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MMl) LIS? IPUfflU : . tf-y I MF You don't vote! 42 Gn Board Big Airliner Feared Lost - ----- - - - - - --- - - - ----- Price Five Cents It Fes KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1954 Telephone 8111 No. 2951 . j. NEW YORK (ffl The Navy In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS On the eve ol Election Day in the Year ol Our Lord A.D. 1954, I'd like to offer this Immortal stanza from Kipling's Recessional as a thought for all of us when we go to the polls tomorrow: The tumult and the shouting dies; The Captains and the Kings de part: ' ' Still stands Thine ancient sacri fice. An humble and a contrite heart. When we go to the polls tomor row, let's go with humble and con trite hearts. Let's forget the tu mult and the shouting of the past weeks. They're over. Let's vote our convictions. What ever they are. Let's forget the per sonal abuse and the personal at tacks. In the heat of battle, many things are done that have no bear ing on what the battle is being fought for. That is true In the heat of political campaigns. Let's do' our best tomorrow to determine IN OUR OWN MINDS which candidate is the best for our city, our county, our state and OUR COUNTRY and vote for him, regardless of all other considera tions. I think everyone who has ever voted in a free election feels a sense of Brave responsibility when 'he enters the 'voting jbooth and picks up the pencil and faces the ballot lying mere before nun. When we go to vote tomorrow. let's all be guided in our deci- Bions by that sense of responsibili ty. Let's forget all petty consider ations. Let's remember that the right to vote our convictions in a FREE AND SECRET election has been bought at the cost of RIVERS of blood. Down through the ages, an im mense share of the blessings that have come to mankind has come as a result of good government. As long as Rome had good gov- 1 ernment, its people prospered and the world benefited. When good government in Rome was succeed ed by bad government, the world changed for the worse. France Is basically the richest eonntry in Europe. Its people are among the most loveable in Eu rope. France is In a terrible mess. This mess has come about be cause of bad government. Bad government has come to the peo ple of France because the French have not been discriminating . enough in their voting. The result has been bad government and a mess. Drive over the Rio Grande someday. Note the difference on the two sides. The climate, the soil, the general body of resources, are equal. The difference Is due to govern ment. An example on the other side. Switzerland, surrounded by po tential enemies, has remained an Island of sanity and progress. I. Why? Because the Swiss have insisted on good government OR ELSE. Because they have Insisted on it, they have had it. There is only one way in free countries lo have good govern ment. To have good government we must get Into government the best men available. When we vote tomorrow, let's vote with that thought uppermost bi our minds. Couple Injured In Car Mishap A California couple. Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Streeter, 2648 77th Avenue. Oakland, was taken to the Klamath Valley Hospital this morning after their car went out of control on Highway 97 near the Kalpine mill on the Klamath Riv er. According to investigating offi cers, S,treeter who was driving, started to pass two cars when the car ahead of him also started to pass the lead car. In attempting to slow down and get back Into the right hand lane the Streeter ear went out of control and rolled over. Extent of injuries to the Streeter couple were not available at press time but hospital authorities stated they were not considered serious. Cubans Vote For President HAVANA, Cuba (Jfi Cubans voted under partly cloudy skies Monday in a presidential election that, through the last minute with diawal of Ramon Grau San Mar tin, is returning Fulgencio Batista unopposed to the island's white house. A 72-year-old former President, Grau quit the race Sunday night after the live-man superior elec toral tribunal unanimously reject ed his request for postponement, of the election 8 or 10 days. He de nounced the election as a farce and called for a voters' boycott. Batista, the one-time army ser- geant revolutionary who forced his way bark to the top in a 1952 coup, countered this attack in a television speech. He said Grau pulled out "because he knows he cannot win" and urged a full turn, out. How many would vote was still to be determined, but there were good-sized crowds standing in line outside many Havana polls they opened at 8 a.m. Cuban air force planes roared over the island and along the coast today to spot any potential irouDie. Motorcycle policemen pa troled the streets. About 20,000 armed men police, soldiers and sailors, stood guard at Cuba's 8, 319 polling places and at other stra tegic spots to maintain order. The first casualty of the election came in the village of Carlos Ro i&s. Government sources said the brother of a politician shot another man in a quarrel. Langell Dam Reconstructed Construction on the willow Val ley reservoir near the head of Langell Valley was nearing com pletion last week and with instal lation of control gates in the reser voir will be ready for the storage of next spring's run-off-, water. Reconstruction of the dam, start ed about 60 days ago, will increase the storage facilities from 3,500 to 9,000 acre feet of water, accord ing to Lloyd Gift, director of the Willow Valley Irrigation District. Approximately 40,000 yards of dirt and rock have been added to the former structure. The daip now is about one half mile in length. Seven cats, bull-dozers and car ryalls owned by Jack Schaffer, Langell Valley; Barney Hooper, Midland; the Langell Valley Soir Conservation District and Lloyd Gift, Lorella were in operation during the peak of the construc tion period. When filled the reservoir will in undate approximately 800 acres of ground. The Oregon State Game Com mission has stated it will plant Crapple, Blueglll and Bass in the reservoir next spring, according to Gift. WILLOW VALLEY RESERVOIR neari completion at the head of Langell Valley. Picture shows part of the 800 acres to be inundated when the reservoir fills with runoff water next spring. The rebuilt storage reservoir will have capacity of approximately 9,000 acre feet of water. Statement By Adlai Ridiculed WASHINGTON l.f The White House Monday labeled "ridicu lous "Adlai Stevenson's assertion that President Eisenhower has af firmed Republican campaign ma terial which Stevenson said was "standard Communist propagan da." With the congressional campaign in its final hours, James C. Hager ty, presidential press secretary, was asked for comment on the re mark Stevenson made in a New York speech Saturday night. "I have no other comment ex cept to say it's just ridiculous," Hagerty replied. Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential nominee, told a party rally in his New York speech: PROPOSITION "Not just the vice president and the Republican campaigners, but now the President himself has af firmed the proposition that our prosperity has been achieved in the past only at the price of war and bloodshed. "This of course has been stand ard Communist' propaganda for years and is believed by many to prove that the United States is ready to precipitate war. in order to save capitalism." Stevenson added he was sure that Elsenhower "must have spok en thoughtlessly and carelessly." Vice President Nixon has de nounced what he termed Steven son's smear attack on Eisenhow er, and plans to reply to the for mer Illinois governor in a nation wide address Monday night. Nixon will speak for 20 minutes from Denver, starting at 9 p.m EST, and Eisenhower will speak during the final 10 minutes of the election eve get ous wie vote telecast and broadcast, , IKE TO SPEAK The President will speak Infor mally without a prepared text. .The--chief executive and Mrs- Eisenhower, legal residents of New- York, already have cast absentee ballots in Tuesday s election. In response to questions, Hager- ly said the President has "no special plans" for Tuesday eve ningelection night. Hagerty said he assumed that Eisenhower will get election returns at the White House, but added that it is quite unlikely there will be White House comment on t h e outcome in ad vance of Eisenhower's news con ference scheduled for Wednesday morning. SHOOTING HOURS Oregon- November 2 OPEN CLOSE 6:11 4:46 California ' November 2 OPEN CLOSE 6:07 5:02 ft -..w,, FT-! MRS. ROBERT M. EVANSON, Modesto, California, died instantly tn a two car crash near Don't Shell Service Station at Wocus Saturday. Foreground from left, Harold Hollis and Bill Mills, remove body of Mrs; Evanson to Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. The Evanton't new 1954 Oldsmobile in background. I United Fund Awards Slated Sixteen more United Fund-Red Cross award winners were due for recognition at today's noon report meeting at the Wlllard Hotel. In line for certificates and Oscars were LaPointe's, Miller's Depart ment Store, Sears. Roebuck and Co., Union Oil, J. W. Kerns, KPJI, Lorenz Co., Dunbar . Robinson Agency, U.S. National Bank,. Ma nn Elementary school and Sum mers School. Oscar winners at the meeting in cluded Graham Bros., Weisf ield's Jewelers. Mann Piano Co., Pacltic Fruit Express and First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Certificates are won by firms for near one hundred per cent sup port of the in-plant payroll deduc tion plan; oscars are recognition for outstanding support by a firm and its employes. Fund officials have credited the apparent slowness of the drive so far to present emphasis- on poli tics. An announcement Mondpy morning from the office showed reports and donations are increan- lng and the enthusiasm among workers is continuing. Commercial students from Klamath Union High School are still donating service hours In the United Fund office. Movies remain available to schools or organizational groups and may be secured by contacting the fund office, phone 6096 or 3989. Radio Station Begins Sending HILLSBORO IM KRTV, a new radio station at Hlllsboro, began regular broadcasts Saturday on 1360 kilocycles with 1,000 watte ol power. Harold Singleton is president and Herb E v e r 1 1 1 manager of the station which serves the Tualatin Valley area west of Portland. 3 'USw -1 ' -v ",', ' v-' -. 'i, United Fund-Red Cross Drive Goal $117,132 To Dote $ 55,514 Goal To Go $ 61,618 Man Injured In Car Wreck Ed Priaulx, Chlloquln, suffered fractured leg Sunday night In 'an accident involving three cars near Sand Creek on Highway 97 north of here, according to Oregon State Police. According to the accident report telephoned here by State Police Officer William O. Hazelwood of Gilchristi Priaulx crashed into the rear of a car operated by R a y Edward Downs. -Bend, that had been pushing another enr driven by Ray William Holt, Campbell, California. The Downs and Holt vehicles were both parked on the roadway,, the report stated. Priaulx Is receiving treatment at the Klamath Valley Hospital, his condition is not considered serious. Night Spot To Be Reopened TULELAKE Sale of Cal-Ore Tavern, lamed night spot of ear lier days, located just south of the California state line on Highway 97 was made known today. The new owner is Charles Fay, Woodland Hills. California, in the San Fernando Valley. The night spot that once drew motion picture and other celebri ties was sold by Mr. and Mrs. French Johnson, Tulclakc, ior an undisclosed sum. The Johnsons paid $30,000 for the property at auction three years ago. The prop erty has been closed for some time. An extensive remodeling pro-J gram is under way with the addi tion of a modern coffee phop and bar. There will be dancing and featured entertainment evenings. Fay is a former nssnciate of the Sears, Roebuck Company in Caltfornia. The opening date is tentatively set for November 20 to coincide with completion of the new free way across the Dorris Hill. Red Bombers Hit Islands TAIPEH. Formosa Wi Nine Russian-built bombers under jet fighter escort Monday bombed the Nationalist Tachen Islands 200 miles north of Formosa ior the first time, official advisers said. The defense ministry said one of tne raiders was shot down, prc- sumaoly by ground lire. Official reports from the islands believed by some to be marked for CommunLst invasion said the twin-engine bombers came over at noon, dropping bombs which killed flv pcrns and wounded nine. These reports said the bombers were accompanied by Jet and proprller-drivcn fighters. The pro peller escorts were llghtem, sim ilar to the Mustang of World War II. The Jets were not described but the Chinese Reds ere known to have MlOs based la that area. -t.' toif 1 f 1 v. ..VJ kiwi's Highway Crash Kills Woman Positive identification of the Cal ifornia woman killed in a - car- pickup crash at Wocus about noon Saturday has definitely been estab lished as Mrs. Robert M. Evanson, 56, 808 Dawn Drive, Modesto, Cal- uornia, - ' , The accident occurred when a pickup operated Klamath, County by John Mitchell 7 1 8 North Uth Street, started to make a left turn 14 directly in front of the southbound Evanson car. The Evanson woman was killed when the car in which she was riding rolled over pinning her un Traffic Fatalities 1954 derneath. Death was instantaneous, officers stated. Robert Evanson, 55, driver of the car and husband of the dead woman was taken to the Klamath Valley Hospital by Kaler's Am bulance where he was given med ical attention and released. He was not seriously hurt. Mitchell was cited by police for failure to drive on the right side of the highway, and a passenger In his pickup, Charles Edison, Eu gene, was arrested for being drunk on a public highway. Evanson stated he and his wife were returning from a vacation trip to the north at the time of the ill-fated mishap. Mitchell told officers he was turning Into Don's Shell Service Station at Wocus when the crash occurred. r Man Admits Killing Girl BEAVER FALLS, Pa. Ifl Eli jah Thompson, a 23-year-old un employed laborer, has confessed to the killing of Helen Jenn Bry ant, 18, a atuto policeman testified Monday at a hearing at which Thompson, was held for grand Jury action. Siate Police Sgt. John Krzlon fcaid Thompson, a Negro, Saturday night admitted slaying the pretty high school Rlrl. KrzUm said Bea ver County Dlst. Atty. Richard P. Stewart was present when Thomp son admitted the killing. The partially nudo body of the girl was found Saturday covered with leaves and dirt on a hillside nenr her home. Thompson was remanded to the county Jail. He did not enter a plea. He is a neighbor of the slain All qulppa, (Pa.) high school sopho more. He was arrested Saturday some 12 hours after the girl's body was found. Her head had been crushed. POTATO SHIPMENTS SEASONS 53-54 54-55 Dally Truck Ore. 10 12 Dally Hall Ore. 21 e Dally Truck Calif. 1 Dally Kail Calif. 65 Dally Total OKK. ft CALIF. 103 15 Monthly Total 1309 408 Se.ioo'i Tout 1449 Ki Man Feared Slain Turns Up Unhurt LOS ANGELES Wl An ousted union welfare fund official, who vanished Oct. 7 and was feared slain, has returned here under police guard. John E. Fuller, 3D, fired last July as administrator of the fund of an AFL Sheet Metal Workers local, explained to newsmen Sun day that he went into hiding be cause he feared for his life. His disappearance was ' similar to that of a Las Vegas, Nev., offi cial of tile same union James Hartley, 33. Only Hartley's body was discovered March 13 in a shallow grave on the desert after wind had whipped sand away from one arm. , After Fuller vanished, his wife produced a letter he had Instructed her to give police if he were slain or missing for U hours. Officers snid the letter disclosed that Full er knew much about Hartley's slaying. The letter also told of plans to overthrow top officials of tna union. , Fuller and Sheldon Rich, 52, both were Questioned bv nollce Sun day concerning the slaying. Rich is being extradited from Washington, D. C, on suspicion of notorious 'cohabitation In Las Ve gas, Officers Bay that the .23 cali ber rifle which killed Hartley was found in Rich's car in Washing ton. The gun was Identified by ballistics tests. Police said that Fuller bought the gun in Las Vegas in 1953. But in his letter. Fuller wrote that he gave the gun to Thomas B. Han ley, a former international repre sentative of the union. U.S. Requests Military Plan UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (ffl The United States Monday urged the United Nations to approve a plan aimed at wider participation of member nations in any military action against future aggression. The plan is under consideration by tlie General Assembly's 60-na- tlon Political Committee. It calls upon all U. N. members who can not actually send troops to provide supplies and equipment for the U. N. forces. U. 8, Delegate Charles Henry Mahoney told the committee this plan would correct collective se curity weakness which showed up in the Korean conflict. "I think tt is generally recog nized," Mahoney said, "that the burdens of collective resistance against aggression in Korea could have been shared lflore equitab ly." Representatives of Cuba, Turkey and Britain Joined in supporting the principles advanced by the collective measures committee. 9.0'sJodiSpedat v.. .1 ' V!- .JJMM AN EXTRA 30 WINKS each morning it Post Office clerks' reward with the new opening time of 8:30 a.m. which was effected today. Smiling approval over 'the change from 8 to 8:30 a.m. are Howard Johnson, left, and Harold Hicks. All windows will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m, except the money order window, which opens at 9 e.m.j closet at 5 p.m. threw 200 planes and 35 surface craft into a wide-ranging search Monday for a big Navy transport aircraft missing over the Atlantic with 4a persona aboard. It had mot been heard from since late Saturday on a flight from Mary land to Africa via the Azores, Planes from England, the Eu ropean continent. North Africa and the United States Joined in a needle-ln-the-ocean hunt,' They swept back and forth aoross a no-mile band, on the great circle route from the Jersey Coast to the Azores. The Weather Bureau in New York said water temperatures In tne search area ranged from the mid-60s up. To the south the sky was clear, but in the northern, cooler parts of the ribbon of ocean there were thunderstorms Mon day. , , The missing plane carried 31 passengers, including two wom en, wives of U.S. officers and five children. There were 21 crewmen aboard because the big ship was carrying an extra complete crew . to tne Azores to pick up another plane. None of those aboard was from the Paclflo Northwest. The tour-engine Lockheed Super. Constellation was last heard from at 11 p.m. Saturday, two hours aft er it had taken off from Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. At the time it was 300 miles at sea. The flight was the second at tempt made by those aboard .to get to the Azores and Forty Lyautey -in Africa. The Navy said they had taken off earlier Saturday in an other plane but had to turn back 214 hours later when the plane de veloped trouble. They transferred to the now missing plane and ' started out again. A vast Navy and Coast Guard search for the plane started early yesterday after shore bases failed to receive the regular hourly flight report.- Navy officials said the plane had only enough fuel to stay In the air until 10 a.m. yesterday. By eve ning they announced that It was "presumed lost." The Navy said the plane was equipped with five life rafts, each designed to hold 30 men. There were also 103 life preservers aboard. . , ; - . The missing aircraft Was hunt-' ed along a 210-mile band stretch, ing from the U. S. Eastern Sea board across the Atlantic to the Azores. Taking part in the effort were two aircraft carriers, nine de stroyers, four transports, two Coast Guard cutters and hundreds of planes, The missing transport plane car ried a 21-man"crew and 21 pas sengers, including 8 civilians and 3 Air Force olilcers. The other pasengers were Navy men being shipped to new stations. One entire family was missing with the plane. Lt. Gilbert Jacob sen, 25, of Brooklyn, was flying to his station in North Africa with his wife Ida, 24, and their 2-year-old twin boy and girl. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair Tuesday; high Tues day 62; low Monday night 28. Hlfth yesterday i -59 Low last night ...33 Preclp. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 , .29 Same period last year 1.44 Normal for period .. 1.08 - WW Jf v J
