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If w c on I provide w w ion or a iiium cihi on follow tliroiiKli ii lid it t DOKS end. It will 111 us ALWAYS. V INATING the subsidy ltiiiii In equally Impor. this nntlon In to remain innt n n d SOLVENT, nroved for u.i 20 cen niin Hint governments SUItSIDIKS which min .ciunl to buyitiK minw und otcs with public money after all, In period such this when dvmiind fun lly exceeds dimply and is pli-nlllul nnd more or irthlcvi. nrlce control lit k-rnor timl prevents the from RACING WILU troylng Itself. hiiliilit as well put tlmt In lpv mid umiilio It. KSENTATIVE ELL S DHT1I (from the Southern d sir let across the lilnV nuiriB" It up for us accurately, lie says In huton lodiiy: !A In n terrible failure believe congress should a WELL OPERATED control law us a guard inflation." lulus: ivo demand for things lr exceeds their available Under the clrcunv t, price control protects lycr from unreasonably prices, PROFITEERING and at least partially i our economic system Intuition. oiillnues: f we prolong the OPA, n tnc risK oi wrccKiug uiiomlc systems, of cau irtnues, hardships and ul v HUNGER. If we ubol 'A, wc face the equally I- possibility of disastrous ui. The act will doubt' amended somewhat and ed for nine months or concludes, grimly: horror of the present km Is that there Is not the t hope of OPA righting nti proceeding In a ren manner to correct Its es. it has no tlmo and Intly NO DESIRE to cor licm. Tho President talks wrontf neon o who ob- .. .---i--- ----- w nro Keeping him sold on iiiniimillty," KSENTATIVE ELLS' pRTll Is a genuinely lib' ppubllcan member of con. pvho at the same tlmo Is nded on economic mat lie has no delusions about yourself bv vour boot- lie knows H can't be urn has the courage to his mind. Ho, bclonas to patriotic bloc" in Wosh an odm rable . little r representatives and sen Mio aren't wiling to sell fcountry down the river r lo be re-e eclod. "linucd on Pago Two) V Vet Admits pbing Woman FEN PORT, la., April 6 uiscnargca Davenport ctpriin 1, ....... ice as saying tho army It ill inn " tlmo linld chargo in' connection He futal stabbing early "is swocthcurt. 'G fMiinf n...l nl.llll. i . '"" X II1111IJH ilinrlos W l...nnr,i -in licnt 22 months In' Ice! ium uoa m n formal "i io officers that ho Miss Alien Miif,j Ul lort, with a pocket knife v ncarnrl Un KnMn mn Was mnrllu In i n Rhn I. ..I . l.i 1 1 " """'"in com r'th other men." ' 1 1 regret It," tho chief ...mra. They taught us in,""1 wuo Leonora the army." U. N. Faces Question Of Franco Rule By HOWARD COWK NEW YORK, April 0 (I') Tho tusk of determining whether tho present Spanish regime Is throat to international peace and what lo do about it headed today toward an un certain reception In tho United Nations security council. The Polish embassy In Lon don announced Poland's dele- giito hud been instructed to ralso tho Spanish question and to propose that the United Na tions sever diplomatic relations with Generalissimo rrancos government, (Tho Warsaw radio announced lust night that thn Polish ov eminent hud decided to recou nlzo the exiled Spanish repub lican government of Jose Glial The embassy statement was made in reporting the govern incut's action.) Weekend Recess The announcement found the council in weekend recess after disposing of tho ticklish Iranian issue ' until May (I and preparing to fashion rules on procedure, when members return to Hunter college Tuesday. A check of those delegations rcinuliilng In New York, how ever, showed them divided over the question of delving Into the Spanish question Immediately. Dr. Oscar Lunge, tho Polish delegate, was in Washington. In ltrlllsh circles, where It was made clear Kriiuco bus no sympathy, the Spanish question wus not regarded as an emer gency such as the Iranian dis pute. Henri Bonnet, the Krcuch delegate, said "it's a move which certainly won't surprise anybody In France." Tho French origimilly enter tained tho Idea of council ac tion on Spain, but hud decided to let tho council of foreign ministers consider It first. Mexican Support A spokesman for the Mexi can delegation said Francisco Castillo Nujcra still was pledged to support any move to bring the full force of the United Nations against Franco Spain, Official Russian reaction vas not available but the Sovlot's stern attitude toward Franco was. no secret. It was consid ered likely that Poland's, decis ion to bring the matter before' Ihc council would be supported by Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet delegate, (In Madrid the Franco gov ernment, commenting upon the fact Romania has broken diplo matic relations with Spain, said relations between the two coun tries had been suspended "since occupation of Romania by Soviet armies.") Meantime, diplomatic author Hies said the United Nations se curity council probably will in sist on a full report from both Russia and Iran on the agree ments made to settle their dis pute. 18-Year-Old Vote Favored By Harry CHICAGO. April 0 (I1) Pres ident Truman. advocated the bal lot far 18-year-olds today In an unprecedented teen ago news conference which highlighted his Army Day welcome here. Going immediately to tho con ference from a parade through streets lined with waving, hand clapping spectators, the man from Missouri submitted to a 20-mlnutc barrago from tho high school Journalists which ho said was tougher than any ho has undergone from the tough ques tioners In Washington. Ho told them: Ho didn't see why any intelli gent boy or girl of 18 should not have the right to vote it they prepare themselves, since they proved In time of war that they can shoulder citizenship's highest duty. There s no reason why tho ballot shouldn't be extended to them by every stato, ho added. lf- s. 'SKI . l -,ws PRICE FIVE CENTS (Telephone 8111) KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SATURDAY. APRIL 6. 1846 Number 10788 South 6th Street Bid OK'd OPA Jumps From Frying Pan To Fire WASHINGTON, April 8 ()') The OPA bounced today from the congressional frying pan Into the fire. The bill prolonging the price agency's life for a year beyond June 30 headed toward red hot debate on the house floor after the banking committee votod far-reaching revisions and curtailment of its powers. An OPA spokesman said the committee action. If sustained by the house and senate, would hike retail prices on automobiles. refrigerators, radios and many other items, with consumer costs Increasing by more than half a billion dollars this year. Nevertheless, congressional friends of OPA said the drubbing the agency got in the committee was not as bad as they feared. nop, Monroney (U-callf.), a Pine Boost 'Inadequate' WASHINGTON. April 6 (IP) Western pine lumber producers toduv issued a statement con tending a recent price Increase grunted by OPA for their lum ber "Is Inadequate." Henry C. McOuatters of Flag staff, Ariz., spokesman for the group said In the statement: "OPA is only fooling the veterans and the public when It brags that its generous price Increase will spur production of western pine lumber. "Actually, h e continued, "about all that this half-a-loaf increase can do is prevent fur ther decreases In tho present low rute of production a rale which will result In the loss of enough lumber for 250,000 uveragc houses." McQuutters said western pine lumber , had had a total price rise of only 21.11 per cent since Pearl Harbor. During the same period, he said, the cost of standing timber has risen as much as 100 per cent; wages 01.0 per cent and equipment at least 30 per cent. 2 Die. 58 Hurt In Rail Wreck PILOT. Nov.. April 6 (IF)- Smashing several nearby houses lo kindling, tho Western Pacific railroad's eastbound Exposition Flier hurtled off the tracks in northeastern Nevada mountain country, leaving two passengers dead und 6(1 persons hurt. A hull-dozen children were trapped in one house as one heavy coach ploughed into it, but they escaped with minor injuries. Three of the eight frame .houses at this tiny loading sta tlon wore smashed to wreckage as 10 couches followed the loco motive off the roils yesterday. Killed wore Mike Drensky, rionvor nnd Anlhnnv Rnrpilcnw. ski, a soldier from Camp Rcalc, Calif., reported en route to his home at Burton, Ohio. Only about-. 10 of the injured were reported seriously hurt. Among those hurt were A. L. Laurie, a pilot telegraph opera tor, and his wife, whose house near tho tracks was wrecked by ono coach. TWEET-TWEETI CARMARTHEN, Wales, April 6 (!') Responding to citizens' complaints that tho screech of tho town fire siren was depress ing, councllmcn voted today to vary tho noto so it sounds like a bird call. Geisha GirVs Tip Leads To Treasure in Tohijo Hay TOKYO. April 6 (IP) A geisha girl's tip led today to discovery of two truckloads of precious metol Ingots believed worth 30,000,000,000 yen ($2,000,000,- 000) in the mud of Tokyo boy. An informant said he had been told by Japanese army officers the money was to bo used in building up a greater Japan after things have quieted down," The ingots were located by Lt. E. V. Nielsen, Stamford, Conn., on officer in the 32nd military government company. Tho original tip came, .Nielsen said, from a geisha girl. Sho told a Japanese employed by a civilian Interpreter for tho mili tary government that a largo sum of gold had been dumped In Tokyo bay. Nielsen said developments in dicated her story was a planted tip. Investigation showed the nlrl'S story came from a small social club composed of elderly , Jap anese, small shopkeepers and businessmen. "Finally," Nielsen said, "one of the social group told me that 'because the militarists had been the ruination of Japan we didn't want them to get hold of the huge supply of precious metals.' He said he trusted the Americans and for that reason would tell the whereabouts of a laborer who worked In dumping ingots into tho bay." The laborer designated a dock at a former Japanese maritime school on tho Tokyo waterfront now used as a boat slip by U, S. first cavalry personnel. Nielsen brought up the first Ingot, weighing 75 pounds. It tentatively was Identified by Bank of Japan officers as plat inum, "I stripped and went down into about six feet ot water and there in threo or four ' feet of mud I could fool two areas, each about 20 by 20 foot square, which scorned to be paved with these blocks," Nielsen said. banking committee member, commented: "The bill brought out by the committee is not all that I want ed, but it is better than I ex pected In view of tremendous pressure brought by opponents oi ui'A. il would result in some prlco increases, but I do not be lieve it is a break-through." The committee brushed aside the pleas for an early end of OPA made by the National As sociation of Manufacturers, the United States chamber of com merce and some other business groups, and followed President Truman's recommendation that the agency bo continued for a full year beyond June 30. But it wrote into the OPA extension bill yesterday these far-reaching revisions: 1. A requirement that OPA restore the retail profit margins it has trimmed for a large num ber of reconversion , items autos, refrigerators, radios, etc. This revises the OPA cost ab sorption policy : which has re quired retail outlets to bear a portion of the increased cost of production by reduction of mark up or discount murgins. 2. A directive thut price con trols be liquidated in various lines as supply comes into bal ance with demand, with the gradual decontrol responsibility assigned directly to President Truman rather than to OPA. Subsidy End 3. A provision for early' term ination of the government's $2,000,000,000 annual subsidy program, including payments to reduce consumer iood costs. This amendment would slash subsidy payments in the next fiscal year by 25 per cent, or $500,000,000, and require the government to get out of the subsidy business by June 30, 1047. 4. A repealer for OPA's max imum average price policy by which the agency forces manu facturers to produce low cost clothing. Rep. Outland (D-Calif.), a com- m ttee member, told newsmen these amendments "can be in terpreted as saying but one thing: 'the consumer be damned." Man Jailed For Mail Box Thefts Walter Loguc, 28-year-old Bo nanza farmer, is held in the city iail pending his removal to 'ortlund where he will face a charge in federal court of rifling moil boxes. Loguc wos orrcsted by city police on April 4 and hold for postal authorities. Later a charge was filed with United States Commissioner Bert C. Thomas, charging Logue with rifling mail boxes at various points in the city. Chief of Police Orvllle Hamil ton said Loguc had eight or 10 letters on his person which he admitted taking from mail boxes, and he also was carrying an envelope not addressed to him and mailed by the internal rev enue deportment. Loguc was arrested by police officers on the street after a local woman had called the station and described a man who, she said, was taking mail from a nearby box. Chief Hamilton said Loguc was also wanted for passing sev eral bad checks in town. About $40 was also on Loguc's person at the time he whs picked up. Of ficers had previously located some missing mail and Logue later told police where he had thrown mail, the location tally ing with officers find. Meatcutter To Be Hanged For Murder ptiimmrn A u, i A mn tin. II- his mother and sister sobbed quietly, Garland Wilson, 31, meatcutter, today was sentenced to be hanged at stote's prison May 20 for tho murder of his former employer, J. N. Ray bound, elderly West Seattle mar ket owner, lost December 29. Oral notice of appeal was given Superior Judge William J. Wil- klns. Convicted Killer Recaptured -m t-jjw lwuiJA "t Joseph Medley, (right)' Is returned to the district ail In Washington, D. C, from where he escaped eight hours earlier through a ventilator on the roof with another convicted slayer. Earl McFarland, 24-year-old former marine, who is still at large. Medley, implicated in deaths of three women, is handcuffed to a district police detective and Is scheduled to be executed April 30. AP wirephoto. Chills Not Thrills Result I' i'om Daij-OUl Kiss Display By ARTHUR L. EDSON WASHINGTON, April 8 (IP) Science lovers peered at a 24-hour-old kiss today. It looked awful. The day-old kiss was part of a science display at American uni versity. Some girl kissed a slab of agar agar, a gclatlne-like substance, which provides a cheap thrill at best. Then the agar agar was put in an incubator where the germs in the kiss multiplied for 24 hours, which is no thrill at all. As Margaret Long, a labora tory assistant, explained it after A-Bomb Power Congress Aim WASHINGTON, April 8 (IP) Congress reached out today to plant a finger permanently on the control switch of any do mestic machinery governing future atomic energy develop ments. A special senate committee was disclosed to have written into the legislation it has been preparing for months a provi sion for establishing a 14-man joint senate-house group au thorized to make a continuing study of atomic controls and to sponsor legislation affecting them. Members who declined to be quoted by name said they ex pected this bi-partisan commit tee of seven senators and seven house members to serve as one of the brakes on the unprece dcntedly wide powers bestowed on a civilian atomic . energy commission under terms of the bill. As the measure is now drawn subject to final action by the special senate atomic energy committee next week the commission could do just about anything it feels necessary to advance atomic developments. City Jail Placed Under Quarantine SEATTLE, April 6 (IP) Pity the . unfortunate prisoners whose terms expired here today. The city jail was quarantined after ono prisoner was found to bo suffering from smallpox. Dur ing the quarantine, new city prisoners will bo held at the county jail. Today's case brought to 25 the number of smallpox cases In hospitals. Six have died during the current epidemic. Because the county jail has no "tank," however, Police Judge John N. Neorgaard au thorized the relqase without bail of all persons arrested for being drunk during the quarantine. gazing placidly at the horrible mess: "Of course, caillus subtilis are simply everywhere. And strep-toccoci and staphylococci are the other common ones. Peo ple are very mouldy, really." Mrs. Pat Lanzillotti, another lab assistant, hastened to say American university isn't trying to discourage kissing. "We just show them the facts," she told a reporter, "and let them draw their own. conclu sions." Her own idea is that these con clusions and all those germs aren't likely to have any harm ful effect on the kiss production business. "It's spring, you know," point ed out Mrs. L., an attractive blonde. The shbw also demonstrates that if you're getting bald, blame your dear old mother. Mrs. Lanzilotti said that the tendency toward baldness is handed down through the wom en, even though it's the men who lose their hair. "Funny, isn't it?" she asked. " Not to a bald man, dearie. Sprague River Rancher Knifed Castine Hunt, 37-year-old Sprague River rancher, is in a critical condition in Klamath Valley hospital as the result of deep stab wounds inflicted late Friday afternoon at Sprague River. Hunt was brought to the hos pital by ambulance at 7:30 p. m. and surgery was performed to close the wound in the lower abdominal wall. There was also a knife wound in the left shoulder, the attending physi cian said. Indian officers could not be contacted today to learn just what charges would be filed against Hunt's assailant. Huge Road Program Set In Klamath A $361,000 widening project on South Sixth street from the viaduct to Altamont bridge was assured today after the state highway commission acted favor ably on a bid made by Warren Northwest, Inc., for the 1.84 miles job. This was one of six Klamath county road projects which re ceived acceptable bids at the Portland meeting of the highway commission yesterday, represent ing a million dollar road build ing program in Klamath county to start at once. Three of the authorjzed jobs relate to South Sixth street de velopment. Biggest is the widening project to be handled by Warren North west, on a bid of $361,811. Low Bid Angelo Doveri, Klamath Falls, was low with a bid of $14,835 on the widening of the Altamont bridge on South Sixth. Mark Smith and company, Klamath Falls, submitted a low bid of $8904.70 on lighting South Sixth from the bridge to Wash burn way. These bids were referred by the commission to the engineer with power to award contracts. The other approved Klamath projects, on which bids were also referred with power to award, are a part of the re routing of The Dalles-California highway from Chiloquin to a point near Diamond lake junc tion, eliminating Sun mountain grade. -This work, all grading, has been divided into several sec tions. Here they are, with the name of low bidder, amount of bid, and distance involved: Spring Crelc hlU-Lobert McUon (on the south end of project!, R. A. Heintz ConstrucUon company, PorUand, 20S, 473. S.S8 mllM. Spring Creek hill KcUon. Strong and McDonald, Inc., Tacoma, 1160.938, 2.01 miles. Mazama junction - Spring Creek hill secUon McNutt Brothers, Eugene, S243, 901.90, 29 miles. KF Students Take Honors Andy Loney's kids turned in top performances Friday at the annual state music contest for southern Oregon at Ashland when, out of the 18 entrants, nine individuals or groups received superior ratings. Sacred Heart academy of Klamath Falls, par ticipating for the first time, took five superior ratings. Sister M. Faustina is the director. The contest was held in the audito rium and gymnasium of South ern Oregon College of Education. Music students from Klamath Falls competed with music de partments from Roseburg, Grants Pass, Ashland, Medford, Coos Bay, North Bend, Lakeview, Coos River, Rogue River and Coquille. In addition to the nine superior ratings, KUHS youngsters reaped six 2's, or excellent ratings; two 3's, or good, and one 2 plus. Sacred Heart had nine 2 ratings, 10 good or 3 ratings. Superior Ratings Superior ratings were received by the KUHS band, a cappella choir, girls vocal ensemble, clarinet quartet, Dorothy Howry, soprano; Elwood Tracy (Junior division), saxophone; Marie Wright, also; Beth Chastaln, alto; Katherlne Blanas (Junior division), soprano. Excellent, or 2 ratings, went to Rodney Murray, clarinet; Joanne Stacy, alto; Gerald Fales, baritone; Mary Griffiths, flute; Erlene Wheeler, soprano; orches tra. Alyce Wells, soprano,, received a 2 plus rating. Good, or 3 ratings, went to Philip (Continued on Page Two) Painless Formula Proposed For ContiiUiing Draft Law WASHINGTON, April 6 (IP) The house military committee flabbergasted the army today with this painless formula for continuing the draft extend the law nine months but ban induction of anyone becoming eligihle during that period. This novel proposal, which quickly attracted formidable support, was advanced as the nation stood by to hear Presi dent Truman's Army Day ad dress in Chicago which is ex pected to carry a renewed ap peal for straightaway extension of selective service another year. The no-induction measure was offered by Rep. Harness (R-Ind.) yesterday as a substi tute for an army-backed bill calling lor continuing the draft under existing ' conditions - for a year beyond its May 15 expi ration date, but with service liability limited to 18 months. The Harness proposal, as amended, would require con tinued registrations under the selective service act, but limit inductions after May 15 exclu sively to those who became eli gible for service prior to that date, such as deferred students and others. Committee members opposing the draft promptly lined up be hind this formula and only a parliamentary situation pre vented it coming to a vote at the session. The committee put off a de cision until next Tuesday, and opponents of the Harness plan remarked it was just as well. for they feared they lacked the votes lo block it yesterday. Chief Calls For Strong U.S. Military By ERNEST B. VACCARO CrflCAGO, April ti (fj presi dent Truman proclaimed today a "universal" American foreign policy aimed at stopping "coer cion and penetration'' of tha weak and calling lor powerlul peacetime militaiy reserves. Climaxing tne nation's great est Army uay celebration, wit nessed by an estimated 1,000,000 persons, the president spoke at Soldier field with General of the Army Dwight D. Jiisenhower, chiet of stall, and Secretary of War Robert . Patterson beside him. In the strongest language he has ever used as Franklin D. .Roosevelt's successor as de mocracy's spokesman, the gray hured Missourian tola tnousands of his listeners at the field: "We cannot one day proclaim our intention to prevent unjust aggression and oppression in tha world and the next day call tor immediate scrapping oi our mil itary might." rtenews Appeal The president renewed his ap peal for extension of the selective service act, unification of the armed forces and a universal training program and declared that: 1. One "universal" policy must guide United States relations with every country, "no matter how remote." 2. In return for American recognition of "important inter ests'' of Great Britain and Russia and others in the Orient, these countries must respect her in terest in peace ana security in that area. The United States, he added, "shall expect them to pursue" the same peaceful ob jectives." Have Higbt 3. The United Nations have a right to insist that the sov ereignty and integrity of the countries of tne near ana miaaie east where outside rivalries might "erupt into conflict" must not be threatened by coercion or penetration. - 4. The United States hopes "for the peaceful settlement of differences which have arisen between colonial people and colonial sovereigns in ail areas." 5. The United Nations security council "is fully capable" of set tling disputes between any na tions of the world, however, dif-i lerent - their philosophies, tradi tions and interests, if it respects "the legitimate aspirations and needs" of fellow members. 6. "The United States intends to join with the other sovereign republics of America in a region al pact to provide a common de fense against attack." Using some of the strongest language he has ever employed in discussing America's new global foreign policy, Mr. Tru man declared its immediate ob jective "is to support the United Nations to the utmost." This country stands ready, he added, to provide necessary sup port for a world trade system to "strengthen and safeguard the peace." Man Held In Rhoads Death PENDLETON, April 6 (IP) Coroner Allen Folsom said to day that an inquest has found that James Elmer Upton, 46, Umatilla, was criminally respon sible for the death of Herman L. Rhoads, 33, Klamath Falls,, who was killed in an automobile truck collision in East Pendleton early Tuesday morning. Upton was driving the passen ger car in which Rhoads and his wife were riding. : Mrs. Rhoads was not dangerously injured, but Upton and Mrs. Caroline Ronen, Umatilla, the fourth passenger, are in critical condition in a hos pital here. District Attorney C. C. Proeb stel said that a transcript of the proceedings will be filed with justice of peace court here, and if Upton recovers, charges will be filed. All-Star Cast Will Attend Christening HOLLWOOD, April 6 (IP) An all-star cast will be on hand Monday for the christening of 10-month-old Denis Hedwig Loder. Actor John Loder will have a dual role father and god father. And of course, there will be Mother Hedy Lamarr and Godmother Bette Davis. Loder will serve as proxy godfather for Max Aitken, eldest son of Lord Beaverbrook, who is in England. Jap Movie Actress Weds U. S. Officer TOKYO, April 6 (P)-T-Japan-ese Movie Actress Mitsuko Miura was married today to U. S. Army Lt. George H. Godo, a nisei ol Los Angeles. The couple met last October when Godo, a signal ccrps officer visited her Tokyo studio. They will live in Japan after Godo returns from a short trip to visll his parents in Los Angeles. - The bride will continue hei career. , . ;