ami For Umb lnmhv Stecagi
FLAMES FROM BURNING LUMBER at the Car-Ad-Co
Lumber Company in Pelican City created a huge glowing
pillar in the Thursday night sky over Klamath Falls. Shown
here are some scenes of the blaze that destroyed over
la The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
Cause and effect in politics:
In Minnesota the other day, in
a by-eiection to fill a vacancy in
the U.S. house of representatives,
a Republican just barely nosed out
his Democratic opponent in a dis
trict that had been solidly GOP
for years on end.
His narrow-squeak victory was
ascribed by the politicians to farm
belt dissatisfaction with Secretary
of Agriculture Benson, who leans
toward lower subsidies for farm
crops that are now in heavy sur
plus. So much for the cause.
Let's take a look now at the
effect.
In Washington this morning a
couple of GOP congressmen Rep
resentative A. L. Miller of Nebras
ka and Representative Walter
Judd of Minnesota called on
Secretary Benson as representa
tives of a group of farm belt con
gressmen and laid it on the line
,They told Benson he has be
come a serious liability to the Re
publican party that "right or
wrong he has become a symbol
of low farm prices. They say they
didn t ask him in so many words
to resign but add that they "made
their meaning plain.
Their meaning, they explained to
the reporters, was that Mr. Ben
son was being asked to STEP OUT
for the good of the Grand Old
Party. They told him further that
"Democrats are using him as a
weapon to beat Republicans."
Hmmmmm.
The farm program has been any
thing but a howling success. It
has cost billions of dollars which
have come out of the taxpayers'
pockets. It has piled up huge sur
pluses that hang over the markets
or the future like a dark thunder
cloud. Consumers are djsgruntled.
Taxpayers are getting soured.
Even the farmers aren't happy.
All Mr. Benson is trying to do
Is to IMPROVE the situation. He
thinks it would be better if we
quit subsidizing overproduction be
cause, he reasons, as long as we
subsidize overproduction heavily
we will have vast surpluses on our
hands. As long as vast surpluses
hang over the markets, farm
prices will remain low.
Most clear-headed thinkers are
coming around to agreement with
him.
But-
These GOP political farm
ers say
"He may be right but we've
got to DITCH him if we're going
to win.
A thought:
Might it not be better for the
Republican party, over the long
pull, to lose with a GOOD man
than to win with an anything-for-
votes demagogue?
After all
What good is a party if it has
no PRINCIPLES it is willing to
fight for?
Army Court
Gets Spy Case
WASHINGTON Wl The case
of M. Sgt. Roy A. Rhodes, ac
cused of plotting to sell out his
country to Soviet Russia, was
turned over to a military court of
10 Army officers Friday to deter
mine his guilt or innocence.
The 40-year-old sergeant listened
nuietlv and anDarentlv unmoved:
to final arguments by prosecution
and defense lawyers arguments
which may he a factor in deter
mining whether he will be acquit
ted and go free or be sentenced
to a dishonorable discharge and
possible life imprisonment.
His slender, brunette wife sat
In the courtroom, nervously clasp
ing and unclasping her hands and
occasionally brushing tears from
bcr ejs.
Indonesians
Drop Bombs
On Sumatra
SINGAPORE Wl Padang Ra
dio said Friday night two Indo
nesian Air Force planes dropped
seven bombs on the town of Par-
nau, about 45 miles south of Pa
dang, early in the day.
The broadcast from the rebel
regime's stronghold on Sumatra
said the bombs fell near a mosque
where villagers were going to
pray. The bombing was reported
one hour after President Sukarno
threw his support to the determi
nation of Premier Djuanda's gov
ernment to crush the rebels.
No casualties were reported.
The broadcast also said a bridge
at baledo also was machinegunned
by attacking planes.
The rebels, who are demanding
the ouster of Djuanda, have shown
nervousness over the possibilities
of air attack.
They reported the Indonesian
Air Force carried out reconnais
sance of Lake Singkarak, between
Padang and the rebel capital at
Bukittinggi Thursday.
Padang broadcasts has carried
repeated warnings to the people
of central Sumatra to prepare for
aerial blows from the small cen
tral government's air force.
The government destroyer Gad-
ja Mada and some corvettes ap
peared off Padang in blockade po
sition Thursday.
Flood Control
Handling Hit
SACRAMENTO - A Northern
California state senator has pro
tested what he calls an unfair di
vision of state flood control appro
priations.
Sen. Ralph Collier of Yreka. a
Republican, says that the division
allows Southern California to get
money while the northern part of
the state gets the floods.
Collier pointed out that in the
pending budget Gov. Goodwin J.
Knight has asked for an appropri
ation of $6,322,000. And he says
that all of this money is ear
marked for Southern California
with the exception of $500,000 for
projects awaiting federal approval.
Collier says that he believes the
money should be spent where
there are floods instead of to pro
tect real estate speculators in
Southern California.
Ike Warns Confidence Lack
In U.S. Economy Dangerous
TIIOMASVILLE, Ga. HwPresi
dent Eisenhower says any shaking
of confidence in America's eco
nomic future could turn the busi
ness slump into "a deep and pro
tracted decline."
And that is the only thing that
could do it. the President said in
a telegram yesterday to 11 Demo
cratic governors.
The telegram, dispatched from
Eisenhower's vacation headquar
ters, was in reply to one from
the governors last week. They said
that "only federal action can pre
vent the recession from feeding on
itself and deteriorating further in
to a depression."
They called for a public works
program, welfare and educational
expansion, further easing of cred-
it. and possibly a tax cut "directed
to low income families.'
Eisenhower again expressed
; confidence that "the underlying
erowth factors in the economy re
main vigorous, and every indica
tion is that they will reassert
themselves later in the year."
He said the federal government
already has taken many steps to
combat the recession. He added
he will "continue to take, or pro -
Dose to the Concress. such stens
as can contribute effectively to,
$200,000 of finished lumber and two large storage sheds
valued at approximately $150,000. To the left is a picture
taken by M. Sgt. Charles Bennett of Kingsley Field during
the first few minutes of the blaze. It outlines clearly the
huge sheds that were completely destroyed. Center is a
reralu
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Prison Head
Resigns Post
DEER LODGE, Mont. Ml Fay
O. Burrell, warden of the Mon
tana Prison and central figure in
its violent recent history, resigned
Thursday night.
He had held the $7,500-a-year
post since March 1953.
Burrell has been strongly crit
icized by several state officials
for his administration of the 89-
year-old prison since a bloodless
not last July. Several prisoner
strikes have followed that inci
dent. His resignation in a Tetter to
Republican Gov. J. Hugo Aronson
followed by a' week a similar ac
tion by Deputy Warden Lester
Blankenberg, who complained
there were too many bosses
at the institution.
Burrell, in his letter of resigna
tion, complained of "the political
ly motivated actions of the pres
ent prison board majority."
The board is comprised of Aron
son, who originally appointed Bur
rell, and two Democrats, Secre
tary of State Frank Murray and
Atty. Gen. Forrest. H. Anderson
Burrell, about 60, offered to re
main on the job until an inven
tory of prison property is com
pleted and until a successor is
named.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Mostly cloudy through
Saturday with scattered rain
showers. Low Friday night 32-37;
high Saturday 50-55.
High yesterday i.. 45
Low last night 30
Prccip. last 24 hours - 0.03
Since Oct. 1 12.58
Same period last year 7.32
Normal for period 7.93
PROWLER LEAVES CLUE
City police couldn't ask for bet
ter cooperation than that extended
recently by a prowler working his
night beat in the 1900 block of
Eldorado Avenue. The prowler
must have been unexpectedly in
terrupted and left in a hurry . . .
such a hurry that he left one shoe
stuck in the mud.
the health of the economy and
the welfare of our people."
In substance he told the Demo
cratic governors they should re
frain from rocking the economic
boat doing anything to under
mine long-term confidence.
The President's reply was ad
dressed to Gov. Avercll Harriman
of New York for relay to his
Democralic colleagues.
The President thanked the state
chief executives for their sugges
tions and promised they will be
studied carefully.
At Albany, N.Y.. Harriman said
he was "heartened" by the Presi
dent's statement that he will give
consideration to the proposal.
The President finally went quail
hunting yesterday, eight days aft
er his arrival from Washington
I He bagged three birds in a three-
hou' hunt at the plantation estate
of his vacation host, former Secre
tary of the Treasury George M.
Humphrey,
Cold weather, rain and a cough
have kept the President indoors
most of the time
The President plans to start
back to Washington Sunday. He
1 may fly by way of Phoenix. Ariz.
if Mrs Kispnhnwer rieciriM to va-
cation for a Jew days in that area.
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CUSSHS, ORE.
OREGON CONTRACTORS and their representatives turned out en masse Thursday after
noon when bids for the new Crest Elementary School were opened by the county school
board. The above picture shows the school board at left, and a portion of the 50 persons
who were there. In addition to there being a large number of bids submitted III), the
entries were exceptionally close and the top three were below the estimated cost of the
project. The 1 2-room school will be located near the intersection of Crest and Laverne
streets. Story on Page Four. Photo by Ellis
New French-Tunisian Rows
Cloud Prospects For Peace
TUNIS lTt More angry moves
by the Tunisian government and
French troops clouded the pros
pects today for U.S.-British efforts
to conciliate the North African
dispute.
Tunisia pulled five French con
suls out of their posts and hur
ried them to Tunis, enforcing a
"get out" order by President Ha-
bib Bourguiba that had lain dor
mant for 10 days.
The action against the consuls
was in retaliation for the over
night detention by French troops
of the top local official and two
Tunisian National Guardsmen aft
er a land mine explosion in the
south Tunisian village of Kcmada.
The mine blew up a French
jeep and wounded two soldiers.
French troops Irom the small lo
cal post at Remada took guard
stations around the village, which
is near the Libyan border.
Preparations continued for the
British-American effort to exer
cise "good offices" between
France and her former protector
ate. Robert Murphy, deputy U.S.
undersecretary of state and one
of America's top diplomats, left
Washington to act as the U.S. rep
resentative.
French-Tunisian relations blew
up Feb. 8. when French planes
from Algeria attacked the border
village of Sakiet Sidi Youssef and
killed 7H men, women and chil
dren. The French charged the
town was one of a number in Tu
nisia sheltering Algerian rebels.
France had rejected orders to
close the live consulates and with
draw the 15.000 troops she still
has in Tunisia on the ground that
their presence is provided by the
1956 treaty granting Tunisia inde
pendence.
Tunisia got around me ireaty
bv declaring the five consults per
sona non grata 'personally unwel
come', which under diplomatic
custom automatically requires
their withdrawal. But the Tuni
sian government added that it
had the right to close the con-
Uulotes anyway as an independent
I nation.
Three of the consuls were es-
Icorted to Tunu last night and were
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silhouette view of the fire taken from the mill side and
outlining the water tower near the blazing buildings. The
picture at right shows sbme of the fire crews that re
sponded from all parts of the county. They are preventing
the blaze from spreading to the factory on the west end
auu
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 19.r.8
released. Two others from distant
southern posts spent the night at
Sfax. Four other French consu
lates in Tunisia continued to oper
ate. So far the Tunisians have made
no decisive move against the
French troops. They have sta
tioned token roadblocks at the ap
proaches to the French bases, but
have allowed supplies to move in
and have not interfered with indi
vidual movements.
PNW Sunny;
South Shivers
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
While Southerners from Mem
phis to Mobile were reaching for
their mukluks instead of mint ju
leps, the Pacific Northwest con
tinued to bask in temperatures
which delighted everyone but the
fuel dealers Friday,
Few Southern cities could boast
temperatures as warm as the ba
nana belt extending from British
Columbia to California.
Speaking of Memphis, temper
ature readings during the 24 hours
ending at 4 a.m. were a high of
41, low 26. Omak, Wash., frequent
ly the refrigerator center of the
Northwest, had a high of 53, low
38. The Omak low was shared
with Ellensburg's ditto for the
Northwest's cold honors.
.T.tr-lrGnni-ilU Fta or.l a 'trth
as Thursday, but the bottom
dropped out of the thermometer
during the night for a low Friday
six points below freezing. Com-
; nar(, lha, u jth 57-46 reading at
Seattle. 54-38 at Spokane, or the
blistering 62-43 at Portland.
Even Miami, with a high of 59,
couldn't come up with a coat
dropper like Portland, and, suh,
lake a look at Louisville. Ken
tucky's window-froster: High 43,
low 20.
Yes, suh. those juleps are nat
tin aUy iced this year.
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Falling Tree
Cuts Power
Electrical power service was In
terrupted from W o c u s north
through Crater Lake National
Park from 3:20 to 3:59 p.m. on
Thursday by a tree falling into
the line.
Truman Runyan, assistant man
agcr of the Klamath Falls dis
trict. of California Oregon Power
Company, said a poplar tree be
ing felled on private property at
Wocus landed in the power lines,
interrupting service. A crew of
eight men was dispatched to take
care of the trouble.
He warned of the dangers of
cutting or topping trues near pow
er lines and said that Copco will
gladly assist property owners in
such work.
"Work of that kind is extreme
ly hazardous because, with the sap
coming up in the trees at this
lime of year, a person holding
onto the end of a tree which has
made contact with a transmission
line runs a great risk of being
electrocuted. Any person having a
hazardous trimming or cutting
problem is urged to call Copco
for advice or assistance," he add
ed. SWITCH ON
DENVER ifl-Gilbert R. Carrel,
chief of the Colorado Highway
Patrol, says it should be a punish
able oflense to drive only with
parking lights during times ot re
duced visibility. "If it is dark
enough to juslily the use of any
lights, you need headlights, not
parking lights," Carrel said.
CAMI'AK'.N AGAINST VICE
KUALA L II M PUR, Malaya
d 'i A 19-menibor committee
of the All Malaya Anti-Vice Con
nress hecan ellorts today to elim
inate the 2S,00n prostitutes in the
countrv. The congress, which ap-
Minted the committee Thursday
belore ending a Ihree-day session, one whole fried chicken, 12 bot
told the group to campaign for ties of beer, one order of chicken
stricter nnti prostitution laws: salad, six sticks ot barbecue, one
Itrv to discover why women turn
- .to vice; and help wayward worn-
en lead more usclijl lives.
of the sprawling plant. Pictures
taken by Don Kettler, Herald
fire was still smoldering Friday
several days to burn out.
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Holmes Picks
Court Justice
SALEM Wl Gov. Robert
Holmes Thursday appointed As
toria attorney Gordon Sloan, t
friend of 15 years, to the Oregon
Supreme Court.
Holmes said Sloan has one of
the most distinguished records of
any lawyer in the state.
The appointment! Holmes said,
was based on Sloan's ability and
his age.
I have felt that without depre
cating the present members we
need many young and vigorous
members on the bench, the gov?
ernor said. .- ... ; . ,
"We have at least a two-year
backlog of cases and we need
someone capable of long hours of
hard work. Moan will add real
strength to. the bench," Holmes
said.
At 46, Sloan will be the court's
youngest member when he as
sumes the position March 1.
Sloan, a life-long Democrat, will
succeed Randall Kester, who is
resigning to become a counsel for
the Union Pacific Railroad. Kester
is. 41.
Holmes said that "I made it
no mirt of my appointment that
he will be a candidate for election,
m the May primary.
The governor added that he
hoped Sloan would run for a regu
lar six-year term on the court.
At his home in Astoria, Sloan
said he will seek the six-year term
and will campaign as much as
possible.
That means there will be a con
test for the position. Earlier,
Salem attorney Jason Lee, 43,
said he will seek nomination for
the seat in the May 16 primary.
Benson Backs
Farm Policies
WASHINGTON m Secretary
of Agriculture Benson replied to
a new outbreak of criticism from
within his own party Friday by
saying he intends to stay on the
job and to pursue farm policies
previously outlined by the Eisen
hower administration.
Benson issued a formal state
ment saying he believes such a
course best for all farmers and
fair to the people.
"I believe farmers and all
Americans want and are entitled
Uo such a program," he said.
Benson issued the statement
shortly after two Republican con
gressmen Miller of Nebraska
and Judd of Minnesota said
they told him at a conference in
his office that there is need for
a change in farm policies if many
Kenublican candidates for Con
gress next fall are not to suffer
defeat.
The two said they did not ask
for a Benson resignation, but Mil
ler nut it this way:
"We left that up to him after
weighing all the pros and cons.
The congressmen spoke f o r
some 30 or more GOP House
members from the Midwest who
met Thursday to consider ways
out of the political difficulties they
consider themselves in ns a re
sult of Benson's handling of farm
problems.
DIDN'T PAY HILL
MANILA tl'P) Antonio Dia
mante was being investigated by
police today for non-payment of
a meal check at the Brown Derby
i Restaurant. Diamante consumed
plate of rice, one egg with pota-
jtnes ... and harvested $3.15 in
i coins irom tne June dox.
in center and at right w.r.
News photographer. Th
and was expected to takt)
Car-Ad-Co
Mill Scene
Of Inferno
Fire equipment from all portion!
of the county responded to a bias,
late Thursday night that consumed
more than one and three quarter
million board feet of finished lum
ber and two large storage sheds at
Car-Ad-Co, the Carr, Adams and
Collier Company plant, in Pelican
City.
Richard Moehl, assistant mana
ger, reported that the night crew,
under the supervision of Georg.
Jennings, had just gone into the
lumber sheds and obtained a load
of lumber which they moved on
the rail line to the factory. They
turned around and saw fire blad
ing along the spur track that di
vides the two storage buildings.
They turned in the alarm, and
rolled out a hose to get to th
fire, but by that time they report
ed that it was already out of con
trol nd the heat f the fire drove
them) back.
The Klamath Falls Fire Depart
ment responded to the fire, get
ting their alarm at 10:33 p.m.
Chief Roy Rowe reports that they
sent trucks to both sides of the
sprawling plant which has a mill
and offices at one end, the fac
tory at the other, with the storag.
sheds in between.
He reports that both th. mill
and the factory were smoking and
that firemen turned their attention
first to saving these facilities as
it appeared that the lumber sheds
were entirely ablaze and it would
be nearly impossible to stop th.
fire.
Every effort was made success
fully to confine the blaze to th.
storage sheds. Rowe reports that
the fact there was very little wind
was of tremendous aid In keeping
the fire under control.
"It is still smoldering, he said.
"and will probably continue to
burn all day Friday and Satur
day." No accurate estimate of th.
amount of damage was available
Friday morning, but approxima
tions indicated that the lumber
burned would be valued at about
$200,000 and the sheds another
$150,000.
Plant officials report that th.
loss was partially covered by in
surance. They indicated that th.
facilities would be rebuilt, and
there would only be a temporary
shutdown in the shipping depart
ment to permit rebuilding of th
rail spur that ran between th.
sheds.
They said that operating facili
ties at the plant were not im
paired. The factory and the r
ceiving and drying departments
will continue to operate.
Hundreds of people flocked to
the scene despite a radio appeal
by the fire department to stay
away.
State and city police controlled
the traffic congestion that de
veloped.
Ordeal Told
By Seamen
NORFOLK, Va. Of) - Two survi-
vors of the sunken Italian freigh
ter Bonitas said Friday they rod.
the keel of a capsized lifeboat like
horseback 16 hours in the stormy
Atlantic before they were rescued.
Both men appeared to be in
good physical condition. They left
their rescue ship afoot and were
taken to a hospital for observa
tion.
Twenty-two member of th.
Ronitas' crew perished when th.
lifeboat in which they had aban
doned their ship off the North
Carolina coast Tuesday night was
smashed against the side of the
freighter President Adams. Fiv.
crewmen survived. Three wer.
rescued immediately by the Presi
dent Adams and two by the des
troyer escort Lester about 4 p.m.
Wednesday. a
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