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EpISl By FRANK JENKINS OUR old friend "Informed Quarters" goes Into action In Uosoow today. Hi says the "exploratory con versntlons of tho Big Three foralim ministers uonaiir to hovi brought 'the United Slates, Britain ana huiui closer iu- Cnther than tlioy wori btfon till meeting." Ha add: . - "Cortnln SUSPICIONS an be lieved to have a good chance of BEING DISPELLED." r wo can Just dipel ENOUGH usulclon. then la practically . (i limit to what we cun accom iiIIkIi In the way of International co-operation. 1 Simplclon la the great enemy world peace. J USPICION la also the great cnomy of domoallc peace. If wo could get rid of enough suspicion, wo could aoivo prac tically ALL our nroblums of DfO' duction and diafrlbution and 10 beuln to move out of our present atnlo of confusion Into something bettor and finer than we have known.) A A FINAL word of preaching: " Honeaty, sincerity and fair dealing are ANTIDOTES for the acadly poison ai suspicion. TNFORMED quarters" news. of honestly and intelligently employed, la one of our moat use ful devices, making It posslblo to Inform the peoplo without put- unir nnviiociv on mo siioi. What huppens when people an put on tuo spot is wen illustrat ed by American Broadcasting company Larry Tyghe's direct Suotutlon of MacArhtur yester ny. MucArthur, caught In the bight of tin line, dunlcs the whole thlnil. adding: tliut he U in Tokyo to "serve and not to hinder or obstruct" American government, that it Is his full purpose to see the thing through and that the question of Rus sian DnrticlDntlon In the oc- cupatlon of Japan Is a matter for -oiner decision man my own IF Tyisho's story Is accurate (as it COULD be), he would have done hotter to toll It on his OWN rcsoonslblllty. as coming from "informed" sources, instead of putting. MacArthur behind the eight ban. Aa It Is, the public Is confused rather man iniormea. THE Chinese factions an still sparring back and forth about peace. Chungking waved asidi the Chinese communist proposal to end the civil war IMMEDIATE- Li as Just more "propaganda," whenunon a red aookosman re- iorta Hint the communists will OFFICIALLY PUT XT INTO WRITING. He adds! - "Wo won an armlsllc. Wi consider our proposal (to end the fighting) aa official and formal, but as tin (Chungking) govern. ment wants it In writing we an going to oblige' THE way to Improve conditions In China is to quit fighting ana gel to worn, xne commun lat proposal to end hostilities Inv mediately Is the necessary first step in that direction. We shouldn't be so naive as to think these Chinese comtnun lata an Interested In NOTHING but the well-being of China, with NO selfish motives, but they certainly do seem to havi the best of the armistice argument. 'A BATAVIA (Java) dispatch today says: ' " "High sources (first cousin of ' informed sources) In Ba la via say the British have de cided to move in whatever re inforcements are necessary to restore order and GUARANTEE DUTCH SOVEREIGNTY In the East Indies." A London dispatch adds that tins decision (by British military authorities at Singapore) Is being reviewed by Premier Attlee and Jils cabinet, and final decision Is likely to be deferred pending lurtner negotiations. , TT looks like a cose of EMPIRES STANDING TOGETHER. We .certainly shouldn't approve any such arrangement. Neither i should we GO TO WAR over it, - mi Al.l . . . . I . . J, HIT llllllg 1UI U9 IU UU JS IU register our disapproval and let it go at that, leaving no doubt that such deals are not OUR idea of the way to run tho world. TNCIDENTAL Information: The conmis department an nounccs today that nearly TWICE as many Americans died of cancer In 1942-43-44 as our armed forces lost by enemy action. - , . A HIGH-UP rubber man In Akron says that lifting tire rationing will "produce more contusion out not more tires." He adds: "It will be late next year before you can get the kind of tire you want when you want That Is true enough, prob ablv. but this writer has an Idea the American people will like it ociter man rationing, t - Santa Changes Phone Number : Santa Claus' telephone . num ber nas been cnanged irom aiaa to 8183, and starting at' 4 p. m. Friday, children can call the old gentleman and toll him what ,they would like to find in their Christmas stockings, the Junior chamber of commerce sold to day. " "f Caroling under the Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn will also be held this evening, start ing at 7 p. m. Fourteen young girls will sing traditional Christ mas hymns, and their voices will be amplified by a public address system so that passers-by mayj listen from their automobiles. fo)fn!M mm mm fo) Lrou 4 !.. VAAh Anrl Tn See Huge Business Merchandise Supplies Dwindle Under Onslaught The Klamath business district today braced Itself for a flood of weekend shoppors that may make Saturday and Mondoy last business days before 1045 Christmas two of the record breaking retail days hen. Although supplies of merchan dise wcro dwindling under ter rific buying pressure, exper ienced merchants recalled that the last weekend before Christ mas Is alwaya a peak shopping period hero and said Saturday and Monday will probably main tain that tradition. There was still a lot of merchandise left In local stores; but the selection situation was gottlng rapidly narrower. Ono shopper remarked In a local store that ho was glad he was late his problem wus simplified because he didn't have much choice left, Big Saturday The shopping flow from near by communities and the rural districts Is expected to be especially heavy Saturday. Food stores anticipate huge buainos days as housewives stock up for Sunday, followed by the feasting on the holiday. School children went to their last classes beforo the holidays today, and the final Christmas programs In the schools were held. Churches prepared for the outstanding event of the year, with the story of Christ's birth to be told in song, story and pageant. (See full page of church news on Page 7.) One of the hardest-worked crews In the Klamath county was still at it today at the Klamath Falls post office. The peak had been passed for outgoing mail, but Incoming packages flooded the office. Post office officials oxpected a heavy influx of Christmas parcels Saturday night If It appears they can't handle them on Monday, there will be deliveries Sunday. Chiang Greets Gen. Marshall NANKING, Dec. 21 (P) Gen. George c. Marshall, Presi dent Truman's special envoy to China, arrived here by plane to day and was met at the airfield by Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek and Madame Chiang. . ' The two men saluted and clasped hands on the dusty, windswept Nanking airfield. Then with Madame' Chiang they drove off for tea and their Initial history making talks looking toward unity and peace for China. General Marshall, with the rank of ambassador, was pre pared to implement the newly broadened American policy to ward Chiang's government. The Cersonal welcome at the airport y Chiang was interpreted as a fulsome gesture of friendship by China's ruler. Many thought that the gen eralissimo, following protocol in such matters, would await the American gcnoral at his offi cial residence Inside the walled city, soon to resume its status of the peacetime capital of China. Instead, two minutes after General Marshall stopped from his glistening C-54 slano. after a half hour flight from Shang hai, a large black sedan pulled onto the field and Chiang, im- firesslve in his undecorated, ong olive green cape, emerged from the car. Marshall, In uniform and wearing the five stars of his rank, saw the Chinese leader at once and they strode toward each other, smiling. They ' sa luted, then clasped hands warmly. Telephone Mill PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21, II4S Number 10700 Mac Spikes Report He Will Quit Post ; ; . . Fact Boards May Suggest Vage Boosts Each Group Must Find If Employer Can Absorb Cost By The Auoclated Press The administration today gave fact-finding boards broad authority to recommend wage Increases which may or may not result in price Increases. The specific rules and poli cies laid down for the boards, however, cautioned them that in proposing any wage in creases, the individual board must "satisfy itself" that the employer could or could not absorb the additional cost at prevailing prices. The statement on rules and policies, issued by Secretary of Labor Schwcllcnbach, said the panel "must necessarily inquire into the issue of the employer's ability to pay" In reaching its decision. It added, however, such ability was "a limitation 6n afid . doc's not ' necessarily constitute a measure of the amount of fair increase." Adjourns Following the statement, the oil wage fact-finding board, at the request of several of the oil companies involved, adjourned until January 7. During the re cess, the companies and CIO oil workers union, which is de manding a 30 per cent wage in crease, will resume collective bargaining on a plant-by-plant basis. The new. blue-print of fact finding procedure was expected to apply to all labor disputes, although It was given directly to the oil panel. Top ranking officials of the corporation and the union, in Washington for hearings by the government fact-finding board studying the nation's major la bor problem, prepared to con fer in an attempt to agree on a basis for resumption of collec tive bargaining on strike issues, Some 200,000 GM employes have been idle for one month following a strike in support of the union's demands for a 30 per cent wage rate increase. British Review Policy In Java LONDON, Dec. 21 (P) The British military decisions at Singapore to use additional arm ed forces in Java are being re viewed by Prime Minister. Att lee and his cabinet, an unoift clal source said today. The final decision, according to available information, prob ably will be deferred until after conferences of British leaders in London with H. J. Van Mook, acting governor general of the Netherlands indies. Pre-Wedding Celebration W Ml 1 W1 ''-'-" v?'"X m Confusion Seen As Result Of Lifting Of Tire Ration AKRON. O.. Dec. 21 M) Lifting of tiro rationing by the office of price administration at 12:01 a. m., Jan. 1 will result in "more confusion" but not more tins, predicts a spokesman for one of Akron's huge rubber companies. - The spokesman, who declined to be quoted by name, declared last night the rubber industry would produce a total of U,ooo, 000 passenger car tires during the fourth quarter compared to the OPA's estimated 12,800,000 units lor the final period of the year. (In announcing yesterday that tire output now warrants an end of the rationing program, OPA Chief Chester Bowles said pro duction currently is at the rate of about ' 4,000,000 casings a month and that approximately 11,000,000 would-be mode this quarter). . - Concerning the lifting of ra tioning regulations, he asserted: "This means more confusion, lifting of rationing didn't make any more butter. Freeing the tire market la not going to make any more tires." "It will be late next year be fore you get the kind of tire you want when you want it," he pre dicted. . ; Tire warehousemen and deal ers reported that their supplies were nearly depleted here and said it had been virtually impos sible to obtain adequate stocks of tires under existing shortages, The rubber companies spokes man said output of truck tires would reach 3,000,000 this quar ter, somewhat less than govern ment estimates, but predicted tho truck tire shortage would be resolved before supplies of passenger car units could satisfy civilian demands. Miss. Noel Toy, Chlnesi dancer, and Capt. Carleton Young, of Hollywood. Canf., wno announced way would b married in New York City, indulgi In m pn-widdlng calibration at Latin ChWtir-ntght club in Now -Youc "fel( Wii Ty performs. (AP winphoto). . -.:- i' f-'?. .'''''-, iv : 7t's Hurry Up And Waif Lament 100.000 War Vets Stranded At Coast Ports SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21 W) "It's the same old army." said Corporal A. L. Holzman, of Long Island, N. Y, "Hurry up and wait. '. . i Holzman was one of nearly 100,000 veterans , from the Pa cific who today appeared likely to be : stranded at west coast ports on Christmas day because ol lack of transportation; ' ' Nearly 120,000 veterans were stymied at the ports today, and ships were scheduled to dump an additional 13,000 more daily on harrasscd army and navy 2 Die, 4 Hurt In Bus Wreck SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec' 21 (JP) Two persons were killed and at least four were Injured when a northbound Santa Fe Trallways bus carrying 17 pas sengers overturned on the Coast highway three miles . south . of San Clemcnte near the San Diego-Orange county line, the state highway patrol reported today, . The dead were listed as: Vincent B. Cantermessncr, coast guard boatswain's mate 2c, 25, of Elmhurst, L. I at tached to the transport Samuel Chase now in San Diego har bor. Harry D. Patterson, 80, re tired Northern Pacific railroad telegraph operator, of Hoquiam, Wash. . The inlurcd. taken to Ocean- side hospital, were Hazel Tal bot, 55. of San Diego: Mrs. C. D. Wray, 25, of San Diego, and her two children, Jeanette Ann, 2H, and George David, S. No other vehicle was in volved in the accident. , House Adjourns For Holidays WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 P) The house of representatives ad journed at 2:11 p. m. (EST) to day for a Christmas recess. The senate still had to act on adjournment. The house will reconvene with the senate on January 14 for the second session of the 79th congress. In a brief speech to the house members who "remained until the end, Speaker Sam Rayburn reviewed accomplishments of the year and said: ,. "We have a right to be proud of ourselves,- , . transportation officials, a far larger ' number than they ex pected ' to have ' transportation for.- '. , "We ' had hopes of ' getting home by Christmas," said Pfc. Julius P. Brenner, of Hudson, N.-Y. "Nobody promised us we would. We just hoped we would. I've been overseas only 25 months. - Lots of these fellows have been over a lot longer. ' Brenner , sent a telegram to his Barents: "Living aboard ship because of transportation tie-up. Have no idea when will get home." ' Reason Explained Men required to stay aboard ship then were four "floating barracks" here today were giv en an information sheet ex plaining, the reason for the de lay. The paper also listed enter tainment and - sightseeing possi bilities in San Francisco. "Sure, this is good," said Ser geant l,ouis Jane of New xorx City, a ship-bound veteran of 20 months in the western Pacific, "no mud, no filth, no duties but it isn't home." A spokesman from the office of Major General Homer Uron inger, commander of the port of embarkation here, said: "Our 'operation Santa Claus' (the name the army gave its plan for handling returning vet erans)' has been too successful. We've brought back more men than the railroads can handle." Liavi Passes With more than 51,000 un happy servicemen - on their hands, army and navy authori ties at San Francisco were lib eral ' with leave passes. Sight seeing tours were organized and port officers planned Christmas parties with Red Cross bags of gifts. At Los Angeles, a huge thea tre on the dock was being read ied for a Christmas day show for harbor-bound men. An esti mated 15,000 men were still aboard ships last night. At San ta Ana staging area mess ser geants were flown in from other bases to help feed the troops,' and German prisoners of war used as kitchen police. Portland, Tacoma and Seattle also had huge backlogs of serv icemen. .. WEATHER ' ' (Dacimbir 21) Max. (Dm. 20) ... 37 Mln. ... 27. Precipitation last 24 hours 04. Stream yiar to data 4.77 Normal ..3.91 Last year ..3.90. Foricast! Rain tonight and Saturday. Saturday Shooting Hours Klamath-Tulilaki Open 7:21 a. m. Clou 4:29 a. m. Commander Denies Rift With Russia Tig he Report Said To Hare Absolutely. No Basis TOKYO, Dec. 21 IP) General MacArthur today denied a broadcast report that his head quarters had become embroiled in arguments with the Russians over assignment of Soviet oc cupation troops to Japan and that MacArthur had threatened to resign. "I am here to serve and not to hinder or obstruct American government," the supreme com mander of the allied powers said in a statement issued by his press relations office. "It is my full purpose to ee the thing through. The ques tion of Russian participation in the occupation is a matter for other decision than my own." The statement said the broad cast report, "purported to have been made by Larry Tighe of the American Broadcasting corpora tion, has absolutely no basis in fact" - - ' . ; . It concluded: GEN. GEORGE 8. PATTON JR. "Hooch'i: J. ". -J "if Tighe made the statement he is alleged to have broadcast from Tokyo, someone must have been feeding him a funny type of 'hooch' being peddled around Tokyo on the black market." (Taking to the air after ' is suance of the statement, Tighe said "I reaffirm the story which (Centime n Pan t, Calama 1) Yuletide Spirit Still Prevails The ' meanest man in the , world may still be at large in Klamath Falls today, but a lot of people sought to make up for his meanness after The Herald and News ran a story . last night telling of a crippled Western Union boy's bicycle being stolen, and the boy at tempting to deliver his mes sages on foot. Today he has a new bi cycle, given to him by the owners and employes of Ed's Shoe Repair shop at 1022 Main. While the boy was ac cepting this generous offer, the employes of a large de partment store were taking up a collection to buy him a brand-new bike as a Christ mas gift, and workers at a men's clothing store were do ing the same So one boy in town will realize this holiday season that kindness comes in equal measure with hard-hearted-ness in this world. Who said the Christmas spirit was dead? Car Wreck Unds tiff.e By RICHARD A. O'REAGAN HEIDELBERG, Germany, Dec. 21 (AP) Gen. Georae S.i Dt I. ...u- A u. ll c .L.1.J i lL . i r uiiuii , ttiiu isu nig vibiuiiuua w. iimu urmy Trom inn Deacnes or iNormanay into v-zecnosiovaKia, died at 5:50 p. m. (8:50 a. m. PST) today, a dozen days after his neck was broken in a traffic accident. -- The general's stout fighting heart weakened durina th oay irom euects or pulmonary complications which had beset his apparent recovery from thi broken neck and partial pa ralysis. ' . . Mrs. Patton was with him. : The announcement of the gen eral's death was made by Brig. Gen. John M. Willen of the U. S. seventh army. The general was 60 last No vember 11. He was commander of the U. S. 15th army at the time of his death. He had served briefly as acting commander of all Ameri can forces in the European the ater a few days before his auto mobile and an army truck col lided near Mannheim on Sun day, December 9. "Hell Of A Way" Patton himself, when his con dition was critical after the mo tor car accident, described it as "a hell of a way to die." Heidelberg, an old university town, was one of the thousands of places which the third army captured in its rough ride over Germany.- . , By an Ironic twist, Patton had gone unscathed through all his campaigns of war. Thi peacetime accident left him pa ralyzed . from the shoulder down.. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, U. S., European theater, comment ed that it was his "painful duty to announce the death of a great fighter and a great man." The official- announcement said: "Gen. Patton died at 5:50 to night, it ' was .announced by Brig. Gen.- John M; Willen, chief of staff of the seventh army. The general died peace fully." - -...':-.,-:;. ,1. - .. j Expert. ,; , The-expert at- armored war- Then he leaned against the re who campaigned brilliant- Body Found At Modoc Field ' A 65-year-old Japanese alien, Sosuke Ioka, was found dead, apparently a suicide, underneath the student section bleachers at Modoc field early this morning. Tommy Sandoe, KUHS fresh man, discovered the body. Sosuke's death was caused by strangulation, investigating po lite reported. He had tied One end of a short section of, half- inch sash rope to a girder under the . bleachers,- looped it once 'hi - Wrte- and -tied the other end-taut tg a. stacK of track nuraies nearoy, rope and his weight pulled the loop: tight . around his neck. When found he was dead in that nnsition and the roDe had cut through his scalp behind his left ear. The body was removed to Ward's funeral home by the cor onor and his assistant. Papers on the body of the el derly Japanese indicated that he was an alien and had been re leased from the Tulelake WRA center December 14. His birth place was given as Yamaguchi, Japan, and his home address as Lodi, Calif. Ioka apparently' committed suicide several days ago, before or during the last snowstorm, authorities said. His body was snow-covered and stiff. Young Sandoe, who resides at 1937 Painter, spotted the body as he was walking by the bleach ers on. his way to school this morning, and told school author ities of the discovery. The body was so well concealed officials had a hard time locating it after the schoolboy had told where it was.- The body was lying behind the concession booth under the student stands. - - WRA officials said Ioka had been released to take , a train from here the night of Dec. 14, but apparently did not purchase the ticket. He may have taken his life that night. He was .a farm laborer with a brother, Isake Ioka, in Japan. " He had lined up a job with S. Namba at Lodi. . ' Columbia Gorge Covered With Solid Sheet Of Ice A solid sheet of ice, increas ing with more freezing rain, cov ered the Columbia river gorge today, but the Klamath Falls area, as well as western Oregon valleys, gained a respite from the cold spell. King Winter also had relaxed his grip on Florida and Texas, a nationwide round up of weather news showed. Chilly weather and below freezing temperatures still pre vailed over the east, midwest and most of the southern states. Only an occasional chain equipped truck was able to move along the glassy Columbia River highway. The Washington side of the highway was closed be yond Washougal, delaying stages for hours. A bus due here at 11:25 last night finally rolled in at 8 this morning. Stages were arriving on time through the Willamette valley, however, where rising tempera tures melted ice. Some trains were coming . in far - behind schedule. The low here last night, as re corded at the air station, was 27 and the maximum 37. Shortly before noon today the official CAA thermometer read 42 and still going up, but meters scat tered over town read as high as 50. Hopes for a snowy Christmas here faded with the shadows when the sun came out and the snow and ice on the streets melt ed into messy slush. By noon today most of the overcoats worn downtown had been hung in the closet. But the rest of Oregon Is still having weather troubles. Four teen inches of new snow fell on Sun mountain during the past 24 hours the snow at Odell lake is 73 inches deep and chains are needed on that highway, Willa mette valley roads are ice-covered, travel Is impossible with out chains on the Columbia River highway, Medford is hav ing rain, Pendleton sleet and Burns snow. Minnesota and North Dakota are having temperatures ranging from 2 to 12 below, the rest of the midwest from five below to 15 above and the eastern sea board mercury is hovering around the zero mark. The official reading in Miami this morning was 50 and about the same in parts of Texas. Fore casters predict that temperatures in the south will, "moderate quite rapidly" now. The forecast for Klamath Falls and vicinity is "rain tonight and tomorrow." ly in Africa, Sicily, France, Bel gium, uermany, Austria ana Czechoslovakia in allied ' drives that staggered Germany to her knees last spring had been mak ing an amazing recovery until yesterday. , ' It was then that tha resplra. tory condition . developed. By morning today,' doctors w e r a gravely worried' about the de terioration in his condition. 'As Patton's life ebbed away, Jut heart became affected. . Shortly before his death, Ma. Gen. A. W. Kenner, chief of army surgeons in Europe, left European headquarters ' in Frankfurt for Patton's bedside. Kimmel Failed To Obey Order WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 () Adm. R. K. Turner asserted to day that Adm. Husband E. Kim mel did not comply with "en tirely clear" orders and ex pressed the opinion that if Kim mel had done so losses at Pearl Harbor would have been cut "materially." , Turner also told a senate house committee investigating the December 7, 1941, disaster that the Pacific fleet under Kimmel had been prepared for "just such an attack" and was "ready for war." ' The navy department, Turner said, had given-Kimmel "per fectly specific and entirely clear" orders to take the neces sary measures against a Japa nese attack. "Did Kimmel comply, In your opinion?" asked Vice Chairman CoopeV (D-Tenn.) Did Not Comply "He did not, in my opinion," said Turner. . Turner, as chief of the navy, war plans division had prepared a November 27, 1941, "war warning" message for Pacific commanders. If Kimmel had complied, pur sued Cooper, "would the disas trous effects not have occurred or have been materially re duced?" "I think they would havi been materially reduced," Tur ner replied, "and there was a good chance we could have in flicted considerable damage on the Japanese fleet." y . Arriving In United States By. Auoclated Prisi Gerald Motschmbachir, Sgt Klamath ' Falls, arrived on John Sargeant due in Bos ton December 20. BiUy A. Goldm. T4, Rt. 2, Klamath Falls, arriving on George Washington due In New York December 22.
