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' 7, :. 1...1.1..K- King mi" "" til Ii water on her w I ... ....rl.ll tl.nl cm tn in ' .. -t; DENY the Cnno ii alio obvious Unit Ruiwla Rriuln are engaged In a iirin dlnlomiillc nropu Si battle, cucli churiilng the tilth "undemocratic ' prnc- w . . . i . .1. i-Ruuia jwmimg me swim- -jcr at Urltuii activities in r.tpecc. Indonesia, etc.. Brlllih retorting by ciilllnK Jon to ituwlnn enterprises at uaiKuns, i-oianti, wo iLiiri and elsewhere, Ii a fair Kites Hint tins bnnda U directed at US Brllaln and missin want lo. In a tlirre-wny content. HOLD THE BALANCE OF EH. it ouuldorj (who aro told ::t) are wise, we ll sit tight wr fingers crossed, refrain (tiling too much excited it these (pals thnt lire man Midlines and HOPE thnt leaders aro comnetcnt to -t the situation to our long- wantage. mil bad trouble todnv In Bombay, where seamen o( Royal Indian navv seem to Ii open mutiny. thoro In a Itl ItlOOtlnil. Tin. miitlnnera t'f lo bo In pos.ic.wlon of pilIIS, with whoso guns W inrcatening tlio city underlying causes aro scure, and wed bettor and watch wlilln hrnr f l an opinion. lite am I mi ni Irn.. . n nrt Wiled by shooting, In Egypt. p Chinese situation, which 1 wnne back was looking y bright, Is "dctorlornt. u the diplomats say when Idled to admit thnt all isn't ffcl!' 11111 sl,"tn8 among tj wurrirn nun i) . i iM m Manchurln. The f finnounced lh0 other clny ho YALTA ngrcement, 3.5. n8r-'cment snnc. IriikJ.. , ' ""Ker in man FJJW Jiving to Kussla ports fwonand Port Arlhnr. nl,, iJi1.'.1' 1,1 Manchurlan I rin T) I u 'iiltlilHliUHB 11 ,. ,v ""-v uuv oi man- llherih lo o pona. F Yalta . sanctioned nfln,n 4UII1UII1S fK on. I TOAL EISENHOWER, one aid ih "'"oriean lean- iio nA inur a,,y tnBt t'10 I " get along with the Ru Pi." ,0. 'feat them rieoonllv ;po lor the best. Ho has in cxPerlenco with !' biAT1 1,.,nt so FAR orr.t.nn.s been Invarl- - "iuii nor blto. service to the rul -U10 arenin.. Hcca can .1," I'd K in . ill Lilt! 'WCtVp1 hcr OWN treat SVE machlno back In- III. Itni nil I .. U..1I. ' oNd's troubles' track fv10 f-ACK OP PRODUC- K"n3,e)aKnln "t enough ( shelter V.: W0IU' nnd ad- 'hen I(ll TO lun I... ' ndu,iH il,, bn,y nt ,."n!!s 'or evcrvbodv. lon0n,y thr0Ugh Rather ye,, "'j2 no"" 02 Si!, 'a'n .dto ,...9.70 -Kf" MM vea? B.8B ..4a VA Wants Dispensary At Barracks Plan Would Not Block College Proposal, Belief Here Veterans administration has requested authority to utilize tho dispvnsiiry ut the Murine Uarrucks plant for u ll)0-bcd general medical hospital for vet erans, It was leurned today. It Is understood here that this proposal is fur use of tho hospital facility only at tho Bar racks, and that this plan will not Interfere with proposed xtalo uso of the general plant for a veterans' educational cen ter. Tho two programs would bo compatible, one official suld, and presence of tho VA pro gram on tho project might well prove most helpful to tho state In Its proposed activity there. Request Bubmlttod Tho VA bus submitted a re quest to the federal bureau of hospitalization for use of the dispensary, which is a well equipped fuclllty orlglmilly set up as tho hospital feature of the marine activity ut tho Bur racks. It Is ready for immedi ate use for the new purpose. Opinion expressed In official quarters here wus that uso of tlio Hurracks dispensary for Im mediate veterans hospital pur poses will nut affect the an nounced VA Intention to con struct a veterans hospital at Klamath Fulls. The dispensary at tho Hurracks does not meet tho fireproof specifications and other requirements for n per manent veterans hospiu.il, al though such a hospital might bo built on that site, making uso of utilities and other facili ties there. It Is possible that if the stato shares the Murine Hurracks filant with the veterans ndmln strution, mulfitcnunco and op erations costs will be lightened for the stale and It will havo federal cooperation and help on tho physical plant program that It might not otherwise receive. Visit Planned Meanwhile, plans were on foot for visits to Klnmuth Kails Saturday of Governor Eurl Snell, and some members of both the stato higher education board and the stato emergency board, for a first-hand inspec tion of the Barracks In connec tion with Its possible use as an educational center. Tho state board of higher education tins declared tha plan feasible from tho standpoint of educational irogram and physical set-up, nit has said that new funds will have to bo made available if the operation Is attempted. Emergency funds ore controlled by the stato emergency board. Truman Mum On Ickes Job WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 P) President Truman suld today he Is not ready to announce a suc cessor to Interior Secretary Har old L. Ickes and spiked reports that a cabinet shift Is in tho mak ing. lie told a news conference he had discussed the Interior post with Supreme Court Justice Wil liam O. Douglas, but left up in the air whether Douglas would get it or even whether ho hud een offered the job. At one point, ho appeared to havo ruled out Douglas because he said ho did not want to have two cabinet members from Wash ington state. Lewis B. Schwcllen bach, secretary of labor, Js from that state. Man Cleared Of Shotgun Slaying LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. OI lltix Tnivrnfi T? Plielnu. 31. of TnUiiim.) rit-n urns nrmiittcd yosterday'of the shotgun slaying lost August ot Jonn noraer, u&, of Long ucocn. rncips wus re 4,,,-r.Al hnrn ft-nin fll-PUnn SOVOral weeks after Hardcr's body was found in a vacant 101. Her. ala wm 1 $ Telephone 8111 PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1946 Number 10751 eWSTBt'SnSQE ENDS Reds Admit Obtaining Atom Data Anti-Soviet Canadian Attitude Blasted By Russia LONDON, Feb. 21 MO Rus sia suld today its representatives hud obtained "insignificant . . , secret data" In Canada and its press accused tho Canadian gov eminent of using tho espionage expose for "nn unbridled anil-. Soviet campaign." The Moscow newspaper Prav du, organ of the communist parly, charged editoriully that Canada made the statement to distract attention from the "po litical' failure" of British For elgn Secretary Ernest Bcvin at tho United Nations assembly meeting. A Canadian spokesman com mented in Ottawa: "Tho Soviet statement start ed out as anaadmission of guilt sufficient to" cause the with drawal of its military attache, and then proceeded to minim ize the whole motter and sought to mako political capital by Im puting the motives to the Ca nadian government." The Canadian government wus under increasing pressure to lift the news blackout on the Investigation into the alleged spy plot. While the wordfest continued across the Arctic wastes, a sur vey In Washington showed that the top secrets of the atomic bomb remained with the United States exclusively. These Included the industrial process for mass production of the bomb material; the com ponent parts of the completed bombs, and the precise infor mation on pressures, radioac tivity, heat and other charac teristics of the explosion. Vanport Yets College Eyed PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (P) Stato board of higher education officials held without comment today two letters suggesting use of the war-built Vnuport housing area as an extension college for war veterans. Dr. Willnrd Marks, board chairman, said last night ho had no comment when asked about the report that the proposal had been made to the board. Letters from the Portland housing authority and the Van port school system outlining fa cilities available were given the board, but no action was report ed after this week's session. The board at tho present time is con sidering hiking over tho Klam ath Fulls Marino Bnrrncks for use as a veterans' school, Count Offices To Cfose Friday Offices and buildings which will observe Washington's birth day by closing Friday include the Klamath county courthouse, all banks, city hall, Oregon liquor control commission store, post otlice, united amies em nlnumrat service. U. S. bureau of reclamation. Stores, city and county schools and (he library will re main open as usual. War Veteran Jailed After Fatal Shooting In Yreka YltrjivA, Lain., rcu. ii Floyd Bloxham, 46. Horse Creek mechanic, was fatally shot in Walloce's pool hall on Miner street here ot 9:25 lost night and Carl W. Wade, 41-yenr-old vcter- on or world war s is neiu in nit Vmmfv inll In connec tion with the killing. Uioxnnm ctiea n nmi-nuur mwr lUn CloL-Umii Pniiniv npnoml hospital. Deputy Sheriff Thorne west, wlio arrcsieo wiuiu, sum the cx-soldler admitted to him thnl hn hnH fired tho shot but District Attorney Charles E. Johnson sold today ho would question witnesses this afternoon before filing a charge. Tho two men ore said to hove been ot tho homo of Wndes mother, Mrs. Sarah Wade, earlier in tno evening aim quiuieieu. Wade suiXcrcd injuries including the loss of several teeth in a fist fight and Bloxham then left the house. Wade, officers said, found an old .32 callbro Ivor Johnson pistol and went in search of Blox ham whom he found sitting at a counter at tho Walloco pool hall with his, Wade's, brother Eurl. Wade is said to have spoken to Bloxham saying, '.'look what you did to me" and then fired the shot which penetrated the man's chest on tho right side, piercing one lung. Little is known of Bloxham except that ho worked as a me chanic at Horse Creek some 45 miles from Yreka on tho Klam ath river. Wndo returned some lime ago from the service but was still wearing his uniform ot the time of tho shooting. The Wodc fomily has lived in this sec tion for many years. Two Die In Equator-Crossing Initiation HI Two San Francisco youths, LeRoy Robert Bragg, 14, (left) and Stanford Fluitt, 16, died as result of equator-crossing in itiation aboard SS Frederick W. Galbraith January 26, off coast oi Ecuador, and another barely survived ordeal. Shipboard tragedy occurred when the sailors drank a potion consisting of pound and a half of saltpeter mixed with gallon of water, as part of Neptune's rites, according to letters received by relatives of the boys. NEA telephoto. British Troops CI ash With Seamen In Waterfront Riot BOMBAY, Feb. 21 (VP) Brit ish troops and striking seamen of the royal Indian navy battled near the Bombay waterfront to day while warcraft of the mu tineers maneuvered in the har bor. Bloody, civilian riots broke out in the heart of the city to night. Police fired repeatedly on street mobs after falling to break them up with lathes. Spectators Auto Plunge Kills Admiral NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 21 (TP) Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wil kinson, attached to the joint chiefs of staff in Washington, D. C, drowned today when his automobile plunged overboard from a Norfolk-Portsmouth fer ryboat on tho Norfolk side of Elizabeth river. His wife, Mrs. Catherine- Wil kinson, escaped from the sink ing car by breaking a window and was taken to General hospi tal where she was being treated for shock and exposure. Coast guard divers recovered the admiral's body. Mrs. Wilkinson was rescued by ferry company employes.. Employes of the ferry com pany said the admiral's car was first to board the ferry at the terminal here and that It ran the entire length of the boat and plunged through the safety gates and into the water without stop ping. Mrs. Wilkinson told police she believed the brakes on the car failed to hold. The automobile was owned by a friend! Co. Brooks To Leave Barracks Col. Charles T. Brooks, com manding officer of the Marine Barracks, said today he plans to leave here about February 28, and will be attached to the de partment of the Pacific head quarters of the corps at San Francisco. Members of the Kiwanis club, of which he is an associate mem ber, paid tribute and said fare well to tho colonel at luncheon today. Capt. Lowell T. Cog gcshall, chief -medical officer at the Barracks, said he will remain here for at least several more weeks. Crew Struggles To Free Miners HERFORD, Germany, Feb. 21 (P) Rescue w o rk e r s dug through debris today in an effort to reach hundreds of German minors and three British techni cians trapped by an explosion in tho Grlmberg pit near Kamen, In 24 hours, the squads were able to bring out only 52 men alive and nine dead. The work ings employed 498, The director of coal produc tion in the Ruhr said he had es tablished that some of the 437 men still in the pit were alive. Their shouts wore heard today from a shift 900 yards deep, n may bo days before rescuers can reach them, authorities said. said there were many casualties. Three street cars and three buses were halted and set afire after the passengers were forced out. Gas lights were extinguished and, in the confusion rioters smashed windows and a theatre display case and looted some jewelry shops and restaurants. The civilian demonstrations in this second city of India were in expressed sympathy for the royal Indian navy strikers, who were reported by one sea man to have suffered 200 cas ualties from the fire of British Tommies and Indian troops be sieging their castle barracks. Naval enlisted men barricaded in castle barracks, a naval es tablishment in the castle section in the heart of the downtown area, were besieged by British Tommies and Indian troops. The troops had orders to quell what the Indian navy's flag officer called a "state of open mutiny." Truce Report There were reports a truce ended the fight at Castle Bar racks shortly before 5:30 p. m. (4 a. m. Pacific Standard Time), but gunfire still echoed through the city at 8 p. m. Nine warcraft held by the strikers, maneuvered into battle position in the harbor as the troops and barricaded seamen exchanged rifle and machine gun fire. The estimate of 200 seamen killed or wounded came from an enlisted rating who said he had escaped from the barracks. There was no official announcement of casualties. The army tonight issued a communique stating: "It is officially announced that strong naval, military , and air reinforcements are on the way to Bombay, Poona and Karachi." (Prime Minister Attlee told commons in London that royal navy ships were proceeding to Bombay. He said he had made urgent inquiries to officials in India as to details of the condi tions.) OP A Hikes Mill Price Ceilings WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (P) OPA today revised mill price ceilings for Douglas fir, western hemlock and true fir lumber, and said the authorized changes involved an average increase of approximately $1.10 a thousand feet for these prod ucts.. The revisions, which are ef fective March 6, included the raising of some ceilings and the lowering of others. The esti mated average increase, OPA officials said, was based "on the most reliable information available to us," following a "thorough study" of the indus try's operations. (Further de tails will appear in Friday's is sue of The Herald and News).' Arriving In United States By The Associated Press Howard C. Walker, PFC. Klamath Falls, arrived on George Washington due in New York February 21. Elton W. Smith T4. Klam ath Fulls, arrived on George Washington due in New York February 21. . Lewis Calls Meeting Of UMY Group Huge General Motors Walkout Remains Deadlocked By The Associated Press Jonn L. Lewis today called a meeting March 11 of the United Mine Workers policy commit tee the body which has author ity to reopen the union's con tract with soft coal operators and transit workers voted to end their 16-day walkout at Lancas ter, Pa., which had snowballed into a general AFL sympathy strike call. These were the day's major de velopments along the labor front: 1. Lewis made no announce ment of his intentions after a day 'and a-half of conferences with his district presidents. The present UMWA contract expires April 1 provided either side gives notice to that effect within 30 days prior to that time. 2. Bus and trolley operators at Lancaster ratified a union management agreement which they said provided a 12-cent an hour wage increase. The strikers originally had demanded 20 cents. . - No Agreement 3. The CIO United Auto Work ers in Detroit reported the union was "as far apart as we were 10 days ago" in reaching agree ment with the General Motors corporation on the issues of wages and promotion preference on a seniority basis. . . ... 4. A power strike in the vital Pittsburgh industrial area was set for 12:01 a. m. February 25 but negotiations for a settlement of a wage dispute will continue until the deadline. ; The inde pendent employes of the Du quesne Light company conducted a 19-hour work stoppage earlier this month, affecting 1,500,000 consumers. Union and management repre sentatives reached an agreement in Lancaster early today to end the 16-day transit strike which had seriously interfered with business in the Pennsylvania community of 60,000, but the agreement was to be submitted to the AFL union membership for ratification. Terms of the settlement in the dispute involving wages and other issues were not immediate ly disclosed nor was it known definitely when the 220 strikers, trolley and bus workers of the Conestoga Transportation com pany, would return to work. They struck on February 6 for hourly wage increases of 20 cents and 25 other demands. English Wife Of KF Man Arrives Mrs. Joyce Lucy Patty, wife of Thomas E. Patty of Klamath Falls, was one of six English war brides to arrive in Portland to day to meet their American serv icemen husbands. Patty was in Portland to meet his wife whom he had married in England while he was in serv ice as a technical sergeant with the army air force. They are expected here this weekend. Patty is employed in the engrav ing department of The Herald and News and is the son of Floyd Patty, well known Klamath resi dent. 'Mr. and Mrs. Patty will live at 741 Alameda. Chief Says Nomiinioi?ioirD .-Will. Stand- WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AP) President Truman laid today he intended to back Edwin W. Pauley to the limit in hi fight for confirmation at navy undersecretary. The president told his news conference he usually backed any man he was for, when asked whether the suggestion of Senator Stewart (D-Tenn.) that Pauley should withdraw would change his attitude. A reporter, repeating a question that has been asked of the president at two previous news -conferences, wanted to know whether Mr. Truman intended to withdraw Pauley's nomination. The president gave a flat no. "Does that mean that Pauley will have your full support if. ne insists on tigntmg it out" a reporter pressed. Pauley Ready """ ' h t Edwin Pauley opens his brief case preparatory to taking the witness, stand at the., senate naval affairs committee meeting where his nomination as under secretary of navy is being heard, Bill To Block Petrillo Eyed WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (P) The house today began consid eration of legislation which Rep. Brown' (R-Ohio) said is "specifically designed to put in his place and cut down to size this man James Caesar Fetru lo," musicians union head. The bill prohibits "coercive practices affecting radio broad casting." Commerce Committee Chairman Lee (D-Calif.) said it grew cut of demands on broad casters by Petrillo. Earlier, the CIO issued a statement criticizing the meas ure and describing it as "a dangerous and unwarranted in terference" with collective bar gaining. Court-M arti al Acquits Soldier S VIENNA, Feb. 21 (fP) A Unit ed States court-martial acquitted Sgt. Shirley B. Dixon of Toledo, Ohio, today of all charges pre ferred when he killed a Russian officer end wounded another after they boarded an American military train between Salzburg and Vienna. The president replied that when he gets behind a man he usually stays behind him. . Pauley, meanwhile, brushed aside demands that he ask Mr. Truman to withdraw his nom ination. With the senate naval com mittee's - investigation of his Qualifications in recess until next Tuesday, Pauley told a re porter he wants his name to go to a senate vote because he is confident he will be confirmed. A second legislator today urged Pauley to withdraw. Sen ator Morse (R-Ore.), told report ers he had just returned from a speaking trip which took him through several states and that tms Fauley case has the coun try rocked." Should Withdraw "He (Pauley) professes loyal ty to the president," Morse said. "If he's really loyal he ought to withdraw and save the presi dent embarrassment.' Senator Stewart (D-Tenn.) in a formal statement yesterday demanded that Pauley with draw "out of common decency," asserting the democratic party is "seriously split" over the nomination. Called to testify next Tues day are T. S. Petersen, vice president, and H. D. Collier, member of the board, of the Standard Oil Company of Cali fornia and Vic Rosetti, presi dent of the Farmers and Mer chants National bank of Los Angeles. 5000 Trucks Idle In China WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (fP) Brig. Gen. T. M. Osborne re ported today there are 4000 to 5000 new trucks standing idle in China, but disclaimed army responsibility for them. . " Osborne was asked by mem bers of the house expenditures committee about reports that "miles, and miles" of surplus trucks are being junked. The officer, attached to head quarters of the army service forces, said the army had the trucks sent to India for relay to China over the Lido road. The trucks were to be trans ferred to China under lend-lease procedure, he said, but this was prevented when such transac tions were halted at the end of the war. Faulty Indictment Josses Arson Case Out Of Court A faulty indictment yesterday freed Alva W. Downs, former city building inspector who for six months has been in the coun ty jail on a charge of arson. Downs was released imme diately after the case was thrown out of court. The trial against the former Inspector started Wednesday morning and two witnesses, D. L. Mosier and Mrs. Mabel Shear er, were put on the stand by the prosecution before the noon re- At 2 o'clock, when the jury re turned to the box, R. F. McLar en, Downs' attorney, informed the court he had a motion to present and the jury was ex cused again. McLaren then pointed out that the indictment against his client, as drawn up, did not conform to the Oregon arson law code in that nothing was said about the house burning. The indictment read: " , . did then and there wilfully and maliciously set fire in the day time to the dwelling house of another, to-wit, D. L. Mosier." Two sections of the code were cited by McLaren, who quoted one. "that burning the house of another is a crime" and the oth er, "setting fire to a person's own house and by result burning the house of another,, is also the crime of arson." - - - But the indictment' against Downs failed to say that Mo sier's house burned arid did not specifically charge Downs with burning the house, McLaren pointed out. He called for dis missal of the case and Judge David R. Vandenberg sustained the motion. - It was also shown that the indictment did not give the location of the property sup posedly ignited. Downs was immediately " re leased from the countv iail where he has been held since August 11, 1945. v Egypt Scene Of Wild Riot CAIRO, Feb. 21 (JP) Swarms of ;.. demonstrators, shouting "down with England," attacked the AH Saints Anglican Cathe. dral, attempted to invade a Brit, ish army barracks, burned mili tary stores and touched off riot, disorder and .gunfire in Egypt today. . ' ' ' ' ' Responding to a call of stu. dent and union leaders for a gen. eral one-day strike in tgypt a principal cities as a demonstra. tion of their determination ta have British troops withdraw from all the Nile valley, from 100,000 to 150,000 persons roamed the streets and squares of Cairo. The city's shops and factories were closed. v The crowd attacking the cathe dral in Cairo looted the bishop's house and set fire to the cathe. dral hall. . Another throng set fire to an RAF storehouse in downtown Cairo and guards who opened : fire wounded three. Septuplet Claim Another 'Duck'. ' ' PARIS, Feb.. 21 (TV New men concluded today-that it must . have been a touch of spring that prompted a Parisian to report U an English news agency the birth of seven, children yesterday t a woman of tiny Rue Grande, ' ' Their investigation along th left bank of the Seine cbnvincec' them the- reported birth of sep tuplcts was another "duck," i ai the French say for a false report lii' i It
