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flv DKB ADDISON
THE NEXT FEW days will be the
most important In the year for
quite a few Klamath County youn
sters, not to mention their parents
and others.
It's the 19th annual Junior Live
stock Show and Fair at the Fair
grounds, Sunday through Tuesday
night. It's the culmination of the
projects of the season for 4-H Club
and Future Farmers of America.
The dramatic finale will be the
big Rotary Club barbecue and auc
tion sale Tuesday evening, There's
a lot more to it than that, though,
In activities leading; up to Tues
day evening, and on projects from
flower raising and arranging to
livestock judging.
In recent years the event has
been broadened, and in the live
stock part of it more emphasis
has been put on breeding stock.
(The Herald & News feels it a
privilege to Join the lurge number
of donors in providing an award
for the best Hereford female.)
This Isn't written with the idea
of Inviting you to the barbecue
and we'll tell you why in a minute.
You are invited though to visit the
Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon or
Monday or Tuesday and see what's
going on.
You also are Invited, If you have
the wherewithal and the inclina
tion, to bid on some of the fine
beef, lambs and potential pork
chops Tuesday evening.
Now about the barbecue it's put
on for the exhibitors, their par
ents, their club leaders, the buyers,
find the long time supporters of the :
show. That adds up to a whale of
a lot of mouths to feed. If It were
thrown open to the public some I
vi ,c mus ui querns or leaders I
or buyers would be left out
There Is a way to net in on the
barbecue and that's to come with
your checkbook, prepared to use
It at the following auction. You'll
still have to get a tlckot first and
ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McCLEOD
While many navigators were
probinpt the eastern coast of the
New World In the early years of
Its conquest (M92-155U). there were
a few hardy udventurcrs who
stepped ashore and pushed inland
In search of tabled wonders. Vasco
Nunez de Balboa pushed across the
l.-.nd to discover tho South Sea In
1M3, and with vigorous energy he
set to work building vessels to ex
plore tho Isthmian coast and Is-
lunrts. Wilh these vessels, another
Hardy explorer. Oasoar de Esnl
nosa In 1510 extended tho white
man's knowledge of this New World
on tho west coast to 10 degrees.
pushing along the Costa Rican
coast to-the gulf of Nlcoya. But,
even llko the fabled KUroy, tho
white man had been there before
him, as Hurtado has already visit
ed the area In canoes in 1517.
In 1522 Oil Gonzalez Davlla, fol
lowed the footsteps of Balboa, but
instead of crossing the Isthmus and
building his craft when he arrived
at the South Sea, ho transported
his craft across the Isthmus with a
tremendous amount of labor. Da
vlla Blso went to Nlcoya by water
and then Inking to the land pushed
on to Nlcnragua, while Andres Nino
took over commnnd of the boats
and continued the voyage by sea
as fur as the gulf of Fonscca, In
the latitude 13 degrees. Nino may
have even pushed on further to
Soconusco or Tchunntepoc.
In the meunwhile, Heriihn Cortes,
alter conquering Uie Mexican ta
bleland of Allahutic. had sent out
agents to explore the newly con
quered land and had through these
expeditions discovered the western
coast at three different points, thus
determining its general trend and
adding two to five degrees to tho
knowledge of the civilized world to
the extent of the new found land.
All this nctlvlty was before the
end of 1522, the short period of 30
years of exploration.
The northern limit of knowledge
of the New World was Tehuante
pac, In 16 degrees, from where the
native chiefs sent their nlleglance
to the conqueror. Another clly was
Tutulpcc. in about the same lati
tude, but 100 miles tart her west
w hich had been .occupied by Pedro
de Alvarado, likewise the city ol
Zucatula, in 18 degrees.
At Zacatuls, Cortes began the
foundation of a settlement and
constructed vessels for further ex
ploration of the coast to tho north.
Aller long and vexatious dolays.
the new vessels were completed In -
jn.-o, oy mis time tno strait of
Magellan had been discovered. A I A H'iblrshaw employe s-aid there
ship in the command of Guevara originally were two cats on the
passed the strait of Magellan and 0ne Sot electrocuted by 13.000
came up the west coast of South v""s- Hi" other leaped to safety .
America to Tehuantepec and was!
newly constructed fleet. This fleet! P've lo you that e ran
was ordered to the Moluccas lnMVP " rl'ks" money on
such haMe that It could not take ! h""' ,'r ''" Insurance,
the proposed route along the north-1 "an Nor'nnd, 637 Tine St.
ern cotst, but sailed direct to In
ria in lilrt. Three of the vessels,
however, were given a trial trip to
the port ot Santiago, In Colima, a
port that had been discovered In
l.'i24 by Francisco Cones in a land
expedition. The west coast now lay
disclosed from Panama t-i Colima.
Five more years elapsed belcre
People Do Read
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you can do that by getting In touch
with some member of the Rotary
Club.
Admittance to the barbecue will
be handled a little differently this
year. If you do rate from hard
work on a club project, or are one
of the public spirited buyers, you'll
have your ticket. You also must
have it ready, on your lapel, so the
ticket takers can remove the stub
as you start to enter the grand
stand. From there on it will be smooth
sailing, and Gib Fleet's wonderful
barbecued beef and beans and all
the trimmings will be awaiting you.
We know you'll enjoy It.
Buyers are advised by the four
packing companies Brattons', T-P
Packing, Super Packing (Ed John
son) and Merrill Meat Co. of the
following ground rules for handling
your successful bids.
rackcrn will pick up the animal
at the barn, kill and dress and
hold the carcass for a week, for
the hide and offal and a fee of
per head for lambs. On hogs It will
S7.50 per head for beef and $2.05
be a straight charge of 2 cents a
pound dressed weight with a mini
mum of $3.00.
Those who want their prize meat
cut and wrapped for freezing may
have this done for 4 cents a pound.
Buyers will be asked to take tie
"very of their meat within a week's
time because of limited cooler
space.
Those buyers who might want to
bid in animals Just for the good
of the cause, and who don't want
the meat, can in turn sell them to
the commercial packers on the fol
lowing schedules: Beef 22 cents
Iioks 25 cents and lambs 17 cents
per pound live weight
Of course all those who like cood
mcnl, and who doesn't? will fig.
tire that this Is the time to fill nn
their lockers and freezers for the
winter.
Don't say we didn't tell you.
Cortes was able to extend his ex
plorations of the coast to the north.
In 1532 he sent out Hurtado de
Mvndoza who reached the coast of
Slnaloa and was killed at the Rio
Fur-rte. Mcndoza's associate Ma
zuela returned with one oi the ves
sels to Bnnderns Bay. In Jalisco.
Cortes tried again In 1533 to ex
plore the northern coast, this time
he sent out three parties Becerra,
Giijulva and Jimenez. Jimenez dis
covered the southern nait of the
Callfornian Fenlnsuia which he sup
posed was an island. Beyond the
revelation of this new hind these
expeditions and that of Cortes him
self In 1535-5, added little to the
knowledge of tho northern coast.
Cortes In 16J0 sent out Ulloa and
this Intrepid explorer accomplished
more than those who had been sent
out before him. Ulloa not only ex
plored the gulf of California to its
head on both sides but doubled the
c.ipo and pushed the exploration on
the main coast to Cedros Island
In 29 degrees. Thus gradually the
knowledge of the civilized world
began to flow northward.
The viceroy Mendoza now suc
ceeded Cortes, the conqueror, as
the pntron of exploration. Mendo
sent out two expeditions, the first
In 1540, was that of Alarcon who
explored the head of the gulf of
Cnllfomla and the mouth of the
Colorado River. The second expe
dition was in command oi Cnbrlllo
In 1542 which explored the Califor
nia Coast. Illness and an untimelv
uccident ended Cabrlllo's career at
the Santa Barbara Islands in 1543.
The assignment was taken over by
the mate. Bartnlonie Ferrclo, who
headed the Spanish galleons north
Into the unknown stormy seas. Due
to adverse weather Ferrelo missed
the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
lie made a hasty .exploration of
the coast to 42 degrees, .ibout the
mouth of the Chelco River and
thus becomes the first white man
to see the Klamath Country though
hi did not step foot upon the shore.
Cats Cause Of
Brief Blackout
YONKERS. N Y. Vfl Two rats
on a tmliNloniior caused a brief i
blackout yesterday in 5.0(H) local I
home and 1.100 street lights.
Tracing the cause of the power
failure, Consolidated Edison Co. of-1
llclals found one drud cat at a
transformer f the Hablrshaw Ca-
Floor Shows Are Here Again!
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NO COVER CHARGE WEEK NIGHTS
Don't Forqet Our $2.00 T-Bone Dinners
Frank Tripp
This Is the quarterly gripe col
umn. Written on one of the lous
iest days of summer, a perfect
background for getting complaints
out of the system. It should be
warm and balmy; Instead it's cold,
windy and rainy.
There's one of those exciting
Floater Insurance policies in front
of me, with the reminder that it
has expired and a "please remit"
in husky figures.
Also make a new list of what
you've got that might be stolen,
from a stickpin to the lawnrollcr,
and where do you keep them? How
do I know; couldn't find half of
them if I had to.
To find out how you're Insured,
seVid for an astronomer, an auc
tioneer and a burglar. The astrono
mer, with telescope, will translate
the fine print maybe. The auction
eer will guess what your Junk
would bring at forced sale and the
burglar can furnish a reasonable
notion as to what's worth stealing.
You 11 be surprised how mucn
you've got that nobody would want,
except the Salvation Army. But
just the same you put down box
car figure values.
When you add 'cm up you ve
kidded yourself into owing the in
surance company so much that
you might better swap places with
the burglar.
How glorious 'twould be if the
companies would hire a newspaper
rewrite wizard to set down in the
English language what you've got
to do to win, and send it along
with the bill. Much more painless
extraction.
It's too bad too that radio and
TV announcers don't have some
thing like a casting spinner. They
can't pull back the bulls that they
toss into the ether. But you'd think
by now that all of them would be
acquainted with every synonym for
"sweat ; with all of the body de
odorants on the air.
Yet the "bull of the week" still
is some adenoidal character tell
ing why his sponsor's dope Is best
to counteract "press-piration."
And a lot of the times that the
airways sing George M. Cohan's
"Grand Old Flag." George must
turn over In his grave.
When the famous Yankee Doodle
boy wrote it he meant no harm
but raised a sizable furor because
of one careless word in the chorus.
He recalled the first printing, apol
ogized to the flag that he loved
and changed the word in the ulti
mate millions of copies that thrilled
America pre-World War I.
Still to this day the line some
times gets on the air: 4'You're a
grand old flag, a high flying rag"
I don't know why I complain;
I don't have to wear out TV tubes
looking at the "Best of Thisa and
Thata,' the reruns. Not only that,
they don't always admit it.
You sit there In a T shirt, under
an electric fan, lapping up a Tom
Collins, and a bird on Who screen
wishes you "Merry Christmas."
Then von remember that you met
the guy six months ago.
So you turn to another channel,
where the best of something else
is holding the tort. It's swell work,
if you can get away with it, though
it's headed for the fate of the home
movie; those family pictures that
you forced on callers so many times
that you don't have any callers any
more. I wrote to my syndicate sug
gesting a six weeks vacation while
the papers reran "The Best of
Tripp." .
A fresh punk in the oflice wrote
back, "We've been through the
files and can't find six of anything
like you mention.-'
So I started looking. After three
trays search the deadline arrived.
A masterpiece had to go in the
mail that night. I conceded the
punk might be right, sat down
and wroto this one. It ain't "the
best," but it ain't cheatin.' As I
said, it's swell; work if you can
get away with it.
Anyway, the rain just stopped
and the sun is shining which Is
the Best ot Everything,
Wishing you the same
Taxi Driver
Awaits Reward
NEW YOU KiJP Taxi driver
Fritz Morris spent a hopeful -two
hours yesterday waiting for the
lady who left f25.0C0 in jewels in
his cab, but she didn t show up.
Last Tuesday Morris found the
baqlul of gems and turned them
over to police.
Mrs, Abiaham Scheer, wife of a
Fifth Avenue store executive, es
tablished ownership. Police proper
ty clerk Frank Leuci told her to
come to his office at 2 p.m. yes
terday to pick up the jewels.
Morris was there too, until the
office closed at 4 p.m. without the
woman appearing. There has been
no indication what reward, if any.
he will get.
Morris, told he would be called
after another appointment was
made with Mis. Scheer, said it was
too late to go back to work and
added:
"It looks like I'll have to lose
two days pay."
Woman Declines
Birthday Fete
TECL'MSEII. Neb. IP-Mrs. Bet
sy Baker of Tecumseh Is 113 years
old todnv.
Friends explained no celebration
was planned because Mrs. Baker
"just doesn't care for them."
"She says she has had enough
birthday celebrations," they said.
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WASHINGTON Ifl
Congress
acted in haste when both houses
yesterday passed a bill to deny the
Communist party legal privileges
und force its members to register
with the government. The bill goes
now to President Elsenhower to
be signed into law.
Because it was whipped to
gether so fast, government - law-
yers, who will have the task of
making It work If the President
signs, must think it through to
determine exactly what It means
and how they shall proceed under
it. They cannot say precisely now.
In the preamble to this legisla
tion Congress declares the Com
munist party Is PRrt of a conspira
cy to overthrow the government
by force and therefore "should be
outlawed." Nowhere else does
Congress say the party is outlawed
or that it must cease to exist.
In the dictionary meaning of out
law "to deprive of the benefit
and protection of law" the Com
munist party ts outlawed, at least
m so far as federal laws are In
volved. The legislation says the
Communist party or its successors
The Doctor Says
By EDWIN P. JOItDAX, M.D.
Disturbing reports of outbreaks
of a disease known as psittacosis
have appeared in many corners of
the continent during the past few
months. That this is not totallv
unexpected is shown bv the nubll-
.catlon of an article forecasting an
increase in this disease in the
American Journal of Public Health
lr.st November.
Psittacosis is not a new disease
but It can and does produce most
unpleasant symptoms and it Is a
matter of considerable concern
also because it can be spread to
human beings either from birds
being kept as pets, or from other
people with the disease. i
Psittacosis is caused by a virus.!
In human beings it produces a
high fever with symptoms in the
lung much like those of pneumon
ia. In a person ill with the disease,
the virus can be found in the spu
tum and if this sputum is inject-
,i into mi it unii nrnrinr. iheilol"5 and members not to regis-
disease In these animals. fer then. But the leaders already
The disease is niimaiilv one ifi"ve nd;caled they would never
birds, such as parrots, parakeets
and lovebirds. It attacks these
birds readily. In one shipment of
101 parrots, parakeets and con
ures from South America, only 16
were found to be free of the virus
vhich causes -this disease.
In 1932, 76 cases of psittacosis
were reported in the United States
end seven died from the disease.
During 1933, only . 15 cases and four
deaths were reported.
The rapid improvement came
from a quarantine which was im
posed by the federal government
on the shipping of parrots and sim
ilar birds between tha state Since
that time our public health serv
ices have been engaged in a con
tinous battle to eliminate pslttat
cnsis in MiseenllbU birds. Infected I
birds have been destroyed and the !
importation of infected birds has
been prohibited. I
The disease has not entirely died
cut among human beuigs, and the
likelihood of contracting It seems to
be Increasing again.
Is In h beings s virus or a pne
Psittacosis in human beings re
sembles virus or a typical pneu
monia. Fortunately there Is spe
cific test available which can be
used to make the diagnosis deli
nlte. So far a.s treatment Is concerned,
either scrum taken from a victim
of the disease who is convalescing
or a goat serum which has been
produced, seem to shorten the
course of human psittacosis. Some
of the antibiotic preparations prob
ably offer the best hope- ot prompt
and effective treatment.
The important point, however,
1 tor anvone who keeps birds to
make sure that then- pels are
healthy and free of psittacosis vir
us by having lhen examined by
a veterinarian.
Ynu may save as much as 10".
If you iret your Klre Insurance from
llaus Norland, 627 Pine St.
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MARLOW
under any other name are not en-
titled to "any of the rights, priv
ileges and immunities attendant
upon local bodies. . . "
But what rights, privileges and
immunities docs tne party lose ?
No one available would attempt to
give a complete list.
Under this bill the party could
not put candidates on the ballot
in any federal election. And the
party could not make contracts
where federal laws were involved
or sue In federal courts. That
much seems clear
What is less clear Is what rights,
privileges or immunities it might
have under state laws. One law
yer, who followed this legislation
closely, said that while Congress
could keep the Communist party
candidates off federal ballots It
could not tell states what parties
oould appear on their state elec
tion ballots.
It seems a safe bet the party will
fight this legislation all the way
up to the Supreme Court, or try
to. on the grounds It is unconsti
tutional. But If the party loses
there and folds and later reap-
pears under another name, will
the government have to go through
another long court fight to prove
it s the same old Communist par
ty? That can't be said now.
The party may have to fold any
way before It ever gets up to the
Supreme Court on this legislation
of yesterday oecause, before then,
another law, already on the books.
the McCanan Internal Security
Act of 1950, may have proved ef-
tective in smashing the party.
That act requires the officers
and members of the Communist
party to register with the federal
government if the Subversive Ac
tivities Control Board, after hear
ings, decides the party is a Mos
cow tool. The board, after long
hearings, made that finding and
ordered registration.
As was to be expected, Instead
of registering the party went to
court, protesting that the McCarran
Act is unconstitutional and there
fore the party members should not
have to register. The Supreme
Court is expected to give the final
answer on this by next spring.
If the court rules against them,
it would be a crime for the party
register. They could be Jailed and
fined if they didn't.
If that fate overtook them while
they were fighting yesterday's leg
islation in the courts, they'd no
doubt have to abandon the latter.
So there is plenty of machinery
for hampering and hamstringing
the party, at least until the Su
preme Court speaks. But Just what
this legislation can do to help the
government In dealing with individ
ual Communists is not clear at all.
It's doubtful that It adds much .
Yesterday's legislation does not
make it a crime to be a Commu
nist unless a member of the
party knows its purpose is over
throw of the government. In bring
ing a Communist to trial under
this legislation the government,
therefore, would have to prove he
knew the party's" purpose
But there is a law already on
the books the Smith Act, passed
in 19-10 under which the govern
ment can prosecute Communists if
it can prove they knew the pur
pose of their organization was
forcible overthrow. The govern
ment already has started such ac
tion under the Smith Act. But the
new legislation, because of certain
language it uses, may mess up the
government's use of the Smith
Act.
For Your
Listening and Dancing Pleasure
Tlic Vocations
ENTERTAINING MUSICAL CROUP
In The
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By Jimmy Hatlo
Hal. Boyle
VALLEJO. Calif. jp) Notes on
the Mare Island Navy Yard cen
tennial: Whales are sometimes a nuis
ance to submarines but not nearly
so much of a nuisance as the sub
marines are to ihe whales.
For some reason whales, used
to bossing the ocean depths for
centuries, can't get it through
their thick skulls that anything is
as big and tough as they are.
"A whale always thinks he's got
the right of way," said Capt.
Duncan C. MacMillan. veteran
pigboat commander. "He simply
can't believe there is anything be
neath the seas that he can't push
out of his path."
The U. S. Navy policy generally
stems to be to allow the whale
the right of way when he is en
titled to it. But If he tries to hog
the road the submarine sticks to
its course.
"In this type of collision the
whale gets the surprise of his
life. said Capt. MacMillan. "Sub
marines don't bruise easily. '
Submariner recruits learn on
land how to fight at sea. The
school here-the only one on the
West Coast- has simulated sec
tions of a real submarine in which
the candidates can practice the
split-second timing so necessary
in these undersea prowlers.
"In three weeks we can teach
a beginner how to man his sta
tion properly for diving and sur
facing operations,' said MacMil
lan.
The crews learn the art of battle
by locating through their peri
scopes toy models of ships which
H'C moved automatically across
the floor above them. It is a game
they play with an intense serious
ness, and there is no joking among
them as they work out the attack
pioblems.
Since submariners have to get
along together for long periods in
crowded conditions they must have
steady temperaments under strain.
How do they weed out potential
psychiatric cases? One veteran
gave this solution:
"There's nothing to It. A candi
date is simply asked whether. If
he were stranded on a desert Is
lar.d, he would prefer to have his
mother with him-or Marilyn Mon
roe. If he picks his mother, we
don't pick , him. Obviously he
doesn't belong in a submarine."
Some Navy men dislik? the
term "mothball fleet" and prefer
to call it the nation's ' Insurance
Fleet."
The reserve fleet units stationed
here-held in canned readiness for
any future emergency-include 32'
submarines, 4 submarine tenders
and 3 destroyer escorts.
Among them Is the USS Sea Cow,1
which, along with other subsur
face raiders, sank 5.320,000 tons of
enemy shipping during the last
war- more than half the entire
Japanese naval and merchant
fleet strength. In the event of an
other war the Sea Cow and her
sisters could be manned and put
to sea within 30 days.
Is it worth the maintenance cost
to keep so many idle ships in this !
state of readiness? The Navy feels i
it is.
It estimates, that if the vessels
here were scrapped it would take !
890 million dollars to replace '
them. It now would cost 25 million
dollars to build an ordinary fleet
type submarine.
It takes $1,805,000 a year to
maintain the 39 vessels. That in
cludes overhaul and the salaries
and upkeep of personnel.
FRIDAY,
Thrill Killers Confronted
m m m m - - -
With Victim; Admit Crime
NEW YORK W Brooklyn s
four thrill-killing teen-agers, once
boastful about their deeds of vio-
cinir anri thfLkeu from
ICIILC, IU4I1CU i3av '-
the sight of one of their hapless
victims.
The "fun" was over for Jack
Koslow, 18-year-old leader of the
brutal foursome. He wept when
confronted yesterday with the bat
tered water-soaked body of a Ne
gro victim, and told detectives, "I
feel sick."
It was Koslow who two days
earlier had allegedly given police
details of this slaying and other
savage attacks of the night before.
At that time he told them:
"Last night was a supreme ad
venture for me."
One by one the tour youths were
brought onto a Brooklyn water
front oier to identify the body of
Willard Menter, 34, who ran afoul
of his killers in a Brooklyn park
Monday night.
Police knew nothing of the slay
ing until after the four youths were
arrested early Tuesday on an as
sault complaint and told of beating
a mar. hurning his feet with cig
arettes and throwing him into the
East River. Police began dragging
ih river and vesterdau. recovered
the body. An autopsy showed he
drowned.
Kowlow, lean and mustached,
was the first to be shown the
bruised and bloated figure
stretched out on the pier. He
iumwl n.ln nnrl whlmnered
"Yes, that's the man. Take me
away from here before I faint."
Brought to the scene next was
husky Melvln Mittman, n. his
muscles bulged under tight dun
garees and polo shirt as he stood
lnnlrinrr Hnum An Mpnier's mTOSP.
Ill a strained and tearful voice he
said he recognized tne man.
"Yes, yes, that's the man. We
threw him Into the river."
Police reported only two days
ago that Mittman had told them
he liked to pummel the gang's vic
tims ''to see how hard I could
hit." '
Jerome Lieberman, 17, answered
Solons Pass
Funds For
Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON Wl Congress
voted a mere (53,909,000,000 to run
the federal government this fiscal
vear tha smflllp.ct tntn Rinr
before the outbreak of the Korean
War.
At the same time, the lawmak
ers cut onlv about. son. noo nno
from the $56,554,000,000 in new
cash requested by President Ei
senhower in his budget for the
year ending next June 30.
This year's- appropriations fell
about t5.500.000.000 below the $50.
498.000,000 voted by Congress last
year after the Republicans re
turned to power.
And they were only about half
of the post-World War II record
total of 101 billion voted In 1951,
tile vear the nnt.inn KtnrteH in .sr.
nest to rebuild Its military might
after the Red attack on South
Korea.
Congress wound up its approprl
ating for the session yesterday
wuen nrsi me Mouse, then tne Sen
ate, passed a compromise foreign
aid fllnrta hill tntalincr s 9dl 1-7 .
795. The measure lays heavy stress
on military defenses, much less
on economic aid, in providing
S2. 781.49G. ftlfi in n.ur each anrf ro-
appropriating $2,462,075,979 in car-
ij-uver runos to ooister tne free
world against the Communist
mreat.
Although thie tntntc nhnnt lhrfl.
quarters of a billion dollars less
than the President asked the
House voted in favor MUt.ni onrf
the Senate sent It on to the White
nouse witnout a record tally.
Besides foreign Aid thia voar'e
total included regular funds for the
10 Cabinet-rank departments and
dozens of independent agencies;
$1,659,000,000 In a huge supplemen
tal catch-all bill sent to President
Eisenhower Tuesday; and $6,800
000.000 to pay the interest on the
I public debt.
Although Congress voted Just un
der 54 billions, the President has
, estimated that spending will reach
.. siu.uw.uuu wis fiscal year.
With revenue expected to hit
$61,642,000,000, the anticipated de
ficit would be $3,9000.000,000.
The biggest cuts this year were
made in defense and foreign aid
requests. Slightly more than a bil
lion was lopped from the $29,887 -000,000
asked by Eisenhower for
the armed forces, and 650 million
from the $3,438,000,000 In new cash
requested for military and econ
omic assistance.
DANCE!
SATURDAY, Aug. 21
. SOUTH SIXTH STREET
COMMUNITY HALL
Music By
TOMMY
AND HIS WESTERN RHYTHM MASTERS
Dancinq 9 to 1 ,
AUGUST 20, 1954
police questions grimly, but there
were tears in his eyes.
The last, 15-year-old Robert
Trachtenberg, remarked:
"That man wore brown pants.
These are blue."
He glanced up at the stern eyes
of policemen around him and
quickly added, "I might be wrong,
though. It was so dark.
"I think that's the guy," he then
said. - '
Menter'i body was identified by
his brother. The man, married and
father of two, had worked in a
Brooklyn factory and was last seen
by his family Monday night.
Police say they have learned of
nine attacks by the gang, including
Ihe death of Menter nod another
man, Rhelnhold Ulrichson, a 43.
year-old steeplejack.
The four youths are being held
without bail.
Army Tries
Colonel On
POW Charge
FT. SHERIDAN, 111. lm An
Army lieutenant colonel goes on
trial today before a general court
martial on charges he collaborated
with the Communis in a North
Korean prison camp.
Lt. Col. Harry Fleming, 46, of
Racine, Wis., Is the first American
olflcer to face a court-martial for
behavior as a prisoner of war in
Korea.
The 5th Army said he Is charged
with violating the 5th and 96th
Articles of War and the I33rd and
134th articles of the Uniform Code
of Military Justice in essence,
that he "wrongfully collaborated
with the enemy and committed
acts detrimental to fellow prisoners
of war."
A prisoner for three years, Flem
ing was released In the exchange
of prisoners last September. He
was captured In October 1950 while
serving with the military advisory
group attached to the South Ko
rean 6th Iniantry Division near
the Yalu River.
A previous court-martial in
Washington convicted Cpl. Edward
S. Dickenson of Crackers Neck,
Va., of similar charges of collab
orating with the Communists while
a POW and sentenced him to 10
years in prison. Similar charges
are pending against another en
listed man.
A board of inquiry of high of
ficers held hearings in Washington
to determine whether Col. Frank
Schwable, a Marine flier, was fit
to continue leading troops after
having made germ warfare broad
casts on Peiping radio. It decided
his conduct was excusable on the
grounds of, .mental torture.
The 5th Army said Fleming's
trial would be in open court except
for deliberation periods.
A veteran of the Pacific war.
Fleming was one of the officers
who uncovered the Sunchon massa
cre In October 1950. Ho was wound
ed shortly before his capture by
Uie Chinese Communists.
He said after his return from
Korea, "Before I was captured I
disliked communism. Now I know
why I dislike it. You might say
I'm something of an authority."
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