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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1953 PAGE SIX FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor Mow And Arrows By BILL JENKINS Moving with all the darting speed of a herd of turtles on an uphill run the Defense Department has released to the public the detaili of its highly secret World War Two bow and arrow project. If that sounds strange let me UU you a couple of the facts. During the war, the last one, that is, the cloak and dagger boys began casting about for some sort of a silent weapon to aid in their nefarious work among the enemy. What they particularly wanted was a noiseless, flashless weapon with which to pick off enemy sentries so they could penetrate the lines and gain the necessary informa tion. What they finally came up with, but never used intensively, went right back to the days of yore the bow and arrow. Or, more prt- cisely, the crossbow. These were powered by rubber bands and packed quite a wallop. At least on paper they developed a weapon which was capable of killing a man at fifty yards and doing it in a nice, neat, quiet manner. The crossbow is far from a new weapon. Records of their use date back to the Fourth Century and they were widely used up until the b-ttle of Crecy in the Fourteenth Century. The first crossbows were made of wood, later models of laminated whalebone and the final style of wood again with a steel bow and an elaborate cranking sys tem to draw the bow to tremen dous tensions. The arrows were called quarrels or bolts, were feath ered and some of them were so built as to spin, thus enhancing their accuracy and range. The crossbow died a natural death, along with several thousand arbalists (cross bowmen) at Crecy when the English showed up with their longbows and the clothyard shaft which had a longer range and greater penetrating power. When the defense people were trying out their miniature weapons at the testing ground they fired them into great chunks of horse- ; meat to determine their penetrat ing powers. When the arbalists of an earlier age tried out a new weapon they found a neighboring tribe and tried them out by shooting them into great chunks of other crossbow men. This made it much easier to tell how hard they hit without a lot of tiresome research. If the target got up and fired back then your weapon needed a little tuning up. If he stayed down you named your crossbow "Old Sureshot" and went back to the village tavern to brag about your prowess. The theory advanced by several Fifth Century monks and a couple of battalion commanders that the crossbow was such a horrid weap on that it's invention would outlaw war was proved wrong. Courtesy By FLOYD L. WYNNE There is still no adequate sub stitute today for plain old-fash-ioned courtesy. The Klamath Falls Police De partment has added an additional courtesy to us service to mer chants in the business area of the city. The new service is in the form of a postcard which will be mailed to the merchants anytime a pa trolman finds something amiss with his premises. For instance, looking over the postcard, which will be checked with the appropriate instance, it lists such things as front door un locked, rear door unlocked, side door unlocked, rear window open side window open, defective lock, safe lipjit out, alley light out, store litf it out, skylight open, tran som open, and keys left in door. The name and number of the officer who noticed the condition is also included on the postcard. Certainly, the police department has not been guilty of discourtesy In the past, we don t mean to imply that in any way; howev er, it is just such little things as the postcard reminder thai go s long way toward letting the peo ple of a community know that the policemen are providing not only them, but their business establish ments as well, with adequate pro tection. Another added feature is a monthly mimeographed report which will be kept by banks of the community. They will keep a list of the time and day of each week that the bank is visited by the patrolmen of the beat. They will submit this at the end of each month to the Patrol Division of the Klamath Falls Police De partment. These are Just two of the neu changes being wrought in the lily Sntcred u second claw matter at Um poM etfico at Eluulfc Palls. Ore., oa Aucu&l 30. tMt, under act of Ooofrtaa. March a, U7 8KKVICU: . ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRBS6 AUDIT BURJUU OP CIRCULATIONS Serring Southern Oregon And Northern California police department at the instiga tion of Inspector Richard Young of the Berkeley force who is con tinuing his evaluation of the city police department, Us procedures and policies. Congratulations on both moves, they're in the right direction. Success Slory By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK A former boy evangelist has conquered Broad way in his first role. Lonnie Sattin, son of an itinerant Negro minister, is being hailed by critics as the "discovery-of-the- year for his surprise success in the musical, "Body Beautiful" in which he plays a professional boxer. His dramatic concert trained voice steals the show. "I came up singing," said Lou nie. I can t remember a time when I didn't sing. You know how it is with a minister's boy. You get put in a choir as soon as you can toddle." A bright future as an entertain ment star of the first magnitude now appears certain for Lonnie. But he worked hard to get where he is, and the prospect of quick fame now doesn't overwhelm him. Before undertaking any new venture, he prays lon and earn estly, and this is what he prays for: "I pray for happiness not merely success. I ask God whether, if I am successful, I can handle it humbly and graciously. If not, I don't want it." Sattin, one of nine children, was born in Jacksonville, Fla., but moved as a child to Philadelphia. He earned his way through Tem ple University by working as a barber, house painter, and door-to-door salesman. His childhood Interests were theology and law but for a brief time he thought of becoming a prizefighter. Then he worked out with Honeychile Johnson. "He clipped me a good one on the chin," said Lonnie, "and 1 de cided right then in favor of the ology." Following the example of his father, a Church of God pastor, Lonnie toured the Eastern sea board from New York to North Carolina as an evangelist. "In the ministry I always sang," he recalled. "I found that music would often reach people's spirit in a way that words couldn't," After winning a singing concert sponsored by the National Free dom Day Assn., Sattin gave a series of concerts that won atten tion. Soon he had to face a choice to stay In the ministry or to seek a musical career. It took him four months to make up his mind. I hated to turn my back on my father, who had wanted me to fol low in his footsteps," said Lonnie. "My father knew the spiritual tor ment I was going through. I final ly decided to make song my min istry when he told me, 'You have to live with yourself, son. You can't preach with a divided mind'." Lonnie, a star for Capitol Rec ords, seasoned himself for several years as a band singer and supper club entertainer before making his Broadway debut. He always included at least one religious song in his performances. "I still want to help people spir itually," he said earnestly. "1 want to inspire as well as enter tain. Even singing in night clubs you can have some religious effect on people people who may never go to church." Lonnie and his wife, Tina, a for mer law student, have two chil dren. She acts as his personal business manager. Pogo CN tvAT8iCAL T(ffupf"MA AN' PAKUN A PICA CIKCU9" 6 HAP A ACT CAIXSV 0.015.647 atkurituL COUNT THEM ' rm m consrrf IPWVTWATWeA 1 I VK( A POTATO WITH pS2K -H..A L ? w.uar.1, 1 1 Still in his mid-twenties, Lonnie neither smokes nor drinks. Every now and then accepts an invitation to preach or give Sunday school talks to boys' clubs. 'Sometimes," said his wife, "I wonder whether Lonnie is as far away from the ministry as he thinks he is." Cloud Seeding By ERIC ALLEN In Medford Mail-Tribune We have a letter from a reader in Williams, Oregon, asking about a recent story concerning "weath er control" to prevent hail. His letter suggests the story may not have been comprehen sive enough particularly to rela tively recent newcomers to this area. For "weather control," or at least cloud-seeding, is sort of an old story here. First of all to answer his ques tions: The State Department of Agri culture, under a law passed by the Legislature several years ago, was made the licensing agency for all attempts to regulate the weather. The law was passed as a regulatory measure, to prohibit anyone attempting to seed clouds, any time, and without notice. The law also requires the licensee to advertise his intentions with re gard to weather control activities The law was not referred to vote of the people, for there seemed to be no need nor de mand for such a procedure, par ticularly for a regulatory law. For our correspondent's infor mation, the Medford Pear Ship pers Association (then the Rogue Valley Traffic Association) first retained the services of the Wa ter Resources Development Corpo ration of Denver, Colorado, for ground-generator seeding of clouds, for hail prevention, in 1954. This year marks the fifth year of its operation. But that is not the whole story. In 1951, the California Oregon Power Company retained the North American Weather Consultants firm of Pasadena, California, to seed large sections of the Cascade Moun tains in the Copco watershed areas to increase snowfall. This winter is their seventh season in operation. Mr. Alden's letter is reminiscent of many received by this paper in the years these operations were getting started, and earlier, when cloud-seeding projects were con ducted with the use of airplanes. As a matter of fact, complaints of the "dry land" farmers were fac tors in the passage of the state licensing law. But his letter is the first such we have seen m a long, long time, for by now most people are convinced, on the basis ot their own observations and on the basis of rainfall records, that this type of seeding does not prevent rain. There is evidence, in fact, to the contrary that rainfall is in creased, rather than decreased, by the activities in hail-prevention seeding, for the method used is the same one used elsewhere to increase precipitation. So we now have, and have had, virtually year-around cloud-seed ing in the spring and summer months by one organization to prevent hail, and in the fall, win ter and spring months by another firm to increase precipitation. - Evaluation of the economic suc cess ol tnese programs is an "Iffy" proposition, for only long accumulation of weather data, and comparisons to those of earlier years, can provide evidence. And 1 AOT 40 NO. Mitt N&tStWt 9UT TILL AUiLL I "SKETCH Mfi AiVJuT TVSMiN L'SHTUYf VtlTW TUB HA0IME Cf IT ALL OHt N:SNT AO 6TAef5 CS'JKtW -M HON'T&OT PA4T TWfl J OCWCK ttwSN PA sjw gpf n uiTu a tUO COAT UUAT UJO ( A S ?L BX0 IN lT AFTg TVAT f K(ST "O T-g V09 1R SUBaCMPTION EATKS CAMUMs I MONTH Lt MONTHS . i year . tu rn UA& , I MONTH I 1 10 MONTHS 1.H I TEAM , ,, . UiM even then the conclusiveness of the evidence is debatable. But this much is certain that both the pear shippers and Copco are convinced that significant and beneficial results have been ob tained. Otherwise they would hard ly continue the considerable ex penditures involved year after year. And Mr. Alden's letter almost makes us nostalgic. It's been a long time since we've heard sim ilar complaints about lack of rain. Agreement Klamath Falls (To The Editor) Your last Friday's paper had an article written by Floyd Wynne titled "Death Penalty," concerning Billy Nunn. I, too, believe as Mr. Wynne, that the death penalty, as our law, is our only protection from such abnormal persons. Surely it is a horrifying thought to those who have lost loved ones at the hands of such people, to think of them ever being again turned loose on the public. Let us, as a Christian nation, turn to the Bible, the Word of God, and see if it doesn't give us some light on such people and their sins and the answers to what they are worthy of. First turn to Romans, first chap ter, beginning at verse 21. Read ing through to the end of the chap ter, the last verse says, "They are worthy of death, that commit such things." Now note this scripture is from the New Testament, or under the Age of Grace, It is also more than interesting to take your reference Bible and run down these scriptures. You will find yourself back in the Old Testament and how these same sins were dealt with under the law. Turn to Leviticus, Chapter 18, and read to the end of the chapter, then go to Genesis, Chapter 9, fifth to seventh verses. Also Exodus, Chapter 21, twelfth verse. After, reading these scriptures, read He brews, Chapter 13, eighth verse, seeing then that the God of the old Bible is the same God of the new. Do you not believe he looks on these same sins today in the same light? And it was the sentence 'of death in those days. To the people of Oregon, let's do our best to protect our homes and loved ones from such persons. These scriptures are from the King James version. Mrs. M. B. Foster 5624 Altamont Driv e ((notes By UNITED PRESS PHILADELPHIA Maj. Gen, John B. Medaris, chief of the Army ballistic missile agency in Huntsvule, Ala., on the urgent ne cessity for the llhited States to achieve manned control of space: The blunt truth is that we are In a race against time with an adversary of no mean capabili ties, who has committed to his effort a far greater percentage of his total resources than we have so far mustered." NEW YORK - White House As slstant Sherman Adams, on why the nation should support Presi dent Eisenhower's call for a non governmental East-West cultural conference: "While the missile, propulsion anti-missile, detector and early warning race is of critical impor tance, it probably Is no more so than the race to win the trust respect, confidence and regard of the people of the rest of the world, no matter where they live. WASHINGTON - President Ei senhower, on why his chief White House aide, Sherman Adams, has every right to make public ad dresses: "He knows exactly what I be lieve, what are my convictions, my policies, and he attempts to make his speeches exactly in that line." WASHINGTON - Theodore Ynlema, Ford vice president, on why he wouldn t spell out the con ditions for putting into effect his proposal that the government stop collecting taxes if the current bus iness slump gets any worse: "It's the idea that's important. JOLIET, 111. - Nathan Leopold, 5, appealing for parole after serving M years for the thrill- killing of 14-year-old B o b b Franks, on how he has changed im the IM4 Chicago murder that shocked the nation: i was an intelligent savage who knew no law except his own desires. I am no longer the con ceited smart aiecx Kid. but an older man who humbly pleads for iour compassion. They'll Do It Every Time PSS.SOHMO HUBEY MUSTMt EVE hi TOUCH HEfZ." ly'MOfJ-VOU'RE XSTOP M4ULIN ISM'T HE THE "Zjl I winS PRETTIEST y ME 3C JUST HAD CUTEST LITTLE XCA Iff riT-We MV HAIR DONE I f( CPHOVV )?ffg f PARTY-C'MOM- A doUT WRINKLE 'A fZtZ' P-J-N Solon's Program Would Give More Unemployment Aid WASHINGTON Wl - Sen. Ken nedy (D-Mass) planned today to introduce legislation to increase unemployment compensation pay ments and extend coverage of the program. Kennedy said the bill was de signed to bring improvements which President Eisenhower has urged trie states to make. He said not one state has done so. Legislation is needed now, he said, because "unemployment has passed the four million mark and may well reach five million in the near future." Sen. Gore (D-Tenn) has an nounced he is drafting a bill to set up a public works administration similar to that of the 1930s. It's needed to avert "a catastrophe to our economy," he said. Under Gore s proposals, the fed eral government would provide half a billion dollars for state, county and local public works pro jects which would use workers on the jobless rolls. Federal funds would pay 90 per cent of the pro ject's cost. Ml IN THROW RUGS Long wiaring Cotton Yarn in a variety of colors 388' n SCREWDRIVER SET 7-Pc. Plastic Set. Shockproof, unbreak able handle, hardened tempered tool steel , shafts. ST 1007 Main Kennedy's bill would set up fed eral requirements for many as pects of the unemployment com pensation program now left to state determination. It would: 1. Provide for a benefit period of 39 weeks instead of the 26 weeks suggested to the states by Eisenhower. The period now var ies greatly from state to state. 2. Fix maximum weekly bene fit payments at two thirds of a HANDY-ANDY'S TV and Appliance Repair 2060 South 6th Ph. TU 2-4848 24 Hour Service AT YOUR VAN DOG FOOD 15-oi, Yes Sir brand. A complete nourishing diet for your dog or cat. 1288' TZI GARBAGE PAILS Reg. 1.95 plastic pails in bright decorator colors. Easy to clean. (0)(0)z The Values Are Great At 88 r$Z$4t lumJLjejzLs. NOTHING OVER 88 Phone TU 2 By Jimmy Hatlo However, 4nv stqay pooch she'll take to hee bosom like a long-lost rich relative state's average weekly wage. Benefits now average only a third of lost wages, Kennedy said. 3. Extend coverage to all firms employing one or more persons. Present law covers those with four or more employes. 4. Establish a re-insurance fund and contingency administration expense fund to help the states worst hit by unemployment. 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The father of one of the youths made the unusual admonition, ap parently in jest, when his son asked him for some money, police aid. The typical U.S. farm in 1940 contained about 174 acres. Today the average size is slightly more than 215 acres. The Welcome Wagon Hostess Will Knock on Your Door with Gifts & Greetings from Friendly Business, Neighbors and Your Civic and Social Welfare Leaders On the occasion of: The Birth of a Baby Engagement Announcements Arrival of Newcomers to Klamath Falls Phone TU 4-6185 No cost or obligation! CAKE CADDIE Plastic cake set with carrier in pastel decorator colors. 8c HI PEARL NECKLACES Imitation single strand of pearls. Ideal for Valentine gift. 22c ER
