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Newspaper Page Text: -' : , In Thti- By FRANK JENKINS "THIS morning muru than 1 year alter tlio end of lliu wur in Lurupe 21-iialluu confer nice aaacniblcs lit Ilia Luxem bourg, puluca In Purls in mi ulloi't lu iiiukv uma kind ol pence alter Ilia rt-presviilullvi'i ul Ilia Dig I'owcih hiivo lulled. Wv inlulil u well dpi' uk pluln ly. 1't'iicu efforts Imva lulled u lar bcciiunu wo and (lie Urlllsli, on lino side, und tlia KumIuiis, mi Iho oilier, haven't been able lu vu cyo lu iyc. The 21-nultuii conference in i lunt-clilcli effort to Una up world opinion ugiilnsl wliut Wb regard us Russian stubbornness'. WHAT aro the chunccs fur sue " emu ul I'urlwT Tu be candid ubutit It, nut too Hood. The ilimiiluii seem to know exnclly whn I they wiint and ex actly wlmt they don't want. It seems u bit unlikely Unit llicy will ucci'ul lit lliu hands of 21 nation (mostly mniilll whiil they refused to Hcecpl ul lliu hiinds uf Ilrltnln mid (ho United Mules. One fears Hint nbout the beat we enn hope fur la a temporary expedient (hut will wnrd olf threats of Imnii'dliita shooting. DHESIDENT GEORGES BI x DAULT, of Franco (the host nation), addressing the 1500 dele falea this morning, says: "The lopes of pluln men lire turned toward us loony. Thoic Bra truthful words, and Illdnult seems to be a sincere and straightforward sort of person. (lie was a leader of the r'rcncli underground during the long years uf the Geriuiin occuMitioii, and knows bolli hope und fear by personul experience.) llio hoiea uf plain men were tunica tuwuru it. it miido an uu ray prucu. Unit lusted a 1 1 tlio moro than a couple uf decades lung enough fur anglhcr genera, lion to grow up. Then auulner and DIGGER war blossomed. A LITTLE better than a ecu " tury and a quarter ago, a conference of nn'.ions assembled In Vienna to miiko pence utter the bloody Napoleonic lulerludu In Europe. It was known as the Congress of Vienna, and It was a mess from the beginning. Little of vulue was expected irom It, and NOTHING of vulue cinnc from It. All the Congress of Vienna - could think of us u euro for till Hint ISHiKileoii hud done to Europe was to restore the decu- tieui ooiiruuii (lynatfiy io tlio throne of France. It is doubtful If plain men were greatly disappointed in tlio Congress of Vienna. They knew tho gang that was assembled there, und they expected from it homing moro tliun they got, "NE good peace was signed at ' J'arls. It ended the Amcr ran itevolutloniiry wur. But In 178:1, America was too Insignif icant to altruct tho notice of world power imlltlcs. A few pluln men from England and .America simply got together un oblruslvoly Jn Paris and did-the obviously sensible thing. Vast good to the world has re sulted therefrom. TT Is an exceedingly good thins A that tho power politicians of Euronu couldn't foresee In 17B:i tho rise of tho United Stales of America. Thov then looked nnon tho American colonist as merely a set of unwashed backwoods men, wholly beneath their no tice. So. after what was lo tis then a tremendously Important war, we got off to a good peace. Because we srew ton hlir nnri became "Important" In world power politics, we haven't been so fortunate In our later wars, plIE making of a Just peace mat could nracl on v nut aw i war In tho world COULD be so simple. All Hint would bo needed cnllnu on !'( t, Cel. II Bikini Force Siarts Work For Deep-Sea Experiment BIKINI, July 20 (P) Work on "Test Charlie," when an atom bomb will be detonated far down In tho deep sea, ul rendy Is starting, Vice Adm. W. H. P. Blundy snld today ns ho awulted clamngo reports from n target fleet still dan gerously rudloiictlvc after Thursday's shallow blast. Scabccs hnvo been assigned to prcpnro tho deep-son moor ing lines for next spring's tentatively-planned dee p-watcr burst, Tho deadly X-rnys bnrred closo Inspection of Inner-circle ships in lliu liiguun ngnln todny more Ihnn five dnys nfter the harbor-depth explosion, But livo nnimnls have been found on nl leant two Bhlps on the ouler circle. If it hnd been a wartime blast, Admiral Blandy ex plained, crewmen would hnvo faced these rndloactlvo risks to savo their ships nnd lives of the injured. Ho could give no estimate of the cost of such heroism. Tho Incomplete, tdnlnllve dnmuga toll mcnnwhllo rose to 16. Lntcst addition whs the submarine Dentudn, benched with her forward torpedo room flooded. 21 Nations Gather For Peace Talks PARIS, July 29 (IP) Tho 21- nation peace Conference, con vened formally In Luxembourg palace moro than a year after tho end of tho Second World war lu Europe, was summoned liy 'resident licorge milium oi Franco today to abolish "Ilia plague of wur," Ulduult's words were carried lo a press gullery Jammed for tho historic occasion and throughout the rumbling build ing as bo summoned the dele gates of the 21 victor nutlons to lusl.lon a peace lor limy jto munla, Hungary, liulgnrla and Finland, which the foreign min isters of the United Slutes, Ilrltnln, Ilussla and Franco can approve. The conference convened, however, in an almosphcro of dissension. For more than 38 hours tho deputy foreign ministers of the lour principal powers Ilrltnln, Franco. Russia und tho United Slutes hud argued before agreeing even upon publication or tne live ireuty drafts pre pared by tho four powers -for submission to the conference. Texts Out Tomorrow It finally was agreed lo re lease the five treaty texts, along with statements on disagree ments, at 11 p. in. Greenwich meantime (3 p. m.. I'ST). Tues day. The conference also opened with Secretary Byrnes ready lo confront the delegates with tho urging that they make all con ference negotiations wldo open to I lie press of the world. Most of the terms of tho treaties already have becomo known unofficially. Release of the full texts simultaneously In I'urls, London, Washington and Moscow had been advocuted for several days by tho United Slates and France, but the Brit ish and Russians had differed on how much should be made pub lic. Byrnes was disclosed to favor a "goldfish bowl" policy at the peace conference. If his pro posal for open meetings Is turned down, Hie American In formant suld, Byrnes will pro poso Hint representatives of vari ous commissions of the confer ence bo appointed to keep news paper reporters Informed df what goes on at closed meetings. Illness Claims Mrs. Van Doren Ruin Mildred Van Doren. 38. a resident of this city for most of her life, passed awny Into Sunday morning at Klamath Val ley hospital, She had been in poor health for some time. Mrs. Van Doren, native of holnio.Orc., had lived In Klamath Falls for 30 years. She was ac tive in civic and social affairs and was a member of Aloha chapter 61, Order of tho Eastern Star, and Friendship court 11, Order of Amaranth. For a num ber of years alio was employed as office manager for Superior Troy laundry and later for the Men's Hand laundry. She Is survived by lier hus bnnd, City Councilman Chnrlcs l". Van Uorcn. Also surviving her are three sisters. Clnrn Smith of Oakland, Mnrle Lockwood of Palo Alto, and Mnble Forsvthe of Vullcjo; three brothers, Fred unristy and vomer "Bus Christy of Twain, Calif., and Harold Christy of Klamath Falls. Funeral services are under the direction of Ward's Klamath lunornl home and will bo held Tuosdny at 2 p. m. at tho Mnsonic temple, with officers of the Klninnth chapter of tho Order of the Eastern Star officiating. As a result of these test. ntom-nowcrcd worships with hulls toughened to withstand such bomb blasts may be con structed within five years, pre dicted Adm, Edward L, Coch rane, construction chief of the nnvnl bureau of ships. Cnpt. Lognn McKee. of the same bureau, added Hint "we hnvo a lot of idens on atomic powered submarines." Neither he nor Cochrane went into de tail. The latest box score of the shallow -d e p t h bomb tost snowed: Sunk: Bnltlcship Arkansas. Carrier Saratoga, and a yard oiler. Destroyed Landing ship from which the bomb was hung. Damaged: Battleship Penn sylvania, Japanese Battleship Nugnto, Crosiers Suit Lake City and Pcnsacola, Transport Fal lon, uestroyor ungues, ono land lug craft, the Submarine Den tuda and four others which early observations Indicated hnd gone to the bottom: the Arogon, Skipjack, Scaraven and Pilot fish. Thus, the single blast crip pled n fifth of the 73 target vessels. Wttb ww SSI PRICE FIVE CEN1 V Comptroller Says War Firms Jobs To WASHINGTON. July 29 (IP) Comptroller Gcnerul Lindsay warren today denounced us "damniiblc" whut he termed the "widespread" practice of army officers obtaining lucrative Jobs from war producers whoso gov ernment contrucls they helped draft und settle while in the service. He laid before the senulc war investigating committee three specific cases, and declared that ns a result of their discovery the general accounting office hud thrown "every searchlight on contracts held by the com panies employing the men. Warren volunteered the names of tho men ufter making these points during his lesti- Housing Bill Outlook Dim WASHINGTON. July 29 (IP) Administration leaden virtually abandoned hope today for pass age of the Wagncr-Ellondcr-Taft long-riingc housing bill at tho present session of congress. Chairman Spcnce (D-Ky) told newsmen after a closed-door ses sion of the banking committee: "I think you can say we have given up hope, if congress goes through with its plan to adjourn Friday." . Shortly before. Speaker Ray burn told President Truman the house would consider the bill provided the banking committee sent it to the floor. Insist on Hearings Notwithstanding urglngs by President Truman, Spcnce said, a majority of the committee nicmben Insisted on complete public hearings before acting on the bill. A group of opponents were outside the committee clamoring to be heard while the committee sat In executive scs sion. The measure, authorized by Senators Wogner (D-Ky). Ellen der (D Lai and Toft (R-O) con templates a 10-year housing pro gram calling for construction of 1.500.000 dwelling units a year. Including 125,000 public housing units a year. Rayburn's slntcment was made lo reporters al the White House nfter Hie wccklv conference of Mr. Truman with his congres sional leaders. Malin A r.ea Power Goes Off Tuesday The California Oregon Power company has announced that the power will be off in the Malin area and Immediately northeast and south ot nlnlln al B a. m. Tuesday for approximately two hours. Tower will be off in order to raise the voltage in that nrca. Halsey's Horse r On good-will tour of South America. Adm. William F, "Bull" Halsev espied the long- sought "white horse" in the nursery of Mountain hotel out side of Bio de Janeiro. He climbed astride the immobile steed with the remark, "at last, a white horse to ride In triumph.' i Hi AMATH FALLS. OREGON. MONDAY. JULY 29. 194 Gave Officers mony before the committee which branched out today from its inciuiry into the wartime operations of a midwest muni tions combine: 1. The government lost un told millions" by not allowing tho accounting office to "police" tho contrucls. 2. Some high government of ficials made it a practice to ac cept cocktail parties, hotel and travel expenses from contrac tors. 3. "From my seat, it has looked as if everybody and his brother were cut to get the government during the lush wor years." Chairman Mead (li-in.y.) termed acceptance and offer of Jobs to army officers by com panies on whose contracts they have worked "an indefensible practice" and said the commit tee will "dig Into it deeper." Warren declared that there were "many high class and high grade contracting officers" in the government service, but that "time after time a careful contracting officer, trying to protect the interests of the gov ernment, was taken off the Job and transferred somewhere else." Warren said that the general accounting office was author ized to audit in the field the payments on cost-plus-fixed fee contracts but could not do so on fixed-price contracts for a lump sum. He gave the committee a list of cases in which accounting of fice auditors in the field had prevented payment of certain charges to the government or had obtained additional credits for the government. Upon tho conclusion or war ren a testimony, tno committee recessed until 7 a. m. (PST) to morrow when It will call Repr Coffee (D-Wash.) for an ex planation of his acknowledged receipt oi a $zduu cnecx irom a Tacoma defense contractor. Coffee has described the check as a "campaign contribution." May Hits Back At Sen. Mead PRESTONSBURG, Jy.. July 29 0P)Rcp. A. J. May (D-Ky), one of the targets in the senate war profits investigation, has countered with the assertion that Senator Mead (D-N.Y.), chairman of the investigating committee, "thinks if he can crucify mo he cun use that to mnke hlmscll a greni ncro . . , nnd ride into the office of gov ernor of New York." Although Mend has not pub licly declared his position, his name lias been mentioned fre- aucntlv as a likely cnndidnte to ooposc republican Governor Dewey in the New York Ruber natorinl contest in November. Defending his position in the investigation, May in a letter to certain of his constituents wrote, "all tiiey cnarge me with is calline bv telephone the un dersecretary of war, now Sec retary of Wor Robert P. Patter son, and some army officers, urging them to rusn production of wur materials, ni a lime when General Eisenhower was pleading for more shells to meet the bloody onstaugni oi inc. cce gian bulge ..." The . letter was addressed "dear friend" and was disclosed by a person who received a copy in the representative's home town here yesterday. 'Although more than a month ago I voluntarily appeared be fore the Mead committee and told them tho whole story, answered nil questions, and was told my statement was satis factory, they never mentioned that until I demanded they do so," tho letter said in part. May, who is chairman of tho house military committee, lab eled the war investigating com mittee a "political inquisition." Committee OK's Decontrol Board WASHINGTON, July 29 (VP) Tho senate banking committee todny unanimously approved President Truman's three nomi nees for tho new price decon trol bonrd. Tho committee' action sent to the senate for its considera tion, possibly todny but more likely tomorrow, these nomi nations: Roy L. Thompson, president of the Federal Land bank of New Orleans, as chnirmnn of the decontrol board; Daniel W, Bell former trensury under secretary, and George H. Mend, Dayton, O., paper company ex ecutive, as members. r .. . v,., - Rolling down slight orade knocked two empty boxcars off crew went to work immediately back to the rails. . . Cars Derailed In GN Smash A loaded refrigerator car was overturned and two empty box cars were derailed late yester day afternoon near the Great Northern railway roundhouse when the reefer rolled about 100 yards down a slight incline and collided with a string of three empties at a switch. . One of Ule.'jmalr! tracks Jnto the yaYus was Hied tip for a few hours while a relief tender and crew hoisted the cars back on the tracks. Only slight damage resulted to any of the cars in volved. The refrigerator car was standing alone near the ice dock in the yards when it started roll ing down the slope. The run away was not noticed until it had hit the side of a wooden box car, knocking it and a steel car off the track and itself falling over on its side. The relief crew speedily cleared the track by hoisting the cars back on the track. Great Northern officials termed the accident as routine trouble. Medical Aid Sent To Adak WASHINGTON, July 29 W Navy and army medical person nel have been dispatched to Adak island in the Aleutians to give assistance in an outbreak of diphtheria which a navy doctor said so far is "mild" and unat tended by any deaths. Captain Otto Burton of the navy s preventive medicine sec tion said 32 casts have been re ported among naval personnel on the island, while the army surgean general's office reported approximately "a half dozen" among army personnel. Burton said naval authorities at Adak had requested the assis tance of one doctor, four nurses and 15 hospital corpsmen to sup plement personnel stationed at the Island. The navy ordered the suplementary personnel to be sent out from me utn navai ais trict at Seattle. The army surgeon's office said one doctor, 10 nurses and 40 en listed men were despatched by plane last Saturday "as a pre cautionary measure." The nurses were sent from the army's Let- terman General hospital at San Francisco, the enlisted men from Brooke army medical center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and the doctor from Beaumont gen eral hospital, Texas. (A San Francisco story said the nurses were to leave tomorrow). Burton said first reports of a diphtheria outbreak on Adak came on July 21, when doctors there reported seven cases. Nourse To Head Advisory Council WASHINGTON, July 29 (P) President Truman today nomi nated Edwin G. Nourse of Wash ington, D. C, to be chairman of the newly-created economic ad visory council. Nourse, vice president since 1942 of the Brookings institu tion, would serve with Leon Key serllng and John Davidson Clark, nominated last week. This is the council that will administer the so-called "full employment act." (Telephone till) Great Northern Boxcars Knocked near the GN roundhouse yesterday afternoon, a refrigerator car the track and itself turned over. A relief tender and yard clearing the track and in a few Bulletin PORTLAND, Ore., July 29 (VPi Detective Capt. Eugene Ferguson said today that James W. Bowden. 47. had orally confessed designing a booby trap T hich blew his wife to bits last Saturday night. Ferguson said Bowden. speaking in the presence of detectives and his own attor ney, declared that the trap was intended for a nan "a friend oi my. wife." r ; - Bowden described; Fergu son said, how he had' fitted dynamite into a trunk in his cellar, which his wife and daughters were repeatedly warned not to touch. (Earlier story on Page 10.) BormannSaid Still At Large NUERNBERG. Julv 29 P) American intelligence officers reported today that Martin Bor mann. Hitler's deputy party leader who has been missing since the fall of Berlin, was seen in Munich only a week ago and that a house to house search for him is going on. Bormann long was believed dead. He is being tried in ab sentia as one of the 22 nazi de fendants by the. international military tribunal. Intelligence chiefs said a dis gruntled chauffeur of Bormann, fired in a disagreement over stolen garden vegetables, pro vided them with a tip that started a new hunt for the nazi party chieftain. An army source said the chauffeur, Jakob Glas, longtime resident of Munich, informed intelligence chiefs he was "ab solutely certain" the man he saw riding in an automobile in a main street of Munich a few days ago was the missing and long-sought Bormann, Glas was Bormann's driver tor years untu the final year or tne Hitler regime. Then, he said, he was dismissed after Bormann accused him of steal ing vegetables from the deputy fuehrer's private garden. Merchants Agree On 5:30 Closing Klamath Merchants association announced today that the busi ness district will observe a 5:30 p. m. closing schedule, beginning August i. At present most bus ness houses close at 6 d. m. The decision was made after a ballot survey was made of re tail merchants. The committee in charge canvassed the ballots today, finding a vote of 38 to 2 in favor of 5:30 closing. Opening time will be optional, nvLuiuuig IU VHI1UUS ITHQeS. Some stores will open at 9 and omers at :3u a. in. Pageant Calendar All children dancers will rehearse Tuesday and Friday, at 10 a. m.. at Rooieyelt school. Registrations for chil dren dancers are still being accepted at the Eve Benson studio. Chorus rehearsal will be held Thursday, 8 p. m in Fremont school. New appli cants report to rehearsal. i Number 10883 Off Track hours had lifted all three cars Moslems Bolt Indian Project BOMBAY. July 29 IP) The Moslem league's policy forming council of action today with drew its acceptance of the Brit ish cabinet mission's proposals for granting India independence and in bitterly phrased instruc tions told the league's working committee to evolve a program of "direct action'" to achieve an independent M o-s 1 e m . , state (Pakistan). The council of action declared in a resolution that "Moslem In dia has exhausted without suc cess all avenues for peaceful set tlement" of demands for safe guards in writing a constitution. It accused Britain and the con gress party of collaborating in a breach of faith to the league. The second of two companion resolutions withdrawing accept ance of the British proposals and renewing demands for a separate Moslem state also called on all Moslems to surrender any titles they may have accepted from the British. Mahomed Ali Jinnah. presi dent of the Moslem league, told the cheering assembly that events that had occurred since the league accepted the cabinet mission's proposals were a 'blessing in disguise." because from them Moslems had learned a bitter lesson." The council's decision fol lowed a three-day round of speech making in which Moslem leaders including Jinnah told the council that Britain had "be trayed" the league by not insist ing on adoption of the mission s interim government plan despite congress party opposition. Carnival Alligator Loose At Roseburg ROSEBURG. July 29 OP) A five-foot alligator that escaped from a carnival has joined the wild denizens of this Cascade mountain section and is keeping creek swim mers on the alert. Search for the amphibious beast had failed when it was time for the carnival to leave town. CIO-PAC Faces Siiff Test In Southern WASHINGTON. July 29 (IP) The CIO political action commit tee runs up against its toughest Dixie test this week. Tennessee voters decide Thursday whether to renominate 77-year-old Ken neth D. McKellar for a sixth term in the senate. The Tennessee contest sparks a week of political action in which: 1. Alabama voters choose a democratic nominee to complete the term of the late Senator John Bankhead. 2. Arkansas nominates a demo cratic gubernatorial candidate, and 3. Kentucky voters pick nom inees for nine house spats and .)ic senate chair now filled by Republican William A. Stanfill. The Alabama and Arkansas elections are tomorrow, Ken tucky's Saturday. Most interest will be centered on Tennessee, however. There Edward Ward Carmack is at tempting to unseat McKellar in a democratic primary whore nomination usually means elec tion in November. Taking note of tin opposition Ferry Boat Rammed By Oil Barges C A R UT HERSVILLE. Mo.. July 29 (IP) The muddy Mis sissippi river was searched to day for the bodies of at least lu persons, possibly more, who were believed to have perished in the collision of a ferry boat and two oil laden barges near here. Thirteen other occupants of the ferry were saved after the flot boat overturned, dumolns at least five vehicles and their passengers Into the waters. The accident occurred at 9:20 p. m., last night 50 yards from the Missouri shore as the ferry neared completion of its cross ing from the Tennessee side. The pilot of the ferry, Charles Edward Hendrix, who was saved when he was tossed on a barge in the crash, was quoted as estimating that there were between 20 and 23 per sons In the five or six cars on the flat boat. Other estimates ran as high an 30. On aurvivnr aiH lh ferry carried four automobiles and one pickup truck. The ferry tug was demolished and sunk by the impact of the two oil barges, linked together and pushed by two tugs in a single train. The ferry over turned and floated down the river. The two barges, carrying 48, 000 barrels of oil upstream from Jennings, La., bound for Mount Vernon, Ind., were the Z-8 and the Fred B. Zigler of the G. B. Zigler Towing Co., Jennings. , E. W. Rogers, Vicksburg, Miss., the pilot on duty on the . tugs pushing the barge at the tim nt th collision, said he gave blinker signals that he was '. going to pass upstream on U'tr . left or Missouri side. He $id ' he saw no answer and that . when he saw how close the boats were approaching it was too late to stop. . Rogers said he held his barge against the ferry for a few mo ments after the collision hoping that some of its occupants would leap to his craft, but that in their panic those on the ferry were too excited to take advan tage of the chance before their boat overturned. British Accept Reich Proposal WARHTOOTON. Julv 29 (IP) The state department announced today Britain has accepieo. in. principle" this government's proposal - to unify occupation zones in uermany. The department's announce ment reiterated the hope that Russia and France likewise will uccept. Despite this hope, the expecta tion among diplomats here is that the United States and Brit ain at once will work out de tails for unifying their own zones economically, that France probably will join promptly and that Russia will refuse to co operate. The state department an nouncement said: "The department of state has been informed that the British ' government has accepted in principle the offer of Secretary Byrnes to join the United States zone of occupation in Germany with any other zones for the purpose of treating the zones so joined as an economic unit. "The department . welcomes the announcement as a first step toward easing the heavy finan cial burden resting on the two occupying powers and relieving the distress which has resulted from Germany's being divided into four relatively watertight economic compartments, i "The department hopes that me oilier uhuhj'iiiis fuwa find it possible to give an equal ly favorable response to Secre tary Byrnes' offer. Primary Vote to him, McKellar has struck back with the contention that CIO- PAC headed by Jack Kroll pur sues pro-Russian policies ana counts "New York pinks" among its members. Carmack has been endorsed by the CIO-PAC. The CIO also Is involved In tomorrow's Alabama voting, with an endorsement ot nep. jonn Sparkman, one of three leading candidates for the scat Senator Swift (D) now holds by tem porary appointment. Rep, Frank Boykin and state Senator Jonics A. Simpson are battling with Sparkman. In Arkansas, Gov. Lancy is being challenged for renomlna tion by former Judge James La one and Virgil Green. The Kentucky primary Satur doy will find ailing Represents, tive Andrew J. May, currently under fire of the senate war In vestigating committee, renomln. ated without opposition. Five republicans are seeking tha chance to oppose him in Novem ber, including College President Elmer E. Gabbard, who came close to beating May two yean ago.