SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGS NTNX
Federal Authorities Crack
Down On Inflationary Acts
By WALTER BREEDE Jr. ,
NEW YORK I Uncle Sam'
cracked dawn hard this week on
liitlntionary aspects of the boom.
The crackdown a new and
tighter government squeeze on
credit found most lines of busi
ness surging ahead at breakneck
speed. Primary aim of the new
government move: to make it
harder for consumers to go into
hock, and more expensive for busi
nessmen to borrow money.
Here's how the government did
it:
Federal Reserve banks hiked
the Interest rate that commercial
banks must pay on the huge sums
they borrow from the Fedeial Re
serve System. The new late 2',i
per cent is the highest since 1934.
This means, that your "neighbor
hood bank may have to nay more
for the money it borrows, and will
probably charge higher inteiest on
the money it ioans out. Specula
tors in everything from used cars
and fire-damaged merchandise to
stocks, bonds and real estate will
find working capital harder to
come by; consumers may pay
Dope At Kimpo
Said Easy
SAN FRANCISCO (Pi Narcotics
ffbre "easy to get and cheap" at
Kimpo Air Force Ease in Korea,
a former Air Force jet mechanic
testified Friday before a Senate
subcommittee making a nation
wide study of illicit dope traffic
The witness, who testified anony
mously by order of the subcommit
tee chairman. Sen. Daniel (D-Tex),
said there were "at least 50 to 100
men who used narcotics" at Kim
po, which is near Seoul, during
the 10 months he served in Korea,
He said he was "high on mari'
huana most of the time I was in
Korea." In response to a question
by Sen. Daniel, the witness said
the men didn't know nor care that
Ped China was spreading the use
of narcotics among U. S. service
men. "They Just wanted the stuff,"
he said.
Col. George H. White, district
supervisor of the U. S. Bureau of
Narcotics in California, Arizona
and Nevada, testified dope traffic
has increased greatly since World
War II in this country. White, one
of the final witnesses at the hear
ing here, said the three main
sources of supply are Red China,
Mexico and the Mediterranean
Middle East area.
The hearing will continue
Chicago on Monday.
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Carlson To Rule
Over Dedication
The dedication program of the
Klamath Falls Scottish Rite Tem
ple today ai 2 pHi.,.ii) the Temple
at Ti32 wainui street, win De pre
bided over bv Charles T. Carlson.
The invocation will be given by
the Rev. George A. Milne with the
address of welcome by Paul O.
Landry, mayor of Klamath Falls.
Andrew G. Loncy will dirbct the
music with a vocal selection fea
tured by Don McKe.izie with Ruth
Lobaugh. accompanist.
The presentation will be condut
rd by Leslie M. Scott, Portland.
Sovereign Grand Inspector General
in Oregon.-
The dedication ceremony tableau
will be presented by Scott, Harold
O. Brandenburg, Arthur W.
Echaupp. Paul O. Landry and Don
Hensley.
The benediction will be given by
the Rev. Galen H. Onslad.
higher rates on home mortgages
and auto loans. (This week Gen
eral Motors Acceptance Coro..
world's largest auto-flnancing
nrm, raised us interest charges.)
Coming at this time, the credit
clampdown pointed up the imag
ing resurgence in business senti
ment since the Sept. 26 stock
market slump that followed the
first news of President Eisenhow
er's illness. According to many
economists, business in the last
few weeks has spurted ahead so
fast that dangerous runaway
tendencies have developed.
At the start of this week, the
stock market buoyantly thrust to
wunin striklngldistance of the all-
time peak it had reached Just be-
iore tne president s heart attack.
(At week's end. the market de
clined moderately on news of the
Federal Reserve's higher redis
count rate). '
Total business activity, after hit
ting a record annual pace of 3J14
billion dollars in the third quarter.
gained added momentum this
month. '
Store sales forged ahead. Depart
ment store business at latest
count was a hefty nine per cent
ahead of the year-ago rate. Dun
Sc Bradstreet said total November
retail trade would come to 15'b
billion dollars, a new high for that
month. i
The steel and auto industries,
working overtime, were straining
to the hilt. Steel output (estimated
this week at nearly 99 per cent
of capacity) fell short of booming
demand. The auto industry rolled
out its seven millionth car of 1955.
That compares with a total pro
duction of less than 8, 700,000 cars
for all 12 months of 1950, up to
now the record-breaker.
Booming exports were reported
by U.S. business leaders attending
the annual meeting of the National
roreign Trade Council.
Meanwhile, the upsurge in pro
duction, sales and business over
all had inflationary side effects.
First, there was the danger that
consumers buying on-the-cuff as
never before might get so deeply
in hock that they'd have to quit
buying many consumer goods until
tneir dents got paid oft.
The boom also generated an up
ward pressure on prices. Steel
scrap virtually Important to
steel-making went up in price
week. Prices were headed higher
at tne consumer level, too. Sears.
Roebuck & Co. said its spring
catalog, out in January, would
show price- Increases aver
aging two per cent. Nash-Kelvln-
ator announced a round of price
boosts on its 195S home appliance
line; Alexander-Smith raised prices
of its rugs, and carpets three per
cent, effective Dec. 1. Trade
sources said prices of home heat
ing oil would soon go up in the
eastern part of the country.
A third troublesome aspect of
tne boom was the continuing short
age of raw materials. For one ex
ample, publishers' stocks of news
print (The paper you're reading
from now) have fallen to their
lowest level in 22 years as con
sumption of the material, pushes
to. a record high.
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Luther Smith
Grand Chief
The four bodies of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry, sitting in the Valley
of Klamath Falls, Orient of Ore
gon, acknowledge and yield allegi
ance to the Supreme Council1
(Mother Council of the World! of
Ihe Inspectors Qenerul, Knights
Commanders of the House ot Solo
mon of the 33rd and last degree of
the Rite, for the southern juris
diction of the U.S., whose See Is
at Charleston, South Carolina.
Luther A. smith la sovereign
Grand Commander: Claude V.
Young. Orand 6scietery General,
and Lsalte M. Scott, Portland,
Sovereign Orand Inspector Gener
al in Oregon.
' This governing body is composed
of the Sovereign Grand Inspector
Generals (such as Scott) In each
of the 33 stales In the Supreme
Council.
The 8 o u t h r n Jurisdiction la
composed of all states west of the)
Mississippi River and south of tMi
Mason-Dixon line. The Supreme
Council for tills Jurisdiction was
instituted in Charleston In 1762. ,
SCOTTISH RITE LEADERS fry out the. meeting hall in the lodge's new Temple on Walnut
Street between Seventh and Sixth streets. From left they are: Herman Gisvold, secretary of
tha Scottish Rite Building Association; O. E. Thompson, commander, Klamath Council of Ka
dosh; Clarence Humble, venerable master of the Consistory; A. H. Sullivan, wise master,
Klamath Chapter," Rose Croix; and Charles T. Carlson, venerable master, Lodge of Perfec
tion. Tha public is invited to the dedication ceremonies planned for 2 p.m. today.
Rite Lodges
Cover Oregon
The Scottish Rite lodges in Ore
gon consist of bodies in Baker,
Klamath Falls, Mcdlord. Rose-
burg, Eugene, Salem, Portland,
Coos Bay and Seaside.
The public invitation today at 2
p.m. to the dedication ot the new
Klamath Falls Scottish Rite Tem
ple, 632 Walnut Street, outlines
some of the aims of the body.
It states that the Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry is an institution
whose principles are outlined by
purity of life and rectitude ot con
duct, by noble deeds and great as
pirations. Its teachings make the
eyes of its members more keen to
observe the needs of tneir lcllow-
men and their hearts sympathetic
to the touch of misfortune. Mem
bership involves obligations of spe
cific duties so thin members may
make Uie world a little better and
life blighter tor thos-j less fortu
nate than themselves.
The members of the lodge have
extended an invitation to the pub
lic to inspect the new Temple on
(his dedication day.
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THE
SKETCH
Scottish Rite
Leaders Listed
The leaders of the various Klam
ath Falls Scottish Rit bodies in
clude Charles T. Carlson, Vener
able Master,' Lodge of Perfection,
chartered October 23, 1935 and An
drew H. Sullivan, Wise Master,
Klamath Chapter of Rose Croix,
chartered October 20. 1937.
Other officials include Oral E.
Thompson, Commander, Klamath
Council of Kadosh. chartered Oc
tober 18, 1939 and Clarence A.
Humble. Venerable Master of Ka
dosh, Klamath Consistory, chart
ered October 18, 183!).
Hitcher Reports
Theft By Driver
i
A billfold containing $63 was lost
early Saturday morning at a Klam
ath Falls restaurant by Ben Blalz
er of Sherwood, who said the driv
er with whom he had "hitched" a
ride took it, Klamath Falls police
saio Joday. .,
Blalzer said a suilcs.se left in the
auto he was ndlng was also miss
ing.
He said the pair had stopped in
Klamath Falls shortly beiore 2
a.m. Saturday to have something
to eat. While Blalzer was away
from the table to play the Juke
box, driver, billfold and auto all
disappeared, he told' police. The
pair were en route to Red Bluff,
he said.
By BARBARA KENSLER
Today In the Conference Room
of the Klamath County Library the
Klnmath Art Association is having
their Annual Silver Tea, from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. The public Is most
cordially invited to attend the tea
and view the art exhibition by the
members. The exhibition will be
varied, ranging from paintings in
oil and watcrcolor to weaving and
plasti-glaze. It will offer the view
er some idea of the varied art
mediums that are being used in
the Klamath area. Along with the
exhibition will be a display of some
of the Christmas decorations that
are being made by the art assoc
iation. Orders will be taken at the
tea for these decorations and pub
lic sale will begin shortly after
Thanksgiving at the Klamath Art
Center on Radcliffe Avenue.
The Silver Tea culminates the
drive of the Klamath Art Associ
ation for new members and extra
financial support from the com
munity. Membership dues are as
follows;
Active membership, $5 per cou
ple: $3 Per person: $1 per student.
Associate membership, $2 per
person.
Dues or donations may be paid
at the tea or may be mailed to
Klamath Art Association, Box 995.
Klamath Falls, Oregon.
It is hoped that the community
will support the organization by
their attendance of the tea.
ARRIVAL
MANILA MV-Badri Nath Nanda,
New Indian minister to ihe Philip
pines, arrived Friday but failed
to receive the usual entry
tcsios extended diplomats.
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Farm Solution
Plan Presented
CLEVELAND (UP Treasury I
Secretary George -M. Humphrey
today ouuineu a iive-poim pro
gram for solving the farm surplus
problem.
The program, Humphrey ex
plained, depends greatly on "pros
perity for industry," because "its
workers are his (the farmer's)
customers."
The plan, which Humphrey
called "Iho middle way" In a
speech prepared for delivery be
fore the 89th annual session of the
National Grande, included:
1. Flexible price supports which
"do not try futilely to repeal" the
laws of supply and demand.
2. "Carefully planned restrictions
of production."
3. Expanded rcseatch to find
new crops and new uses for farm
output.
4. Cautious selling of farm sur
nluses here and abroad, coupled
with "strenuous efforts" to In
crease consumption everywhere,
5. "A dynamio program of soil
conservation.
Beside what a positive program
can do, Humphrey said the grow
ing population "with three million
more mouths to feed each year
will eat into both limited current
production and surplus at an
amazing rate."
BORDER PLAN
CAIRO Egyptian officials
said Saturday.- they still were
awaiting U.N. 'rasponse to Egyp
lian counterproposals for easing
tension along the Israeli-Egyptian
border in the El Auja area.
Officials said they handed their
proposals to the U.N. chief truce
supervisor, Gen. E d s o n L. M.
Burns, last week when he present
ed the plan drawn by U.N.
Secretary-General Dag Hammar
skjold and himself.
Slow Drivers
Get Warning
SACRAMENTO (UP) Slow
drivers were on notice today that
If they persist in blocking the nor
mal flow of traffic tney will be
arrested by the Highway Patrol
Ross R. McDonald, deputy pa
trol commissioner. Issued orders
saying "Enforcement action is
necessary in tho case of slow
drivers blocking tne normal flow
of traffic and those motorists who
persist in driving in the passing
lane on multilane highways."
It's my job to
see you get
fast, friendly
help...
L
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William N. Om
A. nut of nv naliev t
holders, I would per
tonally help you if you
have an accident near
home. Away from home,
there are nearly (,000
agents and claims rep
resentatives like myself
to give you the saass
assistance.
! Ym.N.Goen
70 So. 6th
Mi. 3262
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Mil l T.,
THE SCOTTISH RITE
TUMPL
Is a Building the Town can be proud of . . . and we art
happy to have been selected to furbish the Lumber and
Millwork for this Modern New Building!
WHEN YOU NEED
BUILDING MATERIALS
BE SURE TO SEE US!
. . . and be sure to attend the big Scottish Rite Open
House Today at 2:00 p.m.
Basin Building Materials
Attend The
OPEN HOUSE
Of The New
Scottish Rite Temple
SUNDAY 2 P.M.
YOU'LL SEE A BEAUTIFUL, MOD
ERN BUILDING THAT WE ARE
PROUD TO HAVE HAD A PART
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Phone 5320
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O STORM WINDOWS
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To the Scottish Rite Building Association
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