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There Is a lilnt to 1 that tbc-y may be about L in STRIKE FROM THE JLSUTIANS. t 'HE post-war POLITICAL war news is getting nuiit-r oy wic Imr It Has rcacncci me pomi hero tl.o HE IS BEING SSED. lRIVEN Into a corner and com- V polled to detenu tne govern- icm v ......... - - blast charges tliai urmiin is 'ling In uicoco ni cross pur- IJ Willi HIT HlllL'S, crncsl vin, Urlllsli minister of labor itcrday asserted tliat "long bo re this wo had an AGREE ENT WITH RUSSIA whereby 1IS5M untlt'riuuit lliu mum jnuu- im of Romania ontl wc (the Irilisli) undertook the main oblcm of Greece. He then added: This imrecment was taken to ...k.. ..."I SIIUMITTP.I) TO RESIDENT ROOSEVELT and irecd to AND inuiALtu oy WASHINGTON disnntch this morn n if savs: , "AUTHORITATIVE American flclnta declared flatly today at tlio United States maintains firm stand OPPOSED to wo vronment of spheres ol III- Iionce in Europe." t The dlspalt'li atitis: Thev DENIED UNQUALI- BEDLY that President Rooso- tlt okayed any British-Russian trccmcnt dividing UD political jlcrcsts in the Balkans." So there you arc. SUMKliUUi is lied. . EVIN'S statement Is one of these rather rare assertions at ought to be capable of proof disproof. If tlio document refers to was agreed to AND MTIATED by President noose- lit, the Initials MUST STILL IE THERE. . MEANWHILE there lias been 1 1 a orpnt ln.rin. American con- essmnn arc blowing off about fRFIDIOUS ALUION. Hard rds about us have been spoken parliament, u o u o i aim spiclon of each other have on aroused In tho minds of kltons and Americans. (What PEOPLE think in Russia fcesn't count.) l He Hermans have been ncari- led and encouraged by this ap arnnce of dissension among clr enemies. (T loems to this writer, as NEWSPAPER mnn. that it Wild have been far better for erybodv If this denl at Quebec fchnlnunl II iirn.l hnA hl'Ptl OPEN instead of SECRET. . 9 ET'S keep our heads about lislness. WE have n sphere of Influence F OUR OWN. It Is tlm WESTF.nN HEM- SPHERE. The Monroe Doctrine makes je Western Hemisphere strictly nmericnn spnoro oi intiucncu. We enn't verv honestly deny olhcrs n nrlvllnue that we un tor ourselves. ND let's not go off at half-cock scout small nations. Good- '8 knows, wo mnrin trouble (""nil of that sort at Versailles. History tells us with brutal flly Hint smnll nations, try- io inco the world alone, are flplcss. Fnr olf.nrnlnetlon. Isy HAVE to group themselves n their BIGGER neighbors. " snptiitin't bo that way. But lo t int wnv. Tl nlwnve hns r.J, thnl way. Tho tlmo Isn't continued on Pago EICIU) (V SHOPPING- DAYS ftJC Herald attb'ltr PRICE 5 CENTS CIO Threatens Ail-Over Strike In Ward Stores WASHINGTON. D.c. 14 (I1) Union Preild.nt Sam Wolchak today voicad tha threat ol a nationwide atrike In Montgomery Ward atoret of hit CIO retail, wholeiale and department store employei, He tald it would be called if the war labor board or Preaident Rooievelt falla to enforce WLB directives aimed at Montgomery Ward atoroa and planta in seven citiea. "We are ready for an economic ahowdown," Wolchak told a newt conference preceding a WLB hearing called to hear from Ward officials why board ordera at Detroit have not been com plied with. Wolchak'a union hat bn on ttrike at four Detroit Mont gomery Ward ttoret tinea latt Saturday in an effort to force the company to comply with a board order directing, among 0 0 CIS TD GUT RATES The Klamath Falls office of the OPA denied Thursday that any orders were issued directly to potato sorters in the Klam ath basin regarding the reduced rato for spud sorting from the current rate charged of 18 cents per sack to th 1042 rates of 10 or 12 cents per sack. Controversy Is still raging at present over the situation and, according to authoritative re ports received from Tulelake, work was at a standstill Wed nesday and Thursday. Klamath OPA officials stated Thursday that letters wero sent nut, however, to all commercial potato sorters in the basin ask ing them to file their prices for potato sorting per one hundred weight for 1044 and also for 1D42. Officials further stated that it Is possible to get a rate ad justment, by applying to the ad justment and analysis section of the OPA at Portland, but that this had not been done. Potato graders assert that the OPA demanded that they charge their 1042 rates of 10 or 12 cents per 100-pound sack, instead of the current rale ol to cents per sack. They also claim tho 18- ccnt rale was charged In order to meet the wage increase of $1.25 per hour for crews. This hourly wage was sent ii) by growers as a ceiling price at a meeting held early in the fall and was approved by the war labor board. Wilmoni Worley Held Prisoner Wilmont Worley, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Worley of AahlimH Is now a prisoner of war In Germany. Young Wor- ley. who enlisted from runnv alh Falls four years ago, was with the 401st glider division when he was captured. The Worlcys moved to Ash land one year ago. Last mes sage received from Wilmoni told them that he had been "busy over tho Holland area.' Thnl was four months ago. Mrs. Wilmont Worley and young son are living In Monterey, lam, Germany's Sixth Wartime Christmas to Be Gloomiest By EDWIN SHANKE STOCKHOLM, Dec. 14 (P) Germany's sixth successive war time Christmas promises to be the dreariest of them all. "The Christmas spirit can't be found in Germany," says the German-controlled Scandinavian Telegram bureau In a dispatch from Berlin. "One doesn t sec any Christmas trees as In former years, nor Christmas decorations In the stores. All Germans know that 1044 will bo the gloomiest Christmas." rm.1- .Inlnntnnl la IflrtfolV home out by dispatches from Swedish correspondents, vi.iu.. Indicate that military reverses, tl -l.nlutfna nnri distress caused by nllicd air raids have combined lo present a ucui tim ing picture. Hitler-Comtort ji. fiei Hmn nlnre the start of tho wnr, children evacu ated from bombed areas must spend Christmas away from their parents by a government order which has destroyed the whole moaning of tho day as a ii.. innil.,nl In finrmnnV. In- IlllllllY mauve,, ii, w ....- v stend, the children will be com forted by an autographed gift picture of Adolf Hitler and a Knnkhnok with a few rcichS" marks. , . In former years, cniimcn in The Shanta-Cafteade Wonderland other things, maintenance of union membership and check' on of union dues. Wolchak told reporters his group is seeking an early audi ence with President Roosevelt to explain the issues, adding: "I am positive that if the president can learn from first hand information he will not neglect the citizens of the Unit ed States." Wolchak, who earlier presid ed over a meeting of his union aides, said they "laid plans to protect the membership of our union." They discussed presentation of their case before the WLB hearing today and at another hearing scheduled for tomor row involving Ward compliance in six other cities: Chicago, St. Paul, Portland, Ore:; San Ra fael, Calif.; Denver and Jamai ca, N. Y. Wolchak said his union has a "large majority" among the 60,000 lo 65,000 Ward employes scattered throughout 500 stores and mall order houses across the nation. . ROER HEADWATERS By WILLIAM L. RYAN AttocIMed Press War Editor Two U. S. first army divisions nnshed nrones of a new attack on both sides of the Roer river headwaters today on the right flank of Lt. Gen, Courtney H. Hodges' forces, and on his left the long-staiica u. a, nimn army loaned into action again, cap turing Vichhofen, below fortress Jullclv On the central sector of the western front Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's third army, fighting bitter resistance, drove 500 yards ahead at Saarlautern, widening its wedge in the Siegfried line, and measured advances in yards in other areas of the German (Continued on rage jcigni; Bulletin WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (P) The war labor board today al lowed Montgomery Ward and company until Monday to com ply with its directives at four Detroit alorea wnere a tiriico haa been underway since Satur div. The hoard acted after Ward officiala declined to appear in response to a summons to ex nlatn whv the huae mail order house had not complied with WLB ordera. permitted to visit their parents or vice versa during tne Holi days. That is out of the question this year, the government has ex plained, because of the strain plnced upon transportation facil ities by allied air attacks and "the serious military situation." No Trees Swedish correspondents also report thai no Christmas trees will be available in the larger c t os because of the transporta tlon shortage, although In rural areas Germans arc going into tho forests to fetch fir branches to hang in their homes. There arc no toys In the stores, snv Swedish " corresoon- dents. Instead, parents are told how to make trinkets for chil dren out of scraps of wood and pnper. In fact, tho German press declares, everything which belongs to Christmas in the way of decorations and playthings must bo made at home. To bolster morale, the authori ties have granted extra Christ mn rations two cubs Der Per son, 250 grams (8.75 ounces) of moat, 25 grams (.88 ounces) of candy for .children, and a half bottle of schnapps and a half bottle of wine for adults, nut pvpn this represents a considerable reduction from the Christmas "bony s ' last year. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944 Stettin NEA Telephoto Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr., (seated left) aakt tenate foreign relations com mittee for prompt aenate confirmation of six top state department nomtneea to apeed depart mental reorganisation and the formation of poatwar peace machinery. The men, aeated behind him, are (left to right) Joseph C. Grew, undersecretary; Will L. Clayton, Archibald MacLeish, Jamea C. Dunn, Brig. Gen. Juliua C. Holmes and Nelson Rockefeller. ADVERSE REPORT EYED ON M'LEISH By JACK BELL' WASHINGTON. Dec. 14 (P) The nomination of Archibald MacLeish as assistant secretary of state will go to the senate with an adverse report unless a tie vote is broken in the foreign relations committee. In a hurried meeting called today after Chairman Connally (D-Tex.) had announced Senator Guffey (D-Pa.) changed his bal lot to give MacLeish an 11 to 9 favorable report, the committee ordered a previous 10 to 10 roll call reinstated. . :' Vote Report Set Connally said the tie : vote would be reported on MacLeish when his and five other state de partment nominations are sent to the senate. . ' The other nominees, all ap proved, were Joseph C. Grew, to be under-secretary, and W. L. Clayton, James C. Dunn. Nelson Rockefeller and Brig. Gen Jul ius Holmes, . to be assistant sec retaries. Connally said Guffey had withdrawn his request to change his original vote against Mac Leish. Guffey reported as he walked out of the meeting: "They wouldn't let me change my vote. I don't know how I'll (Continued on Page Eight) Hope for Making Quota Revived In Oregon Hope that Oregon might reach Its "E" bond quota in the 6th War Loan drive was revived to day when sales climbed to $20, 787,470, more than 61 per cent of the loan. Wednesday. December 13. brought in ?1,690,463, which is almost the largest amount pur chased in one day since the drive began. According to war loan offi cials, individual bond buying will count in mis drive unm the end of December. Although Oregon has topped its ouota of $107,000,000 in the 6th War Loan drive, "E" bond sales arc still lagging over the nation as a whole. The pur chase of tax and corporation bonds has contributed the larg. est amount in reaching and ex coedlns the ouota. Fluhrer's bakery has reported 5 per cent over its quota on oavroll deductions, it was re ported by the treasury repre sentative, warren uossett. Tho latest promotion in the "third army" was announced to bo Mary Hutchison of La Pointe's who is now a neuienani-gen-oral, i ' , . Senate Passes Crop Insurance WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (A1) Tho senate passed today legis lation reviving federal crop in surance. Prior lo final action, the sen ale rejected 45 to 24, an amend ment to permit member banks of the federal reserve system to ab sorb exchange and collection items as overhead expense. It was proposed by Senator May bank (D-S. C.) The senate previously had amended the measure to author ize spending $30,000,000 next year to expand flax production. The bill goes back to the house for . action on senate changes. ius Defends Aides Before wmm Lupe Velez Takes Own Life; Leaves Two Suicide Notes BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 14 (fP) Lupe Velez,.' Mexican movie actress, was found dead in her bed today, apparently police said, from a deliberate over dose of sleeping tablets. Two notes which indicated the actress planned to take her life were found in her bedroom. Capt. W. W. White, of Bev erly Hills police, who was sum moned to the Velez home by Mrs. Beulah Kinder, the actress' sec retary, reported to the coroner that' Miss Velez apparently had SUPERFDRTS BLAST WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (P) Superfortresses roared across the Bay of Bengal today to smack military targets In Japanese-dominated Thailand. The war department said a substantial force of B-29s of Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay's 20th bomber command mounted the attack from bases in India. No additional details were released. Thailand last was hit by the big bombers on November 27. The rail center of Bangkok heart of the enemy rail system radiating to Singapore, Burma and Indo-China was struck with heavy loads of demolition bombs. All planes returned. Superfortresses attacking Na goya yesterday made "many (Continued on Page Eight) Indians to Marry Under State Law WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (P) Marriages among three Oregon Indian tribes must hereafter be solemnized under state laws. President Roosevelt has sign ed a bill to that effect. Involved are the Klamath and Modoc tribes and the Yahoaskin band of Snake Indians. The new law also requires that all divorces hereafter shall be effected only by a state court decree. ' ,. Prior marriages under Indian rites are validated if recorded by the superintendent of the Klamath (Ore.) Agency. The legislation provides that nn inheritances shall be valid unless under a recorded Indian' marriage or a marriage under state laws. Warm Air Takes Edgi e Off Winter Bv The Associated Press Agreeable winter weather re turned today to the middle west as a warm air front pushed across the continent, routing discomforts of the season's first heavv snowfall. The storm, accompanied by high winds during a four-day siedc. caused at least 87 deaths, retarded traffic, and slowed down industrial and agricultur al activity from Colorado to the C9St COHSti Although weather bureau sta Hons reported generally clear conditions throughout the coun try this morning, the forecast said a mixture of cloudiness, snow flurries, and fresh winds were in store for tonight and tomorrow, with a cold front again developing in the north' west. ItllliJIfiJUIillllll Daombr 14, 1B4 M. CDec. 18) w40 Mfn, freolplUtlon Uit ti ho tin , Htreim yer lo dftte Normal S.ffiS tail year M UH.i.fll M III vigaaf. Orffon: Open ...m C'leie . TaleUkc: Open ...7 ;37 Close . Senate taken her own life. A note, ad dressed to Mrs. Kinder,, which White released, said: "My faithful friend, you and only you know the facts for the reason I am taking my life. May God forgive me and don't think bad of me. I love you many. Take care of your mother so goodbye and- try to forgive me. Say goodbye to all my friends and the American press that were always so nice to me. Lupe.' ' 1 -';r;r'.:.',1'..r?' Not to Man Another mote which White said was found near Miss Velez' body was addressed to a .man. It said:- "'May God forgive you - arid forgive me, too. But I prefer to take "my life away and our baby s before l bring nim sucn shame or killing him.- How could you fake such great love-for me and our baby when all the time you didn't want us? I See no other way out for me, s6 good bye and good luck to you. Love. i,upe. Dr. Edward Gourson, who was called to Miss Velez' home by Capt. White, said death pre (Continued on Page Eight) 73 Days of Low Temperatures Reported Here The U. S. weatherman has re ported 13 consecutive days of be low freezing minimum tempera tures and ice skating enthusiasts were anticipating a fling at the sport this weekend.- - Last Sunday there were skaters on the Great Northern pond about three miles south west of Klamath Falls, and after school finds youngsters trying out the Ice which covers the water left in the government canals. A cold wind has whipped the basin for the past several days and as low as 8 aoove nas peen reported in the southern section of tne county. Ii", --i' T ' I '' ' 'If'' 't Drastic Reduction in Lumber Cut Here In Postwar Era Predicted at Confabs A drastic reduction in lumber cut immediately after the war was forecast for the Klamath area and for most other lumber production areas of the north west by national forest officials here Wednesday for conferences on timber questions arranged by the chamber of commerce. Charles Tebbe, assistant re gional forester, and Larry Mays, supervisor of the Fremont na tional forest, after giving esti mates predicting the timber cut reductions, urged secondary manufacture, application o f new processes, and chemical utilization of waste material to maintain employment and com munity support. Mays, who presented specifi cally that part of recent forest service surveys relating to the Klamath production area, said production of the mills of the area will probably fall to from 300 million to 400 million feet a year, as soon as the war Is over, from a '1944 estimated production of 600 million feet. Eventually, he said, the cut will probably stabilize at around 200 million feet. Supplies Available Two Klamath mills, the for estry men said, have substantial supplies of prjvate timber avail ....5:10 Number 10338 Officials Deny FDR's Okay of Anglo-Red Agreements By FLORA LEWIS WASHINGTON. Dec. 14 (ff)- Authoritative American officials declared flatly today that the United States, maintains a firm stand opposed to the develop ment or spneres oi influence in Europe. They denied unqualifiedly that President Roosevelt okayed any British-Russian agreement WASHINGTON. Dec. 14 (P The state department poured oil on troubled diplomatic waters between Washington and Lon don today with a statement that Washington is pleased with the new Italian government. The statement said the United States and British ambassadors in Rome have been conferring closely of late, indicating that at least the matter of consultations which disturbed the allied capi tals last weeK nas peen cleared up- dividing up political Interests in the Balkans. Spokesmen for the labor min ister in the coalition British gov ernment had said that Russia and Mr. Roosevelt had agreed that Britain undertake the "main, problem of Greece." r ; ; U. S. Caution "This government has caution"- ed both Britain and Russia sevr eral tunes. against allowing mili tary: agreements on zones of operations to draw boundaries of political influence, the' U. S. officials asserted. The danger that military ar rangements would turn into spheres of influence is well rec ognized, they said. Prime Minister Churchill, ac cording . to these -highly-placed officials, has assured the United (Continued. on Page Eight) BURNS TO GROUND The Vern Puckett home Just north of the Klamath river at Keno was burned to the ground at 8 o'clock Thursday morning There was no one home at the time as the Pucketts had gone into Klamath Falls where their son. Delbert. took the train to Portland to report for duty with the U. S. navy, Guy Moore, who lives across the road in the Doug Puckett house, first noticed flames on the roof around the chimney at about 7:50. he said. He broke Into iho house and found the at tic in flames. Neighbors assisted in carrying possessions outside the burning building, but the structure was soon leveled. The house was built about 18 years ago and remodeled tms lau. Cause of the fire was not de termined. ' able one for at least five years, and the other for much longer. The other 15 mills must depend largely upon publicly owned timber, from the federal forests and the Indian service, and could operate only from one to three years on strictly private timber. The available public timber, under selective cutting, is insufficient to sus tain more than a third of the present annual cut, the officials said. . They emphasized that no re duction -in timber cut is sug gested while the war is under way and lumber remains a crit ical material, and urged other methods, such as remanufac ture, to take up the slack by the time the substantial reduc tion in saw logs occurs. 12 Billion Feet The forestry men estimated that approximately 12 billion feet of saw timber remains In this area. The figures Were given at a meeting at the Pelican cafe last night; sponsored by the postwar planning and industrial devel opment committees of the chamber, and attended by 80 timber operators, business men and others interested. E. P. Ivory, one of the lum U. S. MAINTAINS FIRM STAND ON INTERVENTION LULL FIGHTING Forces Send Shells' Crashing Into Athens By STEPHEN BARBER ATHENS Dec 14 Iff) Ela forces of the national liberal front resumed their attack on British-held central Athens today1 after a 24-hour period compara-' uve quiet. Tney sent shells crashing into the inner peri-L meter around Maj. Gen. R. M.' Scobies' headquarters. Snipers infiltrated to new posU . Hons on the house tops and sent a warm fire down sidestreets off University street, which, forms the main axis between two of the chief Elas objectives, Ominia square on the west and: Constitution square on the east. Appeared Quiet - Until afternoon the Elas drive- appeared to have been halted, and British leaders had said the dangerous phase of the 12-day- turmoil appeared over. (Strong infantry reinforce-. merits and hundreds of tons of supplies have been flown into Athens the past two days, an al lied air force anouncement in. Rome said. Heavy firing which shook the. city earlier this week gave way, to sporadic machinegun bursts and the last 24 hours were the. quietest of any like period since' the fighting broke out between the leftists on the one hand and Greek forces and British troops on the other. Military authorities, however, banned civilians from the streets' except between noon and 2 p. m. ' ' British and Greek mountain; brigade forces held an area ap-'. proximately three miles square, in tne center oi Ainena, ana w tended their holdings in Piraeus J to about five square miles de-i spite local Elas attacks. Reln-i (Continued on Page Eight); 'V'.'.VV rr- ' r ' ''' l TRAPPED JAPS DIE E GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS, - Philippines, Dec. 14 (P) Great numbers of Jap anese were being killed in the mountains east of captured Or moc as the Americans on Leyte put the pressure on the south end of a trap in the bloody Or moe corridor, headquarters re ported today.-"- -v! Other enemy troops drowned Tuesday night in a strange at tempt to send three small freight ers, loaded with soldiers into Ormoc. The Japanese evidently were unaware the west Leyte port was in American hands but soon found out. Shore fire promptly sent all three to the bottom. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said enemy losses on the ground were "extraordinarily heavy" as sev enth division Yanks, who help ed take the Important port on Sunday, pursued scattered Nip ponese "fighting desperately to free themselves over the moun tain trails." Americans of the 77th division regrouped at Ormoc and sent pa trols north to probe enemy strength to the rear of the Yama shita line, while 32nd division forces, which have been battling the weather as well as stubborn Japanese for weeks, maintained frontal pressure from the north. bermen present, suggested thai a good deal of "theory" must go. into the forest service esti mates, and pointed to various saw timber figures that have been given out from official sources. He expressed doubt that the picture is as unfavor able as was indicated by the federal men. - Confidence Expressed C. A. Dunn, Klamath con tractor and director in charge of post-war planning for tho chamber, expressed confidence that a solution will be reached in the problems of the com munity's industrial future, and (Continued on Page Eight) Wisecracking KF Man Gets Results A Klamath Falls resident waited impatiently while a Portland OPA price clerk flipped ' through regulations for the ceiling price on cider. : "Why don't you look up the ceiling price on vinegar?" he demanded finally. "By the time you find the right regu lation, It'll be vinegar any way." ' The clerk found the price. 24-HOUR ENDED BYELAS