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THIUKE oro two big lurlo in
tho newi today tho OrA
blow-up ud tho illklnl bomb
tent. , ,
HOT II ire In uttor confusion
llili morning.
THUS much, however, li cryi
A tnl clrar:
Tho ntum bomb test I long
way off. It rcult will con
cern the next generation even
mure than lhl. Tin OI'A blow
up conic cloe to all of ui
NOW.
It dominate" Hie new.
IT l loo early to draw any
1 ,lfliitln conclusion a to
what the Hidden end of OPA
will mean. About all we can
.1.. fltl- tiw.rnlnir ll til exumltlO
cerlaln SIGNIFICANT develop
ment. I,et'a Hturt with tho New
York tock market. It boomed
at the opciiliiK. but mot of the
.gain ran Into profit cashing
and FAILED TO "OLD.
Buyer wero CAUTIOUS.
COMMODITY market (cattle,
hog, cotton, wheut, corn,
egg, etc.) boomed everywhere.
I'rice lncreao Hill morning
wero (harp.
Keep thl fact In mind, for
It I fundamental: Stock and
bond and commodity exchange
are AUCTION market, with
price ctabllhcd by bid and
titkt
Hlddlng I Influenced by the
EXCITEMENT of the moment.
RWMKMlSF.n that on thce
AUCTION market, price
ran fall a rapidly a they can
rise. So let' Jump to no con
clusion on that coro today.
11 I too oon.
ALL over the country, the
SOUNDER lenient of
business rrcogulie that a harp.
SUSTAINED rle of price will
be bad. National association of
bualneu men are urging their
member to HOLD PRICES
DOWN.
Sound business know It ha
EVERYTHING TO LOSE and
In the long pull nothing to gain
by runaway price.
THIS thought I put forcibly
A thl morning by a clothing
merchant In Mllwauklo tOre-
.. . fAv,tnyl uihn an.
. KUI1I, Hum t...w
pnounccs:
"I'm changing my price right
now Hralght 8 REDUC
TION. I'll not bo loing money,
and If every merchant would
reduce price intead of railing
them (now that coitly OPA re
striction are off) we wouldn't
EVER have price control."
VflOST ilgnlficanl of all are
AV atatcmont by Stanley Earl,
executive ccrrtry of tho Ore
gon itate CIO council, and
Jnmc E. Fadllng, president of
the CIO International Wood
worker of America who Issue
ttatementx condemning tho end
of OI'A and warning that labor
will cek wage Increase to
meet rising cost.
Thnt I natural enough and
REASONABLE enough. If
price arc to soar, wage will
soar. Labor has the POWER to
Insure that.
(If both wages and price
oar, NOBODY will bo any bet
ter off.)
THIS fact face ALL business
men:
Price can drop OVER
NIGHT.
Wages, because of tho pre-
' surra that enn be and will be
exerted, will FALL MUCH
MORE SLOWLY.
In thnt direction lies bank'
ruptcy for employer,
EVERYWHERE thl morning
- there Is recognition thnt
.EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF
HOUSING buyers enn so on
utrlko if nrlccs so ton hluh. But
ive cant DO WITHOUT
IOUSES.
Tho National Anartmcnt
ouso Owners' association sond
legrom to 60,000 apartment
uso owners In SO orinclnal
ic urging them to hold rent
-Teases to 15 per cent above
wicni raics.
In the house of represents
set. - RcDub lean member
raft " bill to rclmpose OPA
celUiiKi'pn rent. The bill la
so wordccVas to OUTLAW rent
incrcHBc aifxtiny announccu.
tJOUSINQ the hot pot.
1 Something will HAVE TO
BE DONE about thnt. Other
wise thcro enn bo revolution.
AS to lcndcrshlp In Washing
" ton, thl 1 still perfectly
plnln:
There- hns been no sincerity
In till OPA mess. ALL the
pnlitlcinn and nil the pressure
groups arc- merely using It to
PUT EACH OTHER IN THE
MOLE.
All of these cattle are mere
ly looking forward to the next
election,
WHATEVER help we may
" Rot In this situation that
confront tho country will have
to come from the forbearance
and the common , senso of the
general run of the plnln people
of tho United Stntes,
About the best we enn hope
nt tho moment Is thnt tho sltua-
(Liiiinn an raft l, column it
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PRICE rJVE CENTS lOJJa. j jpjff' ,H FALLS. OREGON. MONDAY, JULY I. 188 (Telephone Mil) Number 10B90
Atom lmi State 1km Vessels
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US: Troops
Fight Mobs
In Trieste
TRIESTE, July 1 (II Amer
ican troop armed with rifle
and carbine broko up tonight
a mob attacking communist
party headquarter as rioting
raged through thl disputed Ad
riatic port city for tho second
lucevsatvo day. There waa no
lgn that the violence wa ub
iding. At least five American sol
dier hud been wounded In dis
turbance yesterduy.
Six men and a woman were
shot toduy In riot between pro
Slav and anti-Slav, group In
this city, claimed both by Italy
and Yugoslavia. Two of the
wounded were hurt seriously,
All were members of lubor or
ganization which struck In pro
test to what they claimed were
rightist attack on communist,
labor and Slav eslublishmenta
yesterday. Some 2U0.000 work
ers were reported out.
I lie tight strike continued in
Triesto and the mood of the
Italian and Yugoslav sympsthlz
en appeared to bo growing ug
lier.
I lie American were called :
out along with their British al-1
lie to help the hard pressed
civil nullce of Venezla-ftliilia
They fired several volley Into
the air before the attacker,
flinging (tone and bottle, were
dispersed from the communist
headquarter.
Escaped 'Cons'
Give Up Fight
YREKA. Calif.. Julv 1
Tho two Oregon penitentiary
escapee who were caught at
Tulclake Friday morning wore
on their way bark to the prison
In Salem today after signing
waivers of extradition late Sat
urday night.
The men, Frederick E. Cleve
land, 21, and Alfred W. Strain.
26, escaped from a work gang
at the prison June 29, were
held In Tulelnke Friday night
and taken to Yreka Saturday.
Until lute Saturday night
they had denied Hint they were
tho escapees, Cleveland giving
hi nnmo a Brodlne Brook,
and Strain his as William
Welch. They told officers re
peatedly they would fight ex
tradition. Then they suddenly changed
their minds, admitting their
Identity and lgning the extra
dition waivers. Two officer
from Salem arrived in Yreka
thl morning to take them back
to prison.
Happy Haberdasher
Slashes All Prices
MILWAUKIE. July 1 P
Removal of OPA ceilings was
welcomed enthusiastically by S.
L. Goron, men's clothing store
owner.
"I'm changing my prices right
now," ho snld todny. "A straight
D per cent reduction.
I'll not bo losing money and
if every merchant would reduce
prices Instead of raising them
wc wouldn't ever have price con
trol." JUANITA STEVENSON
Princtsi ,
Jews Threaten
To Strike Back
I cm ,C A f Cftff T..I.. 1 1 lUi
Threut of retaliation cume from
the Jewish underground a Brit
ish troop held 2,000 persons for
Investigation today following
sweeping weekend security oper
ation during which four per
son were killed and a number
injured.
The secret radio of the Jew
ish resistance movement, "The
Voice of Israel," trumpeted that
"Britain has declared war on
the Jewish community" and add
ed ominously:
"We will return It."
In Tel Aviv, leaflet bomb
were exploded by the Jewish ex
tremist organization, Irgun Zval
Leuml, spreading pamphlets
which charged that Palestine
Jew had had their "Pearl Har
bor" because they had been "at
tacked by the British at the mo
ment of mutual negotiations."
Indian Budget
Funds Slashed
A conference committee of
senators and congressmen la
Washington has trimmed the
1048-47 budget for the Klamath
, ,h ..ma oon nrini.n
r7.. Sr-
by tho senate. Senator Guy Cor-
den has Informed the local coun-
ty court by telegram
1 he house of representative
had originally placed the budget
figure at Sioo.ooo. and the con
ference committee was called to
Iron out the difference between
that figure and the one designat
ed by tho senate,
Since this money comes from
tribal funds, tho Klamath ln
dlans collectively are over 100,
000 richer for the reduction, For
est Cooper, Lakevlew attorney,
pointed out today. Cooper is the
attorney for all western states in
federal land matters. .
He gives Wado Crawford,
Klamath Indian delegate to
Washington, credit for the sav
ing, saying that this was the first
time anyone objected to the In
dian service's spending of the
Indians' money.
The Klamath county court
also aided In the spending reduc
tion, Cooper snld. by distribut
ing copies of the county budget
among congressmen at Washing
ton, pointing out that Klamath
county with 40,000 people was
being run for around $600,000,
and therefore $224,000 was not
necessary to operate the Indian
reservation.
Also $600,000 was sliced from
the Indian service budget for
land ncqulsition. Thnt money
would hnvc come from the tax
payers. Senator Cordon's tele
gram snld that the limitation on
the appropriation was included
In the bill "provided further that
no pnrt of this appropriation
shall be used for the acquisition
of land or water rights within
the stales of Nevada or Oregon
either Inside or outside the
boundaries of existing Indian
reservations."
Servicemen's Center
Closed At Portland
PORTLAND, July 1 !) The
fnmcd George A. White service
men' center, which provided
beds, meals, sport and enter
tainment to uncounted thous
ands of soldiers and sailors, will
be locked for good today.
PAT McMILLAH
. Prince
Woman Dies,
Four Injured
In Smash-Up
Mr. Alni Kautto Ware, 33,
1408 Nimltz, wa killed Instant
ly early Sunday morning when
the car In which she was riding
crashed into an automobile con
taining four young people a
quarter of a mile south of the
Wecd-Ashland junction on high
way 87.
Driver of the car. Mrs. Alice
L. Schcisel, and the four per
son In the other vehicle. Homer
Orlin DcPuy, 20, of Lenox ad
dition; hi lister, Flora Dale
Dcl'uy, in; f rank Kooinson, zs,
of 128 Lincoln, and Madeline
Schrelncr. 20, S33 N. 0th, were
all Injured and taken to local
hospitals.
Mrs. Schcisel I still In Hill
side hospital and was being X-
rayed today to determine the
extent of her Injuries. The
others were taken to Klamath
Valley hospital but were re
leased Sunday night.
The fatal accident occurred
at three minute to 1 a. m.
Sunday morning, state police
believe. A wateh on the arm of
(Caallaat aa rasa t. Clai S)
Strike Snarls
Frisco Traffic
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 P
With streetcars, busc and cable
cars at a standstill due to the
municipal traniportatlon strike.
thousands of automobile were
funnelled Into the downtown
section today as San Francis
cans went to their jobs this
morning in anything that would
run.
Many streets, such a Mission,
quickly became tied up in traf
fic jam that defied unsnarling.
The hub at South Van Ness and
Mission was jammed with cars,
fender to fender and bumper to
bumper.
Market street, with Its four
sets of vacant street car tracks,
was the main artery of traffic
that rolled in an orderly but
steady stream.
Pageant Group
Adopts Slogan
"Wagon Road to Sky Road" Is
the slogan chosen by the Klam
ath Centennial committee for
the anniversary celebration
scheduled for August 22, 23 and
24. This slogan will be used on
stickers, posters, and bulletins
advertising centennial events. It
was submitted by a member of
.the committee and has been do
nated to the organization.
The search Is now under way
for oxen, and anyone knowing
where oxen can be obtained
should telephone the temporary
headquarters of the centennial lo
cated In the chamber of com
merce. Permanent headquarter
will be set up somewhere in
Klamath Falls next week.
The committee Is also asking
people to enter songs on the
subject of the centennial so that
one may be selected for the gen
eral theme song. Songs should be
copyrighted before they are submitted.
Klamath Rodeo Queen
BEVERLY W AMPLER
Prlncesa . ,
Bomb Broadcast
Causes Suicide
LOS ANGELES, July 1 UP)
Depressed by the radio broad
cast of the Bikini atom bomb
test, police said, Susana Gregory,
23, nurse, plunged to death from
the roof of a 13-story apartment
building.
Detective W. A. Cummlngs
quoted Mr. R. L. Garlich, aunt,
whom the nurse was visiting, as
saying Miss Gregory expressed
fear for the future of the world
and then ran to the edge of the
roof, on which several persons
wero sunbathing yesterday.
Heating Plant
Drive Still On
The June 30 deadline for rais
ing money to buy out the Klam
ath Heating company plant came
and went with not enough
money promised the newly-formed
Consumers Heating company
to swing the deal, but L. Ortli
Sisemore. representing the new
concern, has arranged with D. O.
Hood for a 10-day extension of
tne option to buy.
E. B. Hall, member of the
committee trying to buy the cen
tral heating utility, said today
that the plant still could be pur
chased if the necessary money Is
subscribed by central heat users
in the next lew days, but time
that could be used for recondi
tioning the plant is running out.
A minimum of $100,000 is
needed to buy the plant and put
it into shape for operation next
winter, but the committee is try
ing to raise $125,000 in order to
make further repairs and lay up
a fuel stockpile.
Purchase prlite of tho physical
plant is S55,0J0. and it is under
stood that the Klamath Heaucg
company plans to shut down en
tirely within a few weeks unless
the sale is made. Only one boiler
is in operation now, and Hall
said today that it may have to
oe closed down.
The Consumers Heating com
pany wants to take over the
operation of the plant as soon as
possible to work on the boilers
and also work on the under
ground steam pipes where much
of the heat has been lost.
That work must be done in the
summer months. Hall said. "This
is July 1, and if the work is not
done by September the same loss
of heat will occur next winter."
By an agreement with Hood,
firesident of the Klamath Heat
ng company, the company's
trucks are hauling fuel for a
stockpile now and Hall hopes to
have a three-months supply on
hand by the start of winter if
the purchase is finally made.
Solicitors are out today con
tacting central heat users for
subscriptions. At the last count
Friday, about S70.000 had been
raised, and another count will be
made tomorrow to see how the
drive tor funds stands.
State Police Arrest
40 In Traffic Drive
Oregon state police here held
a traffic check over the week
end, with 40 arrests made.
Checks on operator's licenses.
horns, , and all general traffic
phases were made at the Peli
can City junction on Saturday
and at the Lennox junction,
south of Klamath Falls on Sun
day. JILL GIVAN
Queen
WEATHER NEWS
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rriclaltallaa bit t ! .M
Slraam year ta at ,1I.M
Naraial -Il.tt Lail 7r II.1S
rartcatll Clur taaar aa TaMSajr.
Big Damage
Suffered By
Eight More
ABOARD USS APPALACH
IAN OFF BIKINI, July 1 (Pi
Three of the 73 old target war
ships were sunk and eight other
badly damaged in today's spec
tacular test of the fourth atomic
bomb, Vice Adm. W. H. P. Blan
dy reported tonight as vessels
of his task force moved into
Bikini lagoon to survey damage.
This was based on a cursory
inspection. Many ships are burn
ing. The total may be higher.
Whether the atomic bomb will
force navies of the world into
new construction and battle tac
tics remained the day's big ques
tion. The bomb wrought a great
deal of damage to ships anchor
ed in the lagoon but the blast
did not sink a capital ship, even
(CaDliaat aa Pasa t, Calama 7
Market Prices
Spiral Upward
NEW YORK, July 1 (JP) I
Prices of commodities for future
delivery advanced the limit al
lowed in a day's trade in many
markets today, in a tempestuous
response to the suspension of
price controls.
Cotton at New York shot up
more than $4 a bale to the high
est in 23 years before heavy
profit taking cut the advance to
around $2 in late trade. Trading
was active. Similar gainsvwere
posted in the New Orleans mar
ket. Cottonseed oil Jumped the al
lowed limit of 1 cent a pound
with the March and May deliv
eries priced at 15.31 cents a
pound.
- Wool tops for delivery in July
climbed the limit of 10 cents a
pound to $1.43 a pound. Cocoa
opened up 1 cent a pound, also
the limit.
Trade for Immediate delivery
in wholesale food, textile and
metals markets came to a halt
with dealers in complete con
fusion over the problem of
prices.
Parade Changes
Starting Time
Time for the mile-lone Fourth
of July parade has been moved
up to 10 o'clock rather than
10:30 due to the length of the
parade and the necessity of get
ting participants back to the
fairgrounds.
Bill Spangler and Eugene
Hooker, in charge of the indus
trial section, announced today
that there will be six entries in
their sections. Chet Barton, in
charge, of the harness section,
promises that his section will be
well worth while with several
entries. He will announce plans
over KFLW in tonight's broad
cast. . Music Is still indefinite as yet,
but one band, a local group, and
two drum corps have been prom
ised for the show. Drum corps
will be from Hillah temple and
the Eagles lodge.
And Court
JOAN McQUISTON
Princasi ,
House May Take
Prompt" Action;
Senators Block
WASHINGTON, July 1 (P The house began debate on a 20
day stop-gap revival of OPA today with a declaration by Rep,
Sabath (Dill.) that some "un-Amcrlcan" merchant already are
"gouging" the conxumer.
The house appeared ready to act quickly on the proposal to
restore price controls, but the outlook in the senate waa dark. -
Sabath told the house that reports were coming in that food
and rent are being increased in some areas as much as 33 to 50
per cent, .
"This is un-American," he declared, "for these people to take
advantage of this unfortunate situation to try to make a killing.
I resent this unjustified gouging of the American people."
But, he said, "if these ireedv
people ininK mey can make a
Killing, they are mistaken, for
the consumers of this country,
too, can call a strike."
O'Danial Stops Senate
Senator O'Daniel (D-Tex.),
who conducted an eight hour
filibuster against compromise
OPA legislation last week,
blocked Senator Wagner's (D
N.Y.) effort to introduce a reso
lution to restore the price con
trol agency until July 20.
democratic Leader Barkley
(D-Ky.) and Speaker Rayburn
predicted, after a conference
with President Truman, that the
house will vote a 20-day exten
sion, pending framing of a more
permanent bill.
Any such house action would
be meaningless, however, un
less the senate went along too.
Barkley held out no hope of
early senate action.
O'Daniel told reporters he
will "object to everything that
attempts to resurrect OPA."
Barkley Hopeful
Barkley said that instead of
a temporary measure "I hope
we can work out something ac
ceptable that will extend the
OPA for a year." He declined
to predict how soon that could
be done, if at all.
OPA Administrator Paul Por
ter told a news conference that
"we will make every effort to
reestablish June 30 ceilings, no
matter how long it takes to get
a statute.
Early reports indicated rela
tively few price advances as
OPA ceilings were removed
across the country, but rent
promptly ihot up in many
areas.
House republicans drafted
separate measure to reimpose
OFA rent ceilings. They word
ed it so that it would outlaw
increases already announced in
thCj wake, of OPA death. .
Services Get
Raise In Pay
WASHINGTON, July 1 (&
President Truman made July
pay call sound $50,000,000
sweeter today, for officers and
men of the armed forces.
But he kept the fighting ser
vices pretty much in suspense
on the subject almost to the last
minute.
The chief executive waited un
til late Saturday before he sign
ed into law the bill which pro
vides a higher wage scale for
those in uniform, starting with
50 per cent boosts for privates
and apprentice seamen and ta
pering down to 10 per cent for
top generals and admirals
The suspense arose from the
fact that if Mr. Truman had de
layed until today, the new pay
rates representing an estimated
monthly increase of some $50,
000,000, would not have gone
into effect until August The
bill specified the raises were to
be effective on the first day of
the month after it was signed
into law, so June 29 was un
comfortably close to the dead
line. Lawmakers estimate the pay
increases will cost about $632,
000,000 annually, or roughly
$50,000,000 monthly. .
Another measure to get the
president's signature was the
"GI sweetheart bill" permitting
foreign girls engaged to Amer
ican war veterans to enter this
country to be. married to their
redeployed fiances. . -
LAURA LOU HILL
Prince!
Data Redin
Sought Held
Top Secret
SEATTLE, July 1 (A Sup.
porting the government's esnion.
age-conspiracy charge against
nussian wavy Lieutenant Nico
lai . Redin, Cmdr. John H. Me
Quilkin of Washington, D. C,
lesuuea in ieaerai court today
that the radar and fire control
data Redin is charged with at
tempting to procure "far exceed
ed that on any ship we turned
over to tne soviet union." i
Commander McQuilkin, hand
some young supervisor of hull
design for the U. S. navy's bu
reau oi ships and formerly lit
charge of material for the com
mander of destroyers In the Pa
cific, testified over a running
lire of defense objections.
vicior n. Anderson, u. S. at
torney assigned here from Sri
Paul to assist in the prosecu
tion, asiceo tne commander
"whether or not the Yellow
stone had equipment not includ
ed in matters released to the
Soviet union." ,
'It did," he answered. i
"Are you permitted to dl
close matters in connection with
radar that was released to the
Soviet union?" . 4
"I am not." r-.
Defense Object 1
Further questioning drew de
fense objections that secret naval
documents, on which McQuilkin
said he based his testimony, were
preferable as evidence.
- The t prosecution explained It '
could not introduce them as evi
dence. - - j . , '
The defense also objected that
it was not charged that Her
bert Kennedy, Seattle shipyard
trial engineer and star govern
ment witness, ever turned over
any radar or fire control radar
information to Lieutenant Redin.
Oregon Staff '
Told To Stay
PORTLAND, July 1 (() .
Oregon's OPA staff was told to
day by McDannell Brown, dis
trict director, to continue on the
job, register price increase com
plaints and not worry about sal
ary, as the rest of the state won
dered whether prices would go
up in the first OPA-less day.
State Senator Thomas R. Ma
honey appealed to Governor
anell to call a special legislative
session to pass an Oregon OPA
law and "prevent rapacious land
lords raising rents."
The Portland retail trade bu
reau declared its opposition to
price increases, and called an
executive committee meeting to
day to draft plans. "We want to
be certain that consumers ara
protected against inflation," said
President George Hailing.
Despite many business groups'
appeal to hold the price line,
and several retail stores' adver
tisements that they would con
trol prices, civic and business
leaders agreed that many Oregon
prices would rise. But they dif-.
fered on the extent and speed
of the change. .. '
HELEN COWEN
Princess