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mm. mmm m - 1 IT 1 iwauii mm w$w$; It id I L. FRANK JENKINS iV li good news on tho m " ... .1 Motors and Gon. ItVV'r.. ,i,.Im. mo settled. Iffi 275,000 men involved I'll lo work without u hitch KiknJdlc totnl that in Jun- ,Mchcd b prnik of a million '. half will ilrP " nbout mil"""', . . Iho news rends thin morn- l Vico President Anderson tints' H " VUV Kuuu P.?" HAW Pro Id eiit t s li y : "Considering pnl, I lI'liiK wo nuvo u Rf of us who liuvo been ihlln the bight of tho lino VLxSu n-.. t-lulit. A eon- uood for both aides ItTO STICK. IlWELLENDACir, labor sec 1 .. I,n hflll-VPII thin li vis nuiirliiK a long period ii Will "V . " .... tilutw in w rlulit. L of pence 'in Industry, with L that enn pull tho world I' '. Ufwf III u,l,l,.h tonne iiik"" "; " is itemed to be stuck. IE Genernl Motors strike klone, wnii'ii run humuhihnk 114 ntlVS. Is esimiiiivu ii' . uii t inN nm.i.Ans loll wotfes, snlus and com- l'!i"Si'.iri surnrlshiK. Wnr is tyi c o s 1 1 y und modern Cm closely approximate wur. fcmc wars are worth whut COSt. Ulir Itcvuiuiiuuuiy fa$ for It csuiuiisiieu prin ks of the uunosi nnpoi unite tl'j hope this Induslrliil wnr worm lis cost. ihn moment, tho Russian situation looks better in Man Ll. ...hnrn (tin ri'd nri) 11 If II 111 t..t i,. Iw r.ETTINC OUT I worse in Iran, where the ct armed column (iirmed, in Intally, with American ancr ,...kel t Tin I I'll AZLTDHIIIII ,r.iau 1c n.norififl tnrinv to be itln8 weslwnrd towurd the KKISH oorucr. Icmcmber thai tho Dnrda nrnhmil WlltCh llUKn hron touched, is one of holiest soots of the limit tr settlement. Russia, has al Ki ivnn ii.il thrto stratouli tu, has been foiled over ana In her orioris 10 omuin niwl in HAS THE UTD in Anfirpn hnr hlnlorlc Bind lor control anq use ui IISSIAN newspapers (con. trolled by tho Soviet uovern- l ana snying only wnni me itrnmont TELLS them to say; lalklnu toiiL'li. Ihcy arc asserting today that I United Stntes Intends 10 ntaln in the postwar period c armed forces such os have tr been maintained in the :ellmo history of tho United pint might bo good propn til FOR US. There scorns e doubt thnt Russia respects Itus and force only.) hoy ore also muttering nbout ierican troons REMAINING jypt. That is aimed to prove t Wo intend to back un the lliih In whntever tho British V In mind in the way of IPIRE plans. fn the other side of the propn. Ida eame. British Foreign rctary Bevln says today that iuin win kegket any sottie- i Dotwccn Russia and Iran appears to be extracted p tho Tehran government pe soviet lorces still occupy wuniry, would be ensv tn imt nxelted Nt this Russian situation, loud bettor knon vnnr finuers p- ana wait, in an Big is, there is a lot of bluffing poih sides nnd what is under mow is a BIG deal involving lhanO nf ihn mnilil In nnmn g generations. o Inquest In Mer Death lo Innimcf mi it u ku . "'owning of. Ed Parker, 32 'oia trnnimr uih. ...no Evcd from Agency lake yes y Pr, Georce H. Adler. cor- tid today. "KCr's hnrlu 1IJ I. ii "'njr wn iui;iii.i;v ' mouth of Wood river Watchers soon after Cliff linii MIV'amiUri Falls pilot, l"l.B nis OVCrllirnnrf hnnl from I'lin n,C bont was near tne B- "wn in mo waier, body0 WM 1104 abl t0 see Stthe trapper did after is T.P 1 , lo rin muskrat trap , but moi'"In8 is a mys- M Kic ",s ooay was 11 9 Jacket was on and on. , Jacket was keenlnff the "'t In the water off U.,, breaking Ice capsized ,,"ooi boat. Ptn. ..,no ui he off hi0. b0Dt lonc en0l,fih lstket "uula ana pui on Votly Is at Whitlock's. Public For Dairymen In Milk Tie-Up Health Association To Support Request Of Producers Public sentiment here today rallied behind dairymen who huvi! 'threatened to hull Klam uth's whole milk supply Satur day unless relief from the pres ent price celling Is grunted by the OPA. Dairymen Intend to bring their milk in for bottling und delivery tomorrow morning, but Satur day's milk will go for shipment as sweet cream to California markets. Tho Klamath County Public Health association yesterday de cided to support tho request of milk producers for relief, and voted to "stlmulato other orgnni ullons lo lake similar action." Last night the Womun's Library club look tho same action and today tho Klwunis club is to discuss tho matter. Spreading Meanwhile the milk stoppage Is rapidly spreading to other ports of the stutc. Portland operators will cease bottling milk tomorrow and Oregon City producers luivo announced that they would do tho same. The decision of the local health association was made without a dissenting vote, and a telegram dispatched to the Portland OPA office asserted that dairymen here lire laboring 12 hours n day for $2.50 and the margin of pro fit is so low thai dairy herds arc going out of production. Profit figures were arrived at by using a 20-cow herd as a basis. To run ono cow a month a dairyman needs half a ton of hay which costs him $12.50, 150 pounds of grain, $4.50, and labor at $10. (Farm labor wages are $200 a month or more.) Cost Figured That puts the cost of one cow at $27, without considering re turn on Investment, depreciation on herds and machinery, or transportation and other miscel laneous costs. At the present butlcrfat in whole milk ceiling, 85 cents a pound, the output of one cow comes to about $25.50 a month, plus a $3.60 subsidy, total of $20.10. , So dairymen pointed out, the' profit on ono cow?tt month Is $2.10 at best, or about $42 on 20 cows. Mayor Earl Riley of Portland, faced with a milk famine in his city, has telegraphed President Truman suggesting the Oregon milk control board be appointed to arbitrate the dispute, and sev eral dairymen here have said that they favored Riley's sug gestion. Reluctant Eorl Mack and Julian Abbott, prominent Klamath dnlrymon, said today that the milk pro ducers here were reluctant to take drastic action, but had no other means of making the OPA recognize the critical situation here. , , The demand here as In Port land Is for an increase in the celling price to $1.15 a pound butterfat, approximately two cents a quart on bottled milk. Grocery stores here yesterday reported a wholesale rush on canned milk but said that the supply is adequate for the present. Turkey Seeks Voice In Bank SAVANNAH, Gn March 14 (P) Turkey asked admission today to the world bank and monetary fund. , , , Her application which also was the fourth received from a non-signatory of the Bretton Woods agreements was pre sented to the ooara oi governors at tho international monetary conference here immediately after three other nations Nica ragua, El Salvador and Panamn wore accepted into the global economic agencies. Telephone Sill PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946 Number 10768 Reds Nearing Turkey President Denies Rift With Byrnes WASHINGTON, March 14 (P) I'resioent Truman- asserted to day he was not alarmed over in. ternationul developments and ex. pressed confidence difficulties between former allies will be worked out. The president made this com ment after telling his news con ference that there is no founda tion whatsoever for recurrent published reports of a rift be tween him and Secretary of State Byrnes. Ho opened the conference by referring to reports which he said were published principally in gossip columns, seeking to givo the impression that Byrnes might be on his way out. Blanket Denial Mr. Truman said ho wanted to make it strong and emphatic that there is no rift, never has been and never will be, he hoped, be twecn Byrnes and himself. A reporter suggested that such rumors must be inspired, that they don't start by "spontaneous comuusiion. Mr, Truman disagreed, saying they did start apparently by spontaneous combustion since they have no foundation in fact. Longshoremen Reject Offer SAN'TRAfreiSCO, 'March "l4 (IP) An 18 cent-an hour wage Increase offered by the Water front Employers association has been rejected by the coastwide CIO International Longshore men's and ' Warehousemen's union as "unfair and inade quate." The union rejected the offer yesterday, saying it was X7 cents an hour below prevailing cast coast pay for dockworkers. Tho eastern workers receive $1.50, which is demanded by the west coast union. "Your offer." longshore offl. clals also notified employers, "is tied to a demand for a pro duction speed-up that will place the full burden of payment for the wage increase upon the longshoremen. "Thus your wage offer will cost your members nothing, but as a matter of fact it aims at increased profits through great er production. Another negotiating meeting is tentatively scheduled for to morrow morning at , mo em lrtvprs' office. ....... The longshoremen, led ; by Harry Bridges, have voted to strike on or before April 1 un less their demands are jrnci. Scores Of Staie Cage Tournament . ,-iAnniotinn aamM nf the Ore gon state prep basketball tour ney were piayea mis morning oi, .nri this afternoon cham pionship bracket games are un der way. Morning scores: Bend 50, Roosevelt 43 Hilliboro 34, Salem 32 McMinnville 44, Oregon City 37. Wounded Yank Fliers Try Wings Again With Success BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Mnrch 14 (i) Percy Jones hospitals wounded fliers are trying out their wings again, ana report thev enn flv an nlrplnno despite the loss of a couple of legs or nn arm. . . . . . Moro than ISO iiuureo uis .. ..nnlnlflnV llllHnr t llO guidance of experienced pilots, and 3ou more gci men timntc loduy in a two-dny show being i,..) nn hu tim otulp aeronautics department and plane dealers. A happy lot of soldiers, many of thorn In wheel chairs, crowded around the small silver, duo-con-trol planes at Kellogg field Wed nesday afternoon. , Two GIs raced across the field apron in their wheel chairs to the nearest plane. "Pretty, isn t it?" one commented as he patted o wIiib. and the other just grinned back. Each patient was k y r... Kiimilmi nvirl nllnwnn to H 1UIV Ill,llliv-.T - - handle tho nlanc in the air by himself. Many who formerly were members of the army air corps naa me snow an iu inciu selves, including taking off and landing although an experienced pilot went along on each trip. First to go up were wheel chair patients and first among them was Flight Officer Warner Clements of Sioux Falls, S. D. During the war he flew the hump and before that he was a com mercial pilot. "You've no Idea how nice it is to be in the air again," he com mented good naturedly after he was lifted out of the plane. He agreed there was no reason why a handicapped man shouldn't fly if he wanted to. "Getting in and out of the plane is the biggest trouble," he said, "but we'll fig ure that out." Clements, paralyzed as the re sult of polio contracted in India, took off and landed the plane by himself, and while in the air he amused himself by cutting capers and buzzing around . in circles. Victim And Suspect Held In Slaying 'Nude and mutilated body of Mrs. Diane Sparks. 31, (left) former movie bit. player and 1930 choice of makeup artist Max Factor at one of 10 most beautiful women of Hollywood, was found in shallow grave In San Fernando, Calif., valley, where the body had apparently lain for six weeks. Contractor Ramon Goniales, of Van Nuyi, Calif., (right), who admitted being with her the day of her disappearance but denied killing her, was booked by police on suspicion, of murder. Scientist Says Penicillin To Become Almost Useless By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 14 (JP) Penicillin is los ing its punch so rapidly that it was predicted today this wonder drug may become almost com pletely useless in a few years fop a number of the most preva- inrtnseasesM"' : .The trouble Is not In penicll Un, but in special strains of germs, present in many diseases. which are able to resist penicil lin, ana wmch are spreading rap idly while their fellows are be ing destroyed by the drug. The prediction was made by Dr. Hans Molitor, of the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Re search, in a report to the federa. tion of American societies for experimental biology. He talked to the Pharmacological society. The trouble that penicillin faces is not new. It happens in most medical remedies. But in peni cillin the increase in the germs that tolerate the drug seems to be very rapid. In some hospitals the cures of gonorrhea by penicillin have dropped from the original al most 100 per cent to about 50 per cent. Similar decreases are going on in other diseases, but not so rapidly. In gonorrhea more than 30 War Housing To Shelter Veterans WASHINGTON, March 14 (P) The house today voted au thorization for expenditure of another $250,000,000 to convert army and navy barracks and other surplus war housing into temporary homes for distressed veterans and their families. The measure, if approved by the senate, would bring the fund for this purpose to a total of $410,000,000. This would pro vide an estimated 200,000 tem porary housing units. President Truman and Hous ing Expediter Wilson W. Wyatt requested the funds as one phase of the overall program to combat the housing emergency. The measure was approved and passed on a 347 to 1 roll call vote. The one negative vote was cast by Rep. Jessie Sumner (R-I10 . Russia To Study Atomic Energy MOSCOW. March' 14 (A) Pravda said today that atomic energy research would play a huge role in Russia's new five year plan. ' J A tuu-page article on me sci entific part of the five year plan said. "Soviet physicists, chemists and engineers of vari ous professions are going to be extremely busy with the prob lems of the physics of atomic ac tion, the methods of liberating inner atomic energy and other problems. WEATHER . March 14 ' Max. (March 13) ,36 Min .. 22 Precipitation last 25 hours ... .00 Stream year to date 10.86 Normal 8.59 Last year 7.32 Foracaatt Rain. different strains of germs are known. It makes no difference to the patient which one causes the disease. But some, of these strains resist penicillin. . Molitor did not say so, but for some time other physicians have been discussing the, possibility, that these resistantstrains in the venereal disease, because, they remain untouched, will spread until they are universally scat tered. ' . : Tug Founders; Four Missing ARLINGTON, Ore., March 14 (JP) An all-night search had failed today to reveal any trace of four men swept down the Co lumbia river after their tug foundered at an army engi neers dredging project nine miles east of here. State Police Sgt. L. C. Olsen reported the tug sank In the swift current about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon after it snagged on a fouled line it was towing across the river from a dredging barge. He listed the missing as: John Esch,' pilot, address un known. William Hodges, Dufur.' , ... James W. Kelso, Salem. Joseph N. Hall, Portland. Olsen said workmen on the dredging site were unable to give any specific cause for the accident. He said they reported the line fouled as the tug crossed the river and in a few minutes the tug foundered and sank in the swift current. The men were swept away, he said. Jury Convicts Sheriff Slayer PORTLAND, Ore., March 14 (fP) Lawrence R. Oglevie, 30, faced life imprisonment today for the slaying of Deputy Sher iff Al Bowe in an attempt to es cape after a tavern holdup last Nov. 14. A circuit court jury convicted Oglevie of first degree murder yesterday, with a recommenda tion for life imprisonment. The sentence is mandatory. - . John E. Drewt Oglevie's com panion, was convicted last month of firing the fatal, shot and sen tenced to life for second-degree murder. Chief Undecided Over Navy Post WASHINGTON. March 14 (fP) President Truman has not made up his mind who he will name for navy undersecretary now that Edwin W. Pauley has with drawn, the White House said to day. ' '' Four names figured 'Immedi ately in the speculation: v H. Struve Hensel, recently resigned assistant secretary, and John L. Sullivan, a present assistant sec retary; Joseph Kennedy, former ambassador to Great Britain, and Colgate W. Darden, former governor of Virginia, Russians Approaching Iraq Border LONDON, March 14 (IP) Ta, Soviet news agency, broad cast tonight that American re ports of Soviet troop move ments in Iran were unfounded. The news agency's statement, broadcast from Moscow, said: "In the American press there is published a communique of the U. S. state department that there is taking place in Iran a movement of Soviet military units through Tabriz to Tehran and to the western frontiers of Iran. "Tass is authorized to state that this statement absolutely does not correspond to the reality." By The Associated Press Russian troop columns' were reported on the move in Iran today toward the borders of both Turkey and Iraq, both British allies. Tehran dispatches said one column whicn moved north ward out of the Azerbaijan capital of Tabriz toward the Soviet border had swung west ward toward Knoi, near the Turkish frontier and not far below the Turkish landmark of Mt. Ararat. This column was swinging north of Lake Urmia, while be low the lake other columns, moving mostly at night, were , reported at ; Miyanduab, near the Iraq- frontier, and at Mi aneh,'the terminal of a railroad to. Tehran. Tank Experts Marshal Ivan Bagramian, a Russian expert in tank warfare who. commanded on the Baltic front in the war, was disclosed to have been in Tabriz for two or three weeks. ' Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said Great Britain would "regret" any settlement be tween Russia and Iran which "appeared to be exacted" from Tehran under- duress while Soviet forces remained in the country. He said the British had taken no decision to re turn, their troops from Iraq into the troubled area. He assured commons that the government had . received the "most categorical assurances" from Generalissimo Stalin and the Soviet government that Iran's integrity would be re spected. . Turkey. Uneasy Turkey, which has remained fully mobilized with 1,000,000 men at arms, remained in un easy silence. Government lead ers have pledged a fight to the death before allowing any foe to cross Turkish frontiers. Ten sion has been, mounting be tween Turkey and Russia for a year since Moscow refused to renew a treaty of friendship and non-aggression. (See also page 3). Lewis Hits Cocal AHine Conditions By The Associated Press The conference board of the CIO United Electrical, Radia and Machine Workers today ratified a wage agreement end ing a two-month-old strike of 100,000 workers against the General Electric company at John L. Lewis accused the toft coal industry's management and stockholders of "making dead" 28,000 mine workers. The General Electric strike was settled yesterday, along with the 113-day-old strike of ,175,000 CIO United Auto Workers against General Motors. The auto workers General Motors council will meet tomorrow to act on that agreement and both agreements must be ratified by the strikers'.- Both settlements were on the basis of I8V2 cents hourly wage boosts. ' Lewis has threatened to call his 400,000 soft coal minen out of the pits April 1 unless 1 they are granted wage boosts, a shorter work week and welfare and hospitalization aid. The head of the United Mine Workers in support of demands for improved working condi tions in the coal pits, asked the 250 members of the union's pol icy committee present whether they wished to join in the in dictment and there was no dis sent, said Lewis: Accusation "We accuse by the record that the management and the stockholders of the bituminous coal industry in a period of 14 years have, through misman agement cupidity, stupidity and wanton neglect, made dead 28, 000 mine workers. "We accuse by the record, that in the same period the same management and stock holders have, for the same rea son, violently crushed and shat tered the bodies of 1,004,000 mine workers." He also charged that manage ment and stockholders exploited "the families of the dead" and practiced "extortion upon the yet living victims of its indus trial violence." He maintained the industry "extorts annually" from the miners $60,000,000 for "pseudo, hypothetical and. sub standard medical service, hos pitalization, and insurance of an actual value of less than one third of the aforesaid' $60,000,- Nazi Couple Takes Poison BAD TOEL27, Germany, March 14 (fl) Adolf Hitler's ""geopoli tical" theorist, Prof. Karl von Haushofer, 76, and his 69-year-old wife took their own lives Sunday near their home at Hartschimmel, it was learned here today. Both took poison, authorities said, but Mrs. Haushofer was found hanging from a tree; while the professor lay face down on the ground. The bodies were discovered by the couple's son, Heinz, who also found - two liquor glasses containing traces of poison, of ficials said, adding the couple had left a note indicating a suicide pact, and a map showing where the bodies could be found. Haushofer generally was cred ited with developing the science known as geopolitics, although some critics maintained he bor rowed many of his ideas from Sir Halford John Mackinder of the University of London., HOTTEST MARCH 14 NEW YORK, March 14 (tP) New York City today had its hottest March 14 on. record.' Reaching 70 degrees at 1:05 p. m. The previous high was 67.3 set 43 years ago. ti t : 1 Bill Introduced By Thomas To Take Power From Bowles WASHINGTON, March 14 (fP) Senator Elmer Thomas (D-Okla.) today introduced legislation to take away from Stabilization Di rector Chester Bowles any au thority to fix margin require ments for trading on commodity exchanges. The chairman of the agricul ture committee offered his bill after telling reporters that legis lators from cotton, wheat and corn belts should "pool their efforts" to prevent extension of OPA after June 30, its present expiration date. His legislation was -offered in the form of an amendment to the administration's pending 65-cent minimum wage bill. The proposed amendment reads: : "In order to. protect the in come of the producers of farm commodities no official or agency of the government shall have authority to. interfere, directly ,or indirectly, in altering or fix ing margin requirements on the purchase or sale of any farm commodity at any commodity exchange licensed to do business in the United states." Thomas acted as OPA pre pared to take unprecedented ac tion with respect to margins designed to nip rising cotton clothing prices. Meanwhile, the government ordered garment producers to 1.'. hustle to market their supplies of scarce shirts, suits, trousers, underwear and women's stock ings, both nylon and rayon. And a civilian production ad ministration official reported an agreement which he said will "substantially increase" output of rayon hosiery, now almost as hard to find as nylons. The OPA order, being pre pared at the direction of Eco nomic Stabilizer Chester Bowles and to be- issued probably today or tomorrow, will require a big ger down payment on cotton purchased for future delivery. The purpose is to curb specula tive bidding for cotton, which Bowles said is encouraged when traders can make purchases with a very small cash deposit. This sort of bidding, Bowles said, forces up textile prices and eventually the cost of clothing. And that, he added, has got to stop. - -. Bowles first asked leading cot ton exchanges to boost margin requirements voluntarily. He an nounced last night they had re fused. So he instructed OPA to order an increase under terms of the price control act. " Aides of Bowles said this was the first time the price control legislation had been used for this purpose. They said the law gives OPA authority to regulate "spec ulative and manipulative", mar ket practices. ill'!-,- m if 'Ri. Labor Chief Sees Peace In Future WASHINGTON, March 14 (IP) Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach, happy over settlement of the General Motors and General Electric, strikes, believes the country is nearing a long pe riod of comparative labor peace. In a news conference late yes terday and a settlement last night, he left no doubt of his feeling in this regard. However, Schwellenbach care fully avoided saying there will be no more big strikes. In this connection, some government of ficials have their fingers crossed concerning the possibility of a bituminous coal walkout in April. . - Revised Figures ' The labor department today . revised its figures on the num. ber of workers who still will ba idle due to strikes after about 275,000 GM and GE workers go back. It said 425,000 would ba involved, whereas throughout February the number ran well over 1,000,000.' Last night it fig ured the number of . continuing idle at 200,0.00. The largest number involved in ;an existing industry strika will be 125,000 in steel fabricat ing. The largest on strike against one company is 65,000 against Wes'tinghouse Electric. Schwellenbach told reporters'' he is hopeful it will be ended "In the next few days." In his statement last night, is sued after the GE agreement was announced in New York, Schwel- ' lenbach said, "I hope that the same results may be obtained soon in other fields." II Sleeping Pills Nearly Fatal NEW YORK, March 14 (JP) Mrs. Barbara Bennett Randall, 40, sister -of Actresses Constance and Joan Bennett, was dis missed from City hospital this afternoon after being treated for what a physician described as an overdose of sleeping tab lets. Mrs. Randall is the widow of Film Actor Addison Randall and former wife of Singer Mor ton Downey. Police reported that an an onymous male caller telephoned the East 67th street station late last night saying that Mrs. Ran dall had taken an overdose of tablets at her mid-Manhattan apartment. She was found ly ing unconscious on the floor of the bedroom. Jobs For Women Receive Support WASHINGTON, March 14 (JP) ' Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach asserted today women should have the same job and pay opportunities as men. At least one in every ten working women, he said, now provides the entire support of a family. Schwellenbach spoke at the opening : of a labor department conference on women's employ- . ment problems. Representatives of some 70 organizations, includ ing women's clubs, professional organizations and AFL and CIO unions attended. He told the group certain "artificial restrictions that be long to a past age should not be allowed to handicap the con tributions women can make." 4rnving In United States By The Aosocialod Press John Eastlund, T4, Tule lake,. arrived on Admiral Hughes due in San Francisco March 11. Robert E. Luscombe, T4, Klamath Falls, arrived on Ad miral Hughes due In San Fran cisco March 11. : It -. it..., .m. V..-'. 11 III Mil. Kfil 4 . i'.'. ' 4 W I r I: Ym f Ill Mirk auu'jii a r.'.i-- VvJ. if., j .h: -it-. IV.; i f :M'it- nr.; K 'ilil: mi
