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Day's Keiys By FRANK JENKINS PRESIDENT TRUMAN, it hli news conference this morn- kit, llm ritnnrlnra hll HflltMn't lliu'ro the wlcloly publlwlicd fours land suspicions; mm nunmii won't co-OHoralo toward world pence. , , , . THAT li reassuring. The Prcs- Idcnt of the United States KNOWS what Russia In up to. Nn nun nlmt (outside tlio Im mediate Whllo House circle) does. ' Suspicion sprouts from luck of knowledge of what Russia Is drlvluu at. When the President tolls us he ISN'T FEARFUL of Russia it should meun something for ho Is slaking his political futuro when ho ninbos such a stutcmcilt. (If It turns out that he didn't know whut ho was talking uhout, wn will loso confidence In him. Without public confidence In his word, Trumiin can t be re. elected.) . TF we could ELIMINATE IN TKMNATIONAL SUSPICION llbwoukl bo possible to go for- virci townra a woriu in which Y- "ft'iir would not be an over Tsont monncc. i If wo could eliminate DOMES' TIC suspicion, It would be pos sible 10 so oikuiiizo proaucuon nd distribution that plenty for everybody would be possible In this ugo of tho mnchlne. . ' THE best way to eliminate suspicion Is to DEAL FAIR LY and DISCLOSE THE TRUTH FULLY and Impartially. TRUMAN tolls the reporters that General Marshall's basic Job In China will be to "carry out the policies we'vo ulways had there." (It would be Interesting to know In detail, from the Presi dent of the United States, just what theso policies are. With out complete knowlcdgo of them, from an authoritative source, we cun't havo full confidence In them or lend our full support to them.) VYAR lurks always In the back " ground of foreign policy. For common, ordinary people wnr means blood, tears and death. Tho timo Is coming when the people who do tho fighting, the suffering and the dying in war are going to de mand complete frankness about foreign policy. MM III YWE learn today that U. S. naval I" attaches in Japan and some areas of China wero notified ON DECEMBER 4, 1041 (three days before Pearl Harbor) to destroy their secret codes which means that tho navy EXPECTED WAR IMMEDIATELY with Japan. That adds greatly to the snystery of the sitting duck fleet. It adds NOTHING to our con fidence In those who are keep ing tho facts from us. CIX HUNDRED UNRRA cm J ployees aro dismissed for di verting UNRRA supplies Into the European black market. That doesn't prove necessarily that UNRRA Is worthless as a wholo. With cigarettes selling in the European black markots at up to $10 a pack and other things in proportion, it Is In evitable that a certain number of those having access to them should turn crooked. - But BOO out of UNRRA's com paratively small personnel is .TOO MANY. AMONG informed people In K1 Europe, the general feeling as to UNRRA Is that it Is a weak , reed to loan on but at present is ALL WE HAVE.) ENERAL EISENHOWER, In V a report Just released, says: . , "German industry must be raised above tho 5 to 7 per cent of capacity at which it is now operating and It is IMPERATIVE that food bo Imported (Into Ger- . many) WITHOUT THOUGHT , OF PAYMENT." Otherwise, he warns, there . may bo bad trouble. (Trouble, of tho WORST kind, breeds read- . VHy among idle, starving people.) IF we would do more thinking In this country about ways to keep millions of pcoplo from starving and freezing to death and LESS about ways to LEGIS LATE OURSELVES RICH with out work, wo would get farther as a nation, .i. CORD, seeking what It terms "company . security," pro poses tho deduction from union dues collected under the closed shop, check-off system of $5 for each day any union-member em , ployee is off duty in an unauth orized strike. Richard T. Leonard, UAW CIO Ford director, OPPOSES this proposal, saying: "Financial responsibility would bo a SERI OUS MENACE to tho life of the union. Wo can't put that weapon into ANYONE'S bonds." JUST tho same, the tlmo will come when collective bargain ing contracts, like all other business contracts, must be based upon tho principle of financial responsibility, enforceable in tho courts in cases of contract viola tion. Either that or collective bar gaining WON'T WORK. Arriving In United States ' By Associated Press William E. Bouska, T5, iKIamnth Falls, arrived on the Wilson Kcone due in Bos ton November 28. it ui mm Telephone 9111 PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1945 ' o ,C- M 10811 MM GM Offers To With Concilthtors "Illegal" Picketing Hot Issue 225,000 Auto Workers Idle Because Of CIO Strike . DETROIT, Nov. 29 VP) C. E. Wilson, president of General Motors, said today the corpora tion has offered to meet with CoHnrnl conciliators to discuss the strike of CIO United Auto mobile Workers wnicn nus mode 228,000 G. M. employes IHIn. Ho reiterated, however, that General Motors would not re- umi neaotlntions with the union on tho strikers demands for a 30 per cent woge Increase unless what he described as "il legal" picketing ceased and the union modified its wage de mand. Wilson said that In a tele- Ehono conversation with Edgar . Warren, chief of the U. S. conciliation service, he offered to send Harry W, Anderson, GM vlco president in charge of personnel, to Washington for a conference, and suggested also that Warren might come to De troit. " ., ."Probably Best" " Regarding this last tugges lion, Wilson told a ' press con' ferenco today, "probably that would be best, anyhow." Wilson said he told Warren "the first thing to be taken care of Is this Illegal picketing. We think that can be handled here better than in Washington, par licularly since the union said this question is up to the lo cals." Speaking only a few hours a r i c r president Truman in Washington expressed belief G. M. executives should sit down and talk over the wage disputo with UAW-ClO representatives, Wilson said the corporation was not willing to do this until the union modified what he termed lis "30 per cent or else" do- manas, Iran Rebels Abandon March TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 29 (P) Azerbaijan insurgent forces, swerving suddenly in their push down the main railroad toward icnrun, apparently had aban' ooncd todny any attempt to march upon tho Iranian capital itself, but Iranian government troops maintained a vigilant wtuL-ii in mo cnpnai. An official Iranian' envern. ment communique said lost night a small force of Azerbaijans was murcning on tne town of Hcsht, 15 miles from tho Cnsnlnn sea. after taking and then evacuating the town of Taklstan. The insur gents turned northeast toward the Caspian after reaching Tak- lston, the communique sold, In stead oi continuing toward Kaz- vin on tno route to Tehran. Good Prospect! THE DALLES, Nov. 29 (P) Dnerui naroia sexton, driving a convicted forger to the State Penitentiary, wos surprised by a burst of questions as the two drove through Grcsham. "What are you so interested In this town for?" he asked the prisoner. "Oh," sold James Smith, lust thought this would be likely town to pass some checks alter i get out." Speech, Queens, Hams Spur Kiwanis Bond Sale M-ssslllsHsllllllli " i U.i " J"J( it k Captaln Brent Foster, U. S. army, whose speech sparked the Kiwanis Victory bond sal today noon, is shown here planting a nice kiss on on of th hams that drew heavy bidding from the service club men. Admiring the captain in the picture are Klamath's queen candidates Betty Steinman, Agmtss Winlors, Virginia Lea Benoist and Marie Dorlaque. from left to light. . Army Predicted Two Days Before Pearl ; Harbor That Japs Sought To Avoid War WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 VP) Congressional investlga tors learned today that army Intelli gence . officers predicted two days before the Japanese., at tacked Pearl - Harbor that Ja pan's leaders wanted "to avoid a general war in the Pacific." This estimate of . Japan's In tentions was included in mili tary documents given to the senate-house group investigating the Pearl Harbor disaster De cember 7, 1941. These records Truce Move Awaited Here AFL men said here' today that they expect the strike set tlement movement now in full swing in other parts of the state to move in this direction soon, but there had been no lo cal developments. The PIRC, representing operators in this territory, has reiterated a 124 cont wage hike offer, but has not indicated any change in po sition., ' ,' : , . . ' . "We're in the tall cno of the northwest, and developments will probably be later here than elsewhere," one union of ficial said. The Klamath basin AFL negotiators some time ago proposed a 15-cent settlement, which was rejected by opera tors' representatives. Klamath lies between the northern area, where 15-cent settlements ore in progress, and the California districts, where AFL nogotiotors have settled for 12 V, cents. Agreements on 15-cent In creases were spreading through Portland, Pugct sound, Coos Bay and elsewhere. M and M company plywood plants in the northern region were readied for resumption of work after 1000 workers gave the first rank and file ratification of the 15-cent compromise. FORBIDDEN CHURCH HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 29 (P) Forbidden the use of an Epis copal church for the ceremony because she was once divorced, Actress Bette Davis and William Grant Sherry will be married to morrow afternoon in thn chnnel of Mission Inn, a hotel in River side, calif,, she announced today. Fala Hospitalized After Imprudent Tiff With Blaze RHINEBECK, N. Y., Nov. 29 (iP) Fala, tho late President Roosovolt's Scottlo, was in a dog hospital today, victim of an encounter with Elliott Roosevelt's 135-pound bull mastiff, Blaze. Fala was brought to Dr. Thomas Sheldon's hospital last Satur day suffering from loss of blood and numerous tears and bites, which required several stitches. . The little Scottle, which had been staying at Rhlnebeck with Miss Margaret Sucklcy, tho late president's cousin, visited the Roosevelt's Hydo Park estate on Saturday and met Blnze on the lawn, Growled insults wero exchanged, then bites. Barring relapses, Fala will be discharged Sunday. Blaze was uninjured, '. also showed, among other things: . . 1. Army intelligence officers thought 10 days before the at tack that Japan's next military move -would b an' invasion of Thailand. MnJ. Gen. Sherman Mailcs, then acting chief of in telligence, made this prediction in a memorandum to Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff. 2. Gen. Marshall sent a last minute alert to Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, army commander in Hawaii, which was received there about an hour before the Japanese struck.. This message, sent by commercial cable be cause army radio facilities were not working properly, was not delivered to Short until three hours later. Marshall Witness The committee will get , a chance to question Gen. Mar shall about these and other mat ters soon. Chairman Barkley an nounced Marshall will be called as a witness before he leaves for China as President Truman's special envoy within two or three days. As the committeemen turned to military phases of the investi gation, after hearing diplomatic angles discussed for several doys, they learned that Ameri can naval attaches In Japan and some areas of China were noti fied three days before the Pearl Harbor attack to destroy their codes. Gerhard Gesell, committee counsel, : presented a dispatch sent to the attaches December 4 by Admiral Harold R. Stark, then chief of naval operations. This instructed them to "destroy this system" at their discretion State Rests In Mansfeldt Case SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29 (IP) The orosecution today com' pleted its murder case against Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt and the 45-year-old society matron started her Hgnt to prove sne was innocent. - Mrs. Mansfeldt appeared brieht and concerned with pro' ceedings for the first time dur ing her trial for the slaying Oct. 4 of Mrs. Vada Martin, 36-year-old nurse whom she accused of having an affair with Dr. John H. Mansfeldt. The physician committed suicide shortly after the nurse s slaying, "Malaya Tiger" Denies barges MANILA, P. I., Nov. 29 lP) Direct examination of Lt. Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita, testifying in his own defonse on war crimes charges, concluded today with the former Philippines com mander steadfastly denying any knowledge of atrocities commit ted by his Japanese army sub ordinates. In response to questions by his defense attorneys, Yamashfta ad mitted close liaison with . his various chiefs of staff but snapped an emphatic no" to a question whether he ever issued any orders for killings or brutal treatment nr civilians. and to report their actions by re Dlvine with words "iabberwock" and "boomerang." Admiral mis- band E. Kimmel, then command' er of 'the I Pacific : fleet, Was marked m for a cony. - Ma). Gen. Afiles, a brigadier general at the time of Pearl Har bor, testified first as the com mittee probed military actions prior to tne attacK. Race Close In Queen Contest Holding her lead In the Klam ath Victory Queen contest is Betty Steinman with 1192 bal lots turned in to bond headquar ters to her credit. Agness Win ters is second with a total of 912 votes. Virginia Lee Benoist Is credit ed with 853 . votes, and ; Marie uonaque has zd. . Ruth Nelson of bond ' head. quarters announced today that all ballots must be turned into her office from issuing agents be fore December 8 when the con test closes. Cloia Race Despite the relatively slow start in the contest it has become a close race among the four con testants. However, Klamath county's E bond sales still rank 35th in. state standing in , the present drive. Figures on the bond quotas of various organizations also were released today. The Business and Professional Women's club has reached 53 per cent of its quota with $45,200 in bond pur chases. The Junior chamber of commerce has $75,800 in pur chases which totals 38 per cent of its quota. The Kiwanis club has $49,000, or 20 per cent of its quota, in bonds. The Lions have reached 20 per cent of their quota with $30,000 and the Ro tary ciud has 14 per cent, or 000. 73 Drowned By Tidal Wave BOMBAY,' Nov. 29 P) Thirteen persons were drowned today by a tidal wave which swept the beaches at Bombay. The tidal wave was believed to be the result of the earth quake reported yesterday some where at sea. Observatory ex perts placed the center of tne mmke in the' Arabian sea at a point equidistant from Karachi and Bombay off western India. The experts said the shock was one of the worst recorded here in 96 years. -No earthquake damage was reported to any American instal lations In the juomDay area. WEATHER , WEATHER (November 29) . Max. (Nor. 28) v 40 Min 21 Precipitation last 24 hours..:. .18 Stream year to date ............3.90 Normal ....2.63 Last year ....3.19 Forecast! Scattered Showers, Friday Shooting Hours Klamath-Tulelak ; Opto 7 a. m, Cloit 4:21 p. in. Chief Pennies Ulcack AoirEce12 Adtiviffie HERFORD, Germonv, Nov. 29 (AP) Leo J. Margolin, chief of the United Nation re- ief and rehabilitation administration's Information bureau in Europe, said in a statement today thot 600 UNRRA employes had been di smissed for incompetence within the past few months. He said most of those dismissed were nat lonals of European countries. Maraolin declared he wished to correct a previous Associated Press report which ouoted him as saying 600 UNRRA workers, a majority of them Americans and British, had been dismissed, suspended or arrested. tin London the European office of the UN saia me previous report that the dis missals were in connection wun -r- two-month investigation into Police Nab Tvo Heuvel Witnesses Picked up by police at Antl- och, Calif., yesterday, Willie Man Collins. 17. and her sister. Margarette Collins Ruland, 20, have been reieasea on meir promise to come to Klamath Falls and appear as material witnesses agoinst Earl HeuveL former chief of police, in con nection with a contributing to the delinquency of a minor charge, an Associated Press re port disclosed today. The vounser girl is the com- DlalninK witness against Heuvel on the contributing charge. He was indicted by a grand jury last January.- - Heuvel was acquitted of a morals charge involving an other girl recently, but is still under . indictment . on inree counts and is free on $16,000 bail. : At the time of the signing of her complaint, Willie Mae Collins charged that the peace officer made improper advances toward her after she had been picked up in Klamath Falls for vagrancy. At the time Heuvel was chief of police. She also accused him of mak ing improper advances toward her sister, Margarette, who was picked up at the same time. - Girls Relaliad . After . aisnine the cbmpraliit the Collins girls -were released by officials, cere wrtn tne un derstanding that they would return for the trial.' Heuvel' dis appeared, from Klamath Falls shortly before the indictment was returned, but was brought back from Arkansas to face the four counts against him. The first trial, which was a four-day sensation in circuit court here, was concluded two weeks ago and Heuvel was found not guilty by a unani mous- vote of the Jury. It is understood at the court house that Judge Arlie G. Walk er of McMinnville, who is hear ing the cases, has set January 28 as the date for the next Heuvel trial but there has been announcement of which charge will be tried next. Steel Workers Favor Walkout PITTSBURGH, Nov. 29 VP) With nearly complete returns from the steel workers' strike ballot showing a heavy major ity in favor of a walkout, the ClO-tlnited Steel Workers today issued a call for its wage policy committee to meet here Decem ber 10 to consider the action of its members. - The union is demanding a $2 a day increase In wages. Unofficial returns to the na tional labor relations board from hundreds of polling places in 27 states showed a nearly 5' to-1 vote favoring a strike. The vote this afternoon stood: For a strike 391,457; against UU.U3U.' This vote included complete returns from the populous steel centers of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and several other states. HESS TO TAKE OFFICE LA GRANDE, Nov. 29 (P Oregon s newly anno in ted u. district attorney Henry Hess of La Grande said today he ex pects to take office January 1, succeeding Carl C. Donaugh. . Hess reported he had not yet been officially notified of his appointment, confirmed Tuesday by tne senate. Mack market activities in Ger many "is completely Inaccu rate." ("The facts are that 600 UNRRA officials in Germany have been removed for unsatis factory service in the process of strengthening personnel en gaged in displaced persons ac tivities," the UNRRA statement said. ("By some misunderstanding thl teems to have been linked up with the announcement that one UNRRA worker of Czech rationality has been imprisoned for theft and that others have been suspended ). .- Dismissed Mareolin said that during the past few months the 600 em ployes had been dismissed for incompetence as part of a" re organization put into effect by Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick A. Mor gan, UNRRA director in Germany. "UNRRA officials are doing everything in their power to ferret out any incompetence and . dishonesty in the ranks," Margolin's statement said. "The overwhelming majority or me UNRRA workers in Germany are honest, sincere and loyal and dedicated to the care of dis placed persons who are inno cent victims of war," his state ment concluded. Marshall Plans Trip To China . WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 VP) Armerf with broad cowers. Gen. f!.'. Marshall soed pre? oarations today Jor..a iauick flight to China as his predeces sor's explosive resignation head ed for an airing on Capitol Hill. Chairman Connelly 0Tex.) of the senate foreign relations rnmmittee told reporters ' he plans to call both MaJ. Gen. Pat rick: J. nuriey ana oeuremry u State James F. Byrnes before a closed door session, perhaps Monday. ' The purpose, Connally said, will be an informal discussion of Hurley's contention that he had been crossed up as ambassa dor to China by subordinates both in the state department and at Chungking. - Connally stressed, however, that he has no intention of or dering any such full-dress hear ing as Senator Wherry (R-Neb.) demanded in a bitter senate speech late yesterday. This would have covered just about everything connected with the state department, the Atlantic charter and the Potsdam big three agreement. Weather Makes Driving Risky Roads leading Into this area wero nvert with a thin coat of ice and frost as the early morn ing temperature here was record ed at 21 degrees ay uie u. wen thormnn Drivlns was haz ardous and although state police said no serious accidents had been reported, motorists were urged to use caution traveling the mountain roads. : New snow fell last night on the Willamette, Santiam, The nallps-Taliforaia and Waplnitia highways and the state highway commission advised the use of chains. The pavement on these highways had been cleared of snow and ice by the rainstorms of the past week. The temperature dropped to 17 at OdeU on the Willamette nass and four inches of new snow last night made the high way slippery. There also was four inches of new snow on The Dalles-California highway north of Klamath Falls. Roads near Bend were icy, reports from there advised. 8 Men Die; 16 Hurt In Plane Crash AUBURN. Calif.. Nov. 29 (IPS Eight men, including three crew- ' men, were killed and 18 were ' injured, .all seriously, in. an army C-47 transport plane crash near here last night, the DeWltt Army General Hospital report ed today, after a recheck of cas- ualties. First reports that nine had been killed resulted from the counting of one very badly burned Japanese-American com bat veteran passenger as both dead and injured, it was ex plained. Aside from the crew, those on the plane were, with one possible exception, all Japanese . American combat veterans mak ing their last flight before dis- charge. The big craft, en route to Me. Clellan field, Sacramento, from Palm Springs, Calif., plunged in- to a mountainside in rainswept ; darkness about 7:20 p. m. (PST) and immediately caught fire. . - 4 All of the 22 passengera aboard are believed to have ' been Japanese-Americans who ' fought with the ninth air corps ' in Italy and were on their way j Lamp seaie, tjaui., separation center for discharge before being sent to their homes in Hawaii. Identified The dead have been identified tentatively as the plane's three crewmen and five of the passen gers, Lt. Victoria Le Fevre De witt : public relations officer, re ported. : i.v-i No names of casualties or in- -ffireH unll h rljiaivl until na of kin have been notified.- . Five bodies were found In or near the wreckage soon after nearby ranchers reached the scene. Three other bodies were located hours later. The ninth man died in the surgery at De- : witt hospital as he was being ' treated for injuries, Lt. Le Fevre said. The 16 survivors were given ' emergency attention at Dewitt and are expected by attending : physicians to live. Kiwanis Bond Sale $46,675 Kiwanis club members, spur red by a1 hard-hitting speech from an anti-aircraft captain, purchased $46,675 in E Victory bonds at a rousing session at noon, today at the Willard. - ; Captain Brent i oster. wlie served in the European theater and was a prisoner of war, told ' the Kiwanis of the need for "fin- ! ishing the lob, pointing out ' that if the employes of a busi ness quit an hour early every day, they wouldnt finish the job but they would probably finish the business. .' Bob Thompson was auction eer, with hams, bacons, candy, cigarettes, cigars, whiskey and a year's pass to local theatres offered on the block. - Highest bid- was $5000 the individual limitfor a ham. - The bond queen candidates were introduced.. Unique "Blind Date" Party Sponsored By Klamath US0 Want a date with a nrettv eirl? If you're a serviceman, the USO will give you a chance; The local USO club is sponsoring a blind date party at 6 p. m., Satur day, and three , lucky servicemen will not only get dates but dinner at Sari's and tickets to the dance at the armory. All at no ensf ti them ' . ' Three girls have been chosen from the Junior Hostesses who win seleet their Minrt dates. From a eroun of six servicemen who will be chosen Saturday night, the girls will single out their escorts, "sight unseen." None of the people participating in the affair will see one another, but they will be allowed to talk from behind screens. Each of the three girl9 will choose one oi two men, and their evening of dining and dancing will begin. ' Another USU activity wnicn is getting special auenuon uum servicemen is the ping pong tournament. Each weekend the win ner is given a long-distance call to his home or any place of his own choosing, and the bill is paid by the USO. Violent Storms Hit Northeast By The Associated Press Winter struck the most severe blow of the season to the north eastern section of the nation to-: day, with snowfall up to. 16 inches and at least three known deaths. . In some places violent rain-: storms preceded the snow and . sent streams out of their banks. Rainstorms, approaching hur ricane violence in the Boston area, tossed boats ashore, up rooted trees, downed wires and caused other damage, while surging rivers spilled dver into New Jersey towns. In Lakewood, N. J.,' Mrs. Clara Hyman, 50, war crushed to death when a six-foot chimney was blown down onto the roof of a room in which she was sleeping. Two New York deaths were attributed to the storm. In both cases the victim reported struck by automobiles during the gale. BOND SALES JUMP PORTLAND, Nov, 29 VP) Sales of E Victory bonds lumpea substantially yesterday per cent to $10,- oi i tne 340.00046 nunta. . Sales of all issues to individ uals in Oregon hit $29,150,000 73.8 per cent of the goal. - i
