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Support The Klamath United Fund-fled Cross Drive-Starting Qstobsr 2 a nn n 0) M 2 nWY'M r IV Hi In The- Day's News By FRANK JENKINS India's prime minister Nehru ar lives in Peiping this morning ior Mate visit to red China. As he "eps from his plane at the airport, lie is welcomed by vast and cheer Jig crowds (ot communists.) He Is personally greeted by old Chou En Lai. Wherever he goes in Peiping, the red carpet is rolled out ior him. Ordinary people know that when 1 you set a trap for a mouse you bait it heavily with luscious cheese. But Nehru, I suppose, being a do gooder with his head up in the rosy clouds, never stops to think of such low and practical things. In Vienna, which is still occu pied partly by the Russians and i partly by our side, a Russian GI deserts his unit, climbs a hizh barbed wire fence surrounding an American radio station, and turns himself over -to the Americans. A 11. S. spokesman says this morn ing the Russians have been noti lied of the desertion. I certainly hope we don't send mm oack. After the shooting war ended in 1946 we sent back thous ands of Russians who had surren dered to our side to get away from communism, and the record indi cates that when the commies got Koid of them thev either shot them against a wall or sent them to slave labor camps. Sneaking of war aftermaths: Officials of the United States and Japan gather at the big American naval base at Charleston, South Carolina, this morning for a cere mony .in which we turn over two American destroyers to the Japs to be added to their new navy. Hie destroyers are the Ellyson and the McComb both of which fought against the Japanese in the Pacific. When we took" them out of the mothballs to turn them over they were still heavily decorated with symbols of their prowess in battles with the Japanese navy. We thought It best to paint these symbols out before giving the ships to the Nipponese, ana did so. War is strange business. With the Russians as our allies, we fought the Japs and the Gcr- mans to a bloody standstill. Now 1,h Russians-are our enemies, and the Japanese and tbe Oermans look like the staunchest friends we have in the world. Such is life. Over In Utah, they've just had an Interesting political experience. A demagogue by the name of String- fellow was running for congress on the Republican ticket. He drama- tired himself as a war hero, and did quite a lot of chestbeating about his exploits. A few days ago it turned out that his much-publicized accounts of his heroic conduct were all moonshine lust a hoax to set himself elected The heat was turned on him and he resigned from the campaign A college president has just been named to run -in his place. You have to admire these Utah people. They take their politics seriously. Correction In Death Told Due to an error it was reported In Monday s Heraio ana news uu r a t-timnp .Inhnenn. Ifi. nf Mpr- rill was killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun held by Leroy Rudolph Schlecht, 15, also of Merrill. .Qfnto Pnlire hpadnuar- ter's records show that the gun was In the hands or Dennis Lenoy Fiegl, 1, 01 iweriiu wiieu mc v cidont occurred. '. Hie bovs. accompanied by a fourth youth. Duane Warren John 19 hrnthpr of the slain bov were on a duck hunting trip when the accident occurrea. t-V. mm wafi Arcirientallv dis -.karnnri whpn Kii attemDt was made to eject a 16 gauge shell which had ocen lnaovericnuy niaced in the chamber of a 12 gauge shotgun. Ike Hears Kew CIA Report wAcmfcr.TfiN'i.n A special sludv group reported to President Eisenhower Tuesday that the super-secret Central Intelligence Agencv is doing a "creditable job" but can be improved in "im portant area." The group, headed by Lt. Gen. James A. Dooliltle, was appinted by President Elsenhower to give him an independent appraisal "of the sensitive aspects of the aseii- C5TooliUle and top members of his staff Tuesday gave Eisenhower a single copy the only one in ex istence of their recommendations for improvements in the top gov ernment intelligence outfit. It was understood the study group's recommendations If fol lowed by the President-would be handled with the CIA and there would be no public announcement or congressional lerMatlon stem ming Irom the Doofittle Inquiry. V. Germans, French Hold Conference PARIS Wl French Premier Mendes-Prance and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer Tues day began a series of conferences designed to enlist a rearmed West Germany as an equal partner In a Western defense system. - The Premier and the Chancellor met in the chateau of Celle-Saint- Cloud on the outskirts of Paris. With only an Interpreter present. they went Immediately into a pri vate session which both French and West Germans hope will pro duce a settlement of 'the old French-German dispute over the Saar. Mendes-France was reported ready to propose a French-Ger man industrial and commercial partnership as a foundation for fu ture European unity as well as an overall framework for a solution of the Saar controversy. The French leader has said decision must be made on the fu ture of the German-speaking, coal bearing border state, now linked economically to France, before his National Assembly will approve the Allied program for bolstering western defenses with West Ger man manpower. Adenauer flew In from Bonn in mid-morning. "I have come to Paris with" a great deal of hope that these next few days will bring great advan tages for peace of our peoples. for Europe and for the world, Adenauer said. The two leaders also were to discuss plans for ending Allied oc cupation of Germany, restoring German sovereignty and West Ger. many's role In the Western de fense setup. Their conference was a curtain raiser on other talks designed to complete agreements reached at the recent London conference. Foreign ministers of United States, Great Britain, France and West Germany hope to agree to morrow on amendments to the two-year-old Bonn Treaty restoring sov ereignty to West Germany and ending the occupation. The Bonn Treaty originally was pegged to ine lli-tated European Defense Community and must be altered now that EDO Ys dead. Thursday the four foreign min- lsters, plus five others from Can ada, the Netherlands. Belgium Luxembourg and Italy, plan to draft details of a revised Brussels Treaty. Under this plan West Ger many and Italy will be added to the five charter members Britain, France and the Benelux countries to form a seven-power pact. On Friday the (North Atlantic Treaty Organization foreign min isters are expected to vote West Germany into the Allied defense system. All these expected actions are subject to parliamentary ratifica tion in the nations concerned. The Saar, a small industrial area. between France and Germany long has been a source of friction. It now has Its own regime, linked to France in an economic union which the French seek to maintain. The Germans consider the Saar a part of Germany. Its Inhabitants are German in culture and lan guage. ' Adenauer and Mendes - France have not disclosed their plans for approaching the problem, but the German Chancellor is expected to seek political freedom for the re gion's pro-German parties. Mendes-France Is believed to favor a form of Europeanizatlon under the new Wesjern European union. US Security System Scored WASHINGTON Wl Dr. Vanne var Bush, one of the nation's top wartime scientists, says the pres ent security system has created an "air of suspicion" which is do ing "great damage" to the efforts of scientists to develop modern weapons. Rush told a House subcommittee last June that "the way in which our security' system is working at the present time is driving a wedge between the military and scientific people of the country." In his testimony, made public Monday, Bush said the reaction of three out of four scientists work ing with the government both In Washington and in the field was summed up by the reaction of an unnamed friend, once In top war time councils. He quoted the friend: '"Well, we. have, practically stopped working. It is quite impos sible to accomplish anything in this atmosphere'." Bush, president of the Carnegie Institution and wartime chairman of the Research and Development Board, joined other scientists in testifying befor a House govern ment operations subcommittee in vestigating the status of military research programs. FLOODS LONDON W Two days of heavy rain brought the worst floods In 20 years to parts of Scot land, Northern Ireland and North ern England Tuesday. Price Five Cent 14 Pare ' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1954 ' Telephone 8111 No. 2946 Churchill Aide Warns Dockmen LONDON Wl The Churchill government gave an implied warning to sinking dockers Tues day that troops may be called out to unload snips unless they return to work. Labor Minister Sir Walter Monckton told the House of Com mons the 16-day-old strike is hav ing a serious effect on exports. endangers food supplies and threatens widespread unemploy ment hi other industries. Appealing to the strikers to re turn while a government commis sion investigates their grievances, he said: 'If the stoppage continues, ef forts will become progressively more serious and the economic life of the nation will be endan gered. The government are, of course, watching the situation closely and will take any steps which may become necessary to protect the national interest." The main Atlantic liner port of Southampton was threatened with shutdown by the strike, which the Communists are backing. The vast London dock area is closed and work has been sharply cur tailed at Liverpool, Britain's sec ond biggest port. Nearly 35,000 of Britain's 76.W dock workers are oft the job and 193 ships are idle at their moor ings. Sir Walter assured the strikers if they return to work the gov ernment court now investigating the dock dispute will consider then case "without prejudice." The labor" minister did not dis close what steps the government had In mind to cope with the sit uation otherwise but in previous disputes troops were called out. . Only a year ago soldiers .man ned gasoline tank trucks when the drivers struck. CAB Feeder Ruling Asked WASHINGTON Wl A Wash ington, airline consultant Tuesday urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant permanent operating au thority to Southwest Airways for its feeder route in California and Oregon. Hal Crawford testified at a board hearing that an economic study of the airline showed that Southwest is a "low cost local carrier with history of improvement which mer its permanent certification." Crawford said Southwest has de veloped a sound route system and the permanent public need for the sjervice has been proven. "The cost of service is not undue and the trend shows progressive improvement," he said. Crawford also said a grant of permanent Instead of temporary authority which must be renewed periodically would help the carrier obtain needed financing. United and Bonanza Airlines have applied to take over the Southwest route from Los Angeles to Medford, Ore. Deer Causes Auto Mishap DAYTON, Ore. Wl A 140-pound buck deer sent an automobile ca reening into a ditch, where It caught fire, but both occupants es caped with scratches near here Monday night. The deer, badly hurt, was killed by another motorist. Mrs Gust Gustafson of Grand Ronde was driving. Her husband was riding in the front seat with her. The deer darted in front of the car which swerved and plunged into an emDannment across ditch, and broke into flames. The Gustafsons, thrown into the back sent, got out through a front door. The deer was thrown Into th" ditch beside the burning car. It got to its feel, stumbled toward the flames and collapsed. The motorist dispatched him with a car jack. The car was destroyed. Weather FORKC AST Klamath Falls and vicinity; Shower through W ni ne i d a y; with (rusty southerly wind. IMeh Wednesday 55; low Tuesday night 36. Hich yesterday 6fi Low last night , , 4n Health, Accident Insurance Companies Accused By FTC Of False Advertising WASHINGTON I The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tueday accused 17 companies in the health, hospital and accident insur ance business of "false and mis leading advertising." ' Together, Ule 17 firms including the four largest in the field repre sent annual premium payments of more than 300 million dollars, or about one third of the total health and accident policies written on individuals In the country. Among those named in the FTC complaints which grew out of a 10-month nationwide investigation were the Bankers Life and Cas ualty Co. of Chicago (The White Cross), Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Assn. of Omaha (Mutual of Omaha), Reserve Life Insur ance Co, of Dallas, and United In surance Co. of Chicago. Each firm was charged with from three to five allegedly de ceptive practices. Each was al lowed 20 days to file replies. Indi vidual hearings are to be held In December. If, after these hearings, the FTC finds there Is basis for the charges it may 'Issue order forbidding these practices in the future. FTC Chairman Edward F. How rey said the action is aimed at false or deceptive advertising claims concerning the extent of in surance protection and benefits payable. Howrey said In a statement this first broad inquiry of its kind grew out of "a flood of letters" sent by Canada Aids Hazel Victims TORONTO -Wl ' Relief opera tions moved ahead swiftly Tues day in storm-riddled Ontario while the grim search for bodies went on in the hard-hit suburbs of western. Toronto. The death toll from the final strike of Hurricane Hazel stood at 7B in Canada. Six persons were listed as missing and presumed drowned and nine were classified as missing. A fund to aid those stricken In Friday night's storm neared the million dollar mark Monday, Us first day. A goal of 10 million dol lars was set. Survivors moved back into some flood ravaged areas and began to clear their homes of mud and water. Traffic on main roads west of Toronto moved slowly Monday, utilizing the three Humber River bridges left standing. Railway traffic was returning to normal. At Ottawa the cabinet met Tuesday to consider what form Its assistance in the recovery pro gram will take. The hurricane took a known death toll of 177 in Canada and the United States. REJECTED MANILA tin Sen. Claro M. Recto Tuesday reaffirmed that the Philippines has rejected Ja pan s 400 million dollar repara tions offer and will seek a higher amount. "14; v 1 tt . 90 SMILING IN SPITE OF THE RAIN this morning, st the early morning photographer came by, were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur LsCourit, Pelican Hotal. LaCouris was starting out to find mploymeai. policy holders who he said com plained the insurance coverage they received was not the same as advertised. The FTC complaints attacked the following alleged misrepresentations: t. Policy termination. A typical advertising claim, .it was charged, talks about "no automatic termina tion age. . . .You and your family are covered from 1 to 75." Actu ally, FTC said, most policies are renewable only at option ot me company and can be cancelled at the end o any term ior any reason. 2. Extent of coverage. FTC said Demos Plan Carson Rally A Klamath Basin rally for Joe Carson, Democratic nominee ior governor, will be held Friday at 7:45 p.m. at the courthouse. The former mayor of Portland will be Introduced by Guy Merrill, chairman of the Klamath -Falls Carson - for Governor Club. The rally will be held under auspices of the Klamath County Democratic Central Committee. Carson has had an outstanding nublic career. He Is a World War I veteran and a lawyer by profes sion. He was elected mayor oi Portland In 1932 and served two terms. In 1941, the late Fiorella , La Guardia appointed Carson inspect or general for civilian defense. At that time he was also Oregon de partment commander of tbe Amer ican Legion. Shortly after the United States entered World WarJI, Carson-was called to active duty as a reserve officer. He eventually became ex ecutive officer of the displaced per sons blanch of the Army under General Omar Bradley. He was a colonel when separated from the service. ' After his return from Europe Carson entered private law prac tice. In 1947 he was named a member of United States Maritime Commission. He served m that capacity until 1950 when maritime affairs were placed under the jurisdiction of the department of commerce. Nshru To Teur Communist China NEW DELHI, India tfl Prime Minister Nehru arrived In Peiping by plane today to begin a 10-day state visit to Communist cnina, according to reports received from the Red canital. He was given an- ovation at the airport by a vast crowd of spectators. The Indian leader flew to China from Hanoi, the North Indochina capital which the Communist-led Vietmlnh won under the Geneva agreement .ending the Indochina While in Hanoi. Nehru won a promise from Vietmlnh chief Ho Chi MInh to respect the sovereign ty of the small Indochlnese states of Laos and Cambodia. : ! V,- 'vh 'i mmm a. that, whereas benefits are adver tised "for each sickness or acci dent," many policies pay nothing for losses due to nervous disor ders, venereal disease, childbirth, dental operations and so on. 3. Maximum dollar limits. Ad vertising claims of "up to 1525 for each surgical operation" are de ceptive In many cases, said FTC, because the full amount is pay able for only one or two relatively rare operations. 4. Starting time of coverage. Al though Borne companies represent insurance as being effective when issued, FTC said, coverage for many sicknesses la dejayed until the policy has been in effect for a time such as six months for tuber culosis or heart disease. 5. Health status of the insured FTC charged many companies state they do not require medical examination, but fail to say the policy does not cover any loss traceable to a condition which existed when the policy was Issued. 6. Sale of a plan. Some com panies Imply, FTC said, that many benefits are obtainable from pur chase of a single policy for a few cents a day, when actually several policies are required to get all the advertised benefits. 7. Some advancements offer regular monthly income "even for life," FTC charged, but only in cases of total disability due to acci dental bodily Injury are lifetime payments made. H. Y. Truckers Resume Work NEW YpRK (P) Sixteen thou sand, of 24,000 striking truck dri vers returned to work Tuesday in the New York-New Jersey area, a union spokesman said. . David Kaplan, chief economist of the AFL International Brother hood of Teamsters, said 9,000 dri vers In New York and Long Island nad gone back to .their jobs as a result of individual trucking firms signing labor contracts. Monday night a group or 460 truck firms voted to continue to fight union demands for higher pay. However, before the meeting began, the employers' chief nego- tiator Joseph M. Adelizzi, said the employers' position was weakened by defections in their ranks. Coon Waives. Hearing Florin (Curley) Coon, 51-year-old Klamath Falls barber, accused of beating his wife, Lily Coon, SO, to death, waived preliminary hearing when he was arraigned on a sec ond degree murder charge Tues day before District Judge D. E. Van Vactor. "There is no use of putting the state to the expense of having a preliminary hearing," Coon told the court. "I'll wait until I get up stairs." ' Judge Van Vactor ordered the defendant held in the county jail without ball. The body of Mrs. Coon, follow ing an autopsy by Dr. George H. Adler, county coroner, was sent to Molalla, Oregon for burial from O'Hair's Memorial Chapel. Before he appeared for arraign ment, Coon said his memory oi what happened at an all night drinking and sex party in Ws wife's room in a downtown Hotel a week ago is vague. We killed most of two gallons of wine," he said. "When I went to sleep there was a few drinks left in one of the jugs. When I woke up that was gone." Police took statements from two other men who participated in the party and absolved them of any connection with the death of Mrs. Coon. "My wife was a good woman," Coon declared. "She taught school for 14 years in Rock Creek and Grass Valley. Oregon. Booze got us. If it hadn't been that we were alcoholics, I don't think we would have had any trouble. POTATO SHIPMENTS REASONS - 53-54 54-55 Dally Truck Ore. I z Dally Rail Ore. 17 t Dally Truck Calif. I 2 Dally Rail Calif. 22 9 Dally Total DUE. & CALIF, 52 19 Monthly Total 879 243 Heaaon's Total 819 357 4 Official UF Campaign To Be Dedicated The 1955 United Fund - Red Cross campaign which starts Wed nesday. October 20. will receive ofticial dedication this evening at 9:40 over radio station KFLW and at 9:45 over KFJI. Rex Dye, chairman of last year's successful drive, will open the program and Introduce the Rev. Dwayne Proett who will offer the prayer of dedication. Goal for this year is $117,133 about $10,000 more than last year's goal. Some contributions toward repeated success in Klamath Coun ty are already in. through the ef forts of Jim Patterson, chairman of the special gifts ' division, and committeemen. In preparation for the drive launching, various phases' of the fund have been activated. The neighborhood volunteer workers were scheduled to meet Tuesday afternoon at Mills School to receive final instructions for their one-day solicitation to be held Tuesday, October 36. Special speaker at the neighbor hood division meeting was Charlie Mack. Mrs. Percy Murray, divi sion chairman, was scheduled to instruct the workers and Irma Lowe, fund office secretary, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kerns, chairman of the farm equipment division and public relations coordinator respec tively, had planned a skit Illustrat ing the right and wrong ways of so liciting contributions. , The publio relations committee, under-the chairmanship of Roy Murphy, .las been at work several weeks ana nns reported good co operation from the newspaper, ra dio stations, theaters, organi zations and stores. One United Fund billboard has been placed by Standard Oil Co, two by United Outdoor Advertis ing Co. Attorney L. Orth Sisemore, chairman of the speakers bureau, has chosen the following panel of speakers: Charlie Mack, Don Sloan, Joe Hicks, Clarence Hum ble, Hal Gelger and Ernie Taylor. Taylor, first president of the United Fund Board of Directors, will speak on behalf of the fund Tuesday evenlmr at an 8 o'clock meeting of Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. employes at Falrhaven School. Several unions and organizations have requested United Fund speak ers for their meetings during the period of the campaign. All unions and organizations are urged to call the fund office, phone 39B9, to ar range for speakers. The fund helps finance seven health and welfare agencies, sev en youth groups, 11 organizations to care for needy Klamath County children and the United Defense Fund. Red Cross, with Its many services, carries on a joint cam paign with United Fund In Klam ath County. Bend Printers Call Strike BEND, Ore. Wl Printers struck the Bend Bulletin Tuesday In a dis pute over control of teletypesetter operations but the newspaper, in afternoon dally, went ahead with plans to publish. Robert Chandler, publisher, said agreement had been reached with the local union on contract terms last June but that "head officials" of the International Typographical Union refused to ratify the agree ment because of the newspaper's position on teletypesetter equip ment Jurisdiction." Teletypesetter equipment Is used to produce type from line casting machines by means of perforated i tnpe. Disputes over whether the ITU should rfave Jurisdiction over the operators producing that tape have occurred elsewhere. At Klam ath Falls and Roseburg, newspap ers have been operating for sever al years with non-union printers since being struck over that Issue. An eight-page tabloid newspaper was mailed by the union to rural and city boxholdera here In which the union said nine printers were "forced" to the action by the pub lisher's refusal "to bargain In good faith." The Bulletin's two pressmen re ported for work. They aald their union officials had advised them to continue their normal duties. The Fowler Printing Co., operat ed in the bulletin building, was affected by the strike since Its type comes from the Bulletin shop, Rain; Yind Storm Stops Mass Hunt DALLAS, Ore. (A A rain and wind storm broke over the Coast Mountains Tuesday, putting a halt to a mass search, for a missing family of three. One of the first substantial clues had fired hope that the Norman Zeiszlep family might be found, and more than a hundred volun teers were at the sheriff's offlcs at 8 a.m. when Sheriff Tony Neu feldt called the weather too bad to make the try. Three spaced shots, fired In the Fanno Mountain region west of here Monday, were reported by Mrs. Steve Addison, a ranch wife. It was only some two miles from where the Zelszler family automo bile was found last week. Since the search started, the whole area had been closed to deer hunters, to the shots were regarded by Neu. feldt as significant. He had called for volunteers to make their way througb the rugged, heavily timbered area Tuesday and Oregon State College students, state forester employes from Salem, O & O timber cruis ers, and others showed up; But as dawn broke, wind was driving a, heavy rain over the search area and much of lt was shrouded In dense fog. It would be both unlikely to produce results and might even be dangerous for searchers who might stray from their fellows, Neufeldt said, add ing, "When it blows and storms In there It's pretty bad" The try will be made Wednesday Instead, if the weather Improves. - The family, Zelszler, 33; his wife Esther, 33, and her son, Harvey Hoff, 14, all of Newport, have been unreported since they went deer hunting Oct. 9,, planning to stay only a day. 1 A crew or 40 men, aided by a helicopter, failed Monday to find a trace of them. f US Delegate Scores Reds TOUTED NATIONS, N. T. HI XT. 8. Delegate James 1. Wads worth said Tuesday the United States suspeots the Soviet Union of planning world conquest "behind their facade of disarmament state ments." He called on Moscow to accept effective Inspection and full international controls on disarma ment, t In a speech to the U. N. Assem bly's Political- Committee during the closing stages of a debate on disarmament, Wadsworth said the long discussion had shown "the differences between the Soviet Un ion and the free world are almost as great as ever." Wadsworth urged the committee to accept a Canadian resolution which would have the Disarma ment Commission o r e a t e once more a five-power group, made up ot the United States, Britain, France. Canada and Soviet Union, to continue secret negotiations en disarmament. But he did not hold out much hope of success. Murderer To Be Executed MEDFORD Wl James Norman Jensen, 25, Of Larkspur, Calif., was sentenced Tuesday to die in the state's gas chamber next Jan. 7 for the ax killing of Mrs. Fern Hlle last April. Jensen, convicted Friday night, heard Judge H. K. Hanna pro nounce sentence without show ot emotion and said "no" when asked If he wished to say anything. He had pleaded Innocent by reason of insanity. The Judge aald the Jury returned a proper verdict for "a wanton and 'cruel crime." Jensen, Just out of San Quentin prison, entered the Hlle home In a night robbery at tempt and killed Mrs. Hlle when she awakened. A hitchhiking companion, Don ald Chesley, 18, Coos Bay, also Is under indictment in the killing and will be tried next. SHOOTING HOURS a. 5 Oregon October 20 OPEN CLOSE 5:55 5:07 California October 20 OPEN CLOSE 5:52 1:17
