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Newspaper Page TextM ui PRICE riVE CENTS Pre -Election Charges Fly In Th Hay's Jews By TRANK JENKINS 1IIEItE la much talk of V liunitry world. There seems I to li m leant sumo (car on the part of Kiinc Americans that If things 11 o on an thry aro going now there may he some short agr of food in tlila country be ore the year In over. (Unfortunately, one liu to re port that tha chief result of this li-nr seems to he planning on the purl of moiit of im to got out and buy a much food as x Ible an nn possible and STOKE IT UP.) IN view of this ltuutlon a re port today from the bureau of aiirli-ultunil economic of the de pnrtment of Hiiriculturo li In U renting. The gut of tho rrport Is thnt the Untied States I eating Itself Into a NEW record for per capita food consumption, despite short. Kc in Knilns and flits at home and a hungry world abrond. That Is to say, food is scarcer because we aro eathiK more than we ever ate before and NOT because wc aren't produc ing enough. t THE bureau rstlmntes that In 1016 PER CAPITA VOLUME (not dollar value! of food con sumed In this country will be M per cent greater than the average for the prewar period from IfKIS to 10.10. It adds that the NUTRITIVE value of our per capita food sup ply this year Is expected to be close to the 1045 figure, which was 3350 calories. Averago calories per person available thin year will be about 3300. The caloric average from 1035 V to 1030 (when there were no 7 war problems) was 3250. ' In other words, we won't Just be stuffing ourselves this year with bulky, low-power foods, The food we eat In 1048 will have more KICK than our dlot In the prewar years. IfEEP your finger on that 3300- calory figure. Then turn to a dispatch from Stuttgart (Ger many), which snys: "Eighteen million Germans in the Amer ican occuiwitlon zone were of ficially notified today that their fond ration would be cut to 1180 calories dally May 27." Drop down in the dispatch little farther and read this: "Ilrltlsh military food admin istrators warned today that nine million persons in the British occupation zone (of Germany) mav be placed on starvation ra tions of 500 calorics OR LESS unless there are substantial grain imports In tho next few wccKs. YOUn cynical (and perhaps nullo nntural) first thought will be: "These aro GERMANS, They brought It on themselves. Let them starve. It will teach them what war Is." Well, It might. But history tells another story. The lesson of history Is that starvation breeds hatreds that are LONG In dying out. Tills thought la put In the dls- patches today by on officer of ' the British control commission (in Germuny), who expresses con. cern lest the re-cducntion of tho Germnn pcnplo and their con version to what he calls "'chris tian humanism may be impos sihlo by tho food situation. He adds: "You can t teach dom ocrney on an empty stomach." The findings of history back him up on that statement, a TV71TII so much of the rest of " tho world facing starvation, why is it thnt Americans aro cheerfully stuffing themselves with more food than In prewar years? Have they lost all their tra ditional human sympathies? Hnvo they become suddenly hord and cynical and utterly selfish? a IT could bo. But this writer doubts It. All tho Americans ho knows within his limited orbit aro pretty decent people. Your observation must be somewhat similar. Suppose a case nf actual starvation showed up In your neighborhood. You and your neighbors would give till It hurt to feed tho hungry ones and would fool good bo causo of the giving. CO IF tho American people are heedlessly stuffing their own bellies In the fnco of world-wldo starvation, It must bo because thev aro poorly and Inefficiently LED. They must bo snylng to them selves: "All this propaganda CAN'T be true, becnuso If it were true our government WOULD (Canllnuad an rata , Column KLAMATH Four Talks Stop Until June PARIS. May 16 IIP) The four-power foreign minister con ference ended tonight with the delegates planning to meet again June 13. In tho final session the min isters Initialed revised Italian armistice terms, American quar ters sulci. U. S. Secretory of Slate James F. Byrnes planned to leave Paris for tho United States at noon tomorrow, accompanied by Sen ators Tom Connnlly and Arthur 11. Vandenberg and their wives. The council spent three hours in almost fruitless dlscusson of Germany. German Probe Approved Soviet Foreign Mnisler V. M. Molotov agreed to an American proposal to send a four-power commission to all four zones of Germany to investigate the state of German disarmament, an American Informant said. But this proposal was thrown out by U. S. Secretary of Slate James F. Byrnes several days ago to counter a Soviet objec tion to Byrnes" offer of a 25 year four-power mutual assist ance Pact to guarantee the con tinued disarmament of Ger many. At that time Molotov had objected that Germany's present state of disarmament should be studied before such a pact was considered, and Byrnes iiad proposed the commission. Interest In Ruhr Molotov was said to have re peated his statement of yester day that Russia wanted to know what wns going on In the Ruhr. He said he-had heard of I scheme to nationalize tho Ruhr coal mines. Molotov also asked Byrnes what connection there was be tween the proposed 25-year pact and the secretary of state'i pro posal for a peace conference on Germany November 12. He ask ed if the plan for a peace con ference was designed to change the Potsdam agreement on Ger many. Byrnes replied there was no question of changing the Potsdam agreement, but that he merely wanted the allies to agree on general long-range goals In Germany. Yoshida Heads Japan Cabinet TOKYO. May 18 (p) Con servative Shlgeru Yoshida, 8, considered such a peace-monger by Japan's militarists that he was imprisoned part of tho war, today became premier and quickly dominated an organiza tional session of the house of rep resentatives, His conservative supporters mustered a narrow margin to elect, on a straight party vote, the speaker and vice speaker shortly after Yoshida received an imperial command to form a new government. Almost simultaneously, re ports spread that General Mac Arthur was planning a new Surge of members of the now ousc. Japanese, hastily mak ing their own speculative lists, included Speaker Miki and a prospective new cabinet minis ter. Husband Begs Beside Leprosy-Ill Wife SAN FRANCISCO. Mav 16 (IP) A tall, ruddy army officer, determined to spend the remain ing years of his life by the side of his wife in a Carvillc, La., leprosarium, was undaunted to day by unofficial word from Carvillc that his request prob ably would be denied. This possible set-back .came as friends of 63-year-old MaJ. Hans George Hornbostel, a vet eran of two wars, pushed Ms petition In Washington. "We have no facilities for non patients," said an official of the leprosarium, notified of Maj, Hornbostcl's request. "This man could make ar rangements to live outside and seo his wlfo In daily visiting hours. However the final de cision Is up to the surgeon gen- oral." Friends today wore helnlng to press tho unusual petition with authorities. Tho request already has gone to Surgeon-General Porran,. who has Jurisdiction over tho .leprosarium. Mrs. Hornbostel, who Is 52, de veloped skin trouble while she and her husband an army en . y FALLS, P.-' riURSDAY. Rival Candidates CLARENCE A. HUMBLE Potato Men Seek Factory A Joint effort by the Klamath Potato Growers association and the Tulclakc Growers to obtain stock subscriptions of at least $100,000 by Juno 1 was launch ed today with the purpose of assuring establishment of a starch factory in this area by the Northwest Chcmurgy Co operative. Already, $25,100 has been subscribed, and potato growers throughout the Klamath-Tule-lake area arc being canvassed for the balance. Slock may be purchased through any bank in the Klamath basin area Dorris, Tulelake, Merrill and Klamath Falls and purchases are limit ed to agricultural land owners and leasers. The starch factory enterprise is coming to a. head after sev eral months of consideration by the two organizations, and a visit to Wcnatchec, Wash., by representatives of both groups. Lee Birtwistle, C. J. Main, El mer Scott and Paul Matthews made the trip. Matthews, a CPA, inspected the books of the North west Chcmurgy Cooperative and - ICanUnaa an rata t, CalantM ti Yinson Hopes For USSR Aid WASHINGTON. May 16 IIP) Treasury Secretary Fred M. Vin son voiced hope today that Rus sia yet may join in world eco nomic agreements to avert two contending world economic blocs. Ho reiterated an assertion that with tho $3,750,000,000 British loan the world would be divided into such blocs, for a time, with Britain and America in one area and Russia in an other. Without the loan, he added, there will be three economic blocs British, American and Russian with "terrific econom ic war." Vinson said that when he made his statement about two blocs in the world, he had in mind the fact that Russia has not entered the International fund and bank agreements of tho Brctton Woods conferences. Ho added: "Certainly we all hope Russia will join the international fund ii nd bank, and it is our hope there will be no economic war fare at all, or what there is will be lessened." To Remain gineer, were prisoners of the Japanese at Santo Thomas in Manila. However, physicians at San Francisco hospital where she is in isolation believe she con tracted the discaso long before, probably while doing research with her husband among Poly nesian people. They point out that leprosy usually duos not manifest itself until from five to 20 years after exposure. Major Hornbostel has no doubts about his decision to Join his wife at the leper colony. "I don't consider myself any martyr by asking to bo with her as long as we both shall -Jive," ho said. "I'd bo unhappy with out her and she'd be unhappy without me, and that's all there is to It." . Tho bluo-eyed wife he married 33 years ago feels tho samo way. "Hans is ready now to be re tired from the service," she said in her hospital room, filled with roses brought by her husband. "Ho says he's had his fling In life and that he wants to be with me. I want him to come with me." V Mint MAY U. 1946 (Telephone 1111) For Circuit Judge DAVID R. VANDENBERO Typical Californian This Is carrying things too far. Klamath Falls, basking In spring sunshine, wus the brunt of another blow at its oft -criticized weather this morning. A letter was received at the city hall from an apparently sincere southern California resident who wants to know if the highways leading to Klamath Falls will be clear of snow by May 30 when he plans to make a trip here. Also, he would like to know if there is very much snow on the ground, and if so, will it be gone by the end of the month. Secretaries at the city hall were seriously thinking of turning the whole problem over to the local chamber of commerce. Ship Charged In Food Waste SEATTLE. May 16 IIP) The Times said today that more than 1000 pounds of meat, in cluding top grade pork and beef loins, frankfurters, sausage and other Items, were thrown in garbage cans here yesterday and recovered by federal meat inspectors. It said the meats were dis carded from the tanker New Hope, operated by the warship- ping administration, but tnat in spectors later graded it as good and not spoiled. It said w. A. Duthic, WSA food con trol director, termed the case "the most flagrant attempt at waste ever uncovered here." The Times added that "the mysterious absence of any fed eral inspection stamps on some of the roasts, prompted officials to call for a further investiga tion into possible black market operations," and that "the fed eral bureau of investigation will be asked to trace the meat." The paper said an officer on the ship, berthed at Harbor Is land, said the p. cat had been removed because the ship's freezer system needed fixing. It said Duthic's inspectors found nothing wrong with the meat locker. The garbage cans then were ordered hoisted back aboard the tanker and the crew was or dered to wash and save all meat not tainted by yesterday's sun. The tainted items were ordered rendered for fat or sold for an imal food. Election Closes Public Offices Friday, election day, will see city and county as well as state offices closed. Both banks will be closed, the city hall and county court house will not open doors for business, and tho state liquor store will close tonight at 8 o'clock and will not open the doors again until 12 noon Sat urday. The county clerk's office in the courthouse will be open to provide information for the vot ing public. County Clerk Charles DeLap said today. Mayor Proclaims Buddy Poppy Day Saturday, May 25, has been designated as "Buddy Poppy Day" by proclamation of the mayor. On that day. representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion will sell "Buddy Poppies" in down town Klamath Falls for the pur- pose of raising funds for the care and rehabilitation of needy and disabled war veterans, their dependents, and the families of servicemen killed in the war. WEATHER NEWS Mar IS Mai. 'Mar ... ' Ml. ....4I Praalilullaa Uai 14 kaara M Straam yaar Sal Il.tT Narmal . ... H.M Laat raar Faraoaaf'i Claar rrloar. Hum bar 10B22 Local Court Race Draws To Hot End The circuit judge race came to a hot climax today in a rash of pamphlets, dealing in accusa tions, denials and the records of the two candidates Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg and District Attorney Clarence Hum ble. Tomorrow morning at 8 o' clock this contest and the less colorful issues of a rather dull political campaign will be placed in the hands of the people, who are expected to turn out in below-normal numbers to write the decisions at the polls. Both camps in the circuit Judge affair resorted to a pam- pnieieering campaign in a last minute effort to sway voters. The pamphlets went through the mail to voters. The Humble sheet was signed by the "Citizens Committee to Improve the Administration of Justice In Klamath County." Names appended were Mrs. Law rence Birk, 4534 Board man street: Mrs. Harry E. Wilson, Malin: Mrs. Ruth E. Mullanax, Bonanza: Mr. W. L. Bullard, 1204 Eldorado, and Mrs. Kath erine Nichols, Fort Klamath, all listed as co-chairmen. Vandenberg Assailed The leaflet attacked the record of Judge Vandenberg, citing a series of cases in which the Humble supporters allege Judge Vandenberg's official actions were not in the public interest. The "lawyer's committee for the re-election of Vandenberg" followed with a leaflet calling the pro-Humble sheet "untrue. libelous' anoVt malicious." - The Vandenberg committee cite the record of the judge in 3i years on the bench, giving statistics on criminal cases and citing grand jury commendation of his work as juvenile judge. 'Henry Perkins is secretary of the com mittee publishing this leaflet. Publication of these leaflets was followed by a new develop ment. Humble forces published an advertisement charging that threats of lawsuits had been re ceived by Dr. and Mrs. Dean H. Osborn and J. M. Baker Jr., de scribed as members of the "citi zens committee" who had in tended to sign the pamphlet but whose names were then with drawn. Telephone Call Alleged They further charged that Mrs. Bullard, one of the signers, received a telephone call from Judge Vandenbsrg that he would make the signers of the statement "pay big for it." Judge Vandenberg emphati cally denied today that he had made such a statement to Mrs. Bullard. He said he had called her, but that he did not make the statement attributed to him. The circuit judge race has car ried virtually all the interest of the campaign. Inasmuch as there are only two candidates for the judgeship, the voting on Friday will determine who will be cir cuit judge for the next six years. Municipal Levies Up Voters on Friday will decide on three Klamath Falls muni cipal levies, and Merrill will vote on a bond issue for sewage disposal and water mains. Democrats have no local party nomination contests, and repub licans have only one that for county surveyor. For state office, republicans will choose between Earl Snell and Henry Black for the gover norship nomination, and demo crats will choose between Floyd Dover and Dave Epps for secre tary of state nomination. There are no other nomination con tests. Polls will open at 8 a. m. and close at. 8 p. m. The Herald and News and KFLW will have election re turns immediately after the polls close until the count is fin ished. - OPA Will Remove Ceilings On Fish WASHINGTON, May 16 VP) Deputy OPA Administrator Geoffrey Baker today author ized the statement that price ceilings will be removed, effec tive Monday, on most fresh and frozen fish. Baker's office said ceilings will be retained on only four or five species. Polling Places A table showing precinct polling placet for tomor row's election will be found on Page 3. Rail Strike Conference Fails To Act WASHINGTON, May 16 UP) Union representatives notified President Truman by telephone today that negotiations to pre vent a nationwide rail strike set for Saturday had broken down. Negotiations between the managements and brotherhoods of railroad engineers and train men, representing 250,000 workers, ended after a 25-min-ute talk this morning. The car rier representatives refused to accept a modified union propos al for a wage increase of 18 per cent and a minimum raise of $1.44 a day. The two brotheVhoods origi nally asked for 25 per cent and a floor of $2.50 a day. A presi dential emergency board rec ommended a raise of 16 cents an hour or $1.28 a day and the managements said today they would not go beyond that figure. A. F. Whitney, president of the trainmen, said the strike of trainmen and engineers is still set for 1 p. m. PST, Saturday. Whitney told a reporter that the negotiations have "broken off and there had been no set tlement. However, a rail man agement spokesman said the "door is wide open for a re sumption" of talks. He added the meeting this morning was "entirely friendly." "There is nothing at the pres ent time," this operator repre sentative said, "that precludes either side from reopening ne gotiations." Army Requests 25-29 Year Olds WASHINGTON, May 18 IIP) The army has asked President Truman to direct the drafting of men aged 25 through 29 The request was made because of a prospective replacement short age resulting from the stop-gap revision of the selective service act, a war department official said today. He said the president might act today. Officials have esti- WASHINGTON. May 18 UP) President Truman today di rected the drafting of men between 20 and 30 years of 32i mated that the existing pool of men in the 25-29 age group to tals only about 15,000. The army will continue after June 30 to discharge men with two years of service or a point score of 40, but "can make no firomises" as to reducing the re ease requirements to 18 months, the official said. He added that the demobilization program will be continued as promised in Jan uary by Gen Dwight D. Eisen hower, pending further action on the draft by congress. The army's pinch in manpow er will begin to be felt in Octo ber or November when men who volunteered for 18 months will start reaching the end of their terms. President Truman halted the drafting of men over 25 follow ing the surrender of Japan, and officials said another order from the White House to selective service is necessary to lift the ban. Pan-Am Blazes Another Trail SEATTLE, May 16 (.4") A Pan-American World Airways Constellation plane, on a "prov ing flight" from Tokyo over the great circle route, was due in Seattle at 8:45 p. m. PST, to day. It left Adak at 11 a. m., and will spend the night here, resuming its journey to San Francisco about 9 tomorrow morning. Coal Shortage . v i I 1 .1 John Lipscomb, Washington, D. C real estate man, wants to know, as you can see from the sign he plastered across his office window. A navy veteran of two years' jungle campaigning in the Pacific, he doesn't mind helping to conserve coal, but he's against the miners' strike making such conservation necessary. He recently bought a new neon sign and wants to keep it alight. Lesson For Too WASHINGTON, May 16 (P) Hidekl Tojo, Japanese war time premier, finally has learned what "hubba hubba" means. In letters to friends In Washington, John W. Fihelly, former assistant U. S. attor ney here, who is one of the prosecutors in the war crimi nal trial of Tojo, said the ex premier asked him the mean ing of the American expres sion. Fihelly told Tojo it meant "hurry, hurry." "Ah so," Tojo said. "Very interesting. Often the guards here prod me In the ribs and say 'hubba, hubba.' I always thought it meant 'Remember Pearl Harbor.' " Truman Asks Coal Strike Reply Today WASHINGTON, May 16 (P) President Truman put it square ly up to the coal strike dis putants today to let him know by 5:30 p. m. whether they will leave to one-man arbitration the settlement of their prolonged dispute. He told President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Work ers and Charles O'Neill, repre senting the mine operators: "The country is in desperate straits. Coal must be gotten out of the ground. 'The whole life of the nation has .uffered from the coal strike and will suffer increasingly if there is another stoppage." Next Move Unknown Left unanswered for the pres ent was what Mr. Truman will do next, if one or both come back to the White House with a turn-down of the arbitration plan. Soft coal is now being mined under a truce that runs out May 25. Negotiations have broken down and there is no present assurance the miners will work after that date. Mr. Truman, having called Lewis and O'Neill to the White House proposed "in the light of thir. situation": "1. That the parties agree up on an arbitrator to hear .and pass upon the dispute.. "2. That the miners remain at work during arbitration proceed ings." Ten Minute Conference The announcement was made less than two hours after Mr. Truman conferred for 10 min utes with Lewis and O'Neill at the White House. Mr. Truman said that the two chief figures in the coal dispute had told him they felt after over night conferences with their as sociates that i the coal negoti ations held up to now had com pletely broken down and that further discussion was useless. It was then, Mr. Truman said, that he asked them to submit their differences to arbitration. AMBASSADOR NAMED WASHINGTON, May 16 UP President Truman today nomi nated Charles Ulrick Bay of New York to be ambassador to Norway. Attlee Gives For Federal LONDON, May 16 IIP) A six point plan for a federal union of India was announced in the house of commons today . by Prime Minister Attlee. Published as a government white paper, the plan was drawn up by a three-man cabi net mission to India following its unsuccessful negotiations for Indian leaders themselves to formulate a plan for Indian in dependence and an interim gov- Burns Him Up i Ul s-iiAi L I on? Q Tuc I IGHTS I M SoHMLlPSCWB y M1CH-0600 bsV $175,000 Damage At O'Connor's Fire roared through tha O'Connor feed plant on Klam ath river and the old Midland road this afternoon, sparing; only the feed mill and an ad joining shed. First estimate of the loss was "at least $173,000." The blaze also destroyed tallow' plant of the Johnson Packing company, doing dam age to the extent of $10,000 or more. The fire was discovered at about 1:45 p. m. by James Young, a truck driver for John son. When he saw it, the blaze had run about 100 feet in a large warehouse. He and an other Johnson employe grab bed a hose, but could not stop the mounting blaze. Smoke Billows High Volumes of black smoke arose as the storage facilities and large quantity of baled hay were consumed by tha flames. The wind was blowing away from the tile mill building, making it possible to save that structure. John D. O'Connor, owner of the feeding establishment, ar rived from Maxwell, Calif., just in time to see the roofs of tha feed shed collapse. He said that the loss was at least $175,000, and that he had insurance. He stated he built the big plant at a cost of $250,000. It stood on a 120-acre tract which O'Connor acquired from the Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany. The feeding establishment was developed three years ago on the site of the old Shaw Bertram mill, which was later operated by Long-Bell and then sold to Weyerhaeuser. UN Sanctions Secrecy Rule NEW YORK, May 16 VP) Tha United Nations security council today unanimously adopted a secrecy rule permitting it 'ii keep the records of executive ber not represented at such closed meetings. It did not act on rules for ad mission of new members when the Australian delegate, Paul Hasluck, objected, declaring; some members seem to have the impression that the U. N. is a private club. The Australian delegate main tained that the charter makes clear the general assembly is tha only organ of the United Nations which has the power to decide on admitting new members. The proposed rules would have applications turned over to the security council for consider ation and recommendation .to the general assembly for final action. Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet delegate who returned to the council session today, voted with his colleagues to pass ths rule without further discussion. Commons Plan Union In India ernment to rule while the new constitution was being drafted and adopted. The plan set forth these six points: 1. Establishment of a federal union of India embracing both what is known as British India and the 600 princely states of In dia. The union government to have control of foreign affairs, defense and communications and the power to raise money for those purposes. 2. A central executive branch and an all-India legislature. Any major question before the legis lature would have to have a ma jority of the whole legislature for passage and also a majority of each of the two major parties in the legislature the predomi nately Hindu congress party and the Moslem league. 3. All other subjects of gov ernment the residuary power to be vested in the provinces. 4. The princely states also to retain all powers not ceded to the union. 5. Permission for the prov inces to form regional groups which likewise would have executive branches and legisla tures, each regional government would determine the subjects of its common administration. 6. Inclusion in both the union and regional constitutions' provi sions under which any provin cial legislture could, by majority vote, call for reconsideration of the constitution after the first 10 years and at intervals of 10 years afterward. The cabinet mission com posed of Lord Pethlck-Lawrcnce, secretary of state for India, Sit Stafford Crlpps, president of tha board of trade, and A. V. Alex, ander, first lord of the admir alty also recommended that an interim government be set up In which all offices would be held by Indians. The government would rule while the proposed new constitution was being put into effect.