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Newspaper Page Textll a fo) N la M AS uu WW 0)1 FRANK JENKINS Aiis interesting dispatch comes -nit LI1U -' " i U 1 1 1 4 w vn n tnfliiv I replies "jl -rr- Iran muni, ItCd NBtlOllS UCUUH ill mo lira- Iranian aijpuiu. . i i.. i j iM .i. HE rl unlllL'Il IS UUUllll'U 111 lll Jipaper people have to use In ng objectively and lm iilnlly Hie duvlous mothotlii by Men diplomats ofton seek to ch their objectives. What II probably moun In that !,cc-BnvJiiiI way out of tho Iran ckui may hnvo oocn ond. . 1W0 little people, of course, OPE that lj whaHt mcan.) .jjOTHER rather encouraging Hlspntch come from Wash- 'Despite opposition from Ruit i and New Zealand, tho Far litem commission today up Id General MncArthur s do jlon to pormlt the Japanese to old national elections on April li U encouraging because, In Lnlraut with Germany, our oc f'.iinr, nnllcles in Janan have Kn working out rather well bfir, l-Cl WCII CHUUKIl Piuitu i preiiy soumi rum. HE young Russian naval of ficer who is accused of spying Li in is reicasco nnun im.- luMian consul In Seattle una nied an agreement assuming llflclal responsibility fo his ap trance when wanted. Tho point involved is nn in- Letting one. In such cases, ball Obviously nunc, iur uu mu tirt resources 01 nis country mild be nt his disposal If It tre decided that it was nation IWIcally advisable for him to 1MP his bail. MONEY would bnoooject. I Nations, you sec, differ In al lost every way from Individuals. fclORELLA LaGUARDIA an- ndunccs in n characlcrlst- Uily vivid statement to the bus Ills purpose to cut UNRRA ltd tape and feed starving people throughout the world. line can unsnarl uwnitv ann bed hungry 'people, his personnl Hock (which nas nccn supping k recent years) will soar.: F, as an American, he can cut red tape and feed starving Itoplc, AMERICA'S . STOCK lbb 5UAK, Dccausc pcopiu irouoliout the world will begin BELIEVE IN US again. World ilth In American motives has Ken sadly shaken of late. Jinx, jruiuuu nuillllliaiiaiiuii I1 takes a bnd licking this moru la when the senate, by a 42-31 Bote, approves legislation boost- 1... i i nprnurp r, ...... dent Truman's ultimatum that :e will veto it If passed. (The roll can disclosed z Democrats voting against Tru man and only 21 voting with Mm.) POM the beginning, it has been r oa InnnllnUit t 1 n.r nnA rtlifht that with wages and Industrial prices marching steadily uphill (waees with sovernmcnt EN COURAGEMENT: i n d u s t r lal .prices with government permls- "lon) farm prices would nave to be boosted soon or late. (What It all means is that the Inflationary spiral is climbing UNDER FULL POWER, with lovernmcnt pushing down hard 3i the throttle. Out of one side I Its mouth government warns gainst inflation; out of the other to of its mouth it promotes miatlon.) IN Portland today, Dr. Wlcken Jen, president of the Amor lean Institute nt F.Wtrlrnl Enelnonrs. nffnra n RiihHtttittn for m inflationary spiral which, oy 'son largely or our wean kneed, vote-chasing govern- "cntal policies, we are traveling i dizzier and dizzier speed. no snvs? "A hntfor rlnn wnnlH mnrn "bundnnt goods and LOWER WJ5TS WHICH WOULD BENE. FIT EVERYBODY." THAT Is Inexorably true. But . It Is unpopular. Full produc iinand lower costs due to com- vnniinucil on Pas s, Column x 5 etati 1 ete WEATHER NEWS Mftrch 30 Max. (Muroh 20) 48 Mln. Precipitation lait 24 houn . ...:....04 Stream year to date 11.08 Normal B.IU Lait year .1M Porecait: Overoait and ahowerr, mow In mountalni. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 30. 1946 (Telephone) 8111) Number 10782 Reds Feel 'Equality' Violated By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, March 30 (p) Sovlot observers said today they felt that tho United States and Britain were violating the prin ciple of "cqunllty among na tions" In pressing the Soviet Iranian caso before the United Nations security council. Prlvalo conversations showed that Russians also were of the opinion tho security council at London gave Russia and Iran a directive to settle the question bilaterally and that this was be ing done, but by presenting the case again to the council the U. S. and Britain wcro trying to take advantage of a legal technicality. Foreign political observers in Moscow, seeking to Interpret the Soviet viewpoint, were almost unanimous In the conclusions: Conclusions 1. The USSR lias difficulty In understanding why the United States and Britain retains troops In Greece, Egypt, Indonesia, the Levant, Iraq and Palestine and tho United Slates keeps them In China, Iceland and elsewhere. 2. Russia cannot understand why she should not hnvo oil con cessions In Iran when Britain has them there, and Britain and the United States have concessions in other parts of the Middle East. 3. Russian Individuals feel the United States and Britain are using the meeting of the security council to embarrass the Soviet before the world. However, the opinion voiced here is that Russia is one of the last countries which would want to lcavo tile United Nations or to sec It come to an end. End Sought To ute Power Disp RICHMOND, Va March 30 (P)Officlnls of the Virginia Electric and Power company and union representatives decided at a meeting here today they would agree to arbitration In an effort to prevent a scheduled walkout April Lot 1600 employes of the electrical company. In the opening remark made at a meeting this morning, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers asked for arbitration on all matters on which the oartics cannot agree. Company officials quickly agreed wltn tne union on mis issue ana said they were anxious to settle the matter fully so that Gov ernor William M. Tuck could be notified immediately that there would be no strike. In the. meantime, the state's adlutant general's office was carrying out the governor's or ders to draft the utility's em dIovcs into Virginia's "unor ganized militia" to keep them on the Job. Nylon Queue Breaks All Records mmmtruum i , A crowd of men. women, children end babes in arms, estimated bv oolice at 2500, completely circled the Medical-Dental and Ward's buildings this morning when Wards offered 710 pairs of nylon hosiery and 110 rayon pairs for sale. It was the longest queue of the kind in local his tory, extending in a circle lor four full blocks, three or lour deep, Leftists Ask Vote Boycott ATHENS, March 30 OP) Greek leftists intensified today their campaign for a boycott of tomorrow s elections in protest against what they described as a "royalist coup" to return King George II to the throne. Simultaneously, the royalists upped their campaign by holding clcction-cvc parades and dem onstration meetings. Thousands of pictures of the king, captioned "He's Coming Back," were dis tributed throughout tho nation. ,. P611ce topk precautions " to foroStarT" any disturbances ""on election day. British troops stood by to maintain order. Loudspeakers blared and Ath ens buildings were covered with posters, as candidates on four tickets running for 354 seats in the Greek parliament made their last appeals to tne voters. AFL Lumber Body To Ask Pay Jump BEND, Ore., March 30 (JP) The AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Oregon State council voted today to ask for a gen eral wage increase and other employment benefits. A resolution, adopted by dete eates to the first annual con vention, instructed the execu tive committee' to take steps to bring about the changes. "We resolve," the resolution said in part, "that contracts be opened immediately for a general wage increase, improved vacation contracts. 'sick benefits and a 15-minute rest period twice each shift." By JOY BIGGS A little over 800 pairs of stock ings, nylon and rayon, brought a crowd of approximately 2500 persons men, women, children and babies in arms to Mont gomery Ward store4 this morn ing. ;.; . People started! arriving at B m. in cabs, cars, trucks and on foot from the country and city and stood shivering for hours in the chill air with thermometers registering 26 degrees tempera ture. . The store, located Between Bth and 10th.- Pine and Main opened -at8;30 a. m. Before 8 o clock the crowd completely circled the Barracks School Man Come Under Extension Division PORTLAND, March 30 (P) Dr. J. F. Cramer, head of the extension division of the state system of higher education, said today there was a "very good possibility" that the proposed Klamath Barracks Institution would come under the extension division, if approved. Oregon's constitution, he point ed out, stipulates that no new state institution can be estab lished outside of Saltm without a vote of tho pbople. It would seem logical, therefore, that the general extension division which already offers college classes throughout the state assume direction of the Klamath project, suggested as a temporary higher educational unit, he stated. Dp. Cramer said there was no connection between the Klamath Falls nroDosal and the summer school to be offered here at Van- Dort. The extension division is merely offering its summer classes at Vanport City, where housing Is available for veterans, instead of at Lincoln high school as usual, he reported. Any per son not just veterans may take the classes for college credit he reminded prospective sii rlontc He reported the class schedule' tnr rim Vnnnnrt summer school, to start June 17, probably will be out within two weeKs. Hccord Crowd At Nylon Jam: Threatens To Swamp Store Spy Suspect Out On Bond PORTLAND, Ore., March 30 (Pj Lt. Nicolai G. Redih had restricted freedom today under $10,000 bond and the Soviet con sul-general's assurance tnat ne would be produced here in com missioner's court on request. The 28-year-old Russian naval officer, charged at Seattle with espionage, was released late yes terday and preliminary hearing was continued until an attorney could be retained to represent him. The hearing, designed to show sufficient cause for issuance of an order removing Redin to Seat- tie originally had been plannea for Wednesday, the day after his arrest here. Consul-General Michael S. Vavilov, who came from San Francisco to aid the member of the Soviet purchasing commission's Seattle office, said he was unable to retain an at torney. Today, however, he said a Portland attorney recom mended that Seattle counsel be employed, and he asked for Redin's release until that could bu done. Reduced Bail U. S. Commissioner Robert A. Leedy reduced bail from $25,000 to $10,000 when Vavilov signed an affidavit assuming responsi bility for Redin's appearance. U. S. Deputy District Attorney Mason Dillard told Leedy the "government has full assurance of the cooperation of the consul general." The bond check for $10,000 was signed by Capt. Daniel Kladov, Portland head of the Soviet purchasing commis sion. - . , " Leedy restricted Redin to Ore gon and western Washington and forbade him to go within 200 feet of navigable water. block, with the line about four abreast and from eight to 10 abreast at the Pine street door. At a quarter of 10. a slightly shrunken crowd was still waiting for stockings. A thinner crowd stood on the sidewalk across tne street on Pine, watching as hosiery-conscious customers jos tled from both directions toward the door. A frantic salesman begged people not to crowd or press against the plate glass windows which were constantly tnreat ened, .near the . entrance.; A steady "stream of '..early traffic was reported: going toward town as rural families arrived en force to find places in the eager throng, of approximately one third men. Three exuberant high school youths pushed through the crowd shoving a few happy women toward the stocking counter, to the disgruntled comments of those farther back in the crowd. A ten-year-old boy waved a pair of hose at the sidewalk crowd, asking if anyone wanted a pair of nylons and immediately three men offered to buy them, but the waggish youth said "not for sale." Only one casualty occurred, with a woman fainting in the crowd. She was carried into the store apd revived and got her hose. One city policeman was on duty until the crowd reached its peak and reenforcements were sent to help him out. Demos Losing Party Strength Current registration figures at the county clerk's office show that over 5500 prospective voters in Klamath county have not yet qualified to cast a ballot in the May 17 primary and that the democratic party is losing slightly the party's registered strength of just before the 1944 presidential election. By latest count there are 8680 democrats, 6644 republicans, 106 non-partisans, 40 independ ents and three socialists regis tered in the county. Figures for 1944 showed 10, 021 democrats, 8348 republicans and 768 non-partisans. Demo cratic majority just prior to the presidential election was almost 57 per cent of the total registra tion and today is just over 55 per cent. Registration will continue un til April 16 and the books will be closed at 5 p. m. that day. UNO Action On Iran May Be Obviated NEW YORK. March 30 (IP) The possibility arose today that replies by Prime Minister Stalin and Premier Ahmed Qavam to security council inquiries about ii li i T iUI- nK..i uie aiiuauun ill xiaii iiugui. uuv,- ate further United Nations action in the Russian-Iranian dispute. The council yesterday adopted the direct method of asking Sta lin and Qavam for reports on the status of negotiations be tween their countries and for information whether Russia is exacting concessions for pulling red army troops out of oil-rich Iran. During the discussions, Secretary of State James F, Byrnes suggested that the an swers if and when they come might show that the two coun tries needed no further assist ance in settling their disputes Message Sent Messages to Stalin and Qavam fixing 8 a. m., PST, Wednes day, April 3, as the deadline for receipt .of the replies, in JNew York were sent by the council secretariat last night to Ambas sadors Andrei Gromyko of ; the Soviet Union and Huesseir. Ala of Iran, for. relay to their home governments. " "If the council could obtain more adequate and exact infor mation regarding the status of negotiations between the- Soviet government and the Iranian gov ernment, the council might be able to satisfy- itself that the assurances of the Soviet govern ment as to the prompt with drawal of troops from Iran are in fact for all practical purposes unconditional," Byrnes( told the council yesterday. Substantive Issues "In that event, there might be no need for the council to go into, the substantive issues," he added, "provided it reserved the righ,t to bqth parties to have the case immediately lanen up uy the, council' should there be any. developments which threatened to retard the withdrawal of troops.". Turkey-Iraq Sign Treaty London. March '"3d m The Ankara radio said tonight Tur key and Iraq had signed a treaty of friendship with a protocol providing for mutual assistance on the Question of public order. Negotiations for the Turkisli Iraq agreement were under way for several weeks.. They were begun at a time when Russian troop movements were reported in neighboring Iran,- and when Moscow gave publicity (to two Soviet professors urging the- re turn of Turkish Armenian dis tricts, once part of czarist Russia. no I e cade Grounded QJp Dn aftftanhunfr FRANKFURT, Germany, Sunday, March 31 (AP) American and British troops have smashed a powerful, well financed attempt by nazi fanatics to regain power in occu pied Germany, allied authorities said today. . A thousand persons suspected of being ringleaders of the underground movement were in jail or were being rounded up early today in a huge manhunt in Germany and Austria. The subversive movement was directed . against American, British and Russian forces. ' The back of the movement is broken' Brig. Gen. Edwin Sibert, American intelligence chief, said. "The movement's long-range plan, designed to revive the nazi ideology in Germany,-was the most dangerous threat to our security encountered since the war," Sibert laid. . Those seized by counter-espionage agents were reported to include every one of an "inner circle" of 200 nazis, each of whom was a potential new German fuehrer. The crackdown began as long as three months ago when Arthur Axmann, 32-year-old fuehrer of the Hitler Juugened (youth movement) was jailed. The , announcement identified I I if: Bulletin WASHINGTON. March 30 (JP) Secretary of ' Labor Schwellen- bach asserted today there is no possibility of averting a nation wide soft coal strike set for Sunday midnight. (See also page 12! KFLW Will Hit Air Lanes Sunday At 2 P.M. By HALE SCARBROUGH FLW, The Herald and radio station which has m so long getting on the 111 that local wags have al idy tagged the call letters ." meaning Klamath Falls JjPB Wait, will Invade the J'ner tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, 1450 kilocycles and '0 watts power. .Actually the call letters mpt was made to get f FHN, moaning Klamath 'alls Herald News, but those Mters are already in use bmewhere else so KFLW. "leaning nothing more than 'jlopted. ' HI.- .... . . 1 'ne station is already ai- Olt lv vim Tnlilnl plication for a broadcasting irmit was filed in Washing ton by The Herald and News on July 5, 1940. That hung fire until the Japs started acting up in December, 1941. and Uncle Sam decided he had use for all radio equip ment in localities other than Klamath Falls. On November 21, 1944, Washington said, in effect, "go ahead and start building, if you think you can get the equipment." KFLW couldn't. Then on July 3, 1945. Wash, ington came through with another okay and construc tion actually began Septem ber 1 when the antenna wa raised above the Balsiger building. A few days later a swarm of carpenters began ripping out the north wing of The Herald and News building to put In the studios, offices and other rooms necessary to a first-rate broadcasting layout. Where there was once one ( huge room containing this newspaper's files and a quan tity of dust collected over a period of years, now are 18 separate rooms on two floors, fully equipped and occupied. Permission to start testing, sighting in the transmitter, came March 21 and since that time tests have been conduct ed nightly from 1 a. m. ' un til 6 a. m. Final green light to start full-scale broadcast ing was received from Wash ington March 26. , During the test 'casts late listeners were asked to wire or write in from points where KFLW was heard, and in the answers came from all over the West, from Seattle. San Diego. Blckleton. Wash.. Milo. Ore.. Sacramento, val- lejo, Fresno, Battle Mountain, Nov., Pigeon Point coast guard light station in Cali- . fornia. Pierce Ferry, Aris.. Marysville, Wash., all saying that KFLW was received, the signal was strong, and trans mission quality excellent. Officially KFLW goes on the air at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but a few minutes beforehand, at about 1:45, an organ prelude will be aired to give dial twisters a beam to follow in locating 1450. At 2 o'clock Senator Wayne Morse, Congressmen Lowell Stockman and Harris Ells worth, Owner Frank Jenkins and probably several local dignitaries will appear on a dedicatory program and at 2:30 the station joins the American Broadcasting . com-. oanv for its lirst national program, "Counterspy." Starting Monday KFLW goes on the air at 6:30 a. m. and closes at 11 p. m. daily. First program in the morning is -an eye-opener of popular recorded music. At 6:45 comes a farm program - of music, markets, weather and the like, At 7 o'clock the schedule calls for local, regional and national news, gathered by The Herald and News report ers and from Associated Press wires, with Chuck Cecil be hind the mike. Every locally broadcast news program will feature the day's happenings in Klamath Falls and vicinity furnished by staff writers of this newspaper. Mel Baldwin has a noon (Continued on ran 8, Column 1) Axmann as undercover leader of the entire conspiracy. me secret organization was beginning to expand when American and British forces clamped down. Just a week ago American agents found nazi ac tivities spreading to the Russian zone in Germany. They' turned over the,ir leads to Soviet au thorities there. , Operation Nursery' ' A swift roundup, called ' "op eration nursery," began Satur day night, climaxing ten months of - exhaustive secret investiga tion by American counter-intelligence agents Sibert said the agents discovered the organiza tion right after v-E .day and immediately set up a vigil. :. The war had lust ended when the one-armed Axmann appoint ed his trusted, 32-year-old for mer Hitler youth,' Col. Willi Heidemann as the custodian of a considerable amount of nazi cash. With the funds, Heide mann, who also is under arrest, set himself up as the . owner- manager of a Bavarian trucking concern. . Heidemann ingratiated, him self with - the American, mili tary government and won its confidence: Intelligence : agents let' themilitary government be taken ihj so that the,.entire. plan would; be unfolded. '-. 1 v As. early as . mid-December Axmann and his two chief con tact menA were ' seized. A short time later Heidemann and seven of his closest co-conspirators were' jailed. Then in the-man hunt through the two zones, agents tracked , down and ar rested., the'4, conspirators in the inner circle. i Last night the army struck again. Many of the 800 seized probably were unaware of the real intentions ot tne nngieaa ers and may be released later, Sibert said. . , -4 . Price Hike.For Shook Approved WASHINGTON. 'March 30 (IP) OPA Administrator Paul Porter told the house western pine com mittee today the OPA had -decided to permit a price -increase of $2.38 per ,1000 board feet for shook or box material. .- V 1 Rep. Lea (D-Calif.) saidthe increase was for six weeks, dur ing which time producers werel conn IroH n furnish OPA withN aaia iu jusuiy me mucaac. Lea, chairman of the commit tee, said Porter told the com mitter OPA probably-will an nounce next week full details of its . lumber price program de signed to increase materials for home construction, Farm Rider Setback To Wage Bill WASHINGTON. March 30 (P) The administration smarted to day under a severe senate set back that threatened to doom President Truman's minimum wage legislation. - j The showdown came on a pro posal to incorporate in the bill provisions that would boost farm prices, and the proposal won, 42-31, yesterday despite Mr. Tru man's advance warning that he would veto the measure in that form. . The senate's weekend recess gave perplexed presidential lieu tenants a chance to take inven tory and consider recasting plans in the face of a politically im portant defeat. . :' Fiery. Debates i The farm-price boost amend- . ment. won aDoroval after less than an hour of fiery debate. The rollcall vote found 24 democrats and ' 19 republicans shouting "yes" and 21 democrats, 9 re publicans and the lone progres sive, LaFollette fWis.) answering the "no" asked by the president. Majority Leader Barkley (D Ky.), who had gravely delivered the White House veto warning, refused comment on what.- he planned next. V .. Marksman Shoots Out Insulators Some' rifleman using power insulators for a target caused the California- Oregon Power, com pany a great deal of trouble and put out power lines leading, to-; ward - Lakeshore and Chiloquin early this morning., ; 1 , Power "company, off icials said today that apparently someone had shot out a 66,000-volt insula tor near the Link river dam and the snow, last night caused a , short that set fire to the pole and cross-arm. The current in the 11,000-volt- Lakeshore line and the 66,000 volt Chiloquin line went out at 1:S4 a. m. and repairmen had thevlnes back in operation at 5:06. ThaKaccounts for the blinding flashes Yeported by night owls in town. Talking Over Eleventh Hour Plans - - fHf&$ M -'-Ml I! i y i'K 1.1 Manager Bud Chandler, center, discusses plan, lor surmay , p. m. 'buVg, d M. r-r ..fin. M...h.n p.nr,r. alterations director of KFLW and KKNH oi n"'H' " rrye. commercial manager of the new local station. ' . . 1 Ji..