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Sharp Cost
Rise Looms
On Freight
WASHINGTON, June 22 (II
The nation's freight rule bill
will nweivo iliurply upward
next month, but OI'A official
wllhlipltl Judgement today nil to
thn effect on living and busi
ness conti.
Increase In InteMlnle frolghl
rate nl churgc which will
brlnii mil and water currier
about CIDO.UUO.OOO innro In
gro revenue on an annual
basis were authorized InlB yen-
tprdny by the Interatuto com
merce commission,
And tlll lurger boost are In
prospect. The coiiimllon an
nounced that 0 full ImHrltiK will
be held "promptly" on the carriers-petition
for 29 percent
rtate hike to meet what they
mlled "critical" flnuncliil con-
"llon- .... .
The new freight rate, effec
tive July I on three duy' ad
viince notice, will continue un
til the commlwlon reaches dm
clalon on the proponed 25 per
cent Increase.
No OPA Comment
The OPA declined to peeu
Lite Immediately on whnt Im
pact the Increase would have
on the stabilization program. Di
rector Paul Porter mild he could
not forocaiit before Monday
what effect, if any, the boost
will have on the price of good
hauled by rail and water.
The increase fall Into four
categories:
1. A general six percent In
crease with exception for cer
tain bade commodities
2. An additional five percent
hike for eastern railroad to
equalize their earning with
nlher carrier.
3. A three percent boost on
agricultural product, livenlock
and It product, and low.grado
.product or mine, aticn a ann
cravel. broken rock and slag
Theiw aro the basic commodltle
excepted from the general six
percent Increase.
4. Specific increase for an
thracite, bituminous coal, lignite
and Iron ore.
Passenger rate are not af
fected. However, at the forth
coming hearing the commission
will consider the carriers' re
quest to make permanent the
10 percent passenger , fare in
crease authorized In January,
1942. This Is scheduled to ex
pire six months after the legal
, termination of the war.
- Referring to the railroads'
contention that "their flnnnclnl
condition ha become critical,"
the commission said "some In
crease In Ihclr freight rate
and charges are Justified a Just
and reasonable and a necessary
for carrying out the purpose
of the national transportation
policy declared by congress."
New Dilemma
Faces Truman
WASHINGTON, Juno 22 (!)
Congress thrust a new labor
dilemma upon President Tru
man today in the form of the
so-called Hobbs "antl-racketcer-Ing"
bill, long the target of vio
lent union criticism. Passage
came on a voice vote.
The measure, which ha been
bidding annually for passage
since 1042, surprised everyone
by whipping through tho sen
ate, suddenly and unexpectedly
yesterday In the exact form al
ready approved by the house.
Capitol Hill Immediately
j buzzed with (peculation wheth
er Mr. Truman might veto It.
In tho Juno 1 1 Case bill veto,
Mr, Truman said that whllo he
was "In full accord with the ob
i Jectlves," congress should ex
it pressly provide that tho mcas
lire "doc not make It a felony
to strike and picket peacefully
and to . take other legitimate
and peaceful concerted action."
A it went to the president,
the H o b b a measure provided
maximum penalties of 20 year
Imprisonment and $10,000 fine
or both for persons who vlo
lato its provision making
wrongful obstruction of Inter
state commerce a felony.
Sponsors snld its provision
were designed to prevent union
member and other from halt
ing trucks carrying produce to
market and forcing farmer'
drivers to pay a union monv
' bers' wage before they could
proceed to their destination
Cleaver-Armed Chinese
Battle Police Raiders
VANCOUVER, B. C. June 22
(W) Chinese armed with meat
cleavers fought city, federal and
Royal Canadian Mounted pollco
officers yesterday In a storybook
raid on Market alley climaxed
by the discovery and capture of
a fabulous pile of loot. .
Inspector M. F, Anthony, head
the RCMP criminal Investigation
bureau, said tho raid capped an
Investigation Into the operation
. of a gang of amugglcrs, lottery
1 operators and narcotics dealers.
J He snld five Chlneso were ar
rested and a sixth, believed the
"key" man, was thought to be
in the United States. 1
Sixteen officers swooped down
the alley, a dingy section of
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Hailstorms Lash Klamath
More Food
Predicted
By Bowles
WASHINGTON, June 22 M'j
Economic Stabilizer Chester
liowlc predicted today there
will be more meal available
for a while after July I and
that tho bread hortaKo will be
"eased conaldorably" In 30
days.
Howies, In hi weekly radio
address (AUC network), sold
Unit in view of pending legisla
tion to remove price ceilings on
meat June 30. you can't blame
meat shipper for holding up
their cattle and hogs right
now."
No mutter what happens,
Howies nilclrd, "more meat is
going to flow Into the stores
after July 1."
Rut the bigger supply won't
lust, Dowlcs predicted. He said
that because of the tight grain
situation which, mean less
feed for livestock meat sup
plies will begin to decline again
by "about December or maybe
as early as November."
Outlook For Year
Bowles said the outlook Is
for about 139 to 140 pounds of
meat a ptrion thl year, a
against demand for about 165
and tho prewar average of 125
pound.
On the bread shortage,
Howies said "the best Informa
tion I have Is that it will be
eased considerably in 30 days.
The winter wheat harvest is
nnw In full swing . . and pros
pect ore good for an excellent
crop. If we get it, I look for a
lot more wheat for our flour
mill and more flour for out
baker."
Bowles made these predic
tions on supplies of other foods:
Poultry 'The outlook Is
good for generous supplies
through July and August at
least. Later on, if meet supplies
get tighter, we may find that
the number of people buying
poultry will put a heavy drain
on poultry supplies."
Eggs "Should be plentiful
until next winter, at least, with
supplies sufficient to give every
one In the country an egg a
day."
Butter "Despite the govern
ment's new program to encour
age production, butter output at
best will still be only about 60
per cent of what it wa before
the war."
OPA Extension
Still In Debate
WASHINGTON, June 22 (IP)
Senate-house conferees on the
OPA extension bill today an
nounced agreement on all but
four major points.
Remaining to be settled are
these questions: ,
The length of the extension.
Tho house voted nine months,
tho senate a full year.
The senate amendment spe
cifically lifting price controls on
meat, poultry, dairy products,
tobacco and petroleum products
at the end of this month.
Creation of a decontrol board.
The size and duration of food
subsidies.
Tho conferees will moot again
at 5 p. m (PST) Monday In an
effort to clear up the points of
difference and send the legis
lation on to the house, then the
senate, for ilnal approval.
The price control law will ex
pire at midnight, June 30 a
week from tomorrow unless
extension action Is taken be
fore then,
Vancouver's Chinatown, finally
overpowering lour men armed
with meat cleavers who were
guarding a doorway. No death
or Injuries were reported.
Beyond the doorway the offi
cer found and seized $47,000 In
Canadian currency, $1200 In
United States gold coins, several
pounds of narcotics, a supply of
lottery ticKcts ana oriental jew
elry jado and dinmonds of un
estimated value. They also took
charge of a half-ton safe, which
Inspector Anthony said would
not be opened until the man still
at largo Is captured.
He snld tho ring's operations
extended Into the United States,
across Canada, and to China.
Flash Flood Forms Ford In Main Street Underpass!
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Indian Leader
Drops Dispute
NEW DELHI, June 22 P)
Jawal arlal Nehru, president
elect of the congress party, tem
porarily - dropped his dispute,
with Kashmir authorities' today.
The controversy had resulted In
widespread strikes and disturb
ances and the death of two per
sons. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,
congress - party president, re
ceived a telegram irom the spir
ited chlcftain-clect saying he
was accepting Azad's instruc
tions to drop the dispute and re
turn to Delhi, "on the under
standing that I come back to
Kashmir."
Nehru was arrested Thursday
In the princely state of Kashmir
when ho attempted to Intervene
In agitation by tho Kashmir na
tional conference against Ma
harajah Sir Hari Singh, wealthy
Hindu ruler of tho overwhelm
ingly Moslem state. Sheik Ab
dullah, leader of the movement
agitating for abdication of the
maharajah, has been accused of
sedition, and strikes and dem
onstrations occurred as a result
of his arrest. Nehru was arrest
ed when he defied a district
magistrate's order banning him
from the state.
Shortly afterward press dis
patches said Nehru had left for
the Punjab on his way to Delhi,
and Azad announced that the
congress party' working com
mittee, stalled by Nehru's ab
sence, would conclude its delib
erations on Britain's plans for
an interim . government tomor
row. "The final resolution will be
adopted tomorrow," he said.
Viceroy Wavoll had asked for
a reply by Juno 23 to British
plans for- an interim1 govern
ment to rule until Indian inde
pendence con be put Into effect.
New Car Outlook
Still Grim Here
The outlook for new cars In
Klnmath Falls Is about as gloomy
as the weather. Dealers In town
report that delivery of new cars
is very slow, and that almost
no new models have been sent
In for tho past several weeks.
Waiting lists are long, and
Klamathitcs are having to wait
their turn for the new cars ex
cept in the Instance where fail
ure to get a car works a defi
nite hardship.
Hope is still held by most
dealers that the situation will
Improve within a month, and
that new cars will be delivered
to dealers within a six-week to
two-month period.
Lad Who Can't Swim
Saves Tiny Brother
BEND, Ore., Juno 22 (P)
Ten-year-old Linus Dahlheim,
who towed his little brother
ashore from the Deschutes river
Thursday, was still puzzled over
his feat today. You see, ho can't
swim.
"I'm aure I enn't," he Insisted.
"I never could."
He lumped Into deep water
after three-year-old Arthur tum
bled from the bank, and some
how managed to rescue him.. ;
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driver did to ford the. foot-deep
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carelul driver like th on in the lower picture got stranded in
mid-stream and had to wait until a Samaritan cam along to give
them a shove.
Nisei Regiment
Homeward Bound
ROME, Juno 22 () The
famed 422nd infantry regiment,
composed of Japanese-American
troops, sailed from Leghorn to
day aboard the Wilson Victory,
bound for Camp Kilmer, N. J.,
and deactivation.
The Nisei regiment as it was
known is one of the most dec
orated units in the United States
army, Its 4000 volunteers setting
one of the war's most impressive
combat records in four cam
paigns In Italy and France. ;
Dallas Blast
Probe Starts
DALLAS. Tex., June 22 m
Firemen and wreck experts dug
today in the rubble-flllcd base-
mcnt of the swank Baker hotel
with possibility they may un
cover more victims of the ter
rific explosion wnich yesterday
took a known toll of seven dead
and 41 Injured.
Explosion Expert George M.
Klutz of the United States bur
eau of mines said after a sur
vey: ...
"We can't tell a thing about
the cause yet. It takes time the
cause may never be confirmed."
Fire Chief C. N. Penn called
In Kintz and E. L. Mitchell of.
San Antonio, representative of
the national board of fire under
writers, to assist in an exhaus
tive Investigation. ,
The explosion was the third
major hotel disaster in the na
tion in 16 days.
First and worst was the flash
firo that swept Chicago's Hotel
LaSallo early the morning of
June S, claiming 60 lives and in
juring more than 200. Four days
later another early morning
fire killed 17 persons in the
Canfleld hotel, Dubuque, Iowa.
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stream which formed in th un
storm early last night. Not-io
Trieste Area
Troops Moved
LONDON, June 22 0P) A
spokesman for the British for
eign office acknowledged today
that there have befit some pre
cautionary troop movements, in
the area of Trieste occupied by
British and American troops.
But he -said Yugoslav reports
that the demarcation line would
be moved five miles eastward
were "nonsense."
The Yugoslav press said yes
terday American and British
concentrations were taking
place near the demarcation line
in disputed Venezia Giulia, that
two. British armored divisions
were on th& move and that ex
tensive military preparations
were taking place.
The spokesman said' Britain
denied ' categorically that any
unctniKs or ustachl were
among the British-American
units in American uniform.
Britain, he continued "very
much resented" the assertions of
the official Yugoslav news
agency Tanjug that civil police
in Trieste were linked with "fas
cist elements." The police, he
said, had put forth a very credit
able performance "especially in
view of the provocations put
forth by Slovane groups in
Yugoslavia."
Because of general activities
of a provocative nature, he con
tinued, it was considered advis
able to maintain military forces
capable of dealing with any
contingency.
Horseshoe Pischer
Entertains Truman
WASHINGTON, June 22 (P)
Jimmy Risk, trick horseshoe
pitcher, threw 15 straight ring
ers and performed other feats
on the White House horseshoe
court today for edification of
President Truman and a group
of admirals,'
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WEATHER NEWS
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Heavy Rains
Bring City
Flash Flood
Br HALE SCAHBROUCH
Yesterday' hailstorm and ac
companying eieciricai aispiay
centered north of town around
the Wocu-8hippington-Lake-hore
area but lapped over into
the city limits enough to cause
a flash flood which was more
than the city' storm sewer sys
tem could handle at once and
did considerable damage to gar.
den and voung crops.
Precipitation figures at the
airport showed only .01 inch of
rain but while the storm was
soine on in and north of town
skies were clear at the airport
and down Merrill way a dust
storm was blowing.
Just north oi town uopcos
guage and the one kept by the
reclamation bureau showed
half-an-inch of rain In little
more than an hour, beginning
about 5:45 p. m., and all reports
indicate more than that further
north where most of the dam.
age was caused.
At wocus, f eiican uity, snip
Dinston and in the Lakeshore
area from two to four inches of
hail covered the ground at the
climax of tne storm and old
timers said that it was the hard
est hailstorm they had ever seen
in Oregon.
yesterday, incidentally, was
the official first day of summer,
tuanuaaea aa rasa I. wiana i
Expert Chosen
For Food Post-
WASHINGTON. June 22 (IP)
The government's leading expert
on international food problems.
Dr. D. A. FitzGerald, stepped out
of his agriculture department
job today to direct a 20-nation
campaign against famine.
The new international emerg
ency food council picked Fitz
Gerald late yesterday as its sec
retary general. He will be in
charge of efforts to round up
more food in lands of plenty and
divide it fairly among the
world's hungry peoples.
Operating chiefly through a
nine-nation central committee,
the council will recommend to
its members plans for meeting
the world food crisis during the
next 18 months. Then it is up
to the members to cooperate as
best they can.
L. A. H. Peters, Netherlands
delegate on the council, was
picked to preside over its meet
ings as chairman. J. Charles Van
Essche of Belgium will serve as
vice chairman.
Lean and grey at 43, Fitz
Gerald knows perhaps more
than anyone in the government
about actual conditions in lands
that need help and in many of
those which can supply it. He
was the only federal official to
accompany former President
Hoover on his recently-concluded
food survey of 38 nations in
Europe, Asia and Latin America.
FitzGerald, who was born on
a wheat farm near Grenfell, Sas
katchewan, Canada, now is an
American citizen. He has been
moving up in the agriculture de
partment for.il years.
First Bikini Atom Bomb To Flash Heat
Ten Thousand Times Greater Than Sun
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Writer
ABOARD USS APPALACH
IAN, EN ROUTE TO BIKINI,
June 22 (P) The atomic bomb
over Bikini atoll less than two
weeks hence ' will flash with
light and searing heat equal to
10,000 suns rolled into one.
And this first test will be
classified as a laboratory rather
than a naval war experiment.
These facts were brought out
in the first conference aboard
the. Appalachian en route from
Honolulu ' with more than 150
writers and broadcasters.
Naval authorities, it was ex
plained, last fall had to choose
between three possible kinds of
atomic tests. No one test would
suffice for them all. The three
were:
1. Laboratory type to meas
ure the bomb itself as a bomb
by exploding the missle high
in the air.
2. Naval harbor type of at
tack at or under the surface
of the sea.
3. To measure the bomb
against ship design by deep wa
ter explosion.
The first type was selected
for July 1. The harbor type
test is . set for July 20 with the
Planners Seek
Pageant Title
The search Is on for a suitable
name for the Klamath centennial
being held here In August. Chair
man Geneva Duncan I asking
everyone In the basin to con
tribute short name for consid
eration. The name, when chosen,
will act as a trademark to be
used on banners, car stickers,
the centennial emblem, and all
advertising connected with the
pageant.
the name should In some way
pertain to the opening of the
South Emigrant road in 1846
which was followed by develop
ment of thl community. Ex
ample of the names being sub
mitted I "From Trail to Rail."
Contributions should be left at
the chamber of commerce before
Tuesday, June 25.
Western Air
Reopens Case
LOS ANGELES. June 22 tPi
Western Air Lines announced
that it was petitioning the civil
aeronautics board in Washing-
ion, y,., today for reversal
of a recent decision denvins
the airline permission to operate
trunk air service between San
Francisco and the Pacific north
west. .
Western Air said its petition
declared that the CAB decision
of last May 22 left United Air
Line as the only trunk-line op
erator serving the , coastwide
area peiween Seattle, Tacoma,
t-oniana ana oan rrancisco.
Hugh Darlinc. attorney for
Western Air, said the airline
advanced the following reasons
in asking for a reversal:
"Recent . economic develop
ments on the west coast re
quire that the benefits of com
petition should be afforded to
the important air route between
San Francisco and Seattle.
"The CAB refused to approve
service by Western Air in the
Pacific northwest, partly be
cause the board placed undue
emphasis on United Air Line
declining revenues at the pres
ent time, whereas Western Air
maintains that UnHed's decline
in earnings is merely a temnc-
rary and irrelevant phenomenon
which is parallel with current
drops in earnings of all U.; S.
airlines due to lack nt
piaiics w carry wouia-De passen
gers. .
"With the recent award to
Western Air of tho route from
somnern- California to Mexico
City, extension of Western Air's
operation north from San Fran
cisco to Seattle would afford
the entire Pacific coast single
carrier service to the Latin
American capital."
Local aviation enthusiast
who have been working to keep
the United Air lines start here
on schedule, said today they
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Baseball Scores
NATIONAL
' . . R H F.
Chicago .:. : 5 7 1
New York 2 9 0
Wyse and McCulloueh- Kns.
lo, Joyce (6), Fischer (8) and
Cooper. (First game)
t R H E
St. Louis 5 8 1
Brooklyn 19 0
fotiet and Garagiola; Barney,
Gregg (7), Behrman (9) and Sand
lock. R H E
Pittsburgh 3 9.1
Boston 4 7 1
Sewell and Camilli, Lopez (9);
Johnson, Roser (10) and Padgett,
Masi (10). (10 innings)
AMERICAN
R H E
Philadelphia 5 16 . 1
Chicago 2 ' 9 0
Fowler and Rosar; Lopat, Hol-
ungswortn to), tiaynes (8) and
iresn, r ernandez (8).
R H E
Boston 3 6 1
Cleveland ..: 4 10 1
Ferriss and H. Wagner; Embre,
Krakauskas (8) and Hayes.
bomb exploding under the la
goon waters in the midst of a
ship anchorage.
The first . will give truth to
some of the feats of giants who
existed only in mythology.
There will be a real Jove's fist.
It will literally squeeze entire
ships in the same way that
mythological giants were sup
posed to crush ships in their
time in their fists.
. This is true because atom
bomb pressures are equal on
all sides simultaneously fore,
aft, port and starboard and on
top of all decks when the bomb
explodes in air. This will be
true even if the first Bikini
bomb bursts full half a mile
aloft. Ordinary bombs and tor
pedoes squeeze only against one
side and only on a fraction of
that side.
Bikini scientific men have
talked of as much as 100 pounds
pressure on every square inch
of ship above water line. Will
such pressure crush a ship like
an eggshell or tear it like one
blasted by a 1000-mlle-an-hour
hurricane or if it survives
crushins-exolode it by the in
ternal suction that follows an
atomic blast? Answers can be
calculated. But they did nqt
Plan Meets ;
Objection
ByMolotov
PARIS. June 22 Wl Seere.
tary of State James F. Byrnea
today unsuccessfully proposed
calling a European peace con
ference July 15, American In-,
fnrmants said. Soviet Forelirn
Minister V. M. Molotov objected
that draft treaties were not yet
completed.
The foreign ministers met In
an informal secret section la
Luxembourg palace. .
There had been a feeling
among some member of the
American delegation as they
went into session that an agree
ment on the disputed city of!
Trieste in the Italian-Yugoslav
border area might be in the mak
ing following; the private dinner
given last night by Byrnes for
Molotov.
No Information was given out
on the dinner, however, and it
was not known whether a try at
a Trieste solution mieht take thai
form of postponement for a year
as in uie case oi Italy's colonies.
TxUaU Loom Importantly , t
It was generally conceded that,
settlement of Trieste and tha
Italian Yugoslavia frontier
would lead to agreement on
fundamentals of projected peace
treaties with Italy, the Balkans
and Finland. "
(In Washington the White
House said Secretary of State
Byrnes called President Truman
by trans-Atlantic telephone at
9:15 a. m. today and talked to
him for five minutes, reporting
on progress of the foreign min
isters meeting in Paris.
(The White House said Mrl
Truman was at his desk when
the call came. Byrnes has been
reporting daily to the president
by cable up to now. Official!
would not say what Byrnes re
ported.) ...!,.
Byrnes was host at last night'f
dinner, in the American delega
tion hotel, for Russian Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov, his dep
uty, Andrei J. Vishinsky, and'
Interpreter Vladimir Pavlov. -
Although there was no Imme-,
diate indication of what went
on across the table, it was be
lieved probable that a frank dis"
cussion of deadlocked matter
was held by Byrnes and Molotov.'
Defense Funds
Pass Congress
WASHINGTON, June 22 (JP
Billions for defense spelled out
congressional determination to
day to keep the nation's armed
forces at record ' peacetime
strength and efficiency for the
coming year. '. .
Between house and senate
more than $11,000,000,000 have
been voted some $7,000,000,
000 of it for the army, the larg
est peacetime budget in war de
partment history, and more
than $4,000,000,000 for the
navy. ... '
The huge appropriations
bills are not yet ready to go to
the White House, pending
agreement on differences which
have cropped up between house
and senate versions, but indi
cations were that the overall
money total would not be great
ly affected. , '
The house stamped its ap
proval yesterday on a $7,091,
034,700 army fund bill for the
fiscal year starting July 1, and
promptly packed the measure
along to the senate.
The senate, meanwhile was
voting $34,100,000,000 for the
navy in a session which saw
more than $6,000,000,000 of ex
penditures approved without
record vote and over the audi
ble protest of only one among
the 96 lawmakers. '
agree.' Only laboratory experi
ment in the first Bikini explo
sion can answer accurately.
Because' this is a laboratory
test, the ships will be placed
carefully so most can be ex
pected tor survive, it is urgent
to learn, first, not how much
an atom bomb can destroy, but
what are the limits and dis
tances at which ships and men
may be safe. ; :
The Biant fist measurements
are for the army and navy air
forces, also. -
Unpredictable until tried are
the effects of this squeeze on
jeeps, trucks, planes and every
sort of military equipment that
will be placed on decks at care
fully chosen distances.
There also is the heat blast,
starting at 100,000,000 degreoa
Fahrenheit inside the bomb.
The outer skin of armor plate
turrets may melt like a surface
of shooting stars. No eno ever
melted a turret that way be
fore, 'because the world never
had a furnace big nor hot
enough. Such skin melting may
either cause trivial damage to
the turret or put it out of ac
tion. Again, the laboratory type
of test is needed to find out, t