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' Representation by veterans of
''iinlh ivuri and of both tile Klam
ath busln unci the "outside area"
I provided In the Tulclnkc home
trad examining bonrd selected
today by the bureau of reclama
tion. Member! of the board:
Nrlaon need, Klamath Fall!,
veterun World War I.
Robert Nnrrli, Merrill, veteran
World War II.
Fred E. McMurphy, Tulelake,
veteran World War I.
I.ocklc McLeod, Dtuumuir,
Calif., veteran World War I.
E. L. Stcphena, iuperintendent,
Klamnth reclamation project.
Thin U the board chosen to
nam on veteran application! for
homritcud! on the Klamnth proj
ect, in cnnnectlnn with the open
ing of 87 homestead unit! later
tlili year.
Richard L. Hoke, rrulonal di
rector of the bureau, with office!
at Sacramrnto, iuld the board
will conveno ihortly to recom
mend qualification! which must
be met by applicant! for the
Klamath public land!. The ex
amining board w a a choivn
through the local, rcKlonul and
national offices of the bureau,
upon the bail! of recommenda
tion! from intercitcd individ
ual! and organizations. Veteran
and farm group! rocommended
each of the men selected.
At recent public meeting
held here under bureau sponsor-
, . imp, It was proponed that triers
J v fee at least one World War II vet
; , eran, and that there be at least
on member from oul.Ude the
Immediate Klamath bailn area
All present at that time agreed
on Mcleod of Dunimulr, who
hai been active In Legion affairs
and received the nod of both
VFW and Legion men present.
Reed Is a Klamath Falls bu.
new man,
Norrls Is a veteran of World
War II who Is furming the Bruce
Caddis place at Morrill. He Is
vice-commander of the Merrill
American Legion post.
McMurphy Is a prominent
farmer of the Tulelake district
who served In World War I.
The board will recommend tho
requirements and methods by
which veteran homesteaders will
be selected for the Irrigated
farms, each of which will have
a value of $2.1,000 or more at
going land rates In the area.
Requirements will relate, to min
imum standards of industry, ex
perience, character and capital
deemed necessary to a successful
entrymun who will muko his
living on tho farm.
One proposal has been that all
veterans who meet minimum re
quirements participate in a draw
ing for tho 67 farms available.
Several thousand nro expected to
apply, No applications aro being
considered yet, but those, wish
ing formal notification may
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Sailors Charged
In Postal Theft
SEATTLE, May 13 (AP) Po
tl Inspector P, E. Morbello to
day charged 30 naval enlisted
men mostly 17 to 19 years old
with lnrceny on the high seas,
Including the rifling of mall
bags, aboard the SS Henry Fail
ing en routo to Alaska as re
placements. Morbello and Tom A. Dun
ham, assistant district attorney,
said a hatch was broken open
and 16 of tho seamen stole par
cel post packages while the re
mainder rifled the cargo of gov
ernment goods worth $B00. The
authorities said the amount of
money stolen could not be es
timated. The theft was dis
covered when the ship reached
Dutch Harbor last February.
The sallois were returned hero.
14 Youths Flee
Training School
SALEM, May 13 (!') Four
teen boys were missing today
from tiie stale training school
for boys nt Woodburn, Supt. M.
D. Woollcy announced.
Three of them ran awny Sat-
lirrlnv nillit nnrl 1 1 mnrn Kim.
,A.dny night.
j no youngest oi mo poys is id
and tho oldest IB. Wnnlley, who
explained tho school has no
fences, said a male employe saw
the group leave Sunday night.
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All packed and ready to go Is this group of Boy Scouts of troop 1. On Friday the boys were
among a record crowd of 400 who took pert In the Modoc area council camporee at the Lava
Beds national monument. Troop 1, sponsored by St. Paul'! Episcopal church, was one of two
troopi who took highest honors. All of the troop's patrols received A ratings. The other high
ranking troop was No. 33 of Malln. The members of troop 1. pictured, are left to right. Robert
Bosworth, David Todd, Harlan Bosworth. Bruce Dingier, Ronald Juniper. Brent Hedberg, Rich
ard Dltmamon end Harold Howard.
Ex-King Begins
Exile In Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, May 13 (iP)
Vlttorio Emanucle settled down
to a life of exile In Egypt today
after a reign of nearly 46 yean
as king of Italy, thus Joining the
growing ranks of Europe's home
less royalty.
The weary little man and his
wife, tho former Queen Elena,
were greeted by Egypt's King
Furouk when they debarked
here yesterday from an Italian
cruiser.
In sharp contrast to the Ital
ian royal family's gala wclcomo
during their last visit to Alex
andria in 1S33, tho former mon
arch and his entourage were
spirited into a car and whisked
behind a motorcycle escort
through virtually deserted
streets to Antoniades Palace,
where he will remain temporar
ily. As the elderly ex-king pre
pared to debark, he turned to
the crew lined up amidships.
"Farewell to you," he said.
"You are the men I loved all my
lire."
Lions Cooperate
In Fire Campaign
This year the Lions club Is co
sponsoring the Stop Forest Fire
program with the American Le
gion. The Lions voted to cancel
tho regular Tuesday noon meet
ing In order to back tho parade
which will march down Main
street at noon Tuesday and to
purticlputo in the banquet that
evening at the Wlllard.
Members are urged to bring
their wives and house guests and
make necessary reservations at
the Wlllard. Dinner will bo
served at 7 p. m.
Foreign Policy In Balance
As Department Rift Widens
WASHINGTON, May 13 (VP)
A widening split within the state
department may vitally affect
American foreign policy on al
most every major outstanding Is
sue. This is one of the main prob
lems which will confront Secre
tary of Stute liyrnes upon his re
turn from Paris.
Tho struggle appears to be an
outgrowth of the traditional
fight between the foreign serv
ice officers career men who aro
the backbone of tho American
diplomatic system and compar
ative newcomers to tho field of
diplomacy.
The fight has been intensified
In part by Byrne's problem at
Paris of trying to work out with
the Russians, British and French
satisfactory peace settlements
for Europe. On tho central prob
lem of how to deal with Foreign
Minister Molotov and tho Rus
sians, Byrnes received two strik
ingly different recommenda
tions, His regular political -diplomatic
advisers under Assistant
FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY. MAY
- Comping We Will Go'
Russians Fire
On IS. S. General
FRANKFURT, May 13 (PI
Russian sentries fired "over" the
automobile of MaJ. Gen. Cecil R.
Moore while he was en route to
tho Leipzig fair on the anni
versary of V-E Day, Moore sold
yesterday.
The general explained, how
ever thot "we were going the
wrong way and they wished to
attract our attention."
He said the shots were fired
after his car had mistaken a
Russian sentry post for a bar
rier, and added:
''We were not detained and the
Russians were very decent when
we explained we had been con
fused.'1 Pendleton Curious
Play Park Meters
PENDLETON, Mny 13 M'l
The city's treasury was making
a windfall gain on Its newly-installed
parking meters today.
Although collections are not
officially required until 9 a. m.
tomorrow, several motorists
Jumped the gun and deposited
coins almost behind tho installa
tion crews, while curious spec
tators fished in their pockets for
small change "Just to see how
they work."
Rankin Estes Dies
At Medford Home
Rankin Estes; well known and
long-time resident of Medford,
died at 0:30 p. m. Sunday at his
home following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Estes' daughter, Mrs. John
White, owner of Hastings beauty
shop, left for the valley Saturday
night to be at her father's bed
side. Final riles will be held in
Medford.
Secretary James Dunn recom
mended that he stand firm on
every Russian demand consid
ered to represent an expansion
of Russian powers into western
Europe. These advisers wanted
the conference fought out on
such issues as Trieste and Tri
poli tacitly recognizing that
eastern Kurope is Russian and
western Europe is not.
Byrnes' non-professionnl ad
visers under Achcson and Clay
ton notably experts on Euro-
pean economy argued this was
likely to create Instead of re
solve International conflicts
They drew an elaborate memor
andum recommending that
Byrnes try first to unify Europe
by seeking Anglo-Kussian agree.
mcnt to some means of tackling
such European-wide economic
problems as transportation
After that, they said, should
come tho work on political is
sues. Byrnes, however, took a staff
of veterun diplomats to Paris
with him, and reports from the
conference show that In the
mam he followed their advice.
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Chinese Reds
Continue War
PEIP1NG, May 13 W) News
papers here reported today con
tinuing small-scale attacks by
Chinese communists on North
China railways and stubborn de
fense by communists holding
Szepingkal and Pengshihu in
Manchuria.
Communists reports from
Manchuria said that after 23
days fighting their forces wore
holding Szepinckai from seven
government divisions and were
also holding Pengshihu.
Meanwhile, General Marshall
faced the job of peocemaker
with a new weapon. Washington
reports said he had an absolute
veto over a S500.000.000 (M)
American loan to China, consid
ered a potent source of power in
dealing with the Chinese.
The veto, however, was seen
in Shanghai as a one-sided
weapon usable against only the
national government. Commun
ists have said the loan would
"perpetuate fascist rule in
China" and have actively op
posed it.
Communist General Chou En
la) charged that "elements" in
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's
party were trying to sabotage
Marshall's efforts ond involve
the United States in a full-scale
civil war in China.
Postal Embargo
Lifted Today
Restrictions on parcel post
have been lifted, effective mid
night, May 12, postal authorities
announced Monday. Restric
tions due to the coal strike,
were effective only one day, Sat
urday, May 11.
Size and weight of APO and
FPO packages has been in
creased and may now be 70
pounds in weight and 100 inches
in length and girth combined.
No requests are needed for FPO
mulling but request from serv
icemen, together with the en
velope enclosing the request
must be presented for APO mnil-
lng, at the parcel post window
in the post office. Not more
than one parcel per week may
be mailed.
President Calls
Merger Meeting
WASHINGTON, May 13 (P)
President Truman called his top
ranking army and navy leader
ship for a conference today on
unification of the armed forces.
Announcing tho meeting,
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross described it as
one "to promote unification and
not to sabotage it." Then ho
added: "Not to put it aside."
Canadian Ship
Draws Visitors
PORTLAND, Ore., May 13
The Canadian destroyer Cres
cent, here from tho Royal Cana
dian Naval college at Equlmnlt,
B. C, attracted more than 2000
visitors yesterday when it was
opened to the public.
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Holiday Pay
Nod Paves
Way To Pact
WASHINGTON. May 13 (AP)
Soft coal operators today agreed
to pay $3,000,000 In back holi
day pay claimed by John L.
Lewis' miners, clearing the way
for discussion of key issues in
the deadlocked negotiations.
In a statement the operators
said that in agreeing to make
tiie payment the action "is not
to be construed as a recognition
in any way of any merit in the
demand made, nor as establish
ing a precedent for future ac
tion." 'The sole purpose is to open
the way for real negotiations,"
they said. "The operators now
call upon the union to proceed
immediately to negotiate a con
tract." Effects Still Felt
This was the over-all picture:
1. Restrictions on freight, ex
press and parcel post shipments
came off at midnight, hours be
fore the first full crews descend-
' cd into the mines to end the 42-
day shutdown.
2. Other conservation mea
sures including tight controls
over all coal to be produced,
during the truce remained in
effect.
3. The government prodded
miners and operators alike to
reach a swift agreement on a
new contract, but both sides
said privately there was little
nope oi meeting me weanes-
day deadline fixed by Presl
dent Truman.
4. Congress showed no incll
nation to back down from Its
determination to aoek a legis
lative barrier to future crises
growing out of labor disputes.
The senate turned its full at
tention to writing a strike con
trol bill.
British-Indian
Talks Collapse
SIMLA, India, May 13 (JPf
The British cabinet mission, ad
mitting failure of an eight-day
conference with Moslem and
Hindu leaders on independence
for India, made it plain today
that it still had hopes of solv
ing the Indian problem.
The conference ended in com
plete breakdown yesterday, thus
dealing a severe blow to the
hopes of those who had expected
a quick transition from British
control to Indian self-government.
Two communiques Issued aft
er the breakdown one jointly
by the cabinet mission, the Mos
lem league and the congress
party; the other by the cabinet
mission alone gave no reason
for collapse of the negotiations.
It seemed apparent, however,
that the conference had floun
dered on demands of the Moslem
league for an independent Mos
lem state (Pakistan). These de
mands have been bitterly op
posed by the congress party,
which favors an India unified at
least insofar as foreign affairs,
defense and communications are
concerned.
Compromise Seen
In Ruhr Question
PARIS, May 13 (PI A com
promise on French demands for
detachment of the Ruhr arsenal
from Germany appeared pos
sible today as the Big Four
foreign ministers reassembled
after a day off In an effort to
resolve their remaining points
of disagreement including the
Italian peace treaty.
A well-informed French source
said the germ of a possible com
promise was contained in a re
cent British proposal reportedly
suecestinff some form of federa
tion for the Ruhr region, which
might even include part of the
Rhincland.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
(First game) R H E
St. Louis 2 5 1
Cleveland 9 11 0
Fercns. Galchnuse (2), Kinder
(6), Lamucchia (8) and Hell; Env
brce and Hayes.
NATIONAL
Philadelphia 4 13 2
Brooklyn 6 9 2
Judd, Mauney (6) Mulligan
(6), Karl (8) and Seminick; Head
and Anderson.
New York 6 10 2
Boston 7 9 0
Schumacher, Budnick (9) and
Lombardl: Konstuntv. Johnson
(4), Roser (7), Reid (9), and Masl.
Rockets Away!
V-
Belching flame and smoke
amid a cloud of dust, a German
V-2 rocket riie from its plat
form at White Sands proving
grounds, N. M., where army
ordnance is testing the deadly
German weapon. Testing of this
huge 46-foot. 28,000-pound mis
sile, will allow scientists to
itudy the stratosphere at an al
titude of 100 miles.
NEA telephoto.
Nazi Killers
To Get Death
DACHAU. Germany. May 13
UP) A general military court to
day sentenced 58 operators of
the notorious Mauthausen exter
mination camp to hang. Three
other were given life terms.. .
' The 61 defendants were sen.
fenced after the American court
found them guilty of murdering
thousands of victims imprisoned
by the naxjs in persecution. cam
paigns..
August Eigruber, gauleiter of
the upper Danube reeion and
dictator of much of upper Aus
tria auring tne nazi regime,
took his sentence without emo
tion. Other defendants turned
white. Some had to be helped
from the courtroom by guards.
completing tne 38-day trial,
the court said it had found an
"irrefutable record of death by
shootings, gassings, hangings
and regulated starvation" which
made every official "culpably
and criminally responsible."
This largest of all mass war
crimes trials will be followed,
probably at the end of the week,
by the trial of 75 nazi SS men
for the massacre of American
soldiers at Malmedy, Belgium,
during the battle of the Ar
dennes Bulge in the winter of
1844-45.
City Schools
Calls For
red. Note: Thli It the t Int of
Mrlet of thre article to acquaint the
votln! public residing in the Klamath
Falli area. School dlstricta 1 and a.
with details of the current budgets
and contemplated buUdlnt programs.)
Klamath Falls voters, those
men and women who are legal
voters and taxpayers, are urged
to go to the polls at Fremont
school on Thursday, May 23, be
tween 2 and 7 p. m., to cast their
ballots for three major issues
which confront the school dis
tricts. They are:
1. General budget of District
No. 1, elementary schools.
2. General budget of District
No. 2, Klamath Union high
school.
3. Building program.
This article will deal with the
general budget of the elementary
school. The general budget for
the district as approved by the
board and budget committee is
for $510,924.77. This is for the
operating year, 1946-47.
The above figure is an in
crease over last year's budget
of $137,437.76.
One contributing factor to be
considered in this increase is the
school population, which has
jumped this past year. Prelim
inary enrollment, according to
Supt. Arnold L. Gralapp, makes
it necessary to employ 10 addi
tional teachers. There is the
point of salary to be considered
and is one of the top items.
In addition, the system is add
ing three new services in the
elementary schools: (a) Expand
ing the visual education program,
(b) expanding the art program,
(c) general supervising program.
Each staff member of the ele
mentary system, Including all
personnel, teachers and custodi
ans, are receiving a flat increase
of $200 per year. This roughly
figures 8 per cent throughout
the system in the salary brackets
alone and makes Klamath Falls'
scale competitive throughout the
state.
ADIies Lack
Trial lights
Say Dei5 erase
TOKYO, May 13 (JPh-Argument
that Japan did not surren
der unconditionally and does
not have to obey every allied
command was presented today
to the Far East military tribun
al by the chief defense counsel
for Japan's major war crimin
als. Attorney Ichiro Kiyose'i chal
lenge that the court lacks au
thority to try the 28 defendants
on 55 counts was taken under
advisement as the tribunal ad
journed until Tuesday morning.
The allies' chief prosecutor,
Joseph B. Keenan, labeled Ki-
Hoover Gets
Another Trip
WASHINGTON. May 13 UP)
President Truman tapped Her
bert Hoover for a food survey lo
South America as his special
ambassador today, but gave no
hint of an early return to food
rationing in this country.
The former president told re
porters after he had conferred
with Mr. Truman that he want
ed to stay out of the "domestic
controversy" over rationing.
And from Herbert Morrison,
president of the British council,
came a denial that he planned to
ask President Truman for a re
turn to rationing of meats and
fata in this country.
Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross said Mr. Truman compli
mented Hoover at the conference
today on his splendid Job so far
and asked him to go to South
America at his convenience as
"food ambassador." '
Hoover, Ross said, accepted
and is going within the next few
weeks.
Conservation Advocated -
The former president simul
taneously told a news conference
that the world grain aeiicu coma
be largely overcome if surplus
producing nations adopt "further
vigorous conservation measures."
Talking after his meeting. 'With
the president. Hoover refused to
say whether he believed the
surplus countries, including the
United States, should establish
food rationing to help.
'Conchies' Strike
Over Draft Terms
CASCADE LOCKS, May 13
OP) Ten men at the civilian
public service camp here for
conscientious objectors went on
strike today in a move described
by one of the strikers as a pro
test against administration of
the conscription law.
Protests were based on the
men's charges of being forced
to work without pay, of lack of
dependents' allotments, lack of
provision for accident compensa
tion and discrimination against
minorities.
Expansion
Larger Budget
Another point to be consid
ered by the voter is the Increase
in operation of the schools. Op
eration of the physical plants is
some 10 per cent nigner man
last year. There is an increase
of $6000 in this bracket alone.
This is due to higher salaries,
higher costs and general increase
in supplies.
In the cafeteria, Gralapp point
ed out, there is a new policy of
accounting for cafeteria funds
recently adopted by the board.
All receipts hereafter are to be
deposited with the clerk and
all bills paid from his office.
The program is expected to carry
cost of cooks' salaries and all
food supplies. District funds will
be used in purchase of stoves,
refrigerators and other neces
sary equipment. The $41,047
item, not in last year's budget,
is offset by receipts on hand
and is merely an accounting pro
cedure, the superintendent ad
vised.
Another expenditure included
in the 1946-47 budget is the pur
chase of a new bus. The present
bus has been in operation for 10
years, Gralapp said, and the pro
posed bus will cost $7429.
Other major items include
$16,514.05 for retirement, some
5 per cent of the total personnel
budget. This is a mandate from
legislature and goes into effect
July, 1946. The law was enacted
in 1945. Teachers participate in
this item. Every district in the
state of Oregon is including an
amount in the new budget and
this is the first time Klamath resi
dents have been asked to approve
such an amount.
There is also the capital out
lay Improvements totaling $60,
784.60 and involving all seven
elementary schools. The total is
compared to last year's budget
figure of $51,334. There will be
a separate story concerning this
Item which has to do with all of
next year's physical improve
ments in the various grade
school.
yose s argument as the "height
of absurdity" and offered docu
mentary evidence that Japan's
surrender was "utterly without
condition."
MacAxthur Criticised
Kiyose said that in giving the
tribunal jurisdiction over Crimea
against peace and crimes
against humanity "General
MacArthur is exercisins author.
ity which he does not possess
and the Japanese people are not
bound to obey that command."
Japan's top statesmen, Kiyose.
said, agreed to surrender in the
belief they would not be prose
cuted as war criminals.
The attorney declared that In
the surrender last September
Japan recognized that sha
would obey orders and direc
tives of the allied ooweri but
only those in accordance with
me rotsaam declaration.
Thus he challenged the tribun
al's authority to try the defen
dants on charges of crimes
against peace and crimes against
humanity charges which make
up a large part of the indict
ment against the defeated lead
ers. Keenan contended examina
1 1 o n of Japanese communica
tions delivered to the Swiss gov
ernment at the time of surren
der would show it was without
condition.
Kiyose told the tribunal I
over the objection of Keenan
that he could see no reason why
the question of Japanese aggres
sion in Manchuria should be
covered In the indictment. Ha
said several countries had rec
ognized the state of Manchukuo.'
set up there by the Japanese.
Scouts Camp
In Lava Beds
The largest gathering of Boy
Scouts in the history of the Mo
doc araa council participated in
the council-wide camporee at the
Lava Beds national monument
over the weekend.
Over 400 Scouts from seven
counties were present. Ratings
were given to various patrols
who took part in camping and
exploring activities. The two
patrols of troop one1, sponsored
by St. Paul's Episcopal church,
and the three patrols of Malln
troop 33 walked off with the
greatest share of the honors, all
receiving A ratings.
Other patrols who received A
ratings were the Panther patrol.
Troop 8, Klamath Falls; Owl pa
trol, Troop 17, Dorris; Eagle pa-
mui, iroop oi, Aain; Apache pa
trol, Troop 16. Klamath Falls,
and the Cobra patrol. Troop 9.
Klamath Falls.
Awards to the natrols were.
given at the offical closing cere
mony held at Captain Jack's
stronghold Sunday evening.
Ken Klahn, council president.
presented the awards. Hugh
Wilson of Tulelake was given
his Eagle award, the highest in
the Scout organization, at the
closing ceremony. Hugh is one
of five Scouts in this area to re
ceive the award. Twenty-four
Scoutmasters were given certifi
cates of completion In the Scout
masters' training course.
Sunday morning was devoted
to religious observance, and dur
ing the afternoon the hnv
closed their camp and held the
closing campfire.
R. H. Lamott. Boy Scout
executive director, classed the
affair as a "tremendous suc
cess." Out of 34 troops in the
entire council, 24 were repre
sented. Ashland Radio
To Be Opened
Ashland's new radio station is
expected to begin test operations
about July 4, it was announced
this weekend by Roy Peck, who
will manage the station for the
Rogue Valley Broadcasting com
pany. The 200-foot steel antenna
is now up and the warning red
lights in operation.
Permit has been asked to use
call letters KWIN. , The station
will operate on a 1400-kilocycle
wave length.
Gasoline Flames
Peril Iowa Town
WAUKON, la.. May 13 OP)
An explosion, compared by one
witness to an atomic bomb blast,
touched off today a roaring
gasoline fire fed by some 00,000
gallons of high actane motor
and aviation fuel.
Fire departments from Wau
kon and four neighboring towns
fought the blaze which threat
ened about half of this northeast
Iowa city of 3000.
Arriving In U. S.
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