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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.