Nine Killed, Many Hurt In Rioting ;
In Jerusalem And Tel Aviv; British
Tommies Enforce Rigid Curfew Order
JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 (JP)
Hclmctcd British Tommies en
forced a tight curfew In muni
rinnl and Jewish residential
quarters of this uneasy city to
day while investigations began
of bombings and gunfire which
last night killed at least nine
persons and injured 11.
Business was almost at a
Standstill. Thousands of persons
in the curfew area were con
fined to their homes. Local tele
phone communications went out
after e a. m., ana some morning
newspapers did not appear.
Early in the day truckloads
of civilians were seen rumbling
up to detention barracks for
questioning in connection wim
the bombings which destroyed
the criminal investigation ae
partment headquarters.
Only British forces and gov.
ernment officials were exempt
from the curfew, and ponce
trucks, radio cars and military
vehicles patrolled the streets to
enforce it. Both here and in Tel
Aviv, where the whole city is
under curfew, parachute troop
ers armed with . machine-
, guns stood guard, some in con
cealed rooftop positions.
Seven Dead
Bauads ' of workmen dug
through piles of rubble at the
headquarters in Jerusalem,
where seven persons were offi
cially reported killed and 11 in
jured either by gunfire or in a
series of heavy explosions which
damaged a three-block area in
the heart of the city.
Eye witnesses were quoted as
aayinz that six young men
gome carrying pistols, some
bomb-filled haversacks shot
their way to the gates of the po
lice building, where they placed
explosives which turned tne
place into a shambles.
Attempt Raid
At the same time, terrorists
attacked district police head
quarters in Tel Aviv, scene of
riots last month in which nine
Jews were killed, and attempted
a raid on the Royal Engineers
Arms store at an exhibition
grounds north of the city a com
munique said. An- Arab tele
phone operator was killed in the
attack on the district headquar
ters, the announcement said, ana
a British soldier was killed in
the attempted strike at the arms,
store.
Killed in the explosions in
Jerusalem. ' the communique
said, were a British assistant po
lice superintendent, two British
constables and four Basutoland
(South African) military police
men. The superintendent of
polioe was among those serlous-
ly Injured.
Curfew Decreed
An 11 p. m. curfew was de
creed for a large part of Jeru
salem as the military command
er attempted to forestall a re
currence of riots between Arabs
and Jews.
The first explosion in Jeru
salem occurred at 7:23 p. m., and
initial reports said that bombs
were believed to have been
thrown from an automobile.
The heaviest blast was at the
police building housing the
criminal investigation depart
ment, which borders on Jaffa
road, the main street in the
modern part of the city.
New Appliance
Branch Opens
East Side Electric announced
the opening Saturday of a new
appliance department in space
formerly occupied by the
Pritchard company adjoining
the firm's present location at
625 Klamath avenue, according
to Ray Bigger, owner.
Kay Lambert, who has been
with the firm for a number of
years, will be merchandising
manager of the retail appliance
department. She extended an
invitation for all to attend the
opening Saturday and see the
appliance floor samples from
the Gibson, Westinghouse . and
fcasy lines. :
Marines Slate
Atom BOWl
At Nagasaki
NAGASAKI, Dec; 28 (JP)-
AnH nnur tt'a 4ha "ifnm T3rM..T
On a gridiron cleared of the
scorched rubble from the atomic
uumu, me worms lirst Atom
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Day will match two American
on vile icauis.
Marine Lt. Angelo Bertelli of
Notre Dame and Navy Lt. Bill
Osmanski, former Holy Cross
and Chicago Bears star, will can-
fain t Vl o turn nlounnr Ua
second marine division which is
on occupation auty in the Kyu
shu Island City where the sec
ond atomic bomb was dropped.
Arrangements are completed
by Marine Cpl. Paul G. Donat
of New York City, who has
signed up Japanese girl cheer
leaders and a marine band.
LAND OF PLENTY
CHICAGO, Dec. 28- VP) Corp.
Rufus Ready, 21, of Prichard,
Ala., left Vancouver Barracks,
Wash., with one dog, but he's
got seven now.
When the troop train carry,
ing Ready to Camp Shelby,
Miss., passed through Chicago
yesterday he was busy caring
for the six puppies born to Pat,
the cocker spaniel be purchased
in Brisbane, Australia.
Family Reunion EM 3c
Stanley L. Dawson, USNR, who
has served on the USS Gilbert
Island, an escort carrier, in the
South Pacific for the past eight
months visited here recently
with his -sisters, Mrs. Robert
Faus, 721 Mt. Whitney, Mrs.
Uel Dillard of Mt. Laki and a
brother, L. B. Dawson of this
city. All spent the Christmas
holidays with their mother, Mrs.
L. C. Regnier of Sweethome.
There were 19 present at the
family gathering. Dawson has
returned to San Diego where he
reports to his ship December 27.
Arrives In USA Cpl. Norton
O. Taylor, son of Mrs. May Tay
lor, 510 N. 7th, called his moth
er by telephone Thursday night
from New York shortly after
his arrival in the States from
the European theater of opera
tions where he has served since
a year ago last August. Cpl.
Taylor was with the 12th army
group under General Omar
Bradley. His last duty was in
Germany. Taylor plans to con
tinue directly to Astoria to join
his wife, Dorothy, and Mrs.
Taylor expects to leave soon for
the north to visit her son.
Reynolds Family Gathers -
Members of the Earl C. Rey
nolds family are together on their
farm home here for the holi
days. CM 2e Earl Reynolds Jr.,
USNR, is back from service in
the Pacific. He was with the
navy in the Solomons and on
Okinawa. Earl Reynolds Sr., is
assistant manager of the western
division of the United States
chamber of commerce, with
headquarters in San Francisco.
In TO .
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Byrnes took a licking and Russia
won a, great victory at Moscow.
We mustn't be too hasty, how
ever, in drawing conclusions.
We don't know the PRESSURE
Byrnes may have been up
against. In winning what seems
to be a victory clear across the
board, Russia might even have
gone so far as to threaten un
limited atomic warfare, with all
its terrible consequences to all
the people in the world, if her
demands were not complied
with.
These are grave days, and we
shall be wise if we withhold our
final judgment until in the slow
course of time we get the full
story of what happened at Mos
cow. .-
WTTE can begin to see, however,
" why everybody there was
talking with so much relief
about the "cordiality" that final
ly prevailed. As remarked here
yesterday, the cat that has eaten
the canary is always cordial
about it.
Bing Crosby
Still Top Man
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 28 VP)
Bing Crosby and box office ap
peal are practically synonymous,
a year-end poll of exhibitors
showed today.
The ballot, conducted by the
Motion Picture Herald, ranked
the crooner as the nation's No.
1 drawing power for the second
straight year.
The Herald said Crosby, in
the top 10 in six of the 14 na
tional polls, already had grossed
$8,000,000 with "Going My
Way." . .
Runners up, in order, were
Van Johnson, Greer Garson,
Betty Grable, Spencer Tracy,
Humphrey Bogart and Gary
Cooper (tied for sixth), Bob
Hope, Judy Garland, Margaret
O'Brien, Roy Rogers, Abbott
and Costello, Betty Hutton, In
grid Bergman, Bette Davis, Alan
Ladd, Dane Clark, Joseph Cot
ten, Claudette Colbert, Walter
Pidgeon, Fred MacMurray,
Danny Kaye, Gregory Peck,
Ginger Rogers, John Wayne and
Mickey Rooney.
Truman To Speak
On January 3
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (JP)
President Truman's radio report
to the nation will be made be
tween 7 and 7:30 p. m. (PST)
Thursday, January 3.
The White House made this
announcement today and said
the speech will be carried on
all networks from the first floor
Oval room of the White House.
"As the president announced
in Independence, it will be sort
of a report to the people on his
overall program," said Charles
G. Ross, press secretary.
"It is not to be confused, of
course, with the state of nation
message to congress some time
after January 14," Ross said,
mentioning the date congress is
to reconvene.
It has yet to be decided defin
itely whether Mr. Truman will
deliver the message to congress
in person.
Move Hera Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Howard have moved to
Klamath Falls from Old Lyme,
Conn. Mrs. Howard is a sister
of G. C. Tatman, local business
man. The Howards visited
Klamath Falls a few weeks ago
It was the first time Tatman and
Mrs. Howard had seen each ottv
er for 36 years. After the short
stay here, the Howards decided
they wanted to make tnis tneir
permanent home.
Promotion Mrs, Clifford
Clayton has received word from
her husband stationed on Leyte,
of his promotion from second to
first lieutenant. Lt. Clayton is a
pilot on a C-46 in the troop car
rier group ot tne uin airtorce.
He hopes to return to his home.
4680 Boardman, soon. His par
ents are Mr. and Mrs, Guy Bran
nan, 4629 Thompson.
Ramsey Visits Frank Ram
sey, former Klamath Union high
scnooi lootDaii coach, was a
visitor in town today, a guest at
the home of Harry Mesner.
Ramsey showed a film of pro
fessional football pictures at the
Elks lodge last night. The ex-
Klamath coach played with the
uucago liears last tail.
Returns James Beckham,
Flc, USNR, has returned to his
home at 2028 Siskiyou after re
ceiving his discharge from the
unitea states navy at camp
sneiton, va. tfecKnam served zu
months with the forces. He was
here for Christmas with his
family.
Returns from Tacoma Flor
ence McConahey, local Girl
Scout executive secretary, re
turned Thursday from a holiday
trip to Tacoma, Wash., where
she spent a few days with relatives.
Returns Mrs. Aletha Shan
non of the Klamath Union high
scnooi faculty returned Mon
day from Albany, Calif., where
she was the weekend guest of
her brother and sister-in-law,
uapt. ana Mrs. C M. uray.
Christmas Hostess Mrs. R. E.
Wattenburg entertained Decem
ber 25th with a turkey dinner
for Orean Wattenburg, Mr. and
Mrs. M. Stuart Blden and Ben
jamin Lefler.
Pyihlans Winema Pythian
sisters will meet tonight Friday.
in the library club rooms at 8
o'clock. Members are asked to
be present for the last meeting
ot ine year.
Navy Enlistees Maurice J
Ott of Tulelake has re-enlisted
in the U. S. navy after serving
three years on the battleship
USS Wyoming. He is in Portland
with Jack Smith -of Lakeview
and Thomas Edward Moe of Ma
lta, both new navy enlistees.
Vacation Joyce Marie Bran
nan of Salem came to spend her
vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Brannan, 4629
Thompson avenue and became
ill after she arrived.
Homi Aftar HalMiv
Lettie Stansbie returned to her
nome in Medford Thursday af
ter spending Christmas with rel
atives in this city.
Flashes Of
Life
OLD FAITHFUL
SHAWNEE, Okla., Dec. 28 (JP)
For 35 years "Old Bob" served
W. H. Merritt well.
Finally Merritt sold the horse,
sorrowiuny returned nome. A
short time later "Old Bob
loped up. He'd kicked the side
out of his new barn.
Merritt took him back, but
maae no guarantees.
SURE THING
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 28 (JPi
Cabbie Thomas Leggett made
certain of getting police help in
jig time. '
He drove his taxi directly into
a couple of patrol cars parked at
a police station aoor.
The crash brought all help
needed to handle a passenger
wno, said leggett, nad threat
ened him.
Merrill Library
Club Will Meet
MERRILL The Merrill Li
brary club will meet Thursday
afternoon, January 3, in the Odd
Fellows hall for election of offi
cers held over from the Decem
ber meeting. Mrs. E. E. Kil-
patrick. Mrs. R. L. Dalton and
Mrs. Roy McNeill are on the
nominating committee.
Hostesses for the meeting will
be the present executive commit
tee. Mrs. Riley DeLan. Dresi-
dent, Mrs. O. M. Castleman, Mrs.
T. O. Wheeler, Mrs. Kenneth
Colwell, Mrs. E. A. McCollum
and Mrs. Scott McKendrce.
The meeting will be called at
i O ClOCK.
A Navajo Indian's saddle and
other personal effects are set out
side the door of his hut when
his iquaw decides to divorce
him.
Happy Ending
i
5 - J
Pvt. William Sykuckl of Chicago aiktd a clerk to hide hts
engagement ring in a box of candy. When his girl friend, Mildred
Operman of Philadelphia, opened the box (.hrlstmas ., there
was no ring. Aghast. Sykuckl phoned the candy shop, learned
the clerk found his ring on the floor after he left the shop and
had made radio, newspaper appeals in Philadelphia to find him.
Convinced it wasn't a joke. Miss Operman accepted his proposal.
(AP wirephoto).
Slide Closes
Oregon Coast
Highway Route
SALEM, Dec. 28' (JP) The
Oregon coast highway was
closed today by a slide two miles
south of Seaside at Peterson
Point, and highway crews were
working hard in hopes they
might get the road opened by to
night. The slide covers the entire
road, and is 100 feet long.
Hard coastal rains also played
havoc with other roads, a slide
closing the Coos Bay-Roseburg
highway 25 miles east of Co
quille, high water closing the
Powers secondary highway in
Coos county, and causing one
way traffic in other places.
The coast highway was flood
ed for a distance of 1000 feet two
miles north of Tillamook, but
traffic was still going this morn
ing through the foot-deep water.
There still was one-way traffic
on the coast - highway north of
Manzanita junction, where the
road settled two weeks ago.
Small Slides
Rain in the Columbia gorge
caused many small slides on the
Columbia river highway, but
crews were keeping the road
open this morning.
It also was raining hard In the
mountain passes, but there it
helped, taking most of the snow
off the highways.
The daily road report also said:
Government Camp Raining
hard, packed snow, ice and slush
on Wapinitia from Milepost 4 to
Milepost 23 on the Mt. Hood
highway. Total snow 34 inches.
Santiam Junction Raining
hard, road entirely free of snow.
66 inches of snow at summit.
Odell Lake Raining hard,
heavy south wind. Road bare ex
cept for few spots of slush. 82
inches of snow at summit.
Medford Raining hard In
Siskiyous, on the Green Springs
highway and in Medford.
Meacham Old Oregon Trail
free of snow.
Klamath Falls Raining hard,
all roads in good shape. Slushy
and rough on Sun mountain, but
tew more hours of rain would
leave pavement bare.
Burns Overcast, some slush
and ice on roads.
Austin Raining hard, pave
ment slick and chains advised at
higher elevations.
French Clash
With Annamese
SAIGON, Dec. 28 (JP) Sharp
fighting ' was reported in pro
gress north of Saigon today be
tween French troops and An
namese nationalist forces which,
the French said, have been re
inforced recently by irregulars
retreating from southern Co-chin-China.
Although scattered figh'ting
was reported still in progress
in some sections of southern
Cochin-Chlna, the French de
clared their armor and infantry
were systematically uprooting
guerrilla strongholds there.
Bend Man Drives
Into Grocery Store ,
PORTLAND, Dec. 28 (JP)
Thomas A. Bott, 29, Bend, drove
into a grocery early today after
colliding with another car,
smashing tables and racks of
merchandise, police reported.
Damage was estimated at
$5000. Bott's sister, WinnU:, and
his cousin, Bob Wilson of Port
land, were taken to a hospital
"to be treated for cuts and
bruises.
The other driver, Dr. Joseph
L. Ringo, 63, Portland, suffered
lacerations.
Scientists seem sgreed that
the atomic age means "one
world or none." We'll take the
"one, thank you!
Holders of flying licenses may
be required at any time to un
dergo re-examination.
Wreck Damages
Truman's Car
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 28 VP)
A secret serviceman, driving the
White House limousine back to
Independence after President
Truman's departure for Wash
ington today, slid on icy streets
and hit an oil truck. The front
of the president's car was dam
aged slightly, but no one was
injured.
The limousine, built origi
nally for President Roosevelt
and sent here for Truman's use
during his Christmas visit at In
dependence, was traveling over
the same route tuken by the
president earlier today in his
trip to the airport. Streets here
have been snow and ice covered
for two weeks.
KF Boy Faces
Hit-Run Rap
A 17-year-old Klamath Falls
boy is awaiting action by the
juvenile court on a charge of hit
and run driving growing out of
an accident at 6th and Oak
Christmas eve.
The boy, driving a 1930 Ford
coach, allegedly crashed into a
car driven by Claude Hibbert of
the Tower drive-in shortly after
midnight Christmas eve, then
sped away.
Hibbert pursued the car for
several blocks when lt stopped
before an apartment house and
the driver fled. He reported the
incident to the police who took
charge of the abandoned car.
The next day the boy came
into the police station and re
ported that his car had been
stolen, giving an estimated time
of theft which was before the
crash occurred. Under question
ing he admitted the stolen car
report was a hoax and he had
been driving.
The juvenile officer said that
another youth was also in the
automobile at the time of the
accident, but is not implicated
in the hit-and-run charges, and
that the two boys had several
bottles of beer in the car and
have admitted that they drank
some.
Purchase of the beer Is also
being investigated.
Until 49 years ago Princeton
university was called the College
of New Jersey.
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Christmas
Seal Sales
At $7500
Reports from thu Klamath
County Health Association inul
cam thut $7500 in Christmas
tuberculosis scuts huve boon sold
to date in this county.
Five $11)0 uonnuons were
given including tne h-vsterson
number company and the tiling
son Lumber company In Klam
ath Fulls, Mrs. Dick iluiizol mid
uie liunzul Brothers of Mulln,
and thu Chllouuin Lumber com
pany In Chiloqutn. There, were
143 contributions of $5 or more,
In iiiiswoi- to a loiter written
to thu health association by Dr.
J. M. Oclcll, superintendent ot
the Eastern Orciion State Tuber
culosis hospital, n Christmas
gut pacKagc was sent to the nine
Klamath county patients there.
Budjnckcts (or the women, va-
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soap and stumps wero included
in the gift, On tho shopping com
mittee wero Mrs. e. Lniou step
hens and Mrs. Ross Stamolev.
On display In thu window of
the First Federal Savings and
Loan association Is the Christmas
seal collection of Bert C. Thom
as, who has collected the Ameri
can seals of each year along with
some from other countries.
The Health association wishes
to remind Klamath people thut
annougn t is alter unristmns,
contributions are still welcome
and that they may be sent to the
tuamatn county iieuiih associa
tion in the courthouse.
Out-Size Cuts
Draw OPA Ire
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 28 (JP)
The OPA charged today that
some northwest lumber mills
were deliberately cutting out
sized, rather than standard, lum
ber in order to charge extra high
prices.
Louis Gervals, western repre
sentative of the OPA lumber
branch, said the practice, giving
operators heavy profits, was
reaching "alarming propor
tions." He thrcntcned prosecu
tion unless it Is halted.
Out-sized lumber bears pre
mium prices. Portland lumber
men admitted somo outsize
were being sold whore lower-
Erlced standard sizes would do,
ut said they did not know how
extensive the practice was.
Many customers pay the high
prices because of the great de
mand for lumber, Gervals said.
He warned he might recommend
that mills be required to prove
an actual need for "specialty
lumber" before they can sell It.
Fourteen - year old Richard
Mason. Pekln, in., boy, brought
cat and a baking powder can
containing $1500 of his grand
father's money to see Chicago,
sits in a Chicago police station
with Hookle. Grandfather
Henry Glelck - said . he would
come to the city for the boy,
(AP wirephoto).
Typo Strike
May End Soon
SEATTLE. Dec. 28 (JP) A
prediction that Scuttle's news
papers would be publishing Mon
day after more than a month of
idleness due to a typographical
union strike came last night
from Mayor William Dcvin after
an all-day meeting with pub
lishers and printers.
The members of the AFL local
left their jobs Nov. 18, demand
ing a wage increase of $2.05
daily.
The mayor sold the leaders of
the opposing factions reached an
agreement on terms to be placed
before the union membership
Sunday for a vote. No indication
was given as to what the terns
might be.
British To Get
Indonesian Aid
In Stormy Java
DATAVIi To,.. Da. 9D ISA
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The unrecognized Indonesian
government agreed today to co
operate with the British in re
storing order in Java, on the con
dition that no more Dutch troops
be brought into the strife-torn
island.
The Indonesian position was
set forth in a statement after the
cabinet had considered a request
by Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Chrlstlson,
allied commander In the East
Indies, that units of the peace
preservation corps (TKR) be
assigned to assist the British.
"We are prepared to cooperate
on the basis of justice, the
statement said, "to speed the ac
complishment of tasks assigned
to British forces by the United
Nations, and to maintain peace,"
Rogue River
Reported Rising
GRANTS PASS, Dec. 28 VP)
With Rogue river rising about
six Inches every hour, rains
continued to swell the crest
here today.
At 1 p. m. today the gauge
at the city water pumping plant
registered . 14.33 feet of water
in thu river. This is about 13.75
feet, above summer low and it
was .73 of a foot higher than
the 13.6 feet registered earlier
today.
At Copco's station at Prospect
it was reported raining hard at
10 a m. today and the river
there was rising. The . warm
rains and warm winds from the
coast were reported melting
snows in the mountains to in
crease the flow.
Thursday and Thursday night
in Grants Pass a total o 1.7
inches of rain fell. Within the
city gutters were swamped and
flood drains were loaded be
yond capacity on many streets
rrldar. Dm. M. 1148
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