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, . ; -' , lTh r . j&U jf k A WEATHER NEWS '' Day's fews r&l&flfl UT s-Hs By FRANK JENKINS TWO controlled and carefully A observed U'Mla nl the atom liomU linvc iuiw been made. ON TIIK KlJKr'ACB and AT THE MOMENT, neither huii been aa destructive a our oxcitcd liuugl lialiuus had led us to expect. Hut the tests, plua Nugaaukl nd lllrililinu, li'uvii nu dinibt thnl wo Bra face tu lueo will) II iiiunnieile force more awesome than anything liuiuun beings Imvo hitherto known, CUrPOSB enemy luecredrd III dropping JUST ONK of these (an yet probably crude) bomb on each of our grout centers of production! I I I OOME of our iniiro excitable " and LESS THOUGHTFUL, publicists have been squalling angrily because our Mine iicpuri inenl ia nil Id to l)o seeking nioro nionpy and more personnel per liapi llirre or four limes a much of both as It has ever had before Mlklnl plua Nagasaki and Hiroshima suggests plainly that In the future we ahull have to rely upon men who can keep iia out of war ruthrr thnn upon men and armnini'ut capable of WINNING WAItS AFTKK THEY AUK STARTKU. That la sobering thought. BIKINI plua Nagasaki and Hiroshima leavca little dnulit thut a war, once started, COULD mean the end of every, body and everything. If that sounds like acare talk, remember that atomic lurce la a baby, JUST UOItN. What It will be when it growjf up we can only guess. THIS much l cleur: Our knowledge of DESTRUC TION fur exceeds our knowledge of PRACTICAL HUMAN HA LATIONS. That la a dangerous altuallon. QBVIOUSLY. we need to de vote more effort sincere and PRAYERFUL effort to learning how to get along with each .other. IN thin same ncwapnper that tells of the Intent lllkinl tent, you will" read that I ho United Slntea ia determined to press for adoption of the IJnruch atomic control plan regardless of Rus sian (or other) opposition. This la tho core of the Baruch plan : The United States offers to destroy Ita atore of atomic bombs and to SHARE ita atomic secrets for peaceful use If tho world will act up ADEQUATE safeguards that atomic lorco will never again be used as a weapon of war, 1 "THAT is an offer that Uvea up to our highest ldeuls of In sistence upon human welfura throughout the world. If we tick to it through thick and thin, using all of our 4(real pow ers to bring it to realisation, we can again u proud ot our gov ernment, fPA. aa this Is written, seems to bo on Its way to revival In B wlng-cllpped, chastening form. llulh the house of reprc sentiitlvea and the senate have approved and sent tu the Presi dent compromise, bill that re moves from OPA much ot the arbitrary power It has hitherto wielded but still keeps alive, for quick' use in emergency, the principle of price control In this period wncn demand iiir out strips production. Shortly after noon, Truman has not Indicated whether ho will aiiin It or veto It or merely per mit It to become a law without Ida signature, but Washington dispatches Indicate thut his sig nature Is expected. ' "TTIIE stock market, a fulrly do ' pcndnblo barometer of finan cial thinking In such coses, marks tlnio this morning. The financial reporters, In their sometimes curious Jargon, tell us thut tho market was "ruled at its opening by fractional Ir regularity, with rails doing a bit better than other groups." (The market had a slight faint ing spoil tho other day when It became apparent to shrewd ob- iCanllnufd an I'si t, Col. ) 1 1 I. TL. I men ine ins Puis Old-Timers On Skids WASHINGTON, July 25 ') Tho sudden rise in primnry de feats of house Incumbents may or may not bo indicative ot a trend to "kick tho Ins out," But It has piled up evidence that many of tho old-timers In congress aro on tho political skids, i Tho average, service of tho 11 representatives and five senators who hnvo failed In rcnomlnation attempts so far is nearly 12 years. Two senators Burton K. Wheeler, Montana democrat, and Henrlk Shipsteiid, Minnesota re publican lost primary buttles while In their 24th year In the senate. One representative Zcbulon Weaver, North Carolina demo crat was In his 211th year when he lost, Two others Malcolm Tarver. Georgia and Jed John son, Oklahoma, both democrats PRICE FIVE CENTS Indictments Said Voted On Heirens CHICAGO. July 25 1'l True bills charging William Helrcna, 17, University of Chicago alti dent, with murdering Suzanne Degnun, 0, and a former Wave, Kruncca Ilrown, 33, wero re ported voted today by the Cook county (Chicago) grund Jury. Suzanne, daughter of James Degnun, a former Ol'A official, waa taken from her North Side home curly January 7, alain and her body dismembered In the laundry room ol an apurl inent building nearby. The body was recovered from five sewer openings In the surrounding area. Suzanne's dismembered body was placed In the aewer open ings In the neighborhood of tho Degnun home on tho North Side. The true bill against Helrcna waa reported voted little more than an hour after tho grand Jury . began hearing evidence from various witnesses in con nection with tho Degnan slay ing and the "lipstick" killing of a former Wave, Frances Drown, 33. Miss Ilrown was found slain In her hotel apartment Decem ber 10. 1945. some three weeks before the Degnan killing. She had been shot and stabbed re peatedly by an aasaxaln who left this vivid message scrawled on tho living room wall: ''For heavens sake, catch me before I kill more. I cannot control myself." Earlier State'a Attorney Wll Ham J. Tunny said the hand. writing on the Degnan ransom note and the lipstick message on the wall or the Ilrown apart ment was that of the young col lege student. Tuohy said Identification of the handwriting In the two kill ings was established by Herbert J. Waiters, handwriting expert, after a lengthy study of the ransom note, the lipstick writ lug and Heirens notebooks. Chinese Move Past Yangtze NANKING, July 23 fP) Chinese government troops were conceded by the communists to rlny to have penetrated 50 miles Into communist areas north of the Yangtsc river in Kiungsu province north of the great cities of Nanking and Shanghai. The communists, contending that 500,000 government soldiers wero Involved and that 20,000 had been lost in the operation to date, said this was a "full-scale" offensive by the government along a 130-mllo front. A government spokesman, however, said merely that there were "ample" national trops In tho area to block any communist threat to this capital and Shang hai. (In Shanghai, communist Gen. Chou En-lnl told newsmen em phatically his forces had no In tention of attacking In the direc tion of Nanking or Shanghai. (Ho ridiculed rumors tho communists were Infiltrating In to areas near Shanghai. Ho added ho had assured Mayor K. C. Wu there was "not a shred of truth" In Kuomlntang reports tho com munists planned to organize 10, 000 armed peasants for an up rising within Shanghai.") i I T- I jui irena wero serving out their 20th years. Only two Senator Charles C. Gossctt, Idaho democrat, and Rep, Helen Douglas Mankin, Georgia democrat wero in their first terms. Mrs. Mankin Is contesting her primary election defeat on the ground that sho had a popular majority. Her opponent claims tho election on the basis of county unit votes. Thus far with 17 states yet to hold nominating elections and conventions 10 democrats and one republican In the house hnvc lost renominatinn attempts. Three democratic and two repub lican senators liavo been turned down. Georgia with four and Okla homa with threo provided seven of the house defeats In the last eight days. Tho lone republican Incumbent who lost was a fourth termer from Pennsylvania. A-BomLr Sim 1 ' - M-: ' ' ' i a? fititto This pictuta poat-card, with play aomawhare. and Itft at the local Elks club, which is housad in a building that strongly re ssmblcs that in the picture. Incidentally, the road sign at center loft has a notation: "Band 143," presumably maanlng miles, which Band, Ore. Woman Loses Way In Park Frightened and dazed, Mrs. Laura W. Beach, 70, of Berkeley, Calif., was found late Tuesday night some three and a half miles from her camp site at Cra ter Lako national park after the elderly woman had wandered from tlie rest of her party, A searching party was organ ized by the ranger division as soon as Mrs. Beach was missed. She was accompanied to Crater lake by her husband, Clyde W, Beach, and her sister, Jessie Nor ton, and had wandered from their rim campground while the others were taking an after lunch nap Tuesday afternoon. She was found by Mrs. Wayne Howe below park headquarters In Munson valley about three and a half miles from her camp. Mrs. Beach was unharmed but badly frightened and suffering from shock. She was unable to speak coherently and had re moved her shoes, stockings and hat and lost them somewhere along the way. Mrs. Howe took the' woman to the park administration build' Ing and sho was returned to her party. Beach reported that his wile has a poor sense of direc tion and often became lost in her homo city. Mr. and Mrs. Beach and Miss Norton left for Berkeley early Wednesday morn ing. Second Body Still Missing Although the lake search has continued throughout yesterday and today, no trace nns been found of the body of Keith Gordon, 56, who disappeared while on a boat trio from Geary canal to Malone springs aunuay. The body of John A. Honrv. 43, who was with Gordon in the boat, was found In the water near Coon crock late Tuesday afternoon. The search for Gordon has been concentrated in the Coon creek area, but Sheriff Lloyd Low said that there are many patches of tulcs where the body might come to the surface and not be spotted. The sheriff has asked that all fishermen who are In the area be on watch for the body. It was a fisherman, Charlie Moore, who locaica me oociy or ttenry. Anxious Marines Hire Cargo Plane PORTLAND, July 25 M) Six Portland ox-marines, too anxious to get home to wait for trains or bus or uncertain airline reservations, arrived here by chartered cargo plane late yesterday, with others headed for Seattle. Charles A. MePhcrson, dis charged at San Diego and uiv ablo to get other fast transoor tatlon, said the six Portlandcrs pooled their discharge pay with 16 other ex-marlncs from San Francisco and Seattle and char tered the twin-engined DC-3 cargo liner for the trip north. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 25. 1148 iz Nine feels What's This? Its surprising caption, was ptcktd ia the axct distance Irom tne U.S.Will Atomic Despite R NEW YORK, -July i3 (IP) W An 'authorized source said to day that the United States would continue to press for adoption of the Baruch atomic control plan despite Russia's declaration that she could not accept the key U. S. proposals. The source said the United States delegation did not con sider yesterday's statement by Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gro myko as Russia's final position on the atomic control question, but regarded It merely as an "argument" against the Baruch plan. "We believe our plan can be sold," the informant continued. "We believe the facts will bring everybody in line with our view." He added that the U. S. oosi- Hess Defense Plea Rejected NUERNBERG, Germany July 25 (A') The war crimes court refused today for a second time to hear a German attorney's de fense summation for Rudolf Hess, once third ranking Ger man politician, ruling it con tained irrelevancies and objec tionable references to the Vcr scilles treaty. The International military tribunal told Alfred Scidl the lawyer, that his plea would be accepted only if certain dele tions were made. His original summation was rejected early this month on the same grounds. The marathon trial of 22 ranking Germans as war crim inals was drawing to a close. Justice Robert H. Jackson, United States prosecutor, de layed his prosecution rebuttal until tomorrow. He did not wish to start his address on one day and have to postpone, its conclusion until the next. The tribunal ordered a Sat urday session for the first time since It went on a five-day week a month ago. Baseball Scores NATIONAL RUE Pittsburgh 2 5 0 Philadelphia 1 7 1 Lanning and Baker; Judd and Somlnck (first game). R H K St. Louis 2 6 1 New York 10 0 Pollct and Garaginla; Volscllc, Budnlck. (I) and Warren (first game), R II E Chicago 1 7 2 Brooklyn 4 10 0 Schmitz, Rush (6), Batters (8) and McCullough; Gregg and Ed wards. AMERICAN . R H E Boston 18 1 Chicago , 3 8 0 Dobson, Kllngcr (7) and Par tec; H. Wagner (7); Smith, Cald well (9) and Hayes. (Telephone up from a rittail nott-card dis Klamath rails tiles temple to Push Control ussia I tion had'notbceri changed as a result of Gromyko I declaration and said there was no indication that it would change. "We haven't any alternative suggestions in mind," the in- lormant said. Russia's position was made Known at a closed session of the atomic commission's com mittee No. 2 when Gromyko spoke at length on U. S. mem orandum No. 3, dealing with the relationship between the proposed atomic development authority and the United Na tions. Other U. N. developments: Members of the United Na tions are notified officially that the meeting of the general as sembly has been postponed from September 3 to September 23. Acting Secretary-General Ar kady A. Sobolev said he did not consider an Egyptian note on the Palestine question as an "of ficial reouest" to nut the ques tion on the agenda of the as sembly. This means that further action would be needed to bring the case up in September. The Egyptian note, made public Tuesday, said Egypt had sent a communication to the secretary general "with a view to submit ting the proposals therein set forth" to the next assembly meeting. Marines Freed By China Reds TIENTSIN, China, July 25 (Jf) Seven U. S. marines who were captured July 13 by some 80 armed Chinese communists were released lost night to a special executive headquarters truce team, the marine com mander announced today. They were unharmed. The marines were seized by the Chinese at a small village 22 miles southwest of the port of Chinwangtao, where they had gone to obtain ice. Marine headquarters for the first time described the captors as communists. Tho marines were identified as Sgt. John J. Hcrndon. PFC William O. Wick, PFC George A. Sullivan, PFC Hobert P. Wright Jr., PFC Wallace R, Maisel, Pvt. James W. Shipley and Pvt. Arthur Maldonado. Home addresses were not giv en. . Thev were turned over to the truce team at Niching, about 50 miles southwest of Chinwang- tao, and were returned to their base today. Search by land, sea and air was conducted for six days after the marines were seized. The hunt was called off to permit the truce team to negotiate with the communists. Marine headquarters offered no explanation of the incident. High marine officers previously exprcsscr tho theory the com munists seized the men in an effort to make the marines "lose face" in China, Number 10880 Battleship And Carrier Top Losses ABOARD USS APPALACH IAN, BIKINI LAGOON, July 25 (IP) The first underwater atomic bomb, exploding with an awesome roar that thundered upward into a beautiful cloudy geyser, destroyed the battle ship Arkansas and sank the huge old aircraft carrier Sara toga and seven lesser vessels today. Associated Press Correspond ent Don Whitehead, in the best position to view the blast from a B-29, said it was so powerful that the Arkansas was shoved far out of her original anchor age just before she plunged and other target vessels near the center of the fleet of 75 were tossed about like toys. First to go in the mighty Plutonium blast that was the second chapter of the army navy "Operation Crossroads" was the old 26,100-ton battle ship Arkansas. She and two small craft, a yard oiler and a tank-landing ship, simply disap peared in the pink-fringed mist at 8:35 a. m. (1:35 p. m., PST, Wednesday). Saratoga Founders - Seven hours and 32 minutes later, at 4:07 p. m., the 33,000 ton Saratoga, war-torn old car rier, settled protestingly to the bottom of the Bikini lagoon. Her prow nosed upward as if Jier stern were -resting on the bottom, then disappeared. A little later five submarines of the six that had been sub merged in the lagoon were found to be resting on the bot tom. Whether they were crush ed or had sunk through some ICtMtlnatS Fftft S. Cat. 1) Oregon Guard Set-Up Denied SALEM, July 25 (Jf) Ore gon's national guard of 11,000 ground troops and 1100 airmen will be included only in the 41st division, coast artillery units, and air units, Brig. Gen Raymond F. Olson, acting ad jutant general, said today. Olson denied a news story from San Francisco that Oregon also would have troops in Cali fornia's 40th infantry division and in the 50th armored divi sion, which also is a California outfit. 'The disposition of units as contained in the San Francisco news story is the original plan," General Olson said, "but the plan is changed because Ore gon has turned down the 40th and 50th divisions. "The original plan was to have the 41st division divided among Oregon, Washington and Idaho, but now it will be only a Washington - Oregon outfit, with Oregon taking over much of Idaho's part of the division. "In effect, we turned down the 40th and 50th divisions, and took over more of the 41st, to prevent our national guard from being split among too many divisions." Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Rilca, who was assistant commander of the 41st during the war and who ia the state's adjutant gen eral on leave, is attending the San Francisco national guard conference. (See story on page 7). illl) $500 Eniry Fee Headache Greets Overseas Fiancees SAN FRANCISCO, July 25 (P) The liner Mariposa, on her last trip as a bride ship from Australia, today brought a $500 headache to 57 engaged couples. The $500 is required as bond for each of the 57 brides-elect on board to gain legal entry in to this country. The girls left Sydney July 11 to marry Americans whom they had met in Australia during the war. But, the Red Cross report ed, apparently nobody told the fiancees about the law which became effective July 2 allow ing girls betrothed to American servicemen to enter the United States independently of Immi gration quotas provided they post the bond to show intention of getting married. Hurriedly the Red Cross con tacted most of the intended hus bands and explained that some President Says Action Taken 'Reluctantly' WASHINGTON. July 25 fP) President Truman "reluctantly" signtd into 'law today the OPA revival bill. He announced also at a news conference he would make public its three-member price decontrol board shortly. - The president made the announcement live minutes after he signed the bill, tolling reporters he was sending a statement to congress within a couple of hours outlining his viewa. Mr. Truman said reporters could quote him as saying he signed the one-year extension "reluctantly." Powers Reduced His reluctance, it was appar ent, stemmed from the fact that the bill greatly lessens the powers OPA once had to con trol prices. He vetoed a prev ious extender bill which trim med these powers. The conference opened nearly 10 minutes late, as the presi dent had permitted photograph ers to take pictures of the signing in advance of the con ference. Mr. Truman said he expected to announce the three-member $12,000-a-year-decontrol board in a day or two. Later under questioning he said that he had picked two of the men and that he was awaiting an acceptance from the third before making an announcement. He would not disclose names of the two who have accepted. As signed by Mr. Truman, the bill automatically re-establishes rent and many of the price ceilings which lapsed July 1. OPA's plans are to follow quickly with a number of tem porary adjustments on prices, pending calculation of new and highti ceilings required under the measure. The bill gives OPA life through next June, but it pro hibits restoration of price con trols at least until August 20 on such major market basket items as meat and dairy pro ducts, as well as on grains, pe troleum and tobacco. Porter Prepares Even before the senate began more than 12 hours of debate on the extender bill yesterday, OPA Boss Paul Porter had his staff feverishly at work on a stack of new pricing orders in obvious anticipation of re newed powers. Porter previous ly had conferred with Mr. Tru man on the bill. - . OPA - officials acknowledged1 that in the case of many items the re-establishment of June 30 ceilings will be only temporary.' The bill gives OPA 30 to 60 days to revise prices in line with new standards set up. Working with previous regu lations, the agency has ready I about 125 new ones, many of which it plans to issue as soon as the bill is signed. These authorize increases mainly on industrial items, and strip con trols from some other products. Besides diverting . OPA of much of its authority over prices of manufactured goods, the bill in the case of farm commodities gives all authority i to the secretary of agriculture and ultimately to an independ ent three-man board. This board is to be named by the president and confirmed by the senate. Buying Spurts On West Coast SAN FRANCISCO, July 25 (Jf) West coast consumers are using their wartime hoard of earnings to support a spending perform ance that has never been wit nessed before. Spending by check alone to taled more than eight billion dol lars in 31 western cities last month. It was the third month in coast history that spending in those cities had reached the eight billion mark. The other months, last December, when Christmas trade broke all records, and last March, when record income tax payments were seen, had special help to send spending to tower ing figures. June trade in a couple of hun dred department stores surveyed by the Federal Reserve bank, rose 29 per cent above the 1945 month pace. It was the second straight month of sales that rang up $1.29 on cash registers for every dollar of a year earlier. one would have to put up $500 before they could see their girls. "If you marry within three months, you'll get your money back," Red Cross officials told the anxious men. Pageant Calendar All children dance groups will rehearse at Roosevelt school Friday morning at 9:30. Mrs. Geneva Duncan, pres ident of Centennial, will be In her office daily, Monday through Saturday, from 1:30 to 4 p. m to receive reports from committee heads. The office is located in Fremont school. Chorus rehearsal tonight at 8 o'clock in the Fremont school. Secret Quiz Ordered For Gen. Vaitt WASHINGTON, July 25 (Jf) Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt waa abruptly summoned for secret questioning by senate war inves tigators today. He was called after the investigators heard that he acted as a courier for Rep. May (D-Ky) In carrying to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower a clem ency plea for a munition maker's son. The son, Capt. Joseph Garsson, was facing court martial at the time, on charges of disobeying orders. His father is Murray Garsson of the midwest muni tions combine now being studied by the senate war investigating committee. The summons for Waitt, chief of chemical warfare, came amid these fast-breaking - develop ments: 1. The committee released two letters from May to Eisenhower, along with an acknowledging note in reply, in which the Ken tucky legislator personally inter vened for Capt. Garsson. . Prepare For May 2. Senator Ferguson ((R-Mlch) demanded that Waitt be exam ined immediately, so the com mittee might know better how to question May in his scheduled appearance tomorrow. The com mittee agreed and called a spe- elal .session for 1 p. mi, PST be hind closed doors. It likewise summoned Maj. Gen. William N. Porter, retired, who Ferguson said was pointed to by evidence as having been instrumental in placing young Garsson in chemi cal warfare. 3. General Eisenhower told reporters that he has no recol lection of the May plea for clem ency and had been informed to day it did not actually reach his desk. 4. Eisenhower directed the publication of a report on some wartime failures of 4.2 mortar shells. He said that he was (CeollaHCd n Pag S, Col. S) Clouds Bring Heat Respite With low clouds throughout the area Thursday morning, Klamath county relaxed in a cool 77 degrees recorded at 12:30. The respite came after a week of continuous heat with the thermometer shooting to 102, July 21, to make it the hot test day in 18 years. Thundershowers and light ning storms were reported in the southern part of the county and in northern California. Lightning started one small fire on the southern slope of Little Aspen butte. The fire was spot ted at 7:20 a. m. by the Chase mountain and Modoc Point look outs but was immediately brought under control. The remainder of Oregon con tinued to swelter Thursday an . ; thermometers moved upward. At 11:30 Ontario topped the state with 95 degrees, followed by 91 at Medford and 90 at Ar- " lington and Redmond. Pendle ton was close behind with 89. Salem and Eugene had a slight ly more comfortable 84 while . Portland recorded a reasonably cool 77. The coast was cloudy and cool. . Willamette valley and north- ern Oregon temperatures were -expected to continue to rise un til they had topped by three or . four degrees the highs of Wednesday. Medford was the state's hot- test spot Wednesday with 101 degrees. Other readings: Ar lington 97; Klamath Falls and Roseburg, 96; Pendleton, 94; Eu gene and Salem, 92; Portland 87. Although there were no tm portant forest fires reported In the state, the state forestry de partment said that there was no end in sight to existing fire hazards In the forests with the weather bureau predicting con tinued hot, dry weather. Bulletin WASHINGTON. July 25 (Jf) Appointment of John Davidson Clark of the University el Nebraska and Leon H. Key serling of the housing agency as members of a three-memoes economic advisory council was announced today by President Truman.
