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Newspaper Page TextLS, fcis Ms Mgiis'S up fcey fire j r 1 ' n THE TRADING POST at the Camp Fire Girli summer camp at Lake of the Woods was a busy ' spot whan this picture was taken. The girls took over Camp Esther Applegate on July 10 and will remain until July 31. After that time the Girl Scouts, co-owners and operators of the lake tide camp, will take over. ' In The' Dav's lews Br FRANK JENKINS President Elsenhower tells bis news conference in Washington this morning that the Indochina truce has some undesirable tea' tures but that he is glad an end of the Sighting has been reached. He adds: The Indochina settlement may get the tree world to look lacts in the lace and determine wnai sac rifices It would be willing to make In the cause of preserving free dom. Let's put It a little more blunt- Iv than that. When the pinch came in Indo f china, our allies RAN OUT ON ' US AND LEFT US HOLDING THE BAG. They said in effect that they'd rather give all of Asia to the communists than to risk .in volvement in a shooting war to STOP the communists. Fortunately we found out in time that our allies would rather ; risk losing their freedom than to fight for it. So we were able to !; pull 'back before getting involved '! in another shooting war in Asia. That IS something to be tnank 1 ful for. ( For the moment at least, let's ! get away .from, the mess that Is : Asia and talk about pleasanter things closer home. S At Blossom Gulch, over In Coos I county, they're building a fine - new schoolhouse. It's so hand- - some that it's causing the people t to give a look at the name of their community. As a result of the look, this question is being asked: "Shall our children be com pelled to say to all the world that they go to school in a place ; called BLOSSOM GULCH? Bill Tugman of the Eugene Register-Guard was inclined at first to disagree with them. His ' reaction was that Blossom Gulch is a nice name, with pleasant con- . notations. "To us, he said, mak ing use of the editorial WE, "It suggested a pleasant little canyon with verdant slopes where the children can run and play in the blossoms and be close to nature. But, he adds, he went on and did a little researcn, wnicn ais- closed that Blossom Gulch was named for a pioneer logger named Blossom who did bull-team log- glng in the area back In the days when loggers used Duns in tneir business instead of , "cats." That rather took the romance out of it. s I think this might be a . good ,time to relate again the story (perhaps apocryphal) of Yonna Valley, over here in the high coun try. Its original name was Alkali Flat, and in the rugged early , days that appeared appropriate enough. But with the passage of time and the coming of new pop- : lation it began to seem to the residents of the area that Alkali Flat didn't quite fit into their aspirations for the future. ;- So they called a meeting to con sider a new name. Many new names were proposed, but none seemed to fit the situation fully until an aged Indian arose In the 'rear of the room and suggested the name of Yonna Valley. It was euphonious. It tripped easily from the tongue. It "sounded nice." So the meeting voted without further delay to adopt it as the new name for Alkali Flat. The vote was unanimous. Just as the meeting was break ing up, somebody asked the aged Indian: "What does Yonna mean In the Indian tongue?" He answered succlntly: . "Him mean ALKALI." . But the name Yonna Valley stuck. It ; really is a beautiful name, and everybody has been sat--lsfied with it ever since. Maybe 'the folks over In Blossom Gulch in Coos county might solve their prob lem by finding out what the In dians called the place. "it BATTLES f BOMBAY (J) Bombay authori ties imposed a dusk-to-dawn cur few Wednesday after pitched street battles between police and rioting students in which 125 persons were . Injured. A policeman was reported killed. Union Officials Authorize Northwest Pine Walkouts PORTLAND, Ore. W) AFL lumber and sawmill workers have been authorized to strike pine op erations in four Pacific Northwest states, union officials announced. Kenneth Davis, secretary of the union's Northwest council, said Tuesday that strikes could be ex pected In the pine industry of Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Mon tana unless operators grant pay increases. The union, acting jointly with the CIO Woodworkers, is seeking a 12 - cent hourly pay Increase. Management generally has con tended it could not afford addi tional costs and has offered to re new the old contract. The two unions have been on strike for the past month against the Douglas fir industry of Oregon and Washington. Indochina Aid Halted By U. S. WASHINGTON Wl -r- All ship ments of U. S. military' goods to Indochina have been halted as a result of the armistice agreement. Sen, Slrksen (R-Ill) and Ma. Gen. George Stewart, in charge of military aid programs for the De fense Department, told newsmen Wednesday orders have gone out to halt any cargoes ready for ship ment and divert ships already at sea. Dlrksen said ships bearing mili tary cargoes have been ordered to put in at the nearest U. S. con trolled or friendly port. He added that no decision has been made on shipments not strict ly military in character, but he understands Foreign Aid Director Harold stassen Is now studying this problem in the light of the armi stice terms. Since 1951 the United States has appropriated about $2,300,000,000 to help finance France and Viet Nam fight the war against the Reds in Indochina. At the Pentagon, defense offi cials said not all of the money voted by Congress had actually been spent before the cease-fire agreement was signed at Geneva. Making a quick check of the war costs to this country, these offi cials estimated about $1,800,000,000 to $2,000,000000 of materials have been shipped to Indochina. is t f If' i n ' - a ' , - I j : , .7. ' ' 'i REPORTING TO WORK at Attorney George Proctor's office in the Melhase building is his secretary, Ooralyn Part on (left). Her escort for the early morning trek was Jeane Hilton, who lives at 536 Pine. Other developments in the strike Tuesday Included: ' 1. The AFL union and the W. A. Woodard Lumber Co., Cottage Grove, Ore., reached an agree ment returning 250- men to work. Terms of the agreement could not be learned immediately. 2. Violence was ' reported at picket line at the Weyerhaeuser plant at Springfield, Ore. A com pany spokesman said Magnus Bol ken, an" employe, suffered an eye cut and a nose Injury as he tried to cross a CIO picket line. 3. Harvey Nelson, president of the CIO union's Columbia River District Council, denied a report by the Pacific Northwest Loggers Assn. that reduced log inventories now would cause winter mill shut downs. Nelson said there will be plenty of logs if the strike ends oeiore winter. 4. An official of the AFL local at Toledo, Ore., reported that tentative agreement was reached with the C. D. Johnson Lumber Co., which employs 150 men. Union members will vote on the agreement Friday. 6. A hearing on arguments by the M & M Wood Working Co.'s netltion to Drevent AFL mill men from picketing its three plywood nlants in Oregon ana one in uaiu- ornia ended. A decision on the case is expeoted Thursday. . . , Basin Hit By Light Frost Temperatures dropped to below freezing at several points in the Klamath Basin early this morning but most farmers expected no ser ious damage to crops. The coldest spot reported was in Butte Valley where the district ranger station at Mt. Hebron listed a low of 27. The field station at Tulelake re ported a warm 35 but It was feared that the temperatures in the Frog Pond and Panhandle areas may have been considerably cooler. A thermometer in a spud field on the Lea Porterfleld ranch near Dairy dropped to 28 shortly after 4, a.m. Many irrigating crews worked all night in an effort to wet the ground and keep the air moist in the Tule lake and Butte Valley districts. Airplanes were also out early keep ing the air stirred up and conslde- erable smudging was reported. . Mm Fira Cento It races KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1954 Telephone 1111 No. 2888 , Knowland Urges Atom WASHINGTON-GIT i- Majority Leader Knowland (Calif) called Wednesday for an around-t h e clock session, of the Senate, if necessary, to complete action on atomic legislation. He punctuated his statement by directing the sergeant-at-arms to haul -in cots from nearby cloak rooms and corridors for possible use. "We're not going 'to have one or two votes. We're going to finish this bill if we have to stay all night to do it," Knowland said as the Senate began its eighth day of debate on the atomic bill. Opponents of President Eisen hower's directive to the Atomic Energy Commission to hign a con tract with a private utility group to supply power in the Tennessee Valley Authority area informally agreed to a test vote on this key issue . at a meeting late Tuesday night. But Sen. Gore (D-Tenn), quar terback for this group, and Sen. Morse (Ind-Oro insisted they would prolong debate if they did not win the first round. Knowland recessed the Senate Tuesday night after he received word of the understanding that a vote would come sometime Wed nesday on the big issule at con troversy. Faced with a showdown, Gore and other foes of the contract pro posal combed Republican ranks for support. Gore conceded his forces needed that help. President Eisenhower,' mean, while. Indicated at his news con. lerence Wednesday that he is standing behind his plan for a new steam generated electric power plant in the TV A region, Eisenhower said he is working for the United States and not one little area. Tennant Log Camp Closed Long-Bell Lumber Company's entire mill and woods operation is shut down in Siskiyou County, California, with the closing this morning of the logging operation at Tennant. It normally employes about 200 men. Pickets from Long-Bell's Weed operation, which closed Tuesday at 1 p.m. when employes refused to cross a picket line formed by strikers from Oregon Coast AFL Lone-Bell plants, were at the Ten nant plant before the 8 a.m. shift arrived. There are more than 1000 em ployes In the two Long-Bell plants and two logging operations, Long- Bell normally operates at Tennant, Weed and Etna. The latter oper ation closed yesterday. Tow pickets appeared before 8 a.m., California time, at the Dorris Lumber and Moulding Company at Dorris. Some 14 employes crossed the picket line and two machines are working today, ac cording to Claude Olsen, manage ment spokesman. The two pickets were Identified as former employes of the Dorris Lumber and Moulding Company plant at Sacramento. The Sacra mento operation is working a full crew behind picket lines. Of the 58 regular employes, more than 50 are working. The men who re fused to cross the picket line have been replaced. The Dorris plant employs be tween 60 and 65 men. Eugene Metal Strike Called EUGENE Wl AFL sheet metal workers In the Eugene-Springfield area are on strike against 15 shops. Pickets appeared Tuesday, . mark ing breakdown of three months of negotiations. One of the Issues Is termination date of the contract: The union wants to continue July 1, which Is In the midst of the construction season, and employers seek Jan. 1, in the relatively quiet building sea son. C. H. Cooper, secretary of the Contractors Assn., said a pay in crease of 21 cents an hour, putting the minimum at (2.89 had been offered. Joe Willis, secretary of the Building Trades Council, said the hotter, while made, was later with- drawn. The two were in dispute over whether 35 or 60 were on strike Legislation Indochina Peace Considered Red Victorv Bv U.S. m By JOHN M. IlIGHTOWER WASHINGTON Wl The nego tiated end of the war. in Indochina is generally regarded here as a victory for the Communists and a defeat for the free world. It halts a direct billlon-dollar-a. year drain of money and arms on the United Slates. But it also creates an urgent need to shore up non-Communist areas of Southeast Asia which will almost certainly Impose new bur dens on this country and Its allies and absorb some or all of the Indo china savings. v U. 8. government officials have been talking with French leaders for several weeks about getting out of Red areas all arms and equip ment which French and native anti-Communist force's have been equipped wllh. It is understood the French have given assurance this will be done. It was learned, meanwhile, that Long Period Of War Ended By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The end of the shooting in In6o ohlna will mark one of the few periods that vie world has been free of full.-sle war since peo, S, 1934, when MussOlini s Italian troops clashed with Ethiopian sol- dlers on the irontier oi nispuiea Somaliland. By the time the Ethiopian fight ing ended May 5. 1936, Hitler had broken the Lcarno pact by sending troops Into the demilitarized Rhine land. The Spanish Civil war raged from July 17, 1936 until March 28, 1939. Elsewhere in Europe, Nazi troops already were on the march. Germany declared war on Poland Sept. 1, 1939 and World War II was on. Ho Cht Minn's Communist-led Vletmlnh forces rose against the French garrison at Hanoi Dec, 19, 1946, touching off the Indochina War only 12 days before President Truman officially proclaimed peace with the Axis powers. But there is still not full peace. Mounting unrest in North Africa has forced France to rush troop reinforcements to Tunisia. Mau Mau terrorists kill and are killed in the British Crown colony of Ken ya. Red-led guerrillas ngnt on against the British in Malaya. Peace terms In Korea remain to be signed. Border hostilities be tween Jews and Arabs in Pales tine, off and on again since 1948, have yet to be checked. Reds To Free Americans GENEVA m The Chinese Communists have agreed to re lease six Americans held In Red China following negotiations In Ge neva, the U.S. delegation an nounced Wednesday. The United States announce ment said: "The Chinese Communist repre sentatives have stated further that the cases of other detained Amer icans are still under review." American officials here believe the Chinese Reds are holding tn prison or otherwise detaining about 24 additional Americans. Those to be released were named as Ernest Hotz, Reuben Lenzer, Linus Lombard, John B. Maye, Lawrence Mullin and Alfred Peter Pattison. Maye is the Rev. John B. Maye, a Roman Catholic missionary from Scranton, Pa. Roman Catho lic headquarters In Hong King re ported three weeks ago that he had been held under house arrest in Chang sh a for 10 months. Lombard is also a Roman Cath olic priest. He was last reported waiting at Ichang for permission to leave Red China. Lombard's home address and the home towns of the others were not available. American officials here notified the Peiping regime that 15 Chinese students now In the United States, who have,been detained, have now been told they are free to go. AIR CRASH FAIRPORD, England W A V. S. Air oPrce Btratojet bomber crashed) near hers Tuesday night, killing one of its four crewmen and Injuring the other three. m the American and Allied govern menta are planning shortly to is sue declarations of Intent to form eventually a collective defense for Southeast Asia and warning the Communists not to undertake any new aggression in that area. Such action' has been discussed with number of friendly governments ana reports toaay were mai n naa been substantially agreed upon. DIVISION . The United States .and Britain. however, are still divided over the timing of actual formation. Author ities estimate it will be many months beiore the projected de fense system can be set up. The United states would have nreferred quicker action out Britain is an lous to hold the cooperation of In dia to the fullest extent possible and consequently has been mov ing cautiously. American officials studying the Indochina settlement signed today said privately Its impact will reach lar beyond Southeast Asia and probably will be felt throughout the whole range of relations be tween the Communist and non- communist blocs. Here are some of the potential results which may develop: Red China Authorities here ex pect that the French government of Premier Pierre Mendes-France, having succeeded in ending the Indochina war, will soon Tecognlze the Communist China regime as Britain has done. This Is expected to Increase pressure for eventually seating Red China In the United Nations over U. 8. opposition, EDC VOTE European Defense Community Mendes-France has promised to place the EDO Treaty before the French Assembly for a vote prior to adjournment next month. But French opposition to German re armament -under this proposed pact remains strong. Also, It may be considerably boosted by a feel ing that the ending of the Indo china fighting will lessen the dan ger of Communist assault on Eu rope. Russian diplomacy The Red3 are expected to play even more loudly the role of crusaders for peace, citing their willingness to negotiate a settlement at deneva as evidence of sincerity. This very likely will make a big Impression in Europe and even more in Asia. In Washington's view the inao- china settlement constitutes a Com munist victory. One reason Is that it adds a large, productive terri tory and millions of people to the Communist bloc. Furthermore, the Reds have gained a secure base from which to conduct their classic combina tion of Infiltration, political pres sures and propaganda on the rest of Indochina southern Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. nil a .v Will USING FOSSILS AND CHARTS to illustrate, Elmo Stevemon, (far right) president of Southern Oregon College, discussed the genesis of the Klamath Basin and adjacent territory at a lunch eon meeting of the Fertilizer Conference. Shown with him at Jen-Ed's era (seated, from left). Ray Pendleton, OSC, master of ceremonies; F. T. Tremblay, Seattle, chairman of the Soil Com mittee of th Pacific Northwest Plant Food Association; (standing, same order) Al Halvor son, Klamath Experimental Station, co-chairman of tha program committee with Ben McCollum, Simplot Soil Builders, Inc., Pocttallo, Idaho. Ike Still Seeks Asia Defense Pact WASHINGTON Wl President Elsenhower, commenting on the Indochina cease-fire agreement. said Wednesday he does not be lieve the Communists want war at this time. Elsenhower said In a formal statement at his news conference the agreement "contains features which we do not like but a great deal depends on how they work in practice." He said the United States Is working actively with other free nations to organize rapidly a "col lective defense in Southeast Asia In order to prevent further direct or indirect Communist aggression in mat general area." Although the President said he didn't wish to discuss Indochina beyond the formal statement, be cause of the delicacy of the situa tion, he did say later on that if there la one good to come out of the settlement It la this: It may get the free world to look facts in the face and determine what sacrifices it would be willing to maxe in tne cause of preserv ing freedom. The President told newsmen this nation waa putting out a statement at Geneva to the effect that it would not use force to disturb the Indochina settlement. He said the statement ays "any renewal of Communist aggression would be viewed by us as a matter of grave concern. Asked whether he attached any significance to the apparent faot that for the first time in two dec ades there Is no war going on somewhere in the world, Elsen hower said he never had felt the Communist world wants war at this time except in satellite ex cursions. He Indicated, however, that he expects the Reds to continue using deceit and subversion as well as secret, well-financed conspiracies to gain its ends. To a question or whether ne thought there was "any element of appeasement" in the cease-fire tn Indochina, as suggested by some Congress members, the chief executive said he hesitated to use such words as they mean different things to different people. He added the agreement was not entirely satisfactory to us, that it was not what we'd lute to nave, but that If there is no better plan, he Is not going to criticize what lias been done. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Thursday: llrlsk northerly winds. High Thurs day 78: low Wednesday night 38. Ilieh yesterday 83 Low lust night ....41 rreclp. last 24 hours b 0 Since laat Oct. 1 14.15 Hume period last year .......... M. 87 Normal for period 12.33 :n : 13 Million Indochinese Lost To Reds BULLETIN LONDON Wl Red China's Premier Chou En-Lal and Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov declared Wednesday night the Ge n e v a agreement on Indochina points the way for a similar set tlement in Korea. GENEVA tn France and the three associated states of Indochl na signed armistice agreements with the Communists Wednesday that extend the Iron Curtain around north Viet Mam, a land of, 13 million. The United States warned It would view "with grave concern" any revival of aggression violating the agreements. The warning was delivered by U. S. Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith at the closing session of the conference in the Palace of Nations after other dele, gates hod taken note of a final declaration wrapping up the vari ous paots to end the Ta-year-old war. , It wag taken as clear notice to the Asian Communists that the United States Intends to proceed with Its old plans for establish ment of a security system In Southeast Asia. DECLARATION Repeating a declaration made three days ago that the United 'States would not Use force to dis turb the agreements. Smith said It would regard any fresh aggres sion In the Indochina theater as "seriously threatening peace and security.-: He said the United 8tates would still seek United Na tions supervision of elections to be held in Viet Nam, though the Communists have rejected such supervision. "The United Btates relteratel Its traditional position that peo. plea are entitled to determine their own future and that It will not join In an arrangement which would hinder this,.". Smith 4old the coo- . 'lerence. . u. s, Hope He said the United States shared the hope that the armistice agree ments signed Wednesday would permit the three associated states, Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam. "to play their part In full Inde pendence and sovereignty. In the peaceful community of nations, and will enable the peoples of that area to determine their own fu ture." Smith told the conference tha United States was not prepared to "Join in a declaration by the conference such as la submitted." The United States, he said, la re solved to devote its efforts to the strengthening of peace "in accor dance with the principles and pur poses of the United Nations." AGREEMENTS The final declaration of tha conference was a three-page docu ment, listing in 13 paragraphs tha various agreements reached here tor establishing peace. concerning the partition line of Viet Nam, roughly along the 17th parallel, the final declaration said the essential purpose of the Viet namese agreement was "to settle military questions with a view to ending hostilities and the military demarcation line should not be in any way be Interpreted as consti tuting a political or territorial boundary,"