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mn a 1 1 i i u u u u 0 nS iv M 0 nflV nV l-uuu u UtMN uinn 0) in Nl ? WEATHER NEWS April , l0 M.i. (April 4) 5 Mln, . Jl I'raolpllatlan lail 24 boon 00 Nlraam yiar lo dale ,11,11 Normal tun I.m yaar 7.1J farocaatl Saturday- avarcaal. FIVE CENTS (Talaphona 1111) KLAMATH FALLB, OREGON. FRIDAY. .APRIL 5, 194S Numbn 10787 charge MUSES SENATE The ly FRANK JENKINS slue over inn aru iiuur- today. Little Inui iiihI big appear lo have ot to on u deal thnt Isn't too . ..111. ..I- tllll. IlliVI) till" iKUH'flll lllOUllhl! lie IIH! pressure uroiiKiu tiO Influenced inn Cloning j. dciil on realistic ami ONAIJLE bnnl thnt might out satisfactorily in pine- In, UNO 1 a step nearer to . . deal might work. We hove ida similar one thnt ..I til InllHl tllKHIlhlV. 'agreement him been signed llml lor Joint Iranian- oil company. (We Iibvo Lluit jliniliir concern scat- nil over umn-nmcncH. linn been friction over but no shooting.) a a jriB lire strong hint In the tt.i.i Iim nnm imrlmibt. ilnwilnii-sponirorcd) govern or Azerbaijan province is wnv oui oi ine picuirr. jo, there will bo no Tcxm nt In Iron.) a a Hn... tnnbi ii If riH armv , Unit nre to be puuea oui 01 per agreement. i I'tirvlML (linen, we've hud In Mexico, In Venezuela, iimiin w um mem nui. ..... f..lfillmiit with all thcMl irics seem to bo Improving, rthnn deteriorating.) a a a .tvou sec. tho situation Isn't "a . peless. As WE nave grown .i- rli.lliiea with tho smaller rlcs In OUR upbore of In- re have become more ren in nmi decent. It mav work flic tamo way In RumiB'a least, one crlsl ha been I without shooting. a a iT0R PEPPER, who rat s too much In hl bearing talccn very seriously. V angrily In Wellington to- i in t we arc guaranteeing Hi Imperialism. statement is ono oi incite 'TRUTHS that cause so trouble. Wc ARE taking le and clearly apparent to strengthen the British e. British cmnlre Is about nly Important part of tho eft with a system ami of life closely resembling iwn. If wc were morons Ii to AID In the break-up : British empire, we'd be TANDING ALONE. o wants thnt? a a a Q which, if It works, will be a system of government not unlike dcral government in hiW' ,ts troubles. It will have of them, remember this federal government i out fccblv as a loose con fillon of sovereign states. It SLOWLY almost FAL- tNGLY at the start to Its it eminence as the world s successful form of demo-government. ii t expect UNO to be a flute success over night. tjon't expect our troubles iiiussia lo end at once, wc Inv the greatest of the OLD r.i. Russia is a rising NEW In the world. Our ways oiucr RADICALLY. Fre clashes of interest are in kle. if there Is a fair amount Hence and understanding th sides, wo ought to be o work out our HnRtinics (lily In tho course of time. I ar as can bo Judged from ' little that wc outsiders Innltted to see, our present poncy is a cioucty mix i expediency and more or '"ciliated dabbling In the icics ot world power poll 'Vc appear to be muddling ;n rumor man following a nl line. it wc need is a foreign poi nt all the peoples of tho will RESPECT for Its hlah P'S and Its slneorHv. mid JWc ourselves Wir.I. BE. r in. Bulletin IBUOlIFPnTir u w I 5 (,) State Police Capt! -v.on inia xoaay tnat odies had been removed rjrnimUa I .. i. a .' "or irom ina Kane nf i Which xr..h.J 11 Tti.. tt ot Albuquerque. Homestead Drawings Plan OK'd A proposed system of rating applicants for Tulolukc home steads as to farming experience, financial assets and other (nullifi cations, was opposed In a close vote at a meeting of representa tives of veterans' organizations and other Interested groups held here late yesterday by tho U. S. reclamation bureau. The majority of those present went on record In favor of a plan for a drawing to select tho ap plicant to receive 87 fertile farms In the Tulelake area later this summer. The favored plan is to screen out all applicants who do not meet minimum quali fications of $2000 in financial assets and two years' farming experience, and to permit all other applicants to participate in the drawing. Action taken by the group yes terday was In the nature of rec ommendation to guide an exam ining board which will bo ex pected to make final recommen dations on tho method to be used in allotting over $2,000,000 worth of fertile farm land to 87 World War II veterans. Spirited discussion featured tho meeting which was attended by veterans group representatives from' a number ot northern California and southern Oregon districts. Stricter Qualification Several Tulelako representa tives, who pointed out that tho community there Is naturally Interested In tho typo of new comers who will come In under the homestead opening, favored some system of rating applicants nd also stood out for stricter qualification than those pro posed by some of tho others at the meeting. On the rating question, the vote was IS to 14 against ratings. But tho Tulelakers won their point on the question of tho minimum financial qualification. Spokesman for the VFW at Dimsmulr urged that any ap plicant should qualify If he had ,$2000, even If borrowed. They were ocrcated on this point. The (Canllaatd ao Taia t, Calama 31 OPA Extension For Year OK'd WASHINGTON. April 5 (P) Tho houso banking committee today approved a year's exten sion of price control, as recom mended by President Truman. It defeated, 13 to 0, a republican effort to limit OPA's new lease on life to nine months. However, the committee aimed a blow at OPA pricing policy, voting IS to 8 to prohibit the agency from requiring retailers for a period of six months to absorb larger cost of manufac tured products, such as automo biles, refrigerators and radios. Moreover, tho group by a 15 to S ballot, approved subject to houso and senate action a grad ual termination of the govern ment's $2,000,000,000 annual sub sidy business by June 30, 1047. The subsldlos includo payments to hold down food costs. 90-Foot Tidal Wave Claims Life Of Klamath Falls Boy Jack Colvln, 20-year-old Klamath youth serving In Alaska wllh tlio United Slates Coast Guard, lost his life Monday, April 1, when u 110-foot tidal wave demolished Scotch Cap lighthouse on Unlnuik island In the Aleutians, Young Colvln was Ihn son of Carl Colvln of this city, and Ethel Colvln of Juneau, Alaska, As fur as Is known ho Is the fri(t Oregon man to lose his life In the tidal wave which swept Victim I . r I h 4 . JACK COLVIN, USCG Yestern Pine Mill Price Up WASHINGTON, April S (P) OPA today ordered Into effect Immediately an increase In mill price ceilings for western pine lumber which the agency said averaged $4.00 per 1000 board feet. The agency said the Increase, announced previously, was granted to stimulate production of lumber for tho housing pro gram. It added that, pending com pletion of a cost study of 1045 retail margins, the Increases will be passed on to consumers. With certain exceptions, mill increases of $4.50 per' 1000 feet were granted for all west ern pine graded lumber of these species: Ponderosa pine, Idaho white pine, sugar pine; inland larch, Douglas fir and hemlock; whlto fir; engclmann Spruce and lodgcpole pinu; inland red cedar and incense, cedar. Minimum Wages Set At 65 Cents WASHINGTON, April 5 P) The senate today reversed a de cision made yesterday and voted to increase tho basic minimum industrial wage to 05 cents on hour rather than GO cents. The present floor Is 40 cents. The amendment, offered by Senator Capchart (R-Ind.) carried by a 41 to 27 roll call vote, Capehart sponsored the change, he explained, as a re sult of the senate's action last night In adopting an amendment designed to increase farm prices. Gentleman From Florida . Considers Wage Bill Dead WASHINGTON, April S (flt Tho author of the administra tion's minimum industrial wage bill abandoned It for dead to day because the senate insisted on expanding it to hike tho in come of farmers, too. "I consider tho bill dead," Senator Pepper (D-Fla.) told re porters beforo leaving the capi tal on a speaking trip. Pepper is the. principal au thor and floor manager for the legislation which the senate twice modified In tho faoc of a veto threat by voting an amend ment designed to raise farm prices. Tho amendment was written in 46 to 38 early last night, shortly before the senate re cessed until noon today. The action clinched an earlier test vote on the same proposal last Friday, when tho count was 43 to 31. All administration efforts to gain a reversal failed in the face of well-organized coali tion which included southern democrats, republicans and some westerners of both parties, The larm amendment, ram- rodded by tall Scriotor Russell (D-Ga.), would revise the farm parity formula to include the cost of farm labor, taking in the farmer and his family as well as hired hands. Stabilization Administrator Chester Bowles had declared repeatedly it would raise the nation's food bill by more than $4,000,000,000 a year. And Pres ident Truman sent word to the senate he would be "compelled" to veto tho bill if it came to tho White Mouse bearing the amendment. As the measure now stands, awaiting the final senate vote which would send it to the house, the present minimum wage of 40 cents on hour for workers covered by the federal wage-hour law would be boost ed to 80 cents. Pepper and his gfoup origin ally had proposed an immedi ate increase to 65 cents and on up to 75 cents within four years. But the Florida senator gloomily agreed to the com promise when it became evident ho could' not get a higher figure. from the Hawaiian islands to the Aleutians the first of the week. Jack was born In Klamath Falls, June 2, 1025, attended Mills and Klamath Union high school and prior to his gradua tion enlisted on his 17th birth day in the coast guard. Ills fath er is employed as a stcamfitter ot Motley Plumbing company. Jack was the nephew of Mrs. Grace Wells, 535 Martin, and a cousin of Carrol Colvln, 346 S. Riverside. A brother, Jerry, was drowned January 18, 1040, while skating on Upper Klamath lake. The Colvins had only two sons. Carrol Colvln, who was ad vised this morning of his cousin's death, said he did not learn whether the body had been re covered. Jack was one of five dead or missing In the huge wave which hit Unimuk island. SEATTLE, April 5 (IP) Only five persons, instead of the 10 feared possibly lost, ore dead or missing as the result of the 90 foot tidal wave which demol ished Scotch Cap lighthouse on Unimak Island in the Aleutians Monday, tho navy announced lost night. Names still were '' withheld, pending notification of next of kin. The navy said a 20-foot wave hit Sunak island, southeast of Unimak, and "completely demol ished the carpenter shop, gutted all homes and washed all dories up to the school building." No lives were lost, but the people spent the night In tho school house. At the village of Ikatan on the cost coast of Unimak, several houses were swept into the sea, but again there was no loss of life . The village "Is reported to have experienced a total of 50 (earth) shocks since April 1," said the report from the com mander of the Alaska sea fron tier. "As of yesterday, light trem ors continued In the region, ex tending from Sand Point to Ika tan, although without tidal dis turbances." Sand Point Is some 200 miles east of Ikatan in the Shumagin islands. Wild Chase Ends In Fatal Crash TACOMA, April 5 OT S2c R. A. Hartscll, USN, was killed almost instantly last night when an automobile he was driving, while being chased by police, crashed into a downtown build ing. The crash occurred after a high speed race through down town Tacoma streets. Hartscll was on liberty from the U. S. naval receiving bar racks in Seattle. - Police were chasing Hartsell's car because, they said, he failed to comply with their order to pull into the curb after they had seen him driving erratical ly, in their opinion, through heavy traffic. Tho chase proceeded along Broadway, Tacoma's main street, through busy traffic for seven blocks. Tho sailor's car, moving at high speed sideswept a bus and, veered Into a brick building. Tho impact was so severe the car, a new 1948 sedan, was flattened and bounced back 90 feet. - Hartsell's body, badly crushed, was found nearly 100 feet from the car. Surviving Quads Named By Mother LONGVIEW, Wash., April 5 (I1) Tho surviving boy and girl ot quadruplets born to Mrs. Leo Pierce, Kelso widow, four days ago were given names today by their mother and were tak ing nourishment regularly al though still in incubators. The girl will be called Dixie Lee and the boy Donald Leon, Mrs. Pierco said. They must remain in incubators some weeks, being fed a special form ula. The girl weighed three pounds, three ounces at birth and tho boy, smallest of the quads born ' and the last one born, only two pounds, nine ounces. The two who died were boys. The father was killed in a mill accident March 1. Hatch Backs Firm Policy; Debate Hot By The Aiioclatod Presi WASHINGTON, April 5 (IP) Congressional friends and foes of Secretary of State Byrnes heaped fuel today on a foreign policy debate touched off by Senator Pepper's contention that this country is guarantee ing "British imperialism." Challenging the Florida dem ocrat's assertion that the United States and Britain have "ganged up against Russia," Senator Hatch (D-N.M.) told a reporter he believes Byrnes is "follow ing a firm course that is calcu lated to strengthen the United Nations, where a lesser course would destroy it." Hatch also took issue with Pepper's charge made in the course of a lambasting of Brit ish foreign policies yesterday that other nations have sought to "put Russia in a hole" in the U. N. security council. "The only difficulties Russia has or will encounter in the United Nations are those which she creates herself," declared Hatch, a personal friend of both Byrnes and President Tru man. Efficiency Low Across the capitol, House Re publican Leader Martin (Mass.) mode no direct reference to tho Pepper-Hatch clash but said in his opinion state department ef ficiency has reached "Its lowest ebb." He suggested in an inter view that tho department purge itself of "incompetents and un desirables." Rep. Edith Nourse Roger. (R-Mass.), a veteran member of the house foreign affairs com mittee, similarly professed her self "deeply disturbed" over the department's operation and ad vocated "far greater liaison" with Capitol Hill. But Senator Maybank (D S.C.), representing Byrnes' home state, joined with Hatch in criticizing Pepper's assault on what the Florida senator de scribed as a possible "harden ing of the arteries" in Ameri can foreign policy. Petiot Draws Death Penalty PARIS, April 5 (IP) Dr. Mar eel Petiot, accused of operating a "Bluebeard" murder mill with in the forbidden walls of his rcsi- i dence on the Rue le Sueur, was rl J t JnQ. In.- lact night after a three-week trial had ended in his conviction for more than a score of killings. The hollow-eyed little physi cian was shocked into silence when the verdict was read, but within a few minutes recovered sufficiently to shout to his broth er, Maurice, in the crowded palais de justice: "I must be avenged." ' Petiot, a legendary figure in Paris and described by the pros ecution as "the monster of the Rue le Sueur,", said he would appeal. . Young Marine Hero Reenlists Arthur J. Jnckson, 21, of Port land, one of the youngest men to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II, re enlisted in the marine corps in Portland today. The former Grant high school student won tho medal as a pri vate first class in the Peleliu campaign with the first marine division, and was also commis sioned a second lieutenant in the field. After returning from overseas Jackson was stationed at the Klamath Falls Marine Barracks and received his discharge here. He re-enlisted with the grade of Iirst sergeant. Clink Welcomes 1000th Customer The city jail welcomed its 1000th customer of the year at 12:10 a. m. today. . James Davidson, a tran sient, native of Arkamai, was the recipient of the left-hand-ed honor. He wa picked up at 7th and Main last night and jailed on a drunk charge. This morning Davidson re ceived breakfast and the usu al police court ultimatum of $10 or five days. He took the latter. 'This Won't Hurt A Bit' f4 f it A' i ?' J , Tua 1 , V 1 n Michael and Jerry Laux look serious but rather indifferent during vaccination. Dr. Peter Roiendal, public health officer, does the job while Mr. Clair Speir, clinic nurn, stand by. Scores Vaccinated Here As llesult Oi Smallpox Scare The smallpox scare which started about a week ago when cases of the dread disease were reported in Seattle, Wash., brought scores of men, women and children into the public health center for vaccinations. The peak day was reached Thursday when approximately 150 persons were vaccinated by Dr. Peter H. Rozendal, Klamath county public health officer, as sisted by the clinic nurse. Four public health nurses helped in rush periods. These days - no one needs to wear the unsightly "cartwheels" on their arms, evidence of early methods of . vaccination. The modern method-'Of immunization does not draw blood, the skin being only "dented" with the needle and the vaccine applied. If the vaccination takes, the spot becomes sore in about five days and a slight itching occurs, with a pimple forming which breaks Escaped Con Believed Seen EUGENE, April 5 (JP) City police were conducting a futile manhunt here today after Pa trolman M. J. Redfearn had taken a shot early this morning at a young man believed to have been Glen Wilson, larcenist and rapist who escaped earlier in the week from the state penitentiary at Salem. - The driver of a Studebaker se dan, later identified as one stolen from Wallace Bonesteel of Salem and wired for use with out an ignition key. stopped at a red light, but the driver at tempted to hide his face when the police car pulled abreast. Arousing suspicion, Redfearn followed the car, and when it reached a residential section it pulled to a curb and the occu pant made a dash between two houses afoot. Redfearn fired as the man at tempted to climb a fence. He reported that the fleeing man hesitated as if hit and then cleared the fence. He escaped and city and state police were unable to find him. Residents were warned to be on the look out for the man and were pro vided with his description. down to make an ulcer. When the scab drops off, a small scar remains. Length of immunity to smallpox after vaccination varies with the individual and doctors recommend revaccination in five to seven years, particularly if there is threat of an epidemic. Some people have a higher degree of immunity to smallpox than others. Dr. Rozendal point ed out, and in these cases the vaccination may not take, or if it does the soreness is very light. Severe inflammation and sore ness shows that a person would be an easy victim if he ever con tracted the disease. ' Will Continue It is expected that vaccina tions will continue next week at the health center. A few mild cases of scarlet fever are reported in town now, with a few of . chicken pox and measles. -. The Bly school has had a brief vacation, with the hope that the siege of scarlet fever, prevalent there this spring, may be stamped out, Dr. Rozendal re ported. The scarcity of teachers, due to sickness, also made it ad visable to close the school for a short while. No cases of smallpox have been reported here, Dr. Rozen dal said. Stage Service At Standstill PORTLAND, April 5 (AP) Intra-city bus transportation in Salem and Eugene was at a standstill today after 300 drivers and shopmen for Oregon motor stages staged a strike at midnight. The walkout also halted com pany service between here and the coast to a number of valley points, and between coastal cities. The tie-up followed failure of a conference before U. S. Concilia tor George Brewer on the wage dispute. A 30 per cent increase over the present 98-cent-an-hour rate is sought by drivers on the city lines. Lone distance drivers want $1.40 an hour instead of the current $1.05 to $1.15 scale. Machinists ask a boost from $1.20 to $1.50 hourly. Reactionary Forces Said On Upgrade TOKYO, April 5 (Gen eral MacArthur launched the' four-power allied council for Japan today, notifying it that its function would be to advise him, while he retains unchal lenged command. The council promptly gave him four pieces of advice, all offered by Russia whose delegate warned of "in creasing activity of reactionary forces among Japanese. Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko, Soviet representative, spoke up as soon as MacArthur's opening address a stirring plea for all nations to renounce their right to wage war was fin ished. Derevyanko proposed: Proposals Excluding the press; examin ing MacArthur's decrees seven days and imperial rescripts 10 days in advance of their issu ance to Japanese; international izing the council secretariat (U. S. Brig. Gen. Bonner F. Fellers, now is secretary-general); and holding new Japanese elections if next Wednesday's balloting elects "unsuitable" diet mem bers. MacArthur in his sneech said it was advisable that all coun cil meetings be open to publie and press, to avoid any sus picion of "secret devices, under takings or commitments." Pre Admitted At the suggestion of British Commonwealth Representative W. McMahon Ball, Russia with drew her request to bar the press from all meetings, and the council agreed to admit newsmen tn "mainr mculinA. ' They will be barred from "un official meetings" whenever the wuuiii sees zn. The council's next session, formally scheduled for April 17, presumably will be classi- neu as major. Among other business, Russia's proposal to internationalize the council secretariat will ho rii that time. Accident Theory Favored In Death On Hell Scene HOLLYWOOD, April 5 (P) Authorities leaned today toward a theory of accident in the death of a 31-year-old studio set work er whose battered body was found below a movie lot back drop, after a gay party on a set reproducing hell in papier mache. The victim was Edward R. Gray, father of three, three months out of service. Gray was a grip, a handyman classifica tion which includes carpenters, electricians and other trades. Po lice said he was not employed on the particular picture whose crew and cast were celebrating conclusion of its filming, but had joined the party with a fellow worker. Dying from head Injuries and a fractured pelvis, he was found early yesterday by a studio po liceman making his rounds at General Service studio, where Paul Muni played host Wednes day night to workers on "Angel On My Shoulder," a film about a crook who goes to hell, in which he stars with Anne Bax ter.. Muni plays the crook and Claude Rains, who did not at tend the party, is the devil. All the actors, the studio said, had departed several hours before Gray was injured. Det.-Sgt. Stanley W. Johnson called the death murder after an on-the-spot investigation, but Autopsy Surgeons Louis Gogol ana r rea XMewbarr asserted: "A fall from a height of 40 feet or more could have done it. He didn't get hurt that way in a fight." The seascape backdrop be neath which Gray was found is 65 feet high. One unexplained angle was discovery of blood on the floor of a bar improvised for the party. Police Chemist Ray Pinker said he was analyzing that discovered in two large pools with that at the spot where Gray lay. He said the results might be significant." Another chemist, R. J. Aber nathy of Los Angeles county, said Gray's blood registered an alcoholic content of .29, adding that .14 would indicate intoxi cation in a person of his stature. Klamath Road Bids Opened Bids totaling approximately $1,000,000 for hiehwav work in Klamath county were opened by the highway commission in Portland today. JJiggest bid was $361,811 for the widening of S. 6th street from a point near the viaduct to the- Altamont bridge. This bid was submitted by Warren Northwest, Inc., and was due for further consideration later in the day at the Portland meet ing. The commission has been rejecting bids on some projects as too high. The commission approved bid of $243,501.50 by McNutt Drotners, tugene, for grading; 25 miles from Mazama junction to Spring Creek hill on the re routing of U. S. highway No. 97 north of (JhUoquin. This was referred to the engineer with power to award. Here are the other low Klam ath project bids, still under con sideration at mid-afternoon: Widening bridge over Alta mont canal,- federal, job, Angelo Doveri, Klamath Falls, $14,835. Washburn way - Altamont drive lighting project, state job, Mark Smith and company, Klamath Falls, $8904.70. Spring Creek hill section of The Dalles-California highway, federal job, 2.01 miles of grad ing. Strong and McDonald, Inc., Tacoma, Wash., $160,958. Spring Creek hill-Lobert sec tion of The Dalles California highway, federal job, 8.88 miles of grading, R. . Heintz Con struction, Portland, $208,473. Claim Of Dairymen Scoffed At By OPA PORTLAND, April 5 P) Andrew H. Trice, OPA district price executive, today scoffed at dairymen's complaint that the industry faces liquidation with out a 20-cent boost in the butter fat price. Citing figures from the state milk control board, U. S. depart ment of agriculture and Oregon State college surveys, he asserted milk producers' fears were groundless. The 6-cent increase granted "is entirely adequate," he stated. Trice said dairymen should present further evidence for a price boost, if they have com piled such facts, at a public hearing. Truman Breaks In Horseshoe Court WASHINGTON, April 5 (JP) President Truman broke in his new horseshoe pitching court out in the "back yard" today and took a 21 to 10 drubbing from his military aide, Brig. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan. Using a southpaw action, the president played only one game and then had to go back to work. Mr. Truman told Vaughan he might have to fire him and "get an aged military aide" whom he could beat. i 3
