Spain Says
Gem Franco
Aided Allies
LONDON. March 7 UP)
Spain, fighting back against the
movement abroad for replace
ment of the Franco regime,
maintained today that her gov
crnment aided the allied powers
during the war by preventing
axis domination of the Mediter
ranean, North Africa and the
Near East.
"Hitler planned to enter
Spain January 10, 1941. We
saw the intention of the two
dictators to incorporate Spain
into the axis and so to dominate
the Mediterranean, and with it
North . Africa . and the Near
East," the Madrid radio said
Franca Lauded
"The one who prevented thl
carrying out of these ambitious
plans was neither Great Britain
. nor tile umiea states or Amer
. lea. The one who prevented it
was General Francisco Franco,"
the broadcast declared.
"Spain did not want to enter
. and did not enter tne war, in
. spite of all the coercion of the
axis powers, with their troops
on our frontiers, ready to break
. in and march down on uiorai'
. tar."
Yesterday's Spanish order
, barring all French nationals
from SDain and her possessions
'. a retaliatory step against the
French action last week in clos
ing the French-Spanish border
to commerce, was regarded
. calmlv in Paris.
French government circles
. said the restriction did not
' "chanee the situation at all,'
, since all intercourse between
. the two countries had been sev
ered effectively by the border
closing.
Last night's Madrid broad
. cast, citing letters between
. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mus-
; solini, denied that Spain offered
to enter the war on the axis
. side, as the U. S. state depart
. ment has charged. Allied lead
ers, including Winston Church
. ill. were Quoted as acknowledg-
: ing that "the attitude of Spain
, contributed not small pan to
; the frustration of the plans of
: tne axis.
No Direct Rafaranc
i" The broadcast did not make
; direct reference to the state de-
'. partment's white book charges
. but did say in its opening state
ment that certain people had
; brought "scandalous" accusa
tions on the basis of "some doc
uments." The Spanish government in
. exile continued to urge in Paris
; that the allied powers sever all
: relations diplomatic and com
mercialwith Spain, saying
l that such action wai the only
- means of forcing Franco from
, power.
In Oslo, Foreign Minister Hal
: vard Lange told parliament that
. the Norwegian government was
as anxious "as the Norwegian
people'' to break with Franco
, Spain.
H In Bogota, a meeting called
; to urge the Colombian govern
ment to break off relations with
Spain 'was followed by a two-
hour battle in which an unde
: term in ed number of persons
: were injured as an anti-commu-;
nUt group besieged the theatre
' in which the meeting was held.
AP Man Protests
Red Censorship
BUDAPEST, March 5 (De--v
layed) (P) A protest against
Russian censorship of outgoing
news dispatches was filed with
the allied control commission
today by Jack Gumn, Associated
Press correspondent.
The protest asserted that a
Russian censor in the Budapest
post office had been withholdini
for the last 15 days a dispatcl
quoting American sources as
saying that American oil pro
perties in Hungary Had suffered
$25,000,000 damage from Rus
sian operation.
3 Men Bound Over
To Grand Jury
PORTLAND, March 7 (P)
The three men accused of hold
ing up the Oregon Mutual Sav
ings bank February 28 have
been bound over to the grand
jury on charges of assault and
robbery while armed with a dan
gerous weapon.
James Hathaway, 42, and A. D.
Moody, 20, were arrested about
10 minutes after the holdup. The
tmra, Joseph f. JLaregnina, 42,
was arrested in a hotel last night,
and accused of supplying the
holdup weapons.
Disposal Of Five Housing
Projects Here Discussed
Disposal of the five govern
ment housing projects in Klam
ath Falls was discussed by hous
ing authorities Wednesday.
Government housing con
structed with Lanham act funds
is subject to disposal regulations
of the act which provides that
all temporary housing must be
eliminated not later than two
years after the termination of
the national emergency.
Disposal is already underway
of the 54-unit trailer dwellings
which are being moved to some
Rent Hike
At Grounds
Discussed
Suggestions made to the fair
board on charging higher rentals,
for the purpose of improving fa
cilities at the fairgrounds were
reported on at the chamber
board of directors meeting
Wednesday noon.
These suggestions were dis
cussed at a meeting Wednesday
morning attended by representa
tives of chamber of commerce
agricultural, Hereford, Angus,
poultrymen, dairymen and 4-H
committees. It was also recom
mended that the present fair
grounds site be retained and de
veloped, rather than findine a
new location. The fairgrounds
are usea lor lairs, stock shows
and sales, county exhibits and
private rodeos.
Arrangements for featuring
Klamath Falls on the radio pro
gram "Hawaii Calls," to be
broadcast March 16, were re
ported on by the community ad
vertising committee. .
John Ebinger, chairman of the
lumber committee, continued his
presentation from previous meet
ings on the committee's master
plan which covers the use and
management of forest lands, for
est protection, industrial devel
opment and education in for
estry. The plan was tentatively
approved by the board of direc
tors and copies are being sent to
representative lumbermen be
fore making any final disposi
tion.
U. S. Wants Italy
Admitted To Bank
WASHINGTON. March 7 JP)
The United States has decided
to press for early admission of
Italy, its one-time enemy, into
the international bank and mone
tary fund.
This was disclosed by several
officials who will represent this
country at the organizational
meeting of the two new insti
tutions scheduled to open tomor
row on Wilmington Island, near
Savannah, Ga.
The American officials, whose
identity may not be disclosed,
said this government feels that
Italy should be accented into
membership in both the bank and
fund even though a peace treaty
has not yet been signed with the
former axis partner which later
became a co-belligerent with the
allies..
other locality for veterans oc-
cunancv.
ti The balance or tne projects
will be disposed of depending
upon the local need up to the
time limit granted. ine cny
housiniz commission which met
at the city hall with officials of
the KMA and rfttA was asKco
to draw up a suggested schedule
for disposal of the projects.
As the situation now stands
there is a total of 379 family
units in the five projects. There
are 136 vacancies and a waiting
list of 133 names.
All but 11 of the vacancies
are in the military projects,
Washburn and Shasta ways and
are only vacant because they
nave not yet been oinciauy
transferrcd over for the use of
veterans, according to James E.
Maxwell, representative of NHA
Recently 30 units were transfer
red over for veterans and these
arc all occupied, making 74 vet
erans families in the projects.
This figure does not include
marine personnel occupying the
units before discharge who are
still there.
The 11 unoccupied units arc
in other projects and are in need
of repair.
Klamath County chamber of
commerce and the city adminis
tration are working on speeding
up transfer of the unoccupied
units for use of veterans to re
lieve the housing situation here
and expect some action the early
part of next week, it was reported.
The five projects here Include
the original 4U temporary civil
ian units just off Shasta way
54 trailers adjacent to these and
just off Washburn way; 50-unit
portable dwellings located be
tween the canal and the exten
sion of Main street; 80-unit and
155-unit naval housing projects
on wasnburn and anasta ways.
VITAL STATISTICS
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ounces.
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Alcatraz Inmate
Seeks Freedom
TACOMA. March 7 UP1 Fol
lowing similar action taken in
January by Harmon Waley, his
co-defendant and fellow prisoner
at Alcatraz, William Dainard
serving a 60-year sentence for
his part in the 1935 kidnaping of
ueorge weyernaeuser, has an
nounced to federal court here
"withdrawal" of his judicial con
fession. Dainard's notice placed on file
here in the federal clerk's office,
states that he is innocent and
asks appointment of two attor
neys for his defense at a
"speedy" trial.
Dainard claims that the late
Edward E. Cushman. federal
judge who sentenced him, was
"intimidated by the community
and also declares he was not in
formed of his right to a jury
trial.
POTATOES
LOS ANGELES, March 7 JF)
(USDA) Potatoes: 17 broken,
38 unbroken cars on the track;
arrivals, Idaho 10, Utah 3, Ore
gon 2, California 1, Florida 1;
2 cars arrived by truck. "
SAN FRANCISCO. March 7
OP) (USDA) Potatoes: Old I
stock, 1 broken, 14 unbroken
cars on track; arrivals, Oregon
8, California 6, Idaho 3; new
stock. 1 car on track; market
slightly stronger; Klamath and
Idaho Russets, No. 1-A, 3.50. .
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Derby s Music Co.
Cargo Story
Related By
Skipper
By FRANK WHITE
TOKYO, March 7 (A) The
merchants)!))) Edwin Markhiim
sailed from San Francisco "after
we definitely knew the war was
over," her skipper said today,
carrying around the Pacific for
185 days war material "that
somebody obviously wanted
shipped out of the stales rather
than have it. piled, un there,"
At one stage of Its odyssoy, the
ship with 25 others was or
dered from one side of Okinawa
to the other, and "we understood
this was for the purpose of hood
winking a congressional commit
tee into thinking wo had just ar
rived." the skipper, Capt. C, C.
Wright of Alameda, Calif., as
serted. Today the vessel began unload
ing officers' club furniture, "ex
pensive sedans for generals and
other cargo it had picked tip In
Manila in January.
The captain, corroborated by
Chief Mute J. L. Mason of Red
wood City, Calif., told this story
in an interview:
Tells Story
"The ship was berthed at pier
19, San Francisco, and had load
ed 2000 tons of cargo by August
15 when Emperor Hirohito made
his surrender offer. After a de
lay of a week and many confer
ences, wo finally loaded 6700
tons of miscellaneous cargo.
"Some items were puzzling to
me camouflage netting, camou
flage paint, iron stakes, land
mine markers and a lot of other
stuff that somebody obviously
wanted snipped out of the States
ratner man nave it piled up
there. . . . We had on deck 12
of those 11-ton tank trailers, de
signed to pull disabled tanks
irom the battlefields for repairs.
We sailed August 26 after we
definitely knew the war was
over."
"A veteran officer" who
watched the loading told him
that the tank trailers "had failed
to perform in the field, and had
been discarded on the battle-
fronts.
The ship sailed for le Shima
(west of Okinawa) but never got
there. It "finally wound up in
Ulithi, under navy control,
where we spent 42 days." Of
ficers there told the skipper that
the army and navy didn't want
his cargo, but "somebody In the
Marianas command would not
issue orders to send it home."
He was ordered to dump all
ammunition aboard at sea, which
he did an estimated $40,000
worth.
Ordered On
When Ulithi was "closed
down," the Markham was or
dered on to Saipan; and after
eight days there, to Okikwa.
After a few days there, "the
ship reverted to army control
because of the navy shutdown.
It moved from Bucker bay
around to Naha,. capital city.
The skipper tried to find a
motor valve for his small boat,
but the "man in charge" of a
Woman Reports
Striking Child
With Automobile
Mrs. Estollo M. Cooper, 1962
Molroso, reported to city police
yesterday that her car struck
and very slightly Injured seven-year-old
Clair SpiorinK, 1023
Main, about 3:30 yesterday after
noon. The mishap occurred on Es
plunudo near the Spring street
intersection.
Two drunks, two drunk and
disorderlies and one num charged
with selling liquor to Indians
were jailed last night, and one
.serviceman was arrested and
held for marine authorities.
Foresters To Talk
Deer Herd Study
Highlights of the intor-stato
deea- herd study will bo dis
cussed by the Society of Amer
ican Foresters in Alturas Murch
16.
The group will meet at Mary
Arena's Uasquo rcstuurant at 7
p. m. Taking part in the pro
gram will bo J umes Stokes of
the California fish and game
commission, George Fisher of
Modoc national forest and Ran
dall McCain of Fremont nation
al forest.
This is one of a series of
monthly meetings held by the
Shasta Cascade sub suction
throughout northern California
and suutnern urcgon during tne
winter months.
Potato Shipments
Total 10,075
Total carload shipments of
potatoes from Klamath area for
the season to date at the end
of February, 1946, reached 10,
075, February carloads alone
numbered 1515.
Truck shipping declined dur
ing the month with only 41
shipments for February as com
pared to 206 in January this
year.
Of the 35 shipping stations In
Klamath district Tulclake holds
the record of shipments for the
season with 1204 carloads.
Malln ts second with 977, Hat
field third with 959. Merrill
had 653, Dairy, 537 carloads,
which is quite a record for that
area; Stukcl 'had 347 carloads.
Australia has 2.4 people to
the square mile. This compares
with 44.2 to the square mile in
the United States, 506.4 in the
United Kingdom.
Former Solon
Will Not Run
SALEM, March 7 () Former
Stato Sen. Charles Chllds, Al
bany republican, withdrew his
candidacy today In the raco for
state senator from the fourth
district, which consists of Luno
and Linn county. .
The withdrawal loaves only
two candidates to fight It out (or
the republican nomination. They
are Sen. Angus Gibson, Junction
City, who now holds the posi
tion, and Jack A. Drapor, Al-
bny' . .
Clillds gave no reason for his
withdrawal, but hinted that two
candidates from Linn county
might muko it easier for tllbson
to get the nomination, as GI!mhi
is fairly certain to got the Lane
county votu becuuso of his resi
dence there. .
Fred E. Harrison, Brownsville,
is the only democrat to file for
the position.
HEADS C OF C
LA GRANDE, March 7
Frank Schlro is new president
of the La Grande chamber of
commerce.
Fred Patton, superintendent
of schools, was appointed to the
chamber board. Leslie L. Kef
fcr and Michael Lynch woro
elected first and second vice
president; Victor Eckley, treas
urer, and Robert Hall, secretary.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
Thursday March 7. 194
navy dump "pointed to a spot of
ground and said. 'We had to get
rid of that stuff, so wo took a
bulldozer, dug a hole, and
dumped it in, then covered it
up'."
After January 1, the Markham
was sent to Luzon; by mid-January,
she was unloading in Man
ila, but was caught by the. long
shoreman strike.
After eventually loading of
ficer equipment, "expensive
sedans for generals" and furni
ture for t h e Tokyo Officers'
club, the ship sailed for Japan',
reaching Tokyo bay March 2.
Today the ship began to un
load. '
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