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Newspaper Page Text' i.. iv; 1 MA fo) Si mm BSI5S Br FRANK JENKINS STATIC SECRETARY BYRNES' veitflct on the Big Three foreign ministers conference, this morning's rilapatcho! lull m, la thnt It wos "very constructive In accomplishment! end In RE STORING cordial relation!." Since relation! between the V. 8. and Britain wore AL READY cordial, It must be as mimcd thnt the blu achievement luy In MAKING RUSSIA HAPPY. fllE Moicow conference wai V called at BYRNES' augges tlon. It must therefore bo re garded aa hlii bnby. To be other than HOPEFUL of 111 ac compliahmenta could only be regarded aa an admiulon of FAILURE on hli part.) WHAT were lt accomplish " monU7 U7..II lit. UOIJT T- wtnnr lu HUH, VII HIW ii ivuu mvuMv aldo It moved towurd Inter national co-operation In the con trol of atomic warfare, Russia agreed to Join Britain and the United Statct in laying the atomic problem In tho lup of the United Nntlona assembly. Under the nlnn nrononcd by ... lllnll. ItlM ll-lt.,,., I,lu tt UIV llllllipivtni hi- "'J the United Nutlons (created at San Francisco) would oMnbllith a control commission which would WORK TOWARD (nolo the ab- nco of anv definite commit mcnl) the atomic control gouli outlined in November by vtm dent Truman aiH tho prime mlnintorf of Britain and Canada. These Bonis incluuo inter national exchange of bnalc aclentific information for PEACEFUL end: control of atomic energy to Inmiro Ita use for peaceful purpose! only; elim ination of atomic and other weaponi adaptable to man de duction and aafeguard! agalnat violation! and evaaloni of the control regulation!. THAT look! like a real achleve- ment for Russia ao lar naa been offlih (even, pcrhnpa, a 1 ttle reaentlul) on tne wnoie auo Ject of the atom bomb, which li to zar an lmcrit-mi-oiiwoii' Canadian aeeret. It Rusila haa been won over to linear co-operation In Inter national control of atomic war fare It meana something, un controlled atomic warfare la a "terrible- threat that hangi over llcl a CROM the purely American viewpoint, the agreement! reached at Moscow are ic.is lm ' Russia wins a share In the CONTROL OF JAPAN which is apparently to be run by . a four-power control commission, lilting In Tokyo, which will be almllor to tho allied control com mlaaion that alts in Berlin. The membcra of the Japanese coiv trol commission will be the United States, Britain, Hussia and China, The wnrldnm of the allied control commission In Berlin have been generally unsatis factory from our standpoint. ON the lomewhat more pleas ing aide, wo get Russia's niriwmpnt to the NECESSITY FOR (again note the absenco of a definite commitment) a uni fied, democratic end Independent CHINA under tho national gov ernment now headed by Chiang Kai-shek. There la an agreement for establishment of a provisional government for Korea with the prospect of complete Korean In dependence in five years. nrilERE aro agreements for "Broadening mo govern ments of Romanln and Bulgaria, and plans for concluding pence treaties with these countries, along with Italy, Hungary and Finland. . There was no agreement ana no mention of tho pending troubles in Iran, Russian access to the Dardanelles, Germany's western border and Franco Spain. f t . THERE Is a significant note In the news of this morning to tho effect that the Japs generally view tho Moscow agreements WITH DISMAY, regarding them as a Russian victory, BUT ' The lender of the Japanese COMMUNIST party Is all FOR them, considering Russian par ticipation in the control of Japan as tne best thing that could have happened, .. . IT Is this writer's judgment that the general first impression mong Americans must bo that ConUnnd an rasa !, Column !) Duffy Returned To Utile Boy ' Duffy hai returned. Mrs. J. K. Jackson found the little dog wandering about her home at 2300 Main Thursday morning and brought him back to two-and-a-hnlf-yenr-old Robby Mushon, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Mushen, 127 Hillside. Duffy was a Christmas pres ent to Robby from his aunt in 'Med ford but he wandered away soon after he was presented to his new master. He returned Just in time, as during his two day absence Robby had received offers of big and little dogs, smooth and woolly dogs. Teleph PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMAT 7 A? eXKV.Ts.rt. rnma-v. December m. ibjk WEATHER NEWS December 28. 1945 Max. (Dee. 27) 42 Mln. 39 Precipitation last 24 houra 13 Stream year to date ... 6.51 Normal 4.32 Laat year 3.98 Forecast: Occaaional raina. Saturday Shooting Houra; Klamath-Tule-lake Open 7:23 a. m. Cloa 4:33 p. m. Number 10705 9 Trapped Men Saved From Mine PINEVILLE, Ky., Dec. 28 (AP) Nino of the miners trapped In a coal pIN near hero since Wednesday morning were brought out alive by rescue workers shortly after 2 p. m. (CST). today. There was no Immediate Indication about their physical condition but officials said doctors ond "a whole string of ambulances" were on their way to the scene from nearby Pinevllle, Mlddlesboro ond other towns. Th call for two doctors and an ambulance had come up from the, rescue workers a few moments before, but there was no Indication then whether the trapped men had been found or whether members of the rescue crews needed medi cal attention. The call for doctors come shortly after volunteer fire fighters had quenched a fire which had been burning in tho nit ilnce early mornine. umciais were unable to give Control Of Germany At Deadlock By JAMES T. KINO FRANKFURT, Dec. 28 (P) Oen. Joieph T. McNarncy, chief of the U. S. occupation forces In Germany, expressed belief today that It would be virtually Impossible to restore a mini mum !U!talnlng economy for Gormany io long as tho French hold, out against treating the country as a single economic unit. McNorney'! view was set forth in his first monthly re port as U. S. military governor, which reflected an attitude of tempered confidence. Further progress has been made in dc-nazificatlon, break ing up of German cartels, and laying the machinery for repa rations, and there arc no imme diate threats of epidemics or revolt, he said. But In tho basic matter of es tablishing administrative agen cies for Germany, McNarncy conceded, allied control authori ty Is deadlocked. Moat Difficult "Restoration of a minimum sustaining economy is most dif ficult if not impossible as long as artificial zonal boundaries re strict legitimate movement and trade,'1 ho asserted. While elections in tho U. S. occupation zone are only a month off, t McNarncy said, it is apparent! that the "German masses still remain aloof from formal political life." A more stabilized situation is developing in the maintenance of low and order, he said, es pecially In , the orderliness of displaced persons, who have been blamed for most of the crimes. MAN FOUND DEAD ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec. 28 (VP) George Washington Hughes was found dead in the tent in which he lived alone near Riddle yesterday. Sheriff O. T. Carter reported. The body was found by C. R. Weaver of Riddle, who notified the sheriff.. Hughes apparently died from a heart attack Christ mas Day, according to Coroner H. C. Stearns, the names of any of the nine rescued men. They also were unable to say whether any of the other 20 or more trapped miners nod been reached. The report thot the men had been found alive stirred this little mountain city into Its greatest excitment in many years and climaxed a period of hopeful waiting which started shortly after 8:30 a. m. Wednes day, when an underground cx plosion at the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal company mine No. 1 scaled off the day shift workers from the outside world. Even veteran miners and company officials had given up hope yesterday that any of the trapped men wouia dc iouna olive. Scores of friends and rela tives of tho miners were around the pit entrance when the first word was received mat some of the men had been found alive. Rescue workers began carry- Inn them out one at a time into the fresh air to await the ar rival of ambulances. Discovery of tho men come shortly after volunteer fire- flchters had extinguished blaze inside the pit which had been raging since about 7 a. m, today. Harkness Will Aid MacArthur TULELAKE. Dec. 28 Ken. ncth Harkness, superintendent of schools in the Japanese reloca tion center since the opening of tho project in September, 1942, has been asigncd by the war de partment to serve in an advisory capacity on practical education to General Douglas MacArthur in Japan. He plans to make the trip to Tokyo by plane, and ex pects to leave the west coast be- torc January iu. Harkness stated today that de tails on his future work have not been elaborated upon by the war department, but he will work with Japanese students. He conferred recently with war de partment oniciais in washing' ton, D. C. Prior to accepting his post' lion here with WRA he was su- perintendent of education at Hlghmore, S. D. Mrs. Harkness and their two sons will go to the Orient as soon as living accommodations can be arranged, probably in the early summer. In the meantime, they will make their home in Madison, S. D., where Mrs. Harkness has relatives. Bataan Survivor Wounded In Ex-Model's Apartment NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (P) uapt. Eugene Dale, 27, of Enid, Okln., survivor of the Bataan death . march and a Japanese prisoner for three years, was Berlously wounded this morning, police said, in the apartment of Mrs. ray Hancock Miller, 24, at tractive ex-Powers model. Capt. Archie B. Miller, 25, of Bellevue, Tex., on army signal corps officer and Mrs. Miller's husband, was arrested on charg es of felonious assault and vio lation of the Sullivan act. Police sold Dale, who is in the army air force, was struck in the head, chest and abdomen by three of six shots allegedly fired from a souvenir gun by Miller, Dale was taken to Roose velt hospital in critical condi tion, Police said Mrs. Miller ond Miss Frances Hancock, her sis ter, with Dale and Arthur Gorm ley, of College Point, N. Y., a member of the merchant marine returned last night from Christmas visit to Jonesboro, N. C, Mrs. Miller's home town and were talking in the apart ment when Captain Miller broke in on them about 12:45 o'clock this morning. According to police, Miller took the weapon, a German Lu ger, from a footlocker in the bedroom he occupied during his wife's absence, returned, to the living room and shot Dale. Gormlcy then disarmed Miller, inflicting slight head injuries on the latter police said. The Millers, who were mar ried in Florida 25 months ago, had discussed plans for a sep aration, police said, following the officer's return from the European theater last month. Mrs, Miller became acquainted wnn uaio seven months ago, po lice reported. Dale, now stationed at Mit chell Field, N. Y., had served as a guerrilla fighter in the Philippine!. IMRTY S phi n ill II lr B PERI Colorful Yuletide Display Shines Again (4 2r 1 1 y. I '-ZJr V.I An old Chriatmai lighting contest prixa winner. Curt Strong, bloaaomed out again this year with a diaplay after aeraral war ytara when outdoor lighted decoration! were banned. Here'a the Strong houae at 1045 Pacific Terrace. Colorful diaplays appeared in all parti of. town thii Christ mas aeaaon. and moat of them will ahrine nightly; until after New Year!. ' Signature Of Russia Absent From Bretton Woods Treaty WASHINGTON;" Dec. -28 (jTneagreenwnts ' provide that A Russian question mark cast its shadow today over the new ly-created international stabili zation fund and world bank. The Soviet Union was the only major power among 16 nations whose signature lines remained blank after yester day's ceremonies that brought the two big financial agencies into beine Under terms of the 45-nation Bretton Woods agreements, the 16 have until next Monday midnight to - sign as original members. No one here professed . to know what Russia -would do. Some government officials expressed belief she would come in under the deadline. There was soeculution among others, however, that she might delay action pending some word whether this country would be reccDtive to a soviet loan ap plication. None of the officials would permit their names ; to be used. - -In any event, the Monday deadline is not ail-important. Ride Nearly Freezes Seaman Robert R. Riley, 37-year-old veteran of merchont marine service. ' "dang near froze to 'death" as he rode in an open truck bed over the Willamette pass and through the Chemult country ana nis cries to me truck ODerator went unheeded Riley said that at the time the truck stopoed at Fort Klamath early this morning that he thought he was about dead. He had hitch-hiked his way south and was picked up by a truck driver who gave Riley a place on the open section. As the truck continued its way toward Klamath Falls, Riley got colder and colder and he tried to make the driver hear his pleas. Evi dently the noise of the truck made it Impossible for the driver to hear his freezing passenger, The seaman was picked up at tho Fort Klamath hotel by the Merchants Police ambulance and rushed to Klamath Valley hospital where attendants said he was Being treated lor posst ble pneumonia. The Red Cross made arranuements for Riley's care. His home is in San Fran cisco, Gifts For Yanks Program Success The American Legion's "gifts for Yanks" program here to pro vide Christmas presents for men at the Marine Barracks dispen sary was a success. Thirty special packages were contributed for bedridden pa tients. Six large cartons, containing about 100 smaller packages, were contributed for others. The . Christmas ' distribution was handled by. Chaplain Gra ham Gilmer. any nation desiring to partici pate in- the fund and bank after December 31 may do so if its application is approved by the governing boards of the two agencies. : These boards - remain to be set up the last action neces sary to bring the agreements into actual operation. -Twenty-eight of the 45 gov- Atomic Test Poses Problem ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (IF) The forthcoming army-navy test of atomic bombs at sea poses a military-diplomatic question for ine united states: Should the precedent of the 1923 airpower-V-warships ex periments be followed to permit loreign observers to attend? The co-possessors of the bomb secret the United States,' Brit ain and Canada apparently made no commitment at the Mos cow foreign ministers conference to share . the secret with any other power at this time. This, however, does not necessarily preclude the possibility that some foreign observers might witness phases of the' ocean tests if visual observation is possible. On the other' historic occa sionwhen the army air corps' Brig. Gen. William - Mitchell bombed and sank German and American warships off Cape Hatteras world powers had their representatives there to learn what lessons they could. They were aboard the navy transport Henderson, anchored well away from the target ships. They were' able to report only what they saw, however. The American navy and army with held detailed, technical data, es pecially that concerning tests against the uncompleted United States battleship Washington. Six Injured In Auto Collision A head-on collision late Thursday afternoon on the Wil lamette pass sent three persons to Klamath Valley hospital here and three others to a Eugene hospital. The merchants police ambu lance picked up James Easter wood. 25. his wife, Jane, 22, and 13-month-old daughter, Sha ron, and brought them from Chemult to Klamath Falls. All are residents of Sacramento. MrsT Easterwood has a fractured jaw, cuts and bruises. Her child is suffering from shock. Easter wood was dismissed after treat ment last night. The family was en route to Portland, it is un derstood. Easterwood had just been discharged from the serv ice. . Passine motorists brought the Easterwood family to Chemult. A Bend ambulance took passen gers in the other car to Eugene. Their names were not learned. ernments that drafted the-pacts at Bretton Woods, N. - H., in July, 1944, formally signed them at the state department yester day. A 29th, Czechoslovakia, became a member last night with Ambassador Vladimir Hur ban's signature at his embassy. Hurban did not attend the de partment ceremony because of illness. If all 45 nations sign eventu ally the fund will have a capi tal of $8,800,000,000 to be used in stabilizing international cur rencies. The bank will have assets of $9,100,000,000 for loans to help war-damaged nations get back on their- feet physically and economically. The United States will furn ish about one-third- of the ag gregate capital of the two in stitutions $2,750,000,000 . for the fund and $3,175,000,000 fo uie .ouiut. jiussitt 5 uuniriDuuon would be $1,200,000,000 to each agency. Iranian Official Sad Over Confab WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (JP) Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala said today that he was "very, very disappointed" ; at the lack of any reference to Iran in the Big Three Moscow meeting. VWe had been placing our hopes in this meeting and in the United States," he said,for a settlement of the disturbances in northern Iran, "but now find our hopes were not justified." - Ala told a reporter he "most certainly" intended to confer with Secretary of State Byrnes when he returns to Washington tomorrow "to follow up the matter and see what was done about Iran." He charged Russia "had closed every door to our efforts to put down this disturbance" and that the Iranian premier was still in Tehran "because the Russians have placed no trans portation at his disposal so he can get to Moscow for direct conferences with the Russians." Vessel In Danger From LooseBombs 5000 Tons Of Ammo Breaking Away On - Henry Thoreau NEW YORK, Dec. 28 OP) The Henry D. Thoreau, a Lib erty ship out of Naples, Italy, for Cape May, N. J., messaged the navy here today that 5000 tons of bombs were breaking loose and "if they give way en tirely nothing can save us." The navy said it was not a troopship. The Thoreau reported she was about 420 miles southwest of the Azores, the navy said, adding she had a normal crew of abcut 40 men. , The message, received by the navy at 7 a. m. said the bombs had been stowed in a "tween decks hatch." The bombs prob ably were some of those unused by American air forces in Italy and were being returned to an ammunition depot in the United States, the navy said. An unidentified ship radioed the navy she was standing by the Thoreau, but could do noth ing immediately to assist. Further details were unavail able, the navy said. . ' H. M. Singleton, ' operating manager for the Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc., agent, for the Thoreau, 'said bombs would not be fused while loaded aboard ship. Singleton said he preferred not to announce the name of the captain of the Thoreau because "it might alarm his family un necessarily." A navy bomb disposal officer said it would be "very unlikely" for unfused bombs to explode, but that they would burst if shock were great enough. A navy public information' officer said all bomb shipments were "packaged for, safe transport." The Thoreau has a displace ment of 7176 tons. She was built at Portland, Ore., in 1942, and was listed as 417 feet long and 37 feet deep with a 56-foot beam: . ' - Singleton said the Thoreau cleared Gibraltar Dec. 20. Chief Returns To Yashington WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 OP) President Truman returned by plane at 11:28 a. m. PST today after a 4-hour and 51-minute flight through cloudy weather from Kansas City. The weather delayed the ar rival from 10:28 a. m. The president's big C-54 took off from icy runways at Kansas City at 6:37 a. m. EST for the trip. Weather conditions dic tated the cancellation of a plan ned en route stop at St. Louis to pick up Reconversion Di rector and Mrs. John W. Snyder and their daughter, Drusi. The Snyders flew with Mr. Truman as far as St. Louis when he made the trip out on Christmas Day. The chief executive, hands in his top coat pocket and slouch hat pulled down over his eyes was the first one to step down from the plane. The presidential plane came in from the west on instruments through a 900-foot ceiling to make the landing. Allied POW's In Fukuoka Camp Tortured Horribly YOKOHAMA, Dec 28 (P) Allied prisoners of war in Fuku oka camp in Japan were tortured horribly, it was testified today at the war crimes trial of Japan ese Lt. Chotaro Furushima, the camp commander. Lt. N. E. Churchill of Toledo, Ohio, one of the officers who liberated the prisoners, testified before the second U. S. military commission established in Japan. Furushima is charged with re sponsibility in starving one pri soner to death and brutalities aeainst others. In an adjoining courtroom, the trial of Lt. Kel Yuri, former commander of the Omuta camp on Kyushu island, proceeded with a series of affidavits de scribing the starvation death of Marine Cpl. James G. Favlokos, Chicago, 111., and the bayoneting of Army Pvt. Noah E. Heard of Salinas, Calif. Churchill told of examining 13 men at the Fukuoka camp last September. The prisoners had been burned on the stom ach, ears, neck and elbows. "They must have suffered horribly as Japanese guards placed burning punks on their bodies," he said, adding that the burns were brought to his atten tion by First Sgt. John G. Pace of Georgetown, Del. Churchill described the camp commanders' quarters, where he slept, as "filthy" and infested with rats and lice. Under defense cross-examination, however, the witness acknowledged that the mats and furnishings were clean. Profits Of Auto Firm Main Issue Fact - Finding Board Will Continue . Hearings WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (IP) General Motori Corporation withdrew today from President Truman's fact finding proceed ings in the GM automobile strike. . . The fact-finding board prompt ly announced it would continue its hearings regardless. "We have withdrawn perm a nently, and I'm going back to New York," Walter Gordon Met ritt, GM attorney, told report ers. .. , :- General Motors withdrew be . cause it challenged the inclusion of its profits as a factor in set tling the 30 per cent wage in crease demand of the CIO-Auto Workers union. Merritt flatly announced GM had withdrawn from the hear ing after first submitting a ten page explanation of the com pany's position on the fact find ing proceedings. Chairman Lloyd G. Garrison recessed a hearing in the inves tigation until 11:30 a. m. (PST) at which time the board will make a short statement of its position. The-chairman said "the fact finding board has no intention of receding from or modifying in any way its statement of Dec. . 21" in which it declared GM's ability to pay would be one fac tor to be considered. Proceed After the recess, Garrison said,, "we will be prepared to proceed with the taking of evi dence." In outlining GM's belief that "it has no choice but to with draw from these proceedings" if the board considered profits, Merritt accused the UAW of in fringing on management rights. As Merritt finished his long statement, Walter- P. Reuther, UAW vice president, vigorously accused him of "deliberately misstating the facts" of the un- . ion's position ."because he-hopes .-u to gain "some propaganda ad vantage." Reuther challenged Merritt to "find one word where we have ever said we wanted to usurp management prerogatives or se lect management personnel." To Merritt's statement that the union was, in effect,- making a "broad attack on American in dustry and free enterprise," Reuther declared: Free Enterprise "If free enterprise in the Uni ted States is to survive, it's got to work, it's got to create an ability not only to earn divi dends for stockholders, but also to give millions of Americans economic security. It's got. to demonstrate a willingness to carry out national policies."' Reuther contended that Mer ritt was arguing with' President . Truman and the fact finding board itself rather than with the union. . i Reuther declared the corpora tion had said in effect "that un less the board is prepared to tear ' up the president's statement of Dec. 20, it will not participate." . Community Fund $25,000 Short The Klamath community fund was just about $25,000 short of quota today after a new spurt of contributions had given the cam- .: paign a touch of new life. Weyerhaeuser Timber company employe deductions accounted for $465 received at the cam paign headquarters at the cham ber of commerce today. ' The quota for the drive is ' $71,000. Total collected so far is $46,264.23. . . Another contribution from. The Herald and News is im minent. Nine persons have ac cepted the newspaper's offer to match the contributions of ten liquor permit holders giving the price of a bottle of whiskey- to the fynd. If another one comes through, the paper wll pay off. 3 UNO Sites To Be Considered LONDON, Dec. 28 (IP) The ' committee which will go to the United States to select possible sites for permanent United Na tions headquarters was instruct ed toria to consider only three locations one near Boston, ono east of the Hudson river in New York state, and the third in Connecticut. - It was stipulated that the site in ' Connecticut be from 25 to 80 miles from New York City. ' Arrtvtnn In . ruw m m w m mm United States By Aisoclated Preii Denver W. Decker, Sgt Klamath Falls, arriving on Rock Hill Victory due in New York December 28.