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mm mfir iD In The By FRANK JENKINS fUT In western Nebraska, in the upper vulloy of the North Plutlu, (ho corn was lust coming through tho ground. That scorned distinctly on tho lallsh rrlclrr, for custry known you should Lay your corn by lly the Fourth of July. If you nro n corn hull fiirmor oiid nil goes well mid you not your crop planted by tho loth of Juno nnd thn rtihiw nro copious but not soggy and the nights lira properly hot nnd humid enough to steam a plum pudding, tho tlmo will coma when you cun puff out your chest nnd chirp; My corn's kneo high On thn Fourth of July. But hero won corn Just peeping through tha ((round almost a week nftcr tho fourth. Obvious ly something was nil loused up. MAYBK It In Just In the vnllcy of the North Platte, where nt times tho cold wlnclii sweep down from tho peaks of the not too distant Rockies nnd do things to thnt tender ex-resident of the tropic, the mnl.o pin nt, thnt should not bo done. Perhaps 11 will be different when the rough edges of tho corn belt lira past and Its flit mlddlo In reached. So run your thoughts as you gnzo out of the window, nUT no. u Eastern Nebraska comes and pusses. Iown loom fnlr across (lie Missouri, mm sun mo com In Its millions of rows alongside the tracks ia bnckwnrd and timid. And n It is in Illinois nnd In Indian nnd In Ohio. Not only timid nnd bnckwnrd. but n pale, yellowish green sure sign of too much moisture nnd too little sun. In wet spot in tho fields tho smnrtweed Is rnnk nnd lux uriant. There I wnter In tho wheel trnck.i nnd tho sloughs run roily nnd brown. It Is quite apparent tint old Jupiter Pluvlus has been on I bender nil across the country. 'AT this point yon mny yawn behind your hand and mur mur: "What all this to mc? I'm no corn grower." Wnit minute. You mny bo no corn grower, lint the chnnces nre you're n bacon enter or would like to be and you may bs such n wild eyed optimist as to hope thnt someday nonln VOU Will huvo your mi of nam. Thero Is such a thing, you know, ns the corn-hog ratio, which works out thnt when corn Is scarce hogs nre npt to be scarcer. So If you like hams and baeon and all the good things of life thnt aro fried In tho greose tho condition of tho corn crop Is something thnt gets rlgnt in under your belt and creates a queasy vncuum. For once cnr-wlndow obscrva tlon, which is ordinarily nothing to tlo to, coincides with scientific crop estimating. The July crop j-eport of tho department of agri culture Is Just out and it pro clnims that one of the smallest corn crops In recent years is in tho offing. ( CHICAGO comes and goes after a Iny-ovcr In this town thnt Is so big nnd Important thnt no Western r n 1 1 r o a d runs through It and beyond nnd where even the Pullman cars stop and turn around but by some frenk of the wcntlicr it Is cool nnd bracing. Normally, nbout this time of the yenr, Chicago sldcwnlks arc convenient for frying eggs on but hot and Jndlng to a Western er killing tlmo between trains. EVENTUALLY tho time passes and tho Pennsylvania's Li berty Limited, Woshlngton bbund, pulls out. It was once ono of llio nntion's crock trains running over one of the country's smoothest roadbeds. Now it Is ono Jump better than a cattle train, nnd the roadbed Is so rough thnt If you hod a Job of churning to do you could 'kill two birds with one stono by bringing the churn along and letting tho Jolts do toe work. BEFORE tho war, those would hnvc been flRhting words, but now tho Pennsylvania pays them no heed. If it had tlmo to an swer, it would reply: "What you say In your Im patience Is doubtless true, but we bog to remind you that there is a war on and the rnilroads are (Continued on Paifo Seven) I Belle Skeen, Believed First Baby Of Linkville, Passes Mrs. Bella Skeen, by repute the first child born In Klamath Falls and for a time the inly child . In tho little town then known as' Linkville, died at Klamath Agency hospital early ycsicrdny. Mrs. Skeen wns born In 1867. tho year O, A. Stearns located tha first homestead west of town and Uncle Goorgo Nurse estab lished o ferry across Link river and put up tho first buildings that made Linkville a town. She was the daughter of Henry Clay White, an Irishman who had nindo his way Into this country, and his Indian bride, Knlherlno Dixon White. About 1800, sho married John H, Miller, the man for whom PRICE FIVE CENTS PUTS FEAR IN IPS' HEARTS Carrier-Based Planes Leave Jap Plants Smoking Ruins By LEIF EIUCKSON GUAM, July 18 li Through smoko thul snlrtilcu from shut' lured wnr plants north of Tokyo, Japan watched today for tho next blows to be loosed against the homo islands by the com hined might of American and British wnrshlps, Tokyo imidu no effort to con' ccal its fear of new bombard ment by Adm. William i. Hal sey's third fleet and Its coinpun ion British ships. Radio silence has concealed their course since they broke off shelling Honshu's ens i const ai iz:ua a. m. today. In tho sky tho Nipponese winched lor return of currier bused plane sent out by Vice Adm, John 8. McCain's prowling tnsk forco 38, (Tho Jnpaneso radio said new attacks already had come, Lon don reported hearing a broad cast thnt the Honshu cast coast was bombarded for an hour at noon today by 10 allied war ships. (Tokyo snld American and British carriers sent 1500 plnnes bnck over the Tokyo nren to- uay, loiiowing up yesterday j ram by lauo carrier aircraft. Japan Jittery (The enemy admitted Jana neso helplessness by stating thnt ina allien licet is "liable to at tack us at' any chosen time and PlllfC." More than 2000 tons of ex plosives were showorcd on tar. gets for 20 miles along the Hon sliu const In the midnight bom bnrdmcnt. The fleet went nbout the job leisurely nnd kcDt its ra dlo Working as it hovered only six miles offshore. Targets were nicked carefully from Mlto, 55 miles northeast of Tokyo and 10 miles from the seacnast, to Hitachi nnd Sukcga- luominuod on Page Two) POLICE HOLD BOSE Mallssa Case, a 40-year-old In dian woman, was severely beaten last nignt about 10 o clock on the road between Merrill and Malln. Slio suffered severe gashes to her forehead and body bruises and was taken to the Klamath Valley hospital bj the luamain mcrcnants police am' bulancc. The woman was walking from Merrill to Malln in tho company of Frank C. Boso, 44-ycar-old white mnn, and an unidentified Indian, according to her stotC' ments. The two men became Involved In a fight with each other and she ran down the road. Bosc reportedly overtook her and knocked her down. Ho then al legedly kicked her several times In tho hond ronderint! deco gashes. A warrant was sworn out for the man s nrrcst bv Justico J. A. Mahoncy and stnto police appre hended Bose at Morrill. Ho Is lodged In the Klamath county Jail at present facing assault and pottery charges. The unidentified Indian was arrested and is held in tho Mer rill jail charged with being drunk on a nubile highway. siaie ponce snld. (no injured woman nas been released from the hospital, Both the woman nnd Boso aro said to rcsido nt Malln, Miller lake southwest of town was named. Three children were born to that union: Mrs. Wade Crawford, Modford; Mrs. Bon Murphy, Williamson Hlvcr, and Mrs, Cora M, Crystal, William son River, Somo years after Mr, Miller's death about 1000, she married William Skeen, and to this union Mrs. Mona Skeen Hess, Sprngue River, and Mrs. Mcda Savage, Coos Bay, were born. Mrs. Skeen lived many years In Klamath Falls, moving to Fort Klnmath In 1008. She was living In Spraguo Biver at the time of her death. Tho remains are at Ward's, whero services will bo held at 2 n. m Friday. Burial will bo at Fort Klamath, BULL HALSEY alo mm $tr$ Malone Sidinr WAV ' ' r j v T ; i y ' li V This picture shows the partially completed grain storage bins at Malone siding, near Merrill, e Wlnema farms project. Six cylindrical bins 60 feet high, like those shown in the picture, are to be built for bulk storage of grain. 4 . MEAT GRANTS BR HG M NEBS BACK TO WORK By The Associated Press The .OPA's promise -to grant extra rations (o (ne nation's coai miners heralded tho end today of (he "no-meat, no-work strike of some 10,000 conl miners and foundry workers in southern Illinois. . Leaders of the AFL progres sive mine workers and the Uni ted Mine Workers said they had ordered the strikers back to their Jobs after they had been advised of tho OPA's program which it hopes to make effec tive early in August. Printers Return In Chicago 1100 members of Die Chicago printing trades union voted to return to their Jobs at R. R. Donnelley & Sons printing plant, ending a six weeks strike which had curtail ed publication of some nation ally circulated magazines, mail order catalogues and telephone directories. Prime issue of the work stop nnue was the open shop, settle ment of which was loft to future negotiations.' Elsewhere across tho country some 37.500 other workers stay ed away from their jobs in more (Continued on Pago Three) Sailors Held On Larceny Charge Six sailors, who were draftees lor the battle-scarred Ubs Hunk er Hill, and who jumped a northbound train near Dorris, Calif.. Sunday, nro being held in the Jnckson county jail at Medford charged with grand lar cony. They allegedly stole an auto mobile bclonulna to James Uucr- in of Klnmath Falls. The car was found with tho windshield cracked, grill smashed, and front bumper missing near the camas ranger station In Doug las county on Monday, Tho six men were en route to Bremerton, Wash,, from Treas ure Island, Calif., and included John M. Albert Jr., 22; George M. MacAUIster, 1; William C. JLRlhcrn, 18: Norman J. Wilson 21; Gerald L. Boley, 10. and Dennis u. Friday, 18, the al' leged driver of the stolen car, Tho six sailors will be return ed hero tomorrow by state po lice to face charges brought against tnem oy tho district at torney's office. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE First game. R. H. E, New York fl 11 0 Pittsburgh 3 8 0 Brewer, Adams (8) and Kluttz; Roe, Rcsclgno (0), Cuccurullo (0), and Salkcld. R. H. E. Brooklyn 0 7 8 Chicago 8 10 1 Davis, King (8). and Andrews: Prima and Gillespie. AMERICAN LEAGUE . R. H. E. Chicago 2 C 1 Boston 0 9 0 Dietrich, Panlsh (8) and Trcsh: Fcrrlas and Garbark. Telephor VII vr ft u a' y Z r'S a iq tjroin itorcae riant Gram Growers Conserve Manpower With Storage Project Near Merrill By RUTH KING MERRILL In an expansion program designed to save man power, time and cash, Lcc Dixon and G. J. Takacs, Tulelnkc, with Lewis ' Kandra, Merfillj grain growers .'operating as the Wj iiema farms, have under 'con struction the first bulk storage bin to be built within a radius of 300 miles of the basin. ' Two of the six-bin units arc now partially completed at Ma- KF Housing Bids To Open July 24 Bids will bo opened to con tractors by FPHA in the Skin ner building, Seattle, July 24 at 2 p. m., for reconstruction of 48 family dwelling units in Klamath Falls, at an estimated cost of $100,000. Plans drawn up In the office of Howard R. Perrin are com pleted for the new housing pro ject, where two-story housing structures will be moved from Burton Homes housing project in Vancouver, Wash. There will be six buildings of 8 units each, four on each floor, and all apartments will bo two-bedroom units. The new housing project - will be north of the SO-unit civilian project at the corner of Williams ave nue and Main. Six firms authorized to bid arc: Todd Building Co., Rose burg; Waalc-Camplun, Portland; Gaasland Construction Co., Seat tle; Brcnnan and Cahoon, Klam ath Falls; K. T. Henderson, Klamath Falls; Halvorson Con struction Co., Salem. Klamath Fights For Through Air Service After Examiner Proposes Only Feeder Line Klamath Falls girded for a fight for through airline service today after word. was received that a civil aeronautics board examiner had recommended this city be placed only on a feeder line and that United Airlines, which wants to give through service, be ordered to stop at Bend but not at Klamath. According to a clarifying wire from Senator Guy Cordon received by tho chamber of commerce, flic examiner recom mended that Southwest Airways be permitted to provide local transportation to Klamath Falls and various western Oregon and northern California points between Portland and San Francisco; The -examiner refused, how- . ever to grant United Airlines application to operate a through route by way of Klamath Falls. lie gave as his reason that aoutiv west would need the business, and he expressed to Senator Cordon the belief that this city would be better served by Southwest Airlines, United Airlines' officials in Portland said they would con tinue to fight to get Klamath on the through route, and the Klnmath Falls city airport com mission and the Klnmath cham ber of commerce prepared to submit demands that this city be placed on tho through route. United Airlines has tried for a considerable time to get an alternate schodulu east of the mountains, with Klnmath a main stop between Portland and San Francisco, Local followers of - aviation OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JULY 18, 1945 lone siding on the Southern Pa cific, southeast of Merrill. Grain crops raised on the thousands of acres of leased land in past years have been sacked in combines, necessitating extra Handling be JuipenJUie - fiolij and railway cart as well, as additional ex pense . in purchase of burlap sacks. Dixon, in explaining the con struction, stated that 1600 man days will be saved this season alone, with a substantial pay roll reduction.- Of fireproof construction, built of steel rein forced concrete, the 60-foot high cylinders and four inner stice bins that tic the cylinders to gether, will have a capacity of 135,000 bushels. No wood is be ing used in any part' of the structure. When the plant is complete, it will include a grain cleaner, warehouse for treating smut, only grain disease that docs any appreciable dam age in this valley. State-approved scales, and fa cilities for loading directly from the bins to freight cars, will be installed.. - The six bins with walls of six inch concrete will set on a' base of concrete and- steel two feet thick. . Beneath this platform is a tunnel through Which will operate . the 20-inch conveyor belt running from the receiving hopper to the elevator. Front wheels of, grain trucks will be raised by a power hoist, drop ping the rear end. Grain will run by gravity into the hopper, from where it will be elevated Into the bin. Receiving and loading operations can be car ried on simultaneously, and all handling of mechanism, will be accomplished by electric motors (Continued on Page Two) were amazed at the decision' to place Bend, which is smaller and lacks such extensive landing and other facilities as Klamath, on the through route while Klamath is left off. They said they, had expected both bend and Klnmath to go on United's route, but that, if a choice was to bo mado for a through point, Klamath was far better qualified for the call. The CAB permits a 15-day period' for filing briefs and ex ceptions to the examiner's rec ommendations. It was certain that Klamath Interests will act Immediately In the matter, and that United will also make ex ceptions, seeking permission to serve this community. Senator Cordon was asked by local people to go into tho matter from tho Washington end. Sev- (ConUnucd on Page Three) ' r.;..iM,r.'M - (July 18) Max. (July 17) ... 80 Min 55 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Straam yaar to data 13.28 Normal 12.04 Last yaar 9.89 Forecast: Cooler Thursday. TRUMAN TALKS WITH STALIN, CRUBGRILL President Gets Down To Brass Tacks In Diplomatic Chats POTSDAM, July 18 (IP) Pres ident Truman, grasping the reins as presiding officer of his first Big Three conference, went calling today to talk things over separately with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. Potsdam skies were cloudy, but the parley atmosphere ap peared considerably cleared. The president first conferred and ate luncheon with the prime minister and then visited the soviet generalissimo for a simi lar personal session later in the afternoon. Mr. Truman was selected yes terday as conference chairman. Byrnes Along With him on at least the lat ter visit was Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, the president's erstwhile Capitol Hill partner in many a compromise mission to smooth the congressional path way for wartime commitments which the late President Roose velt made at just such interna tional sessions as this. It was a new and far more spectacular setting to an old story for both of them on an international basis now. Tru man's swift step to get down to cases individually with both Churchill and Stalin indicated the Mtosourian was taking the Potsdam .program right . In -his stride. - There, was no definite infor mation as to whether another formal conference was sched uled for later this afternoon, However, it would be true to (Continued on Page Three) TAFT REBUFFED IN SCHEME FOR DELAY WASHINGTON. July 18 (P) The senate rejected 52-31 today a proposal by Senator Taft (R- Ohio) to put off action on Bret ton Woods monetary legislation until after a new international conference. Taft proposed that considera tion of the house approved bill be delayed until 'November 15 to await the calling of a world trade conference by the social and economic council of the pro jected United Nations organiza tion. - Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky.) said, however, that nations must make their commitments to the fund and bank proposed un der the bill by December 31 or the - international monetary agreement will lapse. The motion made py tne sen ator from Ohio is, in effect, an effort to kill the entire Bretton Woods agreement," Barkley de clared. Taft argued that emergency conditions in Europe will bo met with an American outlay of $7,000,000,000 through the ex-Dort-import bank and lend-lease operations. He said the proposed fund and bank would not begin operations for several months. Today's vote was the first test in the senate of opposition strength to the monetary legis lation. Several amendments re main pending. Chairman Wagner (D-N. Y.) of the banking committee said he hoocd for a decision by night fall. The senate geared for a lone day by convening an hour earlier than the. usual noon meeting time. Wagner told reporters he didn't exrlecl; more than 15 votes against' the bill which proposes a $9,100,000,000 world (Continued on Page Two) Ask Delay For Cannery Hands MEDFORD, July 18 (P) Ore gon colleges have been asked by the Jackson County Fruit Grow ers league to delay opening of fall terms from September 17 to October 7 to keep fruit moving to canneries. The league says Its request is backed by the Rogue River Traf fic association and chambers of commerce of Portland, Eugene, Salem,- Hood River, The Dalles and Pendleton. The league told tho state board of higher education more than 300 skilled workers would be lost by the early' opening date. . ' " - run., i :,pjh -U 'U ,U UliU Number 10569 Harold I. Ickes . SsMWwaxfif i 'A 7 J1 . Zt f V" J U J Harold I. Icken, ecretary of the interior, to leek clarification. ICKES NEXT TOM By JACKSON S. ELLIOTT WASHINGTON, July 18 (JP) Harold h. Ickes, the many-titled 71-year-old cabinet dean, will be the next member of President Truman's official family to ask for clarification of his status. This was learned definitely to day, together with the fact that if a satisfactory reply Is not forthcoming there is little chance that Ickes will remain as sec retary of the interior. There is only slightly more likelihood that he will go to London on an Anglo-American oil treaty mis sion. . On Oziqinal List - Despite Mr. Truman's recent announcement that ickes would make, the trip to work out the final draft of a new oil agree ment, the cabinet officer, is known to have made no plans yet for a London visit. It is possible, however, that he will accept the assignment in any event because he also is petrol eum administrator for war. Ickes, last remaining member (Continued on Page Two) C Of C To Honor Van Orden, Schneider A luncheon honoring Col. George Van Orden and Col. Mer lin Schneider of the marine corps will be given by the board of directors and the military af fairs committee of the chamber of commerce, Friday, in the Pelican party room. This will be a farewell luncheon for Col. Van Orden, present commander of the Marine Barracks, who leaves for overseas. At this time Col. Schneider, who replaces Van Orden at the barracks, will be welcomed to Klamath Falls by approximately 25 chamber members. A business meeting will be held at 12:30 followed by the luncheon at 1:15. . UNRRA TO Admit Denmark, Italy i LONDON, July 18 OP) Den mark, potential source of food supplies, and Italy, hungry and hopeful of more aid, are expect ed to take their seats as full- fledged members of the UNRRA shortly after that international relief organization opens its third major conference in Lon don on August 7. Denmark s admission was termed bv UNRRA officials as a virtual certainty. The question of Italy's admission, while ulti mately almost as sure, appeared to hinge on the increasing line lihood that Italy's status will be changed soon from that of co belligerent to allied partner. ,1 4- 474 Taylor's Body, Found In lake, Identified By Wife A body discovered at Lake o' the Woods Sunday was positive ly Identified yesterday as being that of Roy E. Taylor, who dis appeared on the lake October 13 1942, according to the sher iff's office. , The body was Identified by Florence Taylor, wife of the missing man, who described the clothes he was wearing at the time he was last seen. Sho Is expected to arrive here today or tomorrow from Santa Cruz, Calif., to claim the body. She notified the sheriff's of fice here that Taylor was wear ing a black leather jacket, brown army shirt, and black WIND CHANCES; FIRE BLACKENS 35,000 ACRES ... ' 1 . ' 'Si Flames Get Through Fire Lines To Lap ; At Green Timber . - PORTLAND. Ore.. July f8 (fi The Wilson river fire roared out of control again at midday, after a brief period in which forester hoped the blaze could be held to the 25,000 to 35,000 acres al ready blackened. . Radio reports from the north west Oregon rugged mountains said some of the 1900 weary firei. lighters were forced to retreat before scorching flames eating toward green timber. , A veering east wind shot the- blaze toward the northwest edge of the flaming area, where green- timDer that escaped two previous burns still stands. ' In the southeast corner. flames broke through fire trails' to surround green timber on three sides. ' . ' Falling humidity from the favorable 60 degrees of the last few days to 3B increased the hazard. A 30-degree humidity is regarded as dangerous enouga 10 nan logging in tms state. ., Green Timber Reached Meanwhile another blaze In the Willamette valley near Dal- lnB ! , t . . . IQ3 JUIHUIU .(Ulll LUIUVCI IttllU into green timber. - The Wil. lamette Valley Lumber company called for more smoke-chasers to supplement 200 men already on the lines. From three to four million board feet of timber burned on the 700 cutover acres where the fire started. '- On the Wilson river, the blaza moved toward the southwest, averting temporarily, at least danger to standing timber af the opposite end. So far the fires have slashed through an area burned over twice in the past twelve year and where state forestry depart ment officials now doubt they, will be able to successfully re plant for the future, .. ...........iv v Soldiers from - Camp Adair, Ore., ; today joined more than 1200 servicemen from Washing ton and Oregon army and naval stations on the fire lines. Another group of 156 engineer corpsmen are waiting along the Salmonberry river fire zone to the north where a 3000-acre fire was under control. ' " -. '- Crew Trapped 1 Foresters revealed a crew of "cat" operators were trapped be hind the blaze for several hours when a bridge burned out behind them while they buried three lumber camp donkey engines with bulldozers. The - tinv lumber village of Pussyville lost all but two of lumoermen s iamiiy snucits m the fire, but a large wooden warehouse was unscathed al though hot air drafts ripped roof; Ing from the structure. 9 . The trapped crew plowed their own escape route across a steep canyon with bulldozers after throwing up earthen breastworks around lumber camp Duuoings. Two-way radio communication between the fire zone headquart ers on the river kept Assistant State Forester Dwight Philippis in contact with forest patrol headquarters at Forest Grove where loeeers and soldier patrols reported regularly from the fire line uy luuuuc; lauiu uij.ta. , . IC House Adournsi Senate Stymied WASWTNfiTDN. July 18 (fF The house today agreed to ad journ for eleven weeks starting next Saturday. 1 ' It adopted by voice vote a resolution calling for adjourn ment until October 8. While the resolution requires senate' ap proval, that was a foregone con clusion in view of agreements between leaders. The senate will remain In ses sion until' it has voted on the United Nations charter. The adjournment resolution provides that congress may be recalled into session on three days notice at tho request of either ttie. democratic or the re publican leaders or both the senate and ine nouse. shoes. These articles of cloth ing checked with tlte wearing apparel found on the body. Taylor had five teeth extract, cd and these, had not been filled. inis laenuucHuuii mau w'ww cd with the body. i Xioy xayxur, m mu wuimhumj wi his brother, Rolland, disappean ed on the evening of October 13. 1942, and this is the first tha has ever been seen of either ol the missing men. ' . 1 Tho body was recovered bj marines who were dragging th lake for Robert Barney Hollings worth, who evidently drownc thero last week. The search foi Hollingsworth Is still underway
