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fWIS mm mm Telephone BUM WEATHER NEWS February 14. 1846 Max. (Feb. 13) 41 Min 12 Precipitation lait 24 houri 00 Straam yaar to data 9.BS Normal .. 7.B4 Last yaar 8.73 Forecasts Overcast. KLAMATH FALLS, OHEOOH, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1946 Number 10745 JENKINS ;..L.Puly bnttlo grows SftaMhmliiulB. Atl.o " Suitor out I io '"test 'fCnli Uili .rooming. It ,IcMrent Uul this " no skirmish. 11 has iwl- , . (l itatement uccompm ylm Ike? rl.""0 "'V1'?.1; V &" he iw'rf" In Wash i lu I nllhl. he inure Kso StSSiwihetad already tit master of Insult ami KLS,in-nrt In his "0t In- llMPPM '"" , " ' IZ Truman cnbinut in one K to continue in ... fcSAKE OK A PA1UY. If E aded ftntly: "Pauley made riiicmenU uncier oaiii ini lo'i tru. no i"1"1 " ' luitlce department io mvEmi j the truth of testimony given n...t... in uituiln committee nimy . ,-,-.,. , kimli on ins ijuiiih """ godcMCcreinry oi we nv. SWAN, as President, U tho ...j ,.r ihn ui'iiiocriiiii: ;cuvi , , - If, IckCI WOrdlt BOUIH1TO IU reporters like MU1.ini. no . ..i.i him If hn were going rtirt i third parly. bit ihot back: if, ulterlv foolish. I ve been loifh ill that. (He win wltil kodore Hoseve.i I uuii raww Etr In 11)12.) H can't be LE reison It enn't be done l Fik.i Wntu Him .ir nrd tin. I kiwi . ...... - - b'l political fools. They re r iwirn nun a imru mil iy ii tmant tho Democrats sld almost certainly r can It in Hmhlli-iin virlnrv In IIMH. itiral history Is clear on mat HI hley're IN now. They wnnt I STAY IN. They're 111 no lot for nolltlcnl hara-kiri. Itir "mid at Truman inn t it kind oi mad. Il't 1 ffllrlv autn min t.int lit Is in the wind is a buttle ttn Truman and WAL- ICE for the Democratic no.nl no in ivw. HERE tre interesting straws n the world news winds to- Admlral Nlmltz tall tli mon lUVll tnmmltlpA. "Thn nnuv'i trier flol mnu mnlin nlnmlp h on ini country vtllic .null. 1 1 nni i iiia rirat nr. Ml, Informed Intlmntlnn Hint rre mav hn a ri.fiwiii.. .ni? FiSE against atomic! nttnck.l He adds: "While shins, the r armies una cities, aro Vuoie, nicy are difficult K UnnrnNlnUU in,.i. f nle bombing." That In tho pile defense. WITZ jocj on: "Future war- " atrui!iilc for possesHlon ' diiscs rrom which Cncmv mliikl I i. ' ,,"i,,i uumu us ei Ei. yan?, rom which we hy VCIy om He rnvim..u.l- rn k,i. lllU5 0J u- a. over. pbaas-33 in ii,o pocfc and r me Atlniitic-Cnrlbbcan . 'lUr!sln a,Word for Ihe sub- wiih 'Jj ""ys 1110 ll0ra 10 i iiim "u and nnrd t0 hit ..... uuiiios. M0 con. Nie :?u.u,narlpes hold a C,f,,bmiii the most KSLohlc,10 for carrying fSL r,(Pns 10 wltllln 8 hor i " -""""ii largcts. ' Mm: iBrfc" .r, has been anti- '"laitonfiZ'J" m Calcutta, h i? rcprls sy 37 ;"hoalejubr? klllcd and hls'utb.anees ore sunnosed VH thT rc.d from Protests FtoDri,n'mon?1''8 to seven R,l of a Moslem '"sored inrf ",u Jai'awisse Wl WaST,L"n ""llonnl army. 1,1 to bull ? n,'Lmy tho Japs liiu country,; "sC0.1! ,crvesto remind i In ,..lho.r? are uneasy tth PolM "c,-P0t8 where f "a loow i ' 18 Jvln8 rcEMpir,A.mon8 those 2 nd t ,IRl a? the ptn,j "uitn i.ana the Gflnn ' m of iL I10 caso thot the t""r.,tlili'. the Dutch and . UUIUlnn ft . . Political Candidates Seek Office Aspirants For County And State Berths Eye Election With nn cnrllcr-than-cvcr can didate filing deadline less tliun a month away, politics Is at last beginning to stir in this area and promises to become Increasingly active from now until tho pri mary May 17. Candidates must file for tho primary this year by March 8. Henry Semon, veteran Klam ath legislator, mailed his formal candidacy filing to the secretary of state today, and reports are that Hose I'ooln, who la in her first term In tho lower house, will also seek rc-nomlnation. Semon is a democrat and Mrs. Poole a republican. Mrs. Poole, first woman to represent Klum nth in Iho legislature, was out of town today and her definite In tunllons could not bo ascer tained. Hop. Semon has been In the legislature since 1U:I3, and for many terms, including the last, has served as chairman of tho Important ways and means com mittee. He lsta prominent Hen ley farmer. Hector Files Wallace Hector, county engi neer, filed yesterduy for the re publican nomination for county surveyor, a Job now held by Re publican Frank Z. Howard. Whether Howard will also be a candidate has not been an nounced. Hector la a long-time resident of the county, and holds the county engineer Job under ap pointment by the county court, lie resides at 933 North 8th street. Newton" Nelson, democrat, Is expected to run- for re-nomina-tio.i for county assessor, but has not filed or announced. There has been courthouse rumor thot Mae K. Short, former county clerk, might seek democratic nomination for assessor.. . . Fred Pope, county commission er, was Iho first candidate to file for county office. He seeks re publican rcnomlnation. State Senator Marshall Cor nell of Klamath Falls, represent ing the 17th district, Is reported making headway in his campaign for tho senate presidency the coming term. Cornctt holds over and does not need to run for re election to tho senate this year. 2 Escape In Prison Break SALEM, Feb. 14 (VP) Two stnto prison convicts escaped from their cells this morning and went over the wall In a heavy fog. Prison Warden George Alex ander announced. They were not missed until a count was mado this afternoon. The men ore Allen D. Brum field, who was received from Multnomah county Nov, 9, 493B, to serve a life sentence for first degree murder; and Harold W. Manning, who was scntonced to five years for a burglary In Clackamas county. The bars to their cells were sprung, and a plank led to the wall around the prison yard. It was the second prison break for Brumflcld, who broke from the Washington state pri son In 1939 and was arrested two weeks later in a gun battle with Portland police. Taken to a Portland hospital, he made a spectacular escape at tempt which ended In his life sentence. Wresting a gun from his guard, he fatally shot the hospital attendant, Mrs. Hattie Hooker, and, using a physician as a shield, fought his way to the hospital's main floor. Two physicians finally overpowered him. Last Year's Prisoner; Of War This Year's Valentine mM&k. "v Jh - - - -"rn ii . so mi a fMiWm W' i ,4t,f fS i l.i,. n((in nf th II. S. irinv. and a oriioner of war last year, is on terminal leaya now and happy to be home as his expression shows. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Raffetto, 1948 Portland. Lt. Raffetto was liberated from the German prison camp by tha Russians and was still in Europe last Valentine's Day. ' ' . . - Love's In Bloom On Day Of Hearts And Flowers Love swept Klamath Falls like a whirlwind this month, tearing through the stores, leaving emp ty shelves once gay with Valen tine greeting cards, in Its wake. Love's In bloom if nothing else Is, an all-time high in sales of Valentine greeting cards indi cates. A check made with local merchants this week shows that larger shipments of cards re ceived this year than during all the war years, dwindled to a few scattered leftovers on the shelves Tuesday. No cheap sentiment this Val entine exchange. The large, higher priced cards with satin hearts and laccy frills are the fa vorites. . Fewer children's Valentines were to be found this year and the limited number of lower priced kind used for school rooms and large parties disap peared before they were well settled on display counters. Grandpa and Grandma greet ings were popular as a pound of butter and Mother-and-Father combination Valentines ran. a close second. . :j Books of Valentines to be cut out like paper dolls and enve lopes of materials for making personalized Valentines were In demand by the younger set. Mer chants estimated they could have disposed of half as many cards again as they did, In every age group. February 14, 'the day of hearts Klamaih Resident Brings enes Search To End Diogi Diogenes can put away his lan tern nowl In a letter to The Herald and News, a Bishop, Calif., couple told of losing a purse contain ing $373 In cash and $1S0 in checks and how It was; returned to them intact by a Klamath resident. . - Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Morris, ... . ....!.. o 1 net Vl Ilia iiiuiiinia . purse somewhere between Che- mult and Sand rjreek wmie trav eling at night. They did not learn of tho loss until their ar rival in Klamath Falls early in the morning. They registered at a hotel and wired Mrs. Morris' father for money. In the meantime, H. W. Chris ty of 3223 Laverne, Klamath Falls, en route home from his pumice plant at Chemult, spot ted the purse on the highway and brought it Into town, Chris ty spent considerable time in lo cating the purse owners, even putting in long distance calls, but finally found the Callfor nlans at a local hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Morris express ed sincere appreciation for Christy's consideration and wish ed to voice their gratitude through the medium of this newspaper. and flowers, stimulated business in other lines of merchandise as well, with gift articles of every variety purchased to emphasize 1946 printed expressions of af fection. UNO Will Talk Syrian Issue LONDON, Feb. 14 ffl The United Nations security coun cil agreed today to take up the issue of British and French troops in Syria and Lebanon at 11 a. m. tomorrow and the general assembly rushed to ward adjournment of its first historic meeting. Working at top speed the as sembly hoped to pass quickly upon recommendations for a temporary headquarters site in New York City and a perman ent one in Westchester and Fair field counties of New York and Connecticut, and dispose of a Big Five resolution calling upon United Nations members to take "immediate and drastic action" to remedy the world food sit uation. By 10 p. m., (2 p. m PST) the assembly delegates hoped to conclude their London meet ing with addresses by British Prime Minister Attlee, assem bly President Paul Henri-Spaak of Belgium and Secretary-General Trygve Lie of Norway. Detachment Will Be Left At Post Col. Charles Brooks of the Ma rine Barracks said today he had received instructions to leave a small detachment of marines at the Barracks when tho corps for mally moves out of the post March 1. Three officers and something around 100 men will maintain tne DroDertv rjending final disposi tion of it. Previously, there had been reports that a civilian crew of caretakers would be in cnarge. Count Cut To Manslaughter The charge against Clyde Ed ward Todd, accused of shooting Ross Simmers on January 25, was reduced to manslaughter from second degree murder by Justice of the Peace J. A. Ma honey this morning. Todd's preliminary hearing was conducted yesterday. He has been bound over to the grand jury and bail set at $2500 cash or $5000 property. The former Southern Pacific rail road patrolman, very nervous since his arrest three weeks ago, burst into tears again this morning in court. Upon conviction, manslaugh ter carries with it a one to 15 year prison sentence. 10-Day Tug Strike Ends Bv Tha Associated Press '. New York's harbor churned with activity today, a DaralyzinE 10-day strike of tugboat workers ended, and in Detroit the presi dent of General Motors denied American business leaders drew up a program last December for a fight against union wage de mands and price controls. - C. E. Wilson, GM head, made the denial during a national la bor relations board hearing on charges by the CIO United Auto Workers that the corporation had failed to bargain in good faith. Attorney Harold Cranfleld of the NLRB staff referred to a luncheon given by General Mo tors in New York December 19, the day before a presidential lact-nnaing board Began study ine the GM dispute. Wilson said representatives of such corpbrations as General Motors, u. a. steel, westing house and the meat packing in dustry were present and added tney were there because alt taceu strikes in their industries. "We just discussed the hell of a shape we were in," he said, "No agreements came out of that meeting; none were intended: there was nothing sinister about the meeting. In fact it's too bad that group can't make decisions for the country.' Barracks Plan Will Be Studied Snell Hopes To Finish Negotiations By March 1 SALEM, Feb. 14 UP) The proposal to operate the $6, 500,000 Klamath Marine Bar racks as a college for war vet erans will be considered in Portland next Monday by the state board of higher education, with Governor Earl Snell hop ing to complete negotiations be fore March 1, when the gov ernment closes the plant. ' Governor Snell, disclosed the plan yesterday as -a method of relieving the load now being borne by the University of Ore gon and Oregon State college. The decision appears to rest with the board of higher edu cation, as the governor's office said federal officials have ex pressed willingness to turn the plant over to the state without cost. Wins Support Capt. L. T. Coggeshall, chief medical officer for the Bar racks, already has won the sup port of General Omar Bradley, head of the veterans administra tion; Gen. Archer Vandegrift, commandant of the marine corps; and navy medical authorities. Present plans are to educate between 400 and 600 married veterans, and between 1000 and 1200 single veterans. The plant, which will be released by the navy on March 1, would be given to the state without cost. The state would be able to provide living quarters and meals to veterans at low cost. junior college : It has not, been decided ex actly what kind . of an institu tion would be operated, but the idea that has won the most sup port is to operate it .as a junior college, providing the first two years of college work. -- After the board acts,. Gov ernor Snell will ask the Woard and the state emergency board to go to visit the Barracks in order to get the program under way quickly. . The 65 major buildings in the Barracks area have, a life of about 35 years, and include elaborate recreation facilities. The institution was used during the war to treat marines who suffered from tropical diseases. .Sen. Guy. Cordon will con duct the final . negotiations in behalf of the board. Hearing Slated On Yukon Wreck SEATTLE, Feb. 14 (VP) The merchant marine inspection board and coast guard officers lined up witnesses today to ap pear tomorrow at a closed hear ing to' investigate and fix re sponsibility for the wrecking of the liner Yukon in Alaska waters with the loss of 11 lives. Many of the 192 men and women survivors who arrived last night on a sister ship, the Alaska, were remaining in the city tonight, or live here. Coast guard officers who boarded the Alaska- at Ketchikan. Alaska, and Port Angeles, Wash., on the way south queried passengers about the wreck. IMev IDeoleir Asks Probe n Pauley WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (AP) The explosive exit of Harold L. Ickes from the cabinet shoved President Truman i today onto the toughest political spot of his White House career. In abrupt language, Ickes declared the president's cabi net was one in which he could no longer serve and "retain my self respect.". In even blunter fashion, Ickes called upon the justice de partment to investigate the truth of testimony which Edwin W. Pauley, Mr. Truman's nominee for undersecretary of navy, has given in senate hearings on his qualifications. Ickei categorically charged that Pauley made statements under oath which were not true. This slam-bang leave-taking of the man who has directed the department of interior since 1933 posed these immediate problems for Mr. Truman: 1. He has to select a new sec retary of the interior, and he was reported to be seeking an appointment of such top caliber that the nomination would tend to offset the . circumstances of Ickes' resignation. 2. He faces the job of repair ing whatever damage has been done in party ranks. Congres sional elections come up this fail, with a presidential contest ahead in 1948 and Ickes long has had a substantial following in the new deal wing of the party. . 3. He must decide whether to press for Pauley's confirmation to the navy post, despite the fresh handicaps posed by Ickes' bitter attack. 4. He has to neutralize the political dynamite which Ickes created in a post-resignation statement that he did not care to continue in an administra tion "where I'm expected to commit perjury for the sake of a party." .- .. . . . ' ; Mora To Say " The" end' may not be yet. Ickes indicated he may have more to say about his charges that Pauley, California oil man, suggested to him in 1944 that $300,000 could be raised from interested oil men for the demo cratic campaign fund if the gov ernment did not push its suit to establish title to - off-shore oil lands. It was President i Tru man's comment that Ickes could have been mistaken in this tes timony that brought the resig nation. ... ' '. The ' senate naval committee resumes hearings on the Pauley nomination next week, with Pauley scheduled to offer a re buttal to the Ickes testimony. Ickes told reporters his own re appearance before the commit tee "depends on what Pauley has to say Monday.", . Congressional reaction to the cabinet officer's smoking de parture from the government was mixed. A number of south ern democrats applauded his ex it, while westerners had praise for the way he administered his department. Some democrats, too, said they thought Mr. Tru man should pick a good man as Ickes' successor and quickly. Sharp Exchange It was generally agreed that the capital has seldom seen such a sharp exchange between a cabinet member and his presi dent. Ickes offered his resigna tion as secretary of interior ef fective March 31. Mr. Truman pointedly made the effective date February 15, in accepting it. and added, "I also consider that this terminates ail of your other governmental activities. To this Ickes fired back in another letter: "I assure you that I have had no secret de sign, having resigned as secre tary of the interior, to hold on to any" other office under your jurisdiction." . OPA Chief Said To Be On Way Out WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (P) Several congressmen told report ers, today that OPA Adminis trator Bowles was on the way out" of government service. ; These reports were in -sharp contrast to the .,. information which went the rounds last weekend that Bowles was about to be promoted to the post of stabilization director. Bowles was told of the reports as he lunched in 'his office with OPA staff members. He sent out only this comment: 1 doubt it. The OPA chief was scheduled to visit the White House this afternoon. - One congressman mentioned Richard H. Field, OPA general counsel, as a possible successor to Bowies. Field has been representing OPA in the White House wage price deliberations for several days while Bowles was -ill, at home. There was no confirmation or comment at the White House. . As recently as Friday. the OPA administrator's close as sociates stated that he had had assurance he would become stab-' ilization director in succession to John C. Collet, with authority over both , wage and . pricing policies. - - Air Of Uneasy Quiei Hangs Over Calcutta After Riots By DONALD HUTH CALCUTTA, Feb. 14 (P) An air of uneasy quiet hung over .Calcutta today after three days of widespread anti-British dis turbances which unconfirmed re ports said left 37 persons dead and nearly 400 injured. Strong British military de tachments continued to patrol the city, where 13 were killed and more than 150 hurt yesterday in repeated clashes between mili tary forces and mobs which ap peared bent on destroying any thing connected with the gov ernment. - Transportation remained at a standstill this morning and tele phone, telegraph and postal op erations were seriously affected. European shops, many of which were damaged and looted in Tuesday's uprising, remained closed in'- most sections. Two post offices have been looted. A nauseating stench - hung oyer many areas as garbage piled up in the street because of inter rupted collection service. Gas street lights in some sections re mained unlit during the night. The all-India congress party, the Moslem league and the com munist party sent "peace squads" into disturbed areas last night and after a midnight tour they exDressed the oninion that the situation would improve, al though their automobiles were attacked by mobs. A thousand American troops on leave in Calcutta were evac uated for safety after five offi cers and 13 enlisted men were injured early in the disturb ances, which resulted from i protest against the sentencing of a Moslem officer of the Japanese-sponsored "Indian National army," who was reported to have gone on a Hunger strike today, Nineteen additional American casualties were reported last night, when a convoy of 800 homeward-bound GI's was show ered with bricks and a rail tie dropped from an overhead bridge near Kanchrapara. Three soldiers suffered con cussion but all except PFC Max B. Benton of Tabor City. N. C, were able to board the Seattle bound Marine Angel. Benton is 'expected to leave the hospital within a few days. VRY To Build New Clubhouse The Overseas Veterans build ing commission today an nounced purchase of a lot on N. 6th, one-half block off Main. from P. J. Elliott. - The com mission members said plans were being made to construct a clubhouse and post headquart ers for the benefit of Pelican post, No. 1383, Veterans of For eign Wars of the United States, and affiliated bodies. ' Included in the plans were meeting halls for the post and auxiliary, adequate office space to house both post and com mission headquarters and ample club facilities. Officers of the commission said today that phenomenal growth of tne post, now ap proaching a membership of 700, made it necessary to obtain suitable facilities for service work, social ' and recreational activities; The membership has grown at the rate of 60 per month for some time and at a meeting February 7, a class of 34 were obligated. Officers of the Overseas Vet erans building commission arc. Walter L. Thompson, president; Ray E. Williams, vice president; and J. N. - Brochtrup, secretary and treasurer. Detailed plans of the pro posed building will be an nounced In the immediate fu ture. Neither the consideration of the building lot, nor esti mated cost of the building were given today. KF Man Loses $1640 In Cash Charles Bennett, stone mason residing at 3658 Worden. lost $1640 in- two packages of cur rency somewhere in town late yesterday afternoon. Bennett has reported to the sheriff's office that he had the money in an envelope in an in side pocket of his coat. Yester day afternoon he came to town, parked on Klamath and went in to a cafe to eat, returned to his car, drove to the Concrete Pipe company for a few minutes, then started home. . . ' While driving home he dis covered that the envelope and money were gone.:: ' The currency, all $20 bills, was in two sheaves, one of $1000 with a bank wrapper and the other $640 with a bank wrapper, was 'drawn out of a bank last week .. ., . jr., '.j -
