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Newspaper Page TextEl in rfin a In V I 1 I r A II I I f f I I I I ri I I I I p in 1 I "ver nn were recovered linccs ( arco . . ,1... k Lose tleTo bp Case YORK. AP'il ,AP,' ladav ippirently lost .rmlncd IHht t "'P uiilinlrmlin case oil litld Nations ' ,g,nd Immediately. Unittd Slates, the Neth r.,.. Britain, Aui- n,aill lined up in ndir ajalnit the Russian ni to remove in m Ibt council agenda, i 11 was indicated that i.,..lan demand would il i majority when the ota li taken, it wouia nun allirmnlive to drop the caie from mda and with live ex ini ajainit It. the de- t Ihui appeared io oe ajl Huuli. ! YORK, April 15 (AP) with the agreement of t.rmalty ik'iniinded toiliiy k United Nations security I drop the Itussiaiilrunlun j United Suites Immcdl lippostd the Soviet pro lie outlet of the council today, Iran ulficiully w lis case. tci A. Gromyko, Soviet , promptly Insisted tlml jncil cniso the Mibjecl ' agenda now Instead of lor report May 0 r the Itussiuii troops hud withdrawn from Iran. Hot Changed rd R. Stcttinius Jr., the States delegate, then in the council Unit the sit had not cliannal since ncil on April i decided e the case until Mnv II. ihis reason, he said. "I t support the motion to me question from the UIS pointed out thnt well when It acted on p had the Soviet ussur- mat red ormy soldiers It withdrawn from Iron Quottkhl. clinl rmiin of kdl, Informed the del,.. iiortly after the cuuncll 3:08 d. m. EST ilmi I... plved a letter, from the ambassador. Hussein Ala wing the case. p!lle Confidence Hter said thnt the Iran- "nmciii had inforincd 1 mornini! thnt i, i,,..i f confidence in Soviet n0 for till. rnn,, rj. its complaint from council," cl A Gromyko, Itussian c;5a" spcnkiiiK imrne alcr the Iranian l,.n,.r Fcn read. ni , dtnnd I with the council 5 STvs mn,cd'- E" COUnc rn...l..ll-.. ApriH, mtrnri-j i. """"unecn p Pay Hike eBy House "INGTON a. Mctod;7.? n.. (. , , . !b .7' "K'iiniion ra s. Bisuuion ra LN forces. id ' P"S(""el of 50 per SS ? "! 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LjI Tk ' Uncoil reported tin- footprints ffIA I II went clown a sleep hank to the j IIC I V river' edge il tlien returned I" to the railroad triu-k winch he fy Mild was no located mat u ft. I 3f A stranger would not he likely to Q lfj jC -' route to upproiich tho ' . n ID1 Dr. Wiirren C. Hinder Ilnl. versify of Oregon pathologist, identified remains of the hody Saturday im those of a woman past middle iikc. having light brown tin ir flecked with grey. He mild the hody hud heen In the wilier nhoiil ll month. Police reported efforts to learn of ll womiin of tlml iikc disappearing iihoiit a month ago have heen fruitless. Railroads Ask Freight Boost WASHINGTON, April IS 1,1') The natlon'ri riiilrond.1 asked the interstate commerce couimii.slon today for an Increase of 2i per cenl in freiiiht rules, with cer tain exceptions, to become effec tive May 15. No Increase wan nsked In pres. em pnssrniicr lares. Dill llie roads sought continuation of 10 per cent wartime boost. "A uenernl ami Immediate in crease in freight rates is Impera tive, the petition said, to meet the critical situation restiltinu from the combination of In creased wanes of railroad em ployes, Increased anil liicrcasinK pricey for materials and supplies and n severs decline in traffic and revenues with freight rates still nl prewnr levels and pas senger fares only slliihtly hiuli er than before the war." "With costs ifoinK up and vol ume of traffic and revenues no Ini; down," the petition said, "the railroads have passed the point where it is possible to continue to mett the need for adequate and efficient trnnvporlalinn with rates nt the present prewar lev els." IVA Will Ask Strike Vote PORTLAND, Ore., April 15 fT) The CIO International Woodworker! of America will nsk n strike vole in their wiiku disputu with northwest opera tors, Union President James K. r'adllnji reported today. Negotiations on waKcs nnd workinK conditions for n new contract to replace the wartime agreement have been underway here for several weeks between fir operators and the union com mittee for 40,000 CIO-1WA mem bers. "Wc have considered the pro posals of the lumber operators for contract changes and iinve voted to reject these proposals," Knelling snid. He reported ses sions would resume Thursday with representatives of the lum bermen h industrial relations committee, the Oregon Const Operators nnd Willnmelte Valley Operalors association. Fndllng reported the opera tors submitted S3 chnnges in the contract which he declared "would set working conditions In the lumber industry back 10 years." lie said the operators sought to eliminnte night shift differential, union shop, check off nnd to reduce workers' bene fits under the nntionnl war labor board ruling." Chinese Factions Locked In Battle For Changchun CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, April 15 (AP) A battle for Changchun wus under way to day between Chinese govern ment nnd communist forces. The communists launched nn nttnek yesterday two hours be fore the finnl withdrawal of Soviet occupation forces from this Mnncluirlnn capital. The communists already had gained control of nil three air fields In this vicinity and sifted into tho city from the suburbs. Gunfire tins been constant for Hie pnst ton hours. Tho communists wero milk ing determined ntlncks from the north, northwest and south. They began shortly before Rus sian MnJ. Gen. Fcdor Karlov left aboard Ills two-cnr, two locomotive special train for Harbin. By 10:30 o'clock" last night the communists had captured n PHICE FIVE CENTS Behind Bars t-orl Mcforland, 24 yoor old convicted alayer who escaped from the District of Columbia jail April 3, looks out from a cell in tho Knox county jail after his capture by FBI agents In Knoxville. Tenn. AP wire photo. No Hope Seen For Coal Pact WASHINGTON, April 15 (V) Government labor officials re ported today thnt John L. Lewis and the soft coul operators still are lus far apart as six days ago when the United Mine Workers' negotiating committee walked out of contract conferences. A nationwide strike of 400, 000 bituminous coal miners, which began when their contract expired April 1, entered its third week lacking any visible signs that n settlement could be reached soon. While Special Conciliator Paul W. fuller said resumption of ne gotiations would be possible if the government pressed for It, apparently little could be accom plished by getting the parties ncross the table from each other at present. Moth sides nrc refusing to give in on the issues of health, wel fare and safety. Union Chief Lewis wants n health nnd wel fare fund established for the miners, and nsked thnt mine safely measures be stepped up. He strode out of the conferences last Wednesday when the opera tors would not comment them selves on those points. The oper ators say an understanding about wages nnd hours must be reached first. Surplus Butter To Stay Aboard VANCOb . ER, B. C, April 15 (I') So near and yet so far . . . A United States vessel, the Fnirmont Victory, arrived here over the weekend with 1200 pounds of surplus butter in her holds and Capt. H. C. Gibb said the butter would stay aboard when the ship sails for F.ngland nnd still would be there when it nrrives back in butter-short America. Cnptain Gibb snld the butter was declared surplus by the Uni ted States war shipping adminis tration when the vessel nrrived at Seattle n month ago with troops from Yokohama. He said Uie WSA told him to lenve the butter aboard because it had no use for it. tho main northwest airfield, cut ting off aerial supplies for the small Chinese government gar rison. The government forces already were short of ammunition. In overrunning the airfield, the communists captured an American two-sealer observer plane in which MaJ. Robert B. Rigg of Chicago and Sgt. Clay Pond of Portland. Ore., had flown hero Saturday. Because of broken communi cations, the five American cor respondents hero poooled their reports to get this dispatch through Jointly, The fivo nro Tom Musterson of tho Associated Press, George Weller of tho Chicago Dally News, Henry R. Lieberman of llio New York Times, Reynolds Packard of the United Press, nnd Charlotte Ebener of tho International News Service. m VIOUNCE WRECKS MAES : - mm Im iteii it , (Telephone) 8111) Government To Restore Meat Curbs Action Taken In Move To Hall' Operation Of Black Mart WASHINGTON, April 15 01 'J The government launcneu two new uiiacKs on the meat blacK market louay. 1. The ui'A announced it win restore unuiner wartime slaughter control a quotu system to get a better uistri bution ol supplies; 2. The Fm wus ordered to Iook into reported false claims for government subsidies by some puckers buying ut blacK murKei prices contrary to the subsidy regulations. Congress was told by a big flour packer official mat his firm was hard put to buy cattle within federal price ranges and the situation threatened to de stroy "the position of all legiti mate slaughterers." OPA and the agriculture de partment, in a Joint statement, said a slaughter quota system will be put into effect to pro vide "better distribution of the country's present meat supply through established channels and at ceiling prices." OPA said llie program will reduce operations "of certain slaughterers who have increased their slaughter greatly during recent months." Boost Production This, the agency, added, will make it possible fur established packers to obtain more live stock, and thereby increase their production to more nearly normal levels." The announcement followed a Justice department disclosure that the FBI has been directed to investigate reports that many packers have attempted to ob tain government subsidies through false claims after buy ing live cattle at black market prices "thus making it impos sible for other packers to se cure cattle lawfully." OPA Scored At the same time, the senate agriculture committee was told by an official of one of the "Big Four" packers that his company cannot buy enough cattle within OPA price ranges and that the situation cannot be corrected by price control. The witness, R. H. Haynie, vice president of Wilson & Co., said "if nothing is done to cor rect it, the position of nil legit imate slaughterers will bo com pletely destroyed." The committee whs told by Haynie that plants of his firm with slaughter capacity of 31, 000 cattle a week killed only 21123 last week. It will sell New York and Brooklyn cus tomers next week only two per cent of what beef they bought the same week five years ago, he declared. Dixie Senators Form Farm Bloc WASHINGTON. April 15 (TP) Cotton state senators formed a bloc today to decide which farm commodities should be free from price control. The move was announced by Senntor Bnnkhead (D-Ala.) after a closed meeting in which he said "every man was indignant" with OPA for its requirements for margins of future sales of cottop. Bnnkhcnd listed 12 senators as present nnd said about 20 are in the movement, or "one-fifth of the senate." Arraignment Of Red Spy Suspect Slated SEATTLE, April 15 Nicolai G. Rodin, Russian naval lieutenant, will be notified to ap pear at 10 a. m. next Monday in federal court to be arraigned on a charge of espionage, Allan Pomeroy, chief assistant U. S. at torney, said today. His arraignment on a federal grand Jury indictment, originally scheduled for today, was post poned because necessnry papers did not arrive in time from Port lnnd, Ore., whero lie was arrest ed and later reelased on $10,000 bond. LUMBER FIRM PURCHASED Tho Ashlnnd Lumber com pany, long established retail Ashland building materials con cern, was purchased recently by three Mcdford men, G, C, C. B. and John C. Collins. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, Surprise Picture fr"' d r n r'' a- State Senator Marshall Cornett of Klamath Falls got a sur prise when he picked up the paper and law the above AP wire photo ihot from Washington, D. C. Purpose of the photographer was to show Sen. Guy Cordon, right, receiving from Paul V. McNutt a gold life memberihip card in Umpqua post 16 of the American Legion. But there in the background is a picture of Cornett, which stands on a desk in Cordon's Washington office. Cornett managed Cordon's senatorial campaign. USDR To Act Of WRA Center At Tulelake The WRA center at Tulelake has been turned over to the gen eral land office as disposal agen cy, and the U. S. bureau of rec lamation will act as custodian pending legislation which would put the camp in the hands of the reclamation service, it was learned today. Richard V. Vingoe, adminis trative assistant of the surplus property division of the land of fice, and Carl Tyhe, assistant di rector of operation and mainte nance for the reclamation serv ice, were hero last weekend Extension Of Draft Passed WASHINGTON, April 15 (VP) Legislation extending the draft law from May 15 of this year to next February 15 but prohibit ing any inductions before Octo ber 15 was passed today by the house and sent to the senate. Passage was by roll call vote of 290 to 108. The bill, also prohibits the in duction of any 18 or 19-year-olds, limits the size of tho armed forc es, restricts service of inductees to 18 months and permits the president to reinstate inductions after October 15, if necessary. Prior to the roll call vote tho only one recording how a member voted on any of the questions faced during consider ation of the measure a motion to recommit the legislation to committee was rejected by a shouting house. The senate military committee has approved a measure to ex tend the draft a year beyond May 15, without any draft "holi day." Midnight Tonight Deadline For Taxes Midnight tonight is the dead line for filing state income tax returns on 1945 income and per. sons who are delinquent in filing are liable to heavy penalties un der state law. Single persons who had a net income of $750 or married per sons with a net of $1500 last year are required to make out a tax return. Possible penalty for wilful failure to file by today includes a fine of $1000, a year in jail or both, and in addition an assess ment of five per cent of the tax plus interest. For filing a fraudulent return the penalty is the same with ex ception that the additional as sessment may be 100 per cent of the tax amount. Returns may be mailed to the state tax commission, Salem, Ore. Bulletin WASHINGTON, April 15 (VP) Stabilisation Director Chester Bowles today revised the dairy subsidy program with the pur pose of preventing a retail price increase in milk, butter and cheese. . . I MONDAY, APRIL IS. 1846 Of Klamath Man As Custodian making arrangements for for. mally taking over the camp from the WRA on May 5. The reclamation bureau will act merely as custodian pending tne outcome of a bill in the sen ate which would turn this and other WRA properties over to the reclamation service without reimbursement. If the bill is de feated, the camp will revert to the general land office for dis posal. If the bill passes, as appears probable, the USBR will make! disposition of the camp to the best interests of the community, with special consideration for veterans, according to E. Laton Stephens, bureau superintendent here. Mercury Rises To 71 Degrees The mercury rose to a new high of 71 degrees in Klamath basin Sunday, the hottest day of the season. Klamathitcs took ad vantage of the warm spring day by working in gardens, boating on the lake and bicycling along country lanes. Streams of cars followed the highways into the country for the first postwar no-gas-ration spring where signs of spring were noted everywhere. Moore park saw its biggest crowd this year. At 12:30 today the mercury had already reached 69 and the forecast for Tuesday is fair. Unidentified Body Found In Elk Creek ROSEBURG, Ore., April 15 (VP) The finding of the body of an unidentified man in Elk creek, a half-mile west of Drain, is under investigation today by Coroner H. C. tSearns. The body lay on a log with the head and arms under water, Sgt. Paul Mor gan of the state police reported. f ft-. . AX j -vi- 4 Old Age Benefits To City Employes To Be On Ballot Klamath Falls voters will be called upon to pass on a pro posal to spread retirement and old age benfits to city employes in the May 17 primary elction. The measure, one of three city proposals up for balloting, is entitled "Shall Klamath Falls, Oregon, become a party under the 'Public Employes Retire ment Act' of Oregon," and calls for a one and one-quarter mill continuing levy on property. A "public employes retirement fund" would also be created. Retirement benefits would be extended to all employes of the police, fire and street depart ments. Those persons are not now covered by social security or any old-age benefits. The 1945 legislature put through a pension plan for state employes, school teachers and highway workers, provid ing for a uniform system to supplement the many retire ment systems functioning in the state. Cities were given the option ol accepting or rejecting WEATHER NEWS April IS M.J. (April HI 71 Mln. JJ rraelpllatlan laal 14 Boura llnim Mar ! 1I.S.1 Narmal e.fitt l.aat year . i ll f'orecaati Clear. Number 10795 Strike-Bound Butte Scene Of Disorder Governor Declines To Call For Federal Troop Aid BUTTE, Mont., April 15 (VP) Governor Sam Ford declined to day to call for federal troops to enter riot-racked Butte pend ing a direct appeal from munici pal authorities and the strike bound city nervously awaited darkness and a feared third night of rampant vandalism. Police officers who had been unable to cope with the noctur nal raiders worked swiftly mov ing women and children from dozens of houses where the oc cupants had received warnings that tonight would bring fresh attacks. Police headquarters were swamped with calls for protec tion from those who had re ceived anonymous telephone threats. Two Wounded Early today the governor said he was prepared to ask for soldiers as soon as Butte of ficials wanted them but later in the morning indicated local authorities still believed they could check the vicious violence which in the past two nights brought wounds to two youths and the near-destruction, of ten homes. Declining to be quoted direct ly, the executive made it clear in Helena that he was not pre pared at this time to go over the heads of the Butte officials in asking intervention by fed eral troops to help the hopeless ly outnumbered municipal po lice officers in halting the rov ing bands composed mainly of women and teen-age boys who terrorized the town Saturday and Sunday nights. When he disclosed he was pre pared to call troops if they were wanted, Ford said: "They (peace officers) assured me yesterday they had things under control but apparently they didn't." As this tense copper mining center "richest hill on earth" surveyed the wreckage from a second night of unbridled vio lence labor leaders and public officials pleaded for cessation of destruction. The roving bands centered their attacks on homes of workers who did not join a miners' strike, city authorities reported. Camp White Naval Hospital To Close The United States navy is planning to close the naval hos pital at Camp White, near Med ford, by May 1, and patients will either be dismissed or transfer red to other facilities, it was learned here. Valley authorities said there was a possibility that the hospi tal would be taken over by the Veterans Administration and VA investigators would soon inspect the premises to determine if the facilities can meet the norhwsee need for addditional medical units for veterans. the proposal by May 1, 1946, If Klamath Falls voters ap prove the measure and levy, each man coming under the re tirement act would contribute toward his own pension, the amount depending on his age when entering the city's service, and the city will match that contribution out of the funds raised from this levy. Ultimately the man will re ceive a pension equal to one half of the monthly salary re ceived in the last five years of service, not to exceed $100 a month. A man entering the service a year or two ago and leaving within a few years would receive a portion of the ultimate pension. A young man joining the po lice force now, for instance, can receive as much as $100 a month after having served 25 years. All pensions are payable at the age of 60. The measure calls for a yes or no vote and a simple major ity is necessary lor passage. Man Leaps From Train; Held Here Justin 0. Looysen In County Jail Under Medical Care Justin Oliver Looysen, 39, of Pasadena, leaped from a moving southbound Southern Pacific train near Midland at 7:30 last night, then inflicted a knife wound on an SP brakeman who apprehended him, Deputy Sher iff Dale Mattoon reported today. Looysen is in the county jail under the care of Dr. Peter H. Rozendal, county health officer. Witnesses said that Looysen jumped from a window of the passenger car, struck on his head, then got up, waded through the canal and went up on the highway. Partin Stabbed The train was stopped and Brakeman Donald Partin, 1805 Main, went out to see what was the matter with the train's flee ing passenger. Partin reached Looysen on the highway and the man drew a knife, stabbing Par tin in the arm. G. W. Gilcrist, 315 Grant, train conductor, next arrived on the scene and with the aid of three sailors, passengers on the train. overpowered Looysen and tied him up. When Deputy aneriff Mattoon arrived on the scene, Looysen was trussed up and the three sailors were sitting on him to hold him down. Partin's injury was not seri ous. He was treated at Hillside hospital and released. When Looysen was brought to the jail last night he refused to talk much or give any explana tion for his actions but this morning was reported to be act ing normally. Black Market In Bread Seen WASHINGTON, April 15 (VP) A "black market and black mar ket prices" in bread and bakery products was forecast today by John T. McCarthy, president of the American Bakers associa tibn, if the government forces a 25 per cent slash in supplies of wheat and flour for bakers and millers. The Toledo, Ohio, man made his prediction to the senate small business committee today and al so told of an "unverified report" that nearly a billion dollars worth of surplus army food is available in California. The Bakers' spokesman said he had received reports that army depots had on hand some $900,000,000 or more of proc essed and prepared food. Chairman Murray (D-Mont.) of the committee promised that in vestigators would check up on these reports. 1 Dead, 9 Hurt In Bus Crash PORTLAND, Ore., April 15 (VP) One man was fatally in jured and nine others hurt early today as a northbound troop train struck a Portland Traction company bus at a crossing in the southeast part of the city. Charles E. Normand, 46, Port land, died, and the bus driver, Byron A. Logan, 29, was re ported in critical condition. All the injured were Portland residents, occupants of the bus. Traffic Investigator W. A. Green said no one aboard the train was hurt. Green said the bus waited at the crossing for a southbound freight train,' then folowed an automobile across the tracks. The car cleared them but the bus was hit near its center by the troop train, moving on another set of rails. Green said the bus was drag ged 475 feet. Red Party Ousts William Browder NEW YORK, April 15 (AP) William Browder, former state treasurer of the communist party, has been expelled from tho party. His brother, Earl Browder, was expelled from the party two months ago. The national review commis sion of the party announced the expulsion through the Daily Worker, of which William Browder formerly was business manager. William Browder was accused by the commission of being "ac tively identified with the anti party, anti-working class pro gram or Earl Browder." The brothers operate a busi ness as advisers to retailers un der the name of Distributors Guide, Inc. Arriving In U. S. nr Tht) AMaeUtrd Pre nil tlnnftld K. Comb, 1'KC.. Klamath rall, arrived on General VVeliet du In San Francisco April 11.