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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1955)
I rvM Ik 1 3 ( V - . rv In The- Day's Sews Bj FRANK JENKINS . Foreign problems stuff: West German Chancellor Ade nauer opened talks with Russian leaders in Moscow this morning by calling for the release of Ger man war prisoners still held In the Soviet Union. He declared: "It is unthinkable to establish normal relations between our slates so long as this question remains unsolved." When the war ended TEN YEARS AOO these Germans were wsr prisoners of the Rus sians. CIVILIZED warfare calls for the release of prisoners of war when war ends. -The Russians kept them. Kent them at forced labor. Kept them, that Is, AS SLAVES. Adenauer Is right. There was a time in the world when captives were regarded as war booty and were forced Into slavery. That time Is past. I hope Adenauer stands pat, Home front stuff: Confidential Magazine has been barred from the mails. This was disclosed today when the publlca- tion asked a federal district court for an order requiring the post office department to lilt the ban. The magazine, which purports to give the inside story on events and persons of prominence or no- toriety, says in its suit that the post office department order was sent out without informing the magazine of its issuance, without giving any grounds for holding up lis mailing and without any near. Jng. - . Comment? Well. I don't think much of gov ernment censorship. BUT I DON'T THINK MUCH OP THESE KEYHOLE-PEEPING SCANDAL SHEETS. They cater to the worst in hu man nature. On the business front, Sun ft Bradstreet reports this morning that shoppers Increased their spending in the nation's retail stores. Gains wore registered in both downtown and suburban shop ping centers. Total dollar volume of retail trade across the country ranged up to seven per cent higher than a year ago for the week that ended on September 7, The New York stock market turned higher again this morning after backing and filling in early trading. Rails led the advance ranging up to a point and more, with plus signs showing in most other sections and losses' scattered. Also on the business front, six additional federal reserve banks boost their discount rates from 2 per cent to 2 per cent, starting today. (The discount rate is the rate at which the federal reserve banks lend money to commercial banks, which hi turn lend to busi ness men and others.) The federal reserve board ap proved the increased rates in Its effort to head off possible infla tion. ' What does that mean? It means Jiat the red (meaning the federal reserve board) is SCARED OP TOO MUCH BOOM and Is trying to hold things down. The power of the federal reserve board to raise and lower the dis count rate is a part of our mod' em effort to bring about a mildly managed economy.' A (mildly) managed economy works snmewnat. like driving t car. When more speed Is needed, you push down on the throttle When LESS speed Is called for. tou push down on the brake. When you see bad traffic or dangerous curves ahead, you slow down". On a long, open straightaway, with no dangers visible, you speed up again. In that way, you AVOID WRECKS. High Argentine Officers Held BUENOS AIRES. Argentina () An Army general accused with four other high ranking officers of plotting a reoelllon against Presi dent Peron was reported under ar rest Friday. Authoritative sources said Brig. Gen, Delmlro Felix Videla Bala- guer, head of the Rio Cuarto gar rlson, was being held at the 3rd Motorized Regiment headquarters on the outskirts ot Buenos Aires. These Informants said It was likely Balaguer's associates in the iirst reported military plot since the abortive June 18 revolt were also under arrest in garrisons near the capital. There was no official announce ment about the five Army officers. Argentines learned of the accusa tions against them Thursday when La Epoca, a Peronista newspaper, published on Its Inside pages an order for them to appear for hearing on conspiracy charges, The publication seemed to con firm reports of unrest at the gar rison in the rich cattle and grain country of central Argentina 350 miles west of Buenos Aires. Mat. Oen. Jose Eplfanio Sot a Molina, newly named commander V t'te 2nd Army division, which In cludes the Rto Cuarto garrison, Mvned the Epoca notice. It was rioted Wedne.-day and warned the five officers if they did not appear before him within three days they faced the "penally of bein? de alercd rebels." It was the fourth reported con spiracy against Peron tMs If t caBi awft ,1 ft ips 1 Price Fin Ceats It Pages Yreka Area Blazes Said Set By Man Three small, fires west of Ga zelle and south of Yreka, were definitely declared to be man set, according to Clint Phillips, Cali fornia State Division of Forestry ranger. The fires, covering about 22 acres, have been held. In the Kidder Creek - Haves Creek area an 11,000 acre lire is about 40 per cent neld. Foresters hope to gain control of this blase in three to four days. Fire crews of about 350 men with equipment are battling this fire. The Haystack area fire Is still critical today with the north sone especially bad. Harry Crebbin, public information officer for the Klamath National Forest, said this north zone line probablw will be nmsnea tonignt. Fourteen buildings burned and forest damage of two million dollars is estimated in this area. Crews totaling 1,670 men with 31 cats are on these lines. High winds in the Callahan area are spreading an uncontrolled fire over 6.000 acres. Sterling Mountain and Indian Creek fires have been controlled and are in the mop-up stage. SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Irate fire bosses investigated a man made fire near Yreka today while thousands of firefighters fought desperately in other areas of Cal ifornia to bring major burns back uiio control alter strong winds fanned them anew again. The report on the man made fire at Yreka was made by a fire ranger who returned after bringing the blaze under control. - FIRE SET -. "There is no doubt thai fire was set purposely," the ranger was re ported as telling the head dis patcher. Forest supervisors, how ever hesitated to call it arson. The fire flamed last night on Scarface Mountain, west of Ga zelle and about 15 miles south of Yreka on Highway 99 in Northern California. The fire was between 15 and 20 miles from two other major forest fires in the Yreka area. Quick action on the part of 25 men, four forest tankers and one bulldozer brought the blase un der control after it had charred only 15 acres. EIGHTH BLAZE Fire authorities . revealed the blaze was the eighth In the same area within three weeks, and that it could not have been started by accident. Meanwhile, winds blew the big fire in the Kidder Creek area out of control, about 20 miles south west of Yreka. This blaze was fought by both state and federal foresters and efforts were made to hold it at Patterson, a small community northwest of Etna. The fire has blackened between 10.000 and 11,000 acres in a wedge- shaped section with lis flaming point headed toward the invalua ble Marble Mountain wilderness area. No communities were in lis path. HAYSTACK The Haystack fire, also in the Yreka area, was nearly under complete control today with hun dreds of firefighters planning ex tension of the backfire fire break two more miles for a total of 10. This was the fire that at one time (Continued on Pare 4) I-- N! i' j - -di stsu ENJOYING A RID!: at the carnival now boing staged on South Sixth Street back of the Safe way Slore a tlipse tv o Kl'nath Fells youni "ft. Shown at the carnival which is sponsored by the Lady To':!c Lior.t of KlsmaiS Fells end which runs through Sunday, Sept. II, are Knnth - ' "-". n I ariH-vi c'-'-en of M-. end Mrs. Francis Landrum, 825 Newcastle Street, Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Saturday. High Saturday 80; low Frid 4J. High xeslerUay 7s Low last night 41 Preclp. last 24 hours .0 Since Oct. 1 71X1 Same period laat year lo7 Normal for period ........ 12.76 Chief Denies US Defense Funds Cuts ; DENVER Mt Adm. Arthur W. Radford said after a conference with President Elssnhower Friday "there will be no changes in the basic military program" calling for detente spending of about S3i,- 750,000,000 this fiscal year. - Radford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told newsmen that reports of a cut contemplated in that program "are not correct." Radford. Eisenhower's top mili tary adviser, also differed with former President Truman. A re porter told the admiral that Tru man, in a Chicago speech Friday, had said the Eisenhower adminis tration was' making "unjustified and most dangerous cuts" in ihe nation s military power. DENIAL "I don't know of any such actions and I think I would know about thorn," Radford replied, ' adding that he wanted to make it clear that he had not read Truman's speech, ' t think we have basically a verv sound military program," Radford said. "From the stand point of security, the country was never better off." In Chicago. Truman replied: "Some of the cuts arc already made. The bad ones are contem plated." , Radford Came to Eisenhower's vacation headquarters here to dis cuss national security problems with the President. The admiral declined to go into any detail. NO CHANGES His statement thai "there will be no changes in the basic military program" calling for spending of about $37,750,000,000 in the fiscal year which started July 1 was prompted by a reporter's question with respect to published reports that the Pentagon was contempla ting an expenditure reduction of about one billion dollars. Radford said his conference with Eisenhower was not prompted by any emergency. He noted that he usually sees Eisenhower at least once a week when the President is in Washington, and added that he had "accumulated a few odds and ends," and decided to seek a con ference with the chief executive. The President went out to play golf immediately after the confer ence. COUNCIL CALLED ATHENS, Greece l.fi The Ath ens Municipal Council was called into special session Friday to ap prove a message protesting anti Greek rioting in Turkey Tuesday. The protest is being sent to mayors of capitals of all U.N. member countries and the U.N. Itself. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER y,yjT'i'Hy"'i'.-'T. v ii 5- BACK TO SCHOOL The Herald and Newt 9 o'clock photog rapher this morning snapped this scene on Alameda Avenue. Shown are students on their way to Klamath Union High School which opened its doon to students Tuesday attar the summer vacation. . KF Military Affairs Group To Assist Jet Base Airmen Integration of Ihe new Jet base The importance of the Military U.S. Air Force personnel into the community life of Klamath Falls was discussed at a meeting of USAF and chamber of commerce ofiicials held in the chamber of fices yesterday. A Military Affairs Committee was reactivated to begin the co ordination of military and civic affairs, and projects, between Klamath Fails organizations and officials, and the jet base com mander, or his designated repre sentatives. Chamber of commerce director Bob Veatch, in charge nf military affairs, announced the appointment of Max Wauchope as chairman of the committee. This committee was active during World War II when the Navy Air Base and the Marine Barracks were In full use. Linus L. Bulk, regional repre sentative, office of community service, Hamilton Air Force Bale. California, outlined the methods used to bring USAF personnel into community tile which has been used by cities of similar size to Klamath Falls on the West Coast. Moses Lake, Washington, with nearby Larson AFB, was cited as an example of - fine service and city cooperation. A four point program, suggested for the Military Committee to fol low, was outlined bv Burk. This program would include: 1. Compil- ation of a directory ot the Basin's resources: 2. Determining the in terests of the airmen through USAF questionnaires: 3. Matching of resources and interests; 4. Completing information. attk I Affairs Committee was stressed by Burk. This committee would act mainly as the liaison between the air base officials, its personnel, and Klamath Falls clubs, frater nal organizations, churches and various city officials. This method of a single group coordinating all activities has been shown to be the most efficient and effeotive method, said Burk. The USAF representative pointed out that the USAF endeavors to keep their personnel assigned to the same air base ior at least a year. In many cases, such as the higher supervisory officers, thev will stay in Klamath Falls for several years. As the officers and airmen (enlisted men) will remain in this area for some lime, every effort will be made to Integrate and welcome them into the Basin's life and activities. It Is expected that all new ar rivals will be met by Klamath Falls civic representatives. Oroups of airmen, who have arrived at the base over a period of a month or so. could be assembled and the various recreational, housing, health, schooling, etc., facilities of the Basin explained to them. The USAF has been using a recreation al preierence register, which each man fills out on arrival at a new base. This will give the Military Afiairs Committee a quick outline as to which are the most popular activities. Additional committee members v.ill be nmncd to head the various sections such as churches, irater nal organizations, service cltlb.s etc. Tlicy will be announced in the near luture. Keno Ranch Sale Reported I For a price of about $lt4.000. Mis. H. H. Hay. widow ol Henry H. Ray died in June, this week sola her 1.2W)acie ranch, near K'.no, to Harold E. Maltby ol Williams, Caliloinif). The new owner, who has already takBn poes.iion, plans to raise rejfi-itcied Hcrefoid ca'ule on the ranch. She had previously sold 120 aciea of her late .1 us band's ranch for 15. 000. M.iltbv f. large rice grower In Galiioinia. aVr:;. Ray, with her Mtrr. Mrs. Ruth Ray ihey both married broihrt.s and the lricr has bf:r-n a widuw for several sears plans to trn' ol lor a lime and then live near the home ol a daughter. Al Miinctk. realtor, handled de tails ol the sale. KKTTLEMLNT KARACHI.' Pakistan f Ofii ctal sojrcea reported Friday Uiat Pakistan and Afghanistan tiave reached a aettlement of differences which hove severely strained their relations for more than five month?. Terms were not disclosed. Tetea-aw a lilt No. 1111 Round Butte Area Near Bly Watched The local fire situation was bet ter today, although officials still dubbed it "critical." Much now depends on the weather factors of wind and humidity. At noon today the situation was about this: ROUND BUTTE: Still critical and with danger points along the fire line but being held. Lafe Stevens, WTC logging superinten dent, is fire boss at the stte. A crew of some 600 WTC men are on the blaze, which is under the supervision of KFPA. Crews from the camps and the mill except for the day sawmill crew, are on the lines and the company is Air mailing tools, equipment and lunch es. If the fire can be held today it may be In the mop-up stage DRY PRAIRIE: In the mop-up stage but could be critical in case of high winds. SUMMER LAKE RIM: Not vet controlled but looking better. Fire not spreading to any great extent dui situ ourning tnrougn rocky. steep terrain that makes fighting difficult. . GARDINER PEAK: Under con trol today after covering 150 acres in dense timber, according to word from Bob Cooper, district ranger. SOUTH FORK OF SPRAQUE: This fire has been held but is still in critical condition. Very dry, heavy smoke hindering mop-up op erations. YAMSEY MOUNTAIN: A 150 acre lire discovered yesterday on forest service land has been con trolled and "looks tood today." . DRY CREEK NO. 3: Under control. Smoke jumpers got onto the fire today and fire is con sidered held. Dry creek numbers two and three, both small fires, are out. . One great difficulty encountered by crews so far is that sparks have set small, smouldering iirea in dense reproduction which, due to the heavy cover of smoke, can not always be located. A high wind can fan these hidden fires into major blazes In a matter of minutes despite all control meas ures. A helicopter Joined in the Forest Service hunt for sleeper fires In remote areas. It flew over the Umpqua National Forest Thursday and was over the Rogue River Na tional Forest Friday. Three new small fires turned up in the Diamond Lake area of the Umpqua Forest and smoke Jump ers were dropped on a small one at Mule Peak on the Cascade Sum mit. Texas Floods Lower Slowly eaymondville, tx. in Flood-pestered south Texas resi dents crowded into dry public buildings today to keep out of soaked, soddened homes as Ihe backed-un watcis slowlv subsided. Hie sheriff's department here said that evacuation of residents from flooded areas In northwest Raymontlville hd craxed before 4 a.m. Most of the evacuees, a dep uty said, were in the courthouse but he would make no estimate of the number. Earlier, there were estimates that some 500 families would be evacuated from their homes. There were no reports of dea'hn or inlurlea "I'her at Ravmondvllle or flooded Falfurrlas. But damage to home fuinl.mlnjrs and merchan dise was feared high. Streets and highways, an official said, "took a terrific beatine." Typhoid vaccine lor 3,000 per so;i wa" Rent here by Ihe Slate Health Department. At Falfurrlas, So miles north, moit of the town was under several Inchei of wa'er from ram-swollen Clbolo and Palo Blanco creeks. The town had 1M Inches of rain In 24 hours. The flood at Raymond vllle CHme when an estimated fl inch rain Wednesday night over taxed storm sewers and drainage ditches. Workers were busv through the night attempting to I create ! town. new drainage for both No more rain was expected. MY RAISE TAIPKI, Formosa 'f Nation alist Chinese soldiers got a pay raise July 1 the equivalent of 30 cents U.S. a month. Finance Mln later P. Y. Hu announced the raise Friday. He said It was the best tne Nationalists could afford. Hsu refused to disclose the pay of a burk private.' With the raise, it la believed to be about 75 eenls a month. Russia Holds POWs Since World War II MOSCOW . West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer called on the Soviet Union's top leaders Friday to release German war prisoners held in Russia as a prelude to "normalization" of re lation between their two coun tries. 4 Opening his historic first meet ing with the Kremlin command. Adenauer also pleaded with Soviet Premier Bulganin. Communist Party boss Nikila Khrushchev and Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov to "dedicate all your energies" to speedy conclusion with the West ern Big Three of an agreement to reunify Germany. Bulganin in reply Ignored the question of the war prisoners. On reunification, he repeated the Rus sian stand that West German mem bership in NATO and the Western European Union formed the big barrier to reunion of West and East Germanv. RELATIONS The Soviet premier urged the establishment -if normal diolomat lc relations between the two gov ernments, asserting that closer contacts thus established would help in finding a solution to the unification problem. Seated across from the Russian leaaers at a long white-covered table in the white marble and gold hall of Splridonovka Palace, Adenauer asserted: "It Is unthinkable to establish normal relations between our state so long, as this question (of the prisoners) remains unsolved." (The West German government claims that nearly 100,000 Ger. mans are. still in Soviet custody. The Russians and the East Ger man Communist government Insist the number is- less than 5.000). EFFORTS In Berlin, Neue3 Deutschland. chief newspaper of the East Oer man Communist Party, said the East German government would continue its efforts "to settle fi nally and for all ot Germany" the fate of German prisoners still in Russia. It said agreement to re lease "most" of the captive Ger mans had been reached Aug. 22 between Soviet and East German representatives. Westerners viewed the Neues Deutschland editorial as confirms tion that the East German govern ment hopes to take all credit for obtaining the prisoners' freedom. Some believe Adenauer may he tola the prisoner question already is'semed. Polio Proqram Success Told PORTLAND m The polio vac cine program 'is proving to be a spectacular success In Oregon, the State Board of Health announced Thursday. There is more polio than usual In Oregon this year, yet among vao clnated children only 6 per 100.000 contracted It. Among unvaccinated children the rale was 35 per 100. 000. the board reported. These figures were for Ihe 8 to ft-vear age group In the first 35 weeks of the year. The board anld there were 144,000 children in that age group. Of these 49.000 received one or more vaccine Injections and 95,000 re ceived none. There were 34 cases of polio, 22 of them paralytic, among Ihe un vaccinated children. There were three cases, two of them paralytic, among the vaccinated children. . Dr. Samuel B. Osgood, state epidemiologist, said there have been 116 cases In Oregon so far this year, compared with a six year median of 1?9. He said the peak of the season probably will come In two weeks. The board urged children who have not received their second shot or their boost shot of vaccine to do so as soon as possible. v ' ,i- ,)v 1- itnaa-iiiaiA AaaMawaaMaaia ' - FIRE BOSS JIM FISHER had his hands full this week when h Gardiner Peak bleie ook off above the Seven Mil Creelt area was ef Fort Klamath. Jim was the man who ran the eemp end saw to It that there was plenty of food, shelter end ether necessary items for the men fighting the stubborn blaie. The Moscow government news paper I.vetua and Trud, organ ot the Soviet trade unions, warned Adenauer in editorials that he ia mistaken if he thinks he la going to get reunificalion ot Germany an his own terms. Adenauer said In asking releasa of the prisoners, he was not mak ing a "precondition," but rather underlining an essential to tha "normalization" of relations tha Soviets had listed as the purpose of his trip to Moscow. Adenauer told the Russians that the present talks twould be -only the fust of a long series which . would be necessary to arrange re lations between the Soviet Union and Western Germany, TOUGH WORDS Not mincing any words Ade nauer declared on reunification: "The establishment of this unity constitutes an obligation arising for thu four powers who after the collapse of Nationalist Socialist Germany assumed the supreme power in Germany. . . ' 'In pursuance of that responsi bility you have agreed with tha throe Western powers also to dis cuss this problem In Geneva. It is not my intention to confuse the proceedings. . . by opening up a channel for bilateral talks inde pendent of four power negotiations. But I am in duty bound to avail myself of the opportunity offered by this meeting to represent to you urgently ihe lull seriousness of this question and to discuss It with you in order to facilitate and to further your tasks at Geneva." Dock Valkout Idles Ships NEW YORK Wl Two more ports Norlolk, Va., and Boston were Idled Friday in the outgrowUs of a New York waterfront strike, but ' longshoremen In Philadelphia and Baltimore were back at work. The New York harbor walkout went Inlo Its third day while ship ping firms and the New York-New jersey- Waterfront Commission tried to get the men Back to work by court action. Scores of ships were Idle and cargoes were piling up on piers. Some 70 ships were tied up in New York Harbor. l ne striKe nas unmoDiur.ea ?u million dollars a day In export and import- shipments on the , New York-New .lersey waterfront alone. Twenty vessels were stranded by a one-dav ''holiday" of tJie Boston longshoremen.-who will return to work Saturday. Elevsn vessels were Idle In Nor folk,' where the longshoremen were attending- a series of meetings to hear reports on the New York situ ation. ' The shipping firms and' Water front Commission sought perma nent Inlunctlons against the costly walkout. i 'Copters Rescue Stranded Sailors ST. JOHNS, Nfld. tfl Hell copters of the U.S. Air Force air lifted 26 men from the Ice-trapped Norwegian seal catcher Jopeter off Greenland Thursday. Cap'.. Kurt Nakkcn And a skeleton crew of six remained behind to keep vigil aboard the helpless ship. Two helicopters carried the J men U the Tottan. another Nor wegian scaler which a r r 1 v e d Wednesday at the edge of the ice pack gripping the Jopeter. - Capt. Nakkcn and his men will await the arrival of the Klata Dan, a Danish all purpose arctic ves sel. The ship Is expected to knife through the Ice pack and put a line aboard the Jopeter. The 4811-ton Jopeter, minus her propeller, was caught In the Ice abcut 850 miles from the North Pole.
