V
Todd Acquitted On Manslaughter Charge
I..
Autumn Vote
Endorsed For
Manager Plan
City inuinger government for Kliimalh Fulls wan unanimously
recommended lust nlKlit ut meeting held In tlio council chumher
nl tliu city hull unci attended ly Uio muyor, members of the city
council, tiie city budget committee, the plunnltiK commission and
Interested cltl.ens. II whs mo second 01 a series 01 aiscussion
meetings, the f ir.nt having been held a week uko.
Tlie chiniite, II wus recommended ut lust nlilht'a meeting,
ahotild he submitted In the form of a churler amendment to the
voter of the city ut the tleneml election to bo held In November
-of
In Tho
By FRANK JENKINS
RF.DIN, tliu Russian nuviil
lleutenunt accused of buying
U. S. mi vit I secrets, In acquitted
by u Heuttle Jury of seven men
and five wnineii,
11 In iicitiitiil tells the story of
the iiltiliulc of the American
people towurd the Itumlun
people.
Our fcelhiK toward them In
one of FHIKNDl.lNKSS and
kindness.
Y7K mind rciniiln cicur-cycd,
" however.
Redin I nn attracllvp young
Russtun. lie him an attractive
youiiK wife, lloth neetn to be
the kind of people we Amer
icans I. IKK.
HUT
Whatever he In. whatever he
think, however likeable he
may be, be has to obey the or
der! of a despotic government
that ha the power of life and
death over Ha people.
IF II were merely a mutter of
the American people getting
along with the Kumlun people,
there would bo little trouble be
tween our countries In the
future.
Unfortunately, it goes deeper
than that, it is the totalitarian
Russian CiOVKItNMKNT we have
to get along with.
VIOST of in will heave a algh
of relief over Itedln'a acquit
tal. We mustn't forget, how
ever, that It can be Interpreted
by tho Huiuian GOVKKNMKNT
aa n algn of wcukness. Thut
would bo dangcruua.
t
ON tho other aide of the world,
In Iluaalan dominated Yugo
slavia,, (Jeiicral Mlhnllovlc diea
before a firing iiiud less than
48 hour a after his conviction on
chargea of treason and collabora
tion with the Ciermun alter a
trial In which abut-down Amer
ican avlalora were not permitted
to teatify that he saved their
Uvea.
It's done differently over
there, you ace.
fS the domestic front, Mayor
Lapham of San Francisco
wliui declalvely In a recall elec
tion Initiated uguinat him be
muse he approved an Increase
Irom seven to ten cents In street
car farea. (Farea were Increased
to keep the city's transportation
ayatem solvent.)
Laphum Is a business man
who has GAINED THE CON
FIDENCE OF THE PUBLIC.
TN Montana, newcomer Lief
Krlckaon acema aa this Is writ
ten to be winning the Democratic
nomination lor senator from old
timer Wheeler, after a hot cam
paign. Wheeler waa backed by letters
from Trillium mid John L. Lewis
lclcii(lmg his labor record.
Krlckaon was backed by Jimmy
Roosevelt, CIO-I'AC, and Mon
Hum's other senator, Murray.
Wheeler Is and bus been an
Isolationist. Krickaou Is an in
tcrnutionullst. TTHE purely political Implica--1
Hon Is plain.
STILL
Krlckaon Is apparently a
GOOD, NEW man. Wheeler has
been in the senate a long, long
lime.
New blood In congress MIGHT
have been un issue in the voters'
minds.
i)
flO's United Auto Workers
union calls n MEAT STRIKE
today. It Is to lust seven days.
UAW's president, Kuuthcr, ad
dressing u muss meeting In De
troit, says the purpose of tho
sliiko Is to "restore reasonable
prices mid to terrorize prof
iteers." T TP in Portland, something less
spectacular but even moro
significant seems to be happen
ing. If. E. Carlson, sccretnry of the
Independent Grocers and Meat
Dealers association, suys: "House
wives here seem to bo sticking
to their budgets, and although
(('onlliiunS on I'oio t, Col. S)
Army Air Force
Adopts Sea Mile
WASHINGTON, July 17 (P)
The army air forces and the navy
got together today on a standard
mile,
In the future, nil navigation
by the AAF and the navy will
bo based on n nnuticnl mile, ap
proximately 60110 feet, which is
some 1100 feet longer than the
stntulo mile.
Tho nautical milo Is tho dis
tance of one OOtlanf one degree
, tit tho equator and its use facili
tates plotting in aeronautical
work.
Day's Jews
Q,IH IMI tfQ,l . ..i-Ww
litis your, -inure win oc no
litulo primary clot-lion next
spring, and tho city has no
funds In its budget for a spec-till
election. So, unless the
meaaure can lie submitted ut
the election this full, It will
have to go over until the spring
of 11148 unless a speeiul stute
election should be culled.
T h o recommendation lust
night wus for city munugcr gov
ernment In lis simplest possible
form, with the mayor and coun
cil merely authorized to employ
a manager, fix his compensation
und define his dutlea.
Committee To Be Fdrmtd
A committee to reduce these
recommendations to more defi
nite form will be named by the
mayor and the council. The
committee la expected to In
clude about 10 members, chosen
ao aa to provide a repreaentu
tivo croaa section of opinion In
tho city.
Sentiment for employment of
a city manager at lust night's
meeting was bused on the be
lief thut In this way much more
effective administration of the
city's alfuirs can bo secured. It
was repeatedly asserted In the
course of the discussion tnul
no private business could oper
ate without such an adminis
trative head for the co-ordination
of details.
There woa general agreement
that the change, If made, should
Interfere aa little aa possible
with the existing form of city
government.
Mayor Oatendorf was present
at the meeting, and said he fa
vors a city manager and be
lieves that under such a system
efficiency In rily government
can be materially Increased.
U. N. Delegate
Firm On Peace
WASHINGTON, July 17 Ml
Senator Austin (R-Vl.) today
Joined Senator Vundcnborg (R
Mich.) in declaring that the
United States will not be "co
erced" into international de
cisions. "The sooner the world learns
that, the better," added Austin,
who has been named by Presi
dent Truman to represent this
country on the United Nations
security council.
Thus Austin forecast the some
sort of firm United States stand
in the UN council that Vanden-
berg said Secretary of State
Byrnes took at the Paris foreign
ministers conlcrcnce.
The Vermont senator's declar
ation came in approving what
he called the "frankness" of
Vandcubcrg's appraisal of the
accomplishments and failures of
the big (our meeting.
Noting thot there was "appal
ling disagreement" among the
major powers over the immedi
ate and long-range future of Ger
many, Vondcnberg culled on
Russia to help replace with de
pendable friendship the distrust
and suspicion lie said now exist
between Washington and Mos
cow. The Michigan senator added In
a formal report to his colleagues
yesterday that the Soviets must
learn 'tint the Americans "cannot
be driven, coerced or pressured"
Into decisions and "will not bar
gain in human rights and fund
amental liberties anywhere on
earth."
Meat Buyers Sirike Begun
By Reuther's CIO Workers
By The Associated Press
Tho CIO United Auto Work
ers projected a meat buyers'
strike today to which they in
vited the participation of all
America's consumers.
Fighting the climb in living
costs, the big labor union which
helped to set up the nation's
postwar wage structure sought
to mobilize the public against
"exorbitant" meat prices,
The UAW CIO, calling for co
operation from Its own 800,000
members and all other organ
ized labor and consumer groups,
ordered Its strike to start to
day. It Is to last seven days.
Worker demonstrations In
several cities Tuesday signalled
tho start of tho UAWClO's na
tionwide "anti-Inflation" c a m
paign. Rival AFL unions Joined
hands with the CIO's auto union
In several Instances.
UAW President Walter P.
Routhcr, addressing a police-estimated
crowd of 40,000 to 50,
000 in Detroit's Cadillac Square,
called for the meat buyers'
strike in order to restore "rea
sonable prices" and to "terror
ize profiteers."
Rcuther, charging "reaction
ary elements" were "hell-bent
for tho good old days," said
meat was only the union's first
target, He said rents and other
V. V
PHIC-
huiailovic
Dies Before
Firing Squad
BELGRADE, July 17 (')
Gen, Druja Mihullovic, once ac
claimed by the allied world as
tho organizer of the Yugoslav
resistance movement, died be
foro a firing squad at dawn to
day less than 48 houra. after
h I s conviction on charges of
treason and collaboration with
the Gcrmuns.
Eight other men who were
convicted with the former
Chetnlk lender were executed
at the same time.
The executions were carried
out privately.
Offlciul Yugoslav comment
this morning was thut "since
the presidium of the Yugoaluv
parliament rcpcctcd the uppcala
of the accused men, all the
di'uth sentences have been cur
ried out."
The cupltul apparently lost'
all Interest once the deulb sen
tences were puaaed. Authorities
were diffident about Issuing any
statement regarding the execu
tions, and the attitude was that
news of 4he executions were
unimportant.
Convicted Monday
Mihullovic and 23 co-defendants
were convicted last Mon
day by a Yugoslav military
court. He and 10 others were
sentenced to death, and the re
maining 13 to prison terms
ranging from 20 years to 18
months.
Two of those sentenced to
death and eight of those sen
tenced to prison were convicted
In absentia.
The presidium of the Yugo
slav purliunient yesterday re
jected appeals for mercy.
The trial of the Serbian-born
Chclnik leoder und his fellow
defendunts began June 10, and
was marked by partial "confes
aions" on the part of some of
tho principals. Mihailovic, how
ever, maintained that he. was
Innocent of collaboration and
(hat ho had fought to drive the
nazls from Yugoslavia,
Russians Fail
To Find Yanks
FRANKFURT, Germany. July
17 Russian authorities
have told the United States
army thnt two United States of-
nnnsedlv dlsUD-
peared into the Russian zone
of Berlin cannot be located, it
was announced here omciuuy
today. ,
The missing men are Capt.
Harold Cobin of New York City
and Newark, N. J., and Lt.
George Wyatt, of Oklohoma
City. They were last seen on
Julv 4 boarding a train for
Ornnienburg. a Russinn provi
sional headquarters 20 miles
north of Berlin.
The Russians yesterday re
leased two other missing Ameri
cans, Warrant Officer and Mrs.
Samuel L. Harrison, and the
Americans released three Rus
sians, two of them army offi
cers, who had been held on sus
picion of espionage.
An army public relations of
ficer said the Russians had as
serted that they "have been un-
nhln tn Innnln Pnhill flnd Wvatt
and that to the best of their
knowledge they are not being
held In the Russian zone."
Items would follow unless
prices were brought down by
act of congress or otherwise re
duced.
UAW-snonsored rallies took
place In Cleveland. Chicago and
other cities In the union's "save
tho OPA" drive. Congress was
urged to restore price control
and consumers to restrict their
buying to "most urgont necessi
ties." Placards carried by demon
strators said 'a price Increase
is a wage cut" and "we're not
buying till prices stop flying."
Attendance at the affairs fell
below unionists' pre-rally esti
mates, but UAW officials said
they were satisfied with the
turnouts.
In Detroit an estimated 20,
000 to 30,000 Chrysler workers
left their Jobs temporarily, cut
ting production. There were no
reports to indicate widespread
disruption of work, however.
The UAW-CIO says members
havo lost much of their wage
gains of the postwar period to
rising prices. .
In that connection Richard T.
Leonard, UAW vice president,
said wago contracts "must be
open for renegotiation if price
control Is open for destruction."
He addressed the rally In De
troit, the union's stronghold.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDNESDAY.
Telephone Men Wade Through Maze
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When telephone service was
serving the south suburban area,
of lines. Here some ol the crew are matching the pairs. With back to the camera. James E. Wad
dell, and left to right. Don Reverman. Bob Haggerty. all of Medford, and Norm Smith, this city,
The emergency crew was made up of three from Mediord and three from Klamath Falls.
industrial Survey Reveals
Only Few Price Increases
By The Associated Press
The nation's manufacturers
said today the price tag on such
Items as refrigerators, electric
toasters, safety razors, automo
biles and many other manufac
tured products had remained at
OPA levels.
The National Association of
Manufacturers said it asked 64
factory heads "have you in
cr cased any price since June 30
when OPA ended?"
-The NAM said six answered
affirmatively, and of theae,
three said loss of subsidies made
an Increase necessary on meat
and food products. The NAM
said two others replied they had
been selling below cost under
OPA restrictions and the sixth
said higher costs of raw mater
ials forced him to raise prices.
The NAM said its survey in
cluded lumber, metal products,
electrical appliances, auto parts,
floor furnaces, petroleum, cord
age, paper, refrigerators, fiber
products, chemicals, air condi
tioning equipment, farm machin
ery, food products.
In New York City, the Com
merce and Industry Association
said that of 141 companies re
sponding to a questionnaire 92
per cent said they had not hiked
prices above June 30 OPA ceil
ings. In Boston, the Associated In
dustries of Massachusetts listed
as unchanged the prices of in
dustrial paints, safety razors,
blank books, waterproof cloth-
Lapham Victor
In Recall Move
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17 m
Roger D. Lapham still is mayor
of San Francisco. A recall move
ment to oust the former steam
ship compony executive failed
in light ballot yesterday 73.673
for the recall, 105,742 against.
Tho recall movement, dating
back to the Lapham-approvcd
increase this spring of street cur
fares from seven to ten cents,
was sponsored by a group led
by Henry F. Budde, publisher
of neighborhood weekly throw
away newspapers.
Budde early last night con
ceded the recall attempt had
failed.
Lapham is a 62-yearold for
mer steamship executive who
left a $30,000 a year job to take
over the mayoralty at $10,000.
Still Mayor
ROGER D. LAPHAM
disrupted early yesterday afternoon with the cutting of a cable
workmen were faced with the terrific task of tagging 400 pairs
ing, perfumery, oil, gasoline,
machine tools, screws, sheet
metal products.
In Massachusetts, Retail Gro
cers association said its 5000
store operators had not changed
prices on dry groceries, canned
iruits and canned vegetables.
The nation's automobile
capital, Detroit, reported new
car prices unchanged since OPA
was killed. The OPA staff there
said a check-shewed prices un
changed nn- most clothing, pa
per, lurnnure ana eieciricai up-
pliances. Detroit s Retail Mer-
chants association found that
textiles and
shoes
generally
have held.
In Portland, Ore., the Jantzen
knitting mills said swimming
suits, sweaters, snow suits, foun
dation garments and similar
items were being sold at the old
price level, including orders for
luture delivery.
T. H. Banf icld, president of
the Iron Fireman company,
manufacturers of heating equip
ment, reported no price changes
except those on parts author
ized by the OPA before it ex
pired. C. G. Frantz, president of the
Apex Electrical Manufacturing
company, said in Cleveland that
"there has been no change what
soever" in prices of vacuum
cleaners, electric washing ma
chines and ironers since the end
of OPA control. He said manu
facturers of these items were
retaining OPA prices while
awaiting final action on the
OPA bill.
John Porter, assistant branch
manager at Kansas City of the
Missouri Associated Industry,
leported that a survey of retail
ers, wholesalers and manufac
turers throughout the state
showed that about nine to one
expected to hold price lines ex
cept for .increased costs which
could not be absorbed.
Redin Loses
In Poker Game
SEATTLE. Julv 16 UP The
! luck of Russian Lieut. Nicolal G.
Redin wasn't good last night
at cards.
During- the long vigil while a
federal court Jury was delib-
eratins- on the espionage-con
spiracy charges against him,
newspaper reporters started a
friendly small stake poker game
in an ante-room. The Russian
defendant Joined in the game for
a few hands, but the- newsmen
said he lost consistently.
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL
R H E
Boston 0 8 1
-Chicago 10 13 0
Sain, Wright U, wnite U),
Johnson (8) and Masl; Chipman
and McCullough, Scheffing (9).
New York 5 10 0
Pittsburgh 8 12 3
Trinkle, Kress (1), Gee (5);
Thompson (7) and Lombard!;
Strincevlch and Lopez.
AMERICAN
First game R H E
Chicago 17 0
Boston 3 8 1
Lopat and Tresh; Dobson and
Partec. -
St. Louis - 2 3 2
New York 3 6 0
Gatehouse and Mancuso; Bcv
ens and Robinson.
Cleveland 810 1
Philadelphia 2 8 1
Reynolds and Hcgan; Kncrr,
Griffith (8) and Rosar.
JULY 17.
(Telephone
Of Wires
Repair Crews
Work On Cable
Cable crews worked through
out the night Tuesday and were
still laboring today to repair
damage done to the main tele
phone cable of the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
accidentally severed at 1:30 yes
terday afternoon by a construc
tion employe on S. 6th.
Severance of the cable dis
rupted service throughout the
t south suburban area and threw
. mil nf .nmmitdnn ot ljanct 1000
telephones, according to Chuck
Scavey, manager of the company.
Tlin liierimloW rna uhiph urilt
DrohabTv have service by early
l evening, included that section
east oi b. oin to tne lecterai nous-
inn project, and north to the
vicinity of Vine.
Immediately on discovery of
the cable cut, a call was placed
to Medford where a special cable
crew was dispatched to Klamath
Falls. The men arrived here late
yesterday afternoon and with the
aid of local crewmen, worked all
night to repair the damage.
The severed cable, known to
(CobiIbboS oa.raso 2, Col. C
Prime Cattle
At New High
CHICAGO, July 17 (JP)
Against strong resistance which
affected lower grades of beef
animals, a new price pinnacle
was set for prime cattle today
ut Union stockyards $26 25 a
hundred pounds for Iowa fed
steers weighing about 1400
pounds average.
Lower grade steers and other
slaughter cattle declined 25 to
50 cents from yesterday's marks.
Hog prices vaulted to a new
modern record price of S22.00
at mid-session after having
broken through yesterday's new
roof in early sales at $21.50.
Reaction set in then, however,
and most of the $1.50 to $2.00
advance evaporated in later
sales. The top price yesterday
was $20.00.
This was the third successive
day the modern record price for
hogs was beaten. A top of $18.50
a hundredweight was paid July
l.
Arms Combine Secretary
Tells Of May Phone Calls
WASHINGTON. July 17 (P)
Eleanor Hall, a former secretary
in the Washington office of a
midwest munitions combine, tes
tified today that she once lis
tened in on a telephone conver
sation in which she said Rep.
May (D-Ky.) asked the combine's
Washington representative:
"What about that $3000?"
Mrs. Hall was formerly em
ployed here by the Erie Basin
Metals Products company of El
gin, 111., and the Batavia Metal
Products company of Batavia, 111.
She told the senate investiga
ting committee she quit this job
because of "very shady busi
ness." . She told the committee that In
one of frequent telephone con
versations between May and
Joseph Freeman, Washington
sales agent, she was asked to
listen in and take notes. May,
she said, had originated the call
to Freeman.
"As 1 recall," she testified, "it
was a conversation about lumber
something about length and
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Redin Wins
Freedom On
Spy Charge
SEATTLE, July 17 (P) Rus
sian Naval Lt. Nicolal G. Redin
was acquitted by a federal court
jury today on espionage and
conspiracy charges.
The 30-year-old former Soviet
purchasing commission repre
sentative here was found inno
cent on government charges
that he purchased secrets about
the USS Yellowstone, a new
type destroyer tender, from
Herbert G. Kenney, shipyard
engineer.
The jury of seven men and
five women brought in the ver
dict on the 22nd day of the
trial. They had been out since
1:18 p. m. (PST) yesterday.
Indictments against Redin ac
cused him on four counts of es
pionage and on one count with
conspiring with "unknown per
sons" to obtain secret informa
tion.
Deliberated 8H Hours
The jury had actually delib
erated about 8V hours, not in
cluding time for meals and
sleep.
After the verdict. Defense At
torney Irvin Goodman told the
court Redin would like to say
a few words. The Russian offi
cer stepped forward and in a
low voice, smiling slightly, said:
"Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, your honor, I'd like to
thank you for this fair trial in
these United States of Amert
Judge Lloyd L. Black then
discharged Redin formally on
the two indictments, and exon
erated his bail and bond.
As the jurors stepped down
and came through the court
room door Redin shook hands
with each of them and thanked
them Dersonally. - -
Friends surrounded Redin, of
fering their congratulations.
Mrs. Redin was not in the court
room when the verdict waa re
turned. , - . . r, ,. v-i.-
Ambush Fatal
To U.S. Soldier
TRIESTE, July 17 UP Un
known machine-gunners am
bushed an American army jeep
before midnight killing a sol
dier and wounding two others.
headquarters of the U. S. 88th
division announced today.
The Americans were attacked
four days after a United States
patrol killed two Yugoslav sol
diers in a brief skirmish near
the Morgan demarcation line,
which divides the occupation
troops of Yugoslavia to the east
from American and British
forces in the west.
While the Americans were be
ing ambushed, Belgrade dis
patches told of a crowd of 50,
000 persons marching in the
Yugoslav capital, chanting the
names of Russian Prime Minis
ter Stalin and Yugoslav Pre
mier Tito. The crowd shouted.
"We ask for a revision of the
Paris decision on Triesie."
'Trieste to Yugoslavia" and
"Yugoslavia as an ally demands
justice from the allies."
Maj. Gen. Bryant E. Moore,
commander of the 88th division,
told of the American casualties
last night but gave few details.-
The announcement said the
driver of the jeep, was killed
outright by a burst of fire from
a sub-machinegun. Another sol
dier, was wounded and a lieu
tenant was injured when the
vehicle cracked up after going
out of control.
The shooting occurred at
about 11:30 p. m. near Largo
del Bargo, 14 miles south of
Gorizia.
sizes that they wanted to re
member. At the end of the con
versation Mr. May said rather
gruffly to Mr. Freeman, 'What
about that $3000?' "
Another ex-secretary of the
companies' Washington office
who testified was Mrs. Jean
Bates. She said that she handled
frequent telephone calls from
May and "on several occasions'
from the office of Senator Bark-
ley (D-Ky.)
She said that "two or three
times" a week the Washington
office of the combine got calls
from Rep. May, chairman of the
house military committee.
The calls from Barkley's of
fice, Mrs. Bates added, came
from a woman she believed to be
the secretary of the senate ma
jority leader. Mrs. Bates did not
know, she said, whether Barklcy
himself took part in the tele
phone conversations.
Today's mention was the first
time that Barkley's name has
come into the committee's public
pnearings,
Judge Says
Prosecution
Case Faulty
Clyde Edward Todd. 38-year-
old former Southern Pacific spe
cial agent, was found not guilty
of voluntary manslaughter by a
circuit court Jury which delib
erated about 30 minutes last
night. He was under indictment
in the fatal shooting of Rosa
Simmers on January 25.
Judge David R. Vandenberg
yesterday turned down a lengthy
motion irom load attorney for
a directed verdict, and present
ed the case to the Jury, although
he said today that he was cer
tain that if Todd had been
found guilty the case would
have been appealed and this
court reversed.
The defense attorney, J, C.
O'Neill, said that he would have
appealed if his client was found
guilty.
One of O'Neill's points in ask
ing a court dismissal of the case
was that there Is no such crime
recognized in Oregon law as
voluntary manslaughter," and
the judge upheld him In that
although denying the motion.
Judge Cites Law
This morning Judge Vanden-
berg pointed out that the indict
ment against Todd referred to
section 23-405 of the Oregon law
code, and that section reads
". . . if any person shall, with
out malice express or implied,
and without deliberation, but
upon a sudden heat of passion,
caused by provocation apparent
ty sumcient to make the pas
sion irresistible, voluntarily kill
another . . . such person shall
be deemed guilty of manslaugh- '
ter."
The prosecution's evidence In
this trial, he said, showed no
heat of passion and no fight be
tween Simmers and Todd, but
witnesses testified to "kidding"
and a "horseplay" scuffle.
Also, that provision lists the
crime as manslaughter, not vol
untary manslaughter.
The judge said that the state's
evidence in this case would have
(comtno.0: oa Foao s, col. 61
Early Action
Looms On OPA
WASHINGTON, July 17 W)
Optimism that the price control
deadlock may be broken before
nightfall was voiced by Senate .
Demneratte Trader - Dark lev nf
Kentucky today after a senate
house c6mmittee canvassed the
possibility of compromise.
Senator Downey (D-Calif), an
other member of the 14-man
committee, told reporters "there
is a possibility" an agreement
can be worked out "before the
day ends." .
Th White House made public
today a declaration from ithe
war reconversion advisory board
that abandonment of price con
trol will leave the nation unpro
tected "against a dangerous rise
in prices in the interval before
normal economic forces are
working."
"Proper provision should be
made to extend the life of OPA
for a period not to exceed one
year," the board said in a re
port to President Truman.
T Bi.lBa 4Uf th!. !
. du, ,iu, uiu noo .iic
unanimous sentiment of the
board as embodied in a resolu
tion adopted yesterday. The
board includes representatives
of business, agriculture and la
bor. ,
Fire Checked
At Pinehurst
The little settlement of Pine
hurst, long known to Klamath
residents as the half-way mark
between Medford and Klamath
Falls on highway No. 66, was
threatened by fire Tuesday when
a four-acre blaze started behind
the buildings. Before the fire
could be brought under control
it had destroyed six cabins and
an automobile. The main build
ing, at one time used as an Inn,
was undamaged.
The flames, which quickly
spread through four acres ot
small pine trees, were spotted
at 9:45 a. m. by the Parker moun
tain lookout. Although the fire
was in the Medford district the
Klamath Forest Protective asso
ciation sent fire fighters to the
scene. The Penny Springs and
Weyerhaeuser fire crews joined
the Medford crew in fighting the
fire.
The blaze was brought under
control at 10:55 a. m. The exact
amount of damage was not esti
mated by the Klamath Forest
Aosnrintinn ax the fira wan nut
of its district. Origin of the
fire Is not known.
Frost Injures Grain
In Tulelake Fields
TULELAKE, July 17 Some
grain damage, due to recent
frosts and cold nights, has been
reported from the Tulelake area
by growers. It is too early to
determine the amount of dam
age, but It is considered fairly
heavy.
Coldest night in early July
sent the thermometer down to
27 degrees, it was learned, and
not only has grain felt the dam
age but growth to potato vines
has been retarded In spotted
areas. '
Grain harvest Is expected to
tart in mid-August.