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Chinese wciions.
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k...i,iii lodnv carry a
i protest by 20 nallonally
m Kholant ciilllnu the
i secret mireemeiit the moiit
milcd In modern diplomatic
5 chnmo 'thot tho luto
Unt Roosevelt traded Man-
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dCUKd aespiio ins coiuii
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Lite my growing good will
United suites in -ninu.
FOSTER DULLES, who
ll be remembered us Dew-
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i uys In m Washington's
hfcy iddrcss nt Princeton
hin tv iw i c 1 nns nwnriieci
in honorary deijrco of Doc-
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lv clear that the big nations
lr.it lee ml it is very ini
tial to settle their differ
' idds: "I have listened for
It! to representative! of the
tr ly council accusing outers
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tatime. It seemed to mo. the
tZxit wero using the council
iwum where through propa-
tu md clever maneuvers
could score a national salt)
fi expense of others.
It concludes: "Tho situation
parting. Wo have no tlmo
Iwte, Tho nnttem of tho
p is tironay taking lorm,
IIMiorm is NOT A I'LEAS-
(ONE. It resembles the pat
Id the past."
I
lit bin nations do not feel
tt It is Important to settle
differences
f UNO Is to be merely a
p whc.ro member nations
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tanjolves at tho exnenso of
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f the pattern of tho future Is
iraiow tho pattern of tho
III high time fnr Amorli-n in
R her DOMESTIC dlffi.
W'Jt qiBrrels and disputes
u UVYIN TO WORK.
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tord brings weakness
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toi, ,lrng on tho domon-
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GM Strike
Moves Near
Showdown
Dewey Expects To Get
; Definite Answer
By Midnight
By The Associated Press
Fresh disputes bobbed up on
the nation's labor sccno today
but the 04 day old General Mo
tors strike moved nearer a show
down on all Issues still in dis
pute. Special Federal Mediator
James F. Dewey said In Detroit
lie expected to net n definite
"yes" or "no" unswer from man
auement and union by midnight
on nil issues.
When representatives of the
corporation and the CIO United
Auto Workers resumed neiiotlu
lions earlier In tho dtiy, Dewey
said ho expected thu parties to
reach an agreement by midnight.
However, when tho meeting was
recessed for lunch, Dewey said
lie had not intended to imply a
settlement might bo expected by
Hint time.
The UM slriko of 173,000 pro
duction workers was one of tho
first mujor work sloppuges to
upset reconversion schedules af
ter V-J Day and has shut off
more than halt of the nation's
potential production of new mo
torcars.
Wane Issue
Dewey and UAW Vice Presi
dent Walter P. iieuther uiirued
that the wugo issue still was a
major stumbling block, with the
union Indicating it was holding
out for the ltti cents un hour
boost recommended by a presi
dential fact-findlnu board. GM
has offered Ids cents. Dewey said
' several moro tilings remutned
to dc seined.
Otherwise tho labor picture
remained gloomy, however, with
U7U,uuu still Idle in strikes and
new controversies ncaring a head
In tho telephone, electrical,
coal and shipping Industries.
A strike iitlectlnii 250.000
telephone workers has been set
(or Mutch 7 by the National Fed
eration of Telephone Workers'
cxccutlvo board. However, the
independent union officials said
they will continue to meet with
government officials in efforts to
settle tho wago dispute.
Island Scene
Of Uprisings
BATAVIA, Java. Feb. 22 (VP)
Uprisings by natives nt six dif
ferent places on Celebes island
northeast of Java wero reported
hero todtiy.
Officials of the unrecognized
Indonesian republic here said
mo reported uprisings were
"spontaneous" and not directed
by their agents.
Meanwhile, fighting continued
In the industrial and railway
sections of Bnndocng, Java, as
British Indian troops continued
an operation apparently aimed
at clcnrlng Indonesians com
pletely from the town.
Mickey Gets A Medal
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Mi). Gen. A. R. Boiling (left), pins the Bronse Star on T3
Mickey Rooney, young screen star, for meritorious service while
entertaining troops during shell fire. The presentation was made
rocently in Frankfurt,' Germany. Rooney, a member of the army's
spoclal sorvices unit, expects a discharge from the service shortly.
AP wlrephoto via signal, corps radio).
Contest For Klamath's Two
Legislative Posts Certain
A contest for Klamath's two
legislative posts next fall ap
peared certain today when Troy
Cook, potato grower and pack
er, said he was sending in his
filing for the republican nomin
ation. Cook w a s a near-candidate
two years ago for tho same
nomination, lie made his filing
late, and failure to send the fil
ing fee threw the filing out on
a technicality. Before ho could
send it in after learning of the
omission, tho filing date had
passed.
Technically, there are two re
publican nominations and two
democratic nominations for the
legislature. Cook will run for
one of the republican nomina
tions, nnd Mrs. Kose M. fooie,
incumbent, is also running for
republican nomination.
3 Men 'Milk'
Pinball Game
SPOKANE, Feb. 22 (TP) Ar
rested with $85 in nickels on
their 'person, three men were
held hero on vagrancy charges
last night, after they were
caught "milking" a pinball ma
chine by a high powered mag
net secreted up one of the
men's sleeves. i
Truman Urges V-Gardeners
To Help Relieve Food Lack
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 (VP)
The nation's victory gardeners
wero called on today to dupli
cate their yeoman wartime
service and help relieve tho
postwar global food shortages.
Tho appeal came from Presi
dent Trumnn who said urgent
needs abroad "for food from
this country emphasize the im
portance of continued effort to
add to our total food supply."
The stringent food outlook
also was stressed by Secretary
of Agrlculturo Anderson In a
simultaneous statement late yes
terday. Ho summoned the na
tion's farmers to increase their
1048 foodstuff planting by more
than 3,200,000 acres.
"The situation," ho declared,
"calls for a continued all-out
production effort" even. though
this "will monn a heavy strain
on tho soil and a delay in farm
ers' reconversion toward a
ncacctlmo pattern of soil man
agement."
In congress, meanwhile, price
aspect of food products vied for
attention, with subsidies and
ceilings to the foro.
Two rcmiblican soiwlors
Taft of Ohio and Ilickcnlooper
of Iowa suggested to newsmen
that a program should be con
sidered now for "tapering off"
food subsidies, currently costing
the government $1,500,000,000
annually,
Both said they are opposed in
principle to peacetime subsidies
but are apprehensive that it
would be an economic shock to
the country if subsidies were
cut off overnight. Hence, they
thought it might be wiser to
end them gradually.
Elimination of subsidies would
mean higher price signs in the
grocery stores. The subsidy on
butter, for instance, is about 15
cents a pound; that on meat
about 6 cents a pound.
OPA ceilings also came un
der attack today by beet sugar
processors, who claim they are
not allowed what they are en
titled to under the price con
trol act and the stabilization
act.
Senator Murdock (D-Utah),
from sugnr beet country, was
not too optimistic that proces
sors would be able to increase
the consumer supply of sugar
this year.
? Henry Semon, Incumbent, Is
candidate for democratic nom
ination. If . there is no other
democratic candidate, one of the
republicans probably will also
get the democratic nomination
However it all comes out in
the primary, presence of more
than two candidates means a
contest in the general election
in . the fall We present oros'
pect being a contest among Se
mon, Mrs. Poole and Cook for
the two jobs.
Cook is a native of Klamath
county. He operates potato
packing set-ups at Hager and
M a 1 i n, and also is a potato
grower. He has a wife, two
children, and lives at 939 Si-dorado.
Vork Return
Deadline Set
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 22 IJPt
A deadline which, if CIO union
checkers failed to return to work
as requested, would mean cancel
lation of their contract and par
alysis ot waiertront activity
here, has been postponed to Mon
day. The Waterfront Employers as
sociation, which originally set
the deadline at 5 p. m. yesterday,
extended it to 8 a. m. Monday.
Employers have stipulated that
checkers resume their obs on
the basis of the number set by
ship operators.
Since January 27 the dispute
over the number of cargo check
ers to be hired has idled the
Boise Victory of tho Hawaiian
American Steamship company.
Sugar Loaf Road
Will Be Rebuilt
ALTURAS, Calif., Feb. 22 (P)
According to a telephone mess
age received from Sacramento
Wednesday, tho California state
highway commission allocated
$250,000 to be used , in the re
construction of the highway be
tween New Pine Creek and
Davis Creek.:
It is planned to use prison
labor in the construction. A
barracks will be built at a cost
of $75,000. Fifty prisoners and
18 free men will be used. The
money allocated will have to be
used in 1946-47. When com
pleted, the road will have a
four per cent grade.
This is the road over Sugar
Loaf mountain that has been
frequently mentioned in news
and editorial comment in Ore
gon and California papers re
cently, It is a section of' US
305. I
House OK's
Bill To Curb
Music Head
Decision On How Far
To Carry Measure
Up To Group
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 IM
A congressional decision on how
far to go in trying to curb James
C. Petrillo's powers over radio
broadcasting rested largely today
with a senate-house conference
committee.
The house last night passed,
222 to 43, a bill aimed directly
at authority wielded by the fiery
president of the American Feder
ation of Musicians.
The senate approved a much
milder measure on the same sub
ject a year ago. Accordingly,
the task of drafting legislation
acceptable to both chambers is
set to go to a joint committee.
Later both house and senate will
vote on the committee's version.
Measure Backed
Rep. Lea (D-Calif.), author of
the house-passed bill, predicted
the senators would go along with
most provisions of his measure.
It would outlaw the use of
force, threats "or other means"
to compel radio stations to pay
tribute to unions for using phon
ograph records.
It also would prohibit any. ac
tion to. require broadcasters to
employ more workers than need
ed or to halt foreign programs
or any type of non-commercial,
educational or cultural offering.
Violators would be subject to
a year's imprisonment or a $1000
tine, or Dotn.
'Terror Plot'
Brings Arrest
BUENOS AIRES. Feb. 22 (VP)
Argentine police said today that
a number of men had been ar
rested and a large quantity of
arms seized in what was de
scribed as a terroristic plot" to
cause trouble before the Sunday
general election.
Authorities asserted that cap
tured documents showed the
group planned a "terroristic" se
ries of uprisines in Buenos Aires.
The police did. not immediate
ly identity the group with any
political party, but contended
that among tnose neia were sev
eral known to be communists.
The communist party has been
supporting Jose Tamborini, op
ponent ot (-.01. i'aui .peron tor tne
presidency.
Russ Tanker
Breaks Apart
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (P)
The navy said today- its Adak
office had reported a Russian
tanker, with men and women
aboard, has broken up about 360
miles southeast of that Aleutian
base.
The after-half of the vessel was
reported still afloat, the navy
added.
The American tanker Puente
Hills sighted the section of the
Soviet ship, with at least 25 per
sons aboard, and reported it was
attempting to tow the wreck to
port.
The Puente Hills said she was
unable to learn the name of the
Soviet tanker or whether the for
ward half of the ship might also
still be afloat.
Notables Will
View Barracks
Preparations were complete
today for visits to Klamath
Falls . Saturday of representa
tives of the state emergency
board and the state board of
higher education, here to look
over the Marine Barracks plant
with a view to usine it as a
veterans' educational center.
Governor Earl Snell, who has
been much interested in the
project here, will arrive Satur
day morning to spend the day
here. v
George Aiken, state budget
director, was expected to come
with members of the emergency
board, of which Henry Semon,
Klamath Falls, is a member.
Charles Byrne, secretary of the
state board of higher education,
will bring the education group
here in his own car.
Signs Bill
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President Truman holds the
pens with which he signed the
full employment bill, making it
a function of the government.
by advance planning and pre
ventive legislation, to try to
prevent prolonged periods of
unemployment.
NEA telephoto.
Local Yoman
Struck By Car
Mrs. Leslie B. Wright. 43. of
438 High, was rushed to Klam
ath Valley hospital for examina
tion and treatment of injuries
after she was struck by a car
driven by Stanley . Grate, Cop
co employe residing at 2540 Or
chard, at 5th and Main about 6
o'clock last night.
She received a back injury and
her condition at the hospital to
day was termed good.
City police arrested Grate at
the scene of the accident and
charged him with failure to yield
the right of way to a pedestrian.
He posted $25 bail and is to ap
pear in court tomorrow.
Mrs. Wright is employed In the
ready-to-wear department of
Moe's store on Main. She had
just finished work and had
started home yesterday when
the accident occurred.
Grate, police said, was making
a left tirrn off N. 5th onto Main
after stopping at the traffic sign
there. Mrs. Wright stepped off
the curb to cross Main street
when tile car struck her, knock
ing her to the pavement.
The car was traveling' slowly
in low gear, the police report
said. Grate stopped immediate
ly and assisted in taking Mrs.
Wright into Moe's store until the
Merchants-Police ambulance ar
rived. Grate said that he did not see
Mrs. Wright until his car hit her.
439 Believed
Dead In Blast
HERFORD, Germany, Feb. 22
(fP) British and German au
thorities abandoned rescue work
at shattered Grimberg mine
near Kamen today and said as
many as 439 miners may have
lost their lives in the explosion
that occurred two days ago.
The decision that further
rescue efforts were useless was
reached at a meeting of the
management, workers and mine
Inspectors at the pithead and
work started immediately on
sealing the shaft with cement.
Death Toll
May Number
50 Or More
Navy Mutineers Clash
With British;
250 Hurt
By G. MILTON KELLY
BOMBAY, Feb. 22 (9:35 p. m.)
IP) Rioting swept on unchecked
despite a strict curfew in Bom
bay tonight after a day of bloody
tumult in which at least 50 per
sons were believed killed and
250 wounded.
City-wide disorder met with
machinegun and rifle fire from
troops and police. British Tom
mies with heavy artillery and
tanks, as well as planes and
warships converged on the city
of 1,400,000 to put down what
Deputy Police Commissioner
A. E. Caffin called a state of "ab
solute rebellion." The disorders
were touched off by a mutiny of
nearly 12,000 sailors of the
Royal Indian navy, mainly In the
Bombay area.
Force Surrender
At Karachi parachute troopers
used rifles, mortars and field
guns to force surrender of the
mutinous crew of the HMIS Hin
dustan after 25 minutes of action
in which the sailors fired the
sloop's four-inch. guns. , Four of
the seamen were killed and 26
injured.
In Bombay rebellious seamen
were still in control of 10 small
war vessels, although they were
making no move toward, nostu-itv.
A British communique" said
one British soldier had been
slightly wounded in forcing the
Hindustan to run up the white
flag at Karachi, while two mer
chant navy otricers ano two Brit
ish sailors were injured in the
Bombay riots when military ve
hicles were attacked.
The communique said two
British regiments, the . second
Leicester and the first Essex, had
been moved into the city to assist
in restoring order.
Fire on Mobs
Rifle and machinegun fire
crackled in many sections
against mobs which beat, stoned
and knifed their victims, set fire
to police and military trucks and
private cars, smashed store and
bank windows and looted.
Hundreds of British Tommies
poured into the city in trucks
and armored cars with orders to
fire as occasion demanded. A
heavy force of bomber planes ar
rived at airfields ringing the city.
In the harbor mutinous Indians
still in control of a flotilla of 10
small warcraft were faced by the
advance guard of a strong royal
navy force ordered here to put
down the mutiny. Heavy artil
lery was being sent to the city.
Escaped Convict
Robs Lunch Room
PORTLAND, Feb. 22 (VP) A
iHpntified as the
life termer who broke from the
state penitentiary last ween
robbed a lunch counter last
nleht. holdine eieht patrons at
gunpoint.
The bandit, accompanied by
another armed man. took $40
from the till, $20 from one
customer, and $2 from another.
Four of the customers later
viewed a 10-vear-old picture of
Alio T UnmflplH pnnvintpd
murderer who escaped from the
penitentiary, ana aeciarea mat
he was the robber.
Washington's Words Sound
Again In Halls Of Congress
By The Associated Press
The nation observed George
Washington's 214th birthday an
niversary in traditional fashion
today, with Doth houses of the
national congress setting the
pace by listening to a reading of
the famous farewell address.
Directed to .the people of
the. United States," ' the address
was delivered September 17,
1796 to announce that the na
tion's first president declined to
be considered for a third term.
Again, as on each anniversary
of his birth, these words of
Washington sounded in the halls
of congress:
"The unity of government
which constitutes you one people,
is also now dear to you. it is
justly so; for it is a main pillar
in the edifice of your real in
dependence; , the support of your
tranquility at home; your peace
abroad; of your safety; of your
prosperity; of that very liberty
which you so highly prize . . ."
The day started a long week
end for workers who do not have
Saturday duties, and the normal
number of these was swelled as
many financial markets and
other businesses usually operat
ing on Saturday declared that
day also as a holiday.
President Truman boarded his
yacht, the USS Williamsburg,
during the day for a weekend on
the Potomac, ;
. Before he left, Lt. Col. James
H. Batte, White House military
aide, placed a , presidential
wreath at the base of the Wash
ington monument. -
Veterans organizations placed
wreaths on Washington's tomb
at Mt. Vernon. National Com
mander John Steele led the
American Legion's observance
there.
Stiff Opposition May
Make Confirmation
Impossible
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22
Senate democrats eager to avoid
a possible party splitting vota
appeared today to be pursuing a
twin line of strategy aimed at
withdrawal of Edwin Pauley'i
nomination as under secretary of
the navy.
One democratic senator who
says he is inclined to doubt the
wisdom of the appointment but
hasn't said so publicly told a re
porter he has been urged by his
party colleagues to make a state
ment similar to one by Senator
Stewart (D-Tenn.) calling on
Pauley to step out of the fight.
The strategy, as this senator
explained it, involves an attempt
to convince the former demo
cratic national treasurer that
enough democrats are lined up
against him to make confirma
tion impossible. Pauley has con
tended that he can be confirmed,
despite indications that any such
result is extremely doubtful.
- Integrity Questioned
The nominee has insisted that
since his integrity has been ques
tioned in testimony, before the
senate naval committee,- the
senate itself must decide the is-.
sue. i
The second democratic move
afoot is one which its sponsor!
believe might make it easier for
Pauley to withdraw with face
saving all around.
These legislators said they
thought it might be possible to
obtain from the naval commit
tee once Pauley asked official
ly for withdrawal of his name
a summation of evidence finding
that the charges against him had
not been- substantiated.
Chief Accusation
Chief accusation is that by
former Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes, who .testified
Pauley suggested to him in 1944
that $300,000 in democratic
campaign funds could be raised
from oil men if the government
did not press its claim-to owner
ship of tidelands oil areas. . ..
Any committee action of this
kind probably would find re
publican' members in violent Op
position. And sponsors of . the
plan acknowledged that they are
not at all certain all of the demo
crats would go along. There ar
il democrats and seven republi
cans on the committee.
Chinese Press
Plant Wrecked
CHUNGKING, Feb. 22 (ff)
The three story downtown office
and book store of the communist
New China Daily News- was
wrecked today.
Intruders smashed all furn
iture and tossed it out of win
dows with fittings, personal be
longings of employes and books
and papers, which were torn to
bits. . -
Communists charged the in
truders were Kuomintang (Na
tional) party secret service men.
They said the intruders battled
communist employes from room
to room and floor to floor.
Two employes were hospital
ized with serious injuries.
Meantime, more than 10,000
Chinese students marched
through Chungking streets, de
manding that Russia "quit Man
churia" and asking that commun
ists answer five questions, in
cluding "who is organizing pup
pet regimes in Manchuria?"
McVoy Verdict i
To fie Announced
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 P)'
An announcement on the find
ings of the court-martial of Capt.
Charles B. McVay 3rd, on
charges of negligence connected
with the loss of his ship, the
Cruiser Indianapolis, is expected
tomorrow.
The navy scheduled today' a
news conference on Saturday' by
Admiral Chester Nimitz, chief
of naval - operations, '- and Vice
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman,
deputy chief, on "the McVay
court-martial." In answer to
questions, officials said the
court's finding "probably" would
be announced.'
The court on December 20
cleared McVay of charges of
culpable inefficiency but with
held announcement on a charge
that he was negligent because
he failed to follow a zigzag
course through an area where
submarines might be encountered.
Arriving In
United States
By The Associated Press ;
Charles Bremer, Li, Klam
ath Falls, arriving on Altoona
Victory due in Seattle Febru
ary 23. .
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