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IkttM mm V) Jfl lit Tit Bay's lews By FRANK JENKINS A CASUAL. Il.cul report from Washington this miirnlnis dl closes tlmt llio United Stutel of America will probably go about 2(1 hllllim dollar! In Ilia holo during the current fiscal (inoiH-y) year, which will end on Sunduy night. TT cost! lot of money to "Uier ore after great warn, still, there are few 111 America who really doubt Unit government ( HMi(IUurri in inn year 01 ia-pi-rlng off could hove bwn (iKKATLY curtailed without in any wny whatever endangering our nutinnul picture. Imlcpd, rrullstic economy In money mutter In Waihliiton ywmild STIIKNGTIIEN our no tioiuil position unbelievably, nKI'llESENTATlVK fv Kl.l.SWOKTII, f I HARRIS from tlio Kouthern Oregon district wont of the mountain, mid the other day: "Letters I receive and con versations with people wherever I fo indlcuto clearly thut mot people in this country who do any thtnkliiK about uoveriunent are deeply concerned with the promt condition of federal fi nance!, and not only wunt to ico the budiiet bulunced (spend no more thun li tuken in) hut our di'ht reduced (by spending LESS thnn l tuken In mid lining tho difference to pay off debt.)" IV you want to check that slate ineiit. search YOUR OWN thought. How do YOU feel about It? Are you iierfectly happy and contented Willi the fact tlmt your f overninent went 20 billion dol ii m In the hole during thia fiscal yeur thut la just cndluu? Or would you feel belter about It if wo were making Home pro gress toward REDUCING our indebtedness? T ET'S put It a little more lmply. Sunoaiia you owned lome itock In a concern whote earning! represented your ole hoe of a rnmfortable living In your old age. How would you feel about It If that concern were heading deep er into debt every day with no visible prospect thut Its man auers contemplate any HEDUC- l IUIN III tneir spooning policies? T ET'S put It a little more bluntly: What would you DO about 11? t , www T'llE answer l fairly plain. You'd get together with your fellow stockholders and serve un ultimatum on your managers to the effect thai unless they begin to display a littlo moro plain common sense and elementary business Judgment you'll FIRE tncm. THIS Is the point: Ai long ns spenders continue to be elected or appointed to or flee, government spending will go nn more or less unchecked. Thut ia plain human nature If the people continue to RE WARD reckless spending It is only natural for the spenders to assume that what they are doing is popular. Christian Funeral Set For Matsuoka TOKYO. Juno 28 (P) Chris thin burlnl services will be held line tfiny i jiu iiinijnu miiisu- oka, former Japanese foreign minister who died of tuberculosis yesterday. Mntsuoka became a Christian while attending the University of Oregon, from which he was graduated In 1000. Tulelake Homesteads Open To All Qualified Veterans The keen Interest with which World War 11 veterans In tho Klumuth area are following de velopments on tho homcstoadlng of 86 units of Klamath project lund in the Tulclako area Is being equalled by veterans throughout tho west, and after final award to cntrymcn tills fall there will doubtless be new faces seen on tho streets of Tulclako and Klamath Fulls. This prediction came today from J. G. Dudley, chief of operations and maintenance for 1 ho reclamation bureau, Region II, Sacramento, when he re vealed that already over 4000 World War II veterans have In dicated their desire to be In formed of the qualifications for cntrymcn to the reclaimed public lands which are now being oper ated under lease, LI ml ley pointed out that the Klnmath lands arc not only the sole irrigable public lands avail able for veteran settlement In California, but they will be the first such lands In the United Stales to bo opened to entry since the wnr ended. This explains, he said, the volume of the In quiries regarding the lands, and the necessity for complete fair ness in handling the applications. Llndlcy emphasized Hint any veteran of the United States forces In World War II who itiwts the qualifications has an eviuiil chance for tho valuublo land, and that every precaution Is bring taken to insure a fair award of the units without favoritism to any particular group or locality, Dream Told By Witness In Spy Case SEATTLE, June 28 (!) A psychic dreuui In which Her bert Kennedy, government stur witness In tho Russian espion-ugc-cousplracy trial here, saw "demolition guns" nearly a week before they were officially an nounced lust summer wus re counted to the Jury trying Lt. Nicola! G. Rcdiii of tho Soviet nnvy today. Under cross examination by defenso Attorney Trucy Griffin, Kennedy said thut he definitely remembered an hitherto undis closed visit to tho Redln apart incut nne Sunduy last July be cause It wus then he told Redin of his dreum. Ho suld that five or six duyi ufter the dreum "on article appeared in the press in which 0U ships of the Canudlan liuvy had been mounted with de molition uuns an invention nf an Australian. My knowledgo of demolition guns wus nil. Kennedy described the coinci dence aa "curious." Spectators Reprimanded Once more Federal District Judge Lloyd I,, Block "leaned over buckwurd" In his dully ef forts to insure un Impurtlul trial. Ho opened today's session with flvo minutes of mildly scolding the spectators In the crowded courtroom for "forgetting" yes terduy afternoon his daily ad monitions ngulnst "nny expres sions, vocul or otherwise, or gei turei indicating approval or dis approval" of anything transpir ing during the trial. In testifying about the Hri-im recital Kennedy placed the visit as hawing occurred between tho tune Redln hud tuken him out to Lake Washington and had pressed him for secret data on the new destroyer tender Yel lowstono and a more Insistent demand he suld was made dur ing a visit last October 12 fol lowing which Kennedy contact ed tho federal bureau of inves. ligation. Kennedy said he ac cepted the Sunday dinner visit at Redin's Insistance, despite Kennedy's temporary Illness. Kennedy recounted in testi mony yesterday how chance acquaintance hud developed Into friendship with the Russian offi cer. Tornado Rips Detroit Again DETROIT. June 28 oPi . Property damage estimated In hundreds of thousunds of dol lars was left today In the de structive wake of a short-lived but vicious tornado that tore Into Detroit yesterday after noon. , The twister, second in the area In little over a week, swept across the Canadian bor der from Windsor, leaped tho Detroit river and hit a north west industrial section about a mile from downtown at 3:37 p. m. In the three minutes It last ed, the tornado ripped roofs off more than a score of buildings and piled automobile! like kindling In a mile-long area. There were no fntalitlcs, al though seven persons were treated tor cuts and Druiscs. The tornado was far less de structive than the June 17 twister, which claimed 17 lives and Injured hundreds. Windsor, which bore the brunt of last week's tornado, suffered only minor damage yesterday. In pursuing this aim, the local board of examiners represents men recommended for their fair ness and public spirit by vet orana groups themselves. These men. Nelson Reed, Robert N or ris. Fred E, McMurphy and Lockie McLeod arc all veterans and one of them, Norris, Is i World War II veteran. E. L Stephens, reclamation bureau representative on the board, has achieved wide reputation for his lulrncss. Actual procedures for award of farm units, as well as details of qualifications for cntrymcn are to be announced In the very near future, Dudley said. At this time, nowovcr, it seems likely that a drawing will be the de cisive procedure and that quali fication for entry in the drawing will be on a basts of minimum experience and assets. This would remove tho old rating system, which was felt by those attending public meetings on the question to work Inequalities upon men without considerable financial assets. Any decisions of the local board may be ap pealed to the reclamation bureau regional director at Sacramento, In any case, there will be no discrimination against any vet eran, whether local or non-local Announcement of the opening of the lands is expected to be mado within the next tew weeks, and at that time, according to Llndlcy, the number of appli cants Is expected to soar well above flvo thousand. PRICE FIVE CZY ' More Funds Raised For Heat Plant Prospects for a warmer win ter as fur ns city supplied heat was concerned, loomed brighter toduy us subscriptions came in to the Consumers Heating com pany which hopes to meet dead line requirements nf June 30, to purchusc the physical properties of the Klnmath Heating com pany. E. Ii. Hull, member of the Con sumers committee, Ihursduy ad vised The Hcruld und News that lubscriptioii! necessary to pur chase tnc plant were suuiy lag- fling and the outlook for winter lent was fur from favorable. Hull suid a number of heat users "intended to subscribe" but hud just been lux In taking action. Fullowiug Thursday night's story, there wus a spurt in sub scription request! und it ii hoped thut tills will continue throughout toduy and Saturday In order to meet the deadline Sunduy, Others wishing to subscribe to insure heut and steam In the business district as well as other points in the city which have been supplied in years past by the Klamath Heating company, may contact any member of the Consumers committee or call at the Flrot National bunk and con tact Mitchell Tlllotson. Mem bers of the committee are Fred Hoa gland, chuirmun; E. Ii. Thompson, G. C. Lorcnz, T. B. Walters, Ed Ostendorf or Bert Hall. Italy Chooses 1st President ROME, June 28 . r Enrico de Nlcolu, veteran Neapolitan statesman, was elected provis ional president of tho new Ital ian republic today by the con stituent assembly. He received 398 of the S04 votes cast. De Nicola, 68, was assured election earlier when the Christ Ian democrats, socialists and communists agreed that he was acceptable as a compromise. When the president arrives in Rome tomorrow Premier Alcide Do Gaspcris sixty party coali tion will resign. Because of the strong show ing of Dc Gaspcrl's Christian democrats in tho June i as sembly elections, Dc Nicola is expected to ask him to form another government. The Ital ians voted also on June 2 to depose King Umberto II and the royal llouso of Savoy and cstouiisn a republic. A former journalist, Nicol was elected to the prc-fascist chamber of deputies four times and served us under secretary of colonics and treasurer in the U loll HI and Orlando cabinets. Ainsworth Again Goes To Hospital Tex Ainsworth. against whom the grand jury found no cause for action in connection with the fatal stabbing of Glen Harris on May 23 in a Klamath Falls rooming house, entered Klamath Valley hospital Thurs day afternoon for surgery. Ainsworth received bullet wounds in the abdomen during the fracas and is back in the hospital to have the remainder of the bullets removed. Two were taken out within two days after the quarrel. Automobile Dealers To Parade On 4th John Ashley, chairman of the uutomobllc section of the Fourth of July parade, announces that all car dealers In town will participate In the parade. New model cars will be dis played, as well as many old ones dating back to the earlv 1 000's. Ono of the oldest cars will be a 1001 Oldsmobile one cylinder car, the same model car that won the first transcon tinental auto race under its own power. The particular car to be shown in the parade has made two trips to the east coast. Black Maria Stolen In Arrest Reprisal THE DALLES, June 28 P) Police said today a 2 1-y car old man, under arrest here, has admitted stealing their pa trol wugon in retaliation lor the arrest of his brother. Tho Black Mnrla disappear ed after dumping a load of prisoners at the police station Tuesday night. A search led to its discovery wrecked in the Brown's creek area southwest of town, KLAMATH Butcher Answers Investigators' Assault Charges Andy Glglar. butchar at the Oregon Food store on Orgon aranua, looks ovar the legal papers which say ha committed assault and battary on tha parsons of Clyda D. Bird and Theodora J. Holdt, OP A Investigators, whan they asktd to ba shown his meat ialts and purchase records. With Andy U Justice of tha Ptaca Joseph Aloyilus Mahoney who sat Giglar's bail at $100 per charge whan ha pleaded not guilty. Klamath Soldier Awarded Medal For Heroic Act Two Oregon men, one from Klamath Falls the other from Lakcvicw, received the Soldier's Medalfortiprolsm when they rescued " a civilian passenger from a blazing ship, the war de partment said today. Ralph P. Hayes of this city and Marion J. BritUon of Lake view, were the two army men honored. They are credited with keeping the fire from spreading to a nearby vessel, as well. Hayes, a private first class, and Brittson, then a sergeant in the coast artillery, were blown from an army harbor craft by an explosion last October 8. at Fort Stevens, Ore. While flam ing gasoline enveloped the boat, the two crawled back aboard to save a civilian pass enger pinned in the wreckage, the citation reported. They then braved the danger of further explosions to unmoor the boat and shove it into open water, away from the pier and other craft. Manager Wilbur B. Whltcomb Jr., of Klamath Falls, has been ap pointed airport manager for tha municipal field, and will as sume dutiei on July 1. A gradu ate of ::UHS, Whltcomb want into service with tha national guard in 1940, transferred to the air corpi in 1943, Ha uw action with tha 15th air force in Italy where he rose to tha rank of first lieutenant. Whit comb has spent tha past week in touring various airfields in Oregon and California, studying managerial problem!. While in tha air force, Whltcomb re ceived training in both adminis tration and operations. Whlt comb was named by the city airport commission and his ap pointment Will be presented for final approval to the city coun cil Monday night. FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE Leaders Urge OPA Approval WASHINGTON, June 28 (JP) Congressional leaders told Pres ident Truman today that if he does not sign the compromise OPA billon Controls will die Sunday. . - Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky.) told reporters after a White House conference that the ma- WASHINGTON. June 28 (JP) The senate today passed and sent tha controversial price control bill to President Tru man. jority leaders were unanimous in telling Mr. Truman that it is "all or nothing" so far as the bill now pending before the sen ate is concerned. Barkley said he, Speaker Ray burn, House Majority Leader McCormack and Senator Mc Kellar (D-Tenn.) told the presi dent that no simple resolution continuing present OPA powers even temporarily could gain ap proval of congress in the event of a veto of the compromise bill. Those who saw the president said he did not commit himself. Only three senators were on hand when the senate met at 11 a. m., an hour early. They were McKellar (D-Tenn.), presiding; Barkley, and White of Maine, the republican leader. There was no sign of Senator O'Daniel (D-Tex.) who talked for eight hours yesterday and last night against the bill." Flames Damage U. Of O. Press EUGENE, June 28 (iP) Supt. Robert C- Hall estimated a $25,000 loss today after fire of undetermined origin de stroyed presses and the bindery department in the University oi uregon rress Duiiding. Hall's personal collection of fine printing by John Henry Nash, famed California printer and I o r m e r faculty member here, also was burned. Showers Predicted For This Afternoon Thermometers all over the city registered below 60 at noon today. Although no storm was imminent, according to the weather bureau, a few light showers were predicted for this afternoon. The barometer was rising slightly this morning, . after about a two-hour pause. The rain storms around Eugene and Portland appear to be local to that region only, while tem peratures in the valley are ris ing. Youthful 'Tarzan' Lands In Hospital PORTLAND. June 28 (Pi Fifteen -year -old Charles Crockett was in a hospital with serious injuries today because he tried to play Tar zan. A companion said he was swinging through the tops of fir trees and missed his hold on the branches, falling B0 feet. ' (Telephone Medford Plants Will Pack Crops Despite Damage The two large Medford fruit plants destroyed in Tuesday eve ning's disastrous fire, the Amer ican Fruit Growers company and the Crystal Springs Packing company, advised today . they would pack the valley's multi million dollar pear crop this sea son. Owners of both plants razed in the million and a half dollar fire, said they would rebuild as soon as materials were available. The two plants were located on adjacent properties and the fire, which started in the American plant swept over to the Crystal Springs buildings. Offers of storage space at Klamath Ice and Storage's Klam ath Falls and Tulelake plants were accepted. Shriners' Dance Brings In $9000 Marshall E. Cornett, poten tate of Hillah temple, has re cently been presented a check for 58000 for the Shrine Crip pled Children's hospital in Portland as the proceeds from the annually Shrine-sponsored dance held here June 1. This check is one of the largest re ceived by the Shriners from their annual drive. The money will go for care and medical service of the chil dren at the Shrine hospital. Many children from Klamath county have been treated at the hospital in past years, which is for boys and girls of 14 years old or under. Formerly support ed entirely by the Shrine in come, the project has been so successful additional income was needed to take care of the growing number of children at the hospital. Baseball Scores AMERICAN Boston, June 28 (If) Lefty Mickev Harris turned in his 11th win for the Red Sox today with a 12-1 decision over the Wash ington Nats. Ted Williams col lected his 20th homer and Rudy York his ninth, each one with a runner aboard. Stan Spence pre vented a shutout with his 10th circuit drive in the eighth. R H E Washington 111 2 Boston 1212 1 Wolff, Scarborough (6), Pier etti (6) and Guerra; Harris and H. Wagner. NATIONAL ' BROOKLYN. June 28 (JP) Brooklyn's Dixie Walker led the National league leaders to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Braves today by banking in two runs on a double and single. Boston 1 6 0 Brooklyn 3 5 2 Sain. White (8) and Masi, Padgett (6); Lombard! and Ed wards. 3 FARM PRICES UP WASHINGTON. June 28 UP) The agriculture department re ported today tnat prices received by farmers in June were the highest since mid-1920. Farm prices averaged 218 per cent of the 1909-14 level, com pared with 211 per cent in May and with 206 in June a year ago. 28, 1946 WEATHER NEWS Jan II. IIS Hit. (Jam til OS Mia. 41 rrtclalUlUa Uit f a.ari -....M Slrnm jnt ! U - !- Narmal II.S1 Uil TMf II II 8111) Number 10858 Meat Cutter Rushes OPA From Store Andrew R. Gigler, 32, butcher j who declares that he is tired of i the OPA and interference in the ! meat business, this afternoon posted $100 bail on each of two I counts of assault and battery placed against mm rjy urA in vestigators Clyde D. Bird and Theodore J. Holdt, and plans to fight the charges. Gigler is market manager of the Oregon Food store on Ore gon, and is accused of roughing up the two OPA men yesterday afternoon when they wanted to check his market and meat sales. Brought into justice court this afternoon, he pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor counts and posted bail. He is securing an attorney and will stand trial. The investigators are from Port land and San Francisco and the trial will be held in justice court before they are scheduled to leave town in a few days. OPA Subpoena In addition to the charge filed in justice court, "Andy" Cigler said he received a subpoena to appear before the OPA, room 12, Bedell building, Portland, on July 2. This arrived in the morn ing mail. Gigler said the two investi gators walked into his shop at 3 p. m. Thursday and said they wanted to check the market, check the stock of meat, find out where he bought his mer chandise and to check all rec ords, both buying and selling. "So I just told them I wasn't going to show them anything. I grabbed both of them by the shoulders and shoved them out They went willingly when they saw how mad I was. I didn t hit them." Gigler said this after noon. "It's the same old story, I'm just tired of the way they've messed up the meat business," the butcher added. Gigler said the two men ad vised him "You? know what will happen now, but the butch er replied: "That's all right. I don't care. I'm tired of you and your tech nicalities." Gigler said he had been in the butcher business for many years, eight years with Safeway, four years with independents, two years with Carters, and for the pait 15 months at the Oregon Food store on Oregon avenue. "I have been before the OPA several times before, but it was on price charges and each time the charges proved false," Gig ler told The Herald and News Logger Finds Body In Shack The decomposed body of a man was found late yesterday afternoon in a shack on the Peterson homestead, three miles off the Dead Indian road near Lake o' the Woods, and Klam ath state police and a deputy coroner left this morning to bring the remains here. At a late hour today no identifica tion had been made. A logger working for the Para dise camp in that vicinity, found the body while passing the Peterson shack. He first advised the Jackson county coroner but the property is in Klamath coun ty just over the line. Dr. George H. Adler, Klamath county coroner, said the remains would De brought to ward s. Shortage Of Beer May Cut Into Cheer Of Rodeo Days By HALE SCARBROUGH j The beer shortage which is beginning to make itself felt among the town's guzzling popu lation may detract a little from the general cheer of the rodeo and wild west celebration in Klamath this July 4. but with a little luck and a little crowding at the bar, parched celebrants will probably be able to cut the dust in their throats just the same as always. For some reason, probably for good contacts among the distrib utors and astute semi-rationing among dealers, Klamath's suds shortage is nowhere as heart breaking as it is in other parts of the country, particularly back east where two-to-a-customer is getting to be a house rule. But most places along the main stem are now operating on a one shift basis, either opening later in the day, or closing earlier in the evening, or both, slicing a few hours off each end of serv ing time. The tavernkeepers generally are getting about half the beer they figure they could sell, but still there is enough to go around and keep most of the customers satisfied. In all probability there won't be enough brew to meet the en i Decision On Conference To Be Asked PARIS, June 28 (IP) Secre tary of State Byrnes served no tice on the foreign minlsterl council tonight that he intended to press for a decUion tomorrow on the calling of a general Euro- fiean peace conference, an Amer can informant said. At about the same time, the Moscow radio was broadcasting - TRIESTE. June 28 (P The American cruiser Fargo put into Trieste harbor Uit night to join two Briiiih cruisers and several smaller wanhipi here. Officer! who talked to news papermen indicated that the Fargo's pasiage up the Adri atic wai entirely uneventful. a report that there was a trend in United Statea foreign policy toward a separate peace in Europe. 'There is no question," a Mos cow commentator said, "that there are people and organiza tions in the United States who place their party or other in ternal political interests above the. interests of international peace, to say nothing of the fact that undoubtedly some elements in the United States are not at all pleased at the prospect of a stable and lasting peace." Ministers Encouraged The ministers, considerably encouraged by the solution yes terday of the Dodecanese islands and the French-Italian border questions, instructed their depu ties to bring in skeleton drafts of peace pacts for Italy, Bulgaria,' Romania, Hungary and Finland for today's session. - A British source said that with all five treaties before them, the ministers would be able to take1 up any topic they desired. This, might lead to further discussion of the knotty problem of Trieste, considered the key to solving the remaining issues. - , Settlement of the French Italian frontier question also in-, eluded ratification by the foreign ministers of the award to France of Mount Cenis, agreed upon at the April-May meetings of the ministers; the' passes of Little Saint Bernard and Larche, and an area around Bardonneche. Mount Cenis is a tiny coal and iron mine region east of Modane through which runs a main rail way line from France to Italy. Little Saint Bernard pass is south of Mount Blanc and Larche pass is farther south. 5 May Be Dead In Pier Crash PHILADELPHIA, June 28 iP) Five workers were believed killed today in the collapse of a 150-foot double-deck pier into the Delaware river. Seven hurled into 20 feet of water amid tumbling debris and high rolling waves caused by the crash escaped. All suffered in juries requiring hospital treat ment, - i - Possibly eight other survivors were treated at the scene, police reported, leaving five who were on the pier unaccounted for. Acting Deputy Fire Chief George Hink said after the col lapse that the five missing are believed to have been carried to the bottom of the river and trapped in freight cars in which they were working. The navy, he said, has been requested to send dtoers. There was no official Intima tion of the cause of the crash but waterfront workers reported there had been dredging of the river bottom to the north of the pier recently. tire demand the Fourth of July or the other three days of the rodeo when it's expected a lot of thirsty people will be in town, but the majority of the taverns will be open for business as long as the beer holds out. T A rodeo without beer out here in the west would be like a circus without pop corn, and you'd hear some cowboy yells never unleashed at a rode . U inij sounded down Main str'--t '. the cowhands and visitors ' (. '. able-'' to locate something ! r.-e'r line. Jack Webber and joe Manick have bought the drinks and eats concession at the fairgrounds for the four rodeo days and will sell (Contlnaad oa Paia t. Colama ti Barbers To Close All barber shops In Klam ath Falls will be closed July 4, 5 and 6, it was decided at a meeting of the barbers' union last night. The shops will be closed July 4 for the holiday, and July 7, Sunday, so last night's vote brought In the two Inter vening days, Friday and Sat urday, making a four-day va cation for barbers.
