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Br FRANK JENKINS
IN tho new today, there li n
ulmost SENSATIONAL irtory.
In a report addressed to tlio
President unit cnniireu, Julin It.
jlecliiiiin, director of rcconvcr.
ion, demands NKW ,Si.rtilfc8
IN r'KDKUAL Kl'KNUlNG.
HE thinks the army and the
mivv urn the nliices to cut
imiHt deeply because they spend
the must minify.
1 1 suyn:
"The armed forces rcpresonl
IS per cent of ALL proposed
niilhiys In u 1047 budget which
wim intended to totiil :)5,8(IO.
(1110,0110 CIS 11ILLION, MOO mil
lion dollum) but wlilrli linn risen
an cntlmuti'd 10 to 15 per cent
to 40 billion dollars or more."
E adds thnt three-fifths of the
oiitluvn of the irmy and
navy nre earmarked for purposes
OTHER THAN the direct pnylnu.
' feeding, clothlnu, trulnliiK mid
truiiKHrlliiil of aoldleni and mili
um. lie Ihliiku considerable econ
omic In military expenditures
ran bo achieved without hum
perlim oiMTiillonit aimed at ful
filling world obllKatlon, fur
thering American Interests and
keeping global peace.
11 certainly sounds reasonable.
H
E then Hilda that lew pend
ing by the civilian agencies
and postponement of puuuc
works would help to halt the
flow of government dollars Into
private hands which la a
sinmuly Inflationary tendency.
Hut, lie points out, "tho civ
Ian agencies legislative, Judi
cial and executive will cost only
a little more than two billion
dollars, or six per cnt of total
expenditures. So, If major econ
omics are to come, they muat be
sought elsewhere.'
W
71IKN ho talka of reduction
nf federa sneniling. Mr-
Steclmmi is talking the language
of buirtnesa and will be applaud
ed by business men.
Ho goes on, however, to say
Hint "revival of THICK CON
TltoL In the No. 1 essential In
warding off costly and Irrctricv
able inflation."
lb- adds:
"Until June 30 when OPA
expired runaway inflation had
been, prevented, Rut today we
nix liin-utened with the loss of
tho controls which wo have lined
to maintain stabilization and pro
tect production."
There, he runs Into controver
sial ground. Hut ho MAY be
right. In a situation where do-
...,.iwl lur exceeds sunoly It Is a
little hard to see how bushiest
can run without brakes ana sun
escape a crash at the bottom of
the hill.
THERE Is an old saying that
what goes up must come
down. Experience teaches in
that the higher It goes the harder
the bump when It hits bottom.
Common sense Indicates that If
prices boom too high now there
will bo a bust when they come
down.
Controls might keep them
from going too high.
On tho other hand, If prlcei
soar too much pcoplo mny refuse
to buy, thus reducing consump
tion and helping supply 'io caien
up with demand. These are NAT
URAL controls.
OPA controls are artificial,
and everyone knows by observa
tion that they haven t worked
any loo well.
.
IT'S a big question. This writer
doesn t know anybody, and
hasn't heard of anybody, who la
flatly certain In his mind as to
the answer. There are too many
IKS In tho picture cither way
Anyway, OPA In out at the
moment and congress seemi to
be in no hurry to restore It.
With every day that passes.
restoration of controls becomes
more difficult ond more risky
So it looks as if wo may havo
lo und OUT by the process of
trial and error paying the price
for whatever mistakes wc make
as wc go along.
THE point of this whole story
A Is that Stoelman Is one of
the more reasonable of our gov
ernment bureaucrats. What he
ays is therefore Interesting.
He Is certainly on a new tack
when ho talks of the need for
reduced government spending.
We haven't heard much of that
from Washington lately.
Hot Weather
Still Prevails
The Klamath basin citizenry
enjoyed real summer weather
today but the maximum 81 de
grees at 1 p. m, was far more
comfortable than the 93 of Wed
nesday. The weatherman gave the
slate a blistering yesterday but
a cool breeze was welcomed
here this afternoon.
More than 200 mothers and
children took to Mooro park
Wednesday. Most of tho visitors
sought the ihado although a
few hardy ones sunbathed.
Swimming classes In town were
appreciated by those who could
get In.
Over the rest of the slate,
other towns suffered even more
than Khimulh Fulls yesterday.
Hoseburg reported 05 degrees;
Medford, OB; Bend, 01. In east
ern Oregon, rciullcton had a
high ot 92.
SZ.
PH1CE FIVE CENTS
Russia Asks
Unification
Of Germany
PARIS, July 11 !!') Runsln
emerged today as the champion
of a reunified and self-sulficient
Germany on tho basis of a policy-charting
speech yesterday by
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov.
Addressing hla colleagues on
tho lorclgn ministers council,
Molotov liatly opposed the dis
memberment or ledcralization
of Germany or reduction of tho
rcleh to an agricultural state.
Tho apcech waa the first clear
cut expression of the Kremlin's
attitude toward Germany ilnce
the end of the wur.
Some quarters here were in
clined to write off the address
a a Russian bid for popularity
within the reich, and as a move
to strengthen tho forces of Ger
man communists.
It was generally conceded thai
Molotov, in the eyes of the aver
age German, now stood for a
Germany governed by Germans,
and for the return of a decent
standard ot living.
French official quarters ex
pressed dismay that the Russian
policy of unllicatlon was In di
rect conflict with the French
proposal to separate the Hunr,
the Saar and tlio itmnciand trom
the remainder of the reich.
Out France's foreign minister
and president, Georges tlldault,
won a counter-victory at home in
the conference backyard.
The French cabinet unani
mously voted today to uphold his
aland on Germany lo dale, which
included a demand for interna
tionalizing the Ruhr and con
tributed to holding up a unified
four-power Germany policy.
Tho Information ministry said
communist ministers voted lor
the Bidault motion.
It was not Immediately clear
whether the Russian statement
of policy would delay the ad
journment of the council, tenta
tively planned for this weekend.
The ministers were called into
session today to resume discus
sions on Germany.
Rent Control
Move
Delayed
Any further action on a vol
untary fair renU control In
Klamath Falls was delayed yes
terday by the Klamath Realty
board pending outcome of the
OPA and price control legisla
tion now being discussed In
Washington.
The realtors had decided to
establish a fair rents board here,
asking rental property owners to
volunteer for equitable control
handled locally, and the plan
will still be put Into operation if
necessary.
Dispatches from Washington
Indicate that a majority of sena
tors and congressmen are agreed
on returning rent controls, but
the rest of the Items over which
OPA had Jurisdiction are hold
ing up passage of any control
measure.
The rcaltora here feel that
some rent control may be en
acted by congress. Boguc Dale,
president of the Realty board,
said that he had rccclvod many
favorable comments on the fair
rents proposed here, and io far
no objections to it.
Service Funds
By
Reconversion Director
WASHINGTON, July 11 (P)
Reconversion Director John R.
Stcclmnn today demanded new
slashes In federal spending and
pointed at the army and navy as
the places to cut deepest.
Economy may be achieved
there, Stcelman told President
Truman and congress, without
hampering operations aimed at
lulfilllng world obligations, fur
thering American Interests and
keeping global peace.
While terming tho revival of
price control the No. 1 essential
In warding off "costly and Irre
trievable" inflation, tho recon
version boss said this action
should bo coupled with lower
government costs, continued
high taxes and credit controls,
and, If possible, a federal bud
get surplus. x
Less spending by tho civilian
agencies and postponement of
public works would help to halt
the flow of government dollars
Into private hands, Steolman said
in his first quarterly report as
director of the offlco of war
mobilization and reconversion,
but ho added:
"If a ma lor cut In the infla
tionary Impact of federal expen
ditures Is to be sought, expendi
ture plans of the army and novy
must be re-examined in the
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War Over, Draft- Dodgers Come Our
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Four husky Gabriel brothers, who barricaded themselves In a tiny room of their parents'
farm at Ontariovllle. 111.,- evading the draft for lour years, have given themselves up to the FBI,
ending what was termed "one ol the most aggravated eases of evasion of the war." Appearing
relieved that their self-confinement Is over, they are (left to right) Albert, 40; Frank, 29; Ernest,
23, and Henry, 28, Youngest brother, a cripple, might not have been accepted for military
service, FBI said. NEA tolephoto.
Area Yill Keep
WRA Buildings
TULELAKE, July 11 Build
ings occupied during the war by
the army and the war relocation
authority at Camp Tulelake and
Newell, will be disposed of to
the best interests of the com
munity and veteran settlers of
this area.
This announcement was made
today by E. L. Stephens, super
intendent of the U. S. durcau ot
Reclamation and custodian for
the general land office, refuting
persistent rumors that all build
ings will be moved to other parts
of the stato.
Thirty-three apartment houses
formerly occupied by WRA per
sonnel, will be moved out by the
federal housing authority, these
going to Canby, Yrcka, and Al
lures, Calif. They will be moved
by mid-August, it is understood.
A preference list, now being
compiled by the USBR, will be
made public in the near future.
Joe Thomas, liaison officer for
the bureau, at a meeting ot the
Tulelake post of the American
Legion, outlined plans for dis
tribution of the buildings.
Thomas recently returned from
Washington, D. C, where tenta
tive plans for use of the build
ings was drafted.
Also In line for consideration
will be reclamation and other
government bureaus, non-profit
organizations, farmers and other
Individuals.
The Legion post will confer
next Thursday with representa
tives of the federal housing au
thority, expected here from San
Francisco. Clayton Rudisill, re
cently Installed commander of
the Tulelake post, said the city
of Tulelake had been asked to
cooperate In working out a pro
gram of relief from the present
housing shortage and an answer
was expected prior to the visit
of the FHA authorities.
Cut Asked
light of the present need for anti
inflationary action,"
The armed forces, he said,
represent 45 per cent of all pro
posed outlays In a 1947 bungct
which was intended to total $35,
800,000,000 but which has risen
an estimated 10 to IS per cent
to $40,000,000,000 or more.
On the other hand, the civilian
agencies legislative, Judicial
and executive will cost "a lit
tle more than $2,000,0000,000 or
6 per cent ot total expenditures."
If major economies are to come,
Stcv-lmon said, they "must be
sought elsewhere."
Threc-lifths of tho outlays of
the army and navy are earmark
ed for purposes other than the
direct paying, feeding, clothing,
training and transporting of sol
diers and sailors, the OV'MR di
rector pointed out. s
Stcclmnn led off his report
with the announcement that
production of over-the-counter
consumer goods for the first half
of 1046 was tho highest In cither
peace or war,"
And until June 30 when
OPA expired "runaway infla
tion had been prcvontcd," Steel
man said.
"But today, we are threaten
ed with the loss of tho controls
which we have used to maintain
stabilization and to protect pro
duction," the report continued.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY,
Beer Prices
Stand Fast
Beer prices in Klamath Falls
will remain stable despite the
death of OPA, according to lo
cal distributors. The last raise
granted in brewery prices was
on June 25, when the OPA gave
several ups on both beer and
ale.
H. J. Charles, president ot
the U. S. Brewers Foundation,
stntes that no raises are antici
pated on bottled or draught
beer. .Urging, them to id in
holding the .line' of prices.
Charles-- wired-torower.- recom
mending "that no increase be
made in the price of beer be
yond the increase granted by
OPA. We should do our part to
prevent inflation."
If the price line it held by
suppliers to brewers, by trans
portation .lines, beer distribu
tors and retailers there need be
no Increase in the price ot beer,
according to Charles.
Success Looms
For Heat Deal
The Consumers Heating com
pany today was completing ne
gotiations for the purchase of
the Klamath Heating company's
physical plant and heat was vir
tually assured the several hun
dred customers who have faced
prospects of a cold winter.
D. O. Hood, Portland, owner
of the heating plant is here
representing interests of Hood
brothers.
"We have received an accep
tance of our offer of $55,000,
from the newly organized
group," Hood said today. "Ne
gotiations are to be completed
immediately."
Hood referred to the offer
made by the heating company
this spring to the consumers
who Just this week announced
$100,000 had been subscribed
to purchase the plant and to do
some Improvements.
' E. B. Hall, representing the
executive committee of the con
sumers, said yesterday that ad
ditional money must be raised
in order that all Improvements
be made before the plant was
in full use this winter. Some
$30,000 is needed, part of which
has been tentatively subscribed,
Hall said. It is necessary to or
der another large boiler Imme
diately, and to add additional
trucks, meters and other equip
ment. Early next week It is the in
tention of consumers who have
subscribed to stock to meet for
the purpose of electing a board
of directors and subsequent of
ficers. Pageant Association
Opens Headquarters
General headquarters for the
Centennial association have now
been established at Fremont jun
ior high school. Tho office will
be open daily between the hours
of 8:30 a. m. and 5 p. m. People
wishing to contact association
members may go to the school
or call 5264.
The office, which was tem
porarily located in the ch.amb.er
of commerce, has been estab
lished as headquarters tor the
Centennial celebration, August
22, 23 and 24, which is com
memorating the opening ot the
South Emigrant road into this
area In 1846. Registrations for
the pageant may be made
through this office.
JULY 11, I94S
(Telephone
To Face Music
Hi
City May Vote
On Play Center
Steps toward enlarging and
improving the city's recreational
set-up were planned today at a
meeting of the city recreation
committee, which voted to
recommend to the city that a
measure providing for $295,000
for construction of a swimming
pool and recreation center be
placed on the November ballot.
-The recreation center Is to be
.ecu .uructed on a recentlypur-
chaied piece of land in the 1900
block on Main, acquired from
Will Humphrey at a price of
$12,000. $1000 ot which Hum
phrey donated to the city.
The committee added to its
recommendation that a one and
one half mill levy be placed on
the ballot in the November elec
tion for the purpose of main
taining, equipping and develop
ing present recreational facilities
and for acquiring additional rec
reation projects as they may be
needed.
Another move made by the
committee was a recommenda
tion to the city that it make use
of the swimming pool, rifle range
and gymnasium along with other
recreational facilities at the Ma
rine Barracks in conjunction
with the state vocational school
which is being considered for
establishment at the barracks.
Howard Pcrrin, local architect
displayed rough preliminary
plans of the proposed city rec
reation center, from which the
$295,000 cost estimate was made,
Representatives of the YMCA
sat in on the meeting and ap
proved the committee s action,
Mihailovic Trial
Reaches Climax
BELGRADE, July 11 OP)
The trial of Gen. Draja Mihailo
vic moved swiftly toward its
climax today following the' for
mer Yugoslav war minister's
final plea for his life, in wmch
he voiced "an absolute hatred
for the Germans" and denied
charges that he had collaborated
with them.
In a four-hour address yester
day to the war crimes tribunal
before which he and 23 co-defendants
are on trial, Mihailovic
reviewed his career as leader of
the Chetniks and asked the court
"to be fair in its evaluation of
my work."
"I do not say that I made no
mistakes, but everyone was mak
ing mistakes," Mihailovic de
clared as he pictured for the tri
bunal the "whirlpool of events
and difficulties" with which he
was confronted.
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL
R. H. E.
Brooklyn 0 3 0
Chicago 15 0
Hatten and Anderson; Schmitz
and McCullough.
R. H. E.
Philadelphia 4 8 0
Pittsburgh 1 3 0
Rowe and Seminick; Strinrc
vlch, Hallctt (7), Roe (9) and
Baker.
AMERICAN
R. H. E.
Detroit 2 10 ' 0
Boston 3 13 0
Hutchinson and Tcbbetts,
Swift (9); Hughson and H. Wag
ner, (10 innings.)
R. II. E.
St. Louis 4 2 0
Philadelphia 3 7 1
Potter and Helf, Manruso (7);
Marchildou, Savage (8) and
Rosar.
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WEATHER NEWS
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Number 10868
'E' Award
To Batavia
Draws Fire
WASHINGTON, July 11 (IP)
Chairman Mead (D-N.Y.) of the
senate war investigating com
mittee today termed "Indefensi
ble the award of an army-navy
"E" to Batavia Metal Products,
Inc.
Mead comtuvnted after the
committee heard testimony that
Rep. May (D-Ky.) had taken up
with war department officials
possible award of the prized
plume to the company, one of
a group of munitions makers
whose war profits are now un
der investigation.
Milton H. Pettit, chairman of
the ordnance committee on "E"
awards, testified there were
short cuts and speedy action
unprecedented" in handing
out the pennant and acknowl
edged that he had noted on
Batavia s files:
"What price political expedi
ency."
Ordnance Protests
Pettit testified that Batavia
never would have been given
the award if it had been left up
to district ordnance officers (the
normal procedure) who had pro
tested the company's manpower
handling, its production effi
ciency and its prices.
He said that it was his "un
derstanding" that the speed and
unusual proceeding by which
it was granted was due to May's
intercession.
Mead remarked that the
award had a "derogatory effect
upon the producers of America"
and said that it constituted a
"blemish" upon the army-navy
use of the morale and produc
tion stimulating device.
May Conversation
The committee received a
telephone transcription depict
ing. May, as protesting a,, produc
tion cutback ordered lor a
"friend of mine." '
The transcript was placed be
fore the senate war investiga
tion committee as it sought de
tails from Brig. Gen. Roswell
Bardy, wartime chief of the
ordnance ammunition division,
on the extent of May's activi
ties in behalf of certain muni
tions makers.
Offered as evidence by Com
mittee Counsel George Meader,
it covered a telephone conversa
tion between May and Hardy
on May. 7, 1945, on a "cutback"
hi an eight-inch shell contract.
In it, May, chairman of the
house military committee, was
quoted as saying at the outset
that he had Just seen "a friend
of mine" Henry Garsson, one
of the promoters of 19 closely
linked corporations now under
investigation.
Klamath Tribe
Paid For Pine
Members of the Klamath In
dian tribe received $1,000,000,
for pine cutting last year accord
ing to Morgan Pryse, director of
the United States Indian service,
today.
Pryse said the "western In
dian is prospering" and that
funds have accumulated rapidly
for Indians on reservations in the
four northwest states and Cali
fornia, from sale of timber, ren
tal of farm land and cattle rais
ing. Umatillas collect extensive
rentals from wheat lands in Ore
gon and Idaho, and even the Pi
utes and Wascoes in Nevada,
among the poorest of tribes, have
incomes from cattle raising,
Pryse said.
CO Politicians Stumped
On Successor To Hillman
WASHINGTON, July 11 (P
Sidney I oilman's place as chair
man of the CIO political action
committee yawned wide open to
day in the middle of the na
tion's primary elections.
CIO leaders said Hillman's
death leaves a gap in the Con
gress of Industrial Organization
that will be hard to fill. Few had
any definite idea as to a logical
successor.
. Walter Reuther, president of
the CiO auto workers, told re
porters here: "There is only one
man qualified to take Sidney
Hillman's place, and that man is
CIO President Phil Murray. But
he certainly has burdens enough
already."
Murray himself, the man who
will appoint Hillman's successor,
said:
"I have given no thought to
Reporters who visited Mur
ray's office found him saddened
by the loss of his old associate,
and apparently unwilling even
to think of the future. Murray
Barkley Works
For Shovdovn
On OPA Draff
WASHINGTON, July 11 (AV-President Truman declared
today that "every day that passes" without a price control
law increases the danger of inflation.
WASHINGTON, July 11 UP A move to require that OPA
authorize increases in rents was rejected 98 to 14 today as the
senate drove toward a final decision on legislation to revive
price controls.
The vote rejected an amendment by Senator Hawkes (R-N.J.)
to:
Permit an immediate 5 per cent rent Increase and additional
9 per cent raises on next November 30 and March 31.
Forbid federal rent controls in states which already have
them.
Democratic Leader Barkley pushed for a showdown on
the OPA bill loaded with bans on price controls for meat,
poultry, milk, gasoline, cottonseed, soybeans and their products
in the face of a threat that sen-.
ate consideration will be shift-1
ed tomorrow to house-approved
measures to discard President
Truman's government reorgan
ization plans.
Still Cheerful
Cheerful despite rapid set
backs in the form of hands-off
amendments, covering meats,
milk, butter, salad oils and gas
oline the Kentuckian told re
porters he still is hopeful of
getting a price control revival
measure that the president
could sign.
"We got a better bill than
either the senate or ' house
WASHINGTON, July 11
(JPt Senator Morse (R-Ort.)
voted today against a proposal
calling for three increases of
9 per cent each in maximum
rents during the next nine
months under OPA legisla
tion. The amendment lost, 58
to 14.
passed last time from a confer
ence," Barkley said. "Maybe we
can still improve on that this
time."
But another administration
lieutenant who may not be
identified further said President
Truman would balk again un
less some way is found to over
turn senate actions barring fu
ture price ceilings on many
items important in the cost of
living.
Across the capitol. Rep. Woll
cott of Michigan, senior repub
lican on the house banking com
mittee, told reDOrters "it ap-
Dears that only rent control
will remain" when congress and
the president finish their battle
over OPA,
House May Act
He said a motion in the house
to concur in all senate actions
might prevail.
Major tests facing the senate
today include an attempt by
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) to rein
sert his price-boosting profit
provision which drew chief
White House fire in the veto
message and several proposals
dealing with rent controls that
expired along with OPA.
Following up its 49 to 26
vote Tuesday to keep meat free
of OPA ceilings under any re
vival, the chamber voted these
additional touch-not provisions
yesterday and last night:
1. Milk and all other dairy
products, an amendment spon
sored by Senator Wherry (R
Neb.) and approved 51 to 27.
2. Cottonseed, soy beans and
their products, by Senator East
land (D-Miss.), 42 to 34.
3. Petroleum and its products
as long as supply exceeds do
mestic demand, by Senator
Moore (R-Okla.), 40 to 39.
The only administration vic
tory during the two days of
OPA mauling came when the
chamber rejected, 32 to 40, an
amendment offered by Senator
Reed (R-Kas.) to exempt grains
and their by-products.
California Balks
At Auto Prices
SACRAMENTO. Calif.. July
11 (p) A state request lor bids
on supplying new automobiles
brought a quotation of $2350 to
$2500 for Ford, tnevroiet ana
Plymouth sedans. State Pur
chasing Agent J. Fred Mispley
said today. The senate is not pur
chasing vehicles at tnose prices,
he added.
and Hillman were on the origi-
nal committee of eight who
founded the CIO ten years ago.
Hillman. 59. died of a heart
ailment yesterday at his summer
home on Long Island.
Though few at the CIO had
any prediction as to the next
ClO-PAC chairman, several
names were being discussed as
possibilities.
One guess was that Murray
himself would take over the job
for a time at least in actcti
tion to his other duties as CIO
head and president of the CIO
Stcciworkers union.
Some thought that R. J. Thorn,
as, defeated by Reuther for the
UAW presidency last March,
had a chance for the job. He it
secretary-treasurer of PAC.
Others considered it more
likely that one of Hillman's
three assistant PAC chairmen
might be elevated. These are the
full-time men who carry out the
policies of the eight-man PAC
itself. They are Thomas Burns,
Tiliord Dudley and Jack Kroll
3 Generals
Found Guilty
In Massacre
DACHAU. Germanv. Julv 11
W-Seventy-three Waffen SS
veterans, including three gen
erals, were found guilty by an
American military court today
of the slaughter of 900 Ameri
can war prisoners and Belgian
civilians in the Battle of the
Bu'ge.
The president of the court,
speaking after an hour's delib
eration, announced all 73 de
fendants were "found guilty of
the particulars and charges."
The defendants included Gen-
Josef (Sepp) Dietrich, com
mander of the 6th panzer army
and survivor of Hitler's original
beer hall putsch in nearby
Munich; Lt. Gen. Hermann
Priess, commander of the 1st SS
panzer corps; Brig. Gen- Frit.
Kraemer, chief of staff of the
6th panzer army.
Peiper Chief Target
The burden of prosecution
evidence was directed against
Col. Joachim Peiper, daredevil
commander of "Task Force
Peiper," whose men participat
ed in the massacre of unarmed
American prisoners at Mal
medy. , .
" After the verHirt nf tho
rnmencan officers serving as
Judges was made known, de
fense counsel began presenting
evidence that might be consid
ered as extenuating when sen-
lence is passed,, possibly early
next week.
Spectators were generally
surprised that all 73 defendants
had been convicted as a unit. It
was the largest mass conviction
yet handed down by American
justice against accused German
war criminals. -
Peiper. like his fellow pris
oners, took the court's an
nouncement stoically. An Amer
ican liAutannnf mlnnal Ul Tt
McCown, flew the Atlantic to
testify in his defense, telling
uuw a uumuer 01 American cap
tives were released by Peiper
when the Germans were thrown
back in the Ardennes counter
offensive. Air Inaugural
Plans Drawn
Final plans for United Air
Lir.es inaugural flight into
Klamath Falls were discussed
here today by James L. Murphy
Jr., San Francisco, executive as
sistant. United Air Lines, and
August 1, at 10:51 a. m.. will see
the arrival of the big Mainliner
180 at the municipal airport.
Murphy said the first plane
in will be a twin engine Doug
las DC3, a 21 passenger ship,
and that W. R. Thigpen of the
Seattle office, an executive as
sistant, will be the speaker at
inaugural ceremonies at the air
port. The aviation committee
of the Klamath County cham
ber of commerce is planning a
Kcremuuy irom me community
standpoint and Murphy con
gratulated the chamber group
on their activities.
Full details of all ceremonies
will be given the public as soon
as plans are worked out. W. T.
Mclntyre, station manager, is
arranging United's plans. He is
attending a station managers'
meeting in Denver, Colo., this
week.
Murphy said today that Klam
ath Falls was one of five new
stops on United's Pacific coast
run, and that all were being in
augurated the same day, Thurs
day, August 1. In discussing
the reservation set-up, Murphy
said that announcement would
be forthcoming. In the pre-war
years, he said. United sold only
65 out of every 100 seats, but
traffic demands were such now
that 10 reservations arc sought
for every single available scat.
United Air Lines has run into
the same sort of production and
equipment problems of other In
dustries but the Mainliner 180
should handle the trunk traffic
until spring. . . .
Hennessy Nominated
WASHINGTON, July 11 (ff)
Frank J. Hennessy was nomi
nated today by President Tru
man as United States attor
ney for Northern California.
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