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Newspaper Page Textrui JU fo) In Th Bay s mm By FRANK JENKINS AKTr.lt listening to State Sec retary llyrnp' obviously lri rero and cunicst report on wlmt happened In tho second diplo matic butllo uf Purls, wu dill Incp III" uiiiiolrl question: "Wlmt In Itinwla up to?" Wo (till haw no t'lrur niwer, ON tho MINOIl lasuo of uc treaties fur lluly and tho neighboring axis autelllta natlona, lie think Home progrcas win made. Ho suya: "l'roirctii are bright for treaties that will lot llio people of five occupied aliilea live and breathe aa fli-e peoples." lie added: "W ure on (lie roud buck to peace." HE clnean'l ay WHAT KIND OK 1'KACK. The clmncca are It will be a troubled one. Still, any kind of peace, In uny part of the world, lit m-ticr man me armed truce that la all wo have now. WHEN Dyrnca went to Parl, " tho big laaue waa peace by treaty with lluly (which we and the lirltlih more or leaa domi nate) and AuHtrlu, HuiiKiiry. Komanla and Uulitiirln, which Husala domlnatea completely. It appears that aome aort of com pi limine was threshed out on that iMilnt. GERMANY la now the big In ane. "What la Kuaala up to IN GERMANY?" has become tho big question. "N tlmt point, Byrne aaya Ruv ala ha been "hard preaaed" to find renl objections to a treaty to keep Germany Impotent for 23 yenra. He then aaki Una significant (location: "la Grrnmn mllltariain going to be uard aa a pawn between the Kant and the Weat and la German mllltarlmn AGAIN to be given the chance to divide and con quer?" Ho doran't amrwer lila own queatlon, which soggcata rather clearly Hint Koula's purixixc l to win Germany aa a whole over to communlam. It la a fairly aafn gucaa that he thlnka that la wlint ltun.ua la up to In Germany, 1IE aaya: "Experience suggests thot tinderatnndinga, partic ularly with our Soviet frienda, jran not be reoched until we have 'gone through rounria of verbal i combat, In which old complalnU ; are repeated, past poalllona re affirmed, difference accentuated and crises provoked." That ia unother way of saying that Ruaala la TESTING US OUT, finding how fur It will be safe to go NOW In getting what ahe want. IIS apeech, read between the llnea, conflrma the probabil ity that tho world la dividing up Into two systems communism, dominated and led by Ruaala. and free enterprise, led by tho United State and Britain. KylEANWHILE Canada pub 1V1 llahea an official report that Soviet agenta, who may (till be operating in Canada, had flown aamples of Uranium 235 back to Ruaala. Russia la obviously mov ing heaven and earth to dis cover, aa aoon aa pnaaiblc, the aecret of the atom bomb. S. F. Votes Today On Lapham Recall SAN FRANCISCO. July 16 P) The S10,000.o-ycnr Job of Roger D. Lapham, who gavo up a $30,000-a-ycar steamship com pany executive post to become mayor for a single term, was In tho hands of the voters today at a special recall election. The recall was backed by Henry F. Budde, publisher of a group of neighborhood weekly ncwapupors. Recent raising of streetcar and bus farea was a major laaue. Labor organiza tions generally steered clear of the controversy. President Wins Approval For Reorganization Plans WASHINGTON, July 16 (iT) The Whlto House today had con gressional authority to carry out two of 1'i'osldont Truman plans for revamping govern ment administration. But the chief executive's ma jor recommendation for reshuf iling fodurnl housing agencies into a permanent single postwar unit was rejected, Senator Tatt (R-O), who led tho 43 to 32 scuttling of tho president's housing proposal lata yesterday In the senate, said con gress should work out its own ideas of a consolidated housing agency "within six months." Earlier the house had voted disapproval of all three reor ganization outlines that arrived irom the White House May 16. The senate also had to disap prove them before midnight, or they would become law under tho toims of authority granted the president lust December. Working In reverse order Democratic Leader Bnrklcy (Ky) succeeded In nullifying the house disapproval on plans 3 nnd 2 before ha was set back on plnn 1. Approved earlier yesterday, 40 to 37, was the presidential Play Center Funds Yin Ballot Spot Klamath Faltn' long needed and Inug-aniiglit Improvement In Ha recreational act-up, woa bol atered by the city council luat night when a one and one-half mill continuing levy waa ap proved for the November ballot, and a recommendation for eatab llahmeut of 1293,000 center okayed. A recommendation by the rec reation committee providing 2U3,0()0 for catuhllahmcnt of the propoacd center, waa accepted by the council but action withheld pending a further itudy of Ma rino Ilurrucka recrcatlonul fucill liea. E. E. Humbrlck, recreation di rector, preaented the council with a rough draft of the project now under conalderutlon on properly purchuard from Will Humphrey and located In the 11)00 block on Main. Tho city puld $11,000 for tills land, which la conveniently altuuted In the hot water area. Aa the proposal now atanils, the center will occupy 2.2H acres and approximate cost is the $21)3.01)0 aa aiibmittvd by the committee. Thia figure !ai been broken down In three units, swimming pool, $158,000; lounge. $00,000, and combination gym nasium and auditorium, $73,000. Olhar Work Included Also Included In the project will be tennis courts, a aeries of handball courts, a coke bar In tho lounge, offices, and parking space for aome 64 cars. Repreaentatlvcs of the Junior chamber of commerce were pres ent at the meeting and told the council of their plan for estab lishing a living war memorial, "something which could be used by future generations." They ii i ri a, c i. o Pageant Sets Registration Registration dates have been set by the centennial committee aa plans for the Centennial puKcunt, Auguat 22, 23 and 24, unfold. Chairman Geneva Dun can stresses the need for people who have special talents or who ara interested in working In tho pageant.,.,...... . - Approximately 100 men and 79 women are needed in the pageant and are asked to reg later at tho Centennial head quarters, Fremont school, Wed- neaday, 10 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. in. Children wishing to take part In the dance cnoruscs can also reglater at Fremont Wed neaday. Children and young people between tho ages of six and 18 are needed and they do not have to have any previoua experience. Coatumea will be furnished by the Centennial committee and Mrs. Eve Ben son will be In charge of dance Instruction. Song choruses will rehearse Thursday, 8 p. m., .in the Fre umont auditorium. Heating Company Buyers To Elect Subscribers of the Consumers Heating company will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. In the council chambers of the city hall, to elect a board of direc tors to carry on the new cor poration which recently pur chased the Klamath Heating company. Users of city heat, whether subscribers or not, are urged to attend the meeting. It Is hoped that ultimately all users of heat may become stockholders, and at the organization meeting to morrow night, plans of the new company will be explained and queations answered. Only sub scribers will have a vote, but all are invited to attend. plnn for consolidating health, welfare and educational func tions and agencies under the federal security administrator. Principal opposition centered on n shift of tho independent employees compensation com mission to FSA. Other feature" of the plan Include transfer to FSA of functions of tho chil dren's bureau of the labor de partment, and vital statistics Irom commerce department, and abolition of tho social security board. Western senators lost a fight against plan No, 3 on Saturday by a 37 to 30 vote. They center ed opposition on a proposed bu reau of land management In the Interior department. It will com bine the former grazing service and general land office. Also Included in this plan arc: Transfer of functions of the bureau of marine inspection and navigation from the com merce department to the coast guard under the treasury de partment. Revision of bureaus and serv ices within the departments of navy, agriculture, commerce and treasury. : ' .voO.rv tTl 5. jaar sr rem- ,o'$ PRICE FIVE CENTS Byrnes' Peace Stand Backed By Colleague WASHINGTON. July 16 VP) Senator Vandenberg (R-Mlch.) told tho senate today that "substantial gains" have been made toward world peace but the goal still remains "far from total achievement." The Mlciilgun senator took the floor to discuss the Big Four meeting of foreign ministers In Paris, which he attended as an advisor. He voiced full Indorsement of the conference report given the nation by radio last night by Secretary of State Byrnes. Vandenberg said there is "appalling disagreement" among Nazi Killers Face Death For Crimes DACHAU, Germany, July 16 lA'i An American military court sentenced 43 veteran Ger man SS troops to death today for the sluugliter of D00 Ameri can soldiers and Belgian civil ians d'irliig the winter battlo of the Ardennes bulge. The crimes were committed during Germany's last offensive around the Christmas season of 1844. Prison sentences ranging up to life were given the other 30 of the 73 officers and men con victed last Thursday. Col. Joachim Peipcr, who gave the fateful order that the SS troops were to take no pris oners, was one of those doomed. Testimony vus that he ordered frozen, exhausted and disarmed American prisoners shot during the battle and that the Germans sang songs of massacre on the eve of the offensive. Col. Gen. Josef (SEPP) Diet rich, veteran of Adolf Hitler's ubnrtive beer hall putsch In 1023 In nearby Munich and com mander, of lira -German sixth panzor army, was sentenced to life imprisonment. His troops spearheaded the December-January battle. Lt. Gen. Hermann Priess, commander of the first SS pan zer corps, was sentenced to 20 ycr.rs In prison. Brig. Gen. Fritz Kraemer, chief of staff to Dietrich, was given 10 years. Testimony at the trial showed that 730 American prisoners were slaughtered and 150 Bel gian civilians also were put to death. Cantrall Not To Run Again Rollin Cantrall, councilman from ward 5. Informed the city council Monday night that he would not be running for re election In tho fall. He indicated his intentions after the council passed a resolution urging can didates to file for the November election. Cantrall, office employe of the Klamath Lumber and Box com pany, has served on the council for eight years. He took office after the death of J. E. VanCamp and served the remainder of the term. Following this he was re elected for terms of two and then four years. So far only one man, E. F. Wall of 1010 Hanks, has taken out a petition for the ward 5 position, although lt is rumored around the council table that Wendell Smith of the Klamath Brick and Tile company may run. Counctlmen from wards 2 and 3 and the office of police Judge will also expire with January 1. Present councilman from ward 2 is Charles P. Van Doren who has been serving out the term of the late J. J. Keller. Harvey Martin Is councilman from ward 3. and although no definite state ment hns been made, he indi cated that he would not be up for reelection, Whether or not Police Judge Harold Franev will run for reelection is still a ques tion. The resolution, passed by the council, urges candidates for city offices to file nominations and petitions with the police judge on or before August 24. The state law requires that the police Judgo shall certify the names of all candidates before August 31, therefore names must be In by August 24 to permit him to do this. The police judge will not accept any nnmes after this date, he announced. Interview E. B. Hall, wall known Klamath Falls hotal man and at one time manager of the White Pelican hotel, will be Interviewed at 4 p. m. Wed nesday over KFLW on "The Managing Editor's Report" program. Discussion will cen ter around the famous White Pelican. KLAMATH the Big tour powers on the question of Germany, As one example of the failure to see eye to eye on many points, he said that Soviet For eign Minister Molotov "quotes Yalta to prove that President Roosevelt promised $10,000, 000.000 In reparations to Rus sia." Mr. Byrnes," Vandenberg continued, "quotes Yalta to prove that Mr. Roosevelt did nothing of the sort." Now Up To Russia Byrnes said in his speech that orders giving Russia choice between cooperation or "eco nomic paralysis" in Germany will go forward this week to Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, mili tary commander at Frankfurt. The orders will be to cooper ate with any or all of the other occupying powers Britain, France and Russia on finance, transportation, communication, trade and industry. In a radio report to the American people on successes and failures of the four-power council of foreign ministers at Paris, Byrnes asserted: "We will either secure eco nomic cooperation between the zones or place the responsibili ty for the violation of the Pots dam agreement." President Truman listened In and telephoned congratulations to the secretary immediately after the broadcast. Russia declined at the Paris meeting to, vn along nlther on economic me'asuros, guarantees for keeping Germany disarmed for a quarter of a century, or the writing of a peace treaty for Austria. Youth Escapes Death At Lake Ray B. K n a p p, 17-year-old Grants Pass youth, escaped death or serious injury Sunday when he lost his footing on the hard packed, icy snow lining the crater wall at Crater lake, down which the trail to the shore of the lake switches back and forth. Knapp, reaching the second switchback across the snow field Just below the rim of the crater, decided to take a short cut to the water over the snow slide which slopes only 30 de grees from the vertical to the water below, according to the rangers. The short cut proved exceedingly short, both in dis tance and time, as Knapp took only a few steps when his feet went out from under him and he became a human toboggan. In describing the young man's fall, park service employes said: "Down, down he slid with ever increasing speed. A large rock loomed up through the snow ahead. Unable to bypass it, he plowed feet first Into the rock. The collision catapulted him over the immovable ob struction and he landed spread- Cntlnued pat a, cl. 4) Fugitive!' Officer Bud Adklns of the city police force, is "The Man From Canyon Passage" who will be sought next Saturday by mounted posse for the $150 award offered by Universal Pic tures and Klamath Theatres. Story on page 2. y v u aaak :,i,,."S FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY. Dramatic 'Fire Ball' XT Jh .. . sJ-V ja ,w'r-"f J' A When the signal came announcing: the droooina of the atom bomb at Bikini, electrically operated K-25 aerial cameras began to click, recording for the first time the actual explosion of man's most fearsome weapon. This remarkable sequence, showing the full burst of the bomb (1); the formation of the gigantic "fire ball" (2) and (3) which preceded the familiar mushroom column of smoke, are the result of the filming. Photos by Harry Leder handler. Acme photographer shooting for the photo pool, re leased by joint army-navy task force one. NEA telephoto. House Approves Army Increase r:;. ' 'WASHfNGTOtf,' JuTy " 1 6 (P) The house today passed a bill authorizing the army to increase the number of commissioned of ficers in the regular army from 23.000 to 50,000. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, chief of staff, testified at com mittee hearings on the legisla tion that approximately half the contemplated increase would be allocated to the air forces. The remainder will be split between the ground and service forces. A bill similar to that passed by the house bears approval of a senate military subcommittee. The full committee has not acted on it. . Truman OK's 19-29 Draft WASHINGTON, July 16 P) President Truman today ap proved a selective service rec ommendation that men from 19 through 29 be deemed "accep table" for drafting. The minimum of 19 is in line with recently enacted legisla tion which forbada the drafting of 18-year-o!ni. The top of 29, however, is several years higher than the age beyond which the armed services have been desirous of going. Few, if any, men over 26 have been drafted since V-J Day. At the same time, the 29 year age is far below the maxi mum now permitted by law through 44. (The law exempts all fathers). Congress has been told by army officials that the army plans no draft calls during July and August, relying instead on volunteers. The war department said Sat urday that it may be necessary in the future "to consider the induction of men through age 35" but it had not recommend ed doing this. The statement followed reports from an offi cial close to draft policy that he understood such a recom mendation had already been made. Council To Meet On City Manager A second meeting dealing with a suggested, plan tor adopting a city manager form of government in Klamath Falls is scheduled for tonight, Tuesday, at 7:30, in the council chambers, city hall. A ei-oud of Diivate citizens met with the city council in an informal session last wecK to dis cuss the idea, but postponed a definite decision due to Mayor Ed Ostendorf 's absence. The mayor said today that he will be present for the session and has Invited members of the city budget committee to sit in. Mayor Ostendorf requests that anyone Interested ' attend the meeting. JULY 16, 1946 (Telephone till) Photos Released Heirens Placed At Crime Sife CHICAGO, July 16WP) State's Attorney William J. Touhy said today that George Subrowski, a soldier, had iden tified William Heirens as a man he saw carrying a paper bag a block from the Deenan home shortly after Suzanne Degnan was kidnapped from her bed and her body cut to pieces. Touhy said the soldier told him he saw Heirens about 1 a. m. Police said the girl was taken from her bed around mid night. The prosecutor said the sol. dier identified Heirens in the courtroom today when the 17-year-old University of -Chicago student was granted a 30 day continuance for arraignment on 29 charges of robbery, burglary and assault. Touhy said the soldier was questioned extensively bv As sistant State's Attorney Richard b. Austin ana insisted he recog nized Heirens. Earlier the prosecutor said that Frank Van Aellst, a janitor in a building two doors north of the Degnan home, had identi fied Heirens as the youth he has "seen around" his building on three occasions at Christmas time. The FBI has confirmed find ings of police handwriting ex perts that a fingerprint and two palm prints found on the Deg nan note were identical with Heirens'. Nations Holding Secret Of May Confer On Russian OTTAWA, July 16 UP) In dications that the three nations which hold the atom bomb secret may confer on Russian spy activities were seen today fol lowing publication of an official Canadian report that Soviet agents, who "may still" be op erating in Canada; had flown samples of uranium 235 to Rus sia. After repeating previous charges that the Soviet spy operations had ramifications in the United States and Britain, OTTAWA. July 1 (iP) Two high members of the Russian embassy staff accused of direct ing undercover espionage oper ations in Canada left Ottawa hurriedly following publication of the government report on the Soviet espionage network, it was learned today. the commission recommended that Canada consider whether to communicate her findings "to the proper authorities in the United Kingdom and the United States." The 250,000-word report said that Dr. Alan Nunn May, Brit ish scientist who worked on atomic research in Montreal, had given samples of uranium 239 enriched and uranium 233, es j WEATHER NEWS Has. (Jalr I'l IS Mia, .,..1,1...... i... u ,.. ajtrasn jatr I flat . , Nirmil 11.M I. ail ytmr M.U a.r. Number 10872 Todd Lawyer Asks Court For Verdict Requesting a directed verdict of not guilty for his client, Clyde Edward Todd, being tried for voluntary manslaughter in cir cuit court, J. C. O'Neill this morning attacked the grand jury's indictment against Todd on several points, in one claim ing that there is no such crime as voluntary manslaughter. Todd is on trial for the fatal shooting of Ross Simmers in a Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg late this after noon denied Defense Attor ney Joseph C. O'Neill's re quest for a directed verdict in the Todd case. Mrs. Doris Todd, wife of the defendant, waa the defense's first wit ness today and at 2:30 was on the stand. Pacific Fruit Express company ice dock office last January 25. Judge David R. Vanden berg listened to O'Neill's plea for a directed verdict and to District Attorney Clarence A. Humble's defense of the appro priateness of the indictment, and reserved judgment on the motion until this afternoon. Humble Replies District Attorney Humble, de fending his indictment, explain ed to the court that the word "voluntary" was used to distin guish the crime from Involun- i;aiiHt rasa a. ai War Profits Called 'Slim' WASHINGTON. July 16 IJP) A spokesman for a group of munitions companies under sen ate investigation contended to day that' its final profits from war -eonixwcis- were- very stun. -This statement was made to the - senate war investigating committee by Harry Glick, chief accountant for the group and assistant treasurer of the Erie Basin Metal Products company. Glick declared in a statement: "After taxes and renegotia tions, there can be no quarrel over the amounts that have been left to us as corporations or in dividuals. There are no excess profits. As a matter of fact, the profits from var business are very slim." The president of Erie Basin acknowledged that the company distributed Christmas gifts around Washington in 1943 and 1944 but disclaimed knowledge as to whether any had gone to government officials. Telephones Out Telephone service betweaa Klamath Falls and Lakeview. as well as Merrill, was severed early this afternoon when members of a S. 6th street construction crow accidentally cut the toll and exchange cables of the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph com pany. The cables were cut while a crew was laying a sewer pipe and the metal pipe sev ered with a hack saw. The cables are enclosed in the metal pipe and then by lead sheathing. Telephone men said It would be sometime tomorrow before communications were resumed. sential elements in the manu facture of atom bombs, to a Lt. Angelov, assistant military at tache in the Russian embassy in Ottawa. The materials then were flown to Moscow by a Lt Col. Motinov, the commission as serted. May was sentenced by a Brit ish court last spring to 10 years in prison. 'Information of the greatest importance" on radar was ob tained by Russian spies, the re port . said. Also compromised were a wiring diagram on a new tvrie of fuse, information on a submarine detection device and secret data "of great value" on propcllants and explosives, the report added. The commission said the Rus sians had been largely balked, however, in their efforts to ferret out details of atomic secrets. The report summarized four months of work in which 115 witnesses were heard and 6000 pages of evidence taken. In ad dition to reviewing previously published accusations, lt made these new charges: 1. That the Russians sought and obtained "top secret" polit ical Information on the policies of the American, British and Canadian governments. T h Next Action Up To Joint Conference WASHINGTON, July 16 (P) By a voto of 211 to 64, the house today rejected the senate OPA bill and sent lt to a house-senate conference committee for a new effort to write a compromise price control measure that Presi dent Truman will sign. The vote was a victory for the president in this round of the weeks-long struggle over OPA, but administration leaders con ceded that nobody could guess what OPA will look like, if In deed it survives at all, when It finally runs the gamut of the leg islative processes. Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex. immediately after the house action, appointed these ncuso members to deal with the senate in the effort to compromise the troublesome OPA issue: Chairman Soence (D-Ky.). of the banking committee, and Reps. Brown (D-Ga ), Patman (D-Tex.). Barry (D-N.Y.). Wolcott (R-Mich.), Crawford (R-Mich.), and Gamble (R-N.Y.) Republican Backs Move A key house republican. Ren. Wolcott of Michigan, joined ad ministration leaders in urging that the senate version of OPA be rewritten in a senate-house conference committee. "The bill at present is in worse condition tharvwe have ever seen in the history of OPA legisla tion." Wolcott declared. Mr. Truman commented Sun day that the measure, as adopted oy ine senate, is in terrible shape" and "couldn't be worse." Indirectly, Wolcott called, too, for the senate to back down from its stand that meat, milk, poultry (CMIIaaa Paga I, C.l. ) Marines Press Kidnap Search PEIPING, July 18 fP) More than 1000 men and seven aircraft pressed the search, today, for seven U. S. marines kidnaped Saturday by a band of Chinese. ' Marine ; corps headquarter here said no trace had been found of the missing men, who were taken prisoner in a village near Chinwangtao. Aft -eighth ' marine escaped capture. All marines In that area of north China have been alerted, a marine corps officer said. Two companies of 600 marines and a similar number of Chinese gov ernment soldiers have been de tailed for the search. Chinese papers said the kid napers were communists, but there was no confirmation. Nu merous bandit gangs operate in the area. Meantime, Chinese press dis patches said a force of 80,000 communists was attacking strate gic Tatung in Shansi province, a weakly-defended city famed for its huge stone Buddhas. A cease-fire team was reported en route there. The government - controlled Central news agency said the communists had halted their attacks on the Tientsin-Uphow rail line in Hopei province after more than a week of fighting, and that the Tsinan-Tsingtao line had been cleared of reds. Five thousand communists were reported attacking government positions 14 miles north of Tsinan, capital of Shantung prov ince. - . . Bulletin FLINT, Mich., July 16 (JP) Walter P. Reuther of the CIO United Auto Worksrs today called on American consumer to participate in a nationwide one-week meat buying strike beginning tomorrow. Atom Bomb Spy Activities nature of these secrets was not disclosed. 2. That Moscow was after In formation "related to research, developments which would play an important part in the post-war defenses of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. 3. That the Russian govern ment "seems" to have operated not one but several parallel under-cover systems through its) Ottawa embassy, and that thesa systems "may still have their own under-cover agents operat ing in Canada." 4. That "the communist move ment was the principal base within which the espionage net work was recruited," and that "secret members of the commu nist party" infiltrated through the government and through various organizations "not only for espionage but for propa ganda and other purposes." 5. That a "basic policy" of th party Is "to get control, through! the election of secret members to the directing committees, of as many types of functional or ganizations as possible. Including trade- unions, professional as sociations and broad non-party organizations such as youth movements and civil liberties unions."