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Newspaper Page TextMM, in uui mm Telephone Mill PRICE riVB CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. BATURDAY. JANUARY S .--.o WEATHER NEWS January 5. 1946 Max. (Jan. 4) ... 42 MIn 32 Precipitation last 24 hours 24 Stream year to date 7.81 Normal ...4.36 Last year ... 4.20 Forecast! Snow Sunday Number 10711 By FRANK JENKINS THE news from China con tinue" 1(00(1. An agreement on "procedure for tho cessation of hostilities and the restoration of communl rutlnni" (rallrouils. htuhways, telephone and lulograph linen, alo.t him been reached by Chunk Una (mow culled the "Senior Government") uml communliit lenders, but no (lute has been Yut for stopping the nhootlnu. Representatives of the two factions, howovor, will "confer" Immediately on currying out the Dreed procedures a CHINA nil ourty UNITY coi ferenco l scheduled to begin nn .llinillirv 10. At tlUM COIlfur- nm. an dolomites rourosontlng the principal Chinese faclloni! will make an effort to nettle ALL outstanding differences between the Chiang Kai-shek government and the communists. tN the nroccedlnitii so far. Gen enil Marshall has been acting as a MEDIATOR, and both fides aitmlt that his presence has iti.i..it rnniilHernblv. Tho gonorul remain silent, but we cun guess that in the pinches he has been discreetly disclosing to both sides what will have to ba (tone uu cl.se.. in guoss is somewhat strengthened by the statement this morning that within ten days AMERICAN SHITS will start moving 20,000 Chungking troops into maiv churla, . , , MANCHURIA la more or less the key to China's future. It la an important workshop of heavy Industry somewhat like our Pittsburg area. It can be h Industrial backbone ot a iiwtTrn riilnn. cr.ni nit into n spnarate nation. as would havo been the case If the Chlncsa civil war had gone down the wnoio roua to scnura' tlon and disunity, it, could have ended our hopes for a GREAT China capablo of growing into hit customer. nnHE thread of the CHINA TRADE Is woven Into the ...... I ...n,,t nf mi. jmtlri his. wmp im www. w. wm. - . Columbus wns seeking a trade routo to the ORIENT when he xtubbed his too unexpectedly on iin ihnn unknown Western Hcmlsohcrc. It was n GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT, for ho had i,r,rwrl tn mill westward directly into tho ports whence camo this rich and coveted trade, thus short-circuiting tho long and alow and expensive curavan routes by which tho products of the Orient reached tno Meaner runxnn nnrt rnmn thence to west ern Europe by ship. It was quite a Jolt when ho learned that a huge and wild and undeveloped continent lay In his puth. For more than a century the Hrvnm nf hold advcnluror-exDlor. crs wns to find a short cut around tho northern end of this annoying obslncle. 'I he scorcn for a Northwest Passage (to China) was unremitting, und the effort to find it fills tho annuls of Hint period. ( t HEARING tho best of a bad bar- 1V1 gain, tho nations of western Eurono begun to found colonies In this wilderness that lay across the path of their hopes, and in time the northerly colonies com menced to build ships and found a commerce of their own. In- -f stinctlvoly theso New England W merchants turned their faces toward tho CHINA coast, and for aomcthlng like a century their fiortg waxed rich on tho China rade. These colonics built a way of life of their own. Finding that tho chains binding them to the Old World HAMFEREU their (Continual rit I, Column S) Flying Permit Changes Favored Local aviation men said today that Klamath will ask for re vision of certain "unsatisfactory clauses" in an interim permit sent here undor wmcn tno navy would normit civilian flying on the Klamath municipal airport (Klamath naval air station.) The objectionable clauses cancel the navy's responsible ties under tho lease which it holds on the air station and which It does not relinquish. The interim permit is also revoc able at any time under this pro-po.nl. The aviation people here said tncy will ask revision to provide ' that the navy maintain lis re sponsibilities until it gives up the lease entirely. They said that under a revocable permit, It would seem tho navy officials ' should take maintenance respon k albility for the landing facilities Inasmuch as they might revoke the permit and use the facilities exclusively again at any time. Chief Acts To Avert 9-State Rail Walkout By The Associated Press President Truman today (Saturday) named an emergency board to investigate a labor dispute which threatened to affect the operations of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway company in nine states. The road was notified by the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men that walkout affecting 7000 workers would begin at 6 p. m. central standard time Sunday. The president's action took ad vantage of a provision of the railway labor act. which decrees that appointment of an emergency board stays any walkout while the board investigates the dispute. The three-member board will report within 30 days. The railway mediation board said both the road and the union had refused to arbitrate 12 listed grievances. Wages and hours are not involved, a railroad spokesman said. States In which the railroad's operations would have been urtucled were Missouri, Kansas, Peace Terms Agreed Upon By Chinese By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING. Jan. 5 (IP) Agreement on "procedures for cessation of hostilities and res toration of communications" in atrlfo-torn China wos reached tonight by Chinese communist and government leaders, but there was no indication of when "cease fire" orders might be Is sued. An official announcement said representatives ot the two fac tions would confer immediately on carrying out tho agreed pro cedures. Gen. George C. Marshall, American envoy, had tonferrcd in swift succession earlier today with leaders of both delegations. Marshall declined, however; to comment on the, announced agreement. More Troops From Shanghai, Lt. Gen. Al bert C. Wcdcmeycr, commander of U. S, military forces in China, meanwhile announced that American ships would begin moving 28.000 Chinese govern ment troops into Manchuria within 10 days. Airborne movement of other forces was scheduled for today, weather permitting: The momentous agreement to bring at least temporary peace to China was reached at a 75 minute conference between sen ior government and communist delegates to the forthcoming unity conference here. It was announced in a mutually-approved press release which Min ister of Information K. C. Wu said implied that the two fac tions' appointed representatives would work with General Mar shall as a committee of three to stop the shooting. , Response Favors Truman's Appeal WASHINGTON, Jan, 5 (P) Tho White House reported today thnt. moro than S00 telegrams and letters have been received in response to President Truman's radio appeal for congressional action on his legislative pro gram. More than 80 per cent of them wcro described as "favorable." Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tcnnes. sec, Texas, Mississippi, Ala bama und Florida. In New York, the president of a striking union said the walkout by the Independent Western Electric Employes as sociation against tho Western Electric company wos "Just about ready to explode into a nationwide telephone workers' walkout. Frank J. Fllzslmmons, presi dent of the WEEA. said he had conferred with Joseph A. Beiro, president of the National Fed eration ot tciopnono worKcm, and believed that "by Monday or Wednesday something will be rcadv to break." At the beginning of the 3-day-old Western Electric trike. Ht-iro said his federa lion's 2U0.U00 members had been asked in a poll to author ize a sympathy strike. Win Demand Tho Western Electric strike was called in support of a union demand for a 30 per cent wage Increase. Picket lines outside strike-bound WE plants in New Jersey and New York, were milnt nfinr veslerdav's strife in which four persons were In jured and several others arrest. ed. In Cleveland, AFL pressmen struck to enforce wage de mands against the city's three dally newspapers, and a union spokesman said no employes of tho two afternoon papers, the News and the Press, entered their press rooms today. Earlier in the day pressmen stoned a sitdown which delayed Dublicatton of two final edi tions of the Plain Dealer, morn ing newspaper. Nurse Slayer Declared Sane SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 5 (P) Mrs. Irene Mansfcldt has been sentenced to serve a one to ten year prison sentence for killing Mrs. Vada Martin, a nurse she suspected of having a love affair with her physician husband. A jury yesterday decided the 45-year-old society matron was sano when she shot Mrs. Martin. Previously, the same jury had convicted her of manslaughter. prosecutor Norman Elkington explained that if Mrs. Mansfeldt receives full credits tor gooa be havior, she would be eligible for parole after a year and a half in prison. Her husband. Dr. John Mans feldt, committed suicide soon af ter tho shooting of the nurse. Tho defense contended Mrs. Mansfcldt was innocent because she was insane at the time she shot Jvlrs. Martin. Army Applies Brakes To Demobilization Program WASHINGTON, Jan. tiio army slapped the brakes on demobilization today with a declaration that replacements would bo insufficient to main tain necessary forces abroad at the present rate. By full use of available ship ping, all of about 1,533,000 over seas troops who arc or will be come cllglblo could bo returned to the United States in three months, a war department offi cial said at a news conference. ' Instead.' tho army plans to spread the returns over six months. . This slower rata rnmfttnnri with replacements will reduce total overseas strength to a plan ned minimum of 707.000 bv July 1. Lt. Gen. J. Lnwton Col lins told reporters yesterdoy. Ho declared, however, that no man should bo held In a foreign theater moro than three months after ho becomes eligible for discharge. "Our overseas force would hn dangerously understrcngth in oc cupying hostile countries if all eligiblo men were to be returned before sufficient ronlncRmimts arrived," the war department in formation chief said. I He estimated 400,000 men had been recruited for the regular army since the war's end, but remarked there was no guaran tee enlistments would continue at that rate. Selective service, he added, has furnished an average of only 37,000 men a month since- V-J Day. The army expected 50,000 a month. Discharges already total near ly 5,000,000, Collins said, and the next six months will bring an other 3,000,000. On July 1 the war department plans to have an army of 1,550,000, distributed as follows: Europe, 335,000; Pacific '375, 000; other non-continental areas, 87,000; Filipino troops in train ing, 50,000; continental United States, 703,000, including 360, 000 operating personnel and 343,000 training, in transit, or held as a strategic reserve. Tho department intends to transport 600 war brides and children of soldiers to the United States in January, mainly from England and continental Europe. Tins trickle will Initiate a move ment of about 66,000 by July, including 50,000 from England, 10,000 from the continent and 6000 from the Pacific. He'll Mryf .c? ery Nice Rug! V 63 -Si bod D O O tV SW "VMHrf vmyHMp This huge bear, thought to be the largest black bear ever killed, dwarfs 6-foot 3-inch Dave Truslow- of Lot Angeles, who posed with the animal at the A. F. McQuiston ranch near Fort Klamath. World's lArese Bh Bear Slain Ai Seven Mile Here's a bear story to end all bear stories: Fort Klamath ranchers re ported here today that what is thought to be the biggest black bear in the world was killed near Seven Mile ranger station in the Fort Klamath area last December 18. The bear weighed 485 pounds dressed and live weight was estimated at 625 pounds. According to available rec ords of taxidermists here, this bruin exceeds- any other black bear killed by at least one foot each way. The average full grown male black bear weighs around 400 pounds, live weight. The bear was brought down with one 30-30 shot between the eyes by Harold Brlcco and Marvin Roedcr, both of Fort Klamath. The two were hunt ing and saw tracks in the snow and after trailing the bear for some distance, came face to face with the huge animal.' The bear did not put up a fight, ac cording to A. F. McQuiston, Fort Klamath rancher, who bought the animal from the hunters for $55. Used Sled Brlcco and Roeder immedi ately disemboweled the big fel low and then returned to the ranger station. They hauled the bear out on a 3led to their pickup and at the McQuiston ranch the animal was hoisted by chain blocks for the local folks to see. McQuiston had the animal dressed at Johnson Packing company and then turned the hide over to Cummings to have it finished into a rug. The hide measured 7 feet 5 inches from Reward Storied For Dog Poisoner Klamath citizens who have become alarmed by the sudden outbreak of dog poisoning evi dent in the past , week or 10 days, have started a reward fund for information leading to the person or persons who have been poisoning the ani mals. C. L. Barkdoll. 115 S. 6th. started the fund with a. $10 donation, hoping that other dog lovers will follow suit. Dr. Herrick - A.' Wheeler, a local veterinarian, stated today 'that the worst area for dog poisoning is in the vicinity of Mills addition. He added . that in almost every case reported, strychnine has been the poison usea. a lew ot the animals nave been saved, but the poison acts quickly that the dogs can rarely be caught' and treated in time.- ' - Barkdoll asks other in terested people to contact him by calling 6810. head to tail and 7 feet 3 inches, claw to claw. Bruin was estimated to be between 20 and 25 years old. He was a fine, fat fellow and his coat in excellent condition, McQuiston : said. At this time of the year bear are usually in hibernation but this animal ap parently couldn't go to sleep and was out foraging for food. Plants Ratify Pine Bargain Ratification of the Klamath basin pine agreement has been completed at additional plants, including the large Medford Corporation and' the Lone-Bell Lumber company at Weed, it was reported here today at the office of the Pine Industrial Re lations committee. The agree ment calls for 15 cents an hour wage boost. Medford Corporation was cleared for action at a meeting last night and the plant will re sume next Monday. , At Weed, unionists and man agement ironed out difficulties over the sash, door and plywood wage scales, which had been con sidered a possible obstacle to final settlement. The mill, box factory and plywood unit will resume work on a 15-cents-an- nour across-the-board increase. The sash and door plant will go back under a bracket increase plan with boosts ranging from 121 cents down to 5 cents. The J. F. Sharp Lumber com- E any . at Yreka and the Dorris umber and Moulding company at Dorris have been cleared by ratification of the agreement. Several other ratifications, in cluding major plants at Lake view and Klamath Falls, were previously announced. You'll Be Glad To Wake Up Now! NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (JP) The General Electric Co., said today it had arranged to awaken its customers "gradually ' and enticingly" sometime early in 1946. Mark down as a thing of the past . the clanging bell of the morning alarm clock, said GE. It added three new types of timepieces would be available. A beam alarm which flashes the bedside lamp instead of ringing a bell; a "tune-a-lorm" which turns the bedside radio to-your favorite rise-and-shine program, and another model which has a buzzer which can be modulated "down to a gnat's whisper." . Taft Says President Split Party Left Wing Economic Ways Charged By Senate Leader WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 VF President Truman was pictured by a republican senate leader today as a man who has turned from belief in free enterprise to "left wing" economic ways. Senator Taft of Ohio de clared "half the democrat'! and most of the republicans" on Capitol Hill disagree with Mr. Truman because "he has chosen to follow the CIO-PAC course on every economic measure ex cept the last fact-finding labor proposal." As a result, the Ohioan as serted, "the democratic party is hopelessly split" and the president's legislative recom mendations are stalled, despite the party's majority in congress and in the committees which control the flotf of legislation. . Taft, who is chairman of the senate republican steering com mittee, broadcast the - speech last night over NBC from Cin cinnati. The text was released in Washington, however, by the republican national committee, a hint that party strategy is forming for the year's congres sional election campaign. Taft's Reply The address was Taft's reply to the president's radio appeal Thursday night for the people to apply pressure on congress in behalf of legislation Mr. Tru man says is vital. A law for fact-finding to con trol strikes, the so-called "full employment." bill and more un employment compensation were high oh the list. v- The "full employment" pro posal, Taft said, 'came directly from the Soviet constitution, the communist platform, and from the CIO." It would have congress re quire the president, he added, "to submit vast programs for the expenditure of federal money whenever some crack pot economists thought there might be unemployment." He said the president pro posed to "give left wing labor control of employment" through federal supervision of unemployment compensation. Two High School Students Killed CHEHALIS, Jan. 5 (P) Two Camas high school students were dead here today, another seriously injured and little hope was held for a fourth member of the group after their car crashed into the Lacamas creek bridge on the Pacific highway 18 miles south of Chehalis late Friday night. The five young people were returning from a high school basketball game at Centralia. Dead are Orin Edgley, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edgley, and Roberta Marie Wat rouse, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Watrouse. Little hope was held for the recovery of Robert Trosper Jr., 19, and also seriously injured is Betty Watrouse, 17 sister of the dead girl, Omer Hale, 19, driver of the car, although hos pitalized, was not seriously in jured. All are of Camas but young Trosper and Hale are not students. 137 People Injured iy IHIecavyca8e PALESTINE, Tex., Jan. 5 (AP) A tornado which hit northeast Texas last night killed at least 22 persons and in-, jured 137. One man is missing. Continuing rain and heavy mud is delaying search for additional victims. Twelve dead have been identified in Southview near her. Six others are critically injured ana 25 seriously hurt and In hospitals. At least six wer killed In Nciogdoches, about 75 miles away. Two others were killed at Lufkin, 25 miles south of Nacogdoches. ' Appelby, near Nacogdoches, was hard hit and it is feared several deaths occurred there. A i Disrupted telephone communi cations make a check difficult. but highway patrolmen are en route to the community. A Negro boy was reported killed at Shilo in Leon county. The known dead at South view are: Teague Wylle, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morrison, Charles Ray, 2, Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Ray and daughter Mary Sue, 10; Richard Lipscomb, 9; a Mr. Jones; Mary Axum, 14; Merle Axum, S, and a Negro named Nixon. Known Dead The known dead at Lufkin: Mrs. Will Dunn, Mrs. Ed Smith and Coy Dunn. The known dead at Nacog doches: Roscoe Till, 48; Mrs. William Kirk, Oran Fore, Bon nie Reagen, Eugene Scroggins, 12, and Martha Aldridge. Northwestward, in Hunt county, a score of business and residential buildings were . de stroyed at Peniel, near Green ville. The tornado cut a 100-yard swath across 18 miles of Ander son county, passing three miles south and east of this city. State police aided local authori ties and the Palestine unit of the Texas State Guard in re lief work. Jap Cabinet Faces Crisis - TOKYO, Jan. 8 (JP) Premier Kijuro Shidehara'a storm-tossed cabinet, weathering the first shock of General MacArthur's political purge, today postponed until Sunday a scheduled emer gency session to N discuss ways of compliance. The cabinet's chief secretary indicated that the government might attempt to remain in power by reorganization rather than resigning en masse. Tokyo newspapers speculated that the new allied directives would leave untouched only the pre mier himself and Foreign Min ister Shigeru Yoshida. The secretary, Daizaburo Tsugita, who may himself be out of a job as the result of the drastic allied orders to elimin ate all who led Japan into war, said that drafting of emergency imperial ordinances to carry out the directives had delayed the session scheduled today. Herald And News Pays Off Wager The Herald and News has paid off. Ross H. Brown, 3041 Bisbee street, was the tenth citizen to accept the paper's offer to match the cost of a good bottle of whiskey contributed to the community fund. The paper agreed to match if 10 persons would come through. Brown being the tenth, a check .for $75 is being for warded to the community fund by the paper. Most of the con tributors gave $5, but a few gave more than that to bring up the total. The Herald and News prev iously gave $500 to the com munity fund. New Floods Threaten As Oregon Rivers Overf low By The Associated Press Several western Oregon riv ers, just a week after their $6,000,000 rampage,, began over flowing their banks again to day. The rapidly rising Willam ette passed flood stage this morning at Harrisburg, and the weather bureau forecast it would "reach 14 feet two feet above flood stage at Eugene early tonight. . With livestock already re moved from lowlands because of last week's inundation, the weather bureau predicted no material' damage except from erosion. Officials said the flood would not be great enough to close roads. The McKenzie river rose above flood stage at Leaburg, where 1.84 inches of rain fell during the last 24 hours. With only showers forecast for today and tomorrow, weath er officials expected flood only at three main points: Eugene and Harrisburg on the Willam ette; Jefferson on the Santiam. "It leaves us, however, in a critical situation should a storm develop within the next 36 hours, said Elmer Fisher, Portland meteorologist. The new river rise was fed by heavy rains at some points 2.23 inches within 24 hours at Lane Creek, 1.79 inches at Quartzville on the South San tiam. The weather bureau report ed the Willamette river, meas uring 10.1 feet at Eugene this morning, would .reach a crest of 14 feet tonight. At Harris burg, the river stood at 13.3 feet, more than a foot above flood stage, and was expected to reach 15 tonight. 1 , The Santiam river neared the 13-foot flood stage at Jefferson and was expected to continue rising to 14 feet early tonight. Four Youths Break Jail; Two Caught Two of four youths who sawed their way out of the Jackson county jail early this morning have been apprehended and search for the other pair is being directed toward northern CalE fornia and Klamath county, Sher. iff Howard Gault of Medford. said. The sheriff said the 'men, all under 21 years of age, obtained a saw in an undetermined man ner and sawed the bars from a cell window. They climbed to the roof of the Jackson court house and slid down the flag pole rope to the ground. At large are Calvin Leach Cur tis, 19, white, five feet fiv inches tali, 130 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair, and Bob John Nelson, 19, part Indian, described as five feet eight inches tall, weight 155 pounds and has a two-inch scar on the right side of his jaw. Two negroes, Roger Clar Chapman, and Edward D. Mack ey, 17, were captured. Chapman was caught at Medford and Mackey near Ashland. Both were; in jail on vagrancy charges. . i . Awaiting Transfer ; : Curtis and Nelson were awalU tog transfer to the Oregon Stat penitentiary to serve- 18-month terms for car theft. State, city and county law en forcement officers here were asked to be on the lookout fop the two men and they are be lieved to be in the company, ot a woman known as Doris Curtis. 28, a blond. . A 1937 Ford sedan registered to H. R. Sutton of Medford was also reported stolen last night and Jackson county officials be lieve Curtis and Nelson may have stolen the car. The Jail break occurred some time between 11 o'clock last' night and 6 a. m. today. Reds Balk On Monetary Pact WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (IF) . A state department spokesman said today that Russia bas noti fied the United States it will ' not sign the Bretton Woods agreements until it has had more time to study, them. The informant said this stand was made . known to Averell Harriman, the American am bassador to Moscow. As of today, 35 countries have signed the agreements which set up multi-billion dollar banks and funds to stabilize world cur rency. Russia is the only major power which has not . signed. State department . officials have said that about 83 per cent of both the bank and the fund were subscribed to by the January 1st deadline. Committee Seeks Outstanding Man A secret committee of local citizens is now casting about for likely prospects for the recipient . of the Junior chamber of com merce "outstanding young man of 1945" award. Presentation ia planned Friday night, January 25, at the junior chamber's Founder's Day banquet. ; The award will be made on the following basis: 1. Achievement, leadership and service to the community in the calendar year. 2; Personal character and ability. " 1 3. Must be between 21 and 35 years of age. This award is not made on the basis of a contribution to the Junior chamber of commerce ac tivities specifically, but to the community. Likewise, Junior chamber membership is not a necessary qualification of the recipient. - Local people who may have suggestions for recipients of the award were asked today to call the chamber of commerce, and the suggestion will be turned over to the secret committee.: