tm mki mam $nm
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In Th I rCV lv k A I WEATHER NEWS
By FRANK JENKINS
AS those worda uro written
(there scorn lwnya to bo a
crista coining up about noon
these days) tho coul ntrlko np
priir lo ho Hearing n setHi'incul.
That would b encouraging.
AN YTIIINC1 thut promote
iro(luclli)ii In ciieouriiging.
I 'T'lIE stuck market In rtl 1 1
liiivlnii In u reinsuring I
IK lllllll'
nor.
sttu'liH iminrullv conthiun to
advuncti, but there In consider
able l'llUl'IT TAK1NU (meaning
Hint iulto u lot of pcoplu uro
oiling mi till) rlao mid enjoying
tliu thrill (i( Jingling tho money
In their pocket".)
If everybody believed thut
dlMislrous Inflation la unnvnld
k ublo dm it will bo If production
" la seriously hampered) every
body would wtinl lo buy mid no
body would wunl to sell for
I'AI'KK proflta would then bo
CCI'tlllll.
The point la thut eni)le ore
aim acting Nft 1 uiiai.l.1 in uie
tnck niurkct.
'Micro la
1'ANIC.
TIIK Associated Pros Ima Jual
polled the senate on the Tru
nui n diuft-alrlkera pliin. Tho
poll shows thut tho plim fiicca al
most cerlulii deleiil IK tho coul
dispute la aetlled quickly, but
thut liny new flare-up In the coul
controvcray will bo likely to
cluinitc the altuiitlon.
THAT la to any, oa Iouk as there
la HOPE Of IMI'llO VKMKNT
In tho prcacnl critical altuutlon
the aeiiuto la unwilling to take
the drinlic lep of dialling work
era Into tho urincd acrvlcea, tbua
aettlnil up tho mllitury chain of
command, which hua lit Ita ultl
male end tho pomilbillty of a
filing squad.
BUT
If thero Is NO hope of Improve
ment, If the alluallon goes from
bad to worse, If the AUTIIOH
1TY OK CiOVKHNMENT con
tlnuea to bo definitely challenged
(which would be rebellion), then
tho aemitn mity be willing to
take whiitevor cxtremo atepa the
emergency limy cull fur.
Thut la tho cleur Implication
of Uie AP poll.
BACK of tho coul atriko atunds
tho ' threatening intirlllmo
atrlke, wlioso present deadline b
f June 15.
Senator Rudcllffo of Maryland
cornea from tho White lluuao this
morning and tells reporter, that
the shipping atrlke will NOT
prevent operation of the notion's
merchant shlpa.
' The ship aro going to run,"
he says. "You can bet on Unit."
Asked if tho government is
going to run them, he anawvra:
"Somebody la going to run
them."
TN Rochester (N.Y.) a clly-wldo
labor ahutdown (culled as a
demonstration of labor's power)
ends this morning when n Joint
AFL-CIO committee accepts a
city administration promise (the
general atriko had been culled
In support of a atrlke of mun
icipal employees) to ncgotluto
with organized employees ao
long ua the ' union la loyal to tho
United States nnd does not claim
the rlKht to STU1KE AGAINST
THE PUBLIC."
That, again, la evidence of
clearer and calmer thinking.
If wo can nil learn to think a
llltlo more cnlmly nnd a little
more cleurly, this present
menacing emergency enn pass
nnd the hopo.of a belter day enn
dawn.
That Is wlint we ALL wunt.
JUST a thought In passing:
Oregon's gasoline consump
tion In April wns tho higlicat
, for any month In history, Slate
41 Secretary Forrcll reports from
Salem this morning.
The gasoline Industry Is re
converted nnd GOING. You enn
buy nil the gasoline you want
(transportation permitting.) You
feel better to Hint extent.
If wo enn get ALL industry
reconverted nnd going, we'll all
feci much, belter about every,
thing.
nrlllS writer, who feels often In
these disturbed days Hint his
has oeen n small voice crying
In the wilderness, would like to
repent again his conviction Hint
ii only wo nnd tho sound conv
mon sense to ncccnt the nrln.
clple of the Golden Rule ns the
guide for our conduct In our
denting with ench other, we
would nil be better off.
WngM would bo better.
Profits would bo better.
Life would be fuller.
a
"T'lIE principle of the Golden
1 Rule Isn't silly, Idealistic
nonsense. It Is GOOD BUSI
NESS. Boy Chasing Ball
Injured By Auto
Little Richard Engnn, I), son
of ,lnck Engnn, 12a Martin, re
ceived n broken shoulder enrly
Inst night when lie rnn Into the
roar of n pnsslng enr on Enst
Muln driven by Mrs. Evelyn D.
Smith, mill! Auburn.
Mrs. Smith reported Hint she
wns driving down East Mnln
nboul 0:20 p. rn., when the lit
tle boy chased n bnll Into the
street nnd rnn Into her cnr. She
picked him up nnd took him to
Hillside hospital where he was
treated,
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
U. S. Wants
Arms Limit
Says Byrnes
WASHINGTON, Muy 21) (IF)
Secretary of Stato Byrnes told
a congressional committee today
thut tliu United State la going
to work for "limitation of arms"
among the natlona of the world
"Wo dealrc to aeo tho world
free from the fears nnd burdens
which unnecessarily large armed
forces would lmiiose on the
peoples of tho world," Byrnes
declared.
Ho made the statement, with
out further elaboration, after
urging congressional approval of
legislation providing for a broad
program of "military coopera
tion with oilier Ainericun na
tlona.
Aa he went before the com
mittee, American official looked
to Moscow for Huaslun reaction
to Byrne' denial yesterday of
Foreign Minister Molotov'
charge against him and the
United Statea growing out of tho
foreign ministers conference In
Paris.
No Accusation Mad
Byrnes, at a 40-mlmitc news
conference, refrained from accus
ing Russia directly of acting in
bad faith.
But, reading directly from the
stenographic record of Interna
tional conferences at London,
Moscow and Paris, ho made these
main points:
Thero Is no British-American
"bloc" against Russia.
Generalissimo Stnlln agreed at
Moscow lust December to aup-
port the American plan for a
Big Four treaty to keep Germany
disarmed for 23 years.
Molotov at Paris May 10
acknowledged that Stalin had
agreed to the treaty idea, (Molo
tov denied this Monday.)
Russia backed out o'f a plan
to which Molotov had agreed
curlier for a thorough Investiga
tion, In all four German occupa
tion zones, of the disarmament
of the German army and the
dismantling of war plants.
Flood Leaves
Dismal Wake
By Tha Associated Press
Leaving death nnd destruction
In Its wnke through north-central
Pennsylvania und southern New
York, the rampaging Susque
hanna river flood crest surged
southward today after overflow
ing its banks into cities and rich
farmlands.
At least 10 persons drowned
nnd four others were missing in
the muddy waters, which started
rising rapidly Monday night
after four days of almost con
tinuous rnlns. Estimntes of dnm
nge exceeded $3,000,000. Thou
sands were homeless.
The U. S. weather bureau In
Hnrrisburg, Pennsylvania's cap
ital, announced a cresUof 31.7
feet more than nino fcot nbove
floor was reached at Wilkes
Burrc nnd said the brown, churn
ing waters were near this penk
In Sunbury, miles downstream.
Thero the river was seven feet
over Its banks nnd had cut the
community of 14,000 practically
In two.
The lcvol of 22.5 feet wns pre
dicted for Hnrrisburg some time
tonight. Streets there were
nlrcudy flooded In low-lying
areas nnd more thnn 100 families
have been evacuated. Some ar
terial highways hnve been cut
by rising wnters.
Tho swirling waters of the
Susquehanna river raced virtu
ally out of control, striking hard
est nt Wllllnmsport. Eyewitnesses
snld this central Pcnnsylvnnla
community of 43,000 lny helpless
today In the most crippling flood
since 1030.
Jury Holds Man
In Chicago Kill
CHICAGO, Mny 29 (IF) A
coroner's jury today recommend
ed Hint Donald R. Murray be held
to the grand Jury on a chnrgo
of murdering his "best friend,"
Mnj. John R. Fletcher, when he
found the officer in a hotel room
with Mrs. Murray.
Pollco dipt. Jerome Looncy
testified at tho Inquest that Mur
ray hnd snld after the shooting
"what would you do If you found
your best friend In a hotel room
with your wife?"
Murray nnd his wife sat to
gether nt the Inquest. Both de
clined to testify.
NO PAPER THURSDAY
Tho Horald and Now
will not publish an edition
o n ; Thursday, Memorial
Day.
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away.
South Sixth Street Work
To Ease Arterial Traffic
By LOIS STEWART
Klamath county and the city
of Klamath Falls came in for one
of tho biggest postwar jobs on
the Oregon state highway's 1946
program with the one million
dollar widening project of South
Sixth street leading nut of town.
The project, which was well
under way this week, runs from
the OC&E tracks just beyond the
viaduct to some 800 feet east of
the USBR canal near Etna street.
The six-lane highway, includ
ing four lanes for traffic and two
for parking, is due for comple
tion December 31, 1946, if all
materials arc available for the
numerous jobs which make up
the project.
Motorists driving out S. 6lh
this pnst weekend were startled
to sec the destruction of many
fine old elms which have shaded
that stretch for many years. This
is the initial stop in clearing tho
right-of-way nnd the rest of Uie
work goes on from there.
Warren Northwest, Inc., holds
the mnjor contract with the Ore
gon state highway department
for $382,000. This Is for actual
construction. An additional 10
engineering expense. Tho Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany anticipates spending around
Siamese Plaint
Gets Deaf Ear
NEW YORK, Mny 29 (IF) A
SDokesmnn for Trygve Lie,
United Nntions sccretnry general,
said; todny Lie would not put
before the UN security council
a Siamese allegation that French
soldiers have seized Siamese ter
ritory In unjustified aggres
sion' The spokesman pointed out I
Hint the case could be brought
up by any member of the secur
ity council who desired to do so
but there hnd been no word from
anv council member that such
action would be taken.
It wns recalled, however, that
a British foreign office spokes
man snid In London yesterday
that Britain would support Sinm
in plnclng the border dispute
before the security council.
The United Nntions spokesmnn
explained that the Siamese tele
gram called attention to uronch
"attacks" and aslcod Lie's "sym
pathy, your assistance and co
operation" but did not invoke
t h e United Nntions charter.
Therefore, he went on, Lie did
not regard the letter as officially
asking the council to take action.
It was the first time that a
non-member of the United Nn
tions hnd appcnlcd to the world
pence keeping agency, and the
complaint thus was given an odd
twist by the fact thut Sinm is a
former enemy nntion ns well as
a non-member, while France is
not only a member but was an
ally in the war against the axis.
Grand Jury Hits
Portland Jail
PORTLAND; May 29 (VP)
Multnomnh county's grand jury
reported todny Hint the Portland
city jnil needs improvement.
Slmllnr reports hnve been
mndo almost monthly since lnte
fall. Todny's criticism wns on
the women's quarters which tho
grand Jury called "abominably
congested and unsanitary," l
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNE8DAY,
f r
which haT cast thaii ihad ovar
first tap in the iour-lan highway projact got under way.
Bunnell property and ar being bucked into logs to ba carted
$105,000, and the California Ore
gon Power company, approxi
mately $100,000. In addition
there Is a $9000 expenditure for
a lighting project and other
lesser amounts.
The right-of-way figure, a
$14,500 bridge job, and other
miscellaneous expense make up
the balance of the million dollar
estimate.
Strwt Will Not Br Closed' "J
Perry Whitmore, resident en
gineer of the Oregon state high
way department, said todny that
taking everything into considera
tion, the widening project should
be ready to turn over to the
state by the first of the year and
that at no time will it be neces
sary to completely close any sec
tion of S. 6th to traffic.
Warren Northwest put ma
terial on the ground here May
20. Work of clearing the right-of-way
started with removal of
trees which was done with trac
tors and a guy line. Trees were
still being removed this week.
Clearing of buildings and moving
structures back from the new
line is the next step and follow
ing this clearance, Northwest
will follow with installation of
all underground pipe drains, cul
verts and sewers.
Grading is next on the agenda
along with making necessary
excavations and fills. Sixteen
inches of crushed rock for sur
facing purposes will be laid on
cither side of the existing pave
ment and the crews will also
pave on top the present highway
with an asphaltic concrete mix,
putting this same material on
the crushed rock base.
Additional work, as set forth
in Northwest's contract, is for
construction of concrete islands,
traffic separators, sidewalks,
curbs and gutters.
Whitmore said he expected a
continual flow of traffic over's.
6th, despite the heavy construc
tion program. He said that work
would be done on one side at a
time and that traffic would neces
sarily be slowed down.
"We would like to have at
least part of the traffic detour
over Shasta way, but the street
will not be closed at any time
along its full width," Whitmore
advised. .
Eugene Man Has Contract
Hnrry Hamilton of Eugene
holds a sub-contract with Warren
Northwest and will do approxi
mately 37 per cent of the work
including all concrete nnd pipe
jobs. Hamilton also holds a big
contract for Pacific Tel's job. ,
Northwest's superintendent is
Bob Batie of Portland. Batie is
getting as much local labor as
he enn and when he reaches the
(Canllnuad an raa t. Column S)
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL
R H E
St. Louis 5 6 1
Chicago 2 10 2
Brecheen and Rice; Meer,
Kush (2), Bithorn (8) and Mc
Cullough. New York 15 2
Brooklyn 5 7 2
Kennedy, Budnlck (1) Trinkle
(2) Thompson (4) Voiselle (7) and
Warren; Lombardi and Ander
son. AMERICAN
Washington 0 3 0
Now York 4 8 1
Hn'-'-'er, Hudson (8) and
Evnns; Ruffing and SUvostrl.
Philnoclphia 0 6 1
Boston 2 5 0
Mnrchlldnn and Rusnr; Ferriss
and Wagner.
MAY 29, 1948
(Telephone
S. 6th tret Sor vaars, toppled
City To Honor
Its War Dead
Men who went down to the
sea in ships, men who died on
the sands of Pacific islands, on
the beachheads of Anzio and
Normandy, those who gave their
lives in the air will receive
tribute Thursday, Memorial Day,
as Klamath citizens bow their
heads in memory of the dead of
li)s nation's wars. , .,
Thel courthouse lawn, where
the white memorial shaft casts
its shadow and the perpetual
light burns in memory of heroes
of World War II, will be the
scene of a ceremony at 10 a. m.
Thursday as hundreds are ex
pected to gather on the lawn
where white crosses and a tomb
commemorating the "unknown
soldier" bring vividly to mind
the sacrifice of more than 175
Klamath war dead.
Business will cease throughout
the city on that day and in fit
ting fashion Klamath county will
be expected to take part in the
program outlined by veterans
committees.
Marching units are asked to
gather on S. Riverside west of
Link river at .9:15 a. m. Follow
ing is Hie program:
9:45 a. m. Naval ceremonies at
Link river bridge conducted by
E. V. Zell, commander of VFW
post and group of marines from
Marine Barracks.
10 a. m. Paracie to memorial
shaft. . Massing of colors by
veterans groups. Singing of the
national anthem. Invocation,
The Rev. Victor Phillips. Ad
dress, D. E. Van Vactor. Placing
of wreaths at the base of the
memorial shaft and on the tomb
of the unknown soldier, com
manders of veterans organiza
tions. Placing of flowers at
shaft by individuals and repre
sentatives of other organizations.
Thirty seconds of silence re
quested by the Rev. Father Ray
mond Beard and benediction by
Father Beard. Firing squad,
Marine Barracks. Taps.
At the conclusion of the cere
mony, veterans groups will pro
ceed to Linkville cemetery
where services will be conducted
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
(Continued on Pafa 9, Column 4)
U. S. Loan Will
In Repairing
WASHINGTON. May 29 m
France turned with renewed
vigor today to the job of getting
back on her feet, backed by a
loan of $1,370,000,000 from the
United States.
The two countries made a
number of agreements in con
nection with the credit arrange
ment which President Truman
and French President Felix
Gouin announced jointly last
night. The loan talks began here
12 weeks ago.
French officials estimated the
money would finance at least
one year of their country's four
year rehabilitation plan,
In addition to the credit the
United States promises these
things:
1. To help France sell her
goods here. This might mean an
ultimate reduction in American
tariffs on French goods.
2. An , additional credit of
perhaps $25,000,000 to buy
about 750,000 tons of American
chipping.
Tariff Pledge
France, in turn, pledged itself
not to raise its tariffs on Ameri
can products and joined with the
United State and Britain In
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Number 10833
House OK's
Case Labor
Curb Bill
WASHINGTON. May 29 (IP)
The house today passed and sent
to President Truman the senate's
version of the Case strike-control
bill.
Passage was by a roll call
vote of 230 to 106, slightly more
than the two-thirds majority re
quired to override a veto if the
president rejects the measure.
WASHINGTON, May 29 (IF)
Following 1 th Oregon roll
call on th senate reriion of
th Cos labor bill. nt to
President Truman today:
Republican fori Elliwoith,
Norblad and Stockman.
Republican against: Angell
of Oregon.
The senate voted 49 to 29 for
the bill last Saturday.
The party breakdown on the
roll call vote: 98 democrats and
132 republicans for the measure;
91 democrats, 13 republicans and
2 minor party members against
it.
As rewritten by the senate, the
measure contains a prohibition
against employer contributions
to union-administered welfare
funds, and provides for a 60-day
pre-strike cooling off period.
Veto Possibility
Amid veiled hints that its ac
tion would bring veto, the house
rammed the legislation through
by a roll-call vote after two
hours of debate.
Congressional action on the
controversial Case bill was com
pleted as the senate neared a
vote (2 p. m. PST) on the presi
dent's request for emergency
legislation to draft strikers who
refuse to work lor the govern
ment. Senator Ellender fD-La) told
reporters after a White House
call that Mr. Trutnan wax de
termined on having the emer
gency powers he requested in a
speech before congress last Sat
urday. On his own cart. Ellender
said he felt the president should
have "sufficient power to pro
tect the country from Internal
enemies, and from uncontrol
lable labor leaders."
He declared that a nation
which can draft men to fight
"enemies on the outside" should
be able to "protect itself" from
situations at home.
U. S. Demands
Jap Democracy
TOKYO, May 29 (If) The
United States today bluntly
warned minority grouos which
seek to undermine democracy
against attempting to organize
Uie Japanese. Just two weeks
ago, it said just as bluntly it
does not want communism in
Japan.
Both warnings came from
George Atcheson Jr., American
chairman of the allied council
for Japan. He told the group:
"We do not want to see the
Japanese people once more lined
up in columns, clothed in uni
forms and regimented in any
kind of totalitarianism thought."
His statement came as he ex
plained to the council that he
was unable to substantiate al
legations made in an unsigned
Japanese May Day message
which charged that "reactionary
elements" had interfered in the
April elections and that some
of General MacArthur's direc
tives had been flouted.
Aid France
War Damages
their campaign to expand world
trade through lowered taruis
everywhere.
Of the $1,370,000,000 total,
France will get:
1. A direct loan of $650,000,
000. The interest is 3 per cent.
It must be repaid in 25 years.
2. Credit for $720,000,000
more. The interest is 2 per cent.
This must be repaid in 35 years.
Repayment of the principal
won't begin for the first five
years.
If France has a year of "ex
traordinary and adverse econom
ic conditions" the U. S. will de
cide on this France in that year
can defer repayment completely.
As a result of the agreement,
the U. S. wrote off $266,000,000
in lend-lease supplied to France
during the war. France's re
verse lend-lease to the United
States was about $800,000,000.
France will use about $300,
000,000 of the American credit
to buy American surplus equip
ment in France and French ter
ritories. For example:
Trucks, rolling stock, com
munications equipment and air
fields which the United States
built on French territory.
Levis And (rug
Sign Agreement
To Reopen Pit's
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Jf) Interior Secretary Krug ana
nounced today an agreement ending the coal strike.
Krug told newsmen he and John L. Lewis had signed the con
tract and that Lewi indicated he would order the United Mlna
Workers back to work immediately.
The announcement wa made at the White House after th
signing in the presence of President Truman.
Krug said the agreement "settles matter between the govern
mem as operator of the bltunvi
inou coal mine and the United
Mine Workers." He added:
"Mr. Lewis has just indicated
he will order the miner back
to work Immediately."
Volume Production Monday
Lewis, who had stood silent
during Krug's announcement,
said volume production could
not be achieved until Monday.
Almost simultaneously with
the emergence of Lewis and
Krug from the president's of
fice, the solid fuels administra
tion released the terms in gen
eral. They are:
1. Wages, a basic hourly In
crease of 18 '4 cents, which with
overtime makes a daily increase
of $1.85.
2. A welfare and retirement
fund financed by 5 cents a ton
on coal produced unofficially
estimated as yielding $25,000,
000 to $30,000,000 annually.
This fund is to be used for sick
ness, disability, death or retire
ment benefits, and to be man
aged by a three-man board of
trustees of which one would be
appointed by the union, one by
Krug, and a third by the first
two appointees.
3. A medical and hospital
fund financed from deductions
now made from miners' pay for
those purposes and to be ad
ministered by trustees appoint
ed by Lewis.
Complementary Fund
The two funds mentioned In
2 and 3 would complement each
other.
4. The wage Increase is cou
pled with a provision for over
time after seven hours each
day. The official release of the
coal mines administration set
up by Krug made no mention
of the number of days a week.
5. A federal mine safety code
to be issued by the bureau of
mines director with periodic in
spections by federal inspectors
and with local unions to select
mine safety committee at each
mine to report violations.
6. Krug, as mines administra
tor would be guided by national
labor relations board decisions
concerning unionization of su
pervisory workers not hitherto
included in the union.
7. A comprehensive survey of
hospital and medical facilities,
medical treatment, sanitary and
housing conditions iri coal min
ing areas to determine what im
provements are necessary "to
bring these up to recognized
American standards."
8. On Lewis' demand for
compliance with workmen's
compensation and occupational
disease laws, Krug will direct
his mine managers to comply
with state laws whether elec
tive or compulsory.
Chiang Blamed
By
China Reds
NANKING. Mav 29 (Jf) Gen.
Chou En-lai, China's No. 2 com
munist, today asserted that Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek per
sonally had taken over direc
tion of the government's Man
churian campaign.
He asserted the situation in
civil war-ravaged Manchuria
had taken a "critical turn."
The topflight communist made
his statement to The Associated
Press a few hours later after the
gov ernment's Central News
agency reported that national
troops had captured the im
portant city of Kirin (Yungki)
from communists.
Chou's assertion was the first
jarring note to disturb the hope
ful atmosphere that prevaded
China the past few days. The
communist leader is his party's
negotiator in peace discussions
with government officials and
General Marshall, U. S. envoy.
OPA Increases
Prices On Lead
WASHINGTON, May 29 (IF)
OPA today announced increases
in maximum base prices for cop
ter, lead, secondary lead, lead
scrap materials and primary
and secondary antimonial lead,
effective June 3.
The price hikes were granted
to offset what OPA termed
"steady increases in costs, both
labor and material, in the cop
per mining and lead mining in
dustries." Senate Line-Up
WASHINGTON. May 29 (IP)
Here is how Washington, Ore
gon and California senators
line up on the strike-draft pro
vision of President Truman'
emergency labor bill:
Democrats against: Ma gnu
son. Mitchell and Downey.
Republicans against: Morse,
Knowland.
Republicans for: Cordon.
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Federal Court
Dockets Cases
Five prisoners will be up for
sentence, one of them Willard
Williams who wa convicted of
second degree murder in the
stabbing of Egbert Hugo Smith,
during the session of federal
court here beginning next Tues
day, June 4.
Three civil cases are set for
trial during the session, and
Judge James Alger Fee of Port
land, assigned to the court, has
ordered federal jurors to report
June 6.
The civil cases are reported
by the clerk' office in Portland
as Chester Bowles, OPA admin
istrator, against M. T. Bratton
and others; Alma F. Hall against
Sears Roebuck and company,
and Ernest Newcomb against tha
Southern Pacific company.
New Year's Stabbing
Willard Williams was convict
ed of stabbing Smith in the
throat with a pocketknife during
Beatty early in the morning of
January 1. Both are Klamath
Indians. V
Osborn Lee "Beegie" Ball,
Klamath Indian, is also up for
sentence on a charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon. He
pleaded guilty to stabbing Lola
Gallagher, February 9. Law
rence Dale Jackson, who pleaded
guilty to assault with a danger
ous weapon, and two juvenile
ara fitjtn in h .pnlnnrwl
Accompanying Judge Fee to
Klamath Falls for the first regu
lar term of federal court hers
will be Esther Davis, the judge's
secretary; Lowell Mundorff,
clerk; Hal Kenyon, deputy
clerk; Edward D. Twining, dep
uty district .attorney, and Jack:
Caufieid, marshal,. .
No grand jury has been called
for this session.
Bread Famine
Hits Klamath
Many a Klamath housewife
whipped out a pan of. biscuit
for her family last night after
she shopped late for bread Vti
found the bakery shelves empty.
Witk . l.w-al halrariai, ftittlntf
their production approximately
25 per cent, supplies ran out
about 4 o'clock Tuesday after
noon. . Customers, as a rule, are
taking the shortage with appar
ent good grace, bakery at
tendants said today although a
few were "put out."
Starting with Saturday morn
ing's delivery, the federal order?
reducing the weight of bread 10
per cent will go into effect. This
is supposed to take care of the
normal waste and will, in turn,
supply tons of flour to be divert
ed into other channels including
the feeding of the world's starv
ing millions.
Klamath bakeries, checked
this afternoon, said they were
cooperating to the best of their
ability and had cut down a lot
of the fancy stuff which usually
decked their showcases. One
bakery said "no more hard rolls,
no special pastries and no wed
ding cakes, no pies except to
restaurants, and just a couple of
kinds of bread." Another bak
ery advised sandwich bread, tea
biscuits, packaged buns and pies
were limited to restaurants.
Cakes were kept up on a 73 per
cent average.
The new flour, which lack!
the whiteness of the old type,
has brought praise from con
sumers and not complaints, one
bakery manager said today. The
flour, which is slightly brown in
color, produces a tastier loaf in
the opinion of many.
As far as pastry is concerned,
if the housewife can keep enough
sugar in the bin, there will be
a return of cakes, pies, turn
overs and apple pan dowdy to)
the table as the commercial
source is cut.
Hard Coal Strike
Call Threatened
NEW YORK, May 29 (IP)-,
The AFL United Mine Worker:
today notified anthracite opera
tors that they would not agree
to an extension of the present
contract, which ends midnight
tomorrow, and that a work stop
page of 76,000 hard coal minor
would be called.
The action was announced by
Thomas Kennedy, UMW secretary-treasurer,
at a news confer
ence following the negotiating
session within the two group.
Kennedy added that mainte
nance worker would be permit
ted to remain on the job with
the understanding that any wage
increases agreed upon later
would be applied to them on a
retroactive basis. The operator
agreed to this, Kennedy said.
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