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Newspaper Page TextfWO HERALD AND NEWS J BELEAGURE RED (Continued from Pago Oho) Lt. Gen. A. F. Chrislisori, allied commander in the Netherlands East Indies. They were; (1) End of the Netherlands Indies civil administration. (2) Recognition of Soekarno's administration. . v (3) No further landings by Dutch troops. (4) Removal of all Dutch troops and (5) Restriction of allied occu pation troops to the job of liberating prisoners of war and internees and disarming the Jap anese. Hatta spoke in the absence of Soekarno who is touring the country in an effort to restrain his more extreme followers. .. (Hatta's statement as heard in London over the Bandoeng radio taid "Why should Indonesia be a partner in a commonwealth in which the Dutch tail will wag the Indonesian dog.' He charged that prewar Dutch officials in Java were "nazi-minded.") ' Meanwhile chaotic conditions in Java present a hodgepodge of contradictions. , . . FEELS AFL STRIKE PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 18 (ff) Construction work in four north west states was scheduled to feel the pinch of the AFL lum ber workers strike beginning to day as the union sought to tighten its grip on the industry. Scores of smaller home and commercial jobs were halted as affiliated trade unions heeded AFL declarations that CIO pro duced lumber was "hot." Build ing had been gaining momen tum, using lumber produced at the rival union manned mills where operations continue. An AFL union spokesman charged operators of CIO man ned mills were trying to help break the AFL wage strike which closed more than 300 sawmills and fabricating plants four weeks ago. Tract Deliveries V Mobile AFL pickets have traced lumber deliveries for sev eral days. At Grays Harbor and Vancouver, Wash., carpenters have halted work and scores of construction' projects in - - the Portland area were idle today, There were no new orders by AFL mill operators to negotiate, although a Willamette valley group representating about 20 mills may resume meetings with the AFL early next week. The union - demands $1.10 hourly minimum for its 61,000 workers. Meanwhile CIO negotiations with operators of big fir mills continue through the U. S. con ciliation service over the Inter national Woodworkers of Amer ica demands for 25 cent an hour Increase. Picketing Violence' A belated report of picketing violence came from Astoria. Sheriff Paul Kearney said one AFL worker was struck on the bead by an unidentified assail nt while picketing the O'Brien Sram spruce mill Tuesday. He (vas not seriously injured. The mill, a CIO affiliate, is still closed. Pickets appeared at two more Lane county mills, but both con tinued operation. At Tacoma, a superior court I u d g e continued injunctions which prevent AFL picketing at the St. Paul-Tacoma and White River Lumber companies, both inder CIO contract. The army Is releasing more than 23,000,000 rounds of shot gun ammunition for hunters. Head for the house, folks, and bar the windows! Worry of FALSE TEETH . . Slipping or Irritating? Don't be embarrassed by loose false eeth illppinff, dropping or wabbling vhen you eat, talk or laugh. Just sprln tle a little FASTEETH on your plates. hls pleasant powder gives a remark ible aense of added comfort and secu (ty by holding plates more firmly. No rummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling, fs alkaline (non-acid). Get FASTEETH t any drug store. APNATIQNALS CROSS AT JAVA We Will Maintain a Permanent Service Record for Your Winter Driving DICK B. MILLER CO. Thursday. Oct. 18, 1945 Jap Soldier Finds War Over MANILA, Oct. 18 (P) A Japanese soldier, Shljo Fuku moto, came out of his hillside cave less than 20 miles from Manila today, and learned that the war was over. He surrendered a bag of rice, a half-pound of cassava chips (roots), one can of salt and two hand grenades, and was placed in a prisoner of war camp. "Now I can go home to Kobe," he breathed with re lief. ,'' , EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued from Page One) velopmont. the only defense is to stop it ociore u siaris. He added, "lt" is possible of it a guided missile, launched from an airplane. To launch it from more man auu miles away, the onl way is by aircraft. It nan k. fhnncmrt intn n ITlltripH missile by putting wings and a television neaa on ii. i aon i think we have anything at pres ent to stop such a guided missile from coming in out of ranee of anti-aircraft." IN the light of present world conditions, it seems to this writer that instead oi iwitK NATIONALIZING t h e atom bomb we should keep the secret as long as we can, use whatever power it confers on us as wisely and justly as is humanly pos sible, and use the knowledge we already have to GET THE JUMP on defense against it. That sounds hard-boiled, sel fish and nationalistic in the ex treme, but these are serious days and after all self-preservation is the first law of nature. ;. ' W7E have no desire to run the " world. If it were possible (it ISN'T) we'd like to get away from our present status as a world Dower and eo back to happy absorption in our OWN affairs. But we can't trifle with things such as the atom' bomb. From here on out, we're going to have to look out for ourselves first keeping always in, mind that our use of such power, if by good fortune we can RETAIN it, must be wise and Just and fair.; . Klamath Falls Man Finds Treasure Trove (Continued from Page One) of dazzling diamonds largely government owned ana many ob tained through deceit of the Jap anese people were discovered today in cheap, quart thermos bottles in a safety deposit dox. While investigators uncovered the rich find,, millions of dollars worth of gold and silver bullion began moving in two and one- half ton U. S. army trucks under armed escort from .the bomb-bat tered government mint to the Bank of Japan. Allied officers found 103 tons of silver bars, which they valued at about $2,000,000, stacked carefully in a farmer's barn near Gasugai, 85 miles from Tokyo. The farmer,'. Kashiro Haibara, said the silver-was sent to him from Tokyo to save it from loss during American bombings. Another $1,000,000 worth of silver was found a lew days pre viously, cached in an under ground room near -. a machine shop at Haratsuka, about 100 miles from Tokyo, -Divert Loot Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian leader, urged General MacArthur to divert part of the more than $250,000,000 in gov ernment valuables already seized to import food. Kagawa said, "If part of the treasure could be used to pay for the importing of rice, salt, raw cotton and other scarce com modities, I believe this could prove to be the greatest thing for the happiness of the Japanese people." Addressing MacArthur through a letter to the newspaper Mai nichi, Kagawa added: '.'It goes without saying that the Japanese people will endeav or their best to faithfully carry out reparations but the suffer ing of war victims actually is greater. than one imagines:" CARD OF THANKS ..' We. wish to extend our heart felt thanks to all who so kindly sympathy and beautiful floral of- icings eAienuea ai me aeain OI our beloved son, brother and grandson, Donald Patrick Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Smith and Daughters. Mr. and Mrs. C, O. Dryden. PRBPAR-E- For Winter Driving Motor Steam Cleaning Winter Oils and Greases Batteries and Tires Anti-Freeze TRUMAN FACES MAJOR BATTLE E (Continued from Page One) the job. It proposed that the transfer take place 30 days after enactment. The senate already has voted to return the USES to tue states, but the house sidetracked the tironosal because it was part of a jobless aid bill objectionable to many house members. By tacking the proposal onto a $52,000,000,000 appropriation cancellation bill in the house, supporters of the plan believe they can prevent a wnue House veto. . . ,. v. . , T (Continued from Page One) the same speed In November and December. 3. The army may have to low er the critical discharge score be low 60 points in December, 8000 Par Day In a separate statement Brig. Gen. Charles F. Born, boss - of army air force separations, said the AAF was creating 8000 civil ians a day and expected to have all eligibles back in private life by October 27, ..; " - Johnson and Senator Rever comb (R-W. Va.) asked Berry about General Marshall's state ment to congress that the army hoped to junk its point system and let out .everyone with two years' service late this winter. . Berry said this still was the goal, but remarked that "late this winter" means around March 20. He disclosed that the sudden jump in voluntary enlistments had created some table of organ ization problems. Most, of the men who are rejoining the army are non-commissioned. . officers and there are various unit ceil ings on the number of non-coms. FBI Chief Fears New Crime Wave WASHINGTON, Oct.-18 (IF) FBI Director J; Edgar Hoover fears America may be in for a "rather serious crime wave." But the house appropriations committee to which the G-man chief expressed his concert de clined to rescind a contemplated slash of $2,480,000 in FBI funds for the current fiscal year. Predicting an increase in kid naping, bank robbery and exor tion. Hoover nleaded with the committee not to reduce the war- time strength of his agency top . . .'... ........ Stowaway Bride Reaches Home y ROCHESTER. N. Y., Oct, 18 (IF) Bright-eyed ;with excite ment, Donesse Heath Kuhn, stowaway English bride, reached her new home today. "I'm glad it's over but I'd go through it again to be with Bob and to have our baby in this country," the 20-year-old girl de clared as she got acquainted with her husband's family and pre pared to inspect the five-room cottage "Bob" has purchased. She arrived here just a week after she landed in Boston aboard an American troopship on which she had hidden under the bunk of her husband, Robert Kuhn, 23, a discharged soldier who had joined the merchant marine in order to visit his wife. 30-Foot Troller Salvaged By Owners TAFT, Oct. 18 (yPJ--The 30 foot troller which capsized Mon day north of Siletz bay with a loss of two lives has been sal vaged by owners, the Columbia River Packers association. An investigation, indicated that the two fishermen aboard, Frank Eells, 39, Grants Pass, and Howard E. Shelley, 28, Yachats, were trying to reach the bay when a wave struck the vessel broadside Both men were trapped within. ON USES ISSN Simohizing Named 3 Arntl P. Butler, formally of Madford, has accepted th ap pointment vice president of tha First Federal Savings and Loan association of Klamath Falls. Ha takes ovar his naw dutits Novambar 1. T (Continued from Pag One) in the capital. There were few delivery trucks or private cars on the streets. Only the small est commercial shops were open. Light, water and telephone service continued, however. Demonstrators last night at tempted to storm the house of Socialist Leader Alfredo Pa lacios, he reported. They were turned back by his friends. - A police blockade extended two square blocks around the building of the pro-democratic newspaper Critical. Body Of Missing Girl Recovered: LONGVIEW,' Oct, i 8 ,(P) -I Officers this morning recovered the body of Barbara Conrad, 12, Longview, missing since Sunday morning, from a Longview mu nicipal water reservoir In a wooded section north of the city. xne nooy was unciotned. Officers are holding two boys, one 14 and the other 16, for questioning In the girl's disap pearance. She was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. G; E. Conrad of Longview. "Coroner Gordon M. Quarnstrom ordered an au topsy performed to determine the cause of the little glrl'j deaths. : . . . , - WEATHER W4nidT. Oolob.r 17. W15 Max. - Mln. rncin. 28 .00 32 Trace m .oo 33 .00 33 .00 53 Trace as .oo uen 61 Klanuth Valla M Sacramento , 7" Portland 39 Rno San FranciKO &3 Med ford .:.. 61 Bed Bluff : 79 Oregon Cltar today and Friday, lightly warmer afternoons but freezing temperature! Interior aeetlon tonight. Gentle variable wind off coast. Northern California Scattered eloudi today,- tonight -and Friday with fog on coast; not much temperature change; gentle variable winds off coant. Washington Clear east portion, partly cloudy west portion today and Friday with light showers north coast. Slight ly warmer afternoons but locally freez ing temperatures In Interior section to night. Gentle variable winds off coast becoming moderate southerly north coast tonight. 1 f TV I by i i i (1. -.1 1 xV I BjCTt'i 1 ?Th sThnflv f TELEPHONE 4567 M I BOX OPPICE OPENS 1.90 . aW U if r wi 1 jj For Your Added Screen Enjoyment " i f '' Comedy1 , Jf j 'z Latest World ' raJT News Events E VOTES 10 CUT (Continued fron) Page One) normal tax as govern the surtax $500 for tha taxpayer and eaoh dependent in place of flat $900 per taxpayer. This ' was the same as provided in the house bill. But'whero the house voted to reduce the surtax rate in each of Its graduated brackets by 4 percentage points, the sonata group held the reduction to 3 points. The se n a t o r a also knocked out a house stipulation that each taxpayer must get a net reduction of at least 10 per cent In hia tax. Senate Votes To Freeze Plants WASHINGTON. Oct. 18 (P) The senate voted today to freeze disposals of government alumi num plants for 30 days. The house has yet to act. Under the law, the surplus property administration could nave sold or leased the plants after October '21 in accordance with a plan submitted a month ago. The delay was asked by Senator O'Mahoney and other members of the military, small business and postwar planning committees which are consider ing the plant disposal program. Continuous Dally Op.n Ui30 P. M. LAST TIMES TODAY . ANOTHER HIT HEPBURN' Gukw ROGER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WESTERN THRILLS! SECOND HIT I m mm SiMSAT mm fossa- COMMUTE mm I XbaNNON FOCH HI Tht Star f 'Z a. 1 -. ' " I Extension Unit News The AHamont extension unit held lis first inuvlliiH.of the year, with Mrs; Won llnraey of Dlsbee street, on Tuesday. Mrs. S. II. Dahlor, chairman presided, Mrs. Uvuluh llollnml, acting 4-lt club nuuut guve a very IntorcatiitK talk oil scout iiiK. Tho project studied was "cluvoloplnu good taste in cloth es," ami whh conducted by Mrs. Wlimlfrod K. allien. . A potluck. luncheon followed the moetlng at noon, ' Weyerhaeuser Taken By Death ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 18 W Frederick E, . VVcyorhaauscr, 72,' prosldent 6C tho Weyer. haouser Timber Co,, who spout his lifetime In tho lumber in dustry, died today after an Ill ness of several weeks. He becamo associated with his father's lumber interests after his graduation from Yale university in 1800. He served as an executive of the numer ous lumber companies of the Woyerhaouser group which oporates cxtenslvoly in tho Pacific northwest. Surviving, besides Ills widow, are two sons, Frederick of St, Paul and Charles Davis, of Tacoma; five grandchlldron, a brother and two slaters. Builnm Visitors Mr, and Mrs. F. J. Peterson of tho Mont gomery Ward company In Chi cago, are business visitors in Klamath Falls, They are regis tered at tho Wlllard. Boh Office KBMIMSJfj MMWaMtMiMMIItHt ajkMijiaja Last Times Tonight JANE POWOLI? FRIDAY AND GALS! "N GAGS1 L-V , DOLLAR V" bills! r'rf Dennis KEEFE WALKER June " ' HAVOC ',i7 (Continued from Page One) and flie departments, and voter ana' facilities, Sovontccn of (lie 22 locals of tha Utility Workers council re jected a compromlso settlement offered by the governor's med iation panel which would have given the workers a 13 cents an hour Incroaso. The original union demand was tor 30 cents, and the com pany offered 10 cants. One union source said the union might bo willing to settlo tem porarily for IB cents, A total of 2290 optirutliig em ployes were Involved. STRIKES AT A GLANCE By Tha Asioclatad Praia Idle In nation over labor dis putes around 1(10,000, Including 216,000 soft coal miners who or dered back to pits Monday. Major strike developments: Public Utilities CIO electric utility workers walk out In Michigan wage dispute but power keeps flowing to Indus tries and homes of 2,000,000 res idents of Industrial lower coun ties; Detroit unaffected. Coal and Steel Country's major postwar labor controversy nenrs end as UMW President John L. Lewis In surprise movo orders 216,000 toft coal miners to end near-month long walkout In six states, resume work in moro than 1000 pits Monday: issue of union recognition for foremen's group up for future negotiations; back-to-work order means no further curtailment In steel operations. Shipping Tonnlon mounts In New York' water front strike Opens 6i45 .V r'7;s emu LM SATURDAY BOX OFFICE Always fJiM i ' 1 "D rn--"iifr fi m mains a ihihihi j TODAY and FRIDAY Hit "BIG HOUSE FOR GIRLS" ' STARRING ' MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN JOHN WARBURTON BETTY COMPSON Hit No. 2 "THE DOLORES DEL RIO RALPH ns Inudors of rival AFL longt Hhniemon's fuullun remain at odds over return of ,10,000 strlk, lug stevedores; police quell dis turbances: union lenders resume wiigo-contract negotiations with ship owners as duckworkor service some ships of the hutv tlreds He In 18-duy-old strike. Developments In' the Paelfla coiinI's troubled lnbnr situation. Shipyards A walkout of CIO and AFL machinists In 'nil San Francisco bay region shipyards October 21) unless wuge demands are met was culled "sure" by well-informed souve. In Sun Diego whoro ship re pair workers are nut at n num. her of yards federal conciliator attempted to arrange a. settle ment. LUMBER Pacific norlhwiw construction work Is expected to feel n materials pinch as striking AFL lumber winkers declared all ClO-praduced lumber was "hot." An AFL union spokesman charged operations of ClO-mnn-ned mills were trying to help break the strike which closed moro than 1100 sawmills and fa bricating plants nearly four weoks ago and loft 01,000 work, men Idle. , Classified Ads Bring Results. jJiHMiliN !-! mom tin r Optn 1 30 6i4S Held Over More Day OwZl limes funnier, than lira play ,iA, :P I M rocked iox am OPENS 6i45 P. 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