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Newspaper Page TextFDR BHMHKI HIE K ? HIM A A , An n r- n nynnn nn ' n n n lamese ram Mir raaraes m niv a DIM 1 .vy In Th- Daplp By THANK JENKINS N thu new the other liny, iho 1 iiiiiuc of Representative Coffee, of Washington bobbed up nn the recipient of a $2500 check Irum n Washington contractor (jy the name of Anderson, woi leo shrugged it off us a campaign coutrlbutiuii. Cornered tndny by Uio senate war liivrsllgnUng committee, Anderson testifies tliut ho gave llio money to Collco secretary because of service Iio expected to get from Cuffee In tliu nation rupitul. Ho y ho had no thought of muking campaign contribution. Tho trunwietlon occurred buck In 1U4I, imtl tho "service" ap pear to have been rendered ill connection with tho awurd of million dollar wur department hospital contract. Tho tory to fur l Hint Anderon wu tho low bidder, but was afraid the job wu going to bo awarded to nmnebody due. So lie went to Washington to get help 111 land ing t. a N liitiTrallim sidelight la Anderson' iidinlsalun that he churned tho '-n0 payment to Hie government n I"""1 ol the contract, tu that the govern ment Itself (which win awarding tho'Job) PAID THE DILL. REPRESENTATIVE E L L S v n u T It (from tho South ern Oregon district acros the mountains) say tlicne lnvcsllg' ( - ul1ftf-rl liniirillMr actlvl' tliu of member of congren and other In connection with war emilmcta aro actually "Jul a dres rehearsal for what 1 to come. Il wlrta Kven If the political control ..r Dm rimerrM rinr not change, further (caudal will be revealed. However, If the Republicans ob tuln control of either the home or the wnale. or both, even the fnmim Tcauot Dome candal will huve about the ume relative rating In comparison to future revelation a a firecracker Id to nn atomic bomb. 11 in rumored (in Washington) that the strange wartime Iran- actum- in nip- nippi when ex Honed to nubile gnzc will shake thl ciiollal to it very foundation und till if but one of many. LET'S get thl iltuatlon itralght IF It rievelnn that the award lug of war contract ha been honeycombed with tcandal, thl will bo tho basic and underlying reason: AL'iilnat the wise counsel of tho founding father, we have placed TOO MUL.ll ruwr." in TOO FEW HANDS with TOO LITTLE RESTRAINT. That I ALWAYS a corrupt. Ing Influence. WHILE we're moralizing about politic, let's take a sharp look at Congressman Coffee' pliilntivo explanation that the $2300 ho got from a contractor was only a "campaign contribu tion." Ho nccm to think that takes tlio curse completely off, and leaves the transaction whnllv innocent. This writer is so naive as not to think no. Why aro big campaign contrl. bullous made to candidate, any. way? Thcro are doublles oc casional exception, but In Ren eral people give money to candl tlute to huh) them get elected because they want to be In a (Continued an rasa . !. ) Morse's Vet Bill Passed By Senate Senator Wayne Morse' revised veteran training bill, strongly favored by tho iliamntn cnanv lr of rommcrec and local cduca tloit offlclnls, has been passed by tho senate and now goes to the house. Tho bill authorizes tho vet nriim administration to rcinv burse stato and local agencies for expanse Incurred in connee linn wilh administration of on. tho-Job training for veterans. It wa also sponsored by Senator Cordon, Johnson, George, Stew art, Fulbrlght and Hill. The local chamber took ac tion aftw education officials hero reported that administra tion of tho program wa crip pled by lack of funds to pay supervisors. Homestead Opening Delayed at- Tulelake The public order opening Tule lake homesteads to veterans I expected to be delayed a week or ten days, according to E. L. Stevens, superintendent, of tho Klamath project of tho reclama tion bureau. Tho order, which waa first expected about August 1, contains tho regulations for tho leasing of tho land to eligible veterans. Applications from over 6000 vclernns have already been re ceived by Stevens, who report that they arc coming In from every state, Including Alaska and Hawaii. Tho order affects 86 farms composed of 7300 acres in tho Tululake area. U. S. Force Fights Way Out Of Trap PEIPINO, July 30 (A") Three hundred Chinese, some wearing the bluish green uniform of communist, killed at least four U. S. marine and wounded 1U other with automatic weapon, rifle and grenade during a vio lent four-hour attack on a truck convoy of 100 leatherneck, eye wltncsse related today. A search I being made for other marine, believed to be tlll mining. The attackers, lying In ambush In cornfield 33 mile southeast of f'elolng. would have wiped out tho convoy had the marine not elected to jump back- in tne truck and roar away under fire, the witnesses said. Like Explosion Mai. Fred J. Free, of Sioux Falls, S. D., who was with the convoy of replacement bound for I'elplng from Ilentaln, said the attack erupted "like an ex plosion." "They threw everything at u during the first hour of attack except the kitchen sink." chimed In gt. Jame west of Cincinnati. Free and West, both army men, were convoy passenger. Malor Free, a special service officer for I'elplng headquarter, told tne Aisociaien rrcss: "If the marines had not re acted a efficiently and swiftly as they did. the convoy would have been taken In the first rush." Ho declined to Identify the attackers as communist but said he saw two dead Chinese on the road who wore "bluish green uni forms, the color of those worn by communists. Assault Bapuliad Firing from both sides was heaviest during the first hour. After a few minutes' fighting. I the marine defenders drove off assaults and tho attackers never agnin approached within hand grenade range although the Chi nese several times attempted to close In. "Thcro la no doubt tho attack er were really out to get the convoy," Free said. "The ambush waa very well timed, very well prepared," and was made from both sides of the highway under cover of corn fields reaching to the road. The ambush occurred at noon yesterday. About 1:30 p. m. a marine wa sent through the encirclement to obtain aid. "No help came," Free said, "but we planned our escape. "Truck pulled out of the fight ing area at full .peod. Drivers held their gas pedals down to tho floorboards." Byrnes Backs Majority Rule PATHS. July 30 (!') U. S Secretary of Slate Byrnes told the Paris peace conference to day the United States would stand by the conference' recom mendations in event it oppose by a two-thirds majority any of the peace treaties drafted by the foreign ministers' council. Byrnes spoke In the general assembly of the conference shortly after the rules commit tee had proposed unanimously that all committee meetings and general conference sessions be thrown open to the press of the world a step toward the Wil sonlan Ideal of a generation ago of "open covenant openly ar rived at." One conferenco hurdle which had rtVomlsed to be embarras sing failed to materialize when tho credentials committee met. The Russians did not as ex pected, put forward the names of threo members of the Soviet delegation representing Lith uania, Estonia and Latvia in an It'anllnstd mm Paia S, Col. f) Whiskerino Tightens Grip On Male Chins And Jowls By HALE SCAHBROUGH The whiskerino segment of Klamath's centennial celebration I catching hold of the male population pretty generally, al though in a lot of cases It took several days for It to become noticeable, and already visitors to our town can bo scon standing out In front of hotels, fingering smooth chins and wondering what's happened to tho rest of the world. Now, 10 days after the mass beard-growing attempt began, some admirable facial ferns arc in evidence along Main street, with tho Charllo Chan-John Cnr radinc stylo being easily the most popular. That typo of hirsute adorn ment consists of an uncultivated mustache curving off the upper Hp and dropping Into a bristly patch covering tho chin. It's de PRICE FIVE CENTS I-OT- Joa Blackwcll. baardad pony express ridar for tha cenUnmal Dan Patch, the hori. h will rid on hi trip to Portland and mul. "Chippy." Klamath Boys Held In Reno - Two"Kamth' Fall toy," 13 and 18 year old, were arrested In Reno yesterday and will be returned here for Questioning about a series of break-ins and burglaries here in the past scv cial weeks. Faye Blackmer, deputy Juve nile officer, said that she had been informed by Reno police that the boys had admitted steal ing a quantity of Jewelry from the home of Robert A. Jones, 1524 Division, in a burglary last Thursday and most of tho Jew elry was found In their posses sion. The boys also admitted the theft of 11850 In war bonds from Mrs. Dorothy Emery of Bear Flat. Tho bonds were taken when the older youth was work ing for KFPA at Bear Flat. They told Reno authorities that the bonds were hidden in side a rubber boot in a garage at one boy's home in Klamath Falls and the bonds have been recovered. Also recovered here waa a radio taken In a recent burglary, found hidden in a clump of weeds back of the house by a neighbor. Both boys were known to the juvenile office here. Mrs. Black mer said. Reno police picked them up because they were act ing suspiciously and found the Jewelry on them. A telephone call to Klamath Falls established iranllnar an Pasa t. Cat. 71 Pageant Calendar Rehearsal of nil children's dance groups Friday, 10 a. m., Roosevelt school. Registration for children dancers aro still being ac cepted nt the Eve Benson studio. Chorus rehearsal Thurs day, 8 p. m., at Fremont school. All square dance positions are filled. signed for comfort, more or less, because a shaved neck Isn't as painful as one left unattended. Also this type gives peoplo who havo always shaved every morn ing something to do while wait ing for breakfast a zip down each check, scrape along the Jaw bone and a few touches to the neck and tho Job is done. It's also tho sign of an "I wouldn't bo doing this If I didn't have to" complex. Second In popularity Is the full brush or "to heck with It" type that. needs no tending, no trimming, Just a lot of scratch ing. Ranking on down arc styles which call for moro time before a mirror mutton chops, goatees, rakish sideburns, van dykes and combination Jobs. Tho whisker growing effort hasn't hurt tho harboring trade (Cenllnuad an rata 3 oi. 4). f 1 KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, Centennial Pony Express Rider Bushy-Bearded Blackweil To Carry Centennial Bids Bushy-bearded Joa BlackwcUa'irt lo-Ashland, Mcdford. and long time resident ' of 'Klamath Granite Pis, and Boseburg, and county, will leave Kiat.i'tii on August 3 for his "ponv express" ride to Portland and back, car rying Invitations to Klamath's centennial pageant and celebra tion to city officials of the towns cn route. Blackweil, dressed in authen tic garb of 100 years ago, will make the trip on Dan Patch, a bay horse belonging to Chct Barton, and will lend a mule, complete with pack, named "Chippy." Chippy belongs to Dan Llskey and has been do nated by Liskcy for the ride. Blackweil will travel by truck or horse trailer between cities, but will ride Into the towns along the way to present spe cial invitations to the mayor of tho town and to chamber of commerce officials. The invita tions have been sent by the ma yor, Ed Ostendorf, by the cham ber of commerce, and from va rious county officials to officials of other counties. Blackwcll's trip will take him SnellTo Come For Air Day Prominent visitors who will bo here for Thursday's air day festivities were listed today by unuea Air Lines, wmcii will in augurate mainline service on that occasion. The visitors will come in on a southbound plane which will land at the field in the midst of a public program to start at 9:30 a. m., and which is expected to attract a huge crowd to the municipal airport. Complete details and time schedule of the entire program at the airport will be announc ed tomorrow. Prominent visitors who will arrive on United's southbound Mainliner at 10:10 a. m. to par ticipate in the inauguration ceremonies Include the follow ing: Governor Earl Sncll of Ore gon, Marshall Cornett, state sen ator; K. C. Eldridgc, chairman, trade and commerce committee of the Portland chamber of commerce; Chester Moores, president, Portland chamber of commerce; R. D. Bedinger, re gional administrator of the Ci vil Aeronautics Administration; Ward Coblo of Bend, Ore.; W. R. Thlgpen, assistant to Presi dent W. A. Patterson of United Air Lines; George Hatch, dis trict traffic and sales manager of United in Portland. Arriving on United's Initial flight from San Francisco will be George Licktcig, manager of the Air Express Division of western department of Railway Express Agency; E. S. Maroney, station manager of United Air Lines nt Portland, and Warren Burke, district traffic and sales manager for United at San Francisco, TUESDAY. JULY 30. I94 celabrauon. Is snown tiara on back. Packng the load i lb then to the coast via Coos Bay and North Bend. The second day's trip will cover the towns of Florence, Gardiner, Agate Beach, Newport, Toledo, Seaside and Astoria. From Astoria the pack outfit will head for Port land by way or riainier ana at. Helens. The third day out will see the caravan going through Oregon City, McMinnvllle, Sa lem, Albany, Corvallis and Eu gene. From Eugene the trip will go to Bend and then on to Klamath Falls to end the trip. Blackweil expects to make the round trip in a week. . Nagato Taken By Davy Jones BIKINI. July 30 m One of Japan's two heaviest prewar bat tleships, the battered old Nagato. slid quietly to the bottom of BiKinrs lagoon before dawn to day, adding her to a battleship and aircraft carrier as capital ships sunk in Thursday's under water atomic bomb explosion. It was the fourth and last time the 32,720-ton battlewagon had felt the impact of American nuli tary power. Damaged by Ameri can planes in the Philippines in October, 1944, she was again pounded at Yokosuka naval base two months before the Jaoanese surrender, and took a third beat ing in the aerial atomic bomb burst at Bikini July 1. Task Force Commander Vice Adm. W. H. P. Blandy added the 27,999-ton battleship New York to the apparently-damaged list as he issued this revised 16-ship score for the Thursday shallow water test: Sunk: The 26,100-ton Arkan sas, the 33,000-ton carrier Sara toga, Nagato, an oil tender, and the landing ship from which the bomb was nung. Missing and believed sunk: Submarines Pilotfish and Apo gon. (He omitted the submarine Searaven, at first reported miss ing.) Missing: Submarine Skipjack. Beached to prevent sinking: Destroyer Hughes, transport Fal lon, submarine Dentuda. Capsized: Tank landing craft 1114. Heavy Rainfall Soaks Klamath Basin Area Heavy rains succeeded in thoroughly wetting the area Tuesday as low-hanging rain clouds spread over Klamath county. The temperature held fairly even with 57 degrees be ing reported at 12:30 p. m. Ear ly morning temperatures slip ped to 51 but tilings warmed up a little around noon. Forests were in unusually good 'condition for this time of the year according to the Klam ath Forest Protective assocla tion. No lightning was report ed. , (Tlphon S1H) Number 10884 WEATHER juir , in Mas. limit IS) 1 Mia. M Prcclluiln Utl ti ....M atriam Mar ! al M.OS Kiimil U.tJ Lail Mar 1I.IS Varacaili alltlitlr elasdr tamarraw. I(F To Vote On Levy For Swim Pool People of Klamath Falls will be asked at the November elec tion to vote on a levy of $175,000 for a municipal swimming pool. Action to put the proposal on the ballot was taken by the council in special session last night, climaxing years of discus sion of swimming pool projects nere. ine levy win probably be for four mills for four years, the amcunt to be raised not exceed, ing $175,000. The council action was taken on recommendation of the city recreation committee, which de cided against an earlier proposal to' ask for $293,000 at the No vember vote. In discussions yes terday, the recreation commit tee and councilmen agreed that it would be better to ask for a smaller amount, limiting the fa cilities to be constructed to a swimming pool, locker rooms and lobby or waiting room. If the people authorize the pool, it will be built on the newly-acquired site in the 1900 block of Main street, where there is an artesian hot water well to supply water for the pool. . .. Also on the ballot at the No vember election will be a pro posed continuing levy of a mill and a half to provide operating funds for the recreation depart ment, including the swimming pool. The present levy of half a mill, which raises only around $5000, is not believed sufficient to operate the expanded pro gram. The original plan was to ask for $293,000 to build the swim- and a gymnasium, all on the ming pool, a lounge with offices Main street site. It was brought out in the discussions that there has been strong sentiment for a swimming pool here for manv years and that the public at this time might prefer a construction program restricted to the pool. There was some discussion of the possibility of private con tributions to finance other con struction at the site, with no ac tion taken. The whole matter of further development on the site was left for later considera tion. Warning Issued On Jap Mines SEATTLE. July 30 UP Pa cific northwest coastal residents were warned by the 13th naval district yesterday that explo sives, including Japanese mines, are being washed ashore. A district spokesman said no accidents have been reported from these objects, but that a suspicious object washed up near Newport. Ore., a few days ago and disappeared before au thorities arrived. 'Booby Trap' Meant For 'Friend' Asserts Bowden PORTLAND, Ore., July 30 tP) Detectives Questioning James W. Bowden, 47, charged with first degree murder In the dynamite booby-trap death of his comely wife, reported today Bowden insists he rigged the bomb to send to "a friend" of his wife. Bowden still denies that he sought to lure his estranged wife to open the "Pandora box"' of death by warning the family not to tamper with the small trunk, Detective Capt. Eugene Ferguson reported. The 44-year-old Mrs. Bow den, mother of two teen age girls, was blown to bits Satur day night when she opened the trunk and set off the six sticks of dynamite that detectives said Bowden told of fitting into a small box and rigging with tacks, wire and a small battery. Detective Bard Purcell said the husband, arrested at an Ore gon coast town early Sunday morning, has been unable to explain why he did not discon nect the bomb after he was un able to figure a way to send it to the man detectives reported was named in a diary found in the battered trunk. Guests Escape Holocaust At Herbert Hotel SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 (P) Fire raged through a down town hotel early today, killing four firemen of a special rescue squad attempting to aid fellow fire fighters trapped by roaring flames. The blaze swept upward from the basement of the seven story Herbert hotel after about 240 guests, warned by telephone and sirens, had escaped to safety. Some of the guests were treated for smoke effect, but nona was reported seriously affected. Sixteen firemen were overcome by smoke, several of them hospitalized. , Some of the injured were in the building when the rescue men dashed through a back- stage night club entrance on the ground floor to give aid to firemen caught In the flames. Caught In Trap Siiortty after their entry, a flashback blocked the entrance. Using the greatest concentra tion of equipment and men in recent San Francisco fire-fighting history, firemen lifted lad ders to all upper floors and continued the battle. Acting Fire Chief Martin Kearns described the blaze as the most difficult to subdue in San Francisco in. the last 10 6He' said it apparently broke out in the storage basement of the night club shortly before 3 a. m. and that about an hour later the flames appeared to be subsiding under the pressure of water and chemicals. Then tne fire suddenly spread upward at the back of the building to tne UDoer floors. J. J. Sullivan of the city fire commission estimated the dam age at more than $100,000. Guasts Evacuated Mrs. Mary E. PeiTy, night manager of the 130-room hotel, said she noticed smoke filtering up through the floor and called the fire department. Firemen spent several minutes attempt ing to locate tne blaze, men no tified guests to evacuate the building. AbDroxlmately 240 persons were removed safely,' .many by means of ladders raised to "up per roof levels. Jack Marshall, operator of the hotel, evaluated the proper ty at $400,000. At 4:30 a. m. hundreds of spectators filled the streets near the blaze, which was in a cen tral downtown area on Powell j street near O r arreli. rajama- clad and nightgowned hotel guests, many with vaiuea pos sessions in their arms, were among them. Grapples Hunt River Victims PARUTHER SVILLE, Mo. July 30 OP) The coast guard hauled out grappling equipment today in searcn tor Doaies oi the 11 or more persons who are believed to have died in Sunday night's mid-channel collision of a Mississippi river ferry and a barge train. Efforts will be made to raise the four automobiles and one pickup truck known to have dku on ure jar., wiicu Dual waa uvcniun ... swirling waters 50 yards off the Missouri shore. Thirteen ferry passengers were saved. - Another, a small boy. died after being hauled to shore. Meanwhile, a special board of inquiry was set up by the coast guard to investigate the tragedy, termed by. one coast guard of ficial as "the worst on this stretch of the Mississippi river in 20 years." District Attorney Thomas B. Handley ordered a first degree murder charge after Bowden confessed orally to detectives and his own attorney that he Kept a diary oi nis wile s acti vities and had placed it in the trunk. He is also charged with illegal possession of explosives. Capt. Ferguson reported a contractor friend of Bowden had admitted giving the dvna mite to the accused man, pre sumably to be used in connec tion with the fishing boat Bow- den operated at Newport, Ore., with two brothers. Ferguson said one of the two daughters told of seeing their father handle a brown package with gloved hands a few days before the blast. Mrs. Bowden had filed suit for divorce a month ago. charg ing her husband with cruelty and asking $100 a month sup port for her daughters. Bowden later filed an answer denying the charges. Detectives reported Bowden said his wife had been keeping company with other men while he was In the Aleu tians on war projects and could not account for money he had sent homo from Alaska. Coffee Says No Tax Paid On Donation WASHINGTON. July 30 (P) Rep. Coffee (D-Wash.) testified In response to senate war investi gating committee questions today that he did not include In hi income tax for 1941 a $2500 item which came from a Tacoma, Wash., defense contractor. He insisted that the $2500 waa a "campaign contribution" and argued, in response to queries from Senator Ferguson (R.Mieh that he was not required to re port contributions of that nature below $4000. He said that the check for $2500 was "cashed right away"' after it had been received by Paul A. Olson, then his secretary, from Eivind Anderson, the Ta coma defense contractor. Ander son testified the money was to . pay ior services rendered him by Coffee. Deposited in Bank Coffee said the money was de posited in one of his several bank' accounts. ,. -. ... . . "Ho are you going to account to the public that you spent -all the money for campaign ex penses?" demanded Ferguson. "I'm coming to that," Coffee said, "I'm coming to that." He asked and was granted per mission to Dresent hkl stnrv "in chronological order.'. tie then told the committee that he had paid $3000 "out of my own pocket" in his campaign w imctuuD in looa ana mat he had applied the $2500 "to try to replace some of the campaign indebtedness which had incurred in a very expensive campaign." AndtrsonTesiifies Coffee took the witness stand shortly after Eivind Anderson, Tacoma contractor, had told the committee that he sent the check to Paul A. Olson, Coffee's former secretary, in payment for serv ices. Testifying voluntarily, Coffee told the committee that allega tions concerning the check were "motivated in politics and satu rated in political bias." He told the committee it is his understanding that "these charges were presented bv th republican national committee through Senator Browster (R- Me.. ) He added that he also . understood Mat the national mm- mittee had in turn obtained them irom the republican state central committee in Washington. Fala Unwelcome, Eleanor Departs PORTLAND, Me., July 30 (IP) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt can celled her Hotel Eastland reser vations and spent Sunday night in a tourist camp after Fala, who once cavorted in the White House, was declared not accept able as a guest. An assistant manager, Leo G. Gaines, said an Eastland clerk explained to the former first lady that dogs could not b taken above the lobby. Gaines said she reblled. "all right" and departed. He added that Mrs. Roosevelt did not bring the late president's black Scottie into the lobby, and the hotel did not know that It was Fala. The DroDrietor of the Royel River cabins at nearby Yarmouth said, however, it was Fala that -stayed there with his mistress. Bon Homme Richard Assigned To Seattle SEATTLE, July 30 P) The huge aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard, whose planes staged de vastating day and night flights against Japan late in the war, will be Inactivated at the Seattle -naval station tomorrow after-. -noon, the 13th naval district an- nounced today. It will be the -fifth to be placed in reserve here since the 19th inactive fleet bat been berthed in Pugct sound.