House Committee Sets Mid-January
Hearing On Merger Of Armed Forces;
Randolph Raps Competitive Bidding
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (P)
The congressional controversy
over merger of the armed forces
will be resumed In mid-January
before the house expenditures
committee.
Rep. Jennings- Randolph (D-
W. Va.) reported today the
group hai agreed to open hear
ings after the holiday recess on
his bill for unified command.
The measure would set up a
single department of national
defense, with under-secretaries
for war, navy and air, as urged
recently by President Truman.
The committee also will con
sider bills by Chairman May (D
Ky.) of the military committee
and Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) of the
naval committee for a separate
air arm, under a secretary for
air. Under the May-Vinson plan
the separate secretaries for war
and navy would be maintained.
Extensive Hearings
The senate military commit
tee already has held extensive
hearings on the merger proposal,
and Senator Edwin C. Johnson
(D-Colo.) recently predicted the
group would have ready for ac
tion by February first a meas
ure embracing Mr. Truman's re
quest.
Randolnh couDled his an
nouncement of house committee
' hearings with release of corre
spondence in which he asserted
the government has lost millions
of dollars because of competitive
bidding between the army and
navy for hard-to-get products.
- Randolph's statement was
made in a letter to H. Struve
Hensel, assistant secretary of the
navy. Hensel had written Kan
dolDh that statements of the serv
ices bidding against one another
cannot be supported.
Reolvinff to Hensel. Randolph
listed these four cases he said
proved his contention:
Four Case
1. "The army and navy both
- Til seed orders for 3000-gallon
water tanks with the W. W. Mc-
Farland Co.. Miami. Fla. The
navy was paying 10 per cent
more than the army for essen
tially the same item, and there
fore the manuiaciurer concen
trated on meeting the navy
schedules.
2. "During 1944 the . army
and navy were engaged in sched
uling engines and engine spare
parts with manufacturers in the
Detroit area. There was direct
conflict between the services.
Manufacturers could not meet
both schedules and the war pro
duction board had to step In to
effect coordination.
-- 3. "The Haslett Chute and
Convevor Co.. Oakes. Fa., was
making M-4 " pontoon bridge
parts for the army and lighter
aircraft wine tips for the navy
in January-May, 1945. Strong
competition existed lor facilities
and for labor and as a result the
production for both services fell
behind schedule.
4. "Medical: and drug sup
plies were purchased by the
army and the navy with little or
no coordination. Out of 266 con-'
tracts checked, 72 had been
placed with the same contractor
Dy tne two services.
Randolph Replies
Randolph told Hensel that af
ter the joint army-navy pro-
- curement agency was formed in
1945 it saved f 25,000,000 in the
first three months of operations.
He added:
"A survey of only a small por
tion of the field reveals prob
able savings under unification
of some $8,065,317,000 over a
three-year period."
Hensel has commented In his
letter that statements by others
regarding - possible savings of
"tens of billions of dollars" un
der a unified command were
"extravagant and (insupport
able.
vi. wi, aiiiar . Maurice
Cline, CAMM, is visiting at the
home of his brother-in-law and
sister", Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Kusler
i iriamath Piallc. Kuslpp in the
Southern Pacific traveling
freight ana passenger agciu iicie.
Christmas in Sacramento Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Stitt spent Christ
mas in Sacramento. He is the
Southern Pacific district passen
ger agent in Klamath i ails.
Operation Donald Gene Cole
man, son of Mrs. Irene Coleman
of Tulelake, underwent an oper
ation for the removal of his ap
pendix Thursday morning at
Hillside hospital.
Medical Care Billy Vaden,
11. son of Raluh Vaden of Fort
Klamath, is receiving medical
care at Hillside hospital.
Hospital Space
. Borrowed For
40,000 War Vets
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27 UP)
To meet the rapidly rising de
mand for medical care of veter
ans, the veterans' administration
u borrowing space for approxi
mately 40,000 patients.
Maj. Gen. Paul R. Howley,
acting surgeon general of the
administration, said yesterday
Deas for zu.UUU disabled veter
ans had been obtained in civil
ian hospitals, 9375 in navy, and
xu.uuu in army hospitals.
A navy hospital at Astoria.
Ore., is listed for 100 beds and
two in the Seattle area for 300
each.
Appreciation Dinner
Planned By C of C
An appreciation dinner honor
ing key workers in the eight war
bond campaigns is being planned
by the Klamath County chamber
of commerce.
Manager C. R. Stark said the
dinner will be held about the
middle of January. The menu
will include rnntrihntnna trnm
Walla Walla, Wenatchee and As
toria cnamoers 01 commerce,
which lost a war bond contest
with the Klamath chamber re
cently. Further details on the dinner
will be announced later.
COUNT TEACHING YEARS
SALEM, Dec. 27 VP) Em
ployes of state departments who
had taught school before as
suming their present jobs may
count the years they- spent
teaching in applying for bene
fits under. the state's, new' re
tirement pension system, ' Attor
ney General George Neuner
ruled today, .
Installation DeMolay Installa
tion will take place tonight.
Thursday, at 8 o'clock in the Ma
sonic temple.
Kiwanis Club
Honors Hicks
Kiwanis club members paid
tribute today to their outgoing
president, Joe Hicks. Phil
Hitchcock acted as chairman of
the day at the Willard hotel
luncheon,1 and reviewed Hicks'
year at the head of the service
club. Hicks made a short talk
in humorous Vein, mentioning
numerous members of the club
who were promptly fined on
the president's suggestion.
Orth Sisemore will be in
stalled as president of the Ki
wanis club at an installation
party Friday, January 11.
A feature of the club's meet
ing last week was the presenta
tion of a $12 check to Charles
Cheyne of Henley, who won a
Future Farmers of America
award, sponsored by Oregon
Kiwanis clubs.
Holiday Travel
Remains Heavy
- Railroad - officials here ex
pressed the hope today that the
decrease in hnliHnv 4raul wrlll
make room for the tremendous
numDers 01 servicemen returning
from overseas. At present, the
travel Jtittmtinn ia "n, Kn n-
ever" and there are still more
men coming by ship than there
is available rail travel space.
Holiday travel is at its heav
iest now and will continue into
January. Christmas Day and the
following day were comparative
ly light because most of the trav
elers had reached their destina
tions, j
7 Bombs Explode
In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Dec. 27 VP)
Seven bombs . exploded in the
center of Jerusalem tonight and
two heavy explosions were re
ported from Tel Aviv.
The building housing the crim
inal investigation department in
Jerusalem was damaged when
the blasts rang out at 7:23 p. m.
and first reports said a number
of persons were trapped inside.
Part of the structure collapsed.
AH traffic in Jerusalem was
halted.
Troops rushed to emergency
stations.
Armored cars patrolled the
city.
Sounds of heavy gunfire were
heard in the city.
Love joy Returns
To Med ford Home
Lt. Col. O. C. Lovejoy, owner
of the Mode o' Day shop in Klam
ath Falls and similar shops in
other Oregon cities, has return
ed to his Medford home after
more than four years in the
army.
At the time of the Normandy
Invasion, he commanded the
577th quartermaster battalion,
one of two quartermaster battal
ions to land on D-Day on Utah
beach. Col. Lovejoy wears two
battle campaign stars and the
Bronze Star medal. His son, S
1c, is in navy training at,Del
Monte, Calif., and his daughter,
Jerrilee, is a Wave stationed at
Balboa "park, San Francisco.
Hearing Waived In
Kidnaping Case
BOISE, Dec. 27 VP) Three
men, charged with kidnaping
two Washington men last Sat
urday, waived preliminary hear
ing before Judge J. M. Lam-
pert In Justice court Wednes
day and were bound over to dis
trict court.
The trio, William Kelenkin
sop, William K. Graves and Ray
R. Van Valkenburg. all of
Boise, are charged by County
Prosecutor James Blaine with
forcing Joe Hensley of Seattle
and Thomas W. Hume of Taco
ma into a taxicab and driving
them toward the railroad dis
trict.
Expected Home Capt, James
Rogers, u. s. marine corps, ad
vised his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Rogers of Pacific Terrace,
that he would arrive tonight.
Thursday, at 10:55 o'clock from
the south to spend the remainder
of the holidays. Capt. Rogers
served 26 months in the South
Pacific and last December re
ceived a 30-day leave. He return
ed to Quantico, Va., for artillery
training and joined the 1st divi
sion of the marines who left
Camp Pendleton in May, Capt.
Rogers was on Okinawa until
August when he was sent to
Tientsin, China. That was his last1
post until leaving for the United
States several weeks ago.
Added To Staff Mrs. F. W.
(Dorothy) McReynolds has tak
en a position with Klamath Pro
duction Credit association, re
placing Viola Hicks, who left to
be married. Mrs. McReynolds
has been living in California
with her husband who was in
the Seabees until recently. She
has been away from this city
three years and he has been
away four years. Before enter
ing the service McReynolds was
associated with the state high
way department. He is now em
ployed by Standard stations.
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Family Gathering Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Meyers of San Fran
cisco arrived Saturday to spend
the holidays with his relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Tilton and
family, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Til
ton and family and Mrs. M. E.
Knauss of this city. They plan
to return to San Francisco the
latter part of this week.
Royal Neighbors The regu
lar meeting of the Royal Neigh
bors of America will be held
Friday at 2 p. m. in the KC hall.
At 6:30 p. m. a potluck dinner
will be held for Royal Neighbors
and husbands. Those having
birthdays in October, November
and December will be honored
at this meeting.
New Map The local office of
the US forest service is working
on bringing the map of Rogue
River national forest up to date.
The new map will be off the
press in 1946. The last print was
made in 1937.
Christmas in South The Rev.
David Barnett Jr., left immedi
ately after church on Sunday
with his family, to spend the
holidays in Los Angeles. They
will return after New Year's
Day.
To Portland vn n,, tu-m
son, FO Andrew Silani, Cy
Wallen, Kenneth Wallen, and
Wes Clark made up a group of
Klamath men who left Thursday
morning on a business trip to
Portland. They are expected to
return Saturday night.
In Hospital Among the influ
enza patients receiving treat
ment at Hillside are Mrs. Cor
nelia Frailey of Tulelake, Mrs.
Elwin Swinney of route 1, box
1051, and Mrs. Eugene Hicks of
box 922, city.
"miignj me pa
tients at Hillside hospital is
- ...U H,lrulu juuruyn uarxiey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Barkley of Klamath Agency
who is being treated for a se
vere cold.
On LeaTA Wait cu..
Sol', b'other of Fred Horn of
?,?.,?, rard. and a shipmate,
William Eckhardt, are spending
a 10-day leave with Mr. and
Mrs. Horn and family. They are
wr uu lne u&b uasa
Diane- at ban yrancisco.
Back In SIiIm iuv ' i,
Glenn Stivers of 2301 Orchard
have received word that their
on Irene, gunners mate 2c, ar
riven in Snaffle 71 u n .
a expects to be home on leave
tvjuiui xv aays.
On Furlouah Uom-.. nr
Ling, who has been serving in
the Pacific with the army, is in
Klamath Falls on furlough. He
was graduated in 1941 from
To San Francisco Darlene
McDaniels left Wednesday for
San Francisco after spending
Christmas with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William McDaniels of
Shasta Way.
From Harbor Mrs. L. H.
Harvey and son Leonard of Har
bor were visitors in Klamath
Falls over the holidays. They
are former residents of this city.
Visit Parents Mr. and Mrs
Charles Patchett of Roseburg
spent Christmas with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Brink of
ZZ41 orchard.
In San Francisco The E. P.
Ivory family of 1919 Manzanita
is spending a few days in San
Francisco. They expect to return
the first of the year.
Card Party Women of the
Moose will hold a card party in
the Moose hall Friday at 2 0. m.
This will be the fifth of the ser
ies and is open to the public.
In Hospital Dale McNalr, 15-
year-old son of Mrs. Pearl Mc-
wair 01 fcseatly spent Christmas
in Hillside hospital recovering
from an appendectomy.
VETERAN
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. NO MOME NQJOI
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! 6) MU OF RKKTS
A shrewd fellow is Jack Maurer. 16. an Army Air Farwa veteran
of Guadalcanal. Homeless; unemployed, denied a GI Bill. of
Rights loan, he chose this spot on Roosevelt Plaza facing Camden,
N. J., City Hall to stage a campaign to find a home for his wife
and one-year-old child and himself. He has been living with
friends, but says he will stay in the tent until he gets a home
and
Loans Granted
Oregon Vets
The State Department of Vet
erans' Affairs has approved
loans to Oregon' veterans of
World War II amounting to $93,
150 for the acquisition of farms
and homes. Hugh E. Rosson, di
rector, announced today, lne
average loan was for $2388.
Ud to December 19, a total
of 127 veterans have applied for
loans, with Multnomah county
leading and Marion, Clackamas
and Lane counties following in
that order. The first loan was
approved on October 15.
A maximum of $3000 but not
to exceed 75 per cent of the ap
praised value 01 the property
may be loaned veterans of Ore
gon under the act, approved by
the 1945 session of the state leg
islature. The act is administered
by the Department of Veterans'
Affairs. '.
Mr. Rosson pointed out that
application may be made by any
eligible veteran, in writing, at
the department's offices in the
State Library building, Salem,
or at the Portland branch office
in the Oregon building at Fifth
and Oak streets. The veteran
will be sent an application form
along with instructions, or these
may be obtained irom any coun
ty or veterans' organization serv
ice officer.
The application form, along
with a certified or photostatic
copy of the veteran's discharge,
is then mailed to the Salem or
Portland office.
If the loan Is approved, an
appointed attorney in the vet
eran's home county can help
him complete the legal details,
thus eliminating the need of a
trip to Salem or Portland.
- The applicant should clearly
state whether he is acquiring a
farm, or a city or suburban
home, it was advised.
NO MORE ROOM
CORVALLIS, Dec. 27 (TV-
Oregon State college announced
today no more men or married
students could be enrolled for
winter term unless they could
find their own living quarters.
College officials said they
had- already filled every room
and apartment suitable for men
or couples. A few more women
students can still be accommo
dated for the term, beginning
January z.
Man Faces Grand
Larceny Charge
A complaint charging grand
larceny was filed last night
against Kenneth W. Walker, em
ploye of the K cafe on Klamath
avenue, who is alleged to have
stolen $300 from the cafe short
ly after midnight last night.
The complaint was signed by
Mrs. William Peck, owner of the
eating place. Walker is now be
ing held in jail at Alturas.
The man hired a taxicab to
take him to Reno last night and
after the money was missed state
police notified the sheriff at Al
turas to be on the lookout for
him. He was intercepted and ar
rested about 4 o'clock this morn
ing. Walker has already signed a
waiver for extradition. He has
denied any knowledge of the
theft, Sheriff Lloyd Low said to
day. Embassy Workers
Protest Wages
LONDON, Dec. 27 (IP) The
resignation of 12 U. S. embassy
employes who said they could
not live in London on the sal
aries paid them was announced
by American officials today.
Among those who resigned
were two vice consuls and seven
code-room clerks, who must be
replaced from the United States.
The others were British tele
phone operators. Their salaries
were about $2400 a year.
Embassy officials said high
living costs made it difficult to
maintain a full staff of about
900 persons on prevailing wages.
Dr. Currin To Take
Work In Urology
Dr. Hugh Currin, who has
served three years with the
army, is leaving immediately
for San Francisco where he w'll
take a year's post-graduate
work in urology at the Univer
sity of California hospital.
Visiting Dr. Currin here at
this time is Dr. A. O. Heldobler
of Portland, who served with
him throughout his term in the
service. The two men were to
gether at Fort Riley, Kas.,
North Africa and France.
Dr. Currin was a major at
the time of his discharge.
Police Chief Goes to Jail
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Ernest Giles1, 210-pound Vernon, Calif., chief of police, made
serious mistake when he beat up a prisoner suspected of a mere
' traffic violation and so here he is, right, about to start a GO-day
sentence in county jail for assault. Deputy Sheriff Jim Watlclns
.hold cell door open for Giles, who, after conviction, chose the ,
SJaUaitoBi in Ilea of isJninf '" " i v
Waldo Draws
20-Year Jolt
Albert M. Waldo, wlio has
been in the county jail since late
In October on a charge of statu
tory rape, was sentenced to serve
2(1 venrs In the state penitentiary
by Circuit Judge David R. Vim
denberg today.
Waldo, a probation violator,
was given the maximum sen
tence. He was on probation from
the court here for foraory of an
endorsement last summer. The
probation was revoked and ne
was given the prison term.
The 32-vcar-old man. married
and father of four children, was
lndlclcd by tho grand Jury two
weeks ago for statutory rape.
He was arrested uctooor zo aim
placed in jail lit llou of $5000
cu&ll bond.
According to the Information
against him, Waldo was occu
pying a cabin on S. 6th with the
14-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Nettie Belle Lusk and with the
consent of Mrs. Lusk, who is
under indictment for contribut
ing to the delinquency of a minor.
Mrs. Lusk allegedly rented
two cabins, lived In one herself
and allowed Waldo and her
daughter to occupy the other.
The girl is in custody 01 trie ju
venlle office.
Michael Foley, charged with
negligent homicide in the traf
fic death of Johnny Splcher,
pleaded innocence this, morning
and his trial was set for Febru
ary 13.
February 19 was set as the
date lor the trial or A. W
Downs, former city bulldtm In
spector, indicted for arson. Hi
pleaded innocence this morning.
Warner Jay Dickenson, indicted
tor obtaining money and prop
erty under false pretenses, also
pleaded Innocence but his trial
has not been set.
Lee Arlet Hixon. charred
with receiving and concealing
stolen property, was arraigned
yesterday and given until De
cember 31 to enter a plea.
PH Probers
Seek Counsel
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 UP)
The return of Chairman Bark
ley (D-Ky.) to the capital
brought renewed efforts by the
Pearl Harbor committee today
to find a successor to William D.
Mitchell as Its counsel.
Barkley is head of a subcom
mittce appointed to canvass the
field of possibilities. He was
called to Kentucky by the death
of his mother.
Rep. Gearhart (R-Callf.), also
a committee member, has two
nominees. They are Warren
Atherton of Stockton, Calif., and
Harry Colmery of Topeka, Kan.,
Doth lormer national command
ers of the American Legion.
Lucas told reporters he also
has a proposal which he believes
would expedite the hearings.
This is that the members divide
up prospective witnesses with
each to be questioned by only
one or two members.
Lucas expressed the view that
by advance preparation the
mcmocrs could make tneir ex
aminations more direct. A divi
sion of the witnesses would af
ford opportunity, he contended.
for the members to get more in
formation in advance of the
questioning as to just what the
witness can relate of import
ance.
Elderly Woman
Hurt In Crash
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suffered severe body bruises and
head gashes in an automobile
accident which occurred early
Wednesday evening on The
Dalles-California highway near
Klamath Agency. Mrs. English
and ner son, Henry A. English,
2812 S. Victoria. Los Anaeles.
were en route home from Port
land where they had spent the
Christmas holidays.
Details of the accident were
not available. Mrs; English is
reported improving at Klamath
v auey nospuai.
. Also at the hosnllnl rernvor.
ing from injuries received in
automobile accidents Christmas
Eve were Mrs. Florence Oppelt,
211 Wendllng, and Wesley Har-
ris, xuieiBJie.
7 Dead, 8 Hurt
In 3-Alarm Fire
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 27
(CP) One person died and
eight were serlouslv burned nr
injured today when a three-
alarm fire raced through an
apartment-type bulldlna in Van.
couver's cast end at the Inter
section of Salisbury and Cordova
streets.
Archibald Mitchell A3, a rent
dent of the wooden bulldlne.
died from burns and Injuries
uiierca wnue trying to escape
Cause of the fire was not de
termined immediately.
Turks Threaten
To Fight Russia
i lwrisrnW n.n in in
ReH fitnr MmmAnlalni. nU
day that some Turkish editors
nu nepuues in me uurKisn par
liament were maxing outspox
threats against Runsia.
Tho at-tllA n,i tl...n
Yalchln, editor of the Turkish
newspaper xanin tne aged pan
dit of journalism" and quoted
him as saying Russia had been
iurney s traditional enemy
centuries, i
Tkuradar. Dm. 17, 1141
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