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f G.nl Truman atoou pni
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w who Iwlteve that Wh
foment officials imiM
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;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
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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
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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. ...
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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.