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(PWc(g fUl Br FRANK JENKINS GENERAL MuoARTMUR an- kJ nounccs today that tho Inmnwork for new. doinlllUlP ted Jnpun In finished, lidding Unit "education und guidance mist bo the nm In iwrt of tho omuram from hero on because doouIo who lmvo lived tholr lives bv tli iword neod liolu and guidance to adjust themselves to irocuom. H say there la a "present lack of sufficient uuiillficu leuu in," but thinks tho "changes as , directed will be assimilated rap- ! Idly." t TN this now Jupun, the emperor will bo luxad tho sumo us any' bodv else Including tho Presl dent of tlio United States. The promt will be free, within tho limit or ciocnncy unci aue n-Kiiru for tho rights of other. Opinion will bo free, and the people in cluding released polltlcul pris oners, will lmvo tho right to critic no nil lender. InclukllnK the emperor. OFFICIAL atiilu religion li abolished. TT li terrific responsibility A that we hnva taken uon our. selves In Japan. , Still, there Is probubly no other wny to shift a bnckward people QUICKLY from a feudul military di'Kilism to self gov rtimmit. Yunr child has to huve GUIDANCE and RESTRAINT while iirowinif up. Tho Jupii are children so fur as the ways of freedom are concerned. As tho growing child Is re strained by parentul authority from harmful excesses, so will tho Jnps bo restrained, while POLITICALLY growing up, by the firm authority of tho Amcr lean army of occupation, 'AT least, wa HOPE so mcan- ' whll adding a lorvent prayer that during this period of International tutelage we aro mlurklntf An nup loaders mav be lifted with wisdom, tolcranco and sound judgment 01 numon motives and that they may be BACKED BY PUBLIC OPIN ION equally wise, tolerant and sound. In Japan, wa are breaking new ground. What the crop will D aepenas on us. F wisely carried through, this hsuf ntmrliui wa hnva II n- dertoken can bring ua harvest that will do ncn ana snuiayuiK. If we LACK WISDOM, It can be harvest of dragon s teem. 'pHERE Is an Interesting, timely aitd in a way comiorting story In the news today. Interior Secretary Ickes recommends that Hawaii be ad' Alttcd to the American union as a STATE in tho immediate IU- ture. The people of Hawaii, h says, now live and function as an American community with little evidence of blocs along racial lines. Tho origins of Hawaii are es sentially Asiatic. (Comfort In this critical moment In our his tory is to bo found In the 1 thought that If wo lmvo boon ablo to Americanize nawan we may be able to democratize Japan according to American ideals.) ANOTHER grain of comfort can bo gloancd from recent experience. One thing this war has de stroyed is tho PROPAGANDA FOSTERED Illusion that despot ism is more efficient than dem ocracy. In this grimmest of all wars, the democracies whipped the despotisms, it takes cm clency to win wars. (Russia, of course, is a despot ism NOW. No good cun come of -blinking that totalllnrlan Hussia would have had troubla without tho help of the democracies.) Tho war has gone a long way toward establishing the fact Hint democracy is not oniy a ocuer way of life but a moro EFFI CIENT way. ENERAL MARSHALL or- rives in Chungking. (Tho dispatches nolo today that ho was assigned by President Tru man to END CHINA'S CIVIL STRIFE.) There is a warning note. It Is stated that in Pclplng news of Marshall's arrival has reportedly speeded the TOUCHY Chinese Russian negotiations over occupation of Manchuria tthnt ta in en., TU UH - ,! ,W occupying.) It is added sugges tively mat tneso negotiations have already extended a. month longer man was originally anticipated. It is a reasonable guess that this is the correspondents' way 01 getting tnrougn the censor ship an Intimation that Russia still has her eyes on Chinese territory maybe through col. Jaboratlon with the Chinese com munists. '..' , flREEK living costs- are soar VI lng, having doubled in the past couple of weeks. The drach ma is up to 142,000 to one gold sovereign, whereas the le gal rote is 4000 to one. A general strike is threatened as a protest. Greece's troubles trnck back to LACK OF PRODUCTION,' so a strike i will merely aggravate the situation but hungry peo- Ele seldom think along economic nes. . . Secretary Says Delay Unnecessary:0 Telephone Sill Stand Surprise z0', Former Remark At Press Meet WASHINGTON, Deo. 22 (IP) Secretury of the Interior Ickes recommended toduy that Huwall bo admitted to statehood "in the' immedluto future." "The record of the people of Hawaii during tho war clearly Indicates tlmt further postpone ment will be unnecessary, he declured In a stutcment. The secretary's stund cume as a surprise in view of his remark at his last press conference three weeks ago that he doubted "very much" he would make a recom mendation beforo 1040. Ho asserted then ho was dis turbed by the "economic control that five fumilles exert over there" and would . bo better pleased "if it really were a demo cratic institution Instead of an oligarchy." Statement In his. statement today Ickes said the 'Interior department be lieves that "tho concentration of economic control of which some people have complained can bet ter bo handled by the pooplo themselves under statehood with the assistance that they will havo from the federal govern ment." Hawaii was annexed to the United States in 18U8 and has been a territory since 1000. Tho division of territories and Island possessions is in the Interior de portment, Territorial Delegate Farrlng ton (R) hailed Ickes' statement as the "most significant contri bution to tho movement for statehood for Hawaii since the ficople of the islands. In a plcb sclte in 1040 requcstod by. a congressional committee to de termine their wishes, voted 2 to 1 in favor of statehood." Hawaii's population la approx imately ouu.uuu, with many ra-, clal group represented. Despite this, Ickes said, the people of Hawaii "live and function as a unified American community," wJth "little evidence of bloc vot ing along racial lines." ,ce rive CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. ORE GO If, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 82. IMS number 10701 Swept From Basin A warm south wind hit the Klamath basin at 11:13 last night, blowing a gale at 24 miles an hour. It swept with it the blanket of snow which lay over the mountains and cracked icicles from the eaves. The warm wind also brought higher temperatures with the mercury rising to 45, and only falling to 39 at tho coldest. Southerly winds and rain are predicted for the weekend, in dicating the weather man's Christmas gift to Klamath Falls may be a touch of false spring. Storm warnings however were posted at San Francisco to day, with weather disturbances reported forming west south west, and other intense dis turbances reported 'centering west of Astoria, Ore. Gales are indicated all along tho Pacific coast for tonight and Sunday. Seven Hurt In Three-Car Crash GRANTS PASS, Dec. 22 (IP) Seven people were injured in a three-car collision on tho Red wood highway near the Allen creek road Friday evening. Most seriously injured was Donna Gray, fl, who was treated for multiple bruises of the face. State Police Sergeant C. R. Borgman said he had been in formed by Mrs. Ina Yandcll of Richmond, Calif,, driver of one car which was headed south, that her car had hit a chuck hole and gone out of control, causing it to strike a car com ing toward Grants Pass. A third car, driven by Frank Carter of Gold Hill, was sldcswlpcd. $:& YEARS . Framework For Japan Completed Tojo-Cabinet Due For Trial Sometime In February ' TOKYO, Dec. 22 (JP) Less than four months after the first American occupation troops landed. General MacArthur an nounced today that the frame work for a new, demilitarized Jupan -is finished a reconsti tuted country presently plan ning to tax its emperor "just as any ordinary tax payer." The . occupation forces, first arriving August 28, have dis armed the home islands and ar rested many " war leaders for trlul as criminals. Today It was learned authoritatively that ex Premier Hidekl Tojo and the men of his "Pearl Harbor cabi net') will be tried jointly, prob ably in February. The statement on the com pleted framework said there is a present lack "of sufficient 3ualified leaders" among the apancse but that "the changes as directed are expected to be assimilated rapidly." No more major allied directives are con templated. The last one ordered an end to state-sponsored Shln tolsm. .-. The statement, - noting that the- directives had removed the yoke of militarism, emphasized (hat education and 'guidance "must be tho malrt part of the program from hero on, because a people who have lived their uvea by the sword need help and leadership to adjust them selves to freedom." . MacArthur's directives have, among other things, broken government - shackles on the press and opened the way for the people, including released political prisoners, to freely criticize all leaders, even the emperor. Travel Tie-Up Hits Klamath The Pacific coast's transporta tion tie-up, which has stranded 125.000 returning veterans in port cities, was hitting the Klam ath basin today, railroad and bus line officials reported. Local residents who want to leave town for holiday visits will have to take their chances sin getting standing room, let alone seats, as facilities were running to full capacity. - The Greyhound bus lines said the traffic was terrific due to the combination of homecoming veterans and the normal holiday up-swlng in travel, 1 Passengers are being backed up locally, and a number have been waiting 12 to 24 hours for space. The Southern Pacific, already running fullblast with troop trains, reported its regular trains loaded to capacity and could promise nothing better than standing room in day coaches to local travelers Local transportation, officials could not recall a time when fa cilities were ao taxed as at present. The combination of normal heavy holiday travel, a record surplus of returning servicemen on tne west coast, ana service men's families trying to reach their husbands : and sons for Christmas was given as the cause for jammed conditions. Mrs.' Carlo n, Son Reunited Town. .1111,11 .Hip, HIW J II IIIJ,I I I I M'J'.'.l.ll-llllKTI V W TV- .'. Mrs. Rot Carlin. 23, embraces her thrw-ytar-old son, Janet Jr. In her home at Chelsea. Mass., after being f read on bail fol lowing hearing on murder charge in death of her six-tnonths-old son, nonaid. roue engaged in a lu-aiy nunt lor tne ktonappea 1 child until It was found dead at home. (AP Wirephoto). Actor Joe E. Brown Given Credit For Killing 2 Japs COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 22 (fl3) Joe E. Brown, the actor, took time out front entertaining the troops on northern Luzon last summer to kill two Japs, Major Gen. Robert S. Bclghtler report ed last night. "Joe was In there firing with a carbine," said tho Ohioan, who commanded the 37th divi sion. 'Two Japs went down, and Joo got the credit." Tho comedian, here with the show "Harvey," was reluctant to . discuss the. incident. 'It was the onlv time I t-vrtr fired close range with a . car bine, "- ho' said in resnonse to questions. J'One Jap went down at 75 yards and, another at 100 yards. The boys said I got them, and they gave me a Jap flag one was carrying." Joe disclosed that he previ ously had fired the 75, 105 and 155-mtllimcter artillery and a 50 caliber machine gun. General Belghtler disclosed Joe's combat activities as the two met on the stage when the show opened here. . Belghtler said he asked Brown if he would like to help capture the town of Bambnng, and the actor' enthusiastically accepted tho offer,, Brown was put . in the lead tank,: and' as '.the; Japs began breaking he popped out and be gan ! firing alongside Col, John Fredericks, commander o the 129th infantry,. Belghtler-, re ported,' , , Auto Takes Out Front Of AltamontGrocery Store -tin A motorist . whose brakes failed . to hold took out- the front of the Altamont camp ground grocery on s. eth at t o'clock last evening - and- state police said cans and merchan dise were strewn throughout the building as the car plowed through the light structure. Driver of the 1937 Chevrolet sedan was William Avery Comp ton, employed by his brother, Les uompton. at his garage. 4443 S. 6th. Police said Comp- ton was not held. The man at tempted to stop behind, three cars which had slowed down and . when he steDned on the brakes they failed to hold. In an effort to avoid hitting the machine ahead, Compton swung to, the left to miss the car and took off the front of the grocery store.- There were no injuries. Operator of the store. Cherrie Cisler, had the building board ed up, police said. State police also reported the arrest of Sigurd Halvor Dahler, 3738 Bisbee, charged with driv ing a motor vehicle while un- Shoppers Crowd KF Store Aisles ' - ' .'Aisles were lam-packed' today as late Christmas shoppers grab bed up merchandise' in an effort to wind up' the holiday splurge of buying which may set an all time record in Klamath Falls. Customers found stocks', well down but took what they could get as the first postwar Christ mas found shelves much like that of last year, and the year before. Jewelry was selling well with pockets apparently steam ing with folding money and cost didn't seem to be the object with most shoppers . - who ' willingly forked over the cash. - -' - It was foul shopping weather with a strong south wind blow ing throught the day but the fact apparently kefpt few of Klam ath's thousands at home. .The restaurants were doing a land office business and customers were standing In line in eating houses, their arms laden with packages. . . , .: " . Crippled Boy's , Bike' Recovered The final' chanter in the -story of the crippled Western Union boy whose bicycle was stolen De cember 12 was' added today. when C. E. Robinson and his son, Melvln. found the bike on the banks of the government canal near Alameda street. The boy returned to Ed's shoe repair shop the bicycle they had given him, after-the story was told in Wednesday's 'Herald and News. Workers at a largo depart ment store and a men's clothing store had also taken up collec tions to eive . the bov a - new wheel as a Christmas present,:, j der the influence ot intoxicating liquor. Dahler Is said to have run into . a -California Oregon Power company truck operated by Bob Faus on S. 6th across from Frazer's market last eve ning. There were no ' injuries but both , machines were . dam aged. ,-.; . Six Slain In Panama Revolt ' PANAMA' CITY, Decl 22 (JP) around the uolon police station, which the government ' charged A brief but ' violent skirmish was precipitated by a revolution ary attempt by followers of for mer President Arnulfo Arias, re sulted today in the killing of six persons and- the wounding of eight others. Authorities ordered a country wide roundup of the followers of Arias who has been waging an aggressive political campaign since his return from exile from Argentina two months ago.' ' Arias . himself had not yet been arrested, although his house was under surveillance. : . ' ' President :' Enrique Jimenez called a special cabinet meeting to discuss the government's next step. , - .,. -v .. . " The clash took place-when a small band of armed men made surprise attack on the national police station , at- Colon. PH Head Seeks New Legal Staff WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 "(P) The Pearl Harbor Investigating committee took a holiday -today but Chairman Barkley (D-Ky.) had some unfinished business the search for a new chief counsel and staff. Gerhard Gesell, assistant counsel, said the staff, still in tends to quit after questioning of witnesses on the day the committee meets again, Decem ber 31. , William D. Mitchell, chief counsel, and his aides an nounced several, days ago they would withdraw because the scope of the investigation had been so broadened that it could not be completed by the Janu ary 3 deadline. -Congress subse quently extended the deadline to February 18. . WEATHER (December 22) Max. (Dac. 21) 45 Min. Precipitation last 24 hours . ..35. ..01. Showers and south Forecast: winds. - - - ' Sunday Shooting Hours Klamath-Tulelak Open 7:21 a. m, Close 4:29 p. m. Monday: - Open 7:22 a, m.. Close 4:30 p. m. Rex Aped FBI Man To Pass Checks Man Says He Enlisted In Three Branches , Of Service Lauce Paul Rex, 24-year-old Texan who admits posing as a "G-man" to leave a trail of bad checks through at least eight western states, was sentenced to serve not more than five years in the Oregon state prison by Circuit Judge David R. Vanden berg. Rex pleaded guilty to passing two checks here this week. The system he generally used was to represent himself as an FBI agent in cashing the checks, showing a letter of credentials, but he did not pose as a govern ment agent nere. However, the FBI wants him for impersonatine a G-man. Rex. under questioning by Judge Van denberg, admitted that he once was in a federal reformatory for impersonating an army olflcer, and also said -that during 1941 and -1942 he had enlisted in the army, navy and marine pon. While he was in the reforma tory he was given a mental ex amination and hospitalized. Rex said, and told the court that his memory was bad. He remem- oereg tne various occasions he had -been: in trouble but gave wrong, answers to the iudee's Questions concerning the rherb he had written-in-the- past tw uionuia, m uregon, uaiitornia, Arizona, Utah, Kansas, Okla homa, Washington and Colorado. "The nearer you get to the jail- iiuuae me worse your memory becomes," Judge Vandenberg told him. ' Arrested Sex was arrested here by city police Tuesday. He says he is married and his wife lives in Portland. He lives at Arcadia, Tex.- "During his short stay in the county jail here, Rex has threat ened to saw his way out, have 'friends break him out" and to get a pistol and "come out the front door." He was very mild in court this morning, accom panied by an unarmed deputy sheriff. . - According to the information against him, the man has cashed around $2400 worth of bad checks in the past three months. Nine persons who were indict ed by the grand jury for felonies Thursday came before the court for arraignment this morning. Michael Foley, charged with neg ligent homicide, has retained U. S. Balentine and E. E. Dris coll as attorneys and was given (Cantlnati Pan 1, Clomn S) Armed Civilians Gather In Iran TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (IP) An Iranian general staff officer said today that army intelli gence reported the "presence of armed civilians and an unusual concentration of Russian tanks and troops at Garmsar," about 75 miles southeast of Tehran. Garmsar is a railroad junc tion from which a line runs north to Shohi and the Caspian seacoast in . Mazanderan prov ince. Seyid Zia, a member of parliament, declared yesterday he expected an "outbreak of insurgency i n Manzanderan within two weeks." It Is A Lovely Calf ST ' ' M "V 1 Actress Alexis Smith, named by San Antonio, Tex. cowhand as the "Girl With The Loveliest Calves," feeds a four-day-old calf in Hollywood, which was unt her by the Texas city's mayor, Gus B. Mauermann. The little fellow seems more interested ia milk than in movie stars. (AP Wirephoto). - Patton To Be Buried With 3rd Army Men Who Died In Heroic "Battle Of Bulge" Br RICHARD A. O REGAN HEIDELBERG. Germany, Dec. 22 (JP) Gen. -George S. Patton Jr., will be buried Mon day in Luxembourg: with the U. S. third army men who died a year ago in; his campaigning in the desperate battle of the Bulge. ' f uneral arrangements were announced today as- American troops in Europe .went rinto mourning and flags were moved to half-staff. ' Patton' s body wiU be laid to. at .-ill aiiAmericafrirrHHawl cemetery at Hamm, four miles I C3U!b Ut JUUAC1UUUU1( wv, VII Strike Moves By The Associated Press The Christmas holiday today brought a temporary halt in ef forts of company, union and government officials to end the month long strike at General Motors. The government's fact find ing board studying the wage dispute the nation's No. 1 labor controversy recessed un til December 28. . The recess came after Chairman Lloyd K. Garrison announced to GM of ficials and CIO - United Auto Workers union representatives that the company's ability to pay would be considered as one factor' in connection with the union's demand for a 30 per cent wage rate increase. .. No comment . on the panel's declaration of policy was asked of either side. The board urged that the company and union should make renewed efforts to settle the dispute by collective bargaining.- . . The union and company lead ers will meet in Detroit on December 26 but the w a g e issues were not scheduled for discussion. They will study re vised demands of local unions at plants where pickets are per mitting office help to go tnrougn to their jobs. - Walter P. Reuther . CIO-UAW vice president, said he hoped the wage negotiations - could begin soon after next Wednes day's meeting, adding: "We are going to make a sincere effort at. collective bargaining. . If we are not successful we will be back here (Washington) Dec. 28." " Operation Santa Claus" . Backfires At Coast Ports SAN FRANCISCO, Dec.. 22 (IP) Stranded service men . in west coast ports numbered about 188,000 today with the office of defense transportation indi cating little prospect of im provement in the transportation problem until about January 1. In Washington Col. J. Mon roe Johnson, director of defense transportation, yesterday told a senate committee everything possible is being done to ex pedite movement of the Pacific veterans pouring into west coast ports but said 90 per cent of all east-bound passenger traffic al ready Is devoted to military personnel. ; More tnan tvuu soldiers , ana sailors left San Francisco yes terday but twice that many ar rived bv shin. There is a back log, of 53,000 in the San Fran cisco' area' and 'transports : will, continue to arrive in increasing numbers until Christmas eve; "Operation Santa Claus," said a harried transportation officer, "should be called Operation Snafu.". . . ,; .... .. , .. . . Other west coast cities re ported: ........ .. f , . Seattle Backlog- 21,882 with 1581 departures and 2430 addi tional arrivals yesterday.- Portland Backlog 9491 with only 325 departures yesterday and 1891 new arrivals-. Tocoma Only 533 moved out yesterday and 2179 came In, Backlog . 24,030, .-about - half- of them still living aboard ' ships. -San Diego 7900 . awaiting transportation. : Los Angeles 38,700 awaiting transportation. - Monday, the day before the first Christmas of the peace he fought to bring. . '. - Episcopalian funeral services will be held In this old uni versity town at the ancient Christ Church of Heidelberg at 3 p. m., (6 a. m., Pacific Stand ard Time) Sunday, r The third and seventh armies, both commanded by Patton at different stages in the European conflict, will share responsibil ity lor the funeral under ar rangements announced by Brig. GemaohrrM-.'WiHems ' A funeral train - will carry the body to Luxembourg-. - Mrs. Patton, who was at her husband's bedside when he died late yesterday of complication! from, injuries in a traffic acci dent, agreed that he should be buried in the European soil he helped to liberate and with the soldier dead of the fighting which smashed down Germany' last - hope drive into the Ar dennes. . . . - 1 The body of the great arm ored , commander, - wtfo was transferred from the third army to the skeletonized- 15th army October .2 after criticizing the denazification policy m Ger many, was to lie in state at Villa Renier, - seventh army headquarters, four hours to night. His body will be on view- to both enlisted men and military and civilian dignitaries until the funeral hour Sunday: Newsprint Ban To Be Lifted WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (JP) Government controls on use of newsprint will be lifted Dec. . 31, but supply is expected to remain short of demand. In ordering revocation of all but inventory restrictions, the -civilian production administra tion estimated that about 1,- . 935,000 tons of newsprint will be available to United States publishers during the first half of 1948. This is 98 per cent of supply in the same period - of 1941. Not Adequate "While this is not adequate to meet demands," - CPA said, "it . is . considered sufficient to warrant revocation of the order in. view, of recommendations of the industry." A pledge by the American -Newspaper Publishers associa tion to "see that no newspaper suspends publication for lack of newsprint" was an important factor in CPA's decision yester day to cancel the rationing order, L-240. r ANPA ' has endorsed a so called New England plan under which publishers . agree to set aside up to three per cent of their newsprint tonnage for any papers threatened with suspen sion because they cannot obtain newsprint. . Arriving In United States By Associated Press Godfrey Rachford, 1st. Lt., of Alturas, Calif., arrived on General Morton due In New York December 17. 1 Clarence O. MaxwalL PFC, Klamath Falls, arriving on Enterprise due in New York December 23,
