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THERE li an Interesting de
velopment on the Industrial
governmental front today.
Civilian Production Admin
istrator John D. Small holds a
news conference In Woshlngton
and tella the aaaumblcd reporter
that "MAYBE prlcoa are being
held o firmly a to HAMPER
RECONVERSION AND CON
TRIBUTE TO INDUSTRIAL
STRIFE."
YWHAT he meana la this:
" Wo've got ' ouraelvea
anarlod up In a men.
Lot's get out of It by giving
the workers HIGHER WAGES
and then lotting the bosses
chnrgo HIGHER PRICES.
TjrE aaya to the ncwapapor
men:
"I favor uneaulvocably the
continuance of. price controla to
wlthaland 'aevere Inflationary
prcnuros,' but auch controla
ahould be uaed to bring about
the moat rapid increase In pro
duction.
(Which is another way of. say-
Ing that a LITTLE inflation will
bo mighty good lor ua especial
ly In thla Jam we'vo got our
selvea Into.)
IE adda:
nllnif Ihrnnillmi, ihn lniintrv
that price increases would be
aooui me worn wing inn cuum
happen to ua. To my mind,
LACK OF PRODUCTION ia the
worst thing."
THAT ia to soy, if you want It
but CAN'T GET IT what dif
ference doea the Drlce make?
Thla newspaper s photographic
department, for example, ia out
of flash bulbs. It would rather
pay more for them than to go on
doing without them.
(When you want butter, but
can't get it, you may or may not
reel me aamo way.j
IF CPA Boat Small ware Juat
another Washington bureau,
crmt talkliut to the reoorter.
what he has to aay might not be
algnwcani. una suspects, now
avar. that thla Isn't the case.
It has been fairly obvious all
along that the EASY way out of
our strike troublea would be to
permit Industry to increase
nrices enough to offset wage In
cresses. Politicians, like (he
. rest of ua.Oike the- oasy way -out.
They seldom take the HA1
It Is a fair guess that instead
of merely going oft at half-cock
Civilian Production Boas Small
waa PUT UP TO IT by the
higher-ups, who are on a very
hot sdoI Indeed aa a result of a
strike situation that has got
badly out of hand. -,'
They've not themselves into a
position where permitting prices
to rise enough to offset the cost
of rising wages la aooui tne oniy
way to get oit tins not spot wiin
out being badly burned. -
If this guest is accurato, we
ahall see OPA receding, slowly
into the background, muttering
angrily Into its beard aa It re
tires.
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WHATEVER we do, left not
kid ourselves about thla new
policy (if it la to be THE new
nollcv.)
What it meant ia that we are
shifting to a new level in which
the lucky ones will have MORE
dollars that will BUY LESS.
(The unlucky ones are another
storv. Unfortunately forthem,
they are scattered and unorgan
ized and their I'ltcssuitt power
ia small,) ;''
THE stock market reacU
promptly to what looka like
tho newgovornment wago-prlce
act-up. Trading la to heavy this
morning that the - ticker - la
swamped again, although the
price ups are not so sharp as
yesterday, when the vague out
lines of this new policy began to
emerge dimly from the mists. -
It Is the business of smart
stock market traders to see these
things coming and act quickly,
They acted quickly yesterday.
Crew Taken Off
Grounded Ship
SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (Pj All
officers and the crew have been
taken off tho 5 100-ton refriger
ator snip urown Reefer,
agrouna in neavy winter seas
on Amchltka island In the
Aleutians, by a navy rescue tug,
the navy operating base at
AuuK'- rauioeu mo lain naval
district- today.
The vessel's engine room was
flooded, with water within two
- feet of the top of the engines,
and the double bottom was ap
parently torn open, a message
said. The Crown Reefer, which
aailed from here January 1
with a cargo of perishables for
iioaiaK island and other Aleu
tian bases, ran aground Sunday
nigHt In a heavy storm:
WEATHER
(January 29)
Max. (Jan. 28) ... 30 Min 18
Precipitation last 24 hours ....
-Trace
Stream year to date 9.00
Normal ...,i,42 Last year ....4.94
' Forecast! Scattered showers.
OPA Price
Row Brought
Into Open
Realistic And Flexible
Policy Asked By
CPA Chief
By MARVIN L. ARROWBMITH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (IP)
A government official's plea
for a "realistic and flexible"
prlco policy brought Into tho
open today a long-smouldering
row betweon OPA and other
federal agencies.
The nub of the debate that
has been hauled from behind
closed doors Is whether prices
are being held so firmly as to
hamper reconversion and con
tribute to Industrial strife.
Civilian Production Adminis
trator John D. Small made tho
plea for what, he called rcullsm
and flexibility. Ho said at a
news conference yesterday:
Little Meaning
"The maintenance of a firm
price line means little if goods
are not available for purchase
at that level."
- Small said ho favors un
equlvocubly the contlnuanco of
price controls to withstand "se
vere inflationary pressures."
But ho added that such con
trols should bo used "to bring
about the most rapid Increase
m production."
'There has been a growing
feeling throughout the coun
try," Small declared, "that
price Increases would bo about
the worst thing that could hap
pen. To my mind, lack of pro
duction is the worst thing."
Small said he discussed this
matter several times with OPA
Administrator Chester Bowles,
adding that while Bowles Is
"worried about lack of produc
tion" he fools at the same time
that the price line should bo
held.
Two Held In
Degnan Crime
CHICAGO. Jan. 20 W)
Chief of Detectives Walter
Storms said today that two
young men were held without
charge for questioning about
telephdnercallstn a d o to the
home of Suzanne Degnan after
the 6-yenr-old girl was kid
naped, killed and dismembered
on January 7.
Storms identified the youths
as Theodore Campbell, 22, and
Vincent Coatello, 18, - and said
they -told him that they tele-
S honed the home after 0 a. m
anuary 7. Suzanne'a father,
James E. Degnan, discovered
her missing at 7:30 a, m. that
day.
Storms emphasized, however,
that the young men had not
made any statements connect
ing them with tho kidnaping or
killing.
Storms said Costcllo had
been on parole from the Illinois
training school for boys near
St. Charles, 111. After stating
that a third youth was sought,
he later said this was not cor
rect. . ,
72 Jap Holdout
Soldiers Kilted
MANILA, Jan. 20 (P) Seventy-two
Japanese holdout sol
diers were killed three days
ago in the southern Luzon prov
ince, Camarlnes Norte, in com-
Dat witn a iiiipmo oattauon
which had tried for six weeks
tcpersuade them to surrender.
- There were no Filipino cas
ualties, western Pacific army
headquarters said in reporting
the action today.
Intelligence officers of the
80th division, charged with po
licing the area, estimated 48
Japanese escaped into rugged
hills ISO miles south of Manila.
Dies
iff ; W
Harry L. ' Hopkins, (above)
formar special assistant to the
lata President Roosevelt, diad
today at Memorial hospital in
Nsw York.
Death Claims
Harry Hopkins
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (IP)
Hnrry L. Hopkins, 88, former
special assistant to the late
President Roosevelt, died at 8:38
ii. m. (PST) today at Memorial
hospital.-
Hopkins entered the hospital
last November. He hod been In
ill health for several years and
resigned his White House post
last July 3, saying "I must take
a rest."
A hospital attache said the na
ture of Hopkins' illness had not
been determined.
.He had been reported In ser
ious "but not critical" condition
early today.
Since leaving Washington.
Hopkins had been Impartial
chairman of New York City'a
cloak and suit Industry. He suc
ceeded former Mayor James J.
Walker to the post. Hla salary
was reported to be about $28,000
yearly.
Born in Sioux City, Iowa, he
became federal relief adminis
trator during the depression
years of the 1930s and later be
came President Roosevelt's clos
est confidant.
Court Upholds
Davis Ruling r
SALEM, Jan. 29 (P) The
state supreme court today upheld
a Klamath county circuit court
Judgment awarding $10,000 dam
ages to Dale Davis, IS, Klamath
Falls, who lost a leg when his
bicycle collided April 19, 1944.
with a car driven by Michael
Lavenlk. .
Tho accident occurred on Mon
Claire street In Klamath Falls.
The boy, through his father, Al
len ii. Davis,: suea iavenw,
charging negligence. Lavenik's
appeal was based on a charge
thnt the bov also was negligent.
The opinion, by Chief Justice
Harry n. uen, upnoia uircuu
Judge Dnvm it. vanacnDerg.
Officers Check
Cine Movements
PORTLAND, Jan. 29 (ZD
Four Sim Francisco law officers
were searching today for places
Alfred Leonard Cllne, charged
In San Francisco with forgery
In the estates of two wives, may
have stayed overnight last No
vember 22 and 23.
Tho officers conferred here
vesterdav with District Attorney
T. B. Handley and city detectives
into activities of unne wnen ne
was here. Cllne directed crema
tion here of the body of a wom
an he snid was his wife and list
ed as Mrs, Eva Dclora Krebs
Cllne, one of the wives whose
estates ne is charged with mis
handling) Handley reported.
The officers planned to check
hotels en route - south to San
Francisco.
Nurse Asks Annulment Of
Marriage To '1-Man Army'
MANILA, Jan. 29 (P) A Ba
taan civilian nurse today asked
annulment of a marriage sho said
she hod contracted December 7,
1941, with Maj. Arthur Wer
muth, famed "one-man army," in
ignorance of tho fact he had pre
viously married In the United
States.
(In Traverse City, Mich., Wer
muth said the alleged marriage
in Manila "Is news to- me. I
don't know a thing about it. I
want- to flatly deny it, right
now.")
The annulment petition, filed
In the Manila courts, was signed
Mrs. Olivia Josephine Oswald
Wcrmuth. (Wermuth, who re
cently . announced he probably
would seek a U. S. senate seat
when he leaves tho army, sold
he didn't even know her. Wer
muth married Jean Wilklns of
Chicago on Juno 1, 1938.)
Miss Oswald, who has been
using her maiden name- since
she learned of Wermuth's mar-,
riage, said In her petition that
she married him after a whirl,
wind courtship, on the roof gar
den of tho Great Eastern hotel in
a twilight ceremony the day be
fore the Japanese bombed Man
ila. ., . - .- .
An army chaplain whom she
named as li. Stalnback per
formed the ceremony, she said.
and her honeymoon was spent
in tne tragic setting of Bataan
where Wermuth earned world
renown 'as the slayer of at least
116 Japanese before he was cap
tured. - .
Wermuth had been ordered
back to his regiment within 24
hours after her wedding, her pe
tition continued, and the tall, at
tractive brunette, now 25, joined
him on Bataan, acting as civilian
nurse. After the surrender, she
followed tne deatn marchers to
Camp Odonncll hoping to aid
mm.
Her deep red-brown hair glint
lnM in tu . , 1 1 11J i
inn iii Buiuifsiib, aim iuiu in
terviewers today that she first
learned. Wermuth hod a wife In
the United States when she sow
pictures of the hero's return
home in Manila papers late In
October. At least two included
pictures of Wermuth's American
wife - - -
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Telephone Mill
PRICE FIVE CENTS
A. - KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29.
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Number 10711
GiHon Girl On Stand
ft
Witness'
Character
Trial Issue
All-Man Jury To Hear
Sensational Case
In Court Here
Virginia Rose Gibson, the
state's chief witness against Earl
Heuvel, took' the stand at 2
o'clock this afternoon in the sod
omy case against the former
Klamath Falls chief of police.
Both the prosecution and de
fense completed their opening
statement to the jury at 1:48
p. m.
Rex Kimmel, assistant attor
ney general from Salem and
here to direct the Drosecution.
outlined the state's case, the tes
timony ne intended to use from
the time Miss Gibson first came
to Klamath Falls late In October,
1944. through the period the al
leged attack occurred on Novem
ber 10, 1944.
No Eye Witness
Kimmel said ne would bring
every available witness into
court to corroborate all details
of the charge but that It would
be impossible to present an eye
witness ' to the alleged tot a
such witnesses are never avail
able In cases of this kind.
The prosecutor requested that
all witnesses be ordered to leave
the courtroom before testimony
was given from the stand.
Earl Bernard of Portland, co-laborating-
with Herbert. Welch
of Lakevlew in defense of the
former chief, opened his state
ment to the turv bv ad vlslne the
volremn.ihey.- Wiould kep in
mina in onense was allegedly
committed in a room in the city
hall visited by the jurors this
morning and - observed that it
was a "very busy office where
people are going and coming all
the time." "
The defense attorney' recalled
the first time Virginia Rose Gib
son became Known to the Klam
ath Falls police in January of
1944, when the . police . were
searching for a man believed to
be her husband, a James Bailey,
wanted on a bank robbery
charae. The woman was nicked
up at that time, Bernard said,
and released.
Bernard said he would also
put into evidence past records
of Miss Gibson and Bernice
Evelyn Huff, a second witness.
A similar charge of sodomy on
the person of Miss Huff, was
tried in court a month ago, when
a jury found Heuvel not guilty
of the act.
While making hit statement
to the jury, Bernard observed
that if such an act aa the state
said Heuvel committed against
Miss Gibson, had been accom
plished, it was not done under
coercion. Bernard said Heuvel
would deny he had immoral deal
ings with the Uibson girl at any
time. . -. . :
Tour Office (
Immediately after the trial
jury was sworn in this morning
Judge Arlie G. Walker took the
12 men on a tour of the offices
in the city hall where the al
leged act of sodomy against Vir
ginia Rose Gibson took place
when Heuvel was chief of po
nce, wovemoer 10, 1844. -The
Gibson woman and Ber
nice Evelyn Huff were prisoners
at the city jail at the time. Judge
Walker instructed the jurors to
get a clear picture of the physi
cal aspects of the police chief's
office in order to be able to fol-
(uonii&nca a rasa s, mini s)
PFC Irwin Smith
Kilted In Action
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'' BPP M. Smith -nr..
Lorena Craln of- Beatty, was
killed October 30, 1948. in Mar
seille, France, as the result of
gunshot wounds according to in
formation sup
pi 1 e d Mrs.
Craln by the
war depart-ment.
Mrs. Craln
was not ad
vised as to the
details of her
son's d e a t n.
Young Craln
,ni-u,il With
the corps of pFC. SMITH
military police overseas, i !
Irwin Smith is the second
member of the Klamath Indian
tribe to lose his life while in serv
ice. The first was PFC Raymond
Enouf for whom Rayenouf field
at Klamath Agency is named.
He was killed in action on Iwo
Jlma with the United States ma
rine corps.
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Not One But Four Pile Up!
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Traffic was hald up, for a considerable length of time Saturday afternoon when four cart
(elMcopad on the s. Btn- street viaduct during tn Heavy moving Hour, l ntre wera no injuries.
Investigating police said. It all started when a tz nek, not pictured, was forced to alow, suddenly
and tne trailing cara amacked one-into anotnar. . '
Icy Pavements
Cause fnjurles
" Several Injuries resulted from
ley pavement according to TQam-'
ath Valley hospital reports this
morning. Pat Cannon, 69, 321
Oak, was admitted to the hospi
tal at noon from the Klamath
county health unit where he had
been moved at 8:30 last night
when pedestrians saw him fall
on the sidewalk at 4th and Main.
Cannon was found to have a
fractured right hip. He was
transferred by Merchants Police
ambulance to the health unit
where Dr. Peter H. Rozendal
treated him. Later Cannon was
treated at Klamath Valley. He
has lived In this area for many
years.. : '
Mrs. Vida Nichols, 510 N..7th,
at one time employed in the hos
pital dispensary, was . admitted
this morning for treatment of a
fractured right-' arm,, suffered
when she fell Saturday on the
pavement near her .home.
Five Dead In
Chilean Riot
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 29 P)
The Chilean cabinet ' was re
shuffled today as the govern
ment prepared for a showdown
with labor by imposing strict
censorship and a 60-day state of
siege following a bloody riot yes
terday afternoon between police
and labor demonstrators in which
five persons were killed and 77
injured.
Mounted troops patrolled San
tiago streets early this morning
and the government ordered all
soldiers on leave to report to
their barracks and hold them
selves ready for duty.
Two changes were made in the
cabinet, giving military men new
posts of authority, and some
quarters predicted other appoint
ments would be forthcoming.
Grasps. Microphone
During the rioting, which took
place in the heart of this' city,
Bernardo Ibanez, 'general secre
tary of the Chilean Workers Fed
eration, grasped a . microphone
and announced that a general na
tionwide strike would be called
Immediately to protect the ac-.
tion of the police. . ' 1
One of those killed was a wom
an. Six women and five police
men were known to be among
those wounded. The -condition.
of 25 of the wounded was re
ported as serious.
After the fighting' the demon
strators, members of the Work
ers Federation,: paraded through
the streets with banners dipped
in blood. '
Arriving In j "
United States
By Associated Preta
William J. Felton, PFC,
Klamath Falls arrived on
Refuge due in Seattle. Janu
ary 29. ' '
Yoman Dies
After Mishap
'' Mrs. Roderick (Mary) Frain,
53, - member, of a well-known
Klamath county family, died at
8:30 p. m. Monday: in Klamath
Valley hospital where she had
been receiving treatment for In
juries suffered January 22 when
she was struck by a car said
driven by. James Herbert Mc
Culloch, 20-year-old soldier.
Mrs. Frain was en route to her
home, 1522 Martin, when she
was injured. Police said the Mc
culloch machine struck Mrs.
train at 8. eth and Martin as
she was crossing the street. The
woman was carried about 48 feet
before she was dropped to the
pavement. Her injuries, at the
time, were declared serious, but
later the hospital reported her
concuaon improved.
" Autopsy
At the request of the district
attorney, an autopsy will be con
ducted by Dr. George H. Adler.
Klamath county coroner, prob
ably late this afternoon. The
time for ah inquest is tentative
ly set for Thursday. The body
is at ward's.
xoung Mcculloch, who re
sides on route 3, was arrested by
city police at the scene of the
accident, charged with reckless
driving and released on his own
recognizance. Later, McCulloch
posted $50 bail in police court
on the reckless driving charge.
He was home on leave at the
time of the accident.
Mary Doneison Frain was
born October 19. 1892. in Du-
quesne, Pa. She had resided for
the past 34 years in Jackson and
Klamath counties. At the time
of her death she was employed
in tne Jtuamatn county tax col
lector's office. She taught
school in the Klamath schools at
one tune.
In" addition to her husband
Roderick, who has a ranch at
Copco, Calif., just over the Oregon-line,
Mrs. Frain is' survived
by one son, Hardman. a KUHS
student, two sisters, Mrs. Sadie
Chilcote and Mrs. Pete Silani,
and two brothers, Merwin M.
rinnnleAn nnet . nfflna Amnlnva
and Charles G. Doneison, all of
Klamath Falls.
Mediator
Hopes For
Quick Pact
Definite Move By End
Of Week Predicted
By James Dewey;
- By The Associated Ptms .
Definite action before the anal
of the week in the 70-day Gen
eral Motors' strike was predicted
inAv Kv T.m.a T1a...a.
appointed special federal media
tor Detween the CIO United AUto
Workers and the corporation.
A veteran at settling Detroit
labor disputes, Dewey, a former
member of the labor depart
ment's conciliation service, told
reporters "I am hoping for suc
cess and will stay here (In De
troit) until this matter ia ironed
out." i
. Dewey said he had been given
a free hand by Secretary of La
bor Schwellenbach in the wag
dispute which has made Idle)
more than 200,000 workers.
nope man
Hope ran high for an earlv
settlement aa both the union
and General Motors agreed to
accept mediation. The other
two of the big three in the auto
industry Ford and Chrysler .
previously came to term with
the UAW on wage demands.
Ford with a boost of 18 cents an
hour and Chrysler with 181
cents. ..
' A fact finding board recom
mended 19t cents In tha Oil
wage dispute, a figure which tho
union said it would accept but
which was turned down by com
pany officials.. ...
Meanwhile the giant steal
strike threatened if Drolonaed
to make idle an additional 1,-
vuu.uuu worxers in allied indus
tries within a month.
. Hopes of a settlement within
a week of tha steel dismit alu
have been voiced by a high, of
ficial of the U. S. labor depart
ment who declined to permit ute)
ui nia name.
Giri Sentenced .
To 2 Years For
Aiding Escapees
1 MEDFORD, Jan. 29 VP)
Doris' Burtis, 28,' who admitted
smuggling hacksaw blades Into
county jail to help her brother
and three other prisoners escape,
was sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary today. ; -
She pleaded. guilty in circuit
court here.
Calvin Burtis, who broke out
of jail Jan. 5 with Bobby J. Nel
son, Roger Chapman and Wil
liam Mackey, was arrested later
with hit sister in Susanville,
Calif., on an armed robbery
charge. ' Chapman and - Mackey
were apprehended ' soon - after
their escape, but Nelson still is
at large.
Local Yoman
Hurt In Fall
Mrs. A. C. Backes, prominent
Klamath business woman - and
chairman of the March of Dimes
campaign in the infantile paraly
sis fund, slipped on the ice
covered pavement at Pine and
Esplanade at 9:30 this morning
and suffered a fracture of the
right leg below the. knee.
Mrs. Backes was moved to
Hillside hospital by Merchants
Police ambulance. ,
A number of falls occurred in
the business area this morning
as a light snow covered the icy
pavenient and sidewalks. While
Mrs. Backes waited for the ar
rival of the ambulance, three
other women passing by slipped
on the ice although none was
injured. -- . -
; Bulletin
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (fP
Overriding a request by Presi
dent " Truman," the -house today
psued a bill returning tha U. S.
employment service to state con
trol not later' than June 30.
217 Nebraska Farmers Vote
To Strike Against Strikes
EDGAR, Neb'., Jan. 29 (P)
A group of 217 Clay county
farmers who . said they need
"farm tools and machinery,
bathtubs and refrigerators last
night voted a - strike against
strikes '
In a resolution proposed by V."
Hubert Johnson, the group de
cided to withhold their farm pro
duce from market until the na
tion's' industrial workers return
to 'their-- jobs.1 Johnson - was
named head of a ' committee
which will fix the date of the
proposed strike.
This decision followed a simi-
lar step taken Saturday nljjht at
Chickasaw, Okla., where farm
ers voted. to continue producing
but not to market anything un
til all strikes are settled. "No
goods for us, no food for you,"
the Oklahomans . said in ..their
resolution. ; :l
The Edgar resolution asserted
that farmers here are hot "tak
ing sides in the industrial bat
tles," but added, "we will sup
ply no one but ourselves."
Johnson said that "when we
shut off sources of food, strikers
will work or starve." -. '
Church
Site Issue i
A -"recent bid for the purchase
of two lota in the vicinity of
Commercial and vWalnut -by J
Mrt. C. M. Timnu, ' pastor of
the ' Union Mission church for
colored people,- was protested :
by. property owners- In the area
at Monday night's council, ses
sion. .
." In :her application Mrs.
Tlnunt stated that "part of the
property would be used for tho
building of a church with the
remainder in the " interests of'
the mission." The -council, post
poned action last-week until
Mrs. Timms could be present
to clarify her intentions. Sha :
said last night that in addition
to the church, she planned to
erect, living quarters because -there
are few places for colored
people to rent.
( : Will Ball
; K. I. Douglas and 2. A.
Smith, representing the prop--erty
holders in that district,
asked the council to give an' im
mediate decision, stating that if
the decision was in favor of
Mrs. Timms It was their inten
tion to sell their property a
they- considered . the ' value,
would' go down.
They added that they had no
discrimination ' against- the
church but felt that erection
of the building and of living
quarters would force them out
of the area.
'The council referred the mat
ter to the property committee
to investigate and report at the
next meeting when a final de
cision will be handed down, .,
Bodies Hunted .
In Hangar Blaze
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 39
(JP)- Workers continued search
ing for bodies today in the twist
ed wreckage Of Tinker field' -principal
hangar, gutted by a
fire which took the lives of at
least 10 persons and Injured 43
others at the huge army air force
supply depot. -. r
' Seven bodies all ' civilian
workers of Oklahoma City had,
been identified, last night of the
10 found in the wake of the gaso
line fed flames which witnesses
said swept the 15-acre steel struc
ture like a tornado. Col, Ralph
O. Brownfleld, deputy command
er, estimated damage at $750,
000. He named a board of sen
ior officers to - investigate the
cause of the fire, still undeter
mined.. . . -
Atom Bomb Test
Invitation OK'd
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (JP)
Secretary of State Byrnes said
today President Truman has ap--proved
his proposal to Invite the
United Nations atomic energy
commission to. witness the teste
of the atom bomb against naval
ships.
Byrnes emphasized that even
with the president's approval,
however, his proposal should not
yet be construed as the final gov
ernment policy on the subject.