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By FRANK JENKINS
THE cluttering fingers of the
teletype carry to us this
morning the statement that In
Lhe lour day from rrifluy mm
night to Tuosduy midnight
roverlng the Wow Year holiday
with Hi Monday frlnuo there
were 528 violent deaths In the
United States.
The total of B28 Includes 247
traffic fatalities and 2111 umorted
major casualties reaultlng from
iram ana pinno crusncs, snout'
inns, stabblnui. fires, drownings,
explosions, exposures, falls on
Icy streets and falls sustained In
nomes (supping in mo oatntuo
etc., , . ,
AT first glance, It Is a SHOCK
ING revelation, conjuring up
Visions of the whole American
population GONE UTTERLY
MAD and dashing hither and
yon In oomplolo and reckless dlS'
regurd of the consequences as
reckoned In terms of lives and
limbs.
From that. It Is only an easy
(and woozy) step to picturing
ourselves as a nation of addled
, people held In the grip of the
war psychosis and hellbent for
destruction.
TVAIT a minute.
" Count to at least TEN before
lolna off the aeon end.
Better yet, get out your pencil
lid do a uitio iiguring.
fSNE per cent Is one out of a
; hundred. That la to say, if
! one per cent of tho people of the
' United States had died violent
dentlis over the long New Yoar
weekend, it would still have
meant that your cnance ot es
caping alive would have been
1UIMO-1.
A hundred to one Isn't a bed
b . . . ;.
ttVT don't stop there, '
"Go on and figure out that
one per cent it one out oi
hundred, ten out of a thousand
- and ten thousand out of a mil-
, : lion. Recall then that the best
; nresent estlmnto of the' doduIb
i lion of the United States is 140
MILLION.
Therefore
ONE PER CENT of the pop
ulation of ' the United States
would amount to 1,400,000 per-
' tuna. .
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. yXT, in tha four days of this
exceptionally long New Year
j weekend holiday, tha collected
. 'total of violent death amounts
I this is written to only dm.
V If you are really good at fig
urss. you might try reducing
that to decimal fraction. (This
. writer hurt good enough, and so
won't make tho attompt.)
But even tho effort of thinking
about it will prove to you that
628 violent deaths out of total
population of 140 millions is a
V&RY. SMALL percentage,
-
VOUR next logical step will be
to wonder how many Amer
icans NORMALLY die violent
deaths over a four-day period
1 If we hnd the normal total, fully
authenticated, wo might find
that 828 Isn't anything partlcu
larly out of the ordinary. -
i Yet It, scares the pants off us
when the figure is thrown at us
as the cost in lives ot a iour-aay
new Year weekend holiday.
The point Is that a little com'
mon-sense thinking takes tho
SCARE out of It.
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THE headlines these days are
full of scares.
Whon we DON'T STOP TO
THINK, we sec our nation grip
ped by strikes at tho moment
when we need terribly to get
back into full production in or
der to escape the monster of in-
nation.
. We hear of reckless spending
such as the headlined state
ment that a certain diamond'
studded New York night club
got away with a MINIMUM
charge of $75 per couple and
aio a nuge Business.
And so on.
. . .
WfHAT we don't stop to think
T about is the fabulously
greater number of people who
are going about their dally tasks
much as usual, doing their best
to wukr. weir way out of the
troubles that always follow in
the wake of great wars, and
SAVING their money instead of
throwing it away with both
hands in glittering night spots
whose purpose is to give as little
and KEEP AS MUCH as pos-
Bioie. , . .
.
Tt PAYS to stop and turn the
revealing light of common
sense on these things from time
to time.
If youlll try - it occasionally.
you'll be greatly rcassurod as to
the luture.
Man, In Hospital
Ufier Car Wreck
; i' Harry A, Coleman, Bonanza
truck driver, Is in Klamath Val
! ( ley hospital suffering from mul
! vtlple injuries including a frac
j tured thigh said received in an
Automobile accident early Sun
pay morning near Bonanza,
' lA'ii. Police said they understood
f,;Coleman was traveling 'on a
county rond when he struck a
' "'county. owned steam roller
i parked off the main highway.
FordsHiidson
Chrysler Go
Back On Job
GM Assembly Lints
Remain Closed Due
To Strike
Bv DAVID J. WILKIE
DETROIT, Jan. 2 W) Limit-
ed production of 1840 model pas
senger, cars was resumed in
about half the nation's autpmo
bile factories today,
Remalnlnii closed were tha
strikebound Genoral Motors as
sembly lines which normally
aiucmblo approxlmutoly 50 por
cent oi an cars and trucKR made;
Ford, Chrysler and Hudson,
which closed last Friday night,
woro among tho plants returning
to production. Supplementing
their output woro Studebakcr
and Willys-Overland, enabled to
reopen anor many weoKs ioi low
ing settlement of labor difficul
ties In the plant of a major parts
supplier.
In nearby Windsor, Ont, the
Ford Motor company of Canada,
Ltd., brought back 10,000 pro
duction woricers, xonowing a
day wago and union security dls
pule which has bcon submitted
to negotiation and arbitration.
Vital Parts
Most of the plants reopening
today obtain vital parts like fuel
K umps, spark plugs and wiring
arnesscs from General Motors.
They cannot count on accelerat'
Ing their production volume un
til the GM strike is settled.
Packard, which has been nlan.
nlng a 200,000 units a year pro
gram, did not reopen today, be
cause of parts shortages.
The production capacity. re
stored today could account for
about 100,000 vehicles during
Jonuary, barring further parts
curtailment. In January, 1041,
the Industry assembled more
than 418,000 vehicles,
The motor vehicle makers who
last October talked about build
ing 5,000,000 or more units In
1048 now are discussing the pos
sibility of turning out 3,500,000
during the coming 12 months.
Shipments Beaua
At South Bend, Ind., Stude
bakcr today began shipments of
?assenger automobiles for tha
Irst time since January, 1042. It
had planned to begin production
last October 1, but was forced to
delay assemblies because of a'
shortage of transmissions ob
tained 'rom'' outside suppliers,:
First car off the line were of
the - low priced -, 'Champion"
scries, i
In Toledo, Willys-Overland
went back Into production of its
peacetime "Jeep," suspended for
several weeks because of labor
troubles in the plant of a parts
supplier. Charles E. Sorensen,
president, announced tho com
pany ' is planning . production,
among other vehicles, of a new,
low cost, small passenger car,
which- he said, embodied "fea
tures and basic improvements
nover before offered in a car In
this class.''
Stark Denies
Pre-VarTip
" Br JACK BELL '
WASHINGTON, Jart. 2 ()
Admiral Harold n. starK said
today that an intercepted Tokyo
message containing a prewar tip-
off on the possibility of an aerial
attack , on Pearl Harbor was
never called to his attention at
the time, as far as he can recol
lect. .-
Stark also told a senate-house
Inquiry committee that so far as
he can recollect, no one In the
army or navy here interpreted
the messago for what they now
see it was a step In laying out
bombing plans. : ..
The, message was picked up.
.decoded and translated Oct, .9,
1841. It instructed Japanese
agents In Honolulu to divide up
Pearl Harbor into districts and
report the positions of ships
within the harbor. i-
The former chief of naval op
erations told a senate-house com
mittee he would not have, been
surprised by the appearance of
Japanese submarines off of San
Francisco, but he was "not ex
pecting an air attack on Hawaii
at that time."
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Egbert- Smith
Cnived During
Drunken Fight-
Oregon's first killing of the new year come just on hour
and a half after 1946 was ushered in and climaxed an Indian
New Year's Eve celebration at Beatty. Egbert Hugo Smith,
18-year-old Klamath Indlon was stabbed to death in a drunk
en auarrel and Willard Williomi, 29, also a member of the
Klamath tribe, Is held in the county jail here for federal
authorities on a murder charae. '
The stabbing occurred at 1 :30 a. m. yesterday ot the
Hazel Hecocta house in Beatty and Smith was deod when
Willis Pankey, special Indian officer, reached tne scene..
. Willlomsiwos still in the house and was arrested. He ad'
mltted jabbing Smith In the neck with a pocket knife, Pankey
t J . '. l : .U. ri.Af "Cmitk rnA
SOiu, giving us nis reuun iwr ma vuituiy mwi r st""". ,
been picklng on him."
Officers learned of the cutting when an Indian came to
Pankey s house in Beatty and told him that Smitn had Deen
hurt at a party at Hazel Hecocta's house and "wasn't doing
very well." When Pankey arrived he found Smith' lying on
the doorstep, dead. . , " , ''
The officer said that there had been considerable heavy
ftdrlnkine: at the party and the
two men had apparently quar-
Held For Murder
Hirohito Raps
Divinity Myth
TOKYO, Jan. t m Em
peror Hirohito, In a surprise re
nunciation of the myth that he
is divine, staged the new year
with a bold samble to hold, his
position before anticipate fresh.
international awacKs.
His unprecedented New Year's
Day rescript aiso irownea upun
"radical tendencies" in an evi
dent play for the people's sup
port against Japanese commun
ists, who .advocated his over
throw. ''-. r .
Further, the document stung
the government lightly but de
finitely for dllatorlness in 'solv
ing problems of livelihood.- In
that, it indicated 'the emperor's
continued interest in political
affairs.
: General MacArthur promptly
applauded the streanflined and
unusually straightforward re
script. He said it propelled Hiro
hito into a leading pari, in uic
democratization of his people."
This timing indicates that oc
cupation authorities knew in
advance the general outlines of
the rescript and were ready witn
unusually swift comment. How
ever, it Is understood that court
officials undertook the renun
ciation without allied prompt
ing. . '7 ' ,
Dog Poisoning
Clouds New Year
For Little Boy
It Isn't a happy new year for
Ronnie Buchanan,
The little 6-year-old boy was
grieving today over the loss of
his dog, the victim of a poison
er. Ronnie received the dog as a
. birthday present. The two
were bosom pals for a year.
'WhenMie called the dog on
New Year's day, there Was no
response. He found the body,
lying in a neighbor's yard, and
a veterinarian found strych
nine in the dog's stomach.
Ronnie is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Buchanan, ?151
Vine street. ,
Two Skeletolfe Found In I
Grove By Klamath River
Possibility that an old-time
tragedy may be uncovered was
raised tms morning wnen u. w.
Batman, route 3. camo to the
sheriff's office and reported that
he had found two sKeietons in
a shallow grave on the bank of
the Klamath river.
The skeletons are ' of two
grown persons, appearing ' to
have been burled together at
least 12 years ago and the grave
reopened probably sometime
last summer, Batman said, He
came across tne miriai piace
while on a hunting trip last Sun
day. The grave, not more than two
feet deep, is on tho right bank
of tho Klamath river about a
mile west ot the Weyerhaeuser
mill.' - : ' .
Batman said that It must, have
been reopened several "months
ago because of the loose earth
and advanced the idea that the
skeletons were dug up by some
one who knew they were there.
' He took the two skulls, neith
er of which shows any evidences
of (V bullet wound or bone
erst iking blow, to his home on
Kefio road, then showed them to
Deputy Sheriff Jack Franey this
morning. The other bones are
still lying on the river bank and
grass is growing over dirt scoop
ed out of the grave when It was
last opened, he reported.
The theory was also advanced
that they might be Indian skele
tons, although the secretive bur-:
ial of two bodies In the shallow
grave seems suspicious. There
were no remnants of clothing or
anything else in the grave, Bat
man said.
relied over some trivial matter.
The knife wound in Smith's
throat was very small, the blade
of the pocketknife having been
pushed straight in, severing nis
iucular vein. .
Smith apparently died of
hemorrhage following the cut,
An autopsy is to be held ' this
afternoon at Ward's funeral
home. ' 1
1 Second Killing
'This is the second Indian
killing - in which Williams has
been iinvolvedi Hevwas, convict
ed of manslaughter by a federal
court in 1934 for killing Charlie
Cowan,- 17-year-old -Modoc, and
was sentenced to seven years in
a federal penitentiary. That also
nappened at ueatty when wu
liams was 19 years old. .
-r Since this latest killing hap
pened on i the - reservation, the
case will be handed over to fed
eral authorities. Williams -lives
on the reservation- and owns
few cattle. . -
Smith is the son - of Lolana
Cram - and Hugh Elden Smith;
both of whom live at. Beatty
and are divorced. He is the
third son of the couple to die
violently in the past two years.
One, Irvln Smith,-23, an MP
wnti tne army in France, was
killed at Marseilles last Octo
ber, and Lee Otto Smith, 15,
died as a result- of accidental
gunshot wounds In July, 1944.
Red Troops To
Defend Jehol
' CHUNGKING, Jam a -W '
Communists will put up a fight
tor tne inner mongolian prov
ince of Jehol.' into which ' na.
tionalist government troops are
pouring, a communist party
spoKesman saia tooay. ,
His declaration came as the
nation awaited the communist
reply to the government's truce
counter proposals calling for an
immediate end of China's civil
war. .
"Communist troops will resist
any attack on them- in Jehol,"
the -spokesman ., said., 'This ; is
civil war.'!
A few hours earlier P. H.
Chang, government cabinet
spokesman, said the central gov
ernment was taking over Jehol
as "a matter of course." -
He said administrative per
sonnel were being sent into the
northern province behind col
umns of troops swinging into
Jehol from Manchuria, ,
Three Persons
Killed In Blast ' .
MALVERN. Ark.. Jan. 2 UP)
Three men were reported dead,
two critically burned and an
other unaccounted for when an
explosion rocked a storage tank
of the Malvern waterworks sys
tem while they were finishing
up a tank repair job today..
The men were employed by
the Dixie Bridge and Tank com.
Eany of Memphis and were sent
ere for the repair work;
Officials of the city water de
partment said - the. men were
spraying the 'inside of the tank
with paint when the explosion
occurred. The cause of the blast
was not determined. 4 Two men
working, on top of a ladder
were blown from the tank,
which was enveloped in flame
and dense smoke. ' -
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Willard Williams, 29-y.M-old
Klamath Indian and ex-convict,
is held in the county jail here
for federal authorities after: the
fatal . stabbing of another In
dian. 1 8-year-old Egbert Hugo
Smith, during New Year's Eve
party at Beatty. Williams has
admitted to . Indian Officer
Willis Pankey that be stabbed
smitn in tne tnroat witn a pock,
etknife. ' '". .
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Mac Quoted As
Against Merge
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (rl
Cbngresslonal opponents of an
army-navy merger quoted lien.
Douglas MacArthur today - ai
seeing- "potential possibilities of
disaster in the unification.-pro-
v They ' went i bacit nearly 14
years to get the quotes,- - but
Chairman' Carl Vinson (D-Ga.)
of the bouse naval committee in
sisted the reasoning behind Mac-
Arthurs stand then remains the
same today. -
MacArthur has since reversed
his stand. On November. 1, the
senate military, committee made
public his statement to a special
army-navy committee tnat ex
periences of World War U liad
"absolutely convinced" him the
fighting- forces should be con-
sonaaiea. ruruiermore, ne said
then, there should be -only one
uniform for all services. i
Vinson is one of the leading
opponents to- President Tru
man's proposal '. to consolidate
the ' army' and the navy into a
single department of national de
fense.. General MacArthur may
testify, either in person or by
letter, in behalf of , the merger
when the house expenditures
committee- starts hearings late
this montjh..
' Vinson told a reporter he as
sumed MacArthur would .follow
the lead of "the higher echelon"
in supporting the merger, despite
the opposite position the general
took in the past. a ...
Two Hurt When
Auto Overturns
Mr. ; and Mrs. John ' Gueele.
route 3 box 460. Klamath Falls.
suffered injuries which . sent
them to Klamath Valley hospital
early this morning when .their
car,' operated by Mrs. Guggie,
skidded on the icy pavement one
mile south of Midland on high
way -97, and overturned in; the
ditch. .-. . - - ; r
State police. " called , to the
scene; at 8 a. m., said Mrs. Guggie
apparently lost' control of the
machine which- was traveling
south. The car slid back and
forth across the highway several
times, officers said, and ' after
taking out a guard post ran off
tne graoe and roueo over into
the-ditch.1 Guaeie has a badly
lacerated left hand and is suffer
ing from shock and Mrs. Guggie
has back injuries. M. E. Noblin
and Harry Totton, both of route
3 box 993, witnessed the accident
and cave ' aid. The Klamath
merchants police ambulance was
caned. .,-
Motorists Told
To Get Licenses :
Got yours yet? ; , "; ' ' : )
Tuesday. January 1, was.-the
deadline for 1946 licenses and
stickers, according to the state
law and motor vehicle operators
were given . a last warning to
get their licenses and get them
quick. ,. .' v - :,
xne . penalty, aiso according
to law. goes info effect the first
day of . the new year, and those
hailed into court will probably
get the $5.50 fine in addition' to I
an order' to- pay. the .1946. feci
and quick. ' -
Flood Takes
Nine Lives;
Rivers Drop
Oregon Communities
In Midst Of Costly
Clean-Up Chore
By The Associated Pr
Western Oregon communities
were in tne midst of a costly
clean-up chore today (Wednes
day) as flooded rivers which took
a toll of nine lives receded to
tneir banks.
The Willamette river, which
wrought the heaviest damage,
was falling raDidlv -after its
murky crest flowed into the Co
lumbia river without passing
flood stage at the river mouth.
Last reported victims , of the
inundation were Joe Jones, 10,
whose body was recovered near
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Pounds, lineman who tumbled
into the McKenzie river while
stretching an electric wire across
the stream. ,
. Earlier believed victims
though not all the bodies have
been recovered were a retired
minister and his employe at Coos
Bay ; a war veteran; and a fam
ily of four whose car struck a
washout en route to California.
. Damage Reports ' . .
Authorities benan compiling
damage reports and reestablish
ing families evacuated irom tne
lowlands.' 'The National. Red
Cross established a central relief
office it. f.-vrtn,! field, center ,.jf.
the greatest loss. ,v;; iu;
The Red Cross estimated ; 75
families in Marion county would
need rehabilitation and relief,
and nearly 1000 in Lane county.
Applications for help were begin
ning to pile up as residents re
turned in growing numbers to
inspect damage.' ... .- ,
Nearly 90 per' cent iof West
Springfield homes were de
stroyed or damaged, the Red
Cross said. Grace Jackson, gen
eral field representative from the
San Francisco office, arrived on
special disaster duty for the Red
.Cross.;. ' ;...'-.,'-v
;-:..' ? Flood Costly
Damage to farm homes, barns.
and. livestock will run into hun
dreds -of thousands of dollars,
agriculture spokesmen estimat
ed. Hop yards in the lower val
ley were , reported hard hit.
Scores of poultry flocks . are
gone; many, sheep lost, and cat
tle strayed..
Damaee to farm machinery
may seriously cripple crop pro
duction or delay larm worK tms
year, county agents reported as
they' began checking : farmers'
losses." ':
Highway crews were busy re
pairing bridges or erecting tem
porary spans. Power companies
said all lines would be restored
within. a day or two.
WEATHER
(January 2) .,
Max. (Jan. 1) 51 . Min ......37.
Precipitation last 24 hours . .02.
Stream year to date ' 7.27.
Normal 4.20 Last year -. 4.66.
. Forecast: Occasional rain. '
In Triangle Shooting
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Capt Archie B. Miller, 25, of Ballevue, Tex., (left), was ar
rested on charges of felonious assault alter shooting and fatally
wounding Capt. Eugene Dale, 27. of Enid, Okla., in the apart
ment of Mrs. Fay Hancock Miller, 24, attractive ex-Powers
model (right). Miller broke into his wife's apartment where Mrs.
Millar and her sister were talking with Dal and Arthur Oorm
ly. Miller shot three times before he was disarmed. (NEA ttl
photo). . T. , ; . ",
Somber Noie To Nation's
Holiday Celebration Seen
As 530 Die Violent Deaths
- By The Associated Press
A more somber note to. the
nation's New Years holiday
celebration was recorded today
as the number of deaths from
violent causes.- passed the 500
mark. ' t.
A survey across the; country
showed that at least 530 persons
suffered violent deaths from 6
p. m., last Friday to midnight
Tuesday. The tabulations listed
24S killed in traffic accidents.
The National Safety Council had
estimated between 375 and 400
motor- fatalities over the holi
day period. ; , :
-The other 262 violent- deaths
resulted from a variety of
causes plane and train crashes;
shootings, stabbing, - fires,
drownings, explosions, exposure,
falls on icy streets and accidents
in the home. Two deaths result
ing from ; alcoholism wer,.re-.ported.--
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; Six states, Delaware, Mississ
ippi, Rhode Island, North and
South Dakota and. Vermont, re
ported no violent deaths during
the four-day period-: One fatality
was listed in Wyoming. -.
States leadine- in the toll were
Pennsylvania" with 46; Texas
and New York each with 41 and
Illinois 39. Of the Illinois total.
31 were in Chicago and suburbs.
The violent death toll by
states, listing traffic and miscel
laneous: '
Alabama 2-6: Arizona. 4-1: Ar
kansas 5-6; California . 20-11;
Colorado 4-2; Connecticut 1-19;
Florida 2-1; Georgia 5-0; Idaho
3-2; Illinois 19-20; Indiana 12-5;
2 New Years Day
Babies Born Here
Two New Year's day babies
and one born just 15 minutes be
fore the old year ended, were re
ported by Klamath Falls hospi
tals today. . -.. .
Both New Year's day infants
were born at- Klamath Valley
hospital. It was a girl for Mr.
and Mrs. Acie Godsey of 2520
S. 6th, and a boy for Mr. and
Mrs.-Ethel J. Meador, Sprague
River.. The Godsey girl tinned
scales at 8 pounds 12 ounces, out
weighing her fellow - nursery
mate who weighed 7 pounds 13
ounces.
The New Year's eve babv ar
rived at Hillside hospital at 11:45
p. m., December 31, a girl for
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Burnett
of route 1, Bonanza.
Yank 'Trouble-Maker' Put
To Death By Jap Guards
By DUANE HENNESSY
YOKOHAMA. Jan. 2 (PI A
Japanese interpreter testified to
day at the war crimes trial of JLt.
Kel Yuri that the. former com
mander of Omuta prison camp
decreed "James Pavlokos shall
die" and he did after being
starved and tortured.
. Pavlokas was a U. S. marine
corporal from Chicago; '
The interpreter, liaraklchl Oi.
also pointed to the defendant as
the commandant who ordered a
score of assembled guards to
bayonet to death Pvt. Near C.
Heard of Salinas, Calif. but he
said Yuri strictly forebade beat
ing Of prisoners. Depositions of
two American officers also said
Yuri, ordered Heard's execution,
and tney told of secretly witness
ing it.- -
. Oi said pavlokos was a con
sistent trouble-maker "who acted
like a tyrant. Nine or 12 Ameri
can prisoners wrote us notes
some on cigarette packages,
some on toilet tissue asking
that Pavlokos be transferred to
another camp. It is a shame to
say it, but it is true that at least
two of them said, 'please kill
him.' "
the interpreter testified that:
Pavlokos was . confined two
days upon the report , of a navy
lieutenant and an American ser
geant that he had stolen food.
Pavlokos was put to work in a
coal mine but caused, trouble
and was sentenced to five more
days in the guardhouse. ;. When
he was assigned to kitchen duty
so that Japanese could watch
him, other, prisoners protested;
The interpreter said he heard
Yuri ask Lieutenant. Murab, the
camp doctor, if he knew of any
injection that would leave, no
symptoms of poison. The doctor
replied he knew of one.; - Then,
said Oi, Yuri declared "James
Pavlokos shall die."
The depositions, taken from
Army Lts. Owen W. Romaine of
Fort Thomas, Ky., and John H.
Allen of St. Paul, Minn., were
radioed from the United States.
They told how American prison
ers secreted- themselves in an
empty building and watched as
Japanese bayonets ripped repeat
edly into Heard's abdomen, back
and throat until his cries were
stilled.
Oi, who saw Heard's execu
tion, testified that at least 20
guards took part. He said that
a Colonel Sugasawa, Japanese
army area commander, became
angry when he learned of the
execution.
Iowa 8-5; Kansas 1-4; Kentucky
Louisiana 2-5; Maine 3-0;
Maryland 6-2; Massachusetts
7-7; Michigan 18-11; Minnesota
7-1; Missouri 7-1; Montana. 1-0;
Nebraska-1-8; Nevada 0-2; New
Hampshire 3-0; New Jersey 5-8;
New Mexico 1-4; New York 16.
25; North Carolina 3-0. V ;.
Ohio 7-16; Oklahoma 4-6; Ore
gon 2-16; Pennsylvania 29-17;
South Carolina 5-3; Tennessee
4-9; Texas 14-27; Utah 8-4; Vir
ginia 1-7; Washington 6-0; West
Virginia 2-4; Wisconsin 2-9; Wyo
ming 0-1; District of Columbia
1-2. -
Nationwide
Pec!unrj!:ouse
Strfce Called
CHICAGO, Jan. 2 (JP) A na
tionwide strike of approximate
ly 200,000 members of the CIO
United Packinghouse' Workers
of America has been called for
January 16, Lewis J. ' Clark,
union president, announced to
day He said that not only, the
large packers Swift, Armour,
Wilson and Cudahy but also
"most smaller, independent'
packing plants" would be af
fected and the strike would in
volve 147 plants across the na
tion. -.(j-.i.Ti : .-.;"'
The strike Is ; beta called,
Clark told a news conference in
support of the union's demand
for a 25 cents an hour wage in
crease. Clark said, however, the .
union' would be willing to so
cept an increase of 17 cents
an hour immediately with, an
agreement to negotiate the re-'
maining 7H cents. He said the
overall average hourly wage in
the industry now is 87 cents an
hour. , - - : y
A spokesman for. the' Ameri
can Meat Institute, which fre
quently speaks for the Industry
on trade matters, said , the in
stitute would; not comment on
the strike call because its poli
cy prohibited intervention in
matters concerning relationship ;
between packing companies and
their employes.
'"J. E. Wilson; general Super
intendent of Swift and com-.
pany meat packing plants, is
sued this -statement:
"We regret that the officials -s
of the UPWA-CIO have seen fit
to announce that -the union will
go on strike beginning January ,
16. The immediate effect ; of
such a strike would be a cur
tailment of meat supplies to
consumers and the armed
forces. This would also sharp
ly curtail our purchases of livestock-.
Swift and company has -been
negotiating with officials .,
of the union : for some weeks
and we hope that negotiations
will continue without interrup
tion to- -the ; company's opera
tions." . y ' ..'.
Fire Destroys
WRA Auditorium
TULELAKE, Jan. 2 A fire
of .undetermined origin de
stroyed the high school audi
torium at the WRA center here ;
at 4 p. m. Monday but work of
fire "crews prevented the flames
from, spreading to adjacent build- -ings.
Although the loss had not
been surveyed today, the school
plant was constructed at a cost
of approximately 5J64.000. The
structure was a total loss, i
The school at Newell had ;
been closed for some time, offi
cials said. There were no occu- ,
pants in the building and no
records were housed in the au
ditorium. I