In 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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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.