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Newspaper Page TextM KfD) L mm Heira w amp 3 Telephone Mill WEATHER NEWS January 19, 194S Max. (Jan. 17) 49 Min. .. 19 Precipitation lat 24 hours 00 Stream year to data 8.38 Normal 5.77 Last year 4.84 Foracait: Claar Sunday. PRICE riVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY It. 1MB In The Daysta By FRANK JENKINS AS the production picture duikcns, duo to mounting labor troubles, the stock mnrkul Jn I turn. It liud been climbing prulty steadily since V-J Day. y rpHE ulock market In always In i torostlng nil nn Indication of what people un thinking. To duy'ii drop, which follows failure to find a settlement of the threatened steel xtrlko, I ml leu ten that they nro thinking somewhat less hopefully. When people nre optimistic, their Inclination Is to buy. When they nre pessimistic, their In clination la to sell, THE thing to watch, over the long pull, Is. the COMPARA TIVE rise of wage and prices. If wages rise REASONABLY moro thun prices, the outlook will bo HOPEFUL, for workers will huvo moro money with which to buy the products of Industry which. In Its turn, should tend to increase volume and so reduce costs. If prices rise MORE than wages, people will have LESS loft with which to buy tha pro ducts of Industry In which event markets will shrink and production will slump. If prices rise as much as wages, wo will GET NOWHERE and all our grief and trouble will have been for nothing. wages rlsa UNREASON ABLY MORE than prices, ex- panslon of Industry will ba stop- ted and tha numoer oi jobs win DECLINE for no one Is going to start a new business or ex pand an existing ona without liope of a profit. ' ALL Ibis sounds like preaching and preaching Is NEVER popular. But there are hard . cconomlo facts that wo can't get away from. They are like the weather. We havo to tnko them os they come, whether we like them or not. THE real measure of money is what you con BUY with It. The rent measure or your stand ard of living Is what you can get In THINGS for a day s wont TITTER news Is still abundant j today. Iran appeals to the United Nations security council to In' vcstlguto Its dispute with Rus- iiln which seems to nave arisen out of Russian desire to tuko a BITE out of Iran's territory. rnn Is little. Russia Is big. (The thought of what Russia MIGHT do If she gets mod ai' woys gives us the Jitters.) THERE are riots In Seoul, cap- Itnl of Korea. The Koreans don't like the Idea of being governed by nn ulllcd trustee ship. They wont to bo FREE like all the rest of us. Security and freedom nro among the most persistent of human Ideals. THERE is still trouble in China In spite of the stop-shooting truco. "Truco commissioners" there conccdo today that zones of conflict" exist In at least EIGHT areas of northern China, Boiled down, that means that the shooting hnsn't been stopped yet. WARS, you sco, are cosy to get into, b u t EXTREMELY HARD to got out of. TN the face of this not too hope. fill (at least at the moment) picture, there is so much that our congress could he doing. It could be working on a CON. STRUCTIVE solution of our do mestic problems. It could bo working out a mil' ilary program thnt would insure respect for the ideals and the purposes of American foreign policy. And so on. ABOUT all it can seem to FIND TO DO is to stage a filibuster on the Fair Employment Prac tices Committee, which is a relatively minor matter, THERE is so much NEED for statesmanship, and so little inclination to practice It to the exclusion of petty politics. , Thnt is perhaps tho gloomiest part of tho picture. Tommy's Bliss Lasts 5 Weeks NEW YORK, Jan. 19. () After, a mnrringo of five weeks, Thomas F, "Tommy" Mnnvlllo Jr., 51; nnd his eighth wife, tho i'ormor Gcorglnn Campbell, 27, will seek a Nevadn divorce, Ir win Mlncss, attorney for Man villo, sold today, Tho attorney said Mrs. Man villo left 'tho couple's home in nearby New Rochello today for an unannounced destination. Number 10723 Southern Filibuster starts . . . .y mum -.i i '4 , Police Use Tear Gas To Break Up Picket Line "imr-s tt rTr"-r'-i . ...... tii T " & 1 1 5 'V r f11 3 3 e2 Clouds of taar gas rlsa amtd a mass CIO plckst Una at tha U nltad Statas Motor plant in Loa Angalas as polica mora in on tha strlkars and place many under arrest. The pickets ara wear ing white helmets. The picket line was broken up by police while carrying out a court restraining order against mass picket ing. (AP wirepboto). : Pullman Ban To Be Lifted PORTLAND, Jan. 19 (VP) Northwest travelers, as well as Southern and Union Pacific passenger agents, were Joyful today aftor the ODT announced the sleeping car ban would be lifted by March 15. James A. Ormandy of South ern Pacific snid the first step February. 15, affecting runs of 351-450' miles, ' would return Pullman service between Grants Pass and Son' Francisco. Sleepers also will be restored from Portland to Spokane, said James C, dimming of Union Pacific. . Pullmans will be put back on runs from Portland to south ern Oregon, March 1, when runs of 251-350 miles ore af fected, Ormandy reported. Lift ing of the entire ban March 15 will restore service on the Port land to Marshficld and Port-land-Tacoma-Seattle runs. Pelican Bay OK's 2.5 Cents Raise Pelican Boy Lumber company has agreed to the additional 21 cents an hour raise for Its em ployes In accordance with recent CIO settlements of Klamath basin pine wage questions with management, it was reported to day at tho CIO-1WA office here. Other CIO operations were signed for the 21 cents through the PIRC, but Pelican Bay does not deal through PIRC. The Pelican Bay arrangement was approved by both management and the union today. The settle ments have lifted CIO wages 15 cents from the 874 cents mini mum last fall tho same boost recently granted AFL unionists In this area. Hope Expressed That Post i May Be Put To Worthy Use " Yesterday's1' disclosure "' that tho Marine Barracks will be closed as a marine post about March 1 brought numorous ex pressions from Klamath people today in the hope that the $8, 000,000 Installation on the hill can be made a veterans adminis tration facility or put to some other important use. President L. Orth Sisemore of KPCA Meeting Draws Crowd Five hundred farmers,, their wives and ex-servicemen inter ested in sericulture, gathered at the Marino Barracks at noon to day to attend the annual session . . . ... n i - .1 01 me iiiamnw jrrouuuwuii Lieu it association. McMullcn announced that the members now own 63.8 per cent of the stock in the association and the government owns 30.2 per cent. In 30 days, the gov ernment will withdraw stock down to $50,000. At that time, members will then own 74.5 per cent of the association's-stock: In 1937. the membership held 29 per cent, and. the government 71 per cent of the stock. The membership has now gone up to 38B farmers ana siocumen in this area. The association loaned $2,894,000 in 1945, and hns now paid down to $660,000, McMullcn advised. ' Since the organization of KPCA in 1934, loans have totaled $24,865,000 to residents of Klamath, Lnke coun ties in Oregon, Siskiyou nnd northern Modoc in California. Farmers have now Invested in the association $145,765 in stock and during the time since the organization of ' KPCA, have built up a reserve of $201,606. Police Seek Man Last Seen With Brutally Slain Woman SEATTLE. Jan. 19 (P) De tectives today sought a man in armv uniform as the last known companion of Mrs. Mnrjorie Johnson. 30. whose nude body was found, strangled and stab bed, in tho living room of her West Seattle nome, cany tonny. Detectlvo Capt. Htchard Ma- honey said "it was probably a sex crime." He said there was a henvy cord around her neck and the body bore evidences of having been hacked and stabbed with a larg'o kitchen fork, found in the kitchen, its two tines bent into a loop, Mnhonev Identified the victim as the wife of Philip Johnson, a saw company clerk. He said the body was found about 7 a. m by n neighbor, Jnmcs Smith. A man nnd woman whose iden tity was withheld, were held as material ' witnesses. Mahoney said the man said Mrs. Johnson telephoned him nbout 1 a, m frantically pleading "for God's sake, please come up here and help me!" The detective said the man reported he went to Mrs. : John son's home and heard f her screaming but was denied ad mittance. He then returned home and, apparently about 3 n. m., telephoned Smith's home. Smith's landlady refused to nwnken him and it was not un til he arose that Smith learned of the call, visited the house and summoned police. He said the witnesses snid they had seen Mrs. Johnson with a man in army uniform in a tavern earlier last night. The captain said Mrs. John son's body lay on the living room floor beside a davenport, and was clad in the shreds of a tan rayon Jacket, -bobby socks and moccasm-type slippers. He said the room gave evidences of a terrific struggle and the fur niture was moved around. The kitchen door .was open. , ...7 - - the chamber of corhme'ree pre pared a telegram to Senator Guy Cordon and other congressional delegates informing them of the development here and pointing to - the availability of the in stallation for other purposes. The veterans administration has announced it will construct a hospital at Klamath Falls. Use of the Marine Barracks as a vet erans' set-up has been suggested locally, and to the veterans' ad ministration. ' Capt. Lowell T. Coggeshall, ranking medical officer of the Marine Barracks,' said today he is leaving for Washington to night on business relating to conclusion of the malaria con trol program which was a part of the original mission of the local post. At a meeting of the Klamath Production Credit association members at the Marine Barracks today, Capt. Coggeshall spoke feelingly about community sup port given the barracks : pro gram and the forthcoming clos ure of the post. The big post is generally' re ported in . excellent condition. Maintenance has been kept at a nigh level, in contrast with run down conditions that frequently develop at installations not fully occupied. Tin Pan Alley Tune smith Dies LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (JP) Another name that of Lew Pollack was erased by death today from Tin Pan alley. The 52-year-old musician, who entered show business in 1918 and, after a tour of vaude ville, became a song writer for the movies, succumbed to a heart attack yesterday. Among his better known musical hits were "Two Cigar ettes in the Dark." "Char- maine" and "Diane." Monkey Business Transacted Here The city of Klamath Falls and the Marine Barracks transacted a little monkey business today. Capt. Lowell T. Coggeshall of the barracks offered five monkeys to the city's Moore park too.' and the offer was Eromptly accepted. The mon eys have been kent In the barracks animal house for use in connection with laboratory research. City Engineer E. A. Thomas and Bert Stott, Moore park caretaker, arranged a special heated apartment for the new comers in the Moore park ani mal house. It will be a few days before they are moved from the barracks. These are the first monkeys to join the Moore park animal family. Iran Appeals For UNO Probe ; LONDON, Jan. 19 (P) Iran appealed to the United Nations security council today to inves tigate its dispute with the Sov iet Union., Iranian Delegate Nasrullah Entezam said his delegation had submitted a letter asking an in vestigation of what the Iranian delegation contends is "Soviet interference with the internal affairs of Iran." Entezam said he expected the letter to go immediately to , the president of the security coun cil, J. N. O. Makin of Australia, who probably will call a meet ing to consider the issue The appeal to the 11-member council was decided upon, Ente zam declared, after the Iranian government failed in direct ne gotiations with Russia. . Russia Is one of the five per manent members on the securi ty council and as such could exercise a veto power on any final action taken. This is the first international dispute to come before the se curity council. Accidents Put 2 In Hospital Automobile - pedestrian acci dents last night and this morning put two youngsters in the hos pital "with painful injuries and the driver of one vehicle, Ernest MacBeth, 905 Owens, paid fines totaling $15 in municipal court today as a result of one mishap. MncBcth's car struck 14-year old Lari Carter, 3030 Crosby, at 7th and Main shortly before 6 o'clock last night, knocking her to the pavement. She was rushed to Klamath Valley hos pital in the Merchants Police nmbulance and treated for bruises and abrasions. The girl was released from the hospital after treatment. Mac- Beth was cited to appear in police court and was fined $5 each for having faulty brakes, running a red light and having no operator's license. Police said Macuetn s car hit the girl when he was unable to stop at a traffic ..signal at 7th end Main. This morning little Buddy Miller, 5-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Miller, route 2, was struck by a truck driven by Benjamin Murphy,, also of route z, and injured, ine . accident happened on the county road a quarter-mile from the Henley store. Buddy was admitted to Klam ath Valley hospital at noon where he was found to have a fractured leg. The leg was set and he was taken home. Murphy told state ponce he was driving his truck east on the road when the youngster, playing alongside the road, crossed over directly in front of the truck. Murphy swerved to avoid hitting the child but struck him a slanting blow with the rear end of the truck. ; Morse Asks Use Of Cots For Catnaps Dixie Democrats Line Up Solid Block Against FEPC WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Pj Republican senators agreed to day to attempt to hold the sen ate in session at least until 6 p. m. daily in an effort to break the southern filibuster against the FEPC bill. The 39 republican members of the chamber reached that de cision in a formal conference. The plan was considerably less drastic than that advanced by Senator Morse (R-Ore.) who de manded continuous sessions, 24 hours a day, with cots set up in the cloakrooms for sleepy law makers. Sen. White (R-Me.) said he would "respectfully suggest" the extended sessions to Majority Leader Barkley (Ky.) He said he did not anticipate the all-night sessions demanded by Morse would be required immediately, but acknowledged that "it might come to that." Senator Morse (R-Ore.) came up with the idea of provisions for quickie naps after Senator Chavez (D-N. M.) disclosed that supporters of the fair employ ment practice bill will seek to hold the chamber in continuous meetings. Their DrODo;a1: nm in Via face of a claim by Dixie demo crats inat they have, lined.. up more than enough votes to block any attempt to shut off the pro longed debate which began Thursday and which shows no signs of coming to an end. Against Cloture Senator Eastland (D-Miss.) told a reporter that "40-odd sen ators' are firmly aligned against cloture, a parliamentary device rarely used to limit talk in the senate. Morse would not concede that his side lacks the necessary two thirds vote (64 of the 96 mem bers if all were present) to in voke cloture. But he did say this in an interview: "The issue is whether the lee. islative program is to be deter mined by majority vote rule or iienwiiHca on rmsc z, i;oinmn 4J Workers etf Hike ff 18.5 Cents By HAROLD W. WARD WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (IP) Henry J. Kaiser, west eoait steel operator, today accepted President Truman's proposed com. promise in the steel wage dispute and signed contract with the CIO steelworkers. Kaiser made the announcement of the contract, giving em ployes of his west coast steel plant an 18 H -cent hourly increase, after a White House conference with Mr. Truman and CIO Fresl dent Philip Murray. This development came as CIO steelworkers began walking out of the nation's mills in advance of the scheduled genual strike re-set for Sunday midnight after U. S. Steel corporation rejected President Truman's compromise plan. -. Kaiser, in the presence of Murray, said ho had accepted tha president's proposal because "it is not only time to sing America but it's time to live and love it." "Shall we support the president of the United States?" ha asked in a formal statement. "The people's answer will be yet it can be no other way. Too much is at stake not to support him." Murray and Kaiser saw the president at 10 a. m., and left about 20 minutes later. Asked f who suggested the conference, Murray said "it was a Joint re quest in the interest of the gov ernment and the president.' Kaiser had already signed with the CIO automobile work ers covering employes of the new Kaiser-Fraser automobile plant at Willow Run. This agreement calls for wage in creases and bonuses for work ers. When U. S. Steel turned down the president's 18 '4 -cent proposal, the CIO accepted it. Kaiser said his contract was signed before he came to the White House today. "I have signed this agree ment," he said, "because I am confident that only by integrity and fair play on the part of both labor and management can we ride the perilous seas ahead and achieve industrial harmony and security for our people." inconceivable He added that he could riot "conceive that a sum of 314 cents (the difference between the U. S. Steel's offer and the president's 18 Vt cents proposal) should be permitted to retard or destroy the possibility of real peace and prosperity for the nation." The agreement signed today. Kaiser said, covers "the opera tion of the largest steel plant on the Pacific coast." His; Fort- tana. Calif., operations employ approximately 3000 to 4000, he said. The contract covers employes at the Fontana works, the only steel plant operated by Kaiser. Thus, as a paralyzing stnKe hits the nation's steel mills Monday, ' Kaiser's plants will continue turning out steel. Murray has said that any steel company which signed a contract for an 18-cent in crease before the strike dead line would not experience a walkout on Monday. Besides the Kaiser contract, Murray disclosed that negotiations are under way .with two firms in the Harnsburg and Reading, Pa., areas. Mac Sets Up Machinery To Try Tojo By RUSSELL BRINES TOKYO, Jan. 19 (F) Gen. eral MacArthur today set up in ternational machinery for tha trials of Hideki Tojo, his Pearl Harbor cabinet and his militar ists, charged with "crimes against peace and crimes 'against humanity." The supreme commander an nounced a charter giving de tailed procedures for insuring "fair trial for the accused." Outstanding points of proced ure listed included: ... 1. A majority of the members of the international tribunal present shall be sufficient to convict and impose the death sentence subject to review by MacArthur. 2. The nine man tribunal "will not be bound by technical rulea of evidence,", and even docu ments without proof of signa ture may be accepted. . - 3. A plea that he acted undef orders shall not of itself be suf ficient to free a defendant. : The charter provided that tha first trial would be held' in Tokyo. It has been scheduled tentatively for early March, i , "A sentence will be carried out in accordance with the order of the supreme commander for the allied powers, who may at anv time rprinco nr nthnnulw al ter the sentence," except that ha may not increase its severity, tha charter noted. The tribunal membershirj will be appointed by MacArthur from names submitted bv tha allied nations. Rootin' Tootin' Pep Peppers Started 18 Years Ago At Klamath High School Pep Pepper President ! -M -.'la Displaying the fiery red pepper, the emblem of the club of which she is president. Sally Mueller models the familiar red and white uniform of the Pep Peppers of Klamath Union high school. By EDNA KILLMEYER Eighteen years ago, a group of five Klamath Union high school girls formed a club which they named the Scotch club. From this unpretentious begin ning emerged the organization now known as the Pep Peppers. - The original members of the club were Kathleen "Pat" Liv ingston, Henrietta Wright, Ger trude Lindley, Maryellen Brad ford and Helen Cofer. A square of Scotch plaid pinned to their clothing with a horse blanket pin served as their emblem. Realizing the possibilities of the club if it were advised by a fac ulty member and under school direction, Paul T. Jackson, principal of KUHS at that time, encouraged the girls to enlarge and systematize their organization. They adopted the name "Pep Peppers" and. de voted their efforts to creating spirit and pep among the school's students. Membership i , Today the membership t is limited to 50 junior and senior Klamath Union high school girls whose records show that they are outstanding in scholar ship as well as social activities. They are voted into the organ ization, by the outgoing senior members. : Their identical trim red skirts and white pull-over sweaters have become familiar to every sports enthusiast wh6 attends athletic events at the high school where the girls brave all kinds of weather to march and present drill forma tions at halftlme in football and basketball games. In addition to their original purpose of bringing pep and spirit to their school, the Pep Peppers sell season football and basketball tickets and perform any service which they think will better KUHS or their community.-: ..- Each year a cup is awarded to the outstanding Pep Pepper, the girl who has contributed the most time and effort in the . (Conlinatd on Pie 3, -Cam )