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Newspaper Page Text'M A N fUl IK mm m In Th. Day's Sews By rRANK JENKINB VIOLENT revolution Harca nvrr the weekend In La Vut, hlKh-ln-lhe-lunuiitalua capital of Hollvla (Smith America.) Dlcliilor-I'ivsldcnl Villarroi'l In shot (apparently only wounded) In il lieuvlly fortified palace. Ho wan then thrown through a window to Hie mob ouudde ami hanged to a lump t. after which hl llfelesa and nuked body was paruded throtiKh the alrceta on an army lank. After the puradc, the body wan brought back and hanued nil" In tu the lamp pout In front of the palace. IT aounda strangely like Mu soliiii'a end which reminds ua thul throughout hlatory'a hum alory MANY, MANY dlclatora have died like that. I ET ua puuae hern for a aecond to recall the hlatoric pattern C of dlctatorahlp. It arlura iiorimilly brcauso the PKOI'LE become too lazy ortoo Indlffrrent to curry the burdena of aclf-government. In thnlr lazlneas, or tlielr Indifference, ihnv auv: "Let ua liuve a superman, who will UO IT ALL FOR US. aa that wo ahull not hnvo to bolhur our hcuda with auch problema. THAT la how dlctatorahlp hi torlcully begin. It procecda hmlnrleally to the AUUSKS that follow Inevitably when TOO MUCH POWKIl la placed III ONt act of handa. It emla (not alwnya, but F11E OUKNTLY) In outburala of un restrained hutred audi aa we are witncaalitK In llollvla. THE thing for ua to remember la thul down through the crnturlca dictatorship (in one form and another) have tended to arise WHENEVER the people become too lazy, too Indifferent, too aelf-centercd to face the rcaponalbllltU-a of governing thcmaclvca wlaely and well THERE la another explosion In A Jerusalem where "terror lata" bomb the King David hotel, in which Urlllah army head' qunrtora are located. This niornlmi'a dispatches 111' dlcute kiiiio SO dentin. I'uleatlne la an explosive apot because of a project to move Jews there from Europe where, becuuae of man a Inlolcr ance to man. they arc a head' ache. The Idea of the power thai be In Europe is to move tne Jews bodily to Palestine, now heavily populated by Arabs. The A rubs rexl.il the colonlza Hon of Palestine by Jewa. The Jews (already desperate because of Injustices In Europe) RESENT the unwillingness of the Arabs to receive them. Hence the disorders that are making Palestine a powder keg, THE power that be In Europe (we, the British, the French, the Ruaaluna, etc.) are unwilling to face the problem of absorp tion of the unwanted Jews AMONG US. So. In effect, we say: "Let's force them onto the Arabs In Palestine" (which Is the ancestral home of the Jews.) (If you are familiar with your Old Testament, you will recall that the Jews took Palestine FROM SOMKUOUY ELSE.) t THE curtain Is rising on civil iviir In PMnii. As usual, we net no clear pic turo of what Is happening. We have to liidae from CONFLICT 1NG PROPAGANDA claims. The communists say they have won a resounding victory in which they captured 12.0UU government trooDS. The nationalists retort that after the buttle they have al reudy HUHIEO 20.000 COMMU' NIST DEAD, and aren't through jet. ME SUN YATSEN, widow 1 of Chin a's revolutionary hero (who seems by some freak to have been unselfishly devoted to improvement of the lot of tho Chinese PEOPLE) Hives out statement In Shanghai today to the effect that REACTIONARIES in tho Nationalist (Chiang Kal- ahek) government arc fostering a civil war In the hone of bring' lng tho United States and Rus- sin into the struggle and thul crushing Chinese communism. She says we ought to GET our Of china . . . mat we should make loans only to reorganized and truly repre sentative Chinese government . . . that wo should make it plain that wo will supply neither munitions nor military assistance to EITHER SIDE. PROBABLY tho outcome of that policy would be that the communlsls, with Russian assist ance, would win. Still, it is a little odd to hear ANYBODY assert that America should tay out of ANYWHERE. THE world, you sec, is in mess. It is n nllv. The principle of the Golden Rule. If honestly followed by everybody, would bring order and hnnnlness out of tne mess, It Is doubtful if anything else will. TYPHOON TOLL UP MANILA, July 22 (!) The army today relayed a radio dls- natch from Bamilo. northern Luzon, raising last week's i typhoon death toll to 16 with tho ( discovery of tlirco more bodies, PRICE riVE CENTS Pair Presiden t Told New OPA Draft Has Some Merit WASHINGTON. July 22 (IV OPA Administrator Paul A. Porter told President Truman today tho compromise bill to revive OPA is an Improvement over the measure ho recently vetoed. Leaving a White House con ference with Mr. Truman, Por ter told newsmen ho withheld a recommendation on whether tho preaident ahould sign or veto tho new compromise. Ho preferred to withhold a recommendation, Porter ex plained, until congresa has com pleted Its action and the men- Bolivians Kill President, Seize Power LA PAZ. Bolivia. July 22 () Student and labor rcvolutioniala took over (he government of Bolivia today after aaaaasinating Preaident Guarberto Vlllarrocl, who was thrown bodily from the preaidential palace, hunged to a lumppoat and then paraded lifelesa and naked through the atreeta on an army tank. After tho macabre parade In this highest capital In the world, the slant president'! body again was hanged from a lamiipoat bo- fore thu palace. The four days of bloody street righting In which 2000 persons were report ed killed or wounded ended Sunday with victory for the reb els. Many of the president's close collaborators died with him. Nestor Guillen, dean of the superior court, assumed office as acting president but vowed to relinquish the office when Thomas Monie, court president. was well enough to take his place. He called the regime "a provisional government to call elections and then turn over power to a government chosen by the people." Liberties Promiitd The revolutionary leaders promised that suppressed civil liberties would be restored im mediately. The rebels reported that par tially burned bodies of political prisoners of the Villarroel re- (Canllaaaa an rata t, Cat. S) Memorial Held For Bikini Goats NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 22 A' Four hun dred goat owners paid silent tribute yesterday "to the little goats that (lied and arc dying in uic iiHoic oi alienee ana rc' search." Plans to half-staff tho Ameri can flag and sound taps in honor of tho atomic -bombed goats of Bikini were cancelled after war veterans had protest ed. Only sound to break the min ute of silence during the San Fernando Valley Goat society came from tho goats. Madame Sun inciting u. SHANGHAI, July 22 (!') Chinese communists and the government mutually claimed victories north of tho Yangtze river today as Madame Sun Ynt sen accused government party reactionaries of striving to in cite war between the United Slntes and Russia In tho hope of thus crushing the commu nists, Madamo Sun, highly-respected widow of China's revolution ary hero and sister-in-law of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, declared in a raro statement that China was heading down the road to disaster and that American reactionaries were abetting Chinese reactionaries. As steps toward solution, she urged formation of a coalition government, withdrawal of all American troops from China, and cancellation ot all war ma terials and other military as sistance from tho United States. Even as her statement was issued, however, the commu nists claimed a resounding vic tory and capture of 12,000 gov ernment soldiers on the Import KLAMATH Feared Lost In ure reaches the president's desk. However, Porter said he told Mr. Truman: "This bill Is better In many Important und material respects than the one he vetoed." Porter would not elaborate on this brief sentence. Ceilings Deferred ' WASHINGTON. July 22 M") A house-senate conference com mittee decided today that, in the revival of OPA. price ceil ings can not be restored be fore August 20 un meat, poul try, eggs, milk and a list of other basic foods. Whether these foods can be controlled at alt again will be left to the determination of a three-man board with higher authority than OPA, The conference committee completed the writing of the compromise OPA measure and tossed the Issue again directly to the house and senate for a showdown tomorrow. Earlier Senate Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky, predicted at the White House that the house and senate would approve the compromise promptly and expressed hope Mr. Truman will sign it. I The compromise bill was ap-i proved by 11 of tho 14 senate and house conferees who wrote it. The three declining to sign It were Senators Milllkcn (R Colo.), Rep. Wolcott (R-Mich.) and Smith (R-Ohio). Council Faces Major Issues Parking meters, a proposal for a modified manager system for city government, and proposed recreation financing are three major matters slated to come before the city council tonight. The retail trade bureau will be represented in connection with parking meters. Nick Long, president, issued the following statement: "It being apparent that the city council favors the idea of in stalling parking meters despite the strong opposition against them, a committee of tho retail trade will attend the council meeting Monday night, July 22, to ask that the parking meter question be put up to the city voters for their approval or dis approval on the November elec tion ballot. It is felt by retail merchants that parking meters are a form of taxation or rental of public streets' and people of Klamath Falls should have the privilege of voting for or against them." Councilmen tonight will prob ably consider a ballot proposal for charter amendment to author ize the city to hire a manager, or superintendent, as a modified form of city manager. If the ballot measure is approved, this will be up for vote in the fall. Also considered tonight will be the matter of increased rccrea tion financing. One proposal for the ballot is an increase of the regular recreation maintenance (Uaatlaaaa aa r-aaa S, Cal. a) Yai - sen Says Reactionists S.-Russian War Over China ant coastal plain only 60 miles northeast ot Nanking. Government quarters count ered with assertions they had buried 20,000 communist dead after a long and bitter battle in the same area. - Madame Sun said that Kuo mlntang reactionaries were fos tering a civil war they can't win "because they hope civil conflict In China will Incite war between America and the USbH and thus at last crush Chinese communists." "The American people, who are allies and long friends of China, must bo clearly told of this road to disaster," she said. "They must be told that American reactionaries are teaming up with Chinese re actionaries, each encouraging the other. They must be told that tho presence of United States armed forces on Chinese soil Is not strengthening peace and order among the Chinese people. "They must bo warned that loans should be given only to a reorganized ana truly repre- mm 1 tW FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY, r May Enjoys Life Rep. Andrew J. May (D-Ky.), chairman of the House Military Affaira committee (left), being hugged by Mrs. Muriel Garraon Herman, a daughter of Murray Garraon, while Garraon'a aecond wife aita at May a left during reception at Hotel Pierre ia New York City, Jan. 2., 1(44. after wedding of Garraon'a daughter, Natalie, to Maj. Louia K. Klebenov. Garraon, now reported in Cuba, ia one of two brothera who formed aeveral Illinois war material firma now being lnreatigatad by the senate committee headed by Sen. Jamas Mead (D-N. Y.). CIO-PAC Backs Slaughter's Foe JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., July 22 (Pi Official CIO-PAC sup port for Enos.A. Axtell, presi dent Truman's choice to beat Rep. Roger C.- Slaughter In the fifth district democratic pri mary, was announced today by the organization s steering com mittee. At the same lime the politi cal action committee leaders said they welcomed an investi gation of the congressional cam paign asked by Slaughter in the Kansas City fight and urged that the Inquiry also include the sources backing, . . , V., . . i eE . Slaughter s financial "It is reported that various Individuals or firms have alleg edly raised a 'slush fund' of pro portions reaching a halt million dollars to promote the re-election of Slaughter so that his services as the spokesman ot cor porate interests be uninterrupt ed," a PAC resolution said. Chinese Reds Warn Marines TIENTSIN, July 22 (IP) The communist radio at Yonan to day warned United States ma rines that a search of communist-held territory for seven ma rines seized in north China July 13 was a violation of Chinese sovereignty. The warning was made at a time when there were indica tions, not confirmed by the ma rine corps', that the seven have been found in a village 50 miles southwest of the port city of Chinwangtao. Yenan radio said that unless the leathernecks called off the hunt, they must assume full re sponsibility for any clashes be tween marines and communists. scntativc Chinese government. They must be told that if Amer ica makes it plain that the won t supply munitions or mili tary assistance there will bo no spreading of the Chinese civil war." Madame Sun's statement, which some observers thought might mark her active reentry into Chinese politics, ' empha sized: "We are threatened by civil war into which .reactionaries hope to draw America, thus in volving the whole world. Such a civil war, thought undeclared, has already begun. This calam ity must be stopped in its be ginning. "The present crisis is not a question of who wins Kuomin tang or communist. It is a question of the Chinese people, their unity, liberty and liveli hood. It cannot be settled by balancing armed forces or bar gaining for this city and that territory. No party rights but human rights hang in the balance." JULY 22, IMS (Telephone till) Freight Train Kills Itinerant An itinerant fruit nicker, iden- 1 tifiedf as Henrjr"fl. -Smith of Phoenix, Arii , was fatally injured as he attempted to hook a ride on an incoming Southern Pacific freight train about half a mile from the SP depot west of the west end yard office early last night. Assistant Coroner Marvin Al- bce said that Smith was struck by the 26th boxcar in the freight and he apparently fell under the Ui. 1 - . ..... .... l .Ol . Alls IV 1 1 luvi WM9 WVCICU just above hij shoe top Ms right nand was badly crushed, his chest was crushed and he had a bad head injury. Smith's shoe and foot were found about 21 feet from where his body had fallen between the rails. He was found by Louis Arnold, Great Northern car in spector, at 7:56 p. m a few min. utes alter the tram had passed by. and died at 8 o'clock. The man, believed to be about 60 years old. was conscious when Arnold found him, and was able to talk a little. He asked Arnold to look after his two bundles of personal belongings, and men tioned something about being from Arizona before he died. A social security card gave his name as Henry Smith, and his address as Phoenix, Ariz., but Phoenix police informed local officials that he was a transient fruit picker and had no known relatives there. Smith was dressed In overalls and an overall jumper, and car ried two bundles containing other clothing and a Bible. There were no witnesses to (Cantinaii aa rasa t, Cal. 1) Howard Hughes Said Improved LOS ANGELES, July 22 W Plane and movie maker Howard Hughes was "resting comfort ably" today at Good Samaritan hospital following removal of a second quart of fluid last night from his left lung, battered when Hughes crashed in an experi mental plane July 7. His physi cian yesterday reported "notice able improvement. Roseburg JP Pleads Innocent To Charges ROSEBURG, Ore., July 22 (t) Justice of the Peace Thomas C. Hartflel of . Deer Creek precinct, embracing the city of Roseburg, today entered a plea of innocence to the two counts in a recent grand Jury indictment charging him with larceny of public money and malfeasance and negligence in public office. The larceny charge alleged that he failed to turn over to the county on the date due $4, 377.51 in fines, costs and fees collected over a two-year pe riod. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlm berly, before whom Hartflel en tered plea, disqualified himself and turned the case over to Cir cuit Judge Dal M. King of Coos county, for trial in Roseburg. jiif , ma Mai. (Jalr ill Mia. . rrtcislUIUs Ufl S4 basra . Slraam yaar tm Sal .......... Naraial .. IS. IS 1-atl rtar .... faraeaall Caalar lamarraw. .u.ai ll.JI Number 10877 Lake Flyer Spots Empty Boat On Surface No trace had been found late today of two men, Keith Gor don, 56, and John A. (Jack) Henry, 43, who disappeared In Upper Klamath lake yesterday. although their capsized speed boat was found about a mile off the west shore of the lake this -morning. The two men. both of whom live at 2834 Altamont, put the small red boat into Geary canal about H a. m. yesterday, und were planning to go through the canal into the lake and on up past Rocky Point, through Crystal creek and come ashore at Malone springs. Their wives took the car from the canal and were to meet the men at Malone springs about noon, but Henry and Gor don never arrived. Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Henry waited at the springs all afternoon and all night. This moraine Cliff Hoeue flew a Cessna plane low over the lake and spotted the boat, drifting upside down, with the outboard motor still on it. The boat was seen about two miles southwest of Eagle ridge, Hogue said,- and was drifting toward the west shore. He said that he believed the boat might have overturned three or four miles from where it was located. Dragging Difficult Sheriff Lloyd Low, Deputy Jack Franey and R. C. Wood ruff are on the lake this after noon with a drag, but Sheriff Low said that the area in which the men might have disappeared is too large to have much hope of locating them. He said that he had received a report that two men in a small boat, apparently having motor trouble, were seen near Bear island about noon yester day, and another report that two men having motor trouble about 4 o'clock yesterdav after- (Caaliaacd aa Iaca i. Cal. ) Educators Ask MB 'Freezing' SALEM, July 22 Uf) The state board of education voted today to join with the state board of higher education in a request that the war assets administra tion freeze the Klamath Marine Barracks until October 1. The board said the freezing of the barracks would give the state time to obtain more information on possible use of the barracks as an educational institution. The barracks could be used as a permanent vocational school at a cost of $200,000 a year, plus an additional initial payment pt $200,000 for paying instructors Kind remodeling of the barracks for living quarters, State Voca tional Director O. I. Paulson re ported today to the state board of education. Paulson told the board that 400 students could be enrolled the first year, 800 the second year, and 1200 the third year. He em phasized that the entire plant should be considered, rather than a part of it. Paulson said classes in auto mechanics, body and fender work, auto servicing, machine shop, mill and cabinet work, car pentry, refrigeration, cooks and bakers, electricity, and painting could be started immediately when the school would be opened. Other classes could be added when the demand for them developed. Even if the board wants the barracks, a big stumbling bloc would be to find the money to operate and remodel it. Last week, Senator Cordon (R Ore.) telegraphed that the WAA was freezing the barracks until the state determined whether it wished to use it. 12-Year-Old Injured In Accident At Lake Angus Stewart, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ncal Stew art, suffered painful and serious laccratisns to his foot in an ac cident at Lake o' the Woods Sunday. His foot was badly cut as he struck a sharp object as he ran to dive off a dock. First aid was given at the lake, and the boy was brought to Hillside hospital here, suffering from loss of blood. His condition was report ed improved this afternoon. The Stewart family was on vacation at the lake. when the mishap occurred. Terrorist Shatters Hotel In Jerusalem JERUSALEM, July 22 W) Terrorists bombed and shattered part of the huge King David hotel, headquarters of the British army and the secretariat ot the Palestine government, today kill ing at least 50 persons in a terrifying blast that shook the mod ern part of this ancient city. The attack came 23 days after the British army occupied tha Jewish agency and arrested 2000 Jews and leaders. A police communique gave the estimate of dead. Among the 60 reported unoiiiciauy as injured was an American, Correspondent Richard Mowrer of the New York Post, who was reported to have suf fered a broken leg while walking past the hotel. A curfew was damned on. ' pedestrians and traffic vanished from streets in Jewish quarters of Jerusalem. Tight cordons barred access to the King Da vid hotel, one of the finest in eastern Mediterranean coun tries, - while soldiers dug into the rubble for more bodies and for wounded. Postmaster Killed Postmaster General G. D. Kennedy, a veteran of 25 years of government service in Pales tine, was known to have been killed. The explosion was likened by British army officer to the detonation of a 500 pound bomb. It shattered the uneasy calm ot Jerusalem, torn by Jew ish demands for more immigra tion and Arab opposition, at 12:30 p. m. The curfew was imposed soon afterwards .while flames were licking parts of the wreckage of the right wing of the hotel. The secretariat appeared to have suffered more heavily than army headquarters. The military- offices were on the upper floors. The secretariat occupied nine rooms. Pedestrians were permitted to move in certain areas, but no traffic was allowed on the streets except vehicles ot troops and police. . - Hundreds of truckloads of troops and Bren carriers moved through the city. A military officer, who saw the attack, said a small bomb first exploded a block from the hotel, breaking windows. This was evidently a diversion. Tommygun Fire, Seconds later, a burst from a tommygun ripped out win dows of, the secretariat. A few minutes later, a tremendous ex plosion blew the corner of the hotel largest in Palestine into, rubble. -z.-, awi. dead men lying on the streets," one eyewitness said. "There were several ATS (British army women's aux iliary) girls covered with blood from head to foot. One man was blown clear across the street and his body hit the side of the YMCA building." . The YMCA building, approxi mately 100 yards from the ho tel, was blotched with a blood stain one foot wide, but appar ently was undamaged. The telephone operator at the hotel said that 15 minutes be fore the explosion, she received an anonymous call saying the hotel was to be blown up. She was advised to flee. Reserve Officers Pension Approved WASHINGTON, July 22 (JP) The house military committee to day approved legislation setting up for the first time a retirement system for army reserve and na tional guard offices. The bill stipulates that an of ficer must be at least 60 years of age before being retired and must have a minimum of 20 years of satisfactory service either in the active or -reserve components of the army. Officers meeting those and other conditions would receive retired pay at the rate of two and one-half per cent for each year of active service plus one half of one per cent for each year of inactive service, with a maximum of 75 per cent of an nual base and longevity pay of the highest rank served. Senators To Hold Inquiry On Delay In Strengthening Defenses At Pearl Harbor WASHINGTON, July 22 (fl) A new but pin-pointed Pearl Harbor investigation hove into view today. The senate war investigating committee taking its cue from the voluminous report assessing responsibility for the Dec. 7, 1941, military debacle decided to reopen its own inquiry into pre-war delays in fortifying the Pacific bastion. Senator Brewster (R-Me) said a similar effort two years ago was blocked by refusal of the house military committee head ed by Rep. May (D-Ky) to release a key witness to the senate group. Brewster Is a member ot both the senate-house committee which delved Into the blame be hind Pearl Harbor and of the senate's special war investigat ing committee, now engrossed in an attempt to summon May for testimony concerning his rela tions with a midwestern muni tions combine. Central figure In the project ed new Inquiry is Col. Theodore Blow I(F Suffers Hottest Day In 18 Years Today's 2:30 p. m. temperature was 91. t Sunday's temperature ' at Klamath tails zoomed to 102, an 16-year record. It was the hottest day since July, 1928, when the same tem perature was recorded. There tiadn't been a hotter day since July, 1911, when an all-time rec ord of 105 was set. ' The weekend heat wavfe was general over Oregon, bringing a record of 115 degrees at Med ford Saturday. Medford's Sun- day temperature dropped to 102, the same as Klamath s. Unofficial thermometers ' in the Klamath .region Sunday showed readings as high as 105. That was the recording of a good thermometer on the front porch of a store at Beatty at about 2:30 p. m. The high temperatures brought a dangerous fire threat to this region. Blazes broke out on Bly mountain, near the Lakeview highway, and at Jenny creek, but alert crews quickly checked, them. Sawmills Destroyed Two southern Oregon saw mills were destroyed in fires at Central Point Saturday night, while near Dallas foresters to day were organizing crews to control the last of three Polls county timber tracts still burn ing. -. All 'national, and most state forests in - the state were still closed to the public and State. Forester Nels Rogers - reported humidity in- many areas contin ued low and timbered areas re mained in danger. One man was killed and an other burned and injured at Lebanon yesterday (Sunday) (Caalliaca aa Paa t, Cal. ) Mexico Claims Pacific Isles MEXICO CITY, July 22 &h Mexico's claim to nine islands off the United Slates' Pacific coast is being prepared for pres entation to Washington. Replying to the International League of Mexicans abroad, the foreign office reported that a commission appointed December. 9, 1944, is completing its work: so that the claim may be filed before a century of U. S. occupa tion might seem to settle title. The nine islands include the Farallones, off San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Santa . Catalina, famous resort off San Pedro; Santa Barbara, San Nich olas and San Clemente. It is Mexico's contention that Spain owned all these, called the archipelago of the north, and that they became Mexican when Spain, December 28, 1836, recog nized this country's indepen dence. Under the February 2, 1848 treaty settling the war with the United States, it is asserted that only continental territory was ceded, and not any of the islands. Wyman Jr., army district engi neer in the Hawaiian depart ment when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor. Five months later Wyman was assigned to the Canol oil project in Canada, That was an undertaking which the senate committee, then headed by President Truman as a senator, declared in a Dec 23, 1943, report never should have been started. Referring specifically to "the Wyman matter," the Pearl Har bor committee in its final report Saturday called for appropriate senate or house committees to make a separate inquiry into de lays In constructing Hawaiian defenses before the Japanese at tack. Brewster said Chairman Mead (D-NY) readily agreed to have the war investigating commit tee pick up the thread of its In quiry which the Maine senator said was "stymied" before by what he termed the "un-cooper-ative attitude" of the May committee.