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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1946)
M 1 1 Id Thi... . Day's to By FRANK JENKINS TUB (uri'luii milliliter! of llic ll..llH Kliil..a Krllulll Una. In mul Franco havo re-assembled In Paris to tuckle uuuln llic knotty problem of milking police treaties n Europe. Tliulr Job la delicate and dungoruua one nut unlike thul of a crew Unit goca tu work to rciulcr hurmlcas delayed ac llun nilno or bomb Hint didn't cxulmlo, They Jiniy get uwiiy with It. OH, no mutlnr how delicately the Job l bundled, the thing nmy no off. t AN example of the delicacy of the situation In offered by a dispatch curried by the New York Times from It cor respondent, C. L. Sulzberger (nn exierlenecd uml competent reporter) In Paris, who suya: "A series of persistent end disturbing report thut red nrmy uml sutoTllle troopa iiro belim ronccntruled In the environs of Yugoslavia wim received by the U. 8. deleuutlon to the foreign milliliters council yeiiterduy nnd today. The rcpnrta creuted certain amount of nnxlety either thut Moscow might bo trying to embark on a new typo of prea aure polltlci to obtain peace set tlementa In nccordunce with Ita own concrplloiia or thut clc menta seeking discord amona the Big Tour powera wero at work." lie adda: "Because of the difficulty of acceaa behind the no-culled 'Iron curUiln' of Europe. It la liurd to net any oxuet, confirmed do tnlla regarding theae rutnora . . . Ncvcrtholcaa, thero la reason to believe thut aa a reault of audi InforniHtlon aa haa been received U. S. regiments In Ger- mnny and aomo allied troopa In Jtuly have been alerted and nulla protectively (bitted, dr. aplte any official dcnlula of auch meaaurea." "THE atory brought from an A "official apokeamun" from the American delegation In Purla thii morning a atulcment thut "a piibllahed newapuper atory thut Amcrlcun troopa In Germany muy linvo been alert ed because of reported conccn trutiona of Ituaainn troopa in southeastern Germany la baaed on rumors." . i - "Official apokeaman" then ' added: "There aro all aorta of minora flying around here and that particular one la the kind that 1 do not want to comment on In any way whutaoevcr." That la to any, he neither confirma nor denira. If EEP In mind that matters In Kuropo aro approaching a ahowdown. Doth Byrnes (U.S.) and Uevin (Urltlah) have assert ed that they aro going to bring the peace treaty business to a head thl time. IF thero la bluffing. It may be assumed that it will eontlnuo clear up to the last moment. , The city of Trieste, In north- ' ern Yugoslavia, is the hot spot of the pence settlement, and if there are to be displays of force anywhere It may bo assumed that they will como in that general area. IF the Russians are moving troops Into advantageous posi tions In the Trieste area, it would bo natural to assume that we and the British are moving troops into counter positions. It all serves to Illustrate the explosive nature of the crisis , that Is at linnd. ""THERE Is one other straw in tho wind. A somite-house conference committee tentatively agreed this morning upon a nine months extension of the draft until next March 31. With election coming up, nobody wanted to tako action like that now. But it was taken. AT least it dramatizes again for all of us thut in these touchy days the news of the world Is more important to all (Canllnuaa an faaa S, Column T) Cadogan Seeks To Bypass Action On NEW YORK. June 17 (P- Sir Alexander Cadogan, British delegate to the United Nations security council, proposed today that the case of Franco Spain bo referred by the council to the U. N, general assembly without any recommendations for a break In diplomatic relations with Mudrld. The British delegate ques tioned the legality of the find ings of a council sub-committee which Investigated Spain nnd recommended thnt the security council ask tho general assem bly to call for a United Nations break with Generalissimo Fran co If ho still Is in power next September, Cndngnn, revealing tho Brit ish poslljon for tho first time sinco tho sub-commllteo report wns mnrio public Juno 1, snld tlmt Spain was a "serious prob lem" nnd thnt Grcnt Brltnln was quite willing "to have the ques PRICE riVE CENTS Jap Schools Draw Blame In War Plot TOKYO. June 17 (P) Japan's war plotters used the schools to Instill in Nipponese youth the Idea their tuition hud a "di vine mission" to ruin eastern Asia, a U. S. murine officer testi fied today as the flrat prosecu tion witness in the war Crimea trlul of former Premier llldekl To)o and 27 other defendnnta, Lt. Col. Donald R. Nugent, chief of supreme headquarters civil Information and education section, who taught In Japan be fore tho war, said Japanese stu dents were told that their na tion eventually would domlnute "tho world under one roof. Tolo leaned forwurd on his el bows and atured fixedly at the witness, and seemed to show an Interest for the firat time since he went on trial before the In ternntlonnl tribunal. Nugent testified thut Japanese pupils were put through field maneuvers, street fighting prob lems, bayonet drllla and ma chlnegun Instruction. Militarism Inculcated "Such teachings," Nugent said, "Inculcated in them both ultra nationalism and militarism. It taught them fanatical devotion to country and blind obedience to authority. Dr. S. Naxuini of the defense staff aought to show by crosa exumlnution that Nugent had ar rived at his opinion by talking to only a few Japanese students. "When the response," Nugent replied, "la 100 per cent the same opinion, It la apparent the opinion is a good one." At the oulaet. Valentino C. Hnmmnck of San Francisco, as sistant prosecutor, charged thnt beginning with 102H the men on trial, began . ' J?rcPnr9. JPn, for war. Hummock accused Morqula Kolchl Kldo. former confidential adviser to F.mpcror Hlrohito, with "completely reorganizing" Japan's educational syatem In 11)37 In preporotlon for hostili ties. Clark To Probe Housing Delays WASHINGTON. June 17 (JF Attorney General Tom Clark said today that tho government Is making a nationwide Investi gation of what ho termed "trade restraints In the construction in dustry which arc retarding the housing program." The FBI la conducting the probe for tho Justice depart ment anti-trust division, Clark told a reporter, adding: 'The Investigation also en compasses reported abuses In al lied fields, Including mortgage Interest rales, and reporta of black market dealings In lum ber. It la tho prcludo to an all out effort to cllmlnuto the bot tlenecks which aro largely re sponsible for the homing short age and arc delaying the erec tion of new homes." Meanwhile, Housing Adminis trator Wilson W. Wyatt snld after a White House call that small home construction Is un der way "at a really terrific rate." Wyatt told reporters the ex tent of the progress would be re flected In a report he hopes to hrvo ready soon, by the end of Mm month at tho latest, While asserting tho shortage is so great thnt tile public finds lt hard to realize tho accom plishments, he said the figures will show widespread building. His big worry, ho said, Is the price of the homes that are koing up. Spanish Break tion examined by the assembly next September. However, he proposed that the sub-commlttco report bo re ferred to tho assembly without recommendations. Cadogan suggested that the international court of Justice be asked for an opinion on the lo cality of proposals made by the sub-commlttce. Britain was tho ninth nation on tho council to make its position known. Russia has not definite ly announced a stand but has mndc clear lt Is dissatisfied with an American -sponsored com promise which would put the matter before the general as sembly for such action ns the assembly desires. Mexico, whoso dclegnlo, Dr. Francisco Castillo Nnjcrn, took over todny as council president for a month, hns not declared it self on the compromise proposal yet. .O.A - . ,; xi .V v m. : ' - I jiy ' "' -:i1j-'v 'vs, j I fa a ii ! ' i a ' VSamiTata)aaTT I ' l hbbbbii hi mm a bbbbbbmmi i iaaaa : f --f-"' L. , ... TS7 The upper picture shows high banks on Crater lake road near the rim area Sunday. Below, a view of the rear of the lodge. Many motorists went into the park over the weekend, when it was opened to travel for the season of 1948. If present plans materialise, the park will be kept open through forthcoming wintera. Political Crisis Grips France PARIS, June 17 Wr The French governmental crisis mounted todny when the social ists spurned tho presidency of tho council and the moderate popular republican movement reaffirmed tho candidacy of For eign Minister George Bidnult. Tho communists have refused to support any regime the moder ate new party heads. Gen. Charles dc Gaulle, often associated with the popular re publican movement (MRP), emerged from the political ob scurity he entered upon resign ing the presidency six months ago, by declaring In a speech at Baycux that he favored a strong executive and a two chamber legislature for the fourth repub lic. Hope for immediate solution of the crisis dimmed. The socialist party secretary general, Daniel Mayer, declared "the president of the cabinet cannot be a socialist. The desires or decisions of the other parties cannot modify the will of the national council of the socialist party. We will leave to the patties more favored than we the direction of the govern ment." The MRP became the leading party In the new elections early this month, taking tho lend from the communists who dropped to a close second place. The socialists, marked losers in the election, dropped from sec ond to third, nnd Socialist Presi dent Felix ouin and his cabinet have resigned. ue uiuiiics proposals were similar to those of the MRP. Arriving In U. S. Ily Th AmiocUtrd Presi jRmtn Vi Aldan, Cnt Yrekn, Cnllf., Arrived on Hood Victory In Now York Juna la, CharlM I. Zefik, U,, Klnmnth Fnltl, arrived on Sea Devil In New York Juna 14, V 53jA WEATHER NEWS j! Z ALLS, OREGON. MONDAY. JUNE 17. 1M Lj- isirors Drive Through Deep Heating Company Boiler Shut Down Klamath Heating company's only operating boiler was shut down today by a state inspector for inspection purposes. Man ager John Kirby announced to day. He said the boiler will re quire until tomorrow morning to cool off, and the inspection will take place on Tuesday. The company will be unable to furnish heat tonight. Kirby said that how soon the boiler can be fired again will depend on the result of the inspection, but he hopes it may be gener ating steam by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. The plant's other boiler has been down for some time for rc-tublng. Medford Murder Trial Continued MEDFORD, June 17 (iP) The trial of Mrs. Clara May Hutche son on a first degree murder charge in connection with the pistol-slaying of her husband, Fred C., last April has been con tinued in circuit court until Sep tember. Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hnnna granted the motion for continuance today. The case had been set for June 25. Mrs. Hutchcson is in the county Jail. Finland Maintains War Debt Record WASHINGTON, June 17 tJP) Finland today maintained its record of being the only country not In default on its World War I debt. ' The treasury announced H had received $166,579.74 from tho Baltic country, representing its semi-annual interest install ment. Treasury officials snld Fin land hns paid $7,263,000 to the U. S.'so fnr, but still owes more than $8,000,000. (Telephone Snows Circuit Court Opens Session The June term of circuit court convened this morning and a few minutes later recessed until this afternoon when 12 special veniremen are being called to fill the Jury box. Thomas Lester Reilly, indict ed for assault with intent to commit rape, entered a plea of not guilty, and Harold Richard Gartin, indicted for rape, also pleaded not guilty. They are both remanded to the custody of the sheriff and time for trial was not set. Judge David R. Vandenberg called for arraignment of Clyde Edward Todd, who was indicted for voluntary manslaughter, and Robert Farris, indicted for rape, but neither the men nor their attorneys. J. C. O'Neill and D. E. Van Vactor, were present in court, so the arraignments were postponed until tomorrow morning. The trial of Arthur Corden Robson, charged with larceny of an automobile, was scheduled to begin this morning, but after seven of the jury panel were called for grand jury service there were not enough venire men left to fill the box. Of the 31 persons summoned for jury duty this term of court, 13 had been excused or scratched, one man was not lo cated, three were absent this morning, seven wore taken for the grand Jury, leaving only seven veniremen on the trial panel. Chosen for the grand Jury were William f Jinnette, Mer rill farmer, appointed foreman Clifford L. Ambers. Algoma la borer: John R. Rntliff. Malin farmer; Jack Evans, 3409 Inde pendence, laborer; ucorge A. Myers, 711 Pacific Terrace, stor age man; Martin Swanson, 2045 can, insurance man, and N. E Long, Lakeshore drive, merchant. Jaaa It, Itll Mai. liana IS) W Mia. t rraelnlUMan laa t4 Basra Slraam yaar la Sat . Il.ta Naiaaal - ll.aa Laal aaar raraaaatt Claar laSav, laalshl aaS Taaadar. till) Number 10841 Anti-Racket Labor Curbs Given OK WASHINGTON. June 17 JP) The senate Judiciary committee aproved today the Hobbs "anti racket ring" provision of the Case strike control bill vetoed by President Truman. Chairman McCarran (O-Neb), said no record was made of the committee vote but that it was "not unanimous." The bill, sponsored by Rep. Hobbs (D-Ala), passed the house last December and since nas been bottled up in the senate Judiciary committee. It would make it felony under federal law for any one to interfere with movements of goods in interstate commerce "by robbery or extortion." Violations would be punish able by fines up to $10,000 or imprisonment for up to 20 years. Fee From Farmers The measure backers say it is aimed among other things, at stopping the practice by some unions of collecting a fee from farmers who drive produce to market in their own trucks. These unions demand the fee in lieu of the hiring of a union driver. The committee action was the first move in congress to send back to the president any part of the vetoed Case bill. In his veto message. Mr. Tru man said he was in "full accord with the objectives" of the anti racketeering section, but he took issue with its language, say ing it should be made clear it does not "make it a felony to strike and picket peacefully, and to take other legitimate and peaceful concerted action." The committee acted while congressional ' friends of orga nized labor were predicting that settlement, of the threatened maritime- strike had blocked enl actment of any "drastic legisla tion . this year. Interim Rule Gains Favor NEW DELHI. June 17 m Chances increased today that the dominantly Hindu congress par ty ana the Moslem league would accept the British cabinet plan for an interim government to rule the teeming sub-continent in the transitory period before independence. Field Marshal Lord Wavell, the viceroy, proposed that five congress representatives, five Moslem leaguers and four repre sentatives of smaller segments of India s mass of 400,000,000 persons for the interim govern ment to start functioning June zt. Mohandas K. Gandhi, spirit ual leader of the congress, was represented as "personally very unhappy" but the pro-congress Hindustan Times said "There is every reason for giving favor able consideration" to Wavell's announcement. Dawn, official newspaper of the Moslem league, expressed the view that the British cabinet mission had pulled a fast one and asked "What guarantee is there even now that this 'final decision . . . will remain final?" Political writers interpreted this widely as indicating the league would accept the proposed cabi net, barring further changes. Newspapers usually less than moderate on partisan issues gen erally made favorable com ments. Instructions to the provincial governors to proceed with elec tions of delegates to the constit uent assembly appeared to have impressed the congress with the determination of the cabinet mis sion to waste no time in imple menting the independence pro posal. Tojo Blames U. S., Britain (Editor's note: This is the first of two stories based on an ex clusive statement to the Associ ated Press, by Hldeki Tojo, de fending himself against charges before the international war crimes tribunal. The second will appear in the Herald and News tomorrow.) By RUSSELL BRINES TOKYO, June 17 P) Hidekl Tojo asserted today a coalition of the United States and Great Britain "chased the Japanese em pire into a conflict which de clared war on civilization and they should take responsibility for destroying civilization." - Striking back at the interna tional war crimes prosecutor's castigation of himself and 27 other defendants, the Japanese war-time premier gave the As sociated Press, through Defense Attorney Ichiro Kiyose, this ex clusive statement. Passes i f , X -' t ' ' f V ' ! t r . - v If-. " ,'?; , J John J. Kellar, farmer city councilman and plonaer reatau rant operator, died here today. Kennell-Ellis. John J. Keller Dies At Home John Jacob Keller, former Klamath Falls councilman and for 36 years a resident of this city, died this morning at 7:30 o'clock at the family home at 718 Jefferson street. Mr. Keller, who retired from the council about a year ago, naa been periodically ill lor a long time. He got up this morning, but died shortly after wards from a heart attack. A native of Ohio, Mr. Keller came to Klamath Falls in IsllO, going immediately In the res taurant business. He first op erated uie central caie, then Keller's cafe on Main between Fourth and Fifth, and later took over the Sugar Bowl, which he i ran until 1918. For several years, he and Mrs. Keller collaborated in cat ering for a number of local or ganizations, including the Rotary club. Elks, chamber of commerce and others. Before organization of the Elks lodge here. Elks living in the community formed an Antler's club, with quarters across from the present Willard hotel location, and John Keller was : steward.' ' He was also steward for the Elks when they set up their lodge in quarters at 4th and Klamath. In 1932, Mr. Keller was elect ed to the city council, and served for more than a dozen years. He was president of the council a-number of terms. Before coming to Oregon, Mr. Keller was manager of a cloth ing store at FremontC Ohio, his native town, and he also oper ated the Keller Clothing store there. Survivors include Mrs. Keller and one son, Paul, staff artist of the Oregon Journal. Paul was expected here today. The remains are at Whitlock's. Bratton Wins In OPA Suit In federal court at Medford Saturday, a jury found in favor of M. T. and George Bratton, operators of the Bratton Packing company of Klamath Falls, in civil charges brought by the OPA against the firm. The jury found no damages, no wilful violations of OPA regu lations ana recommended no judgment. The OPA had asked $4511 damages for alleged overcharges and failure to keep proper rec ords, and for a one-cent token judgment. Clarence A. Humble represented the company before tne court. Baseball Scores NATIONAL R H E St. Louis 9 14 1 Boston ..6 15 . 3 Burkhart, Wilks (5) and Kluttz; White, Roser (1), Single ton (.(, osaeii (5), spahn (6) and Padgett, Masi (6). (First game). R H E St. Louis 7 1 Boston 0 6 1 Pollet and Caragiola; Lee and Masi. (Second game). In the statement, entitled "Im pressions received from a state ment of the prosecutor," Tojo contended the prosecution could not prove its charges that the defendants conspired to domi nate the world. In his first detailed summa tion of his ideas of the causes of the Pacific war, Tojo listed: "1. The pressure of tho Anglo American coalition against the empire after the first great Euro pean war. "2. The suppression of the (Japanese) empire's trade devel opment by the objection of a certain big power against the east Asiatic Immigration, adop tion of a high tariff policy, and formation of an economic bloc. (Obviously, a reference to the United States.) "3. Racial discrimination. "4. Economic blockading of the empire immediately before the war of greater east Asia Chance Slim In Spite Of Concessions WASHINGTON. June 17 fPt Army-navy merger foes pasted si ' too little and too late label on President Truman's revised unl fication plan today. They took the attitude that the concessions the president and the war department made to the sea arm on such points as the marine corps and the joint chiefs of staff were insufficient to overcome previous objec tions. And with only four weeks be fore congress plans to quit work, they said the prospects of final action ' at this session are re mote. Senator Robertson (R-Wyo.) in comment typical of those who have been critical of earlier merger proposals said Mr. Tru man's plan "still has the insur mountable defect of the secre taries of the army, navy and air forces not being cabinet mem bers." Single Control Feared These three offices would be subordinate to the secretary of national defense under the ad ministration plan, and Robert son, a member of the senate naval committee, told a report er "I am fearful of one man control." The Wyoming senator said he was glad to see that Mr. Tru man "decided to leave the ma rines in being" and that the army had bowed to the navy in favor of the present joint chiefs of staff. In sending his plan to the chairman of the senate and house military and naval com mittees late Saturday, Mr. Tru man said the program had hie "unqualified endorsement." He added that Secretary of the Navy Forrestal and Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, chief of naval operations, had promised to support it along with Secre tary of War Patterson and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, army chief of staff. Of the 12 "basic principles" for merger outlined by Mr. Tru man, he had to resolve dispute between Forrestal and Patter son on four of them. And on only one of the four did the navy get the full nod, .t..-. Strife Flares In Holy Land JERUSALEM, June 17 (JP) . All the population of the Jew ish settlement of Beth Haavara was reported arrested by Pales tine police after a night of wide spread terror during which two British soldiers were killed by Arab marchers and eight high way and railway bridges were damaged by blasts. An official police statement blamed Jewish terrorists for the bridge explosions. The report of the mass arrest of Beth Haavara. residents, al though unconfirmed officially by police, was received from reliable sources. This report said that dogs led the police from the Allenby bridge across the Jordan, one of those dam aged, to the small collective set tlement on the Dead Sea shore. It was understood that a British army unit surrounded the vil lage and carried out a complete search. Four highway and four mili tary bridges, including the im portant Allenby bridge over the Jordan on the main highway linking Palestine and Trans jordania, were rendered impas sable, the police said. The body ' of one Jew and portions of the body of another were found near a damaged railway bridge near the village of Azzib, which was attacked by "armed Jews dressed in mil itary uniform," a police state ment asserted. ' Meanwhile, the Holy Land was stirred by a Jewish under ground radio report that Brit ish authorities were planning to deport Zionist leaders, and the Jewish agency urged the estab lishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, as the only lasting solution of the Palestine prob lem. through the joint (Anglo-American) might and military and eco nomic threat. "3. Adoption of a policy to cause China to continue resis tance and to cause Japan and China to fight each other. "6. Presentation of Impossible proposals to the empire at the last stage of Japanese-American negotiations," (probably just be fore the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.) ' Tojo In his recapitulation placed the origin of the Pacific war many years before the date set by the prosecution, which in general begins its case with the preludes to the Manchurian Incident in 1931.: Tojo's mention of racial dis crimination and immigration quotas refers to the bitter con troversy over the immigration act of 1924.
