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By FRANK JENKINS
THE tormi of the Itnllnn arm
1 Istlro lira made public 28
MONTHS lifter tlm armistice wm
grunted. A roimmiublo person,
J rt-udlug thorn wttli ureal euro,
cun see no good reason why they
Mould not novo been ntodu pub.
lie at once.
One suspects the onclont
theory Unit war and diplomacy
Khnuld l) conducted an nearly
ti h puKilblo lii a viieiium win the
principal reason for withholding
. them,
PRIVATE business I ilowly
learning that thli Is a fnlrly
K"od rule of conduct an to brouu,
uvcr-iil I policies!
"If it enn't nlu nd the light of
publicity, better not do It.''
War and dlplnmiicy could
Irurn something from business
along that line.
WHAT wo muni have If wc ore
" ever to make wnr 1cm like
ly In a reasonable degreo of con
fidence among nations. SUS
PICION lit the rcnt war breed
er. Secrecy Is a great breeder
of mmpiclon.
President Wilson mado plenty
of mUtukcs, but In advocating
"open covenant openly arrived
at ho was on the right track.
THE newspnpers ore on the
right track In demanding
freedom of nows throughout the
world,
THE Chinese communist put
out a roport from their gen
eral headquarter that they are
nrocccdhiK "full team ahead"
with plans for all-out civil war
with the central government If
current negotiations with Chung
king fall.
In the event of open civil
war, they say, they will fight
a they did against tho Japs,
voiding positional battles and
' engaging in . purely guerrilla
warfaro. ... 'V - '"''
tnj must remember, of course,
" that In any such open decla
ration thev are iislnn nronn-
ganda possibly running a bluff
on Chungking.
What happens In China will
depend largely on what Russia
doc about it and what Russia
doe about China will be a
pretty clear Indication of what
she I going to do generally.
If she bucks tho Chinese com
munists In an all-out civil war,
wo can Just about take it for
granted that sho is going to back
communism wherever It comes
In conflict with other systems.
MEANWHILE Russla'ployi her
v hand with a stiff poker face.
Mnlotov, speaking In Moscow
at the opening of Russia's ob
servance of the 28lh anniversary
of tho Soviet revolution (Stalin
usually speaks at these affairs
ond had been expected to this
time) demands ALLIED (includ
ing Russia) control of Japan and
says there "ought to bo no
secrecy about the subject of
atomic energy."
Russia has no hand at present
In the control of Japan. Sho
doesn't shure whatever secret
thcro Is In connection with the
atomic bomb.
So, you sec, she ha nothing to
lose by demanding a share in
both.
FROM this distance It looks as
if Russia Is following her u
sual policy of demnndlng every
thing in night. So fur ns wo may
judgo by past experience, sho
will TAKE everything that is
nffprnd or conceded.
It Is beginning to look as if
wo shall sooner or later navo to
como to a showdown.
IN tho course of his speech,
Molotov snys:
"Now that peace ha come,
every effort must bo mado not
to permit n new aggression.
Formntlon of bloc In Western
Europe will not crcnto a peace
ful Europe."
Well, for that matter, neither
will a Russln who demands
everything In sight
HE then produces an ollvo
branch and waves It gently.
He says: "Tho war-born
British - Soviet -American coali
tion Is being tested In ponce and
tho failure of tho recent London
conference of foreign minister
(largely becauso of Russian un
willingness to co-operate) is a
warning of pitfall ahead. But
difficulties arose before, too.
Tho coalition, however, always
found a solution In tho Interests
of all."
So Russia REMAINS the great
mystery,
WEATHER
(November 8)
Max. (Nov. 5) 34 Min 23
Precipitation last 24 hours Trace
Stream year to date 1.02
Normal ...1.2B Last year 1.90
Fnroeasti Snow and showers.
Wodnosdny Shootinq Hours
: Klamath-Tulelakt
Ooin 8i30 a. m. Close 4i48 o. m.
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON,
John L Lewis ins
Battle For Seat On
Labor-Management
WASHINGTON, Nov. 0 (P) -Mine Union Leader John L,
Lewi today won a fight for a scut on tho key executive com
mittee of the nutlonul lubor-miinugcment conference
Originally tho committee was to be of eight members, four
each for lubor and management; Labor's votes were to bo divided
between tho CIO and AFL.
Lewi demanded u place for his United Mine Workers and
prodded tlio conference into enlarging tho executive committee
membership to 10.
Eight scats each went to management and lubor but labor's
votes wcro split to give Lewis' mlncworkcrs a committee post.
Under tho revised plan, approved uniintmously by tho confer
enco, labor's eight vote on tho
HUNDREDS QUIT
WORKDNATOM
BOMB PROJECT
By JACK STINNETT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 6 (T)
MuJ. Gen. Leslie R. Groves said
today hundreds of workers, key
men and scientists are quitting
the atomic bomb project because
of uncertainty over tho future of
their Jobs.
Questioned about a report to
this effect, General Groves, In
overall chargo of the atomic
bomb project, told a reporter he
has lost some of his best men.
both at Oak Ridge, Tcnn., and
Hunford, Wash., as well as at
Los Alamos, N. Mcx. Ho said
field representatives report that
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TytoHersons
Cheat Death
Rov. and Mrs. Herman S. Roy,
Inglewood, Calif., residents, nar
rowly escaped death at 1 o'clock
this morning when their south
bound car skidded off tho snow
packed section of tho Sun moun
tain stretch on The Dalles-Cull-fornla
highway and crashed
against a trco which saved them
from careening over a 75-foot
embankment.
Mr. Ray, 3.1, I In Klamath
Valley hospital suffering from
cuts on tho head, undetermined
chest Injuries and a hurt back.
Rev. Ray, also about 33, received
bruises and is at the Valley
hotel.
En Route Home
The two were en route to their
homo from a church meeting in
Tacomo, Wash. Rev. Ray is the
Baptist minister at Inglewood.
They were making the trip by
night and apparently Rev. Ray
applied his brake as he drove
down Sun mountain about three
mile north of tho Fort Klamath
Junction. Both Rev. and Mrs.
Roy wcro pinned in the cor and
tho driver of a passing truck ex
tricated the pair and took them
to Kirk's service station at the
Junction. The Merchants Police
ambulance wo colled and Verne
Bloomberg, driver, brought the
two into Klamath Falls. Mrs.
Ray was admitted to the hospital
at 4:30 a. m.
Beast Behind Bars
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Tomlnaga, former Jap gestapo chief in Singapore, once boast
ed of beating a European woman doctor 32 tlmos because she gave
medicine to another sick internee, He Isn't bragging now as, be
hind Singapore jail bars, ha awaits trial as a war criminal.
Telephone g
TUESt
;MBER 6, 1945
committee lire divided this way:
Three ouch for AFL and CIO
and one each for the mine work
ers and tho railroad brother
hoods. Lewis and CIO President
Philip Murray, as well as AFL
President William Green,
wrangled bitterly at the con
ference's morning session over
the executive committee make
up. The matter was Important be
cause the executive committee
will sift all conference business
and have the responsibility for
placing subject matter before
the conference. '
Murray, one-time ally of
Lewis before the UMW leader
broke away from the CIO, pro
tested any changes in the com
mittee makeup. Murray declared
he had hcurd reports of a "veri
table blitz" by Lewis to get on
the conference executive com
mittee. Lewi Jumped up and shouted
that Murray's words constituted
"despicable and unique German
terminology."
Lewis Roars
Gripping a conference table,
Lewi roared that "Mr. Lewis
doesn't care a tinker's maledic
tion whether he is a member of
any committee" personally. But
tho UMW chief mude clear he
wanted hi mine worker repre
sented. , Murray retorted that Lewis,
from past acquaintance, knew
he never employed -"Hitler-like
tactics." He added that he was
prepared to support all rccom
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A woman known as Frances
and one of three persons killed
In the train-car crash at Hager
crossing Saturday night, today
was Identified as Velma Frances
Scavell, formerly of Calipotria.
Calif., and more recently of
Malln.
Marvin Albee. deputy county
coroner, checking through the
dead woman's purse, located two
ration books Issued to Velmo
Scavell, One wire had been dis
patched to a Mrs. Gladys Jacobs
of San Francisco seeking Infor
mation as to Frances Tuttle.
Albec then sent a second wire
ond asked Mrs. Jacobs to Iden
tify the woman known as Sca
vell. Mrs. Jacobs replied to the
second message and sold Miss
Scavell , was her sister and ad
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Numbti 10663
FiREWORKS POP
SCOHLIN
VOI HEAD IN
Hostilities between Mayor Os
tendorf and certain members of
the city council were on display
again last night when a council
president was chosen in a unique
election in which the mayor cast
the deciding vote for Harvey
Martin and against his personal
friend but councilmenic adver
sary Paul Landry.
Spleen was much in evidence
on both sides as the council
struggled through Intricate pro
cedure to complete the usually
simple Job of naming a council
president, whose duty Is chiefly
that of presiding when the
mayor is absent. The vacancy
In that office occurred when
John J. Keller, veteran council
man, resigned two weeks ago as
councilman, to be succeeded in
the council chair but not the
residency by Charles Van
loren.
Whip Hand
The absence of Councilman
Martin last night, and the fact
that new Councilman Van Doren
voted with him, gave Mayor Os
tendorf the whip hand over his
adversaries. Twice he got to cast
the deciding ballot that frus
trated the wishes of Councilman
Landry ond Rollin Cantrall, who
first wanted to put the election
off a week until Martin could
be there, and then sought to
elect Landry to the council presi
dency. Only four councilmcn
were present last night Can
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De Gaulle
Quits Post
" PARIS,' NovT 6 (P) GenT De
Gaulle submitted his resignation
as provisional president today to
the constituent assembly, return
ing the reigns of government to
France's first elected legislative
body in five years.
The assembly, charged by the
electorate with writing a new
constitution for a fourth repub
lic, was expected' to ask De
Gaulle to continue a caretaker
government until later in the
week. Then the delegates will
name a new provisional presi
dent for that period also.
Opening Session
At its opening session today
the assembly heard its first
chairman, 81-year-old Paul Cut
toli, call for "not only a politi
cal, but also an economic and
daringly social democracy."
The constitution drafted by
the assembly will be submitted
to a people's referendum.
The 586-mcmbcr constituent
assembly is not yet complete.
Some must yet be chosen in run
off elections in the colonies,
which have a total of 64 dele
gates. Armistice Day
Legal Holiday
Word from the governor's of
fice in Salem has confirmed the
observance of November 11,
Armistice Day, as a legal holi
day. In addition to this, the
Oregon stote law governing le
gal holidays provides that when
ever any legal holiday other
than a Sunday falls upon Sun
day, the Monday following shell
be, and be observed as, such
holiday." Therefore, all state
and county offices, banking in
stitutions, and courts will be
officially closed Monday, No
vember 12.
Action concerning the closing
of local stores and business con
cerns will be decided upon by
tho individual communities.
Woman Struck
By Automobile
Mrs. Merry Guptill, 19, 1316
Nlmitz, was in Hillside hospital
today after being struck by an
automobile at 6th and Main
about 11:30 this morning. The
hospital reported her condition
as fair, but X-rays have been
taken to determine any Injury.
Mrs. Guptill and her husband,
a marine sergeant, were walking
acX-oss 6th at the intersection
with the walk signal, when a car
turned right off Main and struck
them both, police officers said.
Both sho and her husband
wero knocked down, The car
stopped and the driver took Mrs.
Guptill to the hospital. Police
hove been unable to locate him
since. The (investigating officer
said thnt tho car's windshield
was covered with snow and that
the driver was in the wrong in
making his turn across the cross
walk whilo pedestrians were in
the walk,
May Have Been Kidnaped In Sierras
fas X
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Dickie turn Sudan, 3, member of prominent California family
is object of extensive search through Sierra county, Calif., hill
country, where the child disappeared while playing with his dog
near his parents' home at Goodyear Bar, four milei from Downit
ville. Officials believe the boy, son of Joseph turn Suden, assistant
superintendent of Brush Creek gold mine, owned by the turn
Suden family, may have been kidnaped. He is shown here with
his mother, Mrs. Joseph turn Suden.
Two Men Lodged In Jail
On Suspicion Of Robbery
Two men, identified as Ray
mond Crumpacker, 37, and Rob
ert Thill, 26, were lodged in the
county jail in connection with
the armed robbery at 8 o'clock
last night of Frazer's market,
2317 S. 6th.
The market has been robbed
the first week in November for
the past three years, and was
robbed once before a number of
years ago,-according to Dominic
Frazer. ODerator.
Frazer said he and three help-1
ers were filling the grocery
shelves when an unmasked man,
brandishing a revolver, demand
ed that Frazer turn over his
money.
Threatened
"This man came in and grab
bed me by tho arm," Frazer
said in telling his fourth rob
bery story this morning. "He
said he wanted my money and
I told him 1 didn't have any
money. Then he pulled out a
damn good sized gun and point-
KUMATH BOYS FACE
Charges of assault with a
dangerous weapon were filed
by the district attorney's office
today against James Warren
Noreen and Larry White, both
17, who allegedly threw a large
rock and a brick through the
windows of the residence of
Paul Angstead, KUHS football
coach, at 919 Mitchell, Hal
loween night.
The rock, which Angstead
said was as large as a man's
head, sailed through a bedroom
window, struck a Venetian blind
and showered splintered glass
ni.Dp Mra AnffstpArl And her
:two - year - old daughter, Judy
who were In tne room ai me
time.
Struck In Eye
Mrs. Angstead was struck in
4I.a na lir n nlnOA nf olnQQ And
hot- hxchnnri niH that there is
a possibility of permanent in-
ILoauuueu on misc a vw
Arriving In
United States
By The Associated Press
Desel O. N a r d 1 n, Sgt.,
311 Division, Klamath Falls,
arrived on SS Monticello due
in Newport News November
2.
Mario Daisi, PFC
McCloud, Calif., arrived on
SS Monticello due in Newport
News November 2. .
Monty B. Jones, PFC,
Klamath Falls, arrived on Sea
Pike due in New York No
vember 2.
Ernest Gerber, T5.,
Lokevicw, arrived on Sea
Pike due in New- York No
vember 2.
Lloyd L. Fountalne, Capt.,
Klamath Foils, arrived on La
Crosse Victory due in New
York November 2,
Irving C. Wlllard, PFC,
230 N. Rogers, Klnmnth Falls,
arrived on Bienville duo in
Boston November 1.
Keith C. Home, Sgt.,
Adin, Calif,, arrived on Ma
rine Shark duo in Seattle No
vember 1. ,
'V
4 "I V '
ed it right at my belly and said,
'Give me the money if you
don't, I'll kill you.'
He pulled the hammer and
I told him to get the money."
Frazer said.
He then described how the
man walked to "the wrong ma
chine" and grabbed up about
$85 in paper money, but in his
excitement overlooked some
$200 -to $300 in silver.-There
was more money in the other
casn register, frazer said.
When the armed man left the
S. 6th street door, Frazer said
he immediately notified state
police and sheriff officers who
reached the market within a
matter of mjnutes. A descrip
tion was given police of the one
man who entered Frazer's with
the fun in his hand.
Search - -
Officers then took up the
search. Deputy Sheriff Dale Mat
toon and one state police officer
started to Dorris where they
had learned Raymond Crum
packer, whom police said they
immediately suspected, had been
living for several months. Mat
toon and the second officer re
turned to Klamath Falls at
about 11:30 p. m.
Shortly after other state po
lice officers had started check
ing Klamath Falls and vicinity,
additional police were working
the outlying districts. Starting
to check highway 97 in the pos
sibility that the gunman and his
companion might be in a car re
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USO Sponsors
Sports Party
' Going all out for sports the
local USO is sponsoring a sports
party tonight for marines and
junior hostesses at the Marine
Barracks.
Buses will take the members
of the Junior Hostess group from
the USO club, 11th and Walnut,
to the barracks.
The barracks' swimming pool,
gym, and bowling alleys will be
open until 9:30. There will be
dancing in the gym to juke box
music and refreshments until 11
p. m. when buses will bring the
girls back.
If the sports party is a success
it will become a regular affair
held every two weeks.
Colonel Brooks Invites
One And All To Barracks
Residents of the rural areas
and smaller cities of the Midland
Empire received a special per
sonal invitation today from Col
onel Charles T. Brooks, com
manding officer of the Marine
Barracks, to visit that unique
installation on Saturday, the an
niversary of the Marine Corps.
"We hope there will be a big
visitation from the surrounding
country," said the colonel, now
such an enthusiastic Klamothite
thot he even had a good word for
current local weather upon his
arrival from a trip to San Fran
cisco. Coi. Brooks put his stamp of
approval on plans for the anni
versary program, which will fea
ture open house at the Marine
Barracks and a big football jam
boree on Modoc field in the af
ternoon with teams from Klam
10-Years War
In China Eyed
By Communists
By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNCKINC, Nov. 6 (AP) Chinese communists, reports
from their Yenon headquarters in Shensi province said today.'
ore proceeding "full steam ahead" with plans for all-out civil
war against the central government In event current negotia
tions with Chungking fail. .
The communists, the reports said, envisage a 10-year
war and are confident that they can win it.
The red leaders were reported as hoping that civil war
would be unnecessary and that a settlement would give them'
a chance by political means for eventually attaining power.
Communists, the reports continued, hoped thev miaht be
aoie to stave on tne luii-neagcai
civil war bv inflictine a few se
vere defeats to the government
forces and thereby induce
Chiang Kai-shek's government
to make concessions.
In the event of open civil
war, the dispatches said, the
communists would fight as they
did against the Japanese, avoid
ing positional battles and engag
ing purely in guerrilla opera
tions. "People's Militia"
They would use their "peo
ple's militia" as a holding force
and the regulars to besiege
lightly held towns and outposts.
Communist quarters at Yen
an, the reports declared, claimed
several government divisional
commanders had defected to
them. The communists are busi
ly trying to enlist the support
or at least obtain the neutrality
of "doubtful ' government forces
in different areas.
The reds renewed today in a
considerably moderated tone
their charges that American ma
rines had clashed with red forces
in north China.
The communist reports were
flatly denied yesterday both in
Washington. D. (J., and here. Na
tionalist Information Minister K.
C. Wu charged the communists
with building propaganda to cut
off American aid to the central
Chinese government.
A Yenan spokesman today ad
mitted that the incidents he re
ported "might have been pro
voked."
But he asserted, our reports
received were based on facts and
not fabricated."
TI
EUGENE, Nov. 6(JP) A new
clue to the two missing army
bombers, sought since last Thurs
day, came to light here today
with a report that a flare had
been seen Monday night seven to
10 miles southwest of Mapleton
in Lane county.
An air-sea rescue unit from
McChord field near Tacoma,
Wash., -was at the Eugene Muni
cipal airport today awaiting a
turn in the weather which would
permit a flight over the rugged
Mapleton area in the coast moun
tain range.
The flare was sighted by J.
W. Hyde of the Mapleton sec
tion, who said it was located in
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Woman Victim
Of Freak Mishap
Mrs. Anna Gilbert, about 45,
Turner, Ore., was in Klamath
Valley hospital today, victim of
a freak accident which occurred
on the Sun mountain stretch of
The Dalles-Colifornia highway.
Mrs. Gilbert, wife of Paul Gil
bert, was in a car operated
by her husband which skidded
on the snow-covered pavement
at about noon today. She got
out of the car, started to cross
the pavement and then retraced
her steps. She slipped and fell
under the wheels of a passing
car and- the rear wheel ran
over her leg. 'The car is said to
have been driven by William
W. Converse, Walla, Walla,
Wash. Converse brought the in
jured woman to Klamath Falls.
She has a compound fracture of
the leg and her condition was
described as fair. The Gilberts
had been here hunting.
ath country high schools partici
pating. "I know hundreds of people
from this area will want to
come Into town to see their teams
in action on Modoc field," said
the colonel. "We want them to
plan to visit the Marine Barracks
either before or after the jam
boree. The Marine Barracks
doesn't belong just to Klamath
B'alls it belongs to Klamath
country. People of the entire
area have been doing nice things
for our marines. We want them
to come up and visit us."
The Marine Barracks gates
will be open to the public from
B a. m. until Op, m, i .
The jamboree will be held on
Modoc field at 2 p. m. Teams
from Bonanza, Henley, Merrill,
Malin, Tulclake, Chiloquin and
Dorris will participate.
AFL MEN TURN
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PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 6 m
A bid by operators of four strike
bound AFL manned Portland
sawmills to compromise the
$1.10 union demands with the
same pay boost offered CIO
workers today drew a "cold
shoulder' from AFL official)
here.
John Christenson. chairman of
the AFL strike policy committee,)
reported similar offers by other1
operator groups in the four:
northwest states have already
been rejected.
The Portland operator set a
Saturday 10:00 a. m., deadline;
for acceptance of their offer,'
but made no explanation what
might happen if the union did
not accept. ,
xne strike is now m Its wxthv
week.
Hourly Increase
The mill owners said the 12)'
cent hourly increase would
boost the minimum, except ioT;
highly skilled workers, - io'
$1.02, which it described as st
51.85 per cent increase over;thei
.674 cent' rate in effect January
1, 1941. ;
"This is the scale established;
by our competition in the local
area and the scale upon which
we shall attempt to operate,"
the Portland operators declared.
Meanwhile, there were indica
tions some . CIO International
Woodworkers of America locals
may not ratify the union's north
west council acceptance of thai
compromise lzi cent raise
agreed to by Big Fir operators)
here Saturday. The union orig
inally voted a 25 cent hourly in
crease.
At Everett, Wash., the local
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DOWNIEVILLE, Calif., Nov.
(P) A cold rain was falling in
the high Sierra early today as
weary searching parties pre
pared for the sixth day to climb
the steep, rocky slopes in search
of three-year-old Dickie turn
Suden.
The child has been missing;
since last Thursday morning
from the mountain home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
turn Suden at Goodyear Bar
near here. His father operates
a gold mine.
The grief-stricken parents re
mained secluded. Friends said
the mother, Mrs. Sally turn
Suden, is under a doctor's care.
Sierra County District Attor
ney Alfred R. Lowry said it is
possible the boy might, have
fallen into Goodyear creek,
which was turbulent last Thurs
day, and was carried down into
the swifter, deeper north fork
of the Yuba river.
The main effort of today's
search will be made along the
river.
Sheriff W. Dewey Johnson
said the river search doe not
eliminate the possibility the boy
is still in the mountains.
Officials continued to doubt
the possibility of kidnapping.
CO Wages
Confab Topic
Negotiation meetings ' were
underway at the Pine Industrial
Relations committee office here
today, attended by representa
tives of the CIO International
Woodworkers of America, lum
ber operators in the Klamath)
Basin District council Jurisdic
tion, and George Brewer, com
missioner of the U. S. concilia
tion service.
Purpose is to try to work out
an agreement on wage adjust
ments asked by the CIO. The
union has proposed a 271 cents
an hour increase in minimum
wages, or $1,151 cent an hour,
with corresponding adjustment
in higher classification.
Indication that a compromlsa
might be reached were seen li
a recent agreement by the CIO
and big fir operator to make it
12) cents an hour adjustment.
COLD SHOU
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