HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 31.
1955
PAGE EIGHT
Port Chicago
Hearings Held
FAIRFIELD (UP) investi
gating House Aimed Services Suo
commlttee moved to Fairfield to
rf.v fnr final hetrinas which could
determine the late of the naval
ammunition depot at Port Chicago.
ntm Kiihcommlttee. headed by
Hep. Melvin Price (D-Illi. will
' hear arguments on a proposal to
Integrate the Port Chicago depot
with a requested Army ammuni
tion depot in Uie rouero jiuia ui
Solano Ccunly.
Funds have been budgeted, but
not appropriated for the Army in
stallation. Yesterday at Marline, the five-
man subcommittee nearo leaur-
of Contra Costa County argue that
Port Chicago's depot should be
"removed entirely" from that
county.
More than 150 residents appear
ed to protest a Navy proposal to
acquire some 450O acres of land
around the present Installation for
uie as a "buffer strip" to prevent
another disastrous explosion such
as the 1M4 tragedy which killed
324 persons.
Spokesmen for surrounding com- jath County Farm Bureau centers
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Oregon Vets'
Advice Given
BEN ROBINSON
Farm Bureau
Meet Slated
The annual meeting of the Klam-
expansion would force 1500 tarn-
-rilies to move ana wouia emuumtc
Port Chicago and Nichols.
Attorney Thomas M. Carlson of
Richmond, representing the Contra
V'Cosla Board of Supervisors. niBln
"tained Uie land occupied by the
-,S0O-acre liistallalion was vastly
more valuable as an Industrial site.
Carlson said that the uncertain
,.Ltatus of the depot has Impaired
f property values of surrounding
ereas and worked a considerable
hardship on residents.
m.- ...KHnmmHif nlnna to re-
i buuvuiiii,
I port its findings to the full Armed
. snrviees Committee at the next
aession of congress.
I Education Board
-To Ask Funds
PORTLAND Wt The State
Board of Higher Education decided
i Tuesday to ask the State Emer
gency Board for an additional 189,-
000 needed for construction of
Portland State College's first new
classroom building.
The board reported low bids for
the four-story structure to be lo
cated In downtown Portland totaled
about (039.000. Only (850,000 is
available for the project.
Dr. J. F. Cramer, president of
the college, reported that a meet
ing with emergency board mem
bers had been scheduled at Salem
for Sept. 9 to hear the request for
the additional funds.
William E. Walsh of Coos Bay,
a member of the committee, aald
Ihe funds affected not Just the
single building but "the plan for
luture expansion of the college."
The other members. Bernard
Mninwaring, Salem, and Lelf Fin
seth, Dallas, predicted that the
next session of the Legislature
would be fared with urgent de
mands for further expansion of the
college.
ly Fairgrounds Monday, Septem
ber 5.
Guest speaker at the pel luck
dinner in Joan's Kitchen, Monday
evening, starting at 6:30, will be
Ben Robinson of LaUrande. Rob
inson is president of the Oregon
Farm Bureau Federation and this
will be the first visit of a state
president to a Klamath County
meeting in many years.
The meeting Is open to the pub
lic and membership In the Farm
Bureau Is not a requirement lor
attendaucc.
Those attending the potluck din
ner are asked to bring table serv
ice lor themselves and family. Ice
cream and coffee will be furnif-hed
and entertainment for the smaller
children will be provided.
Officers for the coming year will
be elected at the annual meeting
Monday.
Former Klamath
Resident Dies
Mrs. Rose O. Bell, mother of
the late Bob Longuevllle of Klam
ath Falls, died last Tuesday in
Redmond after a long illness.
She is survived by her widower,
Delmar Bell of Redmond. The
Bells are former residents of Klam
ath Falls. Other survivors are two
grandchildren, Cecllle and Nikola
Longuevllle, children of Mrs, Jack
Roper, 2080 Etna Street.
Funeral services will be held in
Redmond and interment will be
in Klamath Memorial Park at 3:30
p.m. Thursday.
CLOSING OUT SALE
continual
KLAMATH FURNITURE CO.
' 221 Main
World War II and Korean vet
erans were reminded this week
of their possible entitlement to
state of Oregon educational bene
fits while attending college, main
school cashes, or business, voca
tional, technical or other accredit
ed schools. '
Raymond E. Pettvy, education
al officer for the Oregon male De
partment of Veterans' Affairs, aald
Ntudems should establish eligibility
ana me tncir application terms
immediately with his ottice. Appli
cations by mail should go to the
Salem oil ice, in Ihe Slate iinance
building. They may be filed In per
son at eitncr tne Salem or Port
land oflices, or through county vet-
erans' service officers. The nec
essary fornis are also available at
most schools.
State aid pays the veteran (SO
a month while enrolled in a full
time undergraduate college course,
or $35 a month for any other ac
crcaited course requiruig at least
40 classroom hours of attendance
monthly. Attendance of less than
40 hours a month will pay at the
rate of 87 'a cents per classroom
hour, .
To be entitled, the veteran must
have been an Oregon resident for
nt least one year prior to his
World War II or Korean service,
and- he must have served at least
nix months. The Korean veteran
must have served in Korea.
The benefit Is paid for as many
months as the veteran spent
service, to a maximum of 36
months.
Stale aid is not payable at the
same time the veteran is receiving
educational benefits under the
icdcral UI bill. It cannot be paid
ior corresponoence wora, nor tor
nobby courses. There Is no dead
line for Korean veterans. World
War II veterans must begin train
ing before December 31, 1956,
Harry Dexter White Probe
Turns Up Official Papers
Man Killed By
Falling Pole
AUMSVILLE, Ore.'U A power
pole snapped and fell to the ground
Tuesday killing one man and ser
iously Injuring another when an
automobile struck a guy wire
which was holding up the pole.
Axel Carlson, 28, Albany, was
killed outright, and Don Double
dee, 30, Albany, suffered burns and
other Injuries when the 40-foot pole
they were working on toppled, pin
ning them to the ground.
The driver of the automobile was
Identified by Dep. Coroner Wendel
Weddel as Tharon Valarida, 19. a
transient farm worker. Valarida
was not cited by police.
Carlson and Doubledee were
stringing.a new power line for the
Pacillc Power and Light Co. at the
time of the accident.
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CONCORD, N.H. url The chair
man of the Senate Internal Be-!
eurlty subcommittee aava a broad
I inquiry Into influences exerted en
U.S. policy In China and luropa
wai aided by a hearing yesterday
on the late Harry Dexter White.
Sen. James O. Eastland (D-
Mlsa) aald also that an "Indivi
dual" he did not identify will be
Investigated loon on the basis of
documents found in White's sum
mer home In Fltzwllllim.a N.H.,
and turned over to him.
The material was gathered b7
New Hampshire Arty. Oen. Louis
O. Wyman, who dug into a big
cardboard box' for an hour and
half at the hearing and produced
files of correspondence, olfieisl
papers and photographs. .;
White was assistant aeeretary of
Treasury In the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations, a post he
left In 1946 to become U. S. direc
tor of the International Monetary
Fund.
White, the center of severs! con
gressional investigations into
charges he passed Information to
the Communists, died at his sum
mer home in 1948. three days af
ter he denied before the House
Un-American Activities Committee
that he never was a Communist or
engaged In espionage.
Among the documents produced
by Wyman were:
A communication' stamped "se
cret," sent to Treasury Secretary
Henry MorgenUieu Jr. ' by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Dec. 13, 142,
Inviting him to name a representa
tive to a planning group on the
formation of as Office of Strategic
serrlaes. Morgenthsu earned
White. ;
Air unsigned-la iter .to President
Truman, dated July 13, 1946, sug
gesting "programs lor internation-
al control of atomic energy for
peace and so as not to annoy the
Russians." . - '
A copy or a July i, 145, iener
from White to Prol. Philip Jessup
of Columbia University telling of
wnne a interest la creation Of "a
world eenter -for economic prob
lems at Columbia" -and in hlch
he 11 id "I waa stimulated in this
by my conversation , with Prof,
Bystioff of the. Soviet Embsssv."
A-War Department order dated
July 24, 194. exempting White
rrom customs inspection because
of his diplomatic capacity.
Several "workers' song books,"
one of which contained, the phrase
"Lenin, our leader."
Correspondence indicating White
had a dinner engagement with
Prof. Byjtroff and. acknowledging
a gift of wine and eigarettes from
the Soviet Purchasing Commission.
Correspondence- in which White
urged former Vice President
Henry Wallace to form . a third
party.
Another of White's narjers turned
over to the Eastland subcommittee
contained a detsiled Secret Service
report on the theft of secret nDer
at the United .Nations Conference
in San Francisco; in 194a.-.
The., missing papers carried
White's official government num
ber "M." The secret Service re
port indicated the missing-papers
were recovered but did not ssv
where er how.
Chamber Plans
Health Meet
Some 400 business executives.
Including personnel managers, med
ical directors, safety supervisors,
and othera concerned with indus
trial health problems, will gather
from all parts of the region for
the aecond annual Pacific North
west Industrial Health Conference
to be held In Portland September
12 and 13.
Nationally recognized leaders In
the field of industrial health will
bo In Portland to participate in
the panels, symposiums and dis
cussions on such subjects as health
programs for small plants, health
Insurance in Industry, making use
of community health resources and
the cardiac as an employe.
Speakers include such men as
the chairman of the American
Medical Association's Council on
Industrial Health, the medical di
rector of ripnpral Ptrnltim the
second vice president of Metropoli
tan L.ne insurance company, tne
personnel manr fnr ijiivwri
the general manager for Sutherland
rapcr vuuipany. tne meaical ai
rector for Tacoma Smelter, the
safety supervisor for Portland Gas
and Coke Company and a promi
nent cardiologist from Boston.
Invitations have been sent out
from the conference headquarters
in the Portland Chamber of Com
merce office tn firms inHvi4iiale
and other chambers of commerce
in tne region.
All meetings will ho hrlH In the
Multnomah Hotel in Portland.
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