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Newspaper Page Textmil ' 1 Day's Jews j By FRANK JENKINS PIIES1DENT TRUMAN tlili morning vcloea tho compro ' nils OPA bill that had finally gut lhroi(li both huusca of con gross. The house of rcpreaonla " livea voice almost immediately to auataln ti la veto, ij Since tlila ! Suturday and s Ihe OPA law expire by llmlta f lion t midnight Sunday, the result ll a mrsa, :, ONE way out would bn a aim , pie rcaohitlon continuing i'Ol'A on a toniporary bosle whllu runinusa wrestles auuln with ' the problem of wliut to do about price control. A to Unit. Semite Leader llurklcv atiya thero ll no chnnco i (or action on auch a reanlullon today, and the senate win not mret tomorrow. HOT1I housoe muat act If thu law la to be extendod. THERE la of courae the poe alblllty of extending- OI'A under the wiir powera of the Prealdent, which are wide, (Of ficially, we are atlll In a atate of war.) Any way you look at It, how aver, It la a ineaa. houao acta with ana- lotia speed In aualulnliiK . ' ...a. IV the Truman veto. About the only reaaonuble explanation of lla action la that by (loin ao It throwa the ineaa back Into Ida lap. That la certainly where It reata at the moment. a a a IN vetoing the bill, Prealdent Truman calla It a "auro form ula for Inflation. He aaya: "It would aturt prlcra and cnata climbing. It would start the value of tho dollar falling and keep it fulling. Commenting on the veto. Re publican Senator Taft auya: - "The I'realdcnt'a action lathe moat Inflationary move which could bo made . . . Thla tukca the lid off . , . Tho admlnlatra tlon already, by the encourauc mrnt of wago Increases and other coata, haa brought about a aerlca of price Incrcaica . All the (vetoed) bill doea la to force the admlnlalratlon to recognlie Increaacd coata In fix Ing prlcea." On both aldoa, you aee, tho pot la meroly calling tho kettle black. TT looka very much aa If Tru man haa been maneuvered Into a tight corner. Even If he gets an extension of OPA before the deadline tomorrow night, either by Joint resolution of congreas or by uae of hla war powers, he will atlll be on tho Pot. , Ha can lead eonureaa back to I line price control trouuh and rder It to drink. But will it? Holh houaea of congreaa. In the face of all the preaxure the adminlatratlon could bring to bear, have already defied hla wlahea aa to OPA legislation. Suppose they go to work on It agnln and bring in a bill sub atantlully the same as the one vetoed this morning. Where will the Prealdent be then? So far as may be Judged by what can be seen at thla dla tance, he will be right back in the aame hole. rFHE Prealdent aaya tho vclocd 1 bill la contradictory leglsla tlon which would be impossible to administer. Well, OPA hasn't been any picnic to administer and the adminlatratlon of It lias been fur from good. The hard, cold truth la that only production heavy enough to reault In real competition can cure the Ilia that are plaguing us. If we can mud dlo along somehow until pro duction finally catchea up with demand our troubles will begin to iron themselves out. If wo get out of the woods, It will bo the natural genius of tho American people for pro duction, rather than anything Washington has done, that will save Us. a a ABOUT tho only conclusion Hint ntnnrla out clenrlv la that our post-war leadership In Washington has been stumbling, Inefficient and timid. New Degnan Suspect Held CHICAGO, June 20 fP) Slates Attorney William J. Touhy today said "at tho present moment" ho was "satisfied" a 17-ycar-old university student was "the man" in the kldnup slaying of six-year-old Suzanne Degnan but thut he hadn't "de duced sufficient evidence to prove him guilty beyond a reu sonablo doubt." Tuohy mado tho statement after otacrtlng "nine points of similarity" had been established between a fingerprint on tho Degnan kidnap nolo and the fingerprint of William Ilclrcns, husky University of Chicago stu dent seized during a burglary In vestigation. Capt. Emmclt Evnns, head of tho police, bureau of Identifica tion and a veteran of 41 years of fingerprinting, said on the basis of tno comparisons: "I am convinced that the two prints were mado by the same man." Tuohy said tho fingerprint findings would bo sent to the tfiHlernl bureau of Investigation 'In Washington for verification, 'Tho prosecutor's announce enmo as tho climax of hours of attempted questioning of tho youth who has been strapped to a bed in the Bridewell hospital. PRICE FIVE CENTS Jap Bomb May Bring Indemnity Investigators were understood to be in Klumath Falle and Illy today preparatory to making final reports In connection with a bill introduced In the United Sluli-a house of reprcaentatlvca by Hep. William Lempko of North Dakota, In which financial aid la aoughl for fumlllea of the victims of the Japanese bomb ex plosion In the Gcarhurt moun tain country May S, 1IM3. Five children and a minister1! wife wero victims of the blast which occurred during war lime and first word of tho tragedy eliminated the information that (ho six deaths wero attributed to a Jupuncse bomb which landed In tho mountuln country. Killed In tho explosion which occurred while the party was on an outing, were Mrs. Elsie Mitchell, wife of Rev. Archie Mitchell of My. lone survivor of the tragedy; Jny Clifford, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Gilford; Eddie Engen, 13. aon of Mr. and Mra. Elnur Engen; Sherman Shoemaker. 12. aon of Mr. and Mra. J. L. Shoemaker: Joan, 11, and Dick. 13. children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patzke. All were from Illy. Oa Fishing Trip Rev. Mitchell said at the time, that he and his wife had taken the children to a creek on the Iliy Dulry creek road to fish and he drove tho car for a distance while the others walked In the woods. When the bomb was sighted, tho others called to Rev. Mitchell but when he was about 40 feet from the group, the ex plosion occurred. Rep. Lempkea bill Is HB 8188 and is "for relief of Frank J. Patzke, Archie Mltehe.ll, J. L. Shocmnkcr, Elnar Engen and N. L. Gilford. "It has now been re ferred to Uie coinmluoe on claims. Patzke will be awarded $10,000 for the death of his minor children, $000 funeral and other expenser, Mitchell. $7300 for wife and unborn child and $1300 funeral expenses; Shoe maker, $3000 for death of son and $1)23 funeral expenses; N. L. Gilford, $3000 for death of his son, Jay, and $030 for funeral expenses. As far as Is known, the trag edy in the Gearhart mountain area Is the only one In which death or Injury occurred In con nection with the barrage of bomb laden balloons released by the Japs during tho war. Corpse Found To Be Miner's The body of a man found near Lake 'o the Woods late Thurs day and brought to Ward's Fri day afternoon, was identified as that of Dan II. Pcdcrson, elder ly miner, who had a cabin about three miles off the Dead Indian road. Pcderson was apparently in the act of closing his cabin last winter when he fell from a lad dor and struck his head. The lad dcr was across his body. No relatives arc In this area. State police aided a deputy coroner in bringing the body here. Iden liflcatlnn was mado through r tides found on the man's body ana in me cabin. The youth was struck on tho head and knocked unconscious by a flower pot when he resisted arrest by police who said they trapped him prowling In a north sldo apartment building Thurs day. Tuohy said investigators "got absolutoly nothing" lrom Heir ens and expressed the opinion the youth was "fuigning irration ality." Tho questions, usually bringing cither no replies or un intelligible muttcring.i, ran through tho night and until 8:30 a. m. today. Tuohy and other investigators left the hospital at thut hour and Ilclrcns sank Into a deep sleep, attendants reported. The brutality of the kidnap ing and slaying shocked the na tion and threw a scare across tho city of Chicago. The police force was Increased by 1,000 men and night "beats" through the resi dential districts were reestab lished. The girl was stolen from her bed Jan. 7 by an abductor who left behind a ransom note demanding $20,000. Parts of nor dismembered body were found tho same night In sewers In the neighborhood of her north sldo home. Hclrcns" tearful mother, Mrs. Another Load ........ i- -.ll. . J'ijiV,.:.!,-,-- , i - - 1 Eight 32-foot Ponderoaa pin loga an rout from Jamas Mayas' logging oparatidna on BIy mountain to th Big Lakat pond, failed to rid a truck trailer aa It .rounded th S. Bth-Walnut cornar arly laat night. Drirar of th truck, Ervin Pool, Broad straat, aaid th tongu trailer broke, sanding th cargo crashing to th pavamant on th Link Mobil acrvlc atation cornar. Thar war no ln)urli. Thla la th cond load loat har within 10 day. . Rodeo Parade Entries Swell With entrlca for the 4th of July parade pouring in, a meet ing of the parade committee haa been called for 7:30 Mon day night at Rodeo headquart ers. Final plans will be laid for the formation and conduct of the parade. Brady Narey reports seven entries from the fraternal sec tion, and Nick Long has seven entries from tho commercial section. John Ashley, with the help of Dorrell Miller and Mel Henry, haa developed, an In teresting automotive section, using the old and new cars for the purpose. The mounted aectlon, under the direction of Lou Scrruya, will have five organized bodies,, Including a group from the Jun ior Council -Sif the Klamath Agency. The harness section, under the direction of Chct Barton, will have several en tries, led by Barton's Portland prize winning team of leopard spotted horses. The Junior Council will also enter a float in the parade, as well as the mounted group. Dave Hoss reports that the vets organizations will be fully rep resented. Two special prizes of $23 have been offered, one by Elmer Balsiger for the oldwt car which traveled the greatest distance for the parade, and the other by Bill Serruys for the best float in the parade. Music is still somewhat of a problem, according to parade officials, but there Is still some hope that the high school band may get together again for the occasion. Klamath Falls Singer Signs Band Contract Darleno Knowlcs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Knowlcs of Altamont drive, has signed a contract as vocalist for the sum mer with Bob Glcason's dance band of Fresno, Calif. She left Saturday morning and will sing nightly except Mondays at Huntington lake and Shaver lake resorts north of Fresno. Darleno Is well known amongst the riders of Klamath Falls. Although she is only 13 years of ago she has broken and trained her own horse and has won several events and races at the fairgrounds the past few years. Margaret Hcirens, 40, visited him at the hospital lust night. She said he had suffered a severe head bump when he was eight months old, falling from a high chair and down four or five cement steps. Meanwhile, a police physi cian's report, Tuohy said, show ed an X-ray examination had disclosed no evidence of skull fracture resulting from the flower Dot blow. Police nhvsl- clans also reported tho youth's pulse was normal. Police Capt. Michael Ahem of tnc Hogers 1'nrK district said Hcirens "violent efforts" to re sist capture led to the detailed investigation that was mado of his case. Tho youth was pummel lng one detective when another knocked him out. The new turn In the Investi gation of tho slaying of the Deg nan child after she was kidnaped from hor north side home last Jan. 7 camo yesterdny shortly after Richard Russell Thomas, 42, an cx-convlct held In Phoe nix. Ariz., repudiated a story he told there that he was the kid-nap-slayer. Chicago polite offi cials, who have questioned some 2,000 persons In efforts to solve the crlmo, had flown to Phoenix to interrogate him. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 29. 1946 Of Logs Dumped By Swerving Truck i Dog Ordinance Off Tomorrow City ordinance 3371, the local law which forbids dogs running at largo In town during the gar dening months. May and June, goes out of effect at midnight bunday, June 30. Drury H. McCurdy. 2263 S. 8th, and Joe Mora, 2221 Union, each paid $3 yesterday for viola tions of the dog ordinance, bringing the total $3 assess ments paid during the two montha to 30. Ninety-nine stray dogs were picked up during the period. Flyers Object To Field Rates Commercial operators at the municipal BlrI!d have .moved 10 cease iiying aa oz Monday, awaiting the outcome of a pe tition sent to the city council asking lower rates at the field. The proposed rates, to go into effect on July 1, have been branded as too high by the op erators who claim that approxi mately 12 per cent of their gross Income will be taken under the suggested set-up. Rates would include a $1000 fee for licenses to operate schools. Such as the GI schools now operating at the field, a 2 H per cent tax on sales, and a $300 fee for commercial planes. If the operators stop flying, which will include the GI schools now In progress, the only planes to leave the field will be privately owned ships flown for pleasure. Operators hove stated that If satisfactory rates are not estab lished they will be forced to leave the field and seek other ouartcrs. One operator states that he, and most of the others, are willing to pay a reasonable rental based on gross income, or will pay a flat rate in direct prooortlon to the rates now paid by Main street business men roc their businesses. A flat rate rental basis would be paid on the basis of riaying for only the physical facilities needed by the operotors. Representatives of the groun will go before the city council Monday niqht to ask a lower rate than that now proposed. Baseball Scores AMERICAN R H E 8 1 4 0 Grove, Cleveland 2 Chicago 0 Feller and Hcgan; Caldwell (8) and Trcsh. RUE Philadelphia 2 7 1 New York 0 6 1 Christopher, Flores (6) and Ro sar; Ruffing, Gumpcrt (5), Queen (0) Aiurpny (H and Robinson. R H E Washington 8 14 1 Boston 12 12 1 Mastcrson, Lamucchia (3). Tor res (3), Curtis (7) and Early; Hughson, Kllngcr (6) and H. Wagner. NATIONAL R H E New York 10 12" 0 Philadelphia 8 16 0 Voisclle, Carpenter (2), Thomp son (3), Fischer (3), Schumacher (8) and Lombard!; Stanccu, Humphries (3), Karl (4), Schanz (8), Raffcnsbcrgcr (8) and Hcm slcy, ' R II E Boston 3 7 3 Brooklyn 12 12 1 Wright, Roser (5), Posedel (6), Slnoleton (6). Lee (7) and Masl, Padgett (7); Hlgbe and Edwards. Arriving In U. S. Bjr Ths AMopiated Prrit Charlta I.. Bmllh. Tl, KUmilh Fslli, arrlvrd an Eufaula Victory In N.w York Jun as. Illram It. Thranh, Sal., Klamath FalU, arrlvfd an Kafaala Vlolorr In N.w York jana IB. (Telephone Load Of Logs Dumped Again For the second time in a little over one week, a logging truck has dumped a load of logs within the city. Last night, shortly after 7 o'clock, eight 32-foot Ponde- rosa pine logs slipped from a trailer at the corner of 6th and Walnut, the heavy load' landing partly on the sidewalk of the Link Mobile service station. For tunatcly there were no pedes trians on the walk and the street was clear of moving traffic in that section aa the ponderous load left the trailer. The truck, an International K-7, was operated by Ervin Pool, 21, who was bringing the load from James Mayes' logging oper ations in the Bly mountain area to be dumped at Big Lakes pond. Pool said he was making a left hand.turioff P. 6th on to Walnut when htatrailer Aongue brokd, also breaking the air hose. The load crashed to the pavement but the chain held. City police responded imme diately and cleared Pool, saying it was purely accidental but Assistant Chief Leigh Ackerman remarked that "something would have to be done about this log hauling in the city." A similar accident occurred at Oregon and Biehn a week ago Tuesday. A crane was brought to the scene late last night and the logs removed to Big Lakes. Pool is an etf-army man and has been logging for two years, the past two months with Mayes. Police Identify Escaped Tons' Klamath Falls state police late yesterday identified two men held at Yreka as members of a trio which escaped June 25 from a prison gang at work near the Oregon state penitentiary annex east of Salem. The pair wos arrested late Friday morn ing at Tulelake. The two men are said to be Frederick E. Cleveland, 21, serv ing one year for larceny, from Linn county, and Alfred W. Strain, 28, serving three years for possession of stolen property, also from Linn. Still at large is Lavern F. Kel ler, 21, serving three years from Jackson county for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Early this afternoon the two were transferred to the Siskiyou county jail at Yreka, California, jail but it is understood they have advised officers there that they will fight extradition. Police said the two men were in Tulelake Friday morning and asked to see a paper while in a restaurant ordering their break fast. They left the cafe where they had aroused suspicion and walked toward the intersection of the highway and the main street of Tulelake. There they caught a ride with Bill Welcn of Merrill, police said. Pursuit Begun In the meantime Chief of Po lice Frank Rhodes of Tulelake (CenllDuta oa ls Calaurn 4? Bulletin PARIS, Jun 29 W) Th foreign ministers council mtt for four hour and mrgd tonight with no decision on holding a European peac con ference or on settling th prob lem of Trieste. Th minister! out over un til Monday a decision on call ing a 21-nation peace confer ence thi summer, aa demanded by Secretary of Stat Byrnes. A new proposal for th Trl it question was discussed but its terms war not divulged. Senator Tom Con nally of th American dele gation aaid "aom prograaa haa been mad." WEATHER NEWS Jeae If, lata Mas. (Vane HI - M Mia.. roalallatloa waaia aircan roar Xm Sal ... Narwol .. ... H.aT !'! Mar.- ll.tl ia. farotaili Mllla nun la fmf" tare oorUr alaaSr. till) Numbar I08S9 Anti-Terror Drive Begun In Holy Land JERUSALEM, June 29 UP) Britain began large scale mili tary operations in Palestine In the Jewish Sabbath at dawn to day in what one official called a drive to wipe out "a state of anarchy." Troops and police occupied buildings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv used by the Jewish agen cy, long recognized by the Brit ish and the Palestine govern ment as the official representa tive of Jews in Palestine. The British clamped a curfew on wide areas of the troubled Holy Land. Many, if not all, members of the Jewish agency's executive committee were arrested. Sir Alan Cunningham, British high commissioner, declared in a proclamation he had evidence the agency was cooperating in a recent reign of "violence against the government." . Raiding police and troops, protected overhead by low fly ing planes, conducted wide spread search for arms in Jeru salem, Tel Aviv and at least seven other communities. Haifa also was reported under cur few. Communications Cut The troops and police cut telephone lines isolating the areas to be searched. Intercity telephone communication was disrupted. Unaware of a ban on outgo ing cables, newspaper corre spondents were unable to file their first accounts of the op erations until 10 a. m., nearly six hours after they began. Later the government an nounced that a "rudimentary form" of press censorship had been placed on all outgoing press cables for 24 hours. . . Starting wtly after : secret preparation, the operations were described by Sir John Shaw, chief secretary of the Palestine government, as an "effort to end the state of anarchy exist ing in Palestine and to enable law abiding citizens to pursue their normal avocations with out fear of kidnapping, murder or being blown up." Bikini Readied For Bomb Drop ABOARD USS APPALACH IAN AT BIKINI, June 29 All hands concerned with "Op eration Crossroads" made ready today to evacuate Bikini lagoon, leaving only a ghost fleet of 50 old warships as guinea pigs for the world's fourth atomic bomb explosion. Vice Adm. W. H. Blandy, commander of the atomic task force, is expected to announce tomorrow morning whether the bomb will be "dropped as sched uled about 9:30 a. m., Monday, Bikini time. That is 2:30 p. m., Sunday, PST. Blandy told foreign and scientific observers today that "we can have the test any day when the sky is not more than half covered with clouds." He expressed confidence that con ditions would be favorable either on Monday or "within the succeeding three or four days." Everything is ready. If the decision is affirmative more than 30,000 military personnel, scientists, correspondents and observers will start for areas of safety, leaving only skeleton crews in the lagoon and on the islands of the atoll to make last-minute adjustments on in struments, cameras and record ing equipment. Two kfcw ' aar f Vo Sr"3 Sr -Hr : ' 1 ' 1 m' I ' i ylf r "ll ' ' ' ': W''"1""111"1' ' is 4lSPAfi-1 ' ffl ' lit- l-IMesMMIIIIV''lillinlilllllillraiiiiiiiaaa! BWrwawMawii.ll iliiiaawiarawroaraaaaMrJi BtawaaBwmaaaBWBBwwwaaBwaaw Stat police yesterday identified two of th above trio as escaped convicts from th state peni tentiary at Salem. Left to right, Frederick E. Cleveland. Alfred W. Strain, held at Yreka, and Lavern Frank Keller, still at large. Cleveland and Strain deny they are wanted and told Tula lak police they would fight xtraditlon. They wer picked up at Tulelake late Friday morning. ! - i , . - House Sustains Truman's Sf and On Price Curbs BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Jun 29 (AP) Th sonar ad- journed lote today until Monday an action which will 11 permit OPA to past out of axiitenca tomorrow midnight. .' WASHINGTON, June 29 UP) The house upheld Prealdent Truman's veto of the amendment-laden OPA extension bill today, thus killing the bill. Voting to sustain Mr. Truman's veto of a bill which he called "a sure formula for inflation" were 142 house members. Voting to override were 173 3B short of the necessary two thirds of those present. Following this decision, a house democratic leader who wltn held the use of his name, said that it will be Impossible for com gress to pass any sort of OPA continuing legislation in the time; that remains of OPA's present life. Democratic leaders worked frantically to get the machinery In motion to get some OPA ac- tlon today Those voting to sustain the veto included an odd combina tion of the members most vio 1 e n 1 1 y opposed to OPA and those favoring strict controls. The breakdown on the vote was: 68 democrats and 105 re publicans for overriding; 20 democrats, 50 republicans and two minor party members against overriding. Across the capitol, Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told a reporter he was informed that opponents of OPA will raise a series of objections in the senate which would prevent consideration there of any temporary con tinuing resolution until July 4, at the earliest. Because of that Taft said he thinks OPA will die without recourse Sunday midnight, when the present OPA law ex pires. He added, "it will be al most impoible to revive it if it lapses for a week." Earlier, Democratic Leader Barkley cast doubt that the sen ate can get through a continu ing resolution before the dead line. He said the senate would not meet tomorrow. President's Stand Of his action, Mr. Truman said: "It i. a choice between infla tion with, a statute and infla tion without one. The bill con tinues the government's respon- ihilitv to stabilize tne economy and at the same time it destroys the government's power to do so Tt'watilrl -nrovide- us with noipn -the-U. S. navy a-new design rod safo s-uards at all. ll wouia start prices and costs climbing and keep them climbing. It ICuUHli faaa . Calaaia tl Truman Signs New Draft Act WASHINGTON. June 29 iP) President Truman signed Into law today legislation extending the draft act until next March 31 and prohibiting the induction of 18 year olds. Th npw law does not change the existing requirement for 18- year olds to register; h simpijr nmniuiu li it... av.ua iin.uwv.H Major provisions of the new law, which replaces a stop-gap bill expiring at midnight June 30: - Ages of liability for induction: 19 through 44, both inclusive. Limit of compulsory service: 18 months for men inducted after October 1, 1946; men in ducted prior to October 1 may obtain their release upon re quest upon completion of 18 months of service. A service per iod of longer than 18 months may be ordered by the president if congress declares that "the national interest is imperiled." Statutory exemptions: All fathers, unless they volunteer. Fathers now in service may ob tain their discharge upon request after August 1. 1946. In addi tion, local draft boards retain their power to grant occupa tional deferments as in the past. Reinduction: No man shall be inducted if he already has served in the armed forces abroad or at home for at least six months since September 16, 1940. Size of the armed forces: By July 1, 1947 Army, 1,070,000; Navy, 558,000; Marine Corps, 108,000. Out Of Three Held At Yreka BULLETIN President Truman will broadcast to th American people at S p. m.. PST, to night, an explanation of his position on th OPA bill. Local listeners will hear th president orr KFLW, ABC network. Government Loses Redin Trial Point SEATTLE, June 29 (JP Tho government suffered a distinct setback during today's slow ses sion of the espionage-conspiracy trial of Russian Naval Lt. Nico iai Gregorovich Redin, when Judge Lloyd L. Black rejected as evidence, a copy of naval regulations 76 and 77, defining confidential information and the way it should be handled by tho navy.. . . . .. . ; Judge Black ruled it waa Im material to the case in which the 30-year-old former Soviet purs chasing commission attache ; it charged, in two indictments, with obtaining confidential data destroyer tender Yellowstone and with inducing and attempt ing to induce Herbert Kennedy, 69-year-old Seattle shipyard trial engineer, to obtain the in formation for him. Apparent intention of District Attorney Victor E.- Anderson, of St. Paul, Minn., assisting the prosecution, was to use the naval regulation to define the meaning of the term "restrict ed," which appeared on the face of the government's contract with the Todd Pacific shipyard, covering the Yellowstone con struction here. - Defense Contention The defense battled introduc tion of all evidence or testimony relating to the confidential na ture of the ship data, on the gound that its secrecy Is a mat ter of law for the jury to deter mine, not a matter of witnesses' or documentary terminology. - At one point during today's) lethargic hearing, in which even the defendant frankly drowsed, it appeared that the government might lose even the opportunity of placing the shipbuilding con tract before the jury. This waa when Judge Black observed that the contract on which the gov ernment stated it was basing its case was dated this past March after the dates of the acts al leged against Redin. This contract, containing lone; clauses relating to the confiden tial nature of the ship data, was one of a series of three, each replacing the earlier ones, and it finally was brought out the ear lier ones part of the same ex hibit were dated in July and October, 1944, sufficiently early to cover the case against the lieutenant. "The government has the job of producing a contract in effect at the time these alleged acts transpired," Judge Black ob served, in the jury's absence. "Nobody is going to go to jail on any 'as-of arrangements."