r Corpor ation at Seventh nd Pin Streoti thii rrforning war F. L. Ramsey, secretary and John Voth, office manager. In Tho' Dav's lews By FRANK JKNKINH Rollins; llirouiih the tat farm lands ul Uie Middle West, you are struck by a pattern, Aji of now. It It en economic pattern which haa been developing during Uie pest decado end e half. It la merging eiowly end naturally Into e way of Hie. To me, 11 acema e good way of life. The pattern lx thin: Every 20 or 30 nillee or no alone the main Tell lines, you pen e town that haa e factory. Nearly elweye these factorlea ere new. They era built In the modern manner usually one - atory buildings wlUi clean, straight, functional llnea. Invar iably they are aurrounded by acre of parking epace lor Uie cere of Uie workers. Adjoining- the factory will be a town. It will be e town In which there are far more new houitee than old ones. Thin la In aharp contrast with the towna In which there la no factory. These towna that have no factory will be el moat certain to have few If any new houaea. That la to aay. It la In these factory towns that Uie gi-nwth la taking; place. Thflaa that ero without factorlen are more or Ires standing still. Thai Is thctpallem. THIS Is the wey of lite til a I la arising out of .. lap pattern: The workers In theno factories live NOT In slums or congested row-houses but In pleasant, mod' ern homes with ample ground around them. Almost every home hes Its garden. That means that when the worker finishes his rcl auvely short modem work shift he Isn't left et loose ends, wonder ing what he will do to pass ewey the rest of the day. In the spring end Uie summer and the ' fall months, he haa his garden to come home to, with Its relaxing changes from the routine of factory work. On Sundays and on Saturdays aa well. If he Is working a live day week, ea most of Uiem do he end his family can take e drive through Uie lush corn end aoy bean fields which, believe It or not are lovely to look upon. Bel dom Is a good csUlsh creek more than a few miles away. To us out In the Went, with our mountains and our tinkling trout streams and our glamorous beach' es. 11 doesn't sound very exciting. But when you compare It with Uie crowded Industrlul centers, you get another and a more engaging picture. You need only to ride past theae laelory-ln-lhe-farm towns to get a ptcturo of contented and ef ficient labor which In America means efficient production. There can be no doubt of ' the Improved economy Uiese fartn end -fnctory combinations hnve brought to this Midwest country. It Is a BALANCED economy. From the standpoint of the na tion as n whole In Uicso days when WAR must always be looked upon as at lenst a possibility If somebody's foot slips in the cold war this pattern Is a comforting one, It Is oomfnrtlng for this reason: ONE tiydroKcn bomb could put Chicago out of business. Or De troit. Or Philadelphia. Or Now York, tile colossus of them nil. But It would tnke a LOT of It-bombs to put out of business all of these little farm and factory towns Hint are springing up In Iowa and Illinois and Ohio and Indiana. It would take MORE H-BOMBS OR A-BOMBS THAN THE RUS SIANS COULD AFFORD. That la a grim and xolomn thought, but It Is an Important thought. It could mean Uie dif ference between victory end detent for our country If war should come. There lias been a lot of tnlk of "dispersion," but so far except tor this foaclnntlng development that haa neon taking plnce In Uie Midwest during Uie past decade It hasn't got very far past the talk stage, Our Industry still tends to cluster around CENTERS. Es pecially In Uie West, where Uie Idea still prevails that It you haven't got water transportation you haven't got anything In the way of possibilities for Industrial development. , As of nmy,' our enemies could WIPE OUT the Paclfto Count's In dustry with about a half dozen H-bombs. I think Uiat In the West we'd better , begin to do some ser ious thinking about dispersion of industry. Airlift Of French Aid Stepped Up WIESBADEN. Germany H) A u.B. Air Force spokesman saiu Thursday Uie American airlift of French troops to Indochina Is "de- touring around India." Prime Min ister Nehru announced earlier the troop lerry would not be permitted to cross his country, a key link on tne normal air route to Uie Far East, The spokesman at Uie Air Force'a European Hoadquartera Here refused to divulge the route being folowed by Uie giant C124 Uloucmaalcrs. Nor would he say whether Uiey were landing in Cey lon, Uie Urllish Commonwealth domain off India's southern Up. "But they aren't flying over In dia," Uie spokesman declared, adduig : All I can say la that Uie . prob lem has been very well solved." Despite tho "detour around In dia, the Air Force spokesman observed, ll is sull closer to take the paratroopers for besieged Dlen Blen Phu via Uiat rout than fly mem, io uie united states and across the Pacific. replying to communist quea tloners. Nehru told the Indian par llamcnt In New Delia Thursday that his policy Is "not to allow any foreign troops to pass through or over India, by air or any other means. Me Added that no Indian action was neccuary since "Uie Globe, masters sru not flying over India DOW." me Air Force spokesman, also rciuseo again to announce the number of planes and troops In volved In Uie ferrying operations but previous advises from Paris said possibly 10 plsnes were being used to move about 1.000 men. The first contingent took off from Orly Field near Parla Tues day. In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman refused to comment on Nehru's statement. He aald It wculd be studied In consultation with the State Department. In Tokyo today Uie U.S. Far East Command announced Uie sus pension of re.it leave air flights between South Korea and Japan because of a diversion of aircraft lor priority requirements. The Tokyo announcement Im mediately aroused speculation Uiere the command's Qlobemas ters and C54 transports are being tilverled to Uie Hoop airlift, al though there also was a au-ong likelihood they are being used to rush emergency war supplies to U:o Indochina forces. REPARATIONS MANILA tfl Japan and The Philippines were 600 million dol lars away from agreement on reparations Thursday and It ap peared cortnln Uie latest negotia tions would bo broken off. l:Js55.IU, t ,M1. 1 i' y i ,U " i J v 4 r PUMICI Till WALLS ar going up for the firit unit of the South Suburban Shopping Canter plannad by Harry Waggonar en th tit of tha former Altamonf camp grounds. No commit ment hat at yat baan mad for laailng' th building. Th property Ii adjacent to tha Subur ban Drug and Thrifty Variety,. owned by Waggoner, j . rite rim UeaiaMM rages Potato Marketing Changes Proposed At TO A Meeting TULEI.AKE Presentation o' a rough draft ol Uie proposed potato inerkotiiiK order lo Noi-Uirr Ifornla, wus nude to potato g row em from the Tulciake-Muiduel areas at Uie Tulclake Growers As sociation office Wednesday night, W. J. Kulirt, chief of Uie Bu reau of Markets, Deparlmenl ni Agriculture, for the ntalo of Cslllornia, presented and ex plained the draft, which 11 appears meets with the approval of the growers with few exceptions. One chsnge to be mnde was In Ihe official name of the Advisory Board. It wus suggested the name Tulelake Potato Advisory Board be changed to Northern California Potato Advisory Board. Another major change auggeslcd wss In Article II. Section A . which ststes In psrt "Each of said seven board members ahall be a producer." This was changed to permit two "Handlers" to be board members and will probably Increase the number of board members from seven to nine. Another recommendation under "Subcommittees on 'advertising." Section M. Paragraph 2 wnich reada: "Any advertising or pro motion subcommittee that may be established hereunder shall be composed of either members or alternate members of the Advis ory Board." The words '"either members or alternate" will be stricken from the psragraph. Thlj recommendation was made to co ordinate the duties of an advertis ing subcommittee to correspond with Uie present Joint advertising subcommittee of the Klamath Deschutes areas. Two men from the Northern California Advisory Board will be a part of this Joint advertising subcommittee If, and when, the marketing order be comes effective. Following Uie marketing order meeting, the following were noml nated to fill vacancies which will occur July I. in the Federal war kellng Agreement Committee: two year term, Wendell Schey. Tule lake: alternate, Don nysert, Mac- doel. Jamea Butler. Macdoel, was nominated to fill the unexpired term of a resigned member. Don Porte rfleld as alternate haa one State Jobless List Reported SALEM Wt The back-to-work trend conUnued in Oregon during March, but 62.130 persons were sUll out of work on April 1. the Slate Unemployment Compensa tion Commission reported Thurs day, There were 30.400 Jobless per sons a year ago, and 6,000 In April, I960, which was Uie worst unemployment year since Uie war. The commission said 4.000 per sons found seasonal Jobs In March, not counUng those who found work on farms. It estimated that 436.600 persons were working In trade, industry and service Jobs, compared with 440.100 a year ago, and 306,100 In March, 1000 Sawmills and logging added 4.200 workers last month, but this em ployment remained at 6,000 below last spring. Construction picked up slightly during Uie month. Food processing, textiles, paper products, machinery and metals, and ship repair employment re mains below last year'a levels. The commission said its new em ployment Index shows Uiat Ore gon's employment Is 08.6 per cent of Uie 1947-63 basis. Tills Index. seasonally adjusted, was 09.1 In February, and 99.2 In. January. KLAMATH more year to serve In Uie alter nate post. Another meeting on the market ing order has been set for Wed nesday May 6, at the TO A office here. At this time the corrected draft will be presented for ap proval and a date set for the Hear ing. Orowers and Interested par. lies are urged to attend aa this will be one of the most Important meetings pertaining to Uie market ing order. Defendant Refuses To Enter Plea Alfred Junior Carter, 40, charged with Uie Christmas Eve slaying of Cruz R. Unzuelta. act ing on advice of his attorneys, stood mute Thursday when asked to plesd to a charge ol manslaugh ter before circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg. The action, unprecedented In Judge Vandenberg 13 years tne circuit bench here, made It mandatory tor Uie court lo enter plea of not guilty for Carter. Judge Vandenberg also set the case lor trial on May 24. Defense Attorneys Edwin E. Driscoll and P. K. Puckett re fused to explain their client's fail ure to plead to the manslaughter charge. "We always do that on Thurs days." Attorney Driscoll declared when asked after the court sea- won tor an explanation. Other lawyera In Uie courtroom aa observers also were at loss to explain Uie surprise move. They aald it was possible Uiat the de fense lawyers wanted to avoid committing Carter to anything In connection wtui uie case. In Uie case of Philip Duane Jackson, charged With burglary at a cnuoquin liquor store, also slated for pleading. Defense At torney Puckett filed a demurrer to the Indictment. claUnlng It was Ulegal. After hearing arguments by the defense attorney and Dis trict Attorney Frank Aiderson, Judge Vandenberg took, the is sue under advisement. It was the contention of Attor ney Puckett Uiat Uie Indictment returned April 13 by the Klamath County Grand Jury doea not sub stantially conform with the re quirements of Oregon law. Puckett also contended that Uie Indictment violates the law In Uiat It does not contsln a statement of acts constituting Uie offense in Uie ordinary and concise language witnout repetiuon and In such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding tb know what was Intended. On Friday at 10 a.m.. Raymond J. Bodlnet is scheduled to appear before Judge Vandenberg and en ter a plea to an armed robbery charge growing out of an alleged holdup January 8 at Myrtle's par lor house. Edwin Coyle. alleged accomplice In the holdup, was slain by a Klamath Falls police man. BROADCAST Listen to KFJI at 9:30 tonight to hear the tape recording of Wayne Angel, violinist playin; Ihe Introduction et Rondo Cop rlccloso by St. Saens and Cor tege by Lllll Boulanger. Wayne will appear In concert at Mills auditorium Friday, April 23. FIX. OUKUON, THURSDAY, APKII, 22, 1944 I " XiM - : ' ' DUE TO OPEN SOON ii the combination kitchen and rest roomi building at Veterans Mem orial Parle, located on Main Street by the Link River bridge. The low, modern construction hat walli of Roman brick and cement floors. The kitchen has four cooking units and will have two double compartment sinks. There are two rest rooms. Plans for the building were drawn by Vern Schortgen, city building inspector. Student Visit To OTI Slated Oregon Tech. a participant in Uie annual statewide Campus Preview Weekend, sponsored by the High School-College Relations Commit tee of Uie State System of Higher Education, will host a large group of high sciiool seniors on the hill top campus April 23 and 24. The Msltors are scheduled to reg' later at uie administration building at t p.m. Friday evening for hous ing assignments. A variety program of student talent and skits will be pretexted at 8 p.m. Hi the1 campus theater. A trophy, donated by Uie Allied Subjects department of Uie Institute is to be awarded to the class sponsoring Uie winning fea ture. Saturday's program opens with breakfast in the campus cafeteria to be followed by guided tours of On training programs which will show classes in actual operation. After lunch, the visitors may re turn to specific classes of interest or attend the baseball game be tween Lassen Junior College and the Owls. A "welcome" dance Is Being sponsored by the associated student oooy in tne student union oauroom Saturday evening with music by the Syne Halaas Combo. Robert L. Dusenberry. president of the Cottage. Grove High School, will be among Uie weekend guests will Charles Carlson, KUHS principal, to evaluate the overall preview presented to seniors by the Institute. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Friday. Low Thursday night 43; high Friday 68. High yeaterday . 63 Lew last night 36 Preclp last 24 hours , 0 Since Oct. 1 12.57 Same period last year ....11.85 Normal for same period 10.04 IKE BROADCAST President Elsenhower's speech before tho meeting of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers As sociation will be henrd over KFLW at 7 p.m. this evening, and from KFJT. at 9:65 p.m. Reefs Step Up Attacks On Embattled Dien Bien Phu HANOI, Indochina l.fl Viet mlnh divisions battling to break through Into the heart of Dlen Blen Phu stepped up fire Thurs day against weary French Union defenders at Uie northwest corner of the fortress. Masses of Uie Communist -led rebels, pressing steadily closer to the French lines, hammered French positions with heavy ma chlneguns and mortars. The guns apparently were mounted smack up against or under the first line of barbed wire barricades sur rounding Uie strongpoint. A French High Command spokesman said the rebels had not yet launched any' Infantry attacks on the corner. French guns thundered an ccho lntt answer to the Vletmlnh fire. The bastion's defenders also rushed a buildup of defenses In the long string of winding; trenches barring the rebels' path to the heart of the fortress. The French poured tons of ammunition and supplies Into the shrinking defense lines. The Vletmlnh now holds trenches on th main ' Dlen Blen Phu air atrip and are within grenade throwing distance of some French FIRE WARNING After April 1, anyone wishing to born debris within the boun daries of the Klamath Indian ReserraUon must secure a burn ing permit from the fire dls patcher at the Klamath Agency. Campflre permits daring the dry season will also be re quired of Klamath Indians, to cording to E. J. Dlehl, superintendent. T United Fund Agencies served by United Fund will have their budgets In to Uie budget committee by June 1. at Uie request of the board of directors which met Wednesday evening at Uie YMCA. Hearings on Uie budgets will fol low, conducted by Uie budget com mittee which Includes L. Orth Sise more, chairman; Mrs. Arnold Gra- lapp, Mrs. Myrtle Wlmer, Walter (Bud) Franklin. Harold Gelger, C. D. Long, E. M. Chilcote. W. S. McBride and Jay Thomson. The board discussed the payroll deducUon plan and Uie pledge plan, which present a big problem to the success of future campaigns and which. It was pointed out, can run to a minimum $5,000 loss on last year's apparently successful drive. L. Ernest Taylor was appointed chairman of a committee to in vestigate and deal with the pro blem. He will appoint committee members to work with him. On Uie subject of Uie loss through pledges which are not coming in, Mrs. Virginia Dixon, Red Cross executive, pointed out Uiat, since Klamath Falls is a community of migratory workers, Uie budget com mittee should set aside a larger sum for pledge loss in Uie 1055 budget. Rex Dye, Mrs. Earl Sheridan and Mrs. Bob Anderson (office secre tary) submitted reports of their attendance at the United Fund con ference in Fresno recently. Ac cording to their reports, Uie con ference strossed a year-round pub licity and public relations program. education of youth, payroll deduc tion and in-plant committees, and a permanent organization in each small town as points to be em phasized for consistently successful drives. positions. Masses of rebel infantry moved into the two northern out posts captured from the French. As the embattled defenders braced for the next all-out Vlet mlnh assault expected at any lime help was on its way. American C124s carrying French parachute troops were enroute to Indochina from France. The tnsk of holding the fortress against expected mass rebel at tacks looked more and more aa If It would be completely up to the foot soldier. Heavy rainstorms Wednesday night turned Uie Dlen Bien Phu plain into a sea of mud, and forcing cancellation of sched uled air attacks on rebel positions. In Paris, meanwhile, it was re ported the French High Command tn Indochina was using artificial ralnmaklng techniquea In an at tempt to bog down rebel supply lines from Communist China to the troops besieging Dlen Bien Phu. The rain thus far, however, has aided tha attackers. Wednesday they dug and crawled forward without fear of French fighters and bombers, grounded by the downpour. No. 222 Living Costs Down Slightly WASHINGTON W The govern ment reported Thursday that low er food and clothing prices brought the -nation's living costs down In March for a second straight month, to Uie lowest point since last July. The March decline as shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in dex was two-tenths of 1 per cent. The index sagged to 114.8 per cent of tha 1047-49 average- -Aros Joy Wickens, deputy commissioner of labor statistic, told a news conference the effect of recenUy reduced excise taxes and dairy support prices would tend to reduce the April living cost index, but this might be countered by a general firming' of food and other commodity prices in April. Between January and March, food and clothing prices averaged four-tenths of 1 per cent lower, with transportation costs declining three-tenths of 1 per cent. There were slight advances In the cost of rents and such services as medical care, personal care, and reading and recreation. KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMENTS Satsi Dr Last Tear 40 cart 14 cars Total for 8-i 10,441 eon lO.fiO con USS-SS 1MS-SS Telephone gill JOE SCHUH, ENTOMOLOGIST, holds a flat heeded borar from Africa, on of a collection of xot!e iniccti which in cludet varitii from Africa, Japan and South America. Tha fray of insects Ii ena of many in hit collection of mora than 50,000 imactt, part of which ara displayed at tha 20-30 Club-YMCA Hobby Show in sestion. Tha public it tnvitad to view tha various hobbies en display at tha "Y" from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight and Friday night, and from I ts 4 p.m. Sat. urday. (Story on Page 3) 1 Influence Said Used For Aide By O. MILTON KELLY WASHINGTON If) MaJ. Gen. Mile Reber testified Thursday that in 10 years as Army liaison officer with Congress he recalled no case where he was "put under greater pressure" than he was In demands for an officer's commis sion for G. David Schtne, aide to Sen. McCarthy R-Wls). Reber told senators Investigate ing the McCarthy-Army row mat "unusual" methods were used to seek a commission for Schlne. "It wasn't normal action," Re ber said in describing what he called appeals by McCarthy and Roy Conn, chief counsel of Mc Carthy's Senate Investigating' sub committee. But Reber said he was never Intimidated" by the senator. Schlne, with the draft pressing upon him, applied for aa Army commission hut July 15. A wealthy New Yorker. Schlne was then an unpaid consultant to McCarthy's subcommittee. Turned down for a commission. Schlne eventually was drafted and is now an Army private. Reber said Cohn was "persist ently after me" to speed a com mission for Schlne. Ray Jenkins, committee counsel. asked Reber If he thought Conn's action was "Improper." "I felt I was being put under definite pressure," Reber replied. Sen. Dirksen (R-Hl) asked If the requests by McCarthy and Cohn were made "in good temper and wun restraint." "Yes, entirely, sir," Reber re plied. McCarthy, exercising his right to question witnesses, asked shout the number of requests Reber re ceived from members of Congress, and specifically from members of the subcommittee, dealing with military matters. Reber said that altogether mere were "about 1,000 cases a week" during hi it years in th liaison post, and "I know I received a. lot of cases from members et this committee." But he said his figures em braced all kinds of inquiries con cerning Army activities. Sen .Potter R-Mlch) asked If quests from -mem belt at Congress- for action in commissions and Re ber replied th number was "sine-able.- . Potter: "These requests ar not Improper. . .?" Reber: "No." McCarthy asked whether there was any difference between Conn's calls and those Reber received from employes of other Senate committees and senators. Reber replied affirmatively, say ing Cohn's "specific calls were pressing- me for speed and favor able acUon." Reber said, "The Army receives very few requests for favors. We get a great many requests for information a very 1 a r g vol- um." " Sen. McClellan (D-Ark) asked Reber whether he regarded an ap plication for a commission, or a request for leave of absence be cause of family illness, as a re quest for a "favor." Reber replied he did not. He agreed with McClellan that be considered it a request for preferential treatment if the ap plicant did not have the qualifications. -'4 i
