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Newspaper Page TextM Nl 1ft soft WEATHER NEWS January 15. 1941 Mix. (Jan. 14) 41 Mia 13 ; Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Btraam year to data 8.3B Normal S.51 Lat yaar 4.58 Forecast! Oraroait. Telephone Mill PIUCE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY. JANUARY 15. 1848 Number 10719 Bay's Jews By FRANK JENKINS SENATOR MOUSE of Oregon uys In Washington today that congress should proceed without delay to vote on Presi dent Trimnin program, one way or tlie other kill it or get it going. He adds: "Until the legislative pattern Is set, business men do .not know how to plim for tho nture . . . Likewise workers do iiol know wluit tho government nollcv Is uolnir to be . , . the re' suit is thnt Inaction by congress is producing confusion and un rest among all segments ot our economy. AS a picture of the situation IQ' dav. thnt Is accurate enough, There JS confusion. There 18 unrest. No ono can deny that, Hut, If you were a member of congress (hoping, of course, to bo re-elected this full) what would YOU do about It? Would you knock Industry's enrs down? Or would you smack labor In the bread-bnsket? Are you SURE ENOUGH of your facts to do either? ' WE'RE all fairly certain by this lime thnt If the new world we are entering Is to be any thing like we want It to be there must be LIMITLESS MARKETS for LIMITLESS PRODUCTION Obviously If modern Industry's vast capacity to produco Is to be absorbed and consumed, the masses of the people must ba en bled to buv Its nroducts. But how are wo to bring that bout? Dv high wages? Or by low nrlces? Either way will work If we enn keen the rate or exchange ot goods and services EQUAL mong all kinds of people. NEITHER way will work If we DON T keep tho rate or ex hange moreor Jess equal. . TJOW ara .we to know which wny Is beat? i Industry says low prices Jnter on. Labor says high wages now. Both produce Impressive fig ures to prove tneir poinis. T JNFORTUNATELY, we're -' coming to be distrustful of figures especially the other fellow's. Some cynic, quite some time ago, upset us by ob serving that riggers aon i lie, but liar flgger." Experience has taught us thnt there is a cor ' tain amount of truth in the wise crack.) TTHE best way, of course, would be to try everything, keep the good and discard the bad se . cure In the knowledge that In the long run what Is good for ALL of us will bo good lor ANY of us. In THAT way, wo could build on a solid foundation tho kind of world we all want to live in, It would take time. And TOLERANCE OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. But It would WORK1 TT would be quite easy IF We could only bring ourselves ALL of us to npply to the solution of the seemingly hope less tnnglo or problems thnt con front us (which, nfter all, are merely problems In humnn re Intlonships) the simple principle of tho Golden Rule: "Do ye un to others as ye would that others sunn do unto you. J-HE difficulty thnt lies In the wny of ndoptlon of the prin ciple of the Golden Rule as the formula for the solution of our problems Is the TRAGIC fact thnt cynics hnvo convinced us that it is idealistic and Impract leal. It ISN'T. Sound business men, In con stantly growing numbers, are learning by experience thnt a contract thnt Is fair to both sides is apt to be more .profitable In tho long run than a contract that gives nil the benefits to one party. No. 2 Red Will Protest Attack CHUNGKING, Jnn. 15 ffl Chou En-lni, No. 2 Chinese com munist, today sought a meeting with General Marshall. He was reported ready to complain agnlnst alleged government vio lations of the recent civil strife truce agreement. Chou's move followed a com munist charge thnt on Monday government forces "ferociously attacked Kwnngshnn, communist-held hlghwny center In south eastern Honnn province. A gov ernment spokesman denied the chnrun nnrl rpnnrlpd Hint. fiHirnt forces everywhere had halted iiiuury operations hi mc ouu day midnight deadline "except wliero they were forced to fight in self-defense." 12 Miners Perismn Blast Bus Drivers Back On Job In Seattle City Strike-Fr For First Time In 58 Days SEATTLE, Jnn. 15 0P) The bus driver's wnlkout which put a knot In the leg muscles of Seat tle's trolley riders ended Just be fore sundown yesterday in a compromise agreement, but the first bus did not roll until 6 p. m.. and the service was re stored slowly through the night hours. Seattle, however, was strike freo for the first time in 58 days. Union officials said the sys tem's maintenance crews were rushing to get equipment back In service after tho almost-four-dnys of Idleness, and that some of the early morning runs should be operating. An occasional lammed bus could be seen short ly before midnight. Equipmant Removed When the 1100 drivers and 350 maintenance men of the Amnl gummed Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America walked out Friday night in their wage dispute tho batteries were removed from buses to be kept on charge and the dicscl driven coaches wcro drained. The men asked $1.37 per hour tor drlvors and $1.50 for main tenance men. Almost constant negotiation brought an accept able offer Sunday from tho Se attle transit commission nnd yes terday at a moss meeting the em ployes voted to accept $1.26 per hour base pay for drivers with a bonus of five cents an hour, and a wage of $250 per month for maintenance men with a $10 per month bonus. Printers Back With the newspaper printers of the Typographical union (AFL) back at work since Satur day and the Western Electric In stallers' pickets off the streets, Seattle enjoyed Its first strike less hours since November 18, when the printers left their Jobs in a wage dispute. The city took the transit strike with little complaint but staged the biggest traffic lam and bun ion derby In the memory of old timers. One-Way Alley Traffic Passed ' One-wny trnffle on alleys north and south of Main street was approved by the council Monday night and on motion of Paul O. Landry, this order will go Into effect immcdintely. The trnffic snfety council has recommended the move nnd nil alley traffic north of Main wilt move enst nnd nil south of Main will move west. The alleys will be well posted by the city engi neer's office. The area Involved includes alley ways from 2nd to 11th. V He Fired One Like It At The'; as ft : . , I l I Wm mm Hals Scarbrouah. Herald and News police reporter and sports editor, was right in bis element at the police department offices today when the Klamath officers received a new Thompson sub-machine gun. Scarbrough, an ax-marina, is hare iiald-stripping the tommy gun for Police ChU Onllla Hamilton. :cantar. and Polica Judae Harold Franav. Scarbrouah luaoed auns like this around on Guadalcanal and eliawhere and llred thm at thi Japt.Tlia Klamath polica how hava two such guns. Ike States By April 30 Every Enlisted Gl With 45 Points Will Be Out Of Army WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 P) Gen. D w 1 g h t D. Eisenhower told congressmen today that by April ' 30 every enlisted man with 45 points or 30 months' service will be out of the army or on the way to separation centers. By July 1, he said, every en listed man with 40 points or two years' service, will be out or In the process of being dis charged. At present 50 points or three and a half years' service arc required for discharge. Furthermore, Elsenhower as sured nn informal meeting of senators nnd representatives at the congrcsslonnl librnry, "every surplus man will be out right awny unlcs3 his points are so low that he can replace someone else." In disclosing the April 30 nnd July 1 goals,- the army chief of staff excluded volun teers from the discharge pro visions and made plain thnt the points are to be computed on the bnsis of Inst September 2. Eisenhower went before the meeting to offer the army's ex plnnntion of its demobilization Japan Plotted As Early As 1933 To Use Balloons To Attack United States TOKYO, Jan. 15 (P) Japan began, as early as 1933, experi menting on wind borne, bomb carrying balloons to attack the United States, allied headquar ters announced today. The Japanese planned orig inally to release the balloons from submarines off the west const of the American mainland, hcndqunrlers added, but by the time they became practical Ja pan lacked sufficient scapowcr to penetrate deep Into the East ern Pacific. , So homeland launching sites were used HcHdqunrters, In a review of additional Information about the balloons, said the record flight was made in January, 1045 across the ocean in 1.38 days. It was recorded In Tokyo by radio signaling equipment carried by the balloon. The slowest trln remiired 3.09 days and wns made in Novem ber, 1944. Atmospheric condi tions caused the time differ ences. Temperature changes of as much ns 70 degrees in the sub stratosphere in which the bnl loons traveled grently affected radio signaling equipment and the batteries by which the Jap anese followed their course. Headquarters said that inabil ity to perfect radio equipment delayed the use of the weapon for two years, until mnss launch ing wcro started in November, 1944. Japanese officers estimated thnt 10 per cent of 9000 balloons launched completed the trans pacific trip a figure which headquarters termed "highly op timistic" in view of official an nouncements in the United Slnles. (Scores ot balloons landed in Pncific northwest states, but caused little damage.) Paper balloons were used al most exclusively, but the Jap anese made some of silk. Japa nese technical officers snid last October the balloons were manu factured at n cost of 9,000,000 yen ($(100,000) and were sup posed to be Japan's retaliation for the Doollttlc rnid. The bnl loons were launched between No vember, 1944, and April, 1945, when the supply was exhausted and the project abandoned be cause Chungking broadcasts mndo no mention of any landing in the United States. system, the tHrgct of criticism by congressmen and GI's alike. Eisenhower warned that the army's organization "will col lapse" if it demobilizes too fast but pledged that every man eligible for discharge by July 1 will be out of service by that time. Eisenhower said it was not possible to discharge all men with two years' service by March 20 as originally contem plated. "It would mean that another 2,000,000 men would be out on Meat Cutters Slate Valkout CHICAGO, Jan. 15 W) The AFL Meat Cutters union noti fied its 500 local units today to strike at 12:01 Wednesday against six large meat packing companies. t "Every effort on the part of our international officials to avoid a nationwide meat pack ing strike has been unsuccess ful," the union officials said in telegrams to the locals. "The offers thus far made by the four large packers cannot possibly be accepted. They are grossly inadequate." Tho telegrams went out as government conciliators pro ceeded with last-minute confer ences, with union and manage ment officials to halt the strike, originally called by the CIO United Packinghouse Workers. The CIO union claims 193, 000 members, the AFL 135,000. The AFL officials said 75, 000 members of their union would strike at plants of Ar mour and company, Swift and company, Wilson and company, Cudahy Packing company, Kin gon Packing company, Indian apolis, nnd John Morrell com pany, Ottumws, la. KF Schools Set Spring Vacation Klamath Falls schools, includ ing Klamath Union high school, will observe spring vacation the week of March 25 through 29, it was announced today by Super intendent Arnold L. Gralnpp. The spring term officially ends May 24, when summer va cation will go into effect. At a meeting of Boards 1 and 2, Monday night, the spring va cation matter was brought up. Members decided not to wait un til Easter- for the holiday as Easter falls lute, coming on April 21 this year. that date beyond our expecta tions," Eisenhower said. "It would mean such a com plete rescramble of our occu pational forces as to jeopardize the results of months of work in bringing order out of chaos." Explaining the army's demo bilization policy at an informal senate-house meeting at the congressional library, the chief of staff declared . that the re cently announced slowdown in demobilization was necessary to prevent the army from being depleted by March 1. But even with the slowdown, he said: "There is not a single man who is to be discharged by July 1 who won t be discharged by Julv 1." He prefaced his remarks with a Hat statement that demobili zation is not , tied in with the war department's sponsorship or universal military training or with any desire of high ranking officers to retain their positions. Some congressmen and some GI's have suggested such might be the case. .Such conclusions, Eisenhower asserted, are utterly false. Eisenhower said that of 1500 general officers on duty on V-E Day. 789 already have been or are being reduced in rank or separated from the service. Couple innocent Of Degnan Crime CHICAGO, Jan. 15 W) Po lice Capt. John L. Sullivan an nounced today that he was con vinced a couple seized for ques tioning "had no connection" with', the kidnap-killing of Su zanne Degnan, 6, on January 7. The woman and her man friend were hunted, seized and questioned because she left an automobile in a west side gar age for a hurry-up repair job the day ot the killing and didn't call for it. In the car detectives found blood stains, a blanket, and some oily paper something like that on which the kidnaper wrote a $20,000 ransom note. The detectives also theorized, at first, the car was like one seen in the kidnap vicinity early January 7. Capt. Sullivan, however, said he was satistiea witn tne cou ple's story that they were in Galena, 111., and , Dubuque, la., the night of January 6-7. ' He said she explained the blood stains got into the car when sev eral sailors she was giving a ride more than a month ago amid a drinking party, got into a fight in her car. 200 Men Get Out Alive By Miracle Explosion Occurs In West Virginia Workings WELCH, W. Va Jan. 15 (P) More than two hundred coal miners miraculously escaped alive today after a tremendous blast In the No. 9 Havaco mine on the outskirts of Welch, and 12 men were known to be dead. The force of the explosion was so terrific that negro pupils in a school house and workers fn the store and office of the New River and Pocahontas Con solidated Coal company, from 500 to 1000 feet away, were in jured by shattered glass and debris. The mine is operated by New River and Pocahontas. The blast occurred around 9:30 a. m. Pete Wlmmer, 48-year-old company employe, told inter viewers at a hospital following his escape from the blasted workings that he "counted five men on my way out who looked like they might be dead." Wimmer said he was at work at a point approximately 3000 feet from the main shaft. He was brought to a Welch hos pital suffering from head in juries. ':, .;. Unofficial estimates said from a third to one-half of those com ing from the mine alive walked up the shaft steps, which some how remained intact although the tipple appeared to be a total wreck. The shaft is about 400 feet deep. Semi-conscious Others had to be helped or ' dragged from the mine, and some of them appeared to be semi-conscious from shock. Hospitals of Welch, a city of 7000 population and the county seat of the biggest bituminous coal production county in the United States, were quickly fill ed to overflowing with injured miners and children from the school house. Edward Mullins and his son James, who apparently were not hurt, told newsmen they were the first to reach the surface from the inner-workings. The father said they were at work about one mile from the shaft in No. 3 entry when they heard the blast and immedi ately started running. Strike .Call Aimed AH-3 iig Plcarsvs - By The Associated Press The nation's major sources of new home and Industrial electrical appliances were shut off today when 200,000 CIO electrical workers went on strike in 16 states, running th number of strike-Idle in the country to more than 600,000 highest since before the war. Albert J. Fitzgerald, international president of the CIO United Electrical Workers, said at 8 a. m. (EST) that th work stoppage was "100 per cent effective" in plants from which reports had been received up Jo that time. The strike, in support of union demands for a 30 per cent wage rate boost, was called against General Electric, West inghouse and General Motors, which together produce th bulk of the nation's electrical appliances. These include re frigerators, washing machines, electric range and oil heat ers, radios, lamps and light bulbs. Fitzgerald said the walkout was 100 per cent effective by 8 a. m. in plants at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Lynn and Springfield, Mass.; Schenectady, N. Y.; Bloom field, Newark and Jersey City, N. J., and Dayton, O. ' He added 57,000 women and 25,000 salaried and white collar workers participated in the work stoppage. In New York, meanwhile, picketing of the Western Elec tric company s properties con-w- tinued as representatives of 17, 000 striking production workers members of the Western Elec tric Employes' association ar ranged to discuss a new man agement wage proposal. The strike is independent of a dis pute of telephone equipment workers involving the company, which resulted in a nationwide disruption of telephone service last weekend. ... Work stoppages Involving 2130 CIO United Steelworkers halted production today at two plants of the Bethlehem Steel company and two divi sions of the Aviation corpora tion at Williamsport, Pa. Currently the largest work stoppage against an industry is against General Motors, involv ing 175,000 CIO United Auto Workers who struck last No vember 21 in support of de mands for a 30 per cent wage increase. . , ;..,,. Effects of the electrical work ers' walkout, which involved a .major - partiof tha '.: country's ' production "ol home and indus trial electrical appliances, were not immediately determined. The strike' came one day after the scheduled work stoppage by by 800,000 steelworkers, which has been delayed one week. An other major walkout, by some 328,000 packing house work ers, is set for midnight tonight. Quit On Schedule The walkout by the electrical workers, who had - demanded wage increases of $2 a day, was on schedule, said international headquarters of the CIO United Electrical Workers in New York City. Last minute efforts by federal conciliators to avert the strike were unsuccessful. At Schenectady, N. Y., Gen eral Electric's largest plant was closed as more than 16,000 pro duction workers struck at 6 a. m. (EST). Picket lines were be ing organized. Between 10,000 and 12,000 salaried workers at the plant had been instructed to remain home in event of a work stoppage. Expanded Disease Control Backed By Spud Growers; Opinion Divided On Bill An expanded program of dis ease control in protection of Klamath's potato ' industry, which is now yielding a. $10, 000,000 crop annually, was strongly backed at a meeting of the Klamath Potato Growers as sociation held at Henley yester day. Cooperation of the state of Oregon and the county court will be sought by a committee . ap pointed by President Karl Dehl lngcr of the association, and it is possible a man may be employed specifically for disease control investigation and other similar work. The committee is com posed of Ed Stastny, B. W. Short and County Agent C. A. Hender son. A. E. Gross, superintendent of the Klamath experiment station, reported on nematode (eel worm) control research, stating that it had been found that a year of complete summer fallow, fol lowed by a green manure crop, reduced nematode population about 90 per cent. The draw back to this plan, he said, was that it meant keeping good land idle for a year. Gross stated that DD and simi lar materials are proving effec tive when applied at a rate of 400 pounds per acre. . At this rate, station results showed 80 per cent or better control and yields of marketable potatoes in creased 100 per cent. He added that various potato varieties re sistant to disease are being tried out. County Agent Henderson add ed that other virus diseases such as leaf roll are a danger to the Klamath crop. It was after this discussion that the association voted in favor of expanding the disease control program. There was a long discussion of senate bill 1396. the Brewster bill to establish marketing quotas on potatoes. A vote was taken on the proposal, and it re sulted: 17 in favor of it, 17 against it, and 18 not voting. Those who failed to vote ex plained they had not yet formed an opinion. Monday's meeting was the first held. by the Klamath asso ciation since its incorporation last May. A report by President Dehlinger showed the group had completed an active eight months, highlighted by sponsor ing 600 Mexican national work ers for the harvest season. Other activities concerned ceilings on potatoes, cancellation of govern ment dehydration contracts, Ma lin labor camp, car shortage, ad vertising, and fertilizer work. A report of the secretary showed an association net worth of $2522.86. The association approved of a letter from the county agent to all farm operators in the county asking them to employ returning servicemen where possible, and to record their wants at the farm labor office, 116 South 6th. Director Ed Crawford of Mer rill reported on the association activities in advertising and em phasized the need for a strong, well-backed program of this na ture. Al Perry, manager of Pacific Guano company, said that it is unlikely increased quantities of fertilizer can keep pace with in creased demand for it. He ad vised all growers to place their orders early with their respec tive dealers. U. S: Group Split Over Island Rule By JACK SMITH LONDON, Jan. 15 0P) Of ficial sources disclosed today that American civilian and mil itary officials at the United Na tions general assembly were split over . whether . American conquered Japanese islands should be placed under UNO sovereignty. While the American delega tion sought solution to this ques tion, it was disclosed that the newly-elected security council, confronted with the twin tasks of controlling atomic energy and preventing another world war,' had been summoned to hold its first meeting Thursday. Indications were that U.- S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, British Foreign Sec- retarv TCmpct Tfovfn nnrl SmiM Vice Commissar of Foreign Af fairs Andrei Vishinsky would speak at the opening session, which will be devoted primarily to organization. The' disagreement over the trusteeship question, meanwhile, held the attention of the Amer ican officials. ' Trusteeship The delegates themselves were said to favor a trusteeship plan for the Pacific islands, while their special military ad visor, Gen. George C. Kennedy, argued that the United States should retain any islands of mil itary value. : . Delegates said that If Kennedy held out the disagreement could be considered as tantamount to an issue between the state and war departments and would have to be referred to President Truman for settlement. Kennedy, chief of the Pacific air staff, could not be reached immediately for comment. Pre viously expressed American mil itary opinion, however, was that the United States should not run the risk of having to reconquer American islands blood. won with Corner Building Changes Hands A real estate deal involving the building occupied by the Louie Polin store at 7th and Main streets has been consu mated, with ownership of the property going to Otto F. Kon schot and Irving C. Burke. They are operators of the busi ness which occupies the struc ture on one of Klamath's main' business corners. The building was purchased from Virginia Whitney of De troit, Mich., and Paul Robert son of Indianapolis, Ind., with M. L. Johnson of Klamath Falls handling the transaction. The consideration was reportedly ' between $60,000 and $75,000. This property has a frontage of 45 feet on Main and Is 110 feet deep on 7th. Arriving In United States ' By Associated Press Marvin G. ' Isaacs, PFC, Chiloquin, arrived on Ham blen due in Tacoma Jan uary 13. . Gino P. RoJierolla, CpU, Klamath Falls, arriving on Slatejerdike due in San Fran cisco from Manila January 15. Harry A. Marsh, T5, Duns muir, arriving on Slatejerdike due in San Francisco from Manila January 15.