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By ntANK JENKINS
THERE are loini faint flgm of
Improvement In human re
lationship In the new today.
ANY such iliin U encouraging.
ON the foreign front, there li
now premier lit Iran.
II ti auld in cnutloui dls
pntcliei from London (where
UNO If In session) to bo favor
ablo to friendly relations with
Russia, and people who ought
In bnnuf biiv hi will ha lllcilv to
drop or "shelve" Iran's demand
on UNU lor a settlement 01 ner
dispute while he NEGOTIATES
DIRECTLY with Russia for an
.frH.tMiit urhli.ti la ninmln'M
Idea of tho wuy It aliould be
demo.
That (temporarily, at leaat)
would cool off one of the hot
miwilH unu in amum on.
.
THE 'dispute Involves Iranian
Inrrllnrv nfllmnt to Huiuilu.
IE 1IMO utiA pftmtwllnfl tn Kettle
the quarrel and IF the decision
wont against min.nu ana ir nun
ia thereupon refused to accept
the decl.ilon It would bo an
ufkiunnl hpitlnnlnir for UNO.
IK a settlement acceptable to
Jran can oe arrniiKcu oy munm
of DIHECT negotiation with
Russia mis nowicr can uo uy
passed for the time being, any
...
IT If quite possible that Iran
may havo realized that In ad
dition to upsetting UNO's applo-
I.Mr mt tlm huinnlntf of the
great International experiment
she would ho likely to lose In
Hie long run In any conflict
Willi oig nus.ua.
Whalover cine may be aald of
It, that would be REALISTIC
thinning.
WE must be careful not to
I YV cc.pt any of these Inter
national MAYBEs as accom
plished facta. Favorable de
velopments today can be upset
by unfavorable developments to
morrow. UNO's lob will be a
long, slow one. The thing to
hot for If that It can be kept
working and making some pro
F . , .
sH ha dlstirrbed home front.
Ford makes a settlement
with the union reported as these
words ara wrltton this morning
4m K an Inereniut nf IB cents an
'hour, amounting to an up of
15.1. The negotiations aren't
entirely closed, out u seems 10
be generally hoped that the tet-
,.,111 allrV
Any aettloment by MUTUAL
AGREEMENT mat puis men
back to worn is encoungini.
...
nrturn la ii'lMit'in Interest
X Inn tifliMlliatr hnrw.flll or not
remains to be seen) development
in me mem sinnc.
T),n ffnuprnmnllt seized 134
alruplc nnelilnu nlnnts. A EL
.i. nil Ka nnn wnrknra Involved)
agreed to work In the plants
.n.lltiif aftldnmonl. CIO (with
103.000 workers Involved) first
announced that not oniy womu
It. nnl on hnelc to work but
they would continue to PICKET
iUm. .cUnr! nlnnl. whlrh WOllld
have put one of our two great
union oreiiniMiuons in me pom
lion of DEFYING THE GOV
1.-D MM L M T
Calmer counsel prevailed, and
CIO luter wunorew us pic.cu
statement nnu uik'i " "
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ui ii -VJ -.. I ' " - - -
ment of the demnnda for higher
PThus again we get PRODUC
TION RKSUMEU.
...
IN our complicated modern
soeletv. It Is hard to under-
ata'.id clearly that our cherished
Ideals of prosperity and rising
living standards can bo realized
ONLY by means of Increased
production based upon what tho
experts term "Increasing techno
logical efficiency" which In
simple words means moro out
put per manhour.
Money has been tangled up In
the situation so long that' we
have come to think of money as
wealth which It is not.
Money Is worth only what it
will BUY. Wealth consists of
THINGS.
.
OVER and over, in Europe dur
lng the past summor, this
writer saw people STARVING
with their pockets full of money,
r.r'ecausc of LACK OF PRODUC
TION OF THINGS.
That sight shakes one down
to fundamentals as nothing else
can.
Truman Will Take
Florida Vacation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (IP)
President Truman will leave
Washington February 11 by
piano to spend a "brief" vaca
tion in Florida waters, the
White House announced today.
The president will tako off in
the morning and go first to Or
lando, Fla., then drive to Win
ter Park, seat of Rollins col
lege, where he will receive an
honorary degree of doctor of
humanities the same day.
Immediately afterwards he
will drive back to Orlando and
board his C-54 transport plane,
the "Sacred Cow," for Miami.
That evening he will board the
presidential yncht Williamsburg
for what Secretary Charles G.
Ross described as a "brief
cruise in Florida waters."
PRICE riVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 26, 1848
FORD OK
Details Of Product
Of Automobiles Win be
Discussed At Early Date
DETROIT, Jan. 26 (IP) Negotiators for the Ford Motor com
pany and the CIO Unit.d Auto Workers settltd their wage dis
pute today on the bails of an increase of 18 c.nti an hour,
A Joint statement saldi
"An agreement on a wage increase of 18 cents an hour was
leached today by the Ford Motor company and the UAW-CIO.
"The effective date of the wage increase still has not been
decided. Details connected with fair, efficient, and uninterrupt
ed production will be discussed at an early date and we hope
that the wage increase will become effective not later than
February 1.
"We have confidence that there will be an early termination
to all matters remaining to be negotiated."
d upon is equivalent to 1S.1 per cent
a tin I nst an original demand by
the union for a 30 per cent in
The Increase agreed
Reuther Terms
GM Language
'Disgraceful'
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 (IP)
Walter Reuther of the CIO-Auto
Workers told senators today that
General Motors turned down a
1-cent-an-hour pay boost propo
sal with "disgraceful and scan
dalous" language.
Reuther, head of the union
which has been on strike for two
months In the corporation's
plants, was a witness before the
senate labor committee, which
la considering ' President Tru
man's request for establishment
of fact-finding boards to handle
labor disputes.
The union has gone back to
its demand for a 30 per cent
wage increase, Reuther said,
but ha contended It had always
been willing to lessen its de
mands if they meant higher
prices for automobiles.
"We told thorn that If Gen
eral Motors was unable to raise
pay without increasing prices,
we would scale down our re
quests," Reuther testified. "They
said, 'we won't talk about It.'
"We sat with them for DO dovs.
with officials of the corporation
with their feet up on the table
and reading magazines.
we asked them about a one
cent an hour , raise without a
price increase. They said 'No.'
They said 'prices are none of
your damned business.' "
Vulgar Words
Reuther quoted what ha said
were tho vulgar words In which
tlie company officials compared
tho Interest they had in the mag
azines to the union arguments.
Senator D on n el 1 (R-Mo.)
broke in: "How much of Uiis is
argument and how much is
fact? Did General Motors use
that language?"
Reuther declared that the of
ficial transcript so proved. He
called it "most incredible and
disgraceful and scandalous."
Reuther said 80 prominent
citizens were invited to read the
transcript and they expressed
disgust at the company's atti
tude but praise for the union.
President C. E. Wilson of GM
was seated a few feet away from
Reuther as the labor leader testified.
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crease. The union had scaled
down its demand from 30 to
10.3 per cent before today's un
announced meeting of the ne
gotiators. Tho Ford agreement was an
nounced half an hour before
Chrysler negotiators were
scheduled to go into a meeting
expected generally to produce
an agreement in the second of
the three major disputes in the
car industry.
Meanwhile the dispute be
tween the UAW-CIO and Gen
eral Motors remained dead
locked with 175,000 workers
Idle for the 60th day.
GM Deadlocked
The Ford agreement was
made under the names of John
S. Bugas, director of industrial
relations of tho company, and
Richard T. Leonard, national
Ford director for the union. -
Union representatives ex
plained that the next movo
would be submission of tho
proposed 18-cent-an-hour in
crease to the UAW-CIO strike
strategy committee and then,
if approved, to the member
ship of the Ford local.
Nearly 100,000 workers will
be affected.
The NcHOllators settlement.
tho largest wago agreement
reached nationally since the
close of the war. was attained
after six successive days of pri
vato sessions. It was the first
major break in the auto unions'
fivc-month-long wage fight with
the automobile industry.
2 U.S. Envoys
Ready To Quit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (IP)
The Imminent resignation of the
two topmost U. S. envoys was
forecast today by usually well
informed diplomatic omcinis.
They said- that Averell Harri.
man, ambassador to Russia, and
John Winant, ambassador to
Britain, were ready to quit their
posts.
There has been some specula.
lion that Harriman may be suc
ceeded by Florcllo La uuardia,
former mayor of New York, now
a radio commentator, La Guard-
la left Washington by airplane
at 9 a. m. (EST) today for South
America to represent Prcs'lient
Truman . at inauguration ot
Brazil's new president.
One group has advocated ap
pointment ot a military man to
the Moscow post.
600 G Brides And Babies
Leave For United Siaies
By BARBARA WACE
SOUTHAMPTON, E n g land,
Jan. 26 (JP) The liner Argen
tina soiled from Southampton
for New York late today with
more than 600 GI brides and
babies en route to new homes
in the United States.
The vessel departed with the
tide at 4:05 p. m. (8:05 a. m.
Pacific Standard time).
White-helmoted military po
lice had helped tho women
carry aboard tho children ond
baggage for the six-day voyage
to New York.
Tired from five days of grap
pling with their youngsters and
filing through customs and emi
gration lines at the Tidworth
processing camp, the women
wero relieved at the sight of
neat staterooms and ranks of
baby playpens.
Tho first trnlnload includ
ing all those with youngsters
wero welcomed aboard the ves
sel Uiis morning by mivnl of
ficers. In tho line coursing up tho
gangplank was military police
men Matt Kastellc of West
Dallas, Wis., gingerly carrying
a seven-month-old baby, while
tlie mother, Mrs. Joan Hardl
man, wife of Lt. Francis Hard!
man. New York City, clutched
lB-month-old Francis jr., in her
arms.
"And me a bachelor," said
Kastclic, obviously embarrassed.
Dance music was being
played over the ship's ampli
fiers as ono bride, Mrs. Dor
othy Randt, carried seven-month-old
Maureen along the
corridors to her cabin.
"I think this is ideal," she
said.
Typical of tlie delight of the
young mothers In finding the
improvised nurseries was the
observation of Mrs. Vera Ben
nett, wife of Tech. Sgt. Royal
T. Bennett of Provolt, Ore.,
whoso baby was playing hap
pily with the toys provided
aboard tho ship.
"Sho won't come out of the
pen now," said Mrs. Bennett.
It's a blessing to be able to
dump her somewhere."
. This tiny office room at the Pacific Fruit Express com
pany's ica dock in the SP freight Yards was the scene of a
shooting last night resulting in the death of Rots Simmers, 53,
(above right), ' Clyde Edward Todd, (below). SP patrolman, is
held oh second -degre. murder chargeif. 'Simmeri was sitting
on the box stool working at the desk when the scuffle started.
Chrysler Grants
CO 78.5 Cents
Boost In Wages
DETROIT, Jan. 26 (Ay
Chrysler Corp. and the CIO
United Auto Workers aaV
nounced today the "complete .
agreement" on wages provid
ing for an increase of 181
cents an hour.
The Chrysler-UAW agree
ment followed within two
hours and 45 minutes upon
the settlement of the .Ford
union wage disputes on the
basis of an 18 cents an hour.
The agreements brought to
end two long disputes in the
automobile industry, leaving
only General Motors of the
big three yet to coma to terms
with the auto union.
Four Cars Pile
Up On Viaduct
Four cars telescoped on the S.
6th street viaduct early this
afternoon and held, up. traffic
for a considerable length of time.
None of the drivers was injured,
police said.
A truck, traveling up the via
duct incline, slo,wed down and
the car immediately following
also slowed and the three ma
chines following that car col
lided. Cars were driven by Al
fred Bauder, 5218 Harlan drive;
Mrs. Charles Smith, 1529 Wiard;
R. Schiffman, 3444 Boardman,
and Amos Gandy Jr., 1554
Derby.
Mercury Drops
To Eight Above
An eight degrees above zero
thermometer reading was re
ported at B a. m. Saturday by
CAA as ice coated pavement.
roof tops and trees following
Thursday s late storm.
Despite the fact that it
warmed considerably during the
day, little thaw was reported and
a clear sky was overhead. There
should be a good crowd at Moore
park Sunday where scores of
persons navo enjoyed the coast
ing on tho winding roads the last
few Sunday afternoonsr
The 24-hour forecast was for
clear weather and mild tempera'
tures.
Arriving In
United States
By Associated Press
Pvt. Roy W. Hawkins,
Klamath Falls, arrived . on
General Ellinge duo in Ta
coma January 26.
Short Charges
Blame Shifted
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26 UP)
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short today
named Generals George C.
Marshall, L. T. Gerow and Sher
man Miles as individual mem
bers of the general staff he said
tried to shift to him the blame
for the Pearl Harbor disaster.
Testifying for the fifth day be
fore a senate-house committee,
the 1941 Hawaiian army com'
mander expanded under ques
tioning by Senator r erguson tit
Mich.) his previous charge that
the dear (department had at
tempted to- make him the "scape,
goat."
Ferguson asked who Short
meant bv the war deoartment
Short replied he was talking
about the general staff.
Ferguson wanted to know
which individuals. Short said
he had in mind Generals
Marshall, who then was chief
of staff, Gerow, theh head of the
war plans division; and Miles,
then head ot intelligence.
Thev were the ones, the wit
ncss said, who should have sent
him Information that he did not
eet and which he contended
would have caused him to place
in. effect an all-out alert that
might have caused the Japanese
task force to turn dock.
Man Seriously
Hurt In Wreck
DORRI S Kenneth Clark,
WatsonviUe, Calif., resident, is in
a serious condition at the Dorris
hospital following an accident at
noon Friday when Clark's car
was struck by a northbound po
tato truck. Mrs. Clark is suffer
ing from shock. Hospital at
tendants said the Clarks were
homeward bound when the truck
slid into them on the first corner
on the southern edge of Dorris.
Freight Building
Gutted By Fire
Fire completely gutted the E.
F. Anderson Motor Freight com-
Danv building. S. btn, tO'
day causing loss of some $16,000
to tho structure and equipment.
The fire is thought to have
come from an oil stove which e
nlodcd shortly before noon to
day. State police, who patrolled
the area and directed traffic.
said that the inside ot the build'
inir was comDletely destroyed
along with a diesel truck which
was on blocks.
Fire fighting equipment and
crews were sent from the coun'
tv. Klamath Lake Moulding com'
pany, Swan Lake Moulding conv
pany, and snasia rianmg mm.
CIO
Return In
Meat Tie-Up
CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (IP) The
CIO-United Packinghouse Work
ers union' today urged its 193,-
000 members to return to work
Monday in packing plants now
under control and operation by
the government but did not call
off its strike.
Coupled with assertions by
the AFL-Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher workmen
that its 55,000 striking mem
bers were back at work todav
or ready to go back, the CIO ac
tion, li carried out, would as
sure Uncle Sam that the labor
force of 248,000 on strike since
Jan. 16 would get meat produc
tion roiling again next week.
Reverse Action
Decision of the CIO leader
ship, announced by Lewis J.
Clark, union president, reversed
its action of yesterday before
federal seizure at 12:01 a. m.,
today.
Clark told reporters in a news
conference announcing action
by the union national wage pol-
commuiee mat ne was tele
graphing all locals throughout
the country to withdraw pickets
as oi o p. m.
A statement said the return to
work was conditional on assur
ance from Secretary of Agricul
ture Anderson mat ne would
"apply immediately" for approv
al of any wage increase a fart-
finding board might recommend.
it also said the union expect
ed that "retroactive Davments
win De lortncoming."
WEATHER
(January 28)
Max. (Jan. 25) ....34. Min 8
Precipitation last 24 hours 00
Forecast: Clear and mild.
SP Detective
IHIeld On Dee
Dock DeoM
Gunfire that climaxed what appeared to b. a friendly
scuffle last night took the life of Rots Clifford Simmers, 53,
long-time Klamath county resident, and today second degre.
murder charges were filed against Clyde Edward Todd, 37,
a Southern Pacific railroad detective, in the unique shooting
case.
The fatal shooting took plac. about 5:25 o'clock last
night in a tiny office shack at the Pacific Fruit Express ie.
dock in the Southern Pacific yards, where Todd and Simmers
met in the course of their duties as railroad detective and
fruit express inspector, respectively.
Todd was arrested by city police and turned over to
the sheriff's office last night. The secorld degree murder ,
charge was filed by District Attorney Clarence A. Humble)
after he questioned witnesses and the railroad detective last
night and this morning. Todd is held at the county jail.
Two men actually saw the shooting in the cramped
quarters of the ice house shack. They are Harry Marin and
Stanley Hendricks, PFE employes, who were in the office at
the time so close that the bullet burned Marin's shirt as it
passed him.
Humble said they told him that Todd patrolled the yard
in that vicinity, near the Southern Pacific viaduct on South
6th, and came into the office to report. Simmers was seated
at a desk working and Todd kicked his chair playfully.
The men scuffled a . little and- Simmers pinned Todd's
arms to his side and took his blackjack oway from him, the
witnesses said, and Todd's statement to the district attorney
was the same.
Then Simmers stepped back and held up the sap, re
marking, "I used to use one of these things myself." Todd,
according to these accounts, pulled his pistol from the holster '
and a shot rang out. Simmers groaned "I'm shot," stepped
forward and slumped. Todd caught him as he fell and eased
him to the floor.
One of the men in the room called the Merchants-Police
ambulance and the ambulance and a squad car were dis
patched to the scene. The ambulance crew arrived a moment
before the police car and found Simmers' dead on the floor
of the office. Todd was still there and surrendered his pistol
to the police.-
The bullet, a 32.20, struck Simmers just below or In the
heart and did not go through his body.
Todd was taken to the city hall and county officials noti
fied. Humble . interrogated the witnesses last night and
ordered the SP detective taken
to the county jail. He talked to I
the witnesses again this morn
ing before filing the Second de
gree murder charge.
According to Humble, Todd
told the -district attorney once
that he saw Simmers raise the
blackjack and fired and then
said that he doesn't know how
the shooting happened.
"Horseplay"
The district attorney said he
had found no evidences of bad
feeling or animosity in the rela
tions of the two men, and added
that apparently the shooting inci
dent grew out of "horseplay." On
the basis of the charge filed
against Todd, the prosecutor in
dicated he did not regard the
shooting as accidental, nor did he
consider it a premeditated kill
ing calling for first degree mur
der charges. -
A second degree murder accu
sation implies intent but not pre
meditation, and the penalty, up
on conviction, is life imprison
ment. Todd's holster, Humble said,
was a spring-opening type and
when he reached for the pistol
he automatically released a catch
and the whole front of the hol
ster opened. It's a fast-draw,
gunman-type holster.
The pistol itself recently fig
ured in the news. The 14-year-old
bov who twice broke into La
Pointe's dress shop two months
ago and masqueraded in ladies'
apparel until arrested, had also
stolen the pistol from Todd. It
was recovered from a sewer and
returned to Todd.
. Body Removed
Simmer's body was removed
to the Whitlock funeral home
and Dr. George H. Adler, county
coroner, is to conduct an autopsy.
This morning when Todd was
photographed at the jail he
broke down, shaking and sob
bing. He has been in Klamath
(Continued on Pace S, Column 6)
Heuvel Trial
Summit Area In Grip Of
Mid-Winter Snow and Cold
CASCADE SUMMIT, Jan.
26 This little community on
Lake Odell is virtually snow
bound with a deep layer of snow
covering the Cascade Summit
area even to the eaves of the
houses.
Additional snow whipped into
the mountain section Thursday
morning at 7:45 and by early
afternoon another seven Inches
lay on top the already heavy fall.
The Southern Pacific rail de
tector car, covering the track
from Crescent Lake to Oakridge,
was handicapped in hunting
broken rails by the existing
snow and ice.
In the meantime the city folks
wonder how natives of this iso
lated community pass their time.
Although the snow gets up to the
eaves of the houses and portholes
have to be dug to let in light at
times, the people seem to find
ways of entertaining themselves.
Every white family here takes at
least one daily paper and several
take two dailies. . .
The radio furnishes amuse
ment. '
The average family only stays
at Cascade Summit two or three
years. Nearly all of the roofs
here have become infirm, prob
ably due to old age and the
weight of snow. The heavy snow
that must be "shoveled off the
houses causes roofs to leak soon
er than in a place where there is
no snow. The snow near the
chimney melts causing the water
to run down the roof until it
reaches the eaves of the house.
Then it freezes, backing up
under the shingles. About two
or three years is the average age
of a roof of a house which is oc
cupied and in which there is heat
in the winter.
Lake Odell is covered with a
thin coating of ice. In places
natches of water are in evidence,
Even though a thick coating of
ice covers it, it is unsafe, to walk
on due to the current breaking
the ice in places. People who
have tried it in former years
have become frightened after
getting out in the middle of it
and Hearing tne ice craciung
around them.
A forest man who happened to
be in this vicinity long before
the railroad came in here reports
that once he saw a man walking
on the ice in the middle of the
lake. His attention was distract'
ed by something else and when
he again looked the man was
nowhere to be seen. . ,
Criminal case 1802, the state
of Oregon vs. Earl Heuvel for
sodomy against Virginia Rose
Gibson, comes before the circuit
court here Monday morning.
The former chief of Klamath
Falls police was indicted on
this count February 19, 1945,
and posted $5000 cash bail on
August 21. Heuvel had left
town about the time he was in
dicted by the grand jury and
was returned here from Ken- 1
sett, Ark., in August by 'the
FBI. ' .
Virginia Rose Gibson, a resi
dent of The Dalles, was a pris
oner In the city jail at the lime
of the alleged offense, Novem
ber 10, 1944. She was the wit
ness who failed to appear to
testify in the trial of Heuvel.
for sodomy against Bernice
Huff last November. He was
unanimously acquitted of that
charge.
Kimmel To Prosecute
Rex Kimmel of the attorney
general's office in Salem is ex
pected to arrive in Klamath
Falls tomorrow to conduct the
prosecution with District Attor
ney Clarence A. Humble. Heu
vel s attorneys are Herbert f.
Welch of Lakeview and Earl
Bernard of Portland.
The complaining witness. Vir
ginia Gibson, has been located
in The Dalles and subpoenaed
to appear and Bernice Huff is
being brought here from her
home in Vera Beach, Fla.
Judge Arlie G. Walker of
McMinnville, who Is hearing
the case against Heuvel, is ex
pected to arrive tomorrow or
early Monday. Walker was ap
pointed to preside over the
trials when an affidavit of
prejudice was filed against Cir
cuit Judge David R. Vanden-berg.
Jaycee Banquet
Slated Tonight
A Invrrn v-nrr1 will TlPAP
Robert S. Farrell Jr., secretary
t .1.1. tnniaht nf thf .TnvneeS
Founder's Day banquet, as indi
cated oy tne numoer oi uckbu
sold for this occasion.
Medals are ready and have
been engraved for presentation
to the junior first citizen and to
UIU tlllCO MX J "
meriting awards. These presen-
tanons win oe maae v tue
quet celebrating the 50th anni
versary of organization of the
group, at which Charles R.
Stark, manager of the chamber
of commerce will serve as mas
ter of ceremonies. ;v
t The banquet will be preceded
by cocktail hour at 6:30 p. m.
Shepherd's orchestra will play
dinner music during the banquet
and furnish music for dancing
from. 10 to 12 midnight. Tha
dance will be informal and tho
public is Invited. .