Oregon Senators Lose Out
In Effort To Modify OPA
Procedure In Prosecution
WASHINGTON, June 17 UP)
Senators Cordon and Mow,
Oregon republicans, lost a fight
in the senate during considera
tion of the price control bill to
get into it an amendment by
Cordon to provide that the OP A
could not prosecute violations
without approval of local boards.
It would have required that
the administrator should not in
stitute any action with respect
to violations of price ceilings
by any seller of goods at retail
or any retail service establish
ment unless the action has been
recommended by the local
board.
Cordon told the senate that
under present practice any indi
vidual called into court for al
leged violation of the charge
who faced a $25 or ISO fine
would pay the amount, even
though innocent, because he
could not get a defense for such
a small sum. He said there had
been thousands of fines collected
from alleged violators without
any court action. He said com
plaints he received of the prac
tice were not directed at price
control but at the "gestapo ac
tion" of OPA field representa
tives. He read into the -record a
letter from Frank Bradstreet of
the Campus Super market at
Corvallis, Ore., in which the
writer complained he had been
fined S50. He had been charged
with exceeding the ceiling on
nine items, one for four cents,
two for 2 cents and the remain
der for one cent. Bradstreet said
the ovcrceiling markup was due
to errors by employes.
He said in another case Grand
Pyatt of Corvallis, operator of
a meat market, had been
selling at group two prices
Pyatt said an OPA field checker
told him that because his market
was in the same building as a
grocery store he should be classi
fied as a group four market. He
said his local panel knew of no
such ruling and he continued to
sell at group two prices. A short
time later he was notified he
was fined $750 for selling in
group two Instead of group four
but after considerable discussion
finally was permitted to pay
$150 but had to continue sell
ing at group four prices, which
were less than rtoud two prices.
Senator Morse put into the
record a letter from Elbert E.
Dickson, operating Dickson's
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Dancing 8:30 to 12:00
Admission 74c per person (tax Inc.)
Sponsored by Fraternal Order of Eagles and Auxiliary,
Drill Teams, and Ladies' Drum Corps
Adds njoyment to living
Sicks Meet b i Ideal companion to food rW. One
of America's exceptional boon, Sicks StUct has e xeit
ens a sparkle that sts It apart end abort hi a class
ell its own. Usht, dolicots, and smooth it odds itit e
foods end sparkle te companiortifcips. Sicks Salact I
At tteitrrcd choice of those who dtmaid tst litmoif. ,
SICKS'
market at Salem, Ore., in which
he bad been cited to appear be
fore the Marion county OPA
panel for alleged one cent over
ceiling charges on three articles.
He told the senator "he was
just plain mad" over the action
of the OPA and added he did
not feel guilty of having done
any wrong.
Morse said in another case a
mistake had been made in charg
ing the price of a Girl Scout
suit for a Boy Scout suit. The
customer refused to let the mis
take be corrected and took it up
with OPA. He said in another
case in a Portland store a clerk
had made a mistake in the price
which was discovered before the
customer got to the cashier but
the customer refused to permit
a correction to be made. He said
the OPA prosecuted the case.
Cordon's amendment was de
feated 82 to 15.
Rodeo Meet
Slated Tonight
A meeting of the Klamath
Rodeo association' will be held
tonight at the chamber of com
merce at 7:30. All interested
parties are urged to attend, as
final plans for the rodeo will
be made at this time.
Plans are under way to pro
vide a dance band for the occa
sion and the big Fourth of July
parade will be lined up.
Two floats have already been
spoken, the Tulelake Machinery
company and Balsiger Motor
company, and many more are
expected from local business
men and civic organizations.
The Klamath Sheriff's Posse
attended the Medford rodeo
over the weekend, and, accord
ing to Elmer Balsiger, held the
best drill of the year for the
Medford fans. Two flag bear
ers. Sheriff Low and Pat Ivory
and 24 riders attended the
meet, giving a drill during the
parade and appearing again on
Sunday in the arena to show
their stuff. The sheriff's posse
will take a leading part in the
Klamath show on July 4th, 5th,
6th and 7th.
Headquarters for the rodeo
will open on Friday at 424
South 6th Street
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Legion Post
Meets Tuesday
Members of Klamath Post No.
8. of the American Legion will
hold a regular June . business
meeting Tuesday night at 7:30
in the War Memorial building,
4th and Klamath.
According to Paul Otterbein,
Commander, many important
milters are on the agenda, and
of primary interest are plans
for the annual steak feed and
installation of officers, sched
uled for the first meeting in
August. This affair is one of
the most popular Legion activi
ties and is held each year in
Moore Park.
There is still an urgent need
for drum and bugle corps mem
bers, according to Jim Hunter,
chairman, and anyone inter
ested is Invited to be present,
whether a member or not.
Many Legionnaires have
signed up for voluntary emer
gency blood donations, but
there are still many different
blood types needed, according
to Tom Young, chairman of this
activity. Any member of the
American Legion, who desires
to participate, may stop at the
county health unit whenever
they have time to have their
blood typed. When this is done.
each member will receive a
card, and is subject to call for
blood donations to those who
are financially unable to pro
cure a needed donation other
wise. It is expected that boy's se
lected from Klamath Falls for
the Legion-sponsored Boy's
State at Corvallis. will be an
nounced at Tuesday's meeting,
by A. H. "Red" Bussman, Boy's
State chairman.
The meeting will start
promptly at 8 p. m., and re
freshments will be served after
ward.
Ex-KF Lawyer
Sued By OPA
Claude MeColloch, former
Klamath Falls attorney now
serving as federal district Judge,
U co-defendant in a legal action
taken by OPA to force the Ore
gon federal court to accept OPA
filings without going through
the U. s. district attorney s of
fice. Others named In the petition
filed by OPA at San Francisco
are Federal Judge James Alger
Fee of Portland and Lowell Mun-
dorff, clerk of the district court.
OPA officials said the man
damua action was the outgrowth
of a "series of wide differences
of legal opinion" between the
Oregon court and the OPA,
which charges that it has met
with delay and obstruction in
cases in Oregon,
There have been no reported
developments on the case since
the filing of the petition.
2 Medford Men
Die Yesterday
MEDFORD, June 17 m
Heart attacks claimed the lives
of two prominent men Sunday.
They were Arthur E. Laing,
39, head of the accounting de
partment of the t;amornla-ure-gon
Power company, and Orin
Schenck, 56, also an accountant
widely known in southern Ore
gon civic and fraternal circles.
Laing was stricken while play
ing golf and died in an ambu
lance en route to a hospital.
Schenck had just left a golf
course when he was stricken at
his home. He was active in the
Shrine and Elks lodges, and had
theatre interests in Roseburg and
Grants Pass. Funeral services
have been set for Wednesday.
Promoted Jack L. Nealy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Nealy, route 3, Klamath Falls,
has been promoted to fireman,
second class, USNR. Nealy is
serving aboard the USS Wythe,
a barracks ship, in the Pacific.
He is a former student of Klam
ath Union high school, and has
spent the last month of his
overseas duty aboard the Wythe.
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Roy C Carlton of Kllgore,
technician stationed at Kronberg,
there If necessary and testify as a
jewel theft case. His attorney,
Carlton (right). AP Wlrephoto).
School Building Remodeled
For Architectural Office
By MARYELLEN WRIGHT
possibly the only architect
ural office of its kind on the
west coast was formally opened
to Klamath residents Sunday
afternoon. Remodelling of the
old Pine Grove school for the
offices of Architect Sheldon
Brumbaugh stressed a combin
ation of beauty, spaciousness
and light.
Although the general floor
plan of the school remained un
changed, new features make It
difficult to recognize the In
terior of the old landmark.
Walls both inside and out have
been covered with natural red
wood. The original flooring of
the school house still remains,
but it has been sanded and re
varnished. Fire Fighters
Map Campaign
ALTURAS. Jun 17 U. S.
forest service officials and lum
bermen of Modoc and Siskiyou
counties met here this week to
discuss a joint plan in fire fight
ing during the summer months.
It was agreed that in case of
a fire in the national forest, the
mill men would help in suppress
ing tne Diaze, ana in case of a
fire adjacent to the forest, the
forest service would lend their
aid in extinguishing, the fire,
A public relations campaign to
advise the public of the serious
ness or the fire situation during
the summer months will be
made.
School Elections
Under Way Today
Election of directors on the
county and city elementary
school boards, as well as voting
on one tax levy, was under way
this afternoon. Voting will close
at 7 p. m. In the city, voting
place is the Fremont school
building, 719 High street, and in
the county districts, polling
places are at Altamont, Bonanza,
Keno, Bly, Shasta, Weyer
haeuser Camp No. 4. Fort Klam
ath, Falrhaven, Merrill, Malin,
Henley, Chiloquin, S p r a g u e
River, Gilchrist and Crescent
Lake.
The candidates running for
positions in all districts and
zones are unopposed. Also on
the county school ballot, is a
levy for $464,142.30. This is all
increase of $251,421.50 over the
6 per cent limitation.
Tulelake Burglars
Rob Patrol Office
TULELAKE, June 17 Ap
proximately $385 in cash was
stolen from the California high
way patrol office In the Golden
hotel building at Tulelake some
time Saturday night. The
money was registration funds.
fcntry was made by breaking
out the glass of the back door
of the office, and an employe
of the Tulelake Reporter, next
door to the hotel, first noticed
the break-in early Sunday
morning.
Chief of Police Frank Rhodes
of Tulelake was called and the
investigation has extended to
Merrill today.
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Texas (center) former army
Germany, has offered to return
witness In the Kronberg cattle
Fred Erisman (left) and Mrs.
Attracting a great deal of at
tention were the ceiliug-to-floor
windows In the studio. The win
dows in the corner of the build
ing look out on the low Klam
ath foothills.
Some experimenting in color
ing was carried out in the in
terior. Oriental blue - greens
were used In rooms which re
ceived the most sunlight while
warmer greens and yellows
were selected for rooms on the
north side of the building.'
To depict the placo of art in
architecture, Mr. Brumbaugh
exhibited sculpturing and
sketches in the various rooms.
Water-color and colored-pencil
drawings of Philippine scenes
decorating the walla werejdonc
by Vern Swansen. A painting
on Hawaiian cloth, representing
the Klamath lakes and the sur
rounding hills, hung In the
entry. This was also done by
Swansen.
Sculptured wooden figurines
on each side of the huge coral
brick fireplace were done by
Harold Barnes of Three Rivers,
Calif. A large fragment in nat
ural redwood was done by
Barnes for the studio. This piece
on exhibition took three years
to weather.
Outside, a redwood terrace
10 feet wide stretches along
two sides of the building. Land
scaping has not been completed
but a reflector pool off the
studio was ready for the open
ing. The old school bell is still In
the tower but Mr. Brumbaugh
intends to add chimes later on.
Chiloquin Council
Equips Ball Team
The City Dads won the ap
proval of Chiloquin youth at
last week's council meeting
when they gave $75 to equip the
junior baseball team. The boys
have been working hard under
the direction of Hi Hatfield and
plan to schedule several games
this season.
Big business on the council's
calendar for the meeting was
the letting of the contract for
oiling of Chiloquin streets to
Babbler Brothers of Portland for
a bid of $8090. This is the largest
contract to be awarded since
before the war.
In addition to repair work on
streets already oiled, several
new streets will be oiled, in
cluding those leading to, and in
front of the Chiloquin schools.
The city has accumulated a
large pile of crushed gravel for
repair work which will start
later this month, according to
Mayor Walter Zimmerman.
Escaped Prisoner
May Be Out Of State
NEWBERG, June 17 (IP)
State police reported today that
Fred Gordley, 34, who escaped
the Yamhill county jail last
Tuesday with another prisoner,
has fled the region and may be
out of the state.
Stanley L. Smith, 22, was re
captured late Saturday at the
home of his wife's relatives. The
two sawed bars from the jail
windows at McMinnville to
escape.
In Medford Sharon and
Butch Jeschke, children of Mr.
and Mrs. Rudy Jeschke of 1511
Pleasant street, are spending a
week In Medford with Mr. and
Mrs. Curt Jeschke of that city.
Visiting Kenny Peyton,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Peyton of Portland, is visit
ing the Frank Peyton home on
Pacific Terrace.
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Yoman Injured
In Car Crash
A collision of two car near
llager late Saturday night re
suited in slight injury of one
person, Mrs. William K. Fergu
son.
The accident Involved a Chev
rolet In which Mrs. rYi'Kuiiim
was' a passenger, and another
cur operated bv William Jura-
Mik, ull of Klamath Falls Ac
cording to stale poller who In
vt'slittuti'd afterward, Kergiinon
claimed that Jurasuk had direct
ed his spotlight into Ferguson's
eyes and he was unable to see.
Apparently Ferguson lost con
trol of the car, pulled toward
ti ,uiiM i,i.. it... ,i
sldvswipud the Jurusiik car, ami
crashed into the retaining wall
iieur the mllroml. Slate police
said that Jarusiik decliiiud to
comment.
Mrs. Ferguson suffered from
shock and minor cms and
bruises. Both men were unin
jured. Many Initiates
Enter Shrine
The Urgent group of Initiates
In the history of Hlllah Temple
became Shrlners in a colorful
ceremony Saturday night after
an all-day district convention
celebration held In Klamath
Falls. The group, numbering 135
in all, were Initialed after a
"chain-gang" parade down Main
street earlier Saturday after
noon. Other features of the celebra
tion were a band concert at the
armory with the Klamath Falls
drum corps of the Hllluh Temple
f mttlng on an exhibition under
he direction of Floyd Patty. This
was followed by the drill team
and the ritualistic service. Com
pleting the convention, a buffet
supper was held in the armory.
Lake Co-Op
Changes Name
LAKEVIEW, June 17 At
the annual meeting of the mem
bership of the Lake County Co
operative held a t the court
house Monday, the members
voted to change the name to
"Interstate Cooperative."
Since beginning operations
one year ago the cooperative
has expanded Its operations by
consolidating with the newly
organized cooperative, at Al
turas. Thus it became necessary
to select a name that would
apply to both trade areas.
Board members elected and
holdovers are Elmo Angele,
chairman; J. C. Clark, vice
chairman; Bill Harvey and Bill
Pfrang from Oregon and Pete
Weber, Oren Kresge and Ben
Cambron from California, board
members. Homer M. Smith was
elected secretary-treasurer and
general manager.
A grain elevator Is being con
structed on the Lakeview prop
erty to be completed in time
for harvest. The storage capacity
is to be 83,000 bushels.
Heat Company
Incorporated
Articles of Incorporation have
been received here for the Con
sumers Heating company, which
proposes to take over the plant
of the Klamath Heating com
pany. Decision to form the new
company was made recently at
a meeting of consumers of the
heating utility.
The articles show the com
pany Is to be capitalized at
$200,000, with 4000 shares of
stock at $50. Customers of the
heating company will be asked
immediately to subscribe for
stock, and it is hoped to com
plete the plan in a few days.
Purchase price of the plant is
$55,000. The company also
plans to lay up a stockpile of
12,000 units of fuel, and to re
vamp the plant for efficient
operation. Plans for changs to
eliminate the "black snow"
nuisance are being considered.
No bonuses or commissions
will be naid on the sale of
stocks, the purpose being to
make this a, community project,
according to E. B. Hall, one of
the Incorporators.
Skull Injury Keeps
Cozad In Hospital
Gary Cozad, Linkvllle dis
trict constable who was hurt in
the Elks' bus wreck near Baker
last week, has a slight fracture
of the skull and will remain in
a Baker hospital for several
days more, according to word
received at the lodge here today.
Other members of the Klam
ath party are expected home to
night. The accident occurred
when a group of nine was on its
way to the state Elks conven
tion at Baker.
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What happens In Europe In
the next few weeks lor daysl
can mean mure to us all than
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In Europe we are still dealing
with WAR AND PEACE.
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Troop Alert j
Rumor Denied !
PARIS. June 17 P) An offl-!
ciiil spokesman for the American ,
delegation to the foreign minis-,
tori conference said today that :
a published newspaper story as
serting Unit American troops In
Germany may have been alerted
because of reported concentra
tions of Russian troops In south
eastern Germany was "based on I
rumors,"
A dispatch to the New York (
Times from Correspondent C, L. j
Sulzberger in Paris said: j
("A series of persistent and t
disturbing reports that red army :
and Soviet satellite troops were :
being concentrated in the en
virons of YuKoslavia was re
ceived by the United Stales dele
gation to the foreign ministers'
council yesterday and today.
("Tin reuorts created a cer
tain amount of anxiety either
Unit Moscow might be trying to
emburk on a new type of pres
sure politics to obtain peace set
tlements In accordance with Its
own conceptions or that ele
ments seeking discord among
(lie tour big powers were at
work.
("Because of the difficulty of j
access behind the so-called Iron
curtain' of Europe it la difficult
to get any exact confirmed de
tails rrgarding these rumors,
but they are sufficiently coordi
nated In time and widespread In
I source to spread more than a j
iiiwuil-uiu m iiJiiaiy.
("Nevertheless there Is reason
to believe that as a result of
such Information as has been re
ceived, United States regiments
In Germany and some allied
troops in Italy have been alert-'
ed and units protectively shift
ed, despite any official denials
of such measures.")
The delegation spokesman, re
ferring to another published re
port that Italian hotheads were
planning to scuttle the Italian
fleet rather than turn It over as
reparations, said:
"Anybody could have written
such a story, but as far as I
know there Is nothing to It."
Box Company
Works Nights
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ran, manager of the Goose Lake i
Box company, announces that .
his company will start the night
shift Monday, June 17. I
TMrtv min will h amnlnva
Twenty-five temporary housing
units are ncinsj ereciea at tne
mill site where men with fam-i
llira will he InratnH Tha htmM
will be moved to a permanent1
Housing project site north of hte
city, where the company plans'
on further building of homes for!
in employes.
District Grazier
Leaves Lakeview
LAKEVIEW, June 17 Her
bert Pollard will leave Monday
for White Home, Montana, to
take over his new duties as dis
trict grazier, having received
his transfer orders Wednesday,
White Home is about 30 miles
east of Butte and Is one of the
best grazing setups In Mon
tana. Pollard came to Lakeview
two years ago to take over the
district grazier's Job here when I
Howard Campbell Joined the
naval air corps and during his
leave of absence.
Mrs. Pollard and children
will move to White Home later
in the summer when living ac
commodations are available.
Going East Helen Radcliffe,
1420 Pacific Terrace, returned
Sunday from Eugene, where she
has taught for the past year, to
her home in this city. She plans
to stay for a few days before
leaving with four other teach
ers for southern California and
back east, After spending
some time in California, Miss
Radcliffe and three of the teach
ers will travel on to Grand
Canyon and as far east as Wash
ington, D. C. They will return
by a northern route, and expect
to be gone approximately six
weeks.
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