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Newspaper Page Text(ft otl m ui V In By FRANK JENKINS ntJIVW In U,..l.li..,l...i mil V ,.., U III II nillllIUI HUH rtlli Int. m mluni ti,lrnel.t wcuthcr la cool mid ulciinatit. tin writur Iiiih been thanked '.oral limes by friends fur inulng It In it satchel (rum tho clfle count, but It leully came the lieele ol frcnk aiurm nt brought ruin on ono nlrio of sheet wlillo t in nun wnit dug bright and wnrm on tho r. fore tho rnln tho mercury up In the high 00m nnd IIiito I'NDonHlblO ClllZODH who In (hut tho rclutlvo humidity hh two degrees more unci l hiivo swum oil iiko n nan could be hero. ' JVWAY, tho rnln cooled the Icmncruturo down and lied the humidity out of the mid nil la luvoly now. Hut getting hotter ulrciidy Iht before last was the coolest y it I u lit In nonie 20 yenm. c clinic to tho papers. It wun 07 nbovo nt tho mini bun. NTKR a tnxl. (You (Inn a taxi , ho: I t go no r whonover you want to somewhere pitrtly because I,' i s 11 me on v wnv 10 nnu ine place you're itoinii to nnd nlm bo. cnuito tho streetcars nnd bimos ro too hud I. v Jammed to Ink mint her nimscnucr.). It is driven by n motherly womnn of (JO-nclcl. ultlrcd In house dress. Another passcnge gives her an address nnd auk mminllv If the known how to find It. "I certainly do," hc unsworn tnrllv. She dors. too. Not only that but on nrrlvnl she tells him whnt door or tho building to enter to (tot to the office he wants to lio to, and when he disagree nnd savs no Its another doo she waits until he wnndcrs out with a dofouted expression and tolls him: "I told you to no to the other door in tho lirst place These Washlinton cab drlv era! They've always been In dlvldualisls of the first water, and now that their ranks are being entered by motherly . women in house dresses they're even more so. THE big Issue In Washington at the moment Is the TEPC the Fair Employment Practices ! Committee, which seeks to mnno r. hlnek and while, count In Amer ica by law. It la ono of those Issues that Involve lot of orntorv and are more concerned with vote Retting than with the . practical solution o( promems. There's a lot of Justice in the theoretical purposes of tho r tru Whntever else may be said on tho subject, the colored man Is cerln in v entitled to worn on piano of complete equality with the' white, man. If he has the , siune skill, the snmo adaptability and tho same degree 01 uppllca. tlon to his Job, ho should be entitled to the same wanes, torn, mou sense nnd fundamental fair. ncss tell lis that In no uncertain words. Jiut when you try to FORCE such things by law, you run Into . a lot ot human nniurc. THE tlmo will undoubtedly come when there will bo no discrimination In employment In America bocnuse of color. The time may come, In some distant generation, when white nnd blnck will mingle without prejudice. But it's a fnlrly safe guess that these things won't be brouRnt nbout by a hnrd and fnst law thnl snys It has to do inuw. (It veemi nrobnblc. incidental Iv. thnt the FEPC will bo stalled off instead of settled now. The most lllcclv solution is mi ni 1 proprlnllon Unit will cnnblo the controversial committee to drag nlong for nnother year without money enough to no mucn more . than bnreiy pxisi.) i I QENATE ratification of the San " Francisco chnrtcr, which Is tho big show for noxt week, Is nbout ns nenr n forcgono con elusion as anything can bo. The apposition thnt hns been making minor headlines is TOKEN op position. Tho voto ngninst it is expected to bo negligible, There Is none of tho fierce Idealism thnl marked tho league of nations light In tho senate. Nobody has any delusions. Tho chnrtcr Just looks llko something that OUGHT to bo given a trial. Besides, the conviction Is strong here thnt tho VOTERS nro for It. That nlways goes a long way In Washington, Women, Children Pack For Libby ' PORTLAND, July 16 (IP) Sfivornl hundred women, girls nnd boys operated fruit con veyor bolts nt Llbby, McNeill and Llbby ennnory here yester day whllo noo union members were Idlo In an AFL and CIO dispute ... ," . Union members stood at plant gales, but did not molest work ers called In to clean up fruit loft spoiling when tho dispute began Saturday. Tho plant bocamo Idlo when union members foiled to work in protest to tho discharge of Kenneth . Smith, former AFL union locnl president, reported nctlvo In seeking NLRB ap urovol of tho CIO ns borgaln Jng agent, . Tho NLRB hns set July 25 for a hearing on the CIO request, PRICE FIVE CENTS t S - " llm f JV - - i; teMw ' This picture taken this morning shows one of the many two-story buildings which feature the new military housing project on Washburn way. In this building, there are four apartments up stairs and six down. In a shorter two-story type, there are two upstairs apartments and three down. Names of famed war figures have been given streets in the project, now being rushed to completion. War Figures' Names Given Housing Project Streets The names Vandcrgrlft audi federal housing project on Wash. Turnage, Halscy and NlmlU, featured in world headlines throughout this war, mark the streets at the 80-unlt mllltory GIRL WAOER DIES Ll Iliircl Frances Lnznrus, 18, daughter of Mrs. Parloc Laz arus, Llndloy, heights, Klamath Falls, drowned Sunday about S p. m. In Lost river nenr the Crystnl Springs rond. She was reportedly wading In (he river when she stepped off Into a pocket. Sho was unable to swim and disappeared be neath the surface beforo assist ance could arrive. Miss Lazarus was In tho com pany of Mr. and Mrs. Hcrschel Lazarus and Artio and Mnbul Borstnd at the time of the drown ing. Lnznrus was nbout 100 feet nwny from his sister when his wifo screamed thnt Miss Lnznrus wns drowning. ; Lazarus was not n strong swimmer and was tin abio to assist his sister. A ma rine who was nearby dove for the oony ana recovered it alter nbout 25 minutes. Members of the sheriff's of fice, Dr. George Adler. county coroner, and state police arrived on tho sccno nnd artificial res piration and resuscltntors were used for 4B minutes to no nvnil. Sho is survived by her moth er, four brothers, Stanley of Riv erside, Calif., nnd Hcrschel, Vir gil and Kelly, all of Klamath Fnlls; nnd one sister, Mrs. Ar thur Lcrouc, of Klnmnth Falls. xiio body is nt Whltlock's. I Bread Price Boost Looms As Result Sugar Shortage WASHINGTON. July 18 iTP) Stores sold butter at 10 ration points a pound todny as the government put Into effect n major segment of its plan to im prove tho meat situation. Elsewhere on tho food front. tho republican consrcssional food study committee issued a statement saying that "an in crease in the price of bread nnd a reduction in tho quantity pro duced mny result from fnllure of the administration to provide adequate sugar supplies." Tho reduction from 24 to 18 points for crcomery butter is expected by OPA to prevent de terioration In retail stores dur ing tho season of peak butter production. Farm or country butter remains unchanged at 12 points a pound, nnd mnrgnrlnc continues at 14 points. A 10-million Douud increase In civilian butter supplies is ex pected next month, OPA said, as the result of a cut in the amount ordered set nsldo for military use. Householders havo been buy ing less butter in tho last two or thrco weeks, OPA said In announcing the point cut a fort night niieaa ot tno cinto utA previously reported such action probable. , OF A tied string on Its gut Two-Story Structures Feature burn way. Streets honoring General A. A. Vandcrgrlft, commandant of tho marine corps, and Major General Turnuge, of the ma rines, run parallel or are inter J socted by yiosc named for Ad. iiiiiiii jiujm'v aiiu siuiliuat jiiiir itz of the navy. The unit has been occupied by 80 navy and 30 marine per sonnel since May 1, 1045. Lnwns, 'delayed earlier by excessive rains, arc in now, streets are completed and tho new signs up, giving the unit an air of per nmnencc. The 155-unlt project across Iho street is about 75 per cent completed with all roofs on and Inside finishing underway. Sidewalks arc being laid lawns arc being landscaped and will be seeded by September 1. Tho unit is expected to be fin (shod on schedule, ready for oc cuponcy September 3. Senate Receives Charter Today WASHINGTON. July 16 (A) Tho foreign relations committee formally reported the United Nations charter to the senate today. It expressed tho opinion that this country will bo "re paid many times" for its pro jected contributions to a world pcuco-kccping organization. In a favorable report on the document which it approved 21 to 1 lust week, the committee said it had no hesitation in recommending senate rntlflca tlon because It believes the 50' nation agreement "in accord' nnco with our national inter. cats." to housewives, however, with a warning thnt the point value would bo Increased again if but ler sells too rapidly. The republican food study committee's report on bread quoted Representative Jenkins of Ohio, chnlrmnn of tho unof ficial group, ns saying most bakers have had to mako up losses on bread output . with profits from such sweet goods as rolls, cakes and pastries. Asserting that sugar quotas for bakeries hnve been cut to 00 per cent of their 1941 vol ume nnd thnt many bakers re port they actually are able to obtnln only 44 to 50 per cent, Jenkins added: "This will menu such a sub stantial reduction In tho volume of sweet goods that many bak ers will cither havo to start selling bread, far what it costs them to mako it, or go out of business, "Even those bnkcrlcs which produce only brend nnd which because of the volume and ef ficiency of their operations hnve been able to get by under ex isting bread ceilings will be hard hit by tho reduction in their- sugar supplies coupled with new quota restrictions on shortening. Their bread output will be cut about 20 per cent by the new quotas." Telephone ' 1 KLAMAT OREGON. Pro;' OF U. S. TREASURY WASHINGTON, July 16 UP) President Truman today nomi nated Fred M. Vinson, war mo bilization chief, to succeed Hen ry Morgenthau Jr., as secretary of the Jreasuty, ' ' Th' chief -(executive ictcd ahead of schedule in order to comply with a request by Mor- genthau that the new secretary e named without delay so he could tackle a number' of pend ing financial problems. Mr. Truman first had planned to submit Vinson's nomination only after returning from the Big Three meeting in Berlin. The president also submitted to the senate today the nomina tion of Thcron Lamar Caudle of waacsDoro,, North Carolina, to be an assistant attorney general succeeding Tom C. Clark, now attorney general. Caudle, 41, is a 1926 graduate of Wake Forest college who since 1940 has ' been United Mates attorney for the western district of North Carolina. Harold Willmm .Turicnn California, who used to practice tv.oniinuca on Page Three) WLB Discusses Lumber Wages PORTLAND, Ore.. Julv 16 (Vr) A six-man division of the national war labor board met here today to discuss a wage controversy which threatens to lead to a strike vote in the northwest lumber Industry. Only two davs from now in executive committee meeting of um iiurinwesiern district coun cil, AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers, is scheduled here. Un ion officials have indicated their willingness to discuss issues with the WLB division. A strike would affect 60,000 workers In Washington, Oregon. .iuuiiu uuu nuruivrn uaiuornia. Valley Projects To Cramp Style PORTLAND. Julv m (m Nine valley authorities pro posed for the postwar period including one for the Colum bia river will "cramp the style" of free Americans, Rolph L. Corr, twice governor of Col orado and an authority on irri gation and reclamation said here today. "Proponents of these 'author ities' tell glibly nbout the so called grent good the Tennessee Valley authority hns done," Corr said. "I say, 'it is democ racy on tho march out'." Ho said proposals call for a three-man board to run each authority, terming such a prac tice "dictatorial." Kicking Difficult, Judge Decides CHARLESTON, W.. Va.,; July 16 P) Municipal Judge Harold Neff dished out some justice in a hurry today. Before him was a- man ac cused by his wife of assault, "Ho kicked me," tho plain tiff declared. "Case dismissed," said Judge Neff after looking down and .noting the defendant had but. one icg, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1945 LAKE DF.AGGERS FIND BODY IN OLD DROWNING Remains Found May Be Those Of Taylor A body thought to be that of Roy E. Taylor, one-time care taker at Lake o' the Woods, who disappeared nearly three years ago, was found yesterday by ma rines who were dragging the lake for Robert Barney Hollings worth, 25, who apparently drowned there last Tuesday. Roy Taylor, with his brother, Rollin M. Taylor, disappeared October 13, 1942 while in a boat on the lake. The body of Hoi lingsworth has not yet been found. . The two brothers worked as caretakers at the lake and were originally from Murphy, Ore. They went out .onto the lake about 7:30 p. m. on October 13, 1942, and the men and the boat were never seen again. The body that was recovered yesterday was badly decom posed, but a post-mortem exami nation will be made today by Dr. George Adler, county coron er, to establish identification. The only trace of the two men that was ever found until yes terday were a pair of oars, a man's hat. and the floorboards of a boat. They were found floating on the lake, near the shore. , - . At the time they were report ed missing, Roy Taylor was 40 years did -aWR6ttIn'was-'35. Rollin was much the larger of the two . men, weighing 180 pounds and six feet one-inch in height. His brother weighed only 130 pounds and was five ii-i-i eiKiil incites u . The body is at Ward's. Another possibility was that ine Dociy was that of Jeff Riddle, who disappeared from this area in 1939 and has never been seen since. TO GET NEW TIRES WASHINGTON. Julv 16. M Some passenger car owners, in cluding "A" card holders, be came eligible today for new tires for a bona fide change of address tnat required a special gasoline ration. This is the first time since the beginning of tire rationing that any "A" card holders have ueen eligible for new tires. "This extension of the eligi bility is particularly needed now that increasing numbers of persons arc moving from one city to another," OPA said in announcing that: , These persons may apply for new tires if they have a tire failure while making a norma' ncnt change of residence, re gardless of the type of ration they hold: 1. War workers moving from one city to another as produc tion shifts from one type of war goods to another and to civilian goods, 2. Members of the armed forces moving to a new port. 3. Discharged veterans re turning home or moving to an other city to accept a job. Before being eligible to ap- fily, a motorist must have been ssued a special gasoline ration for the trip. "B" and "C" motorists have been eligible for new tires,-but not for tires while actually mak ing a change in residence. This is because they had to surren der their supplemental rations in order to receive a special gasoline ration. Technically, this made them "A" drivers, at least until they could reestablish eligibility for supplemental ra tions in their new home. Reservation Fire Under Control A fire which started near Beatty on the Klamath Indian reservation Sunday was giving forest crews some trouble Mon day noon but the blaze was con sidered under control, accord ing to Klamath agency officials. It had covered about four acres. In the other parts of the Klamath area, however, things were fairly quiet with no other blazes reported at Klamath For est Protective association or the Modoc National forest office. . (July IB) Max. (July IS) ... 80 Min 51 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream ytar to date 13.23 Normal 12.02 Last year 9.89 Forecast! Clear Tuesday, little change. Truman And Winnie View Berlin Ruins Conference Site K ""Ul f? it rfwpnnniun'av v. V C f , GERMANY .. LLitHTnw,tl.1C r " ' V k: t,ES 20: MA'LiTi M.U4 Map locates Potsdam, outside Berlin, where President Tru man, Prime Mimster Churchill and Generalissimo Stalin will meet. Sessions will begin July 18 or 17. ((IP) wirephoto map). E BLAST 156 JAP PRISONERS Br ROBERT GEIGER ,JWA. JSLANDjOkinawav June 3 (Delayed) UP) Rugged, tensed marines of the eighth regimental combat team splash ed ashore on this little island 310 miles south of Kyushu June 3 behind a stiff pocket and shellfire barrage and beneath low-flying air cover and found no one but docile natives. But the only Japanese in the whole area garrisoning a tiny island nearby had watched the barrage and promptly rowed over in a longboat to- surrender their entire 156-man garrison. (Adm. Chester W. Nimitz to day July 16 announced the unopposed occupation of Ihiya and Aguni, June 3 and 9, re spectively but did not mention the surrender of the third. Ihiya, eight miles long, is about 20 miles northwest of Okinawa's northern tip; Aguni is 35 miles west of central Okinawa.) . "Well, it was a good training maneuver," remarked Mai. Gen. LeRoy P. Hunt, of Berkeley, Calif., who commanded the marine invasion. The absent Ihiya garrison (like Aguni's) evidently had been called to Okinawa more than two months earlier to aid in the futile defense of that large island. A few Japanese planes ap proached Ihiya on the first day but failed to reach the Ameri can invasion fleet. A tropical storm complete with typhoon warnings made the ships with draw temporarily Monday but did no damage. Accidents cost the lives of (Continued on Page Three) Kaiser Plans To Form Syndicate OAKLAND, Calif., July 16 (P) Henry J. Kaiser disclosed today he has begun negotia tions with the defense plant corporation for the lease nnd eventual purchase of the $200, 000,000 Geneva steel plant at Provo, Utah, which is being op crated by U. S. Steel Corp. Tho west coast industrialist made public a letter to DPC re vealing he plans to form the "Kaiser Syndicate" with ade quate working capital provided by the Bank of America, or by a banking pool. OPA Makes '42 Cars Ration-Free WASHINGTON, July 16 ((P) The OPA today removed all rationing restrictions on new 1942 model passenger cars, ef fective Wednesday. Tho agency described ration ing as no longer necessary be cause new cars soon will begin reaching the market. The action will permit dealers to clear their stocks of the 6000 cars still unsold. All that remain of about 520, 000 passenger cars frozen for rationing early In 1942, they are priced nt March, 1942, levels plus storage charges, ' ,W.,XVfi- Btifl.uJ I. TA.- JJkt Number 10567 By DANIEL DE LUCE AND ERNEST B. VACCARO POTSDAM, July 16 (IP) President Truman talked with Prime Minister Churchill and toured the wrecked heart of Ber lin today preliminary to the first Big Three meeting, at which the war with Japan likely will be a leading topic. First American president to visit Germany, Mr. Truman had an opportunity to see Adolf Hit ler's ruined and looted chancel lery, the battle-scarred Reichstag and the wreckage of the Tiergar ten. Soviet spokesmen said they had no word that Premier Stalin and Foreign Minister Molotov had arrived in Potsdam, but add ed: "They will be here in time for the opening of the confer ence The opening sessions, originally scheduled today, ap parently had been delayed until tomorrow. Secrecy Prevails Except for the brief visit of the British leader, the president was in continuous conference with his secretary of state, James F. Byrnes, and his per sonal chief of staff, Adm. Wil liam D. Leahy. Mr. Truman was reported planning a dinner early in the week in honor of Chur chill and Stalin. Tight secrecy prevailed. Prob lems such as hunger, frontiers and rebuilding of a Europe rav aged by war were high on the agenda. Stalin and Molotov generally were believed to be in Potsdam. Churchill, chewing dourly on a cigar, inspected the reichs cnanceucry during the after. noon and asked his Russian es cort-- now-the-nazis tlf6reTiaa died. The president slipped out of r-oisaam for two hours for his tour. He inspected the U. S. sec ond armored (Hell on Wheels) division along one of the super highways Hitler built. This di- vision is -an American occupa- wuii mrue in oenin. Stopping outside Hitler's chan cellery, the president shook his neaa at ine destruction and told reporters: It is a terrible thins hut thpv brought it on themselves." Presents Citation President Truman, an artillery captain of the last war, present ed a citation to Company H of me 1 1 in armored engineering battalion which crossed the Rhine under fire and com mented: "I am only sorry that I didn't get a chance to participate in some phase of this war myself." He made the award from a (Continued on Page Three) Klamath Pioneer Dies At Ashland Mrs. Nellie V. Carlisle, pi oneer of Klamath county, died July io, at 7 a. m. in the Ash land community hospital after an illness of three weeKs. She was the widow of George y. Carlisle, who .preceded her in death by 12 years. The Car lisles came to Klamath Falls Oc tober 31, 1902, from Villista, Iowa. Mrs. Carlisle is survived by four of their seven children, all of Ashland, three brothers, and four sisters. The children are Mrs. Blanche Huffman, Fred Carlisle, Ruby Carlisle and Mrs. Belva Lilly. Brothers are Walter Shepherd, Sprague River; Charles Shep herd, Iowa; Russell Shepherd, Pittsburg, Calif.; Mrs. S. F. Gas kell, Iowa; Mrs. Wayne Stargur, Iowa; Mrs. I. N. Craighead, Hcaldsburg, Calif.; Mrs. Virgil Parcher, Oakland, Calif. Funeral services will be read at 1:30, July 18, in Ashland and burial will follow at the Moun tain View cemetery. Oregon Forest Fire Defies Control; Huge Area Black PORTLAND, Ore, July 16 W) State foresters have asked 1000 soldiers to be ordered onto fire lines in the Wilson river area today as a sudden shift of wind late last night sent the flames roaring out of control across 10,000 acres in Tillamook coun ty. The fire is out of control and has blackened 25,000 acres. ' Rising winds drove flames northward, menacing several logging camps and forcing state police to close the Wilson River highway late yesterday. State Forester N. S. Rogers said soldiers will bo ordered out today, but won't be used un til tomorrow when the fire SURPLUS DESTROYED IN WEEKEND B LOW Tokyo Says U. S. Fleet Withdrawing From i Jap Waters By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editof Tokyo reported American na val task forces were withdraw ing from northern Japanese wa ters today after big guns wreck ed two steel producing cities in one of the most devastating weekends of the war, during which 152 of the Mikado's ves sels and 133 aircraft were de stroyed or damaged. Tokyo conceded the powerful third fleet bombardment unite were pulling out only "because of bad weather conditions which ' made further attacks difficult" and warned they would strike again. Land-based aircraft ranging from Superforts to Iwo Jima's fighters kept the air pressure on Japan today, although their : numbers were negligible com pared to Tokyo's estimate of 1 2500 sorties flown by carrier aircraft over northern Honshu .and Hokkaido islands Saturday ' and aunoay. 3000 Planes Japanese clamored for their ' government to do something about it and Lt. Gen. . Barney M. Giles, deputy commander of the new U. S. strategic air forces, said 3000 planes could -strik - Japan any day they wished. , With reports still incomnlcta on the combined warship shell ing ana carrier raids on Hereto fore untouched northern Japan,' Adm. Chester W. Nimitz report- ' ed three cities heavily damaged and communications virtually cut off between Honshu, "main land" of Japan, and Hokkaido, , refuge island to the north. Thir teen other cities were hammer ed by land-based aircraft dur ing tne weekend. - Naval guns razed much of Muroran on Hokkaido and Kam-V aircraft burned out the Hok-' kaido town of Kushiro, prompt ing Premier Kantaro Suzuki to urge Japanese to have faith in deiense preparations "against enemy landings on our Home land." Heaviest damage was in flicted Sunday on Muroran. ' A thousand tons of American shells fired from the superbattle ships Missouri, Iowa and Wiscon sin, and bombs from suDDortine aircraft set off a series of ex plosions and fires in the Nippon aieei plant, neaviiy damaged uie -Wanishi Iron Works, a chemical (Continued on Page Three) Klamath Firms Protest Raise Pelican Bay Lumber company and Ewauna Box company in Klamath Falls were among; seven northwest lumber com panies represented by attorneys who appeared before national war labor board officials . in Portland today to protest raises given power saw operators last March on order of the West Coast Lumber commission. ..-! The new rates $1.67i an hour in pine areas of Montana and the inland empire and $1.75 in Douglas fir country will raise havoc in the industry un less rescinded, the attorneys said. The order brought an in crease of 35 cenU an hour to head fellers. Loggers' representatives will have their say later in the hear ings., . , Rain Of Hay For Portland People PORTLAND, July 16 (IP) A rain of hay startled Portland citizens yesterday, and police said today that cars in various sectors o the city were covered with ashes. Coast range fires were blamed for the ashes. Updraf ts caused by fires may have transported some newly-cut hay to down- . town Portland, officers said. reaches an area where they can operate equipment to cut f lr lines. . - . t About 600 men including sol diers were in the fire zone yes. terday and were forced to with draw six miles when the win changed from northwest to southwest. Rogers reported the Coatcl Lumber company, Tillamook, has 10,000,000 feet of fallen and bucked timber in the path of the fire and flames wili.be in it by morning. He said the fire Is now in thick undergrowth, m o v i n north along both, sides of lb creek.