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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.