Maritime Conferees Deny
Eight-Hour Day Proposal
otirri.K .limn 27 11 'l A
healed debilo between Hep.
Ilonry Jackson (DWash), Unit
id Slates delegate, und Cicorgc
It. Strauss, member of tlio lii'lt
ish parliament unri United King
dom dolcgulo, at un all-night
session of the world iiuirllliiio
conference wiln and hour com
mittee ended curly today In
ulRidlnil dofout (or an Ainerlcon
proHi.ul for flul right-hour
day for seamen.
Charges Ihul tlio Ainerlcun
Fire Meeting
Due Tomorrow
Organization of fire protec
(Ion district proponed for the
south mid east iiliurbun areas of
Klamath Fiilln will be sturted at
meeting Krlduy night at the
Ul flui a,lwi,,l Till IllUM
meeting, under sponsorship of
tlio Suburban Icugue aim anasia
View grunge, Is scheduled for 8
p. m. to nettle boundaries mid
.i..i..u. . Him uliin. .
The nfricor of tlio Suburban
leuiiuo huve been Informed by
ihn niuln fire murshul thut Ills of
fice would bo represented nt the
meeting mid also Unit Fire Chief
Keith Ambrose would be present
i advisor.
n...i KMrltiii flrna In the 1U
I.. .-I.-., irm hlUB flllllllllKlZtd
the necessity of organized mo
dern fire fighting liieiiiues in
tint district. Growing building
operation! In the business sec-
-l.-i.u U nih hiun tiif-ri-liapH
kwm ,., w. . --
the fire hazards, It wan pointed
out. If fire once were started,
I. ...... 1.1 kMu i.iwn lli tmal.
11 tumu -
ness portion unci spread to the
The sixinsors of the proposed
lire aisiriet uruo a iro nm.uu
ance at the Friday meeting.
Permonente Hospital
To Receive Veterans
SEATTLE, June 27 ll'l Tin
veterans administration an
nounccd yeslerduy 150 veterans
will be hospitalized ui nonnern
I'ermnnente hospital, vancou
ver. Wash.
The announcement followed
sinning of a three-year contract
for halt the capacity of the 120
bed modern hospital built by
Kaiser corporation during the
war. Sixty patients with service-connected
disabilities will be
transferred from veterans' hos
pitals at Walla Walla and Port
land Immediately, the VA an
nounced. Fort Klamath
rOIlT KLAMATH, June 27
Visitors at tho homo of Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Nicholson and
family lust week were Mrs.
Nicholson's niece, Erline Ander
son, and her parents, Mr. and
t Mrs. Karl Anderson. Erline, who
I' mm I,, at r-ntu n I nt .l l,tp fraikmnn
' year at Stanford university,
I'alo Alto, preceded her parents
arrival by a few days. After
the group had enjoyed a few 1
days' visit here with the Nichol-'
sons, they left for their home in
. ElleiMburg. Wash. I
Fred Bishop is reported as
being much Improved following :
a serious illness suffered at his
home here lust week. He has
been confined to the hospital
since the attack, and expects to
be able to return home here in :
a few days. - i
Mr. and Mrs. Jock Peppord of '
Portland were recent visitors at i
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Dixon at the Dixon ranch.
Correction: The Crater lake
rim roud is not open, in corrcc
. tlon of previous Item stating
that tho 35-inlle road around tho j
lake was open to travel. The
statement wus made due to mis
taken information, and tho road
will not bo cleared of snow for
some time to come, according to
park servlco cmnloves.
Dinner guests at the home of
nir. aim Mrs. u, a. I'ugo nnd
son, Ciena, on Father's Dnv
were Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Dixon, j
a Dea.ituul cako appropriately
decorated for the occasion was
served later In the evening by
Mrs. Page to Mr. and Mrs. Dix
on, Mrs. Guv Stulgcr of Chllo
quln, Guss Pago and son, Gene.
On Sunday, Juno 23, Mr. and
Mrs. Pago entertained ol dinner
.'. when the following were their
1 guests, Mr and Mrs. Henry :
urui, mr. nnd nirs. James Orth
and daughters. Judv and La
Verne, all of Fort Klamath,
Alfred B. Caste! Sr., Is busy
these days, having taken a con
tract with himself to point tho
exterior of his homo. Due to
the unsettled weather prevailing
hero lately, tho work Is pro
gressing slowly.
government delegation wus at
tempting to wreck tho proposed
InternulToiiul wage-hour conven
tion by demunillng an eight-
hour day on ull shins wore
hurled during tho hot discus
sion on the Issue by Klruuss
und Itlt'hurd Sneddon, Urlllali
shipowners' dolcgulo,
Iteplylng to Struiiss' statu-
ment thut an eight-hour duy
could not bn upproved by Euro
pean countries, Jucksou heat
edly declared:
'I cannot understand the
reasoning of uny lubor govern
ment which suys It is not for
an eight-hour day. I would say
to the government delegules
that they adopt tho eight hour
duy here und tuko it home und
see whut their people will suy
about It.
'You are not going to fool
the people In your resiiecllve
countries.
Struuss urged the delegates
not to be "blinded by" slogans
such as the "eight-hour day''
but to adopt clauses in the pro
posed convention which would
be almost certain of ratification
by tho various governments.
Struuss, who is purllumen'
tury secretory In the ministry
of Iranxport und one of thu
leaders of the British labor
party, added "If you wunt to
destroy the prestige or tlio In
ternatlonul lubor orguniiilion
tile best wuy Is to adopt con
ventlons which cunnot lie rati
fled. He termed the Amerirun
proposal "unrealistic and Im
practical,"
VFW To Be Unable
To March In Parade
Because the color guard of
Pellcun post 1383, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, us well as a large
number of Ihe members will Bt
tond the VFW slate encamp
ment In Corvullls Juno 21)
through July 3, It will bo Im
possible for tho post to march
In the local parade on the
fourth o( July, Post Common
der E. V. Zell uimounced today
Zell urges that ull members
of the post who con, turn out
with their cups on to form
small unit as a representation
lor tne post.
Lovers' Wrangle
Ends Flagpole Sir
COSHOCTON, O., Juno 27
(p) A lover's iuurrl Tues
day night brought "Mad"
Marshall Jacobs off his 178-
,.... fl.. .,..!, tulil,,!, tin ua.
cended Muy 30 In quest of a
world sitting record.
Today ho had disappeared,
and his fluncc, Miss Lonnle
Cosniur, went to the top of
tho polo und said she would
sluy there until he returned,
They are scheduled to be
married on the polo Sunday.
For 28 days Jacobs hud
clung to his perch, despite
electrical storms and hot sun.
But Miss Cosmur wanted to
go to Clevelund today to take
port In a radio broadcast, and
Jacobs forbade her to go.
She Insisted, und then Ja
cobs cume down despite her
eutreutles.
Tho steeplejack, who hod
planned to stay aloft until
July 4, then went to his hotel
room, took a bath and disap
peared. Coffee Price
Hiked By OPA
WASHINGTON. Juno 27 tifi
The government toduy added an
Increase of 3 to 4 cents a pound
for coffee to a steadily growing
list of price boosts for dinner
table Items.
Stabilization Director Chester
Bowles approved the higher
prices, and OPA sold they will
go Into effect within a week
us soon us tho exuet amount of
tho relull Increase is calculated.
In authorizing the price hike
lust night, Bowles sold the pur
nose wus to encourage Imports
lion of green coffee from Latin
America. To this end, export
ers will get two cents more a
pound. Importers' ceilings are
being raised 2.075 cents
pound.
For housewives, the coffee
price boost comes close on the
neels of iurreuscs on such im
portunt market basket items as
milk, bread, butter, cheese and
breukfast cereals. And meat
prices went up not long ago.
Bowles said tho state depart
ment hod "long urged that re
turns to the coffee-producing
countries be Increased due to
higher production costs." He
sold he had agreed to the in
creases "with the greatest reluctance."
Henley Woman Elected
By Count Home Group
Camp Head
s mix.
Mrs. C. H. Kelly will serve
as chairman of the annual Jack
son-Klamath . counties' . home
makers' camp at Lake o' the
Woods. The camp scheduled to
open July 17 will feature a real
vacation for homemakors.
Kennell-Ellis
Despite rationing and lack of
new cars, auto registration In
California reached an ail-time
high during the first six months
of 1945 2,972.223.
The election of Mrs. W. M.
Williams, Henley, to the chair
manship of the Klomuth county
home economics extension com
mittee, and the appointment of
Mrs. C. H. Kelly, Homedule
roud, as chairman of the annual
Jackson Klamath counties
homemukers' curnp at Lake o'
the Woods have been announced
by Mrs. Wlnnlfrcd K. Glllen,
county home demonstration
agent.
Other women who will head I
the executive group of the coun
ty home economics extension
work are Mrs. Harry Mitchell,
Malin. vice president, and Mrs.
Lee Holllday, Fairhavcn, secre
tary and treasurer.
The county committee will
work with Mrs. Kelly on plans
for the annual homemakers' va
cation camp at Lake o' the
Woods, scheduled for July 17 to
21. 'This opportunity for a
four-day rest camp for home
makers was a very popular fea
ture of the extension summer
program before the war," Mrs.
Gillen pointed out. It will be
held In conjunction with women
of Jackson county In order to
widen friendships among home
makers of southern Oregon.
"Any homcmaker In the countv
between the ages of 18 and 80
will be welcome," she added.
Registrations must be in the
home demonstration agent's of
fice, room 208 federal building
in Klamath Falls, not later than
July 11. Registration blanks
may be obtained from the same
office. Since the four-day camp
is designed to be a rest and va-
VAA Record
Set In May
All records for sales of sur
plus property by the war assets
administration were broken dur
ing May, with the Portland of
fice doubling Its April figures,
according to word received to
duy by C, T. Mudge, regional
director. National reports show
material costing the govern
ment 1808,000,000 being dis
posed of during the month for
$233,000,000, while Portland
sold (1,923,109 worth of sur
plus for f70,103.
One of the main reasons for
UrsAI O NrWS, KUmalk falll. Ora. TIM BuDAT. Jaaa IT, IMS, fata Taita
the Increase was the sale of the I
Geneva, Utah, steel plant to
the U. 8. Steel corporation, for
which the government had paid
20 1,000,000. A decided increase
In disposal of aircraft was also
noted. Sales of consumer goods
put $200 millions bock into the
treasury, and $130,000,000 was
received for sales of producer
and capital goods.
Probably the most outstand
ing report comes from sales of
war plants and sites with $301,
000,000 sold during the month,
the previous period showing
only $28,000,000.
Brazil was named after the
dyewood which was the early
settler's chief export.
SEWING MACHINE
REPAIRING
apart, OaaranlaaS Wark
Mil Makaal
Baaaaaaala rrlaaa fraa Kallmalaa
Sewing Machine Service
Yaor iBSapaaSattt Daalar
Phana sill Ills shaila War
cation for homemakers, no chil
dren will be admitted, although
Sunday, July 21, the last day of
the camp, will be "family day,"
when families of campers may
pack a lunch at home and go up
to the lake to get "mom."
The registration fee, covering
the entire camping period is $7,
only $3 of which need be paid
upon registration. Transporta
tion to the camp must be ar
ranged by the campers them
selves. All the rest the camper de
sires, shell craft, leather craft,
boating, swimming, hiking and
"no work" will keynote the va
cation camp.
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