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mm - UNITED FUND-RED CROSS Air Wing Commander Bob Beach rides a stovepipe which is symbolic of the jet age. The funds drive, renamed "Operation Fair Share," has been regeared to the jet age. Campaign workers will be called stovepipe jock eys, the nickname applied to jet pilots. The UF-RC drive is scheduled for blast-off in mid-October. In The By FRANK JENKINS This powderkeg world note: At a Paris railroad station, some 400 French reservists head ed tor duty in French Morocco (where there are serious anti-colonialism troubles) engaged in a ruckus with military police. Their battlecry was: "Morocco for the Moroccans." A communique Issued by the French ministry of defense blames the incident on what it terms "sev eral regrettable errors and a few hotheads and deranged minds." The statement insists it was not a mutiny or a revolt by the re servists. The French have long had a cynical explanation for trouble of all sorts. They shrug their shoul ders and mutter ''cherchcz la iemme." Maybe In these modern days they'd better change their ancient wisecrack to.'cherchr les com munists." Wherever there is trouble In the world of today, the communists are apt to be at the bottom of it. Speaking of troubles, the gov ernment of India Introduced a bill in the Indian parliament today to curb a crossword puzzle craze that is sweeping the country. The bill would limit prizes to 1210. The explanation of the trouble is that some Indian newspapers are now offering up to $42,000 in prizes tor puzzle solutions, with EN TRANCE FEES ranging from few cents to more than a dollar. The Indian government says the bill is intended to stop the . de leterious effects" of the puzzles on large sections of the Indian popu lation, Vhv ate they so "deleterious? The answer is simple. Because a FEE Is required to enter the contest, they amount to lui TERIES on a big scale and when people quit thinking about how to earn money by the painful process of WORKING FOR IT and start thinking about how to get money BY GAMBLING, production suf fers. India NEEDS production. India doesn't produce enough to meet the needs of her people. Hence her poverty. Nations that don't produce enough to go around are always Impoverished. Poverty is a lack of the things that people want and need. GAMBLING produces nothing. It merely takes money out of one person's pocket and puts it in another person's pocket. Lotteries are generally forbid den In the United Slates. Among other things, publications that deal in lotteries advertisingwise or otherwise are barred lrom the mails. I suppose that If lotteries were LEGAL in the United States some newspapers here might do as the newspapers of India appear to be doing. That is to say, they might use lotteries in crossword puzzle form or some other form as circulation-building devices. I'd like to add, however, that this newspaper wouldn't do so. Thoe of us who make it think It is WORTH WHAT IT COSTS, and doesn't need a gambling scheme to promote circulation. Back in Norlh Carolina the oth er day, an amusement park ele phant named Vickie took oif Into the woods when her handlers start ed to load her into a truck to visit a nearby fair. They whistled to her and they called to her. But to no avail. She just took off deeper Into the woods AND FREEDOM. Her owner thinks he knows TAME elephants. He went into the woods along the route Vickie had taken and blazed a trail out with buckets of grain which she adores. He thinks the grain will bring her back. Will it? I wouldn't know, li mill be worth watching. (Continued on page 4) But Day's lews " I ii r "':Sj. ' I' ;l , Beesley Names Second Aide District Attorney Richard Bees. ley announced the appointment luesday of Attorney Robert Nich ols, as second deputy district-at torney. Nichols, a veteran of World War II, is a graduate of Wil lamette university. He is a na tive of Iowa and lived in Denver, uoiorado, prior to entering Wll lamette. After he is admitted to the bar at ceremonies this weekend in Salem, he will assume his duties here. Nichols has a wife and two children. Crew Battles Sierra Fire FRESNO (UP) A "hotshot' crew battled along rocky slopes near the Kings River east of here today, in an effort to extinguish the remaining uncontrolled flames oi an u-aay oia sierra xoresi lire. Eldon Ball, Sequoia National roresi supervisor, reported some 25 crack fireflghting specialists have entered the struggle and another crew of 15 men is sched uled to be taken to the scene later today. The men were ferried to the' area yesterday after completion of a heliport downhill from the flames, which are edging between rocks and in dangerous snags. Ball said the crew will attemp'. to outflank the flames and event ually cut a line across the head of the fire or run it into the river. He said the fire is dangerous un der adverse wind conditions as gusts could fan flamea back up the bluffs into timber. Meanwhile, other areas of the 18.000 acre fire were reported quiet despite winds which sprang ttp late yesterday and last night. Similar conditions are anticipated again this afternoon. "We have our fingers crossed over the weather," Ball said, "but I think we can hold the fire once we halt the slopover burning to ward the river." The total fire force has been reduced to less than 1000 men. Ball said 50 Sunt Indians were sent to Yreka last night and 25 Hopi Indians are scheduled to depart lor Northern California today. Balloon Story Still In Air By UNITED PRESS The great balloon mystery was slightly deflated today, but it was still puzzling enough to touch off a controversy. Three of Ihe huge balloons, which appeared out of the blue and then disappeared back into It in Ihe Midwest Sunday, were defin itely claimed. But a fourth floater, shot down near Fowler. Ind., and accompan ied to earth by two parachutists, provoked an airy dispute as to it- ownership. The O. C. Winzen research firm of Minneapolis claimed a balloon' carrying live mice and Instru ments, which was sent aloft Sun day and landed near Phelps, Wis. Ohio weather forecasters gave in and said they were the dis patchers of a balloon sighted over the central part of the state. And reports that a huge 20-story balloon seen by thousands of Chl cagoans came from Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado were not denied. Ed Geary Acts For Governor SALEM i House Sneaker Ed Geary. Klamath Falls, was acting governor of Oregon Tuesday. Gov. Paul Patterson was In Spokane for a meeting of the Columbia Basin Interagency Com mittee. Senate President Elmo Smith. John Day. next in line of succession, was in Moran. Wyo.. for a meeting of the Western Assn. of State Highway Officials. Price rive Cent la rages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1(55 Telephone 1111 N. till i I ' Hurricane Hilda Nears East Cuba MIAMI, ' Fla. ifi ' ' Hurricane Hilda, now packing to-mile winds over a small area near its cen ter, moved on a westward course Tuesday that threatened eastern Cuba and the southern Bahamas with high tides and heavy winds. The eighth tropical storm of the year moved south of Great Inagua Island and at mid-morning was centered 590 miles southwest of Miami. It was expected to con tinue its westward movement at about the same forward pace for another 12 hours or more. FORECAST Storm forecasters in the Miami Weather Bureau advised Interests in the southern Bahamas and east ern Cuba against rough seas, high tides and gale to hurricane torce winds Tuesday afternoon and Tues day night. Small craft in the Bahamas, Cuba and southeastern Florida were advised no; to venture Jar Into the open sea. Great Inagua. about 650 miles southeast of Miami, is the site of a big plant where coarse salt is ex tracted from sea water and shipped to countries around the world. The island's population of about 2.500 is mostly native: If Hilda pursues her present path, she will skirt the north coast of Cuba Tuesday night and pos sibly move inland. EIGHTH STORM . Hilda, the eighth tropical storm of the season, was born Monday about 840 miles east southeast of Miami and 165 mile3 southeast of Turk's Island. . Four previous storms born In that area hammered Florida dur ing the oast 30 years. Tne great 1926 hurricano that raked Miami pome from there. So did tne izo storm that moved inland at Palm Roarh and Okeechohee also came from that area. All of them blew un in September except the 1949 hurricane, wnicn was m August, If Hilda moved fast enough to catch a low-pressure trougn ex tendlnar southward from Cape Hat teras, she would swing more to the north ana away iron) norma. But if she misses the trough and her slow pace indicated snc mlcht she could head for the coast. Air General To Visit KF Brie. Gen Monro MacCloskey, commander 28th Air Division, will confer with Klamath Falls Cham ber of Commerce directors ano city officials at a closed meeting Wednesday at noon in tne winema Hotel. Gen. MacCloskey, who will fly to Klamath Falls Wednesday morn- inz from Hamilton Air Force Base, California, will be accompanied by Malor William J. Walsh, director plans and requirements. Captain R. E. scnricker, assistant, ror flight safety, and Captain Robert S. Dinger, public information of ficer. The 28th Air Division Is tne parent organization of the Klam ath raus jet air oase. SAILORS DIE GUAM ! Two American sail ors, tupped In the wreckage of sedan, burned to death Monday night after the vehicle struck a bridge abutment and burst into flames. Police identified them as Clayton Wolf and Kenneth Foster, both stationed at the naval air station here. Their hometowns were not listed. EARLY ARRIVALS FROM THE DUCK WORLD were caught on the Upper Klameth Lake along Lekeshore Drive yetterdsy prac ticing emergency tekeofft before the opening of hunting see ion October 22. Several hundreds of the birds can be teen en the lake end along itetelini enjoying e few peaceful moments before the shooting starts. Tht Oregon tenon- eptm ont-htlf- Toastmasters Hold Preview Of Coon, Neuberger Debate The Klamath Falls Toastmasters Club this morning held a tuneup tor the October 6 debate - between Rep. Sam Coon (R) and Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D on the pro posed John Day Dam on the Co lumbia. The debate, to be fionsored by the Toastmasters, will be held ater which would be generated ai 8 p.m. October 6 at the .Mills ! the dam. and said thai the nart- School auditorium. It is oue of a series to be held throughout Uie'er to be generated at the lowest state, with the precedmg debate cost to consumers, scheduled for October i at Lake-i Th. ,,, , . h. ,-,, , vcw The Toastmasters held a mock debate, with two members of ' the . upstream as Pasco, and the dair. club taking the parts of the main there would enable shipping to speakers at their regular breakfast ! reach this point with ease. He said meeting this morning. Moderator that the partnership proposal was Bob Perkins, wno will be would, by guaranteeing all ilnanc the moderator on October 6, ami ing prior to the start of ronstruc- the speakers were Dr. Robert Har- tion. guarantee quick completion of rahill, who took the part of Coon, 1 the dam and at the same time pre and George Bartch, who spoke as serve the American tree enter- Neuberger. Guests at the meeting were Paul Six Killed in Plane Accident MITCHELL. AFB, N.T. (UP) An Air Force B25 twin-engined bomber crashed and burned in a cemetery shortly after taking off from here today. All six persons aboard were killed. Three bodies were recovered Im mediately after the flames were put out by fire crews from the base and nearby towns. . The plane carried three crew men and three passengers en route to Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The passeng ers were identified by a base spokesman as a soldier, a retired Air Force colonel and a civilian. An Air Force spokesman said the plane had reported engine trouble and was returning to the base when it crashed into an un used section of Greenfield Ceme tery a short distance from the busy southern state parkway. ; This base is located on the out skirts of Hempstead, at the cen ter of the most heavily , populated suburban -area of Long Island, Smog Attack Alert Raised LOS -ANGELES (UP) The worst smog - attack ever recorded hit downtown Los Angeles today. haM lorinn with v..mflrf- w fumu fnrm.rf nnrk.t. iii th city's business district starting it a a.m. and worsened as tne day progressed and the temperature rose ir.to the 90s In the city's con tinuing heat wave. A first stage alert, the sixth of the summer season, was called at 10:2S a.m. and the city-county's five million residents were asked to suspend all burning. For the first time this season. Inspectors were ordered to stand by the area's many oil refineries, preparatory to requesting a shut down In the event a second stage level is reached. A second stage alert is called when contamination reaches a level "at which a health menace exists in a preliminary stage." according to regulations of the Air Pollution Control District. The county's Emergency Smog Action Committee was called into session by APCD Director Smith Griswold at 11 a.m. The first alert was ordered when the concentra tion of ozone reached .56 parts per million parts of air. A third stage alert Is called when contamination poses a "dangerous health menace. In the second stage alert, all smoke and fume contributing activities are request ed shut down and automobile traffic Immediately curtailed. , " '...... .;. ' i Buck, chairman of the county Democratic Committee and George Proctor, chairman of the Republi can Committee. Harrahtll, in support of the part nership proposal for the dam which has been introduced by Coon, said that the Northwest needs the pow nershin nian would enable the now- ' the only bottleneck io deepwater navigation on the Columbia as far : prise system. Barlch. speaking in favor of complete federal financing of the dam and power facilities, staled that the Coon proposal would in vite delay, duplicate facilities xand increase red tape. He said that the partnership proposal would give away the revenue producing power facilities of the dam and retain the expensive flood control, navigation and other facilities. He said that revenue from other fed eral power projects enable the pro jects to pay for themselves, a statement that Harrabill denied in rebuttal. He said that the partnership pro posal would be more costly, be cause of duplication of adminis trative facilities, loss of efficiency and the higher cost of borrowing for private enterprise as opposed to federal borrowing. The "giveaway" charge was also hurled by Bartch, who said that the benefits from the natural re sources should belong to the pub lic. Big Elevator Swept By Fire POTLATCH. Idaho If) Tire swept through a bi grain elevator bulging with 360.000 bushels, ol wheat, oats and barley near here early Tuesday and the loss was expected to exceed 8500.000. ftie fire spread quickly through the roof of the 110-foot wooden structure and started eating away at 233.000 bushels of wheat, 68,000 bushels of oats and 33.500 bushels of barley valued at $407,000. Fred Cann of Moscow, manager of the Lulah County Grain Grow- i ers Inc. which owns the elevator W "e building Is worth an csti- i '."' Extreme heat from the blaze threatened an adjacent 64-foot high steel storage tank which Is nearly full. Cann said the elevator and the grain are covered by Insurance. It was the first major fire in the L'5-year history of the Latah County Grain Growers, a farmer coopera tive which Is one of the largest in the Northwest. Firemen, hampered by a lad. of water, .said the grain may smoulder for days. Cann said he didn't expect any of it would be I good for commercial purposes. Cause of the fire wasn't known i immediately. Potato Growers' Meeting Planned Members of the Klamath Pota to Growers Association will hold a Joint dinner meeting at 7 p.m. to day at the Pelican Grill with mem bers of similar groups from Tule lake. Agenda for the meeting has not yet been announced. hour before sunrise thil year, initead of et noon at before. Thil ii to comply with federal regulation!. The daily bag limit hei been let et six birds, plus e three-bird bonui. Only two daily bag limits end the bonus-three will be allowed in e hunt er's possession et one time. This means e total of IS fowl, . . Major Fires Still Burn In Siskiyou Winds were Increasing in both the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County and the Fremont Nations! Forest as lire control of ficials said most fires were under control. '.. The two majui fires still out of control were in the Klamath forest, where winds of from 20-30 miles per hour were fan ning the Six Mile and Taylor Creek fires about 75 miles south west of Yreka. The Six Mile fire, which has burned about 4.650 acres so far, ! now has six and one half miles of j open line, according to Harry: Crebbin. Klamath Forest public 1 Information officer. Sparks carried by the high winds are causing num erous spot fires, Crebbin said, but poor visibility makes air recon naisance Impossible. - - TAYLOR CREEK Tile same situation, he said, pre vails at the Taylor -Creek tire, a short distance south of the Six Mile blaze. This fire has burned about 980 acres so far. Fresh fire fighters, including 106 crack Indian firemen from the Southwest, are due to. go into ac tion on the fires tonight, he said. Meanwhile, the Kidder Creek fire in Scott Valley has crossed the border Into the Klam ath National Forest, and two 100 man fire camps are being set up near the Glendennlng and Patterson-Bales creek areas. The lines on the other three sides of the fire, maintained by the State Di vision of Forestry, are holding well, Crebbin said. Bl'RNOl'T ' ' The Lumgrey burnout in the northern tone of the Haystack fire, was controlled today. Orebbtn said that this burnout indicates the thin lines which are . being main tained on the fire, which, has burned more than 87,000 acres west and northwest of Yreka, All other Klamath national Fo- est Urea are controlled, Crebbin said. He added that there Is a slight possibility of light showers tomorrow, but that "we aren't counting on anything." Meanwhile the Klamath Fire Protection Association and the Fremont National Forest head quarters at Bly report all fires are controlled, but that winds are Increasing here too. Winds at Bly aie reported at from 10-12 miles per hour, and on -tne increase. ROUND BUTTE The Round Butte ' fire east of Blv has burned about 4,700 acres; the Dry Prairie fire south or Bly is In the mop up stage, and the Summer Lake fire in the Paisley ranger district is controlled.. Fre mont Forest officials said today. The KFPA reported that its portion of the Round Butte fire and the whiskey Flat fire are also controlled. Meanwhile, it rained In Western Oregon from Portland south throuah Medford. PORTLAND RAIN Portland's rain, which started shortly after dawn, was the first of any consequence there In 47 days, the Weather Bureau said. In that long span there nan neen a rain that totaled only .02 of an Inch while Tuesday's measured ,1 at mid-morning. The Dalles, too, had rain Tues dav. Threatening clouds were re ported at Redmond and Pendle ton. Klamath Falls, though, had only light clouds, the Weather Bu reau said. Both state and federal foresters said an occasional sleeper fire might turn up but that all import ant tires from last week were nicely In hand. : DAVID IERGMANN, 824 North Ninth Street, was on i hit way to Fremont School j thil morning when the ?' i o'clock photographer j flopped him. David is in the ; 8th grade at Fremont. West German Red Talks End MOSCOW 'fl West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulgenin ended their historic talks Tuesday night. ' They signed a statement which was not Immediately made public. i Bulganln was asked by a re porter, "How did things end?"- He replied with a smile and hand shake, "Everything is fine." Adenauer . and nuiganm naa talked for an hour and 46 minutes Tuesday morning- in an , effort to break the stalemate on corner- ences started Friday on' the res toration -'of relations between the ttiM.etivenfmentsY- -i Thv- resumed sessions Tuesday afternoon that carried over- until Tuesday night. , They signed their statement at b.id p.m. . I Moscow Radio, heard In Lon don, said Russia and Germany will establish diplomatic relations.) California Gets SACRAMENTO (UPV Gov. Ooodwln J. Knight todsy sppolnted five new judges, three In Southern California and two in the northern part of the state. Appointments Included: Municipal Judge Frank C. Char vat of Long Beach to succeed Su perior Judge Allen W. Ashburn in Los Angeles. Ashburn previously wss nnmed by Knight to the Dis trict Court of Appeals. Kenneth E. Sutherland of Long Beach to succeed Charvat on the Long Beach Municipal Court. John-L. Donnellan of Whlttier to fill the additional municipal court judgeship in Whittler created by the 18S5 Legislature. Percv King Jr.. Napa, to the ad dition Superior Court Judgeship in Napa County voted by the last Legislature. Robert E. Cassin, San Jose, to fill the additional Municipal Court Judgeship created by the Legisla ture In the San Jose-Alvlso district In Santa Clara County. King Is a practicing attorney In Napa whose father was a Judge In Napa County Superior Court from 1920 to 1042. Cassin has been city attorney of Ban Jose since 1942. Coupled with appointments an nounced yesterday, Knight now has filled all of the court berths open in the state except a superior Judgeship In Placer County, a mu nicipal Judgeship In Palo Alto, two municipal Judges for Orange County and two Superior Court spots tn San Diego Counly which will be open next Jan. 17. . ' ' Schools To Honor Constitution SALEM JTi Oregon's school were naked Tuenday to have pe rial exerci.ws next Wftlc to com memorat? the U. S.- Comtltutum. Hex Pu'nam. statr superintend ent of public Instruction, made the. request in connection with Consti tution -Week. - - - - He alo jtugtfested that teachers Rive npeclHl Instruction In the re poiilbiiie of cittrnship and principles ot good government. Weather FOftHt'AST Klamath Falls and vicinity: mostly cloudy through Wednesday. Showers beginning ' Tursd iv night and continuing throurn Wednesday. Man Wednes day 5: low Tueiday night 40, High veaterday s Low last nliht 41 I'rerlp. last U heura inre Oct I Hi me pe'lnd last year ormal for period .. . ..... I . ..... .M I ,. 13.11 r: 14 1 Defiant U.Y. Union Leads Walkouts i NEW YORK t.tl Most of the teeming activity of Atlantic Coast ports, was stilled Tuesday in aup port of New York's defiant long shoremen. The show of strength was not unanimous, however, and failed to bring any federal gov eminent intervention. The stoppage was most effective tn the northeast, from the Phila delphia area to Maine, Baltimore and Hampton Roads longshoremen besitated, and work continued , as usual in New Orleans and several other gulf cities. Meanwhile. New York dockers, spearhead of the tie-up, scheduled a meeting for Wednesday to hear progress reports. There was no hint as to whether a change in tactics might be under consideration.,. COST MOUNTS . . ' V The cost of the stoppages mount ed swiltly and was estimated at a million dollars dally in the, vast Post of New York alone. Perishables rotted on piers while dockers heit. carried their fight against authority into its seventh day. Their action is aimed not at emploerl but at the waterfront commission created by New York and New Jersey to police the piers. Overland carriers moved to em bargo consignments for abroad beaded here. , - -- - , The general strike of longshore men in all ports on the East and Gulf Coasts was -ordered Monday by the International Longshore men's Assn. (Ind.) The union claims 100,000 members, - A union aim was to interest tne federal government, but in Wash ington officials indicated they had doubUs as to any basis for federal action. . , . . INTERVENTION .'.;..' Clyde Mills, assistant- director, said the Federal Mediation Serv ice "has no intention of interven ing In this situation 'because it does not appesr to be a labor -dispute in the usual sense.' - At the President's vacation headquarters In Denver, Murray Snyder, assistant press secretary. told newsmen "there has been-no occasion as yet for federal inter vention." . ' .. Snyder added that "as alwave in the case of labor disputes." the President was keeping in close umcn wun developments. l ne union, which was thrown out of the AFL on charges of harboring racketeers, has fought against .ttie uuminission uitvcny ana aas-sworn, to nave It abolished. - An IL A. official atd thf.-cblef aim ot the strike waa to create '.'a national issue and take- U out of I York and titw Jersey, who are conducting beauty contests and visiting state fairs." The governors of these stales have refused to go over the head ' oi the Waterfront. Commission,' . FEDERAL ACTION ' : . ; . :. There was no immediate Indica tion that extension' of the , strike would bring federal action,. At Denver.- Colo;, where' President Elsenhower is now vacationing, his - assistant press secretary,: Murray snyoer. announceo: . t , "There has been no recommen dation for presidential action from the secretary of labor or from any of the president's advisers." The union's chief complaints about the Waterfront Commission tire that 11 abuses its powers, in cluding that ot subpoena; is too tough on longshoremen with crim inal records and Interferes with collective bargaining.. The commission d a n 1 e a any abuse of power and has urged the union to submit a specific list of grievances so they may be given a fair hearing. The union so far has failed to do this. Pacific Park Funds Asked SPOKANE W An expenditure of 67 million dollars in the next five yeara on Pacific Northwest recreational facilities was advo cated Tuesday in a report to -the Columbia Basin Interagency Com mittee. The report, submitted by the CBlAC's recreation committee,, said the recreation business Is worth an estimated billion dollars a year lo the Northwest and British Columbia but that facilities aren't adequate. "How much Increase in the mon etary return from recreation could be effected with better organiza tion and Improved financing is a question for consideration of all concerned," the report said. The recreation committee, head ed by Marshal! Dana, retired Port land, Ore., editor, said 80 per cent of the region's 371 state parks are In Washington and Oregon and that attendance has jumped frorii less than 8 million in 1947 to more than 10 million last year. Ihe report, said the states are "pending $2,370,000 a year on their parks but should spend $4, 64S.00C. I', old attendance In federal forest Increased from less than ft million tn 1947 to more than It million last year and is expected to reach 16 million in live years.' "The umortunale part of this picture is that about 10 million visitors are crowded into the l.SJl' public park area and camp grounds that are developed to ac commodate only half that num ber." the report said. "The over flow has resulted In critical prob lems of sanitation and public property protection." Tne CBIAC is composed of the governors of ststes in the Columbia, River basin and a representative of each lederal agency active in, the development of nver lauureaa. .4
