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Newspaper Page Textms otl m mm m ' Tfr u ' V 1 " 7 ; ,: fin Jl By FRANK JENKINS IJEItE'H ono Xor your bouk; 1 According to tho Fish and Wildlife Survlcu, Amurica'a big giiino population 18 Increasing muter ilinn tho nuinbur ol po- tunlliil nuiiloral TN 1043, Flxh and Wildlife tcllit u. wo had o total of 7.HH.-I22 bin game animals, an INCREASE ol b.l) pur cent over JO'll. In lliu auiuu period, our liuinun populution grow Icaa than ono per cent.) UEHE'S onothcr ono for the book: T!T 11M3, PENNSYLVANIA iiud tho nation'ii LA KG EST big mo populution. Michigan runkud second, Minnesota third ni Fur Western Cullfornlu and Oregon trailed ulong in fourth and fifth nlucua. Pcnnxylvunlu la ono of our OLDEST atutca. Michlgun and Mlniicaola aru no aprlng chick cna, o ago la reckoned In our young country, A FULL generation ago, in our minds, we'd kissed our big gume goodbye, and small boya wore saying sadly nun iney would never get a shot ut a deer or a bcur or a cutumount. They wrn tflimmllv SURE of It. YcUfOW highly industrialized Pennsylvania unci Mlcliigun arc utir No. 1 and No. 2 big gumo atuti'i ond richly agricultural Minnesota laNo. Jl WJE'VE linen eloomllv sure of " ao many, many deproaalng liunga mm novcr ewinu iu iui. As long ago n a couple of ti nMnliMlt It nrnlinm. 1st named Multiius had us all con. vinced that the worm a numan populution must increase s riiaif.i ihiin tin world capacity to produce food that we'd all starve to death. Ho had flguroa to prove it. tM thiM Hnva "rndlenl" nolltl cluna and "radical" trenda in thinking uro aeuring our ultra. tf..iitnnrvn!lvft mil uf their boota. A century and a quarter ago Andrew Jackson, the wild man from tho West, wita frightening tho ultra-conaorvauvca oi mo .l 1U .Anl.nnrrl until lhl.ll swiwuwv ..... ... tooth chattered. .They could ace tne cna oi inu iuui.n w. life approaching at a gallop unci no way in hikiii iv owy ,i W7E didn't tlatvf, ns Molthus W mrA .i.'m wnnlri. The , reactionary conservotlam of tho lato mm ono mo cony t-cniurlcs followed Old Hickory a "wlldnesa. WE'RE worried alck about .irii,-. w n Inflation creeping up on ua like a hungry llger UIIU HU wuy v mvy uruic. . ELL, tho atrlkoa of the late ' un'a nnrl flin nnrlv DQ'a ucra vastly moro dlaconccrting than nnvthlnu we're seeing now. They were BLOODY, among u,i. nm tlin MIGHTY TnnnnrTlVE UPSWINGS of tho early part of this century camo oner incin. , Thcro W08 KfcAL, 1IUIIIV1UII, based upon hick of production of ,1. r"l..ll UIiip nnrl llliug.i, unui mu ..r.tin wnnt linnurv with arccn bocks in their pocket. But tho heavy PRODUCTION and tho atlff toMmiiiun inui mi lowed licked the inflation quick ly enough. , , . rE'UP. terrified into connlp- ' inn u hv thA tmitntjicln of tne preasuro groups uuu w w- verging on vt iiiiiku". How about Coxoy's army? TMl II i,trm.lr n? Of courao not. In tho long perspective ot time, Coxoy'a army was no moro than a buz ing gnat. ... t tf.rf.'S aome eood advice: QUIT WORRYING about America. There la nothing in ,k. imAfUn ntHiirA nf tnrlnv II, u ..III.'. - - v Hint hard work, BIG PRODUC TION, intelligent competition nnd a reasonable measure of tolerance won't cure. s Engineers OK Walkout Vote CLEVELAND. Feb. 1 fP) - Committee chairmen of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En utnecrs lodnv unanimously au- thorlzcd n strike vote among the organization's 78,000 members. Tho Brotherhood ot Railroad Trainmen already is polling its 215,000 members on tho ques tion of a striko and expects to have the results compiled about reb. 10. Both Alvanloy Johnston, grand chief engineer, and A. F. Whit ney, president of tho trainmen, have predicted that a strike, if called, would paralyze tho na tion's railroad system. The two brotherhoods, since last July, have been demanding wage in creases and changes in working rules from tho country's rail--roads. Telephone MM 1 1 PHICE riVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1948 Number 10734 w1 WEATHER February I, 1946 Max. (Jan. 31) ...33 Mln 14 Precipitation last 24 houra .. .00 Stream year to date 9.04 Normal ... 6.61 Last year... .5.07 Forecaitt Snow or ahowera. REACH CRASHED PLAN GIZZARD HALTS EFFORTS TO 75 MM Gale Rages On Summit E 40 -Below -Zero Cold Forces Climbers To Retreat By RICHARD K. O'MALLEY ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo., Feb. I OP) A screaming blizzard on tho perilous aldea of 11,125-foot Elk mountain today prevented new efforts to acnle the peak in to which a United Air Linea transport apparently crashed yea tvrduy with 21 persona. P. R. Gallagher of Cheyenne, member of an eight-man search party that fought to within 300 feet of tho summit last night, aaid the climbers wcro forced buck at a 75-mllc-an-hour gale and 40-bclow-zcro cold. "I waa on my handa and feet at tho last," Gallagher aaid. "If we had gone on, we would have had to attend tho night If we had, I don't see how we could have lived." Gallagher was suffering from frostbite and othora in the party were covered with ico when they returned hero last night. They roportcd visibility on the bald, formidable peak, which reaches into tho clouds above Underline, was lesa than 60 feet See No Wreckage They uw no signs of wreckage but were headed directly for the spot where a deep, quarter-mile furrow in the snow convinced aerial acarchcra yesterday that the plane had smashed into the mountain top about 3 a. m. (mountain standard time). Clouds and swirling snow con tinued to shroud the peak today and old-timers sold tho storm might liust a week or more. Tom Reese, a rancher, told tho rescue party It would bo foolhardy to try to scalo the mountain unless tho top was visible. An army convoy of 50 men from Fort Warren, Wyo., ar rived here last night but when officers viewed tho atorm-blastcd mountain they sent 40 of the men bock to Warren to wait for a break in the weather. Bob Rosa, a coal mine superin tendent at Hanna, Wyo., had a ski party organized and was con sidering tho advislbllity of tack ling the mountain from the northwest. Chilean Body Defies Labor SANTIAGO. Chill, Feb. 1 (VP) The . powerful leftist popular front withdrew Its support from the government today after the lattcr's rejection of labor and leftist demands for reorganiza tion of tho cabinet. Tho popular front, which put tile government in power, issued a communique accusing Acting President Alfredo Duhalde of "total responsibility for the pres ent grave crisis" and charging that tho existing situation "could drag the country to a catastrophe of incalculable proportions." Japan a-rom Sinking Ship A ..! -iP Capt. Emuaabure Kato of Nagoya. aklpper of the Japaneae repatriation thip Enoahlma Maru (can ter, with btnoculara), atanda on the deck of the American ahip Brevard aurrounded by aome of the 4300 repatrlatea, after the American ahip had xeacued them in 25 minutea. The Enoihima hit a mine near Shanghai and aank. The American ahip waa akippered by -Lieut. John Elliott of San . Diego, Calif. IAP wlrephoto). X.I f Strike Curb Bill Rapped WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 (VP) The house, .debating heatedly to day over sweeping new strike control legislation, received con flicting demands from national farm and labor leaders. AFL President William Green. in a telegram read to members by Rep. Bailey (D-W. Va.), urged defeat of the bill introduced by Rep. Case (R-S. D.). Green said the measure would bring "chaos, confusion and injustice" and would "disrupt Industrial rela tions." Edward A. O'Neal, president of tho American Farm Federa tion, took the opposite view, however. He wrote all represen tatives advising passage of the Case plan. He said it would pro tect tne public and this is neces sary because of "the apparent disregard for the public interest on the part of both disputants. 7000 More MD's To Be Released WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (VP) The war department today eased the discharge requirements for medical officers to permit the release of 7000 additional doctors within the next five months. By that time, Secretary Pat terson said, all but approximate ly 4000 of the 41,000 physicians who were taken into the army during the war will be back home. GOP Senators Ask Action To Choke Off Filibuster By FRANCIS J. KELLY WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (VP) nupuuiican senators demanded today that action be taken to choke off tho FEPC filibuster. The GOP lawmakers an nounced they are ready to take tho initiative if something isn't done quickly by the democrats who favor tho bill to create a permanent fair employment practice commission. Kenneth S. Wherry, republi can senate whip, gave Senator Chavez (D-N. M.) until the end Of tho week to seek limitation of debate. Senate republicans, he said, "arc getting restless and thov want somo action. They mean business." Chavez, whn mnnAiivprnrl FEPC up for consideration de spite the vehement opposition of southern senators, has. been so liciting votes to have tho so called gag rule invoked against tho filibuster. He claims to have lined tip 44. xi requires a two-third vote ol the senate to limit debate, but only 16 votes to petition - that such a limitation be considered. Tho latter move Is what Wherry has in mind. Ho told Chavez after the sen ate adjourned last night that 21 of those signed up against the filibuster are republicans, or five more than the number required to seek d ebate limitation. Wherry added if Chavez did not move on a bi-partisan basis that limitation bo considered, tho re publicans will file such a peti tion on a partisan basis, Getting 16 signers, however., is only the first step. The petition then must be formally filed with the senate, and that is a - for midable task under the present parliamentary situation. Southern opponents of FEPC have not based their two-weeks-long filibuster on the measure it self, but on technical motions to correct the journal of senate pro ceedings for January 17. The southerners contend debate limi tation cannot be applied against such a motion, . , ,. Portland Jail Said 'Disgrace' For Second Time PORTLAND. Feb. 1 (VP) Portland's city jail was called a "disgrace to. the city" by the county grand' jury again today, for the second time In two months. . , The January grand jury re port made particular criticism of tne women s quarters, as overcrowded. Just a month ago the Decem ber grand jury reported that the jail "is a disgrace to the city of Portland" and said that "plain soap ana water would help." Sled Accident Injures Girl Emllie Elliot, 11 -year -old daughter of C. S. Elliot, man ager of J. C. Penney company, was seriously injured at 4:45 p. m. Thursday while coasting on the Washington street hill near her home. The little girl crossed the Washington and N. 2nd intersection -. on her sled and passed under a car operat ed by Jack D. Ellison; 21, KFJI ajinouncer. "Ellison was "Traveling at a slow rate on the snow packed street and was able to stop im mediately. He assisted the child to her hom ,103 Washington, and then moi? -her to Klamath Valley hospital where the at tending physician reported the little girl suffering from severe contusions of the head, concus sion and a severe laceration of the back. She also has bruises on the right leg. - Emllie was moved to her home last night and was re ported as resting today. Ellison was absolved of blame. Seattle Man Buys Variety Store Sale of the Klamath Variety store to E. M. Alspaugh of Se attle was announced today by Fred Eyerly, who has operated the business for the .last 17 years. Alspaugh is an experienced operator of stores similar to Klamath Variety, and it is ex pected his son will come hero ar resident manager. The new owners took over this morning. Eyerly operated the store at 464 Main for 12 years, and moved it to 838 Main about five years ago. He came here from Woodburn. He said today that he plans to retain his home in Klamath Falls, but will go south for a vacation trip. ' Legion uaims YA Breakdown WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (VP) The American Legion called on congress today for an immediate investigation of a "tragic break down" in the veterans adminis tration under Gen. Omar H. Bradley, who took over as chief less than six months ago. John Stelle, the Legion's na tional commander, made the "de mand" for action in letters to all members of congress and said the law makers should see that their "mandates are no longer ignored by the veterans administration." VA officials at first reserved comment on the letter, but Stclle's aides said its release was preceded by an acrimonious tele phone battle between Stelle and Bradly over major VA policies. Later, officials of the adminis tration announced that Bradley would give a report at a late afternoon news conference on his six months administration. Price Of Sugar Will Be Raised , WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (VP) Stabilization Director John ; C. Collet announced today the re tail price of sugar soon will in crease "slightly mpre than half cent" a pound. ' He said the effective date would be announced, by OPA. An official of that agency said an increase of approximately six- tenths of a cent- a pound-would be put into effect -in the next few days." -' fo) ill) Qroup Struggles Throughout Wight? Without Success A tired jury that had been out nearly 24 hours reported this afternoon that It wot deadlocked on a verdict in the sodomy case against ex-Police Chief Earl Heuvel, but Cir cuit Judge Arlie .Walker sent word to the jurors to keep on trying. It was at 2:30 p. m. today that the jurors knocked on the jury room door and said they could not reach agreement. By that time, they had already established a probable local record for length of deliberation. Old-timers said they could recall no case of jury deliberation going over 24 hours here, and one said that no jury in 20 years had stayed out all night. Apparently hopelessly deadlocked, jurors had nevertheless continued for many hours in discussion of the sensational case. But Judge Walker sent back word that he hoped they could still bring a definite conclusion to their deliberations, and their secret conference went on. At 3:10 p. m. this incident was repeated. Only three trips to restaurants for meals, and a brief return to the courtroom for clarification of instructions, had broken the deliberations of the 12-man body behind the locked door of the courthouse jury room. Actual lapsed time in the jury room at 3:10 to day was approximately 2014 hours. The jury took the case at 3:10 p. m. yesterday. The judge had previously stated that the trial of Heuvel on a charge of contributing to tne delinquency oi a minor t- Todd Says Shooting Accidental Clyde Edward Todd, 37-year- old southern racuic railroad de tective held in the county jail on a charge of second degree murder in connection with the death of Ross C. Simmers last Friday night, will contend that the shooting was accidental, Todd's lawyer, . J. C. O'Neill, said today. Todd has asked for a prelimi nary hearing in justice court, but the date for the hearing has not been set as the district at torney has been busy all this week prosecuting the Earl Heu vel case. No 111 Will O'Neill said that Todd had told him that the shooting was purely accidental and that he had no ill will or any Intention of causing Simmers any harm during the session of "horseplay" which was climaxed bv Sim mers' death with a 32-20 bullet in Us .heart, - i-- - - -V The shooting happened In" a narrow, crampefl office room of the Pacific Fruit Express Ice dock in the SP yards. Simmers was a PFE employe working in the office and Todd had come in to use the telephone. He pa troled the area around the ice dock. Todd has told O'Neill that he accidentally -kicked Simmers' chair as he passed by on his way to the telephone and that he had begged the man's pardon for bumping into his chair. ' The railroad detective has been held in jail since the night of the shooting. Pauley Denies Oil Land Deal WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (VP) Edwin W. Pauley flatly denied today that he ever offered to raise several hundred thousand dollars in campaign contribu tions for the democratic party in return for withdrawal of the government's suit to establish federal title to submerged oil lands. Pauley this afternoon told the senate naval affairs com mittee, which is holding hear ings on his nomination to be undersecretary of the navy, that a statement to that effect by Interior Secretary Ickeswas "not true." He said he recalled having only one conference with Ickes, at a time when the democratic national committee had a $300, 000 deficit, and that he went to see Ickes to solicit his personal i efforts to meet the deficit. would follow the sodomy case, but when new jurors came in this morning he dismissed them temporarily to await develop ments from the jury room. This afternoon, he strongly indicated his intention of re-trying the sodomy case if the jury is unable u reacn a verdict. Courtroom spectators listened closely today for some hint of the trend of the jury-room con troversy when the jurors filed back into the jury box to ask the court aome questions. Puta Question Jury Foreman Ben Henzel put ine question, stating tnat tne jurors wished the judge to re peat his instructions concerning an accomplice. Previously, the jury had sent word from the jury room to ask for a dictionary to look up the same word." Judge Walker denied that request, but when the jurors came in this morning he carefully repeated his instructions and answered specific questions from various jurors concerning the testimony of an accomplice, the importance of flight, and corroboration. In answer to a question, the judge emphasized that the testi mony of an accomplice must be corroborated to bear weight, and that under Oregon law the ten dency is to view the testimony of an accomplice with distrust. Ref erence was to the testimony oi Chief Acts To End Big Steel Tie-Up By The Associated Praia Reports the administration was ready to step into the steel stalemate again with a new pro posal ' gained Impetus today when President Truman sum moned the steel fact-finding board and Price Administrator Chester Bowles to the White House. . , .w The fact-finding board was called to a 1 p. m. (PST) confer ence and an OPA official aaid Bowles had been asked to cut short a vacation in South Caro lina and return to Washington immediately. Bowles was ex pected tonight or early tomor row. Plans for terminating the 12 day strike of 750,000 steel work ers were reported in the hands nf T-l . n fpect to The fct wlrt which o tavolv. seizure, as yet. Heuvel is charged. Jurors seemed to be . puzzled as to whether she was an accomplice m the commission of a crime, how much weight her testimony should have, whether she acted under duress and undue influ ence from Heuvel, and whether Heuvel would be guilty if the girl had been an accomplice in the commission of a crime. Weigh Testimony In reference to the latter ques tion, the judge said that this mat ter concerned the weight to be given the girl's testimony, and that even though jurors miglit believe she committed a crime, that fact, alone, would not clear the defendant. The jurors then returned to the jury room, making the later report that it seemed impossible to reach a verdict. Bailiff Ike Rumer maintained a lonely vigil at the jury room door throughout the night. Judge Walker stayed at the courthouse until after midnight, as did at torneys, the defendant and his wife, Virginia, and others. The judge said that the longest he had ever kept a jury out was 33 i hours. In his instructions to the jury yesterday afternoon, Judge Ar lie G. Walker told the 12 men that "anv reasonable doubt you have is the property of the de fendant,, just ine same as ins horse or cow or money." But not every possible or trivial doubt can be classed as a reasonable doubt, the judge added. He charged the jury men that they had to be "mor ally certain" of guilt before a verdict of guilty can be re turned. He enumerated the three ma terial allegations in the indict ment, saying that it was incum- (Conunued on fftae s, vuani , Deaf? Ends Turbulent Career Of Carl Magee, Crusading Newspaper Editor Who Aided In Exposing Teapot Dome Scandal OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 1 (VP) Death last night ended the tur bulent career of Carl C. Magee, 73, crusading newspaper, editor who played a prominent part in exposing the Teapot Dome oil scandal. Magee--former editor, school teacher, lawyer, inventor and businessman died of heart dis ease after a short illness with in fluenza. . , The man who in later years invented the parking meter was a stormy petrel of political jour nalism in New Mexico where he once was tried on manslaughter charges. As editor of the Albuquerque Morning Journal, he gained na tional prominence in the early 1920's for helDine to exDose the Teapot Dome naval reserve scan dal which brought about the downfall of Secretary of the In terior Aioert a. .t ail. v ' His fiery editorials first tit- quired why Oilman Harry Sin clair's train should spend several days on a siding near Fall's ex pensive ranch home. He was called to Washington to testify before a senate com mittee whose investigation led to uncovering the $100,000 deal be tween Fall and Sinclair for leas ing of the naval oil reserve. Magee, sentenced to jail in the Summer of 1923 after a trial for contempt growing out of an edi torial which appeared in his paper while he faced charges of criminal libel in District Judge D. J. Leahy's court, was pardon ed by Gov. James F. Hinkle after serving a night and a day of the sentence. Magee set out to defeat Leahy for re-election and his editorial campaign proved successful. Two years later, Magee acci dentally shot and killed a state highway employe in a fray which grew out of the trial. The crusading editor was seat ed In the lobby of Las Vegas hotel when Leahy entered. The former judge spotted Magee, strode over, shouted at him, then struck him, knocking Magee to the floor. From a prone position,' the edi tor kicked at the judge and fired throe shots from his pistol, striking Leahy in the arm and mortally wounding John B. Las seter, a bystander. Tried at Las Vegas on a man slaughter ' charge, Magee was freed by Judge Luis E. Armijo, who had defeated Leahy. Armi jo ruled state's evidence was in sufficient; that it failed to show an unlawful act, and that Magee acted in self defense. Magee came to Oklahoma City in October, 1927, as editor of the Oklahoma News where he continued his crusading attacks on Oklahoma politics through his column, "Turning on the Light." The president told hi nri conference yesterday that the administration still was working; on possible price increases for steel. Favora Incxeaae Although Bowles was' report ed favoring a steel . price in crease not in excess of $2.50 a ton, the U. S. Steel corporation said it would require a price in crease "greatly in - excess!' of $6.25 a ton to meet the 181 cents hourly wage Increase the union demands. More than 200.000 wnrtmi n 96 General Motors plants marked uieir i jra oay on striKe as a fed- ' eral mediator in . Detroit con tinued his efforts to effect an agreement between the corpora tion and leaders of the CIO Uni ted Auto Workers union. Wage and the maintenance of union membership were the chief ix. sues under discussion. . . Bevin Charges Peace Periled LONDON. Feb. 1 TOlToro! Secretary Bevin told the United Nations security council today that "Moscow and communist party propaganda" endangered world peace. This, he said, was "the real danger" to peace. Bevin made this statement In. blasting back at Russian charges that Britain imperiled world se curity by maintaining troops which the Rnvlpt fascist and pro-monarchist ele ments in ureece. Bevin demanded a straight ve or no verdict from the council on the Russian charge. Counterine the charees nf Soviet Vice Commissar . Andrei Vishinsky that a "white terror" exists in Greece, .Bevin said Brit ish troops had supported the right of all factions to a voice in Greek affairs and had refrained'' from iirmosine on the enuntrv minority government. Snyder Backs Price Control WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 (VP) Reconversion Director John W. Snyder today told Henry Ford, 2d, that abandonment of price control now would retard indus trial development for years to come." Ford, head of the Ford Motor company had proposed removal of price controls on automobiles and their supplies. Snyder tele graphed him: "I believe strongly that at this time we need firm control of prices. Firm control is not in consistent with the desire of the administration to remove imped iments to production which art demonstrated to exist."