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(TTi d) fpfir mi fo) K V ...o v In The- Day's lews ' By FRANK JENKINS The Minneapolis Tribune, re sponsible newspaper operated by the Cowles family, which has other large newspaper Interests In the Middle West, says In a copyrighted article that the department o( ag riculture will soon announce a soil saving plan that will be expected to cost an average ot about 100 million dollars annually ior the next 15 years. It adds that the proposal would . provide lor paying the cost of in ' stalling soli conservation cover : (meaning crops, such as grasses, that Improve the soil) on land ' taken out of production under con ' tract with the government. Under i the plan, farmers would also get up to $5,000 per year to csmpen ! sate for UNPRODUCED crops that is to say crops, such as corn, i wheat and cotton, that they i DIDN'T produce. ! The Tribune's article tells of oth : er details to cut farm output and ! it the earn time encourage soil - conservation. It says that under the plan farmers might enter the ' program, and still use such land ' (that Is, land devoted to cover f crop conservation of soil fertility) to pasture livestock, i But, it adds, this acreage would ' have to be In ADDITION to acre- age NORMALLY planted to cover ; crops or left to lie fallow as a soil , conservation device. Presumably that means that if a farmer wants to pasture livestock on the acres he gets paid for planting to soil conservation cover he must CON TINUE to put out to cover crops or leave fallow as large a percen tage ot his remaining acreage as he has NORMALLY done In the past. In the first year of operation of the new plan, the Tribune's article says, the aim would be to per suade 132,000 farmers to take more than 16 million acres out of pro duction, ' On such a sketchy outline, It is difficult to form an accurate opin ion as to Just how well such a plan would work. But this much, at least, can be said with a certain amount of confidence :- IP it resulted In taking out of production some 18 million acres of land now devoted to production of SURPLUS crops that presently are being piled up in storage that costs a lot of money and hangs like a dark thundercloud over the markets of the future And IP Its cost was only 100 million dollar annually for the next 16 years, which is mere vest pocket change In these days of fabulous subsidies to hire people to. do that which is only good cftmmon sepss, anyway It would be BETTER than the present system which amounts to subsidising continued heavy over production of certain farm crops of which there Is already a huge and burdensome surplus. Three Tuskers Stage Gambol CHARLESTON, W. Va. I Three elephants, "only five years ' old." gamboled around the Chesa peake & Ohio Railway station and vicinity Sunday and in one hour wrote a hilarious new chapter in the history of railroads. The three were from a group of six that got loose when they were being transferred from a railroad ' car to a trailer-truck for transpor tation to a shrine circus. The oth er three were immediately recap tured, but Mary, Jean and an un identified rthlrd weren't. Mary and Jean romped into the station waiting room, where: A woman and her small son took refuge in a telephone booth, a porter fled upstairs and two ticket sellers hot-footed It to the top of their counter. And - Asst. Trainmaster K. T. Smith saw his new $15 hat become en adornment for -an elephant's left hind foot. Smith was under a counter at the time. Mary was on pne side of htm. Jean was on the other. ' Mary and Jean finally backed up, and Joined their companion on the platform. While Smith quick ly ordered train traffic halted In both directions, the pachyderms lumbered down the C. & O. main line. When they gave up railroading and tried MacCorkle Ave. about a half a mile from the station, they got caught. Mac MacDonald, the elephants' trainer, and manager Ross Paul of Polack Brothers Circus, said dam age at the station was minor. The elephants, said MacDonald, are "Just children only five years old and they get frisky." m SHOOTING HOURS OREGON November 29 OPEN CLOSE 6:44 4:36 CALIFORNIA California Season Closed Until Dee. 10th 'Stacking' Refuted By School Chief WASHINGTON m Nell McEl roy, chairman of the White House Conference on Education, said Monday he doesn't believe there has -been any advance "stacking" among the 1,400 conference dele gates for or against the heatedly controversial issue of federal aid to schools. McElroy told a news conference, in advance of the opening session Monday night that such federal aid will be an Important topic but by no means "the only important question" before the conference. He said he had noted advance accusations that the conference had been "stacked In every direction" on the federal aid issue. "Personally," he said,- "I don't know of its being stacked in any direction." He added that each state selected Its delegatee In its own way. . PROBLEMS Emphasizing1 that there are other important problems to be tackled, McElroy said that "perhaps the most stubborn of all Is how to find the teachers that are needed. You can vote taxes and build a building with the money, (but) it takes years to train a qualified teacher." Mothers, fathers, teachers . and businessmen are included In the 1,400 delegates making up a cross section of the population for the conference. The federal aid question Is due for discussion Wednesday, as signed a comparatively minor spot on the program. But advance word from the states indicated It might become the runaway Issue. SENTIMENT In Utah sentiment was so violent ly against any federal aid that delegates traveled here on state money rather than accept federal transportation allowances. In New York the committee drafting the state conference re port overrode its chairman, former Secretary of the Army Kenneth O. Royall, and called for a wide range of federal school assistance. Royall submitted a separate report refer ring to what he called the danger of federal control. A New York congressman, Re publican Ralph Owynn, attacked the idea of federal aid last night In a CBS-TV program as "a pure phony, one of the worst." He said it was based on the idea of "tax ing the rich states" to support poor ones and that this was "utter ly, deceptive." ; . AID NECESSARY 'Sen. Lister. HiU .(D-Ala), a. long time' federal atd backer, said on the same program that federal help is necessary because of "dif ferences in wealth (among the states) and because the federal government ... is taking 78 cents out of the tax dollar." Legislation now before Congress calls only for federal aid for school construction, not for operation, teachers' salaries or purchase of books. The conference was called by President Elsenhower nearly a year ago to dig out "the informa tion with which to attack these serious problems" In education. It will take up six main points: school aims, organisation, building needs, faculty needs, financing, and public Interest In education. Tonight's opening session will In clude sound-filmed greetings from President Elsenhower and speeches by Vice President Nixon; Confer ence Chairman Nell McElroy, pres ident of the Procter ft Gamble Co.; and Clint Pace, conference director. Izaak 7alton Chief Named BEND ) The Oregon Izaak Walton League voted to support an initiative petition for closing all Oregon Coastal streams to com mercial salmon fishing and then elected an opponent of the plan as president. Named to the presidency was Rollln Bowles, a Portland attor ney, who spoke against the petition in a round table discussion at the league's 33rd annual meeting here. Elected Saturday to serve with Bowles were: Allen Kelly, Port land, secretary; Lelghton Whltsett, Aurora, treasurer: and these vice presidents: Wade Hall, Enterprise: Dr. I. A. Calhoun, Tillamook; Henry Kness, Portland; and Paul Wiley, Medford. . Before approving the resolution calling for support of the closure petition, delegates defeated a mo tion to refer the matter to the league's board of directors. Delegates also urged that build ers of the proposed Hills Creek Dam on the Upper Willamette and Cougar Dam on the south fork ol the McKenzle provide necessary funds for adequate planning, con struction, and maintenance of public recreation, health and safe ty facilities. Other resolutions called for: Support of all efforts to Improve access routes to state and federal lands and to eliminate silt damage to Oregon streams caused by mining and dredging operations. Congress to appropriate MOO.000 to the Forest Service to maintain wildlife habitat and sSOO.000 to conduct big game studies. AGREEMENT DAMASCUS. Syria m A trade and agreement between Syria and East Germany was signed here Monday. Syria will export raw ma terials and agricultural products In exchange for Industrial ma chinery and agricultural Implement. (Tic five Cents 14 Pace U.S. Backs Arab-Asian Bloc In U.N. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (UP) The United States supported 31 members of ' powerful Arab-Asian and Latin American blocs today in their proposal to kill debate on France's relations with Morocco. ' The 31 countries made their pro posal formally In the General Assembly's Main Political Com mittee. It was regarded as a move to clear the last obstacle to France's removal from Its agenda of the Algerian question, which caused the French to walk out of the Assembly Sept. 30. Although the French announced that they would return, now that the Algeri an question was killed, their ap pearance was delayed until the Moroccan question is disposed of. In previous years, French dele gates have stayed out of the de bate on Morocco. DISPOSITION Disposition of the Moroccan question would enable the 10th General Assembly, in a drive to get its delegates home for Christ mas, to tackle some of its hottest problems. Including disarmament. The 12-nation disarmament com mission after four meetings last week voted to pass on to the General Assembly for a full-scale discussion the 3440-page, 12-pound verbatim report of a five-nation subcommittee. - The disarmament commission report was expected to be the next item tackled by the U.N. main po litical committee, driving bard to get the delegates home by Christ mas, after it finishes with the Moroccan question, RESOLUTION A resolution drawn up by 11 Asian, African and Latin-American nations proposing that, debate on Morocco be postponed waa expect ed to be adopted in 'the main political committee after a brief debate. . ' The resolution notes that nego tiations are underway between France and Morocco, expresses confidence that they Will find a solution to Moroccan desires for self government and postpones "further consideration of this item." The Moroccan proposal goes hand in hand with the General Assembly decision of Friday to strike the Algerian question from its agenda and clear the way for Prance to return to the United Nations. France left the General Assem bly in protest over Its decision to debate Algeria, which the French consider a part of their country and not a subject for International concern. Youths Facing Death Charge BAKERSFIELD (UP) Two teen-agers' were charged today with the "revenge" slaying of an elderly Mojave ranch caretaker, while two others were held as accomplices. Sheriff's Investigator Joseph Taylor reported Darrell Standridge, 17. Bakersfleld. and Lioya oeweii, 17, Lancaster, admitted they shot and killed Benjamin J. Butler, 87, last Wednesday about seven miles west of Mojave. Sewell's brother. Weldon, 14, and Daniel Green, 15, also of Lancas ter, were held as accomplices. Taylor said they helped drag the victim's body from the scene of the crime to a tool shed where It was discovered Friday afternoon. Taylor described Green as "the mastermind" of the crime. Green admitted he urged Standridge and the elder Sewell to shoot Butler because the victim had not allowed him to hunt on the property. But ler was shot with a .30 caliber rifle and a .13 gauge shotgun and his body dragged about 75 feet to the ahed: Oreen told Taylor he and his companions approached Butler on the pretense they needed gas for their car. Green saia ne was run off" the ranch earlier in the week by Butler after he killed a chicken and decided to "seek revenge later." Taylor said Oreen obtained 'the auna in a robbery of a Lancaster hardwa're store and then ap proached Standridge and the sew ell brothers to accompany him to the ranch. Taylor said Green at tempted to shoot a .23 caliber rifle at Butler but the weapon misfired The youths were picked up yes terday for questioning after It was learned Oreen bad quarreled with the victim. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity mostly clevdy through Tuesday with valley leg and ee rasional drlttle. Low Monday night 10; high Tuesday 18. High yesterday ..... 11 Low last night ...... .. Precip. last 14 hoars Tf are Since Oct. I 4.S3 Same period last year ... 1 M Normal for period 3.U KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, r h ANN ERWIN, clerk stenographer at the Klamath Falls Post Office, holds stickers offered to persons mailing Christmas cards. By separating the out-of-town cards from the city cards, and placing one of these stickers on each bundle, the senders can speed up delivery of the cards by the postal employes. Two U.S. Congressmen Held In Red Sector Of Berlin BERLlrT m Two , American congressmen were held-Sunday In the Russian sector of Berlin 'for more than four hours. The incident challenged some of the Allied oc' cupatlon rights In his four-power city. U. S. officials disclosed that East German Communist police de tained Rep. Harold C. Ostertag (R NY), Ostertng's wife, Rep. Edward P. Boland (D-Mass), and their es cort officer, Lt. James T. Mc Queen, of Mullins, S. C. The party was held at pistol point at the Russian War Memorial Center in Treptow. The German police contended the visitors had violated the laws of the Commun ist state by using an automobile equipped with a two-way radio. U.S. authorities said tne Russians supported this claim later in the day when the Americans' release was secured. American officials took this to mean that the laws of the East German Republic now could be applied to Allied person nel entering East Berlin. This would in effect weaken, if not des troy, the four-power character of the divided, occupied city. MaJ. Gen. Charles L. Dasher Jr., U.S. commandant In Berlin, de manded an audience with the So viet commandant, MaJ. Gen. P. T. Dlbrova, to lodge a verbal protest. The party was touring In an Army sedan of the type used by the U.S. mission accredited to the MAKING PLANS for the annual Junior Chamber of Commerce home Christmas lighting and decoration contest ara three members of the committee in charge of the event. Jack Otter bain daft), Junior Chamber Director; Harold Howard, committee chairman, and Rox Dye, Junior Chamber Past President, ara shown checking back files of the Herald and News in a search for ideas for the contest. Judging this year will be from December 14-21. The sweep stakes winner will ba entered in a national contest which carries a top prize of $10,000. There will ba cash prizes for local winners In four classes, lawn scene, roof scene, door scene and window scana, and an additional prize for the sweepstakes winner. The business class has been discontinued this year. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2S, 1945 Soviet zone. The mission pas never been Involved in any incidents over the use of its two-way radio, Lt. McQueen said the party crossed into the Soviet sector of Berlin at 11 a.m. and drove to the Red army cemetery, which attracts foreign . visitors almost daily. While the group strolled through the grounds, an East German policeman looked into the parked nuto and noted the radio telephone. When the party returned, 'the po liceman demanded the car keys. The policeman cocked his pistol and when McQueen demanded to know why, he was told: "It is against the laws of the East German Democratic Republic for a foreign power to have and operate a radio in a vehicle." McQueen tried to radio his head quarters and a second policeman drew his pistol. The party was then ordered to follow the policemen to a guard shelter . where Soviet authorities were notified. American officials finally ob tained their release more than three hours later. , Ostertag told newsmen It was a "harrowing experience for me but I felt it would straighten itself out. It was difficult to understand the delay in getting the word down the line to any responsible auth ority. My wife was rather nervous, of course." ' f Telephone 8111 No. 3338 Korean War POVs Relate Prison Tale FT. LEWIS. Wash. W A tale of hiingry American prisoners of war eating dog meat and nursing the bones for seven days was un folded here at the court martial of Lt. Col. Paul V. Liles. , Capt. Charles Winn of Grand Rapids, Mich., said he and other officers held prisoners in a com pound south of Pyoktong, North Korea, lived on millet and corn during the latter part of 1950. They bad watered rice once or twice a week. r . "We had no meat except. . , . around the holidays," the Infantry officer testified. "I've learned since I got back that lt was dog. The bone lasted 'sewn days."' WITNESS Winn, now stationed at Fort Ben ning, Ga., was the seventh prose cution witness at the court martial of Liles, first West Point graduate to face charges of collnboraitng with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Korea, Under questioning by Lt. Col. George M. Thorpe of Brooklyn, N.Y., assistant prosecution coun sel, Winn corroborated testimony of previous witnesses that Liles was the senior officer in the POW camp, but Lt. Col. Harry Flem ing of Racine, Wis., was In charge because of Liles' physical condi tion. One of the charges against Liles is that he refused to take com mand of American prisoners of war although he was the senior officer present. Another is that he told fellow prisoners to cooperate with the Chinese to avoid starv ing to death. LILES SICK Winn said Liles was very thin, had two large boils on his but tocks, and could not get around as well as other officers In the compound. - At another point, Winn testified concerning an incident that oc curred around Christmas of 1950 when the prisoners were discussing the Korean war. irr a room of the officer compound in the POW camp., -"Col. Liles leaned back and said 'Well. I don't know but what these Chinese are doing what; we would do if somebody attacked the United States through Mexico or Canada'." Winn testified. The Army has accused Liles of making disloyal statements while a prisoner In Korea. . Graham Granted Second Delay DENVER (UP) A stale court today granted a second continu ance, until Dec. 9, In the scheduled arraignment of accused plane bomb saboteur John Gilbert Gra ham. Graham, 23, appeared with his three court-appointed attorneys to day before District Judge Edward J. Keating to enter a plea to a charge of murdering his mother who was one of 44 persons killed In the United Air Lines DC6B bomb plot crush .Nov. 1. . The arraignment had been de layed once before because perma nent counsel had not been appoint ed for Graham. Today, his three attorneys told the court they had not had time for sufficient prepa ration of their case. a President Kdn't Say Tes' Or W GETTYSBURG, Pa. 141 Re- publican Chairman Leonard W. Hall said Monday after a meeting with President Eisenhower he now believes Eisenhower will seek a second term "If he feels he Is able." , . .. Hall met reporters after holding with the Chief Executive the. first all-out political conference Elsen hower has had since his Sept. 34 heart attack. The national chairman aald El senhower's second term plans were not discussed "as a specific situa tion" at their 45-mlnute meeting. but he added he felt "very much encouragea aa a result Of me meeting. The Republican chairman cams here Monday morning to give El senhower "a rundown on politics." Hall said he expected much to depend on late January physical examinations which are supposed to show whether Eisenhower's re covery from his heart attack Is oomplete. . , NO PROMISES Hall said Elsenhower made no promises about running again: "He didn't say yea and he didn't say no. .- And Hall said he feels more optimistic about the President's running than he did when they last met. That was in Denver, two weeks before Eisenhower was stricken. , Hall said the President demon strated In their talk that he has kept in close touch with political affairs during his Illness. He said Elsenhower has "a continuing interest that goes beyond today or tomorrow. Hall said he touched on s nunv ber of current issues in his talk with Elsenhower the farm and foreign situations, the 1058 con ventions and campaign, the OOP's linances. DEMOS HIT He didn't quote Eisenhower on these issues but took occasion to swat at such Democratic leaders as New York Gov. Averlll Harrl- man who have been critical ot ad ministration foreign policy. serving notice, in effect, that the Republicans, are ready to fight fire with fire, Hall aald the Re publicans will If Democratic at tacks continue be forced to conv pare the Democrats' record with ineir own. mere is no question, he declared, that the public will endorse the - admlniatratlon'a course. . , Claims Life By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two persons lost their lives in gun accidents In Oregon over the weekend. Walter Edward Harper. SO. of Sweet Home, the father of two young children, waa killed by companion when mistaken for a deer. , , The accident occurred Saturday In the McDowell Creek area near Sweet Home when Harper had been hunting with Doyle V. Shlpp, also Sweet Home. Sheriff's Deputy J. C. Comer said Shlpp had ad mitted firing the fatal ahot. Merlyn Osbum Christiansen, 16, Forest Grove, died in a Illllsboro hospital Sunday from a wound suffered while playing with a .22 callber , automatic pistol at his home. The bullet severed a vein in the youth's leg and he apparently bled to death. Harper was the 20th fatality of the Oregon hunting season. Eight others have been ahot to death, eight have suffered fatal heart attacks, two have drowned and one was killed In an automobile acci dent while on a hunting trip. At leaat 18 others have suffered non-fatal gun shot wounds. Arctic Cold By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Frigid air termed the most se vere of the late autumn season by Uie Weather Bureau gripped a Vast portion of the nation Monday. The cold arctlo air covered the country from the Rockies to the Appalachians and reached from the Canadian border Into the Western Gulf states. The cold anap, aald the Weather Bureau, had Just about expended Its force in the South early Mon day and was moving eastward at about 30 miles per hour. Cold wave conditions became the rule rather than the exception for most of the Great Lakea and Ohio Valley as well as the middle and upper Mississippi Valley. The cold was accompanied by gusty winds and snow flurries, lt slicked roads In parts of the Midwest to add driving perils to motorists' returning home from an extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Sunday midnight temperatures hovered around the zero mark or below In pari of Wisconsin, Min nesota and North Dakota, A mild off-ocean breeze protect ed the East Coast, meanwhile, and staved off the cold air. Florida was the nation's warm est apot as the mercury pushed to 73 at Miami's airport and 75 at Key West. Generally fair weath er prevailed In the South. Temperatures were near normal elsewhere ranging . from a little below freezing In the northern and central Interior regions to the 40s and 50s in the West, , He predicted an even mora sweeping victory for an Eiseuhow- er-Nlxon ticket next year than m 1953, adding he expects vice pres ident Nixon again to be Eisen hower's running mate if the Presi dent runs. He said he was able to tell Ei senhower the party's war chest Is In fine shape that recent contri butions have put the treasury "In better shape today than in many, many months." , Hall said he will report on Mon day's session to the Republican Na tional Committee meeting in Chi cago later this week and also tako to tne Chicago gathering a per sonal message from Eisenhower. The President also met with Secretary of Labor Mitchell on wnai uie wnite House described as "routine" departmental mat ters. . . The meeting -with Mitchell had political overtones, too, with the merging AFL and CIO set to test their strength in next year's elec tions. . .... .. Before Hall s visit. GOP hones were growing that the President would accept renomlnation. Benson Asks Advice Aid For Farmers WASHINGTON W1 Socretarv of Agriculture Benson called , upon agricultural economists and edu cators Monday to help farmers make correct production and mar. keting decisions in agriculture's ef forta to solve current surplus and low price problems. opening the department's 83rd annual four-day Agriculture Out look Conference, the secretary said farmers are In a serious price-cost squeeze. , Farmers problems are very real," he said, "but they are work ing out of their difficulties with fewer hardships than in any other postwar period in history." - noimng can be more Important in such a period, Benson said, fhan that farmers be supplied with ade. quate,. reliable- economic -information. .' ,; .,, The conferenoe was attended by State Agricultural Extension. Serv ice economists from 48 states and Puerto Rico, and ranking depart. merit economist and farm commn. dlty experts. Held annually, the conference Is designed to give extension workers Including county agricultural agents the best Information the department has with regard to short and longer-term prospects for agriculture. The opening session was devoted chiefly to general economic condi tions at home and abroad. In a talk on the domestic busi ness outlook, Nathan M. Koffsky, department marketing specialist. predicted further economic gains in tne economy as a whole next year. The Agriculture Department fore cast Sunday that farm production costa would continue at near rec ord levela next year. The depart, ment previously had predicted farm prices may average slightly lower In 1956. They already are down 25 per cent from postwar peaks. Roads Jammed By Motorists SAN FRANCISCO (UP). A warm sun and blue skies hired thousands of motorists to Northern uaiuornia highways during the weekend, but the traffio toll re mained surprisingly low, A total of three traffic deaths was listed for the area during the entire weekend, despite clogged highways. Traffic officers renorleil Ihev had their hands full keeping traffic moving, especially during the homeward rush last nlsht. Thev said that although traffic inched along in many places, accidents were few and far between. - The worst Jam In the San Fran cisco Bay Area developed, as us. ual. In Marin County. Traffic there was backed up from the Golden Gate Bridge to the outskirts of Ban Rafael from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. , Highway patrolmen operated stop signs by hand at the Orermbrae, Corte Madera and Mill Valley cut offs. ; ;: Nearly similar conditions pre. vailed In the East Bay ut the Hayward end of the E.iNtshore Highway, where It Joins narrow, er Highway 17. An estimated 29.000 persons vis ited Flelschhacker Zoo In Ban Francisco to make It the most crowded Sunday attraction In the nay Area. REFINERY BAGHDAD. Iraq. iTI Oil-rich Iraq's first state-owned rclinery was opened this morning bv King Faisal II. The refinery is located at Dora, south of Baghdad on the west bank of the Tigris. It la de signed to process a million tons annually 24.000 barrels dally ot crude oil Irom uie turkuk field.
