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Government May Prescribe Maritime Terms Chamber Raps Interference In Air Set-Up Klumalh chamber of commerce today urged the Portluncl cliumhcr ol cummcrco anil others to refrain from action that mlllht ilcliiy the nturl of airline aervlce Into Klamath Fall. The chuinher' move followed prcaa report allowing that the Pnrtlntiil chumlicr wui cnnaldcrliig proteatlng to the civil aero tinutlca board nguliiat Ita recent decision grunting Unltud Air Llnca the right to eatitlillah service to Klumulli Fall and Bend between Poi-llnnd and Hun Friinclaeo. rortliind'f Mnyor H I Icy wan quoted In a pro rrport ai voicing vlguroua uppoaltiun to Ilia CAII action on tho ground thut Wcalern Airlines, whose appli- In Tht. Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS IN Vienna, lluillin fighter plane twlre in one duy en. i gugo In target practice directly "over an American airfield. Iloth tlmrit they tow a target aleeve over tho field and their plane dive on It. firing burala from their gun. General Murk Clark, U. S. memlier of the allied control council for Autrla. proteata to (he Itimalun commander In Vlennu. who replica that It la al nrwa to him thut he hudn t heard of it. IT might bo trigger-happy Hua- alana. They have a habit of getting that way oulaido Hub Jib. It arem highly Improb able, however, that trigger happy Huwilan pllota could go on the looae twice In one duy with out word of It getting to their commanding officer. It Isn't a clubby thing to do, any way you look ol it. E-VEIl alnce tho shooting atop - ped In Europe, tho No. Ques tion throughout the world hai been: "What la Huaaia up to? That REMAINS the No. 1 que, lion, and it remalna unanswered. llul well-iniormeu vw. beginning lolalk. NEIL McNEIL, aaalatant man aging editor of the New York Time, one of tho world a mot careful and dependable newspaper, ay In a commence ment addrea in Washington to day: Tho wor.l confusion in which the world find Itself Br deliberately manufactured by the Soviet Union . . . Moscow Is '.r'.. . i,r...w down existing political order, fulth and moral A n n effort to aprraa cumnm nlam and expand the power of , Soviet foreign policy- ' Ho adds. "Soviet diplomat ... are attempting to wear out it. .vn 1 1 rn on of American ana Brltlah diplomat o that finally, In desperation, they will agree to Russian demand or allow the matter to go by deuuii. THE other day Ernest Bevln, foreign minister of Britain' labor government, rted t.i..r.tiv in London that "there 'through all Russian .nrl wrlllims the Idea that Russian method alone rnrrspnt democracy and that other systems are fascist." "Russian diplomat appear to believe that the security of Rus sia can only be maintained when .ui.ru country In the world .,tn,tt Dm Soviet system." (That Is another way of suy lng that Russia's Idea of gaining security for herself is to Impose i.. n,,lnn svstcm of conimu- titmn on all the rest of the world.) , , , BEVIN ay today. In a speech In Bornemouth (England): "rim unn of tho council of frMim minister In Purl next week will be whether Europe i to be spilt Into eastern ana west ern bloc . . . This division of ki Europe, thl awful business of drawing a line from Stettin (on the Baltic sea, in Germany) to Albania (on the Adriatic) and behind that line this solidified (Russian) position If that hap pen, which God forbid, you will liavo two camps In Europe, and Hint will be the rond to another struggle.' ... THOSE are grave word all the graver because they come from the foreign minister of a labor government, whoso labor party ha so far backed up his every statement on the subject of Russia. That I to say, Britain's labor party, recognizing that this situation Hint seems to be arising in the world is a matter of life or death for Britain, la looking the fact squarely In the eye and calling a spade a spade. There has been too much fiussyfootlng, too much wishful hinklng. on the subject of Rus sia and what she Is up to. It Is getting about time for nil of us to iook (nets in tne face. WE have tried appeasement In " about every possible form on Russia, and the net result of It has been thnt the more we give the moro Russia reaches for which I exnclly whnt Hit ler did when appeasement was tried on him. Appeasement never seems to work. cation was turned down, should have been given the franchise In order to establish competi tion In the north-south Pacific coast air service Member of the aviation and executive committee of tile chamber voiced the fear that Portland action might bring about a ro-heuring of the west coast CAII case, delaying the start of United Air Line service to Klamath Falls. (Service is scheduled to atari July 10 if nothing interfere.) No Opinion Intended Tho chamber resolution on tho matter said that It should not be construed as expressing an opinion on the principle of competition between airlines, nut umrd mat u whs question is to be raised, it be done through the medium of new application rather than the re opening of the protracted west coast cases. When United Air Lines and Western Airlines were compet Ing for the right to establish service to Klamath Falls, the local chamber refrained from partisan participation In the matter. It timed the service, leaving It to tho CAB to decide which company should be given tne autnoriiy. President John Houston, Mar shall Cornell and I'hll Mitch cock will go to Portland to anoear before the Portland chamber board on Thursday to explain Klamath's position In the matter. The general feeling at today's meet nit of the Klamath cnam ber board wa that a Portland move that would delay the tart of service could only be con strued as an "unfriendly act toward this city. Mayor Riley and reireenttlve of the Port land chamber. In long alliance telephone conversations, said they did not Intend for the orooosed action tin mere to affect Klamath Falls, but was nolo led out to .litem . ttiat n delay would most certainty . . . . ir i . . 1. I... aucci mis cuy. rwimnwui been trying to get trunk line air service lor many years. 1 Snell Reappoints Chilcote To Board SALEM, June 12 (P) E. M, Chilcoto, Klnmnth Falls, wa re. appointed by Governor Snell to. day to a four-year term on the stale real estate board. J WEATHER NEWS Ja It, IH Mai. Umm, II) It Mis. 41 PiMlslMlIn Isit 14 kaara Hit mm jr I u .ll.ts Naraisl 11.41 Lail y,,t It. rrcati Claar Mmj as Tfcara- PRICE FIVE CI' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, (Telephone till) Number 10144 F 401li Deposed King Still In Italy ROME, June 12 Ml Strong police force held the Piazza del Pfirmln In the heart of Rome in o virtual state or aieac ionium in prevent monarchist-republi can clashes as King Umbcrto II till balked at making way lor the republic. Equipped with heavy tank, cavalry and police rushed to the big square, where a budding monarchist demonstration threatened to break out Into a large scale riot. The monarchist had their day yesterday in Naples, one of the strong noias oi tne iiousc oi Savoy which voters rejected in a plebiscite early this month, and In Taranto. For hours, a surging throng of 10.000 to 20, 000 monarchist besieged com munist headquarters in Naplc with gasoline bombs and gun fire In battles which raged over most of the city and left seven dead and more than 50 wound ed. The cabinet was unable to persuade Umberto to leave his throne. HI queen and1 children are In Portugal and hi bags were packed when the supreme court on Monday ruled thnt while the republic had been voted, Judgment must still be given on petitions charging elec torial fraud. Nav School For West Coast Washington! June 12 tip) The nuvy presented plan today fur a huge postgraduate icnooi on the Pacific const, along with a statement by Fleet Admiral Nlmltz thut a man doesn't have to go to Annupoll to be a good naval officer. Costing $28,700,000. the poat- graduutc center would be near Monterey. Calif. Fifty-two col leges and universities would tuke part In training officer. Nlmllz' statement wa read by Vice Admiral Loul E. Den. feld to the senate naval com mlttee. He suld the proposed system would ullow men train ing In civilian scnoois to come Into the navy on on equal foot ing" with Annapolis graduates. "A graduate of the University of California or Princeton can be quite as valuable to the navv as a graduate of the nuval acad emy," said Nlmitz. Secretary of th Nnvy Forres- li.l inld the committee of the vast peacetime educational plan for future and present oniccrs. Forrestal and a group of naval officers explained lhat under the plnn for training in civniun aehnnla students selected through nationwide competition would receive luuion, dooks, laboratory fees and $50 a month during a four-year course. Chairman Walsh (U -Mass.) asked the officer to return again tomorrow for a detailed explanation oi legislation iu carry out the progrum. Russians Fire Over Airfield VIENNA. June 12 (Pi Gen. Mnrle W Clark. U. S. member of the allied control council for Austria. Drotestcd twice today to the Russian command against target practice - which Russian fluhter Dlanes held over the American airfield at Tulln, dur ing which a burst was fired at a red flag atop the American radio tower. Col. Gen. Josef Kurusov. com manding Russian officer In Vi enna during the absence of Mar shal Ivan S. Koncv. said he had no knowledge of the Incident. Kurusov promised an immediate Investigation. The first target practice over the field was held at 8:15 a. m. One Russian fighter towed a target sleeve across the ainicia, which Is on tho outskirts of Vienna, and four fighter fired two or three bursts each. One of the four fighter dived down over the radio tower, American officers said, and fired a burst at the red flag atop the antennae. U. S. soldiers in a nearby shack watched this. The firing lusted about two minutes. Three hours Inter eight more fighters appeared, with a ninth Elane towing a sleeve. Two ursts were heard, the firing lasting about one minute. This also occurred directly over the field. No damnge wa reported from either incident. No Amcricnn planes were In the air at the time. Under the Big Top Th eireu cam to Klamath Fall thl morning in all iti traditional color. After arrWal at 7 a. m. workman with th Clyde Beatty circus began to make ready for the show while circus animals, used to the xcittmsnt, stood by. The circus will play in Klamath Fall today only. See tory on page 5. United Points For July Date July 16 was set today as the tentative date for the start of regular servico through Klam ath Fall by United Airlines. Ted Johnson, representative of United, was here today making local arrangements. He said that a schedule is being published immediately by United for one plane each way each day as the start of the service July 16. . Johnson and Max Hcnle, United agent at Medford, attend ed a meeting of the city airport commission last -night and asked N.Y. Editor Flays Soviet Confusions WASHINGTON, June 12 UP) Neil MacNeil, assistant man aging editor of the New York Times, said today the "worst confusions in wnich trie world finds itself "are deliberately manufactured by the Soviet Union." MacNeil asserted in an ad dress prepared for Catholic uni versity commencement exer cises that Moscow is seeking to break down existing political order, faith and morals in an effort to spread communism and expand the power of Soviet for- Burglars Hit 2 More Firms As of this morning, city po lice have two more break-ins to think about, bringing the num ber of business houses forcibly entered since Saturday to seven. Some time last night or early this morning the Alvin Davis Paint company, 319 Spring, was burglarized and loot amounting to an estimated value of $119 was stolen. Entry was gained by forcing the back door, much the same tactics that, have been used in eign policy, In the United States, he said, foe, help in obtaining use of he)Zl.i Ai.lT i,.V ,ii.' in Vhl me ln51de of tne building operations building, at the air-1 "tn, new. .Bencie, the news syndicates, the book pub lishing houses, the national mag azines, the radio chains and the motion picture industry." Naval Committee Passes Sullivan WASHINGTON. June 12 tP) The senate naval affairs commit tee gave speedy and unanimous npprovnl lodny to the appoint ment of John L. Sullivan of New Hampshire ns under secretary of the navy. Miiaifovic Staies British Ordered War Against Tito BELGRADE.Yugoslavta, June 12 P) Gen. Draju Mihailovlc testified In the trial for his life today that a British mission to Yugoslavia Instructed him to de stroy the partisan forces of Mnr snnl Tito. The Chctnik leader, accused of treason and collaboration with tho Germans wa on trial brfore a three-man court cstnb II shod by the regime which Tito now heads as premlor. Tito re turned on the opening day of the trial from two weeks of confer ences In Moscow. Mihailovlc, on the stand for the second day, described the re lations 'of h i s underground troop with tho Germans during Iho occupation of Yugoslavia In 1943 as "not cooperation but haphazard rriulual battle." . Mihailovlc asked for a secret session of the court to bring out testimony on directive he said he received from a British liai son mission attached to his head quarters. The court refused and told him to "speak out here." The defendant said British Col William Bailey, now at tached to the British mission In Bulgaria, was at his headquar ters. The prosecutor asked one Guestlon as to what Bailey sain. "Col. Bailey snld to liquidate the communists," Mihallovic de clared. Mihailovlc admitted under Questioning that some of his Chctnik forces received ammu nition from the Italians. He snld thnt Chctnik morale wns sometimes bnd "because we were fighting each other. Q: "Against whom?" A: "Agnlnst the partisans." . The former Chctnik leader blamed certain of his com mandcrs for the alleged cooper ation, of his troops with axis forces. One of those whom he men tloncd by nnme was D, JevdJeV' ic, who is at present reported interned in British territory and whom the Yugoslavia gov ernment Is seeking to bring to trim as a war criminal. In a burst of feeling, Mihail ovlc dcclnred: "It Is my grentest mistake thai I did not sot aside Jevdjevlc. Of all trie men in tne organization, he did the worst things to me." port as temporary headquarters for the airline. The city agreed to apply for the building, which is currently neid oy tne navy. Johnson said it would be necessary to remodel the lower floor to some extent to provide for waiting room, offices, and other facilities needed. The one-plane-a-day schedule will be Just a starter, Johnson in dicated. He said the service will be expanded as equipment be comes available. United Airlines service to Klamath Falls was authorized recently by the Civil Aeronautics board. The planes will stop here en route between Portland and San Francisco. Flying time from here to Portland will be 1 hour 53 minutes; from here to San Francisco, 2 hours. T Beyin Outlines Peace Policies BOURNEMOUTH. Eng.. June 12 (P) Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin declared in an ad dress today that he would re ject the immediate Immigration of 100.000 Jews to Palestine, and would sign separate peace treat ies wun defeated European na tions if pending peace negotia tions continued bogged down among the four principal powers. tie declared, moreover, that he would refuse to sddIv eco nomic sanctions to Spain. i am not going to be a party to any design in stratecv . . . against Russia," Bevin declared. Neither will we give one moment's consideration to ex pansion. But this division of Europe, this awful business of drawing a line from Stettin (Ger many) to Albania and behind thnt this solidified position if that happens, which God forbid, you will have two camps in Europe and that will be the road to another struggle. He called for conclusion of a peace treaty with Austria and urged the clenrance of occupa tion xroops irom tne Danube basin. i "The Jews asked, as I under stand It, that in Palestine they should have not merely a home but a Palestinian state so thnt their voices could be heard In the chancellories of the world. "Thnt is what I will strive to do, but It is going to take patience and work in order to accomplish it," Bevin declared. Superfort Hits Mountain Side TAMPA, Fla., June 12 UP) A big, four-engined B-29 Super fortress flying from MuoDill field. Tampa, to Chicago on a night navigational flight with 12 men aboard, smashed into 6700-foot Clingman s Dome In the Great Smoky mountains na- tlnnnl nnrk fnrlv tnrinv. All personnel on the flight were believed Killed. Senate Downs OPA Changes WASHINGTON. June 12 (P) The -senate today rejected a sweeping amendment to the OPA bill which Senator Taft (R Ohio) said "makes it very diffi cult to have any price control at all." The amendment offered by Senator Wherry (R-Neb.) would have let producers, processors and distributors including de tailed set their own prices if the price administrator failed to fllve them ceilings which al owed pre-war discounts and mark-ups. Wherry contended his propos al would stimulate production and help, rather than wreck, the price administration. The senate turned it down, however, by a standing vote. ' The OPA extender bill, as it came from the banking commit tee, contains a clause allowing pre-war discounts and mark-ups for dealers in automobiles and other products scarce during the war years. Senator Taft told the senate it would be "dangerous" to drop price controls altogether until after another year or nine months, but he declared the "risid control" of war years should be relaxed. OPA still maintains ceilings on some products below the cost of production, lau said. He mentioned butter as one, and added: "Butler has disappeared from the market because butter is so priced that nobody can make a profit on butter." . Taft contended that future pi ice control must allow "a rea sonable incentive" for produc tion of needed goods. Killer Invades Police Station MASSILLON, O., June 12 (P) A local AFL leader, who said he had been ordered by the FBI to "take over." killed a patrolman In police headquarters early to day and then was wounded seri ously himself. Police Chief Stan ley W. Switter said. Killed in the battle was Pa trolman Myron Henderson. Switter said he was .killed by Lester Martin, 26, a navy veter an and head or the Federal La bor union (AFL) at the Tyson Bearing corporation. The police chief reported Martin entered the station while Henderson was alone with two civilians, said he had been ordered by the FBI to take over" and then declared he wanted a long distance call I piacea. room locked with a padlock and hasp was opened. A small pinch bar was used to rip off the hasp, and most of the articles stolen were taken' from that room. . Stolen was a lever-action Win chester rifle and box of shells for it, a pair of hunting breeches, pair of hunting gloves, pair of track shoes, an extension spray gun, three pair oi army pants and a suitcase. Police are also investigating an attempted entry into the building at 1409 Esplanade, oc cupied by Standard Cleaners. A, skylight on that building was pried open but there is no evi dence of further entry and noth ing reported missing. Standard Cleaners is in the same block as the Klamath Medical clinic which was prowled Monday night. - Veto Action Stalemates Labor Issue WASHINGTON, June 12 (IP) The drive for a broad new labor law ran out of gas today. Advocate parked themselve to await either (1) public clamor or (2) another major strike criiis before renewing their efforts to get a long-range bill on the sta tute books. Leaders of the campaign re ported they are hopeful that a "wave of public reaction" may develop against President Tru man's veto of the Case bill and the house's refusal to override him. They said that apparently only if such a demand develops or if a new big tie-up occurs, can they muster the votes to guarantee enactment of a permanent regu latory measure this year. ' Bi-Partisan Views These views were expressed to newsmen by both democrat and republican spokesmen for the bi partisan bloc which supported the Caso bill and wants it or some similar legislation enacted soon. They asked that their names not be used. Some of these legislators still favor tying in the Case pro posal with Mr. Truman's emer gency strike control measure, which is awaiting house rules committee action after passing bom chambers in varying form It provides for government seiz ure of essential strike-bound plants and would require union leaders to take affirmative ac tion to get their members back to work. Key republicans are opposed to this rider strategy at present, however. They told reporters it would give the president chance to veto both plans, and thus win favor of labor gener ally. , , . Many influential GOP law makers said they would just as soon do nothing more, this, ses sion, and then blame the presi dent for any future labor dis cord which may develop. "We gave the president a bill which would do a great deal to curb industrial strife and he killed it, so what more can we do?" Rep. Allen (R-Ill.) asserted in a typical comment. Sea Unions Stand Firm On Demands WASHINGTON, June 12 P The government was reported ready today to offer its own terms for settling the threatened maritime strike, in effect taking negotiation out of operators hands. This word came from a ne gotiator who has been active In operator-union talks. He de clined use of his name, but told reporters it was his understand ing that if shipping companies fail to accept the government Lakeview Vote Approves Levy LAKEVIEW. June 12 Lake view voters authorized a special levy for paving local streets by a narrow margin in a special election yesterday. The vote was: Yes, 254; No, 221. The levy is 24 mills for three years, and will yield approxi mately $125,000. Several streets have been selected for the work with the idea of spreading paving benefits so far as possible. If costs come down, or more funds come in from the state, the work will be extended beyond the projected program. A vigorous campaign was made in behalf of the paving project by various civic groups ana ine iaKe county examiner. SEATTLE, June 12 (Pi Workers' delegates to th world maritime conference here, in a tatmnt obvious ly referring to th threatened united State maritime strike, declared today that 'seamen of other countries will not take th place of their fallow worker in th caie of an outbreak of an open conflict." Reds Muddle China Truce PEIPING, June 12 (P) A communist spokesman today charged that government uen. Tu Li-mine had abrogated Chi ang Kai-shek s orders for a 15 day truce but U. S. and Chinese government officials said he was mistaken. The spokesman had asserted that Tu, government commander in Manchuria, informed the executive (Sino-American truce) headquarters here that his troops had assumed the offen sive. Learning of the communist's assertion, both U. S. and Chinese government representatives at truce headquarters gave this ex planation of the misunderstand ing: The red version apparently originated at an operational of ficers' conference when a gov ernment officer said that if com munist forces in Manchuria did not stop attacking government positions, Tu would have to take action. The spokesman had reported that a government representa tive read a cable from Tu re porting that national forces had resumed their advance in Manchuria. terms, the operators expect the government to order them into effect on its own vessels. These accounted for nearly 80 per cent of the merchant marine. This means in effect, he said. that the war shipping adminis tration has taken the negotia tions out of employers' hands. mor to this late-day turn in events. Frank J. Taylor, a spokesman for ship operators. said that the unions had reject ed a new compromise offer on the seamen's work week. Almost simultaneously. Jos eph Curran, president of the CIO National Maritime union. said "a long and bitter strike''' will begin Friday midnight, as scheduled, unless the seamen's work-week is cut or their pay boosted. " Before Subcommittee Both appeared before a houne labor subcommittee. ' Taylor, chairman of the ne-' gotiating committee for the At lantic and Gulf coast shippers, said the operators proposed to give the seamen a day off with pay for each week worked at sea. ' "Yet this new offer wait turned down by the NMU,'1 Taylor testified. "It is thus quite apparent that the union's plea that the present work-week (of 56 hours gener ally) is 'inhumanly long and should be shortened lacks sin cerity," he continued. "The un' ion is perfectly willing for it men to continue working these hours if they receive extra com. pensation." Taylor added that "perhaps Uncle Sam may be able to af ford these new costs (proposed or me union; out private indus try finds them prohibitive." "There is no use kiririina mir. selves," Curran told the subcommittee. "We are going to have to fight to get protection for the seamen, and by god, we will fight." Curran was critical of both President Truman and navy of ficers for statements that the navy would run the ship if the maritime workers refuse to do so, in a strike set to begin Fri day midnight. 'The president's position was not helpful" to negotiations, Curran said. He made a simi lar reference to navy officials. Armed Services Endorse Civilian Control Of Atom WASHINGTON, June 12 (VP) The navy joined the army to day in endorsing senate legisla tion to create a five-member civilian commission for domestic control of atomic energy. W. John Kenney, assistant secretary of the navy, told the house military committee the senate bill is "satisfactory in most respects." . Earlier, Secretary of War Pat terson had approved the legisla tion, which differs from the committee's proposal for a nine man commission which could have military membership. The senate provision giving the military advisory powers to tho civilian commission, Kenney said, adequately protects the in terests of the armed services and "achieves the same objective as would have been achieved if the army and the navy each had one representative on the com mission," as proposed in the house bill. "Although the 'straw ' man' issue of military control versus civilian control of the atomic Jury Approves Juvenile Vork The grand jury, reporting at noon today after being in ses sion since Monday morning, re turned seven indictments and four not true bills and issued a statement that the "affairs of the juvenile office have been considered and found satisfac torv." - - When the Jury first came out to report Foreman Charles W. Thomas handed Judge David R. Vandenberg the indictments and not true bills without any re port. The judge asked Thomas if they had made a report of their investigation of the juvenile of fice, as he had asked, and Thomas replied that the jurors had discussed the department's affairs but had made no written report. Then Judge Vandenberg point ed out that the juvenile office (Cvntlnatd an Faga , Clnma 4) energy commission has been raised and argued by others. he declared, "the navy depart ment has consistently been in favor of civilians having the power of decision" provided the armed services "have a voice in the affairs" of the commission. Secretary of State Byrnes an nounced yesterday that the gov ernment has decided on the plans it will lay before the United Nations for international control of atomic energy. Byrnes declined to outline them now, but other persons familiar with the plans said they follow the Acheson-Lilien-thal program announced March 28. This provides for an inter national development autnority. to which the United States and all other nations would turn over their knowledge of atomic developments in years to come. Th U. S. proposals will be presented by Bernard M. Baruch, President Truman' special rep resentative on the UN atomic commission. The commission meets Friday. Baseball Scores ; BOSTON. June 12 UPy Bob Feller put a period to the Red Sox 12-game winning streak by pitching his Cleveland Indians to a 7-2 win today before a 33,534 crowd, largest of the Fen way season. It was the fireballer's 10th win and during it he had 10 strike outs to boost his total to 136 for 124 innings. One of the nine Boston hits agdlnst the fireballer was Ted Williams', 14th homer' of the season. AMERICAN H 12- 9 Cleveland 7 Boston 2 Feller and Hayes; B a g b y, Brown (5), Dreisewerd (6), Hef. lin (8), Ryba (0) and H. Wagner. Chlcngo at Philadelphia post poned, rain. NATIONAL - New York 2 5 Cincinnati 3 4 Koslo, Kraus (8) and Coope Walters and Lamanno. Ill
