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mm " mi Cay By FRANK JENKINS nrllE Bonk for International Settlement, located In Switz erland, announces today that III muniiy cost of World Wiir II was roughly 000 , BILLION DOL- Tlilii figure, It adds, ropreaonts DIRECT costs only, an borne by the various troasuriua of the world, and doosn't take Into ac count audi things as capitalized valuo of humnn liro, property lomies, loan of production, coat of war relief and losses by neutralf, T OOKINO back over tho post ij alx yoara of blood und terror and alzlng up the RESULTS aa o fur apparent, moat of us will be ready to any unhesitatingly that aa a method of aattllnif world problem WAIl Isn't worth what It costa, A world endowed with even roaaonublo meuauro of com mon acnao, tolnrnnce and fair mindedness could aettlo ltd prob lems much moro chcnnlv and MUCH MORE SATISFACTOR ILY. LET'S come a little closer home, Tho UNITED STATES OF AMERICA la now torn by atrlkea and Industrial dlsturbancea of various aorta. Strlkea and In dustrial dlalurbonccs, aa at pres ent conducted, are a modern form of domestic war. Let's rink a prediction: When It's all over, and We Title down to production again, moat of us will be ready to agree that It wnsn't worth what it coat, and that with a reasonable mcasuro of common sense, fair-mindedness- and tolerance for the right of others these Industrial disturbances arising out of the roshlfts that follow In the wake of war could have been settled much moro cheaply and so far as the American people as a whole are concerned much more satisfactorily. . YOU will doubtless admit that If we could find the magic formula peaceful settlement of our troubles would be hotter than WARLIKE settlement of them. "But," you may - Inquire, "where 'shall we find such formula?" THE answer Is simple and eloao at hand. . It Is to be found In the teach ings of Jesus, as embodied In the CJohlcn Rule: "Do ye unto other as ye would that others shall do unto you," ,- t TNFORTUNATELY; there Is a cynical notion abroad that the principle of the Oolden Rule Is idealistic and impractical, -. That Isn't trim. Hard-headed business men are slowly learning BY EXPER IENCE that a contract that is fair to both sides is almost cer tain to be MORE PROFITABLE in the long run than a contract I that Is wholly one sided. That goes even for the party on the LONG END of the bone-fits. yHE ancient, cynical rule of business is "let tno miyer BEWARE." If he gets stuck, It's his own fault. That is akin to the even older nationalistic rule that If you can't get what you wont by peaceful means GO TO WAR AND TAKE IT BY FORCE. In a modern world, BOTH rules are ' out-dated. Business men are finding out that a little decency and consideration for the rights of others PAYS DIV IDENDS over the long pull. When nations find that out, we shall be nearer to a decent world. But not until then. ONEER at It If you will. Call It " feather-headed Idealism If you are so minded. It Is still TRUE. ' : . : : ,. : . ------- "rvyyy-arvvTrrvuis'uijiwvvujjj ' f , , , I WEATHER NEWS S TftlnnllAIUl Service Cut raics rivs CENTS Telephone MM It . . January 11, 1948 Max. (Jan. 10) .....37 Min. .. Precipitation last 24 hours ........ Stream year to , date i. j.....;. Normal ..5.25 Last year Foreoasti Clear Baturday, - 13 00 8.3S .....4.48 KLAMATH FALLS. OHEGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 11. IMS Number 10718 Czech Tefc Of Nazi Grimes At Dachau Camp By GEORGE TUCKER NUERNBERG, Germany, Jun. 11 (It A Czech victim of the Dachau concentration camp tcstiflod today that five of the 22 top nazl defendants on triul as war criminals visited the Dachau compound at a timo when many of the most horrifying experi ments on human beings were in progress. The witness, Dr, Frunz Blaha, pointed directly Into the prison ers' box and Identified Wllhelm Frlck, former minister of In terior; Alfred Rosenberg, nazi party' philosopher; Walthcr Funk, former rclchsbunk president, , and Fritz Sauckel, who was in charge of slave labor, as four of tho visitors. Ho looked for the fifth man he accused, Ernst Kaltunbrunncr, but that one-time security police chief still was absent because of a cranial hem orrhage. 1 Blaha said many high government and military figures fre quently visited the extcrmina- Reds Attack Vote System AtUNOMeet LONDON, Jan. 11 (P) Rus sia launched an attack within the United Nations assembly today on the secret ballot system under which her candidate for assem bly president was defeated at the first saaalon yesterday. Sentiment was reported devel oping within the American dele gation, too, for abandonment of the rule under which Paul Henri Spaak, foreign minister of Bel glum, was chosen assembly presi dent, ;wth the backJilfi of Brit ain, ana irygvo l,ic, Norwegian foreign minister, defeated de spite his support by Russia and the United States. One reason advanced was that secrecy is un democratic. Dmitri Manullsky, foreign minister of tho Ukraine, one of the thrco USSR delegations, moved that hereafter all persons voted on for UNO office be nom inated and discussed from the floor. Spaak was elected with out his name being mentioned on the floor. Delegates wrote his name on secret ballots. Action Blocked Action on the Soviet motion was blocked, however, when Cuban and other proposals came up and Spaak observed that the assembly was trying to discuss three things at once. He pro posed that tho question be sent to the legal committee, leaving the temporary rules in force, and Manullsky accepted the sug gestion. The Cuban delegate, Guy Perez Clsncros,' raised the. issue of the predominance of the big powers In tho osscmbly In de manding a sweeping change In the proposod general or steering committee Tno commutes as rejected by tho preparatory com mission would have 14 mem bers, five of them big cowers. Perez Clsncros argued either for a 51-natlon steering committee or a limitation on its authority and a rule against re-election of its members so as to restrict big power membership. X Pearl Probers Adm. Kimmel Wdr Orders WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 (Pi Adm. Husband E, Kimmel gave "war orders ' to Adm. William f. Halsey when the latter sailed with a" task forco from Pearl Harbor several days before the 1941 Japanese attack. Under those orders, Halsey "armed everything and told them to sink cvory Japanese ship that thoy found." , Those statements by Kimmel were made available today to members of the congressional Pearl Harbor commltteo In a vol ume of testimony glvon by the 63-year-old former commander of the Pacific fleet before three previous locked-door investiga tions. Thoy were conducted by the Roberts commission and by army and navy inquiry boards. Kimmel, who will glvo his first public testimony in the four year old military disaster next Tuesday, was disclosed in the bulky record to have made theso assertions: That while Pearl Harbor could not have been defended successfully, he would have given the Japanese "quite a party" if he had received addi tional warnings. If he had had the Information available In Washington, he would have sent tho fleet to sea Informed Gave Halsey Before Attack 1 . . '' ' ' ' .'V. ' ; and been ready for any eventual ity. - . If the army had Informed him of tho radar plot made on Japa nese planes retiring from the at tack, navy searching units might have found the Japanese car riers. He "accepted the situation" of keeping the fleet in Pearl Har bor, knowing that he had the al ternative of quitting as its com mandcr. Tho Roberts commission charge that he was derelict in his duty was made on the "mistaken belief" that ho had access to in tercepted Japanese messages, when he did not. He did not get the "proper an swer" In evaluating a message from Washington that the Japa nese consuls had been ordered to burn their codes. Hn nntftri 4hnf n nni-Hni- tnvnt 'out of Pearl Harbor under Hal sey was proceeding under war conditions at Klmmel's order, A court member asked whether Halsey was under war conditions "In all respects." Kimmel said ho was, and add ed that Halsey later told him that "he nrmed everything and told them to sink every Jananose ship that thoy found." tlon camp ncur Munich. His ap pearance In the witness box produced a kind of emotional shock among the defendants. Many of them bolted upright, with their hands clinching the rails before them. Under the questioning of U. S. Assistant Prosecutor Thomas J. Dodd, Blaha described how some murder victims were se lected because of their perfect teeth and smooth skins. Dangerous "Orders frequently were re ceived at Dachau for skulls," Blaha said. "Teeth counted a great deal. When these orders came, the camp commandant would remark on the necessity of finding men with perfect teeth. It was-dungcrous to have a soft fine skin or good teeth at Dachau." ,. He added that soft human skin was so prized for leather and bindings that victims would bo shot in the back of the neck or knocked in- the head so the- surface would be unmarrcd. . Blaha was arrested for assist ing Czechoslovakia at the time of the. Sudcntcnland crisis. As part of his punishment, his wrist tendons were cut so he could no longer follow his ca reer as surgeon. Rail Strike Vote Called SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 11 UP) A strike vote will be tak en among about 1000 workers on the Union Pacific railroad from Salt .Lake City westward, the chairmen of three operating brotherhoods announced today. Railroad officials declined Immediate comment on the ac tion taken by a group of broth erhood officials meeting here yesterday. One of the brother hood officials, H. W. Corbett of Pocatello, Ida., said the chair men had authority to take the vote under the railway read justment act. However, should the men vote in favor of the strike, au thorization of the national brotherhoods would be neces sary for a walkout, Corbett add ed. The area under the Jurisdic tion of tho three brotherhoods includes the Salt Lake. City to Los Angeles division and the Salt Lake City to the Pacific northwest division. In a telegram to the nation al brotherhoods, the chairmen declared the action was taken "to correct the vicious practices indulged in oy me management in' administering discipline and persistent violations of the sev eral working agreements." Represented were the Order of Railroad Conductors, the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and En glnemen. GM, Union Study Board Proposal By The Associated Praia In the country's largest cur rent work stoppage involving some 200,000 CIO workers aW ucneral Motors plants union and company officials studied a fact-finding board's proposal to day that the corporation grant a 17 W per cent wage increase and end the 51-day walkout. The panel's recommendations will be reviewed at a meeting In Detroit Sunday by officials of tho CIO United Auto Work ers. The union struck in sup port of demands for a 30 per cent wage hike. Officials of General Motors did not 'com ment pending study of the board's report. Released l.vuT7 ft . m Hector Verburgh, 65. Chicago apartment building janitor, who was questioned and released in the kidnaping, murder and dis memberment of 8-year-old Su sanna Degnan, daughter of an OPA official. Olalde Denies Rape Charge Felipe Olalde. young Mexican national on trial in circuit court for atatutory rape, denied this morning that he nod ever had re lations with tho 14-year-old Mex ican girl who Is the complaining witness against him. Speaking through an inter preter, the slight harvest worker said that he had been in this country on a work contract since March. 1044. end had been a boarder at the home of the girl's mother, Mrs".' Juanita Lidesma, at Midland for a year. ' On the stand yesterday the girl said that Olalde had been in timate with her "10 or 12 times" since June of last year. The specific act for which he was in dieted allegedly -occurred Aug' ust 25. She and her family set the date as the day an irrigation. pump near we nouse prone down, but Olalde says that hap- Eenea in July and on mat day e came home from work and spent the rest of the evening in his room writing a letter. He cannot read, write or speak English. The interpreter, Jacob Gallagos, relays the questions and answers. . Olalde is being defended by U. S. Balcntine. The case may go to the jury late this after noon. Green Blasts Fact-Rnders ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (fP) William Green said today that "ultimately" the recommenda tion for a 101 cent an hour wage increase for General Motors pro duction workers "must be ac cepted.", He coupled this with a state ment that he had again told President Truman he was op posed, to fact-finding procedure. ". The president of the American Federation of Labor, talking to reporters at the White House after seeing the president, re ferred to what he called "govern ment entry into-the fixing of wages" and said, of "the fact finding panel in the General Motors dispute: : "The board has gone farther than fact-finding. That's what happens in any fact-finding policy." Cline Bail Set $150,000 Cash SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ; 11 (VP) One of the highest bond demands ever made in San Francisco was set today for Al fred Leonard Cline, elderly mys tery man who has been ques tioned by police of four states as they investigate the deaths of several elderly women. ' Three new charges were filed against Cline today two counts of forgery and one of grand theft and the total bail set was $300,000 bond or $150,000 cash. - - Cline had been charged in Dallas with murder; and here as a fugitive from Texas. He orig inally was arrested .here on a charge of suspicion of forgery, on complaint of an attorney representing tho estate of Mrs. j Eva Delora Krebs, wealthy Chi cago widow who married Cline. I SLOTS SEEK CLUES at degman mmm. Fiend May Gloat At Last Rites Picked Police Search For New Leads To Trap Killer CHICAGO, Jan. 11 UP) De tectives mingled with mourners today at the funeral of Suzanne Degnan, 6, on the chance they might find some clue to the madman who kidnaped, killed and dismembered the little girl Monday. The plainclothesmen,' unsuc cessful after nearly five days of Chicago's greatest manhunt, did not overlook the possibility that the perverted mind which carried out the fiendish 'crime might lead the killer to gloat at the last rites in St. Ger trude's Catholic church, or even at the grave in Ail Saints ceme tery. The, Rev. George Kearney, parish' priest who gently in formed (Suzanne's parents, Mr. and Mr James Degnan, of her death and the manner of it. celebrated the ; "Mass of the Angels," reserved for children under seven. In the final rites. LjTour,,;boys. schoolmates of Su-I : fzanne, weft pallbearers," carry-1-" Ing me simple, wnite, seaiea casket. Clues Collapse The collapse of one clue' after another, many of which had been regarded as important, brought no let-down in the po lice investigation as a picked squad of officers searched for new leads which would trap the kldnap-killer. - Police said they had not un covered any new clues definite ly linking any one person as' a top suspect. Two janitors who work in the Edgewater district on the North Side, . where the Degnan family lives, were released from police custody yesterday ; on writs of habeas corpus. : . Questioned One of the janitors, Hector Verburgh, 65, had been in cus tody for 48 hours for question ing after police said the Degnan girl's body had been hacked to pieces in the basement of an apartment building he tended. But the state's attorney's of fice told Chief Justice Harold G. Ward of the criminal court the state had no evidence to warrant filing charges, against either Verburgh or Desere Smet, 35, i who also tends apart ment buildings near the Deg nan home,, or Verburgh's wife, Mary, 64. Lucy Keeps Fruitless Vigil I' 1 ? v ' .-i .. . 9 Military planes flylnu orer the borne of Mrs.- Lucy KalcoUn- son at Reno, NaT., cause her to scan the skies f on Cb!.Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, marine ace, whom' she said shtr bad planned to wed. But "Pappy" .married Miss. Frances Baker of Los Angeles.. Local Labor Sympathizers Bawl Out Phone Operators Apparently the result of mis understanding ol what it is all about, a number ; of supposed local labor sympathizers have called Klamath Falls telephone operators to "bawl them out" for staying on the job during a strike of . Western Electric equipment operators, it was learned .today. i . ' No crews of the striking As sociation of Communication Equipment Workers are operat ing in this area. Members of the United Telephone Employes of Oregon, who have voted to respect the equipment workers picket lines where they exist, were -not obliged to do that here because there were no pickets. ' , . ".' Local telephone service was operating here as usual today, but long ; distance calls from this point were, hampered to some extent by the equipment workers' strike activities else where. . , It was possible to get calls Gl's, Congressmen Alike Call For Statement From Ike On Discharge Delay By The Associated Press Demands for a direct state ment . on demobilization from Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower, army chief of staff,, arose today at home and abroad. In Washington, congressmen talked of holding a joint senate house session, possibly next Tuesday, to hear him. Across the Atlantic at Frank furt, Germany, soldiers gath ered at another "I wanna go home" meeting ' and yelled "We want Ike." Mixed with these cries were boos for Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Eisen hower's successor as comman der of U. S. forces in Europe. High command concern over soldier demonstrations which Senator Edwin , C. Johnson (D-Colo.) has called "near mu tiny," was reflected by Under Secretary of War Royall in an address at Roanoke, Va. He de plored "hysteria to get the boys home" and expressed fear lest it will wreck "our whole occu pation policy." The uproar started over a war department order for a slowdown in redeployment be cause, It said, there weren t enough replacements 'for sol diers leaving occupied areas. Since then, Eisenhower has or dered overseas commanders to pare their needs to the bone and send . h o m e . all men not needed. While, soldiers kept on grip ing, the demonstrations dwind led in size. About 2500, instead of an anticipated 12,000 turned out for a protest meeting at Schoefield barracks in Hawaii. The Frankfurt meeting drew only 1000, far fewer than the one a day earlier. A third was planned tonight, however. Secretary of War Patterson, whose name has been booed by the soldiers, kept silent on the protests. But he did say in Tokyo, one of his stops on a Pacific inspection trip, ' that forces in that area will be re duced to 400,000 in May. This is 25,000 higher than the even tual size fixed by Eisenhower. Demonstrations by marines In the Pacific were banned. Lt. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, issuing the order to company commanders, said that marines traditionally take their troubles to their su perior officers and there was no "occasion for meetings which are not a military forma tion that can be controlled." The order cancelled one ma rine meeting which , had been set for last night. through to Portland, Salem, Eu gene and other .'Oregon points .north,, but not to Seattle. Long distance calls also were going through to nearby points south, as well as to Redding and Duns muir, but w e r e blocked . off from Sacramento and San Fran- Phone Walkout Hits Portland PORTLAND, Jan. 11 UP) . Long distance calls bogged down here today, as operators declined to- pass picket . lines thrown around the main tele phone exchange.' ' v The Association of Communi cation Equipment Workers es tablished picketing at 6 a. 'm., and the telephone tie-up inten sified as night crews completed their shifts. . . . ' Attempted calls to ; out-of-state and most upstate points were answered by "Sorry, only emergency and priority calls are accepted.". The Association of Communi cations Equipment Workers, who picketed the main and two district exchanges here, report ed that no other .Oregon towns were picketed. Long distance calls between upstate Oregon cities were not affected, but all which go through the Portland exchange were tied up. Local dial tele phSne calls here continued as usual. - The Communications Equip ment Workers union said pick eting would continue around the clock. Operators, arriving for morning shifts, halted at the doors. Arriving In United States : By Associated Press Waland C, Moore, PFC. Alturas, arrived 1 on USS Croatan due : in New York January 9. ' Chester Nardi, PFC, Klam ath Falls, arrived on- USS Croatan due in New York January 9. Floyd Holden, TS. Weed, arrived on Arthur Penn due in San Francisco 'January 7. James Columbero, 1st Sgt., McCloud, , arrived on Vul canla due in New York Jan-' uary 8. 1 v . ;.., In 3 Areas City Enters 55th Day Without Local Newspapers SEATTLE, Jan. 11 0P) Down, town streets were jammed with private automobiles, businesses and stores opened with reduced forces, and telephone service waa cut off in three large areas to day as a city-wide bus strike and telephone walkout began. The city also went Into its 55th day without newspapers. . -, Thousands walked or tried to hitch-hike or ride with neigh bors to work and the jam from the hundreds of extra automo biles turned First avenue, main cross-city funnel from the north to the south ends, into a continuous lane of traffic. , Pickets supporting the West ern Electric Installation Work ers strike appeared before all telephone exchange buildings and other union members ap peared to be observing the picket line "100 per cent," a telephone company spokesman said. Serv ice in three non-dial exchanges serving the Ballard and King county area north of the city and another covering an area to the south was cut off altogether and only the "busy" signal was given to calls. Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company spokesmen went on the radio with appeals for people to restrict calls to emer gency ones. Pickets also ap peared before exchanges in most Washington cities. Thumb. Rides Army and navy buses carried military and civilian personnel to work. Private automobile drivers, inbound . to town, stopped to pick up strangera "thumbing" rides and two jail ors, ' thumbing" a ride at Third and Pike, main downtown Inter, section, were quickly picked up. The absence from the big city buses on the streets may have speeded up movement of traffic. News and radio wires were not expected to be affic'nl be cause telephone company super visors and department heads wett' maintaining emergency service.' ' - " v . Only two pickets of the strik ing AFL-Street Car Men's union : appeared before the transit eom mission offices In the. south end... but the-yad was jammed with idle buses. A few drivers and maintenance men - appeared i in the cafe and cafeteria. ; Crush Develops ' : .A "crush developed at the port of embarkation entrance on Alas ka way with the arrival of hun dreds of employes in army and navy buses. Frederick & Nelson, a leading; department store, said "more than half" of its hundreds -i of employes were expected to get to work.- .. - -' . . "'Superintendent of Schools Samuel E. Fleming said an early check indicated an attendance drop of about 10 per cent, mostly in the high and junior high schools, where students use buses. Grade schools were not affected as much and letters were sent home to parents last night that they would be open as usual. Cres-Dell Lodge; Burned To Ground Word has been received here of the fire destruction of Cres Dell lodge, roadside inn and stopping place on the - Willa mette highway 13 miles north of Chemult junction in northern Klamath county. ; Cause of the fire is not known here. It occurred late Wednes day, and the lodge proper was burned to the ground. Cabins on the property were saved, i Cres-Dell was a stopping place for Greyhound stages. The near est stop will how be at the High way cafe in Chemult. Cres-Dell was previously owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. A. R. C. Wardwell, but was recently sold to William J. Nolan. rf. 10 Below Zero At Sun Mountain A seasonal low of 10 degrees below zero, was reported at 8 o ciock tms morning to tne state highway department from the ratrol at Sun Mountain on The Dalles-California highway.' ! . A second suo-zero temperature reading came in from Quartz mountain on the Lakeview high way when the minimum reached 4 below early this morning. Five degrees above zero was the minimum for Hayden mountain on the Green Springs highway. . Reports here from UAA ad Vised a minimum of 13 above . zero, warmer than yesterday, but the highway shop at Altamont reported 12 above. Roads were in good winter driving condition and all have been sanded, the hignway de- Sartment advised. ' No new snow ad fallen in the mountain area. ; SEVEN KILLED RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 11 UP) The Meridional news agency re ported today that seven u. S. army personnel had been killed in the crash of a B-17 Fly ins; Fortress, at Touros, near Natal. .(
