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By THANK JENKINS
THE signs of improvement In
tho strlko slluiitlon that ware
faintly visible on Suturduy lire
1 'LAIN 11 today.
THE moot Industry In buck at
work ponding a iottlcmont of
the wage dispute. A fact-finding
buurd la ut work, and Sec
retary of Agriculture Andron,
Bcllnij fur the Kovornmont (which
him sulzcd muiit plants) hus
promised thut ho will apply im
mediately for authority to put In
to effect any pay Increases tho
fuct-fliulors niny recommend.
Formers who had held buck
much of thulr livestock during
the itrlko huvo resumed shlp
I' ; mtmtM iinrl uliurnlv lncroasud
receluts are reoortud lit most of
tho country's principal murkcls
forecasting rcimounuiy quicK
return of normal meat supplies.
...
iCORD and Chrysler huvo settled
(r their wnuo dispute, with the
CIO United Automobile Workers
union Ford on the basis of an
Increase of 11) cents an hour and
Chrysler on u basis of 181 cent.
(General Motors lias offered
so fur an up of 131 cents. The
union hus suld It will accept the
lui cents recommended by u
fuct-fliiding bourd. There are no
new development!; this morning.)
A HB1TRATION uroem cuts
have been entered Into by
the major railroads and 18 of
the 20 railroad unions. (So fur
the engineers' and trainmen's
brotherhoods ure not included in
the agreements.)
. .
HTHE most striking development
of tho weekend Is a predic
tion by a "high government of
ficial" (suld to be closely identi
fied with administration labor
' policy, but refusing to permit his
name to do aiscioscaj inui mo
steel strike will end "wiuiln
week or so."
Ho adds that a "settlement
bloc" WITHIN the steel Industry
' "has gained the ascendency over
those who would prefer to fight
it out with the 750,000 striking
CIO stcclworkcrs."
MEANWHILE professor of
AT labor low, Harold C. Hovlg
humL of Northwestern unlver
slty. advises tho senate labor
committee in Washington today
aim nst any "labor-Dinting" leg
isiution at this time, adding thut
, It could "bring us to the verge
M 1 OVU.Wir."n,,rfl. w
, i (Those are strong words, but
l it la true uiot tempers are in
flumcd. When tempers ore
brittle enough, almost anything
can iioppcn.) .
TJROFESSOR HAVIGHURST
tolls the senate labor com
miltcc members:
"Postwar industrial disputes
are natural . . . Tho (present)
situation culls not for a plague
but for understanding.;. Tho tusk
of congress, as I see It, is not to
determine which party it wants
to hang but to old in develop
ing a healthy system of collective
bargaining."
He urges the committee to
support President Trumiin s re
nuest for fncl-findlnil legislation
and odds that opposition to it
eomes from the STRONGER
EMPLOYERS and the STRONG
ER UNIONS.
Ho urges that "unfolr labor
nroctlccs" be REDEFINED to
place responsibility on unions as
wen as employers, including
court actions for breaches of col
lective agreements by cither
party. Ho proposes amendment
of tho anti-trust laws so that
unions would be subject to them
If they attempted to "use the
strike and the boycott to drive
tho employer out or Business.
" DROFESSOR HAVIGHURST'S
views ore interesting
representing tho middle and
MILDER ground of opinion in
this country, which is becoming
convinced that before there con
JU be industrial peace tho parties
" to collective bargaining must be
EQUAL In the eyes of. the law,
TN response to these develop
ments, the stock market
SURGES UPWARD this morn
Ins. Blcldinir. in blocks of 1000
to 50,00u.shurcs, is so urgent that
lor a wnuc ino ucKcr lapo ion
behind tho transactions. Lena
lng stocks wore UPPED irom
one to four or more nolnts,
STEELS AND MOTORS were
among the leaders.
...... . s.
AS always, tho action of the
stock market is Interesting
as reflecting the thinking of the
PUDUC.
The public is obviously
anxiqus for prosperity. It
WANTS PRODUCTION, for it
knows thnt production creates
wealth. When tho production
fuciuro iooks oeuer tnoso days,
he public BUYS. When the pic
ture daiikons, it seliIjS.
THERE Is of course obvious
acceptance by tho public of
the probability that higher prices
win ioiiow nignor wages, mus
promoting inflation (lessened
Duyln&fpowcr for the dollar.)
People may ARGUE thut such
a thing won't happen, but when
they BET THEIR MONEY they
bet that it WILL.
Weather
Max. (Jan. 27) ... 33 Mln. ...
Precipitation last 24 hours .
Trace.
stream year to data 8. 88
Normal ....6.35 Last year ....4.84
Foracasti Charing Tuaiday
Jury Choice
In Heuvel
Trial Slow
Additional Veniremen
Called To Appear
On Tuesday
Selection of a Jury to try Enrl
Heuvel on a charge of sodomy
Is moving slowly today after
court was held up until almost
11 o clock this morning while
100 additional veniremen were
sunpoenaed to appear in court
Tuesday,
mo vi men nrsi cauca 10
fill the jury box included Noel
Turner, u. ii. pickou, Kuipn l,.
Burke. C. 11. Booth. George Bo-
donhamer, George W. Van Horn,
L. A. Johunson, Juck Henry,
Horry E. Wilson, George R. Ir
vln, H, 11. Burnett and Ben Hen
zel. Herbert P. Welch, Lnkevlcw
ultorncy for tho former Klamath
Foils police chief, and District
Attorney Clurcnce A. Humble
questioned tho prospective jur
ors closely and cautiously. Only
two men were challenged for
cause, both by Welch, this morning.
Form Opinions
Ralph L. Burke, o clerk, sold
ho hud formed o prior opinion
about the outcome of the cuic
but believed ho would bo a fulr
Juror. He was excused, however.
L. A. Johunson, a boilt-rmokcr,
hod also formed an opinion and
suld ho believed thut if he was
on tho Jury ho could not act Im
partially. Ho was excused.
Hoy F. Kinsman, farmer, who
wus culled to the box when Jo
hanson was excused, suld that he
hud read all tho newspaper arti
cles about the case, hud particl-
fiutcd In discussions of the trial
n tho post and had even dis
cussed the case with B, S. "Buck"
Grlgsby, formnn of tho grand
Jury that indicted Heuvel. Kins
man suld he still felt he could
serve oa a foir Juror, Ho was
passed.
Both Welch and Humble asked
tho veniremen whether news
papers they hud read or what
they had heard concerning the
case would cause them to form
an opinion as to the guilt or inno-
censo of Heuvel but only Burke
and Johunson hud formed prior
opinions. Only eight prospective
Jurors werp, .questioned ... tills
""""a-
The defendant. Earl Heuvel
sat quietly in court this morning,
alone, and listened to the Jury
selection.
Disarmament
Confab Asked
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (IT)
Senator Tydings (D-Md.) de
manded in the senate today
that President Trumnn Immedi
ately coll a world disarmament
conicrcnco to prevent an atom
ic world war.
Interrupting the senate fili
buster against the fair employ
ment oractlces bill, the Mary
land democrut said ho doubted
that the United Nations' action
for "control" of the atomic
bomb would be successful.
"I do not believe that the
United Notions organization is
equipped to initiate successful
ly a task of this magnitude,"
the senator said, after Dolnting
out that all he remaining great
world powers arc arming to the
teeth.
Because Germany and Japan
are not to be permitted to re
arm, Tydings said, there is this
situation:
"It is as plain as the nose on
one's foce that the great armed
forces of our own country ore
being maintained principally
for possible use against Rus
sia, Britain, France or China,
slnco Germany and Japan are
to be kept disarmed.
"Is it not plain, too, that
Russia is maintaining her armed
forces for possible use against
Britain or the United States or
France or China?" (
PRICE FIVE -XAMATH FALLS. OREGON, MONDAY. JANUARY 28, 194
Telephone Bill
Number 10730
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LIVES
Ex-Service Man Dirt Farmer Wins Award
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. The importance of encouraging young man returning from the aarrica to participate actirely
In community Ufa was emphasised in the Junior chamber of commerce civic service award
to Karl Dohlingor, (Inset above) Saturday night. Dehllnger, 32, returned from the service to go
into inrm operation and became president ot the Kiamatn potato urowers association, tie was
not present at the Jaycea banquot Saturday night, being out of the state, and the pin was pre
sented to his parents. Left to right in the picture: L. Orth Slsemore, making, the presentation;
Sam Dehllnger, Karl's father) Secretary of State Robert Farrell Jr., speakef on the occasion.
and Mrs. Dehllnger, mother ot the award winner. . ' . aj- ; -
Karl Dehlinger Receives
Community Service Award
For the first time, the Klam
ath Junior chamber of com
merce community service
award has been given to a dirt
farmer.
Knrl Dehllnger, 32-year-old
president of the Klamath Po
tato Growers association, was
announced as the aword win
ner Saturday night at the Jun
ior chamber Founder's Day
banquet at the Willord hotel.
Dehlinger, an ex-service man
who wus discharged as a cap
tain after serving in Alaska and
the Aleutians, began operation
of a farm in the Henley district
and lias been president of the
Important growers' association
as successor to Henry Semon,
long-time president.
Dehllnger was active in 4-H
club work as a farm youth
here, graduated ' from Oregon
State college, served in the ex
tension service and the state
federal inspection service, went
to war, and returned here to
farm. President L. Orth Sise
more of tho senior chamber, in
announcing the choice, pointed
out that it recognized some
thing which the chamber is
anxious to encourage commu
nity interest on the part of
men who are home from war
service..
The award is mode secretly
to a man under 35, and Dehlin
ger, uninformed that It was
coming, was in California on
business Saturday,, so his father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Dehlinger, received the pin in
his behalf. s.
Guest speaker at the dinner
Grocer Quizzed In Throat
Slashing Of Detroit Girl
DETROIT, Jan. 28 (P) A 29-year-old
grocer was questioned
today in connection with the at
tack yesterday on seven-year-old
Rosalie Glgunti, found in an al
leyway with her throat slashed.
Inspector Charles Senrle, head
of .the homicide squad and As
sistant Prosecuting Attorney
Martin Pnulsma said the man
held is Frank Lobaldo, part own
er at a grocery store about a
block and a half from the Giganti
homo in Detroit's cost side.
No charges hove been filed
agnlnst Lobaldo. and both Scarle
and Paulsma sold he had denied
under extended questioning that
he hod any knowledge of the at
tack. Detective Lt. Edward Wurm
of the homicide squod said this
noon that stains found on Lobai
do's clothing were disclosed by
tests In the police scientific lab
oratory to be human blood.
At receiving , hospital where
Rosalie was taken yesterday, Dr.
Saul Finer said she "probably"
had been raped. w.
' Hospital physicians said this
noon that she had a good chance
of recovery, although it could
not bo determined whether her
speech would bo fully restored
because of throat wounds.
There were two deep slashes
in tne cnnci s inroat. une sev
ered a nerve lust above the vocal
chord but the jugular vein was
not injured, To enable her to
breatho physicians Inserted a sil
ver tube in her throat.
The cirl's father. Jacob Glean
tl, 27, an overseas veteran now
employed in a local auto plant,
told police he sent the child to
tho store Sunday afternoon to
buy milk and bread.
When she failed to return, the
father searched unsuccessfully in
the neighborhood and eventually
notified police.
Meanwhile, Georgia Asterion,
18, on her way to visit a friend,
found the little girl, bloody and
snecchless from the throat
wound, trying to pull herself
erect on a gate in en alleyway
near the grocery.
was Robert Farrell Jr., secre
tary of state, who suggested a
number of projects worthy of
the Interest ot young men in
the Junior chamber, including
constructive efforts to discour
age juvenile delinquency. Men
tioning the recent public inter
est in a whipping incident at
the state training school at
Woodbum, Farrell told of the
acute shortage of quarters in
that institution as well as Hill
crest, the school for girls, which
prevents segregation of new
comers and confirmed trouble
makers. Farrell urged the Junior
chamber to make a stand in
support of the American system
of government.
John Sandmeyer, president
of the Junior chamber, gave
special awards to George Con
ner and William Kunz for out
standing organization work in
the year. C. R. Stark was toast-master.
Action Waits In
Shooting Case
' Clyde Todd, Southern Pacific
special officer, cooled his heels
in the county jail today as the
district attorney's office turned
its attention from the fatal
shooting of Ross Simmers to the
pressing job of trying the
Heuvel case.
Todd, accused of second de
gree murder, held a gun that
sent a bullet through Simmers'
heart in an Ice dock office in
the Southern Pacific yard Fri
day night. An autopsy report
today showed tnat . tne bullet
pierced tne right side of tne
fruit express company inspect
or's heart, and lodged just un
der the skin of one shoulder
blade.
Whether Todd will ask for a
preliminary hearing on the
second degree murder charge
has not been disclosed by him.
Witnesses said the gun went
off after Todd and Simmers
engaged in what looked to be
good-natured horseplay. They
related that Simmers took a
blackjack from Todd, whose
gun suddenly appeared in his
hand and discharged.
Snow Whitens
Rogue Valley
MEDFORD, Jan. 28 ()
Three-fourths of an inch of snow
heaviest yet this winter
whitened lower levels of the
Rogue river valley today.
Mountains received a heavy
snow blanket. Continued flur
ries were forecast for the day
Ramsey Quits
Football Post
The Klamath Pelican football
coaching job was wide open, for
all comers today, after Frank
Ramsey handed in his resigna
tion. ,. :
Ramsey, first in line for - the
job, spent a couple of '. days
here last week, talked the situa
tion over with school officials,
and on Saturday night said that
after careful study, he was
handing in his resignation. The
board accepted it, as it had the
resignation of "Snowy" Gus
tafson earlier in the week. Both
men had gone from the post
here into the service.
School officials said they
have several applications for
the job, and among men being
considered is Al Simpson, who
coached outstanding teams at
Medford high school the last
two years.
Ramsey coached here two
years and then went to the
marine corps. He played with
the El Toro marines, and last
fall spent a season with the
professional Chicago Bears. He
has not disclosed his plans for
next year. He is liviig tem
porarily at Corvallis.
10 Persons
Perish In
Kansas City
4 Dead, 14 Injured
In Hotel Blaze
At St. Louis
By The Associated Press
Twenty-six persons lost their
lives in weekend fires through
out the nation.
Kansas City had 4he most seri
ous, with 10 persons killed and
at least four hurt in an apart
ment house iite. Six of the dead
were children.
Four died and 14 were in
jured in a hotel fire at St. Louis.
In New York, three lives were
lost and one person was injured
when a lower east side tenement
burned. A residential fire in
Harlem also took the life of a
four-month-old negro baby.
Three men died of suffoca
tion at Skowhegan, Me., when
fire consumed the oxygen in a
cabin in which they were sleep
ing. The blaze, believed started
by a cigarette, had burned itself
out when firemen reached the
scene.
Two Suffocate
Two other suffocation deaths
resulted in a Chicago apartment
hotel fire and one person was in
jured. The victims were women.
At Monroe, La., names sweep
ing inrougn part ot a small notei
killed two and injured five.
Blazes at three other nlaces
Jef fc-ljeavy property damage with
several reponea nun.
Wind-driven flames .swept
through 10 business buildings in
the heart of Charleston, W. Va.,
and in which four were injured.
A business district conflagration
at Columbia, Tenn., caused an es
timated damage of $400,000. In
New York harbor, the 3537-ton
cargo snip jacoD JLucKennacn,
anchored a mile south of the
Statue of Liberty, had a fire in its
hold which raged more than an
hour before crew members and
fire boats brought it under con
trol. A 14-year-old boy died at Fort
Atkinson, Wis., when fire de
stroyed a lakeside cottage. His
15-year-old companion crossed
lake ice while barefooted in sub
zero temperature to go for aid.
Slick Pavements
Cause Damage
Slick pavements, caused- by
sub - freezing temper atures,
brought more business in the
way of damaged cars than local
garages and repair shops could
manage, a Monday morning sur
vey showed.
One operator said that "25
or 30 wrecked cars" were
hauled in Saturday and Sunday
and although a number of the
machines were in a bad shape,
law enforcement officers said
they had no word of personal
injuries suffered by automo
bile occupants.
Product eu
iesumdd iy
Pack (Fi
By The Associated Press
Sharply increased livestock receipts at most principal market!
and a return to work of "apparently all" 248.000 striking meat
workers gave promise today thai normal meat supplies would
be quickly restored.
A government spokesman at Chicago said production wis
under way in the government-seised meat plants, with the strik
ing CIO and AFL meat workers back on the job.
Farmers who had held back much of their livestock during
the strike, began shipping in quantity again. Receipts oi cattle
at principal markets today totaled 92.100 compared with 43,100
a week ago; sheep. 42,000 against 8200, and hogs, 136,000 com
pared with 53.045.
Meanwhile, efforts were resumed In Washington to end a
truck strike which has tied up shipments in the midwest since
November 15. Senator Young (R-N.D.) arranged a meeting of
senators with representatives of the AFL Central States Driver
Council and the Midwest Truck Operators association. The driv
ers are seeking higher mileage rates.
In Washington, Harold C. Havighurit, professor of labor law at
Northwestern university, told -
the senate labor committee that
enactment of aoy "labor bait
ing legislation at this time
would "bring us to the verge of
a civil war."
A high government official
predicts the steel strike will
end "within a week or so."
This official said a "settle
ment bloc" within the steel in
dustry has gained the ascend
ance over those who would pre
fer to "fight it out" with 750,
000 striking CIO steelworkers.
Thus, another fillip was giv
en today to a wave of optimism
engendered by Ford and Chrys
ler wage settlements, resump
tion of meat packing under
government control and rail
road arbitration agreements,
1,400.000 Idle
However, around 1,400,000
workers continued idle in labor
disputes, not counting returning
meat industry workers.
The Washington official, who
is closely concerned with ad
ministration labor policy but
cannot be identified, said his
forecast of a quick end to the
steel strike was based only in
part on the trend shown in the
automotive agreements. He
added there are signs within
the steel industry itself that
settlement advocates are gain
ing the upper hand.
- Effects of the steel strike.
now in its eighth aay?'te be
ginning to be felt, in reiatea
industries, where layoffs by the
thousands were- predicted for
the next few days.
Truman To Ask
Loan
WASHINGTON, . Jan. 28 (ff)
President Truman told congres
sional leaders today : he will
sends message to congress
about the middle of the week
asking ratification of the
$4,400,000,000 British loan and
credit agreement.
"We also expect to get start
ed soon on legislation extend
ing the (economic) stabilization
act and the authority of the
OPA," Senator Barkley (Ky.)
the democratic leader said.. .
The m-esident has urged ex
tension of the office of price
administration a year Deyona
June 30, its present expiration
date.
Barklev said the regular
weekly congressional confer
ence with Mr. Truman was con
cerned largely with the Brmsn
lnan It rails for a S3.750.000,-
000 loan plus an additional
credit relating to settlement
of lend-lease.
Fire Destroys Motor Freight Building
h z& Si
tiSlftri ,si
Reds Attack
Validity Of
Iran Appeal
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
LONDON. Jan. 28 lPi Rtia
challenged the validity of Iran's
appeal the the United Nations
security council today after the
xidmHn delegate naa
charged the Soviet Union was
guilty of "a number of interven
tions in Iranian affairs."
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, the So- '
viet's vice commissar of foreign
affairs, told the 11-member coun
cil, holding its first major hear
ing on a political issue between
sovereign nations, that the Iran
ian cnarges were "raised by a
government no longer in power
and the claims have not suffi
cient grounds" for action by the
security group. , . , .
New Premier
A new Iranian premier,
Ahmed Qavam es Saltaneh, took
over in Tehran during the week
end, succeeding Ibrahim Hakimi
who had instructed the Iranian
delegation to" raise the' Issu b'e?"'
fore the UNO.
S. H. Taqizadeh, chief Iranian
delegate, told the council the dis
pute was being brought up be
cause it might lead to "interna
tional friction."
The council adjourned until
Wednesday without taking ac
tion. - .
Vishinsky asked specifically
that the council "leave the mat- .
ter aside and open for solution
by negotiations by both parties."
"This would be more just and
fair and would be in the spirit
of good neighbors," he declared.
Russia, he continued, wanted
cordial relations with all nations.
had never refused to negotiate -with
Tehran, and under the UNO
charter the method of direct ne
gotiation is the only which
should first be applied to a dis
pute. "It is much too early, to say
that the parties to the dispute
cannot come to terms between
themselves," he concluded. "The
refusal to continue negotiations
came from the Iranian side and
not the Soviet side. We were .
and are prepared to continue
these negotiations."
Nine Dead In
Hangar Blaze
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 28
OP) Nine persons were burned
to death and 38 others were in
jured today when flames swept
the main hangar of Tinker field.
The bodies of the eight per
sons . were removed from the
smoldering wreckage of the han
gar after workmen had cleared
away some of the debris.
Identification was not possible
immediately. All eight ot the :
bodies were . burned beyond
recognition. ,
Firemen continued to dig into
the wreckage, fearing greater
loss of life.
Intense heat generated by the
"flash" fire which swept the
hangar kept firemen from
searching for possible fatalities
untli several hours after the blaze
ended. -
The flames were fed by gaso
line. ,.. - .
Fire,
caused by an exploding oil stove,
left a scene of rubble and ruin in the E. F. Ander-
huildinn. 3225 S. 8 th. shortly before noon Saturday. Destroyed in
addition to the structure was a dietel truck, set up on blocks. An estimated $16,000 damage
was dont. . , . .. . , -
Arriving In !
United States
By Associated Press
Gene ' W. Behnke, Cpl.,
Tulelake, arrived on Wilson
Victory due in New York, Jan
uary 24.
Jack I. Robinson, T4
Klamath Falls, arrived on
Williams Victory due in New
York, January 25.
Frank N. - Rosso, PFC
arrived on William and Mary
Victory ' due, in New York
January 25. ' , p..
Delayne E. Rugg, Sgi.,
Klamath Falls, arrived on
USS Bottencau due in Ta
coma January 28.