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Newspaper Page TextIn The- Day's, lews By FRANK JENKINS - Weather note: Communities in eastern North Carolina are tackling the big task of rebuilding in the wake of Hur ricane lone, which left five dead In the area and damage estimat ed as high as 100 million dollars. ' The five dead can't be brought back to life. Tne physical damage, however, will be repaired, and after the Job is done physical facilities will be NEWER AND MORE MOD ERN than before. That's AMERICA. A word now about Hilda. Mexico has counted at least 166 dead and 100 missing in the Oulf port of Tampico where rampaging Hilda wreaked her fury. Property damage was huge. I'm not so sure about what will happen there. Mexico's economy Is less stable than ours. A stable economy is a WON DERFUL thing to have. Farm problem advice from a dirt farmer: President George Wilson of the California Farm Bureau Federa tion told a Farm Bureau meeting in i'resno yesterday: "The solution lies in DISPOS- INO of farm surpluses (getting them CONSUMED, he means), ag gressive selling of all commodi' ties and research leading to re ducing crop production costs." He added: "The farm problem must be ap proached as an ECONOMIC prob lem, rather than a political is sue In the 1956 election. Agricul ture will sulfer if the farm in- come decline becomes a political. issue." For the first time (October 4 s ill be the starting date) a SOLAR BATTERY which Is a jigger to DRAW ENERGY FROM THE SUN will be used to power a rur al telephone system near Ameri- cus. Georgia. The vice-president in charge of research at Ben Laboratories, Dr. James Fisk. says the solar bat- tery compares In efficiency with tne best steam plants generating electricity from coal or oil and to the power a gasoline engine derives from burning the high est octane fuel. The point: Sunshine COMES FOR FREE when the sun shines. It doesn't even require uran ium. Moral for Southern Oregon: We'd better get the power In our great, rivers developed WHILE SOMEBODY STILL WANTS TO CEVELOP IT. Why? Here's why: Southern California (meaning California south of the Tehachanl) has 43 per cent of the state's pop ulation and ONLY TWO PER CENT of the state's water. ., ; . Los AngetW expects iwitiiin ' a decade or so to be the" world's largest city. Already it Is antici pating a solid city running from Santa Barbara on the north to San Diego on the south that is to say, a city 200 MILES LONG. Lack of enough water Is regard ed as the only obstacle standing in the way of realization of this fabulous dream which isn't so fabulous, at that. Keep this In mind: To support a city of the size Los Angeles envisions will require every LOOSE drop of water (meaning every drop of water that is uncommitted to beneficial use! in California AND THE KLAM ATH BASIN. A city of that size and import ance will have ALL THE MONEY THAT IS NEEDED to move un committed water from where H is to where it is wanted. We'd better lose no time in com mitting ALL of our water to bene ficial use which includes agricul ture, industry, power and recrea tion. It's better to be safe than sorry. p7,ir 1 if ni 4J OI FISH", partner in The Frontier Guest Ranch on Upper Mamain kaxe snooic tne dew out too early to be up, when the 9 nun eui inn morning. Mouse Probes WASHINGTON ( The House launched an investigation today of what House Democratic Leader McCormack of Massachusetts called a 12.400.000.000 "bonanza contract" between the Air Force and private telephone companies. The Air Force replied that the contract plans had been fully re ported to congressional committees earlier this year, and that Con gress has already appropriated "substantial" funds for sites and construction of facilities. It said cancellation of the contract now might make the government liable Last Details On Day Dam Debate Set PORTLAND 11 -s. Representa tives of Sen. Neuberger, Oregon Democrat, and Rep. Coon. Oregon Kepuoiican, said Wednesday that final details for the coming de bates on the John Day Dam bill had been completed. The debates open next Monday night, Sept. 26, at Hood River and close Friday night, Oct. 7 at Bend. Between those two dates, the men w ill debate at The Dalles, Pendle ton. La Grande. Baker, Ontario. Burns, Lakeview and Klamath Falls. At Issue is this statement: "Agreed, the John Day Dam bill is in the public Interest." Coon, author of the bill which calls for a partnership construc tion by federal and local represen tatives, will open each debate with 15 minutes in favor of the bill. Neuberger. a strong opponent of partnership agreements for large multi-purpose dams, will follow with 15 minutes against the bill, ; Then in a five-minute recess, members of the audience may write questions and hand them to the moderator. After the recess Neuberger will have a five-minute rebuttal, Coon then will have five minutes, and after that there will be 20 minutes for tile questions handed to the moderator. Not more than two minutes can be de voted to each question. The moderator will decide which questions are to be used. The mod erators will be: Hood River, Don McCutcheon, radio station man ager: The Dalles, Ike Congleton of Portland, stale Jaycee presi dent; Pendleton, Dr. Earl Coch ran. Presbyterian minister; La Grande, Circuit Judge R. J. Green; Baker, the Rev. William Thompson; Ontario. Tony Yturri, attorney: Burns, Henry Slater, grade school superintendent; Lake view, Delbert Mllholland, high school principal; Klamath Falls, Bob Perkins, insurance man; Bend, the Rev, Bob Williams of Redmond. USAF Housing Needs Told Chamber of Commerce Manager Frank Tucker today issued a plea for rooms or small apartments needed by U. S. Air Force person nel now arriving in Klamath Falls, Small groups of officers and air men will be needing quarters for rent In the near future as they ar rive in the city. The construction of barracks and other quartet's is procding on schedule at the jet air ba.ie but It is expectea to be several months before they are ready for occu pancy. In the meantime, advance echelon personnel will be arriving to help ready the base for full use. Any Klamaih Falls residents having small apartments or rooms for rent are asked to call the chamber of commerce, telephone 5193. A listing will be kept of the quarters available and the air men assisted In finding housing suitable to them. of hit eyet and said Th II o'clock photograph. er routed Committee AIF Pacts for a penalty which cou'-" 223 million dollars. . At issue is a contra ura jto f s t e -o a version of the present communications s y "semiautomatic ground environ ment (Sage)" system. The Air Force contract Is with a group of private companies headed by the American Telephone and Tele graph Co. and tne Western Elec tric Co. The companies would build the communications system and lease it to the Air Force at regular toll charges for a 10-year period. Engineering and construction work already is under way. Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of the Appropriations Committee ordered the Inquiry after McCormack dis closed a ruling by Comptroller General Joseph Campbell that the contract lacked congressional au thorization. ' The Air Force confirmed this, but Asst. Secretary Lyle Garlock said Campbell had agreed to re consider the ruling. The effect of the ruling by Camp bell, the government's chief audi tor. Is to ban payments under the contract unless Congress specific ally approves. The fact that Campbell's ruling, made Aug. 15, was first made pub lic by such a i key Democrat as the House majority leader indicat ed that Democrats are hopeful an investigation of the contract will provide fodder for next year's po litical campaigns.' In a statement to which a copy of the ruling was attached. Mc Cormack called "the Dixon-Yates deal small in comparison to what is involved In this transaction." which he said "Is clearly a secret eifort to bypass Congress." Under the contract, AT&T and the Western Electric are to finance the necessary engineering, con struction and Installation of equip ment at eight combat centers and 32 direction centers and to provide service to the government at cost of as much as 240 million dollars annually. They will retain owner ship of the facilities. ' In New York, an AT&T spokes man said, "We were asked to do a Job by the Defense Department and we undertook to do It, just as we would for any other cus tomer." Western Electric snid Its part was limited to engineering and installation work and would not extend through the 10-year period. The basis of Campbell's ruling was that existing law permitting execution of ordinary utility con tracts for ud to 10 years does not apply to contracts of such "mag nitude" and that It does not au thorize contracts or commitments for programs not already approved by Congress. Blood Donors Aid KF Drive Blood donors in Klamath Falls contributed 104 pints of blood to the Red Cross Bloodmobile Tues- oay at the Masonic Temple, re ported Mrs. Virginia Dixon, RC executive secretary. Mrs. Dixon said that 182 donors offered blood resulting In the 164 pints contrib uted, me drive was sponsored by ui lviamatn rails Masonic bodies. The Portland Center blood bank ran completely out of blood last week. In Klamath Falls 88 pints were usrn in August. The demand for whole blood is never-ending saia Mrs. uixon in urging an Basin residents to donate to this worthy cause.' The Bloodmobile wis at the Ma sonic Temple, 400 Klamath Ave nue, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Thursday It will be in Chilo quin at the high school gym from 4 to 6 p.m. Chiloquin residents have signed 16 pledge cards toward the 100 pint qjota set for vne community. Those who desiro can speclly allo cation of their blood to the Tacoma Indian Hospital. Palients ut that hospital are badly in need of the blood. OF Campaign Fete Planned A Blast-Off breakfast for work. crs in the advanced gifts division of Operation Fair Share, this year's county-wide United Fund Red Cross-, drive will be hold at the Wlllaid Hotel on October 5 division commanders David Trov and Arthur Rickbcil announced to- More than 100 squadron lend ers and stovepipe Jockeys in the division are expected to attend the dinner, one of the several pre camnaign special events which has been planned to boost the drive. Exact dates for the drive, which will begin in mid-OcUber. have not yet been set. Other special events InciuCe a 10-minute television show at 6:50 p.m. October 13 on KBES-TV. The shew will be a forum featuring top officials in the campaign. The campaigners also plan to have either a -marching unit or a float in the parade of tne Klam ath Easln Potato Festival, In Mer rill on October 22. Halftlme events at Klamnth Union High School and Oregon Technical Institute tootball games arc also planned. Window displays and theater ex hibits are also planned to aid th; drive, whicn this vesr Is under the direction of Bob Beach. Office manager of the dme to dav issued a call for volunteer office workers. Volunteers may re port at the office in the Evans building. 1007 Main Street, tele phone 60. STAIN ON I'.N. TOKYO i Pelping Radio iv serted Wednesday the fHtlure of the United Nations to admit Red China to membership is "a stain on the history of the United Nations." ata i ragea It '-1 P"iiiwiini i, i wmmm w w iiwii win Tl WuaAWrffil ,mwm QTfrinTlhi. I i l&Q?srr V Jl ; V-' ":-- Y ( .A KSi .V- " LV. , I JXt V ip-r-;. x-. - '' . -4 ; ' -J I ; is..": '4 nv.f 1 " " . if' .ivn ' ' ' - ' . 1 ' '' . " . J ' . ' , Z -J.L -' vir--.'- at f" til - , I". U l'Z A LAKE OF THE WOODS FiSH POISONING wai accomplished this morning by a crew oOS Oregon State Game Commission employes and between 1 25-1 50 lake cabin owners and inter ested sportsmen who donated their services. The poisoning was accomplished by the use of rotenone which was spread by boats and barges over the lalto. The operation, similar to the one last year at Diamond Lake, was ordered by the game commission to kill the trash fish which have infested the lake in the past few years. The job started at daylight and was fin ished about noon today. A large number of privately owned boats and throe large barges were used. (II Lee Mubler, Medford, Ken Cochran, Oregon Game Commission and Baldy Evans, Klamath Falls, confer before the poisoning at Camp Esther Applogatc. 121 In the fore ground, Francis H. Sumner, game commission man from Tillamook, readies a boat for the job. Center, on the dock, stands Dick Doegc, of the Klamaih Falls hatchery. Lee Hubler stands at right. (31 In the foreground W. H. Wolford, Ashland, is shown viewing one of the barges used in the poisoning. Men on barge unidentified. Hurricanes Leave, East Lists Damage By THE ASSOC1ATI.I) PRKSS 'While Hurricane lone whistled over the North Atlantic Ocean Wednesday, shattered towns in North Carolina and Mexico count ed a sad toll of death and dam age wrought by her and her sis ter storm, Hilda. Mexico Was lelt with ill least 166 dead and 100 missing in Die Cull port of Tampico and Min-minding area where Hilda hil. Continuing floods threatened to raise this toll. With refugees crowded logcthei and water supplies doubtful, auth orities were fearful ul epidcmlc-i. In North Carolina, which took the brunt of lone be.'ore she veered out to sea. five persons were dead and property damage was In the millions. 1 lone turned 'o a northeast course ! Tues.d'iy and ml.sscd the no tlie-n coastal sure.. A mass of cold air from the norfliwest. Ilowug at an altitude of 10.000 to 30,000 feet, shoved lone out to sca. All shipping was oaut'oned the storm was centered Wednesday LAMATH FALLS. OREGON. WEDNESDAY- KKPTEMRKR ! 19.U Telephone 8111 -. JaV aaV Jwm. ' " ' ' " . ' 3- mornln? 150 miles southeast of Hal-: lfnx. N.8.. traveling at a fast clip of 45 miles per hour. Gales extend 3C0 miles from the storm center to the east, miu' li? i ai'd southwe.it and 200 miles lo lh west and north, the Weather Hit-1 rcau reported. i levels. Bend at 20 degrees was At Tampico. an oil port of llo.-l coldest. 000 pcrsoiii, the port captain said ! Tn(, 4 30 . m rrnilltip at Klinn tlie exact number of dead and j ih Falls n hi n, ,.. missir.2 mnv never be known, one it: tne "greatness of the tastrophe. With ils land c onimunicalions en. tircly cut. the citv could be reached only by plane. There were! reocris ol damped and r.unkcn shi:s in the liatbor. Muetv per cci.t ol Tairpico's buildli.gs were leported damaged. Pilots Hying rescue missions to the ci'y brought out reports of people beinj svept aay by angry Na. Jll awuaiaaaaaMaBnBaHHiuNiaiU floortwa'.ers of the Piinuco River ' as the buildings In which they soifht rcluee collapied. Chilly Weather Covers Oregon was still on Its wv down and by Sam a minimum f 17 ... - . imported bv ihc Weather Bureau I Kuudie's 34 degrees was thai rliv s coldest ihi ;.riv in .,.,. ber. Other Western dreiion points! were nearly as cold Roscburg 37 and Salrm 38. While most of the reported mini, mums were In the 30t. Pendleton cooled off only to 48. However Its Tuesday hlnh was only 60, one of the lowest in the stale, Mama Mevi fcbr BULLETIN NEW YORK lift A Mutual Broadcasting System correspond ent In Buenos Aires reported Wednesday that Juan D. Peron "is now in rebel hands." The correspondent, Jack Com den, said Peron was taken off the Paraguayan gunboat where he took refuge Tuesday. He predicted Pe ron would be tried as a war crim inal by the new Argentine govern ment. The Mutual Broadcasting report said Peron waa taken off the boat without a struggle shortly after Bay Police Probe Baby Kidnap Clues SN FRANCISCO (UP) Police settled down today to the tedious job of checking out every clue to the kidnaping of little Robert Mar cus in the hope that one of them would lead to the baby's where abouts. The child, now four days old. was kidnaped Monday from the Mount Zlon Hospital, Police be lieve the kidnaper was a heavy set woman with stringy blonde hair, who spoke English with an accent. The best clues came from the suburbs, where residents In com munities 811 miles apart reported seeUig a woman answering the de scription of the suspected kidnaper with what seemed to be a newborn oaDy. Another strong lead developed as officers worked on the theory that the kidnaper was a thwarted mother. Searching hosnltal rec ords, police found the name of a woman whose Infant was stillborn and. whose description tallied with uiai oi tne suspect. The woman was emploved as a nurse's aide at the hospital about two years ago, officers said. Dur. me that period, she had her baby. She was recently reported work ing at another hospital. Meanwhile, the cnlld's parents. Or. Sanford Marcus, 34-year-old pnysician and his wife, Hanna, 29, prayed that their baby would be lound before it was too late. FORMULA PUBLISHED Marcus had a feeding formula published and broadcast in the hope that the kidnaper would see to It the little baby was properly i'ourlf,hed. Up to the time the baby was kidnaped, he was. breast led For Mrs. Marcus, the kidnaping was another harrowing incident In a me marked already by ; grief. She and her baby were supposed to have gone home yesterday at 11 n,m, but when. that hour came, she "turned her 'fate 10 the wall and wept. Years ago. as a 13-year-bId-ref-ngee from Hitler's Oermany, she had wept as bittorly. That was when she learned her father, moth. cr and ounger brother had been gassea in a Nazi concentration camp, ' Marcus, heartbroken himself at the kidnaping, tried to comfort his wife as be.st he could. "He's such , a little baby," he said. "He didn't even have his eyes open until the day he was taken." The "best" clue to the where abouts of little Robert came Irom .vfrs. Rath Haughan of the small Marin County community of Nov uto, about 30 miles north of San Francisco. She ruporied that a couple with a small baby stopped at her home yesterday morning to ask direc tions lo Point Reyes, another small community In the county. IN A IIUKRY While the mnn, about 35, came to the door, the woman remained seated In a ramshackle car, hold ing a crying Infant In her lap. Mrs. Haughan said the woman called "hurry up" to the man. The man grumbled something about not likli.g "this damn business," she said. Another clue came from Mrs. Henry Guerrero, San Jose, about 30 miles south of San Francisco, she said a woman fitting the de scription of the suspect knocked ut her door about 9:30 a.m. yes terday and a.skcd if she could heat a 4-ounce bottle for her baby. Mrs, Oucrrcro said she could. She noted that the woman did not have any change of diapers for the baby and was not even carry ing a purse. The child wan crying while the milk was heating. When it was ready, the child refused to take the bottle, Mrs, Guerrero said. Then the woman lell. The woman told Mrs. Guerrero the baby was US days old, but Mrs. Guerrero believed tt was mote like four or five days. Police said the San Jose report "could be good " They planned to check the area more thoroughly today. Weather FOHKCAST Klamath I alls and viiinllyi Fair through Thursday. Frost again Wednesday night with low near 21 except about 20 In Tulclake area. High Thursday 65. High yeslerdiy Low lust night , Preilp. lait 24 hours ... Trrrlp. alnce Ort, I . ... Sime perlnd lat year .Normal for period . - dl 27 ........ t .... 1M . 15.14 ...11.91 MUTISM SHIP HIIKLI.F.D IIONO KONO i ft The British' navy announced Wednesday an un identified Nationalist Chinese war shlp fired on the 3.151-ton British freighter Hellkon as the vessel ap proached Foochow, in Red China. No casualties or damage were re ported. The Hellkon left Shanghai Funday with a load of coal for Foochow, noon Argentine time. But several hours after that officers of the gun. . boat told the Associated Presa that Peron was still aboard the ais-ton craft. An AP staff man went aboard the boat at 4:10 p.m. An officer who asked not to be identified said Peron was aboard under Para- , guay'a protection "perhaps a bit uncomfortable, but safe." BUENOS AIRES (m Argen tina's rebel forces Wednesday won agreement apparently with un conditional surrender from the loyalist followers of Juan D. Pe ron. The rebels established Mai. Gen. Emiardo Lonardi as provisional (temporary) president of the na tion. A brief communique did not dis close Peron's fate, but the rebels In their four-day revolt gave as one of their conditions of surrend er the handing over of the man who ruled. Argentina for a decade. The usi autnoritatlve Ulformatlnn had him aboard a Paraguayan gun boat in Buenos Aires Hi.rhnr COMMUNIQUE The communion raA ,. in state radio said the two sides had reached "complete accord" and uir loyalist lorces had "accepted the. points stipulated by the re- ' bel." The rcbl. l,aH annn,,n..j v.. fore peace negotiations began that they would accept only an uncondi tional surrender. Lonardi in losi t-etirfri imi,,n- tarlly from the army after writing a letter nrottln ihn ni. t-... abandoned to designate Eva, Pe- iuii as vico-presideut. He was ac tive in a shortlived revolution In 1851. and In 1052 wai inning.. i. a group reported under arrest for piuttuiM- against reron. He bePAn hi armu j.aHM l. y ---- mucci iii 1914 and rose to command of the 3rd Army. , FARMER ARTILLERYMAN Ha Is a 58-year-old artilleryman. Gunflra Rminrirl in liiiAnn. i,... only a few hours before the peace was announced. Tank guns blasted apart the main headquarters of the Alianza . NacinnRltata hm,.. strong-arm alliance. Later, secur ity loiooti were reported to be oc cupying an Alianza branch eight blocks from the smoldering, head quarters. Later, Hugo dl Fletro, secretary veiifn-ul nf thn ftnfti-nl PimfaHa,,. tion of Labor, came on the air over the state radio to urge the work ers "to keep calm and continue working, - , , - Dl PieU-o's big labor nnion had been one of the pillars of Peron's strength. One of the problems fac ing the new regime was the re action of the Argentine working force. ! There had been rumors since Tueattay that Dl Pletro was under arrest. , JUNTA The Junta, whiclt was headed i Gen, Jose Domingo Molina, broad cast a warning thaT-any- Violence would be met sternly. The capl. IM city had been tense but gen. erally free of violence since the revolt . began last Friday. Before the tank attack on 'the Alianza builrilno- , Mm (unto, .n,.i xto ra mm neavny armed peron IsIks were holed up there. Although there was no Immed iate report of persons killed or wounded In the attack on the building. It was behoved the cas ualties were high. . Unofficial sources said 15 per sona, Including two women, were arrested as they fled the build ing. ' , Joint Potato Meet Slated A Joint meetlne nf the TutiaV and Klamath potato glowers as sociations will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the recreation hall in Merrill. The growers will discuss nlana for the coming marketing season. An organizational meeting of the Oregon California Marketing Con trol bommiuee is scneauied lor Friday. In a recent referendum, grow ers approved the inclusion of all potatoes grown In Oregon except Maineur uounty under a single marketing order, and the growers will nrnbablv discus anv lnral changes caused by this shift and prepare recommendations to the Marketing Control Committee. New Reserve Unit Formed A new Army reserve unit Is be ing formed In Klamath Falls, Army reserve officials reported to day. The new unit, the 733rd Engineer Aviation Depot Company, will meet Tuesday evenings at the re serve renter at 432 Main Street, Klamath Falls. Those attending the meetings will be paid one dav's pay for each meeting at tended, officials said. Program for the unit will call for 4t training meetings per year and a 17-cluy summer came Commander of the new unit Is Cap'. John F. Burke of Tulclake, who said that the unit would pro vide opportunities for young men between the ages of n-18'2 to ful fill their military obligation with only six months of active duly and seven and one half years in the reserve. Fuither Information Is available from Burke or at the Armv Re serve Center. 432 Main Street, af ter September 26. Rf.rORTS DENIED TOKYO ( Foreign Minister Shlgemitsu denied reports Tues day that he had submitted a six. year Japanese defense plan last month In Washington policy talks.