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MM Barkley Appeals For Quick Move To Revive OPA WASHINGTON, July B M') Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky.) appealed today (nr quick revival of OI'A, raying Unit prlca rlici reported In tho hint week emphasize llic "need for rciump tlun of controls." Opening lonnle debate on compromise legislation extending OPA. llnrklry ilun aaked hi colleague! not to "thresh over old itrawi" In dtacuimliiK tho controversial moniurc. "We have alrruily iron Iho rciulti of one week of Hie lack of nrlee control." lie mild, urging speedy action. In Tho By FRANK JENKINS ON thin flrat morning after a Fourth of July celebration, violent dentin throughout the country appear t ho fur under what had been expected even Irsn. the National Safety coun cil inyi. than for an ORDINARY fuur-day weekend period. The figure! till bolster the hope that the "what the hell" attitude that follow ureal warn may be panning. HOW many of u, do you reckon, gave any serious thought over thin four-day holi day, to the ORIGIN of the Fourth of July? Too few, probably. It wan one of I he significant event of world hIMory. Out of it camo a way of life that turn brought to the average run of common, ordinary people more of the satisfaction of living than auch people ever had before. M on ' 50lir,Pl 'xects J, Amerlcanii to lt around all through a holiday with their china In their hand and a far away look In their eye meditat ing on great abstract principle". We aren't built that way. Still, a LITTLE lerlou thought at tlme dor none of u any harm.) IF you really want to meditate, opportunities aro numerous In South Chicago, for exam ple, a bum tell a reporter that what with flnphoiiM! lodging booiitrd from 15 cent to 30 ceiiln Day's lews I a night and meiu uppca irom ii 20 cent to 70 cent nil old, com )forlnble way of life nan been "Such Increase are loo much," he snyi. "A guy can t re lax. I'm going to have to go back to work." . r-VEN Inflation, you ee. has Itn uses. In a civilization founded on organized produc tion. ANYTHING that sends peo ple back to work helps. IF, on Monday afternoon fol lowing l fourday holiday, you are In the mood at nil for meditation, here Is more raw material: T, iho Phlliidelohla homo of Louis Somershoe, a big rat got a hind font caught in a trap. When Louis and his family re turned from a weekend out of town the embattled rot. with the trop clinging to one fool, cnnurn them all up on tables nnd chairs when they opened the door and entered the room. Louis finally managed to elude the rat long enough to TELE PHONE THE POLICE and a squad of officers arrived In a riot car and disposed oi me roi wiin their persuaders. THIS li tho point for medita tion; Louis' GRANDFATH " En, Instead of calling the police, would probably hnve found a way to bash the rat with a chair leg. . i In his day, you didn't look to K government for nnvlhlng you could do for yourself. STILL, you never can tell. Up In Siilcm yesterday, a robber chopped a hole in a Jewelry store with an ax. and was In the net of mnklng off with a couple of diamond rings when MRS, Buddy Rynn camo along and collared him, nx nnd all, and held him until tho police arrived. SHE didn't have to. She could hnvo waited for GOVERN MENT (us embodied In the police force) to do tho Job. Thnt Just didn't happen to bo HER way. Her way was to liandlo the sit uation herself. It takes all kinds of people to make a world.1 The point for medilntion Is that there ARE nil kinds of peo ple now lis In the nasi. ("N the inflation front, the first $1 .25 haircut nnd $1 shnve reported from the Pnclflc const appear in Snn Mnleo countv, on the Ponlnstila, below Snn Fran cisco, Tlio secretary of the Snn Ma too county bnrbcrs' union, nil nounclng the increase, says it Is necessitated by higher costs of .operation nnd living. Thnt is normnl reasoning In Intlntlon times. - R V. DURLING, who used to be n reporter In Los Angeles f but now Is a big columnist in ivDnunuea en I'm a, loiumn i; Whether the icnatc will herd llnrklry remained In doubt. Senator O'Dunlcl (D-Tcx.), who unre before tired to talk OI'A to death, entered the chamber Willi u bulky pnvkiigo ol pupers and said he was ready to apt-aK when the ulliur scnnlori get tired of talking." May Vol This Wttk Senator Wherry of Nebraska, republican whip, told newsmen, however, he looks lor a mini votu before the end of the week Chuirman Wagner (JJ-N.Y.) of tho hanking committee, in talk ing to reporters expressed con. fldi-nco-that President Truman would sign the bill In its pres. ent form. He added, however, there may be difficulty keep, inu the measure free ol amend. incuts, particularly a proposal to eleminato meal and poultry controls. llarklcy took up the cudgels for OI'A on the seiiata floor alt er a morning conference with President Truman at the White House. Ho talked to reporters there afterwards. "I told the president that 1 hoped the senate will get out a bill he could approve, liarK ley said. Praildant Approval Asked whether Mr. Truman mentioned any specific objec tions to tho compromise meas ure before the senate, Barkley replied tliut tho president thought price control advocates had done the best llicy could. Tho legislation has been pre pared as a substitute for the OPA extension bill which Mr, Truman vetoed as Inflationary. On Capitol Hill, there wero predictions that Mr. Truman would approve the compromise bill In lis present form. House Speaker Hayburn (D Tex.) told a news conference after the White House meeting "we aro going to do tho best we can" on OPA. "I don't know," he added, "whether tho new bill will be better or worse than the old one." If the senate passes an OPA bill this week, ho said, the houao will put aside the British loan debate temporarily and take up tho price control legis lation Immediately. Airport Group Defends Rates Charging that considerable "misinformation" had been pub. Untied in regard to rates institut ed by the Klumath Falls airport commission, members of that group said today that rates now in force at tho airport were con sidered fnlr nnd Just and that the airport would continue to be operated on this basis "until more detinue information may influence a change." In a signed statement given to The Herald and News by C. A. Dunn, chairman of the air port commission, Dunn replied to the previous charges made by ICanllmial an I'M 3. Ctlamn 1) Klamath Flyers To Meet Today The airport operators will hold a meeting this afternoon, and will go before the city coun cil again tonight to protest tho high rates they claim are being charged. The operators feel thnt there has been a lack of support from the city, and sny thnt the city airport commission hns fulled to cnll a meeting to clear up the various disputes ns to rntes. In tndny's issue of The Herald nnd News, the commission has given its side of the story. Arabs Take Slap At Ti JERUSALEM, July 8 (VP) Threats of a possible Arab civil disobedienco program in protest against Jewish immigration to Palestine were coupled today with an Arab slnp at President Trumnn nnd a suggestion that he open America to Jewish Im migrants "if he really is In sym pathy" with them. Dr. H. F. Khnlidi of the Arnb higher executive committee said that group wns drafting a new note to Britain warning that unless the British government took Immediate steps to halt the Illegal entry of Jews into Pnles lino tliero would be "a wnve of non- cooperation by Arabs, fol lowed possibly by civil diso bedience," "After thnt," the spokesman said, "the next step may be mass demonstrations by Arabs, and this executive will refuse to accept responsibility for them." Khnlldl's statement enmo ns the executive committee (lis- price nvE c .$ i-e- Riders Balk Over Rodeo Money Split A squnhhlc over the distribu tion of final money In the bronc section of tho Klamath rodeo ended yesterday with the six final riders refusing to ride. The riders contended that they should not ride the final horses, but that the final money should be a split among the ton four men. Jack Sherman was high for the four days. Others Included In the finalist group wero Wort Baughman, Cliff Whatley, Ross Dollnrhlde, Vic Matney and Ross Meek. With six men in the finals It would hnvo meant that the high point man for four days might nave been beaten out by a low point man in the flmil rides. The committee is holding the final money until an agreement can be reached as to Its dispos al, according to Chairman El mer Balslger. Day money for the broncs was paid, $230 a day going from the original purse of $1000. Final money Is the add ed entry fees, which would havo been split 40-30-20-10. Adair And Boss Win Final money for the steer team roping event went to Pud Adair and Roy Boss with a four-day average of 117.9. Pat Flske and Roland Grldlcy took second with 163.4 and Stan Johnson and Mervyn Wilde were third with 285.7. Fourth place went to Ike Wolkcr and Cliff Whatley with a three-day average of 107.5. Day money (or yesterday went to Adair and Boss with a time of 16.9. The calf roping event was won bv Al Jespersen with 83.3. iCanllnaal an faga S, Calaasa II Aleman Claims Win In Mexico MEXICO CITY. July 8 (P) Miguel Aleman, 42-ycar-old can didate of the powerful govern ment party (PRI), today claimed election as president of Mex ico in balloting yesterday which brought charges of fraud from his principal opponent, Former Foreign Minister Ezcquiel Pa dilla. Two deaths and a number of minor casualties marked the voting, in which the army was used for the first lime in history to police polling plnces. Although the results will not be known officially until Thurs dny, Alemnn dcclnrcd there wns no doubt of his election nnd for mally thnnked the people of Mexico for "the great honor they have conferred upon me." His defeat would be regarded here as a tremendous political upset. Few political observers have any doubt that Aleman will show a strong majority, largely because of his thorough cam paign and the backing of the government party machine, well oiled nnd functioning for years. Padilln, candidate of the Mex ican democratic party, charged thnt the election in tho federal district, which Includes Mexico City and its environs, was "stain ed by the gravest of frauds." Padilln asserted his belief that the actual popular vote favored him overwhelmingly nnd added that "in due time wo shall mnke statements." closed it nlrcady had dratted a letter to President Truman ac cusing him of "flagrant, empty and irresponsible statements" In connection with tho problem of Jewish immigration to Pales tine. The note was prepared In re ply to a White House statement Inst Tuesday to tho effect that the United States was prepared to assume technical and finan cial responsibility for the trans portation of 100,000 European Jewish refugees to Palestine In accordnnco vtK. recent recom mendntions of n Britlsh-Amcr-lcnn Inquiry commission, The Arnb committee snid It "would hnve liked to Ignore this Inst statement and attach no Importance to it coming as It does at a time when Presi dent Truman is begging for Jewish votes in tho forthcoming presidential election," "We wish to remind the pres ident, however," the note add KLAMATH South Looking at a plctura of Winama. heroin of tha Modoc war, ar Horse Robinson of Eugn and Mrs. Gnva Duncan. CanUnnial association praidnt. Robinson is in Klamath Falls direct ing tha staging of tha Cantannial pagaant to b hald August 22. 23 and 24. Th pageant will commaraorat tha 100th annirary of th opening of th southern emigrant road into Oregon. Presideni Urges Passage Of Loan To Gteat Briiain WASHINGTON, July 8 P President Truman told (he house today that unless it votes the $3,750,000,000 British loan, "it will be difficult, if not impos sible, to proceed with the United Nations program for internation al economic cooperation." Economic conflict between Great Britain and the United States, Mr. Truman said, would be "disastrous to the economic well-being of both countries." The president and Secretary of State Byrnes personally made new appeals for the loan as some administration leaders privately voiced concern at how the house will vote. Debate on the loan starts today. Filipino Bands Stage Battle MANILA, July 8 (P) Uniden tified bands fought a pitched battle on the outskirts of Fort McKinley, U. S. 13th air force headqunrtcrs six miles south cost of Manila, shortly after mid night this morning. At one point the skirmish moved so near that an American sentry opened fire. His shotgun blast is not be lieved to have wounded anyone. The sentry said slugs which he though were .45 calibre whizzed near him before he fired. Philippine army military po lice moved Into the fray and dispersed the battlers. Whether it wns a fight between political groups or merely a battle be tween rival "commercial ban dits" was not established, they said. Central Luzon's virtual state of siege meanwhile headed for a possible showdown as Interior Secretniy Zulueta announced the Philippine M. P. forces in troubled nrens would be in creased. ruman ed, "that if he is really genuine in sympathizing with the Jews and their plight in Christian Europe, we advise him to open his White House doors to them or the doors of his American continent, which can absorb not only 100,000 but millions of them." Police said that nearly 1000 of the more than 2000 Jews taken Into custody In the wide spread arrests June 29 by Brit ish authorities had now been released. A high police officer said most of those released were children under 16 and adults over 70. British, authorities continue to occupy tho building of the Jewish agency, which has taken up headquarters In tho Eden hotel. Ho announcement has been mnde of whnt the British will do with the Jewish agency members under arrest. All sources here said "only London can answer thnt." anil l$tor$ FALL8, OREGON. MONDAY. JULY (. ISO Hira i Road Pageant Directors vr ii nsw-r1 1 Mr. Truman appealed for con slderation in the house by demo crats and republicans, without reference to party affiliations. Byrnes, in a cablegram from Paris where he is participating in the foreign ministers confer ence, declared "the British loan is the first essential economic step toward peace and secur ity." Mr. Truman wrote this letter which Chairman Spence (D-Ky.) of the banking committee plan ned to read to the house. "I want to express my appre ciation to you and to the com mittee on banking and currency for the fine spirit in which you have considered the British fi nancial agreement which is now before the house. "The British financial agree ment is an integral part of the international economic policy of me unuea stales. "Without this agreement it will be difficult, if not imoos. sible, to proceed with the United Nations program for interna tional economic cooperation. This program has had the whole-hearted approval of con gress. It is the only way we can avoid the danger of a con flict in economic policy between the United States and the United Kingdom. Such a conflict would De disastrous to the economic well-being of both countries and to the peace and security of the entire world. "On such matters of interna tional policv there must be no partisan division between Amer icans. Your committee has shown the highest degree of statesmanship in its hearings and reports on the British financial agreement. The splendid exam ple you have set will be an in. spiration to all of us." Hungarians Fear Russian Demands BUDAPEST, July 3 (Delayed) WP) Hungarian informants said toaay that Soviet Lt. Gen. Sviri. dov had sent Prime Minister f eronc Nagy a note which may cause the collapse of the pre dominantly small-holder govern- mem, wnicn is largely anti-corn munist in Its leanines. They said Sviridov's note con tained demands for disbanding of the Hungarian Boy Scout and Catholic Youth organizations on me grounds tney are "lasicts." They exDresscri tho hnli..f thnt Nagy and his party would not agree to such demands and would probably resign. Sviridov, writing ns chief of the occupntion forces wns re ported to hnve demnnded harsh er treatment for certain "fas. cists" and complained that the entire Catholic clergy wns "antl democratic" and that Hungar ians had been ambushing a num. oer oi nussinns. The Russians have takon $5,. uoo.ooo worth of commodities out of the country as reparations since March, according to well informed sources nnd are now in me process of removing 60, 000 head of cattle and 20,000 norses. (Telephone Church Makes 1st U.S. Saint VATICAN CITY, July 8 (tP) Church bells pealed throughout the Eternal City of Rome yester day to proclaim the elevation of Mother Frances Xavier Ca brini to sainthood in the Roman Catholic church the first time such an honor has been con ferred upon a citizen of the United States. The ceremony, rich in the re ligious pageantry of the Catholic church, began in the brilliantly lighted St. Peter's basilica, with more than 40,000 worshippers from Rome and all over the world in attendance. Among the faithful were nuns of the Mis sionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, founded by St. Francis Xavier, as Mother Cabrini hence forth will be known. The peal of silver trumpets heralded the entrance of the pope, borne upon his portable throne at the head of a cortege of cardinals and other high rank ing prelates. The pontiff, standing at the altar while church dignitaries bared their heads, pronounced the solemn formula proclaiming Mother Cabrini a 'saint. Among the worshippers were two Italian laborers, whose heal ing after prayers to Mother Ca brini was accepted as a mirac ulous cure in the cause of her canonization. The saint is entombed beneath the altar of the chapel of Mother Cabrini's high school, opposite Fort Try on park in New YorK City. Family Attacked By Trapped Rat PHILADELPHIA, July 8 (&) A huge rat, obviously angry at being caught in a mousetrap, was waiting for Louis Somer shoe and his family today when they returned from a weekend out of town. The rat, with the trap cling ing to one leg, chnsed Somer shoe, his wife, and their two small sons onto tables and chairs. Somershoe finally managed to elude the rat long enough to telephone police. Officer Joe Kelly arrived in a riot car and dispatched the rat with his riot stick. Potato Field Planted In Hiroshima Tribute HIROSHIMA, July 8 W5) Civic leaders of this atomic bombed city wondered how to Honor Lt. John D. Montgom ery of Kalamazoo, Mich., for helping them plan a model city of the future. Today they decided how. They told Mont gomery: ' "Today we planted in Hiro shima 100,000 potatoes in honor of you and the aid you are giving us in rebuilding our city." WEATHER NEWS Jalr I, III! mi. Ualr It 11 Mia ..M 4 laara t... , Naraaal It.ai Laii Mar .! Ilrasaa iaar la lala IMI ' Faraaaali L'taar lalav, Taaalar. Sill) Number 10865 V AUTO Engineer Hit On Highway Early Today Norman R. Bradbury, 59, for 35 years an employe of the Great Northern railway, was killed in stantly a quarter of a mile north of the Klamath river bridge on highway 97 at 3:20 a. m. Mon day, when he is said to have stepped in the path of a car oper ated by James Garland Melvin Jr., 34, Berkeley, Calif., motor ist. State police, Investigating the first traffic fatality of the month, reported an inquest would be held sometime today. Melvin is remaining in Klamath Falls un til after the inquest. He is em ployed as construction superin tendent with the C. -C. Moore company, engineers, San Fran cisco, and was en route to Seat tle by way of Klamath Falls at the time of the accident. Bradbury is thought to have left Klarriath Falls in company with two Indian women. Amy Knight and Pearl McNair, both now held in the city jail. Police said that one of the two threw Bradbury's hat from the car and when he left the machine to get it, the pair drove away. Bradbury called city police to report the incident, using the telephone at the Ralph L. Smith Lumber company plant on the river. The night watchman, Isaac Charles Thomas, told state po lice tnat ne advised BradDury against going out on the high way as he was in no condition to do so. Bradbury left, how ever, and first flagged down a southbound truck. Later, Mel vin's car approached and Brad- (laaunnaa an rata s, ualama. It Redin Relates Swap Of Data SEATTLE. July 8 V-Rus- sian Naval Lieutenant Nicolai G. Redin testified today of the fre quent exchange of naval infor mation between American ana Soviet officers during the war here as he resumed the stand in his trial of espionage charges. Under Questioning of Defense Attorney Irvin Goodman he said that he took American naval officers on to Soviet ships upon their arrival and that they were permitted to take pictures aboard Soviet ships. Redin testified further that he had taken Bussian seamen to Miami, Fla., from Seattle to at tend a radar school operated by the United States government. He said that Russian seamen here were also taught about 40 millimeter guns at a navy Pa cific Beach school on the Wash ington coast and also here at Lake Union and at naval head quarters. At this point Chief Assistant U. S. Attorney Allan Pomeroy objected, saying that a great deal of testimony about the exchange of information between Russia and the United States during the war had been heard and the de fense should prove its relevancy to th? case before continuing. Judge Lloyd L. Black reserved an immediate ruling and Good man changed his line of questioning. Woman Accused Of Hiding: Groceries Beneath Dress Desks and counters at the city police station were piled high with bags and cartons of sugar and an assortment of more ex pensive canned goods today while police are trying to estab lish ownership of the goods among various grocers. The sugar, about 20 five and 10-pound sacks, and other items, including tins of crab meat, bot tles of black olives, canned milk and coffee, were found in a car belonging to Brinton W. McNeil and his wife, Frances, of Kinzua, Ore. Both were arrested early Sat urday night. Mrs. McNeill was booked at the station for lar ceny, and her husband for pos session of stolen property. She was arrested at the Safe way store, 8th and Pine, as a shoplifter and was said to have been concealing a $4 package of meat, just obtained from the store's market, under her skirt. Her husband was ar rested a few minutes later at the East Side Electric shop on Klamath avenue. - The packages of sugar and other items were located in the Probers Say Explanation Inadequate WASHINGTON, July 8 W) Rep. Andrew J. May (D-Ky.) told the house today "there 1 something sinister In these at tacks" on him In connection with the senate investigation of war profit. Mav took tha) hnnajk fnnm att' er Chairman Mead (D-N.Y.), termed "wholly inadequate" tha Kentuckian's testimony to th senate war investigating com. mittee June 4 concerning hi reiauons wun an Illinois mu nitions combine. Declaring he had navrr ua,4 one penny of anybody' money except my own," May told his colleagues: "I cannot help but believ that there is something sinister in these attacks on me." Long-Rang Exchang Mead's statement wm mfljla to the eommittpA nn tho ntk side of the capitol. The long distance exchange between tho two legislators came against a background of wepkpnrl Hvl. opments which included: 1. Testimony to the ienat committee that two firm in the Illinois combine advanced mora than X48.000 to th Oimherlsnri Lumber company and that more man sio.uuu in checks and drafts were endorsed by A. Ji May. 2. Two statements by May tot the effect that he had not prof ited in anv wav from tha Pum berland Lumber mmnanv Hm said everything he did was for, me oeneiu ox nis constituent and in promotion of the war ef fort. May also disclosed he had appeared before the senate com! mittee June 4 and given testi mony made public yesterday. ' Before the May-Mead ex- ehanffA tho junntj ffrnitn honrrl one of its investigators, Thomas U t-onneil, testily that he was. nanoea ouu in a Lnicago notei 1nt TWflmlw urith ttio iiiuIm, standing that he would with- araw irom tne investigation and take a political job in New Mexico. May's Request . Mead said it was his under standing that May had request-" ed that the June 4 testimony be made public and further that he. had "intimated that it was to be his answer." When the committee heard May, Mead said, it was at the Kentuckian's request, and no mention was made of Erie Basin Metal Products company or Batavia Metal Products com pany checks, which figured in public testimony as having been given to the Cumberland Lum ber company of Prostonsburg, Ky., for lumber which was nev er delivered. Further, Mead said, "no men tion was made of the signatures of A. J. May which appeared on the backs of some of th checks." May was not cross-examined, the chairman added. - Oxen Sought For Pageant The search is on to locate ox teams to be used in the Centen nial pageant, according to Hor ace Robinson, pageant director. If ox teams are available now it is possible to train them for the part they will play in the cen tennial pageant. Either eight or ten teams which have been broken to the yok can be used in the production, Robinson stressed the importance of obtaining local teams so that oxen will not have to be brought from some distance. The Cen tennial association will pay for the boarding of the stock and a nominal rental fee while they qre being used. Anyone having ox teams which can be used in the pageant should contact Cen tennial headquarters. back seat of the couples' auto. Representatives of Safeway and Emil's Food stores this morn ing identified part of the groc eries as having come from their stores, by price marks and labels, but some of the articles have not been finally claimed and police are asking other groem's to take a look at the merchandise to see whether it was stolen from any other stores. Mrs. McNeill today admitted having been in Safeway and Emil's on Oregon avenue, but could not say where each Hem came from. She also admitted taking the groceries, but said that her husband knew nothing about it and did not even know the stuff was in the car. However, one of the grocer told police that he had witnesses to testify that her husband help ed her conceal articles In his store. The stout, 43-year-old wo man is believed to have carried the packages out underneath her dress, between her knees. Apparently the couple was Just passing through Klamath Falls. . They gave their address as Kinzua and McNeill gave hif occupation as an electrician.' y
