Herald and news., August 19, 1955, Page 1, Image 1

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In The
Br FRANK JENKINS
Sad news:
Sergeant James Gallagher was
sentenced today by court martial
to confinement at hard labor for
lile. The sentencing came shortly
after he was convicted of various
offenses, lncludine Uie unpremedi
tated murder of two fellow Ameri
can prisoners of war while in a
North Korean prison camp.
He was also found guilty of
charges involving mistreating and
Informing on fellow Korean war
prisoners and collaborating with
the Chinese reds.
T- suppose ahere have to be bad
apples in every barrel. Let's think
of the, MILLIONS UPON MIL
LIONS of good apples in our
armed services barrel.
In addition to the other damage
they wrought in their binges, Con
nie and Diane took a heavy toll
of Southern and- Eastern crops.
North Carolina's Governor Luth
er Hodges reports between 22 and
27 million dollars of lost farm
products, mostly tobacco and corn.
Virginia expects to lose about 3'3
million dollars worth of bright
leaf tobacco raw material for
cigarettes In one area along
the North Carolina border.
They also exacted a heavy crop
toll as they advanced northward
through the rich farming districts
of Maryland. Pennsylvania. New
York and all of New England.
T sometimes wonder If intelli
gent, businesslike, nationwide crop
insurance wouldn't be worth more
in the long run than all these ef
forts to support the prices of cer
tain farm crops thus building
up huge surpluses to hang like a
dark cloud over the markets,
Speaking of losses:
Dr. Harry Kingman, represent
ing an organization known as Live
stock Conservation, Inc., tells the
American Veterinarian association
at its annual meeting now In ses
sion at Minneapolis that American
livestock men lose TWO BILLION
dollars per year through mishand
ling and disease and parasite at
tacks on their animals.
' He Adds that this amounts to
about ONE-FIFTH of the annual
Income from meat, milk, hides and
wool.
The job of veterinary science is
to CUT DOWN these losses.
Speaking of science and its job,
the American Society of Agronomy
(soil scientists) is meeting this
week at Davis, which is the agri
cultural part of the University of
California campus.
These soil scientists report that
they are working on a cotton prob
lem. It Isn t concerned with cotton
FIBER. Instead, it has to do with
cotton seed, from which we get
cottonseed oil and cottonseed meal.
As of now, and over all the years
of the past, pigment glands in cot
ton seeds DISCOLOR the oil, thus
reducing its market quality.
The scientists report that they
have under development several
promising strains of cotton which
have few or NO pigment glands in
their seeds,
And
University of Washington re
searchers report to their fellow re
searchers at the Davis meeting
that they have found that nitrogen
makes forests grow faster.
They applied nitrogen to a 30-
ear-old stand or Douglas fir and
carefully observed the results. The
trees, they say, grew much faster
in height and diameter. This was
especially true of the LARGER
trees. '
The importance of that state
ment lies in the fact that under
natural conditions larger and older
trees tend to grow slower than
smaller and younger trees.
That Is to say:
As our VIRGIN forests decline,
we are forced to rely on new
growth for our needs in the way
of lumber and wood fiber. By the
use of fertilizer, we can SPEED
l"P timber growth.
So much for science.
Let's now take a look at SU
PERSTITION which is non-
science.
On the island of Formosa su
perstitious peasants are kneeling
in worship before a newly-caught
400-pound TURTLE. They believe
its size indicates that it has been
influenced by something SUPER
NATURAL. Red Hat Day
Chief Named
Virsril Davis of the Klamath
Sportsmen Association has been
appointed chairman of Red Hat
Day for Klamath County by Gov
ernor Paul Patterson.
Purposes of the program are to
encourage better sportsmanship
practices among hunters, prevent
fires in timbered and range areas,
promote greater caution and in
creased safety in hunting, foster
proper respect for the property
and riahts ol others, and encour
age observance of game laws.
Oregon recogniaes the need for
such an effort in view of the fact
that last year 13 were killed and
?1 wounded as a result of hunting
accidents and carelessness in the
handling of firearms. In addition,
more than 300 fires on forest and
range lands sere credited to hunt
ers. Red Hat Day has been set for
September 23. Assisting Davis in
Klamath County are Dr. R. A.
Vsood. Harvev Martin, Harvev Mor
tin. Lynn Ziegeuneyer and Ray
:llwgs.
Oafs lews
Patterson,
Thornton In
SALEM on Arty. Gen. Robert
Y. Thornton heatedly accused 0v.
Paul Patterson rriosy of "a bare
faced evasion of the trua fact"
in connection with the Liauor Com
mission investigation. 1 '' s
The bitter controversy between
the Republican governor 'and' trie
Democratic attorney general' cen
ters about Gov, Patterson's state
ment Thursdav that he had oven
Thornton a complete report of-the
Liquor Commission's investlgfuen
of charges that its employes ac
cepted bribes ana guts Horn dis
tillers. '
Gov. Patterson had. said that
Thornton's statement, to. the effect
that the governor had refused te
give him the report, is "not true."
STATEMENT
;
Thornton said Friday that, the
governor's statement "Is a, bare
faced evasion of the true facts and
an insult to the intelligence f the
people of Oregon." .
Thornton said the governor had
publicly called him a "ltar"4n sav
ing Thornton's accusation ! sec
recy was "not true.:: , , ;
Thornton said - Friday . that the
governor gave him only a, -letter
outlining part of the . report. ,
'I received this dummy report;"
Thornton said, "on Feb. - 2t, . 163,
and immediately wrote Gov. Pat
terson asklnr for the full contents.
, He answered by refusing -nhy
request. I wrote again astai.g Tor
the material. I never received
reply to my second letter."
Thornton added:
PUBLIC BUSINESS " ""' i
"This is the public's business
and the public is entitled to' a run
and complete disclosure of this
secret data without any further
dodging or stalling by anyone, In
cluding both the governor and the
Oregon Liauor Control Commis
sion." . . i '
The affair came to a head, ear
Her this week when Circuit Judge
George R. Duncan ruled ' against
Thornton in the latter's suit te ob
tain ail of the records in the in
vestigation. .'. .;
The investigation 'was conducted
by Robert F. Maguire, Portland
attorney who had been hired, by
the commission to make, .the in
vestigation.
The governor said Thursday tket
the Multnomah Oounty district at
torney, William Lana-lay, alse 1
the complete report.. He itii ie
law gives Laiujley the. duty ej fil
ing anv criminal charge U the
report shows, any laws werervio-
lated. .,; : -,
ArmySergecnt
Found Guilty '
NEW YORK 11 -r A court Jnar
tial Friday found Sgt. James O.
Gallagher guilty of killing- two fel
low Gis in a Jted Chinese arises
camp and sentenced him te life
Imprisonment at hard labor.
Col. Harmon Broylea, court pres
ident, announced Oallagher would
be dishonorably discharged from
the Army and would forfeit all
pay and allowances.
Tne court of eight officers de
liberated but 20 minutes in fixing
the sentence. It earlier deliberated
almost five hours in reaching the
guilty verdict. . t
Gallagher was found innocent In
the death of a third prisoner and
innocent of having advised the
Chinese to shoot still another OI,
Gallagher's normally ruddy com
plexion paled at the murder ver
dict. His mother, Mrs. Use Oal
lagher, and his two sisters, all in
the courtroom, appeared nervous
but gave no outward display of
emotion, - ' t
dallagher, 33, of Brooklyn, Was
accused of throning three Ameri
cans from a prison camp hut into
rigid outside temperatures and
leaving them to die. -
Unpremeditated murder is the
equivalent of second-degree- murd
er. The maximum penalty Is life
imprisonment at hard labor. - -
The court relumed verdicts of
Innocent on two specifications.:
It found him Innocent in the
death of one of the three soldiers,
an American prisoner of war, in
1951 In Korea.
Controversy
Federal Judge To Give Rule
On Tulelake Soldier's Case
' SAN PRAKCISCO (UP) Feder
al Judge Louis E. Goodman has
' agreed tn rule on a - question of
! jurisdiction, that 'could -affect--the
I prosecution of three GI turacoau
I who recently returned from volun-
tary exile in Red China.
I Tne question came up In Oood
) man's court yesterday during - ar
guments on a writ of habeas cor
pus for former prisoner, of war
,'ohn D. Martin,- M, Tulelake. I
Martin is being held by. Sixth
Army authorities for court martial
cn charges he gave aid to the
enemy while in a North Korean
prison camp. - .
Defense attorney Robert Earmoa
argued that under a new federal
law, the military has Jurisdiction
to court martial for of lenses com
mitted during a prior enlistment
only if the ease Is net triable in
civilian court.
Harmon will defend tumeaats
Ortho Bell and William C. Cewart
against charges, similar t ttiete
against Martin.
The attornav arejuee! that the
tharres agiinat MarUa are k
mmm
Meat .CetU Fagea .
In Eastern
Train Crash
MARKED TREE, Ark. "Ml Four
care 'of a' fast passenger train
jumped the track ntar nere Fri
day, killing five persons and crit
ically injuring; two others.
A physician, we iirst at tne
scene of the wreck of the Frisco's
Jnsaa City-Florida special said
lepre or-mora were euuwiy nun
and 13 others were treated for
relatively minor Injuries.
"Pour ' were killed in the crash.
The fifth, an unldentlned woman.
perished few hours later in a
Memphis Hospital.
Trie Identified dead:
Mrs. -Xdith Randall Rinker, 25.
of" Maoon, - OS., and her child,
Glen, Patricia Jane Crawford-
Kansas City, Kan., and the dining
car' chef, William Richards, oa
Bonner Springs, Kan.
CRITICALLY HURT '.' " '
The critically hurt were taken to
Memphis hospitals. Most other in
jured were moved to jonesnoro,
Ark., or nearby towns. Some were
treated at an emergency hospital
here. . . . j .
The accident occurred when the
next 'te last car of the train, a
sleeping car, jumped the track and
struck two'freight ears on a siding.
An adjoining dining car also was
pulled off the track. The front end
of the dining car and tne oacK
end ' o," - the sleeping . car were
oeved in.
; The standing freight cars were
shunted dewa an embankment.
Mrs. Nellie Tochsch of Denver,
ai passenger, ' said the crash
knocked her from her seat and "a
soldier came fir jig over on top
of me." s ;. '.
She was net injured.
Aside iront the diner and the
one passenger car, remainder of
the train remained on the track.
'The -two cars involved did not
lui ever
' The Rev. H.' J.'Couehman, past
er rt" a- Methodist Church near the
seene, - heard the "crash while he
waa- at his church. ;
t inonifiD ' ,
.iWh the aid of "hi wife and
the chureh janltvr, he started
summoning ill available aid, in
cluding women parisheners of the
oh-ureh, who helped in eatabliahing
an emergency hospital in a churoh
httildtng. . v --The
Rev. Mr. couchman esti
mated .that besides -those- in
jured 'seriously-enough te' require
hospitalise tien, perhaps 50 persons
were treated at the improvised
ieospitat for minor, injuries -and
heck.".; 1 " '
The wreck occurred at 1:30 a.m.
(COT). The diesel-powered train
of 1 J cars had left Kansas Oity
at. 11 '2 Thursday night and was
due in Memphis, Twin., 40 miles
southeast of here,, at 10 a.m.
..At the time the train was mov
ing . along a 20-foot embankment
southeast ef the Marked Tree de
pot. '
Ambulances and doctors were
called from Memphis - and from
nearby Arkansas cities.
Tultlakt School
lids Opened
, Louis Kswoloivskl of Madras was
aTfiperenUy low bidder on construc
tion of a new Tulelake high school
buildmc with his bid of IIM.OOO.
The . acceptance" of the bid is sub
ject to approval by the divisions
of architecture of the state of Cal
foma. . :'." '. '
jMur other bids were ODened
Thuriday afternoon In the office of
the . superintendent ol Slstlyru
County schools at Yrelca. They
were submitted by Duncan Construction-
Company and Sllva Con
struction. Company, hoih of Klam
ath Falls: H. a. Carl of Salem and
Pacific Xmplre Builders of San
Francisco. . -. , .
Architect -for the project Is How
ard ft. Perrin'of Klamath FalU.
same ai thoie of the federal
charge of treason. He told Judge
Goodman that fllnce treason come3
under 'federal - court Jurisdiction,
the military could not try Martin.
Gooaman said the petition for a
writ presented extraordinary cir
cumstances" and asked U.S. Atty.
Richard Foster, to answer Harmon.
He- gave both attorneys a week to
fUe brief. .....
."Thl may be .-the unusual and
extraordinary ca3t where irrepar
able, damage might be done," the
judge said.,
Martin Is . charged . with broad
casting propaganda between June,
isol, and Apnl, ltal, while in
North Korean prison camp. He
was hororably discharged from
the Army in Augujt, IMS, and
subsequently, reenlls'.ed. He was
net charged with the offense until
lam April. ,
The Martin case parallels those
against turn cm ta Bell, Cowart and
Lewis nr. Ortrg In that the three
nnen vera dishonorably discharged
from the Army after thee elected
t namatm-u, etwaualst China,
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SETTING READY for the 4-H FFA Lives oc I; Slinw tills weekend at the county fairgroundi
are theie two riders. Jumping the huivilo is Ca-ol Voody of the 4-H Junior Bronct. Bob Drace
of the KC Wranglers watcliej. They v-ill eon-po-tc viih 18 other 4-H riding club members in
the horse showmanship division of the event Sundjy afternoon. This competition will include
riding and handling.
Air Transport
Hits Mounfim
HAWTHORNE. Ncv (UP) A
tTtin-engined Air Force trcnporL;
plane slammed into the top ol n j
6000-foot mountain peak too-.ty iind
burned furiously, killing a'. J-jasi ;
tour airmen.
The crash occurred a'xmt 1 30 1
a.m., PDT in the rutted Cilli-i 1
Mountain range about 13 miles .
northeast of here and a lew mile;
east of nearby Walker Lake. 'Iho
scene Is about 120 miles sovuhcati'.
of Reno.
Lndersheriff John Tanunl re
turned from the wreckaa:? to re
port "Tliere's at least iour bodies;
and pos&xuly five. ' 1
'Ever-thlnp; ha bp i.-d ' 1
It -that we httven't dciermiitta ior
sure yet." he said.
The bodies 01 tne four ninnm
known dead were seen m t'n, "
twisted wreckage of Hie pilots :
compartment.
Tarrant reported the wrrcna-ie!
was 'pretty well spread out" wuli
the exception of the two wmi.
The1 engines, torn loose lmm i'ie
luselage by the impact o t!v ,
crash, were found 500 1o 700 yiudsi
away from the wrcckntc. I
Klamath Company
Wins Base Old I
SEATTLE iV Pmniirer anil
Watkins Co. at Klatmilh --.i -
mltted the low bid lhu..scmv to
constructing a coninninicaiions u im
operations buiidmu at t.ie ;s.l:tinn-.li
Falls Ah Force Ha -e.
The bid was $77,330. ju.,L ILK 1
under the bid of J. G. cw-
structlon Co. of Portland. Tiie only
other bid was $83,093 by i.lonlson
Kniidsen Co. of Seattle and Boixe.
Morrisoti-Kmidsen subir.iaed liv '
only bid ior construction ol rond
and storage areas, It v.:ts siO.'o
Bids were opened at the UUi t
Naval District hcadquanei-s.
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WCA License
Order Studied
WASHINGTON l.fi A licaiin?
cn a permanent licence lur West
Co:,-st Airlines Co. was completed
- 11 in. nuum i-imnj- ia-iuic vivii
Aeronautics Board (CAB) Exam-
I iner Edward Stodola.
I Stodola set Sept. 9 as the dead
line for filing briefs in connection I
with the first CAB action to grant '
a local service airline permanent
ccrtilication under new legislation.
The pvoposed order Involves
soi-vice to 25 airports In Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho. Service
to eight other points Ik. pi-noosed
tor a temporary, 3-ycar certifica
tion. ,
Ouieclions to poi'llons of Ihn pro
posed oi-dei; were voiced Friday
by -spokesmrn for West Coast Air-iv-ies
nnd Hie cities of Pendleton
and North Bend. Ore.
G. Hiniihon Beasley, West Coast
eNccufive vice president, testilled
Pendleton should be included In
the pcrmament cerllcinte instead
of In the temporary category as
the order proposes. This view was
backed by statements submitted
for the citv.
Mayor Eruin Haulley of North
Bend ul'.'ied that designation of the
North Bend-Coos Bay Airport be
clumped by eliminating Coos Bay
froai the name.
The examiner will write an Ini
tial decision after studyir.e Hip
biicfs. His decision then goes to
the CAB Itself. "
Barley Queen's
Post Sought
TULELAKE Ciindldntrs for
hurley queen are sclllnir tickets this
v iok in a rnce for the crown. The
winner, to be named September 2
;it a free dance sofinorrd bv Tule
lke Post. No. 8700, Veteran of
rnreiifii Wars, will be feted during
the annual Tulelnkc-Butte VHlley
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Pce-Wee SHdham's orchestra will
pl.'iy for the dance in the AmericHn
Legion Hall. W. K. Hamilton is
Hiiiicr chaiiinan. Mi. W. E. Ham
ilton will ehapeione the quern and
her four nrinces:-cs.
J. R. Stringer is In
ihr rova'iv contest.
Oills nf jewelry will be p resent od
U Kliunnlli Falls Jewelers. Rlrkya.
.?. C. Renif. mid Rofer-s Jnwelerf.
Tlie Jim Wlnde Buick Cotnpanj.
Khunnth Fails, will furnish a car i another realtor in the same area. ' President's vacation headquar
: ii- the parade appearance of the; "I didn't say anything about my iters here indicated It might raise
i our. lit noon on September S. Oriental background," Lee said the wholesale cost of Imported
The court will shop In Klniiinlli lodny, "but told him 1 didn't have! models in the United States bv
Fulls In the near future for formal a let ol money and that I wanted; (rotn $1 to S3 If foreign manulac
owns to be presented by the to buv a lot." hirers add the duty Increase to
VFW Post Lee liner said his wile returned , their selling price.
CiHitosiniits are Marietta Mill!- m Caliloinln In see about the lot Tnere were no figures available
Newell. Jiinet Hchwelitert, Tu
Wake. Ruth Kalina. Malhi. Mr-li-ne
Vacknitr. Merrill and Twyla
Johiu.on. Donis.
Sheriffs Posse
Plans Lake Yisit
L'-avii.K their liu.Mv sti-rd.s be
hind, nif rubers of the Kin ninth
L' unly .Si.erili'n Pu.v.e v. ill mount
a Greyhound bus and travel lo
I iirU-view Sunday lor a buckaioo
bi'.ikl,ist.
'I he hi c-.i kfa l served nl thr rod
;-i';ii(Kls will be iUr kieitoll event
oi I.iikview noun.iup which
uiii-ii.. July 3.
Members ol Hie sIkmiUW pue
v. ill rid their hor-r- to the rodeo
vt.a bfictt lo Klamath FalU LaM.
.vi'iii" the po;
rode to Lake -
view but had their horses relumed
lure by truck.
Krnie Me"-ner, l.aiteview rodeo
rhxiiman. vi ill be hott at the buck-1
aioo uieakast.
Coast Drenched In
Wake Of Hurricane
PHILADELPHIA -f Torrential
rsa.s swept northward along the
New England coast Friday, leav
ina In Uieir wake one of the vorat
floods ever to afflict the Eastern
section of the United States.
At least 'XI persons were itport
cd killed, and damage waa esti
mated in the millions of dollars, In
the drenching storm that de
veloped alter Hurricane Diane
spent its tiny In the Carolinaa.
Nine suae?. Pennsylvania, New!
Jersey, Maryland., Massachusetts, I
Connecticut, ermont, Rhode
Island, Virginia and New York
and the District of Columbia were
hit bv he Hoods.
Pennsylvania, counted H dead
ei'ht drowned, four killed in auto
accident aim two eloctrocuted;
Famed Diver
Denied Right
To Buy Home
GARDEN GROVE, Calif., (UP1
Two-time ' U.S. Olympic diving
champion Dr. Sammy Lee was
denied a chance to buy a home In
a land development because of his
Korean ancestry. It waa learned
lodav..
Mrs. Leota Johnston, wife of the
land developer, D. E. Johnston,
said they turned Leo ana his ex
pectant wile down "two or three
months ado" because of the ."fi
nancial ilsk Involved. i
"We've invested Just about
everything we've got In this, and
to sen 11 to someone like that could
put a damper on a good number
ul other sales," Mrs. Johnston
said.
B I! VERS SCREENED
Lee now is a major In the Army
Medical Corps stationed at Camp
Carson, Colo,
The development In which Lee
tried to buy a home consists of 16
lots amid an orange grove. John
ston is building three-bedroom
homes ranging In value Ironi
y 7n04l In Mil noil nn th Int. atiH
selling fhpm In fnrafullv nvnmA
buyers. Mrs. Johnston said. Five
homes have been built ao tar.
"As far as we ourselves are con
cerned. Mrs, Johnston said. 'we
would have no objections to having
the Lees as our neighbors, but
anyone spending that, much money
ior a nome would ininit twice,"
I TURNED DOWN ' ' '
Johnston -is a 34-year-old Navy
veteran, Mrs. Johnston said. : He
was a contractor before opening
up tne development
In a 'copyrighted story, the San
Francisco Chronicle said that Lee
on two occasions was turned down
in his elforts to buy a home In
the area. -
FORT CARSON, Colo., (UPI
Dr. Sammy Lee, the world's
greatest diver and winner of
America's highest award for
sportsmanship, said today he still
wanten "to put my roots" in
Southern Calllornia soli although
ne twice was denied homes there
becnuee ol his Korean ancestry.
The 35-year-old eye, ear and
nose specialist whose wile, Rosa
lind, is expecting their first baby
this week, rclused to lose heart
because real estate agents declined
to sell him homes in Garden
Grove, a new Southern Calllornia
residential development near San
la Ana.
LEAVE ARMY
Lee skid he planned lo resign
Horn the Anny alter 13 years of
.-service so- he could "become a
purt of community life In Southern
Cnllfornla, where 1 was raised."
He said he went lo Southern
Calllornia and saw several medi
cal school classmates at Garden
Orovc and "I decided this is prob
ably the place where I can put
my roots."
Lee snid he first attempted to'
buy a $12,000 house Horn a rcalj
estate nealer whom Lee refused
; to identify, Lcc snid the realtor
told him, "I'm sorry, doctor, but !
1 have tc eat and I'd lose my Job!
tir selling to a non-white. The rest.
el '.he tracts will tell you the samel
charge of ihliv unless you go to the S3S.0OO Elsenhower today ordered an tin
tlrss 'mediate 50 per cent tarlfl hike on
VAI.LFS imor I
L-e Si't'i he didn't have Vlo.000,
but he thought that might be hl3 i
unly chance, s;i i.c culled on'
, t'-nd l-ie "aeeni said tne value ol
the pioperly wouin atop so osaiy mere appeareu 10 ue a auwu
If he sold to me that he wouldn't chance that any Increase at whole
lie able to sill the rei-l ol the sale probably would be passed on
lionw." to bike riders.
At the same time the real estate ! In ordering the duty hike. Ttlsen--Lian
v.as turning down Mrs. Lee a hower concurred with findings by
proiiosal to buy the properly, her the Tarlfl Commission lhal the
husband was attending a luncheon American bicvele industry has
at th" White Hou.-e as a guest oi ' "sulferecl serious Injury or the
President Eisenhower. Tlie Presi- threat ol serious U.jury Irom in
dent had called loaethcr a group creased Imports resulting in part
ol prominent Americans to dls-
:u.-- the nation's Juvenile delin
quency problem.
Sports Bulletin
M.OHF.NCE. SC. if. Carole
Jo Kaijlei of Hoxeourg. Ore., shoot
ing one, over par xolf, trimmed
-In Anne G-mderion r.f Klrkland,
Wash , 4 and 3, Friday In the fln
Ki ol the U.S. doll Assn. girls'
j Junior championship.
LHioir ,io won iour notes in a
row. two with birdies, starting
at Nn. 1. and was 3 up at the
turn. Sue closed out her opponent
inn a par lour on the IJth.
onf drowned in Virginia, and Rhod
island: two men were electrocuted
by fallen power lines In Massa
chusetts and a third killed cn a
highway in that state; a land
slide killed three In Vermont.
Pennsylvania's anthracite region
waa among the hardest hit.
WITHOUT WATER
Scranton, the fourth largest city
in Pennsylvania, with a population
of over 130,000 waa without water.
Mayor James T. Hanlon declared
a state of emergency. All busi
ness places and Industrial plants
were ordered closed. The Red
Cross hauled water by truck 10
the city's six hospitals.
Hanlon said the flood waters had
burst water mains, creating ex
treme health and fire hazards.
Not far away the city of Ta
maqua, on the bunks of the turbu.
lent Schuylkill, also was under
emergency status. Thousands of
residents, driven from their homes
by muddy waters that rose up to
six feet in most downtown streets,
slept in churches and schools.
Three. of the town's four fire en.
glnes were disabled and emer
gency service was being provided
by Hasleton, some 30 miles away.
PHONE SERVICE QUT
Tamaqua'a telephone service
and power waa cut off before mid-
night, and moat of it was still dis
abled, at noon Friday.
Hasleton, Itself, functioned tinder
trying conditions. All the hard coal
mines in the region were idle be
cause of high water. The rainfall
around Haaelton probably waa the
highest ever recorded during a 38
hour span. It measured 11,1 Inches.
The Weather Bureau reported
severe flooding along the entire
length of the Delaware which ex.
tended from New York, through
Eastern Pennsylvania and into a
good portion of New Jersey.
crest stagea were reported about
the same or slightly higher than
me great nooa ol 1903. Tamaqua,
Incidentally, hadn't had a flood in
53 years.
WATER CRE8T
The Delaware crested at 3S feet
at Port Jervis. N.Y., break rng a
dike along tha bank. It waa 38 lee-,
at Easton, Pa., and 31 feet In
Western Mew Jersey where the
water was reported at eight ttet
above flood atage and still rising
before nOOn.
Hundreds of - Yoads and bridge
were washed out, isolating many
communities and stranding thous
ands of motorists. Trains, too. were
stopped by the rising tide.
In Port Jervis, busy summer
vacation 'Tegort In --the FoconoR
Countv. ,about 1,300 persons were
evacuated from their homes. May
or James E. Cole declared a state
of emergency and placed eivil da.
fense plans into effect.
The two-day storm'.; deluged
Western Massachusetts and: Con
necticut, Here, too,' towns ; were
lsolsted. ' , '
EMERGENCY DECLARED
A state of emergency was de
clared in Worcester where nine
inches of rain fell in less than 34
hours. The towns of New Boston.
Russell and Otis were cut off by
the rising waters in the Farming
ton River Valley which runs from
the Berkshire Into Connecticut.
Scores of 'helicopters . were
pressed into service by all branch.
of the armed services. The
Coast Guard also used amphibious
ducks and an amphibian plane to
evacuate persons, some clinging
hazardously to trees or standing on
rooftops of their flooded homes.
The major rivers Involved were
the Schuylkill and Delaware in
Pennsylvania, the Delaware and
Ramapo in New Jersey, the Del
aware In New York, the Potomac
In Virginia, District of Columbia
and Maryland, the Westfleld In
Massachusetts, and the Naugatuck
and the Mad in Connecticut.
Hundreds of other small
streams and creeks overflowed as
the heavy rains fell throughout the
night.
Ike Increases
Bicycle Tariff
FRASB.R, Colo. President
911 iniportco oicycies to proieci
American producers from "serious
injury.' .
In announcing the action, the
, here on tne encci at reiau, on
Irom tariff concessions
F,lsenhower aoproved an In
crease of from the present 1'i per
cent to 11 1 per cent in the duty
on the value of the popular Im
ported large wheel lightweight
models. Thote are bikes with a
wheel diameter o more than
inches, weighing less than 3
pounds,
The Tariff Commiasion had
recommended an Increase to Wj
per cent ol the value on such
models.
The President went along with
the commission on its call for i
hike from the present 16 per cent
to lt per cent ef the value on
all ether Wtporle Mine,