triking GE Workers March On City Hall
;s flews
UP L
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Shall iHiorniiiiui'ui
DISK ' nnnl..I1L.. W.,
inn- Strato-crulsor
ttii.h 14-hmir non-stop
fffrora Stockholm to wow
f'pSlvcrlM will bo mntlo
)' til-.inivor sorvlce with
p'bciotund
I ...Ill lin
Ivrti will bo among the
wA1 ii.. .in.nln. humnn
"lit you're more Inclined
r". vnu don't know
C iW tliun one you do
L.Lun roninion. everyaoy
Kit JP " P"11"
I"."" I American
:t: rio.r look i.t
! o M hlf UNGUARDED
Cm i department iitoro
U been visiting,
familiar note;
. communist complain
:.nJ bitterly ttint his re
.nrhanoroiu'd nppcurances
,T. ltu are a "oro-elcctlon
tin" (IfJlK'ie'l w promoto
purpose
ICl iMirllO.
"reiclionary iiunntu.
in modern political par-
ii ono you don t ogreo
I . . .
k mnmlim'i dispatches in
U ui Hint with only one
Lt or the vote counted
1,1 Juin I'cron l ahead In
I.: .11... vntllllf.
hember Hint tho Argentine
I ironirolled by Pcron's
,1 "mnervlsMt" the voting
recent election. If "lam
Peroiu oppoiiom.
ih filial count It would
lwtln nt tho very least.
Elhin little startling ond
Lpi even trifle encourag-
Hoover (one man who re
al i ot of puunc co
I-i it turning to iinorlii
JrlCIPATOH. not SPECTA-
tporis to cunium juvviiw'
E; the sound principle of
PINO 'EM BUSY. It Is
u It ever was inai om"
find omo work for Idle
i 9 do. ,
can voull IS r.rr.iv
fIC. II a good outlet lor Its
kr ln't provided n BAD
it will toon provide Itself,
t
NATOIt VANDENBERG,
bho Kcmi to be shaping up
:.e ol tho broaaor-minuca
bllcani, returns from tho
ftulon In London with the
kt that accomplishments
far outweighed lauurcs.
IT, ho says, tho United
fcnuut take a FIRM LINE
nun! with Soviet Russia on
lovcrslal problems. Ho
t iltuntlon calls for
-tt and goodwill, but NOT
ricciiaiion."
(ill i lot of unofficial back.
:( In the senate,
ulor Hatch of New Mexico,
! 112 famo and also n close
i of Truman, snys: "Vanden
expresses my sentiments
I Russia exactly." . Senator
KMInnesota, also of B2 H2,
he Birce "inn with
pmberg's position on Rus-
Dcnator Fu hr n il of Ar-
W adds: "Vnnrlnnhnrtf 1
f utely correct In tho essence
Isrlalemcnts."
latch and Fullbrlght are
IfalJ. Ball Is a Rcpubllcnn.
rare arc rcKiirclcd as hold-
iniELLIGENTLY liberal
i on our foreign relations.
liutll certnlnlv hn iinulne
'!" P't In Russia's face.
Shall hn Amnll.. If
ill lo look nt Russia with
He eyes.
..
Is bad strike trouble ot
Nladclphlo, where 1000
pouco break up a mass
Unsr ntiAmt 4i.ni i. .i u.
I Hen by court order.
wcniiBi that wo under-
nni mass picketing Is. It
"ticmpt to get what you
BY PHYRTP AT. rnnrir
an't permit that and con-
" acmocrncy.
;PH FLANDERS, president
1:," and a member of the
FUlCe fnr I-
I, Zl, , connresa today:
iiiiuuiu uh t;x-
another year, but
, Telephone Sill
WEATHER NEWS
February 28, 1346
Max. (Feb. 27) 48 Min 31
Precipitation last 24 hours II
Stream year to data 10.18
Normal 8.55 Last year.... 6.81
Forecast! Snow tonight, fair Friday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1846
Number 10757
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Neg roes Arrested In Tennessee Disorder
State highway patrolmen register and soarch a group of negroes arrested during a disorder
In which four policemen and six other personswere wounded at Columbia, Tenn.
AP wirephoto.
What To Do With Britches After Nightly
Removal Poses Boudoir Enigma For Males
By HALE SCARBROUGH
From the trl-corncred breeches
stnxo onward, tho life of the
male of the species Is frnughl
with many 1 1 tt lo unsolvablc
problems and not tho least of
llicso Is man's quandary over
what to do with his trousers
onco ho has doffed them for the
night.
Discreet inquiry, conducted
by other than the cyc-to-kcy-liolc
method into this boudoir
enigma, has proved Interesting
in tho revelation that, though
tho various citizens perform the
disrobing ritual nightly, very
few arc certain Just what hap
pens immediately after the
pants come off.
Ono gentleman thought the
Question over and answered that
he just tossed hi. trousers on
W for
fe...llvc with OPA
If PRESENT FORM for an-
fc, h,mea". OPA In
NO 71.1 , rm 18 STRAN
initiative and Incnntlva
. Dnrl 4U A I
"Itlatlvi ?nd functlon
' Wetrnnglcd.)
tS. th?'!0.nl of Bmnor
CnWlth'llhcr l"com
BUV TC ' "u lnnt ABIJjITY
1.1," "
"Mill,
nrnriimtn v
industry won't bog
K,MUS0 presslons and
EllvlB accomplished In
7C0ftr7,nnrt","Ai
ccd lJf ?n D-Wnah.) has
28 (P)
Srahlv a ',t0 Provide
C5 ,ilsohar8od vet
i tZTJ wr II bo ollKi-
fee ,3? crvl appoint-
""Ions, 1 rsldence
3 Measures To
Be On Ballot
Three new measures arc slated
to appear on tho ballot for the
special municipal election, May
17.
The first provides for a H
mill levy for a stato employes
retirement act.
. A revolving fund to core for
paving petitions Is the second
mensure on tho ballot, The
price for paving streets will bo
added to tho initial property
price, tho measure will set
forth, and will go back into the
fund to provide for pnving when
petitions aro presented. This in
volves a quarter-mill levy.
Tho third measure calls for
tho paving of small strips around
city parks, such as those in Mills
addition and Hot Springs.
Tho measures were widely
discussed at a special meeting
of tho city council yesterday.
Some question aroso concerning
the time clement now and the
primary election, but lt was de
cided today that there will be
enough time to net on the meas
ures and have them ready for
tho voters In May.
the bed and his wife aulctlv nut
them in such an inconspfcious
nook that he had to ask where
they wero each mornlns.
Another remorked that he al
ways folded his pants ncntly
over tho back of a convenient
chnir, and then' enlurgcd on his
method of furnishing his wife
money for household expenses.
Each night, no said, ho emp
tied his trouscr pockets, tossing
odd change and such folding
money as he feels he can spare
on the dresser-top. His watch,
keys and billfold he tucks into
a shoe. Next morning the shoe
and its cargo arc intact but
there is no cash on tho dresser.
Suspenders Handy
Men who wear suspenders ap
parently have little difficulty in
disposing of their pants for the
evening. Any handy protuber
ance, door corner, knob, van
ity mirror, bed or colling light
fixture serves as a spot over
which to loop a suspender strap
and there tho garment dangles
until morning.
The automatic press gained
by folding trousers under tho
mattress at night, as endorsed
and urged by the armed forces,
has few followers in civilian
life, and probably even fewer
in tho military. No ono ques
tioned about the trouscr prob
lem admitted snatching a quick
press in that fashion, which may
account for the overload on
cleaning and pressing shops, , ,
An unattached ex-servlcemari,
currently living in a hotel, was
one who slated he draped his
Rep. Ellsworth
Seeks New Term
WASHINGTON, ' Feb. 28 (TP)
Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore.) today
announced his declaration of
candidacy for re-election to con
gress from Oregon's fourth dis
trict had been filed for the May
primary.
Ellsworth said he would re
main at his work in the capital
and not campaign during the
primary.
75 Persons Believed Lost
On Broken Russian Tanker
SEATTLE, Feb. 28 (P) At
loast 15 persons wero nppnront
ly lost when tho Russian tanker
Donbass b r o k o in two in a
storm 300 miles southeast of
Adnk in tho Aleutians Febru
ary 17, tho navy's Alaska sen
frontier headquarters radioed
today.
Tho commander of tho naval
operating bnsc at Kodink, in a
message to 13th naval district
headquarters, reported further
search ' had been abandoned
after discovery of a capsized
lifeboat, life rafts, and other
life-saving equipment in the
general vicinity of tho wreck.
Only one survivor, instead of
IB. as first renorted was appar
ently found aboard tho floating
forepart of the tanker, now in
tow of another Russian vessel,
tho message said. Tho rescuing
ship and other Russian ships
have not answered queries sent
them both in English and Rus-
slan, probably due to their in
ability to reply, tho message
stoted. . ,
.The American tanker Puonte
Hills, with 47 persons taken off
the aft section of the ship and
with that in tow, was on the
way south, cither to Seattle er
Portland. ,
Two navy Privateer plnnes
and a navy PBY and tho fleet
tugs Sarsi and Gear made re
peated search of the area but
high winds and snow tho past
10 days left little hope for any
remaining survivors, the mess
age said.
The Russian tanker Belgorod
was reported en route to Dutch
Harbor, in the Aleutians, pre
sumably with tho forepart in
tow, and is' .expected about
March 4. The Donbass, with a
gasoline cargo and a crew of
abbut 65, sailed from Los An
geles for Vladivostok. '
trousers over the foot of the bed
where they would be in easy
reach in an emergency, and also
spoke of dumping the money
and other pocket articles on the
dresser, the idea being that if a
prowler evcr( entered his room
his valuables would easily be
found and the thief wouldn't
have to disturb our hero's slum
ber. '
A garage worker who habit
ually wears coveralls to work
related :this procedure:
He hurries home from work,
says hello to the family and
heads into tho bathroom for a
tub, shedding his dirty coveralls
on the bathroom floor. From
then on ho isn't sure what hap
pens to them but they, or a
clean pair, arc always on a
chair by the bed when he gets
up in the morning. He believes
his wife has somthlng to do
with it.
Clothes hangers occasionally
come in to the niche in life for
which they were created, as this
pursuit of inconsequential knowl
edge revealed, and men gener
ally agree that the wire con
traptions arc fine for keeping
newly-acquired press in a pair
of pants.
If an empty hanger is close
by men as a rule will seriously
consider placing their trousers
on it. Then comes the problem
of where to hang the hanger.
Housing Bill
Passes Test
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (VP)
The house rejected todoy by a
143 to 29 standing vote a mo
tion by Rep. Rankin (D-Miss.) to
kill without further debate the
administration's emergency
housing legislation.
The action came after Rankin
shouted to the house that the
legislation would drive the
building industry out of busi
ness or nto' the black market.
Ho proposed to strike out the
enacting clause. , .
Action on Rankin's motion,
however, did not - indicate the
ultimate disposition of the hous
ing legislation, as the opposi
tion on the motion won on an
argument that the legislative
body should not refuse to de
bate and thrash out housing legislation.
A few minutes earlier the ad
ministration lost the first actual
test on the legislation, as the
house voted 145 to- 88 to ter
minate June 30, 1947, any emer
gency powers it may grant for
the production of more houses.
Cabbie Found
Dead In Auto
ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb. 28 (VP)
Joe Earl Parker, 26, Roseburg
taxi driver, was found dead in
his car at Winchester, five miles
north of Roseburg, at 7:30 this
morning, State Police Sgt. Paul
Morgan reported. Parker died
from exhaust fumes from his
car, Morgan said. Coroner H. C.
Stearns is investigating.
Coggeshall
Leaves For
M.B. Confab
Navy Captain Goes To
Washington, D. C.
On Orders .
Capt. Lowell Coggeshall of
the Marine Barracks received
orders' today to go to Washing
ton for conferences in connec
tion with the proposal to use
the Marine Barracks for an edu
cational center in the Oregon
emergency in veterans' educa
tion. Capt. Coggeshall prepared to
leave tonight. The order, it is
understood here, came as a re
sult of Governor Earl Snell's
request to the navy that the
Barracks medical chief be de
tailed to assist in working out
the proposed arrangement for
the state to take over the big
Installation on the mil.
The captain was approached
with this idea when state offi
cials were here last weekend,
Knows Facility
He is familiar with the Klam
ath facility, has already dis
cussed the situation with navy
and veteran officials in Wash
ington, and is himself a promi
nent educator as a long-time
member of the faculty of the
University of Michigan.
Meanwhile, it was reported
downstate there has been an
unfavorable reaction to the at
titude of University bf Oregon
veteran students, who are circu
lating Detitions against the Bar
racks plan. These students, al
ready on the campus and get
ting an education, are' opposing
a plan to give others a similar
opportunity, it was pointed out,
This is February 28. and to
morrow, March 1, the Klamath
Marine Barracks goes into in
active status as a marine corps
installation. Col. Charles T.
Brooks, commanding officer,
has left for San Francisco. Capt.
James Short is in charge of ma
rine personnel at the Barracks',
and Capt. George Corcoran, the
quartermaster, i s remaining
there.
Truman Urges
Home Sharing
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (P)
President Truman .called upon
the people of the nation today
to share their houses with home
less veterans to help relieve the
acute housing shortage.
The president, in a statement,
endorsed "most heartily" a pro
gram calling for organization of
housing committees in every
church and synagogue neighbor
hood. Asserting the housing short
age "has become a serious prob
lem throughout the nation," and
that it will remain "acute for
some months," the president de
clsrcd "Surely no veteran who has
served his country faithfully and
well should now be left home
less on his return from service.
I sincerely hope that every cit
izen will take this matter to
heart and aid this effort in every
way possible. ,
Slaughterers
Here To Strike
Klamath county slaughter
ers will strike tonight and no
meat exceet pork and lamb
will ba killed at local plants
"as long as OPA regulations,
prohibit the slaughterers from
making a reasonable profit."
An order to eeas opera
tions as beef and veal slaugh
terers effective at midnight
February 28, was received
here today by the three major
packing houses, Klamath
Packing company, Johnson
Packing company and Brat
ton Packing company.
Frank Lowell of Klamath
Pack said today that It was im
possible to follow regulations
as laid down by OPA without
the operator going into the
black market. The meat opera
tors said they "were not on
strike but simply could not
operate under existing OPA
regulations" and therefore
were not killing beef or veal
until the matter was straight
ened out.
It is estimated that the pres
ent beef and veal supply
would last not over one week
at the most. Slaughterers said
today that there was virtually
no lamb on hand and the pork
supply has been exceptionally
limited this past year. I
Seeks Office
w
w.
LAMAR TOWNSEND
Townsend To
Seek Office
W. Lamar Townsend, Klam
ath Falls attorney, announced
today that he will be a candi
date for the democratic nomina
tion for congress from Oregon's
second congressional district.
Lowell Stockman, Pendleton
republican, is the present con
gressman from this district and
he has already filed for renom
ination. If no other democratic
candidate files before the March
8 deadline, Townsend will get
the nomination- by default and
the race with the republican can
didate will come in the Novem
ber general balloting.
The second district includes
Klamath, Baker, Crook, De
schutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney,
Hood- 'River, Jefferson Lake,
Malheur, Morrow, Sherman,
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Was
co ana Wheeler counties.
Second Term
! Stockman is now serving his
second two-year term in the
lower house.
Townsend was admitted to
the Oregon state bar in 1930,
and has practiced law in Klam
ath county for 16 years.
He attended Young-Harris col
lege in Georgia and took his law
degree at Norfolk Law college,
Norfolk, Va., graduating in
1927. In World War I he spent
four years in the navy, from
1917 to 1921.
Townsend has not yet made
his formal filing with the secre
tary of state but said this morn
ing that he made his decision to
run last night after thinking the
matter over for a week, and
that he would notify the secre
tary of state before March 8.
He is married and has no
children. The Townsends reside
at 432 Main and his office is in
the Willits building.
58th Wing In
Top UNO Role
ROSWELL, N.' M Feb. 28
(&) The 58th bombardment
wing, atom bombing specialists,
will have a top position in this
nation's contribution to the pro
jected United Nations organiza
tion police force.
The AAF wing, veteran of
aerial bombardment of Japan,
now is in the process of reor
ganizing into a fully equipped
strategic force ready to strike
anywhere in the world with
atom bombs if the job requires.
Littell Gave
Warning Of
Muck Raking
Oil Producer Asserts
Conversation Took
Place Monday
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28
W John A. Smith, Califor
nia oil man, told the senate
naval committee today thai.
Edwin W. Pauley had been
fined by the state of Cali
fornia "for stealing oil."
Pauley, President Truman's
nominee for undersecretary
of the navy, arose and shout
ed: "That's a dirty liel"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 VP)
John A. Smith, California inde
pendent oil producer, testified to
day that Norman Littell, former
assistant attorney general, had
told him the senate naval com
mittee was "going to try to smear
you up."
Smith was a witness at the
committee hearing on the nomi
nation of Edwin W. Pauley as
undersecretary of navy. He
made the statement under ques
tioning by Senator Tydings (D
Md.) after Senator - Tobey (R
N. H.) said he had asked Littell
to help him fight Pauley.
Smith said he had gone over
with Littell the testimony he
was to give today. 'It was at a
dinner Monday night at the Lit
tell home, he said, that Littell
warned him of the impending
"smear" attempt.
He said Littell told him the
"smear" effort - would involve
"some situation in California in
which you were accused of steal
ing on." .
"I said that was all right.
Smith added, "I'd be glad to tell
tne senate committee aDout
that."
Tydings contended Smith was
"trying-to conceal" this part of
his conversation: with Littell.
Smith denied this.
Smith said the "smear" angle
was mentioned , at the . Littell
home after most of the guests
had left. He listed Senators
Tobey and Brewster (R-Me.),
Mrs. Littell, Mrs. Brewster, and
Jean Star, another independent
oil man from California, as other
guests.
&'YearOld Boy
Struck By Auto
An auto-pedestrian accident at
7th and Main last night sent lit
tle Robert Eacret, 6-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Eacret,
1902 Johnson, to Klamath Val
ley hospital for treatment of a
skinned hip and minor bruises.
He was released after treat
ment. Police said that the little
boy had been to a movie with
his parents and they were walk
ing toward Main when the
youngster ran out into the street
in the path of a car driven by
Rodger P. , Weston, 19, 975 Ala
meda. - - -
The car was moving slowly
on the freshly snow-covered
street and bumped into the boy,
Knocking nun down.
. Police said that the youngster
was not in a cross-walk and the
driver of the car was not blamed
in the accident which occurred
about 8:30 during last night's
snow-flurry. Robert attends Alta
mont school.
Crowd Breaks Thin Police
Line To Glimpse Hirohito
TOKYO, Feb. 28 (P) Two
thousand subjects cheered Em
peror Hirohito as he visited a
department store today but the
communist party quickly cen
sured his recent public tours as
a "pre-election campaign for
the sake of reactionary political
parties."
, "We demand that the emper
or and all other war criminals
be banned from carrying out
any such" campaign, read a
resolution passed by the party
convention. The resolution is to
be presented at the imperial
household tomorrow.
General MacArthur never has
branded the emperor as a war
criminal suspect, but the com
munists and some other Japa
nese elements have.
Cheering Japanese broke
through thin police lines to
crowd around the emperor's
automobile as he left the store.
The event was unprecedented
in Japan's history. Public con
duct toward the emperor has
been regulated rigidly by code
Uiat prescribes a bowed head
and downcast glance in his pres
ence. Today, he evea lifted his hat
to the crowd. Officers had dif
ficulty clearing a way for the
automobile to pull out from the
curb.
Hirohito had become so inter
ested in things in the depart
ment store he missed his nor
mal lunchtime. . : 1 1
The store was one of several
places that Hirohito, without a
guard, visited to see how his
people are living.
In the afternoon he visited
the old barracks of the Japanese
eighth field . artillery where
3000 homeless Tokyo residents
live in converted quarters.
Guided by frock-coated Kei
Ichi Tamaki, secretary to Social
and Welfare Leader Dr. Toyo
himo Kagawa who . sponsored
the plan, the emperor made a
lengthy inspection of the
grounds and quarters, inquiring
of many how they were faring.
Children and women greeted
their sovereign with much wav
ing of flags made from paper
with the rising sun In crayon.
Unionists
Want Talk
With Mayor
Many Persons Injured
In Violent Flare-up
At Huge Plant
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28 (ff)
Striking General Electric com
pany workers and sympathizers,
driven from the streets around
the GE plant in a free-for-all
battle with police, marched on
city hall today, virtually halt
ing traffic while they demand
ed an audience with Mayor Ber
nard Samuel.
After an hour-long parade
around city hall, during which
blocked street cars ringed the
building almost solidly for 20
minutes, a union sound truck
announced that union delegates
had gone into conference in the
mayor's office and asked the
crowd to stand by. .
Police estimated the paraderi
numbered' 3000 to 5000. They
were led by CIO-Electrical
Workers union leaders who
sought to protest to the mayor
what they teftned "police bru
tality." 5000 Jam Hall
About 5000 jammed the City
of Brotherly Love's city hall,
police estimated.
James Price, strike director
for the local union, said follow
ing a 50-minute conference with
Mayor Bernard Samuel that the
mayor had promised to do what
he could "to halt the violence."
Union leaders told CIO-Electrical
Workers to assemble out
side county lines tomorrow for
another demonstration.
Many of the 25,000 CIO-Electrical
Workers in the Philadel--
Dhia area ininpri tin tho Hamiin.
station at city hall but there
was no general work stoppage.
Flare-up
The flare-up at the General
Electric plant, one of the most
violent in postwar labor trou
bles, . resulted in injuries to a
score or more and arrest of 15
on inciting to riot charges.
Three thousand marchers
broke through police lines three
blocks from the plant, bowling
over six officers on motorcycles
before 18 mounted policemen
rode into their ranks and routed
the men and women in the pa
rade. The estimated number of
injured ranged as high as 20.. -
A score of persons were ar
rested and held for questioning. ;
Among them was Francis White,
regional organizer of the CIO.;
Cargo Dispute
At Deadlock
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 28 P)
The waterfront dispute here be-,
tween employers and the CIO
supercargoes and checkers was
deadlocked today and union of
ficers said it probably will re
main so until settlement is made
in negotiations underway at
San Francisco. ,
The 113 members voted last
night to reject the employers'
return-to-work terms, which
would allow ship operators to
set the number of checkers on
each ship. The Waterfront Em
ployers association said this was
provided in the contract. -
Checkers have been idle since
Monday .throughout the Colum
bia and Willamette river and
Oregon coast harbors, but long
shoremen have continued to load
vessels without customary super
vision by the affiliate union
workers.
However, both employer and'
union spokesmen said loading
might halt any time.
Wolf said the union would
not check cargo unless employ
ers establish conditions existing
prior to the dispute a checker
for each longshore gang.
Lakeview Civic
Leader Passes
LAKEVIEW. Ore.. Feb. 2R PV-
J. H. Dalen, 60, Lakeview. lum
berman and civic leader, died at
a hospital here last night after a
heart attack.
Dalen had operated mills at
Bandon, Grants Pass, Coquille
and Myrtle Point, Ore., and at
Hoquiam,, Wash. The widow, a
daughter and a son survive.
'Ocf Curmudgeon1
Turns Columnist
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 W)
Harold L. Ickes, the "old cui
mudgeon," today turned news
paper columnist.
The recent secretary of the in
terior signed up with the New
York Post Syndicate at a price
which a Syndicate official said
placed him among the : highest
paid columnists in the country.
Arriving In
United States
By The Associated Press
Eugene D. BerlalanL T5,
Dunsmuir, arrived on Tufts
Victory due at New York Feb
ruary 26. ' ';. -l -