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On S-mlnute blast on sirens and whistles
Juno 7 High 77, tow 47
Precipitation aa ol Juno 1. 1143
Stream year to date ..........,.. 17.09
Lut year 13.08 Normal. ....ll.lt
U the signal for a blackout In Klamath
Falls. Anolhat Ions blast, durlna a black-
out, la a signal loi all-elaar. In receu
tlonery periods, watch your street llghti.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
NEA FEATURES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 8,. 1943
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oOPA PLANS TO 'RETIILIIITI
DEPRESS PRICE i C? PROMISED
4 II ' ' ' , -, :. , I II
ON VEGETABLES
Rollback and Subsidy
Scheme Mauled in
Senate Hearing
WASHINGTON, June 8 (!)
A ccnatc committee lii(tilring
Into the administration's author
ity to pay subsidies to compen-
aato (or a roll back in the retail
prices of meats and butter was
Informed today that the office of
price administration next In-
, tends to depress fresh vegetable
' prices.
Questioned on how fBr OPA
intends to go in tho roll back
subsidy program, Richard Gil
bert, economic adviser to Ad
ministrator Prentl.is M. Brown,
disclosed that regulations for the
vegetable price decrease already
ra being drafted.
"Wo expect," ho said, "further
to reduce the cost of living about
one half of one per cent in the
roll-back on fresh vegetables."
-Told by some members of tho
senate banking .committee that
tho OPA lacks authority to pay
subsidies to producers and pro
cessors to- compensate for a 10
I per cent decrease in retail but
ter and meat prices, Gilbert win
directed to prepare a schedule of
OPA roll-bnck plnns. k
"Strained Language"
Senator Taft (R-O.) expressed
goubt that OPA could hold down
Vegetable prices, but Gilbert
laid ho Is counting on "lots of
help" from victory gardeners.
, Both Taft and Senator Ma
loney (D-Conn.) told the witness
that OPA "strained the lan
guage" of the price control Bct
to find authority for subsidy pay-
merits on tood products.
"I don't think you have the
authority at all," Moloney said.
"But unless there Is a line of de
marcation on the extent of your
roll-back, you're going to hear
some icreaming. You haven't
heard anything yet. You can't
print so much money as you'll
kneed for paying the subsidies
you want to."
Senator McClcllan (D-Ark.)
(Continued on PBge Two)
Car Crash Kills
Fred H, Pouder,
Local Railroader
Fred H. Pouder, 68, a railroad
dispatcher for the Great North
ern railroad In Klamath Falls
for tho past seven years, was
killed last night In an auto ac
cident ' near Yolo, California.
Mrs. Pouder was also injured
but her condition was reported
satisfactory. She Is In a hospital
In Woodland, California.
)Mr, and Mrs. Pouder were on
their way to Los Angeles whero
they planned to make their homo.
Pouder had been retired on May
7 from tho Great Northern rail
road where ho had been a dis
patcher since 1936. They form
erly lived In tho Graystone apart
ments on 2012 Main street.
Pouder Is survived by his
wife, a daughter, Mrs. Juno Zls
sos of Los Angeles, and a son,
Kenneth Pouder of Los Angeles.
Pouder was born in Versailles,
Illinois on July 8, 1877. Ho en
tered the railroad business with
tho Wabash railroad In 1808,
where he was dispatcher and op
erator. In 1818 he came to Wolf
Point, Montana to work for the
Great Northern railroad, He
worked In many places In Mon
tana including Great Falls, and
Whito Fish. He also was era
'ployed In Spokane, Washington.
. SALARIES UPPED
SACRAMENTO, June 8
A state appropriation of $4,500,
000 to provide funds for grant
ing salary Increases to California
school teachers was approved to
day by Governor. Earl Warren.
The nude and beaten body of
Mrs. Wilms Carnes Wilson
(above), 31, actress and author
ess, was found in her seaside
cottage at Hermosa Beach. Calif.
Military authorities were hold
ing two army privates for ques
tioning. Officers said they found
the cottage strewn with empty
liquor bottles.
ARGENTINE POLICY
'Loyal Cooperation'
Declared Purpose
Of New Regime
BUENOS AIRES, June 8 (IP)
Argentina's day-old military gov
ernment headed by President
Pedro Ramirez was pledged to
day to an International policy
of neutrality "for the present"
and "loyal cooperation with na
tions of the Americas In con
formance with existing pacts."
The Ramirez government wo
sworn in last night, succeeding
tho short-lived provisional gov
ernment of Gen. Arturo Rawson,
who resigned suddenly yesterday
after wresting control from iso
lationist President Ramon S.
Castillo in a lightning revolu
tion Friday.
Ramlrea Policies
In a communique outlining his
immediate policies Ramirez said:
"The Republic of Argentina af
firms its traditional policy of
friendship and loyal cooperation
with the nations of the Americas
In conformance with existing
pacts.
"With respect to the rest of
the world Its policy Is for the
present one of neutrality. Tho
provisional government believes,
moreover, that It Is necessary to
oxprcss that it sustains the prin
ciple of absoluto autonomy of
(Continued on Pago Two)
Zoot-Suiters and Service Men Battle
In Disorderly Night on Lt A. Streets
LOS ANGELES, June 8 (IP)
Civil and military police early
today succeeded in dispersing
thousands of service men and
civilians in the downtown busi
ness district after a night of dis
orders In which zoot-suitcd
youths were ferreted out by sail
ors and soldiers who divested at
least 50 of their bizarre attire.
By 1 a. m. police and sheriff's
deputies had arrested 24 civil
ians, 1 1 sailors and. five soldiers
on charges of disturbing the
peace and unlawful assembly. In
three nights of battling with ser
vice men, who maintain they
and their girl friends have been
"pushed around" at random by
hooligans, more than 100 youths
in- rcat pleat trousers and knee
length coats were jailed on va
grancy counts.
Police Chief C. B. Horrall de
clared a general riot alarm last
night, summoning 1000 police
men to special duly.. Navy shore
BY
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FR Takes Notice of
Mounting Rumors
From Axis
WASHINGTON, June 8 IIP)
President Roosevelt gave the
axis powers today a third warn
ing against use of poison or
noxious gases in warfare and
promised immediate retaliation
against any country which em
ployed them..
The chief executive read to a
press conference a formal state
ment saying any such use by
any axis power, in Europe or
Asia, "will immediately be loi
lowed by the fullest possible re
taliation upon munition centers,
seaports, and other military ob
jectives throughout the whole
extent of the territory of such
axis country."
He said evidence that the axis
nations are making "significant
preparations," indicative of an
intention to loose gases on United
Nations forces, was being re
ported "with increasing
quency from a variety
sources."
fre -
of,
Third Warning
Twice before he has spoken
of reports that the foe was con-1 Letters from the central labor
templating 'use of gases and council and the International
warned of retaliatory steps Wood workers specified a mini
whlch would be taken If they ' mum of $200 monthly, while the
did. letter from the Moose merely
Today, expressing a hope that j asked for a raise,
the United States never would j In the letter from the central
havo to use a weapon which has labor council, it was stated that
been outlawed by the general ! patrolmen had been appearing
opinion of civilized mankind,
Mr. Roosevelt said this country
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Malin Believed
To Have Taken
Bond Drive Lead
Malin apparently forged ahead
In the June war bond contest as
the Monday night broadcast re
ported a total of $28,750 In sales
since the Saturday report. -During
the broadcast sales totaling
$150 were phoned in, crediting
Malin with $28,900 since the
first report of $2225. i
In the first count, Gilchrist
was far ahead of any competi
tors, with a total of $23,224.50.
The campaign continued to
gather momentum as more sales
were chalked up. No compre
hensive report was' available for
today, and Andrew Collier,
county war . savings chairman,
said that no definite predictions
could be made, now, since one
community may be ahead one
day and be nosed out the next.
patrolmen and military police
also toured streets teeming with
service men and spectators and
jammed with traffic.
Cars and taxis carrying bands
of bluejackets and soldiers sped
through the district, halting at
theatres, cafes, penny arcades
and dance halls in search of
zoot-suitcrs. Victims, their oilt
1 a n d 1 s h clothes ripped from
them, were left on sidewalks.
Ambulances took three to emer
gency hospitals, where they
were treated and re-clad. None
was seriously hurt.
- Order was restored after mili
tary authorities declared out of
bounds tho : entire downtown
strip of Main street, where most
of the disturbances took place,
and Chief Horrall ultimately re
leased the 1000 riot squad offi
cers from duty. Officials at the
Chavez . Ravine naval armory
cancelled all leaves.
. . Churchill Murray, Pacific
They Survive Crash of Tanker and Munitions Ship
uewauy y
Trapped below deck when the tanker Montana collided at sea with a munitions ship and
caught fire, these four members of the Montana's crew were freed when an explosion blew in
a bulkhead door. Gathered around the bed of John Resland of Berkley, N. Y at a Norfolk, Vsw
marine hospital, are (left to right) George Kraus of Bronx, N. Y.. with burns on his face; Jesse
H. Watts. San Antonio. Tex., with a bandaged hand, and Albert Byrd of Houston, Tex. A total
of 84 men lost their lives is the crash.
Salary Increases for City
Police Urged in Labor and
Fraternal Pleas.to Council
Three letters recommending
increases in salary for city police
officers were read to the city
council at its Monday night
meeting. Letters were niceived
from the central labor council,
from the 1WA-CIO, and from the
Loyal Order of Moose. .
Justification for the recom-
: mendations was that city police
were not now receiving enough
(o live "on a decent standard"
after uniforms had been bought
out of the $165 monthly salary.
before affiliated unions asking
for jobs. When asked why they
were leaving the forcev all of
them replied that they were not
receiving enough to live on
while working on the force, and
were seeking jobs for more
money. The letter said that state
officers were getting $200 per
month now, and "hoped that the
city would see its way to give
the same to city officers before
it is too lote."
Budget Problem
Councilman decided to have
representatives from each of the
organizations sending letters ap
pear before the budget commit
tee when it meets Friday night
at 7:30. They commented on the
fact that the raise asked was
merely for policemen, and did
not include other employees such
as firemen, who are subject to
the same conditions. - '
Removal of obstructions near
the municipal airport was au
thorized by the council, after it
received-a letter from civil-aeronautics
authorities in Seattle,
stating that bids had been opened
for improvements on the airport,
but would not be awarded until
Klamath Falls had fulfilled its
coast director for the coordinator
of inter-American affairs, said
he had telephoned a report to
Washington, but declined fur
ther comment.
Murray made his report. after
touring the scene with a police
captain.
International aspects of the
disorders also were recognized
yesterday at a meeting of the
citizens ' committee for Latin
American youth with reprcsen
tatlves of the police sheriff's of
fice, after jail booking records
showed Mexican names predom
inated among arrested zoot
suiters. Dr. George Gleason, commit
tee member, declared it "regret-
able" that a small group should
bring into ill-repute the city :
Mexican population,
i "Tho great majority of these
people, he said, "arc law abid
ing, respectable and cultured.'
obligations In regard to remov
ing the obstructions. Obstruc
tions consist of high telephone
and telegraph lines, and tree
tops. E. A. Thomas, city engi
neer, and the airport committee
were authorized to proceed with
thetMfmoval project. - -'
Improvements to be made on
(.the airport include building an
apron near ine nangar, improv
ing lighting facilities and drain
age.
Name for Cemetery '
The cemetery committee is
sued a plea for help in naming
the new memorial park on the
Weed highway west of town.
They asked that, citizens send
suggestions to the cemetery com
mittee in care of the city hall.
Police Chief Earl Heuvel re
ported .that several organizations
had been asking for the privilege
of holding dances on the Fourth
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OPA on Way Out.
Californian Says
At Seed Meeting
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 8
(VP) William J. Cecil, state di
rector of agriculture, told the
Pacific states seedsmen's asso
ciation today that in his opin
ion president Roosevelt will
abolish the OPA in July or, if
he does not, congress will in Au
gust.
Cecil, who recently' returned
from a Washington conference
with Chester Davis, food admfcv
istrator, 'asserted that because
the OPA and the department' of
agriculture have some authority,
with Davis holding other and
conflicting powers," all we have
seen so far on food winning the
war Is lip service to thst idea.".
Davis,, said Cecil,' is "the first
step toward the right the present
administration has taken, . .and
if given complete authority ' 'on
food -would go far toward un
tangling the mess in ..Washing
ton." .
"The OPA has almost killed
the one thing that has made
America," Cecil told Seedsman,
and that is competition."
Latourette Named
To Sit in Case.
Against Clerk "
Word was received here from
Salem that' Chief Justice J. O.
Bailey today had assigned Cir
cuit Judge Earl C. Latourette to
come to Klamath Falls to try
the case of County Clerk Mae K,
Short, who is charged- with re
ceiving unauthorized compensa
tion.
Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelling,
originally assigned to the Short
case, as well as several others to
be tried here, has disqualified
himself from all of them.
Charles 'Combs, circuit judge
from Lakeview, will be in Klam
ath Falls to sit on the cases other
than that concerning the county
.clerk;
E
Landing Try on Lam
pedusa Held Beaten
Off by Italy .
By The Associated Press "
LONDON, June 8.. Commu
niques broadcast from Rome
and Berlin reported today that
the first allied landing attempt
on one of Italy s outlying is
lands, the desolate prison island
of Lampedusa, was repulsed
last night.
Official military and - naval
quarters in London did riot con
firm the axis announcements
immediately, and the axis itself
appeared to recognize that Lam
pedusa would not be an objec
tive in a full-blown invasion at
tempt when a German-con
trolled broadcast from Vichy
said "a British and American
offensive against Italy may be
expected at any moment.
DNB, official . German news
agency, said in a broadcast,
however, that the attempt on
Lampedusa was a "serious ef
fort", to take, the island by five
companies of British Comman
dos superbly trained' "and
equipped.
Lampedusa, 70 miles east of
Sousse on the east Tunisian
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Coast Yards Build
84 Ships in May
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 ()
Eighty-four merchant ships a
total of 813,100 tons were turn
ed out during May by Pacific
coast shipyards, the U. S. mari
time commission announced to
day...
.- Regional Director C. W. Flesh-
er said Pacific coast yards, at
their present rate of production,
would establish another world
record in ship construction for
the 12 months of 1943. '
Lewis Assails Operators
As Coo Talks Break Down
.WASHINGTON, - June 8 (P)
A virtual breakdown in negoti
ations between the soft coal op
erators and United Mine Work
ers developed today when UMW
President John L. Lewis emerg
ed from the conference room
with a denunciation of the op
erators. "A farcical proceeding in every
respect," Lewis declared as he
made his way through a crowd
of reporters at the conference
room door.
'.'A stultification of collective
bargaining," he continued. "The
sullen, morose attitude of the
operators is an insult to the
coal miners and the national in
terest." ;.'-..
With that the miners' 7 chief
strode away and out of the
hotel.
- Operators would not immedi
ately make any comment except
that a report ta; the war. labor
Amphibious Attack
On Axis Forecast
In Commons Talk
By E. C.
LONDON, June 8 (AP)
told commons today that a large scale invasion of Europe
was approaching, that the allies were determined to de
stroy the axis by air and other means and voiced confi
dence that the deadly submarine menace was swiftly
being overcome. "
"It is evident that amphibious operations of a peculiar
complexity and hazard on a
he said in his first war review since his Washington ana
North. African conferences. "Operations now impending
in the European theatre of war have been fitted into
their proper place, in relation to the general war." .
Churchill Pays
Warm Tribute
To Americans
LONDON, June 8 (JP) Prime
Minister Churchill paid glowing
tribute today - to the United
States, its president, its congress
and its army chief of staff.
He told the house of commons
in his war review that the United
States is "the most powerful com
munity in the world. . .
He called President Roosevelt
"illustrious." k. f
Congress, he said Is an "au
gust assembly."
'"He referred to Gen.'George C.
Marshall, U. - S. chief Ol staff
who accompanied him to North
Africa, as "a man of singular
eminence of mind and - character."-
- ' - -
' At the close of his 35-minute,
3500-word speech to commons,
the prime ' minister apologized
for the brevity of his review, say
ing:
"The reason why I have not
to make a longer speech today
is that I have already given
to the joint sessions of the con
gress of the United States the
statement (May 19) which I
should' have' made to this house
on the victories , in Tunisia had
I been in this country. That, I
think is the valid explanation.
"Certainly when I found my
self walking into that august
assembly,- the free congress of
the most powerful community in
the world, and when I gave them,
exactly as I would do in this
house, a businesslike stock-taking
survey of the war and of our
point interests, even touching up
on controversial matters, or mat
ters ' of domestic controversy
over there, and when I thought
of our common history and of
the hopes that lie between us,
I felt that this was an age of
memorable importance to man
kind." Court Refuses OPA
Writ of Ejection
; CHARLESTON, W. Va., June
8 OP) West Virginia's supreme
court refused today to grant the
office of price administration a
writ to halt ejection of a family
and upheld a circut court de
cision which had ordered the
eviction. .
board is being drafted. The
parties were directed by the
board to report back in 15 days
and that period expires tomor
row. '.. .
The joint wage conference,
however, is scheduled to resume
at 10 a. m., tomorrow, but par
ticipants.: indicated .that ' the
meeting would be held merely
in conformity with the rules of
the conference. The miners re
portedly are unwilling to break
off relations formally at this
time. Under the rules, ' no mo
tion can carry if there is a dis
senting vote.
- During the day - there were
reports that the operators were
ready to toss back to the war
labor board the controversy
over pay - for underground
travel a step which may lead
to WLB settlement of the dis
pute orv a new production stop
page crisis.
DANIEL
Prime Minister Churchill
large scale are approaching,"
w jusi aiter ine prime minister
spoke, the Italians asserted that
the British had attempted to land
on their Mediterranean island of
Lampedusa and had been re
pulsed. The Rome radio report
was not confirmed. . ,.
Air Offensive ,
About the allied air offensive.
which many term the actual
first phase of the invasion,
Churchill said:
'So far as the British govern
ment and the Dominion govern,
ments and also the governments)
of the United States and the
Russian soviet republics are con
cerned, nothing will turn ua
from our endeavor and inten
tion to accomplish the complete
destruction of our foes by bomb
ing from the air, In addition to
all - other means. The ' steady
wearing down of the German
and Japanese air forces is pre
He disclosed that a "very long'
range air power VX.R. as it is
called" was in effective opera
tion against submarines and that
the first week of June "is the
best ever" in U-boat kills. May
was the best month of the war
in the battle at sea, he said, and
this may be a "fateful milestone",
toward axis defeat since the
axis was banking heavily on the' '
U-boat. ,
Big Prisoner Take
He said the prisoners captured
in Tunisia, totaled 248,000 24,
000 more than any previous es-i
timate. He said 50,000 axis'
troops had been killed, making
total enemy casualties in Tunisia
about 300,000. Tunisia and Stal
ingrad were the greatest military:
disasters that ever have befallen:
Germany, he said. ' - '
"The suddenness of the- col
lapse of these great numbers of
brave and skillful fighting men
with every form of excellent
equipment must be regarded as
significant and in a sense char-;
acteristic of the German psy-'
chology generally after Jena and ,
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Roosevelt Says
He Will Sign
Tax Bill Soon
WASHINGTON, June 8 OP)'
President Roosevelt said today
he would sign the pay as you go
tax bill shortly.
The treasury, he told a press
conference, is now making prep-:
arations to put at into effect. '
i But he also indicated that he 1
would ask congress for more !
taxes before the legislators get '
away for any summer recess.
The compromise pay-as-you-go :
measure, he intimated, would be !
Insufficient to close an inflation 1
ary gap in the economic system I
and he said he thought there i
would be a recommendation to '
congress on additional taxes. j
. Nor did he rule out the possV '
bllity that, despite the success of;
the ' last war bond : campaign, j
compulsory- savings migac Dtj no
cessary."
One Convict Killed, ,
Two Injured in
Escape Attempt
' LANSINd, Kans., June 8 OP)
V... -.-UamII.M, .....J. kill-
luiliaaa imitwnwmj & uu v. imu.
ed one convict and wounded two
InHiiv a 4hev hAlrl knives effalnaft
a prison mine pit boss in a vain
attempt to escape.
Warden Milton F. Amrine said
the. man. .killed was Max Lan
dreth, serving a burglary term,
from Shawnee county, Kansas.
He said the other two were not
seriously wounded. Steve Atkin
son, pit boss, suffered "minor
knife wounds. ,