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Newspaper Page Textmm wki warn cr . Dailci By FRANK JENKINS nrHEHE la some GOOD new to " day. If nothing draallc happena be tween now mid hurvoat, accord ing tu the crop riiporllng service of tlio department of agriculture, production of corn and whuut In Ilia United Slates tills year will break oil existing records, a a a BASED on July IS prospect, tlio crop reporter aiiaerl, tha U. 8. corn crop thin yrnr nhould reach a total of 3.487,070,(100 bushels. The hluheal previous record was art In 1044. when 3,22(1,000,000 bushels were pro duced, Tim nrevlous record crop of wheat wai hint year, when the harvent camo to l,12.),ll.i,uuu buahol. If preent proapceta are realized, this year's crop will reach a total of 1,132,073,000 buihell. THE corn and whout outlook hua been getting tcadlly bel ter alncc July 1. Tho July 15 report Indicate! an Improvement of about 140,000,000 Imahcls In the corn crop alnco July 1 and onto 42,000,000 buahela In tho wheat crop. a a a THESE aro PROSPECTS, of cminc. Wo muni alwayn rd member that a crop can never l.n counted until It la litiiuiy nnr veted and iitored. Still, with the world food supply what It la even proapecta for a record crop aro encouraging. If people throughout the world ran bo FED AGAIN they will THINK 8TKAIGIITKH. Hlatory tell u that people icldom think straight on on rcnjity atomach. YOUn first quick thought may bo that outside tho American South people don't cat much corn bread. Your aobcrer second thought will tell you that an adrquato meat mipply depend! upon an adequate aupply of feed Kralna. Corn, in America, ia the No. 1 feed grain. ON the other aide of tho pic ture, L. II. Norton, western reiilonal director of PMA (Pro duction and Murkellng Admin Iteration a government bureau this writer didn't even know ex isted) tolls a gathering of hla directors and committeemen at Spokane that wartime ugricul tural production records havt takoit a "tremendoua" toll of tho nation' cultivated land. He aaya: "During the war, when farm era wero establishing wonderful production recorda, a tremendoua drain on aoil fertility accurrcd . . , Thla was due not only to the actual removal of fertility from the anil throtifih hiiKo crop pro duction but to lack of time to protect the aoil against erosion and other menacca." He add: "Durlnii ONE MAN'S LIFE TIME, the natlon'a top coat aoil ha been reduced from nine inches to six Inches." nrHAT Is a heavy loss. Still, over a period of years, lost soil fertility can bo restored by proper methods. At tho Immediate moment, this drain on the nation's soil fertility (If It has been as (treat as PMAcr Norton estimates) la a powerful argument for IN CREASED RECLAMATION In the West. Reclamation brings In NEW LAND to fill tha gap created by wnr-tlmo loss of tho nation's soil fertility. AS these words are written, ClVA la hnncrlnff In thn hnl. anco again. A new compromise bill that clips OPA wings sharply but re tains the principle of price con trol (including RENT control) has been agreed upon by the conference commlttco and has gone to the houso and senate iloor for action. What the houso and senate will do to It remain to be seen, but some kind of action without much delay Is probable, as all IConllnurd en rui t, f'ol. 1) Crop Prospects Brighten Bread And WASHINGTON, July 23 (P) Prospective r e c o r d-smnshlng crops of corn and wheat rulsed tha possibility today of whiter bread, larger loaves and, per haps, mure, beer, once the har vests aro In. At tho same time tho bumper crop outlook put pressure on government officials to decide soon whether to resume buying of grain for famine relief, An agriculture department of ficial close to policy making told a reporter it is possible there may bo some casing of domestic restrictions on consumption of grains if the excellent crops prospects are realized. Ho asked not to bo quoted by nnmo. Present regulations: 1. Prevent flour millers from producing for domestic demand more than 05 per cent of their 1043 output. 2, Require extraction of B0 per cent of wheat when flour Is ground Instead of tho normal 72. 3, Cut bread loaf weights by 10 per cent, 4. Restrict use of grain In production of alcoholic bever ages. 1 When the OPA died June 30, Jews Admit Palestine Hotel Blast JERUSALEM. July 23 (HI A ineasago in Hebrew and algued by the Illegal lrgun Zval L o u in I underground organiza tion asserted tonight that the King David hotel was bombed by "soUllnr" of that group, Tho meaaiige waa handed to tho Associated Press by an un identified messenger boy. It as serted that the loss of life In tho terrorist attuck ycaterduy waa caused "by tho British themselvea, who paid no atten tion to warnlnga. Tho Associated Press previ ously had received the same kind of 'typed messages in the same manner when tho lrgun Zvul Loumi had attacked the government and there was no reason to believe thut tho mesa- age today waa not authentic, Attack Recounted "On July 22 at 12:03, aoldlera of lrgun Zval I.euml attacked tho central British administra tion, tlio aecretariat of tho con quering government and head quartera of the conquering army," the statement said. 'The attack was carried out with a fight with army patrola and the British police force. "According to a plun that was thought out beforehand the explosive was set to go off only a half hour (underlined) after It was brought into the build ing" The message continued: "Immediately after the ex plosives wero placed telephonic warnlnga were given to the main telephone exchange of the King David hotel, to the press bureaus telegraphic agencies and to the trench consulate which la in the vicinity of the hotel. "In addition to these warn lima a warning bomb (lion harmful) was placed In front of the square of the hotel In order to Inform residents to remove tho public from tho surround inga' No Trace Yet Of Lost Pair Extenslvo search of the Eagle rldgo-Shoolwater bay area of Unoor Klamath lake yesterday and today has failed to recover tho bodies of two men who dls appeared on the lake Sunday and are believed to be drowned. but planes and boats atlll are continuing to scour the water and shoreline for traces of the missing men. Keith Gordon, 58, and John A. (Jack) Henry, 43, disappeared while on a water trip from the Geary canal bridge up the lake to Midline springs Sunday morn ing, and their small red boat was located yesterday morning Inside Shoalwatcr bay, floating upMde down, Sheriff Lloyd Low and party of searchers towed IV. bout In to Zlcglor's dock yester day afternoon. A kapok life cushion, one of two believed to have been in Gordon's boat, was found washed up on tho west shore of the bay. Gordon and Henry had put the 10-i'oot boat into the water at Geary canal about 6 am. Sunday, and were to reach Ma- lone springs about noon. Search ers believe that thev reached tho Eagle ridge area in about an hnii. ........ I, I ., n T AMAnl. and probably did some fishing mere. Baited Rio Found When the boat was found both men's tacklo was still lodged in tho cockpit, and one rig was baited with a piece of pork rind, indicating that prob ably one man fished while tho other operated tile boat. Tho steering ropes on the wheel had been loosened, and evidently they wero steering the boat by hand. The motor was clamued on and padlocked. Tho (Continued an Fata 3, col. 11 Beer Outlook tho agriculture department 1m mediately stopped purchasing meat and wheat for foreign re net. The withdrawal was due In part to the desire not to add to demand at a time when there wero no ceilings, and in part to not knowing whether foreign governments would pay tho higher costs. Since then, the department has been waiting to see whether and in what form OPA would be put back into opera, tion, In a special report yesterday, tho department said the indicate ed corn crop, based on July 15 prospects, woum total 3,407,' 070,000 bushels. The present rcc. ord was set In 1044 when 3,228, 000,000 bushels were produced. Tho wheat crop Is expected to nil a new top or J,l32,07,oou bushels compared wllh a record of 1045 output of 1,123,143,000 bushels. On the basis of prospects two weens ago, the figures meant an Indicated Improvement In the corn crop of about 140,000,000 misitois and of 42,000,000 in wheat. J I ITA PRICE FIVE CENTS House OK's Compromise OPA Revival WASHINGTON. Julv 23 (PI The house today approved the new compromise uj'A revival bill. The action acnt the measure. worked out in a senate-house conference committee, to the senate for action there, The plan was to obtain senate action later thla afternoon so that the measure, if finally an- proven, migru go lo Ulo White House by nightfall. The house earlier decisively rejected a move to strip all nrlee controls from tho compromise bill, which would have left the measure as a simple authority over rents. The plan waa defeated first on a standing vote of 150 to 120. and then rejected on a formal roll call 220 to 135. The move to limit controls to rents waa made by Hod. Lea (D-Callf). Swooping Move Hla motion was to send the compromise measure back to the senate-house conference, with instructions to remove from It all except tho rent control authority. The proposal was supported by a large block of republicans and some democrats, most of whom hnd spoken against the compromise. Administration leaders drove hard to get the house and senate okays that would put tho com promise legislation on President Truman'a desk by nightfall The president's slgnaturo then could restore trlmmed-down price con trols and full rent authority im mediately. Chairman Spcnce (D-Kv) of the house bunking committee, a leader of tho administration's bitter OPA battle, told repor ters "we hope to have price con trol again bv midnight." Copltol Hill felt certain Mr. Truman would'aign the measure even though (1) ho vetoed the first congressional attemnt to trim OPA's powers and (2) the new compromise bans price ceil ings on major foods for at least 30 day. Redin And Family Start For Russia SEATTLE, July 25 P) Faces wreathed in smiles, Rus sian Navy Lt. Nicolai Grcgoro vich Redin, his wife, Galina, and their baby daughter, Irina, bade Seattle goodby today. They were en route to Portland to board a ship for home. Lieu tenant Redin was acquitted by a federal court Jury last week of charges of espionage and con spiracy in connection with se cret navy plans and specifica tions for its new design destroy er tender, the USS Yellow stone, built here. He was at tached to the Soviet purchasing commission hero. Ho told Interviewers as he left his apartment today that one of the good things he ex perienced In tlio United States were his contacts with Ameri can business and navy officers, "The American people will al ways have a friendship with us," he added, USS Hornet Flies Citation Pennant SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (P) Tho USS Hornet, berthed at the San Francisco naval shipyard, today flew the presidential cita tion pennant for "extraordinary heroism" as one of the carriers of task forces 38 and 58 in tho American offensive against the Japancscdurtng the war. The citation was made lost Thursday by President Truman to Admiral Marc A. Mitschcr, who commanded task force 58, and yesterday the pennant was received by Captain Charles F, Coc, commanding officer of the carrier. Communists Protest Marine 'Invasions' NANKING, July 23 The communist new, China news agency said today that commu nist general Yen Chien-yl has protested to Peiplng executive headquarters tho repeated "in vasions" of communist-controlled arcos by U. S. marines. An agency dispatch reported that marines along the Peiplng Mukden railroad entered mora than 10 villages near Changnee, with 300 In a group. It said that on July 14, the outskirts of Changnee were "Invaded" by 150 marines while seven Amorlcan warplanos vere overhead. The dispatch camo from Tsunhwa, Hopel province, In a sector where seven marines wore kidnaped by an armed band of Chinese on July 13, precipitating widespread marine searches. 1 anft Red 1.-1 - lif'K r ' 'i J y& v, " '- ' I v y I I'TTKnanirrr--- - - T"'iii f ii wr-riiT-ia -iint iiniaisfcai'i ii-tfiw MmmmmitMMifwii-mMmmitiM'ii f BoprosontatWtt of the Klamath Falls chapter of the American dar to see that occupants of throe hospital cars received fruit, menta. Hospital trains uauallj- Handing a caia of aoft drinks to and Otto Smith are holding newapapers and orangea. Klamath Valley Hospital Sold Klamath Valley hospital, founded In 1020, has been pur chaaed by the Klamath Medical Service bureau, it was disclosed today. The sale to the medical bu reau was made by Dr. Warren Hunt, sole owner of the hospi tal, and the transaction also in volves the Valley hotel adjoin ing the hospital on Pine street near 4th. Klamath Medical Service bu reau will take over the hospital property about August 1, Joe Hicks, manager of the bureau, said today. The bureau is also the owner of the Hillside hospital, the other major hospital here. Hicks said that the bureau had had no prc-detcrmincd plan of control ling all hospital facilities here, but that "circumstances devel- (ContlnBd an Paga S, Cal. S To Chicago . H x -v A Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, for mer medical chief of the Klanv ath Marine Barracks, has ae cepted appointment as chairman of the d' partment of medicine at the .Jmversity of Chicago, and haa taken over hla dutiea there. Capt. Coggeshall won the Qorgas medal for outstanding medical service to U. S. armed forces, in connection with his work on tropical diaeaaea at the Marine Barracka here. He moras to Chicago from the University of Michigan, where he occupied the chair of tropical medicine. I KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 23, 1948 Cross Gives Helping Hand carry theae aup plies but thia time they had not been provided. Arlo Breedlove of Arkansas is Fred Fleet. Mrs. Arthur Epperson Oregon Lays Out 'Welcome Mat' RAINIER, Ore., July 23 (tP) Oregon laid out today the first "welcome mat for the tourists that it hopes eventually will be come the state's second biggest industry. With Washington and Oregon state officials watching, a log sign, "Welcome to Oregon," was dedicated on the Oregon side of the Longview bridge. Similar signs will be placed at every main highway entrance to the state. After the ceremony, officials and businessmen attended a luncheon at Longview where Keep Oregon Green and Keep Washington Green programs were outlined. Truman Signs OPA Fund Bill WASHINGTON, July 23 (iP) President Truman signed into law today a bill providing $75, 000,000 for OPA operations dur ing the fiscal year which started July 1. The measure contains a ban on use of "propaganda" by the agency in support of price con trols. The legislation also Includes approximately $2,000,000,000 for the Veterans Administration and a new $465,000,000 contribution to the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration. The UNRBA allocation con tains a section permitting the secretary of state to deny use of the funds in any countries which he finds do not permit "a rea sonable number" of accredited press erpresentatlves to report on the agency's operations with out censorship restrictions. The legislation is known as the third efficiency appropriation bill. It carries a total of $2,652, 860,866.06 in funds for various agencies. ' Interior Secretary Plans Alaskan Trip WASHINGTON, July 23 (IP) Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug will leave by plane August 11 for a 10-dav visit to Alaska. Krug said today the trip Is being made "to obtain at first hand the information necessary to form the basis for speeding up the territory's economic and social development.'' Ho will be accompanied by Edwin G. Arnold, director of the department's division of ter ritories and island possessions, and other members of his staff. (ToUphon Rod Cross wore on band Mon reading material and refresh' Dutch To Ask Border Shift , THE HAGUE. July 23 lPh- Queen Wilhelmina told the new parliament today that The Neth erlands intends to seek a limited rectification of its frontiers with Germany. No details were given. Outlining Dutch foreign policy, the queen said: "With the purpose of estab lishing international peace and freedom and to make atomic energy beneficial instead of dis astrous to humanity The Neth erlands will strive for further ance of good international rela tions on the basis of the charter of the United Nations. 'The Netherlands favors the speedy realization of final peace Iranliiw " Speaking of the Indonesian problem and Dutch regions out side Java and Sumatra, the queen said that proper conditions were still lacking on Java and Su matra for fulfillment by peace ful and loyal means of the Indonesian national desires. She added, however, that she was "confident these conditions will soon be present." She continued: "Final liquidation of the Jap anese invasion and the return of law and order are essential con ditions ior The Netherlands to be able to give themselves fully to their vocation of building up, with the realm and together with the Indonesians, a self-government system for these peoples." Conferees Mull Atom Energy Bill WASHINGTON, July 23 (iP) House and senate conferees set out today to compromise differ ences over atomic control legis lation as a group of scientists contended that certain house proposals would "seriously hin der" development of atomic en ergy. Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex) told a news conference that some kind of control legislation is necessary and voiced confidence that the conferees will be able to work out a satisfactory meas ure. The big issue Is the extent of military influence in the domes tic control setup. The house went farther than the senate in that direction. Pageant Calendar All square dancers, musi cians and callers will meet at the Eve Benson dance studio Wednesday, 8 p. m., to practice dances. WEATHER NEWS jir tt, iti Mas. Uilr at 11 Mia. .. u rraelejlallan bit 14 bmr. n Stream rear la Sale I J 07 Neraiel 11,11 I.ait year II U ferecaeti Ceatlaaet geel lrarrw. 6111) Numbtr 10878 Mead Wants Army Men Disciplined WASHINGTON, July 23 UP) Chairman Mead (D-N.Y.) of the senate war investigating com mittee demanded today that the war department "discipline" high-ranking army officers in the Garsson munitions - case. . He specified those shown to have traveled on official military or ders during wartime to a gay wedding party for the daughter of a munitions maker. Mead's demand came as the committee received official war department records that travel orders entitled them to ride at government expense with per diem allowances, had been issued for six officers to allow them to be in New York at the time of Natalia Garsson's wedding. The investigation of the muni tions work of the Garsson brothers, Henry and Murray, took another turn with . red- haired Jean Bates, former secre tary of the munitions makers' Washington office on the stand. She testified that Henry Gar sson and Joseph Freeman, Wash ington office manager for the Garssons, had asked her to be hazy" in testifying before the committee. She said she met their proposal with a refusal to perjure myself. Two Generals Preaent Among the army officers list ed in the war department travel orders were Bng. Gen. Paul X. English, former head of chemical war service, procurement divi sion, and Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt, its present chief. The or ders read that their presence in Hew York was "necessary for military service." English has since left active military duty. Presentation of . the records followed introduction of copies of records of the Hotel Pierre in New York, where the wedding M was- neid January??,-1B44,: show ing mat Murray uarsson, father eanunaea mm raca z, cal. II Turnbull Heads U. Of 0. School PORTLAND, July 23 (IP) George S. Turnbull was named dean of the University of Oregon School of Journalism for a one year term by the state board of higher education today, and Rus sell Ira Thackrey of Kansas State college was designated as his successor. The action of naming two men to one post was unprecedented in university history and was taken, board members said, be cause Turnbull will reach retire ment age in 1048. He has been professor of jour nalism for 20 years and acting dean for the past two years. Among his numerous writings is the highly regarded "History of uregon newspapers. Thackrey is dean of admini stration and professor of journal ism at Kansas State college. He was -on the faculty there from 1028 to 1035 when he joined the staff of the Associated Press. He later edited a weekly newspaper in Missouri and from 1037 to 1040 was on the University of Minnesota faculty. He returned to Kansas State in 1040 to head the journalism department. Truman Dilemma Looms Over 77 delands Oil Bill WASHINGTON, July 23 (IP) Congress appeared ready today to dump the politically explo sive tidelands bill on President Truman's desk. But even legis lators who think they some times know the White House attitude in advance admit they are puzzled about its fate. Granting the states' clear title to often oil-rich tidelands ex tending three miles or more Into the ocean, the bill involves a long-standing controversy be tween Edwin W. Pauley and Former Secretary of the Inter ior Harold Ickes. Despite the vigorous opposi tion of Democratic Leader Bark ley (Ky) the senate passed the measure by a 44 to 34 vote yes terday and sent it back to the house for expected early agree ment on its final form. Barkley said he hopes the president will veto it. But any such action would be a slap at Pauley, California oil man who favors state owner ship. And it would be a feather in the cap of Ickes, who has neen critical of the president since he resigned from the cabi net. As it stands, the tidelands bill would leave in unchallenged ef fect all state oil permits such as tnose Pauley s company held. Because of this, republicans Vote Slated At End Of Six Months Parking meters were ordered for Klamath Falls streets by the city council last night, but with the provision that there will be a popular election after six months trial to determine whether the meters will stay. Councilmcn said the meter will be Installed for the trial period without cost to the city, and the vote will dispose once and for all of the parking meter issue that has agitated civic and business circles here for many months. The retail trade bureau, how ever, voiced disapproval of the idea of a trial followed by a vote. Headed by Nick Long, rep resentatives of the bureau told the councilmen they want a vote at the November election BE FORE a trial, and that petitions . will be circulated in an attempt to force a vote at that time. November Vote Rejected At last night's meeting, the merchants' group presented a suggested action of the council caning for a vote in November, but this was not acted upon by the council. Instead, it Droceed- ed with the trial-vote program. with Councilman Rollm Can trail making the motion. The vote was unanimous, with Can trail, Angus Newton and Har vey Martin voting. Mayor Osten dorf was out of town and Paul Landry, council president, was in the chair. C. P. Van Doren was absent. Landry told Long and others present that the council wants the people to decide whether or not meters should be installed on a permanent basis here, and that the council considers the intelligent plan is to have a trial which will form the basis of in formed public opinion on the matter. - The council plans to finance (Caalinacd aa Faca t, Cal. S Mercury Holds At High Level The temperature was 93 at' 2 p. m. today. Early morning clouds, which promised cooler weather for Klamath residents Tueaday, van -ished into the blue by noon as the temperature rose to 67 at 12:30, three degrees above Mon day's recording for the same time. Scattered lightning and thun der showers started a grass fire about four miles south of Bo nanza. Report of the fire reached the Klamath Forest Protective association and fire fighters were dispatched. In early afternoon the extent and condition of the flames were not known by au thorities. A fire on the Casebeer ranch near the Gerber reservoir was spotted Monday afternoon by the Horse Fly mountain and Yainax lookouts. The flames burned about five acres of timbered area before they were brought under control by four fire fighters. The blaze, which was spotted a little after 3 p. m., was in rough ter rain which eliminated the use of fire fighting equipment. Throughout the Pacific north west, continued high tempera tures were predicted by weather bureau spokesmen today as the evergreen playground's heat wave went into its fourth suc cessive day. Seven fires were reported in six of the inland empire's na tional forests but all were held to less than 10 acres. Several blazes in Oregon forests also were brought under control. Mercury reports yesterday failed to show any century breaking efforts for the day, with; Boise's 00 and Yakima's 87 ap parently tops. indicated they will attempt to make political capital of the measure if Mr. Truman signs it. Senator Tobey (R-NH) hinted at such a possibility when he told the senate yesterday that a "sordid picture had been cre ated by oil company lobbyists" who he said had been "cajoling" senators to support the bill. ., Tobey, who led the fight against Pauley's nomination to the navy post, joined Barkley in opposing passage of the tide lands measure. The democratic leader said the bill represents an effort "to give away hun dreds of millions of barrels of oil in the tidelands in order that it might be exploited by private , operators." "I hope," Barkley shouted, "that if this bill goes to the pres ident it will be vetoed by him in the Interests of national de fense." Sponsors, however, contend ed the legislation simply would write into law what the courts long ago have held. The pending bill would also gives states undisputed posses sion of lands beneath navigable rivers within their borders something which was declared in debate never to have been questioned. It has nothing to do with control of navigation on these rivers.