Chinese Talli
Peace Terms
, CHUNGKING, Jan. 4 ()
Thinese communist and central
government negotiator! lecklng
peace in dissension-torn China
today discussed these four spe
tific conditions advanced by the
tommunists In their official re
ply to Chiang Kal-sheK's new
if ear's Eve peace bid:
1. The communists agree "in
leneral" with national govern
- mont auizseslions that Gen
George C. Marshall, President
Truman's envoy to Chungking,
: be one of a committee of three
to decide on procedures for ces
sation ot civil nostiuues , ana
restoration of railroad commu
- nications. .' . -
2. Civil war must be stopped
Immediately - throughout- the
country, especially in Jehol
i Drovince (where . communists
previously alleged . 225,000
'Chungking troops were engaged
in an offensive designed to
.wrest the area from Yenan
.forces).
- 3. Restoration of communica
tions should cover land, sea,
air, postal and telegraph lines,
-and also result in lifting of a
blockade around the liberated
areas (communist term for re
gions under their control;.
4. Investigation groups should
'embody important personages
from all circles throughout the
! country, including members of
. the political consultative coun-
cil (the lnterparty, nonpartisan
'conference scheduled -to open
January 10 in Chungking) to
compose all problems-between
the national government and
the Chinese communists.-.
The national government's
' minister of information,, K, C.
Wu, said today that he consid
" ei-ed the first point "very fa
- vorable." but that the other
three points would be discussed
by the negotiators either today
- or Saturday.
Freight Rate
Struggle Seen
PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 4 UP)
A complaint asking the Inter
state Commerce commission to
. compel 64 northwest and Call
; fornia railroads to . set . joint
, through freight rates has been
i filed by Inland Navigation com-
pany, the firm's attorneys dis
- closed today.
The river barging - concern
: wants through rates on all com
modities and freight classes
- moving west of the cascades,
: and on those going east of the
mountains as far as Billings,
-Mont., and south to Frovo,
: Utah, reported John M. Hick
. son, Portland, and Howard
Dent Jr., The Dalles. They said
a 20 per cent differential under
' the all-rail rate is sought for
1 that part of the haul shipped
: by water.
-Another request was ior joint
through rail-barge-rail rates- on
foods traveling from the Inland
mpire and south to San Jose,
Calif., through Portland. ; ,
Western Union
Strike Averted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 VP)
The AFL Commercial Telegra
phers union today announced
cancellation of plans for a nation-wide
strike of 50,000 West
ern Union employes, which had
been set to begin Monday.
W. L. Allen, international
president, said the union's 58
Western Union locals had been
notified of the action and that
the unions' general committee
would meet Monday with West
ern Union officials to discuss a
recent wage award by the Na
tional War Labor board. -
The cancellation does not af
fect announced plans of 7000
CIO Western Union workers in
the New York area to strike
Tuesday.
Allen said in a statement the
WLB award of an average 12
cents hourly wage Increase had
been accepted by "an over
whelming majority"- of the un
ion's local units.
: Slim Clue Found
' In Torso Murder
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.,
.- Jan: 4 (JP) Officers trying to
Identify the headless, handless
. .body of a woman found in a
i mountain ravine had this slim
clue today: .
A marine sergeant, with blood
. on his hands, and a woman were
seen at 1:15 a. m. - Wednesday
; changing, a tire at the turnout
S in the road from which the nude
' body presumably , was thrown
i thataame morning. .-'
Constable Coy Brown of Big
:, Bear .Valley, township-said to
, day that a man named Cuthbert
made '.such a report to' him.
Brown quoted Cuthbert -arsay--
ine he was drivina - into-the
, mountains When his headlights
i - picked up the couple at the dis-
. a Died car. tie said fie stopped
to oner assistance out it was re
f . fused by the marine.
He saw blood on the marine'
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talked the marine obtained a rag
irom me car 10 wipe nis nanos
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: Six-yur-old Alice Strong (above) ' almost for gats the four Christmasas she spent as an In
terne under the Japanese as she visits a Birmingham, Ala. department store toyland. Once
again on Santa's calling list, little Alice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Strong of Birming
ham, returned to this country a few months ago after being interned with her parents in Manila
at the outbreak of the war. (AP wirephoto). ' i
Ogle Says
KFPA Can
Stand Alone . ;
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other like association in .the
state, it was brought out. . : :
''"' ( Raises Question " '
C. L. Jamison of Pendleton,
representative of the Cattle and
rlorseraiserr ' association and
member -of the special commit
tee, raised' the question of to
whom would KFPA turn if a
major blaze exhausts the asso
ciation's funds.
Ogle's' answer was that the
association members would put.
up additional money and there
would De no need to turn to
anyone. ...... -
A: proposition backed by N,
S. Rogers of Salem, Oregon
state forester, is before the com
mittee to establish a ' fund of
half ' a million dollars, drawn
from tax revenue and from lev
ies on. the acreage covered, to
be created as an emergency pot
for . individual fire-fighting and
protective groups to draw from
when- their own funds axe ex
hausted. The legislature now m
recess, could not appropriate
any money until next year. 11
the- nlan 'is antiroved.
: Jtoers'. plan, also provides
that apportion & the fire-fight-
irig equipment in each , district
be kept ready to oe moved any
where in the state in. case of
emergency. . -
. B, Tanner -of Portland, rep
resentative of the Oregon t or-
est ; fire - association, acted- as
chairman of the open meeting.
A discussion of the uuy cor
don bill before congress - to
make : the federal ' government
reimburse the counties for taxes
lost by .federal acquisition of
forest lands may come before
the special committee this afternoon.
The bill was given-the stamp
of approval by the state board
of control in Salem yesterday.
Klamath county, with its vast
amount of national forests, 'is a
heavy tax loser by transferral
of lands from the tax rolls to
federal control.
WEATHER
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Kl.rn.lh Fill. .
Portland .
Seattle
Medford . 40
Red Bluff .54
Mln. Precip.
44 .94
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44 .43
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, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Inereat
1ns rain central and northern portions
today and moitly cloudy extreme eouth
era portion with Increasing- rain tonight
and Saturday: little temperature change;
atrong southerly wind north coast and
. moderate to fresh westerly wind becom
ing southerly south coast.
, WASHINGTON AND OREOON Rain
todiy and showers tonight and Sunday.
; Snow In mountains, slightly colder in
- Interior. Strong southerly winds off
coast, decreasing- late tonight Rain
- Sunday. .
OBITUARY
J AHZK WILLIAM BARHT
Junee William Barry, a rasideat" ol
Tulelake, Calif., and Lakevlew, Ore., for
the nact 20 yean, pawed iwi7 in this
city on Friday, January 4, 1946 at 10:43
a. m. lie was a native ox iw norxei,
Ireland and wai aged 41 yean at the
time of hif passing. He is survived by
the following: three sisters, Besele and
Julia Barry, Mrs. Daniel Nolan, all of
Ireland; and a brother. Edmond W.
Barry, of Willows, Calif. - The remains
rest at Ward's Klamath Funeral Home,
929 Hifh, where friends may call.
Recitation of the -Holy Rosary will be
held in the chat! of Ward's Klamath
Funeral Home at B p. m. Sunday, Jan
uary 6, 1946, with the Rev. T. P. Casey
oineiaunc. men as ara reapecuuiiy
in vi tea to attend.
FUNERAL
JAMES WILLIAM BARKT
Funeral services for tha lata James
William Barry, who passed away In this
city on Friday, January 4. 1946, will be
held la the Sacred Heart Catholic
church, at 9:30 a. m., January 7, -1946,
where a requiem mass will be cele
brated for the repose of his soul. The
Rev. T. P. Casey will officiate. Com
mitment services and interment will be
held at 2 p. m. Monday, at Lakeview,
Ore., with Rev. F. C. Gelss officiating.
Friends are respectfully invited to at
tend services. Wards Klamath Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Eleven states passed laws for
payment of old age pensions dur
ing 1933-1934.
Doctor Killed
In Car Crash
CHEHALIS; Jan. 4 UP) Dr.
George' R. Parkinson,- 35, physi
cian and. surgeon, with practices
in both 'Centralis and winlock,
was almost instantly killed late
Thursday afternoon when, his
car crashed into the rear of a
cattle - truck - on the- Napavlne
road two miles south of here.
State patrolmen said the traf
fic accident, which produced the
county's first traffic fatality for
1946, occurred near a curve
where the truck had halted.
Driver of the truck was Gordon
Pratt, of Centralia.
The physician was a . native
of the district.' having been born
near Rochester. He graduated
from the Oregon medical school
after attending local schools and
the University of .Washington.
Surviving are his wife, a small
daughter, and his parents.
Forest Service Shop
Will Be Transferred
MEDFORD, Jan. 4 UP) The
national ; forest service . central
repair shop for this section will
be moved soon irom. uranis
Pass 'to a large buildhig here,
formerly- occupied by the army
ordnance department. ' :
- Two' forest service employes,
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Two-Headed
Child Dies
BIRMINGHAM. EnB.. Jan.
(IP) A two-headed baby girl,
bom to the Enizlish wife o( a
former United States soldier,
died last night after 50 hours
and 33 minutes of life. Doctors
said they would make a post
mortem examination today to de
termine details of her anatomy.
The infant was born New
Year's Day to Mrs. Joseph Gov
ro, 21, whose husband lives on a
farm near Fcstus, Mo., SO miles
south of St. Louis.
Born four weeks premature
ly, the bnby weighed five pounds
and 12 ounces and had been giv
en oxygen coiuliuinlly.
Dr. Lindsay Park, gynecolo
fist and obstretician who at
tended the infant, said she had
two heads and two necks joined
at the point ot the shoulder, two
seta of lungs, two stomachs and
two gullets but a single trunk
with two arms and two leas
The heads breathed, cried and
ate independently.
The unusual anatomy was at
trlbuted to the incomplete fis
sion ot a single ovum.
Mrs. Qovro was said to be
recovering normally and to, be
feeling "quite fit." She said she
was anxious to loin her husband
in the United States as soon as
she could get passage. -
POLICE FIGURES
PORTLAND, Jan. 4 VP) A
crime wave was pinned down
to detailed figures today in the
monthly report ot Portland de
tectives. Detectives handled 762 cases
during December, compared to
a usual 500 or 600, The number
of crimes in each category has
doubled since the peak employ
ment period ot 1943. officials
said.
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Death Aftermath
Ot Boat Tussle
REEDSPORT, Jon. 4 (ZD
Two brothers, fighting in a boat
on tlio Smith river, fell over
board and only one was rescued,
stale pouco quoted 1110 tnira oc
cununt as mvlntf tndnv.
Stato Police Sergeant Paul
Morgan, Investigating the De
cember 17 disappearance of Clar
ence ttoye, said jack cowan,
about SO, told a story similar to
that related yesterday by Wilson
Boye, but added that Clarence
and wuson had been fighting.
said when tho two fell in the
river, he rescued Wilson by
grabbing his hair but couldn't
locate the hitter's brother.
Cowan was quoted as saying Wil
son threw Clarence's ripper bog
Into the river.
It was the finding of the bag
January 1 which led to the in
vestigation. Elderly Man Found
Dead In Hotel Here
John Benson, elderly resident
of the Metropolitan hotol, was
found dead in his room today.
The manager found the room
door locked for several hours
and finally broke It In bcl lov
ing someone had gone to sleep
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notified Ward's Klamath Fun
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