'OPA Chief Optimistic Despite Pries
I i in'-.
Ihiv's iCHS
By FRANK JENKINS
IF the nuwii from Purl eem
1 vague unci incanlnglo tu (ur,
Ihl l the rcuson:
Tho 21-iintion pence confer
nice l in till) ORGANIZATION
stage like una of our big nation
til polltlcul COIIVelltlOIUI In IU
first diiy or o. Up l now. the
mien committee Inn been cluliiu
most (if Iho work getting the
ktiiKii el.
The firework will como later.
V. imit keep III mill" the
PllliPOKK of the conference
which I to pccd up Ihi- Mink
hiK of pernio treulle with the
d. -frilled partner of Germany
(any peace trculy with Germany
la h Ioiik way off yet).
Tho foreign minister of thn
big Million haven't been making
much progress I" 1 1 t direction.
Thu Idea of thn 21-iiiitlon "con
fcrpiico" backed largely by u
mid tho Hilllsh I to bring pres
sure mid GET SOMETHING
DONE
In rrnlity, wo lire attempting
to net uround Russia
v r. i u
power which ha (lulled prog
rc no fiir.
TIIK rule committee linn de
cided to rtOTATK the chair
miitiHlilp of the conference among
the United State, C'hlnn, Kriince,
limit Hrltain mid Russia u
Hint order. Each will hold the
chairmanship for three duy at a
time.
The rotnlloii 1 to bo In alpha
hetlciil order, according to
FRENCH spelling Elat Unl
d'Ainerlqtic (United State),
Chine (China), France, Cirnnd
Hruliigne (Great Itrlliiln) and
Howie (Russia).
llv special agreement, we head
the lint on the treiiflh of "Amcr
Ique" (America) rather than
"Etui Unl" (State, United) IJo
cuu.w of till departure, one
liueniie there mint huvo been
Mime flimiillnK to (jet ua In first.
THIS rotation of cliiilrinanlilp
win DESIRED by Russia,
and our tlyrue agreed to It. Ru
mn also want a two-thlrd vote
(which the rule committee will
consider next week.) llyrne 1
uffcrluu no objection to that.
Presumably ho think wo are
strong enough In the conference
to GET a two-third vole when
we need It.
All till Kparrlng for poltlon
Indlcute tho renl ImnorlaiH-o of
the ciinference. which i designed
to brlnu a lot of our truublc with
Russia to a head.
CONGRESS adjourn with a
long lnh of relief from It
member, who re nnxlou to get
homo and throw theinolve into
the bill cumpulgii that will dfric
whether the next congrc I to
he controlled by tho Democrat
or the Republican.
ALL thu meinlH-r of the houe
and a third of the member of
tho ornate nro up for re-election
till year. So you can undarslund
why they ore nervout.
ONE of the achievement of Uie
7llth congress (which hn Jut
adjourned) win a reorganization
act Unit lnipllflc procedure
considerably. (Kor one thing, it
reduce sharply the number of
standing committee In both the
house and the Semite). ,
It also UPS tho alarle ''of
member of congrcs by $3000
$2.10(1 actual Increase In salary
and nn additional $2500 In the
way of n non-taxiible expense
account, bringing the total pay to
$1.1.000 a year.
The President ha signed the
bill, and It i now a law.
AS to tho Increased ulury. the
JOB I worth It If the MAN
I worth It. That la to soy, a com-
ll'onllnu an I'aia I, 1 ol. t)
Luxembourg Men
Arrested In Plot
LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 3 (I')
Albert Wlnghert, Luxembourg
resistance, leader, and two offi
cers of tho grand duchy's midget
army wero reported in custody
- today In connection with an al
leged plot to overthrow the gov
ernment. Wlnghert and Lis. Krleps and
Winter wero said to have been
arrested by police after discovery
of a reputed plot by half a dozen
persona to seize power "by
force."
The three men and their small
bund of followers were reported
as dissatisfied with the govern
ment' policy of eliminating pro
nazis from office.
Yukon Skipper's Beaching
Approved By
SEATTLE, Aug. 3 (VP) The
coast guard announced today Its
commandant, Adm. J. F. Farley,
f has upheld a merchant marine
hearing unit decision suspending
Capt. Chris E. Trondsen of the
stenmship Yukon, which went
aground and broke up near Se
ward, Alaska, last February with
the loss of 11 lives.
Tho commandant's decision
was received by Commodore J,
E. Stlka, llllli coast guard dis
trict officer. No further action
will be taken against officers or
crew, tho coast guard said,
Admiral Farley said stnindlng
of tho Yukon was caused by
"nngllgcnco of the master,"
through fulluro to perform four
acts: Hauling out to sea, using
sounding equipment, using a ma
rine speed and distance Indicator,
and reducing speed under lim
ited visibility.
However, tin admiral said tit
Homestead
Board Given
Wide Power
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (Pi
Reclamation commissioner, Mi
chael W. Straus nld today Hint
tho local committee will have
broad authority In passing on
qualification of eutrymcii on
the Tuleliike division homestead
project in Cullfnrnlii.
Veterans of World War II will
huvo preference and Struu ex
pressed confidence that many
mora applicant In thill category
will be approved by tho local
examining bourd or committee
thru can bo uccointmidiiicd on
the HU units opened for home
stead entry,
If that turn out ox expected,
Straus said, eutrymen will bo se
lected by lot.
He outlined minimum require
ments to qualify us entrymiin 11
being along till line It appil
cunt exceed ovalliible hind;
Exnarlanca Considered
Actual farm experience would
bo considered, u would the gen
eral condition or an applicant
In become a uccessful farmer.
The applicant' health, family,
etc., might enter Into It, us un
ntinlleaiit with children who
could help would possibly be
considered more likely to mukc
u success of a homestead than
un applicant without children to
aid In farm worki
The local board could require
a reasonable amount of capital,
either In money or equipment,
as being necessary to Insure sue
cess.
The bourd i allowed, within
limitations, to use It own Judg
ment and recommend those it
believe would bo most success
ful.
The board also no doubt
Strain said, will consider tho
service records of veteran.
He emphasized that the entire
plan hud been worked out In co
ordination and consultation with
local American Legion, civic,
agricultural and state author
ities and with tho department of
agriculture.
Copies of Straus' final deci
sion an the regulation for open
ing the Tulelake homestead had
not yet been received Saturday
at tho reclamation bureau offices
here.
Members of the local commit
U'aatlna, h rata 1, Cel. 4) ,
Missing Ships
Reach Jamaica
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3 OP)
Three navy landing craft aro
safe In the harbor of Kingston,
Jamaica, toduv their tempo
rary disappearance explained at
least In part by communication
trouble, navy spokesmen wild.
The three vessel LSM 4H4).
LCI 803 and LC (FK) 0.18, wlfi
ttlmut 1.1.1 men aboard left
Panama July 24 bound for New
Orleans.
When they had not been
heard from ycsterdnv an Inten
sive air mid sen search began.
Last night Eighth naval dis
trict headquarter received a
message relayed through the
United Slates consul general In
Kinuston and the navy depart
ment In Washington saying the
vessels and all on board were
safe.
The navy said they would sail
Tuesday at New Orleans.
China Naval Men
Smuggle Big Haul
SHANGHAI. Aug. 3 OP)
Chinese naval officers who
sailed back from the United
State with a fleet of eight gift
warships smuggled In su much
contraband it appreciably
rocked the economy of bunk'
ing, dispatches from that port'
caollal renortcd todav.
Almost every officer of tho
fleet, tho dispntches said, par
ticipated In tho smuggling of
four automobiles and sizeable
quantities of watches, fountain
pens, cosmetics and cigarette.
Each officer had at least IS
case of goods.
Cigarette prices In the capi
tal dropped sharply after the
fleet put In last week.
Tho fleet, given China as a
nucleus of a modern navy, con
sisted of two destroyer-escorts,
four minesweepers and two
submarines.
Coast Guard
board of Investigation gave the
matter of efficiency and conduct
of tho Yukon's crew considerable
attention."
"It is regrettable, ho added,
"that a few members of the
steward's department should so
conduct themselves as to reflect
adversely upon tho entire crew.
There wero reports of pilfering
of passengers' baggage, which
were grossly exaggerated, al
though It appears that thero was
some petty thievery."
Admiral Farley said prompt
action by tho army ami coast
guard was responsible for re
ducing loss of life.
Capt. Trondsen was "beached"
for three months last spring and
placed on 18 months' suspension
by tho hearing unit. Alaska
Steamship officials said ho hud
not yet been returned to a com
mand, but is serving on the
steamship Aleutian as a pilot.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
3 Die, Many Hurt
In Train Wrecks
PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y.,
Aug. 3 (I 'I A railroad conductor
and an engineer wero killed to
day and 10 pussengers were seri
ously Injured when a locomotive
collided head-on with an electric
powered passenger train on tho
Long Island rullroud about one
hulf mile from here.
Tho wreck occurred when a
light electric switch engine, en
route Into the Port Washington
station to pick up a cur, smashed
Into u westbound passenger
Iruln.
Tennessee
Town Quiet
After Riots
ATHENS, Tenn., Aug. 3 OP)
A three-man citizen committee
named by politically minded vet
erans who reinforced their bal
lot with bullets kept law and
order In embattled McMInn coun
ty today.
Athens scene of a violent six-
hour buttle between veteran and
deputies over the counting of
ballot In Thursday s democratic
primary was quiet as the com
mittee took over.
Two ex-GIs were In charge of
the Jail, battered and bullet spat
tered from scores of rounds of
ammunition. Other veterans pa
trolled the county.
Athens Itself was still under
City Police Chief Bob Walker
who said he would cooperate
with tho veteran.
The committee wo named at
a mass meeting yesterday to pre
serve order following the mys
terious disappearance of McMinn
County Sheriff i'ut Mansfield.
Sheriff Routed
Mansfield, a leader in the long-
diimlnnnl county political group
which the veterans claim they
ousted with a slato of ex-GI can
didates, left town after service
men routed him and 34 special
deputies from the county Jail
shortly after 3 a. m. yesterday.
"This won't bo legal, It's Just
a mutter of protection," a spokes
man for the veterans said at yes
terday's meeting as the three-
man committee was numea.
"Eur some reason or other, the
sheriff's force isn't around," the
GI spokesman, Harry Johnson,
treasurer of the veterans ticket,
said.
Meanwhile, Governor Jim Mc
Cord said ui Nashville that he
would send four state patrolmen
to Athens for a day or so "simply
to exercise normal police activ
ity." On September 1, Sheriff-Elect
Knox Henry win tone over.
Weather Lures
City
Dwellers
It's off to the mountains and
lakes as Klamath residents take
advantage of blue skies and
warm weather to catch up on
fishing and swimming over the
weekend.
At 2:30 Saturday afternoon
the temperature had already hit
1)2 degrees and was still climb
ing, exceeding Friday s record
ing of 00.
Forests arc drying out rapidly
and the Forest Protective asso.
elation reports that the situation
is becoming extremely danger
ous. The humidity hit a seasonal
low Friday with only 6 per cent
moisture in the air. Early morn
ing humidity Saturday was 21
per cent but was expected to
drop during the afternoon,
Summer was also back over
Oregon with the weather man
forecasting a 104 degree max
imum for Medford and readings
between 05 and 100 oast of the
Cascades.
The Rogue River valley was
the warmest in the state Friday
with Medford registering 100,
Burns tallied 91 and Klamath
Falls 1)0, while Pnrtlanders were
comfortable at 80,
MacArthur Asserts
Koreans Want U. S.
TOKYO, Aug. 4 OP) The
breakdown of the American
Soviet conferences for unifica
tion of Korea, General Mac
Arthur reported today, lias led
the people of tho U. S. occupa
tion zone to hove an "Increas
ing desire for continuance of
the American military govern
ment." "A sampling of public opin
ion indicates an almost unani
mous awareness that tho Amer
ican position was In defense of
the principle that Koreans hud
the right to be heard In the
formation of their own govern
ment," said Mac Arthur's month
ly report.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3,
BAYONNE, N. J., Aug. 3
fl'l Two Central Railroad of
New Jersey trains, carrying
capacity commuter crowd aug
mented by week-enders bound
for tho Jersey shore, collided
lust night before a horrified
throng at tho W. Eighth street
station here, killing one person
and Injuring at least 70 pas
sengers. The accident. In which the
Freehold express telescoped Into
the rear of the Barnegut ex
press, occurred at the height of
the commuter rush.
The deud man was Robert
Hendorshot of Wilkes-Burrc,
Pa., flremun of the Freehold
truin, who was burled under
tons of coal when the locomo
tive and tender overturned.
Thlrty-nlnc of the injured ore
In Buyonne hospital, two of
them In critical condition. Most
of tho Injured were passengers
in the rear car of the Barnegut
train which wo crumpled down
the middle and hurled on its
side against a bridge girder.
Peace Envoys
To Swap Chair
PARIS. Aug. 3 OP) Leaders
of the Paris peace conference
voted 12 to 8 today to rotate the
conference chairmanship, as
urged by the large nations, and
then turned to the question of
whether a two-thirds vote or a
simple majority would decide all
issues.
The vote on tho chairmanship
was the first outright test in the
dispute between large and small
nations. The chairmanship will
rotate among the United States.
China, France, Great Britain and
Russia in that French alphabeti
cal order.
The question of a two-thirds
majority, favored by Russia and
the United States, promised to be
another fight between large and
small nations. The rules commit
tee adjourned until Monday with
out reaching a decision.
A British spokesman, mean
while, said Britain would go
down the line in support of every
compromise reached by the for
eign ministers on peace treaties.
He expressed the opinion there
would be no reopening of the
Trieste question, despite Yugo
slavia's opposition to the min
isters' decision to intcrationalize
that disputed city.
Atom Plant Blast
Kills Technician
LOS ALAMOS, N. M., Aug. 3
OP) A premature explosion of
pyrotechnic chemicals at the Los
Alamos atomic bomb project re
sulted in the death today of
Joshua 1. Schwartz, 21-ycar-old
technician of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Two other men were injured
in the blast yesterday.
The accident occurred when a
smoke smudge pot which the
men wcre preparing to study
local "air currents exploded pre
maturely first accident of this
kind in the project's history.
The smudge pot, the army said,
was composed of standard pyro
technical chemicals, and no fis
sionable material nor radiation
was involved.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
R. H. E.
Washington 0'3 0
Chicago 18 1
Scarborough and Early-,
Grove and Hayes.
NATIONAL
R.
Cincinnati 3
Brooklyn 2
H.
7
4
Walters, Beggs (9) and Muel
ler; Higbe and Edwards.
R.
H. E.
St. Louis 3 7 0
Philadelphia 1 1 0
Boozley and Kluttz; Hocrst
and SeimmicK. (utiueo ena oi
5th, wet grounds).
This May Help
Here's help for disconsolate
males of the Klamath coun
try who can't keep up in
the whiskerino contest.
Just Trlppett, local busi
ness man, was looking
through an ancient book,
"Household Guide," written
early in the last century by
one Prof. H. G. Jefferis, and
found this prescription:
Liquid for Forcing the Beard
2 ounces cologne.
1 drachm liquid hartshorn.
2 drachms tinctures
cantharldcs.
12 drops oil rosemary
12 drops lavender.
Apply to the face dally,
and await result. Said to bo
reliable,.
Even The
Brilliant red daubs on a delicate robin-gg blue background
A. H. Lee's pickup by a "couple of the boy" w ben Lee refused
for the Centennial whukerino.
which he had parked outside of the Big Lake mill before going
vowed that he wai going to grow whuker no w. He aid, with
turn paint Job in mind, but it
Army Says Berlin Russians
Used Force To Get Secrets
FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug.
3 (P) The U. S. army an
nounced tonight that two of
three Russian soldiers, arrested
recently in Berlin as spies and
later released to Soviet authori
ties, had forced German em
ployes of the U. S. army to
hand over secret American doc
uments. The announcement issued
from the office of Brig. Gen.
Edwin L. Sibert. U. S. army
intelligence chief in Europe
followed Russian charges that
the three Soviet soldiers were
"treated like criminals wnue in
American custody."
The U. S. announcement said
that the two Russian officers
Lt. Sedov and Lt. Shulkin
UN May Defer
Albanian Case
NEW YORK. Aug. 3 (P)
Several delegations to the
United Nations security council
indicated today they would op
pose a showdown on Albania s
application for U. S. member
ship until after the member
ship committee had discussed
all applications before it.
Russia's attitude could not be
learned immediately, but some
of the delegates expressed belief
she might insist on disposing of
the Albanian case before turn
ing to the others.
The 11-nation committee de
cided by unanimous vote July
31 to "take up" the applica
tions in the chronological order
of their receipt. On this basis,
it was agreed that consideration
of Albania's application would
begin Monday.
American and British circles
contend that the term "take up"
merely means "discuss." They
say this view is supported by a
majority of the delegates.
The committee now has be
fore it applications from Al
bania, Afghanistan, Outer Mon
oolin and Transiordan. and may
get four more before the dead
line of August 21 wnen u musi
report to the security council.
Hawaii To Egypt
Flight Scheduled
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (A3)
An army B-29 bomber was poised
today at Honolulu for an attempt
at a record 10,000-mile non-stop
fliaht over the Arctic to Cairo,
Egypt, the army air forces re
ported. An announcement said the
plane, extensively modified at
Oklahoma City to carry a heavy
load of fuel, was expected to
leave " in the near future." It
will fly a great circle route by
way of Iceland, England and
Italy, which by-passes Russian
territory.
The bomber is the superfort
ress "Dreamboat," which set the
present non-stop record of 7929
miles last November from Guam
to Washington, D. C. The same
pilot, Col. C. G. Irvine, St. Paul.
Minn., is expected to command
the Cairo flight.
Truman 'Executioner'
Held For Grand Jury
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 OP)
Tho secret service reported today
that "nn alleged self-proclaimed
executioner" is being held for
grand jury action on charges of
threatening the life of President
Truman. -
(Telephone till)
Steering Wheel Was Sky
Paint was still w t when Lee ducovered the condition of the car,
wouldn t be a p ratty as bis pock
were arrested in civilian clothes
en route into the American sec
tor of Berlin.
"For engaging in clandestine
activities in the U. S. sector of
Berlin.
"For forcing German em
ployes of the U. S. army to de
liver classified documents and
information about the U. S.
army and its policies.
"For rjossessing inadequate
documents authorizing their
jtay.in. the U. S. sector oi.Ber-
Un."
The third Russian taken into
custody. Pvt. Kuznetzov, who
was driving the two Soviet of
ficers when they were seized at
a road block, was arrested for
"acting as an accessory to the
illegal activities of Sedov and
Shulkin," the statement said.
The three Russians declared
in an interview published in
the Russian-controlled Berliner
Zeitung in Berlin that they had
been interrogated "rudely"
while held by the Americans
in attempts to make them "be
tray our country."
All Hands Die
In B-25 Crash
LONG BEACH, Cal., Aug. 3
OP) An army air force's B-25
medium bomber, groping for a
landing in an overcast sky,
crashed in flames three miles
southeast of the army air field
early today, killing the five or
six persons aboard. There were
no survivors.
Smoldering wreckage was
scattered over an area of about
a quarter-mile radius. Nearby
residents said there was a bund-
ing flash and an explosion was
neard.
Army spokesmen said the
bomber was en route to Long
Beach army air field from Albu
querque, N. M. A navy surgeon
said he attempted to count the
victims and that he believed
there were six bodies. Identifi
cations were withheld pending
noiitication oi relatives.
The plane crashed in vacant
land not far from the naval am
munition depot between Long
Beach and Seal Beach. Marines
were called out by the Los
Alamitos naval air station to
guard the wreckage.
Cause of the crash was not de
termined and an army board of
Inquiry will investigate.
Tanker Explodes
In Haifa Harbor
HAIFA, Aug. 3 OP) Rescue
squads working through the
night picked up 32 survivors in
Haifa harbor, where the British
tanker "Empire Cross" burned
after an explosion last night.
Casualties were believed to to
tal 10 or 12, largely British
merchant navy officers.
Six of the Lascar crew mem
bers are known to have been
ashore when the blast occurred.
The captain of the vessel was
blown clear, unhurt, when the
first explosion ripped the stern
of the ship.
Police said the ship blew up
at an unloading dock. There
was no hint from any source
that the explosion was connect
ed with Jewish activities, or
with the fact that some 5000
illegal Jewish refugees are now
awaiting permission of the Brit
ish government to disembark at
Haifa.
WEATHER NEWS
Aataat I, UK
Mas. (Ar. I) M Mlo. . M
fraelallallaa un 14 haara .0
Slraam jraar la dala ... 14.41
Karnal 11.37 Latt ;aar IS.3S
Number 10888
Blue
was the new paint Job given to
to wear more than mustache
to work Friday morning. Lee
a smile, that be alio had a re
- maxfced car.
Levy Opposed
By Realty Men
Opposition to any more special
levies on city property until rent
control has been removed and
the tax base broadened was ex
pressed in a resolution, an
nounced today by the Klamath
Board of Realtors.
The resolution, addressed to
the mayor and council, makes
specific mention of the proposed
$175,000 special levy for a mu
nicipal swimming, pool and . a
li mills levy for recreation de
partment operation.
It asserts that Klamath Falls
real estate taxes have become a
heavy burden, while income
from real property has been
severely restricted by federal
rent control. The board says that
real property income has been;
held to a 4 per cent increase,
while nearly all other items have
gone up from 40 per cent to 60
per cent.
The board's resolution does
not suggest specific methods of
broadening the tax base, but in
sists that it should be done to
'lift a large part of the burden
from real estate taxes" before
more levies are voted.
Oregonian Named
Dean At Harvard
EUGENE, Aug. 3 OP) A
graduate of the University of
Oregon, Dr. William H. Bur
ton, has been appointed dean
of the Harvard university grad
uate school of education, it was
learned on the campus today.
Dr. Burton, 1916 graduate, is
also director of the Harvard
summer school. The former
Oregonian, director of teacher
training at Harvard for the last
two years, taught at the Oregon
College of Education at Mon
mouth after receiving his mas
ter's degree from Columbia uni
versity. He also served as pro
fessor of education at Washing
ton State college and the Uni
versity of California at Los An
geles. State Department
Backs Ambassador
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 OP)
Secretary of State Byrnes and
Acting Secretary Acheson in an
extraordinary statement de
clared today "the complete con
fidence" of the United States
government in Ambassador
Arthur Bliss Lane who has been
under attack by the Polish gov
ernment at Warsaw.
LaGuardia Wants '25 Good
New York Cops' In Trieste
NUERNBERG, Germany, Aug
3 OP) Fiorello H. La Guardia,
director-general of UNRRA, said
today he needed "25 good New
York cops" to halt mass stealing
of UNRRA supplies at Trieste.
La Guardia visited for half an
hour the international military
tribunal trying 22 top nazls. He
was en route from Munich to
Frankfurt.
The UNRRA director said he
hoped to have a reply from Ma).
Gen. John C. H. Lee, deputy al
lied commonder in the Mediter
ranean theater, regarding the
Trieste thefts in time to make a
report to the UNRRA commjs
sion in Geneva Monday.
In a sharply worded cable
sent from Belgrade to Lee in
Italy July 28, . La Guardia
More Hikes
In Prospect
For Foods
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 fP) .
On the heels of price increase!
for bread, flour and other foods,
OPA Administrator Paul Porter
today expressed confidence that
"before too long" rjroductlon
gains will stabilize prices.
Taking an optimistic view
even as higher ceilings went Into
eflect on bakery products, wheat
flour, cereals, macaroni, noodles,
corn meal and hominy grit.
t-orier said in a radio address:
"I'm confident that before long
production here in this country
is really going to take over and
get in its own good licks to help
me government Keep prices at
levels everyone can afford.
"Right now when vou are nav.
Ing higher prices for foods and
wnen it looks as though clothing
prices and prices for some manu- '
factured goods may have to rise
it's hard to be sure we are
reading the barometer correctly,
'Clear Weather Ahead'
"However, I think the signs
very definitely point to a real
promise of clear weather and
clearer sailing ahead."
As Porter spoke, OPA had
tagged for announcement soon
price hikes on more market bas
ket items ceiling increans of
perhaps eight to 10 cents a pound
on coffee and one to two cents
on canned corn, peas and toma
toes. Meanwhile, OPA ordered these
retail increases into effect:
Bread One cent on loaves
weighing up to two pounds; on
bigger loaves, two to three cents.
Bakery products One cent a
dozen on bread rolls, 15 per cent
on cookies, crackers and biscuits.,
Flour About one cent a
pound.
Breakfast cereals One to
three cents a package on all
kinds except corn flakes, puffed
rice and puffed wheat.
Macaroni and noodles Two
cents on eight-ounce boxes, one
cent on smaller packages.
Corn meal and hominy grits
One to two cents a pound.
Flour Subsidy Out
" As for the increases on flour,
bread and bakery products, OPA
said they stem principally from
a decision against restoration at
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Bombing Stirs
NANKING, Aug. 3 OP) Gen.
Chou En-lai, chief communist
negotiator in the crumbling
peace talks, said today he took
a "very serious view" of the at
tack by seven government planes
on the communist capital of
Yenan, declaring "this broadens
tne scope oi the civil war."
The message to General Chou
from Yenan failed to mention
casualties, but communist sources
said a number of persons were
killed and wounded.
It was said Yenan's populace
attempted no defense because of
the suddenness of the attack.
Gen. Chou Jih-jou, govern
ment air force commander, as
serted the raid was a successful
attempt to destroy a government
B-24 bomber which landed at
Yenan on June 26 because of a
fuel shortage. A request to the
communists to send the plane
back was refused, he said, so a
special mission was dispatched
to destroy it
Meantime, at Tientsin, United
States marines who lost four of
their number in a gun battle
with communists on the Peiping
Tientsin road July 29, erected
barricades in front of important
buildings and increased guard
strength against possible further
clashes. Marines were assigned
four medium tanks for use it
needed to keep the Peiping-
xientsin road open.
Big Loss Caused
By Chilean Quake
SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 3 (IP)
The ministry of the interior
said today that two persona
were killed and several injured
yesterday when a severe earth
quake rocked the city of Cop
iapo, 400 miles north of here,
causing extensive property dam
age and destroying many of
the older buildings in the area.
A child was killed in a pub--'
lie school and a woman died in
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both buildings collapsed. ;
charged that ".millions of dollars
of supplies are being pilfered" in
Trieste and repeated .a previous
demand for authority to assign
armed guards to protect the
shipments.
La Guardia said the only an
swer he had received from Lee
was "unsatisfactory" and that it
one more conference failed to
produce a satisfactory solution
he would take the situation to
the combined chiefs of staff.
Lt. Gen. Sir William D. Mor
gan, allied Mediterranean com
mander, replied yesterday at
Rome to La Guardia's cnarges
of wholesale pilfering of UNRRA
supplies in Trieste, asserting
they were "not founded on fact.
"Mr. La Guardia's statement
was made without (his), viiiting
Trieste," Morgan said.