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Newspaper Page Textm S7 d)d)AI?W fl iVi nV" n i UUUUIAIOUU MOT II .utf JENluno " ii. today " accrclnry I ! Ss blllnit t ; '.tSftni n 8000 wora,vv',I (filt l.'if''who 1i.. ML 1 ,..! .round Wash- hi ,10110 mo "ft Truman t" I'0 undor' f "V" ilia navy. P,PsuTey idvuncotl no f nSu (I" contributions JVffd 'ro,n t;""for"1 U .T: ..u,.r,linl'lll WOllld u . .i i I, .water Otl'ivr' - Sllurtliy cnuuit ! (KhL . . . f G.nl Truman atoou pni 3fKSlon of Pauley. Lc.".:.ti i i v Pmilitv In w who Iwlteve that Wh foment officials imiM the 1, MM1 HOTi Sinn " -, ... Ilw.cif.NK ;nl course. ' AUUY y was- MIS- TiKEN mat no 'I ntl B11VII1IMK U ln ;ai ni" - - ... ,. ,, i with campaign ). But HC IWs crrium u"' Luble quality of rugged vir. Many of hl mud out' Vin critics over tho yeurs it developed . loi oi sincere ijett for lilm. t Kill fair ucm Hint this If Ken- Puley ruckui la the curtain jtrfor Uio big show of 1048. no Democratic narty la a nous ajercsatlon or uiamcin- !y oppotrd political elements :i together only by the bond desire to stay In office. 11 la kviom already that tho tmre tritructcd New Dcaleri don't tt Truman. Their nmn la Will nr will atay with Trumiin '1 11 It becomes clear to them kit refusal to renominate him :uld be an open confession of lure that would amount to Iwntlnj the Republicans with ttiy victory in 11MB. HE Psuloy-Ickca battle (which U now Just starting) la of :rx duck louo for tho Re- Lblltanj. They can be expected mm uic most oi it, t Kv the Industrial front, tho big Kirf.. -I l 1. uietviy ui IIIU lllUini'lll IB iydld New York's new Muyor Ttr ao it, Hb innounccd reason for Ntting everything down and pmg the world'a blKgeirt city wmacjcrlbnble confusion was pi the city's fuel supply had pa nearly cxhiiusted by the jinnc mill something c had to be done. Yet bc t lhcday was over ho culled UI hl9 l nun m.rl .... m tugboat strike remnlns un M. It seems Improbable In one iiav i .i,ii. H oneration tho fuel supply Km. rn mint up to tho E.. ('?'ety IP it hud fallen p mat point. m a IhaMi"1' 01 Pwcr workers Ih.... "I' 1 lusnurgti tor & ended by agreement STKJrJf " lhr0-m,m M el Z?'"" l,'nnslt tlc-lip vm in,... . 14 conis on K CnyHhi.f!.Tn"f'Cd. 2? 'rtillfeMo'!;' 'ttlon Id of ioi ,Jlvl oners an KCh.r cHfor, and in ffiffi,0"'1 "V the Tru- OIlWoi ,!!" nonrd. ittln Tt ylnlon Is still ng tr? hi,0 , w,'Kp-prlco egg, ''twill ,HClV)llt something "d am,r.i."L 1 Rl0l striko r ""UO Telephone Mill WEATHER NEWS February 13, 1948 Max. (Fab. 12) 31 Min 9 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream yaar to data 9.S5 Normal 7.47 Laat yaar 6.22 Foracaati Showars Thursday. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1946 Number 10744 CKES RESHBNS CAB MET POST Resigns ' ..r-h (but jBubllc announrenicnt by I St of DOUBT of tck obvious and conlrlbU' in hnr nk-nty about It hit minllllHlloll L-uniL-n u illy belort tnc senmo " nation. S (or Ickes, lie Is Irascible In iMioer and lias a mcun ami When ho makes N.Y.C. Back To Normal; Stores Open Way Cleared For New Effort To Settle GM Strike By Th Associated Press Life uuslied buck Into New York City's business arteries to day and the way was cleared for a possible new effort to hur dle the one cent an hour differ ence blocking settlement of the General Motors strike. New York City, almost s ghost town yesterday with all except essentlul activities barred, swung (itilckly back to normal today with lifting of the drastic fuel shortage edict, rucl ration Inn remained In effect, however. and schools kept their doors closed. The National Labor Relations board postponed a hearing In De troit on charges ot mo tiu uni ted Auto Workers union that tho General Motors corporation failed to burgain in good faith' Gooruu D. Reilly. trial examiner. said the "primary reason" was to permit a possible resumption of GM-UAW wage negotiations. Postponement Rollly added, however, he knew of no arrangements for further negotiations today. He said tho postponement was for today only. The union turned down a company offer of an 1UI cents nn hour wane boost ves- terdny and UAW vied President Walter P. Ucuther suld union representatives wouldn't rcsuino negotiations until me corpora tion was willing to meet the 191 cents recommendation of a pros! drntlal fuct-findlns board. ' 1 Meanwhile, Die end of crucinl strikes which had discommoded millions In Pittsburgh and Phila delphia as well as New York, brightened the immediate labor picture. Hurd Placed On 2'Year Probation Nelson Woodrow Hurd, 26-year-old cx-soldlcr arrested for breaking Into Ole's tavern early Inst week, has been placed. On probation for two years. Judgo David R. Vundonbcrg decided against having Hurd committed to a vetcrons hospital by court order after a sanity hearing had termed him snnc but suffering from a war neurosis- Tho Judgo told Hurd to "try to forget his past troubles and war experiences" ond In six months, If he was still hnvlng trouble, to como back to tho court for help. 1 page 10). They Are Newcomers To The United Stotes ';i 7 ;a ,...v.r- .i v-i mAt-- At left, Mrs. Horace Pendorgrass feeds her son, Stephen James, I, on a New York pier after debarking from the liner Queen Mary to start a Journey to Roseburg, Ore., to join her husband whom she married in England. At right. Nurse Mrs. George Wallace holds Thomas Hooker Jr., 21 months, who is bound for Los Angeles, while in the basket are Patricia Dora Cohn (left), 6 months, bound for San Jose, Calif., and Frances Karpman, 9 months, en route to Los Angeles. Their mothers were the brides of American soldiers in England. (AP wirephoto). r few Crisis Hears On Argentina WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (P) The state department's blast at key 'Argentine "leaders as war time pawns of nazl Germany has: tencd a' fresh crisis today In the already badly-strained relations between the united. States and Argentina. , . . ,, ; . , Whether, a,, formal break In diplomatic ties will result re mit I nod an 'open question. Dispatfchos from the Argentine capital, disclosed that at least part of the blue book Indictment had been published there, and these dispatches speculated on the likelihood ot curtailed rela- Col. Juan Peron,' Argentina's strong man and current presi dential candidate, refrained in a campaign speech last night from montlnnini! the "blue book" which Included assertions that the nnxls bnd been allowed to set up In Argentina "a complete duplicntc of the economic struc ture for war" which they had In Germany. However. Peron did assail U, S. Assistant Secretary of State Spruillc Brnden for what he called "Insolent intervention" in Argentina's affairs. (See also Community Chest Idea Now Firmly Established In KF The community chest idea has been firmly established in Klamath Falls and should be carried on, at least on a local level, In the future, It was agreed by the members of the commun ity fund ndvlsory committee in meeting this week. The committee selected Elton Thompson, U. S. bnnk manager, as temporary chairman, succeed ing Vcrn Owens, who has served as chairman through two com munity fund campaigns com bined with the state and national WAT cllCStSs Whether the combined fund program will be extended to In clude any slate or national bene ficiaries was left for later deci sion, but the group decided defi nitely to conduct a combined program for the Boy Scouts, p.lrl Remits. Camo Fire Girls, Salvation ' Army, and possible othor local beneficiaries in order to avoid separate campaigns. The group prepared a tenia' tlvi. constitution and by-laws, and decided to hold a general mpxtlnir Februnrv 26 to be at tended by proposed members of a board of directors ann any interested donors to past cam- nnluns. It was decided to glvdhe new nronnWnilnn n eountv-wide char acter by selection of community representatives, wno win oe among those at the meeting Fob' 9 Tnntntivolv. community 'dl' visions to bo represented Include Henley, Merrill, Mann,.,, my, rhllnniiln. Fort Klamath. Bon anza, Keno, Gilchrist, and the Klnmnth Indian tribes on the reservation. Union Pickets P. Restaurant 'f GRANTS PASS; Fob." 13- W Pickets appeared before Tracy's steak house this morning in a move to secure a union agree ment between the Restaurant Local 329, Restaurant Employes and Bartenders, Ar Li. The action culminated several months of discussions between Jim Tracy, owner of the steak house, and Mrs- Marjorle Barnes of Mcdford, secretary of the lo cal and members of the Central Labor council. 15 Injured In Tornado AHbMORE. Okla.. Feb. 13 (ff) Fifteen persons were hurt, five seriously, wncn a tornaao roarca without warning through the east half of this southern Okla homa city of 20,000 early today At least 25 frame nouses were ripped apart and their wreck ago scattered over a wide area. Fifty more were damaged. Some lost roofs, others windows and norches. ' A- 2-story brick building was demolished at the east end of the city's main thoroughfare. Plato glass windows in business hullriiiiL's In the area of the brick structure were blown in. Signs were scattered over the section. A spnreh nf most of the wrecked area Indicated no lives were, lost, but the hunt for per sons who might have been trap ped continued. Parsonage At Glide Destroyed ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb,4& (P) Severe burns were sufjlekct-iby Harry Tutfibull and - his Baugh tnr SiisIpl'.4.. when fire-.-nf unde termined origin destroyed V. the Bsptlstrpnrsonage at Glide, 18 miles east of Roseburg, early this morning. Turnbull rescued :the elrl from an upstairs room after Mrs- Turnbull and their two other children reached safe ty in their night clothes. The family lost all of their personal possessions. 1 Four Killed In Indonesia BATAViA, Feb., 13 (7P Four British and Dutch, soldiers were killed and three wounded today in fighting between ' search col umns and - Indonesians in the area of BekassI and Batavia. British tanks' and two battal ions of troops searched villages along the route from this capital to BeKassl and encountered 23 road blocks. Returning, a Brit ish officer and two men were ambushed and the enlisted men were killed. The officer was injured. Dutch forces searching settle ments arrested 50 suspects. A Dutch officer and a Dutch sol dier were killed and two others were wounded. Jury Tampering Charged In Case PORTLAND. Feb. 13 UP) Jury tampering was charged in circuit court here today and Judge Frank R. Lonergan halt ed selection of a jury in the first degree murder trial of Lawrence R. Oglevie. Lester W. Humphreys, one of the defense attorneys, told the court a man, whose name was not made public, had told him that certain members of the panel would be good defense jurors, had telephoned at least one member of the panel to dis cuss the case and had talked to jurors after being cautioned not to do so. New Dealer Quits Due To Pauley 'Curmudgeon' Asserts Truman Challenged His Veracity WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (P) Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes resigned today with an as sertion that President Truman had challenged his veracity after telling him to be "as gentle as you can with Ed Pauley." The old-line new dealer and self-styled "curmudgeon" step ped out of the cabinet after 13 years' service as a direct result of the controversy over Mr. Tru man's nomination of Edwin W. Pauley, California oil man, to be undersecretary of the navy. Ickes has testified Pauley made him the "rawest" kind of propo sition involving funds for the democratic campaign and Mr. Truman has said Ickes could be mistaken. Blistering Letter In a blistering, 2000-word let ter, Ickes told Mr. Truman he had spoken the truth about Paul ey before a senate committee, had no apologies and asserted the president had no right to pass ludement on his veracity. Shortly after the White House made the first announcement of the resignation, Ickes released the text of his letter and added details at a news conference in response to reporters' questions. : He said Mr. Truman Knew in advance that he would oppose Pauley's nomination at the naval affairs committee hearing but never once asked his reasons "al though I gave him opportunities." Cabinet Meeting At last . week's cabinet meet ing. Ickes related, he .informed Mr. Truman that he had been asked to testify. He asserted the president told him You must tell the truth, of course." Then Ickes auoted the nresi dent as savine: "Be as eentle as you can with Ed Pauley." "l said, win , ' icKes toia re porters. When a reporter asked wheth er he will work against Truman in 1948 if the latter is a presi dential candidate, Ickes replied flatly, "No." He said he could conceive of certain conditions under which he could support him, add ing a lot would depend on the character of Mr. Truman's opponent. Just An Old Fuddy-Duddyl BOSTON, Feb. 13 (JP) Proposals for the construction of Helicopter platforms in Bos ton were opposed today by Rep. Jacinto F. Dinii (D-New Bedford) who said: "Now we'll have gas and oil dripping on our straw hats. Pigeons weren't bad enough." fir Mercury Shows 9. Above Zero ' A ' minimum of 9 above z arid a maximum of 31,' one be low .the,-freezing mark, was the 24-hour : .report on weather in these parts from CAA. It 'was 3 .above on the Green Springs and S above on Sun mountain of Tne uaiies-uait' fornia stretch. The state highway reported crews busy scraping on packed snow and sanding curves but as no new snow has fallen in 48 hours the plows are idle. HAROLD L. ICKES Snell Asks Board To Negotiate State May Take Over Entire Plant To Educate Gl's . SALEM, Feb. 13 UP) Th state board of higher educa tion, at the request of Gorer. nor Earl Snell, is negotiating to acquire the $6,500,000 ' Klamath Falls Marine Bar- ' racks in order to educate re- turning war yeterans, the goyernor said today. He said that if the transac tion goes through, the state would -take over the entire plant without cost lo the state. Including 85 major structures He said he would confer soon with the state emergency board, presumably to get fundi io operate the plant as a college. O'Neill Asks Reduction Of Murder Count J. C. O'Neill, attorney for Clyde Edward Todd, made a strong plea in justice court this morning to have the charge against Todd reduced from sec ond ' degree murder to man slaughter and to admit him to ban. The Southern Pacific railroad patrolman has been held in the county jail since January 25 for fatally shooting Ross Simmers in a Pacific Fruit Express office shack in the railroad yards. The second degree murder charge- is not bailable in this state, :. O'Neill termed Todd's. "Incar ceration "unjust punishment" and said that it was an unneces sary burden to the state and Todd's family to keep him in jail. . . Charge In Error- - - In contending that the charge against his client was in error, O'Neill pointed out that he was being held for "feloniously, ma liciously and purposely" shoot ing Simmers with a 32-20 pistol, and that the state had no - evi dence of malice or bad feeling between the two men or that a felony had been committed. Pointing a gun, eitner loaded or unloaded, -is only a misde meanor and not a felony, O'Neill stated. , Answering the request for a reduction of charge, District At torney Clarence A. Humble claimed that Todd's action at the time of the shooting, according to an eyewitness, constituted purpose and that he could not pull his pistol from the holster by accident. Stanley Michael Hendricks, PFE emDloye who was in the small office when the shooting occurred, had told the court that the two men had scuffled play fully, then Todd stepping back. exclaimed "Why, you -," pulled out his pistol and fired. Shot Through Heart The bullet passed through Simmers' heart. Hendricks said Simmers groaned "My God, right throueh the guts." and slumped to the floor. He did not see Sim- (Contlnned on Pace S, Column S) Eruption Of Crater Would Hurt Only Oregon's Pride BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 13 UP) An eruption of Crater lake wouldn't damage anything but Oregon's pride and the tour ist trade. That's the indication from a report by Dr. Howell Williams, famed volcanologist who is prob ably the world's greatest author ity on the Crater lake region. The University of California geology professor said that if Mount Mazama the extinct vol cano in whose crater the lake now lies erupts again, the ex plosion would not be violent. But "an eruption today would kill a lot of fish, and would ruin the beautiful blue color of the lake." Williams added. Williams, who studied the crater over a five year period, said that nnce a volcano collapses thpro Is little chance of violent activity. An eruption consid ered possible by geologists since the lake began, "burping" huge smoke clouds "wouldn't kill people," Williams said- "Furthermore, I doubt if there is even enough activity in the volcano to produce a cone high enough to rise above the level of the lake, which is 2000 feet deep." ' Arriving In United States Fred L. Murphy. T5, Klamath Falls, arrived on Marine Fox due In Seattle February 11. O. Anderson, T4, ' Klam ath Falls, arriving on Sea Ti ger due in New York Febru ary 14. York City Voted Temporary UNO Headquarters ..rynuoN. pi, 10 , m. "u ovoruik i , ' vn A united notions ossemoiy cuiumuu-'u "m liendnn mlnKly today to establish temporary United Na Tl0 " ".unrlers In New York City. Hi b0 in's"0 LrJectod a proposal that the temporary silo S WeiKPu.ts tho sto question up to the whole assembly. I(tlleul . i,..?,c"rator.Fnlrfleld nrfwi nf Nnw York stale and Con- Snt liiVu0 , 1,,flly boor recommended by tho committeo as i,?nt oilier ,Nnt'nH hendqunrlers. , Mei by th p lssuo- tho Indonesian question, remained to be C"n lis e?,.,!Ccul'ily concll before tho United Nations could Slcd to hn , 11 mcetlng. Trygvo Lie, secretary-general, was UB Us C expVcssot' the opinion lhat tho .assembly. would UUSlnesS bv Frlrlnv nlulil The security council was scheduled to meet at 9 p. m. (1 p. m., PST), to tnko up the Indonesian problem. One ether issue, tho demand of Syria and Lebanon for evacua tion of French and British troops from the Levant, appeared likely to come before the council, however, before it concludes lis winter session. .... . , ,, ' i A Lebanese delegate snld negotiations for an outside settle ment wore almost completely deadlocked and "the matter will definitely go to the security council." , . The security council adjourned yesterday to give members a chnnco to consider an Egyptian plan to solve the Indonesian Issue, in which the Ukraninn delegation had demanded the ap polntment of a commission to probe British military activities in Java, The rilan nronosed bv Egyptian Delegate Mnhmoud Riaz called for the earliest possible withdrawal of British troops and for a report on the progress of Dutch-Indonesian negotiations now In progress in Batavia on Indonesian independence demands. The plan also called for a "happy solution of these negotia tions in accordance with the (United Nations) charter and the right ot self-determination of peoples." .... One difficult issue before the UNO was disposed of yester day when the political and security council approved limited association of both tho world federation of trade unions and the American Federation of Labor as United Nations consultants on labor policies. The decision marked a decided victory , for U. S. Delegate Senator. Tom CouuaUy (D-Tcx.), who had battled tot a month Vii Use of the Marine Barrack, by the state of Oregon as a cen ter for veteran education ha been under consideration for at least a week, following a visit here last Wednesday of several state higher education and other, state officials. It is presumed their report to the governor, upon their return from the In spection trip here, resulted in his statement in Salem today. Rising Demand In Oregon, as in all state, there is a rising demand for fa cilities for education of war vet erans, and the Klamath Marin Barracks, virtually a college campus in itself, has been sug gested as the means of an out standing veteran education jobs that would gain nationwide at tention. The proposal took definite) shape following announcement that the marine corps planned to move definitely out of tho local post March 1, and the re turn of Capt. Lowell T. Cogges hall, ranking medical officer at the station, from Washington, D. C, a week and a half ago, In Washington, Capt Coggeshall discussed the future of the Ma. rine Barracks plant with officials of tne marine corps and the bu reau ot medicine and surgery and the' matter of a state veteran educational center was men tioned. The Washington offi cials, it has been indicated. . ex pressed a willingness to consider such a program with the state. There is a Dossibilitv. it in una . derstood, that both the veteran administration and the state might make use of the plant, the VA taking the dispensary, and operating a hospital tlAre while the State uses the nther fanilitiM for educational purposes. --, Housing Solution The large number of barracks on the site may be converted into housing for student veter ans, with some of them made) into apartments for married in. pies. The Marine Barracks has a capacity of 5000 sinele metf for military purposes, and would in a large measure solve the) serious veteran housing problem cuuvaiiuiiui uisuiuuons. many materials are already on the ground for reconversion. Various buildings could be used for classrooms, laboratories. of. an! j . 1. n .! - 1 , onu in me uuciduun OI mi plant by the marine corps it hag functioned partially as an educa tional institution: Physical edu cation facilities the huge swim ming pool, gymnasium, etc. are superb, some of them superior to those on long established cam puses. - , These features were studied by the visitors here last Wednesday, the group including Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college; Charles Byne. sec retary of the state board of high er - education; George Aiken, state budget director; John Cramer, dean of the extension services; Dr- E. M. Pallett, execu tive secretary, University of Ore gon. ... t ! 1 1 .jut OPEN CONFAB PORTLAND, Feb. 13 (JP) - Oregon chamber executive opened a two-day conference here today under the direction of Frank Hull, Medford. . i" - fa 1 1 against accepting the' WFTU, of which the CIO is a member, without also approving AFL affiliation with the UNO on an, equal basis. ' . ; " , , , Another issue, on which Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt had clashed with Soviet delegates, was settled when the assembly voted to investigate refugee conditions in Europe but rejected three Russian proposals that would have restricted political activities of persons in displaced persons camps. ' ' , , , ,; , Mrs. Roosevelt led the attack against proposals by Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet vice commissar of foreign affairs, which would have banned anti-United Nations propaganda in refugee camps, put camp control in the hands of administrators of the same na tionality as the refugees and forced the immediate- repatriation of any war criminals hiding in such camps.