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By I'HANK JKNKINH
Chancellor Adenauer ul Weal
0 r in n y, addressing the hluli
Hounding but I1IUII1.Y INEWKO
T1VK iiilmnlerlul council of the
European Consultative Asnombly
now In session nl Htranbourg In
Vance, auya Una morning:
"Wnalmn Kuropo muni nul alack
rn efforts lo build up a common
riofrnae against Ilia throat train the
Emit . . . .
'"Ilio Itlunlnil aim In STILL to
eitond Uie Soviet nphere ol Influ
ence and lOlSHUIVK Till!; WI1ULE
WORLD Ol" rilBKDOM
"I can are no alttn ol any will.
Ingnoiui on llio part ol the Hovlet
Union and Ita partners lo perml!
any true relaxation of International
tension."
That la what lie auld.
Hero la what he meant:
"The real ol Wentern Europe,
which lan't willing to FIGHT lor
IU llbertle.i. belter agree to let the
Oermnna, WHO ARE WILUNO TO
FIOHT, build an army."
That makes sense.
It nobody elae la wlllliiK to fight
for liberty, here In a thought that
la Rolnir to have to occur In un
aoouer or later:
We are approaching- Uie point
where we will have to consider the
fatal consequences that could en
aue to ua from spreading ourselves
loo thin ill over the world.
In New York the other day Gov
ernor Dewey, who owns a bur dairy
farm, took note ol Uie lacl thm In
thla country Uiere la a ahortag ol
coffee and a auiplua of milk. So
he got up on Ma feet and publicly
urged people lo "switch to milk"
aa being "healthier, cheaper and
more plentiful."
That got Brand In hla hair. The
Brailllan ambassador In Washing
ton promptly let go a broadnlde lo
the elfect that an American switch
from coffee to milk would damage
the economy of hla country and
would be a HI)W TO IIEMI8
PHK.KE SOLIDARITY.
That la to asy by Intimation):
If the Americana atari drinking
their own milk and cut down on
their drinking of nraill'a coffee
the nrailllans will gel huffy and
flirt with the communuila.
It's weird world, Isn't It?
While we're discussing forelgnera
and their ways, there's the case of
1 ho Vietnamese poet who vowed In
Clenevs the otlier day that he'd
never eat again until hla country
got some real help from some
body tn the way of protection of
Ita liberties and Its Independence.
He stuck it out for 1R days and
then caved to and called for a
waller and. a menu.
Your situation at Geneva, sir, ta
basically the aame as ours.
You talked bolder than you were
prepared to act.
We're eating also at Geneva.
We're eatinjf crow.
State jobless
List Declines
8ALEM in Oregon had 446.500
persons working tn non-farm Joba
during April, which waa t.too more
than In March, but I per cent be
low Uie aame lime last year.
The Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission aald, In releaalng
the figures, Uiat April employment
was 15,000 more than the low point
of last winter. The all-time high
mark was 4BS.300 last summer.
Tlie declino In employment com
pared with a year ago Is caused
by fewer Jobs In the lumber and
construction Industries.
The commission said there were
16,11)0 lumber and logging workers
In April, compared with 83,500 a
yesr befom. Food processing, ma
chinery, manufacturing, ship re
pair, and paper mills also were
down from last year.
PRELIMINARY SKETCHES OF THI PROPOSED ADDITION to Piact Memorial Preibyterlan
Church, 443 1 South Sixth Street, from tho office of Howard Perrin, ihow a one itory building
to be conitructed of painted pumice block, tentatively planned to be added on to the rear
of the present sanctuary. A minimum of $45,000 hat been let to be raited In the expantion fund
campaign, with e hope of exceeding thli up to $80,000.
KLAMATH
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POLICE DETECTIVE R. N. (BUD) ADKINS, (left I fstti
Plesisnt Ray Ettell to the city jail after hit arrett on burg
lary charge, Eitall lesled hit doom when he unknowingly took
hii own picture cn planted camera while breaking into the
Economy Wreckers Monday night.
Camera Used
To Catch Thief
"I ssw a tiny red spark but
had no Idea 2 had taken my own
picture," pleasant Ray Entcll told
a city police detective yesterday
after he had been recognised as
Uie man In a picture taken when
Ihe Economy Wreckers, I84A Bouth
Sixth, was , broken into Monday
niglil.
For Uie past two years the
wrecking company ha been brok
en Into many Umea and authori
Uea decided to experiment with a
camera placed on Uie premises
equipped with Infra-red film and
flash bulbs. The experiment psld
oil when Estell broke Into Uie plant
and not knowing It, took his own
picture.
He waa finally recognized from
Uie picture and arrested Wednes
day afternoon at Cabin (, In Uie
rear of 1143 Pine Street.
In a slstement made to local po
lice, Estell ssld he had gone to
the wrecking yard about 8:90 Mon
day night Intending to take soma
tools so he could work on his car.
Ho admitted removing a window
Irom Uie building but waa scared
off when he ssw someone with a
flashlight on Uie nearby property of
Uie W, D, Miller Construction Com
pany, He would not admit to any
prior robberies at Uie wrecking
yard.
Estell told police he was 37 years
old, and a native of Alabama.
Police authorities admit Uiat the
new device will be used exten
sively In an effort to trap burglars
In future brenk-lns.
STRIKE
TEGUCIGALPA. Hondurns Ifl
Prospects for settlement of a
country-wide strike by workers on
U. 8. -owned banana plantations ap
peared somewhat brighter Thurs
day following a return to work
In Uie La Cclba area.
FALLH. (IKKUON. TllllKHIMY.
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Do Your Duty As
A Citizen -Vote
Tomorrow Prldsy, May 31,
la the dsy to csst your vote
In this year's primary elecUon.
Polls will be open Irom 8 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Election boards In
most of the precincts will take
an hour for lunch between 1 and
3 p.m.
Counting boards will start at
1 p.m. No Information on par
tial result will be given until
the polls close at 8 p.m. '
Location or county and city
polling places may be found on
page 7.
Preview Of
KF Pool Held
Sneak previews of the new Mu-
nlclpal Swimming Pool the last two
evenings netted more than 1360 en
thusiastic swimmers who will
vouch for the fun and comtort of
the pool bclore it officially opens
Saturday.
The sneak previews were permit
ted, Bob Bonney, park snd recrea
tion director, said, because of the
extreme hot spell which hit the
city this week and because the pool
waa ready except for checking fa
cilities.
"The pool was not operating
properly, but pool personnel were
on hand," Bonney said.
He pointed out that since the
pool was built for swimming, and
since tho young people obviously
wanted to awtm, they were allowed.
More Uinn 400 wcro at Uie pool
Tuesday evening from 7:30 to 9:30;
about 849 Wednesday evening from
4:15 to 9:15 p.m.
"Thero must not be swimming
tonight," Bonney emphasized,"
since Uie pool will have to be ready
for open house tomorrow and for
the opening swimming day Saturday."
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Interna
Peace Talks
Deadlocked
' By KIIUY UlLMOItE
GENEVA Wl Top diplomat at
uie ueneva conference held a se
ries of private talka Thursday
which may determine Uie fate of
the deadlocked Indochina parley.
The United States waa reported
ready to write off the negotiations
as a failure unless the Communists
drastically change Uielr line.
Formal negotiations were sus
pended for tho day. The latest
snarl was due to continued Red
demands that the Communist "re
sistance governments" o Laos
and Cambodia be Invited to Gene
va. The Western powers - regard
these as phantom regimes with no
following and no right to repre
sentation. One high Western source ac
knowledged Western diplomats
had given some thought to Uie
Question of breaking off the talks.
The source ssld It was Impossible
at this stage to see any sign Uie
Communists were going to agree
to anything.
The U. 8. delegation was repre
sented as feeling Uie Indochina
discussions wereeeetttng nowhere.
The Americans were said to be
reluctant to break up Uie confer
ence, however, until the French
feel all possibilities have been ex
hausted. Negotiations dragged to a com
plete standstill Wednesday night
after three long secret sessions be
tween the nine participating dele
gations. A proposal by British For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden for
a one day "cooling off" period. was
accepted and Uie talks were sus
pended until Friday afternoon. '
In a meeting with Eden Thurs
day morning, Red Chinese Premier-Foreign
Minister Chou En
La I expressed a willingness to
proceed with discussions of a mili
tary armistice in Indochina with
out pressing for recognition of
Communis 'regime'! in Laos and
Cambodia, French a o u r o e a re
ported. The informants said the Commu
nists would not abandon their
claims, but were willing to shelve
Uie Lsos-Csmbodlan Issue for the
present to allow Uie conference to
get on with proposals for a mili
tary ceasefire.
Lumber Wage
Pact Signed
Word was received by telegram
at the PIRC office this morning
Uiat there has been a settlement
with no wage Increase between the
IWA-CIO local union 10-339 at Sand
Point. Idaho, and three separate
employers.
The union has closed wage ne
gotiations with the Pack River
Lumber Company, L. D. McFsr
land Company, F. B. Marska Pole
Company and Schaefer-Hltchcock
Company all of Sand Point with
no wage increase. The Information
came from Spokane Timber Prod
ucts Manufacturers Association,
Spokane,
About 378 employes are Involved
In this settlement, 300 of whom are
employed by Pack River Lumber
Company.
Peace Memorial Church To
Begin Fund, Expansion Plan
Peace Memorial Presbyterian
Church, dedicated only six years
ago. Is already too big for its build
ing. To accommodate Uie contin
uous growth experienced slnco its
dcdlcotlon In 1948,i Uie congrega
tion, through the Rev. Dwayne
Proctt, minister, has announced
plnns for an expansion program
and fund campaign.
The proposed addition is tenta
tively planned for construction to
Uie rear of uie present structure,
and will house a lounge, kitchen,
social hall and education rooms
for all departments. The new
building will complement the pres
ent structure and will be one story
high. '
To finance the building program.
the campaign committee has set
a minimum of SliS.OOO, hoping to
exceed this up to $80,000, A onc
duy canvass of members . and
friends of the church will be con
ducted tills Sunday, Mny 23., Con
struction will begin when the build
ing Is financed, possibly Uiis fall.
Dr. o. Lelloy Walter, minister of
Morcland Presbyterian Church,
Portland, Is in Klamath Falls this
week to dlroct the expansion fund.
or. waiter is a specialist In
directing campaigns and Is re
leased from his church, which has
a membership of 1100, to assist in
worg or mis Kind in other Pres
byterian churches. He has suc
cessfully conducted expansion fund
campaigns in Holcna and Kallspell,
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THE NEW ARMORY RECENTLY APPROVED for the National Guard in Klamath was the tub--ject
of discussion for representatives of the state National Guard office, local guard officials, -city
council, county court and budget chairmen Wednesday evening. Brig. Gen. Raymond F.
Olson, assistant adjutant general, (seated, center) it shown suggesting possible plans for a
strict military type armory to Capt. Forrest Alter (left), locel unit commander. Ready with
statistics is Col. Paul L Kliever, direotor of armories and facilities In Oregon, and standing by .
is Capt. Richard Hogue, commander of the other local unit. The two unit armory is on the con
struction agenda for the fiscal year beginning July I, 1955.
Officials Discuss Location Problems
Of New Klamath National Guard Armory
City, county and local National
Ouard officials met Wednesday
evening with state guard officials
to discuss the proposed National
Ouard armory recently approved
for Klamath for Uie fiscal yea
beginning Julv 1. 1958. The discus
sion resolved into three main ques
tions: (1) Where and how will the site
be located and obtained?
(3 Do the city and county want
to participate in Uie armory as a
memorial type armory or only pro
vide Uie site and let it be a strict
military armory?
(3) Why fs there such a need lor
the proposed armory?
DLscussioncrs uiciuaea ring.
Oeneral Raymond F. Olson, assis
tant adjutant general, Oregon Na
tional ' Guard.' cotonei raui u.
rkllever, director of armories and
facilities in Oregon, both irom so-
lem, and Colonel Frances Ayres,
battalion commander, from Med-
ford; Mayor Paul Landry, Council
man Oliver Splker, county Com
missioners Ed Oowen and Jerry
Ralnus; budget officials. Alfred
Collier (county) and Ed Beu
fclty): local guard unit comman
ders, Forrest Alter and Rlcnara r.
Hogue. N
Big aucstlon of the momeni is
the location of a site. When this Is
agreed on. guard officials csn oe-
gln the lengthy roll ol red tape
which must be unwound before con
struction begins. Past experience
has ihown It will take about
eight months for processing, -and
since this armory holds first prior
ity raUng In Uie next fiscal year.
we are not Beginning any 100
soon." the visiting guardsmen saia.
On a tour of possible locations.
Ihe military officials agreed that
the most preferred site is at Uie
comer of Washburn Way and
Shasta Avenue. Advantages in
clude Its proximity to a sewer sys
tem, railroad and good roads lead
ing Ufa main highway: Its location
awoy from Uie business ana in
dustrial center. In addition the
property Is in an area which is de
veloping but which at Uie present is
not developed.
The city and county will nave to
provide only the site (although
connection to tewer systems is
usually contributed by them also.
Montana: in Pasco, Washington,
and other towns.
The Portland minister is familiar
to members of Peace Memorial
and his Interest stems from an
earlier experience. He was an
executive in the Synod of Oregon
at the time the present church was
moved and remodeled. (The pres
ent structure was originally an
army chapel at Camp, White. In
Ihe dismantling process In 1947 the
chapel was sold for a nominal sum
to Peace Memorial; whose mem
bers tore it down and hauled it by
truck the 70 or so miles to Klam
ath Falls. Cnl Peyton was head of
the chapel move; Pinniger and
Watklns, contractors, did the re
modeling.) Dr. Walter will work with a local
campaign committee, consisting of
Harold Ashley 'and Carl Hagel,
campaign co-chairmen; a canvass
committee, headed by Floyd Buck;
Mrs. Homer Kocrtjc, speakers
bureau chairman; Herman B.
Eschen, publicity.
The need for expanded facilities
la evident when membership num
bers then and now are compared.
In 1046 Uie church membership
numbered 80; it has since grown
to 371. The Sunday School has
grown from 330 in 1946 to 440 in
1954.
The preliminary sketches, drawn
In the office of Howard Ferrln,
may be adopted but final plans will
be submitted for the approval of
the congregation by a building
committee to be elected by the
congregation.
the officers said). The federal gov
ernment will finance 75 ner cent of
the $185,000 building; Uie state will
stand the remaining 25 per cent
and will operate and maintain it
PHILIP S. HITCHCOCK
Hitchcock To
Resign Senate
State Senator Phil Hitchcock of
Klamath Falls plans to resign his
senatorial post in Uie near future,
according to word received today.
He will take over as director of
church and public relations at Lew
is and Clark College. Portland,
where he will also work toward his
masters degree in political science
and education.
Hitchcock announced that he
plans to attend Uie University of
Oregon summer school this session
to commence his doctorate.
Word of Hitchcock's resignation
came from Dr. Morgan Odell of
Lewis and Clark College In the
absence of the senator, who is at
tending Uie General Assembly of
Presbyterians in Detroit.
According to Odell, Hitchcok will
announce his reslgnaUon as sena
tor from Uie 17th district shortly
after his arrival here next week.
When the family will leave Klamath
was not known today.
Hitchcock was a contender for
senate president In the 195S ses
sion. The only other candidate to
date is Elmo Smith of John Day.
It Is assumed now that the Re
publican central committees of the
five counties tn the district will
nominate a successor to him whose
name will appear on the November
ballot.
WhUe In Klamath Falls Hitch
cock has been associated with
West-Hitchcock and more recently
with Hitchcock and Mosher. He
has been very active In church and
civic circles and a prominent
booster of Uie Klamath country.
Weather.
FORECAST-Klamath Falla and
vicinity: Fair throughout Friday.
High Friday 80; low Thursday
night 45.
High yesterday ;
Low last night .
Preolp laat 24 hour 1
Since last Oct. 1 .......12.00
Same period laat year . ....1S.16
Normal for period .10.93
HOT WEATHER
NEW DELHI, India W Tem
perature In India's capital hit 113
degrees Thursday as Uie season's
first severe heat wave awept
northern India. The official fore
cast; Maybe hotter Friday,
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for 25 years, property on which the
armory is built must be deeded
to the state.
Other site possibilities Include a
spot on victory Drive where hous
ing units have been removed (title
for which is held by the city); and
a location in the Oregon Avenue
area. Ownership of possibilities
was not investigated.
On the subject of community
participation, the military stated
Uiat under the army building pro
gram, either a strict military ar
mory or a memorial type armory
may be constructed. In the case
of the latter. Uie city and county
must stand any cost additional to
Uiat of Uie initial military plans.
If hardwood floors are Installed
the community must also provide
outside vehicle storage space, not
possioie on narawood floors.
Ed BeU made the mint that.
while community participation at
the present time "would be du
plicating facilities, reasonable con.
sideraUon should be given the pos-
suumy oi sucn Dartlcmatlnn." onH
he mentioned growing on.
Tne need for the armorv I irf.
dent: If the proposed Jet base be
comes a reality in Klamath Falls,
the National Guard will most like
ly be evicted from its present lo
cation at the airport, which is not
adequate or suitable now, and Uie
lease for which expires in Novem-
oer, 19S5.
The present armory is not suit
able since it was built for one
unit; Klamath Falls now has Uie
two largest units In Uie battalion.
It was not designed or situated to
tacuitate expansion. It was de
signed originally for foot soldiers
and will not accommodate the
same 50 vehicles and 33 guns the
two units will need housing for.
The county court and city coun
cil will study the site possibili
ties and make a decision so that
the National Guard may go ahead
on a strict military plsn. If the
community decides in Uie next
eight months to participate, these
plans may be amended, according
to the military officials.
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WITH THI GRAND OPENING planned for Memorial Day
weekend, final check it given Invoices for materials by Paul
Gaiparotti (left), superviior for Fortune Service Stations, and
Bob Dunlap, minager of tho loeal station at tho intersection
of South Sixth and East Main. Tho station will bo colled For
tune Day and Night. Station, . -1 . ,
High Level
Expected By
Saturday
BONNE RS FERRY, Idaho Ml
More than 2.500 acres of farm land
was flooded early Thursday by
Kootenai River water that broke
through dikes in four places.
The breaks eased the pressure
sllghUy here where Uie river passed
the 34-foot level. It Is expected
lo hit 35 Friday and crest at 35 y,
or 38 Saturday.
Water. Is at the top of dikes
protecting some 40,000 acres of
rich farm .land In the Kootenai
Valley.
The North Bonners dike district
west of the Kootenai bridge was
the first to go out Thursday and
200 acres were flooded. Fifteen
families had moved out earlier.
: A dike protecting district 3 with
8C0 acres across the river from
this town of 1.800 gave wav at
3:15 a.m. Two hours later another
1.000 acres were flooded three
miles southeast of town, i
The 37-foot dikes surrounding the
town were still holding although
most of the stores have closed.
Twenty stores and office build
ings were completely evacuated
Wednesday. Many patrons of the-
town's only bank came to get their
safety deposit boxes "for the dura
tion". . . - . .
J. H. McNally, president of the
First National Bank here, said bell
conduct a branch back In his home
if the building has to be evacuated.
Far up the valley In the vicinity -cf
Smith Creek, a mile south of
the Canadian border, a dike failed
and another 500 acres of land were
inundated.
Most of the dikes protecting:
farmland near here are 34 feet.
Army Engineers and volunteers
have been building them up and
plugging holes in a round-the-clock
emergency operation.
The Great Northern Railway sus
pended operations through here
Wednesday night and sand bags
were piled on GN tracks along She
river. The Great Northern trains
were routed south over Northern
Pacific tracks out of Sandpolnt,'
Idaho. - -Gov.
Len Jordan, who had pro
claimed a state of emergency here.
jbft Wednesday night for Boise
alter a personal inspection. He
gave assurances that National
Guard troops would be called out
if needed.
The river' has gone, up sharply -from
4.4 feet on May 4 in the
wake of summer-like temperatures
that have hastened, the runoff of
mountain snowpacks.
Mayor Myrl Felch, who sees the
Kootenai menace his tewn every
spring, told reporters Thursday that
the only permanent solution nere
is to dredge the river bed. He
said tons of silt have built up the
river bed every year.
HOLIDAY
LONDON (IP) The Duke of
Edinburgh left by plane for Scot
land Thursday to Join his wife,
Queen Elizabeth II, and their two
children for a 12-day holiday at
the royal casUe of Balmoral. The
Queen, Prince Charles and Prin
cess Anne made the trip by train.
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KLAMATH BASIN
POTATO SHIPMENTS
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Lot lui
17 con 11 con
Ttal ur Sum
11,427 cars 11,443 cart'
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