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mas tcmto urn sra . , ... ; Br FRANK JENKINS THE big now; today l hop' ful dispatch from Washington to the effect that U. S.-Kiimilnn relations soom ON THIS MEND. TN tho lot-down tluit hoi fol- lowed the oiidlng of tho war a lot of ui have flirted with the Idea that tho wages wo ro going to got, the profit wo'ro going to make, tho now automobiles wo'ro going to buy. the vacation wo'ro going to toko uro tho BIG ttilntfa 01 uro. That ISN'T true. In the new world we're enter 1 11 if. ai whon one pumcg through a (lonr from ono room to another, PREVENTING WAU AS LONG AS POSSIBLE Is tho big thing In EVERYBODY'S llfo. Preventing wnr with Russia la ESPECIALLY big. ' THE hopeful nolo from Wash Inn ton In Hint In the tlckllim business of running Jupun tho Russians SEEM to be conceding our viewpoint. The dispatch anyi they still want a four-power council In Tokyo (an In Berlin) but Indica tions are they will agrco that when dlfforoncei ariiw In tho council tho U, S. POSITION WILL GOVERN. That mean. If true. Hint thev are willing to listen to reason. It it an extremely hopeful tign. WE'RE hampered a little by the " fact thut In Berlin, which the Russians TOOK In battle, wo aeem to havo DEMANDED a aharo In tho government of the city. The KUMluni agreed. now, in Tokyo, which we took, they re demanding a share. Because of what happened In Berlin, we're moro or ess obi I gated to lot tho Russians In on TOKyo. Tho fact that they seem to be reasonaoie aoout u is encourng lng. - (AVER and over It has appeared 1 plain that the Russians are perfectly willing to take EVERY' THING that la offered. But men who ought to know say that when we STAND FIRM on a matter that concerns us itrone. ly the Russians aro Inclined not fitly to be reasonable, but seem o GAIN RESPECT for us. .That also, If true, la extremely important, . . j "ENERAL JULIAN SMITH of the marines, who Is qi well known here, says In Port land today that ho la OPPOSED to giving the atomic bomb secret 10 other countries. Me adds: "In rcoard to the contention -that other natlona will bo able to make the bomb in time, my answor la that other nations can build navies, too, but is that any reason for GIVING THEM A NAVY?" TT may be narrow and natlonal- istlc and hard-boiled, but this small writer agrees fully with Goncral Smith. Lot's keep tho secret of the atomic bomb as long as we can, and In the meantime concentrate our best bra ns on the problem of finding a defense against n niisr. We can trust ourselves not to use tho atomic bomb to conquer wo worm, we feci modcratoly safo as to tho British. But we can't yet trust much of ANY BODY else. TET'S not give ANYBODY a new and better gun to shoot us with. Wo got enough of that (uonunued on Fogo Two) Democrats Given Control Over Pearl Harbor Probe By JACK BELL ,' WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (P) President Truman has signed an order which republicans said today gives domocratlo mom bors of the Pearl Harbor com- , mlttce a stranglehold on the investigation's course The ordor provides that wit nesses and records may be sum moned only by majority action of tho ton-member senate-houBe group. Six members are demo crats. At tho same time tho presi dent rejected a proposal that in dividual committee mombors be ficrmittcd to Interview prospoc Ivo army and navy witnesses and ' to look over official records. Republican protests may ex plode in the senato and house unless somo compromise is reached, Thoy are keeping allont now In tho hopo thoy may forco ap proval of proccduro similar to that of tho senate war investi gating committee. Whon Mr. Truman . headed that committeo as a senator, each member was frca to poko into any government records he wanted to see. Ho could talk to anybody who might havo information on tho war program, Then he could report to other members and If they decided an investigation was warranted, It was so ordoxod. , Soriatorg said this nyntom pro duced, many worthwhile loads. It litis continued under the chairmanship of Senator Mead (D-N. Y.). T .f,o one till PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OH' HIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1945 Number 10654 CTflDlllI I UCUITC "He '' Are, Boys A Two-Man Army" u Unlvl LflurlLG trrrTs $ jjtt NORTHWEST; I V; , vpmtj Gales Cause 7 Rivers To Break Over Banks SEATTLE. Oct. 26 (!) Northwest Washington counted two dead today as falling tem peratures and subsiding gales promised relief from tho two-day storm which sent at least seven major streams out of their bunks, marooning valley communities and washing out roads and bridges. Louis Betchard, 37, of Utopia, In the Scdro Woolley country, succumbed after a heart attack In a rowbout while attempting to retrieve a drifting skiff. Lyle McNeil, of Auburn, died of a heart attack In a rowbout while attempting to assist three unidentified Seattle men In a boat in the Scdro Woolley area. McNeil, accompanied by B. H. Wcnlor, of Rt. 1. Scdro Woolley, had Just leaned from his craft to grab an oar hold out from the other bout, when he was strick en, tho Skagit county sheriff was Informed. Trains Delayed Trains from the north were de layed 12 hours yesterday as floods struck tho long, narrow valley between tho Cascade mountains and Puget Sound, washing out bridges and roads (Continued on Page Two) ETfl A Victory Arcade, established at Main and Esplanade, will highlight a series of programs planned by the special events committee of the Victory Loan. The arcade will bo open from 8 to 8 p. m. Monday night, Octo ber 20, and tho public is invited to gather 'round. Professional talent, combined With local talent, will present the entertainment. Fun and games with major awards pre sented to bond buyers every half hour, will be a feature of the evening. Merchants are being contacted and requested to old in the gala ovent by voluntarily closing their business houses at S o'clock and remaining closed until 8 p. m. Theatre box offices will be closed during this time, the com mittee stated. .' The show is being planned to put over the Klamntli county quota In tho Victory Loan. The overall quota Is $1,640,000, and the E bond quota is $74,000. De tails on the arcado will be an nounced Saturday. Republicans helped draft an order they hoped would permit its use by the Pearl Harbor committee, But when William D. Mit chell, counsel for tho Pearl Harbor group, took the ordor to the Whito House Mr. Truman didn't sign it. Now the republicans say tho democrats, with a six to (our majority, will be able to rilnlntn not only which witnesses shall no called but what records aro open, Tho orders are necessary be cause, under wartime powers, tho president as commandcr-In-chief is custodian of secret gov ernment records and his per mission is needed to talk to army and navy personnel still on duty. CUPID OVERTAKES SOLDIER SEATTLE, Oct. 28 (!) Cupid overtook Pvt.' Raymond A. Prentiss of Los Angeles yesterday et the gangplank 15 minutes before ho sailed for Nagasaki, Japan, with his army company. Today he Is a married man at sea, literally, and his bride, Tennis Star Mary Arnold, is heading back to their home city of Los Angeles to await his return. i Prlvoto Prentiss got the license hero and Miss Arnold left Los Angolcs with her mother Monday, racing tho sailing data of the soldier's transport, "Wo got to tho pier just as Raymond was starting up the gang plank,", said tho bride, ono of the nation's ranking tennis players. Ho said, you Just mado it, honey'." Tho two, who mot last January while both were cmnlnved In scientific research at California Institute of Technology, were married by tho port chaplain lrt a docksldo cargo receiving office, They used tho wedding band Of tho bride's grandmother and the girl employes in the office pooled their flowers for a bridal ouquet, y V Bronie Stars will be presented these two marines at Navy Day ceremonies Saturday. 10:30 a. m at the Marine Barracks, by Col. Charles T. Brooks, commanding officer of the post. The citations read like thriller-dlUers in the movies. Left is Pvt. William A. Ehimp of Harrisburg. Pi and Cpl. Robert J. Gjerneis, Los Angeles. The ceremony on the post parade grounds is a part of the all-day Navy Day program at the Marine Barracks to which the public is cordially Invited. -Official U. S. Marine Corps photo. Jap Foreign Office Shows Reluctance To Obey Mac's Orders For Isolation By The Associated Press TOKYO, Oct. 28 (P) The Japanese foreign office today showed reluctance to obey Gen eral MacArthur's unprecedented orders for tho diplomatic Isola tion of Japan. Domel agency quoted unnam ed informed sources as report ing that the government would "exercise, great care'Mn loilow' Jug tho order, but that foreign out allied authorities o n whether the directive "conforms -'-""' to the Potsdam declaration." MacArthur yesterday ordered Japan to transfer all of her diplomatic and consular proper tics and archives everywhere in the world to tho allied pow ers, to cease relations with foreign governments, and to re call her diplomatic and consular representatives from abroad. The directive was prepared by the joint chiefs of staff in Wash ington. The allies, immediately after Leo Arlct Hixon, 26, Klamath Indian, is lodged-in the Multno mah county Jail in Portland charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of a saddle from tho Klamath Indian reservation on August 18. The stolen property, a Keystone double-rigged stock saddle with rifle scabbard attached, was the property of Mark Brown, resi dent of the reservation. Hixon was picked up at Bcatty by Indian Officer Willis Pankcy and brought to Klam ath Falls where he was turned over' to Paul Hamlin, deputy U. S. marshal, and arraigned beforo Indian Commissioner Bert C. Thomas last Monday. Ball Set His ball was set at $3500 and he was taken to Portland. The Indian is already free on $1500 ball from the local coun ty jail awaiting trial on a cnargo of stealing a set of work harness from tho Vera Crislcr ranch northwest' of Bly. Ho had pleaded not guilty' on that count and was released on ball Sep tember 8.. Hixon is also sought by army officials as a deserter and was reported at the county clerk's office to havo applied for mor ringo licenses with three differ ent girls in the past few months. the cessation of hostilities, had requested Japan to cease rela tions with neutral powers. At that time some quarters of the government expressed the opin ion that the - request was in consistent with .the Potsdam pact. Since . the surrender, Japan has maintained relations with Switzerland,' Sweden, PortugaH Ere( Aganlstan and the Holy ora... ... 1 On the occupation front, Mac Arthur's headquarters said that plans for fitting other allied troops into the setup await the conclusion of policy discussions among the big powers, then the receipt of orders from Washing ton. To date, no one official word has come through. Mac Impatient MacArthur, meanwhile, in dicated impatience at silence from the Japanese government concerning his pointed sugges tion two weeks ago that Nip ponese big family monopolies be "democratized." A brusk headquarters state ment said the allied commander had received "no official com munication from the imperial Japanese government on any phase of the zaibatsu (big families) question." American occupation officials probing into hidden resources within the conquered nation re ported confiscation of $2,500,- Truman To Make Important Talk , WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (P) President Truman expects to de liver tomorrow in New York "the most important speech from a news standpoint" that he has made since entering the White House, a presidential sec retary said today. Marking Navy Day, it will deal with foreign policy. The 25 -minute address, the second the president will make while in New York, will be broadcast on all networks. The address will be at 10:30 a. m., PST. The first speech, a nlne-mln-ute affair, will be at 8 a. m PST, . aboard the new aircraft carrier Franklin D. ' Roosevelt at the navy yard.1 Eben Ayres, assistant press secretary, labeled the second address, to be made in Central Pavk, the most im portant since the president took office. Arriving In United States l By The Associated Prasa Joseph A. Wekkln, PFC, 1723 Lexington, Klamath Falls, arriving on Lake Cham plain due in New York Oc tober 27. Patrick Cotgrove, Cpl., Klamath Falls, arriving on Lake Champlaln due in New York October 27. Marshall C. Splvey, MSgt., Cozy hotel, . Klamath Falls, arriving on Lake Champlaln duo in New. York October 27. William N. Kahstrom, Cpl., 2061 Ebcrlcin, Klamath Falls, arriving on Lake Champlaln, due in New York October 27. 000 ' worth of radium from vaults of the German consulate at Osaka. The radium, from Czechoslovakia, had been in tended for sale to Japanese hos pitals, the report said. The estimated value of all gold, silver and other, valuables seized by occupation forces rose far above a quarter billion dol lar -wiUu. the -taking over of about $3,000,000 worth of silver bullion, mercury, tool - steel, storage batteries and zinc by 97th infantry division troops in a warehouse raid near Iida on central Honshu. Eighth army headquarters said the warehouse was owned by the Matsuo Agriculture as sociation but that the silver bullion was reported to be the property of the Mitsubishi in dustrial trust. ' Occupation Plans Authorities questioned con cerning joint allied occupation plans said they had no idea (Continued on Page Two) TO BE DECORATED Bronze Stars for heroic achievement against the enemy, will be awarded two marine veterans at the Navy Day cele bration Saturday morning at the Marine Barracks. The pre sentations will be made by Col. Charles T. Brooks, commanding officer at the post,' at a 10:UU a., m. ceremony on the post parade grounds. To be decorated are Pvt. Will lam A. Shimp, USMCR; and Cpl. Robert J. Gjerness, - US MCR. The award of the . Purple Heart for wounds received in action, will also be presented PFC John J. Stropko Sr., US MCR. Navy Day The ceremony is a part of the all-day observance of Navy Day at the Marine Barracks. The public is cordially invited to visit the post, the gates open ed at 9 a. m. They will remain open until 9 p. m. . The citations, which will be read tomorrow, are as follows: "Pvt. William A. Shimp. For heroic achievement in connec tion with operations against the Japanese enemy on Okinawa, Shima, Ryukyu islands on April 6, 1945. While serving as a member of the marine recon naissance company on a combat patrol on Ishlkawa isthmus, Pvt. Shimp was attacked at close quarters by five armed enemy soldiers. He shot and killed two of the enemy when (Continued on Page Two) , Legion Urges Flag Display There will be no downtown parade for Navy Day tomorrow, but the American Legion' has asked that flags be displayed in the business district to commem orate tho navy's huge part in winning the war, , Flags should be flown from masts and window staffs 'be tween the hours of 8 a. m. and sunset. Nationwide Walkout Authorized By Union Dy The Associated Press Further lobor trouble for Montgomery Ward ond company was threatened today. A nationwide strike by some 75,000 employes of the huge mail order house, which In the last few years hos been Involved In numerous labor disputes, was authorized vestsrdav by the general executive board tmpioyes. The time for calling the cided by President Samuel Wolchok. He announced he would time. ... ... :. First, however, Wolchok said the union, acting in the public interest, would "exhaust the processes of negotiation and mediation. We are willing and offer to submit all issues to arbitration." ? Elsewhere along the country's labor front, major disputes concerned the prolonged strike U. S. - RUSSIA REACH BETTER By GRAHAM HOVEY WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (P) Relations between the United States and Russia seemed on the mend today in an atmosphere of better understanding. These were the heartening de velopments: 1. State department disclosure that the two governments were discussing the soviet proposal for a four-power council (U. S., Rus sia, Britain, China) to govern Japan. 2. Indications Russia would agree that when differences arose in the council, the U. S. po sition should govern. 3. Timely delivery of Russia's United Ratification documents, which permitted the world se curity organization to become a fact Wednesday. Hope For Announcement Washington officials hoped (he weekend might bring at least one more air-clearing event: An announcement that Russia had (Continued on Page Two) Adequate planning- to ' avoid the mistakes that embittered vet erans after the last war was urged in an inspirational ad dress given here Friday by Rilea W. Doe, vice president of Safe way Stores and a member of national committees working on veteran matters. "Inadequate measures led to disgraceful consequences the last time," Doe told a joint meeting of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs. Doe said that the World War II veterans represent the age group that will have the votes and the desire to some day run the country. Earned Respect 'They will have matured," he said. "They will have earned respect. They will join with all other veterans in expressing their convictions and demanding their programs. When that time comes, veterans and civilians must be united In their view (Contlnued on Page Two) . Wounds Fatal To McCoud Youth McCLOUD Norml F. Fac chin, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Facchin of McCloud, died Wednesday night in the McCloud hospital from wounds received Tuesday afternoon when a 22-calibre rifle in the hands of his 14-year-old brother Louis, accidentally discharged. The two were target shooting and Louis was unloading the gun. He said his younger brother was watcning over nis snouiaer when he suddenly walked in front as the gun accidentally dis charged. The bullet entered the left arm. passed into the child's chest and lodged in the abdomen. Norm! was rushed to the hospi tal but failed to survive the wound. Funeral services will be held here Sunday with burial in the McCloud cemetery. An in vestigation has been made by Coroner Alois Turner, Yreka. . SCORE AVAILABLE The Herald and News will have a final score on the Klam ath Falls-Eureka game for answering telephone inquiries tonight. No score will be available un til the game is over, and calls prior to 10 p. m. will be useless. NIP PRISONER FINDS LORD SEATTLE, Oct. 26 (P) Sgt. Jacob D. Deshnzer, who says he "found the Lord" in a Japanese prison camp and wants to return to Japan as a missionary, announced tonight ho had enrolled in Seattle Pacific college to prepare himself for the assignment. "I had a long time to think, there, and that's where the Holy Spirit started talking' to me," said the man who flew with Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's bombers in the first air strike at Tokyo. He made the announcement while speaking at a "Youth for Christ" rally in the Civic auditorium, which attracted 7000 Seattle young people. Dr. Torrey M, Johnson of Chicago, president of Youth for Christ International, conducted' the meeting and said similar gatherings had been held all over this nation and in London. ' "And I expect any day now to have a cable announcing Youth for Christ In Tokyo," he said. ' of the CIO United Retail, Wholesale and Department Stort strike, the board said at a meeting in New York, will be de oi movie worxers in Hollywood and tne UIO United Automobile Workers fight to gain a 30 per cent wage rate increase for a half million motor industry workers. The various labor trou bles in industry and business kept 223.000 workers away from their jobs, 2000 less than reported Idle yesterday. Favor Stoppage While tabulations of yester day's strike vote among some 125,000 Chrysler corporation employes In 22 plants were not announced, CIO United Auto mobile Workers officials inter preted the results of a similar poll on Wednesday among Gen eral Motors workers as a "man date" to press UAW wage de mands. They said that although only 83.654 Of GM'S 325.000 eligible employes voted, the nearly 6 to 1 majority favoring a work stoppage was indicative of the workers' sentiments. Walter P. Reuther, UAW vice president, however, reasserted that no strike would be called until "every possible effort to reach a peaceful settlement" has been exhausted and ' then not without approval of the union's international executive board. The union and corporation of ficials continued their wage dis pute conference today.' Pickets Withdrawn In Hollywood, there was pos sible indication that the pro longed strike among movie workers might be settled. After hundreds of pickets gathered at Warner Brothers and some other studios yesterday. Herbert Sor- rell, head of the' striking Con ference of Studio unions, last night ordered their withdrawal. His order came after a pre liminary conference with pro ducer representatives. A' second meeting . was planned , today Ther"was:-furtHer -viOleHee- at I the studios : and at least one striker was Injured. Sorrell said a few "observers would be at, "various studios'' today, but only for the purpose of 'advising non-strikers not to enter the gates, and not as pickets. .. ' ' v ' - Federal conciliators stepped into the wage dispute between CIO maintenance workers and American Airlines which has disrupted plane service between (Continued on Page Two) PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 26 (If) The commander of the marine corps department of the Pacific said there's so much paper work in the marines that one man must work two days to get three men dischareed. "We are releasing the veterans In the marine corns as fast as we possibly can," Maj. Gen. Julian Constable Smith said upon his arrival here for Navy Day, "but the paper work is so great that it takes a large clerical force for the processing. In fact, it takes one man, working all of one day, just to discharge an average oi one and one-half men." smith here for Navr Day af ter a hunting trip near Klamath (Continued on rage ivor Crater Lake Phenomenon Reported For Fourth Time A fourth report of smoke or gas rising from Crater lake, ap peared today to confirm previous reports and to further confirm activity of some kind in the old crater of Mt. Mazama, accord ing to a story received Friday morning from the park office at Medford. Mrs. Alice Thomas of Fort Klamath, storekeeper at Crater Lake national park, and her sis ter, Mrs. Albert Brlcco also of Fort Klamath, were walking on the rim at 9:30 a. m.. Thursday, and sighted a funnel shaped blu ish gray smoke or gas cloud on the lake about three fourths of a call it "at the most opportune HOUSE LEADERS TO DISPOSE OF By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST, WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 OP) House leaders have decided to take the membership off poli tical hot spot by disposing or the universal military training issue before Christmas and be fore the 1946 congressional elec tions. ' . Present plans, it was learned today, call for a showdown late in November or early in Decem ber. The outcome is presently regarded as a toss-up. ., . . The house military committee opens public hearings, expected to last two weeks, on Nov. 8. ' ' - Week Required ' ; Thereafter probably a, week; will be required to write a bill embodying President Truman's request that every able-bodied; youth be required to take one year of training.- An informal poll of the com mittee showed that the presi dent's request for the legislation . (Continued on Page Two) An inquest Is being held this afternoon . at Ward s Funeral home into the death of Mrs. Anna B. Hansen who was fatally injured in an automobile acci dent at Shasta way and Sum mers lane late Wednesday after noon. The inquest Is being held at the insistence of the district at torney's office. Mrs. Hansen, 59, 610 Upham, died early yesterday morning at Klamath Valley hos pital. , . Her- daughter, Gertrude Han sen, is confined to Hillside hos pital with- injuries received in the accident. Her condition was reported as good this morning.. Collision Wlllard D. Miller, Sr., Klanv ath Falls contractor, was driving the car, a 1942 Lincoln Zephyr, in which Mrs. Hansen, her daughter and Willard D. Miller Jr., discharged from Hillside hospital this morning, were riding. A truck loaded with hay (Continued, on Page Two) : Bulletin PITTSBURGH. Oct. 28 (P) The wage policy committee of the CIO United Sieelworkeri voted . unanimously today to ' authorise its executive' offi cers to "take whatever action they deemed necessary," in cluding strike votes, towards obtaining a $2-per-day wage Increase. : - mile towards Wizard island from Cloudcap rock, the high vantage point on the east side of the lake. The cloud was sighted ap proximately at the same spot at which smoke or gas was sighted September 30. The women said a strong wind was blowing at the time and the smoke or gas was visiblo only for a few minutes before it dis appeared. Both Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Bricco were sure it was not dust, they advised the park service. They hurried to park headquar ters to report the phenomenon and Ranger Kenneth Huiburt and others of the park staff rushed to the rim with camera to photograph the cloud but on arriving found it had disap- Eeared, apparently carried away y the wind. . The report made by the Fort Klamath women is tho fourth re ceived by the park service, WEATHER (October 26) ' i -Max. (Oct. 25) ... 70 MIn. .S9 Precipitation last 24 hours ....00 Stream year to date 23 Normal ... .80 Last year 22 Forecast) Rain tonight. Saturday Shooting Houn-Klsm. ath-Tulelake Opes Ills e. m. Close 8:05 J. m. TRAINING PLAN INQUEST HELD IN : - CAR CRASH DEATH
