Connie Rips
Into Carolina;
Diane On Way
WILMINGTON, N.C. Tow
rins waves and furious winds
flammed into the Carolina coast
Thursday as hurricane Connie
edged ominously toward the main,
land.
Tree limbs, shingles and other
debris flew through the air on
winds of 60 miles an hour and
higher whipping through exposed
resort areas.
The dangero& storm which
threatened a vast streich of the
seaboard from Georgetown. S. C,
north, was piling up sand and wa
ter in the streets of some North
Carolina beach towns. Most vaca
tioners and many permanent resi
dents had sought shelter inland.
"It's blowing so hard you can
hardly stand up." Police Chief
M. E. 'Williamson reported from
Wrightsville Beach, east of Wil
mington. The tide at Swann&boro, north
. of here and near Jacksonville, war
reported higher than it was dur
ing the same stage of hurricane
Haul.
Communication lines were go
ing out in many areas feeling the
force of Connie's extended outer
sali".
PIER tOST
A fishing pier on the north end
of Wrlghtsville Beach, which was
destroyed by Hazel and rebuilt,
reportedly was swept away again.
In The-
Day's Aews
BY FRANK JENKINS
' Teletype chatter:
Adlai Stevenson tells newsmen
in Chicago this morning thai he'll
disclose his political plans by the
end of November. Referring to
whether he will seek the Demo
cratic nomination next year, he
said:
I'U do what is best for my
party and not what I think, is
necessarily best ior mysell."
That's HIS 3ide of it to which
he Is fully entitled. Let's now get
OUR side of it straight.
In order to do that, we must re -
Kara Air. Stevenson as a pros
pective employee who wants a job.
We the citizens and the voters
are PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.
As employers, we want the best
possible man for the Job.
Thai's our aide of it.
There are two theories of politics:
I. To the victors belong the
spoils. .
J. The people are entitled to the
BEST POSS1ELE government.
I preler Theory. No, 3. .
Wild Woman Connie has a young
er sister. Her name is Diane.
Connie and Dians like all their
tribe were born down In the
area known as The Doldrums. The
Doldrums arc located to the north
eastward of South America and
'almost due east of the Bahama
islands which lie to the south
east of Florida. I
Here Ihev m ow im mo nuirviv, I
and migrate to the east coast of off the coast' Rivln8 "mPIe ,unc
the United States. The United ; lor Persons along the Atlantic tea
Siates has become finicky about j board to prepare,
immigrants, but no laws have yet I North Carolina s Gov. Luther
been devised that will keep outiHodSps lnaae n emergency air
these rough and tough and
together undesirable chaiaciers.
In their migrations, they'ie as
regular as the migrating birds.
TTiey begin to move in on our
East coast along In August. When
Annie or Abbie begins to kick up
a distrubance in the oiling, we
fcay "Heck! Fall's coming again."
Annie and Betty and Connie and
Diane belong to the hurricane
tribe. If you want to know what. Most of the popular beach re
it hurricane is like, fill your bath- sorts along the coast were evacu
tub with water. Then pull the plugjated as were many of the small
aim waivu. Ule aunuue Ol Ule 1
outgoing water nears the outlet of
the tub ft whirlpool will form over
the hole. The whirlpool is caused
by the water that is rushing to get
oui. in us nasie some oi the water
inisse.s the target ' and swings
around In a concentric circle to
hit the hole and set out.
If you can imagine a whirlpool
turned upside down, you will have
a perrect picture of a hurricane.
In the case of a hurricane, hot
ir al the bottom forces a hole
through a layer of cooler air above
pnd whooshea upward. Some of it
misses the hole and swiris around
in circles Just as does the water
in the whirlpool in your ba;htub.
In a hurricane, the wind SEEMS
to be blowing straieht. but in real
ity it ts going around and around
what ts known as the hurricane'?
"eye." which is a calm spot in
the middle. Just like the hole in the
water in your bathtub whirlpool.
Incidentally, the "eye" of Hurri
can Connie is i-?id a.s this is writ
yn to be slowly approaching the
Carolina coat and is currently ex
pected to reach the shoreline in,
the eeneral neighborhood of 10
o'eloclc tomyhr, Eastern daylight I
time.
Lei's close this piece with a tra
gic inciaeni that is not too uncom
mon in the early teens. It concerns
14-year-old Alfred Green, of Living
ston, New Jersey. He loM his girl.
All he knows is that her name is
Mary and she's 12. and has red
tnir.
He met her at an amusement
park U.st week and was smitten
but when -hcy parted he forgot
to ask her last name and her ad
dress and phone number. He's so
far gore about it that he's running
a hih temperature and has lost
h.i appetHP completelv. o heV
Bjkint: the police to help locate her.
and the old softies are giving him
11 the help they can. But no luck,
so far.
Comment?
I reckon he ll CROW OUT OF
IT Jut as our East coast will
grow out of the hurricane season
corns October or November.
New England was told, mean
while, it could reUu. The Boston
Weather Burecu announced Con
nie no longer appears to threaten
the New England area." A special
bulletin said the hurricane was not
liktly to threaten that region with
in the next ;6 hours. Small craft
were told they could resume nor
mal operations.
By 8 a m. winds were near hur
ricane force of 75 miles an hour
near Cape Fear, some 30 miles
couth of this port city.
The eve crept along at about 5
to 7 miles an hour toward the
northwest.
A Ion? stretch of coastline from
Georgetown, S. C, to Cape Look
out, N. C. braced for the mount
ing fury of the storm. Connie still
threatened the whole Eastern sea
board Horn Savannah to Block
Island, R. I.
NEW STORM
Even as Connie whirled her
menacing winds oif the Caro.inas
re-sort area devastated last Octo
ber by hurricane H-i?el. another
tropical storm was developing in
the Atlantic rbout 400 miles north
east of San Juan. The Miami
Weather Bureau sail the new
storm, named Diane, has winds of
50 to tfo miles near the center and
gales outwtiid 100 mites. It is ex
pected to grow stroncer steadily,
continuing its generailv northwest
movement at about 14 miles an
hour.
Paul Moore, forecaster in the
Miami storm warning center,
noted that Connie was spreading
out somewhat, thereby reducing
peak wind velocity near the cen
ter. But she is far from a dying
storm, he warned, and "we don't
want anybody to let down their
guard.
"Unless there is a radical, un
expected change." he said, "the
Georgia coast appears out of trou
ble except from rough seas."
Moore said the Georgia coast
and all other alerted sections
should stand by with full precau
tions, however.
Meantime, there were increas
ing reports of dangerous squalls
from coastal villages and towns
in the hurricane's paih.
WINDS INCREASE
Mayor Frank Collier, whose va
cation resort of Carolina Beach, I
" w5 almost oesiroyea uy i
hurricane Hazel last October.
ported increasingly high winds and
water during the night.
Gusts which he estimated
reached 75 miles an hour sent
heavy swells rolling over board
walks and lapping at summer cot-
taaes. some of them only recently ;
rebuilt. :
Officials' at wrightsvtllc Beach
Eome l'i miles south of here, re
ported water was lapping at the
city hall and had almost inun
dated the lower hall of the mile,
long beaolv strand.
Officials at both beaches cut the
r-rea's power supply as a precau
tionary measure. But at South
port, N.C., 30 miles south of here.
high wuids disrupted the power
supply end
planned to
the Coast Guard
set up emergency
measures.
Connie, which was tspotied first
tropical storm last Friday,
haa cnurneu me past tnree days
al-ilnP "'"" t-n l c a g o yesteraa.v.
where he was attending the Na
tional Governor's Contercnce. to
assist in disnstt-r preparations.
The Red Cross and Civil Delense
had hundreds of workers standing
by and the highway patrol, the
Civil Air Patrol and amateur ra
dio operators set up an emergency
:ommunicutions system.
EVACUATED
towns that StOOd in the DOSSlDle
path of the hurricane
AI Myrtle Beach the first two
rows of bench houses were ordered
evacuated 'yesterday with many oi
the townspeople and vacationers
seeking refuge in the big Ocean
Forest Hotel or at emergency sta-
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A TRIO OF FUNSTERS who keep things Jumping at PoUcIc Brothers Shrine Circut if pictured
above. Animal trainer Albert Ottermeier is shown with his performing French poodle. Moe, and
a talented goat that bean the romantic monicker, "Starless Night." The goat and the dog are
inseparable pals en and off the circus lot. The big show opens a two-day engagement Friday
with a free kiddies matinee at the fairgrounds. Complimentary ducats for boys and girls, age i
to 12, can be obtained at the circus office in the Willard Hotel. The tree matinee is spon
sored by business and professional men of Klamath Falls.
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AWAITING THE OPENING of the annual Oregon Women's Softball Tournament tonight at
Conger Field is the front line catching and pitching combination of the McCulloch Chain Saw
team of Eugene. Darlene Peake, left, is the Eugene team's receiver and Linda Walker, right,
will handle most of the mound duties for the McCulloch softballers. Eugene meets Merrill at
8:30 in one of three games tonight. The tourney opens officially at 6:30 under the Conger
lights. See sports page story.
Oregon Women's Softball Tournament Schedule
Thursday August 1 1
6:30 Forest Grove vs. Lake Oswego
8:30 Merrill vs. Eugene
8:30 Salem vs. Rogue River
. Friday August 12
1:00 Winner Forest Grove-Oswego vs. Rosebuig
1:00 Winner Merrill-Eugene vs. Oakritlge
2:45 Winner Salcm-Rogue River vs. Albany
2:45 Klamath Falls vs. Orenco Valley
Olher Friday games at Conger will be plaved at 5:00 - 7:00
Other Friday games at Recreation Field will be played
Saturday August 13
2:00 Quarter finals of the lower bracket . -7:00
Semi-finals of the lower bracket V
8:30 Semi-finals of the upper bracket
Sunday August 14
2:00 Semi-finals '
7:00 Championship game
8:30 Deciding game if necessary -
Fire Rips Through Mill '
At Yreka; $35,000 Damage
YREKA A lire causing dam
age estimated at $35,000. destroyed
the boiler building and luf) chutes
at the J. F. Sharp Lumber Com
pany just south of the city on
Highway 99 during early morning
hours today,
R. E. Sharp, local uuu;ayrr of
the mill and his fnthcr. J. F.
Sharp, owner, are in Seattle and
were not available ioi comment.
J. H. Evett. company purchas
ing octet1!., aid repahs would stiri
ai once ana umn comp eted. I
stem-oiierated mill win oc ciosctl. ; ?10nd bv but was not needed. Fire
Evett .said that quick action by j men obtained water from a nearby
nullponci.
-Mf . B B The fne was brought under con-
Work Contract ; ' .m.
Opening Delayed
Opcnimr of bids for contract
NOY 84893, which includes a com
munications and an o;)era lions
building at the Klamavh Fulls Air
Force Base, has been postponed
unit. nup.t i". '--. w.
man. Naval officer in charpe of
coastruction, announced loda;
The bids will be opened ft 'J
n.m. (PET) at the District Public
Works office at the Naval station
in Scatiie. They orku;a)ly were
to be opened next Tucdiiy.
i i'if-,fiM
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
firemen from the State Division ol
Forests and Yreka Fire Depart
mrnt was responsible for .saving
the remainder of the mill property.
The boiler building: was located
about 20 fcjt from the sawmill.
Kenneth Foster, genera) mana
ger oi the Oregon-Shasta Lumber
Company, whose mill is Adjacent ,
to the Sharp mill, reported th" J
fire at 150 a.m. today. Within j
five minutes, two State Division !
of Force's fire trucks were there
and two city fire trucks followed i
immediately A third city I ruck I
tRuse oi me me is oeing inves-
tipatcd.
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FORECAST Klamath Falls am!
vicinity: Fair thrnueh Friday. Ilieh 1
Frwlav tO Inn 1hursrl.iv niVlil Ml
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Tilth yesterday fl
Low lust night IS
Precipitation last 24 hours ... 0
To date TO
Since Oct. 1 I4.5K
Normal for period 12.44
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, IKS
at Conger Field
at Conger Field
at Conger Field
at Conger Field
at Conger Field
at Conger Field
at Conger Field
- 8:30
at 1:00 and 2:45
at Conger field
at Gem Stadium
at Gem Stadium
at Gem Stadium
at Gem Stadium
at Gem Stadium
Villa's Buried
rortune Kumor w
Said Ridiculous
MEXICO CITY (UPI Mexico's
leading authority on Pane ho Villa
said todav Villa s gold may be hid
den in Texas but he "wouldn't
spend a cent looking for It."
Ralarl Munoz, author and former
Foieicn Ministry press secretary,
'ormed ''ianta-slic" th story ot
Dolores Vasquez of Brawley, Calif..
;hnt Villa buried li, million dol
lars worth of gold coins in Texas
tjrnvrynrdi..
Munoz, who has written two books
on tlv famous revolutionary. M.
Villa was a "free spender, not the
type to bury money." I
He sr.id the only tune Villa ever'
rrot hi-: hand.i on any large amount
N old was when he "hit the Jack
pot" in a Chihuahua bank.
The bandit drilled a hole In an
iron column inside the bank and
nearly a quarter of a million dol
lars in gold coins spilled out of the
hidint? place like a slot machine
payoff. The coins were spent to
buv supplies in the United States.
The only thintjs villa ever bur-
led were caches of arms and am
tmimitirm
iliroushout Chihuahua
', ' ' ;
Miino?; said. "That was how
he was able io outsmart Mexican
authorities who, for six years, al
way thousht they had him ht the
point of exhausting his supplies."
Sl'RVKV i Another cloudburst, described as
HAKODATE. Japan Ifl The the v.orst since 1931, lashed a
142-ton Japanese weather obsei va- i moumaln resort southwest of Colo
lion ihip Yushio Maru left Thur.s- ratio Springs Wednesday, tempo
tiav lo join U.S. and Canadian ves-.tanly sirandinff about H00 tourists
fch. in a survey of the' Northern aim causing damage estimated In
Paciiic. i thousands of dollars.
Shrine Circus Press Agent
Proves Well Traveled Man,
And Crazy About Circuses
That adjective slinking emi-,sarv brr of Hie Fourth Estate aa a
iof Polaci Brother? shrine Circus cub reporter on an Illinois weekly.
I Pre.is Atem Justus Edwards
I was bark in town Thursday brat -
! Inu thr; drtiiiM for the sawduM
, rxiraviirjdiiza and mor? than ever
enthusiastic about the pntrrlain-
I mrnt due Friday and Saturday at
Klamath County Fairgrounds
' Gulliver was quite a traveie.-
'but hp had nmhimr on Edward-,
li' been wars since Lie circus i.v.iun. am imn ine time i was
public rela'iioiu chief h.. sprnt ""le ' circuses have had a
more than two nights In the same la.iclnatlon lor me. It was the clr
bi'd. His carter can be hummed cu '" however, who Interested
up in one piirase here today ml m0il-
and km. z tomorrow ' 1 br-mc a aludent of circus
, , ... . . ... liistorv and circus lore. Russell
A ;.lc from his circus dune, td- Brothpl.. clrcu, had wlnlcr .
w,,ds setyps a, a migraiorv news- f t ,penl )0l ,
nap..,- inloin-.atlon bureau. Ho ,hclt., 0n(! dav , aiove t0
kn.Avs liunti.ftis ol newjnapjrmeii ,r ,..,.,, quler, ,nd a.,k(.d ,or
?" v m'r" " ""'r ,he U,mcd .. lob and got It. Tint was In im.
-"llCV Except during World War II.
Wlirn hf appiiiii'd at Hie Herald when 1 was on Ine staff 01 Yank,
and N'-ws uiiici: Thursday imnn-uhe Army magazine, in New York,
in-.- with an armful ol pictures i nav). UPcn ,,,), circuses. For one
and publicity stones. Edwards i year I was nn the clrcua news
Mailed rattling oil the latest news si,,f 0f Billboard magazine."
about whafa going on in editorial , Besides the Polacg and Russell
rooms from Chicago lo the Pa- showi, Edwards has press agented
cmc Coast. j;or Clyde Beatty. Hia home ts In
Edwards, t former newspaper-I Chicago but he only spends a few
man himself, first became a mem- days each year In the Windy City.
Telephem 1111
Ne. 3151
Air Force
Plane Hit;
67 Men Die
STUTTGART, Germany (UP)
Two U. S. Air Force Cll Flying
Boxcars loaded with American
paratroopers collided near Stutt
gart today and crashed in flames
killing 67 men, an Air Force
spokesman announced.
The announcement by the 13th
Air Force said:
"Two Air Force CI 19 troop car
riers crashed this afternoon about
30 miles weal of Stuttgart and In
itial reports indicated that at per
sons on board were killed.
The C119s were part of a nine-
plane flight which had just taken
otf from Echtcraingen Airneld near
Stuiigurt on a training mission
with troops from Seventh Army
aboard.
ENGINE TROUBLE
"Initial reports said that one
plpne developed engine trouble just
a few minutes after takeoff, attcr
reaching a cruising level of 4000
feet.
"The crippled plane lost altitude
momentarily, then pulled up ab
ruptly across the front of another
aircraft in the formation.
"The crippled plane went down
Immediately.
The first plane to crash had
4 passengers and a crew of live
plus one loadmaster on board.
"The second plane carried 14 pas
sengers, A crew of four and a load
niasiei. "The second plane flew level for
almost one minute, then went out
ol control and nosed into the
ground.
"The accident occurred less
than 15 minutes after takeoff," the
announcement concluded.
Wrong Numbers
And False Fire
Fears Raise Hob
There was almost a fire in the
city fire department yesterday. At
least the firemen wera mighty
burned up.
The fire gong sounded 14 times
throughout the day. So 14 times
they hastily donned their fire-
fighting garb and climbed into the
truck.
And 14 times they were told that
there waa no fire. '
It seems that the slightly con
fused public had dialed the
emergency tire number. 32'J3, lor
routine calls. This automatically
rings the gong and summons tVtt
smoke-eaters.
The-correct. - number for routine
Information from the department
i 3428.
Meanwhile, the firemen are aid
staling but that's only from
the heat.
Uranium Claims
Still Pour In
LAKEVIEW The first two
days of thin week were among the
busiest In the history of the Lake
County clerk's otflce. according to
Zane Gray, county clerk.
Seventy-six mineral claims were
filed Monday and Tuesday, bring
ing the total to 283 claims filed
since the uranium strike on July
14,
Colorado Rains
Bring Big Flood
BRUSH, Colo. 11 The hev
lest raintall in 30 years sent Ilood
walers over an estimated 10,000
acres south and east of here Thurs
day and caused basements lo be
flooded In the southeast part of
town.
One woman was reported
drowned and at least 150 farm
families were homeless.
The cloudburst Wednssday nlRht
dumped up to lour Inches of rain
and hall.
At the time he decided to become
i a circus pi ess s"!nt, Edwards
was cllv editor of the Peoria, 11
linols stsr. Prior lo that he worked
on the Milwaukee fientinel and the
Chlcaao Daily News.
"It wasn't that I didn't like
newspaper work," lie explained,
"lnt oil me lo change pro-
Mystery Blast
Rips Town; 20
Dead Counted
ANDOVER, Ohio (UP) The bod-, of a laxhlmr rain and electrical
ies of two more persons weie re-1 storm during the dlnr.er hour
covered today from the wreckage Wednesday night. Most oi the vic
ot a block-long building demolished j linis, includuig 18 injured, had tak
last night by an explosion and lire. en shelter in a dairy store and an
bringing to 20 the number of dead. I adjoining restaurant when the blast,
Neither of the two new bodies
was identiiied. They.' like most of
the otheis, were burned beyond
recognition.
They were taken to a hastily as
sembled morgue in the garage of
only funeral 1
this small town s
home.
Officials attempted to Identify
the charred victims after match
ing torses with extremities which
had been counted as separate
bodies.
Rescue teams searched the
smoking ruins for more dead, and
one volunteer said "We'll be prod
ding this debus for a couple of
days.
"We haven't even gotten into the
rubble," the volunteer said. "Most
of the bodies were taken from the
top fringe of the debris.
He said rescuers worked with
Army wreckage equipment and
pick and shovels to clear away me
debris.
"We work In teams wilh each
group workiug until they are too
tired or are sickened by the smoke
and stench," he said.
The deafening explosion ripped
through the building at the height
f..J a. i'.
It"
DENNIS SWIFT, 12, 3 118
Crosby . Avenue, was looking
(or a job with the circus when
the early morning photog
rapher took this picture. He
will be interviewed at 10:15
tonight on KFLW.
Patterson Hints
At Senate Hopes
ClllCAGO ' Gov. Paul Patler.
Foil oi Oregon Admitted Wednes
day he might run lor the Senate
next vrar.
There lonir has bnen speculation
IhnL Republicans want to put htm
up auutnst ben. Wayne Mor.sc.
Phttcraon .said. aL a news con
ference at the governors' meeting
neie thai he was not now a can
didate, but added that he doesn't
exclude the possibility he might
become one.
He hI.so haid Morse lost "over-
whelrntng.y" in Repuollcan sup
pou by switchlim registration 1)
DcmocraUc last year, and did no.
gain solid Democratic backing.
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MODERN GULLIVER, Justus Edwards, press agent for Polack
Brothers Shrine Circus and an eld jungle pal are shown after
their arrival in Klamath Falls. Edwards was bubbling over with
adjectives and enthusiasm concerning this year's sawdust en
travagania which opens a two-day stand with a matinee Fri
day at the fairgrounds. The colorful press agent travels al
most continually.
happened.
Several victims trapped In the
dairy store, burned beyond recog
nition, were found seated at tables
with food before them.
Nancy Mock and Mike French.
operators of the dairy, said at least
iu .ciilJiujra wcic lit uic fiwie b
the time. Only two were accounted
lor by early today. Miss Mock and
French, who were standing outside
when the explosion rocked the
building, said they had smelled
"something like sewer gas." They
said they had no idea how many
customers were In the store at the
time.
TO HOSPITAL
The injured, many in eritical and
serious condition, were taken to
hospitals in Ashtabula, Youngstown
and conneaut.
James Strlckler, pronram oirec
tor for radio station WMTW. Mead
vllle, pa., reported from the scene
that only a pile of debris remained
where the big two-story brick I
building once eiood. It housed lour
other commercial establishments
besides the dairy and restaurant.
Two other buildings, one housing'
the Ohio Edison Telephone Co. ex
change, were gutted by ftre. as
flames spread rapidly. The town
was isolated for several hours with
out telephone service or electrte
power. Hundreds ot lines were
lclled by the heavy rain. . 1
"Rescue workers continued t
rearcb the ruins into the early
morning hours." Strickler said.
'It was a gruesome sight. Every
now and then, they would pull out
a part of a body."
MORE FOUND
Strlckler said he helped count?
bodies In the garage-morgue.
'"We matched up torsos with ex
tremities and the number reached
when I left was 25," he said.
"Three more persona were listed
officially aa missing and they (res
cuers feared there may be more."
Between 1,000 and 1.500 curiosity
seekers lammed the disaster scene
hampering rescue operations and
fue-flghtcrs. Police set roadblocks
to keep unnecessary traffic out ot
town. At one time, cars were lined
up for almost two miles and fire
apparatus from communities
I across the border In Pennsylvania
t had to turn back.
Eight fire companies with M
i pieces of equipment battled for
. more than two hours before brine-
Uranium Hunter
Target For
Claim Jumpers
BARSTOW UP A uranium
prospector told today of narrowly
escaping death when al shots were
fired at him by two claim Jumpers
In violence similar to Ule claim-stealing-
gold rush days.
Prospector Russall L. Dowell
lold sheriff's deputies he was
sleeping- in a pickup truck on his
desert claim some 30 miles north
west of here yesterday when two
men opened flic on the true.
As the first shots hit the truck.
Dowell slid to the floor of the cab
and then rolled out the door and
onto the k round. Dowell said his
two assailants were standing about
60 feet from the truck.
Dowell told authorities that after
the shooting at his truck, Ule two
claim Jumpers Jumped Into their
car and drove away. Before they
left, he said, one of them re
marked. "I guess we got him."
Two of the bullets shattered the
windshield of the truck, five
pierced the body and 10 went
through the right front door.