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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.
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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.
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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.