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By FnANK JENKINS
TIIKHE la an Interesting lltllo
Inln mi Din ulra IllflllV In tlllt
effect tlmt cherries liro rotting
on Hie (reel In tho Wlllumella
valley bm-auae of lack of pickera.
Tho dispatch Hilda tliut tho hirt
min of jilckura In cuuavd by luck
of housing.
It avema to work mil till wuy:
Grower 111 tho Slilem area,
Willi tho biggest crop In yeurs,
are culling lor 8000 pickers
which I nioro thun the Siilcm
arm cun provide, no migratory
worker are needed. "Dill," tho
story Hilda, "thcro la no housing
. (or mlgriitnry worker because
tho materials ahorltigu hns iniiilo
It linpomllilo to get lemporury
IiuuiIiik completed
I a a
rrllE Oregon Btuto College ox
A tension service adds thut
"good plrkora can turn nioro Hum
I3 a duy, 'but Iho Jobs go beg
lllnii bccuiiac K'oplu (nulurully
enough) won't work unless thoy
can liuve pluco to llvo,
Nobody wants to sleep out In
tho rain, even for $15 h day,
YOU'VE doubtless heard thlt
1 gug:
"If wo had ioiiio ham, wo d
have ham and egg aandwlch l(
Wo had an egg."
.Well, thut a the fix we'ro In
now. Only CONTINUED PRO
DUCTION can gel ua both tho
ham and the cult we need to
make the aandwlcn we all want.
INCIDENTALLY, we must el-
way guard aiialnat the tend
ency to think tho picture la
darker than ll rciilly la. We
muat remember that ilAU ncwa
always make the hcudllncs.
ALSO
We muat remember that we
IlKAD the bad ncwa, all Iho wuy
through, w he rem we often akip
tho constructive, GOOD ncwa
that really Illla three-fourths of
all the apace In all the ncwa
paperi oi America practically
very doy.
nOR example:
Wo read of atrlkrx and work
stoppages. We read how Ol'A
rulea are hampering normal pro
duction and distribution. We
Jump to Iho conclualon thut the
country la going to hell In a huncl
DunKet AST.
liut If you read thin and other
newMiper discriminatingly to
day yuu will find a Washington
dispatch announcing that at the
preaent moment lower than 150,
. UUU workera are idle becauae of
atrlkca.
That la the lowest figure alnco
Just alter V-J Duy.
"yllE peak of Idleness becuuna
of lubor disputes, by tha way,
waa reached on r'ruluy, January
25. when l.OBU.OUO worKera were
off Iho Job. Tho figure tor toduy
la less than ten per cent of that
rather staggering Intnl.
TT looka llila morning na If tho
conference Ol'A bill, referred
to in this column yesterday, will
be approvod by both houses of
congress and will go to tho Presi
dent who inny or may not veto
it. (It Is at Icaat a fair guesa
that he won't, as tho time limit
on OPA la getting extremely
short.)
Tho houso has already ap
proved it. Senator Lucaa (Demo
crat, of Illinois) says this morn
ing ho thinks the overwhelming
house vote (205 to 105) fore
shadow a Semite OK for the
bill "even though," he added,
"nobody like It."
rrO keep the picture straight
In your own mind, you must
remember that this ruckus over
Ol'A is as full of politics a a
' dog Is of fleas. More or less
ALL the politicians hnvo been
using OPA to put their opponents
on the spot,
llenco tho hullnballoo.
All rpnsonablo thinkers hnve
I known from the beginning Unit
f'wc will have to put up with price
control until mien a time ns pro
duction renches a moderately
stuhlc bnlnnce with demand and
COMPETITION comes back in
to tho picture.
Arkansas Upholds
Negro Voter Ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June fl
The Arkansas supreme court
upheld today n legislative net
designed to bun negroes from
voting for slate officials In demo
cratic primaries.
Tho net, pnsscd Inst yenr, sets
up scpnrnto prlmnrlca for atnto
and federal offices. Ncgros enn
voto in the primaries to nonv
Inatc fcdcrnl officials.
Pop Corn Era May Reiurn
Who doesn't get nostnlgln at
the thought of the old horse
drawn pop corn wagon whero
for a nickel a bng, youngsters
and oldsters alike could hnve a
mouth-watering trent on the
light, puffy kernels thnt fnlrly
dripped with hot mellcd butter?
If present Indications mean
1 anything, tho pop corn stand
mny have a comeback. During
tho week the city hns had four
application by Individuals de
airing to start them. For mnny
T years, no similar applications
v nave been mndo and tho pop
corn stand was becoming a thing
of tho past.
In yenr gono by one of those
plHcc where "everyone In town
met everyone else" was the little
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Row Flares
As Senators
Debate OPA
WASHINGTON, June 2a (II
Senator Wherry (It-Neb.) cried
out toduy thut another year of
price control would produce
' actuul vlulenco In this coun
try" as sciiuto tempers grew hot
In tho midst of a showdown de
bute on extension of OPA.
HI fuce flushed In anger,
Whc.-ry shouted across the
floor to Senutor G nl fey (D-Pu.)
"You're a rubber alump."
Ills assertion came during a
noisy aesalon during which Guf
fey and other senator were
ordered by the aennto' preald
lug officer either to end their
audible floor huddle or leave the
chumber.
Always for Administration
Wherry declared that Guffey
had never voted ugainst an ad
ministration measure.
A Wherry continued hi ar
guments for stripping OPA of
even more controls than those
recommended by a Joint con
gressional committee, Senator
Uridges (It-N. 11.) chimed in, too.
Bridges aald "We've reached
a pretty low level when you
have to violate a law In order
to buy a tout of bread."
The time of a vote on tho ex
lenalon legislation was uncer
tain. Wherry' effort were direct
ed at overthrowing the Joint
committee's compromise rocom
niendiitiona nnd forcing a new
get-together between represen
tatives of tho house and senate
on the fliml form of the OPA
bill- . ,
Warnlna bv Bsrklav
Auuinst that attempt, Demo-
crullc Leader Unrkley already
had taken tho floor to ciiuiion
that the chnncoa are dim thut
there can bo any Price control
after next Sunday If the present
bill la rejortcd. .
H asserted that II contained
"Imperfection." At the same
time he called upon hi col
league to follow the lead of the
house and accept tno legislation
as put together by a Joint com
mil lee which worked out dif
ferences between the two
branches.
Canning Sugar
On Hand Soon
Simar for home canning will
be available July 1 when spare
stamp No. 10 become valid.
This stamn will be worth five
pounds of sugar per person, but
it is unlikely that any more
sugar will be released for can
ning purposes. This stamp and
spare stamp No. 9, which became
valid March 11, nrc Dom good
through October 31.
Sugnr stumps were announced
enrly this yenr to provide sugnr
for southern stnte where fruit
rlnen enrly. At that time house-
wive elsewhere were bskcci 10
budget their sugar use for actual
home canning and to plan It use
to coincide with the ripening of
fruits in their communities.
Person who customnrily can
fruit or Jnm for snle may apply
for homo canning sugar for this
purpose, not to exceed 250
pounds per family unit, and pro
vided they received sugnr for
home canning for snle In 1945.
Although sugar rationing Is no
longer being handled by local
OPA bonrds. Mrs. L. C. Officld
of the Klamath county bonrd,
ventured an opinion on why
sugnr Is still being rntloncd after
a year of pence. One renson Is
thut a great deal of the beets
used for beet sugnr were not
harvested last yenr. Even though
enno sugnr areas, which were
wnr cnauiiltles, have been re
planted, it takes two yenrs for
tho crop to mature, and there
fore thla sugnr will not be ready
until next year.
Sugnr rationing represents
tlve for this area is Mrs. Mnr
Jorlo Lee In tho Bedell building,
Portland.
four-wheeled pop corn stand on
the corner of Main nnd 8th where
the United Stntcs Nntionnl bnnk
building now stands.
The era of the pop corn wagon
is easily within the memory-
span of Klamath's 20-ycnr-olds,
who even nt thnt age look back
wllh regret at the day tho man
In the white chef's' hat closed
the sliding window of his stand
for good.
Progress hns Invaded the pop
corn business only to a certain
point. There aro no more horse-
drnwn wagons peddling the
puffed kernels and there are no
more mobile stands, but a pop
corn stand in any form will
always delight the young - in
spirit.
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Atrial lw, (top), takan at 1000 ft eUration and looking westward OTtr the fire which destroyed live business estab
lishments in a three-block area along South Fir street in Medford last night. This picture wax snapped about 7 p. m. by Verne
Shangle of Medford from a Cub trainer piloted by Shelby Tut tie Jr. The huge column of black smoke was caused by the burn
ing spray oil. A brisk wind threatened to carry the blase through the west side residential area but was stopped at the Monarch
warehouse and mill. Below, the fire after it was brought under control. The area continued to burn for many hours and still
smouldered today. Pictures by Shengle, courtesy Medford Mall Tribune.
Plane Service
Begins Aug. 1
The first United Air Lines pns
scngcr plane will land on the
Klamath Falls airport August 1,
W, T. Mclntyre, United manager
here, told members of tho Klam
ath County chamber of com
merce board of directors at their
luncheon meeting today noon.
The flight service Inaugural
had been tentatively set by
United for July 16, but Mclntyre
said thnt. the post office depart
ment and the CAA, who really
have the final say, had decided
on August 1.
Mclntyre enme hero from
Salem lnst night' to tnke over
the office which United will es
tablish at the airport. He vis
ited the port this morning and
reported thnt it wns a whole lot
better air field than he had ex
pected. '
Phil Hltchcck, chairman of the
chnmbcr's nvlntion committee,
told the directors that his group
the new service, saying such en
velopes printed commemorating
the first airmnll to go out over
the service, saying that such en
velopes and their cancelled
stamps would be of value to lo
cal stnmp collectors.
Mclntyre has talked with
Postmaster Burt Hawkins about
a commemorative gesture and
snid thnt he wns assured thnt
the post office department would
arrange for marking the "first
letters."
Raze Medford Industrial Area Tuesday Night
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Two Soviet Republics Lose Autonomy
For Treacherous Actions During War
MOSCOW, June 26 () Two
formerly autonomous Soviet re
publics in south Russia have
been deprived of their auton
omy and many of their inhabi
tants have been resettled in
other pnrts of Russia as penal
ties for wartime treachery, it
was disclosed officially today.
The Crimean and Chechen
Igush autonomous Soviet so
cialist republics, units of the
Russian Soviet Federal Socialist
republic, were abolished as
such and reduced to the status
of provinces of the federation;
Total populations of the areas
last were listed as 1,500,000
but a large proportion of Rus
sians and Ukrainians, who lived
in the republics and whose loy
alty was unquestioned, were
not removed.
The banished residents' In
cluded those who lived around
the Grozny and M o s d o k oil
fields In the northern Caucasus,
near tRe high tide of the Ger
man invasion. The action was
revealed in published decrees
of the Russian Soviet Federal
Socialist . republic. Precisely
hov- many were uprooted and
where they were moved wcro
not announced.
(The revelations were tho
first of f iclnl Russian . announce
m e n t s of treachery affecting
territorial units of tho Soviet
Union during the recent war).
A decree said "many Chech
ens and Crlmeap Tartars . . .
voluntarily and together with
the German army waged an
armed struggle against units of
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the red army. Under German
orders, they also formed diver
sion bands for a struggle with
Soviet power in the rear."
The decree also stated that
"the main mass of the popula
tion of Chechcn-Igush and the
Crimean autonomous Socialist
Soviet republics did not give
opposition to these traitors and
accordingly the Chechens and
Crimean Tartars were resettled.
The ministry of state control
disclosed also that more than a
score of factory, mill and mine
executives had been punished
for misappropriation or misusing
funds in various kinds of plants
and enterprises throughout Rus
sia. The ministry said a favorite
practice was the falsification of
production reports by directors
and sub-executives in order to
increase the prize money which
was paid as reward to them
selves and their friends.
In the complicated composi-
E. B. Hall On Air
E. B. Hall, Klamath Falls
hotclman, will be the guest
of KFLW at the 4 o'clock
broadcast tomorrow, Thurs
day, when he will tell the
story of plans relnting to
operation of the city heating
plant. All interested persons
and especially those users of
city heating service are asked
to listen In when Hall will be
Interviewed at 4 p. m.
WEATHER NEWS
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tion of the Soviet Union, the
Russian Soviet Federal Social
ist republic, whose capital is
Moscow, is one of 16 constitu
ent republics of the Soviet
Union. The federation occupies
92.7 per cent of the total area
of the USSR, and included as
of last year 16 so-called "auton
omous Soviet Socialist repub
lics," of which the Crimea and
Chcchen-Igush were two. -
Sally Teases
Anxious Cops
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26
(P) Sally Rand told her night
club audience today that, with
police waiting to arrest her for
the third time in 24 hours, she
had quite a bit to bare.
"Police car rides are dull,"
the fan and bubble dancer said,
"and getting pretty silly.
"But fan dancing must go on."
Sally, wrapped in ermine,
danced, wafting feathers.:
The coat came off, and Sally
danced in a flowing gown which
nightly had failed to , cling
through the show.
The finale brought the gown
down around her ankles, but in
stead of iiist Miss Rand there
were long-handle drawers and a
gilded corset left.
The policemen silently strode
away.
Said Sally after the show: "I
just decided to tease 'em a little."
Blaze Destroys !
3-Block Sector
In City Center
A three-block sector In Medford' Industrial dlatriet ur.a i.re
a smouldering mass of ruins this
the valley city' history which caused destructive damage to frull
pui-King una lumoer pianis ai an estimated loss of more than one)
and one-half million dollars. j
The fire broke out In the American Fruit Grower plant
near the heart of the city at about 8 o'clock last night. '
Fire Chief Roy Elliott said this mornlna that th.r. u.a
definite indication of the fire's
report that it may have originated in a coffee hop lounge which
the Fruit Growers plant maintained for employes.
Listed as destroyed bv the raeinir flamra wen th snn nnd
American r run urowen piani, w
me adjoining crystal Springs
Packing company, $200,000
meaiora mining company,
$130,000; Porter Lumber com
pany, $100,000; Monarch Seed
and Feed company, $150,000;
damages to nearby houses, $50,
000, and minor damages else
where in the three-block vicini
ty. Fear Loss reared
There was fear, too, that the
region's multi- million dollar
pear growing Industry would
suffer even greater loss because
the fruit plants, two oi ine
largest in the district, could not
be replaced before the August
fruit harvest. A telephone call
to the Medford Mail Tribune
today however advised that
other plants, including Reter
Packing company, Pinnacle
Packing company, Southern
Oregon Sales and Bear Creek
Orchards plant, would double
up in their efforts to handle the
entire crop.
Over r.ere in ruamain rails,
Andrew Collier of the Klamath
Ice and Storage company, ad
visMi that both the local and
Tulelake plants would handle
approximately 250,000 boxes of
pears tor storage, xnis win re
lieve the congestion early in
the fall which the fruit opera
tors of the valley are now an
ticipating with the heavy loss
on their hands despite the fact
no storage facilities were lost
in the valley. There is however,
a heavy crop anticipated and
local handling will aid materi
ally. Collier said one-half of
the new Tulelake storage plant
will be given over to the iruu
and pears are expected begin
ning around September 5.
Flraman Casualties
Four firemen, members of
the Medford fire department,
were either injured or -over
come bv fumes ana smoae
while fighting the flames but
all were improved today, it was
learned. Earl Harrison suffered
an injured hand while manning
the pumps but was able to re
turn ta hi rjost after first aid
treatment. Richard Knight was
nverrnme bv heat and smoke
TpRxv Williams, fireman.
was knocked off the edge of the
Monarch Feed plant when fire
men moved a big hose and
o him off the building.
u. foil nn. ctnrv but after first
aid insisted on returning to aid
others. The Monarch outfit is
owned by Miksche Brotners or
iritnrj Trman Johnson was
overcome apparently by sulphur
mM while working at the
anMrt nl si n t
The fire was reported by
Fred Robinson, manager ui"'
Davis Transfer company whose
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Meat Famine
Faces Nation
By The Associated Press.
A virtual famine in fresh
meat for most of the nation was
reported today with no indica
tions ox immediate .
senate prepared lo aci on m
house- approvea tumi
OPA bill retaining meat price
controls. . , ,
auinu " -
men said should the bill become
law, keeping tne nas on live
stock and meat prices, the coun
try's meat supply "will get even
worse." , ,, ..
Others asserted tne scarciiy
would continue for several
the shortage would continue
until tne late oi ur i
mined. There were threats of a
complete shutdown of facilities
from packing houses to retail
markets in Los Angeles because
of expressed dissatisfaction over
the OPA bill provisions.
Fish and fowl and eggs re
placed the main meat dish on
the country's dinner tables as
hundreds of . butcher shops
across the country closed. Oper
ations in packing plants dropped
to new all time low levels.
The abnormally low volume
of livestock at markets during
the last two weeks has resulted
in the lowest output in history
at many plants. '
Police Continue
Parking Patrol
The police department's
three-wheeler is still patroling
the business section of town
marking cars for overtime and
improper parking.
Most of the owners of cars
tagged have paid their tickets,
but a few have neglected to
show up at the police station
and police warn that warrants
will be issued for registered
owners who ignore traffic tickets.
mornlna after tha unrat fir. in
cause, but he I Investigate
Draft Bill
Now Up To
President f
WASHINGTON. June 26 0P1
With more than $50,000,000 at
stake, the nation's men in uni?
iorm riveiea ineir attention on
the White House today to learn
when the draft extension com;
promise and its companion pay
increase measure Decome law. -The
twin bills cleared final
congressional hurdles yesterday
in doublequick time after months
of argument
Public interest centered on the
nine-month extension of the
wartime draft beyond June 30
wun non-iatners between 18 and
45 probably most concerned a
possible draftees. Neither jerv
ice. however. ha indicated an
desire to draft anyone over 2
Other prime provision of tha
measure include: .
1. An 18-month limit on com
pulsory service.
2. No further induction! of
fathers. :
3. A clause that fathers nois)
in service may apply lor release)
after August 1.
But the men of the army
navy, marines and other armed
services from gold braided of
ficers down to privates and ap
prentice seamen were more In.
terested in the time of the pay
boost signing. , i ; ..
The increases ranging from
$25 a month for the privates up
to $166.67 for the upper bracket
generals and admirals will be
come effective on the first day
of the month following the pres
idential signature. r
Because the present stopgap -draft
act dies at the end of thia
month, Mr. Truman was expect
ed to sign the compromise ex
tension before July 1.
But he was not under tha
same pressure to sign the broad
pay increase plan. Hence if he
delays this until after July 1, all
men on duty with the armed
service would have to wait un
til August 1 before collecting
the extra money. . , - ,
Parade Draws
City Societies
Brady Narey, chairman of tha
fraternal section of the rodeo
parade committee announces
that the fraternal organizations
of the city are responding 100
per cent. Andy Meek of the
Eagles has reported that his or
ganization, will have three en
tries, the Eagles drum corps,
Eagles drill team and the ladies
auxiliary drill team. V. C.
Goodwin of the Elks reports that
his organization will enter a
decorated float. Victor Vasak.
of the Moose said that his organ
ization would have a marching
body and that the ladies aux
iliary would also be present.
The Shrine will present the Hil;
lah drum corps, with 27 plecesj
in their colorful uniforms.
One of the first community
entries to come in is that of Hen;
ley. Ethel Whitlatch advises
that her community will present
a historical float as a contribu
tion to the centennial program.
The Klamath Indian Agency
has also advised that its float
will promote the centennial
idea. ,
Altogether some 22 entries
have already been made with
more than half of the sections
yet to be heard from. There Is
every indication that this will
be the biggest parade In Klam
ath's history, according to E. P.
Ivory, parade chairman of tha
Klamath rodeo committee. :
Baseball Scores '
AMERICAN v
DETROIT, June 26 (IP) Pour
ing across 15 runs in the first
two innings, the Detroit Tigers
handed the league-leading Bos
ton Red Sox their worst defeat
of the season, 16 to 2, in tha
first game of a doubleheade
today.
Hal Newhouser scored his 13th
pitching victory and Hank
Greenberg of the Tigers and Ted
Williams each clouted his 18th
home run. R H B
Boston 1 ( I
Detroit 18 15 t
Dobson, Klinger (1), Butland
(1), Bagby (3) and Partee; New
houser and Tebbetts.
Washington 416 1
Chicago 10 1
Leonard, Haefner (11), Hudson
(13) and Evans; Haynes, PapUb
(9) and Tresh. (16 inning.) t.