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1IUW MAR MI ..... SAW if K Jft WEATHER NEWS jr"! 0 T'l vV Sunday Shooting Houra, Klemath-Tulelake I i . j-V;' Open 5:49 a, ro. Cloae 1:24 p. m. ' Telephone Hill ' -"p t . . i PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREdON, SATURDAY. OCTOBF 0 A . . . . Number 10649 1 .:& & In Thn By FRANK JENKINS TT would bo wonderful If, with A thn gruutost wor in history , WSIIIND us, wo could settle ', down to work to ropulr the dam. , .. ottvM ii ml build a butlor und moro enduring structure o( civiliza tion. That dociin't accm to bo IM MEDIATELY possible. MEW troubles show up today i-1 In China, where bitter climhes, Involving tho dispatches a any, pitched buttloa with noavy cuHtiultlcK on both lde, between tho Chinese comniuiilnlii and tho Chinese nationalists in Shantung nrovlnco. The underlying cuunea of the trouble aro not mentioned (duo, probably, to consorahip in or.e lorm or another,) COME kind of trouble (of which wo have aa yet no clear pic ture) la under way In tho Dutch East I nc o. Whether it la a am cere and genuine revolt of tho Beoplo of these Inland against utch rule or merely a ruckus stirred up by oula who want to get In doeii not yet appear. , Tho British, who have empire commitments of their own Unit vitally affect their Interest, seem to bo inclined to support tho Dutch. (Illustrating the difficulties which we, wiio have NO empire ambitions, must faco In our tusK of getting along will! tne uriiun whoso future la pretty thorough' ly tied up in their emplro strut lure.) . COME kind of revolution If un " dor way in Venezuela. Again it doean t yet appear whether It Li a aincero ana genuine upneav a I of the people or an effort by out to got In. It will bo well to keep our fingers crossed until mo picture cicora a uuio. THERE I strife, involving blood-letting, In IndoChlna-, which is a part ot tno French emplro. There is good reason to think that Die native peoples want to run their own affairs Instead of having them run by far-away Franco, One suspects that these trouble pots In Asia arlso out of resent ment of "Inferior" peoples who have been bossed by supposedly "superior" pcophis. TOTE Americans Incline insllnc " tlvcly to sympathy with the desire of theso peoples to run their own affairs, but we must remember that wo don't know how much of tho trouble Is being stirred up by ambitious leaders who want personal power and who may have no conception of tho responsibility that should go along with power. Wo shall certainly be unwise if wo jump to conclusions before we get a better plcturo of the facts. fNE can't help noting that the bulk of these present trou bio spots aro in ASIA, rather than in Europe. That might lead us to the conclusion that Eu rope's troubles are nearer solved. Not necessarily. Wo must remember that Eu (Continued on Pago Ten) 2000 Japs Will Be Tried For Sickening Atrocities . BY JAMES LINDSLEY TtKYO, Oct, 20 VP) War trials for tho first of 2000 Japa nese on charges including sick ening atrocities are expected to begin within tho next 60 days, "Approximately BOO suspects now are In custody," said Col. Alvn C, Carpenter, Fort Wnyno, Ind., corporation lawyer, who Is dirocting preparations for one of history's greatest criminal trials. "Moro are being token In dally , No, wo will not wait until oil arc arrested to start tho trials. We could start with class thrco coses within throo weeks." Class thrco cases aro thoso of Jnpaneso accused of actually committing crimes such as be headings, often done at the direction of superiors. Theso Japunoso aro regarded ns small fry. Colonel Cnrponlor, chief legal officer of aonorol MacArthur's staff. Bald prospects for tho criminal list make it likely the total will doublo tho present flguro of 2000.' Among thoso already In cus tody aro. such well publicized personages as Hldekl Tojo, ; Japan's prcmlor when tho war ; began, members of his cabinet - nnd such war lenders as Lt. Gon. Masaharu Homma, accus ed of responsibility for tho brutal death march on Botaan. "Our problem her 1 con- Klamath County Tax Rates Show Increase In AHSubdi visions COMBINED LEVIES 45-45 44-45 Klamath Falls 94.0 61.2 Bonansa 57.8 63.4 Chiloquln 54.6 62.0 Malin 63.6 , 62.4 Merrill 63.0 67,7 General auburban . 42.9 97.1 General rural 33,2 30.2 Lakeshor Dr. area 45.4 38.5 Pelican City area . 55,1 45.4 SE APPROVES TAX BILL WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (IP). Approval of tho senate finance committee was stamped toduy on a bill cutting taxea a total of $5,020,000,000 and giving mm vidual taxpayers olono a $2,048, 000.000 break next year. Corporations would benefit even more, by $2,841,000,000. The use tax on automobiles and boats would be repealed next July 1, for a revenue loss of $140,000,000 in the last halt of 1946. The Social Security payroll tax would be frozen at 1 nor cent on employers and employes again next year. Vets Benefit 'Veterans would receive snc clal benefits. Enlisted men would be forgiven the income tax on their service pay during the war years, and wouldn't even have to file returns. Offlcora would have additional time to pay the . (continued on rage two)1 TULELAKE One person is in a critical condition and two others suffered serious injuries in an automobile accident which occurred early Friday morning at the Alturas highway junction of the East-West road. Leonard Essman, 28, Tulclake ranch hand, was in - Klamath Valley hospital in Klamath Falls. His condition was said critical at a lato hour Saturday and he remained unconscious. His wife Is also at Klamath Valley as Is Mrs. R. R. Baker, Tulclake. Mrs. Essman suffered cuts and bruises and Mrs. Baker has similar hurts. They aro thought to bo out of danger. Cars Crash According to investigating California stato highway patrol man, G. C. Wilson, the Essman coupo was proceeding on tlie Alturas highway south at about 7:45 a. m., when Essman made a sharp turn left onto tho East (Continued on Page Two) sldcrably mora complicated than in Manila," sold tho tall, square-Jawed Carpenter. "We already had been oc cupying Manila for a long time when tho war ended, had pre pared much of our evidence so about all we had to do was catch our defendants and, go ahead. "In Japan, however, wo had to empty prison camps, inter view prisoners about atrocities in other words, start from scratch. Then we had to catch our criminals," The trials will bo public, They will bo held in the largest sultablo places. Carpenter said supremo authorities wished to ficrmlt tho attendance of the argest possible number of Japa nese, "who, I believe, are ex tremely interested in the proceedings." BISHOP PAYS OFF WAGER BOSTON, Oct, 20 (P) Methodist Bishop Lewis O. Hortman mado a second payoff today on his offer of a $10 reward to tho ilrst editor who would front poge a story comparing the relative news value of an $8000 daily doublo pay-off paid at Rockingham park and the acceptance of Christian principles by 1200 at tho School of Evangelism in Worcester, Bishop Hortman sent tho first check yesterday to Roy A, Sullivan, city and telegraph editor of tho Keono, N. H., Sentinel, He sent another check for $30 today to A, L. Greene, associate editor of the Paterson, N. J,, Evening News after receiving from Greene a front pogo containing a story accepting tho Bishop's challenge. Sullivan wrote the blshon that he Would nublish his article next week. Tax rules for 1045-46 are in creased in every taxing subdivi sion of Klamath county, it was shown In a tux summary an nounced today by County Asses sor Newton 11. Nelson. Budget Increases and special lovios have helped to Increase the combined levies, with Klam ath Fulls leading the field with a guln from 81.2 mills lust year to U4.0 mills for the 1045-40 period. Tho accompanying tablo shows tho combined levies for munici palities and most other property. Tho Klamath Falls' combined levy is made up of the following elements: 1944-45 1945-46 County Special City ... Elem. Schools 20.5 19.5 .38.9 35.9 (No. 1) .16.1 11.6 14.3 High School 17.7 94.0 81.2 From the above, it Is noted that the county tax this year is up ono mill over the previous period, and that other elements ol tne city levy arc also higher. School Levy Up County unit school levy Is up from 3.3 to 4.7 mills, and county unit high jumpa from 7.4 mills to B mills. Properly in the Merrill rural fire district will be taxed at a combined levy of 37.2 the com ing year,, and that in the Malin pork district will be taxed at a rate of 45.5 mills. Rate for a small amount of property in both districts will bo 49.5 mills. : The totul of assessed valua tion of property In the county for the coming year is $32,402, 716.08, a slight decrease lindcr last year. Tho Klamath Falls assessed value Is $0,875,235,31. Total of oil taxes to be collect' ed is $2,083,908.02.' This ' Is oroKen down as follows: total general taxes, 51,778.352.79; for est fees, $2436.38; fire patrol, $0058.91; Irrigation and drain age. $205,520.75. County Assessor Nelson turned the tax rolls over to Sheriff Lloyd Low, tax collector, on Oc tober 15, the legal due dote. First quarterly payment date is No vember 15, when all taxes are due. Huge Throng At Med ford Debacle Between 5500 and 6000 foot ball fans saw the Mcdford-Klam-ath game on Mpdoc field last night, many of them coming over the Grccnsprings from the Rogue River valley in the after noon and early evening before tho game. Observers said it looked like tho largest Mcdford attendance at any game held here, and the visitors saw their favorites crush the Klamaths, 510. No serious accidents were re- Kortcd in connection with the eovy traffic over tho Cascades. Adding color to the festivities was on afternoon rally by Klam ath high school students, center ing In the downtown section. At the gomo a bctwecn-halvcs show, with an historical theme, provided special entertainment for the record crowd. The high school band, Pep Peppers, twirl crs ond other students partici pated in the demonstration. Traffic wos extremely heavy in tho high school ond business districts before and after the game. Hunter Finds Jap Balloon VALE. Oct. 20 (m Another Japanese balloon has turned up in urcgon mountains, captured by deer-hunter Arthur Beam. All the bombs but one had exploded beforo the balloon landed, investigating ormy of ficials said, Tho inspectors de tonated the lust one, and con fiscated tho balloon. Beam got ono souvenir of his find: 900 feet of one-half inch ropo which had been attached to the globe. atson l"WW,P''kfy 4ssaMeiBBBB)asBeiBBBMaMiBW Big Bob Watson, stellar fullback for the Black Tornado, la ahown plowing over Into pay dirt for one of the eight touchdowns Mtdford acored in their 51-0 tout of the Pelicans on Modoc field last night. This bit of action took place late in the third quarter and atarted on the Klamath ten. It waa Wataon'a third payoff plunge of theevening. Making a futile grab for the Medford flaah'a heela ia Bob Redkey, Pelican left half. Number 14 Is Bob Eaatman. 32 is Bill 'Sari and the Medford player wearing number 22 is Whillock. left tackle. Hal Shidler, umpire, is the official in the picture. (Fox complete atory aee aporta page). If They Have Finished Their Job-Let Us Finish Ours!"rVctory Loan Slogan "They have finished their job let us finish ours!" This is the slogan of the Victory Loan drive which will get under way October 29, with a auota for Klamath countv set at $1,940,000 of which $740,000 is in E bonds. Heads of the war finance the Klamath county chamber of commerce to outline plans lor the drive ana to discuss tne kick-off breakfast slated for Tuesday. October 30. at 7:30 a. m. at the Willard. . . Elton H. Thompson, manager of the Klamath Falls branch of the United States National bank, nnrl Mvrle C. Adams.-Klamath Falls businessman are co-chairmen of the Victory- Loan,- r Andrew Collier and Vern Owens of the WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 (P Two groups of scientists who helped make the atom bomD ur ged today that administration nrniviM . far n commission on atomic energy be junked. They suggested that a new bill be drafted after "extended hearings and lnvestigawon." As a stopgap they want legis lation "enabling work and secur ity to be carried on for six months in the present wartime manner." The groups ore the atomic sci entists of Chicago and tho asso ,lt,(lin nf rinlr Ririirn scientists at Clinton laboratories in Ten nessee. ' ... In a signed statement distrib uted on capitol hill they said ikAv nit "na rifi7pn and as sci entists who have worked to bring to fruition tne promise oi aiomiu energy," that powers proposed for an atomic energy commission ore," far too sweeping. ; Control Development The bill would give the com mission powers to control all do (Continued on Page Two) : FOOTBALL SCORES Rutgers 39, Rhode Island 7. Oberlln 26, De Pauw 14. Holly Cross 25, Brown 0. Final scores; ' Purdue 35, Ohio State 13 LSU 32, Georgia 0 Lehigh 6, Muhlenberg 0 Notre Dame 39, Pitt 9 Columbia 31, Colgate 7 Penn Stote 46, Bueknell 7 1 New London C. G. 18, Harvard 7 . Mich. State 27, Wayne 7 6 More Nations Ratify Charter WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (VP) The state department reported today that six moro nations have completed ratification of the United Nations charter, raising the total to 23. The charter will come into force upon ratification by the big five powers and a majority of the other members a totol of 29 out of the membership of 61 notions. Big Five countries which so far havo sanctioned it were the United States, France ond China. This leaves Britain and Russia still to act. : , The now ratifications received In tho last four days ere Iron, Luxemburg. Saudla Arabia, Cze cho Slovakia, Yugoslavia and Syria. Goes Over For Medford committee, along with Victory Loan chairmen, gathered Friday at war finance committee, are serving with the committee in an r-sr r-Tadvisory capacity.', ... Service clubs of the commun ity have taken on the- job of putting over the Victory Loan. Klamath county is the only county in the State where serv ice clubs have taken on this re sponsibility. ' Mitchell Tlllotson will repre sent Rotary and his job will be to handle the agricultural end of the drive. Charles Mack rep resents Kiwanis club, payroll savings of industries and cor porations; Bill Sheldon, Lions, retail merchants and profession al people; Paul Lee and Chet Hamaker, Junior chamber of commerce, special events, the atre and outdoor advertising; Coral Sabo and Twyla Fergu son, Business and Professional Women's club, bond headquart-; ers, organizations and schools; Kathleen Thompson and Rose Poole, newspaper publicity, and Lillian Hillis, radio, representing Soroptlmist club with Annabelle Newton "of that group handling volunteer help at bond headquarters.- Esther- Lawler will serve" as secretary, to the war finance committee, -j. This drive, known as the Vic tory Loan, and the eighth loan launched by the United States treasury, stresses the need of returning service men and wom en to the United States, aiding the hospitalization program and the men who remain in occu pied areas. - . The state of Oregon, under the chairmanship of E. C. Sam mons, has challenged the other 47 states of the Union in fulfill ing the designated' quota. Sam mons' described the challenge as: ' "The World's Championship Bout: Oregon vs.' The Nation." The state hopes to reach its quota by November 11, Armis tice Day. , i , : ' Roseburg Girl Hurt In Wreck EUGENE, Oct. 20 (VP) Eda Donaldson, a Roseburg girl, is in a local hospital critically in jured as the result of a traffic accident near Junction City lost evening. The girl wos a possen ger In a cor returning from a football game at Junction City, but state' police have no offi cial report on the accident. Hospital attendonts said that one other passenger, a boy, was treated for minor Injuries and released. , Arriving In United States By The Aaaoclated Presi Walter F. Church. PFC. Weed, Calif., arrived on the Marine Wolf due in New York, October 17. Charlea E. Donnia, Capt., 103 Pine, Klamath Falls, ar rived on Mexico Victory due in New-York, October 22. Marker WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (iP) The national labor relations board today ordered reinstate ment of a Portland mill worker in a decision which the AFL claimed would destroy the union shop system. Portland - lumber mills was ordered to rehire Ward Wil- marth, discharged in accordance with a company-union contract requiring all employes to be members of the AFL lumber and sawmill workers union. The AFL ousted Willmarth be cause, he acted as observer for the CIO International Wood workers of America in a collec tive bargaining election, and then asked the firm to discharge him. The company was also or dered to compensate Wilmarth (Uontlnuea on f age two) Woman Killed In Car-Truck Crash BEND, Oct. 20 (IF) A-truck- car collision on the Central Ore gon highway 50 miles east of here killed Mrs. Ila Scott Brown. 32. today and seriously injured her husband and chil dren. Raymond A. Brown, a Culver school teacher, ; his son, Ray mond, 11, and daughter Judith, 5, were taken to a hospital in serious condition. State police said Brown, driv er of the car, was following a 'truck which suddenly turned off on a side road. Fearing a col lision, Brown swerved off the road and the car nurtieo a ditch and plunged back into the truck. Tne truck driver, Hansford T. Williams, Fort Klamath, was not Injured. THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE' PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20 (P) Doubts that the late Judson C. Burns, wealthy Philadelphia businessman, was sincere in writing love letters to his secretary for 31 years 52-year-old Grace Afflerbach were expressed by Burns' son, Robert Paul. The bespectacled woman, who admitted Burns gave her gifts totaling $96,000 during his lifetime, is seeking $25,000 more, which she said Burns instructed his son to give , her before he d'ed Excerpts from 33 letters written to Miss Afflerbach by Burns were read In court yesterday. The woman said they showed Burns had a "deep and honorable affection" for her. "I suppose they did," the younger Burns said, "but father wrote plenty of letters to different women at the some time. I don't think he was in love with his secretary." In the letters, Burns wrote: "You're the cream in my coffee." . ' ' . "I would rather have the love you have given me than all the wealth in the world.". : . "I think you and I would have a restful time In the chimney corner," Union Leaders Urge Strikers To Take Offer By The Aaaoclated Prasa The three-day work atoppage of 2000 utility workera ao peared headed for settlement today aa CIO union leadera urgtd the atrikera to accept a new wage offer and go back to their Jobs of aervicing gca and electricity to aome 2,000,000 conaumeri in 2000 Michigan communities. A aettlement agreement waa accepted by the union leadera laat night aa effects of the walkout were being felt in at leaat three large cities and as Gov. Harry F. Kelly threatened state intervention in manning the facilities of tha Conaumors Power company. Their acceptance was aubject to ratification by the 22 atate locals of the CIO Utility Workera union and an early dedaloa waa expected. t Elsewhere across the . labor front, there were 1 new and threatening disputes while some controversies were settled, "mere were about 415,000 workers idle because of labor troubles, a drop of more than 42,000 in the last 24 hours. With the expected re turn Monday of most of the 216, 000 soft coal miners after a month of idleness, the national total is expected to be around 200,000, the lowest in several weeks. - : Elevator Operators Strike " At Chicago union - elevator operators went on strike and set up a picket line at the 25-story loop fanner House today, leav ing 3878 guests with crkmled services. - Charles Aaron, hotel- lawyer. said the strike was called by the AFL Elevator Operators and Starters union and that miscel laneous employes in other un ions had refused to cross the picket lines. The strike, arising: from a wage dispute, came at a time when Chicago hotels reported tney were booked to the h ehest capacity in their history. - Terms accepted by the Michi gan Utility union leaders were for 13 cents an hour -wage in crease, the amount previously recommended by a snecial me diation panel and rejected by 17 (Continued, on rage two) . T . Reconvening after ; two weeks' recess because of the ab-1 sence :of (Judge -'David: 'R7''Van- d en berg, tne circuit court wui go into session Monday morning with the trial of Manson J. Young charged with negligent homicide in connection witn w. Ja. iuc Pherren in an automobile acci dent more than a year ago. This is the first case to be tried. Judge Vandenberg has occupied the bench in Portland.' 1 Young was Indicted by the grand jury last December, but has been, free on $2500 b o no since that time. He is charged with negligence in the accident which took place on S. 6th on September 24, 1944. The state charges that an auto mobile driven by Young struck W. H. McPherren and the injur (Continued on Page Two) Selma Boy Dies From Gun Wound GRANTS PASS. Oct. 20 UP) Jimmie Howsley, - 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Howsley, of Selma, died this morning at the local . hospital from a shotgun wound received Thursday evening. . The boy was wounded in the abdomen when a gun was dis charged by Joe B. Neal Lee, 14, also of Selma. Lee and a com- Damon. Roy Evans, were hunt ing near Selma at the time and Lee stated he fired the gun not knowing that Howsley was in the vicinity. - Senator Says Nation Easy ' Prey To Atom Bomb Attack NEW YORK," Oct. 20 (ff) U. S. Senator William- F. Ful brlght (D-Ark.) said today that the United States was "infinite ly more vulnerable" than Rus sia to atom bomb attacks. Fulbright said in a speech prepared for delivery before a foreign policy association forum that the 20 largest metropolitan areas of the United States con tained 40,000,000 people and "in one night of carefully planned I OF VENEZUELA BOGOTA. Columbia, Oct. 20 (IP) The San Cristobal radio de- ' clared tonight that Preaideni Iaaiaa Medina Y Angarita had returned to the aeat of the Vene suela government in Caracaa aft er the revolutionist! were ousted from Mirailores palace. By C. ALLAN STEWART CARACAS. Venezuela. Oct. 20 (IP) A revolutionary junta tightened its grip on oil-rich Venezuela today after unseating President Isaias Medina Angar- ' ita in a bloody uprising which cost 50 lives and left 100 wound ed. , The, seven-man junta, which' promptly promised a general election by direct, secret vote, announced it would follow a pro democratic policy. ' The junta, came into . power after young army officers, rang ing xrom tne rank ol major down, rebelled against the Andi nos, . a western military clique which had dominated national: politics for a century. -, , Claim Control (Bogota dispatches -said tha Andinos still claimed control of the western states of Tachira, Merida and Tru jillo. Whether these states possessed sufficient, armed strength to - threaten a counter-revolution was called . "conjectural." Persons with a knowledge of Venezueln politics predicted the Andinos "will never voluntarily back down.") President Medina and Gen. Eleazar Lopez Contreras, former president who had announced his candidacy for the 1946-51 (Continued on Page Two) ; No Red Points Needed Here! A special troop train plowed into a herd of beef cattle on the Southern Pacific at Chiloquin this week, killing 23 head which had just been sold by D. O. Wil liams of Klamath Falls to Delta Farms of Scappoose, Ore A check with a railroad agent had indicated no train was ex pected, and the cattle were driv en across the tracks. With ani mals strung along the right-of-way, the unexpected troop train -roared into the area and. left a trail of carcasses. In the ensuing excitement, a $30,000 check which had chang ed hands in the 291-head sale was lost. A new draft later was made, but in the meantime an Indian boy found the check and turned it into a Chiloquin pool hall. A part of the meat wos sal vaged. Cattle with broken legs were slaughtered' immediately, but the loss ran into several thou sand dollars. D UNSEATS CHIEF attack without warning we could be paralyzed." "Compared to the dispersion of Russian Industry and popu lation, we are infinitely more vulnerable," , Fulbright said, adding: "It is not so much the ability to make great quantities of tho bombs that would count in an atomic war. Rather, it is the ruthlessness and the will to at tack first, without provocation, that would be decisive." Then he asked:-"Does anyone believe that America, with Its history of reluctance to make war, with its aversion to mili tarism, will be the first to at tack?" ; ; i n . : Instead of !'secretlvencss and suspicion" in connection with the atom-bomb manufacture, Fulbright advocated "the widest possible dissemination of scien tific knowledge, coupled with an efficient system 'of control." President Truman sent a mes sage to the forum saying "tha American people are embark ing on a new course of full par ticipation in I international af fairs," and that "It will demand) of all of us great patience, and mbre than that, a much clearer understanding than wo have ever had of the problem of other people." 1
