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At the nnlluii'a cuiiltnl. 18 slalri are cxiiectcd to be represented at a progrom In the amphi theater In Arlington Natlonnl coln Heights, at Walter need Worahippcra will gather on Sergeant Gets 6-Month Jolt LONDON, April 20 (fl) A U. S. nriiiv court-martial today convicted Staff Sgl. James M. Jones of Muskogee, Ok In., on three specification! churning siinplo assuult on American army prisoners at the, Lichfield detention camp and sentenced him to six mouth! at hard labor, v lit' addition to tlio nix-month llirm, Jones was ordered to for feit $18 a month of his army pay during the period of hii con linrinent. The verdict acquitted Junes, who was a guard lit Lichfield, on five charges of simple assault and assault with Intent to do bodily harm. The finding of tho fix-man court was announced after two and a-lialf hours' deliberation by Its president, MuJ. Anthony Horn of Loguitsport, I lid. Tho court recommended clem ency and announced that Jones, 22, would not be confined pend ing review of his caso by Col. Claude M. Thick', commanding officer of the London area office. Jones is Ihc second of the Lichfield defendants to be tried. Tho first man brought to trial, Slit. Judson 11. Smith of Cumber land, Ky., was convicted and sen tenced to three years' Imprison ment and dishonorable dis charge. Smith's case also la awaiting review. Concluding testimony in the second trial Involving cruelty charges at Lichfield, Jones, 22, acknowledged that he hit pris oners with his fists and with clubs and sold such practices by the guards "happened every day" on orders from superior officer!. France Faces Grave Crisis PARIS, April 20 (!) The French cabinet faced a serious crisis today following approval by tho coimtltulciit assembly last night of a new leftist-sponsored constitution which would establish a powerful one-chamber legislature The constitution for the fourth republic was adopted by a vote of 301) to 2'1, over tho objec tion of rightist parties', Includ ing tho strong popular republi can movement (Mltl'l and tho radical-socialists. It will bo sub mitted to tho electorate at a national referendum May 5 , Observers said tho assembly's action was almost certain to result In a bitter campaign over France's organic law, and might split tho coalition government at a cabinet meeting next Wednes day, when president Felix Goulil' will ask his ministers to endorse the constitution. Truce Reached In Dock Tie-Up KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 20 (!') Gov. Ernest Gruelling announced shortly beforo mid night last night settlement of tho ID-day-old longshore tie-up In Alaska and promised that tho freighter Taku would be unload' cd hero today. Gruening'g announcement fol lowed a four-hour meeting be tween the governor, waterfront employers, longshore representa tives and Federal Labor' Con ciliator A. L. Peterson. Formal announcement ot do t(ails nf tho settlement ara ex pected later today. v.i , - .rT in i u ccinclery, while other sunrise iicrvlce will be held at Fort Lin hospital and on tho steps ot tno lieonc Washington Memorial. seawall at Corpus Christl, Texas, and Seukers and choruses win arrive oy ioai. . The embankment of the huge Denlson dam will be the scene of services In that Texas city, while Gen. Dwtght D. Eisen hower will speak at Texas A. and M. college at College Sta tion. Fifteen miles northwest of Lawton. Okla., in the Holy City of tho Wichita mountains, 130, 000 persona are expected to watch a sunrise pageant In which a cast of more than 1000 will depict the life, cruciflxon, and resurrection of Christ, while another observance will be held at the rim of the Grand Canyon National park in Ari zona at Bright Angel point. About 30,000 persons are ex pected to climb Mount David son, San Francisco's highest peak, to attend daybreak serv ices. The Easter program at huge Hollywood Bowl is expected to attract 33,000 persons, while 73,000 are expected at Forest Lawn, Calif. The 34th annual sunrise service will be held at Ml. Rubidoux, In Riverside, Calif. In Colorado Springs, the sunrise observance will be held among the tall, red stone spires of the Garden of the Gods. Three open air programs at Forest park, Tower Grove park and the Soldiers' Memorial, are planned for St, Louis. Dr. William Ward Ayer of New York City's Calvary Bap tist church will deliver a ser mon to 30,000 to 60,000 persons expected to gather ot Soldier's field In Chicago. Four Tennessee towna have been Invited to services In Nashville, to be sponsored by the Knights Templar. No Trace Found Of Missing Boy No trace had been found of 13-year-old Laurence Davis, re ported missing since Wednesday, Juvenile officials said today and ihi search for the boy and a man he may he with has been extend ed over Oregon and into Wash ington. The boy, a Fremont Junior hluh school student, left the resi dence of his aunt and guardian, Dorothy Smith, at 303 Pine, Wed. nesday morning and has not been seen since. The older man, a Southern Pacific roundhouse employe, left his hotel Wednesday. Ho and the boy were acquainted, Miss Smith said, and the man had given Laurence presents and talked of adopting him. Japanese Plot To Regain Power Disclosed In Probe By FRANK L. WHITE TOKYO, April 20 (!) Many former Japanese army officers are forming groups, some on government-subsidized farm s, and secreting supplies in the ob vious hope of one day regaining power. This I learned from reliable sources Japanese, allied nation als and American occupation of ficials during a careful investi gation of more than two months. American officials, rather than looking upon it with undue alarm,, see In the situation a nat urally expected one. In many Instances, the Identities and lo cations of the groups arc known. They are being watched. "To date there has been no evidence of any subversion on any extensive scale," said nn au thoritative source at General MneArlhtir'a headquarters. Former Major Robert D. izm Jewish Death Toll Mounts WARSAW. April 20 Ml Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum, president of the American and World Fed eration of Polish Jews, said to day that 800 Jews had been slain in Poland since the libera tion and thul Jews were being murdered and intimidated dally, although the- Polish government la doing everything In its powr to give them protection. The federation president charged In an interview that a two-week study of the Jewish situation had convinced him that the Jews were being killed mostly by bandits financed abroad by agents of the former exiled government In London. Tenenbaum, who conferred with President Boleslaw Bicrrut ond Premier Edward Oka Morawski, said the president agreed to suggestions that "an International agreement is necessary to open frontiers of neighboring countries and to permit Jews to seek new homes in Palestine, America and else where" and that the Issue "should be placed on the Unit ed Nations agenda." Bus Confabs Fizzle Out PORTLAND. April 20 (P) First negotiations in the two week Oregon Motor Stages tie up apparently fizzled out last night, when the meeting ad journed with no indication that it would be resumed. Union and company officials held conferences vesterdov with Mayors Earl L. McNutt of Eu gene and I. M. Doughton of Salem, State Utilities Commis sioner George Flagg, Salem, and other officials. City transportation In Salem and Eugene os well as intercity routes is tied up in the wage dispute, aimed at an increase from $1.05 and $1.15 to $1.40 an hour for drivers, $1.20 to $1.30 far mechanics. TIGERS WIN CLEVELAND, AdHI 20 (Pi Hal Newhouser held Cleveland to two singles today as the De troit Tlners defeated the Indians, 7 io 0. In a local season opener before 42,775 fans. Kirki.of Houston, Tex., a public safety officer since deactivated and back in oivilian life In the United States as an attorney, gave the information and the contacts which started the sur vey. Much of the evidence cannot be divulged now for obvious reasons. But hero arc some of the findings: On so-called "cooperative forms," Japanese army officers are well equipped with vehicles, maintain formality of rank, are well financed and are on guard for snooping neighbors. One such farm near Tokyo is under close allied surveillance. North of Tokyo, a Japanese for mer major and a large staff live in a shrine near a former arsen al and, through connivance with police, have obtained ample sup plies of gasoline for their auto Chinese Reds Forge Ahead In Manchuria By The Associated Press Chinese communists announced today they would occupy the northern Manchurian city of Harbin when the Russians withdraw next Thursday "if a state of civil war still prevails" then. The communist determination to follow up the success in occupying Changchun, Manchuria's capital, was announced in Chungking by party spokesman. Possession of C hangchun gave Lewis Talks Coal Strike With Chief WASHINGTON, April 20 (VP) John L. Lewi! and Secretary of Labor Schwcllenbach talked 13 minutes with President Truman today on the soft coal strike but the White House said the conver sation had "no conclusive re sult." The labor secretary told re porters that a resumption of joint conferences between the union chief and the mine opera tors could not be arranged be fore Tuesday at the earliest. "And that not definite, cither," Schwellenbach added. Schwellcnbach said he planned a conference later In. the day with Ezra Van Horn, chairman of the joint operators negotiating committee. White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters that Lewis had come to the White House at the request of Schwellcnbach, who arranged the conference with the presi dent. Picks Up Lewis Schwcllenbach picked ud Lewis in his car at the United Mine Workers union office and drove the United Mine Workers boss to the White House for the meeting, occasioned by the stale mated negotiation to the 20-day soft coal walkout. Ross said the object of the presidential visit was to "fully apprise the president on the sit uation from Mr, Lewis' point of view. "It was a friendly conversa tion on both sides, but there was no conclusive result." Ross said there were no fur ther plans for the president to meet with either Lewis or the operators before Mr. Truman leaves tomorrow on his week's cruise. Car-Bus Crash Kills Ex-Sailor SALEM, April 20 JP) A re cently discharged sailor. Lester Eugene Marynee, Salem', was miiea in west saiem early today when the car in which he was riding crashed into a parked bus. State police said the car was traveling at high snecd. The bus was empty. Two other occu pants of the car, Ann Kennedy of Detroit and Douglas Brown oi balcm, were cut and bruised. State police said they did not know who was the driver of the car. In an accident in Salem, Clar ence A. Hunt, 29, was injured critically when he rode his bi cycle into the side of a moving Southern Pacific freight train. Soaring Food Costs Close Geisha Houses TOKYO, April 20 (P) Soar ing food costs and public criti cism of lavish spending caused 25 geisha houses and five high class restaurants to close today. The proprietress of one of lie largest geisha houses said she was giving her girls "a holiday during which they will devote themselves to improving their talents." Cartoon Movies For Children Launched CHICAGO, April 20 (P) Some Chicago theatres, spurred by a bus driver who believes children should have their own movies rather than adult pic tures, have begun Saturday morning matinees consisting en tirely of 15 cartoon shorts. An estimated 40 to SO houses are running the cartoons, some every Saturday, other! once a month. the Chinese communist! a firm grip on central Manchuria, and a government spokesman ad mitted that the situation there was "very grave." Reports reaching Peiping said Chinese government officials in Harbin had fled to government held Mukden in South Man churia by plane, fearing; cap ture by communist troops ring ing the city. Seek American! Meantime at Chungking, Gen eral Marshall'! headquarter! sought the removal of seven Americans to leave Changchun, whose fall to Chinese commun ist forces after five days of fighting was acknowledged by the central government. Marshall's headquarters said a request had been made through communist channels for permission for the seven Americana to leave Chanchun. The group was comprised of two army men and five news correspondents, including one woman, (The Chungking, dispatch did not make clear whether Mar shall's action meant he had word of .the safety of the Amer icans. " Portland Man The seven Americans were Maj. Robert Rigg of Chicago, assistant military attache; MSgt. Clayton Pond of Port land, Ore., his pilot; Tom Mas tcrson, Associated Press; Rey nolds Packard, United Press; Charlotte Ebencr, International News service; George Welleiy Chicago Daily News; and Henry R. Licbcrman, New York Times. ' Simultaneously, an official spokesman in Chungking -conceded that the communists could take Harbin without a struggle after Russian troops withdraw from that important north Manchuria city next Thursday. He said the govern ment has no troops there. The communists dominate north Manchuria. He also made the startling acknowledgement that national troops have not captured Szep kingkai despite previous claims. Townsend Backs New Deal Policy Lamar Townsend, Klamath Falls attorney and democratic candidate for congress from Ore gon! second district, told a special meeting of the Eagles lodge in Nyssa that if elected to congress he would earnestly strive to serve the people with a view of their continued pros rieritv and to broaden the social gains they had obtained under the late President Roosevelt. Townsend is currently on a speaking tour in eastern Oregon and the Nyssa appearance was his fifth address this weeK. ne is travelling over the district with A. C. Friescn, state presi dent of the Eagles, and M. L, Shepherd, state vice president. Two other meetings, in Bend and Burns, are scheduled be fore Townsend completes this tour of the district. He is unop posed for the democratic nomina tion in the May 17 primary and will run against the incumbent. Rep. Lowell Stockman, in the November general election Easter Observance To Be Held In Japan TOKYO, April 20 (Ameri can and Japanese Christians will Join in the singing of hymns at sunrise services in Mciji Stadium here tomorrow , as Japan ob serves its first peaceful Easter in nine years. The stadium celebration Is sponsored by the allied forces and the Japan Christian associa tion. Throughout the empire other services Will be held. Screen Siren Sets Sights For Slicker LOS ANGELES, April 20 (P) Beauteous Hcdy Lamarr is more dangerous than ever.' The screen siren,' who lost thousands of dollars worth of Jewels and clothing to a burglar two niahts aso. yesterday was granted gun permit with her husband, John Lodcr. Easter 'Bunny7 This Australian kangaroo seems a little confuted as he playa the role of an Easter Bun nr in Hollywood. The over- sised "rabbit" was brought to this country by Producer Wu Utm - Cagney to appear-in a movie. (AP Wirephoto) Senator Sees Hope For OPA WASHINGTON, April 20 IJP) Senator LaFollette (Prog.-Wis.) today gave OPA a fighting chance for its life, in the senate, but only if the price agency speedily corrects what he termed its mistakes. Pointing out that OPA has a two-week breathing spell for this purpose before the senate takes up the legislation, La Follette declared that the agency's past tardiness in in stituting reforms was responsi ble for its present uncertain plight. The Wisconsin senator, who said he wants to see OPA con tinued with some "reasonable" amendments, told a reporter he is convinced that the house vote ripping the lid off the agency's controls bespoke pent up anger at OPA slowness in adjusting individual errors. "When OPA was first set up," he said, "it established what was called a 'defense in depth.' It pushed its first lines far out ahead of the area where final decisions can be made. "As a result, when an in justice in price control is called to its attention, tne case nas to crawl upward through a series of divisions and it takes months to reach the decision point. That's one way to hold the line, but I don't think it's the right way." What's A Joke Son, Joke, That Is-Broadway Ponders By JACK O BRIAN NEW YORK, April 20 (IP) The gentleman named C. C. Richardson in Huron, S. D., who Bequeathed an estimated $5,000 to anyone best defining the word "joke," has managed to arouse the greatest head-scratching be wilderment among Broadway comics in the history of that street's addiction to the dignified works of Joe Miller. Intentionally or not, C. C. has succeeded in sending Broadway skidding along -on its collective funnybone. I took up his search for an explanation among some of the comedians. Next time I'm going to start looking for Judge Crater and Staff Faithful. Might be easier, that is. I fell happily upon the deli cate neck of Rags Ragland, whose funnyman background in cludes 52nd street night clubs dedicated to the glories of the amusing minstrel, more recent movies with MGM voudeville, and a good many years in bur lesque. Rags would, naturally, be able to tell me what is a joke. "A Joke? Sure, that's easy," said Rags. "Ah-er-now let's see well, you take someone with baggy pants and asbig nose. No Self-Ration Of Edibles Called For WASHINGTON. AdHI 20 fP) The United States opened an in tensive new attack on the global food crisis today, ordering a 25 per cent slash in domestic flour consumption and calling for even more vigorous self-rationing of food in American homes. The emergency, President Tru man revealed, has become so acute that this country's already low wheat reserves are going to be cut even further to furnish famine relief. Mr. Truman somberly told the nation it confronted "the great est threat of mass starvation in the history of mankind." Many Will Die "Millions will surely die un less we eat less," he said in a plea to "the warm heart of America" for greater voluntary food conservation by the people. The flour consumption cut was a direct step toward helping the country supply famished over seas areas with a million tons of wheat monthly the target set by the president for the next three months. The reduction or der is effective at midnight to morrow and will continue in effect until June 30. Agriculture department offi cials estimate that the flour cut will yield the equivalent of 25,000,000 bushels of wheat in the period. Mr. Truman summoned the nation to redoubled famine relirf efforts in a nationwide all-net work radio broadcast last night. He was joined on the program by former President Herbert Hoover, speaking from Egypt, UNRRA Director General Fio rello LaGuardia, and Secretary oi Agriculture Anderson. It was Anderson who an nounced the flour reduction or der as part of a six-point ad ministration program to provide more food for export. Camp White Clamor Hot GRANTS PASS. ADril 20 (JP The Camp White hospital clamor continued at fever heat today as local veterans and civic organi zations received answers to tele grams they have been sending to the members of the congressional body and high veterans officials. Throughout southern Oregon fuel has been fed into the fire to keep this pot boiling, said Hugh W. Gould, county service officer1, who was visited by Medford rep resentatives of veterans groups in Jackson county. The flare-up resulted from the recent surprise announcement from the navy that it would close the hospital which it took over from the army last year, on May 1, and that veterans now being treated there would be transferred to another facility. The situation is aggravated by the failure of the veterans ad ministration to indicate that it will continue the hospital under its own supervision. Let's take a man walking along a street. No, that's just a joke, it won't tell what one'is. But " Rags pondered, at length. Not, however, successfully, Bert Lahr sat in the cub room of the Stork club and pondered the question. "Call me tomorrow at home and I'll have something figured out." Henny Youngman, cafe comic, wrinkled his brow into a road map and came up with approximately nothing. "I'll tell you 10,000 jokes, all guaranteed, if you can sit that long," said Henny. "But I'm stuck as to why they're funny. I guess it's just something you set up and knock the props out from under. That doesn't sound so good, though, does it?" No, it didn't. The office dictionary lists these under "joke": 1. Something said or done for the purpose of exciting a laugh, often at the expense of some par ticular person or thing; especially a witty or humorous remark or paragraph. 2. A subject or object of merri ment. 3. Something not in earnest or real; sport. That, son, It a Jokt. - Ivan Leeper Escapes Out Of Solitary Prisoner Makes Rope From Bedding To Scale Wall SALEM, April 20 (AP) Ivan Leeper, 22, who es caped from solitary con finement in the state peni tentiary last night, was re captured today in the MacLeary district, about -eight miles southwest of here. A desperate criminal from Klamath county broke from his solitary confinement cell in the state prison at Salem last night by picking the lock of the cell and going over the wall using a rope mode from his bedding, Prison Warden Alexander said at Salem todoy. The pmoner, Ivan Leeper, 22, was lentenced to serve 10 years for assault and rob bery, armed with a dangerous weapon, from Klamath coun ty two years ago. He pleaded guilty in circuit court here to beating and rob bing Lee M. Prouty, Klamath Falls theatre projectionist, be tween Klamath Falls and Bon anza April 21, 1943. Leeper, a ranch hand, had been given a ride from Bonanza by Prouty and on the way stuck a gun in the theatre man's ribs, robbed him of $7, forced him out of tho car and drove away. Leeper was picked up later in Bly on a traffic charge and was held for investigation when he couldn't prove ownership of the car. Trouble-Maker Since entering the prison on April 26, 1943, Leeper has spent much of his time in soli tary for trouble-making. Alexander said this morning that he is a bad boy and a habitual trouble maker. Ha 4 threatened many- times to stab; and got in many other kinds oi trouble, too." The warden said that Leeper picked the lock of his cell, took: a bar off the top of the door, and then went over the wall by using a rope he had made, out of hia bedding. He was missed at breakfast time this morning and it is not known just when he escaped. Leeper is the eighth man to escape from the Oregon state prison in the past month. Klamath county law officials had not been officially notified of the prisoner's escape this morning. Pope Decries Youth Morals VATICAN CITY. April 20 (IP) Pope Pius XII said today that "divorce. Godless schools and unbridled books and licentious entertainment" were threats to Christian morality. The pontiff made the state ment at a reception of 200 Ital ian Catholic Action leaders, at which he deplored that "much youth is rotten and corrupt" and expressed pity for "millions of children exposed to famine. He urged the leaders to "be courageous, do not be taken by fear or fright" in fighting against Godless political theories. He said Catholic action "is not a political party," and added that it was the urgent duty of Catholic nations to defend the church's doctrine and reconduct to the church all those who have left it. "History teaches that people who leave the church rarely re turn to it in the same propor tion," he said. Balmy Weather Seen For Easter Portland women are invited to bring their Easter bonnets and come to Klamath Falls on Sunday and leave their um brellas at home. Fair weather, warmer too, is predicted for Klamath Falls for Sunday, with a moderate north westerly breeze to flutter the veils in the Easter parade, while clouds and showers are on tho weather menu for Portland. Sailor Drowns In Willamette River PORTLAND, April 20 W) James S. Coughlin, 19-ycar-old seaman first class, tumbled over board from his ship to drown in. the Willamette river early today. A fellow -seaman, Vernon Ronin, 20, was treated for shock., after he and another dived in ji rescue attempt. f . WEATHER Aflrll M Mix. 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