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TWO HERALD AND MEWS BLOODY REVOLT UNSEATS CHIEF F VENEZUELA ; (Continued from Page One) presidency, were reported under arrest ana scneauiea 10 xacc a swift trial. (Boeota advices, auotins Cara cas radio, said the trial would be on charges of graft and fraud. They added that the former gov ernment leaders would be given an opportunity to explain the source ot tneir tortunes punnc ly.) v Slat o! Sitg A state of siege existed in Caracas, which hart been isolat ed- from the rest of Venezuela. Newspapers were censored, ra dio stations closed, transport paralyzed and electric current shut off. ' . .v.i :' ; . Reinforcements, from insurgent-held Maracay, 30 miles east of, the capital, were reported en route to restore order. Thou sands of armed civilians had be gun to loot Caracas homes short ly atter the Meama government fell. ' Members of the junta which controlled the capital were said to be Dr. Romula Betancourt, member of the democratic action party; Maj. Carlos Delgado Chal r baud and Capt Cardona. son and nephew, respectively, of the late Delgado Chalbaud, who spent many years in prison during the dictatorship of the late Juan Vincente Gomez, greatest of the Andinos; Luis Beltran Prieto, Dr. Gonzalo Barrios, Dr. Paul Leoni and Dr. Edmundo Fernan dez. (Advices from Bogota said Ro mulos Gallegos, noted author, was considered the junta's likely choice for provisional president.) Maintain Relations (Bogota dispatches said the . Caracas radio stations returned to the air and announced that the junta would maintain perma nent relations with all countries, especially the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and Latin American powers.) The revolution began, short ly after 2 p. m., Thursday, when young officers seized the Mira flores palace and the military academy. Several high officers ana caoinet otnciais who had been lured to the palace were "seized as hostages. (Foreign sources credited Me dina, second president after the 26-year-Gomez dictatorship end ed in 1935, with having brought Venezuela far along the road to democracy.) Local Auto Dealer Attends Preview ' ' John Ashley, Klamath Falls Chevrolet dealer, returned from Portland this weekend after at tending a preview of - the new 1946 Chevrolet at the company's zone headquarters. Ashley said that following the policy of former years, the new Chevrolet will be displaced si multaneously in dealers' show rooms throughout the country some time around November 1. The specific date will be an nounced later. . mm v v mmw ENDS fN UST TODAY rt ' VCTX' B fa -: Romane. BU V'' L GENE Th" f VV AUTRY Spanned LszCV Si-1 I3L7 v coll, ums m "55 v- bet Mightiest! jk BURNEm Z , V S85 f V,- woe,. ! djL ' .ho!; ' Short 1 j 1 FOR YOUR ADDED ENJOYMENT Subject SubJ,cU Selected Short Subject, and Latest New. Nw. Saturdty, Oct. 20, 1945 GAR Commander Passes The Word SEATTLE, Oct. 20 M) The new commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, 99-ycar-old Hiram R. Gale, wants it known that the 149 veterans of the Civil War still alive are capable of directing their own organization, , Gale returned from the na tional convention at Columbus, Ohio, lust night a little put out by an article appearing in a na tional magazine.., ; ."They say the women are running the GAR to suit them selves and it doesn't mean much to be a national commander," Galo said. "Well; I say the women can run the auxiliary and I'll run the GAR." - (Continued from Paga One) j for pay lost since his discharge', Aug. 21, 1944. His reinstatement now' would pose two problems: 1. If he is not accepted in the AFL union, a non-member would be working in a plant with a dosed shop contract. 1 2. To prevent similar occur rences, a company would be ob liged to investigate union deci sions a power employers do not have. Kenneth Davis, executive sec retary of the AFL northwestern council of lumber and sawmill workers, declared we will fight this decision in all of the higher courts, for it would destroy the 'union shon clause' in all of our contracts if allowed to stand . as a first step, the case will be appealed to the circuit court of appeals. union contract Portland lumber mill's con tract requires it to "release from its employ any person, upon for mal demand from the union, who falls or refuses to maintain mem bership in good standing in the union. - The NLRB held that, despite this proviso, .Wilmarth's dis charge was discrimination against .the CIO in that it pre vented workers from seeking a change in collective bargaining representatives at election time. The board ruled that the com pany should- have ascertained "the illegal purpose behind the demand" of the union for his dis charge. Company attorneys contended that they have no way .of know ing why a union demand is made, since union records are not available to them. Portland Traffic -Toll Rises To ,51 : PORTLAND, Oct. 20 .() Traffic fatalities here rose to 51 today, compared with 29 at the same time last year, after the deaths of George Charles Mil- lak, 52, and his passenger, Steve Ross, about 50. A truck driven by William W. Bender, 17, struck their car yes terday. Classified Ads Bring Results. Continuous Show SATURDAY SUNDAY Box Of ties Optns 12:30 p. m. SUNDAY Both Theatres UNION LEADERS E TO TAKE OFFER ' (Continued from Pagt One) of the 22 locals. The union had demanded a 30 cents an hour hike. ' ' As supervisory and non-striking employes manned facilities, a near-normal flow of gas and electricity was' furnished, but heating service in downtown buildings in Jackson, Buttle Creek and Saginaw were affect ed by curtailment of service from central heating plants. De troit was not affected by the walkout. As AFL Loneshoremen offi cials in New York reported a general back to work movement after an 18-day strike of 35,000 stevedores, trouble was reported at tne port oi Houston ana tne entire Central gulf coast of Tex as. Shipping was tied up after 1000 warehousemen . quit their jobs and 2500 longshoremen joined in a sympathy strike. ' A wage dispute involved ware housemen in Houston, Galveston and Lake Charles, La. An AFL Longshoremen official said the union ana various company man agements failed to reach an agreement on wage increases. A strike of 15,000 glass work ers in 10 cities "definitely can be expected by Monday," Lewis McCracken, secretary-treasurer of the CIO Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Work ers of America, said in Colum bus, O., last night. The threat ened strike, he said, follows breakdown of contract negotia tions between glass company owners and the federation's wage committee. Dtadlin Sat ' Also set for Monday is the deadline for the Western Elec tric company in Kearny, N. J., to meet wage demands by the in dependent union which conduct ed a nationwide demonstration stoppage in telephone service on October 5. A yookesman for the Technical EmDloves council said it bad voted to take collective ac tion against the Kearny Dlant. focal point of the recent stop page, unless demands were met By Monday. More than 1500 employes of the Seiberling Rubber comoany in fturon, v., were awav irom their jobs after 75 mechanical and. maintenance ..employes lanea to report tor work, halt ing production in several depart ments. At least four stonnaeps ended. including the three-day strike of 8000 CIO United Steelworkers at the Crane comoany olant in Chicago. About 4000 AFL Car penters in Knoxville, Tenn., out since October 8. voted to- bo back to work pending wage ne- goimuons. ' - Uov. kdward J. Thve of Min nesota announced AFL union of ficials and the Northern States Power company had reached agreement in a contract wage disoute which had threatened a strike at midnieht Sundav that would have halted electric cur rent to consumers in about half of the state. - - . , It's a relief not to have to have a drag with the corner druggist in order to get cigarets. 0 Youth Charged With Jap Murder VALE, Ore., Oct. 20 M) An 18-year-old youth arrested in Dalhart, Tox., for car theft has bepu charged with the first de gree murder of N. Murlsu, 61, La Grande Japanese-American, District Attorney. E. Otis Smith, who filed the murder charge, said Floyd Pousson, 18, Lake Charles, La., was carrying Kurisu's watch and personal ef fects. Sheriff Charles W. Glenn said he expected to take extradi tion pnpers to Texas. ' Nisei friends tentatively iden tified a body found in a gravel pit near Ontario, Ore., as that of Kurisu, missing since October 5. Dr. Joseph Becmnn of the stutc cruno laboratory said the Jupa ncsc died of gunshot wounds. (Continued from Page One), West road. At the same time, a car driven by Lewis Baker, 16, Tulclake high school student, was approaching the intersec tion goirg north. Essman is said to have swerved directly into the path 'of the Baker car. Both cars were completely demolish ed. Mr. and Mrs. Essman, Mrs. Baker and her son, were rushed to the WRA hospital. Mrs. Baker was moved to Klamath Falls Friday morning, Mrs. Ess man admitted to Klamath Val ley hospital at 3 p. m., and her husband at 9 p. m. Young Baker suffered Injuries includ ing deep cuts on both knees but was. dismissed from the hospital following treatment. Fractured Skull Essman's injuries included a fractured skull, deep lacerations of the right side of the head and o.ther injuries. State offi cers said this was his second accident in three months. 'Ess man suffered severely from loss of blood, it was reported. It is thought be has lived in the Tulelake vicinity for . about three years. The Baker family operates a ranch in this area. Discharged GJ To Tell Story Of Wife Murder LITTLETON, Colo., Oct. 20 W) Authorities planned to get Irom a 26-year-old discharged soldier . late today his formal account ot a strange tale that he fatally shot his wife and then raped a chance acquaint ance while his wife groaned in death throes. ' Deputy District Attorney Robert Lee said an information probably charging murder would be prepared ' after the sullen prisoner's statement is obtained in the Arapahoe county jail. The ex-soldier, Joseph Des- rosiers of San Antonio, Texas, was arrested -Thursday night by 20 peace officers as he crouch ed beside his wife's dead body in a car mired in a cornfield. E . (Continued from Page One) mestlc development In the fluid, . The. scientists groups put U this way: "Complete and arbitrary au thority and power over nil as pects of atomic energy, whose release has ushered in a new era of our civilization, Is placed by (ho bill In the hands of nine commissioners who, once an- minted, are practically speaking mimmo from removal. "Tho proposed commission may allow full and complete rev elation of all present und future knowledge in tho field of atomic energy, or may. promulgate se curity regulations no stringent as to prevent discussion and inter change of information, tho lite blood o( scientific progress, oven between co-workers in tho same laboratory, publlo or private. The scope of such regulations is not limited to those necessary for military .ecurlty," FOR CIRCUIT COURT (Continued from Pace One) les he received then caused his death a few hours later. Ybung Is defended by J. C. O'Neill, attorney. This term of court has several important cases set for hearing and will probably be in session almost until the end of Novem ber. The trial of Ear! Hcuvcl, former Klamath Falls chief of police, scheduled to begin No vember 13, will be the last major criminal case heard this session. Former Klamath Girl On Visit Here Ruth Newton, regional direct or for USO Travelers' Aid in the Los Angeles area and a former Klamath girl, is here visiting friends and relatives. She Is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Urquhart. Miss Newton is a graduate of Klamath county high school and the University of Oregon. Her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Almo Newton, formerly lived at Tule lake, and now reside at Brook ings. Mr. Newton is currently visiting In Klamath county. Knife And Fork Club Members Will Meet Knife and Fork club members will gather at the Willard hotel Sunday night for their second dinner. The speaker win no ur: Vernon Nash, and dinner will be served at 6:30 p. m. Special music will be featured at tills event. DIES ON GALLOWS VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 20 (pWilliam Halnen, 29, a for mer soldier, died on the gallows at Oakalla prison farm today for the murder of Olga Hawry luk, 23 -year -old Vancouver waitress. Miss Hawryluk's battered body was found in the surf at English bay beach last May. CARL ESMOND Starts 9 SATURDAY MIDNIGHT IMMrtiliU ni wtAiUiTinH till ills u nit "Varsity Ball" Princess Killed BREMERTON, Oct. 22 (IP) Patricia Wood, IB, princess at lust year's Bremerton high school "varsity bull," and Will ard Olson, 17, woro killed, and Lavlua Ruth Kelly, 10, was in jured early today when a motorcyclo on which they were returning from the Bremerton Lincoln football gumo at Ta coma, collided head-on with a car driven by Arthur W. Bond er, 25, Silvordalu, 1 Klamath Man Dies From Heart Attack Isudoro Manuel Irwin, 63, for tho past 18 yours a resident of Klamath Falls, died at 111. homo, 4041 Delaware, at 3 a. in. Satur day, Death whs attributed to heart condition. Mr. Irwin wus employed by the Caterpillar Tractor company at the tlmo of his death. Ills widow, Mrs. I, M. Irwin, Is a pa tient' In a Portland hospital at this time. He also leaves a daugh ter, Mrs. Ervln Slovall of Onk land, Calif., and one ton, Harold W. Irwin of Klamath Fulls. Ser vices will be announced by Ward's Klamath Funeral home. m Continuous Show Open 12:30 TODAY ONLY "Headin' For Th, Rio Grande" Socond Hit SUNDAY &JM0NDAY 'Under Secret Orders' with John Loder Eric Stroheim SECOND HIT "Special Inspector" with Richard Dix And All Star Cost W nOYA t r :aiu AGNES MOOREHEAt) r s ' vittiii' .s Original $crtfi Woy by Richard Connttt and Ofadyi Ufcmon DIrtctad by RICHARD .THORP! Productd by iOI fASHRNAK APPROVES TUX BILL (Continued from Pago One) taxes which piled up while thoy wero In uniform. But tho henvy wartime excise taxes on furs and cosmetics, movie tickets and liquor, light bulbs and Juwelry would not bo cut to their pre war levels next July 1, as tho house previously voted. Nothing Final Nothing Is final yet. You might say the tux reduction bill Is about three-sixths of the way through to onnelment. Tho house ways und menus committee originated n bill call ing for a $3,380,000,000 reduc tion. The house approved It. Now tho sonato finance group has re written It with the nggregnto cuts made $270,000,000 Inrger. The bill yet has to pass the somite, go to a conference com mittee for adjustment of differ ences between house and sonate, and win the president'! ap proval. Classified Ads Bring Rostilts lihlfl'ilii NsbiiMiliM'al''HMI if7nnil"fl1' Continuous Show! LAST TIMES TODAY "WILD GEESE CALLING' and "SHERIFF OF CIMARRON" SUNDAY Vi4 THE DAZZLING SYMPHONY Jtffi OF MOTION AND COtORI r- L'f t..N fSm "if ' m&r t) (y IECHHICOIOR! IK f M MICHAEL O'SHEA Vilm MMII MiDONAlD till JOHHIOM f t SECOND THRILL HIT "BORDER DEVILS" SAID THE PRINCESS The bellboy did . . . and she loved it ! For she'd rather be kissed than crowned ...whistled at than bowed tot Aright royal romantic riot in mad Manhattan ...a battle-royal at "Jake's Joint"... no wonder Her Highness loses her shy ncss! It's the lovc-and-Iaugli hit of the yearl M-G-M M I V I I mffl liOVIi J mm i vu &w - ,m "RAGS" RAGLAND Continuous Show SATURDAY . SUNDAY Box OHIcs Optns 12i30 CvUUn Kill. i.AfIVIWII ) School Baker PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 20 W) Charles Auth, 60, school bukor, died today us the result of an explosion which demolish, ed Hill military academy's nie.-o hull und Injured 12 others. Two young boy pupils ami Ihn slstur-ln-iuw of tho school director wc-ro reported In crlll cnl condition loclny. Thoy were Jiimes K, Knight, 14, Spokane; John Patrick lliiyden, 12, Port land; and Mrs. llonjamin W. Hill, 41, Portland. Tho explosion, which hurled a water holler through tho wnlla and (10 fuel up uu embankment, occurred yesterday shortly lifter a luncheon crowd of boys had left (ho mens hull, Paul Voruinso, 10, Brooklyn, N. Y., miilntonuneo niiin who was Inalulllnil a hot wuter tank I II, m limn fit thn llliml. U'ua still hospitalized today, but In gOOU COIKIIllOII. lionMiui uucno- ants said the other two persons still . confined Warren II. Granger, 13, Spokane, and Hurry Walker, 43, Portland en gineering usnltuiit woro ulno Improving. Opens 12i30 MONDAY 3 AND THE GRACEFUL JRW BEAUTY 3o. - Lhtenjor th 'HONEY" t ENDS TONIGHT "Hr. Muggs Rides Again" ' Stirring. EAST SIDE KIDS 1"t7 7 Jk k I i I K. : V jM C I -or m W -m- m f v i
