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JL M JVL m i By FRANK JENKINS 'AT Moaoow today, Molotov en- tertulna Bvrnoi and Bavin nd their entire dologatlona it luncheon at tho BporondUka puluce. Thereafter tho Big Three foreign ministers begin their formal conversations In which, the dlsputchos Inform us, "tho torn bomb Is reported to be of tho UTMOST Importonce." THAT is eaally bollovod. The atom bomb In of the utmost importance in EVERY Inter, national conference, of whotovor kind. The atom bomb inhered In a new world, In which all the old rules are outdated, . YESTERDAY'S meeting lasted . thrco hours and 19 minutes. Tho heavily censored dispatches tell us: "Persons present (at the meet ing) emphasized again the cordlul atmosphere which prevailed, and wild this is Indicative that all is going well," ' It Imllciitcs at least Unit every body proscilt Is budly enough scurod lo bo extremely polite on tho surfnee. THE progress of tho conference so fur Is pictured for us as follows: "Tho first session was taken up with routino procedural mot tor, the second was devoted to filing papers by all three sides and getting the discussions lined up, and tho third was occupied ' with 'exploration' of tho issues," As Octavus Rcy Cohen puts It In his stories of Birmingham's colored people, "you soys words, but they don't mean nuffin." That is the time-honored way of diplomacy. IT Is probably necessary pat tern. Any Important business deal is apt to be spoiled by PRE MATURE publicity. , But private business men are moving more ond more toward acceptance of the rule that if it can't be given out to the re porters It ISN'T sound policy. For centuries, business men have been far ahead of diplomats In their understanding of such fundamental problems of human nature. WE get a glimpse of the Im portance of this conference from the fnct that Stalin returns from, his long vacation in time to be ON THE GROUND while It is going on, . ; i TN London, legislation to NA TIONALIZE the sick British coal industry is introduced in parliament. It will probably be Vinactcd into law without much Jclay. ' In such matters, this will be increasingly tho pattern of the future: If an Industry doesn't function to tho general satisfaction of a majority of tho public, it will be "nationalized" whether In Britain or America. Business men won I like It. In tho LONG RUN, labor won't like it for when government becomos the solo employer labor loses much of Its freedom. But that Is the prospect that Is emerging throughout the world. THIS Is the moral: If you want to KEEP your business, conduct It In a way that wm gain the approval 01 the duik oi tno puoiic. Truman Asks Merger Of Army-Navy Chief Claims Further Study Of Problem Unnecessary ' By ERNEST B. VACCAHO WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 OP) Prosldont Truman called today for merger of tho army and navy Into a single department of na tional defense with tho air forces fully equal to the land and sea arms. Stepping squarely Into the middlo of the long and bitter strugglo between tho army and navv too commands. Mr. Tru man followed In virtually every detail the official war depart ment plan lor uniiication. And ho dushed one prime navy hope" by doclarlng In. special message to congress: "Further studies of the gen eral problem would serve no useful purpose" Navy witnesses appearing at senate military committee hear ings on the merger proposal have pleaded against hasty action and urged additional studies of all phases of unifies tlon. . "Best Means" Declaring that "I urge this as the best means of keeping the iiiim " Mt "piiman nfiniinl IVPVVi a uiiihii y wpwvvu that the now defense department be hooded by a single cabinet member opcratlns with one. un dersecretary ana several assist ant secretaries, all civutun. There would be a denartmental chief of staff, with a commander for each of the three component branches army, navy ana air. Elthor the president or the secretary of defense could take ud directly with the separate commanders matters of basic military strategy and policy and tho division of the department's budget. Key staff positions in depart ment. Mr. Truman said, should be filled with officers drawn from all the services "so that the thinking of the department would not be dominated by any one or two of the services." army and navy Into a SINGLE department of national defense, with air forces fully equal to sea ana lana arms. That sounds like Dlain com' mon sense, and tho PUBLIC ap proves. Anyooay Knows that tho fighter who wants to win must CO-ORDINATE his fists. TRUMAN calls again for con' gressional enactment of uni versal military service In peace as well as in war. He says it has met with tho overwhelming approval of the pcoplo of the unuea amies. The people FEAR universal military sorvlce DESPERATE LY, as they fear world govern- ment in any form, but they fear ino AVj.itJNATiv still more, THE alternative of universal military scrvico in time of peace Is unprcparcdncss for war in an age when. wars will be SWIFT IN STARTING. Never again, in all probability, will wo nave timo to get ready AFTER war starts. KUHS To Present Annual Concert Klamath Union high school's music department will give the ..If,, Ma lfintt.ini m, I . .v, ; ent tonight at 8 o'clock in the auditorium when a 200-volco choir and soloists combine to present a program of Christmas una suureu music. There is no charge and all : residents of tho city aro cordi ally jnvnea, according to An drew Loney Jr.. director of music in the city schools. The orchestra, directed by John Best, will also have a proml' ' pent part in tonight's program 15-Cent Raise OK'd At Burns The first major break In the pine belt AFL strike came to day when the Edward Hines Lumber comDany at Burns re portedly signed with the union for a 19 cents an nour siraigm- across-the-board raise. Hihes plant Is one of the larg est in tho Oregon nine country nnd local AFL unionists declared tho break there might well have an important bearing on the whole Dine strike situation. Heretofore, operators in pine havo generally held out for a 12a cents an hour Increase, the same as was granted CIO ua lonliU some weeks ago. Hugh Haddock, AFL business agent here, said that Hlncs had signed a new working agree ment with a 60-day opening clause on wages. The IS cent raise granted by Hines makes a minimum of $1.02 cents an hour, preserving the 2i cents differential between pine and fir plants. Canoe Upsets; Hunter Drowned McMINNVILLE, Dec. 19 VP) One duck hunter drowned and his companion swam to shore as their canoe unset in the Yam hill river southwest of here at 7:30 this morning. James P. Bates, partner in tho Portland insurance firm of OliDhant & Bates, drowned. Jack Rushlow, Hlllsboro insur ance man, his companion, was uninjured. Telephor PRICE FIVE CENT8 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDW Speaking Of Holiday Decora'' aV'. .: ..... -:OCEMBER 19, 1945 Number 10699 r.. -rtMtiai M witiMiir of the" Klemath rails rja todac ln'f eaHiery white, ana Wt Gudsrlan. Herald and News phoiefSpTerr 'thtlVwteplDg willow. ,tres on the post office lawn as a first class example of outdoor holiday beauty. " ' 1 . , Below Zero Weather Reported fn This , Area As Old Man Winter Tightens Grip Sub-zero temperatures were reported from at least half a dozen .'sections of this area as winter's grip appeared to tighten throughout the Klamath basin. The U. S.' bureau' of reclama tion reported 6 degrees above zero irt the city and CAA's offi- Vinson Claims, Merger Would 'Sink The Navy' WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (P) Adoption of President Truman's recommendation for unification of the armed forces would "sink the navy," Hep. Vinson (D-Ga.), chairman of the house naval committee, declared today. "Tho verv phraseology of the scheme," Vinson said in a pre pared statement, "smacked of the Germany of the Kaiser and of Hitler; of Japanese militar ism. "It is a frightening manifes tation of military power-politics which we would view with sus nicion and dismay if it were in troduced in any of our sister I democracies." . - 82,000 Soldiers May Be Stranded On West Coast Unless Rail Jam Clears SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19 W) Eighty-two thousand home bound Pacific soldiers may be stranded In west' coast ports on Christmas unless a jam of rail facilities is cleared, the army predicts. Many navy men due for dis charge or leave likewise may have to spend a forlorn holiday away from home, the navy said. No figures were available, how ever. While the number of soldiers and sailors awaiting transporta tion mounted, to 100,000, the Office of Defense Transportation stepped in and ordered all west ern railroads to move troop trains or empty cars for troop shipments "just as fast as their regular passenger trains" from now until March 1. ) . With Christmas only six days away, the situation will become more critical since the army an nounced it - expected"" 110,700 more troops to . reach port by Monday. The Port of Embarkation at San Francisco, where 45,000 servicemen are concentrated, was far from cheerful. Seven teen thousand more are due to arrive today and tomorrow. "The bulk of the men staged in the San Francisco area will be out of here before Christ mas, but many of them will not make it home in time for Christ mas, a SDokesman said. Los Angeles reported 30,000 cooling their heels In camps and on shipboard. f,-.- .-, The. army, , transportation corns said the ' Association of American Railroads' order for 1000 more coaches diverted to the west had effected little to date. i . - Some of the overflow in the Pacific northwest was being routed over Canadian railroads In tho Seattle .area there wcro 33,200 troops, many aboard ships in Jfuget: Bound. - clal thermometer was'8 above at 8:30 a. rh. and "falling". , ' ' Coldest SDOt in the area was at Clear lake where an unofficial thermometer reading gave out 6 below. At the Gerber reser voir, on the reclamation project, the official reading was 2 below, end according to Southern Paci fic reports, it was 4 below i at Lenz and Chemult, and 1 .below at Mowich, all in the northern section. It was also 1 below at Bray. - Other readings, Klamath Agency, 2 below; Grass Lake, 9 above; Mt. Hebron, 3 above; Dorrls, 2 above, Algoma and Mo doc Point,. 4 above, Chlloquin, 3, Kirk 2. and at the state highway shops in Altamont, 7 above. . Trains were slightly off schedule, the Southern Pacific reported, but there was nothing unusual considering . weather conditions on the line. ' Holiday travel is on the upgrade. No New Snow The state highway department advised no new snow on Sun mountain, Quartz mountain or the Greensprings, but all sand ing equipment was sent out early this morning as an extra precaution for the heavy holiday motor travel which has already started. All roads are plowed and equipment has been ade quate to meet present conditions. The weather bureau predicted continued cold ' throughout the week and declined to say what would happen after that. To morrow's forecast was "cold and partly cloudy" for this area. Mlnimums throughout the state included all "above" tempera tures except at Baker where the low" was 13 below zero. Others: Bend, 15 above; Burns, 7: Lake- Firm Hold To Be Kept On Japs ' TOKYO. Dec. 19 (F) A deter mination to keep a firm hold on the Jaoanese DeoDle and their future while affording opportun ity for "a completely vanquished enemy to correct the error of its ways" was reemphasized by Gen eral MacArthur today in in structions to his commands. Japan must sutroort allied ob jectives, MaoArthur said, but to impose upon' tne nation van; form of government not suddoH ed by the freely .expressed . will of the people is contrary to the fotsaam-terms." Control will be exercised as much as possible "through the emperor and other instrumental ities of the Japanese government found suitable," the Instructions statea. view, 2; Meacham, .12; Pendle ton,,' 2; Medford, 29; Roseburg, 33; Eugene, 26; Salem, 22; New port, 38. ; Y Roads Dangerous The highway's morning road report listed ftiediora and iuam ath Falls areas as "dangerous." At the Santiam junction it was 2o degrees, 66 inches of snow at Ika ....mmM id Innho, at 4V, -,iv. aui.iiiiit, i u "-,,-.j i. w - hic junction: Odell lake. 9 degrees. fiacxea snow, ice in tne morning n, shaded areas but no traffic trouble; Medford, fog, freezing on highways at higher eleva tions. sliDDery in shaded areas: Columbia highway, spots of ice ana snow. The nationwide. rounduD of weather reports was similar to that in Oregon although some sections were suffering from heavy snows which held ud traf fic,,, disrupted communications ana caused schools and busi nesses to close. . In Oreeon some schools closed due to the influenza epidemic. Klamath Falls showed 21 per cent of the enrollment absent from classes today, just as it did yesterday., Christmas programs will ' go on as scheduled, how ever. At Conger 42 were out due to illness; Fremont, 40; jun ior high, 25; Fairview, 60; Mills, 104; Pelican, 47; Riverside, 32; Roosevelt, 86; Klamath Union high school, 175. No More Fathers To Be Drafted WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (IP) Selective service tonight halted the drafting of fathers.. It also instructed local boards not to accept on a volunteer ba sis any father with three .or more children, ... ... . Men with one or two chil dren who volunteer will be ac cepted by selective service,1 For practical purposes, the stoo order on drafting of fath ers applies only to men under 26. Ulder men have not been drafted since the end of the war, - Drafting of men with three or more children was halted on Nov. 5. Capti McVay Acquitted Of Inefficiency Decision Withheld On Second Charge Of Negligence WASHINGTON. Dec. 19 (fly A navy general court-marial to day acquitted Capt Charles B. McVay 3rd, of inefficiency in the loss of the U.S.S. Indian apolis, but withheld announce ment of findings on the charge that negligence on the part of McVay contributed to the dis aster. Under - navy regulations, a general court finding involving any degree of euilt is withheld from publication pending a re view Dy nign naval authorities. The negligence specification charges that McVay failed to have the Indianapolis on a zig zag - course in waters where enemy submarine contacts had been plotted. 880 Lives Lost The Indianapolis went down last July 30 between Guam and Leyte, .with the loss of 880 lives, aiter it naa Deen torn Dy two heavy explosions. The court deliberated more than two hours before announc ing its findings on the charge of iijeiuuieuuy. .. U n d e r j. court-martial pro cedure, the record affecting the charge of negligence will be forwarded in strict confidence to tne judge advocate general of the navy who will review it for legality. v the record may also so to the chief of the bureau of per sonnel for recommendations on the basis of McVay s record. Then it will Ko to the secretary of the navy who. may announce me tmar verdict. . - Captain McVay said h had no- statement to make: on the court's action. Before the officers of the court retired to deliberate on their verdict, they heard sum mations by prosecution and de fense counsel. , , . t , Carlan Baby Asphyxiated CHELSEA, 'Mass., Dec. 19 (Pi Medical Examiner William J. Brickley reported today that Baby Bonald Carlan died of asphyxiation and acute gener al respiratory infection." - Brickley in a preliminary re port on an autopsy on the 6-month-old baby whose "kidnap ing" became one of New Eng land's greatest hoaxes of recent years, told District Attorney William J. Foley that asphyxia tion could have been caused when the baby might have turned over face. down in his crib. - - The baby was reported kid naped on November J.a by his mother, Mrs. Rose Carlan,' 23, wife of a navy enlisted man. She told police later the baby actually had died four days previously, and that she had hidden the-body under the drawers of a china closet in her bedroom-dining room. WEATHER (December 19) Max. (Dec. 18) ... 24. Min . .. .8. Precipitation laat 24 hours..Trac Stream year to date .. 4.77. normal ....9.79. i,ast year....a.oo Forecast: Partly overcast. Thuraday Shooting Hours. Klamath-Tulelake Open 7:20 a. m. 'Close 4:28 p. m, Dm Hjipl!osiiiru ff MyiniDii,iiirD SAN DIECO, Calif., Dec. 19 (AP) Seven persons wV hospitalized, one of them with serious injuries, and approxi mately 1000 others left homeless when a flaming navy am munition truck and trailer exploded with a terrific blast on a highway 15 miles north of here yesterday afternoon. Six of the injured, all marines, were taken to the nearby naval hospital. One is being treated for a skull fracture and the others for lacerations from broken alass. One woman. cut cbout the face, also was given hospital treatment. ' Lamp Matthews, near the site of the explosion, reported 16 marines were cut by flying glass. All of the homeless were residents of the Torrey Pines federal housing project close ' by. John Arvin, federal housing i MARKETS TO CLOSE NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (JP) Nearly all the nation's security and other markets have an nounced plans to close on Mon day, uecemoer 24, maKing a three-day weekend extending from Sunday through Christmas Day. Without exception they will be closed on Christmas and New- Year i Dayi administrator, estimated 85 per cent ox me zit udiii in we project were seriously damaged, with windows shattered, parti tions knocked down and ends of buildings blown out. Evacuees, herded to saiety oy officers working at top speed against the imminent explosion, were housed overnight in recently-vacated Riverlawn dormi tories, another government de velopment. The damaged proj ect was of temporary construc tion, and officials indicated it might not be rebuilt. Digs crater The blast dug a crater 50 feet wide in U. S. highway 101. chief coastwise traffic artery, forcing diversion of all -travel to pa rallel routes. When the high way can be reoponed was prob lematical. - - . - Navy officials reported the truck was en route from San Diego to Fallbrook, Califs with a load of 37 rocKec motors, z depth- charge- extenders, 49 depth charge pistols, 29 depth charge boosters and -.40 milli meter shells. Possible loss of life was avert ed when the driver, John Ayala of Fallbrook' discovered his gas tank aflame, jumped out and warned authorities at La Jolla junction 150 yards away;' Of the aanger. . . : -- - Residents of the housing proj ect were-evacuated and roads blocked off before the truck ex ploded. Concussion: of . the .blast was .ieit.BU .miies away.. Army foresaw Hawaii WASHINGTON,-" Dec. 19 VP) The army in June, 1940, con sidered a Japanese ' attack " on Hawaii as "not unlikely" and also anticipated sabotage in the Panama canal, tne . reari Har bor investigating committee was told today. The information came to Rep. Keefe (R-Wis.) from the war de partment and was intended to clear un Questions about a 1940 alert in Hawaii that Chief of Staff George C. Marshall was unable to answer during his nersonal testimony.' The. document described the "feeling" of the war plans divi sion at that time this way: The British had evacuated Dunkirk. ; Russia reached an agreement with Japan about the Mancnu rlan border. Germany had a good chance to get the French fleet. A "hostile move" on South America by axis forces was pos sible, if the BMtisn isles leu. Fleet Free The "Inference . was that Japan and Russia had composed their differences, leaving the Japanese fleet free for any ad venture. There was evidence of "sabo taee nlans" Brazilian sailors said they were told by Japa nese tnat wippon vessels going through the Panama canal, were to scuttle themselves.- "A diversionary attack, on Hawaii was not unlikely." ' Accordingly, Lt. Gen. George V. Armstrong, then assistant to Gen. Marshall, recommended the army alert at Panama and in Hawaii. The alert was re duced after several weeks. (See also page 6). U. S. Sailors Ordered To Remain Aboard Ship After Clashes With Brazilians RIO' DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec. 19 (JP) American sailors were ordered to remain aboard the U. S. Cruiser Little Rock at Santos today as police investi gated clashes between some 350 seamen and angry Brazilians last night at Sao Paulo, 60 miles northwest of Santos. ; U. S. Consul Roland Welch said the sailors left Sao Paulo by special trains and buses un der guard of police, who said the rioting began when some of the celebrating seamen were ac cused of annoying Brazilian women in the streets. . Six Brazilians and several navy men were injured in the fighting, in which firemen brought fire hoses into play to hold back the crowds. Describing the beginning ; of the riot, dispatches from Sao Paulo said that some of the sailors apparently had been drinking and began lifting, the skirts. of young women waiting in line lor a. dus. Angry Brazilians charged the sailors, the reports said. . - The Sao Paulo dispatches said that other sailors emerging from a movie were met by crowds whistling in anger.: The seamen took the whistling as a friendly gesture and responded with smiles, . but soon learned their mistake when citizens rushed to slap their faces. The USS Little Rock, is mak ing a good will : tour of South America. - '- ' 7estern Union AFL Employes Plan Walkout: WASHINGTON. Dee. 19 (Pi AFL union employes of Weatern Union laid plans today for a na tionwide walkout of 48,000 mem oers tne morning of January 7. Acting on authorization of a strike vote conducted by the na tional laoor relations board De cember 1, the general committee ' fixed the strike call at 8 a. m.,' in each time zone. : ; Negotiations between the un ion and company on 13 issues, including a 25 per' cent wage in crease demand and additional annual holidays, became dead locked last August. Efforts of the U. S. conciliation service te bring about an agreement failed. Union' officials said the only employes of the communications, system which would not be af fected are the . CIO-AffUiated Workers in New York. The committee sent telegrams last night to all locals saying "the strike action is based on all is sues in dispute between the company- and the union and this ae tion .will take place unless these issues are resolved-to the satis faction of the union." . it cautioned- that -any "unau thorized strike", before the date set would result in suspension and action to expel the local or official wsponsible.-'"--! ' ' -.. L. Hageman. traffic chair. man Washington local 24 said 1200 workers in the capital would be affected by the strike call. ... '" -. The AFL: union involved in the nronosed - walkout la tha Commercial Telegraphers union. The CIO union is the American -Communication association. There was no immediate com ment from Western Union offi cials in New York regarding tha ' walkout plana. i 3 Killed In Train Vreck ATLANTA. Dec. 19 freight train plowed into the rear of the southern railway's New York-bound Piedmont Lin ited passenger train near Gaines, ville, Ga., today, and railway officials said at leaat three per sons were reported killed and several injured. - , . - T. c. Blackwell, general supe intendent of transportation lot the railroad's lines east of Char lotte, N. C, said his information indicated - the freight crashed into the nine-coach-all-Pullman. Limited while the passenger train was stopped for a signal Crippled communications fa cilities, caused by an ice and snow storm, hampered detailed information from the scene. ' Mrs. R. F. Jones of Lula, Ga.j a small town near the wreck, said , a large number of soldiers and sailors were on the passen ger, which left Atlanta at. 10:0,4 a. m. (EST). ; - Ambulances were rushed to the scene from - Gainesville, which is about 60 miles north east of Atlanta. - . - C Of C Favors ' Road Project T Improvement of U. S. high way No. 395 between Alturas and Lakeview was supported in a - resolution adopted by -' the Klamath chamber of commerce directors Wednesday noon. -The roads and highways com. mlttee of the chamber recom. mended the action, which , was taken without a dissenting vote. The chamber resolution point ed to the importance of safety on No. 395 for school buses, as well as the economic value of the route. - ' - Considerable concern over the low state of the community fund campaign was expressed by chamber directors, after a let ter was read from W. E. Lamm, chairman of the drive this year. The matter was referred to the executive committee for con sideration. A group of children from the Roosevelt school sang Christmas carols at the directors' lunch eon. - - "
