Reds Hold
Ickes Addresses The Press
n i
8 American
Newsmen
Br OLEN CLEMENTS
PE1FING, Feb. 21 (P) Reli
able Cnmeso sources reporica
today that eight American and
one Australian correspondent
were held incommunicado at the
Yamato hotel in Mukden lor
two davs bv Soviet authorities.
They had' entered that Manchur
ian city only tills week after
months -oi denials or picas io
visit the region.
The same sources said the cor
respondents now are being taken
on a conducted tour of Mukden
. and later likely would be taken
on a sponsored tour oi ensng-
chun, capital of Manchuria, and
of Harbin before being permitted
.' to return to the line oi Chinese
so vernmcnl forces.
Tending to confirm the report
was the sudden cancellation
: Wednesday, without official ex-
plana tion, of a scheduled ma
rine liignt to uninsnien to pic
up the correspondents stories to
' fly them to a communications
head.
There was a possibility that
news might Be received irom
Mukden, today, the Chinese
sources said,-as another group
of correspondents left Tientsin
for Chinshien In the hope of
loininc the others in Mukden.
The correspondents reported
technical custody in MUKaen in
eluded Spenoer Davis of the As
sociated Press: Reynolds Pack-
'. ard, United Press; and Charlotte
Ebner, international xsews .serv
ice. . .. -The
group which flew in to
day includes i-noiograpners
Julian Wilson of the Associated
Press. ; ,', .'. ,:
Freight Rate
Boost Asked
The public utilities commis
sioner, . represented by Russell
. Pratt of Salem, assistant su
perintendent of motor transpor
tation, today heard testimony
dealing with the 'request of the
Arrow Transit company for in
creased rates on large shipments
between Klamath Falls and
Lake view.
Jack Linman of Arrow Trans
it, testified on behalf of his
company, and Paul Taylor of
the Klamath Basin Rates bu
reau and George Davis of the
chamber of commerce rates
committee, advanced their be
lief that the entire rate struc
ture of the company should be
revised.
The hearing was concluded
this morning, and after the PUC
has studied testimony and find
ings of the case a verdict will
be announced.
The hearing was originally
slated to be held in the county
courthouse but other business
there necessitated moving the
hearing to the council chamber
of the city hall.
54-Year-Old Painter
Dies After Beating
PORTLAND, Feb. 21 iff)
Claude Johnson, 54-year-old
painter, died in a hospital today
from injuries believed inflicted,
by a beating.
Johnson was found lying in a
street last night : Police said the
injuries were not the type
ordinarily caused by an auto
mobile, and theorized he might
have been a hold-up victim. His
wallet was missing.
Car Thieves Strike
In Grants Pass .
GRANTS PASS, Feb. 21 (JP)
Car thieves struck twice here
last night, according to reports
given city police this morning.
A 1937 black .Packard sedan
registered to'JEdward T. Phipps
of 623 L street:was missing from
the Stott Buick garage on South
Sixth street this morning and a
1940 Chevrolet Master ..coupe
was stolen from' the garage of
T. F. Mathews, 671 North Third
street.. -v
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From the stage of the interior department auditorium in Washington, Harold L. Icke (right)
tells nawsmen (left) why ht resigned as secretary of the interior. Ickts challenged President Tru
man's right to pass judgement on his "veracity." AP wirephoto.
KLAMATH BASIN
Carload Potato Shipments
(Figures from State-Federal Inspector Ross Aubrey)
Merrill
A remodeling program is un
der way in offices used by Dr.
F. E. Trotman. The building is
owned by Jay McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fulliam,
one-time residents of Alturas,
have been called to Redding by
critical injuries suffered by
Mrs. Pulliam's son, Paul Lar
sen, in an automobile accident
near Redding last weekend.
. While details have not been
learned, it is known that his
, injuries are too critical for him
. to be moved for X-rays and he
is suffering from pneumonia.
He is a nephew of Louis, Carl
and Bob Lyon, and visited here
last fall during the hunting sea
son. He is 25 years old and a
veteran of the last war.
Anglers
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Malin
Mary Joe Miller, dauehter of
Mrs. .Tnnhin 'Millon artA
granddaughter of Mrs. Gertrude
f i . . i i . ,
viain, wno nas oeen a student
at Sacred Heart academy, has
oeen in at me lamuy nome for
three weeks sufferine fmm
jaundice.
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Thomp
son, operators of the Malin
hotel, are planning an extensive
redecorating program for the
lobby and dining room. New
linoleum is also to be laid.
Vassar College Gets
Woman President
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Feb.
21 UP) For the first time in its
85 year history, Vassar college
will have a woman president.
She is Miss Sarah Gibson
Blanding, 47 -year -old social
scientist and dean of the New
York State college of home eco
nomics. Miss Blanding succeeds Dr.
Henry Noble McCracken. presi
dent of the famed girls' school
since 1915, whose retirement be
comes enectlve July l.
Threat Of
Tie-Up Of
Cargo Seen
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21 (')
Threat of a tie-up of nil cargo
loading in the port here was seen
today after the Waterfront Em
ployers association issued an ul
timatum to cargo checkers that
officers of the CIO affilintcd un
ion said they would ignore.
A loading dispute originated a
month ago between the Super
Cargo and Checkers' union and
the Americnn Hnwaiin,, Qtnnm.
ship company over the number
i tnecKcrs to oe nireel lor two
ships. The Amarillo Victory has
since departed without its Port
land cargo, but the Boise Victory
has been berthed since January
27 waiting cargo.
R. E. Ferguson said the Water
front Employers association he
manages set 5 p. m. today as a
deadline for the Checkers union
to either work ships as directed
or arbitrate their grievances ac
cording to their contract. Other
wise, he said, the Waterfront
Employers would cancel its con
tract with the Checkers' union.
General Tib-ud
Union spokesmen said such ac
tion would probably precipitate
a general tie-up.
R. .1 Wnlf nricirfont nf tl,
Checkers' union now affiliated
with the 'International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
lininn. S!l fho cilltntlnn urno
complicated by a chanRe of un
ion affiliation since the dispute
originated.
He said the checkers refused
to direct lnndinp fhn narttn r iht
Amarillo because only two
cnecKers were assigned to the
ship, although it was the practice
of the Dort to have one man fnr
each hold. "Walking bosses"
would not direct loading, he said.
ano longsnoremen refused to
work without supervision.
A plant to manufacture syn
thetic gasoline and diesel oil
from natural gas is being con
structed in Texas.
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Harry Says
Production
To Hit Peak
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Oil
President Trumnn expressed be
lief today that protluctlon and
distribution will hit Us postwar
peak before long it everybody
works and cooperates.
He told his news conference
that he had hoped last fall that
restoration of full civilian pro
duction would have been
achieved by now.
Asked what ho thouulit of
uresent economic conditions, he
said he always was optimistic uud
lie still Is.
He said that an order recon
stituting the office of economic
stabilization would be Issued
soon. He attributed delay in lis
issuance to the necessity of work-
out details.
This order Is a part of tho new
program under which he shook
up his top stabilization command
and established a new wage
price policy.
Tho president, in- response to
a question, said he had nothing
to report on the strike of the
C1.0 Auto Workers against Gen
eral Motors.
Meanwhile the government
opened the way today for'scltlo
merits In scores of labor disputes
left hanging for a week by pay
provisions of the new wage-price
policy.
S t a b 1 lizatlon Administrator
John C. Collet postponed until
March 15 tho effective date of
tho rule that wage increases
must be approved in advance by
the national wage stabilization
board.
White House officials said
many employers hud balked at
signing wage agreements before
the federal approval machinery
was ready because of fear that
they thus might forfeit perma
nently their right to make the
wage boost the basis for claim
inn a price increase.
'Shotgun Squads'
Crime Deterrent
PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (I1)
Chief of Detectives James Flem
ing credited the new roving
"shotgun squads" today with put
ting a crimp in the city's crime
wave.
The squads, tourine the city
during night hours, "have sim
ply made crime difficult," Flem
ing said. "The. mental handicap
alone of never knowing when
one of these cruising squads
might show up has been a strong
detriment to crime."
The best accomplishment, he
said, has been preventing crim
inals from action by picking them
up on charges of "after hours"
a city ordinance which enables
police to arrest anyone out late
at night. -
Most wild mammals are far-sighted.
Senate Confirms
Porter OP A Head
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 M'l
The senate today, by unanimous
consent, confirmed Paul A. Por
ter tho now chlof of price con
trols. Only half dozen minutes of
discussion was required for ac
tion. Porter has been chairman
of the fetlcrul communications
commission.
Corvallis Gets
Air Base Use
CORVALLIS, Feb. 21 (T)
The city of Corvallis today had
control of operating facilities of
the Corvallis ulr base, following
signing of a receipt for the tinny
engineers by Mayor C. H. Wood
cock. The first civilian plane to use
the field since its construction
during the war landed today, and
at. least 15 planes are expected
to bo using the facilities by the
first of March.
Besides tho landing area, the
city has been granted use of tho
main hangar, link trulm-r build
ing, parachuto loft, control tow
er, maintenance shops and sever
al smaller structures. The army
engineers are retaining control
of barracks, warehouses and
other buildings on the reservation.
Thursday, fob. 21, 194S
Pope Pius Confers Red
Hats On New Card
By WILLIAM L. RYAN AND
FflANK BRUTT
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 21 P)
Pope Plus Xll conferred tho
traditional red hut upon 2B new
rui'dlnaln today In a magnificent
religious spectacle witnessed by
2U,UUU persons in tlio great
novo of St. Peter's.
In a long mujostic ceremony
rich with color and tho anclont
tradition of the Homun Catholic
church, tho pontiff botilowod up
on tho now princes of the
church tho flat, broad-brlmmod
and tasscled symbols of their
dignity.
They will receive tho final
symbol of their new rank
tiielr rings ul a secret consis
tory tomorrow, concluding week
long ceremonies marked by the
pope's world broadcast yester
day in which ho called upon
his church to become a militant
Helium, found with natural
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to remain under water for as
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