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mm nTrvn 1 1 l vrUAi mm PRICE riVE CENTS Dav'sNews By FRANK JENKINS nillTAIN'S Premier Attica tclli a Joint session' of congress in wtitflilnuluii unit tlio founda tions of puuco nuivt bo world prosperity unci gooa nuignuor llnuKi. That's a good recipe, but dif ficult to put Into a successful ciiko. If we're to mnko It work, TOLERANCE will linve to bo ono of tho principal Ingredients, CTILL, if we're to huve the " klncl of world pouco cuko wo wunt, Unit In about tho kind of recipe by which It will huve to Ijo niiulo. A TTLEE adds lliut ho n.-cs no renmin for "economic" rlv. nlry between Brltnln and tho U. S. What ha must mean la tluit ho sees no reason for UN SOUND rlvulry. No hnrm ever ciimo of tho RIGHT KIND of economic competition. A lot of t rem b lo CAN come from too much agreement and too lllllo nriuttiy competition. nrnUMAN, Altloo and King x (U. S., Britain and Cnnndo) aro reported to hnva reached Kencrnf agreement on (tops toward International control of tho utom bomb, but It iccmit we re not to not tho word until a "Joint communique" la Issued along toward the end of tho week. 'lruman, said to be "honor bound" not to tulk about the con ference In advance of tho cut and-dried communique, la re ported to be Irked became tho British hnve talked too much, TP o, he'f learning, as so many have learned before him, that open covenants OPENLY ar rived at are better In the lone run than these wtur chamber af fairs, with reporters excluded irniTISH Foreign Secretary Bevln" says In London tho U. 8. has ACCEI'TED an Invita tion to co-ope rn to with the Brit ish In setting up a Joint Anglo American Inquiry to "examine the question of European Jewry and make a further review of the PALESTINE problem In the Jlflht of this examination." A dispatch from Washington adds that President Truman con firms Bcvln s announcement. T ET'S get that straight In our minds. What it means Is that wo've shouldered our sharo of the Job of trying to talk the Arabs into lotting moro Jews Into Palestine (in order to get them out of Europe, where they are dis tinctly not wanted.) Thus we accept the risk of getting tho Arab world down on us. IN the old days, we'd have BALKED. If the President had made such an agreement, congress would have repudiated It. These arc NEW days. If wo don't accent tho responsi bilities of leadership throughout the world, we'll have to TAKE the kind of leadership that OTHERS WILL PROVIDE. THERE'S sign In the sky to day of a compromise in Java. Sutan SJnrlr, with whom tho Dutch are said to be likely to donl, takes the placo of Soe (Continued on Page Three) Arriving In United States By The Associated Press William C. Adon, T4 Klamath Falls, arrived on Thomas Johnson duo in Bos ton November 10. William E. Bouska, TS Klnmath Falls, arrived on Thomas Johnson due in Bos ton November 10, Floyd J. Barrett, PFC, 213 East Main, Klamath Falls, ar rived on James Barbour duo in Newport Nows November 13. Jino J. Travlian, T8., Weed, Calif,, "arrived on Cool dnlo Victory qio in New York November 7, Floyd B. Parasoo, TB.. Chlloquln, arrived on Lincoln Victory duo in Boston No vember 8. Louis J, Estos, T4,i Klam ath Falls, arrived on Marino Fox due in New York No. vember 10. John H. Booth, SSgt Weed, Calif., nrrived on Capo Clciiro duo In Tacoma No vember 4. Ray E, Chrlstenien, PFC, 3405 Anderson nvenuo, Kliim oth Falls, arrived on Capo Cleare duo In Tacoma No vember 4. Jack L, Bowers, PFC, Klnmnth Falls, nrrived on President Pollc duo in San Francisco from New Cale donia November 0. RENUNCANTS Tfiy 10 HALT SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 f1') Federal Judge A. F. St. Suro today Issued a show causa order shortly aftor 085 Japuncsa Americans filed suits seeking to regain their United States citizenship, Tho Jupancse Americans con tended their deportation to Japan would be unconstitution al and thut they had been forced to renounce their citizen ship. The suits, entered as the gov ernment prepared to start de portation of all renunclants on November IS, wero in behalf of Jnpancso residents of tho Tulc lako center in northern Cali fornia. Tho Japancso filed two mass petitions for writs of habeas corpus In tho U. S. district court hero, charging they woro victims of duress by the gov ernment and seditious groups. Two additional suits by the same persons also sought can cellation of their renunciation of citizenship, declaration by the court of their United States nationality, and an injunction to rostrum the Justice depart ment from carrying out its an nounced plan of deporting them to Japan as aliens. Wayne M. Collins of Son Francisco, as private attorney for tho group, brought the ac tions, with support of the Amer ican Civil Liberties union of northern California. Born In U. S. Attorney Collins said all of the Japanese petitioners were born In this country. He said the suits sought to have the renunciations declared void because they were ob tained by duress and also on the ground the law was un constitutional. The more than 1000 Nisei re nunclants who have brought suits are among the 4300 who (Continued on Pogo Three) Riot Flares In Honolulu HONOLULU, Nov. 13 (P) United States sailors and civil ians rioted for more than two hours last night after a sailor was fatally Injured by a clvil lon, police reported today. More than 75 navy men wero arrested after an estimated 200 bluejackets armed with clubs, stones and bayonets clashed with civilians in tho Damon residential area. . Police Detective Nell Dona hue said tho fight started when a sailor, alighting from a street car, was hit by a missile hurkd by a civilian. The man died later, Donahue said. The sailors entered tho su burb about 10 p. m., and the ensuing battle royal lasted more than two hours. Honolulu, military, shore and mnrlno pollco squn-ls were sent to quell tho fighting, but the rioting again broke out after midnight. DEPDRTAT DN Discharged Gl'S Ready To Go Places But No Civvies CHICAGO, Nov. 13 (VP) G.I. Joe, waving his discharge papers and ready to go places In civilian life, Is finding it difficult to get all dressed up. Tho ever increasing number of servicemen who aro doffing their military uniforms aren't finding much of a choice in men's clothing, say retailers and manufacturers. Tho discharged servicemen, most of them wanting to buy complete new outfits, aro given preference by retailers, but tho demand for men's clothing is f renter than at any time in tho ast year and stocks in stores nro depleted almost as soon as new shipments nro received, - B. J. Cnhn, president of B, Kupponhclmcr & Co,, national distributors of men's clothing, snld tho supply of men's clothes was - et an unprecedented low throughout tho country because of various reasons lack of ma terials, strikes and manpower shortages. Retailers and manufacturers Telcph' ll '.--Hi KLAI OREGON, 7f Japs 4? ',. ii- .... Ik ' i. ai" Tt vi -in ' - , PlctuVs shows United States marlqes sloshing through Klamath's business district In the Armistice parade- Monday. The ma rines provided a distinctly military ilavoVto the Armistice procession, which Included the high school band and wax veterans. See story on Page 8, ' - ' -Photo by Evergreen' Studio. Latest nominee In the Klam ath Victory Queen contest Is Betty Stclnman, who Is being sponsored by the Soroptimlst and Venture club. - Miss Slelnmon lives with her Eorents, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin tcinman, 827 N. 2nd. She has lived in Klamath Falls for the past five years. She was born 20 years ago in Lisbon, N. D. For the last year and a half she has been employed at ' Ever body's. - Since the contest's beginning on November 5, two contestants, Miss Stclnman and Agncss' Win ters, have entered. It Is hoped that more candidates will enter soon because the earlier they enter, the better their chances In the contest will be. An $18.50 bond purchase will entitle the purchaser to one vote for his favorite candidate, two votes for a $37.50 purchase, and so on. The ballots which will be given to the purchaser by the Issuing agent of the bond, will be sent to bond headquarters for daily tabulation. The local contest will close December 8. The winner of the contest will then go to Portland where she will represent all the votes that were cast m nor lo cality, whether they were cast for her or a competitor, to com pcto in tho" stato finals, said the clothing shortage will begin to caso early in 1948 but supply will not meet dpmand until Into spring and possibly next fall, ' They described the shortage of wool ns acute and tho short ago of lining and trimming ma terials also is holding up suit production. Suits aro not tho only Hem of scarcity for tho servicemen returning to civilian life, the merchants said. The supplies of shirts and shorts for men aro equally scarce. Calm suggested that, until the shortage is passed, discharged officers have their uniforms re modeled Instead of placing them in mothballs. Civilians also should take old clothes out of mothballs, repair and wear them until the situation cases, ho said. Another manufacturer dis agreed, however, and said many might resent being told to re model and wear military . uniforms. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, Seek Military Atmosphere In .. V t '(! 1 "" Armistice Day Marred By Series Of Auto Accidents Two persons are In a critical condition and at least six others received serious injuries in a scries of automobile accidents in the Klamath Falls area over the Armistice Day double holiday. In Klamath Valley hospital are Forest Duncan, 32, 317 Mar tin, and Mrs. Esther Pearce, 319 Division, both of whom are said to be in grave condition as the result of a cab-car Intersection crash Monday night at Wash burn way and Eberlein. Also injured were Henry Cloy Aten, 1309 Kane, driver of the Hurry cab, Duncan's mother, FBI Knew Jap War At Hand WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (IP) A congressional Pearl Harbor Investigator today quoted J. Ed gar Hoover as saying the FBI had information on November 28, 1941, that "war was immi nent." - The statement was made to reporters by Rep. Gearhart (R Cullf.), ' member of the senate house committee looking into the circumstances surrounding the successful Japanese attack on the fleet at Hawaii Decem ber 7, 1941. Gearhart and Rep. Keefe (R Wis.) interviewed the federal bu reau of investigation director preliminary to opening of com mittee hearings. Afterwards, Gearhart said Hoover had given them "very valuable Information which I believe will result in startling disclosures." Quoting the FBI chief In con nection with advance Informa tion on the "imminence" of the war. Gearhart said: "As a result, Mr. Hoover told us he had altered his men in the Islands. "If the army and navy had done that there never would have been a Pearl Harbor." Man Gets Laugh On re Ode OP A LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (F) Nick Redka was home today from a trip to San Francisco with concrete proof that new tires aren't necessary for tour ing. When Redka's . ration board refused him a permit for tires, he poured wet concrete into his old ones, allowed it to harden and was on his way, "You should have seen the gas station men when they wont to check my air," Rcdka chortled.. WEATHER NEWS (November 13) Mix. (November 12) 34 Min. .'..24 Precipitation lilt 24 houri Trie Stream year to data 2.13 Normal 7.69 Lait year ..2.95 Wednesday Shooting Houra Klamath-TuUlaka Opaa 8:40 a. m. Cloia 4:41 p. m. 194S Armistice Dav Parade II'' x "K Mrs. Minnie Duncan who with her son and Mrs. Pearce were fassengers In the cab: P. E. Had ey, 1775 Etna, thought to be the driver of the sedan, -and his pas senger, Daniel Thomas Hames, also of 1775-Etna. Investigation State and city police com bined in making an investiga tion of the collision which oc curred just at the city limits. Officers said Aten was driving his cab north on Washburn and Hadley was driving east on Eberlein. The time was 9:45 p. m. Hadley Is said to have walked away from the crash in a dazed condition. He was located at his home at 1 a. m. Tuesday by city police and escorted to the police station. Later he was ad mitted to Klamath Valley hos pital where he was treated for cuts and abrasions and dismiss ed Tuesday morning. Duncan is said to have a basal skull fracture, and Mrs. Pearce has internal injuries and a frac tured left leg. Mrs. Minnie Duncan received an ankle injury but was not hos pitalized. The cab driver, Aten, received a slashed right cheek. Daniel Thomas Hames, passen ger in the Hadley car, was treat ed at the hospital for head in juries and a deep cut to the right eye. He was to have been released Tuesday afternoon. While the merchants police ambulance was making four separate trips to carry the in jured persons to the hospital, a young woman was struck down at 7th and Pine and not until the police paddy wagon arrived with a stretcher could she be moved. Injured was Mrs. Wayne (Avis) Van Hardenburg, 23, 3116 Mary land, who suffered - painful in juries as she walked across Pine in the path of a car operated by Mftrga B. Lion, 17, 1505 Pa cific Terrace. The- woman was covered with coats as she lay on the pave ment and the paddy wagon was finally summoned when It was found Impossible to contact the ambulance. Miss Lion said In her report to city police that she was driv ing north on Pine and while avoiding a car which pulled out from tho curb, struck the pe destrian, Mrs. Van Hardenburg was dismissed Tuesday from the hospital after . receiving treat ment for hip and leg Injuries, Investigating police said she was knocked 24 feet by the Impact. Tho Rev. J. J. PreVol, El Cerito, Calif., his wife and 6-year-old daughter Betty, escaped serious injury late Saturday afternoon when their car and a south-bound Greyhound bus col (Coiitinucd on Page Three) ytnnsip C V ft ,Jp 'J Number 10868 With the initial panel of 23 veniremen exhausted by noon to day and only 11 jurors tentative ly selected, the case in circuit court against Earl Heuvel. for mer Klamath Falls police chief. was recess ea until a a. m. tomor row. drawn this morning, is to report to the court then. . The trial concerns an alleged immoral act by Heuvel against Bernice Evelyn Huff, supposed to have been committed more than a year ago when Heuvel was. police chief here and the woman was a prisoner in the city jail, and is one of four morals charges for which the ex peace officer has been indicted, Heuvel is represented by At torneys Herbert P. Welch of Lakeview and Earl Bernard of Portland, while Rex Kimball, as sistant attorney general from Sa lem is working with District At torney Clarence A. Humble in prosecuting the case. Judge Ar- lie G. Walker of McMinnville is presiding. Questioning the prospective jurors was tedious business for both the prosecution and defense in that the Heuvel case has re ceived much discussion in the post year. Both Welch and Bernard ex amined veniremen very closely, asking each if the widespread discussion of the case had caused any opinion to be formed or if the nature of the charges against the defendant had caused any bias or prejudice in the prospective juror's mind. The fact that Heuvel was for merly a police officer was also brought in as a basis lor preju dice. Most of the veniremen ex cused from the box admitted prior opinions, saying they did not feel they could give just con (Continued on Page Three) Free Circulation Of Gold Talked WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (JP) A return to free circulation of gold was proposed today by Sen ators Murray (D-Mont.) and Tay lor (D-Idaho). The two announced they would present a bill to: 1. Permit coinage of a $30 gold piece. 2. Provide for free circulation of gold and the convertibility of gold with currency. 3. Authorize the president to increase the price of gold about $35 an ounce. 4. Permits mints to exchange coined gold or currency for gold bunion. British Chief Says No Need For 'Rivalry" WASHINGTON. Nov. 13 UP) Prime Minister Clement Attle. told an attentive congress today there Is ample room for British and American trade without "any undue rivalry between Us,", The leader of Great Britain's government was applauded vig orously as he spoke at a Joint session in the house of representa tives. Attlee mentioned only briefly the atomic bomb, the announced subject of his conferences here with President Truman. , With Canada's Prime Minister McKenzie King, Secretary o State Byrnes and other cabinet members listening, Attlee de clared: "There is ample room In the world for the products of the great industrial nations like our own to raise the general level! throughout the world. We like to believe in an expansive econ omy and we can see no reason why, the need being so great. lt.a.A r Vi 1 1 ! -J V.a on., lingua J.i.Ih. I. 1 . - ,. Attlee devoted the major portion of his sneeeh in irmim..). friendship between the united States and England. Attlee's mention of the name of Winston Churchill, his pre decessor, brought a burst of applause from his listeners. There was applause from the democratic side when the prime minister spoke of the late Presi dent Roosevelt. Speaking in the house of rep resentatives to senators and congressmen who must approve any U. S. financial aid lor Britain, Attlee frankly sought to remove what he called "some apprehensions" about his labor party's program. Atomic some In his 3000-word address, the British leader mentioned only briefly the prime purpose of his visit to this country to discuss with President Truman the eventual disposition of the se crets of atomic bomb produc tion. Me gave no indication 01 the course which the confer ences are taking. Attlee likened his country to a man in Britain returning from the war to find his home blitzed and his business ruined." "We went all out to win the war and ' now have to start afresh," he said. "Like him, we are facing the future with cour age and a determination to win through." Attlee said he looked forward to "an era of increasing co- continued on Page Three) Yanks Kill 7 Russians BERLIN, Nov. 13 (JP) The American provost marshal said today that seven Russians were killed and five wounded between July and October during alter cations with American troops in the U. S. occupation zone of Ber lin. . . Cooperative efforts have sharp ly reduced the clashes and no fatal altercations have occurred for three weeks, the marshal Lt. Col. Gerald F. Beane of Hol lywood, Calif. said. Dual patrols of Americans now pace the border areas and around "rail stations were many cases of Russian looting." Amer ican sentries also have been or dered to shoot only in self de fense, he said. Beane said "elements are here for a terrific crime wave" in the American sector this winter. Larceny and robbery are the most frequent crimes of Amer ican troops. Beane said causes of rape are practically non-exis tent because "a bit of food, a bar of chocolate or a bar of soap seems to make rape unneces sary." . Oregon Congressman Mott Dies From Heart attack WASHINGTON. Nov. 13 (ff) o T.mo. w Mntt fR-Ore.). a un. .... . - . member of congress since 1933, died yesterday ot a neari at tack on his 62nd birthday. He had been in the Bethesda, Md., naval hospital three weeks and on Thursday underwent an operation for relief of an intes tinal obstruction. The house political lineup now is 241 democrats, 188 re publicans, two members of other parties and four vacan cies. ' , SALEM, Nov. 13 UP) State election officials today were try ing to unravel the state's com plicated election laws to deter mine how to fill the vacancy created by the death yesterday of James W. Mott, Salem, rep resentative In congress from the first Oregon district. Attorney General George Neuner probably will be called in to settle the issue. Acting Gov. Howard C. Bel ton indicated he would call an election, but said he first must determine the procedure. Gov ernor Earl Snell will not return here until about November 22, as he is in California and will go directly from there to the .western governors conference in Cheyenne, Wyo. About all that the state elec tions division has to go on is a 1927 attorney genfiral's opinion outlining two methods of filling a congressional vacancy. Two Methods One method is for the candi dates td run as independent can didates, to be nominated by pe titions or by assemblies. The GDWIPROMISES REJECTED IN MILL TIE-UP Both union and operators' negotiators at conferences held here yesterday and today re jected compromise proposals of fered in connection with the present AFL Lumber and Saw mill Workers strike. Negotiators for the union re jected an offer from Klamath basin district operators for a 12-cents-an-hour wage in crease. Operators' representa tives in turn rejected a union proposal for a general 15-cents-an-hour increase with other pro visions including a union shop clause where requested. 'ine meetings were neld all day Monday and this morning, with 'Oliver Goodwin of the U. S. conciliation service pres ent. The meetings recessed, to be called by either party, leaving the AFL mills and camps in this area stalemated in a strike aimed at $1.10 an hour mini mum. Present minimum Is 87 H cents an hour in the mills and 85 cents an hour in the box factory. . "" . Union Offer ' ' The union offer was for a 19 cent increase to all employe represented by the union, - and an added increase for common labor in the box factory of 2 cents, to eliminate the dif (Continued on Page Three) Bonanza Rancher Dies Of Injuries : Tom Thompson, 70-year-old Bonanza rancher, died at Klam ath Valley hospital late Satur day of injuries thought to have been received in a fight October 20. . In the meantime, state pollc were seeking to serve a war rant against Frank Bryant, itin erant potato picker, against whom Thompson had signed an assault and battery charge Oc tober 21. The district attorney's office said no change had been made in the charge. It Is probable that Dr. George H. Adler, Klam ath county coroner, will con duct a post mortem. The body, is at Ward's. - other is for the political parties to have conventions to choose candidates. However, the law relating to the convention method has been amended so much that it leaves the elections division confused. Mott's office said funeral ar rangements probably will be an nounced in a few days, with both the funeral and burial to be in Salem. Mrs. Mott is leav ing Washington tonight. Mott died in the Bethesda, Md., naval hospital on his 62nd birthday. He was taken there three weeks ago for an opera tion for an intestinal obstruc tion and was believed to be re covering. I BEP. JAMES W. MOTT s r J
