New Strikes
Becloud
May Skies
By Tha Associated Prats
New and threatening strikes
and a possible slow-down in
government effort to settle the
critical soft coal dispute dark
ened the nation's labor picture
today, at the start of the merry
month of May.
A transit strike in Atlanta,
Ga., inconvenienced thousands.
Coal production in Illinois was
at a complete shutdown by a
' walkout of 18,000 independent
miners. A nationwide work
stoppage of workers that would
tie up the country's terminal
elevators threatened. A transit
strike in Memphis, Tenn., was
called off when an agreement
on wages was reached.
AnH in Washington, the re
sumption of negotiations be
tween jonn Lm. Lxva auiu ui
tuminous operators was high
lighted by the threatened resig
nation of Special Federal Con
ciliator Paul W. Fuller. He ex
pressed dissatisfaction with the
government's handling of the
month-old walkout by 400.000
AFL soft coal miners, but
agreed to withdraw his surprise
resignation.
Lewis Wants Naw Strike
Lewis, president of the AFL
United Mine Workers, filed no
tice that the 75,000 Pennsyl
vania anthracite miners would
quit work in 30 days if they
are not given a contract with
approximately the same ' de
mands as he has presented to
. the operators for the soft coal
miners.
The walkout of the 18,000
(Ind.) Progressive Mine Work
ers of America in Illinois coal
mines increased the existing
threat to Chicago and down
state industry and business re
sulting from shrinking supplies
of coal. The New York stoppage
boosted to 41,000 the total num
ber of miners on strike in Illi
nois, 23,000 AFL UNM having
' joined in the nationwide stop
page on April 1. The PMW
workers quit work after failure
to negotiate a new contract
with the Coal Producers asso
ciation of Illinois.
MEW PORTLAND BUILDING
PORTLAND, April 30 (AP)
Construction of a 14-story fed
eral office building to house all
local U. S. department of ag
riculture agencies was an
nounced today among plans for
millions of dollars worth of new
commercial, public and indus
trial building.
The T and H Corp., Portland,
announced it had been awarded
a contract for the $3,500,000
federal building, to be 4he larg
est in the city, and that it would
be completed this year.
Orange juice, eggs and cheese
are delivered by New York
milkmen; in Detroit they deliv
. er tomato juice.
Nanking Capital
Of China Now
NANKING, May 1 (AP)
Nanking officially became tne
capital of China again today
amid reports that the postponed
national assembly might con
vene about June 1 and that Gen
eral Marshall was hopeful of
effecting a Manchurlan truce in
a few days.
Chen Li-fu, minister of or
ganization, told the Nanking
press the assembly charged
with drafting a revised consti
tution might convene in a
month.
Although negotiations for a
Manchurian cease-fire agree
ment had collapsed in Chung
king, a source close to Marshall
said a truce might be reached
here within a few days. Mean
while, the communists' Yenan
radio charged that the govern
ment was concentrating five
armies in northern China, in vio
lation of agreements.
Tojo Not
'So Sorry'
TOKYO, May 1 Pr Hidekl
Tojo insisted today from his
prison cell that Japan fought "a
war of self protection" and in
dicated he would face the inter
national war crimes tribunal
with no remorse.
In an exclusive, written inter
view through his principal Jap
anese attorney Ichiro Kiyose
the one-time dictator . made his
first statements on the war since
the occupation.
Tojo acknowledged that he had
spoken against Japan's surrender
proposing continued resistance
but denied that he had taken
any direct action to forcibly pre.
vent the emperor's surrender
rescript.
The bald, stern little man de
clared he would "express my
whole opinion" in court but
dodged a question whether he
intended to condemn American
leaders while Dresentine his de
fense.
He said that if. in 1941. Japan
could have taken any other way
than war, "as an independent
country I would have taken it."
He repeated Japan's favorite
propaganda, faith in an Asiatic
coprosperity sphere, indicating
clearly that he would rest a con
siderable part of his defense on
the righteousness" of Japan's
war.
Grain Lack
Hits Whiskey
WASHINGTON. May I (JV
The nation's whisky-makers
slashed their production sched
ules 40 per cent today in line
witli the government's newest
effort to scrape up grain for
famine relief.
It was the sharpest reduction
imposed on the industry since
peacetime distilling was partially
resumed, but it coincided with a
fresh official warning that the
present world food crisis will
continue into 1947.
An agriculture department or
der cut distillers' use of grain
during May from the five days
production capacity allowed dur
ing the past two months to three
days.
The effect will be to delay
still further a return of plentiful
quality liquors. But an Industry
spokesman in New York said
there is no immediate prospect
of a liauor shortage.
Chairman Chester C, Davis
of President Truman's famine
emergency committee meanwhile
declared in a statement last nignt
that "every report coming before
us makes it plain that the pre
ent famine is no short run
emergency that ends July 1."
20-30 Clubs Meet
For Talk And Vote
A joint meeting of the Klam
ath Falls and Medford 20-30
clubs was held in the Willard
hotel blue room last night in
honor Of Jess Tolle, grand
trustee, 20-30 association. Tolle,
of Cloverdale, Calif., is touring
Oregon and northern California
to help the 20-30 clubs reorgan
ize in this area.
New officers were elected as
follows: Stewart Patty, presi
dent; Thomas Milne, vice presi
dent; Robert Hall, Harold Eber
line, Thomas Patty and Charles
O'Connor, directors, and Peter
Green, sergeant-at-arms.
Installation of officers-elect
will be held in the Willard
hotel ballroom Wednesday, May
8, at 7:30.
FUNERAL
GARNER J. LUND IT
Funeral service for the late Gamer
J. Lundy, who passed away Monday,
April 2B. will be held Friday. May 3.
it a p. m at the BPOE Temple, with
officers of BPOE No. 1247 off tela tln.
Concluding service and Interment will
follow at LJnkviUe cemetery. Friends
are respectfully invited to attend.
Ward's Klamath Funeral Home In charge
of arrangements.
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Alfred L. Clin (abova), 56,
an ax-convlct, was convicted in
San Francisco on nine counts
of forgery in tha estates of two
woman who died mysteriously
while In his company. Tha total
maximum Urm would ba 126
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MORE WAGES DEMANDED
PORTLAND, May 1 () Port
land Traction company employes
voted last night to ask for three
cents an hour more than the in
creases offered by the company.
The workers, members of an
AFL union, asked $1.25 hourly
for operators, instead of the $1.22
offered by the company: and
$1.40 for mechanics, instead of
the $1.37 offered.
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Anderson Favors Removal
Of Meat Price Controls
Unless Situation Clears
WASHINGTON, May 1 (A)
Secretary of Agriculture Ander
son said today during a discus
sion of meat shortage and black
market conditions that if the
.situation is not cleared up in 1)0
days, he would fuvor rvmovul of
price controls on meat.
Anderson said, however, he Is
pinning hopes on the success of
new slaughter quotas for packers
and on the campaign against
black market dealers In meat.
'This la about the la-st effort
to see if it (meat control) will
work," he told the senate blink
ing committee, in hearings on
Ol'A extension.
He added ho "would hate to
see" controls on meat lifted "un
til we have again made a serious
effort."
Senator Bankhead (D-Ala.),
asked what Anderson would con
sider a reasonable period for a
fair test.
"We would have to do some
thing in 80 days or abandon it,"
the secretary replied.
In the discussion of meat short
ages he termed "a tvulcal ex.
ample" a report by Senator Bark-
ley tu-h.y.1 on a meat packer who
customarily slaughtered 7000
head a week and now could get
but 500 a week.
Anderson said puckers feel
that the new quota allocutions
for slaughter would help, but
perhaps not enough. They arc
based on Riving slaughterers 100
per cent of their slaughter In
1944.
Anderson had said earlier that
if meat ceilings were lifted now
that pork might go to 70 cents a
pound.
The advisory board of the of
fice of war mobilization and re
conversion unanimously urged
that the life of Ol'A be extended
for period nut to exceed one
year.
Reconversion Director John W.
Snyder released a resolution
adopted by the board as Secre
tary Anderson told the bunking
committee that Increased furm
real estate prices lire "a strong
argument for holding onto price
control."
Husband Assault
Ends In Arrest
Frances N. Hanson, 32. of 3104
Crosby, was booked at the police
station last night for disorderly
conduct after she allegedly as
saulted her husband. Ralph Han
son, and Delia Thomas with a
broken bottle.
The fight occurred at the
Hurry cub stand. Ralph Hanson
is a cab driver and Delia Thomas
was In his cab when Hanson's
wife swung the broken bottle at
them.
They were treated at Klumuth
Vulley hospital where Hunsnn
was said to have a cut on his left
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More Divorced Than
Wed Here In April
Again In tho stormy month of
April divorces outnumbered mar
riages In Klumnth county. A
total of 31 marriage lleeiisrs
were grunted during the month
while 44 final divorce decrees
were granted.
In addition to the decrees
there were 33 divorce cninpliiluls
and two suits for iinnuliiiuiit filed
during the mouth.
Of tho iimmiigo licenses. 27
went to civilian couples, a direct
reversal of the alluiitlou here,
several months ago when mil
itary miiriiuges fur outnumbered
civil in ii iilliuiices. One wedding
permit this mouth went to a
marine, another to a milor and
one to a soldier.
Wives received 29 of tha dt-
hand and Miss Thomas had a
gash on her lip and nose.
The district attorney may
place a charge, against Frances
Hunson today.
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vorce decrees ami 18 went to
husbands, and wives filed 27 otW
the tllvorco coniplalnls. Criiclr
and iiihuiuun treatment was ll
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21) of the sulli and desertion In
two other. . .
In nno petition for annulment
It was ullcged that the husband
wus already married and tin
divorced anil In the other that a
previous marriage uf tho brhla
wus still in elfct-t.
Of the compliiluls filed lat
month, one couple was married
in 111 111. another In IJHB, and ona
each in 1U-U. H'21 anil
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one just a few mouths ago in
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