Aff? I Tlll -
UITICIdl ICIIS
Of Overpay
On Contract
WASHINGTON, July 10 W
Undersecretary o( War Kenneth
C. Royall expressed belief today
the government paid Sl.000,000
too much to a munitions firm
and stands a dim chance of get
ting It back.
His view was In a letter In
which ho asked a justice depart
ment investigation of what he
called an overpayment to the
BBtavia Metal Products com
pany. Royall said the govern
ment originally made advance
payments of $4,500,000 to Ba
tavia for war contracts.
After mentioning the sum now
due as 1.000,000. Royall com
mented: "There is doubt as to
whether the company Is in such
financial condition as to enable
the government to recover this
amount." ,
Royall told the senate war in
vestigating committee that he
also had asked Attorney General
Tom Clark to inquire into the
earnings and costs of the Erie
Basin Metal Products Co. This is
an affiliate of Batavia; the two
are part of an Illinois munitions
combine the committee is inves
tigating. Tentative Offer Mad
Rovall later testified that Ba
tavia' had offered to make good
on the overpayment, at a rate
of $140,000 down once agree
ment was reached and $50,000
a month thereafter. He said it
was a tentative offer, and one
that has not been accepted, for a
total payment of $959,855.69.
A reference to the offer was
contained In a letter to Royall
from Theron L. Caudle, assist
ant attorney general, which said
that its acceptance might make
prosecution of any "criminal"
case against Batavia more dif
ficult Caudle's letter, dated June 18,
said the justice department's in
vestigation was "not sufficient
ly complete" for it to express
any opinion "as to whether a
criminal case will- develop."
Royall's disclosure came after
he had testified earlier that Rep.
May (D-Ky), chairman of the
house military committee, has
attributed to him responsibility
for an investigation of the Ken
tucky congressman's relation
with Erie.
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Muddles U.N.
NEW YORK, July 10 fP
The United Nations secretariat
was confronted today with the
probable necessity of reshuffling
its manifold arrangements for
the general assembly meeting
here in September to avoid a
conflict in dates with the Paris
peace conference.
The Big Four foreign minis
ters in Paris decided yesterday
to ask the U. N. to postpone the
assembly session from Sept. 3 to
Sept 23 because of the probabil
ity that the peace conference
will be in session on the earlier
date.
The shift would involve a re
arrangement of living quarters
for some 5000 persons a prob
lem complicated by the acute
housing shortage and the fact
that October is one of the two
busiest convention months in
New York.
It also would disrupt the tim-
jing of security council actions,
I such as the deadline for receipt
land consideration of new mem
bership applications, which had
been pegged on the assumption
that the assembly would meet
Sept. 3.
Extraordinary procedures will
have to be adopted to permit a
postponement, a United Nations
spokesman said. These probably
would involve circularizing the
151 member nations for their ap
j proval.
Spare Tire Pilfered
I From Parked Truck
Otto Riebe, 112 N. 5th, re
! ported to city police today that
! a spare tire and wheel were
' stolen from his International
pickup truck while it was park
ed in a lot at the rear of Star
drug last night.
Doyle L. Moore, route 2, post
ed 35 bail with police for having
no muffler. One drunk and one
man charged with drunk and
vagrancy appeared in municipal
court this morning.
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Legion Of Moose
Will Hold Picnic
Members of the Legion of the
Moose will hold a picnic at the
gravel pit near Ft. Klamath on
Sunday, July 14. Members will
provide their own picnic lunches
and refreshments will be fur
nished by the organization. All
members who have room to take
extra passengers are asked to
leave their names at the Moose
hall.
Reds Believed
To Hold Yanks
BERLIN, July 10 (JP) An
American intelligence officer
said today the four Americans
who disappeared in the Russian
occupation zone last week were
believed held at Oranienburg, a
Soviet provincial headquarters
north of Berlin.
Indications were that Gen.
Joseph T. McNarney, U. S. com
mander in Europe, might inter
vene since security authorities
have been unable to secure defi
nite information from the Rus
sians. McNarney was here for an
allied control council meeting.
The four, believed accused of
making unauthorized entries in
to the Russian zone, were War
rant Officer and Mrs. Samuel
P. Harrison of San Antonio,
Texas; Capt Harold Cobin of
New York and Newark, N. J.,
and Lt. George Wyatt of Okla
homa City.
Truman Mourns
Hillman's Death
WASHINGTON, July 10 JP
President Truman said today
the cause of democracy had lost
"one of its most effective and
devoted exponents" in the death
of Sidney Hillman, head of
CIO's Political Action commit
tee. CIO President Philip Mur
ray, long-time partner of Hill
man in labor union and politi
cal fields, mourned Hillman's
death as "the passing of a great
man."
Senator Wagner (D-N.Y.)
termed Hillman's death "an ir
reparable loss," but said his
"record of service is imperish
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Judge Throws
OPA Suits Out
ROSEBURG. Ore., July 10(1
Declaring that "the law Is not
concerned with trifles." Circuit
Judtie Carl E. Wimberly today
ordered dismissal of triple dum
age suits brought by the OPA
attuinst Palmer's grocery and In
scho's Drive-In market, both of
Roseburg. The complaint against
Palmer's grocery alleged an
overcharge of five cents and de
manded damages in the sum of
15 cents. The complaint against
the Drive-In market charged IS
cents overcharge and sought 39
cents in dumuges.
Also dismissed were com
plaints seeking injunctive relief
against Palmer's grocery, Wally's
grocery, Frank's grocery and the
tnscho market. Dismissal was or
dered on the grounds that thr
emergency control act of 1942
had expired.
"A Jury trial costs Douglas
county a minimum of $125"
Judge Wimberly commonted.
"and I do not feel Justified in
imposing such costs to collect
the trifling sums of 13 and 39
cents."
Russian Veto
Strikes Again
NEW YORK, July 10 (P)
Soviet Russia invoked the veto
today for the sixth time in se
curity council history in an ef
fort to block a move for Cana
da to participate in council dis
cussions on atomic energy.
The council became Involved
in a dispute when Dr. Herbert
V. Evatt of Australia offered a
resolution to permit Canada, a
member of the atomic energy
commission, to sit in on council
discussions of atomic energy.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet
delegate. Immediately objected,
saying this proposal raised new
questions and suggested post
ponement. '
However, the council voted
9 to 1 with Russia casting the
dissenting vote to admit Can
ada to the discussions on atomic
questions. Poland abstained..
Gromyko then said his nega
tive vote was a veto.
Gromyko contended the mat
ter was a question of substance,
on which the veto power ap
plies, and as such it was lost.
Dr. Francisco Castillo Najera
of Mexico, council chairman,
however, ruled it was a ques
tion of procedure, on which the
veto right does not apply, and
invited Gen. A. G. L. McNaugh
ton, Canadian representative on
the atomic energy commission,
to sit at the table.
Garment Price
Controls Off
WASHINGTON, July 10 .P
Sniping the last price control
threat on clothing, the govern
ment today pinned ita inexpen
sive garment hopes on industry
competition.
In cutting the threat, Civilian
Production Administrator John
D. Small expressed the belief
that rivalry among clothing
manufacturers will serve to hold
their prices in line.
The only clothing price curb
left after OPA died July 1 was
knocked out last night when
Small announced that CPA will
continue to allocate a big sup
ply of cloth for garments that
should sell at low or moderate
prices but the agency no
longer will see that they do.
CPA announced no reason for
this, but officials who asked to
remain anonymous attributed
the action to the Moore amend
ment to the second war powers
act, a law which 10 days ago
was continued until next March
31.
Under the old set-up, CPA
helped, garment makers obtain
fabric only if they agreed to
sell clothes at or under certain
wholesale prices. Retail ceilings
were fixed by OPA.
Under the new CPA regula
tion, manufacturers may use
priority fabric only In types of
inexpensive clothing which pre
viously sold at specified OPA
ceilings. Thus they have to
make the same kind of clothing
they did before, but there are no
strings on prices.
Kedron Circle The Presby
terian Kedron circle will meet
at the home of Augusta Parker
in the Marion apartments,
Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m.
The life of Rahab will be re
viewed by Mrs. W. F. Bethune.
Friends are invited to attend.
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Stamp collectors are getting
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service from Klamath Falls
when United Air Lines Inaugu
rates flights from the local field
August 1. Collectors are send
ing self-addressed envelopes to
Postmaster Burt Hawkins to be
flown on the first flight. In this
way they will obtain the special
seal or chachct which will be
Wisconsin Man
To Head Elks
NEW YORK. July 10 (.41
Charles E. Broughton, editor and
publisher of the Sheboygan, Wis.,
Press, todny was elected grand
exalted ruler of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.
Brouizhtnn a rnvmlu,, nt l
order for 43 years, and chairman
oi ine Doarn of grand trustees
before election to the new post,
succeeded Wade H. Kepner of
Wheeling. W. Va., as leader of
800.000 Elks affiliated with 1500
lodges.
The election vuum hwM thm
order's first. national convention
since oelore World War II.
Addressing the convention
the Elks' 82nd Broughton called
for an intensified program of
educational and child welfare
projects, and urged lodges- to
establish summer vacation camps
for undernourished children to
supplement the order's present
program of aid to crippled chil
dren. Vocational School
Plan Wins Favor
(Continued From Page One)
work, laundry and dry cleaning,
plumbing, steam and plpefltting,
meat cutting, sewage disposal,
and also for cooks and bakers.
To make thn nlnn faniMn uH
said, the federal government
wouin nave to turn the barracks
OVer tO thn tnt fM- a In.,.. i
of time. He believes that the
normal student load could not
be reached Until (Kn inrrnni Uj
...... .x. bviivvI ilMU
been in operation four years.
ruiMJu esumaiea inat opera
tion costs of the proposed voca-
tional school urmtM k conn nnn
y'r. without the teaching
staff, and about 400 students
couia oe trained the first year
of operation. 800 the next, and
1500 the next.
The bier nrnhl.m will k.
secure Initial financing for the
school, but the Interim commit
tee of the state legislature may
w io put up the Immedl-
ate fUndS for mnHnllnd Ik.
-...is, mt-same-
A Uhin II.. k....l..
. ...c waiiavM WHS
being considered as an academic
school.
Up to State Board
His say is not final, so Paulson
will have to lay his findings be-
fore the state board of vocational
education, but it is expected that
, Lwar assets administration
will be told tomorrow that there
still is a chance that the barracks
might be used, thereby forestal
ling sale of the post's equipment.
Paulson said that he believed
the barracks could be made into
the finest trari vhrnt Bn v.
in the area between Eugene and
vaiwmia, iaiu., and has a large
area from which to draw stu
dents. The proposed school would not
be for Vetprnn alrtno Kit '
students Interested in trade train
ing. It would have a special
"Hprai k veterans under the GI
bill of rights, he stressed.
After tho initial
get the school started, other re-
u.uueniiK couia Be done as part
of the training for carpenters,
Dainters an4 th lilrA i .
: i in wiiveri
ing some of the barracks build-
"S3 imo nousing lor students
and families.
Jury Acquits Gartin
On Charges Of Rape
Cast 1 n nnlv Iusa Kn 1 1 . i
circuit - pnnrt tiit-ir i....
afternoon found Harold Richard
uarun innocent of charges of
rape involving a 13-ycar-old In
dian girl.
The jurymen received their
instructions from .Torino n, ,1,1
R. Vandenberg at noon, and
cast one ballot before going
OUt to lunch. After liineh thou
voted once more and returned
a not guilty verdict. Gartin was
renrpspntprl hv TT RalAnllno
and E. E. Drlscoll. Leo N. Huls
was foreman of the Jury.
Japs Dedicate Marker
To Prisoners Of War
MO J I, Japan, July 10 A mon
ument in memory of allied per
sonnel who died as prisoners of
war in Japan was dedicated here
today. It is a stone edifice four
feet high, surmounted by a cross.
Moji residents contributed $1022
for its construction. Buddhist
priests participated in the cere
monies. PeptUCola Company,
Franchiser Bottler: Klamath
affixed to each envelope to com
memorate the opening uf air
mail service.
A number of the air mail
covers have been received by
Hawkins but lie expects to have
at least a bushel on hand by Au
gust 1. Covers are currying the
newest slumps, with the five
cent stump bearing the picture
of Frnnklin U. Itouievell and
the three-cent stump depleting
TcnncMtec, being must prevalent.
Envelopes sent to the postmas
ter should be aecompuiiied by
letters authoriilng the holding
of the covers for the first flights
and requesting the application
of the cuchrt. Space approxi
mately 2t Inches by 2s Inches
should be left on the address
side for the application of the
seals.
Covers flown Into Klamath
Falls on the first flights will be
backstiimped to show dute mul
hour of receipt. Also covers or
minuting at Klamath Kalis and
sent to the first offices on the
route to be served will be buek
stnmprd at those offices at the
request of the mailer.
Sidney Hillman
Dead In East
POINT LOOKOUT N Y.
July 10 (A1) Sidney illllmun.
89, one-time immigrant boy and
garment cutter who beenme one
of the moat rnntrnvrtr.ini ir,litl.
cal figures of his time, died to-
uuy in a nean condition.
It was Hillman, national chair
man nf ihp rin rmiiii..ui u,.ii,...
committee, who became a politi
cal storm center In the IB44 pres
idential campaign when the re
publican charge of "clear every
thing with Sidney" swept the
country.
Reuublieana rhnruiul
democrats and Hillman denied
mai uie lato President Hoose-
veil, passing through Chicago
durlnir Dip 10J1 4 mi!.. ..a
tional convention, told Robert
riannegan, democratic national
chairman, to "clear everything
With SirlllPv" rpnnrrllnK r.r,n...n.
tion strategy and choices.
Hillman's death came at 8:40
a. m. (EDTl ill a Mrnnm .f him
six-room summer bungalow on
mc nunn snore oi L,ong Island
near Long Beach.
Three wppka noi h. .,.,.,
an attack of coronary thrombo
sis ana sineo then had been rest
ing and trying to regain his
strength, nr Kfru T l..ii
family physician, arrived shortly
after Hillman's death. The doc-
inr said ne had been treating
Hillman for a hpari pnnrltllnn -
some time.
Although Hillman was presl
dent of the large and wealthy
AmnlunmnlcH r nihlnn wnri..
of America, he was best known
in moor circles for his direction
of CIO PAC.
His death left no Immediate
heir-apparent to the chairman
ship. A successor likely will be
chosen at a meeting of the CIO
PAC's executive committee in
Washington next week.
U. S. Population
Shows Increase
WASHINGTON, July 10 M)
The population of the United
States was 140,386,500 on Jan.
1. 1848. an inerpn.M nf tt A
cent since the 1940 census, the
census Dureau estimated today.
It reported that the nation's
birth ratp uihli-h .n.r.j tM
. awu. lu ill mi;
early years of the war, has do-
eunea somewnat since 1943 but
has not yet dropped to its pre
war level.
Bureau figures showed the
natural increase" In population
the excess of births over
deaths reached a ponk of
930,000 In the last half of 1042,
but declined to about 720,000
in the last half of 1945.
The increase In population In
the six years since the Inst cen
sus was estimated at 8,700,000,
only slightly less than the 8..
900,000 gain recorded in the en
tire ten-year census period pro
ceding April 1, 1940.
SOCE Prepares Site
For Vets Barracks
ASHT.AMn .Inlv in tan en
dearing and laying service
malm f.f a ka-Hnt.. ' ..... L
Oregon College of Education
were completed today.
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president,
said the barracks would house
84 single veterans and 24 mar
ried veterans. He predicted a
mii-tcim enrollment oi DUU at
the college.
Multnomah Welfare
Chairman Appointed
SALEM, Ore., July 10 (P)
Governor Earl Snell today ap
pointed Herbert A. Tcmplcton,
Portland, as chairman of the
Multnomah" county public wel
fare mmmlRiInn tip .iippppHi
G. C. Kecney, Portland, resigned.
ine term is tour years.
Long (land City, N. Y,
Falls Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
nrAi d a Nnws, nu.iis riu. Qr.
Thieves Flee
Stolen Auto
Following n minor traffic ac
cident on Kluniuth neur 6th, a
car which earlier In the duy hnd
been reported stolen from Lake
view wus found ubiiiuioned in
the 500 lilnck on Commercial
by city police yesterday after
noon. Police are searching for two
voting men who nro believed to
liuva Ix'cn In the cur. One uf
the men was described as about
22, luireheiided, light brown
hair unit wearing m tun shirt;
the other wus about 27 and wore
a tun shirt and cowboy hut.
The stolen rur, property of
Donald V.. Giles of l.ukevlcw,
was involved in a hit and run
sideswipe iiccUleut with a park
ed car operated by Mrs. II, W.
Christie, 3223 l.iiverne. short'
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