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IWK, of lliu Kluiiiulli coinilry
" welcome United Air Line
lotliiy UH In llio punt Wtt liuvc
welcomed tho railroad uml mod
ern puvcil highway. And a in
tin luturu wu will welcome all
Ilillril li'unorlullui! luellitlo.
'11 1 In I ii Dili country, wliuxe
renourcu Imvo u yet boon not
much moru lliuii ncrutchud on
the surface. Ul counlrlo, with
vut dlnuiucim, require Iran
pollution, In ALL it form, lor
their development.
TM air transport, United is the
pioneer ua Southern Pacific
wu tlio pioneer In mil trunnpoi t,
Wo vuluti pioneer, hcciiinie they
imm In unci PROVE THE POS
NIHILITIES. Alter the pnnslbll
I lie. have been proved, OTHERS
come.
When the olhera come In and
add to our development, we wel
come Ihem nit wc welcomed
(J rent Northern and hnvo wel
comed the paved hlKhwaya,
which lidded truck and buniu-a
in well aa private automobile
truvel to our trnniiportiition
Hyxtein. Aa other alrllnea come
In to ue our ureal airport
whU-h ranka hi lze and fiiellltlea
with the heat in the country wo
will be tlliid to ace them.
Hut lit least United PIO
NKKHKD the way and will prova
tile iillillllle. Mir Unit reu
ami, It will have a warm apot In
our Heart.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN today
1 mil on all federal official
to keep public exiwiittlture "at
the lowest ponnlble level." 1 1 In
atiitement la contained In a let
ter to the hernia of all executive
department and agendo.
He any:
"Ileductlnn In federal expend
iture are Imperative In view of
the prewnt Inflationary altua
Hon , , , We auiftt do everything
In our power to reduce Inflation
ary proxmirr. One of the moat
effective menu of doing thl I
reduce federal -ponding . . . Even
thnae federal expendlturea which
are most neceaxary have the ef
fect of Increasing Inflationary
prraaurea In the total national
economy."
TF the President MEANS BUSI
L NESS, ho la making a aplendld
move. We ahull of course keep
our tinner crowed until we find
out. far too often, politician
TALK economy without practic
ing it.
Everyone know that our need
la a maximum of PHODUCTIVE
and a minimum of NON
PRODUCTIVE (pending. Ex
travauunce in government la
non-produetlvo iending.
nrllE federal reaervo bank of
New York ayi In late
ment tKlay Unit the much
publicized goal of 110 million Joba
In America I being rapidly ap
proached, and add that an
actual labor shortage is a poa
mblllty by fall.
We acoffed at the Idea of 60
million Joba when It waa firat
mentioned. It accmed VISION
ARY. ("UR sights at that time ju.it
weren't act high enough.
We're beginning to got a glimpse
of the basic fact that there are
practically no limit to what wt
can accomplish In the way of pro
duction and employment if only
we can make enough tiling
CHEAP ENOUGH to enable poo
plo to buy and use llicm In groat
quantities.
Thorn in practically no limit
to what people will conaumo If
they can afford it.
AS uaual, there are two version
of the battlo the other day
between American marine and
Chinese.
Our marines, who aro usually
pretty reliable, say they were
AMUUSHED while on a regular,
patrol of the Tlentsin-Pelping
highway which wo have to ue to
bring in supplies to our oxccutlvo
headquarter In Pciplng.
In a broadcast today over the
Yeiiaii radio, the communist Now
China New Agency assorts that
"more than" (10 marines and
somo 80 nationalist government
troops deliberately ATTACKED
a vitiligo in communist China,
compelling communist soldiers to
defend themselves.
'T'HIS broadcast sounds like
A communist propaganda de
signed to gut us into trouble with
Russia. But It docs raise this
question:
"Ilnvo wo ANY LONGER any
business keeping armed force
in China?"
AS long as there was any hope
" of bringing peace, It was an
other story for a peaceful
China could bo a fine friend and
(Continued an I'M 9, Col, 1)
Navy Legalizes
Overseas Liquor
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TP)
The navy disclosed today that
on July 13 it had legalized the
SRlo of liquor to Its sailors out
side the United Slates.
This is tho first timo tho navy
has made liquor available to Its
enlisted men since the days of
the grog-ration.
Previously only beer was sold
nl enlisted men' recreation cen
ters, ( a World War II action)
although offlcors were permitted
to buy spirits at their clubs.
No change Is mndo in the beer
only limitation for enlisted men
at domestic bases.
WtXB
phice rive CENTS
Mainliriers
Regular Air
Service For
City Starts
"If Juat the beginning," wim
tho civic theme today aa two
big United Air Lines Malnllnera
ct down on tho Klamath muni
cipal airport to inaugurate
mainline air transportation for
thl city and it big trade area.
Cheer roao from the crowd
a tho north and outhbound
planes came to a atop on llio
concrete ramp, after landing
within a few seconds of each
other at about 10:20 a. in. Tho
plane brought regular passen
gers a well a numerous civic,
airline officials and Governor
Earl Snell, After a flvc-mlnute
pause, the big bird took off,
taking tho first regular passen
ger from Klamath Fall to San
Francisco, Portland and Seattle
Climax of year of effort to
bring a major airline here, the
event today wa viewed by mu
nicipal and civic leader a the
firat phase of air transportation
development they hope will
make the huge Klamath airport
one of the bualcat smaller city
terminal in the west.
'Thl 1 significant because
of what It portend for the fu
ture," remarked C. A. Dunn,
chairman of tho airport commis
sion. "We expect to aeo not only
Increasing passenger flights
through here, but cargo planes
will add tremendously lo the
importance of the Klamath Fall
air terminal. This la a grand
tart toward something till big
ger." Crowd Await Plana
A big crowd swarmed over
the concrete apron In front of
the operation building -United'
office tructurc now a
the time approached for the ar
rival of the firat planes. John
Houston, president of the Klam
ath County chamber of com
merce, waa master of cere
monies for the preliminary pro
gram, and W. T. Mclntyrc,
Klamath atnllon manager f o r
United, took over the micro
phone a tho plane came In.
First hip In sight wa the
northbound Ma In liner 180,
which circled the field evcrnl
time waiting for tho outh
bound plane which brought
Governor Snell and other from
Portland and Seattle, Tho planes
"got together" north of the
field, and came low over the
crowd before circling for a
landing on the oat-west run
way, the southbound plane land
ing first.
The hlp taxied quickly lo
tho ramp, and swung around In
front of the crowd.
Attention turned to the speak
er' platform as Mayor Ed Os
tendorf Introduced prominent
visitors.
Mayor A, Kallna of Malln
greeted Dolorc Trout, Malln
girl, who was stewardess on the
northbound plane, and pinned
(C-tttlnatd on FM Col. II
CAB Grants
Pacific Routes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 !')
Tho Civil Aeronautics board to
day authorized Northwest Air
lines and Pan-American Airways
to establish new air routes to
Alaska, the Orient and Australia.
Trans-World Air Lines also re
ceived an extension of its inter
national routo which, in effect,
establishes a second United
States ilag round-the-world serv
ice. In its decision in the so-called
Pacific caso the board author
ized two routes to the Orient.
One goes via the Groat Circle
route across the north Pacific
into Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghul and
Manila, and the other across tho
central Pacific via Honolulu,
Midway, Tokyo, Shanghai and
Hong Kong,
Tho northern routo will be
operated via the Seattle gateway
as well as via the Chlcago-MIn-neapolls-St.
Paul gateway which
also Includes New York as a
co-terminal point.
San Francisco and Los Ange
les wore designated as co-terminal
point on tho central routo.
This had tho effect of establish
ing two new routes to Alaska
one from Seattle and one from
the Chicago gateway as well as
tntra-Alaskan service from Ju
neau to Anchorage.
Bulletin
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (!)
Praldnt Truman today vetoed
the tldeland bill, designed to
give the states a clear title to
off-ahort reas often rich in oil.
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KLAMATH AVIATION MILESTONE General view acroas the
th municipal airport this morning aa a crowd swarmed across
one of the big United Air Lines Malnliners which inaugurated
'First Flight'
Letters Sent
"First Flight" special cachet
letter dispatched out of Klam
ath Falls on the inaugural north
bound flight of United Air
Lines reached a total of 3087,
according to Postmaster Burt E.
Hawkins.
Besides the bulk of cachet
mail sent out on the northbound
flight, 190 "First Flight" let
ters wore sent out on the initial
southward trip by special re
quest from stamp collectors.
The mall was dcllverd to
tho planes by the Klamath Sher
iff's Posso, with Postmaster
Hawkins accepting the first sack
for loading.
There wore 264 regular air
mall letters taken off the first
two incoming flights and It is
expected that approximately
H00 air mail letters will be com
ing into Klamath Falls on each
daily flight. There will be two
trips from the north and two
from the south daily.
Social Security
Deadlock Stands
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 0)')-
Another attempt to break the
deadlock on social security leg
islation was blocked today, rais
ing now doubts that congress
will be able to adjourn tomor
row. Rep Jenkins (R-Ohlo) object
ed when Chairman Doughton
(D-N.C.) of the ways and moans
committee sought to send the
legislation to a house-senate
conference committee to Iron
out difficulties.
Democratic leaders laid plans
for later in the day for a show
down roll call on whether the
house wants to seek a compro
mise with the senate. The sen
ate version provides poorer
states proportionately more fed
eral money for their needy than
the richer ones.
Adak Diphtheria
Outbreak In Hand
SEATTLE, Aug. 1 (P) The
navy reported today a diphthe
ria outbreak at Adak Island, Al
aska, was under control with
two serious cases out of danger.
18 others hospitalized and quar
antine restrictions continuing.
Additional medical personnel
was flown from Seattle to Adok
this week.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
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Arrive On Schedule
AFL Lumbermen
Will Meet Here
PORTLAND, Aug. 1 (JP) The
AFL Oregon state council of
lumber and sawmill workers
will meet August 10 at Klamath
Falls to discuss wage boosts
based on the increased cost of
living, Secretary Doyle Pearson
said today. .
He said that two districts
Portland and Willamette valley
already have notified employ
ers that they want a wage ad
justment Under the contract,
Pearson said, 30 days' notice is
required to open wage negotia
tions. Ship Founders
After Collision
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 P)
The new, 8258-ton freighter,
American Farmer, carrying six
passengers, 51 crew members
and 8500 tons of vitally needed
food for Great Britain, sank
last night about 400 miles west
of the English coast after being
in collision with the cattle ship
William J. Riddle.
The Riddle, a specially de
signed ship used In the war for
carrying uncrated planes, radi
oed that she had rescued all
aboard the Farmer. A London
dispatch said none was injured.
The Riddle was damaged at the
water line and her speed was
slowed to seven knots.
The U. S. Lines said the ship
also carried 7811 bags of mail
which was presumed lost. Her
cargo included 5500 tons of
buckwheat and 3000 tons of
mixed foods including evaporat
ed and dried milk, dried eggs
and lard.
The Riddle had delivered a
load of UNRRA cattle at Danzig
and was bound for Norfolk
when the collision occurred.
She carried a crew of 45 and 20
cattle attendants.
The Moore-McCormack line
said the Riddle was proceeding
to Numblcs, Wales, in the Bris
tol channel to land survivors
of the Farmer.
Whiskerinos?
NEWCASTLE, Calif., Aug.
1 (fl3) Police throughout Cal
ifornia today pressed a search
for three bearded, roughly
dressed bandits who with
drawn pistols yesterday rob
bed the Newcastle branch of
the Bank of America, north
of Sacramento, of about
$2400.
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THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 184S
huge apron at
through airline
ceremonies, is
the concrete to
Klamath's first j
Oil Companies
Jump Gasoline
Gas at Standard Oil company
stations in Klamath Falls went
up one and a half cents a gallon
today, prices at Signal stations
advanced one cent and all other
distributors in the area expect to
receive word to go ahead with a
boost by tomorrow.
Standard's one and a half cent
increase ; covers two separate
boosts, one brought on by an 84
ccnt a barrel price raise in crude
oil, and the other a hike in
freight rates north of Califor
nia. The Signal dealer here has re
ceived word of the one cent
boost, but not the other. Rich
fieloV Mobiloil, Associated, Shell
and :'Union have received no
word of an increase yet and gas
at those stations still is priced
at 23 cents for regular, 25 for
ethyl, .
Standard's prices today were
244 and 261 and Signal prices
24 and 26.
The Standard Oil company's
price raise was one cent in Cali
fornia "and one and a half in 24
points in Oregon, including
Klamath Falls, Medford, Ash
land and Grants Pass.
'From San Francisco, the com
pany explained that the price in
crease for gasoline and allied
products was permitted by the
new OPA law. Stove oil and
diesel fuel prices also went up.
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL
BROOKLYN, Aug. 1 (P) Re
pulsing a lato Dodger surge
with some effective relief pitch
ing by Howie Pollet, the St.
Louis Cardinals today carved
Brooklyn's National league
lead to ltt games with a 3-1
decision in their series finale.
R. H. E.
St. Louis 3 8 0
Brooklyn 1 10 2
Breoheen, Pollet (8) and Rice;
Lombardi, Behrman (7), Bran
ca (9) and Edwards.
V - AMERICAN
1 ' ' RUE
Philadelphia 8 11 1
Chicago 7 8 0
Harris, Florcs (6) and De
Sautels: iHayncs, Maltzborger
(3), Hollingsworth (5), Caldwell
(7) and Hayes.
R. H. E.
Boston 18 1
Cleveland i 2 4 0
Dobson and Partee; Harder,
Berry (9) and Hegan,
WEATHER NEWS
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Planes Salute
Howard Hughes
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 UP)
On orders of Brig. Gen. John P.
Doyle, commanding officer of
the 12th air force, March field,
squadrons of bombers and fight
ers flew today over Good Samar
itan hospital, where Howard
Hughes, millionaire plane manu
facturer, lies recovering from in
juries suffered in the crash of
j an experimental bomber he had
manufactured for the army.
General Doyle said the flight
was made "in tribute to your in
valuable contribution to modern
aviation progress.
Truman Seeks
Spending Cut
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (IP)
President Truman today called
on all federal officials to keep
public expenditures "at the low
est possible level."
In a formal statement, Mr.
Truman declared that reductions
in federal expenditures are im
perative in view of "the present
inflationary situation."
The president's statement was
contained in a letter to the heads
of all executive departments and
agencies. It said:
, "We must do everything with
in our power to reduce inflation
ary pressures. One of the most
effective means of doing this is
to reduce federal expenditures."
The statement emphasized that
the nation's present fiscal situa
tion "is a most serious one."
"We are faced with a contin
ued substantial budget deficit in
the present year," it continued.
"Even those federal expendi
tures which are most necessary
have the effect of increasing in
flationary pressures in the total
national economy."
Governor Reprieves
Newly-Wed Speeder
PORTLAND, Aug. 1 (IP)
Thomas Bous was back on his
job today after a governor's
reprieve that indefinitely post
poned three remaining days of
a 10-day jail sentence given
the navy veteran for speed
ing. Gov. Snell granted the re
prieve on the plea of Bous'
bride of a month, who wrote
the governor that District
Judge Fred L. Olson fined her
husband $100 and sentenced
him to 10 days for speeding
10 miles an hour above the 65
mile limit. ,
Number 10888
plane, which participated in the
Autoist Sued
Over Injuries
A law suit for $7000 dam
ages growing out of an auto-
pedestrian accident on Main
street February 21 was filed
with the circuit court yesterday
bv Mrs. Maude A. Wright, 438
High, against Stanley &. Grate,
2540 Orchard.
Mrs. Wright was knocked to
the pavement and severely in
jured when she was struck by
Grate's car at Fifth-and Main
February 21 and the suit
charges that Grate was reckless
and negligent in his driving.
- The complaint maintains that
he was operating his car at a
hifih rate of speed, did not keep
a lookout for pedestrians, made
no attempt to avoid hitting Mrs.
Wright and failed to yield the
right of way to the pedestrian in
the crosswalk. ;
There is no traffic signal at
the corner. Grate was arrested
after the accident and posted
S25 bail with city police for
failure to yield the right of way.
Grate was making a left turn
off Fifth onto Main while
Mrs. Wright was crossing Main
and at the time of the accident
said he did not see the woman
until his car hit her.
Her iniuries included a frac
tured vertebra. Harry D. Boi-
vin is Mrs. Wright's attorney.
Death Toll Heavy
In Bomber Crash
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 1 OP)
At least 11 service personnel,
one of them believed to be a
woman, were killed today in the
crash of navy Privateer four
engine bomber four miles west
of nearby Camp Kearny.
The 11th naval district report
ed that the plane, a land-based
patrol bomber, crashed and
burned four minutes after taking
off from Camp Miramar marine
air field en route to Dallas.
The craft carried a crew of
five and six army and navy
passengers. The navy said all
the passengers were officers.
Indian Bill Action Delayed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (IP)
The senate Indian affairs com
mittee postponed today action on
a bill to liquidate property of
the Klamath Indians In Oregon
and distribute the assets to mem
bers of the tribe.
Chairman O'Mahoney (D-Wyo)
said he will appoint a sub-committee
to visit the reservation
Communists
Shift Blame
For Attack
PEIPINO. Aub. 1 iPI Th
Chinese communists acknowl.
edged today that regulars of th
eighth communiit route army
fought United States marines
southeast of Peiping Monday, but
contended it was not an ambush
and that the marines were th
aggressors.
The marine corps said three
marines were killed and 13
wounded when a marine motor
convoy was ambushed by 300
imnese in a highway defile.
The marine corps has refrain
ed from identifying the attack
ers as communists but flatly de
scribed it as an ambush. Head
quarters added today that 12 of
the Chinese were killed and an
undetermined number wounded
when the marines defended
themselves.
The official New China newt
agency and the official commu
nist radio at Yenan gave their
version of the battle in a newa
dispatch and broadcast today, as
serting that about 80 marines
and 80 national government sol
diers "made a surprise attack"
on communist positions near the
village of Anping Monday morn
ing. "Aggravation Avoided" .
Both sides suffered casualties
in fighting which ensued when
the eighth route troops were
forced to resist. Towards after
noon, when American reinforce
ments were rushed to the scene
from Tientsin, the eighth route
troops withdrew to avoid ag
gravating the clash," communist
accounts said.
The communist agencies then
launched into a long reiteration
of their demands that Americans
withdraw from China entirely
and said, we should demand an
apology" and disciplinary action
from the marines for the Monday
battle.
The marine corps' announce
ment said the number of Chinese
wounded was not known. It list
ed the marine dead as one offi
cer and two enlisted men.
The officer was killed at the
outset by a grenade hurled at
his command jeep.
Going into detail for the first
time, the marine annoucement
said the Chinese selected an.
ideal spot for the ambush. The
road ran between deep ditches,
with tall corn growing to the
edge of the cuts. On one side of
the road was a clump of trees,
on the other side a small-walled
compound. A road block of two
wheel-less carts had been placed
between the trees and the wall.
Machineguns were placed on
the compound wall, covering the
highway. When the convoy
reached the road block, the Chi
nese opened fire without warn
ing, the marine announcement
detailed.
At one time, the marine ver
sion continued, a white flag was
raised on the compound wall but
when a navy corpsman and two
interpreters started forward, one
was shot in the leg.
Strike Off,
Workers Idle
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1 (IP)
CIO longshore bosses postponed
their strike scheduled for jooay
but partially tied up ports along
the Pacific coast by continuing
work stoppages.
The foremen in the principal
coast ports voted to leave the
strike call up to a negotiating
committee, but ships at berth
remained idle as a result of stop
work meetings.
The Waterfront Employers' as
sociation reported that only 10
or 12 of the usual 200 longshore
crews were working in San Fran
cisco yesterday as a result of the
absence of gang bosses. An em
ployer spokesman said he did not
know whether the bosses would
return to work later today.
Dock foremen at Los Angeles
last night voted to continue their
stop-work meeting today al
though they agreed to postpone
striking. They continued work
ing relief ships.
Employers in San Francisco
said longshoremen who reported
to work but refused or were
denied work because of the
absence of supervision would be
discharged and would not be
paid for reporting.
Pageant Calendar
Anyone having material for
exhibit during the week of
the pageant should call Edith
McLeod, 4290. The window
decoration committee is anx
ious to obtain items of pio
neer clothing for its window
exhibits.
during the congressional recess)
and investigate the affairs of the
tribe.
Boyd J. Jackson, a member of
the tribe, opposed enactment of
the bill. He told the committee
the tribe had voted against the
proposal. Wade Crawford, for
mer superintendent of the reser
vation, urged passage of the leg
islation. U
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