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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
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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
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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.
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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.: