Pearl Probers Told Short's Staff
Knew Jap Consul Destroyed Papers
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 Ml
Congroaslo mil InvoallKntora
hoard toclny that LI. Gon.
Walter C. Short's stuff wan In
iormod beforo tho l'ourl Harbor
attack thut tha Japanese consul
In Honolulu wax burning- his Im
portant papers.
Tho question whether Short
ever miw a imvy iiioshhko to
J'oorl Harbor tollliiK of Japanese
ordora (or code destruction by
their counsels In allied coun
tries has been In dispute
MaJ. Gen. Sherman Miles,
bond of the army InlolllKonco (II-
Dame Fortune
Stacks Deck
Against Trio
SEATTLE, Dee. 3 M'l Liuiy
Luck stacked tho deck aKulnsl
a lone bandit and two panslnii
pedestrians hero Saturday nlifht.
The bandit Is dead and the other
two citizens are In jail,
Tho bandit, Identified by po.
lice s Warren Bollvlllo Colo,
20, stuck up a liquor store,
snatched about $7000 in cur
rency which he stuffed Into a
pillow cover, and ran Into the
street.
Back Bursts
As he hit tho sidewalk, the
dIUow sack burst, scattering the
money on tho around. Two pas-
sersoy, soetnif tno oil! cnance,
helped the iiunmun ifulhcr up
tho bills, then demanded and
got $300 each for their help.
The bandit then forced a cab
driver at gunpoint to drive to
the north end of tho city, then
back downtown. As he was try
Ina to set to his south end ho
tel ho was accosted by Police
Patrolmen Leo Ecott and Frank
Emlllio.
Police said Cole pulled a gun
raooled with Officer Scott
Both Scott and Emllllo fired at
the thug, and shot him to death.
Tho two passing citizens wore
picked up by police ana are now
resting in me city Jan.
Subway Proposed
For Portland
PORTLAND. Dec. S (P)
City councllmcn admitted today
fanciful proposal to ease 1'ori
lands traffic congestion was
bout as near to a solution as
any deliberations to date.
The council has on file a pro
nosal that a subway bo cut un'
dcr the Willamette river with
two traffic loncs and a pcdcslrl
an walk.
CHAPLINS EXPECT CHILD
HOLLYWOOD, Dec, 3 (!')
The Charlio Chaplins expect
tnelr second child some time
next March, the comedian an
nounccd last night. A daughter
was born in August, 11)44 to the
couple. Chaplin's wife is the
former Oona O'Neill, daughter
or Playwright Eugene O Nclll.
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msricei man ouy Paul
Insurance Counselor, 111 N. 9th
St. Phone 7777.
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Your SEARS CREDIT Offlea
vision In 1041, read to a senate
house comnitllco today an affi
davit ho said was obtained from
Col. George F. iilcknell, then
Hawaiian Tntt'lllgonco officer.
Blcknoll said In tho affidavit
that on December 3, 11)41,. ho
learned from naval officers
about the Japuneso messago to
their consuls. Iiickncll udded
ho had learned from Itobert
Shivers, FUI head In Honolulu,
that the local consul was de
stroying his pupers.
Reported Information
In tho affidavit, Blcknoll said
he hud roportcd tills Information
at a stuff meeting held for Short
by Colonel Phillips, Short's chief
of staff. Tho affidavit did not
make It clear whether Short him
self wus in attendance,
I3lcknell sulci in tho affidavit
that he told tho stuff meeting,
held Docembcr 6, thut "some
thing warlike by Japan Is likoly
to happen somewhere"
Henry C. Cluuscn, who Sens.
Ferguson (R-Mlch.) und Brewster
(U-Me.) recently told tho senute
former Secretary of Wur Stimson
"sent around tho world" getting
statement-! from officials who
ft
rcvlously had testified before
tiulry bourds.
Miles took the stand to correct
what ho said wero some errors
In his previous testimony after
William D. Mitchell, committee
counsel, announced that Gen.
George C, Murshall, former
army chief of stuff, would testify
before the committee beginning
Thursday.
Mitchell said Gen. Leonard T.
Gerow, chief of the wur plans
division of the war department
ut tho time of the Pearl Harbor
attack, would follow Miles on
tha stand.
Refutes Statement
Miles suid he had testified last
week be did not know if the
army had been Informed of the
messago the navy sent about
Japanese burning their codes.
He said ho meant to say ho did
not know about it in 1041 but
did know about it last week be
cause he had read Bickncll's af
fidavit. He also wanted It understood,
Miles said, that there had been
no "complacency, In the intelli
gence division thut tho slowness
of decoding and translating Jap
anese messages that had been intercepted.
The committee has been In
formed that several Important
messages intercepted Dciore u&
comber 7, 1041, the day of the
attack, were not translated until
much later.
Stressing that this process en
tailed much technical and de
tailed work. Miles said the intel
ligence division was sure that
tho "devoted men" who were
doing tho work wero rushing It
through as much as they could.
The astonishing thing, he
said, "wus not that the transla
tion of tho messages was dclaved
but thut wo wero able to do It at
an." ,
Roseburg Street
Signs Put On Pan
ROSEBURG, Dec. 3 P) A
California businessman has sent
tins city a quart of paint to re-
letter street signs, but Street
Superintendent George Frew re
ported it unsuitable for outdoor
use.
With the point, Thomas F.
Wallace, Murino, Calif., sent a
note explaining he had been un
able to locate streets in Roseburg
while on a visit hero and native
residents couldn't direct him. He
said finding a friend in Roseburg
would require "radar or a seeing
eye dog."
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Flashes of
Life
RED TAPE
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 3 (IP)
Here's one officer who decided
he'd rather be an enlisted man.
It sounds complicated, but Cnpt.
Hal W. Freeman of Boise, Idaho,
gave up his army commission to
ro-enllst as a muster sergeant to
qualify for a pension.
In the army for more than 30
years, Freeman wus not entitled
to retirement allowance except
for disability.
Now as Muster Sergcunt Free
man, he can request immediate
relcuso and retire at 73 per cent
of his buso buy plus longevity
pny, In his cuso it adds up to
about $159 a month for life.
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IN THE GRAVY
DAVENPORT, la., Dec. 3 (IP)
It tnkes a mighty big tip to get
a rlso these duys out of Bellhop
Thomas P. Haugh Jr.
Tho discharged Pacific war
veteran learned he had Inherit
ed tho $22,000 estate of his
grandfather.
His plans? To stay on the Job
as a bellhop.
Alturas Store
Building Sold
ALTURAS One of the lar
gest real estate transactions of
the year was made this week
when Mr. and Mrs. Oral Leonard
purchased the Belli building
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Belli.
The building, located on Main
street, houses the forest service
offices, telephone and telegraph
office. Bcrkman's grocery, the
Town shop, dental, occiillst and
attorney offices.
The building was erected In
1020 when tho Pickering mill
was being built and is the largest
office and store building in the
city. Tho amount of the trans
action was not made public.
The Leonards will take posses
sion on January 1. All are resi
dents of Alturas.
New World To Print
Daily Edition For
Duration Of Strike
SEATTLE. Dec. 3 UP) The
New World, Seattle weekly, has
arranged to publish a daily edi
tion for the duration of the
printers' strike, Editor Terry
pcttus said Saturday. The
first daily edition is expected
this week.
It will be a tabloid using
Trans-Radion and Chicago Sun
News service. Rep. Hugh Dc
Lacy (D-Wash.) is president of
the Free Press Publishing com
puny, publisher of the New
World.
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Liquid Dynnsmne naj
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rnrinls oro v..-
the sanitary
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Atherton Yill
Leave Station
Cmdr. H. G. Atherton, USNR,
since Junuury 18, 1045, execu
tive officer of the Klamath naval
air station, will leuvc Wednesday
for Scuttle where he reports to
the naval separation center to be
released to inuctlvc duty. Cmdr,
Atherton cume to Klamath Falls
directly from dutv in the South
Pacific and has served continu
ously since that time as station
executive officer.
With Mrs. Atherton. the navy
man plans to go to their home
at Los Gatos, Calif. Atherton is
an architect by profession but
today said his future plans arc
inueiinitc.
Hoist Leaves
Also leaving tno station this
wcck Is Ll. Jose oh out. USN
station secretary and public in.
iormation onicer. L,t, Hoist nas
Dccn on duty here since Decern
ber 4, 1044, and reports to the
naval air station at Patuxent
River, Md. He has one month's
leave and wi l visit In San Fran
cisco with friends before going
to his home In Charleston. S. C
by plane. This is the first Christ
mas Lt. Hoist has spent at his
nome in iz years, ne said today.
Others leaving shortlv include
Lt. John S. Gossclin, USNR, sta
tion commissary officer; Lt.
Cmdr. Paul Richard Couey,
USNR and Lt. William P. Jen
kins, USNR, both connected with
tne ground training department
Lt. Gossclin took his wife and
three children. John. Charles
and Susan, to Pasadena this past
wcck. ne win join tnem wunin
a few days and the family will
return to Aurora, 111., where
Gossclin manaees a hotel.
Lt. Cmdr. Couey. his wife and
young son will leave soon for
Trinidad. Calif., and Lt. and Mrs.
Jenkins and child will go to their
home In Orleans, Ind.
Chief Warrant Officer Clair
W. Darrow, USN, leaves Decem
ber 10 for El Centro. Calif. Dar
row was on the retired list of
the U. S. navy but was called
back for the duration. He will
Nominating Assembly
Slated For Marsh
McMINNVILLE, Dec. i VP)
A nominating assembly in the
interest of Eugene Marsh, speak
er of the Oregon house of rep
resentatives and announced can
didate tot congressman from the
first Oregon district, will be held
here Dec. 14. i
Friends of the McMinnvllle
attorney said public notices re
quired by state law for inde
pendent nominations would be
published today in three news
papers. The assembly, which must be
attended by 2S0 qualified elec
tors of the district, is the second
announced to nominate a succes
sor to the late Rep. James W.
Mott. Supporters of Capt. R. I.
Conn, Lake Grove, will hold a
similar meeting Dec. 10.
Meanwhile. Bruce Soauldine.
Salem, twice-defeated democrat
ic candidate for attorney-general.
announced he also would enter
the congressional race. He said,
however, this was only on con
dition that democrats nominate
him as an Independent at their
assembly Dec. 15 in Salem.
now be retired to inactive duty.
Darrow served as chief pay clerk
at the station where he has been
on duty since last April.
School Bus
Lifted From
Lake Bottom
CHELAN, Wash., Dec. 3 (IP)
Grief-stricken parents of nine
children whose bodies still lie
in snow-rimmed Lake Chelan,
victims of a school bus disaster
which last week claimed a total
of 16 lives, today agreed that
further dragging and diving op
erations be abandoned.
Meanwhile this saddened com
munity made preparations for
funeral and memorial services
for the dead.
Mass funeral services will be
conducted for the children from
the Chelan Masonic temple at
i p. m. Wednesday, services
for the bus driver, Royal Jack
Randle, 26, will be at 2 p. m.
Tuesday, with the Rev. H. B.
Vincent officiating,
There will be a mass memor
ial at the scene of the disaster
on the edge of Lake Chelan
following Wednesday's services.
Lt. Chcp Spencer, director of
vehicle safety inspection for
Washington state patrol, report-
Monday, Dac. 3, 194S
HERALD AND NEWS THREK
ed meanwhile that the school
bus, .recovered, from the lake
yesterday and taken to a garage
for examination, showed "no me
chanical defects that might have
caused the accident."
Hundreds of spectators lined
the lake as the bus, which con
tained the bodies of Randle and
four children, was lifted by
crane to the Lake Chelan dock.
Motor Mechanic William Miller
of the Coulee dam bureau of
reclamation was in charge of
removing the coach.
Bodies taken from the ve
hicle, in addition to Randle's,
were identified as those of Larry
Miller, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Miller; Carl Dam, 6, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Dam;
Barbara Asklund, 8, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Asklund;
Ruth Hawley, 0, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Hawley.
Public Requested
To Donate Gifts
MERRILL The public at
largo, and not Just parents, It
asked to give gifts In tho "Gifts
to Yanks Who Gave," a drlva
sponsored by the American Le
gion auxiliary in Merrill. Gifts
should be left at the grade school
at Merrill before Friday, Decern
ber 7. Ora Burkea is in charge
of the drive.
EVEN-STEVEN -
MEDFORD, Dec. 3 UP)- Dan
Cupid ran a dead heat with Old
Man Divorce in Jackson county
during November.
Court records show BO mar
riage licenses Issued and th
same number of divorces filed.
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TURN IN YOVK USB fATSI
and
warm welcome,
foe.'
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Nrthwst neighbors fool Th
Olympic It their htl. A trt
f haekurtr for eHI of owr
North wit nslghbors whin
thty or In Soattl. Th viae
to which ffhy com naturally,
net at which thoy ffoel Brfct
ly at horn. Where thy rlv
not only vry, but first con
slooratlon. That's th kind f
lac w want It to bo, w
hop that It wHI k.
vt H hasn't kn uy thai
lost wrtrn years. Ivn our
1,000 rooms hav not, many
times, keen enouph. With th
military forces preempting m
percentage of the rooms and
wrbern travel exerting pri
orities. It hasn't always been
pesslkle to do the things w
would Ilk. And se. If we have
had to disappoint you, we hop
you will understand.
lv.it new th tlruatlen hain't
ltog.th.r Improved. But w.
want to talc. car. of you. And
w. will do our utmott to do so.
Our enly recnieit It that, while
xlltlng conditions continue,
you glv. ut at much advance
notice ef your vltlt as ponlble.
H you will do thlt you will not
nly find accommodation! but
worm welcome, awaiting you.
TOM eilDtltllVI
Owural Monofltr
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CHARLIE READ'S SADDLERY
2104 So. Sth
Will move to my ranch in the Henley district afttr
Christmas. Please call for your repair
jobs before Dec. 25th. ;
Thanks.
CUalie Read
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If you'll leave your gifts' in barrels or cash for gifts in
bottles, found in many downtown stores,, the American
Legion will see that they reach C-1. 's still in service.
Why buy'War Bonrfs
when tirtprp icrit'inu mrP
fill VI I II1VIV "J ffCIl
Wait a minute, misferf
Don't be too quick to call it finished!
Sure, the shooting has stopped. But our
fighting men still face a long, tough battle . : :
the battle to switch from soldier to civilian,
from Seaman 1st class to Citizen 1st class.
They're going to need your support in that
struggle just as much, or more, than they did
in the actual fighting.
That' why this last Loan, the Victory Drive,
is the most important of all!
How Is Klamath County's Victory Loan Going?
Klamath Is In 36th Place!
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