Removal Of
OPA Would
Hit Farmers
Burrell Short, Will Baldwin
unci Ray Loosley, members of
the 1946 AAA committee, and
Ted Dunwoodie, assistant secre
tary, attended the state confer
ence of all the AAA committee
men at Corvallis recently.
Farmers will be the hardest
hit if OPA is not continued when
the present price stabiliiation
act expires June 30, committee
men were told by G. F. Geissler,
North Dakota farmer and west
ern region director of the field
service branch, USDA Produc
tion and Marketing administra
tion. Removal of price ceilings
probably would have little ei
fect on farm prices, he pointed
out. since agriculture is geared
for volume production. This is
not true of industry, wnicn u
not yet ready for mass produc
tion. So removal of ceilings
would bring soaring prices for
farm machinery and other things
farmers buy, while the prices
ot the commodities tney sen
would advance little if any.
Prices Sam
Geissler predicted that aver
age farm prices for 1946 would
be about the same as the high
level of 1945. He also said that
through 1948, farmers can count
on the 90 per -cent of parity
price . support guarantee for
"basic" crops such as wheat,
and. "Steagall" commodities
such as milk, butterfat, eggs,
turkeys, chickens and potatoes
Although longtime price policy
has not been settled, he pre
dicted that agriculture will
never go back to complete de
pendence on supply ana demand.
The parity concept will remain
as the foundation of farm price
stabilization.
Geissler also assured the com'
mitteemen that the AAA pro
gram as established under the
Agricultural Adjustment Act can
be expected to continue, though
depending upon annual appro
priations. All other departments
and government programs oper
ate on the same annual appro
priation basis and no one should
be concerned as to the stability
of the program. The committee
men system has proven to be
extraordinarily efficient in ad-
ministering the program and has
bandied all wartime assign
ments for the past few years.
in the quickest, cleanest, pos-
siDie manner, postwar jods tor
committeemen will Include con
servation and restoration of soil
fertility,: water-resources, ad
justment of production when
needed, and increasing and
equalization o f distribution.
These are big jobs which can
be handled best and most prop
erly Dy committeemen.
Pickets Routed
At Motors Plant
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 (IP)
several persons were injured,
thrP tf tdnm cari'nttnta - 1
some .three dozen were arrested
uraay wnen ponce used clubs and
tear gas to enforce a court in-
lunntinn fnrhlHHina tnwiMa
picketing of the United States
fjim nere, wnere
electrical workers are on strike
for hiffhpr uhom
Those arrested included Philip
i. uonneuy, secretary 01 the
T " - aa1a- rim -' i I . - i
iiigcica iiiuusiriai coun
cil, nnrt Pari Rrant Intamfltiu..!
organizer for the Electrical
. noretrs union. Brant was
among the more seriously in-
, jured. He declared he had been
beaten with police clubs.
When police read the court
oiuer, m woman placet snouted
Over s lnnri tnoalrAi. r,'
give way; move up close." She
was arrested immediately, as was
Connelly when he took her
juu;c at we micropnone.
Boy Drowns
In Lost River
(Continued from Page One)
turned from a skating trip yes
terday morning.
Bill had gone skating before
going to work and had hot re
ported back home as he usually
did after skating trips. His moth
er was worried, fearing that he
had fallen through the ice, so
when Edward came home from
school she sent him to look for
his brother.
After Edward had left the
house Bill returned from work
and when the younger boy failed
to return Bill was sent to search
. for him.
Found Spot
He found the spot in the ice
where Edward had fallen
through, at the point where a
drainage ditch runs into the
river, and immediately sent for
help. Bill also fell into the
stream while conducting the
search.
A ranch employe brought out
grappling hooks and located the
ui UWIiea Doy 5 Dooy.
Tit sriHIHnn n Ui mnUt 1
brother, Edward is survived by
a younger sister, Louessa, at the
home in Merrill, and by other
uruiners ana sisters wno are In
wHsntngion witn nis lather. Mr.
and Mrs. Tnvlnr ara cana,afaJ
and Edward came to Merrill last
jm irom i'bsco, wasn. the body
is at Whitlock's.
Two Cities Vote
On Bond Issues
COOS BAY, Jan. 17 Resi
dents of Coos Bay, North Bend
and the intervening waterfront
district were voting today on two
bond issues in a special election
here.
One issue would authorize
$400,000 in bonds for purchase
of the Peoples Water and Gas
company properties. The second
would issue $275,000 'for rehab
ilitation and repairs to the util
ity system. '
General Visits Marine Barracks -
I
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Lt. Gtn. Pedro del Valle of Washington, D. C, inspector
general of the marina corps, spent Wednesday at tha Marin
Barracks on an informal inspection as guest of Col. Charles T.
Brooks, post commanding officer. Left to right. Gen. del Valle,
Col. Brooks, Captain Lowall T. Coggethall, USNR.
Official marina corps photo.
Kimmel Never Felt Fleet
Based At PH For Defense
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17 (P)
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel
said today he had never felt
that the Pacific fleet was based
at Pearl Harbor to defend Ha
waii but was there to conduct
offensive operations in the
event of war with Japan.
' The 1941 ' fleet commander
made the statement in telling
a senate-house inquiry commit
tee about the "war warning" he
Girl Slayer To
Go To Gallows
WALLA WALLA. Jan. 17 MP)
Joseph B. Wessel will go to the
gallows of Washington state
prison five minutes after mid
night tonight to pay with his
life for the murder of a young
aaugnter at racoma in iua.
Although efforts to obtain
executive clemency have been
made for Wessel, he' has not de
nied his guilt, prison officials
said today. He has spent much
lime with his spiritual advisor.
Officials Favor
Leaving Timber
In Natural State
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 17 IJPi
Regional forest officials recom
mended today that eight tracts
ot virgin timoer m Oregon and
Washington be left in their nat
ural wild state.
Foresters said the 1000 and
2000 acre areas contain unusual
ly line specimens of suear nine.
ponderosa pine, Port Orford ce
dar. Jjoueias lir and western red
cedar. Six are in .Oregon and
two. in Washington. Location
was not named until after ap
proval bv Washington. D. C. of.
ficials.
80,000 POW's
Slain By Nazis
WARSAW. Jan. 10 (Delayed)
MP) More than 80,000 Amer
ican, Greek, British, Russian,
Polish, French and New Zealand
prisoners of war were killed or
died of starvation in a nazi con
centration camp at Lambinowice
near Niemmodlin in Lower
Silesia, an official commission
reported today.
Authorities said they had
found a cemetery stretching
many miles and deep ditches
with many layers of bodies.
(The Polish press agency said
the bodies of 40,000 had been
unearthed in one mass grave.)
At the close of the 19th cen
tury, only 10 per cent of U. S.
foreign commerce was carried in
American ships.
Reads Statement
received from the navy depart
ment on November 27, 1941, 10
days before the Japanese struck
Pearl Harbor. The warning, he
said, added little, if anything
to previous messages.
This was no warning ot a
submarine attack bv the Japa
nese on Pearl Harbor, he con-
tenaea, adding:
'This cure-all for every de
ficiency that might have ac
crued to Washington in this
matter did not have that effect
on me." '
When Kimmel said that he
had never seen the term "war
warning" used in a naval mes
sage before. Committee Counsel
Seth Richardson asked why
i.iniinei aian i asK iam. liar
old R. Stark, then chief of na
val operations, what was meant
Dy tne "extraordinary term.
"That is the trouble." Kim.
mel replied, "I did not consid
er it an extraordinary term."
Because of this, he said he
was not influenced to order
the fleet to drop all training
and to go on an all-out security
basis.
Kimmel replied that Stark
had testified that he had not
intended for the fleet comman
der to halt his training pro
gram. It was a serious decision
to make, Kimmel said, adding:
"I never conceived that the
Pacific fleet was placed in Ha
waii to defend Hawaii. I
thought it was placed there to
conduct offensive operations if
there was war with Japan."
Hearing Asked
On Bus Rates
SALEM, Jan. 17 (IP) Oregon
Motor Stages and Pacific Trail-
ways will ask Public Utilities
Commissioner George H. Flagg
next Monday to hold a hearing
on the new low rates ordered
into effect for the Pacific Grey
hound Bus system.
The two companies oppose
the lower rates, asserting they
can't compete with them. The
new rates vary from 1.25 to 1.5
cents a mile.
Klamath nhamhap nf fnm.
merce is on record endorsing
the Greyhound rate change.
The hearine will h hlrf navf
Monday, January 21.
Hans Norlanri Fir Tnmr.n.
123 N. 6th St.
Five Named To
Direct Museum
A committee of five persons
wus chosen by the county court
to direct the county museum, in
accordance with a stulo luw
which provides that the ruling
body represent a pioneer asso
ciation of the county, war voter,
ans, taxpayers, city council and
county court.
Mrs. Ted Crane represents the
County Historical association;
D. E. Van Vactor, war veterans;
Alfred Collier, taxpayers; Paul
Landry, city council, and Judge
U. E. Reeder, county court.
The court also resolved yester
day to urge the federal govern
ment to relocate and construct
U. S. highway 395 from Lake
view to Alturas.
That highway is a narrow,
dangerous road and is a menace
to traffic several months out of
the year. It is a portion of the
highway system on a direct line
from Seattle to Los Angeles and
a direct connection between cen
tral Oregon and California.
Refinery Plant
Razed By Blaze
FINDLAY, O.. Jan. 17 (IP) A
large section of the Midwest re
fineries lay in ruins today, the
aftermath of a spectacular fire
which set off a series of storage
tank explosions and lent an air
raid atmosphere to the disaster
in which three employes lost
their lives.
C. A. Peterson, superintendent
of the refinery plant, said 11 of
some 50 storage tanks containing
gasoline, kerosene, oil and as
phalt blew up in the blaze and
estimated damage at $200,000.
The dead, who were trapped
when the fire broke out in the
refinery's cracking plant, were
listed as: Carl Cramer. 35, Har
old McRill, 46 and Don Win
stead, 42.
Dog Pepped Up
By Phone Talk
DETROIT, Jan. 17 'm) It
could be that Signalman 2c
Harry E. Bennett s telephone
talk to his dog "Honey Girl"
last night has added months to
her life.
Bennett's mother, Mrs. Joseph
Rockwood. said so today.
When Bennett called from
Bremerton, Wash., to advise that
his request for leave to visit
Honey Girl had been turned
down, Mrs. Rockwood pressed
tne receiver to tne dog s ear.
Honey Girl, 21 years old and a
year her master's junior, is dy
ing. The dog, a Boston terrier,
licked the receiver at the sound
of Bennett's voice, Mrs. Rock
wood related.
Since the call. Mrs. Rockwood
said, Honey girl has showed a
"remarkable change ' and has en
joyed . her "first night's rest"
since Saturday. .
America-Russ Mum
On Korea Meeting
SEOUL. Korea. Jan. 17 (Pi
The American-Russian joint com
mission on restoration of inde
pendence for Korea held its sec
ond meeting behind closed doors
in the governor general's build
ing today but a hoped-for com
munique on results failed to materialize.
Col. Gen. Tercntyl Shtikov
and Mai. Gen. A. V. Arnold m-e-
sided as co-chairmen. There was
no indication when the press
would be given news of devel
opments.
Tonight the Russian delceates
were guests of Lt. Gen. John R.
Hodge, American occupation
commander, at a formal, colorful
banquet.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
Raar Adm. Husband E. Kim
mtl (above), navy commander
at Paarl Harbor on Dacamber
7, 1941, reads tha statement x
pectttd to b placed before tha
congressional committee in
Washington investigating tht
Oahu disaster. The admiral is
slated to be the first witness
when the committee resumes
its work. (AP wirephoto.
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EM 1n Hugh G. Holle,
USNR, served for more than
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returned late in November, from
the South Pacific where he saw
lengthy service.. Young Holto,
24 years old, is the son of Mr,
and Mrs. Gilbert Holto, 22
High. (Kcnnell-Ellis picture.)
MEET IN JAPAN
MERRILL Three Merrill
boys, T5 Gordon H. Wynant,
PFC Barry O'Connor, both of the
army, and Robert Wu, with the
navy, met recently In Japan, ac
cording to word which reached
. " relatives of the
young men
this week.
O'Connor and
wynant are
both with Gen-
eral MacAr
t h u r ' s head
quarters at
Tokyo and
y.o u n g Wu.
serving on a troop ship dropped
in one day recently, wynant, re
turning from mess, found him
sitting .at his desk where he
serves as a clerk-lypist at general
headquarters.
Wynant is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Wynant, and Barry
O'Connor, the son of Mrs. Nora
Cashman.- All three boys attend
ed Merrill high school.
They report fine meals at
headquarters and frequently see
General MaeArthur.
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NAVAL STAGING CENTER,
PEARL HARBOR, T. H. Rob
ert H. Marales, shlpfitter, 2c,
2949 Bisbee, Klamath Falls, is
getting ready to rejoin the ranks
of civilians, together with thou
sands of others going through
this naval demobilization center
headed for the States.
AT LEYTE
LEYTE PFC John P. Simp
son, husband of Mrs. Irene
Simpson, 264 S. 7th, is sta
tioned here in the 608th mili
tary police battalion. PFC
Simpson arrived overseas in De
cember, 1944. His duties here
are the ones of a motor pool.
Word has been received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Green of 4731 S. 8th, that their
son, Sgt. Cecil Green Jr., is now
in Kobe. Honshu island, Japan.
He wears the unit citation for
the Bagio battle on Luzon.
Not only Christianity but also
Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and
Islam arc, or have been, mission
ary religions.
Nebraska Man
To Head Guard
WASHINGTON, Jim, 17 (P)
President Truimui today nomi
nated Ui'lg. Gon. Duller B. Mil
tonberger of North l'lalle, Neb.,
us chief of the national guard
bureau of tho war liopurlment
wim me raiiK oi major general
Tho term Is four years.
Mlltonbergor, who would suc
ceed MaJ. Gen. John F. Williams,
Is an Infuntry officer in tho
Nebraska national giuii'd. Ho
commanded the 134th Infantry,
35th division. In t hit last war and
was deputy commander of Ihu
division toward tho end of the
conflict.
This is the division In which
President Trumnn served as an
artillery captain in the first
World War,
Vanport City
Firebug Nabbed
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 17
A 17-ycor-old youth confessed
setting a string of blazes which
cost nearly $2U0,000 In Vunport
City because ho "liked to sec
fire," offlciuls said today.
Deputy sheriffs said the red
headed youth signed a confes
sion saying ho started a $140,000
blaze In the shopping center lust
month, a $40,000 fire in a school
building January 6.
They quoted him as saying he
set fire outside an apartment
building yesterday, and might
have started others that he could
not remember. The boy was ar
rested at his homo in Vunport
today.
Vanport City, the nation's
largest Housing project, hus hud
12 Incendiary blazes during the
last five weeks. For five days,
a new minor Incendiary burst
out every day. There have been
no injuries.
Deputy Sheriff Dave McMil
lan asked why the boy wanted
to set fires.
He answered, McMillan said,
that he has red hair "like fire"
and "1 like to ace fire." The
youth was turned over to the
FBI, which conies Into tho case
since the projoct is federal prop
erty. Warning Issued
On City Licenses
City business licenses are past
due, Police Chief Orville Hamil
ton warned today.
He said that a number of busi
nesses have not yet obtained
their licenses. On Monday, he
said, the police department will
start issuing warrants, and he
broadly hinted that lt would be
a good idea for all delinquent li
censees to apply before that
time.
Ship To Become
Floating Cannery
PORTLAND, Jan. 17 M'l
The $1,500,000 task of convert
ing the old Russian freighter
Alma Ala into a modern "float
ing cannery" will be completed
by Northwest Marine Iron
Works for tho Soviet govern
ment in about two weeks.
The ship will be one of a fleet
which spends about nine months
at sea, canning crabs and some
fish. Most of the catching is
done by power boats which are
part of the ship's equipment.
MILL RACE EMPTY
EUGENE. Jan. 17 (II The
mill race was empty this week,
a casualty of the recent flood.
A revetment, weakened by
flood waters, broke. Repairs are
expected to cost $B000.
Thursday. Jan. 17, 1948
HERALD AND NEWS TW
Slain
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Asilstant Dlitrlct Attorney
Carloton King at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y., said that a head
loi, armless torso discovered
had been identified "by the
family" as that of Louise De
Chants (above) 20-year-old Sara
toga Springs girl mining since
January 9, The dismembered
body, from which one leg also
was missing, was lound par
tially buried near Saratoga
Springs. (AP wirephoto).
Seattle Faces '
Dairy Strike
SEATTLE, Jan. IT (IP) Al
ready suffering from ciirtnllel
milk supplies, Senilis faces I
dairy farmers' strike slartlni
Sunday unless nrlces are art hut
ed, Mayor William F. Duvltij
warned Unlay, lie asked tht
Ol'A for aid. I
The mayor's telegram. In OPA
Deputy Administrator Gooffrej
uiiKcr sum: I
"I have lii.il been Informed
by the Milk Producers nssncl
iitlon that, unless sutlsfuctnrt
price udjtutmuiits for milk an'
miiilo here, beulllo will be di
nrlved of the greater portion ol
lis supply for Jumiary 20.
"This appears Imminent, but'
must not lianpnn. t'
"I urge Immecllulo step b".'
luken to assure Seatllii of lu
necessary milk supply," .
Large Timber
Holdings Sold
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore.. Jan.
17 (V) Siilu of tho J. 11. Cham
bers and Sun timber hiiltliiiKS
lurgest in the Willamette valley
to W. II. Datir.horty was an
nounced hero today.
l'riee of t h t transaction,
which Includes 273,000.000 board
feet of Douglus fir timber, two
mills, and 2)1 miles of railroad,
was not disclosed, but was
known to exceed $1,000,000.
Dmigherty, Cottage Grove
lumberman, yesterday an
nounced the sale of his wholesale
lumber firm and mill to four em
ployes. Two Children
Perish In Fire
PORT ANGELES. Jan. 17 Ml
Patrick. 8. and Gertrude Irene.
S, children of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Gibbs, died from a fire which
burned their home last night.
ineir mother was away and
their father, recently dlseharuec
from tho army, Is somewhere in
the cast.
Neighbors found the Utile
girl burned lo death in her bed,
about 11 I), m. The little boy.
carried out unconscious, died at
9 a. m. today. i
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