711 T- I jr TTK I f A. 777T m . .
moiotov uemanas Jiccwn wn jp ranco negime
lit Th.
Day's Sews
Br rnANK jcnkinb
THE pence treaties fur Italy.
Iliinmnlu, UulKiirlii, Finland
ml Hungary as purllully
agreed on lay ihn foreign inln
Intern of the United Suites,
Drltnln, Rula and Franco are
luUI before lliu 21-nalhm peace
conference silling In I'urH.
They disclose Russia the
chief brnoflclury. bho iela about
a IjIIIIoii dollars In ri'purulloiii
and unchallenged doiiiiiiullun ol
ruitcrn Europe.
a a
IF you are Interested enough to
fullow the sltuullnii curefully.
you will nolo Unit HumIu gets
lier fingers on about everything
In KuniK eunl of tho so-cullod
Stetttn-Ailrlullc line which la
a Him driiwu roughly from the
city of Stettin, on the Baltic sea.
In northern Cicniiiiny, to the head
of tho Atlrlullc sea.
If you will huik buck In your
memory to tho closing duya ol
tho war, you will recull that
whenever our forcea or tho Brit
ish forcea approached this lino
from tho wet, they STOPPED.
.Sometime mere momentum cur
ried them over it na when they
crossed Uio Elbe weat of Iterlln.
In theae canes, they PULLED
BACK with little delay.
Theae fucta lead ua to concludo
that aomo aort of i'OUTICAL
lino must have bcen established
there which our iiillltnry com
niundera were rcfiulred to ob
itvc. There haa been frequent
denlul of thla, but neurly all cure
ful observers know thut deulula
oinctlmea confirm conclualona.
T T would be interesting to know
A how much of tho outline of
whut Ituuia hua gained In east
ern Kurnpe' wua UK reed upon at
the Churchill Rnoiu-velt - Sliilln
conference at Yalta. Without
auch knowledifo, It 1 hard to
druw accurate and fulr con-
CllllldlUI.
IK Ituuia were PROMISED all
of theae things at Yulta, it la
roller to understand her stub
bornness In insisting UK)ii them
now.
MOST of ua will agree thut IF
ltii.uiia WKIIK irniitli-,l nl
Yultu that If he cumo in Willi
all her milllury power lua ahu
did) and helped fully In tho final
cli'iiii'Up ol lierinuny ahe would
be given a Irvo hand in all ol
hutopu cttal u( a curium Hue, wo
aliouid now go thruugu with mo
agreement no mutter whut it
COkU.
11 avciua to thla writer (purely
on guesawork, with no limine
knowledge) thut Yuilu muy hold
the key io much thul puulca ua
In connection with iiuwias at
titude. VE7UAT muy or may not bo
" significant development la
the fuel thut theae peace treaties
were laid before conference lit
which HKl'U it X E H S WERE
PRESENT.
Secretary Byrnea proponed
thut thla be dune. Tne rulea
committee of the conference
recommended It. MOLOTOV,
OK RUSSIA, ugrced to it.
Some of tho content of tho
treutlca were anlped out with
scissors, ao that tho reporters
could mil aco whut wua provided
on these points. That muy meun
thut much else may be withheld
from tho press.
Still, a precedent has been set.
It is a good precedent. If treaty
milking were OUT IN THE
OPEN, so thut there could be no
secret ugrccmouU to come to
light Inter, milking a Just peaco
would be a alep nearer.
jyjOLOTOV. . who has been
strangely reasonable so fur
during the Purla conference
(whose purpose la frankly ,to
focus world opinion on Itussin'a
stubborn reslstuneo so far to
whut wo and tho British want),
arises In his place lodny to In-
sist that something bo done
about Franco.
Ho says: "It still remains to
'deal with the fascist regime in
Spain. It Is In tho Interest of
freedom-loving people to demand
neuon AUAIN5T KASCISM."
(From this distance, to nil
straight Drinkers in this country,
COMMUNISM looks as danger
ous an fascism. BOTH am -m.
trary to our Ideal of freedom of
uie individual.) li Hussla is go
ing to demand destruction of
fascism, it could bo equally
reasonable for us to demand de
struction of communism.
One suspects that In bringing
up Franco Spain, Moiotov is
threatening to throw another
i monkey wrench,
I
N Washington toduv. Paul
Olson, former aeerptiirv In
Representative Coffee, of Wash
inglon slate, tells the senato war
investigating committee:
"The jails of America are go
ing to be filled If the department
m justice ortruntiss a law bar
ring government contractors
from making campaign contri
butions." THAT. It seems to this writer.
would bo a good thing. Jail is
the place for men who violate
laws that are Intended to secure
better government for the Amer-
icun people.
NEW CLOSING HOURS
Beginning tomorrow, Au
gust I, now opening and clos
ing hours for stores In Klam
ath Falls, ns agreed upon by
the Merchants association,
will be from 0:30 a. m. to
9:30 p. m. Included in tho
agreement ore department
stores, men's clothing, shoes,
women's apparel, Jewelry and
a number of miscellaneous
stores. A full list of tho stores
covered will be published
later.
'Full Jails'
Foreseen By
Coffee Man
WASHINGTON, July 31 (!)
Paul A. Olson, former secretary
to Rep. Coffee (D-Wush.), told
the senate war Investigating
committee today that "the Jails
of America are going to be
filled" If the Justice depurtmont
enforcea a law burring govern
ment contractors from making
campaign contributions.
"I wurn you. you are tread
ing on very delicate grounds."
ho told Senator Ferguson (It
Mich.) in an angry exchange
over the Interpretation of the
law. Specifically at point wus
how It affected a $2500 cheek
which Coffee received In 1941
from a Tucoma, Wash., defense
controctor.
Tho six-year-old statute car
ries a penally of 13000 fine or
Imprisonment up to five ycura
for violation.
Olson muintulned thut there
Is nothing In the law burring a
nerson holding a government
contract from making a person
al contribution from his per
sonal funds a contention with
which Ferguson sharply dis
agreed. Farguson Contention
Ferguson also contended that
the law applies to those who
solicit a cuinpulgn contribution
from a government contractor.
"If they (the Justleo deport
ment officials) had enforced that
law," Olson commented, "there
would have been many thou
sands of Indictments involving
a good many federal elected of
flclula who Innocently accepted
campaign contributions."
Olson said that Eivlnd An
derson, the Tucoma contractor
who sent the $2300 check, tried
to blackmull him Into with
drawing Inst January from the
race for mayor of Tacoma.
Anderson told hlin, Olson tes
tified, that unless he withdrew
from tho mayor'a race in which
they were both entered, Ander
son "would use the check to In
luro me in some way In the
March election."
Ferguson produced a letter
marked "confidential and per
sonal" which Olson wrote
"Deer Elvlnd" on Muy 11. 1041.
Thla dulc was shortly after An
derson visited the capltul to ob
lain assurance he would be
awarded a l)3fl, 517 contract for
construction of an army hospi
tal.
Boxcar Thief
Gets 5 Years
, Thco W. Lackey, 32. was giv
en concurrent sentences of five
yeora each on two counts of
grand lurc?ny In the theft of
six automobile tires from a
Southern Pacific boxcar Sunday
night. Ho pleaded guilty In cir
cuit court yesterday afternoon
before Juries David R. Vandcn
berg. Willmont W. Young. 28. who
pleaded gulty to one charge of
stealing three tires, was given
a six-year Jolt. Officials said
that Young hod a criminal rec
ord for auto theft and draft
dodging.
The men will not be token
to the penitentiary immediate
ly, but arc being held in the
county Jail here to appear as
witnesses at hearings for Rob
ert A. Smith and Ellis L. Tutcr,
both of whom have posted bnll
on charges of receiving and
concealing stolen property.
101 -Year-Old Man
Outlives Ailments
PORTLAND, July 31 (VP)
Conslnntin Brill, a Husslan
born Portlunder who celebrat
ed Iris 101st birthday today,
believes ho has lived long
enough to outgrow hia ail
ments. Retired ot 78, Brill said ho'
had heart trouble and asthma
earlier, "but I think I just
woro it out."
Russians Release American
Afier 27
BERLIN. July 31 (P) Capt.
Harold Cob m and Ll. George
Wyatt. American officers who
wcro released last night by tho
Russians, said today ihcy had
been detained In the Soviet oc -
conation zono for 27 days on the
allegation that they wore spies.
The two, who vanished almost
a month ago on an unauthorized
trip Into the Soviet zone, said
they had been held for most of
the 27 days at Russian head
quarters in Potsdam.
Cobln and Wyatt, who related
their experiences at a press con
ference In the presence of U. S.
army s'.aff and intelligence of
ficers, said the Russians had
treated them well but had ques
tioned them almost daily and at
great length In an. attempt to
ascertain whether they were
secret agents.
At one time they were of
ficially charged with being spies,
and signed statements denying
the charges, they said.
The officers said they were ar
rested July 4 at Orunlcnburg, 20
miles north of Berlin, where they
declared they went to try to visit
tho former nazl concentration
camp of Suchenhauscn. Both as
sorted they were unuwaro of re
ports that tho Russians are now
4" .?,?0
PRICE riVE CENT.
Plane Service
Inaugural Set
For Tomorrow
(80 pictures, page 3)
Klamath Fulls will make its debut in air transportation
tomorrow and become permanent part of the nation's vast air
transportation network for the first time In its history when
United Air Lines Inaugurates dally passenger-cargo-mail service
here.
A big day Is planned for
airport, with special features
throughout the day. Special ceremonies will begin with the
arrival of United Air Lines' Inaugural northbound and south-
Air Day Program
8:00 a. m. Closing time
for "First Flight" mall at
post office.
8:43 a. m. John Houston,
president or chamber of com
merce and master of cere
monies, opens program with
Introduction of civic officials.
0:30 a.m. Phil Hitchcock,
chuirmun of chamber avia
tion committee will describe
United Air Lines' service and
outstanding features of air
port. 10:03 a. m. Arrival of
Miiinliners on ramp.
10:00 a. m. John Houston
welcomes crews and visiting
officials.
10:13 a. m. Mayor Ed Oa
tendorf gives official procla
mation. 10:20 a. m. Mall delivered
to plane by Shcriffa Posse.
10:33 a. in. Planes depart.
10:43 a. m. Display of pri
vate aircraft.
12:00 a. m. Kiwania club
luncheon.
1:30 p. m. Aviation re
sumed al airport. (Air show
including acrobatic flights In
private aircraft, flight dem
onstration of P-38 and pas
senger scenic trips).
6:30 p. m. Air Day ban
quet at Willard hotel.
Invalid Girl
Kills Relative
SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 31
(VP) Coroner W. L. Dragoosaid
today that Mlsi Jacqueline Col
burn, 10, an Invalid confined to
a wheelchair, had related that
she shot and stabbed to death
her' stepfather, Lawrence Bar
rcgarye, 36, in their home last
night following a family quar
rel. Dragoo said she related she
shot Borrcgarye once as he "ad
vanced in a threatening man
ner,", and then ahot him three
more times and stabbed him
with scissors during a scuffle.
The girl then called police.
The coroner said Miss Col
b u r n, an attractive brunette,
told him that Borrcgarye. an
electrician, came home as ahe
waa placing her manicure scis
sors on a desk. He accused her
of meddling with his papers in
tho desk and seized the scissors,
The girl's statement contin
ued: "He started coming for me,
yelling he was going to kill me.
1 drew a gun I had been hiding
in my house coat and shot him.
He was on me by this time and
had thrown me to tho floor,
grappling for the gun.
"While we had been strug
gling for the gun, I had been
jabbing him In tho throat with
tho scissors. When his grip on
the gun loosened
more times."
I fired three
Days Of Detention As Spies
using that camp for political
prisoners.
They said they were moved to
Potsdam late the night of their
arrest, all their movements while
jln custody being in completely
blacked out automobiles.
Throughout their detention they
were kept separated and were
questioned separately by the
Russians. Cobin, who was born
in Russia, said he was questioned
entirely in Russian.
Both men said they had re
peatedly requested the Russians
to notify American authorities
of their whereabouts.
"They told us," Cobin added,
"that they would do so 'when
your identity has been estab
lished.' "
Cobln said he was repeatedly
questioned about his connection
with the Berlin documents
center, where old nazl party files
and other records are kept.
"They kept trying to establish
n chain of command between Lt.
Col. Hans Helm, my chief in the
documents center, and Gen. Clay
(Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. S.
deputy military governor," Co
bin declared.
"At one point they threatened
that If I didn't toll them how
Helm was connected with Clay
I would be sent to Russia. I
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31,
Klamath Fulls residents at the
taking place from 0:30 a. m.
bound flights, landing here short-
i ly after 10 a. m
I John Houston, president of the
I chamber of commerce, will act
i as master of ceremonies. He will
introduce the airport commission
Mayor Ed Ostcndorf, and other
civic officials who will panic).
pate in the program. These will
Include C. A. Dunn, chairman
city airport commission; L. A
Murphy, member of city airport
commission: Wilbur wnitcomb
airport manager; E. A. Thomas,
city engineer, and Phil Hitch
cock, chairman of the chamber's
avlution committee. Henry Se
mon, state representative, will
also be present. Mrs. Rose Poole,
state representative, will be un
able to attend.
Mclnirre in Towor
W. T. Mclntyre, United's sta
tion manager here, will bring in
the first flights from the control
tower and through a special con
nection with the public address
system, the Mainliner captain's
voice will be heard in accepting
Instructions to enter the field
and make the initial landing.
Two former basin residents will
be members of the Mainliner
crew on the northbound flight
from San Francisco. Assisting
Capt. H. L. Taylor at the controls
will be First Officer Duane C.
McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred McDonald of Malin. who
Joined United Air Lines as a co
pilot in October, 1843.
Miss Dolores Trout, daughter
of Dr. F. M. Trout of Malin, who
was employed as an air hostess
by United in 1043. will be the
stewardess aboard the same trip.
The crow of the southbound
flight from Seattle will Include
Capt. J. B. Wilson and First Of
ficer G. E. Millard, both of San
(Caallaaad aa faia , Cal. 1)
Judges Called
In OPA Suit
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31
(IP) Two federal district Judges
in Oregon James Alger Fee
and Claude McColloch were
Instructed today by the ninth
circuit court of appeals to ap
pear before the San Francisco
court on August 28 to explain
a ruling in an OPA case. The
hearing will be on - a petition
for a writ of mandamus, ap
plied for by the OPA.
The OPA declares the Port
land judges refused to let OPA
attorneys file a treble damage
action.
With the two Judges, the
Portland federal court clerk,
Lowell Mundorff, was also in
structed to attend the hearing,
which has the elements of a
test case. ,
The OPA is testing a rule set
by the Oregon federal court de
clining to hear "any civil action
instituted by or on behalf of
the United States, or depart
ment or officer, or any non-corporate
agency, unless the U. S.
attorney . . . shall appear in
such action as one of the attor-
I ncys for the government.
Officers
asked them if being sent to Rus
sia was considcreu punishment,
and they smiled."
Cobin said that the Russians
also "tried to establish some
thing against me that would give
them tne right to send me bucK
to Russia, because 1 was born in
Lithuania when it was part of
Russia."
Helm, who was present at the
conference, declared that the
Russians as well as all other oc
cupying powers had tree access
to the document center on re
quest and that the Russians had
used part of the old German
army records it contains.
Cobin said that during his
interrogation by Russian officers
some of them made remaras
about the British "which I can't
repeat in public".
He quoted one Russian officer
as saying:
."I can see how we Russians
can come to an eventual under
standing with the A'.iericans, but
with the British well, the out
look is dark."
Cobin said that both he nnd
Wyatt "expected to be punished
by American army authorities
for taking off into the Soviet
zone without leave and without
the required written permission
from the Russians."
Press
mc1
"Mr
mmm
Ntwsmen aboard a small cutter come alongs ide to inspect
a destroyer, beached at bnyu island atler the un derwater atom
not allowed aboard because of
ter. Joint army-navy task force
Timmy 'The Woodhooker'
Riles Newport Neighbors
NEWPORT. R. I.. July 31 (A)
Timmy "The Woodhooker" Sul
livan regarded with high dis
dain today a petition of his
wealthy neighbors in Newport's
swank summer colony lo com
pel him to clean up the grounds
of his humble, weatherbeaten
home, which nestles among pal
atial summer residence and
marble palaces.
"Nothing more than snobbish
ness and spite," 'is Timmy re
buttal. I During) the year that most of
Timmy neignoors were amass
ing millions, 1 immy was as
sembling in his front yard a very
impressive collection of old lum
ber and other discarded articles.
Mrs. Peyton Van Renssellaer,
who presented to the city board
of review a petition bearing 38
impressive signatures, claims she
measured the "trash heap" of
wood, tin cans, mattresses and
Shops To Show
Pageant Dress
Display windows of Klamath
merchants will soon be blossom
ing out in Centennial dress, ac
cording to the window display
committee of the Centennial as
sociation who are now contact
ing owners, urging them to dec
orate for the celebration.
Mrs. Edith McLeod, chbirman
of the committee, expects to re
ceive some historical material,
to be used for decorating, from
the Oregon Historical society in
Portland. Local people have also
contributed merchandise which
will be available to merchants
for use during the commemora
tion period. Mrs. McLeod stated
that all objects are covered by
insurance and merchants may
contact her or other members of
the committee for assistance in
preparing displays.
Objects of historical interest
will soon be placed in chamber
of commerce windows and the
U. S. National bank', Mrs. Mc
Leod said. This is a continuation
of display work being done by
the Klamath County historical
society.
Members of the display com
mittee besides Mrs'. McLeod are
Fred Houston. Mrs. Lyle Kim
ball, Mrs. R. E. Wattenbcrg and
Kenneth McLeod Jr.
Council Transfers
Heating Franchise
At a special meeting Tuesday
night, the city -council trans
ferred the franchise from, the
Klamath Heating Company,
Inc., to the newly-formed Con
sumers Heating company.
The transfer of the city fran
chise was another step in the
job of turning the heating com
pany over to its users. Recently,
a campaign for financing the
company resulted in sufficient-
money subscribed by users to
complete negotiations for the
sale.
Pageant Calendar
Young dancers will re
hearse at Roosevelt school
Friday, 10 a. m.
Chorus rehearsal Thurs
day, 8 p. m., in Fremont
school. All new applicants re
port to rehearsal.
Pageant dancers are still
needed. Indian children parts
In pageant have been filled.
The orchestra will meet to
night, 8 o'clock, in the high
school.
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other articles and found it to be
252 feet long, about 15 feet high
and "the odor not pleasant."
iimmy and his sister, Julia,
who lives with him, are liked
personally by the neighbors who.
Mrs. Van Renssellaer says, have
lor the past few years been try
ing to persuade him to tidy up
his place, even offering to have
the house painted and the trash
pile moved.
The petition contends the lat
ter breeds rats and mosquitos. .
OPA lips Tops
On Machinery
WASHINGTON, July 31 (JPh
In its first official action under
the new price control law, OPA
today authorized an average six
per cent increase in retail ceil
ings for all farm machinery and
replacement parts.
The increase, effective immed
iately, restores dealers' peace
time profit margins as required
by the OPA revival act.
OPA had reduced the margins
of retailers last May 10 when it
granted a 10 per cent increase
in manufacturers' and wholesal
ers' price ceilings.
in the case of farm machin
ery, retailers were required to
absorb half of this while on re
placement parts they had to ab
sorb the full 10 per cent in
crease.
The 10 per cent price boost
previously granted to manufac
turers and wholesalers' distrib
uters remains .unchanged under
today s action.
OPA also restored the two per
cent handling and transfer
charge for distributors. This had
been eliminated under the old
law.
In the offing is a boost in cot
ton clothing prices. OPA has
agreed to raise textile ceilings
an average of about 16 per cent.
Prophetic Sketch
Published Again
LONDON. July 31 (IP) The
laborite Daily Herald reprinted
today the prophetic cartoon pub
lished on May 17. 1018. in which
the late Will Dyson, Herald art
ist, predicted the failure of the
Versailles conference.
The cartoon, to which Prime
Minister Clement Attlee re
ferred yesterday in his speech to
the current Paris conference, de
picts the 1018 "Big Four"
David Lloyd George, Woodrow
Wilson, Georges Clemenceau and
Vlttorio Orlando leaving Ver
sailles palace, the peace treaty
written, while behind a palace
pillar a child bearing the label
"1840 class" is weeping.
Clemanceau is saying: "Cur
ious, I seem to hear a child cry
ing." Cardinal Threatens
Black Marketeers
ROME, July 31 () Alfredo
Cardinal Schuster, archbishop of
Milan, has warned black mark
eteers they will be denied the
sacraments of the Catholic
church.
The warning, according to a
Milan dispatch to Rome's 'II
Minutl" was contained in a letter
to clergymen of the archdiocese
written by the cardinal after the
prefect of the city had asked for
his cooperation in the fight
against the black market.
WEATHER NEWS
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Serum Rushed
To Troop Ship
BOSTON, Juply 31 (!P With
one dead, others stricken and a
diphtheria epidemic feared, the
coast guard today rushed anti
toxin by air to the troop ship
Colby Victory, several hundred
miles off Argentina, Newfound
land, and enroute to Bremerha
ven, Germany.
The coast guard estimated the
supplies would reach the Colby
Victory this evening.
- specially-rigged 'parachute
equipment will be used to drop
the supplies, packed in a water
tight package, to the deck of the
troop ship, which left New York
July 27.
Supplies rushed by plane
from New York consisted of two
million units of gas gangrene
antitoxin, a million units of tet
anus antitoxin, 250,000 units of
diphtheria antitoxin and one
vial of tetanus toxoid.
In an "urgent" message for
the supplies, the chief medical
officer aboard the Colby Victory
said the death of one soldier was
"strongly indicative of diph
theria and that "other patients
are showing similar symptoms."
The war shipping administra
tion, for which the ship is oper
ated by the U. S. lines as gen
eral agent, said the ship carried
1009 replacement troops. It also
said that the army had control
of medical facilities aboard.
Truman Signs
Judges' Raise
WASHINGTON, July 31 W
President Truman today signed
legislation raising the salaries of
the nation's 300 federal judges
by S5000 a year.
The raise blankets the federal
judiciary, from district judges to
the chief justice of the United
states.
Thus, Chief Justice Vinson
will get $25,500 annually and
the associate justices S25.000.
Pay of circuit court judges goes
up to $17,500, and that of dis
trict judges to $15,000.
One constitutional effect of
the bill is to ban appointment of
present members of congress to
the federal judiciary until next
January, at the earliest.
In the case of some senators.
they will have to wait as long
as four and a half years until
their present terms expirfj be
fore becoming eligible for any
federal judgeship.
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Husband's Jealousy Blamed
For Memphis Shooting Fray
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. July Zl P)
Police Inspector Larry Fox
said jealousy apparently touched
off the wild shooting affray in
a crowded downtown depart
ment store when a shotgun-armed
man killed his waitress wife
and wounded five bystanders be
fore he was felled by blasts from
a police officer's pistol.
Fox said the man was Robert
Horner, a 48-year-old barber,
and the dead woman was Ger
trude (Jerry) Horner, 32.
He said the two had been sep
arated and that Horner was seek
ing a reconciliation. Horner left
a note, the officer said, indicat
ing he planned to kill his wife
and then himself.
Fox said a part of the note
reud: "Please bury us together,
regardless of what the old folks
sav "
Horner, with three bullet
Peace Pacts
Show Gain;
For Russia
PARIS. July 31 OP) Soviet
Foreign Minister V. M. Moiotov,
in a speech to the Paris peace
conference today, called upon
democratic countries of the world
to put an end to the Franco
regime of Spain.
Addressing the conference,
called to confer on the peace that
is to be written in burope with
Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Finland, Moiotov said:
"If we have still to deal with
the question of the fascist regime
in spam, then tne time must not
be too distant when democratic
countries will be able to help
the Spanish Deople who groan
under Franco's regime to put an
end to this survival bred by Hit
ler and Mussolini which is dan
gerous to the cause of peace."
It still remains to deal with
the fascist regime in Spain," he
continued. "It is in the interest
of freedom loving people to de
mand action against fascism."
Russia emerged today as the
principal beneficiary of proposed
peace treaties which would strip
Italy. Finland and beaten Ger
many's Balkan satellites of their
military power, redraw their
frontiers and charge them at
least a billion dollars In repara
tions.
The treaty drafts presented to
the 21-nation peace conference
last night by the big four agreed
upon substantial territorial in
creases for the Soviet Union,
upon payment of $800,000,000 in
reparations to Russia and left
Russia's domination of eastern
Europe intact.
In certain disputed sections of
the treaty drafts, however, it
seemed apparent that the west
ern powers intend to try to
whittle down some of the Rus
sian gains in the east, at least
in economic matters.
The United States and Britain
want the vital Danube river
opened to trade on a basis of
complete equality, while Russia
wants nothing said in any of the
treaties about freedom of naviga
tion on the Danube. The three
western members of the big four
also want "most favored nation"
status for. all allied nations in
commercial dealings with the
five defeated nations, while Rus
sia would exempt all fields closed
to private enterprise and would
make exceptions for neighboring
states.
i
Bulletin
Frederick W. McDonald of
Seattle was critically injured,
this morning when a car la
which he was riding hit the
guard rail at the railroad bridge
about one and a half miles north
of Chemult on highway 97. Mc
Donald was thrown from the caz
over the tailing, plunging some
100 leet to the tracks bolow. He
was brought to Klamath Valley
Hospital tor treatment for severe
head and chest injuries. Three
other people, whose names are
not known, were in the car but
were not seriously hurt.
Senate Approves
Gl Terminal Pay
WASHINGTON. July 31 (Pi
The senate approved a $2,400,
000,000 servicemen's terminal
pay bill today, putting the
measure one step from the
White House.
The house of representative!
still must act.
Senate approval came on
voice vote.
An estimated 19,000,000 for
mer members of the armed
services would share in the pay
ments, which would be in lieu
of furloughs earned but not
granted during the war emer
gency. President Nominates
Minister To Austria
WASHINGTON, July 31 (IP)
President Truman today nom
inated John G. Erhardt of New
York lo be minister to Austria.
He would become this coun
try's first full-fledged postwar
diplomatic representative to the
Vienna government.
Erhardt has been in Vienna
the past year serving as Ameri
can political representative to
the Austrian government.
He also acts as political ad
visor to Gen. Mark Clark, com
mander of American occupation
forces in Austria.
wounds in his chest, was near
death early this morning.
Fox gave this version of the
multiple shooting:
Horner pushed his way
through lunch hour throngs to
the store's crowded basement
lunch counter, where his wife
was a waitress. With his auto
matic shotgun he fired a blast
at his wife and she fell mort-.l:y
wounded, while horror-stuck
shoppers looked on.
Traffic Officer C. R. Love vat
summoned by spectators v:io
rushed into the street. .' "'
As Love ordered Horner lo
drop the gun, Horner turned and
fired another shot into tiie
crowd. Five persons were
wounded, one seriously.
Love then dropped Horner
with three bullets in the chest.
Horner had turned the gun on
the officer when the latter fired.