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Faints In Dramatic Finale To Trial
Few Enter
Political
Races Here
Dearth Of Candidates
Reported As Time
Limit Nears
This day beforo the filing
deadline finds a dearth of cnndl
dntcs for local political offices
and on the basis of the situation
today there will be only two
local contests at the Mny 17 pri
mury. Tomorrow is the last day
for filing.
Tho circuit Judgeship, a non
partisan affair, and tho repub
llciin surveyor nomination, arc
tho only contests in sight. There
is at least one candidate Xor
nomination to each office to bo
filled this ycur, but the field is
notably lacking In competition.
Two candidates have filed for
the main local office, Judgeship
ot tho 13th Judicial district.
David R. Vandenberg, Incum
bent, is seeking election to the
bench for a second term and Is
opposed in the non-partisan
voting by District Attorney
Clarence A. Humble.
Filing Petition
W. Lamar Townscnd, local
attorney, is In Snlcm today to
fllo his petition for tho demo
cratic nomination to congress
from this district, and Lowell
Stockman of Pendleton has
stated that he will be a repub
lican candidate for re-election.
Slate Senator Marshall Cor
nell's campaign for tho senate
presidency appears to be mov
ing along favorably nnd the
Oregon Voter, state political
magazine, reports that Cornctt
has 10 votes pledged for , the
post. Sixteen Is enough for
election. Senator Walsh of
Coos Buy has seven pledges.
Three persons, Republicans
Rose Poole nnd Troy Cook and
Democrat Henry Scmon will bo
In the runnlmz for the two
Klamath county scats ln the
Oregon lower house. Mrs.
Poolo and Scmon are now in
tho legislature. '
Commission Pott
Ernest William Mnsscy filed
Tuesday with tho county clerk
for rinmncrntlc nomination for
tho ono county commission post
open this year and the incum
bent, Fred Pope, republican,
filed several weeks ago for re
election.
Also filing Tuesday was
Frank- Z. Howard, county sur
veyor, seeking renomlnation as
a republican, wnny Jienui,
county engineer,' will also bo i'
tho running for tho job as. a
VnniihHnnil.
Nowtoii Nelson, democratic
nt Drcsent is un
opposed in his candidncy for a
return to that office, nnd like
wise Gary B. Cozad is the only
candidate filing for Llnkyillo
district constable. Cozad Is a
republican.
Ed Davis, Merrill, present
Tulclakc district constable, filed
today for tho democratic nom
ination to his Job again,
Wreckage Of 1 1 1-Fa ted Airliner
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Shattirad American Airlines luxury plane, Los Angeles-bound
from New York, which ploughed into fog shrouded peak of
rugged Laguna mountains near San Diego, Calif., early Sunday
morning, killing 27 persons aboard, including passengers and
crew. Mountain blixxards at this scene delayed work of rescue
party. f NEA telephoto.
Housing BHI, Stripped Of
Provisions, Passes House
WASHINGTON, March 7 m
Stripped of provisions for-construction
subsidies and price
ceilings on existing housing, the
administration's housing bill fi
nally passed the house today..
A 357 to, 24 roll call vote sent
the bill to the senate. ' ,
House action 'followed a week
of debate during which adminis
tration forces were repeatedly
defeated in efforts to retain orig
inal administration recommen
dations. ..,"'! , '
Nineteen republicans and five
democrats voted against the bill.
Tho house earlier had refused
Spud Prices
On Upgrade
Firming of tho potato market
.ii), m increase in prices to
growers is. casting a brighter
light over the final period of
the 1945-46 shipping season.
Some growers have received
as high as $3 per sack for No. 1
potatoes in the past few days.
In the price decline earlier in
tho season, No. l's were sold for
as low as $2.20. ,
The firming market lends
strength to the opinion expressed
by some memDers oi me iu
Iru nnrt that aovernment esti'
mates of the national crop have
been running tob high. .
Some 1500 to 1600 carloads
of potatoes are estimate", as re
moinlno in this basin. Ship
ments to the first of the month
had reached 10,075 carloads for
the season.
Merchant Seamen Threaten
Ship's Officers, Captain
VANCOUVER, Wash., March
7 (piVancouver city police
were called aboard a Liberty
ship today to quiet a group of
merchant seamen who were
threatening tho ship's officers
and had caused the captain to
barricade himself in his cabin.
Police collected fire axes and
other arms from aboard the
ship and took them for safe
keeping. , , ,.'
The Norwogian-oorii i-apuu"!
Carl Heydahl of San Fxnncisco,
hinrnj, n,n imrl.qinir on ' minor
grievances," such as food, which
had arisen during the S. S.
James B. Duke's eight months
at sea.
"I had been rather expecting
a little trouble," Heydahl said.
Yesterday, he said, three crew
members attacked tho chief
steward, Albert Rwoimo, Hol
land, as he walked down a Van
couver street.
"I didn't thlnK it wns shiu
for him to come back to the
ship," Heydahl said, "ana no
staved in a hotel during the
night."
The trouble arose two hours
after a negro messman, kugme
Paul Jourdain, 24, 720 Colum
bia street, New Orleans, La.,
fnll from a Dior and drowned
Several fellow-seamen dived to
his rescue, but artificial respir
ation failed to revive him.
Heydahl, who said he locked
himself in his cabin after : a
group of about five negro and
five white seamen began shout
ing threats early today, called
police to quell the disturbance
and remove fire axes and guns
from the vessel. '
The seamen quieted ' down
afterwards, Heydahl said, and
went to bed. Both Heydahl
and Capt. Edward Mayo of the
city police said the men had
been drinking. "... ' :
The captain said he did not
think the disturbance aroBe
from racial conflict or the
drowning. "They've been away
eight months," he said, "and
little grievances are bound to
ariso during that time. Then
they get a few drinks, and just
blow their top."
the motion of Rep. Jessie Sum
ner (R-Hl.) to send the legisla
tion back to committtee. by a au
to 76 vote.
Absent from the measure as it
headed into a new fight in the
senate was any mention ot sub
sidies, to spur home construction.
The administration had battled
vainly for a $600,000,000 subsidy
provision which resident . Tru
man had described as "the very
heart" of his program to build
2,700,000 homes for veterans
during the next two years. -
The bill includes a provision
for price ceilings on new con
That the subsidy fight would
be renewed in the senate was in
dicated when Sen. . Kilgore (D-
W. Va.) assailed the house action
as "a serious blow to the nation's
economy" in a statement.
Kilgore accused republicans
and "short-sighted democrats" of
having "seen fit to vote down a
proposal intended to helo our
homeless veterans and their fam
ilies obtain decent housing.
Housing Expediter Wilson
Wyatt said the much-amended
bill was in such shape it would
not achieve the goal of 2,700,000
new homes.
POW's Necessary
To Gather Crops
WASHINGTON. March 7 m
A group of western and mid-
western senators opened a cam
paign today to keep prisoners of
war in the United States this
spring and summer as insur
ance for a full sugar bowl.
A committee-was authorized
to ask President Truman and the
war department to halt the
homeward movement of POW's,
The same committee will ask the
state department to intensify ne
gotiations witn Mexico for im
portation of farm laborers.
This course was decided upon
by the senators after they met
late Wednesday with Secretary
of Agriculture Anderson. Aspects
of a threatened acute labor short
age in the sugar beet areas were
discussed.
Russia Holds Up
Repai Program
TOKYO, March 7 (JP) Rear
Adm, Charles B. Momsen said to
day the United States would not
know when it could complete the
repatriation of almost 6.500.000
Japanese until Russia decides
when it will, release large num
bers of them. '
Momsen, administrator of the
navy s shipping control autnor-
ity, said there are i,7uu,uuu Japa
nese in Manchuria "as near as
we can figure," Others are in the
Kurile islands, Sakhalin penin
sula and Russia.
"If any plan has been agreed
upon between the United States
and Kussia, we sun ao not Know
about it, " Momsen said.
Countries
Involved
Not Told
Spokesman Sqys Probe
Revealed Attempted
Theft In U. S.
By CLAIR JOHNSON
WASHINGTON, March 7 (P)
The house committee investigat
ing un-American activities said
today foreign agents are trying
to steal America's atom bomb
secrets.
Chairman John S. Wood
(D-Ga.) told newsmen the com
mittee had authorized him to
announce that an investigation
has disclosed the theft attempt.
tie aaaed tnat tne committee
is cooperating with "other gov
ernment agencies, particularly
the war department."
Wood phrased his remarks
cautiously in discussing the in
quiry with reporters. He de
clined to name the nations involved.
Asked whether the investiga
tion showed any connection be
tween the reported theft efforts
here and those recently an
nounced in Canada, Wood re
plied: 1
"I don't know. I'm not sure
just what agents were at work
up there."
The Canadian government has
accused Russia of attempting to
obtain secret information, in
cluding data about the atomic
bomb. Moscow has said the
data obtained from . Canadian
citizens was of no special inter
est to Soviet authorities.
Wood said the committee had
authorized him to say:
We have been' conducting
an investigation for several
months to see if subversive
forces are at work against the
government in connection with
development of atomic energy.
"Information we have secured
shows decidedly that there are
efforts being made to obtain in
formation that the United States
government . hasn t authorized
to be given out.
"There are influences in this
country trying to obtain this
information in an illegal way,
"American people may be in
volved, but it is primarily a for
eign attempt.
Ickes Confab
Pauley Issue
WASHINGTON. March 7 (P)
Edwin W. Pauley said today two
other government officials were
present during the entire con
versation when Harold L. Ickes
had charged Pauley with offer
ing "the rawest proposition ever
made to me."
- President Truman's nominee
for undersecretary of the navy
told reporters that he, Robert E.
Hannegan. democratic national
committee chairman and post
master general, and OPA Chief
tain Paul Porter left Ickes' of
fice together after a conference
September 6, 1944. .
i Ickes has testified Pauley sug
gested to him at the conference
that $300,000 in democratic cam
paign funds could be raised from
oil men if the government did
not press a suit for title
to tidelands oil areas. Pauley,
who was then democratic nation
al treasurer, has denied this.
Ickes had said the proposal
was made after Hannegan and
Porter had left and when only
Abe Fortas, former undersecre
tary of interior, was present,
Fortas told the committee previ
ously there had been discussion
of the tidelands issue and oi-con-tributions
but he did not remem
ber whether they had been
linked. , ;
Longshore Heads
Break Off Talks
SAN FRANCISCO. March
(JP) Negotiations between CIO
longshore leaders and Pacific
coast waterfront employers have
been broken off and there ap
peared to be some question to
day whether they would be re
sumed.... . . ... ...
'A ill J A ri V
ca Pr.nV Hirt. 31. eauitted bv armv court-martial of
charges that he conspired to commit espionage against U. S4,
.i...n. unrnniFlnuii to floor after hearing Terdict read. Capt.
Jean Morony. bending over Hirt, attempts to revire the over-
wrouoht sergeant who remained uncomaom "
. - 9 . r . r. .1 1 ! n.waaV trial
His wile, jean, wno sex iBiiniuny m -"'a " , u
sobbed hysterically. HE A telephoto,
Runaway Charges To Result
From Juvenile Booze Bout
Wnnawav charees will be filed
against three Klamath Falls high
school students who were in
volved in a liquor party and con
sequent flight from town 10 days
ago, juvenile officials said today.
Tne trio, two ooys agea 1 1 una
16, and a 15-year-old girl, are
now in detention awaiting a
court hearing.
Meanwhile, a charge may be
filed by the district attorney
against a man who allegedly sold
Donaugh Seeks
Governorship
PORTLAND, March ''7"7(flP)
Carl C. Dnnaueh. Portland at
torney, announced today that he
would seek the democratic nom
ination for governor.
His decision to file ends an
extended search by democratic
leaders for- a candidate. Port
land's former mayor, Joseph K.
Carson, declined to run.' utner
Drosoective candidates - were
mentioned but each in turn- re
fused to make the race until
George Lavey, Portland, ac
quiesced. A few days later he
became .ill and withdrew, again
leaving the party with no can
didate. -
Tomorrow is the final day for
filings for the May primary.
Donaugh. a native of Port
land, was United States district
attorney nere for iz years, ieav
ine office at the start of 1946,
He was admitted to the bar in
1927 and was deputy district at
torney for Multnomah county
1931-1933.
Republican candidates for the
nomination are Gov. Earl Snell
and Henry Black, Portland.
Man Found Dead
With Throat Cut
YREKA. Calif.. March 7 (fP)
A man registered as Dr. Ernest
U. Miller ot J-.a uranae, ure.,
was found dead in a motor court
shower room today, his throat
slashed and a blood covered scal
pel at his side. A hypodermic
needle lay nearby.
Deputy Sheriff Brice .Ham
mack said it was evident the
man had ended his own life, and
that he probably first adminis
tered a local anesthetic to nis
throat. The body had slumped
to the floor under a mirror.
Harry Moves
To Head Off
Rail Strike
Train Tie-Up Slated
To Begin Monday
At 6 A. M.
1
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the older boy the quart of liquor
which began the affair.
a woelt a en last JITiaay ine
older boy went to school and
nmnnwH a weekend narty at his
house, asking the younger boy
onri the oirl tn come along. His
parents, were away for the week
end. - ,
Tho older 'bov. who is em
ployed in a grocery. store, had
a mwinmpr eet him a auart of
whiskey, juvenile officials said.
At the party an tnree oeuume
intoxicated and the girl stayed
at thn hnilep all night.
Next morning, realizing wnat
thpv had done, the three left
Klamath Falls and-went to Che-
mult where: they sougni worn
in -order -.to get enough money,
to' go' to' Alaska.. In. the mean
time their, parents had notified
officials that the youngsters were
missing. -. . - " ' ,
The younger boy and the girl
found. in a Chemult hotel
room last Friday night by Faye
Lucas, juvenile officer, and the
other boy was located near Che
mult. ' - ''-.'. . '
They told officials here they
had intended to go to Alaska
rather -than face their parents
and also told who had furnished
them the -whiskey.- -
Robber Slays
Baker Woman
BAKER, Ore., March T (IP)
Miss Lilah Mack, 40, an employe
of the Western Union here for
three vears. was shot twice in
the back, dragged onto the lawn
of a Baker home,! siasneo twice
in the throat and died immediate
ly after 9 o'clock last night.
She was returning home from
work. Robbery was given by
State Police Captain' Dunn as
the motive for the killing.
A nearby resident reported to
city and state police she saw a
man dragging a body on the
lawn of a home. Police. began to
comb the entire Baker area lor
siisnects.
CaDtain Dunn said Miss Mack
was not subjected to attack. Her
purse apparently was missing.
No suspects had been taken this
morning, uapiam xiunn sam,
WEATHER
. J March 7 . i
Max. (March 6)....46 . Min 25
Precipitation last. 24 hours... 00
Stream year to date 10.28
Normal . 8.32 Last year....7.09
Forecast: Overcast Friday. 1
By The Associated Press '
A threatened nationwide
strike of telephone workers was
caned off today, Just 25 min
utes before the 6 a. m. (EST) '
deadline, and White Housa
Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross said President Truman
would name an emergency
board "very soon" in a move to
head off a coast-to-coast rail.
road tie-up set for Monday.
The Brotherhoods of Railway
Trainmen - and Locomotive En
gineers nave notified their 300,,
000 members to start a progres
sive walkout at 6 a. m fEKTl
Monday, which they said would
cripple the nation's rail systems.
Respect Government
However. Alvanlev Johnston.
head of the engineers, said yes
terday that the brotherhoods
would "consider" any action
taken by the government "be
cause we have always bowed in
respect to the power of the gov.
eminent."
Under the railwav labor act.'
presidential appointment of an
emergency board to investigate
a dispute is presumed to fore
stall any work stoppage from
30 to 60 days, until the panel
has had an opportunity to re
view the issues and submit rec
ommendations. The weekly newspaper "La
bor," which is published at
Washington 'by a group of 15
railway brotherhoods, including
the engineers but not the fire
men, said the chances were
"100-to-l" there would be no
strike. Some 18 brotherhoods
have agreed to submit their
wage demands to binding arbi
tration but the trainmen and
engineers dissented and called
the strike. . . ,
Meanwhile, John L. Lewis,
president of the AFL United
Mine Workers, and William L.
Hutcheson, president of the
AfT- carpenters union, were
called to the White House for
conference with President ft
Truman but neither would dis- i ;
cuss the visit. Lewis has filed & U
000 soft coal miners but there jj:,!-;
whs no moicauon mis was a is-1
cussed.
Collapse - of - the scheduled
telephone strike came as time1
began running out for govern
ment - conciliators - who bad
striven incessantly for 17 hours.
to avert the walkout. ' . .
However, the settlement came
too late to prevent interruntion
of-- service in several cities
where ' ; pickets i either . had
jumped the gun or failed to re
ceive word of - the agreement
before the deadline. '
However, at 9 a. m.-(EST) 'Of
ficials of the American Teler
phone! and Telegraph company
in New York said a survey
showed service was normal
throughout the country. ' . '
Police Injure 6 Persons
In Effort To Halt Riots
NEW DELHI, March 7 (IP)
Six persons were injured in the
heart of Old Delhi today by po
lice who sought to halt a grow
ing wave of disorder and incen
diaries accompanying a government-sponsored
1 Victory Week
parade. '
The one-story rambling town
hall of Old Delhi was left in
ruins by incendiarists. Other
places burned included a small
post office and a railway clear
ing accounts office. A canteen
was stoned and 100 urchins car
rying black flags attacked a tick
et office.
As a result of the disorders po
lice were ordered to fire on any
one found destroying public
property and Old- Delhi was
placed under curfew tonight.
Processions . and meetings of
more than five persons were
banned.
There were no incidents, how
ever, along the six-mile route of
15,000 troops parading in cele
bration of the allied victory in
the war. Marching smartly with
colors at the head of an infantry
division to the strains of "Stars
and Stripes Forever"- was a unit
of 205 Americans. . .
In the reviewing stand were
Viceroy Lord Wavell and Adm.
Lord Louis Mountbatten. The
route of the parade was changed
as a result of the disorders so as
to prevent easy ambush by stone
throwers. No disorder was re
ported in New Delhi itself.
The order for police to fire on
incendiarists and for a . curfew
was given by W. F. G. Le Bailly
deputy commissioner of Delhi
province, after the fire brigade
which rushed to the city hall was
severely stoned and forced to
turn back. It finally made the
run under armed escort.
The incidents climaxed a boy
cott movement instigated by op
position elementsj including the
Moslem league, against tne-victory
Week celebration. ' :
The parade, although it ' was
not interrupted by the incidents,
was viewed in a stony silence by
Indian residents.
Winema Will
Be Remodeled
Ah additional story and ex
tensive improvements of the
lobby and dining room wm .be
undertaken on the Winema
hotel this year, owners of the
hotel announced today. The en
largements and improvements'
will cost "approximately ' $125,-'
000.' ' .; ; .
When the lob is - done, - the
hotel will have four stories and .
135 rooms. The additional story
will add 35 rooms.
The lobby is to be enlarged
to include the present, coffee '
shop. It will be extensively re-'
modeled and redecorated in the
most modern fashion. ;
The large room at the rear of
the present lobby,, now used: as
dining room for special' occa
sions, will house the . regular
dining facilities to be- offered
by the hotel.
The winema is owned ana
operated by a group of local
men T. B. Watters, Merle
West, C' A. Dunn and A.. M.
Collier. They indicated they ex
pect to have plans prepared im
mediately in order to get con
struction going . in the coming
building season.
Anticipating heavy travel and
other factors creating a heavy
demand for hotel accommoda
tions, the owners said they want
to make the winema as attrac
tive as possible in service and
appointments.
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SANTA MONIC
March 7 ' (IP) -Grey-hai.
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film funnyman, is a father again.
His wife, the 20-year-old Oona
O'Neill, became a mother for the
second time last night, bearing a
son weighing seven and, a-hal -pounds.
Mrs. Chaplin, daughtei -of
Playwright Eugene .O'Neill, ,
bore her first baby, a- girl, irt
July, 1944. Miss O'Neill married
the comic in June, 1943..