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M V 1 J PRICE FIVE CENTS By FRANK JENKINS JOHN M. HIGHTOWER, of the J Washington stuff of tho AP, nays In u dispatch toduy: "Itusslu hold tho key to suc ecus or fulluro of tho Anglo Amorlcun atomic control pro gram. Amurlcun officials my tho noxt movo Is up to Moscow. Whnt ho moans Is that If Rus sla COOPERATES wo may bo ulo to make of atomic energy a usuful TOOL OK PEACE In. stead of tha most terrible of ull Instruments of wur. nUSSIA holds ino key to nearly everything wo bono for in tha way of a better world the.io days. And lluralu Is tho CHEAT MYSTERY almost as perplex ing as atomic energy itself. Like atomic energy, Russia holds limitless possibilities for good or evil. - TJOPE as to Russia Is held out by General Elsenhower, a great and WISE leader who hus ecu for months In direct, per sonal contact with RUSSIANS. Ho tells Joint session of con gress: "Russia has no slightest thing to gain by war with the U. S. I believe tho Russian policy is FRIENDSHIP with tho U. S. There is in Russia a desperate and continuing concern for the lot of the common man. and they want to bo friends with us." rR. COMPTON, new hcod of Washington State college, offers a pregnant thought today, lie says: "Our nation will not find the answers to peace-time problems If we seo in atomic energy only threat of annihilation; we WILL find them If we see In It the promlso of a more abundant life.'' WE are stundlng at a monien- toys crossroad in human hls- wry. ng canv o ull id un- di earned of heights of progress and happiness. OR wo can go down Into the abyss of utter and complete ruin. It Is for us to make'ihe choice. TTHE decision (whatever it is to -. be) will lie not so much in the realm of science as In that of HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS. Science can bo a power for either good or evil depending on how It is used by HUMAN BEINGS. I . RUT enough of moralizing. Let's get back to present realities. A spokesman for Chiang Kai shek says today that Chungking troops will soon begin a mass movement Into Manchuria in TRANSPORT PLANES turned over to Chungking China BY THE UNITED STATES. (There is an interesting and perhaps fateful suggestion in tho news that these planes aro to bo flown by AMERICAN CREWS.) It looks very much as if we have decided to back Chungking to wlpo out the Chlncso commun ists, rrom their bitter and angry attitude, wo can guess that tncso communists already regard us as on enemy. IT Is practically unthinkable that wo would movo In against tho Chinese communists In the faco of certain Russian opposi tion to such a course UNLESS our leaders have decided that tho time Is hero for a showdown with Russia. , ALONG that line, Admiral King tolls congress . todoy that demobilization has proceed ed with such a rush that tho navy Is NOT NOW PREPARED to fight a MAJOR BATTLE If called upon to do so. If that Is true, we aro play ing ft DANGEROUSLY UNWISE (Continued on Pago Two) ( Jietteti ta flolm Public: Tho boys on the fighting front havo finished their Job. The Victory Loan gives us our chance our last chance to finish our Job, Tho solo of bonds is needed to assist the returned soldier to completo his education, to provido proper caro for tho wounded and tho sick, and to assist In bringing thoso boys back homo. Our fighting men invested tho years of their ydung manhood, somo suffered wounds, some mado tho sti promo sacrifice. Wo ore asked to invest our savings nothing more In Victory Bonds Wo ask that you call at your local bank or Issuing agency immediately and purchaso your share of Vic- ' tory Bonds. Wo might add that Jackson county Is way ahead of us In sales, and wo know that tho people of Klamath county aro not going to stand for this. Won't you plcaso call and purchase your bonds Immediately. , REDS FIRE AT TRAIN BEARING U. S. GENERAL SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (IP) The U. S. China theater hcaduuarters reported today that a train bearing Mil). Gen. DcWltt Peck, first marlno division command er, was under fire from a communist-occupied north -China village yesterday. General Peck, uninjured, re quested that U. S, planes strafe tho village if tho firing contin ued, headquarters disclosed. Lt, Gen. Albert C. Wcde moyer, commanding U. S. forces in China, In a careful reply au thorized "appropriate military action," but only after "consid erable" warning to tho village and adequate precautions to avoid ondungering Innocent per sons. Headquarters was unable to confirm Tientsin reports that marines aboard the train return ed tho fire. The report of the attack was received by Wcdcmoyer from MaJ. Gen. Keller Rockey, com mander of the third amphibious corps, Rockey's message said tho train was en route from Tangshan to the coal port of Chlnwangtao, and Unit the small arms fire was coming from a village 600 yards north of Lwanhslcn. Warning Issued Rockey Instructed Peck to send an emissary to tho village to inform the communist leader that "if firing continues I will order an air strafing mission against tho village," Rockey's message also report ed that 300 yards of track and roadbed of the railway had been destroyed by mines, causing sav eral casualties among Chinese workers. No American casual tles wcre reported. Wodcmeyer In his reply said, In part: , "It is desired that you In form the military leader or re sponsible authority in that vil lage In writing, both through a carefully selected emissary and through dropped leaflets that fire from that particular village is endangering American lives and that such firing must be stopped. "After Insuring that your warning to said military leader or responsible authority has been received and understood, and should firing that Jeopard izes American lives continue, you are authorized to tako ap propriate military action. . "Your warning and action should include necessary mcas (Continued on Pago Two) No New Car Prices Set WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (VP) Mum's tho official word today on when price ceilings for new automobiles will bo announced. Tho OPA, studying fresh cost Information submitted by deal ers, Is declining to crawl out on any more limbs with predic tions about the long-awaited an nouncement. Price Administrator Chester Bowles had said ceilings for some makes of cars would be disclosed yesterday. He cancelled that plan to take a good look at dealers' new ar guments that they can't absorb any prico increases granted to manufacturers. ' It was tho second postpone ment in a wecK. Mcanwhllo, don't-quotc-mo of ficials of tho agency aro saying they'll bo surprised if thcro is any announcement beforo next week. Chairman, Victory Loan Committee , Telephone Bill KLAMATH FALLS. OREOON. Pearl Harbor h obers Ask Whether Cruiser Boise Sighted Jap Force f It,' 't ' r ft I if l.TOCCT.ll?V'.' ' 1 . - . Frank Richardson, wearing his Purple Heart Medal and holding his nlne-months-old-son, Frank. Jr., sits on the curb with his wife after their eviction from their home in Yonkers, N. Y. by a new owner who needed the rooms the were occupying. . . (AP Wirephoto) 2500 Fans Expected To Pack Marine Gym Saturday Night For Jack Dempsey Show With the seating capacity of the Marino Barracks gymnas ium shuffled to accommodate some 2800 fans expected at the Jock Dempsey show Saturday night, this special event ar ranged by the Victory Loan committee was slated to pack the big post building to capac ity. General admission Is by bonds of any E type and the ringside scats are going for a $200 Roosevelt Memorial bond each. There were 1000 of these Purchase of the Klamath Flower shop from Mr. and Mrs. O, R, Mocllcr .by . Charles . H, Mack and Sanford Rose was an nounced todoy. - Tho transfer of the property, Including tho downtown shop 1211 Main, and the greenhouses in Altomont, took place today and the new owners are operat ing the business as of today. The Mocllcrs plan to help out the new owners for somo time, and Mrs. Mocllcr will have an active part in operation of the shop. The Mocllcrs entered the florist business in Klamath Falls about 25 years ago. Mack and Rose are brothers-in-law. Land Agent Mack Is at present public re lations and land agent for the Klamath branch of the Weyer haeuser Timber company, and will work part-time at Weyer haeuser until tho first of the year. Ho is a former Klamath county assessor, and a member of a pioneer Klamath county family. At one time he was night editor of The Herald and Nows. Rose lived In Klamath Falls from 1032 lo 1938, working for tho postofflco, operating a serv (Continued on Pago Two) Court Convicts Beast Of Besen LUENEBURG. Germany, Nov. 16 (!) A British military court todny convicted Josef Kramer, tho "Beast of Belsen," and 20 other S. S. defendants of committing atrocities and brutal ities at the Bolscn and Oswicclm concentration camps. Fourteen others, including five women, were found innocent at the climax of tho nine-week trial. Two of tho major defendants convicted with Kramer, who had commanded both tho Bolscn and Oswicclm camps, were Dr, Fritz Kloln and blondo Irmn Grose, 22-ycnr-old guard. Tho court is expected to sen tence tho throo tomorrow. Sen tences may rango from fines and Imprisonment to death by hang ing or shooting. FRIDAY. HO V Veteran And Family Evicted ; . rV-T3j'' We?... ..I 44 Mif v . t scats available late todays but the .demand, appeared to be in creasing. , ;.: The program starts promptly at 7:30 p. m. with- music by the post band, followed by "The Halls of Montezuma" and in troduction of Colonel Charles T. Brooks, commanding officer of the post, by Sgt. P. G. Smith, who will MC the show. Lt.Cmdr. Dempsey will step into the ring at this point and will give a 20-minute talk be fore he referees the four bouts, two between marine fighters and two between high school fighters. Marine Eddie Thomas will introduce the fights and Sgt. Smith will present the show which includes two vocal num bers by Frank L. Yantorn, a fire-eater act by Wencil J. Danek, blackface act. by Thur man Miller, and guitar numbers Army Discharge Rules Changed WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 () The war department announced today that all army enlisted men with three or more children un der" age 18 will be discharged upon request. This was one of several changes in discharge regula tions which the department said will release an additional 783, 000 persons. In. addition to a slight reduc tion in point scores for discharge of enlisted men and officers and enlisted Wacs effective Decem ber 1, the changes: Provide for length of service, regardless of age, as a discharge factor; and release of all mar ried Wacs, both officers and en listed women who enlisted prior to May 12, 1945. Jap Admiral Takes Stand In "Malaya Tiger" Trial By JOHN GROVER MANILA, Nov. 16 (P) The prosecution's war crimes case against Lt. Gen, Tomoyuki Ya mashita entered Its final phase today with a Japanese admiral on the stand. Whether a Philippines sur preme court order can be al lowed to halt the trial mean while was referred to General MacArthur. Lt. Gen. Wllhelm D. Styer, commander of army forces in the western Pacific, continued to Ignore commonwealth court order that he show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be Issued on Yamashlta's be half. Effect of such a writ would be to take tho enso irom tho hands of the military com mission now hearing it. Army , Issued Orders Vice Adm. Donshichi Okoo chl, commander of Japanese naval forces in the southwest Pa cific areas a year ago when the battle for the Philippines en WEATHER NEWS (November 16) Mix. (November 15) 40 Mln. 31 Precipitation last 24 hours 10 Stream r" to date 2.38 Normal 1.87 Last ytar 2.9S Saturday Shooting hours Klamath-Tulelake Open 8i45 a. m. Close 4i38 p. m. by James " Turnage and Don Larigdon. AH 'fire-members of tne marine corps. &iton xnomp son, chairman of the Victory Loan will be introduced by Sgt. Smith, and Thompson in turn will do the honors for Cmdr. Dempsey. Colonel Charles T. Brooks said today that anyone holding a ticket to the Jack Dempsey show tomorrow night would be invited to enjoy privileges of the post swimming pool from 1 to 5 p. m. Saturday. TO ENTER WEST Any girls not having sponsors for entry in the Klamath county Victory Queen contest, but who are interested m entering snouici contact Marvin Hixon, chairman of the contest, at telephone 6817. Hixon will help the girls in lo cating sponsors. He urged that all girls inter ested contact him immediate ly since the contest will close December 8. Girls , who enter the contest earlier will have a better chance, to draw votes, it was pointed out. . So far, two nominees, Agness Winters and Betty Steinman, have become candidates in the contest. Originally the winner of the statewide contest was to com pete for the western title in Hollywood with girls irom iu other states, but this has been changed and only four states will be included. ' Bond buyers will receive bal lots when they purchase their (Continued on Pago Two) tered its climatic stages. testl fied today that the Japanese army not the navy issued tactical orders at Manila while atrocities for which the prosecu tion blames Yamashlta occurred. Chief Prosecutor Maj. Robert Kerr said he hoped to finish his case Saturday. Defense testi mony is expected to require sev eral weeks. Styer has been unavoilable for comment and so far has not ac cepted service of the Philippines court summons, inquiries of nis whereabouts unfailingly get an "on insDcction tour reply. From a legal standpoint, Styer contends the Philippines court is without Jurisdiction over the United States army, a spokesman said. However, decision on the action has been referred to Gen eral MacArthur, it was learned hero, because tho allied com mander himself turned over civil functions of the common wealth government to President Sergio Osmcna, Number 10S71 E WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (JP) Republicans today raised the question whether the American cruiser Boise sighted at sea the Japanese force which attacked Pearl Harbor but failed to report it because of orders for "radio silence." Rep. Gearhart (R-Callf.), mem ber of the senate-house commit tee investigating the disaster, asked that Rear Admiral T. B. Inglis, a navy witness, investi gate to determine "whether the officers and crew of the Boise sighted the attacking Japanese fleet during the first week of December." Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) asked that Inglis supply the com mittee with the complete record of the Boise's movements in the period immediately prior to the December 7, 1941 attack. Inglis agreed to both requests. Gearhart, in response to a re porter's question after the com mittee hearing recessed, said he had received information that the Boise- did see the Japanese force. Fight Aboard "My information is that there was a fight aboard the Boise over whether thev should break oraers lor radio sirence and re port If and the captain decided tney snouid not," tie added. - Gearhart said that later in the hearings he expected witnesses to be presented who would tell the Boise story. The Boise angle was broueht up after democrats and republi cans clashed vigorously over procedure during the second day of testimony which brought these other develop ments: 1.- Disclosure that the navy had ordered the convoying of merchant vessels in the Pacific 12 days before the Japanese at tack. ; 2. A suggestion by Gearhart that Gen. Douglas MacArthur had been ordered in the Philip pines not to fire on the Japan ese until they fired first. 3. A further suggestion by Gearhart that it was "strangely significant that radar on the Hawaiian Island of Uatiu had been ordered shut down at 7 a. m.. an hour he said was recog nized as the most propitious for attack. "Hearsay" Evidence Gearhart's criticism of what he said was "hearsay" evidence presented by Col. Bernard Thle lan and Admiral Inglis on behalf of the war and navy depart (Continued on Page Two) Former Klamath Man's Brother Killed In Wreck ASHLAND, Nov. 16 () Michael W. Mirlch, 27, Bend, was killed and his brother George seriously Injured in an accident just north of the city limits last night. " Deputy Coroner C. W. Llt willer said the brothers' auto mobile attempted to pass a log ging truck. The side of the au tomobile was sheared off by the logs. Michael Mirlch was killed al most immediately. Hospital at tendants here said the other man, who received head lacera tions, would recover. George Mirlch, who holds the Distinguished Service Cross and other army awards, enlisted at Klamath Falls. Recently dis charged, he has been operating a service station Et Salem. Barracks May Be Declared Surplus The Klamath Falls Marine Barracks may soon be declared surplus and turned over to the surplus pronertv board. A special Washington dis patch appearing in a Portland paper reported the Klamath In stallation among many which will soon be turned over for dis posal, but other substantiation of this report has not yet been received. Building work at the Marine Barracks is still going on. RADIO 5 LEND I HAVE BEEN GENERAL Trial May Go To Jury Late In Afternoon Charging political conspiracy and frame-up In the IndlcN ment and prosecution of Earl Heuvel on morals counts, De fense Attorney Herbert P. Welch declared in his closing state ment to the jury this morning that a conviction returned on such evidence as the prosecution had submitted In this case "would hang a sword of Damocles over the head of every police officer In Klamath county." The trial is expected to go to the Jury late this afternoon. "This whole affair shouts conspiracy," Welch told the jury. "The fact that Heuvel is not being tried on the first indictment ogainst him, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and that both girls in this case, Bernice Evelyn Huff and Virginia Rose Gibson, were always in the office with Heuvel together makes me believe it's a frame-up. "It looks to me like one girl was to commit the act and the other to testify to it," he stated. Welch declared he would like ' , to nave bad the Gibson girl in court ana assailed tne prosecu tion for not putting her under bond or in Jail as a material witness to make sure she ap peared. A subpoena was issued to bring Virginia into court in October, state witnesses have testified, but she has disap peared from her home in The Dalles and has not been located. Welch -attempted to discredit the testimony of Bernice Huff, which is the prosecution's pri mary evidence against the ex chief of police, on the grounds that she admittedly nas an ex tensive police record d that she lied about her past on the stand. A conviction on such testi mony, he maintained, would make every police officer in the county afraid to iioal with women prisoners. Both Welch and Earl Bernard termed the prosecution's case as flimsy, just the uncorroborated testimony of the Huff girl, and declared that repeated reference to the condition of the local jail was merely clouding the issue. "I thought I came here from Lakeview to defend a man on a sodomy charge," Welch told the jury, "not to investigate the condition of the Klamath Falls jail." - Early in his summary Pro secutor Rex' Kimmell ridi culed Heuvel's claim that he was a victim of a "frame-up or political conspiracy."' ". I - He pointed Out - that - the charge in this case was based on evidence first given the authorities in Wasco county, Oregon, and asked if the jury believed the Wasco county district attorney's office bad initiated a political conspiracy in Klamath county. He said further that any luch con spiracy would involve the dis trict attorney's office of Klamath county, the attorney general's - office, the county grand Jury and implied that such a widespread conspiracy would be an impossibility. Tn his summation of the state's case before the jury, Dis trict Attorney Clarence A. Humble, taking his first active part in the trial, refuted Heu vel's testimony of yesterday that he- thought he was being persecuted. "Hell Hole" He dwelt on the condition of Hi lockuD. calling it a "hell hole in the basement of the city hall," ' and declared : that tne threat of having to spend 30 days in the women's cell did constitute the coercion and un due influence under which Ber nice Huff allegedly committed an immoral act with the ex peace officer. A motion by the defense for a directed verdict of not guilty was denied by Judge Arlie G. Walker.. Bernard had asked the di rected verdict on the grounds that Bernice's testimony was not corroborated and that her ac tions in not making any outcry or attempt to get help made her an accomplice to the alleged act. Prosecutor Rex Kimmell. ar guing against the motion, de clared that every mi oi evi dence received from city police officers on the witness stand did corroborate her testimony and that eye witnesses to sex crimes are rarely ever available. A complete and emphatic de nial of all the charges and alle gations placed against him by Bernice Evelyn Huff was the gist of Ex-Pollce Chief iieuvei s testimony as he took the stand as the defense s only witness, After Heuvel had been ques (Continued on Page Two) Deport Tule Renunciants, Says General Wainwrighi PORTLAND, Ore., Nor. 16 (AP) Gen. Jonathan M. u.t i - r.M M watrAiHA. told a oroii con ference today that Japanese citizenship should be deportea. "xl-.. l- n anemv aliens luit Of it they never had had citizenship," said the Corregidor hero, referring to the attempt or Japanese inrerneee ui Calif., to regain citizenship. , , . , The general, tired from appearance's before cheering thousands in Oregon and Washington towns but declaring "I can take it," talked to newspapermen before leaving on RUSSIA HOLDS KEYTOATDMIG BOMB PROGRAM By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (P) Russia holds the key today to success or failure of the Anglo American atomic control' pro gram.- American officials say the next move is up to Moscow, Hence the immediate future is viewed as an extremely cri tical period by those who regard the existence of the atomic bomb as probably the foremost problem of diplomacy in the world. v During this period the ability of the great powers to work to gether in the United Nations for the prevention of war is bound to undergo a severe test. ,The outcome of the test may well determine whether the United Nations will be a strong and effective organization in the years ahead. . . : ; This In turn may have much to do with whether the world wakes up some morning to find . itself tor'to atomic war with , several of its -major cities si- , ready blasted out of existence. Laid Groundwork President Truman. Prima Minister Attlee of Britain and Prime Minister MacKenzie King of Canada laid the groundwork (Continued on Page Two) Japs Riot For Food TOKYO, Nov. 16 (8) Twen-ty-three hundred hungry resi dents of Hokkaido, northernmost Japanese home island, seized iooa rrom larmers, storehouses and mills on two successive . days, the newspaper Asahi re ported today. Some of them left money in payment. The food rioters spilt Into small bands for their forays, the Z newspaper said. Miners of Shi gejirl and Adshlra districts paid for the food they seized, in a 1000-person foraging raid No vember 13. Similar raids by groups totaling 1300 persons oc curred next day, Asahi said. Nineteen thousand pounds of milled foods were seized. Sixty policemen have been as signed to guard the vicinity, and civilians joined to form a vol unteer defense corps. Violence Feared ' . The rioting was the first re- ported for many weeks, but gov ernment spokesmen here are openly concerned over the possi bility of violence in the food less, fuelless winter ahead. The government already has appealed to farmers to sell their produce at legal prices, but the' lure of black-market profits is strong. The Japanese government to day admitted its control over the sale of fresh vegetables and fish was in "a state of complete col lapse" and allied headquarters, immediately ordered into opera tion the Japanese plan to abolish price controls on perishable foods. ... . This Is expected to Increase prices beyond the current ceil ings but keep them under black market prices. It also should re sult in substantial gains in per ishable foods for city dwellers who have been unable to obtain .vegetables. who hare renounced American if
