Senate Committee Plans World Hop
To Probe Military Waste Reports
Br J. W. DAVIS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28 (IP)
Senator Knowland, (R-Calif.),
who has seen the waste of war,
said todav he and fellow sen
ators hope to determine within
a month whether military goods
are being wastefully thrown
awav now.
Are . usable trucks being
pushed over cuffs? Is food De
ing allowed to spoil while
children go hungry?
These are among the ques
tions a subcommittee of the sen
ate's defense investigating com
mittee will seek to answer in a
month-long 'round the world
flight.
The trip starts tomorrow.
Heading the group is Senator
Tunncll (D-Dcl.), an old hand at
investigations aboard. The third
member is Senator Mitchell (D-
Wash.).
Crackariack System
Knowland said in an interview
that the army during the war
had a crackerjack system of sal
;.vage which saved "a tremendous
"'' amount of shipping" by repair
ing battle damage. He served as
a major in Europe before becom.
ing a senator.
' Of course, war Itself is a
wasteful Drocess." he said
"Then, many useful things had
to be thrown away. The
scorched earth policy is an ex
amnle of destroying wilfully.
"What we want to make sure
' of is that there is no unnecessary
waste now."
Knowland commented ' that
: there may be quite valid reasons
for some destruction of things
v that cost a lot lo make. . .He
r mentioned explosives, for one
thing.
Valuable Itaras
"On the other hand, the conv
' mittee has had reports from time
to time that items -which would
be of value tor toe--'civilian
economy here, -or in- "Australia
for example, have been de
stroyed.
"We have read, as newspaper
readers have, of trucks being
pushed off cliffs. We have heard
reports that food is being wasted.
We don't know how true they
' are. It may be. for example,
that stocks of food have been
. kept from hungry people be
cause uiey nave Decome sponea,
: to keep people from poisoning
themselves."
; Knowland said the flying sen-
aiors Deueve uiey can uo a
constructive lob for the Amer
lean people, who have a lot of
money tied up in supplies, bases
and installations of all kinds."
He' hopes their inspection trip
will contribute to a "sound na
tional policy" on the handling
. of surplus goods abroad.
Minor Mishaps
Reported Here
Numerous minor accidents, a
. few petty thefts and several
. drunk calls occupied the holi
. days for the city police. Five
drunks and one vagrant appear-
ed in court this morning, and
one drunk and one man charged
with being drunk and disorderly
bailed out. - - -
Robert- LeRoy Penning, 824
Plum, posted $10 bail for an ap
pearance in court for a violation
of the basic rule. He. was ar
rested at S. 6th and E.- Main
early Christmas - morning for
making 35 in a 25-mile zone.
C. A. Stlne, Portland, report
ed that the fender aprons were
taken off his 1941 Buick which
was parked in front of 723 Wash
ington street over the holidays.
A hit-and-run accident on S.
6th Christmas Day was reported
by C. A. Luse, 434 N. 6th. Luse
said he was coming up 6th and
the other car,-going south, side
swiped his machine,, wrecking
both fenders on the left side of
Luse's car, and kept on going.
R. L. Meglasson of Macdoel,
Calif., has asked police here to
be on the lookout for a watch
stolen from his car at Dorris or
Macdoel. Meglasson said the
watch was broken and may be
brought to Klamath Falls for re
pairs. Thirteen gallons of gas were
reported drained out of a car
belonging to H. W. Petrick, 911
Prospect, early Christmas morning.
Matting Chang a Midland
grange economics club will meet
Wednesday, January 2, instead
of Tuesday, with Mrs. Emma
Lamb. All members are urged
to attend the first meeting of the
year.
Discharged William D. Mast,
RM 1c, 1944 Auburn, has just
received his honorable discharge
from the U. S. navy at Shoe
maker, Calif.
Grange Matting The Shasta
View grange will have its Christ
mas party and regular meeting
on Thursday, December 27.
Ill On Christmas Mrs. M.
McLean spent Christmas taking
care of her daughter Carolyn
and her mother Mrs. C. A.
Vaughn who were in bed ill.
Business Visit A. F. Mc-
Quistan, cattleman of Fort
Klamath, was a business visitor
in this city Wednesday.
Sarvlcaman Horn George
Campbell, recently discharged
from service, with his wife spent
Christmas with his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Florence Risen, 934
Addison. Floyd Riach was also
home on a holiday leave. He has
iust returned from service in
'ranee. Other dinner guests
were Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Dewey
and daughter Dorothy.
Home From Hospital Mrs.
Charles Hollenbeck was taken
home from the hospital for
Christmas. She Is still very ill
but her daughter and family
have come from Portland to
take car of her. Mr. and Mrs.
Hollenbeck live at 625 Adams.
Her daughter is Mrs. Charles
Almeter.
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knowing what communism is.
want it and vote for it in a free
election.
Bie and mutually profitable
trade with the Orient has been
an American dream for genera
tions, and we are realistic
enough to know that this can
come about ONLY if the Chinese
auit fighting among themselves
and settle down to work. Now
that the problem has been more
or less dimmed in our laps, we
might as well go the whole road
and BE THE POLICEMAN that
keeps the peace long enough to
give China a CHANCE to settle
down and go io worn.
NOBODY, of course, will give
us credit for wanting only
that in a world organized as this
one has been with conquest tne
prime motive in such situations.
We may have to go ahead and
DEMONSTRATE the purity of
our purposes.
A Deaceful China, working
and producing and TRADING,
might be worth the cost. -,
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THERE is an interesting straw
a. in th Wachlneton winds to
day.
Senator Wiley, of Wisconsin,
suggests that unions be made
liable for damages resulting
from strike in violation of con
tracts. (He means, presumably,
that employers-should ne maoe
similarly liable for contract
violations, as what is sauce for
the goose must obviously be
sauce for the gander.)
He tells a reporter that sucn
legislation would practically
solve the strike problem.
r.
has seemed to this writer for
bargaining agreements are sim
ple business contracts and should
be treated as such. One great
trouble with our labor machin
ery is that it is too complicated
to work.
Cor Wrecks
Place Two
In Hospital
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Ski Party Held
At Ft. Klamath
When Klamath Falls didn't
have enough snow for the USO
ski party planned for Sunday,
December 22, the disappoint
ment was so great that the
, Marine Barracks offered trans
portation to Fort Klamath where
the snow was several feet deep.
A group of 30 marines and
junior hostesses confidently set
uui wunout a corpsman in the
crowd, and came back without
, a single casualty, although most
of them were rank beginners on
me slopes.
Three small Dies, roasted
whole, huge pans of scalloped
. potatoes, and all the trimmings
were waning ior tnem when
they returned to the USO with
appetites that justified the out
lay ot food.
The Marine Barracks furn-
' lshed skis, boots, ski poles, mit
tens, and parka packets to both
the servicemen and their hos
tess guests.
BLOODY CHRISTMAS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 (IP)
Los Angeles county traffic fatal-
nies passed the luoo mark for
the year in a bloody Christmas
which saw 13 die. The new total
of 1008 compared with 770 for
the same date in 1944,
U. S. production of aviation
gasoline and toluene rose from
19,000,000 barrels in 1941 to
186,000,000 barrels in 1944.
were pursuing we're not identi
fied and got away.
Rhodes said tnat Harris was
unconscious when he arrived at
the scene. The police officer was
brought to Klamath Falls to the
hospital where X-rays were tak
en today to determine the extent
of his injuries. Harris has been
on the Tulelake police force for
a year and a half and has a wue
and small daughter.
No one was injured in a colli
sion caused by ice-covered pave
ment at the Keno-Weed junction
Christmas Day. Cornelia Ma
chen, 22, of Route 3, reported
that $100 damage was done to
her 1935 Ford sedan when it
was struck by a 1940 Buick driv
en by U. c Motley, oa, ruamatn
t ails plumber.
Car Skids
She said she was driving west
on the Keno road when the Mot
ley car skidded and crashed into
her machine on a slight hill.
Extensive damage was done
to a DeSoto sedan driven by
Kelly Lazarus, Route 1, when he
crashed into the rear of a GMC
truck driven by A. J. Toyly,
du4Z Laverne, on the highway
between Merrill and Tulelake
Christmas Eve. The truck is
owned by Sessler Bros, market.
Toyly reported that he was
going south on the highway and
had slowed down to clear the
snow off his windshield when
tne other car smashed into the
back end of his truck.
The 11th and Main intersec
tion in town was the scene of
two Christmas accidents. Cars
driven by Ira Crutchfield, a sol
dier residing at 729 N. 9th, and
Postmaster Burt E. Hawkins.
2121 Vine, figured in one colli
sion mere Christmas afternoon.
Both cars were going slow and
only minor damage was done.
The other happened Christ
mas Eve and Involved cars driv
en by Thomas Conway, Route 3,
and Verle E. Hotchklss of Reno.
Approximately $100 damage was
done to Hotchklss' 1939 Olds
and $50 damage to Conway's
Ford pickup.
Historical Society Members
of the Klamath County Histor
ical society who are interested
in working on the Klamath his
tory scrap book are invited by
Mrs. Bert Thomas to her home,
828 Pacific Terrace at 1 p. m.,
Friday. Refreshments will be
served.
Poor Celebration Mary
Pape was back on her job in
Shaw's stationery shop today,
She went home ill Christmas
Eve and spent Christmas in bed.
Her mother Mrs. Esther Baker
came over to take care of her.
Post Christmas Party Miriam
circle of the Presbyterian church
will have its Christmas party
this Thursday at 2 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. R. E. Wattenburg,
219 Pine. There will be gifts
and refreshments.
Remodeling The office of the
United States employment ser
vice, 242 Main, is being remod
eled. Partitions are being put
up to create two small offices in
the rear of the present large
room which will be completely
re-decorated.
Dinner Guests Guests for
Christmas dinner at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adams in
cluded Mrs. Clara Shaw, Dr. and
Mrs. Allen Priest and three chil
dren, and Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Hatton.
Weekend Here Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Gore and Mrs. Harold Cook
of Medford spent last weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Mushen,
127 Hillside. They left Christmas
Eve to spend the holiday at
home.
Attand Church Golda Har
ney spent Christmas Eve with
Clara McPherren at her home
in St. Francis Park. They at
tended midnight Christmas ser
vices together.
Business In Stockton Dan
Bastien of Roger's jewelry store
is leaving this evening for Stock
ton, Calif., to attend a business
meeting for jewelers. He plans
to return to this city Sunday.
Family Dinner Mrs. J. G. Mc
Lean enjoyed Christmas dinner
witn her son and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon McLean. Other
relatives were guests also.
Byrnes To Leave
Moscow Tonight
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 (JPt
Secretary of State Byrnes will
leave Moscow by plane at 10:30
p. m. PST tonight for his return
trip to Washington from the big
three foreign ministers confer
ence, the state department an
nounced today.
The deDartment emphasized
that the departure time was ten
tative and sucoect to weather
conditions.
Byrnes arrived In Moscow De
cember 15 for the sessions at
which plans for peace treaties
with former enemy countries and
a general European peace con-
xerence were made.
When Byrnes Bets back here
state department officials say it
is umixeiy ne win nave more
than a week at his desk before
leaving for London to attend the
opening of the United Nations
assembly.
Truman Will
Address Nation
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 26 (IP)
President Truman revealed to
day that he will address the
country by radio shortly after
his return to Washington on the
overall legislative program and
the state of the nation.
The address, he said, will in
clude not only an explanation
to the people of his legislative
proposal for ending strikes but
will review his entire legisla
tive program, much of which
has been stalemated in congress.
The president made his dis
closure to an informal news
conference today shortly after
his arrival in his offices at the
Kansas City Federal building
from a trip to nearby Grand-
view, Mo., vhere he paid his
second holiday visit in two days
to his mother, Mrs. Martha. E.
Truman.
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Four who want on trial before Jeering nasi judges and later
war hung for their part In an attempt to assassinate Hitler In
July, 1944. were among 5000 persons cither shot or hung for the
plot. Trial pictures taken by nasi cameraman shew Field Marshal
Von Witsleben (upper left) forced to wear outslaed trousers as
gesture of humiliation! Count Von Leonrodt (upper right) an
army staff major) Count Warner von dar Schulenberg (lower
left), and Chaplain Wehrla (lower right) who advised plotters
that murder of the tyrant would be no crime, but who pleaded
for mercy la court. Collier's magailne photos from Acme tele
photo. .
Pariy For Japanese Kids
Almost Turns Into Riot
By RUSSELL BRINES
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (IP) It
began as a GI's idea to entertain
a few hundred kids and nearly
ended in a juvenile riot.
Officers and men of the U. S.
eleventh corps planned a Christ
mas party yesterday for 600 chil
dren of Japanese laborers em
ployed by the corps. Soldiers
contributed gifts, candy and
cookies. A special program was
prepared.
DIES IN BLAZE
MOUNT VERNON. Dec. 26 UP)
Ellis Johnson, 73, died in a fire
which destroyed the shack in
which he lived on the outskirts
of Anacortes Christmas Eve, the
coroner reported today.
Mulberry leaves are the ex
clusive food of silkworms.
GM Pickets
Resume Action
DETROIT, Dec. 26 (P) Pick
ets in the General Motors strike
returned to action at some fac
tory gates today after a four-day
Christmas weekend holiday.
While picketing resumed at
General Motors' four big plants
in Flint, Mich., an additional
2000 to 3000 office and salaried
workers were permitted entry at
the Fisher body and Chevrolet
plants.
Token Lines
Only token picket lines ap
peared at those two factories and
at AC Spark Plug, where 2200
salaried employes have been
working for some time.
Salaried workers at Buick,
however, encountered larger
picket lines and remained off
the job. A spokesman for Buick
local 599 said the plant would
continue to be picketed because
of Its larger number of gates and
MIC .JU.IlUl... HID, U.1S.M..1W.
ized" Dersons might enter.
The UAW-CIOrs strike leader
ship has left to each union local
the decision whether to permit
the entry of salaried workers at
Its plant.
U. S. Willing To
Talk Spain Issue
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (IP)
The United States has notified
France of its readiness to dis
cuss with Britain and France
all aspects of the relations of
the three governments with
Spain's Franco regime.
Acting Secretary of State
Dean Acheson told a news con
ference today that the United
States government, replying to
a French suggestion for such
discussions, had indicated its
willingness to go into the mat
ter whenever and wherever
France suggests.
The U. S. reply, Acheson said,
was delivered in Paris this
week.
Sailor Killed In
Ambulance Wreck
BREMERTON, Dec. 26 (IP)
Eleven men were injured, one
fatally, when an ambulance used
to return dock workers to their
quarters hit a power pole,
plunged down a bank and over
turned late yesterday at the Ban
gor naval magazine depot north
of here.
Lewis Edgar Worthy, 18, hos
pital apprentice 2c, USNR, Bir
mingham, Ala., the driver, died
five hours later.
James W. Kennebrew, 20, sea
man 1c. Memphis. Tenn.. was
in a critical condition with pos
sible spinal injuries. All in the
vehicle were injured.
But the Yanks had forgotten
about Japan's birth rate. Guests
began arriving long before party
time. They came tumbling in
droves from the adjacent street
car station and clattered clee
fully up the short hlU on their
wooden clogs.
9000 Attend
Their GI hosts soon swore that
the whole Tokyo-Yokohama area
must have been denuded of
young life. Six hundred? That
was only a starter; there were
1200, then 30006000 8000
and the final estimate was 9000.
Local police and laborers were
hustled to the scene to help main
tain order. The children were
sorted into shifts, and admitted
300 at a time, while frantic GI
hosts delved into duffle bags
for Impromptu additional gifts.
The program was curtailed
and speeded, and sweating Red
Cross workers handed out
doughnuts until their arms
ached.
By nightfall, only 3000 of the
9000 had been entertained. The
others still were waiting, hun
grily and hopefully, outside in
tne snarp cold.
Their friends who had been
lucky enough to get inside shar
ed gifts and described the won
drous events in rapid-fire Japan
ese then the thousands of wood
en clogs pounded down the hill
into the darkness.
Paper Charges
Food 'Hoarded'
i
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (IP) The
new Tokyo daily, Mimpo, assert
ed today that large stocks of
foodstuffs were being "hoarded"
by the privileged class, while the
?;overnment "is trying to give
he impression that the only way
to tide over the food crisis in
this country lies in importing
foreign rice."
The paper demanded distribu
tion of the "hoarded" stocks.
Under terms of a directive is
sued by allied headquarters to
day, 20,000,000 kilograms (44,
080,000 pounds) of food and
3,130,000 pieces of clothing,
taken from Japanese military
stores, will be distributed among
the people. The total represents
approximately 30 per cent of all
Japanese army and navy food,
and all navy clothing. Very lit
tle army clothing is available.
Coone Raps
Protesting GI's
MANILA, Dec. 26 (IP)
Spokesman for 4000 GI's said a
mass meeting would be held to
day to discuss cancellation of a
scheduled home-DOund transport
sailing after a mass protest
march yesterday brought both
an explanation and a reprimand
from their colonel, who was
quoted as telling them:
"You men forget you're not
working for General Motors
you're still in the army."
The army newspaper Paciflcan
attributed the statement to Col.
J. C. Campbell, depot com
mander who ordered the men to
their barracks. He explained
that the sailing cancellation was
in connection with consolidation
of the 21st and 29th replacement
deDOts.
The men dispersed within 10
minutes, discarding their "We
Want Ships" banner.
Police Break
Up Christmas
Party At Dump
State and city police Inter
rupted an enriy unrusimas puny
and celebration at tho city dump
on Old Fort road lust Smuiuy
morning and us u result seven
Indians vyore hailed Into justice
court to faco ennrgos oi uoing
drunk in a puuiic place.
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AUUUIIU llilllbUllll IIBBIW. Wiu-
thy George, Beatrice Lynch, Bet
ty (JliocKloot, mnrsnan wonncy,
Theodore Captuln and James
Chocktoot wore nil fined $10 and
slven the oDtion of naylng off
or sponding five days In the
county lull for arunKonness.
In addition the four inon were
fined $25 each for having intoxi
cating liquor In their possession.
State police .snld they investi
gated a call about the wild party
and found thot the Indians were
giving the caretaker of the dump
some trouble and raising cain
generally. The city paddy wagon
was called out to haul the cele
brants back to town.
Craig's Will
Be Remodeled
Extensive plans ire being
made for remodeling Craig i
clothing store, 617 Main, to keep
in steu with other building im
provements in Klamath Falls.
David F. Engel, president of
Craig's incorporated, was here
from New York over the past
weekend to complete plans (or
remodeling the local store. Work
will probably start In lute sum
mer of 1946.
An unusual feature of the
Klans is tho Inset wall bins for
anging garments. Theso will
have large leather frames in
both dark and light colors. Low
modern cabinets will be installod
and the whole place completely
redecorated In warm shades of
tan and brown.
The new building will take In
the shop next door now occupied
by T. 13. Walters' real estate of
fice. Large curved glass windows
will front the store with an off-tho-strcct
entrance and large
double glass doors. There will
be fluorescent lighting through
out, and neon outdoor signs.
Mrs. Engol accompanied her
husband on the trip. They left
Monday night for the San Fran
cisco bay area.
Robert Orenley, west coast su
pervisor of the chain, was here
over the weekend also. He left
for Great Falls, Mont., on com
pany business.
Men Trapped
In Coal Mine
PINEVILLE, Ky., Dec. 26 (IP)
Thirty to 35 miners were be
lieved trapped a mile to two
miles back In a coal mine here
today following an explosion
which apparently closed their
exit.
G. E. Lewis, operator of the
mine, the Kentucky Straight
Creek Coal company, said res
cue squads entered the tunnel
shortly after noon while clouds
of smoke were still pouring
from the entrance.
He said he did not anticipate
an immediate report on condi
tions In the vicinity of the ex
plosion, Lewis said It could not be de
termined at once whether the
air shaft leading to the blast
area had been closed by the
blast.
"It is possible," the operator
stated, "that the explosion may
have blown In the top, but of
course we won't know until
someone comes out of the
mine."
Mine Deep
The mine, he said, is one and
one-half to two miles deep.
He added . that the blast oc
curred so far underground that
no concussion was felt and no
noise heard on the outside. It
wasn't until huge clouds of
smoke started boiling from the
mouth of the mine that it was
learned of the explosion,
Lewis said it was not known
Immediately . what caused the
blast, or whether it was set oft
by explosives or mine condl
tions.
Annie Mansfeldt
Claims Insanity
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 26 (IP)
The same jury of six men and
six women which convicted Mrs.
Annie Irene Mansfeldt of man
slaughter - for the jealousy-in
spired shooting of Nurse vana
Martin todav began hearing the
second phase of her dual plea
or innocent by reason ot insan
ity. Despite reports Mrs, Mans
feldt wanted to withdraw the
plea and serve a prison term in
stead of being' confined in a
mental institution, her attorneys
brought the hearing to trial.
BING CROSBY NOT
AT DEATH'S DOOR
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 28 (IP)
Singer Bine Crosby Is In his
usual good health, persistent ru
mors io the contrary notwith
standing, his brother, Larry
Crosby, said today.
"tting caned me up long dis
tance today," said Larry. "He
was feeling fine. Ho's fn New
York on business, and hasn't
oecn near a doctor tor tnree
months. I suppose the rumors
started because three months
ago, after finishing his latest
picture, he spent three days m
a Santa Monica hospital for a
check-up on arthritis. .He'll be
noma in a few days." '
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