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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1955)
M is it ii I i lfl(Po)f?(? urn In The- Day's km By FRANK JENKINS President Elsenhower says this morning be will call a special ses sion of congress IP NECESSARY to appropriate money needed to re store to normal the flood-devas tated states In the eastern part of cur country. He made the statement to news men after a conference with the governors of the Northeastern states and representatives of the governors of North and South Car olina. He had previously flown over the devastated areas for a direct look from the air at the damage wrought by the storms and the ensuing floods. What do you think of It? I think it s SPLENDID. It will spread among all of us the burden of a disaster that 11 borne by only a few of us would be tragic and awful. That's what government is for. Civil Defense Administrator Va) Peterson estimates this morning that 15 million dollars will be need ed from the President's emergen cy fund to aid the devastated areas. Put it like this: Seventy - five million dollars SPREAD AMONG ALL OF US will amount to a shade better than 60 cents per head. I think that in cases of wide spread and crushing disaster such as this we'll all be willing to put up our share. The forest fire in the Quartz mountain area of the Fremont na tional forest it's reported to be the worst in the Fremont forest, since 1951 started in slash and ran into cutover area and NEW GROWTH. It is presumed to have been started by lightning. As this is written, it is hoped that it has been brought under control and may be prevented from spreading into virgin timber. Only a few years ago, we'd have shrugged our shoulders and said cheerfully: "No harm done." In those days, we looked upon timber as a resource to be used up and then forgotten. We thought of the lumber industry as a TEMPOR ARY industry. It cut out the virgin trees and then moved on or folded up. It's different now. In these mod ern days, we know that timber is a CROP. When it is cut. it re news itself by the growth of new trees just as a pasture that has been graaed over By livestock renews itself by growth of the grass. So While we're as anxious as ever to save the. virgin trees FOR THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT We're anxious to save the grow ing trees for the needs of the fu ture. That's quite a change. This interesting little tale has Just clicked off the teletype: The state of Oregon has pub lished Its first livestock brand book in live years. It is being distribut ed by the state department of agriculture. In its 248 pages it lists some 11,725 brands of which 8,668 are cattle brands. The oldest brand listed in the book is considered to be the first used in Oregon. During the 1848 gold rush a man named Russell Dement moved to the Myrtle Point area. He Dicked up FIVE ELK COWS, tamed them and branded ihem with the letter D. The brand is still being used by the Dement iamily in Coos county. Look at it this way: The gold of Southern Oregon was great stuff in its day. It built a town of some 10,000 at Port Or ford, where the gold supply ships anchored. When Port Ortord was destroyed by a great fire, the gold tamp supply ships moved on to the Umpqua river and built at the head of tide at Scottsburg another big town that missed by only a lew votes being chosen as Oregon's capita). Southern Oregon's gold has been mined out, but the livestock in dustry that was founded by Rus sell Dement STILL GOES ON. Tribe Council Meeting Called KLAMATH AGENCY A spe cial meeting of the general council of the Klamath Tribe has been called by Dibbon Cook, council secretary, for Friday. August 26, at 10 a.m., in the Beatty Recrea tion Hall. Notice of the meeting sent to all members of the Klamath Tribe states that the meeting is called "in compliance to a petition ad dressed to the secretary of the Klamath General Council signed by 107 enrolled members, with in structions to the secretary to give notice of a special meeting in ac cordance with Article X of the constitution and by-laws." Purposes of the meeting, as set out In the notice, are: "1. Consideration of the Teversal of the January 18. 1955, resolution creating the three man advisory and coordinating committee, and to question the constitutionality of this action, also consider any mat ters pertaining to the action, and activities of this committee. "2. Matters pertaining and con nected with the Hunting Case now pending in federal court. "3. Tribes continued representa tion In the above case and the procedure connected therewith." The notice closes with the state ment: "It u to your Interest to be present at all meetings of the Klamath Tribal Councils, to pro tect your interests, as well as to express the general thinking of the tribe." Price Fir Cent If races Fighters Control Fremont fire East Oregon Bank Robbed In Daylight UMATILLA, Ore. itf Two gun men, possibly three, who held up the Bank of Umatilla Monday, and made off with 160,000, were the object of an intensive police search in the Pacific Northwest Tuesday. Witnesses said they saw only two armed men In the smoothly ' ex ecuted daylight robbery. But Po lice Chief Charles A. Roberts said a third person probably had acted as driver of a getaway car. Roberts said he thought the hold up was the work of "experts." "They must have cased the bank for weeks to be able to operate that smoothly," he added. ARMED MEN The two armed men walked Into the bank at noon shortly after Waide deVore, the cashier, had gone to lunch. One ordered three women employes Mrs. Frank Stewart, Mrs. James Rafferty and Mrs. Vernon Stewart Into the vault while the other stood guard at the door. One of the gimmen scooped all the money in the tills and all he could find in the vault, into a shopping bag. He then locked the women Inside the vault. Through out the robbery, his demeanor was polite and "gentlemanly," the wo men said. M. H. Neff, who came Into the bank minutes later to ' cash a check, heard the women's screams from the vault and notified police. ROADBLOCKS Roadblocks were set up and planes were sent out over the East ern Oregon and Washington coun tryside In search of speeding cars. Police said they had a descrip tion of what was believed to be the getaway car. Roberts said he doubted, however, that the trio still would be using the vehicle, One of the gunmen was de scribed as young, slender and slightly over six feet tall. The other, also young, was about 5 feet, 8, with red hair cut short, and a mole on his right cheek. A spokesman for the FBI, after consulting with deVore, estimated the amount of money taken. Most of the currency was in bills rang ing from $1 to $20 but a few (100 bills also were included. Regional Swim Contest Planned First of its kind here, a swim ming meet of seven teams will be held in Klamath Falls, Sunday, August 28. Including a team from Klamath Falls, other cities entering groups will be Bend, Grants Pass, Ash land. Lakeview, Malin and Redding. Dick Hicks, local swimming coach announced the Klamath team Is looking for a sponsor. Tryouts for the local .team are being held daily at the municipal pool. RUSSIAN GOODS I NEW DELHI, India iP The; AfganisUn Embassy here Tuesday j reported a caravan of 65 trucks i carrying commercial goods trom j Russia had arrived in Kabul, the - Afghan capita, The embassy s-aid: another convoy is on the wav. The i shipments are the first sent to j Afghanistan under its new trade agreement with Russia. French Army Moroccan Area Stronghold i CASABLANCA if Armored might reach l.OUO in Morocco ; Fiench columns under fighter; alone. In Algeria, hundreds more plane cover struck Tuesday in ! casualties were reported. overwhelming strength at the) Monday night, fresh troops mountain strongholds of Moroccan tribesmen who launched an insur rection Saturday. Heavy reinforcing columns set out Monday night from Rabat and Meknes to join the already strong French forces cutting off the ba Talda area east of Oued Zem. French officials would not dls- close the number of troops em- ployed but said, "When you go in to those mountains, you don't do it with 60 men." Although' the operation was characterised as a "punitive ex pedition," French officials said there would be no "repression", which in French military termlnol- ogv means no mass executions. The main targets ot Uie expedi tion are the 4.000 Berber tribes men, formerly friendly to the French, who rode out of the hills to raid Oued Zem, where about SO Frenchmen were slaughtered and mutilated. ' Although 10 official figures for the still grrwing weekend death tell were available. French . officials acknowledged privately that it 1 0 SLEEK AND SASSY "LIBERACE," Aberdeen-Angus steer, with Elliott West, Poe Valley 4-H ex hibltor at halter, topped the 1955 Rotary-sponsored 4-H, and FFA Junior Livestock Show which opened August 21 at the fairgrounds. The grand champion of show from the Gerald West herd won the grand champion ribbon from numerous other beef cattle entries. With Elliott is his younger sister Cheryl, who showed the reserve grand champion of show, a light er weight Aberdeen Angus named "Charcoal." Elliott Vest Wins Junior Stock Ribbon A grandson and a granddaughter of the late L. A. West, "grandad- dy" of the Klamath Falls 4-H and FFA Junior Livestock Show at the county fairgrounds, swept top rib bons on beef entries into the West kit bag to capture the grand champion and reserve grand cham pion honors in this year's show. Judging of the winners was the highlight of Monday's livestock judging by L. J. Marks, Wheeler County extension agent. Exhibitor of this year's 4-H grand champion steer, 1,025-pound "Li- Fast Atlantic Flight Tried NEW YORK W Two British airmen, tryintr for a. round trip Across the Atlantic in one day, put down their twin-jet plane here Monday morning, ate a hurried and early lunch and then started streaking back to London. The fliers landed at Flovd Ben nett Field at 8:48 a.m., 7 hours and ' 31 minutes after taking; off from the London Airport. They left for home at 9:23 a.m. and hoped to make the return flight in 6 hours and 10 minutes in time for a leisurely, and slightly late, dinner. That would get them back at 9:15 p.m. London time. Their we&tward crossing time was almost, on the nose with their expectations. They had aimed to make it in V2 hours, with tail winds cutting their return time by an hour. , That would mean a 14-hour trip. covering 6.920 miles. The fliers, pilot John Hacketl and navigator Peter M. Penny, were flying a photo reconnaissance version of the ;-.oval Air "rorce's Canberra Jet bomber. Forces Strike clogged the roads moving towards the Atlas Mountains and some vil lages in the border hills were evacuated. French new:papers here called the operation the most important Kas-lsince those 30 years ago when the Riffs under fierce Abd el Krlm were put down, The French cut off the area from all traffic not escorted by military convoy. The reprisals In Morocco over shadowed similar operations in Al geria, where order apparently was more quickly restored. Th nn. nf nn.r.tinnt in P.net. em Morocco embraced the worst soreupots Oued Zcm and the towns ot Kenifra and Khourigba where similar fighting between na tionalists and French troops and settlers took place. All are 10.. miles or more inland from Casa- blanca. It was In the same area that Gen. Raymond Duva. commander of French troops in Morocco, was killed In plane orish Monday. (Earlier itory on page 71 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST S3, 1955 berace," an Aberdeen-Angus, is El - liott west, 17, son of Mr. and Mr Gerald West, Poe Valley. The am - nml, 18 months old. Is from Uie West herd. Grand champion honors are no novelty to Elliott who walked away with grand champion honoib in the 1954 show and the reserve cham pion ribbon in 1953. He also dipped into honors" lor Southdown and Hampshire sheep entries this year taking: three firsts, two second and a third place. Elliott is a senior in Henley High School. i Cheryl West, 11. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald West, took the 4-Hi reserve grand champion honor on "Charcoal," 930-pound Aberdeen Angus from the Wickiup Ranehcro herd of Santa Rosa. The two animals will go into the sale ring tonight following the big barbecue for 4-H and FFA exhib itors, their families, Rotarians and other invited guests which will be served in the grandstand. Exhibitors will be served at 4:30 p.m. Adults will be served at 5:30 p.m. during the grand entry of livestock. .Jim Johnson, Malin. took cham pionship honors in the FFA divi sion with still another Aberdeen Angus steer. Janna Warren, Wocus. look championship honors in the lhiht I : si i ,.ii iv,.- TV a - 'J jr.- Si WATCHING THE 4-H, FFA FAIR thii morning a the Klamath County Fairgrounds were Carolyn Brewer and Bobby Brower, daughter and ion of Mr. and Mn. Erwirt Brower, Henley. Carolyn wai showing her theep and Bobby a beef at the show. ; Hereford division with an animal lrom . the Liskey herd ot . white' , laces: medium Hereford top rib- bon went to Nick Shuck.. Merrill and Bill Denrbi'ii. Bonanza, topped his class of Shorthorns, any age, with a champion entry. The re serve champion ribbon in this class went to Mary Jane Fisk, Malin. Other top 4-H ribbons included: champion Hereford yearling heit er, Vincent Cheync. Henley; re serve champion Hereford cow, Catherine Ahein. Merrill; cham pion Angus yearling heifer, Nancy Warren, Wocus; champion Angus cow, Elliott West, Bonanza; cham pion dhorthorn yearling heiter, Gordon Kandra, Malin; reserve champion Shorthorn yearling heif er, Douglas Fisk, Malin. Grand champion Hereford heif er, FFA division. Ken Weatherby. Malin: reserve champion Hereford cow, FFA division, Lewis Kesler. Malm; championship Hereford steer, Jim Johnson, Malin, Hundreds of visitors have thronged the fairgrounds since the show opened Sunday. A complete list of winners in ether divisions will be published at a later date. m The .show closes tonight following the sale of livestock in the arena. Bon Rhodes, Klamath Falls auc tioneer, will cry the sale. No. 3167 1800 Acres Burned Over In Bly Area Approximately 1,800 acres of heavily timbered land on Gearhart Mountain in the Fremont Nation al Forest was burned over by a fire which was reported under con trol at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. Fremont Forest Supervisor John McDonald said that 150 fire fight ers Including SO .special fighters from Corvallls, crews from the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Camp No, Six and haying crews Horn the nearby Campbell and Hyde ranches aided in bringing the fire under control. Officials nnd fighters from the Klamath Forest Protective Association also were on hand to battle the blaze, FIRE TOPS TREES The fire, which was first report ed about H a.m. Monday, burned a fine stand of mature penderosa pine and white fir. The source of the fire was not determined but Herb Hadley, district assistant for the Bly Ranger District of the Pre. mont National Forest, said the fire started in timber slashings in the ' Deming Creek, Dutchman s Flat area near the base of Gear hart Mountain and immediately began topping, or spreading through the tops of the trees, mak ing the fire fighters' job very diffi cult. Logging contractor "Ned Putnam had six caterpillar type tractors aiding the fire crews along with four other cats from other sources, CREWS STAND BY Fire crews were standing by this afternoon to prevent any possible spread of the fire which might occur if the wind should come up. This fire was the biggest on In the F r e m o nj, Forest since the Camp Creek fire of 1951 which burned approximately 3,200 acres of timber. Fire crews prevented any dam age to a Klamath County Road Department rock crushing plant which the lire completely sur rounded. The crews were able to save the plant by wetting the plant down while the lire raged around it. U.S. Officer Faces Charge FORT LEWIS. Wash, ifi U. Col. Pnul.V. Liles of Birmingham, Ala., was charged Tuesday with collaboration with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Korea. The 1941 West Point graduate was a prisoner of the Communists from Oct. 28, 1950, until sept, l, ins.!. Liles. now serving as Ft. Lewis special services officer, was senior otflcer among the prisoners quar tered at POW Camp 12. Charges served on Liles Tues day morning by Lt. David J. Creagnn Jr., of the post Judge advocate section include giving aid and comfort to the enemy. The Ft. Lewis commanding gen eral will be the convening authority for the case.-Trial tentatively will begin here sometime In Novem ber, depending upon the availabil ity ot witnesses. Liles served 42 months In the Pa rilic during World War II. earn ing the Bronze Star, Soldier's Med al and Legion ol Merit. He toon part In the Guadalcanal. Bougain ville and Luzon campaigns. He was serving as a regimental military adviser with the tith Rc - public of Korea Division when he was captured three dayi alter the Chinese launched their attack across the Yalu River. Liles' wife. Harriet, also of Bir mingham, and their three children. Paul Jr.. 8. Donald. 6. and Pri scilla, 1, live with hlin al this base. Lakeview Uranium Report Awaited LAKEVIEW I- Uranium mine owners near here expect to hear tn about a week whether the i Atomic FneiKv Commission is! Telephone Sill renoy 10 prepare contract tor ore;clir., seismograph recording sta- hlpmenl Field geologists lor the AEC sur veyed the While King and Lucky La inlnex over Ihe weekend. Ko far. the AEC has not con tracted for anv uranium ore in this region although quality of ore In recent finds ha been reported well snnvc AEC minimum require ment' . WealJitti' FORM-AST Klamath Falls and vir-lnlty: Continued mild through Wednrfiday. High Wednesday fi; low Tuesday night 13. High yesterday. ... R7 Low last night 4ft Prerlp last 24 houra....MW .. 0 Since Oet. 1 7.00 8ame period Iml year I4.s .Normal for period. ..... . i:.M East Hood States1 Situation Studied By MARVIN L. ARROWSM1TH WASHINGTON I President Eisenhower flew over the flood de vastated Northeastern states Tues day and then pledged he would summon a special session of Con gress if necessary to assure ade quate aid. For the moment, he appealed to Americans everywhere to dig deep into their pockets and help the homeless and suffering through the Red Cross. With cities paralysed and indus tries flattened, the situation Is one requiring every agency to do everything possible, Eisenhower said. And. looking Into the future, he promised a study of flood preven tion and flood insurance possibil ities. IKE FLIES Eisenhower ilew overnight irom his vacation retreat in Colorado to have a personal luok at the flood damage and confer with governors of the afflicted states. His plan was to make a general aerial mspec. lion, but the weather was murky over New England and visibility was zero at many points. It was drizzling rain and an In. ctTumeiit lnndmg was required when his plane, the Columbine III, finally put down at Hartlord, Conn., at 8:41 a.m. Before flying on to Washington. the President conferred with the governors of the Northeastern states and representatives of the governors of North and South Caro. Una. The southern stales were hard hit when hurricanes Connie and Diane swept In from the sea. AID APPEALED It was at Hartford that Eiseiv hower appealed for quick and gen erous contributions to the Red Cross which, he noted, can spend its money without the limitations necessarily attached to govern ment funds. It was there, too. that he said he would call Congress into spec, lal session If necessary. Flying on here, the presidential plane arrived at 11:32 a.m. (The President drove straight from the airport to the White House where he planned a confer ence later In the day with Secre tary of State Dulles. The White House announced Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson would fly back from Hart ford later Tuesday and oonter with the president on tn tiooa situa tion. There was no indication whether the President planned any action relating to the disaster at this lime. IKE'S ADDRESS The President will visit Phila delphia Wednesday to address the American Bar Assn. men no win fly back to Washington and leave with Mrs. Elsenhower for Denver around & p.m. Elsenhower laid heavy stress on Red Cross contributions in his Harlford statement. He said in a broadcast; "In my opinion everybody within the sound of my voice will sleep letter tonight If he turns in every thing that ne can spare to meet this great disaster that has hap pened to our fellow Americans." Then he added: "I hope you will do it instantly so that by tomorrow night Mr. Roland Harrlnian here, the . presi dent of the Red Cross, will know that he doesn't have to be meager Pacific Coast Quake Felt By THE ASSOCIATED TRESS A strong 1 offshore earthquake waR recorded by West Coast sels- moRiaohs Tuesday snd observers placed its center off the Oregon coasl. Tie quake, slarling at 7 34:09 a.m. PST on the University of Washington seismograph at Seat tle, was estimated at magnitude 6 or 6.5 on a scale which rates the largest quakes ever recorded at An observer at Ihc Dominion As trophyMcal Observatory at Victor la, B. O. placed the quake at 380 to 400 miles southwest of Victoria. , Bn(i sniri ii .., sir0ng enough to (i0 heavy damage had It centered m populated area, tInlv.r,,lv r r.n,,., moloHist estimated the center was 5.!0 miles northwest of Berkeley, which also would place It off the Oregon coa.st. The quake la.sted 45 minutes on Ihc University of California record ing instruments, The California TnaUlute of Tech nnlORy also located the quake oil Oregon after e.sumatlritf earlier It wps further north off the const of. i British Columbia. The Callech ei. i moloithl. Dr. Charles Richter. made the reunion on the basis oi reports from Seattle and Berkeley, tion Circus Elephant Escapes In City KEf'NEWICX. Wn.ih. if- A big circus elephant broke his chain stomped through an east side resi dential district here Monday night and brought scores ol frantic calls to police. Aboul 150 employes of the Ring llivf Bros., Barnum k Bailey Circus finally cornered the animal at an Intersection and put him back where he belonged. No one was injured but the ele- nhant smashed a dozen fences and I tore up some lawns and flower beds. or: stingy in the allocations ha makes to these areas." Harriman joined in the dramatlo presidential plea, and pointed out that the federal and state govern ments are restricted by law ai to the amount of aid which can be provided In such , situations. The President told newsmen he wanted to make sure that federal agencies were not "meager or stingy" in dealing with the flood created problems. He said the federal government will go into business at once on a long range flood prevention pro gram including insurance to pre vent losses such as suffered during this flood. After the presidential confer ence. Civil Dciensc Administrator Peterson estimated 75 million dol lars would be needed from the President's emergency fund to aid ' the devastated areas. Peterson said there now is ill,. 600,000 In the fund.' The President, he said, will ask leaders of Con gress for permission to make al locations extending the credit of the government up to the amount needed. In Eastern Plane Crash CHARLESTON. S. C. tP) A flaming Cllft Flying Boxcar crashed, exploded and burned In a Negro, residential area near the Charleston Air Force Base Tues day, killing nine or more airmen and civilians. The base public information of. flee said five of the 11 crew mem bers were killed. None of the aix survivors was believed Injured critically. Bodies of four civilians were found shortly after firemen and policemen were able to probe the wreckage of the plane and three houses lt hit In the densely popu lated Liberty Park community. Flaming debris was hurled over a wide area. The plane waa on a routine night flight. DEAD CREWMAN The Air Force Identified ttie dead crewmen as Capt. Robert L. McNeal of Wlndber, Pa,, the pilot; 1st Lt. Francis L. McShane, North Charleston. S. C; tad Lt. James John Maher, Wilks, Barre. Pa.; Airman 3. C. Keith Halls, Smool, Wyo.; and Airman 2. C, John W. Olahn, Cincinnati, Ohio. None of the injured crewmen was from the Pacific Northwest. The CI 19 was attached to tile 58th Troop Carrier Wing of the 18th Air Force. It had taken off with another military transport ship. A North Charleston fireman said he heard both planes and saw two tremendous flashes of fire from the one that crashed about 2 a.m. FIHE SPREAD The fireman, whose unit was the first to reach the site, said, "There was fire everywhere. A man who had been sitting on the road eat ing a watermelon an Id he saw the plane coming In and one engine was on fire." A propeller flew 100 yards, through the window of a fourth house, injuring a sleeping man and his wife. Only the three houses actually hit bv Darts of the plane burned. Chemicals and water, sprayed quickly on the plane and nearby houses, prooaoiy saved many lives. Worker Killed On Dam Job THE DALLES ifi One man was killed and six Injured when a large wooden panel being moved into place for a concrete form, broke up and fell on the Washington side of The Dalles Dam Tuesday morn ing. H. B. Elder, resident engineer al the dam. identified the victim as Charles Beagle, about 69 or 60, a carpenter from Lyle, Wash. The names of the other Injured men were not Immediately avail able, he said, but added that the first hospital reports Indicated their hurls were no, critical. The accident occurred shortly nftr-r 8 a. m. at the site of fish ladder construction. A crane was swinging a wooden panel, about 30 feet lomr and 10 or 12 feet high, to where a crew of carpenters was waiting to put It Into place as part of a form for concrete. Suddenly, Elder said, from some cause not determined, the panel I broke up, slammed down into men standing atop already poured con- crete, and shattered a scaffolding on which other men were stand ing. Some ot the men were hurled 30 to 40 feet down to the base of the concrete wall where they land ed on litter from the falling scaf fold. Others clung to the concrete wall on which they had been stand ing. RACK TO WORK NANTES. Fiance, im Thirteen thousand striking shipyard work ers went back to work Tuesday after a week of rioting which cauied ihe death of one man. wounned scores and forced the yards to shut down. The workers demanded a raise of 40 francs an hour (about 11 cents, an average boost of 2ft per cent. Both aides finally agreed to resume negotiations Wednesday. Nine Killed
