WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 11, 1056
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
by Rep. Harris Ellsworth
4th 'District
Right now no one sems to have
miv clear cut Wens as to what
is going to be taken up on the
Fluor of the House as first order
of lestsl-uive business. Held over
Horn last year was a rule making
in order the consideration of the
Upper Colorado project. Otherwise
nothing is ready for Floor debate
other than such bills as might be
handled by unanimous consent. I
have heard that the committee may
make some revisions in the Upper
Colorado bill so it that is true the
present program is indeed a blank.
Munnwliilc the chairman of the
Rules Committee told me that he
has no meeting oi mai commmee
planned for the Immediate future,
mils are cleared by the Rules
Committee before they get to the
floor.
The most discussed subject at
Diesent is the flood disaster prob'
lem. Not only have we recently
suffered unprecedented damage
frn.n Hoods in Oregon and Call
forma but since Congress recessed
last summer tiooas nave ravagcu
New England and the North At
lantic slates. Of a total of 43 bills
and resolutions introduced the first
day of this session, 30 of them had
to do with the flood problem. The
big question is: How can the Feder
al government act most quic'.:ty
and efficiently first to help the
present disaster areas and next to
do more to diminish flood disaster
in the future? The bills thus far in
troduced divide about equally be
tween immediate aid and future
protection.
The most constructive idea for
immediate action is to increase the
disaster loan authorization for the
Shiall Business Administration. I
along with several other members,
have introduced for that purpose a
bill. We do not propose to increase
total loan authorization of SBA
we merclv would make any or all
of the hs million existing au
thorization available for loans in
disaster areas. Without this change
in the law only $445,000 remains
in the revolving fund from previous
British Make
Bribery Claim
LONDON lT The Colonial Office
announced today It had evidence
Crime: e Nationalists 0 r 1 d e a a
cleaner at the Hong Kong airport
to time-bomb the Indian plane
which crashed last year with a
party of Chinese Communists bound
for the Bandung conference.
A Colonial Office statement said
the cleaner. Chow Tse Ming,
slowed away to Formosa five
weeks after the crash. It explained
thai Nationalist officials had re
fused repeatedly to extradite him
for trial on a charge of conspiracy
to murder.
"Despite intensive and continu
ing investigation it has not yet
proved possible to bring charges' j
anainst any other persons who
p....icipateo in the crime," the
statement- said.
The Air India plane collected the
Red party at Hong Kong April 11.
It crashed in the South China Sea
after an explosion while approach
ins Indonesia Fifteen persons, in
cluding Chinese Red officials and
Communist newsmen, were killed.
The Pelping government accused
the Nationalists and the United
States of sabotaging the plane, and
British authorities in Hong Kong
of ignoring a Red Chinese warn
ing. T.ie United States denied the
charge, and the British said all
possible precautions were taken.
The Colonial Office said Investi
gators learned after Chow fled
May 18 on a plane for Formosa
that he admitted complicity in the
crash on four separate occasions.
The statement added that he had
had hundreds of dollars beyond his
normal means and also told of
being promised a reward of 600,000
Hong Kong dollars ($84,600).
viKi
Mate Nabbed
For Wife Death
CASPER. Wyo. 11 Arrested
minutes after he posted $10,000
bond for his first wife yesterday,
.lames Alexander. 48, was charged
with first-degree murder of his sec
ond wife Barbara. Her body was
chipped from a concrete tomb In
the basement of the Alexander
home 37 days ago.
Police seized the balding former
high school teacher In District
Court after he signed bond for Mrs. j
Rose Alexander, 42. I
Rose was arrested Dec. 7 and j
elaarged with her rival's death. She
was released from jail after Alex
ander posted bond. I
Officers ended an 18-month j
search for Barbara Dec. 5 when
they dug her remains from the :
basement.
Rose testified at a coroner's in- j
quest that Barbara. 27, died ac-(
cidentally in July 1953 when she
tripped and fell into an excavation
at the home, toppling a pile of
bricks onto her. Rose said she re
turned to the home two days later
and buried Barbara, and there
after shared Alexander's residence
at his bidding.
Alexander and Rose were di
vorced in 1950. He and Barbara,
who had lived with the couple for
some weeks before the divorce,
then were married. Rose continued
to live Willi them briefly, Alexan
der said at the inquest.
Alexander has said he knew '
nothing of Barbara's death until
her body was found. He said ie
thought she had left him.
Alexander's preliminary hearing
is scheduled Jan. 16.
No trial date has been set for
Rose. i
authorizations for such loan relief
in the 43 Calilornia and 9 Oregon
counties which have been de
clared disaster areas. Loans totl-
Intr $23 millions have been made by
SBA In the Northeastern area fol
lowing the disaster there last fall.
I understand from conlerence
with House leaders that this legis
lation will be speeded. In fact the
Small Business Administration is
anticipating its enactment and is
already proceeding to open emerg
ency disaster loan offices In South
ern Oregon and in California. The
Oregon offices will probably be lo
cated in Ooos Bay, Grants Pass
and Eugene. The SBA has already
designated Lane, Douglas, Jose'
phine. Jackson. Coos and Curry
counties disaster areas.
The purpose of the disaster loan
program is to restore the victims'
property as nearly as possible to
pre-disaster status, although some
Improvement may result by using
new materials.- The proceeds of
disaster loans may be used for re
pair or replacement of the damaged
property, including the replace'
ment of damaged inventory.
Loans may be made to home
owners to help repair or replace
their homes, or to businesses. in
eluding corporations or partner
ships, that have suffered property
loss. Churches, charitable institu
tions and other non-profit organiza
tions are also eligible.
Mr. Sam Baldock, Oregon's high
way engineer, has been in Wash
ington several days conferring with
legislative leaders on a compromise
draft for a new highway construc
tion bill. Baldock Is a national
leader in highway matters. I under
stand from him that every effort
is being made to get early action
on President Eisenhower's highway
program which bogged down at
the end of the last session of Con
gress. i As the President pointed out In
his ."State of the Union" message
to Congress: "Twelve months have
now passed In which we have fallen
further behind in road construction
needed for personal safety, the
general prosperity and the national
security oi me American people
During the year over 38.000 per
sons lost their lives In highway
accidents, while the fearful toll
of Injuries and property damage
has gone on unabated." Congress
certainly cannot longer ignore the
overwhelming demand of the
American people for an advanced
highway Improvement program.
Pilots End Third Phase 'Operation Deep Freeze'
By bAl'L PETT
' McMURDO SOUND IN THT,
iMTiRCTle ijn Navv allots of
Operation Deep Freeze have com-
nllH thtir Ihirrt flioht tn a series
of exploratory missions over tow
ering plateaus of trie Antarctic
never before seen by man.
As a result, much of the white
Weed Cub Pack
Reveals Theme
WEED "Pirate Waters" will be
the theme for the January Cub
Pack meeting slated for January
24. Plans tor the monthly meet
will be completed at the pack
committee meeting to be held
January 17 at the Harry Koch
residence with Floyd quigiey,
committee treasurer, as host.
Members of the committee to
attend the meeting Include Arthur
Fish, chairman: Harold ceoros,
cubmaster; Leno Lenzl, assistant
cubmaster: Oerald fcubll. Max
Layton, Henry Reents. and W. M.
Runyan, committee men.
Den mothers of the cubs are
Mrs. Bryce Pease, Den 1: Mrs.
Arthur Michaels, Den 9: Mrs. Al
len Henry and Mrs. Herman Oray,
Den 3: and Mrs. Charles Davis.
Den 3.
curtain hanging over vast unknown
areas of the Antarctlo quadrant
facing Australia has been punc
tured and thousands of miles of
completely uncharted, forbidding
Ice cap now are recorded on aerial
maps.
The twin-engined Neptune which
set 1U skis on McMurdo Sound's
ice Friday completed what Is be
lieved to be the longest flight ever
made over this continent 2.900
miles round trip from the Ross
Sea Coast to the Knox coast.
On Tuesday a four-englned Sky'
master circled over the pole for
30 minutes Before returning to
base here. It was the third time
in history that the pole has been
conquered by air. The man who
did It twice betore Rear sam
Richard E. Byrd has not as yet
made any long (lights on the cur
rent expedition.
On Wednesday another Sky
master headed out Into completely
unknown areas of the Western
Antarctic and discovered two
mountain ranges and a huge ice'
covered plateau 13,000 feet above
sea level.
The last two flights came within
sight of base areas' assigned to
the Russians under the Interna
tional Geophysical Year program.
But the crews saw no sign of the
Soviets.
iMoscow Radio reported Satur
day that the soviet Union team
had landed on the Antarctic Ice
cap and sent off ski teams to ex
plore Inland.)
The polar tiigni came auoui oy
accident. The Skymaster's origin
al mission was to penetrate un
known areas of Wilkes Land, but
the pilot. LI. Col. Hal R. Kolp,
U. S. Marine Corps, of Akron.
Ohio, ran Into a severe whlteoul.
Alter repeated attempts to pass
the phenomenon oy wnicn me nor-
Izou is lost In whiteness, lie neaacn
south to the geographic pole.
The fliers recorded that the pole
area has an altitude of 9.700 feet
and described It as flat and full
of snow drifts. They said it had
the appearance of a "white, sta'
tlonarv sea."
The second flight with LI. Cmdr.
Henry P. Jordan of San Francisco
at the controls, covered 2.100 miles
round trip. The deepest pomt in
the Antarctic Interior was reached
by Jordan and his nine crewmen.
It was latitude 80 degrees south
and longitude 90 east.
This area, the fliers found, had
an Ice cap of 13.000 feet making
It one of the world's highest pla
teaus. Thcv were forced to fly only
f00 feet above the Ice, because the
crew had no oxygen as a result
of a leak.
By the time they returned to
McMurdo Sound all had head".
aches from the lack of oxygen.
The Ncnlune piloted bv Lt. Cmdr.
John H. Tobert of Carmel Valley.
Calif., flew to Vlncennes Bay on
the Knox Coast and then traveled
westward 120 miles before return
ing to McMurdo. The flight took
14 hours. Tobert and the crew
of six found It "completely bar
ren." Visibility was good, but the
scenery had dull aameness.
The men aboard this plane also
had the distinction of seeing the
first twilight since the expedition
arrived Dec. 11 In the season of
perpetual devlight. They did this
UV flying slightly north of the Ant
arctlo Circle before returning to
home base.
Navy officials disclosed that a
tractor used on an exploratory
mission plunged through an ico
crack carryuig the driver to his
presumed death. He was identified
by the Navy as Richard Thomas
B. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John R Williams, Mohawk, N.Y.
HUGE TIRES for a land-leveling machine were unloaded here
last week by the Monarch Tire Service, 315 South Sixth. E. L.
"Asia" Miner, partner in the firm, is shown standing in front
of two of the huge 24.00 x 32 tires. The land-leveling machine
uses four of these tires and is owned by Max Hooper.
Sealed Bids To Be Called
A bid invitation is on display
at the Klamath Falls Builders Fx
change, 'announcing that sealed
bids will be opened at 2 p.m. on
January 30 at the purchasing and
contracting office. Hamilton Air
Force Base, for the rehabilitation
of 12 existing buildings at the local
air base.
Plans were drawn for this work
by the office of Howard R. Fer
rin, 1101 Main Street.
This rehabilitation work is being
undertaken by the U.S. Air Force
as It was not Included in the Navy
program of conversion at the airport.
Four existing two-story buildings
containing two and three-room
apartments are to be put In' first
class condition for dependent hous
ing for the Air Force. Another two
story building will be rehabilitated
for barracks use.
The remainder of the structures
are one-story buildings and will be
used for offices, shops and ware
houses. Work includes cleaning
and repairing of each building, re
pairing or replacing roofs, steps
and sidewalks, electrical and
plumbing'' fixtures and in some
cases, installation of new heating
plants.
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715 Main Street
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GEORGETOWN. Ky. u George
names, garage owner, offered a
reward to not for thieves yester
day. He said If valuable papers
stolen from his safe were returned,
he would let the thieves keep $200
also taken, would give them $150
reward and would not prosecute.
He said the sale contained records
and other papers.
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